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everybody knows that I am sort of a Johnny-one-note on the space station. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article that appeared in this morning's Washington Post, the headline of which is ``Russia Wonders If Manned…
I am not clear on the difference between the amendment the Senator is offering now and the one that was overwhelmingly passed in the Senate the other day. That was carried--a 1-cent increase in the 32-cent stamp, with the extra penny going…
Rasputin was a piker compared to the National Endowment for Democracy. It took him a long time to die, and it has just taken forever for this boondoggle to die. I have heard so many people in this body lament the size of Government, the…
I could not disagree more. Every earmark the Senator from Arizona mentioned tonight, listed tonight in the bill, he was absolutely correct about it. Every one of them were for research projects. I said in my opening statement this morning…
If we develop a formula along the lines I mentioned a moment ago, where say my State of Arkansas would get 1 percent, what if we were to say to the Federal Government: We don't like the rule and we are not going to enforce it. Keep your…
Well, essentially that is right, but what I am saying is at present we do not give the States but I think maybe $4-plus million, which is not nearly enough.
I think it might be helpful if we engaged in a few questions and answers to understand precisely what this amendment is. I have not been sure all along I understood it. There is presently a Federal law which prohibits the sale of…
The Senator will recall the distinguished Senator from Idaho, [Mr. Kempthorne], led the fight here to provide that the Federal Government in the future must pay the States for any mandates we impose on them and for which we do not provide…
I thank the Chairman. Let me also note that the Department of Agriculture offered to assist the division in seeking communication funds from other Departments as well. The division recently submitted a grant request to the Department of…
Under the rule of thumb, I come from a State that has 1 percent of the Nation's population. When I was Governor of that State we used to always assume that under all the formulas, welfare and otherwise, we would get 1 percent, because we…
I do want to say a few things that I have said in the committee and I have said in speeches in the last couple months regarding what I believe is a serious lack of funding for research in the area of agriculture. We have provided well over…
this bill includes the Rural Community Advancement Program which provides flexibility to tailor financial assistance to applicant needs. Through this program rural business enterprise grants are made available. As you are very well aware…
I hardly know what else to say about this. The figures I am using are the figures that NASA says they can build and operate it for. Now, it is obvious from the GAO report that came out this morning that these costs are beginning to get out…
Last week, the Armed Services Committee accepted an amendment that capped the costs on the F-22 fighter plane. They, I think, correctly decided that the costs of the F-22 could very well go way beyond anything intended by the Congress. So…
It is a tragedy that the space station is what we call a freebie. You can go ahead and vote for this $100 billion boondoggle which will never provide any cures for any disease, will probably never even be used as a way station to Mars…
I will use my 3 minutes, and we will get this show on the road. Let me just say, in the 6 years I have stood at this position saying we ought to cancel the space station, for all the reasons I enumerated all day long, one of the opponents'…
NASA's present strategic plan is based on the future human operation of Mars and its eventual colonization, with projected costs of at least many tens of billions, or perhaps more realistically, hundreds of billions. I want to thank…
This figure counts. It is $94 billion and soaring. We have finally reached the point where the General Accounting Office, this morning, says that cost overruns have begun and show no sign of slackening. What does it take in this body to…
this is the sixth year that I have stood at this desk and lamented the fact that we have become inured to projects which have massive cost overruns if it means a few jobs in our State or if it means you can cast a cheap vote and not pay a…
Let me say, I could not agree with the Senator more, and I also say some of the damage that is occurring in the National Park System is not just to the infrastructure; that is, the buildings, which can be replaced and repaired. Some of the…
one of the truly great ideas that somebody came up with back in 1872 was to establish the first national park. Ulysses Grant was President. Unhappily, that same year Ulysses Grant signed a bill called the mining law of 1872. But back to…
Let me close with one observation, because I did not have the correct figure a while ago. Last year's bill, last year's Senate energy and water bill, the same bill we have on the floor right now, provided $270 million more than the…
I want to voice those concerns both for the Record and for a response by the chairman of the subcommittee dealing with weapons activities. Now, for the Record and people who read it and may not know, the Energy Department not only tries to…
I don't think it would be appropriate for the Senate to take a position on the issue of liability. That is for the courts to decide.
let me say to both the Senator from New Mexico and to the Senator from Nevada, for whom I have the utmost respect and friendship, that I do not disagree with very much of anything either of them just got through saying. And they said it…
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