Thomas Daschle

The problem, then, becomes, how do we avoid those problems in the future? And what every attorney general has said is the only way you can do that is to establish new public policy that strengthens regulatory controls on tobacco, ends…

It will be simply a sense-of-the-Senate resolution that calls upon the Senate and the country to respond to the problem we find in agriculture today. Most of America prospers with an economy that is striking for its performance and…

on an emergency basis we give the President the opportunity to deal directly with the crisis that we are facing right now in farm after farm, in rural community after rural community. It only goes into effect in case of an economic crisis…

The amendment builds upon what I hope will be a very significant vote at 5:15 this afternoon. As we note, the first amendment hopefully brings us together, Republicans and Democrats, in a way that allows us to say: Yes, we understand there…

Each day that we wait, 3,000 kids start to smoke; 1,000 of them will die prematurely of tobacco-related illnesses. Tobacco companies are targeting 12-, 13- and 14-year-old children as replacement smokers to fill the shoes of the 2 million…

Unfortunately, I have to report to the Senator from Massachusetts that there doesn't appear to be any end in sight to this gagging of Democrats, to this notion that you either proceed on our terms or we won't proceed at all. As the Senator…

the issue of patient protection is among the most important health questions facing the American people today. In survey after survey, the American people have said without equivocation that they want Congress to deal with this issue. More…

my reaction is, here we go again. Yet another piece of legislation laid down without any opportunity----

Sometime this year, our Republican colleagues will be asked, ``Tell us what you did on tobacco.'' They will say nothing. Our Republican colleagues will be asked, ``Tell us what you did on campaign reform.'' Our colleagues will say nothing…

It is the right of all Senators to fulfill the functions of their responsibilities as U.S. Senators to offer amendments, to have a debate. For us to file cloture, for the Senate to file cloture on a bill of this import, without one speech…

That is the irony, I would say to the Senator from Massachusetts. And the real sad thing is that this goes beyond the bill. This goes to the fact that 3,000 kids a day start smoking. It goes to the tremendous number of victims of managed…

I rise to salute Lisa Kaufman of Freeman, South Dakota--an outstanding young woman who has been honored as South Dakota's first place winner in the eleventh annual National Peace Essay Contest sponsored by the United States Institute of…

today, Democrats are offering identical bills in the House and the Senate--the ``Retirement Accessibility, Security and Portability Act of 1998''--to make the prospect of retirement less frightening for millions of American workers. Right…

we are in the midst of a disturbing slowdown in the confirmation of judicial nominations, especially when the nominees are women or minorities. A few days ago, on June 22, the Senate finally confirmed, by a vote of 56 to 34, Susan Oki…

I am very pleased that Susan Mollway's nomination has finally reached the Senate floor. As others have noted, it is a long, long time in coming. I am told that it has taken 2 rac{1}{2} years. But today she is finally going to get a vote…

I want to ask the majority leader two questions. First, with regard to the cloture motion, he and I have talked about this matter. The motion itself says: We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the…

Mr. President, let there be no misunderstanding what it is we are doing here. This is one more effort to kill this bill. If it wasn't dead the first time, they are going to try to ensure that on the second shot it dies. That is what this…

First of all, our caucus is united, as we have been throughout this debate, on this very important issue. I hope the American people will see it for what it is. We are not deceived, and they shouldn't be either. This will be an effort…

I want to say farewell to a wonderful group of young men and women who have served as Senate pages over the last five months, and thank them for the contributions they make to the day-to-day operations of the Senate. This particular group…

I ultimately decided that, on balance, this bill merited my support. I give great credit to many Senators who put a lot more time in bringing that product to the Senate than I did. But I voted for it in part because of the assumptions that…

I have been concerned over the last few days to hear growing attacks against the so-called e-rate--the program Congress created just 2 years ago to help schools, libraries and hospitals connect to the information superhighway. I am…

35 years ago, President Kennedy took the bold first step to secure equal pay for women. Although there has been much progress since 1963, women continue to earn less than men. That is why we must take action to improve and strengthen…

I want to explain this particular amendment because I believe it is very important that everyone understand the juxtaposition of the Democratic amendment and the so-called Gramm amendment. A vote for the Gramm amendment was a vote either…

for the last several days we have attempted to find a way to get around the impasse we have experienced. I am disappointed that we haven't made more progress, and it was only with the frustration which I had experienced that we were led to…

I don't know how many days it is that we have been on the tobacco bill now, but it is clear that we are not making any progress. I am increasingly frustrated by the degree to which many of our Republican colleagues, in the name of amending…