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Date: 1992-09-25
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would like to inform my colleagues this morning that the mass media and some selected newspapers often incorrectly point the finger at agriculture for spending excesses which are not actually factual. I would like to inform my colleagues that the Committee on Agriculture. in fact. continues to meet its share of. our commitment to balancing the budget and reducing the deficit. This week we passed a bill addressing the Farm Credit System that will save $67 million this year. $67 million. Since I became chairman in 1981 until now. the Committee on Agriculture has crafted legislation that has saved over $50 billion. Over $50 billion have been saved for the American taxpayer by our Committee on Agriculture and the programsthat we have enacted. This is not sensational. It does not make the front pages. But people should know that the Agriculture Committee and Congress have saved them. the taxpayers. over $50 billion in the past 10 years.
Date: 1992-09-30
Speaker: NT ASSISTANCE FOR (democrat)
Chamber: S

CAMBODIA.-Not less than $20.000.000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" and for "development assistance" shall be made available. predominantly through international organizations and United States private and voluntary organizations. for humanitarian and development assistance exclusively for Cambodian civilians. notwithstanding any other provislon of law (other than sections 531(e) and 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. section 522 of this Act (regarding notification requirements). and the provisions of this section).
Date: 1992-10-01
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that it be in order to consider the conference report on H.R. 707. Commodity Futures Improvement Act of 1991. tomorrow. or on any day thereafter. that all points of order against the conference report and against Its consideration be waived. and that the conference report be considered as having been read when It is called up for consideration. provided. however. that consideration of the conference report shall not be in order unless it shall have been available for not less than 2 hours.
Date: 1992-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. pursuant to the rule. I call up the conference report on the bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to improve the regulation of futures and options traded under rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. to establish registration standards for all exchange floor traders.. to restrict practices which may lead to the abuse of outside customers of the marketplace. to reinforce development of exchange audit trails to better enable the detection and prevention of such practices. to establish higher standards for service on governing boards and disciplinary committees of selfregulatory organizations. to enhance the international regulation of futures trading. to regularize the process of authorizing appropriations for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. and for other purposes. and ask for Its immediate consideration.
Date: 1992-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pans the bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize additional functions within the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative. and for other purposes. as amended.
Date: 1992-10-02
Speaker: DB LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of the Senate bill to promote the recovery of Hawaii tropical forests. and for other purposes. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1992-10-02
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks. and Include therein extraneous material. on H.R. 4059. as amended. and S. 2679.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration Of the bill to enhance the financial safety and soundness of the banks and associations of the Farm Credit System. and for other purposes. and I ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. the gentleman has accurately described the situation. We have five bills that we have passed in the House. and in order to facilitate the passage in the Senate. because of technicalities. we are in fact forced to pass them again in the House.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6129. H.R. 6128. H.R 6127. and H.R. 6124. and that they may be considered en bloc.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent hat the Committee on Agriculture. be discharged from further consideration of the bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a program to aid beginning farmera and ranchers and to improve the operation of the Farmers Home Administration. and to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971. and for other purposes. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of the bill (HR. 6128) to amend the United States Warehouse Act to provide for the use of electronic cotton warehouse receipts. and for other purposes. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of the bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. 1930. to prescribe conditions under which a transferee shall be deemed to have received trust assets with notice of the breach of the trust. and for other purposes. and ask for its Immediate consideration.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of the bill to amend the Food. Agriculture. Conservation. and Trade Act of 1990. to Improve health care services and educational services through telecommunications. and for other purposes. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days In which to revise and extend their remarks on
Date: 1992-10-04
Speaker: NORMAN MINETA (democrat)
Chamber: H

who was also the original sponsor with me in 1977. Mr. MINrA has been one of the strongest supporters in my effort to achieve recognition for Asian/Pacific Americans. Joining with us in support of this measure are Mr. MATSUI of California.
Date: 1992-10-05
Speaker: ELIZABETH A. RIEKE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Director. Department of Water Resources. Phoenix. AZ. Gila River Indian Community/RWCD Water Rights Settlement DEAR BETSY: Please accept my thanks on behalf of RWCD for your time and the time of your staff in meeting with RWCD and the Gila River Indian Community on September 9th to discuss the settlement we have entered into. I am sure the Gila River Indian Community feels the same way. Enclosed per your staffs request are two copies of the draft settlement documents. The United States is currently reviewing the documents. which will certainly be changed to accommodate whatever concerns the United States may have as to their content. Accordingly. since they are not final. we would appreciate the documents not being disclosed to anyone outside the Department. We do. however. recognize the Departments need to review the documents before endorsing the settlement and are therefore pleased to provide copies of them to you. We will await your call after your staff has had a chance to review the documents. We will make ourselves available to you and your staff to answer any questions or to address any concerns the Department may have. In the meantime. please again accept our thanks for the positive reception. and. in anticipation. for whatever good offices the Department may be able to provide in securing the enactment of legislation approving the settlement. Very truly yours.
Date: 1992-10-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to the bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to Improve the provision of electric and telephone service in rural areas. to establish a grant program to Improve the provision of health care services and educational services in rural areas by enabling providers of such services to obtain access to modern interactive telecommunications systems. and for other purposes.
Date: 1992-10-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. H.R. 5237 simply allows the prepayment of loans by Rural Electrification Administration borrowers. Nearly identical legislation under the same bill number has passed the House of Representatives twiceon August 5. 1992. and on September 23. 1992. Over the past 2 weeks the Committee on Agriculture has worked with the Senate Committee on Agriculture. Nutrition. and Forestry to reach a fair and reasonable compromise on this legislation. H.R. 5237. as approved by the Senate earlier today. reflects that compromise and is acceptable to the Committee on Agriculture. H.R. 5237 will allow the local rural electric cooperatives the option of prepaying their REA loans. thus reducing the Federal Governments exposure to future repayment risk and freeing the cooperative from the rules and regulations of the REA. H.R. 5237.. like the version that previously passed the House. authorizes prepaymants based on the present value of the debt owed to the Government. discounted from the face value of the debt at a discount rate equal to the cost of funds to the Treasury. This version of H.R. 5237 contains two changes from the previously passed bill. Those two changes pertain to the length of time an electric cooperative is ineligible to receive further REA loans If that cooperative chooses to prepay its outstanding debt obligation to REA. Under the previous bill. a borrower prepaying a loan either before or after the date of enactment would have to sit out for 5 years. now that borrower has to sit out for 10 years. A borrower that prepaid a loan before the date of enactment would have to sit out for 10 years under the earlier. version. Under H.R. 5237 as passed by the Senate today. that borrower must sit out for 15 years. These two changes ensure that the bill carries no cost in the OMB budget estimates. Mr. Speaker. this legislation allows the REA program to better meet the needs of our Nations rural electric cooperatives. Currently. there is a 2year waiting list of requests for REA loans. H.R. 5237 allows financially healthy REA borrowers to prepay their loans and allows other cooperatives greater access to the REA Program. Congress has authorized similar REA prepayment programs In the past. primarily through reconciliation legislation. Mr. Speaker. again. I would like to commend Congressman ENGLISH. the chairman of our Subcommittee on Conservation. Credit. and Rural Development. for proposing this legislation and guiding it through the approval process. Mr. Speaker. I urge passage of H.R. Mr. Speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 1992-10-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. H.R. 5954 represents a streamlined version of the provisions contained in H.R. 5237. to promote health care and educational services in rural areas through telecommunications. The House has passed this provision on three previous occasions--by a record vote of 359 to 60 on August 5. 1992. on September 23 as an amendment to S. 1709 on a voice vote. and again on October 4 as H.R. 6124. Mr. Speaker. rather than establish a new program as envisioned under H.R. 5237. the agreement worked out with the Senate will simply broaden a Rural Electrification Administration program authorized in title 23 of the 1990 Farm Act. The change in H.R. 5954 will allow the Rural Electrification AdminIstration to make grants to help eligible education and medical consortia acquire distance learning and medical link programs. A grant under this bill may not exceed $1.5 million. which is the same as was in H.R. 5237. Mr. Speaker. this legislation encourages the use of telecommunications technology to better meet the education and health needs of our rural residents. Our Nation has an obligation to ensure that its rural citizensparticularly those living in more remote areas--have access to quality education and health care services and experts. This legislation will help make that possible. I want to commend Congressman ENGLISH for his yeomans work on this issue. and I urge passage of the legislation.
Date: 1992-10-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the Senate bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to permit the acrerforacre transfer of acreage allotments for certain commodities. and for other purposes. and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
Date: 1992-10-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. S. 3327 makes technical changes to section 318 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to permit the acreforacre transfer of acreage allotments for certain commodities. Section 318 of the 1938 act provides the terms and conditions for the sale or lease of allotments. The provision has been implemented in a way that the transfers from certain producers have been adjusted downward during the transfer so that the transferee actually receives a smaller allotment than was sold by the producer. S. 3327 ensures that all such acreage allotment transfers would be done on an acreforacre basis. This change will help eliminate the confusion for producers who wish to sell or lease their allotments and will facilitate the smooth transfer of these allotments. This technical amendment simply provides that producers of different commodities will be subject to consistent rules with respect to the sale or lease of their allotments. Mr. Speaker. I urge passage of H.R. 3227.
Date: 1992-10-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I announce that the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Bible). the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Cannon). the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Church). the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Ervin). the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Ribicoff). the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Talmadge). and the Senator from Wyoming are necessarily absent. I further announce that Senator from Alabama (Mr. Allen). and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Haskell) are absent on official business. I also announce that the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Stennis) is absent because of illness. I further announce that the Senator from Maine (Mr. Muskie) is absent because of a death in the family. I further announce that if present and voting. the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Haskell). the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Church). the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Riblcoff). and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Bible) would each vote "nay."
Date: 1995-01-04
Speaker: DALE BUMPERS (democrat)
Chamber: S

and DAVID H. PRYOR. California.-DIANNE FEINSTEIN and BARBARA BOXER. Colorado.-HANK BROWN and BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL. Connecticut.-CHRISTOPHER J. DODD and JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN. Delaware.JOSEPH R. BIDEN. Jr. and WILLIAM V. ROTH. Jr. Florida.-BOB GRAHAM and CONNIE MACK. Georgia.-SAM NUNN and PAUL COVERDELL. Hawaii.-DANIEL K. INOUYE and DANIEL- K. AKAKA. Idaho.LARRY E. CRAIG and DIRK KEMPTHORNE. Illinois.-PAUL SIMON and CAROL MOSELEYBRAUN. Indiana.-RICHARD G. LUGAR and DAN COATS. Iowa.-CHARLES E. GRASSLEY and TOM HARKIN. Kan-
Date: 1995-01-04
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. we will soon be voting to change the way the House operates in several ways. but it is not enough. Later. we will also be considering a bill to bring the Congress into compliance with many private sector laws that apply to the rest of the country. Last Congress. Mr. Speaker. many of my Republican colleagues pointed to the closed rules as an example of the tyranny of the majority. It is. therefore. disappointing that the Congressional Accountability Act. the first bill to be considered by this Congress. will be offered under a closed rule. Open rules allow the minority the oppor.tunity to amend legislation and to allow all points of view to be heard. I was led to believe that the House will be operating under a more open system. Today. Mr. Speaker. it is not open. Despite my disagreement with the rule on the bill. I intend to support the Congressional Accountability Act. This bill is no stranger to those of us who are Democrats because we offered it last year. and it passed last year before this 100day blitzkrieg that we are going through. I believe extending employee protections is an important and meaningful step for Congress. and I hqpe my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will extend that to all workers in the future.
Date: 1995-01-04
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker and Members. we are talking .about term limits today. and the majority party. like the gentleman from West Virginia. who yielded to me. I have no problem with the majority party limiting the terms of their chairmen. but I think this goes to the heart of the issue: that we have an arbitrary term limit on any office. Are we going to limit a chairman or chairwoman simply to three terms simply because they are doing their job correctly? This is an issue that this House will deal with whether we are talking about Members. chairmen of committees. Members of Congress. or anything else. But I would hope. as a Democrat. as the minority. we might be able.to go even further and. in some cases. even limit the terms of the majority party chairmen to one term at this time.
Date: 1995-01-04
Speaker: LAMBERT LINCOLN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Madam Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. As has been said earlier in this debate. the best place to dry laundry is still in the sunshine. and the sunshine is still the best place for Congress to air our discussions about legislation. As we look to the committee structure to help us in deciding. forming. developing. and perfecting legislation. it is very critical for us to keep those meetings open. and open to the public. the very people who pay our salaries and who are directly affected by the laws that we passed. They should certainly be welcome to see Congress in its action. Congress in committee is certainly Congress In action. and that is where I feel like it is most important as we look to the committee structure as well as the conference reports. the conference committees. to make sure that they do remain open to the. public. Debate over these decisions should be held in the public eye. That is why I strongly support this proposal. This will not threaten our national security interests. because we found that classified information will still be protected. and that is why I support this legislation in opening up to the very people of the public that which we are here to do on their behalf.
Date: 1995-01-11
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. Americans want a more open and honest government. Last week -I voted with the majority to open our Congress to ensure public hearings. But also last week the Committee on the Budget rejected on a party line vote a requirement requiring Congress to tell how the balanced budget amendment would be implemented. We should require this House to specify those cuts to reach that balanced budget. The Congressional Budget Office has said it would cost $1.2 trillion in cuts by the year 2002 to reach that balanced budget. In the name of honesty. openness. and constructive planning. we must. set that course to achieve the goal. The people need to know how and what and when these cuts will be made. We talk about a Contract With America. Let us not forget our contract with our Senior citizens in 1935 for Social Security. our seniors for health care in 1965. and our veterans that provide them benefits for their sacrifices for their country. The people of these United States will remember that our contract is renewed next year unless we tell them how we are going to fulfill the contract we agreed to.
Date: 1995-01-11
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thaik my distinguished colleague. Mr. Speaker. today we gather to pay tribute to one of our former colleagues and a former Secretary of Agriculture. the Honorable Ed Madigan. It Is with great sadness at his death that I want to take this opportunity to say about H 192 Co our recently departed colleague what an outstanding individual he was. I use that word earnestly. since Ed Madi.ans life was nothing less than that. Ed Madigan came to these hallowed halls. as I did. from the statehouse. He made his decision to run for congressional office in order to be more involved with the political process on a national level. wanting to make a real difference to the people of Illinois who had elected him to Congress. and he did. With great enthusiasm. knowledge. and legislative prowess. that is exactly what he did in his years here as part of this illustrious body I had the honor and privilege to have him as my ranking minority member of the Agriculture Committee when I was chairman. He was a selfconfident man. a natural leader. and it was only fitting for him to cap his career in 1991 by being appointed as the Secretary of Agriculture. I say this because his qualifications for this job were superb. Once in this position. he exercised them skillfully. overseeing the Nations agricultural needs and drawing upon his knowledge and expertise as a former member of the House Agriculture Committee to do so. We worked together for things agriculture. as colleagues and as friends. we traveled together for American agriculture to different parts of the world. we worked with the leaders of the major countries of the world and also with the lessdeveloped countries. and many of these areas that he worked on are now coming to fruition. He worked on or started so many things that now we are finalizing. To me it will always be an honor to have had the privilege of working with Ed Madigan. To have been his friend meant even more. His loss is a personal one. and I will miss him greatly. I extend my condolences to his wife. Evelyn. and to his family.
Date: 1995-01-19
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

and Messrs. CLYBURN. POMEROY. THOMPSON. and TORRES changed their vote from "nay" to "yea." So the resolution was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. I
Date: 1995-01-19
Speaker: PETE GEREN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding this time to me. Mr. Chairman. over the next 10 days this House will consider and. I believe will pass. two of the most significant legislative initiatives to come before Congress in decades. two initiatives that will radically alter for the better the way Washington conducts it business: the balanced budget amendment. and the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act. H.R. 5. Before us now is LR. 5. the mandate bill. historic legislation that will put a halt to unfunded mandates that Washington dictates to State and local governments all across America.