Political Quotes

“I rise today because of deep concern with the work that we have with the Agency for International Development's Environment and Urban Programs. Mr. Chairman, we are told by the experts that we are going to see 2.5 billion people added to the world's urban population in the next 25 years. The overwhelming majority, over 90 percent of them, are going to be in the least developed countries of the world. Already, some 30 percent of these communities do not have adequate drinking water, 50 percent do not have basic sanitation, and we are facing the one program in the Agency for International Development that deals with the urban programs that has a crying need for budget assistance. Its budget has been $4 million last year. This is down from $8 million in 1993. It has been going down and holding steady. I guess I would like to engage the gentleman in a colloquy to inquire if it is possible to work with the committee and with USAID to find ways to see that this program receives its proper emphasis and to encourage AID to build on its past successes by increasing this program's funding levels.”