The Republican leader is correct. As I said earlier, if a drug benefit bill were brought forward that cost $10, it would be subject to a budget point of order because of this procedure. People are asking: Why is the 60-vote procedure such…

I want to comment on some of the remarks of the majority whip and some of the comments of the chairman of the committee with respect to this legislation. No. 1, the junior Senator from New Hampshire has every right, as ranking member of…

That is not what last year's budget agreement says. I also make the other point that, with respect to this bill--and you said you were shocked at the objection. I hope you listened to the Senator from New Hampshire in laying out what were…

Again, I suggest that you have created the atmosphere by which the point of order is available to some Members, and whether I agree or not doesn't matter. I think there will be Members on both sides of the aisle who will raise a point of…

I did not say legitimate. I said responsible. There is a difference. They are certainly legitimate. I question how responsible they are.

Which I find remarkable to believe, and the answer is, I do know that some organizations support it, but I find it remarkable to believe that any legitimate organization would endorse a bill they have not seen and have no idea how much it…

AARP is certainly a legitimate organization. I would question how responsibly they are acting if they are endorsing legislation they have not seen and do not know how much it costs.

I think we should have up-or-down votes on every plan I just listed. If the Senator would agree to up-or-down votes on the tripartisan plan and the other two plans I just listed, which are serious legislative proposals, I think there would…

Obviously, the procedure by which this bill has been brought to the floor has tainted this entire process. I believe, actually, the best chance we have to get the high-water mark--in other words, the most votes on any bill--will be the…

I would like to note that the Senate authorizes $1.0M for efforts designed to enhance the development of key enabling robotics technologies that will support Army, Navy and Air Force transformational programs. These efforts will leverage…

I don't believe that amendment prejudices anything we are doing. My understanding is, within the context of this amendment-- my hope is that we can continue to work on this, even as we are on the floor, to see if we can come up with an…

I appreciate that. I will be quick because as hard as Senator Lieberman and I have worked, Senator Inhofe has worked 10 times as hard. I do not want to take up his time. That has been my concern with the Army, that they have not made tough…

My criticism of the Army is not that the Army was not studying this issue when asked to do so by the Defense Department in April. My criticism is the Army has not made a decision for quite some time with respect to----

I appreciate that. My understanding is that if we terminated the contract--it is a million and a half dollars a day. If we terminated the contract today, there would be roughly $150 million unexpended in the program--I believe unobligated…

I encourage my colleagues, No. 1, as I said before, to see if we can work out some sort of bipartisan agreement. This should not be a partisan bill. This should be a bill on which we work together in the Senate. No. 2, I encourage, as a…

I will be happy to deal with this as a separate matter as long as we get a vote on it. I am just looking for a vote. This is an important piece of legislation that deals with terrorism, the implementation of a treaty on terrorist bombing…

I am a lawyer. I did practice law before I came here, but not as much as many here. But I do know, one of the things that happens when you file lawsuits is, you do not leave anything out. If you have damages available to you, you file for…

what I have sent up is the Democrat budget that was passed out of the Senate Budget Committee. We heard the chairman lecture the Senate that we need to have budget discipline and we need a budget. Yet for the first time in the history of…

Reclaiming my time, I suggest that given the way this body operates and the Congress has operated over the past several years since I have been in Congress, we have not seen very many reserve accounts set aside for debt reduction that are…

I want to pick up on what the Senator from Arizona said. He is ranking member on the Commerce Committee. They worked diligently on putting together the aviation loan program. One airline has access to the program, and that happens to be…

I stand in this Chamber as a strong supporter of the steel industry. In fact, I would match my record of support for the steel industry, for steelworkers, and for steel retirees, with any person in this Chamber or in the other Chamber. We…

I am here on the anniversary of the President's first nominations to the circuit court to, once again, focus the Senate on what really is a great obstruction of justice that is occurring as a result of the actions within the Judiciary…

My question is: What is the relevance of those forces now?

It has been really one of the singularly most gratifying working relationships that I have had.

I just have to tell you, just from the seat of the pants looking at this, and one of the concerns I have in looking at General Shinseki's famous chart that he wished he had never put together.