I am delighted we have the confirmation of Sally Yates before the body. I have pushed for a vote for several weeks, and now I know we are finally going to confirm Sally Yates to be our next Deputy Attorney General of the United States. I…

if we have nobody here seeking recognition, we have a few minutes left, and I am perfectly willing to yield back that time also. I do yield it back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise…

The Senate should adopt the Gideon's Promise Act proposed by Senator Leahy, providing technical assistance...

the senior Senator from Utah has laid out very well the reasons for the changes proposed in the House and proposed by his and my bill. He also said something we should all think about. A couple of minutes ago, he said: Assuming everybody…

It is a disgrace that 52 years after Gideon and 43 after Argersinger, thousands of accused persons face the power of the State alone.

Some would argue that no reforms are needed. Unfortunately, they do not go into the facts, as the Second Circuit did; they invoke fearmongering and dubious claims about the utility of the bulk collection programs to defend the status quo…

additionally, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a letter from the major technology industry companies and trade associations in support of the USA FREEDOM Act. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be…

section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act expires in a matter of weeks. Senator Lee and I have a bipartisan bill, the USA FREEDOM Act, that would end the use of section 215 to authorize the bulk collection of Americans' phone records and replace…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am surely going to make a unanimous consent request, and I have notified the Republican leader of this, but before I do, I wish to make a statement on this issue. I am talking about the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program…

Red Hen Baking Company was founded in 1999 by Randy George and Eliza Cain in the Mad River Valley of Vermont. They started as a small operation, baking and delivering fresh bread to nearby stores and restaurants. They used pure…

last month, I had the opportunity to visit the award-winning Leahy Center for Digital Investigation at Champlain College in Burlington, VT. One of the Nation's top law enforcement officers, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James…

I thank all of the Senators who have cosponsored this bill. I thank the Senator from Oklahoma for withdrawing his objection. I am hoping the other body will soon take this up so that we can try to have it passed before the police meet here…

I assumed that was going to be your answer, but after all the time that Senator Lee and I spent on that, I am glad to have that answer.

I think also we sometimes think we can do a one-size-fits-all.

I hate to think of the number of hours and months we spent reworking it to address those exact concerns.

I have a little trouble hearing criticisms of the President finally acting when the Congress would not.

My time is almost up, and if anybody wants to add anything for the record, either in agreement or disagreement to what Mr. Hadad said, please do so.

Now, we spent hundreds of hours putting together an immigration bill in the U.S. Senate. It passed a couple of years ago. Two-thirds of senators voted for it, Republicans and Democrats alike. Huge bipartisan effort.

I think probably the most extensive were by President Reagan. But I would also point out if--an Executive action is usually done, it is when Congress does not act.

Predatory conduct that takes advantage of the complexity of patent law does not serve the important goal for which our patent system was intended.

Last week, we had seven bipartisan members of this Committee that came together, and we introduced legislation to address abusive conduct in our patent system.

I think we have crafted a strong and fair compromise that will address abusive conduct while preserving the strength of our patent system.

I am also worried about the increase in heroin use and overdose.

Interdiction alone is never going to solve the issues, but the law enforcement agencies, particularly in small and rural States or small rural areas, which every State has, need some help.