Byron Dorgan

That is probably legal wagers. There is substantial illegal wagering in America.

I say that my understanding of the Glenn-Chafee substitute is that it requires that the agency use a cost-effectiveness standard, and the cost effectiveness standard, in looking at which regulatory scheme or approach to use, is…

The fact is we use twice as much energy now and have cleaner air. Why is that? Because we have clean air regulations that do not work? Of course not. They have succeeded. One of the things we at least ought to take credit for is having…

If the Senator is aware of that, the Senator, I think, would agree with me that is not because the captains of American industry said, ``We ought to invest our money to clean the air.'' It is because Congress decided to do something. We…

Well, as the Senator states that principle, I have no substantial disagreement with him. However, the Senator understands very well what is at work with respect to this body of change and reform. The Senator is perhaps familiar with the…

However, I do not think the Senator would use either study to demonstrate a conclusion that the central thesis of what I am talking about, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and a whole range of other health, safety and environmental…

My intention would not be to prohibit States from adding additional requirements. My intention is that this would represent a set of requirements at a minimum that we should expect to be met. But to the extent a State would wish to add…

This amendment is not a surprise. We have been sending information over to the committee for a couple of years. I filed a bill on this during the last session of Congress, and I have talked to the committee about it. I certainly respect…

My intention is that the proposal I have offered would eliminate the punitive damages cap in the underlying legislation. There will be a series of proposals on punitive damages, and there already have been some. And there will be others…

I have an unwavering commitment to balancing this Nation's budget, and that commitment is a longstanding one--dating back to the first vote I cast in favor of a constitutional amendment a dozen years ago, in 1982. Since that time I have…

I think people need to know that the collapse of the dollar on the currency exchanges is not something that should be unexpected, given the current circumstances in this country. We received about 3 or 4 weeks ago the trade data for…

Exactly. They are dedicated taxes to be put only in a trust fund to be used only for that purpose.

I do not support misusing the trust funds to balance the Federal operating budget. That is a dishonest way of budgeting, in my judgment.

Absolutely. And the fact is there will be adjustments made in the Social Security system. To the extent they are made, they ought to be made to make that system actuarially sound.

Can the Senator think of any reason that someone would want to vote no on an amendment like this, unless one had designs on using the Social Security revenues to balance the budget? I cannot think of any other reason. I came here this…

My intention was to make a strong case for the right-to-know amendment, and I hope we will get some votes on the other side of the aisle to pass that. That will make this constitutional amendment an honest amendment, give people some hope…

I understand that and I appreciate the point the Senator is making. I understand that is why they are likely to defeat this right-to-know amendment--which is a terrible mistake, incidentally, because the question of whether this is a real…

Many of us, myself included, have voted in the past for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget and are prepared to do so again. I think most people believe that it would be desirable to move this country toward a point when we…

Retirement programs and health care programs, Medicare and Medicaid. Each year more people become eligible for Medicare because they have reached the age of 65. Each year, Medicare becomes more expensive and so does Medicaid. So each year…

It is written in a manner designed to overcome any problems that would have been imposed by the threshold of the bill. This would require the Commission to study it irrespective of the threshold.

Let me say as I begin, to my friend from Maine, the work he has done on this issue in Medicare fraud is extraordinary work. During the period between the end of the last session and the beginning of this session, I saw some newspaper…

But if the process is going to be let us do this in a way so when we offer amendments you second-degree them all, if we slam-dunk this bill--I am sorry, that is not the way this body works. Senators have certain rights. We have the right…

I would simply say I have a couple of amendments. I would love to offer them very soon and have a debate and an up-or-down vote. If the Senator from Idaho is willing to let me do that, let us do that this afternoon. I am willing to agree…

I do not object to this country moving toward and learning more about the metric system. I do object to a provision that would require State and local governments to tear down highway signs that tell us how many miles it is to the next…

I rise today, on behalf of myself and Senator Feinstein from California, to once again encourage in the strongest possible terms that the conference continue to keep in the conference report a provision that we passed here in the Senate…