Cord Byrd

I thank my friend, Mr. Jeffords, for his recollections of teachers. I remember a Miss McCone who taught history. And she asked me a question one day. I said: Huh? And I kept on studying. I was paying attention to my reading, and Miss…

this amendment authorizes to be appropriated $100 million to enable the Secretary to establish and implement a program to be known as ``Teaching American History Grant Program'' under which the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive…

I will vote against this conference report. This budget is a bad deal for America. It fails to address critical deficiencies in our Nation's schools, our Nation's highways, our Nation's drinking water and sewage systems, our Nation's law…

I join the Senator from Indiana in welcoming to the Senate the Reverend Mr. Johnson. We are grateful for his presence and for his prayer. Tennyson said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. And the Bible tells…

I wish to make some comments on this matter. But first I would like to commend the outgoing Parliamentarian, Robert Dove, for his years of devoted service and to congratulate Alan Frumin on his assumption of the duties of the office. In my…

at some future time, I may support what this amendment is trying to accomplish. I think that we should have more accountability by the states. I also believe that we may need to reevaluate how Title I funds are used in the states. That…

I support what the distinguished Senator is trying to accomplish. I think it is about time we let the States know they are going to have to do better; that they are going to have to measure up. I cannot, however, coming from a poor State…

the warm springtime weather brings to mind the words of Shakespeare: From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dress'd in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in everything. But, unfortunately, all is not well…

earlier this week, Vice President Cheney gave us a brief glimpse of the administration's soon-to-be-released energy plan that suggests that we need to take action to avert an impending energy crisis. He suggested that the plan will push…

I am very much opposed to lining up votes, stacking votes, and I am constrained to object to stacking votes. I don't think that is a good way to do business in the Senate. I have bitten my tongue many times and did not object. I think I…

And what about our Nation's infrastructure? Where will we get the money to restore the cuts proposed for clean water and safe drinking water, for the Corps of Engineers, and for school construction? Very often in this country, there seems…

this evening, politicians, celebrities, and newscasters alike will gather to honor one of the most trusted reporters in Washington; namely, Bob Schieffer of CBS News. Bob Schieffer has gained a reputation as a man of integrity, an honest…

I thank the Chair and thank the distinguished Senator from Florida for yielding. I thank him for the thoughtful remarks he has just made. I heard him as I was in my office, and I came to the floor because I knew I would hear something…

last Friday, the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy grew at a rate of 2 percent during the first 3 months of this year, January 2001 to March 2001. That is twice the rate that forecasters were projecting. It doubles the…

this is entitled ``Looking Up At Him'': I asked the robin, as he sprang From branch to branch and sweetly sang, What made his breast so round and red; Twas ``looking at the sun,'' he said; I asked the violets, sweet and blue, Sparkling in…

I thank Senator Kennedy. I really have enjoyed my long service with the distinguished senior Senator from Massachusetts. I have learned a great deal from him, and I prize that friendship.

I have no hesitancy in saying Senator Stevens is the best chairman of the Appropriations Committee--and that includes myself as chairman-- he is the best chairman the Senate Appropriations Committee has had during my long tenure in this…

my amendment to the budget resolution would add $100 million in Fiscal Year 2002 to Function 500 (Education). This increased funding will allow for the continuation of an American history grant program that I initiated last year. This…

the State of California has been beset by an energy crisis. We see daily reports of rolling blackouts, epidemic shortages of electricity, and, most recently, utility rate hikes, which for some customers could mean a forty percent increase…

Absolutely. I will be glad to do that. I will postpone what I was going to say in response to the chairman's claim that this Budget Act can be in conformity with the act's intent and be used to cut taxes. I challenge that. I am ready to do…

A chairman of any committee could be no more distinguished than the chairman of the Budget Committee. Anent the chairman's statement that what we are doing today is fully in accord with the intent of the Budget Act, I am saying that it…

That will mean then the vote-arama, which I do not like and I do not believe the distinguished Senator likes either, would occur. Whatever amendments there are, if Senators chose to call them up, they would have votes on them.

Herodotus, the Father of History, instructs us that on his way to Salamis, Xerxes the Great, the Persian monarch, ascended a hill because he had a longing to behold his mighty army, which was probably the largest army that was ever…

I wish the distinguished chairman of the Budget Committee, however, had had a markup in the committee, as was the case when that peekaboo budget was sent up here in 1993.

I think we have to deal with what is in the present. We have here ``A Blueprint for New Beginnings.'' My problem with this is that it is kind of a peekaboo budget. You see just a little of the budget. But what I see is disturbing. For…