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You have seen an increase in the draw down of the Social Security trust fund. We have actually spent $2 trillion of Social Security. We put those resources into this tax cut, providing $53,000 per year to the top 1 percent of income…
We cannot get to the rest of the business before us unless that cloture motion is agreed to. There can be no excuse, there can be no reason, after all this debate, after all the meetings, that we cannot at least bring closure to that…
Help us with the drought. If you want to deal with the economy, help us solve this problem now. The situation could not be any more grave than it is in the western part of my State. Statistically, this situation is the worst it has been in…
We appreciate the Chairman's concern and support for this work. We believe it has important implications for future generations of military personnel and we look forward to working with him and the committee as this bill moves forward to…
I simply remind my colleagues that almost every senior organization has endorsed the Graham amendment. Not one senior organization has endorsed the Republican plan. What does that tell us? The drug companies endorse the Republican plan…
Let me say as strongly as I can, this amendment belongs on this bill. This is exactly what I think we ought to be doing, and I think on a bipartisan basis there is strong support for what Senator Levin is proposing. I want to speak briefly…
This resolution concerns requests for testimony in criminal actions in Franklin County Municipal Court in Ohio. In the cases of City of Columbus v. Jacqueline Downing, et al. and City of Columbus v. Vincent Ramos, the city prosecutor has…
I know I speak for all of our colleagues in thanking Chaplain Ogilvie for his wonderful prayer this morning. He spoke for all of us. We are one nation under God, and we reaffirm that today as Americans--not as Republicans or as…
I graciously admit defeat in this case. We did have some star players, and I congratulate Senator Ensign on his valiant performance. But there is another day, another game, and we are going to try to level the playing field next year. In…
I would simply add that as we look at the contributions that have been made by the Native American culture to our success in a lot of different conflicts throughout our Nation's history, that these particular men made an enormous…
I thank the Senator as always for his cooperation. This is an important schedule. We know we have to finish the work on terrorism insurance. We know we have to deal with the Defense authorization bill. The Senator from Virginia and the…
Of course we will object to that. Let me reiterate, because the Senator has noted his desire as well to deal with cloning, to deal with terrorism insurance, to deal with a number of other issues, that I know he will be prepared to…
If I may continue, I am struck that it is one thing to slow down the train on noncontroversial legislation, but is this not the very legislation that our troops in uniform are relying on so they can continue to be equipped, continue to…
I was in Maine a couple of days ago and was reminded again of what an emotional issue it is for seniors who have no other recourse but to go to Canada to get help, who pay bills and have to decide whether it is drugs or groceries, drugs or…
It is not as well known as I wish it were. But how ironic it would be if in the same Congress that passed tax breaks for those at the very top--tax breaks worth $50,000 a year to those in the top 1 percent--we could not do something to…
I will just say that the Senator from Arizona is absolutely right. If all else fails, we have no other choice but to split it off. We would do so if we were not able to make progress, which is why I started out as I did urging Senators to…
The fact remains, there is great uncertainty in these countries. They don't know how the Congress of the United States works. They don't know that May 16 isn't a drop dead date. It does not remove the compelling aspect of us reauthorizing…
The typical student nationally now graduates with about $17,000 in Federal loan debt. Thirty-nine percent of all student borrowers graduate today with what is termed an unmanageable student loan debt. This is why we were so mystified when…