I rise today once again with Senator McConnell to introduce a joint resolution renewing the ban on all imports from Burma for another year. We are proud to be joined by Senators McCain, Durbin, Gregg, and Lieberman and we look forward to…

I think that has really fueled the Arizona law, which I think is an unfortunate law, but nonetheless, I understand the fear that people have.

So this is now well established, that every American, under the Fifth Amendment, has this right?

Is it true that every American has the right under the Fifth Amendment to a Miranda warning?

What would be the likelihood of his succeeding?

I want to ask a question in my capacity of Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

I have filed an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill before us that would remove one barrier between the unemployed and a job. Forty-seven percent of employers use credit reports to screen at least some potential hires, according to…

I rise to express my strong support for the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act, also called the DISCLOSE Act. I want to thank Senator Schumer for his work on this important bill and say that I plan to…

each May, since 1978, we have honored the rich heritage and countless accomplishments of the many Asian Pacific Americans in our country. I am delighted to recognize Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and to pay tribute to the struggles…

The Department of Energy simply has not fixed the problems that I believe a commitment was made to fix.

There is a problem with California projects.

Thank you, Chairman Wyden, for holding a hearing on the 'Deafy Glade Land Exchange Act.'

It is very exciting. I have been to the facility, and it is an amazing place.

I have written a multitude of letters on this subject and the answers have been nonresponsive and unacceptable.

So there is no disincentive in the permitting process.

Thank you very much. Mr. President, on a big bill, I find this a very puzzling situation where for the second time the other side of the aisle has essentially said, We won't let you go to a vote on a motion to proceed to debate until there…

I speak in support of these three bills because collectively they will help relieve California's water shortage.

I think it is just dreadful that you cannot move a small grant to a university in 5 years.

What I find is really an amazing display of increased assets at the border when you look at them.

Today, an investigative story published by Reuters details how WellPoint, a medical insurance company--as a matter of fact, the Nation's largest health insurance company, with 33.7 million policyholders--used a special computer program to…

I believe that this is an appropriate role for NASA, and I share the Presidents belief that these changes will also create jobs and benefit the domestic U.S. space industry as a whole.

Safety is and always will be NASA's first core value.

I was encouraged by the administration's new vision for NASA.

I had a very positive meeting with him, and really felt that there was a new voice in Russia.

So--and I am extrapolating here, and please disabuse me of the notion if it's incorrect--you are essentially saying that this new system offers a much better umbrella of protection.