During the recent spring recess, I took the opportunity to travel to Brussels, Belgium, to meet with NATO officials about the situation in Kosovo. Last week, I traveled to Macedonia in order to make a firsthand assessment of the refugee…

I hope my colleague appreciates, that when I pick up and read that my amendment has been pushed out, before the conference has even met, that it makes it kind of hard on me and hard on those of us who supported that amendment. So, yes…

Child care is an issue that does not have an ideological parent, does not have a partisan parent, if you will. This is an issue of which I believe people all across the country appreciate the importance. The average cost of child care is…

I rise to express my views on the National Missile Defense bill as it was amended yesterday. I am glad that Senator Cochran and Senator Levin were able to agree to changes in this bill. The unanimous votes on the amendments and nearly…

In the 105th Congress, I offered my legislation, the Prevention of Truancy Act, as an amendment to the Ed-Flex bill during the Labor and Human Resources Committee's consideration, where it failed on a tie vote. It was my intention to offer…

Out of consideration for the Senator's interest in moving this bill forward expeditiously, I have agreed to withdraw my amendment. I am pleased that Senator Jeffords has agreed instead to take up this issue as part of ESEA and to hold…

I want to commend Senator Moynihan from New York for an excellent statement. He has been a real value to us on the committee. He brings such a wealth of knowledge, information and experience. I thought his observation about at least some…

I feel compelled to explain the reasons for my vote against this bill in spite of my strong support for the goals for which this bill strives. Clearly, our armed forces personnel deserve the best pay and benefits that this nation can…

I wanted to briefly explain my reasons for opposing this amendment to S. 4, the Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's and Marines' Bill of Rights. This amendment may look alright on the surface, but it falls apart when it is closely examined…

the Senate has just discharged its duty under the Constitution to try the impeachment of President Clinton. We have rendered our judgment. We have been asked to consider another, albeit lesser, form of punishment of the President--a…

I rise to extend a word of thanks to Chief Justice Rehnquist for his distinguished service in presiding over this trial. The Supreme Court sits just a few short yards from this Chamber. Yet, its Justices and its working remain largely…

Today I join a number of my colleagues in introducing legislation to increase the minimum wage. There is no better way to reward work than by ensuring each and every worker be paid a living wage. During the past three decades, the…

six years ago, I came to the floor of the U.S. Senate to introduce the Family and Medical Leave Act. That introduction and the signing of the bill into law a few weeks later by President Clinton was the culmination of an eight-year…

I rise today with Senator Sarbanes to introduce the Financial Information Privacy Act. This important legislation would give customers notice and choice about whether and how their financial institutions share or sell their confidential…

on August 7, 1998, Andres Pastrana Arango was sworn in as the 60th President of Colombia, 28 years after his father, Misael Pastrana, took the same oath of office

I believe that President Pastrana has been very quick in shaping the outline of policies and programs that should help to strengthen democratic institutions in Colombia and respect for human rights.

I ask for your help, for, more than the decisions of a President, it is your hands that shall mold the final substance of our efforts.

President Pastrana is visiting the United States this week, and the Committee on Foreign Relations will have the honor of receiving him on September 24

I ask unanimous consent that his address be printed in full at the conclusion of my remarks.

I believe it will be accepted by both the floor manager and the ranking minority member. Very briefly, this amendment is designed to establish a rapid response service where you have national disasters or national needs that would go…

few issues we consider are as directly linked to the future strength of our Nation as those before us today. The education and training we provide today point like a compass to our Nation's future path. The needs in education and training…

I meant to point out that while this is not directly a result of the amendment that hopefully will be adopted shortly, it is an indication of the kind of difference this amendment will make. Just today, the Department of Labor announced it…

I rise today to oppose the motion to proceed to the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill until the striker replacement provision is struck from the bill. If included, this provision will block the implementation of the…

I am prepared at some point to offer an amendment on child care. We had one vote already several days ago and made an effort here to try to come to some accommodation, a compromise position on child care. That may still happen. I was…

let me pick up on the last point that the Senator from Massachusetts raised. He may have made it before I walked onto the floor. He pointed out the waiting lists that exist in the States for child care slots today, before we pass a welfare…