I say to my colleague that I remain unconvinced that this regulation is consistent with the intent of Congress. This situation concerns me because a liberal arts college in Missouri that offers a full-time undergraduate curriculum includes…

I would like to bring an important issue to the attention of my colleagues, INS regulations at 8 CFR sec. 214.2(f)(10) preclude practical training during the first 9-months of a full-time undergraduate student's enrollment in a…

The students in this program are lawfully enrolled, they complete their course of study and they receive a liberal arts degree. I have prepared an amendment to correct this situation, but I am going to withhold introducing the amendment at…

I sent a letter to INS Commissioner Doris Meissner requesting her to advise me of the official position of the INS and any actions the agency may take to remedy the situation. Unfortunately the INS Commissioner must not have felt that the…

as we are working on many important matters, including wrapping up of the appropriations conference, on which we, unfortunately, are not able to close all sections today, we also are, I hope, going to resolve the issue of whether the…

I agree. Again, our purpose is to ensure that the concerns of small business and other small entities be fully and carefully considered by rulemaking agencies. If those concerns lead to a significant change in the regulatory proposal, the…

It is my understanding that CDBG funds have been used for acquisition and relocation in the past and would be an allowable use of these funds under HUD guidelines for the CDBG program.

My goal is to reduce the instances of excessive and abusive enforcement actions. Those actions obviously originate in the acts of individual enforcement personnel. Sometimes the problem is with the policies of an agency, and we are very…

I believe the State of North Dakota would be eligible to receive CDBG funding under title II of this bill, provided the administration concurs with the congressional designation of the appropriation as an emergency requirement pursuant to…

I can say to all of our friends in small businesses and small entities around the country that it is quite apparent that this measure will have an impact on the way that agencies deal with small entities and small businesses. I believe…

I would like to bring one item of concern to the attention of the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Specifically, I am concerned about a provision contained in the House-passed version of this bill which would prohibit expenditure…

my ranking member, Senator Bumpers, and I are very pleased to be able to bring to the floor this vitally important small business regulatory reform bill. I want to express at the beginning my heartfelt thanks to Senator Bumpers, to his…

I rise at this time to recognize a fellow citizen for the achievements and contributions he has made to this Nation and industry in which he has worked for three decades. John P. Capellupo, president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, will…

there are a number of other important amendments and provisions in this bill, in addition to providing judicial enforcement of regulatory flex. We take a very simple step of saying, with respect to compliance guides, when you write a…

This measure inserts a new title V adding funds for EPA and for AmeriCorps. The increase for EPA includes $200 million for State revolving loan funds for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure, $50 million for Superfund, and $75…

This bill, the VA-HUD, Independent Agencies, which includes EPA, space, FEMA, and others, took a 12 percent this year. There was no way we could continue to fund these special projects each Member had in specific cities. Now, some people…

Determining worker classification is one of the most important tax issues facing small business today. Indeed, and in fact, it was rated No. 1 by the delegates to the White House Conference on Small Business. They said this is something…

In this measure before us, we have added additional funds and we have put in a provision that if the President will agree to sign a balanced budget amendment that would make the budget balance in 2002, there will be even more money…

it is with regret, I tell my colleagues today, that we are not able to proceed at this time with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, S. 942, which was marked up by the Small Business Committee yesterday. We had hoped to…

You have not heard from them either. I thought I was the only one who was completely stiffed by them. In November, I put in requests. I asked the Agency heads, the Department heads whose budgets we fund, ``If there is an adult in…

On behalf of the more than 600,000 small business owners of the National Federation of Independent Business, I urge all your colleagues to support S. 942, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. The Bond-Bumpers…

Last June, almost 2,000 delegates to the White House Conference on Small Business came to Washington to give their best advice and counsel to the President and Congress. They voted on an agenda of the top concerns of small business. The…

I want to express my sincere thanks both to Senator Burns and to Senator Coverdell, two members of the Small Business Committee who have been very active participants. They have held hearings in their own States. They have brought us good…

as we consider instituting the provisions of title III of the Cuban Sanctions Act, I am troubled that in a rush to exact retribution for the heinous act of shooting down United States unarmed civil light aircraft by Cuban MiG fighters, we…

I traveled around my State the last couple of weeks and asked how many people believed the budget was honest if you said you would get to balance by making all the cuts in the 6th and 7th years. That is one of the best laugh lines around.