J. Exon

If we prohibit them, what would be the result? Frankly, I do not think very much, because Senators would, as a substitute, offer small changes in dollars in a regular amendment with some very long statements of the purpose. There is no…

I rise in support of the Kerry-Lautenberg amendment to restore funding for essential environmental programs. This amendment will help to protect the quality of our water and air, clean up toxic waste, and preserve our national parks and…

I appreciate very much the vivid presentation centering on something that is very fundamental to those of us on this side of the aisle, and I hope and urge my colleagues to support these two amendments because they are absolutely vital to…

there are two or three things I would like to, maybe, attempt to clear up. We have looked through the amendment offered by the Senator from Wyoming. It appears to me that the amendment, as we read it, from the Senator from Wyoming is, in…

I simply say that the remarks that he has just made is a typical case, if I have ever heard one, of constructing an imaginary, illusionary strawman and then tearing it to pieces. No one has advocated eliminating the mortgage interest…

Mr. President, if the President's appropriated savings are steep, then the Republican appropriations savings are positively cataclysmic. That is the point. Over the 6 years of the budget, the Republican budget cuts $65 billion more from…

the President's budget is certified to be in balance by the Congressional Budget Office. Lest we forget what that is, the Congressional Budget Office is run and managed by a Republican appointee whom I supported to be the head of that…

It may well be we can shorten down the time. We have been trying to move this ahead, move forward. I did not realize we would be getting into a rehash of what we did 2 years ago with the President's budget. Once again, the Senator from…

Once again I say, whether it triggers or not, this is an honest chart on honest numbers that has been verified by the CBO. Are you indicating there is something tricky about these numbers?

everything he said I second. The way we are going we will not be through even if we would stay here all weekend including Sunday. The way we are going that would not be enough, we would not get out of here until July 4 sometime, and I am…

The Senator, certainly as a member of the Budget Committee, knows full well what I am talking about with regard to corporate welfare. These are moves that we have made over the years that have been prominently under discussion for the last…

I do not know for sure how to answer my friend and colleague from Nevada, except to say I do not think it would hurt the image of this place very much, in the public mind, if we would at least appear to be getting something done. That is…

could I add one thing that I think should be driven home? If we are going to expedite this process, we are going to have to have people who are on the list to come and offer their amendments on Friday, or on Monday and not leave here…

I have nothing on my mind at all except to thank you for all the help that you have been over the years to the U.S. Navy. That is the kind of person he was. Do you have any details at all on this? This had to be a very sudden affair. Do…

I have heard the same things over and over and over again--the Republicans seem to think if they say something enough times, it is true. They have said on many occasions that the President's budget does not balance in the year 2002. I do…

I am proposing the President's 7-year, CBO certified balanced budget as a substitute to the Republican budget that is now before the Senate. Let us turn back the clock to a year ago. That is when my Republican colleagues pulled our leg on…

when I introduced the President's budget this morning, I indicated that there were several features of the President's budget that I wish to change and would attempt to make changes in. One of those certainly was the fact that the Veterans…

suffice it to say I still have not recovered from the shock. I find myself in one of those positions that maybe we have all found ourselves in sometimes, having some kind of a bad dream but you know it will all turn out right and you will…

The Republican majority may assert that premiums are not going up, but they cannot make the same claim about seniors' out-of-pocket expenses to pay their medical bills. The $123 billion reduction in the growth of the Medicare hospital…

my few remarks about my friend Bob Dole and his announcement today will be devoid of any political motivations whatsoever. Bob Dole has been a friend of mine ever since I came into the Senate. We have differed frequently on many issues…

Is it not true that in 1987 there existed such a thing as a very powerful and threatening Soviet Union and a Warsaw Pact that is not here today?

I do not think it is particularly helpful for us to show on television charts that scare the devil out of the senior citizens of America. The Medicare fund is not going to go broke. Everybody knows it is not going to go broke because the…

I simply say that there undoubtedly will be opposition to this Grassley-Exon amendment. I certainly do not think it is proper for me to be managing the time in opposition to an amendment that I am a cosponsor of. So I just alert Senators…

Here we are, Mr. President, with yet another Republican budget. But after 18 months of extremism and demagoguery, after two shutdowns and a threat of a dozen more, I must say that I expected something better. True--and I congratulate and…

The Republican defense budget for 1997 is excessive in a time when we are desperately trying and seeking to balance the budget. This amendment would scale back the Republican overzealous $11.3 billion increase to the President's request…