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Date: 1991-02-27
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture may have until 6 p.m.. Friday. March 1. 1991. to file a report on H.R. 707. the Commodity Futures Improvements Act of 1991.
Date: 1991-03-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. 1. too. want to join all of those who have commended everyone involved with Desert Shield and Desert Storm. from the President on down. the Chief of Staff. General Powell. General Schwarzkopf. and all the brave men and women who have served. My concern now. and I have sent a memo to the Pentagon and I hope that all of my colleagues will agree with me. is that we want to bring them home. We want to have the celebrations. but they are not yet out of harms way. I would suggest very respectfully that those who set the mines on land and on the sea be the ones to remove them. that American troops not be utilized to clean up Kuwait or southern Iraq where the mines are in the desert. Part of the effort we are making now is to see that there is peace of an enduring nature. and we very strongly recommend that those who put the minefields in the desert be the ones to pick them up. They know where they are. They have the maps and they should do them. I hope the Members will Join me in contacting the Pentagon that this be done.
Date: 1991-03-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to improve the regulations of futures trading. authorize appropriations for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. and for other purposes. as amended.
Date: 1991-03-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma . chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation. Credit. and Rural Development.
Date: 1991-03-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself 3 minutes. Mr. Speaker. I do so to follow up on what the gentleman from Wisconsin has just said and also our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Ohio. He has another agenda for his particular reasons. So I would simply reply to him that we find ourselves here debating with our distinguished colleague and very distinguished member of our committee. the gentleman from Louisiana . because the subcom* mittee did not agree to the amendment he offered. and the full committee did not agree to the amendment he offered. That is the reason we are here. Also. let me say that this is a very complex area in which people from every walk of life involve themselves either to keep from losing money or to make money. So you cannot be pointing the finger at anyone. I might say. without getting involved in the other areas. there are those who wish to combine the Jurisdictions. But it should be pointed out under that with the trading of stocks. et cetera. there has also been wrongdoing. and some gentlemen have gone to jail on that. On the floor of the futures exchanges. there has been some evidence of wrongdoing. and people have paid for that. Never was the margin level at issue with any wrongdoing. It was the human element of abuse in both New York and Chicago. There is no selfinterest here. as our colleague. the gentleman from Ohio. mentioned. All of us are trying to do the right thing as we see it. and we had everyone from every aspect of this industry testify. This is good legislation as per the words of our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Louisiana. except that he has a basic disagreement on this one issue. The rest of the bill is good. according to him. so I would hope. and I repeat the words of a prior speaker. that you should not penalize this. The gentleman from Louisiana was accommodated to some extent the last time that we had this legislation on the floor in 1989. Perhaps there is yet still the possibility of some accommodation. but this is the route that this bill has taken for obvious reasons. 420 to nothing.
Date: 1991-03-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker. again. let me state what the distinguished gentleman from Louisiana is arguing about is the amendment that was adopted at his insistence when the bill passed 420 to 0 in 1989. He may have understood that there would be further action on this. but the reason there was no further action this year was that the subcommittee did not want to adopt his amendment. and the managers of the bill. either myself or the gentleman from Oklahoma. had nothing to do with that. The committee of jurisdiction did not adopt this amendment. It was not the choice of the managers. Mr. Speaker. I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Oklahoma . the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee.
Date: 1991-03-13
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise to voice my strong support for this legislation. H.R. 1175. This bill increases significantly many important benefits for veterans of the Persian Gulf war as well as all veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who. through both war and peace. have given so much to insure the protection of our country. I wish to commend the gentleman from Mississippi. for the farreaching bill he introduced which has become an integral part of the final legislation the Members are considering today. Some 500 Virgin Islands men and women were a part o victorious Operation Desert Storm. In fact. a Virgin Islander and one of my constituents. Lance Cp. Kareem A. Henneman of the 1st Marine Division. appears on the front cover of this weeks editions of Time magazine as allied forces liberated Kuwait City Virgin Islanders are justly proud of the contributions they have made and continue to make to our Nations military. They have proven time and again that when called upon to serve. they respond. Now. Mr. Chairman. it Is our turn to respond. We must insure that our veterans are treated justly. We must provide them the benefits they deserve. just as they have helped provide us the freedoms we enjoy. Mr. Chairman. I urge my colleagues to vote In support of this legislation. for the men and women in the Virgin Islands and for our veterans all across this great Nation.
Date: 1991-03-13
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture may have until 5 p.m. Friday. March 15. 1991. to file the report on H.R. 805. to restore the effectiveness of the Export Enhancement Program.
Date: 1991-03-20
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to support the funding resolution presented for our consideration by the Committee on House Administration and the Subcommittee on Accounts. Chairman GAYDOS and the members of the subcommittee are to be commended for their efforts to ensure that our committees have the resources to support the work we are undertaking in this session of the 102d Congress. I also wish to thank Chairman RosE and all of the members of the full Committee on House Administration for their recognition of our funding needs. The Committee on Agriculture will continue its tradition of careful management of the funds allocated by the Congress to support the extensive legislative and oversight responsibilities within our jurisdiction. This year. our agenda includes oversight of the 25title 1990 farm bill. agricultural trade issues. food safety. alternative fuels from agricultural sources. nutrition. environmental issues. future regulation reform. forest management. farm credit. dairy program reform. crop insurance and disaster funding. income disparity between rural and urban areas. and numerous other important issues. Through the years. the Committee on Agriculture has met its significant workload with modest but very able and equitably divided. We are fortunate to have a membership both majority and minority which is committed to a conservative use of the committees resources without sacrificing the quality of our work. We have always endeavored to return funds to the Treasury and these unspent funds result in notable savings during the span of years. We have always endeavored to give. with the continued support of the membership of our committee on both sides of the aisle. and I can assure you that we will give the Congress and the people we represent full value for the money allocated to enable us to meet our legislative and oversight responsibilities. I urge all of the members of the Committee on Agriculture and all of the rest of the Members of the House to support this funding resolution which is important to the legislative and oversight work of the Congress.
Date: 1991-03-20
Speaker: PETE GEREN (democrat)
Chamber: H

who knows oil. being a Fort Worth Texan. In fact. you three people stayed overnight. went to the town hall meetings. which I hope you will mention in a second here. and then did a microinvestigation of Looters Ridge. the Highway to Hell. and please tell us about the hotels that we slowly drove past. Meridien with tank shells in the front. the Sheraton. a burnedout hulk. the big Love Boat hotel ship that some entrepreneur businessman had created. I say to the gentleman. "Tell us about what you did the second day after staying overnight to see it in closeup detail what we had seen on that terrible tour of the oilfield hell. the torture chambers that thatI will call it a mansion instead of a palace or a large homeand then the ridge where the looters were caught with the booty that they had stripped from this ripped country and got caught by the Navy A6s at night and the Air force A10 Thunderbolts. and Marine F18 Hornets. and Marine Harriers. and the Army Apaches that the next day talk about justice. and then. if I can. I would like to read a couple of stunning paragraphs by Ken Adelman. But please tell me because I did not get a chance to pick your brain on the flight home. Tell me what you did overnight and the next day."
Date: 1991-03-21
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar Order No. The PmxsIDLo OrincE The bill will be stated by title.
Date: 1991-03-22
Speaker: LAURA SIMONE (democrat)
Chamber: S

Office of U.S. Senator DAmato. Hart Senate Office Building. Washington. DC. DEAR Ms. SIMONE: Attached are the listing of accounts which you requested. Since I will be out of the office for a while. please call me this afternoon. Thank you for your Interest in this issue. Sincerely
Date: 1991-04-17
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise in strong support of the amendment of the gentleman from Michigan . I would like to associate myself strongly with the remarks of the gentleman from Indiana and the gentlewoman from Hawaii . Mr. Chairman. I am proud to make a statement today in support of the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan to increase significantly the priority this Government places in education in this country by authorizing an additional $400 million and increasing outlays by an additional $200 million in the next fiscal year. I salute the initiative Chairman FORD has taken on behalf of the tens of millions of people in this country who will benefit from the amendment he has offered. The Chairmans untiring commitment to this Important legislation and his strong leadership in bringing it to the floor are remarkable. particularly in these times of budget constraints where we must operate under a virtual fiscal straightjacket. Chairman FORD recognizesand is asking us to recognizethat every community. every city. every county. every State and territory has a stake in this important amendment. It is a solid commitment that will affect every family in America. No domestic programs are more important than those that enhance and improve education. The future of the American people and the future of this great Nation. indeed the future of the global community. is dependent upon the education we endow to our young. For us to provide the quality of life we expect in America. for us to remain competitive with other nations. for us to share the American dream in this generation and for generations to come. we must insure that our Nations citizens have a solid foundation in learning. Chairman FORDs amendment redoubles our support for a broad spectrum of programs. including health and nutrition. Head Start. training in science and math. student financial assistance. and vocational and adult education. History has shown that these programs really work and make a significant difference in the achievements of our Nations students. from prekindergarten through postsecondary education. These programs which Chairman FORD has identified are all crucial to successful learning in America today.- They comprise a comerstone of our democracy. for the knowledge comes freedom. in freedom comes strength. and In strength comes a more firm commitment to democracy. I urge the Members to support this important amendment offered by Chairman FORD. It is an investment in the future of the American people and America itself.
Date: 1991-04-24
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am very pleased and proud to rise in support of legislation introduction by my good friend. the gentleman from Georgia. to authorize the National Park Service to acquire the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. First of all. I want to commend Mr. LEWIS forr sponsoring this legislation. It is so important that this Nation better recognize the achievements of AfricanAmericans and their invaluable contributions to this country. Mr. LEWIS understands that great Americans like Mary McLeod Bethune deserve to be honored and remembered in ways that will also instruct and inspire us. The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site does just that. Far too few historic sites administered by the National Park Sevice commemorate the accomplishments of black Americans. Mr. LEWIS deserves great credit for helping to rectify this situation. Mary McLeod Bethune was a remarkable person. She founded what is now known as BethuneCookman College. She served as adviser to three Presidents. She wasdirector of .the Negro division of the National Youth Administration. She founded the National Council of Negro Women. She was a leader In the elimination of segregation in government and the Armed Forces. Her influence even extended to my home. the U.S. Virgin Islands. 20 years after her death. Operation Sisters United. a project sponsored and implemented by the National Council of Negro Women. worked with the people of St. Thomas for 7 years. from 1975 to 1981. It provided an alternative to detention for girls aged 11 to 18 referred by Virgin Islands courts. More than 200 girls benefited from the oneonone support this program provided. Girls were given academic assistance and learned about nutrition and homemaking. They were given workshops to further understand and appreciate their culture to enhance their sense of selfesteem and selfworth. Operation Sisters United developed family counseling. foster care placements. crisis intervention. and child care training. More than 150 volunteers from the community assisted Sisters United in St. Thomas. During those years it was the only service of its kind for female youth on the island. and its success was well established. Many Sisters United graduates returned to school and completed high school. Some went to college. Most had no further conflicts with the law. Ap ril 24. 1991 The spirit of Mary McLeod Bethune lives today. in the college she founded. in the organizations she developed. in the influence she provided for my home. the Virgin Islands. as well as an entire Nation. It is certainly fitting that the council house become a National Park Service site. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this legislation. and again I salute the gentleman from Georgia for sponsoring this bill. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to recognize the accomplishments of this great American woman. Mary McLeod Bethune.
Date: 1991-04-24
Speaker: NORMAN MINETA (democrat)
Chamber: H

who was also the original sponsor with me in 1977. Joining with us in support of this measure are Mr. BROOMFIELD of Michigan. Mr. MATSUI. and Mr. HUNTER of California.
Date: 1991-04-30
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. -I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I. too. rise in support of House Concurrent Resolution 109. a resolution that was introduced recently by the gentleman from Utah. our colleague WAYNE OWENS. and is designed to help protect the environment of that great and unique continent of Antarctica. As chairman of the Subcommittee onInsular and International Affairs. I moved April 24 for its approval by the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. which ordered if favorably xeported. The action continued the committees workon Antarctic matters. When I assumed the subcommittee chairmanship 4 years ago. for example. the subcommittee held -a formal briefing on Antarctic. Our briefers were from the National Science Foundation. the lead agency for U.S. activities -related to Antarctic. Later. a committee delegation Visited the staging site for Antarctic activites in Christchurch. New :Zealand. on an oversight inspection. .Last year. atmy urging. the commlttee facilitated the passage of the bill sponsored by our late colleague from Massachusetts. Silvio Conte. which was designed to protected Antarctic from mining. This -bill became Public Law *101594. Our committee was also Supportive of the xesolutoin introduced last year by Mr. OWENS of Utah. It encouraged U.S. negotiators to work toward an immediate agreement among the Antarctic Treaty consultative parties for the full protection of Antarctic and became Public Law 101620. Todays resolution is a timely one because it is directed at meetings of the consultative parties to the Antarctic Treaty that are currently taking place in Madrid. Spain. It encourages the U.S. representatives to the meetings to support efforts to achieve .an international agreement providing .for the comprehensive environmental protection of Antarctica. Among other things. such an agreement would close Antarctica to commercial minerals development and related activities for at least 99 years. unlessthere is international agreement otherwise. The preservation and permanent protection -of the natural environment of Antarctica is a goal that should be vigorously pursued by our country. I. therefore. urge the House to support this resolution. The two laws that were :enacted last year that sought to protect Antarctica had a definite impact on meetings of the treatys consultative parties that took place last Novemberin Chile. We are hopeful that passage of this resolution will have an even greater impact on -the ongoing Madrid meetings. -In closing. I would like to take -the opportunity to commend our colleague from Utah. Mr. OWEIS. for this continuing efforts to keep the preservation :of Antarctica in the public eye and high on the list of international environmental priorities.
Date: 1991-04-30
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of H.R. 2122. a bill to provide emergency assistance to the Kurdish people. This legislation was jointly referred to the Committee on Agriculture because it contains a provision which provides more flexibility to transfer funds from other titles of the Food for Peace ActPublic Law 480to title II of that adt for emergency feeding programs during fiscal year 1991. In order to accommodate expeditious action by the House on this legislation. the Committee on Agriculture did not schedule a public hearing or markup on this legislation. However. we have discussed in full the need for this legislation with representatives of the Agency for International Development and are fully supportive of the legislation. Mr. Speaker. this provision makes a necessary change in the existing limits on the transfer of funds within the Food for Peace Program. Section 412(c) of the Agriculture Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 provides that up to 15 percent of the funds available in any fiscal year for carrying out any title of the act may be used to carry out any other title of the act. Section 412(b) of the act also requires that of the total amount of funds made available for titles I and Ill. not less than 40 percent of such funds shall be allocated to title I and not less than 40 percent shall be allocated to title II. Finally. I would also note that the Rural Development. Agriculture. and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1991Public Law 101506prohibits the use of more than 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out any title of the act to carry out any other title of the act. The increased flexibility provided by H.R. 2122 will not affect already planned title I and title III programs. Transfer of the unallocated funds from these programs. however. together with the availability of wheat from the Food Security Wheat Reserve. will help tremendously in addressing the increasing food needs of those facing emergency political. economic. and natural disaster situations. The authorizing committees of jurisdiction are pleased to address these concerns through this legislation. I commend Congressman BERMAN and our colleagues at the Committee on Foreign Affairs for their initiative to help the Kurdish people. Mr. Speaker. H.R. 2122 deserves the support of each Member of the House.
Date: 1991-05-07
Speaker: L EAHY (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I do mnot want to mislead. In any way. the distinguished leaders on the question of referral. This is within the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee. If we are going to have referral to two committees. I suggest that it be sequential. first. to the Agriculture Committee which -eally wrote the credit part and has jurisdiction over the credit part and is the one that has to make the .determination on that. The distinguished ranking member of the Agriculture Committee. Mr. LUGAR. is on the floor. If there is going to be referral to more than the Agriculture Committee. I suggest it be sequential. and it would probably be more appropriate under the rules.
Date: 1991-05-08
Speaker: HARLEY STAGGERS (democrat)
Chamber: H

Under the rule. it is the only amendment in order. If it passes. there will be no vote on the Brady bill. H.R. 7. The Staggers substitute has been touted as a way to conduct a background investigation in an instant. Mr. Speaker. we would not need the Brady bill if such a verification system already exists. However. it is many years away from fruition. And that issue will be dealt with at a later time. I would like to point out that I personally do not believe that a delay in the sale of a handgun is an abrogation of any right to own a handgun. Nothing in the Brady bill will prevent a decent. lawabiding gunowner from buying a handgun to either add to their collection or for personal protection or for use in hunting or sport events. If anything. this legislation would allow a brief but useful coolingoff period for those who might run out to purchase a handgun after an argument and in the heat of passion commit an act they would later come to regret. What we all seek is a prohibition of sales to purchasers who pose a threat to society. There is no dispute on this point. We should be demanding that criminal and mental records be computerized on the Federal. State. and local level and that a quick. reliable. and accurate verification system be in place. Unfortunately. that is not the case today. But lives can be saved if we do enact the Brady bill now and the only way to do that is to defeat the Staggers amendment.