This legislation, if also passed by the Senate, would represent the greatest improvement in senior health care since Medicare was enacted in 1965.

I think there’s going to be immense pressure on Members of both the House and the Senate to support this bill.

These folks deserve an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.

Every judicial nominee deserves a fair hearing and an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.

I commend the House and Senate for passing a version of the District of Columbia appropriations bill that I can sign.

I urge the Senate to move swiftly on this legislation.

There are sharp consequences to whether we hold the White House and whether we win the House and whether we pick up seats in the Senate.

Berzon has been before the Senate for 2 years.

I made two appearances for Senator Feinstein and the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

I applaud the strong, bipartisan vote in the Senate to move forward with consideration of the African growth and opportunity act.

I hope that Senator Moseley-Braun and the other Ambassadors would be quickly confirmed.

Kenneth W. Kizer, of California, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a term of 4 years, which was sent to the Senate on January 6, 1999.

I urge the Senate to act quickly so that we can strengthen the ties between our Nation and a continent on the verge of a new era of democracy and prosperity.

I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Venezuela for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital.

The Senate should pass the Kennedy-Murray amendment and give our Nation's children the individual attention they deserve in the classroom.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Treaty.

I urge the Republican leaders of the Senate, who are using procedural tactics to block this measure, to listen to the will of the majority and the loud voice of the American people.

I want to thank John Edwards and his wife and his children for this race for the Senate.