Lindsey Graham

Let me ask then about a specific building component so that I can be certain I understand what the Senator has explained. Building insulation is not referenced in Section 2105, however it is referenced in Section 2103. Nevertheless…

It had not been my intention to dwell on specifics of a particular tax measure because, as I indicated, if we had provided the offset for this, I would have voted for it. The issue for our colleagues and for the American people is that…

For these reasons--primarily the fact that we need to be pragmatic--we need to recognize that different States have different conditions; that the options for disposal of solid waste in many instances, as in the case of Florida, are…

As usual, the Senator from Connecticut has found a reasoned way to resolve this issue and avoid some of the concerns that the Senator from Missouri expressed. As we mentioned during the conversation we had in the Senator's office about 10…

I am not bound by the rule that if it passes in the Senate 2 to 1, it is a good idea. That may come later in my life, but not right now. This is not reform. When I signed up in 1996, I never envisioned that reform would be that we would…

As I indicated, it is my intention, at an appropriate time, to seek recognition to make a statement of policy relative to the ill wisdom of the United States under these circumstances providing financing for the sale of agricultural…

I still have some policy comments I think bear on the question of whether, in the face of the actions of Fidel Castro relative to those who have used his country as a safe haven for murderers, airplane hijackers, and others, and as a…

The U.S. Office of Technical Assessment has included Cuba among the 17 countries in the world which are believed to possess biological weapons. As I believe the Senator said a few moments ago in his statement, the former deputy director of…

To go even further, that Cuba, under this same report of the State Department in April of 2001, regularly conducts political, social, and economic interactions with other countries listed on the State Department list of terrorists, such as…

Several provisions of title VIII would establish criminal prohibitions or expand existing criminal laws to deter terrorist conduct. My understanding is that the Senate certainly does not intend title VIII to criminalize otherwise lawful…

Our amendment would restore the recommendation which has been made by President Bush of his best assessment of what is necessary in order to accomplish the purposes. The President challenged us today to answer the question: Is America…

The language on page 51 of the Senate Report (107-38) does not specify that the funding that is made available is provided both for the installation of the previously purchased medium approach lighting systems with runway alignment…

This amendment has two principal provisions. First, it stands for the principle that we should have a series of tax bills before the Congress where we can consider one at a time, rather than a single gargantuan bill as is before us…

People in the 39.6-percent bracket, do they get the same tax reduction as the people in the 10-percent bracket in dollar terms?

I obviously was mistaken. I did not realize the people at the higher income brackets did not also get the benefit of the $600 reduction which comes by inserting the 10-percent bracket at the commencement of the tax table.

When the fetus attaches to the womb, that is what the prosecutor has to prove. And if I may answer your question, the definition used in this bill is the exact same definition that the House endorsed and passed 417-0 that the gentleman…

I believe that since the federal government required these dipping vats to be constructed, the individuals who complied with that federal requirement should be excluded from all liability under Superfund. However, I also believe that the…

I would like to confirm with the chairman and ranking Democratic member of the Environment and Public Works Committee that certain sites in my State would be eligible for the benefits of this important brownfields legislation. In several…

I applaud my colleague from Arkansas for the very excellent description that he gave. Essentially, we are asking for a 1-year bridge between the time that these supplemental funds will expire in the fall of 2001 and the time that we…

Where we disagree is how we should finance this. What the Republicans are saying is we should do this by essentially using the Part A trust fund. That is the trust fund which people have paid in through their payroll tax and from which…

On February 15, 2001 the Senate voted 91-0 to confirm Mr. Joseph Allbaugh to be Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. I was absent from this vote due to a pre-scheduled surgery that afternoon. Had I been in the Chamber on…

I appreciate the positive remarks that have just been made about our leadership and those who have supported them throughout these difficult 2 years, and look forward at an appropriate time to hearing the comments of the chairman of the…

Is it correct, then, that if an individual or household was unable to obtain a loan from SBA, or assistance from another source, then they could be eligible to receive additional emergency home repair assistance, based upon the regulations…

The bill includes a provision that caps emergency home repair assistance for individuals and households at $5,000. Could the Chairman elaborate on this provision to describe what additional assistance might be available to individuals and…

How can you offer a more generous plan by having the beneficiary pay only 25 percent as opposed to the Vice President's 50 percent and yet have such a lower cost?