Alan B. Mollohan

The gentleman, Mr. Speaker, is suggesting that the one panel was compromised in some political way. Is he suggesting that the other two at the National Academy of Sciences was politically compromised? And what about all these other…

Reclaiming my time on that point, indeed I am sure we can get individual academicians and statisticians to come up with any view. The thing that impresses me so much is that these associations have come up with a consensus position…

So if the gentleman wants us to compromise, he should vote against his own motion.

First of all, when we are talking about free speech, the underlying issue here really is associated with free speech in USIA funding, the ability of groups in the Middle East to market their views and opinions. The gentleman's amendment…

The question is, What will we learn if this amendment becomes law that we do not already know, that will make a real difference in our ability to do oversight of the Legal Services Corp.?

This committee and the chairman and the whole committee worked very hard to make sure that our share is being reduced. That, again, is a part of all of this negotiation, and also part of the authorizing bill that we passed several years…

Where is our priority? Do we want to eliminate a program that is extremely important for our competiveness position as we move forward with this internationalization of our global economy, or not, and do we believe that this program…

I understood that we were going to accept this amendment without debating it. In the process of accepting the amendment for the purposes of the bill being considered on the floor here today, I just want it understood that all of the…

I just really want this time to express appreciation to the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Rogers] for being responsive to this request. There have been a number of efforts on the floor to increase this account, and they have been really in…

I regrettably rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. I do not dispute the critical mission of the National Weather Service. I too, would like to see it funded more robustly. However, I cannot support the amendment's offsets, and…

I really appreciate the Members from Florida raising this issue. I think it gives us an opportunity to point out that one of the really strong aspects of the COPS Program is the wonderful way in which it has been administered, the…

I will close, Mr. Chairman, by saying I think this is a very ill-advised amendment. The Commerce Department generally, and Dr. Good's office specifically, is the headquarters for strategic thinking about how we deal with the new economic…

We have had this debate. Now let me get back to the gentleman from California. He is taking the $109 million that we took in offsets. Had he intended to offer this amendment prior to the legal services amendment?

Let me reclaim my time and let me stipulate that some entities are set up. That gets back to this point. Any group, which for a lawful purpose sets up activities outside of these corporations, can do that. We cannot stop them from doing…

I just wonder if the gentleman is aware that last year it was actually this subcommittee, under the leadership of the gentleman from Kentucky, Chairman Rogers, that placed in the Commerce-Justice-State appropriations bill restrictions upon…

If there is money in this bill, it is funny money, it is more worthless than monopoly money. We cannot put money in an appropriations bill. The purpose is to appropriate money; it is an action activity; and make it contingent upon finding…

I support multiple fuel use; I support multiple, flexible, fuel use policy in this country, and I think that is the best way for us to achieve energy independence around the world in whatever circumstances. Keeping using that incredible…

That is the key question. I would ask my colleagues consider carefully under which provision is their State most benefited.