The park, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is a gift from the Foundation to the community.

Not only have they restored the mill to its condition at the turn of the century.

The regulatory overkill of the Clinton administration has already exceeded the savings projected by the balanced budget amendment.

More than 2,300 home health agencies across the country have been forced to close their doors as a result of the regulatory burden and the flawed payment system.

This solves the problem. For one thing, it eliminates another 15-percent cut that is scheduled to go into effect in October of next year.

Unfortunately, that is exactly right. Unbelievable though it may seem, the formula that is being used actually penalizes those agencies in our two States that have done a good job of holding down costs.

Senate Republicans are committed to enacting legislation to preserve, strengthen, and save Medicare for current and future generations.

The point is, cuts of this magnitude, that we have seen in the State of Maine and throughout the country, cannot be sustained without hurting senior citizens.

let me tell you how comforting it is to have our Chaplain, Lloyd Ogilvie, returning to us in good health and to hear his words and the spiritual guidance he offers the Senate.

I believe in some cases, I say to the Senator from Nebraska, the amendments that will be offered will be helpful and do not threaten our ability to win, but in some cases I think they are poison pills.

The fact that people do not have a lot of money can keep them out of politics.

What he is talking about--and this is his nature--is to actually get something done.

15 percent cuts consistently are really devastating the home health care agency.

We have a crisis that does require attention.

It is, to my way of thinking, a situation that cannot continue.

We ought to finish funding this mandate.

We have an obligation to the classrooms and to our teachers to help our teachers maintain order.

We need to get our dollars to the classroom.