C. W. Bill Young

Wait just a minute. Coming back from conference and opposing a bill is one thing, but refusing to close the conference unless you like the language, that is something else. And you, as chairman, will control that.

But they have already given me an answer to that several times. They are not going to do it, but they could.

Actually, Mr. Speaker, during the discussion on the rule we had a pretty good description of what this bill does. But let me say first that we started out with a ceiling of $6.5 billion. We stayed within that number in the House, our…

I am curious where the figure of 4 months comes from, where they held this bill up for 4 months. We passed this bill on the June 20, which was about 2 weeks after we got the request from the White House. The House expedited consideration…

Mr. Speaker, the motion to go to conference is basically a routine motion. We need to get to conference on this supplemental. We have military operations, training activities, we have readiness issues ready to close down if we do not…

Mr. Speaker, I repeat something that I said at the beginning of the debate in opposition to the motion to instruct. On the issue of FEMA, this Congress never ignored the issues of our communities when it came to natural disasters, and I…

Mr. Chairman, several days ago I suggested to the House that this might be coming, this little bit of warfare between different delegations; and I had hoped that we would avoid that, because we have enough problems with our foreign…

It is the intent of the Committee on Appropriations to address this matter the next time it meets to consider revisions to the allocations by increasing the 302(b) allocation for this bill to a level equal to the amount this bill as passed…

I want to advise the Members of the good work that was done by the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Skeen), the chairman of the subcommittee. This was a new assignment for the gentleman because of our term limit situation in the House. He…

Mr. Chairman, I am reluctantly rising to oppose the gentleman's amendment. He talks about a .33 percent cut across-the-board, but what he does not point out is that 75 percent of the fiscal year is already gone, which means that 75 percent…

I want to confirm here on the floor our conversation earlier that we have a great deal of sympathy for the enormous relief efforts taking place in Houston as a result of Tropical Storm Allison. I applaud the gentlewoman's efforts in doing…

Mr. Chairman, I would just take the time to advise the gentleman that our leadership knows of the gentleman's concern. As the gentleman has noticed from the debate that has taken place today, there is a strong disagreement as to whether…

I regret that I had to reserve the point of order on this good amendment. I am not opposed to this amendment. As a matter of fact, I could identify to the Members of the House far more needs in our national defense than even the Skelton…

the Committee on Appropriations does recognize the impact of last winter's ice storms to private and public landowners in Texas.

I would like to note the spending allocation provided to the Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, which the gentleman chairs, for fiscal year 2002 assumes full funding of the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Approximately $10 million is included within emergency funding for the Tulsa District of the Army Corps of Engineers as aid to combat damages suffered in last winter's ice storm. I would like to add that I really appreciate the gentleman's…

I am pleased to bring to the House the 2001 Supplemental Appropriations bill. While this is the first appropriations activity on the floor of this Congress, it is actually the last appropriations action for the last Congress because this…

I suggest to the gentleman that we will represent the House's position when we go to conference with the other body. During that conference, I expect that LIHEAP would be a subject of consideration.

So in our spirit of generosity, bipartisanship and comradeship, we are prepared to allow the debate; and then I expect that the amendments would either be withdrawn or the point of order would be pressed.

I would like to say to him and to all the Members that if we wanted to be political about this what we would have done would be to have all the checks delivered to those offices of the Members who voted for the tax cut and let them send…

Since we have debated this issue five or six times here this afternoon and this evening, I just want to make the point again that Congress, since in the times that I have been here, has never refused to meet its responsibility when it came…

I just wanted to say this, that I am not going to report an appropriations bill that spends one penny from the Social Security or Medicare funds.

reclaiming my time, let me get back to my point that we would have been much better served if we could have had a continuing resolution that would take us at least until the middle of next week so that these negotiations that the gentleman…

pursuant to House Resolution 669, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 128) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk…

Well, then, I would ask the gentleman this question, and I will yield for his answer. What number is the gentleman prepared to start at?