I appreciate the persuasive arguments of my friend from Arkansas who is a well-known lawyer. I happen to be a banker and not nearly as well known. But I know what a contract is. A contract is a binding commitment of performance. And the…

I would certainly agree with my friend from Kentucky, and I hope he will agree after a short review of the history that that is exactly what happens. Let me give you my version of the record because it goes back to a legacy of broken…

As a result of these efforts we reached the conclusion---- And this is the National Sandia Laboratories---- We reached the conclusion that transportation of spent nuclear fuel in casks designed to meet NRC standards evaluated and certified…

on behalf of Senator Stevens and myself, I am reintroducing the Fishing Industry Bargaining Act, a bill to allow antitrust immunity for certain cooperative activities involving domestic fishermen and processors. This bill will allow…

this begins our third day of debate on S. 104, the nuclear waste repository legislation, which has been introduced by myself and Senator Craig and a number of other cosponsors. This may not be a very exciting topic, Mr. President, but it…

with respect to disposal of high-level nuclear waste, this Nation is today at a crossroads. The job and the responsibility of addressing the disposal of spent nuclear fuel from our Nation's powerplants--is an obligation of this body. The…

I think it will be of interest for my colleagues to note that a high level radioactive waste experiment occurred some 1.8 million years ago in west Africa, in what is now the nation of Gabon, at a place called Oklo. The French were…

the waste was supposed to have been taken by the Federal Government for safe, central storage by, as I said earlier, 1998. Will that happen, Mr. President? The answer is clearly no. No, because we have not addressed the problem; we simply…

I am going to be speaking this afternoon at some length on Senate bill 104. This is a bill that provides a comprehensive plan for the Federal Government to meet its obligations to provide a safe place to store spent nuclear fuel and…

The reality is that the final repository won't be ready until the year 2015. That is where we are; the permanent repository. We need that. But it will not be ready. We have a 50-50 chance of taking that waste. This poses an environmental…

in this debate on the balanced budget amendment, I believe the Senate has lived up to its reputation as the greatest deliberative body in the world, bar none. We have spent nearly a month debating this measure and I want to especially…

a very serious situation exists in our Nation that I would like to discuss with my colleagues today. It concerns the storage of nuclear waste that has been generated in conjunction with the operation of nuclear reactors that provide this…

I counted it up the other day. This is my 17th year of having the honor to represent my State of Alaska in this body. During that period I participated in seven separate debates on this floor on this very singular issue, and that is the…

Today I, along with Senators Stevens, Inouye, Akaka and Thomas, am introducing the Korea Visa Waiver Pilot Project Bill of 1997. This bill addresses the problem of the slow issuance of United States tourist visas to Korean citizens…

last summer the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that confirmed something that many of us already understood. The Federal Government has an obligation to provide a safe, centralized storage place for our Nation's spent fuel and…

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 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 rise to address again the status of one of the major environmental pieces of legislation before this body, and that is the omnibus Presidio parks package which is currently before this body. There is still time to pass that package in…

I concluded my letter by making the statement: I believe that in the short time remaining in the 104th Congress this is a responsible path to a successful conference report. By accepting the package that has been reduced as a consequence…

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…

I wonder if I can just share with my friend, the whip, the Senator from Oklahoma, relative to the roles that seem to be eroding here as authorizers, and as a member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, my friend from Oklahoma…

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.

within the last hour or so I have had several calls in my office from various media, including the New York Times, asking for comments on why the Senator from Alaska would insist on killing the passage of the Sterling Forest --that is that…

I thank the Chair. I will try to be a little more rapid. Colorado, section 101: Cache La Poudre corridor, Senator Brown, Senator Campbell. RS2477, Section 405: An Alaskan issue. They want to strike 406, the Hanford Reach protection which…

Relative to reviewing the list of 126, it affects Senators from Oregon, Utah, Virginia, California, Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, Maine, Vermont, Idaho, Washington, Missouri, to name a few, and in some cases, parks in every State. These…