Sam Brownback

Therefore, today I rise to offer my support of S. 235, the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2001. I also come to the floor to strongly encourage my colleagues to pass a clean bill on this issue. We have worked a long time in a delicate…

I rise today to speak on a different issue, one of great importance and one I think we are going to see take place, and that is overdue tax relief for the American people. The Congressional Budget Office has just announced the 10-year…

I note with sadness what took place at Oklahoma State. That was a terrible tragedy. I was reading about it in our papers in Kansas. That happened to Wichita State University about 30 years ago. It still has not really healed. Somehow when…

Thank you, very much. I appreciate the opportunity to be here to speak in favor of our colleague, Senator Ashcroft, to be Attorney General of the United States. I serve on our Judiciary Committee along with the esteemed Presiding Officer…

I would hope that now we would broaden that relationship and say we will lift the economic sanctions that we have on India.

It is intolerable to have this taking place. Yet, it is Africa, so what happens?

I think it really wants to be better tied to the United States.

in the era of the Internet, in the era of the microchip, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, I am concerned that the most prosperous, productive and inventive nation in the world conducts its elections for its highest offices in some…

I rise today to put on the record my concerns about numerous provisions contained in this year's conference report of the Ag appropriations bill. Specifically, I am greatly concerned that this year's bill single-handedly turns back a…

there is a tragedy ongoing in the Middle East, and the first thing I want to do is express heartfelt sorrow for the families of those who have lost their lives. The events of the last two weeks are deeply disturbing, and the clear first…

This is a major victory for women and children subject to violence here and abroad. This is a major piece of legislation for us to be able to pass through this body. To be able to get this legislation passed at this time is a significant…

The item I wish to speak on now is Aimee's law. This is a part of this overall conference report that has passed the House, as I mentioned, by 371-1. Aimee's law was prompted by the tragic death of a college senior, Aimee Willard, who was…

I am happy to respond to the Senator from Minnesota. This was raised in conference committee under thorough discussion about this new standard of ``extreme hardship involving unusual and severe harm.'' There was a fear on the part of some…

Irina's story is told all too often and is reenacted all too often around the world today. Our Government estimates that between 600,000 and 2 million women are trafficked each year beyond international borders. They are trafficked for the…

let me start this debate and discussion with the story of Irina. Irina's story appeared in the New York Times not that long ago, and it is similar to the story of a number of women with whom I have met and who have been caught in this…

I have put forward this bill on sex trafficking with Senator Wellstone. He and I don't get together on too many bills, so when we do, it is a bit noteworthy. We come from different perspectives, different viewpoints. I think we both have…

Absolutely. He has been stating that for a long period of time. The administration, each step along the way, has continued to thwart, stall, and say things that were positive but with no action. That is what I have seen taking place in…

I support his bill, the Packers and Stockyards Enforcement Improvement Act of 2000. I think this is a commonsense approach to a very difficult agricultural antitrust concern taking place. I applaud Senator Grassley's approach and endorse…

I would like to clarify an additional provision of the legislation. It is my understanding that Section 60117(b)(3) is aimed at penalizing pipeline companies that either refuse to turn over records, reports, or information concerning an…

It is The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. It is a bill--one of the first perhaps in the world--to address the growing ugly practice of sex trafficking where people are traded into human bondage--again, into the sex and…

as the father of five children--two of whom came into our family through international adoption--I take special interest in the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. The treaty signers hope to improve the international adoption system…

As recently as this morning, upon Chairman Arafat's arrival back in Gaza, Arafat said: There is an agreement between us and the Israeli government made in Sharm-El-Sheikh that we continue negotiations until Sept. 13th, the date for…

I want to make a few remarks on an issue very important to our young student athletes, as well as our colleges and universities. It is a piece of legislation that, if the appropriations continue to be held up on the other side of the…

In May 2000, a delegation from Georgia attended a five-day seminar in western Sicily to help further a culture of lawfulness in Georgia. The delegation consisted of government officials as well as senior educators, representatives from the…

this is the right time and the right place. We have the wherewithal; we have the ability; we have the need to do this. This body should pass this bill. The President should sign this bill into law and eliminate the marriage penalty tax. I…