The Public Record
I am rising to support the conference report that is being proposed for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. I support this legislation. I commend the conferees for their efforts to streamline, make less bureaucratic and less…
nearly 4,000 Minnesotans honored their favorite teacher at my Minnesota State fair booth this summer. I honor these teachers further by submitting their names to the Congressional Record as follows: Concordia College-Moorhead--Duane…
Recently I invited Minnesotans to honor their favorite teachers. The response was overwhelming. Over 4,000 Minnesotans nominated their favorite teachers. Many teachers were nominated more than once. Current students nominated present…
Over the weekend, there was a very alarming report in the New York Times that stated that senior administration officials repeatedly failed to disclose the contrary views of America's leading nuclear scientists about tubes that could be…
President Bush describes Afghanistan, the first front on the war on terrorism, as a success. In comparison to Iraq, perhaps it is. But if you look at Afghanistan on its own merits, the lack of progress is disheartening. In 2002, President…
Yesterday Senator John Kerry told the American people the truth about Iraq, the truth about the past, the truth about the present, and the truth about the future. President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and other administration apologists…
the buck stops in the White House. The blame starts there and it ends there. Senator John Kerry is not responsible for this war. Congress is culpable to some extent, but is not responsible for it. President Bush is responsible. Now that…
The picture, for the record, showed about 30 Iraqi civilians standing amidst the rubble of bombed buildings in the Iraqi town of Fallujah. In the forefront of the picture were five Iraqi children, and the caption beneath the picture read…
The farmers in my State are out of money. There are farmers in my State who were out of money last year who have been forced into bankruptcy. How do they make the necessary appeal to the President to get on his list? Is it required that…
I feel compelled to rise and present what I think is a better version of the facts which, as we can see, are very different. The majority leader, as I understood his argument, was saying the new jobs that are now being created in the…
I am a little perplexed at the dire consequences that are being asserted if my amendment were to be adopted, because my amendment simply strikes language that is in the bill before the Senate which is itself modifying current law. My…
I would like to express support for several very important amendments to the Defense Authorization Bill 2005 that were agreed this week in the discussions in the Senate Armed Services Committee. I refer specifically to the proposals in…