I rise today to offer a technical, yet extremely important, amendment to S. 1. My amendment would require committees that choose to pay for their public sector legislative mandates to report as to "how the committee has created a mechanism…
Lindsey Graham
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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.
I want to first reaffirm my support for the objectives to S. 1 and look forward to voting for it on final passage. Many of my colleagues have discussed at length the financial impact that mandates have on their individual States or…
the statement has been made that this is not a germane amendment. I suggest to the contrary, this goes to the very essence of why we are concerned about unfunded mandates. The basic concern is that the Federal Government has been imposing…
I too rise to speak on an important topic to everybody in this Nation; that is, the balanced budget amendment. I will comment on what my colleague across the aisle said. If you want to blame people, that is fine, there is plenty of blame…
I came from South Carolina, a State that a few years ago sent about 18 people to jail because they took shirts, they took shoes, they took golf trips, and they sold their vote. If Members want to reform me, I challenge them to do so. But…





