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Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker. I have been listening to this debate for 4 years. going back into the time when Father Drinan headed this subcommittee. and what I have heard here today reminds me of two brama bulls looking at each other through a plank fence. jealously guarding their domain. I think what we have heard here today has nothing whatsoever to do with substance. and I think it is time for this body. to act. If we stay here another 3 years. we will never come up with a bill that satisfies everyone. We have 24 items today that should be voted upon. We should not allow the American people to believe that we cannot. as reasonable men and women. come together and work out our differences. Now. everybody on both sides of the aisle knows that this bill is going to pass. It is going to pass by a big vote. So why sit here and quibble? Why sit here and look at each other through that planked fence and try to decide who is right and who is wrong? Let us get to the end of it. Let us vote this bill. Let it go to conference and work out the differences.
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey. without consideration. to the Sabine River Authority of Texas approximately 34.000 acres of land within the Sabine National Forest. TX. to be used for the purposes of the Toledo Bend project. Louisiana and Texas. as amended.
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce the gentleman from Michigan [Mr.
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman and I echo his appreciation to all those he mentioned. and I would add only my distinguished colleague from Montana and the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee to whom I would not be happy to yield.
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislativie days in which to revise and extend their remarks on H.R. 3150. the bill just passed. as well as on the previous Seante bill S. 566. on which the motion to suspend the rules was made by the gentleman from North Carolina
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent for the Immediate consideration of the conference report on the Senate bill to make essential technical corrections to the Housing and UrbanRural Recovery Act of 1983.
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on the conference report. now under consideration.
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. while S. 543. which designates wilderness areas in the national forests of the State of Wyoming. has not been considered by the Committee on Agriculture. I understand that. it enjoys the agreement of the Wyoming delegation. The bill contains the new standard releasesufficiency language which has become a hallmark of wilderness bills enacted by this session of the Congress. In view of the general agreement on this bill. I support it and have no objection to its being considered by the House without. being acted upon by the Committee on Agriculture.*
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise in tribute to LARRY WINN who is at the end of this Congress retiring. For the past 18 years LARRY has given dedicated and devoted service to his constituents of the Third District of Kansas and has compiled an outstanding record during his distinguished career. Few men have given more of themselves to good government than has LARRY. There have been many legislative accomplishmentsfar too many to enumerate in the short time allowed to me today. Nevertheless. the record of achievement and service to the people of Kansas and the Nation is one that LARRY WINN can be proud of. He has served withcandor. integrity. selflessness. and devotion to the principles of good. honest. clean. and effective government for all the people. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee LARRYs diligent efforts have proven beneficial both internationally and to the citizens of this Nation by making America a safer place for us all. LARRY has always approached our relations with other nations on the basis of what is best for the American people now and in the future. Through his consistent high standards of performance he has helped to build an American foreign policy based on mutual respect and cooperation. We are all richer from having had the opportunity to work with LARRY over these years. His unique contributions and legislative achievements will long be remembered. I am saddened by the knowledge that LARRY WINN will retire yet I know Mr. Speaker as my colleagues know that if ever a man has earned retirement it is he. I hope and pray that he will find rich pleasure in the years ahead.e
Date: 1984-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I take pleasure in joining my colleagues in paying tribute to LARRY WINN today. but I take no pleasure in contemplating his retirement from the House at the end of this Congress after 18 years of outstanding service. During his years in Congress LARRY WINN. has worked both for the good of his constituents and for the betterment of the Nation. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. and the Committee on Science and Technology he has been in a position to pass on legislation directly affecting the daily existence of all Americans. His record on such legislation is a long and honorable one. and LARRY has indeed been a legislator of integrity and style. LARRY WINN with be long rememlered with fondness by those of us who have served with him here in the Congress as well as by the people he has represented for his invaluable contributions to our Nation. It is with a sense of loss that we must bid farewell to him. Certainly the void left by such a devoted public servant will not be an easy one to fill. and the House will be diminished by his going. I wish him well as he ends a distinguished congressional career and war.L to add that I personally feel a keen sense of loss. With my colleagues I wish the best of everything for him in all his future endeavors.e
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. yesterday the House. under suspension of the rules. passed H.R. 3150. as amended. a bill providing for certain land exchanges and related transactions involving the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Sabine River Authorities of Texas and Louisiana. which operate the Toledo Bend project on the Sabine River. The bill as passed contained an amendment to the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Agriculture that was developed with the consultation and cooperation of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. I ask unanimous consent to include in the RECORD extraneous material consisting of the report on the bill H.R. 3150 that would have been file- by the Committee on Agriculture. The report relates to the bill as it appea -ed prior to the amendment to which I have referred.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would inform the gentleman that this is the report on the bill. H.R. 3150. that would have been filed prior to the passage of the bill. Due to the fact that we reached agreement on an amendment immediately prior to the consideration of the bill. I am now asking unanimous consent to file the report on the bill with the bill. as passed.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the bill to exempt restaurant central kitchens from Federal inspection requirements. with Senate amendments thereto. and concur in the Senate amendments.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. H.R. 5223. which the House passed earlier. is essentially identical to S. 2256. with the exception that an amendment has been added. a good amendment which we welcome because it strengthens the bill. The Housepassed bill would amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to provide an exemption from Federal meat and poultry inspection requirements for restaurant central kitchens that prepare meat and poultry products that are: First. ready to eat when they leave such facility. and second. served Ia meals or entrees only to customers at restaurants owned or operated by the same person owning or operating such facility. Restaurant central kitchens presently are subject to USDA inspection and equipment requirements on the same basis as meatpacking plants and processing operations. Restaurants. per se. are exempt from such requirements. The Housepassed bill would put central kitchens that prepare meals ready to be served to customers at restaurants owned or operated by the same owner on a par with restaurants that serve meals prepared on the premises. The Senate amendment would continue to subject these central kitchens to recordkeeping requirements of the act and permit USDA to examine their facilities. inventory. and records. It would also reimpose Federal inspection requirements should problems be discovered concerning sanitation of the premises or adulteration of meat or poultry products.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the matter just considered.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the bill . for the relief of Audrey 0. Lewis and Emerson B. Vereen. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

This has already been cleared with the gentleman from Ohio . who is the ranking minority member on the subcommittee.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the bill. IT.R. 2519. at the present time. The S. EAKER pro tempore. Is there obj*t:iun to the request of the gentleman from Texas?
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the bill to reform the Residential Conservation Service and to repeal the Commercial and Apartment Conservation Sorvice. with a Senate amendment thereto. and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate amendment and the House amendment to the Senate amendment be considered as read and printed in the RECORD.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. this bill actually repeals a regulatory program that had not worked. It is an $8 billion program that garnered about 1.7percent participation per year. This body passed H.R. 5946 by voice vote under suspension on July 30 of this year. The Senate. we are told. because of a lack of time sent it back with a simple 1year extension of RCS and a 1year delay of CACS. We accept this. Our amendment simply gives the Senate a year to act on H.R. 5946 and if they do not act. the House bill we passed on July 30 becomes law.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will yield. yes. The administration has not opposed this. As a matter of fact the Task Force on Regulatory Reform put this in their top 20 on their target list.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. let me thank the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. the gentleman from Michigan and certainly thank the gentleman from California [Mr.
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would like to join in paying tribute to our colleague BARBER CONABLE who will be.leaving us with the adjournment of the 98th Congress. As fellow Members of the class of the 89th Congress it has been an honor and a privilege to serve with BARBER for the past 20 years. During his years in Congress BARBER CONABLE has served the people of New Yorks 39th District with dedication and distinction. He is recognized as- a man of integrity and ability. who has been a champion for the State of New York as well as for the Nation. His legislative record speaks for itself. Dedication and careful concern for his constituents and for his country have been hallmarks of his work in Congress over these past two decades. BARBERS leadership has been instrumental in shepherding major legislation through the Congress. We have all been fortunate to have him as a colleague and to benefit from his extraordinary legislative ability. In addition to a long and distinguished career as a legislator we are all familiar with BARBER CONABLES warmth. good nature. and kindness. We will certainly miss his inspiration and strength. BARBER has earned a special niche in this body and the void he will leave behind will not be an easy one to fill. I take this opportunity to wish him all the best the future can hold.e
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. BARBER CONABLE has been a tremendous force in the House for 20 years. and when the 99th Congress convenes it wont take long for all of us to realize and appreciate how much his absence will be felt. I have the greatest respect and admiration for BARBER CONABLE. He Is both a student and teacher of the legislative process. and he has truly been in the forefront of critical debate affecting economic policy in this Nation for 20 years. As we all know. when you mention the Ways and Means Committee it doesnt take long to realize that the discussion will eventually get around to BARBER CONABLE. He knows as much about the Internal Revenue Code as anyone who has ever served in this Chamber. He is always wellprepared and wellinformed. and we always listen carefully to his very thoughtful and reasoned approach to taxation and other fiscal matters. In short. he is a polished academic with a unique ability to reduce complex issues to a form and substance that can be generally understood. In addition to his impressive credentials as a legislator. BARBER CONABLE is a patriot of the first order. He is a combat veteran of both World War II and the Korean war. He epitomizes the magnificent motto of the Marine Corps. "Always Faithful." where he served in both an active and reserve - capacity for 25 years. Because of men like BARBER CONABLE this Nation remains free and offers a beacon of hope to all people who yearn for freedom. I think the Nation owes him a debt of gratitude and thanks. BARBER CONABLE is retiring from Congress. but people like him never retire from the arena of public service. Fortunately. both Congress and the Nation will continue to benefit from his dediction and strong influence on matters affecting good government and the legislative process. I welcome his continued counsel. and more important. his friendship in the years ahead.e
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. we are gathered here today to pay tribute to JACK EDWARDS whom I began my first Congress with 20 years ago in 1965. It has been my privilege to serve with this gentleman for the past two decadesand his retirement means to all of us the loss of a colleague of great conviction and dedication. Representing a district which knew him well and appreciates his talents. JACK could have and would have been returned to the House of Representatives for as many terms as he chose to serve. His decision not to do so is not only the loss of the First District of Alabama. but a loss for the country he has so well served. JACK EDWARD has been an able legislator who has distinguished himself because he has understood the problems of the people and at all times represented their interests. His record of legislative achievement is significant. and in my mind his most important contributions to this House are not contained solely in any one bill or act. The strength of his personality. the willingness to say what many felt and the conviction to do the tough things that had to be donethese are his qualities that will be forever gone from our Chamber. It is always good and satisfying to leave any field of endeavor with the highest respect of your colleagues. JACK EDWARDS is certainly experiencing that feeling at this time and in the days that lie ahead. I will miss JACKs great ability and his great dedication. but most of all I will miss JACK. He has rendered a great service to the whole Nation and our work will be less productive because of his absence. On this occasion I extend my best wishes for good health and happiness in the years ahead.e
Date: 1984-10-03
Speaker: WILLIAM E. FOLEY (democrat)
Chamber: S

Director. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Washington. DC. DEAR MR. FOLEY: This is to inform you that the Judicial Council of the Second Circuit unanimously supports the proposal of the Board of Judges of the Eastern District of New York that Hauppauge. Long Island be made a place where court may be held in that district. In accordance with this action and the attached resolution. the Judicial Council and the Eastern District Board of Judges will be pleased if you will take the earliest possible steps to amend 28 U.S.C. I 112(c) and begin the process of obtaining space. There are. I understand. available facilities that could possibly serve the courts purpose. Hauppauge is in Suffolk County. Long Island. a county that now has a population in excess of 1.3 million people. Hauppauge is 35 miles east of the courthouse that was recently opened at Uniondale. in Nassau County. and would serve a fastgrowing and populous region. As you know. there is an acute shortage of space for court facilities in the Eastern District of New York. Adding Hauppauge will permit the Administrative Office to resolve a portion of the urgent need for space in the district at the relatively low costs available in Suffolk County. rather than responding entirely by undertaking much higher costs for space in Brooklyn. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Please let me know if I or any of us can provide any additional information. Sincerely.
Date: 1984-10-04
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Probably many who are viewing this in television wonder why a conservative from Texas is payin tribute to a liberal from Massachusetts. Probably JIM SHANNON and I have never voted alike on over a half dozen issues since we have both been in Congress. and probably most of those votes would be approving the Journal of the previous day. However. that fact does not diminish my respect for him as a dedicated Member. JIM SHANNON has done an outstanding job in the field in which he excelled while he served in the Congress of the United States. We have never had a personal relationship of visiting with each other on the House floor. but I have always had great respect and admiration for the courage of the young man because he articulated so well of the matters which he believed in. We are not giving a deathbed scene here today. JiM. because we know that you will. in the future. once again be very popular with the people of your State. whether it be here or in other places. The fact that you are leaving this body merely gives us all cause to reflect that. whether we are conservatives. liberals. on moderates. we are all trying to do the best we can for the people we represent. and if we have ideas that are different from each other. and vote those convictions. that merely gives additional strength and character which makes this the greatest deliberative body on Earth. So. Jim. I say to you. Godspeed. good luck to you. and we will see you again.
Date: 1984-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it is with regret we must bid our colleague JIM SHANNON farewell as he retires from the House of Representatives. During his tenure in the Congress. and particularly as a member of the Ways and Means Committee. JIM has had a profound impact on important legislation that willi shape our Nation for years to come. His positions on legislation were arrived at only after careful and thoughtful consideration of all factors. His legislative programs were the result of careful and conscientious preparation. JIM has striven to do only what is right and he has succeeded. As a result. he has gathered unto himself honors he did not seek. power which he did not abuse. and friends too numerous to count. Always the gentleman. he debates the issues and casts his votes for his district and the country. and tends to the business at hand. Serving with distinction and honor and always with a sense of perspective. JIM SHANNON has proven himself a legislator of no mean abilitya Member who did his homework and never neglected to look out for the interests of the people who sent him to Congress. A whirlwind of activity. JIM willingly took on a myriad of tasksand his impeccable character is reflected in the high standards by which he lived. By sending to Washington a man of JIM SHANNONS caliber the citizens of the Fifth District of Massachusetts have been well represented over the past 10 years. His assiduous attention to his job and to his position will long be remembered by his constituents as well as his colleagues. May I wish JIM all the best in the future and say the House and this Nation is better for JIM SHANNONS having been here.*
Date: 1984-10-04
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of the bill .H.R. 2519) for the relief of Audrey 0. Lewis and Emerson V. Vereen. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1984-10-04
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker. on August 16. 1972. a search and seizure warrant was issued for persons and premises at 9 North Abington Avenue. Baltimore. MD. As a result of that search. Audrey 0. Lewis and Emerson Vereen were arrested and charged with criminal offenses. In February 1978. Wayne A. Ambrose. Jr.. a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. admitted to a grand jury that he and Larry L. Clark. a Baltimore city detective. had fabricated the facts on which the search warrant had been based. As a result. Mrs. Lewis conviction was expunged and the charge against Mr. Vereen was dropped. The Baltimore detective. Clark. was indicted for his participation in this incident. The Federal Agent. Ambrose. resigned his position from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. In October 1981. in an action for the violation of civil rights and damages. default judgments were entered against Ambrose and Clark in the amount of $140.500 to Mrs. Lewis. $43.700 to Mr. Vereen. and $9.100 to the attorneys. This is an extraordinary case in which the equities are compelling. Mrs. Lewis and Mr. Vereer were damaged by a direct act of a Federal agent. As Mrs. Lewis and Mr. Verecen were unable to collect on the default judgment. there is no other remedy available to them except through this piece of legislation. This amendment to this bill provides that Mrs. Lewis and Mr. Vereen each be paid the full amount awarded them in the default judgment. rather than the higher amounts named in the bill. The amendment also limits attorneys fees to an amount not to exceed $9.100. It is the recommendation of the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations that H.R. 2519 be passed by the House.