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Tina Elizabeth Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Minnesota since January 3, 2018. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic equity during her time in office. Smith previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018, where she worked on initiatives to improve access to healthcare and support for families and children.
The Congress and the DOE have partnered with the U.S. fuel cell industry, beginning with the space program and continuing today, to develop and demonstrate fuel cells. Early commercial fuel processors that generate the hydrogen for fuel…
I rise today with Senators Stabenow and Santorum to introduce the New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act. This legislation will create a single-family housing tax credit for developers who build in low income areas, and allow more…
in my first act after taking the oath of office for my second term, I rise today to speak about the need for hate crimes legislation. In the last Congress Senator Kennedy and I introduced the Local Law Enforcement Act, a bill that would…
I think his point about competitive advantage is a very good one, and it is important for the Congress to remember that it applies not only internationally but also domestically. And it is an issue that is important to both sides of the…
titles often sell a book and they often sell an idea, but they also sell demagoguery. The word ``privatizing'' Social Security has not been my colleagues' intention in their bill. It has not been the intention in any of the four Social…
The fact is, the solutions are not easy. There is a little pain in all of the solutions simply because of the statistics where the demographics mean that there are fewer people paying into the Social Security tax and people are living…
well, here it is, Social Security is taking a big hunk out of the total Federal budget. Twenty percent of the total Federal budget goes into Social Security. We match defense, the domestic discretionary; it is one of the largest…
I too would like to thank Senator Frist, Senator Kennedy, and Senator Gregg for agreeing to work with us to ensure these two proposals are included in the bioterrorism proposal. I regret that with the end of session quickly approaching…
I again would like to thank my colleagues for agreeing to fight for these provisions during conference. It was with great reluctance that Senator Jeffords and I agreed to allow S. 1765 to be brought to the floor without our legislation…
The bill caps ``non-means-tested'' emergency home repair assistance at $5,000. In other words, as long as insurance proceeds were not available, an individual or household would be eligible for up to $5,000 of emergency home repair…
I am very glad that you asked that question. First let me explain what subsection (h)(3) does. Subsection (h)(3) requires the issuance of programmatic regulations to ensure that the goals and purposes of the Plan are achieved by guiding…
I wish to emphasize to the Department of Energy and the administration that the President's fiscal year 2000 budget request includes sufficient funds for a tritium production source.
Yes, and I can assure the Senator that this committee will take a close look at the TWRS project next year, and if the issues and reporting requirements identified in section 3131 are addressed by DOE, and hopefully they will be, we will…
yes I will vigorously defend in the conference the Senate position of providing at least $147 million for TWRS.
I introduce lead-acid battery recycling legislation. This legislation, entitled the ``Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act,'' is intended to strengthen and make uniform the existing lead-acid battery recycling infrastructure by establishing a…
I want to, in as quiet and as compassionate a way as I can, urge my colleagues to vote to override President Clinton's veto of H.R. 1833--not necessarily to listen to my words, or to listen to anyone's words in particular, but to look into…
let me emphasis that H.R. 1833 includes the life-of-the-mother exception. I know because I put it in there. I wrote it. Senator Dole and I offered it as an amendment, and the Senate approved it by a vote of 98 to 0. Given his consistent…
I do not know about the other bill that was attempted to be added to my request for consideration of a bill, but I would just like my colleagues to know that this bill, S. 1174, passed unanimously out of committee with bipartisan support…
this debate, on the part of those who are defending the project, I must say, has been very skillfully conducted. Frankly, someone who was paying maybe just a little attention to this and not to all of the detail would probably agree with…
The article is about a proposal where 547 people would have to be laid off as of October 1, 1998. For the $15.5 million we are spending on Bion we could afford to pay each of these people $28,000. I am not saying necessarily that I…
if you want to cast a NASA bashing vote, then this amendment is not the amendment for you, because that is not what this is. This amendment, this $15 million comes right out of important NASA programs like the space station and the space…
Relevant studies have already been conducted on humans, the results of which are obviously more pertinent to human space flight. Extensive data is also available from previous human space missions, some which have exceeded 400 days. NASA's…
Everyone wants clean, safe water for drinking and bathing. But the ability to provide this necessary commodity at an affordable price has been a real challenge in recent years. I think we have gotten to this point because of the numerous…
I just would like to respond briefly to the last point that Senator McCain made. In the committee bill in question here, the language that my amendment strikes is under the heading "Title II," which is "Bilateral Economic Assistance…
The American Bar Association, I say to my friend, certainly has the financial capability to send lawyers to Vietnam to sit down and discuss with them how they might set up a legal system without having $1.5 million of the American…
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