Ike Skelton

Mr. SKELTON

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Ms. McCarthy). (Ms. McCARTHY of Missouri asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks). (Mr. DICKS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks).

Mr. SKELTON. I yield to the gentleman from California.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate my friend from California (Mr. Cunningham) stating this. Obviously he did read the amendment, as I did, and the language is pretty clear.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, based on the gentleman's comments, I find that he and I are singing from the same sheet of music, and I thank him for that. My main purpose for rising, however, is to compliment the gentleman from Mississippi. I think it is important that the goals for this entire challenge be set forth, and he has done that quite well for today as well as the challenge for tomorrow. I thank him for his thorough review of those goals.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt). (Mr. GEPHARDT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire of the time remaining on each side.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey). (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Andrews. (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt). (Mr. SPRATT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bonior).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, yes, I will restate what the President told me just briefly a few moments ago. First is that he fully intends to ask for a supplemental from the Congress for peacekeeping. Second, after I raised the matter of timeliness with him, he said he fully intends to ask for it well before September 30. Third, he said it is not his intent to use any readiness funds that we are authorizing and appropriating for peacekeeping.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Reyes).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I think it is moot because the combat is over. That is in the past. Peacekeeping is the only thing in front of us. And I appreciate his support for that position.

Mr. SKELTON

Mr. SKELTON. Madam Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Buyer).

Mr. SKELTON. Madam Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie).