last Saturday, over 1000 students from 47 States and the District of Columbia were in Washington to compete in the finals of the ``We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution Program. It is my pleasure today to recognize the…

this morning I would like to take a moment to discuss some recent press reports about a figure of $32 million worth of bonuses paid to employees of the Social Security Administration. This has certainly drawn a lot of attention in our…

I rise in support of S. 783 and would like to commend the managers of this bill for bringing it to the floor. I would also like to take a moment to engage the senior Senator from Michigan, the chairman of the committee, in a brief…

Well, now that the President has raised everyone else's taxes, we discovered that he had not paid all of his own. Worse yet, President Clinton's health care plan will be the single-largest tax increase in the history of the world. It seems…

the headline of this article yesterday states ``Conservative Hands Out Volumes on Whitewater.'' It tells about Mr. Floyd Brown. It gives his past. And, I might say, Mr. President, it is a pretty interesting past. In fact, in a New York…

I would like for us to look at a tax-exempt organization--I repeat that--a tax-exempt organization which is known as Citizens United, and we would like to look at this organization for a moment this afternoon, Mr. President, to see what…

Mr. President, this is a milestone day in the Senate, and I should say another milestone day because today we have heard the 33d speech by Republican colleagues on the other side of the aisle since January 1 relating to the Whitewater…

There is no question that investment in technology fosters productivity, economic growth and creation of high quality jobs. We support S. 4 because it represents a balanced effort-- I repeat that, Mr. President-- a balanced effort to…

But it appears that almost every other hour on the floor of the Senate, it has gotten to be the pattern now that one of our colleagues will come over and attempt to impugn someone's integrity or make some assertion about someone's…

let me just finally state--I know Senator Hollings wants to get back on the floor and continue with S. 4--but finally I would like to say, Mr. President, to my very good friend from Missouri, Chairman Riegle held the hearing record open…

The question I pose to my very good friend and neighbor from Missouri is as follows. You spoke of your membership on the Banking Committee, I wonder if the Senator from Missouri actually asked Mr. Altman those particular questions in the…