T. Gorton

The Senator from Idaho exaggerates a little bit. It was a winning vote; it wasn't quite resounding.

This Decision Document became the basis for the local cost-sharing agreement signed by federal, state, and local officials in April, 1986. This agreement was recognized by Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. It has…

Personally, I think the NEA should probably have turned down that application at the time at which it was granted on the ground that it sounded as though the play was on no subject other than a very standard and Orthodox Christian theme…

Yes. I understand that this group, which is composed of a diverse array of impacted interests, recently received approval for the NW Oregon/SW Washington Canada Goose Agricultural Depredation Control Plan which provides a foundation for…

The $152,000 of study money will be used to continue ongoing studies at Oregon State University and has strong support among farmers in both our states.

Of course, as the senior Senator from Oregon mentioned, this issue is a serious concern of many of my constituents in the southwestern part of my state. I am delighted to have been able to provide funds from this year's U.S. Fish and…

No, I do not believe under any circumstances that it is. There is an absolute prohibition against so much as mentioning the name of a candidate in a 60-day period before an election in this bill. I simply refer the Senator to the first…

The quarrel that the Senator from Wisconsin has is not with this Senator but the Supreme Court of the United States and the first amendment.

It is very difficult to see the difference between what was done during the course of the 1996 elections in direct campaign ads, and they were distinctions without a difference.

This Senator has some question on that subject, but this Senator is completely convinced that, as undesirable as he regarded the political campaigns in 1996 by labor unions, that they were, are, and will remain completely constitutional…

That is current law, but that has to do with the direct contribution to a candidate. It has nothing to do with the express advocacy that is covered by the second part of this bill.

He does, though in this case I am not sure that Buckley v. Valeo would have been so decided, even with respect to the limitation on contributions to individual candidates, had those limitations been, say, $380 or $390 today. That is to…

That is the decision in Buckley v. Valeo, and while I question the wisdom of the limitation, I don't question the constitutionality.

I must voice my concern over the provision regarding extending most-favored-nation trading status to China. For more than 20 years, the Pacific Northwest has been unable to break China's ban on our wheat. In addition, China has…

It does seem to me curious that the two opponents of the amendment made dramatically opposite statements in opposing this amendment. The Senator from North Dakota said in spite of the clear language of the amendment, that instead of a…

Is the Senator from Alabama aware of the fact that the U.S. district court of Texas has determined that a legal fee of $2.3 billion would be reasonable?

Violence in our schools--assaults, the carrying into schools of guns and other dangerous weapons, disruptive behavior that threatens the safety and security of the educational environment, disruptive behavior that detracts from the…

I am concerned about one program which has been slated as an offset for transportation increases--the Market Access Program. The Market Access Program is a USDA cost-share program which provides assistance to U.S. agriculture when…

Today I am introducing S. 1683, legislation to transfer approximately 23 acres of land from the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area to the Wenatchee National Forest. This legislation is supported by both the National Park Service and the…

I was simply asking whether she is exempting the television stations because she thinks she is required to by the first amendment.

Does the Senator from Maine believe, in connection with the exceptions for the broadcasting stations' own editorial comments, which is granted here, that in fact she is granting that exception simply because she feels it to be desirable…

I understand what it is being aimed at. My question is, is this exception a part of the amendment of the Senator from Maine because the Senator from Maine believes that it is mandatory that she could not constitutionally apply these…

Would the Senator from Maine tell us, am I correct in reading the requirements relating to electioneering communications, that they apply to broadcast stations, television and radio broadcast stations, but not to newspapers or to direct…

I take it the Senator from Maine believes it is constitutional to target one medium of communication but not to target a separate, a different, medium of communication?

Thank you very much for the clarification, Mr. chairman. I greatly appreciate the Chairman's efforts on these two projects which address important economic, environmental, and public safety needs in southwest Washington. I also want to…