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John B. Breaux is a former United States Senator from Louisiana, serving from 1996 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Breaux previously held a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. During his time in the Senate, he was known for his work on health care, tax reform, and energy policy. Breaux played a significant role in the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and was involved in various bipartisan efforts throughout his career.
$2.65 billion is not zeroing out counterintelligence and counterterrorism. It is a large add-on, $2.65 billion. The only difference is we are suggesting in law where it ought to be spent, instead of saying you can do what you want and then…
the idea that Congress ought to be involved in how the money is spent is not a novel idea. If we are going to spend $1.135 billion, Congress ought to be involved in saying how it is going to be spent. The bill before the Senate now says…
Cutting taxes when you have a $5.6 trillion surplus in the Treasury is one thing. Cutting taxes by $1.3 trillion--which is where we are right now--when you do not have a surplus but in fact you have a $300 billion deficit, and, added to…
The point is that we are at war. Turn on the television. Our men and women are fighting in the deserts of Iraq right now. We are being asked to cut tax revenues by $626 billion to pay for those functions. It would be one thing if we had a…
I remember that a great Chinese philosopher once said: May you live in interesting times. I would also add today that we are actually living in very confusing times. The bombs began to drop on the country of Iraq last night. We have over…
I thank Senator Landrieu and Ms. Kate Eltrich of her staff for their good work in crafting the District of Columbia provisions of the Omnibus Appropriations bill. I was very pleased to see that the bill included $2,800,000 to continue…
I would like to clarify a provision of the omnibus appropriations bill that was included as a result of legislation I have been working on since the last Congress. In the transportation section of the omnibus, language was included to help…
I rise to introduce S. 333, the Elder Justice Act. Despite the rapid aging of America, few pressing social issues have been as systematically ignored as elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. This abuse of our seniors takes many forms. It…
Louisiana annually experiences an enormous amount of rainfall. One example of this occurred in May 1995 when the New Orleans metropolitan area received more than 24 inches of rainfall in less than 24 hours. This area is particularly…
for all of these reasons, my distinguished colleague from Louisiana and I respectfully request that SELA funding for fiscal year 2003 be increased beyond the $40 million currently proposed in the omnibus bill and, further, that funding be…
I agree with my colleague. The Center's work is critical to millions of residents of long-term care facilities and their families. I am hopeful that when we finally pass a fiscal year 2003 Labor, HHS, Education appropriations bill that we…
I think the Senator is right on target. We have two differences of opinion about how to approach this matter, and there is not a dime's worth of difference between the two. The easiest way to figure out how to reach a legitimate compromise…