William Bryan

My question is that we were told in 1980 that if that away-from-reactor legislation that was on the floor being debated on July 28 was not enacted, that these utilities would have to close by 1983. My question to the Senator is, Is he…

Responding to my colleague, this is kind of a deja vu. This is in the Congressional Record, on July 28, 1980. That is almost 16 years ago, in which, on the floor of the Senate it was asserted that, if this particular legislation, this…

I think the Senator's point is that in New York, with over 7 million people; in Los Angeles with over 5.5 million; Chicago, with 2.7 million; Houston, TX, 1.6 million; Dallas, over a million; San Antonio, nearly a million; Baltimore…

I think the Senator's point was that the population numbers that I read of part of those cities represents the corporate city limits, and I believe the Senator's point, if I understood him correctly, is that each of these communities are…

And that the citizens in the State of Nevada--we were admitted to the Union, if I recall, before the good State of New Mexico--but somehow for the rest of America, they have a 4-millirem standard for safe drinking water, at another nuclear…

The Senator may be aware of this. The Senator was making a very telling point, when the Senator was pointing out to our colleagues and to the listening audience in America, that 43 States are impacted and the number of shipments. The…

Apropos to the Senator's comment that we have heard time and time again that there is a crisis that is unfolding, does the Senator recall back in the early 1980's when a program that was referred to as the away-from-reactor-storage…

I must say, the thought occurs to this Senator, and the question arises in this Senator's mind, that why would any legislative body seek to impose a standard on a single State that no other Member of this body would be willing to accept…

the difficulty in bringing the issues we are voting on today before the Senate has resulted in an unfortunate parliamentary situation, where the bill is not open to amendments. While I generally support the bill, and plan to vote in favor…

I am pleased to support S. 1815, the Securities Investment Promotion Act of 1996. Let me begin by recognizing those who worked diligently to reach bipartisan agreement so that this bill could be considered on an expedited basis. Deserving…

I thank the Chair, and I, again, express my appreciation to my colleague from Colorado for an extraordinarily clear and lucid explanation of what must appear to the folks at home, listening to this debate on television, as a very arcane…

I am pleased to sign on as a co-sponsor of the Securities Investment Promotion Act of 1996. This comprehensive effort to modernize our regulation of the capital markets will help us achieve the most efficient possible regulatory scheme…

Let me just say, although a number of us would have preferred our focus be exclusively balancing the budget and deferring any tax reductions until after that balanced budget was achieved, we recognized that the only way we could build a…

Tomorrow, April 26, is the 10th anniversary of the most dramatic ecological disaster of the 20th century--the explosion of reactor No. 4 at the V.I. Lenin Atomic Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine. On that day, 10 years ago tomorrow, a…

as one of the original 22 members of this bipartisan coalition, I support of the Centrist Coalition's 7-year balanced budget proposal as a sound, moderate approach to a problem begging for a solution. Mr. President, this balanced budget…

today is remarkable. At long last--on the floor of the Senate--we are considering health care reform legislation that the American people both want and support. And at long last, it is legislation with significant bipartisan support. I am…

I rise today to honor the China-Burma-India Veterans Association [CBIVA] of Nevada. These veterans played a decisive role in World War II. The China-Burma-India Veterans were responsible for driving the Japanese out of the treacherous…

Mr. President, most of those who are privileged to represent the West on both sides of the political divide recognize that we need to enact responsible grazing legislation that balances the concerns of the livestock industry with the…

I take no backseat to any Member in this Chamber in terms of trying to ascertain and ferret out the truth as it relates to the so-called matter which has been embraced--the subject of Whitewater. We have today spent some 277 days on this…

I am not unmindful, nor is anybody in this Chamber, nor anyone in America, that we are in the heat of a great Presidential debate. That is as it should be. That is a quadrennial experience in America. But we ought not to allow that…

Mr. President, I think that those who have followed the debate on agricultural issues know that this Senator has not been a supporter of the Market Promotion Program. In the limited time that I have available this morning, I want to offer…

I thank the Chair and my friend from North Dakota for his courtesy. As I indicated, Mr. President, it will be my intention to offer, with the distinguished Senator from Montana, Senator Burns, an amendment later on today to provide…

I would like to preface my comments by commending my colleague and friend, the senior Senator from Florida, on what was truly a very thoughtful and very enlightening presentation, in terms of his efforts in developing the formula, the…

I am pleased to be joining with Senator Pressler as a cosponsor on this amendment to provide States the option to use the IRS Federal income tax refund intercept process to try to recapture AFDC-type benefit overpayments. Some years ago…

It seems to me, Mr. President, that we have heard what essentially are three arguments by the distinguished chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. One is that it has been there for 45 years, and therefore it should continue in…