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Beyond the practicalities, the underlying issue is, is it fair? Is it right? A bigger exemption does not solve the basic unfairness. A greater exclusion, lowering rates, none of that really deals with the underlying issue. It is an unfair…
Yes, the area wage index floor and base payment change proposals both enjoy broad bipartisan support. As I mentioned earlier, 26 Senators have cosponsored the Area Wage and Base Payment Improvement Act. Elements of this legislation have…
I have also filed an amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill on this critically important issue. While my amendment, cosponsored by Senator Cleland, will not be considered relevant if the Senate invokes cloture on the…
the Senate is going to pass landmark legislation today bolstering our Nation's efforts to prepare against future bioterrorist threats and attacks. As a member of the joint House-Senate bioterrorism conference committee, I am pleased to…
I am writing to express our concern that attorney Lavenski Smith, who is from Arkansas, has not been given a confirmation hearing. President Bush nominated Mr. Smith approximately a year ago for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals…
I saw for more than a year the President's and this administration's deep commitment and involvement to reforming and fully funding our education legislation and our commitment to our elementary and secondary education, special education…
Throughout a long career on the Federal bench, Judge Richard Sheppard Arnold has exhibited tremendous integrity and commitment to public service. I am honored to join my colleague from Arkansas in introducing legislation to designate the…
I rise today to join Senator Reid and Senator Warner in introducing a bill that will eliminate, once and for all, the inequity that our Nation's veterans have been burdened with for 110 years. Across this great Nation there are over…
I commend Senator Carnahan for her excellent statement and for introducing this amendment. I am proud to be a cosponsor. Earlier today I filed amendment No. 2828 which did precisely this, making permanent chapter 12 provisions and making…
I note many of the questions that arise in a farm bill debate--some of those posed by both Senator Warner and Senator Roberts--deal with the commodity title. Obviously, those are great concerns because all of us have our own…
Let me say very quickly in wrapping up, I appreciate working with the chairman, and I think he made a good faith effort. As far as the conservation is concerned, I will respond by saying I offered increases: The average annual funding…
The fact is, the farm bill came very late in this session because we have been very involved with a lot of important legislation dealing with 9-11. My support for cloture, and the reason I urge my colleague to support it, is because we are…
I thank the majority leader, the majority whip, and Senator Harkin for their cooperation and their willingness to allow us to have this debate on, essentially, the House-passed bill. This is the bill that was introduced earlier this year…
Well, the Senator has articulated it very well. If we are serious about getting a farm bill done this year--and people have said they want a bill this year--this is it; this is the last alternative. If we want a bill that is…
I say to the Senator from Kansas that it is my understanding that because some of the decoupled payments in the Harkin-Daschle substitute are phased out, the likelihood in the course of the farm bill of it becoming out of compliance is…
I call it the 5 fat years and the 5 lean years, the 5 years of plenty and the 5 years of famine. That is the danger in frontloading.
I can't judge their motives and I do not seek to. I have urged them to vote for cloture. I think it is very important we have a farm bill this year. But time is running out and I urge they support cloture.
As I said, I have voted for cloture and I will again vote for cloture. But even if cloture were invoked and the Harkin-Daschle substitute were adopted, it is not possible to conference it and get a farm bill to the President this year.
But I think the strongest point in the question posed--while there is a lot of debate about policy, we have spent the last 2 weeks at various times debating the policy of these various bills. The strongest point that you made is the one…
I am so pleased today to be able to rise in support of this legislation. I think it is an exciting day and a memorable day for America that we adopt this legislation. As a member of the Health and Education Committee and a member of the…
I wish I could have been in his economics class. I would have said ``amen'' to everything he said except his initial supposition. His initial supposition was that we are trying to change the name of catfish. His initial supposition was…
The amendment I filed this evening is the bipartisan farm bill that had been filed earlier by Senator Lincoln, myself, Senator Helms, Senator Miller, Senator Sessions, Senator Landrieu, and Senator Breaux. It is truly the only bipartisan…
my amendment will allow employers to permit solicitations by charitable groups without subjecting themselves to what I believe is unfair and frivolous union litigation. It may sound odd that a law is needed to protect charitable giving…
I pick up on a point the distinguished majority whip made about Wal-Mart's great success in charitable giving. That is one thing on which we certainly agree. That is, that Wal-Mart has been enormously generous, giving last year over $100…
As a mid-west based retailer, we care deeply about the communities we serve. As a corporate citizen, we want them to grow and thrive. That is why we are pleased to contribute to so many local programs. However, since 1994, we have been…
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