Jon Kyl

The first question I have is: Could the intelligence community acquire new targets, if the Protect America Act expires, without going to the FISA Court for some kind of an additional warrant? Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, it is my…

We have thousands of young men and women who volunteer to serve their country. What would we think if part of that service means getting sued by somebody? Wouldn't we provide them protection from those kinds of lawsuits? Obviously, we…

I wish to mention and thank specifically our Chaplain, ADM Barry Black, for coming to Arizona this past weekend to join in celebrations relating to the Martin Luther King activities that occurred. After preaching three sermons and…

I support the Klobuchar amendment because it moves farm policy in the right direction. It would limit commodity program payments for those farmers who earn more than two-thirds of their income from farming, after expenses are deducted, to…

Again, I appreciate the assurance that this will be done by February 1, when it has to be done, or all of the authority to collect this intelligence expires. It has to be done. I think we are in session maybe 1 or 2 weeks, potentially…

I join Senator Rockefeller in extending my best wishes to Senator Byrd, someone who, like me, loves bluegrass music. The only difference is he can play it; I cannot. Happy birthday, Senator.

It's a sorry state of affairs, this broken Congress.

Gather your groovy beads and we'll see you on the lawn for a trip down memory lane. Well, a trip down memory lane would be maybe just fine for folks. I suggest, if they want to participate in that, they can pay the admission price.

I am aware of the situational awareness programs. The point I was trying to make earlier in response to the distinguished chairman of the committee is this is not a situational awareness program. This is a program that could actually…

I am aware that many of the things asserted by the Senator from Massachusetts are incorrect. I am aware al-Qaida in Iraq is a major force----

What I am saying is the primary conflict that concerns the United States of America forces right now is defeating al- Qaida in Iraq and the conflicts that al-Qaida in Iraq have instigated, which include conflicts between Sunnis and Shias.

I find him to be very thoughtful and a highly qualified person for this position. I simply wish to make the point to my colleagues that I am looking forward to this confirmation process, first as a member of the Judiciary Committee and…

A lot of Americans have lost faith in their government. They don't think we can control our borders, that we can win a war, that we can issue passports. And, so, they ask the question, why should we grant a special status to people who…

During the recent debate of the Defense authorization bill, we saw attempt after attempt to declare the new strategy, General Petraeus' strategy, in Iraq a failure. The other side of the aisle wanted to declare that the strategy, which had…

I asked that this article be printed in the Record because it is a wake-up call to a new threat we need to take seriously. By setting aside the Defense authorization bill, we missed an opportunity to deal with this threat from China.

It is unwise to codify in law specific deployment and dwell times since this would artificially limit the flexibility of our commanders to conduct operations in the field and infringe on the President's constitutional authority as…

It seems to me that anybody outraged that we haven't ended the war now has an obligation to offer an amendment before this body to do so. When he says now, before more lives are lost, that should suggest the only thing the Senate can do…

They don't think they have lost this war, contrary to some on the other side of the aisle here. They don't think they have lost, and they believe they can succeed in their mission. The kind of defeatist talk I have heard here…

I'm confident that these Republicans in the Senate are going to prevent the Democratic majority from what he says is undercutting this U.S. effort in Iraq.

A lot of Americans have lost faith in their government. They don't think we can control our borders, that we can win a war, that we can issue passports. And, so, they ask the question, why should we grant a special status to people who…

One way we know the free market can work better is if we don't have artificial prices on a product which the American consumer needs in order to work. That means we can reduce the cost of gasoline by eliminating this costly ethanol tariff.

If we don't try, this problem that has bedeviled us for years will continue.

Is it not true that under this amendment, this amendment would wipe out the difference between a citizen of the United States and a green card holder with respect to their right to immigrate the nuclear family? So there would be no…

That is almost exactly right. I know in the case of--in fact, I will give you the exact number. In Canada, it is 24 percent. If we have 51 percent, obviously, that is close to twice that number. In Australia, it is 27 percent. And, again…

The answer I give the Senator is that family visas alone are 51 percent--a majority--and another 17 percent is humanitarian.