This protects the veteran as it ensures that any departmental administrative delay will not negatively affect the veteran's rights.

You took an already multilayered process that made sense when it ended in the agency and then added another layer of review which has contributed to the churning that we see in the process.

I am sponsoring this legislation because I believe it is necessary if we are to fulfill our moral obligation to those who devoted their careers to safeguarding our nation's people, our homes, and our way of life. The brave men and women of…

I rise to join Senator Hatch in introducing the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act. Mr. President, no company can grow if it fails to find enough employees with the skills needed to get the job done. And that is precisely the…

this week, I joined with my good friends, Senator Lieberman and Senator Santorum, to introduce the Savings for Working Families Act of 2000. This important legislation would enable low-income working Americans to increase their savings and…

today I rise to introduce my resolution which would recognize August 1st, 2000 as ``National Relatives as Parents Day.'' Mr. President, last year the state of Michigan and its Governor, John Engler, declared August 1, 1999, as Relatives…

Obviously, the law sets forth criteria that are to be employed. I don't have those in front of me. I will accept the contention of the Senator from Nevada that those are the criteria. The question is whether a prejudgment as to the outcome…

even the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, which runs the CAFE program, has recognized the deadly effects of CAFE standards. In its publication ``Small Car Safety in the 1980's,'' NHTSA explains that smaller cars are less…

I point out that with respect to the safety issues, the question is not whether on a cumulative basis there have been fewer fatalities since the implementation of CAFE standards. The question is what the consequence is or the correlation…

A chart that shows the correlation between increases in CAFE and decreases in fatalities is not based on a study that relates the two. The studies that do relate the two, particularly as he said, the outside study by the National Academy…

this amendment funds a special research grant for the study of Bovine Tuberculosis by the Agricultural Experiment Station at Michigan State University. This special research grant will fund the study of methods of transmission of Bovine TB…

I commend the efforts of Chairman Roth in putting together the Taxpayer Refund Act. However, it is my belief that Congress right now has a unique opportunity to enact broad-based tax cuts, providing more pro-growth and pro-family relief…

We are here today to try to put in motion a process that will save the Social Security trust fund surpluses for Social Security. The Republicans have been trying to simply get a vote on our proposal for over 70 days. The entire…

Today is the 73rd day since we began the process of trying to move forward with a Social Security lockbox. I think, from every indication, we finally will begin to make some progress this morning. I hope this will be a rapid process from…

I am a cosponsor with the Senator from Kentucky of the second-degree amendment which was offered earlier today to the amendment of the Senator from Kansas. As many of my colleagues may know, contained within S. 579 is the waiver, which we…

It seems to me, in the absence of a fuller examination, it would really be a mistake for the Members of the Senate to vote to remove, effectively repeal section 907 unless they know more of the background that the Senator just discussed. I…

I lend my support to this amendment. I realize the chairman and ranking member have a number of other issues they want to discuss. I am not sure at what point we will reconvene on this second-degree amendment. I clearly associate myself…

I rise in recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week. During this week we have a special opportunity to thank the dedicated professionals who open our children's eyes to the world of discovery and learning, the world that will open the door…

I am very pleased today to join my distinguished colleague Senator Hollings in introducing legislation to defend the truth and the integrity of the ``Made in USA'' label. This is the second time, Mr. President, that the Senator from South…

I rise to introduce the Drug Testing and Treatment for Welfare Recipients Act of 1999. This legislation would establish a pilot program encouraging up to 5 States to implement drug testing and treatment programs for people receiving…

The Small Business Survival Committee, or SBSC, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit small business advocacy group with more than 50,000 members. These materials give a small business perspective on recent actions of the Department of Justice's…

The legislation we are proposing says we either use those dollars to fix Social Security to deal with this long-term insolvency, or until we pass such legislation that we would use it to pay down the national debt. In my State, at least, I…

Our proposal, as the Senator knows, is to make sure that every Social Security surplus dollar is either spent in conjunction with legislation to modernize and guarantee the long-term solvency of Social Security, or used, as I said, to pay…

As the Senator from South Carolina knows, Mr. President, right now we are spending as much money as the current benefit system requires. We are fulfilling every single benefit which Social Security on an annual basis requires. The question…

As I think I laid out very clearly what the amendment does, I think the Senator from South Carolina would agree with me that when we take the Social Security surplus dollars and spend them on new spending programs or tax cuts or the…