Jon S. Corzine

this is an amendment that is very simple in nature. It calls for the elimination of tax breaks for those with incomes greater than $1 million, that is less than two-tenths of 1 percent of income-tax payers in the United States with incomes…

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

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…

Well, the Senator from Connecticut raises a good point because I think when business decides it wants to outsource 14 time zones away or 12 time zones away, there are enormous synergies in business that are lost--the ability for people to…

The Senator from Montana is exactly right, some of the regulatory restrictions or ability to actually penetrate some of these markets, while they may meet the letter of the law with regard to trade agreements, are virtually impossible…

The $140 billion the Senator from Connecticut spoke about with regard to salaries on the chart the Senator previously showed, there is a multiplier effect. It is almost three times that value to the economy. The Senator had the chart which…

the issue before the Senate is pretty clear. This is a simple principle: Will we protect law enforcement officers such as Officer Lemongello from losing their rights under this bill or won't we? The fact is, the narrow drawing of these…

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.

my distracted driving amendment addresses one of the most serious highway safety problems in our Nation: distracted and fatigued driving. When drivers talk on their cell phones, change radio stations, eat, or otherwise fail to devote their…

I rise to speak on an issue about which I have spoken a number of times and which I passionately believe needs to be addressed--frankly, it is one that is well past the maturation stage where it should have been addressed--and that is an…

First of all, I compliment him. I am quite supportive of the Senate Intelligence Committee doing a total rundown on both the collection and the analysis that led both to the Iraq situation and some of the failures he mentioned with regard…

It seems to me it is absolutely essential we understand how the President of the United States can put those 16 words--which were in absolute conflict with the information that generally was available in the Intelligence Committee, if I…

I have serious ambivalence about how we should deal with the specifics of this measure. Unfortunately, through the conference process, a product has emerged that differs from that sought by our leaders here in the Senate. It is with some…

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 repeat, the policies of this bill on overtime, media concentration, and certainly gun safety records are just incredibly out of connection with the reality of the world in which we live today. Work should be valued, open debate should be…

today, along with Senators Coleman, Lautenberg and Voinovich, I am submitting a resolution to address a serious and persistent problem: the unfair and inequitable treatment of Israel in the United Nations. The resolution urges the…

I would like to start with a little bit of perspective on the judiciary, and I would like to respond a bit to the economic arguments I heard discussed over the last 30 minutes which are sort of not in touch with reality, certainly not in…

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

Again, I think we have our priorities mixed up here. There are a whole bunch of folks in this country who benefit enormously from the minimum wage. When they go out and buy things, that will stimulate the economy. One of the great…

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…

I think you have spoken brilliantly tonight, about the idea of trying to divide us over something that is basically a disingenuous issue to start with. You talk about the 98 percent. Over the last 24 hours, we have seen this 168 to 4 over…

I appreciate the discussion with the Senator from Missouri. What we have here, in my view, at 20 minutes of 4 on a Thursday morning, is a view that there were different techniques used by the folks on the other side of the aisle to…

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 rise today on Veterans Day to introduce the Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act. This bill would fundamentally change the way the Department of Veterans Affairs is addressing the growing Hepatitis C epidemic, and would…