Bill Bennett

If a President could create jobs, the unemployment rate would be permanently at 3.2 percent. If a President could create jobs, every President would. If a Congress could create jobs, every Congress would. No one wants to go home and…

I recognize fully the level of revenue currently coming into the Federal Treasury is at a distressingly low historic point. But I go back again to a comment that Chairman Greenspan once made to a group of us. He said to us: You can set the…

I am not questioning the patriotism of those who are complaining about, disagreeing with, or even attacking the President. I question their accuracy. I question their wisdom. But I am not questioning their patriotism. I think that needs to…

But what she does not comment on and may not realize is that in both these instances, the House of Representatives took a diametrically opposed position to that which was taken by the Senate. The purpose of conference is to deal with that…

As this debate goes forward, it is beginning to take on somewhat of a formulae pattern with one side saying, There are some good things in this bill, but it is so bad that we must do nothing, and the other saying, We have problems; there…

I would allow a vote on every nominee who comes to the floor, regardless of which party it may be or regardless of which President might put that nominee forward. And I would agree with Al Sharpton or anyone else who called for an…

we have compared numbers around here, particularly the number of 168 to 4 over and over again. I make it clear that these two numbers are not in the same ballpark; that is, this is not 168 who have been approved and 4 who have been…

I would say I almost never agree with Reverend Sharpton, but I have seen the diligence with which he and other civil rights leaders have pounced upon any politician who has ever dared hint at any kind of racial slur or attack on an African…

I am interested to hear the Senator make the point that an up-or-down vote is what we are asking for. The Senator was in the Chamber when the cartoon was displayed with highly offensive racial characteristics attributed to the judge from…

on Veterans Day, it is fitting to pause, remember and recognize the contributions of those who have defended America throughout our history. Today, I would also like to recognize a man who risked his life to save his fellow marines in the…

the fiscal year 2004 Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act includes appropriations for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Review of the Food and Drug Administration to continue important vaccine and…

I am not arguing, and I do not know anyone who is arguing, that we do not have a problem, nor am I arguing the Congress ought to ignore it or put it off. However, I do believe it is a fix that ought to be crafted in the Senate authorizing…