To expect them to be very effective outside that puts them at a great disadvantage. I hope we can see within the interpretive language of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, some language that…

while the Senate considers a temporary extension of the Airport Improvement Act, which I will support, I would like to take this opportunity to bring the Senate up to date on a report due to Congress on the safety of the flight service…

my office was just advised by the Department of Agriculture that they have seen fit to cancel timber contracts affecting the Alaska Pulp Co. and, as a consequence of that, my State faces a future of some 1,100 Alaskans losing their jobs…

I rise to express my concern over the administration's recommendation that Taiwan alone be sanctioned for trade in tiger bones and rhinoceros horns. These are traditional Chinese medicines. The issue is not over whether Taiwan should stop…

Mr. President, I rise to cosponsor S. 455, and I commend the senior Senator from Oregon for offering the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act. Let us be realistic, Mr. President. This is simply an issue of fairness. The States east of the…

I was prepared to offer an amendment concerning private property rights relative to the application of S. 21 and what it does and how it threatens private property. However, with regard to S. 21, the California Desert Protection Act, there…

wilderness is another measure which has lost any sense of judgment. It is now only a function, again, of acreage, and it is a function of press releases in the media. We do not worry about whether there is any ``wilderness'' character at…

Regarding the amendment offered by Senator Bennett concerning the backlog of land acquisitions facing the Department of the Interior, this amendment is not only responsible in its effort to address a responsibility that we all share, but…

Today, however, I am not entirely happy to be introducing a bill which, in my view, should not be necessary. Unfortunately, the failure of one Federal agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA], to perceive accurately the clear intent…

no program of true Federal-private partnership has been more successful than the National Park Service Concession Program. Needed visitor facilities and services have been placed in national parks at a minimum of cost to the taxpayer. The…

I rise today to offer a critique on the Community Reinvestment Act and to share with my fellow Senators some of the problems that are inherent with the existing Community Reinvestment Act; problems associated not with the intentions of…

why do we allow the holder of the largest segment of the financial assets of this country to be exempt from the Community Reinvestment Act? Obviously, the stock market, investment funds, and various other investment groups receive funds…

on March 9, the majority leader stated that those Republicans, like myself, who want Congress to conduct hearings into the Whitewater matter, are engaging only ``in partisan politics at its worst,'' and that such hearings risk ``fatal…

Mr. President, I want to thank my colleague, Senator Simpson, for including my language in the Republican substitute aimed at promoting industrial competitiveness and economic growth through Federal regulatory reform. Both sides recognize…

Government, business, and industry in our country spent approximately $115 billion for pollution control in 1990, and it is estimated that the figure will increase to $185 billion per year--that is 2.3 percent of our gross national…

My statement this morning concerns the horror stories associated with some of the policies covering immigration. I think it is fair to say that a majority of my colleagues would agree that the legislative intent clearly is not being…

it is this Senator's contention that yesterday this body missed a historic opportunity to end the Federal Government's three-decade-long addiction to deficit spending and uncontrolled debt. I know there is a difference of opinion among a…

I would conclude by stating that this editorial is pleading to the Congress of the United States to address the opportunity before us to stop this process of runaway, fiscal irresponsibility and take the medicine now by adopting a balanced…

I rise today in opposition to the amendment pending offered by my distinguished colleague from Nevada, Senator Reid. As we reflect on the issue of a balanced budget, Mr. President, I can not help but recall in 1986 unloading the mail on…

I rise today as a cosponsor of the pending resolution and as a Senator who believes that amending the Constitution to require a balanced budget is simply the last remaining option that we have to contain and ultimately begin to reverse the…

I appreciate the point of my friend from Illinois, and I commend him for his diligence in leading this effort, which is in the best interest of our Nation, not only for our own internal security but the health and vitality of America. I…

I rise to express my concerns about the nomination of Strobe Talbott to be Deputy Secretary of State. I think, Mr. President, that we have here in Mr. Talbott a gentleman who is ultimately a high risk for our President, and I am inclined…

I commend my friend from Alaska for his excellent amendment. It is about priorities, about setting priorities. I heard the Senator from Alaska point out the minuscule percentage of Americans who choose to participate in this checkoff, and…

I have a sense-of-the-Senate amendment which I think addresses something that has been given a lot of thought in this body; my amendment would replace the Presidential election campaign checkoff with a checkoff for Federal disaster relief…

So we have a complete annual poll on the subject of spending tax dollars for political campaigns. The American people themselves get to choose to participate, and the support is dropping dramatically, to the point where last year, the…