Mike Enzi

With that assurance, I do not object to this amendment. I thank the Senator from Michigan for addressing my concerns.

May I enquire of the Senator from Michigan what his amendment seeks to accomplish?

Tomorrow the Senate will be in a period of morning business throughout the day. A number of our colleagues will be traveling to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. We will return next week and begin consideration of the…

I tell my friend that I do acknowledge that title XVIII of the Social Security Act is within the jurisdiction of the Senate Finance Committee. The matter before the Senate makes amendments to the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act…

I have here a copy of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 2003, which was submitted by Senator Gregg, who was chairman at that time. We did not do a new report this time. The reason we did not is because the bill has not changed…

The Washington Post states: What's needed now is not to block these regulations but to ensure that they are vigorously enforced with an eye to protect the vulnerable workers the law was intended to benefit. I urge my colleagues to support…

If my colleagues are so concerned about unemployment, why would they do something that would eliminate jobs in this country? If my colleagues are so concerned about helping poor families, why would they do something that hurts poor…

Anything we can do to promote financial literacy will make a difference in this country.

She writes: Although I very much appreciate the intent of the Murray amendment, I cannot support it. She gives an explanation and lists four very specific reasons: One, the potential for misuse and manipulation; two, the perpetuation of…

I got involved in this process to bring attention to the concerns of veterans in rural and frontier areas. Based on these concerns, I hope in any further analysis on the future needs of veterans health care the VA will consider all access…

I rise to oppose this issue. I ask unanimous consent that an article from the Wall Street Journal that explains how small firms are potentially affected by this amendment, a way that small firms have had for hedging so they could stay in…

We will have to find a way to fund the Wind River Irrigation Project and other similar Indian Irrigation projects in the future. I hope we can work with our colleagues on the Budget Committee and Appropriations Committee next year to…

We are both from the great State of Wyoming and I am extremely encouraged by the leadership our State government has shown in helping to address the water problems on the Reservation. We both received letters from our Governor, the…

Is the Senator aware that as a general guideline, the Bureau of Reclamation suggests that irrigation projects in the region need at least 140 acres of irrigated land per mile of canal to be economically self sufficient? No wonder the Wind…

I do want to point out we debated this issue a year ago. The conclusion was these are professionals dealing with professionals. The people who have the oversight over it do have oversight and are taking advantage of that oversight. We also…

In the Senator's 27 years serving in this body, has the Senator seen anything that has progressed on a judicial nomination the way this nomination has, and does he have any concern this may be setting a precedent?

I am opposing an amendment that increases funding without offsetting such increased amounts. I am opposing an amendment that increases funding by $678 million that is not targeted to the individuals who are most in need of job training and…

I do have to say, from what we saw, there is no passion like the passion of a repentant sinner. This is not the first time somebody has said we are going to tell FASB what to do. On May 4, 1994, the Senate said: We do not care what you…

I know it was a great day across America when we celebrated the Fourth of July. I look forward to the future Fourth of July and the daily events when patriotism and community and faith are shown in our country.

I ask that Members step back and, if there is a problem, let's address it in a responsible manner through the normal process. Let's begin to hold hearings on energy trading, and after we have had time to evaluate what we have learned, we…

Yes. Our hope is definitely that it becomes a part of the normal planning process, that it becomes a part of the appropriations through that mechanism rather than always coming in as an emergency, an emergency after the fact. It would be…

Yes. My purpose is to move it from a last-minute measure to an authorized program so that it would go through the normal process and be a part of our normal planning.

I appreciate the effort that his family makes each and every year to go to Haiti and consequently to understand that Government a little bit better. It does tie in with education because as of September 11 our world got smaller. The United…

I appreciate the care, concern, and detail in which the Senator from Tennessee and the Senator from Arizona, and others who have participated on this, have expressed their concerns about the deemed export controls. We do recognize that the…

I would add my thanks and appreciation for all the hard work, particularly of Senator Thompson and Senator Kyl and their staffs and Senator Gramm and his staff. The meetings and the work on this did go late into the evening last night and…