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we are here for two fundamental reasons. One, we are here to remove from our Tax Code a provision that has been declared illegal by the World Trade Organization, and certain industries in America are now being sanctioned for that illegal…
I first thank my colleagues, Senator Dorgan and Senator Mikulski, who have raised the issue of will it be American jobs the JOBS bill will create. That is a core question which is raised by the amendment I have brought to the Senate. We…
By the end of World War II, Ottumwa had a population of more than 30,000 people, which was a combination of a strong agricultural economy and a growing number of industrial plants, many of which provided parts for other industries, such as…
As I look at the JOBS bill before us, it seems to me that it has several purposes. At least two of those purposes are, one, to repeal the current law which has been found by the World Trade Organization to be in violation of its standards…
the face of the American undergraduate is changing, and there is a growing need to reflect this transformation in our Federal education policy. In 2001, 47 percent of all undergraduates were considered non-traditional students. Despite…
I recognize the dedication of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, PVA, and their support of spinal cord injury research. Through their Spinal Cord Research Foundation, PVA support has aided researchers in making huge advances in this…
there is a recurring pattern in this town. An issue comes to our attention. It is red hot. It creates a great deal of controversy. Two months later it is forgotten. My effort tonight is going to be to resurrect one of those issues because…
Yesterday, March 11, 2004, was a solemn day. Two and a half years ago to the day, 19 terrorists hijacked four airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in rural Pennsylvania. It is fitting that we…
I would like to add a few comments to what has been so eloquently said. There has never been a time in the 500-year relationship between Spain and what is now the United States of America in which there have been stronger bonds of genuine…
Senator Clinton and I have been concerned about the status of the nontraditional college student, the adult who comes back to college at 35 or 40 to get some additional skills or, particularly, in these changing economic times, to get a…
seven years ago, I introduced the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (HRIFA). I introduced HRIFA after Congress enacted the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA). NACARA enabled Nicaraguans and Cubans…
The amendment my colleagues and I are debating today would provide the VA with the $1.8 million which is necessary to keep the current services in place and would also provide the funds to meet the cost of these wounded returning American…
When we voted in 2001 and again in 2003 for the most massive tax cuts in American history, targeted primarily at the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans, we were making a choice. One of those choices comes home today, and that is, will we…
Does that mean the budget is even more out of balance in terms of providing services than the one the President submitted which would have had those increases in out-of-pocket costs?
I wish to share a few observations and thoughts about the current circumstances, the tragic circumstances in our near neighboring country of Haiti. Haiti was once a beautiful country. It was one of the jewels of the Caribbean. Its people…
during this week, I have spoken--and this will be the third statement--about the need to reform our Nation's intelligence agencies. I have suggested that the horrific acts of September 11, 2001--acts which killed nearly 3,000 Americans in…
I believe two of the fundamental parts of being able to answer that question are that the United States needs to have the best educated population on earth so that we can continue to generate the innovative ideas and the efficiency in…
No. Even if we provide adequate financing to assure that this level will be allocated, I think we are doing as we did 6 years ago with TEA-21, assuring that whoever is here in 2009 is going to be facing a transportation system that has…
I think that self-imposed standard that we have to do this in the next 2 weeks is unacceptable. This has to be done, yes, but it ought to be done when we have had an opportunity to view all the pieces and understand the implications of all…
Yes, I have observed it. And I might say, it will be somewhat larger when the public transit section and the financing section are added. How far we have come. How far and disgraceful a path we have tread with this porkbarrel-laden piece…
Absolutely. I am privileged to serve on the Environment and Public Works Committee with our distinguished colleague from Nevada, and we both know the state of our water and sewer systems are even worse than our transportation system, in…
I don't deny that this legislation is better than it has been. I make two points: One, it is not enough to keep pace with the annual demands on the system, both for maintenance and to avoid increasing congestion. Every survey I have seen…
as fate would have it, the first vote this new session of Congress has before it, as our first measure, is an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2004. This first-of-the-year appropriations bill is the product of negotiation among…
the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act takes important and valuable steps, and I would have voted for it had I been present, but I am concerned that it may not go far enough. Syria has long been recognized as a…
Mr. President, the Energy bill before the Senate today is the newest chapter in the book that we have been writing throughout this year. The title of that book is ``At War With Our Children.'' This legislation would represent another…
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