Larry Pressler

I thank my colleague. Although I support the proposed amendment requiring a uniform security standard for passenger airlines, as chairman of the Commerce Committee I want the record to be clear on the point that the Committee on Commerce…

April's Commerce Department magazine contains an article entitled ``Commerce Officials Knew Two Congressmen `Back When'.'' As it happens, I am one of the Congressmen. ``Back then'' was Vietnam during the war when Paul London, now Deputy…

Vouchers may be appropriate in some areas. However, in states like South Dakota, the problem is...financing build-out to sparsely populated areas.

I strongly support passage of this bill to reauthorize the National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB]. S. 1588 includes a provision I authored that is designed to advance the safety of travel on government owned or leased aircraft. One…

I have long been a strong advocate of nonproliferation policy. In 1985, Congress enacted the Pressler amendment that prohibits aid to Pakistan unless the President can make a yearly certification that the country does not possess a nuclear…

I should correct that. I carried two weapons, but I never claimed to be in combat. In fact, I had a Jeep. As a matter of fact, they said the most dangerous thing was a second lieutenant in a Jeep. I have three medals, but I am not a hero.