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I worry about the rhetoric versus the resources once again. Are we going to be able to ensure that we can provide the commitment to students at all levels, that the resources will be there to match the rhetoric that we hear coming from the…
We have just sent to the desk legislation that includes three components: First, the trade promotion authority; second, trade adjustment assistance; and third, the Andean Trade Preference Expansion Act. The trade adjustment assistance…
The credits in this bill allow you to get out from under the mandate without any intervention from DOE or EPA or anybody else. You are not required, in this legislation, with the RFS, to use one drop of ethanol.
This would allow us to complete our work on ANWR and on energy so we could move to not only Andean trade but TPA and border security as well.
My hope is we can finish this bill sometime soon. It would be my desire to continue to work on it until we do so, with the exception, of course, of the campaign finance reform bill.
What are the defendants scared of? What are the Enrons of the world trying to hide? What are the accounting firms trying to hide? What do the chemical manufacturers want to hide from the public? Why will they not accept fair and reasonable…
I want to thank both of my distinguished colleagues for this important clarification. I understand that Treasury is considering this issue currently as part of its 2001 Priority Guidance Plan. For the record, I would note that Senators…
It is just not accurate for the Senator from Alaska to assert that this is unprecedented. That is the word he used; this was 'unprecedented.' As I said for the Record--it is now part of the Record--this very action was taken by the…
I ask if the distinguished Senator from Alaska is aware that the majority leader, when the Republicans were in charge, utilized exactly the same process the last time the energy bill the Senator is now criticizing came to the floor. I am…
I hope everybody will take the time to look at the legislation with whatever care they wish to use in addressing the concerns raised by the Senator from Kentucky. It is my intention to bring this to the floor as quickly as possible when we…
I had a chart that showed, in a circle, the proposals made by the Republicans and, in a circle, the proposals made by the Democrats. There is an overlap of those two circles. The list of items in that overlapped part of the two circles is…
As I said, they are not identical, but the components are found in both bills. If that isn't the definition of ``compromise,'' I honestly do not know what is. All I am suggesting is, we take that as the base vehicle and use it as the…
I offer an alternative and make it a proposal that we amend the unanimous consent request made by the distinguished Republican leader as the following: That the amendment include a substitute amendment that I have at the desk which would…
That is absolutely correct Senator Grassley, and we have advocated this position all along. Thank you from clarifying that issue with me. While forward contracts and marketing agreements can pose problems for the marketplace, they are…
I publicly commend him, thank him, and tell him how proud I am for his effort and the work he has done to get us to this point.
This legislation does not prohibit forward contracts at all. There are some who suggest maybe we should, but we chose not to go down that road. So forward-contracting remains an option for both the producers and the livestock packers.
I think to whatever extent we can moderate their frustration by finding ways to reduce the regulatory anxiety, reduce the tremendous amount of paperwork they have to endure, we ought to do it. Looking carefully at the Bond amendment, what…
The nature and the thrust of the comments, I thought, related to packer ownership of livestock.