Jay Rockefeller

I join several colleagues today to introduce the Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act of 2001. Although we in Congress are focused on helping the Nation recover from the horrific attacks of September 11, we must also stand tall against…

I do not have to tell my colleagues here in the Senate that bioterrorism has become a reality. Here, and throughout the Nation, we are frightened and frustrated by the lack of clear information on what the threats are, and how we are to…

I am proud to have joined last week with the Chairman and Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, as well as a bipartisan group of my colleagues to cosponsor S. 1499, the American Small…

It will take some time. People should understand that. We cannot take a workforce without sufficient training and upgrade it in a day, in a month. You don't quickly reconfigure airplanes in the way we will have to with sky marshals…

the day of September 11 has been eloquently described by the preceding speaker, Senator Torricelli. Its consequences are unknown. In fact, one of the great questions none of us can answer at this point is: What are the unintended…

The fault of these attacks clearly lies with those who perpetrated them, but the failures are all our shared responsibilities. There is no way to get away from that. On the other hand, they are also a shared opportunity. I have long argued…

in the wake of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, it is not with pride exactly, but with a firm resolve that I join with my good friend and colleague Senator Bob Graham, the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in…

I rise before you today to support the Aviation Security Bill introduced by Senator Hollings and me. As the nation strives to recover from the tragic events of September 11, 2001, one of the vital steps we must take to protect our economy…

a brutal and cowardly act of terrorism has taken thousands of lives, destroyed great symbols of U.S. power and wealth, and stolen from every one of us a measure of the joy and confidence that Americans take as our birthright. As the poet…

millions of Americans live abroad, serving in our military or working in foreign countries. These Americans pay taxes and have the right to vote. They deserve to know that their votes will be counted. Today, I am introducing legislation…

millions of Americans live and work overseas. While living abroad, they continue to pay taxes and they can vote in our Federal elections. They are American citizens and they want to be counted in the next decennial Census in 2010. To…

one of our major national problems is the dismal educational achievement of our children in the areas of mathematics and science. In 1989 President George H. Bush proposed and the Governors adopted as a national goal that by the year 2000…

I rise today to lend my full support to the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Communities, and Firms Act of 2001, which I introduced today along with Senators Bingaman, Baucus, and Daschle. I particularly want to…

as you may know, my state of West Virginia was ravaged last week by its worst flooding in years. Homes were destroyed, businesses and infrastructure were shut down and, most tragically, lives were lost. The outpouring of support thus far…

during the past five years, we have debated the merits and faults of assorted patients' rights legislation. We have offered statistics, we have shared stories, and we have reduced strong legislation--legislation that held the real…

Again, if I am taking a flight to Fargo, which I have done--I have not been invited back, but I did it once--and let us say I have to make a switch.

I have been a Governor for 8 years and I have been doing this for some time.

I think it is terribly, terribly important that we do not have railroad companies going to Subcommittee Members telling them what letters they ought to write.

I think that becomes very important because enhanced competition is not only a function of price, but it is a function of service.

I am one of those who tends to think that mergers kind of keep taking place until they cannot anymore.

Getting the choice is important to chemical companies, steel companies, coal companies, granaries, et cetera.

Why should shippers in the United States in a sense be at a disadvantage to shippers in Canada with regard to bottleneck prices?

Now, is that a way of saying that until we change the law, you are stuck?

I really question the basic proposition that railroad rates or conduct in any way, including mergers, would be found invalid under the antitrust laws.

What justification can CSX or other railroads in the U.S. give for a pricing system that would be illegal in any other industry in this country?