James T. Callahan: “I want to say that I have great respect for the gentlewoman of California (Ms. Waters). But I recall about a year ago…”

“I want to say that I have great respect for the gentlewoman of California (Ms. Waters). But I recall about a year ago next month when I was trying to handle the foreign operations bill giving sub-Saharan Africa $700 million that I mentioned that the limited $293 million we sent in Latin America created a peace; that there was no country in this hemisphere at war. As I recall, the gentlewoman from California jumped my case and chastised me for not giving that money to Watts and not giving that money to poverty areas who have drug problems. So I just want to remind the gentlewoman from California that, while we gave the $700 million when we attempted to do something for our neighbors just to the south of us who do have the same similar problems of sub-Saharan Africa, she really jumped my case to the point that I had really no available response to what she said. She also has some problems in southern California that she ought to be addressing. While she is addressing all of this $700 million for the next 9 years to Africa, why is she not protecting her own district and saying that we are going to have drug programs for the next 9 years? That, Mr. Chairman, is the response to what I have to say about this, to remind the gentlewoman that I cannot do one thing one year and another thing the next year.”