Angie Craig

I rise to honor and remember our distinguished majority leader, our colleague, and our friend, Bob Dole, as he prepares to leave the Senate. When you work with or around Bob Dole, you soon realize: He has consistent values and an…

I want to add to my earlier remarks two thoughts that I think are appropriate as many of our colleagues have come to the floor today to express their sadness, their reminiscent thoughts, and in some instances our joy that Bob Dole is now…

While I do not want to speak of Mr. Moss--and I am pleased you recognized him--I want to speak about you for just a moment, and to thank you for the relationship you and I have had on the issue of the balanced budget amendment to the…

for a good number of hours today the Senate has been involved in what is an important debate, the issue of a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge the hard work and leadership of several…

The gross Federal debt now tops $5 trillion--that is more than $19,000 for every man, woman and child in this country. The gross interest payments this year are around $344 billion. That $344 billion in interest payments this year amounts…

The chairman produced a budget that honored the critical policy priorities of this country and sent it to a President, this President, and he vetoed it. And now it is this President who is twisting the arms over here on the other side to…

If the senior citizens want a strong and stable system of economic security, you are darned right it is good. There is something else. Senior citizens live on fixed incomes. The best thing in the world for them is a very strong economy…

Mr. President, I had the privilege of beginning my service to the State of Idaho in 1981 in the U.S. House of Representatives. By 1982, it had become obvious to me that the collective bias, if you will, inside the Congress and elsewhere in…

For well over a decade now, we have studied the issue of how to manage our forests in light of the recurrence of wild storm style forest fires that continue to devastate our forests across the Pacific Northwest and across the Southwest…

let me close by saying that the billions of dollars that the consuming public now pays in the form of this tax--the $32.1 million that Idahoans pay--does nothing to improve or stimulate the economy of our country. It is not building a…

I know one thing that the American family is extremely concerned about, and that is the security and well-being of their own children. The House overwhelmingly has just voted on a law that will deal with the issue of sexual predators…

Mr. President, today you are not telling the American people the truth. For the last several months, you have been caught in a very difficult and very deceptive game of doublespeak. Your representative, Richard Holbrooke, who immediate…

for all the right reasons our Nation has been a generator of radioactive material for nearly five decades. Most of this material is a byproduct of two principal activities: national defense activities and commercial nuclear powerplants…

My colleague from North Dakota is right. We are not talking tough. We are not even beginning to talk tough on behalf of the victims. The families that have been destroyed, torn apart by acts of violence of the type that this legislation…

I commend that amendment to my colleagues' attention and strongly urge adoption. If that amendment is adopted, then I do not intend to pursue the Craig-Gorton amendment at this time, and will continue to work further with the chairman and…

I have filed, and have been prepared to offer, an amendment on behalf of myself and Senator Gorton. Mr. President, there is an old joke about the tombstone engraved with the words, ``I told you I was sick.'' There are many of us in this…

let me say how blessed I am to be a cosponsor of the Stop Allowing Felons Early Release Act, known as the SAFER Act. Let me, in a very sincere way, congratulate my colleague from North Dakota for what is a very sensible approach to…

this bill contains extremely important funding for the State of Idaho, along with other items I must clearly support. For that reason, I will be voting in favor of this bill. However, I think it is important to make a record of some of the…

I urge my colleagues, when this vote occurs in a few moments, to abide by current law and private property rights and the protection of the security of individuals. Consider the risks that could result as a result of us voting for the…

A good number of years ago I engaged in a conversation with the former Senator from Wyoming, Malcolm Wallop, who you followed to the Senate. We were talking about the advantage of freshmen, new people, coming to the U.S. Congress. I…

this letter outlines many of the beneficial aspects of MSA's, or medical savings accounts, in addition. I found it quite interesting that as part of his pension simplification proposal, President Clinton would allow withdrawals from…

No question about it. That is something that you and I have struggled on for a good many years. We busily write an awful lot of laws around here with no sense of the kind of cost that it will have on the average citizen through regulatory…

I hope today is a day of reckoning. Again, a time when we all awaken to the fact of what our Government does to us--not for us. There are many things that Government can do for us, but this is an instance where I believe Government takes…

Absolutely. I think it is clearly the appropriate day to debate what is the total impact of our current Government's need based on net, based on taxation on the lives of the average citizen. When you do that, I think that is absolutely…

Let me also recognize Sara Braasch, who worked with me on my staff, for the tremendous effort she put in, working with the Senate Agriculture Committee staff, resolving so many different issues that make up a good farm bill. Over the…