Cord Byrd

I thank my chairman for his sage remarks. Let me thank him also for the leadership that he demonstrates daily in the Senate and in committees. I have great respect for him. I serve on the Homeland Security Committee with him. He is a…

I see my friend, my bosom friend from Alabama, on the floor. I am told that he is going to speak at this point. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.

we have almost completed the First Session of the 109th Congress and, incredibly, no serious debate about our immigration policies has occurred. Not a word. No serious debate. The number of aliens residing illegally in the United States…

several of the unions are very supportive of the amendment I have just offered. Among these unions, it should be mentioned that the American Federation of Government Employees is very supportive; the American Federation of State, County…

the American people enter this fall season with apprehension, trepidation, and a somber sense of foreboding. Gasoline prices, which peaked above $3 per gallon in September, now seem stuck at levels once thought absurd. Gas prices in West…

as the administration searches for a new nominee for the Supreme Court, I hope the White House will not retreat to a political corner and choose a nominee who will only serve to divide the Nation and divide this Senate. I urge the…

I yield to the Senator, as I may, without any objections, for 10 minutes, and I retain my right to the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island is recognized for 10 minutes. Amendment No. 2194, as Further Modified

I propose that we vote on this amendment. The Senator can still offer an amendment if he wishes to do so after this vote. Let's go. I ask for the vote. I object to any request to set this amendment aside. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection…

I have offered an amendment on behalf of the Nation's disadvantaged students and the schools that are struggling to educate these disadvantaged students. Hear me, I have offered an amendment on behalf of the Nation's disadvantaged students…

I will vote against the Coburn amendment that would have increased funding for the State AIDS Drug Assistance Program by cutting needed funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC. I have long supported, and will…

I hope the Senate will vote quickly. But before it does, I thank the Senators who have just spoken, particularly the manager of the bill, Mr. Specter. He is an outstanding Senator. I have seen this Senate turn over more than 3 times…

I have been around the Senate for a long time, and I have been serving West Virginia for a long time. I have seen many seasons in my time in this Senate, and I know that with each season comes its challenges. There is strength and beauty…

Yes, yes. I thank the distinguished Senator for his very appropriate observations. The U.N. inspectors were doing their job. They were finding certain weapons, and they were disposing of them. With some more time--I believe it was the top…

There has been none. There is none. There has been none. I see only a huge black hole. No plan. No plan. No plan. No vision. We are there with no vision, and people perish and they perish. Too many lives have already been lost in pursuit…

press reports today indicate that the number of American troops killed in Iraq has now reached 2,000--2,000. This is another tragic milestone in this costly and unnecessary war in which too much blood--too much blood, too much blood--has…

last month, COL Clarence Lee Turnipseed, Jr., passed away. He was the father of my good friend, and one of the Senate's best and most indispensable workers, Mrs. Dot Svendson, who works in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate. With…

more than 2,000 years have passed since Cicero said, ``Endless money forms the sinews of war.'' Let me repeat what I have said. More than 2,000 years have passed since Cicero, a great Roman senator, said, ``Endless money forms the sinews…

the Senate will vote within the next few minutes on a procedural motion relating to the amendment offered by Senator Warner and Senator Levin. This amendment proposes to add much of the Defense authorization bill to the Defense…

I have indicated the purpose of the amendment and the intent of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts.

on July 30 and 31, the First Christian Church of Weirton, WV celebrated its 175th anniversary. I wish to take a few minutes of the Senate's time to extend to this house of worship, which came into existence in 1830, 33 years before West…

But the Senate has begun to fall short on those important constitutional principles. We have just a handful of votes each week and then the rush is on to get out that door, out that door, out this door here--get out. The rush is on to wrap…

I call up amendment No. 1992. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd] proposes an amendment numbered 1992.

I have often spoken of the importance of the Senate staff and the Senate's various support services for the effective workings of this great institution. These are the people and the offices that are rarely mentioned in the newspapers or…

Winston Churchill said, ``when you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.'' Indeed, throughout the ages, the horse has carried mankind across continents, helped forge civilizations, and has been that beloved beast…

today I will vote against S.J. Res. 20, the joint resolution of disapproval concerning the mercury emissions rules that were promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, on March 15, 2005. At the same time…