I want to thank Senator McCain, because I remember very vividly Senator McCain was part of a group of 14 Senators who avoided this kind of occurrence. In 2005, I guess it was, right after President Bush took office, a group of Senators…

to follow up on some of the comments I made earlier about the DC Circuit, there have been accusations--and I guess everybody has their perspective--that seem to suggest that Republicans, for ideological reasons, won't fill these judgeships…

we need to be moving forward with the Defense bill. It is very important. I am a member of Armed Services Committee, and we had a good bipartisan vote out of committee to bring the bill to the floor. Chairman Levin has been fair to us in…

I understand that Senator Boxer wants 5 minutes, and I will yield to the fine chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee for 5 minutes. I ask unanimous consent that Senators on the Republican side be allocated 10 minutes each…

In the usual form. All right. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from North Carolina.

So, in conclusion, I appreciate the opportunity to be here. It looks as though we will vote on the Millett nomination maybe later today. With no personal criticism of that nominee in any way, I think it is important for us to say we just…

if the Senator will yield for an inquiry, under the UC were we going to divide 30 minutes per side? Was that the intent of the unanimous consent request I made earlier? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The time until noon is equally…

I wish to share some thoughts about the filling of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals judgeships. I have been involved in that issue for well over a decade. We started looking at the case numbers when President Clinton was…

I will not. The gentleman had 18 minutes to get his message out, and I am going to take my few minutes to get this out. And with great respect to the gentleman from Colorado, I do recognize not only his heart, but his brain is engaged in…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend, the gentleman from Boulder, Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time…

I will answer the question quickly. We believe there should be no more than a 25 percent tax on any American for paying their taxes.

I am pleased to now yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Gainesville, Georgia, Congressman Collins, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.