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it is a pleasure for me, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to request Senate approval of S. 1791. This legislation, Mr. President, would grant to recipients of compensation, and dependency and indemnity compensation…
I was one of the 44 Members of this body who voted ``no'' when the Senate approved the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act back on December 7. As a longtime supporter of the ``right to choose,'' I do not believe either the Congress or the…
A note about Jan Paulk. She is a wonderful woman and has been such a help to us in our Senate activities as we travel and do our official duties, visiting with Prime Ministers, Presidents, and State funerals and all the rest. Jan Paulk, a…
I should like to address a critical issue that is very familiar to Members of this body who have been involved with the Federal Aviation Administration--it is the ``age 60 rule.'' In 1959, the FAA implemented a regulation to prohibit…
I have certainly enjoyed over the years the spirited debates in which I have engaged with my good friend from the State of Arkansas. He is a most passionate and articulate representative of his constituents and he is certainly a credit to…
I thank my friend from Alaska, Mr. President. Just let me pay my own personal tribute for a moment to Howard Greene. When I came here to the Senate with Senator Warner, our first meeting, our first official conduct, our first official…
I want to speak on the issue of illegal immigration. Not legal immigration; that issue is not before this body. I know how to legislate. It was very clear this body did not wish to deal with legal immigration. That will be for others who…
in reflecting on my own lifetime of public service, I can think of no one whose sincere dedication to veterans, combined with the ability to transform that dedication into a concrete reality, exceeds that of my old and dear friend G.V…
I think respect for each other is what the Senate is about. We can have serious partisan differences. Senator Rockefeller and I have more serious partisan differences than most two people on the floor. But that need not interfere with our…
The IOM, the Institute of Medicine, said there is "limited suggestive evidence" of an association between exposure of a father and spina bifida. That is largely based on the Air Force Ranch Hand study. The study found that three Ranch Hand…
I personally know of his deep, deep interest in agent orange issues. The Senator from South Dakota and I have been bandying that about for many a year. We will continue to do so, because I continue to insist--and the law insists--that we…
let me just say I am deeply troubled the conferees for the health insurance bill have apparently decided to not include any form of mental health parity on the final bill. In April, 68 Senators voted aye on an amendment by Senators…
I thank Senator Domenici, always, for his courtesy, his kindness and his generosity in what he does for all of us; and to recognize once again how hard he works. And, also, Senator Exon, who came here to this body when I did. I do not…
I do richly commend my friend, Senator Murkowski. I have watched him doggedly work in this area. There are many who have done so much in this area over the years: Senator Johnston from Louisiana; I was involved with it as chairman of the…
A typical nuclear powerplant produces 30 tons of spent fuel every year. Right now more than 30,000 metric tons of spent fuel are being stored at 75 sites across this country. And 23 reactors will run out of room in their storage pools by…
this amendment will strike a very ill- defined section of this bill on page 196, which would give no one any indication as to what it is because it leaves us simply in the section numbers and subsection numbers. The amendment would strike…
I rise to inquire of my friend, Senator Lugar of Indiana, about a provision in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act [FAIR Act] which became law on April 4, 1996. Specifically, I am concerned with the way the U.S. Department…
this will cost $16 billion. Our Nation's immigration law is very clear on one point. No one may immigrate to the United States of America if he or she is likely at any time to become a public charge. And the American public expects the…
the secondary problem with the existing facility is the wholly inadequate amount of space, as I said. They need 70,000 square feet instead of the current 26,000. Clearly, this is a quality equipment repair facility and is critical to the…
I believe that I am told that there are not more than four or five amendments that are out here that have to do with adding money or add-ons. So if the invitation is to come to the floor to bring in your favorite dog or cat, there have not…
it is my great pleasure to comment about my friend Bob Dole. We have heard all of the facts and the extraordinary history of the man's life and his life in the Senate, and it indeed is extraordinary. We all have known that. He is the very…
I said that. I said that the reserves could easily be $2 trillion by 2010. I want the record to be absolutely correct. Nobody needed to palpitate on that.
I want to be sure that the American people know that this is not a partisan issue. So, when we say, ``My friends on this side of the aisle,'' the friends on this side of the aisle joined with a remarkable number of friends on the other…
The accumulated surplus to date in Social Security is $496 billion, and it is going to go way beyond those figures in the outyears. It is going to go to $1.1 trillion--not $1.2 billion. It is going to go to $2 trillion.
46 of us, 24 Democrats and 22 Republicans, voted for that. I thought that was a very responsible thing. And whatever you are talking about in the national budget, all has to do with balancing or not balancing the national budget…
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