John Ensign

What my amendment now does is create money so we will be able to enforce the Child Custody Protection Act when we enact that law. Around here, as I said before, too many times we enact laws, we authorize things, and we do not fund them…

What we have done with the Child Custody Protection Act--Senator Boxer is correct, it is a bill that passed the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan vote of 65 to 34. What we are doing is setting up a reserve fund that says if it passes this year…

I rise today to speak about Iraq. Following the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, our enemies tried to plunge Iraq into chaos, and in certain parts of Iraq they were succeeding. Terrorists and extremists were pitting Iraqi against…

I rise today with a truly heavy heart. At Arlington Cemetery, on January 17, 2008, I attended the funeral services of my friend, COL D'Arcy Grisier. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife beloved Roberta, or, as we call her, Bert, and…

I appreciate her comments. The only reason I would object to a voice vote is because I have seen too many voice votes in this place and then things get dropped in conference. I would hope we could have a recorded vote. I know they take up…

Amendment No. 3295 is to increase by $150 million the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and offset it with a $150 million decrease in the NASA budget currently in the bill. The NASA budget was increased $150 million over the…

let me make it clear. I support the electronic filing by Senators in the underlying bill that Senator Feinstein brought forward. There is an issue I want to raise on an amendment I wish to add to the bill. We have a problem going on in the…

We have a problem going on in the Senate where there are outside groups that are filing ethics complaints and they are doing it for purely political reasons. I think we could fix that, at least having transparency, to where if someone…

the history of our financial commitment to United Nations peacekeeping should be a cautionary tale. For instance, from 1988 to 1994, U.N. peacekeeping spiraled out of control as the number of operations more than tripled and costs soared…

an interesting economic trend is sweeping through countries around the globe. It is one that started right here in the United States, and it would be wise for us to consider some of the amazing results that are being documented…

If I were him, I would go ahead and resign, these are large, public hints.

I wish to talk about my amendment. My amendment says that the Children's Health Insurance Program, which is designed to cover low-income children, should first cover low-income children. Many of the States today are covering nonpregnant…