This is something we need to do throughout the system, and we need to have a better integration of the health care facilities of the active military and the Veterans Affairs. I commend the Senators from Illinois and hope this model can be…

this amendment before us is the one I described in my opening statement which will save 22,000 manufacturing jobs in 23 States. Let me repeat so that all will know what we are debating today, and that is whether we will decide to kill…

I, too, have heard about the importance of the research infrastructure program and I want to assure the Senator that we have sought to provide sufficient funding to cover existing commitments and states that are currently under review.

No one will be completely happy with this bill, but ultimately the decisions the distinguished ranking member, Senator Mikulski, and I have made with our committee have been the right ones, and the American taxpayers should be happy since…

I don't have time to go over the entire report, but I think many colleagues will find it of interest to know what we experienced. First, let me say that the Army was very open and responsive to our staff when they came to review the…

A couple of weeks ago we received reports from inquiring UPI reporter Mark Benjamin and a very active veterans advocate Steve Robinson, director of the National Gulf War Resource Center, that there was a significant problem with the care…

I urge our colleagues to remember that the battle of the Intelligence Committee is to win the war against terrorism, not to win the White House.

We are engaged in a monumental fight against terrorism and tyranny on a global scale, one in which all freedom-loving people have a stake. Other free countries ought to realize this is a battle in which we all have a stake. The Middle East…

I am going to quote from just pieces of his report, because apparently a lot of my colleagues who are saying it confirms that there were no weapons of mass destruction have not read the report. Here is what Dr. Kay said: With regard to…

Interestingly enough, today I was reading a couple of news articles and it seems the Soviet Union is backing out on the Kyoto Treaty. Russia is now finding that they cannot live up to the commitments that were made in Kyoto, so Russia is…

I begin by thanking the Chaplain for his prayers for our brave fighting men and women in Iraq, as well as in Afghanistan, as well as for the first responders and law enforcement personnel who are putting their lives on the line every day…

comments were made by the distinguished Senator from New Jersey saying that the intelligence was faith based. He insinuated that intelligence had been changed somehow perhaps by the administration. Let me first point out that this…

This amendment provides $1.3 billion in emergency funding for VA medical care to address the medical care needs of returning service members from Iraq and Afghanistan. I believe the $1.3 billion in emergency funding meets the criteria…

we have addressed this matter before. I think all of us are concerned about the time that has been taken up with the National Guard and Reserve being deployed overseas. This, however, is what they signed up for. We are in a war on…

I am taken with the world view and the view of the peace by the Senator from Delaware, but when he talks about the United Nations, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, I wonder if he recalls this discussion with the Secretary of…

I just came from a very interesting luncheon meeting where we listened to Dr. Chalabi, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council. He had almost the same thing to say. He said: What President Bush has done is magnificent. Our people are…

I oppose the Dorgan Resolution, S. 17, which would block the entire Federal Communications Commission's ruling revising the rules on media ownership. Since the FCC issued this ruling on June 2, 2003, a multitude of interest groups have…

Home health care is an important part of Medicare in which seniors and the disabled can get basic nursing and therapy care in their home. I rise today to urge the Senate Medicare conferees to stand firm against provisions in the House…

I think Senators are all aware, now, that if you are serious about doing something positive regarding fuel efficiency and safety standards but avoiding something negative for jobs, safety, and consumer choice impact, you should vote yes on…

as we continue debate on the Energy bill, there are a number of very important issues and amendments facing the Senate. One is of great interest to me and, frankly, any Senator who has automobile plants or suppliers in his home State. It…

I regret that he did not apparently gather what I was saying in my remarks because his characterization of my position was untenable. He suggested that we do not want to increase CAFE standards. The amendment that Senators Levin, Domenici…

The Wall Street Journal says: As federalists, we think this wave of state reform is probably better than a single national law. Unlike class actions, which damage commerce nationwide, medical liability affects health care in individual…

It is important, as I hope the Senator from Kansas and I have pointed out, that we must do something on a national basis. Missouri patients cannot continue to lose their trusted doctors to the State of Kansas. We cannot see people driven…

It is a real pleasure today to rise to join my colleague and good friend, the Senator from Maryland, in introducing legislation that will strengthen the Corporation for National Community Service, the AmeriCorps Program. I assure my…

I thank my colleague for his fine statement. Really, the fact that we are here today in a bipartisan effort reflects the good work that has gone on. After intense negotiations between the ethanol and oil industries, agriculture, the…