Ron Wyden

I think this is a fundamental mistake.

We know, for example, the carbon sequestration programs can make a genuine difference.

The fact is, the rest of the world is now moving forward without America.

Your bipartisan approach is exactly the way to attack this issue.

It would be possible to do that and have that made a part of the Record. I appreciate the Senator's thoughtfulness. We all have strong views on this. The Senator from Virginia is an expert on national security and military affairs. That…

I was not, but I will tell the Senator I have probably sat in more briefings, as a Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on this point than just about any Member of this body. I have kept fully abreast of this issue.

Again, I want our people who are in harm's way, as the Senator has outlined, to be able to counter that very hostile attack. They are doing so today under existing law and it is an effort I support. In spite of those attacks, the Central…

It saddens me to rise today in opposition to this amendment because I had hoped by this morning to be able to come to the Chamber and talk about how the Senate had found common ground. I know the distinguished Senator from California, Mrs…

I am proud of the work the Senate has done in the last week in creating accountability and responsibility in corporate America.

Just to be very brief, with regard to the amount of time the Guard has spent overseas, they might as well be active duty people. These are people who have served our country with extraordinary valor all over the world. They could just as…

My legislation to get a buyback program going on the West Coast has not been embraced by this administration.

The West Coast groundfish industry has just been flattened, and Senator Gordon Smith and I have a buyback bill.

We have got to have a capacity reduction program immediately so we get the right number of fishers out there at the right time catching the right number of fish, if we're going to have a sustainable industry.

I think you have correctly identified that, without the dollars, it's simply not possible to do the work that needs to be done.

The difference is that the original language brought to light the need to recover endangered species, including both anadromous and resident fish species; and maintenance of the National Wildlife Refuges.

This agreement follows the right priorities by fighting fraud at the beginning of the process--at the time of registration. That is what our agreement does. At the same time, I have also said that legislation should not make it harder for…

I am pleased to be able to announce this morning the cancellation of a particularly important salvage rider timber sale and to emphasize that, in my view, salvage riders are no way to do business in the natural resources field. I am…

As we go forward with this today, I hope we will ensure that there is a strong Federal presence to advocate for the consumer. I think these advocates at the State level do a good job given their limited resources. Given the fact that so…

I think it is clear you have a lot of support here, and particularly on the proposition that your key programs are going to need more resources.

The last thing you want to do is to get talented people, say, from Intel or Microsoft or these leading technology companies, to basically come on into a very difficult situation and sort of stand around and get in the way.

I really see it as a model for an area that I am interested in getting into, and that is to mobilize people in the science and technology area.

I want you to know that I am going to be working closely with you and the Administration

The single most important thing to improve emergency response and to save lives is to enable these first responders to talk to each other

I am going to in my legislation that I have talked about on a number of occasions--we are going to make some funds available under my legislation for some pilot projects to promote communications interoperability

I think it is critical for the Congress in addition to making sure that there are adequate resources for the first responders...