Kay Bailey Hutchison

I want to speak on this bill. I thank Senator Gregg, our subcommittee chairman, and Senator Hollings, our ranking member, for help, for cooperation and commitment to the most important issue facing my State, and that is bolstering the…

as you know, there have been a number of severe tornadoes, wind storms, hurricanes and other wind-related disasters in recent months which have killed scores of people and destroyed communities. Earlier this year, the small town of…

I agree with this proposed course of action. I intend to introduce separate legislation including these provisions so that they may be considered by the Commerce Committee this year.

I am pleased that I was able to work with Secretary Rubin and Ambassador Barshefsky's staff on this amendment. I am confident that they will use this directive from Congress to make progress--in the spirit of NAFTA--to correct the personal…

I want to say it was a pleasure for me to hear the Senator from Ohio talk about this very important subject. I am proud the Senator from Ohio was once my constituent when he made the historic trip into space--that was really the beginning…

we have probably the best relations with Mexico than we have had in this country in a long, long time. I think NAFTA has added to the good will and the trade between our nations. But there is one part of our trade relationship that is not…

I rise to speak on the Dodd-McCain amendment that will put this charade of certification aside and try something new in the war on drugs. I think, Madam President, all of us want the same result; we want to stop the illegal drugs from…

It is anticipated that this program will deter theft, aid in the investigation of fuel theft, and facilitate determining the source of surface and underground pollution in locations where the Department and civilian companies maintain…

In fact, everyone has now agreed to support it, so it is a sense of the Senate with 100 percent approval of language that says we are very concerned about the situation in Bosnia, we are concerned about the indicted war criminals not being…

I want to step back and talk about U.S. foreign policy in general over the last 4 years since I have been a Member of the U.S. Senate. What concerns me is the lack of focus and the lack of stability in our foreign policy that…

I rise to support what the distinguished Senator from Wisconsin is trying to do, because I think it is most important that the U.S. Senate speak at this very crucial time to say, let's set a mission, let's set a timetable, let's be very…

I just want to commend everyone for getting this very important bill through the Senate. The distinguished committee chairman, Senator Thurmond, our wonderful President pro tempore, has worked hardest to make sure that we have the armed…

I think what the Senator is asking is, is this going to affect the rest of the family? The answer is no. It is just that the prisoner would be taken out of the equation.

I understand this has been cleared by both sides. This is an amendment that I offer. It is an amendment that passed on a record vote of 409 to zero in the House. It basically closes a loophole in the Food Stamp Program. The GAO did a study…

As a matter of fact, I was very concerned about the appointment of a former staff member of a Senator from a State that was going to be in competition with our State on several bases. I was concerned about it. I asked Ms. Steele at the…

let me say this is the first time in this entire process that anyone has tried to get a fair solution to this issue. We were not able to do that last year in the armed services authorization bill, and we certainly do not have a bill that…

The important part of this recommendation from the BRAC Commission report is that the option is given to the Department of Defense through the Defense Depot Maintenance Council to move the workload to other depots, yes, or to privatize…

this is an amendment that I believe is agreed to by both sides. I am very pleased that both sides have agreed to this because it deals with NATO expansion and is something that I think will strengthen our ability to expand NATO, will make…

I worked with the chairman and the chairman of the House Commerce Justice State Appropriations Committee during the supplemental appropriations conference to craft report language that requires the Department of Commerce to take into…

I want to thank first the majority leader of the U.S. Senate. There is not a person who has stood truer to principle than the majority leader on all of the issues in this emergency appropriations. He was prepared at all times to make sure…

I think timing is the issue. I just sense that all of a sudden the ground is shaking. First they said, ``Just pass the clean emergency help to the victims.'' That was the first thing that was said. Now, then, you said, well, OK, let's talk…

I was really wanting to question in the arena of a timetable for kinds of disaster relief. It was indicated by one of the Senators from North Dakota that perhaps it was all or nothing, as if the entire supplemental appropriations bill was…

the title of the bill I send to the desk is the Environmental Protection Partnership Act of 1997. By introducing this bill, I am suggesting that the Federal Government take a cue from the States regarding environmental protection. Many…

I would like to finish by adding to what Senator Lautenberg has said, that we sent a bill to the President for disaster relief for the victims of North and South Dakota and Minnesota. We sent him a bill that we hoped he would sign. I don't…

I can certainly understand why the Senator from Georgia would be a little confused, when Republicans produced a bill that gave the President everything he asked for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for Bosnia, and for all these…