Chris Smith: “Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the amendment offered by…”

On the recordMay 25, 1994

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the amendment offered by my friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Beilenson]. In bringing the foreign operations bill to the floor today, both the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], and the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston] have worked hard to assure that at least modest funding would be available for a myriad of important humanitarian, environmental and peace promoting activities. I do not agree with many of the allocations, but I respect the sincerity of the authors of this bill. Mr. Chairman, ironically one of the most controversial programs funded by U.S. taxpayers is actually slated to get a hefty increase in this bill. Total population control spending increases by 15 percent to a whopping $569 million in fiscal year 1995. Yet for some, a 15-percent increase still is not enough, even when other, more worthy programs are either straight-lined or cut.

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Chris Smith

Republican · New Jersey

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Opposing an amendment related to funding in the foreign operations bill.

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Chris Smith: “Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the amendment offered by my friend, the gentleman from California [Mr.…”

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