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No one in this body has done more than Senator Daschle of South Dakota to move legislation forward in an expeditious and well-timed manner. Whether it is PNTR, where Senator Daschle has for months been trying to bring this bill to the…
We only have one vulnerable Democrat, and he happens to be just across the river.
It is the position of this Senator that the term ``relevant'' fits the amendments that we have attempted to offer. Of course, the reason why our colleagues don't want to deal with these issues is not because they are not relevant. It is…
I don't know what would be nonrelevant about technology-related job training. Is that relevant to H-1B? Of course, it is. I don't know what would be nonrelevant about technology-related education amendments. What could be nonrelevant about…
I also express my congratulations to Senator Stevens and Senator Byrd for their masterful effort in getting the Senate to this point, and for the managers of the bill itself. As Senator Lott has indicated, this was not an easy task. All …
I thought he announced he intended to oppose it because we didn't have hearings. If there is still an opportunity to gain his support, I will give him all the time he needs to further discuss the issue.
I want to finish this bill this week. I want to be as cooperative and as forceful with our colleagues on both sides of the aisle in accommodating that kind of schedule. There comes a time when we have to try to bring this to a close. I…
So is it accurate to state that the Committee on Appropriations intends for the Forest Service to fund the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Rapid City, South Dakota at least at the same level in fiscal year 2001 as it did in fiscal year…
Rhetoric is not enough. The Senate must do the right thing and pass the Norwood-Dingell provisions. You can't say it any more directly nor any more powerfully than that--whether it is the sponsors of the House-passed bipartisan bill, or…
The Senate must give Americans the patient protections they want and need now.--Thomas R. Reardon, MD, AMA President. "The AMA strongly supports attaching the Norwood-Dingell patients' rights bill to the DoD reauthorization bill. Patients…
Saying our military retirees would beat a path to the Federal system offering TRICARE as an alternative--frankly, that is an unpopular option. This Johnson amendment is what the military retirees want and deserve.
One of the benefits of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan is it doesn't require a large, new infrastructure to be set up. People simply choose the insurance policy of their wish and they go to whomever they wish, whether managed…
I believe that is a key difference. Also is the fact that this legislation of mine does address the issue of free medical care.
The chairman, the Senator from Virginia, has a very constructive suggestion. I certainly will not put words in his mouth relative to the interpretation of his legislation. I applaud him for his legislative efforts. But I will draw some…
I hope the majority leader will work with us to work through these 19 names. As I say, some of them have put their lives on hold now for over a year. It is just intolerable to them, and it should be intolerable to us that we would accept…
I admire him immensely. No Member, past or present, has ever displayed a greater love or respect for this institution than has Robert C. Byrd. No Member enjoys greater respect and admiration from his colleagues. No Member is more reluctant…
I am as disappointed as he is that in committee, after more than a year's worth of work, the document the committee had been using, the work they had been constructing was shelved in favor of a very partisan approach to the Federal role in…
I think the Republican bill is a marriage penalty relief bill in name only. It's a Trojan horse for the other risky tax schemes they have that have been proposed so far this year.