Liz Saville Roberts

today I am proud to cosponsor the Hagel IDEA bill, S. 939, which will finally make Congress pay its promised share of special education funding. I have long been a supporter of fully funding IDEA and I am pleased today to support this…

as a citizen, Senator, and former marine, my hopes and prayers are with the troops and their families. I returned just a few weeks ago from the Persian Gulf and will be going back as soon as possible. I went to the region to assess whether…

first, I wish to sincerely thank my distinguished colleague and my dear friend from Nevada--Searchlight, NV, by the way--Senator Reid, for his very kind comments. It has been a team effort in behalf of Senator Reid and myself as we have…

Everyone understands, on a bipartisan basis, I say to the distinguished Senator from Montana, that we are not in very good shape with regard to farm country. It does not matter if you have been hit by hurricane, flood, or record-breaking…

I rise today with some degree of reluctance, I might say, to discuss the apparent disagreement and the difference of opinion within the Select Committee on Intelligence with regard to staffing. This is the kind of disagreement that is…

I would like to offer several observations. The first is that the United Nations, as an institution, has completely and unequivocally failed to disarm Iraq consistent with its own resolutions--the resolutions agreed to also by Saddam…

I ask the Senator from Arizona if he is aware, along the same vein of comments that were made by the distinguished majority leader in reference to the Vice President--I share the same concern he has mentioned--is the Senator aware when the…

Mr. President, before you saddle up to ride on a new trail, it is a good thing to take a look at where you have been. You can avoid a lot of trouble--a lot of ditches, a lot of box canyons--that way. The problem is that in terms of yet…

In the Emerging Threat Subcommittee we heard from the Bremmer commission, the Gilmore commission, the Hart-Rudman commission, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Group, and the Rumsfeld commission. In virtually every one of…

I commend ranking member Warner for his stewardship of the fiscal year 2003 defense budget process in the Senate. We face many challenges to our national security in this day and age and I am thankful for his leadership. One of those…

The completion of the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act conference report, in my view, represents an absolutely vital and significant step forward for our Nation as we work to protect ourselves from any kind of a terrorist attack involving…

I rise today to provide a few comments on the situation we are facing regarding the farm bill and the possibility of an assistance package this year. We are in pretty rough shape for the shape we are in, in farm country, and we need…

what we have before us is an amendment to the election reform bill that is now pending that would basically eliminate the mass mailing requirement to give local and State election officials more time and resources to improve the overall…

Addressing this issues is certainly long overdue. If we are going to have an election reform bill, the very definition of election reform begins with the intent of my friend's legislation. As most marines know, there are no ex-marines…

This is a matter that is important to the Nation, our national security, and the great State of Kansas. I, too, would like to join with my colleagues to review the leasing issue.

If I may ask another question, I know one of the sticking points we have here with many western Members is the amendment of the Senator from Nevada regarding water. If there is one thing that causes a lot of concern out West, where we…

Then the key question is this, if the Senator will continue to yield. As he knows, in agriculture, we are going through some tough times. We are not in very good shape for the shape we are in. One of the real things I believe we have to do…

Basically what you are trying to do is take the House farm bill as passed. I just asked staff what it passed by over there. It was 291 to 120. That is a rather strong bipartisan declaration. Basically, what you are doing is taking the…

This could be the best bill possible if you believe you want to move this process along, and conference it with the House, and get a bill and save the investment of $73 billion. That has been the mantra over and over and over again. This…

Yes, the committee bill, the Daschle bill. So exactly the conditions the Senator is describing, under this bill, one would not have any help. I know what happened. The Senator from Montana knows what happened. They would be back to the…

I am pleased that with the passage of this legislation, we are on our way to assisting our Nation's schools in providing a quality education for each and every child. I want to thank Senators Kennedy and Gregg, Congressmen Boehner and…

there are several basic reasons I urge colleagues to support the Cochran-Roberts amendment. No. 1, there has been a great deal of discussion about which bill serves small farmers versus big farmers--most especially from the Senator from…

Montana has been going through some mighty bad weather. I have been to Montana with the Senator and looked at the drought conditions. My question is: If one does not have a crop, under their bill, one does not get a loan rate. And if one…

One, on the acquisition of the 767, there is no formal request for it. Two, I had a conversation with the Secretary of Defense yesterday. He did not know about this. There has been no request from the administration, a formal request. Of…

I rise this morning to warn my Senate colleagues about an urgent issue facing the Senate and this Nation. This issue has been identified many times now by various respected commissions, by leaders within the military, the academic…