Angie Craig

I thank the chairman of the Defense Authorization Committee for his cooperation and the ranking member for allowing Idaho and Washington and South Carolina to resolve what was and has been, at some points along the way, a contentious…

I find myself in that situation in these moments just prior to the adjournment of the Senate and hours before a coffin bearing President Ronald Reagan will arrive at the Rotunda of our great Capitol. What I might do for just a moment is…

Today I am introducing the Simple Tax for Seniors Act. This bill would allow seniors age 65 and older with Social Security and pension income to file a short form similar to the 1040EZ Internal Revenue Service form. Under current IRS…

In 1995, Idaho's Governor Phil Batt, with my assistance, negotiated a milestone agreement with the Department of Energy on the cleanup and removal of nuclear waste in Idaho. After that agreement was in place, I teamed with the…

more than 60 years ago a generation of Americans answered the call to service, leaving their daily lives and joining the fight in a world war that would dramatically change the way this country, and the world, conducted itself. Raised…

regulations applying IDEA are complex, and I applaud the work of my colleagues in trying to make these regulations a little easier for students, parents, and schools. This bill is a clear signal that the Senate is concerned about the…

I want to echo the concerns my colleagues from Oregon and Montana have on this issue. Resolution of the Canadian softwood lumber dispute has gone on far too long. Meanwhile our domestic industry continues to suffer from subsidized and…

let me pick up where the Senator from Mississippi left off. What he has been saying about the economy and the figures out there is certainly accurate. The gloom and doom story we have heard over the last 6 months has all of a sudden gone…

I come to the floor not to point fingers or make accusations about the tragedy that occurred in Iraq and continues to unfold. So while we are focused on international affairs and what may or may not have gone on in the Abu Ghraib prison…

There will be a need for a prison to detain people. This is a very large complex. It is also phenomenally symbolic of the evil of Saddam Hussein where within those walls literally thousands of Iraqis were killed. It was known as the death…

today the Senator from Nebraska and I are introducing a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. I will read it because I think it is appropriate at this time, when all of us are tremendously frustrated about what has gone on in a certain Iraqi…

My guess is that most Senators understand the process and the procedure we are under, but there is a large body of interest that does not understand what we are doing at all. It is called the American consumer. I can put it this way: The…

I rise today to speak to S. 2290, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004, or the FAIR Act. Last July, I voted to pass S. 1125, the original asbestos litigation reform bill, out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in an effort…

I have come to the floor, as my colleague from Illinois did a few moments ago, to talk about the USA PATRIOT Act and where we are with this issue that the American people have recognized as important for a variety of reasons. We all know…

I have spoken in the last 3 days about the current price crisis this country is experiencing with the critical resource energy. The American consumer is going to the pump in their local community today to refuel their car and paying record…

I believe it is important the Congress express its will. Certainly the minimum wage is a part of the total economic makeup of our country, and we need to be concerned about it. When we are talking about welfare reform, we know good-paying…

we are debating welfare reform. It is critical to our country that we do this and revitalize it. It is a major piece of legislation that has been very successful over the years, getting people out of welfare into a productive job in our…

Certainly the issue of welfare reform is critical. The Senator from Tennessee has outlined the phenomenal successes to date led by Republicans both in the House and the Senate and now, of course, the Finance Committee has come forward with…

I rise to speak against the Lautenberg amendment and also to speak generally about S. Con. Res. 95, which is, of course, the underlying budget resolution. I also come from a State that has a very large Superfund site, so one would think I…

I look forward to the U.S. Senate passing this resolution and designating the week of March 14-20, 2004, as National Safe Place Week. This action will recognize the importance of Project Safe Place and send a message that we will keep…

we have just had 5 days of very important debate. I think all who entered the debate entered it with good will in mind. There have been different points of view, very strongly held different points of view. As a result of that, the final…

we are about to vote on S. 1805, as amended. The House passed a clean S. 1805 with over a 2-to-1 margin. The President has asked for a clean bill. But in the process of the last 5 days we have added a great deal to this bill that makes it…

If you walk through the door, the Federal Government takes over. If you stay outside the door, the current laws are in authority. It is called the gun show loophole. We have an amendment here that puts a whole new tripwire in front of the…

I think the Senator sees it clearly, as I see it. That has established a very big gray area. Of course, if that weapon fell into the hands of a criminal who misused it, and if that trace came back, that is a field day for a lawyer inside a…

the gun show loophole bill now being introduced by Senator McCain and Senator Reed is before us for full debate at this moment. Let me talk for a few moments about this issue and what it is and what it is not, and what has been done and…