Marcy Kaptur: “I wish to bring to the Members' attention a title that is a part of this Defense supplemental bill, title IV, entitled…”

“I wish to bring to the Members' attention a title that is a part of this Defense supplemental bill, title IV, entitled 'The Mexican Debt Disclosure Act of 1995,' a measure that was attached in the Senate and then agreed to by the conferees. Let me mention also, that as the ranking member on our side has indicated, it has been very difficult to get the $3.1 billion identified in the overall defense supplemental bill to take care of costs for Haiti, for Bosnia, for Somalia. I might mention $3.1 billion. Title IV, which deals with Mexico, talks about $20 billion. Of course, that is money that has not been voted on by the Members of this body, because we have not been permitted a vote by our own leadership. We have been thwarted at every turn. Now we are faced with a vote on a defense supplemental that has a title that pushes us a little bit further toward getting some additional information from the Clinton administration. I have to say that it is a step in the right direction, but it is certainly not what we have been asking for in this body.”