Lisa Murkowski

I don't think it is a fair statement to suggest that California judges would have a 50 percent increase in caseload, because that is not reflected.

My reason for bringing this up is to ensure this latest event involving North Korea is placed squarely in its proper context. On Monday, the Clinton administration announced that it is doubling the amount of food assistance it intends to…

I would like to further clarify that this language is not intended to endorse or accelerate the pace of external regulation, which should be the subject of hearings and legislative action on the part of the authorizing committees, and that…

I have asked the Joint Committee on Taxation to prepare a complete analysis of tax provisions relevant to the electric utility industry. Once this report has been prepared, I believe our committees should hold hearings and make…

With reluctance, I ask support of this amendment, and obviously it has been done. But I want to make the point that the provision in the current bill is one that we have all committed to, and that is of having the strategic petroleum…

I ask if the Senator from Arkansas is aware of the circumstances under which the Secretary of the Interior initiated his arbitrary decision recognizing what the law says. I have a chart here. I will ask my friend from Arkansas relative to…

Isn't a good deal of this debate about exactly what a highway is? And hasn't the Secretary, in effect, taken the assumption that he has the authority to change the terminology of what a highway is?

The intent of the committee in adopting the third committee amendment was to prevent the President from designating the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as the site of the nationwide interim storage facility for all civilian and spent nuclear…

I wonder if it would satisfy the Senator from Minnesota if I gave him a commitment that we would accept his amendment, at least I would attempt to accept his amendment, in conference, because, obviously, I will be on the conference…

I am the first to acknowledge the probability of some 5 tons of nuclear waste being exposed to the air, the land, moving in whatever moisture that may take place in that arid area. But that is unlike the high-level nuclear waste that would…

The Senator from Idaho makes a very valid point. Obviously, it is going to be shipped in. And it will be shipped in a container that obviously meets the Department of Defense criteria, environmental protection criteria, and the necessary…

The Senator from Idaho is absolutely correct. We would not anticipate accepting fuel until into the year 2001 or possibly 2002. So that verification must take place. So there would be the assurance that, indeed, Yucca Mountain would be…

There are basically two types of storage. One is in a pool adjacent to the reactor which is temporary and, in many cases, that is full. At least one power company is beginning to store their fuel in casks on the surface, they simply have…

The Senator is correct. I think New Jersey is up around 70 or 75 percent dependent on nuclear power.

The Senator from Idaho is correct. It is my understanding it is going into the general fund. It does not remain in escrow. When the Federal Government takes the waste, they will probably have to appropriate it.

So we probably don't have much more than an hour or an hour and a half to have a hold that is applicable now, put on by the Democrats at the dictate of the White House, and if we don't get this thing done now, it is going to be too late…

The Senator from Oklahoma is correct. They were removed. The 15-year contract extension was removed. Minnesota wilderness waters were removed. And, of course, Utah wilderness and grazing were removed.

I was hoping to respond to my good friend, the senior Senator from Illinois, with regard to his remarks on North Korea. Having had an opportunity to travel to North Korea with Senator Simon, I have often reflected on the value of that trip…

I wish both he and his lady well, as they go on to fulfill other ambitions and desires in life. You leave this Senate with a very proud record. And I am very pleased to have had your friendship and your association through the years. I…

I think that has been clearly stated, and it has been reinforced by the Speaker of the House. What I am encouraging, obviously, is that we proceed with this package. I agree, if it is in the interests of my colleagues to put the package on…

The Committee found that the authority the bill would provide for addressing reservation boundary-related problems is appropriate and necessary and very important to the Goshute Indian Tribe. The Committee supports this meritorious and…

I believe the people of Fairbanks want to take the appropriate steps to address their carbon monoxide problem. I also think that the administration of region 10 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is willing to work with them in a…

It is not the manager's intent that the language of section 101(g) proscribe the court of appeals or any other court from awarding monetary relief or other financial remedies to those who have paid fees to the Government under the 1982 act…

This amendment will solve a pressing environmental problem, a major environmental problem in our Nation, a problem that is looming as a liability to the taxpayers, and this will end an era of irresponsible delay. This major environmental…

I am going to vote for this balanced budget amendment because I believe nothing short of amending the Constitution is going to change our addiction to spending and living beyond our means. I recall back in 1962 the Federal Government's…