Dick Lugar

Promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs can increase our energy security, address a variety of air pollution problems and lead to a stronger economy. I am pleased to learn that the Budget Resolution accommodates…

along with Senators Biden, Chafee and Leahy, I am today introducing the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998, a bill to protect outstanding tropical forests in developing countries through Debt for Nature Swaps. The Tropical Forest…

Senator McCain is correct in his understanding of the agreement reached by our two Committees. While the Agriculture Committee has an interest in both agricultural weather research and freshwater aquaculture, Senator Harkin and I…

I rise to introduce the Enhancement of Trade, Security, and Human Rights Through Sanctions Reform Act, a bill that will establish a more deliberative, commonsense approach to U.S. sanctions policy. I'm pleased to be joined by several…

Yes, these initiatives, while allowing for all entities to compete competitively for funding, will be directed and coordinated programs that are designed to accomplish specific objectives. The request for proposals [RFP] that will be…

The purpose of having a food genome strategy is to ensure that there is a comprehensive plan that includes appropriate, specific objectives for each aspect of the program, be it mapping, sequencing, trait identification, or bioinformatics.

The food genome strategy will be a coordinated, directed program without regard to the origin of the funding.

Yes. The food genome strategy will be coordinated and directed and the outcomes will be focused on economically significant plants, animals, and microbes and will ensure that all the funding under the program will be directed at achieving…

Certainly, we intend for the work to be complementary. We expect the USDA to work with the Inter-Agency Working Group to ensure that the total amount of funds from all agencies is coordinated, directed, and focused. This will ensure that…

Today the Senate completes action on the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1997. This legislation was approved by a unanimous rollcall vote of the 18 members of the Senate Agriculture Committee in July. I commend…

That is correct. I agree that if the USDA does not provide sufficient funding for the plant genome initiative, it should not be the lead agency.

I would like to thank the floor managers for agreeing to include the city of Indianapolis flexible grant demonstration amendment in the manager's amendment to S. 462. The Lugar amendment would authorize the city of Indianapolis, in…

I did not object to the Ford sense-of-the-Senate amendment to S. 1061. I agree with its sentiment that the needs of tobacco farmers should be taken into account when Congress considers the proposed tobacco settlement. I wish to express…

In my home State of Indiana, corn refining adds substantially to the value of our corn crop. On average, Indiana produces 800 million bushels of corn annually. It is estimated that corn refining--primarily through the production of…

the amendment that I introduce comes to the floor because no funding for the National Endowment for Democracy is in this bill. It has been zeroed out. The bill as written proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for Democracy, a…

I strongly support Senator Harkins's amendment to increase the tobacco deficit-reduction assessment and devote the proceeds to enforcement of the Food and Drug Administration's rules to deter underage smoking. Senator Harkin has discussed…

I am aware that recent studies by USDA, GAO, the Kansas City Fed, and the Rural Policy Research Institute have all noted the difficulty rural businesses, particularly new businesses, have in obtaining capital. The studies also suggest that…

I, too, am concerned that rural entrepreneurs do not have the same kind of access to capital markets as do their nonrural counterparts. I am also aware of concerns raised by various groups in regards to my esteemed colleague's amendment. I…

As the fiscal year 1998 Defense authorization bill moves to conference to resolve differences between the Senate and House versions of the bill, I am hopeful the conferees will give careful consideration to the Senate provision addressing…

behind me are some charts that may help Members understand the issues that we are discussing today. I cited, in my opening statement, as did the distinguished Senator from Michigan, the extraordinary work that has been done with…

Mr. President, let me state at the outset that Congress established, in 1991, with strong bipartisan support, what is known as the Nunn- Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, the CTR. Last year, the Senate, in a 96 to 0 vote, amended…

I ask that Senators support my amendment because it is the right thing to do. It is the right thing to pay our debts and to meet our contractual obligations in support of the United Nations, a vigorous vehicle for the conduct of our…

my amendment calls for payment of our obligations to the United Nations to the extent of $819 million over 2 years without conditions; $658 million of that is owed to our friends and our allies for peacekeeping operations and expenses they…

Members who have followed this debate will recall that yesterday afternoon I offered an amendment to the division C of this bill, that portion dealing with the United Nations. Essentially, the task before the Senate, and before our…

My amendment would not provide more money. It simply provides certainty that payment is received at all.