Byron Dorgan

This is very critical and we want to make sure it continues to move forward.

First of all, the department should continue critical efforts to support new technology and deployment, including funding of existing contracts and awards under previous solicitations, but the department should be rapidly implementing and…

I appreciate the Senator's views on the importance of this program and share the Senator's commitment to ensuring an effective DOE geothermal program that works to expand our Nation's use of this important, renewable energy resource.

The issue of Iraq, as you know, casts a shadow on virtually everything else in this country. We are spending, in terms of the lives of American soldiers and America's treasure, an unbelievable amount with respect to the war in Iraq. All of…

I know where there is $104 billion. That would have been the tax paid on that amount that was repatriated that my colleague and some of the others offered a 5.25 percent income tax rate to recently. They said to the biggest enterprises in…

Today we had a new trade deficit figure released, about 3 hours ago. It shows our merchandise trade deficit in the past month was $66 billion--in 1 month. The reason I want to show the results of our trade policy is we now have proposals…

I thank you for the response. I hope you'll share what you have learned, with the Committee, when you learn it.

Well, I've met many of them, and they are an unbelievable group of American men and women, courageous.

It is shameful to me that starting tomorrow, the month of February, it will be 2 full years that the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs position has been open and unfilled.

I believe is qualified, well qualified, I have supported this nominee.

Whatever the reasons for it, it has to change. This has to stop.

I ask the manager, how many days have we been on the bill? I know this is legislation to increase the minimum wage. It has been on the floor for some long while. I understand there is a 30-hour postcloture period. I am curious: How long we…

I want to mention that this week my colleagues here in the Senate are likely to see members of Indian tribes who are coming to town from all over the country. They are here to attend the ``State of Indian Nations'' address by the President…

We spend more money per person than anybody in the world, by far. And by the way, we rank 48th in life expectancy. Yes, 48th--not 20th or 2nd but 48th in life expectancy, a country which spends far more than any other country per person in…

Patience is a virtue, but sometimes we run out of patience, and we are near that end. ... I hope he understands patience is not inexhaustible when producers are wondering whether they and their family are going to be able to continue.

Our family farmers--many of whom got hurt badly with the devastating droughts and some of whom have been hurt by floods and so on--as I said yesterday are the economic all-stars of this country. They get up in the morning and do chores…

Clearly we are not doing anything at the moment. We have no business pending. We are attempting to do a piece of legislation dealing with the agricultural disaster for family farmers who suffered weather-related disasters.

I believe I had reserved 1 hour of which I had used 30 minutes previously. The vote is at noon, so I intend to speak for the other 30 minutes, if that is appropriate? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection…

Let me then work with my colleagues, Senators Stevens and Inouye, and see if I can find a way to write this approach in a way that does not have a point of order lying against it and in a way that begins some kind of inquiry. I very much…

I appreciate the courtesy of Senator Warner, and I may do so at an appropriate time.

Let me thank Senators Warner and Levin for their leadership on this legislation. This is a very difficult task, to put together the authorization for military expenditures and military operations. I want to especially say I just walked in…

We all want to increase competition in the television market.

I still think there's room for improvement.

This is a sweeping piece of legislation that we're looking at here.

We've got to protect their right to do so.