the bill before us includes increased Foreign Military Financing funding to help Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania improve their militaries. The Baltic countries need to improve their military posture whether or not they join the North…

If we said, instead of computers, we are going to deal with airplanes this way. If we said we do not want people who make airplanes to be held liable if they fall out of the sky, America would say that is crazy, that is ridiculous. We, of…

But after 1995, the Senator is arguing, the industry knew what was going on. They knew what the challenge was. If they continued to sell computers they knew were going to crash or did not take the time to fix, then she is saying the…

--and health insurance companies, which happen to fall under the provision in Federal law which says--we are debating this, incidentally, on the Patients' Bill of Rights--if they denied coverage to you, they only have to pay for the cost…

Because many people think this is a debate between the computer and software companies versus the trial lawyers; choose whose side you are going to be on. People forget we are talking about the consumers of the products, the people who buy…

We are talking about small and medium-sized businesses, dependent on computers, that discover, January 2, the year 2000, they have a serious problem. What the Senator from California is suggesting is, if it is an old computer, one that…

Did I understand the Senator from California to say this was part of the original legislation on this subject, the idea that the businesses which bought the computers and the software that didn't work would at least have some help in…

As I look at this legislation which we are considering, the underlying bill, it is hard to argue with it. It starts out saying: The majority of responsible business enterprises in the United States are committed to working in cooperation…

So those who are truly interested in the damage done to businesses must really step back and say the Boxer amendment is one that really addresses the damage that businesses will face--repeating, again: These are businesses depending on…

I wish to engage the distinguished Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Defense Subcommittee, Senator Stevens, in a brief colloquy regarding the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program (JROTC). As Chairman Stevens…

today, joined by colleagues, Senator Leahy, Senator Kennedy, Senator Feingold and Senator Sarbanes, I am introducing the bankruptcy reform bill that passed the Senate last year by a vote of 97-1. A constant theme that has guided me…

Well, I want to ask the Senator: We are considering on the floor S. 96, the so-called Y2K bill, which is designed to protect businesses. And good, compelling arguments can be made about protecting businesses. But doesn't this vote suggest…

If the Senator will yield, yesterday we were prepared on the floor to offer an amendment relative to school violence, to try to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that we saw in Littleton, CO, and in Jonesboro, AR, Pearl, MS, West Paducah…

I listened to the debate on this bill, S. 96. It is an important bill. It is an important bill because it protects American business. There are elements of this bill which I think are wise policy. I am certain that at the end of the…

I am concerned that the American people have given up on us. I believe they have come to the conclusion that for political reasons we cannot do the obvious; we cannot pass the laws to keep guns out of the hands of kids. I think they are…

today, Senator Bond and I are joining together in submitting a resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the International Visitors Program next year. The International Visitors Program is the State Department's public diplomacy…

I will close by saying I am happy that the majority leader, Senator Lott, has made this commitment publicly on the floor of the Senate that within 2 weeks we will have debate on legislation such as I have described here. The important…

today I am introducing America's Red Rock Wilderness Act to protect an important part of our nation's natural heritage. America's Red Rock Wilderness Act designates 9.1 million acres of public land in Utah as wilderness. Passage of…

I say at the outset, I salute the Senator on his remarks. I think he struck the right tone. There is a sense of mourning and sadness across America for what happened in Colorado. We have to address the needs of troubled children. I think…

I rise today on tax day to introduce a new legislative proposal to help small businesses afford quality health insurance for their low-income workers. The number of uninsured is at an all-time high. More than 43 million people, including…

There are a few things where we do disagree. As Senator Grams of Minnesota just mentioned, there is overriding concern by all of us about the future of Social Security. I think Senator Conrad on the Democratic side offered a very novel…

I rise today to make a few remarks concerning a bill that Senator DeWine and I are introducing today that we hope will improve the lives of many of the nation's asthmatic children. Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions in the…

I thank the ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Frank Lautenberg, who has announced his retirement. He is headed for the last budget roundup. This is the second to the last stop. I have one more year with Frank…

I can recall this concept when it was first suggested by President Reagan. It was a concept that was alluring. The notion that we could somehow put a protective umbrella of defense over the United States against nuclear missiles would…

Today is St. Patrick's Day, and it is a fitting time to remember not only the Irish heritage, which so many Americans--over 40 million--claim, but also as equally important is the significant progress that has been made in this island…