Dale Bumpers: “The Senator from Alaska is saying that Donald Hodel, who was Secretary of the Interior, had nothing to do with the…”

I also wanted to discuss another matter of significance. We are going to technically have a budget surplus this year. Nobody knows how much it will be. The CBO has estimated the surplus will be somewhere between $50 and $63 billion. They…

I would like to note the importance of coordinating the research agenda for the food program studies and evaluations between USDA's research and nutrition subcabinet officers. I cannot understate the importance of these two branches of…

The American people are fairly happy right now because the economy is going well. But I can tell you, there is one underlying sentiment in this country that is undeniable, and it is that the vast majority of the people in this country…

But I also understand the Federal share of that will be somewhere between 87 and 94 percent. You think with that kind of money and what you can do--if you just take the Federal share, cut Alaska out, take the 87 percent of whatever it is…