Joseph Skeen

I rise in strong support of final passage of the 1997 national defense authorization bill because it is a step in the continuation of a national defense with which New Mexico plays a vital role. Specifically, this bill is very important…

we are not saying the gentleman cannot do something. What we are telling him is something he can do, and what he can do is this: We want to give the other side every opportunity. How many amendments is the gentleman talking about?

Let me say to the gentleman, who is existing in oblivious and euphoric unawareness, that is the closest I can come to being real kind about this issue, I understand his problem. He feels so good that he is cutting money. Let me say to the…

I, too, appreciate the gentleman's concern and support the goal of the section 515 program. Unfortunately, our lower allocation for the entire appropriations bill this year necessitated a careful review of our funding priorities. We simply…

Well, we just could not push it through the screen that way because we had very severe shortages in funding so we had to leave it at the level we had it. I am sorry that we could not raise it to $2 million.

my amendment deletes the limitation on the Department of Agriculture that would have prevented them from sending questions that had been submitted to the Department to third parties, including OMB. The past several years, we have had…

Mr. Speaker, let me say right now insofar as meat inspection is concerned, and I understand the concern of the gentleman from Wisconsin and others who have worked with this, but the program that we are undergoing now does not extend the…

Protecting small producers, small processors, is absolutely of major concern to us, because in many respects I think they view this as a threat to continuing business. We do not want that to happen. We want our food situation safe.

I want to say that Chairman Regula and Ranking Member Yates are some of the finest people I ever worked with and had the opportunity to work with and to deal with in this Congress of the United States, along with the other members of the…

Mr. Chairman, I respond by saying, the subcommittee looks forward to working with the gentleman and other members of the Iowa delegation to find funds to start this research. It is my understanding the research enjoys widespread pork…

I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4296, the Assault Weapons Ban Act, for several reasons. I believe the supporters of this measure are looking through the wrong end of the binoculars on this issue. the problem is not these guns; it's the…