I first want to express my great respect and appreciation for the majority leader of the U.S. Senate. In the 200-plus years that this institution has been serving the public of this great Nation, I doubt if there has been a chapter with…

I join all those who wish the President and indeed the leadership of both the House and the Senate to get these talks to reach a point where we can have a reconciliation of this problem. We have finally, after some months, focused the…

the President vetoed the Interior bill December 18. We are not here to try and reopen the debate in terms of what has taken place in the past, but I must say that this action by the President of vetoing the bills that were passed in the…

I would like to say how much I personally appreciate his remarks regarding the Republican leader, Mr. Dole. I was with Mr. Dole throughout the meeting of 2 rac{1}{2} ext{ hours yesterday, along with the Speaker, Mr. Gingrich, Senator…

We worked here as a group because the greater metropolitan area of Washington is probably the most severely affected as a consequence of this Government shutdown. Not only is there a large number of employees--perhaps as high as a half…

I think it is not in the interests of the Senate, indeed the Congress as a whole, to have a blame game going on, sort of passing the football back and forth to each other as to who is at fault. It seems to me certainly America saw this…

I am hopeful with this CR we can stop that at the earliest possible time and restore them to work. And, in a sense, restore America's confidence in the ability of the Congress of the United States to work with the President to resolve such…

But, Mr. President, I would also like to suggest in his very careful comments about the Federal employees, which I do share, we should also bring to the attention of the Senate the severe suffering that has been placed upon the Nation's…

I do not dispute what my distinguished colleague from Alaska said. When I made reference to the need to recognize that there is an entirely added class of individuals that is suffering as a consequence of this shutdown, they are not…

But I think it was very important that the majority leader bring up the fact that the veto of the appropriations bills is a very strong factor in the problem that we are addressing here with the CR.

I said earlier today it is senseless that we pass the football to your side, you pass it back to us. The blame game exchange will not get us anywhere. Let us put the football on the 50-yard line and blow time out on the blame game and let…

both Senator Dole and myself have been in contact almost on a daily basis with Congressman Wolf, Congressman Davis, and Congresswoman Morella. They are very much included. We are going to start meeting daily on this problem to give to the…

I rise paying tribute to Saint Mary's Catholic Parish in historic Old Town Alexandria. Tomorrow, September 30, 1995 marks a true milestone, its 200th anniversary. Saint Mary's stands as the oldest Catholic church in the Commonwealth of…

the front page of today's Washington Post says it all: ``History Embraces Ripken.'' As an original cosponsor of the resolution just submitted by my friend and colleague from Maryland, Senator Mikulski, I applaud Cal Ripken, Jr.'s…

the amendment would limit the use of funds authorized for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program pending certification of the following: First, the United States and Russia have successfully completed a joint laboratory study evaluating…

I wonder if we could all join in thanking the distinguished majority leader for his assistance on getting this very important bill through. There were times just before the recess when the list of amendments was as long as your arm…

this amendment, by myself, is cosponsored by Senators Exon, Kempthorne, Thurmond, Craig, Cohen, Snowe, Smith, and Gregg. It expresses a sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy and the Governor of Idaho…

Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to support the designation of the NAUTICUS building in Norfolk, VA, as the ``National Maritime Center.'' Designation as the ``National Maritime Center'' is indeed a special honor and should only be…

this amendment provides $5 million of Army research and development funds which may be used to continue development of the depressed altitude guided gun round system. It is my understanding. this amendment has been cleared.

The range and volume of fire advantages of LP would greatly increase the performance and capabilities of the Army's field artillery.

The committee staff has reviewed the Army's Crusader program and LP development in detail. LP development is receiving intensive management by both the contractor and the Army. I understand the Senator's concern that the House position…

this amendment adds $40 million for the procurement of certain communications programs for the Army.

In the provisions of this bill, the committee has gone as far as the Congress should on this issue. I believe the committee and the Department of Defense have agreed on a course of action that will improve current procedures without…

I think it is a highly useful and productive organization, helping many of our young people in their first introduction to aviation. I strongly support the Civil Air Patrol.

I hope that today in our service to the Senate as members of this committee, we can achieve some of the goals that those great Senators contributed to legislation for the national security of the United States. Mr. President, as I listened…