Iran-Contra Hearings Day 1 Part 6: Dante Fascell / Jim McClure Opening Statement (1987)

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Dante Bruno Fascell (March 9, 1917 - November 28, 1998) served as an American politician from the state of Florida.

Fascell's constituents elected him to the Florida House of Representatives in 1950. In 1954 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in a district representing Dade County, Florida. Fascell refused to sign the Southern Manifesto in 1956. Fascell began as a supporter of the Vietnam War, but he soon spoke out against the war. Fascell cosponsored the War Powers Act of 1973 and he won aid for Cuban-Americans who had settled in his district. He served as the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1984 to 1993. He worked to repeal the Clark Amendment, allowing the U.S. government to send aid to UNITA rebels in Angola, as a partner in the Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly lobbying firm.

Fascell worked to champion the creation of Biscayne National Park, south of Miami. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. The visitor center in the park is named after Representative Fascell. Similarly, a public park located in South Miami is named for him.

Fascell retired from the House after his 19th term ended in 1993. On October 29, 1998 he was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President William J. Clinton. He died the following month from colorectal cancer, at the age of 81.

James Albertus "Jim" McClure (born December 27, 1924 in Payette, Idaho) is an American politician from the state of Idaho, most notably serving as a Republican in the U.S. Senate.

Jim McClure attended public schools in Payette. Upon turning 18, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving during World War II, from 1942-46. McClure graduated from the Navy Program at the University of Idaho-Southern Branch (now Idaho State University) in 1943. After leaving the Navy, he attended the University of Idaho's College of Law, graduating in 1950.

From 1950-56, he served as prosecuting attorney for Payette County; he also served as city attorney for Payette from 1953-66. During this span, he was also a member of the Idaho State Senate, serving from 1961-66.

In the 1966 election, McClure ran for the U.S. House from Idaho's first Congressional district. He won the race, defeating incumbent Compton I. White, Jr., and was reelected in 1968 and 1970.

In 1972, McClure ran for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Len Jordan. In the general election he defeated the Democratic nominee, Idaho State University President William E. Davis. McClure was reelected by wide margins in 1978 and 1984.

In 1984 McClure ran for Senate Majority Leader, but was defeated by Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas.

During his 18 years in the Senate, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1981-87. In this capacity McClure emerged as an early proponent of electric cars and energy indepdenence. He also chaired of the Senate Republican Conference from 1981-85.

At age 65, McClure declined to run for a fourth term in 1990. Republican congressman Larry Craig of Midvale easily won McClure's Senate seat in November 1990.

After leaving the Senate, McClure became a mining consultant and lobbyist in Washington, D.C., founding the firm of McClure, Gerard, & Neuenschwander. McClure maintains a residence in McCall.

In September 1995, the new home of the College of Mines and Earth Resources at the University of Idaho was dedicated as James A. McClure Hall.

On December 12, 2001, the Federal Building and U.S. Court House in Boise was renamed for McClure.

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[ganglionable]

great footage of this meeting

i never knew any one actully got this on film

[soccer10187]

dante fascell was my great uncle