Does the Senator remember Senator Conrad Burns saying: ``So we are still going to pile up some more debt, but most of all we are going to cost jobs in this country.''

This program is going to make the economy weaker. Hundreds of thousands of people are going to lose their jobs as a result of this program. I believe hundreds of thousands of people are going to lose jobs as a result of this program. I…

I am sorry I didn't mention that he is a Republican pollster. He scripts them. They are saying the Republican majority has put this economy on the road to recovery even though not a single one of them had the nerve to vote with the…

the State of Nevada has had 23 Senators, and never in the history of the State of Nevada on any level of government have there been two elected officials who have worked more closely together than Senators Bryan and Reid. We took the bar…

We have a $260 billion surplus now. I say to my friend, you know what they are saying. I was on a little debate on public television with some of them. They are scripted. I didn't realize it--I said you got this from Frank Luntz, and I…

Yes. Also, the Senator has worked since she has been in the Congress on afterschool programs and on child care. The Senator is aware that, again, Vice President Gore and the Democrats in the Senate have pushed for making sure that people…

both the Senator from Wyoming and I are gratified that the Senator from Oklahoma is presiding today. We certainly look forward to closing this session. From the minority's perspective, we are ready to vote as soon as possible. We know how…

I truly enjoy working with the chairman and his staff in putting together the Energy and Water appropriations bill each year. The third time's the charm. This time, I think we really have completed work on the FY 2001 Energy and Water…

If I could ask the Senator one more question; that is, I don't know what will happen this weekend, but I can only speak for myself and a number of other Senators with whom I have had the opportunity to speak on the phone and in person…

I ask the Democratic leader if he has ever seen in his many years in the Congress, both the House and the Senate, the casual attitude, with so few appropriations bills having been passed? We have less than 3 weeks left until the elections…

I think Americans have to understand that tiny, little Israel, the only democracy in that part of the world--surrounded by some of the worst tyrannies in the world--is having a very difficult time right now. If there was ever a country in…

Mr. Leader, if I could just say before you withdraw the consent request, we would be willing, tonight, to have you move to proceed to this measure. As I said, we would be agreeable to move to proceed to this bill by a voice vote and start…

Mr. President, last week I was blocked in my efforts to gain unanimous consent for the Senate to schedule a time for consideration of S. 3059, the Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Equipment Defect Notification Act. As you know, the Act is…

I think the work done by Senator Warner and Senator Levin on this bill has been exemplary. They worked well together. This is a very important bill. We on this side, the minority, understand the importance of this legislation. I really…

Also, we can work together to do more on boxing. If there were ever a requirement that we have spread before us, it would be to do something about the abysmal state of boxing in the world, which is controlled by the United States. Also…

There have been, as the Senator indicated, a number of people who have worked very hard on domestic violence. Senator Joe Biden authored the original legislation and has been a model for what has transpired since then. I say in the…

I want the Senator from New Jersey to understand, before he leaves the floor, how appreciative I personally am, and the whole Senate is, for the work the Senator has done--not only in the Transportation appropriations--for many years. The…

Why in the world can't we come to an agreement, when the Secretary of Transportation says: Most important, however, is expeditious action on comprehensive legislation that will strengthen NHTSA's ability to address life-threatening motor…

I am seeking agreement to take up this legislation on which American lives are at stake--not money but safety and lives of Americans. I am seeking an agreement to take that up. If we could get agreement to get that bill up, with relevant…

I included language in this bill that directs the Department of Interior to finalize the so-called 3809 regulations, which govern hardrock mining operations on public lands, and to do so consistently with the findings and recommendations…

Is the Senator also aware--which I am certain he is, but I would like to hear his response--that the Democrats' Patients' Bill of Rights is something unusual as far as this Senator is concerned, because we have the support of literally…

Did he say the top 1 percent of the people in the Bush tax cut get almost 50 percent of all the benefits?

I say to my friend, the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Nevada is an interesting State. Seventy percent of the people in Nevada live in the metropolitan Las Vegas area. Another about 20 percent live in the Reno metropolitan area…

I say we need more people like the Presiding Officer. He has joined with us in many bipartisan matters. I hope the conversation we have had today does not in any way reflect upon the Senator from Oregon, who has worked with us on a number…

It seems to me the majority is crying because the price of oil has dropped. The President made a decisive step and said we are going to pump oil from our reserve. Immediately, the price of oil dropped. Today it is below $30 a barrel. The…