I ask unanimous consent that David Bjerke, a defense fellow in Senator Blumenthal's office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the debate on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I call up amendment No. 2955. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending amendment is set aside. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy] proposes an amendment…

I ask unanimous consent that Patricia Clough, a fellow in Senator Warner's office, be granted privileges of the floor during consideration of Treaty Document 112-7, and S. 3254. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

today, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce will recognize the philanthropic contributions of a longtime Vermonter: Antonio Pomerleau. Businessman, community developer, humanitarian all these terms apply to one of Vermont's most celebrated…

I am pleased that the Senate today will pass this simple, commonsense legislation to clarify a provision of the Economic Espionage Act and thereby help protect American businesses and American jobs. The Economic Espionage Act makes it a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Pharmacy Compounding: Implications of the 2012 Meningitis…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 15, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct a hearing entitled, ``A Legislative Hearing on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 15, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on environment and…

Vermont is a small State, but it is filled with very big people. Perhaps none are better known or more well liked or more respected than Antonio Pomerleau. He is the Vermont Chamber of Commerce 2012 Vermont Citizen of the Year. Vermonters…

I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 15, 2012, at 2 p.m. in room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``America's…

what is the parliamentary situation? Are we in morning business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are postcloture on S. 3525.

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 15, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. special committee on…

I thank the distinguished Presiding Officer. I ask unanimous consent to proceed for no more than 5 minutes as in morning business and then resume in the regular order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Vermont…

I will take from the majority side. Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act

As we all know, Congress is now back from an extended recess. When we left, there were a number of significant items pending either on the floor of the House or on the floor of the Senate. Yesterday I spoke about one major piece of…

I have been here as a colleague in the Senate during those 11,000 votes. I don't want to ruin his reputation back home, but we have a significant number of those votes where he and I voted the same way, and, of course, he and I sit…

shortly after the Senate recessed in September, a compelling article was published in the Burlington Free Press which I would like to share with this Senate. John Ewing is a true public servant in Vermont. His vision and ability to work…

today I am proud to call to the Senate's attention the record of accomplishment of a military officer who has retired after 33 years of outstanding service to the Vermont Air and Army National Guard. LTC Lloyd Goodrow served five Adjutant…

one of Vermont's premier businesses is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. Ethan Allen Furniture has come to represent the very highest standards and quality that Vermont has to offer. In 1932, two brothers-in-law from New York…

now that the elections are over, I renew my call for all of us to come together to do what is right and to act in the interests of the American people. We should come together to avert the fiscal cliff and the automatic cuts that will…

homelessness is not something found only in large urban areas or that is isolated to city limits; it is just as easily found in small towns and rural areas. Vermont, like the rest of the Nation, struggles each day with homelessness. It is…

I have another subject, if I might. Incidentally, what is the parliamentary situation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Order of Business The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the…

it was more than 40 years ago when two young prosecutors, one from the biggest city in Pennsylvania and one from a smaller town in rural Vermont, came together at an annual meeting of the National District Attorneys Association in…

on August 25, 2012, the United States and the world lost one of its most creative thinkers and problem solvers. Roger D. Fisher, Williston Professor of Law at Harvard University and coauthor of ``Getting to Yes: Negotiating Without Giving…

I think the distinguished senior Senator from Florida has done the Senate and the country a service in what he has said. We each represent our own States. We have matters of interest in our States, but also so many times they are national…