Patrick Moynihan: “Because he is making an important point. Does he recall the occasion on which the Committee on Finance--of course he…”

If the present report is to serve any large purpose, it is to introduce the public to the thought that secrecy is a mode of regulation. In truth, it is the ultimate mode for the citizen does not even know that he or she is being regulated.

When I arrived at the Senate near 25 years ago, it was very clear to me that I would look to Robert C. Byrd as my mentor; and he has been. I have sat at the foot of this Gamaliel for a quarter century. As I leave, sir, he is my mentor…

The news from the Middle East is deeply painful to all who pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Three months ago at Camp David the State of Israel offered the Palestine Authority unprecedented concessions in an effort to end the cycle of…

This vote is one of an historic handful of congressional votes since the end of World War II. Nothing that Members of Congress do this year or any other year could be more important. He was not simply speaking of trade and the standard of…