Dan Coats

I want to express, however, the reason I am voting against this budget agreement. When the budget resolution came before the floor of the Senate initially, I voted against it because it did not contain the entitlement reforms--the…

I rise to highlight my particular support for one provision in the committee report for this bill and express my concern with proposed Food and Drug Administration rulemaking that would adversely effect asthma patients. First, I'd like to…

But I just want to say that the majority leader has gone out of his way to give us a family-friendly schedule and some certainty in our schedule by the way he has scheduled issues, by the way he has scheduled votes with a certainty of…

this week, Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance met in Madrid and agreed to expand of NATO by inviting the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to begin accession talks with NATO. These…

let me try to wrap up quickly in 2 minutes here for those Senators who are listening. The Senator from Wisconsin says that essentially makes the argument that a decision has to be made now regarding the future of tactical air purchases…

The Air Force has specified in testimony before us and in a public statement that they believe, with the adjustments that Senator Cohen has made and the QDR has made in terms of the total number of planes to be built, they can meet the…

I do not intend to talk any longer than necessary, until we get a signal that we are ready to go to final passage. I don't want to hold anything up. I know a lot of people have planes to catch and commitments to make, and are very anxious…

Any military personnel has access to military transport on a space-available basis. The DOD has never had an instance where a woman who is seeking access on a space-available basis on military transport has been denied that because the…

We are attempting to maintain a consistent Federal policy relative to abortion. That policy, known as the Hyde amendment, essentially says that taxpayers' money should not be used against the wishes of taxpayers for elective abortions…

let me just address a question that has been raised by the Senator from California. I think the Senator misunderstood what I said or perhaps I did not say it right. I said that while there is a philosophical debate among Members of…

let me address some of the questions that have been raised here. First, on the question of denial of constitutional right, that is not an issue. Whether we agree that a woman ought to have a constitutional right to an abortion or disagree…

we all want to improve quality care for child care. We spend nearly $1 billion now doing that. As chairman of the Children and Family Subcommittee I am committed to that. I commend Senator Jeffords, Senator Dodd, and others for work in…

the Supreme Court decision against the Communications Decency Act marks a departure from precedent on indecency, and weakens the protection of children by our laws. The Court, even in this decision, recognizes that Congress has a…

the hour is late and the week has been long. We all need our rest. I want to take a few moments to speak in support of the Gramm amendment, the amendment we discussed just before the discussion of the Kerry amendment. The reason I want to…

We can all quote studies. I could also pull out the study that shows that children are at a much higher risk of infection and illness and even accidents in child care centers than they are in the arms of a next-door neighbor.

But the Senator would agree, would he not, that it does provide a preference that is not available to many providers of child care that might be perfectly acceptable providers of child care for the children of those parents?

let me state that I share the goal of seeking ways to provide quality child care. This is something that I have supported, have worked on with the Senators. Clearly, as we are looking particularly at welfare reform, we are going to have…

I understand the motivation. My concern is that there will be a large number of child care providers who will not meet those standards, will be put in a position that is less preferential than those who do meet the standards, and yet the…

just in response, I would say I think it sends a signal. It sends a signal if you have a State stamp of approval or certified group stamp of approval that your child is going to get better quality care there than if you do not have that…

I just wonder where that figure came from and what it is based upon, because as the Senator from New Mexico has just said and we all know, once the money is made available, those who are beneficiaries of the money, whether it is the States…

I am wondering if either the chairman of the Budget Committee or the chairman of the Finance Committee can explain to me what changed? What was necessary? Why was it necessary? What new facts came to light that required the additional $8…

I ask the Senator, if we could not find them before under existing State-run programs, how are we going to find them now under State block grant programs?

I don't know the answer, as to the number of uninsured children, cost policies to insure those children, or the best mechanism to use. Even the charts that the Senator from Utah had designating the number of uninsured children and the…

If it is an undefined figure, or at least a loosely defined figure--going back to a question the chairman of the Budget Committee raised--is there a provision, or will there be a provision in the law that would give us the ability to…

Today, I join Senator Lieberman, Senator Brownback, Senator Ashcroft, and Senator Gregg in introducing the District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1997, also known as the DC SOS Act. The DC SOS Act provides immediate…