Joe Lieberman

Of course, Senator Levin's hope, and the rest of us, many on the committee, was that the defense supplemental would come to us before the budget resolution. But here we are on the budget resolution now, needing to make judgments about next…

However, I believe there are certain requirements that must be addressed regardless of the outcome of the ongoing strategy review.

I am encouraged. I know the military was very hopeful, as this administration began, that they would have the opportunity to receive a supplemental appropriation. I commend the Senator from Virginia. As I recall, on February 7 he sent a…

I therefore reached the conclusion that what I thought was the original intention of the amendment, which was to include an emergency supplemental for the defense, is not true?

I believe President Bush's tax proposal is a mistake because it does not reflect the best American values of thrift and discipline. I also believe President Bush's tax proposal is ultimately fiscally irresponsible because it spends money…

This regime has done nothing to justify a change in our policy toward it. For that reason, I will vote against this amendment.

I am so incensed by the proliferation. We are using military terms, quite appropriately, on this campaign finance amendment. I note the House chose to use appropriately a militaristic term--``invasion''-- when talking about their…

We believed we had to reward and punish. We have bonuses for schools and States that do well. How do we have answers without punishing the kids? That is a struggle. One answer is that the kids, particularly poor kids, are too often…

I support it enthusiastically and think it is a step forward. It will be of particular help to struggling middle-class families who want the best for their children's education and often find it hard to pay the way. This will help them…

There is an irony here. It is as if folks in places such as Russia are still doing what we sometimes criticize people in our country for doing--going by a cold-war mentality. But it is a cold-war mentality heavily not only affected by…

I wish to speak today--and I believe I speak for all of my colleagues, at least a great majority--in offering our kudos to an American sports institution and the pride of Bristol, CT-- the ESPN Network which turned 20 years old last month…

The victories, if one can call them that, that the tragic, brutal, barbaric victories that Milosevic's forces have had over the Kosovars are hollow. They are barbaric because this was an armed force fighting against unarmed, undefended…

I think that it would suffer not only from redundancy and inefficiency, but most of all, I worry, no matter what we think about these four or the independent counsel statute, it would set a bad precedent of legislative intervention into…

I hope when we are asked that, one of the answers we will be able to give is that we adopted the International Religious Freedom Act, a historic piece of legislation, genuinely bipartisan, representing and expressing the core beliefs and…

News accounts have indicated that New England's veteran health care system will suffer additional cuts despite recent efficiency and consolidation efforts. Veterans could find themselves cut off from health services throughout the region…

If I may continue the stretch to link the two subject matters, baseball and campaign finance reform, may I say that unlike the Brooklyn Dodgers of old, those of us who support McCain-Feingold are not willing to wait until next year, and…

Long into the foreseeable future, Japan will remain one of our most important economic trading partners and strategic allies in the world, sharing our common goals of regional and worldwide prosperity and peace. The importance of our…

If I may say to the Senator from Michigan, that is exactly the understanding of the impact of the amendment offered by the Senator from New Hampshire, which is that if there was a negative vote by March 31 of next year on our American…

I say much better. Are they where they ought to be? No. Absolutely not. Is it moving in the right direction as a result of our engagement? Yes.

I take this moment to speak generally to the amendment that is before the Senate regarding China policy and the overall question before the country about China policy, as President Clinton prepares to leave for China later this week. Mr…

I thank the Senator. What I am saying is that from the best estimates I have seen, the American contribution to the common costs of NATO will be limited to the $400 million. But there will be other cases in our self-interest, such as the…

I think the amendment of the Senator from Iowa is saying that American subsidy, as it were, of the national expenses of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to meet their NATO commitments should not be more than 25 percent of all…

I simply wanted to say that I will be recorded as being in favor of the current course of our policy. It has worked.

I would like to just add a few words to my colleague's extraordinary statement. Mr. President, as Senator Dodd has referred to that critical moment in the 1954 campaign of Senator Ribicoff for Governor of Connecticut, when there were…

The Senator from Connecticut for saying what needed saying, and saying it in a manner that gives us hope at a time of profound despond.