Robert Torricelli

On this committee, as we change chairmen and majorities, we do not change our commitment to a bipartisan national foreign policy.

This country does not need simply good management and continuity of policy from you.

I share the concerns held by the Senator from Michigan about USDA's ability to address civil right cases in a timely fashion. Failure to resolve civil rights cases involving access to USDA farm programs delays justice and threatens the…

I am thankful for the Committee's acknowledgment of the expertise and dedication that Strengthen Our Sisters brings to helping our most vulnerable population and I hope that funding for this important organization can be found in…

Hurricane Floyd may be out of the headlines, but it is not out of people's lives. From Florida to Maine, thousands of people lost their homes. Communities are facing devastating tax increases to repair bridges and roads and schools. This…

I first express my admiration and, indeed, thanks to Senator Coverdell who, through these many days and many years, has both written this measure and brought it to this moment of judgment. I have been proud to be his partner in this…

Like the Senator from West Virginia in advocacy of his small farmers, I will not allow, as long as I serve in the Senate, the State of New Jersey to be a caboose on the train of the national union. We have a farming crisis. The…

So our colleagues are clear on this narrow difference that we represent, two things have been said that deserve further attention. One, if the trapping is to deal with a predator--and indeed this is part of the management of the refuge--my…

Mr. President, trapping has been part of the American economic and cultural life before there was a United States, whether for recreational purposes or subsistence----

It is my impression that under Cuban law, as Fidel Castro has now changed the law, if a would-be Havel walked up, in Havana, to an American tourist and talked to that tourist about democracy, he would be rewarded--not with information, a…

What I want the Senator from Vermont to do is put himself in the position of Fidel Castro. The United States makes concessions to allow greater travel, which we have now done twice in 24 months. The Cuban Government attacks those…

Let me, in my time, answer the Senator's question with a question. Do you believe that travel restrictions on China would change Chinese policy?

While considering current business practices, we would expect the IRS to focus on adult fitness provided by tax-exempt organizations that serve only adults.

I would be glad to assure Senator Hatch that I will work with him to ensure that the product that emerges from conference resolves both of our concerns.

Or Georgetown--whether a religious affiliated school or private education; that these should be for private education only. I have never heard a Member of the Senate say that. To my judgment, it has never happened. The reason is, it would…

I submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: S.

The simple fact is there is no governing law of American political campaigns today. The legal system, which for more than 20 years has governed the financing of our campaign system, has collapsed. Corporate money is flowing into this…

The Bingaman amendment would be a change in policy toward Cuba and we would have only 2 minutes to discuss that relative to its merits.

I thank Senator Specter and Senator Kerrey for joining me in this effort. We asked the Senate to do that which you have done three times before, that which three previous Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency have endorsed, that…

In 8 years of the Reagan administration, in all the appropriations bills passed, Mr. Reagan vetoed one. He vetoed one appropriations bill in 8 years, while the Federal deficit soared from less than $1 trillion to $4 trillion. And if you…

I believe that, if the other body were to decide to invest these sums, it would be an important statement to local communities. All of our States and communities differ. A longer school day or year might make sense in some States more than…

I rise today in defense of that conservative idea, because cutting off appropriations is not an answer, and in an age with the technology today that exists, when the gentleman from Illinois is correct that war may no longer be formally…

This legislation will impose onerous and unnecessary restrictions on the President's ability to place U.S. forces under the operational control of the Nation's military leaders for U.N. operations. Throughout our history, presidents have…

I think an answer to the gentleman's question might be, ``First, because you're reducing construction time, there certainly is an impact on construction costs. Second, while obviously the fabrication at the site continues Davis-Bacon…

Therefore, is it indeed true that the Chair never ruled Mr. Gingrich's comments inappropriate in his inquiries about Mr. Wright's publishing activities and his $12,000 profit? My parliamentary inquiry was this: Was the Member from…