last Saturday, just 7 days ago, I was in Cape Town, South Africa, for a conference sponsored by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. With me were my colleagues, Senator Susan Collins, Congresswoman Barbara Lee from the State of…

this is what happens at the end of a session when things go bump in the night and on your desk you find a stack like this. I am a member of the Appropriations Committee. A lot of work has gone into this, but by waiting until the end of the…

That is my understanding. I would say to the Senator from Maryland, as you read it, it is even more expansive than I described it. I talked about asking for a tax return. As you read this language, they could ask for all of the tax returns…

you can learn a lot about a person by the way he handles winning, and you can learn even more about someone by the way he handles and accepts defeat. Tom Daschle does not know that I know this, but I saw an e-mail he sent recently to…

I have enjoyed serving with Senator Fitzgerald, and I wish him the very best, whatever the next venture might be, and I hope we will continue to work together.

I listened closely to the comments made by the majority leader, Senator Frist, a man whom I respect and with whom I have worked over the past several years and look forward to working with again in this new Congress. The Presidential…

If this election is to be decided by facts and evidence, the American people will vote for a new vision of America, a stronger economy at home, and more respect for America around the world. But if we are going to let this campaign…

Let me say a word, too, about Christopher Reeve. I woke up this morning in Chicago before flying here and heard the news, as did most Americans, about the death of Christopher Reeve at the age of 52. I saw him in the movies--we all…

This tax bill came about because we got into a fight with our trading partners over export subsidies. At the end of the fight, they won and we lost. An export subsidy that we had in the United States had to be taken off the books. So what…

this legislation began as a modest effort to repeal an illegal export subsidy. It has grown to 633 pages with nearly $140 billion in corporate tax breaks over the next decade. The conference report replaces the $50 billion export subsidy…

I rise today to join people from more than 150 nations in celebrating October 16 as World Food Day. World Food Day brings much-needed attention to hunger and malnutrition around the world. Inadequate nutrition is an unremitting global…

it is clear for anyone who reads the bill that Medicare, as an agency, does not have the authority to bargain for lower drug prices or to create its own drug benefit program. The Republican leadership in the White House and Congress…

Veterans are fortunate when they reach an age that they can go to a Veterans Hospital and get their prescriptions filled for a modest amount each month. That is because the Veterans' Administration bargains for the prices of drugs, brings…

I would say if you listen carefully, the President's regular response when asked about whether there is enough employment in America is: This administration will not rest until every American has a job. The President better plan on staying…

the 9/11 Commission recognized that one of the biggest challenges we face in fighting the war on terrorism is protecting civil liberties. The Commission said, ``While protecting our homeland, Americans should be mindful of threats to vital…

I rise to speak about, section 514 of the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 which deals with the detention and humane treatment of captured terrorists. Section 514 was added to the bill as a result of an amendment offered by Senator…

this summer and fall, a lot of us have been drawing comparisons between Sudan today and Rwanda a decade ago. The October 4, 2004 edition of the New York Times contains a piece furthering this argument by one who is uniquely qualified to do…

when Americans sit down at the dinner table, their confidence in the safety of the food they are eating is based in part on the knowledge that the Federal Government is working hard to ensure their food is not contaminated. Right now, our…

I believe we have reached an agreement on this amendment which will help us move this important resolution along. The purpose of this amendment is to move us closer to the bipartisan model which we want to establish for this important…

I think, frankly, dialog between two Senators is something perilously close to debate in the Senate, which we hardly ever have. I am sorry we did not have that opportunity, but I think we have the opportunity at this moment. What I hear…

last night, I was in Cleveland, OH--I got back in the early hours of this morning--to be present at the Vice Presidential debate between our colleague, Senator Edwards, and Vice President Cheney. It is an interesting responsibility and…

the debate last week between Senator Kerry and President Bush marked a milestone in this campaign. Some 65 million Americans tuned in to this debate, which is an extraordinary number, more than tune in to such popular television shows as…

I understand that an article printed in the New York Times yesterday, October 3, relative to the war in Iraq and the intelligence leading up to it, was printed in the Record earlier today in Senator Byrd's remarks. Mr. President, it was…

in 1957, when America was caught off guard by the Soviet Union's launch of a satellite named Sputnik, Congress passed a massive education bill, the National Defense Education Act, which poured federal funds into the study of math, science…

What they have presented to the Senate is an extraordinary work product, if one considers the fact that we first received the 9/11 Commission report on July 22, and a mere 8 or 9 weeks later we are on the floor of the Senate considering…