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PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT OF 2003--Continued -- (Senate - March 11, 2003)Page: S3456
Mr. REID. If I could ask a question of the manager of the bill, the...
Mr. SANTORUM. We have been reviewing the one amendment. Has the Senator...
Mr. REID. I apologize for that. I thought staff had all the amendments, but the...
Mr. SANTORUM. We have one amendment. That is the only one I am aware that we...
Mr. REID. We will make sure the Senator gets all the amendments. Can we agree...
Mr. SANTORUM. Yes. In fact, I just spoke to the Senator from Washington about...
Mr. REID. I am sorry.
Mr. SANTORUM. I suggested we would be willing to accept the amendment. She has...
Mr. REID. That would be fine. We would be happy to.
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, we are working in good faith. I thank the...
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Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I rise in support of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban...
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Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, will the distinguished leader yield?
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I will yield.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I may ask a question...
Mr. BYRD. How did I vote on this question the last time we voted?
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I will find out shortly how the distinguished Senator...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the distinguished leader.
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I am informed that in the 106th Congress, the Senator...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the distinguished leader.
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair. I hope I can yield to the distinguished Senator...
Mrs. BOXER. Ten minutes.
Mr. BYRD. Ten minutes, without losing my right to the floor, and then I may...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair. I thank all Senators.
Mrs. BOXER. Will the Chair please inform me when I have a minute left?
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, when a bill that deals with a medical procedure...
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Mrs. BOXER. Then I want to tell a story. My colleagues have an artist's...
Mrs. BOXER. I have listened to my colleagues, and I would appreciate it if they...
Testimony of Coreen Costello
Mrs. BOXER. She concludes:
Mrs. BOXER. In conclusion, in my last minute, I have told this story because...
Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I will continue the debate in regard to the...
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Mr. DeWINE. I ask unanimous consent for 3 additional minutes.
Mr. DeWINE. Nurse Shafer described a partial-birth abortion she...
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Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: Has the Pastore rule run its...
Mr. BYRD. It has. I thank the Chair.
IRAQ
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the United Nations is in diplomatic disarray today as...
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Mr. SARBANES. Will the Senator yield for a question on that point?
Mr. BYRD. Yes, I am happy to yield, without losing my right to the floor.
Mr. SARBANES. On the al-Qaida front, we have just captured supposedly the third...
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. SARBANES. We were able to do that because of cooperation from Pakistan.
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. SARBANES. Just to underscore the Senator's point about the necessity of...
Mr. BYRD. Undoubtedly.
Mr. SARBANES. Yet Pakistan, which has been trying to work with us, has already...
Mr. BYRD. Unquestionably.
Mr. SARBANES. Isn't that a dramatic example of the kind of problem the Senator...
Mr. BYRD. It is a dramatic example and a most somber and chilling one. I thank...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. BYRD. Yes, I yield without losing my right to the floor. I am about finished.
Mr. DURBIN. I would like to say, before asking my question to the Senator from...
Mr. BYRD. They have been looking for one. They have been entitled to one. And...
Mr. DURBIN. The only place they can find it is in the House of Commons in London--
Mr. BYRD. Thank God.
Mr. DURBIN. And from the desk of the Senator from West Virginia and two or...
Mr. BYRD. Thank Providence again.
Mr. DURBIN. I say a commendation to the Senator from West Virginia. Thank you...
Mr. BYRD. Indubitably, that is the way I see it. That is my opinion. I believe...
Mr. DURBIN. I might also ask the Senator from West Virginia, is the point he is...
Mr. BYRD. Precisely so and importantly, emphatically on the second observation...
Mr. DURBIN. I will ask one final question. I don't want to mischaracterize the...
Mr. BYRD. The Senator is preeminently correct. Let me add, as ranking member of...
Mr. SARBANES. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. SARBANES. The Senator spoke earlier about the preemption doctrine the...
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Mr. BYRD. The Senator is right on point. This doctrine is exceedingly...
Mr. SARBANES. Let me ask the Senator one final question and be very clear. I...
Mr. BYRD. No question about it. The President--whether it is a Republican or a...
Mr. SARBANES. Actually, the U.N. Charter grants the right of self-defense,...
Mr. BYRD. No question. But even without the U.N. Charter, we have the inherent...
Mr. SARBANES. I wanted to make that point because some are arguing that somehow...
Mr. BYRD. Absolutely. We are taking a reckless course in advocating this...
Mr. SARBANES. I thank the distinguished Senator from West Virginia for the...
Mr. BYRD. It has vast implications. I will say to the Senator that some of us...
Mr. SARBANES. I thank the Senator. I would hope the circumstance would be that...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have no problem with the Senator from Utah getting...
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I have listened to my distinguished friend and...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, will the distinguished Senator yield? I thank the...
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I appreciate that. I listened carefully to much of...
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, could we do our UC? I am sorry to interrupt.
Mr. HATCH. Without losing my right to the floor.
AMENDMENT NO. 258
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Nickles, I state...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I move to waive the Budget Act and ask for the yeas...
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote on the...
Mr. REID. We have another unanimous consent.
Mr. HATCH. I will be happy to yield to my colleague, without losing my right to...
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that following the...
Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, we made progress on...
Mr. SANTORUM. I thank the Senator from Nevada for his cooperation, and I...
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Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of S. 3, the...
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Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, this would be an easier debate if we were speaking...
Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Senator from Washington.
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Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. DURBIN. I will just finish, and I will be happy to yield.
Mr. REID. Madam President, in the debate which took place from 11 until about...
Mr. DURBIN. The Senator from Nevada is right. When it comes to judicial...
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Mr. REID. Madam President, was the time evenly divided?
Mr. REID. How much time remains on each side?
Mr. REID. I thank the Chair.
Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, I want to make a couple of points, and then I...
Mr. SANTORUM. Second, I have another letter with an analysis done by Dr. Curtis...
The Case of Coreen Costello
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Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, I want to yield 10 minutes to the Senator from...
Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, will the Senator from Pennsylvania be kind enough...
Mr. SANTORUM. On the Senator's time. That is fine.
Mrs. MURRAY. I yield 2 minutes to the Senator from Illinois.
Mr. DURBIN. I hope you listen carefully to what the Senator from Pennsylvania...
Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, if I may respond very briefly, there is no...
Mr. BROWNBACK. Madam President, I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for...
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``Partial Birth'' Procedure Statistics
Mr. BROWNBACK. I would just note, in citing this statistic, it has been cited...
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Mrs. MURRAY. How much time do we have remaining?
Mr. KYL. I would like to take 20 seconds.
Mrs. MURRAY. Off of your time, I would be happy.
Mr. KYL. I wanted to compliment the Senator from Kansas for his leadership on...
Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from California.
Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I want to take 5 minutes to thank my friend from...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mrs. BOXER. I am happy to yield.
Mr. DURBIN. We had a conversation on the floor about another woman whose...
Mrs. BOXER. My friend has put it in a very stark way--that what is happening in...
Mr. DURBIN. Yes.
Mrs. BOXER. That your constituent needed in order to spare her son horrific...
Mrs. BOXER. I ask for an additional 3 minutes. [Page:...
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Mrs. MURRAY. I yield an additional 3 minutes to the Senator from California.
Mrs. BOXER. I know that most politicians--and we are all included--think we...
Mrs. BOXER. I yield the floor at this time.
Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, I ask the Senator from California this. She...
Mrs. BOXER. Will the Senator yield for an answer to the question?
Mr. SANTORUM. I ask the question, as I have repeatedly: Provide for me an...
Mrs. BOXER. I assume I am answering on my friend's time.
Mr. SANTORUM. If you can answer the question.
Mrs. BOXER. Yes, I would like to submit for the record a letter from the...
Mr. SANTORUM. Reclaiming my time.
Mrs. BOXER. Coma, stroke, hemorrhage, brain damage, infection, liver damage,...
Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, with all due respect to the Senator from...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. SANTORUM. Let me finish, and I will be happy to yield as I have...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. SANTORUM. I will be happy to yield for a question.
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Mr. SANTORUM. Without losing my right to the floor.
Mr. DURBIN. The Senator is an accomplished legislator. He is an accomplished...
Mr. SANTORUM. I reclaim my time.
Mr. DURBIN. How can the Senator stand here and make a medical judgment on a...
Mr. SANTORUM. One, you make it sound like the doctor who diagnosed the fetal...
Mr. DURBIN. What is the point?
Mr. SANTORUM. The point is that this is not done in hospitals. This is done in...
Mr. DURBIN. Does the Senator make that exception in his bill?
Mr. SANTORUM. Excuse me, there need not be an exception, but you are arguing...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator please tell me what procedure would have been...
Mr. SANTORUM. Look, this procedure is not done in hospitals. So all I suggest...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator please tell me, since he said it was not a medical...
Mr. SANTORUM.--which is a standard D&E;, which is the most common late-term...
Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I think this discussion shows exactly why this...
Mr. REID. Madam President, this amendment is to end insurance discrimination...
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Mrs. LINCOLN. Madam President, I support the prevention package amendment...
Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I am aware that an amendment has been offered to...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, I rise in strong support of the Murray-Reid...
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Mrs. MURRAY. How much time is remaining on both sides?
Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I state for all of our colleagues that we are...
Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, a couple of points on the Murray amendment: No....
Mrs. MURRAY. The Senate is about to vote on the Murray-Reid amendment. This is...
Mr. FRIST. I announce that the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. MCCONNELL) is...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. BIDEN), the...
CHANGE OF VOTE
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on rollcall vote No. 45, I voted nay, and it was my...
AMENDMENT NO. 259
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have an amendment which I will be offering. At...
ACOG Statement of Policy
STATEMENT ON INTACT DILATATION AND EXTRACTION
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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, we have a difference of opinion. Senator...
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Mr. ENZI. I thank the Chair. I am going to address most of my remarks to the...
Mr. DURBIN. I ask the Senator's indulgence for a moment. That is correct, I...
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
``CHAPTER 74--BAN ON CERTAIN ABORTIONS
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Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Senator.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I am proud today to join Senator Santorum...
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise in support of the amendment offered by my...
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Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Durbin amendment. The...
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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator...
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I listened carefully to the arguments made by the...
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Mr. SANTORUM. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. DURBIN. Yes.
Mr. SANTORUM. I want to make sure the Senator understands the question. I have...
Mr. DURBIN. If I may respond to the Senator, this is a statement from Viki...
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Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, the fact is, Viki Wilson testified at a Senate...
Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, this is the third time I have taken the...
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Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I pay tribute to the Senator from Ohio who was in...
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Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. SANTORUM. I am happy to yield.
Mr. DURBIN. At the risk of reading what has been read many times:
Mr. SANTORUM. Reclaiming my time, is the Senator from Illinois stating that...
Mr. DURBIN. It says:
Mr. SANTORUM. I did not hear the word ``viable'' in that second definition....
Mr. DURBIN. May I ask the Senator a question? The Senator is understood to be a...
Mr. SANTORUM. That is correct.
Mr. DURBIN. I ask the Senator to pause and think about that for a moment. If a...
Mr. SANTORUM. Reclaiming my time, you ask: Are you prepared to stand behind the...
Mr. DURBIN. I say that it is a condition to even--
Mr. SANTORUM. The condition is not a reviewable condition.
Mr. DURBIN. It is certainly reviewable.
Mr. SANTORUM. The Senator from Illinois just said the statute does not apply if...
Mr. DURBIN. I say to the Senator, I hope you understand that you and I come to...
Mr. SANTORUM. I appreciate that. Let me reiterate for the record, I do not...
Mr. DURBIN. Can I ask--at least make a point here for the Senator from...
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Mr. SANTORUM. I would just suggest to the Senator from Illinois, having read...
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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I will be brief, no more than 5 minutes.
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