Will the Senator agree that the opposition mounted against Mr. Estrada is not about his qualifications?

the Senator from Utah has been reviewing the records of judicial nominees for 27 years. Does the Senator know of many lawyers who have argued 15 cases before the Supreme Court, as has Mr. Estrada?

the Washington Post has repeatedly and emphatically called on the Democratic leadership to stop these demands for confidential memoranda. I was wondering if the Senator had seen the Washington Post editorial from last September that said…

Does the Senator from Utah share my concern that what they are doing in filibustering Miguel Estrada is harmful to the institution of the Senate and its advise and consent responsibilities?

Is the Senator aware that it has been suggested a double standard is being applied to this nominee with requests being made that have never been applied to any other nominee? Does the Senator have any explanation for this?

We know in fact that the American Bar Association has given Mr. Estrada its highest rating--in fact, unanimously well qualified. Does the Senator know if the Senate has ever obstructed a vote on any nominee recommended to the Senate by the…

Dear Mr. President, we write to express the strong, majority support in the United States Senate for Miguel Estrada, your nominee to the United States Court of Appeals to the District of Columbia Circuit. Mr. Estrada's professional…

I was hoping that the recent Presidents Day recess would have convinced my colleagues that everything has been said and, thus, it is time now to vote. But we will continue to work with the other side with the hope that at some point they…

I offer this resolution with Senator Smith to congratulate the University of Portland women's soccer team for winning the 2002 NCAA Division I National Championship. This championship team achieved a lot of firsts. The women's soccer team…

I agree, in essence, those are the three choices, and as majority leader, I consider what I feel is stalling on this nomination and not allowing an up-or-down vote of sufficient importance that we will continue to address it. There are…

The Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Miguel Estrada to be a circuit judge for the DC Circuit. We have spent 4 days and over 20 hours debating this eminently qualified nominee. Yesterday 14 Senators participated in the…

I think for today, of course, we will agree to that. But again, I want to come back to the fact of whether it is competitive and the accusations of a filibuster going back and forth. That is going to sort of occur. Let me just say on the…

We will have other judges we will go to, and there are a number of bills that are being considered. There is a children's bill that is related to pornography we will be taking up at some point. There are other bills that have come through…

only four of the Senate's current members were serving on March 25, 1968, when Daniel Pelham first came to work on the Senate side of Capitol Hill. Mr. Pelham--or Danny, as he is known throughout the Senate community--has seen 237 senators…

I join all Americans in expressing our deepest sympathy for the events that have occurred and extend our deepest sympathy to the families of the crew members, and want to take this opportunity to salute the courage of the crew. The events…

While our constituents rely on us as their voice and advocate here in Washington, we rely on our staff to be our voice and advocate. Under our guidance our staff investigate and learn about the many issues that confront us; they work with…

I take a few moments addressing an issue that means a lot to me, personally, and to take a moment to reflect upon an announcement that the President made at the State of the Union two nights ago. It has to do with a little virus, called…

I briefly want to respond that in the past 3 weeks we have had a lot to do. It has been an opportunity for us to work hand in hand, and I think what has happened over the last initial 12 days, and then now over the last 4 days, does…

I rise to very briefly comment on the President's message last night and to initiate my own reflection, which I hope to have the opportunity to continue over the next several days and weeks as we respond to the vision that he painted for…

Each year, nearly one of every four Americans are injured and require medical attention. Among Americans younger than age 44, trauma is the leading killer. While injury prevention programs have greatly reduced death and disability, severe…

I believe that we are all in agreement on the importance of a smallpox immunization program to our national security, and I look forward to working with the Senator and with Chairman Gregg to ensure the success of a smallpox immunization…

It is very clear to me that health care providers today are being inadequately paid under the Medicare Program, and that is why I, as has been pointed out earlier, regret the fact that we finished, adjourned the 107th Congress, without…

again, I am trying to have discussions in good faith. If in the next hour or hour and a half it is clear to me that no progress is being made--because by the time we have the policy luncheons, that will be 2 o'clock, and by the time we get…

in closing, we have a lot of work to do. We got off to a good start last week with the unemployment insurance. We are making progress in terms of negotiations. But--and I mentioned this a few moments ago--the two issues that we have to…

The issue of deficit is of concern to our entire body. But if you look back at history, what was the size of the economy in 1992?