time is running out to fund the troops. There are many of us who believe the policy in Iraq is a failed policy. The numbers we are given every week are stark and frightening: Over 3,370 American soldiers have now lost their lives in the…

To watch the U.S. Senate, on the anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, step away from the great principles enshrined at that time is one of the saddest days I've ever seen in . . . my almost 30 years in serving in this body.

over 25 years ago, a member of the Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health said in a statement to Congress, ``Children are one-third of our population and all of our future.'' We must protect the health and welfare of our nation's…

I try to come to the floor each week to address the issue of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. I am troubled that so much time has passed and so little has been done. When a great nation such as the United States declares a genocide in some…

Yesterday I proposed this amendment with Senator Bingaman. The Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committees make important decisions, life-and-death decisions. They decide whether the drugs and medical devices which are going to be…

2 years ago, an advisory committee of the FDA sat down to judge painkiller drugs and whether they were safe to sell to America. They made the recommendation that selling Vioxx to America was safe. Ten of the members of that advisory…

What is the Food and Drug Administration? It is a relatively small Federal agency with a huge responsibility. We spend about $1.7 billion a year on the Food and Drug Administration in a huge Federal budget. This tiny agency is responsible…

I think that only makes sense. The third thing we say is that the Food and Drug Administration has to actively promote more objective scientific experts without conflicts of interest. I don't think this is a radical proposal. Don't we want…

S. 888, the Genocide Accountability Act, is the first legislation produced by the Senate Judiciary Committee's new Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, which I chair. It is bipartisan legislation that I introduced with Senator Tom…

for a long time in Washington, if you talked about a deadline or a timetable, the response from the President, from the administration, even from the Republican side of the aisle, was the same. When you talked about a specific end to this…

let me say a few words about Judge Kapala. Frederick Kapala has been nominated by Senator Obama and myself to be a Federal district court judge in the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Kapala has served with distinction as a State court…

about 1 hour ago, the President of the United States vetoed the supplemental appropriations bill for the war in Iraq. It was a bill that we have worked on in Congress since its arrival in the middle of February. It was the subject of…

there have been comments on the floor about the fact that in just 2 hours the President of the United States will have an opportunity to sign or veto a bill which literally will affect the lives of 150,000 soldiers and their families, if…

the shootings last week at Virginia Tech touched every American, indeed people around the world. Those who were most deeply affected, of course, were the family and friends of the victims, the students who were injured, the entire Virginia…

this is a war which never should have started and on this President's watch may never end. But the face of this war is not the face of President George W. Bush, nor is it the face of any Member of Congress. The face of this war can be…

In April, students all across the Nation will make final decisions about where they want to go to college, and with college costs higher than ever, they are figuring out how they are going to pay for school. For most, the financial aid…

today I congratulate my good friend Charles A. Scholz. On April 29, he will be honored by the Mississippi Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America and presented with the 2007 Distinguished Citizen Award. This commendation recognizes the…

this debate is long overdue. It is time for us to let them know we are coming home. It is time for them to understand in Iraq that they have received more from the United States than any nation should ever ask or hope for. We have offered…

in the next day or two, the House and Senate will consider the Iraq supplemental appropriations bill. This is the fifth year of our war in Iraq. This is the seventh time the President has come to Congress for an emergency supplemental…

When the president receives this bill early next week, I hope he will ask himself some basic questions. How many lives, how many wounds, how many soldiers must America sacrifice waiting for the Iraqis to accept their responsibility?

I wish to honor an outstanding Illinoisan, Professor Cherif Bassiouni, a great legal mind, teacher, and humanitarian, and to congratulate him on his retirement. For more than 40 years, Professor Bassiouni has made Chicago--and DePaul…

The value of this food product is based on the protein content. Protein is measured chemically by the presence of nitrogen. This chemical melamine, which has no place in a human or pet food product, is inserted into the product to show…

I can tell you that it's understandable, because the FDA has very limited powers and very limited resources facing an almost unlimited challenge with global imports.

Well, unfortunately, we're now seeing that some of these food products are making it into livestock, in this case, into hogs that have been slaughtered and now being recalled. So we know that it's getting way too close to the human food…

Well, clearly, they have to give us visas at some point. If they refuse to cooperate with the United States, we can't compromise the health and safety of the people that live here and the pets that they love.