Julian Bond

I wish to extend sincere thanks to the Senator from Nevada for his remarks. Senator Mikulski is and has been one of the foremost champions of NASA and its mission. It is her ongoing and strong commitment to space shuttle safety that…

The Voting Rights Act requires certain voting materials to be available to the language groups delineated in the Voting Rights Act statute. The language in the bill simply States that the statute should be enforced. It is the intent of the…

I am puzzled why we can't get a vote on this commonsense, sound forest management plan. I defer to my colleague and ask for his guidance.

We need to kill the estate tax and keep it dead and not let it spring back. That is what farmers and small businesses in my State want.

I come to the floor as a very strong proponent of free trade. It is not just good for farmers; it is good for the people who work in the industries. The exporting industries pay 13 percent to 15 percent more than the nonexporting…

We have dealt with this before. We are going to push for higher standards and fuel efficiency, but only to the extent technologically feasible to require an arbitrary figure pulled out of the air to be substituted for the procedure in the…

I think when you talk about energy and fuel economy standards, the impact on jobs and safety need to be at the top of anyone's list. That is why I am pleased to join my colleague from Michigan, Senator Levin, in crafting a commonsense…

I applaud and support the Senator's premise that we ought to make sure the registration the first time is legitimate because that is where the problem begins. Does he understand that existing motor voter law does not permit effective…

First, the Senator is aware that we did take care of one of the Oregon problems. When he pointed out we could not send a second ballot, he is aware that we did agree to change the requirement in the underlying law. I understood it was at…

We worked long and hard to come to a reasonable, responsible compromise... I have laid out for this body a number of times the fact that vote fraud continues to exist in Missouri and too many other States. So I proposed some solutions to…

I have looked long, far, and wide to see any consistent pattern of prosecution of vote fraud. I just do not know that there has been any significant effort. I wonder if the Senator from Pennsylvania can inform me to what extent vote fraud…

Being in no worse position than I am now makes me think of the eighth place Cardinal hitter who was facing Kurt Schilling. It is not a very attractive spot. But we will take our swings in any event.

We intend to get a vote on this one way or the other. We would like to do it. I think we can save everybody a lot of trouble if the majority side has an amendment on which they wish to vote. They can get that up first. I would have no…

That would be up to the Secretary of Agriculture or the President to decide. It is not large. There are large corporate farms in the State of the Senator from Iowa, my State, and the State of the Chair. I think the Supreme Court said it…

The definition of agricultural producer on page 2 is the owner or operator of a small or medium-sized farm or ranch.

I understand my colleague's concern about action taken 5 years later. Will my friend look at page 3 and read lines 8 through 10? Does that language not say: If, after a proposed agency action is finalized, the Secretary determines that the…

The President, under this law, can only act after an agency action has become final and the President is directed to take into account the public record because the agency action could not be taken under the APA without a public record…

May I call the attention of my friend and colleague to the top of page 4 which says that before the President takes any action in conducting a review, ``the President shall consider (A) the determination of the Secretary under subsection…

I ask my good friend from Iowa if he has read on page 4, line 13: Limitation.--The President shall not reverse, preclude, or amend an agency action that is necessary to protect-- (A) human health; (B) safety; or (C) national security. The…

This doesn't change in any way the powers of Congress. As a matter of fact, it gives Congress a new power for expedited congressional review.

I ask my colleague this: He said maybe the Secretary of the Interior would want to come in. Does my friend know that, under the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service doesn't even have to go to the President? The Fish and…

The answer to that is not yet, but if the manager of the bill would like to come to the committee and offer that, I would certainly be interested in supporting it. We are working on the farm bill here. I think most of us agree that farmers…

My question is, Are you familiar with the role of the Counsel for Advocacy in Small Business? That is his job. Are you familiar with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act that we have adopted in the Small Business…

There are a number of cosponsors who wish to speak in support of this amendment. My thought is maybe not everybody in this body will support it. By tomorrow morning, I think there may be others who will wish to present opposing ideas. It…

I agree that EPA should make the funds available to the city of Ketchikan, not the borough government.