Honorable Spencer Abraham
United States Senator, Michigan, Republican
Senator Abraham was first elected to the U.S. Senate in1994. He was Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1982to 1990, Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice President Dan Quayle from1990 to 1991, and Co-Chair of the National Republican CongressionalCommittee from 1991 to 1992. He serves on the Budget Committee;the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, where hechairs the Subcommittee on Manufacturing and Competitiveness;the Judiciary Committee, where he chairs the Immigration Committee;and the Small Business Committee. The following is from the November9, 1999, Senate floor debate on minimum wage amendments to S.625, the Bankruptcy Reform Act.I rise to express my strong…
