David Vitter

Another similar example, Assam Fares, former Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon. He's a big supporter of Hezbollah.

Just this past December 19, they made a substantial contribution to the foundation and that same day, the president of the foundation was indicted for obstruction of justice related to terrorist financing.

I really do think this poses a lot of real and perceived conflict issues.

Isn't that, to use a common phrase, just ass backwards? $15 billion and then later after that's out the door we'll see a detailed restructuring plan?

I only say to the distinguished Senator, if the majority leader would come to the floor and guarantee amendments on the substance of the bill, on the train to New York and the Davis-Bacon provision and down the line in terms of all those…

Periodically new flood maps are issued by FEMA. When a new flood map comes out, some properties that used to not be in a flood zone may now be in a flood zone, or move from a lesser to a more severe part of a flood zone. This amendment…

It seems to me that before we test, we have to know what the significance of the test result is going to be, what it means to human health or doesn't mean to human health.

Would you consider it the right policy to mandate that now with regard to every entity pharmaceutical or other contaminant out there, to mandate testing and to mandate zero tolerance for all of those things based on the knowledge and the…

I just wanted to very briefly followup on two points.

Today the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality will focus on pharmaceuticals in our nation's waters.

I just want to thank all of our witnesses for coming and being part of this very important discussion.

One former client, Louisiana Senator David Vitter.

One former client, Louisiana Senator David Vitter.

This is about reimportation. There is a clear majority in the Congress to pass reimportation legislation. I think there is a clear 60-vote majority in the Senate to do so. So why aren't we getting on with that business? Let's do it. This…

The Senate makes the following findings: (1) The United States is the world's largest market for pharmaceuticals, yet consumers still pay the world's highest prices. (2) In 2000, Congress took action to legalize the importation of…

If folks feel that way, they should come to Congress and change Federal law, not simply defy Federal law. This is another amnesty vote. Are we going to give folks in sanctuary cities amnesty for defying Federal law and refusing to…

I do this to ask the distinguished Senator about the provision he is talking about. Maybe we can have a discussion about it rather than him vaguely alluding to it without pointing out the language and claiming nobody knows what it means.

I talk about Planned Parenthood simply because it is the biggest and most obvious example of billions of dollars of revenue--fully a third comes from Government. Meanwhile, they perform 265,000 abortions--20 percent of the entirety of…

And I'm so very, very sorry.

I never thought I was waiving what I considered my ability as a Senator to modify my own amendment and try to get a vote on my own amendment in the form I would like. I was actually modifying the amendment in order to get rid of this point…

I will be happy to explain exactly what the modification is. The modification simply takes one phrase out of the previous version of my amendment. And that single phrase in the old version of my amendment limited the amendment to a 90-day…

I want to, again, offer my deep, sincere apologies to all those I have let down and disappointed with these actions from my past. I am completely responsible. And I am so very, very sorry.

We are a nation that believes in upholding the rule of law.

I have issued a statement apologizing for, quote, 'a very serious sin in my past.'

Let me end the debate. Let me stipulate for the record that Senator McConnell is not being railroaded and President Bush is not being railroaded. I am being railroaded and my allies on the floor of the Senate are being railroaded. So we…