I would like to thank the witnesses, and the men and women they represent, for their service and their leadership.

I understand that a delay in the construction of this ship is likely to lead to an increase in the cost of the ship.

I'm fresh back from a trip to my State, where I had the pleasure of cutting a ribbon at Columbus Air Force Base for a new facility.

Back in 1787, with a great deal of disenchantment around the country with the Articles of Confederation, a new Constitution was written to bring all the States of the Union into a workable bond. One of the fundamental principles reflected…

As the chairman knows, I have had a longstanding interest in NASA's research partnerships with universities and industry, particularly in the area of developing commercial applications in remote sensing. I am pleased that the committee…

the Plant Variety Protection Act codifies our international commitments under treaties for protection of plant varieties. The law gives plant varieties 20 years of protection, similar to a patent, in order to preserve the quality of the…

Mr. President, the Feinstein amendment suggests a significant change in the regulatory regime that exists today for energy markets. My understanding of the Senator's amendment is that it would, for the first time, require regulation of…

Would the Senator agree that relocating this Institute, given its unique organization and the dispersion of its staff, would not yield significant savings or efficiency?

On November 3, 2003, the Agricultural Research Service, the primary research agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will celebrate its 50th anniversary. To commemorate this special anniversary, I, along with Senator Harkin, am…

Charles Pickering has been subjected to the most intense and thorough scrutiny that I can remember any judicial nominee enduring since I have been in the U.S. Senate. After all of his opinions as a United States district judge have been…

I am advised this amendment would really be a recipe for gridlock in that it mandates new requirements for the Forest Service as well as the Bureau of Land Management--processes they have to carry out and go through before they can engage…

there has been considerable attention paid to the provisions of the House-passed bill which was referred to in our Committee on Agriculture. The version the House passed has the same provisions that would change substantially the judicial…

this amendment embodies recommendations made by a bipartisan group of Senators who are committed getting this legislation passed and signed by the President. The amendment establishes a predecisional administrative review process. It…

I rise to commend my friend, the distinguished Senator from California, for her active involvement and effective work in reaching this agreement that has been reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Healthy Forest Restoration…

on July 24, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry reported to the Senate H.R. 1904, the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. This bill reflects a comprehensive effort to improve forest health on both public and private lands…

The amendment provides that: The President shall direct the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, in coordination with the Governing Council of Iraq or a successor governing authority in Iraq, to establish an Iraq…

This is a smoke-and-mirrors amendment, Mr. President, purely and simply. You cannot have it both ways. As I remember, one of my good friends on the other side, after looking at a proposal that we had before us one time, said: This is like…

in behalf of the Committee on Appropriations, I present to the Senate a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. The bill was…

I thank the chairman and urge that he give special attention to the following GAO recommendation: DOE's accelerated cleanup initiative should mark the beginning, not the end, of DOE's efforts to identify other opportunities to improve the…

Chairman Domenici knows I have been concerned about DOE's high-level waste cleanup program from its inception. Shortly after our committee concluded action on the bill, the GAO issued a report, entitled, ``Challenges to Achieving Potential…

a year ago, with the support of American agriculture, Congress approved legislation granting trade promotion authority to President George W. Bush. The President has demonstrated a strong commitment to expanding the American economy by…

as I read it, this amendment would single out employees of the new Department of Homeland Security and have different standards for them compared with other executive branch employees. We have come to appreciate the government-wide ethics…

It is my understanding from the TSA that the $309 million for LOI's in our bill is sufficient to meet the expected demands of airports that are ready to begin formal design and construction.

Section 871 of the Homeland Security Act allows for an exemption to the Federal Advisory Committee Act so that meetings of advisory committees at the Department of Homeland Security could go forward in emergency and other unforeseen…

I am very hopeful the funding in this bill will enable the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the heads of the various directorates and the other agencies that are funded in this bill--the Coast Guard and others--to carry…