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Date: 1982-07-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I hope the Senate can attain the schedule set out by the majority leader. It is my understanding that the other body will go out also around the 20th of August. I. hope this body can complete its work in time to go out at the same time the other body goes out for the Labor Day recess. I appreciate the courtesy the distinguished majority leader has shown to all Members in stating at this early date his intentions with respect to the program. I think it gives us all an opportunity to schedule our own personal matters accordingly. I hope that. while we may not be in agreement on every facet of the subject matter of the legislation that comes up. we can work together in facilitating the overall program that the majority leader has laid out.
Date: 1982-07-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. is the distinguished majority leader willing at this time to order that resolution In time for tomorrow morning?
Date: 1982-07-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. today I anm introducing legislation to remove Memorial Day from the "Monday holiday law." and to restore the holiday to May 30. Sadly. the 3day weekend we have come to enjoy at the end of May has tended to obscure the intent of the holiday. The sentiment of the day has been lost in the waves of the beaches. on the greens of the golf courses. in the shops on the malls. or in other leisurely pursuits. Honoring the dead has been a practice of many civilizations since time immemorial. The Druids.-Greeks. and Romans decorated the graves of their loved ones with garlands of flowers. Today. AlEians. Orientals. and Europeans of all races and nationalities perform ancient rituals in honoring the dead. In America. the Civil War brought national recognition to the custom of decorating the graves of our fallen -soldiers. Women. mourning the losses of their loved ones in the conflict. began the practice of placing flowers on the graves of the soldiers. Confederate and Federal alike. Services and ceremonies followed. and days were set aside for the special tribute. Memorial Day was designated by the Congress to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in service to this Nation. The first Memorial Day. 100 years ago. honored those who fell in the War Between the States. Since that time well over 640.000 service men and women have lost their lives in battle. On Memorial Day our Nation pays tribute to all of those who have laid down their lives for our country. Many States and towns. in the South and in the North. lay claim to the origin of Memorial Day. Altogether. their fervor encouraged the Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. an organization of Union veterans. to set an official date for the observance. On May 5. 1868. Gen. John A. Logan issued an order to the local posts of the Grand Army whereby May 30. 1968. was to be observed: * * * for the purposes of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of the Comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion and whose bodies lie in almost every city. village. or hamlet churchyard in the land. It is the purpose of the CommanderinChief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept from year to year while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of the departed* *. My bill asks. in effect. that Memorial Day be allowed to stand alone. to return the attention of the Nation to the meaning of th6 holiday. Let us. as a people. remember. on that day. that others have died for our country that we may live in peace. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this measure. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be printed in the REcCIAD at this point.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the majority leader. Mr. President. I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Wisconsin and after that the remaining 5 minutes to the Senator from Florida
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. would the distinguished Senator from South Carolina be agreeable to an up and down vote on the amendment by Mr. FORD? It seems to me that when we are trying to offer amendments to as important an action of the Senate as passing a constitutional amendment which will require years to ratify and which. equally. would require years to modify or repeal. we should have up and down votes on the amendments.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. may I say to the majority leader that we are working on this matter on this side of the aisle. The distinguished majority leader I know has had discussions in this regard this afternoon. I am hopeful that an agreement can be reached. At this point. I am optimistic. I will get back to the majority leader as soon as I can.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I am really not in a position to estimate a time. Mr. President. We are working as rapidly as we can. I shall get back to the majority leader as soon as I can.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I hope to be able to get back to the majority leader no later than that. and perhaps much earlier. because I. too. would like to get away.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. the words "Judicial review." they do not pertain to matters not germane to this resolution. do they?
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Further reserving the right to object. would the distinguished acting majority leader specify that any seconddegree amendment be germane and that all remaining firstdegree amendments that have not been specified therein be germane to the subject matter of this constitutional amendment?
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Some of them would be germane by virtue of the specification of some of them. Otherwise. let us say. under cloture they would not.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

One amendment deals with national emergency and. of course. that would be germane to the concept. and one deals with line item veto. That would be gerinane to the concept.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. would the distinguished acting majority leader be In a position to assure that the votes on these amendments. on each of the amendments. would be up or down votes? May I say that I raised this question with the distinguished majority leader before he had to leave the floor. He said that personally he would have no objection to that. but inasmuch as Mr. THURMOND. the manager of the joint resolution. had left the floor. that he. Mr. BAKER. would not be in a position to give me a definite. affirmative answer to that question. I assume that the distinguished acting Republican leader would be in the same position at this point.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. further reserving the right to object. I certainly cannot complain with the response that has been given to me by the acting Republican leader or by the majority leader before he left the floor. It is perfectly understandable that neither of them is in a position. under these circumstances. to give an affirmative answer. I believe I understand. however. from the answer that has been given. that both the majority leader and the acting Republican leader would certainly do whatever they could within their power to see there will be upordown votes on each of the amendments. Is that a fair statement?
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I do have one final condition. I would have to object if the vote on Ihe substitute. the overall substitute by Mr. CRANSTON. is not an upordown vote. I would have to object to the time agreement. So. if we could enter into a time agreement with that one reservation. I would. therefore. have no objection. I would not expect a response until the acting Republican leader has had an opportunity to talk with Mr. THURMOND and Mr. BAKER.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I understand that Mr. STENNIS wants 1 hour to speak on the resolution. I have 2 hours under my control. Would the distinguished Republican leader put the request. which I think is his responsibility and right to do. that cf the 2 hours under my control. 1 hour would be tinder the control of Mr. STENNIS?
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the distinguished Republican leader for his courtesy and understanding and for his diligence and cooperation in working out this complex agreement. which I think is a reasonable one. which should give the Senate ample time to discuss fully the constitutional amendment and the amendments that will be offered thereto.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. while we are passing around expressions of gratitude. I want personally to thank Mr. Charles Kinney on this side and Ms. Elizabeth Baldwin on the Republican side for the work that they did in putting this agreement together. It took a lot of their time and it certainly. I am sure. Imposed upon their patience. They are to be highly congratulated for the work that they did in assisting the leadership in putting this agreement together.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to permit bank holding companies and Edge Act corporations to invest in export trading companies and to reduce restrictions on trade financing provided by financial institutions. as amended.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New York . one of the original sponsors and pioneers on this legislation.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Absolutely and very definitely not. H.R. 6016 says an export trading company may not engage in agricultural production. The activities of an agricultural cooperative which wants to organize or invest in an ETC are immaterial. Even if an agricultural cooperative were engaged in extensive farming operations. it would still be completely eligible. under the terms of H.R. 6016. to organize or invest in export trading companies.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the gentleman from Georgia for his statement. and I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to the many members of the committee who worked so diligently with me and to our staffs who worked together in a very harmonious manner to bring this legislation to the floor. It is truly a bipaitisan piece of legislation. and I want to publicly thank our ranking minority member. the gentleman from Ohio . the gentleman from Ohio . and the gentleman from Connecticut and their staff for their cooperation and assistance in seeing to it that we come up with a piece of legislation that is. indeed. a product of all of the members of our committee on both sides of the aisle. I feel that this is legislation. as the gentleman has just stated. which is a precursor to some additional legislation that will modernize our financial institutions. both the thrifts and the commercials. to deal with the problems of the future. It will del.l not only with the problems of the future but will serve the needs of the Nation. Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

On the point just being discussed. indeed we do not expand the power of the Fed. As a matter of fact. we said to the Fed. "You cannot just take all of the time in the World to make a decision. but you have to make a decision within a stated period of time." We make it very clear. however. that the provisions of change H.R. 6016 apply only to ETCs. The Bank Holding Company Act. and present procedures thereunder in so far as other activities of bank holding companies are concerned are in no way affected. The concerns of the gentleman are the concerns of our committee as well.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Absent the change. the Board could conceivably hold the application indefinitely before reaching a determination. Indeed. what we have done is to say to the Fed "you must act within a 60 day period." Very frankly. the way it is written. in my discussions with Chairman Paul Volcker. he made it clear that he is unhappy with this because it in fact H.R. 6016 is a restriction of existing Fed powers. Indeed. it is more liberal and is designed to promote and to assist the formation of ETCs.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I aks unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. and include extraneous inaterial. on the bill just passed.
Date: 1982-07-27
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. due to a serious illness in my family. I was unavoidably away from Washington on Friday. July 23. 1982. and unable to record my votes on rollealls 209. 210. 211. 212. and 213. Had I been present. I would have voted "nay" on passage of H.R. 2329. Cherokee Indian Claims Act (rolleall No. 209). "nay" on the previous question on the rule as reported to H.R. 2643. Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1981 (rollcall No. 210). "aye" on adoption of House Resolution 528. the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 5203. FIFRA Act amendments (rolleall No. 211). "aye" on adoption of House Resolution 529. the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 5427. Radio Marti (rollcall No. 212). and "aye" on the motion to resolve the House into the Committee of the Whole for the con- ble policies imaginable for this counsideration of H.R. 5427. Radio Marti. try to do.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. we are attempting to ascertain. via the hotline. whether or not there are Senators who are prepared to offer their amendments. Senator LEAHY. who has seven or eight amendments. I am told. is in a CIA briefing at this point and. therefore. we canndt get him. We will be back shortly. after our having checked on the hotline. and see if we can get someone else to offer an amendment.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I am not. I certainly empathize with the distinguished majority leader. I have been in the same situation. We have quite a number of amendments. We both share a desire to sce a Senator have time on his amendment. There is time left today in which Senators could call up amendments. As we go down the road. there will be less and less time if amendments are not called up. But I believe the amendments will be called up in good and regular order. We run into these situations in which Senators are tied up in other matters and cannot get to the floor. I think the majority leader has made a fine statement and has sought to bring this matter to the attention of his colleagues and caution them about the need for calling up amendments. I would say to the majority leader that I know of nothing else he could do at the moment. We will continue on our side to see if we can find someone who will be in a position to call up an amendment today. Hopefully we can. I may know shortly.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I apologize to the Senator. but I must say that I made this suggestion the other day. I suggested that we have a rule in the Senate that we preclude the leaders from sitting on the tables in the well because when I see Senator BAKER Sitting on that table. if he is facing to the west I know v e are going to lose. I think if we had a rule that would preclude that. we might win a few.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I would suggest. on the basis of the inquiries which have been made of this side of the aisle. I would not anticipate another amendment today. But I believe we should get started again tomorrow. I -would hope that Members would be presenting their amendments beginning tomorrow. I will say that there is no deliberate attempt on this side of the aisle to withhold amendments. I think it is just one of those circumstances in which we find ourselves. I would suggest to the distinguished majority leader that he not be discouraged but that we just go to morning business and see what we can do tomorrow. Hopefully. we can lay down an amendment before the day is over for tomorrows early consideration. I am advised that a Senator on this side of the aisle wishes to talk on the resolution itself today.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mi. President. I think this is an arrangteent with respect to conferees that satisfies some of the concerns on both sides. Senator CANNON particularly was concerned with respect to a section of the bill dealing with ADAP. The majority leader has worked out this arrangement in a very nice way which allows Senator CANNON to be present at the conference when that portion of the bill is discussed. I thank the majority leader.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1982-07-28
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would also like to commend the gentlewoman from Colorado and the gentleman from Texas and the gentleman from Virginia for their introduction of this measure. I wholeheartedly support It. There is one question I would like to ask for clarification. I am looking at a letter I received from Mr. WarrEHURST dated July 21 which states that the act will become effective 120 days after enactment. There are no provisions for retroactive payment of previously courtawarded retiremdnt benefits. The following quoted part of the letter is the portion I have some question about: And the Act applies only to those previous court orders that meet the langauage of the law. My question is this: In all cases that have been disposed of prior to the enactment of this legislation. Is there any language in this bill that will go back and cause a court to have the power and authority to reopen previously concluded final judgements?
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motidn to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I move to lay that motion on the table. . The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. irresponse to the majority leaders inquiry. the minority is ready to proceed on these nominations and. in addition. page 6.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. last night President Ronald W. Reagan told the people that his economic program was working. Those of us who know the President very well know that he also believes that chickens have lips.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture may have until midnight tomorrow. Friday. July 30. 1982. to file reports on the bill. H.R. 6156. to clarify the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the definition of security. and for other purposes. and on the bill. H.R. 6011. the Alabama Wilderness Act of
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will yield. yes. It has been cleared. not with the gentleman from Virginia . but with the staff of the majority and the minority.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. may I be heard very briefly on the point of order. I did not know the rules of the House could be suspended by unanimous consent of one committees subcommittee. I insist on regular order and a ruling.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. the issue really Is whether or not we are going to follow the rules of the House. It is another issue whether we want to give money to the nunkillers in El Salvador. I think what we are talking about here is really the rules of the House and the fact that we should have a chance to get into a discussion on this whole thing. I would say to my good friend. the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. SIL CONTE. I think the whole part and parcel of the bill is going to be what the Ways and Means Committee is going to do with textiles. what they are going to do with sugar. that is what makes it controversial. That is why a short cut was needed. I hope my good friend. the gentleman from Wisconsin . does not hold it against us because we just happened to go by the rules of the House.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. and I rise in opposition to the amendment. Mr. Chairman. I am not going to take a lot of time. I wish our colleague. the gentleman from Maryland . were here on the floor. He can say it better than I do. I am very fond of my dear friend. the gentleman from Pennsylvania. We disagree on quite a few things. and this amendment is one of them. What it will do. which may not be his intentand I am sure it is notis to stifle affirmative action. It will tell people that you cannot do this and you cannot do that. so by God you better not do anything. I would hope that the committee would. for once. vote it down.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of the amendment. Mr. Chairman. as one who supported the amendment of the gentleman from North Carolina on the ExportImport Bank that made us balance the budget in a nongermane amendment. I feel that I ought to support this now. I think that it is good to tell the National Rifle Association that we are not going to spend $16.000 worth of money for the promotion of rifle practice until we have a balanced budget. The NRA ought to know that and ought to live by it. and if they come in here with their guns. so be it. because that is their right under the second amendment. as long as they are long guns for prepared militia and not short guns. Saturday night specials. I think we can stop making neutron bombs. stop some of this civil defense business. stop some of the atomic weapons that we are making in here until we have a balanced budget. It is a good signal to the rest of the world and I think we ought to give them a signal. I think it will be a good signal to the Botanic Garden that they ought to cut back on those plants and flowers until we have a balanced budget. I think it is going to be a terrific signal to the IRS that they ought to cut back on their expenditures and stop auditing people until we have a balanced budget. I think it is definitely a signal to Ronald Reagan and those guys at the White House that they should not spend $775.000 on salaries and expenses until we have a balanced budget. We ought to tell them that special assistant to the President. whoever he or she may be. and it is probably a he because the salary is so high. that they should not have that $48.000 for 2 months until we have a balanced budget. The time is now. the place is here. We are a society of laws and not men and women and. by God. BOs WALKER and I stand for a balanced budget and not 1 cent of a supplemental until that budget is balanced. And if you vote for that Republican tax increase you will be helping to balance it quicker.
Date: 1982-07-29
Speaker: SAM B. HALIL (democrat)
Chamber: H

When the gentleman from Pennsylvania Is talking so fast and putting these amendments through. I just want to ask the question of whether or not there is anything in here dealing with pay raises in what the gentleman is doing here today.