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He is correct about it. But he still has not answered my question as to why the committee and the proponents of the amendment felt after saying in section 1 that total outlays shall not exceed total receipts in any fiscal year, which is…
Let's take a look at this chart. The green line, the horizontal line, means that the estimated revenues were right on target. They were not overestimated. They were not underestimated. The revenues were exactly estimated to be exactly on…
If it were up to the Senator from West Virginia, we would not have any tax cuts this year.
here is the mirage, right here. This is the mirage, this amendment to the Constitution. The Senator says that we should write two or three more supermajority requirements into the Constitution. It already requires eight, including the…
I would like to hear the distinguished Senator explain how the States balance their budgets and how they operate, not only on a budget that provides for the operating expenses of Government from day-to-day, but also on the capital budget…
This is not Constitution-like language, to start with. Has the Senator heard any proponent of this amendment come to the Senate floor and explain to the Senate and to the people watching and listening to the debate through the electronic…
In reading this amendment, this proposed amendment to the Constitution, I have been struck as I read it by the contrast in this language in the proposed amendment in contrast to the language of the Constitution. Would the Senator be…
I strongly support S. 122, the Stop Tax- exempt Arena Debt Issuance Act--let me say that again--the Stop Tax- Exempt Arena Debt Insurance Act--a measure that has been introduced by Senator Moynihan. This bill would amend title I, section…
the emerging relationship between the United States and China is one of immense opportunity for both nations, and deserves the steady attention of the highest levels of both governments. Both nations need to make every effort to broaden…
I rise today to introduce a critically important measure to ensure that sufficient funds will be made available over the next six years to complete the Appalachian Development Highway System by the year 2003, some 38 years after the…
Plato thanked the gods for having been born a man, and he thanked them for the good fortune of having been born a Greek. He thanked them for having permitted him to live in the age of Sophocles. Mr. President, I am very thankful for many…
I have never known any majority leader or minority leader to transgress upon the confidence of the membership in giving its acquiescence to the request. It is just that I thought there could be such a situation. I thought we ought to try…
in a matter of days, or even hours, one of the finest individuals it has been my privilege to know will bring to a close another chapter in what has been, by any measure, an extraordinary legislative career. Of course, no one should be…
we are rapidly approaching that season when we shall witness the departure of many of our colleagues who have elected not to serve beyond this Congress. Mr. President, I was the 1,579th Senator of 1,826 men and women who have served in the…
I have been greatly troubled by it, as I am sure other Senators have been. Napoleon--who is not particularly one of my idols--and Josephine had a child on March 20, 1811. And when he was told by the doctors that the infant or the mother…
the State of Maine shares with my own beloved State of West Virginia a common character, a self-reliance born of long struggle with stony fields, harsh weather, and rich natural treasures that defy easy capture. As West Virginia coal…
as we here in the Senate complete our work in the waning days of the 104th Congress, I would like to take just a few minutes now to note the retirement of Senator Paul Simon, one of the finest public servants it has been my privilege to…
at the end of this session of Congress, one of the Senate's longest-serving Members will be retiring. Senator Claiborne Pell's sterling 35-year record--actually it is 36 years this year--of dedicated service to the people of Rhode Island…
I pay tribute today to the senior Senator from New Jersey, Bill Bradley, who has, unfortunately, decided to retire from the Senate after three terms. Bill Bradley has brought to the Senate a keen mind and an athlete's drive to cut through…
I pay tribute today to Senator James Exon, who is completing his third term in the Senate and has unfortunately, decided to retire. His retirement caps a long and distinguished career of public service unique to his home State of Nebraska…
My name is Jay Rockefeller: I'm from West Virginia. And I'm a Democrat. Let me tell you why. We Democrats understand what makes America different. In America, a lifetime of hard work adds up to something: owning your own home; putting your…
Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest, ``My library was dukedom large enough.'' With those few words he expressed the satisfaction, fulfillment and power available through the knowledge recorded and preserved in a well-stocked library. With…
Senator David Pryor is retiring from the Senate at the end of this session after giving 18 years of exceptional service to the people of Arkansas and to the Nation. His quiet, thoughtful manner, his unfailing good humor, his wise counsel…
Today we are considering the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA]. The FAA performs a critical role in managing our nation's air traffic control system, which handles two takeoffs and landings of aircraft every…
Daniel Webster, in his reply to Hayne, in 1830, January 26, was critical of Hayne for asking a question as to why he, the Senator from South Carolina, should support a canal of importance to the State of Ohio. And Webster said that we who…
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