a priceless national treasure in the Pacific Northwest is in dire straits. Icons of our region, wild salmon and steelhead, teeter on the brink of extinction. These anadromous fish are one of the best examples of how nature works her magic…

I rise to introduce the Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2001. This bill would help preserve the amount of radio spectrum allocated to the Amateur Radio Service during this era of dramatic change in our telecommunications system. I…

I rise to introduce the State Water Sovereignty Protection Act, a bill to preserve the authority of the States over waters within their boundaries, to delegate the authority of the Congress to the States to regular water, and for other…

I rise in support of S. 1287, a bill to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel, pending completion of the permanent nuclear waste repository. I also want to thank Senator Craig and Senator Murkowski for their tireless efforts to…

today I am introducing a very important piece of legislation, the Surface Transportation Board Improvement Act, which is aimed at correcting an injustice for railroad workers, shippers and anyone who have a contractual relationship with a…

I thank Senators Gorton and Byrd for inclusion of an amendment to provide funding for a voluntary enrollment, cold water fish habitat conservation plan (HCP) in the States of Idaho and Montana. This project is already authorized under the…

in the few minutes remaining, I wish to add my voice to those in opposition to this amendment. We thank the Senator from Pennsylvania for his sensitivity to these issues. As he correctly said, this amendment could be devastating to the…

Mr. Smith expects that instead of massive engineering solutions to remove the waste, natural processes that cause less environmental disturbance will be more commonly utilized.

I rise to bring to the attention of my colleagues a significant achievement in the field of environmental science.

Objective science and reasonable solutions would then be available for policy makers, agency executives, and advocate groups involved in critical natural resource issues.

More can be accomplished when parties work together to solve problems than through conflict.

no, I have not discussed removing the administrative cap with those who placed it, but I would be very willing, as I said before, to do so and to work toward that end because I agree that that is one more inequity that should be removed. I…

This amendment simply eliminates the dual compensation prohibition in the statute. It does not specifically address the administrative cap that Congress has on top of that limitation placed on those who seek employment with Congress. It…

I rise today to commend a good friend and an Idahoan who has spent many untold hours working for the betterment of his community, his business, our great State of Idaho and the country. J. Kirk Sullivan has been a leader in Idaho's…

once again, the entire story has not been told. The fact is that this amendment would amend the Price-Anderson Act, a statute that was carefully crafted over two entire Congresses with great deliberation. There has been no hearing on this…

once again we are debating another amendment which clearly is going to stop the purpose of the bill from moving forward. H.R. 1270 establishes a presumptive radiation protection standard of 100 millirems or 1/3 background levels. This…

this amendment bars the Department of Energy from planning for nuclear waste transportation in any fiscal year in which funds are deemed to be insufficient by the Federal Energy Management Agency to ensure adequate and trained emergency…

I rise today to welcome a new Member to the Crapo organization, Tyler Adam Gorsuch, the adopted son of my administrative assistant Jane Gorsuch and her husband, George. Jane has been with me since I was first sworn into Congress in 1993…

H.R. 2165 provides for extension of the construction deadline of the LeClaire project, a 27-megawatt hydroelectric project in Iowa, if the sponsor pursues the commencement of construction in good faith and with due diligence. These types…

Yes, Mr. Chairman, that is a correct interpretation, with this explanation. If the Member bringing the amendment wants the funding to be utilized in another program, he can easily do so in the amendment. But most of the time when we debate…

Mr. Chairman, we are here, I think for the fourth time, to debate the critical lockbox legislation which will correct one of the more significant problems in our current budgetary process. Before I describe this legislation, the amendment…

in recent weeks, Idahoans have banded together to save homes and neighborhoods and communities from encroaching flood waters. We face what is literally the flood of the century and maybe the flood of the last 200 or 300 years. But, Mr…

today, I rise in support of Worker and Community Transition Program language contained in the en bloc amendment. The amendment would change the language pertaining to the Worker and Community Transition program in the National Defense…

I am glad to come here and support this bipartisan bill. It has been crafted with strong support from both parties throughout the process. I am a little saddened to see the tenure of the debate today because of the issues that have been…

It is a pleasure for me to stand in support of this legislation today. There has been a lot of talk about whether we really are reforming and whether the right reforms have been made. The bottom line is that the big debate here is another…