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Date: 1982-05-04
Speaker: HAROLD V. HUNTER (republican)
Chamber: H

Administrator. Rural Electrification Adminstration. U.S. Department of AgriculLure. Washington. D.C. DEAR MR. HUNTER: We have your letter of April 16. 1982 denying our request for a Section 12 deferment to join CFC. From your letter. we conclude that your decision was based on the erroneous assumption that the option you outlined for meeting our equity investments in CFC was better for the cooperative than deferment. This is not the case. When we were informed by REA that we would have to borrow 10 percent of our loan needs from a supplemental lender. we undertook an indepth analysis with the help of our auditors. CFC and the Bank for Cooperatives to determine which way was best. The conclusion of that study beyond any doubt was that it was best for us to go to CFC and pay the twelve years of delinquent capital term certificates plus interest penalty by means of a deferment of principal payments to REA as provided for in REA Bulletin 2020. Since our request for a deferment was made. we have suffered a major spring storm in which we lo!.t 1.300 poles. Other major damage was inflicted on the system including many lines that are outofsag and must be resagged. several hundred miles of poles to straighten. broken strands in aluminum conductor which are fraying and causing outages which may require stringing new conductor. pulled anchors. loose guys and so on. Our original estimate of damage was $750.000 and it now looks like it may run considerably higher. Our last requisition used up all of our remaining distribution loan funds. Actually there was a shortage of loan funds for this purpose of $46.873. We respectfully renew our request for a deferment of principal payments under Section 12 of the REA Act. This request is in the best interests of the members of our coH 1798 CO operative and we believe it is in accord with the intent of REA Bulletin 2020. Sincerely.
Date: 1982-05-11
Speaker: JOHN ASHBROOK (republican)
Chamber: H

JOHN represented the 17th District of Ohio from 1961 until the date of his death. at which time he was campaigning to provide further service to his fellow Ohioans in the U.S. Senate. JOHN. a Navy veteran. and son of a Member of Congress from the same central area of Ohio. was a former chairman of the Young Republican Federation. a practicing attorney. and publisher of four weekly newspapers in his home State. He was a conservative who was a staunch supporter of States rights and other conservative causes. and was the founder and first chairman of the American Conservative Union. He was not afraid to raise his voice in support of his views. when they were not as popular as they are today. Those of us on both sides of the aisle respected him. and the manner in which he pursued his conservative beliefs. He was II12032 an honest and honorable man and his voice will be missed. I would join his many friends and colleagues in extending my heartfelt sympathy to his wife Jean. and their three daughters.e
Date: 1982-05-11
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. several years ago. at a Republican Lincoln Day dinner in his district. JOHN ASHBROOK introduced me by saying: "Some people go to Washington because it is a job. others go because there is a job to be done." Naturally. I was flattered by the fact JOHN put me in the latter category. But the truth is. no one in the Congress was more committed to getting the job done of reducing the size of Government. reducing Government spending. reducing Government redtape and regulations. reducing taxes. and restoring military supremacy than
Date: 1982-05-12
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

I thank my colleague for yielding. I just would like to clarify a point. There was some misunderstanding. it seems to me. to refer to the administration as being the architect of spend Ing. All money bills originate in this body. That means all taxing. all spending all public policy and all arrangements of priorities must originate in this body. not in the Senate and certainly not In the White House. We are the ones to make the decisions. The Presiders function Is to execute them faithfully. If he fails to live up to that mandate. he is subject to impeachment by this body. too. So I think there is a little bit of confusion in the discussion of -spending. We are the ones that have sole responsibility for spending in this country.
Date: 1982-05-12
Speaker: DANIEL B. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. Government regulations cost the American taxpayer an estimated $100 billion per year. The Federal Register has ballooned from 20.000 pages to 74.000 pages in just the last 10 years. The Code of Federal Regulations occupies 165 volumes. each packed with hundreds of pages of fineprint regulations. In fact. 1.000 pages of regulations a day were being churned out during the last days of the previous administration. Small businesses. the backbone of our economy. are being suffocated under the weight of these regulations. Clearly. this nightmare must cease. H 21.19 But for this to happen. Washington lawmakers must wake up. Under President Reagan. roughly half as many major regulations were written in 1981 as during 1980. Be. cause of the Reagan administrations allout war against overregulation. the 1082 savings are dramatic: about $4.8 billion in capital Investment costs and $2 billion in annually recurring costs. In addition. regulatory reviews nearing completion will save $12.6 billion in capital investment costs and $7 billion in annually recurring costs. I am currently surveying all small business owners in my congressional district. asking for their advice in battling overregulation. Specifically. I have asked them to tell me where they have found requirements that are counterproductive or simply a waste of money. what regulations cost their business the most time and money. and what they think should be done. When I receive the replies. I plan to meet with Vice President BusH. who chairs the Task Force on Regulatory Relief. At that time. we will determine the best methds of lifting the regulatory burden that is grinding down our economy. Mr. Speaker. this is not a job that one Congressman or even one President can do alone. We must put away our partisan differences and realize that overregulation hurts everyone. customer and business person. Democrat. Republican. and Independent alike. I urge you to work with this administration in lifting this burden from the backs of American small businesses.e
Date: 1982-05-24
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. there is a matter which has come to my attention that is shocking. and which I am sure you will want to disavow. On April 18. the Orlando. Fla.. Sentinel Star reported on Washington pollster Bill Hamiltons remarks in Orlando at a seminar for Democratic candidates. States the Sentinel Star: Unless the economy improves soon. Hamilton predicted. Republicans will take a beating in 1982. A late summer or early fall economic recovery would be of little benefit to the GOP ... because it generally takes several months of good times before people are confident. [Hamilton] admits he and other Democraticoriented consultants are doing their part to help ensure that recovery doesnt come too soon. Mr. Hamilton then said: - I and others have been counseling Congress to hold Reagan out there. to hold his feet to the fire as long as we can. short of putting the Country under. I call on you. Mr. Speaker. to repudiate a consultant to your party who advises you to insure that the Nations recovery does not come too soon. and who counsels you to hold the feet of the President of the United States to the fire as long as you can. and risk putting the country under.
Date: 1982-06-09
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

I thank my colleague for yielding on that question. I could not disagree more with what my colleague is attempting to do. That is a totally separate issue. Outside earned income is totally divorced from this debate. I have fought against any limitation on outside earned income from the time of the inception of that legislation. I will continue to fight it and I think this effort legitimizes the whole concept which in my judgment is as wrong as it can be. by forcing that same kind of penalty this House has imposed upon itself on the other body. I would urge my colleagues not to support it and I thank my colleague for yielding.
Date: 1982-06-23
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. today I rise to express my concern about the health and safety of Ivan Svitlychny. a Ukrainian literary critic and scholar. who was arrested on January 12. 1972. after a long period of harassment by Soviet police. This leader of a group that worked to revive the public and cultural life of the Ukraine in the sixties was sentenced to 7 years in corrective labor colonies and 5 years in internal exile. Both before Mr. Svitlychnys arrest and during his Imprisonment. Mr. Svitlychny wrote poems and made translations. He worked on a dictionary of Ukrainian synonyms and printed collections of verses and songs. This productive and sensitive man. who has done so much for the cultural life of the Ukraine. is now in critical condition in a remote area 6n the Soviet. Mongolian border. While serving his 12year sentence. Mr. Svitlychny has suffered frequent and prolonged illnesses. Most recently. Mr. Svitlychny suffered his second relapse after a massive stroke and an emergency operation to remove a blood clot from his brain. In his current situation. Mr. Svitlychny cannot receive the full and proper medical treatment he desperately needs. I join my colleagues in asking the Soviet Government to immediately release Ivan Svitlychny to allow him to recelve adequate medical care. We must d6 all we can for this dedicated and admirable man of conscience suffering in his harsh world of exile.
Date: 1982-07-19
Speaker: SID MORRISON (republican)
Chamber: H

who has the largest slice of this in his district. for his contribution to this finely tuned legislation. We would not be here today if it had not been for the dedication of many outstanding people outside of Congress who have spent years fighting for the protection of Mount St. Helens. To Susan Saul of Longview. Wash.. Lu Moore of Castle Rock. Wash.. and Charles Raines of Seattle. Wash.. as well as Brock Evans of the Audubon Society and Tim Mahoney of the Sierra Club. I give a special thank you. I would also like to cite the excellent cooperation from the Weyerhaeuser Co.. represented by Mr. Hans Carstenson. and Ms. Robin Carpenter of Burlington Northern Inc. And finally I would like to commend the very excellent staff work done by both committee staffs. Greg Skillman. Richard Fritz. Robert Bor. and Robert Lowerre of the Agriculture Committee. and Dale Crane and Clay Peters of the Interior Committee. and also a special thanks to Nancy Parkes from the staff of the gentleman from Washington
Date: 1982-07-20
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. for a decade Ida Nudels resilience and conviction as a human rights activist in the Soviet Union has been an inspiration. In her efforts to emigrate to Israel and to guarantee Jewish rights in the Soviet Union. she has demonstrated the force of her indomitable spirit. The Soviet Government is clearly resolved to test that spirit without mercy. Since Ida applied for a visa to emigrate to Israel with her sister in 1971. she has been harassed. interrogated. tortured and imprisoned by Soviet officials. Finally. in 1978. in a desperate * effort to publicize her plight. Ida placed a banner outside her apartment window which stated. "KGB. Give Me A Visa To Israel." This display led to her conviction on charges of "malicious hooliganism". for which she served 4 years in internal exile. Her term of 4 years ended last month. but the intense pressure placed on her by the Government did not. She was again denied permission to join her sister in Israel and was refused a permit to live in Moscow. In desperation. Ida ventured to the Latvian capital of Riga. where she assumed temporary residence. Just this week. however. she was also denied a permit to live In Riga. Ida Nudel must now continue her struggle to emigrate even while she wanders In search of shelter. We call on the Soviet Government to release her to be reunited with her sister in Israel now. The indomitable spirit of Ida Nudel will not be crushednor will our opposition to her appalling treatment.
Date: 1982-07-22
Speaker: ROBERT W. DANIEL (republican)
Chamber: H

I ask. is It not true that in late 1981 the President of the United State5 certifled that the program cost in 1981 dollars was going to be $20.5 billion. and he has got to come back. If there is any chanve In that cost? Is that not the case?
Date: 1982-07-22
Speaker: ROBERT W. DANIEL (republican)
Chamber: H

In view of the certification and the requirement to come back. I am sure the gentleman shares my mystification with these figures that the gentleman from California has given us.
Date: 1982-07-22
Speaker: ROBERT W. DANIEL (republican)
Chamber: H

I have in hand a copy of the gentlemans amendment striking. for aircraft. $13.209.900.000. Is that a true copy of the gentlemans amendment? I should say it provides. rather. provides that amount for aircraft. Is that correct?
Date: 1982-07-22
Speaker: ROBERT W. DANIEL (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would point out to the gentleman that on page 400 of the report. the budget request figure cited is $4.033.500.000. So the amendment in its present form proposes to strike more than is provided in the bill.
Date: 1982-07-22
Speaker: ROBERT W. DANIEL (republican)
Chamber: H

Well. then. that does not reconcile with the remaining amount provided In the gentlemans amendment when he deducts that from the initial amount.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

DANIEL B. CRANE. ANDERSON. and FOUNTAIN changed their votes from "aye" to "no." So the motion to instruct was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: ROBERT W. DANIEL (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. we have heard very often in the past months of the plight of the American housing industry and of the denial to many young families of the American dream of homeownership. Unfortunately. very little improvement can be seen for the housing industry in the near future. This industry has always played a vital role in leading the American economy out of recessions. and in light of this fact. I voted with a majority of the other Members of the House earlier this summer for an emergency housing stimulus program. I regret that savings could not be found so that this program could have been funded under the budget resolution. However. we now have the opportunity to act on a housing stimulus program which would generate an estimated 348.000 new housing starts over the next 18 months. without backing down on our commitment to reducing Federal spending. This program. sponsored by our colleagues. Tom EVANS and Tom CORCORAN. would reprogram $1 billion from the Synthetic Fuels. Corporation to a mortgage interest rate buy down program administered through State housing development authorities under the Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act. In fairness to the American housing industry and to the American public. I urge the leadership to put aside partisan considerations. and to stop throwing up procedural roadblocks to consideration of this measure. Please allow the House to vote on this important legislation.
Date: 1982-08-17
Speaker: VANDER JAGT (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I want to express my strong support for H.R. 4828. and urge that it be adopted today under suspension of the rules. Passage of H.R. 4828 today caps a long effort to authorize the release of surplus naval vessels to LIFE International for humanitarian service. Special commendation is due to the gentleman from Maryland for his tireless effort on behalf of legislation to permit the use of surplus ships for assistance to Third World countries. As an original cosponsor of H.R. 4828. I am extremely pleased that we have succeeded in bringing this legislation to the House floor. I want to express my gratutide to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. Mr. BIAGGI. the ranking minority member of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Mr. SNYDER. and the chairman of the comJSE 116013 mittee. Mr. JONES. for their cooperation during consideration of H.R. 4828. Mr. Speaker. H.R. 4828 does not rep. resent a major Issue as there will be little or no cost to the Government. Passage of the bill will not result in immediate improvement in the conditions facing the less fortunate in Third World countries. But. passage of H.R. 4828 does provide hopehope that an organization with a vision of serving others will be able to provide that assistance. LIFE International has ambitious plans to use these surplus vessels to provide health training and education. as well as other technical services to peoples of developing nations. H.R. 4828 provides the hope that LIFE International will be able to go forward with those ambitious plans..
Date: 1982-08-19
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. many of my colleagues have already given eloquent reasons to oppose this tax bill. I rise to add my voice to the pleas of others who hope for its defeat. This is not a small bill. a simple set of painless measures that close loopholes and bring effortless compliance with existing law. Instead it holds a hidden snake. a very painful. permanent economic poison that will affect our economy and all Americans for decades to come. I am. of course. referring to the proposed withholding of interest on dividends. Here our Government is extending the long arm of the IRS into the pockets of those Americans who receive these interest and dividend payments in a way that will discourage savings and investing for generations to come and at a time when we all know we need desperately to bolster our Nations capital base. At the same time. this withholding proposal will slow the drop of interest rates or perhaps even reverse the favorable trend we have seen over the past few weeks. and further crowd out * the American saver and investor from access to capital markets they need if we are going to faster a recovery. We often describe our Nations source of capital as a "pool of savings." If that is so then this tax bill is going to siphon off those funds from that pool into the Federal Treasury. In short. we are getting hosed. Some say we need that siphon so that we can take the funds out of the interest and savings pool and put the money right back into that interest and savings pool. sort of like a perpetual motion machine that will somehow miraculously create a recovery of our economy. Nonsense. If we drain that pool via increase4 interest and dividend withholding. it is just as catastrophic as draining the pool by further increasing the national debt or increased Federal borrowing. In either case. our economy will continue to suffer for the months ahead. Is it fair to punish all American savers permanently for decades. if not for centuries. just so that we can achieve a shortterm gain in the revenue collection process of our country? Obviously it is not. This withholding proposal is a phony "tax enhancement." It Is a step which cannot easily be reversed. It is a course of action we will all come to regret.
Date: 1982-08-19
Speaker: PHILIP M. ORANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. we were all saddened by the news of the loss of a friend who served his country so well. both in and out of uniformThruston B. Morton. A member of one of the Pioneer Families of Kentucky. he devoted 5 years of his life to his country. serving as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II. Once having tasted service for his Nation. he embarked on a political career whie& brought him to Washington where he contributed his many talents to b th his country and his party. He had been discharged from the Navy only a short time when he began his successful campaign for a seat in .the U.S. House of Representatives. After serving - three. terms in the House. he retired and moved to the executive branch upon his appointment as Assistant Secretary of State by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. But Congress had captured his heart. and he relinquished his State Department post to run for the U.S. Senate. He was victorious in that campaign in 1956. and he won again in his reelection bid 6 years later. For 2 years during that 12year span. he stood at the helm of his party. as chairman of the Republican National Committee. As one friend noted. he was a "harddriving charger" as he battled for his party in the political arena. while at the same time he fought for better government in the Senate Chamber. He retired from. the Senate in 1969. and returned to his native Kentucky where he was active in the business world until overcome by bad health. Thruston B. Morton unhesitatingly devoted his life to his country. his family. and his party. His contributions were many and will long be- remembered by a grateful citizenry.e
Date: 1982-09-15
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of this amendment today. And. of course. I am pleased to hear the comments of many of my colleagues from other parts of the country when they speak in glowing terms of their own States commitment to clean air and clean water and a better environment. As a Pennsylvanian. I would like to add my own voice to those who are proud of the track record of this Nation over the past 10 or 15 years and. furthermore. I would like to say that Pennsylvania holds a candle second to no other State in this country with -regard to our own commitment to clean air. In fact. I invite any of you to come to Pennsylvania and compare it to the State that we. had 20 years ago and tell me if you can think of any other part of the country that has advanced as our State already has. At the same time. I want to point out that what we have here today is an example of a bureaucratic agency perhaps cutting off its nose to spite its face. The EPA. of course. is committed or tries to be committed to improving air quality standards across the country. but in this particular case it appears that if this amendment is not enacted quickly. Pennsylvania will be faced with a hardship where many of its own programs and the Federal Governments programs to improve our air quality will be set back for at least a year if not longer. Millions of dollars of EPA programs will be held up. And if this is allowed to happen. clearly our own Commonwealths track recod of improving its air quality will be forced to turn backward. I think we must support this amendment. It has bipartisan support. I am pleased to join with the overwhelming majority of the other Members from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to pledge my support for this amendment and at the same time to continue to pledge my support for improving air quality in our Commonwealth.
Date: 1982-09-15
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania. Of course. I would also like to add that all -of us would prefer not to be using this process to be making this statement on the floor of the House. We do not have any more time. The State of Pennsylvania is running out of time. and we are looking forward to a deadline where we really do not have any opportunity to pursue perhaps a more traditional legislative course to make the statement we would prefer to make.
Date: 1982-09-16
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (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.