I happened to pass by, and I am glad I did because my friend, the Senator from Texas, the junior Senator from Texas, is talking about facts that do not exist. The comment about the 72 stabbings came from me. The fact is, in looking very…

any time we have a President as unpopular as our President, the numbers of all people who serve in Government are down, and Congress is part of that. I would say that the facts are what they are. We have been obstructed on virtually…

we had the opportunity last year to debate, at great length, immigration. We spent weeks of Senate time on immigration. I appreciate the concern of those interested in moving those bills we reported. We knew it was coming. There was a big…

Mr. President, I certainly complain when things do not go well here on the floor and we are unable to legislate. I think that what has transpired on the CPSC legislation is how we should legislate. I hope it continues that way. In that…

I think it is important I respond to my distinguished counterpart. We did not pull the bill. We were unable to go to the bill. We moved to proceed to the bill and had to file cloture. We could not get 60 votes because we had 1 Republican…

you can't bring back to the table someone who never left. My friend, the distinguished Senator from Kentucky, says he would hope we would come back to the table. We never left. Procedurally, we have a unique situation here where you have…

the 72 filibusters are Republican filibusters, not Democratic holds of any kind, like Southwick, like FISA. I would say this: Of course, Democrats voted many times with Republicans to invoke cloture on motions to proceed. We had no choice…

I would say this: They were not generous enough. This man deserves far more than that. I hope someday, in the next few months, someone asks me in detail, because there should be a historical account of this man's service in the Senate. I…

I would briefly say, Madam President, I, with Senator Domenici, have been involved in producing huge amounts of money for research into clean coal.

I think we are all going to miss Mr. Buckley. We have all watched him on TV. He has used words which were not developed in Searchlight, NV, but he had a great knowledge of the English language. He was always such a gentleman, even though…

I think we should continue that research. Right now I am totally unsatisfied as to where we are with clean coal technology. But we should spend more money because we have great resources, and maybe someday we can work it out so it will…

let me briefly say to everyone here, if the minority decides they want to do something about the housing crisis, all they have do is work with Senator Dodd, with Senator Baucus, who are easy to work with, and we will be happy to try to…

I think the Senator would acknowledge there were things I wanted to put in this bill and he said it is not the right time to do it. I accepted his jurisdiction of the Banking Committee, and I called him and said, OK--I didn't say Mr…

The reason the rules of the Senate are set up as they are is to give Senators the ability to protect themselves. However, the motion to proceed has been abused. Everything that we have tried to do, everything--we have had to file cloture…

it is another day in Iraq and another $400 million. One only need look at the Washington Post, as I did yesterday, to see what is happening in Iraq. Front page: ``Sunni Forces Losing Patience With U.S.'' And it goes on to say how hundreds…

everyone here within the sound of my voice should understand a minute ago there was a big victory. The people on Wall Street are high-fiving. They won again. The big banks won again. Mortgage bankers won again. There are a few losers out…

I am anxious to try to work something out. We have Republicans who have indicated to me they have amendments to offer. I have Democrats who have come to me and actually given me the language of amendments they want to offer. So it is not…

No. I want the record to reflect I would never consider putting a piece of legislation on the floor without talking to my chairmen. I talked to Senator Dodd, I talked to Senator Leahy, I talked to Senator Baucus about what was going to be…

I am the one who suggested the amendments that I have heard the Republicans want to offer. The answer is, no, I have not seen a single amendment. I didn't start talking about amendments this morning. When I moved to this piece of…

Well, we will get the remarks and let the record speak for itself. I would also say this: Yes, we have Georgetown, and we have a friend of mine whom I served in the House of Representatives with who is former Secretary of Housing and Urban…

I want to legislate to deal with the housing crisis. We have a housing crisis. I have one in Nevada, you have one in Illinois, you have one in New York, you have a real big one in Michigan, and California has 25 percent of all the…

I would say to my friend, I indicated I don't like what Senator Specter is trying to do with this bill. He has an absolute right to offer that, and he should be able to do that. What he wants to do basically is have a Durbin…

Yes. I say to my friend, things that have done so much good for our economy--so much good for our economy. We are upside down with red ink on everything. So the answer is: Yes. We need more tax cuts, we need more money spent on wars around…

some parts of the Iraq war are open for debate, but there is a lot we know for sure. These are the facts: Nearly 4,000 American soldiers have been killed, 30,000 wounded, and the wounds of a third of them are very serious. We have…

Mr. President, another day in Iraq. As we see from the morning papers--the Washington Post is a good example--headline: ``Suicide Bomber Hits Bus in Iraq's North.'' Among other things, the article goes on to state: A suicide bomber…