American soldiers are losing their lives. I don't think we can wait. I don't think we can ask them to wait.

Don't send us political extremists. There was a time when the president was successful doing that, but I think that time has passed.

for over 3 years, genocide has been the order of the day in Darfur. For nearly as long, from pulpits, from street corners, from the world's editorial pages, from the floor of Congress, from the rostrum of the United Nations, and from the…

just 2 days ago I came to the floor and introduced a bipartisan resolution, the resolution cosponsored by myself, Senator Mark Dayton, Senator Norm Coleman, Senator Tom Harkin, and others. What did the resolution say? It said that we would…

I submitted the language in this resolution to the Republican side. I have worked on three different versions of the language to find something that mirrors the language, the purpose clause, of the bill that was introduced by Senator…

I agree with the junior Senator from Illinois. There is a very powerful commitment in both Houses to take a meaningful stand against the genocide in Sudan. State governments, universities, and other institutions from coast to coast have…

when companies make headlines today it is often for all the wrong reasons: fraud, tax avoidance, profiteering, etc. Yet many of the companies that are currently providing jobs across America are conscientious corporate citizens that strive…

It took an act of courage for Jim Jeffords to declare himself an Independent. It took an act of courage for a lifelong Red Sox fan to quote a New York Yankee in his farewell address to the Senate. Jim Jeffords is an extraordinary public…

The simple fact is this: If an American and a spouse have assets valued at less than $2 million at the time of their death, they will never pay one penny in estate taxes--not one. So if you ask who benefits from this repeal of the estate…

I know my colleague from Minnesota has probably had the same experience I had, of raising this issue at a town meeting or a public meeting, and then I almost guarantee you that before you leave that hall, someone will come up to you and…

In just a few weeks while we are in recess, we will mark the fourth anniversary of the untimely death of our former colleague from Minnesota, Paul Wellstone. Paul Wellstone died at the age of 58 in an airplane crash about 4 years ago. Paul…

Mr. President, today there was a hearing that was held by the Democratic Policy Conference under the chairmanship of Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota. It was a historic hearing. It is rare for hearings to occur on Mondays. Usually the…

I would like to say to the majority leader by way of a question that I have been working with Senator Chambliss, the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, on the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and we have…

This National Intelligence Estimate that administration has had for so long doesn't square with the message that's been given to us by the president and Vice President Cheney over the last several weeks.

The president has argued, and I suppose his followers argue, that we're going to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. Well, our intelligence agencies say that, in the course of fighting them over there, their…

I recently joined Senator Allen of Virginia on a trip to Guantanamo. We were met by the admiral in charge of the facility. He made it very clear in one of his opening remarks that Guantanamo is not there for punishment, but it is there for…

I think it can be reduced to very understandable principles and values that we share as Americans. When you think back to the earliest founding of the United States, we valued so much our personal freedom, our personal liberty, and our…

One further question. I ask of the Senator from Pennsylvania, we understand the Armed Services Committee's jurisdiction on treatment of detainees, military commissions, and the like. If I am not mistaken, I ask the Senator from…

I don't think many colleagues are aware of the seriousness of the habeas corpus provision that is in the detainee bill coming out of the Armed Services Committee.

Did Michael Brown with FEMA receive a gold medal from the White House before he was dismissed?

Can the Senator refresh my memory? Was Mr. Bremmer the recipient of a gold medal or something from the President? Didn't he receive some high decoration or medal for his performance in Iraq?

Isn't it also true that George Tenet, who was responsible for the intelligence that was so bad that led us into the war in Iraq, got a medal from the President the same day?

Apparently, these gold medals were being awarded for incompetence. They missed Mr. Brown, but they did give one to Mr. Bremmer.

last Friday the Nation's largest grower of organic produce announced a recall of fresh spinach products that they feared could be linked to the deadly e-coli outbreak. So far, the Food and Drug Administration has reported that a…

I am trying to recall the exact number--it was in the billions of dollars--that we gave to the President for the reconstruction of Iraq; is that not true?