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Please tell your handsome grandson, who has been blessed with a multitude of talents, I am sure, that this year is not the beginning of the 21st century. Tell him it is not the beginning of the third millennium. This is the last year of…
the Senate will soon take up the FY 2001 Military Construction Conference Report. In addition to meeting the military construction needs of the nation, Divisions B & C contain emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2000 totaling some…
having been the Senate Democratic leader, I know that there comes a moment in time when leaders have to step in and act. Our two leaders did that at the critical moment. It is through their leadership that we have reached an understanding…
the strength of this Nation lies in its people. Throughout our Nation's history, American men and women have been called upon time and time again to serve the Nation in times of peril. These men and women, at great risk to themselves and…
the amendment I am proposing would provide $8.5 million to the Department of Defense under the heading ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'' for classified activities, to remain available until expended. The entire amount would be…
Sec. 576 of S. 2522 contains language regarding implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. I would like to ask the distinguished Chairman and Ranking Member of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee two questions to clarify their understanding of…
today, on June 20, 2000, the 35th star on the American flag--the star on the third row up from the bottom, second from the left--glows just a little bit brighter than the rest, at least for me and my fellow West Virginians. For today is…
Mr. President, this Sunday, June 18, is Father's Day. The Bible tells us to ``honor thy father and thy mother.'' I would like to take just a few minutes to pay tribute to fathers and to call particular attention to this coming Sunday, that…
I am going to increasingly call attention to the disorder that prevails in this Senate. As I sat here and listened to this crowd in the well, I wondered to myself: Can you imagine Norris Cotton being in that well? Can you imagine George…
I urge that the joint leadership insist on that regulation. Otherwise, I am going to insist on it. One Senator can insist on it. As I understand from what the Chair has said in his response to my parliamentary inquiry of the Chair, it is…
Today is a very special anniversary. One will not find it noted on most calendars. Although it lacks the familiarity of the anniversary of the writing of the Constitution, for example, it is a day well worth remembering. The 15th day of…
on Friday, June 9, I noted with particular interest the headline in The Washington Post which read, ``Bush Aims at `Discord' in Capital.'' Not surprisingly, candidate Bush's solution to too much partisanship in Washington is to increase…
Today is the 223rd anniversary of the adoption, by the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, of a resolution establishing a new symbol for the new nation that was then in its birth throes. The resolution, passed on June 14, 1777…
Given the current attrition rate of U-2 aircraft, approximately one a year, the situation will only worsen. Moreover, I understand that the research and development effort to develop unmanned aerial vehicles such as Global Hawk, while…
I am hopeful that my amendment will provide that analysis. It is my intent, and I hope the Chairman would agree, that the findings of this analysis should be provided to Congress in an unclassified report prior to next April, when the next…
the Senate is making important strides in working to improve health care benefits for our military retirees. A case in point is the Defense Authorization measure before the Senate today, which includes significant improvements in pharmacy…
today, May 25, in the year of our Lord 2000, marks the 213th anniversary of a monumental event, the most monumental event that ever occurred in American history. It was on May 25, 1787, that a sufficient number of State delegations…
next Monday, the Lord willing, my wife and I will celebrate our 63rd wedding anniversary. I have to frankly say that what little I have amounted to, if it is anything much, I owe for the most part to her. She saw to it that I earned a law…
As I am talking about the Bible, I want to call attention to a good man who works in this Capitol. He is a detective. His name is John Euill. Every time this little publication comes out, he brings it to me. The title of it is, 'Our Daily…
I say to my colleagues, Mr. Warner and all those who supported the amendment, in the words of the Apostle Paul; we fought a good fight; we finished the course; we kept the faith. Thank you.
we said the same thing on October 14, 1993, with reference to Somalia. Let me read what the language said: . . . Provided further, That funds appropriated, or otherwise made available, in this or any other Act to the Department of Defense…
I say to him that this matter is about power. It is about the arrogance of power and a White House that insists on putting our men and women in harm's way and spending their tax dollars without the consent of their elected representatives…
We would expect the President, Republican or Democrat, to come up here to make his case if he wants to continue, if he believes there is justification to continue the deployment. He should come here. That is what we want. We want the…
Since the amendment, which was offered by Senator Warner and myself, was acted upon in the committee and has reached the floor, several Senators have indicated concern with respect to the certification process set forth in that amendment…
With all due respect, if we are going to limit half the question, we are not really dealing with the situation. Let me answer the Senator. If the Congress refuses to authorize, of course they are going to come out. But let us not assume…
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