Chuck Hagel

I rise to congratulate Michael Walsh of Omaha, NE, an outstanding student and young history scholar whose National History Day project has been chosen out of half a million in America to be presented today at the White House Visitor…

I rise this morning to wish the U.S. Army happy birthday. It was 230 years ago today, June 14, 1775, that the Continental Army of the United States was born. Over the past 230 years, millions of men and women have served in the oldest…

on Friday, Nebraska lost one of the most dominant political figures in our State's history. Former two-term Governor and three-term U.S. Senator Jim Exon passed away in Lincoln at the age of 83. Many in this Chamber today served with him…

when I began my first campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1995, I published a booklet entitled ``Where I Stand.'' I wrote it because the first obligation of a candidate is to tell voters what you believe. In that booklet, I wrote: The Social…

I rise today with Senator Durbin to introduce the Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005. This legislation aims to increase the pipeline of qualified public health workers at the Federal, State, local and tribal…

on Wednesday, the U.N. Global Climate Treaty known as the Kyoto Protocol will enter into force, requiring more than 30 industrialized nations to significantly cut manmade greenhouse gas emissions by 2012. I rise today to introduce three…

I rise to honor the life of Frederick Douglass as we celebrate his 187th birthday this month. Frederick Douglass was an American who devoted his life to enacting permanent and positive change for all Americans by advocating the abolition…

I rise, as was noted, to recognize and pay tribute to and remember our dear friend Howard Liebengood. I thought the majority leader's comments concerning Howard Liebengood could have been recited by any and all who knew him. My friendship…

Today is the 32nd Annual March for Life on Washington, DC's National Mall. Individuals from all over the Nation will march together in solidarity, despite the bitterly cold weather, in support of the most basic of human rights: the right…

I intend, on that basis, to vote for this nominee.

I'm going to reintroduce my comprehensive--I think the only bipartisan immigration reform legislation of last year--I'm going to reintroduce it.

The work that the Powell-Armitage team has done for this country over the last four years has been significant.

I'd ask unanimous consent that any and all members be allowed to express their views.

The record is actually very, very positive. It's just that we have not explained it very well.

You come before this committee impressively qualified, well prepared, and it is a nomination all of America can be proud of.

I always begin with the presumption that elected Presidents ought to have their official families, their cabinets.

How will that change from what we have been doing? Can you give this committee some specifics of what you've stated?

I do think climate change is one of those areas where it's value-added for relationships, especially diplomacy.

U.S. foreign policy cannot be separated from our energy, economic, defense and domestic policies.

I think the entire committee is very pleased that you have put this on your list, on your agenda, as a high priority.

I congratulate Dr. Rice on her nomination and look forward to working with her in her new position as Secretary of State.

We appreciate the leadership Senators Lugar, Biden and Hagel and others in the Congress have shown on this issue.

American policies in the war on terrorism must address the political and economic conditions that breed radicalism and violence.

I told you that I was going to introduce comprehensive climate-change legislation.

Well, I think you will not have to ask twice on that.