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Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. only to repeat again that the Committee on Agriculture. the gentleman from Illinois and the gentleman from Texas. are cognizant of the problem that we face with this amendment. It had been addressed in proper form. A bill was introduced by the gentleman from Illinois. and the gentleman from Texas. and it was not our intention to burden the farm legislation with amendments of this nature in respect for the jurisdictional concerns of the gentleman from Michikan. But we have no control over amendments that might be introduced. and we appreciate now the gentleman reaching this agreement with us. But in the beginning. when the issue was addressed. it was not intended to in any way interfere with the jurisdiction of the committee which the distinguished gentleman leads.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman. I would like to inform the gentleman that the chairman of the Grain Subcommittee. the gentleman from Washington . informs me that they have no objection to this amendment. Accordingly. on this side. we would have no objection.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the gentlemans yielding. and this is. to advise him that we have examined the amendment on our side and would have no objection to its adoption.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would:-be very happy to respond to the gentleman and point out that wehave addressed that issue. As a matter of fact. we accepted a series of amendments offered by our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Brooklyn. NY. Mr. TowNs. that addressed that issue in part. Our concern extends beyond that. As we work through this legislation. we do not depart in any way whatsoever from the fact that we must address the issue. of the family or the small farmer. There have been attempts to divide or to strike at the big farmer or strike at the small farmer. But I think the gentleman should be proud of the way our committee has addressed that issue. Specifically. again I go back to our colleague. the gentleman from New York (Mr. TowNs]. I point out that the gentleman from Brooklyn. the inner city of Brooklyn. has developed enough expertise to offer amendments to this legislation.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I would assert to the gentleman in the affirmative. that certainly he should support it. and if he would. I would stand alongside him.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. if I were to address the question of the gentleman in Its proper form and gfve the answer which it merits. it would take hours. AlI can attest to the gentleman is that we have addressed the issue and know that we do not specifically pay billions of dollars for someone not to plant. But there is a combination of very intricate but yet troubling problems of legislation. The problem with famine is not that the food is not there. it is that It is in the wrong places. and sometimes the problem is with the government. like . with the famine in Sudan and Ethiopia. It is not that we were not willing to send. They have problems with their governments. They have marketing problems. storage problems. and transportation problems. Here in America it is the same way. There is food. but something else went wrong. It was not the fault of the farmers. It is that the man does not have a job. there was a disaster in the inner city. or there was unemployment. low employment. and underemployment. That is the problem. But the gentleman should be proud of the fact that our legislation has afforded the American constituency food at the least amount of disposable income per family for food. It is only 1 percent of the tottil budget. It is not all those billions. it is 1 percent of the total budget. But something else went wrong. If a fellow does not have a job. then we need to address that issue In other legislation. not here. For 1 percent of the total budget we have given the American people the bestquality food in the world for the lowest amount of disposable income of any country in the world. But there are other things that impact it. and we cannot handle it all in this legislation.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding.. I just wanted to advise the gentleman that apparently the legislation which the gentleman has cosponsored will increase the cost to the consumers. to the poor in the neighborhoods throughout urban America.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. under the situation. I would not want to preclude the gentleman from offering his amendment. . . Mr. Chairman. I withdraw my reservation. I will not make a point of order.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I hope I do not make the gentleman nervous. No. I did not object to the gentleman proposing his amendment. I think it is a bad amendment. and I will argue in due time. I was just here stretching because I was tired of sitting.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I again repeat that our legislation meets the budget requirements. We have met what has been imposed by the budget. In what we submitted to the budget we did a balancing act. So this legislation is incorporated into what we recommended to the Budget Committee. It is not an addon and we have been responsible and we have made our cuts.
Date: 1985-10-07
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 todays consideration of H.R.
Date: 1985-10-07
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. I would hope so. but as the gentleman knows. I do not have control of the time as such. But I would expect that we could finish tomorrow.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think that would be wise. We already have a mandated 1 hour on the Petri amendment and we have two other amendments that I would figure would take maybe an hour each or an hour and onehalf. So I would think 5 oclock probably would be a reasonable time.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. once we dispose of the 1 hour on the Petri amendment. which would probably include the other amendment the gentleman has. the balance of the time would be either for the gentleman from Californias amendment or the gentleman from Arkansas amendment.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of this amendment. This is but a very small first step. but yet it is a moral obligation. It deals with human dignity. Perhaps the largest concentration of the socalled migrant or seasonal workers live in my congressional district. They are my friends. they are my neighbors. and I know most of them. What we do here. in all honesty. really does not address the issue in its entirety because what we do here will not encompass the great laborintensive fruit and vegetable area. but it is a first step. It is a first step. and we should not send the word out that "We have done it for you." We still have a ways to go. For the past several days we have spoken about the plight of the farmer. yet you cannot separate the farmworker from the farmer. They both have problems. for in the many instances such as in the area of grains. cotton. feedgrains. and wheat. the inability of the farmer to get a price makes a problem for his worker. Although we have minimum wage standards and we have sanitation standards. the latter does present a problem in agriculture. I wish there were a day when the farmer would get a decent price for his crop and had the resources to provide all of the health and sanitation facilities that.the workers need. This. however. is a first step. and I would hope that all our colleagues will support. this amendment and continue supporting the committee. The dignity of the farmhand equals the dignity of the farmer. and together. hand in hand. they feed us. More often than not. now the owner of the farm is out there working with the farmhand or the farmhands in the area. . So I would hope that we would accept this amendment and then continue with the rest of the bill that we are obliged now to finish by 5 oclock. and. then give a resounding vote of support to the final legislation so that we can send out the word to farm workers and farmers that this House stands behind them. That we try and do what we can within the art of the possible. That is all we can do. and that is to try to get a consensus. So I would hope that vie would attach this amendment and then continue working toward the final passage of this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Reserving the right to object. Mr. Chairman. I do so to ask -a parliamentary inquiry. Have we waived the reading of the gentlemans amendment that is printed in the REcORD?
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairian. I do so at this time to ask the distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Minnesota. if he has copies of his proposed amendment available.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. reserving the right to object. I take this time to make an inquiry of the author of the amendment. We do not know what is in it. and I doubt that we are going to know by 5 oclock. but I would be willing to let the House decide. If we would yield back the balance of our time and vote on the gentlemans amendment. I would be ready to proceed and not waste the Members time because we are not going to find out in 3 days what is in this amendment.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Well. continuing my reservation of objection. Mr. Chairman. I feel that I owe the gentleman a goodfaith obligation for a vote on his amendment. I probably could raise a point of order under every rule. that it is one big mess. I think we owe him a vote. but I would not want to waste the Members time anymore. If the gentleman is prepared for a vote and can close debate at this point. I would not have any objection and proceed to a vote on the gentlemans amendment.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Continuing under my reservation. Mr. Chairman. I do not know if the gentleman can explain it in 5 minutes. It could take 5 days. but I would be willing to reach an agreement with the gentleman that he have 5 minutes and that the gentleman from Illinois and I have the rest of the time and vote at 5 oclock.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Minnesota may have 5 minutes. beginning right now. and that the balance of the time until 5 oclock be divided equally between the gentleman from Illinois and myself.
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. this amendment is a technical amendment to allow the bill to comply with a section that was stricken out. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois .
Date: 1985-10-08
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of the bill. H.R. 2100. the Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers. punctuation. cross references. and the table of contents. and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the actions of the House in amending the bill.
Date: 1985-10-08
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. 2100. the bill just passed.
Date: 1985-10-10
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. At this time. Mr. Speaker. I will include a letter that I wrote yesterday to the Governor of Puerto Rico for the RECORD. I would just like to say in my letter I expressed the condolences of the people and the sympathy of the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands to our neighbors in Puerto Rico. But I also said that I am concerned about some of the dire consequences of this storm to our Islands. and I feel that some of it might have been averted had a more comprehensive analysis and reporting of the potential storms be made available to both the governments in the area and the public. I have written to the chairman of the Science and Technology Subcommittee with jurisdiction over the U.S. Weather Service with our concerns. not only about the quality of the forecasting on this storm. but on forecasting in general in our area in the Caribbean.
Date: 1985-10-21
Speaker: RON ANDERSON (democrat)
Chamber: S

This hospitals policies are not different than any of the other policies that Im aware of in the metropolitan area with regard to the care of indigent care. indigent folks. We are not in the business of caring for large numbers of people who do not have the ability to pay. We do not have the money to do that. WALLACE. Dr. Ron Anderson runs Parkland Hospital. a public hospital supported mostly by tax money. He fought for that hotline. and he still gets angry at the condition in which sick people are sometimes dumped at his emergency room.
Date: 1985-10-23
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it is with regret that I have to rise in opposition to the rule. Unfortunately. the rule. if adopted in its present form. would. I am afraid. jeopardize a great deal of work that was done by the Committee on Banking. particularly the Subcommittee on Housing. We have some new programs in that particular section. but we are within the reconciliation figures. I believe it is-$20.6 billion. And if we do not get a housing bill in reconciliation. Mr. Speaker. I predict that the prospect for a housing bill are just about nil because of the fact that the Senate will not act. I urge the defeat of the rule.
Date: 1985-10-23
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding this time to me. Mr. Chairman. I think this is. frankly. a very sad situation. I think in Texas and in Florida they have Indians. and Indians in the old days used to use the expression. "White man speak with forked tongue." meaning out of both sides of his or her mouth. Are we ever hearing It now. The very people who shoved GrammLatta down the throats. not our throats. down the throats of the American people. brought. that monstrosity up here. insisted on a vote. and did us in. did the American people in. without anyone knowing what was In it. As I recall it. there were some notes in there about who was going to go out and get the coffee. but sadly. more sadly than anything. things like saying to the blind and to the disabled. "You can no longer sell magazines and newspapers in Federal buildings." That is what is called legislating with heart. with compassion. Mr. Chairman. in this reconciliation we asked and have had included H.R. 1. What does H.R. 1 do? Yes. It has some new programs in it. Out of $20.3 billion or $20.6 billion. the new programs amount to $500 million. Frankly. the section 8 program that we are all concerned about because of its cost. for those who are new arrivals. let me tell you where it came from. It came from that side of the aisle.
Date: 1985-10-23
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gen- and. long hours on the part of memtleman for yielding this additional bers of the Committee on Post Office time to me. and Civil Service. which approved the Mr. Chairman. In this legislation we recommendations 17 to 0. In direct have projects like Nehemiah. Why is and indirect savings they more than Nehemiah named Nehemiah? Because meet the committees reconciliation init is demonstrated already. It is an ac- structrons. tuality. We are not talking about a fic- r would say this was a significant tion. It is an actuality. achievement. But to some. sadly. it is We have programs in here that are not enough. Despite all the Budget not new programs. they are people Committee and the Post Office and programs to help out public housing Civil Service Committee have done. and lowincome housing.sgs ty moret Ladies and gentlemen of the House. ee thse who wanlore. we may well lose but I have news In the Latta substitute there is an here: We will be back. We will be back. attempt to replace a sound and and I am going to take a close look at thoughtful solution with a proposal requests to send hundreds of millions that is unwise. unfair. and grossly inand billions of dollars to foreign coun- accurate inl its savings assumptions.. tries if we cannot have compassion for Mr. LATTA wants to pick and choose. our people here. If you want to play In my committees jurisdiction he hard ball. we are going to play hard wants to eliminate the 5percent pay ball. ladies and gentlemen. Rest as- increases in 1987 and 1988. without resured to that. quiring agencies to absorb any of the Mr.e WYLIE. Mr. Chairman. will the increase. and reimpose the 75percent gentleman yield? -FIEHBP cap.
Date: 1985-10-23
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I yield to the He does all this on the pretense that gentleman from Ohio. It will save more money. This Is a
Date: 1985-10-23
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

chairman of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. reported that that Committee. having had under consideration the bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2 of the First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for the fiscal year 1986. had come to no resolution thereon.
Date: 1985-10-24
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I will bet that many of my colleagues would be hard pressed to tell you where the first Columbus landing took placeon territory that is now under the U.S. flag. But any U.S. Virgin Islander would be proud to inform you that our islands hold that distinction. During the second voyage to the New World. on November 14. 1493. Columbus landed on the island of St. Croix. He was sailing on the ship Mariagalante along with 16 other vessels. He named the island "Santa Cruz." now known as St. Croix. after the Feast Day of the Holy Cross. There Columbus found a settlement of several hundred native Indians. known to us as the Caribs. The people of the U.S. Virgin Islands take great pride in this historic encounter. In preparation for the quincentennial celebration planned for 1992. the Christopher Columbus Jubilee Committee was formed in St. Croix this year to bring national attention to our role in the Columbus discoveries. The committee has already petitioned for a commemorative stamp and coin to mark the occasion. I share. their enthusiasm because a greater understanding of all of the U.S. territories and their role in this Nations history is needed. Any com. memorative marking of the St. Croix landing would serve as an excellent educational vehicle in chronicling the role of the West Indies in the discovery of the New World. It would also serve. just as importantly. to bring attention to the strategic importance the Virgin Islands maintain as a democratic role model for this Nation in the Caribbean Basin.
Date: 1985-10-24
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. in the October 23. 1984. issue of the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD I am recorded as having missed rollcall No. 368 on the Health Research Extension Act. I know full well I put my card in and went over to the Senate for a meeting. but unfortunately it did not record.. I just want it noted in the RECORD that I did vote for it. I thought. But that is the electronic voting for you.
Date: 1985-10-24
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am very disappointed in what happened a little earlier today. I am disappointed that the leadership could not have alerted us to the fact that it was going to happen. I am chagrined to hear that since Public Works now has been taken out of the Latta amendment that the Members of the Public Works Committee might well go the other way. We will be watching the vote very closely. those of us on the Banking Committee. and we hope that the people on Public Works will not forget what almost happened to them and not do it to us and not allow us to have a housing bill to go to the Senate so that the Senate will indeed consider a total housing bill. We will discuss this a little further in the debate on the Latta amendment.
Date: 1985-10-28
Speaker: AUSTIN J. MURPHY (democrat)
Chamber: H

Chairman. Subcommittee on Labor Standards. Rayburn House Office Building. Washington. DC. DEAR MR. MURPHY* The National Association of Counties. National Conference of State Legislators. National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors commend you for the leadership you have shown in resolving the difficulties faced by state and local governments across the nation as a result of the Supreme Courts decision in the Garcia v. the San Antonio Mass Transit Authority case. The legislation you have introduced. H.R. 3530 provides a solution to the problems created by Garcia which is balanced and equitable for all parties. It maintains the principles of the Fair Labor Standards Act and at the same time recognizes the special circumstances faced by public employers and public employees. Be assured that you have the strong support of all of our organizations for your bill and that we will provide whatever assistance is needed to achieve its passage in its current form. Sincerely. John J. Gunther. executive director. U.S. Conference of Mayors. Matt Coffey. executive director. National Association of Counties: Alan Beals. executive director. National League of Cities. Earl Mackey. executive director. National Conference of State Legislators.
Date: 1985-10-30
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of H.R. 505. a bill to improve the delivery of health care service to our Nations veterans. I would like to offer my special thanks to Chairman S.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY. and to Congressman Boa EDGAR. the chairman of the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care. for their support and understanding of the unique situation of U.S. Virgin Islands veterans. The U.S. Virgin Islands does not have a VA hospital. The closest VA hospital is in Puerto Rico. Therefore. It is essential that our veterans have the authority to contract with a doctor of their choice. a doctor who is familiar with their problems. and whose office is close to their home. It is also important that these veterans are able to utilize vendors in the U.S. Virgin Islands in order to obtain essential medical supplies. The compromise agreement worked .out under H.R. 505 would make the contract authority permanent with respect to the Virgin Islands. as it.is now In Hawaii and Alaska. This I see as a definite step in the right direction for service to Virgin Islands veterans. for I have long urged that outpatient clinics be built in the U.S. Virgin Islands. While it does not appear possible at this time .of severe Federal deficits. I feel the authority to make the contract service a permanent one with respect to the Virgin Islands. is an equitable solution for the interim. H.R. 505 recognizes that the veterans of the U.S. Virgin Islands have earned their service benefits and are entitled to equitable treatment. I urge your support for this fornia is recognized for measure.