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United States Senator from Mississippi
I commend Senator Baucus and Senator Grassley for their work. A lot of people have been involved and it was the right thing to do. The proof of that is the vote of 66 to 30. A lot of people would have thought 10 days ago that we could not…
I enjoyed Senator Nickles' remarks, and I associate myself with them. I agree with him, and I certainly hope we can prevail in not adding this amendment to this legislation. It would be a further blow to the legislation that has certain…
I want to clarify that the negotiators and I believe Senator Daschle and I are prepared to support the components of this compromise agreement even though not all of it was in the TAA area. Obviously, other amendments may be offered on…
I wanted my colleagues and our staffs to know that he, too, sometimes needs our help, our support, and our prayers. So I say to the Chaplain, we certainly are thinking about you and we are going to be saying a prayer for Mary Jane and her…
Mr. President, we need a national energy policy. I think the Congress knows that. I think the American people support that. I know the President of the United States supports that. Right now we see the difficulties with which we are having…
The point I think the leader is making is that we are ready to move on. It is time to pass this bill. We understand debate is largely over and we would like to wrap it up.
One final point and I will let the Senator give his summation. This is a very complicated area that could have unintended consequences, no question. We should not be trying to write legislation in this area in the Senate without very…
I know he feels very strongly about the need for free trade and having open markets, but also that it be fair trade. I know it is very important to a State such as Iowa, which not only is very much involved in the manufacturing area but…
I certainly would have no objection to that. That was my understanding. I think we ought to have a full debate. I assume the Democrats are going to vote for the resolution I have offered. If they have something else they want to offer…
I do think the economy needs some stimulus. I do think we need additional unemployment compensation. I think we need to look at ways to give incentives to small businessmen and women to create jobs so we have growth in the economy, so we…
I thank Senator Reid for moving this very important Bioterrorism Preparedness Act forward. I commend Senators Frist, Kennedy, and Gregg for their work. We intend to work with the House and get this passed quickly when we return. I thank…
We need to do it because he has been in my office several times explaining it. I would like to get it done because I have heard enough to be convinced.