I have taken the floor to briefly speak on the behavior of the Federal Reserve Board. Back in ancient Roman days, there was a practice called ``augury,'' in which the Romans would call on wise men who had wide experience to predict the…

The Senator from Massachusetts is dead right on this issue with respect to the need to reduce spending for Federal buildings. I introduced, about a year ago, legislation here in the Senate calling for a 2-year moratorium on building…

One to the Fed: Get your foot off the brake and let the economy grow. Second to Congress: Pass the Federal Reserve bill and stop people from voting down at the Open Market Committee who are not accountable to the American people. Third: We…

I understand this legislation deals with America's schools, with learning, with students, and with our education system. It is hard to talk about learning and education unless, and until, we have a safe environment for students in our…

Tomorrow it will be somewhere close to 30 below, I am told, in the northern part of North Dakota up near the Peace Garden. The Peace Garden straddles the border that we share with Canada. At the Peace Garden will gather a good many North…

I would like to discuss briefly some events yesterday both in the House of Representatives and here in the U.S. Senate dealing with television violence. Some announcements yesterday represented a step forward on the issue of the epidemic…

As I said, I recently visited a couple of inner-city schools and there are metal detectors at the front doors. I do not doubt that there are students who will decide, maybe, to bring a weapon to school because they feel threatened. But…

I mainly view the question of the embargo as a matter of human dignity rather than of commerce. In my judgment, before we focus on new trade opportunities, we must settle the outstanding issue of accounting for our soldiers.

2 months ago, our family suffered a terrible loss with the death of our daughter Shelly. She was a beautiful and wonderful young woman, just entering the prime of life. She died from complications of corrective heart surgery that was…