Paul Coverdell

Your legislation, which I have been proud to coauthor, and I commend the work of the Senator from Missouri, leaves the decision about what families need and don't need to the families, the workers themselves. The alternatives proposed--and…

Although we are getting closer, we might say, well, maybe if there are five more votes like the one today, we will finally end the debate; the bill being a very narrow, specific proposal that tries to respond to the call of the President…

The supplemental is a vehicle by which we can help the flood; it is not a disaster supplemental.

In other words, this has been in the process since before the emergency, so it is going to probably deal with Bosnia. I am just guessing, as I am not on the committee. Do you not have something dealing with our troops overseas in this…

I really do hope--this is not a long piece of legislation. It is 12 pages. I wish the staffs and Members would read it. I want to read this brief section, to respond to his comment: Exceptions to Limitations on Liability.--The limitations…

We have heard that voluntarism is healthier than ever, we have millions of volunteers, and we do not need a bill to encourage voluntarism. That is simply not the case, clearly not the case. According to the Independent Sector report, the…

I can say that the actions of his President, our President, are also unprecedented. An Executive order that totally rewrites labor law and obviates the Constitution is unprecedented and has no standing, in my judgment, in this debate--none.

Absolutely. It is not so much a case of the judgments. It is a case of the threat of the suit and what it can do to you. The best example is listed here where a man who is part of a rescue team rescued an individual who had fallen off a…

I thought introducing that in an attempt to make some legitimate criticism of this legislation was inappropriate. I am appreciative that you would come with your legal background and point out, as I have tried to do--perhaps not as…

The summit was about volunteers in America. This legislation is designed to protect volunteers in America. Imagine, if you would, Senator, what will happen when Little League Baseball and United Way and the American Red Cross can stand up…

Unfortunately, volunteer service has become a high-risk venture. Our sue happy legal culture has ensnarled those selfless individuals who help worthy organizations and institutions through volunteer service. They try to do good and end up…

Many phrases have been used to describe the complex and sophisticated international drug trafficking groups operating out of Colombia and Mexico, and frankly, the somewhat respectable titles of ``cartel'' or ``federation'' mask the true…

I have a comment on the statistics just demonstrated, because I was reading in the New York Times, and they begin the data in 1994. So it shows a slight increase. But the dramatic case that the Senator made is absolutely correct. You have…

I have introduced today three separate joint resolutions to disapprove the President's decision to certify Mexico as fully cooperating in our war on drugs. ... Mr. President, the status quo is unacceptable. The status quo sees the…

An average family in my State gets to keep 47 percent of its gross income. In 1950 those people got to keep 80 percent. Now they can only keep 47 percent after they get finished paying their Federal tax bill, State, local, the cost of…

Then you came back again, passed the essence of this legislation, and he signed it, but his Justice Department has subsequently been engaged in an overt attempt to undo it?

In this debate about the working family there are two figures that are constantly quoted. One is 40 percent. I typically use 50. I wonder if the Senator would agree, when you add on the regulatory costs and that family's share of higher…

We know that virtually every segment of American life deals with the tax burden today, and it is about what they think it should be. You would be hard pressed to find a segment of our country that believes the IRS is not a threatening…

My home city since 1970-75 has lost 125,000 residents. My argument is that if these cities just continue to impose higher and higher financial burdens, the end result is they make the city richer and poorer, because every time they ratchet…

I know I am another American here that is thinking every moment and every day about the condition of our men and women in the armed services that are engaged in the conflict with Iraq. But before we get into it I wanted to acknowledge my…

Just to reiterate, we are in the midst of a drug epidemic. This is not a time to undercut the Presidential request for direct funding to the war on narcotics and the war on 8- to 13-year-olds in America--8 to 13 years of age. They are the…

I would like to advise the chairman that we have a recurring problem with regard to supply of raw sugar for cane refineries in the current administration of the sugar program. I would appreciate the chairman's support in reviewing report…

Is the chairman also aware of the fact that it is the Secretary's responsibility to administer the program in such a manner that provides an adequate supply of sugar to satisfy our domestic needs?

This is not about principle. There is no principle involved here. This is pure sabotage.

I know it has been said many times but I think everybody should see a caution flag go up when the Republican National Committee, the National Taxpayers Union, the National Right to Life Committee, the National Rifle Association, the…