In response to the Senator from Kentucky, this is a great debate. I think we ought to continue it. But can we remove from the audience the millions of Americans who will not have unemployment checks as of Sunday night because of the…

They have lost faith and they have stopped trying. I would say to the Senator from Alaska, when I look at the State of Kentucky, here is Allen County with 13.9 percent unemployment; Bath County, 15.7 percent unemployment; Carroll County…

The Senator from Rhode Island is correct. The Senator from Kentucky has talked about the Nation's deficit and debt, and he should realize that when President Clinton left office in January of 2001, the national budget was in better shape…

I know the Senator from Kentucky was offered a chance to have an amendment paid for by the stimulus. I don't think that we have talked enough about what is left of the stimulus money and what it is for. It is my understanding--and correct…

I would like to notify the Senator from Kentucky about Joetta from Ferguson, who wrote: I have been laid off since October 31, 2008. When I was laid off, I lost my health insurance coverage. The COBRA plan offered cost so much, I could not…

In response to the Senator from Alabama, there is one element that he has forgotten to include; that is, the majority leader, Senator Reid, offered to the Senator from Kentucky a vote, an up-or-down vote, as to whether these unemployment…

I say to the Senator from Rhode Island he is correct. In these extraordinary times when people have lost so many jobs, we set politics aside and we say we are going to help these people, whether it is victims of an economic disaster or a…

I have never pitched a ball game. I never have. I am very proud of what you have done in your baseball career. But let me tell you, this is a wild pitch you are throwing tonight because this is a pitch that is hitting somebody in the…

we want to be able to tell the rest of the world, if you capture one of our people--and we know some will not follow the rules, but we want to be able to have the high moral ground.

They concluded that the President of the United States has the authority to ignore the law that makes torture a crime.

the Senator has objected to extending unemployment benefits across the United States of America which will expire on Sunday night. He has also objected to extending COBRA benefits, which is health insurance for the unemployed people across…

Come Saturday or Sunday, thousands of people in my State and literally more than 1 million Americans will see their unemployment benefits stop; 65,000 people in Illinois will lose their unemployment insurance benefits if we do not extend…

I don't think it's fair.

There's a great hospital which I will not name. And at this hospital a woman went in for a simple removal of a mole from her face and under general anesthesia the oxygen caught fire, burning her face.

Last week I joined my colleague Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio on a trip to East Africa. It was an important trip that took us to Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and Sudan. We went in to observe American development…

Here is what General Holder said: Across many administrations, both before and after 9/11, the consistent, well-known, lawful, and publicly stated policy of the FBI has been to provide Miranda warnings prior to any custodial interrogation…

Asian carp pose a serious environmental threat to the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes are a national treasure.

We must address it now.

The White House has identified the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes as a high priority.

We desperately need shelters to give the trafficking victims a place that is safe from the pimps.

Are there ways to coordinate efforts here with other agencies that are involved in domestic violence to help these victims?

The sexual exploitation of our children is a criminal problem; it is a social problem; it is a human rights problem.

Senators Durbin, Feingold, and I sent you a letter on Congo, Eastern Congo.

Unfortunately, without the domestic component that we are advocating in this bipartisan legislation, the international effort does not reach its full potential.