I argue against the Harkin amendment on the basis that the limits that were set in the Lugar-Leahy bill were based upon the herds in 1970. They correspond to the Clean Water Act considerations of that time, and they made sense at that…

on our side of the aisle we share the need for a very, very, strong agriculture development program. I have confirmed with the distinguished Secretary of Agriculture, even again this morning, about the multiple uses of that money in our…

The facts are clear that the Senator believes farmers should receive lower interest rates in this particular instance in the CCC loan than commercial rates. Clearly, as a part of general equity, the committee felt otherwise. We feel as a…

the reason the Senate allowed the farmer-owned reserve to lapse was that essentially it was a very expensive storage business with 26 rac{1}{2} cents per bushel to a farmer who wanted to store grain. But eventually over half of the money…

I encourage Senators to vote against the Harkin amendment. It is, in fact, a $260 million subsidy to farmers. Deliberately, farmers have been given a rate 1 percent less for a long time, at the Treasury rate as opposed to the commercial…

I ask for the defeat of the Dorgan amendment. Clearly, the idea that farmers will not utilize the land to plant and try to obtain income is not a sound one. The attempt of the Dorgan amendment, once again, is to couple together payments…

The amendment would simply require a national age standard be set for labeling of lamb in the United States and that this standard would be also enforced on imported product. This is a relatively simple measure that would ensure that lamb…

My colleague, Senator Leahy, former chairman of the committee, a man with whom I have worked in the Senate from the time that I started on the Agriculture Committee, has made a number of constructive suggestions. The latest version we are…

In beginning debate on S. 1541, the farm bill, let me just say that it is very important to farmers all over the country who have been notifying Senators and Members of the House that they want, certainly, a degree of certainty before they…

I rise to support the Agricultural Market Transition Act of 1996. This legislation is identical to Title I of the Balanced Budget Act, with two changes which I shall mention shortly. Congress passed the Balanced Budget Act and the…

when I brought the START II Treaty to the floor last month, I did so in my capacity as the manage for the Foreign Relations Committee. In my opening statement, I sought to lay out for the body the key provisions of the START II Treaty, the…

Throughout that period of time, I have been deeply concerned about the Food Stamp Program for several reasons, and the distinguished Senator from Missouri has expanded on many of them. The Food Stamp Program, because it is a national…

let me just indicate again that the welfare reform bill in front of the Senate is not one that is permissive. It talks about reform and reduction, as the distinguished Senator from Missouri has pointed out. All of the requirements that I…

the dilemma with the Helms amendment is very simple. That is in many communities throughout the country there are not volunteer programs. There are not work programs that people could take up. In some cases, there are not jobs. Frankly…

our public assistance programs should encourage work, not dependency. The Senator from North Carolina and I agree on this. However, this amendment affects the wrong people. It would deny food stamps to able-bodied 18- to 55-year-old…

today, we consider S. 178, the CFTC Reauthorization Act of 1995. This legislation was sponsored by myself and Senator Leahy, and requested by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The only provision of this legislation is to authorize…

this past Saturday, January 28, in Richmond, IN, 150 persons from around the world gathered at Earlham College's Stout Meetinghouse for a memorial service in honor of one of the 20th century America's most prominent religious leaders, Dr…

I am pleased to join Senator Harkin in introducing legislation aimed at encouraging regulatory common sense. I would like to give my colleagues a bit of background so they will understand why it is needed. In the spring of 1993, the…

on our side of the aisle, we support the amendments. They have been worked out carefully by the distinguished staffs on both sides of the aisle and are under the authorship of the distinguished Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Simpson], and we…

I underline this new provision, Madam President, because the fact is that, in the past, the allegation was made by this Senator and others that USDA was seemingly composed of 43 separate empires, loosely held together under a Secretary of…

this September over 1,000 athletes from more than 40 countries will travel to Indianapolis to compete in the World Rowing Championships. This year marks the first time that this championship has been held in the United States, and I am…

I have supported the balanced budget constitutional amendment ever since it was first introduced in 1979. I will continue to support it because it is the correct policy for our Nation. While budget deficits may be convenient in the short…

We have introduced legislation that would give consumers an incentive to monitor spending carefully because to do otherwise would be wasting their own money.

In my opening comments, I mentioned this date of April 14, 1986, because it framed several of the issues that we're discussing today.