If this bill passed, 527s that do only issue advocacy would have to publicly disclose their donors. But other tax-exempt groups that do exactly the same kinds of issue ads, such as 501(c)(4)s, such as the Sierra Club, and 501(c)(5)s, such…

I commend him for his fine work on the issue of Social Security and moving forward on personal retirement accounts. I also commend Gov. George W. Bush for his bold and, I think, prescient decision to move forward on the issue of personal…

today we celebrate the National Day of Prayer, set aside as a day to humbly come before God, seeking His guidance for our leaders and His grace upon us as a people. I would like to take this occasion to implore my fellow Americans to…

I rise today to remind my fellow Americans of a horrific tragedy which occurred in Poland six decades ago. April 13 serves as a day of remembrance of this terrible massacre. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland to begin World War…

I guess my question is, by putting more money into IDEA, are we actually sending more money into the schools on which he believes we need to be focusing?

Senator John Edwards and I introduced S. 2293, the Deposit Insurance Fairness and Economic Opportunity Act. Also joining in this effort are Senators Jesse Helms, Frank Murkowski, and Kay Bailey Hutchison. This bill is a continuation of an…

I come to the floor to stand in support of S. 2251, the crop insurance reform bill. I thank all of my colleagues on the Senate Agriculture Committee for the tremendous work they did in getting this bill to the floor. First and foremost…

I had an opportunity, with my wife Karen, to meet and talk with the cardinal a few years ago when we were in New York. I had never had a chance to meet him, and he was someone whom I respected very much and followed his leadership. I had…

it is with an enormous amount of pride and respect that I rise in support of this bill. I strongly endorse and support his words of support for this resolution. I stand with a tremendous amount of pride to speak in favor of my favorite…

these disparities were first brought into sharp focus in the 1997 Report of the OPTN: Waiting List Activity and Donor Procurement, and now even more so in this recently released HHS data. Why the median liver transplantation rate during…

it isn't often I rise to talk about these kinds of issues because, by and large, these issues generally affect the West, and we in Pennsylvania do not have much direct involvement. But in this case we are directly affected in Pennsylvania…

I did not vote for either of the packages yesterday because I didn't think they offered anything of real value to the farmers that I represent and to the region of the country that I try to represent on the Agriculture Committee. But this…

I rise to discuss one of my amendments, No. 1476, offered with Senator Abraham and Senator DeWine, to establish renewal communities and encourage charitable giving to those organizations which make a lasting difference in the lives of…

That was not the statement of the Senator from New Jersey. He made the statement that he could not offer amendments. The answer is, he could have offered amendments. What we wanted was a vote on the Abraham-Domenici bill. After that vote…

What he repeatedly said is true is, in fact, not true. What the Senator from New Jersey said is that the Democrats would not be able to offer amendments on the Social Security lockbox as a result of the cloture votes that were taken on…

There is no prohibition in the DeWine amendment for someone taking their own wages and purchasing insurance to cover abortion. That is the analogy the Senator made, and it is invalid. I wanted to make that clear.

The Senator from Washington was saying we are restricting someone's right by not paying for an abortion, which posits the interesting question that right now comes with a guarantee that the Government will pay for that right. We have…

All I say to the Senator from New Jersey is that all we asked for is to give us a clean up-or-down vote on our amendment. After that amendment, you could have amended that thing, you could have offered your own, done anything you wanted…

Is there any prohibition in the DeWine amendment from someone using their own money to purchase insurance to cover abortion?

I rise as a member of the Banking Committee to, first, express my support for the bill. I think the chairman has done an admirable job in trying to fashion a bill that takes what was a very complicated, overly complex measure last year and…

They are going to do a profile on every individual's transactions within their bank?

The Women's Resource Center, established in 1977, has demonstrated a commitment to their community by providing more than 18,000 hours of crisis services.

In the United States a woman is beaten by her partner or former partner every 12 seconds, and, according to the FBI, 26 percent of all female murder victims are killed by their husbands or boyfriends.

I ask my colleagues to join with me in commending the Women's Resource Center for its leadership and commitment to restoring the fundamental right to live free from fear in our own homes.

Yes, for the reasons that the Senator from Virginia gave, I recommend that the Department of the Navy consider reprogramming funds to provide for the current year's shortfall for the Advanced Technology Avionics Subsystems project and to…