James T. Callahan

the gentleman from Ohio just said that Members of Congress should assert themselves on foreign policy. I would like to bring to the attention of the chairman of the Committee on the Budget the law, the law written by the Committee on…

The Obey amendment would strike from this bill the U.S. aid to the Colombian army while still allowing the Human Rights, Justice and Alternative Development System to go forward. In return, he proposes that the House be allowed expedited…

we cannot promise the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) what the conference committee will do. We appreciate very much his knowledge of this problem in South America and his history of being concerned about it. But I cannot commit to…

the amendment really cuts the heart out of the entire program of Plan Colombia because it would prohibit the money to train the counternarcotics pavilion. I think the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) recognizes that. Without this…

I rise in support of the original bill and against the substitute. But I would like to pose a question to both the author of the substitute as well as the author of the original bill. And that is, in 1993, when we had the largest tax…

That is my point, that I think we should accept, and I understand an amendment would be out of order but one is going to be offered anyway, that we should consider the fact that we ought to retroactively effect this just as they did in…

I love this House. Witness the ceremony yesterday afternoon where we honored former President Ford and Betty Ford and the comments that were made there about the respect this institution has had over past decades. But are we so naive or so…

I do not oppose the motion offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi). I think that she echoes what we did here in the House, and that was to limit the IMET training in Indonesia to expanded military education and training…

let me just clarify something about the procedure. There are some who have indicated that this measure has not received the proper attention of the Congress because it did not go through the regular hearing process. But this is nothing…

Mr. Chairman, I wish to point out to Members and to the author of the amendment that the intent of his amendment is unclear. The amendment places a ceiling of $33.5 million on the amount of development assistance aid available to the…

I would point out that on page 39 of the committee report, we recommend that $250,000 be made available for democracy training and education activities for Tibetans. In addition, on page 55 of the report, we recommend $2 million for…

I believe this is the law of the land anyway. It is my understanding we are just not adequately enforcing it; that the State Department and the Justice Department have the authority already to enforce this, and yet they are failing to do…

First of all, Mr. Chairman, and to my colleagues in the House and to those that might be watching on television, if we were to have a vote on the floor of this House tonight or anytime and we would ask the Members of Congress as to whether…

the bill says that none of the funds made available under this heading may be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning. So I just wanted to make perfectly clear my position as the author of this bill with…

in American dramatist Tennessee Williams' play of the 1950's, ``Cat On a Hot Tim Roof'', ``Big Daddy,'' fearing that a tumor found in his body is cancerous, speaks of ``a man not having a pig's advantage.'' He refers to the human race's…

I compliment the gentlewoman on the amendment and I say that I agree to accept the amendment, and I might remind her that during this entire process in our conversations with the President and our conversations with the Department of…

I think this is unprecedented. Maybe some of you who are more historically informed and more constitutionally informed can correct me, but I think this is the first time in the history of this Congress where Congress has initiated a…

I must warn my colleagues that we should be very cautious about what we do and what we say here and the messages that we send. Just last weekend, the NATO nations were here; they were unanimous in every respect in saying that they are…

I think that if we send a message, we should make certain that the people of Montenegro know that we are supportive of their efforts and sorry they are in the dilemma they are in.

let me say that these resolutions always pose problems for me because I believe so strongly in the separation of the branches of our government. I think that 1569 certainly expresses my sentiments with respect to the sending of American…

I will admit I am in somewhat of a dilemma. I have spoken to this House in situations such as this on several occasions during Desert Storm, when we first sent our troops into Bosnia, and now here we are back again this year talking about…

sometimes it is amazing to me the memory of some of our colleagues about we did nothing this year. One of my responsibilities in the House is to Chair the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, how much…

I wish to make one or two personal comments, and I certainly do not mean to reflect or cast anything upon my colleagues from Connecticut nor California in their comments about our inabilities or our lack of accomplishments. But…

I have reviewed the eight platforms of his suggested reform and certainly think this is the exact correct direction to move in. I certainly will do everything I can to instruct the committee, or to request the committee when we reach that…

I for one agree with the Secretary of Defense who has contacted me as late as this afternoon and told me how very, very important IMET training is to our national defense. No more than I want to interfere with the Secretary of State's…