I do not know how you can be tighter if you have a million people--let us assume we have a million people in the welfare system in Pennsylvania, which is high, but let us say we have a million people, and we say 50 percent of those people…

And more, because the benefits are more generous. I suspect we will see more people moving from the AFDC rolls, in an attempt to claim some sort of disability to get into the SSI. I suggest that given the fact that this program is not…

I would really defer to the Governors of the States that have come to us and have been very strongly in support of what we have been putting forward. How they are going to do it is, we are going to release them from all the Federal strings…

What I found out was that, yes, it was 7.5, they raised it to 8, but they eliminated the requirement that they had to be a defined Bureau of Labor Statistics area, that the State could now define what the area would be. It could be an…

I share his sentiment that welfare reform needs to be bipartisan in nature. And we have had discussions off the floor that both sides have moved from the initial introductions of legislation, even here in the Senate, and have moved more…

If I can, I say to the distinguished Senator from New York that there are isolated instances where the current law is working and, I think, from social science evaluations, modestly working. We have come in welfare to expect that modest…

What I think is important in this whole debate is an understanding that the work requirement provision in the bill is not a penalty, it is an opportunity. It is an opportunity for people who have not had the chance to go out to find work…

I stated before there would be many cities that, for potentially the foreseeable future, unfortunately, people in those cities would not be subject to the time limit under the Democratic leader's bill. I point to the cities of New York…

My feeling is we should allow the States complete flexibility to deal with this issue instead of the overall goal of what percentage of the entire caseload should be in work. I think 50 percent is fair of the entire caseload, given the…

Obviously, they can redesign the entire program. They can redesign eligibility criteria. They can do a whole host of things that put requirements in that we do not have now. For example, you mentioned the work requirement. Several States…

Depends on whose ox is being gored as to who is offended by the remarks. I can appreciate the constructive dialog, but I think it is a suitable poster and will continue with it.

I think you will find the dialog that has occurred in charting the number of days that the President has refused to offer a budget has been very respectful of the President in referring to him as the President. The point of the chart is…

I think it may indicate that there is a sensitivity of the members of the President's party about the President's lack of leadership. And I understand that sensitivity. I understand that there may be justifiably some embarrassment about…

I did a little homework and found out that the last plan that was around here to balance the budget in 10 years that was offered never actually came to the floor of the House, but it was put together. It was by the chairman of the Budget…

I rise to continue my vigil in pointing out the lack of leadership of the President in coming forward and offering a balanced budget resolution. I have been in the Chamber noting the days that have passed since the Republicans in the…

The role of the President in this country over the next 18 months, and whether he is going to be a leader of this country in moving forward on the domestic agenda, whether it is telecommunications or balanced budget or welfare reform, or a…

First, this legislation allows the continuation of flow control as previously enacted under State law under certain conditions but not require or mandate flow control. Second, it is the intention of the distinguished subcommittee chairman…

I think my colleague would agree with me in my characterization of this legislation as statutory interference with the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States. This interference comes as a result of the Carbone versus…

I think this is a question of leadership, what kind of leadership we are going to see not only out of the White House but out of the U.S. Senate. I think the rhetoric to date has not served this institution well. There is, indeed, a crisis…

I would like to address a specific issue in the next 100 days in the Senate that I think is going to attract a lot of attention. It has already attracted a lot of attention. It is an issue of great importance to this country and people…

is it not true, I ask the Senator from Mississippi, that 41 of the 72 Democratic amendments would be germane after this cloture vote? So 41 of the amendments that have been filed-- 41 is hardly a paltry sum--would be germane after this…

My second question would be, of the Daschle amendment add-backs that we have debated here for several days, is it not also the Senator's understanding that every single one of those add-backs would be eligible to be added back after…

I want to continue the discussion on the Dole amendment which, again, provides an additional cut in spending of $1.3 billion for this fiscal year, the year we are in right now. It would supersede the Daschle amendment that would put back…

I just wanted to include this in the Record and comment that in the 104th Congress, the Congress we are in right now, we have been in 36 days, 316 hours and 3 minutes of debate, 97 votes. It is unprecedented the amount of time we have…

I was going to refer you to the 12th amendment that uses the same language that is used in section 5 and section 2, which refers to the whole number of the Senate. In one case, it says the whole number or two-thirds of the whole number of…