let me begin by saying plainly and unabashedly that I love our flag. I wear an American flag lapel pin to work every single day. We fly ``Old Glory'' at our home throughout the year and display it proudly in each of my Senate offices. The…

I, too, am a strong advocate of this legislation. I have spoken for it in the Chamber and in our caucus meetings as well. As the Senator from North Dakota and the Senator from New Mexico have indicated about their relatives, my grandfather…

Part of what is proposed in this railroad retirement plan is: Take the money that has been set aside, paid into by the railroads themselves and by the railroad employees; that can only be invested in U.S. Treasury obligations.

Delaware is one of five States that has no sales tax. One might think as a result we have no dog in this fight. We do. I think we all do, whether we happen to be from a sales tax State or not. My colleague who spoke immediately before me…

I rise, too, to applaud the leadership given to us in the last several days by Senator Daschle and Senator Lott. Thirty years ago, I did not serve in this body; I served as a naval flight officer on the other side of the world, in a war…

I thought, 28 years ago, we needed an energy policy for our country. Twenty-eight years later, we still need an energy policy for our country. We did not have one then; and we do not have one now.

I rise today during this period of time when we are discussing the need for additional security for airports and airliners to again voice my strong support for the measures included in the legislation that is soon to be before us. Having…

I say from this side of the aisle that we welcome the decision not to challenge the bill so that we can go forward. The points the Senator made are well taken. Our Nation's trade deficit this year will exceed $300 billion. We consume oil…

Having said that, if we have not learned any other lesson from the events of 3 weeks ago, I hope we have learned that this country needs an energy policy. ... Today it is almost 60 percent, and we still have no energy policy. My hope is…

I am compelled to rise today in opposition to the amendment offered by the Senator from Kentucky and to join with the Senator from Rhode Island and the Senator from Arizona and others who have spoken eloquently and effectively on this…

Every child deserves not just one loving, nurturing, caring parent but two. To the extent that we as a society can encourage men to live up to the responsibilities of the children they father and bring into this world, those children will…

I say to my friend from New Hampshire that my fervent hope is that when the bill passes the Senate and later the House, and the conference committee is established, the conferees will have a full opportunity to revisit this issue. My hope…

A great deal of effort has gone into crafting a compromise with respect to the appropriate venue, Federal or State, for bringing litigation in cases where an HMO has acted inappropriately. As I have studied this issue over the last week or…

Let me say, too, to my friend from North Carolina, I thank him very much for his overstatement of my contribution. He is very generous. I say back to you, you have been just a terrific manager and cosponsor of this legislation, and thank…

this week, this month, we have been seeking to redefine the role of the Federal Government in education in our country. For much of this day we have spent our time in this Chamber trying to make sure that Boy Scouts have the opportunity to…

I am grateful to both Senators. Senator Kerry offered two wonderful amendments. I am pleased to be an original cosponsor of both of them. I thank him for his leadership. We have spent a fair amount of time talking about academic standards…

We all acknowledge, the role of the Federal Government is not to run our schools, the role of the Federal Government is to try to level the playing field at least a little bit for kids who come, in some cases, from hopelessly disadvantaged…

I thank both Senator Landrieu and Senator Lieberman for the leadership they have shown in getting us on the right track--I think the track we intended to be on. A friend of mine who used to be my education adviser when I was Governor of…

We in the Senate should be concerned foremost with what is going to work to raise student achievement. We want to provide the resources that will enable and foster and nurture that achievement. We also want to make sure we take away…

As we gather today in this Chamber, it is quiet. We have people here prepared to take down our words, but relatively few words are being said. We are on the threshold of a historic occasion here in the Senate, where the leadership, at…

Mr. President, this bipartisan alternative reduces taxes by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years while making available $150 billion for underfunded education proposals that work. Our measure provides for modest reductions in each of the…

I voted for the original budget resolution a month or so ago. I did so because I believe we ought to cut taxes and cut marginal tax rates, eliminate the marriage penalty, and provide estate tax relief. I would like to see us increase the…

I give a special thank you to those who made possible the adoption of an amendment in this Chamber today that would provide for full funding of IDEA, to meet the longstanding obligation from the Congress for programs throughout the country…

I want to say a word about accountability and relate that to resources. In the measure we will be voting on and amending later today and for the next week or so, there is a full measure of accountability. I want to mention some of the…

my grandparents were born around the beginning of the 20th century and lived for much of the 20th century. In the early part of the last century, my grandparents and their generation--actually my parents and their generation--were able to…