William Bryan

The subcommittee reported to the full committee a revised version of H.R. 45--the latest in a long string of legislative efforts to single the State of Nevada out as the dumping ground for the nuclear power industry's toxic high-level…

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 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…

Accordingly, I wish to take this opportunity to explain the purpose and some of the important features of the amendment. In a matter of only a few months since Chairman McCain and I introduced this bill last summer, we have been able to…

I might just add to the comments of the Senator that, having lived in Nevada for more than 57 years and knowing each of our four district court judges personally, I do not know of a harder working bench at either the State or Federal level…

I support the Enzi amendment. I think a statement may be helpful to my colleagues who have not followed this issue as closely as the Senators who have joined us on the floor for purposes of discussing this amendment, the statement of…

let me say in response to my good friend, the able Senator from Delaware, every States attorneys general in America supports this amendment. Mr. Freeh, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, supports this amendment. Under the…

I want to make very clear what is at issue here. If you oppose kids gambling on the Internet, then you are with Senator Kyl and the Senator from Nevada. We think that is a disastrous policy for American families. Your 10-year-old child can…

as I indicated, the National Association of Attorneys General have been the prime mover of this legislation. The distinguished occupant of the Chair has served as an attorney general from his State and, indeed, headed the National…

I think my colleague has done an extraordinarily good job and given a very clear explanation of what we are seeking to create in this amendment. This simply represents an update to reflect the change of technology. Under current law, it is…

today the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and I are introducing ``the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.'' Commercial Web sites are currently collecting and disseminating personal information collected from…

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…

it is just not outside groups that are calling for the elimination of this program. The Market Access Program was specifically targeted for elimination in the fiscal year 1999 Republican budget resolution. This provision was included in…

I want to make some general observations. This is an area that I have had an interest in for a number of years. We have debated it many times on the floor, and I say to my friends from the agricultural heartland of America that I am not…

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

I am proud to take the floor today to commend and congratulate the University of Nevada-Las Vegas men's golf team on winning the team's first National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. This remarkable team of student-athletes…

Mr. President, for those who are not familiar with the parliamentary intricacies of the Senate process, I think a reasonable question should be raised, and that is why are we debating this issue; namely, the placement of a temporary…

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 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…

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…

If I might inquire of the Senator, the SEC, as I understand it, has sent over a definition of 'reckless.' If that could be included in the findings of fact as opposed to the report language, I think it would strengthen what we all seek to…

The question I have is with reference to the Senator's observation about standard for reckless misconduct. As I understand, we have actual knowledge, we can have simple or ordinary negligence, we can have gross negligence, and then we can…

So if I understand the Senator's position, if S. 1260 is passed, we preempt State class actions so that small investors would not have the advantage of a longer statute of limitations that a number of States--I believe 33 out of the…

So the perpetrator of the fraud, if I understand what the Senator from Maryland is saying, has the ability to wipe out the small investor by removing the cause of action to the Federal court, even though that case was filed timely under…