Mr. President, today we are here considering this resolution when there are renewed hopes for peace in Northern Ireland, hopes that spring from the successful conclusion of 22 months of negotiations on April 10, Good Friday. I do not think…

In order to do what you have suggested, of course, I would have to operate within the existing budget structure--which means I would have to take from one critical program--perhaps Head Start or education, to fund child care. I would have…

I tell you again that there are waiting lists in California of 200,000, Texas of 25,000, Florida 30,000--and in my State they don't even keep the waiting lists any longer. I say again that there are parents out there, as we sit here today…

We anticipated that this might be one of the arguments that would be raised, and asked the Department of Health and Human Services to tell us exactly what the status of child care spending by the States is. I think this graph here states…

I was looking at the clock as she spoke. It is almost 3 o'clock. This would not apply to all parts of the country, but certainly on the east coast right now there are as many as 5 million children who have no safe place to go after leaving…

I would like to applaud the Senator from Alabama for focusing attention on the important concerns of stay-at-home parents. I have said repeatedly, and continue to believe, that the best child care providers, particularly in the earliest…

The report found that California presently has some 200,000 families who are waiting for a quality, affordable, accessible child care slot to open up so they may leave their child in a safe place.

I suggest to my colleagues, Mr. President, that we are talking about $1.6 billion that will go toward education in this case. I think having a healthy debate about where those resources go is something that the country would like to hear…

As you can see from the chart printed above, a number of major well known second-tier cartel figures, including Oscar Malherbe of the Gulf/Juarez Cartel, Adan Amerzcua of the Amezcua/Colina Cartel, and Manuel Bitar Tafich of the infamous…

I will try to abbreviate my remarks in light of the fact this is going to be a truncated debate. Let me begin very briefly by saying we are back at this again year after year after year after year dealing with a fundamentally flawed…

Education is very expensive, and the bulk of it is paid for by local property taxes, sales taxes; in some States by a State income tax. It is expensive. We made a commitment here years ago that we would help out with special education; we…

I say to my colleague from Massachusetts, absolutely not. In fact, as the Senator knows, our distinguished colleague from Illinois, Carol Moseley-Braun, has offered legislation to try and do something that would allow for these schools to…

Well, I respect the prospect of offering that idea. But is that idea any more meritorious than my idea?

let me continue what our colleague from Massachusetts has been talking about. This issue is going to come up tomorrow and will be debated. There will be a cloture motion. There are two issues the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator…

Not only do we have $1.6 billion here in tax breaks, but just the other day the Budget Committee cut $1.6 billion out of the budget for educational programs.

I don't believe I heard one of the amendments being potentially allowed to be raised as one on the early education issues of child care alternatives which would promote public and private sector construction and improving the quality of…

I was proposing something that Senator Lott and I talked about years ago, which was the Federal commitment to special education, where we made a promise long ago to our communities across this country that we would have the Federal level…

That is $37 is for private schools. You do not receive special education in private schools. It is a public school commitment I am referring to. I was in Connecticut recently and I spoke with a group of mayors, and they were very…

But this is an education proposal. I would like to be able to offer this amendment. I would like to be able to offer communities money that can go to defray special education costs more than a $7 tax break. That is an alternative, a…

on a happier note, I was up until about 12:30 this morning, along with some other people from the Nutmeg State. It was not Minnesota that we were facing on a wooden floor in Greensboro, NC, but it was a dogfight--Huskies versus Huskies…

The great irony, you know, is that most people do not follow the activities of the Senate budget committee. If you want your eyes to glaze over, try to follow a budget debate, whether you are talking about local, State, or national…

My fervent hope is that people all across this country between now and Tuesday will listen to what is going on here and will raise their voices and address the American Congress. My hope is that they will say--this is my money you are…

earlier last week I had the privilege of having a brief conversation with His Eminence Bernard Cardinal Law, the Archbishop of Boston. In fact, it is a nice coincidence that my colleague from Missouri is here on the floor as I say these…

I would also like to call to the attention of my colleagues some very specific recommendations Cardinal Law has made to President Clinton and the administration, recommendations which the President has the authority, without any acts of…

I rise today along with my friend and colleague Senator Abraham to speak to this amendment that will help save lives and prevent injuries to our youngest children by improving education and awareness about child safety seats. Motor vehicle…