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United States Senator Roland W. Burris Delivers Floor Statement on Senate Resolution to Apologize for Slavery

June 18, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Roland W. Burris today delivered a statement on the Senate floor supporting Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) for their introduction of a resolution to apologize for slavery, Jim Crow laws, and policies of segregation and hate.

Senator Burris made the following remarks from the Senate floor:    » read more »

May 21, 2009 -- WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today introduced the Drive America Forward Act (S.1135). The bill will save jobs and help remove less-efficient cars from the road. Once signed into law it will provide consumers with a voucher to help pay for the purchase or qualified lease of a new, more efficient vehicle. Similar legislation was recently introduced in the House.    » read more »

Bipartisan Legislation Would Help Protect Region from Attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army and Support Recovery in Northern Uganda

May 19, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) and U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Brad Miller (D-NC) and Ed Royce (R-CA) are introducing legislation today to help end the reign of terror conducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda and neighboring countries.    » read more »

Biden-Brownback Measure Calling for the U.S. to Support a Federal Iraq Passes as Part of the Department of Defense Conference Report

January 22, 2008 -- Washington, DC – The U.S. Senate passed legislation today, sponsored by Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), which calls for the United States to support a political settlement in Iraq based on a federal system of government.    » read more »

Biden Plan For Iraq Emerges As Consensus, Bipartisan Path Toward Ending War; Biden Efforts To Bar Permanent Bases In Iraq And Protect Troops With Mine Resistant Vehicles Also Included In Report

December 14, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) and Senator Sam Brownback’s (R-KS) legislation calling for the U.S. to support a decentralized Iraq passed today as part of the final Department of Defense Authorization report.    » read more »

Reaffirms Broad Bipartisan Support For New Way Forward In Iraq

Des Moines, IA (October 12, 2007) - Today in Des Moines, Sen. Joe Biden was joined by Republican Sen. Sam Brownback as he discussed the Biden- Brownback-Boxer resolution that passed the United State Senate two weeks ago with overwhelming bipartisan support. The measure, which expressed support for a plan that would maintain a unified Iraq by decentralizing it and giving Iraqis more local control over their daily lives as provided for in the Iraqi constitution, passed 75-23, including 26 Republicans.    » read more »

Unprecedented bipartisan summit will point to new way forward

October 8, 2007 -- DES MOINES - Republican presidential candidate Senator Sam Brownback and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden will hold an unprecedented joint campaign event to discuss their bipartisan plan for Iraq.    » read more »

10/03/2007 -- Washington, DC – Today, Senator Biden, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. President Talabani welcomed the Senate’s approval of the Biden-Brownback amendment last week supporting federalism in Iraq, on a bipartisan vote of 75-23. He expressed his strong belief that the amendment promotes the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq and is not, as some have mischaracterized it, a call for partition.    » read more »

October 3, 2007 -- DES MOINES – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican candidate for president, today discussed his bipartisan plan for a three-state solution in Iraq while meeting with the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani earlier today in Washington, DC.    » read more »

The bipartisan approach is the only Iraq-related policy the Senate has adopted this year

September 27, 2007 -- ALEXANDIRA, VA – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican candidate for president, played a leading role to bring together the broad coalition of conservative and liberal senators who voted 75 to 23 to support a three-state political solution for Iraq.    » read more »

October 1, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) sent the following letter to President Bush today requesting to meet with him personally to discuss the Biden/Brownback Iraq Federalism Bipartisan Amendment, which passed the Senate overwhelmingly last week:

October 1, 2007

The President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:    » read more »

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery, Not an Official Transcript

Chicago, Illinois -- September 24, 2007 -- "Thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. I am always encouraged at gatherings like these. I thank you for your commitment to the cause of life. We are indeed making progress in building a culture that values life – in large part because of your good work. I thank you and I ask you – never stop working to protect life, every life, everywhere.    » read more »

September 20, 2007 -- COLUMBIA, SC – Although Senate votes on Iraq and crucial national security matters forced Senator Sam Brownback to address the Palmetto Family Council via teleconference instead of in person, Senator Brownback thanked the attendees for their work advancing conservative principles and highlighted his record of leadership on the values of faith, family, life and marriage.    » read more »

Bill would require ultrasound for women seeking an abortion

September 20, 2007 -- DES MOINES – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican candidate for president, today advanced the pro-life agenda by introducing a Senate bill that would require doctors to perform an ultrasound and share the results with women before performing an abortion.

"We can reduce the number of abortions and help people reflect on the humanity of the unborn child by providing more information to women," said Senator Brownback.    » read more »