I'm sorry I can't be at Senator Robert Byrd's memorial service in person because I'm celebrating the first family reunion with my eight children--and their children--from across the country. My wife will join me at this event, and I will…

I wonder if I could ask the Senator another question. The Senator was talking about the increasing debt. Am I correct that it took the first 43 Presidents of the United States and the Congresses they served with about 230 years to run up…

is it not true that this request by Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, since it comes at a time when many Americans and most Senators believe the level of the Federal debt is at crisis levels and threatens the…

Because Federal spending and debt are at crisis levels, Republican Senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee are asking our Democratic colleagues to join us in supporting the Sessions-McCaskill freeze on discretionary Federal…

40 years ago, at the time of the first Earth Day, Americans became deeply worried about air and water pollution and a population explosion that threatened to overrun the planet's resources. Nuclear power was seen as a savior to these…

I know we sometimes hear the American people say, or commentators say: Well, why don't those Senators work across party lines and get a result? My question... is this not a proposal that deserves respect as a serious attempt to restrain…

in 1981, after a surprising election, the Republican leader, Howard Baker, became the majority leader of the Senate, and the Democratic leader, Robert C. Byrd, became the minority leader. According to Senator Baker, he walked to Senator…

I was 12 years old when Senator Robert Byrd was elected to the House of Representatives. I was a senior in Maryville, TN, when he was elected to the Senate. When I came here as a Senate aide 42 years ago, he had just been elected to his…

Senator Byrd served long enough to know that, as he put it: As long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure. He believed that when he was lecturing…

Denmark, which is often cited for its wind power, has pushed its windmills up to 20 percent of its electrical capacity. That sounds good. Many people regard 20 percent as about the theoretical limit that wind power can supply to a total…

The above-referenced article is entitled ``Net Benefits of Biomass Power Under Scrutiny.'' It is about how the people of Massachusetts are starting to debate the idea that they are accomplishing anything by displacing coal with biomass to…

Not everyone agrees, as evidenced by lawn signs in this northwestern Massachusetts town reading ``Biomass? No Thanks.'' In fact, power generated by burning wood, plants and other organic material, which makes up 50 percent of all renewable…