I supported the President because I think it is worth a try.

I urge you to keep a close watch on that particular aspect.

The Senate passed a resolution to push ahead with our Finance Committee and our Joint Economics Committee with analysis of a flat tax.

I opposed an amendment which would have prohibited the Treasury Department from going to private collection agencies because I think it is a matter that you ought to decide.

How can we justify the elimination of the entire program with a $167 million cut?

It seems to me that that is exactly the kind of a program we ought to be emphasizing, where those inner city youth are most at risk.

We would appreciate that.

Thank you, Senator Harkin, for insisting on not interceding.

The GEAR UP Program is also cut.

As we prepare to debate the cloning issue, I wanted to share with you what I have learned about stem cell research and cloning.

Evidently, those images were shared by members of the U.S. House of Representatives, who passed H.R. 2505, the Human Cloning Prohibition Act.

I am glad to see Senator Graham's addition to the bill on a counterterrorism czar.

I think that Senator Thompson is correct that there has to be input from the White House.

The sooner we move on to have a structure here, I think the better off we will be.

I believe that dispute would be obviated if the Congress acts to create a cabinet-level position.

When he says that he can walk down the hall and get matters resolved with the President and no one will say no to the President, I agree, no one is going to say no to the President.

I believe that it is very important for this Committee to move as promptly as possible to structure a bill.

I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the motion to table the Kennedy amendment at the proper time.

I yield 7 minutes to the Senator from Rhode Island.

I yield 10 minutes to the distinguished Senator from Vermont.

I yield 12 minutes to the distinguished Senator from Wyoming.

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting adoption of this resolution.

I think they are not really a bill of indictment in a criminal proceeding; or it may be argued that a bill of indictment before a grand jury is judicial in nature.

I believe that the growing coalition of steel manufacturers, and Congress must work together to remedy this import crisis before it is too late and the U.

the Senator from Massachusetts is recognized to offer a second-degree amendment relative to the minimum wage, on which there shall be 2 hours of debate equally divided.