Mr. President, along with Senators Warner, Chafee and McCain, who are cosponsors, I believe what we have here is an assertion without precedent. The President of the United States claims in a brief filed in the Supreme Court that a pending…

I thank the Chair. An interesting fundraising letter came to my attention. It was written by actress Priscilla Presley, Elvis Presley's former wife. Accompanying the letter was another from actor, Robert Redford. These letters are…

It flies in the face of the 207-year-old tradition established by George Washington that the U.S. military should be under civilian control.

in the interest of moving the budget process along, I am withdrawing my amendment, but I want to assure my colleagues, until our President orders his legal counsel to drop this argument in court, I will be raising this issue on every bill…

Mr. President, these amendments are not binding; they do not shift a single dollar from one program to another. They merely allow both Republicans and Democrats to engage in strategies of gamesmanship which deceive the American people…

I find it rather curious he is speaking in opposition to asset sales today when he voted for them. We had the privatization of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation, supported by the Clinton administration. It is my understanding it would be…

as he so eloquently pointed out, this is somewhat of a charade. The American people assume that what we are doing here, debating at length, has a binding commitment of some sort. But sense-of-the-Senate resolutions, as the Senator from New…

when Congress passed the North American Free-Trade Agreement [NAFTA] it imposed a $6.50 fee for the arrival of each passenger aboard a commercial vessel or aircraft coming in from outside the customs territory of the United States. NAFTA…

I thank the Chair. I know it is getting late and my colleagues would like to go home and have dinner, but I am sure that we all share in this extraordinary opportunity to say a few words about our leader, Senator Bob Dole, and his…

very soon, we must make an important decision which will lead us to a safer future for all Americans. Mr. President, today we have highly radioactive nuclear waste and used nuclear fuel that is accumulating at over 80 sites in 41 States…

I wish you a good morning. I ask you to imagine the following situation: You are stricken with bone cancer. Unfortunately, your doctor informs you that radiation therapy is no longer an option because it creates low-level radioactive waste…

Mr. President, I just came from a Finance Committee hearing where our majority leader, Senator Dole, spoke very eloquently about the issue of the removal of the 4.3-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax. I commend the majority leader as well as our…

So, is it not rather ironic that suddenly we are looking for relief from Saddam Hussein who just a few years ago we tried to put in a cage because he was a threat? He was a threat to the world supply of oil. He must be laughing, saying…

I rise today and along with my colleagues, Senators Johnston, Bennett, and Kempthorne to introduce a bill which, when enacted, will generate as much as $100 million annually from the private sector in support of our national parks. This…

I would urge all Senators to consider cosponsoring this legislation, and I would hope that the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the problems of visa issuance for Koreans, and the…

the language agreed to by the conferees and the President directs the Secretary to: first, maintain the land base of the 1992 Tongass Land Management Plan--1.7 million acres--for timber for 1 year; and second, release the enjoined AWRTA…

Mr. President, on the eve of Earth Day, I want to alert Members of legislation that I will be introducing to help raise funds from the private sector to support our national parks, particularly with regard to repair. In this regard, I…

last night we had several hours of debate and that debate was around the issue of the Foreign Relations Revitalization Act relating to Taiwan. As we addressed the disposition of the conference report, this particular portion received a…

I would like to make reference, in my remaining time, to some facts on the budget. It is rather curious, but in the last 13 months, President Clinton has sent up to the Congress nine separate budget bills. We have one now, like the others…

As we prepare to vote on the conference report on H.R. 1561, the Foreign Relations Revitalization Act of 1995, I would like to direct my colleagues' attention to one provision of the act that relates to what, I believe, is an…

For example, if the threat to Taiwan is increasing, defensive arm sales should go up. They should not be arbitrarily limited by the bucket. Prior administrations have followed this principle in practice, such as selling F-16's to Taiwan…

As a matter of fact, we had some 35 titles in the bill that affected some 26 States. It is no secret that, unfortunately, the parks package coincides with the national convention of the AFL-CIO, or at least their Washington meeting, and it…

Obviously we are all sensitive to the merits of the Presidio. The California delegation has worked very, very hard on this. But as everyone in this body knows, this was a package that was put together with great commitment and great…

I wish to continue our earlier discussion a little bit more. I remind this body of the pending business that is before the Senate, and that is a package of parks bills, some 56 titles, and a couple of them are contentious--Utah wilderness…

I join with my friend from Oklahoma relative to his concern over what the minimum wage will do if there is an increase. And I believe the increase proposed by the Senator from Massachusetts is from $4.25 to $5.15. That is about 45 cents I…