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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.
Then it seems questionable to me, if we have done these sort of things, we have invested billions of dollars to try to strengthen marriage, we are doing away with the marriage penalty tax because we want to encourage marriage because that…
I want to specifically address the argument that is being put forward so often from the other side that we do not need to do this now; there is no fire burning; there is no particular issue that is going on here; the States can easily…
I worked with him on a number of issues, and he was a great study of culture. He actually said the central conservative truth is that culture is more important than government. What culture honors and what it does not honor, what it…
I want to show the portion of children entering broken families has more than quadrupled since 1950. I think a lot of us in this room were born in the 1950s. We can see on this chart the children born out of wedlock and as parents are…
I could not agree more. Since I have been in the Senate, I have been one who has spoken out about the cultural problems that we have had and that we are in. If we take an already weakened institution--that is, the central basis by which we…
I rise to speak on this proposed amendment, constitutional amendment to protect marriage. I am an original cosponsor. I support the Allard amendment. He has done an absolutely fabulous job of bringing this forward. I will articulate those…
We have studied this question thoroughly. I and a number of my distinguished colleagues have held extensive hearings on the importance of protecting and strengthening the institution of marriage. Traditional marriage is a boon to society…
In the essay, President Reagan lays out the great cultural issues surrounding abortion. In one place, he notes: We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life--the unborn--without diminishing the value of all human life…
our Nation cannot be the ``shining city upon the hill'' without the respect and recognition of the inalienable personhood of every American from the moment of conception until natural death. Reagan realized and declared this. The Reagan…
I join my colleague from Ohio in supporting this amendment that will put forward $95 million in emergency aid to the Sudan. I thank him for bringing this forward. I thank the Chair for holding a hearing on this recently to highlight what…
from the central highlands of Vietnam to the Darfur region of Sudan, and from the Tumen river dividing North Korea and China to the roof of the world in Bhutan and Nepal, nearly 12 million people worldwide are refugees. Sunday, June 20…
I would like to applaud the decision by the Supreme Court yesterday dismissing the Pledge of Allegiance Case and affirming a student's right to say the pledge with the phrase ``One Nation Under God.'' The majority decision concluded that…
It is an issue of fines and decency on over-the-air broadcasts-- whether it be radio or television. I think it is important to put my comments in context today by explaining the policy history of this issue; that is, decency on…
I rise to pay tribute to Ronald Reagan, my political guiding light. I came to Congress on the second Reagan wave in the 1994 election, when Republicans took over the House of Representatives. Many of us were raised on Ronald Reagan. His…
I rise to address the alarming decision handed down earlier this week by a District Court in California on partial birth abortion. The judge's decision was wrong on many fronts. It is wrong on the medical facts, and it is wrong in its…
over the past 2 weeks, more than 2,000 farmers--including over 600 from Kansas, the most from any State--have signed a petition that will be sent to ABC News and TIME magazine today or tomorrow. The signers of this petition are to be…
I take a few minutes of the leader's time to speak in morning business on one of the issues this week that has drawn, obviously, the attention of everybody across the country. It has happened in Massachusetts where, 3 days ago, in keeping…
I will read portions of this news story, dated today, Fox News: Tests on an artillery shell that blew up in Iraq on Saturday confirmed that it did contain an estimated three or four liters of the deadly nerve agent sarin. This has been…
I am here to address the Bioshield Act and particularly section 3 of that bill that directs the Secretary of Homeland Security on an ongoing basis to assess threats of use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents and…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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