Dale Bumpers: “All the amendment says is, if any salmon is purchased, it would eliminate the dual inspection?”

this is a very difficult, a very difficult undertaking for me for a number of reasons. No. 1, my profound and unrestrained respect for the two Senators from Alaska who obviously feel very strongly about the issue. It gives me no pleasure…

Bill Clinton, my friend from my home State of Arkansas, has been taking a lot of trashing lately, a lot of it richly deserved. I am not here to defend the President. But I will tell you one thing. You can say a lot of things about him but…

since I have been in the Senate, I have come to the floor--and I would not want to miss my last opportunity before I leave the Senate--to express my strong, strong support of the National Endowment for the Arts. We talk a lot in this…

I must say, his determination--his fierce determination--to get this bill passed was reflected in the fact that he asked me every day for 6 months when I was going to take my hold off. This morning, I was very happy to tell him that my…