I do not believe that martial law... is the step that the Indonesian government should have taken.

The Indonesian government holds the primary responsibility for restoring peace and stability to East Timor.

The Jersey City Puerto Rican Day Parade has continued to be a success, year after year, because of the dedication and tireless efforts of the Parade Committee Members.

For its commitment to the Puerto Rican community and the city of Jersey City, I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating the Puerto Rican community in Jersey City.

A key issue regarding the basic rights of workers is a livable wage. There was a minimum wage increase that was from $4.25 to $5.15, but it is still not livable.

America is now the most economically stratified country in the industrialized world.

I think the answer to the problem would be to require companies to... raise the minimum wage to something that is easily livable.

Republicans keep saying that the money in the budget surplus belongs to the American people, falsely implying that we Democrats disagree with that.

It is we Democrats who are listening to the voices and values of America's working families.

If the Republicans really believed the surplus belongs to the American people, they would listen to the voices of those people.

Republicans, on the other hand, are listening to all the special interests and high-priced Washington lobbyists, who are telling them to waste the surplus on a trillion dollar tax giveaway.

That is why we are listening to the American people, who are telling us that their values is to use the surplus to pay down the national debt and to save Social Security and Medicare.

Because we know this Government does belong to them and they are demanding that we exercise some real fiscal discipline, pay down the national debt, and extend the life of Social Security and Medicare.

The surplus belongs to the American people. They are the ones who have paid for it. They are the ones who worked for it.

This amendment is simple and straightforward. It would reduce fiscal year 2000 funding for the International Military Education and Training Program from $50 million to $45 million, and increase fiscal year 2000 Child Survival and Disease…

I urge its adoption.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Mr. Smith expects that instead of massive engineering solutions to remove the waste, natural processes that cause less environmental disturbance will be more commonly utilized.