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I certainly would add that Senator Hollings, in fact, was the last person to sign off on this legislation as is understandable. We appreciate very much the early and perpetual effort he makes on Amtrak matters, and certainly he deserves…

I have long favored a 6-year bill with my full support. But a 6-month bill is now essential. House leaders have said they are not taking up the desirable bill. They are taking up the essential bill-- the 6-month bill that bridges the two…

I think as we, again, debate this, we have an opportunity. We have to be role models from the top down. People who are in public life, athletes, everybody else, has a responsibility in our culture to try and help define the values that our…

I think this is a schedule that affords a good opportunity to debate campaign finance reform. It takes into account the Jewish holiday and the need for our Jewish colleagues to be away. It does afford the opportunity, as well, to take up…

In addition, the reservation's juvenile detention center is undergoing a much needed, year-long renovation that has required the tribe to find alternative housing for the residents of the facility. The annual cost of placing the up to 20…

It is our hope that BIA funds can be made available to the tribe for these pressing law enforcement needs during fiscal year 1998. If there is special consideration for the funding requirements of underfunded tribes pursuant to section 118…

I thank you for adding that language to the report. While we are delighted that these emergency repairs will be made if identified as a priority, we wish to note that the BIA has determined that the entire Marty facility needs to be…

I am proud of the Marty Indian School. Under the leadership of School Board President, Mike Redlightning, and past President Robert Cournoyer and the other Board Members, the school has a wonderful working relationship with the Yankton…

I would like to raise a technical detail that is not addressed in the report language. One of the tribes in South Dakota, the Standing Rock Tribe, also extends into North Dakota. It was my intention that, if that tribe chooses to submit a…

If the chairman and ranking member would continue to indulge me, I would like to clarify one more technical point. The report language says that the funds would be available to tribes whose caseloads exceed 50 percent of the total welfare…

I mentioned that the tribes in my State have indicated that they would like to run their own programs, but it is possible that some will decide it is not feasible for them to do so. The way this proposal is currently structured, if this…

We just received word that Mother Teresa has died in Calcutta of cardiac arrest. With Mother Teresa's death, another bright light has gone out in the world. Someone once asked St. Francis what a person needed to do to please God. He…

Unfortunately, the Grams amendment reopens the question of the dairy compact, as described to me. That is an extraordinarily controversial issue involving the Northeast as well as the Midwest. I am told that Northeastern Senators would not…

I am proud to honor the Pierre Area Senior Citizens on the organization's 20th birthday. This occasion is being celebrated in Pierre, SD, this week, July 13-19, 1997. For the past 20 years, the Pierre Area Senior Citizens has served as a…

I am glad to hear that. You input your income and it will give you the real number, not the imputed number.

I have joined with many others in voting yes every step of the way. Yes on authorizing four rounds of base closures. Yes on closing 97 bases. And yes on aligning 55 others. So, let no one doubt this Senator's willingness to cast a…

This last week, I spent most of the week driving some 2,200 miles across my State of South Dakota. I talked to farmers, ranchers, small business people, and a whole lot of just hard-working Americans. They did not want to hear the same old…

This is tantamount to providing vouchers for private education. That is in essence what this amendment does. For that reason, we oppose it.