It strikes me, Mr. President, that there is a clear double standard here. The Senator has asked a reasonable question, to which he has not gotten a clear answer, and one that is clearly within the purview of the Senate in our oversight…

will the Senator yield for another question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.

I wanted to come to the floor to pose a few questions to my colleague from Kentucky. First, I would say that I admire his fortitude and his willingness to ask appropriate and reasonable questions of the administration on a matter of grave…

I said that was my last question, but I would ask the Senator to yield for this last question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.

I ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Paul, be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I am not sure where the Obama administration is getting all of its talking points on the sequester, but the President might want to consider hiring a fact checker. Even before the sequester took effect, Education Secretary Arne Duncan…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there…

I would ask a further question of the Senator from Kentucky. I believe the question he has asked--whether the President has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil and without…

A crime not prosecuted does not produce the kind of deterrence that we would want to prevent other people from committing those similar crimes.

I rise to commemorate a very special day in history--a day that inspires pride and gratitude in the hearts of the people of the great State of Texas. I rise today to commemorate Texas Independence Day, which was actually this last…

It strikes me as disproportionate and one that is basically being used inappropriately to try to bully someone into pleading guilty to something that strikes me as rather minor.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are…