my good friend from Michigan and I have a responsibility to get the bill passed. I have been discouraging, as best I can, colleagues from bringing to the floor amendments which are not clearly germane to the central purposes of the annual…

America awakened in the last 24 hours to another very distressing disclosure of an alleged breach of security practices at the Los Alamos Laboratory, again relating to what is the greatest threat every hour, every minute of the day to this…

I find it very awkward to be in a position to be in opposition to my friend, but the rules are quite clear of the House that it is a matter of privilege of the House regarding the constitutional provision as it relates to taxation. It has…

I have studied all of this very carefully. Once that question of privilege is raised, the Senate is left to their interpretation. Colleagues are clearly putting forward this amendment with the best of intentions. I said I would support the…

I support them, but I ask them to address the question of the matter that is pending before the Senate: The annual Armed Forces bill. This is a list that goes back to 1961. The Senate of the United States unfailingly has passed an…

There are several technical issues relating to this amendment. I say to colleagues, 527 has been on the books since 1975 and here we are dealing with it today: Organizations presently exempt from tax on exempt function income, which…

I offer an amendment which repeals authorities to delay pay days--that is, military and civilian--at the end of fiscal year 2000 and into fiscal year 2001. I believe this amendment has been cleared.

on behalf of Senators Grams, McCain, Sessions, Allard, Ashcroft, and myself, I offer an amendment that would improve benefits for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and their dependents. It is the sense of Congress that…

In other words, the enemy simply did not, if they picked up this language with their listening systems, have the vaguest idea. There are stories of the confusion of the enemy: They didn't know who it was on the beach, what was coming at…

let me expand on this and say how much I respect Senator Bingaman for bringing this to the attention of the Senate and incorporating this most well-deserved recognition on behalf of these individuals. Again, with brief service in the…

Senator Roth has worked tirelessly on the issue of revisiting that chapter of our history, the attack on Pearl Harbor. Those listening to this debate will recall that Admiral Kimmel was the Navy commander and General Short was the Army…

in the context of the Kimmel/Short matter, recently I have had an opportunity to be visited by the former Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. James Holloway, who would strongly endorse the action that is before the Senate with regard to these…

Indeed they have. There has been strong support. Mr. President, I see our distinguished colleague, a member of the Committee on Armed Services, about to address the Senate on a subject on which I have been privileged to work with him for…

This is not about the defense of the Nation. This is a defense of a corrupt system which, in the view of objective observers, has made a mockery of existing campaign finance laws, which has caused Americans to become alienated from the…

Senator Dodd is recognized as one who has devoted much of his career to Central America. I have traveled with him in years past to those regions of the world, particularly in troubled times. I respect his judgment and I am pleased that he…

Senator Dodd and I wrote President Clinton in 1998--we had 22 Senators join us in that letter--recommending that he establish the very commission that is outlined in this legislation, but for reasons which are best known to him, he decided…

On the substance of the McCain issue, virtually everybody in the Senate is in favor of enhanced disclosure, greater disclosure. That is hardly a controversial subject. But to single out 527s only leaves out such groups as the Sierra Club…

Both parties use these section 527 committees. Failure to disclose is the insidious, ultimate corruption of a political system in which offices, if not the officeholders themselves, are increasingly bought. At least they could vote for…

for 5 consecutive years, the Senate has put language into law with the President's signature reserving these numbers, which the distinguished Senator from Nebraska now wishes to strike from 5 years of consecutive law signed by the…

I argue, even though I understand and appreciate and sympathize with the position of our nominee for President of the United States not to interfere too much with what goes on in the Congress, I believe he would be very supportive as well…

Yesterday, Mr. President, we made progress on this bill-- not quite as much as I had hoped, but nevertheless progress was made. I wish to draw to the attention of my colleagues that late last night the ranking member and I put forth an…

we had a very good debate on this. I see it slightly different. What we are doing in the Johnson amendment is giving two health care programs to military retirees. We are giving them the military health care program and then asking the…

Yesterday Senator Dole, who is chairman of the National World War II Memorial Campaign, received a check for $14.5 million from Wal-Mart stores. The contribution was presented by a group of World War II veterans and Wal-Mart associates…

We did. I talked to him last night after we departed the Chamber. Guess what. He sat and watched us and critiqued us very carefully. We are proud of Bob Dole.

If I can advise my distinguished colleague, the subject of a military museum embracing the chronological history of the participation of men and women of our Nation in causes of freedom beyond our shores is very much in the minds of the…