The act of 1994 signaled the beginning of a national--and, I argue, historic--commitment to women and children in this country victimized by family violence and sexual assault. The act is making a real difference in the lives of millions…

The point that is important to make for people who may be listening is that we Democrats controlled the committee. I remember this case explicitly because I got walloped. I ran for the Senate because of civil rights, and I got walloped…

I must say I compliment the Chair for his work and his, not only intellectual dedication but, it seems to me, passionate commitment to do something about the international sex trafficking occurs. This is a women's issue internationally. I…

This is in the waning hours. This last one, we were literally going out of session. I mean, we could have shut this place down easily and walked away and pretended to have a clear conscience and said: We have done the Nation's work. To be…

In fairness, 5 of those 14 judges were not confirmed. We laid out why, and there was a great controversy about it. We debated it and we laid out why. Again, I never question the right of the Senate or an individual Senator to say, I do not…

Look at Norm Stahl. Norm Stahl is in the first circuit, a New Hampshire judge. Norm Stahl was nominated in March. I held the hearing in June, and in June of that year, 1992, election year, we confirmed him. Justin Wilson didn't make it…

Isn't that amazing--415 votes? You only get that on resolutions, say, for motherhood and the flag.

We have freed up, as a consequence of that, not only the bodies but the souls of millions of people and thousands and thousands of women. As the Senator well knows, the hotline that she and Senator Kennedy, Senator Specter, and others have…

I am willing to predict, if we can agree to bring it up without amendment, we will get 85 to 95 votes. This is in the category of a no brainer. The Violence Against Women Act expires this Sunday, September 30. It took me 8 years to get…

I think the long answer to a very short question is, this is an outrage. It is an outrage that she is not on the bench now. And I would hope that sanity would prevail.

Finally, I would like to point out that my support for permanent normal trade relations with China is based not just on an assessment of the economic benefits to the U.S., not just on the prospects for political reform in China, but also…

I have had questions about this project, the planning process, its economic justification, and the potential for environmental harm for a number of years. I further understand that the State of Delaware's capital bond bill committee in…

following the recent G-8 meeting in Okinawa and as we move closer to a vote on Permanent Normal Trading Relations with China, I want to briefly remind my colleagues of the importance of having a regional strategy for Asia. There is a…

in the best economic and budget times in our country's history, I believe that we should provide American families with tax relief. That is why I supported this bill when it passed the Senate earlier this week, and that is why I will vote…

3 years ago I came to the Senate floor to talk about China and how the United States can best achieve its national interests in the Far East. I spoke then on the eve on two summits which went a long way toward putting the U.S.-China…

Are we going to spend $40 billion to provide for the opportunity for this to truly be an egalitarian system, a meritocracy? When we graduated from school in the early 1960s and late 1960s, and when our parents did in the 1930s, you needed…

Mr. President, the headlines in today's papers say that we are here today discussing estate tax relief, an issue that affects a little less than 2 percent of Americans. The issue before us is much bigger than that. We are debating the…

I thank the managers from Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee for accepting my amendment yesterday, which was a resolution arguing that we should restore the moneys that we cut from the NADR funding line in the…

by now it should come as no secret that I believe that the bill as it stands right now is inadequately funded. The foreign operations appropriation bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation we pass each year. Yet for the past…

I rise to begin a discussion of the tremendous strategic consequences which may flow from events now underway on the Korean Peninsula. As we debate spending on non-proliferation programs--including support for the Korean Energy Development…

When I said, do we take sides? The answer is, yes, we take sides. We are not putting anybody in the field. What are we doing? We are training three battalions. Why are we training them? For the same reason we train the police. We want to…

the foreign operations of the United States are all undertaken to promote the national interests of our country. They are all useful and important programs, and they deserve our support. The national interests that they serve, however, are…

Why doesn't the Senator have an amendment to take $1 billion out of the highway trust fund or $1 billion out of the education budget or $1 billion out of NIH or $1 billion out of the Department of Energy?

Mr. President, my mom had an expression. Occasionally, when I was a kid, I think she had a good idea and was well intentioned. She would say, ``Joey, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.'' I have no doubt about the intentions of…

The Senator is aware the President's budget calls for spending $6 billion in drug treatment and prevention, including $31 million for substance abuse block grants; that is $54 million on targeted capacity expansion programs, $37 million…