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Christopher S. Bond is a former Republican U.S. Senator from Missouri, serving from 1987 to 2007. He was the first Republican to hold the Senate seat since the 1930s and was known for his work on issues such as transportation, agriculture, and national security. During his tenure, Bond served on several Senate committees, including Appropriations and Intelligence, where he focused on enhancing the nation's security and infrastructure. He was also involved in various initiatives to support Missouri's economy and promote job growth.
I want to echo what Senator Bryan said, and add my sincere thanks and congratulations to him for his leadership. Andy Vermilye has been outstanding to work with. We spent a great deal of time together working on this problem. It required a…
I am gravely concerned not with the substance of the amendment of my good friend from Illinois but what adding it to this bill would do. I happen to be the cosponsor, along with the distinguished Senator from Michigan [Mr. Riegle], of…
I want to extend my warm appreciation and thanks to my colleagues for the vote in favor of S. 783. I particularly want to commend the lead manager, Senator Bryan, who has put in a tremendous amount of time with his staff on this bill. This…
again, I said yesterday how important the leadership of my colleague from Nevada, Mr. Bryan, has been on this bill. He has labored long and hard. This is a very technical bill. There are some very controversial issues in it. We have spent…
I apologize to my cosponsor and to my colleagues. I am a victim of travel problems on Monday. My flight was canceled; thus, my delayed arrival. I apologize for delaying the work of the Senate. But speaking of delays, Mr. President, this is…
I thank the Chair. Mr. President, let me also put in a word of thanks to the credit bureaus, a group that does not normally receive thanks in this body, but they have taken steps to make the system more accurate, and we commend them for…
let me begin by commending the chairman and the ranking member of the Banking Committee for the hard work that has gone into the issue of resolving the questions around interstate banking and branching. This has been a very important and a…
I have a message that is unfortunately very untimely for the people of my State. I hope that I can call the attention of my colleagues to it. Yesterday, the administration proudly claimed that it cut through red tape and bureaucracy to get…
Let me say, and I believe I heard my friend from Massachusetts say, that we have been engaged in fruitful discussions about how we reform the flood insurance program, because the flood insurance program is vitally important in terms of…
I rise today in support of this amendment to add S. 1664, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 1993, to S. 1275. This amendment will reduce the number of currency transaction reports which banks have to file under the Bank Secrecy Act. Senator…
I want to thank and commend Chairman Riegle and our ranking member, Senator D'Amato, for pulling together S. 1275, the Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1993. I support this measure, along with…
I heard the majority leader raise a number of questions just a few moments ago, and I thought it might be appropriate for the record just to respond. First, he commented on the lack of policies of the Republicans. Granted, we do not have a…
I am a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, and there are very serious questions which have been raised about possible abuse in the executive branch of the power of the Federal banking regulators and of the White House. Possible…
I will say simply to my good friend from Arkansas, whose integrity I respect, that I trust that he was not directing any comments to me because I have come here to ask questions. I have seen allegations and accusations made about people on…
I would prefer to have questions answered in an open committee hearing where we can question the witness and follow up. I used a number of followup questions because I was not convinced of the answers when Mr. Altman was in front of us…
I believe that Americans want the President and the Congress to work on the challenges before our Nation and the problems affecting our lives. Personally, I would like to be able to devote my time to working on health care reform, to…
to answer that question, in the time allotted me in the Banking Committee hearing, I asked Mr. Altman questions about whether he had advised the White House or anyone in the White House about the criminal referral of the S&L case. I asked…
the amendment would correct an oversight in the bill before us. In last year's conference report, we provided $45 million for the commercial mid-deck augmentation module [CMAM], or spacehab, which was a reduction of $21.5 million from the…
I rise this morning to address once again the subject of health care. I am very encouraged when I read in the morning paper that President Clinton is quoted as saying that the time has come to move forward on compromise, to move toward…
the situation on the Korean peninsula continues to simmer along without adequate attention from the administration. It has been nearly a year since North Korea precipitated the crisis by announcing its intention to withdraw from the NPT…
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