I think we have become all too accustomed, in the debates dealing with the budget in recent years, to hearing claims that are exaggerated, partial statements of the facts, and on occasion outright misstatements of facts. Yesterday's…

I am pleased the conference committee agreed to fully fund this program in the conference report. This program is important and does deserve full funding. And I thank Senator Gorton and Senator Harkin for their efforts with respect to this…

My thanks are to Senator Boxer for her tireless efforts on behalf of these children's programs. The Budget Committee, as well as America's children, have been well served by her participation in this year's budget process.

this is the second truly honest budget that this Chamber has seen in 12 years. In the times of David Stockman and in the times of Richard Darman, of course there was no growth in the deficit in the outyears--although we all knew it was…

Mr. President, the eminent British statesman Edmund Burke wrote once that, ``All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act--is founded upon compromise and barter.'' Now, the conference report…

I rise today to recognize Robert F. Hale, who, after 17 years of commendable service at the Congressional Budget Office, has recently been nominated and confirmed by the Senate for the position of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for…

Yes, Madam President. The changes made by the committee will be a significant improvement to Federal bankruptcy law, and will provide creditors with sufficient time to perfect their security interest. Since the Senate is addressing the…

Yes indeed, Madam President. That would be my view also. The ``relation back'' provision merely relates to determining when a security interest in a motor vehicle is perfected in accordance with State law. Clarifying that ``relation back''…

It is my understanding, that every appellate circuit that has examined this issue has held that State laws that allow the timing of perfection to ``relate back'' to an earlier date are consistent with and not in conflict with Federal…

On April 15, the Congress will lose a valued resource because that day marks the retirement of Charles E. Seagrave of the Congressional Budget Office. For more than 15 years, Chuck has been the chief of the human resources cost estimating…

the Senator from Texas, in the amendment that he offered here this afternoon, beginning at about 2:30 in the afternoon, seeks to eliminate every one of the President's initiatives, every single one of them, and he adds an $87 billion cut…