Bob Dole

During the early eighties, President Reagan organized the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, the so-called Grace Commission, to evaluate ways to streamline Government agencies and programs. While some of those…

just this week an article which appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer last December came to my attention. It's an article written by Joseph P. Barrett, a World War II veteran who served with the 47th Anti-Aircraft Battalion. In his…

I rise today to note that Friday will mark the 173d anniversary of the beginning of the 1821 revolution which freed the Greek people from nearly 400 years of domination by the Ottoman Empire. And I am proud that Congress has designated…

we had a vote today to increase special education funding, and I voted against it. I was not happy about that. Since coming to the Senate 25 years ago, I have been a vigorous advocate on behalf of people with disabilities. Indeed, in 1975…

after years of having Democrats declare Republican budgets dead on arrival, or D-O-A, Senator Domenici has called President Clinton's first complete budget ``missing-in-action.'' It is missing measures to control the deficit. It is missing…

I wanted to make my colleagues aware of a situation that has developed at the Department of Health and Human Services that may have an enormous impact on over 1,300 employees in my State of Kansas at three fiberglass insulation production…

I guess the point I wanted to make is the Helms language is not in the conference report.

I have listened to the majority leader very carefully. I understand the concern he has, and I think some of them are just concerns. But there are a lot of things you can find out without the need for testimony. You get documents. You get…

I am not going to send the amendment to the desk, because I have already discussed it with the majority leader, and we do not surprise each other. That is how the leaders are able to work together. But this amendment that I will offer at…

over 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson wrote ``Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens.'' Much has changed in America since Thomas Jefferson's day, but one thing that has not changed is the fact his words are still true--the…

U.S. policy toward Russia is in disarray. The time of strategic partnership is over--if it ever began. President Yeltsin acts in increasingly erratic terms, the new parliament has freed antidemocratic coup-makers, the Russian military…

It is supposed to be separate, supposed to be independent. It is not independent. It has not been separate. It has been operated by Roger Altman and Jean Hanson, I think the general counsel. Its members have been wielding great influence…

the North Koreans had it their way once again. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, known as IAEA, returned from a long-awaited inspection not having been allowed to conduct a full inspection of the seven declared sites…

I read in today's paper that the Government Operations Committee is going to have oversight hearings next week. Maybe counsel ought to go down there and say: Wait a minute, we do not need to do this. We will appoint a Republican lawyer…

Secretary of State Christopher has just returned from Asia. The first thing he needs to do is get a handle on what the United States is agreeing to in the United Nations--once again it appears that lowest-common-denominator U.N. politics…

as evidenced by remarks President Clinton made about Republicans last night, these must be very trying times at the White House. Several of the closest friends of the President and First Lady have already been forced to leave the…

I rise today to introduce a joint resolution to designate the week of May 30, through June 7, 1994, for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II. 1944 was a turning point in the war that was a turning point in…

On November 6, 1947, a television program called ``Meet the Press'' debuted on the National Broadcasting Co. network. Almost half a century later, ``Meet the Press'' is still on the air, informing Americans, and asking tough questions of…

Yesterday, I delivered a letter to the distinguished majority leader expressing my hope--and I believe the hope of most Senate Republicans--that we will be able to find some way to hold public and bipartisan hearings into the so-called…

I add that this same expression has been indicated by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and also expressed today in the Portland Press Herald in Maine. So I think there is no doubt about it, and I can say with some authority, having…

it is a fact that we are overregulated and the American consumer pays the price for it. The costs of this overregulation are really a hidden tax on the consumer that does not appear on paystubs but that is just as real and just as…

we live in a time where everyone talks about nutrition. Carbohydrates, cholesterol, and fat grams are part of our national vocabulary. And nutrition is more than just watching your weight. It is also ensuring that children and the less…

I know there is talk about, ``Well, we can't do this because of Iran-Contra,'' but there were a lot of speeches made on this floor in 1991, one by now Vice President, then Senator, Al Gore, who said, with reference to the 1980 October…

like all Members of this Chamber, I was surprised last Friday by the announcement that the distinguished majority leader had decided not to seek reelection. I have said many times before that the U.S. Senate could not operate effectively…

as the Whitewater controversy grows, it is not surprising that the political charges are heating up as well. Last week, President Clinton himself made the unfortunate claim that Republicans are somehow responsible for the latest Whitewater…