I accompanied the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Cohen, to Russia in the January timeframe, where we sat down in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and listened to the protests of about half a dozen Members of the Duma for the better part of 2 hours…

Never should the United States allow Russia to veto any of our foreign policy. We always must do those things that are in our strategic interest. But I join the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire in his view that there is no rush to…

Subsequently, Stalin and Hitler partitioned and cruelly crucified the Polish people. But at that time, I say to my good friend from Delaware, the United States was holding its maneuvers with dump trucks acting as tanks and with wooden…

the American taxpayers, since 1992, have contributed $2.6 billion in the spirit of that friendship to help Russia dismantle its weapons systems. And here this comes along and takes a red-hot poker and jams it right in their ribs.

Is it the Senator's understanding that there is no capital available for either construction or lease-purchase of this project? That is what the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was relying upon when we authorized this…

I am privileged to be the chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the full Committee on Environment and Public Works. I have been involved in the Patent and Trademark Office space consolidation for the past 4…

Finally, I am concerned that the study comparing the cost versus the benefit of relocating to a new facility compares ``apples to apples''. Therefore, it is important that such things as the cost of space required to accommodate new staff…

I have taken a very active role in this matter because of the wonderful, loyal, dedicated service of the thousands of employees of PTO. I think our Federal Government owes them no less than the opportunity to have a new facility to perform…

I anticipated that, and I think it is working out. I, in many respects, wish it was more in block pieces. Very substantive debate has taken place in the last 48 hours, plus the Armed Services Committee held a 3-hour hearing on the subject…

Now, Mr. President, as we all know, the President has announced his goal of welcoming these first three nations into NATO to mark the alliance's 50th anniversary, scheduled for April 4 of next year. Several weeks ago, the President…

it is clearly an endorsement of the present legislation by one of our most revered and respected former Senators, whose wartime record and whose record in many other endeavors places absolutely no question about his knowledge and…

I say in a very calm way, I listened carefully to my colleague. I take to heart what he has said. And I think it is very important. I don't question his generation in Vietnam. It was my privilege to be in the Pentagon at that point in time…

I pick up again in expressing the grounds for my opposition to the admission of these three nations, certainly at this time. I also am going to place in the Record a series of documents today because I think it is important that those…

I think the Senator's point, if I might rephrase it, is those potential disputes grounded in ancient civilizations and ancient religions can and do burst open today and result in conflict into which the Armed Forces can be dragged. What…

But one of the most valuable resources to this debate is the studies undertaken in the past by the NATO staff, and which are still being undertaken. NATO cannot tell us with certainty what the costs are going to be. They are going to issue…

Let me tell you, Senator, with that, our President slipped the engagement ring on. I don't know how long it will come before that issue is squarely before this Chamber to the effect that now the time has come to admit those nations. If my…

I see our distinguished colleague, the senior Senator from New York, who has a corporate memory of affairs beyond this border of our great country, who is in the mold of that great Senator Vandenberg who said that "all politics stops at…

I am sure there will be further debate. But I also point out that the Congressional Budget Office came up with a figure of $125 billion. The Senator is familiar with that. Of course, we recognize that embraces some other aspects of the…

I have said, Madam President, an iron ring has now replaced the Iron Curtain. It flashed into my mind as I was debating with my distinguished colleague here that while the Iron Curtain faced west, the ring now faces east. I will deal with…

I thank my colleague, but I also thank him for the opportunity to learn. I remember one time we were in a hearing, I believe it was in Idaho, if I am correct in my recollection. You and I were chairing it with Senator Kempthorne. You…

The Senator is correct. Senator Faircloth had a very similar amendment, which at that time we felt we could not accept. In every respect he is a full cosponsor of the efforts reflected in the amendment of the Senator from Illinois. It has…

I certainly join in that. She is a distinguished citizen of the State of Montana, and she has weathered many storms to be able to join in working late at night on this bill.

I certainly want to refer to the early days in the consideration of this bill, and to the tenacious manner in which he fought on behalf of not only his State but other States that found themselves in similar disparity in terms of the…

Janine Johnson worked tirelessly, hour after hour, to see that our hand-scribbled notes were transitioned into legislative language.

The amendment makes clear that the deployment of technologies to delete and detect illegal narcotic drug smuggling is eligible activity under the Trade Corridor and Border Crossing Program.