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Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I not solve the farm problem. yield 2 minutes to our distinguished Mr. MADIGAN. Mr. Chairman. I neighboring colleague. the gentleman. yield 3 minutes to the distinguished from Kansas . gentlewoman from Nebraska [Mrs.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I lending for the purpose of agriculturally related yield 1 minute to our distinguished recreational activities. The amendment is colleague. the gentleman from Arkan- found in section 109(e) of the bill. Report Iansas . . guage accompanying the- amendment. also
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. pursuant to House Resolution 265. I offer en bloc amendments 2. 3. 7. 8. 10. 13. 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 24. and 39 with modifications. Mr. Chairman. I note that substantive modifications agreed to by the sponsors and both sides of the aisle have been made to amendments 7.8. 18. 19. and 24.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. these are basically. technical. conforming. or what we consider to be minor amendments that have been worked out with sponsors. with the majority and minority staff from sponsors. staff from the committee. and we have no objection on this side to their being adopted en bloc.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I have no further sponsors who wish to address their amendments. and I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the gentlemans yielding this time to me. and I rise in support of his amendment. Mr. Chairman. for too long has this issue not been addressed in too many areas of our society. and this is but a small step to bring another segment into conformance. as should be done. that which is right. that which is proper. I do not think that it is an imposition upon the Farm Credit System. knowing the people. knowing those who serve. knowing their desires and having worked with them. So I think they would be cooperative in this endeavor. I do not think the intent of the gentleman is to impose a quota system or anything that is abrasive. anything that would in any way endanger or obstruct their operation. It just says that because of sex. religion. ethnic origin. disability or otherwise they shall not discriminate in employment. in advancement or in how a person is treated. I think in working with oversight. we can work with the farm credit system. guide them along the way. and take this very small step to do something that needs to be done. something that should be done. so that we can bring in all of the family of this great Government of ours. as a full agency. a half agency. a hybrid agency. or wherever we can reach to see that right prevails. Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I have no problem with the gentlemans intention in allowing borrowers to sue. although I think basically they have that right now. The gentleman provides for the Farm Credit System. Also the gentleman provides for the Farm Credit Administration. and that is where my concern is. that under (2). the Farm Credit Administration for the failure to perform any act or duty prescribed H.7693. under this act to the extent that it is not discretionary. the gentleman is opening that to any borrower. so in effect the gentleman could paralyze the System. The gentleman is allowing an individual borrower who has no contact with the regulator to paralyze the System.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I have no problem with the rest of that. that any duty or limitation or any order issued by the Farm Credit Administration that impacts on the borrower. any order. and the gentleman is going to be dealing now hopefully with the Temporary Assistance Corporation. dealing with the regional service center. The gentleman is going to be dealing with individual associations or production credit associations. so any borrower then can go to the regulator. so what the gentleman is doing is like giving any depositor in the First State Bank of McAlester. OK. the right to sue the FIDC for any action in Federal district court. for any action the FDIC takes anywhere. in New York or Chicago or Mission. TX.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I sympathize with the gentleman. and I may agree to what the- gentleman states. I have read the horror stories. but this Is the wrong person. This is the wrong entity. and we may open up a Pandoras box. I do not know how to address this issue. If the gentleman would agree to strike out the section (2) for the time. and then we can continue to work. so that we may be certain that we know what it is we do. the rest of the gentlemans amendment can proceed. We have already accepted two and threequarters of the gentlemans amendment. That is not bad for a days work.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to strike out the paragraph (2) reading "the Farm Credit Administration for the failure to perform any act or duty prescribed under this Act to the extent it is not discretionary."
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Under (B) "any order issued by the Farm Credit Administration with respect to any such duty. standard. or limitation owing to such person." and here it would be "owing to such borrower" so the gentleman has covered the borrower. My concern is with the shotgun approach that I am addressing at this point.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. We will further work with the gentleman. but just at this point. we would hesitate not being certain exactly as to the full implication of the wording. we will continue working with the gentleman.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman I basically agree with the gentleman from Mississippi. The authority given to the Secretary is indeed useless if it is not exercised when the circumstances merit the transfer. It. would seem that when a State has exhausted its allocation of FmHA direct loan funds and has a sizable amount of guarantee funds available. the Secretary should use the provision under the 1985 farm bill that allows him to transfer up to 25 percent of those guarantee funds to the direct loan program.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. if the gentleman will yield further. I indeed do understand and share the concerns of our colleague. the gentleman from Mississippi. and will be glad to work with the gentleman on ensuring that the Secretary and the Administrator of the Farmers Home Loan Administration are adequately informed about our concerns. I will work with the gentleman and with other members of the committee and everyone interested in this area to see that the needs of agriculture are adequately met under the existing authority granted to the Secretary and to the Administrator. wherever possible.
Date: 1987-09-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. unless my distinguished colleague. the ranking minority member. has any further suggestions. it would be my hope to rise at this point.
Date: 1987-09-21
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 the consideration today of the bill. H.R. 3030.
Date: 1987-09-29
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am proud to have joined my distinguished colleague from Florida. Mr. PEPPER. in cosponsoring this bill awarding a gold medal to Mary Lasker. Her years of work and leadership have made impressive contributions to the cause of basic medical research. Without her efforts. the National Institutes of Health would be much different and much smaller than they are today. We would know much less about cancer and heart disease without her. She has contributed to the great strides of progress and discovery that have been made in the health sciences. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest award the Congress can bestow and it should be awarded only to those of the highest achievements. Mary Lasker is one of those rare persons whose extraordinary contributions meet the criteria for these medals and I urge the House to pass this bill.
Date: 1987-09-29
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. the Members of this House and the Senate are privi. leged to serve in democracys greatest forum. the U.S. Congress. In 2 years. we will mark the Bicentennial of Congress. the worlds oldest democracy under a written Constitution. It is an occasion most suited to be commemorated by special coins. Every year since 1789 the Congress has assembled. Through war and peace. prosperity and depression. the peoples voice is heard. and the peoples will made law. through the Congress. Representative democracy is brought to life here. I congratulate my colleague from Florida. Mr. FASCELL. and the chairman of the Coinage Subcommittee. Mr. ANNUNZIO. for their work and effort in designing a coin program to commemorate the bicentennial of this remarkable institution in which we all serve.
Date: 1987-09-29
Speaker: DALE BUMPERS (democrat)
Chamber: S

delivered the Democratic response to the Presidents weekly radio address. He did an excellent job of pinpointing many of the problems with the administrations policy in the Persian Gulf. with particular attention to the convoying and reflagging of Kuwaiti ships. A reading of Senator BUMPERS remarks generates the disturbing thought that this Nations Persian Gulf policy must appear to the rest of the world. to be ad hoc. reactive. and confused. I ask unanimous consent that the text of Senator BUMPERS radio address be inserted in the RECORD at this time.
Date: 1987-09-30
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture -have until midnight tonight to file a report on H.R. 791. the National Ground Water Contamination Information Act of.1987.
Date: 1987-09-30
Speaker: MARY POTTER (democrat)
Chamber: S

Legislative Assistant. Office of Senator Jesse Helms. Jr.. Washington. DC. DEAR MARY: I want to personally thank you for all the work you have done on D.C. Act 6170. It is nice to know someone who understands the way our business works. You may have read in the Post about a group of insurers meeting with representatives of the gay community in regards to Act 6170. Our organization was not and has not been contacted about the meeting that took place. The rumor I hear is that life insurance agents are meeting with represenatives of the gay community to exempt life insurance from the Act. It seems that the gays might go along with this since they mostly want health insurance. Our Association. of course. does not believe that one line should be exempted while the other bears the burden. It is important to note that the local life insurance agents association is older. is 5 times as large as ours and is better financed. Our Association is ready to help in September. We will be waiting to hear from you. Sincerely.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Vermont may be allowed to present an amendment to title III in order that it may conform to the title III amendment that will be offered by the gentleman from Texas today.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. the request is that the gentleman from Vermont be allowed to introduce or to offer an amendment to title III.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I further. ask unanimous consent be permitted in Committee of the Whole to modify. en bloc. the following amendments originally sponsored by the following Members and adopted by the Committee of the Whole on September 21. 1987: No. 5. offered by Mr. HUCKABY. No. 8. offered by Mr. LIGHTFOOT. No. 15. offered by Mr. SIKORSKI. and No. 39. offered by Mr. WATKINS. The modifications requested are technical in nature and reflect the sponsors intents. Modification No. 1 would modify amendment No. 5. as modified. offered by Mr. HUCKABY to delete a provision as agreed to by both sides. that would provide supervisory and enforcement powers to Farm Credit System Service Banks over each System association operating in Its regional service area. Modification No. 2 would modify amendment No. 8. as modified. offered en bloc by Mr. DE LA GARZA to reflect H.8159 the sponsors intent that real estate agents located in the county in which the land is located. instead of where the lender is located. handle offers to sell such property. Modification No. 3 would modify amendment No. 15. offered by Mr. SiKORSKI. to reflect the sponsors intent and the discussion of the amendment on the floor on September 21. 1987. to require each Farm Credit System institution with more than 20 employees to establish an affirmative action program plan. Modification No. 4 would modify amendment No. 39. offered en bloc by
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent. if that be necessary. that my distinguished colleagues from the Committee on BankIng. Finance and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Commerce be allowed to utilize their time. if they wish to avail themselves of it at this time.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. it was my intention in deference to the cooperative spirit of the other two committees. to yield to them to make their presentations prior to mine if they so desire.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. At the conclusion of the general debate. Chairman DE LA GARZA will offer a substitute for title III which reflects a consensus of the Banking. Energy and Commerce and Agriculture Committees on the structure of a secondary market for agricultural real estate loans. I endorse that substitute and I urge my colleagues to support it. When H.R. 3030 was reported by the Agriculture Committee. title III raised many questions for members of the Banking Committee. As a committee. we were not opposed to the concept of a secondary market for agricultural loans. but the amount of time for our committees review. provided by the sequential referral. did not give us an opportunity to study this proposal adequately. Our discussions with the House leadership. the Agriculture Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee resulted in a temporary postponement of the consideration of title III. Your Committee on Banking utilized this period to work cooperatively with our sister committees and to produce legislation which merits the support of the House. The substitute that will be offered by Chairman DE LA GARZA provides for a better run. more efficient secondary market. Because of our experience and knowledge of secondary markets for residential mortgages. we were able to contribute a certain expertise on how a secondary market should be structured and how it can most efficiently function. In addition. the consensus substitute we bring to the House today now contains needed provisions which strengthen the underwriting standards of the loans to be sold in the secondary markets. The underwriting standards provide greater protection for the U.S. taxpayers and reduce the likelihood that the $1.5 billion line of credit will have to be used. The committees cooperative effort has produced a secondary market which holds promise to provide the longterm fixedrate credit that American agriculture needs. At this point. I want to take time to compliment my fellow colleagues who have contributed to this legislation. Congressman RICK LEHMAN has been the leading proponent of an agriculture secondary market for several years. His efforts and the efforts of Congressman JIM LEACH and Congressman DOUG BEREUTER were essential in crafting this substitute. I want to thank our ranking minority member. Congressman CHALMERS WYLIE. for his cooperation as well. Other members of the Banking Committee who contributed to this product and deserve commendation include MARY ROSE OAKAR. BRUCE VENTO. CHUCK SCHUMER. and
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to the Jeffords amendment with great respect and admiration for my distinguished colleague from Vermont. but I think perhaps a little legislative history might be in order to correct some misconception that might be taken from the words of the gentleman as to what we are doing and how it was done. The original bill. H.R. 3030. had this provision. now incorporated into the en bloc amendment. as part of the reported bill. and the banks for cooperatives had in fact initiated the process of consolidating Into one. They were way ahead of what we now are attempting to do. It was for that reason that we incorporated that procedure into H.R. 3030. many of those from the banks for cooperatives came and said that this is what they were going to do anyway and they wanted to be a part of the process. Then the Stenholm amendment was adopted in committee. I do not know that this revision of title IV changes very drastically or changes anything of what we had in H.R. 3030. so the argument that this amendment is on a fast track really has no meaningful import at this time due to the fact that this was part of the original legislation.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

To substantiate what I am saying. it preceded the pending amendment to H.R. 3030. They wanted to do this before that time. So it was not a part of the restructuring that came about from the pending amendment. This already had preceded that. Now further. this provides. and it provided then. that there will be services centers or branch offices or service areas for the bank for cooperatives so that all of the areas can be accommodated. Members are mentioning here that the BC is going to be a distance away. Let me say to my colleagues that it is not like a farmer has to get in his pickup and has to travel to the intermediate credit bank. or to the bank for cooperatives. or to the regional bank. You always have the association for the land bank. you always have the production credit association. you always have the intermediate credit bank. It is not like the farmer has to get in his pickup and travel all these hundreds or thousands of miles to get there. What is am saying basically is that the gentleman from Vermont . with all due respect and in all honesty. is representing his region. and they may be unhappy with what is happening and I will attest to that and will yield to that fact. The thing is that this is of national significance. and I along with others that coordinated the initial efforts took it to mean that a greater percentage of the people involved in the bank for cooperatives wanted to be consolidated and wanted to go into one bank. As a matter of fact. I at one time suggested regional banks and they said no. that they want to go on as they were. That is our intent. That is what we would like to do. We wanted to make them equal to what was evolving as the Stenholm amendment does. So I do not think the individual areas will suffer. If this remains in the final legislation. the farmer is not going to have to get in his pickup and go thousands or hundreds of miles. in the first place. Second. the services will be there. coops will have the regional branches or they will have regional office centers. I think the amendment of the gentleman from Vermont would be superfluous in view of all of the testimony and what we heard as to what the people wanted to do.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I do so to thank all of the Members and the respective staffs who have worked diligently on this process. Naturally we cannot satisfy every Member. and that Is the unfortunate part. because we would like to. Legislation is the art of the possible. We have yet to have consideration by the other body of this legislation. We have yet to go to conference. so I tell the Members that are not happy with this process up to now. have faith. we will continue listening. and we will continue working with the Members. but we must move forward. The farmers of America need this legislation. We need to move this legislation. and I implore of the Members to give us a vote. and we will continue working with the Members until the process finally winds up on the Presidents desk.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would like to say to my colleagues that we have examined the amendment and have no objection to it.
Date: 1987-10-06
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 the bill just passed.
Date: 1987-10-06
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. many illustrious and distinguished Americans have served in this body. but few have combined such a long and faithful representation of their congressional district with so many other notable achievements as did the late Honorable Ray J. Madden to whom we pay tribute today. Ray Madden lived a truly full and meaningful life. Throughout his long and productive lifetime he exhibited unlimited devotion to his Nation and to his constituency guided by principles of justice and brotherhood. He was a man of knowledge. experience. kindness. and integrity and for the 34 years he served in the House of Representatives he did so with complete dedication earning the respect of his colleagues. I know it certainly was my pleasure to serve with Mr. Madden and to witness his many accomplishments during a portion of those eventful years. A man of rich gifts in many fields. an honest and courageous public servant. an unforgetting and unforgettable friend. Ray Madden was a man on fire for his country. He was a man of action calling upon us all to fulfill our responsibilities not only for the sake of our own Nation and people. but for the sake of those throughout the world who look to us for hope. inspiration. and leadershipand we would do well to study the example of his life. Certainlyhe carved a place in history in his State of Indiana and his country as well as in the hearts of those who had the rare privilege to know him and to work with him. He will be long remembered as a man who fulfilled his duty to his country in overflowing measure. His passing leaves me with a loss and I take this opportunity to salute the memory of Ray J. Madden. a great American.
Date: 1987-10-07
Speaker: THOMAS A. LUKEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon . who Is the author of the legislation which contains the substance of the provisions on airline advertising.
Date: 1987-10-07
Speaker: THOMAS A. LUKEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. the gentleman indicated. interesting enough. and I agree with him. that the FTC should have jurisdiction over newspaper advertising. and since newspaper advertising is the principal medium of airline advertising. I think the bill provides. the Energy and Commerce Committee bill. provides within 180 days of enactment of FTC and the Secretary of Transportation shall enter into a written understanding which defines the role of the Commission. I think under our bill we could do exactly what the gentleman suggests.
Date: 1987-10-07
Speaker: THOMAS A. LUKEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Whether the gentleman from Georgia is correct or I am correct as to where more of the advertising is. the point is that it leaves it to the agencies to sit down and define it.