The conference report contains an amendment dealing with land selection rights of five Alaska Native village corporations involved in the so-called appendix C conveyance issue. Would the chairman provide some background on this issue and…

The Senate bill made it clear that the State matching program should be a priority for use of these funds. Although the conference report does not set aside funds for this program, numerous Senators expressed their concern about the future…

Yes, that is correct. The conference report states that the $700 million appropriation may be used for priority land acquisitions, land exchanges, and other activities consistent with the Land and Water conservation Fund Act of 1965. The…

In negotiations over this, it was set up, very bluntly-- and I can put this on the record because it is obviously the case--so that if the President feels that is somehow or another totally unwise and doesn't mind making the government of…

Well, one has to assume--if you take an assumption that the gross revenues are going to be x dollars and that a royalty agreement would be 12.5 percent of x dollars, then you simply have an arithmetic calculation. There are wide…

I understand the Mack-Graham amendment is in accordance with congressional findings that the settlement agreement requires the consent of Congress in connection with land transfers. I concur with my colleagues from Florida that the…

Of course, the same thing is true with respect to all the other line-item vetoes, which I think would certainly be representative of millions of dollars. The President is exercising that power that was given to him by the Congress, and we…

There are, however, a handful of issues in the conference agreement that I know are of great interest to all Senators. I will spend a little time discussing two of these issues: Land acquisition and the National Endowment for the Arts. The…

It is my view that the amendment the conferees agreed to requires a full trial to be held if a lawsuit is filed and allows the parties to introduce all relevant evidence.

my remarks are directed at the two distinguished managers of the bill, and I hope they will be able to respond to the concerns I am about to raise. On July 22, while this bill was being debated on the floor of the Senate, I shared with the…

I summarize by saying how anyone could say that a person who "has substantially, significantly, or materially violated the requirements" of this law should somehow or another not even receive so much as a tap on the wrist and should be…

It would certainly increase the price of television stations and television networks. It would be a bonanza to those corporate owners, as any other corporation that had a political agenda would find the only way it could effectively…

in 1974, impelled by certain individuals and groups who felt that too much money was being spent on political campaigns and on political speech, the Congress of the United States passed a law limiting the amount of money that a candidate…

In fact, I have it here for our viewers if they want to look, section 431(9)(B), subsection 1: Any news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other…

Yesterday, President Clinton assailed my proposal to give more money to schools all across the country and restore authority for directing those funds to parents and teachers and school board members. The debate about the future of our…

I rise for a brief colloquy with, the manager of the bill. Mr. President, section 104 of the continuing resolution states that no funds available or authority granted shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which…

There is little question but that that would be the result. In fact with my own views on where the constitutional line is likely to be drawn, it seems to me that would be almost the inevitable result of the passage of McCain-Feingold. Its…

The answer to that from my perspective, as the perspective from the Senator from Kentucky is, of course, it is not. Of course, it is highly undesirable. It will atomize the political system. It will make Members far more free than they…

There are simply no cases on the issue of whether the Congress could in effect federalize the two national parties; what McCain-Feingold seeks to do. Soft money by definition means non-Federal money. Our two great national parties get…

As it was they could take the money and avoid the heat. I thank the Senator from Kentucky for his courage in this matter and the clarity with which he speaks on it. We simply cannot, consistently with the Constitution of the United States…

many of the constitutional questions that are debated here today in the context of the validity of this bill have already been debated this year in a more open and more refreshing manner. When those who propose to limit free speech on…

I am here to outline certain changes to my amendment that was accepted as part of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Act as passed by the Senate. These changes will be submitted to the House-Senate conference…

On Monday, millions of American children will board schoolbuses all across the country. But when they get off those buses, will they be walking into schools that challenge them to learn and grow, or into empty shells of missed…

Yes, the Senator from Nebraska is correct as to this funding shortfall. In addition, there are two other nonhospital facilities in Arizona for which appropriated design funds have not been sufficient. The administration's fiscal year 1998…

I appreciate my colleagues bringing this technology to my attention. It is indeed a promising technology that could produce substantial energy savings. Within the increase provided for electrochromic research, I hope the Department will…