Bob Kerrey

I thank Senator Gorton for bringing this matter to the attention of the Senate. It is an incredible slip on the part of the IHS to have neglected to request these needed funds. It appears that in previous years the IHS seriously…

I wish to inquire of my colleague from Washington State, Senator Gorton, chairman of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, on the funding status of health facility construction projects within the Indian Health Service that are in the…

I share the interest of my colleague from Georgia in enhancing food safety not only for children but for all consumers. I note that several provisions in my colleague's amendment appear to be related to the types of research efforts that…

there is a national health epidemic in America that does not receive the attention it deserves. This epidemic is responsible for the loss of 1.2 million pre-retirement years of life a year; more than is lost to cancer or heart disease. It…

I believe that in order to achieve a goal, we must set the goal, commit the necessary resources to reaching the goal, and establish a method for measuring our progress toward that goal. Voluntary national testing would enable us to reach…

I share Senator Hollings' concern that the provisions in the reconciliation bill on the duopoly and newspaper-TV cross ownership rules which affect television broadcast license ownership violate the Byrd rule. The duopoly rule limits the…

I support this tax bill as a way to give working families tax relief and continue our economic growth. I'm delighted that the tax cuts for working families in this agreement were made more progressive by Democrats. I support estate tax…

I support the Dorgan point of order against the provisions in the reconciliation bill which manipulate the universal service support system to create a book-keeping gimmick which is disguised to look like deficit reduction. Universal…

I come to the floor and offer what I would call my reluctant support for this budget agreement. Today, the subject at hand is the spending portion of this bill. And I wish it was completely different, I must say, than what is in here…

first of all, I say that the man who taught me about entitlements is the distinguished Senator from New Mexico. I recall coming to the floor, I believe it was on a budget resolution that the distinguished Senator from New Mexico and the…

I am pleased to note that Senate appropriators have restored $10.5 million to the Telecommunications Information Infrastructure Assistance Program [TIIAP]. TIIAP is a highly competitive, merit-based, grant program that provides seed money…

during the last several weeks, I have taken the floor to discuss my concerns about the approach the Department of Justice has taken on mergers among and between large telecommunications companies. I was particularly disappointed with the…

I rise today to support the National Science Foundation plant genome initiative that is funded in the VA/ HUD, Independent Agencies appropriations bill. I want to commend Senator Bond, chairman of the appropriations subcommittee, for his…

I have chosen to continue to offer to my colleagues reasons why I have chosen to vote against Joel Klein, why I have chosen to oppose the nomination. I like the man, I respect him, I believe he is a good individual, and I don't like coming…

I, too, rise to support the amendment that will be offered shortly by the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts. First of all, we must, here in this Senate, be alert to the risk to lives of Americans in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. That is the…

I rise to comment on one of the most important authorization bills to be debated by the Senate each year, the defense authorization bill. In fact, if you consider that the first duty of government is to assure the life and freedom of its…

this provision would change American families with children, and it will generate more wealth. It is good for American families. We have been talking about it. In addition to the child tax credit, there are a number of us--Republicans and…

This proposal began in 1995. I heard the Senator from Texas describe it as a sacred part of the Contract With America. In 1995, Senator Lieberman and I introduced KIDSAVE as a modification to this $500 per child tax credit, and it set up a…

This amendment deals with FCC auctions of spectrum. They had an action about a month ago where they auctioned off spectrum for about a dollar. Some of these spectrums went for that. This amendment establishes that the FCC shall have a…

This proposal has been around--adjusting by income the part B premium has been around a long time. I know I was asked about it when I campaigned in 1988. This is not a new proposal. It has been argued. It has been vented. It has been…

I oppose the effort to strike this important provision in the Finance Committee's bill. Since Medicare was enacted in 1965, there have been many legislative efforts to make it more fair, to make it more progressive. Most colleagues, I…

The bill we are debating right now makes a substantial contribution to deficit reduction. The goal of all this deliberation is to balance the budget by the year 2002, the purpose of which is to enable us to continue with an economy that is…

I rise to join my chairman, the distinguished Senator from Alabama, in offering this year's intelligence authorization bill. It is designed to focus the national intelligence agencies of the United States on today's and tomorrow's threats…

The bill is called the Secure Public Networks Act of 1997, and it establishes as a priority that we are going to try with our law to develop a mechanism whereby, in collaboration with the private sector, the U.S. Government can work to…

this budget may solve our short-term budget problems, but my concern remains that it does not do enough about the long-term budget problems we face. If we want to keep the budget in check over the long-haul, we need to adopt policies that…