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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- (Senate - October 01, 2004)Page: S10197
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3765
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, my understanding is that there is a pending...
Mr. ALLARD. I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendments be set aside,...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, to briefly explain the amendment, it provides...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Colorado for the work...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the Collins-Lieberman bill....
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AMENDMENT NO. 3778
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Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, my amendment will accomplish the following: first,...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Colorado for his generous...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I thank the Senator for his statements about the...
Mr. ALLARD. I thank the managers for their kind comments.
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, this morning, I want to take a few minutes to...
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise first to thank the Senator from Tennessee...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to offer an amendment that...
AMENDMENT NO. 3845
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3845.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, first, I express my appreciation to the two managers...
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, needless to say, I thank the Senator from West...
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, before I comment on the specifics of the amendment...
Mr. BYRD. Walt Whitman said:
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Madam President, let me first thank the Senator from West...
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Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, as we have indicated, the legislation before the...
Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I have no intention of belaboring this today. I...
Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I thank the Senator from West Virginia.
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I thank the managers of the bill. Before I...
Mr. BYRD. Madam President, will the distinguished Senator yield?
Mr. WARNER. Yes.
Mr. BYRD. Plato thanked the gods for having been born a man. He thanked the...
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Mr. WARNER. Madam President, not until I make the following observation: First,...
Mr. BYRD. If the Senator will yield, I thank him for his magnificent encomium...
AMENDMENT NO. 3877
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I thank the distinguished managers of this bill. I...
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, this amendment is for the purpose of bringing into...
Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, for the national intelligence director to be...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Madam President, I thank my friend from Virginia, the chairman...
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Mr. WARNER. Madam President, will the Senator yield?
Mr. LIEBERMAN. I certainly will.
Mr. WARNER. I want to pick up on the last point. I find there is no effort to...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Through the Chair, the Senator from Virginia is absolutely...
Mr. WARNER. Therefore, they serve the whole community. And perhaps if a caveat...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, if I may briefly respond
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, it is obvious the managers at the moment are...
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, to respond to the question raised by the Senator...
Mr. WARNER. I thank my distinguished colleague. I shall certainly be here. As a...
Ms. COLLINS. I ask that the amendment be laid aside. The Senator from Vermont...
Mr. LEAHY. Of course. The distinguished chairman and ranking Member have always...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
AMENDMENT NO. 3945
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask it be in order for me to send to the desk an...
Mr. LEAHY. I understand there may be a question regarding my amendment. While...
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I know the distinguished chairman of the committee...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator from Vermont bringing his...
AMENDMENT NO. 3908
Mr. REED. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3908.
Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. REED. Mr. President, I offer this amendment along with Senators...
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Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I commend my colleague, the very able Senator from...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, it is my understanding, based on the tentative...
Mr. CONRAD. I would be happy to yield to Senators for their amendments.
Ms. COLLINS. I appreciate that.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, if I may speak on the amendment briefly, I thank...
JUSTIFYING THE WAR IN IRAQ
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, in watching the Presidential debate last night,...
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Mr. Webb, in that same opinion piece, said this:
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, I certainly am happy to be here today and that I...
AMENDMENT NO. 3849
Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Corzine, I ask that the...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 3782 AND 3905
Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Lautenberg, I call up...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3821
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask that the pending amendments be set aside, and I...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Harkin, I recognize his...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I do want to indicate that we have several other...
AMENDMENT NO. 3807
Mr. LIEBERMAN. In the meantime, Mr. President, I would like to take this...
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AMENDMENT NO. 3808
Mr. LEVIN. I thank my good friend from Connecticut. I thank him and Senator...
Mr. LEVIN. I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, the 9/11 Commission, in addition to recommending a...
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I thank my friend from Michigan, the...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, first let me thank my dear friend from Connecticut.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I don't know whether the Senator from Connecticut at...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, the Senator from Maine is on her way to the floor...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I support the amendment proposed by Senator...
Mr. LEVIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Ms. COLLINS. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment...
AMENDMENT NO. 3748
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No....
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Mr. ROBERTS. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed...
Mr. ROBERTS. This amendment clarifies the role of the analytical review unit...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 3739 AND 3750, EN BLOC
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up en bloc...
Mr. ROBERTS. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendments be...
AMENDMENT NO. 3739
AMENDMENT NO. 3750
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Mr. ROBERTS. This amendment clarifies that a primary mission of National...
AMENDMENT NO. 3747
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No....
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, this amendment would provide the national...
AMENDMENT NO. 3742
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No....
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
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Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, this amendment would preserve the requirement in...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 3740, 3741, 3744, AND 3751
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up en bloc...
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3740
AMENDMENT NO. 3741
AMENDMENT NO. 3744
AMENDMENT NO. 3751
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, these amendments contain clarifications to the...
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Kansas, the distinguished...
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Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, will the distinguished chairman yield?
Ms. COLLINS. I would be happy to yield.
Mr. ROBERTS. I say to the Senator, I would like to thank you for your very kind...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I cannot thank the Senator from Kansas enough,...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3801
Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I call for regular order with respect to...
Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I rise today, along with my colleague Senator...
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Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I think the Senator from Georgia has covered this area...
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AMENDMENT NO. 3926
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the first is amendment No. 3926, which is at the desk,...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
TITLE IV--VISA REQUIREMENTS
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Mr. KYL. Mr. President, this amendment would codify and tighten the procedures...
AMENDMENT NO. 3881
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the second amendment that I ask be read is at the desk....
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I recall in the Senate a vote of I think it was 97 to 1...
AMENDMENT NO. 3724
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I am happy to go to my third amendment. This is...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss an important amendment that I...
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I very much appreciate the cooperation of the...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I join Senator...
Mr. KYL. Yes.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Tools to fight terrorism, as I would call it. As you said, parts...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I have a series of requests for cosponsors of...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 3826, 3827, 3829 AND 3840, EN BLOC
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I call up the four amendments at the desk. I ask...
AMENDMENT NO. 3826
AMENDMENT NO. 3827
AMENDMENT NO. 3829
AMENDMENT NO. 3840
AMENDMENT NO. 3826
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I will address the amendment first in order,...
AMENDMENT NO. 3829
AMENDMENT NO. 3827
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AMENDMENT NO. 3840
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AMENDMENT NO. 3882
Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed...
AMENDMENT NO. 3882
``SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this is the final amendment I would call up now....
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for 1 minute? I associate...
Mr. STEVENS. I thank the Senator. We made progress in a lot of areas outside of...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I know the Senator from Alaska is on a tight...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I apologize, I do have to go. I want the...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. I thank Senator from Alaska. I thank him for the promise he has...
Mr. STEVENS. Shout doesn't count. Sometimes I am loud. I apologize.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Have a good weekend.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, Senator Byrd...
AMENDMENT NO. 3849
Ms. COLLINS. I call for the regular order with respect to the Corzine amendment...
AMENDMENT NO. 3946 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3849
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I send a second-degree amendment to the desk on...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendments...
Ms. COLLINS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I thank Senator Collins and Senator...
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I appreciate the Senators from Arizona and Alabama...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I thank my friend, the Chair, and the Senator...
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AMENDMENTS NOS. 3928, 3873, 3871, AND 3870, EN BLOC
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment...
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of...
AMENDMENT NO. 3928
TITLE IV--OTHER MATTERS
AMENDMENT NO. 3873
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AMENDMENT NO. 3871
TITLE IV--IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
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AMENDMENT NO. 3870
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, these amendments deal with important matters in a...
Mr. McLaughlin, who was the Acting Director of the CIA before Mr. Goss...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish to compliment our distinguished colleague. He...
AMENDMENT NO. 3876
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I send to the desk an amendment and ask for its...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I refer to the September 28, 2004 Statement of...
Mr. WARNER. Immediately following it, I ask unanimous consent that section 6 to...
Mr. WARNER. The amendment which the Senator has drawn here, myself, ...
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, taking a look at this amendment, I say to my...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I would have to reflect on that because it seems to...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. No, I am not. But if I might say briefly--
Mr. WARNER. Let me repeat that. I did not have the microphone on.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. That should be on the record.
Mr. WARNER. I say that the distinguished Senator is trying to have it both ways.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. I want my denial of that intention to also be in the...
Mr. WARNER. Fine.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Well, I think we should reason together a little bit on this. In...
Mr. WARNER. That is not my intention.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Right. But only, if I understand it, to protect the authority of...
Mr. WARNER. Yes, but let's work around it and be very mindful of the...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Right.
Mr. WARNER. Then I read his direct quotation, which seems to me we have...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. If I might, I hear what the Senator is saying, and this goes...
Mr. WARNER. Obviously you tried to express the good intentions of trying to...
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Just a final word: We have been quite focused and specific when...
Mr. WARNER. I think that consultation would be helpful. I have undertaken it in...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I believe we will be here for another hour,...
Mr. WARNER. That should be adequate time.
Ms. COLLINS. Before the Senator from Virginia leaves, I think we have the same...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I fully understand the import of the language you...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, obviously we do want to preserve what is in the...
Mr. WARNER. I understand that.
Ms. COLLINS. If the intent of the Senator is to override the provisions of the...
Mr. WARNER. We are trying to make certain just that undefined but all important...
AMENDMENT NO. 3877, AS MODIFIED
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, earlier today I engaged in a colloquy and submitted...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I see the distinguished chairman of the Armed...
Mr. WARNER. I thank my colleague for the question because earlier today I had a...
Mr. SESSIONS. I thank Senator Warner for his comments. It does appear...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the Senator is quite correct. We do not want to do...
Mr. SESSIONS. The chairman is correct.
Mr. WARNER. And that fact is known, if I can say to my colleague, that fact is...
Mr. SESSIONS. Would the distinguished managers of the bill, for whom I have so...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. It is a very important question and I am prepared to give a very...
Mr. SESSIONS. I say to Senator Lieberman, I would share your view that...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, through you, of course, I say to the Senator, I...
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Mr. SESSIONS. Well, I thank the Senator. I can see the concept there. I guess...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. President, I, obviously, respect and appreciate the concerns...
Mr. SESSIONS. It is a difficult thing. I remember the story very distinctly....
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending...
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MODIFICATION TO AMENDMENT NO. 3807
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I call up again amendment No. 3807 offered by...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. I thank the Chair.
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Connecticut and my...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I urge adoption of the modified amendment.
Ms. COLLINS. I thank the Chair.
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for their work on...
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Kansas for his generous...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 3798, 3799, 3800, 3911, 3912, 3932, 3864, 3772, 3813 AND 3717,...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I have a number of amendments from both sides of...
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Ms. COLLINS. I ask unanimous consent that the amendments be agreed to en bloc...
AMENDMENT NO. 3798
AMENDMENT NO. 3799
AMENDMENT NO. 3800
AMENDMENT NO. 3911
AMENDMENT NO. 3912
AMENDMENT NO. 3932
AMENDMENT NO. 3864
AMENDMENT NO. 3772
AMENDMENT NO. 3813
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AMENDMENT NO. 3717
AMENDMENT NO. 3771, AS MODIFIED
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, since World War II, our national laboratories,...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the modification be...
AMENDMENT NO. 3756
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, as I indicated, those amendments have all been...
AMENDMENT NO. 3803
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Cornyn, I send an...
TITLE IV--HUMAN SMUGGLING PENALTY ENHANCEMENT
Ms. COLLINS. I ask unanimous consent the amendment be laid aside.
AMENDMENT NO. 3768
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of the...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the amendment be set aside.
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum...
AMENDMENT NO. 3768, AS MODIFIED
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Baucus amendment No....
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3903
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set the pending...
Ms. COLLINS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for...
Mr. DEWINE. I ask unanimous consent to proceed in morning business.
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