Sam Farr

I obviously will be very brief. As my colleagues can tell, I am a great supporter of AmeriCorps. I think it is one of the greatest programs that we have done here in Congress, and I hope that we will give it strong support, increasing…

Let me point out that the reason people are having such difficulty with this is we do have a surplus here. We are not spending enough money. When the gentleman was a city councilman and mayor, he received money out of the land and water…

It does not eliminate it. This program has received over $2 billion in the history of fossil fuel research. We only take, of the appropriations this year, one-third; $1 out of every $3.

Some of that money, a good deal of that money, also comes from drilling off the coast of California. The point of it is that this Congress created that fund so those revenues would be reinvested back into lands. It now has a $900 million…

I think this debate is really not about abortion. I think it is about our national security. National security assumes that you will have personal security. Existing law puts women in uniform at risk with their own health care. This…

I appreciate the support on both sides of the aisle. I think this program is one that we can all be proud of, and in a time when people think that there is debate and rancor among the parties in Congress, I can tell that this is one area…

The message in America is we want less guns in our communities. Every child is listening to that. Less guns, not more guns. Keep the promise to our children, vote ``no.''

Yes, there is. The bill is only good for a year, and so as the last sentence in the amendment states, it says that the Department of Commerce shall not terminate it for the fiscal year 1996 or whenever the user fees become successful…

I was commenting that one of the unique feelings we all had was that each of us had the ability to live in a minority in another land and learn another language and learn another culture, and essentially be able to really understand what…

Yes, Mr. Chairman. The Santa Cruz Port District has offered to retain crew quarters in the current building. It has also offered to provide patrol boat berthing adjacent to the current Coast Guard building, and provide a communications…

This bill takes it a lot further. One, it requires that the Government write it down, the analysis; two, that they publish it.

The gentleman is changing the playing field because he is changing that from a right to discuss takings to a right saying that any portion that is affected or diminished.

So all of those cases that were brought here on the floor today where people talked about problems they were having with their constituents, none of those constituents, under the conditions they brought, will benefit from the gentleman's…

I think at a time when we are putting emphasis on cost-benefits it is ironic that this bill puts all the emphasis on cost and none on the benefits.

I am uncomfortable with the wording of the release language in section 11 of the bill. Section 11 states that the released land 'Shall be managed for multiple use in accordance with land and resources management plans' and that 'those…