James M. Jeffords: “I don't want to be told that a bean counter at OMB has decided that, for budgetary reasons, the State Revolving Funds…”

These innovations have the potential to move us into an era when driving a car or truck will no longer mean causing dangerous global warming pollution or using up scarce resources.

I see that as a possibility and would, with the concurrence of the four bill managers, support reasonable modifications to be allowable.

I will be brief but concise. This is not a vote about reducing mercury by 90 percent by 2009 or even 70 percent by the year 2030. That is a red herring. This is not a vote about the opponents' wildly outdated claims on the potential cost…

today I am introducing the Spent Nuclear Fuel Control and Accounting Act of 2006. I am pleased to be joined by the Senior Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy, in introducing this legislation. In the other body, our colleague from Vermont…