Dan Coats

Second, Mr. President, let me state that there are a number of programs in the past that the Department of Defense has not requested, which this Congress has determined are important to be added to the Department of Defense budget. And we…

It is a shocking statistic to note that more than 60 percent of current military housing, family and single housing, is substandard by military standards. Military standards are generally lower than civilian standards. The houses that you…

I rise to question the Department of Defense's recent assertion that the Senate Armed Service Committee authorization for fiscal year 1997 will create huge costs in years to come. This information has come somewhat as a surprise, since the…

The assumption behind the amendment is that defense is overfunded. We talk about the adding of additional billions of dollars to the defense bill as if the adding was over and above what the defense ought to be and, therefore, is surplus…

This amendment is a natural convergence of thinking of members on the Armed Services Committee and other Senators regarding the need for more information with which to make assessments about future defense spending programs and plans…

I came to the Congress in 1980, in the class that included Bill Emerson. It was a special class, elected at a unique time, so we developed a pretty close relationship. In addition to serving with Bill in the House of Representatives for 8…

America's preeminence in the world is accompanied by the opportunity and burden of leadership to shape the international community. I have been somewhat perplexed that our concerns with national defense are often no broader than the level…

It attempts to address the question of how we can more effectively provide assistance to people in need, people living in poverty, without resorting to more of the same, which is simply funneling money into Washington, establishing a…

I think a lot of us are feeling we do not quite understand what is going on down at the White House. The person in charge of the travel office, who is not political, gets fired because they want to put somebody who is political in the…

I am tempted to move the question here because the Senator has presented his amendment, and he has presented his argument. There is no one on the floor to either argue against the Senator's amendment, to speak for the Senator's amendment…

I sit here somewhat baffled by the remarks that I have heard, because it sounds to me as if a crisis situation exists that is in immediate search of solution, relative to female members of our armed services and their dependents obtaining…

I hope when Members come over here we can separate fact from fiction. I hope Members will look at the facts of the case and make a decision on that basis, rather than look at the fiction that has been provided to us today by proponents of…

the Senator from California and I, obviously, have a difference of opinion on this. Let me see if I can refocus the debate. The question here is not over a woman's right to choose. The question is not over whether a woman has the right to…

I state to the Senator from California that there is a whole list of elective procedures that is not covered in military hospitals, not covered by military medicine, depending on the size of the facility, depending on the location of the…

The President's proposed defense budget of $254 billion is, in my opinion, the epitome of a mindset that has been prevalent throughout the Congress and this administration that the military can do more with less. Not only does this budget…

Today Senator Dole becomes citizen Dole. He has every right to be proud of that hard, courageous decision. We in the Senate have every reason to be sorry for it. Senator Dole leaves a legacy of lasting influence. He led this body to…

once again we are debating the balanced budget. We should not, any longer, be debating the balanced budget. We should be living by a balanced budget. Americans have lost their patience with this endless, fruitless process of debating the…

As a moral matter, Americans deserve candor. Americans deserve to hear the truth about the financial situation in which we find ourselves. We are debating in the Senate this week the budget for the next fiscal year and a budget which lays…

I asked the Senator from Michigan if he would assume the chair so I could take the opportunity to come down to the floor to compliment my colleague, Senator Mack from Florida. He outlined for the Senate, and for those who are observing…

I rise to voice my serious concerns that this omnibus appropriations bill fails to include an important provision: a limitation on the expansion of the Federal Direct Loan Program to 40 percent of loan volume for the academic year that…

as I said, this is a procedural bill. Even though this bill will not completely conform to my own legislation regarding unexpired terms, I do believe that the debate should go forward. If changes are necessary, amendments obviously can be…

the amendment I offer extends the Federal tort claim coverage to a health care professional if that health care professional volunteers his or her medical services to a medically underserved person. This is the same type of coverage--this…

I, first of all, want to take this opportunity to express my respect for the Senator from West Virginia. We clearly are on different sides of this issue. He has been an articulate and zealous protector of the prerogatives and rights of…

First of all, that is a high compliment and I am sure I speak for both Senator McCain and myself in thanking you for that. But, second, I leave here, after this vote, with the vivid picture in my mind that the Senator from West Virginia is…

let me just state, during our discussion last Thursday on this amendment, which I will describe in a moment, questions were raised by the Senator from Maine relative to some language and the interpretation of that language as it affected a…