Cord Byrd

I only want to point out that we heard that same old tune last year from then-Director Tom Ridge of the Department of Homeland Security. He wrote me a letter--probably wrote the same letter to Senator Stevens at that time--that they didn't…

I say to the leader, how long ago was it we heard the President of the United States saying, no price is too great a price to pay for freedom? Right? When they talk about war in Afghanistan, they talk about war in Iraq, no price is too…

I support the moneys for defense. I consider homeland security, homeland defense as much a part of defense, the overall rubric, as anything else or more. The defense of our homeland is No. 1, as far as I am concerned. We have a war on…

In this new world, we face a new kind of war--a war on our shores, a war that is different in scope and intensity from any that we have ever faced before. The enemy is no organized army. There is no organized army of infantry, or…

I begin my speaking with reference to my colleague, Ted Stevens. He is a beacon of reasoning. I was saying to my staff last night--or this morning, I forget; I am almost oblivious to time--here is a man who is standing up for the…

We heard that same tune last year from Mr. Ridge who was at that time the Director of Homeland Security. His comment was with respect to moneys that were in legislation I was offering. His comment was: We don't need any more. We don't need…

The President said: Wait, we can wait until 2003 to begin spending more on homeland security. Now it is 2003. What is the President saying? He is saying: Let's wait until 2004. Now the administration is saying we don't need more money for…

So in this amendment we have $70,600,000 to combat cybercrime and cyberterrorism. We have taken this from testimony at last spring's homeland security hearings. These are funds that were blocked-- blocked--by the President in the $2.5…

Mr. President, I don't hear a whimper from the Congress which only a short time ago attempted to give up its constitutional power to declare war to one man. He will determine when, how, and where our military forces will be used in an…

Recently, former Senators Rudman and Hart released a report that concluded that American transportation, water, food, power, communications, and banking systems remain easy targets for terrorist attacks. The report highlighted the…

Mr. President, we talk about sending our troops, men and women, fathers, brothers, husbands, wives, overseas to fight a war in Iraq. We talk as though it is just a video game. Nobody raised a question. We don't hear a whimper--not a…

Mr. President, I have listened to my distinguished friend, and he is my friend, but remember that my friend from Alaska said in December a year ago: Now, 4 months have already passed. We have 8 months. Let's wait until 2003. We have…

I do not like to be in a position of differing with my friend from Alaska, but there are times when we do have to differ. In this case, I find myself at odds with him, but I want to say here that it is only for the purposes of advancing…

this Nation faces a turning point as we are challenged once again by the threat of attack on our shores. We know that terrorists live among us. Yet we do not know where they will strike, or when, or how they will strike. With endless…

So, Mr. President, I want to spend a few minutes just being thankful. The change in party control is but a small shift in the wind compared to the gale forces that have blown in the past. It does not compare to war, to acts of terror, the…

The name that keeps bothering me is Aristides. But this was Alcibiades. He was a great speaker, and when he could not think of a word, he paused. He just stopped. He did not say, ``you know, you know,'' or, ``ah, oh, ah, you know, ah, you…

I am grateful indeed for these encomiums being said by my colleagues. I deeply appreciate what the distinguished majority leader has just said. I appreciate his friendship on this day and the friendship of so many of my colleagues. I shall…

I deeply thank my colleague from North Dakota for bringing this matter to the attention of the Senate. I thank my friend from Virginia for what he has just said. With respect to my birthday, I shall have more to say about that later. But…

What the Senator talked about the love for his daughter, that is a given. I wasn't attempting to connect the Senator from Virginia with Aaron Burr in that respect. The Senator spoke of his daughter, and it awakened memories in my own mind…

I want to tee off that word, ``privilege.'' ... what a privilege it is to be an American, a person born in this country of whatever background, or a person who has emigrated to this country and been accepted as an American citizen--what a…

He was opposed. When the Senator from New Mexico is opposed, I pay even more attention to him. Anyhow, after each meeting, our friends would walk away with plans for spreading the good word in favor of our plan, charged up with a pep talk…

But I will say this, that the American people are listening. And with respect to the resolution dealing with a war with Iraq, the American people were listening. The American people heard what we said. As a result of speeches--I made two…

Farewell To Senator Fred Thompson Mr. President, with the closing of the 107th Congress, the Senate will be saying farewell to a very talented and successful and effective colleague, a Senator who in a relatively short period of time has…

Last July, almost 4 months ago, the Senate Appropriations Committee completed action on all 13 of our appropriations bills, each on a bipartisan unanimous vote. These bills restored essential funding for programs that the administration…

may I say right at that point that the Senator is correct. That was the major constitutional flaw. That was a major constitutional flaw. It dealt with the power over the purse which under the Constitution is vested here in Congress…