first I wish to say the comments of Senator Danforth simply illustrate why he is a valued Member of this body and why, after this year, we are going to miss him. He is absolutely on target. This is--let us label it correctly--compulsory…

Thank you, Mr. President. I agree with everything he said. There is all sweetness and light. It will not be all sweetness and light when we get to these amendments. But what we are asking is on that voluntary basis, and the Senator from…

My colleague cited the 1983 report and that strong language. I assume that must have come in some radical liberal Democratic administration. Am I correct in that assumption? Or what administration made this report on this 1983 language.

one of the things that we ask for in this bill is that the States voluntarily move towards seeing that we really do guarantee opportunity to all young people. And this amendment does not change that. What we have done is to move away from…

I hope we can work something out. Let me also, before I yield the floor, mention that my colleague from Minnesota who has been really great in this matter of trying to achieve some equity in our schools--when he was presiding I went up and…

first, I want to praise our colleague from Wyoming. The Immigration and Refugee Subcommittee has three members, and both Senator Simpson and Senator Kennedy have just done yeoman service, and it is a subcommittee where you have to say no…

First of all, all we are doing is asking for the extension of existing law. We are not increasing numbers; we are not changing anything like that. Both the State Department and INS have indicated informally they have no objection to this…

I have introduced a resolution calling for a modified policy on the part of our Government toward the Government of Taiwan. Recently, The New Republic had an article by James Mann, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, commenting on the…

I was pleased to join Senator Pell in cosponsoring this to try to give ACDA, frankly, some new life. The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency has been a weak sister. Let us face it. And with rare exception it just has not had any kind of…