Robert Smith

I am pleased to again join my colleague Senator Boxer in introducing important tuberculosis control legislation today on the floor of the Senate. Today we are introducing The International Tuberculosis Control Act--this important…

I rise, though, in opposition to his view, and I support the view of the Senator of Wyoming and his amendment. I happen to be a cosponsor of it. I think for people looking in, the C-SPAN junkies like ourselves, may wonder what all the…

I note a few of the words in particular. He expressed to Senator Daschle a concern that this legislation would ``have a negative impact on Canadian-U.S. electricity trade.'' I can say in the California debacle last year, but for Canadian…

today I rise today to give tribute to some of the health care heroes in my home State of Oregon. They are the hard-working people who staff the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in Cornelius, OR. Virginia Garcia was a 6-year-old girl…

last month we celebrated Black History Month in the United States, and I took to the floor each week we were in session to speak for a moment or two about the tribulations and contributions of Black Oregonians. I want to make one more…

I rise today to honor the founding of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Ninety years ago on the holiday of Purim, Henrietta Szold founded Hadassah, a volunteer women's humanitarian organization that is 300,000 members…

Today I commemorate the anniversary of Oregon's statehood, which was secured this day in 1859. Oregon became the 33rd State to join the Union, and did so as a free State. At the time, there was no room for Oregon's new Senators in the…

I rise today to honor February as Black History Month. Each February since 1926, our Nation has paused to recognize the contributions of black Americans to the history of our Nation. This is no accident, February is a significant month in…

I learned as a little boy from my mother that if you at first don't succeed you should try and try again. I come to the Chamber to try again on the issue of accelerated depreciation. I am proud to be joined by Senator Baucus. This is the…

My last point was you can make these arguments against any expenditure. The point is, we can't leave the States high and dry as we try to stimulate the economy. This is about real people needing jobs and health care. It is a win- win for…

I also will note that President Bush also spoke in support of a bonus depreciation only a few days ago. I quote from him: But any good stimulus package plan must ask the question ``how do we create more jobs?'' and one way to do that is to…

Mr. President, it is a privilege this morning to speak about a component of the stimulus package which I think does garner wide bipartisan support. There are many good ideas. And I, as a Republican, stand in this Chamber to say I look…

On behalf of thousands of information technology (IT) companies and professionals, I am writing to express my support for the Smith (OR) amendment that would provide a 3-year, 30% bonus depreciation provision. Like other companies in our…

I noted in his testimony this paragraph: The retrenchment in capital spending over the past year was central to the sharp slowing we experienced in overall activity. The steep rise in high-tech spending that occurred in the early post Y2K…

My point is simply that is not enough time to do much more than buy a few typewriters or rugs for the front office. You can't make a serious business plan in that amount of time and represent to the American people that we are actually…

I rise to speak of a priority I have, that I began working on in the last session of this Congress, with my colleague, Ron Wyden, the issue of the burgeoning ranks of the uninsured. I rise to talk about that subject. I stand to say that…

I am proud to introduce with Senator Clinton, the Holocaust Victims' Assets Restitution Policy and Remembrance Act. This legislation will create a public/private Foundation dedicated to educating and to completing the necessary research in…

today I take notice of a recent positive development in the creation of a more modern legal regime for international shipping. I was very pleased to see that America's importers and exporters and the ocean carriers that transport America's…

In addition to amounts otherwise available, $38,000,000 from amounts pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 713a-4, for the Secretary of Agriculture to make available financial assistance to eligible producers in the Klamath Basin, as determined by the…

I rise today, again, to raise my voice on behalf of the farmers of Klamath Falls, OR, and the Klamath Falls Basin that includes northern California in equal numbers. I first thank my colleagues of the Senate and of the entire Congress for…

as a freshman Senator in 1997, I offered an amendment to the foreign operations bill that predicated foreign aid to the Russian Federation on the implementation of a new law restricting religious freedom in Russia. That law, passed by the…

I want to state publicly for the record, Senator Wyden and I began working on this issue together in great earnest this last weekend because it was apparent that the good bill we had passed to the House was coming back as something less…

ever since the days of the pioneers, when folks would gather from miles around to participate in community barn raisings, the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor has been an Oregon tradition. I rise today with great pride in my State to…

I think all of us who have an election certificate and who have been called upon to represent the citizens of our State feel an obligation today to come together as Americans, not as Republicans and Democrats but to come together in a way…

I rise today to reflect on a tragedy that weighs very heavy upon my heart. Last month four firefighters were killed in a conflagration in Washington State's Okanogan National Forest. My prayers and thoughts are with the families of Tom…