[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H3516-H3519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bonilla). Pursuant to House Resolution
159 and rule XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration
of the bill, H.R. 1757.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the
bill (H.R. 1757) to consolidate international affairs agencies, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related
agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes, with
Mr. LaHood (Chairman pro tempore) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. When the Committee of the Whole rose
earlier today, the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida
[Ms. Brown] had been disposed of.
Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 159,
proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further
proceedings were postponed in the following order:
The perfecting amendment offered by the gentleman from California
[Mr. Campbell] to the amendment offered by the gentleman from New
Jersey [Mr. Smith]; and a recorded vote on the amendment by the
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith], if requested.
Proceedings on the other postponed amendments will resume at a later
time.
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for the electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Campbell to the Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith
of New Jersey
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
[Mr. Campbell] to the amendment offered by the gentleman from New
Jersey [Mr. Smith] on which further proceedings were postponed and on
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
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The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The Clerk designated the amendment.
Recorded vote
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 200,
noes 218, not voting 16, as follows:
[Roll No. 167]
AYES--200
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baesler
Baldacci
Barrett (WI)
Bass
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Campbell
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Castle
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (VA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dellums
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Edwards
Ehrlich
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Foley
Ford
Fowler
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gilman
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hooley
Horn
Houghton
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klug
Kolbe
Lampson
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Molinari
Moran (VA)
Morella
Nadler
Neal
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Pickett
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Ramstad
Rangel
Regula
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stokes
Strickland
Tanner
Tauscher
Thomas
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
White
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
NOES--218
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Borski
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Cannon
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Conyers
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (IL)
Deal
DeLay
Dickey
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Forbes
Fox
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gillmor
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hoekstra
Holden
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
John
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kildee
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klink
Knollenberg
Kucinich
LaFalce
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manton
Manzullo
Martinez
Mascara
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Murtha
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Oberstar
Ortiz
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pitts
Pombo
Portman
Poshard
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Redmond
Riggs
Riley
Roemer
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Traficant
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Weygand
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--16
Andrews
Burton
Davis (FL)
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Farr
Goode
Jefferson
Lantos
McIntosh
Neumann
Nussle
Pickering
Schiff
Smith (MI)
Turner
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So the amendment to the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
personal explanation
Mr. DAVIS of Kansas. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 167, I tried to
record ``yes'' on this vote but the system did not register my vote.
Please let the Record reflect I intended to vote ``yes'' on this
amendment.
personal explanation
Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 167, I was
seconds late to cast my vote. Had I been present, I would have voted
``no.''
personal explanation
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 167, the Campbell
amendment to H.R. 1757, I was absent. Had I been present, I would have
voted ``no.''
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska). The question is
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith].
The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 232,
noes 189, not voting 13, as follows:
[Roll No 168]
AYES--232
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bateman
Bereuter
Berry
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Borski
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Cannon
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Danner
Deal
DeLay
Dickey
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Foley
Forbes
Fowler
Fox
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gillmor
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hoekstra
Holden
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
John
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kildee
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Kleczka
Klink
Knollenberg
Kucinich
LaFalce
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manton
Manzullo
Mascara
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moakley
Molinari
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Murtha
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Ortiz
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pitts
Pombo
Portman
Poshard
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Roemer
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Traficant
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
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Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Weygand
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--189
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baesler
Baldacci
Barrett (WI)
Bass
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Bilbray
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Campbell
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Castle
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Coyne
Cummings
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dellums
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Edwards
Ehrlich
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Ford
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gilchrest
Gilman
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hooley
Horn
Houghton
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Klug
Kolbe
Lampson
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Martinez
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moran (VA)
Morella
Nadler
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Pickett
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Ramstad
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stokes
Strickland
Tanner
Tauscher
Thomas
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
NOT VOTING--13
Andrews
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Farr
Goode
Jefferson
Lantos
Matsui
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Schiff
Turner
White
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Mr. FORD changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. MOAKLEY changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
personal explanation
Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 168, I
was unavoidably detained and missed the vote by seconds. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``yes.''
personal explanation
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 168, the Smith of New
Jersey amendment to H.R. 1757, I was absent. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``yes.''
Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Chairman, I want to raise an issue in regard to the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act.
Sudan is located south of Egypt with its eastern boundary facing the
Red Sea. It is one of the largest countries in Africa in terms of
geographical area, approximately the size of one quarter of the United
States with a population of some 29 million people.
Almost from the very time of independence from Britain and Egypt in
1956 the country has been divided by ethnic and religious differences.
The largely Arabic Muslim North against the Sub-Sahara African
Christian and Animist South.
Guerilla warfare in the south has persisted for at least 32 years of
their 41 years of independence. But, not until 1983 when the Sudan
People's Liberation Army [SPLA] was created were substantial gains made
in capturing towns from the control of the Khartoum Northern
Government. The SPLA is under the leadership of Col. John Garang, a
military officer, trained in the United States.
Following the 1989 coup, the relative free press was put under strict
censorship.
I say all of this because the geostrategic importance of the Sudan is
vital to our national interest. And Sudan's stability is vital to the
region's stability. I too support sanctions which our administration
already has put on them. Economic sanctions, military sanctions, visa
restrictions on the government and its forces should be enforced;
however, this places restrictions on humanitarian assistance that
affects the poor and the innocent.
I went to southern Sudan in January of this year and meet with John
Garang, the leader of the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement in the
south and they seem to be conquering much of the northern territory.
As much as I believe that the Sudanese Government should not operate
with immunity, we can not at this time in good faith cancel all the
assistance to the men, women, and children that so badly need this. I
agree that we should use sticks with the Sudan in that they have
exhausted all of their carrot options. Yet this is not a stick, this
hurts. It hurts the wrong people.
Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to stand
beside Mr. Pallone in offering this important amendment to H.R. 1757,
the Foreign Affairs Authorization Act.
As with everything we do in this House, expenditures for foreign aid
must be evaluated to ensure fiscal discipline. H.R. 1757 makes great
strides toward reducing wasteful spending, and proposes to make a vital
shift in how the United States meets its foreign policy challenges.
One of the significant shifts will be to improve the operations of
the State Department by consolidating into its structure two Federal
agencies--the U.S. Information Agency and the Arms Control Disarmament
Agency. As we proceed with these long overdue changes in the U.S.
foreign affairs establishment, we must not lose sight of our Nation's
ability to affect change abroad. The United States must remain engaged
and sensitive to our strategic interests in ambitious but fragile
democracies like Armenia.
Armenia finds itself at a crossroads. The young republic is in a
delicate rebuilding process and struggles to reconstruct itself after
having its growth impeded by harmful policies of the former Soviet
Union. Armenia is striving to establish the type of government and
free-market economy which will enable it to more easily integrate
itself into the region. Regional integration in the Caucasus is of
vital importance of U.S. foreign policy. Integration will yield
additional economic stability for the region and help it to become a
more attractive sector for U.S. investment. We must take action which
facilitates the process.
Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I am, with Congressman Pallone, offering
this reasonable amendment which encourages the President to seek
cooperation from the governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey, as
well as private companies with an interest in developing Azerbaijan's
Caspian Sea petroleum reserves.
This amendment serves to encourage the construction of a pipeline
route from Azerbaijan through Armenia. This pipeline would likely
extend to Turkey and Mediterranean sea ports. No doubt, such an effort
will improve relations between the neighboring countries by spreading
the seeds of cooperation. The venture will serve the overall objectives
the United States has for peace and prosperity in this region.
I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment.
Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, as the House of Representatives
debates the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, I wish to raise
several issues that I believe deserve our close attention.
We must not neglect foreign affairs. As a former Peace Corps
volunteer, I have seen first hand the tremendous need of people in
other countries for basic assistance, and the enormous value of even
our most modest assistance programs overseas. Unfortunately, our
foreign assistance budget has suffered severely in our efforts to
balance the budget. Development aid, disaster assistance, hunger and
malnutrition programs, educational assistance, conflict resolution, and
medical aid have all been cut drastically over the past several years,
with serious consequences for the poorest and neediest people of the
world.
I especially urge that we maintain our support of the United Nations.
Although our country's many complaints about the United Nations receive
the most attention, we rarely hear of the United Nation's tremendous
good work: peacekeeping, assistance to children, conflict resolution,
nuclear non-proliferation, and development assistance are just a few.
Part of our support must include repaying our enormous debt to the
United Nations, and I urge my colleagues to work to meet our unpaid
U.N. obligations.
I also urge that we keep our focus on Latin America. Although the
area has made great progress in democratization and free elections,
less attention has been paid to the increasing problem of human rights
abuses. Colombia and southern Mexico are just two areas where
increasing militarization has led to greater violence and has put
serious political and social pressure on local governments. We should
give close examination to this problem and determine ways that the
United States can help these countries demilitarize and reduce the
level of violence.
Unfortunately, as in past years, this year's bill has become a battle
over a woman's right
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to choose. I must express my strong opposition to any amendments to
this bill that would restrict the reproductive rights of women or, in
an attempt to do so, limit or end all funding for international family
planning. Earlier this year, a majority of the House recognized the
importance of family planning to the health and welfare of our planet
and voted to maintain U.S. family planning programs. Let us not go back
on our own commitment to these important programs.
I thank my colleagues in the House and look forward to working with
them to address these important issues.
Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Barrett of Nebraska) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaHood, Chairman pro
tempore of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill
(H.R. 1757) to consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for
fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes, had come to no
resolution thereon.
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