Mike Levin

The reason for my concern about this amendment is reflected in the statement that was sent to us by the administration. I very much support the purpose of this amendment. I think it is right on target, and I commend the Senator from…

This bill does not spend $18 billion, it will not cost $150 to the taxpayers. What will cost the American taxpayer is chaos in Asia. The IMF has made mistakes, but more often than not, it led to liberalization of trade. Look at Poland…

Very briefly, the argument that alleges or suggests that someone making $75,000 is wealthy, we did not address that issue at all. What this chart shows, though, is that the 2.9 million families with children in private schools get more of…

My amendment increases the percentage from 20 percent to 50 percent of those college costs for teachers who return to receive training in technology. Because of the critical importance of our teachers learning how to utilize technology in…

But the prima facie case, reading from their own language, the burden is placed on the NLRB. Now what is going to happen here is, my colleagues are bringing about a chilling effect on the right of people to organize. They are letting an…

Since the question of donor States has been raised, let me say for those 15 to 20 of our States that contribute historically much more than we get back in terms of Federal gas tax dollars, the bill that is before us now does take some…

First, let me thank the managers of the bill. I support this amendment. We have worked very hard on it. It represents a step towards greater fairness for some donor States who did not receive any benefits from other parts of changes in…

I thank my friend. Just to be clear, the 91-percent share does not assure a minimum 91 cents back on each dollar sent to the trust fund; in terms of cents on the dollar guaranteed, a 91-percent share is going to be less for each State, as…

So, it is not true, then, because of various administrative, research and special funds set aside and not distributed to all the States, that the total dollars returned to each State would be less than 91 percent of its contributions to…

I said about two-thirds of the States get a smaller percentage under the amendment than they do under the underlying bill. I believe this chart comes from the Federal Highway Administration. I think every State gets more money because…

The Snowe-Jeffords amendment does not, then, imply any disagreement with the FEC, the Ninth Circuit or any of the rest of us who believe that the magic words test is not enough to stop candidate attack ads masquerading as issue ads, and…

The Snowe-Jeffords amendment, of which I am a cosponsor, proposes removing from the McCain-Feingold legislation all of Section 201, a section which would have codified several legal tests for determining when an expenditure expressly…

The big winners today are obviously the tens of thousands of children who are in the foster care system who need to move on into a permanent setting. I want to, though, say just a word about other implications of this legislation. I think…

I agree with the chairman. Under this language we expect the Department to give appropriate consideration to costs and risks associated with the proposed location of the performance of the work.

The provision in question is a clarification of existing law, which already requires DOD to "maintain a logistics capability (including personnel, equipment and facilities) to ensure a ready and controlled source of technical competence…

I agree. This language requires that during peacetime the public depots perform certain types of depot maintenance workloads necessary to retain the capability to maintain mission essential weapon systems, and that sufficient amounts of…

I want to join Senator Thurmond in thanking Senators Kempthorne and Cleland for their tremendous work on this subcommittee. I cannot think of any two colleagues that I would feel more comfortable with being chairman and ranking member of…

I wanted to just rise to give my strong support to this resolution. It is highly appropriate.

I think today it was said in the Chamber that the Federal Election Commission test has been stricken by the Supreme Court's decision today, and that is simply not accurate. What the Supreme Court decided today was not to review a case, not…

If my colleague would yield for a moment, it is my understanding that the bill appropriates $700 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund [LWCF] for land acquisition which have been set aside for a variety of projects, some of…

The Senator is correct. I certainly share his concern about any action by DOD to retroactively apply a new standard, or to apply the terms of a rule that has been withdrawn. However, the Department of Defense disputes the contractor's…

NATO has adopted a policy where the Europeans will take greater initiative without American presence. It is called the European Security and Defense Initiative. It was adopted in January of 1994. It is a NATO policy. So, yes, we are a big…

Before the Senator from Idaho leaves, I want to thank him for the leadership which he showed in bringing this amendment to the floor. It was the right thing to do. It was a sensitive thing to do, and as chairman of our Personnel…

I just have one question to my dear friend from North Dakota. Is it the intention of this amendment that if the person who was victimized by the flood or fire had personal insurance, that that personal insurance be first exhausted and then…

So now, now the answer from the majority is we will not come up with a 10-year analysis because they are not reliable, even though this is a 10-year budget agreement. No, the reason the majority will not come up with a 10-year analysis is…