[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-357. A petition from the Lithuanian American Council, 
     Inc. of Cicero, Illinois relative to the East Prussia, 
     Kaliningrad Region; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       POM-358. A petition from a citizen of the State of Texas 
     relative to the Congressional Record and the Journal of the 
     U.S. Senate; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
       POM-359. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of Maine; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.

                            Joint Resolution

       Whereas, tobacco is addictive and detrimental to people's 
     health; and
       Whereas, people of all ages are affected by the use of 
     tobacco; and
       Whereas, the United States Secretary of Agriculture sets 
     price supports for tobacco; authorizes loans to tobacco 
     producers; provides noninsured crop disaster assistance; and, 
     through the Commodity Credit Corporation, provides federal 
     crop insurance for tobacco producers; and
       Whereas, the State of Maine, the 49 other states and the 
     Federal Government have spent billions of dollars 
     collectively on health care costs related to tobacco; and
       Whereas, farms with fertile soil grow over a ton of tobacco 
     per acre; and
       Whereas, 124,000 farms in the United States grow a total of 
     1.65 billion pounds of tobacco annually; and
       Whereas, the $358.5 billion settlement from tobacco 
     companies to the states could be used by producers to grow 
     food crops; and
       Whereas, the tobacco quota rights program gives producers 
     permission to grow tobacco at $8 per pound and gives 
     transition payments to producers who lease the quota rights; 
     and
       Whereas, the price paid to tobacco producers for tobacco 
     will fall if the price support is eliminated; and
       Whereas, federal price supports are critical and producers 
     will not grow tobacco without this assistance; now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That We, your Memorialists, request the President 
     of the United States and the United States Congress to remove 
     the financial assistance necessary to grow the tobacco crop; 
     and be it further
       Resolved, That suitable copies of this resolution, duly 
     authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to 
     Honorable William J. Clinton, President of the United States; 
     the President of the United States Senate; the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives of the United States; the Speaker of 
     the House or the equivalent officer in the 49 other states; 
     the President of the Senate or the equivalent officer in the 
     49 other states; and each member of the Maine Congressional 
     Delegation.
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       POM-360. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of New Hampshire; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

                       House Joint Resolution 24

       Whereas, the State of New Hampshire was the ninth state to 
     enter the union; and
       Whereas, the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire presidential 
     primary plays a vital role in the election of our nation's 
     presidents; and
       Whereas, 59 servicemen from New Hampshire have earned the 
     United States highest military honor, the Congressional Medal 
     of Honor; and
       Whereas, since June 12, 1800, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 
     has provided invaluable service to the fleet; and
       Whereas, New Hampshire was the home of Franklin Pierce, the 
     fourteenth president of the United States; and
       Whereas, New Hampshire veterans have fought for the United 
     States in every major conflict in American history; and
       Whereas, the people of New Hampshire are extremely proud of 
     their service members who today serve in all corners of the 
     world; and
       Whereas, the United States Navy has not had a commissioned 
     vessel in its fleet honoring the state of New Hampshire since 
     May 21, 1921; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
     General Court convened, That the state of New Hampshire 
     encourages the Department of the Navy to name a vessel in its 
     fleet the U.S.S. New Hampshire; and
       That copies of this resolution signed by the governor, the 
     speaker of the house, and the president of the senate be 
     forwarded by the house clerk to each member of the New 
     Hampshire congressional delegation to be forwarded to the 
     Secretary of the Navy for consideration and appropriate 
     action.
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