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I, too, am proud of Ted Williams. I hope the two Senators will allow me to cosponsor the resolution. As one who grew up in the Great Depression, I liked baseball. It was 1927. May I say to my two Senators from Massachusetts, it was 1927…
I am concerned that many geological and technical questions associated with the Yucca Mountain plan have yet to be answered. We must ensure the safe keeping of this waste material for 10,000 years--a period of time longer than the written…
we all know that on Wednesday, in a 2-to-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the United States Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional. The court held that the pledge was unconstitutional…
Senators for themselves can, once again, if they ever have read, read what Madison says about a democracy and what he says about a republic. In those two essays, Senators will find the distinction between a democracy and a republic. I…
it would be my suggestion that this judge go back and read the Declaration of Independence. I wonder if he can hold that Declaration to be unconstitutional--the Declaration of Independence. This is what it says: When in the course of human…
I hope the Senate will waste no time in throwing this back in the face of this stupid judge. Think of the history of this country, the men and the women who have shed their blood for this country. The men who founded this country, who…
the Fiscal Year 2002 Defense Appropriations Act directed the State Department to study and report on the United States-People's Republic of China Science and Technology Agreement of 1979, and its protocols. The Agreement has been the basis…
the United States completed its withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty on June, 13, 2002, and the Pentagon has shifted into high gear its efforts to deploy a rudimentary anti-missile system by 2004. The drivers of this missile…
the Nation faces a transportation crisis. Amtrak, the country's passenger rail service, is running out of dough-- D-O-U-G-H--money, that green stuff, funds, what makes the cash registers ring, funds, and its passengers are running out of…
the first national observance of Flag Day occurred on June 14, 1877, when Congress ordered that the flag be flown over public buildings every June 14. June 14 officially became National Flag Day when President Truman signed an act of…
the Bible commands us to ``honor thy father and thy mother.'' Last month, we honored mothers. It was mother's day. This month, this Sunday, it is the fathers' turn. On that day, we honor men in their role as fathers, not as any of the many…
With great pleasure, I call attention to a new Democrat's having been brought forth in this Congressional election year. With even greater pleasure, I point out that our distinguished majority leader has become a grandfather for the first…
I do not need 4\1/2\ minutes. The distinguished Senator from Illinois has made a very generous suggestion in asking all of his colleagues to support the amendment. He has made an excellent case for his amendment. He was not successful in…
I take the floor at this late hour to express my appreciation to the senior Senator from Alaska, Mr. Stevens, for his cooperation in handling this bill and for his masterful handling of the bill on the floor. I thought it best to let him…
I salute the distinguished Senator from Illinois for his determination, for his humanitarianism, and for the appeal that he has made in this matter. But I have to oppose the amendment. We have a bill here that has been carefully worked out…
No question about it. The Senator is absolutely correct. And I certainly would not want to be a Senator who voted for this motion to strike this item if something happened. And who knows what might happen today, tonight, tomorrow.
As I understand it--and I am confident I am right--there is only $65 million in the President's request for emergency that we did not approve. The Senator is not on the committee. Let me tell you what we did approve. Fourteen billion…
Would he please offer amendments. If he doesn't like this bill, offer amendments to take out the money, and then you can tell the people back home, you can tell the policemen, you can tell the firefighters, you can tell the health…
The Senator is correct. You and I had a discussion regarding the unique situation facing the Pennsylvania hospitals and I sympathized with the plight of these hospitals. However, because your reclassification provision would have violated…
I share the serious concerns of the sponsors of this amendment about the potential for the International Criminal Court to be used as a political weapon against our members of the Armed Forces. This court, a permanent, international…
Let me state to the Senate the real precedent. It was enacted by this Congress when it was under the control of the Republican Party--both Houses--in 2001. It was in title I of the bill making appropriations for Kosovo and other national…
There is $8.3 billion for homeland reform that the Appropriations Committee determines is necessary based on extensive hearings. The Senator was in not in those hearings. The ranking member was in the hearings. They were well attended by…
The Senator from Texas, I am sorry to say, is apparently having some hallucinations. The President requested--if the Senator will look at the report, the Senator questioned $27,143,519,000. The White House said the very same thing about…
the provision in the bill does not add new spending; rather, it clarifies the allocation of funding provided for coral reef mapping in the fiscal year 2002 Commerce-Justice-State and the Judiciary appropriations bill. This amendment…
This is the design money. The construction will follow. Why not get on with the design money? We could save some time, possibly save some lives.
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