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Benjamin A. Gilman is a former U.S. Congressman who served as a Republican representative from New York. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1972 and served until 2002, making significant contributions to various committees, including the House International Relations Committee, where he was a prominent voice on foreign policy issues. Gilman was known for his advocacy on issues related to transparency and accountability in international dealings, particularly concerning OPEC and its impact on U.S. energy prices. Throughout his tenure, he focused on enhancing U.S. relations with other countries and addressing global economic challenges.
Mr. Speaker, this resolution, House Joint Resolution 58, expresses congressional disapproval of the President's February 28, 1997, certification to Congress that Mexico has fully cooperated with our Nation's antinarcotics efforts during…
This resolution commends Operation Sail for its advancement of international cooperation among nations, for its continuing commemoration of the history of the United States and its contribution to the training of young cadets in the skills…
Mr. Speaker, I do not think we can emphasize enough the wonderful, courageous, dedicated work of our American teams out there, the personnel that served during the cold war, never knowing when they would have to be called upon to engage in…
I would gladly have made any sacrifice to avoid having to stand before you today for this solemn purpose. The passing of Hamilton Fish, Jr., is a genuine shock which reverberated in this Chamber as well as back in our Hudson Valley region…
The Senate amendment made sanctions against investments that contribute to the development of Libya's petroleum resources mandatory rather than discretionary. It makes the investment regime toward Libya fully consistent with that adopted…
This language in the definition of ``investment'' is intended to underscore that, particularly with respect to Iran, the amendment in the nature of a substitute does not contain a trade trigger for the imposition of sanctions.
No, that is not the intent of section 6. The sanctions identified in section 6 are intended to be mandatory when selected pursuant to either section 5(a) or 5(b)(1).
No, the imposition of meaningless sanctions would be inconsistent with our intent.
The financing of oil development in Iran poses virtually the same threat as investments in those same projects.
No, that would be an illogical construction of the provisions. Section 5(f)(3) is essentially a contract sanctity provision.
No, Mr. Speaker the list may not necessarily be comprehensive. In such a case, the investor could be subject to sanctions under the bill notwithstanding that the project did not appear on the list published in the Federal Register.
I certainly do, and that is why I criticized the Indian security forces for its abuses.
We certainly agree with the objectives of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] and his goals, and that will be built into our measure which we hope to take up shortly. We want to commend the gentleman for his approach to this very…
Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to take a moment to recognize the outstanding humanitarian work that has been done over the last few years by a group of high school students in my district in New York. The Ramapo High School Children of…
I believe what this infers is that while not necessarily sending military forces, it would mean trying to provide essential material and support to Taiwan in the event that they were being invaded.
I think what the gentleman meant, if we adopt this, it would be the first State authorization bill to be adopted, foreign aid authorization bill to be adopted since 1985.
I wish to address the gentleman from Ohio and mention that we have provided discretionary authority to the President to eliminate one of three agencies, not mandating that AID be eliminated, giving the President the opportunity to decide…
I rise to support Mr. Underwood's amendment to provide Guam with immigration impact assistance. This amendment would provide $4.58 million to assist Guam in meeting the demands of new immigrants to have settled in Guam. I understand the…
We all share the concern about the Bosnia situation. Tomorrow afternoon we will be having a hearing on Bosnia in the Committee on International Relations. I discussed the Bosnia amendment with the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Hoyer]. We…
Just in response, of course we would like to be supportive of the gentleman's proposal. What we are concerned about is the limited amount of time in this measure to enable Members on both sides of the aisle to take up their amendments. I…
H.R. 1561 offers an opportunity to streamline and downsize the Federal Government and cut spending while continuing to project American influence and power around the world in a cost-effective manner.
The President has to evolve a program and then send the program to us. We are not mandating.
In fact, the JSTARS program has been nominated by our Nation as the best candidate to meet the needs of NATO. I am confident that the JSTARS program will provide NATO with a significant operational advantage that will strengthen the…
In 1991, the United States recommended to NATO that it consider procuring an airborne ground surveillance capability to complement the air surveillance capability of the NATO AWACS fleet. The AWACS system has effectively provided our…
I am saying that our troops, under American command, can work in coordination with any commander in that theater.
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