this was a good, hard-fought battle. I am disappointed we did not pick up one more vote, but I know how difficult it was for some of my Republican colleagues to vote the way they did, and I admire and appreciate that very much. We are…

The last time I was in California, I saw one of the marquees, $4 a gallon. In Nevada, everyplace is more than $3 a gallon.

No. 2, we must begin to break our country's addiction to oil. We are addicted to oil. Even President Bush said that. We will use 21 million barrels of oil today. Almost 70 percent of it we import from foreign countries and most are led by…

the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Gates, told all of us the Wednesday before we broke for Thanksgiving that the troops would be fine--the Army until the first of March, the Marines until the middle of March. That is what he told us. I believe…

Isn't this something? Would I modify my request for the Barretts from Sparks to get billions of dollars for the troops in Iraq? The answer is no. We have just appropriated $470 billion, and there will be appropriate measures before we…

I am proud that the Senate will have taken strong action tonight to help stop the genocide in Darfur. I would like to commend Senator Dodd for his hard work to get the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 passed. I would also…

I wish to speak this morning about another issue that concerns not just Democrats but members of both parties and our entire country. It is often said that a man has nothing but his reputation, his honor, and his integrity. I believe that…

I got a letter in my office this week from Ron Gettekfubger, president of the United Auto Workers Association, saying: Thanks for your work on the Energy bill. The automobile workers, Detroit favors this legislation. The environmental…

Certainly the Senate is a place for squabbles. We have had lots of them. But also with the work that has to be done in this body, sometimes it takes a little debate here and there. Today has been an important day for the Senate. We have…

during the Clinton years we did some good things for this country, and when the history books are written, one of the things that will be paramount in those accounts will be what President Clinton did, with his allies in Congress, to turn…

I am confident of the reports we get this morning that the President sent a personal letter to North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-Il. He sent a letter. That is important. I have not read the letter, but all the news accounts indicate it is…

I have been in the minority; I understand how that works. But the record is very clear that on rare occasions did we oppose motions to proceed. We did but on rare occasions. Keep in mind, as I have said, during this period of time--not…

See, Mr. President, this is the problem we have all the time. The Chairman, Senator Harkin, said Senator Chambliss and he had agreed to have less than 40 amendments. I said, fine. But it is always this rope-a-dope--no, it is not 40; we are…

I think we all can agree we should fix the AMT. We should have done it much earlier this year. Shortly, I am going to present a unanimous consent agreement based on a very simple proposition: Our time is running short; therefore, we should…

During my time in public office, I have had the opportunity to serve with many good men and women. During my time serving in Congress, I have had the opportunity to make a friendship with Trent Lott. Senator Daschle gave me the freedom…

President Bush spoke from the Rose Garden this morning. It is hard to comprehend his words, the President of the United States going to the Rose Garden today, saying he wanted us to use the time left in this congressional year to ``support…

I would hope during the next 2 weeks we can work out these differences. It is a very important bill for the entrepreneurial spirit of veterans. This is a good bill, and we have worked hard on it. So I hope we can work it out. I am…

last night I had the honor and pleasure of going to a birthday party. I, personally, never had birthday parties. My mother always said my birthday was too close to Christmas, so I guess we made up for it on Christmas. But the party last…

with all the ``he said, she said'' that has been going on in this body this week, everyone should all agree with one voice we passed extremely important legislation, terrorism insurance, which gives breathing room to the American free…

on October 31, President Bush proclaimed November 2007 as National American Indian Heritage Month. American Indians influence and enrich our culture. I am proud of the contributions that Nevada's tribes have made and continue to make in my…

on the farm bill, what has happened these past 10 days is extraordinarily wrong and negative. Today the Republicans have a decision to make: Are they going to allow the farm bill to proceed? Everyone out there from all over this country…

Yesterday was a day of real negativity by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. The country could have benefitted from passage of TRIA, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which is so important. We must do that before the end of the…

I was talking about how unusual this war is. Twelve and a half percent of the wounded have eye injuries. I don't know how many we have lost track of because we don't have recent reports, but more than 35,000 have been injured, and 12…

each day that goes by, the depth and severity of our country's subprime mortgage foreclosure crisis emerges. It is very difficult. This week I spoke to former Secretary of the Treasury Rubin. I spoke also to the present Secretary of the…

I answer to my friend who has done such an outstanding job on this bill, as she does on everything, this bill did have in it $195 million to replace I-35 West, the bridge in Minneapolis. We all witnessed the tragedy of the collapse of that…