Jon S. Corzine

This is a big deal for the State of New Jersey. It is for anyone who is exposed to the coast and has a tremendous amount of industry and tourism that is the livelihood of those individuals who live near the shore. We can avoid the conflict…

I first thank Chairman Domenici and the ranking member, Senator Bingaman, as well as both of their staffs on the Energy Committee for all of their hard work on preparing an energy bill. Their leadership has allowed tbe Senate to come…

I join with Senator Kennedy and others today in introducing an urgent and critical piece of legislation, the Student Fairness Act. This bill would provide rebates to the many college students who will be receiving a dramatic reduction in…

over 4,700 people, mostly African American, were victims of lynching in the United States between 1882 and 1968. This represents one of the low points in our history as a Nation--a time when our Nation turned away from its responsibility…

today I will be voting against the nomination of John Bolton to be Ambassador to the United Nations. When the President first nominated Mr. Bolton for this position, I expressed deep disappointment and concern. First, because of his…

I come to the floor to speak briefly about the compromise agreement reached on judicial nominees and about the pending circuit court nominees. Let me begin by saying that I am pleased that, through the agreement reached this week, we were…

I see the Senator from Missouri is no longer in the Senate, but I make very clear the amendment Senator Lautenberg and I are proposing in no way undermines the standard that there need be competitive bids in the Federal highway funds or in…

I also want to note the House of Representatives included a similar measure in its version of the Transportation bill. It was a bipartisan amendment sponsored by New Jersey colleagues, Frank LoBiondo, a Republican, and Bill Pascrell, a…

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 express my support today for an important resolution, S. Res. 117, submitted by Senators Feinstein and Santorum along with Senator Santorum to designate the week of May 9th as National Hepatitis B Awareness Week. Hepatitis B is an…

I rise today on Workers Memorial Day to reintroduce the ``Workplace Wrongful Death Accountability Act,'' legislation that would, among other things, increase the maximum criminal penalty for those who willfully violate workplace safety…

I am disappointed by the budget resolution before us here today. I am disappointed, but I can't say I am surprised, given the track record of this President and the Republican leadership in Congress. The process of developing a budget each…

amendment No. 368, as modified, was accepted by both sides on the Foreign Operations Subcommittee last night before a unanimous consent agreement, not in time for inclusion in the managers' amendment. I therefore ask unanimous consent to…

I stand today to speak in support of an issue that affects every woman in this country--the fight for equal pay for men and women. Today is Equal Pay Day--the day when the wages paid to American women ``catch up'' to the wages paid to men…

I was about to call up amendment No. 366, which I am going to pull back from at this point. We are working with a number of subcommittees to get exact language, but I would like to go ahead and frame the debate. Senator Brownback will be…

Tragically, since that speech by Mr. Wiesel, we have seen precious little actionable courage in preventing the genocide that rages in Darfur. Last July, the Congress recognized that genocide is taking place and voted on it here on the…

how has the international community responded to these issues? In recent weeks, the U.N. Security Council passed three resolutions. To be sure, to give them credit, there has been some progress. One resolution referred the situation in…

it is also my honor to bestow my congratulations on Rabbi Orenstein for his 35 years of service to Congregation Beth El and a lifetime of service to community and mankind. His words this morning about love and our responsibility to our…

economically distressed caregivers are those who have incurred substantial medical debt on behalf of dependent or nondependent family members. This is the easy thing, taking care of mom and dad. It is a normal value concept in America that…

I rise to talk about the Darfur Accountability Act. This is an issue that I and a number of my colleagues have as much passion about and as much conviction and concern as anything that we could speak about on this floor. As we stand here…

we are truly at a historic moment. The U.N. Commission confirmed that these atrocities were continuing even as it was doing its investigation. By the way, we just released from the U.S. State Department a report on human rights practices…

I join with Senators Kennedy and Smith and twenty-seven of our colleagues today in introducing a very important piece of legislation, the Ensuring College Access for All Americans Act. This bill would prevent any student from seeing a…

this week, our Nation suffered the loss of two of the finest Americans to grace the public stage in my life time. Congressman Matsui and I served here together, and as a result of our passionate efforts to preserve and protect Social…

I am pleased today to vote for the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The bill represents a critical step toward improving our intelligence capabilities. If faithfully implemented, it will allow our intelligence…

I want to address a troubling provision in the Criminal-Justice-State, CJS, Appropriations bill, contained in the omnibus, that applies to any nonprofit legal services organization receiving funding from the Legal Services Commission…