Joe Lieberman

Then why require that the President come back a second time to seek such authorization?

I view the underlying resolution I have introduced with Senators Warner, McCain, and Bayh as an international resolution. It is all about enforcing the resolutions of the United Nations. It acknowledges, appreciates, encourages the…

First, I want to say I agree with the Senator totally concerning his comments about Afghanistan, and I hope if the time comes, as I hope and pray it will, that there is a post-Saddam Iraq, we will learn from the mistakes that were made in…

Then I ask the Senator this final question: Would it be the Senator's opinion that enforcement of outstanding U.N. Security Council resolutions would amount to an act of self-defense and, therefore, the President of the United States could…

I do not think we will ever go it alone because we are going to the United Nations. But how then does the Senator read section 4(a) of his amendment, which says clearly that the President can only use the Armed Forces of the United States…

Respectfully, I object to both of those descriptions. Let me take the first, which is the question of the Constitution. The Constitution says in article I, among the powers enumerated in section 8 that the Congress of the United States is…

I appreciate what he has just said about the programs of weapons of mass destruction Saddam Hussein has, and particularly these programs of chemical and biological weapons. I know the Senator has spent some time considering, and I wonder…

We are sending young Americans into harm's way. As successful as this operation may be, we will still lose some brave young Americans' lives. That is the reality. That is why we avoid it at all costs.

The language with regard to the particular section cited by the Senator from Pennsylvania in the Nelson-Chafee-Breaux language is supplementary to what is in the statute, and essentially adds those two extra determinations the President…

--and I fear the White House is now blocking the early adoption by the Senate of legislation that would create a Department of Homeland Security.

So my question back to the Senator from Texas is why deprive the Senator from Nebraska and the Senator from Rhode Island and the Senator from Louisiana the opportunity to have a vote on their amendment?

I think it is the right to join unions or remain in unions the President can override here, not elements of the collective bargaining agreement.

My reading of that section (2) is simply to restate the President's authority, not only with regard to employees of the Federal Government within the United States of America and the District of Columbia but outside the United States of…

Looking at that section--incidentally, the language, the Nelson-Chafee-Breaux amendment amends decisions made under 7103(b)(1). (b)(2) I think gives the President authority to suspend any provision of the chapter specifically with respect…

We are fully prepared to have an up-or-down vote on Senator Gramm's substitute, but after we have the right to offer an amendment. That is the way the Senate works. That is why I objected.

It is the intention of the sponsors that the work of this commission build on and complement the work of the joint intelligence committee in investigating the events of September 11, 2001. The joint intelligence committee has done some…

This amendment now embraces that legislation. It would create an independent, nonpartisan citizens commission to investigate how and why the tragic terrorist attacks against the United States happened on September 11, 2001. The underlying…

I ask my friend from Oklahoma--I have not had an opportunity given to me to look at the substitute that may be offered by the Senator from Texas--why would it be germane if parts of it don't relate to homeland security?

I have been disturbed and disappointed by the criticisms of the legislation that came out of our Governmental Affairs Committee, which are based on the claim that it fails to give the President and the new Secretary of Homeland Security…

As I have heard the Senator read this last section from his amendment, it seems to me that what it requires is that Congress finish its action on proposals made by the administration, fill in the blanks in the five directorates within 13…

I need to say that I wouldn't describe it as running up a white flag. Senator Graham, who has constructed this section of the bill which I have supported, felt in the exercise of practicality but also because he feels so strongly about the…

I will state again what I have said on the floor before. I am not one who believes that another September 11 type of attack against America is inevitable. It is not inevitable if we are aggressive in searching out and destroying the…

I am proud of what my colleagues have said thus far in this discussion and very grateful to be a part of it. In New York City today, they are reading the names of the victims, the names of 3,000 of God's children, magnificent in their…

I share his wish that Senators will come to the floor and debate this amendment. This amendment really does, as I indicated earlier today, go to one of the pillars of the bill. It is not just a bill to create a Department of Homeland…

This amendment, almost a year in the making, would create a focused and accountable Department of Homeland Security to enable our domestic defenses to rise to the unprecedented challenge of defeating terrorism on our home soil. Our…