Thank you. That has been counterproductive to overall immigration reform, and I don't think it is immigration reform more than it is politics. So, in conclusion, it has been a week from hell. It has been a week where we are dealing with a…

But to Senator Levin, who is a wonderful man, if this preamble language being taken out of the treaty is a fatal problem, then that bothers me because I do not know if any Russians are listening to this debate, but I have a simple question…

Here is the problem, and correct me if I am wrong. If we enter into this treaty and the preamble is not clarified or stricken, there could come a point down the road, as we develop these systems to defend against what we all agree is a…

Thank you for allowing me to speak, Senator Grassley, Senator Baucus. I guess the first observation I would like to make is that we are here on a Saturday morning. This is democracy, in many ways, at its best. People understand the two…

We should be listening, not dictating on this.

The one thing, to my Democratic colleagues, passing the statute repealing during the study I think was a bad mistake.

There's no groundswell of opposition to don't ask, don't tell coming from our military. This is all politics. I don't believe there's anywhere near the votes to repeal don't ask, don't tell. So, I think, in a lame-duck setting, don't ask…

There is no groundswell of opposition to 'don't ask, don't tell' coming from our military. This is all politics. I don't believe there's anywhere near the votes to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell.' So, I think, in a lame-duck setting, 'don't…

I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the memory of a dedicated public servant and leader, Senator Ted Stevens. After a lifetime of unprecedented service to his State and Nation, Senator Stevens passed away in Alaska on August 9…

I want to personally thank Chairman Benjamin L. Cardin, Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, Chairman Arlen Specter, and the other members of the Committee for the privilege of testifying on the scourge of violence directed against homeless…

Sherlock Holmes said what is left on the table, when you rule everything out, is the answer. It makes no sense to me for us to bring the Defense authorization bill to the floor of the Senate at any time where the Senator from Arizona and I…

I took it as a promise--last year that we would not change don't ask, don't tell until we got input from those who serve our country in uniform. That process is ongoing. But now the law we are expected to vote on tomorrow changes don't…

I say to the Senator, his point is well taken. If the DREAM Act is not considered part of comprehensive immigration reform, it will be a huge mistake. The reason we have 12 million people here illegally in our country is because you can…

I rise to speak about the upcoming vote tomorrow at 2:15 on the Defense authorization bill. I don't know the state of play, but it looks as though we will bring to the floor a Defense authorization bill without any ability to amend the…

We should change our Constitution and say if you come here illegally and you have a child, that child's automatically not a citizen.

My view of Elena Kagan is quite simple. I found her to be a good, decent person; well qualified in terms of her legal background to sit on the Court. The people who know her the best, who worked with her, have nothing but good things to…

I rise to celebrate the life and career of Senator Robert C. Byrd. I have been in the body now since 2002, and Senator Byrd will go down in history as not only the longest serving Senator to date--maybe forever--but also as one of the most…

if we took the war on terror and made it a crime, we have a problem for our country.

I really have no problem using Article 3 Courts in the war on terror.

So you agree with me that in war you don't have to read the enemy their rights because you are not talking about fighting crime, you are talking about fighting a war, is that correct?

The thing that would not be OK with me is if I thought you were unethical and you did it in a way outside the process that we call 'the rule of law.'

Filibusters should only be used in extraordinary circumstances.

History will judge him by his complete career, not one moment in time.

As an American, a patriotic American, liberal or conservative, don't you believe that we would all be better off if we had the opportunity within our values, humanely without torture, to hold a terror suspect and gather intelligence before…

Elections have consequences.