it has been a good debate, and I have enjoyed it. I am not learned in debate. Whatever skills I might have come from experience. I have been around here a little longer than the Senator from Indiana. This is my 24th year, and I believe…

Then you have to get the money from somewhere. As I read the amendment, I say to my friend, that would take 46 percent of the money raised by the tobacco bill. So the States get 40 percent and you get 46 percent. That is 86 percent of all…

He is alive. Mr. McCain. In that the bill is alive, than I did some sense of exhilaration. So I also am very aware of how difficult this agriculture--tobacco farmer issue is to the Senator from Kentucky. He and I have worked together for…

I will be more than happy to do that. As the majority leader set out the sequence of getting this bill out of here, that we would have to pull a bill from the calendar in order to have a tax bill to put this one on to get it back to the…

And I prefer it not to be under cloture, when my time is limited. Mr. McCain. I understand. I think it is important the Senator's concerns be satisfied. I think the Senator from Massachusetts and I, along with the leaders, should sit down…

the FCC is on the verge of halting the collection of money for a new program to help wire schools and libraries to the internet thru the e-rate provisions of the universal service fund. Let me begin with a few facts: 1. The Universal…

I say to my friends in Memphis, in Cummings and Winchester and Goodland, and at Idlewilde Elementary who are graduating today, I apologize for not being there, but I assure the Members my Republican colleagues who raised this budget…

let me first say to my colleagues on the left and the right who seem so deeply concerned about the constitutional ramifications of a campaign finance package, I would remind them that next week when we return from our Memorial Day recess…

The only reason I am asking is, we have the budget process. The Senator from New Mexico, Senator Domenici, has worked hard on this. It should not be jammed up because of a hold on the Senate floor for an individual who has nothing to do…

But in this piece of legislation, does HHS have the ability to put on the educational programs that would reduce youth smoking and the tobacco industry would have no control over that?

I am trying to find out an answer here. I understand the marriage penalty. I am opposed to it, and I am trying to find an answer to it and the unfairness of it. In 1986, we repealed the two-earner deduction, but increased the standard…

I say to my friend, I take this as if they were doing it to me as an individual and saying that you are going to be penalized--I am going to be penalized if your program doesn't work. And some companies, a brand only has about 1 percent of…

I approve of what you have been doing. I think you have a hard job and you have done well. One thing that bothers me--you come to Kentucky to see friends and family one of these days. There are a lot of holds here and a lot of people are…

But the point here, then, is that I am putting out all this information, and it doesn't work; then you get fined. I am a little bit concerned about that. I understand where the Senator is coming from. But I think we need to cover one more…

I would simply say the President as well as this administration is welcoming an investigation into whether or not any of these donations were improper and whether or not the transfer of this technology was improper. But I would say to my…

I am not a lawyer, and I don't understand all the work that lawyers do. When I was growing up, my dad said a little knowledge of the law is dangerous. Get yourself a good lawyer and stay with him or her. That is what I have tried to do. I…

First, we have continuing concerns about the potential for a black market. We say we can stop that, but Mexico sells cigarettes that I smoke for 90 cents to $1 a pack at retail. Indian reservations are selling cigarettes at a retail of…

I understand you are talking about fairness here and you are being unfair to those of us who worked so hard.

I am introducing today the National Guard and Reserve Components Equity Act of 1998. Over the past few years, we've had to expend a huge amount of energy fending off attacks to the Guard. Worse, the whole time we're dusting ourselves off…

When the Senator said we had other nominees, and he only listed the judicial, there are other nominees on the Executive Calendar who have no reason to be held. For instance, we have a woman who has been serving for 4 years on the Uranium…

As April draws to a close this week I want to remind my colleagues of Alcohol Awareness Month. I think the tireless efforts of many types of groups have raised our awareness about alcohol consumption. This includes efforts made by federal…

on May 2-4, while their friends are celebrating the 124th running of the Kentucky Derby, some students from my home state will be answering questions about the Constitution, here in Washington, in a mock Congressional hearing. These…

it is the time of the year when we are certain to hear more ideas for tax reform. We're certain to hear many colleagues discuss the unfairness of our current tax code. Although taxes in this country remain lower than major competitors like…

On April 22nd, Louisville will honor one of its foremost, but often forgotten leaders, James Guthrie. Guthrie was one of Louisville's most prominent citizens in the 19th Century, described as the city's 'first and foremost mover and…

The report accompanying the House version of H.R. 2843, House Report 105-456, notes that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has the discretion not to require defibrillators on aircraft with a payload capacity of more than 7,500…