[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
GRAMM, PHIL (a Senator from Texas)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8097 [14JY], S8140 [14JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2463 [24MR],
S2471 [24MR], S2492 [24MR], S2494 [24MR], S2496 [24MR]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10245 [11SE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2841 [31MR], S2868 [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2931 [1AP],
S2938 [1AP], S2994 [1AP], S2998 [1AP], S3002 [1AP]
Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S7692 [8JY]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8968 [24JY], S8999 [24JY],
S9018 [27JY], S9060 [27JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6690 [19JN], S6703 [19JN], S6715
[19JN], S6827 [22JN], S7094 [25JN], S7202 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9385 [30JY], S9473 [30JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8722 [22JY],
S8792 [22JY]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4484 [7MY], S4485 [7MY],
S4486 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
Taxation: treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
commerce (S. 442), S11454 [5OC], S11458 [5OC], S11462 [5OC],
S11466 [5OC], S11470 [5OC], S11474 [5OC], S11478 [5OC], S11482
[5OC], S11486 [5OC], S11492 [5OC], S11717 [7OC], S11721 [7OC],
S11725 [7OC], S11729 [7OC], S11737 [7OC], S11745 [7OC], S11753
[7OC], S11761 [7OC], S11768 [7OC], S11770 [7OC], S11776 [7OC]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S5335 [21MY], S6012 [10JN], S6030 [10JN], S6110 [10JN],
S6170 [11JN], S6256 [11JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1353 [4MR], S1629
[9MR], S1737 [11MR], S1788 [11MR], S1828 [12MR], S1836 [12MR],
S1895 [12MR], S1897 [12MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act, S3181 [2AP]
------ H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S9320
[29JY]
------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
2003, S6349 [15JN]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, S2 [27JA]
Articles and editorials
Medicare's Assault Against the Elderly, Kent M. Brown, Washington
(DC) Times, S89 [28JA]
One Balkan Quagmire Is Enough, Senator Hutchison, Wall Street
Journal, S2141<bullet> [17MR]
Who's Really Full of Hot Air? T.R. Fehrenbach, San Antonio (TX)
Express-News, S88 [28JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: production flexibility contract payment options, (see
S. 2344), S8779 [22JY]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see S. Res. 248), S6339 [15JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
111), S9044 [27JY]
China, Republic of: affirm U.S. commitment to security and
democracy, (see S. Con. Res. 107), S7574 [7JY]
Colleges and universities: allow the use of age-based incentives
for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see S. 153),
S2725 [27MR]
Costa Rica: protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
(see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
(see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
2201), S9983 [8SE]
Employment: reform standard for classifying technical workers as
independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
1924), S5456 [22MY]
Flag--U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 778), S7960 [10JY]
Fort Davis National Historic Site: authorize expansion, (see S.
1990), S3653 [27AP]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
IRS: congressional review of regulations increasing Federal
revenue, (see S. 831), S5798 [9JN]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
[27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees
to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, (see S.
497), S179 [28JA]
Law enforcement officers: tribute to individuals who lost their
lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
McCain, Senator: tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: designate, (see S. Res.
198), S2214 [18MR]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate, (see S. Res. 193),
S9790 [1SE]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S2684 [26MR]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate, (see
S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
National Mammography Day: designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
[1OC]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see S. 2263), S10726 [22SE]
Power resources: encourage production of domestic oil and gas
resources from stripper wells on Federal lands, (see S. 1919),
S7682 [8JY]
------ improve the administration of oil and gas leases on Federal
lands, (see S. 1920), S7682 [8JY]
------ management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental
Shelf oil and gas leases, (see S. 1930), S8058 [13JY]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs
funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S7172
[25JN]
------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S2367
[20MR]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate, (see S.
1575), S180 [28JA], (see S. 1297), S234 [29JA]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
Social Security: modification of certain State agreements relative
to certain students, (see S. 2325), S8482 [17JY]
Taxation: adjust tax brackets for individuals with middle class
income, (see S. 1569), S847 [23FE]
------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S. 2078),
S9139 [28JY]
------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
farmers, (see S. 2371), S9884 [2SE]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see S. 1929), S7286 [26JN]
------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
income, (see S. 2296), S8135 [14JY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S9692 [31AU]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day: designate, (see S. 45), S3534
[23AP]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
S2114 [17MR]
Washington, George: anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
S11184 [30SE]
Weapons: antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
1873), S3155 [2AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced without
counting Social Security surpluses, (see S.J. Res. 59), S11279
[1OC], (see S.J. Res. 60), S11279 [1OC]
Customs Service: funding for personnel and technology to reduce
delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
Drought: disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
[23JN]
J.J. ``Jake'' Pickle Federal Building, Austin, TX: designate, (see
S. 2523), S11042 [28SE]
Cloture motions
Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S7297 [26JN], S7565
[7JY], S7717 [9JY]
------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7525
[7JY]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR]
Cloture motions
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S2636 [26MR]
Letters
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act: by, S12449 [13OC],
H6062 [21JY], H10784 [13OC]
Motions
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4665 [12MY]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S3334 [21AP]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S5291 [21MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4653 [12MY]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report--unanimous-consent
request, S4615 [11MY]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), motion to recommit conference report,
S4665 [12MY], S4668 [12MY], S4670 [12MY], S4672 [12MY]
------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4672 [12MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8323 [16JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2471 [24MR],
S2474 [24MR], S2478 [24MR], S2623 [26MR], S2625 [26MR], S2629
[26MR]
------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S12365 [12OC],
S12366 [12OC], S12367 [12OC]
Budget: allocation of funds, S250 [2FE], S287 [3FE]
------ constitutional amendment to require balanced without counting
Social Security surpluses (S.J. Res. 59), S11284 [1OC]
------ ensure compliance with congressional spending guidelines and
outlays, S2471-S2474 [5OC]
Climate: global warming, S88 [28JA]
Clinton, President: congressional response to charges of perjury,
obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct, S10112
[9SE]
Community Reinvestment Act: credit requirements for small community
banks, S9024 [27JY], S9030 [27JY]
------ expansion, S11178 [30SE], S11440 [5OC]
------ loan requirements for credit unions relative to non-members,
S8966 [24JY], S8968 [24JY], S9024 [27JY], S9030 [27JY]
Congress: inclusion of legislative provisions and nonemergency
spending in emergency appropriations legislation, S10454 [17SE]
------ prohibit inclusion of legislative provisions and nonemergency
spending in emergency appropriations legislation, S11407-S11409
[5OC]
Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S8037 [13JY]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8966 [24JY], S8968 [24JY],
S9024 [27JY], S9030 [27JY]
Customs Service: funding for personnel and technology to reduce
delays at border crossings (S. 1787), S2124 [17MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S7048 [25JN], S7049 [25JN], S7094 [25JN]
------ permit recipients of Naval ROTC scholarships to attend the
college or university of their choice, S7048 [25JN], S7049
[25JN], S7094 [25JN]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and
consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
S3681 [28AP]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2237), S10414 [16SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8729 [22JY],
S8838 [23JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (S. 2168), S7553 [7JY]
Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
use of illegal drugs by young people, S5748 [9JN]
Education: direct funding and control to local educational
agencies, S12366 [12OC], S12367 [12OC]
------ national policy to improve system, S12365 [12OC], S12366
[12OC], S12367 [12OC], S12533 [14OC]
------ reductions in school class size, S12366 [12OC], S12367 [12OC]
Family Federal Education Loan Program: eligible lender status in
State multiple secondary markets, S7839 [9JY]
FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program
funding, S8323 [16JY]
Federal highway program: replace affirmative action policies with
emerging business enterprise programs, S1482 [6MR], S1483 [6MR]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), S11178 [30SE]
----- increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), motion to proceed, S11440 [5OC]
----- increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), unanimous-consent request, S11239 [1OC]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa (S. 778), S7711 [9JY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
S8285-S8287 [16JY], S8638 [21JY], S10889 [24SE], S10893 [24SE],
S10977-S10979 [25SE]
Health Care Financing Administration: employee funding, S2623
[26MR], S2625 [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
implementation, S2623 [26MR], S2625 [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1882), S7839 [9JY]
IMF: reform, S12535 [14OC]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
students and workers (S. 1723), S4976 [18MY], S4977 [18MY]
IRS: extend burden of proof requirements to all tax liabilities,
S4484 [7MY]
------ failure of employees to file and pay taxes, S4414 [6MY]
------ prohibit request to taxpayers to give up rights to sue, S4485
[7MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4414 [6MY], S4484 [7MY],
S4485 [7MY], S4486 [7MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7629
[8JY]
------ termination of employees for willful failure to file income
tax returns or threatening an audit for retaliatory purposes,
S4486 [7MY]
Japan: eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, S8838 [23JY]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination, S2141<bullet> [17MR]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services (S. 1194), S89 [28JA]
------ reform payment system for home health services, S12535 [14OC]
Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2656 [26MR]
NATO: make expansion contingent upon European Union membership,
S3825 [30AP]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (H.R. 2431),
S11942 [8OC]
Parliamentary inquiry, S3334 [21AP], S5291 [21MY]
Petroleum: payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10414 [16SE]
------ use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation
trust funds, S303 [3FE], S433 [5FE], S471 [9FE], S956 [25FE],
S957 [25FE], S1189 [2MR], S1825 [12MR]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, S3825 [30AP]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
S4653 [12MY], S4665 [12MY], S4668 [12MY], S4670 [12MY], S4672
[12MY]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law (S. 1260), S4791 [13MY], S4792 [13MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S8729 [22JY],
S10454 [17SE], S11148 [30SE], S11149 [30SE], S11407-S11409
[5OC], S12366 [12OC]
Space policy: space station program funding, S7553 [7JY]
Taxation: adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
individuals, S6012 [10JN], S6013 [10JN], S6018 [10JN], S6027
[10JN]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5275 [21MY], S5293
[21MY], S5296 [21MY], S5499 [1JN], S5502 [1JN], S5598 [4JN],
S5608 [4JN], S5609 [4JN], S5748 [9JN]
------ extend research and development tax credit, S12535 [14OC]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
S11148 [30SE], S11149 [30SE]
------ rates, S287 [3FE]
------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S11239 [1OC]
Tobacco products: granting of immunity or limiting liability for
tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
marketing and manufacturing practices, S5275 [21MY]
------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
prices, S5087 [19MY], S5089 [19MY], S5090 [19MY], S5155 [20MY],
S5156 [20MY], S5188 [20MY], S5275 [21MY], S5498 [1JN], S5502
[1JN], S5503 [1JN], S5504 [1JN], S5598 [4JN]
------ limit access to minors, S5503 [1JN], S6149 [11JN]
------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5088 [19MY], S5111
[19MY], S5112 [19MY], S6161 [11JN], S6173 [11JN], S6174 [11JN]
------ provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers,
industry workers, and their communities, S5089 [19MY], S5500
[1JN]
------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act activities, S6149 [11JN]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5087
[19MY], S5088 [19MY], S5090 [19MY], S5111 [19MY], S5112 [19MY],
S5115 [19MY], S5155 [20MY], S5156 [20MY], S5188 [20MY], S5275
[21MY], S5308 [21MY], S5311 [21MY], S5498 [1JN], S5502 [1JN],
S5503 [1JN], S5504 [1JN], S5598 [4JN], S5608 [4JN], S5609 [4JN],
S5748 [9JN], S6012 [10JN], S6013 [10JN], S6018 [10JN], S6027
[10JN], S6149 [11JN], S6156 [11JN], S6161 [11JN], S6173 [11JN],
S6174 [11JN], S6457 [17JN] tobacco industry liability settlement
relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing
practices (S. 1415), motion to recommit, S5293 [21MY], S5296
[21MY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
S5395 [22MY], S5396 [22MY], S5397 [22MY]
----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs (S. 1173), S248 [2FE], S303 [3FE], S433 [5FE],
S471 [9FE], S616 [11FE], S617 [11FE], S689 [12FE], S956 [25FE],
S957 [25FE], S1189 [2MR], S1309 [4MR], S1312 [4MR], S1313 [4MR],
S1315 [4MR], S1482 [6MR], S1483 [6MR], S1825 [12MR], S1828
[12MR]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3681 [28AP]
Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of ``Operation Homecoming'', S688
[12FE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S10979 [25SE]
Tributes
Ford, Senator, S12365 [12OC]
Johnson, Representative Sam, S688 [12FE]