this morning we will start with a 60-minute period for morning business. Following that time, at approximately 10:45 or so, we will return to the pending business, which is the Transportation-Treasury-HUD appropriations bill. We expect to…

today begins what is no less than the trial of the century, the trial of Saddam Hussein. For the first time in recent history, a former leader will stand before his own people to be judged and tried for his crimes against humanity. For the…

the Senate continued to work on the Transportation--Treasury appropriations bill today. A number of amendments have indeed been filed. I encourage Senators who are serious about offering them to come down early in the day tomorrow to do…

very briefly, this morning we have set aside a period of morning business for the first 60 minutes. Following that time, we will return to the consideration of the Transportation- Treasury-HUD appropriations bill. Last night, we entered…

today the Senate began consideration of the Transportation-Treasury appropriations bill. I do urge my colleagues to come to the floor if they wish to offer amendments as soon as possible. The bill managers are here throughout the day for…

I ask unanimous consent Senate floor privileges be extended to Harry Wingo through this session of Congress. Mr. Wingo is on loan to the Senate Commerce Committee from the Federal Communications Commission. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I welcome back our colleagues from the Columbus Day recess. As we open our session, I hope everyone--I am sure they did--had a productive and rejuvenating week with their constituents and their families and their friends. We have a very…

the resolution we passed does express support for those victims of the South Asia earthquake. I encourage our colleagues to make statements for the Record. A number of people have called me over the last several days. This is a resolution…

today, at 3 o'clock, we will begin consideration of the Transportation, Treasury, and HUD appropriations bill. We expect amendments to be offered during today's session and, as I announced prior to the recess, the first vote will occur at…

this morning, the Senate will vote on the Defense appropriations bill. That vote will occur at 9:15 this morning. I thank and commend Senator Stevens for his patience and perseverance in getting this bill to the President. We must complete…

on October 15, one week from tomorrow, the Iraqi people will cast their votes on a new, permanent Iraqi constitution, a social compact, which if ratified, will be unique in the history of the Arab Middle East. Since the stunning January 30…

for the last 24 hours, we have dealt with an issue that centers around the Vitter bill and the proposal to appropriately be able to modify, increase the amounts of loans and loan programs. We have struggled to come to the point we have…

Before the vote, let me quickly explain the two objections and then I will have a unanimous consent request of my own. Basically, the language of both of the bills that have been put forward has not been reviewed by anybody except maybe…

later this afternoon, several of my colleagues and I have the honor of hosting Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in the U.S. Capitol. The Prime Minister has served for just a little bit over 1 year. His country, as we all know, is…

the issue of health care and health care delivery among peoples who have lost their homes, who have lost shelters, security, family members, is something we need to address quickly, expeditiously, and we are going to continue to work on…

I rise to speak on leader time. I thank Senator McCain for his efforts on this very important issue that we have been debating, talking about, and focusing upon for a long period of time. It is an important matter that affects both our…

shortly we will resume debate on the Defense appropriations bill. We began consideration on that bill last Thursday. Since that time, Members have had Thursday night, Friday, and all day Monday. We were here all day Monday, all day…

the unanimous consent I propounded that was objected to by the other side is exactly what we have been working on the last couple of weeks. It did say we would have a freestanding bill to bring a very important bill to the floor. We have…

I ask to speak on leader time. We will in a very few minutes be coming to a vote on the question of germaneness on the Warner amendment. I want to take a few minutes to comment on two issues. One is what we have been talking about over the…

I am a bit offended when the Democratic leader knows last week we had defense, we had Generals Myers, Abizaid, and Casey brief Members extensively in a bipartisan way in a tradition we have set up that is working very well. We have the…

with regard to a briefing which was initiated on a partisan basis by the other side of the aisle in spite of their knowledge that we do have an all-Senate briefing that is bipartisan in the tradition--we have had over 20 different…

I will object shortly. As the distinguished Senator from Louisiana knows, the issue we are talking about is one that is very close to me, one on which she and I have had many conversations because it goes right to the heart of health care…

The Senate has made tremendous progress on the bill today. It has been a very long day. The chairman and ranking member have done a superb job working with other chairmen and other ranking members throughout the course of the day to bring…

Saturday night, on the Indonesian island of Bali, suicide bombers attacked 3 crowded cafes, killing 25 people and wounding many more. People from 22 nations perished in those deadly blasts. Indonesian officials are on the hunt for the…

today we continued on the Defense appropriations bill, and several amendments were offered and debated. As previously announced, any votes ordered will begin tomorrow at sundown. The first vote will occur at approximately 7:30 tomorrow…