Mark Hatfield

Mr. President, a very interesting experience occurred this morning at the Senate prayer breakfast. That is that former Senator Joseph Tydings from Maryland came to join us and some of the newer Senators sitting in our area, and we were…

I support the omnibus lands bill before the Senate today. I speak as one of the few Senators without a single item in this large package. Let me focus for a moment on the most controversial component of the package--title XX, the Utah…

I support Senator Domenici's Public Rangelands Management Act. I had hoped to support a substitute or a series of amendments to address the concerns I expressed in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee meetings. However, we are faced…

let me clarify the Gramm amendment, which is in the context of what the leadership has been doing in trying to negotiate with the White House. In fact, the leadership supports my effort to try to table or to kill or vote no on the Gramm…

I would like to take a very brief moment to acknowledge the input of many people to make this possible. I need not, Mr. President, indicate further this has been a very difficult and intricate package to craft; and this could not have…

I have to also say, again in the context as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, that we are expected to create miracles around here by completing this omnibus package, going to conference with the House of Representatives, getting…

I am aware of the concerns of the Senator from Missouri. I am further aware that those concerns are shared by a large number of our colleagues, and I will make an effort in conference to maintain the Senate position on this issue.

my amendment strikes a portion of this bill related to Oregon's request for a welfare waiver. I am striking this language because the Secretary of Health and Human Services has now assured me that the administration will complete its…

With the understanding that we had the blessings of all levels of Government, the Oregon Legislature passed a comprehensive welfare reform bill that became the basis for the Oregon option welfare reform waiver request. Oregon's JOBS Plus…

first of all, I commend my colleague for her keen interest and her willingness to become involved in one of the great issues that confronts the Pacific Northwest--not only the Pacific Northwest, but the entire country, and not just for the…

I fear that his language, like earlier proposals, will simply reopen a contentious debate in which Congress and the administration simply do not agree. This is just an area of deep-seated disagreement.

I recognize the concerns raised by the Senator from Pennsylvania. In providing the $300 million in appropriations for the emergency fund, it was the committee's intent to provide sufficient funding to cover a range of unforeseen disaster…

the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] has presented an amendment that deals with a mutual concern of issues. I am grateful that the Senator put together a way to deal with these issues. The only problem is that under the current parliamentary…

a year ago today, my good friend, Dr. Lloyd Ogilvie joined the Senate family by becoming the 61st Senate Chaplain. I was fortunate to have known him before he became the Chaplain and now 99 other Senators have had the opportunity to be…

As the Senator knows, we operate on an October-through-October fiscal year. What would the Senator do if an emergency occurred or disaster of some kind occurred on September 28?

I am not sure that we need to have a replay of the suffering and the tragedy that has beset so many people in these types of disasters, whether it is an earthquake or a hurricane or a flood or a fire. I think that is why the budget…

I would inform the Senator that section 1101 of chapter 11 of title II of this bill gives cabinet secretaries of involved departments authority to waive or specify alternative requirements of any statute of regulation to expedite the…

Yes, this bill provides funding for the corps to address problems such as those raised by my good friend, the Senator from Washington.

This bill pending before the floor now does not cut 25 percent. It is cut 12 percent. The Federal education bill in this present form represents support for education comprising 67 percent of the national education expenditures. It has…

all of these changes and new recommendations represent the committee's best effort to respond to the legitimate concerns of the administration, changing circumstances, and the view of our colleagues so that we can bring fiscal year 1996 to…

I want to affirm the statement made by the Senators from North Dakota regarding the fact this has been worked out to the satisfaction of both sides of the aisle and the subcommittee and the full committee. Again, I reiterate, a similar…

Yesterday I received a letter from Dr. Alice Rivlin, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, concerning the omnibus appropriations bill our Appropriations Committee reported yesterday. Dr. Rivlin's letter is disappointing to say…

I have recently expressed my concern for the harm done through the 85-percent cut in international voluntary family planning programs which is now law for this fiscal year. I wish to submit for the record a body of statistics which…

Last week, Oregonians chose Ron Wyden as their new U.S. Senator in a special vote-by-mail election. This was a closely contested election with Ron Wyden prevailing with 48 percent of the vote. Today, Congressman Wyden becomes Senator…

2 weeks ago, the Senate was compelled to pass H.R. 2880, the Balanced Budget and Downpayment Act, to avert another Governmental shutdown. As I observed on the day of consideration, we did so under great duress, being forced to set aside…