Cord Byrd

I wish to go forward with the amendment protecting the powers of the Congress, striking broad new executive authorities.

The administration needs to change its course in Iraq. If the United States is ever to work successfully with the international community to obtain the contributions of troops and money that are needed to share the heavy burden of postwar…

In all the discussion surrounding the President's request for $20.3 billion for reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan--in the question of whether the funding should be in the form of a grant or a loan, in the revelation of a…

it is my information that this side has not yet adequately followed this amendment and has not seen it until recently to the extent that we are prepared to accept it. It appears to be a good amendment, but we may or may not want to accept…

the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office is an arm of the Congress. Let the Congress carry out its proper role of oversight under the Constitution. That is all I am asking for here. I thank the Senator.

1 year ago this week, the President signed the congressional resolution authorizing him to go to war against Iraq. That signing was a historic moment for the United States. For the first time in our history, the President asked Congress…

West Virginians know sacrifice. Families from the Mountain State have lost loved ones in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Members of the West Virginia National Guard and the members of the Reserves have been deployed around the world, their…

Mr. President, the President has asked Congress to appropriate a great deal of money for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. But the American people have not yet been convinced that spending this money is the right thing to do. One…

I respect my colleague greatly, and I respect his reasons for objecting to my unanimous consent request. I have already offered the unanimous consent request to divide the President's supplemental request into portions, one on the $71.5…

the Senate today takes up the President's $87 billion Iraq war supplemental. This is a massive spending bill that holds vast implications for America's long-term foreign policy objective. It will have an enormous impact on American…

The American people have only recently been exposed to some of the details of the $15.2 billion in funds that the President has requested for the reconstruction of Iraq. The more the public learns about this request, the more the people…

my remarks will not be lengthy, but I entitle them as follows: ``Putting $87 Billion Into Context.'' The Senate will soon consider the President's request for an additional $87 billion to fund the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan…

Let me emphasize I am not asking that it be put off until Tuesday because of my wife's little problem. I said, go ahead, if I am 2 hours or 3 hours or 5 hours, I will get there when I can. I would rather you didn't, but in any event, if…

I have protested pretty consistently in that committee, saying we need more hearings, that we do not need to rush that bill through. It would be well to have the House act, let us see that bill so we would better know what amendments we…

Mr. President, this afternoon, the Senate finds itself with the first Homeland Security appropriations conference report before it. I thank Senate Chairman Thad Cochran, House Chairman Harold Rogers, and the ranking member on the House…

September 17 is a day of history in American calendar. On this day in 1630, the city of Boston was founded. On September 17, 1947, James V. Forrestal was sworn in as this Nation's first Secretary of Defense. On September 17, 1920, the…

I have often spoken of the grandeur of West Virginia's mountains and the abundance of tranquil mountain streams that gurgle quietly throughout the State. However, these same majestic mountains and streams are also conduits for disaster and…

I have strongly supported efforts to advance opportunities to open markets abroad to an array of clean energy technologies. At my urging, the Bush administration, in October 2002, released the Clean Energy Technology Exports, CETE…

it was 35 years ago, at 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, that a gas and dust explosion occurred at Consul No. 9 coal mine near Farmington WV. The force of the explosion rippled through the west side of the mine, igniting mine fires and…

Tomorrow the Nation will bow our heads in prayer as we remember those who perished 2 years ago. As we close our eyes to remember those who perished in the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon and in the quiet field in Pennsylvania, we…

Mr. President, when President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act, he promised to give schools the funding they needed to help every young person in this country succeed in the classroom. That promise has not been kept. And there is…

Yes. The distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, who has been a leader in this field, and who is a leader in this field, remembers very clearly and accurately the purposes and the debate on the No Child Left Behind Act. I have never…

I want to thank him for his work on the Armed Services Committee. And I want to thank him for his leadership in making laws that will better prepare our young people for the future, for what lies ahead of them. Of course, we need better…

after reading about the Bush administration's proposed rules with regard to overtime pay, there should be no question that American workers are under assault by the Bush administration. The Denver Post reports that since President Bush's…

I believe we need to fix that. We need to get the numbers back up to what President Bush asked this Senate and asked this Congress to provide. The international mother and child prevention of HIV initiative is truly one of the most…