Mr. President: today I am offering an amendment which will increase funding for the Navy's military oceanographic research survey capabilities. With enhanced survey capabilities, university research fleets will be able to help the Navy in…

The first is that it is a terrible idea to allow labor-management cooperation outside of a formal union-management negotiating session; that we are still, in America, in the position we were in the 1930's in which most people who work and…

That shows you, Madam President, how good China's word is, and how much we can expect from these trade agreements. The Chinese are now putting on a show of contribution for all the world to see. Its state-run television has shown tapes of…

in the far southeastern corner of Washington State, workers at the Hanford Reservation helped America win World War II and fight the cold war with the strength of our science and technological advancements. We did a good job there, but…

I believe it important in discussing an issue of this significance to begin once more with fundamental principles. The most fundamental principle affected by this debate is found in the first amendment to the Constitution of the United…

we are at the heart of the matter now. The Senator from Arizona does not like the way in which first amendment rights are conducted or exercised at the present time. He therefore wants to limit them. The genius of America in voluntary…

Well, it does, but in that case, in that situation, it does not differ from the general philosophy of the present law either applied to races for Congress or to the Presidency. The thrust of my criticism was that 20 years ago, we went into…

That enhancement applies not only to the newspapers, of course. Just to take an example of one of the great proponents of the bill, Common Cause. Its ability to communicate its ideas is not in any way restricted by this bill, nor, of…

The heart of this bill--and of the other provisions that move in the same direction--is that no person, other than an individual or political candidate, may make a contribution to a candidate. That is the heart of this bill. You cannot…

It is totally impossible to level the playing field...the speech of candidates is suppressed, the speech of others is enhanced.

No. The gist of my remarks was that newspapers would gain vis-a-vis television. It will be that both will gain vis-a-vis the ability of the candidate to project his or her own idea.

under this bill, Robert Dole, at this point, is in exactly the position of one of the volunteer candidates for the U.S. Senate. A year ago, or a year and a half ago, whenever the key time was, he determined that he would operate under…

the arguments of each of the three sponsors and proponents of this bill who have spoken here this afternoon almost take the form of what we were taught in college was a syllogism. Proposition No. 1. The people of the United States…

I find it fascinating that this bill is being debated on this floor, considering the way in which we see politics has been practiced in the last 6 or 8 months in the United States. We have had literally tens of millions of dollars spent in…

That is the party to which the challenger belongs and which can certainly make the determination, which was so eloquently outlined by the Senator from Wisconsin, as to whether or not that challenger is a serious one and has a real…

If we wanted to have the right kind of campaign finance reform, one of the first things we ought to do--and I am sure my friend from Washington would agree--is take the shackles off, if the Court does not do it for us, take the shackles…

So far the arguments, as I have heard them on the floor here today, are that the polls, the newspapers, and the people do not like the present system, and they want campaign election reform. This proposition 2--this bill is entitled…

The fact is that what this does is it bans political action committees. It does not ban individuals. We have already placed restrictions on free speech by limiting the amount that an individual can contribute. So I would say to the Senator…

I wonder if the Senator from Georgia agrees with this proposition. Does he not believe, as I do, that if this bill were to come back to the Senate with this modest experiment on medical savings accounts included, it would have a…

But have a statistic that you could go out and argue we need a national system, we need a national health care system because there are millions of people who are uninsured, rather than reduce that number by this new and constructive…

I am convinced that the Senator from Georgia is correct in his analysis in what he has told us here in the Senate. We have now waited for more than 2 months facing a filibuster even of a procedural motion formally to appoint a conference…

I regret the absence from the floor of the two Senators from North Dakota who just engaged in a discussion of this and of other budget proposals. But even in their absence, their statements should not go without response. At one level, the…

the sole issue before the U.S. Senate that is being debated this afternoon and voted on at such time as the House has completed action, is whether or not we accept a budget resolution agreed to by a majority of conferees on the budget…

nothing I can say here today can add to the richness or the depth of the picture that has already been presented over the course of the last 2 weeks or so by other Members of this body and by those outside of this body with respect to our…

That budget resolution, in common with its predecessor a year ago, will clearly put the United States on the road to a balanced budget, a goal shared by more than 80 percent of all of our fellow citizens. To a certain extent, Mr…