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The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: Dear God, omnipresent Lord of all life, we do not presume to invite You into this Chamber or into the ...

Who yields time?

Under the previous order, leadership time is reserved.

The acting majority leader is recognized.

The Senator from Alaska.

I thank the Chair.

I thank the Senator very much.

Mr. President, I thank my colleague. I wish to associate myself with his comment about the great team of advisers the President has. They have time and again gone into ...

I am always pleased to be with young men, Mr. President.

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Virginia.

Will the Senator yield?

I thank the Senator for his inquiry. The Senator is correct, times have changed with regard to inspection. Let me offer as an anecdote the Russian facility at Pokrov. This ...

The Senator from Indiana.

We must continue to assist them in reaching those conclusions.

The Senator from Virginia.

I must say, if I could just ask the indulgence of my colleague, my father served in World War I as a doctor in the U.S. Army in the trenches ...

Mr. President, the Senator from Virginia is right. As a veteran of World War II and a child of the Depression, I harken back to the days before World War ...

If my colleague will yield, if you use your 11 minutes, Senator Kennedy and I want to take some time. Others may come. Certainly we can engage in some discussion. ...

that would occur if existing Clean Air Act programs were fully implemented.Lives for CAA, CPA, and CSI: EPA modeling runs, July, 2002.Nonattainment for CAA: ``Existing programs'' on the Clear Skies ...

nonattainment includes some existing programs (e.g., Title IV, NO<INF>X</INF> SIP Call, some state NO<INF>X</INF> reductions).Benefits and costs for CAA: Not available. No up-to-date and reliable analysis of the benefits and ...

Time is moving. On my side, the distinguished Senator from Utah and the distinguished Senator from Alabama desire 4 to 5 minutes each. They have been here for some period ...

current and planned Clean Air Act programs exists.Benefits and costs for CPA: EPA data for Straw proposal, representing a lower bound for Clean Power Act

enforcement of, and continued maintenance of, the New Source Review program, the NAAQS, Regional Haze Rule,

Madam President, we have, under the order that now is in effect, morning business until 12:30. I see four colleagues, at least I have been notified, two on this side, ...

nonattainment benefits, in 2009. No national-level estimates exist for Straw or CPA nonattainment.Nonattainment for CSI: Clear Skies website, <a href="http://www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/benefits.html">http://www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/benefits.html</a>. Clear Skies

May I inquire, if my colleague will yield, how much time remains on both sides of this discussion?

Madam President, I, too, wish to join my distinguished colleague, Senator Hatch, in saluting President Bush for his courage and commitment to principle, his steadfastness, his integrity, and his moral ...

Cities in Alaska are having to cope with mosquitoes where they once did not exist. Hunters are being trapped on break-away ice. Houses are sinking due to slouching and buckling ...

<a href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsGHGEmissions.html">http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsGHGEmissions.html</a>.CAA caps: EPA, ``Discussion of Multi-Pollutant Strategy,'' meeting with the Edison Electric Institute, September

benefits.Benefits and costs for CSI: EPA's Clear Skies website, <a href="http://www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/benefits.html">http://www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/benefits.html</a>. (2

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:

Madam President, the choice seems easy to me. While the Clean Power Act would safeguard and surpass Clean Air Act emissions reductions, Clear Skies would be a ticket to pollute.

Time is moving.

I don't know that we are wasting any time. We are just trying to do our best. We have been here since 9:30. We have had the chairmen of the ...

That will be fine with me. I am glad if we agree the colloquy go maybe 5 or 6 minutes.

Why do we not just agree now to extend the time by 30 minutes, equally divided between the two of us? That will take us to the hour of 1 ...

Mr. President, I would like to do it. I understand the agreement goes to 12:30. I have not had an opportunity, and I have been here almost an hour. We ...

Mr. President, this morning we heard the most encouraging report so far on the recent developments in Iraq from the United Nations' chief weapons inspectors. Progress is clearly being made. ...

With reference to two points that you make, Senator, first--I copied in my notes--you questioned was the United States ever genuinely engaged in the inspection process, some words to that ...

Certainly. The Senator from Massachusetts has been most patient.

Mr. President, we are entitled to an honest difference of opinion. My colleague and I debated last night in a public forum on this very issue. But I believe our ...

I will quote from the article.

My response is the inspection teams were not at full strength until about the end of January.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business.

Mr. President, on this day in the halls of the United Nations Security Council and in the distant lands of the Middle East, the United States is making a stand ...

Mr. President, I pay tribute to the heroic ``Four Chaplains'' of World War II. In February, the Jewish War Veterans of Monmouth County and the Marlboro Jewish Center hosted the ...

Mr. President, it is with great pride that I today pay special tribute to four incredible women from New Jersey. On March 13 the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts will ...

Mr. President, it is with great pride that I honor a few outstanding residents of the State of New Jersey. In March the SINAI Special Needs Institute is honoring these ...

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:

*Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 270, a bill to provide for additional ...

At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 338, a bill to protect the flying public's ...

At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 48, a resolution designating April 2003 as ...

At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4, a bill to improve access to ...

At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to expand research regarding ...

At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. 480, a ...

At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 473, a bill to amend the Federal Water ...

By Mr. INOUYE:

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

S. 574. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to toll the 5-year limit for assistance under the temporary assistance to needy families ...

Mr. President, I rise to introduce legislation to establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The bill is cosponsored by Senator Kennedy, Senator Gregg and ...

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bill that would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include Indian tribal governments amongst the governmental entities that are consulted ...

Mr. President, I rise today, joined again by my colleague Mr. Nickles and many others, to introduce important legislation to provide a 10-year depreciation life for leasehold improvements. Leasehold improvements ...

The Chair, pursuant to Executive Order 12131, appoints the following Members to the President's Export Council:

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Under the previous order, the Senate will return to legislative session.

That is the time that has been set aside, similar to today. There had been a request from both sides of the aisle today to spend time talking about the ...

Mr. Leader, Monday afternoon from 2 until 5 we will be on the Estrada nomination again. We have had a long, thorough debate on this matter. There has been some ...

Mr. President, we can assure the other side that we will be engaged just in discussion on the Estrada nomination and have no intention to be voting during that period. ...

There being no objection, the Senate, at 1:47 p.m., adjourned until Monday, March 10, 2003, at 2 p.m.

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in adjournment under the previous order.

Mr. Speaker, today I want to address an issue that is of great concern to my home state of Oregon, and to states around the country.

Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize Sean A. Wood, a very special young man who has exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship and leadership by taking an active part ...

Mr. Speaker, on April 26, 2003, more than 1,200 students from across the country will compete in the national finals of the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Sybil N. Crookham. Mrs. Crookharn was born on an Indian reservation on November 12, 1911. She moved to Merced County and enrolled in ...

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize Ken Goodwin for exemplary service on the occasion of his retirement from Otero Junior College. Ken served in the ...

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce the Medical Malpractice Insurance and Litigation Reform Act of 2003. This legislation responds to the real problems in the medical malpractice insurance market--namely, ...

Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise today to honor a young hero, six-year-old Cody Scott Batty of Montrose, Colorado. Cody displayed quick thinking and uncommon courage ...

Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I rise today to recognize Nancy Reding of Colorado City, Colorado. Nancy is one those great Americans who teaches our kids as ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the ``American Servicemember and Civilian Protection Act of 2003.''

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention of my colleagues a remarkable organization in the 15th district of Texas that helps victims of domestic violence. In recognition ...

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce, along with Congressman BACHUS, the Health Care Improvement Act of 2003. This is the successor legislation to the Campbell/Conyers bill from 107th, which ...

Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize Jacob Austin Gardner, a very special young man who has exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship and leadership by taking an active part ...

Mr. Speaker, on April 26, 2003, more than 1200 students from across the country will compete in the national finals of the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reintroduce the American Sovereignty Restoration Act. I submitted this bill, which would end United States membership in the United Nations, in the 107th Congress ...

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the achievements of Sonja Maria Montano, a resident of La Junta, Colorado, before this body of Congress and this ...

Mr. Speaker, on February 27, 2003, I was unable to vote on the Greenwood Substitute to H.R. 534, the Human Cloning Act of 2003 (rollcall 37). Had I been present ...

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize a family truly dedicated to developing leadership skills in the young people of their community. Mary Haining, and her ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge in the strongest terms that the administration pursue a multi national strategy as it takes the necessary steps to disarm Iraq.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce The Family Time Flexibility Act, which allows employers to offer American workers the option of voluntarily taking compensatory time off in lieu of ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the outgoing director of Saginaw Habitat for Humanity, John Perna. Mr. Perna is leaving his position as director of the organization ...

Mr. Speaker, Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of President Bush's historic stand against unfair steel imports. The President's decision to implement safeguard relief for steel products exemplifies the perfect ...

Mr. Speaker, I am today introducing legislation that would restore effective use of the installment method of accounting to long-term service business owners who sell their business interests.

Mr. Speaker, today, along with my good friend Tom Allen, I am introducing the Commercial Truck Highway Safety Demonstration Program Act of 2003. This bill would allow Maine to increase ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Ridgewood Baptist Church in Joliet, Illinois. The Ridgewood Baptist Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary on March 9, 2003.

Mr. Speaker, one of the most concise rebuttals that I have read to the notion that Japanese Americans were placed in the camps because they either posed a national security ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise before the House today to introduce the America's Wilderness Protection Act--a bill to apply urgency and accountability to the process of evaluating potential wilderness by setting ...

Mr. Speaker, I would like to revise and extend my remarks to include a letter I referenced during my special order statement yesterday on the issue of the President's Emergency ...

Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today to introduce legislation which amends the Small Business Act to authorize a Small Business Development Center in an eligible State ...

Mr. Speaker, I want to share with our colleagues a recent article from The Loudoun times-Mirror which honors my constituent Mr. Andrew Pitas of Lucketts upon his receipt of the ...