The reason I say that, if there is some anticipation that if things don't work out, we are going to go beyond next week, our folks should know that.

He made a wonderful statement. He said, Why should the Federal Government have to pay extra money for what we aren't doing?

I received a call before the last recess from the chair of the Business Roundtable. This is a group composed of Democrats and Republicans but, frankly, more Republicans than Democrats, and they represent the American business community…

I so appreciate the courtesy that is so normal and usual from my friend from Alabama. Mr. President, it is so interesting that here it is 5 days before we are set to adjourn, 6 weeks before an election, and this border fence bill has been…

They are waiting, as you indicated. They need to prepare these forms. It costs money to do this. In my State--it is different than your State--we pay a very large sales tax. In your State you don't have a sales tax, you have an income tax.

You get a deduction. There are 12 million families in States without a State income tax, and they are not going to have the benefit of that--12 million families. I talked to my friend--I don't think he would be embarrassed if I mentioned…

I am sorry to talk about my niece so much. Her name is Lari Dawn. She is named after my dad and my brother, Larry. We love Lari Dawn. But she is one of 3.3 million teachers who are forced to reach into their own pockets to provide supplies…

I appreciate his coming here, as the people of Montana and the people of Nevada want, with just commonsense legislation. This is going to pass. I cannot imagine that this legislative body would walk away from here and not pass this must-do…

The answer is, yes, he received that. I assume one would expect that from somebody who had a throne while he was over there.

I say to my friend, I spent the weekend reading a book. I did other things. I spent a lot of time on an airplane. The book is called ``Fiasco,'' written by a man named Thomas Ricks who has spent his life covering the military. He has…

It started out at $18 billion. But as the Senator from Illinois will remember, part of that money, stacks of one-hundred- dollar bills, was used by some of the contractors who were sent over there to play football games--some of these same…

I don't think he did. Even though he was doing a heck of a job, I don't think he obtained a medal from the White House.

I say to my friend, this war is approaching 3\1/2\ years, and there has not been a single congressional oversight hearing on the conduct of the war. This war has now cost us, the American taxpayers, about $325 billion. There has not been a…

The article goes on to say--and I say to my friend and anyone within the sound of my voice: To recruit the people he wanted, O'Beirne sought resumes from the offices of Republican congressmen, conservative think tanks and GOP activists. He…

for more than 3 years, this Congress, which has been given the name of the ``do-nothing Congress,'' has turned a blind eye to the intractable war in Iraq, ignoring the administration's many mistakes and allowing it to stay on a failed…

I think my friend, the distinguished majority whip, is talking about things that really do not exist. We have now in the Senate a bipartisan agreement on how to approach the Hamdan decision, the detainee problem. We had all Democrats and…

changing subjects just for a minute, prior to the August recess, Republicans attempted to win support for their attempt to repeal the estate tax by attaching that to a flawed minimum wage increase that was only meant for show and not to…

last Friday the Senate Committee on Intelligence released a bipartisan report that discussed Iraq's links to terrorism and the use of information provided by the Iraqi National Congress. These reports provided the American people with…

Senator Levin would be here, but he is, to say the least, tied up in the Armed Services Committee. He has been working with others to get a bipartisan measure to the floor so we can deal with the detainee problem that was brought to a head…

again, before I get to the need for this amendment, let me be clear. This is about good government. It has nothing to do with politics. I notified the distinguished majority leader of my intentions to speak this afternoon, well in…

is there an objection or not? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Missouri object?

I rise today to honor a momentous occasion in the history of Nevada and one of my favorite pastimes: boxing. This September 16, 2006, marks the 100th anniversary of the longest boxing match in history fought under Queensbury rules. For…

with this last vote, the senior Senator from Montana, Max Baucus, casts his 10,000th vote. He has entered into very good company having cast his 10,000th vote. Senator Sarbanes, Senator Lugar, and Senator Hatch are in the company with him…

shortly there will be a debate on an amendment that was offered on my behalf and a number of other Democrats. It is an amendment that would implement all 41 recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission. The amendment would equip our…

I was honored to join with President Bush and others at the Pentagon yesterday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of 9/11. I was pleased, also to join my colleagues on the east steps of the Capitol last evening in an emotional tribute to…