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Mr. ALLEN. Madam President, I commend the Senator from Colorado, Mr....
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, will the distinguished Senator, my dear friend,...
Mr. ALLEN. I would be happy to.
Mr. WARNER. I think as the two of us are here on the Senate floor, I am...
Mr. ALLEN. If I may, I would much rather be debating this issue with your...
Mr. WARNER. I believe there would be somewhat greater notoriety, but I think...
Mr. ALLEN. Of course not.
Mr. WARNER. Fine.
Mr. ALLEN. I wouldn't allow it, and you wouldn't either.
Mr. WARNER. So be it. Let's put that to one side.
Mr. ALLEN. I would say for the record, Mr. President, no, the senior Senator...
Mr. WARNER. Nor will I ever because I have tremendous respect for the Senator....
Mr. ALLEN. I say to my colleague, the senior Senator from Virginia, it is...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I say to the Senator, I full well know, having had...
Mr. ALLEN. It has failed for many years.
Mr. WARNER. One vote. All I am saying to you is, if you just require the State,...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, may I make a parliamentary inquiry.
Mr. INHOFE. Which of the two distinguished Senators from Virginia has the floor?
Mr. WARNER. I can answer that, the distinguished junior Senator has the floor.
Mr. INHOFE. I thank the Chair.
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I imagine the manager of this measure, the chairman,...
Mr. WARNER. Will the Senator yield for one further point?
Mr. ALLEN. I surely will.
Mr. WARNER. He enumerated a number of States that still do not have it. If you...
Mrs. CLINTON. Will the distinguished Senator from Virginia yield for a question?
Mr. WARNER. Yes.
Mr. ALLEN. What is the question?
Mr. ALLEN. I will yield, but before I do, I want to make a statement. After...
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Mr. WARNER. If I could just make one reply to my colleague and then we will...
Mr. ALLEN. Understood. I yield to the Senator from New York.
Mrs. CLINTON. With respect to this legislation that I am a proud cosponsor of,...
Mrs. CLINTON. With respect to the debate that has been occurring, I understand...
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I say to the junior Senator from New York--her...
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I clearly have a fundamental disagreement with the...
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I do yield the floor.
AMENDMENT NO. 2311
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I also rise today to offer an amendment that is a...
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of...
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Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 2286
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, yesterday I had an opportunity to offer the...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, as always, the Senator from Virginia was very...
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Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. EDWARDS)...
CHANGE OF VOTE
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, on rollcall vote 9, I voted nay. I intended to...
Mr. BOND. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. BOND. Madam President, I rise to discuss a second-degree amendment that I...
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AMENDMENT NO. 2327 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2311
Mr. BOND. Madam President, I send the amendment to the desk.
Mr. BOND. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, I rise today to talk about the 2.4 million jobs...
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Mr. INHOFE. Reserving the right to object, could you repeat this unanimous...
Ms. CANTWELL. I move the pending amendment be set aside and that this amendment...
Mr. INHOFE. I object.
Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, let me be clear to my colleagues what just...
Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, most of us who had an opportunity to get home to...
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE IRAQ INTELLIGENCE
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I was relieved that the President decided he was going...
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Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I wonder if the Senator from Nevada will yield? I...
Mr. REID. I am happy to yield to my friend. He and I have had discussions. I...
Mr. REID. I would say through the Chair, the Senator and I have discussed this...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I have visited the Senator from Nevada and others...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I do not understand how the President and the people...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, again, inquiring further of
Mr. REID. It is absolutely the case.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, if I might respond, there is no question that any...
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Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry.
Mr. REID. I am happy to yield for a parliamentary inquiry.
Mr. INHOFE. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. REID. I have the floor. I will yield for a question.
Mr. INHOFE. I think we are in a highly charged political season right now....
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I know the Senator from Oklahoma says this is...
Mr. DORGAN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. REID. I am happy to yield.
Mr. DORGAN. Let me respond briefly to my friend from Oklahoma, and I will...
Mr. REID. I say through the floor to my friend from North Dakota, the Senator...
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Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, let me reiterate how important this bill is to our...
Mr. JEFFORDS. This bill will provide desperately needed funds to rebuild...
Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, yesterday when we were discussing the seatbelt law,...
Mr. REID. If the Senator will yield, I say to my friend that under the rules...
Mr. INHOFE. Reclaiming my time, I observe we are both still working on that,...
Mr. TALENT. Will the Senator yield? I hope the Senator's child and in-law have...
Mr. INHOFE. I did get that permission. I made that mistake once. I was...
Mr. TALENT. Mr. President, I am sure sons and daughters-in-law have been...
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Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, will the distinguished Senator from Missouri yield...
Mr. TALENT. I will be happy to yield to my friend.
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I so appreciate the Senator's leadership on this...
Mr. TALENT. I thank the Senator for his question. He is absolutely correct. I...
Mr. WYDEN. Before my friend from Missouri leaves, I again say how much I have...
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Mr. TALENT. Mr. President, I am not going to inflict myself much more on the...
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Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
JOBS MOVE OVERSEAS
Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I will address the most important subject we have...
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Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. HOLLINGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. REID. I would like the Senator to comment on the Los Angeles Times...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Show that to the viewing public, please. That is the theme here.
Mr. REID. You are aware, of course--that is why you are here--of ``the loss of...
Mr. HOLLINGS. I surely am.
Mr. REID. This is his successor. I think he will maybe fit in the same shoes as...
Mr. HOLLINGS. I tell you, it has been ship, ship, ship. And who is financing...
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Mr. INHOFE. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. HOLLINGS. Wait a minute. That was on October 7. On October 11, we voted....
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, is the Senator aware that 13 months ago they found...
Mr. HOLLINGS. We ought to make my colleague, Senator Inhofe, the...
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Mr. INHOFE. Will the Senator yield further?
Mr. HOLLINGS. Yes.
Mr. INHOFE. If they found 47 chemical rockets, rockets that would hold 140...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Why didn't they use them? Excuse me, why didn't they use it? You...
Mr. INHOFE. Why did they have them if they weren't wanting to use them at some...
Mr. HOLLINGS. What is the excuse? You should have called him, you found them,...
Mr. JEFFORDS. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. HOLLINGS. Yes.
Mr. JEFFORDS. I commend the Senator for his accurate statement relative to the...
Mr. HOLLINGS. The Senator from Vermont has been overgenerous to me, but I think...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak...
THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICA
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, for the last 2 1/2 years the primary efforts of...
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Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I want to take a few moments to respond to the...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, let me respond briefly to the comments of my...
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Mr. SUNUNU. I appreciate the comments of the Senator from New Mexico.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I first of all extend my appreciation and my apologies...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, let me just continue, if I can, for another 2...
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I enjoyed listening to the debate.
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Mr. BOND. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. THOMAS. Absolutely.
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, the Senator made a very good point about the need to...
Mr. THOMAS. The Senator is absolutely right. These are large projects. They are...
Mr. BOND. If the Senator would further yield, I know the Senator is from a...
Mr. THOMAS. Well, of course, in order to have summer construction, it is...
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask that question because some people talked about a...
Mr. THOMAS. Absolutely. We have heard a great deal from our transportation...
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I thank my colleague.
Mr. REID. Will the Senator from Wyoming yield for a question?
Mr. THOMAS. Certainly.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I think the picture here says it all. We have on the...
Mr. THOMAS. I thank the Senator.
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, very briefly, this is a difficult bill, as the...
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Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I thank the Senator for his statement. I want to...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I rise to discuss an amendment that was...
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, before the distinguished Senator from New Jersey...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I take this moment to respond to my good friend...
Mr. REID. The Senator from New Jersey was responsible for one of the most...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. I thank the Senator.
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I rise to speak about the highway transportation bill...
Mr. KYL. I am quoting now from a February 11, 2004, Statement of Administration...
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Exhibit 1
Statement of Administration Policy
S. 1072--SAFE, ACCOUNTABLE, FLEXIBLE, AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
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Mr. INHOFE. First of all, there is no one I have a higher regard for than the...
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Mr. KYL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to print in the RECORD...
Statement of Administration Policy
S. 1072--SAFE, ACCOUNTABLE, FLEXIBLE, AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
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Road Kill--Congress's Spending Binge Moves to the Passing Lane
Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to print in the...
Summary of Finance Committee Highway Trust Fund Proposal
COMPARISON OF NH AND VT [BOTH LOW POPULATION STATES PER MCCAIN]
CO IS GETTING A RAW DEAL
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
FORMULA FACTORS:
Mr. KYL. Madam President, if I could ask my colleague from Oklahoma a question,...
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Mr. INHOFE. The State of Oklahoma does not. It goes up to 95 cents. The first...
Mr. KYL. I thank the Senator.
Mr. INHOFE. I yield the floor.
Mrs. DOLE. Madam President, our transportation infrastructure is one of this...
Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, first, before the Senator from North Carolina...
Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, I want to discuss a couple of amendments I intend to...
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, I wish to take an opportunity to respond to some of...
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Mr. GRAHAM of Florida. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order...
Mr. GRAHAM of Florida. Mr. President, in response to the threat to end the...
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AMENDMENT NO. 2311
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of Senators...
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, for working families in the State of Connecticut...
Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support for S. 1072, the Safe,...
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BUDGET PROCESS REFORM
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, this amendment contains provisions that are within...
Mr. NICKLES. I agree that the pending transportation bill is not the place to...
Mr. FRIST. I concur with the chairman of the Budget Committee and agree with...
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Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
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