William Cohen

We're in this war, and it's a difficult position for us. But a lot is at stake and much will affect France, Germany and the entire industrialized world.

I think there will be a substantial transfer of power. I think France is going to ask in not so many direct words for the United States to eat a bit of humble pie.

Well, it shouldn't come as a surprise. We've known for some time that there are terror cells in the United States, al Qaeda, and others. And so, it shouldn't be greeted as some alarming news. We've known it for some time. The question is…

We have to persuade the governing council and the factions that they represent that this is in their interest that they come together and stop any warring within, internal dissent.

We have to have one national security policy. And I believe Democrats as well as Republicans have to come together and support this effort to go forward.

I think we should plan on mow, plan on a worst-case scenario so that if it's a better case, you're so much better off than if you start with a lower estimate what you need and then have to increase it.

And I felt that the ax, as such, when it fell spoke for itself.

As I understood the original amendment, the Senator took the $20 out and made it zero.

The institute invited Soviet scholars and politicians to help us better understand what was going on in the Soviet Union. They sponsored a trip that Senator Levin and I took with Senator Simpson to Moscow for several days to meet with…

I also thank the chairman. However, I understand that the term ``enplanement'' as used in section 419 is not specifically defined. Instead, the Department of Transportation uses data compiled by the FAA and published in ``Airport Activity…

I agree with my colleague. As an example, Bangor International Airport in Maine provides transit services to many foreign air carriers that need to refuel in the United States before completing flights to other points in the United States…

Yet they are entitled to receive these payments because they are very poor and cannot work. So the law was set up to say that those individuals who have not contributed enough into the system are the ones who must get treatment for their…

I point out also that there has been historically--and I know the Senator from New York is aware of this--a distinction between the SSI program and the disability insurance program. The reasoning or rationale behind it, as I understand it…

I might say to the Senator that as a result of raising this issue to this level of notice and notoriety that I have received a call from the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, who is coming in to see me at 3 o'clock this…

The people responsible for bringing it to our attention initially were the administrative law judges, the ones hearing the cases, who were saying, ``You should know we have people coming in who are addicted, who are continuing their…

Yes, but not only the GAO. As a result of the minority staff investigation on the Senate Aging Committee, we conducted a year- long investigation, and we asked for the assistance of the GAO as well.

Madam President, we are engaged in what I have called fiscal child abuse--fiscal child abuse. We are beating our children with what I would call the equivalent of rubber hoses. The bruises do not show just now. There are no telltale signs…

We should remember that when GI Bill benefits were established in 1944, they were the initial step in the federal provision of educational assistance.