Senator Dole came to the floor to offer the amendment to take away the political argument, because a red herring, as it were, was being raised, an argument that somehow his bill was going to permit people to get sick when, in fact, the…

I rise in support of S. 735, the Dole-Hatch Terrorism Prevention Act of 1995. I thank Senator Dole and Senator Hatch for including in the bill my provision, which strengthens the protection of Federal computers against terrorism. Mr…

But it does seem to me that just because the operators of the plant want a monopoly does not necessarily mean that is good public policy or that we ought to go along with it. By definition, if at the time bonds have been paid off-- since I…

It is true that if a municipality, a county government or whatever, creates this monopoly they could be voted out of office. But is it not true that the U.S. Congress, by this legislation, will have created the situation where despite…

the amendment which I offer now will tighten the flow control provisions of title II to more accurately reflect what I believe is the committee's intent; namely, to authorize flow control for a limited period of time to ensure that States…

let me conclude by summarizing in this fashion. What we are dealing with here is municipalities coming to Congress and asking for relief from a Supreme Court decision which said that what certain States had done in the past, limiting the…

I think that makes my point. We ought to be very, very careful when we are seeking ways to get around the U.S. Supreme Court decision interpreting the Constitution; that we should do so in the narrowest way possible. I think what we have…

Unlike Strom Thurmond, we are going to be gone by the end of 30 years. But I see the point. If the Senator will just yield for one final comment, I appreciate the arguments the Senator has made. I think what I am suggesting is something…

I appreciate his characterization of my remarks. They are precisely as he described them. I appreciate the difficult dilemma that a chairman always has in trying to get legislation which is not uniformly agreed to and, therefore, requires…

as a member of the committee to commemorate-- in 1996--the 3,000th anniversary of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish people, I am pleased to join Senator Dole and introduce the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Implementation Act of 1995…

during the campaign that the Senator from Oklahoma was just talking about that we just went through, I heard a phrase over and over again, ``taxation, regulation, litigation,'' the three problems in this country that we have to do…

I certainly subscribe both to what he said and what the Senator from Washington has previously said about this. My conversation, Mr. President, this morning, has to do with a very specific amendment which we will be voting on, the…

I think he is absolutely correct, that as a matter of States rights many States have these procedures today. If they have them, we leave them in place. But to the extent that we change them by saying in effect they only apply to one party…

This section 103 is titled ``Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures.'' It establishes that in a jurisdiction where an alternative dispute resolution procedure is provided for, that either the claimants or the defendant may utilize such…

I speak in support of the Dole amendment. The comments of the Senator from Utah just given really portray I think in the most thorough way the basic thrust of this amendment and the arguments for it. I will very briefly just add at the…

I think my colleague raises a good point. The mere fact that half of the physicians will, half of the surgeons in the country will be sued for medical malpractice has a great deal to do with the malpractice premium problem as well. So it…

I have been disappointed, frankly, that there has not been more debate joined on two very, very critical questions... The point of these two amendments is to try to return more of the recoveries of these cases to the victims, to the…

the majority leader, I think, makes a very powerful point; among them, points that are in support of the amendment that is currently pending before the Senate, which I offered on Thursday afternoon, an amendment which would put some…

Obviously, by proposing the reform, we are hoping to have an impact on the problem. Part of the problem, as I indicated, is the fact that, particularly in rural areas but not limited to rural areas, and in particular ob-gyn's have either…

this is the noneconomic damages limitation amendment that many of us have been talking about for some time. I indicated earlier this morning that I would be introducing it. It works in tandem with the limitation on lawyer's fees to ensure…

I will be happy to try to respond to my colleague. First of all, by its very nature, these noneconomic damages are not quantifiable, so no one can say a particular amount is or is not warranted, which is to say of course, except we have…

I say to my colleague that the information that we have, according to a study that was recently done, is that less than 2 percent of the cases would be affected by the $500,000 cap. But, of course, because of the large amount of money…

I wanted to comment on two things, one which has just occurred and one which is about to occur, I hope. We know that last night the House of Representatives passed historic tax relief for the American people. I want to address that for a…

I think my colleague from Wyoming makes an excellent point that I would like to speak to, and that is the issue of the balanced budget, of getting rid of our Federal budget deficit and balancing the budget has more than an economic…

Let us just sum it up this way, because there are a whole list of programs that are the subject of the rescission in the amendment of the Senator from Kansas, the distinguished majority leader. The majority leader's amendment--what we will…