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Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and the committee for all of the support and the cooperation that we have had. As I have said numerous times on the floor, with the cooperation of the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) we have managed all of our bills well on time to have concluded by the end of the year. But we are only one House of the Congress. We will work with our partners in the Senate to conclude this business of appropriations as early as we possibly can. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 407, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 73) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. YOUNG of Florida asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

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 joint resolution (H.J. Res. 73) making further continuting appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes, and that I may include tabular and extraneous material.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to announce to my colleagues the death of one of our former Members of Congress, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg, Florida. Bill Cramer died on Saturday afternoon. He had served in the State House of Representatives prior to being elected to Congress where he served 16 years until he left after the election of 1970. Our heartfelt sympathies and condolences go out to his wife Sara and to his three sons Billy, Mark, and Allyn. And I know that not only some of the Members today served with Mr. Cramer, but he continued to be a presence here in Washington and continued to make friends among the membership of the House. And I would say that, having been a member of his staff in the late 1950s, in his district staff, and our friendship was a long-standing friendship, that I certainly shall miss Mr. Bill Cramer.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I plan to use about 30 seconds for myself and to say that we have debated this issue over and over and over again. During the debate on the rule, we have heard that we did not give you enough debate. We just spent 3 days, almost, on this one subject alone. The House dealt with this issue already. The House rejected this proposal, and we are going to reject it again today. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon). (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to recommit.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, we concede the point of order.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly concede the point of order.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kolbe), distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs of the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, on the first amendment offered today, the amendment offered actually was different than the one that we had agreed to last night in the unanimous consent request, and that is okay; we have no problem with that. But I would just ask my colleagues that in the event that any amendment that they would offer, if it is different than the one that we agreed to last night, please let us know that when they actually offer the amendment, so that we are prepared to deal with the proper amendment. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the balance of the time be controlled by the gentleman from California (Chairman Lewis) of the Subcommittee on Defense.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

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

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

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

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, this unanimous consent that we have propounded at this point, like the one earlier today, would have no prejudice on any other amendment that may be offered following these 11 amendments. So this does not affect anyone's right to offer their amendment that they intend to offer. It is just a matter of trying to get some cohesive organization of how we are going to proceed to conclude this bill.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, as usual the gentleman understands the process well and has explained it well, and that is certainly our intent, to offer every Member every legitimate amendment. For those that are subject to a point of order, we will raise the point of order, but we believe that Members should have the opportunity to debate the important issues, and at the same time, we would like to get finished sometime this week so that we can go to conference with the other body as soon as possible.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert).

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I have no further speakers at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Chocola).

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Crane).

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Wamp), a member of the Committee on Appropriations. (Mr. WAMP asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. What I was going to do was just announce the time remaining. In addition, I would announce that once we have completed this time of general debate under the unanimous consent agreement of yesterday, we would then rise and reconvene under the rule for an additional 1 hour of general debate as provided by the rule on the bill. At this point then, I will begin the debate. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon). (Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

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

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

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 and that I may include tabular and extraneous material on H.R. 3289.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 3289 in the Committee of the Whole, pursuant to House Resolution 396, before consideration of any other amendment, except pro forma amendments by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees for the purpose of debate, it shall be in order to consider the following amendments: an amendment by Mr. Kind or Mr. Cardin; an amendment by Ms. Millender-McDonald; an amendment by Mr. Hoeffel; an amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas; an amendment by Mr. Ramstad or Mr. Moore; an amendment by Mrs. Tauscher; an amendment by Mr. Stupak; an amendment by Mr. Reyes; an amendment by Mr. DeFazio; an amendment by Mr. Weiner; an amendment by Mr. Deutsch; an amendment by Ms. Velazquez; and an amendment by Mr. Sherman. Each such amendment may be offered only by a Member designated or a designee, shall be debatable for 10 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. An amendment may amend a portion of the bill not yet read, except that an amendment proposing to transfer appropriations among objects in the bill must conform to clause 2(f) of rule XXI.