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That is the case. Those who benefit by being married are benefited even more by the Gramm amendment. The Senator from Mississippi, the majority leader, was saying how important it was that we not overextend the reach here. His admonition…
Can we stop kids from smoking? Can we turn this around, or not? And can we find a way with which to address the concerns expressed to us by many of our colleagues? We believe we can address the marriage penalty for a whole lot less than…
the majority leader has just made my point probably better than I can. What he has said is that this offer to have two amendments, one Republican and one Democrat, both dealing with tax, under a time agreement, is objectionable to them. My…
That seems to me to be a fair result. I don't know if they would stand for us telling them what their Republican amendment is going to be. But that is, in essence, what they are asking us to accept. We will tell you what Democratic…
let me just respond to a couple points made by the distinguished majority leader. First of all, I only wish I had had his text in front of me when we took up the Coverdell bill, when we took up a number of other pieces of legislation…
I thank the President for that clarification and his interpretation of what has just been presented to him. Mr. President, I have heard the majority leader on many occasions come to this floor and make an impassioned speech to all of our…
I rise for a moment to congratulate all of those Senators who have had so much to do with the success that we have just demonstrated with the passage of the Interstate Transportation Efficiency Act, the so-called ISTEA II bill. Senator…
I appreciate the information the majority leader has just shared. I think that is certainly in keeping with the understanding that he and I have had in our private discussions now for some time. My hope is that we can come back and…
I begin simply by complimenting the sponsors of the amendment for what I know is a well-intended effort to address one of the most consequential of all the issues we must face. I certainly don't deny a very strong case can be made for…
the debate on tobacco legislation that we will begin again at 10 o'clock this morning is one of the most significant in which any of us will ever be involved. Smoking is, in the words of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, ``the chief…
I have not wanted to get into this until now, but I must say I applaud what the distinguished chairman has said in a couple of aspects. First of all, I think that it is true; up until now, there has been a good deal of effort on both sides…
I would like to salute an outstanding young woman who has been honored with the Girl Scout Gold Award by Girl Scouts of the Black Hills Council in Rapid City, SD. Kimberly Schubert of Rapid City was honored yesterday for earning the…
I tell the Senator from Massachusetts that, just last week, a family from South Dakota told me that if there is one thing the U.S. Senate should do this year--this year--it is pass the Patient Protection Act. It is to deal with the…
I am flabbergasted. I am absolutely flabbergasted that the Senator from New York would say, since we have not seen action on our bill, we should take up his bill. And why are we taking up his bill under these circumstances? Because the…
I commend both the chairman and the Democratic manager for their work on this bill over the last couple of days. I commend them for all that they have done. I think we will see a very strong vote as final passage is recorded this…
on behalf of colleagues, both Republican and Democrat, I, too, rise to congratulate our distinguished colleague on this remarkable achievement. Just to remind Senators, Senator Byrd began building this unsurpassed record more than 39 years…
I only have two final points, Mr. President. The first is that this is the 6-month anniversary of the passage of this legislation in the House of Representatives. We cannot afford to wait any longer. We must pass this bill. The urgency is…
the time has come for the Senate to take appropriate steps to ensure that our work force is equipped to meet the challenges we will face in the next century. Today, high-skill, high-wage jobs are being created faster than they can be…
the majority leader has spoken well about the difficulty of this agreement. This was, I told him, one of the more difficult, if not the most difficult we have had in some time. I could name 30 Senators on this side of the aisle who have…
the question of whether to expand the NATO alliance is one of the most important foreign policy decisions this Senate has been called upon to make since the fall of the Berlin Wall. We will make history with this vote. So it would seem…
I want to commend an outstanding group of students from South Dakota who have participated in the We the People . . . The Citizen and The Constitution program across our state this year. The We the People . . . program is an annual…
law enforcement agencies in every state rely increasingly on criminal history record information. Suspected criminals cross state lines and move between communities, creating an unprecedented need for greater cooperation between the 50…
last night, Senator Robert C. Byrd was awarded the Congressional Award Program's highest honor, the Leadership Award. This award is given to someone who has exhibited extraordinary leadership in support of programs which benefit our…
today is a holy day, Yom Hashoah. It is a day set aside every year to remember the victims of the Holocaust. I had the privilege of starting this Yom Hashoah morning with an extraordinary group of people, the Founders of the U.S. Holocaust…
last week an American giant announced his plans to retire. Obviously, that description has more than one connotation. Bob Crandall is a giant in his industry and a remarkable pioneer. Few, if any, leaders in aviation can match his…
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