Cord Byrd

I join with my two illustrious leaders in saluting Senator Thurmond--truly an outstanding Senator. None of us has ever seen a Senator like Senator Thurmond. He has served in the U.S. Senate 44 years. He has accumulated scores of honors…

Senator Specter announced earlier today the release of a voluminous and comprehensive report of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs special investigation unit on Gulf War illnesses. I commend the Senator from Pennsylvania and the other…

last week, I took the Senate floor to call attention to reports that the Secretary of Defense was prepared to offer a proposal that would ease the penalties for adultery in the military. The report set off alarm bells in my own mind…

August is from the Latin Augustus, the eighth month of our calendar year, a time of harvest and of plenty, named after Augustus Caesar. Augustus Caesar, or, more formally, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. He was the grandnephew of Julius…

I was not in the Chamber when the agreement was entered into. My friend knew of my interest in speaking on the amendment, and I wish I had been protected.

I am, as are others, deeply concerned with that anomaly in the tax code known as the ``marriage penalty.'' I can think of no rational reason why two individuals--individuals who have vowed a lifelong commitment to each other through the…

But it is with the memory of Independence Day still fresh in my mind that I consider how well we as a nation treat the veterans who have protected our freedoms so well. The Department of Veterans Affairs does a pretty good job of taking…

one week ago today, a small ceremony took place in the Pentagon at which the three senior leaders of the United States Army unveiled a series of posters depicting each of the seven core values of the Army. They are noteworthy…

Is it the intent of the Senator to create additional legal requirements in this area beyond those required by the letter and spirit of the Government Performance and Results Act?

I would also note that the Committee Report expects the EPA to submit a report to the Committee by December 31, 1998, with a follow-up analysis by the General Accounting Office ninety days later. As the Senator may know, Senator Craig and…

The EPA should provide a more detailed plan for better evaluating its programs, but I believe this is a more appropriate date to require such a report. It would not be wise to arbitrarily cap funding for vital energy and environment…

Today marks the 211th anniversary of one of the more momentous, but little-understood, perhaps, events in our country's history. I will just take a few minutes to remind ourselves of that event and to consider just how the course of this…

although I have great respect for the Senator from Iowa, Mr. Grassley, and I recognize that he is one of the Senate's foremost experts on matters that affect the Nation's farmers, I nevertheless strongly oppose the pending amendment. The…

we might pause tomorrow, July 17, to remember that it was on July 17, 1789, 2 years later, that the Senate of the United States passed the Judiciary Act. The Senate was not expected to originate legislation. That didn't mean it could not…

I voted against the Daschle motion because I believe that, after having debated tobacco legislation for nearly four weeks, the time has come for the Senate to move forward on the pending appropriations bills. Although I appreciate the…

I have recently drawn much attention to the results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, released in February of this year. My visceral, my visceral reaction to the poor scores of high school seniors on the mathematics…

I thank Senator Kennedy. As I have remarked before, and I shall say again, he is one who would have appropriately graced a seat at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. I can see him working in that audience on the floor and off the…

I recently learned of an extremely alarming riot which occurred on the campus of Michigan State University. On May 2, 1998, nearly three thousand students abandoned their dorm rooms and various other corners of the university's massive…

on still another note, it seems like such a short time ago that we rang in the New Year. It is almost July, and the midpoint of the year has passed. How quickly we have gone from gray skies, lowering clouds, and seemingly incessant rain…

Romulus was the legendary first King of Rome. It was said that he went up to Heaven during a storm. Others have drawn the conclusion that it was during an eclipse of the Sun. In any case, it was a historic event. When Joshua had his men…

the U.S. Supreme Court earlier today announced in its ruling in the consolidated cases of Clinton v. New York and Rubin v. Snake River Potato Growers that it has found the Line-item Veto Act to be unconstitutional. It did this by a vote of…

Well, Mr. President, Secretary Cohen has flouted the recommendations of the Kassebaum/Baker report that he himself commissioned. He has promised to implement the easiest recommendations in that report while publicly repudiating its core…

I respect the viewpoints of all of those who have spoken, those who are opposed to my amendment as well as those who have spoken in support of it. When I read and heard about the problems that were existing in the military, I stated…

I salute them, admire them, and respect them. Mr. President, if I may add just this: we should learn a lesson by this experience. We have a duty as Members of the Senate to support and defend the Constitution. Some of us read it…

I am saying the Congress has not done its duty, and I am taking my responsibility along with others. We have not done our duty. Congress has the responsibility not to follow along after the President like my little dog Billy follows after…