Joe Biden

If the Senator will yield just one second on that point, the point the Senator just made I hope illustrates why the Senator from Michigan and I are not suspect of the Senator from Louisiana but why we are cynical about this because we know…

If the leader will yield, each of the authors of the gun amendments has agreed to withdraw their amendments, and I am authorized to do that and I would do that at this moment if that is appropriate. There are five amendments: Bradley…

The Senator points out the Abraham amendment is still on the Republican side, and I have discussed this with Senator Abraham and he points out to me that if Specter-Simon passes, then his amendment is redundant, is no longer necessary. It…

We are perilously close to finishing all but the habeas amendments. The Nunn-Biden amendment on posse comitatus is either going to be debated very shortly or accepted very shortly. That leaves, I think, after the vote on the Specter-Simon…

For the sake of clarification, I would ask the Senator from California if the certification requirement in her amendment means that a separate certification of a country's cooperation with U.S. antiterrorism objectives must accompany every…

I understand the Senator will not move his terrorist organization amendment because he is now satisfied.

I say to my friend, this is not intended to capture incidental damage. Say someone in a peaceful protest trips over a hedge or tromps on a flowerbed. That is not the intention here. The key here is ``incidental damage'' that is not…

My experience is not as extensive as the leader's and slightly more extensive than the Senator from Utah's here, but it seems to me we waste a whole lot of time working out whether we can work things out rather than just bringing them up…

I sincerely hope we do not have to wait for another bombing, another horrendous loss of life, even another day before this body will act on an issue that we have debated and discussed since 1973. There is no hidden purpose in this…

I say to the Senator from California that is probably broader than we have to make it, but I would agree with her that that is worth doing to allay the concerns and fears of our friends who think somehow there is some nefarious objective…

Yes, I was here. I was also here in 1973, unfortunately. I have been here, and I have been interested in this issue since then. That is why I am so happy the Senator is pushing it.

That is fine. Mr. President, I am delighted for the intervention. As I said at the outset of my discussion of this, the chairman was occupied with the staff for a moment. At the time, I said that I was confident he and I could work this…

Mr. President, this bill adds a new section to the Budget Act, section 408(C). That section, as I understand it, provides that a simple majority point of order shall lie against any authorization bill that imposes a mandate unless the…

Now, further, I ask my friend from Idaho, what if the authorization bill did claim to set out criteria and procedures for the responsible Federal agency but those criteria said in effect, ``Federal agency, do what you think is right if the…

The American people have always risen to the occasion, and I have no doubt that they will do so again.

I believe in a balanced approach to government, one that is fair to all Americans.

We must never forget that America is a shining city on a hill, and that we must work together to keep it that way.

My mother used an expression that she heard used somewhere else. I think it comes out of some work of literature. When I say, ``Mom, in the long run--'' she says, ``Honey, in the long run, we'll all be dead.'' In the long run, we will be…

I hope that whatever ancillary issues there are, unrelated issues there are, could be resolved in another context, because we really should be moving ahead with this legislation. As I said, he has worked tirelessly on it. No one knows more…

I, too, would like to congratulate Senator Dole. Senator Dole has always reminded me of a comment my father would often make to his children. He used to say, ``Never complain and never explain. Just go do it.'' One of the things about Bob…

Does the Senator question whether the majority of attorneys general endorse the compromise? Does he have any doubt about that?

I frankly resent the constant reference to my attempting to mislead the United States Senate.

I worked for 7 months on a compromise. I got an absolute majority of the attorneys general of the United States of America... The conservative Republicans were against the Biden compromise on the floor. We took it out of the bill because…

I would not want to ask the Senator to carry such a heavy load, because I am confident my shoulders are not strong enough to carry the corresponding load.

I rise in support of the nomination of Rosemary Barkett, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, to become a judge in the U.S. court of appeals for the eleventh circuit. It seems to me there can be no doubt that she is qualified for…