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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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