Chris Sununu

To speak in favor of the amendment, which I cosponsor. Mr. President, I rise in support of this amendment which moves the date for returning spectrum that was allocated for the transition to digital television ahead by 1 year. So instead…

Any time I use should be taken from time allocated in favor of the amendment, if there is any time remaining. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator McCain still has 5\1/2\ minutes under his control.

Second, Mr. President, I would like to correct the record. I appreciate the Senator from Colorado yielding to me, but I wish to speak in support of the McCain amendment, of which I am a cosponsor. One might imagine Senator McCain would be…

today I introduced the ``Specially Adapted Housing Grants Act of 2005'' to help all disabled veterans move home from medical facilities. The bill upgrades eligibility criteria for housing assistance grants to better reflect the needs of…

this amendment calls for $5 million to be allocated to a vision rehabilitation therapy demonstration program under Medicare. It is an amendment that is fully offset. This is a demonstration program that was established under report…

this second amendment deals with community health center funding. Community health centers have been supported broadly in Congress and very broadly by the administration. What this amendment does is bring the appropriate level of funding…

if I might reserve the right to object, we had this conversation on the floor before. The bill has been brought to the floor, and attempts have been made to pass it by unanimous consent. This bill includes provisions that change the…

if I might momentarily reserve the right to object, Mr. Baucus, the Senator from Montana, has given a powerful description of people who are in great need of help. There is no question about that. Many of the States that are affected and…

I will respond in part in supporting my colleagues who objected. We do not object in any way to providing assistance where it is needed. We have already done so, passing $62 billion in new spending, $9 billion in tax relief. That is a very…

I ask for consideration of an amendment that I had earlier sent to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Sununu] proposes an amendment numbered 1669.

I offered an amendment to H.R. 3057 yesterday, which was accepted as part of a managers' package to increase economic support fund monies for Lebanon from $35 million to $40 million, and to increase the support of the American educational…

in discussing this trade bill earlier today, and throughout the day, I think a lot of mention has been made of specific firms--firms that over the past number of years have been affected by international trade. There was a list on the…

the issue here isn't the cost to manage a national forest because we recognize national forests are special places. We want to manage them. We want to operate them. We want to run them for the enjoyment of people, and different forests are…

we are preparing to vote on an amendment that I think does justice to the taxpayers. It doesn't make any sense to have a timber program that costs the taxpayers nearly $49 million but yields less than $1 million in revenue. Unfortunately…

is my amendment the pending business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. His amendment is the pending business.

it is always frustrating when different people are working with different numbers. The suggestion was made that the program costs about $22 million. I have here the Forest Service budget submission for the coming fiscal year as well as…

first I apologize to my colleague, Senator Schumer of New York. It was just a slip of the tongue by the Senator from Idaho, I am sure. Senator Schumer may be in trouble if he is easily confused with me when he goes back home to New York.

there are nearly $4 billion in estimated loan guarantees over the next 5 years in this title. Those absolutely will cost the Federal Government something. That is exactly why money, $400 million, has to be appropriated to support them. I…

No offense taken, but I would say, lightheartedly, that you might wish to apologize to the Senator from New York. If the owners of these powerplants were paying the risk premium, then the Congressional Budget Office would not estimate that…

let me respond briefly just to a couple of points there. There was a lot of discussion at the end of Senator Alexander's remarks about the credit law and scoring and the suggestion that this scores at zero. This scores at zero cost, as we…

I do not support the Kennedy amendment because I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows: When the minimum wage is raised, workers are priced out of the market. That is the economic reality that seems to be…

Although the conference report does not specify any particular group or organization to be included on the rulemaking committee, it is certainly expected that privacy and civil liberties groups, along with organizations like the National…

I want to first emphasize that there is no real way we can know exactly and precisely what all of the benefits might eventually occur due to the reforms made by this bill. I think both the House and Senate went through a good-faith effort…

I believe the National Governors Association and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators both endorsed the Senate version of this language over the House version because, among other things, the Senate version provided the…

I rise at this time as we head toward a vote on final passage to voice my strong support for this legislation. But equally important, I wish to pay tribute to the work of Senator Lieberman and Senator Collins in fashioning this legislation…