Sam Brownback

So there has been a steady deterioration since about the middle of last year?

I find this real interesting.

I think we need a long-term economic model of the impact on our economy versus the impact on the European economy. Because I believe if you look at the true cost and if you look at the true impact of these jobs being in the United States…

I understand from the Air Force yesterday that some of it was, but I don't understand if it was--I do not know fully if it was just the U.S. cost or if it is also what we are going to have to get from other countries around the world on…

The Air Force's decision to award a new tanker contract last week is a crowning achievement, not for the Air Force or the United States but for Airbus and the Europeans. We were saying in our office, I wonder if in the future our young men…

we have just started this discussion, and I think it is a big one, I think it is an important one, whether we should be dependent upon European governments for our global reach in military for our aircraft. That is what tankers provide us…

Mr. President, we have been arguing and debating on Iraq for some period of time, since we have gone to war, which we did on a bipartisan basis, and aggressively decided that this was an important strategy to pursue together. We did that 5…

I am excited and encouraged that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension today voted unanimously to pass the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act. This legislation will help parents receiving the…

I rise to discuss the Vitter amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act No. 3896. It is an important amendment. I am a cosponsor. I want to give a bit of outline on this provision. This codified within the Indian Health Care…

I have worked on Africa for some period of time. A humanitarian crisis of incredible proportions is taking place in many places in Africa. We need to do more, and a lot more people are doing more. I think we are at a moment where Africa is…

I rise to discuss the Omnibus appropriations bill that is before us today. Although I am supportive of a number of important items in the bill, I have serious concerns and reservations about how this voluminous package was put together and…

I respect those who do farm. My dad does, and I have a lot of respect for him. I have a brother who farms as well, and it is tough. It is a hard life. I went to law school, and in my background I taught agricultural law. I have written two…

we just received this from the Department of Justice. They state in the first paragraph: The Department of Justice strongly opposes the amendment. To read their summation sentence, which I do not think is fair, given the detail and the…

it is my hope that we can move together in finding cures and developing research that cures humans that is ethical and sound and doesn't destroy young human life. We have been able to do quite a bit of this already. We recently found there…

this article is by Dr. James Thomson, University of Wisconsin. Some may recognize that name. His name has been used on this floor many times during the past 8 years on the issue of embryonic stem cell research. He is the man who discovered…

I want to talk about the Iraq situation. A number of Senators have spoken about that this morning. They are looking at the progress that is taking place with the surge. I had great question about the surge at the outset. I questioned…

Every so often a defining moment arrives, capable of dramatically altering the future of a Nation and its people. The country of Lebanon, which will hold its Presidential elections as soon as November 21, is on the brink of one of these…

I wanted to speak on the farm bill. I am glad to see we are taking baby steps forward. If the leaders have their things worked out, I want to go ahead and speak. The farm bill obviously for my State is a very important issue. I appreciate…

I'm here today to endorse the best pro-life candidate to beat Hillary Clinton.

I wish to talk about the situation in Sudan. The situation in Darfur has been widely noted and known. It is deteriorating. It is deteriorating slowly. We want to get the factions back together to try to talk about what it is we can do to…

I want to speak from the heart on two matters: one on my good friend, Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash 5 years ago. Several speakers have spoken already, very eloquently, about Paul Wellstone, a wonderful man. He and I disagreed…

I want to speak in favor of Judge Southwick and the nomination and would take up that 4 minutes. A couple of quick points I want to make on this because the time is short, the hour is late, and I appreciate the Presiding Officer staying. I…

I think this is a disgrace that they're not here. I think it's a disgrace for our country. I think it's bad for our party.

I think one has to say this has worked, that it has calmed down much of the situation. We don't know for what period of time. It certainly has produced a lot of results in Anbar Province. If we look at the GAO report of what is taking…

I want to talk on two issues with my colleagues. One is about Iran. The President of Iran is now in the United States. Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad is in the United States enjoying liberties here that are not enjoyed in his home country by his…