The following two words are ones that we hear quite often in the political arena: 'exit plan.'

I commend everyone who has played an important role in these operations.

I suspect that these concerns will again be the subject of debate in Congress.

Does the administration have any exit plan for a time when we might be reducing these temporary forces?

If I may, I would like to join all of you in welcoming our Reserves and their chiefs and to thank and commend them and their men and women for their demonstration of citizenship and courage.

we continue to improve upon our data collection efforts as well as our ability to track those who have abused children.

It is essential that we work together to assure that the children of Indian country are protected from abuse.

Surely, there can be no more precious resource than our children.

As a result, it now falls to Congress to ensure that the goals of localism, diversity and competition are preserved.

While this Committee has already taken important strides to reverse action taken by the FCC, further discussion of these issues is warranted.

The pace of such consolidation has been staggering.

I want to commend Chairman McCain for continuing the Committee's series of hearings on the critically important issue of media consolidation.

Despite the fact that all five Commissioners agreed before this Committee that too much consolidation has been allowed in radio, the FCC has done little to stem the tide.

Mr. Secretary, I'll have to go to vote, but may I submit my questions for your response later?

I'd like to commend the Department for proposing this for intermodal freight needs.

On your seatbelt statistics, is there any correlation on age?

Mr. Secretary, what do you think of the proposal Hawaii has put up that you should extend the bus funding?

I'm very interested in working with the Administration to make certain that the intermodal connections... would be eligible under this program.

The Administration has an obligation to be honest and forthcoming with the American people about the costs of this war.

Stop-gap spending bills are not the appropriate vehicle for setting long term domestic, foreign, or defense policy.

It is challenging to do that when the administration only submits its request one week before the committee must mark up the bill.

Congress has the constitutional authority to appropriate funds and the solemn responsibility to exercise that authority wisely.

[O]ur amendment will correct any instance where any federally recognized Indian tribe has been classified as 'created' and that it will prohibit such classifications from being imposed or used in the future.

Tribal sovereignty must be preserved and protected by the executive branch and not limited or divided into levels.

today, I am introducing the Public Broadcasting Act of 1994. This legislation authorizes funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting [CPB] for fiscal years 1997 through 1999. It continues the tradition of advance funding for the…