Word: garza
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That did it. "This Administration obviously doesn't give a cocklebur for rural America," stormed Democratic Senator James Exon of Nebraska. E. ("Kika") de la Garza, the Texas Democrat who heads the House Agriculture Committee, sneered that what Stockman was really saying was "Let's cut off the arms and legs of the patient. Then he'll be 30 lbs. lighter and less of a burden." Farm Belt Republicans were equally outraged. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, in a letter to Stockman, asked him to "please refrain from sermonizing on the free market, which seems most hypocritical from a Government...
...Frank M. Garza Corpus Christi, Texas...
Congressman Eligio ("Kika") de la Garza, a Texas Democrat, returned last week from a 16-day tour of New Zealand and Australia, with two-day stopovers in both Singapore and Hawaii. The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and three colleagues were said to be on "official business," delving into farm and trade issues. Perhaps De la Garza's trip was necessary and useful. But what makes it at least appear extravagant is that so far this year he has already visited Greece, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Brazil, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Italy...
...Garza's globetrotting is hardly unique. He is only one of many who seem to take advantage of the public purse in pursuing junkets around the globe. A report released last week by Congress Watch, a Washington-based public interest group founded by Ralph Nader, documents the travel of all Senators and Congressmen for a 2 ½-year period ending June 30, 1983: 991 trips that reached 114 countries. Some members did no traveling: 44% of Congressmen and 37% of Senators stayed at home during the period. Others traveled moderately and with a clear purpose in mind...
...those unable to compensate for economic misfortune is often a question of saving lives, a fact the President has ignored since taking office. While generals and planners were analyzing the performance of multi-billion-dollar weapons this summer and preparing budget requests, a bankrupt Ohio businessman named Antonio C. Garza took his wife. Kay, to make a new start in Texas. San Antonio police found the couple shot dead in the front seat of their car: Garza apparently killed his wife with a rifle before taking his own life. Near the bodies were bankruptcy papers, an empty wallet...