Mr. President, I thank my colleague from New York and my colleague from Missouri who was here a moment ago and all those who came to the floor to talk. I assume my colleagues are aware of the fact that all across America there have been…

Mr. President, I wanted to give my friend from Tennessee time to make his objection in its entirety. I thank him for that. I am glad he clarified the fact that we could bring the START treaty to the floor. I sincerely hope we do. I think…

Mr. President, I wish to join with my colleagues in saluting the departure of one of our best, Senator Chris Dodd. I first saw his father, though I did not meet him, when I was a student intern for Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois, who had…

So while the bill does provide for certain exemptions from FDA authority for small farms and food processing facilities, these exemptions are based only on the specific provisions added by S. 510; they do not prevent FDA from taking…

Mr. President, I wanted to clarify an important part of this bill. While this bill does grant FDA many new authorities, the savings clauses in this bill--in particular, sections 403(3), 418(1)(3)(B), and 41900(3)(B)--preserve all of FDA's…

Will the distinguished floor manager for this bill yield in order to enter into a colloquy to clarify the meaning of certain provisions in the legislation?

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I am going to vote today against the Coburn effort to change our rules relative to earmark legislation. I wish to tell you, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, we have put in place what I consider to be the…

I thank the Senator for his time and his leadership on this issue. I am happy to join him. I want to make sure we put this into the context of the lameduck session. This is a session when we are debating tax cuts, and the position held by…

Madam President, every once in a while, Congress is faced with a policy choice that clearly defines for the American people exactly who each member is fighting for. We are nearing one of those clarifying moments here on the Senate floor…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3992 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, in the absence of Senator Inouye, I ask unanimous consent to speak on his behalf for the 1 minute allocated. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Motions to Suspend