Cord Byrd

In other words, the morning after, what happens in Iraq? What does that cost? If we destroy much of Iraq, we have a responsibility to help to rebuild it. That is going to be a tremendous cost. I am afraid this administration has not…

Indubitably, that is the way I see it. That is my opinion. I believe there is ample evidence of that fact. The world itself at large wishes to see that, wants to see that and hopes for that.

They have been looking for one. They have been entitled to one. And now they have received one.

I say to the Senator, courage is fine. I don't think the President lacks courage. Nobody is questioning his courage. But whether he has wisdom or vision or exercises good judgment along with courage is something else. I am simply saying…

I was talking about the fact that we are not paying the kind of attention that should be paid; we are not addressing the real crisis that is developing. We are not looking at the real peril that is facing this country; namely, North Korea…

Oh, yes, glossed over. There seems to be no thought given to it. I want to tell the Senator from Maryland that we on the Appropriations Committee and the American taxpayers are going to learn about it at some point when it is over, and the…

No, there is no mention of that fact. I must say, I have been informed that figure was inaccurate and that the general who used that figure later retracted the figure.

I have been in these premises for more than 50 years. I have never seen such a performance in this half century in which I served in this body and the other body. I have never seen such a dismal performance. When Democrats were in the…

I remember our providing $2.5 billion--$2.5 billion--for homeland security. We designated it in the committee as an emergency item, and all that remained to be done--all that remained to be done--in order to have that $2.5 billion…

Would the reporter kindly note there was laughter again in the Congressional Record. We have to make that Congressional Record come alive.

I think it is time for the American people to hear more from the Senate. I do not think they have heard enough from the Senate on this matter that is so vital to them, to their loved ones, to their fortunes, and to their futures. As far as…

The Rivers and Trails Program provides significant benefits to local governments and organizations for river restoration, the preservation of open space, and the development of trail and greenway networks. Certainly, the staff's technical…

Mr. president, I, too, thank the Senators from Virginia and Arkansas for raising this issue and for their strong support of State wildlife conservation efforts, I will give every consideration to this request as we discuss this program…

I too appreciate Senator Crapo's devotion to the SNRA. I am pleased we have been able to provide funding for this worthy project in the past and are near completion. I look forward to working with the Senator during the conference.

I am relieved that the administration, despite North Korea's alarming rhetoric, appears to fully comprehend the folly of a preemptive military strike on a nation which we believe is a nuclear power, and has finally agreed to at least talk…

The President says, ``Remember the deficits.'' I say remember the $1.6 trillion tax cut that was enacted by this body and the other body last year. I say, let us not enact a $670 billion tax cut that this President and this administration…

They are saying to these two Senators and the members of that subcommittee: Forget your experience, forget your wisdom, forget what you say. We are going to have an arbitrary figure. It doesn't mean anything; it is just a figure. And you…

Those two Senators have chaired that committee and they have worked hard. They have used their good judgment based on the testimony and based on the facts.

And this amendment impugns the good judgment of the Senator who is now speaking to me and his counterpart from Pennsylvania.

That is just one example, and it is a shameful--not just a disgrace, it is a shame, a shame. This across-the-board cut is not a careful choice. This cut would result in ham-handed reductions in veterans' programs, public health programs…

Yes. I am getting to that. I want Senators to answer the question from their veterans, where were you?

I support the moneys for defense. I consider homeland security, homeland defense as much a part of defense, the overall rubric, as anything else or more. The defense of our homeland is No. 1, as far as I am concerned. We have a war on…

I only want to point out that we heard that same old tune last year from then-Director Tom Ridge of the Department of Homeland Security. He wrote me a letter--probably wrote the same letter to Senator Stevens at that time--that they didn't…

We heard that same tune last year from Mr. Ridge who was at that time the Director of Homeland Security. His comment was with respect to moneys that were in legislation I was offering. His comment was: We don't need any more. We don't need…

I do not like to be in a position of differing with my friend from Alaska, but there are times when we do have to differ. In this case, I find myself at odds with him, but I want to say here that it is only for the purposes of advancing…