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First I congratulate Senator Shelby for his management of this bill. This is an appropriations bill. The budget authority of this bill is actually less than last year's level. And the outlays under this bill, as far as the outlays that are…
As I am sure all of my colleagues know by now, the procedure banned by this bill--the partial-birth abortion procedure--defies description. I am not going to go into the terrible details of this procedure which is performed on a living…
There is a significant range. I will go over a few of these countries, but the essence of it is that none of these countries have received payments on Iraqi debt for years. In most cases, for decades payments have not been made. Saddam…
To respond to the statement of my friend and colleague, he is exactly right. If one were trying to take this debt or paper on the international market prior to the U.S. liberation of Iraq, it would be worthless because no payments were…
I take this opportunity to report on the budgetary effect of S. 1689, the Emergency Supplemental for Iraq and Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction for Fiscal Year 2004, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The pending…
This existing Saddam Hussein-incurred debt will suffocate Iraq and prevent Iraq from really rejoining the world economy, from making significant progress. These are countries, including the United States--Canada, Germany, France, Russia…
First, I wish to tell my colleagues who debated on the other side of the issue that I have great respect for their position. I just happen to disagree with it. I stated some time ago that I had hoped a significant portion of the $20…
Correct me if I am wrong. It is my understanding the Department of Defense opposes this amendment.
This amendment is a bad idea because it is unconstitutional. We all take an oath at the beginning of the year to uphold the Constitution. I know all of our colleagues are aware of article I, section 7 of the Constitution that says all…
I am happy to recommend, along with Senator Inhofe, the nomination of Ron White to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of the State of Oklahoma. Ron White has been a partner in a prestigious law firm in Tulsa, OK, for…
The conference agreement on the fiscal year 2004 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security includes funding for the Project Bioshield proposal, a $5.6-billion initiative proposed in the President's 2004 budget to develop…
I rise in support of S. 1391, the FY 2004 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations. I commend the distinguished Chairman and the Ranking Member for bringing the Senate a…
Basically, the headline is ``NIH Scientist Says He's Paid To Do Nothing; Agency Denies Administrator's `Surreal Situation' Of Collecting $100,000 Salary For No Work.'' The story goes on. I remember reading it, and I thought, whoa, somebody…
I remind my friend and colleague from Alaska--he is my friend--we had an agreement on $784 billion. The Senator from Alaska has an initial $5 billion on top of that. The agreement was $784 billion. The Senator from Alaska got $3 billion…
The Labor, HHS, Education appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2004 provides $137.6 billion in discretionary budget authority and $134.9 billion in discretionary outlays for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and…
To further clarify, I ask my colleague, should the inclusion of this provision be seen as a break from the longstanding tradition of Federal Government neutrality in labor- management relations?
I rise in support of S. 1382, the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2004, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations. I commend the distinguished chairman and the ranking member for bringing the Senate a…
I compliment Senator Feinstein and also Senator Chafee, Senator Alexander, Senator McCain, and others for supporting this amendment. Senator Chafee mentioned we passed the income-related Part B premium several years ago with 70 votes. I…
They are going to say we get 50 percent up to $4,500, and then it stops and we go to catastrophic, let's fill that in. The estimates were by some, if you filled that in, it would cost you another $200 billion. My guess is we are not going…
I wish to compliment first Senator Frist and Senator Grassley, Senator Baucus for getting us here. I also compliment President Bush because he has been pushing for us to expand Medicare to include prescription drugs. I happen to share that…
I want to join my colleague, Jim Inhofe, in urging the committee toward a rapid confirmation of Dr. Grim to be the Director of Indian Health Service.
Over the past few months we've seen the fall of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime coupled with the dawning of a new day for the Iraqi people. With major military combat operations in Iraq over and the security of our homeland bolstered…
Just to repeat, I tried to do that yesterday, and the Senator from Massachusetts objected--or somebody from the other side of the aisle objected. I just want to make that point as well. Some of us tried to pass a clean extension yesterday…
If this amendment were adopted, it would more than complicate the debt limit extension. We have already mentioned that. Senators are aware of that. I have already said I will work with members of the committee. I will work with other…
I appreciate his work and how sincere he is with this amendment and with budget process. As chairman of the Budget Committee, I will tell you, budget process should come through the Budget Committee. The Senator has an amendment. It is not…
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