[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: June 28, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT 1995, AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, 1994

                                 ______


                               speech of

                      HON. G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 27, 1994

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4603) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
     State, the Judiciary, and related agencies programs for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and making 
     supplemental appropriations for these departments and 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and 
     for other purposes:

  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment 
to cut funding for the economic development administration by 20 
percent.
  I can tell you that EDA has been a very effective program in the 
State of Mississippi. EDA has been a key factor in helping bring jobs 
and better opportunities to our State.
  The grants and technical assistance provided by EDA have enabled 
rural communities in Mississippi to develop industrial parks that have 
been so important to attracting new business and industrial ventures. 
The money has helped build roads, develop water and sewer systems and 
fund other projects that could not have been produced without it.
  In Mississippi, EDA has truly had a positive impact. Much progress 
has been made and I look forward to continuing to work with EDA in the 
future on projects that will bring jobs and more economic opportunity 
to States like mine.
  I hope you will oppose this cutting amendment and allow EDA to keep 
up the good work it has been doing in Mississippi and across the 
country.