As a conferee last year on a major satellite television bill--the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act--I worked hard to include, along with other Senators, a provision that would have assured that rural Americans were not left out of the…

I rise today to encourage passage of the Seniors Safety Act, legislation I introduced along with Senators Daschle, Kennedy, and Torricelli in March 1999. Eight additional Senators have signed on as cosponsors since then. Despite this broad…

I often hear from members of the public who feel that the United States is spending too much on "foreign aid." Why are we sending so much money abroad, they ask, when we have so many problems here at home? This concerns me a great deal…

This editorial neatly summarizes the problem and concludes that the FTC "is taking aggressive action to curb the practice. It needs help from Congress to close loopholes in federal law." My bill slams the door shut on would-be violators by…

It is my hope that the national debate on the death penalty will continue, and that people of good conscience--both those who support the death penalty and those who oppose it--will join in our effort to make the system more fair and so…

I want to turn now to another issue. This time last year, I rose to express concern about the final decisions of the Supreme Court's 1998 Term, in which it struck down on federalism grounds three important pieces of bipartisan legislation…

I want to briefly discuss a GAO report that was released earlier this week to be sure that other Senators are aware of. The report, entitled ``Global Health: Framework for Infectious Disease Surveillance,'' was commissioned by Senator…

I wanted to inform the Repubican leadership that the House of Representatives today passed the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000, H.R. 4033, by an overwhelming vote of 413-3. I hope that the Senate will quickly follow suit and…

I spoke to the issue of judicial nominations last Friday and say, again, with 60 current and longstanding vacancies within the federal judiciary, and seven more on the horizon, we cannot afford to stop or slow down the little progress we…

I am glad to see the Senate confirming Judge Johnnie Rawlinson to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today. She will be an outstanding member of that Circuit. I thank Senator Reid for all of his hard work on this nomination. I also commend…

I speak only because I am disappointed the Senate has not yet passed the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000 that is S. 2413. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed this bill unanimously on June 29. All Members, Republicans and…

The New York Times article said that had the estate tax been repealed in 1997, as the Republicans now propose, more than half of the tax savings would have gone to the slightly more than 400 individuals who died that year leaving estates…

I am concerned at the continuing lack of any real, strong effort to confirm Federal judges this year compared to the situation in the last year of President Bush's term in office with a Democratic controlled Senate. We confirmed 66…

this statement is part of my continuing effort to bring clarity to the facts underlying the oversight investigations on campaign finance being pursued by Senator Specter within the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts…

this week, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona. I applaud that decision. Miranda struck a balance between the needs of law enforcement and the rights of a suspect that has worked well for 34 years…

I described this amendment earlier this morning on the floor. But for those who came in late, this is an amendment that Senator Hatch and I offered on the juvenile justice bill. You may recall when we voted on that, the vote was 100-0. It…

Over the past decade, the Internet has grown, as we know, from relative obscurity to what is today, both an essential commercial tool and increasingly an essential educational tool. With that expansion, we have had some remarkable gains…

I support the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (VAWA II). As we head into the 21st century, violence against women continues to affect millions of women and children in this country. Whether you live in a big city or a rural town…

The Senator does make a good point about the point of order. We should either be consistent on these points of order or not have them, one or the other. The Senator is correct that when a similar motion was made from the Republican side of…

I want to also thank the distinguished majority leader for his work in bringing this up. This can sometimes be a contentious bill, as he knows. His efforts in working also with the distinguished Democratic leader, Senator Daschle, paid…

I want to be sure there is no misunderstanding about my purpose in offering this amendment, which would reduce funding in the bill by a total of $21 million for programs to combat tuberculosis and malaria. The funding for these activities…

I have served with Dan Inouye for 25 years, and only because I was managing this bill was I not with him when he received the honor today. I talked to him before. I told him how enormously proud I am of him--all of his colleagues are proud…

I have often expressed my opposition to our anachronistic and self-defeating policy toward Cuba, so I will be very brief. I strongly support this amendment and congratulate the senior Senator from Connecticut, Senator Dodd, who has been…

Violent crime motivated by prejudice is a tragedy that demands attention from all of us. It is not a new problem, but recent incidents of violent crimes motivated by hate and bigotry have shocked the American conscience and made it…

the Department of Defense authorization bill that we will resume on Monday contains a ``buried gem.'' This is an amendment that several Senators from both sides of the aisle have been working on for some time. In addition, many members in…