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John Peter Spyros Sarbanes is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Sarbanes has focused on issues such as campaign finance reform, healthcare, and education during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for transparency in government and has worked to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.
I thank the chairman for these assurances. There is great demand for additional camping, fishing, and white water rafting opportunities particularly in the area just below the dam, known as Big Bend, and these funds will be very helpful in…
On more than one amendment it has been said that for 8 years we had a Democratic President and we didn't do anything about this issue. We spent most of those 8 years working ourselves out of the deficit box into which we have been placed…
I draw the analogy: For 2 weeks now we have been out on the floor on this education authorization bill. It is like putting the sides of a box into place. You put the sides of a box into place like this. You build up your education box. But…
I thought when I was named as a conferee I would have important work to do as a member of the conference committee on the budget. As it turned out, there was nothing to do. We went to one meeting. The chairman told us there was nothing for…
Defense is a missing piece; education is a missing piece. And this tax cut will create a problem, as I understand it, with the alternative minimum tax. I am told that there is no provision in this budget for alternative minimum tax reform…
I am told that, while there is some adjustment for inflation in this budget, there is no adjustment for a growing population and the additional stress and strain that places on program levels; is that correct? There is no adjustment for…
What does this budget do about education? We are voting on education this week, the President says we will not leave any child behind, and everyone is making terrific speeches about education and beating on their chests about education…
The legislation specifically gives the President the authority to continue to control any item. I don't think the items the Senator is listing would be mass market items under this legislation. But even if one or a few were to be sold…
There are examples that happened under the previous regime. This bill will actually improve the regime.
It seems to me what Senator Byrd is underscoring is that the Senate, when they first passed the Budget Act, made a great exception to the process of unlimited debate in order to try to bring the deficit under control. The guiding rationale…
I am sure we all agree that a talented Federal and military workforce is crucial to getting the work of the American people done skillfully and efficiently. In many instances, Federal civilian and military employees work side-by-side doing…
They declare bankruptcy and then they sell these loan portfolios or the servicing rights to the loans, often in the course of the bankruptcy proceedings. If you allow that to happen, then you have an incentive for these companies to use…
Any purchaser of such loans would have to be on guard because they would not be able to take them free and clear because the claims would stay with the loan.
The discipline has to be on both sides, on the tax cut and on the spending side. No one is saying we should not do some tax cuts. Obviously, we need to make some investments on the expenditure side if we are going to meet the needs of our…
It will affect generations to come. We must make a wise and prudent decision. I thank the Senator from West Virginia for his extraordinary leadership in this effort.
I thank the Senator. He has set out for us what, really, is a historic decision we will be confronting. We must recognize it as such.
Everyone has underscored that you can't really base a policy on these projections, they are so uncertain. As the Senator pointed out earlier in his statement, in just 6 months the Congressional Budget Office changed its projections to…
The New York Times, in an editorial opposing this nomination, made reference to President Bush's inaugural visions of ``a single nation of justice and opportunity.'' In my view John Ashcroft does not carry out that vision. I oppose his…
Mel Martinez understands the job ahead of him. He has committed to expanding housing opportunities for all Americans. I look forward to working with him, and I commend his nomination to my colleagues for their approval. I have found him to…
I support this bipartisan conference report. This new law creates a solid legal foundation upon which electronic commerce can grow and prosper, with benefits for many consumers and businesses. It is apparent to all of us that more and more…
In other words, the institutions, they are only being included in the sense that they are eligible to submit their proposal to the board. It does not mean they can then go ahead and do these loan guarantees simply on their own. They have…
Thirdly, I just make this observation. We are allowing FDIC institutions to do this. But, of course, in a sense, that creates an extra exposure that one of these institutions would not have because the Government, the taxpayer, would be…
Of course, we do not have the latter in the case of these institutions. I think we have to exercise caution and prudence, but as you have pointed out, certainly for the CFC, they rank very well indeed. It seems to me they ought to qualify…
Let's do it step by step. Does the Senator dispute that Azerbaijan began the war by moving into an aggressive mode?
The Minsk group is trying to resolve that issue. The war began because Azerbaijan moved into an aggressive mode. Does the Senator dispute that?
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