This is a piece of metal from a Soviet Backfire bomber. We didn't shoot this bomber down. It was sawed off. They sawed the wings off this bomber. They did it because we paid for it under the Nunn-Lugar agreement in which we have actually…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Massachusetts. Senator Kerry, as chairman of the committee, has done an extraordinary job. I also mention Senator Lugar and others who have worked very hard on the issue of the ratification of the…

Madam President, I decided some long while ago that I was going to leave the Congress after serving 30 years. So at the end of this year, I will conclude my work here in the U.S. Congress. But I was thinking--sitting in the Chamber…

Madam President, section 311(c) of S. Con. Res. 13, the 2010 budget resolution, permits the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to adjust the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits…

The Indian Self-Determination Act I think has been one of the most important pieces of legislation for tribes and for tribal sovereignty.

I look forward to working with you to see that the amendments to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistant Tribal Self-Governance Act, which is of great importance to Indian Country, are soon enacted into law.

The bottom line is, we need to provide for the best possible security.

We have had four events, really, that have been kind of defining events since we began much more enhanced screening after 9/11.

There would be an upheaval in Congress, and there would be great efforts to prevent it from happening.

It was more invasive than what I was used to.

I don't want to give a roadmap to anybody to say, 'OK, here's exactly what the technique is.'

I hope that you--with all that's on your plate--will not try to change what is the law in this country.

What kind of protection have you developed so that someone who has had a reasonably explicit photograph taken of them through this full-body imaging--that it's not going to be moved around?

I would like to get from you an analysis, if you would, of the efficiency and effectiveness of the aviation side at this point.

We've got to start anticipating, through intelligence, what they're up to, before it happens.

Should they feel there is slightly less risk, the same risk, or more risk?

Mr. President, this morning I read a little piece in the newspaper that a man named Jacob Carroll had died in Afghanistan, a U.S. soldier. He died in Afghanistan on the battlefield. I did not know Jacob Carroll, but he is one of 438…

Mr. President, as I walked in the door to the Chamber I heard the Senator from Pennsylvania talk about the START Treaty. Let me say that it is such an important thing for this Congress to ratify. It is very important that be an urgent…