Lateefah Simon

Senator Murkowski has been one of the leaders in trying to fashion responsible policies toward North Korea. The one area in the world where you have more troops facing each other, with virtually no contact between the two sides in terms of…

While I would differ with her characterization of President Clinton's posture, her praise for Senator Lott as majority leader is right on target. I had the privilege of serving with Trent Lott in the House and now here in the Senate. When…

When my friend from Virginia, Senator Warner, said the States will protect people, I think of the bill we finally passed when I was over in the House to protect children who wanted to go to school who had disabilities. The States said…

I commend my colleague from Colorado for his leadership on this. The reality is this is a step forward for stability in central Europe. Two other provisions in here I think are significant. That is, we open the door to the possibility at…

Again, what I am suggesting in this amendment is that when a contractor submits a bid, that contractor has to say what percentage of the work will be done in the United States and it be a matter of high importance, not the only…

I sympathize with your concerns over the jurisdictional issue. It is my understanding, however, that Senator Domenici does not object to our addressing this problem on the WRDA bill.

The chairman is also aware that in response to the restructuring plan we sought to include language in the Senate version of the Water Resources Development Act, S. 640, to preclude the closure of the North Central Division Office.

Is the chairman aware that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Division Restructuring Plan calls for the closure of the North Central Division Office, in Chicago, IL? My colleague and I are particularly concerned that the Great Lakes region…

Just to respond by saying when you say it needs clarification, the reality is we have had clarification. For example, California has had 29,000-and-some cases brought before the NLRB. They have had two cases before the NLRB which said you…

I do think this area is complicated enough we should have at least had a hearing. Here we are passing this massive change without a hearing. I think it is not a good way for a legislative body to proceed.

I hope my colleague from Georgia will think about deferring this amendment until we get to the foreign ops bill after the election. This is an emotional issue in Russia. You can argue that it should not be an emotional issue, but the…

Back when we had the telecommunications bill up, I had an amendment that would have permitted some enlargement of ownership in radio stations, but kept a cap on. The bill we passed took the cap off completely. In this morning's newspapers…

The United States should become a humanitarian leader once again instead of dragging our feet. And in the long run our failure to do the generous and right thing will cost our people both in security terms and in economic terms.

One of the most shortsighted policies we have anywhere is our policy toward Cuba. The reality is, we are letting a small group dictate American policy because of domestic political interests. There is not a single nation in the world that…

I think we ought to accommodate families as much as possible. So in the evenings when you can stack the votes I think it is desirable to do so. I just pass that along and suggest it to the new whip. I congratulate him publicly on that. I…

A balanced budget constitutional amendment, one of these days, has to pass. The question is, how much we are going to hurt our Nation before we pass it. There is just no question, if we had passed it back when John F. Kennedy complained…

The reality is, we have already wounded America. But the wounds will become much more severe if we do not pay attention to this.

The reality is direct lending under balanced scorekeeping, and we are trying to work that out with your staff right now. Direct lending saves money by any normal procedure, as the awards today have indicated. I will check this out with my…

But my staff tells me that if this amendment is adopted, we have a 40 percent cap.

I confess I have some mixed feelings on this. While I have been recognized on opposition time, it is possible that I will vote for it because there are things that I think are very good in this.

I would agree. We are engaged here in fine-tuning an important budget reform, not criticizing it. I thank my colleague for providing that perspective, and for his willingness to look at these issues.

But what if they do, or what if an employer wants to appoint a safety team to figure out why so many employees had back injuries, for example? Can the employer do that?

Finally, the Republicans have said in their official position that it is illegal for an employer to provide paper and pencils or a place to meet for a team or a committee; is that true?

Ever since the General Foods case in 1977, it has been clear that employees can be given decisionmaking authority without violating section 8(a)(2). If management wants to set up work teams and allow them to schedule their own hours…

Absolutely. This is taking place in thousands and thousands of plants in your State, in my State, in every State here. The law has permitted explosive growth in cooperative programs and employee involvement plans. The committee report…