Douglas Alexander

the majority has the remaining time until 5:30, at which time there will be two votes, one on Senator Bingaman's amendment and one on the Alexander amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.

this afternoon at 5:30 we will be casting two votes: one on Senator Bingaman's amendment which has to do with border security, the second is a different kind of amendment. It is an amendment about what I call the rest of the immigration…

last night, severe tornadoes and strong storms swept through west Tennessee. Dyer and Gibson Counties were the hardest hit. According to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, at least 23 individuals lost their lives in just those two…

We have all the time remaining between now and 5:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority controls 59 minutes.

we are happy to yield to the distinguished Senator from Vermont 3 of our minutes so he can make his remarks.

Not on this but on another matter. If the Senator needs more than a minute, I am glad to yield some of our time to the Senator.

I yield 3 minutes to Senator Mikulski. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senator from Maryland is recognized for 3 minutes.

I see Senator Bingaman. I will be brief in my remarks because I assume he wants to speak. If I could say to the chairman, who was here earlier, I hope very much we can begin to move to votes. I spoke earlier today about an amendment which…

The majority leader, Senator Frist, is also a cosponsor. While I do understand and am disappointed by the fact that we are not going to be moving to votes tonight, this is not a new idea that I have made in my amendment. My first speech on…

these temporary students and workers have helped us create an economy that last year produced 30 percent of the world's wealth for us Americans alone, who constitute just 5 percent of the world's population. It makes no sense for us to…

each of these travelers argues for preserving one of the last refuges of privacy--the quiet of an airline cabin where one may read a book, listen to music, sleep, or be left alone. This privacy may not be enshrined in the Constitution, but…

these are some of the big ideas in Washington, all of which may be laudable. The idea of freeing high- speed Internet from overregulation and subsidizing it, the idea of national ID cards administered when you get your driver's license so…

the National Governors Association meeting will be held in Washington during the week we return from recess. That brings back some fond memories for me because I remember the 8 years I served as Governor. Each time we came here, and the…

I wish to add to those remarks. This morning I met with a number of Tennesseans here in an event we call Tennessee Tuesday. It is a meeting we have every Tuesday. Senator Frist and I host it for Tennesseans who are visiting Washington, and…

today, President Bush made an announcement of something he calls the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. It is part of the President's 2007 budget for the U.S. Department of Energy. In that budget, at a time when there is not much extra…

today I join with Senators Domenici, Bingaman, Mikulski, and more than 25 other senators, in introducing the Protecting America's Competitive Edge (PACE) Act--a package of three bills to enhance American brainpower. America is now playing…

I understand the leader may be coming. If he does, I will suspend my remarks to allow him to speak, then I will resume. Are we in morning business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are in executive session on the nomination of Judge Alito.

the majority leader has said that after the first of the year we would turn our attention to immigration, and well we should. Some estimates show that 10 to 20 million people living in the United States may be here illegally. Whatever one…

Secretary Spellings has appointed this commission to look at the future of higher education. Other than the war against terror, keeping our brain power advantage so we can create new jobs here in the United States and keep our jobs from…

It calls for a Federal research plan. I thank our colleagues for joining us in this effort. We hope the legislation will pass Congress this year. With the permission of the Senator from Rhode Island, I ask unanimous consent that the…

The March of Dimes is our partner, a strong advocate for the PREEMIE bill. It is leading the prematurity campaign. It will sponsor a symposium on prematurity research here in Washington, DC, on November 21 and 22.

This week we have honored the memory of Rosa Parks, a woman whose quiet stand for her individual rights reverberated across this country. We often discuss how far we have to go as a country in terms of race relations. Thinking of Rosa…

it would be my purpose to introduce an amendment that would increase funding for title I to the level President Bush has recommended. I propose that we set aside the pending amendment so that I may introduce that amendment. Perhaps we…

the question is funding for the title I program, Federal funding for our public schools across the country that helps disadvantaged children. It is a very important program. I heard the Senator from West Virginia describe the importance of…

Those of us of a certain age will recognize this straw hat with a garland of flowers and a price tag that says $1.98 as the kind of hat that Minnie Pearl wore on the Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Saturday nights every year for about 40…