Cord Byrd: “I thank the Senate, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts is recognized.”

I am saddened to learn that Mr. Johnny H. Killian has passed away. Mr. Killian was a highly regarded, highly admired, and highly utilized specialist in American public law at the Congressional Research Service. For more than four decades…

this week, I was pleased to participate in a celebration of a true American hero, a West Virginia legend, and a friend, Mr. Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I. His has always been a life of…

I oppose the Crapo amendment because of the limitations that it would impose on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These institutions have been very helpful to homeowners in West Virginia who are seeking home loan modifications. I do not believe…

From winter, plague and pestilence, good Lord, deliver us!'' wrote Thomas Nashe in 1600, in ``Summer's Last Will and Testament,'' to which I add a hearty, ``Amen!'' At last, this Saturday, March 20, spring arrives, both by calendar and…