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Mr. Chairman, I will stipulate at the outset this particular rendition of this redtape-filled, burdensome, bureaucratic reporting requirement on America's charities is less bad than the last time we had this debate, but it does not make it…
they are back. The Istook amendment, in a somewhat watered-down form, but still a red-tape-filled, bureaucratic reporting nightmare, is back, made in order as we debate the continuing resolution later today. Is this aimed at some of the…
this legislation comes to the floor today propelled by our collective outrage over the recent murderous attack by the Castro regime on two defenseless and clearly marked civilian aircraft. Civilized people everywhere are rightly outraged…
the Castro regime has acted in callous violation of international law in shooting down two defenseless and clearly marked civilian aircraft. Whether or not the Brothers to the Rescue planes strayed into Cuban airspace hardly matters. No…
I'm going to vote for this bill because it promotes competition and growth in the communications industry, and I believe that will benefit consumers. I must, however, express my strong opposition to one particular provision, section 507…
I am concerned about the approach that we are taking in correcting this problem with section 18 of the Lobbying Reform Act that this Congress recently passed and the President signed. I think Members have become aware of the difficulty in…
continuing my reservation, I appreciate the validity of all of the points the gentleman has just made, but I think he draws the boundaries a bit narrowly on the organizations in this country that have legitimate reason to be concerned. As…
Mr. Speaker, just in trying to reconcile the text of this 60-plus pages with the summary, I notice that, for instance, on page 18-E of the bill, we address the question of a partial repeal of a provision recently enacted in the Lobbying…
it is not that point, but the apparent internal inconsistency between the 75-percent cap and the other language in this legislation that prescribes funding levels for the Commerce Department in accordance with the earlier rejected…
many of us have just returned this morning from a memorial service for our departed colleague, the gentleman from Oklahoma, Michael Synar. It was a moving tribute to an extraordinary man and a courageous public servant. Mike set the…
Mr. Speaker, if we are going to have an agreement--and I very much want an agreement, I believe the President has demonstrated that he very much wants an agreement, given the amount of time he has spent trying to reach one--if we are going…
I do not know what may have happened in the hearing room yesterday, it is an unfortunate scene, obviously, but it is, I think, not coincidental that the day before we are to take up floor consideration of this legislation next week, there…
it is especially ironic, I think, that a citizens group wanting to present their views, to lobby, if you will, are subjected to this kind of regime and the effort to silence them is being characterized, or caricatured, as lobbying reform…
today I circulated to my colleagues in the House the following document entitled ``The Istook Amendment, New Regulation of Your Business.'' One of the myths about the so-called Istook-McIntosh-Ehrlich proposal is that it has only to do…
as I mentioned first thing this morning, there was a very interesting hearing yesterday before the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on investigations having to do with the so-called Istook-McIntosh-Ehrlich proposal that…
Under this proposed legislation the YMCA would be prohibited because it happens to engage in such things as provision of day care, dealing with prevention of crime, drug-aversion education, any number of other things for which it receives…
the effort by the proponents of the so- called McIntosh amendment to abuse and repress political expression in this country keeps on causing abuses of its own. First, abusing the regular legislative process and sticking this ill-advised…
this afternoon a hearing will be conducted that will be eerily reminiscent of the era of the House Un-American Activities Committee. The Committee on Government Reform will hold hearings on a proposal that would, believe it or not…
on August 4 the majority party passed a provision in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill sponsored by the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Istook] that was designed, if you can believe this, to restrict the first amendment rights of everyone in…
The gentleman is correct, in support of removing the cap that is now in the bill on the declassification operations of individual agencies, and as the gentleman knows, the amounts that might be involved in the environmental task force…
While I generally support this bill as meeting vital national security needs, there are a couple of areas in which I hope we may be able to make some changes and improvements when we get to conference, Mr. Chairman, and I wanted to discuss…
I urge adoption of this motion. I joined in voting for the patent moratorium when the Interior appropriations bill was on the House floor, and I intend to press for retaining the moratorium when we meet in conference with the other body…
one of the many, many virtues of the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin is that it would strike from this bill the incredibly ill-conceived provision generally referred to as the Istook amendment, which attempts to control…
I cannot avoid commenting on the gentleman's characterization that this is attempting to improve on the intent of the gentleman from Oklahoma in offering this. His intent is unimprovable. This change certainly makes the bad impact of this…
I appreciate the solicitude about improving the gentleman's proposal. I think we can make a very, very quick and brief act of mercy on it that will effect the real improvements necessary.
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