I understand that the aerial program plays a large role in wolf recovery efforts in the Rocky Mountain West.

I appreciate the Senator's inquiry. I have no objection to your offering the amendment. I haven't seen the amendment. I asked my staff what it was about. They haven't seen it, either. We are trying to get in touch with the legislative…

I think we are at a point now where we can ask the question, What is the will of the Senate? Because that is the question. We have an amendment here that proposes a new program of spending based on an emergency of about one-half billion…

last night, after we had our last recorded vote, there were two amendments which we discussed and recommended to the Senate that we accept and they were accepted, one of which was offered by the Senators from Florida. Senator Graham…

this is an interesting part of the President's budget. When we reviewed it, we noticed, first of all, that over $400 million in new user fees were proposed by the President to be assessed on the food and poultry processing plants all…

I certainly want to provide adequate funding to maintain WIC participation. We felt that we were providing sufficient funding in the bill to accomplish that. I would also note that I am concerned about the effect of the offset in the…

I understand that the Wildlife Services Division of APHIS has recently completed a full, independent review of their aerial program.

I appreciate the Senator's indulgence. We are trying to get the reaction of the Food and Drug Administration and the legislative committee that has jurisdiction over this subject. I don't have an answer from them yet as to whether they…

the first letter that I read an excerpt from was from the American Cattlemen's Association. They represent all the beef cattlemen, many of them, throughout the country.

with some reluctance, I oppose the amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from Nebraska. I do so because the industry is not for this amendment. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association has written a letter in opposition to the…

I am delighted to join the distinguished Senator from Arkansas in cosponsoring this amendment. He has identified the problem. It really ought to be labeled the ``truth in budgeting amendment,'' because it requires the administration now to…

this amendment, as I stated, is designed to eliminate the subsidy appropriation for Farm Service Agency credit sales of acquired property and transfer this amount to subsidize the cost of additional farm ownership direct loans. The…

I urge the Senate to vote against the motion made by the Democratic leader to waive the Budget Act. This is an amendment that is almost the biggest program in the entire bill that is contained in the agricultural appropriations bill that…

This is an amendment that increases appropriations in the bill for the Agricultural Research Service and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service to fund additional agriculture research activities. It also increases…

this amendment increases appropriations in the bill for the Agricultural Research Service and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to fund additional agricultural research activities. Specifically, the amendment…

I am pleased to be able to point out the distinguished Senator from Maine has chaired committee hearings in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the subject of food safety. It has been a pleasure to participate with her in that…

the pending amendment is the resolution that was offered by the Democratic leader and others which is a recitation of some of the challenges and problems that face those who are involved in production agriculture throughout America…

I think he put in perspective the challenges that face American agriculture, particularly out in the northern plains. But he also, I think, put in proper perspective the legislative history and the effort that was made, on a bipartisan…

I can tell him that we will try to do everything we can to restore the cuts in FDA's cosmetics program.

I urge all Republicans to vote for the sense-of-the-Senate resolution indicating that there are problems in agriculture; they need the immediate attention of the President and the Congress.

There has been some misunderstanding, I think, in conversations I have had with fellow Senators about this amendment. What it does not purport to do is to tell the States how to certify or what criteria to use in the certification process…

it is with a feeling of profound sadness that I advise the Senate that former Mississippi Congressman Thomas G. Abernethy died last night in Jackson, MS. He was 95 years of age. He served with great distinction in the U.S. House of…

it should be noticed by those who are interested in the subject of missile defense that what we are actually debating and deciding this morning is whether or not the Senate should proceed to consider the bill that has been introduced by me…

there are two criticisms of this bill that I have heard during the debate from the opponents. The distinguished Senator from Michigan says that the bill should include the words ``treaty compliant'' and that it is therefore vulnerable to…

So, Mr. President, Senators should know it's very important that the conference report be adopted. It is a good compromise between the Senate and the House. It involves other provisions that have been discussed eloquently and forcefully by…