a good deal has been said in the last several days concerning our potential involvement as part of a NATO peacekeeping operation in Kosovo. Having had an opportunity to be briefed on several occasions by the Administration, I am concerned…

Here we are again today, Mr. President, with an obligation to fulfill a commitment. That obligation and that commitment was made to the ratepayers, the individuals all over America who depend on nuclear energy for their power. They paid…

April 10, 1999 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Taiwan Relations Act (``TRA''). Today, I am submitting a concurrent resolution commemorating this important piece of legislation and the commitments that the United…

I am today introducing--together with my good friend Senator Stevens--new legislation to ensure that the marine waters of Glacier Bay National Park remain open to the fisheries that have been conducted there for many, many years. For a…

Mr. Chief Justice, it seems to be a prerequisite to speak today for Senators to indicate the number of grandchildren each has. I am proud to say Nancy and I have 11, but I won't indulge you with naming each of them. I along with all of you…

I don't have time to go into that in depth, but let me remind my colleagues of a few things. One, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 passed in 1991 at the end of the Persian Gulf War requires that international economic…

First of all, I want to raise with my colleagues two issues that revolve around energy security. The first issue is the state of the domestic oil industry and the second issue is the Oil-for-Food Program for Iraq. I think that this marks…

I will ask the administration to take a different tact to tighten, rather than loosen, the Oil-for-Food Program, to veto U.N. plans that allow Saddam to use this money to finance nonhumanitarian purchases, and to strengthen oil…

In conclusion, I don't care much about Saddam's point of view, but from the point of view of this Senator from Alaska, what this program does is allow Saddam to use his increased oil capacity to smuggle oil for hard cash and free up…

I concur with my colleagues. Implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments is creating a real need to develop clean alternative fuels. For example, of the 64 remaining U.S. coke batteries, 58 are subject to closure as a result of the…

I have introduced a bill, S. 2537, to amend the Export-Import Bank's environmental provisions. The bill does two things. First, it directs the Ex-Im Bank to negotiate a multi-lateral agreement with the export financing agencies of all G-7…

at the time the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed its reports on H.R. 4079, to authorize the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California, and H.R. 3687, the Canadian River Prepayment Act, the…

today is a historic day for the Congress, the National Park Service and the American people. After two years of intense negotiations, hearings from coast to coast, and a great deal of hard work I am pleased to inform my colleagues that we…

Mr. President I rise in opposition to the amendment being offered to grandfather existing taxes on Internet services. This amendment undermines the fundamental integrity of the underlying bill because all state and local taxing…

some others argue that the building of a health clinic is the answer. Incidentally, I understand my good friend, Dr. Frist, will advise us later on the aspects of telemedicine, what you can and can't do. I am most appreciative of that…

one of the reasons the people from King Cove are, of course, pushing for access is that when a serious injury occurs, they understand that treatment has to be obtained in a relatively short period of time, in some cases immediately. Many…

I think, Mr. President, the Senator from Tennessee would also be interested in knowing that there is no such thing currently as ground link communications in King Cove and that communications are by satellite. As one person recently put…

let me commend the senior Senator from South Carolina, Senator Thurmond, and Senator Levin for having completed work on this important conference report on the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. I…

I ask the Senator from Tennessee if he would agree with the following quote from one of the largest health providers in our State, and that is: The Aleutian Chain is without a doubt one of the most difficult places on Earth to provide…

I can tell you right now, there is no way that the value of this product would allow it to be shipped out by aircraft. The only thing that we have that would closely approximate that value is the king crab fresh, but it is very, very…

I wonder if there is any reference in any material, as he suggests, that we are going to spend $20 million or $30 million for a road? I am sure he is aware there is no appropriation requested for any amount.

I thank the Chair. I might add that from April 3rd to August 28th, there were 16 specific medevacs. The first one on April 3rd, there was a 2-hour delay; 14th, 1-hour delay; May 5, an hour delay; no delays in the two in May; there were no…

If I may ask this: Does the Senator know where that road actually is that he showed there? I have never seen anything like it. I don't know where it is.

According to the draft study by our State of Alaska, Mr. President, the average flight delay from King Cove--I think it was cited by the senior Senator, Senator Stevens--is approximately 8 hours. If a patient has a heart attack, stroke, or…

I will proceed under the theory that one picture is worth 1,000 words, although I am not suggesting that you are not going to get 1,000 words, as well. In any event, in order to set the stage for the debate on King Cove, I think it…