I received a fax yesterday in the form of a letter from an attorney in Reno, NV, by the name of Jeffrey Giles. I think, Mr. President, this sums up why we are here today. Dear Senator Reid. I received a fax from the National Association of…

the amendment that I offer has a direct relationship to bankruptcy. My amendment will save thousands of this country's senior citizens who live on fixed incomes from filing for bankruptcy as a result of the very unfair practice of taxation…

Mr. President, this woman, being honest, wants to find out why she owes this money. She has claimed she had not had to pay these taxes in the past. Why now? To make a long story very short, the other State went back several years and…

Why is this rule necessary? Many reasons. For example, the debtor subsequently filing a chapter 13 plan will not attempt to make a single payment to his creditors. Without the bankruptcy court's confirmation of a plan, the creditor is…

I appreciate the clarification. Mr. President, when my friend from Iowa stated he was not aware--I am paraphrasing--of other areas in the Bankruptcy Code where they have such a harsh time limit, that is really not factual either, I…

I rise today in support of S. 455, a bill to increase the amount of funding for the Payments In Lieu of Texas [PILT] Program. As a cosponsor of this important piece of legislation, I realize that we are requesting for an increase over the…

this was a unique place, Paiute Springs. You could throw a rock down in the gully where the trees were, and it would sound like an airplane taking off because there were so many birds. Well, I pictured in my mind all the time I was away…

that is the whole point. The Senator from Texas has missed that. We have already done what we are asking the American public to do. That is the whole point. That is why we made all these cuts, and I have outlined those today, in franking…

the proponent of this amendment has stated it is reasonable. She wants to take the first step for the legislative branch to save money. In all due respect to my friend from Texas, the proponent of this amendment, I say the amendment is not…

let us take the General Accounting Office. If we do follow the assumptions of the Senator from Texas that we do a 25-percent cut in addition to the 600 people we already cut from GAO, how much Government waste, fraud, and abuse will occur…

they no doubt proclaim that the sponsors have offered a proposal to slash the fat from a bloated legislative branch bill. But before anyone takes these claims at face value, they should be aware of an uncomfortably inconsistent fact. The…

The assumptions that we received from the Senator's office that was passed out with this amendment on March 22, 1994, at 11:35 a.m. indicate that there would be these significant cuts. I did not make these up. This is information we got…

The health plan that is now before Congress that has been given to us by the President of the United States builds on the current system. It is not a radical departure from what has been going on as it relates to how people will be cared…

They say their staff starts at $4.50 an hour. The only benefit they got was group health insurance. Now they cannot get that. Why? Because two of their employees were pregnant and one had diabetes so they were denied coverage. So there is…

During his recent State of the Union speech, President Clinton reminded us that our Nation is facing a health care crisis and a crime crisis, both of which are threatening the present-- and more importantly--future well-being of our…

The reason I wish to stand at this time is to spread across the Record in this Congress and for the American public and future generations, something that is unique that we just heard. I am an attorney. I went to law school, practiced law…

During this lull in the proceedings, I thought it would be important--in that we have just a short amount of time to debate the Reid substitute--I think it is important to note again the differences between the Simon balanced budget…

this is a balanced budget amendment that Senators Reid, Ford, and Feinstein have offered. It treats the Federal Government like the family is treated in America, like the State governments are treated, where they balance their budgets. It…

I want to bring to the attention of this body during this lull in the proceedings, a column written by James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense, Director of Intelligence and Director of Budget. It is interesting that a number of…

The Reid substitute does what is done in virtually every State in the Union. Virtually every State in the Union has a balanced budget. We should have one, but we should do it in a reasonable manner. What the Reid substitute does is say…

I want to bring to the attention of this body during this lull in the proceedings, a column written by James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense, Director of Intelligence and Director of Budget. It is interesting that a number of…

the most direct, concise statement made during the last two presentations was the statement made by my friend from Idaho that this was not an accurate depiction of the Reid substitute. And that is true. What we have been dealing with here…

The Senators from Utah and Arizona complained my amendment delegates powers to an unelected official, the Director of CBO, to make economic determinations.

I think it is irresponsible for the Members on the other side of the aisle to say that they are going to vote against my amendment. The only hope we have of having a constitutional amendment is that we have some of our friends on the other…

with some urgency and concern, I spoke yesterday to this Chamber about the balanced budget amendment. That urgency and concern have only increased. I believe a specter haunts this body, Madam President. Gaunt lined and hollow eyed as death…