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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.
Yes I have, and I thank my colleague from Texas. I must say I was very surprised by this report language, particularly considering the fact that the Senate only this year voted several times and decisively to prevent the federal government…
This amendment is going to raise some very fundamental issues not only for a major social program but also for the relationship between the Federal Government and the States and the relationship between the appropriations process and the…
It is my experience that in this type of situation, the best answer is land acquisition. Right now, approximately half of the 900-acres of the designated refuge is available for acquisition. Four key parcels make up the core area of the…
The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is located in Brevard County, Florida, home of Florida's ``Space Coast.'' The 900-acre refuge extends along the coast from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach, and it is home to the most important…
I think the point the Senator from New Jersey was raising in his question to me was that for many of those Europeans, Latin Americans, and Americans who go to Cuba, the nature of the hotel arrangements in which they live does not lend…
Yes. And under the law which I alluded to, which was passed just in February of this year, that Cuban citizen who was found to be engaging in that friendly discussion about democracy and the graces that liberty brings to the human spirit…
That is the story. Unfortunately, the people who those tourists will come in contact with will be the virtual serfs of the Castro regime because the hotels are required to purchase their employees through the Cuban Government, not by…
That would certainly be one of the consequences. Another consequence, I say to my friend and colleague, would be that we would send a signal to Fidel Castro that we are prepared to do virtually anything without expecting anything in…
It was never my intention or understanding that this money would be used for building roads, prisons, or to simply inflate the government's coffers. It was my understanding and intent that the money would be used primarily to fight the…
I stand ready to support serious and responsible proposals. Also, I must, however, join in many of the comments that have just been made by our colleague from Oklahoma, Senator Nickles, about specific components of this proposal which are…
There are two principle reasons I support extension of Section 29 and 45. First, in a period where America is continuing to increase its dependence on foreign oil, we need to develop alternative fuel technologies to prepare for the day…
This program is an excellent example of successful technology transfer from a national laboratory as well as an example of a successful public/private partnership. I understand the program is consistent with industry priorities and the…
Electrochromic technology provides a flexible means of controlling the amount of heat and light that pass through a glass surface providing significant energy conservation opportunities. I understand the Department of Energy estimates that…
I am prepared to vote on this bill right now, and I will vote for the bill in its current form. What the issue is, is offering an amendment that I question as to its germanity to this bill and that I might raise a point of order on that…
The answer is no, that the discrimination is the fact, that currently the local Main Street merchant is required to collect the tax, but the distant remote Internet seller is not, and we are about to make that a 4-year institutionalized--
If a person in Florida has a sales and use tax, could it require Amazon.com to collect from a Florida resident, who ordered a book in Seattle, the Florida sales tax?
I say to the Senator from Oregon, in the effort to describe the equality of treatment, he used the example that if a person went into a local bookstore and bought a book, they would pay and the bookstore seller would be responsible for…
I have been involved in the Kissimmee River project since my days as Governor of the state of Florida. This project is the first step in a long series of individual projects that seek to restore the Florida Everglades to a state as close…
Today, I ask the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, Senators Domenici and Reid, of your intentions for the future of the Kissimmee project. Senator Mack and I remain committed to forward…
In my home State of Florida, I have seen the strain placed on the Judiciary due to the lack of judicial resources needed to fulfill its constitutional obligations. Will the Senator from Utah agree to review the Judicial Conference…
I appreciate those very generous comments of the Senator. As my colleague knows, his State is not alone. This map indicates in blue those States that have been determined by the Judicial Conference, chaired by our chief justice, to require…
The middle district of his State happens to be the seventh busiest district in the country with a workload that is 176 percent of the standard which the Judicial Conference utilizes in assessing whether an additional Federal district judge…
Absolutely, I say to my friend. I am not proposing that this Congress insert its greater wisdom for that of the Judicial Conference. I am proposing that we accede to the wisdom of the Judicial Conference and where it, for instance, has…
I believe these emitters should remain at Eglin to meet the warfighters training requirements until we can resolve this dispute. I believe this would be consistent with the BRAC direction.
They would not be constrained to the items included in this amendment. They would advocate a total lifting of the embargo against Cuba.
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