Jay Rockefeller

No; the only difference we have is maybe broader than that, because I take it philosophically. I grew up in a very lucky fashion, unlike the Senator from Arkansas. Sometimes in private we joke about that, and we have a good laugh about it…

I want my colleagues to pay very, very close attention when I say that the majority of the people involved in this program are coming to this country, are bringing their families to this country, want to settle in this country, want to…

If I may answer, as the Senator well knows, the amendment he referred to was in 1989, as my encyclopedic memory comes flashing before me like a billboard here in the Senate. As I told the Senator, on that particular bill, I felt I voted…

I start out by disputing any thought by the senior Senator from Arkansas that the words ``patriotism'' and ``Bumpers'' don't go side by side--I know the Senator himself knows that to be true--in his service in the Marine Corps, his service…

I am absolutely, flat-out sick of it. There are not many principles that will get me over the fact that I am sick of seeing my people not being able to work when my people--if you are a West Virginian and you go down to North Carolina and…

This is not a matter of selling citizenship, I repeat. I want to be able to explain that. It is not a matter of selling citizenship. You come in, and then for $500,000, if you can produce 10 jobs for West Virginia, for Americans, if you…

I need to report to you, as of course our colleagues know, that Senator Randolph has died. My colleague, Senator Byrd, spoke to the subject, and did so very eloquently. I think the sad news, of course, is that he is no longer with us. The…

I'm delighted to join the Chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Mr. Specter, in bringing before the Senate the nomination of Togo D. West, Jr., to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs and urging his confirmation. Mr. President, Togo…

as someone who has had a tremendous interest in Japan throughout my life, I have gained a great deal by maintaining direct and meaningful contact with Japan as a country, a people and a fascinating culture since my days as a student there…

I fully support highway funding. Obviously, in a State like West Virginia, where it is mostly mountainous, highway funding is more important and more expensive than most places. I supported Senate passage of ISTEA. We are spending $217…

I hope all of my colleagues understand that by voting for the Domenici amendment--which I hope they will not--they will simply completely reverse the vote which they have just made and wipe it all out. That will seem strange, I think, to…

Mr. President, the Craig amendment would cut $10.5 billion in veterans' funds in the budget resolution. No. 2, the Craig amendment still allows the money to be cut and then to reauthorize--as he says, we will do a study for a year…

I am trying to protect disabled American veterans who have been addicted to nicotine and who will be barred from getting compensation as a result of this. All I can say is that my amendment seeks to strike $10.5 billion that was put…

the budget resolution would take $10.5 billion of ``savings,'' which is in the baseline of the Veterans Administration budget, and remove it, excise it, and put it into more highway funds. There are $217 billion of highway funds over 5…

It took Congress a decade to forge consensus necessary to pass the 1996 Telecommunication Act. This bold law was designed to promote competition in the dynamic telecommunications industry, but such competition is to be balanced by…

I think our country ought to be very happy about the fact that we have a balanced budget. It really was extraordinary, $357 billion down to $10 billion. We will present a balanced budget to the President for the first time in 30 years…

Can the leader tell me what constitutes the primary impediment to Indian children and tribal government access to the Federal foster care program and Federal adoption assistance program?

I am proud and pleased to be part of the successful effort to pass the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. Having worked to achieve the objectives of this bill for many years, I am very grateful to everyone involved in reaching today's…

I appreciate the concerns the Senator has raised and would like to work with him in the future. As my colleagues know, Indian children are covered under a special law, known as the Indian Child Welfare Act. We should work together to…

at least half a million American children are living in this country's foster care system--a system that was never designed and never intended to provide a permanent home for children who have been abused and neglected by their parents…

Crisis nurseries help reduce child abuse incidents and, ultimately, reduce the necessity for foster care placements. Crisis nurseries can save a family.

I am pleased and proud to be joined by two of my distinguished colleagues, Senator Conrad Burns and Senator Byron Dorgan, in introducing today the Railroad Shipper Protection Act of 1997. This legislation is the result of many months of…

I am extremely pleased to be introducing the Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 1997 with my colleague from Maine, Senator Collins. I have already had the great pleasure of working with Senator Collins on legislation earlier…

abused and neglected children are among the most vulnerable and poorly protected members of American society. Too many of these children are left to wander aimlessly through the foster care system--a system which, from the outset, was…

I come to the floor as somebody who has worked for a very long time on health care, and who has worked virtually full time on this children's health insurance bill. This legislation is a huge accomplishment in terms of this Congress and…