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…

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…

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…

this is an amendment to the first excepted committee amendment. It increases the amount provided for drinking water State revolving funds by $725 million in recognition of the fact that, on August 1, 1996, funds previously appropriated for…

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

We have all seen the numbers in recent surveys, the percentage of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 who admit to using drugs within the last month. That increase has gone from 5.3 percent in 1992 to 10.9 percent in 1995. The…

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 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…

I am pleased that the Senate supported overwhelmingly the passage of H.R. 2428, the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. This is a tremendous tribute to my good friend and colleague from Missouri, Congressman Bill Emerson, who…

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…

the requirement for the additional procurement of F/A-18C/D aircraft does not come from the industrial community and is not a result of trying to string out a program which has come to the end of its viable life. The requirement comes from…

This is an issue that arose so recently that it has proven impossible to address it in this small business tax bill, even though this would be the perfect forum for it because it is a tax issue having a serious impact on SBIC's. So we are…

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.

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…

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…

I think by now everybody knows it would allow small businesses, the smallest of the small, grossing less than $500,000, the opportunity to continue to pay the minimum wage at $4.25. Businesses grossing above $500,000 would begin paying…

what we have today is an opportunity to correct this mistake made in 1989 by enacting legislation that reflects both Congress intent in 1989 and the Bumpers legislation that had such broad bipartisan support in 1991. This amendment does…

this is an amendment that merely carries out the intent that Congress has shown on many occasions to exclude the smallest of the small employers from the burdens of a minimum wage. Basically, it says that for firms grossing less than…

let me explain why I think this amendment is not appropriate, it is not a good idea. The distinguished Senator from Georgia has already pointed out that an amendment like this, by delaying the production of the aircraft, would inevitably…

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 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 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…

the subject of Senator Inhofe's GAO request will be the unaccompanied noncommissioned officers barracks. This project was planned, programmed, and funded to house NCO's who will come to Fort Leonard Wood as a result of the BRAC decision to…

I rise to tell my colleagues of the death of a good friend and colleague, Congressman Bill Emerson, who, until Saturday night, represented southeast Missouri's Eighth Congressional District. Bill Emerson was, I believe, well known to many…