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I think it is a sad commentary that anyone could actually subscribe to the proposition that freedom of speech is directly related to the freedom to spend. The freedom to spend actually blocks out the freedom of speech, because if we are…
I would suggest we are 1 hour and one vote close. That is how close we are. I would be willing to settle for an hour of debate on either side and have the vote on Shays-Meehan this afternoon and send it off to the President. What we get…
I actually believe that there are at least 25 percent of the Republican caucus in the Senate who support campaign reform. I just wish they would express themselves, as I know the House already has, in that regard. As I talk to colleagues…
So it is a sham. It is not a piece of legislation that can give confidence to any American today, not when the problems are as great as the ones suggested by the Senator from Illinois.
I am very deeply disappointed that the Senator from Kentucky has seen fit to object to this. We will continue to press this matter. We will look for other opportunities. I would much rather do it in an orderly fashion using the regular…
As both of you know, the Hunt Building Corporation (HBC) constructed an 828-unit military family housing complex, known as the Centennial Housing Project, at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 1990 and 1991. Unfortunately, within a year of the…
I think we ought to add the Graham amendment and then limit it to the ones on this list. I don't want to see this list grow.
It is not going to pass. It is going to produce 30-second television spots, no doubt, in November. But that is the reason the American public has become so incredibly cynical about the American political process.
I also note that we all owe a debt of gratitude to the Senator from Tennessee, Senator Frist, for seizing the moment in his responsibility, first as a physician, and second as a Senator, to come on to the scene as he did. He served us and…
I have been a strong believer in country of origin labeling for products--whether it be for automobiles, clothing, technological, or food products. I have been an especially strong supporter of country of origin labeling for meat products…
It is my understanding, as the sponsor of the legislation, that it would have no impact what-so-ever on meat prepared and served by a restaurant. It is not our intent to require labeling of meat prepared and served by a restaurant.
Well, may I ask the Senator from North Dakota--I applaud his work on this amendment. I have long supported his concept of targeted assistance for family producers in this context and various others. We have discussed this over the years…
The amendment builds upon what I hope will be a very significant vote at 5:15 this afternoon. As we note, the first amendment hopefully brings us together, Republicans and Democrats, in a way that allows us to say: Yes, we understand there…
Will the Senator agree that while the track that we are on may not be as a consequence of a specific plan simply on the part of the Government or anyone else, but that any sector of the economy that is expected to generate profits based on…
The problem, then, becomes, how do we avoid those problems in the future? And what every attorney general has said is the only way you can do that is to establish new public policy that strengthens regulatory controls on tobacco, ends…
Each day that we wait, 3,000 kids start to smoke; 1,000 of them will die prematurely of tobacco-related illnesses. Tobacco companies are targeting 12-, 13- and 14-year-old children as replacement smokers to fill the shoes of the 2 million…
That is the irony, I would say to the Senator from Massachusetts. And the real sad thing is that this goes beyond the bill. This goes to the fact that 3,000 kids a day start smoking. It goes to the tremendous number of victims of managed…
Unfortunately, I have to report to the Senator from Massachusetts that there doesn't appear to be any end in sight to this gagging of Democrats, to this notion that you either proceed on our terms or we won't proceed at all. As the Senator…