Ted Stevens: “This bill--this fund applies only to Iraq and Afghanistan, Senator.”

A country that picks up or identifies a launch might legitimately worry whether the weapon carries a nuclear or conventional payload.

The whole purpose of the Act is to protect our fisheries and have a conservation ethic to be the major goal.

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.

The NALEMP annual appropriation was first drafted in 1993 by Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Daniel Inouye.