Pete Sessions

I see the chairman. I suppose we are ready to go forward. Does the chairman have anything he needs to say at this time?

Yes I do, and I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Texas. In Alabama, we have enjoyed great successes from the implementation of Project Safe Neighborhoods and its State and local grant program for which full funding is important…

I hope the Senator is not too disturbed with me. I noticed in the New York Times today they had my picture in there and they described it as that of Senator Reed. It probably will cost him 50,000 votes in his home State. But it was not my…

Tomorrow we will continue debate on the motion to pro- ceed until 2. At 2 p.m. we will vote on the motion to proceed and begin consideration of the bill. As we stated since last week, there are a number of legislative matters to consider…

As you know, this bill is about the taxpayer. It is also about high-tech areas that depend upon a Postal Service that works properly. And our next speaker is from one of those areas, a high-tech area that is important to this country in…

I think that is more acceptable, but even then the policies in the field manual should reflect the executive branch, it seems to me, being able to use extraordinary events and extraordinary circumstances.

It did say ``not authorized in the field manual.'' But the Senator from South Carolina interprets that to mean that the military could amend it at any point in time.

That would be fine. If I could have 10 minutes, if I could share a few thoughts on the previous amendment in the next 10 minutes, I would be happy.

Well, everybody has spoken for it. Nobody has spoken against it. Mr. McCAIN. Could I ask, maybe we could take a maximum of 5 minutes, 3 or 4 minutes on this amendment, for which I had unanimous consent, and then go back to allow the…

I will be pleased to yield. I have just a minute, as I know the Presiding Officer is committed to leaving and I am supposed to replace her.

I thank the Senator. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Virginia.

I think under the UC, I was given a few minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Alabama.

I thank the chairman. There is no committee on which I serve that is more of a pleasure to work and has a better bipartisan spirit. Chairman Warner and Senator Levin deserve much credit for that. We get to make a number of trips. Nobody…

There might be a contest between which of these amendments is most poorly drafted. The Reid amendment that kicked off this event, that surprised me when it came up in this last minute, says that ``No Federal employee who discloses, or has…

That is another example of the poor drafting of this statute, to hold somebody accountable for a perfectly innocent mistake--a strict liability statute that requires only the revealing of information that somebody happened to be a covert…

I believe we have, on behalf of the majority leader, Senator Frist, some closing remarks and matters. ____________________

With regard to this feasibility study, the study is really to determine the effect of the casing that we use on nuclear weapons--hardened casing--and how deeply that would penetrate. It is not going to be a feasibility study in which a…

I thank the Senator, also the Chair of the Budget Committee. He answered very well when he said we can't always fund the new things we want to do by pumping new money into them. Sometimes we need to ask ourselves if there is not some money…

I ask if the Majority Whip will yield for a question? Mr. McCONNELL. I am happy to yield.

That is good. And I apologize for not being here and hearing your remarks to begin with. I would not have asked that.

I would ask the Senator, before she leaves--I notice the debates over filibusters have seen people maybe flip and change their views--but I would ask her if it is not true that she just said a few moments ago that we must keep the…

Isn't it true that Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader, sought cloture to give Berzon and Paez an up-or-down vote, and those of us who opposed Berzon and Paez, as the Senator from Kentucky did, voted for cloture to give them an…

Let me ask this, with the presence of the distinguished former chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Chamber. At that very moment when it was to the Republican interests to initiate a filibuster, if we chose to do so, at that moment…

We spoke earlier about how Members provided information back and forth not only to the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) and the Homeland Security Department but also about how we were able to have a Committee on Rules meeting yesterday…

I understand there is a unanimous consent to have 2 minutes, 1 minute on each side. I prefer to have more. I ask unanimous consent we have 3 minutes on each side.