Sam Brownback

Absolutely. I could not agree more with the notion that there are things that ought to be taken into consideration here. And the notion of a bonus in marriages is not an accurate notion here. I was willing to let my colleague from Kentucky…

That is actually what happens and takes place, which is--just think about it. That is the signal that we are sending to the American public, that they actually are encouraged to do something like this by the tax policy of the U.S…

It is strange, but actually if you look at our tax policy, people would be paid to be able to--if they do get a divorce and live separately, they would actually have more money coming to them and less going to the Federal Treasury, which…

It would be raising taxes on a certain group of people. If you are saying, let us do away with this particular bonus, I do not have any problem giving bonuses to people who are married. I think this is a good institution that we ought to…

A number of groups have taken notice of this issue of a marriage tax penalty and think that it is clearly time and it is important that we at this time address this particular issue. The Independent Women's Forum has sent a letter urging…

I appreciate the point. I still fundamentally disagree with it. If we are talking about the issue of fairness, we spent 4 weeks talking about raising taxes on tobacco and working Americans. I don't know how many people were arguing at that…

I am simply saying, before we give the legislature its money, let's give some American families their money back in a small tax cut. Actually, I think we could do far better than this, but a tax cut that they should have. The irony of that…

Have we voted on any tax cuts yet for the American public? We have voted on a lot of tax increases. I think it is time we start saying it is time to give the people back a little bit of money. I would like to see married couples get it…

And, obviously, then the reason I am not getting a vote on the tax penalty is your objection to this.

My point in making that is to say we have a real situation here, well known, extraordinarily documented, and we have the ability to pay for it. And before we pay ourselves in the legislative branch bill, let's pay the American families a…

From the left, from the right--I want to go ahead and finish this point, if I could--from the left and from the right. We had a former Black Panther there, a former Clinton administration official saying the real problem we have here is we…

Less than one-third. Out of every $5 surplus you have, $1.50 is going back to married families. Does that make any rational sense here, that we are getting $5 in and saying, OK, $1.50 is back. I think we ought to be doing far more. This…

I hope we can discuss as a part of that legislative branch appropriations bill something that affects 21 million American families and it increases their taxes an average of $1,400 per family. It was done to them in 1969, the last year…

A community in Kansas called Colwich receives their drinking water from private wells. When the county tested a sampling of the wells in this community they discovered that 81 percent of the wells are poorly constructed, 75 percent are…

I think the number of people who have spoken on the floor about the issue of food and that it should never, ever be used as a political weapon or tool in foreign policy, speaks clearly with the mind of the Senate that it doesn't work. Food…

Today, Senator Lieberman and I will host a policy forum entitled ``The Young and the Violent: What is Behind the Spread of Juvenile Violence--and What Can Be Done About It?'' The horror of the killings in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Paducah…

I would like to introduce a resolution calling upon the Administration to do its utmost to protect the personal security of President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia. Against overwhelming odds, President Shevardnadze has fought for his…

I want to address further the issue of cost on this, because some will allege that is the reason we should block this, because it puts a cost figure of $166 million, $190 million. I am very sensitive to the cost issue, so I provide for the…

Mr. President, my amendment is common sense. It simply requires separate barracks for male and female recruits during basic training. Further, the amendment protects the privacy of recruits by limiting access to barracks after hours to…

I plead with my colleagues to really consider this. I ask them really just one small, simple favor: Will they call their constituent services' offices to see how many recruits they have been contacted by back home during this past year…

I wish to simply respond to the statements of the Senator from Michigan and the Senator from Massachusetts. They are simply not true. We have the June 5 case taking place at the Navy train facility, a court-martial because of…

No. 1 is, what we are talking about is separate barracks during basic training--separate barracks during basic training. We are not talking about further training; we are not talking about deployment, any of those issues that are being…

Last month, following India's nuclear tests, I offered legislation to repeal section 620(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (otherwise known as the Pressler amendment). The Pressler amendment concerns restriction on the provision of…

I want to stand up and speak on behalf of Grandma Gramm, that her money not go to lawyers as well. Mr. President, I have been following this debate back in the office. I followed it for some period of time. I serve on the Commerce…

I think the critical point that maybe is not being clearly put forward on this is what we are talking about here is being able to keep U.S. businesses in the United States, and, thus, access to these jobs dominantly by-- indeed, in many…