I rise today to honor my colleague, Senator Sam Brownback, who will be leaving the Senate at the end of this term. Senator Brownback has served the people of Kansas for 16 years in the Congress, serving one term in the House of…

Byron Dorgan has been a big bang in the Senate. He has made a difference here. He has made an enormous difference in our home State of North Dakota. He helped build a foundation that has made North Dakota, today, the most successful State…

today I want to recognize and thank the Helmets to Hardhats program for its important work on behalf of our Nation's veterans. In these tough economic times, unemployment among recent veterans is a growing concern. Recent statistics…

I want to take a few minutes today to recognize our late colleague, Senator Ted Stevens. Ted Stevens was a fighter. He fought for his State and his country every day here in the U.S. Senate. As a former military pilot and recipient of the…

Total Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3219 for the 5-year Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net decrease in the deficit of $394 million. Total Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3219 for the 10-year Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net decrease in the deficit of $8…

I do intend to support the nomination. I hope others will as well.

If we have an uncontrolled release now out of the east side, it will be an unmitigated disaster.

Thank you, thank you very much for what you have just done in North Dakota to change the sulfate standard in the Upper Sheyenne.

We are very appreciative that you have changed the standard in a reasonable way to protect health, to protect safety.

It may well require that we move to a form of biennial budgeting so that we can assure there is a budget blueprint in place.

I think deregulation--part of that toxic brew--has a central responsibility in the near collapse.

If we do not move more water off the west side of the lake... we will face extremely serious consequences downstream.