John Chafee: “And the request in the President's budget was $964 million, nearly doubling, a little short of doubling, say some 70…”

I think we are embarking on an unusual path for the Federal Government to require compliance: When it is granting a substantial sum of money but not 100 percent that it cannot make any requirement. Maybe the thing should be reversed. Maybe…

yesterday the Senate adopted a substitute version of the School-To-Work Opportunities Act, S. 1361. This is a positive step in our efforts to develop a national strategy to train noncollege bound students in the job skills needed to keep…

In other words, if the fines cannot be levied, there is really no real requirement that the community obey? I think that follows; otherwise, what is the incentive for them to obey? If they do not obey there is no penalty?

I think we have a lot of requirements in the United States Government. We are spending more than we take in; that when we have a chance to hold the line, we ought to hold the line. And people can label lovely things with terms like…