we have been waiting literally all afternoon for two Senators to offer amendments. I don't really think it is fair to the rest of the Senate to wait around here as we have. Calls have been made. I don't know what more we can do other than…

I appreciate Senator Jefford's leadership on the issue of renewable energy resources and his specific initiatives in Congress to promote wind energy. I am pleased to confirm that this bill includes $500,000 to be set aside for the Vermont…

The majority leader understands how important this is to the Senator from Pennsylvania. I am a member of the subcommittee he chaired and of which he is now the ranking member. He has held a number of extremely interesting hearings on this…

When the bill came before the Senate, it passed overwhelmingly. I believe it was 92-2. Two people voted against it. By the time we got to conference, there were two or three open items. We settled those in one evening. It is a good bill…

I would like to send a message to this administration, and I say "this administration" because it does not matter who we have in the White House. It seems whether it is a Democrat or Republican, we get treated the same. I am speaking about…

last week, late in the week, Senator Byrd and I held a press conference. The reason we held this press conference was to indicate that we believe we need to do something to restore confidence in the economy. We also believe that part of…

I applaud and commend the Senator from North Dakota for his leadership on this issue. The travel industry needs help. This bill will give the travel industry the shot in the arm it needs. Whether it is travel agents, whether it is rental…

I say to my two friends, the managers of the bill, Senator Daschle has announced that if we finish this bill tonight, we will not be in tomorrow. If we do not finish the bill tonight, we will be in tomorrow with votes. We do not have the…

I think because of this, we really need to listen to you on this war that we are fighting now because the battlefronts on domestic terrorism are going to be in your cities.

Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it is more important than ever to foster peaceful relationships with citizens of predominantly Muslim countries. (2) One…

I say to the two managers, I think the work today has been exemplary. There have been some very difficult issues. They have been discussed. Agreements have been made on a number of the amendments. Speaking for Senator Daschle, there has…

I want to take a minute and express the appreciation of the entire Senate, especially that of Majority Leader Daschle, for the groundbreaking prayer today. Imam Saleem appeared at our weekly prayer breakfast this morning at 8 o'clock. Now…

And that is what it is; it is a plague. The Senator not only is a member of the Judiciary Committee, the Senator is a member of the Appropriations Committee. We work very hard recognizing that AIDS is not an African problem; it is our…

Yes. I say to my friend, I talked about the $175 million. I did not talk today about the $255 million for Afghan refugees. I say to my friend from Illinois, all one has to do is turn on the news by mistake and in an instant one will find…

The only reason I am pausing before answering--the answer is absolutely yes--I say to my friend from Illinois, the legislation is being held up because Senator Leahy--if I am not mistaken, my friend is a member of that Judiciary Committee.

I am embarrassed for my minority friends to say that is right, they are not moving fast enough.

One courageous man, Ted Stevens, voted ``present,'' and then he gave a speech from his assigned seat in the Senate Chamber saying, in effect: What in the world is going on here? He said if we have a continuing resolution, and that is what…

I respond to my friend in answer to his question, he is absolutely right. It is being held up and it is very clear why: Because the majority whip in the House has said he does not want these employees to be federalized. He wants them to be…

I believe in the Golden Rule which says you should treat people the way you want to be treated, and we are not going to treat the Republicans the way they treated us. Senator Leahy has been moving these things very quickly--maybe not…

I say directly to my friend from Minnesota, you are exactly right. You go back to Minnesota and tell your sugar beet farmers, we cannot take up an appropriations bill because we are not moving judges fast enough, according to the…

Senator Durbin and I spoke at some length on the floor this morning about the war in Afghanistan. It is certainly not against the people of Afghanistan. It is against the Taliban, which has treated people so brutally, especially women…

I do have people ask about anthrax. I do have them ask about threats of smallpox, threats of influenza virus, threats of terrorists generally. Also, I say to my friend, I spoke very briefly this morning about another crisis we tend not to…

I say to my friend, one of the biggest fears they have in the world is that we will treat them as they treated us.

Nobody is criticizing Senator Leahy for not doing anything. They say he is not doing it well enough, fast enough, and, as a result, we have been in a 3-week filibuster.

last Thursday I went into some detail outlining what has happened since we have taken control of the Senate. We have moved judges expeditiously. The average time for an appellate judge during the short time we have been in control of the…