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Because, for the record, I think we ought to see if we can resolve at least our understanding of where both sides are. We have expressed a desire to work with the majority in terms of putting a list together whereby at least a Senator, if…

No. What I said was that the majority leader had indicated to me that he was not prepared to consider at this point the final six judges which were added to the Executive Calendar. Yet, we find on Tuesday, July 16, Calendar No. 678 is one…

Let me just commend the distinguished majority leader. Like him, I was not very optimistic we would be able to get to this point. But I think it, again, demonstrates the interest on both sides in working together to accomplish a number of…

During the April recess, the Senator from Utah [Mr. Hatch], the Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], and I traveled to Bosnia and other countries of the former Yugoslavia as well as Albania and Hungary to monitor developments related to…

Let me express my hope that we can do just as the majority leader has suggested. There is great interest in the Senate in putting this body on record in a way that will allow us to express ourselves on these hideous fires. We can do that…

Let me say first I very much appreciate the manner in which the majority leader has attempted to resolve this issue. No one has been more fair than has he, with regard to finding a way to resolve the matter and, as he indicated some time…

Let me conclude by saying the U.S./German open skies agreement is unquestionably our most important liberalized air service agreement to date. I again praise the bold and steadfast leadership of Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena…

Let me just note parenthetically, if that is correct, that the majority party is the same party that has criticized the President's budget because the President sunsets his tax cuts. But now the majority comes before us with a…

This resolution assumes that a reconciliation bill will be triggered that will violate the Byrd rule unless it is terminated at the end of 2002 or else subsequently offset. The assumption of the resolution is that tax cuts will sunset in…

The Byrd rule requires that there be a sufficient offset or deficit-reduction--and no worsening of the deficit in the outyears--to a reconciliation package for it to be in order. But his reconciliation instructions in this resolution…

It was absolute unanimity, agreement right down the line, word for word, paragraph for paragraph, provision for provision. There was no disagreement. The joint news conferences by the chairs of both the House and the Senate Budget…

I again commend my friend from Virginia for his great leadership. I think he found, in getting cosponsors for his original bill, there is bipartisan support for this. And I see our friend, Senator Dick Bryan, who has done such an…

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…