U.S. State Secretaries of State

Let me just say right here that the people who are providing security for our country, and are on the job for all of us, are on the job right now. They are out there when we are sleeping, and they are good people. They are very dedicated…

He is an excellent lawyer. I think he has made from his point of view, certainly, an excellent statement in support of a bill that he does not like. He does not like this bill. He did not vote for this bill when it was in the committee…

How do we know those agencies are among the 28 agencies that are going to be brought into the Department?

I know. These charts here, all this work the distinguished chairman is talking about, all these items, these agencies that he has on these charts, these are not the people underneath that are created by title I, are they?

Will Senator yield? Who are the people underneath in the Senator's amendment? I will tell you who the people are underneath. They are people I am afraid of. The people underneath in the Senator's amendment--I am looking at that chart. I am…

I come as just an ordinary Senator. I am not a member of the committee. I am not an elected part of the leadership. I am President pro tempore by virtue of my long service here in my party and in the Senate, but I am an upstart when it…

I have not opposed that. I tried to be very understanding with the Senator. We cannot have everything the way we want it. I have lost a few amendments in my time that were of interest to my part of the country, too.

If they intend to bring it up later, why not vote for cloture here? Senators can always bring up something later.

Why do we want to vote down cloture? There are other appropriations bills coming to the floor. I am supporting the Senator's amendment. I never said a word against his amendment. I would be very supportive of it. I am not filibustering it…

I hope the Senator from Alabama wouldn't misinterpret what is in plain view, written in plain English, and has been in that Constitution now for over 200 years. I hope there is no matter of misinterpreting that plainly spoken clause in the…

I am just delighted that he came to the floor and made this statement. I am delighted that he believes we should take our time. Not an exorbitant amount of time, not an inordinate amount of time, but take time, the necessary time to…

Yes, allusions to that act, the National Security Act, which was created in 1947 after a period of at least 3 or 4 years. This Senator is aware of the allusions that have been made to that act and the references that have been equated, the…

And I am only on page 3 of page 4. Well, that is just a start. As John Paul Jones said, ``We have just begun to fight.'' I have in my pocket the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence. Once I finished page 4…

I wasn't really aware of the passage of time. Along that line, may I say, let me see if I can quote a little verse by someone else: The clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the power to know just when the hand will strike, at…

And I have just read three and a half pages. I am a slow reader. I had a feeling that Senators just wanted me to keep on. They don't want to come over and hear this. I am trying to get their attention. Three and a half pages in 2 hours 15…

I agree with what Senator Leahy has said about section 2015 of the Supplemental Appropriations bill. The House strongly resisted efforts to incorporate the Dodd-Warner amendment in the bill, and receded only in exchange for the Senate…

But don't we need this trade promotion authority? Don't we need this trade promotion authority to wipe out those deficits so we can start moving our goods, other than farm products and along with them, too, don't we need this trade…

What I have been hearing the administration say is that this is trade promotion authority. Does the Senator mean to tell me here in front of the eyes of the Nation, the ears of the people, that the President doesn't need fast-track in…

I thought the President was saying to the country that he has to have this fast-track thing that we will vote on today in order to negotiate trade agreements. Is the Senator from South Carolina telling me he doesn't have to have that?

Is he telling me that trade agreements can be negotiated without this fast-track mechanism?

In response to the terrorist acts of September 11, the Bush administration--like so many other administrations before it--has chosen to demonstrate its tough stand against something. In the case of the Bush administration, it is a tough…

Within the $5.1 billion there is nearly $2.5 billion for homeland security. That includes funding for firefighters, police officers, port and border security, and airport security, search and rescue teams, food safety, drinking water…

However, I think it simply does not go far enough. I also supported the Leahy amendment yesterday after my amendment to combat union fraud was defeated. I will continue to support responsible corporate accountability measures in this bill…

Inasmuch as he addressed some of his remarks to me, I share the Senator's concern that there is no budget. I was also concerned the previous year when there was no markup in the Budget Committee of the budget bill. I was a member of that…