today I join Senator Bond, my fellow co-chairman of the National Guard Caucus, in introducing legislation to allow the Secretary of Defense to increase the number of National Guard and reserve generals on active duty. Deputy Secretary of…

I wanted to let my Senate colleagues know of the retirement of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Wilson, III, a truly outstanding soldier in the United States Army. Colonel Wilson is most deserving of our attention. His career accomplishments…

On behalf of the fans and the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, it is a great pleasure for me to come to the Senate floor today to brag on a group of young men that refused to give up, a team that showed us all the best about…

It is an extraordinary gift that the people of my State have given to me, because it is a gift only they have to give; that is, through their votes. If there is any significance to this period of service, it is that I have served my people…

Well, the Senator knows that, given overnight, there is a lot of thought going into what they might file tomorrow, and to accommodate your colleagues, it may have gotten you in a little more trouble than you wanted. So I throw that in. I…

today I add my name as an original cosponsor of a constitutional amendment to prohibit the physical desecration of the American flag. I know that there are many who believe that the desecration of our country's flag is the ultimate…

we are developing a position here that I don't particularly like, as it relates to naming an airport after one of our great Presidents. One of the things that concerns me most is what Ronald Reagan did as President. When he wrote his…

on August 5, 1997, Korean Air flight 801 crashed into a hillside on Guam, killing 228. We worked with Chairman McCain and our House colleagues last year to enact legislation requiring U.S. air carriers to develop plans to address the needs…

this will be next to my last end-of-session period, and at the end of next year and the 105th Congress I will be joining my family back in Kentucky. But let me say that in all of my 23 years so far here I have never enjoyed so much the…

the Senate is in the process of considering fast-track legislation--a take-it-or-leave-it procedure for any trade agreements the administration sends to the Congress for approval. This procedure, created back in 1974, prevents Congress…

I'm honored today to salute one of Kentucky's and this nation's finest business leaders and statesmen, David A. Jones. David will soon be retiring as Chief Executive Officer of Humana Inc., the company he co-founded over 36 years ago…

given the rather fractious debate we have had this evening with regard to how we educate our kids in this Nation, I think we would all do well to return to a basic principle, a principle best articulated by Thomas Jefferson when he wrote…

just a few weeks ago President Clinton vetoed 38 projects in the military construction appropriations bill. Two of those projects were in Kentucky, one at Fort Knox and one at Fort Campbell. These projects were included despite the fact…

I express my sympathies and prayers to the Capps family and the constituents of the 22d District of California. Mr. Speaker, John Kennedy once said, I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be…

I rise hopefully not to the chagrin of the gentleman from Iowa, but in support of the Rangel substitute. This proposal addresses one of the most basic and perhaps pressing needs facing this Nation today, the lack of adequate facilities…

Among the minimum standards required for a program to be eligible for federal assistance is the requirement for ``appropriate participation by all excavators.'' However, the bill does not define these terms. Isn't that going to lead to a…

Railroads also raised the issue of whether it is appropriate to require them to participate in one-call systems as ``underground operators'' because railroads own their right-of-ways and know the location of their own facilities within…

While there is not a definition of ``excavation'' in the bill, some definitions in other bills on this subject would have covered routine railroad maintenance. I am concerned that railroads might be required to participate in a program…

The railroads also urged Congress to provide for immediate response in the case of derailments and natural disasters. Does the bill address this issue?

Finally, the railroad industry expressed concern that the bill could possibly interfere with the right-of-way agreements companies have negotiated between themselves. Can this concern be addressed?

once again, I rise to discuss an issue that in the recent past has generated lots of talk and not much action-- campaign finance reform. But thanks to the hard work of my colleagues-- on both sides of the aisle--we may finally be on the…

The Senator has been an attorney general. He is from the legal profession and I am not. Is it kind of unusual for a side agreement to be made by a defendant with a plaintiff lawyer?

we are hearing now States rights, and I have tried to be on that side for some 23 years now. But the attorneys general are here asking us to approve their pact, to pass a Federal law and to have so-called protocols or side agreements that…

Mr. Chairman, I want to salute the leadership of the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] and certainly my dear friend, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roemer], and those on the Committee on Appropriations for having the vision and…

All right. Now, that is not the bill. That is not the total bill here. There is also added on to that about $24 billion more for tort liability. That is in addition to that. And then the lookback penalties, which is if the reduction of…