it occurs to this Senator that the amendment proposed by my distinguished friend and colleague from Wyoming presents at least two quite distinct issues for debate in this body and perhaps three. The first issue, of course, is the validity…

I am pleased to support S. 1560, the Social Security Administration Independence Act. Very briefly, this bill will remove the Social Security Administration from under the Department of Health and Human Services and make it an independent…

I support the Reid balanced budget amendment. I believe that Senator Reid's balanced budget amendment, like the Senate Joint Resolution 41 sponsored by Senators Simon and Craig, will put this country on the right budgetary road. I believe…

A good friend and colleague of mine, Jerry Hendricks, is retiring as the Port of Port Angeles' executive director after 26 years of public service. His dedication and commitment to the Port of Port Angeles and Clallam County has been…

on two previous occasions, in 1982 and in 1986, I opposed an amendment similar or identical to the balanced budget proposal to the constitution which is before this body at this time. I am inclined to believe that calling it a balanced…

Walter Henry Judd was born in a small town in Nebraska late in the year 1888 and died last week in a suburb of Washington, DC, at the age of 95. Born to a loving and religious family, Walter Judd was educated both as a physician and as a…

I do not frequently vote against Presidential nominees who serve at the pleasure of the President. Barring unusual circumstances, I believe the President should be allowed to pick whoever he believes can best serve his administration…

candidate Bill Clinton made a promise to working families in the Pacific Northwest. He promised to bring balance to the longstanding timber, spotted owl, old growth debate. He promised a balance that would preserve jobs in timber…

late yesterday afternoon, the National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS] briefed Congress on the outcome of its consultations with other agencies regarding the operation of the Columbia River Federal Hydropower System. These consultations…

I cannot support the Kerrey-Brown amendment despite my longstanding record of voting in favor of budget reduction efforts. I will briefly review my objections to some of the amendment's provisions. First, I cannot support what I see as new…

in order to get the private sector into this summer youth jobs program, it seems to us to be very, very important that there be an encouragement for them to do so. After all, the private sector can and does employ young people at summer…

It is, of course, true, and it is a strength of the bill which is before us, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, that it is concentrated on finding opportunities for young people in apprenticeship-type or like opportunities in private…

over the course of the last 20 or 25 years, this Nation and each administration has made significant investments in more than 150 Federal job training programs. Each of these programs to a greater or lesser extent, have attempted to…

later this week the National Marine Fisheries, Service is expected to announce a decision that will have a tremendous impact on how people in the Pacific Northwest benefit from the Columbia River. Though the details of the decision are not…