I want to help inspire them to realize that public service, service to their country, is a noble thing to do.

It is high time for cooler heads to prevail on U.S. policy toward Haiti. We seem to be heading for another foreign policy mistake. The administration appears to be lurching toward the use of U.S. military force in Haiti, without clearly…

I am pleased to be joined by the distinguished Senator from Connecticut, Senator Lieberman, and 31 additional Republican and Democrat cosponsors. We began the debate on this issue 2 weeks ago--on the eve of NATO's meeting on the…

later this week, the House of Representatives will finally begin deliberations on anticrime legislation. As the House begins its work, the American people should ask themselves some important questions. Will the House pass a bill that…

the American inventor, Charles Kettering, once said that ``if you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.'' Unfortunately, those words still ring true today, and help explain why Goals 2000 cannot bring…

as I have traveled around the country over the past year, time and again I have heard from the people that Congress must do more to stop the tide of infringement on private property rights. I believe Members on both sides of the aisle have…

this amendment is, with two exceptions, identical to S. 1803, the Peace Powers Act, which I introduced last week together with 12 cosponsors. Three more Senators have now added their name as cosponsors of this amendment. The legislation…

I think just to summarize, first of all, it requires Congressional notification before U.N. Security Council votes authorizing, extending, or expanding peacekeeping operations. That is section 804. I talked about that section. It requires…

The United Nations Participation Act, passed in 1945, has only been amended twice--the last time nearly 30 years ago in 1965. My amendment simply brings the United Nation Participation Act into the modern world. While the cosponsors of…

in today's edition of the New York Times, columnist A.M. Rosenthal argues persuasively for more police and prisons as the most effective ways to fight violent crime. As Mr. Rosenthal explains, ``A criminal on the loose costs society twice…

Let me say to my colleagues, lifting the embargo--if Vietnam is holding back information and remains--is not about healing the wounds of the past. Lifting the embargo will help heal those wounds--only if we can all be assured that Vietnam…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Kerry second-degree amendment to the McCain amendment. While I applaud the Vietnamese Government for the real progress it has made on POW-MIA accountability issues, repeated Vietnamese Government…