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…

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 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?

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 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, 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…

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…