Asa Hutchinson

I will stand with you, if it becomes necessary, to restrict the Department of Defense authorization for release of sebacic acid. I know that we will be joined by many others, on both sides of the aisle. It is easy to see that the impact of…

I am proud to be lead Republican sponsor of the concurrent receipt amendment offered by my distinguished colleague from Nevada, Senator Reid. Now is the time to restore fairness to our military retired. Men and women who served our…

As you know, according to the 2000 Census, Arkansas' Hispanic population grew by 337 percent over the course of the past decade, a rate of growth which is believed to be the fastest in the nation. In the Third Congressional District, where…

Currently, the staff of the Fort Smith office are processing a significantly greater number of cases than was originally planned and doing so without a corresponding increase in staff. Thus, it is common for a person's work permit or…

on this day of mourning and on behalf of all Arkansans, I offer my deepest and most sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the cowardly attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I especially want to mention the…

I express my gratitude and my appreciation to Senator Stevens for his willingness to accept into the managers' amendment an amendment I had proposed that provides $24 million in emergency funding that is offset in the amendment but is…

earlier this morning as I left the Chamber after the vote to proceed to the Patients' Bill of Rights, I was approached by a reporter who said: Senator Hutchinson, what do you have to say about all of these terrible stories, these horror…

I think it is unfortunate if we allow the debate--legitimate debate on legitimate issues--on this bill to degenerate into finger pointing and partisan accusations that one party or another does not favor patients' rights, does not care…

It is clear, if we want to adopt this, we can. If we want to enact this, we can. The whole blue slip smokescreen is a distraction from the reality. This is something we should do. Most of us know we should do it. It is something we can do…

Reclaiming my time, I say to Senator Kennedy, you are not arguing with me; you are arguing with objective studies that indicate that with every 1 percent----

Then I received this letter from a different kind of employer. This is McKee Foods Corporation, a large company that is not headquartered in Arkansas. It is in Tennessee, I think, but they are a large employer in Arkansas, in Gentry, AR. I…

Boy, I have to smile. I am sincere about this, and I resent it being portrayed as, I believe, a 'cheap trick.' It was called a ploy, an effort to derail. It is none of that. It is a sincere concern about those who are self-employed and who…

As the Senator from Oklahoma very rightly said, this amendment provides 100-percent deductibility for the self-employed beginning in January of next year, and accelerating that 100-percent deductibility, which the Senate has been on record…

I think what we need, during the course of the debate on this bill, is the kind of careful analysis that Professor Gramm brings to this issue. I think as Members of the Senate actually read this bill, as the American people hear the…

Every 1-percent increase in insurance premium costs equates to about 300,000 people losing their insurance.

It is said over and over again that we have to pass a Patients' Bill of Rights because the American people are demanding it. I think if you ask the American people, if you ask most Members of Congress, are you for a Patients' Bill of…

the debate over energy use in America has gripped our national attention for well over a year. A week doesn't go by that you don't pick up a newspaper or magazine and read at least one story about our Nation's domestic or foreign energy…

as we hear the debate on removing the 21st century program from the Straight A's demonstration project, I am reminded very much of the fierce debate that occurred in the early and mid-1990s over welfare reform. I was in the House at the…

In my role last year as chairman of the Personnel Subcommittee on Armed Services, we held two hearings regarding recruitment to our armed services. One of the tragedies I became aware of was there are literally thousands of high schools…

Would the Senator from Michigan concede that although there are differences between European nations and the students they educate in the upper grades, the statistics I showed giving international comparisons in the eighth grade in both…

I am proud to rise today as an original cosponsor of Senator Jeffords' and Senator Feinstein's resolution designating this week as ``National Correction Officers and Employees Week.'' I commend them for their efforts to honor the 200,000…

the amendment by my colleague from Arkansas tears the very heart out of the Coverdell ESA that previously passed this Chamber by large bipartisan majorities. This is by no means vouchers, by any stretch of the imagination. These are…

I support the education initiative that is before us because it provides more funds for education, provides assessments of the progress of students, and it provides more flexibility to the States. But it does more, in my judgment, than…

I know we have had a healthy debate on education and on the need for our educational infrastructure around the country. What we can all agree on is that many schools in the country are in desperate need of repair and improvement. Just…

I will only take a minute to briefly explain why I ask my colleagues to support the amendment I have offered. There are, frankly, three amendments that deal with the issue of school construction. I believe Senator Harkin and Senator Enzi…