as chairman of the Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee, I am pleased and honored to introduce the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1994 by the request of the Clinton administration. My highest priority as a member and chairman of the…

Once again, there were a lot of us who had some major concerns in this area. We were listened to. They heard us and they have acted. Again I hope that the Senate will support this version of the important legislation and we can get on with…

I intend to support the gift restraints, in all sincerity, as I have supported them for a long, long time. There is some kind of a difference. You can accept a gift and keep it a secret and not say anything about it. Not so with your…

I salute the great safety record of the Federal Aviation Administration. Certainly, if you look at the record, you will see that with the diligence, the tenacity, and the determination of the dedicated air traffic controllers of the United…

a very important matter has come up that I hope the Senate and the House of Representatives will address itself to. Under the leadership of our great Secretary of Transportation, Secretary Pena, we should be alerted to the fact that we…

The most interesting part of all of these headlines is ``Domenici Backs Clinton Budget Plan.'' Well, that is a first, I think the record will show, for the ranking Republican on the Budget Committee. Certainly, he has a right to his views…

this table shows where the $113 billion--my friend from Iowa said $112 billion; it is $113 billion--shows that these show up on the discretionary add-ons in the President's functional totals, and they exclude defense. Defense is not on the…

I think we are all very troubled with the situation in Bosnia, and troubled we should be. But I do not believe a feel-good amendment, like the one offered by Senators Dole, Lieberman, Mack, Lugar, McCain, Levin, Feingold, Hatch, Dorgan and…

I simply say to you, Mr. President, that if you do not know Frank Kelso well, then you have missed meeting one of the finest men or women that I think has ever served in the U.S. Navy. We have had him on numerous occasions before the…

Mr. President, the Senate has now before it President Clinton's nomination of Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, U.S. Navy, to retire in grade as a four-star admiral. That nomination was reported favorably by the Armed Services Committee by a vote of…

In fact, it would be extraordinary if he did not retire in the fourth grade. In the last 5 years, there have been 206 individuals in the third or fourth star grades of admirals and generals to retire; 200 of the 206-- all but 6--retired on…