I thank the Senator from Illinois, who has worked on this throughout his career, both in the House and in the Senate. It means a lot. I will state what one survivor, Tina Frundt, a survivor of human trafficking who now helps counsel other…

I say to the Senator from Illinois, that the Republican House of Representatives passed this Act without this provision, and Democrats and Republicans here in the Senate should do the same.

I have many concerns about the constitutional, safety, and privacy implications regarding the use of drones by law enforcement agencies.

I am hopeful that this year we will succeed in uniting these reforms and that we will finally pass legislation so desperately needed by American businesses, both big and small.

Bad actors have held up Main Street businesses and innovative companies to extort financial settlements.

We wanted to promote transparency that holds the bad actors accountable.

I think some of the people making these demands do not realize you are dealing with individuals--not huge corporations.

There is one bipartisan solution that Senator Lee and I worked on and that made clear that it is a deceptive trade practice to send misleading demand letters.

I believe that the compromise Senator Cornyn and I came up with remains a positive framework for bipartisan cooperation.

We have also authored a customer stay provision. It helps customers who are targeted simply for using a product they purchased off the shelf.

I have introduced the STRONG Patents Act of 2015, along with my colleagues, Senators Durbin and Hirono.

I have worked so hard over the years to finally be able to pass the Leahy-Smith bill, one of the great bipartisan efforts of both the Senate and the House.

Nobody is going to get everything they want, but we can get a better situation than what we have today.

Abusive practices by bad actors are a discredit to our strong patent system.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Flake). Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Edward William Brooke III

I am concerned we are losing private forestland at a very alarming rate.

I remember when I first raised it, people thought I was referring to a character I heard about in a comic book named Batman.

It is wreaking havoc across the country.

I want to briefly draw the Senate's attention to a recent announcement made by Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernaandez concerning his government's efforts to secure and preserve a newly discovered archaeological site in the eastern part…

I hope we will do what is right, but I hope we will step back from either partisan name-calling or ascribing motives to people. Even though my dear friend from Texas voted against the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, I am never…

on January 3, the Nation lost a courageous public servant--actually, an icon of the 20th century: Massachusetts Senator Edward William Brooke III. He was 95 years old. I have had the privilege of serving with more than 350 Senators since…

I have spoken many times on the Senate floor in defense of press freedom because it is a fundamental cornerstone of a democratic society. Today I want to briefly draw the Senate's attention to the situation in Turkey, one of the many…

next week I will join many Vermonters to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Burlington Police Department, which was established in early 1865 with the appointment of the city's first constable, Luman A. Drew. For the sake of historical…

last week the majority leader announced that he would finally schedule a vote for this week on the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be our next Attorney General. But as of today no date has been set. The Senate majority leader is now…

earlier this month, two Florida men were charged with human trafficking. They drugged a runaway 16-year-old girl. Then they forced her to have sex with up to 10 men a day. They sold her to men in a gas station bathroom. They sold her on…