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Pete Sessions is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 32nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held office in the House from 1997 to 2005, representing Texas's 5th congressional district. During his time in Congress, Sessions focused on various issues including veterans' affairs and fiscal responsibility. He has been involved in efforts to support veterans and their families, highlighting the importance of organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
I was pleased to be able to join with Senator Graham and Senators Lieberman, Bayh, Brownback, and a number of other Senators, in forming a caucus or a group to treat the energy threats to this country as a national security threat. Now I…
I will ask him to tell us how many years he has been a U.S. Army JAG officer. He has been so familiar with all these issues and has provided much leadership to it with some great ideas in recent weeks on some of the amendments he has…
I ask the distinguished Democratic leader--he is a great and skilled advocate, and I know everybody is a bit frustrated at the end of the session, but I do not think he meant to accuse the distinguished Senator Cochran and the members of…
I urge him to examine the legislation and to examine the changes that are made. I know some have said they are significant. With the Senator's legal skills and ability to analyze, I think he will find they are not nearly as significant as…
Tomorrow we will be considering several measures throughout the day. We will begin the day with debate on the Labor-HHS appropriations conference report. We will resume debate on the PATRIOT Act conference report. At 3:30 we will begin the…
That is beautifully expressed. I think that is so important for us to know. I want to drive home one point. The Senator from Massachusetts and other Senators have been complaining about these matters. I remember the briefings we attended…
That was before 78 Members of this body--a majority of the Democratic Members along with a majority and maybe all of the Republicans--voted to authorize hostilities in Iraq.
I hope every Senator was listening to Senator Kyl's explanation of the important issues that have been raised. I hope the American people are listening. He served on the Intelligence Committee. He has been through these debates from the…
We knew these subtleties and disagreements, and we were given the best estimate that the intelligence agency was given. Let me ask the Senator this: The CIA is the Central Intelligence Agency. The Senator talked about the contradiction…
I thank the chairman. I note I did meet that special inspector general. He impressed me. I know Senator Collins has met with him and is thoroughly impressed with him. He is very present throughout Iraq to make sure our dollars are being…
I would like to make some general comments about our Defense bill and where we are, so I ask the chairman whether that should be in morning business?
With permission from Senator Warner, I would like to speak on the issue of this commission and express some comments on that.
Reclaiming my time, so that the gentleman does understand the facts of the case, the committee had no discussion on this point. The discussion took place in the Rules Committee, because a decision was made well after May, at the time that…
It is right out there in front of everybody: Republicans are good on policy and, evidently, the Democrats do not like the politics. The policy is what this Financial Services Committee is all about. That is why they produced this great…
Serving as a member of the conference, when you go and you look at an appropriations and tear apart where all the money goes and what the priorities are and what the needs are and work with the Senate, one of the most important attributes…
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.
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