Wayne Allard: “If this bill is not passed, the Bureau of Land Management's Record of Decision, issued in February of this year, will…”

I rise to discuss the war in Iraq and specifically the legislation at hand which directs the President to transition the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq. The Senate has voted on this same issue on four separate occasions in this session…

my amendment will cut the Federal deficit and eliminated Government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated ``ineffective'' by the OMB and use the savings to pay down the Federal debt. Five percent is the expected increase…

this is a new process. I thank the Senator from New Mexico for his question. This process is becoming economically feasible and certainly protects the environment. I know the Senator has been working hard on this particular issue on the…

on the campaign trial, Senator Obama has called for about 188 proposals of new spending. What this amendment consists of is this. We take 111 of those new spending proposals and we put them in this amendment. If you look at it with the…