Liz Saville Roberts

this amendment makes explicit what is already implicit in the McConnell-Reid substitute amendment; namely, that the Intelligence Committee will have explicit jurisdiction for the consideration and reporting of nominees for civilian…

What I heard in the Senate yesterday in regard to comments on this debate represents an age-old tension that has existed since the intelligence community was created. Members heard numerous quotes from statutes such as title 10, title 50…

I rise to make several important points regarding the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement. As chairman of the Intelligence Committee and member of the Armed Services Committee, I am well aware of the valuable friendship that our…

I am supportive of a tobacco buyout for our tobacco producers and quota holders, and I will work to help them achieve this goal. However, it should be a buyout without strings attached and that will truly end the program. Unfortunately…

from Civil War to the war against racism, Kansas has been a battleground in the fight for equality. Oliver Brown was a soldier in this struggle, as he courageously fought to prove that separate among the people of this great Nation is not…

our review in the Intelligence Committee began in earnest in early June of last year when the intelligence community did provide our committee with 19 volumes--19 volumes, floor to ceiling--and they contained approximately 15,000 pages of…

I rise today in order to update my colleagues in this body on the recent activities of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence with respect to Iraq. This is a subject that has been in the headlines consistently for many different…

I wish to read a statement by Winston Churchill which I think has application to the inquiry we are conducting in the Intelligence Committee and the whole issue in regard to the credibility and the timeliness of intelligence prior to the…

I fully agree with the distinguished chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and I am very proud to serve on that committee, as well as privileged being the chairman of the Intelligence Committee. We discussed this at great length. All…

Essentially, I think what the Senator suggested was the Intelligence Committee, which is the appropriate committee of jurisdiction, have hearings and take a look at the recommendations he just outlined as a result of the investigation by…

I rise today to urge Senate passage of the conference report for the Fiscal Year 2004 Intelligence Authorization Act. On November 20 the conference report was approved by the House of Representatives. In order to quickly provide the…

Our citizens of Kansas have watched the Senate's action, or rather inaction, on the President's nominees. I would like to quote from the Wichita Eagle, one of our fine newspapers in Kansas which simply editorialized: The party that does…

I rise to reinforce the very serious concerns just raised by the distinguished leader and my colleagues, and I thank them for that. The Senator from Tennessee is an ex officio member of the Intelligence Committee. He has also been a member…

I urge the chairman and the members of the subcommittee who will sit on the conference to support as much funding as possible for USDA's homeland security funding request and the Dole-McGovern International School Lunch Program. Both of…

I would like to engage my good friend and colleague Senator Bennett, the distinguished chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, in a colloquy regarding funding for an alkaline digester for Kansas State University…

The published committee report for this legislation indicates that $225,000 has been provided for the digester. However, I understand this is typographical error and the Committee has actually provided $1 million. Is that correct?

as members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are well aware, we have spent almost 6 months pouring over thousands of documents that are related to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs and its ties to terrorism. We have…

currently, USDA does not distinguish between white (food grade) sorghum and yellow feed grade sorghum in our food aid programs. Unfortunately, sorghum that is used to make animal and pet food, or used to make ethanol, is being sent to…

By all appearances, the demand for sorghum in our food aid will be growing in the near future. USAID has doubled the amount of sorghum programmed in food aid over the past three years. My sorghum farmers are appreciative of this fact. I…

this resolution declares Emporia, KS, to be the founding city of Veterans Day. In addition, the resolution recognizes the contributions of Alvin J. King and Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, KS, to the enactment into law of the…

I renew the invitation to my friend from New Jersey to take a look at our committee's work. Our staff is not understaffed. I know some people like to have more staff. They have been working very hard. I can direct you to the information…

I am going to start off with a quote from Winston Churchill... But, I had studied the American Civil War fought out to the last desperate inch.

In summing up, I support the amendment that has been introduced by the Senator from Oklahoma and would say it is a matter of resolve in the eyes of the Arab world. It is much larger than Iraq and much larger than a $10 billion loan or $5…

I thank the Chair. As his neighbor to the west, I share Senator Bond's concern for our health care providers and patients. But it seems that we have a ``tale of two cities'' between Kansas City, KS, and Kansas City, MO. Just across the…

as chairman and vice chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Rockefeller and I have submitted to the Senate the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of its activities during the 107th Congress from…