Cord Byrd

I want to tee off that word, ``privilege.'' ... what a privilege it is to be an American, a person born in this country of whatever background, or a person who has emigrated to this country and been accepted as an American citizen--what a…

The name that keeps bothering me is Aristides. But this was Alcibiades. He was a great speaker, and when he could not think of a word, he paused. He just stopped. He did not say, ``you know, you know,'' or, ``ah, oh, ah, you know, ah, you…

What the Senator talked about the love for his daughter, that is a given. I wasn't attempting to connect the Senator from Virginia with Aaron Burr in that respect. The Senator spoke of his daughter, and it awakened memories in my own mind…

I say most respectfully to the Senator, I would not count on what the next Congress might do. I am very much afraid of what the next Congress might do in many areas.

I say, Congress normally would not do that. But I am not too sure what the next Congress might do.

I hope the Senator will delete from his remarks which will appear in the Record any reference to the Holy Bible in the context that he was speaking. I do not think that has any place in this argument. I say that lovingly and fondly.

I plead with Senators not to invoke cloture today. I understand cloture will be invoked at some point. I just hope it will not be today. I hope we will have the weekend for our staffs to study this bill so that we will be better prepared…

I do not fully understand this request. I want to know what this does to homeland security.

That was very revealing what the majority leader's staff person from the other body had to say, pointing the finger at the White House. That was very revealing. I hope we have more time.

It is a blatant payoff to the pharmaceutical companies in return for their massive contributions to candidates during the election. That is a massive payoff.

Yes, exactly, one of which happens to appear to target a facility for a district represented by a Member of the House from Texas. We do not know what that facility is, but it has been slipped into this measure.

I hope that all Senators within the sound of my voice will vote no on cloture today. Here is a 484-page bill that we have not seen until the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, the day before yesterday. And the Senators are being asked…

I must say I have great concerns about this legislation as it is written as to the verbiage that we find in this new package that is on our desks today. I hope the distinguished Senator from Alaska is accurate and that he is correct, and…

We are creating a brand spanking new, big, massive Department. In this package, we are going to make a massive transfer of power to the executive branch. I plead to Senators that they not vote for cloture on this tomorrow. At least give us…

Today I submit a revised allocation which has been modified, primarily, to reduce outlays for each subcommittee to reflect the President's decision to release none of the contingent emergency appropriations in the supplemental. In…

It does. And it is easy enough, I suppose, to pass this resolution. But should we try to negate it, should we try to repeal it, should we try to change the law, a President can veto any change that Congress might bring along later, any…

There is no limit. I offered an amendment, and the distinguished Senator from Maryland supported that amendment today, as the distinguished Senator from Minnesota supported it, the distinguished Senator from Michigan, the distinguished…

I do, I do. And I say further to my dear friend that as soon as this resolution is adopted and signed by the President of the United States, Congress is out of it. It is on the sidelines. We may wish we could say something. We may wish we…

This shows the patience of a Senator. This clearly demonstrates that the train is coming down on us like a Mack truck, and we are not even going to consider a few extra minutes for this Senator.

I congratulate our leader. I congratulate him not only for his statement today, but I congratulate him on refusing to stand with other leaders of my party on the White House lawn. He has shown leadership. He has kept himself apart, kept…

That is one of the penalties this Chamber will pay, that the Senator will pay, that the American people will pay as a result of a rule, a rule which I support and have supported. But here we are, caught in a situation where without…

Does the Senator know--he is on the Armed Services Committee of the Senate as I am--does he know of any plan the administration has in readiness to deal with any one of these several possible contingencies in which we may find ourselves if…

I said for the war in Korea, we did not have a declaration. Mr. Truman put our troops there, and we didn't have a declaration. Let's go back to the war in Vietnam. I was here. I was one of the Senators who voted for the Gulf of Tonkin…

We may have been brother Senators on the resolution which brought us out of Somalia.

Will the Senator join his friend from across the mountains, across the Alleghenies, in putting language into this resolution which he advocates here, would he join me in putting language in here which indubitably states, unquestionably…