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House of Representatives

Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1995 No. 93

The House met at 10 a.m.

fPRAYER

The Chaplain, Rev. James David

Ford, D.D., offered the following prayer:

May we remember each morning, O

loving God, to be grateful for all Your

good gifts to us and to all people and

remind us during all the hours of the

day to have hearts of thanksgiving. At

our best moments we know that the

gifts of thanksgiving and gratitude are

at the center of our humanity and Holy

Scripture commends these virtues as

marks of a healthy life. With all the

duties that are before us and with all

the responsibilities that never quite

get done, we pray that we will never

forget the practice of prayer, praise,

and thanksgiving. May we not neglect

to begin each day and to commence

each responsibility with grateful

hearts and sensitive spirits. In Your

name, we pray. Amen.

THE JOURNAL

fThe SPEAKER. The Chair has examined the Journal of the last day’s proceedings and announces to the House

his approval thereof.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

fThe SPEAKER. Will the gentleman

from Colorado [Mr. HEFLEY] come forward and lead the House in the Pledge

of Allegiance.

Mr. HEFLEY led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the

United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God,

indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed

with an amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a

concurrent resolution of the House of

the following title:

H. Con. Res. 67. Concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the

United States Government for the fiscal

years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

The message also announced that the

Senate insists upon its amendment to

the resolution (H. Con. Res. 67) ‘‘Concurrent resolution setting forth the

congressional budget for the United

States Government for the fiscal years

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and

2002’’, and requests a conference with

the House on the disagreeing votes of

the two Houses thereon, and appoints

Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. NICKLES, Mr. LOTT, Mr. BROWN, Mr. GORTON,

Mr. GREGG, Mr. EXON, Mr. HOLLINGS,

Mr. JOHNSTON, Mr. LAUTENBERG, and

Mr. SIMON, to be the conferees on the

part of the Senate.

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER

The SPEAKER. The Chair announces

fthat there will be twenty 1-minutes on

each side.

WHITE HOUSE DEMONSTRATION

WILL DRAMATIZE NEED FOR ADfMINISTRATION SANCTIONS ON

CUBA

(Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was

given permission to address the House

for 1 minute and to revise and extend

her remarks.)

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker,

today at noon the Cuban-American

community will hold a rally in front of

the White House to protest the immoral policy of the Clinton administration of repatriating freedom-seeking

Cubans who escaped their homeland for

liberty in the United States.

Through the accord, the Clinton administration once again has shown its

foreign policy ineptitude, and specifically its lack of vision and effectiveness toward the formulation of a clear

Cuba policy. Instead of supporting the

desires for freedom for the Cuban people, the President has preferred to accept the empty promises from the ruler

of a totalitarian state who promotes

terrorism, and is about to finish construction of a potentially dangerous

and unsafe nuclear powerplant just a

few hundred miles from our shores.

Yet, we hear only silence from the administration on these illicit acts by

the Cuban dictator.

I hope that the President takes a

look from the White House at today’s

demonstration, so he can listen to the

voices of those Cubans who were forced

to leave their country in search of freedom, and from those who suffered from

the oppressive hand of the Cuban dictator. Maybe then the President will

realize the diabolical consequences of

his failed policy and join us in implementing new sanctions against the

Cuban tyrant.

WHAT MASSIVE REPUBLICAN

BUDGET CUTS MEAN TO RURAL

fMISSOURI

(Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given

permission to address the House for 1

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans say ‘‘Listen to me, listen to

my words, but don’t watch what I do.’’

What I am alluding to is a budget, a

Republican budget that passed the

House and also the one that passed the

Senate, with massive cuts in Medicare

and Medicaid in order to give tax relief

to the wealthy.