If it does nothing else it will to get us talking about history and civics education around here.

We are going to build a Visitor Center here at the Capitol.

Well, good. That is very helpful. I live, by the way--you mentioned Nathan Hale. I live in the town of East Haddam, CT, where he taught.

I decided that was enough.

Well, if I could on behalf of my country, it would be a wonderful ending.

it is unfortunate, in a sense, to begin this dialog with such a piece of legislation that my friend from Georgia has offered, which I think is not well conceived in terms of the impact it could have, if we chose to dedicate it to special…

This much I promise: If you run out of time, I will give you time. We know we have to finish at 4. I don't know if we will have a tremendous number of Senators coming over here. We will accommodate everybody wishing to be heard. What I…

let me respond to a couple of points my friend and colleague from Georgia has raised. First of all, going back over the history of IDEA and where the support has been and not been over the years, I will ask unanimous consent that this…

For those who may be interested, there is a strong record of the Congress through all of the 1980s, up until 1992 actually, doing a better job in terms of what we put into special ed than the administration, which did a bit better from…

It is entitled, ``School Choice for the Rich.'' The Senate is to take up today a proposal to use the tax code to provide public funds to private schools through the back door. Fifty million kids and their parents are asking the question…

Let me again make the point I made last week and will make again this afternoon. There are parts of this bill the Senator from Georgia is offering with which I have no disagreement. However, it seems to me that we are talking about…

I attended the Governors' meeting earlier today, and Governor Ridge said he would be glad to help out and try to convince people to vote for the amendment. I say to the Senator, with all due respect, I am also quite confident Vice…

I adhere to the admonition that Thomas Jefferson gave almost 200 years ago: Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never possibly can be. As important as education was to the development of the 19th…

What I have offered is an amendment to the Coverdell proposal, not a substitute. So I only address this particular issue. There are a number of other provisions in the bill that I think are admirable.

The fact is, according to the Joint Tax Committee, which analyzed this proposal, if you are the family of a child in a public school, the tax benefit to you over 5 years is $20.50. That is the tax benefit to a family whose child is in a…

I know I will be joined by every Member of the Senate as I express my deepest condolences to the families of Fernando Buesa and Jorge Diez Elorza, who were tragically killed in Tuesday's bombing attack by the Spanish terrorist group ETA in…

while legislation is not presently pending before the Senate, I understand that the leadership intends to soon call up an education proposal by Senator Coverdell, a tax cut that would allow families with an adjusted gross income of up to…

Mr. President, let me state, again, this boy ought to be home with his father. We have a significant disagreement with the Government of Fidel Castro. Those disagreements are not going to be resolved by this case. But good families exist…

I rise in support of H.R. 2303, the History of the House Awareness and Preservation Act, and wish to take a moment of the Senate to congratulate the author of this legislation, the Honorable John B. Larson of the First Congressional…

I represent the most affluent State in America, something of which I am proud. I also tell you I am not so proud of the fact that the largest increase in child poverty in the country occurred in my State over the last several years--a…

I appreciate my colleague's very gracious comments on this, and I appreciate the burden he is under. It is not easy to be the chairman of a committee. You have responsibilities to meet and you have a lot of good requests that come your…

This news follows on reports earlier this year that indicate Connecticut students lead the nation in reading performance and in math and science. In my state, we have invested in class size, we have invested in teachers. As a result of…

let me begin my brief remarks by commending our colleague from the State of Washington for her leadership on this issue once again. She has, on numerous occasions over the last few years, raised the issue of class size as one critical to…

this is a very good amendment. Only one in 10 eligible children is being served. I thank my colleagues, Senators Jeffords, Chafee, Snowe, Collins, Roberts, Specter, Stevens, and Domenici. This is a large bipartisan group that cares about…

Over the past decade the science of identifying genetic markers for diseases has evolved at an astonishing pace. For an increasing number of Americans science fiction has become reality--their doctors can now scan their unique genetic…