Russ Feingold

I think the Senator sees where I am going with this. I think the Ethics Committee and others will have to be very reasonable interpreters. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut has used 10 minutes.

I have such regard for the Senator from Maine that I would consider an exception for any lobster in Maine because she and I have shared lobster in Maine, and that is a very special thing I think everyone would accept. My admiration for…

And does the Senator agree, under your current amendment, that the secretary would be able to use the company credit card to pay for it under the amendment we have agreed to?

I do not know if I will use the whole time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.

On this point--obviously, it may not be a secretary or a CEO of a company; it could be some other employee--would the Senator at least consider whether we should take the step of prohibiting the use of company resources or company credit…

I will have him respond on my time. The situation is that you are raising situations with personal friends, and in those situations I don't disagree, I don't think there would be a problem. I think the exception would be properly…

obviously, not only do I respect what the Senator from Connecticut is doing, but I know his intentions are absolutely to have the strongest possible bill we can have. What I am trying to do, as strongly as I feel about this issue…

I support Senator Sarbanes' effort to restore funding for our agencies and programs directed at natural resource conservation and management and some of our fundamental environmental responsibilities. The programs and agencies include the…

I have spoken on the floor several times about the administration's ill-conceived, poorly executed, and self- defeating strategy in Iraq. Today, I intend to talk about how the war in Iraq is having a far-reaching and negative impact on our…

I oppose drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but if we are going to debate this policy, we should do so openly--not through a backdoor budget maneuver. My colleagues who want to open the Arctic Refuge to drilling should go…

today, the Senate allowed its budget process to be hijacked by those seeking to move a policy issue that has been rightly rejected so many times. I opposed the manipulation of process in the Budget Committee and I opposed final passage…

I understand I have been recognized for 25 minutes as in morning business; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. An objection has been heard to the unanimous consent request of the Senator from Wisconsin.

I just said I would be happy to give the Senator a copy of the resolution right now. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my time be started over again. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from…

I will be introducing it at the conclusion of my remarks. I will be happy to supply the Senator with a copy of the resolution, but I do intend to introduce it at the conclusion of my remarks.

I thought that was the second unanimous consent. I simply asked originally for 25 minutes in morning business, and I believe that was approved. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request of the Senator from Wisconsin to speak…

A tough day at the office today for Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold. He introduced a resolution to censure President Bush, but really got nothing but trouble from Republicans and little support from Democrats in return.

the avian influenza, H5N1, virus has recently been detected for the first time in Nigeria. International health officials have long warned about the potential danger of avian flu spreading throughout the African continent, and it appears…

every day children across this country learn about the role of their Government and how it is intended to function. I have also collected a handful of textbooks used by children from elementary school up through high school to see what…

yesterday the Senate took further steps to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act without the fundamental checks and balances that so many of us believe are needed. To bring us back to first principles, I read aloud the Constitution and the Bill of…

we pass a lot of laws in this body, but most of them don't get any public attention. Not so with the PATRIOT Act. Few pieces of legislation have the kind of public understanding and recognition the PATRIOT Act does. The PATRIOT Act has…

I ask that the Chair inform me when I have consumed 45 minutes of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will be notified.

I thank the Chair. When it comes to the conference report on the USA PATRIOT Act, the die has now been cast. The Senate has voted to reconsider the vote against cloture from last December and now has voted to limit debate on the PATRIOT…

later today we will have a cloture vote on S. 2271. We should not end debate on this bill, and we should not pass this bill. Doing so will only help implement the deeply flawed deal that was struck with the White House to reauthorize the…

for the last 33 years, the American people have relied upon the Clean Water Act to protect and restore the health of the Nation's waters. The primary goal of the act to make rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, and coastal waters safe for…

that objection says it all. I urge my colleagues to vote no on cloture, not only because this deal is flawed but also because of the tactics being used to prevent votes on reasonable, relevant amendments--reasonable, relevant amendments…