John Glenn

You want to keep them guessing as to what the response may be if they do something dumb and attack us.

I've been concerned about this for a long time, about what might happen if al Qaeda, or other sympathetic groups, came into power in Pakistan.

I am concerned in Iran that maybe their control of fissile material might be weak enough that some of the al Qaeda sympathetic people in Iran might be able to get fissile material.

I find the idea that someone could come in and buy our vote here to be totally repugnant. This discredits our labors and only further undermines and demeans this institution. But I recognize that in the world of politics sometimes what is…

I think it is a little hypocritical for a Member to say they could be bought for a $21 lunch, yet turn around and pick up a phone to a PAC and ask for a contribution over 200 times that amount, a $5,000 contribution. What we are talking…

I rise today to join my colleagues in commemorating the 79th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Annual remembrance of the tragedy of 1915-23 does not dim the horror. On April 24, 1915, some 200 Armenian religious, political and…

Fine, Mr. President. We will do this as rapidly as we possibly can. What we have is the buyout bill that has been back and forth between the House and Senate a number of times. I could go back and recount the dates and when we passed it…

I want to back up his views on this. We worked together a long, long time on nonproliferation matters, and we have over 148 nations now signed up around the world on the nonproliferation regime. It has not been perfect, but it has been…

I rise today to comment on a subject that I have followed closely during my years of service with the Senate Armed Services Committee--the modernization of the KC-135 tanker fleet used by all of our services. Mr. President, the successes…

Let me recount a bit of the history of this matter. S. 1535, the Federal Work Force Restructuring Act, was first introduced on October 7 last year. On October 19, the Governmental Affairs Committee, which I chair, held a hearing on S…

in the short time remaining let me bring us back to the need for the buyout bill because I think it is important. It is important to all the people in civil service, the people who really make the Government run. What has happened is…

2 days ago, the Senate accepted an amendment to S. 4, the National Competitiveness Act, offered by Senator Nickles and entitled the ``Economic and Employment Impact Act.'' This amendment would require the Congressional Budget Office [CBO]…

Forty-nine percent of the prisoners in our States are nonviolent prisoners. They could just as well be put in low-cost facilities, whether inflatable dome structures or Quonset huts or Butler buildings, like millions of Americans have…

The buyout bill, which is the basic bill we are talking about here, is very important. It has a great deal of urgency. We are beginning to run out of our available time window on this legislation as far as having it do any good and do what…

I want to make clear I am entirely in favor of some of this regulatory relief that hits small businesses, hits small governments, hits them hard. We are moving in that direction. We have several pieces of legislation. I know the Senator…

I am not looking for any excuse at all. I am the last guy in the world here who is going to have an excuse for anything like regulatory reform. But I want to do it right. I do not want to do it here on a bill it should not be on to begin…

I submit we are into a different day now. The new administration has, in fact, put out an Executive order, which I am sure the distinguished Senator is aware of, cost-benefit analysis. It does not go to the smaller contracts, that is true…

I oppose Senator Wallop's amendment for several reasons. First, current law requires the IRS to consider the impact that their interpretative rules will have on small businesses. Congress has, in the past, carefully considered and rejected…

I regret that I must oppose the amendment offered by my colleague from Wyoming, Senator Wallop. I very strongly support the goals of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and I realize, as hearings by the Committee on Governmental Affairs have…

only one final remark. I talked about the number of regulations that could come out this year. I am sure the Senator from Wyoming is aware it takes a year or two for regulations to come out after laws are passed. The regulations coming out…

Mr. President, this is a most important debate. As the Senate begins to debate a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, I am sure that we are not going to hear many voices in support of increased spending and spiraling…

There is another area that I have some very serious concerns about, very serious concerns, and that is doubts about whether our national defense might become victim to this frantic race. The amendment has a military conflict waiver which…

I rise today to commend the selection of Carole F. Hoover as president of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. The Greater Cleveland Growth Association with its 14,000 members is the Nation's largest chamber of commerce. Carole Hoover…

I rise today to speak on behalf of the nomination of M. Larry Lawrence to be U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland. I have known Larry Lawrence for over a decade. I know him to be an individual of personal integrity and I respect him for his…