I suggested it was an end run around the difficulty in establishing vouchers. The fact is that three-quarters of the benefits under the education IRA... would go to people who are already enrolled in private schools. So it may not be a…

I did not see the movie ``Groundhog Day,'' but this reminds me of ``Groundhog Day.'' We have been here before. We wasted an entire week of the Senate's valuable time on the precise bill that the distinguished Senator from Georgia is now…

I respond to my distinguished colleague from Georgia by saying, first of all, this is not an amendment to raise taxes. This is simply an amendment to give up $5.9 billion of the tax cut that is in the resolution. Second, there are no…

The bottom line is this particular provision in the resolution before the Senate locks in as a matter of law a permanent tax cut that would gobble up all but 2 percent of the on-budget surplus that is available. No matter how much we talk…

This amendment is not an attempt to dictate what kind of school modernization legislation we should pass; it merely reserves enough funding to pay for such an effort. Given the fact that the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen…

I rise today first of all to commend those members on both sides of the aisle who have worked so hard to bring this important loan guarantee bill to the floor. It is the final piece--and in my view, the key piece--of a lengthy effort to…

Mr. President, when I came home from Vietnam a little over thirty years ago, I came home to a nation divided. I was assigned by the U.S. Marine Corps to head up a major officer recruiting program on college campuses all across America. It…

I rise in support of the Risk Management for the 21st Century Act. This bill contains some welcome new tools to help manage risk on the farm. It is not a perfect bill, but it is a very good bill. Virginia farmers will have more risk…

I take a moment to recognize a milestone we reached today that was simply unthinkable eight short years ago. While it has gone largely unnoticed, in my view it represents real hope for our children's future. Today, for the first time in 70…

Mr. President, for the third time in as many years, I am forced to express in this Chamber my strong opposition to a congressional proposal to meddle with Virginia airports. I will have to oppose the FAA conference report, most of which I…

I always welcome any opportunity to talk about education, about its importance to our society, about ways we can improve our system of education, and about how we at the Federal level can be better partners with our States, our localities…

I wish to address a couple of the issues raised by my distinguished colleague from Delaware. One of the issues the Senator from Delaware suggested was that this creates a whole new bureaucracy. But with all due respect, it does not create…

I'm pleased to join today with my friend from Tennessee, Senator Frist, to introduce the Know Your Caller Act of 2000--a bill that will make a real and immediate difference in the lives of all Americans. Not a week goes by that I don't…

I had hoped that this year, we could have a reasonable and orderly appropriations process, where we would make the tough decisions that are required to live within our means. I had hoped that we could prioritize our spending, increasing…

The amendment simply strikes section 329 from the Interior appropriations bill we are now considering. Section 329 is a rider that is intended to overturn recent decisions handed down by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the…

first let me address my colleague and friend from Idaho, who is one of the four Senators who have spoken against this amendment on the floor and tell him first of all I appreciate the sincerity of his remarks and the concern he shows, and…

despite the opportunities we have had in this bill and in the Finance Committee to address the $112 billion school repair needs in this country, this tax bill is simply inadequate in terms of infrastructure assistance for our Nation's…

I stand to oppose the amendment and to speak on behalf of the 1.2 million Federal employees who would be directly affected by the amendment. If this amendment were to pass, it would take away their health benefit rights which have been…

I'm pleased to join Senators Jeffords and Landrieu as a cosponsor of this amendment that helps address an issue affecting many lower pay-grade federal employees with young children: affordable child care. Often there are facilities…

as a Senator from Virginia, with one of the most vibrant high-tech communities anywhere in the country, I am acutely aware of the problems the Y2K bug presents. And I want a bill. I have worked with the high-tech community in Virginia…

I rise to endorse emphatically granting to the Commander in Chief the authority he needs to achieve our military objectives and the objectives of our NATO alliance against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Rather than considering…

when future generations search for ``lessons learned'' from America's 18th, 19th and 20th century military experiences, they no doubt will be accessible through dusty texts, dated documentary videos, or long-forgotten Congressional…

I rise to announce my position on the cloture petition on the so-called Social Security lockbox legislation before the Senate. First, let me say that I am disappointed with our Republican colleagues for making this a political issue. The…

I rise to support this motion to instruct the conferees to set aside some of the on-budget surplus for Medicare. The Budget Resolution approved by this body in March made the correct decision with regard to Social Security by devoting the…

late last summer, a Virginian contacted my office to request my intervention in a matter which had brought considerable anguish and frustration to her family. She informed me that her father, a decorated veteran of World War II and a…