Sidney Yates

May I say that I do not consider it a big windfall. I think that the tribe, on the basis of the explanation given by the gentleman from Mississippi, deserves that money, but to do so at the present time without having all of the figures…

I think what ought to be done is for the chairman and for me to take this problem into the conference and see if we can get more money, rather than to rearrange the way it is distributed; let us try to get more money so we can provide the…

What the gentleman is asking to do is take care of his tribe and take money away from the other tribes, because the committee, has not put enough money into this bill. What the gentleman ought to be doing, I think, is asking for more money…

1998 marks the centennial of Guam's relationship with the United States. As the gentleman knows, during World War II, Guam was the only American territory occupied by the Japanese. The people of Guam were steadfast in their desire for…

The gentleman from Guam has expressed his interest in having $300,000 of those funds allocated to establish a War Restitution Study Commission to verify claims from the people of Guam for the purpose of determining amounts of individual…

It is not my request. It was my understanding that the request was, would I agree to it? If the gentleman wants to continue at another stage of the bill, it is all right with me, but to place this in my pocket is the wrong approach. I…

I want to commend also the other members of the Subcommittee on Interior, who are really outstanding members of this House. It was a pleasure to serve with them and to work with them, particularly the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joe…

When the gentleman from Ohio and I came to that agreement, I had the impression that the effort for the vote would be led by the Democrats, as it has been over the last several years, and I was unaware of the convoluted structure that the…

I think that does not vitiate the error that took place in not having waived the rule of the House for NEA, as was done for the other programs. For 10 years we have brought our bill to the Committee on Rules asking for a waiver of all the…

I just wanted the additional time so I could advise the House that I intend to fight the previous question when the rule comes up for a vote. We have prepared an amended rule with a waiver for NEA that will be presented to the House, to…

I certainly agree with the statement made by the distinguished gentleman from Illinois. My district also will suffer from the lack of Section 8 housing. As the gentleman said so eloquently, there is no shortage in the need for Section 8…

It was a most despicable act that took place today and certainly our Government must make clear to the PLO that our Government will not tolerate such actions.

Personally, Mr. Chairman, I support neither tax cut, and I support reducing the deficit.

Why, then, Mr. Chairman, I would ask the gentleman, is his party advocating the tax reduction bill? Will that not increase the deficit?

I asked NEA how much money is being allocated to the States; and I was told that by statute 35 percent of the program funds are being allocated to the States, but that in practice 37 percent of their program funds. I was told also that…

I would tell the gentleman I would not have objected to his amendment had he included as well protection for the National Endowment for the Arts.

On this committee, we have been building those programs not only for years but for decades, and to take money that they want to take out of these funds would be catastrophic. I agree with the gentleman.

The gentleman from Wisconsin talked about a $15 billion excess in discretionary spending. The Defense appropriations bill is $13 billion over the President's budget. There is $13 billion of the gentleman's $15 billion, because defense is a…

Let us not talk about level playing fields. There is no more discriminated people in this country than the Indian people have been and still remain discriminated against. They talk about, some of the speakers who have spoken before talked…

I planned to reoffer this amendment today but, in the interest of time, I will not offer that amendment if I can have the assurance of the chairman that language will be placed in the statement of the managers for this bill directing the…

I agree with the gentleman in opposing this amendment. This amendment is another form of the amendment that will be offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania later on. For the same reasons as the gentleman from Ohio so eloquently…

The gentleman is exactly wrong about the Tongass because the Tongass provision still contains a waiver of ANILCO and NEPO as far as environmental safeguards are concerned. All it has is the safeguards provided in a contract, which were not…

What about the marbled murrelet provision? The marbled murrelet provision, is that not still subject to sufficiency language?

On the contrary, Mr. Speaker, it was put in because the amendment of the gentleman from Arizona was put in after the President's statement had been drafted.