I just want to join my colleagues in thanking the Campbell family.

I am here on the floor today just to say a few words to follow the distinguished chairman of the Commerce Committee in support of the Marketplace Fairness Act. I represent Rhode Island and I have to say my Governor, a former member of this…

I think in a country of laws, failing to enforce the law is a mistake.

I think that is a refrain that departs a little bit from the facts

The amount of illegal immigration as a result has been reduced?

You do a wonderful job. I am delighted that you are here.

This administration has actually substantially brought up this country's game in terms of border enforcement.

The enforcement results in terms of additional seizures and prosecutions are up?

I ask unanimous consent all time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Analisa Torres, of New York, to be United States…

The I.G. has found no evidence of biased enforcement of voting rights laws, politically based hiring, or politicized FOIA responses.

I rise today in support of commonsense legislation to address the epidemic of gun violence in America. In the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy, Americans across the country began a solemn discussion about gun violence, and an emerging…

It is so important for the people of the United States to have confidence that the Department of Justice is not affected by that kind of partisan poison that you inherited.

we are gathered in the Senate in the somber shadow of the events in Boston at the marathon, and I guess I will start by conveying my sympathies to the individuals and their families who were killed or hurt in that terrible act. I share the…

The problem is that this is one example of a misleading practice that is the norm in the media. More than half of the time, media outlets do nothing more than state the name of the publishing organization, such as ``Thomas Pyle and the…

I think we do what we can to get it out.

Clearly, one factor in all of this is the Pell grant.

Now, that's down to 32 percent, even after the increases that we added in recent years.

It's critical that where we're investing our dollars are places that will actually be granting degrees and generating real results for students.

put the support at the front. As I said, let the lead dogs run faster and the whole pack will move faster.

The Mercury and Air Toxics Standard set long-overdue standards on mercury, arsenic, chromium, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other dangerous air pollutants.

I expressed my frustration that the EPA, during the Bush administration, had become a poster child of the opaque Federal agency pandering to special interests.

What I would urge to you as a matter of policy is that you should put as much attention and resources as you can into the leadership States.

We also want to enable negotiations so that that market power can be brought through to the benefit of the consumers.

For individuals with high health care needs, this provision provides critically important financial protections that were not widely available in the individual market, prior to enactment of the law.

I represent Rhode Island. Rhode Island, as I am sure you are aware is a real leader State in trying to get the insurance Exchange up.