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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

it is becoming more obvious every day that the White House is not prepared to reach an agreement with the Congress to balance the budget. We have not seen any specific proposal from the administration to make any changes that would, in…

Yesterday the Senate passed, at my request, a resolution commending Brett Favre, from my State, who was named earlier this week as the most valuable player in the National Football League. Brett, as Senators know, is the quarterback of the…

A resolution (S. Res. 207) to congratulate Brett Favre, a native of Kiln, Mississippi, for winning the 1995 National Football League Most Valuable Player Award. Whereas Brett Favre, a native of Kiln, Mississippi, is a professional football…

it is with much pride that I submit a resolution congratulating Brett Favre for his outstanding accomplishment in being named the Most Valuable Player of the National Football League for 1995. Brett is a native of my State of Mississippi…

This amendment provides funding for the Agricultural Weather Service Centers at Stoneville, MI and Auburn, AL and requires the National Weather Service to continue the operation of these important weather centers. This bill calls for the…

my amendment prohibits the authorization of funds to privatize the Federal prison facilities located at Yazoo City, MS, and Forrest City, AR. Mr. President, recent administration proposals regarding the privatization of Federal prison…

This is a question that is being presented to the Senate today under this motion to recommit on the basis of newly discovered information about the fitness of this judge to serve on the fifth circuit court of appeals. The motion to…

If a member, who is a senior member, of the Judiciary Committee staff tells a Senator like I was told during the briefing on this issue that if the committee had had the information that came to light after the nomination had been…

How could you have done that if the information about this nomination to Tulane and the scholarships did not come to the attention of anybody until the day after the Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the Senate?