[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICAN ECONOMY PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, yesterday's vote on the Gilman 
amendment is good news for the opponents of the Kyoto treaty.
  By a vote of 420 to 0, 420 to 0, the House voted to protect the 
quality of our national defense by exempting the U.S. military 
operations from the Kyoto treaty's stringent requirements.
  I applaud the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman) for his leadership 
on this issue and I urge my colleagues to continue fighting against 
this treaty, because it is not just bad for the military. This 
overreaching agreement would have a negative effect on virtually every 
sector of our economy and result in fewer jobs, higher prices, and a 
lower standard of living for the American people.
  Along with my colleagues, the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. 
Emerson) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Klink), I have 
introduced a bill, the American Economy Protection Act, that would 
prevent even $1 of taxpayer money from being spent to implement the 
provisions of the Kyoto treaty until it has been ratified by the 
Senate.
  With the President attempting to circumvent the Constitution by 
implementing the Kyoto treaty through regulatory actions, I urge my 
colleagues to support this bill. It ensures that the Kyoto agreement is 
debated in the light of day and not rammed through the back door.

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