James M. Talent

No. I am willing to ask all the agencies to sacrifice travel budgets and expenses in order to fund the national defense. I say again, this has happened in the past to support other important programs. The Coleman amendment last year, for…

this is the amendment which I offered on behalf of myself, Senator Lieberman, and Senator Warner. This amendment raises the top line for Defense in the number which the President requested to an approximately $3 billion increase. It is…

The function 920, as I understand, is essentially the overhead across the board from a number of different agencies. So it comes out of administrative overhead, travel, et cetera, and I believed that funding these essential programs for…

Again, I thank the Senator and admire very much the sincerity with which he confronts these budgetary problems. Perhaps in view of the Senator's question, it would be good for me to emphasize the point I made during the speech. There are…

Given the time available, I did not speak as long as I could on this subject, but the Senator is referring to what the Pentagon calls resetting the force. In other words, after a war, we pay through the supplementals for the equipment that…

this amendment is a rather simple one. It raises the number in the budget for defense up to what the administration proposed. The budget resolution, as it came out of committee, would have reduced the amount of money requested for national…

I think I had half an hour. How much time remains? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 11 minutes.

We can do this. Yes, we have to resolve the other problems in the budget that are causing the deficit, but defense is not that area. Defense has given at the office. Now it is time to tend to American security and American needs. For that…

I will not take the whole 11 minutes. I will do the Senate that favor, anyway. First of all, the Senator is tremendously knowledgeable about the budget. I respect very much what he is saying. I am pleased he recognizes the importance of…

as the Senate can see, methamphetamine is not a partisan issue. There is strong support on both sides of the aisle for fighting this drug and for this amendment. I urge the Senate to support it. Senator Feinstein has done great work in…

How long is the morning business going on, Mr. President? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Until 10 a.m.

the Lord willing and the creek don't rise, as my mom used to say, I will not use the whole 30 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized. ____________________

9 years ago, scientific advances in the technology of nuclear transfer permitted the cloning of a sheep named Dolly. The immediate reaction of most Americans, and most Members of Congress, was to try to make certain that this process was…

I will so modify my request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise for a moment to speak in favor of amendment No. 2711, which is at the desk. It is my amendment regarding the child tax credit offered by the majority leader. I will discuss briefly that amendment. I originally hoped I could offer an…

Our troops deserve uniform, national protection against abusive financial practices that target them.

as we debate the very important issue of deficit reduction, I want to take a few minutes to discuss a provision included in the Deficit Reduction Act. It is an issue of great importance and one that many Senators have been working on for…

I rise to honor approximately 3,000 permanent and supplemental workers, who recently set a new world time record while conducting a safe and successful work outage on AmerenUE's Callaway Nuclear Plant. The Callaway Plant is located in my…

I decided to come to the Senate for a few minutes this evening to speak to the Senate because of growing concern over the defense budget and, in particular, the growing likelihood that we are going to see cuts in the defense budget so that…

Senator Lieberman and I have introduced this amendment which we believe is crucial in providing our Armed Forces with the air transport capabilities they need. The amendment is cosponsored by Senators Stevens, Boxer, Feinstein, Cornyn…

Senator Lieberman and I are offering an amendment that we believe is crucial to providing our Armed Forces with the air transport capabilities they need. The amendment has been cosponsored by Chairman Warner and Senators Stevens, Boxer…

As always, the Senator speaks with candor, and I very much appreciate that. I want to hone in on the last point the Senator made. We are not voting on this now, and we don't have to consider it now. If we can keep an open mind to see if…

I understand we are under time constraints, and I will be brief. I think the Senator from Oregon has made the case very persuasively. I congratulate him for raising this important issue in committee. I was concerned that if we attached…

I did not want my eloquence to outstrip the time I had available, Mr. President, so thank you for that. We have heard a lot from Judge Roberts himself, and maybe it is good for me to close by quoting some of what he has said about the…

I am here today to discuss a resolution, strongly disapproving of the recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. I am hopeful that the Senate will…