Angie Craig

I have just sent to the desk a second- degree amendment in my name and that of the Senator from New Mexico, Mr. Domenici, and a good number of other Western Senators who have grown extremely concerned about the fire situation in the…

We have a phenomenal nursing shortage in our country today. So if a nurse lives on one side of a boundary line created by this law, she or he can well commute to the other side and we cannot afford them. Spokane, WA, has a different…

Of course, he is well known for his dedication to public education in this country. I applaud him for that. I also want to recognize a President who has seen public education in its current condition to be an issue on which to speak out…

I introduce The Choice IDEA Act, which would reform the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, IDEA. The federal government began dealing with special education in the 1970's, and on the whole what has come to be known as IDEA had…

Sixty-two Senators said: Do not negotiate away our trade laws, or suffer the consequence. I yield the floor.

I thank my colleagues from Nebraska and Nevada for bringing to the floor what is a valuable piece of legislation to address the issue of prescription drugs. As chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, I had not engaged in this debate…

I do believe that people who work hard all their life and build an estate ought to have a right to take a little of it, because it is after tax money that builds an estate, and they want to pass it on to their children. That is right. That…

I rise today to introduce. The Permanent Tax Relief for School Construction Act to make permanent the tax benefits we enacted last year relating to private activity bonds for school construction. Last year, we approved a tax bill which had…

I thank the Senators from Nebraska and Nevada for bringing a realistic amendment to the floor, one that could take effect now, one with which we could go home to New York or Idaho and say to our seniors: We have cut your drug bills well…

Serious Democrats, such as the Senate Banking Committee head Paul Sarbanes and Senate Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Carl Levin, have taken a completely different tact from the business as usual... we know that we have to regain the…

let me spend a few minutes talking about the underlying legislation, S. 2673. There has been a great deal of debate over the last good number of days on this issue. I am pleased that we were able to get cloture. It is time we move on to…

Clearly, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 established an extraordinary procedure--not a precedent-setting procedure. Parliamentarians have agreed that is the case. But even today, as the Senator from Alaska has mentioned, we have been…

Let me also talk about one other issue that we discussed when we talk about the capacity of Yucca Mountain and, therefore, that there will always be waste out there somewhere in these temporary repositories at these nuclear reactors…

I come to the floor one more time this week to speak about the tragedies in the West as they play out. While my time is limited this morning, I thought it was important that I talk about the human side of this tragedy. Let me read this…

I rise this morning--and I will return tomorrow and the next day--to talk about a story and a saga playing its way across the western landscape that you and I watched yesterday and on the morning news. We saw the headlines in all of the…

this morning I want to speak to a couple of issues that I think are important to this body and certainly to the citizens of our country. First and foremost, I want to speak of a meeting that occurred at the White House yesterday that I had…

I want to speak about a need of this Senate to act and act soon. I am speaking about a provision within the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 that required a procedure by which this country would ultimately step forward in determining a…

today I introduce this bill, Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes Omitted Lands Act of 2002 to help resolve a land ownership problem that affects over 400 private property owners and homeowners located around Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in Kootenai…

Today we celebrate May as National Foster Care Month, and in Idaho, Foster Care Appreciation Month. Although this month is almost over, the need for foster care remains critical. I would like to take a moment today to talk about the…

It is that. I thought that was a right and reasonable approach. We should not ask for a supermajority on issues that can be passed or should be passed by a majority of the body. The Senator from Minnesota listened to those arguments…

There is nothing in that amendment with which I disagree as part of process and procedure. You bet we should have talked about proposed substitutes and changes removed from, I call it the catchall title to the advanced title, to a higher…

as a cosponsor of the Dayton-Craig amendment, I wish to speak for a few moments about the constructs of the amendment itself and applaud my colleague and partner in this amendment, the Senator from Minnesota, for a very thorough and…

I have listened intently to my colleague, the senior Senator from Texas. The reason I do that and I have done that for a good many years, I always learn a great deal. I am always extremely cautious to get on the floor and debate in…

I certainly am a strong advocate of trade. I always have been. At the same time, I want it to be balanced and I want it to be fair. When there are disadvantages--and we have just seen one that this administration has spoken to in an area…

I don't know how anyone serving the Senate, which is for an expanding economy, for greater revenues, for workers and for producers--and of course we will tax a little of that--would be against trade. Clearly, the future of our economy is…