U.S. State Secretaries of State

I have never known any majority leader or minority leader to transgress upon the confidence of the membership in giving its acquiescence to the request. It is just that I thought there could be such a situation. I thought we ought to try…

I have been greatly troubled by it, as I am sure other Senators have been. Napoleon--who is not particularly one of my idols--and Josephine had a child on March 20, 1811. And when he was told by the doctors that the infant or the mother…

Wonderful, wonderful. May I say to the new child: Once in thy father's arms, a new born child, thou didst weep while those around thee smile; so live that in thy lasting sleep thou mayst smile while those around thee weep.

He has thrice tasted the experience of immortality. He is living on a new plateau. What is the new child's name?

I think we ought to have a vote and let that record be there for all to see in the future. Let me ask a question without losing my right to the floor, Mr. President. Does the distinguished Senator from Arizona know of any other bill…

The House has included a provision which would set up an artificial ratio of humanitarian aid relative to Azerbaijan and its region of Nagorno-Karabagh. Such ratios have no precedent in the delivery of humanitarian aid and are clearly…

On the matter of Azerbaijan, I understand that the House included a provision which would imply separate legal status to Nagorno-Karabagh, a region of Azerbaijan. The international community, through the Organization for Security and…

In a few days, this fair city will throw its annual birthday party. Truly, the Independence Day celebration here in the Nation's Capital, is like nowhere else in the country. It is larger, louder, and features a fireworks display to amaze…

Letting go of those whom we love is one of the most trying experiences, if not the most trying experience, in human existence. But looking back over a road of 78 years, it seems to me that much of life is about the seemingly simple process…

This budget resolution cuts discretionary budget authority over the next 6 years by $356 billion and outlays by $295 billion. My amendment adds $106 billion in budget authority and $65 billion in outlays to pay for programs like crime…

People may restrict themselves, but here we are talking about an amendment that restricts the people from exercising their own good judgment as to selecting for additional terms men and women who have served them honestly and well. So we…

The Senator is preeminently correct. It is a very undemocratic amendment. It is saying to the people: You are not smart enough to make a choice, so we are going to put into automatic pilot the limitation on the service of your Senators or…

I am simply saying that Members who are elected to the Senate for a second term, under the pending constitutional amendment, could--and in some instances would, human nature being what it is--tend to forget their constituents, the people…

Mr. Samuels eloquently points out just one of the many concerns this country could very well face with the adoption of this legislation. He focuses on what might happen should our two-party system dissolve and allow for a rogue individual…

The Senator from Michigan is a man of great tenacity and perception and love for the Constitution and for him to deliver remarks on my behalf, he certainly has brightened my day. I am very grateful.

I take this occasion to congratulate the distinguished Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], and the other Members of the Senate who were conferees. As I sat and listened to him as he has outlined the changes that were brought within the bill…

Over the past number of weeks, we have witnessed a great deal of saber-rattling and speculation over the question of whether Congress and the President can avoid a Government shutdown, called, metaphorically, a train wreck, on October 1…

My question was based on the statement that I understood the Senator to say earlier that her amendment was not typed up; it was just in handwriting. My question was, is she aware that an amendment does not have to be typed, that it can be…

Wait until the Senator sees the bills that are going to come to this floor if this bill dies. Wait until the Senator sees the cuts that are going to be made if this bill dies. The cuts that are going to be made in the 1996--the Senators…

Recently I received a letter from a Dr. Wayne M. Miller of Killeen, Texas. The letter was in reference to my recent eulogy for the late and beloved Senator John Cornelius Stennis. Dr. Miller wrote that he was deeply moved by the tribute…

On that point, may I say to my friend, he does not need to instruct me about going to West Virginia. When he says he is going to Oklahoma where ``real people are,'' he does not have to travel that far. West Virginia is within an hour and a…

I say to the Senator, the Congress has cut the Presidents' deficits. Since 1945, over that period of 50 years, Congress has appropriated something like $200 billion less than the accumulated budgets that have been requested by the various…

On that point, let us stay with that point. I was majority leader when the Governors and the mayors of the country came to Washington with their hats in their hands and their hands out.

On that point--Mr. President, I have the floor--on that point about the States, the States do not balance their budgets in the sense that we are talking about balancing the Federal budget. The States have operating budgets. The States have…