Haley Stevens

I do agree. Section 888 is a clear statement that Congress will play a major role in deciding whether there would be any significant changes to the Coast Guard in these areas. The language also preserves the Service's non-homeland security…

I strongly agree with this imperative and with my colleague's interpretation of Section 888. Indeed, Section 888 mandates this protection.

I firmly agree with my colleague from Washington about both the Coast Guard's role in securing our nation and the importance of its non-homeland security missions and capabilities.

I have spoken to those young pilots at the Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia and at our offices in Kuwait and even in London. Many of our own pilots who flew those missions day in and day out did not reenlist. They just got tired of…

It is high time we did away with that concept that the area of Baghdad is off limits. If they down an airplane, I don't think there is any question in the world we should declare war against them because he has violated the United Nations…

I believe that threats to the food supply are very serious and they need to be addressed both in terms of protecting our deployed troops and also in terms of homeland security. We need to find a way to ensure that the food supply for our…

Senator Shelby and I have discussed this matter and I also believe we should take a close look at using the funds recommended by the Committee solely for the conversion of M113A3 carriers and that we address this matter in conference.

I join the Senator from Hawaii and welcome the opportunity to vote to accept this amendment. I think it is a very modest step. The Senator from West Virginia has been restrained in terms of the abuses that we have heard about. This will…

Is it correct that the TRANSFORM program recently gained global recognition of its activities at a transportation conference hosted by USAID? I understand that in speaking of its activities, the World Food Programme's representative…

The supplemental provides language supporting the shipment of humanitarian supplies to poor nations. My friend from Alabama was the initiator of this language and I was hoping he could provide the Senate with more information on this topic.

I want a bill that will be signed by the President, but my problem is this: After the disasters of September 11, the President requested funds from the Congress, and he requested $10 billion--no hearings, no strings attached, just $10…

Does the Senator realize how much we are contributing to the research base for AIDS in the world, how much we are spending from defense, NIH, from a series of accounts, in terms of basic research for AIDS?

We have $300 million right now, Madam President, in this fund. The House bill has $100 million in addition, and we have $100 million in this. Does the Senator realize we are willing to go up to another $100 million?

I shall enjoy being at Dutch Harbor on Sunday, and I commend to the Senate the memory of the fact that there is another harbor that was attacked. Pearl Harbor was attacked, as we know, in December of 1941. Dutch Harbor in our State was…

I say to you in closing--I won't be talking on this amendment again, I don't think--the Senators who represent coal and steelworkers have made their own choice. The environmental movement is more important to them than the unemployed…

We ought to take time to see whether that settles in with the American public. Three of the greatest labor leaders in the country were there and another representing the fourth. They say they want this project to go forward. They want this…

The Senate has voted twice on the CAFE standards. The first vote was on amendment 2997, and the vote was 62 to 38 to give the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2 years to establish standards. That vote was not filibustered. It…

I intend later today to distribute to every desk a copy of a letter of July 3, 1980 that was signed by Senator Henry M. Jackson, chairman of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, and Mark Hatfield, ranking minority member, concerning…

There are a number of other nations and at least one private company who have expressed an interest in procuring general purpose, commercially configured tanker aircraft.

I agree with Senator Inouye's remarks. Not only with this provisions allow for timely delivery of critical military assets, but it requires that the leasing costs be 10 percent less than the life cycle costs of the aircraft were they to be…

The Senator from Tennessee raises an important issue in this IT program. We will do our best to work with the Senator on this matter during the conference with the House. We will also work with the Senator and the Department of Defense on…

I join my colleague in her expressed concern with the procurement rate of the DDG-51 program. I am particularly sensitive to recent reports that indicate the DDG-51 procurement rate is projected to drop below three ships per year after…

In parts of the State, it has increased nearly tenfold. In the area of the pipeline, this 800-mile pipeline, without question every one of the herds has increased by at least a magnitude of 4, some as much as 9 times. In fact, two of the…

It has not, and this will not either because we do not do oil and gas exploration in the summertime when they are there. We have committed to be certain there would be no interference with the caribou migration.

It is 19 million acres. It was 9 million acres before 1980 as the Arctic Wildlife Range.