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One particular transaction that was under examination was shipping all the income to the Dutch Antilles so they would not have to pay any capital gains tax. When the CEO of the company, the owner of the company, was asked the question…
It is far better for us to give the consumer more information than they need, far better for us to make certain that the consumer, the patient, is well-informed of what the choices are, as opposed to on the basis of being concerned they…
the chairman is quite right. Last year, during the conference deliberations--we had seen, throughout the last couple of years, a considerable accumulation of reports, specifically, the General Accounting Office evaluation of tax system…
the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] is proposed and sold as a simple measure, limited in scope, and based on common sense. It is none of these things. DOMA certainly cannot be called a simple measure when it proposes to have the Federal…
it seems to me, for Members who are trying to decide on this piece of legislation, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, there are really three questions that need to be asked and answered. The first is: Should the Federal Government…
would the gentlewoman then believe that a bank with 28 years of making small business loans, processing SBA loan guarantees, including low doc guaranteed loans, would qualify as an institution with significant experience?
we have a problem, a very serious problem that has cast a long, dark shadow over our great land. The problem, Mr. Speaker, is drugs. The United States has seen an 80- percent increase in the use of illegal drugs in the last 4 years. This…
I am concerned that the Lincoln team has been underfunded. At the same time, this bill calls for five new teams. Is it the Senator's intention to start five new teams prior to adequately funding existing teams?
I wanted to bring to the chairman's attention a fine urban search and rescue team in Lincoln, NE. It was the first team to be recognized by FEMA and has been ongoing since 1991.
I strongly support, along with the Conferees, three important components of pre-harvest and post-harvest food safety research proposed by the Agricultural Research Service. The Conferees made the right decision to fund research of…
I strongly support Senate passage of H.R. 3103, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. I am proud to have been an original cosponsor of its predecessor, S. 1028, the Kennedy-Kassebaum proposal that was originally…
let me first pay my compliments to Senator Chafee, Senator Baucus, Senator Kempthorne, and Senator Reid. This is a very difficult piece of legislation. If you had asked me a week ago if I thought we would be able to get to conference and…
Listening to the last Speaker talk, I am reminded about, and looking at the Clinton care, the Government takeover of our health care system, almost 2 years ago, when they thought they had the answers to the health care problems in America…
today we are keeping our promise to pass real health care reform legislation, legislation that will improve the availability and portability of health insurance across America. It is hard to believe that just a little over 2 years ago we…
As a cosponsor of H.R. 123, I strongly support the bill. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 123. As a cosponsor of this bill and a member of the Opportunities Committee, I believe establishing English as a common language…
Yes. These provisions stayed out of the bill in conference, as the conferees sought to avoid another challenge on the Senate floor that these provisions violated the Byrd rule. This manifests our intent to keep this bill within the proper…
If we want to look at the productivity of America, I think we ought to put that in terms that people can understand: not productivity, but job growth. The percentage of change on an annual basis during the Reagan/Bush years--and I think it…
Many of my colleagues have given very thoughtful and rigorous descriptions of the economic growth of our Nation under the dedicated leadership of President Clinton. Much of that growth is due to the deficit reduction in the President's…