there are these huge surpluses that are building up in the Social Security trust fund that I believe we must protect. Failure to save the surplus could undermine Social Security. We must be concerned how Social Security is treated in the…

I say to my friend from North Dakota, as I have said on this floor on another occasion, the answer is, that is where the money is. As Willie Sutton, the famous bank robber said when he was let out of prison, they asked, ``Why do you rob…

Mr. President, this is a very simple amendment. It really is. It will take some time during the next few days to talk about this amendment. But it is an amendment to determine what we are going to do about Social Security. In effect, this…

In 1935, Social Security passed. It passed, Madam President, because the American people wanted it to pass. It was really at that time, perhaps, an experiment. We did not know if it really worked, but it did work. I believe we have heard a…

we have been focused in the last 6 months on the O.J. Simpson trial, and one of the first mistakes made in that case by one of the defense lawyers was when the defense lawyer allowed O.J. Simpson to give a long statement to law…

probably the most famous bank robber of all time was a man by the name of Willie Sutton. After Willie Sutton got out of prison, after having spent many, many years there, he was asked why he robbed banks. He said, ``Because that's where…

approximately 1 year ago, on February 23, 1994, Senator Warner remarked for this Record that the University of Virginia soccer team had reached an athletic pinnacle never before achieved: three successive NCAA national championships. I…

I will speak briefly on the sense-of-the-Senate resolution offered to this body. I do it because last year I offered an amendment to the balanced budget amendment that would have exempted Social Security. I did not prevail at that time…

I represent a State that is very large in area but small in numbers of people. The State of Nevada until recent years was a State that had very, very few people. We have had rapid growth in southern Nevada in recent years, and now we have…

if we had to pick winners and losers in the health care debate, the winner clearly is the health insurance industry. They set out to confuse and frighten the American public, and they did that. I have to tell them that I think they did a…

I want to take a few minutes to thank my colleagues for their resounding support of this lead reduction legislation. It is extremely important legislation for the country. There are many people I want to thank for helping this bill pass…

we hear so many negative things, especially as the Senator from New Hampshire indicated, about stars. I had, yesterday, a 10-year-old girl come to visit me who had AIDS. She had been to see me a couple of years before--a tiny little girl…

The presence of the product on the list does not, by itself, create liability on the part of the manufacturer. Again, of course, failure to comply with the requirements of section 404 is actionable.

I am not sure the Record can reflect, which it will not, the emotion that was given in the rendition of this speech by the Senator from New Hampshire. I hope that the people of New Hampshire, whoever reads this in the Record and whoever…

I had a very close personal friend--we were raised together, he and his family. We were neighbors when we were boys. We talked often about his little boy in a Little League baseball game. This is a big, rough family--always very physical…

But I also want the record to reflect that this process has taken years, and but for the direction and patience of both the chairman, Senator Baucus, and the ranking member, Senator Chafee, we certainly would not have been able to be to…

I wanted this spread on the Record, Mr. President, because I wanted the Record to reflect that anyone wanting to come and tell us about the problems with lead, either pro or con, has been given the opportunity to do that.

the last item that I want to discuss deals with the new battery recycling provisions. Senator Lautenberg introduced S. 1949, along with myself, Senators Lieberman, Faircloth, and Senator Graham. This has been incorporated in the…

this modification consists of seven components. The changes to the original bill have been discussed on both sides of the aisle, and it is my understanding there is agreement to accept this modifying language. However, for Members who are…

This section is intended to preserve State and other Federal statutory and common law with respect to whether the labeling requirements of this bill may be used as a defense by a manufacturer in any civil or criminal action brought under…

I do not want to engage in a long debate on the merits of mining law reform, but I feel it incumbent upon me to make a statement in response to the distinguished Senator from Arkansas regarding mining law reform. Mr. President, there were…

I also will say, if you look at those 59 claims, 56 or 57 of them--leaving 1 or 2 of modern mines--all the rest of mines that are very, very old. That does not mean the mining industry should not be involved in cleaning those up. I think…

I will be happy to respond. We have done something about that. We have solved that problem so people cannot go out and file miles and miles of claims anymore. In fact, prior to our changing the law with the holding fee, we had in Nevada…

The fact of the matter is that my good friend from Arkansas could not go out and get a bunch of people together to raise money and go in and do this. We are talking about investments of hundreds of millions of dollars. For example, near my…

last Monday the Washington Post newspaper ran an insightful editorial that was entitled ``On Not Blaming Immigrants First.'' The editorial rightly admonished those involved in the immigration debate to avoid the pitfalls made earlier when…