I say to my friend from Georgia that hope springs eternal in the human breast. I understand that. But I may not be counted on the side of the Senator from Georgia when the roll is called.

First off, I say to my friend from Georgia, this amendment is silent on the question of 1995. It does not protect 1995 at all. It does not even attempt to protect 1995 at all. So defense would be subject, in 1995, to taking those chances…

this amendment, I think, is a splendid bipartisan effort on the part of the Senator from Connecticut [Mr. Dodd] and the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Jeffords] to do something about the urgent problem of education in this country today. The…

I will tell you what the reality would be of the vision that he is trying to foist onto the United States Senate today and onto the American people. The vision would create larger deficits in the outyears. The deficits would continue to…

I simply wish to commend her for offering this splendid amendment. I think her suggestion that perhaps some of our Federal officials could stay put so our children could move ahead is a suggestion well made, indeed. These programs which…

But it is true, is it not, that a family of four making $16,000 a year gets no tax credit under this Republican proposal that the Senator from Indiana is lauding today? Is that not correct?

let us just consider this $500 child credit here. Our colleagues have characterized this proposal as a middle-class tax cut. The truth is, nothing could be further from the truth. Let us just consider how this credit works. For families…

If they are paying no taxes and this gives them no tax credit, they would get no benefit under this proposal.

As I understand the way this tax credit works, or child-care credit works, if a family is making $1 million a year they would get the same tax credit per child as a family making $30,000 a year. Is that correct?

Is the Senator from Indiana trying to represent that this is a refundable tax credit to people who make under $16,000 a year?

A working family of four making $16,000 a year would get no credit under this plan. Is that not correct?

we restored in the Budget Committee 70 percent of the President's cut of the so-called low-income home energy assistance, and we also tried to increase funding for prenatal care. The thrust of this amendment offered by the Senator from…

But in the event his wins, then the Senator will modify his amendment and the modification will be in such a way that you still fund the Byrne provision but you will take the funds from where at that juncture?

I rise this afternoon to support the amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from Iowa. With this amendment, Senator Harkin, I believe, wisely directs resources toward the chronically underfunded domestic programs and away from a…

I rise today in support of S. 1560, which would make the Social Security Administration an independent agency. I believe this legislation elevates this important Federal agency to its proper status and acknowledges the importance of the…

More than 70 percent of all Social Security beneficiaries have annual incomes of $30,000 or less. Asking these people--the retired elderly, 70 percent of whom make $30,000 or less--to give up some of their benefits could create very real…

I rise today in support of the Reid alternative amendment. I think Senator Reid offers a different, a fairer, and a more enforceable balanced budget amendment. The amendment offered by our friend from Nevada excludes the Social Security…

I rise today in support of the Reid alternative amendment. I think Senator Reid offers a different, a fairer, and a more enforceable balanced budget amendment. The amendment offered by our friend from Nevada excludes the Social Security…

I rise to express my opposition to the Kerrey-Brown amendment. I commend my colleagues for their concern about the federal budget deficit. I oppose their amendment because it does little to actually cut that deficit, and because most of…