This is an amendment that is to instruct the Department of Health and Human Services to purchase of no less than 1 million rapid oral HIV tests. As we all know, the problem of HIV and the spread of HIV continues to be a problem. Experts…

I perfectly understand what the concerns are of the Senator from Iowa and would be happy to work with him over the next several hours to get that amendment cleared. Amendment No. 2237 Mr. President, I ask that amendment No. 2237 be called…

to my knowledge, we filed the amendment. My staff has discussed it, I know, with the Finance Committee. I do not know about any other committees. This is not a bill I introduced and has gone to committee. This is something I have brought…

on rollcall vote 252, I voted ``yea.'' The official record has me ``absent.'' Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that the official record be corrected to accurately reflect my vote. This will in no way change the outcome of the vote. The…

I rise to introduce the CARE Act of 2005 along with Senator Lieberman, a bill we have been trying to push through Congress since 2000. However, at no point in the past five years has the passage of this bill been so timely. At a time where…

I rise in support of Judge Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. That probably comes as no great surprise to anyone who has followed my career, but I think my reasoning hopefully will illuminate a little bit as to…

here in the United States we cherish and protect religious freedom. Citizens of this great Nation exercise this freedom in many places--in their homes, in their workplaces and many more. But no place is more commonly the location of…

yesterday marked the 4-year anniversary of the tragedies that took place on September 11, 2001. Out of the destruction of that terrible day emerged a renewal of the American spirit and a rejuvenated commitment to fight the scourge of…

words cannot express the sense of loss and hopelessness that many residents are feeling at this time in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. My family and I send prayers and heartfelt condolences to all of those who have lost…

I would also like to ask the distinguished Chairman of the Committee on Finance to confirm that steel industry fuel is a ``qualified fuel'' that is eligible for the section 29 nonconventional fuel tax credit through 2007 when one, the…

I rise to engage my distinguished colleague from Oklahoma in a colloquy regarding steel grid reinforced concrete decking. First, I would like to congratulate my colleague on the successful completion of conference negotiations on this…

I wish to confinn that certain language in the Conference Report to the Energy bill, with respect to the Internal Revenue Service stopping the issuance of private letter rulings and other taxpayer-specific guidance regarding the section 29…

on May 26, 2005, I introduced with my colleague Senator Durbin the Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005, or PAWS. PAWS amends the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to deal with the problems of…

I ask this question. You are aware that there is an exposure fee that is paid by the company to the Ex-Im Bank, which is calculated to cover the credit risk of the transaction, so the credit cost to the taxpayer would be zeroed out through…

this is about reducing the trade deficit with China, about creating American jobs, and about creating high-tech, high-quality, good-paying jobs in America, to build something that we cannot export to China, something that we cannot build…

My staff has been checking this. We cannot figure out where the Senator is coming up with the $50 million to $100 million figure, since the Ex-Im Bank has not decided how they are going to structure the transaction yet.

In one second. So I would suggest, yes, there will be lots of corporations around the world that are part of this deal to build this reactor that would benefit from this, just as probably you could make the argument--and I don't want to…

I yield 9 minutes to the Senator from California, Mrs. Feinstein. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

Two things. First, the Senator is right, Westinghouse is owned by an entity owned by the British Government. As you probably also know, there have been widely spread reports that they are selling that division, they are selling…

I call up amendment No. 1260 and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending amendment is set aside. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from…

Well, again, Westinghouse is a company based in the United States. As you know, we have multinational companies that are headquartered all around the world. But the bottom line is Westinghouse is a U.S. company, it pays U.S. taxes, it has…

In Washington, D.C., a controversial new book by Senator Rick Santorum. In the book, the Republican compares abortion to slavery, urges mothers to stay home to raise children, and questions diversity training in schools.

this is, in a sense, the identical vote we just cast. This is the Murray amendment, as amended by the Santorum- Hutchison-Craig amendment. I encourage my colleagues to vote for this amendment. I again thank the Senator from Washington. As…

I will yield time to the chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. I thank Senator Hutchison, whose principal responsibility is the appropriations process. I thank her and her staff tremendously for the work they have done. I thank…

I expressed in this letter that I was disappointed the Department was not forthcoming, and I was hopeful they would come forward and let us know what was necessary, how much money was needed, so we could then respond. And as I mentioned in…