I am sure the Senator from Connecticut knows that what it forbids is Federal dollars to be used for vouchers after 5 years. States can give vouchers using their own dollars for an unlimited period of time. Obviously, if they do not, if…

My response to that, Mr. President, first, the Senator from Washington knows the fact is that the Agriculture Committee was given a reconciliation instruction, and by removing this part from that portion of the bill we will have to come up…

I want to make two quick responses. No. 1, the Senator from Kentucky is absolutely right, it was in the conference report, but I tell the Senator from Kentucky, it was not in the House bill, it was not in the Senate bill, and I have been…

Mr. President, this is a nice idea that is unnecessary. The current legislation very well takes care of what problem the Senator from Louisiana has laid out in his vouchers for children amendment. The Senator from Louisiana suggests, and…

I do not see anything in this amendment that is necessary. We already get a variety of information from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Labor Department, and a whole lot of other agencies with respect to statistical…

What I think this provision says is they are eligible for a 5-year exemption under the law, and then they have to become citizens.

Yes. The Senator is absolutely right. This is different than I understood the provision to be. The difference is--and the Senator is correct--that aliens, refugees, et cetera, are eligible for 5 years until they become eligible for…

I think it is interesting to, first, understand why this bill is being held up. It is being held up--at least the reason given that it is being held up--because there is an objection to the concept about the proposal known as medical…

I wish to say a few words regarding the amendment offered by myself along with Senators Nunn and Kyl pertaining to the Computer Emergency Response Team [CERT]. CERT is located in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Mellon University's Software…

I also want to commend the Senator from New Hampshire for offering that amendment. I know it is not germane to the defense authorization bill, yet I think it is important that we begin to discuss some very serious issues that I think…

I thank the Senator. On the issue of the President, which is a discussion that many of us are scratching our head about with respect to the rhetoric we are hearing from the White House on issues--very, very important issues--that face this…

I think it is important. I am glad the Senator from Wyoming has been our leader on the floor on these issues, has taken the time to get the freshman on the Republican side--the freshmen Members are all Republicans; I guess that would be…

we just voted on whether there should be repeal of Davis-Bacon. Many of us are not for repeal of that. We believe that there needs to be reform of the Davis-Bacon law and that we, in fact, should assume that for the purposes of the budget…

Thank you, I say to the Senator. I just remind Senators that 87 Members of this Chamber voted for a welfare reform bill that passed the U.S. Senate that said all legal- sponsored immigrants receive no deeming. We eliminate deeming. Under…

I believe very strongly in its concept. Let me explain. I guess we had a lot of talk about what is going on here with this specific MSA bill. Let me explain the concept behind medical savings accounts and the fear many of us have with, the…

So the problem is, he will have to go out and short the market; in other words, he will have to have a lower quota than they actually expect so they do not end up buying a bunch of peanuts and being stuck with the cost. We had two…

I really want to focus on just sort of the broad outline of what I am trying to accomplish in these amendments. There are really three subjects that the amendments deal with. The first subject really is the immediate subject, which is, are…

What Senator Gramm did in his modification is really identical to what the House has done in their bill. The House does actually declare an emergency, but they actually do not exceed their caps. What Senator Gramm is going to do, the…

I think he is right on target to talk about the issue of the economy and where this country is going. We have a President who is running around the country talking about how this is the healthiest economy that we have seen and we are doing…

What our amendment does is, over 5 years, we reduce the quota price by roughly 30 percent, and we then eliminate the quota. How much of the cost of growing peanuts is the quota? The answer is roughly 30 percent. We reduce the support price…

What we have seen in the bill that is before us right now is an attempt to move farm programs, at least a lot of farm programs, into the 21st century--actually the 20th century; the late 20th century, not really the 21st century--in an…

I suggested that FEMA be more liberal than what they have been to date, as of early this morning, in declaring counties in Pennsylvania eligible for individual assistance, for emergency disaster relief funds. I think that was an…

A State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall make every effort to achieve the national work participation rate goals. This is not a mandate--shall make every effort to achieve the goal. It does not mandate that they have to…

the opposition on this side lies in the fact that right now we are in negotiations trying to deal with the problem of Medicaid and trying to come up with solutions that will provide services, health care services to the poor in our country…

my understanding is the chairman of the Labor Committee, Senator Kassebaum, is still opposed to this amendment even in the modified form. It sets up a demonstration project with $240 million in four States. I know the Senator from Kansas…