George P. Radanovich

Right now, because the Governor waited so long to do any price increases, the PUC eventually raised prices up to about 48 percent. We have a home in California and pay generally when we are not there about $48 a month, and it went up to…

I would like to say, continuing to defend California, it was an issue of supply I think that is at the heart of California's energy problems; but the way out of the energy crisis in California now is to, number one, get the governor out of…

I have no doubt that that happened during the time from a year ago beginning last May to now. I think the real crime has been the hesitancy to provide leadership on the issue. Because of that, it led to a situation that could have cost the…

I will say again that the problem in California was a crisis of leadership, and I think blurred objectives; one being a blurred objective, one objective being staying in office and getting reelected, and the other being providing for the…

What the problem was in California was really a crisis in leadership in an improper reaction to a flawed deregulation bill that was passed in 1995. We began to see signs of that with this 'deregulation' plan, that froze the rates at which…

I would like to applaud the President for just the very reason that the gentleman just mentioned, because he is taking a leadership role on this issue. The polls came out the other day in the front page of the New York Times that he is…

I do, and I want to comment on one specific thing, because I think I have an unusual perspective on being from California, I say to the gentleman, and that is because we are going through the California energy crisis.

The problem is that you provide no assurance that these PILT obligations are going to be met. Then you are wildly increasing funding for more of the same programs.

I ask the gentleman, why does he not join me in adding PILT to the other seven mandatory programs?

Let us make PILT mandatory. The $320 million obligation, why do not my colleagues join me in this amendment and make it fully mandatory like they have made seven other new programs that are created by this bill mandatory spending? This is…

CARA creates seven new programs that are mandatory programs that will be fully funded, while PILT is not included in that.

The most in the recent years has been $135 million. If they double that, it is $270 million. They are still short. I say to the gentleman, please tell me that CARA would them come in and fund all of this up to the $320 million obligation.

As I understand it, the historical commitment or the all-time high was $135 million. That times two is not quite $300 million. The obligation to PILT is $320 million. There is no chance that it is subject to full funding under this type of…

I support of H.R. 1119. This bill safeguards that our military will continue to defend the Nation's vital interests. H.R. 1119 ensures that the American military will be ready for the 21st century battlefield. In particular, it adds $2.6…

I cannot help but think what either Meriwether Lewis or Thomas Jefferson would have thought had they realized that this country had come to the point where the U.S. Government is taking away wealth from not even the rich, I mean this is…

I thank the gentleman. My final words are promises made, promises kept; the promise to the American people that until we start keeping word and following through in Washington, it will be a long time even then before they begin to feel the…

I am not aware of any of the benefits experienced yet of those restrictions. Until I see benefits resulting from those changes in the law, then I do not support an increase in funding for LSC.

Until we see some benefit from the changes in this thing, I think it is totally ridiculous to be funding LSC.

I would rather see fruit come from that bill rather than further fund them in areas where we have no proof that they backed off some of the politically motivated stuff they are doing right now.

I guess the bottom line is that we have a disagreement on whether or not a corporation such as LSC, that has recklessly spent that money, should be further funded beyond this point.

Amendment offered by Mr. Radanovich: Page 97, after line 5, insert the following new section: limitation on assistance to turkey Sec. 573. Not more than $22,000,000 of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading "Economic Support…

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In closing I would like to say that our case to the American people... we are changing America for the better. We are not playing silly games, and we are determined to do that, and that is our job. And I hope people will realize that the…

It is equal in its percentage of return. Only a bumblehead would buy the argument that that is tax breaks for the rich.

If I am to believe that you are slashing and burning Medicare, my assumption then would be that we must be cutting that, then, from $4,800 a year to, what, $2,300 or $2,200.