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I have just told you about the CBO review. Now let me tell you about an analysis conducted by the Congressional Research Service which was an exhaustive and complete examination of both the reactor and accelerator options. This assessment…
we have accomplished a lot this year. I am very proud of what has been done here in the Senate. No one is due more credit for this than our able leader, Senator Lott. I just want to commend him for his outstanding accomplishments and the…
I am speaking of the use of fiber polymer additives--also known as ``binders''--in asphalt and concrete, the use of which appears to yield significant results in pavement quality and longevity. While only a limited amount of research has…
as the Senate considers H.R. 2263, a bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Theodore Roosevelt for his actions on San Juan Heights in cuba during the Spanish-American War, I want to clarify what we are doing. This…
the Joint Chiefs described alarming indicators of declining readiness. I strongly believe that if there is an actual emergency that should be addressed in this omnibus supplemental bill, it should be military readiness. The Joint Chiefs…
I want to commend the able majority leader for his remarks on just what he said. Are the local people going to control education or the people in Washington going to control it? I am in thorough, thorough agreement with the able majority…
while each of us is looking forward to adjournment so that we may go home and spend time with our constituents and being closer to our family and friends, the end of the 105th Congress is a somewhat bittersweet occasion as many of our…
though the 105th Congress will soon come to a close, and each of us will return home to meet with constituents, or take fact finding trips throughout the nation or the world, one of our colleagues has not only already left town, but is…
there is perhaps no other legislative body in the world that attracts a more competent group of public servants than the United States Senate. In the almost 45 years I have spent in this institution, I have had the good fortune to serve…
Kentucky is famous for many things, including its bourbon and the Derby, but what I have come to associate most with the ``Bluegrass State'' over the past 24-years is Senator Wendell Ford, who I regret to note is leaving the Senate at the…
The term ``agent'' in the Statement of Managers is not used in the technical sense, but was intended to be a generic reference to all Customs Service employees stationed in Puerto Rico.
I also wish to recognize the members and staff of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. We have worked more closely together this year than ever before. I want to express on behalf of the Armed Services Committee our appreciation…
The extent of current and future readiness problems were laid out in stark detail Tuesday morning by the Joint Chiefs of Staff at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The service Chiefs all testified on the manner in which…
I agree with the view expressed by my colleague, the Ranking Minority Member of the Armed Services Committee. He has stated correctly the views of the Senate and the House in agreeing to Section 1512 during the conference on the defense…
today the Senate considers the conference report to accompany the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. I want to thank all the members of the conference committee for their hard work and cooperation. To…
The tritium provision included in this bill will not cause any meaningful delay in the resumption of tritium production. Let me repeat that so all of my colleagues are clear about this point--our conference provision on tritium does not…
As the Senate takes up the conference report on the national defense authorization bill, it brings to an end a process that began in February with the introduction of the President's defense budget by Secretary Cohen. During the…
Last week I resigned my position with UNSCOM out of frustration because the U.N. Security Council, and the United States, as its most significant supporter, were failing to enforce the post-Gulf War resolutions designed to disarm Iraq. I…
a few hundred miles south of here, stands Fort Bragg, a sprawling military installation that is the home of the 82nd Airborne Division, and where thousands of paratroopers are ready to go anywhere in the world, ``stand in the door'', and…
even those who possess essentially no knowledge of military affairs or military history understand the significance of the green beret worn by those who serve in the United States Army Special Forces, as well as what that headgear…
while the Senate was recessed last week, South Carolina lost one of its most prominent citizens, Ellison "Bubby" McKissick, Jr., who was best known as a leader in the textile industry both in the Palmetto State and throughout the United…
I oppose this amendment offered by Senator Harkin, and I will make my statement short. We have had the debate on defense spending, and I do not need to repeat those arguments. The level of defense spending was set with the Administration…
I believe the Senator from Alabama has an interest in the Department of Energy's tritium production program and I believe he shares my strong interest in restoring a sound United States tritium production capability to support our enduring…
I understand the Senator's strong support for our national defense. I also understand that the Senator has offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 1999 Defense Authorization Act which would require the Department of Energy to follow…
I rise to oppose the Feingold amendment to terminate the Navy's Extremely Low Frequency communications system. The so-called Project ELF is a vital communications system that allows the United States to send messages to submarines that are…
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