Mr. President, in Vermont we have been fortunate that for almost two decades Judge William Sessions has served with distinction as a Federal judge for the District of Vermont. In January, Judge Sessions announced that he would take senior…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recommending Geoffrey Crawford

You cannot arrest your way out of this problem.

As you do, to the extent you can, can you keep me and my office and Congressman Welch and Senator Sanders posted on that, what you are finding?

I want to thank Peter Welch. He has got 40 different places he is supposed to be today, and he has been so concerned about this issue.

If it works in the State system, we ought to adopt it at the federal system.

Without the funding secured by Senator Leahy over the years--and it does go back decades--our ability to operate the Drug Task Force at the level of success it enjoys today would not be possible.

I have joined with some of the most conservative Republicans in the Senate as well as some of the most liberal Democrats, and we have been effectively able to get legislation through.

And I agree, and they are important. And it is also important to not fight over the quarters but rather fight for a result.

I would note for the record, because this will be a part of the permanent record of the U.S. Senate, that at least half the hands in the room went up.

Around the same time under your leadership, Senator Leahy, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in this very room.

I am also going to try to reauthorize very soon the Leahy bulletproof vests bill.