we know that private security contractors at airports can hire quickly. But we also know that with the turnover rates they have, they will have people who will come and go. That is not in the best interest of law enforcement. In your…

I rise as if in morning business to address an issue which has been debated at length on Capitol Hill since September 11. Since September 11, Americans have been focused on the issue of aviation security. There is no question that the…

But I would say to the President and to any who follow this that Congress has been working, and working hard, with this President since September 11, and before. Since September 11, we have been diligent every time the President has asked…

A few weeks ago my colleague, who is now presiding, the Senator from Minnesota, introduced a resolution in the Senate acknowledging the hard work of the Capitol Police and all the security forces around Capitol Hill. I was happy to join…

as chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, I bring to the attention of the Senate the highlights of the conference report on the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002, H.R. 2647. The conference report totals…

So those who oppose this amendment not only oppose a standard created by the Clinton administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but a standard that has been reaffirmed by the Bush administration in its current Department of…

let me say in response to my friend and colleague and chairman from the State of Vermont, Senator Patrick Leahy has written an amazing record in the Senate. Time after time when I would look for those issues that touched my heart or…

This bill, which the Senator from Nevada appreciates, I am sure, as I and other Members do, is a life-and-death bill for a lot of people around the world. The Senator from Nevada earlier mentioned the AIDS victims in Africa where 25…

I add to the Senator from Nevada, I believe there were some 12 U.S. attorneys who were moved in that hearing in the back room, under extraordinary circumstances. I ask the Senator from Nevada, is he aware of the fact the Judiciary…

It has the request of the Bush administration for foreign operations, and we--at least on the Democratic side--have been trying to bring this bill to the floor for the administration and for the President.

Has the Senator from Nevada had the same experience I have since September 11 where he has gone back to his home State and, more often than not, people come up to him and say: Thank you for addressing this problem threatening America in a…

Is it not true President Bush has said our war is not against the Afghan people; it is against the Taliban, the terrorists, al-Qaida, and Osama bin Laden? It is not against the Afghan people, is that not correct? Is that not what the…

I ask the Senator from Nevada, is it not a curious situation that the Democrats are now backing the President and wanting to move these things forward and the Republicans are stopping the President's agenda? It is the Republicans stopping…

This morning in the Senate Chamber, we had a motion to bring up a bill, which President Bush is asking for, on foreign operations, part of which is to deal with infectious disease surveillance, $175 million, and $255 million to feed these…

And $255 million for sheltering of Afghan refugees, the ones we see on the television?

If I understand what the President has told us repeatedly, our war is not against Islam or the Afghan people. It is against terrorism and the countries that harbor terrorists. In this bill the Republicans have stopped on the Senate floor…

I ask, if I may, the Senator from Nevada, is it not also true that more than, I guess, 2 weeks ago we passed an aviation security bill in the Senate 100-0, a bill that was brought to the floor by Senator Fritz Hollings, a Democrat from…

I have to agree with the Senator from Nevada; I do not understand what their agenda is. I can tell you what the result will be. Because they refused to bring President Bush's bill up to fund the State Department and other critical…

One last question. I want to try to understand. I ask the Senator do you not say, in your amendment, that a trespasser does not include someone who is permitted to use a computer by the owner or operator of the computer?

And the difference, of course, is whether it is a contractual relationship or just a permission to use; you are including permission to use as well as contractual relationship?

The examples you have given are of people going to a library, who may not have a contractual relationship with the library but use the computer, who would be subjected to this warrantless search of their computer communications for an…

During the last 2 weeks I had roundtables across my State, from the city of Chicago to major cities downstate, bringing in business and economic leaders and saying, what can we do at this moment to breathe life back into this economy? They…

As a member of the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, we have had a number of requests from the administration for new authority to collect information to fight terrorism. You will find that the vast majority of requests by the…

I rise to celebrate our Nation's 33rd Hispanic Heritage Month, which commemorates Hispanic Americans and their contributions to the strength of our Nation in the past, present, and future. Congress started the tradition of Hispanic…

since September 11 there has been such a flood of emotions in America over the events of that day. I think all of us have been transformed by the experience and transformed by some of our fellow Americans and what they have said and what…