Duncan Faircloth

I will be happy to assist the Senator from Alaska in any way I can regarding the possible misapplication of Clean Air Act requirements. The citizens of Alaska should not be forced to accede to a regulatory scheme which imposes significant…

This amendment's purpose is to send a simple, clear message, which is that the taxpayers' money should not be spent to increase the number of people on welfare. Six years ago, Congress instructed the Social Security Administration to…

I do not think there has ever been a Federal program in which we gave away money like we have with SSI that was very well hidden.

They can print the brochure, they can mail it, but they cannot give money to advocacy groups going door to door.

No, the amendment would not prohibit that. I would be willing to amend it so we could do that. That is certainly within the realm of what we could do. But door-to-door solicitation, big ads in the newspaper, come-and-get-it type ads, that…

They can do it if they do not use Federal funds. There are many advocacy groups that are working and soliciting--I am saying advocacy groups cannot use Federal funds.

The Senator is well aware that we have never had a Government program in which we have given away money that was not well advertised.

I am not sure how they inform all the people about the programs because there are many Federal programs and many, many ways of informing people. But we have simply created here an issue that we could simply go out and solicit door to door…

It would not prohibit them from telling them if they come in and ask about it. They can come into the Social Security office and ask about the program. They would be told.

I am very much aware, and we all are, that the statute of limitations was not applicable to the First Lady's business. But as a member of a Rose Law Firm, as the attorney involved, and as a billing attorney involved in this--and she was…

I do have concerns that this bill will raise the cost of health insurance for citizens of my state, particularly for individual health care insurance policies. Additionally, I am skeptical that we can reform health care and lower costs in…

The competitive availability of navigation devices provision, section 304, instructs the FCC to consult with appropriate voluntary industry standards setting organizations for the purpose of promulgating a regulation. Given that the FCC is…

Do you also agree that the intent of this provision is that the use of rate regulated services to subsidize equipment might unfairly penalize the general rate-payer?

The teenager in those circumstances could receive a voucher or federally funded inkind aid, but she could not get a Federal welfare check in the mail. I want to stress that this does not prevent teenage mothers from living at home or from…

What it amounts to is not only have we failed to pass the balanced budget amendment, we are here in deep debate over whether we can take 1 percent out of it. We saw, by failure to pass the balanced budget amendment, very clearly that the…

This bill cuts $13 billion from the Federal budget. That is roughly 1 percent. If we cannot muster the fortitude to take 1 percent out of the budget here and now, what does it say for future deficits?