Cord Byrd

And I feel sure the majority leader is concerned about this as much as I am because I have already heard him say some things today that would lead me to believe that. My question would be--and he might not want to answer it at this…

There is a difference, but, with all due respect, that is no reason not to have a markup. Just because the people saw fit to make it 50/50 in this Senate, that is no reason to avoid having a markup in committee. We have a responsibility to…

The Senator will admit, will he not, that the Budget Committee did, in that instance, 1993, have a markup in the committee and then reported that measure out of the committee with a report? And I assume the minority was allowed to publish…

If it did, why doesn't the Senator, who admires that role model, wish to have a markup in the committee and report out a concurrent resolution on this budget?

Does not the Senator believe that the administration's foremost priority is a $1.6 billion tax cut?

Absolutely. Moreover, that was a budget for 5 years. That was a 5-year plan in 1993. This is a 10-year plan. Additionally, the resolution was used in that instance to reduce deficits, not to increase them. Finally, my good friend from New…

I support the effort by Senators McCain and Feingold to try to rein in some of the rampant spending that takes place in political campaigns. Today I voted for S. 27, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001. While I voted for final…

on February 28, 2001, President Bush sent to the Congress his fiscal year 2002 budget outline entitled, ``A Blueprint for New Beginnings.'' Sadly, this budget is a blueprint for putting tax cuts for the wealthy at the front of the line…

He knows the needs of its people. He knows who sends him here. I welcome the Senator to the club. I have been in the same boat with the Senator in many ways, and I have no apologies to make for serving my people. I know who sends me here…

today I voted in favor of Mrs. Feinstein's amendment to the bankruptcy reform bill that would limit the amount of credit that credit card companies can extend to underage consumers. For the benefit of my West Virginia constituents, I offer…

Mr. President, while the Senate was in recess, the senior Senator from Massachusetts became a little bit more senior. On February 22, Senator Edward Kennedy celebrated his 69th birthday. Oh, to be 69 again. In recognition of that occasion…

one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever enacted by Congress was the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In my capacity as Majority Whip, as well as Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee's Subcommittee on the Standing Rules of…

Every February our Nation celebrates the birth of two of our most revered presidents--George Washington, the father of our Nation, who victoriously led his ill-fitted assembly of militiamen against the armies of King George, and Abraham…

the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States Armed Forces have great abilities, supreme dedication, and they deserve the highest level of support that this Nation can give them. But despite outstanding military troops, a…

Mr. President, once again we face the fork in the road. We have faced it before and we took the wrong path--but this time we have a signpost. The lesson of recent history is very clear, and we have only to review it to see which way to go…

I remember going down to the White House. I was the minority leader at that time. As I say, there in the Oval Office I said to the President: Mr. President, you are proposing a tax cut over 3 years--I believe it was 3 years-- 5 percent…

Mr. President, our Nation is facing a fork in the road. The Congressional Budget Office is projecting a 10-year surplus of $2.7 trillion, excluding the Social Security and Medicare surpluses. These surpluses provide us with the opportunity…

One day we will leave this Chamber for the last time. And, if I am able to do so, I will look in a mirror. I will say to myself: How did you serve? Did you think mostly of yourself? Did you think in terms of only your generation? Did you…

I daresay that each of us has received an enormous amount of correspondence about the nomination of Senator John Ashcroft to be Attorney General of the United States. The favorable correspondence tends to emphasize support for the…

I am here merely to express my support for the nomination of John Ashcroft to be Attorney General of the United States. I will not fall out with anyone else who differs from my views. As I say, I am not here to debate my views. I know what…

I was sitting at my desk poring over my mail, watching for grammatical errors, errors in sentence construction, and, lo and behold, I heard this voice coming to me. I heard the voice saying this was a maiden speech, so I just stopped…

I have a little dog, a little Maltese dog, Billy Byrd. He is approaching his 14th birthday. If I ever saw in this world anything that was made by the Creator's hand that is more dedicated, more true, more undeviant, more faithful than this…

To say that these are historic times would be hackneyed and trite. To say that the leaders of the Senate have risen to new heights and are acting and speaking as statesmen would be something other than trite. I first want to congratulate…

On December 31st the Nation lost a remarkable man. At his home in Los Altos, California, lands-end of the Nation and State he served, Alan Cranston did not witness the beginning of the new millennium. It has been said that death is the…

I can only see through my own eyes, but I don't consider that to be too long a time to await the appointment of a Federal judgeship or any other office, unless it should be Secretary of Defense or perhaps Secretary of State. But it is…