Carl Levin

On the end strength issue, last year our Services indicated they needed additional end strength.

Your number one unfunded priority was for 4,400 additional active duty personnel.

There was no doubt in our mind before we left that our military is by far the best-trained, best-equipped, and most capable fighting force in the world today.

I also believe very firmly that the Iraqi leaders should not infer from these debates that America will not be united in support of its forces in the field.

It is appropriate that those issues be debated, including the question of whether or not it would be wise to initiate an attack against Iraq without the support of the world community acting through the United Nations.

Well, the one example you used this morning is the one we've taken care of, we legislated that issue so that the Migratory Bird Act no longer applies to military readiness activities, including training.

All of us and the American people will stand behind our uniformed forces if they are engaged in military conflict.

I believe that in the absence of an imminent threat, it is in our interest to have a U.N. resolution authorizing member states to take military action before initiating a preemptive attack against Iraq.

I believe that America is at its strongest and at its best when we make common cause with other nations in pursuit of common goals.

You have often mentioned that Judge Daugherty fails to comply with time and attendance rules.

It is very clear that his role, then, is not only significant but growing.

I do not see how we are going to accomplish those important aims without doing that.

It is too mushy from the public accountability perspective.

Thank you for these series of hearings that you are holding that are really a comprehensive series.

The issues that the Chairman has identified, are both the security issue as well as trying to move trade.

We have the longest coast, actually, of all the four coasts.

The Northern Border receives about two-thirds of the truck traffic, about 85 percent of the trains.

We, who are on the Northern Border, are particularly very keenly interested in this subject.

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If the broadcast group is neither a registered lobbyist nor a foreign agent, it is my opinion that this bill would not in any way change, alter or amend the earlier Ethics Committee ruling on that subject.

We have to draw a line somewhere. You draw a line, and you keep all the exceptions.

She can solicit a lobbyist for a charitable contribution. You cannot. Both of----

If you want her to solicit from a lobbyist, or if she does solicit from the lobbyist--if you mean under your hypothesis from the corporation--that is also permitted.