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Sam Brownback is a Republican politician who served as the Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to his governorship, he was a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1996. Brownback is known for his conservative positions on social issues and his advocacy for tax cuts and economic development in Kansas. During his tenure as governor, he implemented significant tax reforms aimed at stimulating the state's economy, although these policies faced criticism and led to budgetary challenges.
Several weeks ago I introduced a joint resolution which has been given the number S.J. Res. 13. This resolution is a one sentence amendment to the Constitution declaring that marriage is between a man and a woman. I would like the Record…
It creates a prosecutorial system that is an unchecked power and is open for exploitation and politically motivated prosecutions.
We believe the Rome Statute establishing the ICC is fundamentally flawed and cannot support it.
Our overall ICC policy is consistent with the American Servicemembers' Protection Act, passed by the Congress with strong bipartisan support, which prohibits assistance and support for the ICC.
I admire her work. And our only charge here is to protect the dollars of the American taxpayer.
Is there anything further that we can do from here to try to bring pressure?
It's important that we have a good relationship with India. It's a very important country.
The Iraqis' resolve and standing up and willing to show up in face of danger really did encourage us.
I view this bill as a chance for us to grow the economy, as a chance for us to do something to create jobs and opportunities. We may disagree on what are the various issues and what we need to do to create those jobs, to address issues for…
I would like to be sure that, by using the word ``and'', the conferees did not intend that a business aircraft would have to be described in both the existing subparagraph (B) and the new subparagraph (C) in order to qualify for the…
The effective date of the placed-in-service-extension, section 336 of the conference report, states that the amendments "shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section 101 of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act…
If you think you can get it into legislation, I am fine. I just think that is a bridge too far at this point in time.
We thought it was too big of a bite to take, that if we got to this portion of the Federal budget, 25 percent was a good start.
Absolutely. It is not the bigger share of it, as I noted in my presentation. But I think we have a credibility gap for us to be able to take on.
I would suggest that. If others do not want to leave that up to a commission and want to have a more prescriptive nature from Congress, I can see doing that.
Senator Moynihan taught me before he left the Senate that we have rarely found a way to change something in government until we find a way to measure it.
Yes. You will hear from Clay Johnson, we have already got one set of standards that have been put forward by this PART review.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator Voinovich, I appreciate your willingness to hold this hearing.
I applaud your willingness to address this issue. This is one of those issues that most people just duck away from.
I just--I am really puzzled as to why now, why the crackdown now over the past couple of years?
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