Jay Rockefeller

I strongly agree with the words our Democratic leader has offered, and I congratulate him for mobilizing this effort, but it is a mobilization not so much of Democrats as it is of Senators in general. Hospitals and patients and skilled…

Well, a sense-of-the-Senate resolution is preferable in that it doesn't become law and is not binding. It also implies, as I would believe, that perhaps the case for the amendments is not as strong as it once appeared to be. I want to…

there is a very famous line that we all know from the heroic astronauts of Apollo 13. The line is: ``Houston, we have a problem.'' Today, many of us who have spent the August recess traveling to our home States and various places across…

I rise today to join Senator Chafee and a bipartisan group in the introduction of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999. I would like to thank Senator Chafee for his leadership on behalf of vulnerable young people, including our…

Today I am with my colleague Senate Frist introducing the Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1999. This bill would make technical changes and clarifications to the legislation which governs the transfer of intellectual property…

I fully intended to be in the chamber for the vote yesterday, and had I been there I would have voted against cloture. While I support the concept of flexibility for education, I also believe that Democrats deserve right to offer education…

today, along with Senator Hollings, I am introducing the Administration's legislative proposal for reauthorizing the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration. I do so at the request of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater who is…

Mr. President, as Ranking Member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I have an especially strong interest in issues that improve the quality of life for the men and women who now serve and have already served in our Nation's military…

I understand what the distinguished chairman is saying. I would only counter that in the veterans committee we are rather accustomed to having our jurisdiction violated. And although, it has caused me to lose some sleep at night, I tend to…

I want to bring up one matter, Mr. President. The Senator from West Virginia wishes to bring up one matter which was, in fact, not discussed, but which is of some aggravation to me since it comes from the Congressional Budget Office, and…

Mr. Chief Justice, I rise today to announce, or simply declare, that I will vote not guilty on both articles of impeachment and to urge my colleagues to spare the country the injustice of removing a President who has been twice elected to…

today, I join with Senator McCain, Senator Hollings and others in introducing legislation to authorize spending for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through fiscal year 2000. As we embark on this new session of a new Congress, it…

along with Senator Byrd and Senator Specter, I am proud to introduce today the ``Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1998.'' This bipartisan legislation establishes a clear framework for the compensation and health care needs of Gulf War…

I support my colleagues, Senator Wellstone and Senator Murray, in their efforts to restore the veterans benefit that was unjustly cut to pay for unprecedented increases in the highway bill. Adoption of this amendment would restore the…

I am delighted that $10 million to fund S. 2115, the Department of Veterans Affairs Primary Care Providers Incentive Act, has been provided through a managers' amendment to the VA/HUD appropriations bill. I thank the Chairman and Ranking…

While you are correct that I have concerns about specific provisions in the amendment, I also have concerns about the process by which we have taken up this issue. One of my top legislative priorities since coming to Congress has been the…

I would like to see, as the Senator from Washington indicated, a very modest bill which would be signed by the President to go forward. And I, after 11 years of working on this, am not willing to give up. I am not willing to say that I am…

Simply because it is this Senator's judgment that what the Senator from New Mexico has said is in two respects incorrect. This Senator would like to simply give his opinion, and that would be that, No. 1, the ISTEA bill would in no way be…

I believe the Senator from Rhode Island--although I didn't hear him say it, I know he said it in the past--this is somehow expansion of the benefit, this is some new benefit that goes to veterans. I don't know how to make this clear, but…

I will briefly run through a list of the bill's major provisions for my colleagues in the hope that some of them and some of their staff they work with are listening. No. 1, the bill, as the Senator from Washington indicated, protects…

here we are again. As always, I am very proud to be standing across the aisle from my dear colleague, Senator Gorton. Senator Lieberman is very much a part of this. There are many who are very much a part of this. I can report that we are…

I am pleased that this amendment, which authorizes $10 million for the DOD/VA Cooperative Research Program, has been accepted. This program is a valuable, mutually beneficial association between the Department of Defense and the Department…

I rise today to speak about veterans' rights being bartered away. And I hope that my colleagues both here on the floor and in the various parts of the Capitol will listen to what I have to say, because it may be the last time this can be…

I will address two subjects, primarily veterans and the highway technical corrections bill. But in this morning's Congressional Daily, the majority leader, when referring to the question of the matter of the treatment of disabled veterans…

Let me answer the Senator specifically, returning to what he has read. The reference to InterBank was not accurate. Yes; a desist and refrain order was issued against the bank because it was thought that InterBank was selling securities to…