I rise to speak on the crisis pending before the whole State of Arizona. Arizona has never had a tragedy like this Rodeo fire. It has now consumed an area 10 times the size of the District of Columbia. It has burned at least 200 homes…

In 1959, the City of Mesa, AZ wrote the Navy asking for an aircraft to display at one of its parks. In 1965, the aircraft, a Navy Panther, was donated for static display to Mesa Parks and Recreation from the Naval Air Station at Litchfield…

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?

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…

No. Let me reiterate what I said. The fact is that the distinguished Senator from North Dakota, chairman of the Budget Committee, has not been able to bring a budget to the floor. So there is no budget. We are talking about the baseline. I…

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

I would like to speak to this legislation. First of all, I compliment the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee for the points he made, with which I am in agreement. Recall, this bill federalizes two new hate crimes, adding gender and…

I rise in opposition to S. 2551, legislation making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on the United States for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. On…

The amendment has to do with Custom user fees. Today, Custom user fees come in two separate categories, which I will discuss in a moment. About 300 million of them are statutorily designated to go to a particular set of accounts in the…

I have gotten to know Paul Cassell, and I am a very big fan of Paul Cassell. I think he will do a superb job on the bench. It is not often we have the opportunity, as Senators, to vote for a nominee, who we really have gotten to know in…

since trade-promotion authority lapsed in 1994, America has stood on the sidelines while other countries have brokered trade agreements that benefit their workers, their businesses, and their economies. Soon after taking office, President…

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…

I will indicate the names of these 8 nominees, and I will point out that of the 11 who were nominated by the President on May 9, 2001, 3 have been confirmed. Two of those were judges previously nominated by President Clinton, and I think…

I said I didn't think we needed to fill the 12th, and I had questions about the 11th. But there are now 4 vacancies, and I don't think there is any doubt we need to fill numbers 9 and 10. When we get up to No. 11, maybe I will have a…

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…

on April 22, I submitted amendment No. 3185 which addresses service obligations of load-serving entities. This amendment gives specific direction to FERC in exercising that authority. It amends title II of S. 517 to require FERC to ensure…

This is an amendment that eliminates the credits for wind energy. According to the industry itself, they are now competitive and they no longer need the subsidy we provide to them. As a matter of fact, quoting from their own material from…

What we can see is, like the system that is being proposed by the Senate, there was no cost-benefit analysis. There was not a very clear idea of what the ultimate costs were going to be, and the experience with the program not only showed…

this first amendment is a very simple amendment that would save a little over a billion dollars, according to the calculations of the committee, but probably would save closer to $3 billion by striking that section of the Finance Committee…

As you know, the Nickles amendment, which is the pending business, would reduce the amount of penalty in effect that a public utility would bear if it did not produce the required amount of electricity for retail sales with so-called…

Mr. President, the Judiciary Committee has a couple of subcommittees of jurisdiction. Senator Kennedy and Senator Brownback are the chairman and ranking member of the Immigration Subcommittee, and I have the honor of serving on that…

this is a good day for the security of the United States. The terrorist attacks that so changed our nation occurred over seven months ago. Seven months is too long to wait to pass a measure as important, as potentially life-saving, as this…

The sponsors of the legislation--Senators Kennedy, Brownback, Feinstein, and myself--had worked hard to develop this legislation in the aftermath of September 11 because we held hearings in two different subcommittees of the Judiciary…

Secretary Powell at this very moment in the Middle East is striving mightily to effect a cease fire and develop more support for our war on terror, especially to the extent we may have to take military action against the country of Iraq…

the main point is, on the question of the deadlines, the Senator from West Virginia raises an absolutely valid point. The question is, What should we do with regard to two of the dates? I think we can pretty clearly meet the first one. And…