Porter Goss: “this amendment goes to title III of Public Law 480. We have taken a close look at Public Law 480. There are some pluses…”

“this amendment goes to title III of Public Law 480. We have taken a close look at Public Law 480. There are some pluses and minuses to it. The pluses that we have talked about in the past are the business for American flag shipping, the compassion and humanitarian relief that so many are concerned about and the champion, the gentleman from Ohio spoke so eloquently about it yesterday in the Rules Committee and an area which I have a great deal of sympathy. Mr. Chairman, this amendment was to go to title III which is basically the loans proposition in Public Law 40. It does not touch the humanitarian programs in title II or some of the other programs that I think serve a very good purpose in title I that basically come under the grants programs. The question here is not an awful lot of money but the question here is a program that is not working very well that does have negative consequences and the money could be better spent elsewhere.”