Kay Bailey Hutchison

I wonder if we have even talked about the impact on other governments of Federal regulations, such as our small towns across America. Our small towns are reeling from regulations that require them to go into their water supply and test for…

I just want to finish, before my colleague from Maine sums up this tribute, by thanking the Senator from Maine for doing something very thoughtful. As we go through our workdays and we do not stop to think of some of the important…

Mr. President, the importance of intelligence gathering for our Nation is at a critical juncture. Never has it been as important as it is today that we have foreign intelligence gathering capabilities, particularly because we are now…

I want to recognize the leadership of a small business person in my State who is being honored today by the Small Business Administration as the Small Business Person of the Year in Texas. Mr. Oscar Trevino, Jr. is president of J.L. Steel…

the time has come for us to put some common sense in our court system. There is no question that we must make sure that every person has a right to go to court if that person has been injured. But we see courts being overcrowded, we see…

I certainly understand when people have legitimate disagreements over the rights of private property owners versus the rights of animals and the concern that we have for protecting habitat. I do object to the characterization that this is…

In 1930, we saw the beginning of the change in course in our country, the beginning of more Government, bigger Government, more spending, which also brought more encroachment on everyone's lives. I think in 1994, the people of America…

This is exactly what responsible budgeting is. We have made a decision in the committee that as a priority we should be looking at the science projects that are going to create the new technologies that keep the new jobs in America. Mr…

I thank the Chair. The amendment rescinds $1.5 million in funds for new listings of endangered or threatened species or designation of critical habitat through the end of the fiscal year, which is a little more than 6 months from now. It…

our regulatory reform debate has ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous and back. Today I would like to weigh in briefly on the side of the ridiculous. The dressing room of a fine women's clothing store may seem like an odd place for…

I would like to introduce a bill this morning because there is something fundamentally wrong with a Government program that pays drug addicts to remain addicted and pays alcoholics to continue being addicted to alcohol. Yet, that is…

I think the relevance of what I am going to talk about today will be brought into what has just happened. The historic opportunity that we had that was missed actually falls on the 159th anniversary of the independence of Texas. One of my…

let me just say that the Senator from South Carolina, as usual, is right. The people of South Carolina did come and die at the Alamo. They were very much an important part of the independence of Texas. I want to say that there were people…

Since the Senator brought up the President's budget and the inability of Congress to deal with this issue in the past, I should say that the budget did come out today from the President, who promised to cut the deficit in half, and it…

I would only say to the Senator from Maine that I think it would be more fair if the minority leader would put forth in his right to know to the American people what they are going to do to balance the budget if we do not pass the…

You say you were not surprised. Well, after seeing the State of the Union Message where he challenged Republicans to come up with spending cuts and yet did not offer spending cuts for us to consider, it is really not a big surprise.

last week the Senate approved landmark legislation to protect States and communities from unfunded Federal mandates, and yesterday, the House followed suit. When the President signs this legislation, we will witness a sea change in the…

we have seen the debate this week in the Senate on the balanced budget amendment. I am very pleased that the House of Representatives has taken this step already, and now it is up to the Senate to decide if Americans finally will have the…

I rise today to advocate passage of the balanced budget amendment, a measure which will fundamentally change the direction our Government has taken in the last 25 years. Mr. President, if the people of this country said anything last…

A vote today against this amendment or against the Senator from New Jersey's amendment does not mean that we are for carcinogens in the water. It does not mean that we do not want to take care of the young children and the elderly. We all…

I know what it is like to have to make those decisions on a State budget when you are getting mandates from the Federal Government and you have to say, ``Do I increase the elderly's light bill or the water bill of an elderly person because…

For generations American farmers have worked to provide food, clothing, and shelter to their families. Farmers and ranchers in Texas and throughout the United States have tilled the soil and cleared the rangeland--and, if they had a good…

Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the distinguished Senator from Colorado. Senator Brown has done an incredible job of educating the Senate on this nominee. I think he has gone the extra miles to make sure the United States and the…

I think the parts of this article that were read by the Senator from Massachusetts are fine, but there are other parts of this article and other articles that show this is not a man who is fit for the job to which he has been nominated.

I rise to speak in favor of the Dole-McCain bill. Like Somalia before it, United States policy with respect to Bosnia is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." When Winston Churchill used that phrase, he was referring to Russia…