Today, I want to bring to the attention of my colleagues and other interested persons, a letter from the campaign finance Project. As my colleagues are aware, this project is being led by two of our former colleagues, Nancy Kassebaum Baker…

today I rise to oppose this resolution. In my estimation, this debate boils down to a simple question. Will we choose to isolate China, or will we remain actively engaged? I believe that a policy of engagement and not isolation is a…

when we start debating tax legislation on the floor, I hope our debate will be governed by a few basic principles. Let me state those questions which are most important to me personally. Each of these questions needs a satisfactory answer…

let's not cook the books. Let's have a straightforward debate about who is getting the tax breaks that have been proposed, and whether we can do better. We hear a lot about income tax, but what about payroll tax? Let's not ignore payroll…

on Sunday, May 18, a soldier was laid to rest in a small Kentucky community along the banks of the Ohio River. But this wasn't to be any small affair. Billy Stephens had served his country and community with distinction and he would be…

I can guarantee the majority leader this. If we are here and alive, you will have at least two amendments from our side that we will vote on on Tuesday morning.

I extend my prayers to Dr. Shabazz in her recovery in New York. Mr. Speaker, this morning I rise because yesterday the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-long Learning of the Committee on Education and the…

Yesterday, the Chaplain very eloquently asked for God's blessing on our Democratic leader in the loss of his father. It indicates that all of us are human, and we are here just attempting to do the best we can with God's guidance. Today…

I just watched the statement today that, if this Tokyo plan goes through, all of our energy generating facilities just go right across the border to Mexico. They are excluded. So all our jobs will go down there. All our electricity will…

the only point I would like to make is that under the situation as it now stands as it relates to the DOD bill, there is at least one conflict. Unless it is worked out overnight, or by noon tomorrow, it would be very difficult to move to…

I am quite proud of the record I have established over the years in support of programs that help children. No one in this Chamber is going to suggest that this Senator, this grandfather of five, takes second place to anyone when it comes…

Where in the world have you been to try to stop it? Nowhere. You just want to increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes, on a pack of cigarettes to stop kids from smoking. That is it. That is what you are saying. But there is a bill here to…

what the American people are demanding we do on this issue of crime is to prevent crime, not lock up kids after they have committed the crimes. ... Let us prevent this crime, provide them with meaningful opportunities, show some national…

on April 24 the U.S. Department of Education released a study that has serious implications for the state of our economy and for the welfare of all Americans. The study found that education and training are strongly associated with higher…

But we have every obligation, because we pass the law, to be sure that the legislative language, the legislative history is understood by the courts also.

Last month in western Kentucky, about 200 citizens of Marshall County packed a junior high school auditorium, taking time out from their busy schedules, to learn more about the proposed Clarks River Wildlife Refuge. So many people were…

today I rise in support of children, in support of families and in support of business. I rise in support of workers who want real flexibility, real protection, and real choice. Today I rise in support, Mr. Chairman, of workers who are…

let me add my voice to this for just a moment. For many of us who have chemical weapons stored in our State-- and there are a good many States--this piece of legislation becomes highly important because certain language we hope to be in…

I rise today in echoing really what some of my other colleagues have gotten up today to talk about on both sides of the aisle, calling for sweeping campaign finance reform. We live in the greatest representative democracy in the world, Mr…

I rise this morning deeply concerned and deeply disturbed about the comments of a well-known Republican leader who approached the largest employer in my district, Federal Express, and informed them that it would be duly noted "if the…

When the 105th Congress convened this past January, I was 12th. What a difference 22 years make. My 22 years of service to the people of Kentucky, as their U.S. Senator, has been during a remarkable period in history. We have witnessed the…

I don't think we accepted the enlargement of it. It was more to carry it out than to enlarge it.

I rise today to submit an executive resolution placing conditions on the Chemical Weapons Convention with respect to this Nation's Chemical Demilitarization Program. Muhammad Ali used to say that not only could he knock 'em out, but he…

millions of people watch the Kentucky Derby because it is a spectacular moment of chance. When the 123rd Run for the Roses takes place May 3, that's what the spectators will see--a riveting 2 minutes when anything can happen. What they…

Does the Senator know where Clem Haskins got his training? Western Kentucky University. He was also a coach at Western Kentucky University. I am tickled to death that he gave such improvement to the great State of Minnesota.