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Date: 1990-09-17
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of H.R. 2419. as amended. and move its consideration by the House. Mr. Speaker. H.R. 2419. as amended. would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey any of the right. title. and interest of the United States in certain administrative sites in the State of Georgia in exchange for the construction of a Forest Service ranger district office and visitor information center. This bill would provide for the construction of a badly needed ranger station for the Brasstown Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest. in lieu of the rental properties the Forest Service now occupies. In exchange for this facility. the Forest Service would be able to dispose of a number of administrative sites that are no longer of use and value to the government. The Secretary. in consumating this exchange. is required to assure that the value of the property received by the Secretary is equal to the value of the property conveyed. with provision for cash equalization payments if necessary. This provision is consistent with current policy regarding Forest Service exchange authorities. Mr. Speaker. while the committee has expressed concern in the past over certain Forest Service proposals to exchange lands for facilities. I would note that since this exchange effects administrative sites rather than forested lands. we have no objection. However. the committee intends to continue to monitor such exchanges to ensure that National Forest System lands are not used as exchange material to supplement the agencys construction and land acquisition budget. Mr. Speaker. I commend our colleague. Mr. JENKINS. for introducing H.R. 2419 and move its adoption by the House. Mr. Speaker. I yield such time as he may consume to our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Georgia . who is the author of the legislation.
Date: 1990-09-17
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

and the subcommittee chairman. the distinguished gentleman from Missouri. for their outstanding work on this bill. Mr. Speaker. this measure will provide a muchneeded permanent district office inthe Brasstown Ranger District. which I represent. Since the early 1950s. the ranger office has been located in various rental properties in the town of Blairsville. The Forest Service needs a visible and accessible permanent ranger office to serve as an Information Station and Visitor Center for the three hundred thousand annual visitors seeking recreational opportunities in this section of the Chattahoochee National Forest. Additionally. a permanent ranger office would be designed to meet the additional space requirements of the district range staff. who are responsible for managing and protecting the more than 108.000 acres. The Forest Service already owns a tract of land which is ideal for this new ranger office. The tract Is located near Blairsville on the recently completed Appalachian Highway. Georgia 5. which is the major access route from the population center of metropolitan Atlanta into this portion of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The location of a new office adjacent to this major highway would make the Forest Service more visible and accessible to the public and meet the need for additional space. Six improved lots and two vacant lots will be traded for the construction of the new ranger office. These tracts were acquired in the 1950s and 1960s to serve as rental accommodations for Forest Service personnel who were frequently transferred. Today. these employees generally buy their own homes. and these rental properties are no longer needed. These properties will be exchanged on a valueforvalue basis for a new district ranger office. In essence. this measure would mke it possible to develop a much needed new ranger office facility While disposing of federally owned residential property. incurring no cost to the Federal Government. A prospectus prepared for the United States Forest Service shows the exchange to be economically feasible. Mr. Speaker. this bill is supported by the local Forest Service. who asked me to introduce the measure. by the chairman of the Union County Commission where the new ranger office will be located. and by the Office of Management and Budget which has responsibility for the disposition of surplus property. I again wish to express my thanks to chairman DE LA GARZA and chairman VOLkMER for their support and urge members to support it.
Date: 1990-09-17
Speaker: DR LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of H.R. 1576. as amended. and urge its adoptiqn by the House. H.R. 1576. introduced by our colleague Mr. STAGGERS. would modify the boundary of the Cranberry Wilderness located in the Monogahela National Forest in West Virginia. The bill was introduced on March 22. 1989. and jointly referred to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Interior and Insulars Affairs. Mr. Speaker. H.R. 1576 was amended by the Committee on Agriculture to permit the deletion of a tract. of 5 acres from the existing wilderness area and to offset this by the addition of another 5acre tract elsewhere in the wilderness. This adjustment will allow the State of West Virginia to construct a facility to treat the Cranberry River to reduce its acidity and thus promote a yearround trout population in the river. The bill also provides interim wild and scenic river protection for parts of the Cranberry. Gauley. and North Fork of the Cherry River. through their designation for study in accordance with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Mr. Speaker. I urge our House colleagues to support H.R. 1576. as amended. Mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 1990-09-19
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the Senate bill to extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs. to provide for agricultural export. resource conservation. farm credit. and agricultural research and related programs. to ensure to consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices. and for other purposes. with House amendments thereto. Insist on the House amendments. and agree to the conference aske d by the Senate.
Date: 1990-09-20
Speaker: AND OTHER FOOD (democrat)
Chamber: S

PACKAGING.-The list published under paragraph (1) shall Include cardboard. pallets. beverage containers. and other food packaging except to the extent the Secretary determines that the transportation of cardboard. pallets. beverage containers. or other food packaging in a motor or rail vehicle which is used to transport food. food additives. drugs. devices. or cosmetics would make the food. food additives. drugs. devices. or cosmetics unsafe to the health of humans or animals.
Date: 1990-09-20
Speaker: AND OTHER FOOD (democrat)
Chamber: S

PACKAGIN.-The list published under paragraph (1) shall not include cardboard. pallets. beverage containers. and other food packaging except to the extent the Secretary determines that the transportation of cardboard. pallets. beverage containers. or other food packaging in a motor vehicle or rail vehicle which is used to transport food. food additives. drugs. devices. or cosmetics would make the food. food additives. drugs. devices. or cosmetics unsafe to the health of humans or animals.
Date: 1990-09-25
Speaker: DON MITCHELL (democrat)
Chamber: S

U.S. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence. Washington. DC. DEAR DON: The enclosures are my response to the July 2 letter I received from Senators Boren and Cohen. inviting me to give a written statement on the new verification provisions of the TTBT and PNET. It was a pleasure to hear from you again. (I had not known that you have moved from working in Senator Glenns office. where we met a few years ago.) Although you sent out that letter several weeks ago. I did not in fact receive it until Monday August 6. because it went to Livermore (where I have been on sabbatical) and has only just been forwarded to my address at Columbia University. to which I have returned after an absence of 12 months. Hence my use of "attachments" to my statement. I know that the TTBT is perceived as a mass of detail. and that It is not much of a treaty for those who advocate stringent test bans. (Senator John Glenn said at the original ratification hearings in 1977 that TTBT stood for "timid test ban treaty." He failed to get a substantive answer to his basic question of "why 150 kilotons?") I am therefore concerned that in its present consideration of advice and consent. the Senate may miss the wood for the trees. and not recognize that in an overall sense the Reagan/ Bush handling of TTBT verification issues has set a disasterous precedent for what is needed in verifying genuinely restrictive nuclear test ban treaties in the future. I hope this opinion is clear in my statement. Yours sincerely.
Date: 1990-09-27
Speaker: DONNALD K. ANDERSON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Clerk. U.S. of Representatives. Office of the Clerk. HI105. The. Capito Washington. DC. DEAn MR. ANDERSON: This is to certify that on September 22. 1990 a Special Election was held in the State of Hawaii for the Second Congressional District of the U.S. House of Representatives. The unofficial results of the Special Election Election are as follows: Mink. Patsy Takemoto (D) .................. 51.841 Hanneman. Mufl Francis (D) .............. 50.164 Menor. Ron (D) ...................................... 23.629 Poepoe. Andy (R) .................................. 8.872 Monsef. Stanley (R) ................ 2.264 Black. A. Duane (D) ............ 1.242 Mallan. Lloyd Jeffrey (L) ..................... 791 Blank votes ............................................. 9.928 Over votes ............................................... 1.195 The contest period for a special election in the State of Hawaii is 20 days. A certificate of election will be issued to Patsy Takemoto Mink after the contest period expires on October 12. 1990. Aloha.
Date: 1990-10-01
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I expected that Chairman UDALL will submit the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees overwhelmingly favorable report on H.R. 4765. the Puerto Rico SelfDetermination Act. later today. The bill would authorize a referendum on Puerto Ricos future political status next year and provide for development and consideration of legislation on a status that won a majority in the referendum. That legislation would only become effective. if approved by both the Congress and the Puerto Rican people. in 1992. This bill has been the priority project of the Insular and International Affairs Subcommittee that I am privileged to chair this Congress. I sponsored it along with the subcommittee ranking Republican. Mr. LAG0MARSINO. Resident Commissioner FusTER. and other Members. It has also received the support of the Speaker and that of the minority leader. This important and sensitive legislation was developed through intensive and extensive bipartisan negotiations with the advocates of three status options In Puerto Rico and the White House. I hope that it will come to the floor shortly and that my colleagues will support it.
Date: 1990-10-01
Speaker: JIM OBERSTAR (democrat)
Chamber: H

the chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee and member of the Pan Am 103 Commission. and his ranking member BILL CLINGER. as well as the chairman of the full Public Works Committee. GLENN ANDERsoN. and his ranking member. JOHN PAUL HAzm scxDT. also a member of the Pan Am Commission. I would like to commend the chairperson of the Pan Am Commission. Ann McLaughlin and whose testimony before the Foreign Affairs and Public Works Committee contributed immeasurably to the development of this legislation. In addition. the following members of Foreign Affairs Committee have made important contributions to this process: BiLL BROOMIE.LD. STrvE SOLARZ. OLympiA SNOWF. L&uwy SmiTu. TED Wxxss. BEN Gx uw. and
Date: 1990-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to strengthen national nutrition monitoring by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare and implement a 10year plan to assess the dietary and nutritional status of the U.S. population. to support research on. and development of. nutrition monitoring. to foster national nutrition education. to establish dietary guidelines. and for other purposes. as amended.
Date: 1990-10-02
Speaker: DE TA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of H.R. 1608. the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1989. This legislation establishes a 10year coordinated program to make more effective use of Federal and State expenditures for nutrition monitoring and requires a comprehensive plan to assess the dietary and nutritional status of the people of the United States. The legislation also provides for improvements in the quality of national nutritional and health status data and related data bases. and establishes mechanisms for addressing the nutrition monitoring needs of Federal. State. and local governments and the private sector. A procedure whereby dietary guidance issued by the Federal Government will be consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is included. Most importantly. the legislation establishes a central Federal focus for the coordination. management. and direction of Federal nutrition monitoring activities. The Committee on Agriculture has been involved in nutrition monitoring legislation since 1984 when our Subcommittee on Department Operations. Research and Foreign Agriculture joined with the Committee on Science and Technologys Subcommittee on Science. Research and Technology in public hearings on this subject. I am very pleased that the problems that have been of concern in the past have been addressed in this legislation. It has the full support of the nutrition community. and the administration has advised us that it has no objection to the legislation. . To expedite consideration of this legislation prior to the end of the 101st Congress. both Chairman ROBERT ROE of the Committee on Science. Space. and Technology and Chairman JOHN DINGELL of the Committee on Energy and Commerce have agreed not to seek a sequential referral of this legislation. I appreciate very much this spirit of cooperation. and I recognize that this action does not in any way impinge on the jurisdiction of either the Committee on Science. Space. and Technology or the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In this regard. I wish to insert in the RECORD at this point an exchange of letters between Chairman Roz and Chairman DINGELL and myself on the matter of each committees jurisdiction. Mr. Speaker. the nutritional needs of our population must be addressed in an orderly and coordinated manner. This legislation provides that coordination. and I urge my colleagues to give their full support to H.R. 1608.
Date: 1990-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speak2r. I yield as much time as he may consume to our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from North Carolina
Date: 1990-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I thank my colleague from North Carolina for his statement. Before yielding back the balance of my time. let me thank our distinguished colleague from Missouri. Mr. EMERSON. who is a dedicated Member in all aspects of our legislative work. but he is one of our experts in nutrition. nutrition monitoring. feeding the hungry of the world and within our country. and my special thanks to him.
Date: 1990-10-02
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. and to include extraneous matter. on the bill just passed.
Date: 1990-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I voted for the resolution for my own reasons. but I do not point the finger or chastise anyone who voted "no" for their own reasons. The fact is that we are caught in an impasse that seems to be very difficult to resolve. It is not. It is very simple. I just want to relate to you one item. A family from California. a husband and wife. two children. came to Washington. This morning they called me. All the museums are closed. That is not what we should be doing. I urge the President to sign this resolution. because that is the way we can continue doing business. My area does not approve a reduction in Medicare. My area cannot sustain higher gas taxes. I will protect those interests to the best of my ability. Someone may question why I voted for the resolution. As I said. it was for other reasons. but now I think that instead of finger pointing. we should get together. We know what cannot pass this House. We know what the President will not accept. Now we have to come somewhere inbetween.
Date: 1990-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman areas. I am sure it has nothing to do will yield. forgive me for not continu- with the fact that I have only been here 6 months. and it has nothing to do perhaps with a lack ofunderstanding of some of these figures.:. I think it has to do with a desire to see us discuss more and more the fact that 1 out of 4 babies that are born in my district now are testing positive with AIDS. that I have more babies born addicted to crack than any other place in the Nation. and that 62 percent of all young people in my district do not graduate from high school. That goes on and on and on and on. There are 125.000 individuals waiting to move up from a ratinfested apartment into public housing Now. I grew up in public housing. Why anybody would want to move up to public housing really indicates the condition that we are talking about. I hope that within the next 24 hours a few Members would get up and try to bring this conversation that has to do with stocks and bonds and people who play the market and people who are affected by mathematical igures. and try to explain to me and other people in this country how all of these things can affect the AIDS patients in my district. the 62 percent who drop out. and the fact there is a large segment of this community in this country which does not enjoy the beauty and the strength and the goodness arid the richness of this. the greatest country on Earth.
Date: 1990-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. I really do not feel good having to say this. but Desert Shield seems to be coming into the picture for partisan reasons. for personal reasons. and I say it very sincerely. what apleared to me to be beyond the personal interests of the individuals. Mr. Speaker. -I trust the gentleman from California. I trust my leadership. Mr. Speaker. our oldest son s in Saudi Arabla. I should- be the onethere are only two of us hereI should be the one who is questioning If we are taking care of Desert Shield. I am not. I hope that my colleagues. for whitever reason. leave that out of this debate because one of two of us that has a personal interest is satisfied that it is being taken care of.
Date: 1990-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I take this time to inform my colleagues of a very helpful and salutary aspect of corporate America. A couple of days ago in the middle of the night the phone rang and I answered it. and a voice said. "This is your AT&T free call from Saudi Arabia." The next words that I heard were. "Hi. Dad." and it was our son who was over there. On behalf of all of the families. parents-. wives. and the children of those men and women over there. I would like to say a very sincere thank you to the AT&T family. from your highest executive down to your technicians. and your linemen. and everyone that is employed by AT&T for making this available to our men and women who are serving in Saudi Arabia. Thank you. thank you. thank you.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to enable the people of Puerto Rico to exercise selfdetermination. as amended.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (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. and to include extraneous material. on H.R. 4765. the bill now under consideration.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it is my great pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. Mr. PusT. the distinguished gentleman who has played such a key role in shaping this package.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it is my great pleasure to yield 2 minutes to my friend. the gentleman from New York [Mr. RANGELI. who has represented his constituents so aggressively and well in this matter.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it is a pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the other gentleman from New York who played a key role in molding this legislation. He is a new Member of this House. and believe me. he had his baptism of fire and he has conducted himself with distinction.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California . one of the senior members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. a gentleman whose support was critical in this matter. I am glad to count him as both a friend and one who supported this bill.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to my good friend who presided over one of the key hearings of the subcommitteeand has been a supporter of this legislation from day one. the gentleman from the North Carolina .
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia . a valued member of the subcommittee and of the full committee. who actively participated in this effort was a great help.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to another gentleman from Georgia . We have a lot of help from Georgia on our committee. and this gentleman from Georgia is a member of my subcommittee by special request. he has played a very crucial role in this legislation.
Date: 1990-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Mexico . who chaired a very important hearing regarding this bill in New York at the chairmans request.