Jon Kyl

To me, that is one of the main features of the bill. Today, we have people who are being exploited, people against whom crimes are being committed, but they are afraid to report it to the law enforcement authorities. They are not being…

That is exactly correct. Instead of waiting 20, 30 years, they will have to wait no longer than 8 years.

I have one last comment regarding the ``whopper,'' as the Senator put it. It is absolutely true that Republicans were in charge when we passed the lower tax rates for Americans to help Americans out. We had 55 votes at the top amount; to…

The fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007 budget resolutions included an importation reserve fund for drugs imported from countries "with strong safety laws." Yet the Dorgan-Snowe amendment omits that language. Does the Senator from New…

The top effective rate is 35 percent, but there is a 5-percent surcharge on the largest estates.

I am glad we are having the debate about the death tax. I regret the amendment I proposed a couple days ago was voted down. There were some suggestions it was because of the capital gains and dividends provisions that were tied to it. So I…

I believe the number is $72.3 billion for 5 years, which is very close to the number that the Senator had. Of course, since the budget raises taxes by $916 billion, that more than accommodates what we provide.

The so-called payment for this is the same as other things are paid for in this budget, by the assumption that revenues will be available. As a result, there is no specific cost, if that is what the Senator is asking.

That is exactly correct. Let's go to the other side of the coin. The President's own Attorney General could appoint someone who very aggressively followed his policies, and the Senate would have nothing to say about it.

There are two alternatives in that situation. Either the President's Attorney General could appoint an interim U.S. attorney with no Senate confirmation or a district judge could appoint that U.S. attorney with no Senate confirmation.

I would have to go back and read it very closely, but my recollection is that the court found the statute rather uninformative and rather unclear, and that was part of the basis for the court reading it in a way that went beyond what I…

Amendment No. 209 extends it through 2012, which is the same period of time that the work opportunity tax credit has been extended under the Finance Committee amendment.

I might say, by the way, that is the central question, and it has not been adequately answered to date. I will concede that to my friend from West Virginia. But there is an answer, I believe, that justifies, that warrants our…

I express support for this legislation because it provides a roadmap. It makes it very clear where we are going. It establishes principles by which the Department of Homeland Security can operate with the funding we have been providing and…

I am happy to explain this amendment. This amendment deals with royalty relief and requires that the Secretary of the Interior put a price threshold on any royalty relief in the future and confirms his authority to have done so in the past.

As I said, Mr. President, I am prepared to vote and will not call for the yeas and nays.

Am I correct that we are now in a period of morning business? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is correct.

On behalf of Senator Warner, would the Chair please advise me when I have consumed 10 minutes? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

In view of that answer, which is greatly confusing to me, it is clear that the effort is not simply to eliminate the stay language that Senator Coburn was successful in inserting in the Judiciary Committee, but also the injunction language…

If we start tomorrow morning with our amendment, the Kyl- Cornyn et al. amendment, perhaps we could conclude more business if we follow in that process.

Chairman Specter, it is my understanding that if I defer to the Senator from New Mexico, we can actually get an amendment of the Senator from New Mexico voted on and perhaps another amendment considered by Senator Kerry, so they would be…

What we need to do here, instead of pointing fingers and demagoguing the issue, is to understand economics and appreciate where the real problem is.

Let me ask another question of the Senator from Oregon. Your amendment does not just wipe out this provision that waives royalties but, rather, allows for a situation, as I understand it, when the price drops to a point where maybe some…

Might I ask further, the number that I have of the estimate of how much this is going to cost the American taxpayer over the next 5 years is $7 billion. Does that number comport with what the Senator from Oregon has?

Because I advise you in advance I will object to setting aside pending amendments for consideration of further amendments.