[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 14 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: February 11, 1994]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. ERIC FINGERHUT

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 11, 1994

  Mr. FINGERHUT. Mr. Speaker, due to official business in my district 
and adverse weather conditions in Washington, I was not present at the 
end of the House session on Thursday, February 10, and all day on 
February 11. Had I been present on February 10, I would have voted 
``yes'' on the McDade motion to instruct conferees to agree to the 
D'Amato amendment numbered 1442, as modified, regarding the extension 
of RTC civil statute limitations.
  On February 11, I would have voted ``no'' on final passage of the 
conference report on H.R. 3759, emergency supplemental appropriations 
for fiscal year 1994. This is consistent with my vote on H.R. 3759 when 
it came before the House on February 3. My opposition to the 
legislation stems from the inclusion in the bill of funds for our 
military operations in Somalia, Bosnia, Iraq, and Haiti. The earthquake 
disaster relief bill, designed to help people who are going through a 
terrible ordeal in California, is simply not the place for allocating 
money for military operations around the world.
  I also made the difficult choice to vote against the legislation 
because I did not want to see this body again break its budgetary 
commitment with respect to spending caps. I was disappointed that more 
offsetting cuts were not adopted, as I felt that we needed to take 
responsibility for passage of this emergency legislation by paying for 
it ourselves and not asking our children to do so.

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