[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H8637-H8638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               VOTE ``YES'' ON FARR AMENDMENT TO H.R. 901

  (Mr. FARR of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning because the 
second vote we are going to take today is on H.R. 901, and I have an 
amendment to that bill that is on the floor. It is the second vote we 
will take. It amends the Land Sovereignty Act.
  I rise as a private landowner to urge my colleagues to protect 
private property rights. I rise as a former county supervisor to ask my 
colleagues to protect local control. I rise as a former member of the 
State legislature to ask my colleagues to protect State rights. And I 
rise as a Member of Congress to ask my colleagues to vote for that 
amendment to protect our information sources.

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  Vote ``yes'' on the Farr amendment, the second vote this morning.

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