Saxby Chambliss

I want to discuss Senator Reid's amendment, which would permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both their full military retired pay and disability compensation. ... I intend to support…

I agree that we should not make short-term decisions on these issues, that more precise definitions of 'inherently governmental' and 'core' are required to guide competitive sourcing decisions and public-private partnerships, and that the…

Without question. Nobody is going to be sent into harm's way without being properly equipped.

With respect to this issue of the memoranda that they have requested be produced by Mr. Estrada or by the Justice Department, I note that the Savannah Morning News in Savannah, GA, has written that the ``request is unprecedented''--that…

There have been several editorials written by newspapers in my State that are very critical of the Democrats for the obstructionist attitude and filibustering of this particular nomination of Miguel Estrada. One of those editorials was…

The quality of the force out there today is second to none. It is well-prepared, well-trained, and the men and women that are being called on to defend freedom are in my opinion the best-trained, best-service organization that the world…

I believe that Mr. Estrada has established himself in the legal profession in a very unqualified manner, that he is just extremely qualified, is an excellent lawyer.

Let me just make a general comment about all the nominees that we have today.

I rise tonight to say thank you to Susan Hirschmann for her tremendous leadership and her service to their institution. She has been an asset to this House and to the Majority Whip's Office now for 10 years. As a freshman member in 1994…

Just reiterating to the gentlewoman, I think her point is well taken; and I think there may be some merit to strengthening language, maybe even getting specific as the gentlewoman has done in her amendment. We will commit to the…

Let me tell my colleagues how this farm bill came about. Two years ago the chairman decided that we wanted to approach the new farm bill a little bit different than we had approached any other farm bill. We went all across America. We held…

We have worked with the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers) earlier to strike that sunset provision. We will proceed ahead with the studies that we had in there as another part of it. We will have hearings on it after the studies are…

The particular provision deals with direct operating loans made by the Farm Service Agency to farmers versus guaranteed operating loans that are made by the Farm Service Agency that are guaranteed by banks. The problem that I seek to…

The limit is there now. We have the certificate provision to take care of it, over and above that. But we would destroy the current structure of the way farms are set up if we changed the payment limitation at this point in time. I would…

I would like to honor an exceptional citizen from Macon, Georgia's 8th Congressional District, Larry Justice of Macon, Georgia, on his retirement from the Bibb County Board of Commissioners.

We do not drive those prices down by Government controls; we do not drive those prices down by the Federal Government doing anything other than allowing for competition, promoting competition. That should be the sole function of the…

In fact, that bill was passed in this very House just last week; that where a veteran has a long distance to drive to go to a VA facility, when he needs medical treatment, we are going to have a pilot program now that we are going to look…

I, too, would just like to echo the sentiment of all of my colleagues. Paul Coverdell is a great American. Nobody does more for his country or loves this country more than Paul Coverdell. He is simply a great American and great individual…

I understand it may be subject to a point of order, but I think that Legal Services Corporation needs to understand that if we are legislating here, that if they continue with this pattern, we are going to come after them in the…

I understand this may be subject to a point of order, but my farmers are doing their best to comply with the law to bring legal workers in, and the gentleman and I have had a number of discussions over the last 5 years about making some…

I hope that in honor of Mr. Pinkston and his many accomplishments in Georgia, local, State, and Federal legislators working on this project will name a portion of the Fall Line Freeway the Frank Pinkston Freeway.

While the gentleman is speaking about paying down the public debt, the gentleman might just remind the American people what we have done over the last 3 years, or what we are doing, including this year, with respect to paying down the…

I want to congratulate the Charlton County High School football team in Folkston, Georgia, for recently capturing the Class A State Championship title.

I want to congratulate Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia for recently winning the National Junior College Athletic Association's men's tennis title.

I want to address one other issue with respect to agriculture, because this is critical. The President talked a lot, when he came here in this very House in his State of the Union address, about crop insurance reform, something that is so…