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United States

of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

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House of Representatives

Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1995 No. 92

The House met at 12 noon and was

called to order by the Speaker pro tempore [Mr. RIGGS

f].

DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER

PRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following communication from the Speaker:

WASHINGTON, DC,

June 7, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable FRANK

RIGGS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this

day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

fPRAYER

The Chaplain, Rev. James David

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

O gracious God, from whom comes

every good thing, we ask that Your

Spirit lead us along the right way, hold

our lives in Your providence, direct our

minds and enlighten our hearts and

heal us and make us strong. We begin

each day with gratefulness and confidence that any anxiety or concern

that we may have will be sanctified by

Your gifts to us and made well by Your

presence. May Your renewing Spirit, O

God, touch the lives of every person,

that we will be the people You would

have us be, and do those good works

that honor You and serve people everywhere. In Your name, we pray. Amen.

THE JOURNAL

fThe SPEAKER pro tempore. 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

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the

gentleman from Texas, Mr. GENE

GREEN, come forward and lead the

House in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas 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.

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER

PRO TEMPORE

fThe SPEAKER pro tempore. The

Chair will recognize 20 Members on

each side for the purposes of making a

1-minute address to the House.

SUPPORT URGED FOR A REAFFIRMATION OF UNITED STATES

fCOMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY IN

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 the House resumes consideration

of the American Overseas Interests

Act.

This bill reduces spending by $3 billion over the next 2 years, and reforms

our foreign policy institutions by folding three agencies into the State Department. Five recent Secretaries of

State—Eagleburger, Baker, Shultz,

Haig, and Kissinger—endorse this plan.

The bill addresses important policy issues. It stops aid to countries that supply weapons to terrorist States and

those who vote consistently against us

in the United Nations. It cuts off aid to

countries that provide aid to the Castro regime or which engage in subsidized trade with the Cuban dictatorship.

Tomorrow, freedom-loving people are

rallying at noon in Lafayette Park in

front of the White House to protest the

administration’s policy of forcible repatriation of Cuban refugees. I encourage all of my colleagues to join in this

protest and to demand a reaffirmation

of this country’s commitment to freedom and democracy in Cuba, and please

support our bill this week.

HOUSTON ROCKETS PLAYING FOR

CHAMPIONSHIP

f(Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked

and was given permission to address

the House for 1 minute and to revise

and extend his remarks.)

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr.

Speaker, let me take just a minute

away from the budget cutting debate

and the foreign aid debate. Tonight the

world champion Houston Rockets will

be playing in the finals with the Orlando Magic. I just wanted to talk

about it, because this is the second

year in a row those of us in Houston

have been honored to have the Rockets

in the world championship.

This has been a tough year. That is

why we are starting in on the road,

even though we are world champions.

We are blessed by not only a great basketball team but a great city in Houston.

I was honored a couple months ago to

receive an award along with Hakeem

Olajuwon, an outstanding alumnus of

the University of Houston. I am proud

that the University of Houston is playing a part in tonight’s world championship, because both of the Rockets’

stars, Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler,

were on the University of Houston

teams in 1983 and 1984 when they went

to the NCAA championship. The Rockets are fighting to have a back-to-back

championship. They have overcome adversity and injuries to become the

Western Conference champions.

I see my colleague from Phoenix.

There are great teams in Phoenix and

other western divisions. I hope they