Dick Lugar

I will not, in fact, oppose the Wellstone amendment because it appears to me to be consistent with the legislation that is before us with some modification with regard to expansion. But I want to take this time to try to indicate the logic…

I appreciate the excellent statement by the distinguished chairman of our committee. I join him in attempting to work constructively for completion of a good piece of legislation. There is broad agreement among Members of the Senate…

They cited contracting in that part of it specifically, but it covers, obviously, a much more comprehensive set of circumstances.

I enjoyed the opportunity last week in Brussels, Belgium, to address the permanent representatives to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, on the subject of the Alliance's forthcoming summit in Prague next November, as well as the…

at the request of the Administration, I rise today to offer legislation to repeal the Jackson-Vanik amendment to Title IV of the 1974 Trade Act and to authorize the extension of normal trade relations to the products of the Russian…

we worked with the distinguished chairman carefully. There are a large number of issues that must be discussed before this bill is perfected. In good faith, I ask the Senate to give us opportunities to perfect this bill. It must be…

the amendment changes certain portions of the commodity programs and would increase nutrition spending. This is a full disclosure of what I have in mind.

I found in the current issue of the National Journal a very important article entitled ``Nuclear Nightmares,'' by James Kitfield, who has written knowledgeably in the past about matters of national security, and particularly those…

I wish to quote liberally from what I think are remarkable summaries of some very tough decisions that we will need to make. The author begins: The recent disclosure that documents about nuclear bombs and radiological "dirty bombs" had…

I suppose my query is just this: You are correct, we have had all these annual situations since the 1996 legislation. But in this particular year, the Secretary of Agriculture, at the time we were debating the emergency in August, pointed…

I was startled by the headline of the editorial, which is: ``A Piggy Farm Bill''. It says: The Farm bill that Democratic leaders--Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin--are trying to push through the Senate…

I appreciate what he is attempting to do. I find the situation--one in which I argued fairly strenuously, but I think without necessarily persuading Senators--that the farm bill, at least as it is now constituted, will inevitably increase…

No. It was this huge emergency created by the drought. And many of us were involved, in a bipartisan way.

The Senator, I think, is historically correct. Within my memory, we had the 1988 crisis with the 20 States. As I recall, we passed some legislation to alleviate that during the appropriations process. That is, at least, my recollection.

Mr. President, this may not be a definitive situation, but this Senator simply notes that all 50 States of the Union have adopted contract arbitration statutes that allow a provision to be placed in a written contract. I have no idea if…

I will not add to the frustration and discomfort of my chairman except to empathize with him, having stood in a similar situation 5 or 6 years ago when we last proceeded with the farm bill. I found it was seemingly an endless task. It does…

I observed during the past 48 hours that Senators have had an opportunity to offer amendments to the farm bill. I believe all witnesses to the debate would understand it has been spirited and vigorous. As a matter of fact, all of the…

I respectfully say to my distinguished colleague that the only well-thought-out aspect of the bill before us are thoughts as to how a Senator might be enticed by more money for particular crops for his or her State. It is a catchall bill…

I respond, respectfully, to the Senator that at this point a finite list is not possible. But it may be possible sometime tomorrow. We are attempting to canvas. I have simply identified amendments that I think are significant, and the…

I am most hopeful we are going to have a strong vote for the Lugar amendment because I believe it is a good amendment for all Americans. I stress that because sometimes in our zeal in these agricultural debates we are doing the very best…

I pointed out the concentration of these payments in six States. But within those States, the concentration is fairly substantial. For instance, in the State of the distinguished leader, 10 percent of the farmers who receive payments…

As many of us have pointed out, current farm programs, including the program we adopted in 1996 and supplemental farm assistance programs we have adopted at least the last 3 years during the summertime, have encouraged overproduction of a…

Therefore, I do not want to dwell on the committee product in its entirety because I support, as I recall, eight of the titles, if I remember how many we dealt with. But all of us around the table knew we would have some differences on…

I want to make general comments about the farm bill. I appreciate the distinguished chairman of our committee, Senator Harkin, and others are even at this moment involved in drafting a new bill. At some point, my understanding is they will…

it is a great honor to rise today to introduce legislation that would name the Department of State's Foreign Affairs Training Center after former Secretary of State George P. Shultz. I am pleased to be joined by Senators Helms, Hagel, and…