Political Quotes

“I am pleased to support the conference report on the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal years 1994 and 1995. I want to commend the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Pell, and the ranking member, Senator Helms. I would also like to express my appreciation to Senator Kerry, who skillfully steered the bill through the various stages of the legislative process. I would like to call attention to title III of the bill, the U. S. International Broadcasting Act of 1994. This title reorganizes and consolidates all nonmilitary international broadcasting supported by the U.S. Government--the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio and TV Marti--under a single broadcasting board of governors, which will be responsible for supervising the operations of these entities. Also under this structure will be a new Radio Free Asia, which is established in this legislation. As the Senate author of this provision, I am particularly pleased that this idea--which I first began working on nearly 3 years ago--is about to come to fruition.”