Haley Stevens

There is no Alaska project that was eliminated by the President. Second, the difficulty that I really have with what the Senator has said is the line-item veto was intended to eliminate waste or projects that would lead to a deficit. We…

Not many Americans--in fact not many human beings--have the opportunity to bring about permanent change in our world. Even if a person has the opportunity, it is seldom that change can be brought about in a time span of only 3 years. A…

I have great fondness for all participants, but I have two worries. One worry is the worry that the head of the Federal Reserve just announced we are coming into a period of inflation, and the second worry is whether the impact of the…

I concur with my colleagues, and I will work as chairman of the Appropriations Committee to make sure that these funds are additional, not replacement, revenues to meet park and environmental purposes.

I offer this as chairman of the Appropriations Committee with the hope that the Senate will agree that this matter should now go to the authorization committee, and that the extent of the problem be reviewed with appropriate hearings. This…

This pending Lieberman-Coats amendment is a good one. We see no reason to take further time on it because the House bill does have the $75 million for charter schools. The effect of this amendment would be to increase it to that amount. It…

There are no smoke and mirrors in the appropriations bills. We sometimes have devices in order to enable us to meet the objectives of the Budget Act, but we never end up by appropriating money to an account that is not controlled by the…

I concur with Senator Snowe. As the original sponsor of the bill, it is my intent that the Secretarial findings in section 5 be subject only to the scope of judicial review in the Administrative Procedures Act. That is clearly the…

Canada issued a semipostal, that is what they call this, a semipostal stamp, to support literacy. It was a surcharge of 5 cent per stamp, and it raised $252,000 net. This is not an effective way to raise money for breast cancer. We have…

I say the same thing, you cannot limit this process to one concept of a breast-cancer concept. It will lead to Congress getting back into the micromanagement of the Postal Service. It is plainly wrong, and it should not become law. I yield…

I understand the temper of the times, but I think some of us who have been through this time and again have the duty to come forth and warn the Senate what it is doing. Since 1970 to this year, 27 years, in 17 of those years the Senate has…

I congratulate the two managers of this bill, Senator McConnell and Senator Leahy, for accomplishing almost the impossible-- to have the foreign assistance bill passed in this manner. We had a meeting at the beginning of this year when I…

I can remember the days when this bill was filibustered for days and days and days. It is really a tribute to the two managers for having accomplished this, and I congratulate them very much.

This discovery is one of the great military history finds in memory, and I believe that we have an obligation to ensure that this ship is properly preserved. This type of discovery is why the committee created the Legacy Program in 1991…

Yes, the committee has provided additional funding in the amount of $87.5 million to address the funding shortfall in the Army's real property maintenance account. Recognizing that the Army has prioritized its real property maintenance…

I believe this is a reasonable request, and I expect the Air Force to outline impacts of test and training range utilization as a result of changes in force structure to the Congress.

I am aware of this firefighting demonstration kit for the Black Hawk helicopter. I agree that this program should be treated as any other item of special interest in the National Guard and Reserve Miscellaneous Equipment account, and am…

The Air Force has indicated specifically that EGPWS and TCAS for selected aircraft are part of the phase II modifications. The Air Force also has unfunded requirements for flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders.

Last evening the Senator from Hawaii and I discussed this amendment with the Senator from Virginia. We are convinced that it will bring about savings of taxpayer funds and that it should be adopted at this time.

I am one who has still strong reservations about the determination to add new members to NATO. I am not opposed to NATO. I have been a firm supporter of NATO. On the other hand, we are doing some studies now on the history of the expansion…

It will reduce the deviation ceiling and billing for the Department of Defense on June 30, 1998, to $1 million. It is being offered by me on behalf of Senator Grassley with the understanding that the Department of Defense does concur in…

This amendment shifts $6 million to cover a demonstration project that was authorized by the Defense authorization bill pursuant to an amendment offered by Senator Sessions.

This will restore $60 million to the Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction Program. We call it the Nunn-Lugar Program. It will fully fund the program. We had reduced $60 million in accordance with the Senate Armed Services Committee's…

Today, I offer this amendment for myself and currently 46 Members of the Senate. This amendment will change the status of the Chief of the National Guard. Our amendment promotes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to a 4-star general…

Yes, that is the case. And it is my hope that the Department of Commerce will assent to the Senator's wishes in this matter to have this report fully considered.