I will withdraw my objection, but I again state to those assembled that it is absolutely wrong that we are going to spend all day today in morning business when we have waiting legislation that affects people in the State of Nevada. We…

this brownfields legislation is important. It provides three important steps to directly spur cleanup and reuse of these abandoned and contaminated sites. No. 1, it provides critically needed money to assess and clean up abandoned and…

we have had 154 amendments. We are never going to end this thing unless people cooperate a little bit. If the other side is worried about us getting out of here tomorrow, they had better start cooperating a little bit. There is no need to…

Today, this week, is when students all over America are going to get notices in the mail as to where they are going to be able to go to school. Does the Senator agree that many students who are admitted to some schools are not going to be…

I think the Senator has clearly said that a child's ability to be educated should not be dependent on how much money their parents have.

in the State of Nevada we have a unique situation. We have rural communities. Las Vegas, Clark County, has one of the most unusual situations ever to have occurred in the history of our country. Clark County School District must build one…

When we talk about saving one-third of the surplus for programs, one of those programs is something that President Bush talked about wanting. And that is now the subject matter of the first amendment before this body; is it not? That is a…

As I understand what the Senator from North Dakota has been advocating, if, in fact, we have a surplus--and thank goodness we do have a surplus--one-third of that should be applied toward reducing the debt, one-third should be used to give…

I believe there is no one in Congress who knows numbers better than the Senator from North Dakota on the Budget Committee--is if we pass the budget that is now before this body as it is written, the public debt will go up and not down. Is…

Will the Senator indicate why he put his $2.7 trillion across from non-Social Security and non-Medicare? Why is that in red?

I do not want him to lose the floor. I say to my friend from Utah, my friend from Vermont, and my friend from New York, I do not know where we got into the idea that we are going to have an amendment offered to Senator Schumer's amendment…

One last question: In the western part of the United States--and it is coming back here--there is the high cost of purchasing electricity in the home. I have received a number of very sad letters--for lack of a better description--from…

One of the problems I have had during the past 6 months or so is that we have heard from the man running for President, and now President, always bad news about the economy, always something negative about the economy. There are some…

the majority has received the modified Wellstone amendment. I ask that his amendment be modified at this time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will be so modified. The amendment (No. 36), as modified, is as follows: (Purpose: To…

One of the points the Senator from Illinois made during his initial statement was that he believes it is time we had a bipartisan agreement on the budget and on taxes generally. I heard the Senator say--and I am commenting on the comment…

I say to my friend, the manager of the bill, along with Senator Leahy, there is no question that there are amendments that should be voted upon. However, the distinguished Senator from New York is in a little different category because…

Will the Senator from Utah yield for a brief statement on the subject matter before the Senate? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.

we work in this body by unanimous consent, by agreement. The senior Senator from New York, in good faith, allowed the Senate to proceed on Thursday with the express agreement he would have a vote on his amendment. I know the good faith of…

I say to my friend from Iowa, the modification has been prepared. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Will the Senator from Alaska yield for some parliamentary business for a second without losing his right to the floor?

I am not trying to cut back anybody's time. Does the Senator from California have an idea as to how much time she may take this evening?

Just for the sake of Senators waiting around, does the Senator believe it will take an hour, hour and a half, 2 minutes, 3 minutes?

I ask unanimous consent amendment No. 93, that is at the desk and has been filed by Senator Durbin, and amendment No. 94, filed by Senator Breaux, be called up and put in the ordinary course of amendments that are already pending. The…

If I may say to my friend from Alaska, if there is a problem with it, let's go ahead and get it done. If there is a problem, I will be happy to join with him to go ahead and rescind the unanimous consent request.

If I could say to my friend, it was just brought to my attention that there could be some parliamentary move, for example, to table the Smith amendment and that, of course, would not be in keeping with what the Senator just said. The…