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perhaps one of the best kept secrets in the American medical community can be found not far from this Chamber, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [USUHS], located in Bethesda, MD. For more than the past 20 years, this…
in any State, there is a core group of businessmen and women who help promote and guide development and economic success. These are the people who serve as the leaders of the private sector, individuals who work in concert with elected…
Undoubtedly, it is the desire of every Member who supports the balanced budget amendment to see the Federal budget deficit eliminated so that we may begin to cut away at the Federal debt which is currently over $5.28 trillion. Without a…
each morning for more years than anyone can remember, millions of Americans have religiously opened their newspapers and consulted their horoscope, checking their astrological sign for an idea of what good or bad fortune their day might…
Pursuant to this report, the Rock Hill-York County Airport applied to the FAA for a $350,000 airport improvement grant to install an instrument landing system [ILS]. However, the FAA will not consider the cost savings to Charlotte in the…
each day the Senate is in session, at least one Member rises to pay tribute to a friend, a constituent, or a colleague who has distinguished himself, or has decided to leave Government service. Today, Most members of this body are taking…
I am pleased that included in the amendment offered by the managers is a provision regarding discretionary Airport Improvement Program [AIP] grants to reliever airports. This language would clarify one of the factors that the Federal…
I can assure Senator Leahy that the cap imposed by section 1304 applies only to funds made available to the Department of Defense for humanitarian and civic assistance. It was not intended as a U.S. Governmentwide cap. It does not apply to…
this Defense authorization bill has been done from the very outset in a very bipartisan spirit. Senator Nunn, I am sure, will speak on that side to that effect. We have worked together, Republicans and Democrats, to bring into the Senate a…
finally, I want to express my appreciation to Senator Stevens and Senator Inouye, the chairman and ranking member of the Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations, for their willingness to work with us in a spirit of unprecedented cooperation…
airborne electronic warfare has been an item of special interest for the Committee on Armed Services for several years now, not only because of its importance in strike warfare but also because of the Department of Defense's checkered…
John Wayne, ``The Duke''. The mere name evokes in people around the world powerful images and fond recollections of the late actor and great American. Though he has been gone for 17 years, his spirit clearly lives on through his many…
Everything is not nonpartisan. This affects the whole Nation. This affects the defense of this country.
Please do not put defense in the group of these other things. This is nonpartisan. This is for the good of the whole Nation. Everybody feels defense is nonpartisan. Why not bring it up now? We could pass it in 1 hour.
Since defense is a nonpartisan matter, and Senator Nunn, the ranking member of the committee, favors going ahead, and I as chairman favor going ahead, and it is purely nonpartisan--that is the way we handle defense, and that is the way it…
the House passed the defense authorization bill yesterday in one hour. I think we can pass it here in one hour. All I ask is that my colleagues not object to bringing it up. This is a matter of deep concern to the whole Nation, to those in…
I want to urge the Senate to consider the conference report on the national defense authorization bill for fiscal year 1997 before we adjourn for the August Recess. I need not remind my colleagues that the Constitution vests the power to…
I wish to thank the able Senator from Georgia, Senator Nunn, for his remarks on these defense matters, and also Senator Warner of Virginia. Defense, I say again, is nonpartisan; military matters and nominations are nonpartisan. Why there…
the emergence of South Carolina as a center for business and industry is due to many factors including a temperate climate, a trained and enthusiastic workforce, cooperative government officials, and not the least significant, community…
Today, the Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to favorably report the nomination of Adm. Jay Johnson for reappointment to the grade of admiral and assignment as the Chief of Naval Operations. During the hearing, Admiral Johnson…
this amendment, offered by Senator Coverdell and other Senators including myself, would fully fund the President's International Narcotics Control Account request of $213 million for drug interdiction and eradication efforts. Funds would…
I am not going to take but just a few minutes. The point that has been raised by the able Senator is in conference now. This is not an appropriations matter. It is in the bill we passed in the Senate. It will be decided in conference. This…
I just want to especially commend the director, Les Brownlee, for the outstanding job he has done. He has done one of the best jobs since I have been in the Senate in connection with a defense bill. I also would like to commend Arnold…
Nothing in the amended section 346 reduces or otherwise changes the responsibility of the United States for cleaning up contamination at its facilities.
The Savannah River Site is currently the only site in the DOE weapons complex with the capability to process high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel rods in such a way that these wastes will be acceptable for permanent…
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