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Mr. President, it is not hyperbole to suggest that the sky is falling for too many American workers. You could also say that the ship is sinking. You could say that the mine wall is collapsing, that the dam is giving way, or use any number…
the very able Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy, has led this fight to increase the minimum wage time and time and time again. I admire him for it. Yes, this administration has joined in the maiming and the raping of the Constitution…
I understand and respect the very tough decisions the chairman and ranking member of the subcommittee had to make in order to meet their allocation, but now, I understand that the U.S. Commerce Department intends to use that provision to…
last week, the Bush administration--in what has become its normal pattern--ignored the pleas of thousands of hardworking Americans. It lifted the steel tariffs it had promised the U.S. steel industry and imposed on foreign imports back in…
As lobbyists for the pharmaceutical and health industry swarm all corners of the Capitol, the Congress is on a mad dash to pass this bill before Thanksgiving, regardless of its contents or its flaws, so long as it can be called…
I am deeply grateful to these two fine Senators for the kind words they have just spoken, Senator Durbin and Senator Sarbanes. I will go to my everlasting resting place with love and gratitude and affection and admiration and respect for…
On November 3, the State of West Virginia lost one of its most enduring and most colorful political figures, A. James Manchin. A. James Manchin was born in Farmington, WV, on April 7, 1927. He had a deep love for West Virginia and its…
before I make a request, let me congratulate the Senator from Missouri. He is a good member of the Appropriations Committee. He works hard. He is a productive member. I have a great deal of admiration for him and for the work he does. I…
I am very interested in the need to provide funding through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the National Research Council to study whether the use of coal combustion wastes, otherwise known as coal fly ash, poses health…
on May 22 of this year, 2003, I cast my vote in opposition to the fiscal year 2004 Defense authorization bill. I cast that vote to protest the errant course of the defense establishment in seeking larger and larger regular defense budgets…
4 million veterans receive health care through the veterans health care system funded by the VA-HUD bill. How should we explain to these veterans that the bill is being set aside?
I am the recipient of the Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Freedom from Fear. I will receive that award on Saturday. I am not in a position to drive up on Saturday morning and receive that award. My wife is invited also with…
November 11, Veterans Day, is the day of reverence for American veterans. It is the day of the year set aside to honor the people who have defended our country, our way of life, and our freedom. It is the day that allows us to pause to…
Syria has long been considered by the United States to be a rogue state. Syria continues to associate with terrorist groups, including those that have carried out ruthless attacks that set back the cause of peace in the Middle East…
I hope that the Senate does not once again fall prey to this monster known as an omnibus. An omnibus is a legislative creation without a mother or a father. It is more like a Frankenstein creature--a being patched together from old…
through its shortsighted actions, this administration perpetuates an infinite mirage and a boundless facade. This administration hopes to fool the American people into swallowing its wrongheaded policies with no questions asked. These…
I suggest my statement in support of this amendment be entitled ``Too Much Money, Too Little Accountability.'' This is an amendment about accountability. This is an amendment to ensure that those administration officials charged with…
my amendment does not cut off funds for reconstruction, as I thought I understood the distinguished Senator from Kentucky to say. If I am incorrect and did not hear him say that or indicate that, I certainly would be glad to be corrected…
In considering the President's $87 billion for Iraq, the House of Representatives adopted a provision that would require the U.S. official responsible for coordinating the reconstruction efforts in Iraq to be appointed by the President by…
A mass liquidation of the Government is underway. U.S. corporations and industry entrepreneurs are salivating at this administration's effort to open at least 850,000 Federal jobs to private contractors. If this administration has its way…
I am fully in agreement with the Senator from Maryland on this issue. I look forward to working in conference so that the needs of the U.S. Naval Academy to recover from Hurricane Isabel are fully funded.
May I say to the distinguished Senator from Alaska that he holds no monopoly on the support for the troops. I was supporting American troops before the Senator from Alaska ever came to Washington. I have been supporting the American troops…
I wish to go forward with the amendment protecting the powers of the Congress, striking broad new executive authorities.
Mr. President, the National Guard has been stretched to the breaking point. Not since the Korean war has the United States deployed so many members of the National Guard and the Reserves. Right now, more than 160,000 members of the…
Madam President, in 1837, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen wrote a wonderful fairytale which he titled ``The Emperor's New Clothes.'' It may be the very first example of the power of political correctness. It is the story of a ruler…
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