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Apparently the Senator is right. That is the essence of the problem we have here. It is why we are absolutely paralyzed until we can resolve it. All we are trying to do is have the opportunity to have a good debate about each of these…

Let me just respond briefly, and I know the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts is prepared to respond as well. We have discussed as many scenarios as the imagination will allow. This is yet another iteration. Basically, all we have…

I believe as he believes, and there is no one who cares more deeply about comity in this body than does the distinguished Senator from Utah--about the need for comity, about the need for ways in which to resolve our differences in a…

I am optimistic, given our conversations in the last few hours, that we might be able to find a way in which to schedule the vote on the minimum wage in the not too distant future. I am very hopeful that that can be done, that we can…

We have seen a number of Republicans as well as Democrats--in fact, almost unanimously the Democrats and many Republicans have indicated their support in votes taken earlier last year. So clearly we have a majority vote in the Senate in…

Let me conclude by saying I hope France will recognize its air service policy with the United States is an economic failure that is exacting a very high cost in terms of lost jobs and other commercial opportunities. To remedy this…

Let me just say, the vote just cast had nothing to do with minimum wage. It had everything to do with simply one provision dealing with Utah wilderness. There was no understanding with regard to this package, as the distinguished Senator…

This amendment reinforces Federal policy to protect the interests of sportsmen who hunt and fish and use our public rangelands for sport. My amendment would preserve the rights of hunters, fishermen and recreationalists to use Federal…

My amendment is designed to address a concern expressed by sportsmen in South Dakota. South Dakota is probably the best hunting and fishing State in the Nation. I know there may be others who may disagree, but I will gladly promote South…

I read a comment just this morning that I think is so appropriate. It goes to the points raised by the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from Arkansas. Somebody said in the paper this morning, ``Welcome to the Federal Government. You…

That is an innovative characterization. I think the metaphor it represents is an accurate one. There is not much evidence of any real catch here. And that is really what the effort has been all about, to see if they can get a political…

I was not aware of them, but it goes to the point that we were making earlier, I say to the distinguished Senator from Arkansas, that there have been no hearings on health care, there have been no hearings on the economy and on jobs. There…

And the record will show, I would say to the distinguished Senator from Maryland, that that is what happened in the Iran-Contra hearings. The investigation, I should say, by the independent counsel, went on and on for years following the…

Both Senators make a very important point. In the face of tremendous evidence of obstruction of justice, that Congress decided that there were more important considerations. There has been no finding of wrongdoing in this case. So the…

First, I respond by saying I was not aware that $2 million had been spent on the Pillsbury investigation----

Congressman Henry Gonzalez just released the February 25, 1996, supplemental report to the Resolution Trust Corporation, entitled ``A Report on the Representation of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan by the Rose Law Firm.'' In releasing…

Our intent--I think the intent of every Member when they voted on the authorization last year--was to maximize the opportunity that we get our work done, to do all we could to resolve what outstanding questions there were, and then to…

I must say, in all my time in the Senate, there has never been a time when I felt more discouraged, and frankly more concerned about the future of agriculture, the future of farm policy, than I feel this afternoon. I think the Senate has…