Thomas Daschle

General Butler summarizes his experience in the following terms: I came to a set of deeply unsettling judgments. That from the earliest days of the nuclear era, the risks and consequences of nuclear war have never been properly weighed by…

I want to address the evolving situation relating to Iraq and talk briefly about the circumstances surrounding the agreement reached between Secretary General Annan and Iraq as we know them now. I am concerned about some of the comments…

There is no doubt about it. Again, Senator Lott, and I quote a comment he made to reporters that very day, said: ``As far as I can tell at this point, amendments would certainly be in order, would be considered, they might be…

here we go again. I thought that we had an understanding about the opportunity that we would be presented to have a good debate. In fact, I am going to go back to the Record and check, but I am quite sure that there was some understanding…

I hope we will count carefully, because I think we are getting very close here to whether or not we have a sufficient second. I appreciate the answer of the Chair. Amendment No. 1653 To Amendment No. 1651 (Purpose: To prohibit new welfare…

the last 48 hours have been a very important moment in our diplomatic efforts to achieve Iraqi compliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions. I want to congratulate Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the United Nations for his remarkable…

I begin by complimenting the majority leader on his remarks and on the manner in which he has conducted himself and his leadership with regard to this issue. He has noted the strong desire on the part of all four leaders in Congress to…

10 days ago, the President delivered to Congress the first balanced budget in 30 years. Yesterday we learned that the Federal deficit actually will be gone by the end of this year, four years ahead of schedule. That remarkable…

earlier this month, our colleague Senator Kennedy made his first ever visit to Northern Ireland. On Friday, January 9, in the Guildhall, in the City of Derry, Senator Kennedy delivered the first Tip O'Neill Memorial Lecture, sponsored by…

I simply conclude, Mr. President, by saying if we are for local control, if we are for the spirit of what Ronald Reagan represented, then we all ought to be supporting this amendment. This amendment, again, simply says, let's give the…

thank you. I had the opportunity to discuss this amendment last night. President Reagan stood for a lot of things, but I think the things for which we identify him more than anything else is local control, the need to ensure that at the…

I appreciate very much his calling attention to the extraordinary and very historic accomplishment that we mark this week as we begin the debate on the fiscal 1999 budget. The portion in red notes our struggle with the deficit from 1980…

There are some people who, given the kind of cards we have been dealt, you think would find some cause for optimism with all the good that is happening today: housing starts the highest they have been in history; the number of new jobs the…

as I noted, President Reagan made it very clear that were he to waive the magic wand, the more the Federal Government could turn local decisionmaking over to local decisionmakers, the happier he would be. Here we have virtually every…

I appreciate very much the cooperation of the majority leader in accommodating Democratic Senators and Republican Senators who wish to offer amendments. There were two issues here. One was the opportunity to offer amendments. This…

I only want to acknowledge, again, the extraordinary leadership in our caucus that this Senate has benefited from, thanks to Senator Kerrey, on the issue of IRS reform. He and Congressman Portman were the two chairs of the IRS commission…

What is wrong with regular order? What is wrong with bringing a bill to the Senate floor, having a good debate, allowing the opportunity to offer amendments, and proceed under the rules of the Senate? Why do we need this gag rule with…

It is obvious we return under very difficult circumstances. Allegations have been made against the President and have been vehemently denied. The legal process continues, flawed as it may be. While the circumstances may be extraordinary…

the flaw in the statute is that it provides IV-E assistance only to children placed by State courts or agencies with whom States have agreements. In doing so, the law has left out Indian children living in tribal areas who are placed in…

as hard as it is for me to believe, it was 8 years ago this month that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. Who among us can forget the stirring pictures of that moment? The entire world watched as jubilant Germans, separated for 38 years…

as we work through the Executive Calendar in the closing hours of the first session of the 105th Congress, I want to call my colleagues' attention to the President's nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs…

I would like to discuss an amendment that this body passed as part of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. That amendment, S.1101, would have put into motion a strategy aimed at confronting fetal alcohol…

I think the Senators who have worked on this as hard and as long as they have do deserve the commendation just given them not only on that side of the bill but ours as well. The Senators have done an extraordinary job, and I only wish…

I am looking forward to returning to South Dakota next week to join the citizens of my home state in honoring the men and women who have so faithfully served our nation in the armed forces. While all those who have given themselves to the…

On January 8, 1997, the Senate noted the beginning of Senator Robert C. Byrd's 51st year of public service to the people of West Virginia. On that occasion, I spoke of Senator Byrd's public record, of his service in both houses of the West…