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I wonder, with the easy week the majority leader has had this week, could you tell us what we will do after we finish the gun liability legislation?

in 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson designated the second week of February as ``Negro History Week,'' an opportunity for America to recognize the achievements and contributions made by African Americans. As a result of promoting our…

I rise to join Senators Campbell, Hatch and Leahy to offer the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act amendment. The purpose of the amendment is simple. It would exempt present and retired law enforcement officers from State and local laws…

I got a call from a dear friend in Nevada today, a surgeon. He is very active in public affairs, a very close friend of our Republican Governor. He told me that in Nevada, where the Governor called a special session that we have caps, the…

I know H.R. 3740 is an important piece of legislation. It extends the highway bill now in effect for 4 months. I have not spoken to Senator Inhofe today, but we have communicated through staff. He and I would rather have a 1-month…

The President's people want to reclassify people who work at McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's as manufacturing so that the loss of manufacturing jobs appears less. But would the Senator comment on the fact that it seems it may be…

I am stunned by the statement of Secretary Paige. I have the greatest respect for Governor Doyle. I know if he said he said it, he said it. But with regard to the NEA, for example, someone I went to high school with spent much of his adult…

from time to time I say nice things about Senators on this side of the aisle, and I do not often enough say nice things about those on the other side of the aisle. I want to say the presentation made by the junior Senator from Missouri is…

I have said on this floor on a number of occasions how the chairman and ranking member of the full committee and how the subcommittee chair and the ranking member of the subcommittee have worked together for more than a year to come up…

My friend's memory is very good. The figure is $67 billion. And people wait in traffic and waste 5.6 billion gallons of gasoline every year.

Milton Wesley Sanders passed away on Tuesday, February 10, in Washington, DC. He was one of the rapidly vanishing members of what we rightfully call the ``greatest generation''. These valiant Americans who fought in World War II did not…

I appreciate my chairman acknowledging the fact at this stage--things could happen later on--we have another amendment on our side and two more amendments on the other side, and that is all we know of on this bill. There may be other…

Legislation is the art of compromise. Had Senator Inhofe stuck to his guns and I stuck to my guns, we would not have a bill. That is nothing bad. That is what legislation is all about, consensus building.

As our Nation's 76 million Baby Boomers near retirement age, the number of Americans over age 65 will double to 70 million--one-fifth of the population. Americans older than 85 represent the fastest growing segment of this population and…

I take a brief minute to express my appreciation, as I have done in this Chamber before, to the chairman of the Finance Committee and the ranking member of the Finance Committee, Senators Grassley and Baucus, for their outstanding work on…

I think the picture here says it all. We have on the floor now two of the majority party and two of the minority party, representing diverse areas of this country, including Wyoming, Missouri, Vermont, and Nevada... My point is that this…

My question to him and everyone within the sound of my voice would be: Working for whom? As has been indicated, we have staggering deficits. We have a staggering debt that was not there when this man took the office of President a little…

I think he is probably right, they are working for the elite of this country, people who are in the upper income brackets. Does the Senator from Illinois know of anyone else who is receiving a benefit from the tax cuts?

I want to acknowledge how difficult this has been for the majority leader. This has been extremely difficult. I know there is pressure from a lot of different sources to do things differently than we have done this week. I say to the…

I know the Senator from Oklahoma says this is political season. We are in the Senate. Every day of our life is political season. That is what we do. That is what we do for the American people. That is what we do for the people of the State…

The Senator does recall in that book where Vice President Cheney, when Paul O'Neill said we should take a look at these deficits that are building up, and does the Senator recall--this is almost a direct quote--Vice President Cheney…

Is that the same Larry Lindsey who was fired because he said the war in Iraq would cost more than $100 billion?

I owe so much to the Senator from New Jersey, as does my whole family, and I speak for most families--I should say the vast majority of families in America, many of whom don't realize what the Senator from New Jersey has done to make their…

The Senator from New Jersey was responsible for one of the most memorable debates that I ever was present for in the Senate... They have to be put in jail. They have to be prevented from driving their cars.