Asa Hutchinson

S. 2413, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000, is identical to its House counterpart H.R. 4033, which passed the House on January 26, 2000, by a margin of 413-3. This legislation will reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest…

I rise to commend the work of this Congress in passing H.R. 1800, the 'Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000.'

One thing I believe we agree on is that we want to go in the same direction in protecting privacy. The bottom line here is that, for whatever reason, the bill of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) is not moving through the…

On May 24, 2000, as the House of Representatives approved permanent normal trade relations status for China, Pastor Wang Li Gong celebrated his 34th birthday by sewing footballs in a forced labor camp in Tianjing. His hands are injured…

I just wanted to point out, again, the Federal basis for this, Missouri v. Holland. Justice Holmes, a very distinguished jurist, said that the legislation is valid because there was a treaty involved; and, under the Constitution, the…

I believe, if my father were on the floor of the Senate today, that he would as vehemently and strongly and vigorously oppose this OSHA draconian power move as much as I am going to oppose it. I hardly think it would be prudent on our part…

Is the Senator proposing that the Department of Defense perform elective abortion procedures in countries where abortions are prohibited by law?

I take it that the answer is, yes, that the Senator envisions contracting doctors to perform.

After 1993, when the President, by Executive memorandum, ordered that military hospitals provide abortions overseas, there was, as the Senator from Washington knows, no physician who volunteered to do that. Where there would be no current…

I ask Senator Murray, if her proposal allows, as she argues, for a true calculation of the expenses, how much does she calculate the Government would be reimbursed for performing an abortion?

My beef is title I police. My beef is with a rigid, inflexible Federal program that overrules what is best for the children so as to comply with the prescriptions of the Federal U.S. Department of Education.

I commend Senator Hutchison and all those who have worked so diligently on both sides of the aisle and in the House of Representatives to provide relief on this onerous and perverse provision in our Tax Code that puts the institution of…

It is, indeed, encouraging that this issue has been given such a high priority by the leadership of the Senate and that we have a bill--whether it passes freestanding or whether it is incorporated in the authorization bill--that is…

It was the marriage tax elimination act, which gives the average couple in America $1,400 in tax relief that they would not have had otherwise. It will apply to 21 million families in America. In my State of Arkansas, it will apply to over…

I rise to strongly speak against the Bryan-Wyden amendment for a variety of reasons but, most importantly, because it simply does not support healthy and sustainable national forests. Many Senators, I suspect, will speak today claiming…

If I understand the point the gentleman is making, if you have an incumbent, a United States Congressman who has $1 million in his war chest, and he is very, very difficult to compete with financially and you have a challenger, he can…

I believe that this is a cause still worth fighting for, that there is a consensus still yet to be maintained and to be gained and I hope that we can do that this Congress; whether it is this vote tomorrow or whether it is later on. The…

First of all, I commend the distinguished Senator from Mississippi for the introduction of this resolution. I associate myself with his remarks. I note for the Record, among the biographical comments that Senator Cochran made concerning…

I believe, in taking the step we did today, in lowering the tax burden upon the American people from 21 percent of GDP to 20 percent of the gross domestic product, we have taken a modest but a very important step in providing relief to all…

What we are doing in this amendment, if it is passed, it actually guts existing money laundering laws. It would set the drug war back by some estimates that I suspect is true, maybe 20 years. What it really would do would be to allow drug…

I believe that bankruptcy is important in America and that we should not do anything to destroy that system which was really a hallmark of our country, where people came to this country getting away from debtor's prison, moving to the…

I hope we will use that leverage for human rights and nuclear nonproliferation across the board. But certainly there are trade issues that are critically important. We have almost a $60 billion deficit with China. They have great barriers…

One of the individuals whose name has been mentioned several times by Senator Mack, by myself, Senator Wellstone, is Wei Jingsheng, truly one of the courageous heroes of our generation. And I, too, am glad to be able to call Wei Jingsheng…

I have been taking notes on my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and I would just ask them to talk about the facts in the articles, four. We would love them to talk about those. If anyone disputes the allegations of perjury…

I do not believe we are lowering the bar. In fact, I have no problem in setting a standard for future presidents in official court proceedings that would jeopardize their office for repeated intentional acts of perjury. That is what we are…