Don Nickles

You just placed the President's budget for this year on top. Am I correct in saying that last year the deficit was $107 billion, forecasted for 1997 to be $116 billion, and then in 1998, under the President's budget--this is by the…

Senator Grams and Senator Hutchinson will be introducing legislation dealing with the $500 tax credit per child. I compliment them on this legislation. I am happy to cosponsor it with them. It is outstanding legislation that will restore…

I must rise to congratulate our colleague, the new Senator from Wyoming, Senator Enzi, for his statement. I think it is an outstanding statement--his first speech, as I understand it, on the floor on our first legislative day. I just wish…

My compliments to my colleague from Wyoming. He did fulfill a very significant heritage by following his father's footsteps in the Senate. I also want to mention the comments made by my colleague from Alaska dealing with the FAA bill. We…

I urge the minority to allow us to bring the bill up and vote. I will be shocked if we don't get 90 votes for this bill, 90-some votes, because there is no reason to object to this package, if you look at all the good things in this bill…

I was going to say, the grazing provisions were also seriously objected to. So you have removed the really contentious issues. I have looked through the list of 46. There are some Democrat's, and mostly Republican projects. For most of…

I compliment him for his courage in taking on this issue. I agree with him. I think the subsidies that the Senator outlined are outlandish, they are not sustainable, they are not necessary, and they should be eliminated. I look forward to…

First and foremost in the effort to combat crime, I think we have to combat the rapid rise in drug use amongst teenagers. Teenagers are our country's future, and it is very, very sad indeed to see that drug use amongst teenagers in the…

I am not positive if I heard my colleague from California correctly, but if you mentioned the sponsor of the bill has been married three times, I am the sponsor of the bill, and I haven't been married three times.

I just ask the managers of the bill, if we spend 4 hours on this amendment--and there are a dozen amendments pending, or something like that--it certainly is our hope we could finish the bill today. If we are going to spend 4 hours on one…

The definition of ``new investment'' in Burma in Section 569 of the amendment includes the entry into certain types of contracts. Does it also cover performance of contracts, or commitments entered into or made prior to the date of…

I wish to compliment Senator Pryor and others for passage of the taxpayer bill of rights. I also wish to recognize Senator Grassley, because he worked very energetically in trying to see that the Taxpayer Bill Of Rights 2 would actually…

The Senator from Alaska has been here a little bit longer than I have, and I compliment him for his years of service as well as the Senator from Hawaii, Senator Inouye, and I hope we can move forward with this legislation. I cannot…

I rise in opposition to a 21-percent increase in the minimum wage. That does not mean that I do not want individuals that make the minimum wage to make more money. I hope that they do. I hope they make a lot more. I hope we are not…

To our leader, I say that you embody what we think is great about a leader. That is character. That is integrity. That is loyalty. You have earned the respect not only of your colleagues, you have earned the respect of all Americans. To…

Yes, my colleague is correct. If any Federal agency issues what the Congressional Review Act defines as ``major'' rules, those rules would not be allowed to go into effect for at least 60 calendar days. However, I advise my colleague that…

I ask my colleague from Pennsylvania, is it not correct that the House has finished their business, and if we amend this, we jeopardize--or have the possibility of having another Government shutdown because of this amendment?

So the President is directly responsible for putting hundreds of thousands of people--who were impacted because he vetoed the bills. That was his right to do so. But for him to come back and say that was all Congress' fault I think was…

I just happen to be aware of the fact the President vetoed the Interior bill. The President is the one who shut down the parks. The President is the one who did not make it possible for the parks to be opened. If he had signed the bill…

If an immigrant comes into the country and goes through the processes to be a naturalized U.S. citizen, they are required now to have a sponsor, a sponsor that states that they will make sure that they will not be a ward of the Government…

I think I understand the amendment. The Senator is saying that immigrants to the country should be able to receive welfare benefits just as any other citizen can, is that correct?

Just for my colleagues' information, according to CRS, we have 154--I have heard now 155--various employment and training programs. This is one program that you would like to maybe take out of the block grants and increase its funding by…

I compliment my colleague, one, for her interest in her State, her constituents, and also for the fact that she has I think four or five amendments... But also I might mention under the Daschle bill, there was a time limit for welfare…

I wanted to make sure, though, that we understood. Because this has a benefit, it would not have been provided under the Daschle substitute.

You just mandate that the States after 5 years would have to provide a voucher program to provide assistance even though we do not give them any money?