we have really already begun the debate on a resolution to authorize the use of force against Iraq if the President deems it necessary. Several Members have come to the Chamber and spoken about the issue. We are going to begin that debate…

A lot of people are approaching this issue on the basis that there has to be some demonstration that, in the relatively near future, Saddam Hussein is going to use a weapon of mass destruction against us or else this is not the time that…

I rise to address one aspect of the ``21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act,'' H.R. 2215. Section 312 creates a number of Federal judgeships, including a temporary judgeship for the District of Arizona. Under…

I will speak to the legislation that has been placed before us this afternoon, the Department of Justice reauthorization bill or, as it is officially titled, the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. I begin…

we have a strict rule around here that a conference report, which is what this is--and for those who are not aware, that means the Senate has passed a bill, the House has passed a bill, representatives of the two bodies have gotten…

I saw the majority leader come to the floor and give what I thought were very intemperate remarks suggesting that--not suggesting-- demanding that the President of the United States apologize, allegedly for politicizing the war effort. My…

our colleague Strom Thurmond is retiring soon, and I just wanted to say a few words, on this special day of appreciation, about the gentleman from South Carolina. For that is what he is: the consummate gentleman. There is the public Strom…

I want to tell a couple of stories about what I have personally observed in our forests, and it might be of interest to others who perhaps do not have these same kinds of trees in their States. The country's largest ponderosa pine forest…

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 have not heard anybody say they disagree with this thinning and prescribed burning management technique, but they want it done in an area called the urban/wildland interface; that is to say, where the forest meets communities--summer…

this editorial points out the plan that President Bush has proposed, as largely reflected in the proposal Senator Burns and Senator Craig and others have been talking about, is the way to scientifically manage our forests. We are bragging…

First of all, the discourse of the Senator from Texas has really pointed out the primary problems here. They are both political and substantive. The political problem is that there are those who have a different agenda than the President…

Let me now discuss one of the concerns that has cropped up during the discussions about the kind of legislation we want. There are those organizations in the environmental movement that understand there is too much public opinion in favor…

this week, which will be one Americans remember for a long time as the anniversary of the September 11 attacks of last year, a lot of second-guessing has been going on about what we might have done differently. Part of that is based on the…

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

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.

Directly on this point, I learned in law school sometimes it is hard for people to get a lawyer to take their case if they do not have a very good case. Lawyers charge a higher and higher and higher contingency case. But if the case was a…

I think the amendment is an excellent amendment in support of victims, and therefore I am very pleased to support it. This is a national problem that affects States all across the country. It has been caused by the failure of the National…

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…

On June 13 the United States officially withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile, ABM, Treaty, closing a chapter in U.S.-Soviet relations, and beginning another with Russia. The lapsing of the ABM Treaty, combined with the Senate's…

I want to talk about the delivery of prescription drugs to America's seniors. It is a subject that Senators have been talking about pretty much all week long, but people tuning in might wonder whether we are really making any progress…

Reluctantly, I must object at this time on behalf of a group of other Senators and myself, not to the terms of the unanimous consent agreement as has been outlined by the Senator from Nevada, but rather to bringing up the bill until there…

as Congress debates S. 2673, the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002, it is important to keep in mind certain facts: The United States of America is the most successful country in the world. No other…

I object, and I would like to explain the reason why. I concur with the comments Senator Lott has made about the importance of moving this legislation forward. I have conferred with the ranking member of the committee, the Senator from…

by way of introduction, my remarks will primarily be in support of an amendment that will be offered by the distinguished ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, the Senator from Virginia, tomorrow to restore missile defense…