I want to discuss today the matter pending before us, S. 1415, the tobacco legislation. It is, as we have been told by many people, one of the most expensive, complex, far-reaching legislative proposals ever considered by the U.S. Senate…

We honor Barry Goldwater today by reflecting on why he has made such a mark on our state, our nation, and the world. All of us probably remember the first time we met Barry. In my case, it was in May 1961 when I was a student at the…

It is clear that for many of us, particularly my generation, he was an inspiration for us to become involved in politics and to approach it from what he called a ``commonsense conservative point of view.'' I remember in 1960 meeting him…

as I just noted, there are actually two parts of this legislation. One of them has to do with the implementation of the chemical weapons treaty which was ratified in the Senate last year. The legislation passed about a year ago. It was…

there is a reason why this bill picks August 8, 1995, as the date after which Russian companies should be sanctioned for their proliferation behavior. The reason for this is very simple: August 8, 1995, was the date upon which Russia…

I support S. 1723, the American Competitiveness Act. Business, professional associations, and various governmental entities have presented convincing evidence of the need to raise the current 65,000 annual cap on H1-B workers. It is also…

Mr. President, the administration's position on defending the American people is essentially twofold: One, wait until there is a threat; and, two, we will then develop a defense. There are two things wrong with this approach: First, as the…

when Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Responsibility Reconciliation Act of 1996, it ended public welfare for most aliens who had not worked to earn their benefits. The 1997 Balanced Budget Act reversed some of the…

I would like to take this personal privilege of explaining why I was not able to vote last night on an extraordinarily important issue before the Senate; namely, the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. The vote…

I want to conclude this discussion of the Senate Finance Committee's work in exposing problems with the IRS by commending the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Roth, for holding the series of hearings to expose problems in…

I think that the flaw in the argument just stated is obvious. It is true, as Senator Conrad points out, that there are no words in his amendment that talk about taking American tactical weapons out of Europe. That is not the point I was…

The future course of the NATO alliance, its core purposes and its strategic orientation in this post-cold war era, will be decided by allied negotiations upcoming on the so-called revised strategic concept of NATO. The new document is…

colleagues, this is a very straightforward sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It would simply express the sense of the Senate that we support a supermajority to raise taxes. Many of the States in this country now have supermajorities. In some…

The Senate finds that-- (1) the Nation's current tax system is indefensible, being overly complex, burdensome, and severely limiting to economic opportunity for all Americans; (2) fundamental tax reform should be undertaken as soon as…

What is before us today is simply a sense of the Senate, an expression of a principle that it is the sense of Congress that seniors have the right to see the physician or health care provider of their choice. I hope we can at least agree…

If an insurance company or plan like Kaiser company has a contract to provide care, they would be obligated to provide the care they contracted to provide. They can't all of a sudden just opt out and say we have decided we don't want to do…

my amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill (S. 1768) would accelerate the development and deployment of theater missile defense systems. Recent revelations that Iran has nearly completed development of two new ballistic…

Milton Friedman once said he would rather have a $1 trillion budget that is way out of balance than a $2 trillion budget that is in balance. I think his point is even more poignant now than when he made it several years ago. If we manage…

Now, this document that the 28 advisers--let me indicate who some of these people are, people like former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci; and Caspar Weinberger; and Judge William Clark, former National Security Adviser; Doug Feith…

we are well aware that an agreement was struck this week by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and the Iraqi Government, led by Saddam Hussein, with respect to the sites that Iraq agreed would be open to unfettered…

I do not doubt Dr. Satcher's competence as a physician, scholar, and medical researcher. However, serious questions on two important issues have arisen during Senate debate on his nomination to be U.S. Surgeon General. I am concerned about…

I think it is time for some of us in the Congress, particularly some of us who have spent a lifetime in the judicial process, to comment upon what has been occurring in the last few days with respect to the special counsel investigating…

Mr. President, with the Federal Government apparently on the verge of its first unified budget surplus in nearly 30 years, many people are beginning to ask what comes next, what should happen to the budget surplus if and when it…

I want to provide a brief update for my colleagues this morning on the Medicare Beneficiaries Freedom To Contract Act. This is the bill which has 46 cosponsors in the Senate, 150-some cosponsors in the House, led by the chairman of the…

there are a lot of things wrong with our nation's Tax Code, but two things in the code that have always struck me as particularly egregious are the steep taxes imposed on people when they get married and when they die. While it will…