Angie Craig

Earlier this year--and Senator Dorgan has already mentioned it--we coalesced around three concepts we thought were critically necessary in a current and future energy portfolio and, therefore, the public policy that drives it. We…

today I take that comment with respect and honor because I am here, like many of my colleagues, to join in speaking about the loss of Senator Craig Thomas, a friend from the neighboring State of Wyoming. Over the course of years in working…

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday--do you hear me calling? Do you hear the frustration of the American consumer today who goes to the gas pump and pays record-high gas prices? I saw prices in my State of Idaho today verging on an alltime high--$3.32…

news of yesterday's tragic killings at Virginia Tech reached me piecemeal as I was traveling back to Washington. We are still far from final answers and explanations. Even today, facts are still being confirmed, evidence is still being…

And States have that option, if they so choose, based on a State decision as to the importance of it rated as compared to public rural schools.

So what does the Senator's formula do to his State legislature's allocation of money? Does it cut it back, adjust it or change it?

So, in other words, the impact the Senator is advocating nationwide already happens in his State?

The Senator quoted States that, by the action of their legislatures, directed full amounts to education. I understand in the Senator's State that is also true, 100 percent.

It is critical we vote now, that we vote for the amendment offered by the Senator from Oregon and reject the amendment of the Senator from North Carolina for micromanaging a decision that ought to be made at the local school district level…

I rise to comment on a bill that is being introduced by Senator Snowe today, the Veterans Small Business Opportunity Act of 2007. I am proud to join with Senator Snowe and Senator Pryor as an original cosponsor of this important bill. This…

we are brought back to the floor again this week to continue the debate on Iraq and whether the United States should begin to pull our troops out of Iraq. Yet again the majority leader has brought legislation to the floor of the Senate…

I rise today to introduce a one year only reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. For the last six years, this Act has provided critical funding to our rural schools and counties and has built…

I am so honored to be on the floor with Senator Joe Lieberman today and to listen to his remarks, frankly, to stand in the shadow of his leadership on this issue because he has been that, a bipartisan leader, recognizing, as he so…

let me speak to you briefly regarding another critical issue and that is the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Self-Determination Reauthorization Act. When we return after our Presidents Day recess, it is vital we re-engage in a…

Today is an essential day in my life. It is not just Valentine's Day. It happens to be the anniversary of the first date I had with my wife Suzanne. Am I a romantic? Well, maybe just a little bit. Little did I know then that one day we…

I agree totally and I agree for all the reasons the Senator from California put forward--and a couple more. One of the things the Congress is committed to--both the Senators on the floor at this moment have voted for it--is to secure our…

the last Congress worked long and hard to resolve one of the most contentious issues of our time: immigration. As many of our colleagues know, while a number of border enforcement measures were enacted, we did not complete all the critical…

Currently, veterans and other claimants seeking veterans' benefits may not hire an attorney until the VA administrative proceedings have been completed--a process that often takes several years. That law flows from a Civil War era policy…

I have sought recognition in these waning hours of the 109th Congress to provide a summary of the good work accomplished over the last 2 years on behalf of America's veterans, and to comment on comprehensive legislation that is now pending…

What did they say? They said it very clearly: a failure to reform the H-2A program has put American agriculture in an untenable position. As we bring in the numbers this winter to do the harvest this summer and fall, it is reasonable to…

It is a speech not unlike the one we gave before we recessed for the break before the election, when it was becoming increasingly obvious that America was finding itself in a major labor shortage, primarily in agriculture and some of the…

This bill would expand the number of eligible recipients of retroactive payments under the Traumatic Injury Protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, or ``TSGLI'', benefit. In April of 2005 I was visited by three…

I support the Smith and Burns amendments and take just a few minutes to address both issues which are truly an emergency. First, Mr. Smith has filed an amendment to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act for 1…

I began to work with American agriculture and specifically western growers in the Pacific Northwest and in the Senator's State of California starting in about 1999 when they came to me and recognized, as they now clearly know, that they…

We recognize the need for a fence. We recognize the need for border security. But as we speak, American agriculture is losing somewhere between $1 billion and $5 billion at the farm gate because our southern border is closing. We have…