Robert Torricelli

Under the amendment I am going to offer to this legislation in the coming days, as certainly as pharmaceutical companies will have to disclose any gifts they are giving, any incentives they are giving to doctors to influence their medical…

My own State of New Jersey was severely impacted by the disruption to major transportation systems caused by the terrorist attacks. Before September 11, 66,000 New Jersey residents had commuted daily to Lower Manhattan through the World…

Let me respond to Senator Graham, if I could. I hope every Senator thinks about the incongruity of this situation. Fidel Castro is blaming the attacks of September 11 on the policies of the United States. He is now stating his opposition…

I hope our colleagues understand this. When we talk about Fidel Castro's dictatorship today, this isn't some old, unsettled grudge. This is a continuing security problem. Ninety miles off our shore we have now established there are…

As I have noted previously, it is important for our colleagues to know that the fact that Fidel Castro is involved in bioterrorism and has these facilities that he refuses to allow international inspectors to visit is cited not only by the…

Indeed, it is because of not only allowing them to operate but a permanent presence for these terrorist organizations in Havana that the State Department, under both the Clinton administration and now the Bush administration, has cited…

Indeed, I was not, I say to Senator Graham, but I am appreciative of the fact that the Senator is bringing it to the attention of our colleagues, if they are, indeed, serious about their intentions of now financing exports to this…

I say to the Senator from Florida, it would leave American law enforcement with no leverage to get the return of these fugitives to the United States. You can imagine the pain of an American family whose loved one was murdered by one of…

I will continue to hold the amendment. I assure Members of the Senate that unless and until I am assured that fugitives who have killed people in my State are returned as a condition of this bill that this bill will not proceed. I will…

The Senator cited $4.4 billion worth of tax breaks for Amtrak. What provision would that be? I am the author of the Amtrak provisions. I am unaware of any tax breaks for Amtrak. Amtrak, being a public corporation, doesn't pay taxes. So it…

Amtrak doesn't pay taxes so it can't get a tax break. The provision is that the States can issue bonds to build high-speed rail lines, and the Federal Government will pay the interest on it. So the Federal Government, in fact, is helping…

I know in time Mexico will be able to comply with these requirements. During the upcoming recess, we are going to meet with the Department of Transportation administration officials to find out exactly what language it is that they need in…

40 percent of the dairy farms in New Jersey in the last 10 years have been lost. I am not certain any will survive the next 10 years if there is not a dairy compact.

I understand the difficulty the managers will have in providing additional funds for the Green Brook Sub-Basin project. However, the full funding of this project will provide stability and economic revitalization to this very important…

While we recognize the difficulties involved in providing funding for new starts, we cannot stress how important the construction phase for these projects begin as soon as possible. I would like to note that all of these projects have been…

The last element on this was ``created an interruption of supply,'' which I take it means simply shutting down the pipeline for inspection without an alternative means of delivering the liquid or the natural gas and people would be without…

In any case, this is not some general escape where people, in the future, who live in New Jersey will say: We think that is a good pipeline under the technology that was built so we are never going to inspect it. The Senator was very…

First, I again thank Senator Breaux for his leadership in helping to fashion this amendment, but since this was not drafted in committee and was literally written on the floor, I want to ensure the Record properly reflects our mutual…

Second, we discussed at some length ``deemed unnecessary because of more technologically appropriate monitoring.'' This escape was created because the Senator from Louisiana noted some lines have constant monitoring. They do not need to be…

I would not like to see our country become the defender of the status quo in an institution which must be made current if it is to be effective.

The burden is on Castro to change this relationship, not on the United States.

I do not disagree with that judgment. I just want us to temper our enthusiasm with some small dose of military reality.

The Security Council of the United Nations is a perfect reflection of the power structure of the world in 1945.

I hope that as a unique figure in our country, at a time of enormous change and transition, that you can give definition to this generation's role in the world.