The Public Record
I think 4 hours is too long. I think if we have an interest in passing this bill, we need to move forward on several amendments and we need to move forward expeditiously. Four hours on one amendment does not seem appropriate if that is our…
today we have finally passed the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996. I introduced this bill last year. It is a bipartisan bill that has the support of the administration as well as 14 State Governors who…
I have been here a little while, and I cannot remember anybody objecting to moving to an appropriations bill because they did not get a judge confirmed. I will give one example. I remember we had a judge in Oklahoma that I was trying to…
Senator Hatfield, I strongly support the Senate report language which opposes the House's earmark of $1,700,000 for the Mid-America Aviation Resource Consortium [MARC]. In order to fund the facility in Minnesota, the House transferred…
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 would conclude that to prohibit U.S. contributions involved in any way dealing with, I think--we have exceptions for drug interdiction. Can we spend money in Burma for drug interdiction, drug identification, undercover or otherwise? I…
So we would allow small businesses the right to offer to their employees medical savings accounts as an option--not a mandate, as an option--so they could use that money. It would be their money. People are a lot more frugal with their own…
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…
included in S. 640, the Water Resources Development Act, is a provision which provides for the reallocation of a sufficient amount of existing water supply storage space in Broken Bow Lake to support the Mountain Fork trout fishery on a…
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…
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…
I want to read a quote that was made in January 1993 by President Clinton: I promise the most ethical administration in the history of the Republic. This administration has been anything but ethical. As a matter of fact, there has been a…
Mr. President, for several months, I have tried to get a straight answer from the administration on the legal justification for the deployment of United States troops under United Nations' command in Macedonia. While the soldiers have a…
just a comment to follow up on the minority leader's comment on the judges, as the minority leader is aware, we have a new leadership team on this side. And to say the least, we have had our hands full the last couple weeks--not even 2…
Today we recognize the departure of a great friend and colleague, Majority Leader Robert Dole, from the U.S. Senate. In honor of his departure, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a poem by Albert Caswell, a longtime…
the resolution that I now send to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Daschle is a resolution that follows a great tradition in the Senate where we name rooms, sometimes buildings, after our colleagues. We have buildings--the Russell…
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…
Mr. President, when Americans came home from World War Two the time reserved for celebrating their hard won victory was of necessity brief. Joyous though those celebrations were, they had to give way quickly to the hard work of repairing…
I wish to compliment Senator Hatch from Utah for his leadership, as well as Senator Craig from Idaho for his leadership, as well as Senator Simon, and most of all, Senator Dole, for his leadership, because they strongly support passing a…
I am going to speak on the Defend America Act. First, let me state I am very disappointed that the Senate, one, had to file a cloture motion, and, two, was unsuccessful in obtaining cloture so we could at least take up the Defend America…
I compliment my friend from Georgia for his leadership on this and many other issues. Today, we are announcing to the American people that tomorrow, May 7, is tax freedom day. That means that the average American worker had to work from…
I urge my colleagues to just look at the growth in these taxes. The payroll taxes alone have just exploded. If I put in the maximum total contribution under payroll taxes, in 1960 that total for Social Security--this includes hospital or…
Whatever happened to the war on drugs? In 1981, Americans were calling the drug epidemic the gravest internal problem facing our society. So Ronald Reagan issued a clarion call. He said, ``The United States has taken down the surrender…
This amendment is probably the most significant health care provision that the Senate has considered in a long time. I have heard a lot of people say we want to make insurance more portable; we want to make insurance more affordable. If…
first I wish to thank the majority leader for setting aside the immigration bill to take up this bill. I informed the majority leader and the Speaker some months ago of my earnest desire to pass this before this Friday. This Friday is the…
Politicians like Don Nickles
