William Bryan

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.

I acknowledge that this piece of legislation, as it has worked its way from the committee to the floor, is better than its original form. But the old adage that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear is applicable to this piece of…

as is so often the case when it comes to debating the various legislative proposals related to nuclear waste that have been advanced since I have been a Member of the Senate, the issues generate more heat than light. With all due respect…

in what has become one of the more unpleasant annual rituals here in the Senate, the majority leader has once again put the Senate on notice that we may soon consider legislation related to the disposal of high-level nuclear waste at the…

I find the amount of hysteria engendered by this issue to be absolutely astonishing. In a series of ads put out by the industry, we have one now that talks about: ``Farming's tough enough with healthy-size pickups. Imagine hauling feed…

That is, as the Senator from California knows, an argument that has been raised. It is a specious argument. The Senator from California hails from a jurisdiction which has been on the cutting edge of so much of the technology of the…

It shows two angelic children sitting on the hood of a sport utility vehicle. Strapped to the top of that vehicle looks to be a canoe, a boat of some type. Now we see a gentleman, perhaps the father of these two children, leaning on the…

if the recollection of the Senator from Nevada is correct, in the mid-1970s, the distinguished Senator from Washington was the attorney general of that State. As the attorney general, he was a leading advocate on behalf of consumer issues…

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 rise in support of the Gorton-Feinstein-Bryan amendment that would permit the Department of Transportation to consider whether fuel efficiency for SUVs and light trucks should be improved. The vote on this amendment will be one of the…

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…

may I inquire further of the distinguished Senator, my friend from Washington, with another question. Has the Senator had an opportunity to see this morning's issue of Congress Daily? On the back, there is an ad designed to uphold the…

I enjoyed the Senator's reference to the steam engine in the 19th century. The younger members of my staff say they are not familiar with this reference, but as the Senator from Washington will recall, the Industrial Revolution was born in…

let me compliment the Senator from Oregon for his leadership in helping craft this very carefully balanced and I believe very modest amendment. Although the Senator from Illinois has left the floor, I want to compliment him for the clarity…

When one looks at the totality of problems, they are tall: Runoff, the erosion control, and the declining clarity. These are the primary, but not the exclusive, problems in the basin. The appropriators removed $11.3 million from the road…

To suggest that somehow increasing the commercial harvesting of timber would in any way ameliorate the problems we face at Tahoe would be a totally spurious argument. The problems at Tahoe are compounded because we had a 7-year drought…

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.

I share the observation and the conclusion reached by the distinguished ranking member. That is precisely the case. As the Senator from Maryland knows, we are dealing with a changing dynamic in the financial marketplace. That really is the…

The responsibility of the small bank is simply to make available to the bank examiner, when he or she comes in periodically or when the examiner is reviewing the records for an application, the fact that the bank is serving the community…

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…

That is the understanding of the Senator from Nevada, we have had no hearings at all. I must tell the Senator from Maryland that the financial institutions in my State are supportive of CRA. If we want to take anecdotal evidence, I have to…

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…

In addition, the letter outlines numerous other environmental and fiscal concerns that the administration has with the revised version of H.R. 45 and makes it absolutely clear that the bill moving through the House in no way removes the…