Haley Stevens

I am pleased to confirm that this conference agreement provides $4.9 million dollars for remote sensing research and development activities in the RDT&E Defense-Wide University Research Initiatives account.

Addressing the shortage of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance coverage is an important step in strengthening DoD's drug interdiction efforts.

I remind Senators that the two models of the World War II memorial that will be on The Mall are down in S-128 with people there to explain. It will come before the Fine Arts Commission this week for a final approval. Senator Inouye and I…

The Senator from Texas has asked that we remove from the bill the pay shifts which we assumed were available to our committee in order to increase the amount of budget authority and outlays that would be used by our committee. The Senator…

I congratulate Senator Specter and Senator Harkin, on my own behalf, and I am sure I speak for Senator Byrd also. The Senate should know this is the largest health services bill in history. It represents a magnificent contribution and…

My friend has raised excellent points. I have been briefed on these technical and programmatic concerns and have discussed them with both the Department of Defense (Navy) and the industry teams. They have both presented their projected…

Senator Launtenberg's point is well taken regarding research and development effort for nonlinear acoustic landmine detection research. I worked with Senator Lautenberg and Senator Inouye on getting this effort startled last year. Although…

CMIS needs support to be fully realized. The Department of the Navy should ensure that the funds within the President's budget are applied to this priority. I am hopeful that additional funds can be made available to fully implement CMIS.

I thank my colleague for her dedication to this issue. During our trip to the shipyard in her state to examine new facilities and to meet with company officials first hand, I was impressed with the level of leadership, innovation…

I do and will be interested in personally reviewing the reports in advance of the fiscal year 2002 appropriations cycle. I thank my colleague for her dedication and commitment to the armed forces.

Again I say to the Senator that I think Chairman Shelton's testimony was very persuasive. He urged against using our scarce airlift resources on the A-model upgrades. However, my friend makes a good point that changing the program at this…

The Senator is correct, I do not believe that the Committee's language endangers any of our aircrews. Instead, it is a delaying mechanism to prevent investing in these planes before we are sure that they will be flying for the next 20…

The Committee does not believe this report language limits replacing C-5 High Pressure Turbines. Those replacements should occur to the entire C-5 fleet based on Defense Department requirements.

I want to assure the Senator that I will work with him and the other interested members to ensure that this matter is addressed in our conference in a manner that will provide a favorable resolution for the Academy.

We do, of course, have satellites that provide regular intelligence, but in terms of special missions and real-time needs on the ground, the reconnaissance capabilities provided by aircraft such as the U-2 and UAV are irreplaceable.

The operational support airlift fleet has decreased from 520 in 1995 to 364 today. We are reducing the number of these aircraft. Now we are starting a pilot project of leasing them to see if we can save even more money. But we must go…

I support the health care demonstration program directed by section 740 of S. 2549, and I assure my good friend from Michigan that the FY2001 Department of Defense appropriations bill before the Senate includes sufficient funding in the…

I and Senator Inouye welcome the cooperation of the Senator from Iowa to keep the current level for next year. We are trying our best to have the ability to take it down to zero in the near future. For now, we do thank the Senator for once…

This amendment establishes a priority of funding for early education of children. It has broad bipartisan support. It does not make it mandatory. We now know the stimulus children get at a very early age contributes to the development of…

I thank those who listened regarding the appropriations process and the actions we have taken to try to assure we will have the ability to meet the needs of the Nation. It is a very trying process. I think the compromise we have worked out…

I want the Senator from West Virginia to know I appreciate the restraint that he has used in coming out on the procedure we followed. In my judgment, there was no alternative. I agree with much of what the Senator from West Virginia has…

I am once again humbled by the words of my good friend from West Virginia. There is no man, I think, in history who knows more about the Senate, and loves and serves it better, than the Senator from West Virginia. The honor to be here and…

The State of Alaska has been managing wild salmon since statehood more than 40 years ago. In fact, one of the driving forces behind our statehood movement was to gain management control over our resources, particularly the salmon fisheries.

I am pleased to have been here as Senator Bennett presented his report. He does deserve the credit he has rightly claimed, and his committee has done its work very well. I am most pleased to be able to congratulate him for a job well done.

I want to make it very plain that the Alaska position is, we want no strings on these block grants. We contacted the Anchorage School District superintendent, for instance, Bob Christal. He told my staff to tell me, without any question…