The President has made a superb nomination. Ronnie Greer is a distinguished lawyer. He knows the people of east Tennessee. He has earned our respect. I am delighted the Senate has moved so expeditiously to consider this exceptional…

I compliment the Senator but I cannot vote for his amendment. This committee has added to the $1.3 billion proposal by the President for the hydrogen car, $1.6 billion suggested by the Senator from North Dakota and others on that side. The…

We should not pass an Energy bill that does not put conservation up on the platform along with our encouragement of nuclear power, oil exploration, and hydrogen fuel cell; all of that is important. And this amendment by the Senator and…

I stand to congratulate the Senator from Louisiana and join with her as a cosponsor of her amendment. She and I are members of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. We are very proud of what our chairman and ranking member have done…

On May 17, Armed Forces Day, I drove down to Madisonville, TN to participate in the raising of the largest American flag in our State. The people of Madisonville and Monroe County had been working on this for months. The community joined…

I respectfully suggest there is a blueprint in this legislation, much of it provided by the Senator from North Dakota himself. The President's blueprint includes research on hydrogen-powered engines. That is what the $1.3 billion in…

I thank the Senator. So that narrows the differences considerably. Having acknowledged the good work done on the other side, I will also acknowledge the good work the President did. Only a President of whatever party can put something on…

Today, the President visited with troops overseas to thank them. I want those troops to know we are paying attention to their families at home. Last week, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Children and Families, I held a hearing at Fort…

I want to join in the praise for the Senator from North Carolina. She reminds us today of what an advantage it is to have someone of such experience serving in our so-called freshman class. She has been a pioneer during her whole career…

last Saturday I visited Fort Campbell, which is on the line between Kentucky and Tennessee. It is the home of the famous 101st Airborne Division. It is also the home of a couple of Army Special Forces units we don't hear so much about…

I suppose this must be said of every part of our military today, but no one can go to Fort Campbell without being enormously impressed with every single military person one meets, especially the family members. Among those was Holly…

I thank the Senator. Last night, most Americans stayed up late watching for news of the war. Most Senators did, too. This morning, many Americans got up and said a little prayer for the men and women who will be fighting overseas for our…

I support the Budget Committee's recommendation that there be an instruction to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, on which I serve, to permit leasing and drilling for the oil in Alaska. I listened carefully to what the senior…

In Missouri, instead of $3 million, there would be $7.7 million. In Washington State, there is $3 million for neighborhood parks under the President's proposal; this would raise it to $8.3 million. I call to this body's attention two parts…

I join the distinguished Senator from Kentucky in saying a word about the Chaplain, Lloyd Ogilvie. I am a new Senator, as is the Presiding Officer, and there have been a great many wonderful things about coming to the Senate. But nothing…

in the summer of 2001 there was an outbreak of St. Louis encephalitis in four parishes in northeast Louisiana. There were 70 incidents resulting in 7 deaths. Seven of those incidents and two of the deaths were in parishes without mosquito…

I wanted to remind the Senate of why Judge Johnson was able to do the right thing in desegregating the south. It was because of John Minor Wisdom of Louisiana and John Brown of Texas and Elbert Tuttle of Georgia, who were Republican…

One of the most remarkable aspects about America is we have a country that is filled with people from everywhere. If one goes to a naturalization ceremony in any Federal court in America and looks at the men and women coming into our…

I mentioned a few moments ago that if our future Federal judges had a few more courses in American history and civics, we might not have these decisions. I see the Senator from Alabama is in the Chamber. I think of the pivot point of the…

I am a new Senator. I am aware of the traditions of the Senate, one of which is that a new Senator is not expected to say much--at least throughout the year is not expected to say much--to begin with until they have something of importance…

Is the Senator aware that Felix Frankfurter and Earl Warren and Byron White and Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist and Stephen Breyer and Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun and Warren Burger and Ruth Bader Ginsburg all had no prior…

If the Senator would agree that all of those distinguished men and women with no prior judicial experience went on to become distinguished members of the U.S. Supreme Court, then can the Senator help us understand why the Members of the…