But we also know that the subject of this hearing, the 'stand your ground' laws, was not a defense that Mr. Zimmerman raised.

I have spent much of my adult life working in law enforcement and emphatically agree that law enforcement should be vigorous going after violent crime.

In my view, that is utterly indefensible.

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the deal that the Senate is getting ready to vote on. This is a terrible deal. This deal embodies everything about the Washington establishment that frustrates the American people. This deal kicks the…

Imagine after the House Republicans stood together with the American people, if all 46 Senate Republicans have stood together and said, we are united against the train wreck that is Obamacare.

Why is the federal government spending money to erect barricades to keep veterans out of this memorial?

Government will always continue to grow and freedom in America will always recede.

I'm going to suggest a model for how we turn this country around in the next couple of years. And it is the model that we have been following together for the last couple of months, to stop that train wreck, that disaster, that nightmare…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I ask unanimous consent that the majority leader and I be able to engage in a colloquy so that we may perhaps be able to, as the majority leader said, surprise the world by finding some avenues…

Mr. President, I thank the majority leader for his impassioned remarks today, and all of us weep for those service men and women who have lost their lives in defense of this great Nation. I would note this Senate can right now, today, move…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I will note with regret that the majority leader objected to engaging in a discussion, to engaging in negotiations here on the Senate floor. I think that is unfortunate. So I will promulgate…