There is an unmistakable link between our established constitutional values and basic human needs.

Both conservative and liberal legal scholars agree that a simple majority can change Senate rules at the beginning of the new Congress.

Do you know who is holding him? It is not a secret hold. All right. It is Senator Feingold and Senator McCain.

I do not think that that is a violation of anything the founders had in mind, and I do think that is something that a member of the House could never, ever do.

This Administration performed something--that I thought was absolutely egregious and outrageous, and the only way I could demonstrate my concern about that was to put a hold on a nomination.

I wish this were a college seminar where we could get more deeply into all of the issues that you raise.

I do not use holds as a regular device. Very, very seldom, do I put a hold on any nomination, and I always do it publically.

Two hundred years ago, James Madison, on the House floor, gave the following speech, and he said: ``If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare and are the soul and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of Utah's great medical institutions, McKay-Dee Hospital, as it celebrates 100 years of service. Founded by Annie Taylor Dee in Ogden, Utah, its goal was to bring medical services to underserved…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the Preserving the American Historical Record Act, a bill that I introduced along with Senator Levin today. This is a piece of legislation designed to ensure the protection of important historical…

The more power judges have over what the law means, the less power the people and their elected representatives have.

Well, I appreciate my good friend from Missouri bringing this issue up to us again, especially now that we're talking about missiles. One of the things President Reagan once said is: Was the United States ever involved in a war because we…

They could easily transport some of their stuff to nations closer to us, which makes it even more deadly for us. So what we have to do is make sure that, when we look at what we are doing vis-a-vis the Russians, we have to put it in the…

I don't have the expertise right here to go through some of the details. Obviously, you're ahead of me on those particular ones; but it still goes back to the basic approach that, even if the Russians are legitimate in these treaties and…

I agree totally with the gentleman from Missouri, who is such a leader on the Armed Services Committee. Part of the problem, nuclear soft power notwithstanding, we are talking about the overall defense of this country, and in area after…

Yes. And our ICBMs, for example, need to stay there until the year 2030. That's their planned life. But what happens if you do one of those solid rocket motors and you pull it out to do the inspection and there is a problem with it? Where…

Now, let me turn that analogy slightly into the situation we are in right now, because I think this administration is missing a lot of bags of nails that are out there. One in particular deals with our missile program in the future if…

As we move forward with this proposed treaty, but also as we look to the overall military budget, which, I think, is what you're talking about as well and especially our missile defense, let us make sure that we have not left some detail…