Sep 9, 2003
the Department of Labor overtime proposal is the latest in a series of assaults on working Americans that began in the early days of this administration. Right out of the gate, the President made it his first legislative priority to…
Russ Feingold
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Russell Dana Feingold is a prominent Democratic politician from Wisconsin, best known for his tenure as a U.S. Senator from 1993 to 2011. During his time in the Senate, Feingold was recognized for his independent stance on various issues, including campaign finance reform, civil liberties, and foreign policy. He was the only senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001, citing concerns over civil liberties and government overreach. Feingold also played a significant role in the development of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which aimed to regulate campaign financing and reduce the influence of money in politics.
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Sep 4, 2003
this weekend we heard extremely troubling news from the State Department. Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the democratically elected National League for Democracy and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is on a hunger strike to protest her detention…
Jul 31, 2003
today I introduce the Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act. This bill would amend the Patriot Act to protect the privacy of law-abiding Americans. It would set reasonable limits on the Federal Government's access to…
Jul 31, 2003
I am pleased today to offer the Data- Mining Reporting Act of 2003. The untested and controversial intelligence procedure known as data-mining is capable of maintaining extensive files containing both public and private records on each and…
Jul 31, 2003
I think it is possibly the leading issue in the country right now. Mr. President, I rise to comment on U.S. policy in Iraq. We have heard much about the President's reference in the State of the Union Address to intelligence suggesting…
Jul 30, 2003
I want to bring this debate to a close, but I want to quickly respond to a couple of comments from the Senators from New Mexico and Idaho. When the Senator from New Mexico was making his comments he talked about the fact the State…
Jul 29, 2003
I am voting in favor of the Bond-Levin Amendment, and I want to explain my views in detail. Fuel efficiency is a critically important issue for our country, for my home State of Wisconsin, and for our future. I remain committed to the goal…
Jul 25, 2003
I want to add my thoughts to the debate on the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2004. First, I want to take this opportunity to thank the distinguished chairman and distinguished ranking member of the…
Jul 17, 2003
I have long advocated the creation of 23 additional full-time National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams and have supported the location of at least one team in each state and territory of the United States. I am…
Jul 10, 2003
I am pleased to join with my partner in reform, the senior Senator from Arizona, to introduce the Federal Election Administration Act of 2003. When the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act was signed into law, Senator McCain and I and…
Jul 9, 2003
I recognize that we have a problem in this country with malpractice insurance premiums. I would like very much for Congress to address that problem. It is my judgment that S. 11 will not solve that problem, and it will harm innocent…
Jul 9, 2003
I rise to comment on the urgent crisis in Liberia, and on my conviction that the United States has a role to play in its resolution. I also rise to call for the kind of information and clarity that we need if we are to take effective…
Jun 26, 2003
I will vote for passage of the Medicare prescription drug bill that has been debated over the past several weeks. I do so, however, with great reservations about many of the provisions in the bill. I am voting for this measure for two…
Jun 26, 2003
I joined my colleague, the distinguished Senator from Oregon, Mr. Smith, in offering an amendment to promote better care for frail elderly and disabled. This amendment will allow the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services…
Jun 25, 2003
8 months ago I took the floor in this Chamber to call attention to some disturbing trends with regard to democracy and civil liberties in Hong Kong. I said that Hong Kong's rulers, at the behest of Beijing, were set upon a path that risked…
Jun 25, 2003
It has been nearly 50 years since the Supreme Court ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Then-Chief Justice Earl Warren said: "We conclude that in the field of public education the…
Jun 9, 2003
today I draw my colleagues' attention to the situation in Zimbabwe, where courageous citizens continue to protest the political repression and economic collapse that have plunged their country into crisis. Since 2000, President Mugabe has…
Jun 5, 2003
Yesterday the Special Court for Sierra Leone unsealed an indictment of President Charles Taylor of Liberia. Taylor is accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and serious violations of international humanitarian law. I commend the…
May 23, 2003
those of us who came here in the early 1990s found an incredible fiscal mess in this country. And we believed--so many of us worked on both sides of the aisle; and it was bipartisan--that without these kinds of budget rules, we never would…
May 23, 2003
It was absolutely essential for the American people to have the confidence that we cared about the deficit issue, that we finally gave the American people that wonderful sense of confidence that it mattered to us that we were running…
May 22, 2003
today I introduce the ``Involuntary Bankruptcy Improvement Act,'' along with Senator Leahy, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and my colleague Senator Kohl, the senior Senator from Wisconsin. This bill addresses the growing…
May 20, 2003
today I honor the late Mike Jendrzejczyk, the Washington director for the Asia division of Human Rights Watch, and a voice I have trusted and valued for many years. Mike was kind, smart, unquestionably committed, and amazingly energetic…
May 15, 2003
Obviously, the Senator from Massachusetts and I are not going to offer an amendment to provide unsafe treatments. In fact, the WHO guarantees the bioequivalency of a given product. And that just means they actually verify that it is…
May 15, 2003
It is late, but I cannot let the characterization of the AIDS program in Uganda pass without suggesting that the characterization by the Senator from Kansas is an oversimplification of how they reduced the AIDS incidence in Uganda. Most…
May 14, 2003
I am cosponsoring this bill because I do not think the United States Government should tell its citizens where they can and cannot travel. I also think greater people-to-people contacts with societies living under dictatorial regimes can…
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