Patrick Leahy

It just makes no sense, especially in these universities and colleges, whether private or public, we are subsidizing one way or the other.

I have worked with the Senator, as he knows, on a lot of different issues in the past.

We in Vermont--again, a small State, but we have the State government involved with the Vermont Regional Center.

Having a permanent authorization will give projects the opportunity to plan and develop good programs.

It is critical that Congress support U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the program.

If you have people who want to come into the country and create jobs, especially when most of the jobs go to Americans who are already here who could use the jobs, then we ought to be supportive.

I am not a witness here, but I am so struck by Mr. North speaking of these decaying ski resorts in Vermont and the suggestion that this is not creating jobs.

The number of millions you are talking about, I should just note for the record, Senator Grassley, we are a State of 650,000 people, so that has a multiplier effect.

I think Congress has to show potential investors from around the world that America welcomes immigrant investors and values their contributions.

A justice system informed by solid science is imperative.

A DOJ-hosted OFS therefore presents potential conflicts of interest precluding the independence required for a forensic science office to be effective.

I do not think that means they can put the Court in a Coliseum if the Court felt that it adversely impacted the integrity of its decisionmaking.

But when the President tried to enlarge the number of Supreme Court Justices back in the Court-packing days, when President Roosevelt did that, what this Senate did was they refused to go along.

Justice Scalia, under our Constitution, what is the role, if any, the judges play in making budgetary choices or determining what is the best allocation of taxpayer resources? Is that within their proper role or is that somewhere else?

I would join the Senator from South Carolina in thanking Senator Levin, the chair of the Armed Services Committee, and Senator McCain, the ranking member, who worked closely with us. But I must say again, my good friend from South…

Is the Senator from Colorado aware that the administration has raised real concerns--both DOD and the White House--saying that requiring the President to devise the kind of procedures discussed in this bill creates all kinds of problems…

I have mentioned this to the distinguished Republican floor leader, and I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for a few minutes as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered…

With that, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess until 3 p.m. today. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:50 p.m., recessed until 3 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer…

I thank the Chair. After decades of doing this, I should have remembered, of course, we have to notify the President. I recall one day, when we went into the beginning of the session and swore in new Senators, one was the new Senator from…

Senator Grassley and I will keep on pushing on that.

It is an important measure to give the Department of Justice additional resources to fight fraud at no cost to taxpayers.

I remain very concerned that the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill considered by the Senate last week completely eliminates funding for the Second Chance Act programs.

We want to make sure that we have a re-entry and rehabilitation program when prisoners rejoin society and stay out.

I think that the decision not to fund that effort does not make a lot of sense.

I have never seen a greater injustice to a Member of Congress.