Like he, I have traveled to Cuba. I visited Cuba 3 months ago with the distinguished senior Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Reed. We were able to go there because we are U.S. Government officials. If we had been private citizens, as the…

I had planned to be giving a statement on final passage of the ``Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act of 1999.'' Unfortunately, I cannot do this, because just as there was last year, there continues to be a hold up on…

In this bill, we bring forward business protections but we don't bring forward the consumer protections we passed last year. Let's be consistent; let's make sure we give consumers at least as much protection as we give businesses. That is…

this bill as presently drafted would preempt the consumer protection laws of each of the 50 states and restrict the legal rights of consumers who are harmed by Y2K computer failures. Why is this bill creating new protections for large…

allowing consumers access to their home state consumer protection laws is the right thing to do. I urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment. Exhibit 1 Consumers Union, Public Citizen, Consumer Federation of America, U.S. PIRG, June 8…

Mr. President, I intend to vote against tabling this resolution. I want other Senators to be very clear why I will not join the distinguished majority leader and the distinguished Democratic leader in their motion to table and why, like…

this past Sunday marked the beginning of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. We set this week aside each year to focus attention on the needs and rights of crime victims. I am pleased to take this opportunity to introduce legislation with…

there have been a lot of interesting things in the news this week. One is a story about the Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday. It confirms the view that many of us have held for some time. Special Prosecutor Donald Smaltz was overreaching…

I am proud to continue my support for dairy farmers by introducing legislation which will make permanent the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact and will authorize the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact. The Northeast Interstate Dairy…

On March 17, Senator George Mitchell received the Medal of Freedom at the White House. The day was picked especially because Irish Americans had gathered at the White House, but also Irish from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of…

I would like to commend Commerce Secretary William Daley, acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Q. Todd Dickinson, and the U.S. Department of Commerce for their hard work and dedication in establishing the new Patent and Trademark…

we are all grieving again for victims of school violence. Pearl High School in Pearl, MS; Heath High School in West Paducah, KY; Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, AR; Parker Middle School in Edinboro, PA; Lincoln County High School in…

the sweeping terms of the bill before us are not justified. Senator McCain's substitute, like the underlying bill, unfortunately, remains a wish list for special interests that are or might become involved in Y2K litigation. The broad…

Concern over privacy is reaching an all time high. In 1978, 64 percent of Americans reported that they were "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about threats to their personal privacy. By 1998, this number had skyrocketed. According…

I am delighted to see the Senate take up this bill--and I suspect we will pass this bill unanimously--honoring the courage and leadership of Rosa Parks. She played a significant role in moving this country toward recognition of human…

I am proud to join Senator Moynihan as an original cosponsor of the Fairness for Legal Immigrants Act of 1999. This bill takes the next, important step toward restoring benefits to legal immigrants. Legal immigrants are people in our…

baseball season began earlier this month and already the Senate is lagging behind the home run pace of Mark McGwire. Last summer I began comparing the Senate's lack of progress on judicial nominations with home run pace of McGwire and…

not very long ago it would have been difficult to find anyone in this country who had heard of Kosovo, that part of the former Yugoslavia which is today engulfed in a humanitarian calamity and where NATO is conducting the first combat…

this is the third Congress in which I have introduced and sponsored legislation to update our country's encryption policies. My objective has been to bolster the competitive edge of our Nation's high-tech companies, allow Americans to…

I am pleased to introduce implementing legislation for the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Protocol). Last Congress, I introduced an identical bill, S. 2191 which unfortunately…

today I am re-introducing the ``Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act of 1999,'' a bill that I originally introduced during the 105th Congress. I am pleased that Senator Snowe has agreed to co-sponsor the bill. As United States Senators…

I again urge prompt consideration and passage of Hate Crimes Prevention Act. I cosponsored this measure in the last Congress and do so again this year. This bill would amend the federal hate crimes statute to make it easier for federal law…

S. Con. Res. 5 expresses congressional opposition to a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state and urges President Clinton to unequivocally assert United States opposition to such a declaration. I agree with the sponsors of this…

every Congress in which I have served--I have served here since 1975--has focused significant attention on crime legislation. It doesn't make any difference which party controls the White House or either House of Congress, the opportunity…

Our goal should be to encourage Y2K compliance. No matter how much we talk about liabilities or who is to blame, or anything else, the bottom line is for people who want to go from December 31 to January 1, at the end of this year, we…