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I think that establishes pretty definitively what the number is. In fact, I drafted an amendment, which I intend to offer at this time, which would increase the funding for low-income energy assistance by an amount of $1.276 billion. The…
Obviously, the amendment that is now pending of the Senator from Rhode Island and the Senator from Maine is an amendment I am sympathetic to. Those of us who come from the northern States, whether they be in the Midwest or New England…
The pending Departments of Transportation, Treasury, HUD, the Judiciary and Related Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R. 3058, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $84.806 billion in budget…
I rise to speak briefly to highlight again the Homeland Security bill, which this body passed and the House passed and the President signed this week. I think it is important when we do something that is substantive and addresses what I…
As we speak in the Senate, sometimes we are caught up in hyperbole. I am certainly afraid that has been the case on the other side as they try to describe flextime. To say this is a return to the 19th century is a unique view of something…
Our Nation's history is not only one of growing prosperity, opportunity, and the steady progress of a free and industrious society, but it is also uniquely identified by the challenges that we have faced and overcome. Sometimes, these…
In the Senate this year, we have considered this homeland security bill during two very different times of crisis. When the bill was on the floor of the Senate in July, the reprehensible train bombings in London had just occurred and there…
The pending military quality of life and Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R. 2528, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $80.580 billion in budget authority and $78.070…
The pending Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2006, H.R. 2744, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $86.883 billion in budget authority and $69.248 billion in outlays in FY…
I rise to respond on this amendment. I want to make a couple of points, initially. First, this amendment is not Katrina related. That is important. It is an attempt to bootstrap an idea that has been offered on the floor a number of times…
The pending Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2006, H.R. 2862, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $48.875 billion in budget authority and $49.495 billion in outlays in…
I wish to speak briefly. Later on, we are going to have a vote on the amendment offered by Senator Biden for a billion-dollar expansion of the COPS Program. That proposal is put in the context of Katrina and the effects of Katrina on the…