Let me just say if I have provided leadership, I know the Senator from Tennessee has. I have enjoyed the opportunity to work closely with the Senator from Tennessee, Senator Voinovich, Senator Graham of Florida, and others on this issue. I…

Five years ago when this legislation was written on the moratorium, I don't believe DSL existed. The idea of people accessing the Internet over broadband was not something people thought much of. The idea of accessing the Internet over…

I never liked it when the Federal Government came in and tried to tell us in Delaware we had to spend money for some purpose but never provided the revenues to pay for that expenditure. Similarly, I never liked it when the Federal…

let me say that I agree with everything the Senator has said about the importance of the Delmarva Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program. In addition to your comments, I would only add a request to our colleagues who have been working…

I want to take a moment to also express my thanks to them and say to my own counsel, Margaret Simmons, who has done great work on this bill, a special thank you. None of us do this stuff by ourselves, as we all know. In this case, we have…

as we approach the end of actually a rather short, abbreviated debate on this legislation, I want to say a few words encouraging my colleagues to join the Presiding Officer, myself, and our respective Republican and Democratic floor…

I know him to be a thoughtful, decent, caring human being. He is a good manager and a good leader of his State. He has also been a great leader of our Nation's Governors. He is very bright and surrounds himself with excellent people. But…

I simply want to express my thanks to the 58 other Democrats and Republicans who joined me--59 in all--in voting for the motion to proceed and to take up for debate and amendment legislation that would reform the way we handle class action…

I think in some ways this may be the most important vote we have cast in the 22 years I have been here. I suggest to my colleagues, my Democrat friends, why it is important for us to vote for the motion to proceed to take up this bill…

I express my thanks to the Senator from Alabama for his kind words. I appreciate the opportunity to work with him on these and other issues. Tomorrow morning around 11 o'clock, an important vote will occur in the Senate. At the heart of…

I follow up on the comments of the Senator from New York with respect to sacrifice. Our State is a small State. We only have about 800,000 people. We have reservists who serve in all the branches of our military. We have the Delaware…

I am encouraged that the Secretary has promulgated a letter. I don't know to what extent it also bears an imprimatur of OMB and the senior folks in the White House. I am encouraged by the letter. The point I am trying to make is that we…

I think the measure as it is being amended on the Senate floor is a significant improvement over what was offered in the House and approved by the House. It was a very close partisan vote. I think it passed by one vote. I appreciate the…

The members of the Amtrak board are tasked with leading our national passenger railroad, with stewardship over substantial Federal resources and the responsibility of ensuring that the needs of the corporation and the traveling public are…

As a former member of the Amtrak board and Governor of Delaware, I personally understand the important role that board members play in leading the corporation and I want to thank my colleague for recognizing the special skills that…

I rise to call the Senate's attention to a very important address that my distinguished senior colleague, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, delivered today on America's foreign policy and our ongoing operations in…

I come to the floor to take this time to talk about the reauthorization of welfare reform, the reform launched a half dozen years ago. The authorization for those reforms has expired once, has been renewed for a year, and will expire again…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

As it turns out, if you look across the globe today, we have United States forces stretched around the world in places and numbers we have not seen for a long time--not only Iraq but Afghanistan, Bosnia, Korea, Japan, Germany, and many…

We welcome the support of Senator Alexander on this bill and the opportunity to work with him and other colleagues in this body to pass a strong bipartisan piece of clean air legislation later this year. Together, we can pass legislation…

when I ran for the U.S. Senate, I promised Delawareans that I would work in a bipartisan fashion to provide a Medicare prescription drug benefit for our Nation's seniors. I pledged that I would seek consensus around what is right with…

For the last 20 years, we have debated in the House and the Senate, and around the country, whether or not we should take a look at our military bases--Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine--to determine whether or not we have the right bases…

This is an issue I care about as much as the Senator from Alabama. The language that died, after having been reported out to the conference committee, was language that said when a person commits a violent act for which they are convicted…

Mr. President, in considering the military priorities of our country, we are addressing one of the most important challenges facing our Nation and its Government. That challenge is to transform America's military to meet the threats of…

Today along with Senators Lincoln Chafee and Judd Gregg, I am introducing comprehensive legislation to reduce harmful emissions from our Nation's power plants. Developed after extensive input from electric generators who would be affected…