Duncan Faircloth: “The Senator is well aware that we have never had a Government program in which we have given away money that was not…”

Recent Congressional debates over federal regulatory programs, such as the revised particulate matter standard, and the criteria for listing new species under the Endangered Species Act, show the importance of providing the public with…

In 1991, the Congress reformed the FDIC and mandated that the fund keep a reserve to deposit ratio of 1.25%. Fortunately, no government funds were used to keep the FDIC solvent when this was mandated in 1991. It was thought by many that it…

while we may all agree that teenagers should not be smoking, this bill goes well beyond reaching that goal. We should all be deeply concerned about the ``tax and spend'' approach that the bill takes to resolving a social problem. The bill…

This would include space at a port of entry or border crossing where a test might be conducted. Once this is done, I hope that ONDCP and the Customs Service will provide the committee with a recommendation on the strategy to guide the…