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Angie Craig is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and support for family farmers. Craig has been an advocate for policies that address the challenges faced by her constituents, particularly in the agricultural sector, often speaking out against trade policies that negatively impact farmers. She is known for her active engagement in legislative matters and her commitment to representing the interests of Minnesota families.
a constant of the universe has changed. Strom Thurmond is no longer with us. We mourn because this world is poorer for his passing, but we also know he smiles down upon us from a better, happier place. True to the creed taught him by his…
it is my intent within a few moments to withdraw this amendment, but I thought I should speak to it tonight because I am disappointed at this time that we could not get the scoring from CBO we felt would produce a revenue-neutral bill, or…
A fundamental question again emerges, and emerged yesterday at a hearing on the Hill, with the statement of our Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as to the importance of a national energy policy. Why is the Chairman of the Federal…
we are beginning this week again debating a national energy policy for our country, an issue whose time clearly has come, an issue that should have been resolved well over a year ago, but because of the difficulties and differences of…
I am pleased the Senator brought this issue forward because you and I live in an environment in the Pacific Northwest that was substantially subsidized by American taxpayers to produce a massive electrical system known as the Bonneville…
I do know that when you sit a group of economists or accountants down and say, project backwards over the last 20 years or 30 years as it relates to the cost of developing nuclear reactors, and/or their failure--and out in the Pacific…
In 1980, the United States was about 35-percent dependent on foreign hydrocarbons, foreign oil. Now, there were some folks out there saying: Boy, if we don't get busy here, we could someday be 40-percent dependent. Well, they were right…
I think the Senator from Oregon is wrong on this issue. I think it is a form of selectivity as it relates to our willingness as a country to use public resources in the advancement of all forms of energy resources as the kind that is…
I regret that I was detained in my effort to return to the floor, from another appointment, to vote on the Collins amendment, No. 596. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of the amendment. I have been speaking again this week…
Because it is time sensitive, I thought I would talk for a few moments about the issue of double taxation of dividends that is currently before our Finance Committee and certainly is a major component of our President's stimulus package…
I will speak again in morning business, but only briefly this time, as it relates to the issue before us and the protocol for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the ascendency to that organization of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia…
Mr. President I rise to introduce legislation that will remove any ambiguity as to the intent of the Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980 to provide for continuation of the historical use of outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River. In…
Since the spring of 2001 when the President issued his plan for a national energy policy, I and a good number of my colleagues... we simply were not producing more energy, but we were consuming large amounts of energy.
Whether it is former Senator Bob Kerrey, Democrat from Nebraska, whether it is former Senator Pat Moynihan, Democrat from New York, whether it is Republican Larry Craig of Idaho or Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the reality…
I am here in the Chamber this afternoon to speak to the nomination of Jay Bybee of Nevada to the Ninth Circuit Court. I call it the Ninth Circuit Court of Western States. I know the State of the Presiding Officer is part of the Ninth…
I am also always frustrated by the reality of a general fund budget, in a comprehensive budget policy under which we operate, and the fungibility of moneys, and the broad general system in which we take Social Security moneys, once…
I rise today to visit with my colleagues about something that is going on in Idaho and across this Nation at this moment that is critical to our economy, and especially critical to the economy of the State of Idaho. The situation that a…
the Chicago Tribune has strongly condemned the filibuster the chairman is speaking to tonight. So has the Chicago Sun-Times. Those papers don't agree on a lot of things, but one thing they are now agreeing on is that a filibuster is a bad…
I want to also ask, was the Senator also aware that the Freeport Journal-Standard, the oldest news source in northwest Illinois, has editorialized that this demand for Solicitor General memos would do serious damage to the ability of any…
I would not deny the Senator the right to the floor. I am curious, for the 8 years of the Clinton administration, this was the gold plate. The American Bar Association quality test was a gold plate. I said wait a moment here and voted…
I just heard the Democrat leader come to the floor to demand a vote on Miguel Estrada so we could move on to other important issues. He had the opportunity to have that vote, and he objected. He wants to raise the issue of moving judges to…
I and all of my colleagues, and I think, all Americans, have been in a period of mourning as a result of the situation that occurred about 9:15 or 9:16 this past Saturday, as many of us watched in horror, the Space Shuttle Columbia…
I rise to let my fellow Senators know of a very happy addition to my family. On December 22, at 3:05 in the afternoon, my daughter-in-law, Stephanie Craig, with the help of her husband, our son Michael, and our grandson Aidan, gave birth…
Tonight our President comes to Capitol Hill, as Presidents historically do, to deliver a State of the Union Message both to us here in Congress and to the country at large. I would have to say that this State of the Union probably, in his…
I appreciate Senator Lott coming to the Chamber this morning to speak on the role the timber industry plays in the economy of Mississippi and how important it is. It is important to rural Mississippi, to rural Idaho, to rural America…
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