T. Gorton

Again, I agree with the Senator. Given pending environmental requirements applicable to these coal-fired units, it would be my hope that the Department of Energy would consider larger scale projects able to be commercialized immediately…

I recognize that the Clean Coal Technology program is an important priority for Senator Byrd and Senator Dorgan and I urge the Department of Energy to consider the viability of concepts not fully developed on low-rank coals and coals…

The Bond second-degree amendment prevents funds from being used for the application of any pesticide that is not approved for use by the Environmental Protection Agency in any area managed by the Park Service that may be used by children…

I have found it curious that in the several years I have managed this bill and written this bill, almost without exception the amendments that are brought to the floor are amendments to increase the amount of money we donate to other units…

As manager of this bill, I have been extraordinarily gratified by this debate on something I thought might be very controversial, but the Senator from New Mexico and his allies have given us a wonderful, totally bipartisan compromise on a…

I particularly urge we start the debate on significant policy amendments to this bill. This is a request to Members who were eager to list amendments for debate to come to the floor and present those amendments.

The operative language here is nothing can go into effect unless Congress has approved it. Whether it comes in the form of a recommendation from the Department of Transportation or proposal from the Department of Transportation, Congress…

I answer my friend from Michigan that I believe the widest range of considerations should be a part of this study, including, of course, those that the Senator from Michigan has set forth, and for that matter anything else the National…

It is a proposal to allow a study of whether or not corporate fuel economy standards should be increased. My view, and that of my distinguished colleagues from California and Nevada, is that this can be accomplished without downsizing…

It is very easy to talk about accountability from the point of view of punishing States and school districts by taking money away from them so that will increase, somehow or another, their performance. Part of our bill, in my view, is that…

The penalties will be the same as they are in the original form of the bill; that is to say, if a State does not meet the commitments it made in getting into this 15-State Straight A's Program, it runs the risk, at the discretion of the…

I say to the Senator, given the fact that in 35 years of title I we have not reduced it at all, a requirement to reduce it by 10 percent in 5 years is rather substantial.

The language is designed to require that there be a reduction of 10 percent over the 5-year period between the highest and the lowest performing students described in an earlier part of the act, which is basically title I.

The amendment we have proposed essentially restates current law, where the use of Federal funds for vouchers is neither expressly provided for nor disallowed but intended upon the interpretation of current law by the Department of…

I do not believe it allowed it previously, but in any event, I think we have satisfied that criticism with respect to those who made it with respect to Straight A's. I do not think it allowed vouchers before. It clearly does not now.

Yes. I said I believe it did already, but this makes it more explicit. It simply keeps the present rules with respect to vouchers in effect.

I strongly suspect that any alternative they come up with will include dozens, if not hundreds, of additional rules and regulations to be imposed on our school districts. There is a second element, a second part of their proposal, and that…

They are saying, essentially--and we have heard it on the floor of the Senate in the last hour--that we cannot trust the school authorities in any State in the United States of America, or any school district in any one of those States, to…

This Senator, for example, believes that if there is a shortcoming in this bill, it is that Straight A's is limited to 15 States only and not all the States in the country.

To the effect that he had almost four times as many people in his office to manage the 8 or 10 percent of the money that came in from the Federal Government than he did to manage the 90 percent-plus of the money that came from the State…

That was a dramatic learning experience for this Senator and I think for the Senator from New Mexico as well, and really contributed magnificently to where we are today.

The impending retirement of the baby boom generation will greatly increase the demand and need for quality long-term care and it is incumbent on Congress and the President to ensure that medicare and medicaid patients are protected from…

This bill provides a generous contribution to the future of aviation in the 21st century. It significantly reforms the operations of the Federal Aviation Administration. It represents the collective wisdom of the chairman and the ranking…

I am here to address the issue of pipeline safety, an issue that people in most communities, cities, and towns do not concern themselves with unless, regretfully, a tragedy occurs, such as the one that took place in Bellingham, WA, last…

I believe there are many improvements necessary, but my own experience, in literally dozens of schools over the last 2 or 3 years, has shown a tremendous dedication to better teaching methods, to the education of our children, to…