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I rise in support of our senior citizens. We are here today fighting on their behalf. Mr. Speaker, let me tell my colleagues, a few months ago when I was elected, I went to all parts of my city, my district, and talked to senior citizen…
today we have moved a step closer to implementing comprehensive campaign finance reform. With the help of Senator Mitch McConnell, Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, the Open and Accountable Campaign Financing Act of 2000 will soon be…
I, like most of my colleagues today, have listened carefully to the remarks made about our colleague, Paul Coverdell. What it has been is a weaving together of a magnificent tapestry representing the life of a unique and complete human…
I look at it and I think it is unfair. I hear people say it only affects 2 percent of the population. I say 2 percent are getting the shaft. We ought to still try to help them, whether they are wealthy or not. I don't like the tax. What is…
I believe the estate tax is unfair. I worked with Senator Kyl of Arizona to write a bill to eliminate the estate tax, along with a stepped-up basis for capital gains which I think is reasonable. Unfortunately, there are two problems I have…
this administration has now proposed stockpiling 2 million barrels of heating oil for the Northeast. He justifies using our Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is our Nation's national security emergency oil reserve, because of a ``national…
I rise to oppose the Royce amendment to eliminate the Market Access Program (MAP). Several weeks ago, the House passed legislation to grant PNTR to China. One of the best arguments for PNTR is that it will grant U.S. producers access to…
a few weeks ago the Senate convened a joint meeting between Democrats and Republicans to receive a classified nuclear briefing from the Department of Defense. The purpose of this bipartisan meeting was for the members of the Senate to get…
this amendment is really rather simple. This Terry-Coburn amendment states rather simply that this broad antitrust exemption should be provided, not for fees, but only for the protection of patients. The AMA in our discussions has assured…
I rise as a family physician who has taken care of seniors on Medicare and worked with them as they tried unsuccessfully to stretch their limited funds to purchase the medications they needed. H.R. 4680 does not represent prescription…
this legislation would bring some 8,700 acres of land into Federal trust status for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians outside of the regulatory framework established for bringing Indian land into trust. It is important for the tribe…
I rise in support of H.R. 3292, a bill which would establish the Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Louisiana. The biological diversity and ecological significance of Cat Island is most impressive. It would appear by all…
H.R. 3084 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make available $50 million in grants as a contribution of funds for the establishment of an interpretive center on the life and contributions of President Abraham Lincoln. The center is…
on June 12, the administration's National Assessment Coordinating Office, established under the authority of the Office of the President, released the first National Assessment on Climate Change. This report entitled ``Climate Change…
This act is about more than economic policy or numbers. It is about fairness. It is about family preservation. We are trying to protect their heritage and their culture. In Nebraska, family farms date back to the great-great-grandparents…
I want to take a minute, hopefully for the purpose of influencing the conferees on a vote that was taken yesterday--it passed overwhelmingly--having to do with military retiree benefits. There are two amendments, one offered by Senator…
I rise today to discuss a program that has been left out of the Labor-HHS-Education bill as it is currently drafted, the Rural Education Initiative Act, which I introduced and which the House passed as part of H.R. 2 last October. The…
with great respect to the Senator from Virginia, both the underlying law and his amendment push the President in the wrong direction. Both Russia and the United States have more nuclear weapons than we need. This has been studied to death…