J. Exon

I want to emphasize that. But I still say that we are going way too far. I think that is such a reasonable amendment that I cannot imagine it not being endorsed and accepted by the Senate as a whole. In closing, I urge my colleagues to…

Madam President, the amendment I have just sent to the desk is on behalf of myself, Senator Bingaman, Senator Kohl, Senator Dorgan, and Senator Levin. This amendment reduces--Madam President, reduces--the total funding level in the bill by…

I happen to have the feeling that the comptroller at the Pentagon is a very honest, straightforward individual.

To the discussion of how we can justify this increase that is not requested by the Pentagon.

I will simply point out that the Exon amendment still allows for a $9 billion increase over what the President and the Pentagon has recommended. I would think, regardless of the technical details, that most realize and recognize that such…

in the limited time that I have remaining I would like to have the opportunity to recap the arguments for the Exon amendment. I would first like to point out for the full understanding of all that this is the only amendment that has any…

While the Senator from Virginia and I have not always agreed on all subjects, we have agreed on more than we have disagreed on. I could not help but ask for a moment, if I might, to congratulate the Senator from Virginia for his very…

Mr. President, there is obviously some serious misunderstanding here, because Senator Kyl has not correctly stated the existing law by suggesting that any other nuclear state could conduct a nuclear test after September 30, and before the…

the basic situation that confronts us is that the Kyl amendment, regardless of how well-intentioned, could not possibly be offered at a worse time, as it would adversely affect the nuclear test ban treaty that, right now, is being…

The nuclear weapons testing moratorium instituted by the Hatfield-Exon-Mitchell amendment has made a significant contribution to U.S. nuclear non-proliferation efforts. During the duration of the moratorium, the US stockpile of nuclear…

Dear Senator Exon: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, William C. Danvers, has provided you the Administration's reason for opposing the Kyl-Reid amendment to the FY 1997 Defense Authorization Bill. As I represent…

I was rather disappointed in the votes we just had. We just had two controversial nominations: One, Mr. Greenspan and one, Ms. Rivlin. I was very pleased to see, although the Greenspan nomination was controversial, it had a strong…

I simply say that this amendment is ill-timed. It is ill-advised. At least the authors should recognize and realize, if they are so certain that this amendment is all-important, that it would be more in line with reality and reason to at…

I intend to make some remarks at this time in strong opposition to the Kyl amendment, and then would plead to the managers of the bill--since the Kyl amendment nor nothing like it was included in the authorization bill that came out of the…

I will simply say to him that everything that I had just said in my statement in this regard is totally accurate, to the best of my knowledge. With regard to his counterarguments that this is going to help the President of the United…

If last year was the Republicans' winter of discontent, this is their spring of missed opportunities. I know the Republicans wanted to hit one out of the ballpark with this budget, but what they did reminds me more of the Red Sox's Bill…

We have been bamboozled by the statements that an increase is a decrease only in the Nation's Capital. What we are talking about here are not increases in education funding, net, or increases in Medicare funding, net. What we are talking…

I drive home the point that the President is looking at this realistically and should not be put down for that effort. One more thing, and then I will yield to my friend from Illinois. The chairman of the committee complains about how…

I just want to say that I was pleased to be here and to hear that excellent speech that Senator Dole gave as his farewell address in the U.S. Senate. It was sad in lots of ways, and yet it was so reassuring to see someone of the integrity…

we are on the final leg of this Republican budget's journey, and it is a fruitless one. It does not lead our Nation to any new horizons. It blazes no new paths. It offers no compromise to break the budget deadlock. This Republican budget…

I simply say that I wish everybody who serves in Congress had his head screwed on as correctly as does the Senator from South Carolina. During all of this rancorous debate about who is to blame, I am reminded once again of that time--it…

Mr. President, I am very disappointed by this constitutional balanced budget amendment charade staged by the majority. My colleagues know that I am a staunch and dogged supporter of a balanced Federal budget and a balanced budget amendment…

Why would a terrorist group or rogue nation spend 15 or 20 years and billions of dollars to manufacture a rudimentary nuclear warhead and long-range ballistic missile delivery system which would lead a noticeable trail from where it was…

the Dole star wars bill the Senate is debating is a reckless and expensive attempt to recreate the nostalgia of the cold war through the regrettable and unwarranted use of fear and fabrication. Over the last several years, the majority has…

I wanted to call the attention of the Senate to a very interesting letter I just received from Charlie Brogan, president of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association, from Lexington, NE. He writes and says: I thought about you this week when…