Tony Thurmond

The Administration is punishing children when states refuse to cater to Trump's political ideology.

Trump is illegally impounding billions of dollars appropriated by Congress to serve students this fiscal year.

Our students must be safe in order to learn.

I don’t get it at all. But I think it sends a powerful message that people need to show up and make sure that they vote.

It is an embarrassment that he would say that slave owners -- slave owners deserve reparations, that he would deny the impact of slavery on black people.

I hope that African-Americans and Latinos reject this person who has said these hateful things that would take us backwards, rather than take us forward.

Leadership is about making tough decisions during tough times. Gavin Newsom has done that, $120 billion for education, including universal preschool and universal meals.

I couldn`t think of a more dangerous way to approach six million students in our schools. And, quite frankly, I have to call out the hypocrisy of Larry Elder. He himself has taken a vaccination. But he has said his first order before his…

I am surely honored by the generous remarks of my colleagues... I trust I have accomplished that objective. The U.S. Senate is a special institution in many respects. The six-year term assures that there is the stability within this…

I wish to join with Senator Byrd, and with all Senators, in expressing our deepest gratitude to Suzanne Pearson for her long years of service to the U.S. Senate. She has been part of the Office of the Legislative Counsel for almost 32…

Senator Byrd is a man of character, a man of ability, a man of dedication, and we are all proud of him. Thank you very much.

The Senator is correct, the status quo simply does not make fiscal sense. It is my understanding that the cost of the two plants together is less than the cost of current storage requirements, over a comparable time period. In fact…

I rise today to express reservations about S. 2869, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, and the larger issue of the impact of religious liberty legislation in the context of prisons and the military. One of…

We have accomplished a lot this year. I am very proud of what has been done here in the Senate. No one is due more credit for this than our able leader, Senator Lott. I just want to commend him for his outstanding accomplishments and the…

I want to commend the able majority leader for his remarks on just what he said. Are the local people going to control education or the people in Washington going to control it? I am in thorough, thorough agreement with the able majority…

The term ``agent'' in the Statement of Managers is not used in the technical sense, but was intended to be a generic reference to all Customs Service employees stationed in Puerto Rico.

The tritium provision included in this bill will not cause any meaningful delay in the resumption of tritium production. Let me repeat that so all of my colleagues are clear about this point--our conference provision on tritium does not…

Last week I resigned my position with UNSCOM out of frustration because the U.N. Security Council, and the United States, as its most significant supporter, were failing to enforce the post-Gulf War resolutions designed to disarm Iraq. I…

I understand the Senator's strong support for our national defense. I also understand that the Senator has offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 1999 Defense Authorization Act which would require the Department of Energy to follow…

I believe the Senator from Alabama has an interest in the Department of Energy's tritium production program and I believe he shares my strong interest in restoring a sound United States tritium production capability to support our enduring…

I am humbled at the action that has been suggested here. I have been on the Armed Services Committee for about 40 years and been a Member of this body for about 45 years, and I have enjoyed every minute of it. It offers many opportunities…

I appreciate how important this matter is to the Senators from Tennessee, South Dakota and Washington. I say to the Senator that, while I cannot make preconference agreements on outcome, I will work with him to try to retain the House…

I share the Senator's concern, and I urge the Department to make every effort not to disrupt the tremendous progress that has been made at Y-12. The production activities taking place at the plant are a critical component of our national…

We must preserve our capability to manufacture weapons and weapons components, and we must maintain ongoing weapons surveillance and assessment activities. The four weapons production plants--including the Y-12 plant in the Senator's home…