Cord Byrd

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…

Yesterday, at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I asked a question of the Secretary of Defense. I referred to a Newsweek article that will appear in the September 23, 2002, edition. That article reads as follows. It is not…

before the Nation is committed to war, before we send our sons and daughters to battle in faraway lands, there are critical questions that must be asked, and it is not unpatriotic to ask questions. To date, the answers from the…

I also thank my friend for his expression of support for my amendment. That amendment will be voted on next Tuesday. It will be voted up or down. Senators will have an opportunity to go on record, if they support that amendment, an…

But my friends on that side did not vote for cloture. Whatever the vote was at that time, they did not vote for cloture. So they have not helped me to get on with the appropriations bills. Consequently, I made a generous offer at that…

And before I pose the question, I preface it by saying this: I can appreciate what the distinguished Senator is trying to do. The other day I said to him, on the floor: If you will remove your amendment here, if we can vote for cloture, on…

When you said, ``We have them all blocked,'' that kind of caught my ear. And I am wondering about these appropriations bills. Somebody has them all blocked. Here is my friend from Montana who is the ranking member. We have been here at our…

I know what the Senator is saying. We all know the Parliamentarian gives guidance, but I hope when the Senator talks about the Parliamentarian and the aid which the Parliamentarian gives, we are talking about the ruling of the Chair. It is…

Shakespeare said the Senator ``is a man of my own kidney.'' Some would say ``a man after my own heart.'' The Senator said he is willing to stay here all night and get these appropriations bill done. Let us do that. I believe the objections…

He is an excellent lawyer. I think he has made from his point of view, certainly, an excellent statement in support of a bill that he does not like. He does not like this bill. He did not vote for this bill when it was in the committee…

I come as just an ordinary Senator. I am not a member of the committee. I am not an elected part of the leadership. I am President pro tempore by virtue of my long service here in my party and in the Senate, but I am an upstart when it…

Will Senator yield? Who are the people underneath in the Senator's amendment? I will tell you who the people are underneath. They are people I am afraid of. The people underneath in the Senator's amendment--I am looking at that chart. I am…

It is all going to be in the Senator's hands, under my amendment. My amendment would require the Secretary to send up to the Congress his recommendations for implementing and filling in the directorates. What will happen when those…

Well, I appreciate what the distinguished Senator says. We have only to look at some of the--let's take the agency that was created, the Transportation Security Administration, to find how quickly the train left the track, how much in…

How do we know those agencies are among the 28 agencies that are going to be brought into the Department?

Let me just say right here that the people who are providing security for our country, and are on the job for all of us, are on the job right now. They are out there when we are sleeping, and they are good people. They are very dedicated…

I know. These charts here, all this work the distinguished chairman is talking about, all these items, these agencies that he has on these charts, these are not the people underneath that are created by title I, are they?

why do we want to vote down cloture? There are other appropriations bills coming to the floor. I am supporting the Senator's amendment. I never said a word against his amendment. I would be very supportive of it. I am not filibustering it…

Mr. President, I want to be sure that Senators understand the parliamentary situation in the Senate at this point. Last Thursday, the Senate voted on a motion to table the Thompson amendment to strike Titles II and III of the Lieberman…

If they intend to bring it up later, why not vote for cloture here? Senators can always bring up something later.

I have not opposed that. I tried to be very understanding with the Senator. We cannot have everything the way we want it. I have lost a few amendments in my time that were of interest to my part of the country, too.

Cicero was asked what speech by Demosthenes he liked best; and he said, the longest. So it is all right. One can be long winded if he has something to say. And he may have to say it over and over and over in this situation. I say, yes…

I hope the Senator will join me in insisting that this Senate debate the homeland security legislation and not rush that legislation. That is a part of national defense as much as anything. It is the defense of our homeland. So I hope the…

The Senator avoids the question he put to me. He is talking about an election that will come upon us in November--this coming November. I understand what he is saying. He is saying we ought to take action before the election. Then he says…

I hope the Senator from Alabama wouldn't misinterpret what is in plain view, written in plain English, and has been in that Constitution now for over 200 years. I hope there is no matter of misinterpreting that plainly spoken clause in the…