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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I rise today to offer my views on providing tax relief for working families, and more specifically about the marriage penalty. I have always supported efforts to alleviate the tax burden felt by many of our nation's working families. In…

I join other colleagues of ours who today, and I hope tomorrow as well, will find time to express their deep sense of sorrow over the loss of two of our Capitol Hill police officers last Friday, as well as to express their sincere…

Under the present system, as I understand it, nurses at VA hospitals do not receive cost-of-living adjustments. It is based on locality pay. In many areas around the country, nurses in our VA hospitals have not been getting raises. It is a…

let me return to the amendment to mention several people here who deserve a great deal of credit for bringing this issue to the attention of Congressman Shays and myself. Betty Patterson is the nurse at St. Theresa's School in Trumbull…

I say to my colleague, I am informed the bill has been introduced by Congressman Shays, whom I know my colleague and friend from Mississippi knows. I don't believe they have moved the bill over there. By the way, we have checked with the…

What I intend by the amendment is to make certain that in the case of every Class 1 recall FDA does provide notice to the public. I certainly would not want to do anything to suggest that such authority does not now exist, or that such…

I know my colleague from Florida is very familiar with Cardinal Ortega, who is the leading Catholic figure on the island of Cuba. I know he knows who he is, and is aware of the recent visit by His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, when he was…

I, too, rise and commend our colleague from Indiana for this amendment. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the amendment, along with a number of my colleagues. To use the language in another situation, this is indeed a very modest proposal…

I want to add, it is unilateral economic sanctions, so it is even more narrow. This does not apply to sanctions across the board but unilateral economic sanctions. If on a national security basis some of the advisors and the President want…

Very simply, what this amendment does is codify what Members have expressed over the last several days that they would like to see accomplished worldwide. We eliminated last week the use of food and medicine to people as a sanction in the…

Absolutely not, Mr. President; none whatsoever. To characterize the amendment as such is completely misleading, or as not to have read it at all. It only applies to unilateral economic sanctions. For instance, this amendment does nothing…

It is a question. Mr. President, the authors and I could not be more clear. This is unilateral economic sanctions, and clearly in the case of some countries where we have applied that, food and medicine come off. Now, if the President…

the Senate has just expressed its will on this issue. My colleagues, Senator Roberts, Senator Hagel, Senator Warner, Senator Grams, and Senator Dorgan and I offered the amendment and, in fact, included language by Senator Roberts which…

as all of our colleagues and most of America know, tragedy has struck once again in Northern Ireland with the untimely deaths of three young Catholic boys--Richard, Mark, and Jason Quinn. The Quinn brothers were burned to death early…