My colleague from New Mexico obviously got a hold of him and straightened him out. I appreciate that. But come on, what else do you rely on, when you get up on a national news program and you say, ``I'll tell you how I'd do it. This is how…

I say to my colleague from California, I believe it has, and promises were made in terms of cutting the deficit in half. Those are real numbers. The CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, says they are real numbers. So here is the deficit…

Among other things, they would have learned from President Preval about his commitment to helping keep Haiti on its course toward democracy and about the high priority he accords to implementing significant economic reforms. President…

last Friday, the majority leader, Senator Dole, took to the floor and made a rather critical speech of our present policy in Haiti. He introduced at that time a report which was prepared by a Republican staff delegation that had gone down…

Allow me on behalf of my constituents, if I may, of the State of Connecticut, to express condolences to our colleagues here from Oklahoma as well as to the people of Oklahoma, particularly the people of Oklahoma City, and of course the…

just 2 weeks ago, this Nation was saddened and anguished by the tragic death of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 32 other Government and business leaders in Croatia. As a very close personal friend of Ron Brown's, I regret deeply, Mr…

I commend our two colleagues. It has been a long ordeal, dealing with this very important piece of legislation. They deserve our universal acclaim for their efforts. It was a very good process in our committee. As the chairman of the…

2 years ago the 203d Congress spent a great deal of time discussing the merits of comprehensive health care reform. The Committee on Labor and Human Resources held more than 40 hearings debating the issue. And in the end those opponents of…

this Friday will be the first anniversary of the brutal and cowardly bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. One hundred and sixty-nine Americans, including 19 children tragically lost their lives in this…

about a month ago, the survivors of the Nuremberg Tribunal met here in Washington for their 50th reunion. The Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal holds a special significance for me because of the role my father, Senator Thomas Dodd, played as…

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…

Ninety-six to three, in fact, for the resolution to terminate the hearings, to call for the termination on February 29. It is unfortunate we have come to this where you have a request unprecedented in the annals of Congress--unprecedented…

my colleague from Maryland is exactly right. He answers his question with his question. In fact, it obviously is far more reasonable. Again, I recall the then-minority leader, Senator Dole, making the case in part that it was not just the…

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…

On this list are roughly 26 countries and nearly 200 foreign companies doing business in Cuba today. And so under this provision of title IV of the bill, as you go through the list now, we are going to have to go and I guess do a fact…

ironically title III, which has been so fiercely defended by its sponsors, is not going to do much to harm Fidel Castro either. He is not likely to make himself available, as I point out, as a defendant in our courts coming down the road…

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?

I say further to the minority leader, I do not know if he was aware of the amount of work. But here are almost 300 pages of a report by the Pillsbury firm. It was the initial report in December, and then this is the supplemental report of…

It was done by a private law firm hired by the FDIC--not Congress, or by Democrats or Republicans--that has expertise in this area. The law firm is Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, located, I think, on the west coast, using the services, I…

I was going to raise that question. I was wondering whether or not the minority leader is familiar that the report prepared by Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, at the cost, I point out, of nearly $4 million, using the services of former…

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…

This is a very good point. I ask the minority leader if he would not agree this is a tremendously important point. I want to point out to my colleagues here and the minority leader that prior to that time, Mr. Poindexter and Mr. North had…

Today marks a truly historic moment in our Nation's history. Today we raise our voices in affirmation of peace and security not just for our generation, but for generations to come. Today we embark on a voyage toward sustained peace and…

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…

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…