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Ted Stevens was a prominent U.S. Senator from Alaska, serving from 1968 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his influential role in shaping federal policies related to aviation, telecommunications, and infrastructure. Stevens was a key advocate for modernizing the air traffic control system, emphasizing the need for quick action to prevent aviation gridlock. His tenure was marked by significant contributions to Alaska's development and federal funding for various projects in the state. Stevens was the longest-serving senator in Alaska's history and held several leadership positions, including Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman.
I am indebted to the managers of this bill and their staffs for having worked with my staff and that of Senator Inouye, Senator McCain, and Senator Murkowski. We present this amendment jointly. This is to prepare for a situation where some…
I support the immediate passage of the Airport Improvement Program Temporary Extension Act. The authorization for funding capital needs of the Nation's commercial airports and general aviation facilities expired on October 1, 1993. This 8…
That is to build them. There is no basic research. We will build more systems under that law and they will be built with off-the-shelf technology, and once again they will not work. How can we get a research program going on that will…
I have high confidence in the Senator from Montana. But it was 25 years ago that I stood here with the Senator from Massachusetts and thought that we had a bill passed that would help us try to meet this problem. Year in and year out, we…
There is no better place for it to be than in EPA. How can I get it to EPA and get some money unless it is in this bill?
let me call the attention of the Senator from Montana to the study made by the Office of Technology Assessment, which, as you know, is an agency of the Congress, on the Alaska Challenge of Native Village Sanitation. Just this year one of…
There, again, you are talking about $20 million nationally to deal with the whole problem.
If we are looking for a larger pool of money that could have just a small part set aside, originally, as I said, I was seeking to set aside 2.5 percent of the national budget for environmental technology development to meet this need on…
What does apply to my daughter then under your bill? What is the impact of saying it applies to my daughter?
I think Senator Murkowski has a point. I believe every Senator here has attended political fundraising events that have included the same kind of entertainment that has been criticized so harshly. Whether it is to go to a movie in Los…
I am indebted to the Senator for his patience with me. As I understand the Senator's explanation, I believe the exemptions, exceptions he has listed, have a different impact on spouses and dependents than I perceived when I first began…
My point is that under the current law--and we are currently filling out our disclosure forms--all a spouse needs to say is that they had income and specifically decline to state the amount of income. The Senator is familiar with that…