The fact of the matter is, Social Security Trust Fund moneys are put, supposedly, into a trust fund to be used for people's retirement, not to make the deficit look smaller.

It seems around here that we handle people's trust accounts, the taxpayers' trust accounts in a very cavalier fashion. Today I want to talk about one of those trust funds. I want to talk about the highway trust fund.

the issue of whether to divide the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is one in which I have been very involved with since the initial proposal. I made clear my opposition to the proposed split last year, and I am still convinced that such an…

I say to all those within the sound of my voice that the two men whom you have just heard are people with an institutional memory, as Senator Ford has spoken. That is true. But also, these two Senators are gentlemen who have balanced…

prior to coming to this body I was an attorney, practiced law, I have great respect for the law. I tried dozens and dozens of cases before juries. I did not always agree with the result of the verdicts that the jury came to, but I always…

I have served in public office since 1964. My first public office was 33 years ago. During that period of time I have had the good fortune to serve with great men and women, but I can honestly say I have never served with the likes of…

But let me ask you if you know that in Nevada, there are 2 times as many new private-sector jobs per year than during the previous 4 years? That is a tremendous increase.

You have talked about the private growth in our economy. Will the Senator agree that we have a smaller Federal work force now than we had during the years of President John F. Kennedy? Federal jobs have been cut back significantly; is that…

Can I ask one final question? And that is, I think the Senator from North Dakota would agree that even though the last 4 years have been remarkable in driving down the annual deficit, I think we would all acknowledge we are working toward…

In Nevada, we have had new business incorporations increase by 14 percent--that is big for any State--but 14 percent during the 4-year period of time. This is in the State of Nevada, not nationally, but the State of Nevada.

But think how much better the economy would be if we were not having to pay the interest on the debt that accumulated during principally the Reagan and Bush years. I mean we would have no deficit. Will the Senator acknowledge that?

I want to finish with two thoughts: One, we had the lowest drop in elderly poverty. We talked about that; the biggest drop in child poverty; and, the largest drop in the poverty rate of households in 30 years. There are statistics that…

As a result of the Clinton economic plan, in Nevada nine times more Nevada families received a tax cut than an increase. It happened all over the United States. In addition to that, businesses got tax breaks in the Clinton plan of 1993. In…

I say to my friend, the reason I mention States is these are real human beings, real people that go to work every day, hopefully, if that is possible, if they have a job. But these people get up every morning and go to bed every…

I would say to my friend, in closing, we have heard a discussion here this afternoon about the economy and how the glass is half full rather than half empty. I have heard on the Senate floor, over the past month or so, the same type of…

I say also the document about which we speak today is not something that was prepared by the Democratic National Committee, or the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. This came from the Census Bureau. These are facts. And as the…

Last night, late at the White House, I was given this, and I sat there alone looking at one page and almost cried... the glass is half full. It is not half empty. The American people deserve to hear this good news.

I also ask the Senator from North Dakota, in looking at the chart as I came into the Chamber, it appears to me that the deficit is only one-third of what it was at the height of the Reagan deficits.

It is true, is it not, I say to the Senator from North Dakota, that 4 years in a row of declining deficits, the last time that happened was in the 1840's--that is 1840's--prior to the Civil War; is that true?

I say to my friend, the senior Senator from North Dakota, that you have made an interesting and I think a compelling case how things have improved during the past 4 years, from lower Federal employment, to higher private-sector employment…

as I indicated last week, one of my concerns is how people feel about Government. We hear so much negativism that it seems that nothing good ever happens in Government. Whenever I return to Nevada, and especially when I go to the…

We live in a world that is increasingly unstable and more dangerous each day. Unfortunately, the origins of most of this danger are the nations around the world that export its violence and its terrorism. This world is full of various…

Maybe there are those who wish that there were impropriety. There was not any. The people referred to by my friend from Utah were not indicted. There has never been any hint of any in this case, in the prosecution, of impropriety. He…

I say to my friend from Utah, and he is my friend from the neighboring State of Utah, that the prosecution memo sets forth facts in the case. We are entitled in this body to have facts in the case. We have heard a lot of facts over these…

While both leaders are here, I want them to understand that, speaking for this Senator, Senator Levin and Senator Biden, we do not intend to hold this bill up because of the amendment we have offered. However, if we do not get a vote on…