As co-chair for the National Guard Caucus I rise to object to this amendment. The Senate, in the past years, has voted to appropriate necessary military construction funds to offset the neglect of administrations in order to make sure that…

the reason I rise today, I want to address a couple of related subjects, things that we are working on, and they have to do with some of the debates that have been going on about the nominees for the Federal Reserve. I have the pleasure of…

I particularly commend my good friend from Texas for pointing out what we in the Midwest, as well as the Southwest, feel so strongly about, which is that when you raise fees on people who use highways, it is not pleasant. But when they go…

it is actually worse than that. It is actually worse than that. It is not just the triggered cuts that fall very heavily on the veterans. But let me say, earlier in my remarks, I came to the floor to say that the Senator from New Mexico…

I am here today to commend our chairman of the Budget Committee, and the staff who worked together to put an honest budget together which will get our budget to balance in the year 2002. It is an honest budget, and, therefore, it makes…

today we pay tribute to a man who has served his country ably and well for well over 50 years, and who will be remembered for his leadership of an institution that is not easily led. From his humble beginnings in the town of Russell, KS…

As I understand it, I say to the Senator, that would not go for tax relief. That would go for increased spending. Now we are getting up--the record was set, I believe, in 1993, where we had a $240 billion tax increase. We still have a few…

I think it is time we had some good policy, because in the past this body, with the active involvement of the Presidents of the United States, has run up a $5 trillion debt, almost $18,000 for every man, woman, and child in this country…

the CBO said the only way the President's numbers get to a balance in 2002 is if an automatic trigger clicks in and cuts 10 percent of discretionary spending in 2001 and 18 percent in 2002. I am simply asking whether that chart--and I did…

I thank and congratulate my colleague from Tennessee. Senator Frist has put his finger on the real problem in this budget. The President, in his budget, has glowing words, as several of my colleagues on the other side have, about the…

This offset is not designed to create hunger among children. I would point out to my colleague from Minnesota that if he were here earlier, he would have seen the drastic slashes that the President's budget proposes in the feeding program…

This is the President's proposed spending on women, infants, and children. This drops off the cliff. We propose to continue to fund it.

I also had the privilege, just several months ago, to be traveling with Admiral Boorda, and a couple weeks ago visited with him in my office again. He was truly an outstanding person, had great ability and great dedication to this country…

That is correct, the cuts in veterans are absolutely devastating and would result in closing at least one-quarter of all veterans facilities. To me that is totally unacceptable.

I also would note that the American Legion, in a letter to me dated May 10, 1996, states: After reviewing President's Clinton's FY `97 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the American Legion is deeply disturbed with the…

We have heard a lot of straw men set up by opponents on the other side. We have heard about all kinds of horrible cuts that would come if we get a responsible budget number for welfare. This body should know that the $53 billion cut, which…

If it is there, that is all I need to know. We were concerned it might not be. You made a change. You made a change in the copy of the amendment after it was given to us. Is that the mixup? The best guess is that we were not furnished the…

We obviously are getting some basic philosophical differences here. My distinguished friend from Nebraska has accused us of reflexively turning to means-tested entitlements. What we have done, Mr. President, in fact, is to turn to failed…

If we can start afresh, let me thank my distinguished colleague from Washington and warn my good friend from Nebraska that I am going to agree with him. I know that maybe this will help the process move along. But we have before us the…

We are not saying, Mr. President, exactly what the outlines of this welfare reform proposal will be. The Finance Committee has previously presented welfare reform proposals. We presented and adopted in this body a measure taking $64…

I appreciate very much the interest and enthusiasm and commitment brought by the acting floor manager... we have put $5 trillion of debt on the backs of our children.

This Congress, despite news coverage and quarrelsome attacks from our opponents, has been able to change the pattern of Government spending. We just reduced discretionary spending $23 billion. Most people do not know that. We have put…

I and many others are very disappointed we cannot move forward on this legislation. I believe this legislation is very important to provide relief for Mr. Dale and six other members of the White House Travel Office. I think it is the right…

the tax increases in 1993 had the effect of costing jobs and economic growth in this country. Two economists, William Beach and Scott Hodge, at the Heritage Foundation, used the very reputable econometric model, the Washington University…

I applaud the hard work of the Senate Judiciary Committee on this immigration reform legislation. This bill contains many important provisions that will help stem the rising tide of illegal immigration to the United States and reduce the…