I support the Bingaman second-degree amendment to the Graham detainee amendment. The Senator from South Carolina has been a leader on the issue of detention and interrogation policies. I share his goal of setting clear rules for the…

Since the war in Iraq began, 2,067 Americans have died; 15,568 have been wounded. Today, I joined my colleagues, Senators Levin, Biden, Harry Reid, and others, in offering an amendment to honor their sacrifice and service and to seek a new…

Today is the opening day for the new Medicare prescription drug plan D, and it is a day of great concern across America for millions of senior citizens who want to get it right. They believe, as I do, that Medicare should include a…

as I advised before I started speaking, I ask unanimous consent that S. 1841, the Medicare Informed Choice Act, be discharged from the Finance Committee and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is…

Sally Moss wrote: On my kitchen bar sits materials I received in the mail from Social Security, AARP, and companies advertising their plans. Periodically, I sit down to try to make sense of it, knowing that I need to make a decision before…

noting that tomorrow is Veterans Day, I rise to discuss an amendment which will make it clear that returning combat veterans of the National Guard and Reserve will receive the same consideration as other combat veterans when applying for a…

And very popular in the State of Virginia. I say to him, consider two things. Let's assume the Senator is in a unit that is in combat and he learns the fellow next to him who has been activated as a Guardsman used to work for Sears…

I joined with Senator Dorgan of North Dakota in offering amendment numbered 2476. It is an amendment on which we both worked. Over the years we have shared billing on it because we both believe it is essential. It is an amendment which…

I close by saying we also have coming to Capitol Hill today a group of oil company executives. They couldn't have come at a better time. Someone said this is simply theater. I hope it isn't. It is time to ask hard questions of these oil…

From my point of view, absolutely none. But it is interesting, what a timely question. We are about to consider a tax bill. This tax bill will give a break to millionaires. If you happen to be a millionaire in America, we think you need a…

First, I have the greatest respect for the Senator from Virginia, who served his country not only in the Navy but as Secretary of the Navy, and also as the longest serving Senator in Virginia. Didn't the Senator from Virginia break the…

May I ask the Senator, in this colloquy through the Chair, consider this whole question about retention. That is a big issue now. We need these men and women in the Guard and Reserve, even active duty, who have developed the skills…

there is a pending amendment offered by Senator Chambliss numbered 2433 which I am going to seek to amend. With the permission of the Presiding Officer, I would speak to that issue at this moment. We are working with the Parliamentarian on…

I was aware of it. I say to the Senator from Louisiana, a lot of people are not aware of it. They think we have already done these things. We make these proposals on the floor of the Senate. Some of them pass the Senate, then they…

That is correct. We passed it for the third or fourth time. It goes into this strange world of conference committees and disappears.

I have about a 10-minute statement. I will yield to the Senator from Missouri, if he wishes, and then I will ask to go out of order and have it taken out of the Democratic time. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is the Senator making a request?

I note that something curious is happening in Washington today. There is a man by the name of Ahmad Chalabi, an Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, who is visiting Washington. Yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, FBI spokesman John Miller noted…

I ask for the indulgence of the Chair to notify me when I have 3 minutes remaining on my statement. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Very well. ____________________

it was a week ago today when the Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, made a motion that the Senate move into closed session under rule XXI. It is a rule that is rarely used, but I was glad it was used that day because the purpose…

Well, I don't know what the word for cat is in Iraq, but it may be Chalabi. This man has more lives.

the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights is the face of civil rights law enforcement in America. I will support Wan Kim's nomination for this important post. For nearly 50 years, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has…

my Amendment No. 2415 would inject a dose of accountability and responsibility into America's efforts to rebuild the gulf coast and Iraq. It will bar from all reconstruction efforts, both at home and in Iraq, all firms found--over the last…

No, I won't. They have had a tough 6 months. They have had recordbreaking profits of $40 billion over the last 6 months, and now they want the option to go drilling for oil in a wildlife refuge we promised to protect 45 years ago so they…

I have often said here on the floor of the Senate that by working together, we in America can build a better future for all of us. Rather than limit our potential with an every- man-for-himself philosophy, we should find ways to work…

all of us benefit from scientific information and advice provided by many Federal agencies. When we go to the Centers for Disease Control Web site to read about infectious disease threats or turn to the National Cancer Institute to learn…