Mike Thompson

But those of us with responsibility in this area, whether it be the President or Members of Congress, cannot let the call for campaign finance reform serve to gloss over serious violations of existing law. If we do that, the reform debate…

I think that we have made substantial progress. In fact, I think remarkable progress. I cannot express the extent of my delight in the cooperation we have seen here in the last few hours in the U.S. Senate. The minority leader is…

I do recall now that the Senator mentions it that that was the procedure during the Watergate committee hearings, and that gives the minority an opportunity to make their views known to the majority that they might not otherwise have. I…

our generation inherited the freest, strongest, most prosperous country in the history of civilization. Within one generation, we are changing that. When historians look back and ask the question, ``When did the decline of the United…

Our Founding Fathers knew historically governments like to pass laws abridging freedom of speech. They knew historically that governments like to pass laws or carry out activities that constitute illegal searches and seizures, and that is…

today, I am introducing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional service to 6 years in the House and 12 years in the Senate. This proposal is identical to the one introduced in the 104th Congress. On May 22, 1995, the U.S. Supreme…

today the U.S. General Accounting Office [GAO] issues its high risk series which identifies those federal programs that are especially vulnerable to waste and mismanagement. The programs identified in these reports have cost taxpayers…

I would like to use the opportunity, following Senate confirmation of Andrew Cuomo as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to address some vital management issues at the Department. The Department of Housing and Urban…

as everyone knows, the Governmental Affairs Committee has begun an investigation into foreign campaign contributions and fundraising activities of the 1996 Presidential campaign. I believe that it is appropriate at the outset to set forth…

while many of my colleagues have already addressed vital foreign policy issues during the consideration of Madeleine Albright to be the next Secretary of State, I would like to use this opportunity to address some equally vital management…

I rise to express similar concerns. Mr. President, recent, tragic events have raised the fight against terrorism higher in the public consciousness. In response, President Clinton has submitted a request for $1.1 billion in emergency…

Mr. President, as we approach the end of this session of Congress, I think it is imperative that we get our priorities in order. The elections are only 6 weeks away. As we all know, this is a highly charged time. There is much at stake…

If I may echo the sentiments of my colleague from Tennessee, Mr. Frist, that the joint project at Mountain Home represents a model relationship and combined effort between a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital and a medical school. The…

Well, that certainly seems more reasonable. Another says, ``Big Money Talks.'' Another says, ``Taste of Money Corrupts Politics.'' This is from Texas. Another says, ``The Great `Unsecret' of Politics.'' That is the relationship between…

I am proud to be one of the original cosponsors of this particular legislation. Mr. President, after having listened to over a day of debate on this issue, I think the question now could be simply put. Are we satisfied with our current…

for 109 years the Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church has served the people of the small rural town of Kossuth, MS. Today all that remains of that church and the Central Grove Baptist Church, another small black church barely 5 miles…

we continue down the road toward bankrupting our country. The fact that I keep repeating this, and that others keep repeating this and perhaps we get used to hearing this, does not make it any less true. It cannot be repeated often enough…

But is it not true that we often as a people place restrictions on ourselves as a part of our process? Is it not true that if 51 percent of the people or 60 percent of the people or 75 percent of the people want to abridge my speech, they…

It has taken about 50 years to get such a clear vote to the floor, and I can assure the President that it will not take another 50 years to get another vote on it. It is an idea that is not only demanded by the American people, but I think…

But I would ask, what do we say to those people who go to the ballot box in their own States on a referendum and vote overwhelmingly to restrict themselves and say we choose for our own good reasons to restrict our Members as, what, 22…

this is a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of Members of Congress. It calls for a limitation of 12 years, 2 terms in the U.S. Senate; a limitation of 12 years, 6 terms in the House of Representatives. As I indicated, the last…

I sit here and listen to Republican this and Republican that. Of course, we are in the middle of an election year, but it occurs to me that in a 2-year period when the President of the United States was a Democrat, the Democrats controlled…

I am sorry that my friend from Arkansas thinks that this is such a partisan debate. This is my second day in the midst of this debate, and until a few minutes ago I had not known it was. If my colleague had been following closely, he would…

I would like to take up once again the business before the Chamber, the constitutional amendment on term limits. This amendment would provide for a limitation of 12 years for Members of the U.S. Senate and 12 years for the House of…

I join in the proposition that it is time we address the issue of campaign finance reform in this body. It is too bad that we are having to consider it in what may be considered the midst of a Presidential campaign year. It should not be a…