Daniel Inouye

I ask my colleagues from Alaska and New Jersey for support of additional funding for MOTBY and will join with Senator Stevens to ensure that we do what we can in conference to enable this to happen.

Last year I was pleased to work with Senator Lautenberg and Senator Stevens to provide the startup funds for research and development effort for nonlinear acoustic landmine Detection research, which is being done at Stevens Institute of…

I, too, commend the Senator from Utah for his continuing support of this committee's effort to expand and improve cancer research. This is an important topic in my state of Hawaii, where the Cancer Research Institute at the University of…

I too want to tell my friend from New Jersey that I will work with our chairman in conference to ensure funding for this important program.

I am against smoking, but this amendment picks on Indians. Why don't we include all discount tobacco stores? Why don't we include Wal-Mart, Kmart, and all these places that sell discount tobacco? Why just pick on Indians?

I agree that this presents us with an excellent opportunity. The committee will certainly give the Navy consideration should it make an additional request for funding for electric drive research.

I consider it essential that our Navy be equipped with the most advanced technology in their future ships. Since electric drive not only offers significant operational benefits, but also significant savings, I most strongly urge the Navy…

The Army has agreed to release an LMSR to the Marine Corps as long as Congress provides funding in the Fiscal Year 2000 defense budget for the construction of a new ship to replace the one given to the Marines. This presents us with an…

I commend the Chairman for recognizing the importance of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, JROTC, for our nation's high schools through his support of the program in this bill. I ask if the Chairman is familiar with the George…

The courage and bravery and love of country that my friend, Bob Kerrey, demonstrated 30 years ago in Vietnam is obviously still alive. For that, I salute you, sir. Thank you.

I have also supported funding for photonics research in the past. In the future, most of our weapons systems will depend on photonics for their effectiveness. If we are to maintain our competitive advantage, we must maintain an advantage…

I would like to add my expression of support in this area to that articulated by the junior Senator from Alaska. I was pleased to work with my colleagues in the conference committee to shape this important provision. I look forward to…

I am aware of the Carl Vinson project. It is certainly a promising concept, but are we providing any educational opportunities for service personnel nearing retirement or leaving the military due to the draw down of the military?

I agree that the Navy must give more consideration to ensuring worker and environmental safety to prevent the problems we have had in the past.

Telemedicine, particularly those initiatives focused on emergency and trauma care are essential for the highest quality medical care for our troops.

I say to my colleague from Connecticut that I believe that President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and others in this administration care deeply about environmental issues. Clearly the United States cannot resolve every environmental…

I, too, am a strong supporter of this firefighting kit. California is especially hard hit, each year, by wildfires and I fully understand the great resources necessary to battle these fires. I am happy to join with the chairman of the…

As appropriators, I believe it is the only prudent process that we can follow to at least advise ourselves and our colleagues as to what can be reasonably and rationally anticipated if we are to take this important step. When NATO was…

This amendment was considered during the debate of the authorization bill and it provides $4.5 million for Persian Gulf illness treatment. It has been cleared by both sides, Madam President.

I suggest that to call upon the Navy as being unfair and not objective is not fair. There is nothing in the record to suggest that they have been less than objective or less than fair. I think it should be pointed out that the GAO report…

I believe that the Senators have expressed valid concerns. This is an important program, and I hope that we will be able to restore a substantial amount of the funding in conference.

I strongly support the Senate's efforts to attempt to authorize a Medicare subvention demonstration program in fiscal year 1997 and look forward to reviewing the joint report when it is submitted on September 6. I assure my colleague from…

This amendment provides $10 million within the funding available for defense health programs to research the gulf war syndrome. This measure has been authorized by the Senate, and it has been cleared by both sides.

This amendment earmarks funds for the Operational Field Assessment Program. It is to provide our commanders an innovative, flexible and timely response in the innovation of solutions to war-fighting identified deficiencies. This has been…

I certainly do. I am pleased that we were able to provide the funding necessary to ensure that there be no question that B-52's should not be retired, or prepared for retirement, during fiscal year 1997.