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I rise in support of H.R. 1215. For 92 days Congress has undergone tremendous transformation; from body of delay to one of action. Today we begin the climb for the summit of restoring tax fairness for families, businesses, farmers, and…
there is one issue that has been neglected in the debate over our tax bill: the issue of how this tax bill helps our nation's seniors. Remember President Clinton's punitive tax hike on seniors? Remember when the Democrats decided that…
I am pleased to learn that even distantly we are reaching a point when we will move ahead and dispose of the remaining amendments and hopefully, pass the defense supplemental defense bill today. It is critical that we get moving on this. I…
The Senator is correct. Because IDEA is a voluntary discretionary Federal program, it is not considered a Federal intergovernmental mandate. Therefore, none of the provisions applicable to Federal intergovernmental mandates included in the…
I rise to congratulate the 1994 National Champion Nebraska Cornhuskers, as they were honored today at the White House with President Clinton. Despite losing a starting quarterback and nearly losing a second one, coach Tom Osborne led his…
do not be confused about the opponents that I just heard visit on this, this little child will be compensated for those damages for the rest of her life. The plaintiffs bar are going to try to confuse the issue here, but in Omaha, NE, an…
I want to simply add my voice of concern, as I think has been so well articulated by himself, and I think before him by my friend and colleague from the State of Illinois, who has been with us in trying to focus attention on the dire…
Yesterday this body began the monumental task of reforming America's legal system. Mr. Speaker, for too many years ridiculous legal judgments have been handed down in frivolous lawsuits where the only real winners are the lawyers. Mr…
I read with great interest an editorial found in Monday's Wall Street Journal article by Creighton Hale. Mr. Hale is the CEO of Little League Baseball and he made a very good case for the need for legal reform. One example he gave was…
Men and women do not join the Armed Forces to fight and die for the United Nations. They join to serve their own country, the United States. In the past 2 years, the United States has been involved in more peacekeeping missions under the…
today we are continuing debate on the crime control package, one of the items in our Contract With America. This package is unique because it actively will work to prevent, catch, and convict violent criminals that roam our neighborhoods…
I rise to introduce the High-Risk Drivers Act. Senator Danforth and I worked very hard on this legislation in the last Congress and I hope it can be passed quickly this year. This is indeed a most appropriate time for introduction and…
I think it is the same, as I outlined in my remarks, since it passed the House and the Senate. I see no reason why we cannot expedite passage of this matter. I have delayed introducing it only because there were many other things going on…
I hope we can maybe come together on some kind of compromise, some kind of understanding that does not so weaken and change the constitutional amendment to balance the budget that it will not work. Last but not least, whatever we do, I…
I think after the years that I have served here and on the Budget Committee, I must say that without that discipline that I think we have exhibited in the past by the tendencies that seem to prevail and by the fact that we have not even…
Republicans have promised a lot lately. We promised to make Congress subject to the same laws that the rest of the American people have to live with. We kept that promise. We promised to give the American people a balanced budget…
Monday will be the birthday of a great man--President Ronald Reagan. Monday will also be the day that we vote on the line-item veto. Over the last 40 years this body has stood idly by as we have passed a $4.5 trillion national debt onto…
Yesterday ushered in just one more victory for the American people. We passed the unfunded mandates reform legislation by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 360 to 74. Once again, we have kept our promise with the people through our…