James T. Callahan

I think that we are nearing a closure on this debate, but I certainly would agree with my colleague, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), that this is what the Congress is all about. This has been a very spirited debate, and we…

very seriously, there are people on both sides of this issue that I greatly respect. I respect George Shultz. I respect the gentlewoman from California. I respect a lot of people. But George Shultz says do not give them anything. I respect…

Mr. Chairman, the comments that the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) made certainly make a lot of sense. The complexity of the International Monetary Fund and the complexity of international finance, quite frankly, is far above the…

Mr. Chairman, all of the points during this debate have been well taken and that is exactly what this body is all about. Basically, though, this is a good bill. It is a bill that has received majority support in both subcommittee and full…

I am pleased to open general debate today on H.R. 4569, the fiscal year 1999 Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs appropriations bill. This will be the last appropriation bill, Mr. Chairman, for two distinguished…

I just might remind him that while New York and New Jersey and California were not on our side in the battle that took place in the last century, most of the people from Maryland were. But this year things have changed. I thank the…

I am not a lawyer, and I do not apologize for that, I am just not. But I do have a legal question that I would like for some of the legalese Members who are so educated in the law to inform me. The Mobile Press Register, my hometown…

I assume everything we read in the newspaper is factual, but giving the benefit of the doubt that it might not be factual, I think that the investigator, the defense attorney in Mobile, who incidentally has called me because Janet Reno…

Then in the gentleman's opinion, as a prosecutor and as a man learned in the law, should the Justice Department in that district indict the IRS individual who gave him this money?

I am not asking for a result. I am just asking that the Trade Representative look deeply into this issue to see whether or not the 10 percent acquisition by the Japanese firm of the American firm is violative of the agreement that is in…

Ms. Barshefsky, as well as her Associate Deputy Representative Fisher, have done an outstanding job in responding to the Members of Congress in the last week and have done an outstanding job bringing together the various factions to…

Mr. Chairman, I rose a few weeks ago before we went on recess to give indication that I had a very serious problem with the Customs Department regarding a ruling that had to do with soft lumber from Canada. I told the Customs Department…

We are talking about floors, an unprecedented amendment being introduced in this House. I urge my colleagues to vote against it.

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…

Reclaiming my time, this Congress has the ability to make this decision on the International Monetary Fund, but we do not commit to future Congresses. I mean, what if we came to the Congress, we said we need $3 billion for the…

We are considering H.R. 2159, the appropriation bill for foreign operations in 1998. After adjusting for funds that are not scored against the subcommittee due to the budget resolution, the total in discretionary budget authority is…

it is my intention in just a second to yield back, but I yield myself such time as I may consume to briefly explain that the President requested $16.8 billion, and the House passed $12.26 billion. The Senate sent us a message of $16.8…

I rise in support of this issue to tell the gentleman that he is moving in the right direction... we are running out of time here in this Congress to pass an appropriation bill.

this is a great institution, and the national media always focuses on the sensationalism of what is happening in Washington. They want to talk about campaign reform, and they want to talk about who had coffee with whom at the White House…

Mr. Speaker, this issue was thoroughly debated yesterday when the Congress chose to instruct the conferees on the foreign operations bill to include Mexico City language. I support Mexico City language, although I opposed, in a way, the…

it still remains unpopular on Pennsylvania Avenue, and I am certain if we dub it the Pelosi amendment, then in next year's request they indeed would include it in their request. Or maybe we could do better. Maybe we could ensure that if…

since this provision has been dubbed the Callahan amendment, Mr. Speaker, we have still been unsuccessful in convincing the administration of its importance. So maybe we ought to change the name of the Callahan amendment to the Pelosi…

Mr. Speaker, I have received broad bipartisan support for the appropriations account I created several years ago for child survival and disease programs. This funding is intended to help protect the children of the world and to help stem…

that is to make certain that our leaders in our foreign policy, Madeleine Albright, the President, have an open book and an open mind going into these negotiations. I think the gentleman's message has been heard loud and clear. I am sure…

let me correct one misconception that has been portrayed here on the floor, and that is that there is money earmarked in the bill for India. There is no earmark in this bill. Therefore, there is no reason for the fiscal conservatives to…