I am pleased that the order has been entered for the consideration of the conference report on the agriculture research bill. As Senators may remember, when we passed the 1996 farm bill, the research programs were only authorized to the…

I would like to make one closing point that I think should be made regarding the nature of the threat that exists now from other nations that are rapidly increasing both the range and sophistication of their missile systems. I talked about…

the GAO audit showed there are 3,000 audits of this kind performed each year. Of those audits, the report showed that 47 percent of them took place in Southern States. I looked further and saw that the GAO found that there were more random…

a little more than 20 years ago, Congress enacted legislation which created the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The legislation enjoyed broad bipartisan and bicameral support. The legislation I am introducing today…

This bill would make it the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as technologically possible an effective national missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile…

at the end of this month, my long-time good friend, John Perkins, will retire from service as a member of my personal staff. He has served as press secretary in my office since August 1979. Our friendship dates from the 1940s when we were…

Yes, I understand that the United States Department of Agriculture estimate includes $5 million for the Chino Dairy Preserve in San Bernardino County. I support this appropriation.

I would be happy to agree to the amount necessary to cover disaster assistance under the Emergency Watershed and Flood Prevention Program for Georgia in the wake of its recent flooding and tornado damage. In response to the second…

this amendment provides $222,000 to cover the cost of additional boll weevil eradication loans. This will correct a shortfall in the fiscal year 1998 appropriation due to an interest rate subsidy miscalculation. The additional amount…

we have had a good debate, a prolonged debate, on S. 1173, the surface transportation bill, or the highway bill, as it is known in my State of Mississippi. It is now time to pass it and get to work on a conference report with the other…

today I am introducing, at the request of the Administration, a bill to provide for the correction of retirement coverage errors under chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code--specifically, current and former federal employees…

I am proud to join Senator Domenici in sponsoring the 1998 Character Counts Week resolution. As an original member of the Character Counts Coalition here in the United States Senate, it has been my honor to cosponsor Character Counts Week…

Today in Mississippi, funeral services were held for Andy Reese, who was a long time reporter for United Press International and later served as the public information officer of the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was a friend of…

Funeral services will be held today in my State for Walter Grey Hemphill, Jr., a World War II hero, who was also a very close personal friend. He was best known in our community as a former star athlete at Byram High School, who was…

the State of Mississippi is very proud of the induction of Bailey Howell into the Basketball Hall of Fame. His college career at Mississippi State University still stands as the most impressive in the school's history. He was second only…

the U.S. Senate lost one of its most colorful and well liked staff members last Thursday night when my administrative assistant, Wiley Carter, died. His sudden and unexpected death at 61 years of age following surgery at a hospital in…

I have made the arguments that I intended to make. If Senators are interested in a little more detailed discussion of the procedures and why I think it would be such an unfortunate precedent for us to reward the strategy being used by the…

I hope everybody will read Senator Domenici's remarks in the Record tonight. They refer to the fact that the offset this amendment proposes really isn't anything more than a temporary, 1-year offset. In order to achieve the savings that…

I am happy to hear the remarks of the distinguished Senator from Virginia, and I am encouraged by his attitude to try to work this out so that we will not have to prolong the time of Senators this morning on a rollcall vote if it is not…

I urge that the amendment be defeated. I am prepared to yield back the remainder of my time. I ask unanimous consent that there be printed in the Record a copy of a letter to me from the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports that…

this has been a very vigorous and informative debate, in my judgment. I have no parochial interest in that our State does not grow tobacco. We have no program for tobacco, for any of the producers of agricultural commodities in our State…

I am pleased to present for the Senate's consideration today S. 1033, the fiscal year 1998 Agriculture, rural development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies appropriations bill. This bill provides fiscal year 1998 funding…

I appreciate very much the kind remarks of the distinguished Senator from Minnesota in connection with the fact that the program discussed by him, and which is the subject of his amendment, was not in any way reduced in funding by the…

One part of the amendment of the distinguished Senator from Nevada suggests that foreign corporations should not be eligible for funds under this provision of our bill. Our bill does not contain any language relating to this program…

I was just handed a chart that shows how much money comparatively is being spent on export or market promotion by the European Union as compared with how much we are spending in the United States of taxpayer funds for the same purpose…