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Tuesday - July 22,1991
Gingrich pledges to remain
as speaker despite opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conceding turmoil in
the Republican ranks, Newt Gingrich said Mon
day he’ll stay on as House speaker and tell fellow
GOP lawmakers “in whatever way is needed” they
must work together to enact tax cuts and bal
anced-budget legislation.
"You know I don’t quit,” Gingrich told a home-
state audience in Georgia in his first extended pub
lic comments since a move to topple him from
power failed 10 days ago. “This summer, our goal is
to work with the administration.”
He offered no hint whether he will seek the
ouster of any of the other members of the Re
publican leadership, all of whom have been
implicated in varying degrees in the effort to
force him from office.
Gingrich made his comments as other leaders
awaited Wednesday’s weekly closed-door caucus
of all Republican House members. Some law
makers have spoken of seeking a vote of no-con
fidence against Majority
Leader Dick Armey oftexas,
Whip Tom DeLay of Texas
and John Boehner of Ohio,
the fourth-ranking member
of die leadership.
DeLay in particular faces
close scrutiny from Gin
grich’s allies. He has main
tained a public silence on
reports that he told a group
of dissident lawmakers that
he would join them in voting to strip the speaker
of his powerful post.
Nor was it clear what action, if any, Gingrich’s
critics within the ranks might take. While they
Gingrich
have made no secret of their determination to
press for changes in the leadership style, several
of them said last week they had not been pressing
for am immediate vote on Gingrich until DeLay
approached them.
Last week, Gingrich accepted the resignation
of Rep. Bill Paxon, R-N.Y., whom he had appoint
ed last winter to chair the leadership meetings.
Armey, DeLay and Boehner were elected by their
colleagues and can be replaced only by a vote of
the GOP caucus.
As speaker, Gingrich presumably would be in
a powerful position to influence a decision on
whether his leadership colleagues should face a
vote of no-confidence. Short of that, he could
make his feelings known to allies who want to
force Armey, DeLay and Boehner to account for
their own actions and motives.
Power Lifter
Photograph. - Brandon Boto
Marc Shepard, a senior business administrate)
major and member of TAMU Weightlifting Club,li
weights at the Student Rec Center Monday.
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Critics say proposed wine labels
would encourage more drinking
! Bottles would tout ‘health effects’ of ‘moderate’ drinkk
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WASHINGTON (AP) —The wine
industry wants it known that a glass
now and then can be good for the
heart, but federal health officials are
worried that proposed new wording
on bottle labels might encourage
excessive drinking.
Despite the criticisms, officials at
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms have signaled they are like
ly to endorse the labels, which would
be included on both domestic and
imported wines sold in this country.
The Health and Human Services
Department has been urging ATF to
delay approval of the labels, which
refer to the "health effects” of “mod
erate” wine drinking.
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“I am deeply concerned that your
approval of the label statements in
their current form would be con
strued by the public as encouraging
the consumption of alcoholic bever
ages,” Eisenberg said in a letter to ATF
Director John Magaw.
Wine labels already contain
warnings that women should not
drink during pregnancy and that al
coholic beverages can impair dri
ving and cause health proltlems.
But they say nothing about numer
ous health studies indicating that
moderate alcohol intake can reduce
risk of heart disease in some people.
To the current warning, a label
proposed by the San Francisco-
based Wine Institute would add: “To
learn the health effects of moderate
wine consumption, send for the
federal government’s Dieiar
Guidelines for Americans." It gin
a mailing address and an Interne
Web site.
A second proposal would sat
“The proud people who makethi
wine encourage you to consultyo«
family doctor about the healthef
fects of wine enjoyment.”
Wine Institute President loliJf
DeLuca said the government guide
lines discuss both the risksandben
efits of drinking alcohol —andk
says the proposed wording makes |
no claims that wine is good foryoa
“We’re not saying health bene
fits, we’re saying health effects,”lie
said. “We’re not for a blanketen-
dorsement. We think there is asd-
entitle balance struck in the guide
lines, and we should be allowedtf e ai]
disseminate them.”
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