Julian Bond

I am aware of the important scientifically based contributions made by the university-based Southern Oxidants Study to understanding the causes of ground level ozone pollution in the Southeast as well as other areas of the country. I agree…

I will be pleased to give your request every consideration during conference deliberations with the House.

I understand the priority the Senators from New York and Connecticut place on the restoration of Long Island Sound, and I recognize the unique challenges you face in implementing the long-term management plan. It seems clear that this…

I believe the Senator from Montana is correct. The letter indicates the U.S. Government will seek to bring all appropriate and available U.S. enforcement efforts to bear upon foreign refiners to assure that the data foreign refiners…

The letter indicates there will be no degradation in the gasoline quality required by the Clean Air Act with respect to imports. My understanding is that foreign refiners will not be allowed to increase the content of precursors of ozone…

I thank both Senators from Tennessee for raising this important project. I would note that both Senators from Tennessee wrote me earlier this year expressing their strong support for funding in the fiscal year 1997 appropriation for the…

Such a study could provide the Agency and the Congress with a comprehensive analysis of the relative risks from both synthetic and naturally occurring endocrine disrupters and mixtures of both, as well as the most cost-effective way of…

I fully support strong urban search and rescue teams, especially in the Midwest. I believe FEMA should move quickly to assure an appropriate geographical mix of teams that are funded adequately. Furthermore, FEMA should consider…

I thank our good friend, the very distinguished colleague from Ohio, for his very perceptive and persuasive comments about space programs generally and specifically about the space station. No one in this body speaks with more personal…

This amendment restores another House-passed provision to the FHA single-family mortgage program with an amendment which limits a proposed change in the formula for determining downpayment requirements to a demonstration in the States of…

I begin by expressing my sincere thanks and appreciation to the managers of the bill, particularly to my good friend, the Budget Committee chairman, the Senator from New Mexico, Senator Domenici. The fact that we have this measure before…

It could be in trouble by the end of the year. Without clarifying language, it could well be impossible to sell any more certificates following the August 1996 quarterly offering. And let me add that the reason this issue was not raised…

The IRS has provided private letter rulings to that effect on six occasions in the past. Unfortunately, just last week, the IRS made a final decision that it is unwilling to give a permanent revenue ruling that would so characterize the…

So this characterization of the SBA-guaranteed certificates sold to the public as U.S. Government debt is what permits the certificates to be sold to the broadest possible base at the lowest possible interest rates.

I ask the Chairman, to be resolute in his insistence that at least one member of the panel have a recognized understanding of National Guard functions when consulting with the Secretary of Defense on the composition of the panel and I and…

I agree that reforming the current system can lead to improvement of service to our military members and their families and a reduction in costs to the Government. I am sure that the reforms to the Military Traffic Management Command's…

I also share Senator Stevens' concerns about the Department of Defense proposal to reengineer the personal property program and its associated impact on the small business community. While I support the Department's goals of improving the…

I particularly commend my good friend from Texas for pointing out what we in the Midwest, as well as the Southwest, feel so strongly about, which is that when you raise fees on people who use highways, it is not pleasant. But when they go…

It is actually worse than that. It is actually worse than that. It is not just the triggered cuts that fall very heavily on the veterans. But let me say, earlier in my remarks, I came to the floor to say that the Senator from New Mexico…

As I understand it, I say to the Senator, that would not go for tax relief. That would go for increased spending. Now we are getting up--the record was set, I believe, in 1993, where we had a $240 billion tax increase. We still have a few…

I think it is time we had some good policy, because in the past this body, with the active involvement of the Presidents of the United States, has run up a $5 trillion debt, almost $18,000 for every man, woman, and child in this country…

The CBO said the only way the President's numbers get to a balance in 2002 is if an automatic trigger clicks in and cuts 10 percent of discretionary spending in 2001 and 18 percent in 2002. I am simply asking whether that chart--and I did…

If it is there, that is all I need to know. We were concerned it might not be. You made a change. You made a change in the copy of the amendment after it was given to us. Is that the mixup? The best guess is that we were not furnished the…

I also had the privilege, just several months ago, to be traveling with Admiral Boorda, and a couple weeks ago visited with him in my office again. He was truly an outstanding person, had great ability and great dedication to this country…

That is correct, the cuts in veterans are absolutely devastating and would result in closing at least one-quarter of all veterans facilities. To me that is totally unacceptable.