I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for such time as I may consume in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Oklahoma.

I think we are going to have a lot of discussions on the floor concerning a number of things that happened in the last couple of weeks, not the least of which is what is going on in Antarctica right now, and the fact that some people had…

let me make a couple of comments here. Oddly enough, I agree with everything the Senator from Arizona said, and the Senator from Texas. It is true. The process was terrible. I have been here--well, I guess between the House committee and…

I will first acknowledge that at 11:15 tonight we are going to be voting on the National Defense Authorization Act. It is a must-pass bill, one which has passed prior to December 31 every year for the last 53 years. So it is very…

first, I wish to say the same thing. It sounds as though it is all rehearsed, but it is not. It is actually a reality that I have always felt I could call and talk to the chairman about things we might not have in common--although I can…

I thank the Senator from New Hampshire, the chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, for her question. I am a strong supporter of energy performance contracts that provide maximum savings for the Federal Government…

first of all, my good friend from South Carolina is a mind reader. He always looks at you and figures out what you are going to say and then he says it better. There are a couple of things that haven't been said during this discussion, and…

I would like to announce the reintroduction of a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. Since 1926 small producers…

I would like to bring to your attention a bill I am reintroducing that would make permanent the current tax provision that allows capital assets on Indian lands to be depreciated on an accelerated schedule. For many years, the Federal tax…

None of that--in fact, we have had a reduction on Federal land. This is the big problem we have.

the pace and magnitude of gas development is easily the single greatest threat to the ecological integrity of the west.