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first of all, the choice that the Senate will be making today really is, the first choice we have to make is do we want to put another $9 billion of spending in this bill. That is what the Finance Committee did. And as a consequence we are…
I rise in support of S. 1186, the Workforce Investment Partnership Act. This is an initiative that I have been involved with since my days as Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987, and it is something I am proud to see come to fruition in…
Both of those pieces of legislation were landmark bills. The reason they were landmark bills is they laid a foundation upon which we are building this legislation. All of title III, which adds additional powers to what the taxpayers will…
Senator Grassley not only was on the National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, along with myself and Congressman Portman and Congressman Cardin on the House side, but long before I ever became interested in this issue, Senator…
the Internal Revenue Service Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 will touch the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans. More Americans pay taxes than vote. The perception of how our government treats us--its citizens--is rooted more…
The present-law structure impedes continuity and accountability. I emphasize this. This is one of the big complaints to the Restructuring Commission and the hearings that Senator Roth had. We heard repeatedly from taxpayers that they just…
I was assured throughout committee consideration that the $1 billion in extra money that we were looking for would be resolved prior to coming to the floor with the bill. In fact, I even cosponsored the bill with that assurance. Now, of…
No, I didn't say it is for all of Europe. I said we would have a Europe, as we expand NATO eastward, that gives Europe an opportunity from east to west, all of Europe, to be democratic, opportunity to develop market economies, the…
last month the U.N. global climate treaty became available for the formal signatures of those countries who reached agreement in Kyoto, Japan, in December. President Clinton has not signed the treaty. There is speculation, however, that he…
for the first time in a quarter century this budget resolution is being debated in an environment, where rather than talking about getting rid of the deficit, we are able to talk with great enthusiasm about what to do with the surplus. We…
I believe we are doing what is commonly referred to as ``making the perfect the enemy of the good.'' In other words, we are taking a good piece of legislation that passed the House last November in a 426-4 vote, which would give taxpayers…
First, our economy is connected to all economies of the world. When Asian markets go down and currencies are devalued, that means very simply that we in the United States cannot sell our products in Asia. Asia has represented over the last…
You decide what comes up. I heard the chairman of the Finance Committee say that nothing is a higher priority than the restructuring of the IRS. We worked for 5 days on the Ronald Reagan Airport. We debated human cloning for 4 days. You…
I also rise in opposition to cloture. If you look out across America today and look at the growth in the economy and the economic success and the various reasons why we have that economic success, it is clear that one of the things we need…
first of all, the distinguished Senator from Georgia mentioned a filibuster. All we are asking for on this side of the aisle is a chance to do more. We look out in America and see crumbling schools and class sizes growing. We see a much…
I appreciate very much this proposal, because coming from the Senator from New York, it is, I think, much more likely to gather the attention of Americans who understand that this is a gentleman who is a strong defender of the Social…
let me talk about the wealth-generating portion of this. We know this represents the largest tax decrease in the history of the country, somewhere between $300 billion or $400 billion over a 5-year period, an $800 billion tax cut overall…
I think one of the points we need to make to citizens who are watching this is that in the great tax debates that go around this Capitol, very often what we are talking about when we are talking about taxes is income taxes; people are…