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Upon J. Edgar Hoover's death, perhaps his closest colleague in the Bureau, William Sullivan, described Mr. Hoover as a ``master blackmailer.'' We now know from historians Mr. Hoover had compiled files on Presidents of the United States and…
I know to many Americans it may be strange or bewildering with so many issues before the Congress that we are debating naming, honoring, Americans by placing their names on different public facilities. But who we honor, and the names we…
I submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: S.
Today, Senators, Akaka, Feinstein, Kerry, and I rise to introduce legislation to end the use of the steel jaw leghold trap. I rise to draw this country's attention to the many liabilities of this outdated device and ask for my colleagues…
almost 10 years ago I had an opportunity in visiting Baghdad to meet with Saddam Hussein and members of his cabinet. I went to Iraq because of a brutal and seemingly endless conflict between the armies of Iran and Iraq that were consuming…
Every year, over 14 million students and their parents agonize over where to attend college. They spend months researching schools and visiting campuses in an effort to find the perfect fit. At the top of the list of characteristics…
this Congress is engaged in a great debate about giving the President of the United States virtually unrestricted authority to engage and negotiate with other nations in what has been termed fast-track authority. Capital markets and…
under the original provisions of the Senate authorization bill for intelligence, Senator Shelby and Senator Kerrey contained in the authorization a provision reasserting the right of the Congress to know the truth about activities of the…
Mr. President, through the years there has been no more compelling voice on the floor of this Senate for the interests of children and families than Senator Dodd. Today is no exception. Senator Dodd has made a compelling case for the need…
Mr. President, I think there is a growing awareness in our country that the status quo in education is no longer good enough, that there is a need for fundamental reform in the financing and the standards and our approach to educating our…
within the next few days this Senate will vote upon a proposal that I have offered with Senator Coverdell, S. 1113--A-plus savings accounts. It is a proposal I know that many Members of the Senate are considering for the first time. I take…
Today, Senators Graham, Mack, Sarbanes, Lautenberg, and I are introducing the National Estuary Conservation Act. I rise to draw this country's attention to our nationally significant estuaries that are threatened by pollution, development…
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…
I will share publicly what I discussed with the Senator previously privately; that is, my concern that if he is correct that the Federal courts will not allow McCain-Feingold, as currently written, to deal with express advocacy or…
I thank Senator Jeffords for giving me the opportunity to join with him in this amendment and offer not only my support by my appeal to our colleagues to not only support us in this effort tonight but in future years to keep the commitment…
only hours ago, in a market in Jerusalem, the plague of terrorism once again struck the people of the Middle East. Simple people shopping for their goods and wares were struck down by a terrorist bomb. People who do not have the courage to…
Mr. President, this is not the first time that I have joined with Senator Wellstone in legislation to help women who are the victims of domestic violence. In the last Congress we successfully led an effort to deny access to handguns to…
with the first phase of the hearings of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee into the abuses of the electoral process through campaign fundraising having just concluded, and the second phase about to begin, it is perhaps an…
on February 24, 1996, under the directions of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Air Force encountered and destroyed a civilian aircraft in the Florida straits. Murdered on that day were four innocent civilians, including Americans. At almost the…
on a separate second issue I want to address this morning the larger context of the continuing downward spiral in the national political dialogue, and specifically how it addresses the case of a single American. We have tragically in our…
I rise today to address two of the current investigations that are taking place within the Federal Government on this day. They are very different and they involve different branches of the Government but are important to this country and…
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.
countless thousands of American soldiers received their basic training at Fort Dix Army Base in my home State of New Jersey. However, the 1988 BRAC reassigned the basic-training mission of Fort Dix into a much more limited training role…
Today, Senator Kerry and I are introducing the Save America's Forests Act. I rise to draw this country's attention to the management practices that threaten the health of our Nation's forest lands. When this country was founded over 200…
I offer an amendment to deal with a different group of Americans, people not of high or medium income, but people of no income. Even in good economic times, through no fault of their own, through mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, or…
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