Asa Hutchinson

Thank you, Mr. President. Just responding to some of the comments of my colleague concerning the National Endowment for the Arts and the need to preserve and maintain that national entity, I think that if the record is examined, as it has…

That, of course, is the whole concept behind our amendment--local control. Send the money back to the States, the Governors, the State legislatures, and the State arts council would have the discretion to increase funding. In the case of…

I believe those local schools in rural communities across our States and all across this country have a much more legitimate claim to those funds than where those funds have gone under the current status quo of the NEA. I grew up in a town…

Governor Huckabee wrote, ``As a State, we have a need for the continued support of developing art talents, as well as making the arts available to the public.'' Then Governor Huckabee went on to state that he ``believes States have a…

I believe artists are everywhere--in every city, town, and county across this Nation, in every home, in every schoolyard, in every playground in America. It is time that talent is recognized and realized. It is time that the elitist…

We have heard many arguments over the years that the National Endowment for the Arts [NEA] is not living up to its original intent of ``broadening public access to the arts.'' In fact, in NEA's original mandate and mission statement, they…

I want to recognize my friend, the gentleman from Montana [Mr. Hill], for his leadership on this very important issue. He has worked very diligently and hard on the campaign finance reform task force that has produced the bipartisan…

All of our efforts to improve education for America's children are aimed at, in the words of Gen. Colin Powell, allowing all the children in our country to share in the American dream. A good education is not necessary to obtain the…

Mr. President, the conference agreement to H.R. 2014 includes a provision to provide Amtrak up to $2.3 billion during the next 2 years. This funding provision would be provided in the form of tax credits. While I have already made my…

the United Kingdom deregulated its electric utilities in 1990. There is now a central power pool. Power stations with capacities of over 10 megawatts are ordinarily required to sell all electricity generated into the pool. Consumers buy…

I believe we need to provide information to the American public so they will know who is spending what in a campaign, and that they can find out that information in a timely fashion. That is what our bill does this year. It does those two…

Tuesday, the New York Times stated that the State Department would issue its first report on the worldwide persecution of Christians and this report would be sharply critical of China. That report was, in fact, released this past…

in 1934 the Great Depression led Congress to establish the Federal peanut program to protect the peanut producers and to control the domestic supply. Well, the peanut program is now 63 years old. That is 63 years of price controls, 63…

It has been years since this body voted on the most-favored-nation status for China. It has been 8 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, and it has been 4 years since this Nation embarked on a policy of so-called constructive…

Members can see the beautiful tie I am wearing today. It was manufactured in Little Rock, AR. It is a family business. The owner of the family business that manufactured this tie told me that the greatest threat to his economic viability…

I offer amendment No. 890 to the foreign operations appropriations bill. This amendment which is a sense of the Senate, would disapprove the MFN status, most-favored-nation status, to the nation of China. I have opposed the renewal of MFN…

I feel compelled, as I listen to the arguments that have been raised over and over again, and particularly the phrase that 'it is a different China today.' Well, it is not my opinion that I am citing today. It is our own State Department's…

on behalf of the rural States in mid- America, I speak in favor of the Ehlers-Hunter amendment for a number of reasons. First, the status quo funding of the NEA results not in art education, but in art arrogance. Do we really need a…

I believe parents should have the right to decide. They are better arbiters, they are better decisionmakers on the use of that money than bureaucrats and even lawmakers in Washington, DC. And no matter how good educational savings for…

listening to the other side characterize our tax bill as ``tax cuts for the wealthy'' has led me to come up with a perfect letter for my constituents. It would go like this: Dear Middle Class Taxpayer: For tax purposes only, you are hereby…

every time there is a tax cut proposal, Republicans stand up and explain that the tax cuts would mainly go to the middle class, while the liberals argue exactly the opposite, that the tax cuts go mainly to the rich. Who is right? I will…

I think to postpone the release of that report indicates that the likelihood that conditions in China have improved over the course of the last year are remote. The last State Department report, the China country report issued in 1996, was…

I rise in opposition to extending most-favored-nation status to China. I was deeply, deeply dismayed at the recent revelation that a State Department report on religious persecution in China and human rights conditions in China, originally…

I rise today, to join with my friend and colleague Senator Joseph Lieberman, in submitting a bill that will give appropriate and well-deserved recognition to a group of World War II veterans who were held as German political prisoners at…

of the 82 American airmen, there are three from my home State of Arkansas: Mr. William Powell of Bella Vista, Mr. Frank Cowan of Harrison, and Mr. Robert Ward of Springdale. Before I yield the floor, Mr. President, I want to take this…