Wayne Allard: “I believe that the funding assistance offered by a program such as this one is important.”

I compliment the minority leader for stepping forward on the issue of meeting the energy needs of our country and the provision he has just proposed as an amendment to this particular bill. I think it is very important that we move forward…

here we go again. We all know the Senate has limited time left this year to debate important legislation. It is becoming more and more clear the Democratic leadership is staunchly opposed to doing anything that would alleviate the…

on the campaign trial, Senator Obama has called for about 188 proposals of new spending. What this amendment consists of is this. We take 111 of those new spending proposals and we put them in this amendment. If you look at it with the…

I stand in opposition and ask for a ``no'' vote and ask for an ``aye'' vote on the Allard amendment. What the Allard amendment does is redefines the child. The way the law right now reads, a pregnant woman is under the definition of a…