Ron Wyden

Our interpretation and our legal analysis, which I am happy to give, indicates the plaintiff can recover exactly what they are entitled to today. They are not going to get any more. I recognize what the agenda is here. I respect that we…

If the Senator can show me something in those 2 rac{1}{2} pages that indicates that a plaintiff could not recover through their State contract law economic losses, I guarantee myself, Senator Dodd, and Senator McCain are interested in…

I appreciate having the chance to look at any alternative language the Senator from North Carolina wants to pursue. The Senator raised the question of whether or not plaintiffs ought to be able to circumvent the provisions of State…

If the Senator will let me reclaim my time, I will read the precedence we are citing with respect to our opinion that our bill covers economic losses in line with State law and common law. Let me read to the Senator the precedent: The…

We essentially say that State contract law will govern in these jurisdictions. The Senator from Massachusetts believes in a variety of instances that there should be other remedies. He is creating other remedies during this 36-month period…

We apply State contract law to these economic losses. What we say is, you get your economic loss under current law if your State law lets you. The Senator from Massachusetts is absolutely right. There is a sincere difference of opinion…

I am saying that our proposal protects State contract law with respect to economic losses. It seems to me that the gentleman's proposal, in wanting to change existing State contract law, is clearly moving us in a different area which legal…

It seems to me that on the basis of everything we have gone through in terms of the committee, there is a reason that the high-tech community is overwhelmingly opposed to the Kerry amendment. As far as I can tell, the reason they are is…

I think what the chairman of the Commerce Committee is suggesting is a practical way to get at it. This Member of the Senate believes, with all due respect to my friend from Massachusetts, that the Kerry amendment would be a lightning rod…

I voted against it in the committee because I thought Senator Hollings was absolutely right--that the legislation at that time was not fair to consumers and to plaintiffs. But as a result of the changes that were made, I believed it was…

On page 12, line 12 of the bill, it states, and I quote: The Secretary may not waive any statutory or regulatory requirement of the program. Point blank. You cannot waive any of the core requirements.

With this bill, we are putting the airlines on notice that business as usual is no longer acceptable for American air travelers.

The purpose of our legislation is to assure that consumer protections don't end when a passenger pulls into the airport parking lot.

Mr. President, I am pleased to join with Senator McCain, the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Senators Bryan and Snowe in introducing today the Airline Passenger Fairness Act of 1999.

This bill gives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers new authority to help irrigators make their water systems safer for fish.

The legislation I introduce today will help the people of the Pacific Northwest address one of the most important natural resource issues in the region: the restoration of our majestic salmon runs.

I will be very brief, I say to the chairman and colleagues. The hour is late. All we seek to do is to have technological neutrality. We are not going to tax catalogs. We also don't want to tax web sites. That is all this is…

I am not up on Florida's policy, but we do not do anything different with respect to the Internet than we do in any other area. The hearing record in the Commerce Committee--I will be glad to share it because I cited many of those…

Certainly that would be the case if it was done instate where you had a current policy with respect to sales tax. But if it applies to other States, if other States have a particular tax policy, if they do business involving the Internet…

I know that the Senator from Florida is very anxious to resolve mail-order and catalog sales tax questions. The bill does not resolve that.

I will say, having made 30 changes since we left the Commerce Committee, that this Senator, who is a good friend of the Senator from North Dakota, has a very high batting average--since we have been talking about baseball--in terms of…

I have tried to make clear, as the principal sponsor of this legislation, all we are seeking is technological neutrality with respect to the Internet. The Internet would be treated like everything else--nothing favorable, nothing…

I thanked the Chairman for helping us in the Northwest to address a serious, growing problem with a tremendous overpopulation of geese in the Pacific Northwest. During the course of the past year the Oregon and Washington Farm Bureaus, the…

I would also ask whether the Committee intends to allow the $26.7 million amount provided for Portland light rail to be utilized either for completion of the Westside project or final design and right-of-way acquisition for the south-north…

Further, I would like to clarify to the Chairman in my request, I was seeking credit authority for a maximum loan of $35 million. Is it the Chairman's understanding that if the Secretary of Commerce finds there is a potential default rate…