Mr. President, I wish to also talk a bit today about why Republicans oppose raising taxes on anyone. President Obama and his supporters have repeatedly argued that tax increases will only affect a few of the wealthiest Americans…

Mr. President, I want to speak on the nomination of Jane Stranch--a vote we will be taking here in about 45 minutes--nominated to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. It is always with a great deal of reluctance that I oppose a nominee for…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The PRESIDING OFFICER…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burris). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 61, nays 38, as…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 61, nays 38, as follows: [Rollcall…

Depending on the specific characteristics of the attacks, unprecedented cascading failures of our major infrastructures could result.

Mr. President, Elena Kagan is intelligent, well spoken, personable, and schooled in the law. She is skilled in the art of argument, perhaps to a fault. Ignoring her own advice in the now famous University of Chicago Law Review article, she…

Our preparedness for an attack by weapons of mass destruction is an issue of vital importance.

A successful EMP attack would not require a high level of military or nuclear sophistication.

Do you think you could have told General Eisenhower it is too complex for one man to be in charge? He would not have believed that, and neither would I.

Given the catastrophic potential of an EMP attack, do you think that it should be included as one of the national planning scenarios?