Today, I ask the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, Senators Domenici and Reid, of your intentions for the future of the Kissimmee project. Senator Mack and I remain committed to forward…

I concur with the sense of urgency that our colleague from Massachusetts just presented on this issue. With every day that goes by, another American family is at risk because they do not have these guaranteed protections; another American…

I have been involved in the Kissimmee River project since my days as Governor of the state of Florida. This project is the first step in a long series of individual projects that seek to restore the Florida Everglades to a state as close…

I will briefly state why I think this is such an important piece of legislation. First is fundamental fairness. We have a situation now in which remote commerce--that is, commerce that is not conducted through the traditional retail sales…

The middle district of his State happens to be the seventh busiest district in the country with a workload that is 176 percent of the standard which the Judicial Conference utilizes in assessing whether an additional Federal district judge…

I appreciate those very generous comments of the Senator. As my colleague knows, his State is not alone. This map indicates in blue those States that have been determined by the Judicial Conference, chaired by our chief justice, to require…

In my home State of Florida, I have seen the strain placed on the Judiciary due to the lack of judicial resources needed to fulfill its constitutional obligations. Will the Senator from Utah agree to review the Judicial Conference…

Absolutely, I say to my friend. I am not proposing that this Congress insert its greater wisdom for that of the Judicial Conference. I am proposing that we accede to the wisdom of the Judicial Conference and where it, for instance, has…

I rise to speak on this sense-of-the- Senate resolution with mixed feelings. I would have much preferred to be speaking tonight in behalf of legislation that would have provided for the first time in the 100-year relationship between the…

I am pleased this bill has passed today because it is critical in allowing United States launch companies to compete effectively in the growing commercial space race. The United States cannot afford to descend into another 'launch gap.'…

I believe these emitters should remain at Eglin to meet the warfighters training requirements until we can resolve this dispute. I believe this would be consistent with the BRAC direction.

The heroism of the two slain officers will be a permanent memorial to the hundreds of others, the thousands, the tens of thousands of others here and across our land who daily put their lives at risk so we can live as free and secure…

I believe. Unlike most Republicans, I was a trial lawyer. I made my living trying to enforce the rights of people, and at one time I had the largest medical malpractice verdict in the State of South Carolina. And I can tell my colleagues…

The $500 a day is to ensure prompt payment. The bill ensures treatment. That is the whole point of this bill. If one has a medically urgent situation, one can go to court within minutes of being said no to and get a temporary restraining…

I strongly endorse tight immigration controls and strict visa policies to ensure that illegal aliens and criminal activity do not cross our nation's borders. At the same time, we must recognize the economic importance of tourism in this…

This amendment has been requested by the National Sheriffs' Association, the Western States Sheriffs' Association, sheriffs' associations from the largest States. It relates to a very narrow issue of the use of surplus aircraft, primarily…

this evening I rise to offer an amendment with my distinguished colleague, Senator DeWine. This amendment is intended to assist law enforcement in doing a better job of protecting our citizens and the public safety. The background of this…

earlier today a group of my colleagues representing both sides of the aisle joined together to announce that we would be introducing legislation to increase the security in the retirement of Americans. I want to especially recognize my…

I want to bring back a chart that we looked at just a few minutes ago and have kind of a little different perspective on what we were doing. The gentlewoman from New Jersey just mentioned some of the reforms. When we go down this chart of…

this amendment would require Country of Origin labeling of perishable agricultural commodities imported into the United States. I offer this amendment to ensure that Americans know the origin of every orange, banana, tomato, cucumber, and…

I think the Senator's question makes the first point I made, and that is the inappropriateness of trying to write a piece of legislation that is as nuanced and delicate as this on the floor. I pointed out what I thought was clearly an…

members of the Senate, today I join my colleague, Senator Mack, in offering an amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill that will provide much needed relief to agriculture in the State of Florida in the wake of the extreme drought…

They would not be constrained to the items included in this amendment. They would advocate a total lifting of the embargo against Cuba.

this amendment will increase by $2 million the funds available to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in their battle against the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, or medfly. I am, unfortunately, all too familiar with the devastation…

What offends me is the assumption that it is the U.S. embargo policy, whether it is against Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, or whatever rogue state, that is the cause of that impoverishment. This is a return to that classic ``Let's blame…