there is a second issue I want to mention that I addressed 2 weeks ago on the floor of the Senate and want to follow up on. It has to do with a tragic situation in Sudan, in the western part of Sudan in the three states of Darfur, Sudan…

Earlier today, we were talking about public health issues, and I mentioned in some African countries, because of an HIV/AIDS virus, the total length of life will be 33 years of age. In Botswana, if you were born in 1970, you would live 17…

this week we began with the consideration of a constitutional amendment on the institution of marriage, an important dialog, I felt, for this body. We had a good debate on both sides of the aisle on the definition of marriage. I thank my…

since Friday, we have had a good and productive debate about marriage, the bedrock of our society. I applaud my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for the civil discussion, for the judicious discussion we have had. The issue, very…

I want to discuss with the Democratic Leader an approach that might enable us to move forward to conference on the JOBS bill, S. 1637. The Senate JOBS bill reflects overwhelming bipartisan support, passing by a margin of 92-5. Much work…

over the course of Friday, through the weekend and through today, we have been discussing the process for consideration of the marriage amendment. We have had a good discussion, good debate in the Senate both Friday and today in talking…

I want to very briefly, before bringing us formally an end to this week, address an issue that sits on the back burner all too often. It is an issue that affects mankind globally in a very direct way, in a moral sense. It is the HIV/AIDS…

today the Senate has begun the formal debate on the constitutional amendment that does something very simple; that is, protect marriage. The question before us is fundamental: Should marriage remain the union between a husband and a wife…

One of the bills that the assistant Democratic leader and myself and the Democratic leader and our leadership addressed earlier this morning is the jobs in manufacturing bill, the FSC/ETI bill, and the efforts that we are making to move…

Smart progrowth fiscal policy is helping lead job creation in the Nation, and I am optimistic we will continue to see the improvement we have seen over the last 6 months of last year. Economic reports show the economy is continuing to…

I want to update everybody as to where we are with respect to the Class Action Fairness Act. From the many statements over the course of today and last night, it is clear that this bill is important to the American people, and it is…

the purpose of the unanimous consent request is simply to address the issue of class action reform, a bipartisan bill that does have support--not overwhelming but more than 60 votes of support on the floor of the Senate, but to do it in…

it was 1976 in Americus, GA. Millard Fuller and his wife Linda had sold their possessions, given away their millions and rededicated themselves to their Christian faith. They had decided to express their faith by building homes for the…

I mentioned last night the importance of this African Growth and Opportunity Act which we passed last night. In my comments, I also mentioned a restatement of my earlier comments in the day, a restatement of what has been said again and…

the Senate has been busy over the past 4 weeks. I thought I would take a few moments to look back and then look ahead a bit. The Memorial Day recess seems like a long time ago because so much has been shaped by us--referring to the…

Senator Danforth has had a long and distinguished career in the Senate, and he has served this Nation capably, ably, and nobly since the time of that service. In particular, as has been mentioned over the course of the morning, he has…

I will just add to the comments of my friend from Nevada that I had the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister a little over 2 weeks ago when we were in Baghdad. I know Senator Daschle and Senator Biden and Senator Graham also had the…

I do want to make a very brief statement on this resolution submitted by Senator Daschle and myself expressing the sense of the Senate on the transition of Iraq to a constitutionally elected government. This resolution does a number of…

I again congratulate Chairman Stevens and Senator Inouye on completing the first appropriations bill of the year. The record will show, I am sure, the time spent on this bill was one of the fastest, if not the fastest ever, that a Defense…

I had the privilege of traveling to Normandy, France, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the D-day landings. This particular journey took with two of our colleagues, Senator Bob Bennett and Senator John Ensign. The three of us had a…

the House passed an African Growth and Opportunity Act extension by voice vote last week. This is an important bill for the continued economic development of sub-Saharan Africa. To date, AGOA, as it is known--the African Growth and…

I, too, congratulate both of the managers. It has been a long month. It has been 16 days, but since March 17 we actually started the bill. There was a lot in the background people did not see in terms of progress being made, setbacks along…

as the chairman said just a few moments ago on the floor, there has been a lot of hard work on the Defense bill over the course of the last month and over the course of the day. We continued to clear amendments on both sides. And although…

I rise in support of the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 introduced today by Senators Hatch and Leahy. I am proud to be an original cosponsor. The Inducement Act addresses the growing problem of online piracy--the illegal…

It is regarding a fundamental question which most people cannot answer, cancer in women. I ask people to be thinking what the appropriate answer is, What is the deadliest cancer in women today? What is the leading cause of cancer death…