Cord Byrd

I want to compliment him, and I do compliment the chairman for his patience, for his dogged determination, and for his far-seeing vision in pursuing and pressing on to the end this cause for which he has been studying, speaking, and…

That is a little over $7 billion. That is what we ought to be doing now. We ought to get these other countries to belly up to the bar and help to bear the cost of this war. We are not doing that, though. We are having an administration…

Does the Senator know--he is on the Armed Services Committee of the Senate as I am--does he know of any plan the administration has in readiness to deal with any one of these several possible contingencies in which we may find ourselves if…

it was not more than 6 weeks ago when this President, this administration, expressed concern at the ``frenzy'' that people were being wrapped into. This administration tried to cool it 6 weeks ago, talking about the frenzy. We have heard…

No, but I remember Caesar, when he saw one of the Roman soldiers running away from the battle, he took that Roman soldier and turned him around. He said: You are running in the wrong direction. That is what I am afraid we are doing. We are…

Hold on a minute. Madam President, there has to be a little levity. Even the wisest will stop for a moment to smile, laugh a little, be a little jovial. But this is a tremendous victory; as a member of the committee on which this great man…

I am pleased and proud to announce today, October 3, is the Reverend Mr. Perry's 85th birthday. I am also pleased and proud to point out that more than 50 years ago--as a matter of fact, it was more than 60 years ago--Mr. Perry and I…

Titus Livius, one of the greatest of Roman historians, said: All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. Congress would be wise to heed those words today, for as sure as the Sun…

amidst the wall-to-wall reporting on Iraq that has become daily grist for the Nation's news media, a headline in this morning's USA Today leaped out from the front page: ``In Iraq's arsenal, Nature's deadliest poison.'' The article…

I just want to say this: I agree with what the Senator said in respect to the appropriations bills. We had this talk--those of us who agreed on appropriations bills. He is ready to vote on them. So am I. I hope the leadership will attempt…

I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said that. I want to make that perfectly clear.

I commend the distinguished Democratic leader for the position he has taken here today. I commend him for the restraint he has shown in his remarks. I, too, was astounded upon reading this story in the Washington Post this morning. It…

Over the next 13 months, Congress would walk away to the sidelines. So under my amendment, we are not going to say: Mr. President, here is the bill. You take it. Just report back to us from time to time and let us know how it is working…

I urge Senators to cast their vote today. I know most of the other side, if not all on the other side of the aisle, will probably vote against this amendment. We are going to lose on this amendment, but I thank those who have spoken for…

I will try to put a question mark after it. The House has a bill. We, on this side, agreed on it, and we had a vote in the Senate not too long ago. We got 59 votes; we lack 1 vote, or we would have had a budget. I hope we have another…

If the world wants to see a committee that really operates in a bipartisan way, take a look at the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Republican former chairman, Mr. Stevens, and I and all of the members on that committee, Democrats and…

the able Senator from Alaska, Mr. Stevens--a man who is deserving of the title of ``The Alaskan of the 20th Century''--and I always work together closely. Our subcommittee chairmen and our subcommittee ranking members are equally as…

Absolutely. The House has not passed the appropriations bills. The House Appropriations Committee--no fault of the Republican chairman of that committee and others on the committee--has not passed, has not reported out all of the 13 bills…

I congratulate Mr. Lieberman, the Governmental Affairs Committee, and all of the staff members of that committee. They have worked hard, they have worked long, and they have produced a bill that is, in my judgment, a great improvement over…

I am saying that is the difference, $9 billion. That is all that is holding us from going forward. Yet Mr. Lawrence Lindsey, the President's economic adviser, says with respect to what the anticipated cost of the war in Iraq will be----

Somewhere between $100 billion and $200 billion, chicken feed. That is nothing, he says. That is nothing. Yet $9 billion is like a bone in the throat to this OMB Director down here, Mitch Daniels, and the President and the administration…

I will tell you what is delaying the work of homeland security--the intransigence on the part of the President. He had an opportunity to sign an appropriations bill that would provide $2.5 billion for homeland security--a total of $5.1…

No. We agreed in the committee that we would have a certain top line. We voted for that top line. It was unanimous, Republicans and Democrats there, and Republicans and Democrats in the Senate voted for that $768 billion top line. Yet the…

Well, I suppose if there were a good case made. But the good case has already been made to the contrary that we need that $9 billion more.

I call attention to an article in the Washington Post of September 15, Sunday, the final edition. I shall read excerpts therefrom. The headline: ``In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue; U.S. Drillers Eye Huge Petroleum Pool.'' The…