Sam Brownback

If we were to increase the CAFE limits, there's no doubt that brings an environmental and a greenhouse-gas benefit.

We have been dealing with Saddam Hussein with our men and women in uniform for 12 years. We have been occupying positions in the Middle East. We have been flying over the regions that Saddam has. We are flying the no-fly zones in the north…

former Secretary Kissinger is probably one of the best minds, if not the best mind, in foreign policy in the world. He dealt with the cold war. He was directly involved in that, and he has been a very astute student. And now he is a…

I draw attention to the body to one particular provision that is important. It is J-1 visas. These visas are granted to people who were born in another country, other than the United States, but trained according to medical standards in…

As we look and move forward on the issue of Iraq and war with Iraq and the potential of providing the President military authorization, I hope the body and the Members and people across the country and across the world look at the…

with the passage of the Judiciary reauthorization bill, this body will pass a provision to extend our program to allow states to recommend J-1 visa waiver for physicians willing to practice in medically underserved areas. It is one of the…

I rise to speak about the events of 1 year ago. I am delighted to follow my colleague, Senator Lieberman of Connecticut, with whom I have worked and will continue to do so. I add my name to his comments. Today we are gathered to remember…

I stated to the President that I don't think there is another thing we could do in the near term for us to be able to grow this economy that would be more important than to pass trade promotion authority. I think it is that critical a…

I think it is an outstanding proposal and one that we can do and one that we can afford and one that can provide benefits to some people who really need this help and need it now. It is something I think we could build on in the future…

I wish to address the body on an issue of some significant importance to the country. First, good business was done by the Senate today dealing with the accounting situation, the financial trust crisis that we have going on in our country…

I want to address the body quickly and briefly but importantly on what is happening in North Korea and to North Korean refugees coming out of that country. Prior to the July 4th recess, my colleagues, Senator Kennedy and Senator Allen, and…

I rise today to discuss this recent Federal court of appeals ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance and to express with my colleagues the universal outrage of the court's ruling today, and the delight with how we have joined together so…

I rise to speak about the soon to be laid down amendment by Senator Warner on missile defense. This is a major topic for the body to consider. It is a major topic for the country. I want to address it from a number of different…

I rise to speak on the Kennedy amendment to the DOD authorization bill. When I first came into the Senate, I chaired a subcommittee within the Governmental Affairs Committee that dealt with this issue. We held a number of hearings on the…

I urge Members to look at this. Here is the lead organization in the country that one might think is probably most in favor of patenting clones; yet they state they are opposed to it. By passing this amendment to ban the patenting of human…

I think the wise course of action at this time is for us, overall, to have a moratorium on human cloning of all types for a 2-year time period. This will enable us to sort out what people really think and where this science would take us…

Yes, I am very familiar with that. The Patent Office has continued to articulate that position. That is why I stated that there is a question on this, because the Patent Office is stating that issue based upon the 13th amendment of the…

Why would we contemplate going to the point of creating a human life and patenting this human life in an area where we are showing no results taking place, and it has all these ethical questions, and you have one generation of humanity…

I am hopeful we can take up this issue on the floor and that it can be considered before the body, allowing people to be able to consider this. There are a number of people who have been harmed greatly, and family members have been killed…

I continue to note the bill that is pending is about a patenting issue. It is about banning patents, and it is not about banning patents on unfertilized eggs. The bill is on the zygote, embryo, fetus, child or adult; a living organism made…

we are going to open a debate in the U.S. Senate on the future of humanity. I asked the clerk to read the entirety of the amendment because I wanted people to know what is pending now. The issue is a very narrow and a very clear one. It is…

I want to proceed to the discussion of this issue on the overall patenting because that is the narrow issue on which we are focused and it ties in, very closely, with this issue of cloning. I was mentioning the Nature Magazine article…

I would like to put forward a couple of issues in response to the Senator from Pennsylvania. No. 1, this issue on the patenting of humans has been out there about a month now since a group discovered several applications of patents for the…

I wanted to note to the Members of this body that this is the current issue. Indeed, one group that is looking and studying this issue believes that there are three patents either pending or already granted that could or are being used by…

I rise today to discuss a sad and incredibly important situation that happened last week involving citizens from my State. The war on terrorism claimed another victim. This past week brought about the sorrowful conclusion to a long and…