Chris Dodd

I would note, however, the current situation is that the SEC collects in total more through fees than the agency's total budget. Of course, a majority of these funds go to the Treasury as general revenues.

Under the 4 years President Bush served as President, we created on average of 608,000 jobs per year, and in the last 40 months, from January of 1993 through December of 1995--it does not include these last 4 or 5 months, but my colleagues…

I wish to just make a comment here in responding to the suggestion of our colleague from New York that the Democrats here voted against an open-ended $600,000 appropriation hearing process because of the White House pulling strings. No one…

I wonder if my colleague would agree that it is not unreasonable for those who watch those kinds of requests to begin to question whether or not there is an intentional desire to provoke a delay, knowing full well that such a broad request…

I think as to the point which has been raised here regarding Mr. Jennings, a phone call to him, as far as deposition, would have answered the question. He had come up. He was asked because he practiced law in Arkansas with Mrs. Clinton…

When the two Senators from Maine made the case about extending the hearings, they were fully aware of this kind of information. Was that not the basis for the point in the book they talk about?

We all want to see people move from welfare to work, and assist in that process. Every survey that has been done over the last decade has indicated that one of the major obstacles of people moving from welfare to work is the absence of…

I note the point about the entitlement issue. I think my colleague from Pennsylvania mentioned over the next 7 years there would be a 70-percent increase. I believe it is flat. I do not think there is a penny more. This is $48 billion. It…

Hopefully. But you do not have a right to go to court, as you do under an entitlement program, and say I have met the criteria; therefore, you must provide me.

Just to make the case. We have no entitlement. This amendment is not an entitlement. There is no provision here saying that you are entitled to it. We have been told this is the rough amount of money--with the 165 percent increase under…

I know that Senator Pell very enthusiastically endorsed President Clinton's decision to sign the Law of the Sea Convention and to seek the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification. And, that he believes it to be of the utmost…

I would indeed be inclined to favorably consider energy education measures that did not detract from LIHEAP's central purpose, which is to help low-income people pay their energy bills. I would also encourage States and energy vendors to…

I wish this were something that would not have to be a part of the Goals 2000, but I think all of us in this Chamber, regardless of where we come from, are painfully aware of what is happening. Even in the most secure neighbors, it seems…

I am pleased to support the amendment offered by our colleague from Illinois. I would point out we have a very successful midnight basketball program in Bridgeport, CT. It has been very successful and has achieved many of the same results…

I think we ought to pursue the issue of determining whether or not an International Court of Justice makes sense.

I remind my colleagues that we are not voting on a resolution of ratification, nor are we being asked to endorse any one proposal over another. Those questions will not be with us for several years, perhaps more. All we are being asked to…

Rosa, go get yourself well. Your job is here. Your salary is here. Just take care of yourself.