Mr. Chairman, I spent days, hours, a lot of time with a lot of people to draft in bill for an express purpose, not to have an abortion debate, but we will have it. This is a free and open House. You can talk about what you want to. My goal…

The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is located in Brevard County, Florida, home of Florida's ``Space Coast.'' The 900-acre refuge extends along the coast from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach, and it is home to the most important…

It is my experience that in this type of situation, the best answer is land acquisition. Right now, approximately half of the 900-acres of the designated refuge is available for acquisition. Four key parcels make up the core area of the…

on April 12, 1999, Thomas Jefferson must have turned over in his grave. That Monday, the Secretary of the Interior promulgated a regulation which had the potential to unilaterally strip the duly elected Governors of America of their…

This amendment, which has been cosponsored by Senators Enzi, Bryan, Reid, Voinovich, Grams of Minnesota, Lugar, Sessions, and Bayh, has been before the Senate on several previous occasions. It essentially goes to the issue of what will be…

I want all to know that there is no disagreement with the objectives, the end goals being sought by the advocates of this amendment and those of us who oppose it. I believe we are all Americans of good conscience and we seek for the Cuban…

That would certainly be one of the consequences. Another consequence, I say to my friend and colleague, would be that we would send a signal to Fidel Castro that we are prepared to do virtually anything without expecting anything in…

That is the story. Unfortunately, the people who those tourists will come in contact with will be the virtual serfs of the Castro regime because the hotels are required to purchase their employees through the Cuban Government, not by…

I think the point the Senator from New Jersey was raising in his question to me was that for many of those Europeans, Latin Americans, and Americans who go to Cuba, the nature of the hotel arrangements in which they live does not lend…

I would also encourage my colleagues to have that same compassion and understanding for those young ladies, but also for the parents and for the law because the best way to handle hard problems in society is to have laws that make some…

Yes. And under the law which I alluded to, which was passed just in February of this year, that Cuban citizen who was found to be engaging in that friendly discussion about democracy and the graces that liberty brings to the human spirit…

over the last several years--according to our colleague from North Carolina, over the last 40 years--we have heard multiple warnings about the Y2K computer problem. We have heard how this problem will overwhelm our Nation's transportation…

I have asked recognition this afternoon to commend the firefighters providing relief to the State of Florida and its citizens, which is once again besieged by fire due to excessive drought conditions. This, unfortunately, is not the first…

Member of the Senate, I am today introducing the National Park Preservation Act with my colleague Senator Reid of Nevada. This legislation will preserve and protect threatened or impaired ecosystems, critical habitats, and cultural and…

It was never my intention or understanding that this money would be used for building roads, prisons, or to simply inflate the government's coffers. It was my understanding and intent that the money would be used primarily to fight the…

In addition to Key West's physical proximity to Cuba, Key West also has a history which is very intertwined with the long efforts of the people of Cuba to achieve freedom. It was during the period of the Cuban civil war in the 1870s, 1880s…

what we have at stake here is that the Federal Government is dealing with the wrong issue at the wrong time. It is time for the Federal Government to move on. The way in which the Federal Government should move on is by pursuing its own…

I think there are a lot of thank-yous to go around: The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon), the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spence), the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt) and all the people who forged this bipartisan…

I strongly support the original purpose of this legislation, which is to provide relief to our neighbors in the Central American countries and the Caribbean which were so devastated last year by a series of hurricanes. I had the…

So Mr. President, the first assumption that all this money was generated by Medicaid claims is fundamentally inaccurate. The second assumption, which is that unless Washington acts the States will fritter this money away, is a fundamental…

I stand ready to support serious and responsible proposals. Also, I must, however, join in many of the comments that have just been made by our colleague from Oklahoma, Senator Nickles, about specific components of this proposal which are…

we are about to take our first legislative action of the 106th Congress. Many of us who ran for election or reelection last November said that one of our greatest sources of pride was that after 30 years of deficits and a Federal debt…

since my days as Governor of the State of Florida, I have been a strong advocate of the protection and restoration of the Florida Everglades, the largest wetland and subtropical wilderness in the United States. This legislation will…

I am proud to join Senator Sessions and other colleagues in launching an initiative to increase Americans' access to college education. Today, we are introducing the Collegiate Learning and Student Savings Act. This bill would extend…

this long and difficult process for all of us in the House is almost to a conclusion. Twenty-five years ago a Democratic-controlled Judiciary Committee with a minority of Republicans reported articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon…