Kit Bond

This cut is the wrong approach.

The President's directive is very clear on that.

We believe that this will not only continue to cause greater stresses on local governments' budgets, but on the poor themselves.

I commend you and your administration for taking the steps for the first time to do something about mercury.

the VA was created with the central purpose of being a safety net for our veterans

I do not want Wal-Mart medicine for my vets.

Are you sure you're not going to be attracting the highest-risk home buyers into this program?

Obviously, there is a lot of money that I hope is not down a rat hole, but obviously we need a good system.

Hungry countries in the world are looking for better technology to provide the food that they need, with less reliance on chemical pesticides.

If it turns out that the Aldridge Commission has recommendations that contradict what NASA is asking for in fiscal year 2005, are you going to come back to us, or are you doing some back channeling?

I will have quite a few questions for the record about the cost of the Moon/Mars vision, the international partners, and a number of other things.

When you talk about TMDL, you strike fear in the hearts of agriculture, small communities.

We are going to have to go for a vote in a few minutes.

Well, No. 1, we'd like to have the data, if you'd provide that for us today.

I hope that next year if you are working on a budget that you can take your opening statement to OMB.

This is the time we should be increasing our commitment to education, not cutting it.

I would wholeheartedly concur with that. I think there are many needs in education.

I would like to go back to the CARES discussion and ask you about Chicago.

It does seem like the decision came out of left field.

Science and technology is our future, make no mistake about it.

Gentlemen, we have probably more problems with this budget than any budget we have been submitted.

As many of you know, Senator Mikulski and I have been, and we will continue to be extremely strong supporters of the NSF and a robust budget for the NSF.

It seems to me if you're going to be paying hard cash for somebody to do the repairs, you ought not to pay.

You know, I have grave concerns that some areas are getting too much money, some areas are not getting enough.

When everybody wants to stand up for their troops, I think we need to stand up for them right here and today.