It is this Senator's view that the option that the Senator just described for the employer about the cafeteria plan, which I think is an important option, is the option that ought to be preserved for other consumers who do not fit in the…

the Bradley amendment denies consumers the right to select the type of insurance coverage they wish to purchase. While I would hope all policies would include the type of maternity coverage he suggests, for the Federal Government to…

the folks who brought us the Government shutdown are back at it. Cut taxes on the rich, they say, and cut Medicare and student loans to pay for it. The Dole-Gingrich tax plan, some $600 billion in tax breaks mostly for the rich, will mean…

the amendment is very simple and it is very direct. It simply retains the matter of choice in the consumer. If you think the consumer ought to be able to purchase the protection that they wish, you will want to vote for this amendment…

if I could, I would like to address the comments of the two previous speakers. With all respect to my good friend from Minnesota, let me suggest that the vote we just had, at least in my view, is not quite the same as he implied. The…

Several years ago, in an effort to identify excess spending in the federal budget, I inquired as to overhead costs in federal programs. I was advised that the federal accounting system makes it impossible to identify overhead expenses for…

All you have to do is look back 30 years, 31 years in the celebration today of the 31 years since Medicare was signed. Thirty-one years ago half the people in, half the elderly in this country had no health insurance. This is a Government…

Not only did that company give a whole lot of money to the Republican campaign funds, all of their different funds and all of their different guises that Speaker Gingrich has set up, but the Speaker has absolutely gone to the wall for this…

I echo the comments of my friend from Connecticut, especially when instead of Gingrich Republicans cutting Medicare to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country, cutting it to the tune, originally they started out at…

I mean I have heard over and over and over again from the most conservative people in this House, who on the Republican side have always opposed any program like Medicare, calling it socialism, saying it is a terrible program, it is big…

before I offer my amendment, I simply want to express my strong appreciation to the distinguished Senator from Kentucky for his raising the question of the loss of rights in Myanmar. The fact is, that the level of political suppression…

the Senate has been most indulgent with a problem that is extremely serious to Colorado and, I believe, to many other States. On the Agriculture appropriations bill last year, the ranking member and the chairman of the subcommittee were…

We are debating today as if one side is in favor of raising wages and the other is not. With all due respect to my dear colleagues, I suggest that is not the question. Both sides are in favor of wages going up. As a matter of fact, anyone…

I wanted to indicate my appreciation to the Senator from Georgia and also indicate it is not my intention to add new language that unnecessarily inflames the issue. To the extent there is a way we can work together on language that needs…

Mr. President, the heart of the resolution is simply to ask for the annual statement on the threat that faces the United States from incoming ballistic missiles utilizing warheads that could involve nuclear technology or chemical or…

Every year China promises to open its market to American products. Every year Congress grants most-favored-nation status to China, yet nothing seems to change, and we are about to do it again. MFN is a job killer for America. MFN is a job…

I wanted to just talk for a moment or two about the amendment of the distinguished Senator from Georgia dealing with NATO expansion. Obviously, the immediate step that both NATO and the United States and Central Europe have talked about is…

one of the items that I want to draw the Senate's attention to with regard to the Nunn amendment is really the astounding story of the United State's history with regard to central Europe since the Iron Curtain fell down. I think a decade…

most-favored-nation status for China giving trade advantages to that Communist dictatorship will cost millions of American jobs. Our trade deficit with China, almost nonexistent only a few years ago, has climbed to $32 billion and is…

Even West Georgia State in the Speaker's home State is investigating the charitable activities of Speaker Gingrich. Newspaper after newspaper, conservative and liberal alike, have questioned the Speaker's activities and his fundraising…

I rise to thank Chairman Lewis and the ranking member, the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Stokes, and the gentlewoman from Ohio, Marcy Kaptur, on the Committee on Appropriations, and most importantly, the 600,000 veterans and their families in…

today, Senator Lautenberg, the Senator from New Jersey, submits for himself, myself, and Senator Lieberman a resolution that deals with the Arab summit that has been called for on June 21. It calls together a number of Presidents and…

the first question that I thought was quite clear and, perhaps, most appropriate was this: Basically, who had authority to request the FBI files? That is a reasonable question and one that I think is important in order to understand the…

I want to express a concern about the recent discussion, both publicly and in Congress, concerning what has become to be called Filegate--that is, the questions regarding the use of FBI files and the secret, confidential material contained…

I simply want to add a few words as cosponsor of the Pryor amendment. We have traded it back and forth. I think the distinguished Senator from Arkansas has made a great contribution by bringing this portion of our law up. It is a…