We were trying to get the administration, whatever administration it was, to work more on multilateral controls because everybody agrees that multilateral controls have more impact than unilateral controls. That is why we were encouraging…

We are hoping that adequate information will be given to the Senate for their oversight and their understanding of what is going on. We have always wanted that.

I am beginning to see the problem. We have ignored page 183 which is the section that, when we went through those extensive negotiations, we added that supersedes all of these 18-month, 6-month paragraphs about which we have been talking…

It wasn't our intent to make it contradictory, but it was language that was already in there. The request was to override those sections, and we did that by putting in another one. Perhaps there could be a way to address this.

I am certain that the Bush administration has felt the importance of getting the EAA reauthorized. They have been looking at the documents that have been mentioned on the need for this for several years. I was very pleased during the…

I support the motion to proceed. I unequivocally support the motion to proceed. I am sincerely disappointed that we didn't get the motion to proceed. What we are faced with right now is unlimited debate on whether we get to debate. So I…

is the Senator aware that we are not doing away with the control list and any item on the list continues to stay on the list unless it goes through the process? Is the Senator aware that we have added country tiering so that rogue states…

I am glad the Senator raised that point because we have export security that is being executed at the moment. We do not need this bill for export security to begin. It is happening right now. The people who are in place right now are in…

I thank Senator Breaux for his efforts on ergonomics. These injuries are happening in this country and we need to do something about them. I appreciated the conciseness with which he made a statement during the last debate we had on…

These regulations would force every employer to adopt a complete ergonomics program if just one "symptom" of stress is found in an employee, even if that employee developed the injury in athletics or weekend gardening. This week, however…

throughout the day we have heard mention of newspapers that have said using this Congressional Review Act is the right way to go, what OSHA has proposed is the wrong way to go. We had this debate in July. We said OSHA was not listening…

While I think it is an excellent idea to have a target date, there are a lot of staff who are very competent on this who ought to be involved in putting something together so we have a work plan, and there is need for basic time for…

the Senator is correct. The reason we can't wait 60 or 90 days is that the CRA is time limited. Sixty working days from the time the thing was published is how long we have to reverse this rule. So we are put under the rule that was passed…

There was a reason for the Congressional Review Act being passed, a good reason for it. You could even assume there was a good reason on the basis that it was passed in a very bipartisan way. First, cosponsors of it were Mr. Nickles, the…

I want to comment on that because I am the subcommittee chairman for employment, safety, and training. I have held some of the hearings and have said repeatedly--particularly this morning--that something needs to be done on ergonomics. I…

I rise in support of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2001. I commend the work of the chairman and ranking member of the Commerce Committee, Senators McCain and Hollings, for their hard work on this legislation. I believe that this…

I am thrilled that we are today confirming Elaine Chao as Secretary of Labor. As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training and a member of the Small Business Committee, I am very concerned about making sure all…

Today as Americans head off to work, 17 of them will die and 18,600 of them will be injured on the job. All of us on the Labor Committee have worked very hard to make sure those numbers come down--not go up. We do not want an increase; we…

I was mentioning these regulations, these 1,200 pages of regulations. That is what we expect the businessman to know, understand, and implement. Just imagine, Dodd's Bootery in Laramie or Corral West Ranchware in Cheyenne or Bubba's…

although workplace injury is a primary focus for IH professionals, they like to point out that safety issues don't disappear in the company parking lot. This awareness gives OEHS Week its second important emphasis--safety in the community…

the first Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, OEHS Week, August 30 through September 3, 1999, is a reminder that while workers are safer than they used to be, injury, illness--even death--in the workplace is still an…

with more than 5,000 Federal grazing permits scheduled to expire in FY 1999, the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, is hard pressed to meet its September 30 deadline before hundreds of American ranchers are forced to shut down business and…

I rise in support of S. 900, the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999. I commend the senior Senator from Texas, the chairman of the Banking Committee, Mr. Gramm, for his leadership on this important measure, a bill that will…

No. If you paid the Social Security portion of the debt, you are really taking money out of the bank and putting it right back into the piggy bank. It has to be reloaned. There is no other alternative. Until there is reform on it, there is…

I rise in support of the Social Security lockbox amendment as offered by the distinguished majority leader, Senator Lott, and the Budget Committee chairman, Senator Domenici. You can't spend IOUs. Right now, Social Security is a marked…