Isn't it interesting, the colder they get in their graves, the less talk there is about trying to take care of that problem. Had it been there, their lives would not have been snuffed out. I am so appreciative of the Senator speaking out…

I have to acknowledge and admit the work they do today, compared to when I was a Capitol policeman more than 30 years ago, is much more dangerous, much more terrorist threatened. They face many more dangers than I have. I said on many…

we are experiencing the longest economic expansion in the history of this country. As of the end of January, we underwent 107 consecutive months of economic growth. Much of this can be attributed to the economic policies of Federal Reserve…

I have been interested in watching both the Democratic and Republican battles in New Hampshire for the nomination of the respective parties. I was not able to watch personally, but I understand that yesterday Mr. McCain, the senior Senator…

I say about Senator Murkowski, we have been real adversaries on this issue, but I have to say that he has been a total gentleman about everything he has done on this. As bitter as are some of the pills he has asked us to swallow, the fact…

about a year ago, I was still celebrating my victory from the election of 1998. It was a tough election. The reason I mention that today is because in the small State of Nevada, with less than 2 million people, the two candidates running…

I believe in our system of justice, where juries make decisions. I believe in following the law. What I mean by that is, if there is a law on the books, or the Supreme Court has interpreted that law, I believe it should be followed. There…

if I could through you to the majority leader indicate that certainly the right decision was made today. I think we have become kind of spoiled back here in Washington; we have had such mild winters. If we reflect back on the days of our…

we have worked this afternoon to try to come up with something that is fair and reasonable. I think we have done that. With this agreement, we should be able to complete the bankruptcy legislation that has been pending for some time now.

Mr. President, this new unanimous consent request literally just came to our attention. I want the record to be very clear that the minority, the Democrats, have worked very hard throughout today to obtain the unanimous consent we have…

Is the Senator aware that about 12 or 15 miles outside Reno, NV, the newest generation facility in Nevada is clean coal technology?

And the present majority leader of the House said he thought Social Security was a ``rotten idea.'' Is the Senator aware of that?

I think the Senator has done a good job of indicating these cuts are related to real people, people who get sick. They are not numbers. They are not statistics. It was a few months ago at the West Front of the Capitol that I was here with…

Isn't it true that in addition to the so-called forward-funding, they are also talking about an across-the-board cut that would also affect the programs at the National Institutes of Health in addition to what the Senator has spoken about?

I don't intend to get involved in the debate involving the merits of this bill, but the problem with this legislation is not the legislation itself; the problem is the majority has not allowed the minority, the Republicans have not allowed…

Isn't it true, also, when they talk about 1 percent--which we know has to be 6 percent--isn't there that much waste in government? The Senator knows they are talking not about looking at pockets of waste, fraud, and abuse. But these are…

I ask the leader if it is somewhat startling, amusing--whatever word we want to use--that the majority, the Republicans, did not support Social Security when it was adopted in the 1930s; the Senator is aware of that?

In short, I say to the Senator, and I think the Senator would agree, it is great, now that the Republicans, the majority, who have been opposed to Social Security, opposed to Medicare in years gone by, suddenly, in effect, have found…

It is also true when Medicare was adopted, that was a Democratic program. There was some support from the Republicans, but not very much?

I further say it was just a few years ago when the Senator from South Dakota joined a number of us on the floor in opposing a constitutional amendment to balance the budget which used Social Security surpluses to balance that budget. Is…

The Senator is also aware in recent years, under the leadership of Newt Gingrich, the House Republican leadership spoke out in opposition to Medicare and Social Security? Is the Senator aware of that?

Before the leader leaves, on behalf of the Democrats in the Senate and the people of the United States of America, we congratulate and applaud his statement. The Senate stands for what our Constitution was set up to do. We are not the…

Let me say this to the Senator from South Carolina before I give up the floor. We have talked today about a couple of very important items, separate and apart from this underlying legislation, to show what we have been unable to accomplish…

We have been so impeded in progress around here. Does the Senator also recognize we have done nothing with important environmental issues facing this country?

It is not as if the Senator from South Carolina is a junior member of the Budget Committee. He is a senior member of the Democratic Party, and he can't even have a hearing on the bill in the Budget Committee.