Thad Cochran

Addressing the emergency drinking water needs of rural communities is one of the purposes of this funding.

Is it not the case that health risk pools have been created by statute in the several States to serve a public function of relieving the hardship of those who, for health reasons, are unable to obtain health insurance coverage…

This conference report retains the language, as adopted by the Senate, that prevents further finalization or implementation of the medguide regulation.

I agree that it would be appropriate for USDA to consider this application, if submitted, and I encourage the Department to give full consideration to an application for a rural telemedicine and distance learning grant from the University…

Seasonal base plans are merely a stabilization tool, not a price enhancement mechanism, and should be administered as such.

Yes, I am very supportive of precision agriculture and Senator McConnell's legislation.

I understand just how important the emergency disaster loan program is to those people whose farms and ranches have been devastated by this drought, and I agree with the Senator that it was unfortunate that the Clinton administration chose…

The Senator has all of his rights. There are no rights of his whatsoever that have been extinguished in any way or diminished in any way.

I am pleased to join my State colleague and other Senators in cosponsoring this resolution condemning recent church burnings and urging that all appropriate Federal authority be used to investigate these incidents and bring to justice…

It occurred to me, since there was before the general public a suggestion by the President that he had made recommendations that were almost identical with the Republican suggestion about how to protect the benefits of this Medicare…

I hope Senators will be able to support the petition to invoke cloture so we can have a vote on the merits of amendments to and the farm bill itself, that will put in place a farm program for this and later years. This farm bill that is…

A resolution (S. Res. 207) to congratulate Brett Favre, a native of Kiln, Mississippi, for winning the 1995 National Football League Most Valuable Player Award. Whereas Brett Favre, a native of Kiln, Mississippi, is a professional football…

If a member, who is a senior member, of the Judiciary Committee staff tells a Senator like I was told during the briefing on this issue that if the committee had had the information that came to light after the nomination had been…

How could you have done that if the information about this nomination to Tulane and the scholarships did not come to the attention of anybody until the day after the Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the Senate?

It was if they did not overrule the fourth circuit. The fourth circuit had reversed the lower court. The lower court ruled that was public property and that all legislators had control over the files that were held by Tulane. And the…

One question I have that has not been brought out here was that this suit not only requested a ruling as to these five legislators, but, more important, with respect to Judge Dennis, it involved all legislators' records, as to whether or…

In conclusion, let me simply say that one mark of the courage and interest in the political development of our State was illustrated by Mrs. Lyells' active and conspicuous participation in the development of the modern Republican Party in…

I hope that I am understanding the Senator correctly then that the amendment that I am describing is really not necessary to help ensure that this balance, this fairness will exist as between private and public sector entities that may be…

This past Saturday I read in the New York Times an interesting editorial dealing with the challenge of attracting good teachers into the Nation's classrooms, and the importance of having well-qualified, well-trained, and excellent…

First let me commend the distinguished Senator from Alabama for his introduction of the resolution on the subject of a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. As the Senator knows, it has been an item of high priority in terms of…

On June 11, 1994, a special place along Winberry Creek in the Willamette National Forest in Oregon will be dedicated to honor her memory--a fitting tribute to her tireless work and dedication to protect our Nation's valuable natural…

If I understand what the Senator has said, he is going to obstruct or would be prepared to obstruct the passage of my amendment, which may be meritorious and to which there is no objection on either side for any reason, in an effort to try…

I would agree. However, the delay in the implementation of these regulations is to allow the numerous concerns that have been raised with these regulations to be resolved, and to provide additional time for the EPA to distribute the…

S. 1913 represents a major compromise between the Environmental Protection Agency, farm worker interests, production agriculture, and State regulators in the implementation of EPA's farm worker protection standard. The bill will delay the…

If we were starting over again, and the Senate had not voted by such an overwhelming margin against the motion to table this amendment, I would be willing to discuss what we could do on this bill. But without some assurance that the action…