"I believe this coming war is a grave mistake, not because Saddam Hussein does not deserve to be disarmed or driven from power, not because some of our allies object to war, but because Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the security of the United States. There is no question that the United States has the military might to defeat Saddam Hussein, but we are on much shakier ground when it comes to the question of why this nation, under the current circumstances, is rushing to unleash the horrors of war on the people of Iraq."

• 1958-present - United States Senator (D-WV)
• 1987-1988 - Senate Majority Leader
• 1981-1986 - Senate Minority Leader
• 1977-1980 - Senate Majority Leader
• 1971 - Senate Democratic Whip
• 1967 - Secretary of the Democratic Conference
• 1946 - Elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates

• J.D., cum laude, American University, 1963
  
• B.A., summa cum laude, Political Science, Marshall University, 1994

• Ranking Member, Senate Appropriations Committee, serving twice as Chairman, 1959-present
• Member, Committee on Armed Services
• Member, Committee on Rules and Administration
• Twice elected Prsident pro tempore of the Senate, 1989-1994 and 2001-2002
• Named "West Virginian of the 20th Century" by Governor Bob Wise and both Houses of the West Virginia Legislature

• Has the distinction of having held more leadership positions in the U.S. Senate than any other Senator of any party in Senate history

Select Publications:

• Robert C. Byrd: Child Of The Appalachian Coalfields, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2005
• We Stand Passively Mute, Tualatin, Oregon: Papyngay Press, 2004
• Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004