the Congress, being an integral part of the greater metropolitan Washington area, will soon enact legislation impacting this area, from law enforcement to economic growth. Through my years in the Senate I have worked with community leaders…

this past Wednesday, May 21, I met with the Deputy Attorney General, Seth Waxman, and the Deputy Director of the FBI, William Esposito, and later spoke by telephone with the Director, Louis Freeh. The Deputy Attorney General has advised me…

periodically I report to the Senate on the progress being made on the Louisiana investigation. On May 8, I advised the Senate that the Committee on Rules and Administration was working on a bipartisan investigation into allegations that…

the Senator from Virginia, throughout my career in the U.S. Senate, has fought for the balanced budget as hard as anyone. I say that with humility. I am sure the distinguished Senator from Montana has a like record and a like commitment…

What is the meaning of a trust fund? Let's be honest. You are keeping $26 billion, according to my calculation, holding it back, of the revenues paid at the gas tank, as if it were poker chips to play where you so desire elsewhere in the…

first, I commend my distinguished colleague. We worked together as a team on this. He has spent a good deal of his career in the U.S. Senate fighting to improve America's infrastructure and transportation. I am going to place at the desk…

ISTEA. Look into that bill. Right in there is a provision saying we want $26 billion each year, far more than what the Senator from Virginia is asking. I build up to $26 billion in the fifth year. You want it beginning this year. In other…

I do not need an explanation. In principle, pay it in, take it out, isn't that right, in simple English?

History was made with this vote, by two votes, and two votes in the House--that resonates all across this land. It is a wake-up call to all those entrusted with the responsibility of keeping America's infrastructure modernized and safe so…

the shortage of skilled workers is one of the most critical issues facing the U.S. information technology [IT] industry today. Our position as world leader in this industry is threatened--not by technology--but by a shortage of necessary…

we have an honest difference of opinion. It was clear it was a $139 million error that needed adjustment. I commend the Appropriations Committee for seeking that adjustment. I then asked my distinguished colleague, was there any request…

Mr. President, this is an amendment offered by the Senator from Virginia, together with the Senator from Florida [Mr. Graham]. And we entitle it simply a ``fairness amendment.'' I hesitate to take on the wisdom of the distinguished…

I respectfully ask my distinguished chairman, can you show us any documentation where the administration, in writing, came up with a request over and above $139 million?

I say most respectfully that we are operating a debate to try to confuse people. Let me see if I can put forward a simple fact to seek clarity. There was an error. We all acknowledge it. But, Mr. President, the error was not in the law. It…

There was a clear error of $139 million that had to be corrected. The Appropriations Committee did it. Then they went on their own initiative to add a very substantial sum of money and devised an entirely new formula--an entirely new…

The Senator from Virginia simply says that all moneys above the $139 million--that is a clerical error, not a law error--be treated under the ISTEA 1991 law, which is the law of the land today. We should not, as the U.S. Senate, endeavor…

I make the proffer here, I judge my distinguished colleague from Florida will join me, if the Senator from Alaska will state that it is the intention of this bill not to change the 1991 ISTEA law, as it applies to fiscal year 1997, I will…

I would say the law is correct. It was passed by the Congress, and once we caught the error in the calculating and counting the beans, we corrected it. It is only $139 million.

This is a clerical error that had to be corrected. The Appropriations Committee corrected it as related to the $139 billion. But the distinguished Senator from Alaska said, we had to take and change the law so that the balance of the…

I was asked by a reporter my view of the distinguished majority leader's role in this very important debate, and I replied, without hesitation, that the tougher the issue, the closer the division within the ranks of the Senate and most…

Today the nations of Europe enjoy historically unprecedented freedoms and economic success as democracy flourishes across the continent. This was not the case a mere 50 years ago. I rise today to ask my colleagues and the American people…

Virginians appreciate the value of education. The Commonwealth owes its economic success to a strong university system and an educated workforce. This commitment to education continues to fuel economic expansion, job growth, and rising…

What I am saying is the language sets forth the definition, and it is up to the chairman and ranking member and the Governmental Affairs members to decide for themselves.

I will exercise due diligence, the fairest, most aggressive action by our committee in the areas delineated by the amendment... To suggest that just one or two or three, or whatever it is, members of the Rules Committee can stop either the…

What I am saying for great clarity, for the second allocation, supplemental funding, the Rules Committee exercised what I regard as its authority to restrict the use of those funds to the clause ``illegal'' for 1996.