Judd Gregg

Why do we believe that? We believe it, first, because it is an unfunded mandate, but more important, because in our school districts across this country, that special-needs child and his or her parents are being put in the impossible…

Ironically, in Massachusetts, from where the Senator who was just speaking comes, 30 percent of their students are coded as special needs. If one looks at it across the country, most special-needs children, regrettably, do come from lower…

I know the efforts which have been made by the Senator from New York, trying to make the Social Security system solvent. I greatly admire them. I would say, this information would be in addition to the information that is already…

I also note the Senator from Massachusetts must not have heard my speech because I outlined specific reasons why class size is not as important as quality of education and quality of teachers. Isn't it true the quality of the teachers is…

I will tell the Senator from North Dakota that it is the intent of the conferees that the National Weather Service maintain operations at Williston and the other sites, and further that the NWS take no actions which would suggest an intent…

Wouldn't the business as usual be that the majority would take action rather than having a supermajority take place?

I note that the Committee on Appropriations directs the Department of Defense to make available, from existing funds, up to $8,000,000 for a community retraining, reinvestment, and manufacturing initiative to be conducted by an academic…

I am aware of the problems you have raised with respect to courthouse security, and you have made a strong argument on behalf of increased funding for courthouse security projects. I would like very much to fund more courthouse security…

The bill assumes funding of the Economic Research Division of SBA's Office of Advocacy at $1.4 million for FY 1999. This Subcommittee believes the office has provided good service to the small business community. Much of that work is also…

The report accompanying this bill directs the General Accounting Office to review the National Marine Fishery Service's implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including the essential fish habitat provisions. Congress should receive a…

It is my understanding that since the NMFS regulation was proposed, that community has offered comments. Given the scope of the EFH proposal, and the wide-ranging impacts on nonfishing entities, I believe the agency should take the view of…

The intent of the original provision was to establish procedures to gather information on essential fish habitat, wherever possible encouraging interagency coordination when other administration programs complemented the EFH goal.