More recently, on July 9, 2001, a letter from the current Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, indicated that based on an analysis by the Food and Drug Administration on the safety issues and analysis by his planning…

while I support the passage of this bill, I think we ought to recognize the role the Administration is already playing to deal with these serious problems of corporate responsibility. I was pleased that President Bush announced last week…

I support giving the President trade promotion authority, as the bill now before the Senate would do. It is essential that we work with President Bush to ensure that we break down barriers and promote the sale of U.S. goods and services…

writing this new farm bill was a very difficult challenge. I am very pleased our conference committee has now completed its work and the legislation now in the form of a conference report has been approved by the other body and is now…

It is then my understanding that, under the provisions of this bill, the technical assistance necessary to implement the conservation programs will not come at the expense of the good work already going on in the countryside in…

I am a cosponsor of the Harkin amendment, along with Senator Grassley and Senator Lincoln. This amendment was offered last night. We had a discussion of the amendment at that time. The issue presented by this amendment is whether the bill…

I am pleased to join both of my friends from Iowa, Senator Harkin and Senator Grassley, along with the distinguished Senator from Arkansas, Mrs. Lincoln, in sponsoring this amendment to the energy bill. This amendment would seek to change…

I am pleased Congress is making this effort to reform the campaign finance laws. When the last election resulted in a Senate that was evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, it occurred to me there could not be a better time for…

there have been two important events relating to missile defense programs that occurred last week, which I would like to bring to the attention of the Senate. First is the successful test last Friday night of our Nation's long-range…

I am pleased the Senate is working to pass a farm bill. We need to complete action on this bill as soon as possible to send a signal that we could have a new farm bill implemented for the 2002 crop-year. One of the primary objectives of…

one of the best and most respected attorneys to have ever served in our State as an assistant U.S. Attorney is retiring. James Tucker has served the U.S. Department of Justice in the Southern District of Mississippi for 30 years. I have an…

I am grateful to him for his complements to this legislation as they relate to our obligations in the World Trade Organization and likewise in the importance and support from the Government for those engaged in production agriculture. This…

the No Child Left Behind Act provides the authorization for Federal assistance to States for the education of the children of our Nation. I support this conference report, and I am pleased with the emphasis on flexibility it permits for…

The effect of the ABM Treaty has been to deny the United States the legal right to test technologies, not only radars that are aboard ships, such as the Aegis fire control system radar, but also space-based elements such as sensors that…

I have a question about the migrant and seasonal Farmworker Housing Program. I have worked for a number of years to ensure that the Labor Department provide funding for housing assistance for eligible farmworkers. There is a…

It is my intent that these funds be used by the Department of Labor for the expansion of funding among the network of farmworker housing grantees. It is my understanding that it is the intent of this committee that these funds be used for…

I believe that it does redirect some of the funding allocated under the bill for title I programs so that it goes to the States with the highest percentage of poor students in their student population. These are students we decided needed…

I will take just a minute or two and suggest that this amendment that is offered by the Senator from New Hampshire has great merit because it shifts funds into a program that has historically been grossly underfunded. The title I program…

I am constrained to say a few words in defense of the committee's decisions with regard to the total overall spending in this bill. It is below the President's budget request. Twenty-two percent of the funds in this bill are discretionary…

I understand why this project is important to my colleagues. I will work with them to find a way to help ARS move forward in funding this project.

Certainly the research conducted by the lab is a key component in ensuring that an affordable, safe and dependable supply of nutritious vegetable crops is available to U.S. consumers. I, too, want to assure the Senator from South Carolina…

the catfish industry in the United States is being victimized by a fish product from Vietnam that is labeled as farm-raised catfish. Since 1997, the volume of Vietnamese frozen fish filets has increased from 500,000 pounds to over 7…

The resolution before the Senate should be considered by those who have planned and perpetrated the heinous attacks in New York City and Washington as more than a warning. It is a promise that will be kept. We pledge today our whole…

I will take a few minutes to make some observations about some of the discussions I have read in recent days in various news articles and have heard from Senators who have commented on these articles relating to missile defense and the…

I was impressed with the steadfast resolve of the President during his meetings with President Putin in Genoa in moving beyond the confrontational relationship with Russia and replacing the doctrine of mutual assured destruction with a new…