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I also express particular thanks to Senator Biden who in reviewing this legislation made very important additions and allowed us to proceed on a bipartisan basis for what I think is an important and worthwhile change in the laws dealing…
if Americans knew that every time they walked through their local shopping mall or wandered through the shopping district of their hometown their movements were being tracked, every purchase was being recorded, and every conversation was…
Most important of these objectives, in my mind, was dealing with the need for some consumer credit protection because, indeed, while there may be abuses in bankruptcy by debtors, to be certain, there are clearly problems in the credit…
On the question of education in America, there are both those exhilarated by our progress and those who are frustrated by our failures. It really is a tale of two cities: America has the finest universities in the world, the best colleges…
The Department of Education estimates we will need 2 million new teachers in the next decade. In my State of New Jersey, that is 109,000 teachers currently in shortage. When schools started this year in the city of Newark, there were 200…
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…
I rise with some considerable regret to discuss the bankruptcy reform bill that was pulled from the floor of the Senate last week. Senator Grassley and I have worked for over 8 months to craft what I believe is a broadly bipartisan…
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 basic in this institution, indeed in our Union, that each of us, as representatives of some States, have respect for the economy, the culture, and the traditions of other States. Indeed, this should not, and cannot, be a debate…
As the Senator knows, I have respect for him for his extraordinary advocacy in all interests of Alaska. We simply have a difference of judgment on what is a relatively narrow matter. You have pointed out that one-fifth of Alaska is in a…
If it is a predator and it is for management of the species, they are free to use any trap they want. Second, it was appropriately pointed out if they are in the business of getting furs, they are in that cash business. My amendment would…
the amendment before the Senate deals with the issue of trapping on Federal wildlife refuge lands. It recognizes the reality that trapping has been part of the economic and cultural life of the United States for generations and, indeed, an…
First, let me repeat my offer. If the Senator would like, for the sake of fairness, to abandon this, not only by the managers of the land and recreational, but also commercial people, I would be the first to vote for his amendment. This…
I believe we have defined the issue appropriately and at length. That ultimately is where we now differ. The technology of trapping has clearly moved. Eighty-five percent of those who are trapping in the country are not using these traps…
I rise with Senators Specter and Schumer in support of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. This issue is one of critical importance to the dairy farmers of New Jersey. It is rare that I come before this body to talk about issues…
I rise tonight very simply and very briefly to make our case. There is nothing more fundamental in this Federal union than the equal protection of all of our citizens. It is the very purpose of the union. A citizen can travel…
a case has been made that Americans cannot travel to Cuba. Indeed, the facts reveal that Americans travel to Cuba by the thousands. The policy that this Congress has endorsed, President Reagan, President Bush, and President Clinton have…
Yesterday the citizens of South Florida watched in horror as live television cameras revealed an extraordinary spectacle. The hopes of freedom and the great traditions of America collided on the open seas with the harsh reality of the…
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…
I don't think travel restrictions on China would change Chinese policy. I oppose those restrictions. I do believe travel restrictions on Cuba will change Cuban policy. That is why I support them. I do believe that continued international…
The point is, Americans clearly do in Cuba have the freedom to leave the hotels and wander around the island. As Senator Graham has pointed out, nearly 100,000 Americans went to Cuba last year. So this is not a question that many Americans…
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?
last month for the first time in a generation, the Senate voted for some reasonable additions to the national gun control legislation. We principally did three things of value to our country: We voted to ban the possession of assault…
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