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Gerald Rudolph Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from August 9, 1974, to January 20, 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Ford was born in Michigan and previously served as the U.S. House of Representatives member from 1949 to 1973. He also held the position of House Minority Leader from 1965 until he became President. Ford is particularly known for his efforts to heal the nation following the Watergate scandal and for his controversial decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon.
Well, the Senator knows that, given overnight, there is a lot of thought going into what they might file tomorrow, and to accommodate your colleagues, it may have gotten you in a little more trouble than you wanted. So I throw that in. I…
Finally, the railroad industry expressed concern that the bill could possibly interfere with the right-of-way agreements companies have negotiated between themselves. Can this concern be addressed?
The railroads also urged Congress to provide for immediate response in the case of derailments and natural disasters. Does the bill address this issue?
While there is not a definition of ``excavation'' in the bill, some definitions in other bills on this subject would have covered routine railroad maintenance. I am concerned that railroads might be required to participate in a program…
Railroads also raised the issue of whether it is appropriate to require them to participate in one-call systems as ``underground operators'' because railroads own their right-of-ways and know the location of their own facilities within…
Among the minimum standards required for a program to be eligible for federal assistance is the requirement for ``appropriate participation by all excavators.'' However, the bill does not define these terms. Isn't that going to lead to a…
The Senator has been an attorney general. He is from the legal profession and I am not. Is it kind of unusual for a side agreement to be made by a defendant with a plaintiff lawyer?
All right. Now, that is not the bill. That is not the total bill here. There is also added on to that about $24 billion more for tort liability. That is in addition to that. And then the lookback penalties, which is if the reduction of…
Am I right if what I see here is that we are trying to say that this is a bad union here that is going to get taxpayer dollars to have an election? So, therefore, we are going to interfere. The issue is emotional. No question about it. But…
How can States regulate the purchase of cigarettes without dealing with retailers? There is no way. Because that is where the tobacco is sold. So, therefore, they do deal with retailers. Under the SAMHSA rule they have, based on their law…
It reminds me of the military, the teeth and the tail. I believe the teeth here have been pulled.
Under the Synar amendment, the States have passed laws to comply with SAMHSA. And, under that compliance they are required to enforce the law. And they are to so certify. They are to so certify to HHS that they are doing it. And part of…
Under SAMHSA, as I understand it, the States are required to certify to SAMHSA that they are carrying out these laws and one of the requirements under SAMHSA, in the so-called Synar amendment, is sting operations. So the enforcement is…
What about the $77 million that went to the hurricanes in North and South Carolina and Virginia that was paid and helped the communities or they would have taken the money out of some other fund as it relates to disasters?
What I have done here, as I said earlier, is to try to make crop insurance more comprehensive. So what this does is, it says that any farm with more than 400 acres that can be farmed not be eligible for crop insurance. The idea here is to…
Here you are damaging the farmer that is beginning to feel the pinch anyhow and hoping that we could negotiate some kind of an agreement. He is left out. You still want to eliminate this part of his everyday life.
I am sure he will be able to answer this and make me look bad. But this is just on crop insurance.
I would like to add to the thoughtful remarks of my distinguished colleagues. We started the debate over how to fund the FAA last Congress when we first proposed a fee system. Senator McCain and I worked very hard on the bill and the…
I can guarantee the majority leader this. If we are here and alive, you will have at least two amendments from our side that we will vote on on Tuesday morning.
I just watched the statement today that, if this Tokyo plan goes through, all of our energy generating facilities just go right across the border to Mexico. They are excluded. So all our jobs will go down there. All our electricity will…
Yesterday, the Chaplain very eloquently asked for God's blessing on our Democratic leader in the loss of his father. It indicates that all of us are human, and we are here just attempting to do the best we can with God's guidance. Today…
The only point I would like to make is that under the situation as it now stands as it relates to the DOD bill, there is at least one conflict. Unless it is worked out overnight, or by noon tomorrow, it would be very difficult to move to…
What the American people are demanding we do on this issue of crime is to prevent crime, not lock up kids after they have committed the crimes. ... Let us prevent this crime, provide them with meaningful opportunities, show some national…
But we have every obligation, because we pass the law, to be sure that the legislative language, the legislative history is understood by the courts also.
I don't think we accepted the enlargement of it. It was more to carry it out than to enlarge it.
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