The Public Record
I am proud and pleased that today the Senate has voted to authorize a memorial in our Nation's Capital to honor disabled American veterans. I must say that it is humbling for me to be a co-sponsor of this bill alongside some of the very…
I also express my congratulations to Senator Stevens and Senator Byrd for their masterful effort in getting the Senate to this point, and for the managers of the bill itself. As Senator Lott has indicated, this was not an easy task. All…
let me just respond to a few of the arguments posed by the Senator from Tennessee. First of all, with regard to the technicalities to which he made reference, I do not know what technicalities and what information could be murky about what…
Mr. President, this week, we got our first glimpse of the first rough draft of the human genetic code. The public-private partnership known as the Human Genome Project is the genetic equivalent of putting man on the moon. By decoding our…
I thought he announced he intended to oppose it because we didn't have hearings. If there is still an opportunity to gain his support, I will give him all the time he needs to further discuss the issue.
we now know what this is all about. Some of our Republican colleagues are going to try to convince a majority in this body that employment ought not be included when we consider discrimination based upon genetic character. I do not think…
Yesterday I introduced the Rural Recovery Act of 2000 to help address the economic malaise that has gripped certain rural areas of our country. The legislation will authorize the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to rural…
if I can add my thoughts, I share the view expressed just now by the majority leader. We really want to help the managers finish their work on this bill. They have been working on it now for weeks. We have come a long way. The majority…
I want to finish this bill this week. I want to be as cooperative and as forceful with our colleagues on both sides of the aisle in accommodating that kind of schedule. There comes a time when we have to try to bring this to a close. I…
I rise to commend the passage of the bipartisan Kennedy-Smith Amendment--the Local Law Enforcement Act of 2000. The Senate's consideration of this important measure was long overdue and its passage is one of the major civil rights…
the Air Force is currently evaluating five military bases to see which would be the best home for its new unmanned surveillance craft, known as Global Hawk. Accordingly, the Air Force is using the final 2 weeks of June to send a team out…
When I was in high school, there was a great deal of discussion in the Senate and across the country about our country's role in preserving and promoting world peace. With the end of the cold war, the focus of that debate has changed…
I just urge the cooperation of all Senators. The only way this dual track is going to work is if we can accommodate each other's needs. That is what generated our agreement to address both bills in this fashion. Senators on both sides want…
10 years ago, I met with an extraordinary group of people in the basement of a home in suburban Maryland, just outside Washington, DC. They came from all kinds of backgrounds and fields, but they were united by one common desire, and that…
The Senate must give Americans the patient protections they want and need now.--Thomas R. Reardon, MD, AMA President. "The AMA strongly supports attaching the Norwood-Dingell patients' rights bill to the DoD reauthorization bill. Patients…
Rhetoric is not enough. The Senate must do the right thing and pass the Norwood-Dingell provisions. You can't say it any more directly nor any more powerfully than that--whether it is the sponsors of the House-passed bipartisan bill, or…
the Senate has just spoken on one of the most important national security issues facing this Nation today--the quality of health care services we provide for those who have so selflessly served this Nation. As pointed out during this…
Today we address two issues vital to our Nation's farmers and ranchers: the need to reform the Federal Crop Insurance Program, and the need for financial relief to help producers deal with the third year in a row of low prices. I support…
I object. I simply again indicate my reason for objecting is not because I don't want to go to DOD authorization. I would love very much to work with our majority leader in attempting to proceed to that bill. I have no problem with calling…
this day marks the retirement of a legend in broadcast journalism in South Dakota. Steve Hemmingsen, who has faithfully delivered news to living rooms in my home state for over twenty-five years, will give his last regular broadcast…
Mr. President I also want to address the matter concerning Bradley Smith. I know there will be time allocated for his nomination later on this afternoon. I will simply take time as if in morning business using the quorum call to address…
I hope the majority leader will work with us to work through these 19 names. As I say, some of them have put their lives on hold now for over a year. It is just intolerable to them, and it should be intolerable to us that we would accept…
I admire him immensely. No Member, past or present, has ever displayed a greater love or respect for this institution than has Robert C. Byrd. No Member enjoys greater respect and admiration from his colleagues. No Member is more reluctant…
up and down the Missouri River in South Dakota, silt is building up on the river bottom as a result of the operation of federal dams on the river. Water levels are rising as a result, flooding hundreds of homes in the cities of Pierre and…
The way the Senate is being run is wrong. No majority leader in history has attempted to constrain Senate debate as aggressively as Senator Lott has chosen to do. Now, that is his right. People ask, on many occasions, what my feelings are…
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