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Date: 1988-06-23
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me under his reservation. Clearly. Mr. Speaker. it is in the public interest to stabilize FSLIC and to protect against further drains from the insurance funds. The legislation before us is an integral part of the stabilization effort. Last yearin the Competitive Equality Banking Actthe Congress placed a 1year moratorium against savings and loan institutions picking up their baggage and walking off and leaving FSLICactions that would have deprived FSLIC of badly needed premiums. Mr. Speaker. that was a wise decision. Now. we need to keep that decision in place for another year while efforts continue to shore up and stabilize the FSLIC fund. The legislation before us would extend the moratorium for another year and assure that FSLIC does not have a sudden loss of premiums. The moratorium. Mr. Speaker. is not a cureall. but it is an important and necessary step. The Banking. Finance and Urban Affairs Committee. on July 7. will open a detailed examination of FSLIC problems and prospects. Much needs to be done to restore the savings and loan industry to health and to assure a strong FSLIC fund. Todays action will be one important step as longrange solutions are considered. Mr. Speaker. let me review the situation before the House at this moment. On September 29. 1987. the House by voice vote passed the bill. H.R. 3251. which authorized the minting of a gold coin to commemorate the bicentennial of the Congress. The Senate considered the House bill on June 15 and added several more coin authorizations and. most importantly. the extension of the prohibition on FSLIC insured savings and loans from exiting the FSLIC insurance fund. The motion before the House is to agree with the congressional bicenten. nial coin authorization and the FSLIC provision and to disagree with the sundry additional coin authorizations. Mr. Speaker. I urge my colleagues to support this essential measure.
Date: 1988-06-23
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5. legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on H.R. 3251.
Date: 1988-06-27
Speaker: THOMAS A. LUKEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. telemarketing is a large and growing business. The Federal Trade Commission told our committee that telemarketing sales exceed $100 billion a year. Unfortunately. there is also a lot of fraudulent telemarketing. The FTC told us that there is at least $1 billion a year of telemarketing fraud. Newsweek recently had a full page story on telemarketing fraud. indicating that it may be as high as $20 billion a year. Yet the FTC has been able to get back only about $25 millionless than 1 percentfor defrauded consumers during the last 4 years. The Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1988. H.R. 4101. has been prepared in a bipartisan manner. and I want to thank Mr. WirTTAxE and the other sponsors of this legislation for their help in crafting solutions to the problem of telemarketing fraud. The bill. as amended. has six essential elements. First. it directs the FTC to promulgate rules on telemarketing within 180 days after the bill is enacted. Second. it authorizes State attorneys general to sue in Federal court anyone who engages in fraudulent telemarketng or violates the FTCs telemarketing rules. Third. it authorizes private parties to sue in Federal court anyone who engages in fraudulent telemarketing or violates the FTCs telemarketing rules. The FTC is authorized to intervene in these suits by either an attorney general or a private party. Fourth. it prohibits harassment or abuse by a telemarketing salesperson. Fifth. it instructs the FTC to establish a clearinghouse on telemarketing. Finally. It directs the FTC to study the use of computers to make telemarketing calls and to make a report. including recommendations. to Congress within a year. The structure of having attorneys general and private citizens sue in Federal court to enforce Federal regulations is not new. It has been successfully used by the Commodities Future Trading Commission in connection with commodity fraud and by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration In connection with odometer fraud. It is also used in the antitrust laws and in some environmental laws. such as the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Noise Control Act. Mr. Speaker. no piece of legislation is going to end fraud. But I think this bill will significantly reduce the losses now being suffered by American consumers. The New York Times of June 25 had a story about telemarketing fraud. and I will insert it in the RECORD. The story describes the problem and goes on to say that this bill is supported by "banks. consumer groups. and the American Telemarketing Association." It Is also supportedby the National. Association of Attorneys General. the Nat lonal Office Machine Dealers Association. and the National Tour Assoclation.. I I urge my colleagues to support this bill. The article referred to follows: tFrom the New York Times. June 25. 10881
Date: 1988-06-27
Speaker: THOMAS A. LUKEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. and to include extraneous material. on H.R. 4101. the bill just considered.
Date: 1988-06-27
Speaker: THOMAS A. LUKEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to amend the provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act relating to asbestos in the Nations schools by providing adequate time for local educational agencies to submit asbestos management plans to State Governors and to begin implementation of those plans as amended.
Date: 1988-06-27
Speaker: THOMAS A. LUKEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5. legislative days In which to revise and extend their remarks. and to include extraneous matter therein. on H.R. 3893. the bill Just passed.
Date: 1988-07-07
Speaker: THE PEACE (democrat)
Chamber: S

COliUS IS ALIVE AND FULL OF VIGoR (By David Rampe) WASINGTON. June 15.-"The Pence Corps. is It still around?" people ask Loret Miller Ruppe. who has been Its leader since 1981. longer than anyone else. The Peace Corps Is not only around It Is doubling in size and. after years in relative obscurity. Mrs. Ruppe Is beating drums to Get the word out. She Is looking for volunteers with specialized skills In forestry and fish ponds and in forming small businesses to spend two years in a poor country. She has also come up with novel ways to attract experienced people P.s volunteers. through tieIns with dental schools. threemonth tours for farmer! and by encouragIng older people to participate. The corps. a darling of the liberals when It was created by President Kennedy just weeks Into his Admhiistratlon. had some dlfficul. middle years. It started fast. building to more than 15.500 volunteers by 1966. Bill Moyers. In a history of the organization. summed tip the mystical calling. "The Peace Corps Is to the American Government what the Franciscans in their prime were to tile Roman Catholic Church: a remarkable manifestation of a spirit too particular and personal to be contained by an ecclesiastic (read: bureaucratic) organization."
Date: 1988-07-11
Speaker: SONNY MONTGOMERY (democrat)
Chamber: H

the historic event that may be taking place today over in the other body. They are at the present time about to take up the Cabinetlevel legislation which passed this House overwhelmingly. on which the gentleman from Mississippi. Mr. SONNY MONTGOMERY. has done such yeoman work over this past year and finally getting some action over in the Senate. President Reagan has agreed to sign the measure if it is not in substantial difference between the bill that we have passed. Mr. Speaker. I just want to commend the gentleman from Mississippi for all his outstanding work because it looks like we finally may get a Department of Veterans Affairs for the veterans of this Nation.
Date: 1988-07-12
Speaker: LAWRENCE J. JENSEN (democrat)
Chamber: S

Assistant Administrator. U.S. EPAOffice of Water. Waterside East Bldg.. Washington. DC DEAR Ma. JENSEN: The National Drinking Water Advisory Council is concerned that th" administrators proposed $0 million for the Wellhead Protection Program fWPP] has been eliminated by the House Appropriations Committee. In expressing this concern. we are mindful of the following: 1. Protection of the Nations drinking water wellheads should be one of the agencys highest priorities. 2. The Safe Drinking Water Act Programs are. in the opinion of the Council. some of EPAs most severely underfunded programs. 3. Resources at the federal level are tight and competition is great. 4. Priorities must be made in EPAs allocation of those limited resources. 5. The WPP. as designed by Congress. promises to be one of EPAs most cost effective programs in protecting the health of large percentages of the Nations population. 6. The WPP is designed to protect water quality from -ground water sources nationwide through controlling activities within designated wellhead protection areas. 7. The WPP is prevention oriented which is a sounder public policy since great uncertainties always exist in implementing remedial actions. 8. The WWP is a federal/state partnership which. with an initial federal investment. will enable states and locals to effectively administer ground water protection programs and provide a catalyst for state and local Investment in protecting their ground water resources. The Council supports Congress in the provisions of the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act. Furthermore. the Council strongly recommends that the Administrator confer with the appropriate Congressional committees concerning funding for the wellhead protection program and other Safe Drinking Water Act programs at levels commensurate with the tasks assigned. We appreciate your assistance with this recommendation. Sincerely.
Date: 1988-07-12
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I wish to inform the Members that later this afternoon. the gentleman from Illinois . the ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture. and I on behalf of all of the members of our committee and the leadership. hopefully on both sides of the aisle. will introduce legislation which will attempt to in some way assist the producers. the farmers and ranchers. of America in relation to the devastating drought which we find ourselves in. We hope the final legslation mill be a responsible. viable piece of legirlation within the budget constraints that we have. Mr. Speaker. the main thing that we want to advise the Members. and all of our constituents throughout the Nation. is that we want to assist where possible. that we want them to know that this Congress has compassion and that this Congress is interested in the welfare of all Americans.
Date: 1988-07-12
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise in tribute to the life and service of our departed colleague and friend JOHN J. DUNCAN. While we mourn today the passing of a valued legislative draftsman of his historic proportions. we gratefully celebrate his lifes work as a faithful. tireless. productive public servant and true representative of those he so capably served from the Second District of Tennessee. JOHN DUNCANS was an outstanding career. In his years among us he never lost touch with the need of his constituents yet his vision always extended far beyond his home district and State to encompass Iho cares and concerns of an entire nation. His faith in that nation and his compassionate understanding of Americas fundamental principles served as the inspiration for the passionate and relentless support of the causes he chose to champion. Our colleague was both a pilgrim and a pioneer and I am privileged to have served with him. As we continue with our work we should also allow JOHNS spirit to remind us of the direction in which we should attempt to steer our country. The work he began with the rest of us will not end. Ours is not a body that depends upon one man for leadership. but rather a body that relies on many for Inspiration. The Inspiration provided by JOHN DUNCAN will live on. My deepest sympathies go out to his wife. children and grandchildren.
Date: 1988-07-13
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Congress. with a Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment numbered 36. and concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment numbered 36.
Date: 1988-07-13
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. the request essentially is to concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment which was extender of the FSLIC moratorium that prevents FSLICinsured institutions from converting to FDIC insurance for an additional year beyond that which was included in the CEBA legislation adopted last year. As this bill now reads. as the amendment now reads. that is all that is contained in the amendment. As a matter of fact. there is no coinage legislation whatsoever.
Date: 1988-07-13
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to rise in strong support of this legis. lation. In particular. title IVAgricultural Tradeon which the House and Senate Agriculture Committees worked so long and hard. This bill and in particular this title espouse trade objectives for the United States which indeed all the Members of this body should fully support. With regard to agricultural policy. certainly this body has no argument with our efforts to provda our agricultural commodities for export at compeltivo prices or to support the principle of free and fair trade in agricultural commodities or to seek the elimination of barriers to agricultural trade. In formulating this legislation. the Agriculture Committees focused primarily on needed improvements in the foreign trade operations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. No now programs are established but improvements are made to existing programs which over the last few years have been successful in increasing exports of agricultural commodities. Additionally. the committees recognize that the Congress has increasingly requested from the Department of Agriculture more and more trade information and services without providing additional assistance to the Department. We are attempting to correct that in this bill by authorizing an increase In personnel and operating funds for the Departments Foreign Agricultural Service. As a reminder to my colleagues. I would like to spell out again the major provisions of title IV which are as follows:
Date: 1988-07-13
Speaker: DONALD P. HIODEL (democrat)
Chamber: S

Secretary. Department of the Interior. Interior Building. C Street NW Washington. DC. DEAR SECRETARY HODEL: The Pacific Flyway Council. whose membership Is composed of state fish and wildlife directors of the I 1 western states met In Louisville. Kentucky. March 20. 1988 to deliberate recommendations concerning migratory birds and their attendant habitat within the Pacific Flyway. As a result of the deliberations the Pacific Flyway Council again adopted for your consideration a resolution entitled "Wetland Habitat Protection of Nevadas Lahontan Valley" (copy attached). This resolution reiterates that tie Department of the Interior. through its Bureau of ReclamationMidPacific Region. continues to ignore Its legal responsibilities to wetlands and migratory birds as delineated by the various international migratory bird treaties. congressional and executive mandates and the Federal Public Trust Doctrine. Your thoughtful and serious consideration of tiiis resolution Is requested. Sincerely.
Date: 1988-07-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act to increase the statutory ceilings on license fees. as amended.
Date: 1988-07-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to rise in strong support of H.R. 4694. a bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act to increase the statutory license fee ceilings. The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act [PACA] was enacted into law in 1930 to promote fair trading in fruits and vegetables and currently covers fresh and frozen fruitV. and vegetables worth approximately $14 billion at the farm gate and $70 billion at the retail level. The cost of administering PACA is borne solely by the industry through the assessment of annual license fees which are increased as need arises. The current fee ceilings were enacted as part of the 1981 farm bill. H.R. 4694 differs in two aspects from the legislation sent to the Congress by the administration. First. it provides increases in the fee ceilings at a lower level and for an expected shorter period of time. and secondly. it establishes a PACA Industry Advisory Committee to report to Congress on the administration. operations. and funding of the Perishable Agricultural Cornniodities Act Program. The bill before the House today provides an increase in the license fee ceiling from $300 to $400. an increase for each branch operation in excess of nine from $150 to $200. and a total aggregate fee ceiling increase from $3.000 to $4.000. These fees should be adequate to cover costs for administration of the program through fiscal year 1991.
Date: 1988-07-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I do this to add my accommodations and appreciation in behalf of the committee to the chairman of the subcommittee. to the ranking member. to the staff for their diligence and their hard work in arriving at this fair and equitable compromise. and a special appreciation to the ranking member who has devoted so much time in this effort and has worked on his side of the aisle in a way compatible with good order and the assistance that he always renders to rural America and to our producers. Mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 1988-07-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on H.R. 4694. the bill just passed.
Date: 1988-07-26
Speaker: BE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the committee on Agriculture have until midnight tonight. Tuesday. July 26. 1988. to file a report on the bill. H.R. 5015.
Date: 1988-07-26
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 on Wednesday. July 27. 1988. to mark up the Depository Institutions Act of 1988. The gentleman from Ohio . the ranking minority member. concurs in this request.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Kansas . the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Wheat. Soybeans. and Feed Grains.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California . the chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing. Consumer Relations and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture. Jl 28 988
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield I minute to our distinguished chairman of the Tbcommilttee on Forests. Family Farms and Energy of the Committee on Agriculture. the gentleman from Missouri .
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield such time as he may consume to out- distinguis:hed colleague. the gentleman from AIchligan [Mr. rnAxL:.].
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. STENHOLMI. chairman of the Subcommittee on Livestock. Dairy and Poultry of the Committee on Agriculture.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I personally would like on behalf of the committee to thank the distinguished minority leader for his excellent cooperation in getting us to this point.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE L. GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

First I would like to advise the gentleman Lhat the committee of jurisdiction agreed to our handling this legislation and exprssed no objection.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Second. I would like to inform the gentleman that drought. an act of Gol that causes lack of water. of moisture. and temperattire. is an integral part of providing assistance.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield 1 minute to our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Tennessee . chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation. Credit. and Rural Development of the Committee on Agriculture.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield 1 minute to our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Texas . who has been of tremendous assistance to us as we worked on this legislation.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may conslime. Mr. Chairman. I have many times stated that legislation is the art of the possible. This package is what is possible this day. this hour.this minute. I hope the House will consider it. deliberate as is necessary. and then allow us to move on with the legislation so that we might be of assistance to those in need. Mr. Chairman. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to offer that amendment which lowers the $6.9 billion and insert in lieu thereof $5.8 billion in the "limit on outlays" amendment.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. there were two Haris amendments: the original amendment which had "may" and the subsequent amendment which would make it "shall." Actually. Mr. Chairman. Judge HARRIS introduced the "shall" to comply with the Secretary of Agriculture that he not be giving too much leeway. I might add. though. that the purpose of the amendment is to provide assistance in seeding foraged land so that we are compatible with good order and to refurbish land that has been foraged or has been grazed. What this amendment would do is to limit the assistance for the reseeding assistance under the emergency forage crop that will not regenerate itself. its own seed. and by using the definition of where reseeding is not being used. simply to provide a new crop. this would bring us from a projected $1.2 billion down to $125 million. as we are informed by the Department of Agriculture.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Reclaiming my time. we have a correcting amendment that would ask that it apply to workers in the Job stream. to migrants in the Job stream. This will continue as a part of permanent law in that area of food stamps.
Date: 1988-07-28
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. the gentleman is correct. if emergency housing is provided by third parties to migrants in the Job stream. it will not be counted against their income for expedited service if they otherwise qualify.