Byron Dorgan

But it is beyond my comprehension to understand how anyone can argue anywhere that it is appropriate under any circumstance for a kid to pack a weapon to go to school. If we can't as parents, as school administrators, and as public…

Well, I say to the Senator from Nebraska, this was in an appellate court of New York State. I don't have, at this moment, the information about who brought the action. I assume that attorneys on behalf of the student, or the student's…

One point about Federal judges. We are nearing the end of this congressional session. Some of us believe this Congress ought not adjourn until the majority party does for us what we did for them--yes, even in election years--and that is…

This institution is going to miss her service. There is a lot of discussion these days about the bickering between Republicans and Democrats, and the American people do not like to see that; they want to see a Congress that serves the…

The report language accompanying the bill states that UMAC has successfully completed an initial study of the concept of converting Mission to Planet Earth [MTPE] data into practical information for use by the public and that NASA should…

Let me thank you for doing that and tell you I have seen young kids whose lives are turning around because of it. I have seen elderly people who had tears in their eyes when they saw the work the kids have done to improve housing. If ever…

I stood on a street in a very small community recently on an Indian reservation and looked around 360 degrees, and I saw HUD-owned housing--owned by HUD, I believe managed by the tribal housing authority--that was in such desperate…

I understand that. My point was that I do not know that the problem needs much study. I understand the problem. We understand that those who signed up with the program who raise barley find out now that they are going to get 30 percent…

I guess what I would encourage us to do is to work this evening and tomorrow morning to see if we can craft a solution to include in this bill that solves the problem. As the Senator knows, he has been a veteran of these many battles in…

I am offering the second amendment on behalf of Senator Daschle, myself, Senator Domenici and Senator McCain. It is an amendment that has been worked out by both sides to exempt certain individuals living in areas of low labor market…

It is, and consequently I and my colleague from North Dakota were very surprised to learn that only 2 of this year's class of 15 graduates were assigned to active duty aviation. Clearly, many programs within the Armed Services are…

If my senior colleague from North Dakota would yield for a moment, I would also like to note that the recent proposal for program continuation forwarded to the commanding general at Fort Rucker suggests that we will save even more than…

The U.S. Senate passed, by a vote of 100 to 0, a bill dealing with health care. It was a piece of legislation that almost every American believes is long past due. It says the kind of commonsense things like this: You ought to be able to…

Yesterday, we voted on the minimum wage. There has been a lot of discussion back and forth on the issue of the minimum wage, and the opposition to the minimum wage from some is that it will cost jobs; from others, that there ought not be a…

It takes no skill, time, or preparation to oppose. Those who oppose can do it immediately and quickly without much thought. The question is not what are we opposed to. The question in Congress is, what do we stand for? Why are we here…

I encourage the Senator to receive the briefing, if he has not yet, on the planning that has been done by the Air Force for a minimal system at minimum cost to address exactly that circumstance.

I understand. The Chinese have, as you know, without discussing it, very few intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Senator raises the question of the potential of a country with intercontinental ballistic missiles launching an attack…

The Air Force has proposed a system that they say is a minimal cost system to respond to exactly what you are talking about: one isolated case of one intercontinental ballistic missile, perhaps with one warhead, being launched accidentally…

If I understand your response, you are not proposing then a system that would in any way protect this country against a lunatic Typhoon submarine captain who launches 200 warheads from a Typhoon submarine against this country? You are not…

If the launching of an intercontinental ballistic missile means this country immediately knows where that launching took place, is it reasonable to expect, if they attack the United States, they would expect a response that would…

I was about to ask the question, if the Senator agreed with me, if a rogue nation--China, I suppose, would not be in the definition of ``rogue nation'' here; China is a trading partner of ours.

Let us assume a captain of a Typhoon submarine goes half wacko somewhere out in the ocean and launches the entire supply of warheads on that submarine, which is 200 warheads, ICBM's, sea-launched ICBM's against this country. That is a…

I contend that it is far more likely that an international terrorist would get hold of a suitcase and put it in a rusty Yugo on the dock in New York City than be able to find an ICBM and launch an ICBM at the United States. The point I…

My point is the budget that you support, the budget the President has offered, and others, fall short of balancing the budget by the equivalent amount of the Social Security surpluses that we deliberately decided we wanted to receive and…

But that is not responsive to my question. The Chafee- Breaux budget falls short of balancing the budget, if you are going to actually save the Social Security trust funds. And so does President Clinton's budget. They are not in balance…