I mean, saying we need to have a conversation somewhere down the road about this, that is not leadership.

In rural areas of the country, we are not anticipating we are going to see any high-speed rail anytime soon.

I just do not subscribe to that.

I do want to rise in support of the Kyl amendment No. 4892 and echo the sentiments expressed by my colleague from Tennessee about the good work of the Senator from Arizona. He has been a tireless advocate for modernization. It is something…

This amendment was filed sometime this afternoon. It deals with an important subject, which is germane to the debate that we are having with regard to the New START treaty. One of the predicates for improving the START treaty is the…

I appreciate the fact that the Senator shares the concerns I have about Iran. All I would say is I think what this provides is an additional safeguard as we move into this process and we have this treaty and a clearly established…

if you make an assumption that you are going to take the additional 20 delivery vehicles out of the bomber fleet, you would take it from 60 down to 40 at a time when we have about almost 120 bombers in our inventory. That is a significant…

I guess the concern and observation the Senator raised I would make as well. With regard to a follow-on bomber, a next-generation bomber, much of our bomber fleet today--47 percent of it is pre-Cuban missile era. So they are older. They…

The amendment I will have voted on deals with the issue of delivery vehicles, which, in my judgment, is a critically important element in this treaty as well. As I have said earlier today on the floor, what this amendment does-- it is very…

I will make a couple quick points before we vote on the delivery vehicle amendment, and the first one is this because it has been observed that this would impact Prompt Global Strike. The supporters of the treaty have said it will not…

The importance of maintaining that leg of the triad is, in this Senator's judgment, critical. It sounds like, from what the Senator is saying, he understands that as well.

I think one would have to admit that we have now talked about missile defense, which I think is a very valid issue with respect to this treaty. There are very significant areas of disagreement with regard to how it treats missile defense…

I thank the Senator for giving me the opportunity to respond, if I might, to some of these issues. One of the issues General Chilton, the Stratcom commander, I think testified to was an assumption there would be nobody cheating. As I said…

For those watching this debate who may be unfamiliar with some of the terminology used in these arms control treaties such as the term ``delivery vehicles,'' it is important to understand that delivery vehicles simply means the nuclear…

I want to point out at the outset that you do not have to watch the news very often in this country to realize we live in a dangerous world. There are lots of countries around the world that are run by regimes that not only mistreat their…

I too want to rise in strong support of the McCain-Barrasso amendment to strike language from the preamble of this treaty to link strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms. This language in the preamble is highly troubling…

I would also simply say, again, that I do not think you can have it both ways. You cannot say that this means nothing, and at the same time that it means everything. If it is a throwaway, some language that does not mean anything, that is…

the Nation's attention is fixed firmly on this travesty of an omnibus trillion-dollar appropriations bill which we should be debating now because the current funding resolution for the government ends tomorrow. We should not be debating a…

I want to start by saying here we are, jammed against the Christmas break with the majority using Christmas as a backstop to rush through an arms control treaty with the Russians and a trillion-dollar spending bill on a dual-track basis…

I also wish to join with my colleagues today before I speak to the issue of the day and express my appreciation to Senator Gregg for his great service to this institution and to our country. I think it is fair to say there is nobody quite…

I think the American people, when they voted this year, were saying one thing: We want to keep the main thing, the main thing. To the American people, the main thing is getting the economy growing again and creating jobs. Almost everything…

I don't think there is anybody here in this Chamber or any Senator from any State who doesn't acknowledge that we have a big problem right now with 9.8 percent unemployment. We have a lot of things on which we agree in the Senate. We have…

It's like a new little card or something on our computers, right?

There's no question that Al Qaeda and other groups continue to explore weaknesses in our air transportation system.

I rise today in support of S. 3987, the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010, legislation that Senator Begich and I have introduced to narrow the scope of section 114 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003--the FACT…