I would concur with my good friend that events such as the 6th Annual Commemoration of U.S. Lao-Hmong Special Guerrilla Units Veterans Recognition Day play an important role in honoring these courageous veterans. This celebration will also…

My colleague from Michigan is correct in stating that Hmong Special Guerrilla Units played an important role in assisting US efforts in the Vietnam conflict, often times at great sacrifice to themselves. From 1961 to 1975 it is estimated…

It is important that the sacrifices made by the Hmong people are honored by all Americans. These rugged people, from the hills of Laos, paid a great cost because of their love of freedom and their support of the United States. It is…

I very much appreciate both Senator Reid and Senator Domenici working with us to fashion a 2-year ban on any drilling of oil and gas in the Great Lakes, coupled with a study that would be commenced by the Army Corps of Engineers as to the…

my amendment, which is a bipartisan amendment and which shares the strong support of colleagues from around the Great Lakes Basin, seeks to protect the waters of the Great Lakes by asking for a study of the impact of any oil and gas…

I rise to express grave disappointment and concern that yesterday the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, indicated he would not implement a bipartisan law passed by this Congress last session. This legislation would…

I went back to the great State of Michigan to be with a large number of constituents who were very concerned about this legislation, people who have been involved in the health care system, doctors and nurses, and family members who have…

today, the Senate will begin serious consideration of one of the most important issues for every family in America--genuine protections for patients in managed care plans. As many of my colleagues know, this issue has been one of my top…

If I may reclaim my time, I concur, from watching the study and what has been done, that we, while doing well at the fourth grade level in the TIMSS international studies, by the eighth grade we are losing children. We need to be…

One of my concerns in comparing countries is that we in the United States do not stress that we have very different values regarding universal free education for all children, kindergarten through the 12th grade. We take all. Whatever…

I rise to speak also about the tax cut proposal, about the debate on how to keep the economy going. I rise in great respect for my friend from Utah, who was successful in business, and lays out a prospective about how to keep the economy…

I commend our Democratic leader from North Dakota, Senator Conrad, for his outstanding advocacy for fairness in this tax bill, for fiscal responsibility, for really coming to the heart of the issue before us, and that is: How do we make…

I wish we had the same sense of urgency about updating Medicare to cover modern medicine, which is prescription drugs, as we do with the sense of urgency about the underlying tax bill. I support tax cuts. I consistently supported tax cuts…

I commend my colleague from Washington State who has been such a stalwart on this commonsense issue. If you were to ask anyone in the public whether it makes sense to have smaller class size so that our children can receive the attention…

I rise to thank our ranking member on the Budget Committee, Senator Conrad from North Dakota, for his leadership on this important issue and, as well, Senator Kennedy, who has spoken so eloquently about the fact that there are no dollars…

I first thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who are working so hard on this important issue of education: the chairman of the committee, Senator Jeffords, who is providing such important leadership; the ranking member, Senator…

First, no one is talking about raising taxes. No one on either side is talking about raising taxes. We are talking about a budget for next year and conceivably for 10 years. What are the values and the priorities of the American people…

I will speak first about the broader perspective of what we have been doing on this resolution. The President of the United States put forth a budget and tax cut that basically said if you take Medicare and Social Security surpluses off…

Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning. We have in front of us two approaches to addressing home health care needs and stopping the 15-percent cut that is scheduled to go into effect in October of 2002. I applaud my colleague from Maine…

I appreciate the diligence of my distinguished colleague from North Dakota and his effective advocacy and hard work on the budget resolution. We have people on both sides of the aisle who are working hard to put together a vision and a…

first, I in no way intended to express doubt about my colleague's sincerity on this issue. I, in fact, indicated in my comments that I appreciated her commitment and understand this is an issue with which she has been very involved and it…

I must rise to indicate that I could not be more concerned about the approach that is being taken on this amendment. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the underlying Baucus amendment that provides a real prescription drug plan for our…

I rise this afternoon to strongly support the Conrad amendment that is before us which would create a lockbox for Social Security and for Medicare. As a member of the Budget Committee, I have watched and listened to the proposals of the…

this afternoon I urge my colleagues to join with Senator Conrad and myself and others who are sponsoring S. 21, the Social Security and Medicare Off-Budget Lockbox Act of 2001. I know this legislation came before the body last year and…

I regretfully rise today to oppose the nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General of the United States. As a new Member of the U.S. Senate, I did not have the opportunity to serve with former Senator Ashcroft. I have only his record…