Jeff Bingaman

In answer to the Senator, he is exactly right. There are a variety of technologies that can help us to meet our energy needs. There are a variety of sources for energy production. We need to move ahead on each of them. That is my view.

We will have a section in the bill dealing with renewable energy production. The one we are marking up this Wednesday deals with research and development and training programs. When we come back in September, we expect to have a section…

I am proposing a one year pilot program to utilize technology assessment methodology to analyze current science and technology issues affecting our Congress. I am proposing to implement this by contracting with outside non-profit agencies…

My amendment intends to restore a lost capability to assess the effects of science and technology on our Congressional policymaking process.

I am not proposing to restart Office of Technology Assessment (or OTA). But, I feel that today we lack the analytical insight of its technology assessment process.

I take a moment on the Senate floor to state my sadness--and I am sure the sadness of many Senators--on the death of James Boatwright. For all the years I have served in the Senate, James has worked in the Senate restaurant. He has been a…

Those who voted for the last amendment which I offered on behalf of myself, Senator Hatch, Senator Kennedy, and Senator Domenici, voted to allow States to continue to make the decision as to how they administer their education programs and…

No change was made. We included a parenthetical reference to the definition of ``institution of higher education,'' this has no practical effect as both the 1990 and 1998 Perkins laws require that a grant recipient be an institution of…

I believe that this is a good piece of legislation that will promote the cleanup and reuse of business and industrial sites that now stand essentially abandoned. I would just like to clarify one point. I note that throughout much of the…

We need to sustain a commitment to all components of the National Fire Plan over a long enough period of time to make a difference, at least 15 years based on recommendations from the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. Your…

The situation in California is very serious. It is now affecting not only the price and supply of electricity in California but the price and supply of electricity throughout the West. It poses a grave danger to the economy of the nation…

We do have a series of near-term crises related to energy in the country. We are more and more aware of those families and businesses that have been hit by winter heating bills. There are high natural gas prices affecting power prices in…

I concur with my colleagues' assessment that this institute would provide a valuable addition in the research area of plant genomics. It would let us avoid redundant genomics research in crop species and leverage information for crop…

I respond by thanking the Senator from Washington for his comments and indicate that I think his leadership on this issue is extremely important, particularly so given the wrongheaded action the House of Representatives has taken in their…

In hearings before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee we heard expert testimony regarding the contribution to increased safety made by human factors research in industries such as defense and aviation. This field of…

I also want to share my thanks for the Committee's attention to the benefits of Internet-based AP programs, particularly in rural and Native American areas of the country. As technological capacities at schools increase, there is every…

It is clear that as we seek ways to assist resource-poor and failing schools, we should increase support for research-based proven programs like Success for All. The House bill included the amount requested by the…

The notion of systematic, comprehensive reform is inherently appealing because rather than piecing together discordant or incompatible pieces of change, these approaches provide a holistic and coordinated plan of action to improve student…

Senator Lugar, I know you're aware of the tremendous good that the Comprehensive School Reform program (CSRD) has introduced to many struggling schools with high proportions of disadvantaged students, and the potential that the program…

This is an amendment to address the central issue that has been part of the education debate all along, and that is the issue of accountability. The amendment I am proposing would try to put into place the mechanisms to ensure that…

I toured the community and the neighborhoods with James Lee Witt, the head of FEMA, and with our Governor, Governor Johnson. We saw the devastation.

I know that Senator Domenici is aware of another situation that has had a negative impact on States' share of Federal mineral receipts. Subtitle C of Title X of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 put in place a system for…

The amendment that is to be voted on next is one I offered which takes the $275 million per year that is the estimated cost of this underlying bill with the tax provisions and it devotes that $275 million to assisting States to hold local…

The issue of disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste has been debated in the Senate, in one form or another, as long as I have been a Member. Nuclear waste is a serious issue that demands serious attention by all…

I do believe with those assurances the bill does provide for this requirement that operational effectiveness be demonstrated. That has been my primary concern as we considered this bill in the previous Congress, and I am glad to have that…