There are two aspects of this nomination of Miguel Estrada that should catch our attention. The first has to do with the qualifications of this extraordinary American. The second has to do with the process by which he is being considered…

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.

At the height of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci said: "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." From that day…

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…

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

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…

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…

I pay special tribute to a member of the staff of Senator Trent Lott who is going to be leaving his Senate responsibilities and going elsewhere in this city to work in the private sector. For many years, David Hoppe has worked in various…

I say to the Senator from Pennsylvania, that is exactly right. The analogy is a good one. It is somewhat similar to what Secretary Powell has said. If I can find that, I will put it in the Record right here. But it is also interesting that…

That is the subject I would like to devote the rest of my time to discussing. It is the issue the President addressed in the State of the Union speech, an issue we dealt with 3 months ago in the Senate when we approved a resolution…

I will speak about the President's proposals articulated last night in his State of the Union speech to ensure job creation and economic growth for the United States for the benefit of all American families, and for our future. I noted…

In a December 2002 speech delivered by the commentator, Charles Krauthammer, at the Hillsdale College Churchill dinner entitled ``American Unilateralism,'' Mr. Krauthammer superbly articulates the necessity of American action to confront…

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…

I have already objected to the modification of the amendment because it includes an offset of U.S. Customs Service fees. I have talked to the Senator from New York about my commitment to try to find a way in the Finance Committee to…

as Senator McCain just noted, we have a crisis on the southern border with Mexico. We have drug and human smuggling daily. There are over 500,000 illegal immigrants a year crossing into the United States; 320 people died last year crossing…

I want to state my full support for what I have been told will be a $500 million funding level for SCAAP in the House fiscal year 2003 bill. Through the Crime Control Act of 1994, the Congress created SCAAP to reimburse States and…

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…

Precisely the point. So unless there is some other ulterior motives--and I never ascribe motives to my colleagues and they can explain their own actions--the result of this is delay, though, and given the fact that we have unfinished…

On January 7, I reintroduced the ``Contract with Investors,'' which proposes a number of changes to the tax code to spur investment and encourage economic growth and job creation. Investment, especially by individuals, is the lifeblood of…

Investors are the backbone of the U.S. economic system. They provide the capital that entrepreneurs use to start and grow businesses. Investors invest in everything from corporations like General Electric to the local Mom and Pop…

I rise in support of S. 3018, the Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act, which was recently introduced by the Chairman and Ranking member of the Finance Committee. This act would provide more than $40 billion over the next 10…

This legislation not only will reauthorize the intelligence community activities that are funded by the Congress, but also, perhaps, will include an agreement on an outside commission that will later be established to look into the events…

What the Deputy General Counsel of the FBI testified before our committee was how terrorism has changed from the time the FISA statute was first enacted to what we see today. Let me quote a little bit from his statement: When FISA was…

First, I note that Hans Blix has largely, it appears to me from news media accounts, agreed with the position of the United States on what would be necessary to conduct meaningful inspections that would result in the disarmament of Saddam…

I support S.J. Res. 45 authorizing the use of force against Iraq. Perhaps the most difficult decision one can make as a Member of this body is to vote to send American troops into harm's way. It forces one to consider every question, every…