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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004 -- (Senate - July 16, 2003)Page: S9448
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum and ask unanimous...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, my understanding is there is a 30-minute timeframe...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, let me indicate I have just been sitting with my...
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Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I strongly oppose Senator Dorgan's...
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Mr. INOUYE. Madam President, listening to my chairman reminded me of my days of...
Mr. DORGAN. Madam President, we find much to agree about, as a matter of fact....
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Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, it is beautiful, the way my colleague from Hawaii...
Mr. STEVENS. How much time on the other side?
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I move to table the amendment and ask for the...
Mr. STEVENS. Under the previous order, that vote will occur later, and the...
Mr. STEVENS. I thank the Chair.
AMENDMENT NO. 1268
Mr. BINGAMAN. Madam President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Madam President, I came to the floor two days ago to express my...
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the distinguished Senator from New Mexico, Mr....
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Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, soon after the war in Afghanistan started, I...
Mr. INOUYE. Madam President, the committee has been advised, No. 1, that the...
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Mr. BINGAMAN. How much time remains?
Mr. BINGAMAN. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. BINGAMAN. I am glad to yield to my colleague from Illinois.
Mr. DURBIN. I am happy to be a cosponsor of this amendment. I ask the Senator...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Madam President, in response to that question, let me say that is...
Mr. DURBIN. I ask the Senator from New Mexico, through the Chair, if he would...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Madam President, in response to that follow-on question, that is...
Mr. DURBIN. I ask the Senator from New Mexico if--I do not know how much time...
Mr. DURBIN. If I might ask the Senator from New Mexico this question: What is...
Mr. BINGAMAN. In response to the question, I think the Senator from Illinois...
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Mr. BINGAMAN. I retain that and I yield the floor.
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, for the information of the Senate, the...
Mr. BINGAMAN. I appreciate the courtesy. I will use my remaining 50 seconds.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Madam President, first of all, if the Secretary of Defense...
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I yield back the remainder of my time.
Mr. STEVENS. I yield back the remainder of my time, I move to table the...
Mr. STEVENS. The first vote will be on tabling the Dorgan amendment; the second...
AMENDMENT NO. 1264
Mr. STEVENS. There are 2 minutes equally divided before a vote on each amendment?
Mr. DURBIN. Since Senator Dorgan is not here, I will claim 1 minute. I...
Mr. DURBIN. As cosponsor of this amendment, what we are setting out to do is to...
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Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, we fund peacetime budgets in advance. Congress...
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. EDWARDS),...
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 1268
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, this is a very straightforward amendment which...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, these people are being held consistent with the...
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. EDWARDS),...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
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BURMESE FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2003
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, pursuant to the previous order, I ask that the...
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. GRAHAM), the...
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DASCHLE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. DASCHLE. I ask unanimous consent that the distinguished Senator from...
Ms. LANDRIEU. I thank the Chair.
AMENDMENT NO. 1269
Mr. DASCHLE. I have an amendment at the desk. I ask for its immediate...
Mr. DASCHLE. I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed...
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, we have received word of four more reservists...
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Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina. I would like to speak, if possible.
Mr. DASCHLE. I wouldn't be calling for the vote at this point. I am just asking...
Mr. DASCHLE. I yield the floor.
Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina. Madam President, I thank Senator Daschle...
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I thank the distinguished Senator from South...
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Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the Daschle-Graham...
AMENDMENT NO. 1271
Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I have been working on an amendment that I trust...
Mrs. BOXER. Thank you very much, Madam President. And I am glad the clerk was...
Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, last August, the Senate Foreign Relations...
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Mr. Rumsfeld:
Mrs. BOXER. If anything that happens in the Senate means anything at all, if we...
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Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, this amendment is redundant and unnecessary. It,...
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Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, it is a sad day when one Senator will rename an...
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Mr. COCHRAN. I move to table the Boxer amendment and I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I ask consent that at 3:15 today, the Senate...
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. GRAHAM), the...
Mr. ENSIGN. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. INHOFE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 1269
Mr. REID. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. I ask unanimous...
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the agreement to...
Mr. STEVENS. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. GRAHAM), the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask the Chair to indicate to the Senate how long...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I have to take credit on this one, I say to my...
Mr. REID. I only say to my friend, the distinguished Senator from Alaska, this...
Mr. REID. Yes.
Mr. STEVENS. That is fine.
AMENDMENT NO. 1273
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the...
Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield for a unanimous consent request?
Mr. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I modify the request made a few minutes ago to...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I have had the opportunity to share this amendment...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Secretary Rumsfeld told the Armed Services Committee last week...
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Mr. STEVENS. Did the Senator modify his amendment?
Mr. KENNEDY. The amendment I sent to the desk did not need a modification. I...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, is that the subparagraph 5?
Mr. KENNEDY. Yes. That was the modification. Rather than sending the...
Mr. STEVENS. I consider the Senator from Massachusetts a great personal friend...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, 82 American soldiers have been shot since the...
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Mr. STEVENS. How much time remains?
Mr. STEVENS. I postulate, if this power exists to do what the Senator from...
Mr. KENNEDY. How much time do I have?
Mr. KENNEDY. I will not take the time.
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Mr. STEVENS. How much time remains?
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I sense the Senator from Massachusetts wants to...
Mr. INOUYE. Madam President, it was not my intention to participate in this...
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, I understand there are 2 minutes remaining. ...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, it is important to know what this is and what...
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, the law we passed authorizing the President to...
Mr. STEVENS. In it, Ambassador Bremer states:
Exhibit 1
The Road Ahead in Iraq--and How To Navigate It
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I move to table the Senator's amendment and ask...
Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, were the yeas and nays ordered on the Kennedy...
Mr. STEVENS. I call for the regular order. [Page:...
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Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. GRAHAM), the...
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, Senator McCain will be recognized to...
Mr. REID. Senator McCain was gracious, and he said he was going to be...
Mr. STEVENS. That is agreeable. I state to the Senate that Senator...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Daschle and all the...
Mr. STEVENS. We can turn this into a little prayer meeting. So others might...
Mr. NELSON of Florida. Madam President, I was considering offering an amendment...
Mr. REID. Madam President, we have about 1 hour 15 minutes under the suggested...
Mr. STEVENS. I shall take care of myself, Madam President.
Mr. REID. We need to have some time agreement if Senator Corzine is...
Mr. STEVENS. Senator McCain assured me he would cooperate with our...
Mr. REID. Madam President, Senator Reed has been most cooperative....
Mr. CORZINE. I thank the Chair. Will the Chair inform me as I approach the...
Mr. REID. Madam President, I will put that in the form of a unanimous consent...
AMENDMENT NO. 1275
Mr. CORZINE. Madam President, I call up my amendment which is at the desk and...
Mr. CORZINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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TITLE
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Mr. CORZINE. This amendment is premised on a strong view that intelligence and...
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Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, I rise to support the Corzine amendment. I think...
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Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I rise for a couple of minutes to compliment the...
Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, I rise also in support of Senator Corzine's...
AMENDMENT NO. 1270
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for...
Mr. McCAIN. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, this amendment strikes funds for the canola...
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Deficits, Deception and Denial Rate a Failing Grade
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Mr. STEVENS. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. McCAIN. I would be interested in the bug-to-drug program.
Mr. STEVENS. The so-called bug-to-drug program has an official name. The...
Mr. McCAIN. I thank the chairman for that explanation. It makes it...
10-15% 0ff--Order Now and Save
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, we had a time agreement and the Senator from New...
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Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I will ask my colleague from Alaska a...
Mr. STEVENS. The Senator is absolutely correct. What is more, Senator...
Mr. BOND. Will the chairman yield for a question?
Mr. STEVENS. Yes, I am happy to yield.
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, as a member of the Intelligence Committee, I know we...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, the question is relevant because the purpose of...
Mr. REID. No. I was hoping we could vote on Corzine first and McCain second.
Mr. STEVENS. I was going to make that order. I am pleased that the Senator said...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent at this time that it be in...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, for the information of the Senate, following these...
Mr. REID. He wants to speak on the bill. After that, we will go into morning...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, Senator Reed will be making a statement on...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, the only question I ask is this: We would love to have...
Mr. STEVENS. We have not done that. We need to have the time to do that.
Mr. REID. If the Senator from Alaska wants to be here to do that, that is fine,...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, in explanation, it is my intent to come back. The...
Mr. REID. Nine o'clock is fine.
Mr. STEVENS. I am not going to make that order yet. That is the understanding I...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), the...
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 1270
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mr. BOND) is...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. GRAHAM), the...
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that...
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise in support of the fiscal year 2004 Defense...
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Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I rise today to express my deep concern that the...
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate resumes...
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, there will be no further rollcall votes tonight. I...
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, under the agreement entered earlier, we have a...
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Mr. REED. Mr. President, just a few days ago I had the privilege of traveling,...
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