if I may say to my friend, the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, and my friend from Wyoming, we did not have time to do this legislation, but we had to take time to do this legislation. This is an example of how committees working…

I expressed regret that the process for confirming judicial nominees had become too partisan in recent years. From 1995 to 2000, the Republican-controlled Senate treated President Clinton and his judicial nominees with great disrespect…

Judge Southwick says the decision was about technical issues, but the dissent in the case by Judge King is eloquent. I mean eloquent. I hadn't read that opinion prior to my conversations with Senator McConnell, but I have read it. I…

there is a lot of good news today legislatively. Mr. President, let me say this is the end of a long haul to do a bill that is extremely important. This is a bipartisan bill. There are a number of people who have worked extremely hard on…

Benjamin Franklin once said: ``Genius without education is like silver in the mine.'' It is unquestioned that a college education is the single greatest weight on the scales of success. Yet today, more and more working-class Americans are…

the surge has now been going for 6 months. More than 600 Americans have been killed, thousands have been wounded, costing our country $60 billion. The National Intelligence Estimate which was issued today--was leaked by someone last…

let me just say a few more words. We have been prevented from acting on the 9/11 recommendations. I should say that now we are in conference, and I am so appreciative of that. I understand Chairman Lieberman is going to hold his first…

this has been a long week, and it is hard to comprehend, but it is only Wednesday, Wednesday morning. We have now been in session continuously for 2 days. On Monday, I submitted a simple request for consent to proceed to an up-or-down vote…

First, Mr. President, I extend my appreciation--I speak for all Senators, Democrats and Republicans--for the help we received this past 2 days from the employees who are working in the Capitol complex. Hundreds and hundreds of employees…

I rise today to honor Tad Dunbar, a Northern Nevada institution. Tad has been a part of the newscast for KOLO-TV for over 35 years, and has been involved in broadcasting for over 48 years. At the age of 15, Tad began his media career as a…

Yes, once again what we have seen with my friend from Mississippi, and he is my friend--we have seen Republican leadership resort to technical maneuvers to block progress on this crucial amendment. It would be one thing for Republicans to…

There are no more solemn decisions facing Members of Congress than the conduct of the war and the placing of our troops in harm's way. As you know, more than 3,600 brave Americans have lost their lives and more than $400 billion has been…

I say to my friend, during the years you have mentioned, there have been democratically controlled Senates, Republican controlled Senates, but it doesn't matter who is controlling the Senate, we have always done these bills with simple…

Today, when we finish morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the Department of Defense authorization bill. The amount of work we have to do this work period is significant. As I have indicated, we want to do what we can…

I wanted to brag about Nevada a little bit. You know, the interesting thing, I say to my friend from Virginia, Nellis Air Force Base--when it was started during the Second World War, it was known as the Las Vegas Gunnery School, and then…

40 percent of the State of Nevada is restricted military airspace--40 percent of it. It is all controlled by the military.

We have Nellis Air Force Base which, as you know, is such a great facility for training our fighter pilots. That is for the Air Force. In the northern part of the State, as you know, we have the Naval Air Training Center, which is for the…

Mr. President, my worst fears on this bill, the Defense authorization bill, have been realized. We have just seen the Republican leadership again resort to this technical maneuver to block progress on this crucial amendment. It would be…

after 52 months--about 210 weeks--and about 1,500 days, America finds itself mired in one of the most tragic foreign policy blunders in our Nation's history. The sad part about it is, there is no end in sight. In my view, and that of…

the Levin-Reed amendment requires the President to take steps to responsibly end the war that the country and our brave men and women in uniform deserve and demand, but it does not set specific troop levels and, certainly, schedules other…

I was in college a number of years ago. One of the things we studied was George Orwell's ``1984,'' which is a classic. It is a classic because George Orwell points out a futuristic society as he sees it. One of the things that has become…

Today, America has lost this great woman. The greatest asset Lyndon Johnson had was his wife. I join my colleagues and all Americans in tribute to this great American woman. I did not have the good fortune to know Lady Bird Johnson. She…

Anyone who watched the tornadoes in Kansas and other States' emergencies knows how crucial a well-maintained and supported Reserve force is to our domestic safety. Some have tried to confuse this issue by calling it an infringement of…

lobbying and ethics reform, the most significant change in the history of the country, has been passed by the House and the Senate. Why is it not signed into law? Because the Republicans are stopping us from going to it. There are all…

I say to my friend, everything we have done for the past 7 months has been in spite of the roadblocks, the obstruction tactics the Republicans have put up. We have done it in spite of that. We have to this point 43 different cloture…