it is a pleasure for me to submit a concurrent resolution with the House of Representatives to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act next October 2002. Representative Sherry Boehlert is introducing the House version and…

Over the last decade, Missouri's Medicaid Program has faced a series of difficult but important challenges. Not only has the program been forced to struggle with internal issues, such as transitioning to managed care, reaching out to…

I want to talk just in specifics about one area with which this bill deals. We know that as a result of the tragedy of September 11 and the continuing problems we are having with anthrax and other threats from abroad, we need to do a…

Among the many things that makes our country great is the freedom we possess to move about the country and exit and return to our country as we desire. Being a great Nation that believes strongly in that freedom and that has paid a…

I commend Chairman Kerry for his proposal to improve access for small business to participate in joint ventures. In the 1997 Small Business Reauthorization Act, we adopted provisions to allow small businesses to join together to compete…

I rise today not to offer an amendment but, first, to express my thanks and appreciation to the managers of the bill for responding to a concern that I raised. I have spoken with Chairman Levin, and his staff, Senator Warner, and his…

I hope we can come together, the House and Senate, and decide that we must move. I am more than willing to take what has been put together as an emergency measure and urge my colleagues to support it, and to support it without amendment…

I ask the Senate to pause long enough to recognize an outstanding member of my staff who is moving on to new challenges and new opportunities. Dave Bohley has been a member of my Small Business Committee staff since 1998. Since that time…

I rise to lend my strong support to S. 856, the Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001. The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship has closely reviewed the STTR program this year and found the STTR…

September 11, 2001, will forever be burned into American history as a day of horror without precedent. Our hearts and prayers are with survivors and families of those who were murdered in New York City, the Pentagon, and in the hijacked…

I rise very briefly to give my colleagues some bad news and some good news. The bad news is the house of my colleague, Senator Jean Carnahan, was struck by lightening Saturday evening. It suffered serious damage from a fire and also from…

I want to take a moment for a personal thank you to Elizabeth Letchworth, who has been an absolutely invaluable guide and counselor and friend during the time I have been in the Senate. When we first get to the Senate, our normal question…

I believe that we need to provide additional clarification regarding section 226 of the VA/HUD Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriations Act, Public Law 105-276, that provides a prohibition of public housing funding for certain State-developed…

for the past several months I have been waiting patiently for the opportunity promised me to offer testimony on election fraud before the Senate Rules Committee. The committee has held days of hearings in Washington, and they have been on…

I am relieved to see I was not the only one confused by the formula. I tried to figure out how the formula in section 2 would work, and I found a lot more questions than answers. The EPA has advised us that they don't know how the formula…

I rise in support of the statements by my colleagues Mr. Craig and Mr. Harkin, I have a longstanding interest in ensuring that pesticides meet FQPA's safety standards based on factual, reliable scientific data. The additional funding…

I cannot emphasize too much how important that is to the health and well-being of all of our people and to the progress of this country. He has done a great service, raising the question about allocation of the revolving funds, and we look…

With respect to the amendment by the other Senator from Arizona, Mr. McCain, while I am very sympathetic to the point he has made about the need to improve VA's claim processing, I join with the manager of the bill, the distinguished…

I understand that like so many neighborhoods in large urban cities, the neighborhoods in the city of Philadelphia have been devastated by depopulation and that other Philadelphia neighborhoods are experiencing the initial signs of decline…

Is there a reason why less than half of the eligible families have been identified since passage of the Agent Orange Benefits Act?

the Senator from Florida raises a valid concern. We certainly want to ensure that our playgrounds, boardwalks, and backyard decks are not harmful to our children's health, our grandparents' health, or to our neighbors' health. The issue of…

Veterans, veterans health care particularly, has been the top priority, and will be the top priority, of this committee. In a time of tight budgets, we provided a $400 million increase over the President's request for VA medical care. This…

I believe tonight if people are listening they understand some of the difficulties we face. Nobody wants to see arsenic in drinking water. It has been so eloquently stated by the Senator from New Mexico and the Senator from Montana. There…

The administration has indicated they will promulgate, or intends to promulgate a new regulation based on science. There was no intention of staying at the 50 parts per billion, which had been the standard throughout the previous…

I am very pleased to stand wholeheartedly in enthusiastic support of S. 1216, the VA-HUD fiscal year 2002 appropriations bill as reported from the Committee on Appropriations. My compliments to Senator Mikulski as the new chair of the…