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Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. in lieu of proceeding under House Resolution 391. I ask unanimous consent that it shall be in order at any time fof the Speaker to declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill with the Senate amendments thereto. that general debate thereon continue not to exceed 1 hour. to be equally divided and controlled by myself or by my designee and by the ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture or his designee. that the Senate amendment to the text be considered as having been read for amendment. that no amendment thereto be in order except one amendment. if offered by myself or my designee. to strike out section 9 and 10 of the Senate amendment. and that said amendment be debatable for not to exceed 1 hour. to be equally divided between myself or my designee and an opponent of the amendment. that after disposition of the amendment. the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with the amendment if adopted. that if the amendment has been adopted. the previous questioyi be considered as ordered in the House without intervening motion on a motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the title and to concur in the Senate amendment to the text with the amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole. that if the amendment has not been adopted. the previous question be considered as ordered in the House without intervening motion on a motion to concur in the Senate amendments. and that all points of order be waived against the Senate amendments. and the motions pertaining thereto made in order by this request. and against their consideration.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I do not know if the requirement has been finalized or not. but this is really a technical issue. a state of the art issue. as to where you brand a cow. But if there is objection. and from several sources I have heard objection to branding on the cheek. as it is so called commonly- I have no druthers one way or the otherif anyone has concern. I certainly would be happy to join with them to see that their concern is met if at all possible.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

First. let me say that my personal opinion is that the Department has the authority to do that. Whether they choose to use it or not. that is something else. Further. it was the intent of the committee that the Department use that authority. As the gentleman understands. we are caught in a very critical time situation. but I will do anything and everything that I can to see that the commitment of the Agriculture Committee. which in fact it is. be carried out. and will join with the gentleman to seek that end.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I was so informed. and I was given copies of a proposed regulation that would take care of the gentlemans concern.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. first. let me thank my colleagues for allowing us to proceed in this manner. Second. it will not be my intention to discuss the House committeepassed version. inasmuch as we will now be working from the Senate amendment. and I would like to very briefly give the Members a very short explanation of how the Senate version differs from the House bill because I think all Members need to know the contents and the substance of what we will be dealing with. The No. 1 difference is that the Senate version has a different yield provision. locking in yields at 95 percent of 1985 levels in 1987. This is the Senate amendment. No. 2 would be the Senate provision relating to the Special Assistant for Trade in the White House. The Senate lowers the level of appointment for this assistant. No. 3 would be a different export programs savings amount to reflect lower yield costs. The savings are to compensate so that we keep the legislation at no cost. with no budget implications. No. 4. the Senate version provides for expanded hay and grazing. No. 5 relates to milk marketing order service payments. requiring that coops continue getting such payments. No. 6. the Senate authorizes the use of CCC PIK commoditiesthat is. payment in kindin research on engines that do not use oil. No. 7. the Senate bill extends the time for the food stamp quality control study. No. 8. the Senate bill %#ill permit licensed grain elevators to alleviate shortages of space by transferring grain. No. 9 is a senseofCongress resolution encouraging USDA to use advanced recourse loans to help the farmers this spring. No. 10 requires AID to develop a needed plan for African famine assistance. No. 11 requires USDA to make announcements that will facilitate the operation of the Food Donation Program under section 416. That describes the items not in the House bill but in the text of what we will be voting on. Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would divide my time equally with the gentleman from Illinois. or should the gentleman from Illinois request--
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would ask the gentleman from Illinois if he would prefer to divide in any other manner? I am amenable. I have no preference.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

No. but that the author of the amendment happens to be in the majority. no majorityminority. but he is the one that offered the amendment.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. I do this only to urge my colleagues to vote no on the Frank amendment and support the committee. We have done the best we could. Legislation is the art of the possible. That is where we are now. We think we can .help all of rural America and the producers who give us this bounty in this great country of ours in this very critical moment. The legislation is a very small step in that direction. but nonetheless a step to try and assist them. Mr. Chairman. I urge my colleagues to vote "no" and I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unamious consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the motion just agreed- to and the subject matter thereof.
Date: 1986-03-06
Speaker: NEIL KNOX (democrat)
Chamber: S

Firearms Hard Corps. Silver Spring. MD 20906. DEAR MR. KNOX: I am a Chicago Police Officer. and NRA life member. and a member of [Fraternal Order of Police] F.O.P. lodge No. --. Membership in F.O.P. is mandatory or I would have resigned long ago. I have been active in fighting gun control for many years and I can tellyou that most (8090%) of Chicago Police Officers are progun. Lodge No. --- has given those of us who oppose gun control no help at all. The main problem is the National F.O.P. It seems that like many national organizations. the leadership is unrepresentative of and unresponsive to the views of the membership. The national F.O.P. has even singled out NRA members in the ranks for criticism. saying that there is only one side to take on the issue (A.P. bullets). You can advise Representative Volkmer that F.O.P. does not speak for its membership. (Name omitted)
Date: 1986-03-11
Speaker: LEE HAMILTON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Indiana

as well as the gentleman from New York. Mr. GILMAN. the ranking member on that subcommittee. I agree with the chairman that when you have the President of the United States teaming up with the Speaker of the House. things seem to happen. I hope there may be many more examples of such cooperation on foreign policy Issues. The United States. Mr. Speaker. has long deplored the violence and discord in Northern Ireland. Only on rare occasions has a note of hope sounded above the monotonous din of unending violence in that land. One such occasion was the recent AngloIrish Agreement signed on November 15. 1985 and welcomed by the Reagan administration as a historic step toward the peace process. Today the House of Representatives considers legislation authorizing $50 million each year to support economic development and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Some may argue that this is not enough. Others. feeling the pinch in the Federal budget. may feel that we are too generous. I believe that this AngloIrish agreement is a solid foundation upon which peace can be built in Northern Ireland. It may not come tomorrow and it may not come next week but it will come more quickly with the tangible assistance of interested friends of those involved in the conflict. This bill also contains authorization for other United States programs in Ireland and Northern Ireland including the Trade and Development Program. the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. and the Private Sector Revolving Fund. The U.S. funds provided in the bill will be used only to support and promote economic and social reconstruction and redevelopment in Ireland and Northern Ireland in a fair and equitable manner without regard to religious affiliation. One of the roots of the conflict in Northern Ireland and. not surprisingly. one of the outcomes of that conflict is economic injustice. The United States has an opportunity to do something about this problem while at the same time encouraging the parties to the conflict to build upon the foundation established last October. Peace in Northern Ireland will result from a process in which injustice is steadily whittled away and replaced by opportunity. The United States can and should contribute to this process. I want to join my friend. the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. FASCELL of Florida. in urging all my colleagues to support this resolution.
Date: 1986-03-11
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 114) to correct the enrollment of H.R. 1614. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1986-03-11
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate concurrent resolution be considered as read and printed in the RECORD.
Date: 1986-03-11
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will yield. Senate Concurrent Resolution 114 will instruct the Clerk of the House to make several corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 1614. H.R. 1614. which was designed to make changes to improve the farm programs. was approved by both Houses last week by rather large margins. Unfortunately. when the House accepted the Senate amendments to H.R. 1614 last week. a typographical error was left in the bill that needs to be corrected. That has to do with the amendments to the United States Warehouse Act made by section 14 of the bill. The Senate amendment intended to impose responsibility for delivery of grain on warehousemen that are permitted. under the bill. to transfer grain to other warehouses in situations in which they have a shortage of storage space. However. read literally. the Senate amendment imposes that responsibility on the warehouse to which the grain is transferred for temporary storage. Senate Concurrent Resolution 114 will correct this error. The other corrections in the enrolled bill .made by Senate Concurrent Resolution 114 will clarify the senseofCongress resolution relating to advance recourse loans. contained in section 13 of the bill. Attorneys for the administration have expressed concern that the language in the bill could be interpreted as requiring the implementation of the objectives spelled out in the resolution. It is my understanding that the corrections contained in Senate Concurrent Resolution 114 will address the administrations concern in this regard. Because I believe these changes are only technical and do not at all change the intent of Congress. I urge the House to approve this resolution.
Date: 1986-03-11
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. out of an abundance of care for my col. leagues. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the Senate concurrent resolution just concurred in.
Date: 1986-03-13
Speaker: TONY HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

whom I joined as an original sponsor of this bill. for his leadership and his tireless efforts for this cause. And this bill would never have come before the floor if it had not been for Brian Roquemore who has made it his mission to establish this Year of Thanksgiving and to make it a constant presence in the hearts and minds of the American people. The resolution before us will declare 1987 to be the "National Year of Thanksgiving." Also.. 1987 is a most appropriate time since it also marks the 200th anniversary of our Constitution and the convening of the 100th Congress. Least we forget the rich blessings that citizenship in this great Nation has afforded us. the passage of this bill will ensure that we are constantly aware that we. as a people. are truly blessed. We will have the opportunity to think about the freedoms bestowed upon us by our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. and protected for us by our democratic system of government. The Year of Thanksgiving will be a continuous celebration of that which we usually celebrate once a year. George Washington issued a Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789 "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almibhty God especially by affording them an opportunity peacably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness." Abraham Lincoln in 1863 said "It is the duty of nations to own their independence upon the overruling power of God . . . It has seemed to me fit and proper that God should be solemnly. reverently and gratefuly acknowledged. as with one heart and one voice. by the whole American people." These sentiments are still valid. and form the basis for our success as a nation and as a people. The "Year ofThanksgiving" will foster national appreciation for our quality of life and the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms which make it possible. It will also create greater awareness for the uniqueness and character which each race and ethnic group brings to our land. This is truly a great opportunity to count our blessings as one Nation under God.
Date: 1986-03-20
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. this is perhaps one of the most difficult votes that I have had to cast since serving in this great body. The leadership in our country is divided on the issue. Those from whom I seek counsel and advice are divided on the issue. My district is divided on the issue in a sort of polarizing way where it has become very divisive. I have prayed for divine guidance. Mr. Chairman. and I have come to one conclusion. If I strip all the rhetoric and come only to the single basic Issue. if I dissect it and have only the naked issue. with no rhetoric around it. I come to the basic question: Do I use my taxpayers money to put guns and arms in the hands of a group of Nicaraguans to kill other Nicaraguans with whom they have an ideological difference? There has to be. there must be. a better alternative. Mr. Chairman. until then. I must vote "no."
Date: 1986-03-20
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker and my colleagues. I am concerned that. in the pressure of the vote of today. we have neglected to give more emphasis to the fact that today is National Agriculture Day. This is the day when we thank all of those who till the soil and Work for us and make us the bestfed Nation in the world. with yet enough to export to other countries. There is a very critical situation in rural America and in the farm sector. We have addressed that in part. with legislation that we feel will aid the farmerscredit legislation. commoditysupport legislationbut the rest remains with the American people that they recognize who it is that puts the bread. the daily bread. on the table and the sacrifices that they made. We take pride in saying that Americans are the best fed people for the least amount of disposable income per family. with enough to sell abroad. Yet more often than not. the farmers sell for less than it costs them to produce it. So what we need is that the American people realize. understand and. hopefully. appreciate the fact that it is the farmers. the producers of America. who are giving us this bounty. and at least for today. as we close this session. and tonight. that all of us say a silent prayer or otherwise for those who till the land. We have spoken today about life and liberty and democracy and the pursuit of happiness. None of this would be available in this country of ours without those who till the land. There would be no life. no liberty. no pursuit of happiness.
Date: 1986-04-08
Speaker: WILLIAM LEHMAN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

The bill now has 51 cosponsors. On March 11. 1986 the Committee on Education and Labor favorably and unanimously reported the bill. Today. we ask the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 4143. renaming the Talented Teacher Fellowship Program the "Christa McAuliffe Talented Teacher Fellowship Program." The Talented Teacher Fellowship Program was signed into law by President Reagan in October 1984. It makes available to the States a means of identifying and rewarding outstanding teachers through State selection panels. consisting of teachers. school adinininstrators. and parents. Selected teachers will be given opportunities to obtain further professional development and training. or to perform research in educationrelated fields. Teachers honored through these fellowships will receive 1years pay while they are on sabbatical. based on the national average teacher salary in the award year. to bedetermined by the Secretary of Education. In return for the year away from the classroom. each teacherrecipient will be required to return to teaching for an additional 2 years. Passage of H.R. 4143 will pay tribute to Christa McAuliffe and. by extension. to all teachers everywhere. Through our action today. we are reaffirming as a national policy that it is the right of every child to have a quality education so that each may achieve to their full potential as individuals. By our action today. we also reaffirm our strong belief that there is no better nor more important investment our Government can make than in education. and our belief that education should be given equal standing with Federal investments in technology. military preparedness. and balancing the budget. Mr. Speaker. this amendment to part F of title V of the Higher Education Act. renaming the National Talented Teacher Fellowship Program after Christa McAuliffe. entails no new costs beyond those contained in the original enacting legislation. Public Law 98558. The committee. in its desire to honor Christa McAuliffe in an appropriate and timely manner. also expresses the hope and expectation that the modest authorized appropriation of $2 million in fiscal year 1987 will be given serious consideration by the Committees on Appropriations in both the House and Senate. so that the Christa McAuliffe Teacher Fellowship Program can be implemented nationwide.
Date: 1986-04-15
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. the legislation I introduce today would correct an unfortunate change in this countrys relationship with the U.S. territory that I represent. The revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands. enacted in 1954. is the Federal law which establishes the premises of this countrys relationship with the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands..A major component of that act is permanent financial assistance provided to the territory through advanced payment of U.S. excise tax collections on products of the islands. The most significant of these collections are the excise taxes on rum. This tax was imposed on rum entering from the Virgin Islands as a means of equalizing the costs visavis mainland distillers. From its inception. this equalizing tariff was returned to the territory. There were two prevailing theories for the returns: excise taxes provide an Ideal source for meeting the Federal objective of promoting economic development in the territories because they are tied to local production. and Federal taxation of territorial inhabitants suggests taxation without the constitutional minimum of representation. a result which is avoided by returning the assessment to the local government. The 1984 Tax Act changed this historical economic arrangement. The act increased from $10.50 to $12.50 per proof gallon the excise taxes imposed on distilled spirits. but disallowed the increase to the Virgin Islands for the first time. As is to be expected when the price increases. rum sales diminished. Furthermore. for public policy reasons. alcohol consumption has dropped off somewhat. The dual effect has yielded the Virgin Island a significant loss in revenue. Unlike the Federal Government. the impact has not been mitigated by the excise tax increase. According to the Presidents budget. over 5 years the excise taxes returned to the Virgin Islands will fall from $40 million to $25 million. This is hard to accommodate in a territory that. by Federal law. must rely on the funds for many of its capital improvement needs. and which had considered these excise taxes its singlemost reliable resource. If passed. the increase in excise taxes to be returned to the Virgin Islands in fiscal year 1987 would be just under $5 million. This amount would be generated solely by excise taxes collected on the sale of Virgin Islands produced rum. The revenue would be derived from a source that was never intended as a Federal revenue enhancer. and would be returned to the jurisdiction which Congress had historically recognized as the beneficiary.
Date: 1986-04-22
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. I rise to interject my comments at this point with some degree of sadness that this has to be done. but the supplemental appropriation bill has 12 items of basic Agriculture Committee jurisdiction to which the Rules Committee has provided a general waiver. I want to .assure the membership that in most of the in.stances we have no basic argument with the content but rather with:the way that it Is being done because they are not basically of that emergency nature that cannot be handled by the appropriate committee of jurisdiction. Further. and I say this with some degree of sadness out of my respect of the institution. that this erosion has been coming on for -a considerable length of time. and unless we stop the erosion orunless some accommodation is made between the Appropriations Committee for whom I have the greatest respect. and this I assure you is not related to any of its Members. but unless we have accommodation or at least communication as to vital items that need to be addressed in an appropriations bill. with the respective committees of" jurisdiction. then we would have eroded the rules. and we may have put im place a dismantling of orderly procedure. and we may wind up with some degree of confrontation that is not needed. should not be and none of us want. Mr. Speaker. I have gone to the leadership. I have goneto everyone that would listen to us. that the orderly procedure under the rules must be followed explicitly. My friends of the Rules Committee. I thank them for all of the cooperation they have given us. but I assure you that granting waivers should be something that is not taken very lightly. Again we offer our cooperation to all but that we do not erode the basic rules of the House.