HAIG CENTERING ON WAYS TO REACH CONSENSUS ON ACTIONS THAT WOULD
           REDUCE VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE UNDER -- CLIMATE CHANGE
           SUCH AS ENCOURAGE DEMOCRACIES, RAISING STANDARDS OF LIVING, AND
           IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUULETE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD THROUGH
           THE USE OF INNOVATION THAT AMERICANS AND OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED
           COUNTRIES COUNTRIES' TECHNOLOGIES CAN BRING, WE DISCUSSED OR
           FOUND OURSELVES EMBROILED IN RATHER SCATHING ANTI-AMERICAN

           RHETORIC. SOME NONGOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
           SOME EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS WERE CRITICIZING THE
           UNITED STATES FOR NOT WANTING TO SURRENDER SOME OF ITS
           SOVEREIGNTY BY ALLOWING OTHER NATIONS TO POLICE AMERICAN FUEL
           USE AND ECONOMIC EXPANSION STRATEGY JIS. MANY IN THE DEVELOPING
           WORLD WERE BRAZENLY DEMANDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PAYOFFS
           FOR THE PERCEIVED HARM THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THEIR OPINION
           BROUGHT ABOUT BY AMERICAN GREED WAS CAUSING DEVELOPED

           COUNTRIES. ASTONISHINGLY, ALL OF THIS PAYOFF MONEY WOULD BE IN
           ADDITION TO THE LARGE SUMS CURRENTLY BEING SPENT OR BEING SENT
           TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH A.I.D. AND MANY OTHER AMERICAN
           TAXPAYERS PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP DEVELOPING NATIONS REACH
           BETTER STANDARDS OF LIVING. THE MOTIVES OF AMERICANS --
           AMERICA'S STRONGEST CRITICS AT THE HAGUE --
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR'S TEN MINUTES HAS EXPIRED.
           

           MR. CRAIG: I WOULD ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO CONTINUE FOR NO
           MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
           

           MR. CRAIG: THE MOTIVES OF AMERICA'S STRONGEST CRITICS AT THE
           HAIG CLIMATE CONFERENCE APPEARED NOTHING MORE THAN TRANSPARENT
           EFRNTSS TO HAVE WHOLESALE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH TO THE
           DEVELOPING WORLD AND TO MANEUVER OUR COMPETITORS IN THE GLOBAL
           MARKETPLACE INTO STRONGER COMPETITIVE POSITIONS. MANY IN THE
           NONGOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY APPEAR TO BE MORE
           INTERESTED IN PROMOTING NONGROWTH AND ANTIPOPULATION AGENDAS
           THAN TAKING ACTION THAT WOULD OFFER THE BEST PROCESS EXPECTS TO
           REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OR HELPING VULNERABLE NATIONS

           ADAPT TO CLIMATE VARIATIONS. I BELIEVE AMERICA WILL RESPONSIBLY
           MOVE FORWARD IN ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE, WHETHER OR
           NOT KYOTO IS EVER RATIFIED IN THE SENATE. WE SHOULD NOT AND THE
           SENATE WILL NOT ALLOW THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OR POWERFUL
           NONGOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO FORCE OUR NATION
           TO ACCEPT A DEAL THAT WILL BE ECONOMICALLY THREATENING AND
           SCIENTIFICALLY INEFFECTIVE. SECRETARYLLOY AND HIS NEGOTIATING
           TEAM AT "COPS 6" SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THE HARD WORK AND

           STEADFASTNESS IN DEMANDING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
           SOLID PROPOSALS THAT FULLY RECOGNIZE BOTH AMERICA'S
           DETERMINATION TO DEFEND ITS SOVEREIGNTY AND ITS UNMATCHED
           ABILITY THROUGH ITS TECHNOLOGICAL PROWESS TO HELP THE WORLD
           DEAL WITH ANY POTENTIAL CALAMITIES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE
           CHANGE. MOREOVER, THE UNITED STATES WON KEY CONCESSIONS FROM
           INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATORS AT KYOTO THAT NOW APPEAR TO BE AT
           SERIOUS RISK. INDEED, EUROPEAN NEGOTIATORS AT THE HAGUE WITH

           STRONG PRESSURE FROM SOME NONGOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
           ORGANIZATIONS MADE AGGRESSIVE ATTEMPTS TO RESCIND THOSE
           CONCESSIONS. THE FLEXIBLE MECHANISM PROVISION AND THE CINCS
           PROVISION WERE ELEMENTS OF THE PROTOCOL THAT WHEN PROMINENTLY
           DISPLAYED TO THE CONGRESS BY THE CLINTON-GORE ADMINISTRATION
           WHEN CONGRESS'S CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES QUESTIONED
           THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROTOCOL. EACH TIME THE
           ADMINISTRATION RESPONDED TO SUCH QUERIES, THE ADMINISTRATION

           WOULD POINT TO THE CARBON SYNC AND FLEXIBLE MECHANISM
           PROVISIONS TO RATIONALE THAT IT'S ASSESSMENTS WOULD WORK AND
           THE COMPLIANT TO THE PROTOCOL WOULD BE INEXPENSIVE. CLEARLY,
           MR. PRESIDENT, WITHOUT THOSE PROVISIONS, THE PROTOCOL'S COSTS
           WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE AND VIOLATE ONE OF THE CRITICAL TENENTS OF
           SENATE RESOLUTION 98,ED BYRD-HAGEL RESOLUTION NASED THIS SENATE
           95-0 IN 1997. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION

           WILL DO NOTHING TO COMPROMISE THESE PRINCIPLES IN THE COMING
           WEEKS. TO DO SO WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNPRODUCTIVE.
           CLEARLY, IT WOULD BE POLITICALLY INEFFECTIVE INASMUCH AS THE
           SENATE WOULD NOT RATIFY THE KIND OF AN AGREEMENT WITHOUT CARBON
           CINCS AND THE FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS THAT WOULD OFFER
           SUBSTANTIALLY LESS COMBABITL ON OUR ECONOMY. MEAN WHIRXL AS
           SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO RESEARCH, DISCOVER, AND EVEN DISAGREE ON

           THE CAUSE AND EFFECTS OF CLIMATE WARMING, I WOULD CONTINUE TO
           WORK AND WILL WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE CONGRESS TO
           AGGRESSIVELY ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF INCENTIVES THAT REDUCES THE
           ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON HUMAN ACTIVITIES WHILE PRESERVING THE
           FREEDOMS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MAKE THIS UNITED STATES
           THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. AND WITH THAT, I YIELD THE FLOOR.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM NEVADA.
           

           MR. REID: MR. PRESIDENT, I, BEFORE COMING TO THE SENATE, WAS A
           MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, EVEN THOUGH
           I WAS FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA. THEY ALLOWED ME TO BE PART OF
           THEIR DELIBERATIONS AND IN FACT WHEN I CAME HERE, I WAS
           SECRETARY TREASURY OF THE -- I WAS SECRETARY TREASURER OF THE
           CALIFORNIA DELEGATION. AS A RESULT OF THAT ASSOCIATION, I GOT
           TO KNOW JULIAN DIXON VERY WELL FMS HE WAS A FINE MAN. HE CAME
           TO NEVADA MON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS FOR ME. HE WAS AN OUTSPOKEN

           ADVOCATE OF DOING GOOD THINGS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE
           DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOST A VERY POWERFUL VOICE WHEN JULIAN
           DIXON'S HEART STOPED BEATING. HE ALSO, AS I INDICATED IN MY
           CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDING OFFICER TODAY, SERVED VERY
           VALIANTLY AS A MEMBER OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE. -- IN THE HOUSE
           OF REPRESENTATIVES. IN FACT, THE PRESIDING OFFICER SERVED WITH
           HIM. IN SHORT, JULIAN DIXON, WHO WAS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR
           LIBERAL CAUSES THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE POLITICAL CAREER, WAS A

           PERSON WHO BELIEVED IN THE CONGRESS; HE BELIEVED IN OUR FORM OF
           GOVERNMENT. AND HIS LOSS IS A LOSS TO OUR NATION, AND I EXTEND
           MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS ENTIRE FAMILY, RECOGNIZING THAT WE LOST A
           GREAT PATRIOT IN LOSING JULIAN DIXON. MR. PRESIDENT, ON ANOTHER
           SUBJECT, I WAS, OF COURSE, VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE DECISION OF
           THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. I SAT AND I LISTENED TO THAT

           ARGUMENT. I THINK BOTH LAWYERS OL SOME OF THE N AND BOIES DID
           AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE 5-4 DECISION. I
           THINK THAT IT WAS AS A RESULT OF THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION
           THAT THE VOTE DIDN'T GO FORWARD IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT HAVING
           SAID THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I AM AN ATTORNEY ATTORNEY. I'VE
           ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT WE'RE A NATION OF LAWS AND NOT OF MEN, AND
           I SAID PRIOR TO THE DECISION BEING RENDERED BY THE SUPREME
           COURT THAT I WOULD FOLLOW THAT DECISION -- I MAY NOT LIKE IT,

           BUT I WOULD DO WHATEVER I COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS
           ACCEPTED. MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WE
           AS A NATION SHOULD BE VERY PROUD. I REPEAT, I DIDN'T LIKE THE
           WAY THE ELECTION TURNED OUT. WE HAVE A MAN -- VICE PRESIDENT
           GORE -- WHO WON THE NATIONAL VOTE, A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC BY OVER
           250,000 OVER HIS OPPONENT. IF THERE HAD EVER BEEN A COUNT IN
           FLORIDA, HE WOULD HAVE WON THAT. BUT THIS COUNTRY IS A GREAT

           COUNTRY. I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH AL GORE WON THE ELECTION, HE WON'T
           TAKE OFFICE. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS COUNTRY IS AMAZING. IN SPITE
           OF THAT, THERE WASN'T A SINGLE ARREST DURING ANY OF THESE VERY
           BITTER DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE VOTE. THERE WANG A SINGLE
           INJURY THAT-- --THERE WASN'T A SINGLE INJURY THAT I KNOW OF. IT
           IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF HISTORY, AND I AM GOING TO DO
           EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT GEORGE W. BUSH BUSH'S

           PRESIDENCY IS AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE. IRKNOW THAT HE COMES FROM A
           GOOD-- --I KNOW THAT HE COMES FROM A GOOD FAMILY. I SERVED IN
           THE CONGRESS DURING THE TENURE OF HIS FATHER. I LIKED HIS DAD
           VESTMENT HE WROTE ME A NUMBER OF PERSONAL LETTERS ON THINGS
           THAT HE THOUGHT THAT I DID THAT WERE GOOD AND I HAVE THOSE
           LETTERS AND I -- AND I TREASURE THOSE LETTERS. I WAS THE FIRST
           DEPEM TO SPEAK OPENLY FOR OUR INCURSIONS INTO IRAQ. I THINK
           THAT PRESIDENT BUSH DID THE RIGHT THING. IN SHORT, I THINK THAT

           GEORGE W. BUSH HAS THE ABILITY TO BE A GOOD PRESIDENT. I'M
           GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN, AS I SAID, TO SUPPORT
           PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH. NOW, PRESIDENT LF ELECT BUSH IS GOING TO
           GET ALL THE ADVICE AND COUNSEL THAT HE NEEDS -- AND I'M SURE HE
           DOESN'T NEED MINE. I'M CONFIDENT TODAY THAT HE'S BEING BRIEFED
           AND BRIEFED AND BRIEFED AND BRIEFED AND TOLD OPINIONS OF WHAT
           PEOPLE THINK HE SHOULD DO. BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, MR. PRESIDENT,

           I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT TOOK PLACE LAST
           NIGHT WAS MAGNIFICENT. VICE PRESIDENT GORE'S SPEECH WAS
           MAGNANIMOUS, GRACIOUS. HE, AS WE'VE INDICATED -- HE GOT MORE
           POPULAR VOTES THAN EVEN RONALD REAGAN. AND THEN THAT WAS
           FOLLOWED BY A SPEECH BY PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH, WHICH WAS
           OUTSTANDING. I THINK THAT HE -- THE TONE OF HIS SPEECH WAS
           GOOD. I THINK THE ISSUES THAT HE TALKED ABOUT WERE ISSUES THAT

           WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE FOR SOMETIME, HERE ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
           SO MY ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS THAT IF HE WANTS TO BE
           BIPARTISAN IN ACTION RATHER THAN JUST WORDS, THE FIRST THING
           THAT HE SHOULD DO IS RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A HOUSE OF
           REPRESENTATIVES WHICH IS ALMOST EVENLY DIVIDED, AND HE HAS TO
           RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A SENATE THAT IS EVENLY DIVIDED. WE HAVE
           50 DEMOCRATS, WE HAVE 50 REPUBLICANS. BY MATH THAT'S TAUGHT AT
           M.I.T. OR THE SO-CALLED FUZZY MATH THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT DURING

           THE CAMPAIGN, 50 AND 50 IS EQUAL. AS A RESULT OF THAT, I WOULD
           RECOMMEND THAT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT INTERJECT HIMSELF INTO
           WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
           AND I THINK WHAT HE SHOULD DO IS SAY, 50-50 IS EQUAL. AND I
           THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD GO ALONG WITH THE DEMOCRATS
           AND HAVE COMMITTEES THAT ARE EVEN -- THAT TO SAY, THE SAME
           NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS ON THE COMMITTEE AS REPUBLICANS. THERE
           SHOULD BE EQUAL FUNDING, THERE SHOULD BE EQUAL STAFFING. I

           THINK HE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP
           STRUCTURE. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IF
           PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH STEPPED FORWARD -- LOOKED TO WHAT THE
           FUTURE HOLDS. AND THE FUTURE HOLDS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MR.
           PRESIDENT, IF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WERE 10-10, THAT'S ONE OF
           THE NIRS THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO IS TO COME FORWARD
           WITH A BUDGET. IF THE COMMITTEE IS 10-10, ANYTHING THAT COMES
           BEFORE THIS SENATE WOULD BE BIPARTISAN IN NATURE. AND I THINK

           IT WOULD BE APPROVED QUICKLY. AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME ON OTHER
           COMMITTEES. I THINK THE ONE THING THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
           SAID IS THAT WE SHOULD WORK IN A BIPARTISAN BASIS, 50-50 IN THE
           SENATE, 50-50 APPROXIMATELY IN THE HOUSE. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
           WHO WAS ELECTED WITH LESS VOTES THAN THE OTHER GUY. I JUST ANY,
           MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A TIME THAT CALLS FOR BIPARTISANSHIP,
           AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. BUT I THINK IT WOULD SET A VERY BAD

           TONE IF THE REPUBLICANS, SOME OF WHOM ARE IN DENIAL THAT THE
           SENATE IS 50-50, ARE GOING TO PREVENT -- WILL PREVENT THE
           SENATE FROM GOING FORWARD BY SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU
           EQUALITY ON THE COMMITTEES. IF THAT HAPPENS, IT IS NOT THE
           DEMOCRATS THAT ARE HOLDING UP ACTION IN THE SENATE; IT'S THE
           REPUBLICANS. THE REPUBLICANS THAT WE NO LONGER REFER TO AS THE
           MAJORITY, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE MAJORITY. IT IS THE
           REPUBLICANS WHO WILL BE HOLDING UP THIS CONGRESS AND THIS

           COUNTRY FROM MOVING FORWARD. I ALSO THINK, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT
           IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT PRESIDENT BUSH FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE
           THAT WE HAVE IN THE CABINET TODAY OF SECRETARY COHEN. SECRETARY
           COHEN IS A BONAFIDE, CARD-CARRYING REPUBLICAN FROM THE STATE OF
           MAINE WHO DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING
           JOB DURING HIS TENURE AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. I WOULD HOPE
           THAT PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH WILL ALSO LOOK TO PEOPLE OF THE OTHER

           PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, TO FILL SPOTS IN HIS CABINET. I'M
           CONFIDENT HE WILL DO THAT. AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT, I FEEL SO GOOD
           TODAY ABOUT OUR COUNTRY COUNTRY. WE SHOULD ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT
           OUR COUNTRY. IN SPITE OF THE CLOSENESS OF THE ELECTION, IN
           SPITE OF THE MORE THAN ONE MONTH SINCE THE ELECTION REALLY TOOK
           PLACE, WE HAVE TWO MEN WHO STEPPED FORWARD LAST NIGHT AND THEY
           STEPPED FORWARD WITH COMPASSION, THEY STEPPED FORWARD WITH
           CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENCE OF THE GREATNESS OF THIS COUNTRY. MR.

           PRESIDENT, I'VE BEEN THROUGH RECOUNTS -- STATE-WIDE RECOUNTS,
           TWO OF THEM, ONE OF WHICH I LOST BY 524 VOTES, ONE
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