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Yesterday I voted against legislation that will authorize a massive increase in the Federal debt. This bill highlights the gross irresponsibility of our Nation's current fiscal policies. And I hope that, in casting a negative vote along…
this amendment simply adds $75 million in support of an expanded African union mission in Darfur, Sudan, moneys critically needed to stop the genocide that we all agree, voted on on this floor, is occurring. Hundreds of thousands of lives…
today, along with Senator Daschle, Senator Baucus and Senator Durbin, I am submitting a resolution that calls on the Congress to reject Social Security privatization plans, including those that require deep cuts in guaranteed benefits…
over the summer, I came to the floor and gave a series of various discussions on something I care deeply about, at least from my background, and have some reason to have opinions about, and that is the state of our economy. It is…
this amendment addresses one of the most serious security threats facing our Nation: the threat of a terrorist attack on a chemical facility. As in my State, the great State of North Carolina has had some accidents with regard to chemical…
I wish to discuss, regrettably, the so- called Federal marriage amendment. Regret is a key word when it comes to this amendment, for several reasons. It is regrettable that, in this case, the United States Senate is debating an amendment…
on Saturday, June 5, 2004, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, passed away after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease. I extend my deepest sympathies to the members of his family, who have…
The Senator from Nevada is leading the witness because at that point in time we were in the process of creating 22.5 million jobs over that 4 years--10 million in the last sector. People would earn money and spend money, and it would…
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…
I rise this week to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy and to honor the courageous members of our Armed Forces, especially those from New Jersey, who participated in that decisive battle. In…
Today, along with Senators McCain, Feingold, Cornyn, Leahy, and Bingaman, I am submitting a resolution designed to make it easier for the American people to get information about Congress from the Internet. Almost 10 years ago, the Library…
like many of my colleagues I rise in strong support of the Harkin-Hagel amendment to require full funding of IDEA, providing these increases over 6 years on a mandatory basis. It is straightforward. I think it is absolutely necessary. As a…
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…
I do that, acknowledging, however, there are legitimate questions that can be raised about previous concerns in his tenure as an ambassador in Honduras, and human rights violations which are so important in the context of some of the…
first of all, let me go back and compliment my colleague from Oregon, who I think has analyzed a problem that fits into a pattern of economic pressure that we see building on the middle class in America. There is nothing more fundamental…
I rise along with several of my colleagues, the esteemed Minority Leader, Senator Daschle, the ranking member of the Finance Committee, Senator Baucus, and my colleague from New Jersey, Senator Lautenberg, to introduce legislation that…
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…
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.
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 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.
I am honored to introduce a bill on behalf of Senator Frank Lautenberg and myself to authorize the renaming of the main post office in Fair Lawn, NJ as the Mary Ann Collura Post Office. Mary Ann Collura was the first female police officer…
I rise to speak on America's economic security--rather, I should say America's economic insecurity at the moment. Before the Senator from Oregon leaves the floor, let me compliment him on bringing up one of those issues that absolutely…
it is good news to have an increase in employment in America today. Everyone is pleased to see more jobs are coming into our economy and Democrats, as well as Republicans, are pleased to see more Americans are going to work. But that said…
today we are talking on a series of issues where credibility is at stake. Frankly, I think the credibility of the Senate is at stake with regard to this jobs initiative we are debating on the floor of the Senate today. I understand it is…
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