I do not support the President's call to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Office (SPRO).

it is no substitute for an independent review by the Congress of the actual legal opinion underpinning such actions.

I think it is ill-advised, that you are talking with the U.S. maritime to see if they have the capability to move this oil.

There is an easy way out of all of this. It requires a little cooperation on both sides.

the executive branch regularly informs the appropriate Members of Congress about our counterterrorism activities, including the legal framework, and would of course follow the same practice where lethal force is used against United States…

I have made repeated requests for the legal opinions upon which the administration has relied in taking such extraordinary actions against American citizens.

I still want to see the OLC memorandum, and I would urge you to keep working on that.

One of the things I'm very proud of for my time here in the Senate is a bill that I wrote with then-Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell on bulletproof vests.

I just would suggest that as an easy way out.

I remain concerned about the low staffing levels at Vermont's ports-of-entry, where I have received troubling reports involving overall safety practices, security procedures, and the morale and welfare of CBP officers.

This definitely is not J. Edgar Hoover's FBI anymore.

I'm going to conclude my remarks, though, by saying this budget is not about numbers and statistics; it's about people.

I also look forward to working with Senator Frank Lautenberg, our vice chairman.

I hope you will reconsider the administration's position.

Yes, full access to fees is critical to help the USPTO achieve strategic goals and performance objectives.

I want to know what concrete steps you have taken to put these guidelines into practice and give teeth to make sure they are followed.

I'm concerned that this budget is flat to fight violent crime and gangs.

We support President Obama's nomination of Andrew L. Traver for this position.

I don't think that these cuts in the Air Guard and the Reserves are going to save us money.

today the Senate will vote on the confirmation of two highly qualified, consensus nominees to the Federal bench: Mary Elizabeth Phillips to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri and Thomas Owen Rice to the U.S…

today, I am pleased to join with Senator Grassley to introduce the Drug Free Communities Reauthorization Act of 2012, a bill to reauthorize the successful Drug Free Communities Program. It is crucial that communities around the country…

I am pleased that the Senate will act today to combat the increasing problem of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. I thank Senators Grassley and Bennet, and the other cosponsors, along with the bipartisan sponsors of the House companion bill…

Protecting our servicemembers has always been a bipartisan issue, and I look forward to working with you.

Today we welcome Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez, who has hobbled in here.

The administration is about to use taxpayer dollars through the HAMP program to bail out speculators who drove up housing prices during the bubble.