Daniel Inouye: “Although the questions that have been propounded do not refer to the subcommittee that I am privileged to chair, as to…”

“Although the questions that have been propounded do not refer to the subcommittee that I am privileged to chair, as to the potatoes, if my recollection is correct, the moneys are considered supplemental and emergency because it relates to a special disease or blight on potatoes, and experts have suggested that if treatment is not provided at the earliest stage, we may have a devastating potato blight in the United States. In the State of California, I just saw a documentary on blight in the vineyards where whole vineyards have been wiped out because of a certain blight of sort that has wiped out these cabernet sauvignon grapes. And in the same fashion I have been advised that potatoes are in danger of being wiped out. Second, as to the measure in the Executive Office, I have been advised that because of the demands made upon the administration for information resulting from the Iran-Contra crisis, files have had to be restored, files that have been destroyed by some of the former occupants of the National Security Office.”