Max Cleland

I think it is important that we start on it quickly, in a bipartisan way.

The bill, in light of the criminal behavior uncovered at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, responds to strong sentiments in the Congress. Some of those strong sentiments would like to legislate the end of gender-integrated training…

It has taken 9 long months to get to where we are today. Yet one issue remains controversial. In spite of numerous profound concessions made by the Depot Caucus, this bill faces the threat of a veto. I do not understand this. Much has been…

The Senator is eminently correct. Without the bill, the services will be prohibited from actually reducing personnel, which is called for in the Quadrennial Defense Review, and the services will be forced to add personnel that they have…

The Persian Gulf illness question is one that continues to baffle those of us who try to deal and struggle with it, but it certainly baffles the members of the military family that served in the Persian Gulf. Those personnel deserve…

Mr. President, without the legislative authorization to increase military pay approved in this bill, the pay raise would be limited to 2.3 percent at the same time you have Federal workers who receive a pay raise of at least 2.8 percent…

Mr. President, it is my pleasure to support the defense authorization bill for several reasons. One of the reasons is, as the Senator from Idaho has indicated, as my colleagues have read in the newspapers, the Air Force and Navy are…

Let me say I appreciate Senator Kempthorne's remarks regarding the Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who were belatedly recognized. Recognition on this issue is much appreciated for those who have gone above and beyond the call of…

Senator Coverdell and I are both supporters of the line-item veto to reduce wasteful spending. But the basis for the veto, as the Senator from Arizona indicated, must be prescribed and must rely on the facts, not on false assumptions…

I hope, along with my distinguished colleague, Senator Coverdell from Georgia, that the Senate will override the President on this matter and make sure that this vital operational facility is present at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia to…

I certainly understand the position of the Senators from Texas and California. They have worked long and hard on this issue. I understand where they are coming from. I congratulate the Senator from Oklahoma, Senator Inhofe, and others, who…

I enjoyed the remarks of my colleague from the great State of Oklahoma. Mr. President, this is a day I have been waiting for since I had the great honor and privilege of taking my oath of office as a U.S. Senator back in January: a day…

hearing the discussion in this Chamber today gets my juices flowing. I appreciate the comments of everyone here. It reminds me that back in my great State of Georgia there is a little town called Waycross that has adopted as its mascot a…

Hartsfield is operating beyond its capacity during peak departure and arrival times. This produces excessive delays, inconveniences passengers, disrupts flight schedules, and increases operational cost for Hartsfield's carriers. Commuter…

one of the reasons I sought membership on the Senate Armed Services Committee is my commitment to supporting our men and women in the Armed Forces. I am particularly pleased to be the ranking Democratic member of the Personnel…

At the end of title VII, add the following: SEC. 708. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR RETIREES. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) Many retired military personnel believe that they were promised…

I ask the Senator, isn't it true that if the action follows, that is, the privatization-in-place policy, that we have heard testimony--you and I were in the subcommittee listening to the testimony from the Air Force--that if you followed…

I say to the Senator, you and I both sit on the subcommittee. That point is well-taken, that regardless of some of the aspects of this issue, which can be kind of arcane, when you start talking about air logistics centers, the bottom line…

I say to the Senator, I am a newcomer to this basic issue here, but you have been involved from the beginning of the BRAC process, all the way through. Was it your understanding when this process was set up to close bases, that that was…

I ask the Senator, is it your understanding, if this privatization in place policy stands--of course, the bill reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee does not prohibit privatization. It just prohibits this policy which has…

I rise this morning, to join my good colleague from Arkansas in support of the Small Business Capital Gains Enhancement Act of 1997. Today, our country's economy is more robust and is growing faster than it has in the last decade and maybe…