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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…
I congratulate Senator Murray for her success on Transportation appropriations. This Senate, commencing a summer recess, is required to deal with Mexican trucks and northeastern cows. We now have one success behind us, and one more to go…
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.
It is the loss of dairy farms, and we are not doing in our region what other States did and by right we are entitled to do. When their farms and products were in trouble, they asked for Federal appropriations. We asked for no…
as most Members of the Senate, I have listened to this debate patiently for many hours. I have heard many things said that Senators need to consider before this debate comes to a close. Mostly I have heard that the United States somehow…
I rise in opposition to efforts by Senator Gramm and Senator McCain to strike the Murray language regarding access by Mexican motor carriers to United States highways. In fact, while I commend Senator Murray for her efforts to reach…
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…
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…
There certainly is no policy reason. In fact, each constituent project has passed a cost-benefit analysis, each has been shown to be in the federal interest, and each is subject to the appropriate cost-share consistent with Water Resource…
the fiscal year 2002 energy and water appropriations bill provides appropriations for many important water resources projects for the state of New Jersey. I understand that these appropriations were made with limited funds and I am deeply…
in a culture and in an institution where the word ``friendship'' is used so casually that it often has little meaning, it is difficult to express on this anniversary of Paul Coverdell's death what he meant to each of us and the nature of…
no matter what other issues are discussed in this Senate, what other concerns are brought before the body, the Nation's attention is turned again to the issue of campaign finance reform, the seemingly never-ending effort to restore…
during my nearly 5 years in the Senate I have heard the debate of managed care reform many times. I have participated in repeating statistics, engaged in legal analyses, participated in political analyses, all of which convinced me a long…
Yesterday, the Senate passed, by unanimous consent, an important amendment that will protect our children from pesticide exposure in our Nation's schools. Inadvertently, Senators Boxer and Reid were left off this amendment as original…
when this debate began yesterday on reform of the managed care system in America by establishing a Patients' Bill of Rights, it did so under very uncertain and unfortunate circumstances. There was objection to proceeding to the bill…
I rise today to announce a landmark agreement regarding the use of pesticides in our Nation's schools. This agreement marks the first time that the Federal Government will institute regulations on pesticides and schoolchildren. The Senate…
this debate is symbolic in many ways. It holds the prospect of ending a five-year effort to pass meaningful HMO reform. A Patients' Bill of Rights that recognizes, that while the move to HMO based health care may have started with the best…
I rise today to introduce a vital piece of legislation that will encourage the growth of some of the most innovative companies in the world. I refer to the small biotechnology firms throughout the country which on a daily basis perform…
I believe these have been a very productive few weeks in the Senate. I am very proud of the institution and how, on a bipartisan basis, it has put differences aside and found common ground in dealing with the educational problems of our…
A few weeks ago we adopted the Boxer amendment to authorize $2 billion for afterschool programs, but under the current bill States can opt out of providing afterschool care for those who need it. This is not something on which people…
As we debate this issue, we understand the forces in education that will fight for more money for special education. And they should. I understand the constituency that wants school construction. I support that. My concern is there is not…
Indeed, I believe this moment defines whether or not there is a chance for this tax legislation to genuinely be bipartisan. In the Finance Committee, Democrats joined with Republicans to attempt to moderate the tax reduction, to assure it…
The long fight to allow parents and students to deduct the cost of college tuition is now at a critical moment. It is not a usual moment in the life of the Senate when a Senator arises with the intent of having his own work replaced by a…
In the last few weeks this Senate has begun to focus on what is, by any measure, the most pressing issue before the country; and that is simply the quality of education for America's schoolchildren. It is a quality-of-life issue. It is an…
Mr. President, I have been discouraged at times about, not simply the issue of education in America but about the willingness in public policy to deal with these fundamental problems. The fact that so many Senators have given so much time…
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