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Larry Craig is a former U.S. Senator from Idaho, serving from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to transportation, agriculture, and natural resources. Craig was a prominent advocate for the construction of highways and infrastructure improvements in Idaho. He also served on various Senate committees, including the Appropriations Committee and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. In 2007, he was involved in a controversial incident at an airport restroom that led to his decision not to seek re-election in 2008, ultimately resigning from the Senate in September of that year.
let me say that the Senator from New Hampshire has spoken very clearly about the frustrations many of us have or are now beginning to have when we look at the President's budget and try to figure out what it means. Let me express another…
last evening, as we began this important debate in relation to a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution, there was some suggestion that economic policy ought not be a part of our Constitution; that it was bad to place in the context…
He did have a fundamental dilemma. He had inherited a budget that was not balanced and he did not want to borrow money and inflict a new debt. So he provided and got the necessary supermajority, the three-fifths in this instance as…
once again let me compliment my colleague from Illinois for the tremendous work he has done over the last good number of months and years to ultimately bring this resolution to the floor of the U.S. Senate. I have served 14 years in the…
a sour note occurred this morning when the newspaper Roll Call indicated that consideration of the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution may not necessarily lead to a vote. I am deeply disappointed, to be very honest with my…
I think these documents will show very clearly that there appears at this moment to be a paper trail that is convincing evidence that there was an opportunity to give the exclusive right to the Natural Resource Defense Council to help…
when a new administration comes to town, I think it is confronted with new problems and challenges that it inherits from old administrations. Certainly, the Clinton administration is no exception. I think it is incumbent on all of us, as…
let me first of all associate myself with the remarks of my colleague from the State of Washington, who, as he referenced, with me signed a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, who has the ultimate responsibility over…