I would be telling them to do exactly that.

The thing that surprised most people...was the fact that these vests do wear out.

I hope we can proceed to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program and other important law enforcement measures, and Congress will join together with one voice to send a strong, clear message to our Nation's law…

Since we enacted the original Leahy-Campbell law, the vest program has contributed to the purchase of nearly 1 million ballistic vests to help protect our law enforcement officers.

Republican Senators delayed a final vote on the nomination of Judge Adalberto Jordan of Florida even though the Senate voted 89-5 last night to end a Republican filibuster that has already prevented a vote for 4 months. This is a consensus…

I am holding the hearing today because the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act expires in September, and I want you to know I will introduce legislation in the coming weeks to reauthorize this program.

When I worked to introduce and pass the original bulletproof vest program in 1998, I joined with then-Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell.

I want to respond briefly to comments of the junior Senator from Kentucky earlier today regarding his amendment to cut off all U.S. aid for Egypt. First, let's take a step back. The new conditions on military aid for Egypt, which I wrote…

The interstate is a double-edged sword, isn't it?

I have been here for 37 years. I could not agree more with the distinguished senior Senator from Florida. He notes that 4 months ago, when Judge Adelberto Jordan came out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with every single Republican and…

I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume legislative session and proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each; further, that the time postcloture count during morning business…

clearly this approach, if we keep the Guard and Reserve, saves our country precious resources at a time we need to tighten our belts. There are a couple of things we agree on. Everybody in the Senate agrees that our military has to be kept…

today, the Senate will finally vote on the nomination of Judge Cathy Bencivengo to fill a vacancy on the the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, where she has served as a Magistrate Judge since 2005. An experienced…

with the Senator from Kentucky still on the floor, I appreciate what he has said, and I am glad he has shown support for the Leahy amendment which passed in the last foreign aid bill. There was a lot of pushback from a number of people…

I thank my friend from South Carolina. We will from time to time report to the Senate on this issue. It is extremely important. It comes down to the bottom line: Have the best defense at the least cost to the taxpayer. That is what we are…

I agree with my colleague on that, and that is why the bipartisan Guard Caucus will have some very strong statements. We look at what the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, GEN Ron Fogelman, said before these plans were announced. He…

For almost 18 years, the Violence Against Women Act has been the centerpiece of the Federal Government's commitment to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Senator Crapo and I introduced this bill, a…

As an example of the approach to the budget cuts, one of the A-10 units slated for cutting, the 127th Wing from Michigan, just returned from fighting bravely in Afghanistan and as a welcome home: Great job. Sorry, we are going to disband…

In fact, Senator Graham and I introduced a successful amendment in last year's Defense authorization bill that required the Pentagon and the GAO perform studies that should produce more conclusive analysis of the relative cost of similar…

I see the distinguished Senator from Oklahoma and I know he is waiting to go and I appreciate his courtesy that I might go first. Let me speak in my capacity as chair of the Judiciary Committee. Two weeks ago, when the Senate confirmed…

I would like to bring to the Senate's attention the recent accomplishments of King Arthur Flour of Norwich, VT. Established in 1790, King Arthur Flour has stood the test of time as the oldest flour company in the United States. Over the…

Today, nearly a year after the Senate passed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act, the Senate is being asked to adopt the conference report to accompany it. I am pleased that the conference report does retain bipartisan language that I…

A trivial, attenuated financial benefit could not lead to this violation because the public official must still act knowingly and with fraudulent intent to receive the benefit, and they must do so in violation of existing law. For example…

The former public official must accept the bribe or gratuity ``for or because of'' the official act. If the public official does not know that a matter is pending, the public official cannot accept a bribe ``for or because'' of it.