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This amendment is not offset. Yes, we are told we cannot afford $292 million. We need $2.9 billion. We are told we cannot afford that. I hope someone will come to the floor next week or the week after on the other side and say we cannot…
We ought to have an opportunity to have this open discussion and expression of views without challenging the motives, the patriotism, or the very right of any Senator to express him or herself. Senator Kennedy did that. Many of us have…
I am relating not necessarily to his comments specifically but to this general approach Members on the other side seem to use any time one of those in the Democratic caucus speaks out, expresses him or herself, raises concerns or in some…
How can we assume that coverage would be available in my district or in rural America when it is not available now, and countrywide it is not available in 80 percent of rural districts covered where we have Medicare-covered folks?
I am afraid the Senator from Illinois is exactly right. This is a license to import Third World wage standards into the United States--to turn the clock back 65 years. That is exactly what we are doing. We are telling the workers that you…
It is time for the daily Blue Dog report. Mr. Speaker, it has been 847 days since President Bush and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan for our country. During that time, the national debt has increased by…
There is one simple explanation for why the Senate has not finished its work: Politics. The majority has been playing politics with this bill and with other issues. That is just not conducive to reaching the good bipartisan outcome we…
I actually thought it was a hoax. I could not believe that we would actually commit $8 million to create a Web site that would encourage investors to bet on futures involving terrorist attacks and public assassinations. For the life of me…
It is my understanding they are actually encouraging investors to trade in this terrorist probability or possibility. Their view is that somehow, by those who invest, in watching or monitoring those who invest, they can better determine…
Each of the items that the Senator from Illinois has reported were on the Web site yesterday: When the first biological attack would occur in Israel, when the King of Jordan might be assassinated. Each of these were listed as possible…
You can't deal with 15 or 20 amendments a day, much less 70 or 80. I think it minimizes, in some ways it demeans the debate about energy policy in this country. To say about important issues such as the ones we have outlined again this…
I complement the distinguished Senator from Louisiana for her bill and her leadership on the issue of mentoring. She knows a great deal about foster care. I am grateful to her for the commitment she had made to the issue. Recent statistics…
I guess I go back to a fundamental question of management, not by him but of the administration, a fundamental question about what it is they anticipate will be the costs involving fighting the war in Iraq--not for this year but for the…
I will use the remainder of my leader time to make a couple of remarks with regard to the Bingaman amendment, but I, too, want to join the Senator from Illinois in expressing our gratitude to the Senator from West Virginia for his…
That is exactly what we would be suggesting with the first amendment the caucus will propose. The distinguished Senator has characterized it exactly right. Why not give seniors a little more choice? But with that choice, perhaps a little…
If I could think of one word as I consider the prospect of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, it would be ``overdue.'' It is overdue. It is long past due. I hope on a bipartisan basis we continue to demonstrate…
This amendment is based on a misconception. The misconception is that somehow there is a mandate to begin with. There is no mandate for the States under this bill. There is a requirement that refiners find a way to reach the goals that we…
I firmly believe this bill fails on all counts. What is more remarkable is that this bill represents, in my view, a strategy that was employed just 2 years ago, with disastrous results. In the name of economic stimulus, the administration…