I listened carefully to the arguments made by the Senator from Pennsylvania. I would say the vast majority of the arguments he made had nothing to do with my amendment. He has made arguments on behalf of the underlying bill, and that is…

I ask the Senator to pause and think about that for a moment. If a doctor called you and said: Attorney Santorum, there has to be a second opinion here on whether this mother's pregnancy should be terminated postviability, late term, what…

It says: An independent physician who will not perform or be present at the abortion and who was not previously involved in the treatment of the mother certifies in writing that, in his or her medical judgment based on the particular facts…

At the risk of reading what has been read many times: It shall be unlawful for a physician to intentionally abort a viable fetus unless the physician prior to performing the abortion-- (1) certifies in writing . . . The premise of this…

I say to the Senator, I hope you understand that you and I come to this from a different perspective. Your perspective is one abortion procedure. You are prepared to not accept, but to tolerate other destructions of the fetus in abortion…

Can I ask--at least make a point here for the Senator from Pennsylvania? If he would be kind enough to read section 1532 of the penalties, under offenses: First offense, section (b), second offense, section (c). Note that it says: Upon a…

today, with war looming with Iraq and hundreds of thousands of our troops poised for battle overseas, I would like to discuss the financial burden faced by many of the men and women who serve in the military Reserves or National Guard and…

I would like to say, before asking my question to the Senator from West Virginia, if the American people are looking for a debate on the war in Iraq, the looming possibility of war in Iraq--

I believe he has received bad advice. I think the people at the Department of Justice who said to him, whatever you do do not answer questions directly, they were not fair to Miguel Estrada. When you consider the questions which he refused…

Will the Senator please tell us when was the last time this bill went through the committee process, for example, the Judiciary Committee? Secondly, has this bill, which is virtually identical to the Nebraska statute rejected by the…

I say a commendation to the Senator from West Virginia. Thank you for your leadership in bringing us to this debate. I ask you, to make certain this point is clear on the record, is it the position of the Senator from West Virginia that we…

returning to Illinois this weekend, as I am sure my colleagues did in their home States, it is clear that we are in dire economic straits in America. It should be our highest priority, next to national defense and security, to put this…

Today I rise before the Senate in support of a Senate Resolution submitted today by my colleague Senator Specter. This resolution designates March 25 of this year as 'Greek Independence Day: A day of celebration for Greek and American…

I hope the Senator from Indiana will view this amendment as instructive and as friendly and not as adversarial to his goals. I took heart from the statements he made in meetings I attended about the need for all of us to be more sensitized…

Am I right in my premise that this SORT treaty, this Moscow Treaty, does not destroy the nuclear warheads but simply calls for them to be stored, set aside, not in a deployable mode, so they, frankly, are at least within the grasp of…

I think the resolution that he and other colleagues bring before us is certainly one that should be considered seriously for those who are committed to human rights.

I would like to move the spotlight of the comments on the Senate floor this morning from the international scene to the domestic scene, and point to the front page headline of the New York Times, Wednesday, March 5: ``U.S. Budget Deficit…

the resolution of ratification we have before us on the treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, also known as the Moscow Treaty, is a step forward but in many ways it is a…

May I also ask the Senator from Indiana, since we live in the 21st century in fear that fissile material and nuclear weapons will be transferred either openly or covertly to countries that will misuse them, why would the Senator from…

I am convinced of the genuineness and commitment of both the Senator from Indiana and the Senator from Delaware to the issue of nonproliferation, of transparency in our agreement with any nation when it comes to nuclear weapons, I am going…

I ask my colleague from Delaware, since I am taking his language from the START treaty and have venerated it, deified it, given it all of the credence any Senator could ask, whether he would be kind enough to join me.

This was amazing legislation because it was so strongly bipartisan. Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, then Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, they came through and said, on a bipartisan basis, let us extend freedoms and opportunities to people in…

Today marks the 166th birthday of the city of Chicago, and it would have been the 96th birthday of a great Chicago legend, Eleanor ``Sis'' Daley. I would like to talk about each briefly. On March 4, 1837, Chicago was incorporated as a city…

I ask the Senator this basic question because there are some trying to follow this debate. Being lawyers and having been on Capitol Hill for a while working in this environment, we have a tendency to speak in terms that perhaps the average…

I asked her the following: Do you think the Supreme Court's most important decisions-- Brown, Miranda and Roe--are consistent with strict constructionism?