1 DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AUG 07.1996 TRANSFER HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking JIM KULIKOWSKI, THERESE MCAULIFFE, JENNIFER MILLER, and KIM WOLTERSTORFF, United States. DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking JIM KULIKOWSKI, THERESE MCAULIFFE, JENNIFER MILLER, and KIM WOLTERSTORFF, Commerce Inspector General Commerce Science and Technology Programs ............ Trade Policy Promotion and Enforcement Business and Economic Development Commerce Statistical Programs For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052860-7 Page 1 339 363 593 719 871 937 1077 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida JERRY LEWIS, California .A6329 JOE SKEEN, New Mexico FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia TOM DELAY, Texas JIM KOLBE, Arizona BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan DAN MILLER, Florida MIKE PARKER, Mississippi RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana RAY THORNTON, Arkansas JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 4 DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997 THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1996. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WITNESS HON. MICHAEL KANTOR, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Mr. ROGERS [presiding]. The committee will come to order. The Chair apologizes to the Secretary and the other members and everyone for being late. We had a meeting that I could not get out of, Mr. Secretary. I apologize to you. We're pleased to welcome this morning Mickey Kantor, the new Secretary of Commerce, who will testify on behalf of programs in the 1997 budget request of the Commerce Department. I would like to say, on behalf of myself personally and the other subcommittee members, that we are fortunate to have someone with your leadership abilities, qualities and experience to follow behind an almost irreplaceable Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown. We've all been greatly impacted by the tragic loss of Ron Brown and the other dedicated public servants and business leaders. But we've also been impacted by the dedication and devotion that Ron Brown had to the Commerce Department and his unceasing efforts to put America's leadership mark on the national and global economy. The subcommittee has had the pleasure of working with Mickey Kantor on trade matters as the U.S. Trade Representative, and we're fortunate to have your expertise, Mr. Secretary, to assist us in developing priorities for the Commerce Department and finding ways to most efficiently allocate the limited resources this subcommittee will have. We're looking forward to working with you. The 1997 request totals $4.27 billion, which is an increase of $655 million, or 18 percent above the amount that Congress provided in 1996. I've told the Attorney General, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of State, and all agency heads that have appeared before the subcommittee or have talked to me, that Fiscal Year 1997 will bring with it another year of budget restraints and constraints. Mr. Secretary, at this point we will insert your written statement in the record, and you may proceed with any verbal remarks you would care to make. We welcome you this morning and congratulate you on your selection as the Secretary of Commerce. We think you'll do a fine job, as you have in the past. (1) |
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