I rise in support of the Helms amendment. Since 1910, for the past 91 years, the Boy Scouts of America have been instilling in young boys the values of personal responsibility, community, and duty to God, respect for individual beliefs…

I will briefly explain what we accomplished in this amendment. An agreement was reached to allow the Thomas J. Pappas School in Arizona to remain open and eligible for Federal funds, including these homeless education funds. A modified…

I am pleased to inform the people of Arizona that an agreement has been reached to allow the T.J. Pappas School to remain open and eligible for federal funds, including homeless education funds. The Pappas School is well-known and…

I just want to make it as clear as I can I think we should, as soon as possible, consider the legislative recommendations of President Bush and Vice President Cheney to deal with this most serious crisis. In fact, I think we saw this past…

I begin by noting that the conferees, who are the people on the Ways and Means and Finance Committees, are busy at work trying to iron out the differences between the two bodies. Part of the success of getting the bill to the conference in…

The proposal, obviously, will raise the taxes of individuals and small businesses by the billions that would be necessary to pay for it. This all boils down to who supports tax relief and who does not. If you support tax relief, vote no on…

This amendment for full funding of Head Start has no place in this bill. The chairman has made the point over and over again that this bill is carefully constructed to include a variety of interests on both sides of the aisle. Each of…

Thank you. Mr. President, this amendment uses repeal of the death tax to pay down the debt further. We already defeated amendments which would help with HOPE scholarships and Head Start and a variety of other things. This now would use it…

Does the Senator from Montana believe that President Bush, however, would veto a capital gains reduction as President Clinton did?

This is a very deceptive amendment. There is absolutely nothing in this amendment that calls for any money to be spent on paying down the national debt or applying any money to the infrastructure of the United States. Only in the title…

I note that I offered a similar amendment myself. In fact, I know several of us offered similar amendments because this is such a good idea. I begin by complimenting the Presiding Officer for the extraordinary job he has done in putting…

The repeal of the estate tax is only in existence for 9 months because of Senators such as the Senator from New York who won't agree to make it permanent. So the relief is very tenuous here for people, and that is why I am fighting very…

let me first echo what the Senator from Montana has just been saying with respect to support for education. As he noted, this bill already has substantial benefits for education. Unfortunately, the amendment of the Senator from New York…

The rate relief provided in this bill currently before us takes the rate from the current level down to 45 percent. It does that over a period of time. We do not even do that immediately, nor does the unified credit lock into effect…

I stand corrected--from 55 percent to 53 percent. So we are still taking more than half. More than half of the value of the estate is going to be taken by the U.S. Government rather than passed on to the heirs. I stand corrected. It is not…

I am fully aware of the effect of the Senator's amendment. Let me ask the Senator this question, if he would like to respond to my question. The Senator asked if I was aware that his amendment did not affect the repeal of the estate tax in…

reclaiming my time, it is evident that the Senator from New York does not want to see a permanent repeal of the estate tax. He does not want to see a reduction in the rates except by 2 points, from 55 to 53. He apparently agrees with me…

we are debating the education reform act. Debate over this bill is increasingly boiling down to debate over one question: What is Congress' solution to the problems in our schools, specifically, lagging overall achievement and the fact…

I begin by complimenting the Senator from Alabama and before him the Senator from New Hampshire, both of whom made extraordinarily important points about the need for improvement in our education in the United States and about the single…

Apart from the steps the President has to take if he is going to obtain this national security waiver, so that the item would be controlled, how long does that order last? And isn't there a limitation so that he can only issue that three…

I answer the Senator that I am aware that the items are not automatically decontrolled. But by virtue of what I talked about before--and I think the Senator was here--because of availability for commercial purposes, the items will also be…

I join Senators Thompson, Shelby, Kyl, and other members in objecting to the rushed consideration of the Export Administration Act of 2001. This legislation, which governs the exports of sensitive technology to overseas buyers, has…

Not October. We will either have to pass a resolution extending the date beyond that, which I presume would be relatively easy to do, or act on the reauthorization of the EAA in some form prior to that time. Frankly, that is fine with me…

I guess part of my answer is if the Senator from South Dakota is willing to abide by the expertise and recommendations of this administration on all matters from here on, I would almost be persuaded to sit down and to pocket his votes on…

first, I express regret the Senate is being asked to take up this legislation at this time. As pointed out earlier, the Export Administration Act, which this bill reauthorizes, with changes, has not been reauthorized for over a decade. It…