the reason that debt has to increase is a requirement that we be honest with those seniors. That is being honest. That is the utilization of those funds, which are a trust fund, which are an intergovernmental transfer that has to be…

I have appreciated the history lesson in preserving the Social Security system. I wish that the history lesson included a much better ending than where the Senator ended. I wish that the Senator's amendment included an ending for where we…

So the amendment really says that there won't be any restriction on doing capital budgeting, which is exactly where we are at the moment.

I have a question on some of the things the Senator has been talking about on capital budgeting. Could the Senator give me a little better definition of what she is talking about with capital budgeting? Is the Senator talking about all…

does the amendment of the Senator from California create kind of a loophole, though, by not defining what ``capital expenditure'' is even in the slightest way?

In the President's budget I notice that he listed social investment as a capital expenditure. That is why I was asking the question about education. I am concerned that the capital budget procedure is just an attempt to be able to move…

I did read it. It says, ``Nothing in this article shall preclude authority.'' It doesn't give authority to do it. It just eliminates the preclusion of doing it. It does not define what major capital improvements are. All of the things that…

I rise in support of passage of the balanced budget constitutional amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 1. When we vote on Senator Durbin's amendment later today, I will urge my colleagues to oppose that measure. The amendment of the Senator…

I rise in support of Madeleine Albright's nomination to take the helm of the U.S. Department of State. I believe she is well qualified and has displayed a unique steadiness and pragmatism during her tenure as our Ambassador to the United…

I, too, join my new colleagues in cosponsoring this legislation. It is important that we act on this legislation before April 15 to correct a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service regarding the alternative minimum tax. It is a ruling that…