Obviously, that can be used for any of the legitimate purposes for registration, including preventing wrongful removal. It is a good voter protection. To reiterate, it is voluntary, not mandatory. It allows for use of Social Security…

what this shows is that during the period of time we are talking about, we are going to have a non-Social Security surplus of almost a half trillion dollars, $463 billion to be exact. The Senator from North Dakota can't have it both ways…

I voted aye because I knew that a vote against it would be construed wrongly as a statement in favor of dipping into the Social Security trust fund. Factual inaccuracies in the amendment deserve to be noted. It states that "permanent…

This sense-of-the-Senate amendment says we should make permanent the repeal of the death tax that the majority of us voted for last year and the President signed into law. It is kind of a cruel hoax to repeal the death tax after a 10-year…

I wish to ask when this body is going to exercise some restraint and some discipline. I hear a lot about the deficit and how we have to be careful to not spend so much that we go into deficit this year. Every time I come to the Chamber, we…

Let me say by way of introduction, and then I will yield to the Senator from Texas for some remarks, that the Kyl-Nickles amendment is a sense of the Senate. We should finish the job we started last year and make the repeal of the death…

I agree, when the assistant majority leader says there is an attempt to slow walk this bill, that is simply not the case. In fact, I will not do it right now because he is preoccupied, but at some time when we have the Senator's full…

let me give a sense of the businesses and organizations involved--everything from the American Council for Capital Formation, American Family Business Institute, Hotel & Lodging Association, the National Automobile Dealers Association…

given the fact we are in morning business, I wish to speak to the question of the repeal of the death tax to which the Senator from Oklahoma just referred. As my colleagues will remember, of course, the repeal of the death tax was part of…

I say the Senator from Alabama is exactly correct. It is an unfairness for the small business because the small businessmen are taxed in this fashion. The big corporation--I am all for big corporations, too, but they don't have to worry…

a recent article in the Far Eastern Economic Review on China's use of foreign technology to modernize its military explains the far-reaching impact of China's purchase of foreign technology on that country's military capabilities. For…

It seems to me appropriate to focus a little bit on what I believe is one of the most important decisions he made in the last year and to reflect a little bit upon what that decision will mean for the United States in the years to come. I…

for over 200 years, our Nation has championed ideas and ideals that have placed us in harm's way. In certain parts of the world, our actions have at times made us the object of ridicule. But liberty, toleration, and the inalienable rights…

the Senate has failed to follow the House of Representatives in passing compromise, bipartisan legislation to help stimulate our economy and provide temporary assistance to displaced workers. While the Bush administration and the House…

I rise today to give my qualified support to the Defense Appropriations bill. I voted for this bill because the men and women who are, at this very moment, defending our honor and protecting our freedoms from the most horrific assault ever…

Three months ago, we experienced an unprovoked attack on our country. America took a terrible hit, but we have rebounded and we have reminded the world of the strength of the American people. Three months ago, one industry in particular…

I just say to the Senator, in the time I have served with my colleague from Arizona, he has never flagged in his effort to save taxpayer money, and he looks for the kind of pork projects that he has identified over the years in all of the…

I support Senator Helms and what he is trying to do to protect the men and women in our military whom we put in harm's way to fight for peace and security from terrorism in faraway places. Before the war on terrorism is concluded, we are…

I wanted to insert this column in the Record not only because the author is one of the best writers from my hometown newspaper, and frequently has very wise things to say, but also because his column is right on point for something that…

Today, Senators Kennedy, Brownback, Feinstein and I join together to introduce the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001. This bill represents the merging of counter-terrorism legislation recently introduced by Senator…

Because of news reports today and yesterday, I believe, that Saddam Hussein made an absolutely firm statement that under no circumstances would he comply with the U.N. resolution which required that he submit his country to U.N. inspectors…

A final comment: Of all the reasons the Senator from Alaska has articulated today, I would put first among them the fact that we could well be at war to a much greater degree than we have been with Iraq in the very near future. We are…

my second question is: If we needed to find an alternative source, and if we could find a source that is right here in the good, old U.S.A., if the exploration in the ANWR area turned out as people think it would, what is the relationship…

the first of these is written by Kate O'Beirne, who always provides very well-researched and well-written reports on a very timely topic. As she notes at the beginning of this article: The State Department issued the annual report required…

I note with some dismay that the majority leader now seeks to fill time, given the fact we are not proceeding with the debate on the stimulus package, with other matters, such as the railroad retirement legislation. It seems to me we have…