on April 3, James Stillman Free, a native of Gordo, Alabama and for 33 years the Washington correspondent for The Birmingham News, passed away at the age of 87. Jim enjoyed a rich and colorful career as a journalist and historian. Back in…

Mrs. Eula S. Durbin will long be remembered for her astute business instincts, for her willingness to take risks, and for her perseverance in the face of great uncertainty and adversity. I extend my condolences to her family in the wake of…

I will support passage of the Terrorism Prevention Act Conference Report. Although the conference report is not as strong as the Senate-passed bill, nor is it as strong as I would like, it is much stronger than the House-passed bill and…

I think he did a great job and he reestablished a great deal of Democratic principles into the policy that we have, particularly research and conservation and environmental as well as others in regard to it. I would briefly like to mention…

I rise today to talk a few moments on the farm bill conference report that is before the Senate. Last year, when the farm bill process began, farmers came to me representing all types of commodities enthusiastically supporting the…

Basically, I think that the farm bill ought to have balance. Take for example feed grains. Feed grains are important to the producers, and the structure of their program is important to them. But so on the other hand are the users of feed…

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…

Dr. Neal R. Berte recently celebrated his 20th year as president of my undergraduate alma mater, Birmingham-Southern College. He has been, and continues to be, an outstanding spokesman, administrator, and scholarly leader of one of the…

I just found out that Senator Rockefeller is going to vote for the conference report. Senator Gorton has said that Senator Rockefeller could never vote for a bill if it had a cap in it, a definite cap. And as I read it--now, maybe he can…

Senator Rockefeller, I am sure, has endeavored to live up to his commitments to not expand the conference report, to the best of his knowledge, but being a nonlawyer, I am afraid some of his advisers who are writing it did not explain to…

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…

long-time Montevallo, AL mayor Ralph Sears passed away on February 14, 1996 at the age of 73. A native of Nebraska, the young World War II veteran had come to Montevallo in 1948 to teach broadcasting courses at Alabama College, now the…

Harry Moore Rhett, Jr., a long-time community leader and member of one of Huntsville, Alabama's most prominent families, died on February 3, 1996 at his antebellum home in Huntsville. During his long career, Rhett served as chairman of the…

There has been a recent study by Auburn University on the economic impact in the tri-State area of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, showing that the peanut industry there exceeds $1.3 billion and the employment associated with economic…

This chart illustrates the situation relative to wheat, soybeans and cotton, pertaining to the issue of owner-operated and rented. There are some who do rent. However, in this bill, there are provisions that would do away with some of the…

the agricultural community in Alabama and throughout the Southeast have not had a more forceful and competent representative than Richard G. ``Dick'' Fifield. For 20 years, this loyal friend to has done an outstanding job of directing the…

the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified on December 15, 1791, forming what we refer to as the Bill of Rights. The first amendment covers what we have come to consider the most primary and essential element of our…

thousands of people in Alabama and all over the country were deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Arthur George Gaston on January 19, 1996. He was one of the most successful businessmen of our time, as well as a generous philanthropist and…

I want to pay tribute to a dear friend of mine, Judge James H. Tompkins, who passed away on January 9, 1996 at the age of 84. He had an abiding love for politics, public policy, and the law, and was known in Democratic circles all over the…

I feel like we ought to start negotiations again in regard to the budget. I think there is an opportunity to get a balanced budget now and in the immediate future. I think if we have a long recess that we will stand a chance of losing what…

I believe we are closer to a balanced budget than we have been in many years. I think the public overwhelmingly wants a balanced budget. I think we are moving in that direction. But there are little problems here and there that seem to…

I want to commend the Supreme Court for its activities during this storm. Monday it met and heard oral arguments. Yesterday, Tuesday, it met and heard oral arguments. It is meeting today. It perhaps has a smaller group of people who would…

I would like to mention the situation concerning the budget negotiations. As Senator Specter said, they are really eight-tenths of 1 percent from reaching agreement in dollars and cents. It constitutes more than $12 trillion over a 7-year…

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 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…