Jon Kyl

I say again, this asbestos legislation, discussed by the leader, is very important for us to conclude early next year, and I make the point again, were it not for the work of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, we would not be at the…

It is a disgusting possibility that members of the Senate would actually try to politicize intelligence, especially at a time of war.

I think without the patience he has shown in dealing with all of the Members, we would not be to this point that we are today, literally on the brink of passing, in the Senate, very historic legislation. So I compliment the majority leader…

Let's make it clear that every State still has to comply with the Clean Air Act. The question is how they each choose to do so. In Arizona, the Department of Environmental Quality, the department of the State that is required to cause the…

I at least want to compliment the sponsors of this amendment for not having a gimmicky amendment. This is a flat out, straight assault. It simply abolishes all the tax cuts in the bill. So I do compliment my colleagues on their very…

We added the tuition provision in the bill 2 years ago, and it is obviously supported by a broad number of people in the body. The problem is that this addition is way too expensive and comes out of the top rate reduction from the bill…

The point is this: Those pundits were saying if the economy is in pretty good shape next year, the President should have a pretty good chance of being reelected, but if the economy is not good, then it will be more difficult for the…

We are talking about a bill which would plug a loophole in the existing law--the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act--which currently authorizes warrants to be obtained in two specific situations. We make it clear that there is a third…

I would ask the Finance Committee, in its consideration of legislation dealing with welfare reform, Medicaid, and issues regarding uncompensated care, to work with me to provide for consideration of legislation to provide for this…

Might I add one more thing, that, in our amendment, is accounted for within the budget because the money is taken from another account so it is not added on to the expense of the budget.

I will speak about the nomination of Miguel Estrada to be a judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. ... So the business about not answering questions is really a smokescreen. It is a smokescreen for opposition to his…

I think I counted 30 questions that were orally asked during the course of a hearing that, as I understand it, went from 10:06 a.m. to 5:25 p.m. In addition to that, the committee routinely sends a questionnaire to these candidates. That…

This goes back, I would advise the Senator from Utah, to the question of whether or not there has been a full opportunity to discover what this nominee believes, what his background is, whether he is well qualified, whether there has been…

Further on this line of inquiry, if I could ask the Senator from Utah to yield, other than the case of Justice Abe Fortas, does the Senator from Utah know of any situation in which a nominee for the Supreme Court or the circuit court of…

With respect to the Paez nomination, is it not also true that a majority of the Republicans supported the cloture motion vote so that Judge Paez could get a vote but that many of those very same Senators then voted against him? Having…

The cloture motion in the case of Judge Paez was filed by the party in control of this body, by the distinguished majority leader of the Republican Party at that time, Trent Lott. I would also ask this question: Is it not true that the…

I voted for invoking cloture on the Paez nomination because, of course, I agree with Senator Leahy that we should not filibuster a judge nominated by the President.

I did find what I was looking for. The Senator has made exactly the right point. Inspectors can verify someone who wants to be in voluntary compliance, but inspectors cannot find something you are trying to hide. Two comments. Secretary…

If I may further respond to the Senator from Pennsylvania, this is not just our view, Secretary Powell's view, or President Bush's view. The letter we saw in today's Wall Street Journal by prestigious leaders in countries such as Great…

First of all, the U.N. inspectors have determined Iraq is not voluntarily disarming as required by United Nations Resolution 1441. Quoting Hans Blix, head of the inspector team: Iraq appears not to have come into genuine acceptance--not…

Most Americans believe confiscatory taxation violates America's sense of fairness. In fact, most people believe it should be no higher than 30 percent.

Obviously, the subject which I will speak to is a very serious one and requires a lot more discussion than we are going to give it this evening. But the reason Senator McCain and I offered the sense-of-the-Senate resolution on North Korea…

It seems to this Senator that we have had adequate notice for quite some time who was going to be in the majority and yet we have killed a week in failing to address the people's business from last year because of an apparent unwillingness…

I urge my colleagues not to vote to invoke cloture. I also acknowledge that the efforts to try to reach a compromise on how to protect our forests from disease, infestation, poor health, and fire have not borne fruit, and it is unlikely…

I am very supportive and certainly concur with what Senator Hatch was just saying on the speed with which we could try to move this legislation.