Byron Dorgan

I raise this issue today only because it will be one of perhaps five or six significant issues we will debate in the coming months. I do not think that my idea is exclusively good and that there are no other good ideas out there. I have…

I was just looking at the Constitution in our Senate manual, and, of course, article III in the Constitution establishes the basis for impeachment, and it is simple, direct and provides nothing of the sort that would lead Senators to…

Is it correct to say that the fact that specific funds are being provided to the National Weather Service to maintain operations at the offices which were identified in the 1995 Secretary's report signals that the Congress expects these…

The Senator is correct. The statement of managers does not mandate, as a matter of law, any further studies by HCFA on this issue. Nor would HCFA be impeded from moving forward with issuing a final rule regarding the physician supervision…

I believe that HCFA should move forward and issue a final rule removing the physician supervision requirement and defer to state law.

The language to which my colleague refers is only included in the statement of managers and does not have a binding effect on HCFA. As a matter of law, nothing in the bill or the report language would prohibit HCFA from moving forward with…

I have deep admiration for Senator Coats and his family. When he leaves the Senate, the Senate will have lost a very important contributor on a good many issues. He has been persistent on this issue... It desperately needs attention…

I appreciate the Senator's understanding of the importance of this research and his familiarity with the RRWMC's activities. Is it the understanding of the Senator from Arkansas that the goals of the North Dakota project are consistent…

I agree that there has been a concerted attempt to prevent legislation of this type from coming to the floor of the Senate under regular order. It is apparently not a priority. In fact, not only is this apparently not a priority but they…

The point is that health care decisions ought to be made in a doctor's office or in a hospital room, not by some insurance company accountant 500 or 1,000 miles away. That is the point the Senator from Massachusetts is making. That is the…

The farm bill that Congress passed said we would provide a support price equal to 85 percent of the five-year Olympic average of the average price of this grain. Then they put an artificial budget restraint on it even though they promised…

There are some who don't want to take the time to deal with important issues. This is, I think, one of the most important issues. We just dealt with the Vacancies Act on judicial nominations. How does the Senator view the farm crisis…

No, no. This is about corporate profits, not about advantages to consumers at the disadvantage of farmers. What is taken out of the hide of family farmers in collapsed prices doesn't go into the pockets of consumers through cheaper bread…

Let me add my words of admiration for the work done by Senator Ford. He has been an important part of the Senate for many years and has done some very important things for his country and the Senate will miss very much the service that he…

I was thinking as the Senator from Arizona talked about fares, the ultimate objective of more competition is more kinds of service and lower fares. I pointed out on the Commerce Committee--and I thought maybe I should for my colleagues on…

I always said if the proposition is, let us not apply punitive taxes to the Internet, I am for that. I am for a prohibition against punitive taxes on the Internet. But the way it was described initially, I have a lot of concerns about…

I understand that this coming Saturday in Worthington, MN, there is to be a farm rally, which I assume the Senator will be speaking about. The rally is in his home State, but it is a rally designed to encourage farmers from a four-State…

I think there are many Members of the Senate who agree with the Senator that the marriage tax penalty ought to be eliminated. It ought to be eliminated. We ought to find a way to do that. We ought to find the right way to do that.

I was responding to a policy brief prepared by William Gale at the Brookings Institution that says ``Don't Buy the Sales Tax.''... Count me in on that.

Let me ask a more specific question. I think the Senator said: I don't know what we should replace this with. I think that was the answer. Let me ask a more specific question. If, in fact, one of the alternatives would be a national sales…

Might it be the case that those who say, ``Yes, let's save Social Security first,'' don't really mean that? They want to protect the trust funds because the same people who are talking about additional tax cuts right now can only get it by…

I understand it would be in my interest to provide tax cuts all the time, I suppose, if we could afford to do that.

I have been interested in seeing the responses of some who come to the floor and say we support this ``save Social Security first'' notion, and we want to add to it and make it better. I bet when this vote is over, within 24 hours we will…

We are reacting to recent press reports that cite one prominent member of the majority party as saying that Congress should enact $1 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years. Isn t the Senator's point that those who propose massive tax cuts…

I hope that when you characterize this, it is not to characterize it as something that the Democrats are unfairly trying to do, because that is not the case. The objection is to allowing you to offer your amendment but preventing anyone…