David Pryor

I continue to remain deeply skeptical of the EX-IM Bank and its mission and its role in the global economy.

A U.S. export economy dependent on Federal credit subsidies is not a recipe for long-term success.

In my view, it was ill advised for Congress to reauthorize EX-IM in 2019 for an historic 7 years, without a major reform at all.

We should not be competing with China by adopting their worst practices.

I first compliment the Senator from Michigan. I think this debate is a meaningful debate, a constructive debate. I do think that in the Senator's proposal, as adopted by the Governmental Affairs Committee and sent to the floor of the…

last Saturday, over 1000 students from 47 States and the District of Columbia were in Washington to compete in the finals of the ``We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution Program. It is my pleasure today to recognize the…

this morning I would like to take a moment to discuss some recent press reports about a figure of $32 million worth of bonuses paid to employees of the Social Security Administration. This has certainly drawn a lot of attention in our…

I rise in support of S. 783 and would like to commend the managers of this bill for bringing it to the floor. I would also like to take a moment to engage the senior Senator from Michigan, the chairman of the committee, in a brief…

Well, now that the President has raised everyone else's taxes, we discovered that he had not paid all of his own. Worse yet, President Clinton's health care plan will be the single-largest tax increase in the history of the world. It seems…

the headline of this article yesterday states ``Conservative Hands Out Volumes on Whitewater.'' It tells about Mr. Floyd Brown. It gives his past. And, I might say, Mr. President, it is a pretty interesting past. In fact, in a New York…

I would like for us to look at a tax-exempt organization--I repeat that--a tax-exempt organization which is known as Citizens United, and we would like to look at this organization for a moment this afternoon, Mr. President, to see what…

Mr. President, this is a milestone day in the Senate, and I should say another milestone day because today we have heard the 33d speech by Republican colleagues on the other side of the aisle since January 1 relating to the Whitewater…

There is no question that investment in technology fosters productivity, economic growth and creation of high quality jobs. We support S. 4 because it represents a balanced effort-- I repeat that, Mr. President-- a balanced effort to…

let me just finally state--I know Senator Hollings wants to get back on the floor and continue with S. 4--but finally I would like to say, Mr. President, to my very good friend from Missouri, Chairman Riegle held the hearing record open…

But it appears that almost every other hour on the floor of the Senate, it has gotten to be the pattern now that one of our colleagues will come over and attempt to impugn someone's integrity or make some assertion about someone's…

The question I pose to my very good friend and neighbor from Missouri is as follows. You spoke of your membership on the Banking Committee, I wonder if the Senator from Missouri actually asked Mr. Altman those particular questions in the…

not only have the Democratic and Republican task forces supported the NIST programs, the entire Congress has responded to these recommendations over the last 2 years by providing approximately $500 million annually for our flagship defense…

also this morning in the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette, which is our statewide newspaper, Mr. President, among the clips that were sent up today was a disturbing clip that came to our office this morning, because it listed--and I think I will…

I would like to quote, Mr. President, as I do at this moment: ``Like most prosecutors, Mr. Fiske seeks complete control of the case. But he ignores the fact that similar congressional hearings in the past have produced significant new…

I am urging my colleagues right now to look very, very carefully at the Coverdell amendment. We do not know what the Coverdell amendment does. We do not know what the ramifications of the Coverdell amendment might be. We do not know what…

I am pleased to announce my strong support for S. 4, the National Competitiveness Act. First and foremost, this bill is about preserving and creating jobs. By helping to strengthen the U.S. industrial base, S. 4 will enable American…

I wonder if the Senator might accept an amendment where we could have a checkoff, say, to fight crime, yes or no; or the next one would be environmental cleanup, yes or no. How are we going to stop the endless number of checkoffs?

So over a decade. The Senator from New York has watched, as all of us have watched, the savings and loan debacle--hundreds of S&L's and banks going by the wayside with taxpayers of America losing billions and billions of dollars. And here…

I believe the Senator from New York now might be misstating the facts, a misstatement that the then Governor of the State of Arkansas, now the President of the United States, borrowed $1 million.