the Senator from Arizona is on to an interesting concept and I will offer a second-degree amendment to expand a good idea. The amendment which I will offer will suggest we can also offset the expenses of veterans health care by profits…

I was not aware of that. And if I am not mistaken, I think the Senator from Vermont modeled his amendment after a World War II amendment on profiteering. It is amazing to me we struck the language on profiteering in the omnibus bill, and…

So, 2,700 jobs. I am glad Senator Stabenow reminds me. Electrolux makes Frigidaires. They are moving to Mexico. We asked them whether they sold Frigidaires in Mexico. No. They are going to sell them in the United States. More manufacturing…

Greenville, MI, a town of about 9,000 people, if I remember correctly, and over 2,000 jobs are going to be lost.

Was it not during the last 2 weeks that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, who has been Chairman under both Democratic and Republican Parties, testified before the House of Representatives, I believe the Budget Committee…

take a look at the annual growth rate of private sector jobs under President Bush. You have to go all the way back to President Hoover to see such a low growth rate, which had a negative growth rate of over 4 percent. Under President…

If I might continue, in the same book, it notes Chairman Greenspan and Treasury Secretary O'Neill had several ideas. One of them was a trigger which said there will not be any tax cuts if the surplus disappears. The surplus is long gone…

this is an important debate because it is a debate about promises that have been made and promises that have not been kept. Many Members can recall President Bush, when he came to office, said he had a plan for putting America's economy…

You pick the town, you pick the spot on Main Street, and you pick the first person walking by and ask them the following question: Is it a good thing for America that good-paying jobs are now going overseas, that businesses are outsourcing…

One hundred thirty billion dollars. Let me give a footnote to this conversation. Ten percent of all of the Chinese exports to the United States, $13 billion worth of Chinese goods, go to one company in the United States: Wal-Mart. So when…

Wouldn't it also serve to protect any Americans who become prisoners?

Do you know what the cost will be for fiscal year 2005?

Nobody wants to compare this to Vietnam, but it's starting to feel that way on the ground.

And my question was how in the world we're ever going to get the troops out unless we get more troops in.

It seems to become clearer every day that this is simply the beginning of the end to any chance we may have had to achieve anything of substance.

Wouldn't it be good for us, at this moment in time, to clearly and unequivocally state that we will follow the Geneva Convention?

Wouldn't it help if there was clarity from you and from this administration that we would abide by the Geneva Conventions?

Take away the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), the links to al Qaeda, and the singular reason for being here was the prospect of disposing of a ruthless dictator and bringing democracy to Iraq.

Two-thirds of the Iraqis simply want us to leave as of yesterday, and every battlefield success appears to be nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory.

If we're not better than that, then I simply want no part in what we're doing.

Mr. Secretary, I voted against this war believing that we needed a broader coalition and better preparation.

We're in a mess there.

How can we explain that we didn't meet the most basic requirement when it came to body armor, helicopter equipment, and armored Humvees to protect our troops?

I just hope the Federal Government will set an example.

It is unfortunate, and I hope to change soon, the fact that activated Guard and Reserve Federal employees don't receive the same type of consideration from their employer as many in the private sector.