remember the Orwellian-speak from the other side. Everything that my friend has said, just the opposite is factual. We would love to take votes. They won't let us take votes. As with global warming, we offered two amendments, three…

people who are listening to and watching this discussion must go back and understand George Orwell set forth a principle in his book ``1984'' that has become known as Orwellian. What that means is what the person is saying, they mean the…

first of all, my friend's statement about the L.A. Times is as Orwellian as his statement about wanting to cast votes. Understand, everybody, that he means just the opposite. They do not want to cast any votes, so that is why they are…

when President Bush took office, one of the airplanes flying us to the west coast, or to the Midwest, or to the southern part of the States from Washington, DC, the cost of a tank of fuel for that airplane was 15 percent of the overall…

The State of Michigan has lots of problems. No one articulates it better than Senator Stabenow, talking about what is happening to our country with the loss of manufacturing jobs. Of course, sadly, Michigan is a poster State for what is…

last Friday, I spoke of the high energy prices--I have done that on a number of occasions recently--and the need for the Senate to pass the Consumer-First Energy Act. That will be the first vote we will have. When I came to the Senate…

today the price of oil is $132 a barrel. I do not know how the stock market is going to wind up, but with the slap in the face the economy got today with the unemployment rate skyrocketing and the price of oil $132 a barrel, the stock…

People need to understand that the primary is over. We have a candidate. His name is Barack Obama.

People need to understand that the primary's over. We have a candidate, his name is Barack Obama and the Republicans have had a candidate for a couple months and his name is John McCain.

People need to understand that the primary is over. We have a candidate. His name is Barack Obama.

On behalf of all Senators, I thank them for the job they do every day for us--running these documents all over the Capitol, rushing around here to make sure amendments are filed appropriately and, for me, often filing cloture motions. They…

Look at this picture: My friend is complaining about judges. They did this yesterday because of judges. I gave a speech 7, 8 years ago that lasted 9 hours, so they can now say that is fine, these many years later, we are going to force…

I say to my friend, the Republican leader, we have no intention of stalling, not taking care of district court judges. But let us take a look at them. I don't know if there is some--I don't know. They are reported out of the committee…

I would answer my friend in addition to that, the Thurmond Rule is after June 1. There is no Thurmond Rule, is there?

Three judges on the calendar have been there since April 24. These are not people who just popped out of the committee yesterday.

let me explain, this is the never-ending farm bill. We are going to try it again. Tomorrow we hope we can pass it and send it to the President quickly. We hope to send it to the White House in the next day or so. The House has already…

it was just shown to me by my valiant staff--we have a judge from Virginia. We have Warner and we have Webb from Virginia. They get along very well. I am sure that is something we will take a look at. Missouri, the Senators there work well…

We committed to do the three judges. We got one done. We will do our best to get two done. But we have been held up doing that as the member of the Judiciary Committee understands. We had to wait for the ABA report to come in again. I…

I say to my friend, I have had the good fortune to be chairman of your committee twice; one of them was a very short period of time because we were in the majority for a little while. It is a wonderful committee, and I do not know of a…

I wish to have the record spread with how we work together here, not as much as we should, but we do it often. As everyone knows, Senator Kennedy is ill. He has had brain surgery. He is now in a hospital in North Carolina. Senator Byrd has…

I ask my colleagues to be patient for a short time. First of all, these valiant people who are sitting in front of the Presiding Officer have been required today to read for more than 8 hours--total, without any breaks, 8 hours--for no…

First of all, I literally mean that. I don't know what States they are from. I don't know whether the Senators are Democrats, Republicans, States with both. We have not let that stand in our way in the past with district court judges, but…

I only point this out to show how Orwellian my friend's statements are. They wish they could offer amendments on the bill? Now, think about that for a minute. Why aren't we offering amendments on the bill? Because they won't let us. We…

I have made a commitment to do three circuit court judges. I will live up to that to the best of my ability. I said prior to the May recess: I cannot guarantee that, but I am going to do my best. I think that it is something Senator Leahy…

I try to be a very patient man. I know my friend, whom I complimented publicly on the floor, didn't mean what he said this morning about me. I am sure if that were brought to his attention, he would ask that to be taken from the Record…