Jeff Bingaman

I agree with him that clearly Congress needs to maintain its oversight of this program, as well as all other programs. And this is a very high priority for many of us here in Congress and everyone, I think, who is concerned about national…

In fact, I had the good fortune to go to that school in New York and see some of that success. It is a great success story and it shows the value of a small school where you have teachers and administrators and students and parents, all…

I agree entirely with the point. I visited some of these very large schools in my State. The truth is, when they ring the bell to change classes, you almost have to get out of the way, because you are going to get knocked to the floor if…

That is exactly right. Clearly, if we can resolve this problem, reduce this problem, we will have an impact on the number of our young people who wind up in criminal activity. I think it is a priority for that reason as well.

Visiting high schools, as I know the Senator has done a lot, you run into students on the verge of dropping out. You sit down with students who have dropped out and are back in school and talk to them about the reasons. There is a problem…

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I know the Senators are aware that, at my request, last year the subcommittee provided $1.5 million to the state to begin full-time transit service in Northern New Mexico this fall using leased buses and borrowed facilities. Is the Ranking…

I know the Chairman and Ranking Member are aware of the proposal in the state of New Mexico to start up a new park and ride transit system that would serve the cities of Los Alamos, Pojoaque, Espanola, and Santa Fe. I first brought this…

I do want to bring to their attention, however, a project I believe is very worthy of funding. It is a multi-purpose in Shiprock, New Mexico, which is on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The center would primarily be for Navajo youth. I know…

I would respond in the same way I would respond to the Senator from Connecticut. The basis for the list is Education Week, which published this based on interviews which they did with departments of education around the country last…

I believe we have this week and we have next week. There is no more important activity we can commit that time to than completing action on this bill. I think the momentum for moving ahead on the bill will be lost if we don't get it done…

Second is the issue of U.S. security commitments. The NATO resolution contains a provision stating that only ``a consensus decision by the full membership of NATO, approved by the national procedures of each NATO member * * * will…

Let me just sum up my position. I do not think the amendment by the Senator from Arizona is related to this. That is a statement by the U.S. Senate as to what we think ought to be in the revised strategic concept. It is not a statement by…

I assume that part of what is being considered in this review of the strategic concept is the role that nuclear weapons would play in the future of NATO, where those weapons might be stationed, what the policy of NATO would be in the use…

Would the Senator refer to the bottom of page 2. It says there, ``Sense of the Senate. It is the sense of the Senate. . . .'' There is no binding language in this amendment. This calls upon the administration to try to initiate discussion…

This amendment tries to begin to focus national attention and some resources on the problem of students who drop out of school before they complete high school. In 1989, when President Bush and the 50 Governors met and set some national…

This amendment is co-sponsored by myself, Senator Gramm of Texas, and Senator Lieberman. It expresses the sense of the Senate in favor of a basic principle that is widely supported in this body. That principle is that we should seek to…

The 30 Tribal Colleges and Universities in this country provide the best opportunity for many Native Americans to attend college. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recently published its second report on Native…

I agree with him that a fair sharing of responsibility for actions to address global climate change is crucial to any agreement, and that such commitments should reflect the pace and type of industrialization that those countries have…

It leaves the funding at the level the administration requested, which is $29 million, but it would delete the initial $118 million that was added by the committee.

Yes, I do intend to modify the amendment, so that it strikes $118 million that was added by the committee for the space-based laser, and I will delete the portion of the earlier amendment that I offered which allocated those funds to the…

Having made the case for restoring funds to the COSSI program, I would like to state my hope that such restoration not come at the expense of other dual-use technology programs that will benefit the Department of Defense. The Senate Armed…

I believe very firmly that this is an issue which has been hanging around the Senate for too long. We have had many--in fact, years of consideration. We have had, I believe, 14 hearings now on the Chemical Weapons Convention. The…

I was particularly impressed and encouraged about his decision to make education the centerpiece of that speech and his decision to make education the first priority of his administration this next 4 years. One aspect of what he talked…

The bottom line result in this conference report is that 28 States are losing money for general road repair, construction, maintenance, and service in a year in which the overall obligation ceiling for these expenditures is rising to its…