I rise today to honor three distinguished Californians--Army WO Michael Hall, Army WO Erik Mounsey, and Col. Jerald Thompson--who lost their lives last Thursday in the helicopter accident over Iraq. My heart goes out to the families of…

he wrote in part: * * * In the past we have had a problem with late night ``gang mentality.'' How many times have I heard my colleagues on this floor talk about the evils of a gang mentality? Here it is admitted by the Navy that that is…

I thank my friend from Maryland, and I commend her for her excellent job managing this side of the debate. It has been a very, very long and difficult debate, and I thank both sides for their contributions. The reason I am rising again at…

I would just make the point that this is certainly a matter of controversy, but I have been on the Budget Committee both in the House and now in the U.S. Senate and there is a fund. It is not treated like a fund, and there is an argument…

I would like to quote from that USA Today editorial because I think it really, in a very succinct way, sums up this whole argument, and I would agree with my friend and leader on this issue, Senator Feinstein, that this is a killer…

Eight years is a very long time to wait, I say to my friends, when we have such a fragile environment to protect. I know that the good Senator from Wyoming is opposing the national park designation because he believes it is not the right…

I totally understand. What I am saying to the Senator, it would take the designation away from this park if in a certain number of years all the inholdings had not been bought. And I am just suggesting to the Senator, since he is willing…

I would like to respond to my colleague. Of course, this was a great pleasure to work with her on this bill. We will not rest until it becomes law. It has a lot of hurdles yet ahead. But I think we told the people of California very…

I am so pleased to join the senior Senator, Senator Feinstein, in strong support of her bill, the California Desert Protection Act. I am very proud to be her original cosponsor on this legislation. Mr. President, when we pass this bill, we…

I am proud to cosponsor the resolution offered by the Senator from Connecticut and I thank him for his leadership on this issue. Our Nation knows all too well the pain of political violence. On behalf of all Californians, I want to send my…

It is an honor for me to serve on the Budget Committee. In the House of Representatives I served on the Budget Committee for 6 years. I like the assignment because on the Budget Committee, you have a chance to step back and really look at…

I thank my chairman. He leads the Budget Committee in a way which all America can be proud, and I believe his priorities certainly reflect the priorities of the Nation. Invest in our children. It is the right thing to do. In the long run…

I rise to express my strong support for S. 4, the National Competitiveness Act of 1994. We won the cold war because there was a national commitment to win it. We dedicated the resources to the research and development and to the…

It truly is an honor to have a chance to work with my friend from Michigan, Senator Levin. When we learned of the massacre in Hebron, we talked and shared our grief and our feelings and our concern that this act could in fact derail the…

I would like to express my unqualified support for the nomination of William Gould IV to chair the National Labor Relations Board. I am excited at the intelligence and sense of fairness that he will bring to the National Labor Relations…

I plan to vote in favor of the Reid balanced budget amendment and against the Simon version. When I was elected to the U.S. Senate about a year ago, I pledged to make my primary focus economic recovery for my State. Economic recovery that…

Thank you very much, Mr. President. I plan to vote in favor of the Reid balanced budget amendment and against the Simon version. When I was elected to the U.S. Senate about a year ago, I pledged to make my primary focus economic recovery…

I want to say to the Senator from Hawaii, the face that haunts me every time I stand up here and talk about the earthquake is that of a little child. I guess he was about 9 years old. You know how children always have a sparkle in their…

I just feel it is a moment for me to say thank you, on behalf of Senator Feinstein and myself, to every single Member of this Senate who voted for that emergency supplemental appropriation. The people of California have an indomitable…

I agree with what Senator Warner said yesterday. If we go back and rebuild these structures exactly as they were before they fell, we are wasting taxpayers' money. But to change the rules in the middle of an emergency like this I think is…

I rise today to bring us back to what I believe is the purpose of the bill that is before us. I spent 10 very proud years over in the House of Representatives and 6 very proud years in local government, and I am starting my second very…

damage caused by the Northridge earthquake has severely impacted the movement of people and goods. Until repairs and reconstruction of damaged facilities are completed, California will need to implement, over time, the necessary…

A lot of my people did not have a roof over their heads for several nights. A lot of children were sleeping under tents. And we are here debating the budget. I believe it is very important for us to work on that task force and find out a…

I am very sad to rise today to say to my friend from Kansas, the distinguished Republican leader, that for him to suggest that it is not an emergency when a structure such as the Cypress structure has been down since that fateful day in…

I want to bring us back to the ground. This is what happened in the Los Angeles region now about a month ago: Fires burning out of control; people thrown out of bed; people losing their homes--and we cannot go back. In Los Angeles City…