Cord Byrd: “I myself had said that I would vote for this bill. I am going to vote against it out of protest against this awful…”

this afternoon we take up legislation making emergency supplemental appropriations for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to help Americans cope with a sagging economy. One year ago, Congress sent the President a war funding supplemental…

in my multivolume history of the Senate, I noted that the Senate is ``the anchor of our republic.'' It is, I wrote, ``the morning and evening star in the American constitutional constellation.'' Today, I recall those words because I am…

Tomorrow we mark the fifth anniversary of the now infamous ``Mission Accomplished'' speech which was delivered by President Bush on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003. Five years ago, I took issue with the President's…

I am proud to support H.R. 1195, a bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act, and the benefits that it will provide to West Virginia and the rest of the country. However, I must oppose the two…