I'd like to see the President get behind it.

I think it's a very interesting debate, and I'm working very hard to make sure that when we do make our move on this issue that we move on it in a right fashion.

The Administration wants to act on a case-by-case basis.

I think the root cause of the scandal is thieving corporate leaders.

I don't think good people do what these people did.

Women in this world are suffering greatly.

I know there are some contentious issues--family planning.

Our colleague Senator Wellstone has taken the lead in a lot of these areas.

I think it is a distorted sense of priorities. I also think it is a dangerous policy.

I just wanted to tell you that I am going to be watching it very carefully in terms of the human rights abuses in Colombia.

I hope we can work together.

May I ask my friend a question on this point because this is a good debate. What the Senator is essentially saying is somebody can open up one of these Coverdell plans.

Those provisions would still stand. What the Senator is basically saying is that the billion-plus would go to people who essentially, for the most part, send their kids to private schools, K through 12, and rather than give them this tax…

I think if we want to let people set aside funds and get a tax break for college, this is crucial. I think at this point to expand this idea to get to K through 12, as Senator Dodd pointed out, if this is on the level and people start…

I wanted to say on the issue of why this is different than the college account--I think Senator Dodd very eloquently made the point-- our side of the aisle has been pushing for a long time to help parents send their children to college…

My understanding on the $2,000 is there are fewer people in that category who could participate; and therefore, it would not benefit the middle class.

Doesn't it sound great? I will give the Senator that. It is his idea. Come up with a Coverdell account, and they start it, say, when the child is first born. Then the child is 5. If this is for real, they start using it, but if it isn't…

First, I commend my friend because life in the Senate is about choices. I think what the Senator from Connecticut has done for this debate, in my opinion, is to have given us a very clear choice of how we want to proceed. We have known…

If my friend could comment on how it makes him feel as someone who has always been a fighter for the average person. Here we have senior citizens in our country, one out of eight, after they have worked all their lives, have saved their…

One last question. As with everything else, we have to make choices about what we will do to help people. There is a big debate across party lines about the surplus. We know it is reflected in the Presidential race, even within the…

I strongly oppose S. 1287 and the substitute amendment being offered. This is bad policy and should be rejected by the Senate. Protecting the health and safety of American citizens should be our highest priority in evaluating the disposal…

I have been on budget committees for years, 6 years in the House and now, since I came to the Senate, it is a total of 13 years. This is a remarkable moment in history, as my friend has pointed out. I wanted to talk to him about why we are…

I am glad you carry that around because if you were to listen to these ads on TV, you would think the Republicans thought of the idea of Social Security and Medicare, when, in fact, they fought it every inch of the way. Just a few years…

I think one of the reasons people are disillusioned today and do not participate in the greatest democracy in the world is that they believe their voice does not count. They believe money talks. And listening to the debate we had on this…

Absolutely. My friend is right. We held a number of press conferences before the last increase of the minimum wage--which now seems like history, it was so long ago--where we brought that point out that 60 percent of the people on minimum…