[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 105 (Wednesday, August 3, 1994)]
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   DISCHARGE PETITION NO. 25: FEDERALLY UNFUNDED MANDATE ACT OF 1994

  (Mr. PORTMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my colleague, Gary 
Condit, who just spoke regarding Discharge Petition No. 25. Mr. 
Speaker, I urge Members to sign this discharge petition, which has just 
been open for signatures.
  There is no issue more crucial to our constituents and to the 
taxpayers of America than unfunded Federal mandates. This petition 
calls for a very fair rule on this crucial issue. It allows not only 
H.R. 140 to be brought to the floor, the ``no money, no mandate'' bill, 
but it also allows for the ranking Republican on the Committee on 
Government Operations, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger], 
to have an, amendment, as well as the chairman of the Committee on 
Government Operations, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Conyers], to 
have an amendment in the form of a substitute.
  It is a good, fair rule. I hope it will get the support of Members, 
the 227 who have cosponsored H.R. 140 and others as well. Again, 
Discharge Petition No. 25, and I urge my colleagues to sign it.

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