Don Nickles

Senator Brownback used the word ``saint.'' And I can't recall too many living individuals that I ever referred to as a saint. But I remember during Mother Teresa's life, after meeting her in 1985 and subsequent to her speech at the…

In 1989, Congress enacted legislation that requires that the Social Security Administration provide workers with regular statements about the value of their Social Security benefits. SSA is required to send these forms--known as the…

Several comments were made that we are vitiating the consent decree. Totally false. I will tell my colleagues, you can read the consent decree, it does not say anything about a rerun election. The consent decree did say that the Teamsters…

In looking at your amendment, you said that nothing in this section should be construed to affect the obligations under the consent decree. I might agree to that part. But then you also add, ``or any court orders thereunder.'' What do you…

I wish to compliment and congratulate the Senators from Connecticut, Indiana, and Alaska for not only their support for charter schools but also for the additional funding, because this is a success story. There are successes in…

Taxpayers should not have to pay for the Teamsters' election twice. Mr. President, in 1989, the consent decree said that there will be an election in 1991 and said that the Teamsters would pay for it. They did. They had a successful…

the amendment I send to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Jeffords is an amendment that deals with the potential rerun of the 1996 Teamsters election. I think most of my colleagues are aware the Teamsters election, which was held in…

I am just trying to help a little bit. If the Senator will drop those last few words, I might agree to his amendment, because I think our amendment is consistent with the consent decree. But I may be overly interpreting. I don't know…

I love my colleague from Arizona. And I think my amendment is somewhat the same. I thought maybe we would be able to dispose of our amendment in a short period of time and have a clear vote on our amendment that would try to make sure that…

I heard the comments of my colleague from Alaska, but basically what he is saying is we should not tell the Department of Labor how to spend money. In this appropriations bill we appropriate money for the Department of Labor. In this case…

I want the Teamsters to have a fair, clean election and I do not want the taxpayers to take another ride for $22 million. If we followed the thought that you and Senator Kennedy have, you could have another corrupt election, taxpayers…

If you read page 16 of the consent decree, it does not mention ``rerun.'' We are not affecting or changing the consent decree in any way.

I am happy to tell my colleague that in reviewing the consent agreement we did not undo anything. The consent decree does not say anything about a rerun election. It says that the Teamsters will pay for the 1991 election and it says…

I tell my colleague my thought is it should be handled the way it was in 1991. We had Federal supervision and observation of the election in 1991 but the cost of the election was borne by the Teamsters.

I am happy to respond. The consent decree does not say who would pay for the next election. Now, the judge may interpret that the judge has the authority. I do not think they do, but that remains to be seen. What our amendment would do…

since I have the floor I will make a comment. I am not undermining that because the consent decree touched two elections, for my colleagues' information. It touched the 1991 election and touched the 1996 election, and it did both elections…

That's correct. Obviously, the fact that they paid $22 million didn't guarantee a clean election.

I just say I would like to have it where we would have supervision, like in 1991. I don't think we have to give a $22 million gift to the Teamsters to have an election. It is a big union and a nice group of people. They ought to be able to…

I do not think so for this reason: One, because I think the Congress of the United States was elected to appropriate the money, not an unelected judge in New York; and, two, this is timely because this is an appropriations bill for 1998…

I will read a statement that came from the Department of Justice, on page 2: ``Because of the deep entrenchment of La Cosa Nostra in the Teamsters electoral process, the consent decree gave the Government and the IBT the option to have the…

We had an overseer in the 1991 election, but it didn't cost $22 million. We ought to be able to have one in the 1998 election and not have it cost taxpayers $22 million. The overseer costs almost $400,000 for that one position. That is a…

I am happy to join as a cosponsor to S. 625, the Auto Choice Reform Act of 1997. This bill enjoys wide bipartisan support for the choice that it offers every American when choosing car insurance. Under this bill, families and individuals…

the great success of our Nation is rooted in the labors of millions of Americans who work every day to make America a better place. I'd like to take a moment to recognize one such American--a fellow Oklahoman, Denise Bode, who has…

from 1984 through 1993, language was included as part of the Treasury/Postal Service appropriations bills which prohibited taxpayer money from going to fund abortions through Federal employee health benefits plans. In 1993, President…

before this body passes the Treasury and general government appropriation bill for fiscal year 1998, I would like to raise an important issue concerning how the Government develops policies and regulations. The issue is the public's right…