THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE: THE SENATE WILL COME TO ORDER. THE
           CHAPLAIN WILL NOW DELIVER THE OPENING PRAYER.
           

           THE CHAPLAIN: ALMIGHTY GOD, CREATOR OF THE WORLD, RULER OVER
           ALL LIFE, OUR ADONAI, SOVEREIGN LORD OF OUR LIFE, WE JOIN WITH
           OUR JEWISH FRIENDS IN CELEBRATING ROSH HASHANAH, "THE HEAD OF
           THE YEAR," THE BEGINNING OF THE DAYS OF AWE AND REPENTANCE, A
           TIME OF RECONCILIATION WITH YOU AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. WE THANK
           YOU THAT WE ARE UNITED IN OUR NEED TO REPENT, TO RETURN TO OUR

           REAL SELVES FOR AN HONEST INVENTORY, AND THEN TO COME BACK TO
           YOU WITH A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART.
           
           FORGIVE OUR SINS OF OMISSION: THE WORDS AND DEEDS YOU CALLED US
           TO DO THAT WE NEGLECTED, OUR BLAND CONDONING OF PREJUDICE AND
           HATRED, AND OUR TOLERATION OF INJUSTICE IN OUR SOCIETY. FORGIVE
           OUR SINS OF
           
           COMMISSION: THE TIMES WE TURNED AWAY FROM YOUR CLEAR AND

           SPECIFIC GUIDANCE AND THE TIMES WE KNOWINGLY REBELLED AGAINST
           YOUR MANAGEMENT OF OUR LIVES AND YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN OUR
           NATION. SOUND THE SHOFAR IN OUR SOULS; BLOW THE TRUMPETS; AND
           WAKE OUR SOMNOLENT SPIRITS. AROUSE US AND CALL US TO SPIRITUAL
           REGENERATION. AWAKEN US TO OUR ACCOUNTABILITY TO YOU FOR OUR
           LIVES AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS NATION. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

           ATONING GRACE AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW BEGINNING. HELP
           THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS CALLED TO SERVE IN THIS SENATE, THE
           SENATORS' STAFFS, AND THE WHOLE SUPPORT TEAM OF THE SENATE TO
           CELEBRATE OUR UNITY UNDER YOUR SOVEREIGNTY AND TO EXEMPLIFY TO
           OUR NATION THE ONENESS OF A SHARED COMMITMENT TO YOU. IN YOUR

           HOLY NAME. AMEN.
           

           MR. LOTT: MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE: THE ABLE MAJORITY LEADER, SENATOR
           LOTT OF MISSISSIPPI, IS WREAKED.
           

           MR. LOTT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MR.
           PRESIDENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF YOUR SONS WAS MARRIED THIS
           PAST WEEKEND AND WE WISH HIM MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE FUTURE. THIS
           AFTERNOON THE SENATE WILL BE IN A PERIOD OF MORNING
           
           BUSINESS UNTIL 2:00 P.M. I KNOW THERE ARE SENATORS THAT WISH TO
           SPEAK DURING THAT TIME. SENATOR CRAIG IS HERE. FOLLOWING
           MORNING BUSINESS, THE SENATE WILL RESUME CONSIDERATION OF S.
           1301, WHICH IS THE SKURNLE BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION ACT. AS
           ANNOUNCED, PREVIOUSLY, THERE WILL BE NO ROLL CALL VOTES DURING
           TODAY'S SESSION OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAY. MEMBERS

           ARE REMINDED THAT A CLOTURE PETITION WAS FILED ON FRIDAY TO THE
           COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE TO THE CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION ACT.
           THEREFORE, MEMBERS WILL HAVE
           
           UNTIL 1:00 P.M. TODAY TO FILE FIRST-DEGREE AMENDMENTS. THE NEXT
           ROLL CALL VOTE WILL
           
           OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 P.M. TOMORROW ON OR IN RELATION TO
           THE KENNEDY MINIMUM WAGE AMENDMENT. FURTHER VOTES ARE EXPECTED
           TOCK STACKED FOLLOWING THE MINIMUM WAGE VOTE AND THEN CONTINUE
           INTO THE EVENING AS THE SENATE ATTEMPTS TO COMPLETE ACTION ON
           THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. ALL MEMBERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AS TO THE

           TIME AND NUMBER OF VOTES DURING TUESDAY'S SESSION. AS THAT
           INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. BUT AGAIN WE WILL HAVE A VOTE OR
           VOTES -- POSSIBLY AS MANY AS TWO OR THREE -- BEGINNING
           
           AT 2:20 P.M. AND OTHER VOTES IN THE AFTERNOON PLUS WE WILL HAVE
           HOPEFULLY FINAL PASSAGE ON BANKRUPTCY REFORM AND THE CLOTURE
           VOTE ON CHILD CUSTODY. AND THEN TUESDAY MORNING WE WILL
           ANNOUNCE THE SCHEDULE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK AS BEST WE
           CAN DETERMINE T BUT THAT TAKES A LOT OF COOPERATION FROM

           MEMBERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. I YIELD THE FLOOR, MR.
           PRESIDENT.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER, THERE WILL NOW
           ABFEARED FOR THE TRANSACTION OF MORNING BUSINESS FOR A PERIOD
           OF TIME NOT TO EXTEND BEYOND THE HOUR
           
           OF 2:00 P.M.
           
           THE TIME UNTIL 1:00 P.M. SHALL BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE
           SENATOR FROM IDAHO, SENATOR CRAIG, OR HIS DESIGNEE.
           
           AND THE TIME UNTIL 2:00 P.M. SHALL BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE
           SENATOR FROM NORTH DAKOTA, MR. DORGAN, FOR HIS DESIGNEE. MR.
           CRAIG: MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM IDAHO.
           

           MR. CRAIG: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE REQUESTED SPECIAL ORDERS THIS
           MORNING IN MORNING BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT, TO
           TALK ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT'S POLICIES, TO TALK ABOUT THIS
           ADMINISTRATION AND THE POLICIES THAT IMPACT ALL AMERICANS. AS
           WE KNOW, THE SENATE HAS CONVENED AT A VERY INTERESTING, UNIQUE,
           IF NOT SAD DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THIS NATION'S PRESIDENCY. I
           WILL NOT DWELL ON THAT. IT WOULD BE VERY INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME

           TO DO SO. WHAT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS AN AGENDA THAT WE
           HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HANDLE APPROPRIATELY HERE ON THE FLOOR FOR
           THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. THAT IS TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS
           CONGRESS AND TO DO THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT. TO MOVE THE
           APPROPRIATIONS BILLS IN AN ORDINARILY FASHION, AS OUR PUBLIC --
           IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AS OUR PUBLIC AND AS THE CITIZENS OF THIS
           NATION WOULD EXPECT OF US. FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE HAVE
           ATTEMPTED TO DEAL WITH AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL APPROPRIATING
           MONEY TO THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND TO ITS INSUL LARRY

           AGENCIES TO IN LARGE PART ADMINISTER POLICY AND MANAGE THE
           PUBLIC RESOURCES, THE PUBLIC LAND RESOURCES OF THIS COUNTRY.
           BUT ANYONE WATCHING AND CERTAINLY THE MAJORITY LEADER THAT JUST
           LEFT THE FLOOR KNOWS HOW FRUSTRATING IT HAS BEEN IN AN ATTEMPT
           TO RESPONSIBLY MOVE THIS LEGISLATION ONLY TO HAVE OUR
           COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE LARGELY OPPOSE IT,
           OPPOSE IT BECAUSE WITHIN THE BILL ARE CORRECTIVE MEASURES THAT
           REFLECT AND ATTEMPT TO ADJUST THE MISGUIDED POLICIES OF THIS

           ADMINISTRATION AS IT DEALS WITH OUR PUBLIC LAND RESOURCES. WE
           HAVE MADE PROPOSED CHANGES. WHY?
           BECAUSE THE PUBLIC'S OF THE PUBLIC -- BECAUSE THE PUBLICS OF
           THE PUBLIC LANDS WEST ARE SAYING THAT NO LONGER DOES THIS
           ADMINISTRATION REFLECT OUR INTEREST OS OUR CONCERNS OR OUR
           ECONOMIES. WHY AM I SPEAKING UNIQUELY TO THE WEST?
           WELL, THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL LARGELY DEALS WITH WESTERN PUBLIC
           LAND STATES' INTERESTS. BUT IN MY STATE OF IDAHO WHERE 63% OF
           THE LAND BASE IS OWNED BY AND MANAGED BY THE FEDERAL

           GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC LAND POLICY IS CRITICAL. AND MINE IS ONLY A
           63% OWNERSHIP. IN OTHER STATES LIKE NEVADA, IT IS MUCH HIGHER.
           SO GOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SO MANAGES THE LAND, SO GOES
           THE ECONOMY. AND THE LIFESTYLES AND THE CHARACTER OF THOSE
           STATES. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES
           DISCUSSING ARE THOSE POLICIES AND OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE
           ATTITUDE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AS IT HAS IMPACTED OUR

           POLICIES. THE PROVISIONS THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IN THE
           APPROPRIATIONS BILL, IF WE CAN EVER GET FWOOK IT, ARE NECESSARY
           IN MY VIEW AND APPROPRIATE BECAUSE MANY OF US FEEL THIS
           ADMINISTRATION HAS GONE AROUND CONGRESS AND THE STATES AND THE
           LOCAL OFFICIALS IN AN EFFORT TO PLACE BROAD RESTRICTIONS ON THE
           USE OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR PRODUCTIVE ECONOMIC USE, SUCH AS MINING
           AND FOREST PRODUCTS AND GRAZING AND EVEN RECREATION.
           RECREATION, A RELATIVELY BENIGN USE OF THE PUBLIC LAND, IS NEW

           BEING SHAPED, DIRECTED AND OFTENTIMES CHARACTERIZED BY NEW
           POLICIES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE
           PROVISIONS WE HAVE PLACED IN THE INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS BILL
           ARE NECESSARY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,TO BLOCK THE
           ADMINISTRATION'S ARROGANT ABUSE OF POWER AND ITS FAILURE TO
           ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR STATES OUGHT TO HAVE A SAY IN THE USE OF
           OUR NATURAL RESOURCE BASES. DURING THE PAST 175 YEARS, THE

           UNITED STATES HAS UNDERGONE AN ASTONISHING PERIOD OF PHYSICAL
           AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE ACQUIRED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY,
           BOUGHT ALASKA FROM THE RUSSIANS AND FOUGHT A WAR WITH MEXICO
           OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CALIFORNIA. DURING THAT TIME, AMERICANS
           MOVED WESTWARD, PURSUING DREAMS OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND
           THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR FAMILIES IN A
           NEW LAND. OUR GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF
           THESE HEARTY PEOPLE BY CREATING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE

           HOMESTEAD ACT OR THE TIMBER AND STONE ACT OR THE MINING LAW OF
           1872. THESE STATUTES AND OTHERS WERE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE
           PEOPLE TO SEEK A NEW LIFE, TO BUILD THE WEALTH OF A NATION BY
           DEVELOPING ITS VAST STORE OF NATURAL RESOURCES. AND THE EFFORT
           WAS SUCCESSFUL BEYOND ANY NATION OR ANY PEOPLE'S WILDEST DREAMS
           AND IMAGINATIONS. THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES AND

           SHOPKEEPERS AND -- AMERICAN FARMERS AND SHOPKEEPERS AND CLERKS
           TUNING THE CHALLENGE AND MOVED WEST. THEY BUSTED THE SOD OF THE
           CENTRAL PLAINS AND ESTABLISHED AN AGRICULTURAL WONDER. THE
           BREADBASKET OF THE WORLD, NEVER KNOWN BEFORE BY MAN. THESE
           ESTABLISHED -- THEY ESTABLISHED ENORMOUS CATTLE AND LIVESTOCK
           OPERATIONS FROM TEXAS TO KANSAS AND MONTANA AND THROUGHOUT THE
           ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES, INCLUDING MY STATE OF IDAHO. THOUSANDS
           OF PROSPECT ERLS FANNED OUT ACROSS THE STATE IN SEARCH OF GOLD

           AND SILVER AND OTHER MINERALS. WHAT THESE EARLY MINERS FOUND AT
           SUFMT TTER'S MILL IN COLORADO OR AT TELL U RIDE IN COLORADO OR
           AT THE BASIN IN IDAHO AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER BOOM TOWNS ACROSS
           THE WEST, GALVANIZED THE NATION. THOUSANDS MORE ORDINARY
           AMERICANS GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE GOLD RUSH, TOO. MOST WERE NOT
           SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING THEIR BONANZA. INSTEAD, THEY FORMED THE
           BACKBONE OF THE NEW WEST, BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT OTHER SKILLS AND
           TALENTS WITH THEM. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE GREAT

           CITIES OF DENVER AND SALT LAKE CITY AND BOISE AND HELENS AND
           HOUSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO. THEY BECAME THE MERCHANTSS, THE
           BANKERS THE DOCTORS, AND THE EDUCATORS THAT HELPED ENSURE THE
           SUCCESS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN AND THE COASTAL WEFMT THESE
           AMERICANS BUILT THE GREAT TRANSCONTINENT RAILROAD TO BRING
           ADDITIONAL SETTLERS INTO THE GROWING CITIES AND TOWNS AND TO
           MOVE THE EXPLODING BASKET OF WESTERN PRODUCE GOODS TO THE
           MARKETS OF THE EAST. THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF THE 19TH CENTURY

           AS WELL AS THE 20TH CENTURY, BOTH FEDERAL AND PRIVATE LANDS IN
           THE WEST CONTRIBUTED MIGHTILY TO THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF OUR
           GREAT NATION. IN ADDITION TO GOLD AND SILVER DEPOSITS, LEAD,
           NICKEL, GOLD, IRON AND OTHER MINERALS WERE DISCOVERED AND
           DEVELOPED. IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S, OIL AND NATURAL GAS
           DEPOSITS WERE FOUND IN COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, UTAH, AND
           NEW MEXICO AND, OF COURSE, THE FOREST PRODUCTS AND THE LIVE

           STOCK INDUSTRIES CONTINUED TO GROW AND TO PROSPER, PROVIDING
           BUILDING MATERIALS AND FOOD FOR OUR GROWING NATION. THESE
           ACHIEVEMENTS WERE NOT REALIZED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
           BUT BY THE WOMEN AND THE MEN WHO ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE, WHO
           HAD THE VISION AND TO HAD THE COURAGE. THEY TOOK ENORMOUS RISK
           AND WITH THEIR LIVES AND WITH THEIR FORTUNES THEY BUILT NEW
           BUSINESSES, OPEN MINES, STARTED RANCHES AND FARMS AND BEGAN NEW

           LIVES AND CREATE ADD NEW CULL TURX A TRA DIGS, A WESTERN
           CULTURE TRADITION, BASED ON WISE AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF THE
           LAND AND ITS RESOURCE. MR. PRESIDENT, I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS
           FIRSTHAND. MY OWN FAMILY IS A PART OF THAT TRADITION OF
           INDEPENDENCE AND DETERMINATION. 100 YEARS AGO NEXT YEAR MY
           GRANDFATHER SAT FOOT IN IDEA HOED AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE
           HOMESTEAD ACT AND BEGAN TO BUILD A RANCHING OPERATION THAT
           FLOURISHED TO BUILD A FAMILY AND TO BE PASSED TON A FUTURE

           GENERATION. THE WESTERN TRADITION RECOGNIZED THE VALUE OF LAND
           AND ITS RESOURCES AND THE NEED TO HUSBAND THOSE RESOURCES
           CAREFULLY AND SUSTAINABLY. NO ONE CAN HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT WE
           WHO LIVE ON AND DEPEND ON THESE PRECIOUS LANDS WOULD SEEK TO
           STRIP THEM OF ALL OF THEIR VALUES AND DENY THEIR USE AND THEIR
           BEAUTY TO THE REST OF AMERICANS. YOU SEE, MY GRANDDAD TAUGHT MY
           FATHER THAT TRADITION AND MY FATHER TAUGHT ME THAT THE LAND WAS

           A SACRED RESOURCE THAT SHOULD BE MANAGED WISELY. INDEED, WITH
           FOREST PRODUCTS, MINING AND OIL AND GAS PROBLEMS PROBLEMS,
           RECREATION OOL OPPORTUNITIES BEGAN TO FLOURISH FLOURISH, BEGAN
           TO INCREASE. MORZ AND MORE AMERICANS ARE COMING TO ENJOY THE
           NATURAL BEAUTY AND THE RESOURCES OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
           THEY COME TO ENJOY OUR HUNTING AND OUR FISHING, OUR
           SIGHTSEEING, OUR CAMPING, OUR MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AND TO JUST BE

           PLAIN QUIET. IN OTHER WORDS, TO SEARCH FOR AND FIND SOLITUDE.
           THESE OPPORTUNITIES WERE ONCE AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE OF US WHO
           LIVED IN THESE GREAT STATES OF THE WEST -- THE
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