While the Highway Trust Fund provides the financing for construction and maintenance of public roads and bridges used by trucks and automobiles, the railroad industry realizes no similar return on its tax payments. Railroads currently…

First, there is the presumption in this amendment that somehow the advertising is evil or bad, or that it wreaks health problems on the American people. There is no question in anybody's mind across this land that the abuse of alcohol is…

on this amendment, I am heartily supporting this, especially because not supporting the amendment would be irrational, knowing that the blueprint is in front of us that spectrum does not have the value that is put into this bill. So, if we…

this is likely the single most frustrating day of the year for many Americans. What self-respecting member of any legislative body would not take to the floor and talk about his or her favorite subject, taxes? We could all relate to the…

I rise today with some concerns about the new trade representative, Charlene Barshefsky. But I also rise to support her nomination. She has proven herself to be a tough negotiator as the acting trade representative. She recently played a…

last month, the Secretary of Agriculture announced the new rules and regulations on the Conservation Reserve Program in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We find that we are starting to take a program that has been claimed as one of the…

when I want to communicate, sometimes I send a postcard. In that case, I know not to say anything that I don't want printed on the front page of the newspaper. Somebody, anybody, can read it. When I buy an envelope and put a stamp on it, I…

We will be saying farewell to about 14 of our colleagues who have chosen to retire from the U.S. Senate, having given a good many years and a good amount of their talents to this country and to this body and, of course, to their…

The Fair Housing Act makes no mention of property insurance. A reading of the legislative history of the act will disclose that Congress intentionally left out property insurance because insurance is a State regulated activity. Since the…

So this act does not, in any way, contemplate funding this program by imposing new taxes, user fees, or other revenue raising devices that would adversely affect the maritime industry customers like the good farmers in Montana.

I understand the benefits that the Maritime Security Program will bring to the United States. However, I am concerned that, because this program will be funded through yearly appropriations, folks will come looking for offsets every year…

I join my colleagues in calling for hearings on this important issue. This issue deserves our immediate attention and I look forward to working with the chairman in developing a record on this issue. The ``Age 60 Rule''

I think if it becomes unprofitable for them, it would be unprofitable for a small man, too. I do not think that will open up the availability of more of those permits to a smaller rancher.

If you had some preference, you would rather lease private lands for even more than that, Senator, because we know the services that go with it. The cattle will be ridden and we will get gain on the cattle. That is not guaranteed. Nothing…

I wonder some days, I wonder about the wisdom of that on occasion. Every time we try to single out somebody to pay higher fees or put them under a different set of laws, then somebody else who is running under the same…

I do not think you can single out people and put them in a class over here and have another class over here. I do not think I like that very much.

we are on rewind again. We have been down this little debate before. It never ceases to amaze me how we can compare apples and oranges and oranges and tangerines, and then we compare everything else with rocks. It is easy for me to go home…

I sure do not want to lose them as a viable corporation. They do a lot of business in my State. They buy my barley. They are not just a one-faceted company. They pay a lot of personal property taxes in my county, the county government. I…

as a cosponsor of the legislation now before us, H.R. 3396, the Defense of Marriage Act, I rise today to express my strong support of this bill. This straightforward legislation does just two things: First, provides that no State shall be…

I believe the military construction budget is not being adequately funded. We have never recovered from the reductions that were made in anticipation of the base realignments and closures. I want to give the Pentagon fair warning. During…

I rise today to oppose the Smith motion. A while ago, the chairman of this subcommittee on appropriations said that we run into a lot of things in this business, and especially here on the floor of the U.S. Senate, that we do not quite…

I received a letter from the U.S. Trade Representative and the Administrator of EPA regarding the foreign refiner baseline issue dated July 25, 1996. The letter provides additional comments regarding enforcement and states, ``EPA will not…

I believe this is a good compromise to expedite the bill yet send a strong message about clean air and a level playing field for our domestic refiners.

as we focus upon the Transportation budget for the upcoming fiscal year, I would like to discuss with you a number of points regarding the Surface Transportation Board [STB] in light of the ICC Termination Act. The statutorily mandated…

Montana suffered a large loss on Friday afternoon. A plane crash in the northwest corner of our State claimed the life of three men, Seth Diamond, Ken Kohli, and Al Hall. Seth lived in Missoula, MT, and Ken and Al lived in Cour d'Alene…