I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues in opposition to H.R. 471, the D.C. voucher bill. While I share the same commitment to improving the quality of education here in D.C., in Chicago…

The Senator is correct in his statement that not only President George Herbert Walker Bush but also President George W. Bush came to Congress and broke precedent. That had not happened in Korea or Vietnam. We went back to what I considered…

When I finish my statement, I will be happy to yield. They then said: Go to the United Nations and create the authority, an international authority to stop him. This was done. It was in the midst of all this that the President was leaving…

That was the question raised by the President in his address to the American people the night before last, as to whether it is in the best interest of the United States to step forward with our unique capability--in this case, our air…

Madam President, in response to the Senator from Kentucky, I would like to say that he is new to the Senate. I do not question his sincerity when it comes to the enforcement of our Constitution. I share his feelings about the…

Madam President, an incredible woman died this week after a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. Geraldine Ferraro led a trailblazing life, constantly achieving and proving the naysayers wrong. She was one of two women in her…

I will have a longer statement for the Record because I know Senator Hutchison is waiting, but I want to make one or two comments about Geraldine Ferraro.

First, my image of Geraldine Ferraro is this young Congresswoman from California, with her arms outstretched, as you raced toward one another in an iconic photograph of the two of you after she won the Vice Presidential nomination. I will…

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I usually do not get up in the morning and race to read the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. It is not part of my morning routine. I do not agree with them on most of the positions they have taken and I have found…

Mr. President, on March 22, countries around the world will celebrate World Water Day--a day to mark the progress we have made protecting this most important resource and to reflect on the many challenges we still face in providing clean…

Madam President, much of the world's recent attention has understandably been on the Middle East--and of course this week on the terrible situation with one of America's closest allies--Japan. I understand that USAID has sent disaster…

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``yea.''

Mr. President, we are in morning business? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. We are.

How much time is remaining? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 25 minutes 47 seconds. ____________________

The Democratic side is now recognized? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. They are.

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. We understand that Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei--Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Chief of Staff will be arriving in the United States as early…

Friday, March 25, marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The deaths of 146 workers--mostly young women--were avoidable. If the owners of the factory had not locked the doors to the stairwells and exits, if…