Asa Hutchinson

I applaud his willingness to look at new and innovative approaches. I think his embrace of the Lieberman amendment is reflective of that desire for change. I note, as I listened to the Senator's comments, he spoke of the North Carolina…

as we continue to debate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and the Educational Opportunities Act, there are fundamental fault lines and differences between the Democrats and the Republicans on this very critical and very…

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 have spoken several times on the Educational Opportunities Act, the legislation that the HELP Committee on which I serve and Senator Wellstone serves has brought to the floor of the Senate. I will take a few moments to respond to the…

Let me finish my story. Then maybe I will answer the question and be glad to yield. After having looked at the terrible conditions in the building, the conditions to which the students were being exposed every day, I asked the principal…

I commend Senator Sessions from Alabama. The Senator from Alabama has been a strong voice for change on the HELP Committee. He has been a very influential member in the writing and offering of this legislation, as has the Senator from…

I rise today with Senators Grassley, Hatch, Craig, Thomas, and Frist to submit a resolution which states that it is the Sense of the Senate that $10 million should be immediately reprogrammed within the United States Department of…

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…

I introduced an amendment earlier this week which calls for a doubling of funding for community health centers over the next 5 years, and I am pleased to join my colleagues, Senator Bond and Hollings, in a similar amendment, which I hope…

I think it is a good one because it focuses our energies and our Nation's energies on a very important subject which is what we need to do to save the lives of young people, to save our communities from this scourge of drugs. Now, I just…

this House will vote today on a supplemental spending bill. It will help maintain peace in Kosovo and fight narcoterrorists in Colombia. However, there is one emergency that is not addressed. For that reason, I will be offering an…

each day in the newspaper we read or hear of the news of yet another account of how Americans have a growing concern about invasions of their own personal privacy. Today in the USA Today, the headline reads, ``Filesafe, health records may…

I think the best way to respond is to go through some of the facts. He indicated that we on this side have abandoned an effort to seek a bipartisan solution, and that is quite the contrary. The only way anything is going to happen is…

in late-December 1999, the Federal Communications Commission took the unusual and aggressive step to restrict the programming of noncommercial television stations by not allowing certain types of religious programming. Within the context…

I think that underscores, once again, the bipartisan nature of this legislation. I appreciate the Senator pointing out that omission. Like the rest of our country's health care system, the military health care delivery system is in great…

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…

I was deeply distressed with the news over the weekend of China's new ultimatum regarding Taiwan and the front-page, above-the-fold story in the Washington Post today. I think the headline summarizes the situation: China Issues New Taiwan…

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…

last month we had a very serious, severe snow and ice storm in Arkansas. It brought life in Arkansas to a halt. Schools and businesses closed, airports, including the Little Rock Airport, were snowed in, and highways were littered with…

I rise to support the Enzi amendment. I compliment the Senator. He has been a tireless worker and leader in the area of OSHA reform. I think on both sides of the aisle no one would dispute Senator Enzi has been the foremost student of…

Of course we should be concerned about our children. I think that we are in this body. But this issue that we are addressing today is to protect a woman who wants to carry a child all the way to term and to have that child, and that is…

I certainly associate my remarks with those of the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire who truly has displayed not only great leadership but great expertise on this whole subject area, and who, I think, very eloquently and very…

if I may return to the State of Arkansas where we had a reduction in the number of students by 1.3 percent over the 25 years from 1970 on; the number of teachers grew by 17,407 in 1965 to almost 30,000 in 1997. That is an increase of 70…

I appreciate the kudos, that this is a noble effort, a great job. We need votes in this, votes that will change the dynamics in this body. I appreciate the compliments. The gentleman from California (Mr. Campbell) is an extraordinary legal…

I believe it is fair. It will allow a broad-ranging debate on campaign finance reform. The rule makes in order four major alternatives, one of which is the substitute that I have offered, along with the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran)…