Susan Molinari

I think Herman Cain is a credible candidate. And he certainly has done a fine job in the debates in terms of coming from nowhere and capturing some imagination.

Well, and probably what we should be talking about is what the President of the United States intends to do to reduce the deficit that's grown by almost $2 trillion since the last State of the Union and has seen unemployment go up since…

I think that's probably the discussion that the American people want to hear and are anxious to see what the solutions that the president of the United States going to put forward in order to change the direction of the nation.

And I think there is a great divide in this nation right now between those who want to cut -- want to cut the deficit and reduce the debt, in order to make us more competitive, and those who want to create government investments in order…

The enthusiasm gap in the Republican Party... shows is amazing enthusiasm for Republican candidates compared to 600 candidates on the Democratic side.

We have never seen two things that Republicans have, no matter who the candidate is, quite frankly, or with exceptions, the independents moving rapidly toward the Republicans.

I think the fact that we're talking about Sarah Palin tonight means she's still very much influencing the debate.

We look at the unemployment rate that no matter what President Obama talks about or the Democrats try to do, can't shake loose.

I think a lot of people are starting to look at it and say there also was a lot more money in that stimulus bill that could have been better spent on infrastructure on jobs or just given back to the taxpayer.

The political reality is administrations wear the economy bad or good.

I think you know taxing the American people is the wrong way to stimulate the economy.

Amendment offered by Ms. Molinari: In title I, at the end of the item relating to ``General Provisions--Department of Justice'', insert the following new section: Sec. . It is the sense of the Congress that the Drug Enforcement…

We have a budget that is compassionate, that reaches a balance by the year 2002, that restores tax credits to new mothers and families throughout this Nation. That will save Medicare for my little girl by the time she grows old. I am proud…

I would submit that under this current crime bill, the city of New York has tremendous flexibility to deal with the problems that are affecting the city of New York. If my colleague will recall, our mayor stood here and said midnight…

The exact language is the grants may be used to procure equipment, technical or support systems or pay overtime.

I think that is a bit misleading to the American public who believes that under the crime bill passed last year that the city of New York would be able to go out and in fact bring on more police officers to the city of New York.

I stand here today, Mr. Chairman, because I believe this is a much better crime bill. When we talk about the law enforcement block grant sections that are under discussion today and will be voted on through today and tomorrow, I believe…

We certainly believe that the majority of individuals will be able to move off welfare in the near future. One of the things that I think Republicans rely on very clearly is the good faith of the American people that given an opportunity…

Let me just also add that we do, in fact, I think we agree on this, know we are going to realize immediate savings as soon as we embark on establishing paternity and making some young men in America finally pay for the responsibilities…

There is also another question about how disingenuous the Clinton plan is, because it does, in fact, exempt over 75 percent of the participants in the program today. And it does cost $58 billion. How, in fact, does President Clinton plan…

I understand that President Clinton understands to fund some of his so-called promises----

But I think there is a real problem here. And that is since you come from a State with a large immigrant population as well, that you have to avoid cost shifting. We talk about unfunded mandates. We don't want to just cost-shift a huge…

So you do believe we should have a standard for citizenship. You do believe we should establish and insist on paternity. You do believe we should establish time limits. Mr. McCurdy, on the basis of what we have heard tonight, you appear to…

Do you agree that we should establish paternity before we provide benefits? Mr. McCURDY. I do. My State, Oklahoma, has a requirement of such. When President Clinton was Governor of Arkansas, he recommended, and they established, such a…