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James T. Callahan: “I do not differ with my colleague on the merits of this amendment. The committee has carried this provision for several…”

On the recordJune 5, 1996
I do not differ with my colleague on the merits of this amendment. The committee has carried this provision for several years. However, the committee did not carry the provision this year at the specific request of Chairman Gilman of the authorization committee. This is an authorization provision, and it is contained in the House passed bill, H.R. 3121, which has the support of both the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] and the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] of the authorizing committee. They expect this measure to be enacted into law, and therefore, Chairman Gilman does not believe that the inclusion of these authorization measures in our bill are necessary. I have done my best to work with the authorizing committee on this issue, and therefore, I must reluctantly oppose the amendment of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], but only on those grounds.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma
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Discussing the amendment related to authorization provisions during a committee meeting.

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