Alan Simpson

Finally, a comment on family planning funding. I want to express my serious concerns about the severe restrictions this Congress has imposed on U.S. funding for international family planning assistance. My colleagues will recall that the…

Mr. Eickhoff notes again the hypocrisy of Washington's concern about private pension fraud while, at the same time, ignoring the massive problems looming in Social Security. As Mr. Eickhoff notes, "the private pension funds that so concern…

again, as in last night's activity, a difficult and emotional issue, couched in the terms of immigration and welfare--either we do something or we do not. It is very simple. The Dole welfare reform bill would for 5 years require the…

But, Mr. President, there is another issue. The bill itself provides that there is a year period--an entire year--if a person is abused, if there is no money, if the sponsored individual is not there, or whatever may happen, it says that…

I just came to the floor many minutes ago to debate a different amendment. But I see apparently there is no one on the other side of this, and that should not go untended. If I may then speak in opposition to the amendment, that, first of…

Oh, yes, that is true. The Wellstone amendment took care of battered women and foster children, without question.

I oppose the amendment for several reasons. I hope that my colleague will hear them clearly. To begin, I want to put to rest some serious misconceptions about the sponsor alien deeming--the 'deeming' provisions in this bill. Please know…

Bob Packwood will soon be absent from us. He is also my friend. He will always be my friend. He was chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee and helped to recruit me for this Senate post early in the year 1978. He has been…

It is long past time that we did something to interject common sense and sound science into the regulatory process, and the bill that Senator Dole, Senator Hatch, and Senator Johnston put together will really go a very long way in doing…

let me just say a word about my friend, David Pryor. David Pryor has determined that he will now retire from the Senate, and we came here together. We came here in the class of 1978. There was a class of 20, the largest class ever to come…

Senator Stennis served with my father in the U.S. Senate. My father, Milward L. Simpson of Wyoming, served here from 1962 until 1966. He was a former Governor of Wyoming from 1954 until 1958, then came to the U.S. Senate, elected to…

I noted this with some whimsy, because I recall that after the November election returns there was a great deal of speculation as to how the minority party would act, now, in its wake. What would the President now try to do to, say…

It was a great honor and privilege last week to escort Wyoming's new Senator, my good friend, my old friend, Craig Thomas, to the well of the Senate Chamber for his swearing-in ceremony. That meant a great deal to me, and I think to us…

I rise to express my firm support for congressional coverage legislation. This bill represents a most fundamental ingredient in the recipe to reform this institution. By exempting itself from the laws it passes, Congress is truly losing…

Part of me said I could do this for another three or four years but not six. The old fire in the belly is out. The edge is off.

I wish to speak for a few moments on the issue of extending most favored nation trade status, or MFN, to China. Mr. President, I have been very pleased indeed during these last few days to hear a welling chorus of reasoned, sound arguments…

Mr. President, I rise to speak with reference to the nomination of Sam Brown to be Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mr. President, this is the type of nomination that gives me pause, and causes me to…

I wish to make a statement on Haiti. Of course, others have done that over the past weeks. I address it from a little different aspect. Obviously, the situation in Haiti has been deteriorating, and that deterioration has severely…

We earlier passed a managers amendment which banned the current practice that allowed registered lobbyists to write checks to charities designated by Senators who have delivered a speech for an honorarium. This prohibition, however, is…

However, I understand that nothing in the managers' amendment which includes the provisions I requested would prohibit a Member from entering into an agreement to make a speech, and then to direct that an honorarium for the speech go to…

In the year 1992 our Senate colleagues directed over $500,000 to go to charities as a result of speeches which they made. By current law, not one cent of those funds went into any Member's pockets. In 1991, the amount was over $762,000…

I am pleased we were able to arrive at this unanimous-consent agreement. I think that will certainly generate a swifter solution here. The McConnell-Johnston substitute provides some tough penalties for those who violate the rules. It…

I support the McConnell-Johnston substitute. I think these two fine colleagues have done an excellent job of trying to bring reality to what is a difficult situation. There has never been a time in the history of the U.S. Congress that…

even now as the reality of it all starts to settle in on us, it is hard to believe that Richard Nixon is gone. He was many things in life--an extraordinary politician, a President who accomplished a great deal, a loving father, a devoted…

this is an amendment to the Bankruptcy Code which is similar to another amendment that I offered last year to the energy bill and which was enacted into law during the 102d Congress. This amendment will exclude interests owned in oil and…