I wish to speak to how the bill was drafted and why. Senator DeWine articulated it well. You have to prove the pregnancy, and we defined the pregnancy like 16 other States. That is the dominant way of defining the child for the purpose of…

There will be, unfortunately, human nature being what it is, another assault against a pregnant woman where Federal jurisdiction would exist if we have this statute. It is going to happen because people are mean, people are cruel, and they…

The Laci Peterson case is a death penalty case because there are two victims. All we are saying is Federal law should address reality. When Michael Lenz lost his wife in the Oklahoma City bombing incident, he also lost his son, Michael…

This is the amendment we have been talking about for almost a year now, setting aside some money in the budget to address the health care needs of the Guard and the Reserve. If you are an activated member of the Guard or Reserve, you go…

we are all in a thanking mode, and I think it is appropriate that we try to do as much as we can, in a bipartisan fashion, when it comes to the military. We will have our differences and funding and our differences about priorities in…

I must say this has been a very interesting first year in the Senate. Our country has been challenged in many ways. I have listened to this debate about the highway bill. If I were a citizen of Oklahoma, I would be pretty proud. You have…

I particularly appreciate his sense of urgency to move forward on these issues and present to the Senate and the American people a set of reforms that will give them greater security.

I express my support for repealing the Medicare physician fee cut. The issue of reimbursements for physicians who treat Medicare patients has been an ongoing battle. Currently, these reimbursements are inadequate and inefficiently paid…

I reiterate, as far as I am concerned, the past is the past, and I am more worried about the future. I have been here a year and all I have known since I have been here is fussing and fighting about everything, particularly judges. It has…

we got to the bewitching hour. It is midnight. I am going to enjoy the evening the best I can because I have a chance to engage with two of my colleagues. I don't know how long it will last, but I really enjoy the give and take of dealing…

I applaud him for that. I don't agree with him, but the worst thing I think I can say about Senator Reid is that sometimes I disagree with him. He is a very nice man. I have enjoyed getting to know him over the years and serving with him…

I am really more worried about the future. I am new to the Senate. This is my first year here. I do not know who shot John 5 years ago or 10 years ago, and who is still mad about what happened during Clinton, Bush 1, or George Washington…

The Senator from Virginia made a good point. There are a lot of people confused, and the Senator put me in that category. I sat here and listened to this debate. Is it true that the main difference between the example they are using and…

Well, to the best I can, to the Senator from Pennsylvania, for the last year--this is my first year--I have seen a trend that seems to be getting worse and worse. I can assure you, as the Senator from Pennsylvania has indicated, that for…

Senator Leahy said in 1998: [I]f we don't like somebody the President nominates, vote him or her down or up. He was right then. I am very afraid that we are opening the darkest chapter in the history of the Senate when it comes to judges…

For something that is a waste of time, it has been hard as heck to get to say anything around here because everybody is so fired up about talking, which I think is good. We have been in almost 39 hours, and if Senators get 15 minutes to…

If I had to boil it down to what all this means to me, which I have to do between now and a quarter after, here is what I think is the down side of what we are doing in the Senate: Special interest politics is being given a green light to…

I rise today to commend an initiative recently launched by the National Association of Broadcasters and its local radio and television station members. With more than 140,000 military personnel stationed in Afghanistan, Iraq and around the…

Mr. President I rise to ask the bill's manager, Senator McConnell, about a provision in the Fiscal Year 2004 foreign operations bill of particular importance to me. This appropriations bill provides $100 million for water conservation…

If I may raise one more issue, I am concerned that United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has at times not followed report recommendations made by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. Is it the manager's…

I am liking these rules. Nomination of William Pryor When we are speaking about judges and whether or not we need judges, we really do. There is a backlog in this country in certain courts, and one of the people being nominated by…

I am more informed than when I began this debate. That is good for me and good for the public. I did not know that. It makes a lot of sense. I find it a little odd that people would be opposed to the level that was being portrayed. The…

I am not a big fan--I think many of my colleagues know this--of the Federal Government taking over State legal systems. If you can do it at home, it is better to do it at home. I am not a big fan of deciding what is fair before the jury…

probably by the end of the week, if things stay the way they have been, unfortunately we will have some injured troops and maybe some will lose their lives. There is a resolve by the American people and this body to stay the course. If…

I am preparing a memo on the statement on ``Meet the Press'' with the Vice President, his relationship with Halliburton, his financial disclosure form, what he did in 1998, what he did in 2000, and what he did in 2002. This amendment is…