I say to my friend, when we talked about this early in the day, Senator Daschle made a decision there is no payback time. We are not trying in any way to get even with the Republicans for holding up judges. If we did that, if we were…

I actually know how Searchlight got its name, I say to my friend through the distinguished Presiding Officer. Searchlight got its name because someone said, ``I found gold,'' and someone said he would ``need a searchlight to find it.'' I…

This week, the Environmental Working Group, called EWG, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary of shaping the public debate on issues ranging from farm policy to the many other issues dealing with the environment. The EWG was founded by…

I say to my friend, we not only can say what we will do, but we can talk about what we have done. We have a record of accomplishment of working with the majority. We worked very hard, not only on appropriations bills but other important…

I say to my friend, it is obvious. Think of that schedule, 30 hours beginning at 6 o'clock Wednesday going all night, all night until midnight the next night. Is that going to bring about a fatigue factor here? Of course, it will. People…

I say to my friend, Senator Daschle agreed that we would work today and tomorrow, when all of a sudden we learned toward the middle of last week that the schedule this week was going to be interrupted by 30 hours talking about four judges…

I say to my friend, that is absolutely right. Barkett, Paez, and Berzon all required 60 votes--60 votes. Without 60 votes, these people could not serve. And so for someone to have the audacity to say: By filibuster, the first time it has…

that was a huge amount of money in 1905. Before the end of the same year, the mine would have produced more than $1 million, a huge sum of money for just after the turn of the century. In August 1905, 325 men were employed in the mines in…

Pahrump is a town that is, by the way, now more than 40,000 people, unincorporated. It is a town that was blessed with large amounts of water. Pahrump is some Indian term dealing with water. It has lots of water. They actually grew cotton…

Didn't you always feel that no matter what political party the Member of Congress was who asked the question, it had no bearing on the answer? Isn't that true?

I asked the White House by letter to give me the breakdown of the cost of all of these trips they take around the country campaigning for people. Who pays for that? Is it paid for by the taxpayers of this country? Is it paid for by the…

And there was never a question raised as to whether it was a Democratic Congressman or Senator or Republican House Member or Senator asking the question; isn't that right?

This amendment is offered by the Senator from Michigan, and it never took into consideration doing anything that was unconstitutional?

I read that article to which you refer. It seems there is now new criteria established at the White House, that only if you are a Republican will they answer questions of a Member of Congress. Is that what that article said?

What that article says is a State of 9 million people, which has democratically elected Democratic Senators, these two Senators would not be able to ask questions of that administration; is that what it does?

I hope we can get things done here. There is so much to be done. I said last night, and I spoke from the heart, people in Nevada at our military bases, Fallon and Ellis, need this Military Construction bill passed. I don't know why we are…

The Internet bill which we are talking about here on the Senate floor is an important piece of legislation. I think it is important we understand this Internet tax bill. It deals with some very important issues. It is a bill that seeks to…

He is an expert on issues relating to defense. I am sure on a weekly basis, if not more often, he makes inquiries at the Pentagon and other offices of the executive branch of Government as to questions he has in his role as the lead…

we feel part of the accomplishments of this Senate. But for our cooperation and hard work, we would not have accomplished as much as we have. Earlier in this week we did some very good things and we produced a lot of work. We cannot undue…

Let me say about this bill, no matter the merit of it, I know people feel very strongly about it. The Senator from Tennessee, who was here in the Chamber a few minutes ago, the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Voinovich, the Senator from Virginia…

let me initially state I have the highest respect for Pat Roberts, with whom I served for a number of years on the Ethics Committee. I served with him in the House of Representatives. I also have the highest respect and the deepest…

I withdraw the unanimous consent request and express my appreciation for hearing that at a later time the leader will determine how he feels the time should be allotted. I am glad he is thinking about some allocation of time to the…

the point is if there needs to be a discussion on judges, we don't have to wait until Wednesday at 6 o'clock. We can start talking right now on this legislation because judges have to enforce the law. It is a law we are talking about. They…

I support the amendment that will be offered by the Democratic leader in a short time. It is important the American public recognizes speaking on behalf of the American consumer is a farmer, a Senator, but his first vocation is that as a…

I direct a further question to my friend. Is he telling me then, in the waning days of this legislative session of the National Legislature that we are spending time on a vote that has already been taken--there will not be a single vote…