Lois Capps: “Mr. Chairman, I want to oppose the amendment. Having been born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, I, too, picked up on that…”

“Mr. Chairman, I want to oppose the amendment. Having been born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, I, too, picked up on that suggestion. Maybe if Omaha does not want it, Lincoln might; I do not know. That is beyond the bounds of this. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I question the sense-of-Congress kind of ruling. I am new at this business, but I think those are very difficult kinds of petitions to deal with. As a general rule, the sense-of-Congress language, I think, is problematic. I would oppose this amendment on those grounds. I am not enthusiastic about the proposal. I certainly do not accept that the United Nations should be a part-time body. I think it has so much more to do than can be done as a part-time institution. I wonder if the gentleman has asked the New York delegation how they feel about moving the United Nations away from New York. I am not at all sure that this would be a positive development. It seems to me that the United Nations has headquarters in New York, with major presences in Geneva and elsewhere around the world, and that is the way it ought to be. I am going to oppose this amendment on those grounds and still other grounds.”