the issue involved in this amendment is extremely simple. If you believe that the regulation of our public schools is best conducted through hundreds of pages of detailed regulations, imposed by the Department of Education in Washington…

the statement by my friend and colleague from New York on educational policy is greatly to be commended. He set out a vision that I think is a magnificent one for parents and students and teachers and all interested in education all across…

This amendment changes the one we talked about yesterday only in that it has the distribution of the amount of money going to title I based on the total number of eligible title I students in each district rather than the total of all…

I believe my friend and colleague from Vermont has stated the arguments on his side forcefully and eloquently and has illustrated, as I hope I have, the fundamental philosophical differences over this amendment, over any amendment that is…

Yes. I am quite certain that Kentucky would--with the exception of the modification that we made with respect to title I, where the proportions will be identical next year to what they are in the present year. We have a slight…

It is the view of the Senator from Vermont that without "guidance from above," our teachers, our school board members, our principals won't know what to do, that they will be clueless about the education of our children for our 21st…

that is a truly incredible statement on the part of the Senator from Vermont. In the first place, of course, this amendment does not give this money to local governments. It gives it to local education authorities, that is, school boards…

just a few short weeks ago, Congress and the President of the United States agreed to provide $48 billion over the course of the next 10 years as an incentive to States to provide health care coverage to uninsured, low-income children. To…

Fundamentally, Mr. President, this amendment is based on the philosophy that the school board members, the administrators, the teachers and the parents in communities all across the United States are better able to set their educational…

I would just like to say in summary that I am in no way critical of what my State has done, and the movement towards these standards I find very encouraging. I think absent these constructive criticisms that they are likely to set very…

The total amount of the appropriation in this bill for education is not reduced by a single dollar. On the other hand, the total amount of money that gets to the classroom will be considerably greater because so much less will get lost in…

I believe this amendment is going to give us an opportunity to debate an issue of great importance to the people of the United States with respect to the education of their children. More and more, our local school boards, our teachers…

Yes, I say to my friend from New Mexico, that is exactly what this is about. Earlier this year, during the course of the debate over the budget, there was a request by the President that we increase the amount of money going to our common…

on October 25, 1994, Jered Gamache lost his life, and his brother, Andy, was seriously injured on their way home from school when a Yakama tribal police officer, driving at 68 miles per hour, ran through a red light and crashed into their…

I rise today to address a provision in the reconciliation bill that deals with spectrum. In an ill-advised concession, the Senate accepted a partial waiver of the duopoly and newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership restrictions that will allow…

on all too many occasions in this body, we have been a part of debates, pointing fingers over failure, over a failure to balance the budget, over a failure to meet the needs of the American people. We are in a competition again here today…

I rise in support of Jane Garvey's confirmation as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA]. As the new FAA Administrator, Ms. Garvey is facing significant challenges. These challenges include ensuring that air travel is…

we here in the Congress and the White House seem at this point to be on the verge of an agreement which will pay two magnificent dividends to the American people. The first is the promise of a balanced budget, not just one time, not just…

I join in support of this effort on behalf of the Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center and I applaud Senator Murray's efforts on the Center's behalf.

the Senator from California makes a serious argument: we should not split the circuits because we will waste the $140 million investment in a courthouse in San Francisco, except that we can split the circuits if this so-called study…

there can be no serious argument posed to Members in body that it is not appropriate, maybe beyond appropriate, for all practical purposes necessary, for the proper administration of justice that the U.S. Court of Appeals--almost twice as…

While I share my colleagues concerns about MFN for China, I will not support his amendment today. As many of my colleagues know, I have grave reservations about the United States' policy of engagement with China. The President's decision…

last week the United States joined with our European allies to invite three nations to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]. Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are deserving of this invitation. I congratulate them on…

this is a last-minute amendment and I greatly appreciate the indulgence of the managers, but it is of vital importance. It now is increasingly evident, overwhelmingly evident, that the European Commission is going to attempt to reject the…

The Boeing Company and McDonnell Douglas have announced their merger; and The Department of Defense has approved that merger as consistent with the national security of the United States; and The Federal Trade Commission has found that…