As Mr. Keith has pointed out, this energy savings performance contract has been a very useful mechanism for improving the Federal energy efficiency.

And I would ask you, Secretary Garman: Does the Department support the expansion of the ESPC authority to the non-building uses?

earlier this week, the Senate, in a 94- 0 vote, went on record expressing its unanimous opposition to last week's decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refusing to review a three-judge panel ruling that bars children in public…

Unfortunately, our seafood seems to get lumped into the same kind of generic categories.

I am looking forward to the opportunity to work with you on some issues that are of particular interest to my State.

In Alaska we don't seem to have, at least with certain of our fisheries we don't seem to have the levels of mercury.

It is my understanding that this standard was adopted with very little science behind it, if you will, discussion, or actual study.

Since we are talking about seafood, I mentioned just very briefly in the opening that the seafood industry in Alaska is a key industry for us.

I speak today on behalf of Alaska's most vulnerable individuals, our children, the disabled, and the elderly poor. Since its enactment in 1965, the Medicaid program has helped States provide low-income and disabled individuals with access…

I, too, would like to lend a few comments to one we fondly regarded as the ``Little Giant,'' Senator Paul Wellstone. I, obviously, had an opportunity over the years to converse, discuss, debate, agree--occasionally disagree--with our…

we have a dilemma where we recognize that one individual, who has repeatedly defied the will of the international community, almost certainly has control over a concentration of weapons of mass destruction. We have already seen this…

I will make a few remarks on the status of the energy bill. As we know, our President earlier stated one of his priorities was Congress should pass an energy bill. The House of Representatives has done its job. It passed a bill. The bill…

Mr. President, I wish to call my colleagues' attention to a situation associated with our increasing dependence on Iraq. Let me share with you a picture of Saddam Hussein, who is no stranger to this body. The title is: ``Oil as a Weapon.''…

One could go on at great length relative to the contributions of Senator Strom Thurmond and Senator Jesse Helms. But one of the things outstanding in my mind is the tours that Senator Thurmond used to give when we had a social event here…

I welcome Taiwan's First Lady, Madame Chen Wu Sue-jen, to Washington, D.C. and remark on her considerable accomplishments. As many of my colleagues are aware, Madame Chen Wu was paralyzed from the waist down after being hit by an…

I am going to briefly turn to another matter, and that is the recognition that today OPEC announced they were not going to increase the production of oil from the OPEC nations. What does this mean? It simply means that as we look at going…

as we contemplate military action against Iraq, I wish to bring to the attention of my colleagues the rationalization, in the opinion of the junior Senator from Alaska, of the circumstances surrounding the risk to allow Saddam Hussein to…

I am proud to join Senator Smith, Senator Boxer, and others. I was one of the original Members joining Senator Smith in this effort, which allows commercial pilots the right to carry firearms in defense of their aircraft. We have heard the…

In the more than 10 months since the attacks of September 11, 2001, all of us have been trying to bring context and understanding to the new world challenges we are confronting. It is at times such as this that the Senate needs wisdom and…

I wish to indicate my concern about the recent ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in regard to the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in school as unconstitutional, noting its reference to ``one nation under God.'' I think we…

What those might will be determined by the licensing process. But I would encourage my colleagues to recognize the reality here: Do we want this waste to stay where it is or do we want to move it to one central repository? You don't get it…

I will refer to a couple of other articles. A Seattle Times editorial, Sunday, June 2: If the Senate does not follow the House lead, the Energy Department must start over. The agency must look again at other finalists--Deaf Smith County…

I would like to take 10 minutes and reserve the remainder of my time. As I indicated a few moments ago, there is only one issue before the Senate, and that is the reality that we are about to vote to determine whether science and…

I want to point out to the Senator from Missouri that nuclear energy includes about 13 percent of the power generated in Missouri. Coal is 82 percent. It is about 95 percent in combination. Mr. President, 388 metric tons of spent fuel are…

let me point out a couple of facts that perhaps some Members have not reflected upon. There are no proposed routes. There are only potential routes. While the Senator from California points out routes around Sacramento or Los Angeles, they…