Jay Rockefeller

I have to declare myself absolutely a series of things: furious, double-crossed, misled, minimized--in terms of my role as a Senator and as chairman of the Intelligence Committee--shocked by the arrogance of the technique that was used…

It is a fact of life that Governors don't like to have oversight. They don't get it. The legislatures don't get it. They get it by the people every 4 years. It is a little different here. The President sends legislation. We look at it. It…

Amendment No. 591 would create a deficit neutral reserve fund and would allow for legislative action by the Finance Committee to improve the child support enforcement system as long as the costs were offset. The child support program has…

today I am reintroducing America's Better Classroom Act, an essential initiative to respond to the overwhelming needs for school construction and renovations. I welcome the support of my colleagues, Senator Harkin, and Senator Kerry, who…

One of the key components to success in our classrooms is a qualified teacher. One of the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act mandates the hiring of qualified teachers by every school in every district. But what are the incentives…

I rise today to commend and support my colleagues on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for the hard work on the Head Start reauthorization bill. I would particularly like to thank Senators Dodd and Harkin for including…

may I just appeal to whatever reasoned and reasonable people there may be around here, and that is that the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee has something to say on this matter which relates to what I said. There is a sequential…

I must express my dismay, my absolute dismay. Despite considerable efforts on the part of the chairman and Vice Chairman Bond and extensive efforts and negotiations to get agreement on this bill, there is still an objection from one…

death is by no means an easy subject to talk about; nonetheless, end-of-life care continues to be a controversial topic that must be addressed. Today, I am introducing three bills that I hope will go a long way to improve end-of-life care…

as the 109th Congress wraps up its final session, I want to note my disappointment that the current leadership decided not to work on all 10 of the appropriations bills that remain undone. Congress is adjourning and walking away with much…

Your comments are helpful because I think Members are concerned that accepting this CHIP shortfalls proposal means they will be giving tacit approval to other provisions in the bill that they don't really support--such as decreasing the…

Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Baucus, I would like to begin by thanking you for your efforts to address the impending Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, shortfalls as part of this end-of-the-year package. As many as 17…

my heart is full as I think of Mike DeWine and his service here in the Senate. I didn't know Mike when I first came here. I didn't know anything about his visits, I think 13 or 14, to Haiti, his concern for the poor. He seems to have…

today I rise to honor a longtime member of my staff, Ms. Althia Harris, who has served over 30 years in the Senate. Ms. Harris has reached an incredible benchmark in her career, and I stand today to reflect on her service. Ms. Harris began…

Is the Senator aware, when he talks about delaying implementation of this program, that there are no CIA detainees? What are we holding up?

Mr. President I have a one-page summary. Some of the arguments I have heard are absolutely incredible. The fact of the matter is there isn't any reporting done. For 4 years this has gone on. People say: Just call them in; call in the head…

For 4 years the Central Intelligence Agency's program was kept from the full membership of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees. For 4 years the CIA imprisoned and interrogated suspected terrorists at secret black sites under a…

I have to start off anything I say-- and I will be short--about Jim Jeffords with the word ``friendship,'' based upon his unbelievable qualities of kindness, of goodness, of steadfastness, being the same person every day under any…

I support S. 3525, the Child and Family Services Improvement Act. This is a bill that will reauthorize the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, legislation that I have worked on since its creation in 1997. I am proud to join my…

What the CIA Director reportedly is saying, and the chairman of the full committee indicates, is that operational cables cannot be identified publicly. I am saying that they are identified 30 times in our two reports. I direct my…

That is correct. But there are 30 in various parts of this that are operational cables specifically referred to, which are----

first of all, I totally appreciate and totally do not deserve the kind comments of our leader from the State of Nevada, but I heard them and I won't forget them and I didn't mind them at all. Before the Senate Intelligence Committee was…

the National Security Agency has been wiretapping the conversations of Americans without obtaining court orders, as required by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, for the past 5 years. In recent months, a number of bills…

striking section 8086 would mean the following: that none of the funds in this bill could be spent for intelligence activities without an authorization bill. I do not know how else to do it. I am reluctant to take this step because I do…

in 2004, 45.8 million Americans were without health insurance. That is 15.7 percent of our population, an increase of over 800,000 people in just one year. Yet this number doesn't even reflect the true extent of the problem, as at least…