William Bryan

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic, but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

Finally, let me conclude by saying that the administration has indicated the President may veto this legislation because of the heavy tilt toward managed care plans, the lack of accountability, and the lack of provisions that would…

Again, let me urge the NBA and the Philadelphia 76ers to step forward and be heard. They will say: Look, we cannot control Mr. Iverson's conduct. That may be true. But they have an obligation, a responsibility to speak out and to condemn…

If I may respond to the excessively generous comments of my chairman, my colleague, and my friend, the reality is that working with him has been a pleasure. Without his cooperation and, obviously, trying to work in a bipartisan way to…

This legislation would plunge the dagger into the back of Nevada's principal industry and would accomplish no useful purpose. Ninety-eight percent of the sports betting in America is conducted illegally outside of the State of Nevada…

I am not sure I would agree with the Senator from Idaho. Clearly, the hazardous fuels reduction program, in which we have provided, as you pointed out, 120 million additional dollars, would be the program that would address that issue, in…

If the Senator follows that line of reasoning, would he not agree the same managers will tell you that $220 million is adequate for the timber harvest program, would the Senator agree with that?

I wish to respond to the gracious statement by the chairman of the Energy Committee. Although we have had strong differences on this issue, the differences have been professional, not personal. He has been very professional in the way in…

There are no maps. That will give you some indication of what a shoddy, moving target this has been as we have tried to debate and expand on it. It is simply indefensible public policy. I urge my colleagues to vote against it.

It strikes the Senator from Nevada that the argument the Senator is making is a win-win. It is a win for the consumer, for the environment, and in terms of the trade imbalance we currently face in this country. Would the Senator not agree…

Do I understand the thrust of the Senator's argument is not to advocate some new standards for CAFE but simply to permit those who are charged with that responsibility to make a basic inquiry as to whether or not there is room, based upon…

I think I did use the term ``cut.'' What I meant to say, and what I stand by, is the appropriators, in effect, cut this money from the original appropriation of the President. That represents a difference in priorities, the $431 million…

It is a reduction of $11.3 million over what the President proposed. It may very well be, as the Senator indicates, an increase over what was approved for the last program.

As the Senator knows, as a practical matter, although CRA is triggered generically in two circumstances--one, part of a periodic review; the other, when applications are made for charter changes or new branches or mergers or…

I think any fair reading, in terms of the standards of proof, is that a ``substantial'' standard is much higher than a scintilla. In effect, what this provision would do is raise the bar substantially... for community investment groups…

The regulators have the opportunity to consider the CRA issues presented among a range of other issues--capital adequacy, a whole host of things that may be unrelated. Even if the institution which has the application has the lowest…

I think there is a shaft of light at the end of the tunnel, if I may use that metaphor, in which a number of thoughtful Members of Congress, working together with the administration and some responsible nuclear utilities, have come to…

The bill approved by the House Energy and Power Subcommittee today is an environmental and fiscal travesty with absolutely no chance of enactment. I urge Congress to once again reject this misguided and dangerous legislation. I ask…

I simply say, this is a time for redemption for Senators tonight. Tonight they have an opportunity to exercise that redemption.

Once again, I will offer an amendment to eliminate funding for one of the most egregious examples of corporate welfare in America--the Market Access Program. This program continues to waste millions of dollars subsidizing advertising and…

I wish I could represent to the Senator that this was noncontroversial. In this Senator's judgment, it ought to be. But fairness requires me to say, this is an amendment which has been before the Senate on many occasions dealing with the…

I have no doubt it is true. Let me get to the point as our time is limited. There is a lot more in operation here than nuclear waste. We are talking, my friends, about an unholy alliance between two of the largest corporate entities in…

Let me reclaim the floor and simply make the point that this bill, if it ever reaches the President's desk, will be vetoed. I have no question, based on the assertion not contradicted in any way, this statement was released yesterday. It…

I must say, based upon a previous statement that the Speaker made with respect to the same House Member in 1996, when he indicated at that time no action would be taken on the temporary nuclear waste bill. In 1996, the Speaker was good to…