I am so disappointed in the President. I am sure others think that what he has done is hypocrisy. I will not use that word. I am just terribly disappointed in the President. This is what he said. The headline is: Bush Urges Congress To…

I was serious about everything that I said on the terrorism insurance bill. On the matter dealing with highway funding, it is very important we get this done for a lot of different reasons. One reason is to prepare for the bill that is…

before the President pro tempore of the Senate leaves the floor, I would like to say on behalf of the people of Nevada and the country how much we appreciate the work he did on homeland security. Knowing the Congress has gone to the…

the rights of women in Afghanistan will not be secure if there is no law and order in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's new government does not have the resources, no matter what their will, to combat warlord infighting, banditry, and lawlessness…

under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, women were forbidden to work or attend school. They weren't allowed to leave their homes unless they were accompanied by a male relative. For example, women who laughed out loud or wore shoes that…

I remind my colleagues that only a few years ago we in Washington were congratulating ourselves on living in a hemisphere that, with the exceptions of Cuba and Haiti, had embraced freedom and free markets after long years of military rule…

flying back here last night from Nevada, I spoke with two flight attendants. Usually they talk to me about working conditions, air marshals, or something dealing with their job. But they were concerned about corporate America. They talked…

This legislation is not good for the country. I hope that we can have cooler heads prevail and that we can go ahead with the conference. I understand the House is going out for the summer recess this Friday. If the President wants this by…

I will use his exact term--lunacy. Talk about the death tax, that is, the estate tax, at the same time you are talking about Medicare prescription drugs, the vast majority of people, the vast, vast majority--over 98 percent--of the people…

We need to have this terrorism insurance bill conferenced and completed. No one knows better than the Presiding Officer what the people of New York have gone through as a result of the terrorist acts of September 11. The people of this…

It is time to talk about the bill that is before us which, as we all know, is going to be used as a vehicle to attempt to address the very controversial issue of prescription drug benefits for Medicare. I also thank the Senator from…

I, along with a number of other people, were at the White House yesterday. They were asking us what we were going to do about getting appropriations bills passed, especially the military bill that affects our defense. We have 13…

I understand the statement of the Senator from New Hampshire, even though I do not agree. We have agreed to accept the amendment tentatively--unless something has changed in the interim. I think there would be an agreement that we could…

I want to again offer the UC regarding terrorism insurance. I will just lay on the record that when we initially offered this, we wanted a ratio of three Democrats to two Republicans, which is fairly standard. We were told by the minority…

Is the Senator aware that this legislation about which the Senator from Pennsylvania speaks has been written and authored by these two radical Democrats by the name of Bob Graham from Florida and Zell Miller of Georgia, who both have…

I asked the Senator from Pennsylvania if he would give us an up-or-down vote on the Graham-Miller prescription drug benefit plan.

I think this is too bad, for lack of a better way to describe things. This bill is not the proper place for this type of funding. With all due respect to my friend from Arizona, this does not create any pressure, holding up the Military…

Let me respond to my friend. I also understand this, that you have stalled for 2 days, at least. I think we can count Friday as another stall day.

You stalled for 2 days. And here we now have a situation where, after having wasted 2 days, we now are in a situation where you say: OK, let's just go to it. It is 5 o'clock tonight. You have told us your friend in New Hampshire has a…

The Senator has indicated we should be working on appropriations bills, and I agree with the Senator. But is the Senator aware that for--I have lost track of the days, but for several days I have offered at least four, maybe more…

I have the opportunity to spend a lot of time on the floor and I see what goes on here more than this very important piece of legislation dealing with prescription drugs. For months and months, I have seen this. I have watched what has…

I would say that the bill we are working on here was reported out of the HELP Committee by a 16-to-5 vote; 5 Republicans voted to bring it to the floor. That is why we were so stunned when we weren't able to go to the bill. I also say that…

This is just an excuse not to go to the bill. We are wasting time that should be used on prescription drugs. That is what we have tried to establish today. We are wasting time when we should be dealing with the bill itself, not talking…

The Senator is not suggesting in any way that AARP is not a legitimate organization, is he?

Is the Senator also aware that this legislation about which the Senator speaks has been endorsed by many organizations and groups in America, including the AARP?