I am encouraged by recent efforts by the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to address pollution from animal feedlots.

I hope that this Congress does not continue to ignore this growing national problem.

The bill improves water quality monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting so that the public knows which CAFOs are polluting.

Farm SAFE is very similar to legislation that I introduced last Congress.

Had it failed, the war would have lasted much longer at much greater cost in blood and dollars.

By the war's end, the Phaon had repaired at least 96 ships and more than 2,000 vessels and crafts of all types.

Mr. President, today I ask the Senate to join me in commending those brave Americans who served aboard the U.S.S. Phaon.

I hope that these remarks increase our knowledge and respect for the critical role that damage repair ships played in the Pacific campaigns.

Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Commander of the Central Pacific Force, called the record of the Phaon and Service Squadron Ten achievements of which all Americans can be justly proud.

The Phaon was an important part of mobile Service Squadron Ten, whose battle role was to remain within the battle area and conduct repairs.

This antiquated relic allows mining operators nearly unlimited access to our Nation's hard rock minerals, no matter what other values (such as fish and wildlife habitat) may also be present.

Moving the tailings will remove the source of the contamination.

The only mining law reform bill Congress has sent to the President in recent years was part of the fiscal year 1995 budget reconciliation bill that President Clinton properly vetoed in December 1995.

The National Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and many state and local government agencies have all expressed concerns about the quality of scientific data and information upon which NRC…

Mining reform is long overdue.

Leaving a huge, leaking tailings pile adjacent to the Colorado River does not make sense.

Ten and a half million tons of toxic wastes generated by the now-defunct Atlas Mine are stored in a tailings pond located immediately adjacent to the Colorado River near Moab, Utah.

Lack of Congressional action to reform this archaic law is indefensible--albeit a testament to the strength of the mining industry's influence on certain key Members who have consistently blocked any attempt to amend or replace the law…