Yesterday, I got up very early. I had a 6:30 a.m. flight leaving from Reno, NV. I was very concerned because that same day, that same time, my friend and someone who is very important to the State of Nevada, Andre Agassi, was playing for…

I have spoken to both managers of the bill. Senator Dorgan and I have an amendment. It is simple in nature. I think it is something that should be accepted. It is something that could be reviewed in conference. It would require an…

Even though we both acknowledge it is more important legislation, would the Senator tell me why it is important in April of 1999 that that legislation be completed prior to a bill that would give the 12 million people who are desperately…

There are some who say, once you go off Medicare, then you can't go back on for a certain period of time. And now there are hundreds of thousands of them in the country who have been dropped from the managed care entities. Don't you think…

But tell me, isn't it true--you have been the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee; you have been on that committee for many years that is looking to litigation which will transpire as a result of computers not working properly after…

One last question I will ask the Senator. Based on your experience and my experience, is it a fair statement to say that on our agenda items we may not win every one of them, we may not prevail on every one of them, but wouldn't it be…

But is it not also true, in relation to the Patients' Bill of Rights, that all over this country managed care entities are dropping senior citizens?

I ask the Senator: You have talked about minimum wage. It is true, is it not, as you have said, that 60 percent of the people who draw minimum wage are women? Is that true?

For 40 percent of all of these women who draw minimum wage, that is the only money they get for themselves and their families; is that true?

There are senior citizens now who have chosen to go off Medicare, who are now without any managed care, without any ability to get health care; is that right?

I rise to day to pay tribute to James B. McMillan, pioneer and leader of the civil rights movement in Nevada. James McMillan was a longtime Las Vegas dentist whose name was often associated with the local civil rights movement as well as…

I rise today to insert into the Congressional Record an analysis by the noted economist, Michael Evans. This information regards the poorly considered effort by the International Monetary Fund to sell all or part of their gold reserves to…

The last question I direct to my friend is this: Is it also true that this is being done outside of the auspices and outside of the control and direction of the two Senators from Nevada?

the underlying bill is a pretty good bill, but it is not perfect. I think we should have the opportunity to take a look at it. Too often around here there is a group of people that get together and they agree on a piece of legislation…

the needless delay is taking time here and being enmeshed in procedural matters that need not be enmeshed. I was asked to listen to a unanimous consent proposal that was advocated and propounded by my friend from Georgia. It is something…

But the question I direct to my friend from Nevada--and there is no one who has worked harder on this issue than he has--is that it is my understanding that there is a consensus being developed by the administration and the Secretary of…

Groucho Marx used to say that he wouldn't belong to any club that would have him as a member. I get that feeling about the very small club consisting of those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Nobody asks to join, the price of…

I didn't know Jacob Chestnut, but I did know Detective John Gibson, as a result of an unfortunate incident with a member of my family. Officer Gibson reacted in a very valiant way on something a couple months before he was murdered last…

we have over 1 million people, men and women, in prison in this country. Let's round it off and say we have 1 million people in prison, and 820,000 of those people in prison, men and women, have not graduated from high school. If there…

Is it also true that one of the movers of the underlying bill has been the Senator from Oregon, Senator Wyden? Hasn't he been one that has been speaking out all across the country in the State of Oregon on the importance of Ed-Flex? I say…

we have more than 1 million people in our prisons around the country. Let us just round it off and say we have 1 million people in prison. Eight hundred twenty thousand of those prisoners have no high school education; 82 percent of the…

Isn't it true that the State of Nevada is the fastest growing State in the Union and Las Vegas is the fastest growing city in the Union?

This year, in a relatively small community of Las Vegas, we had to hire in one school district alone 2,000 new teachers. Now, we are talking about nationwide, as I understand this very important legislation that the Senator from Washington…

Does the Senator think it rings hollow in the ears of the governing body of the Clark County school trustees that we will be able to debate these issues ``some later time'' with the budget facing them within a few days? That doesn't ring…

I also say to the Senator from Massachusetts in the form of a question, isn't it true that each one of these amendments we have asked to have a hearing on, that we are being gagged on, isn't it true we would agree to a very, very short…