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Date: 1981-12-15
Speaker: PHILIP B. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. there Is a ferocious national debate taking place today on the state of the economy an the future direction that we should take In the solution of our problems. Primary In the solutions offered to our economic problems Is a return to the gold standard. This has been my position of record for many years and In this Congress I have introduced H.R. 831 to accomplish this end. In my mind the evidence on this question Is so convincing as to be Irrefutable. The necessity for a stable form of exchange which Is free from Government manipulation and the perversions. distortions. and abuses. which the power of Government inherently breeds. Is clear. For those who are unable to accept distant history. then the past decade of the 1970s should be enough to make the case. The traditional restraint of guaranteeing the redeemnability of paper gold was removed by all governments after August 15. 1971. following President Nixons suspension of international gold payments by the United States. Since that time the world has been afloat In a sea of paper currencies managed and mismanaged by approximately 120 sovereign governments. Having been set free from the contractual gold Payment restraint. massive spending and currency inflation have run out of control bringing this country and the world to the brink we stand at today. The following facts. speak for themselves. In the United States. budget outlays went from $198 billion in 1970 to $661 billion In 1981. The deficit has gone from 2.8 billion In 1970 to $55.6 billion In 198i. The story Is very mnuch the same In the rest of the Western World. In 1970 only a few Industrial states such as Japan. Denmark. Iceland. Spain. and Turkey experienced Inflation rates of more than 5 percent. By 1980. the picture was very different. Inflation rates were as follows: Australia 10.2 percent. Canada 1*2 percent. Denmark. 12.3 Percent United States 13.5 percent. France 13.6 percent. Spain. 15.5 percent. Great Britain 18 Percent.- Italy 21.3 percent. Greece 25 percent. anid Turkey 94 percent. Without the restraint of a gold standard worldwide inflation has exploded. Clearly. we stand at a crucial -crossroad. It Is my hope that leaders in our Government and In the other governments of the world Will be led by conscience not to avoid this step that must be taken. For if they do. the economic havoc we can expect is extreme. It Is my conviction that we dont have to experience such a catastrophe. And it is certainly my Intention to continue working to avert It. With full debate. reasoned discussion. and honest Intent. there Is no reason why we cannot reaqh a consensus In this country. adopt a gold standard. and halt our drift toward economic ruin. Obviously. the path we have been following Is- not the answer.*
Date: 1981-12-16
Speaker: DANF ORTH (republican)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I wish to comment on the conference report on the foreign aid appropriations bill .. As Is often the case. the legislative process has produced something of a mixed blessing. on the positive side. the conferees agreed to include $700 million for the World Banks IDAa considerab!e improvement over the $532 million provided in the Senate bill. I would like to compliment the Senate conferees -on this item. even though the $700 million figure falls below the $820 million in the revised administration request. On the down side. I am. extremely disappointed that the Senate conferees were unwilling to provide a reasonable fiscal Year 1982 U.S. contribution to the .International Fund for Agricultural DeVelopment (IFAD). The mnoney was requested by the administration. The foreign aid authorization bill moves In that direction by authorizing a $180 million U.S. contribution for IFIADs replenishment. The House appropriations bill included $40.5 million. the Senate billand the conference reportnothing. When the appropriations bill was. on the Senate floor. Senators HATFIELD. LEARY. EAGLETON. PERCY. and PELL joined me In stressing the view that the United States should look for ways to be supportive of IFAD and to help It to strengthen its effectiveness as a development agency. Since that time. I understand there is reason to bl.ieve that many of the concerns expressed by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee are being resolved: The OPEC countries are actively seeking a means to provide an additional $20 million. which would bring the OPEC contribution to IFADs replenishment to a full $450 million. IFAD is itself taking steps. I am told. to deal with the Issue of professional staff size. In view of tbis Progress. in view of support for IFAD expressed In the Senate. In view of moneys appropriated by the House for IFAD. and in view of the administrations supportalbeit not as active as I would have hopedI regret th~at the appropriations conference was not able to find a way of making a significant U.S. payment to IFAD in 1982. Without belaboring the issue further. let me conclude by expressing the hope that the administration and the Congress will be more successful in 1982 in providing a significant U.S. contribution to IFAD. With $450 million from OPEC and $40 million from other developed countries. IFAD will warrant. it seems to me. an initial payment against the $180 million U.S. replenishment pledge. Let me also express the hope that other countries. in the absence of a timely U.S. contribution this year. will not retrench on their own payments but will continue to support IFADs work with small farmers In the poorest countries. Senator LEssy. as a conferee. fought hard to see Included In S. 1802 a. fiscal year 1982 payment for IFAD. I commend him for his efforts. I know he Joins me in these sentiments.
Date: 1982-01-26
Speaker: GENE WINDSOR (republican)
Chamber: H

Washington. D.C. DEAR MR. WINDSOR: I was waiching television coverage Wednesday afternoon of the Air Florida rescue efforts. When I saw pictures of you stepping down to the skid in order to reach down and pull up a survivor I felt like applauding. Your disregard for your own personal safety in order to save the life of another was inspiring. I want to coImend you for your personal courage and for the concern you showed for the life of others. Your actions were a credit to you as an individual and as an employee of the National Park Service. I have often said that the people who actually staff the parks and who do the work are of exceptional quality and ability. Your actions Wednesday increased my admiration for those traits immeasurably. I will cite the actions of yourself and Mr. Usher as examples of the valuable service provided by Federal employees. I am proud to be associated with individuals such as yourself who form the strong backbone of the National Park Service. Again. I want to commend you for your courage and devotion to others. With warm personal regards. Sincerely.
Date: 1982-02-03
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I wish to register my approval of the Japanese Government partys recent proposal to ease or to eliminate 67 nontariff trade barriers. but I suggest that further action is necessary. The $20 billion trade deficit with Japan that the United States will incur this year is staggering and demands attention. The intricate web of excessively stringent customs. product standards and testing requirements of the Japanese economic system accounts for a substantial portion of this deficit. and I suggest that only the removal of these barriers will open Japanese markets.to an acceptable degree. I believe that although the Japanese Governments proposal is a step in the right direction toward a Japanese market open to foreign products. the actual change will be little more than superficial. The proposal primarily affects Industries involved with cosmetics. pharmaceuticals. processed foods. and sporting goods and makes scant mention of hightechnology products such as data processing and telecommunications equipment. I support the U.S. Trade Representatives efforts to communicate to the Japanese Government that we will not be content with minor alterations to Japans complex system of economle obstacles. We demand more extensive elimination of trade barriers.
Date: 1982-02-09
Speaker: ROBERT W. DANIEL (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. the supplemental funds provided in this resolution are badly needed to continue services to unemployed Americans. As unemployment rises. we must give people the means to find productive and rewarding jobs. It is certainly a better investment to provide job services than simply pay unemployment or welfare benefits. While this supplemental appropriation will help to alleviate the problems which State employment agencies have experienced. we in Virginia are suffering from another more fundamental problem. The formula used to distribute the Federal unemployment tax to the States is an insult to the people of Virginia. While Virginia is 14th in the dollars contributed to the unemployment tax. it ranks 51st in the number of dollars returned to the States. Although some redistribution of the unemployment tax funds might be desirable. no reasonable person can argue that the current formula is fair. It is the existing formula. more than any recent reduction in funding. which has forced the Virginia Employment Commission to close 41 of its offices statewide. I hope that this supplemental appropriation will allow some of those offices to reopen. Yet. I know that Virginia will not be able to fully meet the needs of its citizens until more of the tax Virginians contribute is returned to their State.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: VANDER JAGT (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his kind words. and for his leadership on behalf of the joint resolution.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: VANDER JAGT (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of House Joint Resolution 348. and to thank and commend the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage for his leadership on this very important resolution. and to thank each and every member of that subcommittee. As the chairman and the distinguished gentleman of Ohio have explained. this would authorize the President of the United States to present a gold medal to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. In a larger sense. however. it is an authorization of a gold medal of the American people to all of the people of the Netherlands in recognition of 200 years of continuous. unbroken friendship. I hope all my colleagues join in recognizing this very unique and special friendship and relationship by voting overwhelmingly for the joint resolution.
Date: 1982-03-10
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. pursuant to clause 1. rule I. I demand a vote on agreeing to the Chairs approval of the Journal.
Date: 1982-03-10
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
Date: 1982-03-10
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to hear the concern of many of my colleagues in this body. especially the bornagain budget balancers. that we have a problem with the deficit. Many on my side of the aisle have been saying that for several decades. Pointing out the obvious. the deficit stems from a situation where spending exceeds revenues. Some of these bornagain budgt balancers say that we must raise taxes to solve the problem. After all. they have shown us how easy it is to raise taxes. They have tripled the tax burden of the American taxpayer in less than a decade. Many of us feel. however. that raising taxes in the middle of a recession would only exacerbate the problem. Instead. can we not today begin to reduce Federal spending? After all. today is the first day of the rest of our budget deficit. Why not start now? Today we vote to set the budget for much of Congress. Today we vote on that funding resolution. Today we can vote to cut the amount of money we spend on ourselves. I will be submitting today a motion for recommittal for the budget spending resolution to reduce this budget $4 million. I urge all of my colleagues to Join me In this effort.
Date: 1982-03-10
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

For the L purposes of debate only. in full c The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. DE e (became a LA GARZA). The gentleman will yield ress because only for the purpose of debate. The gentleman has 14 minutes of which he aff. 1972. 6 has consumed about 30 seconds. over 7 times Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker. I staff. Ielded to the other side for purposes 18.of debate only and I am asking them to yield so that I could make a motion. D The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Ch *kir can only inform the gentleman. t)-at the gentleman from Pennsylvania Congress hts been recognized for 14 minutes 93d 9th and the Chair must honor that recognition. 46 49 Mr. JAMES K. COYNE. I would like it 42 to advise the gentleman I would be .1 Ohappy to yield at the conclusion of my .4 96 time. I have waited here patiently for . (1 28 an opportunity to speak. At the con28 55 clusion of my 14 minutes21 2? 0 1640 14G Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker. I ..12 withdraw the resolution.
Date: 1982-03-16
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I wish to share with you my concern. and the concern of the people I represent in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. about the harsh repression of the 300.000 members of the Bahai faith in Iran. Bahaism evolved in the 19th century as an offshoot of Islam which preaches the unity of the human race and espouses world peace. There are members of this faith throughout the world. and I am proud to represent the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of Middletown Township. which is in my district. Since the inception of the Islamic government of the Ayatollah Khomeini. a holy war has been declared against this peaceloving minority that numbers 300.000. As mentioned in an article in NewsweekThe Islamic fundamentalists of the Khomeini regime confiscated Bahai properties. expropriated Bahai owned corporations. closed their schools. fired them from their jobs and sacked their temples. In the past several months Muslim milbtants have systematically murdered scores of Bahai leaders. including members of the Bahais National Spiritual Assembly. I deplore these genocidal actions of the Khomeini regime and I call on all of my colleagues to speak out on this flagrant violation of human rights.
Date: 1982-03-16
Speaker: RON MARLENEE (republican)
Chamber: H

an aggressive supporter of grain and livestock producers. has been a very active member of the Agriculture Committee during this first session. The ranking minority member on the House Agriculture Committee from a wheatgrowing area. Mr. MARLENEES amendment to the farm bill to protect farmers who summer fallow from excessive setaside programs was accepted by the HouseSenate farm bill conferees. Mr. MARLENEE was named a House conferee on the 1981 farm bill and also fought hard during conference committee action to raise loan rates for grain. and submitted a proposal that would have meant an additional export revenue of $3 billion to grain producers. The proposal was accepted unanimously by House conferees but was rejected 5 to 3 by Senate conferees. A leading advocate of increased export sales. the gentleman from Montana sponsored a demonstration for Congress of a coproduct from gasohol production that could lead to larger foreign grain sales. The coproduct. a high protein mash. could be easily shipped and. since it is preprocessed. the mash would be easier to use and consume by Third World countries. In another effort to stir up foreign sales. Mr. MARLENEE traveled to Romania. Hungary. Greece. Turkey. and Spain to expand and solidify grain agreements with those countries. Mr. MARLENEE and his colleagues. Mr. DE LA GARZA. Mr. WAMPLER. and Mr. HAGEDORN. held discussions with foreign trade representatives to reinforce Americas leadership position on the world trading market. In an effort to insure that the door to wheat exports is not slammed in the face of producers again through an embargo. Mr. MARLENEE. with Mr. ENGLISH. sponsored a bill that would protect grain producers from selective embargoes. Mr. MARLENEE also has shown his concern for livestock growers by introducing. again with Mr. ENGLISH. a bill that would require that all imported beef be labeled as imported. Mr. MARLENEE was also vocal in his support of legislation accepted by the conference committee that requires imported beef face the same testing standards as domestic beef. A vigorous advocate of improved predator control program. he has cosponsored legislation that calls for use of 1080 to combat coyotes that prey on animals on Americas ranches.
Date: 1982-03-16
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for his remarks. and underscore that we are both. I think. trying to define the center in Central America. It is ironic to call it Central America. because sometimes you go down there and do not see anything but extreme left or extreme right. but I think the vast majority of civilians in El Salvador. and perhaps in Nicaragua. do their best to share our ideals. to find peace and prosperity. to advance their economic and social standing. They certainly do not want to see the left or totalitarian position of the right. which is. of course. why I am also looking forward to these elections as _a high watermark in shaping both of our policy toward El Salvador and of the hopes of the Salvadoran people. I think between now and then we should do everything we can to strengthen the chances of the Duarte regime. It is ironic to note that only 15 years ago. Duarte. who was then the mayor of San Salvador. was considered too radical to allow U.S. aid to go to him. This. I should point out. was during the Johnson administration. Now. of course. we see a situation where a lot of people perceived Duarte to be something other than what he is. something other than a man who deserves the support of this country. I want to reiterate that I hope that whatever U.S. aid. economic or milltary. that flows to El Salvador. we make it clear that Duarte is the man who has the leverage to continue demanding that aid from the United States. and not the generals. who do not yet in my view fully share the view of the countrys progress that President Duarte does. I would like to thank the Speaker for giving me this opportunity to address the House.
Date: 1982-03-30
Speaker: VANDER JAGT (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. reserving the right to object. and I will not object. I take this opportunity to commend the distinguished chairman for bringing this joint resolution to the floor. It singles out April 19 as a day to observe 200 years of consecutive friendship between the Netherlands and the United States. the longest continuous diplomatic relationship that the United States has with any country. I thank the gentleman for bringing this joint resolution to the floor. and I urge my colleagues to pass it overwhelmingly. Mr. Speaker. I withdraw my reservation of objection.
Date: 1982-03-31
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speak er. the birds are chirping. the crocus are peeking their heads up out of the ground. and Congress is heading home for spring recess after a hard session of approving gold medals. proclaiming various and sundry special days. and avoiding the budget issue by passing still another continuing resolution. High interest rates. and the Ills that flow from them. are strangling our country. Unemployment is a national disgrace. The housing and automobile industries are devastated and the industries that depend upon housing and auto sales are hard hit. All this is directly a result of the current drought in loan money. Why are we suffering this drought? Because the Federal Government is borrowing every available dollar to pay its debt. What are we doing to halt this practice that is wreaking havoc on our economy? Going home for recess. A balanced budget is. Imperative. Only responsible action by Congress will bring a balanced budget about. Al. though. Congress goes through the motions of responsible leadership by conducting hearings. holding markups and passing authorization and occasional appropriations bills. it is not responsible leadership when the end result is a continuing resolution that includes no real reductions in Federal spending. I believe that it is heartless and irresponsible for Congress to recess without taking action to alleviate the ills of our country. We should not recess until substantial progress is made in achieving a budget that is responsive to the pleas of the American public. The Democratic leadership of the House must allow us to do the job we were elected to do.
Date: 1982-03-31
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am happy to hear that. I hope we can move closer to a guarantee. and I thank my colleague for that statement because there are millions of Americans who are faced with concessions or givebacks and we have got to show that we can concede as well.
Date: 1982-04-28
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. as a former lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. I am painfully aware that this year the freshman class is incomplete. This year. the freshmen class does not include Leonid Brailovaky. Leonid Brailovsky was 11 when his family was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel. Until 1975. he studied in one of the mathematical institutes in Moscow. That year Leonid refused to join the Young Communist League. He became the object of ridicule. scorn. and antiSemitic harassment. and was forced to leave school. He cannot study at a university because he is not a member of the Young Communist League and be. cause of open discrimination against Jews. Because no college would accept him. Leonid was forced to attend a vo. cational- school for food production. Leonids refusal to attend this school would have paved the way for conscription into the army. Last spring Leonid was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania on the basis of his academic credentials. Since the time. the Penn for Brailovsky Committee at the university has worked actively for his release. I share the opinion of the Penn for Brallovsky Committee that Leonid should be granted the right to pursue his education in the field of his choice. free from discrimination. Today I sent a letter on his behalf to Ambassador Dobrynin which was signed by many of our colleagues. I appreciate your assistance. and I urge you to continue the struggle to secure Leonids release.