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I would like to take a few moments to review the other arguments made by some who question lifting the arms embargo and to respond to them. First, lifting the embargo would stop the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Albert Wohlstetter…
As the world focuses on the continuing tragedy in Bosnia, we should not forget the importance of events elsewhere in the world. My distinguished colleague from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, recently spoke on United States-Russian relations…
As my colleagues know, I am currently chairman of the Dole Foundation, a tax-exempt non-profit organization established to expand employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Assuming that I maintain or control the Dole…
on April 13, the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation which would reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These efforts date back to the early eighties, when President Reagan organized the President's private sector survey on…
I was just meeting with a group of Kansans. They said, ``Well, what is going on in the Senate?'' I did not want to tell them--I did not think they would believe it--but I did. I said, ``They are debating whether or not I could go out and…
press reports indicate the administration is considering deployment of United States military forces to Haiti-- either as trainers or as an invasion force. The apparent purpose is to put exiled President Aristide back in power. Before we…
I think if you could extend that sense of the Senate to apply to those who voted earlier today on the gift ban--I mean, I cannot believe any politics was involved in that at all. Certainly that was all statesmanship, and the midnight pay…
In other words, if the committee-passed bill became law, it would still be permissible for me to request contributions on behalf of the Dole Foundation from most corporate executives, and it would also be permissible for these executives…
all American Presidents affect history in their own way. But few have made more history or shaped the history of their times more than Richard Nixon. Today, I join with the Members of this body and with millions of men and women across…
I want to take a few moments to express my support for the Bankruptcy Amendments Act. As my colleagues know, this bill is designed not to overhaul the current bankruptcy system, but rather to streamline a system that has worked relatively…
Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as authorization of deployment of U.S. forces in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina for any purpose, including training, support or delivery of military equipment. Mr. President, yesterday…
Sometimes we forget, and some people think Serbia must be like the former Soviet Union, a third- or fourth-rate power. Compared to Bosnia, they have about 300 tanks; Bosnia has about 10. It is 10 to 1 everywhere else. That is why they have…
I just wanted to put in the Record a fax we have just gotten from the Prime Minister of Bosnia. Let me read it to my colleagues. Certainly we are willing, if we need to modify the amendment in some appropriate way, not to take any teeth…
I am going to try a second time today to help the administration. I have not had much luck yet. I started on Bosnia and somehow that got derailed. Now I am trying to help the President on public housing. That is all I am trying to do here…
let me also quote from a news story from the Washington Post where Mr. Cisneros, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, says: ``We believe'' that the new initiative ``will pass constitutional muster.'' He appeared, however, to…
The situation is horrifying. In one incident, a mother was separated from her child on the streets. She had to be restrained from going to the child, who was only a few feet away, in order to prevent the mother from being killed along with…
we have had a discussion with the Senator from Minnesota, Senator Wellstone, and with both Senators from Illinois, and I think we have worked out an arrangement where the Senator from Minnesota would withdraw his second-degree amendment, I…
like all of my Senate colleagues, I was saddened to learn last night that former President Nixon had suffered a stroke. I do want to report that I was in contact with President Nixon's office this morning, and related the concern of the…
On April 24 each year, we commemorate the anniversary of the first genocide of the 20th century. Beginning on April 24, 1915 with the arrest, exile and/or murder of 200 Armenian religious, political and intellectual leaders, the Armenian…
I am hopeful we have taken a major step toward resolving several major issues that have been pending during the AIP debate. I am particularly encouraged that two important items will be resolved in the final extension of the program later…
25 years ago today I rose to give my maiden speech as the newly elected junior Senator from Kansas. It concerned a minority group whose existence affects every person in our society and the very fiber of our Nation. It is an exceptional…
Yesterday, by a vote of 98 to 1 the Senate passed S. 1970, the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. I offer today my congratulations to Senator Dick Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, for…
the administration is sending conflicting messages about running government. On one hand, it talks about reinventing government to make it more simple. At the same time, it actively supported the Cable TV Act's new bureaucracies and…
let me extend my thanks to the Senator from Iowa. As we all know, he has been the real leader on disability issues. We have been able to work together. This is not a partisan issue, as he knows. He has experienced as a family member what…
I will vote against final passage of this bill, but do so with some reservation. When considering public lands issues, the Senate has traditionally given great latitude to the two Senators from the State in which the land lies. In this…
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