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Date: 1985-05-01
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. during the week of May 1219. Americans around the country will mark the observance of "Soil Stewardship Week." with the theme of "Tomorrow Together." For centuries. men and women have offered thanks to God for the priceless gifts of soil. water. air. and sunshine which make all living things possible. The world as we know it could not exist without a fruitful agriculture. and agriculture cannot exist without the natural resource base that God has so blessed this Nation with. In parts of the South earlier in this century. churches and congregations began to set aside the fifth Sunday after Easter as "Soil and Soul Sunday." Later. 1946. this designation was changed to "Soil Stewardship Sunday" at the initiative of the publishers of Farm and Ranch magazine. They suggested to religious leaders in a number of Southern States that one Sunday be set aside each year as time for a special reminder to their congregations about the ethical obligations of all people to serve as responsible stewards of the land. In 1954. the publishers of the magazine which primarily was distributed in the South. suggested that the National Association of Conservation Districts INACD] widen the observation of Soil Stewardship Sunday to a more national level. In 1955 NACD accepted the role and undertook to foster the observance on a nationwide basis. A year later. recognizing possible conflicts with Rural Life Sunday and other events often observed on church calendars. Soil Stewardship Sunday was changed to Soil Stewardship Weekbeginning always with the fifth Sunday after Easter and continuing through the sixth Sunday. The Soil Stewardship Week observance. by its very nature. is one for everyone who shares a sense of responsibility under God for the care of soil. water. and the other vital elements making up our environment. In my own mind. everyone who consumes food or wears clothing has reason to be concerned with and responsible for the protection of this countrys natural resource base. I hope my colleagues will join with me in recognizing Soil Stewardship Week and I call on them to actively participate in the many activities which will be taking place in over 3.000 conservation districts throughout the country. MAY DAY
Date: 1985-05-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. for the second time in 3 years a constituent of mine in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas has been chosen as the Texas Small Business Person of the Year. She is Mrs. Janie Anzaldua and she is the owner of St. Marys Sewing Industries in Edcouch. TX. Along with other State winners from around the Nation. Mrs. Anzaldua will be honored with a White House luncheon on May 6 as part of Small Business Week activities May 511. But In my eye she stands apart from the others because she has excelled in an area of the country which unfortunately still lags far behind in economic recovery. I hope the President will recognize her singular achievement despite the fact that the Rio Grande Valley is one of those pockets he so often talks about when mentioning the unfinished work of his administration. In 1982 I helped Mrs. Anzaldua secure a guaranteed loan from the SBA and then watched as she took off running and has turned her St. Marys Sewing Industries into a fine outfit. She was mentioned in this months. issue of Nations Business magazine and all of us in Texas are proud of her accomplishments. Mrs. Anzaldua reminds us that small enterprise is what made this Nation grow up to postindustrial stature. Small businesses soon grow into large ones. contributing mightily to employment and economic health in any area. I am proud that my valley friends and constituents are standing out in the crowdand Janie Anzaldua is a fine standard bearer.
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to commend the minister of my church. the Eastern Hills Church in Marshall. TX. Robert F. Wagner. for his inspirational and timely prayer which opened todays session. In addition. I want to thank Chaplain Ford for his assistance and courtesy in arranging for Robeft Wagner to deliver the prayer. As many of my colleagues know. I will soon be leaving this body to become a Federal district judge for the eastern district of Texas. Having my minister with me at this time is especially rewarding. and we both share in the excitement and honor of his appearance before the House today. Robert Wagner has served as a minister of the Gospel for some 27 years. He began preaching in Bainbridge. GA. and his ministry brought him to the Eastern Hills Church of Christ in Marshall some 4 years ago. He is married to the former Cenia Mae Groom. and they have two sons and two grandchildren. In addition to his ministry. Robert Wagner worked for the department of commerce for the State of Florida for 25 years. He also served with the U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1945. Again. it is a privilege to welcome Robert Wagner to Washington. DC. We are very proud of him.
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I would advise the gentleman that the time being consumed now is under my special order. and the gentlemans -special order will follow. so we might interchange time here from time to time. The gentleman from Tennessee . chairman of the subcommittee on the Committee on Agriculture that has jurisdiction over the REA and who has done a magnificent job in guiding legislation related to REA. and has been one of the champions since his years here. since he came to Congress. and as his years as chairman of that subcommittee. The gentleman from Tennessee. .0 1510
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman. and -I certainly would commend the gentleman for the great work he has done in this area. I might mention that it is so gratifying as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture to go out into the countryside and to see these REA cooperatives in North Dakota. . South Dakota. Texas. throughout the South and the West and all of the areas of our country. I have taken it upon myself nowI mentioned it once when I was speaking to a coopI want :to see that last pole. that last mile of line. I have seen it now. Just last month I was in Deaf .Smith County. TX. and I went out to a little community named Friona. and my friend who was driving me around. I was telling him the story. the last pole. the last mile of line. He said. "Well. if you dont mind going out of the way about 5 minutes. Ill show you." That is way out in west Texas. in Deaf Smith County. and we went out. There was the last pole. the last mile of line. and it came down to a water pump that irrigated about 200 acres of grain out there. And. believe me. that was the last pole because beyond there I think I could see the Pacific Ocean. Everything from there was just flat. going west. and to me it was a beautiful sight to see against the sky. that beautiful west Texas sky. that line coming out. knowing that someone could reap. hopefully. a profit. which not too many of our farmers are doing at this time. but that there was this partnership that brought this line out there where not even a hawk was flying but yet each one benefited from it. Mr. Speaker. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia . -
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for his contribution. Mr. Speaker. I yield to the distin. guished gentleman from South Dakota. a very prominent member of our committee and a friend of REA [Mr. DASCHLE1.
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for his cooperation always in the endeavors that we pursue in behalf of bringing light to rural America. I might add that another thing. the bounty which has come to those people living in rural America has been shared because. through the private or public. I guess you night say. association. the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association. They share the technology. they share their bounty around the world. I have seen some of their activities in the Philippines and Central America and Africa. They have tried to bring to other areas of the world that which we have so ably mastered in this country. That beautiful partnership between the people organized in partnership with the Government. using the resources. using their own resources. because when we talk about tax money. it is not tax money. it is yours and my tax dollars. The peoples money. Sometimes the people wisely put some added money of their own to that which they have submitted to the Government to put it together to work for the benefit of both. Mr. Speaker. I yield to the gentleman from Texas .
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman. He is part of our celebration in that he has been an Integral part as a manager of a coop. I wholeheartedly concur with him that America should be proud that that is our investment. that is our return. not a CD of 9 percent. or investment of 12 percent. or whatever. but. rather. it has been an investment in enhancing the quality of life for Americans. of enhancing the opportunities in rural America. of enhancing the economic growth in rural America. This cannot be measured in dollars and cents. but I assure the gentleman it is a lot more than 15- or 20- or 30percent return. For his participation. I think we should give him a special commendation. since he has been an integral part of the process that we legislate. He has worked with the REA as a coop manager. Mr. Speaker. I yield to our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Missouri . a member of our committee.
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. the REA has printed a book entitled "The Next Greatest Thing." depicting the 50 years of the REA. and I want to give a quote from whence the title came. A farmer giving witness in a rural Tennessee church in the .early 1940s finished his words by saying this: Bfothers and sisters. I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart. and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house. Mr. Speaker. I quote a farmer from rural Tennessee who shall remain unnamed.
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman. I think we might add here another side of the partnership. because we do not exclude the public utility companies. the privately owned utility companies. but rather they are part of this unique partnership In that they complement. They are a capitalistic forprofit type of corporation and they could not come for profit to many areas. so there came then the REA. not to the exclusion. not in competiP tion. but to complement and that partnership now extends to. such a degree that the investorowned rural electric cooperative. which is in partnership with the people. its membership. their users. with a Government who assists them in financing. with the private public utility company who many times sells the power to the REA. It is not a competition. It is not an exclusion. but rather a partnership. I guess that is the beauty of our .system. That is the beauty of our country. That is the thing that we have fought and died for. Without atH 2918 CO taching any emotional involvement. that is what it is all about. the ingenuity of the American tradition. the American mind in the Congress and outside the Congress. working in unison. that when the private sector reaches a point where it cannot service. then not in competition. but in complementing. we find a way in which Government can involve itself. hopefuly always not to the detriment. but rather to complement. the one to fulfill the need and in unison. So here we have a threecornered hat partnership. the Government. the public utility. the private investorowned REA. all working in unison. not one against the other. but bringing light to rural America. Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for his contribution. I yield to the distinguished gentlewoman from Nebraska .
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman. Forgive me for intervening periodically with personal experiences. but as I travel throughout this country and abroad. most of our travel is at night to get to a hearing for the next morning or to get from one place to the next place to be there for the hearing the following morning. we are so blessed and it is so beautiful as you fly across America. to fly across rural America. to see those lights out there. You can tell the size of the community. You can tell that they have a little football stadium. or a little league stadium. You fly in many other parts of the country and see these wonderful things.
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. first. I want to thank the distinguished gentleman from Georgia for his kindness and generosity. This would be an added tribute to rural America and to the REA. Let me just conclude by saying that in many other countries. including Europe. you will see darkness as you fly across the countryside. no lights. no bluishgreenish lights. Now and then in Africa and some other areas you will see a bonfire. You see a flicker that you know is somebody burning some logs. This is their power. This is their light. Throughout America you see those bliishgreenish lights throughout the countryside and you know that it is a public utility or the REA complementing each other and bringing light to rural America. Mr. Speaker. I thank my colleague. the gentleman from Texas. for yielding to me these last few minutes.
Date: 1985-05-07
Speaker: ESTEBAN E. TORRES (democrat)
Chamber: H

Congress of the United States. House of Representatives. Washington. DC. DEAR MR. TORRES: I have received your "Keeping in Touch" letter dated February 21. 1985 regarding the future of Small Business Administrations livelihood. I am one of those who used the Small Business Administration to help me along with an occasional problem. Nothing major. but it is a comfort to me to know that there is a place I can go if the need arises. No doubt there are countless others who stated their business with the help of the SBA. I am aware that the cost to keep this organization running is enormous. but I feel that we received so little for the taxes we pay in the way of community services from the government that I am in favor as you are to keep the SBA as long as possible. You can tell the President for me that I voted for him because I like some of his policies and I think he is a fair man. but he cannot help the poor because hes never been there like so many others. and even though he means well. he cant do something about certain domestic issues if he knows nothing about them. Thank you for keeping me informed. Sincerely.
Date: 1985-05-09
Speaker: GEORGE M. KELLER (democrat)
Chamber: S

Chairman. Bay Area International Forum. San Francisco. CA. DEAR GEORGE: Attached is Part I of the two part study on certain international economic issues undertaken by the Bay Area International Forum for Senator Charles McC. Mathias. Jr.. Chairman of the Subcommittee on Internationil Economic Policy of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. This first part is a review of the 198384 hearings which Senator Mathias chaired. primarily on the external debt problems of various developing nations and their financial and trade Implications for these nations. the United States and the global economy. This study represents extensive and most helpful input from members of the Steering and Research Committees of the study. It also reflects the substantial and. as always. excellent work of Professor Albert Fishlow. Director of our Research Committee and the briefing and discussions he held with the Executive Committee of the Bay Area International Forum. Special recognition and thanks are due for the excellent research and written analysis of the hearings by U.C. Berkeley graduate student Carl Schmertmann and for first class editing by Frederick D. Baron and Michael Jacobson of the Cooley. Godward law firm which also provided us with conference facilities and other most helpful support. Peter Tarnoff. Executive Director of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. also has our deep appreciation for the vision and positive support he has given this project from its very inception. To all concerned. we are most grateful and hope Part I is as useful to others as it has been and will continue to be to all of us. Sincerely.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to recognize the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America. Inc. was founded In 1886 and incorporated under the nonprofit laws of the State of Ohio in 1888. This organization is a civic. fraternal. and social organization which was established to promote patriotism. It is the oldest veterans organization of its type in the United States. Membership in the organization is not restricted to any specific form. date. branch. place or nature of military service. It is comprised of approximately 8.400 veterans in 10 States. Members of the Army and Navy Union perform volunteer service for veterans and their families. including charitable work at VA hospitals. They also serve as burial escorts and ceremonial honor guards at funerals and provide aid to families of deceased veterans in adjusting to their loss. It is the recommendation of the Judiciary Committee that H.R. 897 be passed by the House. Mr. Speaker. I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Ohio . the sponsor of this measure.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. (4) To adopt. alter. and amend a constituI yield such time as she may consume tion and bylaws. not inconsistent with the to the gentlewoman from Ohio [Ms. laws of the United.States or any State in OAKAR]. which the corporation is to operate. for the
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. (10) To do any and all lawful acts and I have no further requests for time. things necessary or desirable to carry out and I yield back the balance of my the objectsand purposes of the corporation. time. SEC. S. OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF CORPORATIO.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. bdivisions into taking more interest in the I ask unanimous consent that all affairs and future of the United States in Members may have 5 legislative days order to keep our Nation alert. in which to revise and extend their re- (5) To fight unceasingly for our national marks on the bill just passed. security in order to protect the United
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. With respect to service of process. the corI move to suspend the rules and pass poration shall comply with the laws of the -May 13. 1985 CO State in which it is incorporated and those States in which it carries on its activities in furtherance of its corporate purposes.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. for example. in thelast Congress. I I yield myself such time as I may con- think this group is certainly worthy. of sume. that same recognition and I would Mr. Speaker. the Pearl Harbor Sur- only raise the policy question for convivors Association is a nonprofit corpo- sideration further down the line with ration which was organized in 1958. In any subsequent opportunitiesthat we 1964. the association was Incorporated haveto consideri with orgizations under the laws of Missouri. of a similar sort. As the name of the organization sug- *Mr. RUDD. Mr..Speaker. as a cogests. this organization was formed by sponsor of H.R. 042 .I rise iiistrong a group of survivors of the attack on support of granting A Federal charter Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on De- to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Associacember 7. 1941. Membership is open to tion to honor its 9.700 current memanyone who. on that infamous date. bers who survived that unprovoked was a member of the Armed Forces of and devastating attack by the Japathe United States and who was sta- nese nearly 44 years ago. tioned on Pearl Harbor. the Island of Membership in this distinguished Oahu. or offshore within 3 miles. The veterans organization is open to association currently has about 9.700 anyone who was a member of the U.S. members. Armed Forces stationed in Pearl The Pearl Harbor Survivors Associa- Harbor. on the Island of Oahu or offtion is dedicated to the purpose of pro- shore on that fateful day that moting and promulgating the obliga- launched our Nation into World War tions of citizenship and patriotism. II. December 7. 1941. They are active In preserving grave- Members of the Pearl Harbor Survisites of those who died in the Japanese vors Association continue to serve our Nation honorably today. They work to preserve relics of the attack as well as the gravesites of those iwho were not so fortunate and gave their lives on that day in defense of our Nation. In passing this legislation we not only honor the survivors. but also their fallen comrades. Let us pledge our commitment to ensuring the strength of the United States against foreign aggression to guarantee that such a tragic incident will never occur again. I urge adoption of the bill.e
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (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 bill just passed.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to recognize the organization known as the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 18611865.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as Imay consume. Mr. Speaker. the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War 18611865 is a nonprofit organization which was organized in Massillon. OH. on May 30. 1885. It was incorporated as the National Alliance for.Daughters of Veterans on December 12. 1885. In 1944. the corporation changed its name to the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War 186165. This organization is among the oldest veteran and patriotic societies in the country. Membership in this organization is open to women descendants of Union soldiers. sailors. and marines who were honorably discharged. killed. or missing .in action. Members must be at least 8 years of age. This organization has a membership of over 20.000. The objects of the organization are to promote this .Nations history and to perpetuate the memories of the men who sacrificed their lives and wellbeing to preserve the Union. This organization has built and maintains a museum and library in Springfield. IL. which is dedicated to Civil War memorabilia. The organization has established scholarships at the State and national level to encourage educational achievement in U.S. history. It also provides scholarships. awards. and gifts for young .men and women who serve in the Nations four military academies. This organization has been active in efforts to construct and preserve monuments which commemorate the Civil War. Members also serve as volunteers to help veterans in medical centers. homes. and other institutions. It is the recommendation of the Judiciary Committee that H.R. 1806 be passed by the House.
Date: 1985-05-13
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to amend title 28. United States Code. to provide for the selection of the court of appeals to decide multiple appeals filed with respect to the same agency order.