I want to mention the issue of Wall Street and talk about public relations. There is no question that after what occurred, many of the folks on Wall Street could have used a public relations firm to help them. No question, the bonuses and…

I think last week--or over the last short period of time anyway--probably has been the lowest point in my Senate career of 3 years and 4 months in just hearing all the rhetoric on both sides of the aisle, candidly, about this bill. The…

I want to take a moment of the Senate's time to recognize the leadership and contributions of Jimmy Wayne to the State of Tennessee and the United States of America for his remarkable efforts to combat homelessness. Jimmy Wayne began his…

I am confident that the 10-year plan is going to be well laid out, well defined, on the table.

A treaty is only as good as the two people who agree to it, and either one of them can step aside.

this really is not much of a treaty. It is more about continuing the process and understanding how we verify and do those types of things.

I think it is a pretty modest reduction, but I would underscore very strongly the importance of a firm commitment by the Congress and the United States to a modernization effort of our infrastructure, our delivery platforms, and our…

I think they concluded, at some point, they weren't going to compete with the United States, primarily economically, but also militarily.

No, we're not going to give you that.

But, aren't they already below the level, just specifically as it relates to strategic launch ability?

the real key issue is figuring out some way of giving assurance to those of us who care about our stockpile, that we're going to do those things over a period of time with a real concrete plan to achieve modernization.

I know that we cannot bind future Congresses. Thankfully, those before us didn't do that.