Bob Dole

I will say that the Democratic leader, Senator Daschle, gave me a list of six or seven items yesterday, and we have been able to accommodate part of each of those, with the exception of one where there was a time limit. Even there, we…

Child care is one thing we are working on. Maintenance of effort has already been taken care of. Job training. We have an agreement, if we have an overall agreement, to take the job training provisions out of this bill and have a…

let me speak to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. I think there is a tendency for amendments offered by Democrats being voted for by Democrats, and maybe the other way, too. This amendment makes a great deal of sense, not the…

I have been advised the purpose of the amendment is to provide for child support enforcement agreements between the States and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. It provides for child support enforcement agreements between the States…

I happen to agree with the Senator from Ohio and the Senator from North Dakota. We ought to find out what it costs, whatever impact it may have. I am prepared to accept the amendment. I yield back my time.

We changed it about an hour ago. As I understand it, it is more than halfway to where the Senator was with his amendment the other day. We checked it with some others, and they think this is a very generous, responsible offer. That would…

We just changed it. He had $5.7 billion over 5 years. We said, OK, we will go more than halfway, to $3 billion over 5 years.

It is still possible, I might add--I will certainly consult the Democratic leader. One way to eliminate some of the amendments would be with a cloture vote. Of course, you still have 91 amendments, but I think those would all be--there…

We have taken care of maintenance of effort and the job training. We are going to make it freestanding, under a time agreement. And contingency grant funds, which we did not have in our bill, was sponsored by the Senator from Ohio, Senator…

earlier today, the Department of Health and Human Services released the results of its 1994 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. According to the survey, marijuana use among teenagers has nearly doubled since 1992, after 13 straight…

I might say in response, this is an amendment suggested by the Senator from Maine, Senator Snowe. The State would not sanction if they are of preschool age, which I think is a step in the direction the Senator would want us to go.

as all Senators know, the Senate is a place of tradition, and one tradition we have is honoring those colleagues who preside over the Senate for more than 100 hours a session. Compared to Cal Ripken's 2,131 games, 100 hours may not seem…

I will briefly explain the first modification which provides no additional cash assistance for children born of families receiving assistance. States may provide vouchers in lieu of cash assistance, and they may be used to pay for…

But we do not sanction a single custodial parent for failure to work if the parent shows a demonstrated need for child care. And that would be determined by the States, what constitutes a demonstrated need.

I am prepared to say I think most of the differences have been resolved on our side because we have tried to base our bill on three principles: Creating a real work requirement, returning authority to the States, and restraining welfare…

1 month ago I rose to support the Missile Defense Act of 1995, as the Armed Services Committee reported it. It seemed to me to be just about the right response to the growing threat of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic and cruise…

let me first of all congratulate the managers. This is a major piece of legislation that is always very difficult to bring to a conclusion. But it has been done because of the leadership of the distinguished Senator from South Carolina…

my mother had a phrase she used to repeat. "Can't never could do anything," she told us. I have tried to live by those words throughout my life, and I want to pay tribute today to someone else who doesn't know how to say "can't." For over…

nearly 35 years ago, the voters of Rhode Island decided to send Claiborne Pell to the U.S. Senate. And in the years that followed, they have made the same decision in five separate elections. Yesterday, Senator Pell announced that this…

before we conclude consideration of the fiscal year 1996 Defense authorization bill, I would like to make a few comments regarding section 551, which addresses the determination of whereabouts and the status of missing persons. Section 551…

I would like to commend the members of the Armed Services Committee who, under the able leadership of the distinguished chairman, Senator Thurmond, and the distinguished Senator from Georgia [Mr. Nunn], have done a first rate job on the…

Mr. President, there are many problems in the U.N. system but today's front page story in the Washington Times is another outrageous example of the lack of accountability in the United Nations. More than $9 million in overdue debts have…

let me take a minute or two of leader time to say I have just returned from Burlington, VT, where I was privileged to attend the National Governors' Association meeting and talk about welfare reform. I outlined what I felt could be an…

I signed the letter, along with Senator Helms and Senator Snowe. Regardless of what happens on the cloture vote tomorrow, there is an issue we should address today: The United States plan to attend the fourth U.N. Conference on Women…

tonight we take the first step toward bringing this important debate to a close. Despite all the horror stories, despite all the distortions, despite the desperate attempts to shift the focus of this debate, I want to make very clear that…