The effect of this amendment would be to prohibit NASA from spending $6.8 million in fiscal year 1997 on an important, efficient, peer-reviewed, biomedical research program using rhesus monkeys flown on Russia's space vehicle. It doesn't…

I appreciate the situation facing the Senator from Alaska. I know he also appreciates the situation of our committee. We in Congress have tried very hard this year to address difficult issues that arise over implementation of our…

the Administrator took notice of the concerns of those who objected to the Bion effort. He convened a high- level independent review program which completed its work on the Bion Task Force on July 1 with the unanimous recommendation to the…

I do not think we need to say more about this. It is very clear that the scientific community says we need it. We can find out things on monkeys operating under the legal and ethical standards that we cannot find out when we send humans…

I want to address the FEMA amendment because the Senator from Arizona has raised some excellent points, and I believe they are very important points this body ought to address. In fact, the Senator's amendment stems from one of a series of…

On Earth, we are prisoners of gravity. Gravity influences all life on Earth . . . In orbit, there is very little gravity-- Or zero-g. The microgravity environment of space allows researchers to unmask gravity and to see, in many cases for…

we raised this issue and filed this amendment yesterday. We had a good discussion on it. We had it printed. We wanted everybody to have an opportunity to look at it. As I advised yesterday, this is an attempt to deal with a very complex…

I agree that we should try to identify funds to keep the management conference in operation.

this is a prohibition on a HUD rulemaking effort to eliminate HUD public notice and comment. The HUD recently issued a proposed rule that would, as a practical matter, remove any requirement for HUD to issue public notice and comments…

Senator Leahy, I know you have been a long time supporter of the Clean Lakes Program, and that the program has funded valuable lake inventory and restoration activities in Vermont and around the country. While this bill does not fund a…

I do not believe this is controversial. It provides permissive authority to the Veterans' Administration to transfer lands to the city of Tuscaloosa, AL, for a recreational facility.

as I have previously discussed, I remain very concerned about HUD's ability and capacity to administer its programs effectively, and in some cases, fairly. In early 1995, Senator Mack and I requested the HUD IG to review the HUD's…

let me give Members a brief rundown of the provisions in these en bloc amendments so everybody will know what we are dealing with. The first amendment, which is supported by FEMA and is cosponsored by Senator Byrd, provides an interim…

I will make note of the circumstances in Arizona. As you have mentioned, if a disaster had occurred in my State, I would expect FEMA to respond quickly. We recognize that FEMA has worked to help many areas around the country, but it…

If there was ever an Augean stable that had to be cleaned out, it is probably HUD. What was referred to in the article today by our colleague and what our colleague from North Dakota mentioned is a real problem of management by HUD of its…

I note many of the contractual arrangements, including the excessively large mortgages and excessive contract rents, are due to contractual agreements made by the Federal Government 20 or 30 years ago. Some excessive costs have resulted…

I join in thanking our colleague from North Dakota for his kind comments about Youthbuild. We did put in the $40 million requested for that program. I, too, have seen the benefits in St. Louis of the Youthbuild Program. I regret to inform…

In answer to that question, there are significant tax liabilities for an owner who walks away from a project. There were tax benefits which accrued to the people who produced the project in the first place. Walking away means they lose not…

what I have offered today is an amendment to provide a section 8 mark-to-market transition demonstration program for the restructuring of mortgages on FHA-insured multifamily housing projects with expiring oversubsidized section 8…

I will certainly work to inform and convince the conferees that such language is important and may be appropriate.

Over the past 2 years the committee has worked very hard to eliminate the number of narrowly focused categorical programs in HUD. Instead we have placed a priority on focusing our declining budgetary resources on block grants such as the…

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 believe this amendment is cleared on both sides. This amendment is being submitted pursuant to a request from the Secretary of HUD which inserts language similar to that provided in this bill for NASA which proposes a buyout provision to…

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…

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…