Frank Lautenberg

Six minutes 22 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The opposition has 10\1/2\ minutes.

We have several requests for time to speak on this amendment. I wonder whether it is not possible to give us the opportunity to have those who would speak on behalf of the amendment offset by any opposition, in an equal amount of time, to…

I would like to be as accommodating to the manager of the bill, the Senator from New Hampshire, as I can be, so I relinquish the floor. I relinquish the time.

yesterday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, citing the words of the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, said ``Israel must be wiped off the map.'' He then went on to call Israel a ``disgraceful…

this is a grim moment for America: 2,000 of our young courageous people have perished in Iraq--2,000. From the years 1961 to 1965--those are the years in Vietnam--we got over 2,000 death notices sent to homes across the country. There is a…

I rise to introduce the Food Employment Empowerment and Development Act or FEED Act along with my colleagues Senators Dole and Lincoln. This important, bipartisan legislation will award grants to qualified programs that effectively combat…

the Constitution grants the Senate the power and responsibility to advise and consent on the President's judicial nominations. And there is no more important judicial nomination than Chief Justice of the United States. The President and…

very quickly, we are about to vote on an issue that really has to touch every one of us in some form or fashion, if one is a parent or one is a grandparent or if one has any contact with children, as to the kind of issue we are discussing…

I suspect most Americans are going to be shocked to learn the administration wants to allow more poisonous mercury into the environment. But that is exactly what they are trying to do. We should not permit this vote to take place as it is…

the time is short but certainly the alarm is real. As I look at this, I am bewildered. I have three daughters. I have been fortunate enough to have 10 grandchildren. I have one son. The most precious assets I have in this world are these…

I want to take some time to review the situation we have seen in front of us for the last week. It was a terrible week for our country. One only had to listen to the eloquent remarks given by the Senator from Louisiana, Ms. Landrieu. She…

On the question of gross negligence, does gross negligence pierce the prohibition suit?

I wonder if I might dare to offer my comments after that earlier admonition. But I will do it because we are here for reasons that are obvious to everybody. We are here because our friends on the other side wanted to stop us from offering…

Didn't the Senator from Michigan offer the gross negligence exemption and had it denied because----

very quickly, not once in my comments did I talk about taking away guns from people. We are discussing this particular issue. There are three reasons that permit penetration of the veil of immunity: negligent entrustment, negligence per…

I think the conclusion is in error. Rather than have the debate about the precision with which the Collins amendment is drawn, I point out two things. AIPAC and the Cuban American National Foundation support my amendment. That is very…

I respect the Senator from Maine and do allow time for an answer, if it is a short answer, please.

I extend my thanks to the Senator from Maine for her graciousness, in terms of describing an effort we are both very much interested in, in solving a problem that exists before us. Very soon, the Senate is going to vote on the two…

we have just had a vote on the Collins amendment that confirms we have a problem. There is no denying there is a problem out there, but there is only one way to solve it; and that is to say that any American company cannot form a sham…

I rise to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this landmark legislation which guarantees equal opportunity for people with disabilities in employment, transportation…

I hope my distinguished colleague and friend from Virginia, without having a chance to do the examination he would like, has not suggested opposition even though there hasn't been time for a thorough review. I know the distinguished…

If we have time equally divided, then I ask the Senator from Virginia to allow a half hour equally divided.

I understand I will be able to have some time after the vote to discuss the amendment.

I would like a half-hour evenly divided on the amendment. We have 50 minutes left before a vote. If I might say, could our distinguished colleague be accommodated immediately after the vote, following the Senator from Oregon? Why don't I…

It is unfortunate that the subcommittee is not able to support the work of the Afghan Medical Relief Foundation, but it is understandable why the subcommittee cannot do so.