Yesterday, March 10, marked the 38th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising, at a time when many Tibetan citizens gave their lives to defend their freedom and to prevent the Dalai Lama from being kidnaped by the Chinese Army. For those who…

I rise, as is so frequently and pleasantly my lot in this Congress, to support entirely the major statement made by the chairman of the Committee on Finance, our revered Bill Roth of Delaware. As he stated just now, this proposal for a…

just to supplement the chairman's remarks, I would like to point out that he and I have received a letter today from Charles F.C. Ruff, Counsel to the President, stating: Because the President strongly desires to appoint Charlene…

I rise simply to endorse, with fullest conviction, the statement of the chairman in this matter, and to emphasize, if I may be allowed, that executive agreements can never override statute. If they do, they are null and void, and the…

Yes. I would like to say, first of all, that I very much appreciate the judgment of the Senator from Pennsylvania that the bill will be enacted, and that I propose to amend it such that it takes effect upon enactment as against the day it…

on Saturday, February 1, Wilcomb Washburn, a champion of unfashionable truths and a scholar in the truest sense of the word, died here in Washington. He had retired as director of the Smithsonian's American Studies Program exactly a month…

might I first take the opportunity to congratulate the chairman for this initiative. It is characteristic of his leadership of the Finance Committee, which is bipartisan whenever that is possible, which is factual, which seeks evidence and…

I rise to introduce, along with my friend and colleagues, Senator D'Amato, a bill to designate President Grant's tomb a national monument. This April 27 will be the centennial of the dedication of the tomb. I can think of no better…

1,074 days. Rather, one thousand seventy-four days and counting. We have 1,074 days until January 1, 2000. Historically, the passage of the century has caused quite a stir. Until now, however, there has been little factual basis on which…

I introduce two measures to help fight the epidemic of bullet-related violence in America: the Real Cost of Destructive Ammunition Act and the Destructive Ammunition Prohibition Act of 1997. The purpose of these bills is to prevent from…

I introduce two bills: the Violent Crime Reduction Act of 1997 and the Real Cost of Handgun Ammunition Act of 1997. Their purposes are to ban or heavily tax .25 caliber, .32 caliber, and 9 mm ammunition. These calibers of bullets are used…

I rise today to reintroduce, along with Senator Kerrey of Nebraska, legislation to establish a commission to study the Federal Statistical System. Statistics are part of our constitutional arrangement, which provides for a decennial census…

I rise today to introduce a most important piece of legislation for the State of New York, and to ask my Senate colleagues for their support. This bill directs the Secretary of the Army to repair a section of waterfront parkland in the…

last January, I outlined a brief two- step plan to balance the budget by the year 2002. I proposed that we correct for overindexation of Government programs resulting from using the Consumer Price Index [CPI], and that we postpone tax…

it happens I was ill on December 7, 1995, when the measure before us now was first voted on by the Senate. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of the bill, and today I will vote to override the President's veto. Some while…

Under the amendment of my friend from North Dakota, U.S. corporations or individual investors that own 10 percent or more of the stock of a U.S.-controlled foreign corporation would be taxed currently on the foreign corporation's profits…

I rise in support of S. 2056, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act. It has been noted on the floor that we are in an honorable succession here, from legislation that has very much defined this period in American national life. We begin…

I write to alert you to a problem which could have extreme negative economic consequences during your second term. The "Year 2000 Time Bomb." This has to do with the transition of computer programs from the 20th to the 21st century. The…

we understand that the subcommittee is working under considerable budget pressures. But given the importance of this project to our respective States, we would ask that you make a concerted effort in conference to provide funding to keep…

The New York Botanical Garden is in need of a new laboratory in which it will train graduate students and visiting scientists from this country and abroad. Their work is most important to the Garden's many efforts, but especially to the…

That is correct. My distinguished chairman, as always, has so stated the facts. But there is a small semantic issue here. Some call this the small business relief act; others on this side call it the minimum wage bill. But we will not…

yesterday, after the President announced he would sign this legislation, I said: ``The President has made his decision. Let us hope that it is for the best.'' Today, I continue to hope for the best, even if I fear the worst. As I have…

If I may add, the citizens of Tonawanda, through their elected officials, have engaged our offices and have asked Senator D'Amato and me to request that the Congress give direction to the Department of Energy in order to start the process…

The Department should at least explore the options available to them. The private sector may be able to present a bid that would speed-up the clean-up of the Tonawanda site in a cost-effective manner. Maybe it cannot. The problem is the…

I do not claim that this is something easily done or we would have done it long since. But I think that it is something which can be done. I think the Republic of South Korea is so little interested in how we feel about matters of Burma…