Sam Brownback

I believe we are in morning business. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is in morning business, with 15 minutes reserved for the majority and 15 minutes reserved for the minority. The minority still has 6\1/2\ minutes.

I do, and I appreciate the opportunity to say so on the Senate floor as well. I don't want to see this process manipulated and the Senator put in a position where he is not comfortable with trying to get done what we all want. I don't…

I stand to deliver some good news today to the Senate and hopefully contribute to the debate we are going to have probably in July on the overall issue of stem cells, embryonic stem cells, human cloning, adult stem cells, and cord blood. I…

If we have time on our side, but I don't know if we have other colleagues wishing to speak. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota.

Not now. I have limited time, and I want to make this statement, if I may. That we can, at the appointment of our military leaders, start pulling our troops away from the Sunni Triangle so we can have the Iraqis taking over more and more…

it is time we had this debate and time we had this debate in front of the people of the United States and in front of the world. Rest assured that the terrorists are watching this debate. Those who seek harm for us in Iraq and in many…

I am in the Dole seat for Kansas. When Senator Dole left, I ran for his seat and was fortunate enough to be elected to that seat. I worked with Senator Dole for many years, when I was secretary of agriculture for Kansas. I first met him…

I ask when 7\1/2\ minutes have been used, I be informed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair will inform the Senator.

if Members of the Senate vote as their States have voted on this amendment, the vote today will be 90 to 10 in favor of a constitutional amendment. Forty-five States have defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman. I want to show…

a couple of my colleagues have spoken in favor of the constitutional amendment that is up today. They have given eloquent statements. We have others who are coming. What I wanted to do while we wait on additional Members who are coming…

I thank the Chair. I ask if you would let me know when I have used 15 minutes of that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I believe under a previous agreement I am recognized for a period up to 20 minutes; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no agreement. The majority controls the 45 minutes remaining until the hour of 12 o'clock. The Senator…

That is another indication that 20 States have directly voted on this issue. If we would have Senators who follow what the States have done, we would have 90 votes for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man…

the reason I want to have that printed in the Record is for people to be able to see there is another side to this. When you redefine marriage and say it can now be between two people of the same gender, what happens when an institution…

I want to address a couple other issues on this marriage amendment and at the same time urge my colleagues who want to speak on this particular amendment to come to the Senate so we can have as fulsome debate as possible. If any Member…

I will yield the floor when he arrives at a timely point. I want to get started on this debate. Time is short and the issues are important. I rise to speak in favor of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I chair the Constitution…

I will be happy to after my final point. Other countries that have redefined marriage have seen an enormous loss in the institution. Other countries that have defined this differently and have been there for a period of time have found a…

I understand some of my other colleagues will be coming to the floor. I urge them to get to the floor to make statements. Tomorrow there will be more individuals coming in. It will probably get crowded. So if people want to make an opening…

I understand Senator McConnell will be closing today's session. I wanted to finish with a point I made earlier today. I have talked about other countries and what took place when they redefined the institution of marriage. And it has a…

I wish to speak to the very important issue of interior worksite enforcement in the context of the debate over comprehensive immigration reform legislation. One of the most important elements of this bill, that is crucial to the successful…

I rise today because, as you may know, for several years now there have been ongoing negotiations between the State of Israel and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, USTR, regarding Israel's protections of U.S…

as chairman of the Helsinki Commission, I am pleased to recognize the accomplishments of the Moscow Helsinki Group, which will mark the 30th anniversary of its founding later this week in the Russian capital. I particularly want to…

It is dated October 27, 2004. It is to Senator John F. Kerry, running for President at the time, signed by 57 scientists who have a real problem with embryonic stem cell research. They say in this letter: As professionals trained in the…

I rise to address some issues my colleagues have raised. I am appreciative of the debate and the chance to talk about health care. It is a critically important topic. It is one that we have to talk a lot more about, how we can provide as…

I want to read a few of the 69 from this document: Sickle cell anemia, aplastic anemia, chronic Epstein-Barr infection, lupus, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, different cancers…