My concern is that you have a lead system integrator--and I think that is great.

I will sign my name under that statement, every word of it.

I just want to follow up on what Senator Lieberman was saying.

Mr. President this amendment is a continuation of my interest in the protection and humane treatment of animals, specifically, dogs and puppies. This amendment will crack down on breeders who do not abide by existing requirements for the…

There are at least 3,000 commercial dog breeding facilities licensed to operate by the United States Department of Agriculture. These facilities are required to comply with the rules and regulations of the Animal Welfare Act, AWA, that…

I believe such provisions are useful, but I would like to have the compensation to quota owners terminated 1 year before the end of this 5-year farm bill. I have no problem with the House bill, which buys out quota owners over a 5-year…

the amendment and modification I just sent to the desk is an amendment that is referred to as the Puppy Protection Act that Senator Durbin and I have introduced. The reason I brought this up is because of my continuing concern, and I know…

I am very gratified that the House and Senate conferees included in the conference report of the elementary and secondary education bill the language of a resolution I introduced during the earlier Senate debate. That resolution concerned…

I congratulate you and commend you. For many years we have had battles in the peanut program... I commend the Senator for his great leadership from a great peanut-producing State, to help shepherd his growers into a much more…

I rise to join my colleagues Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. McConnell to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at improving long-term care health and rehabilitation options for Medicare beneficiaries, and also assisting family…

in the Statement of the Managers accompanying the Interior and Related Agencies Conference Report, there is language on page 117 that sets certain limitations on the types of projects eligible to compete for Clean Coal Power Initiative…

HIV/AIDS has become a world-wide pandemic. More than 16 million people have died of AIDS. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization, WHO, have estimated that over 32.4 million adults and 1.2…

I rise to join my colleague John Ensign of Nevada in proud support of The Responsible Stem Cell Research Act of 2001, legislation aimed at committing our Nation to a bold investment in promising, ethical medical research with which we all…

I rise to voice my concerns about this Agricultural supplemental appropriations bill. I believe reaching forward into next year to spend an additional $2 billion is fiscally irresponsible and, frankly, unnecessary. Even though some of that…

I make one clarification: There are eight States that currently do this. One of them is the State of the Presiding Officer. The State of Georgia takes 75 percent of punitive damages, less attorney fees, and puts them in the State treasury…

My amendment is simple. My amendment says anybody born alive, any child born alive is entitled to protection under the laws of the United States of America. Unfortunately, this amendment is necessary for two reasons. No. 1, because of the…

I make clear a couple of issues. Eight States have already passed legislation that redirects punitive damages to specific purposes. I mentioned Georgia is one; Florida allocates money into the medical assistance trust fund; Illinois, into…

one of the things I have repeatedly stated when I have spoken on this bill is that in S. 1052 there isn't any provision that provides for access to insurance. There is nothing that increases the number of insured. There are pages and pages…

I will be happy to work with the Senator from Illinois to tax HMO executives and lawyers who get big awards out of the health care system equally. If you would like to propose an amendment, I will work with you so all lawyers and all…

One second--I just suggest to the Senator from Massachusetts, to impugn me personally and suggest I am disingenuous by proposing that we provide some money in punitive damages, not damages to compensate for injury but damages to punish…

I just want to remind the Senator from Massachusetts that the Smith-Wyden amendment that provided $28 billion for those who do not have insurance passed and that is now law. It was in the budget. So I have been a supporter of money and a…

this is an amendment that I think really goes to the heart of this bill: Patient protection. This bill is purported to deal with trying to take care of patients. What this amendment does is make sure that every living human being is…

As I was saying, I know there are many people in this Chamber who believe a single-payer health care system is the best way, the most efficient way, the most compassionate way--to use these wonderful, glorious terms--to provide health…

I rise in support of the Bond amendment. I commend the Senator for standing up and trying to mold patient protection legislation to comply with a fundamental principle that he has repeated many times today: The first order of business in…

I am certainly for a Patients' Bill of Rights, and I have worked for the past couple of years as a member of the health care task force on our side of the aisle to craft a Patients' Bill of Rights. I feel very strongly there are…