Haley Stevens

Perhaps my colleagues agree that we should try to work with the Department of Energy on organizing a more pronounced effort there to support research on cleaner diesel from natural gas.

Yes, I agree with the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The Department of Energy has been investigating alternate fuels that would improve air emissions but not require a new infrastructure or delivery system such…

Does the Senator want a permit every time they do it and have the managers say this is for management purposes only?

I share the Senators' concerns for the need for sustained and adequate funding. The Foreign Operations bill is an effort to address that concern and the many other programs that need attention in our foreign policy.

It does not preclude it, and I will work to ensure that we try to get more funding.

That is correct. I will work on trying to see a higher level of funding. But let me point out that there is a difference between the House and Senate allocation levels and that we will have a lot of reconciling to do.

I believe that is the case but the House has not yet made a final decision on appropriation levels for the State Department's counter narcotics programs.

We have had to make a lot of tough decisions in this bill while trying to ensure that we meet the needs of many critical programs. I know that Senator McConnell and Senator Leahy and the subcommittee have worked shared to be fair, and they…

The potential of electric drive is certainly worth exploring, and the committee would be willing to consider a request from the Navy if they believe it is critical to the DD-21 design effort.

I thank Senator Kohl. I agree that the Navy should continue its research efforts into electric drive, and it should strongly consider the benefits it could bring to the DD-21 Class of destroyers. In addition, I am aware that this…

I believe that the level of funding for distance learning in the Senate bill would give programs like the Center for Opening Learning an opportunity to work with the Department of Defense in order to develop additional courses and enhance…

I am aware of the fine work being done by the Chicago Public Schools in the area of JROTC. It is an example of a program that works. It is my understanding that a number of Chicago high schools would like to include JROTC as part of their…

Yes, I am familiar with the work of this excellent group and the benefits it provides not only to the military but to the tribes served by its activities.

There is a clear military requirement for the procurement of this ship. Unfortunately, we are working under tight budget restrictions. Should funds become available, I believe that Congress should give careful consideration to procuring a…

I thank the Chair of the Senate Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee for highlighting the DDG-51 advance procurement provision of the FY 2000 Defense Authorization Bill. I am aware of this initiative and strongly support it as a means of…

I absolutely support the safe storage of all classified documents. For this reason, I was happy to accommodate your request to include an additional $10 million dollars for the specific purpose of retrofitting security containers managed…

I also wish to thank the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts for his kind remarks about this important Defense spending bill. I share the Senator's concern about levels of investment by the Air Force in Science and Technology. In the…

Yes, the committee directs the Department of Defense to explore all promising detector technologies including interferometric sensors.

I, too, supported this program, and as you know I am committed to promoting the best health care possible for the men and women who serve our country. Briefly Senator, would you explain who the primary beneficiaries of this program would…

The Senator is correct that it is our strong intention that all JCALS funds, including those allocated for so-called defense information infrastructure, be used exclusively for direct JCALS work, as provided in the budget request.

I am familiar with the Marshall Foundation and am interested in the prospect of adapting this program to the Junior ROTC. The committee would be interested in any support the Department of Defense could provide to this important mission…

I strongly agree. Dover is one of the key supply bases for all of our operations in Europe and the Middle East. I think it requires the C-17 as soon as possible. The bill before the Senate adds multi-year authority to purchase more C-17s…

I fully agree with the Senator's statement. I believe that C-17s should be used to replace many other strategic aircraft and that the basing strategy of the Air Force needs to take this into account.

I want to state to the Senate what we are going to do here. We have resolved, I tell the Senate, all outstanding issues now. I will offer here a package for myself and the distinguished Senator from Hawaii and a series of colloquies, and…

It is the position of the committee that the aircraft we are talking about are for basically multimission functions and are really not designed for warfighting requirements. They are designed for transportation, basically to meet normal…