On the 16th of this month, my friend and sometime counselor, Paul F. Eaton, Sr., of Walton, NY, will celebrate his 87th birthday. This is, of course, a happy occasion for Paul, his family and many friends, in our upstate Delaware County…

one of the stories Bob Dole likes to tell in speeches and interviews has to do with the events in the first 2 weeks of 1983 when, quite literally, the Social Security system was saved. As with many tales told on political campaign trails…

I do not support this bill, and will indeed oppose it with great conviction. All the same, the President is entitled to the courtesy of having his bills introduced, printed, and referred to the appropriate committee. This particular bill…

last year I presented three papers to the Senate urging opposition to this constitutional amendment. The first paper argued that the existing deficits were a recent event and marked a sharp departure from the fiscal problems of earlier…

yesterday morning, May 20, 1996, ``a gathering to celebrate the life of Dick Clurman'' took place at the Beth-El Chapel of the Temple Emanu-El in New York City. William F. Buckley, Jr. led off with a wonderfully moving tribute, which…

I propose to discourse at some length on Alfred Marshall's ``Principles of Economics'' published in 1890.

Three. I would not bring up Marshall if I expected to hold my audience very much longer than 3 minutes. Marshall took the example--to illustrate short-term supply, a fascinating thing--he took the example of fish. He said, what happens if…

It fell to me, then chairman of the Committee on Finance, to reach agreement on our Democratic side on the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. There was no Republican involvement and no Republican support, for perfectly…

there is good news and better news in the world today with regards to the progress and the stability of democratic procedures around the world. We are, as is evidenced from the day's proceedings, already well into our election season…

I say to my friend that not only would it be inconsistent, but to allude to a point he made earlier, it would be ``silly.''

Something called the ``market'' comes along and the price rises because of the demand. The supply has not instantly responded.

I very much agree with his comments and would add that, after the 1993 deficit reduction legislation, the price at the pump-- when that small tax increase took effect--was lower than when it was enacted. Perhaps the Senator from Illinois…

I thank Senator Simpson and Senator Kennedy for accepting this amendment providing for a prototype counterfeit-proof Social Security card. It was 18 years ago that I first proposed we produce a tamper-resistant Social Security card to…

last evening the Senate adopted a proposal I introduced in September of last year to curb the use of foreign trusts to avoid U.S. tax responsibilities. The Treasury Department first called attention to this problem early in 1995…

we need to deal resolutely with terrorism. And we will. But if, in the guise of combating terrorism, we diminish the fundamental civil liberties that Americans have enjoyed for two centuries, then the terrorists will have won. With deep…

On December 21, 1995, I rose on the Senate floor to note the seventh anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland--an outrageous act of international terrorism which claimed the lives of 270 innocent people…

I rise to introduce, with my esteemed colleague Senator D'Amato, a bill to eliminate an impediment to an important economic development project in Queens. The Queens West development is 12 years in the making. Construction of the first…

I express the appreciation and relief of all Members of this body and Americans everywhere that we shall, in very short order, under this agreement extend the debt ceiling to $5.5 trillion. That will take us through this fiscal year and…

I rise in the serene confidence that this measure is constitutionally doomed. That speaks to the stability of the American political system, a stability sustained in so many moments of peril by the American judiciary. By contrast, I find…

New York State, or upstate New York, has been shocked--I think that is a fair term--and finds itself in near disbelief to learn that the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] has closed the Ithaca station, which is part of a broad network…

some while ago, the New York Historical Society conceived the notion of collecting holograph accounts of notable events in our city from contemporary New Yorkers, and thereafter auctioning them off to help with the expenses of that…

I feel that while the 2-week extension is urgent and absolutely indispensable, we ought to do more. And with the conclusion of this part of our debate, I will proceed, when the chairman is ready, to offer an amendment that would in fact…

I wish to join my esteemed chairman, the Senator from Delaware, in stating that, indeed, this legislation is necessary. It is in fact urgent, a fact which in and of itself speaks to the awkwardness with which Congress has approached the…

I thank the Chair. And as you have observed, this is a succinct matter. We are simply taking the debt ceiling now at $4.9 trillion and raising it to $5.4 trillion. The statutory limit on the total outstanding public debt of the United…

I thank the Chair. Again to say, a default by the Treasury would have disastrous consequences for the domestic economy of the United States and for global financial markets. I make the point that during the 1980's, we became a debtor…