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I, too, would like to compliment the Senator from South Carolina, Senator Thurmond, for his leadership, as well as Senator Levin, for moving this bill through, and in addition to that, Senator Lott and Senator Daschle. This bill had great…
on behalf of myself, Senator Hagel, Senator Abraham, Senator Domenici, and others, the amendment that we proposed last night we have modified. We did receive some requests from Senators to delete the provision that dealt with corporate…
much to my colleague's surprise, there is very serious opposition. I hope we can vote this down by a voice vote. This amendment would add outlays and increase Uncle Sam's writing of checks for the first 5 years of $9 billion and over 10…
I urge any colleagues to vote no on the Kerry amendment. This is really an amendment to make the credit refundable. Another way of saying that, this is a way for the Federal Government to spend more money. Costed out, the outlays will…
I believe that employers should be allowed to require employees to contribute 1 percent of their 401(k) contributions to company assets. However, as a member of the Finance Committee and possible conferee on this bill, I will urge my…
In 1990, the maximum benefit was $953 for a family with 2 or more children. In 1993 it was $1,511. This year, the maximum benefit for two children is $3,680, and 90 percent of that is not a tax credit. It is Uncle Sam writing a check. It…
tonight I offer an amendment on behalf of myself, Senator Hagel, Senator Cleland, and Senator Domenici which would increase the deductibility of health insurance for self-employed individuals. The current law allows for self-employed…
I wish to urge my colleagues to vote no on Senator Daschle's substitute. I started to call it the Democratic substitute. I hope that is not the case. I really truly hope that is not the case, because we passed a bipartisan bill, one that…
again, I just say that there are two sides to the question. We started some new spending programs. We have a program called Kid Care, and the agreement was for it to be $16 billion. It has grown already to $24 billion. Guess what? That…
How much of the benefit do they get out of this tax bill? The highest 10 percent pay almost half the tax. How much benefit do they get out of this bill: 13 percent. The highest 1 percent, the wealthiest people in this country, what…
I want to ask my colleagues to vote no on the Durbin-Bond amendment and tell them I think I have a pretty good record--I heard the support of NFIB for deductibility for the self-employed. I used to be self-employed, so I support that. For…
I wish to bring to the attention of the Senate the community contribution of the American independent retail grocers and their wholesalers. In past years, through the celebration of National Grocers Week, the House and Senate have…
I mentioned this home health program, which is currently 100 percent Federal with no State match. Right now the States are not paying anything. So to have this in Medicaid, where Medicaid will pick up for lower-income beneficiaries a small…
If I understood the Senator's statement, the $700 million the States would have to pick up, this is a program that will cost $121 billion next year for the Federal Government and that is growing at an unbelievable, unsustainable rate. So…
I think it is somewhat of a tragedy. I read in today's paper that an official of the Department of Veterans Affairs said that Tim McVeigh would be eligible to be buried in a national cemetery. I think that would be a desecration of our…
I understand my colleague did not like two provisions. Maybe the President did not like two provisions. It may well be the President will look at the rest of the bill and he will not like other provisions. My point being, we have two…
If my colleagues from Massachusetts and Louisiana and Montana wish to offer a substitute, they can vote for cloture. We can consider their amendment. I am happy to vote on their amendment. If other Senators have different ideas, we would…
I want to echo the comments made by my colleague from New Mexico. This is even more important than the budget agreement. You are only, in the Senate, as good as your word. There is a document that says we are going to have net tax cuts of…
Does the current law, Davis-Bacon, apply as well? You mentioned flexibility, but would the schools who do the building or do the maintenance also have to comply with Davis-Bacon regulations?
to conclude, a couple of points. A deal is a deal. If we are going to break the deal, if we are going to be amending what the size of the tax cut is, if people want to do that, then I am going to have an amendment. This amendment cuts the…
I wish to join with my friend and colleagues from Florida and Virginia, in stating my strong support for this amendment. Mr. President, let me state, at the outset, I wish we had an amendment that would strike the $793 million that was…
I told my friend from Massachusetts that I did not have a problem with Alexis Herman being Secretary of Labor as much as I had a real problem with what I perceive to be legislation by Executive order. There was proposed to be an Executive…
an April 15, 1997 letter to the Wall Street Journal, which I will insert for the Record, describes one family's recent experience with the estate tax. The letter states, ``We finally did it. We didn't want to, but we had no choice. Exactly…
This article lists about 20 chemicals that are not prohibited by this treaty, that basically this section of article XI says you will be able to sell those chemicals. As a matter of fact, no restriction. This language says that countries…
I just totally disagree. I am one of those individuals who wants to reduce the inheritance tax, and I don't think I am trying to do it for greedy individuals. I think the tax is unfair. It is too high. The Senator from Indiana mentioned…
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