If my colleague will let me reclaim my time, again, there is absolutely nothing in the four corners of this amendment that would give a preference to Bonneville Power and the other public entities involved. The fact is Bonneville and the…

a key principle of economic competition today is that one big merger begets another. Known as copycat mergers, these deals are made when the companies that did not merge first felt forced to copy the initial merger. If those left behind do…

I rise as the original cosponsor of the Pelton Dam Agreement legislation introduced today by my friend and colleague from Oregon, Senator Gordon Smith. This legislation sanctions an historic agreement, reached on April 12, 2000, between…

I am introducing today legislation that will allow the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Malheur, Owyhee, Powder and Burnt River basins in northeastern Oregon. An earlier study…

every day the Secretary of the Interior makes decisions that directly affect the quality of life in the West. This Department manages almost 500 million acres of public lands, and the debates that westerners have about the management of…

The new relationship between the counties and the federal government means that the 21st century relationship is not just going to be about cutting trees.

I believe this is a particularly important cause he champions today at a particularly important time. I hope my colleagues will reflect carefully on what Senator Kennedy has said today. He will be leading us in the debate on this issue…

the conference agreement on digital signatures that is going to be overwhelmingly approved tomorrow morning may be the big sleeper of this Congress, but it certainly was not the ``big easy.'' The fact of the matter is, when we started on…

almost a year ago, this country's airlines made a grand announcement about a new, although albeit voluntary, commitment to the rights of airline passengers. I tend to look with a very skeptical eye at any promise to consumers that contains…

Today, the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life can be enriched by something new: access to the Internet. But according to a 1999 Forrester Research report, only 8 percent of seniors age 65 and above have Internet access…

this morning there is fresh evidence that millions of our older Americans cannot afford their prescription medicine. I have come to the floor of this Senate on more than 20 occasions now to make this point. But the news this morning comes…

Budgets aren't just about charts and graphs and cold figures on a sheet of paper. Budgets are about the hopes and aspirations of the American people and our core values. In my view, if the Senate passes the Robb amendment this morning, it…

over the last 3 months I have come to the floor of the Senate on more than 20 occasions to talk about the need to assist the Nation's senior citizens and families under Medicare with help with the extraordinary costs so many of them are…

for the last 3 months I have come to the floor of the Senate on more than 20 occasions to talk about the need for this Congress to pass legislation that would cover senior citizens' prescription drug needs under Medicare. I have said again…

many working Americans fell like they've been left on the sidelines in the high-stakes game of international trade. As U.S. companies expand overseas, corporate profits soar. Workers standby watching for some tangible benefits for their…

this morning, I come to the floor to talk yet again about the issue of prescription drugs. I want to focus on an issue that Senator Daschle has, I think, been so correct in identifying as a priority, which is the issue of going forward…

since the fall, I, and other Members of the Senate, have come to the floor of this body to talk about the need for prescription drug coverage for older people under Medicare. As we look at this issue, I am especially pleased that Senator…

I think the Senator makes an extremely important point. I recall in the campaign with my friend and colleague, Senator Gordon Smith, to succeed former Senator Packwood--we are from a small State as well, a little bigger than…

What the minority whip has essentially said is: We have what amounts to a permanent campaign. You have the election the first Tuesday in November; people sleep in on Wednesday; and then the whole thing starts all over again on Thursday. It…

Before he leaves, I commend the distinguished minority whip for speaking out on some of these excesses in campaign finance. He mentions his small State spending more than $20 million.

this morning the Democratic Policy Committee had a very important hearing on the issue of prescription drug coverage under Medicare for the Nation's older people. We heard from senior citizens, we heard from pharmacists, we heard from…

for many months now, I and other Members of this body have been coming to the floor to talk about the need for prescription drug coverage for our older people under Medicare. I have brought to the floor on more than 20 occasions specific…

for many months now I and other Members of the Senate have been coming to the floor of this body to talk about the need for prescription drug coverage for our older people under Medicare. We have been going through case histories of…

similar to many of our colleagues, I have been back home in my State at townhall meetings. One of the very consistent themes I heard is that folks want to see us address some of the key issues of our time, particularly the economic issues…

I commend our colleague from Michigan for a very important amendment which I think has one central point. Pass the Levin amendment and we will end the legal gymnastics that gun manufacturers have used to dodge their responsibilities. Pass…