U.S. State Secretaries of State

I voted against the Daschle motion because I believe that, after having debated tobacco legislation for nearly four weeks, the time has come for the Senate to move forward on the pending appropriations bills. Although I appreciate the…

I thank Senator Kennedy. As I have remarked before, and I shall say again, he is one who would have appropriately graced a seat at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. I can see him working in that audience on the floor and off the…

I am talking about the Commander in Chief, in the abstract. I haven't said anything about the Senator from Indiana. He shouldn't feel he has to respond to me. He has a right to if he wishes, but I hope the Senator will know I haven't…

The Senator says at what point does Congress have that. Congress before, before it provides for calling forth the militia, before it creates an army, before it creates a Navy, it certainly has the power and authority not to do those…

All too many Senators appear to be thinking that the Commander in Chief can do this, the Commander in Chief can do that, and that we ought to follow along like the tail on a kite and do whatever the Commander in Chief decides should be…

The Senator interprets that. Suppose Congress doesn't raise and support any Army. Suppose Congress does not provide and maintain a Navy. Then what does the Commander in Chief command?

Let me read it. The Congress shall have Powers . . . To make Rules for the Government and regulation of the land and naval Forces. And: The Congress shall have . . . Power to provide for calling forth the Militia . . .. It doesn't say the…

No. It states specifically that the President, the Commander in Chief, shall submit to the Congress the plan by February 2, 1999, which will bring the force levels of the United States in Bosnia down to a certain number which is more in…

What is wrong with that? We are saying to the President, ``You tell us how you would get it down to something which, in the eyes of the American people, who are paying the taxes to keep our forces over there, would be a fair level in view…

No. The Senator heard me. The Senator was in here earlier and heard me say that the Hutchison-Byrd amendment did not do that, did not dictate troop levels.

Perhaps I didn't speak clearly. There are those who say that the Congress doesn't have authority to do this, Congress doesn't have authority to do that. If the Congress wanted to limit the troop levels in the war to 5,000 men, is the…

I don't, either. I don't think Congress would attempt to do that. But I think Congress has the power and has the authority to say there will be no more than 5,000.

Wasn't the President saying, in essence, that our troops should stay there until these benchmarks have been achieved? In essence, wasn't he saying that?

I have tried to carefully listen to the Senator's remarks, and I think I have heard the implication that Congress was somehow at fault in Somalia for the lack of supplying of heavy equipment.

I am grateful to the good people of West Virginia for trusting me with this honor for nearly 40 years now. I carry this title with great pride. Sometimes my constituents say to me, ``Do you ever get used to it?'' as they look about this…

No, treaties don't override the Constitution of the United States. Under the Constitution, treaties are a part of the law of the land, the supreme law of the land. They don't override the Constitution of the United States.

I thought I heard the distinguished Senator say that treaties override the Constitution of the United States.

As a Senator who is not a member of the conference committee but as a Senator who is, nevertheless, deeply committed to increasing substantially the size of our national investment in transportation infrastructure, I rise to urge the…

I thank the Senator for the very high degree of leadership that he has demonstrated in managing this bill. It was a difficult bill with a great number of amendments. And he has remained on the floor, worked hard, and demonstrated his…

The constitutional framework arranged by the framers speaks with crystal clarity regarding the war powers. The authority to initiate war rests solely with Congress, except for one narrow area, the defensive authority to repel sudden…

So as far as our amendment is concerned, all States benefit--not just West Virginia, not just Texas, not just Montana, not just Virginia--but that will be discussed at another point. I just want to stress that again.

Diogenes walked the streets of Athens in broad daylight with his lighted lantern. He was asked why. He answered, ``I am looking for a man.'' Plato, when visiting Sicily, was asked by Hiero, the tyrannical head of the Government, why he…

I urge the majority leader to be the ``Repairer of the Breach'' by calling up ISTEA now, so that we may be one step closer towards enacting the provisions called for in S. 1173 that would help accelerate the delivery of vitally-important…

Well, Mr. President, at last we have smoked him out. I have been speaking on this floor urging that the leadership bring up the highway bill. So we are having a good debate today. That is what we have been needing all along. The debate is…