    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    WELLSTONE, PAUL D. (a Senator from Minnesota)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8123 [14JY], S8125 [14JY],
            S8139 [14JY], S8143 [14JY], S8228 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8297
            [16JY], S8389 [16JY], S8400 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2525 [25MR],
            S2526 [25MR], S2577 [25MR], S2578 [25MR], S2596 [26MR], S2627
            [26MR], S2685 [26MR], S2688 [26MR]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10749 [23SE], S10844
            [23SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2754 [30MR], S2775 [30MR], S2799 [31MR], S2813
            [31MR], S2842 [31MR], S2865 [31MR], S2866 [31MR], S2871 [31MR],
            S2930 [1AP], S2993 [1AP]
        Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7685 [8JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4871 [14MY], S4873 [14MY], S4918
            [14MY], S6814 [22JN], S6819 [22JN], S6820 [22JN], S6987 [24JN],
            S7002 [24JN], S7025 [24JN], S7029 [24JN], S7040 [25JN], S7142
            [25JN], S7207 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S8565 [20JY], S9384 [30JY],
            S9394 [30JY], S9452 [30JY], S9472 [30JY], S9474 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10120 [9SE], S10313 [14SE], S10322 [14SE], S10325
            [14SE], S10393 [16SE], S10443 [16SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9201 [29JY], S9224 [29JY], S9268 [29JY], S9271 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8705 [22JY],
            S8792 [22JY], S8859 [23JY], S8861 [23JY], S8937 [23JY], S8939
            [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7538 [7JY], S7585 [7JY],
            S8334 [16JY], S8405 [16JY], S8407 [16JY]
        Employment:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
            (S. 1186), S4041 [1MY]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10893 [24SE], S10930
            [24SE], S10935 [24SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S8788 [22JY], S8790 [22JY]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2334), S9747 [1SE], S9794 [1SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7795 [9JY], S7885
            [9JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4506 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2330 [19MR], S2434 [23MR], S2435 [23MR], S3476 [23AP],
            S3479 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), S3007 [1AP], S3018 [1AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5136 [19MY], S5575 [2JN], S5702 [5JN], S5728 [5JN],
            S5800 [9JN], S6110 [10JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6176
            [11JN], S6206 [11JN], S6256 [11JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1217 [3MR], S1237
            [3MR], S1264 [3MR], S1282 [3MR], S1362 [4MR], S1375 [5MR], S1464
            [5MR], S1500 [6MR], S1536 [6MR], S1894 [12MR], S1895 [12MR]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
            [13JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, S4349 [5MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN]
      Articles and editorials
        Break in Capital Gains Tax Is Added to IRS Oversight, Richard W.
            Stevenson, New York (NY) Times, S7650 [8JY]
        Choice on China, Washington (DC) Post, S1215 [3MR]
        Dust, Deception, and Death, Gardiner Harris, Louisville (KY)
            Courier-Journal, S8891 [23JY]
        Fateful Error, George F. Kennan, New York (NY) Times, S2258 [19MR]
        Lott Says Homosexuality Is a Sin and Compares it to Alcoholism,
            Alison Mitchell, New York (NY) Times, S6372 [16JN]
        Lott--Gays Need Help ``To Deal With That Problem'', Washington (DC)
            Post, S6372 [16JN]
        Mistake Prevails, as Certainly as Death and Taxes, David E.
            Rosenbaum, New York (NY) Times, S7650 [8JY]
        Most Dropped From Welfare Don't Get Jobs--Critics of Work Rules Cite
            New York Study, Raymond Hernandez, New York (NY) Times, S2379
            [23MR]
        NATO Expansion and the Baltic Iceberg, Michael Mandelbaum, S3741
            [29AP]
        Pessimism Retains Grip on Appalachian Poor, Michael Janofsky, New
            York (NY) Times, S503 [9FE]
        Profits at a Juvenile Prison Come With a Chilling Cost, Fox
            Butterfield, New York (NY) Times, S8705-S8707 [22JY]
        Red River Valley Farmers Tell of Sorrow That Is Fallout of 5 Hard
            Years, Chuck Haga, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, S2598 [26MR]
        Sanctions--A Force Behind Falling Welfare Rolls--States Are Cutting
            Off Tens of Thousands Who Won't Seek Work or Follow Rules,
            Barbara Vobejda and Judith Havemann, Washington (DC) Post, S2378
            [23MR]
        States Must Ask the Right Questions, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune,
            S502 [9FE]
        Turning Nonprofits Into Powerful Political Tools, Greg Gordon,
            Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, S872 [24FE]
        U.N. Support to Victims of Torture, Daniel Pre�1mont, Human Rights
            (publication), S3013<bullet> [1AP]
        We Need To Reconnect With Food Supply, Steve Calvin, Minneapolis
            (MN) Star Tribune, S11094 [29SE]
        Whatever Happened to Politics?, Robert B. Reich, New York (NY)
            Times, S15 [27JA]
        World Bank Chief Economist Stiglitz--IMF Policies Are Fundamentally
            Wrong, Joseph Stiglitz, Debt Update (publication), S2603 [26MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and
            promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities, (see S. 26), S1996 [16MR]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S5456 [22MY]
        Armed Forces:  procedures for determining status of certain missing
            members, (see S. 755), S2773 [30MR]
        Business and industry:  ensure economic equity for women, (see S.
            71), S1205 [2MR]
        ------ provide assistance to microenterprises in developing
            countries, (see S. 2152), S6037 [10JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  demand release of political and
            religious prisoners at upcoming summit between Presidents
            Clinton and Jiang Zemin, (see S. Res. 212), S3656 [27AP]
        Coast Guard:  authorizing appropriations, (see S. 1259), S2433
            [23MR]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones, (see S. 1927), S8058 [13JY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
            S3296 [20AP]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S5322 [21MY]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S667 [11FE]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  establish a commodity loan program that
            provides a fair return to producers relative to the cost of
            production, (see S. 1918), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ expand School Breakfast Program, (see S. 1396), S932 [24FE]
        Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
            Administration, (see S. 1325), S3155 [2AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
            2358), S9140 [28JY]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S10211
            [10SE]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see S. 2265), S7574 [7JY]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
            S5334 [21MY]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
            child care, (see S. 1151), S1996 [16MR]
        FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see S. 1089), S7682 [8JY]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  reform provisions relative to child
            labor, (see S. 2383), S10322 [14SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE]
        FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
            broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S1081 [26FE]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs, (see S. 2418), S10726 [22SE]
        Four Chaplains Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 169), S48 [27JA]
        Hazardous substances:  require powerplants, industrial plants, and
            incinerators to reduce mercury emissions, (see S. 1915), S4542
            [7MY]
        Health:  prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see S. 1875), S5023
            [18MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program, (see S. 2150), S5787 [9JN]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see S. 1360), S3296 [20AP]
        Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
            (see S. Res. 237), S5434 [22MY]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see S. Con. Res. 103), S6037
            [10JN]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11715 [7OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S2988
            [1AP]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
            S2214 [18MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
            1283), S932 [24FE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            S. 2017), S6889 [23JN]
        Medicare:  extend the contracts of certain managed care
            organizations, (see S. 2562), S11582 [6OC]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S10595 [18SE]
        Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the
            conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas, (see S. Con.
            Res. 128), S12164 [9OC]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see S. 1573), S48 [27JA], (see S. 1805),
            S2296 [19MR]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S4728
            [12MY]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11346 [2OC]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
        National Eating Disorders Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            197), S3724 [28AP]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
            Con. Res. 108), S12348 [10OC]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see S. 887), S1784 [11MR]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S6206
            [11JN]
        Native Americans:  promote economic development and investment on
            Indian reservations, (see S. 2010), S4560 [8MY]
        Nigeria:  promote democracy and good governance, (see S. 2102),
            S5217 [20MY]
        NIH:  establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative
            Medicine, (see S. 2420), S9556 [31JY]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute, (see S. Con. Res. 90),
            S3535 [23AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see S. 1255), S3362 [21AP]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S3296 [20AP]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9983 [8SE]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
            S5238 [20MY]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  improve loan programs, (see S. 2448), S9973 [8SE]
        Social Security:  provide certain disabled beneficiaries with
            opportunities to return to work by improving access to health
            care, (see S. 1858), S8058 [13JY]
        Taxation:  extend energy production credit to electricity produced
            by wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S12182 [9OC]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S325
            [3FE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S273 [2FE]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
            (see S. 2366), S11128 [29SE]
        Telecommunications:  require consent of all parties relative to
            interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications, (see
            S. 1973), S3534 [23AP]
        Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke,
            require document disclosure and deny immunity relative to
            industry settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide
            transitional assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see S. Res. 187),
            S1200 [2MR]
        Veterans:  extend priority health care to those who received
            nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
            Forces, (see S. 1822), S2424 [23MR]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
            S5572 [2JN]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Wei Jingsheng:  relief, (see S. 2476), S11128 [29SE]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S3944 [30AP]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims,
            (see S. 2558), S11582 [6OC]
        ------ anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S6206 [11JN]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
            2114), S5433 [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        China, People's Republic of:  emphasize human rights situation
            during President Clinton's visit, (see S. Res. 238), S5517 [1JN]
        ------ ensure that U.S. persons do not conduct certain business with
            the People's Liberation Army or the People's Armed Police, (see
            S. 2567), S11698 [7OC]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see S. 1606), S378
            [4FE]
        Employment:  strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize
            and strike, (see S. 2389), S9425 [30JY]
        Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN:  designate,
            (see S. 1640), S730 [12FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 2489), S10517
            [17SE]
        Federal employees:  provide benefits to domestic partners, (see S.
            1636), S730 [12FE]
        Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, (see S. 2074), S4823 [13MY]
        Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S1697 [10MR]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            (see S. 1763), S1990 [16MR]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities, (see S. 2215), S7172 [25JN]
      Cloture motions
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5605 [4JN], S5673 [5JN], S5754 [9JN], S6001 [10JN]
      Colloquies
        Application of antitrust laws to Major League Baseball:  by, H9945
            [7OC]
      Declarations
        Girls' Declaration of Sentiments:  Girls International Forum
            (organization), S12897<bullet> [21OC]
      Excerpts
        Military Child Care Provisions--Background and Legislation Report:
            David F. Burrelli and Kristin Archick, Congressional Research
            Service, S7041 [25JN]
      Letters
        Allow Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services:  Charles R. Jackson, National Association of Retired
            Federal Employees, S2820 [31MR]
        ----- Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, S2820
            [31MR]
        Civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo:  by,
            S10829 [23SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture marketing assistance loans:  Wally Sparby,
            Minnesota Farm Service Agency, S8165 [15JY]
        Disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel:  Sharon
            Walsh, Minnesota League of POW/MIA Families, S3225<bullet> [3AP]
        Emphasize human rights situation in the People's Republic of China
            during President Clinton's visit:  by, S5520 [1JN], S5521 [1JN]
        Farm Service Agency operating and emergency loans funding:  Dept. of
            Agriculture, S2597 [26MR]
        Human rights violations in Indonesia:  by, S4609 [11MY]
        IMF funding:  Representative Kucinich, S2604 [26MR]
        Impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family farms:
            Wally Sparby, Farm Service Agency, S10289 [14SE]
        Investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi in Guatemala:  by, S3745
            [29AP]
        Make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible
            work activity under public welfare programs:  Milton J. Little,
            Jr., National Urban League, S7823 [9JY]
        ----- several organizations, S7822 [9JY]
        Nomination of James C. Hormel to be Ambassador to Luxembourg:  Alice
            Turner, S5366 [22MY]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:  Deb
            Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S6352 [15JN]
        ------ Robert D. Bullard, Clark Atlanta University, S9811 [2SE]
        ------ several organizations, S6355 [15JN]
      Lists
        Groups supporting S. 2215, establish the Strategic Transitional
            Employment Program for the long-term unemployed living in
            poverty in certain identified communities, S7175 [25JN]
        Organizations supporting S. 1606, Torture Victims Relief Act, S385
            [4FE]
        Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment on making postsecondary
            or vocational education training a permissible work activity
            under public welfare programs to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7823 [9JY]
        Students' rights upon admission to a university, S7830 [9JY]
      Motions
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8427 [17JY]
      Press releases
        Allow Medicare Beneficiaries To Enter Into Private Contracts for
            Services:  Medicare Rights Center (organization), S2820 [31MR]
        ----- Older Women's League, S2821 [31MR]
        Congress--Don't Rob America's Veterans Again!:  several veterans
            organizations, S5367 [22MY]
        Veterans and Tobacco-Related Illnesses:  Paralyzed Veterans of
            America (organization), S5367 [22MY]
      Privilege of the floor
        Bradshaw, John, S9769 [1SE]
        Buhrke, Robin, S6003 [10JN]
        Caldwell, Deanna, S7040 [25JN], S10059 [9SE]
        Carlson, Christy M., S8269 [16JY]
        Gaib, Jennifer, S10059 [9SE]
        Gerrity, Ellen, S8705 [22JY]
        Goodwin, Joe, S5109 [19MY]
        Goodwin, Joseph, S2800 [31MR]
        Holmes, Mickey, S7780 [9JY]
        Holmes, Mikki, S1218 [3MR], S4664 [12MY]
        Johnson, Cardell, S7042 [25JN]
        Ladner, Debra, S1188 [2MR], S1865 [12MR]
        Muschett, Scott, S3739 [29AP]
        O'Brien, Sean, S10169 [10SE]
        O'Leary, Jana, S4252 [5MY]
        Perman, Corey, S2256 [19MR]
        Schoenbauer, Chris, S8705 [22JY]
        Schulte-Sasse, Linn, S9337 [30JY]
        Shanahan, Erin, S7780 [9JY]
        Tourville, Matthew, S7816 [9JY], S9352 [30JY]
        Vang, David, S5539 [2JN]
        Weiner, Dan, S8165 [15JY]
        West, Sarah, S7780 [9JY]
      Quotations
        Kyl amendment to S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget
            for 1999-2003, relative to allowing Medicare beneficiaries to
            enter into private contracts for services, S2819 [31MR]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), S3011<bullet> [1AP]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), motion to recommit conference report,
            S4666 [12MY]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4666 [12MY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S4413 [6MY], S8101 [14JY], S8107 [14JY], S8273 [16JY],
            S8275 [16JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S10194 [10SE], S10284 [14SE], S10289 [14SE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            S9417 [30JY]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11549 [6OC], S11550
            [6OC]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            S11093 [29SE], S11094 [29SE], S11419 [5OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8101 [14JY], S8107 [14JY],
            S8165 [15JY], S8166 [15JY], S8271 [16JY], S8273 [16JY], S8275
            [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11419
            [5OC], S11549 [6OC], S11550 [6OC]
        American Student Association of Community Colleges:  tribute, S1905
            [12MR]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2478 [24MR],
            S2513 [25MR], S2516 [25MR], S2517 [25MR], S2521 [25MR], S2552
            [25MR], S2554 [25MR], S2596 [26MR], S2603 [26MR], S2604 [26MR],
            S2605 [26MR], S2621 [26MR], S2622 [26MR], S2624 [26MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas
            peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S2631 [26MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, S12710 [20OC], S12772 [21OC], S12826 [21OC]
        Armed Forces:  health benefits for abused dependents, S7142 [25JN]
        Aung San Suu Kyi:  treatment by Burmese officials, S10400 [16SE]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10686 [22SE], S10692
            [22SE], S10749 [23SE], S10756 [23SE], S10757 [23SE], S10758
            [23SE], S10765 [23SE]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, S2513
            [25MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2788 [31MR], S2800 [31MR], S2819 [31MR], S2821
            [31MR], S2823 [31MR], S3071 [2AP], S3082 [2AP]
        Business and industry:  hiring of certain individuals whose sole
            purpose of seeking employment is union organization and
            representation, S10304 [14SE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9130
            [28JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  anniversary of Tibetan uprising, S1674
            [10MR], S1798<bullet> [11MR]
        ------ condemn officials involved in enforcement of forced abortions
            or religious persecution and prevent officials from entering or
            remaining in the U.S., S9337 [30JY], S9339 [30JY]
        ------ emphasize human rights situation during President Clinton's
            visit (S. Res. 238), S5518-S5521 [1JN], S5617 [4JN]
        ------ ensure that U.S. persons do not conduct certain business with
            the People's Liberation Army or the People's Armed Police (S.
            2567), S11704<bullet> [7OC]
        ------ human rights violations, S7670 [8JY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, S7670 [8JY]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy (S. Con. Res. 107), S7670 [8JY]
        Clinton, President:  State of the Union Message, S107 [28JA], S109
            [28JA]
        Colleges and universities:  increase undergraduate teaching duties
            of professors at research universities, S7829 [9JY]
        ------ make information regarding men's and women's athletic
            programs available to prospective students, S7833 [9JY]
        ------ provide incentives to develop alcohol abuse prevention and
            education programs, S7829 [9JY]
        Computers:  ensure businesses, financial markets, and the Federal
            Government are taking adequate steps to resolve the year 2000
            problem, S4609 [11MY]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, S12710 [20OC]
        ------ legislative priorities, S300 [3FE]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture (S. 1606), S383 [4FE],
            S3013<bullet> [1AP]
        Correctional institutions:  use of Federal funds for mental health
            screening and treatment for prisoners, S8705 [22JY], S8707
            [22JY]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women (S. 2110), S5331<bullet>
            [21MY]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, S107 [28JA], S109 [28JA]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Farm Service Agency operating and emergency
            loans funding, S2596 [26MR]
        ------ marketing assistance loans funding, S8165 [15JY], S8166
            [15JY]
        ------ reform basic formula price for milk marketing orders, S11550
            [6OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  anniversary of Purple Heart award, S9610<bullet>
            [31JY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities,
            prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S.
            2057), S7040 [25JN], S7041 [25JN], S7042 [25JN], S7142 [25JN]
        ------ Child Development Program funding, S7040 [25JN], S7041
            [25JN], S7042 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9337 [30JY], S9339 [30JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  report on the number of former welfare recipients
            that are now economically self-sufficient, S1218 [3MR], S1221
            [3MR], S1223 [3MR], S1224 [3MR], S1234 [3MR], S2377 [23MR],
            S2379 [23MR]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S1514 [6MR]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish grants to combat violence against women
            on college campuses, S8867 [23JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10073 [9SE], S10169 [10SE], S10284 [14SE], S10289
            [14SE], S10399 [16SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9201 [29JY], S9207 [29JY], S9209 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12710 [20OC], S12772 [21OC],
            S12826 [21OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  health care funding, S3082 [2AP]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, S5367 [22MY],
            S7649 [8JY], S7670 [8JY], S8334 [16JY], S8337 [16JY], S8425
            [17JY], S8427 [17JY]
        ------ payment of benefits relative to nicotine dependence, S3071
            [2AP]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8550 [20JY],
            S8705 [22JY], S8707 [22JY], S8849 [23JY], S8867 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8334 [16JY], S8337 [16JY],
            S8369 [16JY], S8372 [16JY], S8425 [17JY], S8427 [17JY], S8439
            [17JY], S8548 [20JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11838
            [8OC]
        Diseases:  research programs for Parkinson's disease, S12772 [21OC]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, S1298 [4MR]
        Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, S16 [27JA], S300
            [3FE]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, S1548 [9MR]
        ------ reductions in class size (S. Res. 190), S1264 [3MR]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S2788 [31MR]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education, S11120 [29SE]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            S4254 [5MY], S4265 [5MY]
        ----- consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, S9493 [30JY]
        ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S.
            1186), S4021 [1MY], S4024 [1MY]
        ------ protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed, S10304
            [14SE]
        ------ provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal
            farmworkers, S4021 [1MY]
        ------ strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize and
            strike (S. 2389), S9448<bullet> [30JY]
        Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN:  designate
            (S. 1640), S746 [12FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, S2800 [31MR]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care (S. 2489), S10518-S10520 [17SE]
        Federal employees:  provide benefits to domestic partners (S. 1636),
            S733 [12FE], S1959<bullet> [13MR]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1410 [5MR]
        FEMA:  tribute, S8548 [20JY]
        ------ tribute to Project Impact, S8439 [17JY]
        FRS:  reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
            Committee, S10749 [23SE], S10756 [23SE], S10757 [23SE], S10758
            [23SE]
        General Motors, Inc.:  effects of UAW strike, S8274 [16JY], S8549
            [20JY]
        Gerardi, Juan:  investigation of murder in Guatemala, S3744 [29AP]
        Girl's International Forum (organization):  declaration of
            sentiments about issues that affect girl's lives, S12897<bullet>
            [21OC]
        Government regulations:  require Federal agencies to assess impact
            of proposed actions on families, S9207 [29JY], S9209 [29JY]
        Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S4198<bullet> [4MY]
        ----- national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures (S. 2074), S4825-S4827 [13MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S4198<bullet> [4MY]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding, S2516
            [25MR], S2517 [25MR], S2521 [25MR], S2621 [26MR], S2622 [26MR],
            S2624 [26MR]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
            implementation, S2516 [25MR], S2517 [25MR], S2521 [25MR], S2621
            [26MR], S2622 [26MR], S2624 [26MR]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            S11089 [29SE], S11092 [29SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7794 [9JY], S7795 [9JY], S7796 [9JY],
            S7817 [9JY], S7822 [9JY], S7829 [9JY], S7833 [9JY]
        Hormel, James C.:  nomination to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, S4197
            [4MY], S5269 [21MY], S5366 [22MY], S6003 [10JN], S6373 [16JN],
            S6875 [23JN], S8550 [20JY]
        Housing:  allocate savings from FHA property disposition reform to
            Federal housing assistance programs, S8369 [16JY]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S8372 [16JY]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S11838 [8OC]
        Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution (S. Con. Res. 82), S1703-S1705 [10MR]
        IMF:  funding, S2603 [26MR], S2604 [26MR], S2605 [26MR]
        IMF Advisory Committee:  establish, S2554 [25MR]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), S4969 [18MY], S4970 [18MY]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, S8849
            [23JY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  permit State and local
            educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies,
            S3346 [21AP]
        Indonesia:  human rights violations, S4609 [11MY], S4610 [11MY],
            S4611 [11MY], S4778 [13MY]
        Insurance:  provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage (S. 1147), S1514 [6MR]
        Iraq:  U.N. agreement relative to weapons inspections, S806 [23FE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4193 [4MY], S4196 [4MY],
            S4245 [5MY], S4506 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7649
            [8JY], S7650 [8JY], S7651 [8JY], S7661 [8JY], S7670 [8JY]
        Kosovo:  civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians,
            S10829-S10831 [23SE]
        ------ human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination (S. Con. Res. 85), S2205
            [18MR]
        ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, S11901
            [8OC]
        Lott, Senator:  comments relative to homosexuality, S6372 [16JN],
            S6373 [16JN]
        Lula, LA:  treatment of mentally ill children in juvenile
            corrections center, S8550 [20JY]
        Major League Baseball:  application of antitrust laws (S. 53),
            S9621<bullet> [31JY]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, S2819 [31MR], S2821 [31MR], S2823 [31MR]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, S12826 [21OC]
        Middle East:  Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S4739<bullet>
            [12MY], S4777 [13MY]
        ------ U.S. summit proposal relative to Israeli occupation of
            certain West Bank territory, S4739<bullet> [12MY], S4777 [13MY]
        Mine Safety and Health Administration:  air quality testing,
            S8891-S8893 [23JY]
        Minimum wage:  level, S9905 [3SE], S10194 [10SE], S10686 [22SE],
            S10692 [22SE]
        ------ level (S. 1573), S52 [27JA], S53 [27JA]
        Minnesota:  anniversary of Children's Program of Northern Ireland,
            S7364<bullet> [6JY]
        Minnesota Korean War Veterans Memorial:  dedication, S12884<bullet>
            [21OC]
        National POW Recognition Day:  observance, S3224<bullet> [3AP]
        National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, S12594 [14OC]
        NATO:  require 3-year pause before further expansion, S3836 [30AP]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  extend, S11550 [6OC]
        Ohio:  implement demonstration projects to develop new and
            specialized techniques that address community employment and
            training needs, S4021 [1MY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, S10749 [23SE]
        Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10399 [16SE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S807
            [23FE], S871 [24FE], S873 [24FE], S909 [24FE], S10073 [9SE],
            S10169 [10SE]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), unanimous-
            consent request, S9820 [2SE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S807 [23FE], S871 [24FE], S873 [24FE],
            S909 [24FE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2256 [19MR],
            S3611 [27AP], S3615 [27AP], S3616 [27AP], S3617 [27AP], S3741
            [29AP], S3742 [29AP], S3743 [29AP], S3836 [30AP]
        ----- ratification, motion to proceed, S2172 [18MR]
        Public welfare programs:  continuation of benefits for those
            completing higher education programs, S1548 [9MR], S3346 [21AP]
        ------ continuation of benefits for those completing higher
            education programs, S11089 [29SE], S11092 [29SE]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, S4666 [12MY] food
            stamp eligibility for certain aliens (S. 1763), S1991 [16MR]
        ------ make postsecondary or vocational education training a
            permissible work activity, S7795 [9JY], S7796 [9JY], S7817
            [9JY], S7822 [9JY]
        ------ reform, S107 [28JA], S109 [28JA], S502 [9FE], S504 [9FE]
        Roberts, Senator:  Senate Golden Gavel Award recipient, S1223 [3MR]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S355 [4FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (S. 1260), S4799 [13MY]
        Senate:  legislative program, S2481 [24MR], S5359 [22MY], S9212
            [29JY]
        Senate Rules:  insertion of language in conference report that was
            not committed to them by either House, S7661 [8JY]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections (H.R. 3412),
            S11207<bullet> [30SE]
        Social Security:  privatization, S6004 [10JN]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, S4196 [4MY], S4245
            [5MY], S4506 [7MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, S7651 [8JY], S7661 [8JY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2172 [18MR], S2394 [23MR], S2395 [23MR], S3346 [21AP],
            S3501 [23AP] treatment of education individual retirement
            accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses
            (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6874 [23JN], S6875 [23JN]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), S3233<bullet>-S3236<bullet> [3AP], S6349 [15JN], S6350
            [15JN], S6352 [15JN], S6363 [16JN]
        ------ consent (S. 270), S504 [9FE]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            S9772 [1SE], S9773 [1SE], S9774 [1SE], S9775 [1SE], S9776 [1SE],
            S9781 [1SE], S9782 [1SE], S9809 [2SE], S9811 [2SE], S9814 [2SE],
            S9818 [2SE]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for casting 15,000th vote, S9850 [2SE]
        Tobacco products:  granting of immunity or limiting liability for
            tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
            marketing and manufacturing practices, S5269 [21MY]
        ------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
            prices, S5149 [20MY]
        ------ limit access to minors, S6153 [11JN]
        ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5108 [19MY], S6372
            [16JN]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6153 [11JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5108
            [19MY], S5149 [20MY], S5269 [21MY], S6153 [11JN], S6372 [16JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            S5367 [22MY], S5412 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), technical corrections, S8334
            [16JY], S8337 [16JY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S806 [23FE], S1217 [3MR], S1218
            [3MR], S1221 [3MR], S1223 [3MR], S1224 [3MR], S1234 [3MR], S1298
            [4MR], S1410 [5MR], S1831 [12MR]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China (S. Res. 187), S1207
            [2MR], S1215-S1500 [25JN]
        Veterans:  treatment of education benefits, S7794 [9JY]
        Williams, Andy:  Ameritech (business) Award of Excellence in Crime
            Prevention recipient, S11292<bullet> [1OC]
      Reports
        Crime and Servitude--An Expose of the Traffic in Women for
            Prostitution From the Newly Independent States:  Global Survival
            Network and International League for Human Rights, S1704 [10MR]
      Resolutions by organizations
        IMF funding:  UAW International Executive Board, S2604 [26MR]
      Statements
        Allow Medicare Beneficiaries To Enter Into Private Contracts for
            Services:  Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S2821
            [31MR]
        ----- Judy Waxman, Families USA Foundation, S2821 [31MR]
        ----- Patricia A. Ford, Service Employees International Union, S2820
            [31MR]
        Domestic Partnership Benefits for Federal Employees, S734-S737
            [12FE]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization:  American Student Association
            of Community Colleges, S1905<bullet> [12MR]
        Investigation of Murder of Juan Gerardi in Guatemala:  Office of
            Human Rights, Archibishop of Guatemala, S3744 [29AP]
      Summaries
        Are States Improving the Lives of Poor Families?--A Scale Measure of
            State Welfare Policies:  Tufts University Center on Hunger and
            Poverty, S1220 [3MR]
        Student Profiles for Higher Education, S7830-S7833 [9JY]
      Texts of
        S. 1606, Torture Victims Relief Act, S384 [4FE]
        S. 1636, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act,
            S1959<bullet> [13MR]
        S. 1640, Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN, S746
            [12FE]
        S. 1763, Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act, S1992
            [16MR]
        S. 2567, Trading With the People's Republic of China Military Act,
            S11705<bullet> [7OC]
      Tributes
        Cleland, Senator, S5666 [5JN]
        Goldwater, Barry, S5491 [1JN], S5538 [2JN]
        Humphrey Brown, Muriel, S10831 [23SE]
        Johnston, Alan, S6720<bullet> [19JN]
        Kennedy, Robert F., S5666-S5668 [5JN]
        MacLaughlin, Heather, S6720<bullet> [19JN]
        Powden, Mark, S4265 [5MY]
        Ribicoff, Abraham A., S806 [23FE]
        Sattler, Dwayne, S4265 [5MY]
        Strukel, Frank, S505 [9FE]
        Walsh, Sharon, S3224<bullet> [3AP]
        Wendt, Jim, S9610 [31JY]
        Witt, James Lee, S8439 [17JY]
        Youngblom, Carl, S12019<bullet> [8OC]