Bob Kerrey

If there is a need for this law--the law is unprecedented. We are doing something extremely unprecedented. Ask the ratepayers, the taxpayers and citizens in the households. We are taking your comfortable telephone service, your comfortable…

I do not doubt they are acting in the public interest or that the senior Senator from Nebraska is acting in the public interest. I do not doubt that. That is not the point I am making. I am saying, look out there for who it is that is…

You have asked me a question; let me answer. We have had this colloquy a couple of times before. My answer, with great respect--and I am not trying to argue--I am trying to, hopefully, get some change that enables me to support the…

Corporate America has weighed in on this issue. Corporate America has contacted me on this particular issue, as they have contacted the Senator. The point I am trying to make is that the dominant interest in this piece of legislation is a…

I have not been in the Chamber before when the Senator brought this chart down. I am 51 years old, 51 years old. I spent 3 years in the world's largest, most powerful Navy. And I was taught, when I was in the Navy, the Commander in Chief…

I believe you have to look long and hard to find a Member who comes here and refers to the President by his first name, whether it is President Clinton, President Bush, or President Reagan. You have to look long and hard to find it. I…

What we are about to do in this legislation is without precedent. There is no legislative precedent for taking this large a sector of the economy. It is true we have deregulated other sectors of the economy but nothing that touches nearly…

I knew precisely what was in the bill. If I were in the committee, I would vote ``no'' entirely based on that provision.

I have no objections to this amendment. I would like to point out, the distinguished Senator from North Dakota, as well as the chairman and ranking member and the distinguished Senator from Alaska and others, worked very hard to try to…

I do think if you are going to move to a competitive environment the quicker you can get there the better off in many ways, and that to hold this thing back might make it difficult for us to get consumers to understand how it is we are…

I would, in fact, love to have the FCC provide in notification some explanation of how this fund works. I would not mind that at all, if I could understand the thing once and for all. The question I have is really the 120-day period…

I cannot support this bill. I do not believe it provides the kind of protection for consumers that needs to be provided. I believe many of the statements that have been made thus far overestimate the impact upon the economy and…

If I had new companies coming on-line providing service at the local level, they should make a fair share contribution to the universal service fund? As I say, I am not trying to oppose this amendment, I want to make sure we do not get…

I must say, the Republican defense is accurate. Congress does spend the money. For us to say, gee, the President has the responsibility for spending the money is inaccurate. It is the Congress of the United States of America that passes…

I rise to talk at length about the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform, a subject that I believe eventually this body will be compelled to address. When it does, it will be, of necessity, a bipartisan effort. We will not…

the fact is that Medicare spending will continue to skyrocket due to an aging population, even in the miraculous event that Federal health care costs were held to the rate of inflation--highly unlikely. Any time anybody gets close to…

Only some of the contaminants regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act are carcinogens. Is the Administrator permitted flexibility to set less stringent standards where other health effects are the basis for regulation?

Let us suppose that the current maximum contaminant level set at the feasible level for a particular contaminant reflects a lifetime cancer risk of 1 in 1,000,000 for a person drinking the water, would the Administrator be authorized by…

I would ask unanimous consent if the manager of the bill would allow me to speak for a few moments about an individual whom I know the distinguished senior Senator from Virginia knows well, and that is the son of former Marine Gen. Chester…

this resolution, once again, underscores the willingness of the people of the States to take charge of this program. They are not asking for regulatory relief without a willingness to assume the responsibility for setting priorities. In…

The health goals also reflect margins of safety for variability in the human population, extrapolation from animal test data to human health effects, and for the use of data that is not fully reflective of lifetime exposures. These margins…

It is the sense of the Senate that-- (1) The President's fiscal year 1995 budget includes a request for 11 courthouses with a total estimated cost of over $1,000,000,000; (2) while there may be significant need for new Federal courthouses…

the Senator from Maine laid the case out very well. If it would have been judged nongermane, it would be prudent and important that it be heard. I appreciate the offer of the distinguished Senator from Tennessee, as I understand, to hold…

First of all, Exon-Grassley cuts need to be preserved at all costs. I have heard some say that it is a too large a cut. I have heard some say it is too small a cut. The fact of the matter is what this does is it sends a signal to the…

I rise in support of S. 4, the National Competitiveness Act of 1994. I am proud to be a co-sponsor of this vitally important bill, which will renew our manufacturing base, promote American competitiveness in the global marketplace, and…