Douglas Alexander

I learned as a staff aide in the Senate that if an idea has many fathers and many mothers, it has a much better chance of moving along than if it just has one. Senator Domenici is being overly modest about his own role. This would not have…

Mr. President, today the Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, made an important speech at the National Press Club. In her remarks, she discussed the report from her Commission on the Future of Higher Education. This commission was…

I salute Senator Domenici, Senator Sessions, Senator Landrieu, Senator Vitter, Senator Martinez, and many others who have worked hard on this piece of legislation. Two years ago, the idea of giving additional authority for offshore…

Would the Senator from New Mexico clarify whether this conservation and outdoor recreation royalty would prevent additional appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund stateside program?

I have enjoyed hearing my distinguished friend from Oregon, who is always an effective and enthusiastic advocate. We worked together on many things, and I hope we will on many more things in the future. I want to talk a little bit about…

is there a limit on the amount of time I may speak? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator needs consent to speak, as the majority's time has expired.

The answer is 20 percent of all our electricity in the United States and 70 percent of our carbon-free electricity is produced by nuclear power.

2 years ago, the Senator from South Dakota, Mr. Johnson, and I introduced a bill we called the Natural Gas Price Reduction Act. We did that to give focus to the energy debate. We were hearing a lot about the price of gasoline. Gasoline…

earlier this week, I introduced the America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act, S. 3682, on behalf of President Bush. I was joined in introducing this legislation by Senators Ensign, Gregg, and Santorum. This bill provides meaning to…

of all my colleagues, I suppose that in 1996 I was the one most hoping that Bob Dole would not retire from the Senate. That was because I was doing my best to defeat him in the New Hampshire Presidential primary. If I had, Bob had told…

I first came to the U.S. Senate 40 years ago next year, not as a Senator but as a legislative assistant. Senator Kennedy was here then in his second term. Senator Byrd had been in the Congress since 1953. I was working for Howard Baker…

there is a fundamental shortcoming to this bill that can't be corrected by small amendments. There is no question that this legislation would--and I believe for the first time in our history--create a new, separate, independent race-based…

As to the charge the U.S. Civil Rights Commission didn't review this carefully, I will ask unanimous consent to have a letter to Senator Cornyn printed in the Record. It is from a member of the Commission, Peter N. Kirsanow, writing in his…

I rise in support of H.R. 5252. This legislation will permit us to move the video franchising process into the 21st century. The concept of a national franchise is needed to make the U.S. concurrent with the global nature of…

what do we have here on the issue of ``just another tribe''? Under the United States law, as we have said several times, there are specific requirements for the recognition of an Indian tribe. The U.S. Government does recognize those…

one of the parliamentary mysteries of the Senate is that we are now about to move, as was reported, to the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act. Some might wonder why. I was presiding, as the Senator from Minnesota is now, earlier…

I said earlier that I think we will hear on the Senate floor many times during this debate about the enormous respect we have for our two colleagues from Hawaii and how much we would prefer not to disagree with them. I think it is fair to…

how much time is available, 10 minutes, 5 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 19 minutes remaining for the proponents of the bill.

although I share some of the concerns of the senior Senator from Massachusetts, I voted against tabling the McConnell amendment because I believe we need a voter identification card to reduce voter fraud. I support an appropriate…

today I reintroduce a resolution that expresses the sense of Congress that colleges and universities should continue to educate their students about the importance of intellectual property and the harm caused by copyright infringement. I…

I see the manager of the bill. I wonder if it would be appropriate for me to go ahead for about 10 minutes on the Inhofe amendment.

I think Senator Inhofe, the Senator from Oklahoma, has been looking at the original motto of the United States which is above the Presiding Officer's chair: e pluribus unum, ``one out of many,'' in our antecedent language of Latin because…

The differences I see in the two amendments are, No. 1, the Salazar amendment says no to making English our national language. It uses another description. No. 2, it says no to the requirement that immigrants who are illegally here and who…

if I could have 4 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized.

The answer to my friend from Colorado is no. The election of a new President might change an Executive order if the new President modified or changed the Executive order. My understanding of Senator Inhofe's amendment, and he can speak for…