I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 29, 2011, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on homeland security…

on June 14, 2011, I introduced the Consular Notification Compliance Act. This legislation will help bring the United States into compliance with its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, VCCR, and is critical to…

reserving the right to object, I will not object. But insofar as many had planned to be here for the 12 o'clock scheduled votes, could the Senator from Florida tell me how long he wishes to take?

it is a delight to call the Senate's attention to the record of 75 years of quality productions achieved by the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company as they celebrate this major milestone with their community and friends. Among its many…

I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Vermont.

I think it is regrettable that there appears to be this steady addition of troubles, toils and snares by the Supreme Court on Americans' road to a jury, which is a, to me, baseline constitutional American institution of government.

Some have said the Janus decision provides Wall Street companies with a license to lie.

Every American who hears the word 'jury' and has the phrase 'runaway jury' jump into their mind... has been the successful subject of a long campaign of indoctrination about this and of public communication.

I have a lot more questions, but I run the clock on myself, too.

Through this decision, a narrow majority of five justices have, again, made it harder to hold corporations accountable under our historic civil rights laws.

I believe that the ability of Americans to band together to hold corporations accountable when these things occur has been seriously undermined by the Supreme Court.

In my view, each of these decisions give corporations additional power to act in their own self-interests and each limits the ability of Americans to have their day in court.

But, unfortunately, I believe these protections are being eroded by an activist court and, actually, the most business-friendly Supreme Court in the last 75 years.

In both my time in the Senate and previous career as a prosecutor, I always felt people who did the wrongdoing should be held responsible.

There is clearly a strong institutional incentive there, and you have also seen very strong institutional behavior from the big multinational corporations and others trying to deprecate as much as they can and make Americans believe that…

After extensive and unnecessary delays, the Senate will finally vote today on three important nominations to fill high-level posts at the Department of Justice. Two of these positions have national security responsibilities. I have been…

I applaud Chairman Leahy for holding this hearing.

I will not object, Madam President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. libya

That really does not sound like amnesty.

I have been a supporter of this bill and a cosponsor since it was first introduced in the 107th Congress.

I believe it is a matter of fairness. And for whatever time I have left in the Senate, I will fight, along with Senator Durbin, for it.

The DREAM Act serves the interests of the United States. It certainly encourages and rewards military service.

Allowing these young people to serve America in their journey to become Americans is something we should all support.

I can think of some these advertisers that have done this, and at some point I would hope that they would realize voluntarily they should work with you because, otherwise, there will have to be real pressure from the Congress on this.

I do not care what the economic climate is. That would be unacceptable.