Honorable John Edwards
United States Senator, North Carolina, Democrat
Senator Edwards was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998. He was a practicing attorney from 1978 to 1998. He serves on the following committees: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Judiciary; Small Business; and the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the January 21, 2003, Senate floor debate on amendments to the Omnibus Appropriations Resolution.This morning I will be offering an amendment, together with Senator [Joseph I.] Lieberman [CT-D], Senator [James M.] Jeffords [VT-I], Senator [Hillary Rodham] Clinton [NY-D], and Senator [Harry] Reid [NV-D], all of whom have worked very hard on this amendment. This amendment is about…