I have proposed this amendment because I have concluded this is the only way to ensure that the administration responds to the will of Congress regarding the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD]. Last year, the Congress…

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.

Let me point out that under the farm bill there is a prescribed mandate for $90 million of funds to be allocated for this program. So unlike previous years, this is not a discretionary program any longer. The reforms that were made sought…

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…

There was a misinterpretation of estimates provided by Department of Agriculture for the payments for barley producers. But the barley producers were told that an erroneous support level would be made a part of the barley program. Then…

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…

this Market Promotion Program has been one that has attracted an awful lot of attention and some controversy over the last several years. Senators have heard the arguments for it and against it, and why it is important for us to continue…

let me compliment those who participated in this debate for the efforts they made to fully acquaint the Senate with the issue that is before us with the amendment offered by the Senator from New Hampshire. My reaction to it at this point…

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…

I rise to join all of those in the Senate today to wish Godspeed to our distinguished majority leader and colleague, Bob Dole, as he departs the Senate and embarks upon his campaign for the Presidency of the United States. I do not know of…

first, I want to commend the distinguished Senator from Georgia [Mr. Coverdell], and those who spoke this morning on the subject of a balanced budget amendment and the unfortunate consequences of our failure to deal with the problem of the…

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…

The most often heard criticisms of this legislation that have come to my attention and that I have read in the op-ed pieces and the newspapers consist generally of three main arguments: First, the system costs too much; second, we will…

I, too, want to join my Senate colleagues in expressing how profoundly saddened we are about the death of Adm. Mike Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations. He was truly one of the most impressive figures who has ever been selected to serve as…

it is unfortunate, indeed, that we are not getting a vote on the repeal of the gasoline tax that was imposed in 1993, the 4.3-cent gasoline tax that has been debated and discussed here on the floor for these past 2 weeks now. When the…

My question is whether or not the Senator is aware that today the leadership on the House side, the Speaker and the majority leader, sent a letter to the Republican leader here--a copy was given to the Democratic leader--which says as…

That summit meeting was held for a lot of purposes, to try to deal with a lot of issues that had been brought up in the Congress. The gasoline tax was not proposed by President Bush. I stand by what I said. President Clinton is the first…

this bill makes significant reforms of our Nation's longstanding agricultural policy. Farmers will no longer be forced to plant the same crops year after year to receive assistance, allowing for greater crop rotation and flexibility…

the amendment I offer with my colleague from Arkansas will ensure that funds appropriated to the Food Safety and Inspection Service for fiscal year 1996 are used to cover in-plant inspector salaries and benefits requirements before being…

The Natchez Trace Parkway is nearing the end of construction on 445 miles of historic roadway through Mississippi and Tennessee. The parkway has been under construction since 1937 and only the final 20 miles remain to be completed along…

Farmers are in fact, facing uncertainty and a potentially serious situation concerning purchase of crop insurance for 1996. Many believe they are not going to be required to buy it; others may believe that they are already covered when, in…

this is a subject we have debated on a number of different occasions on the floor of the Senate. I recall when we had the agriculture appropriations bill before the Senate this past year there were amendments offered to change various…

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…