[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 106 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9213-S9214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SENATE QUARTERLY MAIL COSTS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, in accordance with section 318 of 
Public Law 101-520 as amended by Public Law 103-283, I am submitting 
the frank mail allocations made to each Senator from the appropriations 
for official mail expenses and a summary tabulation of Senate mass mail 
costs for the first and second quarter of FY99 to be printed in the 
Record. The first and second quarters of FY99 cover the periods of 
October 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, and January 1, 1999 through 
March 31, 1999. The official mail allocations are available for franked 
mail costs, as stipulated in Public Law 105-275, the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act of 1999.
  I ask unanimous consent that the frank mail allocations and summary 
tabulation be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the tables were ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

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                                                   Senate quarterly mass mail volumes and costs for    Senate quarterly mass mail volumes and costs for
                                        FY 99            the quarter ending December 12, 1998                  the quarter ending March 31, 1999
              Senators                 Official  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         mail        Total      Pieces per                 Cost per      Total      Pieces per                 Cost per
                                      allocation     pieces       capita     Total cost     capita       pieces       capita     Total cost     capita
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Abraham............................     $111,746            0            0        $0.00            0            0            0        $0.00            0
Akaka..............................       34,648            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Allard.............................       63,266            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Ashcroft...........................       77,190            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Baucus.............................       33,847            0            0         0.00            0       23,970       0.0300    21,348.57      0.02672
Bayh...............................       60,223            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Bennett............................       40,959            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Biden..............................       31,559            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Bingaman...........................       41,646            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Bond...............................       77,190            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Boxer..............................      301,322            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Breaux.............................       66,514            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Brownback..........................       49,687            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Bryan..............................       41,258            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Bumpers............................       13,218            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Bunning............................       46,853            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Burns..............................       33,857            0            0         0.00            0        4,295      0.00538     3,399.30      0.00425
Byrd...............................       43,560            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Campbell...........................       63,266            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Chafee.............................       34,307            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Cleland............................       95,484            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Coats..............................       21,139            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Cochran............................       50,337            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Collins............................       37,775            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Conrad.............................       31,000      198,640      0.31096    30,318.17      0.04746       37,870      0.05928     6,075.13      0.00951
Coverdell..........................       95,484            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Craig..............................       35,841            0            0         0.00            0        3,000       0.0298       568.71      0.00056
Crapo..............................       27,070            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
D'Amato............................      183,036            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Daschle............................       31,638            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
DeWine.............................      132,302        5,182      0.00048     4,549.16      0.00042        3,130      0.00029     2,072.47      0.00019
Dodd...............................       56,116            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Domenici...........................       41,646            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Dorgan.............................       31,000            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Durbin.............................      128,275            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Edwards............................       76,489            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Enzi...............................       29,891            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Faircloth..........................       29,275            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Feingold...........................       72,089            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Feinstein..........................      301,322            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Fitzgerald.........................       97,925            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0

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Ford...............................       16,353            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Frist..............................       76,208            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Glenn..............................       35,757            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Gorton.............................       78,087        1,410      0.00029       192.02      0.00004            0            0         0.00            0
Graham.............................      182,107            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Gramm..............................      204,461            0            0         0.00            0        2,551      0.00015       902.37      0.00005
Grams..............................       67,542        5,800      0.00133     1,169.33      0.00027       23,558      0.00538    10,939.04      0.00250
Grassley...........................       52,115            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Gregg..............................       35,947            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Hagel..............................       40,350            0            0         0.00            0      133,000       0.0846    24,409.19      0.01546
Harkin.............................       52,115            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Hatch..............................       40,959            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Helms..............................      100,311            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Hollings...........................       61,281            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Hutchinson.........................       50,285            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Hutchison..........................      204,461            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Inhofe.............................       58,788            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Inouye.............................       34,648            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Jeffords...........................       30,740            0            0         0.00            0       18,439      0.03277     7,600.92      0.01351
Johnson............................       31,638            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Kempthorne.........................        9,246            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Kennedy............................       82,469        3,000      0.00050     1,036.89      0.00017        5,678      0.00094     2,019.95      0.00034
Kerrey.............................       40,350            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Kerry..............................       82,469            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Kohl...............................       72,089            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Kyl................................       68,434            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Landrieu...........................       66,514       78,000      0.01848    13,801,20      0.00327            0            0         0.00            0
Lautenberg.........................       97,304            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Leahy..............................       30,740        1,128      0.00200       901.17      0.00160        3,123      0.00555     2,499.77      0.00444
Levin..............................      111,476            0            0         0.00            0        2,000      0.00022       403.63      0.00004
Lieberman..........................       56,116            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Lincoln............................       38,142            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Lott...............................       50,337            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Lugar..............................       79,091            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Mack...............................      182,107            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
McCain.............................       68,434            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
McConnell..........................       61,650            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Mikulski...........................       71,555            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Moseley-Braun......................      128,275            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Moynihan...........................      183,036            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Murkowski..........................       30,905            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Murray.............................       78,087            0            0         0.00            0        1,300      0.00027       433.14      0.00009
Nickles............................       58,788            0            0         0.00            0          702      0.00022       564.90      0.00018
Reed...............................       34,307            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Reid...............................       41,258            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Robb...............................       87,385            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Roberts............................       49,687            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Rockefeller........................       43,560            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Roth...............................       31,559            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Santorum...........................      138,265            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Sarbanes...........................       71,555            0            0         0.00            0        9,300      0.00195     2,039.43      0.00043
Schumer............................      139,902            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Sessions...........................       67,265            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Shelby.............................       67,265            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Smith, Gordon......................       56,383            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Smith, Robert......................       35,947            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Snowe..............................       37,755            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Specter............................      138,265            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Stevens............................       30,905            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Thomas.............................       29,891        4,052      0.00893     3,488.32      0.00769            0            0         0.00            0
Thompson...........................       76,208            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Thurmond...........................       61,281            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Torricelli.........................       97,304        7,585      0.00098     6,746.15      0.00087        8,410      0.00109     7,622.56      0.00098
Voinovich..........................      101,012            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Warner.............................       87,385            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Wellstone..........................        67,42            0            0         0.00            0            0            0         0.00            0
Wyden..............................       56,383            0            0         0.00            0          915      0.00032       723,80      0.00025
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      Total........................  ...........      304,797      0.34394    62,202.41      0.06179      281,241      0.23104    93.622.88      0.07952
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  Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. President, I rise today to thank Chairman Gregg 
and Senator Hollings for accepting an amendment I offered to the FY2000 
Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill that will provide $500,000 
for a truck safety program in New Jersey. This critical initiative will 
allow the State Police to finally purchase much needed portable scales 
and accompanying computer equipment that will enable them to better 
monitor and control large trucks that utilize local roads.
  This amendment was necessary because more than 5,300 people, 
including 660 children, died in highway crashes with big trucks last 
year, and the number of carriers on local roads throughout the nation 
continues to rise. This problem has become particularly acute in New 
Jersey. For example, Route 31 in the northwest part of the state 
previously accommodated several hundreds trucks a day. That number has 
now grown to well over 3,000 trucks a day, and four people have died in 
truck related accidents on this road in the past 24 months.
  In order to increase safety through improved enforcement efforts, I 
introduced this amendment to provide the New Jersey State Police with 
the modern equipment necessary to effectively regulate these oversized 
vehicles. This additional funding will be used to purchase almost 120 
new mobile truck scales and 60 mobile data computers. The current 
scales, which often break down and require heavy, outdated batteries, 
will be replaced with lighter scales that are maintenance free. The new 
computers, which can be mounted in trooper's vehicles, would allow the 
police direct access to the Commercial Vehicle Information Safety 
Network and enable them to perform immediate checks on truckers who are 
violating the law.
  This new equipment will go a long way towards keeping these oversized 
carriers off of smaller, undivided local roads and will send a strong 
message that we remain committed to protecting our communities. Again, 
I am grateful to Senators Gregg and Hollings for their support.

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