I am sure I am not alone in finding that one of the more disturbing revelations of the investigation into the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon is that over half of the hijackers received flight…

as did all of my colleagues and all Americans, I woke up this morning with a broken heart but not a broken spirit. The unimaginable and horrific attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was an attack on all Americans and against…

As Senator Collins expressed, your efforts on behalf of our State are deeply appreciated. We are committed to improving the highway system in Aroostook County and therefore welcome your support for this project. Interstate 95's current…

today I rise to support an amendment to increase the Coast Guard's funding by $46.1 million. Unfortunately, under the funding levels in the pending bill, the Coast Guard would be forced to reduce routine operations by 20 percent. The…

I rise to thank Senators Reid and Domenici for including the Snowe-Collins amendment in the Fiscal Year 2002 Energy and Water Development Appropriations today to help the Town of Ft. Fairfield, ME. My amendment should resolve a serious…

Senator Kerry of Massachusetts and I have introduced the Kerry-Snowe Georges Bank amendment to the fiscal year 2002 Interior Appropriations bill today to make absolutely certain that language in the fiscal year 2002 Interior Appropriations…

The money that was provided last year has been utilized to engage a wide range of stakeholders, including local community groups as well as aquaculture, agriculture, and forestry companies in cooperative restoration efforts. They have…

the resolution that Senator Kerry and I are submitting is very timely and important. As we work here in the Senate today, representatives of nations from around the globe are preparing for the 53rd Annual Meeting of the International…

I rise today to join Senator Specter of Pennsylvania in support of the Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of 2001. We are joined by 37 of our colleagues from New England and throughout the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast. This…

This particular provision was intended for those insurers, self-insured and self-administered plans, that obviously do not have a designated decisionmaker. I should further emphasize, all employers are treated equally when it comes to the…

it is modified in the following way. First of all, the question was raised about the original intent of the amendment in regard to the self-insured, self-administered plans. Specifically, with regard to contractual dispute, it will only…

It is important to emphasize in this amendment as we have drafted it includes a provision that starts out with automatic designation: That a health insurance issuer shall be deemed to be a designated decisionmaker for purposes of…

We are treating all employers the same. In this instance, in this particular category, it is those employers who do not have a designated decisionmaker. That is the intent of this particular provision: To treat them equally so they are not…

I rise today to submit a concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring the members of the Armed Forces that have been awarded the…

I rise today to offer a sense of the Senate amendment in support of the provisions in the bill that expand and extend the child tax credit to millions of working families. The RELIEF Act doubles the maximum child tax credit from $500 to…

Mr. President, the amendment we are offering today in conjunction with our colleagues is on a bipartisan basis. In fact, Senator Bayh and I have worked together since early March in addressing this issue, in which 11 of our colleagues have…

I address several of the issues raised by the ranking member, Senator Baucus, with respect to this trigger mechanism. I think they are important issues. I remember so often during my 16 years in the House of Representatives where we had to…

I rise today to introduce a small bill, but one with important consequences. My measure, the Access to Cancer Therapies Act, would provide coverage of all oral anticancer drugs under the Medicare program. I am pleased to be joined by…

I rise today to thank the Chairman of the Budget Committee for provisions in his substitute amendment that reinforce President Bush's budget blueprint for the use of advance appropriations as a mechanism for capital investment. The…

Today marks an historic occasion for the Senate. At the end of this fiscal year, not only will the federal government have run a balanced budget without the use of the Social Security surplus for a third consecutive year, the first time…

The Senate version reinforces the President's budget blueprint for advance appropriations as a full funding mechanism that can be used by various departments, such as the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and the…

I am delighted to co-sponsor this amendment with Senator Domenici, the distinguished chairman of the Budget Committee, and Senator Grassley, chairman of the Finance Committee. This amendment has a simple but critical purpose: to increase…

long-term care is an issue that continues to tug at Congress and this country. In 1997 close to $117 billion was spent on long-term care--almost 12 percent of total U.S. health care expenditures. And it is estimated that those in need of…

I rise to support the confirmation of President Bush's nominee for Attorney General of the United States, former Senator John Ashcroft. After serving in this body with John Ashcroft for the last six years, I know him as a man of integrity…

I rise to introduce a bill along with my friend and colleague from Vermont, Senator Jeffords, to ensure that we will have balanced, comprehensive campaign finance reform that doesn't close one loophole while leaving another open. It is a…