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I'm excited to rise in strong support for the Water Resources Development Act today. Three words can sum up my thoughts--finally, finally, finally! This Water Resources bill contains a reauthorization for the Wood River/Warm Slough flood…
I rise in support of H.R. 472 and against the Maloney amendment. I feel particularly strongly about keeping this initiative in place because of my background as an 8-year member of the Omaha City Council. Post-census local review is a…
I rise to remind the House that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. The most recent data compiled by the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse shows now that more than 3 million cases of child abuse and neglect are reported…
I have been uncomfortable for almost 30 years to be introduced as a hero, and it made me somewhat uncomfortable in part because I did do something that was simply my duty; I didn't feel that evening that I had done anything necessarily out…
I hope this is a piece of legislation which we can persuade our friends on the Budget Committee to make room for. It will save us money in the long term. It will save us and prevent us from spending multibillions of dollars a year on ad…
Title I is a very important program in Nebraska. It serves somewhere between 37,000 and 38,000 students, but costs us about $800 per student per year. We have about 80 schools that have schoolwide Title I programs and about 350 that are in…
I rise in support of the Ed-Flex bill introduced by Senators Frist and Wyden. I believe it is a responsible way to help our nation's educators meet the challenges that we face in preparing our nation's young people for the 21st century…
on the heels of passing a much-needed pay and benefits increase for the men and women who give up their freedom to serve us in our armed services, I want to direct my colleagues' attention to one longstanding military mission these men and…
I welcome a discussion in the Senate about military pay and retirement benefits. Review of these and other quality of life issues in today's military is long overdue. The defense debate in recent years has centered on equipment…
I rise to add my enthusiastic support for S. 4. The most important responsibility a nation has is to its people's security, ensuring a nation's freedom. As all of us in life, nations and governments are no different. We must prioritize. We…
as a part of a bipartisan effort, I am introducing a bill that takes the first step toward reauthorizing the Older Americans Act, the premier senior citizens services law. It is past time for Congress to get off the dime and improve the…
In the impeachment case of President Clinton I have read the depositions, reviewed the massive volume of evidence and carefully followed the detailed presentations of both the House managers and the President's counsel. The instructions…
it is with pleasure that I join Senators Moynihan, Roth, Kennedy and Jeffords on their significant initiative to expand work opportunities for Americans with disabilities. As Americans, we value the opportunity to support ourselves and our…
I also wish to commend my friend, the senior Senator from Mississippi, for reintroducing his defense initiative. Missile defense is as critical a challenge as this country faces, not just for the short term, but for the long term, and I…
I have introduced S. 246, the Private Property Fairness Act of 1999. This bill will help ensure that when the Government issues regulations for the benefit of the public as a whole, it does not saddle just a few landowners with the whole…
on September 10, 1998, in my role as Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, I chaired the Foreign Relations Committee hearing on two important treaties that the Senate will ratify today…
I voted no on this Omnibus spending bill. I did so reluctantly, because most of what I know about it--which is contained in the pages about agriculture, education and other areas--I like. It is because of the several hundred pages that are…
In the 1998 Omnibus Appropriations bill I am pleased to acknowledge inclusion of the Internet Tax Moratorium Act. In the act Congress makes clear that a limited moratorium, accompanied by a careful review of all Internet and electronic…