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1986 News Releases
JANUARY
001 01-24 Asks USDA to clarify Gramm-Rudman cuts o
002 01-28 Space Shuttle explosion
003 01-29 Richard Lyng nominated to USDA Secretary
FEBRUARY
004 02-04 Cosponsors Trade Expansion bill
005 02-04 State of Union Reaction
006 02-06 Urges USDA not to delay Food Stamp rules
007 02-07 Supports test to televise the Senate cha
008 02-07 Asks Farm Credit to explain interest rat
009 02-11 U.S. Senate-Japan Scholarship winners
010 02-13 Admitted for eye surgery
011 02-19 Close loopholes in imported ethanol laws
012 02-20 Honored by Renewable Fuels Association
013 02-21 Objects to 60% cut in FmHA operating loa
014 02-21 Objects to SCS workers move from Lincoln
015 02-25 Recuperating slowly from eye surgery
016 02-26 Exon-Zoro oppose "Old" gas deregulation
017 02-26 Former AP reporter Odell Hanson dies
018 02-27 Boys Town postage stamp
MARCH
019 03-11 Support deferral of ag losses by rural b
020 03-12 Encouraged by FDIC rural bank changes

021 03-12 Pleased by President's Release of FmHA l
022 03-13 Reduce number of soil survey reports pri
023 03-13 Amend to Constitutional Balanced Budget
024 03-13 Success on '87 Ag Budget freeze
025 03-13 DOT $1.7 million grant to Omaha Airport
026 03-14 HUD Homestead Grant to Omaha
027 03-19 Exon vote puts sends 87 budget to Senate
028 03-27 Rural Banks Aided by Law Change
APRIL
029 04-02 Praises dropping duty free status of imp
030 04-02 Ex-Zo release requesting Ag-hearing in N
031 04-09 Beef-Dairy Slaughter Resolution Offered
032 04-10 Senate Approves Beef-Dairy Slaughter Res
033 04-10 Corrects Nebr. Traffic Accident Figures
33A 04-12 Effects of Dairy Slaughter 'Devastating'
034 04-15 U.S. Attack on Libya
035 04-16 Exon Appointed to Demo Group on Nat'l Se
036 04-17 Disappointed at Allies Reaction to bombi
037 04-18 Bill Introduced on 70 mph Interstate spe
038 04-22 IRS Mileage Record Keeping Cosponsored
039 04-24 Cosponsor Tax Extension for Insolvent Fa
040 04-28 2nd Letter to Sec. of Ag. on Soil Survey
MAY
041 05-01 Action Needed to Move 87 Budget
042 05-01 $5.6 Million Grant for Grand Island VA H
043 05-06 Abandon Soil Service office Move to Texa

044 05-06 Praises Defense Reorganization Bill Pass
045 05-09 Aid Ethanol Industry
046 05-12 National Eye Care Project
047 05-12 1985 Financial Disclosure
048 05-15 Toughen Grain Quality Standards
049 05-19 FAA Study
050 05-20 Opposes Daylight Savings Time Extension
051 05-20 Nebr. & Omaha Mass Transit Grants
052 05-23 Exon-Zoro Want Increased Funding for Nor
053 05-30 Supplemental Appropriations Good for Agr
JUNE
054 06-06 Exon Old Gas Decontrol Amendment Narrowl
055 06-10 Support IRA Tax Credit Amendment to Tax
056 06-16 Univ of Nebr-Lincoln Physics grant
057 06-17 Air Force Contract to Brunswick Corp. of
058 06-17 USNS CORNHUSKER named assigned to crane
059 06-24 Support Passage of Senate Tax Reform
060 06-24 Sen. Dole Commits to Take up Supplementa
061 06-24 Tax Reform Transitions for Nebr, Histori
062 06-25 Objects to Smithsonian Research Funding
063 06-25 Wheat Poll D.C. Press Conference (Exon-H
064 06-25 Dole Says Supplemental to be Considered
065 06-25 Exon-Zoro Announce Crete Airport Grant
066 06-26 Lincoln Firm (Hygain) Gets $17.5 million
067 06-27 Exon Lauds Approval of Supplemental Appr
068 06-30 Wheat Poll Omaha Press Conference (Exon-

JULY
069 07-01 Kiewit Construction Contract for Pipelin
070 07-12 Gold Coin Design
071 07-14 Disaster Aid Requested for Dawes County,
072 07-17 Grain Storage Shortage Letter to Secreta
073 07-22 North Loup Water Project Subcommittee He
074 07-23 Farm Export Enhancement Extended to Chin
075 07-23 President Responds to Exon 55 mph Letter
076 07-23 FERC Old Gas Decontrol Letter
077 07-25 Missouri Rec River Funding Increase Requ
078 07-28 Prairie Bend Funding Increase Request
079 07-29 Legislation for Additional Federal Judge
080 07-30 Path Cleared for Advance Deficiency Paym
081 07-31 Exon Amend. Approved Mandating Advance D
AUGUST
082 08-01 Exon Amend. Approved to Improve Air Traf
083 08-01 Amend for Hay Contributions Approved
084 08-02 Export Enhancement for Soviet Union Reac
085 08-08 Response to Lincoln Journal on Trade Vet
086 08-08 Committee Approves Exon Amend on Airport
087 08-11 Senate Approves Military Construction Au
088 08-12 Text of Contra Aid Speech
089 08-14 Committee Approves $27 million in Nebr.
090 08-15 Rumors of Wheat Poll Results
091 08-15 Chadron Disaster Aid Appealed to Preside
092 08-15 Wheat Poll Results Announced

093 08-18 Senate Approves Former President's Bill
094 08-18 Airport grants for Tekamah & Minden
095 08-19 Commonwealth provision included in Tax R
096 08-20 Grant for Defense Logistics Agency in No
097 08-26 Agriculture Committee Hearing Media Advi
SEPTEMBER
098 09-03 HUD Public Housing Loan Authority for Om
099 09-04 React to USDA Ethanol Report
100 09-10 Senators Block USDA move of SCS tech cen
101 09-11 House Subcommittee Approves Exon Wildern
102 09-11 React to Neb. Nat. Resources Commission
103 09-12 Senate Ok's FAA Blue Ribbon Commission S
104 09-12 U.S. Marshall & Judicial Nominations Con
105 09-17 Pork-Buster Amendment Announced
106 09-17 Alliance Airport Grant
107 09-17 Votes Against Rehnquist for Chief Justic
108 09-18 Offutt Modernization Contract Award
109 09-19 Reconciliation is Phony
110 09-20 Senate Rejects Pork-Buster Amendment
111 09-22 May Offer Amendment to Increase Speed Li
112 09-22 Unsnarls Wilderness Bill from being Bloc
113 09-23 GATT Trade Talks Letter to President
114 09-24 Senate Approves 55 Speed Limit Amendment
115 09-24 Nebr. Projects in Tax Reform Bill
116 09-25 Cornhusker Army Ammo Plant Cleanup Contr
117 09-27 Votes Against the Tax Reform Bill
118 09-29 HUD Loans to Nebraska

119 09-30 Hydropower Relicensing Accord with House
OCTOBER
120 10-01 Unused 1986 Office Funds Returned
121 10-01 Urges DOT Action on Texas Air Purchase o
122 10-02 Support Override of South Africa Sanctio
123 10-03 Papio & Dam 18 Amend to Con Res Approved
124 10-03 Con. Res. Includes $27 mil in Nebr. Wate
125 10-03 Senate Passes Exon Wilderness Bill (S,81
126 10-09 Exon Odometer Fraud Bill Sent to Preside
127 10-09 87 Defense Authorization Conf Approves C
128 10-09 Protests Tax Reform Loophole for Texas U
129 10-10 Senate Approves Airport Liability Insura
130 10-16 Physicians Mutual&Commonwealth in Senate
131 10-18 Omnibus Water Bill Gets Final Congressio
132 10-21 President Signs Exon Wilderness Bill (S.
133 10-21 Pleased with Popularity of Gold Coin Sal
134 10-28 President Signs Exon Odometer Fraud Bill
NOVEMBER
135 11-12 Aviation Subcommittee on Safety & Aviati
136 11-13 Exon to Visit China
137 11-13 Exon Helps Goodyear Fight Hostile Takeov
138 11-14 React to President Reagan Iran Arms Sale
139 11-14 Letter to U.S. Mint on Gold Coin Distrib
140 11-18 Testimony to House Committee on Goodyear

DECEMBER
141 12-15 Donates Continental Congress Papers Inde
142 12-16 1987 Academy nominations
143 12-17 Donates Continental Papers Index to UN-L
144 12-23 Don't Sell the Power Marketing Administr
145 12-29 Minden & Hall County Receive Airport Gra
146 12-31 Dept of Energy to Notify Gov of nuclear

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—— EXON ASKS USDA TO CLARIFY GRAMM-RUDMAN IMPACT ON FARM LOANS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U .S . SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB), has
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to explain how Gramm-Rudman will impact the entire farm program.
‘Farmers need to know how Gramm-Rudman will affect them if
they have signed-up for the program and have a contract before
the sequester order takes effect,” Exon said. “Will farmers be
exempted from Gramm-Rudman payment cuts if they have a signed
contract or what other factors might affect their payments?” he
added.
Other questions Exon asked the Department to answer include:
-- How reductions in payments would be implemented?
-- The timing of deficiency payments?
-- Whether 1986 crop payments will be reduced beyond the
March sequester order?
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The Iionorable John R. Block
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I Dear f;ecreLary Block :
rJCIW EhaL the Food Sec uriLy Ack o f 1985 ‘has passed and has
been irnplemented, and the Gramm-Rudman proposa 1 has begun to take
its fu,rther to11 on hard-pressed farmers, it is important that
produc!ers have a fair opportunity to intel1igently plan their
sprin~ plan Ling. At best, there are unanswered quest ions th,nL
demant[ immed iate c Larification.
We are concerned tha k the impact o E the Gramtn-Rudman proposa 1
Otla(~Kicu1.Lure po 1.icy i,:Stl(~ L ye L fuL.1y un(]eKs LOO(I . yi>u
please out 1ine your Depa rtmen t‘s impl.emen tation of the cur ren L
fiseal year $1.3 bi 11ion cut mandated by the Gramm-Rudman
c1men(l111 en(:il 11d p l:3 ns for the 1.987fisca 1 year .
0 A firsL priority for cLarificat ion and hopeful reversa 1 is
yollrDepartment ‘s pub 1ic a t that non recourse 1oans w i11
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b~:re(lU 4,3 percent because of Gramm-Rudman. One example
given by your Department is that the effect ive 1986 corn loan
figure of $1.92 wi11 be reduced by 4.3 percent to $1.84. We
quest ion and object to this 1ine of calcu Iation. A loan is a
l~i~ n a[idshouId not be a ffected by Gramm-Rudman . You r
ca‘Lulations pre-suppose that a bushel of corn wi11 eventually
se 11 below the loan pr ice of $1’.92. Do you not agree that this
penal izing of the farmer a ful1 4.3 percent of $1.92 is false
arithreetic? In the event o f de fau1t, the U.S. Government has
grain which has value, whereas your calculations to arr iv.ea the
reducti.on figure assume it wou Ld be worth nokh ing.
We also would appreciate an explanation of your Department’s
intentions as to the announcement of sign-up dates for the
commodity programs; which farmers, if any, would be exempt from a
possible March sequester order due to signed contracts or other
factors; how reductions in payments would be implemented; the
timing of deficiency payments; whether 1986 ‘crop payments will be
reduced beyond the March sequester order; and whether the
Department anticipates any change in the historic crop planting
mi)cor production levels due to an imminent sequester.

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We urge you to immediately announce the sign-up dates for the
various commodity programs.
This information is crucial to the nation’s agricultural
sector. We hope you will be able to provide us with a timely
response.
With best wishes.
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SPACE SHUTTLE EXPLOSION
WASHINGTON , D .C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON said he was
“saddened and shocked” by the explos ion of the Space Shuttle
moments after is was 1aunched.
“This is a trag ic blow to the momentum
of the Space Shuttle
program, but it should not endanger the future of the shuttle
o program, “ Exon said . Exon is a member of the Senate Commerce
Committee which has jurisdiction over the National Aeronautics
and Space and Administration.
“My prayers
are with the families and friends of the
courageous seven-member crew,” Exon said. “The entire nation
feels the tragic loss of the Shuttle crew,” he added.
At the
time of the Shuttle accident, Exon was attending a top secret CIA
briefing.
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—— LYNG NOMINATED FOR SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON , D .C . -- “The nomination of Richard Lyng to be
the n(:xt Secretary of Agriculture is not surprising. He is wel 1
qual iI:iedand very familiar with the internal operations
of the
Department of Agriculture. He wi11 maintain the status quo and
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t:heoperation running smoothly. While he may be a good
Administrator, it is important that everyone realize he is being
appointed by President Reagan and will continue the inadequate
farm policies
of this Administration, ” Exon said about the
nomination of Richard Lyng to be Secretary of Agriculture.
“Since he will be hired to carryout President Reagan’s farm
policies, I do not expect he will be a strong spokesman for the
family sized farm or ranch operations. I do not anticipate any
improvement or dramatic change in the direction of the Department
of Agriculture because it is still the President who will call
the st~otsand make the decisions affecting the Department of
Agrict~lture,” Exon said.
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EXON ADVOCATES TRADE EXPANS ION LEGISLATION
liASHINGTON, D .C . -- U .S. SENATOR JIM EXON
(D-NEB) is
cospor~soring 1egis1ation
(S.2033 ) to expand the United States
export:markets by un iting the “smokestack and haystack areas of
the country into one driving export force.“
Elxonsaid the b i11 is unique because
it does not single out
any one industry for protection while sacrificing another for
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establish a fund of million at the Export-Import Bank to
countc!r foreign credit subsidies used to undercut U.S. exports on
the wc)rldmarket.
“’International trade is of vital importance to our nation’s
agric~[lture sector since fully one-third
of our food production
is de~roted to exportru Exon said. The trade legislation would
“pry clpenforeign markets, fight unfair trade practices and add
an elchment of reciprocity to our trade relationships,m he added.
The bill emphasizes
increasing exports rather than closing
the American markets. It authorizes the President to negotiate
a
Agreement
to bring foreign agricultural practices under the General
on Trade and Tariffs.
‘This bill signals to the foreign competition that the U.S.
intends to become the world’s best salesman and that the U.S.
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government is willing to protect and promote U.S. KightS in the
international marketplace.
The proposal includes an incentive program to improve the
quality of export grain. The government would offer commodity
payments-in-kind in exchange for improvement in grain quality.
Another provision instructs the Administration to evaluate
the feasibility of selling surplus agricultural commodities in
exchange for local currency in indebted third world countries
where hard currency
supplies are low.
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EXON C!OMMENTS ON STATE OF UNION
WASHINGTON , D .C.
absolute masterpiece,
-- “The President s speech tonight was an
by far the best I have ever heard him give
and hc:has g iven alot of good speeches. It was wel 1 written. It
was f1awlessly del ivered. He is a true pro when it comes to
making speeches. There was not to much nitty-gritty in the
speech though. The nitty-gritty starts tomorrow when the Senate
Budget Committee begins hearings on the President’s budget. From
the aclvanced information that we have the President is going to
recommend some devastating cuts for for agriculture which is
going to adversely affect farmers, ranchers and small
businesspeople already in distress in Nebraska. The speech was
good, positive and upbeat; now tomorrow we start getting into the
heart of the situation and make the changes we are going to have
to make to spare Nebraska’s economy from what I am very fearful
the President is going to propose in the budget details,” Exon
said.
‘President Reagan was speaking to the nation tonight and the
natiorl is generally upbeat. That is not the same situation with
the ec:onomy in Nebraska today. While we need some optimism and
optimistic talk we also need some positive action on the part of
the President to alleviate agriculture and ranching and farming
in a way that our economy can be improved in a devastated
Nebraska; where we still have optimism, but we need some help
from E)resident Reagan to make our optimism come true,” he added.
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—— EXON C’RGES USDA TO STOP DELAYING FOOD STAMP RULES FOR FARMERS
M’ASHINGTON, D .C. -- U .S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) Thursday
released a letter urging the Secretary of Agriculture to
implement the new regulations regard ing food stamp appl icat ions
from farmers .
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“The economic conditions facing many of America s farmers
and ranchers are getting progressively worse. Ironically, many
of our farmers and ranchers are forced to seek assistance in
acquiring the processed food products that they have so
efficiently helped produce,~ Exon wrote to the Secretary of
Agriculture.
“Current food stamp regulations make it difficult for these
Americans to qualify for food stamps. Section 1509 of the Farm
Bill contains a provision which will correct an inequity in food
stamp regulations as they relate to farmers and ranchers. This
provision would allow farmers who have off-farm jobs and who
apply for food stamps to count their total loss on the farm, as
well as all wages earned off the farm, to arrive at total
income,” Exon wrote.
“It is my understanding that implementation of these
regulations is being delayed. I urge you to immediately
implement these provisions and bring relief to this critical
situation. Certainlyr the Department of Agriculture can
understand this situation and is in a position to take prompt
action in accordance with the law which Congress passed over six
weeks ago,” Exon concluded in his letter to the Secretary of
Agriculture.
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—.— EXON SIJPPORTS TEST OF RADIO & TELEVISION COVERAGE OF SENATE
WASHINGTON , D .C . -- U .S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) said
supper ts a test of 1ive gavel-to-gavel rad io broadcast and a
he
clclsed circuit television coverage
of the Senate chamber
prctceecl ings .
“j:t is time the Senate entered
the electron ic age,” Exon
sa id. “I have always supported proposals for 1ive radio coverage
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expressed concerned
about the cost of implementing gavel-to-gavel
tv coverage,”
he added.
The closed circuit television test would be available only
to the Congressional office buildings in Washington, D.C. and the
news media galleries reporting on the Congress. The radio
broadczlst would be available on the public frequencies.
“The test will allow the Senate
to evaluate what rule
changes will be necessary, so televising the Senate does not
impede the legislative process,” Exon said. “Studies indicate
that the public receives the majority of their news and
informtltion from television. Electronic coverage of the Senate
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can be an asset by providing a direct link between
the Ser~a’teand the public,”
he added.
Exon pointed out that the Senate is already open to
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observation
by the general public and that the news media reports
daily on Senate committees and floor actions. He also noted
that, even though Senate chamber action
is not currently
televised, Senate hearings are regularly telecast by C-SPAN, the
group which televises
the House of Representatives.
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EXON ASKS FARM CREDIT TO EXPLAIN INTEREST RATE INCREASE
VIASHINGTON, D .C.
the FzlrmCredit Banks
-- u .s. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) asked
of Omaha about the reported increase in
interest loan rates.
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“Dear Mr. Har1ing:”
“I have been advised that since the ba il-out of the
E’armCredit System, the recently merged Production Credit
Association of the Midlands has increased its interest rates
by .15% (fifteen hundredths of one percent ).”
“I am writing to verify that information. If that is
indeed the case, how long do you expect this increase to be
in effect? What is the cause of this increase?”
“During the last several months there has been a
general downward trend in interest rates. Given this
situation, I find this increase difficult to justify.”
“Your prompt response and explanation will be
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DeiarMr. Har1ing:
I have been advised that since the bail-out of the Farm
Credit System, the recently merged Production Credit Association
of the Midlands has increased its interest rates by .15% (fifteen
hundredths of one percent).
I am writing to verify that information. If that is indeed
Lhe case, how long do you expect this increase to ‘be in effect?
\Wlat is the cause of this increase?
During the last several months there has been a general
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EXON ANNOUNCES U.S. SENATE-JAPAN SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) announced
today that Sara E. Adkins of Laurel, Nebraska, has been selected
to pa~ticipate in the U.S. Senate - Japanese Youth Exchange
Program.
f;ara is a junior at Laurel-Concord Public Schools at Laurel,
Nebraska. As a participant Sara is one of two Nebraska youths
who will receive a full scholarship to spend two months this
summer with a host family in Japan. The other Nebraska winner is
17-year-old Michael Moberg of Papillion, who was selected by
Senator Ed Zorinsky (D-NEB).
‘l!heU.S. Senate – Japan Scholarship is awarded annually to
two st:udents from each state. As scholarship winners, the two
Nebraska students will first travel to Washington, D.C. to meet
with Nebraska’s U.S. Senators Jim Exon and Ed Zorinsky and
Japanese Embassy officials. While in the nation’s capital, the
participants will attend an orientation on the Japanese language
and c~llture before traveling to Japan.
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medalist in extemporaneous speech contests, co-editor of the
student annual, and a member of the student council. In addition
Sara is a varsity cheerleader, a starter on the school’s’varsity
volleyball and basketball teams, and active in vocal and
instrumental music. She has been very active in 4-I1 for nine
years and also in community and church projects.
The Senate - Japan Scholarship progzam was established in
1981 to increase understanding and awareness between United
States and Japan. The program is administered by Youth for
Understanding, a non-profit international exchange student
organization.
Senator Exon congratulated both students and said Sara and
Michael will do an excellent job representating Nebraska during
their visit to Japan. ‘I have complete confidence that Sara and
Michael will proudly represent Nebraska and our country in this
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For R=lease, Thursday, February 13, 1986
EXON E;NTERS HOSPITAL FOR EYE SURGERY
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LINCOLN , NEBR. -- U.S. Senator Jim Exon checked into
Method ist Hospital in Omaha Thursday for repair surgery to his
left eye.
Exon said doctors had d iscovered
a smal1 local ized tear on
the side of his left retina.
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corrected while at home.
Dr. John Pemberton will repair the tissue Thursday
afternoon, and the Senator is expected to leave the hospital this
weekend. Exon said the doctor anticipated no problems, and he is
expected to return to his Washington, D.C. duties sometime next
week after a few days of recuperation
at his Lincoln home.
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EXON WliNTS TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES IN IMPORTED ETHANOL LAWS
LI:NCOLN, NEBR. .- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) is cosponsoring
1egislat ion (S.2051) to close loopholes which fuel ethanol importers
have used to avoid U.S. tariffs.
“llthanol imports have ducked u.S. tariffs because of loopholes in
the 1aws,” Exon said, who has been an advocate for developing U.S.
ethano1.plants . Under current law, ethanol imports intended for use
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tariff. Congress levied the import tariff to promote the domestic
ethanol industry and to offset fuel tax incentives intended for
domestically produced ethanol.
The legislation is designed to close three major loopholes in the
law by making all types of imported ethanol subject to the 60-cent per
gallon tariff. Current law permits an importer three years, after
importation, to declare the use of the ethanol before paying the
tariff if it is used for fuel purposes. Under S.2051, the tariff
would be collected at the time of importation and be refunded upon
proof that the ethanol
is not being used for fuel purposes.
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The bill also clarifies the Caribbean Basin Intiative (CBI)
rules to prevent ethanol from being shipped through
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Caribbean nations and then upgraded to fuel quality to avoid the U.S.
tariffs. Under the current interpretation of the CBI, ethanol from
non..CBInations can be upgraded in CBI countries to fuel quality and
then imported tariff-free into the U.S. In addition, the bill would
extend the 60-cent tariff to include imported fuels that are blended
with ethanol.
“Some importers are simply laundering ethanol fuels through the
Caribbean to avoid the U.S. tariffs,” Exon said. “The federal ethanol
import laws are as important to agriculture as the domestic ethanol
inhustry and should be tightened up and enforced. Ethanol is an
expanding agricultural market,n Exon said.
In a related matter, Exon said he was pleased the U.S. Trade
Representative’s office has announced it will review the practice of
blending ethanol imports with chemicals to avoid U.S. tariffs. Exon,
was one of nine Senators who earlier this month requested U.S. Trade
Representative Clayton Yeutter to investigate this p~actice of
blending ethanol to avoid the Congressionally mandated 60-cent per
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WASHINGTON, D .C. -- U .S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEBR) was
honored Wednesday evening by the Renewable Fuels Association for
his leadership in the promotion of ethanol.
The national associat ion gave Exon the “Award for
Outstand ing Contr ibutions to the Fuel Ethanol Industry. ”
Receiving the award on Exon’s behalf was Ralph O’Connor of the
Nebraska Gasohol Commission. Exon was recuperating from eye
surgery at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska and could not attend the
ceremony.
Eric Vaughn, President of the Renewable Fuels Association,
said Exon was selected to receive the award because of his
“commitment to the domestic fuel ethanol industry” and
“leadership on numerous legislative issues of importance to the
industry.~
“As a direct result of your (Senator Exon’s) support, the
domestic ethanol industry, in 1985, will produce more than 625
million gallons of ethanol, consuming over 240 million bushels of
co:~n, and adding over $900 million to farm incomern Vaughn said
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—— EXON SAYS 60% CUT OF FmHA OPERATING LOANS ADDS TO CREDIT DROUGHT
WASHINGTON , D .C. -- U .S . SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) Friday said
the Admini strat ion is scheduling drastic reduct ions in lending to
Nel~raska s most hard pressed
farm and ranch operations.
“Nearly sixty percent of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)
operating loan programs for Nebraska are being eliminated during the
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worst farm depression since the 1930s, ” Exon said.
Last year the Nebraska FmHA office made direct operating loans
totaling $141,840,820. This year the Administration has allocated
$55,109,000 to Nebraska for direct loans, Exon said, but only $21
million
is left to last through the end of the year.
Exon said he will be contacting Assistant Agriculture Secretary
Frank Naylor about how the Administration’s deep reductions are
ma’king the depression in agriculture worse. “Assistant Secretary
Naylor needs to know there is a credit drought which will force many
farmers out of business this year,” Exon said.
Last year the FmHA guaranteed $155,092,880 in operating loans
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is only $62,864,000, of which only $28 million is remaining for the
a
rest of the year.
“This lack of credit is going to drive many credit-worthy
farmers out of business,” Exon said. “Even the best run farm
operations need credit, but with the Administration making such
radical reductions
in the direct loans and loan guarantees many
family farm operat: ons will have no place
to turn,” he added.
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EXON CALLS MOVE OF SCS WORKERS BUREAUCRATIC BUMBLE
WASHINGTON , D .C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON labeled the announced
plans to move the Midwest Technical Service Center of the Soil
Conservation Serv ice (SCS) office to Fort Worth, Texas as a
11bu reaucratic bumble at best. “
Wilson Scaling, Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, has
recommended plans to move the 150 employees in Lincoln, many of them
highly skilled technicians, to Fort Worth this yearO Scaling is from
Texas and obviously wants all the SCS offices located in Texas, Exon
noted.
“Evidently Mr. Scaling and the Administration compare size with
efficiency, which I very much question, as they proceed with plans to
move the offices in Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania
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Exon
If one location is most efficient, then Nebraska
would be the
ideal choice to serve the entire nation. It is centrally located and
has good air service, Exon said. “We are accessible to much of the
central region by ground transportation with the benefits of
Interstate
80,” he added.
“I will be asking for answers on cost comparisons; such as
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federal subsistence rates in Fort Worth at $75 per day versus $58 per
day in Lincoln, the cost of the new office space in Fort Worth versus
the vast amount of available federal office space in Lincoln and the
cost of the mover”
Exon said.
“This move is a grave injustice to the midwest states who need
the highly skilled technical services provided and also to the 150
employees who will either be terminated or forced ko relocate,” Exon
said.
Exon said he will urge the U.S. Department
of Agriculture
officials in Washington, D.C. to reject the SCS merger so the office
will remain in Lincoln.
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WASHINGTON , D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON S doctors have
suggested he not return to his ful1, normal duties in Washington,
D.C. for the balance
of the current week.
Exon underwent eye surgery
to repair a tear in his left
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and his Washington, D.C. specialist said the operation was
successful, but that delays in the return of normal internal eye
pressure is delaying Exon’s return to his normally full schedule
of activities.
T“heSenator
is in daily contact with his office by telephone
from his Washington, D.C. residence. He is reportedly in good
spirits and anxious to return to his full working
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—— EXON & ZORINSKY OPPOSE DEREGULATION OF “OLD” NATURAL GAS PRICES
WASHINGTON , D .C . -- Nebraska U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON and
ED ZOE.INSKY are strongly objecting to the Department of Energys
proposal that would more than triple the price of “old” natural
gas.
The Department of Energy (DOE) “proposal wil 1 more than
triple the cost of approximately two-thirds of the natural gas
● consumed in the western three-fourths of Nebraska, ” the Senators
sa id. “For this major increase in cost the DOE proposal provides
absolutely no benefits to consumer s,” they added.
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gas
is natural gas which was contracted before1978.
In a joint statement to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) the Nebraska Senators said the DOE proposal
could increase the price to $ per Thousand Cubic Feet (mcf).
Old gas is currently selling for as low as 74-cents per mcf.
Under the Natural Gas Policy Act of
(NPGA), ‘old” gas was
protecred
and its price would not be deregulated.
‘!rheDOE proposal will unnecessarily and unlawfully raise
the cost of natural gas to consumers in Nebraska,w the Senators
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said. Exon and Zorinsky pointed out that nearly percent of
Nebraska’s homes are heated with natural gas and over percent
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of the state’s
irrigation pumps are powered with either natural
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Exon an~.Zorinsky said the DOE should address the industry
problem of natural gas supply contract renegotiations between the
pipeline companies and the gas producers. ‘There is no mechanism
in the DOE proposal to attack the real problems facing the
industry renegotiation of high cost contracts or take-or-pay
contracts,” the Senators said. Take-or-pay contracts require a
pipeline company to take natural gas contracted for or pay for it
even though it may not be used.
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.— OD13LL HANSON DIES
WASHINGTON , D.C. -- “Odel1 Hanson was truly one of the
most g ifted reporters who covered the Nebraska scene in the 1ast
few decades . He wrote with accuracy and integrity. He never
alnowed personal opinion to creep into any of the stories he
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wrote. He wrote the facts; pure and unembellished . Odel 1 Hanson
was a ]nodel reporter that every journalism student should
emu1ate. Odell Hanson will be missed. His integrity will stand
as a monument
to his memory, ” Exon said.
Odell Hanson was the Lincoln Bureau Chief
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—— STAMP TO HONOR BOYS TOWN
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Postal Service has informed
Us. SENATOR JIM EXON of its decision to issue a stamp to honor
Bays Town in Omaha.
13xonhas been working for nearly two years encouraging the
Postal Service to issue a stamp honoring Boys Town. The stamp
would commemorate the IOOth anniversary of the birth of
● Father Edward J. Flanagan who founded Boys Town.
~?hestamp is expected to be a regular issue four-cent
postage stamp issued as part of the Great American Series. It is
expected to be issued by the Postal Service on July and
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Washing’:on, D.C............The Senatehas passed legislationintroducedby Senator
Mward ZoriI~sky(D.-Neb.) transferring
acres of adjacentfederalforestland to
ChadronSta”zePark for develo~ent as a campground.
Zorinsk:fsaid the bill, which passedwithouta dissentingvote Mrch
is the only
solutionto a long-statiingproblm of inadequatecampingfacilitiesat the park.
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approval.
“~adro]~State Park attractssme 2 visitorsa year,” Zorinskysaid, “but it has
no campgroulti ad
no lafi suitablefor Campgroutidevelo~ent.”
Undertl~eZorinsky-Exonbill, acreswould be transferredfra the Nebraska
NationalForestto the NebraskaGame and Parksmission
for only the administrative
costsof conveyance,includingthe cost of appraisingand surveyingthe land.
All dev=lopent, such as campingfacilitiesand nature trails,would b
paid for by
the state.
‘Transferof the landwould greatlyenhancepublicuse of ChadronState Park and we
simplyhave no otheralternativefor developingcampingfacilitestheref”Zorinskysaid.
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Washington,D.C............NebraskaSenatorsEdwardZorinskyand
J. JamesExon have
urgedActingAgricultureSecretaryFrankW. NaylorJr. to make surplusgovernmentgrain
availablefreeor at reducedcost for processi~ intoethanol.
Irla letter,the two senatorsdrew Naylor’sattentionto Zorinsky-sponsored language
in the 1985 farmbill allowingUSDA to make the grain availablefrcm surplusCcnnncdity
Credit,Cor]~rationstocks.
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‘Thereis great interestin thisprovisionin our hae
Stateof Nebraskaand elsewhere
in themidwest,where overwhelmingsurplusesand policiesembodiedin the farmbill
cunbineto continuethe downwardspiralof c~odity prices,~Zorinskyad Exon said.
They offeredto assistUSDA in formulatin guidelinesfor the distributionof grain
for ethanoland asked for a reporton progressmade in this area to date.
“In an effortto providesane relieffrun the econmic turmoilking experiencedby
midwesternagriculture,”the senatorssaid, ‘we urge you to exerciseyour authorityin
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—.-—— EXON URGES ACTION TO PREVENT MORE RURAL BANK FAILURES
WASHINGTON , D .C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) Tuesday urged
quick
Senate act ion to reverse the increasing number of farm
fo]:eclosures and bank fai1ures in rural America.
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are supposedly too large to fail.” The Nebraska Senator said the
failure of rural banks is as detrimental to farm communities as the
failure of a multi-national
bank could be to the national banking
system.
‘It is important that the government make every effort to keep
families on their farms,” Exon said. “As President Reagan said in his
State of the Union speech, ‘Farmers must not be abandoned with
problems they did not create and cannot control. ’”
Exon said hs will continue
to push the federal ~egulatory
agencies and the Senate Banking Committee for action to aid rural
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—— EXON I’LEASEDBY RELEASE OF FMHA MONEY
WASHINGTON , D .C. -- Nebraska farm state U.S. Senator Jim
Exon (D-NEB) said Wednesday he was pleased that the President had
annourlced an add itional $750 mi11 ion in Farmers
Home
Adm inistrat ion (FmHA) loan funds.
E;xonwas the first member of the Congress to publicly direct
attent:ion to the shortage of FmHA loan funds .
●’ ‘“Idon’t care who gets the publicity, the problem has been
partially
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—— EXON ENCOURAGED BY FDIC CHANGES
WASHINGTON , D .C. -- U .S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB), who
testif’ied before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday advocating
necess;ary changes
in bank 1aws to aid the ai1ing agricu1tura1
economy, said he was “encouraged by subsequently announced
changes by federal bank regulator s.”
E’ederal bank regulators announced they would ease pressure
on rural banks by permitting them to reduce cash reserves and
take special bookkeeping
techniques.
E:xon,who has held several meetings
with top Federal
Depository Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board
officials said, “It wasn’t easy, but our efforts finally paid
off. I wish the regulators would have reacted much earlier as we
requested.”
E;xon,one of the Senate’s leading advocates of relief for
the h~lrting rural economy said further action was necessary and
that corrective legislation he was sponsoring would come out of
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WASHINGTON , D .C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) has called on
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to stop wasting money by
printing excess ive numbers of county soil survey reports .
Exon, a farm state leader , said the USDA
is wasting money each
time a county soil survey report is done by printing excessive copies
for the USDA and for Members
of Congress.
o Exon said a typical example of this wasteful process is the case
of Cedar County, Nebraska. In that case the Department of Agriculture
printed 250 copies for each U.S. Senator, 1000 for the Congressman, 75
for the University,
3000 for the USDA and 1000 for Cedar County.
There are about 11,700 residents of Cedar County. ‘That means there
is a supply of one copy for every two people in the county,n Exon
said.
“Members of Congress are notified that these soil reports are
available for them to distribute. I must assume it is supposedly a
public relations tool. It is an expense that taxpayers would not
apprc)ve. Members of Congress only need a few copies for reference and
to handle any requests,”
Exon said.
“I could pick 250 names out of the telephone book and mail out
the reports, but why waste the taxpayers money,” Exon said. “I cannot
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see how a member of the Senate or House could find a demand for 1000
cop ies. The government time and expense of printing these excessive
reports would be ‘better spent on the farm programs.”
The Nebraska
Senator said under the law the Secretary of
Agriculture decides how many copies of the reports are printed. Exon
has written to the Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng urging him to
reduce
the number of copies as one of his first official acts.
“The money saved from pri’nting these unnecessary extras will add
up when you consider it is being done for nearly every county in the
nation,” Exon said. There are as many as 900 reports left to be
completed nationwide. The savings could reduce the printing total by
as much as 1,350,000 copies.
In his letter, Exon compared the overprinting of soil reports to●
the $400 hammers purchased by the Pentagon. He also urged Lyng to
reduce the number which USDA prints
for itself saying ‘I suspect that
many of these copies simply gather dust on a shelf.n
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—— EXON STRENGTHENS BALANCED BUDGET CONSITITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Late Wednesday night, U.S. SENATOR JIM
EXON (D-NEB) engineered the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval of
an amendment to the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment
which would require the President to submit a balanced budget to
Congress.
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“I’m a cosponsor of the Balanced Budget Constitutional
Amendment; however, the Senate Judiciary Committee dropped all
reference to the President and the Executive Branch from the
original billr~ Exon said. “By deleting all references to the
president, the Judiciary Committee significantly weakened this
mu(ch needed Constitutional mandate,~ he added.
The proposal, offered by Senators Exon and Howard Metzenbaum
(D-OH), requires the President to submit an annual balanced
federal budget to Congress or provide an alternate budget with a
written explanation stating why the budget should not be
balanced.
“As a former Governor. who prepared balanced budgets for our
state, I know it is important that the Chief Executive submit a
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responsible leadership and to outline the Administration’s
spending priorities,” Exon said. ‘Congress will always hold the
purse strings of the federal government. This change will make
future Presidents more accountable by requiring them to fully
participate in making the difficult choices necessary to balance
a budget,n he added,
The Gramrn-Rudman law contains a similar provision requiring
the President to submit annual federal budgets which do not
exceed mandated budget deficit
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “The good news for the future of
agriculture
programs
today is that I have been successful,
thus
far, in getting
near
unanimous agreement in the Senate Budget
Committee to make no
further cuts in agriculture programs,
including agriculture extension services, for the next year of
the budget,” Exon said Thursday in his weekly conference call
with Nebraska broadcasters.
‘Even Budget Committeeman Chairman Pete Domenici’s (R-NM)
formal presentation to the Budget Committee today is in line with
my suggestions of a freeze. This essentially accomplishes my
long held view that we reduce the annual budget deficit by first
stopping increases in the budget,” Exon said, who is a member of
the Senate Budget Committee.
‘Our bipartisan group in the Senate committee has been
working and we have been very successful in coming up with a
budget proposal that I believe will be realistic; it will be
tough, but it will be one that I think will be accepted next week
by the Budget Committee,n
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$1.7 MILLION GRANT TO EPPLY AIRPORT
llASHINGTON, D .C . -- U .S . SENATOR JIM EXON announced today
that t:heDepartment
of Transportat ion has approved his request
for arladditional $1.7 mil 1ion grant for Epply Airfield in Omaha.
The funds will be used to continue the upgrading and
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real i$~nmentof the drainage system of the airfield. Epply had
been awarded $4 mil 1ion to begin the project.
“It was crucial that the grant was approved by Thursday to
allow Epply Airfield
to accept a very favorable bid to continue
the wclrk,” Exon said.
E)artsof the extensive drainage system must be relocated due
to the’expansion of the airport terminal. The work will take
approximately two years to complete at a total cost of about $10
millicn.
Exon, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Aviation
Subcommittee, has been working closely with the U.S.
Transportation Department to finalize the grant.
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EXON WAS KEy VOTE IN APpROVING BUDGET IN COMMITTEE
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON’S key vote in
the Senate Budget Committee Wednesday afternoon sent the
bipartisan budget compromise to the Senate floor.
E~xonsaid tough cuts had to be made to get the budget
deficit reduced and they “were accomplished by a unique
bipartisan action.n
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Twelve votes are required for approval by the 22 member
committee. Exon was the twelfth vote recorded which assured
appro~ral of the budget by the committee. The measure carried 13
to 9.
~!heNebraska Democrat had been active in a series of behind
the scenes meetings over the past several weeks that led to the
approved compromise.
Exon said agricultural programs in general faired very well
with no significant reductions in the budget document. Exon was
instrumental in preventing cuts in the Rural Electrification
Administration, Rural Telephone Bank, agricultural research and
extension services. Federal aid for school districts impacted by
milit:~ry and indian reservations was protected as was basic
health and educational programs.
have been encouraging a budget freeze approach to federal
spending for years. It finally came to pass,” Exon said.
The measure meets the goal of reducing the budget deficit to
$144 billion in the next fiscal year. The committee approved a
combination of $20.2 billion in spending reductions and $12.6
billion in revenues above those recommended by President Reagan.
“This is a budget
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EXON SUP1?ORTSBANK LAW CHANGES FOR RURAL BANKS
WASHINGTON, D .C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) is c
i 2 e p r f
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not so1vt:al1 the problems facing rura1 1enders and
beg in.to ease some of the pressure in agriculture, ”
borrowers, but it will
he added.
The legislation would allow agricultural banks
to restructure
debts
by either reducing interest rates, extension of the
maturity
date,
forgiven~:ss of debt, transfer of property or a comb: nation of these
optiofns. It would also permit rural lenders to not
automatically
classify
renegoti?~ted loans as “nonperforming” or troubled loans.
“Congress needs to initiate positive
action like this to try to stall
the incr{:asingnumber of bank failures and subsequent foreclosures on
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!tashington, D.C............Senators~ward Zorinsky(D.-*b. ) ati J. JamesExon (D.-
Neb.:1hailedSenatepassage%rch 26 of legislationauthorizing$47.5millionover five
y
to reducedepletionof the OgallalaAquifer.
l!massiveundergroundreservoir,the OgallalaAquiferis a key sourceof irrigation
wate]:for Nebraskaad fiveotherHigh Plainsstates. Two yearsago, Congressauthorized
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replenishi~such undergroundwater su~lies.
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millionmore wouldbe allocatedto qualifyingfarmersfor buildi~ projects
thatdemonstratenew technologiesfor such thingsas water-efficientirrigation,soil and
watel:conservationmanag~t
and the growingand marketingof water-efficientcrops.
The senatorssaid the researchand demonstrationprojectsare crucialto reversingthe
gradualdepletionof the OgallalaAquifer,which su~rts
more than 170,000irrigation
wells in Nebraska,Colorado,Kansas,New %xico, Oklahomaand Texas.
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in the firstgeneralwaterprojects p S y
authorizd in the $11.1billionbill, the senatorssaid, is $50.5millionto
restoreati preserveaquaticareasalongthe MissouriRiver in Nebraska,Iowa,Kansasand
‘~issouri.
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done alongthe river,Zorinskyand Exon said.
The Houseversionof the waterprojectsbill,passedlast fall,does not includethe
aquiferproject.
Zorinskyand Exon expressedthe hope that the Nebraskaprovisionsof both billswill
be retainedin the House-Senateconference.
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——.——. EXON 1~RAISES ELIMINATING DUTY FREE STATUS TO ETHANOL IMPORTS
I.INCOLN, NEBR . -- U .S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D -NEB) Wednesday
pra is(>dPresident Reagan s decision to follow the adv ice of Congress
and e~.iminate the duty free pr ivi1eges for Bra zi1ian ethano 1.
The duty
free status al1owed Brazi1ian ethanol
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“The importers of Brazilian ethanol have been abusing the law at
the expense of American farmers,” Exon said. “Stopping the flood of
ethanc)l imports will preserve an important market for American farmers
and acidto our nation’s energy
independence, ” he added.
E’ormonths Exon has been urging the Administration to eliminate
the duty free treatment received by Brazilian ethanol mixtures. In a
February 3rd letter to the Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative,
Exon zlndeight other senators urged the “immediate removal” of imported
ethanc)lmixtures from the eligibility list for duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences. Last January 15th the
U*S. (;ustoms Service ruled that certain imported ethanol mixtures could
be imported duty free.
“It was ridiculous
that the U.S. Customs Service ever permitted
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nation is trying to develop its own ethanol industry,” Exon said. e “The
nation was working against itself by allowing imported ethanol in duty
free. I am pleased this unfair practice will be stopped,n he added.
In February
Exon noted that if the imported ethanol were allowed
in duty free for only four months, up to 200 million gallons of
Brazilian ethanol mixtures would flood the U.S. ethanol market.
“Such a flood of imported ethanol would have severely damaged
our
nation’s domestic ethanol industry and further harmed the already
ailing farm economy,” Exon said.
Last February Exon also cosponsored the introduction of
legislation
which would close the legal loopholes that have allowed
ethanol importers to avoid U.S. tariff laws. The legislation would
make all imported ethanol subject to the Congressionally mandated
60-cent per gallon
tariff and close other loopholes.
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* ‘It is important that Nebraskans have an opportunity to
learn as much as possible about the Farm Bill as well a w to
inCreZ~Seagricultural exports,m Nebraskats two U.S. Senators
said. “Even more important will be the opportunity for us to
receive input from Nebraska farmers and ranchers on how best to
proceed
and what future actions should be taken to help restore
the health of Nebraska agriculture and main street businesses
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SENATE PASSES MEASURE TO HELP CATTLE INDUSTRY
W,4SHINGTON, D .C . -- The Senate overwhelm ingly approved a
measure offered by U.S. Senators Jim Exon (D-NEB), Ed Zorinsky
(D-NEB~Iand Max Baucus (D-MT) taking a positive step toward
correc ting the cattle market cr isis.
The measure, a Senate resolution, calls on the Agriculture
Department (USDA) to correct the damage to the markets caused by
the dairy herd slaughter. The Senate approved the measure by a
vote o f 86 to 12. It is attached to a bill proposing the sale of
two Wa:~hington, D.C. area airports.
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Tilemeasure calls on the Secretary of Agriculture to make
in the USDA S buyout program of dairy herds.
It urges the USDA to increase the red meat purchases and
reschedule the slaughter of dairy herds to stabilize the beef
markets, according to Exon and Zorinsky. It recommends the USDA
implement a plan to encourage proportional spacing of dairy
cat:tle slaughtering within each disposal period.
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Zorinsl{yand Exon said. ‘This measure sends a loud message to
the De]?artment to correct the problems and prevent further damage
to the cattle industry.”
Tilemeasure includes Exon’s request that the Agriculture
Secretary report back to the Congress by April 15th on what
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EXON CITES TRAFFIC FIGURES
W,~SHINGTON, D .C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB)
encour aged by the Nebraska legislature s vote to raise the interstate
spczed 1imit to 70 mph, provided his proposed national leg islation
becomes
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suggest ion. With the
enI.ist in the effort,
proposal,” Exon said.
been encouraged by the response to his
help of President Reagan, whom Exon hopes to
“we may be successful in exped iting this
As a canalidate for President in 1980, Reagan
campaigned for increasing the speed 1imit.
Exon s suggestions would affeet only the nation s interstate
system speed 1imits, leaving the maximum
speed 1imit at 55 mph on
other roads. It would maintain local control of speeds by providing
state and local governments I where i ~ a i
existing speed limits in effect if they desire. This is permissive
legislation only to raise interstate speeds up to 70 mph.
Exon said criticism from “so-called safety experts or bureaucrats
who make a living spewing out statistics were misleading at best. ”
Exon said those employing “irresponsible scare tactics” are
attacking his proposed bill by citing misleading
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‘There have been published reports that deaths on Nebraska roads
have decreased since the 55 mph speed limit went into effect,” Exon
said. “That’s true, but they don’t seem to recognize the obvious fact
their statistics prove that over 90% of the traffic deaths do not
occur on interstatesr” Exon said. “These bureaucrats decry raising
the interstate speed to mph, claiming 55 mph is the interstate
speed,~ Exon commented
“while ignoring the fact that no traffic has
moved at 55 mph on Nebraskans interstate for a decade.v
‘Those desk bound bureaucrats should venture out into the real
world they would know that Nebraska{s interstate traffic moves at
near 65 mph now and has for years”
Exon said.
The official Nebraska Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents report
shows there were traffic deaths of which only eleven or
percent were on the interstate.
speed as a factor contributing
Of those eleven not one case cited
to the accidents.
Nationwide in 1 according to the most recent national figures
available, there were 44,257 highway deaths, of which 4,300 were on
the interstates. This proves the old axiom that ‘figures donlt lie
but sometimes
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EFF~TS OF DAIRY SLATJGTER‘D~?ASTATING,1 ZORI’{SKYAm
EXON cmR~
‘~{~shirgton, D.C............Theeffectsof the AgricultureDepartment’sdairy herd
slaughterprogramhave been “devastating”so far, Senators~ward Zorinskyad
J. James
Exon }~avecharged.
‘Nithan influxof beef severelydepressingMidwesterncattlemarkets,the two Nebraska
●senatorsasked in a letterwhy the adversereactionwasn’tforeseenby TJSDA.
They also questionedif governmentpurchaseof 400 millionpouds of red meat will be
sufficientto solvethe problem.
A federaljudgehas temporarilyblockd the slaughterprogrambecauseof cunplaints
fran the Vmane Society. ‘Ultimately, however,the programcould see 1.5millioncattle
killedto reducethe dairy surplus.
IrltheirApril9 letterto AgricultureSecretaryRichardLyng, Zorinskyand Exon
link&lthe USDA slaughterprogramto a “precipitousdeclinenin livestockprices.
“filile concedingthat the pricedropmay be an overreaction,the senatorssaid,‘a
negativereactionshouldhave been foreseen,particularlywhen orderlymarketingpractices
are not followed.”
Disposalof government-purchased red meat, Zorinskyand Exon said,may onlydisplace
cmercial sales. “T*must...questionwhetherthe purchase...willhave its intended
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foreignmeat furthercontributesto downwardpricepressureat a timewhen our dmestic
producersare being eliminatedon a wholesalebasis.n
The two senatorsalso questiond why tax-exemptfinanciq is helpi~ an Irishcompany
establisha “eorgiadairy operationwhile‘1.S.producersare beingeliminated.
Zorinskyand Exon urgedLyng to ‘establisha dairyherd buyouta
red meat purchase
and disposalschedulethatwill minimize,if not eliminate,the devastatingeffectsof the
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——.—— EXON C:OMMENT ABOUT ATTACK ON LIBYA
Washington, D.C. -- “Unfortunately our strike
force at
Libya hit unintended targets, such as the French Embassy and the
residence of the Japanese Ambassador. These things happen during
war. The early reports indicate a rather limited loss of life.
This is good. In my view the President was left with no option
but tcjlaunch the strike force. Given the failure of most of our
allies to discharge their joint responsibilities, we had to go it
alone. I suggest that things are going to get worse before they
get b~ltter, but ignoring a cancer won’t cure it. We took a
calculated risk. We did something and can only hope and pray it
will lead to an eventual partial solution to the terror that is
Khadafy of Libya,” U.S. Senator Jim Exon Tuesday morning.
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EXC)NDISAPPOINTED AT REACTION OF ALLIES TO BOMBING LIBYA
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W;$SHINGTON, D.C. -- ‘The President had no option but to
order the strikes against Libya both to retaliate for Khadhafy’s
earlier terrorist activity as well as to discourage future
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losses are unfortunate, but this is the risk of
bombing. Nevertheless, our response was appropriate and the
bombinf; runs were carried out in a responsible and professional
manner,” Exon said during his weekly conference call with
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\rASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. sENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) has
introduced legislation to give states the option to set the speed
limit on interstate highways to a maximum of 70 miles per hour.
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55 mph, but it is obvious from traveling the interstate that the
actua:l.authorized speed limit is 65 mph and that is the speed at
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without losing federal highway funds. No two lane federal
highway, state highway, county or local road speed limits would
be affected whera the federal limit would remain 55 mph.
‘The states operate these interstates and should have the
acltho:cityto set the speed limits within reason~” Exon said.
“This legislation would give state government’s the power to
set the speed limits on the interstates within their borders,”
Exon said. “If a state would like to retain the 55 mph limit on
interstate or a part of them? such as in urban areas, they would
have the right to do so,” he added.
‘Exonalso has written to President Reagan seeking his
support of the legislation. Reagan, campaigning for the
Presidency in 1980, opposed the 55 mph speed limit. Exon said he
would consider any amendments President Reagan has which would
allow him to support the bill.
‘Statistics show that the vast majority of traffic
fatalities occur on state and county roads, not on interstates~”
Exon said. In Nebraska, of the 237 traffic deaths in 1985, less
than five percent occurred on interstates. Nebraska reports show
that of the 11 interstate fatalities not a single case listed
f!exceeding the speed limit” ‘r ‘speed too fast for conditions” as
factors contributing to the fatal accidents.
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SE~TElPASSESRESOLUTIONON ErJROPEAFJ I’~RT RESTRICTIONSBACK~ BY ZORINSKYAm
EXON
!Yashi ngton, D.C............TheSenatehas a~roved legislationcosponsoredby Nebraska
seIlatOYSrewardZ
J. JamesExon opposingimportrestrictionson up to $1
billionin TJ.S. farmproductsgoing to Spainand Portugal.
The restrictionsresultfrom the admittanceof Spainam
Portugalinto the Euro-an
Cmunity’ January1. They includetariffsboostingthe cost of TJ.S. grain to Spainand
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The ElnitdStatescontetisthe quotasviolatethe c~neralAgrment on Tariffsand
T m t a b n
In additionto puttingthe Senateon recordas opposingthe restrictions,the
resolutic~n sponsoredjointlyby Zorinsky,Exon and other farm statesenatorsbacks
retaliatc)ry moves announcedby the ReaganAdministration.
The retaliatorymoves establishquotasand tariffson EC productsenteringthis
countrytlnlessthe Europeansrepealtheirrestrictions.
‘The EuropeanCmunity’s
agriculturalpolicyhas seriouslyhurt TJ.S.farm exportsat
a
when we can leastaffordit,~said Zorinsky,rankingDemocraton the Agriculture
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FOR 1-1 ATE RELEASE:April 21, 1986
ZORINSKY/EXONTJRqECYANt~ESIN PAYYEW LIMITATIONWLICY
‘Nashirgton, D.C............TJSDArqulations implementingthe $50,000annual1imit.or!
crop subsidiesand farmprogrambenefitsare hurtingbeginningfarmers,Senators~war{l
Zorinsky{D.-Mb.) and J. JamesExon (D.-Neb.) have charged.
In an April21 letterto AgricultureSecretaryRichardE. Lyng, Zorinskyand Exon
notedthat:the rJSDAregulationstreatfarmerswho shareequi~ent ati are cosignerson
loansas :1singleoperation.
But tightcreditand the poor agriculturaleconanyoften forceyoung farmersto share
equi~ent with familymembersalso in agriculture,the senatorssaid. Likewise,family
m~ers
establishedin farmingoftencosignloansfor thosejust startingout, they said.
As a result,Zorinskyand Exon said,a young farmerprudentlyseekingto minimize
creditdemandsati equi~ent purchasesruns IIheadlongintoTJSDAguidelinesthat
unnecessax:ily penalize”him and his family.
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IVASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) is
cosponsoring legislation (S.2136) to prevent the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) from requiring taxpayers to keep detailed mileage
logbooks for business vehicles.
‘The Congress thought it had corrected this problem last year by
pzohil)iting the IRS from requiring mileage logs for business vehicles.
Unfortunatelyr the IRS in rewriting the regulations has created
confusion by saying that a logbook is not required, but implying that a
logboc)k is the only way to qualify for the deduction,” Exon said.
~!helegislation would require the IRS to reinstate the mileage
r k r used prior 1984 change. Prior to
1984 contemporaneous log keeping was not required.
‘Taxpayers were led to believe they did not need to keep a
Iogboclk,but many are now worried that without the logbook they don’t
qualify for the deduction,” Exon said. The legislation is currently
pendir~g before
the Senate Finance Committee.
“As a former owner of my own business,
I know the importance of
this provision and will continue to work to end unnecessary regulations
by the IRS and other federal agencies,W Exon said.
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For Release, Thursday, April 24, 1986
—— EXON SUPPORTS EXTENDING TAX AMENDMENT PERIOD FOR INSOLVENT FARMERS
klASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) is
cosponsoring legislation (S.2350) to extend the time for insolvent
farmers to file amended returns to take advantage of a recent tax law
change.
On April 7th, the President signed into law a provision which
provitles that insolvent farmers who sell or transfer farmland to
satisf’y a debt or to avoid foreclosure
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tax.
‘Even though this change allows farmers to amend their tax
returr[sdating back to 1982, current law mandated that farmers file
an amended 1982 return by April 15th of this year. Farmers were thus
given only eight days to amend a 1982 return,” Exon said. This
legislation will give insolvent farmers an additional six months from
the date of enactment into law to amend returns dating back to 1982.
U.S. Senator Ed Zorinsky (D-NEB) is also a cosponsor of the bill.
Elxonhas contacted the members of the Senate Finance Committee
and urged them
In a letter to
Exon said ‘The
to move quickly to approve the six-month extension.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bob Packwood (R-OR),
Congress clearly intended the protections of this new
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be available for transactions made in 1982, but the delay in
this legislation enacted gave many farmers and their
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problem. My concern over excessive printing of soil surveys
appeared to be dismissed with a “let’s divert attention from the
waste” issue. I am once again asking that you consider my
concern and address the question on a forthright basis. Radical
change is obviously necessary to stop this waste and abuse. Your
trite responses to my suggestions and your bureaucratic feeding
the press of copies of our letters “ordering” copies are a clever
divergence, but ignore the problem.
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obtain Congressional “orders” for the maximum since the costs are
ncltpaid by the Department of Agriculture. Our Lincoln office
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Exon Thanked for Protecting Rural Programs
U.S.Senator JimExonwaspresented acakeinappreciation forhisuccessful
efforts intheSenateBudgetCommittee toprotect federal funding
fortheRuralElectric Administration andRuralTelephone Bank.ThePresident’s
budgethasproposed phasing outfederal funding fortheserural programs.Presenting
thecaketoExonareKimEpstein (left) andStuart Procter
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FOICRelease, Tuesday, May 6, 1986
.— EXON & ZORINSKY URGE ABANDONMENT OF PROPOSED SOIL SERVICE OFFICES MOVE
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
Tusday sent a letter from six U.S. Senators to Agriculture
Secretary Richard Lyng requesting abandonment of the
Administration’s efforts to close Soil Conservation Service
OffiCeS in Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Oregon.
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T’heDepartment of Agriculture has announced plans to
all such services in Fort Worth, Texas, supposedly for
ecc)nomic reasons.
‘The letter,” Exon said, “was formulated
to take a strong
bipartisan approach in opposition to this ill-advised action by
the De]?artment of Agriculture.H
111addition to Democrats Exon and Zorinsky, the letter was
signed by Republican Senators John Heinz and Arlen Specter of
Pennsylvania and Bob Packwood and Mark Hatfield of Oregon.
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For Rc!lease, Thursday, May 8, 1986
EXON E’RAISESPASSAGE OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION BILL
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News
Contact: MarkBowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
VrASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) praised the
passage of the legislation to reorganize the Defense Department. The
Senate passed the bill with an unusual
95 to O vote.
‘Senate approval marks the first major reorganization of the
Department of Defense and the military services,n said Exon, who is a
senio~’member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Exon cosponsored
the legislation and participated in drafting the reorganization.
‘This is a good bill which passed over serious objections from the
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pentagon bureaucracy. It will make a number of much needed improvements
in streamlining the operation of the Defense Department. The
organizational changes dictated for the Defense Department and
individual military services refocuses attention on military strategy
and reduces much of bureaucratic duplication in the Pentagon,” Exon
said. “This helps ensure that the billions of dollars spent on national
security is not wasted through duplication or lack of cooperation
between
the services,” ,Exon said.
Modern warfare and more importantly the methods of deterring war
have become more complex, Exon said. “Dollars alone do not’make a good
national defense. Funding must be complimented with a responsible and
efficient decision making process
and sound strategic planning.n
The bill now
goes to a Senate-House Conference Committee to work
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For Rt?lease, Friday, May 9, 1986
———. ExoN SIIESNEW HOPE-FOR ETHANOL INDUSTRY ——
WASH INGTON, D .C . -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NE13) said the
Secretary of Agriculture’s recent decision to aid financially
distressed ethanol producers expresses a welcome change in the
Department’s attitude toward the ethanol industry.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a
short-term program to allow financially distressed ethanol
facilities to purchase government-owned grain at reduced costs to
produce ethanol. Exon has contacted the USDA several times this
year urging the agency to exercise authority to aid the ethanol
industry.
Falling oil prices in recent months have nearly forced
several ethanol producers out of business. “This action will
provide short-term relief for numerous ethanol producers. More
importantly, it will maintain a much-needed market for America’s
farmers who depend on the fuel ethanol industry important
consumer of grain,” Exon wrote to the Agriculture Secretary.
In the letter to the Agriculture Secretary, the Nebraska
Senator said he hoped the USDA action
“signals a renewed
commitment to enhancement of the ethanol industry.”

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FOR IT~Il,TE RELEASE:‘by 12, 1986
‘~ashi~ton,D.C............Fourhighlyqualifid
‘iebraskahig”:: schoolstudentshave
‘ken sf~lect ed to spenda year in “~rmanyunder an,exchangeprogrm sponsord jbintlyby
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in July and returnin mid-1987are SusannahY, Davis and JustinF.
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and TiffarI}’ D. Jones Of Orleans,
among sophmores and juniorspicked for the progrm nationwide.
App~ic~~ntstotaledmore than ~,000.
Selectionis based totallyon merit.
A~licants are nminat~
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E’or Release, Monday, May 12, 1986
NATIONAL EYE CARE PROJECT AVAILABLE TO NEEDY ELDERLY
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -. U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) said elderly
Neloraskans who do not have a personal eye doctor should consider
participating in the National Eye Care Project.
The project is being sponsored by the American Academy of
Ophthalmology and the Nebraska Academy of Ophthalmology to make
professional medical eye care available to needy elderly persons. The
a
out-of-pocket
eye care services would be available to needy elderly at no
cost to the patient.
To qualify for the National Eye Care Project, a person must:
1.) Be a U.S. citizen or legal resident; 2.) Be 65 years of age or
olcier; 3.) Not have a personal ophthalmologist; 4.) Have need for a
medical eye examination.
Nebraskans 65 or older who are interested in participating in the
pr(>gra]nshould call the toll-free number for Nebraska. The number
is 1-830-222-EYES.
The project’s emphasis is to aid the needy. If a patient does
not:have Medicare or other health insurance, the physicians services
are pr,~vided without charge. If the patient has Medicare or other
health
insurance, this will pay the entire cost of the physician’s
s For this project only, volunteer ophthalmologists have
agreed to accept Medicare and insurance assignment as payment in full,
according to the Nebraska Academy of Ophthalmology.
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—. EXON :;AYSGRAIN QUALITY STANDARDS NEED TO BE TOUGHER
WASHINGTON~ D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) is supporting
legislation (S.1121) to tighten the quality standards of exported
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make f:ertain the clean grains American farmers produce and sell are
what is d s
need to act to clean up the dirty grain being
sold,” Exon
said. “If the U.S. is to remain competitive on the world market the
grain delivered must be of better quality
than our foreign
compe{:itors.”
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EXON: ILEGISLAT 10N OFFERED TO STUDY AVIAT 10N SAFETY AND FAA
W,4SHINGTON, D .C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) has joined in
introdl~cing legislation (S.2417) in the U.S. Senate to study ways to
improv(~aviation
safety.
The legislation would create the Aviation Safety Commission,
composed of seven members
appointed by the President with the advice
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sure t!latsafety regulations and aircraft maintenance are not
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Democratic member of the Senate Aviation Subcommittee.
The study will examine whether the FAA has provided adequate
re~our(:es to ensure aviation
safety and if the FAA should be
reorganized. The Commission would also be directed to make
recommendations of how to improve enforcement of FAA safety
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that airlines are properly meeting airplane maintenance
scl~edules and that there is a sufficient number of inspectors and air
trz~fficcontrollers so the flying public is safe,” he added.
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For Re!lease,Monday, May 19, 1986
EXON E~AYSDON’T CHANGE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
klASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB)
daylight savings time should be kept as it is and “not be
extended for an additional three weeks. Exon made the remarks
in a speech on the Senate floor during consideration of
legislation to extend daylight savings time.
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“Leave well enough alonerw Exon said in opposing the
proposed extension. The Nebraska Senator expressed concern that
extending daylight savings time would jeopardize the safety of
school children in the mornings. The Nebraska Senator said
parents would disagree with claims that extending daylight
savings time would not increase the number of accidents or
crimes involving children.
The proposal would extend daylight savings time by three
weeks by changing the starting date from the fourth to the first
Sunday in April.
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s t f E d savings would
reduce the morning daylight time those farmers would have to do
chores;before they go to their second job,~ Exon said.
‘Extending daylight savings would be another bad blow to
farmers. The farm workday is determined by when the sun rises
and sets not by a clock.” Exon said. He pointed out that
farmers active in their communities in the evenings would lose
workir~g hours if daylight savings were extended since they—
would
have to quit b s
used as a main argument against the proposed
extension, a letter he received from the American Farm
which opposes any extension of daylight savings time.
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Telephone:202-224-4224
For Rele:~se~ Friday, May 23, 1986
—————.—— RAISE THIIAUTHORIZATION —— OF THE NORTH ——. LOUP PROJECT
WAS1iINGTON , D .C. -- NEBRASKA U.S . SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED
ZORIN’SKYare cal1ing for an increase in the authorization of the North
Loup Project
in central Nebraska.
The Nebraska Senators are cosponsors of legislation (S.1704)
which wo~lld increase from $193 million to $334 million the federal
authorization
for the North Loup Project.
“tlowthat the project is more than 50 percent complete, it is
●’impo~tanl: to ensure that the construction timeline not be interrupted
so that (construction may continue without delayr~
Exon and Zorinsky
said in t~letter to Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jim McClure
(R-IDAHO].
The Bureau of Reclamation has informed the Nebraska Senators that
the incrt:asedauthorization is needed to prevent construction delays.
The Administration is supporting the requested authorization increase.
The two Senators said “much of the increased cost for the project
is attril)utable to safety considerations made apparent in connection
with the Teton Dam disaster.” The Teton Dam gave way during a flood
nearly 10 years ago. The design of several projects, including the
North Lo~Ip,were changed to strengthen the dams from flood damage.
The North Loup project located in Greeley, Nance, Howard and
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Valley counties in Nebraska will irrigate approximately 53,000 acres.
It is estimated for completion in the early 1990s.
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EXC)NS;!YSSUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS HA~ PLUSES FOR FARMERS
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Wj\SHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB)
Supplerlental Appropriations Bill now before the Senate contains
importi~ntchanges for agriculture.
Exon, a Senate Budget Committee member, said the
Supplemental Appropriations bill includes a provision to prevent
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from requiring detailed
mileag(> logs for business vehicles. The provision would require
the IRi;to reinstate the mileage record keeping regulations which
existec~ prio,r to 1984 when contemporaneous logbooks were not
required for business vehicles.
‘(;ongress thought it corrected the mileage record keeping
issue last year by prohibiting the IRS from requiring detailed
mileag{: logs for business vehicles, but the IRS created further
confusion when it rewrote the regulations implying logs were
nec’esst~ry,”Exon said.
The bill also contains a measure giving insolvent farmers a
six-month extension to amend their tax returns dating back as far
as 1982 to take advantage of a recent tax law change. The recent
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FOR I’T~I?,TERELEASE:Way 31, 1986
ZORINSKYAl~ EXON SEEK 1.00PERCEIWFEDERALFTJWI‘isFOR W:q PApIO CREEK PLAY
‘flashiq ton, D,C............SenatorsEdward Zorinsky(D.-web.)and J. James Exon (D.-
web.) have urged the retentionof full fderal
financingfor the scaleddown l?apioCreek
floodcontrolprojectin an3 aroundMaha.
In a Yay 28 letterto the SenateWater ResourcesSub~ittee,
ZorinskyanclEXOn
enthusiasticallyendorsd the reducedArmy Corps of Engineersplan, which would cut the
●project::scost from $120 million to million.
But, the senatorsadded, the scaled-downproposalshouldnot come under new federal
cost-sharingprovisionswhich would requirefive percentlocal funding.
“We str2nglysuggest,” Zorinskyand Exon said, “that it would be in the national
interestto...retainthe more favorablecost-sharingprovisionsfor old projectslike
Papio that seek to down-sizeand rduce cost...“
Retentionof 100 percentfederalfundingfor such projects,they said, would encourage
local interestsin other areas to rduce the scope and cost of theirprojects.
‘If old projectsseekingnew, less-costlyand scaled-downchanqesin their
authorizationsare deemedcompletelynew projects,ad
thereforesubjectto the new costsharingprovisions~
projectsponsorswill find t
actuallyincreasingtheirown
constructionoutlayswhile dramaticallyreducingoverallsize and ctost,”the senators
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In the revisalPapioCreek plan, 16 still-to-be-builtdams would be
rep]acedby
channelimprovaents,an electronicfloodwarningsystemand othermore m~(?st ch?~nqes.
However,the plan would 1not affectother sites alreadyccnnpletdor under construction,
such as DamSites18 and
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that,until lastyear, Wbraska had fundedand cotiuctedthe studyon its own.
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FOR I-IATE RELEASE:June 5, 1986
FrJNDPOW SOLVIN7DA’4SITE 18 P~BLEYt ZORIVSKYAm EXON TJRTE
Washington,D.C,...........SenatorsMward Zorinskyand J. James EXOIIhave urgd the
Senateto f~~ndconstructionof a water storagepond that would permit the lakebehind Dam
Site outside@aha to be filled.
The potilwould receivesewageeffluent-- the liquidby-productof sewagetreatment--
now flowiw intoBoxelderCreek upstreamfran the dam.
Presenceof the effluentin the creek has preventedthe closingof the dam and
edevelo~ent of PapioLake No. 18
for boating, fishingand other recreationuses.
In two June 3 lettersto the .SenateAppropriationsCmittee, Zorinskyand ~on urg~
that the Army Corpsof Erqineersbe permittd to redirect$1.1million to design and
constructthe storagepond at the SkylinePalf Courseon West CenterRoad.
The effluent,fran two nearbysewage t~eatmentplants,would collectin the pod
and
be used
both to irrigateand fertilizethe golf course.
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rti~reational activitiesati closingthe dam, locatedat
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appropriation.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate by a 48 to
defeated legislation offered by U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON
preverlt the administrative decontrol of “old” natural
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natural gas to increase from $1.50 to a high of $2.57 per (Mcf)
thousand cubic feet. Natural gas drilled prior to 1978 is classified
as “oldm gas.
‘The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is trying to defy the
will clfCongress which intended that ‘old’ natural gas prices would not
be decontrolledrm Exon said. “If implemented the FERC rule would take
billic~ns of dollars out of the pockets of farmers, homeowners, and
small business owners and put it into the pockets of the major oil
compar~ies who own the vast majority of natural gas reserves.”
The amendment was cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ed Zorinsky and nine
other senators.
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not to decontrol the prices of ~oldn natural gas, according to
Exon. The Congress reaffirmed the decision in 1983. The amendment
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costs,”
Exon said.
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U.S. Senator
Exon
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Release~ Tuesday, June 10, 1986
— EXON SUPPORTS IRA TAX CREDIT
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “I am pleased to be an original cosponsor
of this amendment to establish a 15% tax credit for Individual
Retirement Account contributions. I have been working on this issue
for several weeks as part of an IRA Task Force appointed by Senate
Democratic Leader, Senator Robert Byrd, to find an alternative to
eliminating the IRA deduction. The solution to the IRA ‘problem’ now
has broad bipartisan support. This amendment will make a good tax
reform bill even better by providing a tax credit for all taxpayers
with Individual Retirement Accounts,M Senator Jim Exon~id at a news
conference held to announce support for a tax credit for Individual
Retirement Accounts.
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‘Congress made the right decision in 1981 when we extended IRAS
to those with private pension plans. To go back now to prior law
be wrong. IRAs are a savings incentive for the middle class and
an important source for new investment capital. With the strains on
thl~Social Security System, the Congress should be looking for ways to
en(:ourage retirement savings, rather than discouraging it,n Exon said.
“When the Senate Finance Committee bill was reported several
weeks ago, I said I support restoring at least a partial deduction for
all taxpayers with IRAs. This amendment will accomplish that goal of
restoring about one-half of the IRA deduction without damaging the Tax
Reform bill. Our amendment simply makes a good Tax Reform bill even
better,” Exon said.
The IRA amendment will be offered to the Tax Reform Bill (HR3838)
by U.S. SenatOrS Chris Dodd (D-CONN), Al D’Amato (R-NY), Jim Exon
(D-NEB), Don Riegle (D-MICH), Alan Cranston (D-CALIF), Pete Wilson
(R.-CALIF) and Frank Murkowski (R-ALASKA) .
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News
FoiKRelease, Monday, June 16, 1986
ENERGY DEPARTMENT AWARDS GRANT TO UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
were informed Monday that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was
awarded $51,560 of a three-year grant totalling $S62,550.
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded the grant to the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Physics Department to conduct
magnetic studies of iron-rare-earth metalloid alloys. The
remaining grant will be awarded as funds become
available
according to Department of Energy.
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Nebraska
U.S. Senator
Jim Exon
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Release, Tuesday, June 17, 1986
MINUTEMAN MISSILE MOTORS CONTRACT AWARDED
WASHINGTON , D .C . -- The Air Fo~ce informed U.S. SENATORS
JINIEXON AND ED ZORINSKY that a Lincoln firm will perform nearly
20 per(:ent of the work under a $14,635,972 contract awarded
Tuesda~~. The contract was awarded for the manufacture of 160
motors to upgrade existing Minuteman III missiles.
BKunswick Corporation of Lincoln, Nebraska, a major
subcontractor will perform 17 percent of the work. Brunswick
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manufactures the motor cases for the rocket motors. The contract
was awa~ded to United Technologies Corporation, Chemical System
Divisic}n, of California who is the main contractor.
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Nebraska
U.S. Senator
Exon
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
Release, Tuesday, June 17, 1986
—— USNS CORNHUSKER STATE
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- S
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U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON today that the Navy has assigned
the name
USNS CORNHUSKER
STATE to a ship that will be part of the Rapid
Deployment
Joint Task Force.
The USNS CORNHUSKER
STATE will be a specially converted
crane ship designed to rapidly unload military equipment and
supplies from supply ships for the Rapid Deployment Joint Task
Force. It will serve as needed in the Maritime Administration’s
Ready Reserve Fleet and be operated by the Military Sealift
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S F P S the USNS
CORNHUSKER STATE will be an excellent addition to two other ships
named in honor of Nebraska, the oiler USS PLATTE and the attack
submarine USS OMAHA which are also serving in the U.S. Navy.
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News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Release, Tuesday, June 24, 1986
EXO@ISUPPORTS TAX REFORM; EMPHASIZES POSITIVE ASPECTS FOR AG
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) today in a
Senate speech emphasizing the positive effects for agriculture said
that he will support final passage of the Senate Tax Reform bill.
“Particularly pleasing is the positive impact that this tax bill
will have on agriculture. It will permit farmers and other
self-employed workers to deduct up to one-half of their health
insurance costs. It attacks the tax shelters which have encouraged
non--farmers to ‘farm’ the tax Code. e d
p s a s would be doubled to i
ten years. The bill greatly restricts the tax losses that can be
written-off by those not earning their living primarily from
agriculture,!’ Exon told the Senate.
Exon said he is glad that the Senate
included the amendment he
cosponsored to restore income averaging for agriculture.
included is a provision to protect farmers and ranchers from being
taxed on the amount of the debt
forgiven by their lenders.
“This is not a perfect bill, as is customary with measures we
produce here. I am hopeful that the House-Senate Conference can iron
out the shortcomings and report back even a better bill for a final
vote?,” Exon said.
Th,2Nebraska Senator said one major disappointment with the
Senate tax reform bill are the restrictions placed on Individual
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TAX REFORM
Retirement Accounts.
‘Congress made the right decision in 1981 when
we made IRAs available to all working Ame~icans. With the strains on @
the Social Security system, the Congress should be looking for ways to
encourage retirement savings and capital formation, rather than
discouraging it.
I am convinced that the conferees on this bill will
protect at least a partial IRA benefit for all taxpayers, which has
been my goal,” Exon said.
Exon, a member of the Senate Budget Committee said he is
concerned about the drastic yearly revenue swings that result from the
tax reform bill.
‘While the bill is revenue neutral over five years,
the great swings each year could pose significant problems for the
budget process and the economy.
I look forward to working with my
colleagues on the Budget Committee and others to address this
problem,” Exon said.
“On balance, this bill is a vast improvement over the current tax
code and the tax bill passed by the House of Representatives. It
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lowers the basic tax rates for both individuals and corporations.
It
closes a number of tax shelters, so that business decisions will be
made for economic reasons~ rather than tax reasons. It also
strengthens the minimum corporate tax, so that profitable corporations
will start paying their fair share of the tax burden,” Exon said.
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Jim E;on News
330 Hart Office Building Contact: Mark Bowen
Washington, D.C. 20510
For Release, Tuesday, June 24, 1986
——. EXON: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL GETS PRIORITY
Telephone:202-224-4224
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) got a
commitment last week from Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) that
the Su~?plemental Appropriations bill conference report will receive
priority consideration when it is
Re~)ressntatives.
completed
by the House of
The bill affects payments
to
farmers by the Commodity
Credit
Corporation
(CCC) which have been
delayed in an extended joint
House-Senate Conference. Exon has been pushing for quick approval by
th(:Congress. The Supplemental Appropriations bill will allow the CCC
to resume making deficiency payments under the 1986 farm program.
In addition the bill prohibits funding studies to examine the
sale of the nation’s power marketing administrations which includes
the Western Area Power Administration that serves Nebraska. Sale of
th(apower marketing administrations, as proposed by the Reagan
Administration, could increase the cost of electricity generated by
hydropower
plants.
The bill also includes provisions to extend the legal authority
of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to guarantee home
mortgages. With lower interest rates , many new home buyers want to
buy homes, but are being delayed by the lack of gurantee authority
from FHA.
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Re].ease, Tuesday, June 24, 1986
EXON GE;TSASSURANCES FOR NEBRASKA TRANSITION RULES
W7\SHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) received
assurar]ces from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bob Packwood
(R-ORE) and ranking Democrat Russell Long (D-LA) that four
historic preservation projects in Nebraska would be considered
for trzlnsition rules in the joint Senate-House Conference
Committee
on Tax Reform.
Tklefour projects are: 1.) Waterpark, a 41-unit condominium
development in Lincoln, Nebr.; S Fruit Building, a
three-story warehouse in Lincoln, being converted to office
s H.P. Lau Building and Annex in Lincolnr an office and
retail conversion; and 4.) The McKesson Robbins housing project,
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a Part of the Central park Mall Development in Omaha, Nebr.
Exon said in letters to Packwood
and Long that “it is
essential the four Nebraska projects be exempted from the
reductions in the historic preservation tax credit and from the
binding contract requirement dealing with changes in
depreciation.”
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J“im330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
./ Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Rt~lease,Wednesday, June 25, 1986
EXON SAYS NO—
TO SMITHSONIAN FUNDING
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Citing the higher priority needs of
Am.eric:a’sfarmers and ranchers U~S. SENATOR JIM EXON- (D-NEB)
attem~)ted to block a $15 million funding request for two
research projects operated by the Smithsonian Institution.
Dxon told the Senate he had “no particular bone to pick
with the Smithsonian Institution. Indeed, it is a national
treasllre.” Exon objected to the Smithsonian funding saying it
would add to the budget deficit and that there were higher
priorities in agriculture.
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E:xonsaid it is inconsistent for those who voted for the
Gramm-.Rudman law to vote for these additional funding requests.
\’otedagainst Gramm-Rudman because of the devastating
impact:it will have on American agriculture.
“We cannot make progress in reducing federal spending if we
pile clnadditional new obligations in future years which are not
absol~~tely essential. I cannot vote for this funding while
Americfa’s farmers, ranchers and main street businessmen are in a
full-scale depression and the government programs to assist them
are being cutr” Exon said.
The legislation would authorize $11.1 million for the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and $4.5
million for the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona.
Exon acknowledged that important work goes on at both
facilities.
‘Important work is also being performed on America’s farms
and ranches, in our cities and all over this country. Yet,
agriculture and other important government programs have felt
the indiscriminate budget cuts of Gramm-Rudman which is the
law,” Exon said.
Over Exon’s objections the Senate approved the Smithsonian
$15 million funding on an 87-13 vote.
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Exon
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
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Nebraska
U.S. Senator
Exon
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
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News
Contact: MarkBowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Release, Wednesdayr June 25, 1986
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB)
Wednesday he has obtained a commitment from Senate Majority
Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) that the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Bill will be considered by the Senate no later
than 4:00 pm this afternoon.
The House of Representatives passed the bill by voice vote
Tuesday
evening.
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The measure frees up funds for agricultural and other
necessary government programs to keep them operating. The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS)
offices, for example, have been prevented from issuing checks to
farmers who have qualified under the current Farm Bill.
Last week Exon obtained a promise from Dole to give priority
collsidsration to the bill in the Senate after it had been
approved by the House.
Exon also reported that Dole assured him the President had
ag]:eed to sign the measure after earlier threatening a veto over
certain Rural Electrification Administration provisions agreed to
by the Congress.
“I am confident we can approve this measure today,n Exon

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Nebraska
U.S. Senator
a’Jim Exon
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
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Contact: MarkBowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Re lease, Wednesday, June 25, 1986
CRETE :2ECEIVES AIRPORT GRANT
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W/4SHINGTON , D .C . -- U .S . SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
were i]~formedWednesday afternoon that Crete is being awarded a
$152,1(]0 grant.
The grant is awarded under the Federal Aviation
Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. The funds will be
used to purchase land, extend the airport runway and install
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runway lighting. Money for these grants comes from taxes paid on
fuel, passenger tickets and other aviation related
activities.
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Nebraska
U.S. Senator
a Jim Exon
News
For Release, Thursday, June 26, 1986
Lincoln F irm Receives Mul timillion Dollar Contract
WAS141NGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
we’re informed today that the Telex Communications Company of
Lincoln has received a multimillion dollar U.S. Army contract.
The U.S. Army awarded the Telex Company a $7,678,416
contract
to build 44,256 antennas.

Nebraska
News
For Release, Fr iday, June 27, 1986
EXON LAUDS APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
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WASHINGTON , D .C. -- Following several days of careful
shepherding and frequent needling by U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) the
Congress approved the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill which
will allow resumption of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) payments
to farmers.
Following approval by both Houses of Congress Thursday night, the
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earlier
bill goes to the President who has promised to sign it after an
veto threat.
‘The repeated funding interruption of the Commodity Credit
Corporation has played havoc with farm income,” Exon said. “This
action means the Commodity Credit Corporation will stop living from
hand-to-mouth
he added.
since
it will have funds through the end of the year,”
Tilebill
contains $5.3 billion for the Commodity Credit
Corporation to continue meeting deficiency payments through the end of
the fiscal year.
Exon noted that the emergency appropriations bill also prohibits
studyit~g the Administration’s proposal to sell the power marketing
administrations.
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“Selling the power marketing administrations, as proposed by the
Administration, may be good for big business, but it would be
bad for consumers,” Exon said. Nebraska is served by the Western Area
Power ;qdministration.
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News
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
For Release, Monday, June 30, 1986
OMAHA PRESS CONFERENCE ON WHEAT POLL
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T7ASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
OF NEEJRASKAAND TOM HARKIN OF IOWA WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE
IN OMAHA TUESDAY TO DISCUSS THE WHEAT REFERENDUM POLL.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, JULY 1, AT
THE MORNING AT OMAHA EPPLEY AIRPORT. IT WILL BE HELD IN
THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD ROOM LOCATED IN THE SOUTH TERMINAL.
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Rc:lease, Tuesdav, Julv 1, 1986
CONTRACT AWARD
M~ASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
were r~otified Tuesday afternoon that a l~ebraska firm has been
awarded a multimillion dollar construction contract.
The Department of Energy announced that the Kiewit
Construction Company of Omaha has been awarded a $17.5 million
contr~.ct to construct a 40 inch diameter crude oil pipeline from
Freepcrt to Texas City, Texas. The pipeline will be
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Nebraska
U.S. Senator
Exon
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone: 202-224-4224
FOR RELEASE, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1986
SENATOR EXON APPLAUDS-AMERICAN-GOLD BULLION COIN DESIGNS
WASHINGTON, D.C.. -- SENATOR J. JAMES EXON (D-NE) sponsor of
the American Gold Bullion Coin Act applauded the gold bullion
coin designs just released by the United States Mint.
America’s first regular issue gold coinage in fifty years
will feature Liberty holding a torch in her right hand and an
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olive branch in her left hand on the coins’
Of ~=agles on the coins’
reverse.
obverse
and a family
‘The new coin designs are attractive pieces of art which
represent basic American values of liberty, freedom and the
family.”
Exon said.
Under the Exon legislation, which was signed into law by the
President in December of last year, the new American gold bullion
coinage will be available October 1, 1986. The American Gold
Bullion Coin Act authorizes the minting of gold coins in one
ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce and one-tenth ounce
siz(ss. The coins will carry a nominal face value of fifty,
twenty-five, ten and five dollars respectively and will be sold
at the price of gold plus a service charge to cover the cost of
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F012RELEASE, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1986
EXON URGES IMMEDIATE APPROVAL OF DISASTER AID FOR DAWES COUNTY
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Washington D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) today
appealed to President Reagan to immediately approve federal
disaster
aid for Dawes County.
In a letter to President Reagan, Senator Exon wrote; “The
Governor of Nebraska has, today, requested that you declare a
major disaster for Nebraska due to severe storms which caused
heavy damage in Dawes County, Nebraska on June 30th.W
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“The preliminary estimates of damage total over $16
million. This cost estimate is very high and beyond the
capabilities of the State and affected local government without
Federal assistance. In addition, this storm devastation comes on
top of an already serverely depressed rural economy. It is
therefore critically important that disaster assistance be
forthcoming in the near future. I, therefore, respectfully
request your immediate attention to and expeditious approval of
this disaster request,” Exon said.
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
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—-— EXC)NC,4LLSON USDA-TO US~ POWER TO AVERT GRAIN STORAGE SHORTAGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) has c
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loans available to farmers,M Exon said in a letter to the Secretary
Agriculture. “In fact, the Charter states that in storage
deficient areas the Secretary shall make such a
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The letter went on to say, “I strongly urge you to exercise
all
authority available to mitigate this situation, including authority
mandating loans for storage deficient areas.w
The Nebraska
Senator said farmers are feeling the effects of a
storage shortage now, “but an even bigger crunch will come this fall
when fe,rmersmay be forced to pile grain on the streets due
to a lack
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Fox ReI.ease, Tuesday, July 22,
EXO)NURGES APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL MONEy FOR NORTH LOUP pROJECT
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WllSHINGTON, D .C . -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) today urged
the Senate Water and Power Subcommittee to approve an additional $140
million to complete the North Loup w p
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entirely justifiable,” Exon told the Senate subcommittee. ‘They stem
l from safety considerations required after the Teton Dam
disastc?r occurred,” he added. A disaster at the Teton Dam in Idaho in
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~ the mi~[-197~’s prompted the Bureau of Reclamation to create higher
standards for dams after Congress made the first appropriation for the
North Loup project in 1972.
Exon said the additional
funds
are necessary to complete the
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If the cost ceiling on this project
have tc stop by the end of’the 1987
and numerous irrigation canals.
is not raised, construction will
construction season.
‘Klot funding this project to completion would be the most
wasteful action the Congress could take. ..It would be tatamount to
building a house an then not putting a roof on it,” Exon said. “What
we cannot afford is a half-built project, which would stand as a
monument to Congresst lack of faith with those who are counting on
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Credit Corporation stocks. The amendment was approved on a voice vote
ancladded to the Export-Import Reauthorization Bill.
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U.S. Senator
Jim Exon
330 Hart Office Building Contact: MarkBowen
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone:202-224-4224
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
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implementation
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Senators signing the Exon letter include: Tom Eagleton
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
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SENATORS REQUESTS FUNDS FOR MISSOURI RECREATION RIVER
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
rt~questing $200,000 for the maintenance of the Missouri
National Recreation River project in northeast Nebraska.
“The Army Corps of Engineers has cotlstructed streambank
stabilization structures valued at $7.3 million along that
portion of the Missouri River which comprises the Missouri
National Recreation River ...Because maintenance of these
structures is an on-going process, we request that the Committee
● provicle $200,000 in Fiscal Year 1987 operations and maintenance
funds,” the senators wrote
Develc)pment Subcommittee.
to the Senate Energy and Water
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statement can be
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“These funds are to be used for studies necessary
to determine
and melintain adequate instream flows including providing safe and
reliable water supplies, protection of wildlife habitat, and
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SENATE APPROVES EXON AMENDMENT TO MANDATE DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS
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V7ASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Thursday adopted
SENATOR JIM EXON’S (D-NEB) amendment mandating that advance
de fic:~encypayments be made this fall for winter wheat under the
Farm Elill.
!lEar-ydeficiency payments ~villhelP manY farmers
financially through these economically depressed times,’:Exon
said . The amendment was adopted on a 91 to 7 vote.
‘l’heamendment mandates that 40 percent of the deficiency
payments for wheat be paid this fall. Advance payments for feed
grains; are mandated at 40 percent and 30 percent for cotton and
rice. Deficiency payments are the difference between the
commodity
target price and the loan rate.
The Exon amendment was cosponsored by Senators Ed Zorinsky
(D-NEB), Tom Harkin (D-IA), John Melcher (D-MT) Alan Dixon
(D-ILL), Quentin Burdick (D-ND), and Gary Hart (D-COLO).
The 1985 Farm Bill granted the Department of Agriculture
authority to pay deficiency payments in advancef but did not
mandate
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———- EXON Bl\CKEDAMENDMENT TO HELP — SOIJTHERN DROUGHT APPROVED
Wl\SHINGTON, D .C. -- The U.S. Senate Friday approved an
amendm[>nt cosponsored by U.S. Senator Jim Exon (D-NEB) to allow
farmers contributing agricultural products to aid victims o,fa natural
disast~>r a more equitable
tax deduction.
C!l.rrentlaw permits facrnersonly to deduct the actual cost of the
product. The amendment WOU1:I change the law to allow farmers to
deduct the wholesale market price of the agricultural product.
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~I~venthough Midwest farmers are Eacing tough economic times they
are donating hay to help their southern colleagues through a drought,”
Exon said. “Changing this law to permit a fair tax deduction will
compensate farmers for their generosity,n he added.
In order to quality for the more favorable deduction the donor
must contribute the product within six-months from the time of the
disaster. The recipient of the agricultural product must also certify
that the contribution was made within the six-month period.
According to recent reports more than 1,156 tons of hay from 39
states have arrived in South Carolina as of last July 28. Fifty-two
deaths have been attributed to the drought and rainfall is 50 percent
below normal.
measure was added by voice vote to the debt ceiling
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EXPORT ENHANCEMENT FOR SOVIETS “STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION”
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tYASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON said Friday that
the presidential decision to use provisions in the Farm Bill to
enhance export sales of American grains
to the Soviet Union was a
step
in the right direction.
‘It’s obvious the administration was forced to act only
after several farm state senators demanded
in a recent senate
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amendn~ent that the export subsidy provided in the Farm Bill be
followed by the administration,~ Exon said.
!l’heSenate approved an amendment
to the Export-Import
Reauthorization Bill last month which called on the
administration to extend the Export Enhancement Program to the
Soviet.Union and China. Exon was a cosponsor of the amendment.
Exon cautioned
that this will not solve the faulty
administration policy of relying on exports to eliminate the
depression in agriculture “but at least we were successful in
getting their attention,” he said.
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of the cost of the liability insurance, not to exceed $50,000 per
airport. Exon is the ranking Democrat on the Aviation Subcommittee.
The proposal was added as an amendment
to the National
Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization legislation. It was
supported by the American Association of Airport Executives, National
League of Cities, National Association of Counties and numerous state
and lc)calgovernments.
The proposal would not include businesses operating within an
airport, such as restaurants, news stands or parking lots. The
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airport would also need to demonstrate
it has all the safety and
security equipment required by the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) before it could receive a grant.
m Exon said many airports are in jeopardy of closing because of huge
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increases in liability insurance costs which they cannot a~to~d. The
insurance crisis is hitting small and medium sized public a
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The Committee also approved Exon’s amendment to shorten the length
of the Blue Ribbon Presidential Commission study on aviation safety
Crom one year to nine months. The shorter period would guarantee that
the report is completed before the Senate Aviation Subcommittee
completes reviewing the Aviation Trust Fund bill next
The Commission study is to determine if the FAA is devoting
adequate resources and funds to ensure aviation safety and whether the
FAIIshould be reorganized as a separate agency. The FAA is currently
a part of the Department
OE Transportation.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate has approved more than
$26 rail.tionin military construction projects for Nebraska, U.S.
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Strategic Command Combat Center
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security at the base.
The bill authorizes more than $1.6 million for the Nebraska
National Guard. Projects include a $135,000 maintenance shop at
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IS AS BAD AS SOME ARE LED TO BELIEVE?”
“BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN ARGUED PREVIOUSLY. ”
“A KEY REASON WE SHOULD NOT PROCEED IS THAT WE CAN’T AFFORD
IT, OH YES, I HAVE HEARD THE LIMP EXCUSE THAT THIS $100 MILLION
WIIJL NOT COST THE TAXPAYERS ANYTHING, OR INCREASE THE RUNAWAY
ANNUAL DEFICIT OF $200 MILLION OR THE MUSHROOMING NATIONAL DEBT
OF $2.3 TRILLION BECAUSE THIS LITTLE $100 MILLION IS SMALL
POTATOES AS A PART OF THE WHOLE, AND ANYWAY
THESE FUNDS ARE
ALF:EADY APPROPRIATED AND ARE JUST LANGUISHING AROUND OVER AT THE
PENITAGON WAITING TO BE SPENT. AS A MEMBER OF THE BUDGET AND
AN[ED SERVICES COMMITTEES, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ~L OF THIS
MADNESS, I FIND SUCH AN EXPLANATION THE MOST LUDICROUS OF ALL!”
“THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE COUNTRY IS WHO ARE THE “BIG
SPENDERS” IN WASHINGTON. EVERYONE KNOWS PRESIDENT REAGAN IS A
“CONSERVATIVE. u HE SAYS SO AND HIS OBEDIENT SERVANTS FOLLOW HIM
AND BASK IN HIS “OLD STYLE”, PAY AS YOU GO, Philosophy. IT’S A
GIVEN. THE FACT THAT THE FACTS PROVE THE CONTWRY IS OF NO
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members Tuesday to ensu~e that the Pap io Creek correction would
be
included in the bill.
The bill designates $2 million for construction of the Papio
Creek project near Omaha and $421,000 for operations and
maintenance OC the watershed. Also included was $1 million in
construction funding for the ,59mile Missouri National Recreation
River project.
FOC t>~]er~tionand maintenance the bill earmarks $1.05
million for Harlan County Lake, $6,1 million for the Gavins Point
Dam, $50,000 for the Missouri
River, and $526~000 for the Salt
{~~e[+’k all(lits tributaries.
Studies receiving funding include $1.38 million for the
O’Neill Alternative, $401,000 for the Prairie Bend feasibility
study, and $145,000 for the Salt Creek and its tributaries.
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R Thursday, August 21, 1986
——— EXON : POLL RESULTS SHOW NEED FOR CHANGE IN FARM PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB)
results of the wheat poll referendum “point to a call by farmers for
a change in the Administrationr s current farm program.”
“The 69 percent approval of production controls by Nebraska
farmers
indicates they are fed up with a farm bill which, by specific
design, drives down commodity prices,” Exon said.
Exon said that the Administration will try to discredit the
● referendum results because they run contrary to the Presidentfs farm
program. ‘Their program is failing in three ways. It has increased
taxpayers costs per year for agriculture from $11 billion in 1981 to
an estimated $30 billion in 1986, cut in half exports, and is driving
family farmers off the land at a rate faster than any time in
histor~y,” Exon said.
‘Those of us who opposed the President’s concept from its
inception will now have the farmers expressions to pressure the
Adm~inist~ation to take corrective action and write a new bill as soon
as possible,”
Exon said.
Exc)nsaid the positive referendum results also indicate the need
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for th~>Department of Agriculture to conduct a binding poll on all
products. The poll results announced on Friday were
nonbinding and involved wheat farmers only.
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For ReILease,Wednesay, August 20, 1986
SENATE PASSES BILL CURTAILING COST OF FORMER PRESIDENTS
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WA~;HINGTON, D.CO -- The U.S. Senate has approved a measure
cospon~;ored by U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) limiting federal spending
Eor former U.S. Presidents.
Th(>legislation (S.1047) which curtails spending on former
presid(>nts office allowances and secret service protection was
unanimously approved Friday.
“This legislation will take important steps in reclucing the
unrestrained spending on our former presidents,” Exon said. “The
spending for the former presidents now exceeds the $22 m a
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l would put a limit of $300,000 annually for office
staff and allowances
for each of the first four years after leaving
office. In the fifth year after leaving office the annual amount
declines to $250,’000 until the ninth year when it falls again to
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$200,000 annually. Each March the former presidents must also submit
a repo~t detailing
how the funds were spent.
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around the clock Secret Service protection for five years instead of
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For Release, Monday, August 18, 1986
AIRPOFITGRANTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
were informed Monday that airport improvement grants totalling
$90,900 have a N c
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For Rc?1ease ~ Thursday, August 21, 1986
—.— COMMONWEALTH .-.. .————— INCLUDED IN TAX REFORM CONFERENCE REpORT
L1:EICOJ. N “ NEBR . -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON said the Tax Reform
Bill :Ipprovedby the Joint Senate-House Conference includes a
‘provision for Commonwealth
Savings depositors.
The provision would allow individual depositors at Lincoln’s
insolt’entCommonwealth Savings to write off their lost deposits as
tax dc:ductions. Exon fought to ensure this provision was included in
the Senate version of the Tax Reform Bill.
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“This new provision puts individuals and businesses on the same
basis for claiming thei~ losses from the Commonwealth Savings
colla~se,”
Exon said.
Current law permits individuals to deduct only a maximum of
$3,000 per year for their lost deposits while businesses can write
off nearly all their loss in a single year.
‘This measure provides some essential tax relief for Commonwealth
depositors who are only now beginning to recover a portion of their
deposits,M
Exon said.
The benefit of this provision would vary depending on the amount
of taxable income each depositor
has to write off the loss.
The final version of the Tax Reform Bill must now be approved by
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both the House of Representatives and the Senate before being sent to
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the President.
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For Release, Wednesday, August 20, 1986
GRANT TO HELP STATE BUSINESSES GET DEFENSE CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY
were informed today that the Nebraska Department of Economic
Development has been selected to establish a technical assistance
center to aid Nebraska businesses in competing for defense
contracts.
The Defense Logistics Agency under the Department of Defense
awarded the Nebraska Department of Economic Development $46r222
toward setting up the center. The federal funds will be matched
with $82,000 in state funds.
The funds will be used to establish a procurement outreach
center at North Platte. The center will provide techincal
assistance and military specifications and standards to Nebraska
businesses to enable them to better compete for Defense
Department contracts, according to the senators.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1986
330 Hart Office Building Contact: Mark Bowen
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone:202-224-4224
LINCOLN , NEBR . -- AT THE REQUEST OF U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND
ED ZORINSKY THE SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A FIELD HEARING
IN LIN”COLN TO REVIEW THE IMPACT OF THE FARM BILL ON NEBRASKA’S
ECONON;Y.
THE HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH, AT 9 AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, EAST CAMPUS UNION, IN THE GREAT
PLAINS ROOM. SENATORS EXON AND ZORINSKY WILL BOTH BE IN ATTENDANCE AT
THE HEARING.
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NEBRASKA’S TWO U.S. SENATORS ARRANGED FOR THE HEARING AT THE
URGING OF THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE AND FARM GROUPS.
SCHEDULED TO TESTIFY ARE INDIVIDUAL FARMERS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, STATE OF NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKA
LEGISLATURE. IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING GROUPS ARE SCHEDULED TO
TESTIFY: NEBRASKA FARMERS UNION, NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU, AMERICAN
AGRICULTURAL MOVEMENT, NEBRASKA WHEAT GROWERS, NEBRASKA CORN GROWERS,
NE:BRASKA WIFE, NEBRASKA BANKERS ASSOCIATION, FARM CRISIS COMMITTEE,
NATIONAL FARMERS ORGANIZATION, NEBRASKA GRANGE, NEBRASKA LIVESTOCK
FEEDERS, NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS, MID-AMERICA DAIRYMEN, NEBRASKA PORK
PRODUCERS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARMER-ELECTED COMMITTEEMEN,
AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OF NEBRASKA, NEBRASKA GRAIN SORGHUM ASSOCIATION,
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NEBRASKA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION, NEBRASKA COOPERATIVE COUNCIL, NEBRASKA
AND FEED DEALERS, FARM CREDIT BANKS OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA GASOHOL
COMMITTEE AND OTHERS.
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RE : STATEMENT BY SENATOR EXON TO ALCOHOL UPDATE
01?USDA REPORT: FUEL ETHANOL & AG: AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “Not only is the USDA’s Fuel Ethanol
and Agriculture report is another slap in the face for America’s
farme]:s, it’s based on faulty assumptions.”
‘The ethanol market is good for the farm economy and the
whole nation because it makes us less dependent on foreign oil.”
‘The Department’s conclusion that it would be more economical
to increase farm subsidies and discontinue ethanol programs runs
contrary to what farmers want. America’s farmers don’t want more
direct government subsidies - they want a fair price for their
commodities. Ethanol production is one of the tools we should be
using to help them get a better price. Ethanol represents a
growing market for farm commodities and it makes no sense to
undermine that market,” Senator Exon said.
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For Release, Tuesday, September 9, 1986
SENATORS HOLD PURSE STRINGS TO PREVENT CLOSING LINCOLN OFFICE
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEBR) said the
1987 Agriculture Appropriations Bill includes language to prevent
th~~U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from moving the Lincoln
Soil Conservation Service Technical Center to Fort Worth, Texas.
Nebraska Senators Jim Exon and Ed Zorinsky and the senators
from Oregon and Pennsylvania objected to the USDA effort to
combine centers in the three states into one office located in
Texas.
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The language included in the appropriations bill states that
no funds shall be spent to consolidate equipment, personnel, or
se]:vices of the Soil Conservation Service’s national technical
centers in Portlandr Oregon; Lincoln, Nebraska; Chester,
Pennsylvania; and Fort Worth, Texas into a single national
technical center.
‘This legislation was drafted because the USDA was giving
primary attention to filling positions in Fort Worth, but not the
other centers,” Exon said. “After reports that the USDA was
continuing its consolidation efforts through a back door approach
we moved to block it by preventing any funding from being used
for this purpose,” he added.
Th,~reare currently more than 100 employees in the Lincoln
office. Exon and the other senators have contended that it is
mol:e effective to keep these regional offices located in the
areas they serve rather than consolidate them at Texas.
Th(~appropriations
bill now awaits action by the full Senate.
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FO1?RELEASE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1986
HOIJSE SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVES WILDERNESS BILL
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WASHINGTON , D .C. --- The House Public Lands Subcommittee Thursday
ap]?roved U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON’S legislation to p
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b d force in the House of Representatives behind this
legislation.
The House subcommittee made only one minor change in the
legislation which was to rename the Pine Ridge area a ‘national
recreation area~ instead of it carrying the name “national wilderness
area.” The 6,600 acre Pine Ridge Recreation Area and 8,100 acre
Soldier Creek Wilderness Area would both have the same type of
protections for the future. They would also both have the same type
of noxious weed, insect and fire control.
Congressman Seiberling, House Subcommittee Chairman, cleared with
Senator Exon the proposed name change the day before the subcommittee
met. Seiberling wrote “This proposal may be worth considering as a
means of expediting the bill as we near the end of this Congress with
so much legislation awaiting action in a very limiting time.n He
added~ “I would not advocate even this minor change to the
Senate-passed bill without your consideration.”
“The designation of a National Recreation area for Pine Ridge
af:fords protection essentially identical to that of a Wilderness
designation,v Exon said.
The full House Interior Committee is expected to approve the bill
next week.
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For Release, Thursday, September 11, 1986
DECISON OF NEBR. NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ON SCENIC RIVER
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “I am pleased that the Nebraska Natural
Resources Commission has recognized the need to protect the state
trf2asUre Of the Niobrara River. The Commission has come a long
way from its initial opposition and has completed the task we
asked them to undertake last December by conducting its study and
today endorsing its informative report on the Niobrara. That
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report will knock down the many misconceptions which have been
about this proposal,” Exon said Thursday regarding the
Nebraska Natural Resources Commission action on the Scenic River
Designation
study.
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Fo:rRelease, Friday, September 12, 1986
SENATE APPROVES AVIATION SAFETY STUDY
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate has approved
legislation (S.2417) cosponsored by U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON
establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission to study ways to improve
aviation safety.
The legislation would create the Aviation Safety
Commission, composed of seven members appointed by the President
with the advice of Congress. The Commission would conduct an
in--depthstudy of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and
its responsibility to ensure aviation Safety.
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The FAA currently has the dual responsibility to promote
commercial aviation and also ensure that it is safe. “We want
to make sure that the enforcement of safety regulations and
are not taking a back seat to the promotion
of aviation by the FAA,V Exon said. Exon is the ranking
Democratic member of the Senate Aviation Subcommittee.
The study will examine whether the FAA has provided
sufficient resources to ensure aviation safety and if the FAA
should be reorganized. The Commission would also be directed to
make recommendations of how to improve enforcement of FAA safety
regulations.
“The enormous number of serious aviation incidents
demonstrates the need for this study,” Exon said. ‘The FAA has
a responsibility to ensure that airline companies are not
cutting corners on airplane maintenance schedules at the expense
of safety requirements= It also must ensure that there are a
sufficient number of FAA inspectors and air traffic controllers
and that the agency is meeti~g its responsibility to develop an
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For Release , Fr iday, September 12, 1986
— NE13RASKANS NOMINATIONS APPROVED
WASHINGTON , D .C . -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON and ED ZORINSKY
said Friday the U.S. Senate has approved the nominations of two
Nebraskans.
Janice L. Gradwohl, Lancaster County Judge, was approved by
the U*S. Senate to serve on the Board of Directors of the State
Justice Institute. She will serve a three year term on the
board. The institute reviews the operation of state court
sy:;tems.
The Senate also approved the reappointment of Thomas A.
O’Hara of Omaha for a four year term as U.S. Marshall in
Nebraska.
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For Release, Thursday, September 18, 1986
EXON COAUTHORS PORK-BUSTER AMENDMENT TO CONTROL SPENDING
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) will join
Senator Dan Quayle (R-IND) in offering the “pork bustern amendment to
allow I:hePresident to cut pork barrel spending from appropriations
bills by improving the spending rescission process.
The amendment would guarantee that Congress specifically vote on
the Prc:sident’s spending rescission messages within ten days after the
Presid[>nt signs an appropriations bill. Under current law, the
Congress is not required to vote on a Presidential rescission
request. If the Congress does not act within 45 days the rescission
is voicland the money must be spent under current law. The Senators
intend to offer the amendment to the Budget Reconciliation Bill.
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“This amendment would put a stop to the unrestrained s~endinu on
pork barrel projects that increase ~he federal budget defi~it,n ~xon
said, who is a fiscally conservative member of the Senate Budget
Committee.
‘This pork buster amendment shines the light on spending
provisions hidden in the dark cracks of appropriations bills much
the lirle-item veto legislation would, and gives the President a
guarantee the Congress will vote on his recommendations to cut
unnecessary spending,~ Exon said. Exon is a cosponsor of the
legislation to give the President line-item veto authority.
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The amendment improves the current rescission process and could
“produc’esubstantial federal savings,w according to Exon. He noted
that in the last two years the President has submitted more than 320
rescissions, but none have been voted on by the Senate.
President’s hands are tied in many appropriations bills
because even though they may contain unnecessary pork barrel projects
he cannot knockout individual items,” Exon said. “This pork buster
amendment would allow the President to prepare a rescission message
specifying the items he objects to in a particular appropriations bill
and be assured the that the Congress will vote up or down on those
items,v he added.
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politics and make the Congress more responsible to stop this
spending,” Exon said. The amendment has been endorsed by
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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON said Wednesday
prior to Senate action that he would vote against William H.
Rehnquist for the position of Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court.
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wrong with having a conservative or even a strong conservative as
a chief justice,” Exon said.
“I will vote against elevating him to the position of Chief
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and top jurist of the American
court system because I am concerned about his lack of full
credibility, sometimes reliability and most all his seeming
inability to be an effective consensus developer which is an
important requirement to be chief justice,~ Exon said.
“A chief justice should be chosen by near acclamation. I
think the vote will indicate clearly that he will not be selected
by acclamation because there are many who have serious objections
about whether he is the best individual in the United States to
be Chief Justice for the decades ahead,n Exon said.
“There is nothing wrong with his service or his remaining on
the Supreme Court, but I don’t think he is the best person to be
moved up to this position,n Exon said. “I hope that if he is
confirmed he grows in the position and becomes a great chief
justice,” he added.
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Telephone:202-224-4224
For Release, Saturday, September 20, 1986
EXON s~,ysDEFICIT REDUCTION EFFORT IS PHONY
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“The Reconciliation package is totally unrealistic. It is an
abomination which only shifts money back and forth and in and out of
the fiscal year. It only allows the deficit and national debt to
grow, not shrink,”
Exon said.
Exc)npointed out that Gramm-Rudman law promised to reduce the
budget deficit to $144 billion in 1987, but the deficit will more
likely be $170 billion
next year.
“Gramm-Rudman and the Reconciliation package are smoke and
mirrors. The federal government is not and will not meet the deficit
target levels this year, next year or even the year after,” Exon said.
“Gramm-Rudman is pushing the budget deficit the wrong way.
Claiming that the Reconciliation Bill will reduce the deficit is a
fraud c)nthe public. Continuing to make such false promises will turn
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will of the people against its government,” Exon said.
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increase taxes. In the meantime the deficit problem remains and the
national debt steadily mushrooms,”
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Fo’rRelease, Saturday, September 20, 1986
—— QUAYLE -EXOIJPORKBUSTER — AMENDMENT
WAS HINGrl’ON , D .C . --- The U.S. Senate Friday evening, by 6 to 3
bllockedthe “porkbuster” amendment offered by U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON
(D-NEB) AND DAN QUAYLE (R-IND) which would have allowed the President
to cut pork barrel spending from appropriations bills. The amendment
was offered to the Budget Reconciliation Bill.
‘Hiding special interest pork barrel spending in appropriations
bills is an age old practice used because the money cannot be stopped
by the President without vetoing the entire bill,” Exon said. ‘The
Quayle-Exon amendment would give the President the knife to cut pork
barrel spending from an appropriations bill, much like the line item
veto would workl” Exon said.
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spending for a particular program by preparing a ‘rescission m@ssag’@~”
but Congress is not required to act on the request. Present law
states if Congress does not act on a “rescission message” within 45
days, the request is void and the money must be spent.
The Quayle-Exon amendment would have guaranteed that Congress
specifically vote on a spending ‘rescission message” within ten days
after the President signs an appropriations bill containing the
unwanted items.
‘C!ongresshas been able to avoid the President’s rescission
messages because Congress is not required to act on the requests to
cut spending,” Exon said.
‘The porkbuster provision would have helped eliminate pork barrel
politics. We must prevent unnecessary spending which only increases
the ncltionaldebt,” Exon said.
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For Release, Monday, September 22, 1986
—.— EXON CONSIDERS AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE INTERSTATE SPEED LIMIT
WASHINGTON , D .C.. -- U .S. SENATOR JIM EXON is considering
offering an amendment to allow states to increase the rural
interstate
speed limit to 65 mph.
Earlier this year Exon introduced similar legislation to
increase interstate speed limits. His initial proposal spurred
efforts in Congress to give states the option to raise interstate
speeds. The amendment would be offered to the 1986 Federal Aid
Highway Bill.
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The potential amendment would permit states to raise the
speed limit on rural interstates to a maximum of 65 mph without
losing federal highway funds. The amendment would not change the
mph speed limit on prima~y and secondary roads.
“Now that the president is back on board for giving the
states greater authority in setting the speed limits, I am
confident we can change the currently ignored speed limit law.”
Exon said. “The state enforcement statistics clearly show that
motorists are not obeying the 55 mph and that it is not being
enforced,”
he added.
“It is obvious from the statistics and driving the
interstates that the unofficial speed limit is between 65 and 70
mph,”
Exon said.
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before its scheduled adjournment on October 3rd.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEF3)Monday
un~rav~?leda snarl that developed between the House of
Representatives and Senate over the modified Exon Wilderness
Bill.
There were threats circulating in the Senate Monday that the
Wilderness Bill which was modified in the House of
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Representatives would be pigeonholed in the Senate. The threats
because of the one line name change of the Pine Ridge
desigfi,ationfrom a wilderness area to a recreation
Mcnday Exon intervened and talked with both Senator Jim
McClure (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee, and Representative John Seiberling (D-OH),
chairman of the House Interior Committee, to resolve the problem.
Exon received assurances from McClure that the bill would not
be delayed
in the Senate due to the change.
“Senator McClure’s assurances that the bill will not be
delayed indicates that Nebraska can expect Senate approval of the
Wilderness Bill before Congress adjourns in Octoberr” Exon Said.
The bill designates
the 6,600 acres of the Pine Ridge area as
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——— MAKE AGRICULTURE EXPORTS TOP PRIORITY AT TRADE TALKS
News
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Telephone:202-224-4224
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) is urging the
President to make agriculture trade a top priority in the current
round of General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) negotiations.
“The growing yearly trade deficit and the impending agricultural
trade deficit strengthen the forces of protectionism. Unless
significant progress is made toward opening markets to American
products and toward free and fair competition in the world market,
protectionism may become Americars new reality,” Senators Exon and
Lawton Chiles (D-FLA) said in a letter to the President.
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‘The United States must become a tough negotiator with our trading
partners,” they said. “While we have failed to open markets, other
nations have enjoyed virtually unlimited access to American markets.
maintain our competitive position we must threaten to limit access
to American markets if foreign nations do not open theirs.”
‘The last three months of trade deficits in agriculture underscore
the critical need to reduce and reverse the debilitating trends that
haflestifled our export markets over the past six years,” Exon and
Chiles said.
The two pointed out that since 1980 agricultural exports have
fallen by 40 percent. During the same period, imports increased by 20
percent. “As a result, the U.S. trade surplus in agriculture has
declined from $26.6 billion in 1980 to monthly deficits in 1986.
These shocking figures highlight the worst U.S. agricultural trade
performance in 14 years. Since the 1985 Farm Bill became law, the
situation has worsened,~ the two senators said.
The senators, both Senate Budget Committee members, said the GATT
enforct:ment powers should be streamlined and strengthened. They said
under ~>xisting procedures an offending nation can stall GATT nearly
indefinitely because of vague language. They said independent experts
could be used to arbitrate disputes between nations and recommended
that specific and enforceable definitions of key phrases be added to
clear up the current vague language.
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For Release, Thursday, September 25, 1986
SEIVATEAPPROVES INCREASING RURAL INTERSTATE SPEED LIMITS
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WASHINGTON, D .C . -- The U.S. Senate Tuesday night
overwhelmingly approved an amendment cosponsored by U.S. SENATOR JIM
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limit on rural interstates to 65 mph. Rural interstates are those
outside of towns with a 50,000 population or more.
Exon lead a successful effort to reject an amendment by U.S.
Senator Chic Hecht (R-NEV) to include raising the federal limit to 65
mph on all roads. The Nebraska Democrat argued that raising the
speed l~t on primary and secondary two lane only roads would impair
safety.
‘The 55 mph limit on interstates is probably the most violated
law in history,v Exon said. “Sixty-five on rural interstates is a
mol:e reasonable speed limit, especially on the wide open stretches of
the rnidwest and west,m he added.
‘Interstate are among the safest roads in the nation. The
amf~ndment will restore the original intent of the interstate system
which incorporates safety designs with reasonable higher speed
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NEBRASKA PROJECTS IN TAX REFORM BILL
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Five Nebraska projects are included in
the TzlxReform Bill transition rules according to U.S. Senators
Jim ElConand Ed Zorinsky.
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bill includes three Lincoln and two Omaha projects. The
Lincoln projects include: (1) the ‘Waterpark” development at 29th
& A Streets which is a former water and power plant being
converted into a 41-unit condominium housing project; (2) the
“H.P. B c N S a
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(3) the “Stacy Fruit BuildingU at 8th & F Streets is a warehouse
converted into office and retail space. The H.P.
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9th & Farnam Streets. It is a warehouse being converted into a
135 unit housing project in downtown Omaha which is part of the
Central Park Mall Development. The second project is the “City
National Bank Buildingw at 16th & Harney Streets which is being
colnve]:tedinto 130 residential housing units.
‘(completion of these projects is important to’the economies
of Lirlcoln and Omaha because they will provide additional
housir~g, create jobs and expand the cities tax base,w the
senators said:
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For Release, Saturday, September 27, 1986
EXON W’OTESAGAINST T~X RE~ORM BILL ‘
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB), a
fiscally conservative member of the Senate Budget Committee,
voted against the Tax Reform Bill saying it could reduce federal
revenue and add to the budget deficit.
‘The main problem with this measure is that it will, in my
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best judgment, cause an overall net reduction in federal revenue
thereby drive the country further towards the brink of
economic disaster,” Exon said in a speech on the Senate floor
prior
to the vote.
‘This tax reform bill very likely will tighten the noose
around the throat of America’s economic viability in these times
of skyrocketing budget deficits and an exploding national debt,”
Exon said.
The Nebraska senator said he made his decision to vote
against the bill in the final hour before the Tax Reform Bill
was voted on by the Senate.
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For Release, Monday, September 29, 1986
LOAN AUTHORITY FOR HOUSING UNITS IN NEBRASKA
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND
ED ZORINSKY
were informed Monday afternoon that Nebraska will receive more
thzin$2 million in loan authority to construct housing units for
th{~mentally
ill and the disabled.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development notified the
senators that Mercy Housing Inc. of Omaha will receive $490,200
to construct 16 units for the chronically mentally ill. Central
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$1,199,000 for 37 units for the same purpose.
Th,2Great plains Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans in Omaha will
rec:eive $676,800 to construct 16 units in Omaha specifically for
the handicapped.
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For Re:.ease, Tuesday, September 30, 1986
SENATORS WIN AGREEMENT ON HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATORS JIM EXON AND ED ZORINSKY have
been successful in protecting Nebraska’s water, environmental and
power ~.nterests in legislation covering the relicensing of
hydroelectric power plants.
Exc>nand Zorinsky personally met with Representative John Dingell
(D-Mich) Tuesday and hammered out the final agreement clarifying the
language in the bill to protect Nebraska. Dingell, chairman of the
House Ilnergyand Commerce Committee, is the leader of the House
conferc)es who had previously resisted clarifying the bill language.
Nebraska’s two senators have been working for the past month to
clarif>~ the House language which had been tentatively agreed to by the
House-Senate Conference on the hydroelectric relicensing legislation.
The Ho~lse language could have adversely affected Nebraska irrigators
and electric ratepayers.
The!Nebraska senators were concerned that the existing conference
language would have required the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) during the relicensing process to accept the recommendations of
fish aridwildlife agencies regardless of the consequences for
hydroelectric power or irrigation.
The senators were able to convince the joint conference to clarify
the cor~ference report language to ensure that during relicensing equal
consideration be given to fish and wildlife, irrigation and electric
power generation concerns. This would provide a balanced approach and
prevent any one concern from being able to dictate license
restrictions during the relicensing process.
“Fish and wildlife concerns are important, but equally important
is the continuing ability to provide power and irrigation for farm
land,” Exon said. “Our successful effort ensures that all of the
considerations will be taken into account in a balanced equitable
manner when hydroelectric power plant licenses come up for renewal,”
he added.
Zorinsky said that the agreement worked out with the conferees
protects Nebraska irrigators, recreation interests and
conservationists as well as the power projects. “Under this agreement
everybcdies interests will be addressed, with equal consideration
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generation,~ he said. Zorinsky, who earlier said he would filibuster
the bill unless Nebraska’s interests were protected, indicated he will
now withdraw his objections.
The joint conference agreement is now expected to be approved by
the full Senate and the House of Representatives. It will then be
sent to the President for his approval.
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For Release, Wednesday, October 1, 1986
EXON RETURNS UNUSED OFFICE FUNDS TO SENATE FOR EIGHTH YEAR
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON will return more
than $140,000 in unused 1986 office funds to the U.S. Senate.
In those eight years Exon has returned more ‘than $2.1
million in unused funds to the U.S. Senate. This is the eighth
consecutive year in a row that Exon has turned money back to the
U.S. Senate.
I?OK1986, the well-known fiscal conservative will return
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in unused office salary allotment. The Nebraska
senators were allotted $910,878.00 for office salaries in 1986.
The $910,878.00 amount was reduced $39,168.00 to $871,710.00 as
rec~uiredby the Gramm-Rudman
law.
So far in the 1986 calendar year Exon has spent only
$16,799.03 of the $54,194.00 amount he is allotted for office
expenses.
“I’ve always run my offices on a tight budget. My office is
small ~ut very efficient, just like government should be. It
follows my philosophy that government should be fiscally
conservative and not waste the taxpayers money,” Exon said.
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—— EXON URGES QUICK APPROVAL OF TEXAS AIR PURCHASE OF FRONTIER
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) has
cosigned a letter with U.S. Senator Alan Simpson (R-WYO) and
others urging the Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole to
expedite consideration of the Texas Air acquisitions of Frontier
and People Express Airlines.
Exon is the ranking Democratic member of the Senate Aviation
Subcommittee. Exon said approval of the acquisitions by October
16th could restart Frontier with its 4,700 employees and avoid a
total shut down of People Express and its 5,200 employees.
Frontier employees have been laid off since August 24th, 1986.
“The direct livelihoods of many thousands of Frontier
people Express employees and our other constituents who
and
indirectly depend upon the business and service generated by
thase carriers are in very real jeopardy,” the senators said in
the letter.
“Quick approval of the Texas Air proposals will allow Texas
Air’s subsidiary, Continental Airlines, to immediately reemploy
Frontier’s employees and restart air service out of the Denver
hub to Nebraska and other states,n Exon said.
‘Clearly, the public interest in preserving employment, air
service options and competition compels our request for expedited
consideration of the proposed purchase. Faced with one carrier
already struggling in bankruptcy and one teetering at the edge of
survival, we do urge you to move quickly,n the senators told the
Secretary of Transportation. ,,
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EXON SUPPORTS OVERRIDE OF SOUTH AFRICA SANCTIONS VETO
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) voted
with the majority to override the President’s veto of the South
Africa sanctions bill despite threats that South Africa may ban
American grains. The veto was overridden by a vote of 78 to 21.
“I was pleased with the strong vote. It was interesting
that all of the farm senators, with the exception of South
Dakota Senator Pressler, supported the override in the face of
the threat of embargos that was issued last night by Mr. “Pik”
Botha, Foreign Minister of South Africa, when he called the
Republican cloakroom to lobby senators,U Exon said.
“The reality is that 1985 grain exports to South Africa were
less than one-half of one percent of the United States’ total
grain exports,” Exon said. “The effect of the Gramm-Rudman law
t will cause far more harm to American agriculture than this small
arnountf” he added.
“Conditions in South Africa have not improved. Oppression
and the violation of civil rights continues in South Africa and
its time the United States did more than simply stand on the
sidelines,n Exon said.
“Maybe now we will convince that Apartheid government in
South Africa that the United States means business, not
withstanding the objections of the President of the United
States,” Exon said.
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Contact: Mark Bow’en
Telephone: 202-224-42U
For Release, Saturday, October 4, 1986
EXON AMENDMENTS TO CONTINUING RESOLUTION APPROVED
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V7ASHINGTON, D.C. -- After scolding the Senate in a speech late
Thursday night for its arcane procedures the U.S. Senate approved two
of SE;NATOR JIM EXON’S amendments to the Continuing Resolution.
E;xonwon approval of an amendment which would conform the papio
Creek. flood control project to a revised plan which would reduce the
cost from $120 million to $7 million. The cost reduction is possible
becatlse local residents and state officials have endorsed a
scaled-back version of the original project. The scaled-back plan
will use channel improvements and electronic flood monitoring system
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million,” Exon said. “In every way this is a common sense
approach,” he added. Senators Exon and Zorinsky have long sought
these necessary changes in the law.
A second amendment approved will resolve a water quality problem
at Dam Site #18 of the Papio Creek project. Effluent from two
upstream Sanitary Improvement Districts is preventing the dam from
being filled because containment of the effluent in the dam could
cause health problems. Early last year the Omaha-Douglas County Board
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wl~ichhas been agreed to by state and local parties. The provision
calls for construction of a storage lagoon separate from Dam Site #18
where the effluent would be diverted and contained.
Exon said “it makes no sense to have the Dam Site #18 project sit
idle when this solution is available.” The change will not require
any increase in the 1987 Energy and Water Appropriation. Previous
funding and those available to the Corps of Engineers in 1987 should
provide sufficient funds to complete the project.
The Senate statutory provisions now go to a House-Senate
conference for expected final approval.
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Hart Office Building Contact: Mark Bowen
Washington, D.C. 20510 Telephone: 202-224-4224
For F!elease, Ṣaturday, October 4, 1986
SENATE APPROVES EXON WILDERNESS BILL
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W , D S S wilderness
designation bill (S.816) passed the Senate unanimously Friday
night.
The measure introduced by Exon which cleared the U.S. Senate
was reported back to that body after its successful House
c,~nsideration. The legislation designates more than 14,000
acres of the Nebraska National Fo”rest as “wilderness~ and
“recreation” areas.
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location as a National Recreation Area and the 8,100 acre,
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practices. Hunting, fishing and trapping rights are protected
for both areas.
‘The Pine Ridge Recreation Area will be managed in a manner
similz~r to the Soldier Creek Wilderness area with the
continuation of existing primitive and semi-primitive
recre:~tional use,n Exon said.
The bill, which was cosponsored by Senator Zorinsky, now
goes to the President who is expected to sign it into law.
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U.S. Senator
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
For Rc!lease, Thursday, October 9, 1986
.— EXON ODOMETER FRAUD LEGISLATION GOES TO PRESIDENT
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224.4224
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Another one of U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON’S (D-NEB)
bills passed the Congress Wednesday night. The legislation (S.475) to
crackdown on odometer fraud on used cars and trucks now goes to the
Presiclent for his signature.
The Senate gave final approval to the bill on Wednesday night.
The Hc~useof Representatives passed the bill earlier in the week.
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“E!ollingback odometers is one of the biggest frauds committed
against consumers each year,” Exon said. “Odometer fraud illegally
adds an average of $750 to the cost of a used car that has been
tamper’edwith,” he added. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration estimates that odometer fraud costs consumers in excess
of $2 billion annually.
The legislation would strengthen present law by establishing a
tracez~ble record of vehicle mileage readings. The mileage readings
would be recorded on vehicle ownership titles at the time of a sale.
In addition auto leasing companies which lease vehicles on long–term
contrz,cts will be required to disclose the mileage when the vehicles
are sc~ld. Auction companies will be required to maintain mileage
records on the used vehicles they sell. It prohibits vehicles from
being registered in any state unless the mileage can be verified.
The bill increases the maximum fine for odometer fraud from $1,000
to $2,000 per violation and the criminal penalty from one to three
years in prison.
Exon said odometer fraud is a difficult crime to detect, but this
legislation will establish steps to help identify odometer fraud. It
is estimated that about three million odometers are tampered with each
year; with odometers being rolled back an average of 30,000 miles per
vehicle. Odometer fraud typically occurs on high mileage, late model
used cars.
Exon said the bill, suggested by the Nebraska New Car and Truck
Dealers Association, will be a significant deterrent in preventing the
interstate laundering of ownership titles and odometer tampering.
Previously law enforcement officials have been handicapped by
insufficient record keeping.
● The ExOn bill was cosponsored by Senator Zorinsky and five other
senators.
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Nebraska
0’Jim E;on
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-42M
For Release, Friday, October 10, 1986
EXON PROVIS —.. ION INCLUDED IN 1987 D A I ION BILL
WASHINGTON , D .C . U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON’S (D-NEB) proposal
to allow the National Guard and the Reserves to visit military
commissaries a maximum of 14 times per year was approved by the
joint Senate-House Conference on the 1987 Defense Authorization
Bill in a late night session Thursday.
Exon introduced the legislation (S.2344) to allow the
National Guard and Reserves to visit commissaries up to 14 times
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Guard and Reserves to visit the commissaries only during their
da:{ tour of active duty training.
‘!Fheexisting rule is not much of a benefit given that these
individuals are often away from home,” Exon said. “In
recognition of the growing importance of the Guard and’Reserves
withi]~ the Total Force Concept, Reservists and the Guard members
will have greater access to an important benefit,” he added.
‘!Phischange in the commissary rules will lead to greater
retention of trained and experienced personnel who are the most
expensive to replace. More importantly, it makes the Total
Force C an expression,” Exon said.
E~:onpointed out in his successful argument to the
Senat6>-House Conference Committee that under current national
defense plans the National Guard and Reserve units would
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●’ Jim E;on
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
For Re21ease, Saturday, October 11, 1986
EXON l~ROTESTS TAX BENEFIT FOR TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
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Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
UNIVERSITIES
Wl\SHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON said he will offer an
arrLendmen to eliminate a “grossly unfair” loophole in the Tax Reform
Bill that benefits Texas University and Louisiana State University and
penalizes the University of Nebraska and all other schools. The
loophole allows a special tax break for persons making charitable
contributions to Texas University or Louisiana State University.
a letter to Senator Bob Packwood (R-ORE), Chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, Exon protested the ‘grossly unfair provision
of th(:Tax Reform Act” and said it “must be corrected.” The special
loophole could be eliminated as part of the Tax Reform Technical
Corrections bill which is pending before the Senate.
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Exon said he will offer an amendment to an appropriate bill to
make treatment equal for all schools unless the special loophole
for Texas University and Louisiana State is either repealed or
expan(ied to all schools.
Contributors to either Texas University or Louisiana State
Ur]ive.rsitycould receive some special benefit~ such as the right to
purchase tickets to sporting events, in addition to receiving a full
charitable tax deduction. No other schools in the nation could offer
such Isenefits to contributors. Contributors to any other schools who
receive any special benefit as a result of a contribution would not be
able to take a charitable tax deduction.
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News
330 Hart Office Building Contact: Mark Bowen
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone:202-224-42U
FOK Release , Saturday, October 11, 1986
—— EXON PROVIS ION HELPING SMALLER AIRPORTS
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unanimous approval to a provision offered by U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON to
help s]naller airports locate r p l i
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The provision was included in the National Transportation Safety
Board ,4uthorization Bill (HR4961). Exon is the ranking Democratic
member of the Senate Aviation Subcommittee.
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Th~~ExOn provision was endorsed by the American Association of
Airport Executives, National League of Cities, National Association of
Counties and numerous state and local governments.
The compromise provision would require the Secretary of
Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a
study I:oa effect the rapidly increasing i p
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Th6:National Transportation Safety Board Authorization Bill now
goes back to the House of Representatives for final approval before
being :;entto the president.
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For Release, Thursday, October 16, 1986
SENATE OK’S COMMONWEALTH & PHYSICIANS MUTUAL TRANSITION RULES
W S and ED ZORINSKY said
the Technical Corrections to the Tax Reform Bill approved by the
Senate Thursday includes transition rules for Commonwealth Savings
depositors and the Physicians Mutual Insurance Company of Omaha and
eliminates a special benefit for two southern university athletic
programs.
The Technical Corrections Bill gives Commonwealth depositors a
second option to write-off their losses from the failed financial
institution. The Technical Corrections Bill will permit depositors to
take a one time deduction of up to $20,000 on their lost deposits
without filing an itemized tax return. The Tax Reform Act permits
depositors the other option which is to deduct a percentage of their
loss each year on an itemized tax return over an extended period of
● years.
The two options will give large and small Commonwealth depositors
the best possible choices in writing-off their losses. The one time
$20,000 maximum deduction will benefit many smaller depositors who may
not file itemized tax returns, while larger depositors will benefit by
claiming their losses using the itemized tax return option.
The bill also eliminates a federal tax on Physicians Mutual
Insurance Company of Omaha. Under current law, a subsidiary of
Physicians Mutual has been subject to a federal tax that is not
imposed on any other similar company. The technical corrections bill
eliminates the tax and places Physicians Mutual on the same basis as
its competitors.
The bill knocks out a special tax benefit for Texas University and
Louisiana State University (LSU) that was included in the Tax Reform
Bill. The special benefit exempted Texas University and LSU from an
Internal Revenue Service ruling denying tax deductions for
contributions to college athletic programs if a benefit such as
football tickets are received as a condition for the contributions.
No other universities in the nation would have been permitted to offer
special benefits to contributors to their athletic programs.
Exon and Zorinsky said last week they would work to eliminate the
loophole saying it was unfair to grant a special tax break only to
these two universities’ athletic programs.
Tk,emeasure now goes back to the House of Representatives before
being sent to the President.
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Nebraska
U.S. senator
●’ Jim Exon
,News
330 Hart Office Building Contact: MarkBowen
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone:202-224-4224
For ReILease, Saturday, October 18, 1986
—— SENATE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO $65 MILLION FOR OGALLALA AQUIFER
WASHINGTON, SENATORS JIM EXON ED ZORINSKY
praised Senate final passage late Friday night of the Omnibus Water
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Nebraska
“ J“imE;on
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: MarkBowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Release, Wednesday, October 22, 1986
.—. PRESIDENT SIGNS —— EXON WILDERNESS BILL ——
W D.C. --- P R M s
U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON’S wilderness designation bill for
two important areas in western Nebraska,
The legislation designates
the 6,600 acre, pine Ridge
location as a National Recreation Area and the 8,100 acre,
Soldier Creek site a National Wilderness Area. Both sites are
● managed
locat(:d in the Nebraska National Forest and are currently being
as wilderness areas by the National Forest Service.
“The President’s approval ensures that these two beautiful
areas will be protected for generations to come,” Exon said.
Bc)thareas contain safeguards guaranteeing that fire,
insect:sand noxious weeds w c p
sprea6!ing to adjacent farm and ranch land. It also continues
current cattle grazing practices. Hunting, fishing and trapping
rights are protected
for both areas.
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●’ Jim E;on
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 2~510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Re1ease, Wednesday, Octo’ber 22, 1986
EXON PLEASED WITH POPULARITY OF GOLD COINS CREATED BY HIS BILL
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB), whose
legislation created the first regular issue American gold coins in
more than 50 years, said he is “tremendously pleased” with the
domestic and international popularity the coins are having in their
first week on sale.
Exon stressed that the coins will be an important factor in
helping to decrease the U.S. trade deficit and reduce the national
debt which have both hit record highs this year.
Exon emphasized that one very important aspect of the gold coin
law is that profits from the sale of the American gold coins must be
used to reduce the $2.3 trillion national debt. “This mandate
specifically prevents gold coin profits from being used to further
expand federal spending,” Exon said.
“It is quite obvious from the overwhelming popularity shown in the
first day that the public wants the option of investing in American
gold coins,n Exon said.
The gold coins were offered for sale for the first time Monday and
according to reports are being highly sought after. Mint
officials indicated that first day sales were strong. The U.S. Mint
sold in excess of 320,000 ounces of gold coins on the first day.
In accordance with the Exon legislation, the gold coins are
available in four different sizes. The sizes are a one ounce,
on(=-half o one-quarter ounce and one-tenth ounce. The coins
feature a family of American Eagles on one side and Miss Liberty on
the other.
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Nebraska
●’ Jim E;on
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For ReLease, Wednesday, October 29, 1986
—— PRESID!ZNT SIGNS EXON ODOMETER FRAUD BILL
LIINCOLN, NEBR. -- President Reagan has signed into law U.S.
SENATOR JIM EXONIS (D-NEB) legislation (S.475) to crackdown on
odometer fraud on used cars and trucks.
This is the second bill this month that the President has signed
into li~wwhich was sponsored by Exon. Last week the President signed
into law Exon’s Nebraska Wilderness Designation Bill.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that
odometer fraud costs consumers in excess of $2 billion annually.
Odometf:r fraud illegally adds an average of $750 to the cost of a used
car that has been tampered with.
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Thf:legislation strengthens present law by establishing a
traceable record of vehicle mileage readings. Previously law
enforcc:ment officials have been handicapped by insufficient record
keeping. The new law will take effect in 18 months.
Unc~er the new law mileage readings will be required to be recorded
on ownrship titles at the time a vehicle is sold. Auto auction
houses will be required to maintain mileage records on the used
vehiclf>s they sell. Vehicles will be prohibited from being registered
in any state unless the mileage can be verified.
Th~:bill increases the maximum fine for odometer fraud from $1,000
to $2,000 per violation and the criminal penalty from one to three
years in prison.
Odometer fraud is a difficult crime to detect, but this law will
establish steps to help law enforcement officials detect odometer
fraud. It is-estimate~ that every year about three million used cars
and trucks have their odometers rolled back an average of 30,000 miles
per vehicle. Odometer fraud typically occurs on high mileage, late
model used cars.
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Exon said this new law, originally suggested by the Nebraska New
Car anclTruck Dealers Association, will significantly deter the
interstate laundering of ownership titles and odometer tampering.
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
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—— SENATE; HEARINGS ON AIRPORT TRUST FUND AND AIR SAFETY
LINCOLN, NEBR. - The U.S. Senate Aviation Subcommittee,
which Nebraska’s U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON is expected to become
chairman of in January, will hold a field hearing at Chicago’s
O’Hare International Airport on Thursday, November
Exon, currently the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee,
said t:hehearing will take testimony on the reauthorization of
the A\’iation Trust Fund, collison avoidance and air traffic
contrc~l systems. The trust fund, supported by taxes on airline
passenger tickets, fuel and tires, is designed to provide funds
to ensure safe and efficient air travel. In addition, the
hearing will focus on air traffic control delays in larger
airpor”ts, including Chicago O’Hare International Airport, which
is one of the nation’s busiest airports.
RcjnGreerr manager of Eppley Airfield in Omaha, is scheduled
to testify at the hearing.
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a’Jim E;on
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
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L:[NCOLN, NEBR . -- Nebraska U.S. Senator JIM
Senators Ernest Hollings (D-SC) and William Cohen
EXON will join
(R-Maine) in a
trip to the People’s Republic of China and South Korea which is
leaving this Saturday.
Exon is a member of the Armed Services Committee and the
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The trip’s
schedule will focus on military and trade issues.
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The group will depart November 15th and return to the United
States November 29th. In South Korea, the first stop of the
trip, the senators will meet with the President
of South Korea
and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In China they will meet
with :pense.
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. Contact: MarkBowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
For Rel!-ease Țhursday, November 13, 1986
—— EXON El~LISTSCONGRESS’ SUPPORT FOR GOODYEAR
LIl~COLN, NEBR. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEB) contacted
Attorney General Edwin Meese and the Securities and Exchange
Commission regarding the potential hostile takeover of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company. He has also written to all other 434
Members of Congress to enlist support in protecting the community and
nat:ioniilinterests involved in the possible takeover.
Exon, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, met Wednesday
with employee and management representatives of the Goodyear plant
Lincoln.
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‘The bitter hostile takeover attempt of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Corporation by Sir James Goldsmith points to some serious gaps
in the federal securities and antitrust law,” Exon said in a letter
all Members of Congress. “While the federal securities law
proteccs share-holders’ investments, it does not take into sufficient
consideration worker or community investments,” he stressed.
Exon said he “fears this latest financial tug of war between
Goldsmith and the Goodyear management will not only compromise the
significant ‘investment that the Lincoln Goodyear workers have made
in their company, but will also damage the entire corporation in a
manner which will not serve any interest,” Exon said.
The Nebraska Senator urged Edwin Meese, U.S. Attorney General,
whc)heads the Department of Justice to “carefully monitor this
acquisition attempt and take whatever steps are necessary to insure
that the national interest is protected.” In Exon’s letter to Meese,
he said “because the Goodyear Corporation is a major employer, a key
defense contractor, and high technology firm, there is an important
national interest in the outcome of this struggle.”
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EXON : REAGAN SPEECH HURTS U.S. CREDIBILITY
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News
Contact: MarkBowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
Wi4SHINGTON, D.C. -- “The President is in charge of foreign
polic:~ and I do not believe he has done anything illegal. That does
not make his actions right and these are certainly morally wrong,”
said IJ.S.Senator Jim Exon, a senior member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee.
“While he was sending arms to Iran he was simultaneously
the American people and our allies that it was wrong.”
telling
he and the Israelis want to deal with Iranian terrorists, so
be it, But to whimper that he was unfairly treated by the American
press when the ‘leak’ obviously came from his clandestine Iranian
connered him the 34th vote necessary to sustain his arms sales to
Saudi Arabia.w
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‘He told me that the Saudis needed the arms to protect their oil
fields from Iran. Before and after that, he was secretly supplying
arms to Iran that obviously could be used against the Saudis. The
Presic~ent seems to believe that his being the major weapons supplier
to th~:world best assures peace.n
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‘He and his secret Iranian friends say there was no deal or
discussions of arms for hostages. If you believe them both, then what
did the President get?n
have so deteriorated in our foreign policy that we are
trying to become co-conspirators with the Ayatollah Khomeini and his
ilk, t:henwe are truly headed for disaster.”
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330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
News
Contact: Mark Bowen
Telephone:202-224-4224
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D-NEBR), author of
the law creating the new American gold coins, Friday urged the U.S.
Mint to open additional production lines to meet the demand for the
coins.
Irla letter to Donna Pope, Director
of the rJ.S.Mint, Exon said he
has received numerous complaints about the lack of availability of the
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“I urge you to consider, at least temporarily expanding production
of the!coins ... It would be a shame to have a shortage situation
coins and the Mint’s distribution
system.
during the holiday gift giving season,” Exon said.
The Nebraska Senator asked the Director of the Mint for a full
report,on whether there is any evidence of ‘hoarding or excessive
mark-up by the 25 designated primary distributors or their customers.”
“I introduced the American Gold Bullion Coin Act to give the
American people an alternative to investment in foreign gold, not to
enrich large financial institutions,” Exon said.
In addition, Exon requested U.S. Mint officials to investigate
whether Japanese buyers have received preferential treatment in
purchasing
the smaller gold coins.
“The popularity of these coins will continue only if the Mint acts
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●’ Jim E;on
330 Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
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EXIONSUBMITS TESTIMONY ON GOODYEAR TAKEOVER BATTLE
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. SENATOR JIM EXON (D–NEB) submitted
testimony Tuesday to a special meeting of the House Judiciary
Committee called to review the Goodyear takeover battle.
Exon reiterated his opposition to Sir James Goldsmith’s
hostile attempt to take control of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company. The Nebraska Democrat who has sought Congressional and
Administration opposition to the Goldsmith move told the
Co]nmittee that the acquisition was not in the nation’s best
interest, nor the interests of the communities involved. The
Senator renewed his call for the Administration to “intervene to
prsvent the unnecessary destructiveness on the acquisition
attempt.”
Exon, a senior Senate Armed Services Committee member,
●’ pointed to the national security issues involved in the Goodyear
takeover attempt. “The importance of Goodyear as a defense
contractor cannot be underestimated and the dangers of it
falling under foreign control cannot be mitigated by selective
liquidation of assets” Exon’s statement said. “We should be as
protective of this defensive resource in peace time as we would
be during war time.”
The Senator also questioned corporate America’s ability
to compete in the international market place when it must
“constantly fear the hungry carnivores on Wall Street”.
The Nebraska Senator’s statement said he will “continue to
seek action from the Administration and will examine legislative
avenues available to Congress.~
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Governor Bob Kerrey stopped a train transporting nuclear waste
at the statefs southern border because the state had not been
notified of the specific shipment. The train was carrying spent
nuclear fuel from the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in
Pennsylvania.
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In the final days of the session the 99th Congress approved Exonts
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emergency legislation to aid family operated farms facing an
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Congressional approval of legislation to provide farm credit to
family sized farmers. Unfortunately, President Reagan vetoed the
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only a one-year freeze. Exon~s effort doubled the length of the
freeze to two full years.
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All America yearns to know the cause of the,explosion. It
was a tragedywe all hoped would neveroccur, but subconsciously
realized could happen. Congress will hold hearings on the accident,
but it is NASA who will find the cause of the explosion.
Yes, the space program willbe delayed whileNASA searches for
answers, but the program will not stop. The investigativeteam
willdevoteall the resourceswhichbuiltthe incrediblespaceshuttle
toward findingthe cause. The investigationwilltake time and we
should not expectquick answers. Rest assured if any one can find
the cause of the explosion, it is NASA.
The “Challenger” crew did not die in vain. The nation’s
spaceprogram willbe safer due to the unfortunate accidentwhich
befellthe “Challenger’s” outstanding crew. They symbolizedour
nation’s best and were among the bold willingto put their lives
on the line and push technology to the limits.
We have shared the victories of space as a nation and now
we haveshared the sorrow. Our national commitmentto the space
program should be strengthened. We feel the loss in our hearts
and won’t forget the tragedy, but we willlearn from the accident
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Gramm-Rudman has been the law for just a short time and
on March 1stit willbegin to take its toll on agriculture and rural
America when $11.7 billion is expected to be cut from the current
year federal budget.
Some say agriculture won’t be harmed by Gramm-Rudman,
but all the signspoint to deep cuts in farm programs important
to Nebraska. Nearly everyday headlines appear specifying how
Gramm-Rudman will cut programs from reducing commodity
loan rates below their rock bottom levelsto cutting agriculture
research at the University of Nebraska.
Gramm-Rudman is not across-the-board deficit reduction as
was touted in December. The Gramm-Rudman legislationwhich
was attached to the President’s request to increase the debt ceilingto
$2trillionexemptsmore than one-half of the federalbudget
from cuts. That means the remaining one-half of the budget,
whichincludesagriculture,must bear the burden $11.7
billion in Gramm-Rudman automatic budget cuts.
Agriculture programs comprise only about three percent of
the total federal budget, yet under Gramm-Rudman it must bear
over 11percent of the mandated cuts. No one objects, especially
farmers, to taking a fair share of budget reductions to cut the
budget deficit, but asking farmers to accept more than their share
is wro,ng.Agricultural programs affect far more than just the nation’s
two million farmers.
I opposed Gramm-Rudman from the beginning because I
recognized it would further damage the already depressed rural
economy. I said then that a vote for Gramm-Rudman was a vote
to cut agriculture and that premise has held true. Many in Congress
who voted for it suggested the proposal would not harm
agriculture. Now that reality has struck home, those who supported
Gramm-Rudman are beginningto recognizethe dire consequences
Gramm-Rudman brings to agriculture.
Some of the same people who voted for Gramm-Rudman
have suggestedthat the Congress should reopen the Farm Billto
make improvements. Better it had been done right the first time.
Reopening the Farm Bill might result in more reductions. I suspect
the Administration would use such an opportunity to make
further cuts in the farm program.
No one denies the need to reduce the budget deficit. Working
to reduce deficit spending has been one of my highest priorities.
The nearly $200billion annual budget deficitsthe nation has
experiencedduring the last fiveyears threatens our economic future.
As a fiscalconservative,I support the BalancedBudgetConstitutional
Amendment and have coauthored numerous budget
proposals to freeze and reduce federal spending.
There is no doubt that the country needsto be put on a crash
spending diet, but Gramm-Rudman is the wrong prescription.
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Time to Get Tough on Espionage
In 1985more than a dozen spy cases were uncovered. These
security breaches brought to light the need to reviewthe punishments
for espionage.
Judging from the recent cases, today’s espionageappears to
be motivated more by financial gain than by political ideology.
Today’s spies are molded in the figure of Judas, willing to sell
their knowledgeand compromise their country for a quick buck.
We as a nation cannot tolerate spyingby privatecitizens,military
personnel or civil servants. Espionage, done for an ally or
potential adversary, is a crime that victimizesall Americans. Traitors
are an affront to our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Espionage should carry one of the most severepenalties, but
that has not always been the case. The Armed ServicesCommittee,
on which I serve, has made changes to crackdown on military
personnel convicted of espionage. Last year, for example,
the provisionsof military law were changed to include the death
penalty as an option of the military courts for espionage. Previously
the maximum punishment under military law was life imprisonment.
This military law was not tough enough. It was not
even a true life sentence because it allowed for parole within ten
years.
We need to employ lie detector examinations on a selective
basis to protect our national security secrets and better deter
would-be traitors.
It isestimatedthat over one-thirdof all Sovietdiplomatshave
full-timeresponsibilityfor gathering information in the U.S. This
isespeciallyworrisomegiventhe sizeof the Sovietdiplomaticmissions
at the United Nations, in Washington, D.C. and San
Francisco.
The government can deter spyingwith a thorough reviewof
security clearances, but that is only a start. The U.S. needs
to fight fire with fire by improving our counterintelligencetechniques
to combat spying.
Congressshould not drag its feet in enacting tougher penalties,
beefingup U.S. counterintelligenceand taking the profit out
of spying. I am also cosponsoring legislationto prevent convicted
spiesfrom reaping profits by writingbooks or sellingtheir stories.
Each day we wait gives foreign agents and traitors another
opportunity to steal security secrets and victimize America.
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The Presidentis seeking$320billion,approximatelyone-third
of the total federal budget, for the Defense Department in 1987.
This is an increase of eight percent real growth after last year’s
decline.In funding our defenseneedsCongress,the President and
the American public face both the very real Soviet commitment
and the equally dangerous federal budget deficit.
As a senior member of the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee
and a participant in our securitydecisions,I keep severalbasic
thoughts in mind. First, there would be no winners in a nuclear
war, so preventionis obviouslya necessity.Second,giventhe massiveSovietmilitary
buildup, the U.S. requires sufficient military
power to discourageaggressors. Third, whilestrong and modern
armed forcesare needed for deterrence,militarysuperiorityis not.
Fourth, while the Soviets substantially outnumber the U.S. in
some categoriesof weaponry, we excelin others and the U.S has
advantagesin technology,geography, and the combined strength
of our allies to better balance the Soviet arsenal.
In the foreseeablefuture it is inevitablethat nuclear technol-
ogy will be the core of our national security since it cannot be
‘Cuninvented.” Accordingly, we must modernize our forces with
efforts like the B-1 and Stealth bombers, cruise missiles,mobile
Midgetman missile and the Trident missile submarine. On the
other hand, the MX missilebasing plan is vulnerable to attack
and places a “hair-trigger” on our nuclear forces. Research of
the Strategic Defense Initiative is needed, but it is not the “ultimate”
weapon or necessarilythe best answerto our defenseneeds.
Similarly, our conventional weapons programs must be
scrutinizedto avert purchasingdefectiveweaponsand avoid duplication.
Fewpeoplerealizethat conventionalweaponscan be more
costly to buy and maintain than nuclear ones. If negotiations allow
lessrelianceupon nuclear forces, our defensespendingwould
probably remain high, to counter the large Sovietsuppliesof conventional
forces.
All arms reductions efforts are just as important as modernizingweapons.Althoughgreat
differencesremain betweenthe two
superpowers, I am guardedly optimistic that some meaningful
nuclear arms reductions can be achieved. As we strive to reduce
the risks of nuclear war we must work carefully to ensure that
conventional war does not become a more attractive alternative.
The nation’s security willcontinue to require a high levelof
spending. While the amount the nation can afford to spend on
defensemust be balanced by the need to reducethe budgetdeficit,
we must not forget that factors outside our borders aIsoinfluence
defense requirements.
Now more than evereverydefensedollar must be spent wisely.
Congressionalefforts to curb waste in defense spending must
continue. This is important to maximizeour limited defense dollars
and retain public confidence to finance our national security.
We must do our best to balance the nation’s priorities among
defense, domestic programs, includingagriculture, and reducing
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I Suggest the Absence of a Quorum!
Live from the nation’s capitol, it’s the U.S. Senate! It won’t
be that dramatic, but on June Ist the Senate will open its doors
to live TV coverage. Radio coverage has already begun. The
proceedings will be available as a test until July 15th when the
Senate will vote on whether to make the telecast permanent.
Even though the House of Representativeshas been televised
since 1979the Senate has not instituted TV coverage sooner because
of concerns about how its rules and integrity might be affected.
The Senate has very different rules than the House of
Representatives.The 45 day test willallow the Senate to evaluate
how televisionwillaffect the rules and determine if it willimpede
or enhance the legislativeprocess.
A major concern expressed has been how TV might affect
the rules of filibuster and jeopardize the rights of the political
minorities, such as the interests of the family farm. Unlike the
House of Representatives, any member of the Senate may delay
legislativebusiness with a filibuster.
Others suspect that TV coverage may tempt senators to use
the TV cameras as a platform to personally enhance their careers
rather than address the issues. I’m hopeful senators will not let
vanity stand in the way of business. Some fear that the Senate
willbe bogged down by attempts to conduct committee business
on the Senate floor simply so it could appear on TV.
The Senate is known as the most deliberative body in the
world so viewersshould not expectcoverageto challengethe networks
for viewership ratings. TV coverage will change some of
the preconceptions the public may have about the grandeur of
the Senate.
Viewersexpectingto see daily heated debate and a crowded
room of senators willbe disappointed. The viewingaudiencedso
should not assume that because they don’t see many senators in
the chamber on TV that they are not working. The Senate chamber
is usually very quiet, with only a few members in the chamber
at any one time, exceptwhen votes are called. Senators spend
most of their time working through a heavy scheduleof committee
meetings where legislation is formed for floor action.
Broadcasts of the Senate will improve America’s access to
the actions of their elected officials, but there will be more to
watching the Senate than just turning on the television. Viewers
willneed to become familiar with Senate lingo and its sometimes
complicated rules. Words like “cloture,” “quorum call,”
“second-degree amendment” and others need to be understood
to comprehend Senate actions.
It is important to note that the Senate has always conducted
its business in the open. More than 3,500 news reporters from
across the country scrutinize every facet of the Senate and the
Senators lives. Many Senate committee and subcommittee hearings
are already telecast by C-SPAN, the group which televises
the House of Representatives.
Millionsof people depend on the electronic media for a significant
portion of their news. Televisingthe Senate would seem
the next step in the evolution of using modern technology to inform
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Reorganizingthe Defense Department
to Meet Tomorrow’sNeeds
Under legislation proposed by the Senate Armed Services
Committee the Department of Denfense could see the first significant
changes in its organization since Dwight D. Eisenhower
was President.
The need for change is clear. Even though the U.S. has the
best equipped and trained armed forces ever fielded, weapons,
warfare, and international relations have all become more complex.
More than ever, it is necessaryto encourage strategic planning
and streamline defense decision making.
The reviewof the Pentagon began more than a year ago when
I participated in a Georgetown University study which identified
the need for organizational changes. Many of that study’s findingswerealsoreachedby
the Armed ServicesCommittee,of which
I am a senior member, and were used as the basis for the legislation.
The legislationaddressesseveralseriousproblems within the
existingDefenseDepartment hierarchy. Some of the problemsinclude:
an overemphasis on the day-to-day management of the
DefenseDepartment with too little attention to strategyand planning
operations; an unhealthy competition between the armed
services;and a lack of “joint” perspective by the services. Just
as worrisome are the bloated and duplicative staffs.
In today’s complex world of high tech weapons and rapidly
changing political situations, the need for a “joint” perspective
of strategicplanning and cooperation among all the militaryservicesis
greater than ever. The individualarmed servicesmust think
more as a team and lay aside parochial self-interests. Competition
between the servicesis fine when the Army and Navy football
teams play, but not when it comes to defending America.
The legislationwould give more authority to the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and place greater emphasis on the
needs of the field combat commanders. The bill would eliminate
duplicationby the large military and civilianstaffs in the Defense
Department. For theseorganizationalchangesto be effectivethey
must be accompanied by a change of attitude by each service.
The Armed ServicesCommittee also indicatedthat Congress
can aid in this reorganizationby not micromanagingeveryproject
at the Pentagon. More and more in recentyearsCongresshas tried
to participate in managing defense projects through the budget
process. For example, in 1985Congressional Committees made
1,848changes in the defense budget. Congress has the responsibility
to review the Defense Department actions, but this many
changessignalthat Congressmay have gotten too involvedin the
day-to-day operations of projects. This much involvementtends
to add to the bureaucracy which should be streamlined.
Rapidly changing technology and international situations
mandate that our high tech defense system is not made obsolete
by an outdated decision making process. The amount of money
spenton defenseis meaninglessunlesswe modernizethe organizational
hierarchy of the Defense Department to meet the times.
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Rural Lenders and Borrowers
Get Some Relief
After more than a year of meetings, letters, and Congressionalhearings,
we have been successfulin pressuring the federal
bank regulators to make some of the changes needed to help
reduce the rising number of rural bank closingsand farm foreclosures.
Federal regulators recently indicated they willease accounting
rules on rural banks who have been hurt by the depressed
agriculturaleconomy.The changes,whichshouldhave been made
last year, couldpreventmore rural banks, farms and ranchesfrom
being put on the auction block. We now must monitor their actions
to make sure they match their words. I am also supporting
an effort to make these bank regulation changes permanent law.
Agricultural lenders continue to face serious problems because
of high interest rates, an overvalued dollar, low farm income
and decliningland values. Rural banks have been closing
at an increasingrate. Theseclosingshave forced hundredsof farmers
and ranchersto deal with the FDIC on their outstandingloans.
All too often this has led to many unnecessary farm and ranch
foreclosures.Some agricultural bankers face the difficult options
of foreclosing,riskingthe bank’s own liquidation or being forced
into a merger by bank regulators. There are other choices.
In a recent report, the FDIC finally acknowledged the seriousness
of farm bank problems in rural America previously ig-
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nored. The report outlines the advantages of both a Net Worth
and loss deferral programs as two measures to aid rural banks.
Last year I proposed extending the Net Worth program, which
is already law for home lending institutions, so the FDIC could
aid similarlydistressedrural lenders. Similarly, a loan lossdeferral
program would help rural areas by permitting farm banks to
write-off their agricultural loan lossesover a number of years instead
of limiting it to one year.
The FDIC report correctly concludes, as I have suggested,
that “a carefully constructed program that enables farm banks
to defer or be reimbursed for some portion of their lossescould
help reduce the number of bank failures and limit further disruptions
to farm communities.”
Decliningland values are a source of many rural economic
problems. In Nebraska, farm land values have dropped as much
as 50070since 1981.Establishinga secondarymarket for farm real
estate and permitting banks to hold agricultural land for a longer
period of time are two options being considered by the Congress
to ease the pressure on rural America. It may also be preferable
for banksto leaseland whichhas been foreclosedback to the operator,
rather than sellingit out from underneath a temporarilytroubled
borrower.
Closing a small town’s only bank seriouslyaffects the com-
‘. munity’s economic viability. Federal bank regulators need to
recognizethat a troubled rural bank isjust as serious as an ailing
multi-national bank. In my opinion, federal regulators have not
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1987 Budget CommitteeProposal
For the first time in a number of years the Senate Budget
Committeeworked in a uniquebipartisan manner and sentits 1987
budget proposal to the full Senate. This budget is very fair to
agriculture. The Committee rejected the Administration’s plans
to severelycut rural programs.
As a fiscal conservative, I have always advocated the need
to balance the federal budget. Like families and businessesthe
federal government must balance its accounts or risk the consequencesof
financial ruin. The federal government, however, has
violated this basic economic rule for a number of years. It has
continually spent more than it received in tax revenue.
Since1981,the national debt -- the accumulationof the yearly
budget deficits -- has more than doubled to $2 trillion. Annual
deficits of $200 billion have become commonplace since the
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I am hopeful that the bipartisan spirit of the Senate Budget
Committeewhichproduced this agreement, willcarry this budget
through the Congress. The Senate Budget Committee bipartisan
proposal represents a giant step toward fiscal discipline.
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Drawing the Line on Terrorism
The United States has drawn the line against Libyan-backed
terrorism. Libya has been a sanctuary for terrorists to plan attacks,
but the recent American bombing raid on Libyan terrorist
training areas has made Colonel Khadhafy fully aware that the
United States willrespond to terrorist aggressions.America will
not sit quietly while innocent people die in unprovoked terrorist
attacks.
Terrorism is an ever-present danger in today’s world which
is difficult to counter becauseit is usuallyindiscriminateand unpredictable.
Too many Americans have suffered and been killed
as a resultof terrorist acts. America must take all possibleprecautions
against terrorism and strike back whenever necessary. The
interceptionand capture of the hijackersof the cruiseship Achille
Lauro illustratedwhat our intelligenceand armed forcesare capable
of accomplishingwhen the occasion presents itself. Given the
evidenceof past Libyan involvementin terrorism, the President
had no choice but to order the air strike against Libya on April
14th.
Closecooperation with other governmentsis essentialto effectivelycombat
terrorism. On numerous occasions, the United
States has worked with other governments and successfully
preventedterrorist acts. These ties must be strengthened. Nations
mustwork togetherto form an internationalagreementthat would
defineinternationalterrorism,denypoliticalsanctuaryto terrorists
anywhere in the world, and impose economic sanctions against
nations supporting terrorism.
Other defensivemeasures must also be taken to prevent terrorist
acts. Airport and airline security must be improved. Congress
has approved more airport security inspections and an
expansionof the “Sky Marshal” program. Stepshave been taken
to improvethe securityof buildingsand installationsoperated by
the United States overseas. Our government officials and service
personnel are receivingcounter-terrorism training. Nonetheless,
the recent bombing of a TWA jetliner and several terrorist acts
against U.S. servicemenand their dependents in Europe reveal
that still stronger security measures are needed.
With the exception of Great Britain, I was disappointed at
the attitude of our European allies to the bombing of Libyan
bases. Even though European nations have been the repeated victimsof
terrorism,they havenot acted decisivelyagainststate sponsoredterrorism.Untilrecently,mostEuropean
allieshavenot even
supported economicsanctionsor diplomaticactions. Instead they
tried to avoid the reality of the attacks and distanced themselves
from the problem. Then, ironically, they complain that Americans
are not vacationing in Europe.
The recent diplomatic actions taken by the European Community
to limit the travel rights and number of Libyan officials
are a step in the right direction, but still far short of what is
needed.Terrorismthreatensthe peopleof all nationsand the sooner
all nations join in the effort to fight it, the sooner it will be
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Interstatesare among the safestroads in America. They were
built for safe travel at speedshigherthan 55 mph. There is a myth
that the publicobeysthe 55mph law and that it isbeingenforced.
In reality the statistics tell a story of wholesale violations.
Givingstatesthe option to increasethe INTERSTATE speed
limit to 70 mph, or even 65 mph if that is acceptable, without
losingfederalhighwayfunds, as I propose, makes sensewhen you
look at the statistics. The 55 mph law would be RETAINED on
all other roads, which is where the most traffic fatalities occur.
Interstate travelers know traffic goes faster than the ignored
55 mph limit. The U.S. Department of Transportation statistics
show that the speed at which most traffic moves on rural interstate
is 64 mph in Nebraska and is 66 mph nationally. It is obvious
from the figures that on Nebraska’s rural interstate the
legislation would in reality only raise the speed limit five miles
per hour above what motorists are actually driving. If we compromise
on 65 mph for rural interstates, we would be exactly at
the speed most people travel and they could do it legally.
In 1985,only 3,918 tickets were issued to motorists traveling
between 56 mph and 65 mph on Nebraska’s interstate, while
27,364ticketswereissuedto motoristsexceeding65 mph. According
to the Department of Transportation, an astounding 86 percent
of the traffic on Nebraska’s rural interstate exceedsthe 55
mph law. Much of this leniencycan be attributed to Nebraska’s
minimal$10 fine and no lossof driving points if caught speeding
less than 65 mph on the interstate.
Critics of givingthe states the option to raise the interstate
speedhavecitedmisleadingfatality figures.They refer to the number
of fatalities on all Nebraska roads, while the bill deals ~
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Safety officials attribute too many deaths to speed. In 1985
less than five percent of Nebraska traffic fatalities occurred on
interstates and speed was not listed as a factor in ANY of them.
More than 90 percent of fatalities nationwide occur on roads
which would retain the 55 mph law.
Skepticsincorrectly assume that if the interstate speed were
raised to as much as 70 mph motorists would drive 75 mph or
more. This is wrong since the minimal penalty would no longer
exist as an incentiveto break the law. Strict enforcement of the
70 mph limit on interstates and 55 mph law on other roads, accompanied
by expensivefines, would discourage speedingon all
roads. People drive at the enforced speed limits, not just those
posted.
Finallythe 55 mph law was enacted in response to an energy
crisis. No one has forgotten the oil shortages, but today we have
an entirelydifferent situation. If we encounter another energycri-
sis, we may have to reduce limitsagain. Now, autos are more fuel
efficient and fuel prices are stable. Also we must recognizethat
the interstate system is less than seven percent of all highways.
With these facts in mind, increasingthe interstate limitwould not
significantlyaffect consumption or safety.
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Tax reform is taking off like a rocket herein the Senate. The
Senate Finance Committee, in sending the tax reform bill to the
Senate floor with a unanimous vote, has taken the first bold step
to modernize the tax system in 30 years.
The bill contains significantreductions in tax rates for both
individuals and businesses. It simplifies the individual tax rate
structure by reducing from 14 to 2 the number of tax brackets.
The two new brackets for individuals would be 15Y0and 27V0,
nearlycuttingin one-halfthe current top tax bracket of 50070.The
top corporate tax rate would be reduced from 46V0to 330/0.
The measure eliminatesmost of the unfair tax shelters used
by nonfarmer-ranchers to unfairly compete against our family
farm interests. This will discourage most nonfarmers from entering
agricultureto operate it as a loss simplyso they can escape
paying taxes on other income.
The tax reform packageincludesa minimumtax on largecorporations
which have been escaping their federal tax liabilities.
This is a major step toward tax equity which I have advocated
for many years.
One area whichhopefullycan be further reviewedby the full
Senateis the total eliminationof deductibilityof IndividualRetirement
Account (IRA) contributions. We are reviewingoptions to
at leastpartirdlyrestorethe deductibilityof IW. IRAswerecreated
in 1981to stimulate individualsto better plan for their retirement.
IRAs were also viewed as an incentiveto increase savings
in the United States and to improve capital formation. Among
industrialized nations we are the worst “savers.”
The Senate tax reform bill includes some provisions which
would particularly benefit farmers. The Senate bill would permit
farmers to deduct up to one-half the cost of their health insurance
premiums. We are asking farmers, ranchers and small business
owners to advise us of any concerns they find with the bill
as all review its details.
The Senate tax reform bill is vastly superior to the version
approved by the House of Representativeslast fall. I am confident
that the Senate bill will serveas the framework upon which
the final tax reform bill will be approved by Congress.
A consensus has developed that the Senate tax reform
proposal appears, on the whole, to be a good bill with many advantages.Despitesomeof
the drawbacksto the billI am enthusiastic
about the opportunity to improveour current complicatedand
confusing tax system.
A struggleis beginning to emerge as to whether tax reform
should proceed ahead of the 1987budget bill. With the staggering
deficitproblem and the Gramm-Rudman law of blind acrossthe-board
cuts threatening programs, it seemsobviousto me that
the budget should be the first priority followed immediately by
tax reform. Yet, the Senate Republican leadership, who schedules
action, has failed to abide by the Gramm-Rudman requirement
that the federal budget be finished by April 15th.
There is no reason not to put both of these important measures
on a fast track. The taxpayers are ready for the Senate to
act. The country is waiting. Let’s not delay.
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GrainQualityImportantto IncreasingExports
The export grain market isveryimportant to American farmers.
With the growing competitivenessbetween nations on the
world grain market, it is vital that the United States grain be of
superior quality.
We have all heard the horror stories about U.S. grains being
criticizedby customers for being of inadequate quality. During
the past fiveyears, agriculturalexportshavedecreased28qo,from
$41billionin 1980to $29billionin 1985.The criticalstoriesabout
lowqualitystandards has been a factor contributingto the decline
of U.S. grain exports.
Adding nongrain materials to export grains hurts the reputation
of the American farmer and American exporter. It only
takes one bad shipment of poor quality grain for a foreign customer
to decide the low quality is not worth the price and go to
one of our competitors, like Canada, Argentina, or in Europe.
I am supporting legislationwhich would improve the quality
of grain exportedby imposingnew, stricterstandards. The legislation
would prevent an export elevator from adding nongrain
materials to grain designated for export. In addition, I am supporting
trade legislationthat would provide payment-in-kind incentives
for improved export grain quality.
Exported grain quality simply must be improved. The U.S.
has enough difficulty fightingthe tariffs and trade barriers being
erected against U.S. exports without having to deal with a poor
quality product being delivered.
U.S. farmers are being undercut in the world market by foreign
farmers who are heavilysubsidizedby their nation’s treasuries.
U.S. farmers produce the highest quality of farm goods at
the most efficient rate. Without a doubt this high quality should
be passed along to our foreign customers. A high quality product
will ensure repeat customers and increased agricultural exports.
The end result willbe better market prices, a stronger agricultural
economy and higher farm incomes.
It is in the best interest of our agricultural sector to make
grain quality standards tougher. It willdemonstrate to customers
on the world market that the United States farmer and hisgovernment
are committed to providing the highest quality grain available.
It could also erase a perception caused by previous
agricultural embargoes that the United States is not a reliable
supplier.
The United States must be aggressive in recapturing
customerson the world agricultural markets. To recapture those
customers, our nation, just as any businesswould, must offer the
best product available on the world market. Our farmers can
produce the best product and federal law should ensure that the
best product is delivered.
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Oncea the Administration is sidingwith bakers, millers
and exporterson an important matter facingAmerica’sstruggling
food producers. This affront is directed at the upcoming wheat
produc:erpoll, and the Administration is supporting lower wheat
prices.
In the past severalweeksfarmershavebeendelugedwithprice
and set-asideestimates that could result from a mandatory program.
,4s expected,the Department of Agriculturehas publicized
projectionswhichvery convenientlysupport the Administration’s
position. We need only cite the Department’s mishandling and
faulty projections of the impact of the Dairy Termination Program
to realizethat their numbers are suspect and the real question
is the direction we should take in agricultural policy.
The Reagan Administration would have us believethat increased
exports will be the salvation of American agriculture.
There is no basis in fact for this. Indeed, during the nearly six,
years of its policieswe have witnessedone of the steepestcrashes
in producerpricesin history. Savea sustainedworld-widedrought
or someother unexpecteddisaster,there is littlechancefor a price 1
turn-around. Do we wager what is left of family farm solvency
on a long shot chance of a world-wide disaster? I strongly urge
againsl.such a policy or folly as I view it.
Even if .4dministration farm policiesdo result in increased
exportf;,improvementsin domesticfarm incomedo not seemlike-,
Iy. One anal!{sisof the 1985Farm Bill (conducted with the help ~••‹ðž–•ˆ••Œ,mz•
of two highlyregardedMidwesternland grant universities)predicts
that farm income willdeclinefrom $26.6billion in 1985to $21.8I
billion in 1989.That amounts to an 18percent reduction. An 18~
percentreductionin income,evenfor those farmers not now nearing
bankruptcy, would be devastating. It would be the “swan 1
song” for much of rural America, tearing away at the basic fiber
of society in greater Nebraska.
In addition to domestic farm prices, farmers must consider t
world-wideagriculturalproduction possibilities.The world is now
produ(:ingmore food than ever thought possible. Biologicaland
techni(:aladvances have put agriculture at the brink of an un-,
precedented production explosion. Any country with an ounce
of common sense will grab the opportunity to become selfsufficient
in food
as the United States accomplished
in its beginnings.
Somestartlingexamplesof this increasedagriculturalproduction
are evident. China has been able to increase wheat production
by more than 300 percent since 1960with very little change
in wheat acreage.China currentlyusesabout 11percentof its land
for agriculture. What will happen when they expand their available
areas?
China is not alone. From 1960to 1985,Bangladeshincreased
wheatproductivityby 4,797percent, starting at 29,000metrictons
in 1960and ending in 1985with 1.4 million metric tons.
India has achieved successin wheat production, largely by
expanding the area harvested. From 1960to 1985India’s wheat
production rose by 329 percent, and since 1980rose another 39
percent.
A significantlynew trend in world food production has been
established. If policy makers and American farmers ignore that
trend, the result willbe continued depressionand uncertainty for
our producers.
In addition to considering foreign production capabilities,
American farmers should bear in mind the cost of current farm
programs. The current program willcost the governmentbillions
of dollars over the next several years. In this era of staggering
federal expenditures, the future of expensiveprograms, no matter
how well-intendedand necessary,is precariousat best. Bycontrast,
controversial as a mandatory program might be, it will
greatly reduce federal-expenditures and begin to inject muchneeded
income into a depressed rural America. It will bring
profitablesupplyinto balancewith reasonabledemand. The sooner
we realize we cannot “produce” our way out of this agricultural
dilemma, the better.
The vote that farmers cast in this poll will be one of their
most important. It willsend a clear message,one way or another,
as to how satisfiedAmerica’swheat farmers are with current farm
policies.I urge them to send a messageto the President and Congressthat
current pricesare not acceptableand that they are willing
to do their part in reducing government subsidies and
improving farm t)rices.
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National Guard & ReservesRole in Defense
The largest portion of our nation’s defense budget goes
toward the pay and benefits of the men and women who serve
in the armed forces and endure the riggers of military life.
Recognizingthis fact, Congresshas embracedthe Total Force
Conceptprogram whichincreasesrelianceupon the part-time soldiers,
sailors,and airmen of the National Guard and the Reserves.
Sincethe Guard and Reservesservein uniform only one weekend
per month and two weeks annual active duty, and do not fully
qualifyfor militaryhealth care and governmenthousing,they cost
much Iess to operate than active duty personnel.
Another factor encouraginggreater relianceupon the Guard
and Reservesis that the membersof theseunitsare talented, motivated
personnelwho often have servedmany years of activeduty
experience.
The Total Force Concept integrates the Guard and Reserves
closer than ever into our nation’s overall military strategy. In a
time of crisis,Guard and Reserveunitswould mobilizeand deploy
overseas either before or with their active duty counterparts.
The goal of the Total Force Concept is to make the Guard
and Reservesas prepared as the active armed forces. Right now
the Guard and Reservecomprise 35070of the Army combat divisions,
86Y0of the Navy’sminesweepers,nearly 70070of the fighter
planes protecting the United States, and one-third of all the
Air Force’s fighter planes.
With this greater reliance on the Guard and Reserves, the
days of the “weekend warrior” are gone. What was once two
weeks annual training is now frequently three weeks. Instead of
two days per month, additional eveningsare frequently needed
to achieve the required levels of readiness.
Despiteitssuccess,somequestionsremain regardingthe Total
Force Concept. First, although Guard and Reserveunits are less
expensive,the cost is still high in order to make them as ready
as active military units. Higher readiness can only be achieved
by providing the Guard and Reserveswith greater support services
from the active duty services.
Another major difficulty arises in purchasing the quantities
of needed modern equipment. Despite the modernization of
weapons,many Guard and Reserveunitshaveobsoleteequipment,
such as agingaircraft and Korean War-vintageanti-aircraft guns.
The readiness of military units also depends on the number
of personnel assigned and the amount and quality of training.
Here again,the Guard and Reservesface seriouschallenges.Training
one weekenda month and two weeksa year is not much time
to developand maintain militaryskills.More training time is possible,
but when it conflicts too much with a civilian career and
family life it jeopardizes retention of personnel.
Despitethe dedicationof allinvolved,there are inherentlimits
to what we can expect of the Guard and Reserves. Nonetheless,
the Guard and Reservesare and must remain an instant, keycomponent
of our nation’s defense, a new role for these talanted
forces.
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In Debt Up to Our Ears
The United States is a world leader for democratic, industrial,
agricultural and scientific achievements. On the darker side
the United States is also the world’slargestdebtor nation. A debtor
nation relies on foreign investmentsto finance its economy.
Our new debtor nation status hangs as a noose around the
economicneck of the United States;just as it does for Venezuela,
Mexico,Argentina and many third world nations which titter on
the verge of economic catastrophe.
The debtor nation status jeopardizes the country’s economic
health and security. For the last 72 years foreign nations have
asked the United States for investment capital, but in 1981the
tables began to turn and the USA now looks to foreigners for
money to support investment and government spending habits.
The federal governmentis the nation’s biggestborrower. Interest
on the national debt already takes the first 15cents of every
tax dollar collected. The old adage of “tax and spend” has
been replacedwith “borrow and spend.” Instead of cuttingspending
sufficiently, raising taxes or using a balanced approach of
both, the federal government has borrowed money to pay for increased
spending and giveaways.
It took 105years for the national debt to reach $1 trillion.
Now only sixyears later, the national debt has doubled to $2trillion
and President Reagan has a request before Congressto raise
it further to $2.3trillion.That is a sad legacyto leaveour children.
The ugly facts are startling. In 1970our national debt was
$383 billion; $544 billion in 1975;$1 trillion in 1981,and over
$2 trillion in 1986. “Supply-side” economics has not increased
the savingsneededto financethe federal government’shuge hunger
for credit. Instead supply-sideeconomic policies of the last
four years have resulted in an unhealthy reliance on foreign
money. This dependencehides the real costs of deficit spending.
Rather than creating hyper-inflation, or a recession, they have
substituted record borrowing. The nation’s borrowing spree has
produced record trade deficits and doubled the national debt.
The merchandisetrade deficitgrewfrom $25.5billionin 1980
to over $148billion in 1985.The U.S. Department of Commerce
estimates that 25,000 American jobs are lost or not created for
every $1 billion increase in the trade deficit. To make matters
worse, economists do not see any quick reversal of the nation’s
trade deficit.
To restore our international economic standing the federal
government must reduce its demand for credit. Cutting deficit
spending and reforming the federal budget process is the key to
reducingthe trade deficit. Unfortunately, the legislativegimmick
known as the Gramm-Rudman law targets spendingcuts in ordy
about one-half of the total federal budget while protecting the
rest from cuts.
If there is a silver lining in the nation’s debtor status, it is
that it might act as a catalystto prompt action. The nation’s debtor
status is a warning signalthat all is not well.The United States
must heed the warning and act befo=the noose strangles the
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percent of production; back near a level where they more
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Over y United States has aided many countries
with technology in an effort to help them be food
self-sufficient. This is an honorable task but it has taken a
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Senate Needs Efficiency to Finish Work
The Congresshas four weeksto complete all of its business
before its scheduled adjournment on October 3rd. We may not
make it. I am for staying on the job until we do it right. Still remaining
on the work calendar are a number of substantial pieces
of legislationincluding President Reagan’s request to again increase
the debt ceiling, the defense budget, the tax reform bill,
the deficit restraints, most of the authorization and appropriations
bills and more.
In agriculture I will be using the suggestionsof those who
testified at the Senate hearing in Lincoln to initiate changes in
the current Farm Bill by administrative action. There probably
is not time for extensivelegislativeremedy this year. It is clear
that the Administration’sFarm Billis a disaster, as I warned early
in opposing it.
Awaiting final action is President Reagan’s annual request
to again increase the national debt ceiling, this time to $2.3 trillion.
When he became President, the national debt was lessthan
$1 trillion. latest request has been convenientlystalledby the
so-calledGramm-Rudman “fro.” The “fix” was crafted after the
automatic budget cutting provision in the original Gramm-
Rudman law was ruled unconstitutional.
The “fix” is an unnecessary delaying tactic. The original
Gramm-Rudmanlaw containeda backup provisionwhichrequires
the Congress to vote on the formula budget cuts if the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled the automatic across-the-board cuts provision
unconstitutional. The new proposed “fix” transfers budget
cuttingfrom the Congressto the Directorof the Officeof Managementand
Budget.I firmlybelieveCongressshouldfollowthe Constitution
and vote on the budget cuts rather than pass the deficit
buck to a non-elected bureaucrat of the executivebranch. Taxpayers
elected Congressto make tough decisions.Voters should
knowwheretheir electedofficialsstand on thesebudgetquestions.
I opposed the “fix,” just as I opposed the original Gramm-
Rudman law. It is one more Congressionalcop-out to avoid the
responsibility of individual budget cuts. The Gramm-Rudman
legislationis being used again, just as it was the first time, to disguisethe
voteto increasethe national debt ceilingto a new record
of $2.3trillion. It is ironic the Gramm-Rudman supporters claim
that by raising the national debt Congresscan reduce the deficit.
If Gramm-Rudman is so good, Congress should vote cin it
separately and not tie it to the debt ceiling.
I will also be participating in Senate-House conference on
the 1987DefenseAuthorization bill. We must get defense spending
under control whilemaintainingan adequate defense.We will
be continuing our Armed ServicesCommittee careful review of
the vitalongoingnegotiationswith the Sovietson arms reductions.
That is the only real long-term possibility to a safer world.
There are many more important items which must be addressedbefore
adjournment. Unfortunately, procrastination will
once again translate into long days and weeks for the Senate.
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Attacking Ethanol Hurts Agriculture
The recently released U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) report entitled “The Fuel Ethanol and Agriculture Economic
AssessmentReport’ is another slap in the face to America’s
farmers. Make no mistake about it, this report is not in tune
with America’s agriculture or our national energy goals.
The report is based on faulty assumptionsthat contradict the
goal of increasing demand for agricultural products. It is disappointing
that the USDA intends to disrupt the development of
ethanol in the United States.
The USDA report claimsthat ethanol programs are not cost
effective. Not so. A 1985study conducted at Purdue University
found that ethanol programs saved the federal government $227
million.Aiding the developmentof the ethanol industry now will
be worthwhile for the nation in the long run.
The report failsto recognizethe valuablecontributionethanol
has made toward lesseningthe United States’dependencyon foreign
oil. Instead the USDA report concludes it would be more
economicalto increasefarmer subsidiesand eliminatethe ethanol
programs.
Farmers don’t want a handout as the USDA report implies;
farmers want a fair price in the market. Undercutting the ethanol
industry by eliminatingprograms would be a step backwards especially
when we are looking for markets to buy agricultural
products.
Ethanol is a bargain for America, but like agriculture, it is
beingchallengedby federalbureaucrats, not by technicalproblems
or environmental concerns.
The federal government should promote the unification of
the ethanol and agricultural industries. The ethanol industry is
more than just a good market for U.S. farmers, it is a sound investment
for America as a hedge against OPEC domination.
The one positiveitem of the report is that it correctly states
that ethanol production raises net farm income. It also correctly
states that ethanol is an excellentoctane enhancer for gasoline.
Both are true statements and carry great weight; yet the USDA
report even tries to disregard these important facts.
The basic foundation of our economy is agriculture, but our
country is driven by carburetors. In that sense, agriculture and
ethanol are important ingredients to our national defense.
Week of September 29, 1986

AmericanGold Coins: They’reHere!
A goal became reality this fall
when the U.S. Mint, authorized by
legislationI introduced, cast the first
“American Eagle” gold coins. Production
of the gold coins in September
culminated more than a year of
work to have the United States mint
the first regular issue gold coins in
more than 50 years.
This effort began with the bill’s
introduction in February 1985,which directed the U.S. Treasury
to mint American gold coins to compete against the then popular
South African Krugerrandgold coins.By December1985,both
Houses of Congress had unanimously approved the bill and the
President had signed it into law.
One very important aspect of this legislation is that profits
from the sale of the American gold coins must be used to reduce
the $2.3 trillion national debt. This mandate specificallyprevents
gold coin profits from being used to further expand federal
spending.
The American Eagle gold coins are scheduled to be available
for purchaseby early November,just in time for the holidays.
The “American Eagle” gold coins willbe availablein four sizes:
one ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce and one-tenth
ounce. This array of sizeswill allow Americans of any financial
means to invest in American gold in the denominations they can
afford.
They will be sold through retail outlets and be priced competitivelywith
the Canadian Mapleleaf, ChinesePanda and South
African Krugerrand gold coins.
The “American Eagle” coin design represents the values of
our great nation; liberty, family and freedom, The coins carry
the AugustusSaint-Gaudens depiction of liberty which appeared
on American $20gold piecesbetween 1907to 1933.The reverse
side displays a family of Eagles, symbolic of American family
values,
Foreign coins proved there is a US. market for gold coins.
Americans now spend more than $1 biIlion annually on foreign
gold coins, That is money leaving our economy for investment
in other countries. I introduced the American gold coin bill to
giveAmericans an alternative to foreign gold coins so they could
investin the United States and help our economyby reducingthe
national debt.
The sale of American gold coins wilI also heIp reduce the
growingUnited States trade deficit. The enormous international
interest shown in the “American Eagle” gold coins signalsthat
they willbe strong contenders in the competitiveworld gold bullion
market and be a bright spot in America’sinternational trade.
Individualswho wish to receiveinformation about the availabilityof
proof coinsand to have their name added to the United
States mint mailing list should write to the U.S. Mint, Account
Maintenance, 10001Aerospace Road, Lanham, MD. 20706.
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