I have made it very clear in my presentation to the Senate this morning that I am talking about mischievous amendments not only by Republicans but my colleagues over here. I also say this of the farm bill: I was listening this morning to…

I think there is tremendous incentive. First of all, they could have their amendment heard--their relevant amendment. And there is nothing to stop us from having the managers of the bill sit down and work out a procedure where they can…

I agree with my friend from Kentucky. Farmers do deserve more than what is going on here. You know, I took only one course in logic in college, but I did pretty well in that course. And what I would say to my friend is, it is illogical…

on the farm bill, it is a 5-year bill, scored at about $280 billion. It is a bill we need to look at the positive aspects of, and I have done that on a number of occasions. The nutrition title is one of the bright spots of the bill. Food…

Yesterday we reached another tragic milestone in Iraq. It seems it never stops. We lost five young American soldiers. That means 2007 has been the deadliest year for our troops in the entire war. In just a few months, we will be starting…

I have no problem with the 19 rollcall votes. I do have a problem with 4 weeks. I do have a problem with 245 amendments. That is why I think we should have a process whereby people offer amendments, if they are relevant, to the farm bill…

any Senator--not me, any Senator--on any bill has the same power I have to stop the setting aside of an amendment to offer another amendment. It is not me. The Senator from New Hampshire can do it, the Senator from Arizona, or the Senator…

I had a long meeting last night with the Speaker of the House and Senate Members, which lasted several hours. It is very clear that next week is going to be a very difficult week. The following week is going to be very difficult--important…

in my remarks dealing with the CHIP bill, I spoke profusely about the cooperation of the distinguished Speaker. She has been wonderful on this issue. Sometimes, you leave out your friends. Steny Hoyer and I have known each other for many…

we have a lot to do, there is no question about that. But I said to one of my friends on the Republican side several days ago, when he was lamenting the fact that the President's standing was low and ours in Congress was low, I said to…

children's health is a tremendously difficult issue because children all over America need to be able to go to a doctor when they are sick or hurt. The way this body is operating now basically is that we are not going to be able to…

I have a deal. Again, trying to be more reasonable than I probably should be, but in an effort to try to be fair, I would consider offering a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to CHIP following the farm bill, and if cloture is voted…

last night, temperatures fell in many parts of the east coast and, frankly, even the west coast has been getting cold. It was cold in Searchlight. I talked to my brother this morning and he had to start his fire. Searchlight is much colder…

one of the nominations we approved is Dr. William H. Frist to be a member of the board of directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of 3 years. This is Bill Frist who worked with us in the Senate for 12 years, who was…

5 years ago today, the Senate lost one of its hardest working, most respected Members: Senator Paul Wellstone. I can still remember very clearly the phone call I received from Pete Rouse, who was the chief of staff for Senator Daschle, and…

earlier this year, we had a chance at comprehensive immigration reform. I agree with the President of the United States that we should do comprehensive immigration reform. President Bush and I, I repeat, were in agreement. That effort…

I am so pleased the Presiding Officer is the junior Senator from the State of Virginia. I don't believe there is a Senator during these last 9 months who has added more structure to the Iraq debate than the Senator from Virginia. I say…

I had indicated earlier today that I was going to move to go to conference. The record should reflect that Speaker Pelosi and I have talked about this matter and we think it would be appropriate to go to conference. It is my understanding…

I have indicated, Madam President, we have a lot of work to do. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee and I have stated on a number of occasions that on controversial judicial nominations we are not going to move on those until the…

I want to underscore and confirm we are working hard to try to get a bill or bills to the President as quickly as we can. The conferences are moving along well. I instructed my folks to make sure that Republicans know what is going on with…

I had a meeting late yesterday afternoon with the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Senator Rockefeller. He indicated to me that he and Senator Bond, the vice chair of that Intelligence Committee, are moving forward this week to have…

October 15 is the fifth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, NLAAD. I rise in observance of this important day to increase our understanding of the Latino community's struggle with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As we draw attention to the…

one of the areas we need to get to--and I want to do it before we leave on November 16--is Indian health, which is something that is long overdue. If we talk about people who need health care, everybody would stand in line as second in…

I served with Senator Domenici for my entire time in the Senate on the Appropriations Committee. We worked on the Energy and Water Subcommittee over many years. During most of that time, he was either chairman or I was chairman, and the…

we have on this bill that is now before the Senate--the Commerce-Justice appropriations bill--about eight amendments that Democrats have pending or wish to offer, and we have 26 Republican amendments. Everyone should understand we are…