Rod Grams

The taxpayer is under the belief that money is being saved in their name, but it is just being moved from one pocket and put into another.

Today, as Congress fights to bring down the deficit and set the Nation on the track toward fiscal sanity, President Clinton is continuing his demand for an additional $8 billion in taxpayer money this year to finance even bigger…

Yesterday a mock hearing for the press was hosted by Congressmen Schumer and Gejdenson, along with Prof. Ronald Cotteril, director of the Food Marketing Policy Institute at the University of Connecticut. The topic was price collusion in…

I wanted to say how disappointed I am that the Senate failed in a vote a few minutes ago to end the filibuster of our resolution to continue the Whitewater hearings. The question before the Senate today should have been whether or not we…

when Minnesotans gather to talk about the issues that matter to them most, as they did on Tuesday at their precinct caucuses, there is a common theme that weaves between nearly all of them, especially when they are speaking directly from…

While I am pleased with the overall agriculture reforms in the underlying bill, I am disappointed that our efforts regarding real dairy reform have not succeeded at this point. I do understand the intense, and oftentimes, rigid regional…

As the Nation's farmers look ahead to the new planting season, I rise today in support of moving forward on much-needed farm bill legislation. Over the past year, I have met with farmers, businesses, bankers, and community leaders across…

I rise at this time to discuss an amendment that had been filed by Senator Kennedy to S. 1521, the farm bill. Like the Senator from Massachusetts, and also the chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, Senator Kassebaum, I do…

I hope my colleagues made time last week to study a poll printed in the Washington Post. It took a close look at the American people and their relationship with the political process, and it was, at the same time, both enlightening and…

It is part A. Congress delivered tax relief, Medicare and welfare reform, and a balanced budget to the White House just as we promised the American people we would, and they were all returned to us ``V-O-A''--``vetoed on arrival.'' So much…

too often here in Washington, politicians come to town with a mission but end up coming down with a severe case of Beltway fever. They get caught up in the unreal atmosphere of this place and eventually forget what it was that first…

the Federal job training system, as we know, is broken. The current patchwork of 163 programs is failing to give us the results we need as a Nation to compete in a worldwide economy. Furthermore, we can no longer afford the $25 billion it…

every sports fan in America celebrated along with Baltimore's Cal Ripken last night; when he played in his 2,131 consecutive game and broke a baseball record most thought could never be toppled. That is an impressive feat; even more…

What could explain the character assassination the Star Tribune performed at the expense of the reputation of several U.S. Supreme Court justices, other distinguished federal jurists and the 6,000 employees of the West Publishing Co.? This…

any successful entrepreneur who starts out small and gradually builds their business up knows about bureaucracy. As his or her company grows, so do the piles of paperwork, and the number of employees handling it, and pretty soon projects…

this coming Tuesday, the American people will celebrate the Fourth of July. It is a day for parties and parades, fireworks, and family picnics. It is a day for remembering the bedrock of freedom on which this country was built, and how…

for the last 2 weeks we have had a serious debate over our Nation's broken liability system. We have heard stores from supporters of the plaintiff's bar who claim that manufacturers are putting products on the market with little regard for…

I rise today to dispell a misconception that has become popular in Washington--the idea that tax cuts cannot go hand in hand with deficit reduction. There are some who suggest that the massive deficit we have today is due to the…

these charts show strong support from every age and income group across the country, their support for a tax cut, and also for some information, how much it would mean to each. I say to the good Senator from Texas who just spoke, for…

I rise today to honor the St. Olaf Choir, from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and welcome its members to Washington, DC. For more than three-quarters of a century--since 1912--the St. Olaf Choir has been Minnesota's musical…

for 2 long weeks, the Senate has been debating legislation to correct the problem of unfunded mandates--those costly Federal regulations handed down to the State and local levels, without the necessary dollars to carry them out. Because of…

as a strong proponent of sunset legislation, it is with some irony that I stand today in opposition to this amendment. But there is a clear distinction between sunset amendments that promote fiscal responsibility and those that promote…

during consideration of the fiscal year 1993 legislative branch appropriations bill, I offered, and this body passed, an amendment to prohibit midterm office moves in the House of Representatives--with an average savings of $15,000 per…

the Whitewater saga may not be occupying the headlines and airwaves as it did a few months ago but that does not mean the issue has gone away. The way the Democrat leadership in the House is dragging its feet on conducting hearings, you…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Goss amendment to terminate Federal funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission. I had planned to offer sunset amendments to H.R. 2442, which would have prohibited the Appropriations Committees…