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Date: 1985-10-31
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the House of Representatives for voting yesterday to make permanent the contract health care for veterans In the U.S. Virgin Islands. This. of course. is the exact care that is extended and has been made permanent for veterans in Alaska and Hawaii. I particularly want to thank Chairman SONNY MONTGOMERY and BoB EDGAR. the chairman of the subcommittee that has jurisdiction in this area. for helping in an area that is very important to these veterans. We have come a long way froni the situation that we had when I came here to the House where veterans in the U.S. Virgin Islands had no health care and had to. fly to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and spend the entire day waiting to be seen by a doctor. So I commend this House for its action and I again thank the chairman who helped us get this done.
Date: 1985-11-01
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this amendment. Mr. Speaker. for all my colleagues to have an opportunity to study for any further action on this legislation as it relates to agriculture. I submit the following. The proposed revision of subsection (q) will-(1) incorporate the three provisions of the Senate amendment that-(a) make all Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) contracts that apply to a particular crop of a commodity subject to the same terms and conditions. (b) clarify that noncontract support programs of the CCC are subject to reductions. and (c) ensure that reductions among CCC programs use an equal percentage rate of reduction. (The proposed revision does not include the clause in the Senate amendment providing that each CCC contract to which subsection (q) applies must explicitly provide for a reduction for the entire contractual period. This clause appears to be surplus language. and. if included. could have a perhaps unintended adverse effect on multiyear CCC contracts. such as those involved in multiyear setasides and multlyear milk diversiaon agreements.). (2) add a new provision that incorporates the Boren legislative history. to permit re-
Date: 1985-11-01
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I wish to call to the attention of my colleagues. and tothe public at large. a most unfortunate situation concerning the actions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. and the ongoing plight of former customers of the Golden Pacific National Bank. in New Yorks Chinatown. which was closed by Federal regulators on June 21. 1985. This past summer. the House Banking Committees Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held hearings on the inyolvement of the Federal bank regulatory agencies. the Department of Justice. and the FBI. with regard to this bank. On July 31. we heard from several former customers of Golden Pacific who had purchased socalled yellow certificates with the understanding that they were insured by the FDIC. Once the bank was closed. these witnesses experienced considerable personal and family hardship because the FDIC could not decide on whether the CDs were indeed insured and whether the depositors would be reimbursed for their hardearned funds. On August 86 weeks after the bank was closedI wrote to the FDIC requesting that the agency expedite their decisionmaking process on the insurability of these certificates. As of today. I have yet to receive a formal. written response. On October 16. the FDIC issued a press release informing the public that the agency had asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for assistance in deciding on the insurability of these deposits in the form of a lawsuit against the holders of these yellow certificates. The FDICs decision to submit this issue to the courts is an extraordinary one. representing a classic case of passing the buck. Remember. determining the insurability of funds falls squarely within the jurisdiction of the FDIC. This action can only result in further uncertainty. given the overloaded dockets of the Federal judiciary. for those former Golden Pacific customers holding yellow certificates. for the Chinese community at large. and for depositors around the country who use a bank believing that it is federally insured. Another unfortunate consequence has been a loss of confidence within the Chinese community in the FDIC and in the banking system in general. It should also be noted that curious inconsistencies come to mind when comparing the treatment of yellow certificates holders at a small Chineserun bank with the depositors at the giant Continental Illinois National Bank. where no Federal subsidy was too great and no assistance too expensive. I sincerely hope that the FDIC. which has always touted its ability to pay off depositors quickly. has not set a precedent in the Golden Pacific case. And. I hope that next time the FDIC will fulfill its responsibilities and not delegate its decisionmaking duties to others. Let us also hope that the U.S. District Court moves more swiftly than our Federal banking agencies.
Date: 1985-11-05
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding this time to me. Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of this legislation. The substitute bill. H.R. 3670. is a bold and innovative attempt to deal with the Nations water resources infrastructure. This attempt has been long overdue. and I commend the chairman of the Public Works Committee. Mr. HOWARD. and the chairman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources. the hardworking
Date: 1985-11-06
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the Chairman. Mr. Chairman. under section 751. the Dennison Dam. better known as Lake Texoma. has an allocation. The State of Oklahoma and the State of Texas got together and received 300.000 acre feet allocation divided evenly. pursuant to an ageement.
Date: 1985-11-06
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the Chairman. and I thank the gentleman for his work on this bill. Mr. Chairman. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 1985-11-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. and I would associate with an echo the words of my colleague from Washington in behalf of those of us on the southern border. and we thank the chairman for this leadership in this effort.
Date: 1985-11-13
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. H.R. 6 is very important legislation that addresses the need to provide for a coordinated national water resources use policy. The bill. which is quite long. covers a wide range of programs and projects that affect Federal water resources policy. Included in the bill are provisions over which the Committee on Agriculture has jurisdiction under rule X of the rules of the House. These includeFirst title XII of the bill. as reported by the Committee on Public Works. entitled the Water Resources Policy Act of 1985. and Second. section 1155 of the bill. as reported by the Public Works Committee. which will permit the use. by local agencies. of Farmers Ilome Administration grant Toney to provide the local share of water pollution costshare projects. The Committee on Agriculture has not sought sequential referral of the bill for consideration of the matters under its jurisdiction. in order to assist in facilitating consideration of the legislation. However. this action by the Committee on Agriculture was done with the understanding that it would not waive the committees jurisdiction over the pertinent areas covered by the bill. Further. the provisions of title XII of H.R. 6 are identical to provisions of similar legislation considered by the House in 1984. At that time. the Committee on Agriculture took advantage of its right to sequential referral and reported those provisions favorably. With respect to the FmHA costshare provisions. the Committee on Agricultures action was based on the understanding that certain provisions in H.R. 2100. the Food Security Act of 1985. address the Same problem and that the H.R. 2100 provisions. which are broader. will prevail over the provisions of H.R. 6. This issue was covered in an exchange of letters between Chairman HOWARD of the Public Works Committee and me. Those letters read as follows:
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I will tell my distinguished colleague that we are ready to move except that the other body added an amendment. nongermane. to the issue of milk and the food stamps and the cotton. And we do not have agreement as yet. But if the gentleman can assure mewe have an amendment to delete that partif the gentleman could assure me that there would be no objection from that side. I am prepared to move now.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Because again. I would need unanimous consent or wait for a suspension on Tuesday. But if there would be no objection from that side. we are prepared to move now with an amendment striking out the area of controversy.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I would tell my distinguished colleague that it all requires unanimous consent. I have here the clean bill. dairy. food stamps. which I would be prepared to offer to the bill from the Senate if there is no objection. . if the gentleman would November 14. 198i CO yield to me for that purpose. and I would do it right now.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will yield. that has been our problem all along. Somewhere over the rainbow. If the gentleman will yield to me. I would ask unanimous consent. if the gentleman would yield for that purpose. to take up the Senate bill. offer a clean version. and leave it up to the other body.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will. yield for one brief moment to explain that. I amdoing this without the knowledge of my ranking minority member because it came up in the discussion. and gave me no opportunity to check with him.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

So I would like to be protected. We work together and I also would like to consult with him. But we are prepared to move if the gentleman.would allow us.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I would like to inform my distinguished colleague that we are prepared to move now. or if there is time necessary. I am prepared and I am sure the other parties are prepared. I would leave to the leadership. to their discretion if they would allow the time to do so. or if we need to move now. but subject to the wishes of the leadership as far as the time constraints. I am prepared to continu6 working on this effort to try and resolve it this evening.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the Senate bill to extend temporarily the dairy price support program and certain food stamp program provisions. and for other purposes. and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. this is the legislation we have been discussing for the past few minutes. We are prepared to take the Senate version as it came from the other body. given certain assurances that have been given to some of our Members in the House committee who had concern about one of the sections of the legislation. But our intent now is. given those considerations and those assurances. to ask the House to accept the Senate bill as it was sent to the House. Mr. Speaker. I yield to the. gentleman from Illinois .
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Well. we have the dairy provision which would be extendedit expires tomorrow evening. We have a food stamp provision. and then we have a referendum provision. A provision was added in the other body relating to burley tobacco. changing the price. which is different from that which was provided for in the House version. That is what the controversy really is about.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Only the pilot program in Puerto Rico or. I should say. the cash program in Puerto Rico and two pilot programs that we now have ongoing. The main program was included in the continuing resolution.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

No. two pilot programs. and Puerto Rico handles its program differently. a cash program rather than food stamps. We are extending that until we catch up with the whole version.
Date: 1985-11-14
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I have no further requests for time. I yield back the balance of my time. and I move the previous question. The previous question was ordered. The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time. was read the third time. and passed. and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Date: 1985-11-18
Speaker: THOMAS P. ONEILL (democrat)
Chamber: H

The Speaker. House of Representatives. Washington. DC. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the permission granted in clause 5. Rule III of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. I have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from the White House at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. November 15. 1985 and said to contain H.R. 3036. an Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department. the United States Postal Service. the Executive Office of the President. and certain Independent Agencies. for the fiscal year ending September 30. 1986. and for other purposes. together with a veto message thereon. With kind regards. I am. Sincerely.
Date: 1985-11-19
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

changed his Roe frot enay" to "yea." "So (twbI -thlrds hiVing. v .oted in fav r :th:reof therules *wer suspendedand jthe concurrent -resolution. as. amendeasagreed t&the* fesult- of th .vpte was announced as abo~e recorded. * A:motion to rieconsider was laid on the table.
Date: 1985-11-21
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Madam Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on .Banking. Finance and -Urban Affairs may have until 10 a.m.. Tuesday. November 26. 1985. to file reports on H.R. 2443. as amended. reported out by the committee on November 20. and on H.R. 237. reported out by the committee on November 20.
Date: 1985-11-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. . Mr. Chairman. I will take but a very brief moment to ask a question of my distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Vermont . In the gentlemans amendment he stipulates that seasonaltype operations will not be affected. is this correct?
Date: 1985-11-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

In our area we have packing sheds and juicecanning plants. but sometimes it extends into other operations like a brick factory that in effect is seasonal but is unrelated to a crop. So by "seasonal." does the gentleman mean seasonal timewise. or is it tied to a seasonal crop?
Date: 1985-11-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

So regardless of whether it is in the building industry or in manufacturing. if it is temporary or employment for less than 1 year. the prevailing situation there is that it would be seasonal for whatever reason. and then it would come under that part of the gentlemans amenidment. is that correct?
Date: 1985-11-21
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service be discharged from further consideration of the Senate joint resolution (S.J. Res. 206) to authorize and request the President to designate the month of December 1985. as "Made in America Month." and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1985-11-21
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service be discharged from further consideration of the Senate joint resolution (S.J. Res. 139) to designate the week of December 1. 1985. through December 7. 1985. as "National Home Care Week." and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1985-11-21
Speaker: DE LUGO (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 on Senate Joint Resolution 206 and Senate Joint Resolution 139. the Senate joint resolutions just passed.
Date: 1985-12-03
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would just like to set the record straight with regard to provisions in this bill affecting the U.S. insular areas. When H.R. 1562 was considered over in the other body. one of the speakers referred to an agreement on these provisions which had been reached with myself and other territorial Representatives. While I will not presume to speak for the other delegates. I know for a fact that not only did I not agree to the amendments made in the Senate. I was never consulted on their content. What I did do was attempt to enter a dialog with the American Textile Manufacturers Association on a possible compromise on the original proposal. This never amounted to any definitive discussion of provisions for the U.S. insular areas. I did not see the provisions referred to. and certainly did not agree to them. While I am aware that. particularly under a closed rule. there is no opportunity to affect the amendments made in the other body regarding the U.S. insular areas. I do consider it important to clarify my position on the matter.
Date: 1985-12-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. this is to assure the gentleman and my colleagues in the House that this is our effort to commend those who produce the food and fiber that feeds all of us here in the United States and helps us bring some resources. the money back from that which we sell abroad. This is a commendable piece of legislation that I would urge all of my colleagues to adopt.
Date: 1985-12-03
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker. I would only state at this time that our distinguished colleague George Mahon. when I first -came to the Congress was the year or shortly before that that he became chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. He certainly was a legend in his own time in Texas. and his contribution to the defense of this Nation. to the agricultural sector. to the human aspect of the service that we render here to .make this the greatest country in the world. his contribution perhaps cannot -be measured. I would hope that in years to come that Americans will come to know of those great statesmen. those great heroes of our time. which one of the leading ones would be George Mahon.
Date: 1985-12-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture may be permitted to sit on today during the 5minute rule for consideration of the bill. H.R. 3792. the Farm Credit System Act.
Date: 1985-12-04
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking. Finance and Urban Affairs be permitted to sit during proceedings of the House under the 5minute rule today. to mark up H.R. 3667. the Competitive Tied Aid Fund Act. The ranking minority member. Hon. CHALMERS P. WYLIE. concurs with this request.
Date: 1985-12-04
Speaker: RALPH M. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

char vote from "no" to "aye." So the amendment was reject The result of the "vote nounced as above recorded.
Date: 1985-12-05
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent *to take from the Speakers table thebill to extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs. to provide for agricultural research and related programs. to continue food assistance to lowincome * persons. to ensure consumers and abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices. and for other purposes. with a Senate amendment thereto. disagree to the Senate amendment and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.
Date: 1985-12-05
Speaker: ROBERT WISE (democrat)
Chamber: H

an. additional community righttoknow bill. H.R. 3300. to deal with this important problem. I am proud that my colleagues on the Public Works and Transportation Committee have included this community righttoknow language in the Superfund bill. Simply. this community righttoknow provision sets a minimum national standard for gathering specific information about the types of substances either stored or used in our communities. This information. which will include not only listings of substances. but also suggested actions that should be taken by emergency services personnel. is the first of its kind in Federal law. It includes Superfund sites in the reporting aspect of the proposal. But. it goes beyond those sites to include the use and storage of a long list of hazardous materials. Many States and local communities already make these requirements. and they will continue to do so under this provision. Creating a national standard will assist emergency services personnel in training and other preparations for quick response. Through the creation of. regional emergency response committees. we will give communities across the country the tools they need to develop realistic responses geared to local needs. We will not create unnecessary bureaucratic requirements that often slow emergency responses with unneeded paperwork. The need for a national standard based -on effective local response to emergencies is clear. I feel strongly that this provision of the Superfund bill does the job effectively. I thank the gentlemen from New Jersey. Mr. HOWARD and Mr. RoE. for their faith in this proposal. as our strong committee Superfund bill was being developed. I thank them for their persistence as this bill made its way -through Congress. I think we have produced a sound bill that deserves the support of this body. Purge your support.