the Bulletproof Vest Partnership program has been saving lives by helping to provide over 1 million vests.

I do not think it is playing God, Chief, and none of us do, and I appreciate that.

I applaud you, Chairman Whitehouse and Ranking Member Graham, for your focus on law enforcement.

We need to make sure that our criminal laws in this area are adequate and up to date.

I am also encouraged by the efforts of Senators Coons and Hatch to create a harmonized system for owners of trade secrets.

I hope that the Judiciary Committee will act soon on legislation to strengthen both the criminal and civil protections against trade secret theft.

The problem of theft that happens entirely overseas, highlighted by Senator Flake's legislation, is worthy of further study.

I appreciate working with Senator Graham on that effort.

The theft of intellectual property is one of the most important foreign policy challenges we face.

earlier today, the ranking member requested that the administration provide materials relating to Anwar Al-Awlaki so that all Senators would be able to properly evaluate Mr. Barron's nomination. The administration has now made available…

today, we are again voting to overcome Republican filibusters of four highly qualified judicial nominees. The nominees are Judge Robin Rosenbaum to fill an emergency vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Indira…

yesterday Senator Graham and I introduced a bill to establish a National Commission on the Future of the Army, an independent panel that will bear the responsibility of analyzing some major changes to the U.S. Army that were proposed in…

if the Senator will go back to what I said, it did not refer to him. I worry about those, however, who voted for that war and did not vote to stop that war and voted for the very first time that this country has ever gone to war in its…

next week we are going to commemorate National Police Week, a time when the Nation pays tribute to the sacrifices made by all those who serve in law enforcement, particularly those officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty…

Please keep an eye out for the REAP Zone.

Let’s do legislation. Let's not do talking points. Let's do legislation.

One of my top conservation priorities in this was the Regional Equity provisions.

I wish all Committees were this easy to put together complex legislations.

The REAP Zone has helped. It has helped fire departments. It has helped people buy their first homes.

Well, Mr. President, I am sorry to hear this. I hear people who supported a useless war in Iraq, and they will talk about how much money we spend. It was the first time in America's history----

I would like to call the Senate's attention to the work of the Washington Electric Cooperative, which provides power and electricity to thousands of Vermonters, including to Marcelle and me at our home in Middlesex. This year the co-op, as…

Terry Gainer, the Senate's skilled and energetic Sergeant At Arms, is leaving the Senate family, after 8 years of devoted service to the Senate and the Nation in this vital role. Overseeing the Senate's largest administrative office, Terry…

today, we will vote to confirm Nancy Moritz to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Nancy Moritz is currently a justice on the Kansas Supreme Court, where she has been serving since 2011. She has the…

last year, the Senate came together to pass meaningful legislation that was supported by victims of violence, law enforcement, and those committed to working to end domestic and sexual abuse. That bill, the Leahy-Crapo Violence Against…

I ask unanimous consent to yield back all time before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will…