during this summer's debate on the ESEA reauthorization legislation, I offered an amendment to increase the authorization for the new math and science partnerships program from $500 million in the Senate bill to $900 million in fiscal year…

I commend him, as Senator Reid did earlier. This is an important bill for America. It is a better bill because of the hard work Senator Harkin and Senator Specter and the staffs have put into it. I am going to be an anxious supporter of…

I am pleased that the sponsors of the bill recognize the importance of strengthening our Nation's protections for food safety and of addressing potential bioterrorist threats against our food supply. Among the bill's provisions are new…

in the fall of 1957, the United States received a national wake-up call. The Soviet Union launched sputnik into orbit. The space race was on, and we were already behind. Not only were we caught off guard by sputnik, it was suddenly clear…

I refer the Senator to specific language which says, approval of western public road access shall be subject to conditioning that the cost of construction be paid for from airport revenues. It does not come from airport improvement by the…

It has to do with us in this respect: Illinois is one of a few States, 15 out of 50, where the Governor has the final word on an airport. Our Governor has given consent to this plan to move forward on the airport, and we are memorializing…

Or comment. I say it is not a question of ratification. The agreement has been reached. The question is acknowledging the consent has been given by the State. This language comes from the State of Illinois. As former Governor of Virginia…

I thank Senators Wellstone, Gregg, and Dayton and those who have initiated this effort for giving me an opportunity to be cosponsor. I thank them for this amendment and for giving us a chance to express our gratitude to the men and women…

less than a month ago, I stood before my colleagues to address an extremely important public health concern, one that is essentially a life or death issue here in the District of Columbia. AIDS rates in our Nation's capital are the highest…

I will attempt in conference to put in place of this language a bill which was introduced today which memorializes the agreement, provides no new obligations or authority, but merely memorializes the agreement between the Governor and the…

This airport, O'Hare, and all the other airports in this agreement, will be treated no differently than any other airport in America.

I say to my colleague, airport improvement funds are from Washington, from the General Treasury; and the passenger facility charge is generated by the airport itself. And it specifically says the western access will be paid for from…

I want to encourage FTA to release only such funds as it considers appropriate in order to resolve outstanding disputes with respect to payment for work performed on the Tren Urbano project, and suspend all further Federal funding for the…

I have taken a look at many of the proposals here, and I certainly support the Democrats' position that we need to help families who have lost their jobs. If you are unemployed in America today and you are lucky enough to have unemployment…

I think what he has said this morning is further evidence of the efforts that have been made on this side of the aisle to try to enact an economic stimulus package that is balanced and fair and really will help America move forward…

As important as agriculture is to America, this bill contains as much money or more for nutrition and feeding as it does for agricultural programs. This morning a man by the name of Robert Forney came to my office. Bob is an old friend. He…

President Bush's speech to the American people last night was exactly the right medicine. America is truly concerned over terrorism and bioterrorism and what it means to our country. I listened carefully to the President's speech in…

as part of the challenge facing America today, we have to consider the state of America's economy, and it is a sad state of affairs. After almost 10 years of unparalleled prosperity in the history of the United States, during the past year…

It is not enough we search out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants in their caves in Afghanistan and stop those cells of terrorist activity around the world. We have to find a way to starve them of the assets and resources they need to…

I can recall, as a child growing up in my small hometown, that it was rare to see kids with learning disabilities and physical disabilities in my classroom. I do not know where those kids were. They were certainly here on Earth, but they…

I hope to bring this amendment to a vote quickly. The purpose of this amendment is to dramatize for those who voted for the Hutchison amendment the types of children who will be affected by the limitation on attorney's fees. Without this…

I ask the Senator from Texas a simple question, and a yes or no answer would suffice. We are talking about limiting the fees paid to attorneys who represent children who are trying to get into special education.

The position of the Council and Mayor is quite clear: we adopted a proposed budget that contains no cap on attorneys fees. Our objections to a fee cap include: A cap makes it more difficult for children to obtain special education to which…

The District of Columbia is facing the worst HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, nine times worse than the national average. The medical community and the law enforcement community of this city have asked us to give them the tools and weapons to…

The Senator from Virginia said at one point that this is a program that harms its participants. I say to the Senator that the American Medical Association disagrees with him. The American Public Health Association disagrees with him. Law…