Joseph T. Burns: “And Senator Voinovich of Ohio, and Senator Akaka is after Mr. Isakson. Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Voinovich, and…”

this week, I learned of another young person from Montana who had been killed in Iraq. PFC Andrew Bedard was only 19 and died Monday when the Humvee he was driving hit a roadside bomb. Andrew Bedard was from Missoula and a 2004 graduate of…

on April 28, 2005 of this year, just hours after the National Academy of Science released its report, I stood before this body and declared the importance of amending this law. On May 9, I introduced S. 977 which places Montana on equal…

this week, the Senate is undertaking a significant effort to reduce Federal spending and return fiscal responsibility to the Congress. Not since 1997 has Congress attempted a budget reconciliation bill. But the fiscal situation facing the…

today I join Senators Domenici, Bingaman, Talent and Dorgan in sponsorship of legislation instructing the Secretary of the Interior to develop an oil and gas leasing program for Lease Area 181, located 100 miles off the coast of Florida in…