in an op-ed article in the New York Times on Tuesday, Richard Leone, who is the president of the 20th Century Fund, an eminent New York City institution, remarked, ``Last week, the House of Representatives took time out from beating up on…

it is again an honor and a privilege to join with one of the great constitutionalists in the history of the U.S. Senate, Robert C. Byrd, who has written the history of the Senate. I can so well remember the occasion on which that great…

If I might reply to my distinguished friend and chairman who asked, ``Who has agreed? If we assert this is unconstitutional, who has agreed?'' May I just read a passage from the opinion of the one Justice of the Supreme Court who has…

May I respond to my learned and good friend, there are no judicial pronouncements to the effect that this is constitutional, for the simple reason that it is rather new. It was enacted by Congress for the first time in 1996. But although…

I rise in emphatic support of the nomination of Paul R. Carey of New York to be a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Carey, who has served since 1993 as special assistant to President Clinton, is an inspired public…

today I rise as an original sponsor of the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Technical Corrections Act of 1997. This legislation will extend a provision signed into law as part of the Anti-Terrorism Act (Pub. L. 104-132) allowing individuals who…

Glenn T. Seaborg is a truly great American who for 14 years has suffered outrageous treatment from bureaucrats and is in need of our assistance. Dr. Seaborg, codiscoverer of plutonium, kept a journal whilst chairman of the Atomic Energy…

I rise in the firmest opposition to this proposal. Might I first state that I have not the least difficulty with the thought of the distinguished Senators that there might be more funds made available to deal with gang violence among…

I thank the Senator for his generous remarks about the center. But I also say that it is so easy to make fun of studies of ancient times and obscure subjects. But a great deal comes with them. In that New York Times editorial I spoke of…

May I say in response to my friend from Arizona, first of all, that the remark about being paid to work in a castle was just a friendly joke by Madeleine Albright, now our Secretary of State. She was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center…

I have the honor to rise in support of the distinguished chairman's remarks in regard to the proposed allocation of appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts. I will presume upon the Senate's time on a relatively quiet…

I will support the amendment of the Senator from Illinois to repeal section 1604(f)(3) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, which purports to credit the increase in tobacco excise taxes against any federally legislated tobacco settlement…

I rise to support my revered and respected chairman in this regard. It is the case, sir, that 5 legislative days ago we passed this measure. It is a measure which originated in the House and in a good faith exchange in conference the…

I rise simply and succinctly for the purpose of endorsing the statement by our revered chairman and, once again, to say, as he put it, the ink is scarcely dry on this legislation and here we are changing it. Could it have been 5…

earlier today I voted to support Senator Harkin's amendment to fund the Food and Drug Administration's ``Youth Tobacco Initiative'' regulations. When this amendment was first offered on July 23, 1997, I voted to table it. I was concerned…

May I just congratulate my colleague and friend for the tone of his statement, its tenor. He is not seeking confrontation with the administration. He is seeking insurance for the poorest of poor children in our State. I was able to say…

On August 11, for the first time in our history, President Clinton exercised his new authority under the Line Item Veto Act. In doing so he repealed, a provision of Federal law intended to relieve New York of up to $2.6 billion in disputed…

Another clarification. Is it intended that children, including those with special needs, receive quality care?

one provision of H.R. 2014 would repeal the $150 million limit on section 501(C)(3) bonds. This is a change I have long sought, and I am grateful for my chairman's support for this change. It is my understanding that the intention of the…

under the Taxpayer's Relief Act of 1997, the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association [TIAA] and the College Retirement Equities Fund [CREF] are taxed under the same regime as life insurance companies. However, TIAA and CREF are separate…

might I say that in the judgment of this Senator, the section that the distinguished Senator from Illinois wishes to remove is a meaningless provision, with no binding effect. I point out that the administration has agreed to it, and I…

Might I simply join my friend and old colleague on the Finance Committee in his remarks commending the Senator from Louisiana. Typically, he did not mention his own work, his own role in this--it was indispensable--to have a unanimous…

I have the honor now to respond to my revered chairman, who brought this extraordinary legislation to the floor and in a very few hours from now will see it sent to the President to become law. By day's end, the U.S. Senate will have voted…

I rise with a distinguished group of my colleagues to introduce the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Act of 1997. Maglev is the first new transportation technology envisioned since the development of aviation in the…

I would also emphasize that, in the Finance Committee, members on both sides of the aisle strongly agreed that these child health grants should not supplant current State spending, and instead would supplement and enhance current State…