John Danforth

He was creating an event. He was doing, by his action, he was creating a time and a place that would be the focal point for what turned out to be the darkest day in American history.

American politics is too polarized as it is.

Section 401(b) of this legislation states that: It is the policy of the United States that further releases of lead into the environment should be minimized, and methods should be developed and implemented to reduce sources of lead that…

I might suggest to the Senator from Michigan, it is enough to persuade the yet unpersuaded to retire.

I think we should be proud of serving in the U.S. Senate. I believe that we should view this body as something that is representative of the American people. We talk about gridlock. Yes, I guess there is gridlock. But is that not…

My concern is that in imposing a freeze, the Secretary be extremely cognizant of the consequences to the bond market. I would not want to see an airport's bond ratings impaired as a result of a freeze.

I wish to join with other Senators in expressing my admiration for the work that Senator Ford has done in bringing this legislation to the floor. This bill is a short-term fix for a very real problem, and the problem is the imminent needs…

I have another concern which I consider significant. Ordinarily, the law gives actions of State or local governments a presumption of validity. This legislation does not. In fact, it says that the Secretary must issue an order preventing…

This legislation gives the Transportation Secretary emergency authority to find an airport rate increase on airlines to be unreasonable. The Secretary, in reviewing whether a fee is reasonable, as I understand it, would have the ability to…

the purpose of this sense-of-the-Senate amendment is to retain Congress' role in evaluating the budget request of the Department of Energy, as it relates to the Department's Kansas City plant, before the budget request is implemented. The…

on April 6, 1994, the Commission for the Future of Worker/Management Relations, or, as it is more commonly known, the Dunlop Commission, will hold hearings to gather information so that it can make recommendations on improvements in labor…

I am pleased to support S. 1458, the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1993. This legislation will help to lift the weight of product liability lawsuits that has almost crushed our light aircraft manufacturing industry. I commend…

turning to the loan guarantee provision in this legislation, I will read from the committee report, and the Senator from Missouri did not write the committee report. Let me just read the relevant portion from it: The bill would require…

This letter is to confirm that the National Venture Capital Association is adamantly opposed to the venture capital provision contained in Section 306 of S. 4. As the President-Elect of NVCA, Patricia Cloherty, stated in a letter dated…

Recently, a number of legislative initiatives have been launched that would have the government play an active role in the creation of venture capital firms. The underlying rationale is simple: There is, according to the sponsors, a…

first, I would like to express my appreciation to both Senator Burns and Senator Bradley because I think what they have done is to create a sense of bipartisanship and focus on the issue before us. Clearly, we were pretty well divided on a…

if the Chair would notify me when 10 minutes have expired, I would appreciate it. Mr. President, let me attempt to answer some of the questions asked by various Senators but especially by the Senator from Connecticut. There is no doubt…

The planned short increases will enable a substantially higher Federal investment in technology with strong commercial application as called for by the Clinton Administration's economic plan. I do think it is a difference in economic…

I would like to address the Senate on the question of the aerospace industry and particularly the matter of Airbus, because the Airbus situation has been so egregious and such a clear example of unfair trade practices against a major…

This year, 1994, the appropriation for all these programs combined is $526 million. The President has requested for all of these programs $964 million. This is an authorization for 1995 for $1.370 billion.

first, I do believe that some explanation is in order for what happened in the Commerce Committee, because repeatedly it has been said that this was a unanimous vote in the Commerce Committee that it was approved in the Commerce Committee…

Well, as I understand the argument in favor of the legislation, with the cutbacks in national defense and the cutbacks in spending for research in national defense, we have created a pocket of money which is now burning a hole in that…

Well, I do not want to miscast or in any way misrepresent what this is about. The way the Senator has put the issue has to do with increased spending. I believe that the argument would be made that this is called investment and that…

That is correct. The authorization for 1995 is $1.370 million and in 1996, it is $1.478 billion; the grand total being $2.8 billion. It is the contention of this Senator that that reflects a ballooning of the cost of these programs, and…