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I would like to introduce letters from the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, since their names have been mentioned, in full support of the Hatfield-Exon amendment. I would simply also advise the Senate that, following the…
There are a whole group of wishy-washy advisers to the President. I talked about people inside the Pentagon. The Secretary of Defense supports my position.
Mr. President, the Exon-Hatfield amendment then, if I can repeat that again, is a very simple and straightforward one. It will delete section 3135 of the bill in its entirety and remove the $50 million authorization for hydronuclear…
I just want to compliment my very dear friend and colleague from Oregon for the excellent remarks that he has just made. It puts in perspective so dramatically and so honestly and in such a straightforward manner the heart and soul of the…
The way this came out of the committee it attacks the limits of the Nunn-Lugar proposal that has been responsible for the safe and accountable disarming of over 2,500 former Soviet Union warheads. It cuts the Energy Department…
I simply say, this is the time to pause, this is the time to reflect, this is the time, if you will, to take some time. Because what we are about, in this authorization bill, is going to have long-range, possibly serious implications, in…
I rise in support of the provision in H.R. 2127, that would prohibit the enforcement of President Clinton's Executive order, banning the use of permanent replacement workers on Federal contracts of $100,000 or more. To put it simply, I…
I do not know what that means, but I hope that the Senate will move forthwith and speedily for a thorough investigation of this matter. I reserve the right to exercise my final judgment on this after I know more about it than I do at this…
I rise today to denounce one of the most outrageous and arrogant abuses of government power that I have witnessed since coming to Washington. Sadly, it involves a U.S. Government agency, the Bonneville Power Administration, or better known…
First, to be facetious, I would like to advise my colleague from Nebraska that unless he misspoke or unless I heard him wrong, he said something to the effect that he sees nothing wrong with the U.S. Senate. If somebody would take that out…
Corporate America has weighed in on this issue. Corporate America has contacted me on this particular issue, as they have contacted the Senator. The point I am trying to make is that the dominant interest in this piece of legislation is a…
I do not doubt they are acting in the public interest or that the senior Senator from Nebraska is acting in the public interest. I do not doubt that. That is not the point I am making. I am saying, look out there for who it is that is…
I knew precisely what was in the bill. If I were in the committee, I would vote ``no'' entirely based on that provision.
If there is a need for this law--the law is unprecedented. We are doing something extremely unprecedented. Ask the ratepayers, the taxpayers and citizens in the households. We are taking your comfortable telephone service, your comfortable…
You have asked me a question; let me answer. We have had this colloquy a couple of times before. My answer, with great respect--and I am not trying to argue--I am trying to, hopefully, get some change that enables me to support the…
It does exactly what the consent decree did, as well. It basically says, ``You are going to have multiple consent decrees.'' What happens when, say U.S. West buys a long-distance company. What happens then? I tell you what happens. The…
This is the blue book. This is a sample of what is available today free of charge: Click, click, click on the computer, on the information superhighway. This will be available for any of my colleagues who are not familiar with what is…
earlier this week, I circulated a ``Dear Colleague'' letter which explained the revisions in the communications decency provision. In title IV of the telecommunications reform bill, as my colleagues know, title IV includes legislation that…