Sam Brownback

I am introducing the Silk Road Strategy Act of 1977. This is an overarching policy between the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia, which includes the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan…

I take the Senate floor today to mark the anniversary of a noble and courageous effort made on behalf of our Nation by some of the brave residents, of our then very young State of Kansas. Mr. President, 135 years ago today in the year…

today I join with the distinguished Senators from Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming in introducing a bill which addresses an injustice that has developed out of current law. Under current law, meat and poultry products that are processed in…

I say to the Senator from Colorado he has been a leader in this effort on Members of Congress not receiving a COLA, and did put this in the bill that came from the Senate. That was the Senate provision, that there would not be a COLA for…

I rise today to speak on two bills that I have introduced aimed at limiting the size of Government and restricting its growth. One reduces the Federal Government by restricting the ability of Congress to spend money, and the other limits…

I note at the outset we should not impose on the children of the District of Columbia what Members of the U.S. Senate are not willing to do. We did a survey of Members of the U.S. Senate to find out how many sent their children to the…

I rise today to join Senator Abraham in introducing the Department of Commerce Dismantling Act. This legislation was completed after months of research and hearings in which we investigated the many costly structural, managerial, and…

I just think it is not an appropriate thing for us to approve, or to allow a tribe, this one in Oklahoma, to acquire this land and put a casino on what has been a tribal ancestral burial ground. I think it is sacrilegious for that to…

this is an amendment that basically seeks to preserve tribal Indian land as a cemetery and burial ground in Kansas City, KA. It is a very contentious issue there. But this is and has been an Indian burial ground since 1855. There are plans…

I thought I might put in the Record, and in the resolution there is listed a number of things that Mother Teresa did, but just for the interest of the body, it might be interesting to note some of those things that happened. Mother Teresa…

But, Mr. President, by my reckoning, in the process of acting on these 10 measures, the Senate will have wasted almost $10 billion on wasteful, unnecessary, low priority, pork-barrel projects. This is an appalling waste of taxpayers…

Mr. President, the impact of this merger is of great importance to the community of Wichita, KS. Since the railroad runs through the center of the city, the increased train traffic resulting from the merger may affect significantly the…

I just think in a nation this big, with an economy this size, with the dynamism that we have in this country, you can't control it out of Washington. That is why the President pronounced, over a year ago, that the era of big Government is…

the VA-HUD-Independent Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 1998 that we are considering today allocates $35 million in the administration's budget request for research on the public health effects of airborne particulate matter. I…

I rise in support of the Feingold amendment, of which I am a cosponsor, and associate myself with the Senator's comments. I would like to note first that the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Campbell], has done an outstanding job in representing…

I do think it is important before we go forward with additional BRAC's that we know and can certify the amount of money that has been saved by prior BRAC rounds. I do not think we have taken that into consideration. There is a lot that is…

one thing I want to draw people's attention to is that in the third week of October, there is going to be a ``Character Counts'' week taking place. That may be a while off and is not necessary for us to focus on now, but I think it is time…

Today there is some excellent news regarding the economy. The deficit, because of such a strong economy and taxes being paid, may be as low as $45 billion. I am hopeful that we can continue to keep that economy going strong by some of the…

Senator Kohl and I have offered this amendment. It is a very, very simple amendment. It just says if we are going to break the spending caps on this bill, on this budget agreement that we've told the American people is going to balance the…

I hope we will not stand here and say that the welfare program, the changes that we made in the last Congress have been a failure. They have been a great success. Look in my home State of Kansas where welfare rolls have gone down 30…

we have had some good discussions here. Looking at the overall tax cut bill that we have, which I think is very important that we do, I am congratulatory toward the chairman. I chair the District of Columbia Subcommittee. We have really…

I will take those suggestions to heart and will see if we can work something out. Let me again say one more time, this chairman--anybody in Washington, DC, watching this should be thankful for what he has done in stepping up and solving a…

I am proud today to be offering a bipartisan proposal for campaign finance reform with my distinguished colleague, the senior Senator from Wisconsin, Herb Kohl. Mr. President, those of us who have spent the balance of our congressional…

I rise today, while we are just about to finish up on this historic State Department reorganization bill, to say a couple of things about it and the people who have been involved. I was in the House of Representatives on the Foreign…

one of my highest priorities as the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia, is to make sure the children in the Nation's capital are receiving the quality…