Mark Dayton

I send a modification of my amendment to the desk, and I ask unanimous consent it be so modified.

The staff is working on slight adjustments to the amendment so it meets the concerns of the chairman. I thank the chairman for his willingness to consider the amendment as part of the managers' amendment as modified. It needs to be further…

I thank Senator Stevens for his support and assistance in this matter. I thank him and the ranking member and members of the committee and acknowledge in every one of these three areas the Senate Committee on Appropriations has added…

Is there an amendment pending? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no amendment pending. Amendment No. 1844, as Modified

I call up amendment No. 1844 and send a modification to the desk and ask unanimous consent that the amendment be modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as…

I have come to the floor to join with the distinguished assistant Democratic leader in his conscientious and continuing concern for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I have seen the Senator from Illinois on the floor day after day, raising…

I echo some of the remarks the Democratic leader made. I am about to leave this Chamber to go to a behind-closed- doors hearing of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with the acting director of operations for FEMA…

I also want to join with others of my colleagues today who have expressed the concerns, condolences, and sympathies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which has so horribly claimed so many of our fellow Americans' lives, families and…

It says that this proposed legislation would remove defendants from one of the oldest principles of civil liability law-- that persons or companies who act negligently should be accountable to victims harmed by this failure of…

I am one Member, along with a number of my colleagues, who believes we should be debating not this gun liability bill but the Department of Defense authorization bill for the coming fiscal year. I serve on that committee. It was a good…

I express my admiration to the Senator from Iowa for his willingness to make this accommodation. Those watching, who wonder whether we do act in the spirit of bipartisan cooperation, can note this as one of those instances. I share…

During the time the Senator referenced, I believe the Senator was the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. It was the responsibility of the administration to perform the due diligence necessary to investigate all of the relevant…