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Mr. President, there is obviously some serious misunderstanding here, because Senator Kyl has not correctly stated the existing law by suggesting that any other nuclear state could conduct a nuclear test after September 30, and before the…

The nuclear weapons testing moratorium instituted by the Hatfield-Exon-Mitchell amendment has made a significant contribution to U.S. nuclear non-proliferation efforts. During the duration of the moratorium, the US stockpile of nuclear…

the basic situation that confronts us is that the Kyl amendment, regardless of how well-intentioned, could not possibly be offered at a worse time, as it would adversely affect the nuclear test ban treaty that, right now, is being…

in the limited time that I have remaining I would like to have the opportunity to recap the arguments for the Exon amendment. I would first like to point out for the full understanding of all that this is the only amendment that has any…

To the discussion of how we can justify this increase that is not requested by the Pentagon.

I happen to have the feeling that the comptroller at the Pentagon is a very honest, straightforward individual.

Madam President, the amendment I have just sent to the desk is on behalf of myself, Senator Bingaman, Senator Kohl, Senator Dorgan, and Senator Levin. This amendment reduces--Madam President, reduces--the total funding level in the bill by…

these programs, in the opinion of most senior military leaders, are unnecessary. Even if the Pentagon had the money, the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs have said that they would not fund these programs this year, not next year…

I will simply point out that the Exon amendment still allows for a $9 billion increase over what the President and the Pentagon has recommended. I would think, regardless of the technical details, that most realize and recognize that such…

I want to emphasize that. But I still say that we are going way too far. I think that is such a reasonable amendment that I cannot imagine it not being endorsed and accepted by the Senate as a whole. In closing, I urge my colleagues to…

Dear Senator Exon: Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, William C. Danvers, has provided you the Administration's reason for opposing the Kyl-Reid amendment to the FY 1997 Defense Authorization Bill. As I represent…

I was rather disappointed in the votes we just had. We just had two controversial nominations: One, Mr. Greenspan and one, Ms. Rivlin. I was very pleased to see, although the Greenspan nomination was controversial, it had a strong…

I will simply say to him that everything that I had just said in my statement in this regard is totally accurate, to the best of my knowledge. With regard to his counterarguments that this is going to help the President of the United…

I simply say that this amendment is ill-timed. It is ill-advised. At least the authors should recognize and realize, if they are so certain that this amendment is all-important, that it would be more in line with reality and reason to at…

I intend to make some remarks at this time in strong opposition to the Kyl amendment, and then would plead to the managers of the bill--since the Kyl amendment nor nothing like it was included in the authorization bill that came out of the…

If last year was the Republicans' winter of discontent, this is their spring of missed opportunities. I know the Republicans wanted to hit one out of the ballpark with this budget, but what they did reminds me more of the Red Sox's Bill…

With this action today, we will officially send to Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman our desire for him to immediately release the 45 million bushels of feed grains held in reserve. The release of this grain will not solve the current…

I drive home the point that the President is looking at this realistically and should not be put down for that effort. One more thing, and then I will yield to my friend from Illinois. The chairman of the committee complains about how…