The only question I was concerned about is that originally we had four or five individual votes and then that would have been included in a total package, with the coupling of maybe a poison pill or two there, that the President may not…

Rather than have four or five votes and then have a vote on the whole package, including the coupling as the Senator said, that we could have the stand-alone votes--I think we are very close to making some kind of agreement.

He objects. Is it not wonderful? If you want something, they object. We want something--``we object.'' It is rather interesting around here. What the Senator fails to tell us in his eloquent remarks, his Ph.D. philosophy here, and…

The Senator says this is the first time that we have ever used gasoline taxes for the general fund.

Would the Senator say that includes collective bargaining and wages and hours worked and things of that nature under your proposal?

I said--and I regret that he misunderstood me--that we have the right to offer an amendment or amendments--I said plural--and that we wanted to be sure that the consumer received the 4.3 cents and not the big oil companies that he…

I do not want my service station operator to be jumped on when we say you did not get the 4.3-cent reduction tomorrow or next week. It is at the rack. So I am trying to protect them. My figures--and I always stand corrected because…

I apologize for taking so much time here, but I think what we are getting into is important. There is no way under the 4.3-cent gasoline tax any assurance that the consumer will get it. So all we ask is let that proposal stand alone and we…

You want to talk about the President. There was a history of a $300 billion deficit when President Clinton took over. It is now $140 billion, down 4 consecutive years--4 consecutive years--after you built it up over almost $5 trillion. You…

But 96 percent of all businesses now, I understand, have the team concept, but what they do is try to improve the assembly line, to try to improve, so that the nuts and bolts ought to be here on the right instead of on the left. The Ranger…

But I like the team concept of working together, making the assembly line work better, put out a better product, make more profit for the employer. But if you take this out, if you pass this bill, as I understand it, as my lawyers tell me…

We have been prepared all along, but what you do is put a poison pill in, and we are not going to accept the poison pill. Wait a minute. We are not going to accept the poison pill. You say this is it, and we say we cannot be for it if you…

So I will not object. Why do we need to change the law when these people you are talking about now are on a team?

earlier, we were required and asked to object to a bill being brought up without being notified, and that was Megan's law. We did not know anything about it until it was offered, at least I did not. We did not have an opportunity. What we…

I believe, honestly and sincerely, that he knows how to operate to be sure that Social Security funds are not used. He says he only wants to use them for calculation. He does not touch the fund, the taxes; he does not touch anything. If…

I understand that. But we do know that if the leaders would make a decision and give us the time for a stand-alone vote on it, these two items would not be on the immigration bill. And as we have seen both sides do in the past, you take an…

The Senator from Wyoming understands better than most why the minimum wage amendment is being placed here. That is about the only place we can get a chance to do it. He understands that well. And also the sense of the Senate on the…

Mr. Speaker, I certainly want to support the resolution that is before the House today in tribute to Secretary Ron Brown and other Americans who met their untimely death. Ron Brown, and I really associate myself first with all of the…

this country has undergone tremendous changes over the last few years as a result of military downsizing and base closures. Making the transition has proved very difficult to communities all across the country and today, in an effort to…

I believe the majority leader made a mistake. I think he realized he made a mistake. And we should not attempt to gag anyone here on the Senate floor.

there is a scene in the movie ``Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' where the heroes, successful and unchallenged for years, suddenly find themselves chased by an unshakeable posse. Each time the posse reappears, the pressure builds on…

This amendment is jointly sponsored by myself, the majority leader, Senator Dole, the minority leader, Senator Daschle, and Senator Leahy. It provides $50 million for emergency antiterrorism assistance for Israel. This is the program…

It is no coincidence that China has planned to hold missile tests off of Taiwan's coast during that country's first democratic Presidential elections. But despite China's predictable behavior, it is no less a violation of all that we hold…

I feel that it is incumbent upon me to let my colleagues know what the actual costs are and what the prospects of getting the money might be. Mr. President, under title II of the United States Code, it gives the Committee on Rules and…

I think we all ought to listen to the Senator from North Dakota. I think the Senator from North Dakota laid it out very well and if we listen to what he says and the direction he wants to go, he has within him the American dream. It was…