There are a lot of good programs in the country. That is the whole point of this amendment, that we have to have these amendments, these different programs available to everybody in the country. Then the school districts can pick and…

But I believe there is nothing more important than keeping our children in school. All these other things I support, and I am behind them all the way. In fact, would the Senator agree with me that perhaps it is more important to keep our…

I say to the Senator from New Mexico I went to a high school that had a few hundred kids in it. I moved from a very small rural town in Nevada to what I thought was a very, very big high school. The size of that school today is…

it is stunning to think that 3,000 children drop out of high school every day. Is that difficult to comprehend?

We talk about this being an emergency. Think of the fact that 82 percent of the men and women in our prisons around this country are high school dropouts.

I say to my friend from Vermont, the manager of this bill, we need flexibility now and I acknowledge that. But we also need something to address these children who are dropping out of school now, 3,000 children a day. I can tell my friends…

I keep throwing these statistics out because to me they are overwhelming. They are mindboggling. I didn't take a lot of mathematics courses in high school or college. But I don't have to be a mathematician to understand that 82 percent of…

Every day in America 3,000 children drop out of high school; that is 500,000 a year. This is something about which this country should be embarrassed. Each child who drops out of high school is less than they could be. It also complicates…

Yes. I also say, before yielding, as the Senator from Illinois has already pointed out, that it is tremendous to have someone who has been in the classroom teaching children. We talk about it from an outside perspective, but the Senator…

I believe that if there was ever a problem that this country has, it deals with high school dropouts. I repeat. There are 3,000 children a day dropping out of school. Can you imagine how much better society would be if we could keep only…

Mr. Chief Justice, I extend to you my personal appreciation for the dignity that you have extended to each of us during these proceedings. I also say that I have been disappointed. It appears the vote is going to be very comparable to the…

I appreciate the statement of the majority leader. He has been very gracious in reaching out to this side of the aisle on the standards that are going to be initiated and actually used during the impeachment proceedings. I think that the…

one of the distinct honors I have had is joining with the senior Senator from Maine in legislation that passed unanimously in this body and passed by an overwhelming margin in the House. It was an amendment we placed in the Treasury-Postal…

Clark County has seen phenomenal growth over the past ten years, and is the fastest growing county in the nation. This influx of new residents has put great pressure on the infrastructure of the region, and also the recreational assets…

this last week the Conference on the Energy and Water Development Appropriations concluded and has provided $21,332,135 for the programs, projects and activities of the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation…

Does the Senator from Iowa realize that Senator Dorgan and I have offered legislation on several occasions to have the Federal Reserve System audited on a yearly basis? Is the Senator aware we have done that?

Mr. President, my friend from Arkansas and my friend from Louisiana are in some kind of a dream world. The fact of the matter is that the statistics they talk about, for example, 300,000 acres damaged--the State of Nevada alone has 75…

Yet, the Bureau of Land Management, a Government agency that I have great respect for, that is doing its best, controls most of the Federal lands in the State of Nevada. The Bureau of Land Management has put out a brochure. This isn't from…

here are the pieces of legislation, the laws, that have been passed that now govern mining: Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Historic Buildings and Sites, Fish and Wildlife, National Environmental Policy Act…

let's put this in proper perspective. Gold prices are at the lowest level in 19 years as of just last week. The mining industry has seen layoffs. Some of the companies have filed bankruptcy. This seems like a very inopportune time to come…

What we have to realize here is that this is an effort to be fair. The language in the bill calls for a study by the National Academy of Sciences. I repeat. We have not asked them to find in any certain way. Whatever they come up with is…

This brochure indicates also that mining companies, one of which is pictured here, have received an award for excellence in mining reclamation. Mr. President, the State of Nevada is totally different from the State of Alaska. The State of…

I rise in support of the Enzi amendment which restricts the Secretary of Interior's ability to move forward with a rule that would supplant a state's ability to decide what types of gaming activities would be permissible on Indian lands…

I introduce today a bill to authorize the Truckee River Watershed Reclamation Project. The water in Nevada is a precious resource that should not be wasted and we need to reuse what we can of this commodity. The Title XVI program in the…

America is a great country. It is not perfect, but it is a great country. It is a country where the voice of the people is usually heard. That is what this is all about today. The American public, for some time, has been upset about the…