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today, with 19 of my colleagues, I am introducing the Agent Orange Benefits Act of 1996. This legislation is an important step toward easing the burden of innocent, indirect victims of our country's use of agent orange during the Vietnam…
I do not know that we would be here tonight. Let me also compliment the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts. No one has been more relentless and more cooperative and more helpful in providing us with ways in which to resolve the many…
a report released last week by the General Accounting Office [GAO] concludes that the reformulated gasoline [RFG] program is a cost-effective means of reducing ozone pollution and easing our Nation's vulnerability to oil supply disruptions…
I indicated to both New York Senators my desire to work with the majority leader to ensure that we are able to address their concerns to their satisfaction. I am sure that we can do that, and we will work with the two Senators from New…
I support the agricultural appropriations bill that we are considering today and want to commend the chairman, the Senator from Mississippi, and the ranking member, the Senator from Arkansas, for their work on this important legislation…
the plaintiff in Lockhart versus United States brought a civil action in May 1996 in Federal District Court in the Western District of Washington. The suit is against the United States and a number of legislative, executive, and judicial…
As we debate the fiscal year 1997 Department of Defense Appropriations bill, I hope my colleagues will take a moment to reflect on the enormous assistance we receive from the legislative liaison offices for the various branches of the…
Mr. President, a couple of things have occurred over the weekend that I feel deserve the attention of the Senate with regard to the issue of nuclear waste. I would like to address both of them, if I could, briefly. This morning, in the…
The letter says, ``The Administration cannot support this bill, and the President would veto it if the bill were presented to him in its present form.'' He goes on to say, ``According to a recent report from the Nuclear Waste Technical…
I simply ask, who among us would want to sign our names to that? Who among us feels the need to rush to judgment, to make a decision on an interim site based upon what I consider to be faulty logic, recognizing that we are not subjecting…
There was absolutely no desire on my part to avoid doing business, whatever the business may be. There are obviously some very serious questions that the distinguished Senators from Nevada have attempted to raise in light of their concern…
I have learned that now myself over the last 18 months. I say to the distinguished majority leader that there are many things that he has done since he has taken this office that many of us have found to be very productive, and we…
Today several colleagues and I are introducing the Cattle Industry Improvement Act of 1996. This legislation addresses the deep concern of cattle, hog, and sheep producers across the Nation that the livestock industry does not operate in a…
I wanted to call attention to the fact that yesterday, as we passed the important piece of legislation dealing with minimum wage, one of the issues that I do not think got the kind of attention that I had hoped it would receive, and really…
But the issue is are we willing to establish a new precedent here; that every time somebody is investigated, every time somebody is found to be innocent of some charges, the Government then automatically reimburses that person for whatever…
Because, for the record, I think we ought to see if we can resolve at least our understanding of where both sides are. We have expressed a desire to work with the majority in terms of putting a list together whereby at least a Senator, if…
let me emphasis that I want to give the distinguished majority leader plenty of benefit of the doubt, and I want to work with him in good faith. Obviously, he is attempting to work through a number of challenging scheduling questions. I…
We are not asking today that everybody be cleared. All we are asking is that we have some assurance that every one of the nominees on the Executive Calendar will have the opportunity at least to be considered. Then we will go to the next…
No. What I said was that the majority leader had indicated to me that he was not prepared to consider at this point the final six judges which were added to the Executive Calendar. Yet, we find on Tuesday, July 16, Calendar No. 678 is one…
regrettably, we are not going to be able to confirm a number of judges that I had hoped would be confirmed this afternoon. We were presented with a list of 10. Somebody on the other side objected to one of those 10. But hours after our…
let me just commend the distinguished majority leader. Like him, I was not very optimistic we would be able to get to this point. But I think it, again, demonstrates the interest on both sides in working together to accomplish a number of…
Two days ago a truck bomb exploded near a U.S. military housing complex outside of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Nineteen Americans were killed and 64 were seriously injured in a devastating blast that left a crater some 35 feet deep and over 80…
today I offer my congratulations to the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, the oldest daily newspaper in South Dakota. For the last 135 years, Press & Dakotan has served the public interest by providing reliable local news to the residents of…
I join with my fellow Senators today in condemning the rash of church burnings that has plagued our Nation in recent years. Since 1991, we have seen over 150 fires at houses of worship serving people of all races and faiths. In the past 18…
the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill is not a perfect bill. But it is a good bill. More important, it provides a good start on what ought to be one of our top priorities: loosening the grip of big-money special interests on…
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