Asa Hutchinson

it is with a great deal of enthusiasm that I rise to voice support for S. 4, I think the aptly named ``Family Friendly Workplace Act.'' I think that is exactly what this bill does. It provides some friendliness in the Fair Labor Standards…

Mr. President, I rise in respectful but very, very strong opposition to the Daschle amendment. I want to commend the Senator from Pennsylvania for his courageous leadership on an issue that deserves to be debated and a ban which deserves…

Now we have the Daschle amendment before us. The facts have not changed. I think many are beginning to see the truth on this issue, the truth behind the partial-birth abortion myth. The next myth that we have to overcome in this debate is…

I often get asked the question, are cuts in the tax on capital gains a tax break for the rich? Actually, it is a very interesting question. But the answer would reveal little more than the fact that the rich have, well, more money than the…

for a lot of us conservatives, the key question we are asking about the balanced budget agreement between Congress and the President is whether the agreement on the whole represents a step forward or a step backward. Does this bipartisan…

I rise to talk about the fairness in the way that we distribute our highway trust funds in America. The State of Arkansas is geographically centered in the heart of America. As this country expands its trade with our neighbors to the north…

I rise in opposition to the CWC because I simply believe that it is a flawed treaty in which we claim to verify the unverifiable, we are ratifying the unenforceable, and we are trusting the untrustworthy. We are binding ourselves and our…

Secretary Cheney's statement sends a clear message to the American people that this treaty does not effectively deal with the threat of chemical and biological weapons. As we begin this debate on the CWC, the American people, with…

I rise today to voice my serious reservations about the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty. The most important standards for an effective treaty are: Verifiability, protection to the signatories, constitutionality, and the applicability to…

I proudly stand here today as a cosponsor of S. 495, Senator Jon Kyl's Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction Act of 1997. First and foremost, I want to thank the good Senator from Arizona for his commitment and hard work…

every year like clockwork, with the approach of April 15, tax day, millions of Americans are out scrambling to find out how much they owe the Federal Government in taxes and how much they have overpaid the Federal Government in taxes. The…

That is exactly correct. That passed by two-thirds. It was done then, and it can be done. And so the argument that a two-thirds majority requirement, a supermajority requirement for raising taxes puts an impossible burden on this Congress…

One, we can reach this consensus in Congress on areas that there is great unanimity on, on which there is a great national interest on. In fact, tomorrow we have what we call suspension votes in this Congress, in which you have to have a…

We do. Whenever we imposed the income tax in Arkansas, we required a supermajority in order to increase it, a supermajority of both houses of the general assembly, and so with that we have not turned to increasing the income tax. It is…

should a candidate's promise be taken seriously? It is funny that I should even ask that question because when I talk to my constituents in Arkansas every week I am constantly reminded that they expect me to follow through on my promises…

I speak out today to express the frustration that millions of hard-working Americans feel about a government that promises tax cuts but fails to deliver. I remember the promises made time and time again during campaigns about tax breaks…

while I was home in Arkansas I often asked my constituents, ``Any message for Washington?'' One of the most common responses I received is ``Yes, cut my taxes.'' I have heard this response so many times that I can assure my colleagues…

during this debate we have heard a great deal about exceptions, about medical judgment and about statistics. I believe this debate goes much deeper. This debate searches out the soul of our culture. It is ultimately a question of how we…

So while we say in the resolution it is our sense they have been ineffective and there has been insufficient progress, we allow certification to go forward, which says in fact they have been making progress and that they have been fully…

the importance of Mexico's full cooperation with the United States antinarcotics efforts cannot, I believe, be overstated. Drug use among American teenagers has nearly doubled in the last 5 years. More importantly, more than 70 percent of…

I stand here today in full support of House Joint Resolution 58 and Senate Joint Resolution 21, resolutions expressing Congress' disapproval of the President's certification to Congress that Mexico has fully cooperated with United States…

Today I rise to address a matter of the greatest public concern. Illegal drug abuse is soaring in our country, and it is the most serious social problem that faces our communities, our families, and our children. We hear this from every…

I certainly agree--and Congress will, should we pass this amendment, and the States ratify this, and this become a part of the Constitution--Congress will, at long last, fulfill its constitutional oath of office and we will enforce a…

I will respond briefly to my good friend, the Senator from Wisconsin, regarding the political will and courage for the Senate, House--the Congress--to simply balance the budget. We heard that in the State of the Union Address: "Pass a…

because of the concerns of the Clinton administration's population assistance policy, this Congress added language that requires any amount that the United Nations population fund spends on family planning programs in China be deducted…