I hope the President challenges him on it, because it is a key issue with respect to where we go.

The Russians do not have to tell us where all their warheads are, just the number of deployed warheads.

It's unbelievable to me that we'd be discussing a treaty and, at the same time, discussing how likely it is that the other party to it is going to cheat.

A bad treaty would be worse, in my opinion, than no treaty at all.

I rise today in support of S.J. Res. 26, the resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, relating to the endangerment for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Today's debate and this…

I rise to express my disappointment at the posture of the massive legislative overhaul of our financial markets that appears set to pass this body. I am disappointed at what this bill, as written, means for businesses on Main Street and…

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let me extend the same courtesy to my chairman. She is my dear friend. We work very closely together on virtually every issue. It is extremely unusual for us to disagree on any major issue. She and her staff have been great to work with…

first of all, I thank the chairman for allowing us to debate this amendment this afternoon. I think this is one of the most critical amendments that certainly we have talked about to date, and moving forward, unless we address the issue of…

I come to the Senate floor this morning to talk about the current pending business before this body. This is an issue which obviously raised its ugly head a couple of years ago with the financial meltdown that occurred in this country, and…

I will say more about it in my conclusion remarks, but first of all, Senators Dodd and Shelby, thanks for continuing your dialog with each other, and thanks for coming forth with the type of agreement that has allowed us to get this…