FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking CHARLES FLICKNER, WILLIAM B. INGLEE, and JOHN SHANK, Staff Assistants, PART 4 TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations United States. FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, 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 NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking CHARLES FLICKNER, WILLIAM B. INGLEE, and JOHN SHANK, Staff Assistants, PART 4 TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER 24-646 O Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1996 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052709-0 A646 1996 Pt. 4 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JIM KOLBE, Arizona BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia FRANK RIGGS, California MIKE PARKER, Mississippi RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania VIC FAZIO, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 96-170547 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. (1) |