I rise to speak briefly on an issue which has been talked about on the floor of the Senate this morning, and that is prescription drugs. We all hear the critical cry--I say ``cry'' because it is almost that--as we talk to seniors across…

I want to very briefly continue a discussion that was held earlier on the floor today addressing an issue that means not only a great deal to me but also to about 35 million seniors in this country as well as 5 million individuals with…

When I say that opportunities have been squandered, I put that first and foremost because it very much demonstrates the bipartisanship, working together, not having roadblock after roadblock after roadblock placed in front of good ideas…

I rise to introduce the Millennium National Commission on Space Act. The year 1999 proved to be very difficult for NASA. The Commerce Committee reviewed reports on such incidents as: Workers searching for misplaced Space Station tanks in a…

as the American Revolution drew to a close in 1782, a Philadelphian turned to his friend, Dr. Benjamin Rush, and remarked, ``It looks as if the battle for independence has been won.'' Dr. Rush replied, ``Sir, you are mistaken. The…

earlier this week we received tremendously exciting news in that we essentially had completion of the mapping of the human genome. It is tremendously exciting to me, both as a policymaker but also as a physician, as someone who has spent…

my amendment fully funds the Department of Education's share of the Interagency Education Research Initiative, IERI, which is a collaborative joint research and development education effort between the Department of Education and the…

Emergency room provisions are a good case in point. It comes up all the time. It is important that people have the right to go to emergency rooms. Emergency room provisions are important. The Senator is exactly right. For the 51 million…

it is my understanding that USAID obligates most of its money for Zimbabwe through agreements with the Government of Zimbabwe. Notwithstanding this obligation procedure, it is my intention that the prohibition on assistance for the…

I believe--I say this not only as a Senator but also as a physician who has personally taken care of thousands and thousands of Medicare patients--that prescription drugs absolutely must be a part of our Medicare program and system if we…

The underlying conference bill addresses many issues which go well beyond the amendment being introduced today. By voting for the Daschle amendment today, we are basically saying these issues, which are in the original Senate bill and are…

over the last hour and a half, we have been talking about the issue of the Patients' Bill of Rights. It comes down to a question of should we allow the normal course of events in this body and in the House of Representatives to…

the showdown in Sierra Leone between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the United Nations peacekeepers they have taken hostage, robbed, killed and humiliated has enormous implications for the future of the United Nations. It is a…

On Mother's Day 2000, half a million mothers and others marched on Washington to demonstrate their fury at the number of children killed by gun violence last year. Their goal: to convince Congress to pass even more laws restricting citizen…

the revolutionary idea that tomorrow might be better and that man can do something about it is distinctly American. At the heart of self-improvement is a quality education. The purpose of a system of public education is to give every child…

it is a great opportunity we have as we debate over the next several days the Elementary and Secondary Education Act which makes fundamental improvements to education programs that are long in need of such reform. Declining student…

I believe this amendment is unnecessary. One of the highest priorities in the Republican-sponsored budget is to provide outpatient prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries, something in which I, as a physician who has taken…

I rise today to introduce A Million Quality Teachers Act. Thomas Jefferson once observed that of all the bills in the federal code, "by far the most important is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people." "No surer foundation,"…

for the second time in one week, I come to the floor of the Senate to bring attention to an atrocious and despicable act of brutality against innocent men, women, and children. Just 8 days ago, the Government of Sudan bombed nine towns…

Each day, more than 13 million children under the age of 6 spend some part of their day in child care. In my home state of Tennessee 264,000 children will attend day care, and half of all children younger than three will spend some or all…

after going to the southern Sudan as a medical missionary and a surgeon 2 years ago, I came home with a realization that the unparalleled human disaster I went there to address was really, to my own surprise, inextricably linked to my role…

It is a pleasure to be opening this second session of the 106th Congress with a bill that is, I believe, so important in our step-by-step approach to improving education, which is something I think both sides of the aisle feel strongly…

I am proud to introduce America's Math and Science Excellence Act that will keep the United States on the cutting edge of the Information Technology (IT) revolution. If we are to prepare our children to meet the demands of our future…

I am delighted with the debate thus far because it really does come down to some pretty important concepts as to how we best approach a problem that I believe is the most threatening we have today, as we look into the decade, the next…

this amendment is a sense-of-the-Senate amendment that goes right at the heart of what we should be doing about Medicare. It says Congress should be acting to modernize Medicare, to ensure its solvency, and to include prescription drugs…