I heard the distinguished Senator from Arkansas say something that struck me. All this money that is being spent is taxpayers' money?

I believe the U.S. Senate was right when we confirmed them and the President was right when he appointed them to the Federal bench around the country. I am troubled by efforts to characterize President Clinton's appointments as soft on…

I do not know if the Senator was aware that in the Judiciary Committee I had offered an amendment and included in the Committee report that I intended to offer an amendment during this debate which would basically make term limits…

I listened to this whole debate on term limits with some interest. I am well aware of the fact that the Republican leadership has tried to set this up so that nobody can introduce any amendments. The Republican leadership has filed for…

Today over 62,000 Vermonters are included in the 39.7 million Americans without health insurance. Unfortunately, this number is increasing every year. Health insurance has simply become less available and affordable, especially for small…

I am not in any way trying to derail this bill. I am just saying that this is something that was tucked into it in the middle of the night. Nobody ever had a chance to debate it. It is in here. And it is going to make it impossible, or…

I am encouraged that the conference report includes important provisions that I proposed back in June 1995, when the Senate began consideration of antiterrorism legislation. These provisions were adopted by the Senate and then passed as…

There is no doubt that antipersonnel landmines have some use. Any weapon does. But to those who would argue that whatever use they have outweighs the devastation they inflict on whole societies, I would answer that the commanders of our…

I want to bring Senators up to date on the progress of the past 2 months since the Leahy amendment for a moratorium on the use of antipersonnel landmines was signed into law. That amendment received bipartisan support from about two-thirds…

let me say one last time that we can ban landmines. We can ban landmines certainly within this century. We can ban them if the most powerful nation on Earth, the United States, takes the leadership role that it must in this. If we do what…

I take our advice and consent function very seriously and especially so when it comes to the confirmation of Federal judges who are given lifetime appointments. In our system of Government, with coordinate branches and separation of…

I almost hate to go into this speech and muddy the water with facts, but one that I point out is on the Market Promotion Program, which I voted to cut and change over the years. There are significant changes. We made significant reforms to…

In order to provide the opportunity for an environmental quality incentives plan to be designed to assure that a producer is in compliance with other Federal State rules, regulations, and laws, USDA should enter into agreements with the…

the chairman and I want to discuss in more detail what was intended in section 147 of H.R. 2854, the section which grants congressional consent to the northeast interstate dairy compact, subject to certain conditions. This compact will…

the bill expands a great program in Vermont called the Farms for the Future. Vermont's dairy farms are part of what makes Vermont so special. That is why I want to help Vermont farm families keep their land in agriculture through the Farms…

The experience with the Emergency Wetland Reserve Program led me to include the flood risk reduction initiative into this legislation. The purpose of this program is to help farmers who farm in a areas that flood frequently to move their…

we spent a lot of months of very, very hard work to craft this farm bill. Today, we are completing the final legislative step in the farm bill process. I am glad that Secretary Glickman has said that he will recommend that the bill be…

I have a number of serious concerns and questions about the conference report on the line-item veto, S. 4. First, the line-item veto encourages minority rule by allowing a Presidential-item veto to stand with the support of only 34…

I plan to work closely with these Vermont programs so that they can continue to providing services through AmeriCorps. And I appreciate all of the work the Senators have done to come to a bipartisan agreement on funding for AmeriCorps. I…

I support the mission of AmeriCorps. I believe that engaging Americans of all ages to help communities solve their own problems is a worthy goal. One of the greatest threats facing our cities and towns today is the loss of a sense of…

I have some photographs here that have become all too familiar to the Senate. This is a photograph of a young boy, a victim of a landmine. You can see from the photograph, he has one badly injured leg, another leg that has been torn off…

I believe very strongly that Congress should repeal the salvage rider, and I believe that Senator Murray's amendment is a responsible, balanced proposal to fix a bad law. I concur with the words of the distinguished Senator from Montana…

the foreign operations conference report, which was signed into law on February 12, categorically prohibits the use of any funds for abortion. It also prohibits the use of any funds in China. But that legislation contains a provision that…

I think, Mr. President, my friend from Utah would agree with me that the various times he and I were with Morton Gould and talking about these copyrights and other issues, not only did we find that a pleasant chore, but we usually left the…

almost exactly a year ago in April, I was traveling outside the country and was able to get hold of a copy of the New York Times. In it was a list of the Pulitzer Prize winners. Under ``Music'' was listed Morton Gould, ``Stringmusic.''…