Don Nickles

Does the Senator think it would expedite completion of homeland security if we allow Senator Gramm's and Senator Miller's amendment to be adopted, or at least be voted on? Let's have an up-or-down vote on the Gramm-Miller substitute, let's…

Just knowing postcloture, if the Senator from Tennessee offered the substitute section dealing with collective bargaining, dealing with Presidential flexibility, I can assure you--or my guess is--that 90 percent of those would be ruled…

I am here to debate strongly against voting for cloture. Cloture is a very serious procedure. That limits a Senator's ability to offer amendments. Are we going to deny them the opportunity to offer an amendment they have worked hard on and…

These are items that have support. Most of these are items that have been reported through the Energy Committee. They have bipartisan support. These are Democrat and Republican bills. I appreciate the cooperation of the assistant majority…

I am wondering about all these savings. I am looking at my State. You said if the State had a prescription drug program, the Federal Government might be picking up a lot of that State program so therefore it is saving. My State doesn't…

The chart does not show any offsetting. It shows a total cost increase of the new Medicaid mandate. I think the Senator is trying to imply there may be some savings for some areas if a State had a lot of catastrophic and the Federal…

Mr. President, 80-some percent of the people do not have drug costs that exceed $2,000. Catastrophic did not kick in until $3,300. No doubt some people would benefit, but maybe the majority of the people would not. It looked to me as…

There is a major automotive company called Chrysler that recently merged--or you could say was acquired by Daimler, a German company. They are headquartered now in Germany and domiciled in Bermuda. I am guessing; I don't know. If my memory…

Any contract with the Department of Defense--and any company doing that has to pay U.S. corporate income taxes if they generate income off those contracts.

Really, the difference we are talking about is income generated in other countries.

They do. So if they incorporate in Bermuda, or Barbados, or someplace else, they might try to not pay U.S. taxes on foreign income, but they are already required, under present law, to pay U.S. taxes on U.S. income; isn't that correct?

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a $220 million contractor. That is pretty significant. Let me ask you a question. PricewaterhouseCoopers does a lot of business, evidently, with the Department of Defense, homeland security, and other Federal…

So now we are down to $129 million worth of contracts. If they do those contracts with U.S. employees, do they pay taxes on their U.S. contracts if they make income--I mean, if they make income, don't they pay corporate income tax on the…

Let me make sure I understand. So this company, which does a lot of work--they do software, management, and a lot of different things--is doing $129 million worth of defense-related contracts, they would be banned from any of those…

No, I will not yield. That is the unfortunate result of her amendment. It is just too bad that we bypassed the committee. I don't know why the chairman of the Finance Committee and the ranking member are not saying: Wait a minute, this…

I will make the case that it does. I believe I will show that GAO happens to agree with me. GAO has studied this issue. They basically said it boils down to the fact that if everybody gets a discount, nobody gets a discount. That is the…

I am ashamed of the way the Senate is operating today in this fashion. We are taking probably the most important and most expensive piece of legislation considered in decades and it hasn't had a hearing, it hasn't had a markup, and it…

Let me finish. I am also going to offer an amendment that will replace language under the Dorgan amendment that says there is a pattern of importation of drugs, counterfeit and so on. That would be replaced by 'any instance.' So we are not…

Again, I am reading to my colleague. I have a statement from the past FDA Administrator as well that says they can't guarantee the safety of these drugs. They do not have the regulators. The Senator's amendment did not have the pedigree…

Current law requires FDA, for their certification--for FDA to give their certification, you have a pedigree requirement. The pedigree requirement means we have FDA inspectors go visit the plants in Canada to certify that yes, these are…

The bill would actually create an incentive for unscrupulous individuals to find ways to sell unsafe or counterfeit drugs that, while purporting to be from Canada, may actually originate in any part of the world. Canada could become the…

Under Canadian law, which I just read--this is section 37 of the Canadian Food and Drug Act--it said any item, whether it be packaged food, drug, cosmetic, or other devices--and if that item is imported and exported, not to be consumed or…

I respect my colleague from Wisconsin. I have agreed with him on many issues dealing with fiscal matters. Wouldn't you agree we should have a budget resolution that passed the Senate Budget Committee for consideration by both Democrats and…

I thank the managers for supporting an amendment offered by Senator Inhofe and myself dealing with $12 million for restoration of the I-40 bridge in Oklahoma which was hit by barge traffic. It caused 14 fatalities, the largest number of…

Colombia is important to us because this is one of the countries that is a major supplier of drugs into the United States. So what happens down there is important. We have seen something develop in Colombia in the last few years that I do…