Congressional Record
108th Congress (2003-2004)
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Mr. STEVENS. Will the Chair please announce what the program is.
AMENDMENT NO. 32
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, before that starts, I think we should wait for the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry. Will the Presiding Officer...
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, the omnibus bill that is before us virtually...
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I am pleased to cosponsor Senator HARKIN'S...
Mr. HARKIN. I ask unanimous consent that Senators JEFFORDS, MURRAY, EDWARDS,...
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, unfortunately, the Edward Byrne Memorial State and...
Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I strongly support the Harkin amendment to restore...
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Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I am pleased to cosponsor Senator HARKIN's...
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President: I rise to comment on amendment No. 32, which would...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I am unable to support the amendment by my...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, what is the remaining time?
Mr. GREGG. If the Chair would advise me when I have reached a minute, then I...
Mr. GREGG. First off, let's remember we have dramatically increased the money...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this is the time when we ask both sides of the...
Mr. HARKIN. Is there any time remaining on our side?
Mr. STEVENS. If the Senator wishes a minute, I ask unanimous consent that he...
Mr. HARKIN. I only need 30 seconds.
Mr. STEVENS. All right. Thirty seconds.
Mr. HARKIN. I want to add Senator Dorgan as a cosponsor.
Mr. STEVENS. I agree it does not, but this money is going back in under the...
Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be...
Mr. STEVENS. Regular order. A voice vote.
Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays on the underlying amendment.
Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be...
Mr. STEVENS. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. STEVENS. I move to table, and I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. MCCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Nebraska (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. KERRY) is...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
AMENDMENT NO. 31, AS MODIFIED
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, the Senator from New York offered the next...
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Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senators HOLLINGS,...
AMENDMENT NO. 31, AS FURTHER MODIFIED
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to further modify my...
Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I strongly support Senator Schumer's...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, we are prepared to accept this amendment. What it...
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, first, I thank the Senator from Alaska, as well as...
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, it is my understanding the Senator from West...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, if I may respond to my friend, I am willing to enter...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we have an hour on the...
Mr. STEVENS. Is this the one on the across-the-board cuts?
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. STEVENS. Does the Senator wish to have no second-degree amendments?
Mr. BYRD. That is fine, and an up-or-down vote.
Mr. STEVENS. We agree, no second-degree amendments and an up-or-down vote.
AMENDMENT NO. 36
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I yield myself such time as I may consume. And I send...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the distinguished Senator from Alaska has been very...
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, if I could ask the Senator from West Virginia to yield.
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. REID. It is my understanding that on this amendment the Senator from West...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair.
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Mr. REID. May I ask the Senator to yield for a question?
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. REID. The Senator is aware, I am sure, that one of the groups being...
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. REID. Is the Senator aware that what they have done already is a $693...
Mr. BYRD. Yes. I am getting to that. I want Senators to answer the question...
Mr. REID. Almost $700 million.
Mr. BYRD. Yes, where were you?
Mr. REID. Is the Senator also aware that in the Washington Post and all over...
Mr. BYRD. That is just one example, and it is a shameful--not just a disgrace,...
Mr. REID. I say to the Senator, the reason I mention this is it is descriptive,...
Mr. BYRD. If this is compassion, the shedding of tears means nothing. Where is...
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Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I understand the position of the Senator from West...
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Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I will use my leader time to talk to this amendment.
Mr. REID. Will the Senator from West Virginia yield me time?
Mr. BYRD. How much time does the Senator want?
Mr. REID. Six minutes.
Mr. BYRD. I yield 6 minutes to the distinguished Senator from Nevada.
Mr. REID. I very much appreciate our leadership laying out the problem....
Mr. STEVENS. Will the Senator yield on my time?
Mr. REID. For a question?
Mr. STEVENS. Yes.
Mr. REID. Sure.
Mr. STEVENS. Where does the Senator get those figures? The FBI received $3.49...
Mr. REID. I say to my friend from Alaska, how he or anyone else can with a...
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Mr. BYRD. I thank the distinguished Senator.
Mr. BYRD. I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished Senator from North Dakota, Mr....
Mr. DORGAN. This across-the-board cut is not a good idea. We need to make the...
Mr. STEVENS. I yield 2 minutes to the Senator from Oklahoma.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I compliment my friend and colleague from Alaska...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, fear is a terrible quotient in the political...
Mr. KERRY. I strongly support the Byrd amendment to strike title VI of ...
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Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, as the now ranking member on the Committee on...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, how much time is remaining?
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, if I may have the attention of the Senator from ...
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Mr. HARKIN. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. BYRD. Yes, I yield.
Mr. HARKIN. If the Senator will yield----
Mr. BYRD. How much time do I have?
Mr. HARKIN. I will be brief. I just want to buttress what the Senator is saying...
Mr. BYRD. Save me 1 minute, I say to the Chair.
Mr. HARKIN. The cut to NIH. We have worked hard here on a bipartisan basis to...
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. HARKIN. It is more than the NIH's entire budget for research on breast...
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. HARKIN. It is more than the NIH's entire budget, now get this, for research...
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. HARKIN. That is a real cut. The Senator from West Virginia is right, that...
Mr. BYRD. And this amendment impugns the good judgment of the Senator who is...
Mr. HARKIN. Senator Specter.
Mr. BYRD. Those two Senators have chaired that committee and they have worked...
Mr. HARKIN. Precisely.
Mr. BYRD. They are saying to these two Senators and the members of that...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair. I reserve my 1 minute.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, the Senator is entitled to his last minute.
Mr. HARKIN. If the Senator will yield----
Mr. STEVENS. I am not yielding. In my chairmanship, when I was chairman before,...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the President says, ``Remember the deficits.'' I say...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. MCCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Nebraska (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. KERRY) is...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I hope Senators will listen.
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I raise a point of order that the debate...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the Pastore rule, as I understand it, has run its...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask for a ruling from the Chair raising a...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, this debate is germane. I have not finished my speech...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I raise the point of order that the debate...
Mr. BYRD. What is the Chair's ruling?
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, there is $3.9 billion in this bill in defense funding...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, again I ask for a ruling of the Chair. The...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I am speaking about the defense of this country. This...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair.
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AMENDMENT NO. 44
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for...
Mr. McCAIN. While I am waiting for the clerk, I mention that I was...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, this amendment would strike section 211 of...
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Critics Christen Ship Project as an Off-Course U.S.S. Pork.
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Mr. McCAIN. I yield the floor.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, in 1997 Congress, as noted by my colleague from...
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Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I think we should remind ourselves that not too long...
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Exhibit No. 1
Force Protection Is Top Concern for Sealift Commander
INVESTING IN UPGRADES
BEANS AND BULLETS TO MIDEAST
Shipping Crew Deficit Called Wartime Risk; Bush's Maritime Chief Acknowledges...
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``THAT'S A GOOD START''
EXPANSION OF RESERVE FORCE
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, if this amendment is allowed to stand in...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote in relation...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I ask the...
Mr. STEVENS. Yes, we do expect further votes this afternoon. We have the...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I do not object.
Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I thank the Senator for the accommodation for me...
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