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FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,
AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND
RELATED PROGRAMS

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NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking
Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

CHARLES FLICKNER, WILLIAM B. INGLEE, and JOHN SHANK, Staff Assistants,
LORI MAES, Administrative Aide

PART 4

TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER
INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

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FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,
AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS

FOR 1997

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND
RELATED PROGRAMS

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NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking
Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

CHARLES FLICKNER, WILLIAM B. INGLEE, and JOHN SHANK, Staff Assistants,
LORI MAES, Administrative Aide

PART 4

TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER
INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania
JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana

C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
RALPH REGULA, Ohio

JERRY LEWIS, California

JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
TOM DELAY, Texas

JIM KOLBE, Arizona

BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada

JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa

RON PACKARD, California
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
JAMES T. WALSH, New York

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio

ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma
HENRY BONILLA, Texas

JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
DAN MILLER, Florida

JAY DICKEY, Arkansas

JACK KINGSTON, Georgia

FRANK RIGGS, California

MIKE PARKER, Mississippi

RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York

GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington
JIM BUNN, Oregon

MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
LOUIS STOKES, Ohio
TOM BEVILL, Alabama

JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
CHARLES WILSON, Texas
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
JULIAN C. DIXON, California

VIC FAZIO, California

W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland

RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
JIM CHAPMAN, Texas
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio

DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado

NANCY PELOSI, California

PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana

THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania

ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California
NITA M. LOWEY, New York
RAY THORNTON, Arkansas
JOSÉ E. SERRANO, New York

JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director

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FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,

AND RELATED

TIONS FOR 1997

PROGRAMS

APPROPRIA

TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1996.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

WITNESS

HON. TONY P. HALL, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO

CHAIRMAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

Mr. CALLAHAN. Tony, you are the leadoff batter. I want to thank you and the other Members who will be testifying here today.

I want to thank also Mr. Wilson, who is not here yet. He will be ending his distinguished career in Congress this year. He is retiring, as we all know. I will hold off all the accolades I had until Charlie gets here because I don't say them often.

The foreign operations bill is not the largest appropriation bill. It is not the most controversial. It does not receive the most widespread attention. But in many ways it is the most important. The decisions that we in Congress make on this funding bill mean the difference between freedom and oppression, the difference between war and peace in some instances, between life and death for millions of people throughout the world.

Thanks to the decision of this subcommittee, the people of the former Yugoslavia and Bosnia have taken steps towards rebuilding their war-torn society. When I travelled to Bosnia last year, I saw some of the thousands of refugees who would not have survived had it not been for the health, food, and housing programs funded through our bills.

I thought all this stuff sounded familiar. In any event, not wanting to take any of the words out of the mouth of Mr. Hall, I am going to begin with these hearings.

We are going to ask if you would keep your statements to 5 minutes because we have, as you can see, a tremendous list of people who want to be heard today.

With that, Mr. Hall, you are on.

Mr. HALL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to be here before you.

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