[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      URGING A ``YES'' VOTE ON THE AMERICAN OVERSEAS INTERESTS ACT

  (Mrs. CHENOWETH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, today the House resumes work on 
legislation designed to take our Nation's foreign affairs operations 
out of the dark days of the cold war and into the sunshine of the 21st 
century.
  H.R. 1561--the American Overseas Interests Act--recognizes that we 
won the cold war. It reorganizes our foreign affairs agencies, cuts 
spending, and refocuses our resources to priorities that support 
American interests.
  The bill eliminates three agencies that our cold war victory has 
rendered obsolete--the Agency for International Development, the U.S. 
Information Agency, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  It cuts spending by nearly $3 billion over 2 years--and by $21 
billion over 7 years--while supporting our allies and punishing our 
opponents.
  A vote in favor of this bill is a vote to downside the Federal 
Government and to cut foreign aid. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
voting ``yes'' on final passage of the American Overseas Interests Act.

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