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My reaction is, here we go again. Yet another piece of legislation laid down without any opportunity----

Again I thank the distinguished gentleman. As the gentleman knows, the National Guard Starbase program is an important initiative in my State of South Dakota. This program is strongly supported by the South Dakota National Guard and…

I also want to clarify that of the $630,000 provided in fiscal year 1997, the Bureau of Reclamation provided $200,000 for the Caddo Lake Scholars program and that the remaining balance of funds should be committed to the Cypress Valley…

I want to ask the majority leader two questions. First, with regard to the cloture motion, he and I have talked about this matter. The motion itself says: We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the…

That seems to me to be a fair result. I don't know if they would stand for us telling them what their Republican amendment is going to be. But that is, in essence, what they are asking us to accept. We will tell you what Democratic…

That is the case. Those who benefit by being married are benefited even more by the Gramm amendment. The Senator from Mississippi, the majority leader, was saying how important it was that we not overextend the reach here. His admonition…

Tobacco is an important issue, and it is something that we are going to pass legislation which prevents teens from starting smoking. But the issue, the reason that they are talking about at the White House the tobacco issue not the drug…

If I might add, we look at the Washington model, which is obviously, I think we would all concur, in many respects a failed model and the message that Washington sends to our young people. And would we not be much better served if we had…

I had the occasion to visit with a wide range of groups from economic development groups, to agricultural groups to education groups, and to discuss with them a wide range of issues; all of which I think are very relevant as we look to the…

Because, as the gentleman noted, we have to do something to address this very serious problem in the years as we get down the road. Today, obviously, the gentleman has laid out a plan which would protect us, but, ultimately, we have to do…

You go across the board in my State of South Dakota, because we are basically small businesses, farmers, ranchers, and you look at the death tax and rolling that back and the capital gains tax and rolling that back and the family credit…

This is not in any way, shape or form an amendment designed to provide patients with more choice. This will leave seniors totally uncertain about what their Medicare will cover and let doctors determine the degree of Medicare coverage each…

Given the clear benefits of the ethanol tax incentive and the fact that it does not affect federal investments in transportation projects, I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this amendment and helping to ensure that America has…

I want to again compliment the gentleman for the extraordinary work he has done to draw attention to the need to be debt free as we move into a new century and to do something that is very positive for our children, for our grandchildren…

The fact we do not have sunset provisions in Federal programs is what I think makes the President's budget so dangerous. [...] we ought to give them back to the taxpayers whose dollars they are in the first place and really ought to have…

I think that is remarkable when we think about where we have come from, starting when our side took a poll of the Congress back in 1994, and began to govern in 1995, and how progressively each year we have been able to whittle away at the…

The Government Secrecy Commission has learned from history and issued much more prudent proposals. Some individuals have raised constitutional concerns regarding this legislation, but the Government Secrecy Act (S. 712) respects the…

One of the most striking aspects of the Commission report is the lack of Congressional involvement in the secrecy system. Apart from the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Atomic Energy Act, which only applies to atomic secrets, there are few…