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Yes, both organizations have been working diligently to raise $900,000 in private funding for the construction and equipment of the new Center. I am hopeful that we will be able to provide additional Federal dollars for this historically…
Let me ask specifically on the ag disaster income loss, it seems to me--this is for 1999 that had been promised previously-- this is just a matter of keeping a promise that was made previously. The Senator still would not--he can shake his…
as I have stated before, the debate surrounding Y2K Liability is a very important one. The estimated cost associated with Y2K issues vary greatly, ranging from $600 billion to $1.6 trillion worldwide. The amount of litigation that will…
like many Americans, I am very pleased with the recent agreement within the United Nations Security Council on a plan that will end the conflict in Kosovo and achieve NATO's primary objective of returning the people of Kosovo to their…
I quite agree. Not only is it a contract case, but the decision by the D.C. Court of Claims is on appeal. We do not know what the outcome is going to be. It was a specific contract that was signed between the Government and these…
One of the things all of us have to do when looking at this piece of legislation is ask the question whether or not we are going to be able to maintain the safety and soundness of the banking system. It is a pretty dramatic change allowing…
I have been uncomfortable for almost 30 years to be introduced as a hero, and it made me somewhat uncomfortable in part because I did do something that was simply my duty; I didn't feel that evening that I had done anything necessarily out…
Title I is a very important program in Nebraska. It serves somewhere between 37,000 and 38,000 students, but costs us about $800 per student per year. We have about 80 schools that have schoolwide Title I programs and about 350 that are in…
I hope this is a piece of legislation which we can persuade our friends on the Budget Committee to make room for. It will save us money in the long term. It will save us and prevent us from spending multibillions of dollars a year on ad…
I rise in support of the Ed-Flex bill introduced by Senators Frist and Wyden. I believe it is a responsible way to help our nation's educators meet the challenges that we face in preparing our nation's young people for the 21st century…
on the heels of passing a much-needed pay and benefits increase for the men and women who give up their freedom to serve us in our armed services, I want to direct my colleagues' attention to one longstanding military mission these men and…
I welcome a discussion in the Senate about military pay and retirement benefits. Review of these and other quality of life issues in today's military is long overdue. The defense debate in recent years has centered on equipment…
In the impeachment case of President Clinton I have read the depositions, reviewed the massive volume of evidence and carefully followed the detailed presentations of both the House managers and the President's counsel. The instructions…
it is with pleasure that I join Senators Moynihan, Roth, Kennedy and Jeffords on their significant initiative to expand work opportunities for Americans with disabilities. As Americans, we value the opportunity to support ourselves and our…
I voted no on this Omnibus spending bill. I did so reluctantly, because most of what I know about it--which is contained in the pages about agriculture, education and other areas--I like. It is because of the several hundred pages that are…
I have some good news, and I have some bad news. First the good news: We won. The Cold War, that is. Now the bad news: We may find the burden of winning that war as heavy as the burden of fighting it. I say that is the ``bad news,'' Mr…
in the last 15 years America has been invaded by what has been known as information technology. Like the body snatchers of ``Alien'' that penetrated deep into the human body, computers and communication technologies have penetrated deep…
I rise to speak against the McCain second-degree amendment which would extend the moratorium on States taxing Internet transactions from 3 years to 4. The Finance Committee had knocked it back to 2 years. We thought that was a reasonable…
as to the income, the proposal in the conference report would be, approximately, for corn, 7 cents a bushel. That does not get the farmer much closer to either recovering the cost of production nor providing his banker confidence to lend…
again, not only are our grain farmers adversely affected, but cattle producers and cattle processors have been as well. We have met extensively with our ranchers and our feeders, and they say to us two things need to happen, and they need…
I rise to comment on the situation in Iraq and to urge my colleagues to support the legislation introduced by the Majority Leader today. I spoke on Iraq on this floor last November and again in February, but Saddam Hussein is still in…
I come to the floor, as the distinguished Senator from Kentucky said--as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee--to make the same commitment that the Senator from Kentucky just made, that our committee will not fund any…
first of all, in the spirit of the suggestion made by the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire and earlier, as well, by the Senator from Pennsylvania, I reached my conclusion as to what our law ought to be. This is unquestionably a…
7 years ago last month, hard-line and aging Communist bosses in the Soviet Union made a clumsy attempt at a coup d'etat against then President Gorbachev. The coup accelerated the slow-motion implosion of the Soviet empire. By December of…
I have come before the Senate and I don't disagree with a single word that the Senator from Connecticut has said. I have praised, as I heard the distinguished Senator from Connecticut do, the President's numerous accomplishments. And they…
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