I rise in support of two amendments I have filed in connection with the Interior appropriations bill for fiscal year 2000. My amendments, which are cosponsored by Senator Snowe, are expected to be accepted as part of the managers' package…

I rise today to condemn the President's use of the Constitutional power to grant clemency to FALN terrorists. The members of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, known by their Spanish acronym FALN, were responsible for 130 bombings in…

I want also to join in the Senator's praise of Senator Grassley for his leadership on many of the issues affecting senior citizens and rural health care in America.

In closing this debate, let me quote from a 74-year-old woman who wrote to me about how deceptive sweepstakes put her deeply into debt. In her letter, she said: My only source of income is a monthly Social Security check totaling $893. I…

Yes, I do. Of the several disclosures we require to be included in a mailing containing a sweepstakes or skill contest promotion, these two disclosures--that no purchase is necessary and that purchasing does not improve your chances of…

Yes, I agree with the Senator from Michigan. The practice of using different-looking promotional mailings without any information explaining that they are for the same sweepstakes serves no purpose except to lead recipients into believing…

Mr. President, I am pleased that the Senate is now considering S. 335, the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act, legislation I authored along with my colleagues, Senator Levin, Senator Cochran, Senator Edwards, Senator Durbin, and…

as a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary post in Caribou, ME, and as the daughter of a World War II veteran who was wounded twice in combat, I am honored to lead the charge for this worthwhile legislation. The Veterans of Foreign Wars…

On behalf of Senators Campbell, Dorgan, Gregg, and myself, I am pleased to offer a sense-of-the-Senate amendment urging the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of the…

the Collins-Cleland-Gregg legislation is the product of hearings of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations which I chair. We first started looking at this issue in 1997 and held our first hearing in September of that year. Those…

I commend both you and your Subcommittee for addressing the important issue of fraud in the market for microcap securities. As I said in my March 23, 1999 testimony before your Subcommittee, fighting fraud in this market has been one of…

today I am introducing the Microcap Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 which will equip Federal law enforcement authorities with new tools to prosecute the fight against microcap securities fraud that costs unwary investors an estimated $6…

I rise in support for this resolution. I share the concerns of many Third District residents regarding ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and current North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attacks on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)…

today I am introducing the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1999. I am very pleased to be joined by my colleagues, Senators Roth, Grassley, and Bond, who have demonstrated unparalleled leadership on IG issues in the Senate. Indeed…

recently I introduced S. 684, the Fishermen's Bankruptcy Protection Act, a bill to provide family fishermen with the same protections and terms as those granted family farmers under Chapter 12 of our bankruptcy laws. I would like to take…

on behalf of Senator Torricelli and myself, I am pleased to introduce today the Area Code Conservation Act. This legislation is designed to spare American businesses and households the expense and inconvenience of unnecessary changes in…

diabetes is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease affecting more than 16 million Americans at a cost of more than $105 billion annually. Moreover, since 3 million elderly Medicare beneficiaries have been diagnosed with…

Mr. President, the question before us is simple. This is not a question of who is for better schools; this is not a question of who is for putting more Federal resources in education; because both Democrats and Republicans alike share…

I rise in support of S. 314, the Small Business Year 2000 Readiness Act. The bill establishes a guaranteed loan program for small businesses in order to remediate existing computer systems or to purchase new Year 2000 compliant equipment…

today, during National Consumer Protection Week, I am introducing the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act, a comprehensive bill designed to stem the rising tide of deceptive mailings that are flooding the mailboxes of the people…

as a Senator from a State with an excellent records of accomplishment at the secondary education level, but a discouraging low rate of participation in higher education, I am extremely pleased to rise in support of the conference report on…

we have heard accusations from the other side of the aisle that this bill would endanger the Social Security system. That is false. This again is another clear attempt to scare our seniors. Our seniors should know that, with or without the…

Opponents of this bill contend that health care providers in states like Maine that do not have a law requiring parental involvement could still be liable for conspiracy or as accomplices under this legislation. The liability would…

let me just point out, we understand fully the ownership of INA in Japan. That is not the question. The question is in the activities of the Yasuda Insurance Company in Japan and what they are doing to affect the market of the third sector…

what we are asking for, and we have received cooperation from the trade representative, Ms. Barshefsky, is for full interagency review. That is taking place today, and we are very appreciative of their cooperation in doing this. It has…