Cord Byrd

I wish to thank the very distinguished senior Senator from the State of Texas for her leadership, her dedication. She is a member of the Appropriations Committee, a very fine member. I thank her for her leadership, and I thank her for her…

there is a crisis in the veterans health care system. The VA has belatedly admitted it is desperately short of cash and cannot make ends meet. What are the results? As a result, our veterans are in real danger of being shut off from the…

If they will let the leaders know. I thank the Chair and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Also, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my colleague from West Virginia, Senator Rockefeller, be included and that his name occur in the order listed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask for the regular order regarding amendment No. 1053. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That amendment is now pending before the Senate.

That I may offer this amendment on behalf of myself and Senator Cochran. I send the amendment to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from West Virginia…

our country is now involved in two wars--not one, two wars; one in Afghanistan and the other in Iraq. Each day we read in the newspapers about the human toll this nation is paying. As of today, 1,730 troops, men and women, have been killed…

the greatness of women and men is often best judged from an historical perspective. History gives us the detached perspective that allows us to better understand and appreciate the person, the cause, and the legacy. This happens because…

for too long, we as a body, and we as a Nation, have fallen short in our efforts to address some of the most profound and far reaching challenges of our time--global climate change and energy security. For too long, we have skirted the…

Senators Lincoln, Rockefeller, Harkin, and Pryor--I ask unanimous consent that they be added as cosponsors. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank all Senators. I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was adopted. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

I have nothing further right now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator still wish to have cosponsors added to the amendment?

Yes. I thank the Chair for remembering that. The names of those cosponsors I send to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

on Sunday, June 19, the Nation will honor fathers with the celebration of Father's Day. Fathers certainly deserve a day to relax and to put aside for a time the heavy burden of work and worries that they carry. Most fathers are, I believe…

I thank the Republican side for yielding me 10 minutes. So I yield myself 10 minutes. (The remarks of Mr. Byrd are printed in today's Record under ``Morning Business.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cornyn). The Senator from Delaware.

this coming Monday, Americans across the Nation will hang flags at their doors and place small flags and flowers on the gravesites of loved ones and soldiers in a tradition that stretches deep into history, perhaps back to the advent of…

today I am introducing S. 1133, the Clean Coal Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Act of 2005. I am proud to have Senators Rockefeller and Specter as cosponsors of my bill. This comprehensive clean coal technology…

yesterday I voted to invoke cloture on the nomination of Priscilla Owen to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Today I shall vote to confirm her nomination by an up-or-down vote. I voted to invoke cloture on this…

I do this so that we in the Senate and the President may all have a way of easily revisiting the text of that agreement for future reference. On the heels of this agreement, I believe that we should now move forward, propelled by its…

I read from the King James version of the Holy Bible, from the 22nd chapter of Proverbs, the 28th verse: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Mr. President, in his second inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln observed…

I rise today to speak sadly. I have been a Member of Congress--now I am in my 53rd year. Two other members have served longer than I. Only 11,752 men and women have served in the Congress of the United States since the Republic began in…

I wonder how much time the minority will give to me? I shall proceed. Mr. President, today I wish to speak about the history of freedom of speech in the Senate, about the cloture rule which, when invoked, limits debate, a bit about the…

I will shortly call up an amendment. Before doing so, I would like to recall a statement by the late Reverend Peter Marshall, possibly, even probably, the most famous and well known of the Senate chaplains, who offered this prayer at the…

Just as the Senator has had a little difficulty in recalling whether I said this or that, I didn't have a written text before me when I spoke to the President. I don't remember if I said a few or all or three or four. I don't remember. I…

may I address a question to the distinguished Republican leader without losing my right to the floor? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.