Russ Feingold

I am proud today to join in honoring Jon Corzine and congratulating him on his outstanding service here in the Senate. I have had the pleasure of working with him for 5 years and have found him to be a tremendous ally on a number of…

my understanding is that colleagues are working to clear this continued Katrina tax relief issue and that there is progress being made. That is the reason we are objecting. As soon as we can get it cleared, we will interrupt what we are…

the point the chairman was discussing with the Senator from New Hampshire, it is the Senator from Pennsylvania who is mixing apples and oranges on the NSL requests. Let me point out these proceedings where you are supposed to challenge an…

over the past year, and on more occasions than I'd like to remember, I have talked about the abuse of process that proponents of drilling in the Arctic Refuge have resorted to in their attempts to pass an unpopular and misguided measure…

we have many speakers on our side, and I just want to be clear that this time is charged to the Senator from Pennsylvania. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is in control of the time.

That makes a difference on how one regards the ability to challenge. And the secrecy, the person challenging the NSL cannot even see what the Government has. That is very different than a normal criminal proceeding.

By not acknowledging the difference of the kinds of proceedings that take place with regard to an NSL and normal criminal proceedings. Those are different kinds of proceedings.

On behalf of Senator Dodd, I wish to inform our colleagues that for health reasons Senator Dodd will necessarily be absent from Senate business for the remainder of the week. He thanks his colleagues for their courtesy and understanding…

I oppose this agreement. It is more of the same flawed trade model that has undermined the standards that our firms operate under and has helped ship millions of jobs overseas. From inadequate protections for workers, the environment, and…

is there a speaker designated to go next? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa is previously designated to follow the Senator from Louisiana.

On the national security letters, we will have to agree to disagree and continue to debate this and come to a similar conclusion with regard to what the conference report did vis-a-vis the Senate bill. Perhaps we could agree on how…

I say to the Senator that I meant what I said about his efforts and his sincere desire to try to fix these provisions, and that is what we started to do in the Senate version. Second, I do think this is an excellent process, that we need…

I am thoroughly enjoying this, and I came out here and described the Senator again as valiant on this issue. But I am getting a little worried as we start reviewing each of these provisions. The Senator from Pennsylvania voted for every…

I have no desire---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

the first thing I want to say is that the Senator from Pennsylvania is not the problem here. Everything he has said is accurate. He fought tenaciously in the committee, and I think brilliantly, to bring us together in a balanced package. I…

As the Senator well knows, on the floor we passed this bill by unanimous consent, without debate, but I and others raised our concerns in the Judiciary Committee. The Senator well knows I was not pleased with the outcome on this provision…

if I could make one remark, and then I will have to leave. If the Senator will yield.

I appreciate that. I need to leave briefly. I will be right back, but I enjoy this process. I need to take care of one matter, and I look forward to returning to continue this discussion.

I have no desire to take the floor away from the Senator from Pennsylvania, but back where I live, when the Government comes into your home and you do not know they have been rummaging around in your house and you find out 7 days later…

one of the major items that we will be taking up prior to the end of the year is the issue of the renewal of the so-called USA PATRIOT Act. There was quite an effort in the last couple of years in the Senate to try to fix the problems with…

I wish to express my deep concern regarding recent news reports about piracy off the coast of Somalia. As we all know, Somalia has been without a central, recognized government for well over a decade. It has been over 3 years since I…

I thank my cosponsors, Senators Conrad, Chafee, Obama, and Salazar. This is a good old-fashioned, classic pay- go amendment. This is the rule under which we used to operate. It is very simple. Under this pay-go amendment, you pay for what…

I am pleased to bring an old friend back to this body--the pay-go rule. I am even more pleased to say this is not some new pay-go, but rather good old-fashioned ``Classic'' pay-go. This is the pay-go we used to have in the Senate--a rule…

I note how pleased I am that the Senator from Colorado, Mr. Salazar, is a cosponsor of this amendment. I yield 2 minutes to the Senator from Illinois who is also a cosponsor of my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.

today I plan to introduce the Equal Access to Justice Reform Act of 2005. This legislation contains adjustments to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) that will streamline and improve the process of awarding attorneys' fees to private…