Sidney Yates said "by my standards, the interior appropriations bill for this year is not a good bill. Our current national resources will suffer. The Indian people are going to take a big hit. The protection of our environment will be diminished. Our cultural resources will be severely ambushed. The program to help the needy with their weather problems has been cut most drastically. Even though I feel that the bill is a bad bill, Mr. Speaker, nevertheless I will vote for the rule because the rule will make in order the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Museum Services. Were the rule not to protect them because they have not been authorized, they would be stricken when they reached the floor on a point of order. For that reason, therefore, Mr. Speaker, I shall support the rule." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 12, 1995

by my standards, the interior appropriations bill for this year is not a good bill. Our current national resources will suffer. The Indian people are going to take a big hit. The protection of our environment will be diminished. Our cultural resources will be severely ambushed. The program to help the needy with their weather problems has been cut most drastically. Even though I feel that the bill is a bad bill, Mr. Speaker, nevertheless I will vote for the rule because the rule will make in order the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Museum Services. Were the rule not to protect them because they have not been authorized, they would be stricken when they reached the floor on a point of order. For that reason, therefore, Mr. Speaker, I shall support the rule.

Said by

Sidney Yates

Democratic · Illinois

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about the interior appropriations bill and its impact on various programs.

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