We decided we were going to invent something new.

I think this whole program is fatally flawed.

And we put in rules that are unintelligible to the senators and to the seniors.

although I rise in support of the conference report for the Pension Funding Equity Act, I have serious reservations about the lack of relief for multiemployer pension plans. This provision is yet another instance of the White House…

let me cut through some of the rhetoric and tell you what the SAFE Act does. The SAFE Act would place reasonable checks on what are known as roving wiretaps. Typically, when the Government seeks a warrant authorizing a wiretap, its…

If a retiree in America wanted to sign up for President Bush's prescription drug plan but then realizes, as the Senator described earlier, there is a big gap in coverage... it basically takes away the power of the senior, the choice of the…

On the point she just made, as I traveled about the State of Illinois over the last several days, I have run into retirees who talked to me about having the rug pulled out from under them. After having worked for years, they expect to…

there has been an issue I have worked on now for almost 2 years relative to dietary supplements in America. We passed a law called the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act in 1994. In passage of that legislation, we attempted to…

last week I took the floor of the Senate to note the decision which has been made by National Public Radio concerning the host of Morning Edition with Bob Edwards. It was announced in the Washington Post that National Public Radio…

in conjunction with the March celebration of Women's History Month, I rise today to salute a number of women who have dedicated themselves to the fight against global AIDS and HIV. This year the theme of Women's History Month is ``Women…

I, too, commend those who were encouraging Condoleezza Rice to come before the 9/11 Commission publicly under oath to tell what she knows about the events leading up to 9/11 and those that followed. The fact she would argue it violated a…

What a model Senator. I am happy to give him credit where it is due. I have watched him fold himself in and out of that car, and I have commended him in the past and I will continue to commend him. But isn't it ironic that you have to go…

The cost of energy is high. That is an input for business as well as for families. As those costs go up, it becomes more difficult for our businesses in America to be competitive. Frankly, families find themselves facing inflation and…

I would like to close on an unrelated topic. I am in the process of reading a book, ``Against All Enemies,'' by Richard Clarke, and as I started reading the book I was struck by the first chapter. You may remember Mr. Clarke served as the…

I rise today to honor Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, a great leader in the struggle for equality, social justice, and human rights for all people, and a true American hero. A recognized leader in the cause of civil and human rights, Dr. Height…

I look forward to working with you and my Subcommittee colleagues on the fiscal year 2005 Agriculture budget.

I don't believe that every natural substance needs to be subject to pre-market safety testing.

I want to see progress toward protecting the public from dangerous supplements continue.

It has been 4 months, and we still cannot answer that basic question: what was the ambulatory status of this diseased cow?

How can the FDA effectively protect the public if it doesn't know when a product is causing harm?

It is absolutely necessary that we know when a product is harming people.

I have been pushing for a single food safety agency to combine the 12 different agencies of the Federal Government that have some mandate when it comes to food safety.

this morning when I left my apartment on Capitol Hill, I bought a Washington Post. The first thing that caught my eye was a front page story that will be repeated in newspapers across America and probably other sources. The headline says…

It is an important bill for business, for America, and for jobs. But the reason this bill has not been voted on is because we on this side of the aisle believe that Senators from both parties should stand up and cast their votes and take a…

We are asking, on the floor of the Senate, for an up-or-down vote for Members to be counted on the question of whether the Bush administration will, for the first time in the history of the law, restrict overtime pay to American workers…