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108th Congress (2003-2004)
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AMENDMENT NO. 246 TO AMENDMENT NO. 61
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, the amendment is at the desk.
Mr. THOMAS. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, this is a second-degree amendment to the underlying...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I think the Senator from Maryland has raised a very...
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Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I yield now to the Senator from Ohio.
Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I----
Ms. MIKULSKI. Parliamentary inquiry.
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: First, I recognize that the...
Mr. THOMAS. I understood we had 15 minutes to present our point of view and...
Ms. MIKULSKI. This discussion will be on my time. But usually when we have a...
Mr. THOMAS. That was my understanding.
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, the Senator from Ohio has the right to speak, but...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry.
Ms. MIKULSKI. No. We didn't.
Ms. MIKULSKI. When do I get my time? There are 15 minutes on each amendment?
Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, how much time do we have on this side?
Mr. VOINOVICH. I thank the Chair.
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, do I have time remaining?
Mr. THOMAS. I would like to turn to the Senator from Virginia.
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Wyoming for his leadership....
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise with vigor to unabashedly oppose the...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I am voting in favor of Senator MIKULSKI's...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I hope when we do another process such as this and...
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. HARKIN) and the...
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 247
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk, which is provided...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I believe we can move expeditiously along on this...
Ms. MIKULSKI. I thank the Chair.
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Mr. REID. I ask to be made a cosponsor.
Ms. MIKULSKI. I thank the Senator from Nevada for asking to be a cosponsor. I...
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President I remind my colleagues that the amendment this body...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Is the Senator yielding back all his time?
Mr. THOMAS. I am yielding back.
Ms. MIKULSKI. Excuse me?
Mr. THOMAS. I yield back my time. I am sorry.
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, how much time is remaining?
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Mikulski amendment. As we...
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Mr. THOMAS. I guess we are going to use this time. I might as well join in.
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I rise today in support of an amendment offered by...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I strongly support Senator Mikulski's...
Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I strongly support the amendment offered by Senator...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I want to make a few quick points. First, my...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Vote yes on Mikulski.
Mr. REID. Have the yeas and nays been ordered?
Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. HARKIN), the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I wish to present to the Senate a series of...
Mr. STEVENS. After the Senator's amendment is presented, we will have a vote in...
Mr. REID. No. On our side, prior to third reading, we have Senator...
Mr. STEVENS. I think I misspoke. I think Senator Stabenow wishes to...
Ms. STABENOW. That is correct.
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, if the Senator from Alaska will yield, I think...
Mr. STEVENS. I have not said that. The Senator has that right. But I am...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. I thank the manager.
AMENDMENTS NOS. 6, 83, 85, 131, 136, 144, 156, 172, 150, 199, 186, 142, 178,...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I now offer a series of amendments, and after I...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, 112 has not been cleared on this side.
Mr. STEVENS. No. 112 was cleared. We showed that to you. It was the one...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I think the Korea resolution sense of the Senate was in...
Mr. STEVENS. It was.
Mr. KYL. I wanted to speak for 5 minutes on that.
Mr. STEVENS. Will the Senator make the statement after we adopt this package?
Mr. KYL. Sure.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, could I just ask----
Mr. STEVENS. I still have the floor, Mr. President.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Not wishing to object, I ask if any disposition has been made on...
Mr. STEVENS. We have not been able to clear that one yet. It is not in this...
Mr. BINGAMAN. I will wait for the remaining package. If not, I will ask for a...
Mr. STEVENS. We will confer with the Senator.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, what is the consent request?
Mr. STEVENS. Modified in accordance with the way we presented them to the desk....
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent they be considered en bloc.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, before they are agreed to, I have to work out a...
Mr. STEVENS. I ask, then, that No. 112 be taken out of this package.
Mr. STEVENS. It will be at the desk, and we will consider it later.
AMENDMENT NO. 6, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 83, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 85, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 131 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 136 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 144 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 156 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 172 AS MODIFIED
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AMENDMENT NO. 199 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 150 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 186, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 142, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 178, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 57 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 167 AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 166, AS MODIFIED
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AMENDMENT NO. 188, AS MODIFIED
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, Senator Lautenberg has 5 minutes on his...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, if the Senator wants to call up amendment No. 112 now,...
Mr. STEVENS. Very well.
AMENDMENT NO. 112, AS MODIFIED
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 112.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
AMENDMENT NO. 112 AS MODIFIED
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for the immediate adoption of the modified...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. I thank the manager.
AMENDMENT NO. 192, AS MODIFIED
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I call up my amendment, which is at the desk.
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, we have not seen the...
AMENDMENT NO. 192 AS MODIFIED
Mr. LAUTENBERG. I thank the Chair.
Mrs. BOXER. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Sure.
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I want to take a moment to thank the Senator from...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from California. We have...
Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I commend the Senator for the amendment. It is a...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. I thank the Senator from Vermont.
Mr. CORZINE. Will my colleague from New Jersey yield?
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Yes. I yield to my colleague.
Mr. CORZINE. I just want to reinforce and reemphasize how important this is in...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. I thank my distinguished colleague.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Lautenberg amendment. I...
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Mr. CRAIG. One minute.
Mr. INHOFE. One minute to the Senator from Idaho.
Mr. CRAIG. The superfund site in Coeur d'Alene, ID, that the Senator from New...
Mr. INHOFE. I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Idaho because we do...
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, in addition to the arguments that the distinguished...
Mr. INHOFE. Yes. We are in the process of making some major changes. You heard...
Mr. DOMENICI. Will you give me 1 minute?
Mr. INHOFE. Sure.
Mr. DOMENICI. I want to tell the Senate, 10 years ago I made a speech downtown...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I listened with interest to the comments of my...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: How much time does the...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, no one would suggest that we shouldn't look for...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I have to argue with my good friend from New Jersey....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. HARKIN) and the...
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 10, 28, 47, 65, AS MODIFIED; 88, 110, 139, AS MODIFIED; 155,...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, if I may have the attention of the Senate, I have...
Mr. STEVENS. Is that agreeable?
Mr. STEVENS. I urge they be adopted en bloc.
AMENDMENT NO. 10
AMENDMENT NO. 28
AMENDMENT NO. 47
AMENDMENT NO. 65, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 88
AMENDMENT NO. 110
AMENDMENT NO. 139
AMENDMENT NO. 155
AMENDMENT NO. 201
AMENDMENT NO. 218
AMENDMENT NO. 151
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AMENDMENT NO. 50
AMENDMENT NO. 34
AMENDMENT NO. 126
``AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
`` Part C--Summer Fill and Fuel Budgeting Programs''
``Part D--Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
``Part C--Summer Fill and Fuel Budgeting Programs
AMENDMENT NO. 158
AMENDMENT NO. 158
Mr. BINGAMAN: Mr. President, the amendment being offered jointly by the senior...
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DOMENICI. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENTS NOS. 33, 102, AS MODIFIED; 205, 236, 243, 135, AS MODIFIED; 116, AS...
Mr. STEVENS. I have another list. I will similarly make a request that they be...
Mr. STEVENS. Amendment No. 205, Senator McConnell; amendment No. 236,...
Mr. STEVENS. On amendment No. 187, there is a substitute at the desk. On behalf...
Mr. STEVENS. Amendment No. 62, as modified, Senator McConnell;...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that these amendments be...
Mr. STEVENS. I ask that they be adopted en bloc.
AMENDMENT NO. 33
AMENDMENT NO. 102, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 205
AMENDMENT NO. 236
AMENDMENT NO. 243
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AMENDMENT NO. 135, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 116, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 226, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 163, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 187, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 62, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 238
AMENDMENT NO. 129
AMENDMENT NO. 129
Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, today I offer, on behalf of myself and Senators...
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Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on...
AMENDMENT NO. 226, AS MODIFIED
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, the 2002 farm bill authorized the Grants for Youth...
PROVO AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER FUNDING
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, will the distinguished chairman of the Transportation...
Mr. SHELBY. I will be glad to.
Mr. HATCH. My office was recently visited by the mayor of Provo, in my home...
Mr. SHELBY. I note for the Senator from Utah that the Transportation...
Mr. HATCH. I am very appreciative to the Senator from Alabama and the other...
Mr. SHELBY. I thank my colleague for making me aware of his interest in this...
SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I have long supported programs important to improving...
Mr. COCHRAN. I appreciate the efforts of my friend from Wisconsin. I agree that...
Mr. KOHL. While I understand the fiscal constraints we were facing during this...
Mr. COCHRAN. Again, I thank the senior Senator from Wisconsin, and I appreciate...
SECTION 32
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have two amendments at the desk that are intended...
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Mr. COCHRAN. As the language in section 205 of my amendment that was adopted by...
Mr. KOHL. That is my understanding. I share your concern that the...
Mr. COCHRAN. I will be glad to work with the Senator from Wisconsin and the...
Mr. LEAHY. I thank the Senators for their assurances. In light of this, I will...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSISTING FOX ISLANDS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IN PROVIDING...
Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise today to engage in a colloquy with the...
Ms. COLLINS. I join the distinguished senior Senator from Maine in asking the...
Mr. COCHRAN. I thank the distinguished Senators from Maine, and I will be happy...
Mr. KOHL. I look forward to the opportunity to work with the distinguished...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when we reach third...
Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, there are still two amendments. On one we are waiting...
Mr. STEVENS. The Senator is correct, but we do not have the modifications yet...
Mr. REID. I ask if the four Senators can speak after the vote. The reason I say...
Mr. STEVENS. I inquire of the Senators mentioned if those four Senators will be...
Mr. REID. Senator Stabenow has a sense-of-the-Senate amendment that...
Mr. STEVENS. Senator Stabenow may proceed now.
Mr. REID. Five minutes is what she has agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, Senator Stabenow seeks 5 minutes on a...
Mr. REID. It has been cleared on both sides.
Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator be recognized for 5...
Mr. DAYTON. May I inquire, I was not clear on the sequence. Will we have the...
Mr. STEVENS. The request is that the other Senators speak after final passage....
Mr. DAYTON. I object.
AMENDMENT NO. 248
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk, and I ask...
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Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
AMENDMENT NO. 248
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, as I indicated, my amendment is a sense of the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this amendment is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, there are two remaining amendments. No. 207 is at...
Mr. STEVENS. I ask that the amendments be adopted en bloc.
Mr. REID. No objection.
AMENDMENT NO. 207
TITLE __--OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX
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AMENDMENT NO. 143
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to pose a question to my esteemed...
Mr. BURNS. You are correct Senator. Four million dollars is in the report for...
Mr. DeWINE. Senator Bingaman, as you know my state of Ohio is...
Mr. BINGAMAN. I would be glad to. The Next Generation Lighting Initiative was...
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Mr. DeWINE. Senator Bingaman, did we not introduce this...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Yes, it is now S. 167.
Mr. BURNS. My esteemed colleagues, Senators Bingaman and...
CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP FOR THE AMERICAS
Mr. CHAFEE. Included within Senate Report 107-219, and repeated in Chairman...
Mr. McCONNELL. It is my expectation that it will be funded, and I expect USAID...
Mr. LEAHY. Let me add that the subcommittee would appreciate being informed of...
SAWTOOTH NAT. RECREATION AREA
Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, would the distinguished Chairman of the Subcommittee...
Mr. BURNS. I would be pleased to yield to the Senator to discuss this important...
Mr. CRAPO. First allow me to commend the Chairman and Ranking Member of the...
Mr. BURNS. I appreciate Senator CRAPO's interest in the Sawtooth...
Mr. BYRD. I too appreciate Senator CRAPO's devotion to the SNRA. I am...
Mr. CRAPO. I thank the Chairman and Ranking Member.
Mr. BENNETT. The chairman may be aware that drought in the west has caused...
Mr. BURNS. I agree with the Senator that the service should make every effort...
Mr. BENNETT. I thank the chairman.
ERGONOMICS REGULATION
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I would like to ask the chairman of the Labor, HHS,...
Mr. SPECTER. I would report that the language does not require the Secretary of...
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I would like to engage the distinguished managers of...
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Mr. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I strongly support the remarks of my friend from...
Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished Senators from Virginia and...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. president, I, too, thank the Senators from Virginia and Arkansas...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I rise today to thank chairman BURNS and...
Mr. BYRD. The Senator from South Carolina is correct. The Rivers and Trails...
Mr. BURNS. I concur. The National Park Service should give careful...
Mr. HOLLINGS. I thank the distinguished Chairman and Ranking Member of the...
BYRNE GRANTS
Mr. GRASSLEY. Senator STEVENS, I would like to speak with you for a...
Mr. STEVENS. Senator GRASSLEY, I appreciate your concern about the Byrne...
HYDROGEN ECONOMY
Mr. WYDEN. Senator GORDON SMITH and I would like to discuss an important...
Mr. REID. That is my understanding. Would you please explain further?
Mr. SMITH. The Congress and the DOE have partnered with the U.S. fuel cell...
Mr. REID. That is very helpful. Is it possible that there will be near-term...
Mr. WYDEN. That is correct. However, at the current pace of development it will...
Mr. REID. Yes, and what does the Senator recommend be done?
Mr. WYDEN. We suggest that the Congress approve $4 million for continued...
Mr. REID. Do other funding communities support an acceleration of these...
Mr. SMITH. Yes. The Interior Appropriations Conference, directed DOE to ...
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Mr. WYDEN. Senator SMITH and I appreciate the Senator's consideration of...
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT
Ms. LANDREIU. Mr. President, I rise to request a colloquy with my fellow...
Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Control Project is of...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I also agree that the Southeast Louisiana Flood...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, on July 24, 2003, the Senate Appropriations...
Mr. BREAUX. Louisiana annually experiences an enormous amount of rainfall. One...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, the SELA flood control project is a smart...
Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, for all of these reasons, my distinguished colleague...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I will work with my distinguished colleagues from...
PROVO AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER FUNDING
Mr. HATCH. Would the distinguished Chairman of the Transportation Subcommittee,...
Mr. SHELBY. I would be glad to.
Mr. HATCH. My office was recently visited by the mayor of Provo in my home...
Mr. SHELBY. I would just note for the Senator from Utah that the Transportation...
Mr. HATCH. I am very appreciative to the Senator from Alabama and the other...
Mr. SHELBY. I thank my colleague for making me aware of his interest in this...
BIA SCHOOL OPERATIONS FUNDING
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, as the Senate considers the fiscal year 2003 omnibus...
Mr. BYRD. I understand the concern of my colleague regarding this matter ...
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TRIBAL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity to commend...
Mr. BURNS. Yes, I agree with the distinguished Senator from Michigan. The...
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. Chairman, thank you for clarifying this issue and for your...
ADVANCED HOUSING RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I request the Senate's support and assistance on a...
Mr. BURNS. I understand the importance of this item to the Senator from North...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Senator from North Dakota, a Member of our Subcommittee,...
Mr. DORGAN. I thank the distinguished managers of this chapter of this bill.
NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to pose a question to my esteemed...
Mr. BURNS. You are correct, Senator. Four million dollars is in the report for...
Mr. DEWINE. Senator BINGAMAN, as you know my State of Ohio is...
Mr. BINGAMAN. I would be glad to. The next generation lighting initiative was...
Mr. DEWINE. Senator BINGAMAN, did we not introduce this...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Yes, it is now Senate Bill 167.
Mr. BURNS. My esteemed colleagues, Senators BINGAMAN and DEWINE,...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, while I appreciate the desire of my colleagues to...
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I am extremely disappointed that this bill...
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I intended to offer an amendment to address...
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Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I voted in support of the Edwards amendment to delay...
Mr. GRASSLEY. I ask unanimous consent that this letter be printed in the...
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, after six continuing resolutions to keep the...
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Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I strongly support the amendment offered yesterday by...
EMERALD ASH BORER INFESTATION
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, we have before the Senate the Omnibus Appropriations...
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Ms. STABENOW. My good friend and fellow Senator from Michigan is correct; the...
Mr. KOHL. I thank my friends from Michigan for bringing this problem to the...
Mr. LEVIN. It is imperative that the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service...
Ms. STABENOW. Having APHIS report on these efforts to Congress would greatly...
Mr. COCHRAN. I appreciate the concerns expressed by my colleagues, and I assure...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, the Committee Report to the fiscal year 2003...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, on Christmas Eve, the Department of Labor quietly...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I rise to express my disappointment that the funding...
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SMALLPOX
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I commend the distinguished majority leader and...
Mr. FRIST. I appreciate the Senator's comments. I believe that we are all in...
Mr. KENNEDY. I have offered an amendment to the current legislation that would...
Mr. GREGG. I appreciate the Senators' interest in this area, and I believe we...
Mr. KENNEDY. I am sure that my colleagues appreciate that implementing the...
Mr. GREGG. I will do my best to see that appropriate funding is provided later...
Mr. FRIST. I join my colleagues in their comments, and I am committed to...
Mr. KENNEDY. I thank my colleagues for their commitment to address these issues.
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I wish to speak about an amendment that I have...
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Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I support the amendment offered by my colleague,...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I discussed an item in the Energy Conservation...
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Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from North Dakota for his kind...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator from North Dakota for...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I thank the Senators.
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I had planned to offer an amendment to eliminate a...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I rise to express opposition to a provision in the...
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Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I submitted an amendment to extend the authority...
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Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, as Abigail Scott Duniway, a leader in the women's...
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Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I oppose the passage of H.J. Res. 2, the Omnibus...
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Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I will vote against the omnibus appropriations bill.
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, like many of my colleagues, I am very...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, third reading.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I yield to the majority leader.
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, shortly we will be having our last vote of the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. HARKIN) and the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mrs. HUTCHISON. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator...
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I want to express my deep appreciation to the...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I have a long statement concerning the...
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Mr. BOND. Mr. President, reserving the right to object.
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, that was a very enlightening speech, but I wonder how...
AMENDMENT NO. 57, AS MODIFIED
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, obviously, the subject which I will speak to is a very...
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Mr. KYL. Mr. President, one of the primary reasons that Senator...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, the amendment Senators BAYH, KYL, SESSIONS,...
AMENDMENT NO. 6, AS MODIFIED
Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I know it is late, but I did want to say a few...
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Mr. BOND. Mr. President, if the Senator from Minnesota will yield.
Mr. COLEMAN. I am happy to yield to my friend, the distinguished chairman of...
Mr. BOND. I commend the Senators from Minnesota for their tribute to our...
Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished chairman for his...
Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, I appreciate the words of the chairman of the...
Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
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