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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.
This is an interesting process because the beauty of the process of the Senate that the Senator speaks of is that there are rules and procedures by which we live. Historically, most Americans understand that when they elect a majority to…
Again, a very special thanks to my cochair with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption for the tremendous work she has done. We now are able to have an intern, thanks to a private organization helping facilitate the development of our…
last night, as we were recognizing these national Angels in Adoption, I had the privilege of introducing Lynette Cole and her parents, Gale and Larry. Lynette is a beautiful young lady whom we have come to know as Miss USA. She is a young…
I am going to use some time this afternoon and depart from this immediate debate to talk about an event that occurred last night which I and my colleague from Louisiana had the opportunity to cohost, along with the Freddie Mac Foundation…
Under current law as to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, people who seek either status in this country as a legal resident but not a citizen, apply and basically line up on a list and wait for the process to move them through…
What I quoted was the Congressional Almanac--the CQ Almanac--that said since 1977 only twice, in 1994 and in 1998, has the Congress passed all 13 appropriations bills in time for the President to sign them into law before the October 1…
In no way do I intend to speak behind your back. It is an important issue that you and I are concerned about. I think it was important to demonstrate what the real record of performance here is in the Senate under both Democrat and…
I think we confirmed one thing. The Congressional Quarterly Almanac also goes on to say that foreign ops, Agriculture, and Defense were never voted on on the floor and never debated, that they were incorporated in the omnibus bill. So, in…
Those records comport with what I have said. I wanted to make sure I was not inaccurate. My concern is that we will have not completed our work on the floor by the deadline unless we can gain the kind of cooperative effort to move these…
No, that is not the point. If the Senator will yield, we are not in disagreement. We are not yet to the CR point. If we get there, I have not yet heard any leader on either side suggest that we not amend it. We hope they could be clean. We…
what I thought I might do for a few moments this afternoon is talk about the state of play of where we are as a Senate and as the 106th Congress trying to complete its work and adjourn for the year. I think a good many of us are frustrated…
If we are attempting to complete our work on a bill-by-bill basis and we extend our time to do that with a clean CR, simply extending the processes of Government and the financing of Government for another week or two while we debate…
I want to correct this for the record. The Congressional Quarterly Almanac says that only seven appropriations bills had passed the Senate on October 1 of 1987. But we did not provide for the President an omnibus bill with 13 in it until…
First, let me apologize to you that a phone call was not made. I meant it with all due respect. I did not misuse your name nor misquote you. Certainly, speaking on the floor in the Senate in an open, public forum is not speaking behind…
I don't recall what President Reagan did or did not want. I know what the record shows he got. I guess the question I ask the Senator from West Virginia, from October 1 to until December 22, did the Senate debate and pass out the remainder…
I have made statistical statements. When I prepared this today, I double-checked them, to make sure I was accurate, with the Congressional Quarterly Almanac so the Record would be replete. If I am not accurate, or if I have misspoken in…
There isn't a Senator here who does not recognize the importance of this issue primarily with the senior community in America today-- primarily with the poorer of that community who cannot afford some of the new drugs that are on the…
I thought it important that we end up the week with a bit of an analysis of where we are and where we have to get in the next several weeks to complete the business of Government, to fund the necessary agencies, and to be responsible to…
There is a very real difference between what Vice President Gore is talking about and Gov. George Bush is talking about. Senator Kennedy has effectively outlined it today. Senator Kennedy said let the Government run your health care; let…
The plain language of these sections provides such flexibility. I agree with some who have stated that would be the best policy, and the language would provide such an opportunity. I will leave it to the implementing agencies to decide how…
Yes it is our intent that the Secretary would select an individual from each example group in each of the three categories of community interests listed in section 205(d) when representatives of that group are interested in the management…
S. 1608, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 1999, solves a severe crisis in America's rural, forest counties driven by the precipitous decline in federal timber receipts over the last decade. The bill provides…
The bill language in titles II and III provides that they will function in much the same way, with a few differences. First, they are advisory to the Secretary in title II and to the relevant county in title III. In neither case do they…
in conjunction with the administration, and the members of the Budget Committee, we have made a series of technical changes to S. 1608 as it was reported by the committee. These changes are designed to: (1) respond to the concerns of some…
I certainly agree with him. He and I, working together--I as chairman of the Forestry Subcommittee, he as the ranking member--saw and recognized a crisis in the rural communities of America that were once named timber dependent because…
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