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Accordingly then, it is my view that the FFIEC should delay implementing any changes to its Uniform Policy for Classification of Consumer Installment Credit Based on Delinquency Status until it is clear whether and in what final form the…
on July 6th, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), published for public comment in the Federal Register, its proposed changes to its Uniform Policy for Classification of Consumer Installment Credit Based on…
I rise to briefly make a few comments in strong support of the amendment. I do so not because it will assist my State of Minnesota, which already has an established gaming compact with Minnesota Indian tribes, but because this is an issue…
during the past few weeks, I have made a series of remarks on the Senate floor concerning Social Security. I discussed the history of Social Security, the program's looming crisis, the old-age insurance reform efforts taken by other…
the Senate today passed by unanimous consent the nomination of Bill Richardson to be the next Secretary of Energy. Mr. Richardson's nomination passed the Senate unanimously because he was an honorable Member of Congress, he was an…
I also would like to rise and join Senators Brownback and Ashcroft in offering an amendment to correct the injustices of the marriage penalty. I want to take a few minutes to speak on behalf of that. It is vitally important, I believe…
I heard you say if this code were eliminated and replaced with a possible national sales tax, it could take up to 30 percent of a sales tax to replace what the Government has taken. Now, does that mean hidden behind all the hidden taxes…
Mr. President, I rise to strongly support Senator Hutchinson's amendment to terminate the tax code. I commend his leadership and his persistence in advocating what is real tax reform. Mr. President, more than 200 years ago, our ancestors…
Today, I want to discuss an aspect of Social Security that often gets distorted in the reform debates going on throughout this great nation. It is the issue of how the current Social Security system puts women and minorities at a greater…
I am not sure, but when you look at couples across the country who are unfairly paying $29 billion or 21 million couples across the country who are unfairly paying about $29 billion a year in taxes--if there are some discrepancies, we…
When my colleague says he hasn't run into those folks, I have, and I concur with what the other Senators said, that they have. I have had a number of couples come up to me, whether at airports or at meetings or at other times, and tell me…
What I want to do is reduce the tax burden on families all across the board, but to start right away with what is the most unfair tax.
I rise today to commemorate ``Space Week'' and recognize the accomplishments of our nation's space programs over the course of forty years of NASA space exploration. As my colleagues may know, this month marks the 29th anniversary of the…
Minnesotans were there at the dawn of the Space Age, and I look forward to the role our state will play as the next chapter of America's space history, the era of the International Space Station, is written. I believe the nation's space…
first, I want to take a couple of minutes, Mr. President, to compliment my colleague from Kansas on what he is doing in talking about this marriage penalty and advocating more tax relief for American families. He has done a great job. I…
Yesterday, as we were debating the best way to help our farmers overcome low prices in the Upper Midwest, the Minority Leader appropriately called the IMF 'the single best tool available to provide economic stability in Asia, Russia and…
I rise this evening to strongly support the amendment by Senators Dodd, Warner, Roberts, Hagel, and myself, which would exclude food and medicine sales from existing trade sanctions. As one who has growing concern about the use of…
Mr. President, I also strongly support Senator Lugar's amendment to include the Enhancement of Trade, Security and Human Rights through Sanctions Reform Act to the agriculture appropriations. Consistent with our commitment yesterday to…
on July 1st, concerned Americans will gather in Cranston, Rhode Island, for the second in what will be a series of public meetings called the ``Great Social Security Debate.'' I want to thank the Concord Coalition, the American Association…
my amendment will accomplish two important goals. It will provide the Naval Air Reserve with new facilities to better meet its training needs and will facilitate the development of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport to serve…
this amendment will extend the authorization of the authorities under the Defense Production Act for one year through September 30, 1999. This matter is under the jurisdiction of the Senate Banking Committee, on which I serve as the…
I rise today to make a few brief remarks about tax cuts and the budget, and the promises that have so tightly entwined the two. The House passed its budget resolution last Friday by a vote of 216 to 204. The House budget plan would cut…
Just to finish, Mr. President, we are talking about the tobacco bill and addiction. And I just say, let us forget about the figures and rhetoric for a moment that is surrounding this bill and ask the more important question: Why are we…
in closing I have talked with many EMT's, paramedics, and emergency nurses, and most tell me that they wouldn't think of doing anything else for their chosen career. So, in honoring them during this National EMS Week, I can think of no…
Mr. President, I am usually not one to quote poetry here on the Senate floor, but I rise today and ask my colleagues' indulgence as I broach a serious subject with a not-so-serious bit of rhyme. Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you…
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