David Cay Johnston

Mr. President, what the Senator is saying is so illogical. We have established that the Federal Government has the duty to dispose of spent nuclear fuel, and the Senator is saying that that duty carries with it no responsibility to pay…

What is the difference in liability between having the duty to dispose of and in taking title?

the Government cannot violate contractual rights. The second question is what is the duty of the Federal Government with respect to nuclear waste? It so happens that the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has decided that very…

There are many reasons to be against the McCain amendment, but the clearest, most indelible, most compelling reason is that to cut these funds now would subject the U.S. Government to greater penalties for termination costs than it would…

the answer is, yes, these projects for biomass electric will be eligible, and the Department should give full consideration to these projects along with those mentioned in the committee report. These appear to be promising technologies…

we strongly oppose the Grams-McCain amendment and strongly support the Appalachian Regional Commission at this level. Mr. President, this has been an effective program to fight poverty in Appalachia. Appalachia is still one of the most…

I am sending to the desk a sense-of-the- Senate resolution on behalf of the distinguished Senator from West Virginia, Mr. Rockefeller, and others regarding the United States-Japan semiconductor trade agreement which is set to expire on…

I send a letter to the desk addressed to me dated today and signed by Terry R. Lash, Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, which details the principal arguments against terminating the advanced light water…

I simply rise in support of the position of the Senator from New Mexico. I was here several years ago speaking in favor of the continuation of the testing program, because I thought it was important for both reliability and safety. The…

I am sorry that I will not be able to support the amendment. In fact, I will oppose the amendment. But nevertheless, as a courtesy to my colleague, I will offer it. What it would do is to take four-tenths of 1 percent of each program in…

I very much appreciate the very warm and generous remarks of my colleague from New Mexico. While he is new in the chairmanship on this committee, he is not new to the committee. We have worked side by side for all of these 22 years…

there is no peer in the Senate, in fact, in the country, of the Senator from New York in his knowledge of history. Therefore, I wonder, what is the basis of this hope that other countries, particularly Asian countries, would join in a…

But the whole world was united. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the United States led in South Africa, and others followed. That is what we suggest here. The United States ought to stand up for what it believes in, ought to put its…

If I may follow further on the example you mentioned, South Korea. If you turn the clock back to 1962, when General Ne Win took control, he had control for over a quarter of a century. At that time, Burma was a relatively prosperous…

The Senator is aware that Vietnam is anxious to have aid from the American Bar Association in helping them develop the rule of law. We have not had that kind of request from Libya and Cuba and others. They are anxious to develop the rule…

If my friend will yield, what Vietnam has said is that they are anxious to have this aid. I mean this legal help from the ABA and the International Law Institute. They are anxious to have this aid because they want to develop this system…

I understand. But after they made that decision and you say it is right then to help them set up a legal system, would you not use the American Bar Association and the International Law Institute, the United States-Vietnam Trade----

The point the Senator from New York and I are making is, if the United States leads, it is reasonable to believe others will follow.

Is my friend saying he will not give aid to help them change the legal system until the legal system is already changed?

On that point, how would my friend say that we should give that aid? What would be the method of helping them set up that legal system?

I think the answer to my question is--and I think the Senator was honest in saying--that Aung San Suu Kyi has neither seen nor endorsed this language, that she in fact endorsed sanctions, as the Senator from Maine has in his amendment. It…

A totally repressive regime. The same, I think, would be said for our friends, the Taiwanese.

I rise in support of the Cohen amendment. I was part of a group that perfected an amendment and put out a ``Dear Colleague'' letter. It was similar in many respects to the Cohen amendment. It had some significant differences, and we had a…

The difference between our treatment of the three is that we isolated Burma, and General Ne Win isolated himself, whereas, because of the cold war, we embraced the Taiwanese, we embraced the South Koreans. Today, having been isolated for…

I have identified $500,000 in one-time costs that need to be funded immediately to ensure that the natural resources and archeological sites at Fort Polk are protected. The Army's environmental record has clearly demonstrated how seriously…