Bob Dole

time and again I have heard from the people all across America that Congress must do more to stop the infringement on private property rights. I believe we have all heard this message. Today, I along with Senators Heflin, Brown, Craig…

let me say first of all that having served in the House for 8 years, in the other body for 8 years, a long time ago, I have just come from the House floor where I have had the privilege of seeing something that I did not think might ever…

Today I am pleased to stand with Senators Helms, Thurmond, Hatch, Cohen, Warner, Hutchison, McCain, Lott, and Nickles to introduce the Peace Powers Act of 1995. Twenty-two years ago, I voted for S. 440, the War Powers Act of 1973. The act…

one of the most heated debates last Congress centered around the so-called crime bill. While our colleagues on the other side of the aisle ultimately succeeded in passing the bill, Republicans argued then--and continue to maintain--that…

I will also introduce another bill, which will have the number S. 21, together with the distinguished Senator from Connecticut, Senator Lieberman. The bill is known as the Bosnia-Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1995, which would terminate…

just over 1 month ago, in consecutive special sessions, both Houses of Congress passed a landmark bill implementing the new GATT Agreement. The Agreement establishes a new international body, the World Trade Organization, to oversee with…

1969 was a year of firsts and lasts. It was the year that a man--American astronaut Neil Armstrong--first walked on the Moon. And, it was the last year that Congress balanced the budget. That was 35 years ago. In 1969, we spent $16.6…

on June 2, 1986, the Senate opened its doors to the American people through television cameras, a giant leap in increasing the access of Americans to their Government. However, in some areas, the Senate needs to take further steps to enter…

I needed more than I could get at the time, as I recall. But the point is, I want the Senator to know that I know the rules and I would not come to the Senate floor and disparage in any way or make any comments that might in any way…

I said the election in Kentucky where Republicans won a seat they haven't held since the Civil War, or 100-and----

I would not do that, as I told the Senator before. I did not go down there to campaign against him. Never mentioned your name while I was there. If I did, it would have been mentioned favorably. But I did not, in the debate today, mention…

I did not mention either your name or your hometown. I said I was in the district--I think it is a free country.

Let me just underscore what the Senator from Kentucky has said. Again, I think we started initially this last December 21, so here it has been January, February, March, April, and we are about to go on a recess and be back on June 7. So I…

We are not lurching forward you know, but we are moving a little bit. And it seems to me that, again, as I said, I think the majority leader has been in good faith. I think he feels strongly we should not move without Mr. Fiske. There will…

as a member of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, I intend to vote for the reauthorization bill, but I am concerned about the precedent we are setting. I have been listening to the debate on both sides. I have been…

some involved in the administration's Haiti policy are shopping for an invasion rationale, and they ended up at the narcotics counter. This is a new twist to President Clinton's foreign policy--looking for reasons to invade a country…

2 years ago, when Congress passed legislation reauthorizing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, we passed a reform amendment strengthening the longstanding requirement that taxpayer-subsidized public broadcasting offer objectivity and…

it is now clear that the United States must do the right thing with respect to MFN for China: unconditional extension and abandonment of the failed linkage to human rights. The time is past for bluster and threats and feel-good…

3 years ago, the city of Wichita was the site of one of the largest abortion clinic protests ever. The protest tore the city apart, disrupting lives, interfering with businesses, and transforming much of Wichita into a media circus of…

Senator Lieberman and I are introducing this bill to lift the United States arms embargo on Bosnia which is identical to the amendment the Senate passed earlier today by a vote of 50 to 49. The passage of the Dole-Lieberman amendment sends…

first I want to thank my colleague from Connecticut for underscoring right up front that this is bipartisan. This is not an effort to undermine the President of the United States. In fact, we thought when we started it was an effort to…

I point out that Iraq is an enemy, and Korea is a potentially enemy. Bosnia is our friend. Whatever the Greeks and Turks may say, they get hundreds of millions of dollars in United States foreign aid. I do not think they would be too happy…

I want to take a few moments to express my support for the amendment offered by my distinguished colleague from New York, Senator D'Amato. Mr. President, last month, the House of Representatives took a big step backward in the war against…

But I know of no area that deserves more consideration by this body than Bosnia. So what we are attempting to do in a bipartisan way--we have more than 30 cosponsors, myself and Senator Lieberman, so it is bipartisan, a number of…

South Africa has a new President--Nelson Mandela. This courageous man's political journey inspires the world: from opposition politics, to decades of imprisonment, to the Presidency of his country. And President Mandela may now face the…