Thad Cochran

I join my colleague from Montana in expressing concern over the condition of the Nation's food assistance programs. I too believe that participation in these nutrition programs may increase due to the recent hurricane. I look forward to…

I do not want to object to the Senator proceeding to discuss whatever she wants to discuss. I am happy for her to take whatever time she needs to talk about this issue that is of great concern to me, as well as to her.

It is appropriate for the Senator from Mississippi to speak. It is appropriate to yield to other Senators, but they are not here at this time.

I am curious to know when the Senator plans to complete her remarks. At the beginning of her remarks, she assured the Senate that she would take about 30 minutes. We are on the conference report on the supplemental appropriations bill…

Those amendments have not been offered yet. These are amendments that have been offered and debated. We are simply proceeding to dispose of them.

I thank the Senator for the explanation of his amendment. There is one thing, in looking at the amendment, that I am not sure of, and I am wondering if he could advise the Senate. Does the Senator have an estimate from anyone at the…

I notice that the distinguished Senator from New Jersey is on the floor. He is a cosponsor of this amendment. I assume he is here to talk on the amendment. I was going to try to bring the discussion to a close so we could vote on the…

This bill before the Senate contains funds that help replenish the accounts that were depleted by our agencies that were actively involved in the tsunami relief. We are asking in the bill for the Senate to approve about $1 billion for…

I believe the resolution we passed after the 9/11 tragedy gave the President the power to use our forces to go after the al Qaeda wherever they are found.

I thank the Senators from Delaware for this discussion and assure them that I will continue to assist them in their effort to work with FEMA on additional Federal funding.

Identifying the very best in first responder training programs is a priority for the subcommittee. Accordingly, the subcommittee has created a system in which the Department of Homeland Security distributes funding through a competitive…

It poses a real danger, not only to the people in that area but also to property. It is clear that the disaster relief fund of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which we replenished just a few days ago to the tune of $2 billion…

I am suggesting to the Senate that this is an additional $70 million that cannot be efficiently used for this purpose in 1 fiscal year, and I am going to tell you why. The Appropriations Committee has already provided funding for a number…

I think this is a good plan. The Senate has done good work today. I think the outline the Senator from Nevada has given us is a thoughtful way to handle the bill. We will be here tomorrow morning and continue to make progress on the bill…

I would be glad to consider the amendment and review it carefully. I wonder if there is an offset in the amendment that would provide some source for making up the funds. We are limited in our allocation of funding under the Budget Act…

I share the Senator's assessment that the extension of our maritime surveillance is critical to our security interests. The Coast Guard selected the CN-235 as the optimal solution for the Maritime Patrol Aircraft mission and I continually…

I firmly believe and am committed to the Coast Guard's modernization effort under the Deepwater program, which includes the Maritime Patrol Aircraft requirement.

The allocations for this bill are $897 million in budget authority and $730 million in outlay above the President's request, showing the priority the committee has placed on Homeland Security accounts and its appropriations. This is a…

We have appropriated almost $500 million specifically for this program. We have asked for another $150 million this year. That is not enough, he says; double it. We can talk about it on and on and on and go into all the other accounts that…

The Committee expects a significant expansion of the Countermeasures Test Bed being conducted with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in testing technologies to detect radiation/nuclear threats to include railway, general…

This request that is being presented to the Senate tonight is in response to a direct request from the President for $2 billion to replenish a fund that has run out of money, or will be exhausted in the morning. The House is acting tonight…

We need to stop making healthy living a fad in America, and start making it a way of life.

Would this money also be used to address the force protection issues of counter-fire and detection techniques that exist in the technology base, such as sensor technologies that have demonstrated real-time detection, classification and…

I note that the committee included funding in the Defense Appropriations bill to address the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, in the Iraq theater. Specifically, I am referring to the inclusion in Title IX of the bill which…

I agree that the USDA has not followed the language from the 2002 farm bill conference report. I suggest that the Senator from Michigan and I work with USDA to try to facilitate greater purchases of fruits and vegetables in the nutrition…