Olympia Snowe

I fully agree with my colleague, Senator Smith, and most strongly agree with his view on the Reentry Vehicle Application Program. Unfortunately, quantitative data to support such cost and performance tradeoffs are not always readily…

The United States Air Force Reentry Vehicle Applications Program has been providing critical technologies required for the manufacture of reentry vehicles and components. Of special note is the meaningful program with both the prime and…

I just respond to the Senator from Maryland by commending her for her very strong statement, her commitment, and a resoluteness to this issue in the hope that women get the best health care in America. She has shown strong leadership on…

The House bill would place the U.S. on an equal par with foreign signatories time-wise. It would allow title XI to continue at its present terms and conditions during the 3-year transition period in which foreign signatories were granted…

Title XI provides for a government guarantee of commercial loans for the construction of ships in the United States for U.S. and export customers. Up to 87.5 percent of the 25-year loan is guaranteed under the program. Upon entry into…

Many of DOD's reserve and auxiliary ships are commercially built, owned, and operated, and they are chartered to DOD under long-term lease agreements. The U.S. Navy intends to continue this approach to acquiring these needed assets in the…

These concerns and the agreement's negative implications for the U.S. Navy shipbuilding industrial base were ignored by the negotiators of this agreement. U.S. shipbuilders were also dismayed that they were granted no transition period in…

During the negotiations, Germany granted $4 billion in shipyard modernization subsidies to the former East German shipyards. South Korea approved close to a $1 billion bailout of its largest shipbuilder Daewoo. Other European countries…

In 1993, 4 years after international negotiations had failed to produce an agreement to end foreign subsidies, Congress and President Clinton revived and amended a modest ship loan guarantee program called Title XI. The purpose of this…

Senator Cohen and I have been working extensively with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Maine State Housing Authority to clarify the status and handling of contracts for 17 housing projects in Maine that were…

I sponsored and worked on, with other Commerce Committee members, the provision to which Senator Chafee refers, and I can assure the Senator that the provision does require these transshipment permits to be consistent with all relevant…

The bottom line is we are treating these people as second-class citizens if they do not have access to the procedures guaranteed constitutionally under the law of the United States simply because of the Supreme Court ruling.

If States want to reduce their commitment, then the Federal share will be reduced as well. It is not preventing the States from reducing their share, but if they do, then we have a proportionate reduction of the Federal share as well.

I certainly would not be opposed to a multilateral response, but at the same time it should not preclude our position in terms of what we think is important for this country in the final analysis. I do not think that prevents the United…

I think Harry Wu would want the United States to stand up for him, and I happen to think--again, I cannot say what Harry Wu would think, but I think that China would feel very much slighted as well as insulted in the international…

Harry Wu has given his life to expose the unspeakable crimes that not only he endured in China's prisons but what others are enduring. I think it is a slap in the face what China has done to the United States. But it is more than that. It…

Harry Wu is an American citizen. So, therefore, we have an obligation or responsibility to make those determinations as a country. I agree that is important, too.

I thank my colleagues once again for their participation in this tribute to a remarkable woman who led a remarkable life, and all the causes she espoused in her political career would serve us well today. It certainly serves as an…

Again, I think the Senator is focusing on some key issues that I think are important focal points for this debate. The Senator was referring to the President's budget. Were you not surprised to see the President did not sufficiently…

Mr. Chairman, today this Congress is faced with a very clear, very stark choice about our Nation's fiscal stability and health, and about the kind of future we will bestow to the next generation of Americans. We can choose one of two…