One of the Democratic Senators spoke with the majority leader. The majority leader said these things need to come up every year or two. That is the reason.

My only correction of the distinguished Senator is it is $2.5 billion a week the war is costing us, about $10 billion a month. I mentioned, I say to my friend, the definition I got in college about a central hole divided into…

I just returned from my State of Nevada. For example, I did an event that received a lot of attention dealing with gas prices. Gas prices are so significant. Nevada has the third highest gas prices in all the country. Unfortunately, we…

I respond to my friend that I am stunned. I am stunned that it has taken weeks, weeks, weeks, and weeks to even be able to deal with money for our troops, the supplemental appropriations bill. I am in a quandary. I am so grateful that I…

It is a matter of priorities, I say to my friend, a matter of priorities, what is important to this administration. Obviously, it is not gas prices. Obviously, it is not college tax deduction. Obviously, it is not this debt. I say to my…

Maybe--I think it has been about a year; I have lost track of the time--maybe what we are going to be coming up with after these, maybe we will have the Schiavo matter come up again. What does the Senator think of that?

And I remind my friend, the Defense of Marriage Act passed when we had a Democratic President and a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate. I am quite sure that is right, at least in the Senate; I don't know about the House. We…

Reclaiming my time, in due consideration, Mr. President, everything around here with the majority is due consideration. We are going to do an energy bill after we finish gay marriage, estate tax, flag burning--things that are important to…

We know, I say to my friend, what can be done in this body if we get a nudge from the President, a little bipartisanship. Look what we did, I say to my friend. We spent several weeks on the Senate floor on a bipartisan basis passing a…

gas prices are over $3 a gallon. Fill-ups at the tank, of course, cause emptiness at the bank. This administration, the most friendly to oil Presidency in our history, refuses to buck big oil with the auto manufacturers. Our citizens are…

It is this administration's way of avoiding the tough, the real problems American citizens are confronted with each and every day.

I intend to vote against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. This youthful, relatively inexperienced nominee lacks the credentials to be approved for a lifetime appointment to the second most important…

I will use leader time so as not to interfere with the schedule on the floor. I said at the beginning of this debate 2 weeks ago that this was a blockbuster. I said that this is the summer season for movies and this is the time for…

I yield 1 hour of my time postcloture to the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator has that right. The Senator from Pennsylvania.

My question is, What time does the leader want to come in in the morning? I understand it is 9:15.

from April 29 to May 1, 2006, approximately 1,200 students from across the country participated in the national finals competition of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, an educational program developed to educate young people…

with the consent of the majority leader, I ask unanimous consent that the time for the recess begin now, 12 minutes early. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I was just notified a few minutes ago that Lloyd Bentsen died. For those of us who have had the pleasure of serving with Lloyd Bentsen, this is a sad day. There was no one who better represented the Senate than Lloyd Bentsen. He looked…

We as Democrats are declaring our commitment to change.

I just finished a meeting in my office. It was emotional, to say the least. Two mothers--both mothers of Marine Corps men--came to my office to tell me about their boys who were killed in Iraq. I asked each of them to tell me about their…

like most Americans, I welcomed the news over the weekend that the Iraqi political leaders had created parts of a new government. It is certainly a useful step toward the kind of Iraq we all want to see. Like most Americans, I hope this…

I have forgotten quite a bit about that, so maybe you should go ahead and explain it.

I will make a brief comment. Mr. President, we started out on this with the decision that we were going to try to do some legislation on this very difficult bill. This is from our perspective. We wanted to move through this an amendment at…

That certainly is appropriate. Mr. President, as you know, we don't run this place. I don't know why we need to wait an hour and 45 minutes to vote. We are going to have votes in the morning anyway. I talked to Senator Kennedy. It is all…

that is not fair to our folks over here. If we are going to have a vote tonight, let's vote and let people go home. Those people who want to still stand around and talk--that is Nelson and Ensign and Landrieu or anybody else--let them do…