to ensure that crime victims are treated with fairness, dignity, and respect, I rise to introduce, along with Senator Feinstein, a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to establish and protect the rights of victims of violent…

Today I introduce a series of bills designed to help sustain the economic expansion and enhance the rate of economic growth in this country. The four measures, which together make up what I refer to as the Agenda for Economic Growth and…

I rise to introduce an education proposal that will increase parental and student choice, educational quality, and school safety. A colleague from the Arizona delegation, representative Matt Salmon, is today introducing this proposal in…

The use of such support services does not change the result assuming the account wagering system meets the requirements for a ``closed loop subscriber-based service that is wholly intrastate.'' As stated previously, the location of the…

Yes, assuming each facility that participates in the pools is duly licensed by the State or approved by the laws of the foreign jurisdiction in which it operates. As I states earlier, the location of the totalizator or other similar system…

Yes, assuming of course that the wagering pools are being commingled in accordance with section 2 of the bill and further assuming the account wagering system meets the requirements for a ``closed loop subscriber-based service.''

Senator McConnell, you are welcome. I am very pleased that we have been able to work together to protect legitimate, law abiding interests who make significant contributions to the nation's economy.

I want to note that an interactive computer service whose facilities or service are used by another person as a means of communication to engage in an activity prohibited by section 1085, and where the interactive computer service does not…

This bill is not intended to hamper the future growth of horse racing. Am I correct in my analysis that S. 474 does not prohibit or restrict account wagering by telephone?

Simulcasting of horse racing across the country and around the world has grown exponentially in recent years, to the point that simulcasting now accounts for as much as 60 percent of the industry's total wagering. To foster growth in the…

The horse racing industry wants to be able to continue account wagering and other similar activities that utilize emerging technologies. A variety of federal and state statutes and regulations now govern this activity and together, they…

that is, that you cannot have any exceptions to a national prohibition on Internet gambling if you want the policy to work, because if anyone can do it, then the gambling can occur in the homes, in the privacy of the homes around this…

sports organizations, in particular, are obviously very much afraid of the adulteration of professional and amateur sports. As a result, groups like the National Amateur Athletic Association, Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA, National…

The State of Wyoming has made that decision, and yet if the Indians were allowed an exemption under this bill, they would be permitted to run Internet gambling operations, they could reach every citizen in every State and every young…

let me briefly describe what this amendment does and indicate the degree of support that exists for it. Before I do that, let me say that this amendment passed out of the Judiciary Committee with one dissenting vote several months ago. It…

I was disappointed by some of the actions of the majority leader's statement the day before yesterday in which he provided an update on the Senate inquiry into U.S. policy on satellite exports to China. In particular, some charged that the…

the Grassley amendment that is before us today expresses the sense of the Senate about a wide array of issues, about nine different issues in all. I agree with some of the ideas expressed in the amendment, but I have serious reservations…

If I could, Madam President, go to another point; that is, the failure to discriminate among or between different kinds of sanctions. The amendment, as I read it, treats all sanctions alike. It does not differentiate between sanctions…

We have, I think, come to the conclusion--most of us, but not all in this body--that it would be a mistake to put an explicit time limit, for example, on our presence in Bosnia, or an explicit time limit on certain other kinds of military…

I am advised that the study has been objectively performed. As a result, it confirms what the Senator from Oklahoma and I and others have been saying for some time: The Navy's AEGIS system can contribute significantly to protecting the…

The Senator just mentioned the denial, or the reported denial, of visas for three people from Radio Free Asia who, as I gather, wanted to be part of the trip to China and to accompany the President's entourage to report on defense.

It seems to me--and this is the predicate for my second question--many of us are uncomfortable with some of the sanctions that we have automatically initiated. I personally have some concern about the sanctions on India and Pakistan, for…

The headline is ``Beijing Pulls Visas of Three U.S. Reporters; Move Targets Radio Free Asia.'' Deep in the article, it is noted that the three reporters were not all American citizens, but that is really irrelevant to the point here. The…

this is an article from the Washington Post by Victor Gilinsky and Paul Leventhal. Victor Gilinsky is an energy consultant, and Paul Leventhal is president of the Nuclear Control Institute. At the time of the 1974 nuclear test by India…

The windfall profits tax on lawyers' fees that I mentioned earlier would provide, for States where there have been tobacco settlements reached, lawyer fees above $1,000 per hour but below $1,500 an hour would be subject to a surtax of 20…