I rise today to sponsor a bill being introduced by myself, Mr. Craig and Mr. Thomas on an issue of great importance to my state and the agricultural industry. The issue is that of labeling meat coming into America from other countries…

I thank my colleagues. Yes, the amendments do satisfy my concerns. The amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) approved by the Senate today, to implement in the United States the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of…

I rise on this floor of the Senate with mixed emotions this afternoon as we consider the omnibus appropriations bill for 1999. I shall vote yea on this bill, but anybody who tells me that they have a handle on this bill would be just like…

Education is very dear to the hearts of all of us because all of us, probably, have had a connection with kids and so have been involved in education. I still have one going to school. But to hear the other side talk, we have done nothing…

It seems like it becomes more and more difficult, as time goes by, to attract men and women to public service, and especially to public service when there are elections. He brought a certain quality to this Senate. On his work on the…

I congratulate both of them, as they have been dedicated to raising the awareness of the garbage that we have on the Internet. No technology that we can devise, that stays in place very long, is going to actually protect our young children…

as we move into the final week of the 105th Congress, I am reminded by everything that is going on around us of the importance of our work here. Most Senators would agree that this will be a closing unlike what the majority of Senators…

there are some of us who do not have the eloquent speech of those who have spoken on this issue, but I think that I have a pretty good advisor in this issue. I am wondering if I am listening to the same America in which I grew up. In rural…

Those of us who have been granted life and been able to work in it and enjoy the full fruits of it sometimes lose sight of just exactly where we come from. So this is a matter of conscience, the deep American conscience, especially when…

this is the eve of the second Senate vote to override the President's veto of the Partial Abortion Ban Act. I am proud to be a co-sponsor of this bill, and I urge my colleagues to listen to their consciences and vote to override the veto…

I want to put some things in perspective. Yes, the lands belong to the United States of America and are held in trust for the citizens of this country. But the citizens of this country and the taxpayers in this country do not participate…

I am concerned that the Feingold amendment is an inappropriate attempt to continue excessive government regulation of the cable industry. I believe that additional reports on the industry by the Federal Communications Commission would be…

That's right. The aerial program helps researchers track radio-collared wolves so we learn about wolf movements, habitat needs and feeding patterns. Without the aerial program it would be much more difficult to tranquilize and relocate…

I'd like to clarify the issue of funding for a new sewer line connecting Fort Harrison VA Medical Center to the City of Helena. The Senate Appropriations Committee Report directs the VA to work with interested parties on a cost-sharing…

Senator Cochran, I would like to discuss recent problems that have been facing the Wildlife Services aerial program.

Yes. Despite a historically solid safety record, a series of aircraft accidents in the past two years including four fatalities of pilots, have prompted Assistant Secretary Mike Dunn to call for a full outside review.

The review found that not enough resources are being devoted to maintaining the safety of the program. Because of increasing demand for their aerial services, the program directs most of their resources into program delivery. This, coupled…

That's absolutely correct. As you know, Wildlife Services provides a broad range of services across the country and the aerial operations program is a key component of these services. In fact, distribution of rabies vaccine baits by…

Yes, these recent developments continue to highlight the desperate need for a change in U.S. encryption policy. Last week the Administration announced it would make exceptions in encryption export policy allowing banks and certain…

Encryption is also an essential part of new ``digital signature'' techniques used to identify parties and authenticate transactions online. These techniques are widely viewed as an essential feature of electronic commerce. The use of…

Industry's plan to allow law enforcement access to the plaintext of some encrypted communications demonstrates that market solutions can truly address many areas of law enforcement's concerns with encryption. At the same time, we should…

the amendment allows the head of the stockyards division to look into a way to set up mandatory price reporting. Right now, we only have one segment of the chain in the cattle market that is doing any price discovery at all; that is at the…

Thank you. Mr. President, you tell me where they have worked when it comes to the supply of food. That is the very basic of all of our necessities every day. The Senator from Idaho is exactly right. We have developed export markets by…

this calls for an additional 27 quality-of-life military construction projects throughout the Department of Defense. These projects are located in 22 States, and some overseas. And it is focused entirely on quality of life. If we have…

We have to understand that in this fiscal year we are about $700 million under what we allocated and appropriated for military construction a year ago. Compared to 2 years ago, this expenditure is down $2 billion. And I think this…