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with regard to this amendment, let me simply say there is a realization, I think on both sides of the aisle, that we have a special relationship with our tribal governments, and that special relationship requires a special arrangement as…
I will use my leadership time for whatever time I may consume to speak in behalf of the Dodd amendment. Mr. President, let me begin by thanking the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts for his excellent comments and for the leadership…
I share the view just expressed by the majority leader. I think we have made some progress. We have a long way to go. I know that some of the amendments that have been offered are duplicative amendments, so there is probably a much shorter…
If the Senator from Nevada will yield, let me urge my colleagues. We have been polling our Members and have been told that we have about 130 amendments. If we have that many amendments, there is no reason why tonight we cannot have a good…
our friend and colleague Bill Bradley has said that he has always preferred moving to standing still. When the 104th Congress adjourns around a year from now, the senior Senator from New Jersey will move on to new challenges in his life…
In his commencement address at Syracuse University in 1957, Senator John F. Kennedy called American politics one of this country's ``most neglected, most abused, and most ignored professions.'' ``As one who is familiar with the political…
I want to have just a few minutes to address one more time the Work First legislation, the pending piece of legislation, and my reasons for believing it ought to be adopted by our colleagues tomorrow. Before I describe again those reasons…
as the Congress considers its appropriations bills and strives to reduce the rate of growth of Federal programs, I would like to call attention to one very small, but important agency that policymakers and industry representatives alike…
I believe that the vote on this amendment may be one of the most critical votes that we cast this year. There are many provisions in this bill that I, along with many of the people on this side of the aisle--and I suspect beyond the…
I hope all colleagues consider this vote very carefully and vote against cloture this afternoon. Let me remind my colleagues that 38 amendments, so far, have been offered--38 amendments over the last 7 days or so. Of the 38 amendments that…
the first chart, entitled, ``Unfunded Mandates to the States (or Counties, Cities, Local Taxpayers) Under the Senate Finance Committee Welfare Bill (FY1966-FY2002).'' is a State-by- State breakdown of the unfunded mandates under the…
My State of South Dakota is small in population but large in spirit. This is particularly true of the native American population that calls South Dakota home. Indian people have blazed their way into American history in countless ways…
Yesterday we had a very productive meeting with the President, a number of my colleagues here in the Senate, Governor Carper, Mayor Archer of Detroit, County Executive Rick Phelps of Dane County, WI, and Bill Purcell, majority leader of…
That is my point. I want to emphasize, at least to colleagues on this side of the aisle, there is likely to be additional votes this afternoon, and that Members ought to be prepared to come to the floor to cast those votes. Let me say in…
Well, I think that is subject to some dispute. I understand that we have attempted to clarify the language and have found a way to address the concerns raised by the Secretary.
If the Secretary would find that the Glenn amendment is not as acceptable as he would like it to be, I am sure we could accommodate the Secretary's concerns here, just as we are doing with the pending bill.
The Secretary has examined the language to which you refer. And it is the Secretary's view that it falls far short of his standards and the expectations that he would apply to his own ability to address food safety. It is his view that…
I think the Senator would be wise to do so. I think, again, it confirms that there is a lack of clarification, there is uncertainty, enough so that the Secretary has seen fit to send a letter to express his concerns. I hope that we can…
I think the Secretary would find the language in the Glenn substitute much more to his liking than the Dole amendment.
the debate that has been taking place all day today on the impact of this bill on food safety and specifically its impact on the Department of Agriculture's proposed rule to require science-based hazard analysis and critical control point…
If I could again reconfirm that unless we address a number of these issues, the Secretary himself has indicated that it presents some serious problems for him, and he would advise we either amend the legislation or support an alternative…
The pending bill obviously is the bill before us. We have to clarify that prior to the time we even have an opportunity to get to other amendments and the substitute. So, clearly that is what I think most of us would like to do. And to…
I want to use this time to remark briefly on the pending measure, which will be the subject of a vigorous debate over the next several days, and the focus of our work today and in the days to follow. The primary subject of this debate is…
if you look past the headlines and the hype connected to the conference agreement on the budget resolution, I think the American people can get a pretty good sense of who's looking out for whom in the Republican budget. Republican budget…
As we all know, welfare reform has been one of the most hotly debated issues of this Congress. Two and a half years ago President Clinton promised to end welfare as we know it, and the public has reinforced that message by telling us…
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