I mean, we ask all these hard questions about what they are doing with the taxpayers' dollars. What are you doing to make America a safer place? I am sure if they did not have to answer those questions and be held accountable, they would…

It is our understanding that if there is a tax moratorium on Internet operations, which I would support with carefully defined circumstances, it will result in a substantial savings to telecommunications companies across the United States…

If you establish a burden on a grocery store or a chain to follow these regulations, it necessarily involves manpower. People will have to keep records and label products, and all of that is part of it. The point made to me is that the…

In the absence of the chairman, I will say a word or two about the nomination. At the outset, I will say this may be the toughest part of this job-- standing in judgment of other people. It is easy to deal with issues and abstractions and…

In fairness, I have supported this policy. When I return home and meet with people in grocery store chains that serve his State and mine, they have raised some legitimate questions, as far as I am concerned, about how much is required. It…

This is an amendment with which I tried to construct a deal, facing what I consider to be an extremely serious situation. We now have a body of law in America relative to products which are sold for human consumption, and there are…

Let me reclaim the time. The response or lack of response from the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee explains why we are in the Chamber today. There are two responsibilities of this Intelligence Committee: Not only to determine…

Section 312 of the bill before us is entitled ``Procedures to enhance the accuracy and completeness of information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.'' My Responsible Student Amendment addresses exactly that: the completeness of…

Professor Stone thoughtfully reviews America's history of restricting civil liberties during times of war and our subsequent regret for those decisions. His speech invites reflection by the Members of this Senate as we debate important…

The letter makes it clear that Sallie Mae is reversing its position; that from this point forward they will report repayment of student loans to all three major credit bureaus. This is what my amendment sought to achieve, so I am going to…

The reason for this amendment was a new policy of Sallie Mae, as of a few months ago. In fact, about a year ago Sallie Mae decided to stop reporting repayment information to two of the three major credit bureaus in the United States. It…

America's burden in Iraq grew heavier over the last 7 days. In that period of time, 27 American servicemen were killed and 35 wounded. We were awakened to newspaper headlines on Monday morning of: ``U.S. Copter Hit, With 16 Dead.'' On…

I have learned within the last 24 hours that all of the Chinook helicopters in the 106th unit, of which Mr. Slavenas was a part, consist of seven helicopters from the Illinois National Guard and seven from the Iowa National Guard. All of…

I personally thank my colleagues. It is late. People would like to go home. I understand the weariness we all feel because it has been a long and hard week. But I hope you all understand this is not just another issue. For many of us--I…

With this amendment, we raise the spending to fight the war on global AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria to the level that the Senate promised in its own authorization bill, a level that 78 of us voted for on a bipartisan basis. We know this…

I salute my colleague from Arkansas for the tribute she made to this unit in her home State of Arkansas. Every one of us in the Senate can tell a similar story. But she tells us so well about the lives that are affected by the activation…

I think that is clearly wrong. This has been declassified. We said we knew of 550 sites of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before we invaded--550 of them. Doesn't it stand to reason that these inspectors would go to those sites first…

I come to the floor with a genuine concern about this appointment by the Bush administration. When President Bush first appointed Gov. Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey as the head of the EPA, many of us breathed a sigh of relief…

I will reclaim my time and say to the Senator, if I am not mistaken, the period of time when the tax was not reinstated was a period of time when the Republicans were in control of Congress. Stepping aside from that for a moment, the…

I say in response, and my time is probably running out, there was an adequate balance in the Superfund to go forward during the Clinton administration because of the collections from these polluting industries. Now that that Superfund is…

The week will be marked by events taking place at university campuses, community centers and civic institutions throughout the State to teach the residents of Illinois about the effects of a crowded planet. In many hot spots around the…

the week of October 20-25 has been designated as World Population Awareness Week with the theme of ``Water: Our Most Precious Natural Resource.'' Because the world's 6 billion people are dependent on 1 percent of all the water on Earth…

Senator Dorgan's amendment prohibits the implementation of travel restrictions on Americans who wish to visit Cuba. We all agree on the goal of peaceful change toward democracy and a free market economy in Cuba. I'd like to ask my…

I think what we should ask of everyone in the service of our country is what the President has asked, and that is to keep it very clear ours is a war against terrorism and not a war against the Islamic faith or people who adhere to it. We…

this is an important debate. The average person listening to it may wonder why. First you have to understand what a class action lawsuit is. I will try to define it in the simplest of terms. It is when not just one person but a group of…