It is a pilot project to provide lamb to Afghanistan. Wyoming has the Air National Guard that has the capability of moving livestock from the United States to Afghanistan, and there are several other units in the United States. It provides…

We have had the cattle industry in Wyoming since before Wyoming was a State. We have had some horrible losses before. The original losses were by people from other countries who were raising their cattle in Wyoming. They had enough money…

Yes. Our hope is definitely that it becomes a part of the normal planning process, that it becomes a part of the appropriations through that mechanism rather than always coming in as an emergency, an emergency after the fact. It would be…

at the present time, we are in the third year of a drought. We normally do not have it every year, although we may have a county or two that would have it--not the same county even-- but it is usually on a county-by-county basis. One…

Yes. My purpose is to move it from a last-minute measure to an authorized program so that it would go through the normal process and be a part of our normal planning.

I rise to speak on the Bond-Collins amendment and give a little explanation of what has been submitted. I am sure most of the Members of this body will want to back an amendment that supports small business in the way that this particular…

I particularly appreciate it because it gives me an opportunity to recognize that this amendment will allocate $500 million in emergency spending for the Livestock Assistance Program. The ranching folks of this country have been the ones…

I rise today to put my full support behind the conference report for H.R. 1, the No Child Left Behind Act. It has been a true honor to serve on the conference committee for this important legislation, especially as a freshman Member of the…

H.R. 1 strikes a good balance between making sure that Federal funds are well spent and maintaining appropriate State and local control of education. It significantly changes accountability standards with the goal of assuring that…

It is difficult to envision a better qualified person for the Solicitor of Labor than Eugene Scalia. He is a nationally recognized expert in the field of employment and labor law. I sat through the hearings in the Health, Education, Labor…

I appreciate the effort that his family makes each and every year to go to Haiti and consequently to understand that Government a little bit better. It does tie in with education because as of September 11 our world got smaller. The United…

my main purpose today is to address the education bill, which conference report we are looking at now. I am a member of that conference committee which spent nearly 6 months considering this bill, and I am especially pleased to be talking…

Today I join with Senators Gramm, Bunning, and Bennett in introducing legislation that provides a temporary public-private partnership for terrorism insurance in the wake of the September 11 attacks. This bill provides a joint partnership…

I thank all of those people who have been dedicated in their work on this issue. There have been innumerable meetings, and Senator McCain, Senator Dorgan, Senator Kerry, Senator Wyden, and I have been the primary people. We have met with…

2 years ago we passed a simple extension of the moratorium. That is exactly what we did 2 years ago, and now we are saying there have been no hearings held on it and there has been no committee work on it. There have been individuals…

for the last week, I have been trying to figure out how to pay tribute to a young man from Wyoming whose funeral I attended last Saturday. I am pleased to have the opportunity this morning to address his life and our country as well. Last…

the Gregg amendment is the solution to the problem presented in the underlying bill. With all respect to the bill managers, I believe the bill tries to meet new needs before addressing current obligations. The bill appropriates $925…

I have refrained from getting into this discussion about the moratorium on Internet taxes up to this point, but I need to voice some comments because I am one of the people who has been working on this issue for the last 18 months and was…

I rise to introduce the Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act. I encourage each of my colleagues to join me as a cosponsor of this bill. With the extension of the current moratorium of the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 expiring soon on…

As the chairman is aware, I feel the DPA is an important tool for supporting our national defense and for ensuring that our armed forces have the latest equipment available, in a timely manner, and that they are prepared and able to defend…

the managers' amendment to S. 149 adds a new provision to address a pressing humanitarian issue: flight safety. U.S. aircraft manufacturers have sold commercial passenger aircraft internationally since the 1950s. Moreover, some…

I would add my thanks and appreciation for all the hard work, particularly of Senator Thompson and Senator Kyl and their staffs and Senator Gramm and his staff. The meetings and the work on this did go late into the evening last night and…

what I would like to do is take some time, because I did not have an opportunity just before the vote, to thank all the people who worked on and participated in this bill that we have just completed, and that includes the people who are…

I appreciate the care, concern, and detail in which the Senator from Tennessee and the Senator from Arizona, and others who have participated on this, have expressed their concerns about the deemed export controls. We do recognize that the…

I have to tell you that the foreign availability in this bill was in the 1979 act, but it has gotten some attention because we put in mass market this time. Because of comments raised by the Senator from Arizona and several of his…