Howell Heflin

This chart shows the loan rate in blue over here. Throughout the years, the farmer's price, the market price has always been above the loan rate. So it is a matter being confused relative to this matter. Therefore, I urge that we vote…

As I understand it, this has been shown to the Department of Agriculture, and they have reservations pertaining to this. They are in the process right now of probably becoming involved in a lawsuit. Therefore, they object to it, and…

First let me compliment the Senator on the excellent work the committee has done this year. This is an outstanding bill. I would also like to thank staff for their hard work and dedication. As you know, I have a keen interest in the Army's…

William Jennings Dyess, a long-time Foreign Service officer and State Department official, passed away recently at his home here in Washington. He was buried in his hometown of Troy, AL. An alumnus of the University of Alabama, where he…

I am proud to announce that Alabama's own Jeremy Royal is the recent recipient of Wendy's High School Heisman Trophy. Young Jeremy is a senior at Altamont High School in Birmingham, where he is valedictorian of the class of 1996. This is a…

I would like to also add my words about Mike Synar. He and I worked together on bankruptcy legislation as well as farm legislation. He was a great Congressman and will be truly missed.

I want to mention the death of a dear friend of mine, Judge James A. Tompkins. He was known nationally, and attended many national Democratic conventions. He served as probate judge of my home county, Colbert County, and his father before…

I just want to comment on the snow, that it suits the people in Alabama and it suits the Senator from Alabama, that Vermont have most of this snow with the exception, I see as he leaves the chair, the Senator from Alaska is leaving…

I was speaking of the GAO report. I do not have it before me. But as I recall the GAO report indicated that the provisions of the bill--maybe it was a predecessor of it--in their judgment would not reduce transactions costs, and that one…

I might inquire of the Senator if there was testimony--I do not know whether it was this year or last year--from the American Insurance Association, one of their officers, which basically said that passage of the bill would not, I repeat…

In regard to the alternate dispute resolution, if I recall right--I do not have it before me right now--there was a GAO study which indicated that they thought the bill would increase the transaction costs and that one of the reasons for…

I still refer to the Senator as my chairman, but I realize that all of a sudden we have had change. So no hearings have been held in regards to the sweep of this. I would like to also ask the ranking member, have any hearings been held as…

All right. Now, I am not sure that I understand this provision, the last one, which is No. 8. It reads: In section 102(c), add the following new paragraph: (8) create a cause of action or provide for jurisdiction by a Federal Court under…

I was just saying that, looking at punitive damages, we look upon that as being in big figures. But if the suit is only for $50,000, then the amount that you sue for includes if you seek punitive damages and it puts a cap on it. You cannot…

Now, if you are seeking punitive damages, you are limited in the amount that you claim with regard to the removal. So, chances are, you are not going to have many punitive damage cases that are affected, since there is a limit in the…

Basically, I have a reservation on the philosophical viewpoint. I think, No. 1, as the bill presently stands, as it is amended, the Senator's amendment is an improvement. I do have reservations as to whether or not from a philosophical…

Now, Erie versus Tompkins basically says that State law prevails in diversity cases and prevails in Federal cases in the event that the Federal law is not written to approach it. In other words, if there is a void in Federal law, then the…

All right. So, now, if I understand it from the Senator's speech and also Senator Simon's speech, the Senator's idea is that this would be an experiment, in effect a pilot program for a period of time in which you would determine how it…

In other words, the Senator's amendment, in effect, says that the provisions of the underlying bill--you have provisions dealing with punitive damages; you have provisions dealing with misuse and alteration; you have standards that are…

In other words, it is not controlling on actions that are tried in State courts, such as the Senator's State and such as Senator Cochran's State.

Why not put it that half of the time be under control of Senator Hollings or his designee?

The newspaper USA Today recently initiated an ongoing series of articles spotlighting schools and educational programs in the country that are both innovative and successful. The first venture to be included in the series was the Builders…

I would like to oppose the Harkin amendment. It is my judgment that the rules have been effective over the years and I do not feel that we ought to change the rules pertaining to cloture and the right of extended debate. We sometimes have…

On this point, I wonder whether the Senator from Tennessee could cite any Federal court decisions as persuasive authority on this matter.