T. Gorton

I would support whatever assistance the Bureau of Indian Affairs could devote to repairs of the Twin Reservoir Dam, so long as the expenditure of any funds is consistent with the Bureau's priorities.

The information to be gathered by any such inquiry would be very costly and time-consuming to develop, so I would hope that a more focused effort could be considered. The Senator is correct that cost-saving measures are important during…

As the Senator may know, the reprogramming threshold established by the committee's guidelines is $500,000. I do appreciate the clarification that this effort would not be a new start. Should the Department be able to identify funds for a…

Given the threat to the health of those exposed to the contaminated drinking water, I would support whatever assistance the Service could provide.

Along with the other Federal agencies involved in the actual construction of the drinking water system, I would agree that the Indian Health Service clearly has a role in the education and advisement of the affected community, so long as…

It would appear that such a recommendation would be a reasonable approach to provide for the delivery of safe drinking water to the 1,500 people currently at risk.

Yes, the intention was that the funds be provided to tribes in a State where the number of native Americans as a percent of total State caseload exceeded 50 percent in fiscal year 1995.

In light of the different technologies brought to my attention by the Senators from Alaska, I will indeed be inclined to favor the House funding level in conference if that level will facilitate investigation of alternative technologies…

Within 90 days of enactment of this legislation, the Forest Service shall complete its export policy and procedures on the use of Alaskan Western Red Cedar. In completing this policy, the Forest Service shall evaluate the costs and…

This statute specifically states that ``. . . `Phase I' facilities referred to in the Master Plan . . . are limited in size and scope, and are reasonable and necessary to accommodate the 2002 Olympics, and in some cases are required to…

I fully understand the concerns that have been raised about these provisions. As is the case with any measure developed over a long process, there are parts of this title which will not please everyone. I believe my proposal represents the…

The Secretary may use the funding in this provision to improve and restore the hydrological function of the Everglades watershed. Nothing here prevents the Secretary from providing park acquisition funding to assist the State of Florida in…

Section 120 of the bill is a section that conditioned tribal priority allocations on the abandonment of a doctrine called sovereign immunity on the part of Indian tribes. There has been much said during the course of the day about justice…

Why don't you make the relevant page of the bipartisan agreement a part of the Record.

So, I ask the Senator from New Mexico, then the bill that I drafted and is being debated on the floor here today regarding appropriations for the Department of the Interior includes both the $700 million for the land and water conservation…

And so when the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Senator from Alaska, states that he has a number of questions about the very complicated transactions for these two projects proposed by the President and…

But I ask the Senator from New Mexico, there is nothing there that mentions any specific project?

As manager of the bill, I say to my colleague from North Carolina, I asked both the previous two Senators who spoke, and Senator Hutchison who preceded them, not to introduce their block grant amendments because it seemed to me most…

This amendment changes the one we talked about yesterday only in that it has the distribution of the amount of money going to title I based on the total number of eligible title I students in each district rather than the total of all…

I would just like to say in summary that I am in no way critical of what my State has done, and the movement towards these standards I find very encouraging. I think absent these constructive criticisms that they are likely to set very…

The total amount of the appropriation in this bill for education is not reduced by a single dollar. On the other hand, the total amount of money that gets to the classroom will be considerably greater because so much less will get lost in…

I join in support of this effort on behalf of the Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center and I applaud Senator Murray's efforts on the Center's behalf.

Even if we secure the full $147 million in conference, as I hope we do, the fiscal year 1998 authorization is significantly less than the administration request. Does the failure to authorize TWRS funding at the administration's request…

One correction. The GAO makes no recommendation with respect to whether or not this question should be reopened whatever. It does say the Navy should change its donation procedures in the future, but it does not say that the selection…

I agree with the Leader. This bill is not perfect and it does not accomplish every reform that I want to see for this industry. But I believe it is a significant improvement over the status quo. I do recognize that Mrs. Hutchison's…