[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E29]
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               SUPPORT PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF INTERIOR BILL

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                               SPEECH OF

                           HON. GLENN POSHARD

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 4, 1996

  Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to 
override the President's veto of the Interior Appropriations bill, H.R. 
1977.
  I appreciate the efforts of the Chairman, Congressman Regula, to find 
common ground on some very difficult issues and pass this bill. As much 
as I appreciate his work and that of the Ranking Member, my colleague 
from Illinois Congressman Yates, I must still oppose this motion and 
support the veto of the President.
  The cuts in this bill in energy conservation programs and in clean 
coal research are too much for people in my district to accept. Our 
coal mines have been all but shut down by the Clean Air Act of 1990, 
and without continued support for clean coal research, it will be very 
difficult to find new markets for that coal.
  I support the President's veto and urge opposition to the override.

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