Lincoln Chafee

If the State goes down in its contribution, as I previously mentioned, then the Federal goes down dollar for dollar if the State should go below the 80 percent. If your question is, what happens if the Federal goes down, under a sanction…

My query is this, to the distinguished sponsor of the amendment. It seems to me that, as I understand it, Indians make up 1.5 percent of the AFDC caseload. There are different figures given here, but I heard no figure more than 2 percent…

I support the Domenici amendment. There has been a lot of talk about inconsistency and about flexibility. I think that applies on both sides. None of us have been totally consistent. But with regard to this, the whole thrust of this bill…

first, I want to start off by commending the Senator from Louisiana because but for his amendment yesterday on the 90 percent, I do not think we would have reached the compromise that we have on the 80-percent maintenance-of-effort level…

it provides that there shall be a maintenance of effort at the 80 percent level, with the tight definitions that we have previously been discussing. Furthermore, it provides that should there be the effort below 80 percent, then the…

We do not address that, nor did the Breaux amendment address it. The question really is, should the Federal Government not make its appropriation, for the 1994 level, in the year 1998, or, as you said, 2000--we do not address that here…

I do want to express my sentiments toward Bob Packwood, for whom I have the greatest respect and affection. As Senator Packwood mentioned, we have played 400 squash matches over the past 12 years. Four hundred times we met at the squash…

I am deeply concerned over this bill's provision affecting the ABM Treaty, and I would like to discuss my support for the Levin amendment. Let me give a little bit of history. The ABM Treaty was agreed to 20 years ago. What does it do? We…

despite the end of the cold war and collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union, I think we can all agree that the United States still needs capable and effective military forces, and indeed that is why we are voting right now, very…

I hope I have helped to dispel the myth that the submarine is a relic of the cold war and we no longer need submarines. To the contrary, the Seawolf is a very relevant military platform to face the threat of the post-Soviet world. For…

Thankfully, today Russia is not a major adversary, and I am hopeful that this administration and future ones will indeed strengthen U.S.-Russian relations. We are all for that. However, in these uncertain times, unforeseen political…

the regulatory reform bill now pending before the Senate would, if enacted, bring sweeping changes to the regulations that protect the health and safety of the American people and of our natural environment. What am I talking about? Let us…

a serious environmental problem facing the country today is the loss of open space to development. All across the country, farms, ranches, forests, and wetlands are forced to give way to the pressures for new office buildings, shopping…

Let me say briefly, this. In my State I have always been a supporter of the bottle bill. But then it turns out that in our recycling efforts, the thing that makes the recycling effort go is the fact that the recycling center is able to…

Mr. President, the Senator was quite right when he said this was a carefully crafted bill. What it is, it is a balance between the exporters and the importers, and the exporters and the importers have agreed--are very close to agreement…

I want to pay tribute to the senior Senator from Oregon. He has been persistent in this measure. I do not recall that we ever had a hearing in the committee. But I do recall we had a vote in the committee. As I recall, Senator Jeffords…

this managers' amendment that I have sent to the desk is the result of laborious and lengthy negotiations involving the distinguished Senator from Indiana, who spent so much time in connection with this legislation, and the distinguished…

what I really hope is that the Senator will withdraw his amendment. As the Senator knows, we have had no hearings on this. We have arrived at the tonnage limitations that affect importing States and exporting limits. We have had them agree…

I congratulate Senator McConnell for the work he has done in connection with solid waste. It is a subject he has been interested in for a good number of years. Kentucky is a State that has established one of the most comprehensive solid…

The vote failed. However, the Senator has been very gracious in his handling of this subject. I would be glad to arrange a hearing for his legislation in our committee. I just say this, if he could give us a little time? We are…

We are here because of a Supreme Court decision a year ago, just a year ago, in the so-called Carbone case. So currently, the law of the land is that there cannot be these restrictive agreements that limit the delivery of municipal solid…

That is a good question. But the answer is--and we have had this raised, obviously, not only on the floor here but in calls from Governors that come to us. The original plea of the Governors is, ``Why can't we do what we want to do? Who…

I think the Senator made a rather telling point. He pointed out that if they enter into these contracts and the town fathers say, ``Look, if you do not like it you can vote us out of office,'' you say, ``What good does it do to vote you…

First, I want to confirm that indeed the Senator has sunk his teeth and jaws deep into this issue. I will second everything he said about his determination on this whole project. He has been at it for, I guess, 5, 6 years, whatever.

I dispute the Senator's characterization of the Congress or the Senate saying thou shalt not engage in flow control. It is not us that is saying that. The Supreme Court has said, ``You can't do it. And, indeed, if you try and do it, you…