Cord Byrd

I am fearful that in recent years especially, American Presidents in both parties have not recognized that fact, and they have sent men and women into areas of peril without taking the Congress along with them. I think we learned in…

If the Senator will yield, I don't know about eloquence, but I can say that the Senator from Mississippi always carries a warm smile. I have not been noted for smiling. I once read a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne entitled, ``The Great Stone…

The Emergency Steel Loan program is designed to provide immediate access to necessary working capital and to allow companies to refinance long-term debt obligations on reasonable terms and conditions, which will improve their immediate…

I say to the leader: Count your garden by the flowers, Never by the leaves that fall; Count your days by the sunny hours, Not remembering clouds at all. Count your nights by stars, not shadows; Count your life by smiles, not tears; And on…

Do not think that it was by arms that our ancestors raised the state from so small beginnings to such grandeur, but there were other things from which they derived their greatness. They were industrious at home, just rulers abroad, and…

I may have misunderstood the Senator. I thought the Senator was suggesting that the 150 days is not enough and that he would like to see 30 additional days. That would certainly seem to be germane as far as I am concerned.

Americans, commonly speaking, refer to our form of government as a ``democracy.''...but, strictly speaking, ours is a republic. ``We pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it…

I again commend him for his unceasing effort in behalf of this legislation, the Patients' Bill of Rights.

I urge that we not--Mr. President, that we not speed the operation up to the point that Senators' rights may be eclipsed. And I am not suggesting that the majority leader intends that. He has already indicated--and I knew what he was…

I can never forget that, and I would have been remiss in letting this opportunity pass without my having publicly expressed my gratitude to Strom Thurmond for his having attended that service on that day, a day that I can never, never…

I was not in the Chamber when the agreement was entered into. My friend knew of my interest in speaking on the amendment, and I wish I had been protected.

But it is with the memory of Independence Day still fresh in my mind that I consider how well we as a nation treat the veterans who have protected our freedoms so well. The Department of Veterans Affairs does a pretty good job of taking…

I would also note that the Committee Report expects the EPA to submit a report to the Committee by December 31, 1998, with a follow-up analysis by the General Accounting Office ninety days later. As the Senator may know, Senator Craig and…

Is it the intent of the Senator to create additional legal requirements in this area beyond those required by the letter and spirit of the Government Performance and Results Act?

I voted against the Daschle motion because I believe that, after having debated tobacco legislation for nearly four weeks, the time has come for the Senate to move forward on the pending appropriations bills. Although I appreciate the…

I thank Senator Kennedy. As I have remarked before, and I shall say again, he is one who would have appropriately graced a seat at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. I can see him working in that audience on the floor and off the…

I am talking about the Commander in Chief, in the abstract. I haven't said anything about the Senator from Indiana. He shouldn't feel he has to respond to me. He has a right to if he wishes, but I hope the Senator will know I haven't…

The Senator says at what point does Congress have that. Congress before, before it provides for calling forth the militia, before it creates an army, before it creates a Navy, it certainly has the power and authority not to do those…

All too many Senators appear to be thinking that the Commander in Chief can do this, the Commander in Chief can do that, and that we ought to follow along like the tail on a kite and do whatever the Commander in Chief decides should be…

The Senator interprets that. Suppose Congress doesn't raise and support any Army. Suppose Congress does not provide and maintain a Navy. Then what does the Commander in Chief command?

Let me read it. The Congress shall have Powers . . . To make Rules for the Government and regulation of the land and naval Forces. And: The Congress shall have . . . Power to provide for calling forth the Militia . . .. It doesn't say the…

No. It states specifically that the President, the Commander in Chief, shall submit to the Congress the plan by February 2, 1999, which will bring the force levels of the United States in Bosnia down to a certain number which is more in…

What is wrong with that? We are saying to the President, ``You tell us how you would get it down to something which, in the eyes of the American people, who are paying the taxes to keep our forces over there, would be a fair level in view…

No. The Senator heard me. The Senator was in here earlier and heard me say that the Hutchison-Byrd amendment did not do that, did not dictate troop levels.

Perhaps I didn't speak clearly. There are those who say that the Congress doesn't have authority to do this, Congress doesn't have authority to do that. If the Congress wanted to limit the troop levels in the war to 5,000 men, is the…