In good conscience, however, I cannot use this money while thousands of Federal Government employees are denied their paychecks because Congress refuses to reopen the Government. Until this Government shutdown ends, I will be putting the…

I hope some of these Members when they return to Washington will have a fresh perspective on the human toll this foolish Government shutdown has taken. This foolish Government shutdown has taken a human toll. In fact, it is ironic that the…

I believe the House has named a number of Judiciary Committee members to their conference. Yet, we do not have anybody from the Judiciary Committee here. There are significant antitrust issues. There are significant consumer issues. There…

I rise as a strong supporter and cosponsor of this amendment, which will guarantee that adult education--including adult literacy--programs receive adequate funding under the Workforce Development Act. Unfortunately, over 50 percent of…

this week representatives of over 50 governments began meeting in Vienna, Austria to discuss proposals to amend the Conventional Weapons Convention, which contains the first laws of war limitations on the use of landmines. Fifteen years…

I am pleased to cosponsor S. 830, a bill introduced by Senator Specter to amend the Federal Criminal Code to prohibit the making of false statements, misrepresentations or false writings to Congress or to any congressional committee or…

Landmines have been around since at least the American Civil War, when live artillery shells were concealed beneath the surface of roads, in houses, even in water wells. They would explode when a person inadvertently came into contact with…

I want to thank Senators Gramm, Hollings and Levin for working with me to find an appropriate solution to the zebra mussel problem that has overtaken the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. For Senators who may not be familiar with the zebra…

I am concerned that the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) continue to develop and implement the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC). This Center is the only on-line national database available to identify criminal illegal…

I thank my colleagues for restoring funding for the Violence Against Women Act programs. When we passed the Violence Against Women Act as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, we responded to the crisis of…

this is excellent debate, great points have been made, as in all these things. But consider the fact this bill is not going anywhere. What we are doing tonight is like training to fight the Spanish Armada. We ought to put all these…

I will vote for this continuing resolution because we should not shut down the government. Defeating this resolution would force millions of Americans to bear the weight of political intransigence. That is neither fair nor prudent…

I join today in the introduction of the ``NII Copyright Protection Act.'' This bill reflects the effort of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, chaired by Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and…

it is true that this amendment by itself would save money. But you could also say that if we had an amendment that totally did away with the food stamp program that would save even more money. Basically what this says is you could be…

Mr. President, I am concerned about the welfare bill before us, the Republican version. ... The Senate Republican plan cuts spending on welfare now, but you can be sure that local taxpayers will be picking up the tab later.

it is time for a bipartisan summit on the budget. As I said back in June during the debate on the 1996 budget resolution, I fear that the Republican congressional leadership and the President are on a collision course over the budget. An…

George Seldes, who died Sunday in Vermont at the age of 104, was literally, a Witness to a Century--the title of his autobiography. A true investigative reporter who refused to accept the subtle pressures imposed upon journalists by…

Mr. President, the telecommunications bill that we are considering will have an enormous impact on multibillion-dollar cable, phone, and broadcast industries. But beyond that, it also affects the pocketbooks of every one of our…

As a former prosecutor, I feel that if somebody commits a crime, especially serious crimes like this, we ought to be able to have every possible way of going after that person. They ought to be prosecuted. They ought to be brought to…

when the bomb exploded outside the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City last month, my thoughts and prayers and I suspect that those of all Americans turned immediately to the victims of this horrendous act. The terrorism legislation…

I join with Senator Jeffords on this, because I think it is extremely important to our State. S. 534, as it is presently written, trashes Vermont's solid waste management plan, I might say literally and figuratively. What we want to do is…

7 years ago I visited Tibet, a land of striking beauty whose people are among the most inspiring and interesting I have ever had the privilege to meet. Most of the photographs of Tibet, I had seen before my visit, were of the jagged…

for the last two decades, our Federal employees seem to be handy scapegoats for anything that goes wrong with Government. Whenever anyone on this floor mentions ``those Federal bureaucrats,'' the syntax is generally pejorative and the…

Yesterday the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition of the Committee on the Judiciary voted out S.627, the Hatch-Thurmond-Leahy bill clarifying the application of our antitrust laws to major league baseball…

let me read something from the journal of a mother who lost her husband 3 rac{1}{2} years ago. She wrote in her account: We never know what's to come for us, though, do we? I put the boys to bed when their daddy went out. I went into the…