I rise and thank the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Woolsey] for requesting these special orders tonight on child support enforcement, and commend her for her leadership here in the Congress, and also for cochairing the Task Force on…

Mr. President, the amendment offered by my colleague from New Jersey is unwise. Since the proposed amendment would give the Environmental Protection Agency authority in deciding what causes are worthy of exemption from this bill, I feel it…

That would suit me fine, but I am trying to be--like my daddy told me, ``When you sell it and they ask you when do you want to be paid for it, say right now is fine.'' I have tried to accommodate the leader. Now you are trying to stick me…

a prime example of what could happen is chlorine. Chlorine, according to a recent newspaper article: * * * is found in such diverse products as Teflon, compact discs, photographic film, sofa cushions, linoleum and lawn chemicals. It is…

it is a new day and I am enjoying it. I remember when I came from Frankfort, KY, as a former Governor, I had a file cabinet, one of those paper file cabinets, drawer size, with projects in it that I was unable to complete. If you…

Then we hear something about gridlock. If the Senator had been here 2 years ago, you would have been part of gridlock--and I say ``the Senator'' rather than ``you''; I want to be careful of my language for the Record--because the…

I came to Washington about the so-called unfunded mandates. It was a little easier to take care of then than it is now because we had 12 years of Republicans who ran us from $900 million to over $4 trillion in debt in 12 years. It is a…

Mr. President two things have happened that bother this Senator considerably. Last week, I made an effort to stop the House from using frequent flier miles that were paid for by taxpayers for personal use. I was admonished by my friends on…

I appreciate the Senator's being candid with me because I think we are making a mistake. One week, we will not apply the rules to the House and the next week we apply the rules to the House. Something has to be consistent. One was not a…

The Senator says he is working with the chairman. That is fine. The House leadership, at some point, is going to have to put it all together. I would not want to take a chairman here and say that his advice to me is above the majority…

So they are saying to put it in the Senate bill to make the House comply with the rules of the bill we passed?

the thing that disturbs me here, and I think it is a legitimate disturbance, that those in the Senate that would like to help business, those that would like to see that business gets a fair shake, I think applying the laws to the Senate…

I, too, compliment the distinguished Senator from New Mexico for his amendment. As ranking member of the Rules Committee, I pledge to him that we will move forward to try to give him the kind of answers I think he wants and I support. So I…

I understand the reasoning--I do not accept it--for defeating this amendment. We are not talking about a House rule or a Senate rule. We are talking about law. We will have in the law a restriction of the Senate and no restriction of the…

Mr. President, I think my colleague, Senator McConnell, has a very weak argument. What he is saying is let the House continue to take their frequent flier mileage and use it personally; take your wife and family to Europe on a nice trip…

I thank the Chair. You try a lot of things on this side that do not work. We voted overwhelmingly for a lobbying bill, gift bans, and everybody on the other side voted for it, 93 to 5, overwhelmingly. Some go out of here, and the only…

everything sounds so good, it is almost hard to believe it. The general public out there believes that we are applying the same rules to our own institution as we apply to them. That is not true. That is not true. In the Americans With…

It is a national paradox that at the same time public recognition and use of the humanities is increasing, the Nation's cultural institutions are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their doors open and their programs alive.

All the functions vested in the President by the International Investment Survey Act of 1976 are hereby delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Subject to the provisions of section 1 of this order, and in the absence of any contrary delegation or direction by the Director, the Secretary of Commerce shall perform the functions set forth in sections 4 (a) (1), (2), (4) and 4 (b) of…

There is hereby established a Humanitarian Service Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances for award by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with regard to the Coast Guard when not operating as a Service in…

I am committed to solving the predator problem by environmentally acceptable means.

The regulations shall place the Humanitarian Service Medal in an order of precedence immediately after the Vietnam Service Medal.

I can think of no better cause for Federal involvement.

I recognize that modified or substantially different proposals may more effectively meet the criteria of fairness, effectiveness and efficiency.