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I concur with the Subcommittee Chairman that the Bureau should give consideration to the additional requirements identified by the Crow Creek Sioux tribe, as well as other tribes. The funds provided are to address the most critical health…
I was in my office. I still have not had an opportunity--I am not blaming anyone for that--to read this agreement. But in listening to what was said, I thought I heard that a part of the agreement was to the effect that certain votes would…
I have not seen that. That is not the leader's fault. That may have been my office. It has not been called to my attention. I will discuss that with my staff. The leader knows we are very short in our staffs--shorthanded. I will go back…
The only thing I am accusing my leaders of is that they always act with the very best of intentions and they are very sincere. I was at the caucus on Tuesday. I never heard this agreement discussed. Am I wrong?
Today, we reach another milestone in the Senate's continually unfolding history. Let us pause for a minute to reflect on a fiftieth anniversary of great institutional significance. On March 17, 1947, for the first time, the Congressional…
I should say parenthetically at this point that I voted for the balanced budget amendment in 1982. I had not thought much about it at that time. I had not studied it. But following my vote for that amendment on that occasion I decided to…
I thank him for reciting this jewel by a great Irish statesman, Edmund Burke, who I believe lost the next election after he had made that statement. He may have foreseen that, but nevertheless he made the statement. It still lives, and it…
My purpose in proposing that the 4.3 cent gas tax be placed into the Highway Trust Fund is to better enable the Congress to reverse the very destructive trend of federal disinvestment in our nation's transportation infrastructure. By…
The tax cuts were responsible for $2.1 trillion in losses, the tax cut for which I voted. And other causes of increased Federal debt are likewise shown: Entitlements, defense, interest, and so on-- failed S&L's. But the Senator was wrong…
I have been begging forgiveness for that mistake for years. But he said, as I recall, under that tax cut the revenues were increased. I hope I didn't misstate it.
Listen, the Senator is trying to obfuscate something. I am not going to let him do that.
Those bills come to this Senate and, under the Constitution, the Senate may amend revenue-raising bills, as in all other bills, and appropriations bills. So, let us not say that the Senate escapes its responsibility.
Because that represents the major portion of the Federal debt that we owe today, the massive tax cut, the massive military buildup, and there you have it. I will repeat the figures once more and then I will take my chair. When Mr. Reagan…
But, Mr. President, I was guilty. I supported Mr. Reagan on his tax cut, and to that extent I am sorry.
I was a part of the problem when I voted for the Reagan tax cut, and I have kicked myself in the seat of the pants ever since. That was----
Slightly under $1 trillion for all of the administrations down to the last minute of the fiscal year for which Mr. Carter was responsible, and then comparing that figure, which was under $1 trillion, with the massive debt of $4.316…
It might be well to consider how much of that massive pile of books was debt that was encountered under the Reagan-Bush administrations.
I thank my friend. How can my friends on the Republican side--and let me say that I have great admiration for the Senator from Utah. He has stood here day after day and labored in the vineyard and carried the burden of the arguments. I…
Mr. President, I say that to say this: The speech by the distinguished Senator from New Jersey was one of the most thoughtful, most thought provoking, most reasonable speeches that I have heard on any subject, and particularly on the…
I will finish my sentence. I thank the Senator from Utah for his usual courtesy. We will not be bound by section 1. We can do it by way of section 6, which does not require a three-fifths vote for a waiver. And we will be complying with…
I would like to hear the distinguished Senator explain how the States balance their budgets and how they operate, not only on a budget that provides for the operating expenses of Government from day-to-day, but also on the capital budget…
I have proved that I will do everything I can to balance the budget. But not only this Senator. They are standing in rows on this side of the aisle. In 1993, they voted to lower the deficits by almost $500 billion. Working with the…
If it were up to the Senator from West Virginia, we would not have any tax cuts this year.
When they voted for the conference report on the line-item veto. They voted to shift the power of the purse away from the legislative branch to the executive. What makes the Senator believe that they will live up to the Constitution…
Will Senators be more inclined to vote to increase taxes once this is part of the Constitution than they are now?
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