Jon Kyl

One reason we have been able to cooperate so well is because Senator Feinstein always has very good ideas.

Your amendment in no way limits the amount that the individual can recover in economic damages, or pain and suffering damages, at all, but it would put at least an upper limit of one-third on a contingency fee that the lawyers could charge…

I agree with the point in the first year there is a greater benefit for individuals but a higher cost to the Government. Would the Senator continue the timeline over the next 10 years?

I am curious about the source of the statement that the majority of assets has never been taxed.

Mr. President, let me make three points. First of all, I find it very interesting that our Democratic colleague is worried about the debt of the United States. This does not seem to be much of a concern to him or his colleagues when they…

I appreciate the objection. We have voted on several judges. I am talking about holding hearings on judges nominated over a year ago, not voting on them; just holding a hearing and trying to hold the hearings before the anniversary day. In…

For too many of our judges, we do not even have hearings scheduled. It would be one thing if we waited 2 or 3 months after a nomination to schedule a hearing, but I am speaking of people who have been nominated now for almost an entire…

The first is to put a deadline in there that they have to shoot for rather than just, in effect, saying, ``well, whenever you can,'' because that will probably result in delay. Second, we have to fund the programs adequately. The Senator…

Our thinking in putting those deadlines in was to try to give them something to shoot for so we could at least get them going to try to get it done as soon as possible.

The only way a Governor could waive the provisions with respect to his State would be if he found that the renewable portfolio standard would adversely affect consumers in his State. So he would have to find it is adversely affecting the…

The cost number that it used was the one in your bill, in your amendment, the amendment of the Senator from New Mexico, which is that you can buy this from the Department of Energy at 3 cents per kilowatt hour.

That is really the basis for the Kyl-Miller amendment: to allow the States to determine what is in their best interest. I note that in more than 90 utilities across the country there is already a green pricing policy, what they call green…

I asked the question of the staff people, who have read and reread and reread the underlying bill and the Bingaman amendment, if there was any limitation on from where the credits came. And they told me they could find none. There is no…

I share that sadness tonight because I think a very fine man has been ill treated. Some of my colleagues have said the process was fair. And I don't argue that the process was unfair. But what I argue was unfair was the characterization of…

The underlying bill has a premise, which is that it is a good thing for the U.S. Government to foster the increased production of electricity through so-called renewable energy sources. Now, current law does that through a series of…

It would be our intention to ensure that is the case, with only one caveat. The seven States that currently do this legally, I am not sure exactly what their laws say, and it is not our intention here to deal with those one way or the…

Obviously, that can be used for any of the legitimate purposes for registration, including preventing wrongful removal. It is a good voter protection. To reiterate, it is voluntary, not mandatory. It allows for use of Social Security…

I point out there are cases--in fact, one case in the Virginia system was invalidated because it did not provide adequate protection in the use of these Social Security numbers. Clearly, our authorization of this does not put a stamp of…

It authorizes--it does not mandate--that Social Security numbers may be used by States to validate voter registration. This would provide that ability. It can prevent duplication and fraud. This would simply add to that list of items…

I say the Senator from Alabama is exactly correct. It is an unfairness for the small business because the small businessmen are taxed in this fashion. The big corporation--I am all for big corporations, too, but they don't have to worry…

It seems to me appropriate to focus a little bit on what I believe is one of the most important decisions he made in the last year and to reflect a little bit upon what that decision will mean for the United States in the years to come. I…

Three months ago, we experienced an unprovoked attack on our country. America took a terrible hit, but we have rebounded and we have reminded the world of the strength of the American people. Three months ago, one industry in particular…

A final comment: Of all the reasons the Senator from Alaska has articulated today, I would put first among them the fact that we could well be at war to a much greater degree than we have been with Iraq in the very near future. We are…

My second question is: If we needed to find an alternative source, and if we could find a source that is right here in the good, old U.S.A., if the exploration in the ANWR area turned out as people think it would, what is the relationship…

Since the distinguished Senator from Nevada has said on more than one occasion that this is not about payback--I think that is a direct quotation, on several occasions--I wonder why, if the withholding of confirmations on judicial…