Howard Metzenbaum: “There is no question that it is a controversial amendment. But it has to do with the fact that the Supreme Court in one…”

I come to the floor to congratulate the Federal Communications Commission for ordering a further reduction in cable rates. But I warn all cable consumers that you will not see that reduction unless you or a local official in your community…

Today, Senator Nancy Kassebaum and I introduce S. 1981, the Orphan Drug Amendments of 1994. The bill is co-sponsored by our colleague, the chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, Senator Edward Kennedy. A companion bill is…

I have been around here a long time. I understand when you lose a vote, tabling 65 to 35, it is pretty hard to defeat it the second time around. You may even lose some of those. But I just feel so strongly, so deeply about this whole…

the American people are justifiably scared. They have good reason to look at Michael Fay, or petty vandals here at home, and say, ``He deserves whatever he gets.'' But the American people must remember that torture has never, in any…