[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 140 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CORRECTION TO THE LIST OF OBJECTIONABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 
                   1999 INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS BILL

 Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I wish to make a clarification to 
my list of objectionable provisions to the Senate passed version of the 
FY'99 Interior Appropriations bill.
  I was pleased to learn that the Indian health facility that is 
designated to be constructed on the Hopi reservation in Arizona was 
requested for funding in this year's budget. I had previously objected 
to this item in my pork list, not based on the merits of the project, 
but what appeared to be an unrequested, directed earmark.
  The Hopi Health Center in Polacca, Arizona is requested for funding 
at the level of $14,400,000 for construction of Indian health 
facilities, which is consistent with the budget request. I will remove 
this item as an objectionable provision.
  I assure Chairman Wayne Taylor and the Hopi Tribe that I continue to 
be supportive of establishing an Indian health center for the Hopi 
community.

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