My friend has been a longstanding Member of this most important committee where we have dealt with matters of education for decades in the Senate. We know that private schools, most of the time, give kids more attention. We have all heard…

Private schools can pick and choose who they want. They can pick and choose the voucher kids who would be submitted to them from the school district here in the District of Columbia. Of course, who would not be accepted? A kid would not be…

That is really too bad. I say that because it would seem that something this important to the American public should at least have an up-or-down vote. All we want is a resolution from this body saying it is appropriate that the Attorney…

Mr. President, after I went home last evening, I couldn't stop thinking about a statement Senator Harkin had made regarding the leak of classified information about the identity of an undercover CIA agent. Like Senator Harkin, I also…

the Congress, through legislation, has demanded that airport baggage screeners must be public employees. That was a conscious decision made by this Congress, and it was signed by the President. As a government, we should be equally clear…

I say to my friend--pardon the interruption, through the Chair--afraid of what? Of the truth?

I respond to my friend from Massachusetts, it is no wonder that people who live in the District of Columbia have bumper stickers that say, ``No Taxation Without Representation.'' It is no wonder that the people, hundreds of thousands of…

the struggle to win peace in the Middle East is at a critical juncture. In one direction lies more of the same: Constant fear, the old hatreds, terrorist murders and retaliations that too often claim innocent lives, as well. Down the other…

I wish to express my respect for him. He represents the State of Wisconsin so ably. The one aspect I like about this Senator is you never have to worry how he stands on an issue. He is always very forthright and public in his statements. I…

I haven't heard all of the Senator's statement, but what I have heard leads me to believe after having read about this myself that whoever did this is a traitor. Whoever leaked this is someone who has subjected someone who is an undercover…

We have had some espionage people who have turned on us in recent years. They have had very high publicity. I think of the man in Kansas who turned and became a double agent, so to speak, which led to the deaths of American operatives in…

last month a power blackout stranded millions of commuters and shut down businesses in the northeast and midwest. A few weeks later we saw the sharpest weekly increase ever in gasoline prices, just in time for Labor Day. And in Nevada…

the reason I stepped off the floor is I got a call from one of our Jewish Senators indicating they were speaking for a number of other Senators of that faith. They not only have to, as I indicated, be home in time for the sundown services…

I take a brief few minutes to say a few words about a situation that I think is a slap in the face to a brave Nevadan but also to thousands of others who wear the uniform of our great Republic. Bill Murwin is a deputy sheriff in Lyon…

I am wondering if the leader has made a decision about tomorrow yet because of the holiday.

my friend from Arizona, for whom I have the greatest admiration and respect--he and I came to Washington together in 1982 as new Members of Congress. Of course, at that time I was aware of his gallant deeds for our country as a member of…

If I could just say this, the other problem we have is we do not want to have to go through this twice. Under the procedures of the Senate, when we just have a Senate bill, we are limited very much because points of order will be raised on…

I respectfully agree with him. But the hole isn't anything the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee created. We are struggling to take care of the defense needs of this country. You know the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee…

Is it true that the request of the President, if granted, will cause the United States sometime next summer to increase the debt ceiling of this country?

It is true, is it not, in the first gulf war there were 200,000 troops supplied by other countries? It is also true, is it not, that 90 percent of the cost of the war was borne by other countries? It is also true in this war that 90…

in baseball you have seen the teams pile onto each other. That only happens on one occasion, generally, in baseball, which I understand quite well. One of the pitcher's weapons is to throw a ball inside, and that happens all the time to…

I also certainly wish the President the best of luck at the United Nations today. I think it is extremely important we have more support from the international community. I am very happy to see the President going there seeking that help.

I will never forget the drive from Pasco, WA, to Seattle over the great Cascades. Those mountains and trees, the forests are so much different than the forests of Nevada. We are very proud of the great treasures we have around Lake Tahoe…

We read editorial comments from all over America opposing what is happening here. I have one editorial from the Las Vegas Sun newspaper, written by Michael O'Callaghan: ``These Are Your Parks.'' Among other things, he says: Americans who…

A small newspaper, smaller than the Las Vegas Sun, one from Missoula--of course, Missoula, MT--also talks about how wrong it is. They are so specific, and they know because they live in Glacier National Park. They say outsourcing simply is…