John Chafee

I appreciate that. Perhaps while the Senator is up he can give me the truth in where I erred in the figures I have here. Am I in error in saying that the total appropriation for these activities were $526 million in the current fiscal…

I think we have a lot of requirements in the United States Government. We are spending more than we take in; that when we have a chance to hold the line, we ought to hold the line. And people can label lovely things with terms like…

That is the latest figure that they have. Now, what does that mean, when we run a budget deficit like that? By the way, the deficit in the following year is in the billions, likewise. I am sure for 1995, when we are going to embark on this…

Well, I am rather sensitive on this subject, because during the debate over the balanced budget amendment, the supporters of the amendment were sharply criticized for offering what was a placebo instead of the hard medicine needed to…

Well, let me just say to the Senator, I have served considerable time on the Environment and Public Works Committee. One of our former chairmen was a wonderful individual. He frequently used that--that this is not spending, this is an…

Computer Applications, zero in the current year, zero requested by the President, $209 million in the next year and $150 million. Is this evidence of that courage that we were urged to take by those sterling declarations in connection with…

That appears to me to be the case here, and I would echo that sentiment because when all is said and done--if you have your way, we are going to spend a lot more money on this program. Next year you are going to spend more money and the…

And the request in the President's budget was $964 million, nearly doubling, a little short of doubling, say some 70 percent increase, perhaps?

As I understand the bill--and I am open to correction on this--what it does is it provides that over the course of 2 years, that is fiscal year 1995, which starts on October 1, and fiscal year 1996, that the bill authorizes some $2.8…

So, in other words, in 1994, for this series of programs, as I look at the summary sheet, $526 million was appropriated.

I rise in support of S. 476, a bill I introduced 1 year ago, to reauthorize the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act. The Foundation has proven extremely effective. It advances the conservation of our natural resources…

today I am introducing legislation to grant temporary duty suspensions for the importation of several chemical products. These products are colorants that are used in the coating, ink, and plastic industries; and they are particularly…

today, I am pleased to introduce, along with my distinguished colleague Senator Mitchell, a bill to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act--a true wetlands success story. This is a voluntary, nonregulatory wetlands…

I have known Strobe Talbott for many years. He is a friend for whom I have the very highest regard. I have always found Strobe Talbott to be a thoughtful, intelligent, and capable person. I certainly do not agree with everything that Mr…

yesterday the Senate adopted a substitute version of the School-To-Work Opportunities Act, S. 1361. This is a positive step in our efforts to develop a national strategy to train noncollege bound students in the job skills needed to keep…

I would like to like take a moment to discuss my grave concerns with the Helms amendment adopted by the Senate last week. The essence of the Helms amendment is as follows: No funds made available through the Department of Education under…

today the Senate approved the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Regrettably, I was not here earlier in the day to vote on many of the remaining amendments to Goal 2000. As some of you may know, I was at home in Rhode Island attending the…

last Thursday in Providence, a terrible tragedy occurred: a fine young Providence policeman was killed in the line of duty, shot by a suspect using a handgun. Steven Michael Shaw and other officers were responding to a call involving a…

First, I want to say obviously this is an issue that stirs deep emotions, and I can understand fully the viewpoints of the major proponents of this legislation, the Senator from New Hampshire and the Senator from Massachusetts and the…

This is not a matter of Chicken Little telling us the sky is falling. The scientific evidence is telling us we have a problem, a serious problem.

By not making policy choices today, by sticking to a wait and see approach, by allowing these gases to continue to build in the atmosphere, this generation may be committing all of us to severe economic and environmental disruption.