in 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire. I repeat, the Cuyahoga River caught fire. This river was so polluted that it actually started burning. As a result of this, Members of Congress and the President decided it was time we did…

in the mid-1960's, when I first decided to seek political office, I ran for a seat on the hospital board of trustees for Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. This was not considered a political plum, nor did the race engender much public…

I say to my friend that the Democrats are not against tax cuts. But I think we have to have our priorities in order. Do we take $90 billion away from senior citizens? As indicated, $1 out of every $3 they have they have to spend on health…

That means higher insurance premiums. Does it not mean that people who have no insurance go to an emergency room; and is there any higher cost of medical care any place in the country than in an emergency room?

If the health care costs, as they relate to Medicare, are escalating 10.7 percent a year, is it not a fact that some private systems are going up even more than that?

I think we need some help from the other side of the aisle to tell us how they are doing their tricks because the fact of the matter is, a health care crisis has been upon us for a long time. Suddenly, because they are presenting a budget…

I held a crime summit in Las Vegas which, coincidentally, had been scheduled for several months. It was the day after the Oklahoma City explosion. I met there with the chiefs of police of southern Nevada: Boulder City, Las Vegas…

In fact, it was not minutes or hours or days; we spent weeks on the floor talking about the health care crisis a few months ago. I am curious; is the crisis suddenly upon us regarding Medicare? The fact of the matter is, that same crisis…

the budget that we have just received today does some interesting things. One thing that it does without any dispute--there is no reason to debate this--is that senior citizens on an average will spend $900 per year more for health care…

I have used as an illustration some of the things that are being done on the other side of the aisle, as being--well, they remind me some of the things that go on in Las Vegas. We have in Las Vegas the greatest magicians, illusionists in…

I serve as the ranking member of one of the subcommittees of the Environment and Public Works Committee, over which there is jurisdiction of the bill introduced by the Senator from Texas. I, in good faith, dealt with the chairman of the…

I oppose the amendment from the Senator from Arizona because it is premature and unnecessary. Moreover, it can have unintended effects, which might result in forcing later expenditures that would wipe out any savings he might anticipate if…

as most know, I offered an amendment on Social Security that led ultimately to the defeat of the balanced budget amendment. I am glad that we had the debate on the balanced budget amendment. I think, No. 1, it indicated that we have a…

I wanted to say to my friend, he was present, is it not true, one day last week prior to the vote when we were in an office in the Dirksen Building and we called in a constitutional law expert to go over once again the fact that section 7…

when I came to the floor this morning, the last thing I wanted to talk about was balanced budgets and Social Security. But my friend from Idaho, in effect, made the argument that I made 4 weeks ago when I offered the amendment on Social…

I extend my appreciation publicly, as I have done privately on a number of occasions, for the leadership of Richard Bryan on this issue. And I say Richard Bryan, because his leadership on this issue started long before he became a Member…

We should not be using those moneys, I say to my friend, those tax moneys, 12.4 percent of a person's check, for foreign aid, is that not true?

I would say, one of the misunderstandings also has been that we, those of us who supported the exemption of Social Security from the balanced budget amendment, there is a misapprehension that we did not want Social Security ever touched…

last year, I offered a balanced budget amendment which excluded Social Security from the budget. When this body again considered a balanced budget amendment 4 or 5 weeks ago I offered an amendment that excluded Social Security. After it…

I spent a lot of time yesterday talking about honoring honesty. It occurred to me, as I was driving home last night, that no group better exemplifies those virtues than the generation now most dependent on the solvency of Social…

I think what has gone on during the last week or so... has been very constructive. We have had some very difficult debates on coverage, unfunded mandates, and now this balanced budget amendment. But I think these debates have been very…

I want to spread across this record one reason this debate has been so fruitful is that during the unfunded mandates debate, the Senator from Iowa offered a sense-of-the-Senate resolution to exclude Social Security from the balanced budget…

But it should create a state of despair for all generations, not only my generation, but my children's generation and their grandchildren. I have three grandchildren, all girls: Two age 4, one age 2. I want to protect them, because the…

I refer at this time to a statement that is on this chart behind me from the majority leader of the other body in the House of Representatives, the Honorable Richard Armey. He said: We have the serious business of passing a balanced budget…

Mr. President, if the Senator from California would look at page 19, the paragraph that begins ``Total outlays,'' right above where the Senator has been reading, it stands on its head what my friend from Idaho said. Listen: ``Total outlays…