U.S. State Secretaries of State

The Senator is correct. You and I had a discussion regarding the unique situation facing the Pennsylvania hospitals and I sympathized with the plight of these hospitals. However, because your reclassification provision would have violated…

I do not need 4\1/2\ minutes. The distinguished Senator from Illinois has made a very generous suggestion in asking all of his colleagues to support the amendment. He has made an excellent case for his amendment. He was not successful in…

I salute the distinguished Senator from Illinois for his determination, for his humanitarianism, and for the appeal that he has made in this matter. But I have to oppose the amendment. We have a bill here that has been carefully worked out…

This is the design money. The construction will follow. Why not get on with the design money? We could save some time, possibly save some lives.

No question about it. The Senator is absolutely correct. And I certainly would not want to be a Senator who voted for this motion to strike this item if something happened. And who knows what might happen today, tonight, tomorrow.

Would he please offer amendments. If he doesn't like this bill, offer amendments to take out the money, and then you can tell the people back home, you can tell the policemen, you can tell the firefighters, you can tell the health…

There is $8.3 billion for homeland reform that the Appropriations Committee determines is necessary based on extensive hearings. The Senator was in not in those hearings. The ranking member was in the hearings. They were well attended by…

As I understand it--and I am confident I am right--there is only $65 million in the President's request for emergency that we did not approve. The Senator is not on the committee. Let me tell you what we did approve. Fourteen billion…

I want to be certain that there is no ambiguity about what these funds are for. We are all aware that there was never any intention that these funds would be available for lethal assistance or for the expansion of settlements, but I think…

I took a piece of plastic clay And idly fashioned it one day-- And as my fingers pressed it, still It moved and yielded to my will. I came again when days were past The bit of clay was hard at last. The form I gave it, still it bore, And I…

Well, the Senator is correct. There will be a lot of eyes looking toward the Senator from New Mexico and toward me, and the other 27 members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, when it comes time to put the money on the barrelhead. But…

For fiscal year 2003, the President has proposed increasing nondefense programs by only 1 percent. He has threatened to veto appropriations bills that have "excessive spending." For the INS, he has proposed an increase of only $150 million…

The Senator is correct, but if we do more for homeland defense, then we are restricted by the President's figures, what he has asked. Then we have to take the money out of something else. So what does it come out of? Veterans programs…

I do not have any assurance that money is going to be included. We do not have any assurance it will be. The President only requested $37 million, I believe it was, in his supplemental, out of $27 billion; $35 million for border…

Well, my problem is, if you multiply the $743 million by 3, that is going to be roughly $2.1 billion. And yet the figure that has been used on this floor for the third year is $3.1 billion. So right there we are $1 billion short. So my…

I am not seeking to pull any tricks here. As was said in Julius Caesar, there are no tricks in pure and simple faith. I don't have any tricks. I am not seeking to pull any fast ones on the Senator. I would be glad to show any of my…

The distinguished Senator is certainly trying. She is making the effort, but there are many other Senators who have ideas with respect to that $10 billion. People on the Armed Services Committee certainly have ideas as to the $10 billion…

In my view, he is the greatest orator in the Senate today and certainly in my 18 years here, I have had a chance to listen to them all. The Senator from West Virginia is without peer in this body.

I will support the Harkin amendment, No. 2719, in response to the numerous phone calls and letters I have received from my constituents in recent years regarding the increasing cost of health care. Nevertheless, I am concerned with…

If I were out in the streets of a big city and, for some reason, got into a street brawl, I would want Senator Hollings with me. If that ever happened to me, I would say: Senator Hollings, where is he? He is the man I want with me in a…

The Senator from Michigan, together with the then-distinguished Senator from New York, Mr. Moynihan, and the then-Senator from Oregon, Mr. Hatfield, and I sought to bring that case before the Court. The Court said we didn't have standing…

The Supreme Court, throughout that miserable piece of legislation, upheld the fact that, as the Senator said, the Congress cannot give away its powers as set forth under the Constitution.

The Supreme Court ruled within the last couple of years that Congress could not give away its constitutional power.

I thank both Senators. Concerning the work, the diligence, the dedication, and the loyalty to our country that is constantly being demonstrated and exhibited by these two leaders of the Armed Services Committee, my words fall pitifully…