C. Young

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I have no other speakers except myself to close, so I will continue to reserve my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This continuing resolution extends the current CR for 5 days, until November 23, specifically for the purpose of allowing the Senate to have time to consider the measures that we will send them today. Mr. Speaker, in the interest of allowing our Members to get home to their families and preparing for the Thanksgiving period, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on H.J. Res. 82, and that I may include tabular and extraneous material.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 385, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 82) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the remaining time. Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to all of the discussion and the debate from the Members on the other side of the aisle, and if any of that debate related to this CR that is presently before us I would have a lengthy response, but none of that debate relates to this CR. So at this point I would just like to make this suggestion, let us pass the CR and then get on to the appropriations bill that has been the subject of debate using this as a vehicle. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith). (Mr. SMITH of New Jersey asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. I just wanted to point out that there has been talk about winners and losers and victories and defeats. I would like to just make this point. I was very impressed by one visit to President Reagan's Oval Office. He had a sign there, and I will paraphrase it because I do not remember it exactly, but it goes like this: It's amazing what can be accomplished if you don't care who gets the credit. That is how we have tried to work through this entire appropriations process, without demanding or claiming credit for any one of our appropriators. We just get the job done. We believe that we have produced a good product here that would be acceptable to the American people and should be acceptable to the Representatives in the House. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the hard-working, straight-talking, straight-shooting Speaker of the House, a great leader, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hastert).

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. November 18 is today, and we are amending this resolution so that it begins today and runs until December 2.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 385, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 83) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on H.J. Res. 83 and that I may include tabular and extraneous material.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment at the desk be agreed to.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. The purpose of the amendment will address the issue of the previous continuing resolution. The CR that we passed earlier today would have authorized continuing appropriations from today until November 23. Because of the concern in the Senate that they may need a little extra time in dealing with this proposal and to give the President sufficient time to adequately review the appropriations agreement, this amendment would change the date from November 23 to December 2 to today until December 2.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss) for yielding me the time, and I think we are going to pass the rule without too much difficulty. But, Mr. Speaker, if I could have the attention of the House, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) just mentioned the 4 o'clock hour, and he is right on target. At 6 minutes after 3 a.m. this morning, with the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) in the chair, I was able to file the final agreement on the last appropriations package. We went to the Committee on Rules at 20 minutes after 3:00 and by 3:45, my part of it was complete and I was home by 4:30 this morning. I am not sure when the gentleman from Massachusetts got home, but the important issue here is that I have the opportunity to compliment and congratulate the Members of the Committee on Appropriations and the subcommittee chairmen and all of those who have done such a good job through this process. But, Mr. Speaker, the unsung heroes do not often get those accolades, and I think it is appropriate that they do. Those heroes are the members of the Committee on Rules. They are here for early morning meetings and late night meetings. I want to compliment the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) and all of the members of the Committee on Rules for being available when the legislative process requires their presence. In the last 10 days of our very serious negotiation with the representatives from the President's office, there have been numerous evenings when the Committee on Rules was told, be available, because we think we might have a bill for their consideration tonight. They have had to wait here until 10 or 11 o'clock at night, or midnight, and then the appropriators were not ready or the deal had not been struck yet. They have been so faithful to their responsibilities, and I just think it is timely to call attention to the work that they do and the generous giving of their time to help this process move. Again, I want to thank the gentleman from California (Chairman Dreier) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley), the ranking member, and all of the members of the Committee on Rules for being so patient with us as we move this process through.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we are coming to the successful conclusion of a long road toward completion of our fiscal responsibilities. I thank my friend and colleague from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) for calling for order in the House. I want to say ``thank you'' to him for the many, many long hours and long days we have spent together during this process as the House concluded its work on 13 separate appropriations bills. Mr. Speaker, the bills that are included in this conference report today, all of these bills, have gone before the House in one form or another. They have also gone before the House as part of a conference report. Most of those bills have not even been changed to any great extent from their previous forms. The District of Columbia bill, which is the main vehicle for this conference report, has only one minor change that was acceptable to all parties involved. The bill on Foreign Operations is basically the same as passed the House, except for a minor change that was agreed to by all the parties. As for the other three bills remaining, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations, will make some comments on that as we go through the debate. The chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Porter), will have some comments on that portion of the bill. And the chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), will have some comments on that bill. During the various discussions that have led up to the point where we are about to conclude consideration of our appropriations responsibilities, one of the complaints has been the size of the bill. And it is true that a number of nonappropriations issues have been added by virtue of reference to their bill number. But the fact is that the administration, the President's team, was here until nearly 3 o'clock this morning reading all of those pages, and they did read them all and gave us a sign-off to go ahead and file the bill. Not that we needed that, but it was a courtesy that we extended to the administration. Mr. Speaker, of course, the staff representatives of the majority leadership and the minority leadership had access not only to this process last night and early this morning, but there has been ample opportunity for those who wanted to read the agreement and spend the hours late last night and early this morning to do so. They had that opportunity. We have spent a considerable amount of time, long days and long nights, in negotiation with the representatives of the President. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and I have spent a lot of time together in that room where we did the negotiating. But it is important to note, Members ought to know this, the negotiations were basically managed by the leadership of the subcommittees involved. This was not done at some high level with someone who was not involved in the day- to-day activities relative to these bills. So, this is a real product of the Committee on Appropriations and the appropriations process. I can give at least 237 reasons to vote against this bill. But also I could give hundreds of reasons why this is a good bill. Throughout the debate we will do that, Mr. Speaker. I hope that we can get a good bipartisan vote for a good bipartisan bill that is even agreed to by the administration. Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all of our colleagues on our side of the aisle show the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) the courtesy of listening to what he has to say. There are some very strong differences here, and I would hope that the House would remain in order so that we could all hear what each of our speakers has to say. Mr. Speaker, at this point in the Record I would like to insert tables showing the details of the District of Columbia Appropriations, Foreign Operation, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations, and Miscellaneous Appropriations. [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.001 [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.002 [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.003 [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.004 [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.005 [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.006 [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.007 [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TH18NO99.008 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey), the majority leader.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the majority whip.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/4\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), chairman of the Subcommittee on the Interior. (Mr. REGULA asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous material.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3194, and that I may include tabular and extraneous material.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 386, I call up the conference report on the bill (H.R. 3194) making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw). (Mr. SHAW asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte). (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary of the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, will the Chair advise how much time is remaining on each side.