Lincoln Chafee

the committee report accompanying the budget resolution includes a brief discussion of the Administration's so-called Climate Change Technology Initiative (CCTI) request for fiscal year 1999 and subsequent fiscal years. Specifically, the…

over the course of the next month or two, the Senate will have the opportunity to debate how best to address the most significant, preventable public health problem confronting this nation today: the scourge of tobacco use by our young…

yesterday, many in America honored St. Patrick--but all week long in Rhode Island--veneration belongs to the University of Rhode Island Rams basketball team. The so-called experts said it couldn't be done--and, admittedly, the odds were…

I share the Senators' view that advanced composites deserve further investigation for their applications to bridge construction, and are certainly innovative materials that fall under the purview of the bridge research program.

I am delighted and, indeed, grateful that the Senate is about to conclude action on ISTEA II. I congratulate my colleagues for wrapping up this effort with such alacrity, rescuing us from a Saturday or even Sunday session, as the majority…

I thank Senator Baucus for the wonderful work he did. We worked as a team. We went over the amendments we were going to accept. If there was a problem, he cleared them rapidly with those on his side of the aisle so we could ascertain where…

Thank you Senator Breaux and Senator Landrieu for bringing this proposal to our attention. Although we continue to face a significant challenge in providing funding for the complete range of national transportation needs, I will work with…

as the chairman of the Budget Committee well knows, I am always opposed to taking these programs off budget. That is my position, and that is the position we will take going into conference. We have been treated very well by the Budget…

from my visits to California, I have learned first hand how the traffic coming through the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are expected to more than double by the year 2020 with 25% of all U.S. imports coming through these two ports…

inadvertently the managers of the bill omitted important language from the transit title. I am grateful to the chairman and ranking member of the Banking Committee for bringing that to our attention. This amendment has approval of this…

I also want to include in that ``pit bull'' category, Senator Abraham. He, also, was right there. They were a team. They dogged us every step of the way. So Senator Abraham and Senator Levin both did outstanding work in connection with…

It also is my understanding that the purpose of your amendment is to provide clear opportunities for local input into the railbanking process in instances where section 1247(d) of title 16 is being invoked by parties other than the states…

the amendment that I have submitted would assist seven States--Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. This assistance would be in addition to the increases already provided to these States in the Chafee…

Thank you. First, although it is not explicitly referenced in the wording of the amendment whether its terms would apply to rail corridors that already are railbanked, and which already have been transferred from the railroad to the…

I commend the Senator from Vermont for his amendment. I think he is dealing with a very, very important subject. Having traveled a good deal in Vermont, I am familiar with these lovely covered bridges, but his amendment does not restrict…

I want to confirm the understanding of the Senator from Maine, Ms. Collins, that, in fact, wood composite research involving so-called wood FRP composites is eligible to compete for funding under those sections of the ISTEA II legislation…

this is an amendment, as I said, that I sent to the desk last Friday. It would require the Secretary of Transportation to reduce the amounts made available under the so-called ISTEA Act for fiscal year 1998 by the amounts made available…

I share those sentiments. I have noticed that the Presiding Officer who is in the seat now, the distinguished Senator from Maine, as you say, follows the debate. Now, she may be thinking about something else, but you wouldn't know it, and…

I have to be cautious about allying myself with those comments since my State gets something out of the transit legislation. It is very important. We have one transit system within our State. So I am very anxious to see that transit…

this is what we might call a repeat offenders amendment. I filed it last Friday so that our Members would have a chance, and their staffs, to look at it and consider it. The amendment would strengthen and clarify the repeat drunk driving…

this is a package of amendments to the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, so-called TIFIA. These include two types of changes. First, they make technical and noncontroversial changes to the TIFIA subchapter. The…

I have an amendment here on behalf of Senator DeWine. It is a repeat offenders amendment. This amendment would strengthen and clarify the repeat drunk-driving offenders section of the bill. The bill, as currently drafted, requires States…

I am delighted that he has had a roll call of heroes of the country, but before he leaves I would point out one thing. It is not often that he is inaccurate, but I am afraid that he went overboard a little bit today when he suggested that…

Yes: it is. We have made it clear to the Secretary that while one can never predict with 100 percent certainty what language may pass constitutional muster, the Committee expects the Secretary and his legal staff to do their utmost to make…

In his admiration for the efforts that the Senator from Kentucky is making to defend our Constitution, I hope we can enlist the support of the Senator from Texas against an amendment that is clearly against the Constitution and restricting…