it has been a privilege to serve as a member of the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee over the past year. We have been part of a rare event in the history of this Congress and our country and it has been fascinating to watch this process…

I made the decision to vote for the tax cut package that we are going to be voting on this evening. I did that with some sense of ambiguity, because it does not adequately put in place a plan to address our debt in this country. All the…

I am honored to be here on the floor today to join Senator McConnell and my other colleagues in recognizing the service Senator Judd Gregg has provided to the people of this country, and for us, importantly, to the people of New Hampshire…

I think most of us believe we should not play partisan politics when it comes to nuclear weapons. But in a speech this morning at the Heritage Foundation, my colleagues, our colleague, Senator Jim DeMint, claimed the new START treaty…

I am here, like so many of my colleagues today, to talk about the situation in which we find ourselves, where millions of American families and small businesses, on January 1, are going to see a tax increase because the Bush tax cuts are…

a number of my colleagues and I are coming to the floor today to discuss a critical national security issue that Senator Kerry has already referenced in his remarks on the Senate floor. It is an issue that requires strong bipartisan action…

The BP oilspill was an unprecedented disaster--lives were lost, and the gulf region will suffer the environmental and economic consequences for years to come. We cannot turn back the clock and stop what happened. But we can prevent future…

it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to pay tribute to the life and sacrifice of MSG Jared Van Aalst, a native of Laconia, NH. Jared was killed on August 4 while stationed in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. He was serving on his sixth…

I think we should have as many eyes looking into this issue as possible, and as a member of the Energy Committee I supported the Barrasso amendment. But the issue before us today right now is that we already have a bipartisan commission…

Absolutely. I appreciate the Senator from North Dakota pointing this out, and also pointing out what has been a bipartisan history in the past when we have dealt with these kinds of disasters and tragedies in the country, that this used to…

Recognizing the nature of the industry and the challenges of tracking that data, I think that would be very helpful as we are looking at the benefits that NORA and PERC, for that matter, can provide to have as much data available as…

Mr. Chairman, the last thing I wanted to do is just ask. I have a number of letters that have been sent to my office in support of NORA. If we could include those in the record, I would appreciate it.