Don Nickles

We heard the minority leader say there are 72 million people who do not get anything out of the bill; they do not get a rate reduction because we do not reduce the 15-percent bracket. There are different ways of cutting taxes. The way we…

Then I will answer. My colleague could not be more wrong. The Senator does not understand the essence of estate if you think there are only 28 Oklahomans who have estates over $5 million. There are millions of estates, millions of estates…

I happen to disagree with many of the statements he made about this bill benefiting the rich and wealthy, and so on. I just disagree with it. He is entitled to his own opinion; he is not entitled to his own facts. I want to talk a little…

Last year we passed a bipartisan bill, with 59 votes in the Senate, to repeal the death tax. This amendment says let's not do that; stop at 53 percent; the Government is entitled to take over half. I think this is a terrible pay-for. It is…

To answer my colleague's question, yes, the $600 applies to all taxpayers. The percent reduction did not happen for upper income taxpayers. The fact is they only get 1 point reduction in taxes in the first 4 years of this bill, and that is…

I think this can be a very productive month. This can be a month that we finish the budget and the tax bill, and we can finish the education bill. It is a month in which we can accomplish a lot for the American people that will make a…

I would like to express some concerns I have regarding the Family Opportunity Act. I agree with Chairman Grassley's position that it is critically important to make sure that our federal safety net programs do not create disadvantages for…

I compliment my friend and leader. I say to the American public, Senator Domenici has done outstanding work on a very difficult job. This is a tough process. He was right. I mentioned on the floor that the amendment that passed last night…

I inform my colleagues that the Bennett amendment takes the two tax accelerations that the Senator from Illinois has in his first 2 years. If I am correct, the Senator has an additional tax increase of $31 billion in 2002 and $11 billion…

I think my colleague raises an interesting point. What my colleagues have tried to do on the Democrat side is to institute a new Medicare benefit without financing it by Medicare. In other words, use general revenues to finance anything. I…

I wish to make a couple of comments in regard to Medicare, Medicaid, and prescription drugs, and to speak in opposition to the amendment pending before the Senate now, offered by my friend and colleague from Montana, Senator Baucus. This…

I have great confidence that when she addresses this, whether she uses the rulemaking process or uses other tools in the Secretary's office to address work-related injuries, including ergonomics, it will be substantially different than…

To respond to my colleague, I remember when we put in that language in the Congressional Review Act, we did it specifically because we didn't want to have Congress go to the trouble of overturning a regulation and then have the regulatory…

One of the reasons Senator Reid and I worked so hard and we passed the Congressional Review Act was that Congress would review regulations that had a negative impact or an impact on the economy in excess of $100 million a year. That makes…

I feel very strongly that we as Senators should protect the legislative functions of Congress and the constitutional division of powers between the legislative branch and the executive branch. Congress, according to the Constitution, is…

Last night President Bush spoke before a joint session of Congress and outlined his agenda in many areas-- certainly in education, in preserving and saving Social Security, and Medicare. He challenged Congress. He also made a very strong…

I rise in total and complete support of John Ashcroft to be the next Attorney General of the United States. I do that with great pleasure, and with pride, because I know him. And I am not amused when I hear people talking about John…

Just to give a little different flavor, I don't like the word ``ambush'' applied to Judge White. To clarify again a couple of things that happened, the reason why this Senator voted against him--and I would guess the reason why the…

I might remind my colleagues, 8 years ago every Clinton nominee was confirmed by January 22, unanimously, by voice--every single one. The only one that was not was the Attorney General, and the reason for that was that the Clinton…

Tragedy struck my State, as members of the Oklahoma State basketball team and news organizations were killed in a tragic plane crash just outside of Denver. Of course any plane crash is not anticipated, but this was especially painful and…

I also wish to bring to the attention of my colleagues the fact we had significant debate on this last night. Senator Sessions did an outstanding job in making his presentation. I encourage colleagues to review his statements and encourage…

I rise to be critical of President Clinton's recent actions dealing with the Antiquities Act in declaring millions of lands national monuments. He did this without consulting with the Governors, without consulting with elected officials…

It is no secret that I have had serious reservations about this resolution. Let me first make a commitment to Majority Leader Daschle and soon-to-be Majority Leader Lott that I will certainly work with them and all Members of the Senate to…

I rise to congratulate the Oklahoma Sooners, the football team which defeated the Florida State Seminoles last night by a score of 13-2, the seventh national championship for the Sooners. This was also the Sooners' 17th appearance in the…

Everyone has been focused on the Presidential election. It has been one of the most drawn out Presidential elections in U.S. history. Another election came to conclusion recently, and that was the Senate race in the State of Washington…