Jack Reed

I share my distinguished colleagues' interest in assuring that this issue is addressed. Targeted treatment services for homeless populations has been successful in providing the assistance and support many homeless need to return to secure…

I thank my colleagues from South Carolina for raising this very important issue. I also want to commend my colleague from Colorado for working with senators from South Carolina on this matter. As the chairman of the Strategic Subcommittee…

I don't think the Senator is saying he suspects that the President is not serious about a missile defense.

The Senator is likely right about those. As I understand the ABM Treaty, there are restrictions on anything other than a limited land-based system.

I respond at this juncture the question is premature since the systems we are testing have not proven effective technologically. I would be reluctant to abrogate a treaty until I knew we had a system that worked with a high degree of…

I extend my welcome to President Estrada of the Philippines. The Philippines and the United States are allies. We have a special relationship with them, as we have a special relationship with the country I have been speaking about; that…

This would increase the money we are committing to the weatherization program so that we could, in fact, provide more assistance to low-income homes to weatherize their homes, both to protect themselves in the cold of winter and the heat…

I would say that intellectually why we are even having this debate is we have abandoned this concept of rationality. We don't think North Korea is rational. Again, that is an assumption that we have to look at closely as we look at some of…

I believe--and that is why I joined many of my colleagues voting against adjournment--that we should be here working rather than off about the country on April 20 saying, I am sure, thoughtful and pious comments about our outrage at what…

With the recent Supreme Court decision, it is imperative Congress act, and it is imperative it act this year to ensure we can properly regulate tobacco products in society. I urge adoption of this amendment.

Second, it is one of those things: What do you measure? Do you measure parochial schools in New York City or are you measuring all the private schools, very exclusive schools? All I can speak to with great compulsion and experience is in…

I believe that we have an honest, fair reform to the reaffirmation process and procedure. I know there has been a great deal of work dedicated to this end, and I am pleased we have arrived at this common ground. I have some concerns about…

As important as the Federal assistance is, it is at the local level where the key decisions concerning how to develop and fund local transit operations are made. The most important thing for transit agencies to accomplish in order to meet…

Absolutely. One thing that resonates throughout this entire dialog this afternoon is the fact that our inaction costs individual Americans; it costs them better health care, it costs them better education, it costs them the right to have a…

I want to begin by stating how important I think it is to pass financial service modernization legislation as quickly as possible. The existing legal framework has become an anachronism over the last several years--in fact, even the last…

I think that is precisely correct. We are not talking about a national standard, a national level of achievement. We are talking about letting the States propose their levels of achievement and then measuring how well this flexibility…

Based on the evidence in the record, the arguments of the House Managers and the arguments of counsels for the President, I conclude as follows: The President has disgraced himself and dishonored his office. He has offended the justified…

We also commend the Senator from West Virginia for his amendment, and I concur with the chairman's remarks. This would not materially increase in any way the costs associated with the Montgomery programs, and it would also provide…

I respectfully point out that the letter was sent during the Conference Committee negotiations on the bill and illustrates the fact that the Senate was unwilling to alter positions it established in Senate passage of S. 1260. I appreciate…

The credit card companies make a great deal of money even on those individuals who pay their bills on time. They have membership fees, fees from merchants when the transaction is processed, and they have additional ways to acquire fees. I…

First of all, I do not want to let stand the suggestion that this has anything to do with checking IDs at a retail store. That is not part of the FDA regulation.

I am concerned that loans under $50,000 would not be counted toward the 12.25 percent cap.

I understand that last week the Labor Committee had a hearing on this issue, and it came with great evidence that we need to do more to enforce effectively this bill. And it seems to me that, in the context of that hearing, this provision…

This amendment would broaden the definition of capital expenditures for paratransit facilities. These are vehicles used for disabled American citizens. There are many communities in the United States that have these facilities. This…

I agree with the Senator. I also would suggest that these goals of better environmental quality, both here in the United States and worldwide, and increased international trade are not mutually exclusive.