Jeremiah Smith

I agree that Pittman-Robertson lands can certainly be used for field trials in a way that is consistent with the act.

As the Senator knows, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was not established with the intent that it become a regulatory agency. Rather, the principal mission of the Agency is to administer relief to areas of our nation that are…

I realize that Waterbury Dam repair is a pressing need for the state of Vermont and will carefully analyze the final report when it is released from the Army Corps of Engineers.

I thank my colleagues from Florida for bringing these issues to my attention, and I agree with my colleagues that the Corps of Engineers should take advantage of the expertise of appropriately qualified outside institutions, both…

I am pleased to be able to accommodate the Senators' request and provide $21 million in authorized language for this existing and ongoing flood reduction project. I know how important this project is to the citizens of Breckenridge…

Furthermore, the plan should include an agreement that the State will not pre-allocate any water generated by the plan for consumptive use or otherwise make this water unavailable by the State. This agreement is extremely important, as are…

In conclusion, we have an opportunity to rectify a terrible mistake we made. We did it with good intentions. But we made a mistake. This is what we need to do. It is our responsibility now to do that. The Everglades provision in the…

This is a particular odious practice that occurs now in China called organ harvesting. It is hard to imagine that any nation in the world today would conduct activities as odious as this, but it does happen. I personally oppose the…

I thank the managers who have worked so hard to resolve the amendment that I had on fetal tissue research. This amendment will set up a GAO study of the practice of fetal tissue transfer to determine whether or not any fetal tissue is…

I offer a second-degree amendment to the pending amendment and ask for its immediate consideration. At the appropriate place, add the following: ``SEC. . PURCHASE OF FETAL TISSUE. ``None of the funds made available in this Act may be used…

It is not our fault that Cuba is repressive. It is Castro who is to blame. Appeasing Castro by instituting the commission whose stealth objective is to lift the embargo without Castro having undertaken any reforms is nothing more than a…

This chart shows all the premiums seniors would pay. As you can see the drug premium is nothing. If a senior has Medigap, premiums substantially decrease from current law under Smith-Allard. Under the administration plan, they stay the…

Under S. 2285, lost revenues to the highway trust fund would be made up dollar for dollar from the on-budget surplus. Let's not forget that we are in this position because the President of the United States does not have an energy policy…

I rise along with Senator Hatch to support the Right to Bear Arms Protection and Privacy Act of 2000. This bill embodies the goals of several bills I have previously introduced, and its passage would be a great relief for millions of law…

I am introducing the Combined Sewer Overflow Control and Partnership Act of 1999. The control of overflows from sewer systems is a serious environmental and financial concern for hundreds of communities across this country. For my own…

Accompanying the amendment were floor statements expressing our intent that the offset be derived from within the Department of Commerce, and specifically within Function 370. After negotiations with Senators Leahy and Feingold and other…

Mr. President, 1999 is the eighty-sixth anniversary of the Sixteenth Amendment and the collection of income taxes by the Federal government. It is not an anniversary that we really, in my view, ought to celebrate. As a matter of fact, I…

With all due respect, the Senator misunderstands my amendment, because that is not what my amendment does. You just articulated the policy that you supported. Even if your side would lose in the debate that we would have in Congress--let's…

That is correct. And I would just say to the Senator, I agree with him. I would like to vote for and see passed a resolution of disapproval.

You certainly can. But I am saying this should be a requirement. If we don't have that vote, we ought not to complain about the resolution of ratification.

I want to compliment and commend the Senator from Texas, Senator Hutchison, for her cooperation and support as we worked together to craft this amendment. This is a very, very important amendment, which I will get into in a moment…

The specific threat was the specific threat of the Soviet Union that was still there.

I think that really goes to the heart of the debate here; what is the best way to accomplish that? My point is--and I am a supporter of NATO, always was and still am-- but I believe that what we have here is a window of opportunity that…

I'm reading the President's quote. ``The best possible future would be a democratic Russia committed to the security of all of its European neighbors. We should not foreclose it.'' That was the time he followed in President Bush's…

I think it has a lot ``to do with anything.'' The President made these statements at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and his point is that drawing a new line through Europe a little further east might jeopardize the…