there has been active public participation in installation and maintenance of wildlife watering devices in many of the Bureau of Land Management wilderness areas designated under this bill. In recognition of these activities, the desert…

on the issue of cost, I would like to make these points. Opponents of the bill argue that designation of a national park will adversely affect the ability of the Park Service to operate and fund other parks in the National Park System. In…

I am happy to hear that. Nonetheless, the people that have worked so hard for this bill for so many years believe that the National Park Service is a much better, well equipped, understanding unit to be able to protect and preserve the…

I trust then the Senator would not disagree that 3,700 people are being reassigned from central offices to the parks so the national parks will have 3,700 people added to them. I also want to say that comments were made about the Redwood…

I rise today to oppose the Dodd amendment and in support of the Milstar Program. I do not oppose increasing Federal funding for special education programs. In fact, in the past I have voted in favor of resolutions calling on Congress to…

members of Ansel Adams family operate the Best Studio/Ansel Adams Gallery at Yosemite National Park. It is my understanding this is the oldest family-owned business in the National Park System, operating since 1902. The family understands…

I am pleased to join Senator Dorgan to speak once again about rising crime on school grounds throughout this country. Senator Dorgan and I offered the ``zero tolerance'' amendment during the Goals 2000 discussion. The amendment is simple…

I would like to speak on an incident last week that raises serious questions about national passenger safety standards for motor vehicles. Crash Incidents On March 9, a 1981 Toyota pickup truck carrying 20 people overturned. Twelve people…

I rise in support of the bill. I believe that this bill is going to improve the industrial competitiveness and the economic growth of this Nation. The reason it is going to do that is that it is going to strengthen civilian technology…

I might say, Mr. President, that in the last 15 months I cannot think of any one incident that has taken me more by surprise than the announcement by our majority leader that he will not run for reelection. George Mitchell is respected. I…

I very much respect some of the opponents on this issue--particularly Senator Kassebaum. I in no way, shape, or form attribute any of this to her. But I do think what is at stake here is to try to continue a very conservative bent to a…

I rise today in support of S. 1560, the Social Security Administration Independence Act. In so doing, I would first like to acknowledge the efforts of the distinguished Senator from New York, and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee…

in October of last year I introduced Professor Gould during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. And my support for his candidacy is just as strong now as it was then. He made clear during his…

I would like to also quote from a letter by a Prof. Herman Levy of Santa Clara University School of Law, and William H. Simon, professor, Stanford School of Law, that was printed in the Los Angeles Times. I think it puts to rest some of…

last November the U.S. Senate considered and passed legislation to ban the sale, possession, and future manufacture of 19 semiautomatic assault weapons and their copycat versions. In addition, the legislation would ban ammunition devices…

I am proud to introduce the Harassment-Free Workplace Act of 1994, which is cosponsored by my colleagues Senators Boxer, Murray, Moseley-Braun, Kennedy, Simon, and Metzenbaum. Mr. President, current Federal law contains one glaring…

I believe it is improved over the Simon amendment. This amendment would protect Social Security. I do not believe that the trust fund should be used to balance the budget. It would allow the creation of a capital budget, just as many…

It would seem to me, Mr. President, that as we look at 30 possible remaining amendments to this bill, at 10 minutes after the noon hour, I know for a fact that within 24 hours Members are booked on planes to return to their districts. This…

I wish to speak about the main point of the legislation before us, which is the emergency supplemental for the California earthquake. I join my colleague, Senator Boxer, in expressing what is a great concern. That growing concern is…

I rise today as an original cosponsor of the bill and respectfully ask that each and every one of my colleagues consider joining the bipartisan group of Senators who have already signed on to this critical legislation. Senator Graham has…

I particularly would like to thank Senator Byrd for the excellent way in which he protected the State of California in this supplemental appropriation. I think it puts us on the road to recovery. It is a major step forward and, in a State…

I have also been told that aid to 22 other States is in jeopardy if the bill is not passed. So what is happening, as we entertain amendment after amendment, is that one State will eventually be pitted against the other; and somehow it…

I think there are a number of different issues that he raises. One is the issue of rebuilding in disaster-prone areas. I think one of the things about an act of God is that very often they are unpredictable. It is true that the West is an…

without going over all the details of the earthquake, everybody who read this morning's newspapers knows that the earthquake has been upgraded in severity--from 6.6 to 6.8 in magnitude--so that the energy released from the quake is…

essentially what this amendment does is to state that, if the aid provided goes on for longer than 90 days, the agencies that dispense aid must take reasonable steps to see that the individual is a lawful resident in the United States. We…