Jon S. Corzine

I point out this year, by decision, the FOP is not taking a position with regard to my amendment.

I will not be asking for a rollcall but a voice vote on my amendment acknowledging the realities and the practical aspects of moving the floor, if that is appropriate.

Certainly. Mr. McCONNELL. Would the Senator from New Jersey be willing to withhold until I get a time agreement on one of the Coburn amendments, and then the Senator from New Jersey will be recognized again?

I wish to say that I have nothing but the highest respect for the Senator from Virginia, and I fully appreciate that he is acting absolutely in good faith. I would like to hear what the unanimous consent is we are agreeing to so that once…

These letters indicate the bipartisan, bicameral support to protect the current OCS moratoria. Moving in the direction of ending the moratoria will bring unnecessary opposition to the overall objective. Residents of coastal States should…

I also believe we must defend the independence of the judiciary, and I think the comments of both the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from New York regarding this subject are ones that need to be understood and need to be brought…

I will submit a statement for the record.

Anytime the Federal Government is competing for money in the capital markets, instead of us having that money go into the private sector, instead of being invested in the kinds of growth you see in Nevada or what we hope will happen in New…

The idea that we were not going to have the U.N. involved; now we have the U.N. involved. We were going to have de-Baathification; and then we have reentry of Baaths. The issue of deployment of troops. I am supportive of this Ambassador…

The Senator most appropriately talked about the pain that is being inflicted on the unemployed because they are unemployed for a much longer period of time. But what is just as serious is that there are a lot of people who have said the…

It is undermining the ability of working Americans to actually get good wages. That is why median income is down. That is why you go from $45,000 for a job lost to picking up a job worth $35,000.

It is a most important element. This jobs issue is not only impacting people who don't have jobs, it is impacting people who do have jobs.

The Senator from Maryland understands supply and demand. But if there are 6 million more Americans looking for jobs than is demand, what usually happens when there is excess supply of labor or any other element of our economic system…

Would the chairman acknowledge the $160 billion is only for 5 years? If you were to implement this policy over the full 75-year timeframe, the present value would be roughly $1 trillion. My calculation is not down to the last decimal…

The Senator is right, except for the 2001. It is moving back up to the 39.6 percent rate for those over $1 million.

I think the issue in the funding of global terror, one wonders why so much of the external debt of the United States is being housed among institutions that we have very little idea about.

I think there are some questions about the 'retailization'--bit big, crazy word--that people have seen.

To be honest, I believe I have a sense that the President can do whatever he wants to do with regard to this issue. I think they have already done that. This authorization is embedded in this bill. But I know they can stand back and stop…

I have a whole list of folks who waited 1,454 days, 1,000 days for a hearing, 602 days. If somebody looked at one of those nominees who was not allowed to come to the floor of the Senate for a vote, at least a broad group of folks who…

Was she unable to get a hearing in the Judiciary Committee when President Clinton nominated her for circuit court?

The 55 that I have, and there are a number of them I haven't reviewed, there was an attempt to try to get a number of those before the committee, and they were not allowed to be debated. It never got started.

I understand the amendment will be agreed to by both of the managers but let me first say that this amendment is about disclosure of breached customer data that may exist in our system. Frankly, 85 percent of businesses that have…

Today, an icon of Puerto Rico has passed away. I want to express my sadness at the passing of Luis Ferre, former Governor of Puerto Rico, only 4 months shy of his 100th birthday. Luis Ferre was a great leader, businessman, and a faithful…

The Senator from Iowa is exactly correct. He is talking about how budget accounting works in the Federal Government, which is a cashflow system. We are in no way trying to undermine the ability of NIH to be effective.