I cannot understand why the Senator from Kansas would prevent us from having this vote. He has an opportunity on this legislation at a subsequent time to offer an amendment. No one can stop him from offering an amendment. I think the…

I think there should be a reasonable time for people to offer amendments. I also say that we also have to work constructively on this legislation. The fact is that we have as a result of what is facing this country lots of bills, not the…

After having done that on a bipartisan basis, unanimously out of the Committee on Appropriations, is the Senator aware that figure was increased by about $3 billion?

I have said publicly and, of course, privately that I think the Senator from North Dakota really has a grasp on numbers. The Senator is aware, is he not, that about a year ago at this time, it was approximately a $4.7 trillion surplus over…

We passed Friday, about 1 a.m., a supplemental appropriations bill. I have heard statements all day from the other side of the aisle about this supplemental appropriation and how it contains big spending. I direct the Senator's attention…

Is it not true, I say to my friend, that of those moneys that were increased, there was a billion for first responder programs? I say to my friend, I heard on public radio this morning a long piece on how State and local government is…

Would the Senator acknowledge there is $200 million in this bill that the President requested based on hearings held by Senators Byrd and Stevens for food safety, including food inspectors, laboratories, protections against animal and…

I don't mean to denigrate, but I cannot come up with another word other than ``quibbling.'' We are talking about billions of dollars that is gone--like that--and here we are talking about programs that Senators Byrd and Stevens worked on…

in this morning's paper I was stunned to read a headline but more stunned to read the story itself. It is in the Washington Post, titled ``GOP Monitoring Lobbyists' Politics.'' Among other things, the article says: Republicans are…

this effort to move this legislation forward has been going on since December. We have tried on many occasions to get the minority to agree on coming forward and agreeing to a unanimous consent request so that we can move forward in this…

in the Washington Times there is a report today that says: A senior Republican leadership aide said there are 40 to 50 Republican ideas under consideration as possible amendments---- To this legislation---- ranging from an alternative…

This legislation, which is commonly referred to as the hate crimes bill, has that name because that is what it is about. It is about people with hatred doing criminal acts. Senate consideration of this legislation is much needed and is…

I believe Senator Domenici's cause is just, but the rules of the Senate are going to knock this out.

So people talk about this not being an emergency. It is not deemed to be an emergency in this bill, it is fully paid for; is that right?

I can say for this Senator, I appreciate the House putting it in the bill. I appreciate Senator Byrd and Senator Stevens having it in the bill before us because I think to remove this legislation is such a wrong way to go. If we are…

The reason they did is they were concerned about the safety of not only hundreds of thousands of people who work in the Capitol complex area but the millions of tourists who come every year.

Any kind of a suicide bomber, a car bomb would cause a conflagration that would be untoward if these products were ever involved.

He would have gone to the wall. I am disappointed that Senator Domenici is not going to be given an opportunity. I will be happy to work with him in the future, I think as well as everybody in the Senate. I do not think there was anything…

Having listened to the Senator and having listened to the Presiding Officer yesterday, I am--I can't say depressed; maybe in a legislative sense I am, but I am terribly concerned that we are wasting so much time. Everyone knows this bill…

Finally, would the Senator agree that this legislation now before the Senate that is being slow-walked, as the distinguished Senator from Texas said yesterday, and he reminded me he said it today, he felt it was important to ``slow the…

The Senator would agree, would he not, that doing nothing does not meet the needs of the people of Minnesota, the people of Nevada, or anyplace in this country?

Does the Senator know that in this morning's Daily Monitor there is a quote from a Republican--in fact, that is not true. It says: ``Senate Republicans say they will not hesitate to slow-walk legislation important to Democrats.''

we spent most all of yesterday doing nothing. Senator Daschle came on the floor late in the day and filed a petition for cloture because he recognized they were going to slow-walk this legislation on the supplemental appropriations bill…

One issue we must seek to work on quickly, expeditiously, is getting a bill out of this body to address the growing problem of a lack of insurance coverage due to the threat of terrorist attacks. Moody's Investors Service, which is a world…

I confirm what the Senator said, of course, from my trip to Nevada. I also traveled during the break and went to other places doing some work as relates to the Senate--Utah, various parts of California, and Colorado. All over the country…