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And anything you built prior to the repeal of this law in 1976 is yours. Nobody is trying to take that away from you.

He revoked a policy that said any time you mow high weeds, apply to us and we will give you a right-of-way to build a four-lane highway over that footpath. Move a few rocks out of the way, we will consider that a highway and allow you to…

Now, Mr. President, I hate to read to my distinguished colleague, but it will be helpful to clarify the record about this ``terrible'' Babbitt policy. He did not think it was a good idea to allow the States to come in here and claim a…

Let me ask this question. What right does Don Hodel have to set out what an existing right was in 1988?

First, the first thing the Secretary has to do before he can approve an application is to determine whether it was a valid existing right before 1976.

No. I will finish reading, and then I will yield the floor. The role of State law: He says, ``In making its recommendations, the agency shall apply State law in effect from 1976 to the extent that it is consistent with Federal law.''

All he is saying is that in this ruling the State law will apply as long as it is consistent with Federal law. To do anything else, to issue a rule of any other kind, gives the States carte blanche over all unreserved Federal land. They…

as a part of the Earth Day celebration, I am, once again, introducing legislation to reform the concessions policies of the National Park Service. This bill is very similar to a bill I sponsored in the 103d Congress--listen to this--which…

I do not really mean this, but I say quite often that I wish everybody had the opportunity to live through the Depression. My brother and sister and I were lucky. We had something to eat. We also had devoted parents and that makes up for a…

In 14 years, the Secretary of Energy has had the discretion, which we gave the Secretary, to raise this 1 mill fee to whatever it would take to pay the utilities' share of the program's cost. In 14 years, he or she has never seen fit to…

the pending second-degree amendment caps the fee paid by the utilities for nuclear waste disposal services. That sounds simple enough, but to understand the amendment we must first understand the funding provisions in both the Murkowski…

Mr. President, last July a D.C. circuit court ruled that the Waste Policy Act of 1982 required the Department of Energy to take the utilities' nuclear waste in 1998. The utilities and the public service commissions brought two separate…

I came to the U.S. Senate in 1975. At that time, the nuclear debate was raging full blast. ``Shall we or shall we not build more nuclear-electrical-generating plants?'' I just finished 4 years as Governor of my State. And we had built two…

let me say before I begin my remarks on a separate subject, that the majority leader is absolutely right when he talks about the necessity for developing a system of disposing of high- level nuclear waste in this country from our nuclear…

I thank the Senator. No. 1, Mr. President, as much respect as I have for a number of Members of the Senate--and we have some very bright people in the Senate--there isn't anybody here, really, that I want tinkering with what James Madison…

But I ask the Senator from Utah, what provision in the constitutional amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 1, is more effective than mine? We cannot ignore the Budget Act; 60 votes is 60 votes, whether you are trying to get 60 votes to…

But I would be less than candid with my colleagues and my constituents--and I would be less than honest with myself--if I did not voice some concerns about what I have been reading about what the Republicans want in the way of tax cuts and…

while I and a number of my colleagues will come to the floor in the days ahead to introduce specific proposals affecting our Nation's parks and public lands, I would like to talk very generally about the environmental and natural resources…

How will the PERC distinguish between education and market promotion? What might be some examples, of activities that are intended to be permitted under this bill, and activities that are not?

Some concerns were raised in the last Congress, with respect to a similar bill, that such legislation might adversely affect users of propane by interfering with propane markets or artificially stimulating the demand for propane. Does the…

My office has contacted representatives of the Corps of Engineers and they share our interpretation that this provision, as drafted, cannot adversely impact ratepayers. As stated by my colleague from Arkansas, we have no intention that…

the Senator from New Mexico and the Senator from Idaho alluded to what fair market prices are. If you live in Idaho--the Senator from Idaho mentioned he tried to establish a fair market price--the price is $1.35 AUM if you lease lands for…

let me explain to my colleagues the difference between this amendment and my amendment that you voted on earlier this year. In March, I offered an amendment that increased the Federal grazing fee for all permittees and those who controlled…

I thank the Senator for his always generous and thoughtful accommodation of other Senators. As I said, I am willing to set this amendment aside until 2:15 tomorrow at the conclusion of the few remarks I have to make here. That will give…

this amendment originally required that anybody who held more than 2,000 AUM's would have to pay whatever the State charged for lands in that State on any AUM's in excess of 2,000. I have the very distinct impression it would not make any…