So I can help speed up things, I yield back all time on the Democratic side and yield to the senior Senator from Wyoming. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

the Senate has an important role in this debate.

I don't wish to in any way cut into the time of the senior Senator from Wyoming, but I hope once he and Senator Barrasso have finished speaking--once their time is consumed--we might agree that the vote will still be at 5:30, if possible…

We have often debated how best to ensure our national security while protecting the freedom and the liberty and the privacy rights.

The burden falls to the Federal Government to ensure that freedom of speech and of the press is being protected.

I worry that, again, as I said earlier, just because we can do it, I am not sure it means we should.

I want everyone to be able to watch this hearing.

I want to thank him and his family for the service and sacrifices they have made.

I must say I agree exactly with what you said.

I came to admire his extraordinary courage in standing up and speaking out to his superiors and his willingness to speak truth to power.

It is critical that whoever takes over as Director of the FBI has a keen sense of history and an understanding that we must never repeat these mistakes because they leave a permanent stain on this great Nation.

Few positions have as much impact on our liberty and our national security as the Director of the FBI.

We need strong, ethical leaders who will steadfastly adhere to the rule of law.

Waterboarding has been recognized to be torture since the time of the Spanish Inquisition.

I would notify the assistant Republican leader I will be making a unanimous consent request in a few minutes after my remarks. I do not want him to be surprised by that. Members representing all corners of this great Nation have been…

I am pleased today to join my Vermont colleague Senator Sanders to introduce the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Designation Act. The Upper Missisquoi River gathers itself from snowmelt and from pristine springs and…

I appreciate the compliments. But I am thinking of Shakespeare, ``I came here not to praise Caesar, but to bury him.'' Unfortunately these amendments have been buried by the objection. I would note that yesterday we offered 17 Republican…

if I may have the attention of the Senator from Iowa. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

this Independence Day will mark the 47th anniversary of the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act, FOIA. For more than four decades, FOIA has translated our great American values of openness and accountability into practice, by…

I thank the Senators from Maine for raising this issue. I would be glad to clarify that the intent of the legislation is not to exclude logging employment as defined in title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations in section 655.103(c)(4)…

I would like to point to one final, yet unfortunate, indication of the Senate's intent to preserve benefits under Medicaid and CHIP for children and pregnant women granted RPI, Blue Card, and V- visa status--section 4417. This section was…

Thank you, Senator Rockefeller. The issues we are discussing today are extremely important, and I appreciate your leadership during CHIPRA to allow States to extend Medicaid and CHIP benefits to pregnant women and children in the first…

Yes, that is correct. Nor was it our intention throughout the negotiations to eliminate this State right.

Senator Rockefeller is correct. The Senate had full knowledge of CBO's interpretation and cost estimate when it negotiated a bipartisan amendment that became the text of the final bill. We chose not to modify the provisions relating to the…

I thank the distinguished Senator for his comments. He also deserves credit. We worked very closely together on this schedule and everything else to make sure all people were heard, as the Senate completes its work on this historic…