Connie Mack

first of all I want to associate myself with the comments made by my colleague from California and also to state for the record that I support the motion to instruct. I also would like to thank the chairman for his comments today regarding…

I rise today to engage the esteemed chairman in a colloquy concerning language and funding for Florida's red tide research problem. Mr. Chairman, earlier this year, my district in southwest Florida experienced a harmful red tide outburst…

we must speak the truth and stand on principle, so that Arafat cannot continue blaming Israel for the completely unjustified attack that he initiated. There is a word for a policy of rewarding violence, and that word is ``appeasement.''…

I want to put a few thoughts on the record over the next few days, depending on the time available. I have four grandchildren--three grandsons and one granddaughter-- Ronnie Elam, Brett Elam, Blake Caldwell, and Addison McGillicuddy. The…

as a co-sponsor of the Community Renewal and New Markets Act of 2000, I want to commend Chairman Roth for his usual fine work in assembling a bill that garners the support of such a large number of our Finance Committee colleagues. I am…

I will only take a moment of the Senate's time today--prior to the vote on the Water Resources Development Act-- to acknowledge the importance of this moment and the action the Senate will take today to restore and preserve America's…

I believe, if I can respond, and perhaps I can find the language, if you read further on in the act, you will find some language that has to do with some cost sharing of the area that the Senator is referring to as identifying certain…

a key part of this partnership has been the commitment by the State of Florida--already enshrined in a bill approved by Governor Bush earlier this year--to pay fully half the $7.8 billion cost of implementing the Everglades restoration…

In the State of Florida, in 1994, we passed the Everglades Forever Act which provides for local payment of water cleanup costs. The Federal Government's share in the cost of cleaning up the water that directly benefits Federal areas such…

I echo the sentiments of the Senator from Florida about the Adaptive Assessment and Monitoring Program. As this is a long-term plan spanning almost 25 years in execution, it stands to reason that research will yield new information and…

I respond to the question raised by the Senator from Virginia when we were talking about cost share. I suggested to Senator Warner, if he looked in other places in Public Law 104, which is referred to as the Water Resources Development Act…

the 10 days since his sudden passing and the outpouring of expression from many different directions have given me the opportunity to reflect on Paul's life, the gifts he brought to the Senate, and the impact his life had on people. I want…

Mr, President, as many of my colleagues are aware, cancer has played a prominent role in my family's history. Some in our family--me, my wife Priscilla, our daughter Debbie--have been lucky enough to have fought cancer and won. Others in…

I will begin by pointing at the chart that has been put up next to Senator Dodd. There is one very fundamental difference. Each of those leaders reached out; they wanted to bring about change. We have seen absolutely, positively none of…

I certainly hope it would do that. I believe it would. As both of us have indicated, the State of Florida has developed a program that provides an incentive for teachers to get certification by a national board. If they receive that…

I say to the Senator he is exactly right, there is no mandate. As strongly as I feel about it, I would like to, but I do not think that is our role. I think we can make some serious mistakes by mandating certain things, to say to a…

I went to the Marcus Garvey School and met the administrator, the principal, the owner of the school--all one person, Anyim Palmer, who was in a room probably no bigger than 10 by 10, filled with furniture that was probably 35 or 40 years…

I hope that our colleagues across the aisle will not prevent us from reducing the marriage penalties in the tax code. This bill will provide married couples the relief that President Clinton denied them last year with his veto of the…

there was an interest here, certainly. There are some who have discriminated against one group or another, who have not spoken out for one group and have spoken out for another. In my career representing the State of Florida and the…

S. Res. 60, makes March 10, 2000 the Tibetan Day of Commemoration. This marks the forty-first anniversary of the 1959 Lhasa uprising over the course of which over 87,000 Tibetans were killed, arrested, or deported to labor camps by the…

I wanted to put some information in the Record. It is unfortunate that all Members did not have the information as to what the cost of this amendment would be. It is nowhere near what was implied by my friend who just concluded his…

They took the Cuban Government to court. It took a long time, but eventually they won. In December of 1997, almost 2 years ago, a United States Federal court entered judgments against Cuba for the murders of their family members. Justice…

the story of these four brothers, the Brothers to the Rescue, is a story of heroism and freedom. These men risked their lives for their own freedom as well as for the freedom of others, and their families have fought tirelessly for…

Two months later the Congress passed the bill--the Anti- Terrorism Act of 1996--and the President signed it in a large ceremony on the White House lawn. The Brothers' families wanted to understand the new rules before they chose to proceed…

The Refuge currently co-exists with Florida's Space Coast. However, sea turtle nesting at this site is sensitive to impacts from development and human activity. To mitigate these impacts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service coordinates with…