Cord Byrd: “I thank my dear friend, Senator Baucus, for his kind remarks. ____________________”

on this cold January morning, I am being kept warm by four glorious words that keep running through my mind-- those four words are: ``Vice President Joe Biden.'' I love the sound of that. It is music to my ears. I have known Joe Biden for…

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

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…

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…