In terms of how we are progressing and what we are learning, the Senator mentioned we have the lowest unemployment rates in 30 years, and for the longest time we also have had the lowest inflation rates.

200,000 this year, up from 150,000 last year. This is not a diminishing program. As trade grows, this number grows.

The only outcome of having negotiating power and a negotiating round is to reduce the tariffs of other people.

It gives them a different mix of costs and profits, and that turns out to make them viable again.

We will have broken our word to them, that by accepting open trade policies in the aftermath of which there would be dislocations, the economy at large and the society would make arrangements for them to transfer to other work with other…

But, sir, would you allow me? If we let this calamitous event take place of bringing down this trade bill there will be plenty of blame to go around, too.

And it is in our interest to do it. We have heard talk about the subsidies of the European Union, and so forth. You do not get anywhere with subsidies.

May I inquire, will you say that again and again and again? The United States has the lowest tariffs of any major economy in the world.

I rise to voice my displeasure at the severe reduction this year's Labor-Health and Human Services appropriations bill includes for the Social Services Block Grant. This program was established under Title XX of the Social Security Act to…

I rise to the most urgent of matters about which I can be succinct. There has arisen in New York City the question of the propriety of a museum exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. The city government has contested this, and the museums of the…

As the chairman knows, several of us--Senators Warner, Bennett, Cochran, Jeffords, Reed, and Kennedy, among others--support the House-passed funding level for IMLS, and contemplated offering an amendment here on the floor to achieve it.

This is wonderful news indeed. The Institute of Museum and Library Services provides essential support to our nation's 8,000 non-Federal museums and, through a different appropriation, 120,000 libraries. It goes about its business quietly…

I was pleased to co-sponsor those amendments. I think we have done well by those two agencies. Now, as I understand it, the House of Representatives appropriated $24.400 million for IMLS.

Today, I am proud to co-sponsor the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, introduced by my good friend and colleague Senator Chafee. This legislation will help a group of our children in dire circumstances--foster children who reach age 18…

I rise today to thank and applaud Ron Kavulick, the Chief Reporter of Debates, for the tremendous work that he did for the U.S. Senate. Being in charge of the Congressional Record is a very demanding and important responsibility. For it is…

It is particularly appropriate with the recent celebration of Memorial Day that we pay homage to truly courageous individuals like Mike Berman, whose faith in democracy and freedom for mankind have helped make our nation as great as it is…

a month ago, April 7, as the war in Yugoslavia began to assume its present form, President Clinton spoke to the U.S. Institute for Peace. It was an important statement about the nature of conflict in the years to come. ``Clearly,'' he…

Joe, Joe DiMaggio, we want you on our side!'' Well, he is on the other side now, but stays with us in our memories. Mine are, well, special to me. It would be in 1938 or 1939 in Manhattan. The Depression lingered. Life was, well, life. But…

I am honored, sir, to follow the distinguished Senator from Nebraska and his remarks. And might I begin with a phrase from the old Navy--by which I mean the old, old Navy-- when a fellow was mustering out, he would say, ``I'm going to put…

Every year on March 10th we reflect on the plight of the Tibetan people. Forty years ago 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 suggest that we seek to reach an agreement for the Russians to come and bring with them all their codes and their classified communications modes, learn what our early warning system is, tell us what they will of theirs, perhaps be open…

I rise in the first instance to congratulate the chairman of our committee and his vice chairman for the extraordinary work they have done in less than a year. I make the point, it is a point of Senate procedure, that it is rare there is a…

I am delighted to see that the Senate passed S. 314, the Small Business Year 2000 Readiness Act, today. I introduced this bill with Senators Christopher S. Bond, John F. Kerry, Robert F. Bennett, Christopher J. Dodd, and Olympia Snowe on…

I rise briefly to state my support for the amendment offered by my distinguished friend and fellow member of the Committee on Finance and simply to inform the Senate that the figures he gave amounting to $17.9 billion over a 10-year period…

Mr. Chief Justice, Senators, I speak to the matter of prudence. Charles L. Black, Jr. begins his masterful account Impeachment: A Handbook with a warning: ``Everyone must shrink from this most drastic of measures. . . . [t]his awful…