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I would like to explain to my colleagues why I will be voting against this legislation. As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee's Near East Subcommittee, I have come to appreciate the great importance of U.S. leadership in working…
First, everyone involved with this situation agrees that depopulation is the best strategy for dealing with the problem. The Rhode Island Division of Agriculture, the State Veterinarian, and the farmer favor depopulation and disinfection…
Today I introduce the POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2003, along with Senator Jeffords. This legislation implements the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), the Convention on Long-range…
earlier this week, I voted in favor of invoking cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 11, the Patients First Act of 2003. My vote was not an endorsement of S. 11 as it was introduced in the Senate. In fact, I have concerns about various…
I believe this income-related Part B premium for only the wealthiest of seniors, a little over 1 percent of the entire Medicare population, is necessary to sustain the long-term solvency of the Medicare Program. I wish to make just three…
I want to pay tribute to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a man for whom I had the utmost respect. One of the first times I was presiding in the Senate, Senator Moynihan was speaking from the floor. What he had to say and the way he said it made a…
I accepted an offer last August to go to ANWR, to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Since I have been here for 3 years, I have heard a lot of debate about it, and I assumed I heard a lot of exaggeration also. I wanted to go myself and…
Not only did we see the grizzly bears and one caribou--the caribou migration had gone through, but we did see one caribou--but we saw all kinds of life: Ground squirrels, prairie chickens--I think they call them ptarmigan. We also saw all…
3 weeks ago--on a cold winter evening-- several hundred people gathered at the Station nightclub, a popular venue for live bands in West Warwick, RI. They had come to spend time with friends and to listen to music. Too quickly, this…
Included within Senate Report 107-219, and repeated in Chairman Stevens' Overview and Summary of his amendment to H.J. Res. 2, the Omnibus Appropriations Bill, is report language stating the Appropriations Committee's strong support for…
I would like to make the Senator from New Hampshire, the Chairman of the Commerce Appropriations Subcommittee, aware of a strong economic development proposal from my home state of Rhode Island. The proposal focuses on the renovation of…
as we move forward on this measure, I noted in the Senate Report accompanying the FY 2003 Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations bill that the Appropriations Committee urged the Economic Development Administration (EDA)…
today I am introducing the Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003. While this bill is being introduced today, it already has a long history. The Superfund Subcommittee conducted two hearings on the bill last year. We have received…
I would like to thank the Republican Leader for his willingness to address concerns raised by me and our colleagues from Maine regarding certain provisions in H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002. In the interests of clarity, I…
today I offer my condolences to all the friends, family members and admirers of Paul Wellstone. As has been said many times, Paul Wellstone was fiercely proud of the causes with which he associated himself. Certainly, to have Paul…
Creating the Department of Homeland Security is an enormous undertaking. In fact, it is the largest Federal undertaking since the creation of the Department of Defense. Senator Breaux, Senator Nelson, and I offer this amendment to address…
Today I join with Senator Boxer to introduce a bill to fund the Superfund program for the 10 years. With the Superfund Trust Fund on the verge of insolvency and with a large number of Superfund sites still requiring cleanup, it is…
today I introduce the Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2001. This legislation will bring all underground storage tanks, USTs, into compliance with Federal law and finish the work begun seventeen years ago with enactment of the…
recently the National Trust for Historic Preservation held its annual National Preservation Conference in Providence, Rhode Island. In tribute of my father, the late Senator John H. Chafee, the theme of the conference was ``Preserving the…
I would like to remind the Senate that October is not only Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but also the first anniversary of the enactment of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act. As we take time this month to remember all those…
I stand before my fellow Senators in full support of the resolution on which we voted yesterday. A stunned world and Nation is struggling to come to grips with the horrifying violence of September 11, 2001. I support the President's…
I would like to engage the managers of he fiscal year 2002 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill on the issue of funding for the Estuary Restoration Act. Along with Senators Warner, Lieberman, and Smith of New Hampshire, I have…
the central tenet of this bill is reducing the tax cut down to $1.2 trillion. We would devote the other $150 billion towards educational initiatives. How many of us have heard from our constituents about the high cost of the property…
I commend Senator Grassley and Senator Baucus for their hard work on this tax package. I know they have worked hard to forge a bipartisan tax package and worked hard to make that happen. However, I will join Senator Carper in offering an…
This provision is intended only to clarify that a person performing the characterization, assessment, or cleanup can use federal assistance to purchase environmental insurance such as cost-cap insurance, which is one of the most frequently…
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