Larry Pressler

it is with a sense of relief and pride that we bring to the Senate floor the conference report on the telecommunications bill. I wish to commend my colleague, Senator Hollings, for his outstanding leadership and bipartisan spirit…

The farm bill is the most important legislation we have before us insofar as my State of South Dakota and insofar as our Nation is concerned. We forget that we are an agricultural Nation. Most of our exports in our Nation are agriculture…

I hope that we can enact farm legislation quickly. I just met with a group of farmers in my State. They expressed to me the need to work with their bankers to make their spring plans for planting. They expressed to me the need to have a…

today I would like to take a few minutes to recognize the achievements of Sinte Gleska University in Rosebud, SD. This week, the university celebrates its 25th anniversary. Sinte Gleska has a dual mission--to prepare South Dakota students…

According to the story, the People's Republic of China has finished plans for a limited missile attack on Taiwan--an attack that could come following Taiwan's first Presidential election, which is scheduled for March 23. This revelation is…

all parents understand the pride and joy we have in our children. They are the apple of our eyes, our most precious resource, our future, and our hope. Today I rise with many of my colleagues to submit a bipartisan resolution declaring the…

Americans are great and diverse thinkers. Unfortunately, not enough of that original thought and invention takes place in the big gray stone government buildings that sit around Washington. What we need to do is to try to unleash American…

a major priority for the 104th Congress involves giving American private enterprise a fuller and fairer chance. Right now, we just have too many rules and too many of them just do not make any sense. Remember, bad rules are not just…

I wanted to bring to my colleagues' attention the concerns of several prominent South Dakotans regarding the Superfund Program. Like many of my colleagues, during the August recess, I spend considerable time back in South Dakota talking to…

I join with all Americans to applaud the tremendous achievement of Baltimore Orioles shortstop, Cal Ripken, Jr. Tonight, Cal will play in his 2,131st consecutive major league baseball game, eclipsing the previous record set by the immortal…

I urge the chairman and the appointed conferees to consider going to the authorized funding level for MLRS launchers, as S. 1087 proceeds to conference. I believe doing so would ensure the successful reconditioning and fielding of 29 MLRS…

again I congratulate the administrators, teachers, and students of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for their great work. They have given added meaning to the South Dakota work ethic. I wish them continued success in the…

Last week marked the 50th Annual Sitting Bull Stampede in Mobridge, SD. People from across the State and Nation joined together in celebrating a long-standing tradition which first began in 1946. The stampede has a long and colorful…

last Friday, the operatic tenor White Eagle passed away at age 43. My wife, Harriet and I join with countless others from around the world in expressing our condolences to his friends and family. Our Nation has lost an exemplary individual…

today I am pleased to pay tribute to an outstanding educator, Mr. Milo Winter, of Rapid City, SD. Throughout his career, he made tremendous contributions to our State in music education. For the past 26 years, Milo served as band director…

S. 267 the Fisheries Act of 1995, is a bill I am pleased to bring to the floor for consideration today. It is comprised of a number of measures that would strengthen international fishery conservation and management. I would like to…

last night we had what I thought was a very stimulating debate on what makes technology move. And I pointed out that sometimes Government regulation is appropriate but in the computer industry there were no standards and there was no…

I did want to praise Senator Inouye for his leadership and willingness on the GTE consent decree. I thank the Senator very much. Mr. President, I will go a bit further to describe in more detail some of the things in the Dole package this…

But I am not accusing the Senator of responding to corporate America. I think we are asking, in the public interest.

I want to praise both Senator Dole and Senator Daschle for their leadership on the amendments we just passed which have been worked out and negotiated over a number of weeks and days and down to the last minute. The package of amendments…

I think in American society we refer respectfully to our President. I have heard various Presidents referred to by their first name on the Senate floor. I do not want to start digging it out. We have a friendly society. We refer to our…

There is a large part of corporate America for the Justice Department review which the Senator is supporting.

I find it unreasonable for the suggestion that this is a bill of corporate interests. I believe the Senators involved have acted in the public interest.

From this Senator's point of view, the public interest is very much at heart throughout these considerations. I think all the Senators who worked on this bill have had the public interest. I do not accept that conclusion about the Senate…

But under the Clayton and Sherman Acts, as my distinguished friend pointed out, the language in the bill, they already have antitrust power. We are setting up a permanent administrative bureaucracy in the Department of Justice that is…