John Kerry

But it did not take into account what the benefits might be if, in fact, that happened again and we went back to the 1973 situation. So in effect the study does not take into account the potential of that major price differential. But much…

So in effect we have a proposal on the floor that the study of the Senator does not address at all, or we will have a proposal. The second question: Is the Senator aware the model he referred to is not a fuel economy model, it is an…

Specifically, I quote from the study. The study says that predicting energy prices depends on events that shape energy markets that are ``random and cannot be anticipated.''

I want my colleagues to take part in this. My colleague introduced a bill himself that provides tax credits for airplane tickets that costs five times this bill; $4.75 billion the Senator's bill costs. What are we talking about when we…

I have been a part of international environmental discussions for a decade, and attended talks not only in Kyoto but also in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and The Hague. During this time, I have watched tensions grow between the developed…

I want to emphasize, as I know Senator McCain and Senator Hollings feel, nobody at this point wants the good work of the Senate to be distracted in any way by any kind of finger pointing or accusations. That is not the purpose of my…

I ask the majority leader if we could clarify something for the record. We had 97 Senators vote, publicly saying they are prepared to have a motion that allows us to at least proceed to the bill, but we are not actually able to get on the…

I would like to share with all my colleagues that the President of Vietnam, the very next day after the terrorist attack, sent this message to the United States: The government and people of Vietnam were shocked by the tragedy that…

What my amendment seeks to do is address that problem to the best of our ability by providing an exemption to all taxpayers at the income level of $100,000 or less from being put into the alternative minimum tax. Today, there are 1.3…

In conclusion, we have noticed in the last months small businesses have been severely constrained because banks are tightening up credit. This amendment is going to leverage some $13 billion worth of investment in the country. There isn't…

Let me answer the Senator from Nebraska by saying, in the 16 years I have been in the Senate--in the debates we had in 1986 on tax simplification--in almost every single tax proposal we have worked on in those years, I have never heard the…

I have been aware of this story since July. Many of the bonds for this project are held through mutual funds in which Americans have invested their savings. This is not just a question of inequity for the U.S. developer of the project but…

Mr, President, my friend, Mr. Brownback, is correct that it is the intention of Section 60117(b)(3) to reach those companies that don't comply with a clearly written request for documents and information from the agency, but thwart the…

This is the most welcome acceptance of the power of my argument I have ever had on the floor of the Senate. I thank the distinguished chairman. But I am confident what the Senator from Illinois wanted to do--and I share this belief--was to…

Finally, I ask the Senator, the entire program is currently driven by a date essentially arrived at by the national intelligence estimate, that suggested that 2005 is the first date there might be a possibility of a missile being fired; is…

If we are strictly testing between one location, one direction, and our radar system is specifically positioned to anticipate an attack from a certain location, if that were to be the case, we would face a completely different situation…

It is my understanding, and I ask the Senator from Virginia, that the testing that has been laid out in the protocols that I have seen contemplates testing almost exclusively from off the coast of California and Kwajalein Island, which by…

Unless we in the Senate tackle this beast called the allocation process, and unless we begin to challenge the constraints within which we are now dealing, we are not doing our job. These votes are an opportunity to try to do that. My plea…

There was a reason, Mr. President. It is because the Russian Duma had not ratified. Everybody understood the rationale for that. But now they have ratified it. And the only restraint on our moving to a safer world is the fact that the…

But I ask my colleague, if you understand their economic need, because they cannot maintain the warheads properly, and we are worried about accidental launch, how can you then want to prohibit the President of the United States from…

Is the Senator aware under Ed-Flex the Governors have full flexibility for a waiver for any kind of onerous regulation? We voted for that last year precisely for this purpose. It is, in fact, voluntary as to whether or not they make the…

Can the Senator tell me precisely what priorities resources are required to be spent on? Title I is the biggest expenditure of Federal money; it is for poor, disadvantaged children. Is that a priority?

I will have more to say. I thank the Senator for interrupting his remarks. My colleague has been waiting a long time. My only comment is that Ed-Flex was passed. It allows radical departures. And very few Governors have even taken…

Mr. President, today I applaud Tufts University for furthering the values of leadership, citizenship, and public service.

That is a classic response to simply say the Senator is wrong. But there is no showing to the contrary. The language of the budget is absolutely clear. There is no question it forces $1.1 billion in cuts. But the way to have a debate…