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by Rep. David Obey (D-Wisconsin), June 29, 2000 Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, I think it is important for the House to understand that all the agriculture commodity issues have been deferred so that they will be dealt with on the regular Agriculture Appropriations bill. With respect to the Colombia provision that the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) just mentioned, I think that is a profound mistake. I voted against it. I lost. I do think that we are in better shape in the conference report than we were in the original bill because we now do have the Byrd language, which will require a new authorization for that operation if new funds are asked for the year 2002 or beyond. We also have the human rights language that Senator Leahy pushed in this bill. This bill does contain the disaster assistance, which cannot be delayed any longer. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. As of July 18, 2000, this document was also available online at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r106:H29JN0-B744: |
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