[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E175-E176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JACK QUINN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 25, 1995
  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Speaker, I am entering these remarks in response to 
Roll Call Vote 25 which took place Monday night, January 23. I have 
been recorded as not voting. This is due, however, to problems with my 
voting card rather than my absence from the floor.

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  My colleague from Illinois had offered an amendment to H.R. 5, the 
Unfunded Mandate Reform Act. This amendment would have exempted from 
the provisions of the bill my Federal mandate that protects aviation or 
airport security.
  Mr. Speaker, had my vote been accurately recorded it would have 
reflected a nay vote. I believe that we can not exempt numerous 
programs from the provisions of H.R. 5.
  H.R. 5 does not restrict mandates such as ones which aim to protect 
aviation or airport security. Rather it requires a cost-benefit 
analysis and strives to minimize the burden of unfunded mandates. We 
must thoroughly examine the mandates that we pass on to our States and 
localities. I do not find this unreasonable.


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