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the Air Force is in the process of buying by far the most expensive fighter plane the United States has ever bought by a magnitude of 300 percent, to be precise. And that is if we can build it at today's estimated cost. I have not made any…
If 601 hours was the right number of preproduction tests last year, why is 183 hours the right number this year? This chart shows the preproduction flight hours here. Those planes were tested this amount: 975 hours for the F-15; 1,115…
let me say it is with some regret I rise in opposition to an amendment by my distinguished colleague and good friend from Arkansas, Senator Hutchinson. It is never pleasant to take an opposite viewpoint from your colleague, but I feel very…
I think that, considering the constraints that Senator Cochran--who is really the crafter of this bill--considering the constraints that he was operating under, this is a remarkable bill. We were allocated, and even in the President's…
Many of us in Arkansas have been working for several years to reverse a critical ground water resource problem that is developing in our region and will ultimately affect the entire country. Throughout this century, aquifers in the lower…
I, first of all, compliment my distinguished colleague from Delaware, Senator Biden, for what I thought was a very compelling analysis of what our relationship with China is and what it should be and what the President ought to be doing in…
The immigrant investor program was created 8 years ago. It allowed foreigners to put up $500,000 to create 10 jobs.
In 1989 this body adopted a provision that said anybody who will invest $500,000 or $1 million in this country and create or maintain 10 jobs can get a green card for 2 years and, 3 years later, have American citizenship. The program never…
Before the Senator leaves, let me say how much I appreciate his very kind and complimentary remarks in his opening statement, and to say that I value his friendship very highly. He and I have been close friends for many years. We were both…
if I may respond to that, that is exactly what the INS says. They cannot monitor this program. They don't have the people to monitor it. They don't know whether they are staying or not. But if you talk to these people running these limited…
I would almost be willing to grant him carte blanche, if he wants to come here bad enough to get into a little old boat and come from Cuba, that is fine. Give that guy a chance to become an American citizen. That is the way our ancestors…
some of this information is really strange to me. It is things I never heard before. The Immigration and Naturalization Service is the one who said, first, that we must have been smoking something when we passed this law, and, second, that…
Yesterday the United States was selling citizenship. The program was supposed to spur job creation. The investors have the money to spend, and the benefits are worth it to them. Is it fair to open a door to citizenship but let only the…
I believe that if I could communicate the remarks I made a moment ago in offering this amendment to the people of my State--and there are plenty of areas in the Mississippi Delta where we are desperate for jobs, and this may be a gross…
Will the Senator be willing to answer this question. He said most of these people are coming into this country. What is the Senator's source for that information?
I thank the Chair for reminding me. Madam President, this amendment repeals a provision in the immigration laws that was a tragic mistake when it was enacted. My amendment to strike that provision deals with economics, it deals with…
I had a question. I wanted the Senator to give me a full and complete answer according to his beliefs. Let me make one other observation. The other day, the Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-VA very graciously invited me over to question…
I recently introduced S. 1968, the Telephone Privacy Act. This bill, which has bipartisan support, has nothing to do with Linda Tripp or anybody else. I first proposed legislation regarding telephone privacy in 1984 when it was revealed…
We promised the school districts of this country that if they would abide by the rules we set for taking care of disabled children in school, we would foot 40 percent of the bill. We cried tears galore around here about unfunded mandates…
Isn't it wonderful that the hard rock mining companies don't pay taxes? Isn't that just remarkable? We give them billions of dollars' worth of minerals for $2.50 an acre, we allow them to create environmental disasters, we allow them to…
It is just a question of whether you are willing to do right or not. We are mining $2 billion worth just in gold a year off Federal lands that we have given the mining companies--gave them. They pay no royalty. They didn't pay anything for…
first I express my sincere gratitude to the Senator from North Dakota for taking on this issue. I decided perhaps nobody was going to offer such an amendment. But I take this opportunity to say to my colleagues and the American people, for…
As you know, an emergency appropriation does not require an offset. An appropriation in this bill which is not an emergency does require an offset. And under the Budget Act, spending that is not an emergency and nondefense discretionary…
I simply want to call to the body's attention--indeed, to the American people's attention--an editorial in the Washington Post this morning called ``Trigger Happy.'' As you know, my home State is Arkansas, and we have just experienced one…
The suggested figure of $195,000 is not a binding cap on the funds potentially available to FARAD in fiscal year 1998. I understand that grants under the Smith Lever 3(d) Food Safety program will be awarded in the near future and that…
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