Jay Rockefeller

I didn't use all my time, did I? Let me go back to the earlier part of that question.

Has the intensity of these two wars that are going on and the trauma of the wounded and injured--physically, psychologically, both--has that, do you think, helped the whole sense of mission?

Good. I have over-used my time and I apologize, but I am glad to hear those answers.

I rise today with my esteemed colleagues--Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine and Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts--to introduce a timely and vital piece of legislation, the Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008. This bill will…

I am proud to join my friend Senator Snowe and our colleagues Senator Pryor, Senator Collins, and Senator Kerry in introducing the Green Chemistry Research and Development Act. This legislation is a bipartisan effort to promote the efforts…

my name has been invoked frequently here over the last several weeks as passing a bill which was not favored by the majority of the people of my aisle, and the phrase actually was used by the majority leader, who is never wrong, that we…

I almost have no words to praise the Senator from Rhode Island for the eloquence and strength of his speech, which was not only grounded in very deep substance but was delivered with elegiac nature that both culled the human spirit as well…

I rise today to support a short- term extension of the Federal Aviation Administration's contract authority and its collection and expenditure authority through to June 30, 2008. Because of the urgent need to extend the current aviation…

I appreciate and agree with the sentiment of Senator Specter and Senator Whitehouse that the government--not the providers who operated in good faith with them--should be held responsible for the legal fallout from the President's…

I oppose this amendment. The Senator from Wisconsin is offering an amendment that he argues will prevent what he calls ``bulk collection.'' The amendment is intended, as described by the Senator from Wisconsin, to ensure that this bill is…

I support this amendment. It closes a gap in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The amendment expands the definition of certain key terms in the law in order to enhance the Government's ability to obtain FISA coverage of…

after a long debate, we are, in fact, ready to, hopefully, pass the FISA bill. This has been an extremely important debate over important issues critical to the Nation's security. As I discussed at the beginning of the debate, the guiding…

this turns the bill on its head. This says if we are targeting folks overseas, that in effect we have to get a FISA Court approval for each and every time that happens. Let me say the amendment causes enormous operational problems for…

The amendment is described as a way to prevent reverse targeting-- circumstances in which the Government would target persons overseas when its actual target is a person within the United States with whom the overseas person is…

I originally wanted 4 years and we went to 6 years because of accommodations that yielded other results. In the wisdom of the joint Intelligence Committee and Judiciary Committee, settling on 4 years makes a lot of sense. I urge the…

Senator Feingold's amendment concerns the effects of a court determination that there are deficiencies in the Government's procedures under the new authority. This is a complicated issue and I think it is important to explain why I cannot…

this Senator supports the amendment of the Senator from Maryland to revise the sunset provision of the bill so that the new authority established under this act will expire after 4 years. This Senator had originally started out supporting…

I rise to oppose the vote to invoke cloture on the FISA bill. I have no choice but to vote against cloture in order to preserve the rights of my colleagues to have their amendments to this landmark legislation considered. It has been a…

the distinguished vice chairman, Senator Bond, and I have joined in a bipartisan amendment to S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. The Rockefeller-Bond amendment perfects various details of the underlying bill but its main purpose is…

I am confident in saying without any risk of exaggeration that FISA modernization is one of the most important matters that will be considered by this Congress. It calls on us to get two essential matters entirely right--protection of our…

in the lush green hills of Arlington Cemetery, where peace holds its gentle sway, there is a headstone inscribed with the name of John W. Engeman. On it are his rank of chief warrant officer, and his honors, the Legion of Merit, Bronze…

the calendar has just turned to October. The long-awaited month of September has passed. Why September? September, the month of the Petraeus report, was to be the month of accountability for Iraq, for its Government, and a time for…

It is simply an example of why it is that America--why intelligence is the spear, the tip of the spear, and that we never do anything ever again without listening to our intelligence--not to Chalabi, not to Richard Perle, but to our…

the Senate is poised to take action today that is more than two years overdue. Today we will pass the Fiscal Year 2008 Intelligence Authorization bill. For the first 27 years after Congress created the intelligence oversight committees…

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