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Date: 2004-06-22
Speaker: GARY G. MILLER (republican)
Chamber: H
State: California

eral debate the bill shall be considered for Mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance amendment under the fiveminute rule. The of my time. amendment printed in the report of the Coin-
Date: 2004-06-22
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to praise the President and my colleagues in Congress for passing tax relief that has more Americans working today and taking home even more of their hardearned money. The American economy was delivered three very substantial blows with the downturn in the global economy. the corporate scandals. and the attack of 911. We are now on the highspeed highway to recovery. America has a broad. deep economy that is rapidly growing. In fact. the tax relief we passed has added jobs for the past 9 months. creating 1.4 million jobs. My State of Florida has seen almost 300.000 new jobs since December of 2001. And let me tell the Members. Mr. Speaker. I can see the results when I am in my. district. There are help -wanted signs out once again. What a wonderful sight to see. The Presidents Jobs and Growth tax relief package enacted a year ago helped drive the strong improvement in our economy. It raised the level of economic activity and productivity which will result in higher incomes and living standards for all American workers. I praise the President and this House for engineering that growth.
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. for years. the Democrats have offered a simple approach to the American economy: Increased taxes on the hard working American people. For starters. we voted down three proposals by the Democrats during the debate on the budget. Each would have raised taxes by over its $00 billion minimum to the American people. Last year Republicans rejected. Democrats alternatives to major legislation that would have added almost $1 trillion to the deficit. Mr. Speaker. Now I understand that they may be proposing a resolution to the floor calling for billions and billions of dollars of. again. increased taxes to the hardworking American people. I hope. and this week we should have a chance. to reign in spending by voting in favor of the Spending Control Act and some amendments to.that Act. As a member of the Committee on the Budget. Mr. Speaker. I have heard endless rhetoric by our friends the Democrats about the deficit. but atthe end of the day. all they propose is more spending and more taxes. If they are serious. Mr. Speaker. about reducing the deficit. then they will join us voting yes on the Spending Control Act.
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. I offer an amendment. The Chaiiman. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas: At the end of title III (page 11. after line 8). insert the following new section:
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. My amendment is pretty simple. It expresses the sense of Congress that the apprehension. detention. and legal interrogation of terrorists is imperative to winning the war on terrorism * and stopping the barbarians. The terrorist thugs that we are fighting today- are wellorganized. wellfinanced forces who have publicly declared war on the United States of America and the Free World. They have a global network of hideouts and cells. set up solely to wage war on the United States and kill innocent American citizens. 0i 1830 They have carried out attack after attack on Arhericans. They attacked the USS Cole.- They attacked our barracks. They attacked our embassies. and we will always remember the highly coordinated attacks of September 11 on our own land. This Congress has authorized the President to use all necessary and appropriate means to defeat terrorism. On numerous occasions since September 11 and throughout the global war on terror. the interrogation of detainees has yielded valuable intelligence. This intelligence has saved the lives of American military personnel and American citizens at home and abroad. The interrogation of detainees has also provided highly valuable insights into the structure of terrorist organizations and their target selection process and the identities of key operational and logistical personnel who were previously unknown. The reported abuses against detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has led some to question our interrogation policy. Make no mistake. What happened at Abu Ghraib was not part of U.S. policy. not keeping with the finest traditions of the United States military. The careers of those people are over. They are being punished. -However. the deplorable actions of some should not jeopardize the use of interrogation by our armed services. and we should not let it tarnish the sterling representation of our military. The loss of interrogationderived information would have a disastrous effect on our Nations intelligence. collection and counterterrorism efforts. It would constitute a damaging reversal in the global war on terror at this critical time. Support this amendment for the safety of our troops for Americans all over the globe. and for the war on terror. It is imperative that lawful interrogation of detainees continue. and this. Congress ought to support it. Mr. Chairman. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentlewoman from California for her comments. and I agree that it is barbarous what is going on over there. Mr. Chairman. I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss). the chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. let me just say that I advocate lawful- and legal interrogation. and it must continue because it does save lives on our side. And I would also like to point out that the Bush administration has recently declassified and released hundreds of pages of internal documents that show that torture against detainees has never been authorized and will never be authorized by our Nation.
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr.. Chairman. I demand a recorded vote. and pending that. I make- the point of order that a quorum is not present.
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. (2) The terrorist violence targeted against Speaker. I have a parliamentary in- the United States became more emboldened quiry. after each attack. culminating in the deadly
Date: 2004-06-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. innocent women and children. Speaker. even though our soldiers have (3) Since September 11. 2001. the citizens of the United States have remained the priority been indicted and the President has re- target of terrorist violence. With journalists leased all his records. I would like to and employees of nongovernmental organiknow if we can compare the votes of zations being held hostage. tortured. and dethose who voted for against those who capitated in the name of terror. voted against. (4) Congress has authorized. the President POINT OF ORDER to use all necessary and appropriate means
Date: 2004-06-24
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I was moved by this last speech. I really was. It was beautiful rhetoric and impressive rhetoric. But what I have learned here since I have been in D.C. is there are some Members of the Democratic Party who just will not let the facts confuse the issue. .Let us look at some of those facts. You see. there is a huge difference. I agree with the gentleman from New York who has just spoken. there is a huge difference between the two parties. and these are the facts. The big difference is that our friends in the minority party will find every -opportunity to raise the taxes of every living American. No. no.. let me correct myself. Not only every living American. but they will even try to raise taxes of Americans who have died. at every single op]portunity. including a nonbinding resolution that will do absolutely nothing. bythe way. if it were to pass. But they just cannot help it. They have to try to raise taxes on every single hardworking American family and every single hardworking American business and every single small business. which are the ones that create the jobs in this country. This resolution would raise taxes by almost $19 billion. with a B. billion dollars in just 2005. It would increase spending by $14.2 billion next year. And according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. this resolution. again which is nonbinding. would be equivalent to a tax increase of $4.62 on those families and those small businesses in this country. And. again. that would cause possibly the loss of 130.000 jobs. They keep saying. well. some of these people can afford that tax increase. But how about those 130.000 people who would lose their jobs if this were to. happen? Can they afford more taxation? Can they afford this kind of resolution? The answer. is no. But. you see. they are consistent. Democrats are consistent. They are consistent because they offered three amendments to the Republican budget that would have raised taxes by over $100 billion. They offered alternatives to major legislation just last year that would have added close to $1 trillion to the deficit. And yet their rhetoric is beautiful. Actually. it is very nice. Mine cannot compare with that. This is right off the page of Senator JOHN KERRY: raise taxes. increase spending. decrease the family budget in order to grow the Federal budget. in order to hire more bureaucracy. more bureaucrats up here. American families and American small businesses do not need more tax employees. American families do not need more bureauciats taking more money out of their hardearned pockets to send to D.C. Itis their money. not the governments money. What they need is for us to continue growing this economy. And the way to do it. and it has been proven. is cutting taxes. cutting taxes like we have done. That is why the economy is doing well. We do not need tax increases on every American. What we need is to. again. continue to have sound fiscal policy.
Date: 2004-06-24
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr.. Chairman. spending discipline is needed and it is needed now. The time for talk is over. We have to focus on a basic budget problem. and that is spending. America cannot spend its way out of our deficit. Real action is needed. and the Nussle resolution demonstrates Congresss commitment to protecting Americas taxpayers. Mr. Chairman. earlier this year. we had a budget here in the committee and on the floor. and that budget helped to combat the deficit. cut back on the deficit. It is amazing that those same people on the other side of the aisle who say that they care so much about the deficit. so many of them did not vote in favor of it. This resolution guarantees that we will win the budget battle. It reinstates spending controls with the force of law and ensures that Congress -will stay the course in promoting a fiscally responsible budget. EJ 1645 There are some fears that by adopting this resolution Congress will turn its back on those most in need. What a great opportunity for opportunists to engage in frightening discourse trying to frighten our most vulnerable people. Obviously. this is very untrue. First of all. we have always made funding for various groups. whether it be veterans or seniors. a top priority. Number two. we fought for these on very often a bipartisan level in the past and will continue to fight for them. Number three. will we have to make some tough decisions if spending caps are imposed? Absolutely. We will have more domestic spending. and maybe we will spend a little bit less on some of the countries that we give foreign aid to who turn their backs on us when we need them. Our country needs a practical remedy to the deficit crisis. And this bill is the right solution at the right time.
Date: 2004-06-25
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

I make a point of order against section 502. This provision violates clause 2(b) of House Rule XXI. It proposes to change existing law and. therefore. constitutes legislation under an appropriations bill in violation of House rules.
Date: 2004-06-25
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Madam Chairman. I say to my friend from Ohio and my friend from Indiana. they work on our committee. We could probably structure something that would accomplish the goals that they would like to achieve. But we feel this is legislating on an appropriation bill in violation of House rules. Therefore. I would insist on my point of order.
Date: 2004-07-06
Speaker: ERAL USE (republican)
Chamber: S

reat- (a) INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUGS.-Section ices 1107(f) of title 10. United States Code. is may amended(1) in paragraph (1). by striking "obtaining MILY consent-" and all that follows through "(C) is" and inserting "obtaining consent is" and )NAL (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting ) of the following new paragraph: * for "(2) The waiver authority provided in para108 graph (1) shall not be construed to apply to d by any case other than a case in which prior pists consent for administration of a particular cog- drug is required by reason of a determination Lfter by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that such drug is subject to the invesIRE- tigational new drug requirements of section ..- 505(i) of the Federal Food. Drug. and Cosates metic Act.". and (b) EMERGENCY USE DRUGS.-Section cer- 1107a(a) of such title is amendedDe- (1) by inserting "(A)" after "PRESIDENT.(1)". ENE- (2) by striking "is not feasible." and all that follows through "members affected. or". iays and Act. (3) by adding at the end the. following new i an subparagraph:
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I rise today because I understand that the minority leader is calling the Medicare prescription drug card "a bad deal for seniors." With passage of the Medicare bill last year. hundreds of thousands of seniors can now take advantage of the voluntary prescription -drug discount cards and finally have relief with their prescription drug costs. Is. giving them choice and control over their prescription drug costs a bad deal for seniors? I think not. A CMS study showed that seniors using the prescription drug discount cards are saving between 46 and 92 percent on commonly used prescription drugs through the use of generic drugs. E 1030 Is cutting in half their prescription costs a bad idea for seniors? I think not. Furthermore. in my district. 21.000 of the poorest seniors will receive an additional $600 cash subsidy to help them with prescription costs. Is helping our Nations deprived seniors with the thing that they need most a bad deal for seniors? I think not.
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. first let me thank the gentleman from Texas. and I also want to thank the gentleman from Kansas
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the -last word. I Mr. Chairman. there were several parts of this legislation on which the Committee on Government Reform could raise points of order. I have had discussions with the chairman on these issues. and I just want to go through them and through the agreements that I think the chairman and I have on these items. In section 108. the Personnel Management Demonstration Project through the Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms. It permits bonus and incentive pay for more than 200 ATF forensic experts. We think this has merit. We wish that they had gone through the committee of jurisdiction on this instead of just writing this into the law. but we will not raise a point. of order on that section. The section pertaining to the National Technology and Information Ad.ministration. Spectrum Management. this provision allows the NTIA to collect fees from Federal agencies for providing spectrum allocation services for those agencies. These fees provide approximately 80 percent of NTIAs budget. As was true last year. the Parliamentarians ruled those are within our committees jurisdiction. We ask that in the future. as the appropriators look at these areas. they consult. with us. but we will not raise a point of order on this issue. Section 201 permits the Department of Commerce to make advance payments on contracts without regard to the general prohibition on such advance paymehts and the narrow exceptions to provisions set out under title 31. Again. this is within the purview of the Committee on Government Reform. I understand this has been in the legislation in previous years. We ask in the future they work with us in crafting language so it is consistent with what we are seeing in other Federal agencies. Section 603 requires contracts for consulting services to be a matter of public record. We believe they already are and is redundant. We will not raise a point of order on that section. Finally. section 605 under the bill before us requires a 15day notification to the Committee on Appropriations before any of the CJS agencies can engage in certain acts that would require their reprogramming of appropriated funds.. including contracting out or privatizing. We believe this is within the purview of the Committee on Government Reform and would ask the chairman that as this goes to conference. if this provision remains in and we do not raise our point of order. if we include notification to the Committee on Government Reform as well. We think it is important we work .in tandem and in partnership with the appropriators. both the authorizers and appropriators together. The chairman. I think. wants to do this. We have had some miscommunication at the staff level. I just want to clarify that as this moves forward they can include us in this language should we. as I intend. not raise a point of order on that.
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

I thank the chairman. Finally. Mr. Chairman. we did work closely with the gentleman. as he noted. on a number of other improvements to civil service which I think will make the FBI and some other agencies more effective in recruiting and retaining the best and brightest. Just for the chairmans notice. we do intend to raise a point of order on section 607 regarding the Buy America Act. as we have on every other appropriations bill. I thank the chairman for his courtesies and compliment him on what I think is otherwise an excellent bill.
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. As a matter of fact.. when Castro denied the authority. because he knows very well who he does not want to allow from this body to enter Cuba. he called the gentleman from Virginia
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

Well. then why would the gentleman say that immediate family members would not be able to receive food and medicine?
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I just heard that the dissidents in Cuba do not support the sanctions. That is just not correct. As a matter of fact. yesterday. Mr. Antunes. a black Cuban leader who has been in prison since he was 16 years. old. imprisoned by that white Spanish son. and grandchildren of Spanish people. Spanish white people who have imprisoned mostly blacks. and again the blacks in prison like Dr. Biscet. like Mr. Antunes. all support these sanctions. Let me just tell Members who do not support the sanctions: Castro himself does not support sanctions. he supports this amendment as a matter of fact. But the primary reason we have heard today for this amendment. and we have heard it time and time again. is that the Cuban Americans are going to suffer. Those of- us who represent the Cuban Americans do not know.. The Cuban Americans. you see. according to this amendment. do not know what is right for them. No. those people. we have heard that before. those people do not know what is right for them. So. therefore. this amendment sponsored by people from Arizona and Massachusetts. very. faraway places. this amendment knows what is best for that group of Hispanics and their families. There are two words for what this amendment is. Mr. Chairman. two words for an amendment that says those people. those Hispanics do not know what is right for them. so this amendment has to tell them what is right. two words. "patronizing" and "racist". you see. because the Cuban American people do know. Mr. Chairman. what is right for themselves and their families. The Cuban American people do know what is the right thing to do. which is why they do not support this amendment. They overwhelmingly support the Presidents smart. wellthoughtout. responsible measures. Let us oppose this amendment that again tries to tell that group of Hispanics what is right for them. what is right for Cuban Americans. We who represent the Cuban Americans can tell you. they know what is right for themand their families. and they will tell Members to vote "no" on this amendment.
Date: 2004-07-07
Speaker: JO ANN DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

and Messrs. FORBES. LEWIS of Georgia. MICA and NEY changed their vote from "aye" to "no." So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.