Mr. President I rise to join my colleague Senator Lindsey Graham in reintroducing the Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, legislation aimed at ensuring that all Americans, regardless of income, have a basic level of resources to purchase…

today I am introducing the Motorsports Facilities Fairness Act. This bill would clarify the tax treatment of a large and growing industry that contributes to the economies of communities across the country. The Motorsports Facilities…

As head of the world's largest Catholic fraternal organization and as a former member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, I am dismayed that the course of Mr. Pryor's nomination compels me to make a point which by now should…

If the Senator will yield, does the Senator from Utah, who I know is not Catholic, know that as part of the Catholic faith, one of the central teachings with respect to faith and morals is that it is not an option under the Catholic church…

Raising Mr. Pryor's ``deeply held beliefs'' in terms of his qualifications to serve on the Federal bench thus suggests a de facto religious test for public office, something clearly prohibited by the Constitution. Would the Senator from…

Dear Senator Hatch: I am writing to express concerns as to the way the nomination of Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor for the federal appeals court in Atlanta is being handled in the Senate. Many have questioned Mr. Pryor's fitness for…

isn't there a case of the partial-birth abortion law in Alabama where he actually gave advice that would be contrary to what his personal beliefs are with respect to the issue of abortion?

There is a code word going on here--code words. When you hear the term ``deeply held beliefs''--I know the Senator from Illinois was upset when I used the term ``religious'' as a characterization. I think it is a completely accurate…

Which is a very threatening thing. I say for the record, as a pro-life Catholic, I voted for hundreds of Clinton nominees who I knew were not pro-life--hundreds of them--never voted against one of them, never filibustered any of them. I…

I think of the young mother, struggling to raise her children in what is a challenging culture. She raises them to be good citizens and good Catholics. What should this mother tell her children? ``Sorry, in order to serve our government…

So according to what the Senator has just said, someone who considers oneself a faithful Catholic, faithful to the core teachings of the Catholic church, which leaves no leeway on the issue of abortion, under that understanding, someone…

I understand the Constitution talks about, we shall establish no religion, and that is generally termed, in many cases, the separation of church and State, although the words ``separation of church and State'' do not appear in the…

I just described what is my understanding as a Catholic of what the teachings of the church are and what the responsibilities as a faithful Catholic are as a member of the church. I also understand the oath of office you take and the role…

Mr. President I have a poem written by my constituent Dee M. Tramontina of Buck Hill Falls, PA. I rise today so that I might call special attention to the thoughts and observations of my constituents who would like to accord proper…

I rise today to engage in a brief colloquy with the distinguished Chairman and Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee regarding Special Operations Command's information warfare platform, the ED-130J, which is funded in…

I rise in support of proceeding to the consideration of S. 11, the Patients First Act. The issue of medical liability reform has been studied extensively, and clearly Federal policymakers have an obligation to address the explosion in…

I am willing to work on this matter further, and do agree that since the Senate's and House of Representative's versions on the adult day care language will be different, we will have to find a solution to our differences on this important…

one of the key components that many Members on this side of the aisle would like to see accomplished is to draw as many people as possible into the competitive model set up in this bill. We believe it is the more efficient, higher quality…

I oppose the managers' amendment because of an amendment that is in the managers' amendment, the Corzine amendment which provides three States the opportunity to basically opt out of the Medicare Program for prescription drugs and have an…

There will be $6 billion spent on our side of the aisle to do the things about which we are concerned. What? Allow the competitive model to work, allow the new blueprint for Medicare to be successful, starting in 2009, because that is when…

Yes, we do share the same goal on this adult day care issue, and we do have some fundamental differences with one another's proposals and language on the matter.

Does your plan have the benefit actually administered by the CMS or do they, like the traditional Medicare plan, contract through an intermediary to provide the benefit?

If you are not paying anything for something, you value it less than if you had to pay even $2 or $5 or some sort of copay. That is important psychologically because you have better utilization, you have a better track record of people…

So there is no intermediary. The plan is actually run-- unlike the current Medicare plan, it is going to be run by the Federal Government without an intermediary?

I want to ask you, first on the Medicare+Choice plan. You say it has failed. Are you aware that the Senator from New York, Mr. Schumer, offered an amendment today? I encourage you to read his statement. He talked about how the…