I take issue with the way they described the procedural history of a case involving a White employee in Mississippi who was fired for calling an African-American colleague the ``N'' word. In this sharply divided 5- to 4- case, Judge…

I understand there are only a few minutes remaining in morning business, which is our opportunity to talk about a wide range of topics. We have a lot of important business going on in the Senate. We have the Homeland Security…

in the last few years, our Nation's public health has been threatened repeatedly. We have faced natural disasters like the horrific damage done by Hurricane Katrina. We have endured human-led catastrophes like the tragic September 11…

one of the more challenging tasks for a Senator is not to stand in judgment of a bill or even a law or a policy but to stand in judgment of a person. I served in the House of Representatives for 14 years before coming to the Senate. It is…

I return to the floor to discuss the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Most of the discussion on the floor of the Senate and in Congress for the last several weeks has been about Iraq, and appropriately so, yet the time spent dealing with the…

paying for college is harder than it used to be. Over the last 5 years, the combined cost of tuition, fees, room and board at 4-year public colleges and universities increased by 42 percent, and more students are leaving college saddled…

I rise today to offer the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act as an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 2007. This amendment would create a targeted student loan repayment assistance program that will bolster the…

I respect the Senator from Wyoming. I wish to make sure we understand what happened last week. It was a good thing. We basically kept the amount that all student borrowers would pay based on the income they receive. As I understand the…

I stand here today because of a number of things. I am fortunate to have a good family, friends, and role models, fortunate to have good luck in politics, and fortunate that in 1957, the Soviets launched a satellite. It is one of the…

I certainly agree. When someone like Bill Gates of Microsoft comes and says: You have to give me visas so I can bring in foreign-trained engineers for my expanding information technology company, it really is a challenge to us. Why aren't…

I would like to mark the passing of an American hero. Retired Four-Star GEN Wayne Downing, a native of Peoria, IL, passed away on Wednesday. General Downing personified the ideal that was ingrained into him and all cadets at West Point…

I ask my friend from Rhode Island to take note of the fact that we are conscious of Senator Pell's great contributions to America. The Pell grants have helped a lot of young people in unfortunate circumstances have a chance to succeed in…

I ask the majority leader, first, he has focused on the most important part of this debate, the war that is claiming American lives. But, unfortunately, this debate also focuses on the rules of the Senate. I ask the Senate majority leader…

Senator Byrd, I remember your leadership on this issue as well. I can tell you it was not the most popular position to be in at the time.

What we are facing on the Republican side of the aisle is an objection to an up-or-down vote, a majority vote, on the Levin-Reed amendment. That amendment is the only amendment which establishes a time line and a timetable for ending this…

Isn't it a fact that over the weekend, the Prime Minister of Iraq invited us to leave at any time?

You cannot object to the vote, say you are ready to vote, and then object to the vote. You cannot have it both ways. The fact is, when you look at these past votes on the Defense authorization bill, they don't make the case that the…

May I ask the Senator from Virginia, and I know this is not following the exact process of our Senate rules, but I would ask him if he would address a point I made earlier; that the authorization for the use of force which President George…

I was one of 23 Senators who voted against the authorization of the use of force in Iraq. I believed it was wrong. My position did not prevail.

Does the Senator from Virginia believe that today this administration is using military force in Iraq beyond the scope of our authorization for the use of force in October of 2002?

I think he served longer. He will recall we were told by our intelligence agencies that our invasion of Iraq has led to an emergence of al-Qaida terrorism in that country. Sadly, these terrorists are taking their training by trying to kill…

The majority position in the Senate at that time, even the majority position on my side of the aisle, voted for the authorization of force. I had believed, and this goes back to earlier service in the House, that once Congress has spoken…

I might say, in response to the Senator from Virginia, that I don't recall the exact vote, but when Senator Lieberman offered an amendment to this bill last week relating to Iran, the vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan. We agree with that…

First, I wish to express my thinking and feelings about the Senator from Virginia, whom I respect very much, who served our country so well in so many capacities. He is the longest serving Senator from the State of Virginia in the history…

So it does not seem to be in the best interest of other Islamic states to see the development of a Shia force that combines Iraq and Iran. So my feeling is, again either through the United Nations, through NATO, through other groups, but…