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I take the floor because I was off doing other business but listening to testimony that has been presented on this floor; and if something gets repeated often enough and loud enough, people may begin to think that it is true. In depicting…
obviously one of the issues before us and the issue we will be grappling with for the remainder of the week-- perhaps longer--is the question of supporting our troops in Iraq and continuing to deal with the war on terror in Iraq and…
My colleague is correct. I would also like to add that during Wyoming's last legislative session, the Wyoming legislature and the Wyoming Water Development Commission worked closely with the Wind River Tribes to develop and pass…
Competitive sourcing seeks to streamline Federal agencies. This has been going on, by the way, for a long time. In 1996 we passed the FAIR Act and began to do something with it. There were different kinds of reactions to it. There were…
this second-degree amendment on which we will be voting, the reporting requirement, addresses a number of concerns various Senators have had with competitive sourcing. The second-degree amendment does the following: It requires the…
Here is one in behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce favoring the competitive sourcing and opposing the amendment. Here is the NFIB, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which opposes the amendment. Citizens Against…
This situation has resulted in a critical shortage of financial resources to maintain Project facilities, causing less efficient use of water, progressively deteriorating crop quality, and an increase in the proportion of income water…
of course we have an important bill before the Senate. However, one of the overriding activities, and it is unfortunate, is the discussion of our efforts in Iraq and probably the highest priority now, the fight over terrorism. It is a…
I imagine some people watching this debate are a bit confused about what is going on. You need to understand the underlying concern of our friends on the other side of the aisle. That is why they take the well and say someone who is no…
I would like to comment for a few minutes on an issue that I think is part of the appropriations bill before us and certainly one of the real issues that all of us are concerned about and that is health care and how we begin to deliver…
I believe we have an Energy bill before us that is very broad, that is very encompassing, and that is very balanced. That is what we have needed to do. We have been working now for 2 rac{1}{2} years, and we generally have not been able to…
let me say, first of all, I am happy we are moving forward with this amendment. This, of course, is a total effort to take last year's activities with relation to the electric title in the Energy bill and to redo it. Actually, we have been…
I think the Senator raises an issue that we should discuss, but I have to tell you, it has been discussed, and there is a certain amount of balance that goes into this entire project. In other words, there are other parts of the bill which…
I take a moment to comment again on the pending amendment. It has been mentioned several times this was in our bill last year; that is true. I supported it; that is true. But we have to understand how we got in that situation. First of…
That is exactly what we are seeking to do, and that is what price transparency will help eliminate. I could not agree more. Also, there has been a good deal of discussion about CAFE standards. Obviously, that has to do with conservation…
I agree with the point of view of the Senator from North Dakota in terms of transparency, antimanipulation, and enforcement. Actually, this subtitle deals with that issue. Certainly, there is no reason why we should not deal with it. It…
I would like to briefly comment on what we hope will be the pending amendment, the electric title, but there is much more to the bill than that, of course. I would like to comment on what I think generally are the titles and the highlights…
Mr. President, what we are going to deal with today is an amendment, which will be a second-degree amendment and substitute for the electric title in the Energy bill. As you know, we have talked about the Energy bill for a good long time…
There is a letter from the Secretary of Energy: We support your substitute electricity amendment and believe it will effectively modernize our Nation's antiquated electricity laws. There is also a letter from Senator Fitzgerald of…
The integrated sourcing initiative, or the ISI, the products on this list currently have no duty or restrictions when they enter the United States, regardless of where they come from or what country they pass through. The Singapore…
reclaiming my time, in the measure before us the very short and direct answer is ``no.'' Whatever may have occurred in the process of developing this legislation or whatever was a desired result really is the past. The measure in front of…
I rise to discuss similarly what our floor leader said a few moments ago in terms of this bill before us. We are here to talk about the Defense appropriations. We have gone on now for a couple of days focusing on this matter of uranium…
Mr. Speaker, apparently it is necessary to repeat once again the House has acted. We are on record to send a check out to these people, not just between now and the next election but every year this decade, every year this decade. Someone…
You know, it just kind of makes you wonder what the Democrats did for 30 years when they were the majority, because, you know, when Republicans became the majority in 1995, there was literally no prevention and wellness in Medicare. We are…
Some of our friends on the other side of the aisle are saying that if this bill becomes law, it will be the end of Medicare as we know it. Our answer to that is, We certainly hope so. Why should seniors be the last group that pays retail…
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