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I want to join in the appeal. I say to my friend, the chairman of the committee, that I have made two appeals earlier to date. I renew it again, and invite all to take advantage-- both Democrats and Republicans--to come down and offer your…
the Harkin amendment reveals the truth about the Republican strategy, it seems to me, better than anything else. If this amendment is rejected, it will prove that they are not serious about enacting bipartisan welfare reform this year…
I simply say that I am opposed to the amendment offered by the Senator from Missouri for the reasons that I stated previously. We still do not know the details of where the offsets would come from to make up for the big, huge tax decrease…
I want to explain exactly what a sense-of-the-Senate resolution is, so that everyone outside the Senate knows what it is? A sense of the Senate merely means that the Senate is saying, without having any effect whatsoever of law, that this…
there are two or three things I would like to, maybe, attempt to clear up. We have looked through the amendment offered by the Senator from Wyoming. It appears to me that the amendment, as we read it, from the Senator from Wyoming is, in…
I simply say that the remarks that he has just made is a typical case, if I have ever heard one, of constructing an imaginary, illusionary strawman and then tearing it to pieces. No one has advocated eliminating the mortgage interest…
I appreciate very much the vivid presentation centering on something that is very fundamental to those of us on this side of the aisle, and I hope and urge my colleagues to support these two amendments because they are absolutely vital to…
I rise in support of the Kerry-Lautenberg amendment to restore funding for essential environmental programs. This amendment will help to protect the quality of our water and air, clean up toxic waste, and preserve our national parks and…
could I add one thing that I think should be driven home? If we are going to expedite this process, we are going to have to have people who are on the list to come and offer their amendments on Friday, or on Monday and not leave here…
Mr. President, if the President's appropriated savings are steep, then the Republican appropriations savings are positively cataclysmic. That is the point. Over the 6 years of the budget, the Republican budget cuts $65 billion more from…
I have heard the same things over and over and over again--the Republicans seem to think if they say something enough times, it is true. They have said on many occasions that the President's budget does not balance in the year 2002. I do…
Once again I say, whether it triggers or not, this is an honest chart on honest numbers that has been verified by the CBO. Are you indicating there is something tricky about these numbers?
It may well be we can shorten down the time. We have been trying to move this ahead, move forward. I did not realize we would be getting into a rehash of what we did 2 years ago with the President's budget. Once again, the Senator from…
The Senator, certainly as a member of the Budget Committee, knows full well what I am talking about with regard to corporate welfare. These are moves that we have made over the years that have been prominently under discussion for the last…
when I introduced the President's budget this morning, I indicated that there were several features of the President's budget that I wish to change and would attempt to make changes in. One of those certainly was the fact that the Veterans…
I have nothing on my mind at all except to thank you for all the help that you have been over the years to the U.S. Navy. That is the kind of person he was. Do you have any details at all on this? This had to be a very sudden affair. Do…
suffice it to say I still have not recovered from the shock. I find myself in one of those positions that maybe we have all found ourselves in sometimes, having some kind of a bad dream but you know it will all turn out right and you will…
everything he said I second. The way we are going we will not be through even if we would stay here all weekend including Sunday. The way we are going that would not be enough, we would not get out of here until July 4 sometime, and I am…