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…

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.

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…

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…

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

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.

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

73 million acres of national forests are at unnaturally high risk of catastrophic wildfires because of unhealthy forest conditions. Efforts by the Forest Service to restore forest health and prevent catastrophic wildfires have been…

I rise today to address the Class Action Fairness Act of 2003. This legislation first was introduced and reported by a Judiciary subcommittee 5 years ago, during the 105th Congress. It is time to enact this legislation into law. There is…

let me explain what that very rapidly read unanimous consent order provides for. Senator Dorgan and I chair the policy committees of the Democratic and Republican sides and have agreed that every month or so we should have a debate which…

Today Senator McCain and I are introducing legislation to rename the VA Medical Center in Prescott, AZ, to honor our colleague Bob Stump, who died on June 20. This legislation was introduced by Congressman Jim Kolbe and the other seven…

we mourn the loss of Strom Thurmond, the legendary Senator who held his first public office in the late 1920s and who died on June 27 in his hometown of Edgefield, SC. The State of South Carolina lost a beloved native son and the Senate…

I am pleased to address one of the most important issues I think we are going to be talking about all year. I hope our colleagues will permit us to conclude our debate with a vote so we can actually adopt some legislation to deal with this…

I advise my colleagues that the person we are about to vote on is one of the smartest candidates for Federal district court that I have ever seen nominated by a President of either party. His name is David Campbell. He is nominated to be a…

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…

the Congressional Budget Act, Rule 21 of the House of Representatives, and Rule 16 of the Senate are all designed to establish a balance between authorizing legislation and appropriations bills that would allow Congress to consider…

I rise to address this historic opportunity for strengthening Medicare and providing prescription drug benefits for our seniors. I am pleased that as a member of the Finance Committee I was able to participate in the construction of the…

What kind of energy policy does this country need? There is little argument about the need for affordable, reliable energy from diverse sources. The bill before us seeks to achieve that laudable goal in the worst possible manner: on the…

first, I agree with the comments of the Senator from Alabama that we ought to be promoting nuclear power. I am a strong advocate of that. I compliment the chairman of committee, Senator Domenici, for being very strong in his support for…

I rise today with Senators Bingaman, Rockefeller, McCain, Frist, Alexander, Lincoln, Bunning, Smith, Bob Graham, Santorum, Kerry, Kennedy and Hatch to introduce a modest but important piece of legislation, the Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy…

I want to talk to the general subject of the two second-degree amendments offered by the Senator from California which will be pending for us to vote on later this afternoon. They both have to do with the requirement under the underlying…

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…

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…