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I do not think they are looking for courage to keep adding another burden, another tax burden, another regulatory burden on the backs of the working families. Most Americans--in fact, in survey data every social strata of our country--feel…
I really appreciate the remarks and comments about hopes and dreams of Americans as represented by the Senator from Florida. It reminded me of a snapshot that we recently took, a financial snapshot as it were, of an average family in…
President Clinton, as a candidate, told the American people that once in office, he would lower taxes--lower taxes--on the American middle class. Three years later, as we stand here, the cost to the typical family has risen in higher taxes…
If we can just step back for a moment and try to put this situation into perspective, it began with the inauguration of President Clinton. The first sign from the White House was the suspension of the preemployment drug testing program at…
I would remind him, as he spoke of what has not happened over the past 3 years, that there are consequences of that, the most specific of which is that where we had 1.5 million teenagers caught up in this vicious cycle, we now have 3 years…
aliens are deportable for criminal offenses under section 241(a)(2) under four broad headings: General crime, controlled substances, certain firearm offenses, and miscellaneous crimes. This proposed amendment to S. 1664 creates two new…
as we all know now, today is Earth Day, a day dedicated to remembering our commitment to the environment, to the future, a commitment on the part of every generation of Americans to assure that those who come behind us will not be…
this morning we gathered in the Senate Chamber to remember a very solemn moment in American history: the needless loss of 168 citizens in Oklahoma City. It reminds me of another tragic assault that goes on against the youth of our country…
Would the Senator also agree, the impact that families share of the regulatory costs, those have to be paid by that family, are also a factor that have to be weighed in as to what the total impact is on our working family?
I have enjoyed the Senator's remarks immensely, but I conclude by saying that in our colloquy, that the effect of all of this is that you have essentially removed half the earning wages of our working families, no matter where they are. I…
if he were still alive, President Roosevelt would say April 15 is ``a day that will live in infamy.'' We have all come to know this very special day as one of great dread in our country, as we come to grips with the enormous burden every…
As I said, it comes to almost 50 percent. I think it might be interesting... this administration has added almost $3,000 of new costs to this average family. If you are making gross about $40,000 and you have a new $3,000 bill to send to…
in my opening comments I was talking about an average Georgia family, and I alluded to the fact that virtually half their income has been absorbed by one government or another. You and the Senator from Tennessee have used the figure 40…
That tax increase created a 4.3-cent per gallon gas tax increase levied on all Americans. Once again, when we heard the debate to impose the tax increase, which was only passed by one vote, the Vice President casting the deciding vote here…
I do agree. I appreciate the remarks by the Senator from Wyoming. I mentioned, in the colloquy between myself and the Senator from Louisiana, that, indeed, I do not find the visit by President Li as a reprehensible act. It seemed to me to…
I simply must make a remark or two about the statements that have been addressed before the Senate by my colleague from Louisiana. He, obviously, is very much a student of the issues of China and Taiwan and the United States. He speaks…
Among them, that cannot be undone, is there is a growing movement that it is a democracy. That is a democracy. The People's Republic of China is not. They are miles apart in that. There is a growing and emerging spirit within this island…
But if I might, six Presidents have reaffirmed that. That is a long time. As the Senator has said, the burgeoning economy of China has gotten to a place that even the Senator had missed, and the Senator has revisited and seen it. That is a…
No, I am not. That phenomenon is as real and different as some of the changes the Senator pointed to that have occurred in the People's Republic of China. It cannot be ignored.
I admire the effort that the Senator has given to the subject, but I just wanted to remind us that there are two sets of phenomena and changes that are occurring. I do not believe President Li had any option but to acknowledge the winds of…
I think you expand the interpretation of the language. That may be interpreted in the eye of the beholder, but it would certainly be viewed by President Li one way and the People's Republic of China another. But we extended appropriate…
we are finally drawing to a close on what has been an exhausting, often contentious, but extremely rewarding 18-month process of deciding the future of American agriculture. Our efforts culminate today in final passage of the 1996 farm…
I do not know of any issue in the country for which there is more unanimity or agreement than the current status of our welfare programs. You can go to any community, any State, any region, any city, and, as I said, there is a unanimity…
I rise in support of his extended efforts to reduce and relieve American business of the enormous regulatory burdens that we have put on the sector of our economy that generates the vast majority of the new jobs. We just held a field…
I do have a few more things to say about the hearing that was held in Georgia. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation conducted a survey on behalf of my own small business advisory task force and found the following: The estimated cost of…
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