I want to thank Senator Bradley. This issue was called to my attention by someone reading Good Housekeeping who asked me why everybody was writing to Bradley. I contacted Senator Bradley and wanted to know more about what he was talking…

there are moments in the history of every legislative body when the members, and the public, are forcefully reminded that the achievements of the body as a whole have depended significantly upon the skills and the leadership of a single…

I have spoken in the Senate before about how the rising cost of a college education is putting a higher education--the American dream--out of reach for many middle-class American families. When I went to college, middle-class families…

Five spots. I want to report that due to the great work of the full committee, Senator Hatch and I have elements of a bipartisan agreement on terrorism, and as a consequence of that I am not going to offer any of the amendments on this…

my friend from Arizona makes at least two valid points--and many more--but two valid points. One is that if Amtrak is out of business, I will be here. I will have to be in Washington; and it means I will not be running out of here after…

I want to stress that Amtrak is not important to just one part of the country or to just a few customers. I understand the distinguished majority leader has been assured by his constituents of the importance of Amtrak to the State of…

I point out again, because the argument was made, there is a little thing called the central Arizona water project. That is 3.5 billion bucks that my mom is helping to pay for. She will never drink a drop of the water, but Arizona needs…

I rise to offer a bill that I believe represents an important step forward in the fight against child abuse and crime. This legislation will make healthy families programs eligible for funding under the local crime prevention block grant…

I rise today to support the modifications to the amendment by the Senator from Colorado, the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996. Mr. President, my principal modification is straightforward: it adds the Republic of Slovenia to the…

I rise to introduce the Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Control Act of 1996. This is the President's juvenile justice bill, and I am introducing it at his request. Over the last several years, a consensus has been building in our Nation, and…

I know this is asking a lot, but let's just examine the logic of what is being said here. My friend from Utah stands up and says, ``Restore what we need to restore. Make the President do what he should do.'' What are we doing? The Senator…

I heard again, this time from our friend from Arizona, about the President's flagging effort on drugs and Bush up, Clinton down. Let's get the record straight. There was over $300 million more requested by the President for this very…

This administration since it came into office has asked for $801 million for this very purpose, and my good friend from Iowa knows the Republican Congress gave him $540 million. Now, I find it fascinating the Senator from Iowa stands up…

Senator Gramm and I are now offering a substitute amendment to S. 1675, a bill originally offered in April by myself and Senator Gramm along with Senators Hutchison, Faircloth, Dorgan, Kyl, Shelby, Campbell, McConnell, Stevens, McCain, and…

I believe I have 1 minute in support of this legislation. I said yesterday the Biden-Specter bill is a question of, is it better than the underlying bill? The underlying bill does the same thing the Senator just suggested that this bill…

In offering this amendment with Senator Specter, the reason we offered it is I believe we have gotten off track on welfare reform. We need to return to bipartisanship on this issue and, quite frankly, on many others. This amendment is the…

with the death of the Reverend Dr. Otis A. Herring on Friday, July 12, the Wilmington, DE, community--and indeed a much larger community of family, friends and faith--suffered a loss we can not help mourn. It is the loss of a husband and…

I compliment my friend from Connecticut and our Republican colleagues. Mr. President, it was not too long ago--1990-- that we first put the child care health and safety standards in place. The Senator from Connecticut--who led the…

I support random drug tests, and I have voted for random drug tests for welfare and food stamp recipients--as recently, in fact, as last May in Senate vote 133. But the big distinction between that and what Senator Ashcroft is proposing…

I rise in support of the Bumpers amendment to the Defense appropriations bill. This amendment would save American taxpayers 234 million dollars by eliminating funding for six F/A-18C that the Pentagon has not requested. Mr. President, the…

the story of our failure to foresee--and prevent--the crack cocaine epidemic is one of the most significant public policy mistakes in modern history. Although warning signs of an outbreak flared over several years, few took action until it…

I believe that we have a responsibility to support our nation's workers, and to create good jobs that pay a fair wage.

We must never forget that our strength as a nation lies in our unity, in our ability to work together towards common goals.

We must never forget that America is a nation of immigrants, and that we must work together to protect their rights and dignity.

I believe that our diversity is our strength, and that we must celebrate it at every opportunity.