I, too, have enjoyed our various meetings about different kind of problems. It is so distressing, just heartbreaking, to hear the kind of stories that you are talking about--to bribe people on the reservation and it must be just…

A lot of it is one drug cartel against another.

Just, for example, you talked about the reporting of statistics. I would not suggest that the numbers here are a result of the fact that Phoenix reports all of its murders.

I have always wondered about the comparison between Tucson and Phoenix in this regard.

We need to recognize the outstanding work that is being done everyday under very dangerous circumstances by the Federal officials, the State officials, and the local officials.

bad guys on bad guys

it is the Federal Government's responsibility to protect our borders.

SCAAP is important. In 1997, when we first applied for SCAAP, we received about 33 percent of our actual costs associated with incarcerated criminal aliens. Today it is 9 cents on every dollar.

I appreciate that. We cannot solve the front license plate problem, though I assume that the first panel should be contacted about that.

In order to get resources in Washington, we cannot sugarcoat.

Unquestionably, I doubt there are any independent operatives in the market today.

As Senator McCain said, the real story is the human tragedy story and not just the statistics.

He flies off to Los Angeles tonight to be on the Jay Leno show. My suggestion is that he come back, since he's taken the full responsibility, to get his people together and say, all right, I want to know exactly what happened, who did what…

I really appreciate your indulgence. I had intended to be here a little bit earlier so I would not be as disruptive.

It is a very important subject, and I appreciate the Committee's consideration of it.

I think most of us share Senator Hatch's view that we have to find a good source of funding for the Patent Office.

I think all of us share Senator Klobuchar's concerns, and I would also associate my self with Senator Feinstein's comments.

the bill we are considering now was made available to us at 11 p.m. last night, long after the Senate was out of session. This is it. Now, I daresay that I doubt any of my colleagues have read this bill. I have not, I confess. Yet we are…

I say to the Senator from Tennessee, a friend of mine has a saying that probably applies here: You broke the code. That is one of the big problems. We know we are going to need a massive amount of money to deal with the housing problem and…

I say to my colleague, obviously, we don't know because we haven't read it. But what my staff believes, from contact they have had with other staff, is that in order to make room for a bunch of other spending, that incentive program has…

I call this body's attention to the recent developments in Iraq. Last month, Iraqis went to the polls to vote in the second provincial election since the hand-over of power in 2004. Elections were conducted peacefully under the watchful…

I am going to speak both about the general approach to the so-called stimulus package, as well as the deal reached at the end of last week that we will be voting on at 5:30 this afternoon. First, let me say you can usually tell when…

I think one of the reasons President Obama has not had an easy time getting Republicans to support his stabilization program is because he has misrepresented the Republican approach to this problem, and obviously that is of concern to us…

Republicans believe that individuals are better off in making decisions about their financial future than allowing the government to do it for them. That is why we say, as Michael Steele said, let people keep more of their own money and…

Let me try to make my points. I don't want to take less time from my colleagues. Secondly, I acknowledge that the Senator from Massachusetts did raise the issue of housing at the White House. The point I wanted to make was not that…