I rise today to commend Charles Krauthammer for his fine article in the November 12 issue of The Weekly Standard, titled ``The Real New World Order.'' Not only does Mr. Krauthammer's article present the flawed assumptions and philosophical…

President Bush has asked us to send him an effective, anti-recession stimulus package. In the spirit of bipartisanship and good faith, he proposed a series of provisions that enjoyed both Republican and Democratic support. After much…

as my colleagues know, Senator Zell Miller and I have introduced bipartisan legislation to help our domestic travel and tourism industry recover from the devastating effects of September 11. I believe that we must focus an emergency…

the other subject I want to talk about today is also, I hope, good news in that it involves what I think the Senate will be able to take up very soon, and that is the nomination of the last of the President's Cabinet officers, who is John…

I will talk about two things: First is the victory last night in the bottom of the ninth inning of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the baseball World Series. Naturally, we Arizonans are very proud of the Arizona Diamondbacks. I am proud of the…

This amendment would make it very clear that the Federal Government from now on must give absolute priority to Indian military and impact aid schools when it allocates funds for school renovation or repair. The amendment establishes this…

let me respond to the two questions the Senator from Iowa asked. The first question was where was I during the Inhofe amendment. He presumes, I gather, that I opposed the Inhofe amendment. I didn't oppose the Inhofe amendment. I don't. I…

I thank Senator Feinstein, the chairman of the Technology and Terrorism Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, for her leadership both in the holding of the hearing that she mentioned, as well as putting together the legislation we…

I thought there was a question posed to the minority by the distinguished Senator who said, would Republicans like it if he treated them as they treated us? And I thought, as a Republican, I might be in a better position to answer that…

I marvel at how directly the rule of law in the United States is connected to this attack on the United States and how the judges play a crucial role in that, which simply brings home to me again the urgency of getting these judicial…

Since the distinguished Senator from Nevada has said on more than one occasion that this is not about payback--I think that is a direct quotation, on several occasions--I wonder why, if the withholding of confirmations on judicial…

Pakistan has not been the same kind of democracy as the United States. The military of that country has pretty well controlled its nuclear armaments and forces, rather than being under civilian control. That is the way it is in Pakistan…

Exactly. At the rate of 1.4 judges per hearing, there is no way we will be able to have enough judge nominations that can come to the Senate floor for confirmation before we adjourn for the year. That is why we have to not only have more…

I could not help thinking, particularly as I listened to the distinguished majority leader discuss the activity in his office today and the concern about his staff and their current terrorist threat that reaches the U.S. Capitol staff now…

Let me summarize where I was, Mr. President. The point is, we are a country that relies upon our courts to administer the rule of law. At the Federal level that means we need to have a fully staffed Federal judiciary. We always know there…

today I rise to introduce critical legislation that will help restore confidence in our country's ailing travel and tourism industry as well as serve as an immediate stimulus to our economy in general. As recent economic data have…

I wish to speak on this bill and to add my voice to those who have pointed out how critical it is that the U.S. Government support our airline industry. I share some concerns, such as those expressed by the Senator from Kentucky. There are…

I rise at this time to lend my full support to S. 1426 the emergency supplemental appropriations bill. The United States is engaged in war against terrorism. We have been engaged in that war for a long time, but seldom has it tread upon…

What we are addressing is the recruitment of what the intelligence community calls ``assets''--people who would be useful in infiltrating an organization and getting information out of that cell and sharing that information with us.

I want to assure the distinguished chairman that we are not changing the law. This is simply a guideline the previous CIA Director felt was needed. We are not changing the law. We are not doing anything untoward or unconstitutional. Our…

today our entire Nation confronts an evil inflicted upon it by those who resent our values and our way of life. All of us address the Nation as Americans, not partisans. That is as it should be when we are hit by a tragedy of this…

A consensus emerged during the 1990s with regard to the national security of the United States. That consensus was and remains that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-- nuclear, chemical and biological--and their means of…

this past weekend the Washington Post ran articles on a Bush administration decision to impose sanctions on a Chinese company that it found to be transferring sensitive missile technology to Pakistan in violation of last November's…

For example, the bill prohibits export controls on items that contain controlled components comprising less than 25 percent of the total value of an item and sets an extremely high standard for the President to meet in order to control…

This mentality that enforcing the law could further fray relations with countries such as China, for example, lies at the core of much of what we are debating with respect to the legislation before the Senate. It is the continued relevance…