I served for some time as chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative branch. During those years, there was an effort made to cut funding for the Library of Congress. I became an expert on funding for the Library of…

I personally appreciate the distinguished Republican leader having a pro forma session tomorrow and our being out on Friday. We don't recognize often enough publicly the great work that the staff does. These people around here work so…

the energy committee, Senators Domenici and Bingaman, are to be congratulated. I say that because usually the committee waits until the very last minute, and then we have a load of bills that can't be lifted. There are scores of them. This…

I rise today to recognize Alejandro Fernandez as one of Mexico's leading musical performers and a strong supporter of philanthropic causes throughout the world. A Latin Grammy award winner, Mr. Fernandez is among Mexico's most famous…

I had some meetings this morning and was not planning on coming to the Chamber, but walking through the Senate today took me back to when I went to law school. When I went to law school in a very large class at George Washington…

I rise to commemorate an occasion that is becoming more important with every passing year. In 1968, Congress designated the week of September 15 Hispanic Heritage Week. The celebration was subsequently extended to include the entire month…

And I say this, too: Senator Byrd and Senator Stevens did some good work in allowing Members to get to this work, along with you and Senator Daschle, so the whole body should be favorably inclined. This has been hard work. We read off a…

I think the work that we did this past several days on the Homeland Security appropriations bill should set the tone and the direction that we can take the next few weeks to complete any number of appropriations bills. If we continue with…

This bill is very important, and it does something I think could be a model for what goes on around the country.

I am so gratified to hear the leader speaking on this topic. Yesterday, we had a vote that took 45 minutes. I suggested to the floor staff maybe we should do away with the 15-minute limitation and wait until the last person shows up. It is…

I really appreciate very much you and Senator Wyden and others arranging this hearing.

It's a very good bill, because Senator Ensign and I are both unhappy with the situation and I think that's a good sign that the bill is good.

Congress has the sole authority to designate lands to be managed as wilderness and the Nevada Congressional delegation has shown on more than one occasion that sometimes controversial issues can be resolved in a collaborative bipartisan…

I will say this to everyone here assembled. Senator Smith/Senator Wyden really did set a good example for Senator Ensign and I.

without compromise we might as well not even have a Bill.

This is a bill that Senator Ensign and the entire congressional delegation from Nevada believes is a win for both Lincoln and Clark Counties.

It takes care of the very difficult problems we have dealing with wilderness, which is so contentious on a lot of occasions.

I have heard Senator Reid say that this is probably the most complex land bill he has ever seen.

I say as sincerely as I can to my friend, who is my counterpart on the majority side, don't connect these two bills. We are aware and concerned about the problems in Florida and we will work to help. We have two Democratic Senators from…

I today congratulate Dr. Catherine Snelson, assistant professor of geoscience at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for receiving the 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, PECASE. This award is the highest…

I again ask the majority to take a close look at what we are doing. Let us finish Homeland Security appropriations and worry about Florida--and I realize it takes a lot of worrying because they have had calamities that are untoward in our…

I will not list all of these, but suffice it to say, again, on January 16, as reported in your book, there was a vote on an amendment you had offered to add $5 billion. By a party-line vote that was defeated. It had $5 billion. You reduced…

I have in my library a book that he recommended written by someone from South Dakota on this subject, a book on this terrible problem that affects a lot of different people, especially in Indian country. I have never forgotten that book…

On June 6, 2002, the Senate passed by a vote of 71 to 22 a supplemental money bill that contained $8.3 billion for homeland security. . . . On June 17, the president's senior advisor recommended a veto of that bill because it contained…

In August 2002, the president failed to make an emergency designation for $2.5 billion for homeland security to specifically address shortcomings identified by the Rudman/ Hart Report on terrorism vulnerabilities. . . . Bush said at the…