I expressed concern, Senator Thompson, that the standard was being set extraordinarily high in order to address any campaign abuses because of the "illegal" language that is used. Do I understand that when I was absent from the room for a…

what the Senator said, as I understood him to say, we took away all your jurisdiction. That is not correct. As to the $4.53 million, it is there. As to the second allocation of funds in the nature of a supplemental, it is quite true the…

my response to that question is that the use of the first allocation of funds pursuant to this resolution is limited to this, and it is up to the Members to interpret it. And, second, it would be my hope that the members would interpret…

Very clearly we have drafted the language so that the word ``improper'' is added to the underlying resolution of the Rules Committee in two places.

I join those in expressing our good wishes to both the senior Senator from Kentucky and, indeed, his wife and family for their next chapter. ... He has done a remarkable job on the Rules Committee over these years, and I look forward to…

I want to take it step by step. But as far as legislation, to the extent that the Senate hopefully will adopt legislation on campaign finance reform and campaign finance violations, this Senator is going to--and has and will continue…

we are coming to a very important point, and I was going to raise that because I had this in my hand at the time I yielded for the colloquy with the Senator from Ohio. Senate Resolution 54, the omnibus resolution of the Rules Committee for…

First, I want to make it very clear, I am not going to personalize this debate in any way or use the word ``pandering.'' Nobody is pandering anybody around here. What we are trying to do is how to get as quickly as possible to the point…

I am in favor of reform, although I have not supported McCain-Feingold because I find there are serious questions as to whether the majority of that bill can be upheld in the Federal court system. That is my concern. And my concern is it…

There is a clear separation between the two trains that are moving--your investigation, which is important, and campaign finance reform, which, in my judgment, is equally as important. They are on different tracks.

Essential to this whole debate is the question of unions. Yet my colleague from Wisconsin excluded that from consideration in his bill. What do you say as to why you purposefully left an important part of reform out of your proposed…

I think, if you are going to have that rendition of facts, you should also include that those same members asked for $11- plus million and no time limitation, which, if I may with respect, you and your colleagues objected to. So that…

several of our colleagues, and I respect their views, have come during the course of this very good debate this afternoon on this issue and tried to indicate in their judgment that this action by the Rules Committee is a deterrent…

that was a very interesting dissertation as part of this debate by the distinguished majority whip. I would like to also note that the former chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, the senior Senator from Alaska, participated…

I am just pointing out that this resolution goes to the authority to investigate until December 31. Is the Senator suggesting that we are going to wait in the Senate until December 31 to review a final proposal on campaign finance reform…

When you denied them the fact they could go on without a time limitation, and the amount of money. My recollection is that you were only going to grant $1.8 million.

The previous speaker said this Rules Committee resolution sidetracked campaign finance reform. I took serious question with him on that.

Mr. President, the strength of America's system of government lies with an informed public. Free and open access to information created at taxpayer expense is the principle which has enabled the United States to endure and prosper for over…

I commend first the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee for the manner in which he expedited the hearing on this very important, most senior of our Cabinet positions. Also, I wish to commend the distinguished chairman…

I have discussed with Majority Leader Lott the procedures he proposed today with regard to the seating of Senator Landrieu and the review of Mr. Jenkins' petition contesting the election of Senator Landrieu. I agree with and fully support…

I have been involved for many years in seeking to devise a legislative solution to the constitutional issues that exist due to the decisions of the Congressional Board of Review, as that board has jurisdiction over Dulles and National…

when I came to the Senate, I can say without any equivocation, Howard Greene was one of those individuals to whom I and my colleagues--we had one of the largest classes of Senators at that particular time; took our oaths in 1979--but he…

I further thank my colleagues for the inclusion of this amendment for high-growth airports. These are the commercial airports which logically would be experiencing infrastructure and facilities problems as a result of their rapid growth…

in an effort to meet the changing needs of the Federal work force, I rise in support of a provision contained in the Treasury postal appropriations bill which authorizes the General Services Administration to begin work on a series of…

I join the majority leader today in expressing the Senate's support for the accomplishments by the men and women of the Armed Forces who planned and executed the recent air strikes against Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi military. At times of…