Cord Byrd

I have, on many occasions, spoken from this desk about the tendency of many in the entertainment industry to appeal to the least common denominator in our society in order to make the largest possible profit. Whether it be through the…

so you see Mr. Zoellick, according to the Wall Street Journal, ``led the way in making extraordinary concessions to developing countries,'' including ``agreeing to renegotiate America's anti-dumping laws.'' Among the big winners, according…

I stood in this place last Friday to warn Congress that we must not allow the administration to arrogate to itself the full authority to determine the trade policy of the United States, that we must not be asleep at the wheel as the…

the Senate earlier today approved a conference report that will increase security substantially at our Nation's airports. And this is a good step--a good step--toward restoring the American people's confidence in their own safety. And it…

Mr, President, nearly 4 centuries ago, a courageous little group of people left their homeland, boarded a small, flimsy sailboat-- it was not a steamboat; it was a sailboat, a sail ship--and they journeyed across a mighty ocean, and…

Mr. President, the Agriculture appropriations bill is fundamental to the Nation's agricultural economy and supports foreign and domestic food programs. Unfortunately, porkbarrel interests also received remarkable support in this final…

the Nation's attention is focused on the threat of biological weapons. The pernicious nature of these types of weapons has been shown in the anthrax-laced mailings that were sent to the office of the majority leader, Tom Daschle, NBC news…

I thank the Chair, Senator Kohl, who is also chairman of the agriculture appropriations subcommittee. I thank him for his good work on behalf of the people of his State, for his good work on behalf of the people of my State, and for his…

Those three Senators and I insisted on having it in writing from the Soviets. And Secretary of State Shultz went to--I guess it was Paris--went to Europe, at least, and worked with Mr. Shevardnadze, I believe, and came back with a document…

I well remember in 1987, with respect to the INF Treaty, the Reagan administration sought to reinterpret the provisions of the ABM Treaty--to reinterpret those provisions because the Reagan administration did not want to live up to the ABM…

I have supplied them with this shirt pocket copy. I will refer to it as the ``shirt pocket copy.'' Alexander the Great put foremost, among all books, among all histories and among all literature, ``The Iliad.'' Alexander the Great's copy…

Yes, that is exactly what they are going to say. I say to all Senators, a point of order is going to be made against this package because those who offer the point of order say it is not an emergency and, therefore, it should be stricken…

If anthrax can make the public jittery--and we have seen that it can and has made the public jittery--the prospect of smallpox, a contagious and vicious disease, could incite panic--panic! Funds in this bill, in my amendment, will be used…

the nights are growing chilly, though the days remain warm and dry--dry for too long, really, over in McLean. The brilliant crimson maple and bright yellow poplar leaves have nearly disappeared, replaced by the more somber late autumn…

The Senator spoke of ``larding up.'' Would he say that is a cholesterol-laden piece of pork?

When I was a young man, which was quite a while ago, I worked in a meat shop in a coal mining camp. All of the ladies who came to the store, including my mother and my wife's mother, bought lard. Those coal miners, before they went into…

It is not a very pretty picture when we pause to reflect on the work that remains to be done--remains to be done on appropriations bills. Here we are on November 1. We have 2 months left in this year, in this calendar year, and we are far…

I congratulate Senator Kohl, chairman of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and Senator Cochran, ranking member, for presenting to the Senate the fiscal year 2002 appropriations bill for Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food…

the ranking member is correct. In Sec. 128, the Committee recognizes the exceptional and unique circumstances surrounding the enactment of Sec. 819 of P.L. 106-568. The circumstances do not, however, diminish the requirement that the tribe…

This language was included based on information provided to the Committees that these limitations were consistent with the fiscal year 2001 solicitation. We have since learned that this is not the case. While the draft solicitation…

this morning the U.S. Postmaster General warned Americans that their mail is not guaranteed to be safe. The American people have been on an emotional roller coaster ride ever since September 11. In the days and weeks following the…

I appeal to all Senators to work together to get these appropriations bills up before the Senate, and let's act upon them. We should not go home with an omnibus bill, an omnibus CR. I don't know what the problem is, but I do know we need…

in his book, ``The Greatest Generation,'' NBC's news anchorman Tom Brokaw discusses the greatness of the generation of Americans who withstood the problems, the terrors, the doubts, the fears of the 1930s and the 1940s. He points out that…

in the early days of the Great Depression, I lived in the coal mining camps of southern West Virginia. I remember those days when we only had an old Philco radio up on the wall of the house. But the voice of President Franklin Roosevelt…

We are told in the Scripture: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. The words by Conrad Burns, my distinguished colleague, have been fitly spoken. Again, I thank him.