the statement that I am placing in the record is the statement I would have given had I been permitted to speak longer and in open session. During our closed deliberations, I gave a similar, but abridged statement. For almost two years…

In 1997, Congress and the President agreed to provide $48 billion over the next 10 years as an incentive to states to provide health care coverage to uninsured, low-income children. To receive this money, states must expand eligibility…

our self-proclaimed ``Education President'' has just seen fit to veto the most significant bipartisan education legislation passed by the 105th Congress--the Education Savings and School Excellence Act. As many Americans know, this…

these agricultural workers are already here. The Senator from California spoke of 2 million illegal workers already here. But we would think from the remarks of the opponents of this amendment that somehow or another we were spoiling a…

a recent GAO report concluded that approximately one-third of the U.S. agricultural labor force in the United States is illegal. Many estimate that the percentage is in fact much higher. For too long, Congress has failed to respond to the…

I must voice my concern over the provision regarding extending most-favored-nation trading status to China. For more than 20 years, the Pacific Northwest has been unable to break China's ban on our wheat. In addition, China has…

the Justice Department is out of control. Evidence is mounting that officials at the Department's Antitrust Division has been traveling around the world urging foreign governments to join them in their witch hunt against Microsoft. The…

the time has come to pay the piper, and we don't much like the price. For years we have been able to sing the siren song of sanctions on the cheap. Whenever we are concerned about human rights--sanctions. If we are concerned about nuclear…

S. 648 is a bill relating to product liability reported about 1 year ago by the Senate Commerce Committee. That bill is identical or nearly identical to the product liability legislation that passed both Houses of Congress in the last…

So this Senate has debated a change in our campaign reform laws. It has debated education reform and passed a bill on the subject. It has debated tobacco legislation. And it is more than willing and will debate health care legislation with…

my colleague, the senior Senator from Utah came to the Senate floor earlier today to continue his lonely and increasingly unsuccessful battle against Microsoft. His statement comes one day after the successful release of Microsoft's latest…

Yesterday a three judge United States Appeals Court panel overturned the preliminary injunction issued against Microsoft last December by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson. This ruling by the Appeals Court is a major…

I am here to speak as eloquently as I possibly can in favor of this proposal. The genius and the persistence of the Senator from Georgia in bringing this major educational reform this far is to be commended highly. I feel a particular…

I do not believe that there has been any more successful and imaginative policy with respect to our military preparedness than the three base-closing rounds that were created by a law imagined by the now majority leader of the House of…

Every day almost 1,000 Americans suffer from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. It can claim the life of a promising young athlete, a friend or family member regardless of age or health. Sudden Cardiac Arrest occurs when the heart's electrical…

a year ago on Saturday, the attorneys general of most of the States of the United States reached an agreement with the tobacco companies. Those attorneys general understood that in order to have real control over tobacco sales and…

At the end of the pending amendment, add the following: SEC. LIMIT ON ATTORNEYS' FEES. (a) Fees Covered by This Section.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any arrangement, agreement, or contract regarding attorneys' fees…

It does seem to me curious that the two opponents of the amendment made dramatically opposite statements in opposing this amendment. The Senator from North Dakota said in spite of the clear language of the amendment, that instead of a…

Mr. Taylor, in stating the case for limitations on lawyers' fees, sets up the five fundamental arguments against doing so and deals with each of those five. The first is, ``Don't mess with the marketplace''--that these were accounts freely…

I am reading section 1413. It says: . . .In any such arbitration, the arbitration panel shall consist of 3 persons, one of whom shall be chosen by the plaintiff, one of whom shall be chosen by the attorney, and one of whom shall be chosen…

Is the Senator from Alabama aware of the fact that the U.S. district court of Texas has determined that a legal fee of $2.3 billion would be reasonable?

Twice during the course of this debate we have debated the subject of limitations on attorneys' fees. On both occasions I have voted to table those amendments, not because I felt that limitations on attorneys' fees in connection with…

during 2 years when I was not in the Senate, between 1987 and 1989, I had the privilege of being a partner in a Seattle firm, Davis, Wright and Tremaine, the senior partner of which, Cameron DeVore, is one of the most distinguished first…

This is the last day that the Spring page class will be with us. And I am going to take a moment to recognize and thank this fine group of young people for their invaluable assistance in the Senate. Their hard work keeps the Senate running…

Last week, Mr. President, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright traveled to Geneva to meet with the other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. The purpose of her meeting was to convince the world's declared nuclear powers to…