the fourth in the series of economic growth incentives is a bill to enhance the economic security of older Americans and small businesses around the country, a bill known as the Family Heritage Preservation Act. It would repeal the onerous…

the second in this series of bills is the Corporate Tax Equity Act, a bill designed to help U.S. businesses make larger capital expenditures and thereby enhance productivity growth and job creation by repealing the corporate Alternative…

I have chosen to talk about three people very briefly because, first of all, I know them quite well. I have worked with them. Second, because I think they exemplify the characteristics that American citizens would like to see in their…

First of all, what we are talking about is an assurance for physicians that they are able to communicate freely with their patients about their patients' health and about the medical care or treatment options that might be important for…

The legislation makes clear that water rights on newly acquired trust land that are specifically granted by this act are Federal water rights granted by Congress. They are Federal statutory water rights, not Federal reserved water rights.

No. Language in the act is explicit that nothing in the act establishes a Federal reserved right to groundwater. The act sets forth the attributes of the Hopi water rights on the newly acquired lands and provides how conflicts that may…

The chairman pledged in his letter to meet with Mayor Bavasi within the next few weeks to develop a mechanism whereby the city's interests can be accommodated, and I take the chairman at his word that the tribe will not adversely affect…

the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act, S. 1973, represents the culmination of several years' worth of very difficult negotiations involving the Navajo and Hopi Tribes, Navajo families residing on Hopi Partitioned Lands, the U.S…

Does the Senator agree that, as a matter of longstanding Congressional policy, Congress recognizes the principle that State water law governs the allocation and use of water within a State, subject to the Federal Government's power to…

As you know, the general authority of the Secretary to take land in trust was struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in the case of United States Department of the Interior, et al. versus State…

I rise to comment on S. 982, the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act. I was pleased that the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the bill that Senator Leahy and I introduced, which will strengthen current public…

I rise to comment on the economic espionage bill introduced by Senators Specter and Kohl. I was pleased that the Senate Judiciary Committee passed this bill, which will strengthen current public law on crimes against our industries. It…

I rise to comment on the FAA authorization bill. Although I recognize the necessity to authorize certain FAA activities, such as the Airport Improvement Program [AIP], I am concerned with two provisions in the bill. I appreciate the hard…

In 1993, a flood caused severe damage to four areas of Arizona. They were considered Federal disaster areas. The Arizona congressional delegation met with Director Witt in October of last year. He assured us that FEMA would move promptly…

I was reminded of the fabler, Stephen Leacock, who wrote the story about the fleas riding on the back of a chariot. They looked back and said, ``My, what a fine cloud of dust we have made.'' It seems to me that Bill Clinton's crowing about…

I am pleased and honored to offer an amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill for assistance to Ukraine. Ukraine's achievement this year in the areas of ethnic stability, human rights and constitutional reform are…

I think that every one of the people who smeared House Speaker Newt Gingrich not only owe him an apology--and it should be a very direct and specific apology--for the comments that the Senator from Georgia just read, but they owe an…

We are doing our part in Congress to revitalize this war on drugs. We just passed the Commerce, State, Justice appropriations bill, which will improve our enforcement and interdiction efforts. It increases the funding substantially. I…

If the Senator from Georgia will yield for a moment, the point here is not to extract an apology for the sake of an apology, but rather, I think, to make a larger point. Clearly, when the Speaker of the House is vilified the way he was…

given the poor record of the Clinton administration on drug enforcement it ought to be enough to simply note that this amendment is needed to bring funding up to the level requested by President Clinton. In an Investors Business Daily…

since President Johnson declared his War on Poverty, the Federal Government, under federally designed programs, has spent more than $5 trillion on welfare programs. But, during this time, the poverty rate has increased from 14.7 to 15.3…

while the Supreme Court has issued decisions protecting the rights of parents to direct the religious upbringing of their children, the lower courts have narrowly interpreted these decisions to give them almost no value as precedent. As a…

methamphetamine is, if not the most dangerous drug in America today, one of the fastest spreading. In Western States, meth is already the crack epidemic of the 1990's. Meth is cheap, easy to manufacture, and readily available. The drug is…

there are far too many people in Washington who like to play fast and loose with other people's money. They are not content just to tax away a large share of people's hard-earned incomes to spend on government-knows-best programs. They…

it is regrettable that the bill that comes before us today combines two unrelated and very different issues--tax relief with an increase in the minimum wage. I presume that the two issues were coupled in an effort to mitigate the adverse…