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I wanted to reiterate my strong opposition to the sale of the Power Marketing Administrations. Until someone can show me some real benefits of privatization, I will continue to oppose the sale of the PMA's. The Power Marketing…

Last September 27, Republican incumbents and candidates stood on the Capitol steps and made a pledge to the American people. We promised to bring to the floor legislation that had been blocked by the Democrat-controlled Congress for years…

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 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…

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…

Last week a Member of the President's Cabinet declared that balancing the budget was not the goal of the Clinton administration. So what is the administration's goal, if it is not a balanced budget? Is it to continue mortgaging our…

I am not worried about what the other body is going to do. We have 230 votes on here. We have to find another 60 to make it 290. Once we do that, the ball is in their court. But we have stood and delivered to the American taxpayer. That is…

I would simply amplify what I said before: in practice, that is the way it has always worked. It has worked very, very well. We do not think it should change.

My answer would be that obviously I would think that since the Parliamentarian does not have an estimating organization under his control, I would think the precedent, as the Senator from Michigan fully well knows, that the Parliamentarian…

The answer to my very dear friend is that, no, the Budget Committee does not have to accept in toto the dollars and cents on anything submitted by the Congressional Budget Office to the Budget Committee. But for all practical purposes, we…

It may be a misunderstanding and we may be talking by each other on some of these matters. I simply point out what I think the ranking member of the Governmental Affairs Committee just alluded to, and that is the fact that what we are…

I rise in support of S. 1, which the Budget Committee unanimously ordered reported on Monday... we are passing the buck without the bucks.

It is neutral on that. I think the Senator knows full well what happened in the House of Representatives the other day. But as of now, it would be considered as it has traditionally been considered, a majority vote. However, I would simply…

I would certainly say that I am one of those who for a long time has supported a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, and I intend to support one when it is finally presented in some form, if that form does not raise too many…

The amendment that I am sending to the desk outlines a series of procedures that I think are absolutely necessary to make sure that the balanced budget amendment, which I support, can be fully operative in a reasonable period of time.

I rise in support of item No. 5, the sunshine rule for committees... It's time to open the doors, throw open the windows, and let the glorious light of representative democracy shine in.

As a new Member of the Republican majority, I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Democrat Party to make sure that these reforms come to place, but we have to remember that the American people sent us to do change. They sent…