Honorable Joseph Biden
United States Senator, Delaware, Democrat
Senator Joseph Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972. He chairs the Foreign Relations Committee and the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. The following is from Senator Biden’s September 26, 2007, statement on the floor of the Senate during debate on a Department of Defense Authorization Bill. I will oppose the Kyl-Lieberman amendment for one simplereason: This administration [of U.S. President George W. Bush] cannot betrusted. I am veryconcerned about the evidence that suggests that Iranis engaged in destabilizing activities inside Iraq. I believe that many of thesteps the senators from Connecticut and Arizona suggest be…
