I want to tell him thank you for me, for this body, for America, and for all the millions of people who will benefit from that vision he had.

In a career spanning over 30 years, Robert T. Clark has consistently displayed that uncommon courage and leadership he showed on the battlefield in Vietnam. He has earned the admiration of all who know him, both in and outside of military…

I rise to support his elevation to the second highest rank in the U.S. Army as Commander of U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston. On October 3, 1971, this young man, Robert E. Clark, first platoon leader of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvary…

I rise to honor the 17 soldiers who lost their lives this past Saturday in Iraq when two Black Hawk helicopters collided. This tragedy stands as the deadliest single incident since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March. It is the largest…

Tonight we embark upon an extraordinary session for the next 30 hours. Republicans and Democrats will debate the merits of three judicial nominees. We will be considering the meaning of our constitutional responsibility to advise and…

again, I congratulate Senator Enzi for outstanding work. This is a bill he has worked on for a long period of time, as we have talked about jobs, job creation, what the workplace is like. This is a very exciting bill. I congratulate him…

in looking over the course of the last week, much of the focus of the last 40 hours or so, the last 2 days, has been on the issue of judges. The three cloture votes failed this morning. Earlier in the week, we really accomplished a…

I take special, home State pride in the 101st Airborne Division. It is based at Fort Campbell, 60 percent of which is located in Tennessee.

over the past 2 days, the Senate has sustained what has truly been an extraordinary, all-hours debate, a debate on judicial confirmations and on the very nature of each Senator's duty and right to give advice and consent on the nominations…

A nomination filibuster by a minority whenever it may coalesce is different from legislative filibusters. On legislation, there is a potential safety valve that a troubled measure may be offered elsewhere as a nongermane amendment or…

Many proposals surfaced to change the cloture rule. Major amendments were adopted. In all those debates, not a word was mentioned about nominations. Why should the debate have focused there? Nominations were not filibustered. What is…

Whereas in late October 2003, southern California experienced multiple simultaneous devastating wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, took many lives, and burned hundreds of thousands of acres of grasslands and forests, exceeding…

Today, our forces for freedom encircle the globe. Our military men and women will observe Veterans Day in almost all of the world's time zones. In the skies, on the ground, and under the water, they will pause to remember. In a few…

November 11 was originally known as Armistice Day to celebrate the end of World War I. In 1938, Congress declared November 11 a national holiday in the hopes that the world would never ever again see a battle so fierce and so devastating…

I think we need to get this done because the Internet tax moratorium has expired. If we don't want the Internet tax moratorium to prevail, that is a decision to be made by the body. We should make the decision. I hope the majority leader…

Although we did not have any rollcall votes today, I do want to assure my colleagues we made progress on the Internet tax moratorium bill. I understand there are serious negotiations that are continuing and that we hope we can get an…

But just from my standpoint, based on the comments that have been made, we still have no one disavowing the contents of the memo or the intent of the memo. All I ask at this juncture is, Who wrote it? Who was it intended for? Who was the…

As we discussed the judicial issue and the filibusters that are ongoing, which are unprecedented--partisan filibusters in this country on the judicial nominees--I do think it is critically important that we have the opportunity on both…

I want to spend the next several minutes commenting on a matter that I regard, as majority leader of this body, to be one that is very serious. As is the case with a number of my colleagues, in fact, most of the U.S. Senators, we have been…

A bloody tyrant rules no longer in Iraq. A man who without qualm or regret murdered hundreds of thousands of his own citizens has been removed from power. The perpetrator of one of the past century's most gruesome crimes against humanity…

There is very good news, news that was released today, and that is that the economy grew by 7.2 percent in this last quarter--in July, August, and September. This to me is really a spectacular piece of news, especially as we know the…

In a few minutes, we will have the opportunity to vote on whether Judge Pickering, whom the Senate has once before confirmed to the Federal district court without blemish, can be given the simple fairness, the simple honesty of an…

the Golden Gavel has long served the Senate to mark a Senator's 100th presiding hour and continues to represent our appreciation for the time these dedicated Senators contribute to presiding over the United States Senate, a very important…

We will certainly consider that and work very hard. As my colleagues know, we are adjusting the schedule and interrupting the appropriations bills quite appropriately to address this issue, which reflects the joint priority in responding…

It is widely expected that the Federal Reserve will vote later today to keep the short-term interest rates at the historically low level of 1 percent. This is good news for our economy and very good news for American households. Low…