Volume 142, No. 143 covering the 2nd Session of the 104th Congress (1995 - 1996) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“PRIVATE PROPERTY CONGRESSIONAL VOTE INDEX” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1945-E1951 on Oct. 21, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PRIVATE PROPERTY CONGRESSIONAL VOTE INDEX
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speech of
HON. WES COOLEY
of oregon
in the house of representatives
Friday, October 4, 1996
Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, today I bring to my colleague's attention the 1995-96 Private Property Rights Congressional Vote Index created and published by the League of Private Property Voters in Battle Ground, WA.
This index, first published in 1990, was developed in response to actions of Federal agencies that result in the taking of private property without just compensation. The current index is sponsored by several hundred grassroots-wise use and private property rights groups. Among the Oregon cosponsors are Oregon Cattlemens Association, Oregon Farm Bureau, Oregon Lands Coalition, Oregonians for Food and Shelter, and Oregonians in Action.
I urge my colleagues to read and study this index to learn more about the concerns of private property rights advocates.
United States House of Representatives
The votes listed below show how the House supported (S) or opposed (O) the League of Private Property Voters position. A description of each vote is listed below along with the scorecard.
You will gain the greatest benefit by first looking up your Representative to see what his private property score was on the right side of the scorecard. Then read each vote description. The league private property position listed near the top of the scorecard shows how we believe your Representative should have voted on each issue. Check to see whether you Representative supported (S) or opposed (O) the League private property position.
U.S. House Votes
house vote #1: Weakening unfunded mandate reforms
H.R. 5 requires a Congressional Budget Office cost analysis and specifics on how a bill or regulation would be financed on any measure imposing costs of more than $50 million on state and local governments. Representative James Moran (D-VA) offered a substitute amendment to severely weaken H.R. 5 by removing a provision in the bill blocking the consideration of legislation that does not provide money for meeting a federal mandate. The Moran substitute was rejected February 1, 1995 on a 152-278 vote. Private property rights supporters voted NO.
house vote #2: regulatory moratorium
H.R. 450 would temporarily prohibit federal agencies from implementing new federal regulations. The freeze would be in effect until December 31, 1995, or when the regulatory revisions in the ``Contract With America'' were enacted, whichever is sooner, and would retroactively cover regulations proposed or put into effect since November 20, 1994. The bill would exempt routine regulations and those that address an ``imminent threat to health or safety.'' H.R. 450 passed 276-146 on February 24, 1995. The President's position was a no vote. Private property advocates voted YES.
house vote #3: strengthening risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis for new regulation act
H.R. 1022 requires that any new regulations affecting the environment, health and safety that would likely cost the economy more than $25 million annually must first undergo an assessment of risk and the relative costs and benefits. Representatives Joe Barton (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Billy Tauzin (D-LA) offered an amendment to strengthen H.R. 1022 by establishing a process whereby citizens could petition federal agencies to review EXISTING regulations. The Barton-Crapo-Tauzin Amendment was rejected on a 206-220 vote on February 28, 1995. Private property rights advocates voted YES.
house vote #4: private property rights--30 percent threshold
H.R. 925 was a private property rights bill that would provide for landowners to be compensated for the loss of the use of their land caused by federal regulations. The Goss Amendment (Porter Goss (R-FL)) would have weakened H.R. 925 in two ways. First it would have raised the threshold to 30% from 10% before the bill would kick in and require compensation to the landowner. Second, the Goss Amendment would have required that the 30% apply to all the landowners property, not just the portion affected by the regulation as stated in H.R. 925. The Goss Amendment was defeated 210-211 on March 2, 1995 (the House eventually settled on a 20% threshold). The property rights position was a NO.
house vote #5: private property rights
H.R. 925 would require federal agencies to compensate private property owners for federal actions taken under the Endangered Species Act, the Wetlands provisions of the Clean Water Law and the 1985 Farm Bill, and certain laws affecting Western water rights that reduce the value of any section of their properties by 20 percent or more. If a regulation took 50% or more of the property value, the landowner would be able to force the government to buy out his property. H.R. 925 passed 277-148 on March 3, 1995. The President's position was a no vote. Private property advocates voted YES.
house vote #6: emergency harvest of dead and dying trees on federal lands
During the last five years a net of 21 billion board feet of dead and dying timber has accumulated on Forest Service lands nationwide. Unfortunately, existing federal barriers have prevented these trees from being harvested before they deteriorate and lose commercial value. They merely rot and provide no employment for rural timber economies and increase the cost of forest products used to build houses. H.R. 1158, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions bill, contained a common sense provision by Representatives Charles Taylor (R-NC) and Don Young (R-AK) which established expedited procedures for removing these dead and dying trees while still retaining important environmental safeguards. An amendment by Rep. Sidney Yates (D-IL) to strike the Taylor-Young provisions and thus retain existing barriers to harvesting these trees was defeated on March 15, 1995 by a 150-275 vote. Private property rights supporters voted NO.
house vote #7: wetlands definition and compensation
H.R. 961 is a bill to revise the Clean Water Act and regulation of wetlands. The Boehlert Amendment (Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)) would have gutted H.R. 961. It would have broadened the definition of wetlands to cover more land and eliminated the provisions of the bill that would require federal compensation for private landowners affected by wetlands regulation. This amendment was supported by 39 moderate Republicans and opposed by 51 conservative Democrats. The Boehlert Amendment was defeated 185-242 on May 16, 1995. The private property vote was a NO.
house vote #8: more funding for converting private property into federal property
H.R. 1977, the FY 1996 Interior Appropriations bill, contained $51 million for federal agencies to acquire only the highest priority lands for national parks, national forests and wildlife refuges. Representative George Miller
(D-CA) offered an amendment to increase this amount by $183 million which is offset by a corresponding cut in fossil fuel research and development funding. The Miller Amendment was defeated 170-253 on July 13, 1995. Private property rights supporters voted NO.
house vote #9: funding for national trust for historic preservation
An amendment to the Fiscal year 1996 Interior Appropriations bill (H.R. 1977) by Rep. Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) would have eliminated the $3.5 million provided in the bill for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The House Appropriations Committee had already decided to defund the trust over 2 years but the Hutchinson Amendment would have cut the funds immediately. The Hutchinson Amendment was defeated 129-281 on July 13, 1995. The private property position was YES. house vote #10: east mojave national preserve management
Congress passed the California Desert Act as one of the last things it did in the 103rd Congress in 1994. In 1995, Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA) inserted a provision in the FY 1996 Interior Appropriations bill (H.R. 1977) that kept management of the East Mojave National Preserve in the hands of the Bureau of Land Management instead of turning it over to the National Park Service as planned in the California Desert Act. Rep. Vic Fazio (D-CA) offered an amendment to turn the area over to the National Park Service and transfer
$600,000 given to the BLM to manage the area to the Park Service. The Fazio Amendment was defeated by a vote of 174-227 on July 13, 1995. The private property rights provision was a NO vote.
house vote #11: no more roads in forest service roadless areas
Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-RI) offered an amendment to the FY 1996 Interior Appropriations bill to stop the Forest Service from constructing roads or preparing timber sales in roadless areas of 3,000 acres or more. These areas have not been designated by Congress as Wilderness and should not be managed as such unless Congress determines otherwise. The Kennedy Amendment was defeated by a vote of 155-255 on July 18, 1995. Private property rights advocates voted NO.
house vote #12: controlling excesses of the environmental protection agency (epa)
H.R. 2099, the bill funding Veterans Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies contained 17 anti-regulatory provisions (called riders) to reign in excesses by the EPA. Of greatest interest to private landowners were riders dealing with the Clean Water Act's onerous wetlands program. Representatives Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and Louis Stokes (D-OH) offered an amendment to strike the 17 anti-regulatory riders from H.R. 2099. The House, which had approved the Boehlert-Stokes Amendment three days earlier, rejected it on July 31, 1995 on a 210-210 tie vote. A yes vote supported the Clinton Administration's position. Private property rights supporters voted NO.
house vote #13: political advocacy restrictions
The Skaggs Amendment (David Skaggs (D-C)) aimed to strike from the Labor-HHS Appropriations bill (H.R. 2127) language opposed by liberals that prohibits any Federal grant from going to any group that has spent over 5% of its annual non-governmental income in any of the previous five years on political advocacy, including lobbying. The Skaggs Amendment was defeated 187 to 232. The private property position was a NO.
House Vote #14: NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM OVERHAUL
H.R. 260 offered by Rep. James Hansen (R-UT) would direct the Interior Secretary to prepare a review of National Park Service operations within two years of enactment and make recommendations to Congress on improvements such as closing parks or changing management practices. There are well recognized financial and other problems in the National Parks. The agency is billions of dollars behind in deferred maintenance and land acquisition. The Hansen bill only asked the Park Service to make recommendations for changes. It did not make any immediate changes. However, in the new highly partisan House the proposal was defeated 180 to 231 on September 19, 1995. A no vote was in support of the President's position. Private property advocates voted YES.
House Vote #15: MINING PATENTS
The House added an amendment to the FY 1996 Interior Appropriations bill (H.R. 1977) extending the moratorium on mining patents for another year. The Senate rejected this amendment and substituted an amendment which ended the moratorium and raised the price charged for a patent to fair market value. The conference committee concurred with the Senate. Representative Sidney Yates (D-IL) offered a motion on the House floor to recommit the FY 1996 Interior Appropriations bill (H.R. 1977) to the House-Senate conference committee with instructions to include a one year ban on expending money for processing or granting mining patents. The Yates motion passed 277-147 on September 29, 1995. A vote for the motion was a vote to deny many mining claimants their property rights. A no vote was the vote to protect property rights (See vote #6 in the Senate).
HOUSE SCOREBOARD
[House key: S: Supported private property position; O: Opposed private property position; X: House Speaker excused himself from voting; ?: Did not vote; I: Ineligible to vote at the time]
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Percent support
Private property position Congressman N 1 Y 2 Y 3 N 4 Y 5 N 6 N 7 N 8 Y 9 N 10 N 11 N 12 N 13 Y 14 N 15 -----------------------------
(votes) When voting All votes
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ALABAMA
Bachus S (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S O S 87 87 Bevill T (D).............................. S S S S S S S S O O S O O O O 60 60 Browder G (D)............................. S S S S S S S S O O S S O O O 67 67 Callahan S (R)............................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Cramer R (D).............................. S S S S S S S S O O S S O O O 67 67 Everett T (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Hillard E (D)............................. O O O O S O S O O O S O O O O 20 20
ALASKA
Young D (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S ? ? S S 92 80
ARIZONA
Hayworth J (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Kolbe J (R)............................... S S O O S S O S O S S S S S S 73 73 Pastor E (D).............................. O O O O O O O O ? O O O O O S 7 7 Salmon M (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Shadegg J (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Stump B (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
ARKANSAS
Dickey J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Hutchinson T (R).......................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S O S 93 93 Lincoln B (D)............................. S S O O S S S O O S S S O O O 53 53 Thornton R (D)............................ O O O S S S O O O O S O O O O 27 27
CALIFORNIA
Baker B (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Becerra X (D)............................. ? ? O O O O O O ? O O ? O O O 0 0 Beilenson A (D)........................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Berman H (D).............................. O O O O O O ? O O O O O O O O 0 0 Bilbray B (R)............................. S S S O S S S S S S S S S O S 87 87 Bono S (R)................................ S S S S S S S ? ? ? S S S ? S 100 73 Brown G (D)............................... O O O ? ? O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Calvert K (R)............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Condit G (D).............................. S S S S S O S S S S O S S O S 80 80 Cox C (R)................................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Cunningham R (R).......................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Dellums R (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Dixon J (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Dooley C (D).............................. S S S O S S S S O O S S ? O O 64 60 Doolittle J (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Dornan R (R).............................. S S S S ? S S S S S S S S S S 100 93 Dreier D (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Eshoo A (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Farr S (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Fazio V (D)............................... O S O O S ? S O O O S O O O O 29 27 Filner B (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O ? O O 0 0 Gallegly E (R)............................ S S S S S S S S O ? S S S S S 93 87 Harman J (D).............................. S S O O S O O O O O O O O O O 20 20 Herger W (R).............................. S S S S S ? S S S S S S S S S 100 93 Horn S (R)................................ S S S ? S S S S O O O O O S O 57 53 Hunter D (R).............................. ? S ? S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 87 Kim J (R)................................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Lantos T (D).............................. O O O O S O O O O O O O O ? O 7 7 Lewis J (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Lofgren Z (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Martinez M (D)............................ S O O ? S S S O ? ? O O O O O 33 27 Matsui R (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
McKeon H (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Miller G (D).............................. O O ? O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 Mineta N (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 Moorhead C (R)............................ S ? O S S S S S S S S S S S S 93 87 Packard R (R)............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Pelosi N (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 Pombo R (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Radanovich G (R).......................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Riggs F (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Rohrabacher D (R)......................... S S S S S S S S S S O S S S O 87 87 Roybal-Allard L (D)....................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Royce E (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Seastrand A (R)........................... S S S S S ? S S S S S S S S S 100 93 Stark P (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O ? ? O S O 8 7 Thomas B (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Torres E (D).............................. O O O O O O O O ? O O O O O O 0 0 Tucker W (D).............................. O O O O O S O O O O O ? O ? ? 8 7 Waters M (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Waxman H (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Woolsey L (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
COLORADO
Allard W (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Hefley J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 McInnis S (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S O S 93 93 Schaefer D (R)............................ S S S S S ? S S O S S S S S S 93 87 Schroeder P (D)........................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Skaggs D (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
CONNECTICUT
DeLauro R (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Franks G (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S O S O S S O 80 80 Gejdenson S (D)........................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O ? 0 0 0 Johnson N (R)............................. S S O O O S O S O S O O S S O 47 47 Kennelly B (D)............................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Shays C (R)............................... S S 0 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20
DELAWARE
Castle M (R).............................. S S O O O S O S O S O O S S O 47 47
FLORIDA
Bilirakis M (R)........................... S S S O S S S S S S O S S O O 73 73 Brown C (D)............................... O O O O O S O O O O O O O ? O 7 7 Canady C (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S O S O 87 87 Deutsch P (D)............................. S ? O O O O O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Diaz-Balart L (R)......................... S S O S S S O S O S S O S O O 60 60 Foley M (R)............................... S S O O S S S S O S S S S O O 67 67 Fowler T (R).............................. S S O O S S S S O S S S S ? O 71 67 Gibbons S (D)............................. O ? O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Goss P (R)................................ S S O O O S O S O S S O S O O 47 47 Hastings A (D)............................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Johnston H (D)............................ O O O O ? O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 McCollum B (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S O O 87 87 Meek C (D)................................ O ? O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Mica J (R)................................ S S S S S S S O O S S S S S S 87 87 Miller D (R).............................. S S O O O S S S O S O S S S O 60 60 Peterson P (D)............................ O S S O S S O O O O S O O O O 33 33 Ros-Lehtinen I (R)........................ S S O O S S O S O S S O S O O 53 53 Scarborough J (R)......................... ? S S S S S S S ? ? S O S O O 75 60 Shaw E (R)................................ S S O O S S S S O S O O S S O 60 60 Stearns C (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S ? S S S S 100 93 Thurman K (D)............................. O S S O S S O O O O S ? ? O O 38 33 Weldon D (R).............................. S S S S S S S O S S S S S S S 93 93 Young C (R)............................... S S S O S S O S S S S O S O O 67 67
GEORGIA
Barr B (R)................................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Bishop S (D).............................. O O S O S S S O O O S O O O O 33 33 Chambliss S (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Collins M (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Deal N (R)................................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S O O 80 80 Gingrich N (R)............................ X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NA NA Kingston J (R)............................ S S 0 S S S S S O S S S S O O 73 73 Lewis J (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Linder J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 McKinney C (D)............................ O O O O ? O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Norwood C (R)............................. S S S S S S S S 0 S S S S S S 93 93
HAWAII
Abercrombie N (D)......................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 Mink P (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
IDAHO
Chenoweth H (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S S S ? ? S 100 87 Crapo M (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
ILLINOIS
Collins C (D)............................. O O O O ? O ? O O O O O O O ? 0 0 Costello J (D)............................ O ? S O S S S S O ? O O O O O 38 33 Crane P (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S ? S S S S 100 93 Durbin R (D).............................. O O O O S O O S O O O O O O O 13 13 Evans L (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Ewing T (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Fawell H (R).............................. S S O S S S O S S S O O S S O 67 67 Flanagan M (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Gutierrez L (D)........................... O O ? O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Hastert D (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Hyde H (R)................................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 LaHood R (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S O O S 80 80 Lipinski W (D)............................ O S ? O O O ? S S ? S O O O O 33 27 Manzullo D (R)............................ S S O S S S S S S S S S S S O 87 87 Porter J (R).............................. S S O O O O O S S O O O S O ? 36 33 Poshard G (D)............................. S S S O S S S S O O O S O O O 53 53 Reynolds M (D)............................ O O O O S O O ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 14 7 Rush B (D)................................ O ? ? O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Weller J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Yates S (D)............................... O O O ? O O O O O ? O ? O O O 0 0
INDIANA
Burton D (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
Buyer S (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S ? 93 87 Hamilton L (D)............................ S S O O S S S O O O S O O O O 40 40 Hostettler J (R).......................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Jacobs A (D).............................. S S O O S O O O O O S O O O O 27 27 McIntosh D (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Myers J (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Roemer T (D).............................. S S O O S S S S O O S S O O O 53 53 Souder M (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S O S S O O 80 80 Visclosky P (D)........................... O O O O O O O O S S O O O O O 13 13
IOWA
Ganske G (R).............................. S S O S S S S S O S S S S S O 80 80 Latham T (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Leach J (R)............................... S S O O S S S O O S O O O O O 40 40 Lightfoot J (R)........................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Nussle J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
KANSAS
Brownback S (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S O S 93 93 Meyers J (R).............................. S S O O S O O O O O O ? S S O 36 33 Roberts P (R)............................. S S O S S S S S S S S S S S S 93 93 Tiahrt P (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
KENTUCKY
Baesler S (D)............................. S S S ? S S S O O O S S O O O 57 53 Bunning J (R)............................. S S O S S S S S S S S S S S S 93 93 Lewis R (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Rogers H (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Ward M (D)................................ O O ? O O O O O ? ? S O O O O 8 7 Whitfield E (R)........................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S O S 87 87
LOUISIANA
Baker R (R)............................... S S S S S O S S ? ? S S S S S 92 80 Fields C (D).............................. O O O O O S O O O O S O O ? ? 15 13 Hayes J (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Jefferson W (D)........................... O O O O O O O O O S S O O ? O 14 13 Livingston R (R).......................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 McCrery J (R)............................. S S S S S S S S ? ? S S S S S 100 80 Tauzin W (R).............................. S S S S S S S ? ? ? S S S S S 100 80
MAINE
Baldacci J (D)............................ S O O O S O O O ? ? O O O O O 15 13 Longley J (R)............................. S S S S S S S O O S S O S S O 73 73
MARYLAND
Bartlett R (R)............................ S S O S S S S S S S S S S S O 87 87 Cardin B (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Ehrlich R (R)............................. S S S S S S S S O S S O S S O 80 80 Gilchrest W (R)........................... S S O O O O O S O O S O O S O 33 33 Hoyer S (D)............................... O O O ? O S O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Mfume K (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Morella C (R)............................. S O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Wynn A (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
MASSACHUSETTS
Blute P (R)............................... S S O O O O S S O S S S S O O 53 53 Frank B (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O ? O 0 0 Kennedy J (D)............................. S O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Markey E (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Meehan M (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13 13 Moakley J (D)............................. O O O ? ? O O ? ? ? ? ? ? ? O 0 0 Neal R (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Olver J (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Studds G (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Torkildsen P (R).......................... S S O O O O O O O O O O O S O 20 20
MICHIGAN
Barcia J (D).............................. S S S O S S S O O S S O O O O 53 53 Bonior D (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 Camp D (R)................................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Chrysler D (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S O S 93 93 Collins B (D)............................. O O O O O ? O ? ? ? ? O O ? O 0 0 Conyers J (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Dingell J (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Ehlers V (R).............................. S ? O O O O O S O S S O S O O 36 33 Hoekstra P (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Kildee D (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Knollenberg J (R)......................... S S O S S S S S O S S S S S S 87 87 Levin S (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Rivers L (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Smith N (R)............................... S S O S S S S S S S S S S S O 87 87 Stupak B (D).............................. O O O O S S O O O S S O O O O 27 27 Upton F (R)............................... S S S O S S O S S S S O S O O 67 67
MINNESOTA
Gutknecht G (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S O S S S S 93 93 Luther W (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Minge D (D)............................... S S O O O O S O O S O S O O O 33 33 Oberstar J (D)............................ O O O O O S O O O O S O O ? O 14 13 Peterson C (D)............................ S S O S S S S S O S S S S S O 80 80 Ramstad J (R)............................. S S O O O S O O S O O O S O O 33 33 Sabo M (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 Vento B (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7
MISSISSIPPI
Montgomery G (D).......................... S S S S S S S ? O S S S S O O 79 79 Parker M (R).............................. S S S S S S S S ? ? S S S ? S 100 80 Taylor G (D).............................. O S O O S S O S S S S O S O O 53 53 Thompson B (D)............................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O o o Wicker R (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93
MISSOURI
Clay W (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Danner P (D).............................. S S O S S S S S S S S S O O O 73 73 Emerson B (R)............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Gephardt R (D)............................ O O O O O ? ? O O O O O O O O 0 0 Hancock M (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 McCarthy K (D)............................ S ? O O O S O O O O O O O O O 14 13
Skelton I (D)............................. S S S S S S S S O O S S O O O 67 67 Talent J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S O S 93 93 Volkmer H (D)............................. O O O S S S S O ? ? O S ? ? O 45 33
MONTANA
Williams P (D)............................ O O O O O P O O O ? O O ? O O 0 0
NEBRASKA
Barrett B (R)............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Bereuter D (R)............................ S S O O S S S O O O S O ? O O 43 40 Christensen J (R)......................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
NEVADA
Ensign J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Vucanovich B (R).......................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bass C (R)................................ S S S O S S O O O S S O S O S 60 60 Zeliff B (R).............................. S S S S S S S O S S S S S O S 87 87
NEW JERSEY
Andrews R (D)............................. S ? O O O S O O O O S O ? O O 23 30 Franks B (R).............................. S S S O O S O O O S O O S S O 47 47 Frelinghuysen R (R)....................... S S O S O S O S O S S S S O O 60 60 LoBiondo F (R)............................ S S S S S S O O O O O O S O O 47 47 Martini B (R)............................. S S O O O S O O O O O O S O O 27 27 Menendez R (D)............................ S O O O O S O O O O O O O O O 13 13 Pallone F (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Payne D (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Roukema M (R)............................. S S O O O O O O O S S O S S O 40 40 Saxton H (R).............................. S S O S S S O O S S O O S S S 67 67 Smith C (R)............................... S S S O S S O O O S S O S O O 53 53 Torricelli R (D).......................... O O O ? O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Zimmer D (R).............................. S S O O O S O O O O O O S O O 27 27
NEW MEXICO
Richardson B (D).......................... O O O O O O O O ? ? ? O O O O 0 0 Schiff S (R).............................. S S O ? O S S S O S S O S S S 71 67 Skeen J (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93
NEW YORK
Ackerman G (D)............................ O O O O O O O O O ? O O O O O 0 0 Boehlert S (R)............................ S O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 13 13 Engel E (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Flake F (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O ? O O O 0 0 Forbes M (R).............................. S S S O S S O O O O O O S O O 40 40 Frisa D (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S O O 80 80 Gilman B (R).............................. S S O O S O O O O O S O S S O 40 40 Hinchey M (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Houghton A (R)............................ S S S S S S S S O S S O O S O 73 73 Kelly S (R)............................... S S O O S S O O O O O O S O O 33 33 King P (R)................................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S O 87 87 LaFalce J (D)............................. O O O O O O S S O ? O O O O O 14 13 Lazio R (R)............................... S S O O O O O O O O O O S O O 20 20 Lowey N (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Maloney C (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Manton D (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O ? O O 0 0 McHugh J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S O ? 86 80 McNulty M (D)............................. S S O S S S O S S O O O O S O 53 53 Molinari S (R)............................ S S O S S S S S O S S S S O O 73 73 Nadler J (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Owens M (D)............................... O O O ? O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Paxon B (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Quinn J (R)............................... S S S O O S S S O S S O S O O 60 60 Rangel C (D).............................. O O O O ? ? O O O O O O O S O 8 7 Schumer C (D)............................. S O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Serrano J (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Slaughter L (D)........................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Solomon G (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S O O 87 87 Towns E (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O ? O O 0 0 Velazquez N (D)........................... O O O O O O O O ? O O O O O O 0 0 Walsh J (R)............................... S S O O S S S S O S S S S O S 73 73
NORTH CAROLINA
Ballenger C (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Burr R (R)................................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S O S 93 93 Clayton E (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Coble H (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S O O 87 87 Funderburk D (R).......................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S O O 87 87 Hefner W (D).............................. 0 S S O S S S ? ? ? S O O O O 50 40 Heineman F (R)............................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Jones W (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 0 93 93 Myrick S (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Rose C (D)................................ S S S O S O S O O ? O O O S O 43 40 Taylor C (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Watt M (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
NORTH DAKOTA
Pomeroy E (D)............................. O S O O S S S S O O S O O O O 40 40
OHIO
Boehner J (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Brown S (D)............................... O O O O S O O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Chabot S (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Cremeans F (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Gillmor P (R)............................. S S S S S S S S O S S O S S S 87 87 Hall T (D)................................ S O O O S O O S O O O ? O O O 21 20 Hobson D (R).............................. S S S O S S S S O S S S S O O 73 73 Hoke M (R)................................ S S S S S S S S O S S ? S S S 93 87 Kaptur M (D).............................. ? S O O O O O S O O S O O ? O 23 20 Kasich J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 LaTourette S (R).......................... S S S S S S S S O S O O O O O 60 60 Ney B (R)................................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Oxley M (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Portman R (R)............................. S S O O S S S S S O S S S O O 67 67 Pryce D (R)............................... S S S O S S S S O ? S S S ? O 77 67 Regula R (R).............................. S S O O S S S S O O S O S S O 60 60 Sawyer T (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
Stokes L (D).............................. O O O O O O O S O O O O O O O 7 7 Traficant J (D)........................... O S O S S S S S O S S S O O O 60 60
OKLAHOMA
Brewster B (D)............................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Coburn T (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S ? S S O S 93 87 Istook E (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S ? S S S S 100 93 Largent S (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Lucas F (R)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Watts J (R)............................... S S S S S S S S ? ? S S S S S 100 87
OREGON
Bunn J (R)................................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Cooley W (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 DeFazio P (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Furse E (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Wyden R (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O O S O O O O 7 7
PENNSYLVANIA
Borski R (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Clinger W (R)............................. S S O O S S S S O S S S S O S 73 73 Coyne W (D)............................... O O O O O O O S O O O O O O O 7 7 Doyle M (D)............................... O O O O S S O S O O S O O O O 27 27 English P (R)............................. S S O O S S S S O S S O S O S 67 67 Fattah C (D).............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Foglietta T (D)........................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Fox J (R)................................. S S O S S O O O O S O O S O O 40 40 Gekas G (R)............................... S S O S S S S S S S S S S S S 93 93 Goodling B (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S ? S S S O 93 87 Greenwood J (R)........................... S S O O O O O ? ? ? S O S O O 33 27 Holden T (D).............................. O O O S S S S S O O S O ? O O 43 40 Kanjorski P (D)........................... O O O O O O O S O O O O O O O 7 7 Klink R (D)............................... O O O O O S ? S O O S O O O O 21 20 Mascara F (D)............................. O O O O S S O S O O O O O O O 20 20 McDade J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O O S S O S O 86 80 McHale P (D).............................. S O O O S S O O O O O O O O O 20 20 Murtha J (D).............................. O O O S O S S S O O S O O O O 33 33 Shuster B (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S ? S S S S S 100 93 Walker R (R).............................. S S O S S S S S S S S S S S ? 93 87 Weldon C (R).............................. S S O O S O O O O S O O S O O 33 33
RHODE ISLAND
Kennedy P (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O ? O O O O 0 0 Reed J (D)................................ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
SOUTH CAROLINA
Clyburn J (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Graham L (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S O 87 87 Inglis B (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Sanford M (R)............................. S S S O O O O O O O O O S O O 33 33 Spence F (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S O S 87 87 Spratt J (D).............................. S O O O S S O O O O O O O O O 20 20
SOUTH DAKOTA
Johnson T (D)............................. S S O O S S S O O O S O O O O 40 40
TENNESSEE
Bryant E (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S ? S 100 93 Clement B (D)............................. S S S O O S S O O O S O O O O 40 40 Duncan J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S O 93 93 Ford H (D)................................ O O O O O O O S O ? O ? O ? O 8 7 Gordon B (D).............................. S S S O S S S S O O S O O O O 53 53 Hilleary V (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S O S 93 93 Quillen J (R)............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Tanner J (D).............................. O S S S S S S O O S S O S O O 60 60 Wamp Z (R)................................ S S O S S S S S S S S S S O S 87 87
TEXAS
Archer B (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Armey D (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Barton J (R).............................. S ? S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 93 Bentsen K (D)............................. O O O O S S O S O O O O O O O 20 20 Bonilla H (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Bryant J (D).............................. O O O ? ? O ? O O O O O O O O 0 0 Chapman J (D)............................. S S S S S S S S O O S S O O O 67 67 Coleman R (D)............................. O O O O O O O ? O O S O O O O 7 7 Combest L (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 de la Garza E (D)......................... O S O S S O S O O S S S O O O 47 47 DeLay T (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Doggett L (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 Edwards C (D)............................. S S S S S S S S O S O S O O O 67 67 Fields J (R).............................. S S S S S S S ? ? ? S S S S S 100 80 Frost M (D)............................... O O O S S O O S O O S O O O ? 29 27 Geren P (D)............................... S S S S S O S S O S O S S O O 67 67 Gonzalez H (D)............................ O ? ? ? ? O O S O O S O O O O 18 13 Green G (D)............................... O O O O S O O ? ? ? O ? O O O 9 7 Hall R (D)................................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Jackson-Lee S (D)......................... O O O O O O O S O O O O O O O 7 7 Johnson E (D)............................. O O O O O O O S O O O O O O O 7 7 Johnson S (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Laughlin G (R)............................ S S S ? S S S S O S S S S S S 93 87 Ortiz S (D)............................... O ? S S S S S S O S S S S O S 79 73 Smith L (R)............................... S S S S S S S S ? ? S S S S S 100 87 Stenholm C (D)............................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S O O 80 80 Stockman S (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S ? S S S S 100 93 Tejeda F (D).............................. O S S S S S S S O S S S S O ? 79 73 Thornberry W (R).......................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Wilson D (D).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S O O S S 80 80
UTAH
Hansen J (R).............................. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Orton B (D)............................... S S S S S S S S O S S O O O S 73 73 Waldholtz E (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100
VERMONT
Sanders B (I)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0
VIRGINIA
Bateman H (R)............................. S S O S S S S S O S S S ? S S 86 80
Bliley T (R).............................. S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Boucher R (D)............................. O O O O O O O S O S O O O O O 13 13 Davis T (R)............................... S S O O S S O S O S S S S O O 60 60 Goodlatte R (R)........................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S O O 87 87 Moran J (D)............................... O O O O O O O O O ? O O O O O 0 0 Payne L (D)............................... S S O S S S S O O S O S O O O 53 53 Pickett O (D)............................. S S ? S S S S S O S S S S S O 86 80 Scott R (D)............................... O O O O S O O O O O O O O O O 7 7 Sisisky N (D)............................. S S S S S S S S O S ? S S ? O 85 73 Wolf F (R)................................ S S O O S S O S O S S O S O O 53 53
WASHINGTON
Dicks N (D)............................... O O S O O S O O O O S O O O O 20 20 Dunn J (R)................................ S S S S S S S S O S S S S S S 93 93 Hastings R (R)............................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 McDermott J (D)........................... O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O 7 7 Metcalf J (R)............................. S S S S S S O S S S S S S S S 93 93 Nethercutt G (R).......................... S S O O S S S S O S S S S S S 80 80 Smith L (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Tate R (R)................................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 White R (R)............................... S S S S S S S S S S S O S O O 80 80
WEST VIRGINIA
Mollohan A (D)............................ O O S O S S O S O S S S O O S 53 53 Rahall N (D).............................. O O O O O O O S O O S S O O O 20 20 Wise B (D)................................ O O O O O O O S O O S O O O O 13 13
WISCONSIN
Barrett T (D)............................. O O O O O O O O O O O O O ? O 0 0 Gunderson S (R)........................... S S O S S S S S O S S S S S O 80 80 Kleczka G (D)............................. S O S O O O ? O O O O O O O O 14 13 Klug S (R)................................ S S O O O S O O S S O O S S O 47 47 Neumann M (R)............................. S S S S S S S S S ? S S S ? S 100 87 Obey D (D)................................ O O O O S S O O O O S O O S O 27 27 Petri T (R)............................... S S O S S S S S S S O S S O S 80 80 Roth T (R)................................ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 100 100 Sensenbrenner F (R)....................... S S O S S S S S
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TRIBUTE TO HISPANIC BUSINESS WEEK
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HON. WILLIAM J. MARTINI
of new jersey
in the house of representatives
Monday, October 21, 1996
Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in acknowledgment of the upcoming Hispanic Business Week in New Jersey.
Mr. Speaker, America is a hardworking society. We are a society built on the principles of growth for the individual, as well as advancement of our community as a whole. Within this context, we can see the vital importance for activists, community builders, and skilled professionals. This, Mr. Speaker, is what the New Jersey Hispanic Chamber promotes.
Mr. Speaker, in an era with significant economy shifts, the statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has led our community in the effort to educate the Hispanic Business Community and its consumers. They have sought to encourage and support the entrepreneurs, the individuals, and the community as a whole. Through their education, our community has the opportunity to grow and develop into a better community.
This year, Mr. Speaker, the statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will sponsor Hispanic Business Week from October 21 to October 26. I am grateful to be invited to their sixth annual convention and exhibition during this historical week. Today, in acknowledgment and appreciation for their great efforts, I rise to recognize Hispanic Business Week--a step toward the future.
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