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The Secretary has examined the language to which you refer. And it is the Secretary's view that it falls far short of his standards and the expectations that he would apply to his own ability to address food safety. It is his view that…
The pending bill obviously is the bill before us. We have to clarify that prior to the time we even have an opportunity to get to other amendments and the substitute. So, clearly that is what I think most of us would like to do. And to…
If the Secretary would find that the Glenn amendment is not as acceptable as he would like it to be, I am sure we could accommodate the Secretary's concerns here, just as we are doing with the pending bill.
I think the Secretary would find the language in the Glenn substitute much more to his liking than the Dole amendment.
Well, I think that is subject to some dispute. I understand that we have attempted to clarify the language and have found a way to address the concerns raised by the Secretary.
But I am not accusing the Senator of responding to corporate America. I think we are asking, in the public interest.
There is a large part of corporate America for the Justice Department review which the Senator is supporting.
I want to say how hard that staff and Senators involved worked through the weekends. A lot of Members have not had a day off since Christmas. I find the suggestion that this bill is a result of corporate interests in the Senate of these…
I find it unreasonable for the suggestion that this is a bill of corporate interests. I believe the Senators involved have acted in the public interest.
But under the Clayton and Sherman Acts, as my distinguished friend pointed out, the language in the bill, they already have antitrust power. We are setting up a permanent administrative bureaucracy in the Department of Justice that is…
From this Senator's point of view, the public interest is very much at heart throughout these considerations. I think all the Senators who worked on this bill have had the public interest. I do not accept that conclusion about the Senate…
If my friend will yield, there is no other area of American economy--and it is true since Judge Greene's order, and he has 200 staff attorneys over there, basically. But there is no need to continue having that just for one sector of our…
Under the consent decree that broke up AT&T, DOJ is not the decisionmaker; it was the court, Judge Greene. Now we are making DOJ the decisionmaker under the Dorgan proposed amendment.
I think in American society we refer respectfully to our President. I have heard various Presidents referred to by their first name on the Senate floor. I do not want to start digging it out. We have a friendly society. We refer to our…
May I just say a word about Sheila Burke and Kelly Johnston? I would like to join in praise. Sheila Burke has been absolutely amazing. She is somebody we can go to and get something done right away. She will always have the answer. I join…
We accept the amendment of the Senator from North Dakota on this side of the aisle. I want to commend him for his work on this subject. He is a friend of mine, and an outstanding leader in this area. Let me say that this subject of serving…
I thank my colleague. Although I support the proposed amendment requiring a uniform security standard for passenger airlines, as chairman of the Commerce Committee I want the record to be clear on the point that the Committee on Commerce…
April's Commerce Department magazine contains an article entitled ``Commerce Officials Knew Two Congressmen `Back When'.'' As it happens, I am one of the Congressmen. ``Back then'' was Vietnam during the war when Paul London, now Deputy…