Russ Feingold

this was a truly historic week for the Senate. With passage of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, S. 2611, we have succeeded in maintaining several key components of the bill that passed out of the Judiciary Committee 2…

I call up amendment No. 4083. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold] proposes an amendment numbered 4083.

I hope it will be shorter, but it depends on the response. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin is recognized. Amendment No. 4083

if the Senator is agreeable, I would be willing to yield all time. I yield my time.

I would like to use a couple of minutes of my time to respond to my friend from Arizona. I want to be clear there is no intention here to get in the way at all of the expedited removal cases or Secretary Chertoff's program. That is exactly…

I am deeply grateful to the chairman, especially for his support of this amendment but also for his leadership on this legislation. It is extremely important to this country. I know he worked so hard in committee to come up with a good…

everybody in this Chamber, I hope, will consider supporting this amendment. I urge its adoption. I reserve the remainder of my time. Exhibit 1 List of Organizations that Support Feingold-Brownback Amendment No. 4083 American Bar…

There is no intention to remove the language, or the requirement of the injunction standard. I said repeatedly here that I believe, on the stays, the person who is trying to avoid removal and trying to get the stay has to meet the standard…

I don't believe that is impacted because that refers to the actual proceeding. It does not, according to the interpretation of the circuits, apply to the standard for stays. That is what the circuits have all said, except for one. That…

I would like to read from this letter to give my colleagues a better understanding of whom this provision of the bill will affect. According to this letter: Section 227(c) poses grave risks to many immigrant women and children who, in the…

Libya's decision to abandon its illegal weapons programs, and today's news that the verification process has been successfully completed, and the fact that Libya is cooperating in international counterterrorism efforts, are tremendously…

I will oppose H.R. 4297. It fails in nearly every aspect to justify enactment, but among the biggest of its defects is that it adds $70 billion to our already mounting deficits. The last thing we should be doing is adding to the burden…

I join the American public and the international community in congratulating the signatories of the recent peace agreement signed in Abuja, Nigeria on May 5, 2006. I hope that this peace agreement marks a dramatic turning point in bringing…

once again we are faced with ill-advised medical malpractice bills coming to the Senate floor without any committee consideration. Some argue that we have a malpractice insurance crisis that is driving doctors from the practice of…

This program that he runs that the president authorized disregards the law that was passed by the Congress, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. What kind of a message is it if we simply confirm him without him backing off on that?

our country desperately needs a new vision for strengthening our national security, and I believe it starts by redeploying our U.S. forces from Iraq and refocusing our attention on the global terrorist threats that face us. I filed an…

I support the increased funding for border security that is provided by the Gregg and Reid amendments. This funding for replacing and upgrading the equipment and vehicles that we need to protect our borders is vital to our security. Of…

this month people around the world are joining together to remember and honor the men, women, and children who perished in the Armenian genocide. One and a half million Armenians were systematically massacred at the hands of the Ottoman…

I wish to express my regret that the administration has decided to decline the opportunity for candidacy on the newly formed U.N. Human Rights Council. I supported the creation of the Human Rights Council because I believe that we need to…

today I voted in favor of cloture on the Hagel-Martinez compromise on the immigration bill. I did not like the changes that this compromise made to the Senate Judiciary Committee bill, and I would vastly prefer that the Senate pass the…

I will vote in favor of cloture on the Judiciary Committee substitute to S. 2454, the immigration bill that is pending. This substitute is not a perfect bill, but it is a good bill, and I urge my colleagues to support it. This is a…

today I want to express my concerns about the recent presidential election in Belarus. I have previously noted the tremendous hardships Belarus has endured throughout its history. For centuries, Belarus has been fought over, occupied and…

I enjoyed listening to the remarks of the Senator from Mississippi. This reminds me of the experience in 1994 when there was stiff resistance to the idea of having a gift ban in the Senate. We achieved a significant victory by having at…

I express my gratitude not only for the Senator's kind remarks to the Senator from Connecticut but I am pretty sure the McCain-Feingold effort that we fought for, for 8 years, would not have succeeded if not for the brilliant leadership of…

when Jack Abramoff pled guilty in January, it was clear that the Senate would have to address lobbying and ethics reform this year. For a short time, it seemed like significant reforms had become possible. While this bill contains many…