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 appreciate all the words that have been said here this morning, particularly those that call for us to do a bipartisan consensus. I am a big believer in the U.S. Constitution. I carry my own copy of the U.S. Constitution. In article V it…

Does this mean under this that if education is more than a $5 billion expenditure, that education would be a capital expenditure?

the constitutional amendment that I support recognizes the red that is out there on the end as well as the green and recognizes a need to stop doing to Social Security what that huge green there shows at the present time. I am saying that…

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…

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?

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…