I congratulate General McKiernan on his confirmation and commend the Senate for its quick action on this important nomination.

The Senate should not pass any amendment that would deny retroactive liability protection.

The House passed a good bill, and now the Senate needs to act.

I appreciate the Senate's work on filling these important seats, which had been declared judicial emergencies.

The provision in the Senate amendment authorizing the issuance of 'Hope Bonds' would fragment the existing Treasury bond market.

The Senate has solved the problem.

There's no reason why the House cannot do the same and pass the Senate bill immediately.

I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (the 'Convention').

I appreciate the fact that the United States Senate is going to take up the free trade agreement with Peru today.

I commend the Senate for approving the free trade agreement with Peru with strong bipartisan support.

Unfortunately, the Senate has failed to act on many of my other nominees.

I thank the Senate for its bipartisan vote confirming Judge Michael Mukasey as the Nation's 81st Attorney General.

I look forward to working with the Senate to fill the other senior leadership positions at the Justice Department.

I thank the Senate for its bipartisan vote confirming Judge Michael Mukasey as the Nation's 81st Attorney General.

The Senate passed another SCHIP bill with major flaws, especially its failure to cover poor children first.

I strongly urge the United States Senate to confirm this man, so that I can have an Attorney General to work with to protect the United States of America from further attack.

we can argue about what is a non-binding sense of the Senate

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to this Protocol and that the Senate give its advice and consent to ratification.