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Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 No. 137 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was ily Foundation that the average cost of tion is sorely needed. People who work called to order by the Speaker pro tem- health insurance premiums for a fam- full time all year at $5.15 an hour earn pore (Mr. ISSA). ily of four has for the first time sur- just $10,700 a year, putting them $5,000 f passed the annual income of a min- below the official poverty line for a imum wage earner. That means that if family of three. Raising the minimum DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO you work all year long at the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour would add an- TEMPORE wage and you pay your health insur- other $4,370 to their income. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ance premiums, you have no money An increase in the minimum wage fore the House the following commu- left over for anything else. would directly benefit 7.5 milllion nication from the Speaker: Last week, Democrats in the House workers. Of those 7.5 million workers, and Senate sought to raise the min- three-quarters are 20 years old or older. WASHINGTON, DC, Roughly 44 percent of minimum wage October 25, 2005. imum wage, but the Republican leader- I hereby appoint the Honorable DARRELL E. ship in Congress defeated our efforts. workers work full time. Nearly two- ISSA to act as Speaker pro tempore on this Instead, Congress continues to deny thirds of them are women. They end up day. America’s most vulnerable workers the at the end of the year poor and below J. DENNIS HASTERT, very basic wage necessary to help them poverty. Speaker of the House of Representatives. support their families. Where is Con- I welcome Wal-Mart to the table. I urge them to use the considerable f gress’ sense of decency and fairness to- power and influence it has to press wards those Americans who simply MORNING HOUR DEBATES hard for Congress to raise the min- want, and need, to see work pay? imum wage. Americans need a raise. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Now, a major player in the world Democrats know it. Most Americans ant to the order of the House of Janu- economy has said that it agrees that know it. And now Wal-Mart knows it. ary 4, 2005, the Chair will now recog- the national minimum wage must be When will the Republican leadership nize Members from lists submitted by increased. We welcome Wal-Mart to the majority and minority leaders for and President Bush finally get the mes- this debate. Wal-Mart’s CEO said today sage that it is time to treat these morning hour debates. The Chair will that the minimum wage should be alternate recognition between the par- workers with some decency and to pro- raised. Here is what he said: vide for an increase in the minimum ties, with each party limited to not to ‘‘The U.S. minimum wage of $5.15 an exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, wage? hour has not been raised in nearly a I include in the CONGRESSIONAL except the majority leader, the minor- decade and we believe it is out of date RECORD an article from today about ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- with the times. We can see firsthand at Wal-Mart’s CEO calling for a hike in ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. Wal-Mart how many of our customers the minimum wage. The Chair recognizes the gentleman are struggling to get by. Our customers WAL-MART CALLS FOR MINIMUM WAGE HIKE from California (Mr. GEORGE MILLER) simply don’t have the money to buy for 5 minutes. [From CNN/Money, Oct. 25, 2005] basic necessities between paychecks.’’ Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott said he’s urging f Wal-Mart recognizes what most Congress to consider raising the minimum Americans have known, and Democrats wage so that Wal-Mart customers don’t have RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE in Congress have been saying, for to struggle paycheck to paycheck. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. years, that millions of Americans can- Scott told Wal-Mart (Research) directors Mr. Speaker, today I rise on behalf of not afford even the most basic neces- and executives in a speech Monday that he millions of American working men and sities of life on today’s minimum wage. believes ‘‘it is time for Congress to take a look at the minimum wage and other legisla- women who are in desperate need of a I don’t see eye to eye with Wal-Mart on tion that can help working families.’’ raise. It has been a disgraceful 8 years many important issues, but the com- ‘‘The U.S. minimum wage of $5.15 an hour since Congress last voted to raise the pany is right about the minimum wage has not been raised in nearly a decade and national minimum wage which is stuck and it deserves praise for taking this we believe it is out of date with the times,’’ today at only $5.15 an hour. A person position and it deserves to be listened Scott said. ‘‘We can see first-hand at Wal- making the minimum wage today to in this case. Mart how many of our customers are strug- would have to work for the better part I have introduced legislation to in- gling to get by. Our customers simply don’t have the money to buy basic necessities be- of an hour just to afford a single gallon crease the minimum wage from $5.15 an tween pay checks.’’ of milk or a gallon of gasoline. It was hour to $7.25 in three increments over a Given increasing gas prices and other eco- recently announced by the Kaiser Fam- little more than 2 years. This legisla- nomic pressures on Wal-Mart customers,

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VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:06 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.000 H25OCPT1 H9050 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 Scott went on to say that Wal-Mart shoppers ary 4, 2005, the gentleman from Florida Medicaid reform plan that will allow will further be challenged to ‘‘support them- (Mr. STEARNS) is recognized during Florida beneficiaries to choose health selves and their families.’’ morning hour debates for 5 minutes. care plans that best suit their needs, ‘‘While it is unusual for us to take a public Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, today for the first time introducing competi- position on a public policy issue of this kind, the House Committee on Energy and we simply believe it is time for Congress to tion and consumer choice to this gov- take a responsible look at the minimum Commerce will begin the long road to ernment-funded health care program. wage and other legislation that may help meaningful Medicaid reform and I am Florida will begin the phase-in of this working families,’’ he said. proud to be part of this effort. Think unprecedented demonstration in two Wal-Mart maintains that it pays above the back just a decade ago when, together, counties, Broward and Duval, in July current $5.15 an hour minimum wage to its the Republican-led Congress and then 2006. A statewide implementation plan employees. President Clinton, the Democrat Presi- will follow. The demonstration is ap- As the world’s largest retailer and largest dent, enacted a successful welfare re- proved to run through June 30, 2011. U.S. non-union private sector employer with form with a transformation of the pro- My colleagues, these are opportuni- more than 1.3 million ‘‘associates’’ in its ties in Medicaid coverage where vast U.S. stores, Wal-Mart has been a lightning gram from a sixties-era program that rod for criticism about its wage and benefits became a way of life to a temporary as- savings could be realized. More impor- policy as well as lawsuits alleging gender sistance program, sort of a hand and tantly, quality of life can be vastly im- discrimination. It continues to draw fire for not a handout. I believe we can do this proved if beneficiaries would make allegedly stifling small businesses and together for Medicaid. healthier, more responsible, more for- squeezing its vendors. The Medicaid program that is vitally ward-looking choices. This could be Scott also discussed a new health-care sustaining for some people has become implemented with a carrot, not a stick, package with lower premiums for Wal-Mart a leaking raft, carrying too many oth- strategy and it is not such a radical de- workers. ers whom we want to help obtain parture from other insurance models The new ‘‘Value option’’ plan, which will that we see today. The auto insurance be introduced Jan. 1 2006, offers insurance health care with options in competi- coverage of $23 a month ‘‘and kids covered tion and consumer choice. It is time to industry has given safe driver dis- for less than 50 cents per day . . . no matter take a fresh look at Medicaid. Spend- counts for years, and some health in- how many children,’’ Scott said. ing for Medicaid, Federal-State med- surance plans give, quote, healthy life- ‘‘We will offer this plan for $11 a month, ical and long-term care for low-income style discounts for insurees who use a with children covered for less than 30 cents families, elderly and the disabled, has gym or stop smoking. Let’s design a per day in some markets—and we are work- risen very dramatically in the past dec- beneficiary-empowering reward system ing to offer these savings nationally,’’ he to incentivize beneficiaries to lead said. ade. It has an annual growth of 7.9 percent, almost 8 percent. This is an healthy, fulfilling lives. Eat health- Said Scott, ‘‘We want to drive out as much fully, drink in moderation, stop smok- as 25 percent of the cost in the healthcare unsustainable trend. As mandatory system through leading a coalition of busi- spending grows, obviously less money ing, exercise, manage stress, purchase ness, government and industry leaders in ap- is available for other programs with long-term care insurance when you are plying standards and technologies for effi- high priorities, such as education, young and healthy, develop strong fam- ciency.’’ homeland security and National Insti- ily and community ties as nurturing He also touted the retailer’s efforts to tutes of Health research. This is true in resources. present itself as a more environmentally the States also. In Florida, Medicaid Mr. Speaker, finally I am most hope- friendly company. ful about the prospect of making con- Whether it is jobs, health care, product represents nearly a quarter of the budget and is projected by 2015 to in- sumer direction in Medicaid a perma- sourcing or environmental impact, ‘‘it is nent option. For years there has been a clear to me that in order to build a 21st cen- clude almost 60 percent. Yet Medicaid tury company, we need to view these same does not well serve either the bene- proposed pilot project called ‘‘cash and counseling’’ in Medicaid in Arkansas, issues in a different light,’’ Scott said in the ficiaries or the providers. It is un- New Jersey and my home State of speech. wieldy for States to oversee, unfortu- Florida. Since then it has been ex- ‘‘Our environmental goals at Wal-Mart are nately making it a program which at- simple and straightforward,’’ he said. ‘‘One, panded to 11 new States who were im- tracts fraudulent practices. Finally, it to be supplied 100 percent by renewable en- pressed by its success. In the Medicare does not provide opportunities and in- ergy. Two, to create zero waste. Three, to Prescription Drug and Modernization centives for beneficiaries to take sell products that sustain our resources and Act of 2003, I included a provision cre- charge of their own health care. This is environment.’’ ating an analogous demonstration and In energy-saving moves that will save Wal- especially worrisome when some eligi- evaluation project in the Medicare pro- Mart money, Scott said the company plans bility categories depend upon the Med- gram. And today I plan to introduce to increase the fuel efficiency of its truck icaid program, such as the develop- fleet—among the largest in the country—by ‘‘cash and counseling’’ legislation to mentally disabled. make it a permanent option so future 25 percent over the next three years and dou- Some points I would like to highlight ble it within ten years. States do not have to go through the include, one, cost-sharing. No one has ‘‘If implemented across our entire fleet by bureaucratic waiver process for years said this better than Tennessee Gov- 2015, this would amount to savings of more to get on board. Besides the positive ernor Phil Bredesen, who delivered the than $310 million a year. Compare that to features of increasing choice, personal doing nothing,’’ he said. national Democratic address on a Sat- responsibility, and a sense of ownership In addition, Wal-Mart said it will show urday in June: ‘‘Number one, every- over one’s own health. preference to factories in China that partici- body pays something. Imagine shop- pate in a ‘‘green company program’’ where Let’s all take this opportunity to ping at a store where nothing has a work together, Congress, Governors, the company will show preference to those price tag and you never get a bill. You suppliers and their factories involved in such beneficiaries, patient advocates, pro- a program. would spend a lot more than you do viders, on productive solutions. now. But this is exactly how Medicaid ‘‘We are also committed to reducing our f solid waste from U.S. stores and clubs by 25 works today. Until there’s a little eco- percent in the next three years,’’ Scott said. nomic tension, until everyone has a lit- OUR SITUATION IN IRAQ ‘‘We’re replacing PVC packaging for our pri- tle skin in the game, the system will The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- vate brands with alternatives that are more continue to be inefficient.’’ ant to the order of the House of Janu- sustainable and recyclable within the next Also, I am encouraged to hear some ary 4, 2005, the gentleman from Mis- two years.’’ forward-looking Governors, like Gov- Scott delivered the speech on the eve of souri (Mr. SKELTON) is recognized dur- the company’s annual two-day conference for ernor Jeb Bush of Florida, who has ing morning hour debates for 5 min- analysts at its Bentonville, Ark., head- been discussing the role that bene- utes. quarters. ficiary behavior change could play and Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise f has received Federal approval for a this morning with mixed emotions for tidal change demonstration project in our situation in Iraq. I am certainly MEDICAID REFORM Medicaid. Last Wednesday, October 19, pleased for the Iraqi people to see that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Health and Human Services Secretary it looks as if they have passed the con- ant to the order of the House of Janu- Mike Leavitt approved an innovative stitutional referendum. The upcoming

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:40 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.002 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9051 December elections for the national as- mand of U.S. units and assign them to ican brigade or unit of similar size, type, and sembly will be another important mile- advisory billets. These are the officers mission should be strategically redeployed stone for them as well as their nation. the services have determined to be from Iraq. At the same time, it is impossible their very best. Furthermore, we In addition to setting a clear benchmark, not to reflect on the other milestone we need to apply even more resources toward should make every effort to name next the training of Iraqi security forces to accel- we reached today, the announcement of year’s advisers today and get them in erate the effort. If more advisory teams the 2,000th American casualty with the adviser and language schools now. We would do the job faster, we should add them. deaths of two Marines in Anbar prov- must make a combat adviser tour a All of these advisory units should be staffed ince last week. All Americans mourn highly career enhancing tour in the and equipped with our very best officers. In- with their families and all that came military. stead of staffing them in an ad-hoc manner, before them. This announcement comes Mr. Speaker, I believe like the Presi- we should take those selected for command simultaneously with the coordinated dent that we must leave an Iraq that is of U.S. units and assign them to advisory bil- bombings on two Baghdad hotels this lets. These are the officers the Services have able to provide for its own security. determined to be their very best. Further- morning by insurgents. We can see Yet both to build the confidence of the more, we should make every effort to name from this attack and other engage- Iraqis and to maintain the support of next year’s advisors today and get them in ments with American forces that the the American people, we must dem- advisor and language schools now. We must insurgency continues. Defeating the in- onstrate a clear sense connection be- make a combat advisor tour a highly career surgency will not happen with military tween increasing Iraqi capability and a enhancing tour in the military. force alone. And it will not happen by diminishing need for American forces. Mr. President, I realize there are a variety American hands alone. We know that This formula does that and I urge its of reasonable ways to look at benchmarks the answer in Iraq lies in transitioning for strategic redeployment, but I think any serious consideration. of them must clearly link to the develop- security responsibility to the Iraqis Mr. Speaker, I include for the ment of Iraqi Security Force capability to themselves. The administration has RECORD the following letter I wrote to the redeployment of American forces in a been saying this for some time. the President dated October 20 of this way that both the American and the Iraqi The problem, from my perspective, is year. people can plainly see. That is why I think that the American and the Iraqi peo- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, my method of matching the redeployment of ple, if they are going to stay with us COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, an American brigade for every three Iraq bri- until the Iraqi security forces are capa- Washington, DC, October 20, 2005. gades that reach Level 1 readiness has par- ble of taking over the job, must have a THE PRESIDENT, ticular merit. clear sense of progress. Iraqi security The White House, I stand ready to assist in this critical effort and share your pride in all that our fine forces must be able to take the fight to Washington, DC. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: The recent constitu- troops have done in Iraq and around the the insurgents on their own and to in- world. spire the confidence of the Iraqi people. tional referendum, where Iraqis were able to cast their vote in the absence of large-scale Sincerely, Similarly, the American public must violence, is an important milestone for the IKE SKELTON, see that there is a connection between Iraqi people. I commend our forces for the Ranking Democrat. increasing capability of Iraqi security role they played in helping to secure that f forces and a diminishing American vote. REMEMBERING THE LATE commitment over time. I strongly believe that we share the goal of For this reason, I have proposed a an Iraq able to provide for its own security. HONORABLE BOB BADHAM clear formula that can be used by our At the same time, both the American and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- military leaders and that can be ex- the Iraqi people must have a clear sense of ant to the order of the House of Janu- progress, given that the challenges to Iraqi ary 4, 2005, the gentleman from Cali- plained to the Iraqi and American security remain substantial. Iraqi security publics alike, that for every three Iraqi forces must be able to take the fight to the fornia (Mr. DREIER) is recognized dur- security force combat brigades rated insurgents on their own and to inspire the ing morning hour debates for 5 min- level 1—or fully capable—an American confidence of the Iraqi people. Similarly, the utes. brigade or unit of similar size, type, American public must see that there is a Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise and mission should be strategically re- connection between increasing capability of today to remember our friend and deployed from Iraq. In terms of units, Iraqi security forces and a diminishing former colleague Bob Badham who because a brigade is the smallest mili- American commitment over time. passed away suddenly last Friday. The latest quarterly report from the De- While Bob was a private man, he dedi- tary unit able to support itself and partment of Defense on ‘‘Measuring Stability fight independently, brigades should be and Security in Iraq’’ talks about the ‘‘cri- cated his life to public service. He was the standard sized units used to meas- teria for withdrawing forces.’’ While it dis- a veteran of the Korean War and served ure Iraqi security force capability over cusses the considerations that will be taken with great distinction as a member of time. Additionally, in terms of readi- into account in any redeployment and talks the California State legislature. He ness standards, units rated at level 1 about ‘‘when conditions permit handing over represented Newport Beach, California indicate that they have the capability security responsibilities,’’ it is not specific here in the United States Congress to plan and fight independently, with- nor does it give any measurement that the from 1977 to 1989, and he served on the Iraqi or American people can use to see civil service board in his hometown of out any assistance from U.S. forces. In progress toward redeployment over time. If my view, 3 to 1 is the right measure- we expect the American people to continue Newport Beach until his passing last ment because an American brigade sur- to support continued deployments in Iraq, Friday. passes its Iraqi counterpart in both we should be able to explain the connection Bob was a longtime friend and great quantity of forces and in quality. I between the improvement in Iraqi capability supporter of President Reagan. They think this is a formula that makes and the reduced need for U.S. forces in Iraq knew each other in Sacramento when sense, but beyond the numbers, it is over time more clearly. Ronald Reagan was Governor of Cali- important because it is a benchmark I believe that we should set a benchmark fornia and Bob was a member of the that is easy to understand and that sets rea- State assembly. Like the President, that is easy to understand and that sonable, achievable standards for both our sets reasonable, achievable standards forces and the Iraqis. In terms of units, be- Bob was an optimist, a true American for both our forces and the Iraqis. cause a brigade is the smallest military unit patriot, and a strong voice for freedom Finally, Mr. Speaker, I propose that able to support itself and fight independ- and democracy. As a senior member of we apply even more resources toward ently, brigades should be the standard sized the House Armed Services Committee, the training of Iraqi security forces to units used to measure Iraqi security force Bob was an advocate for America’s vet- accelerate the effort. If more advisory capability over time. Additionally, in terms erans, and he pushed for a more mus- teams would do the job faster, we of readiness standards, units rated at ‘‘Level cular and modern U.S. fighting force. should add them. All these advisory 1’’ indicate that they have the capability to He supported the defense buildup of the plan and fight independently, without any units should be staffed and equipped assistance from U.S. forces. Therefore, I pro- 1980s because he knew our country’s with our very best officers. Instead of pose the following formula: that for every strengths could not be sustained with staffing them in an ad-hoc manner, we three Iraqi security force combat brigades weak Armed Forces. He firmly believed should take those selected for com- rated ‘‘Level 1’’—or fully capable—an Amer- that communism was no match for a

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:40 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.003 H25OCPT1 H9052 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 strong United States military defend- Mora, Jr. of Pico, California, when the men and women from the U.S. Vir- ing free people and our democratic sys- their up-armored humvee was hit with gin Islands who have served or now tem. Bob had vision and conviction indirect fire while on patrol in Balad, serve. They do so proudly and with and, Mr. Speaker, as we all know from Iraq. And while his lifetime was short, great dedication and loyalty. I would looking at history, Bob Badham was Jose served his country with courage be remiss if I did not here note that right. and with distinction and he has made neither they nor their fellow Virgin Is- His work in Congress involved seri- his family and the entire Virgin Islands landers have the right to vote for the ous national security and international community very proud as he helped to Commander in Chief, something which policy efforts, but all of us who worked make the entire Nation a better place we are seeking to correct with House with Bob remember that his sense of by his sacrifice. Our prayers are with Joint Resolution 1, which I introduced humor and sense of self never deserted his mother Gregoria and all of the fam- on the opening day of this 109th Con- him. He was a gracious colleague with ily. gress. a strong backbone and a big heart. I Mr. Speaker, we in the U.S. Virgin Is- It is my hope that their sacrifice and feel honored to have worked with Bob lands along with our sister territories that of all the other Virgin Islanders Badham and I am grateful for his send more men and women per capita and American citizens in the offshore friendship and his stellar service to to serve in our Armed Forces, and Vir- territories will be honored with its pas- this body and to the United States of gin Islanders have served in every war sage and ratification. May their exam- America. and conflict from the Revolutionary ple and that of all of our fallen reso- Mr. Speaker, the thoughts and pray- War forward. Our Virgin Islands Na- nate in all of our hearts and our coun- ers I know of all of us here in the Con- tional Guard has been proud to serve try in their memory turn to peace and gress are with his wife Anne; his and do so with distinction around the away from war. world. They currently have several daughters Phyllis, Sharon and Jen- f nifer; his sons Robert, Jr. and William; units in Afghanistan and Iraq. Dr. Bob TIME TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ their 11 grandchildren; and his brother. Thompson, a good friend of mine and chief of medicine at the Governor Juan f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Luis Hospital, just returned from a ant to the order of the House of Janu- GENERAL LEAVE tour in Iraq. Sixteen members of the ary 4, 2005, the gentleman from Massa- Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask 620th are scheduled to return home chusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN) is recognized unanimous consent that all Members later this week. The 652nd Engineering during morning hour debates for 5 min- may have 5 legislative days in which to Company is currently serving in Af- utes. revise and extend their remarks and in- ghanistan and will be there for another Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, 2,000 clude extraneous material in the 6 months. American troops have now lost their RECORD as it relates to the passing of While home in August, I attended a lives in Iraq. It is time to end this war. our friend Bob Badham. deployment ceremony where the 610th Let us bring our troops home and re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and the 640th companies of the Virgin store U.S. credibility in the world com- objection to the request of the gen- Islands National Guard, many of them munity. This war was based on fiction. tleman from California? young women, were preparing to leave That is a fact that is no longer dis- There was no objection. for Iraq. They are currently at Fort puted. There were no weapons of mass Bragg being processed and the 107 men f destruction and no ties to al Qaeda. and women of the 610th are to depart in There was no imminent threat. This HONORING THE LATE PRIVATE early November. The 640th will follow administration, with the acquiescence FIRST CLASS JOSE M. ROSARIO them shortly thereafter. of Congress, rushed into a war that, ac- AND OTHER VIRGIN ISLANDS In addition, Dr. Hinman, the State cording to Secretary of State Colin WAR HEROES Surgeon of the Virgin Islands National Powell’s former chief of staff Lawrence The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Guard, is at Fort Bliss processing for Wilkerson, has made our country more ant to the order of the House of Janu- his 90-day rotation, and we have an MP vulnerable, not less, to future crisis. ary 4, 2005, the gentlewoman from the security team at Fort Leonard Wood, The Bush administration has stub- Virgin Islands (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN) is all preparing to also go to Iraq. I pray bornly refused to reassess the situa- recognized during morning hour de- that they will all return safely and tion. They have refused to listen to the bates for 5 minutes. whole. I also play that the President words of military and diplomatic lead- Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I will begin now to bring all of our ers who have warned that a continuing rise today to pay homage to Private troops home. U.S. presence in Iraq will not calm the With our population of just over First Class Jose M. Rosario from Es- violence or lead to a more stable Iraq. 110,000, the U.S. Virgin Islands has al- tate Campo Rico on my home island of The U.S. presence in Iraq is now a ready lost five young men before Pri- St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands major part of the problem. Al Qaeda is vate First Class Rosario. who was killed in Iraq last week. Daniel Wyatt, whose family splits in Iraq today because we are there. The Private First Class Rosario joined their time between Wisconsin and St. abuse and torture by U.S. forces of de- the Army shortly after completing Croix, and who spent what he called tainees at Abu Ghraib prison and the high school with the desire to serve his the best 2 weeks of his life in St. Croix near 3-year occupation by U.S. troops country and with the dream, whispered before heading overseas. have made us an unpopular force in only to his older sister Ruth, of one Shane Goldman, whose memorial I Iraq even among those who originally day becoming an attorney. He told his attended and who had a tree and a supported the U.S. invasion. We have family how much he loved his job, the small monument placed at Club St. spent over $300 billion on the war with adventure of it, and most of all the fact Croix, a place frequented by his father no end in sight. It is estimated that an- that he was making a contribution to and which he loved to visit. other 2 years of war will boost that our Nation. They have all attested that Private First Class Jason Lynch from amount to $1 trillion. Our military is he was happy fulfilling his mission as a a large St. Croix family and the neph- stretched to the limit, with much of member of the Fifth Squadron, Sev- ew of a close friend of mine Betty the burden falling on our Guard and enth Cavalry Regiment, First Brigade Lynch, a child I knew as he was grow- Reserves. Combat Team of the 42nd Infantry Di- ing up. There are some politicians in Wash- vision. Like so many of the now 2,000 Staff Sergeant Kendall Thomas, ington who say that, no matter what, men and women who have given their slightly older than the others, from St. we must ‘‘stay the course.’’ I strongly lives for their country in the Iraq war, Thomas and I believe serving his sec- disagree. It is worth pointing out that Private First Class Rosario was young, ond tour. We are proud of the men and it is not Congressmen, Senators or just 20 years old, and with a dream of women who have given their lives in members of the Bush administration a brighter future. He died, along with service to their country. whose lives are on the line in battle. It Army Specialist Russell Nahvi of Ar- We are particularly proud of Private takes no courage for anybody in Wash- lington, Texas, and Sergeant Arthur First Class Jose M. Rosario and all of ington to wave the American flag and

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:40 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.004 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9053 send more troops. We owe our brave Glory be to You, O Lord, for all the risking their lives every day so that fighting men and women so much blessings of the earth and the protected people half a world away can live in more. Washington made a mistake in freedoms of this our country. As people peace and democracy. going to war. It is time for politicians celebrate Octoberfest, Sukkot and har- Our first responders on September 11 to admit that mistake and fix it before vest festivals, we are mindful of the proved that hundreds of people can rise any more lives are lost. bounty so many of us share in this Na- up jointly in one great act of heroism. ‘‘In Vietnam, we didn’t have the les- tion. Yet we will not forget those who Todd Beamer and the other heroes of son of Vietnam to guide us,’’ says hunger not only for food but for shelter Flight 93 are soon to be featured in David Halberstam, who won a Pulitzer and safety as well, here in our country, films. Difficult times require heroes, Prize for his coverage of that war. He but also around the world. and America has always risen to the goes on to say, ‘‘In Iraq we did have May our gratitude for Your many challenge. those lessons. The tragedy is that we gifts make us joyful but not selfish. Today we are remembering another didn’t pay any attention to them.’’ May our blessings make us gracious difficult time, the era of Jim Crow and Mr. Speaker, we have now sacrificed and kind to those who are in most need racial bigotry, and we are remembering the lives of 2,000 members of our Armed of our attention. Let largesse open our that gentle and humble woman who Forces in Iraq. Thousands of others are hearts and not delay. would not give up her seat on a bus in wounded. Tens of thousands of civilians Enable Congress to help the Amer- Montgomery, Alabama; that one act of from Iraq and elsewhere have died ican people use natural resources wise- courage sparked a boycott which led to since the U.S. entered Baghdad and os- ly and maximize human resources for a movement which has changed the tensibly took control of the nation. the common good. To You be honor, lives of every American. This week I am introducing a resolu- praise and thanksgiving now and for- Rosa Parks was a real, genuine hero, tion to prohibit the use of taxpayer ever. Amen. the kind of American our Nation has funds to deploy United States Armed always produced when tough times re- Forces to Iraq. This bill, however, will f quired it. Today I am sure she is hear- allow funds to be used for the safe and THE JOURNAL ing the words, well done, good and orderly withdrawal of our troops. It faithful servant. will allow us to support transitional se- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The curity provided by other countries, in- Chair has examined the Journal of the f cluding international organizations last day’s proceedings and announces HONORING DEPUTY SHERIFF like NATO and the United Nations. The to the House his approval thereof. PATRICK NEAL bill will also allow for continued sup- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- nal stands approved. (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was port for Iraqi security forces and inter- given permission to address the House national forces in Iraq, as well as fund- f for 1 minute.) ing for reconstruction efforts. This is PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I not a cut and run strategy. Rather, it The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the rise today to honor Deputy Sheriff Pat- is a way to support efforts that I be- rick Neal of the Cherokee County Sher- lieve can be more helpful in creating a gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. WILSON) come forward and lead the iff’s Department. He was recently more stable Iraq. But the bill makes named the Top Cop by the National As- clear, no more U.S. boots on the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. sociation of Police Organizations, and ground in Iraq. Ultimately, the future Mr. WILSON of South Carolina led yesterday I had a chance to meet this of Iraq will depend on whether the var- the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: hero. His exemplary actions took place ious factions in the country genuinely I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the in August 2004 when he tracked a want- and truly want to live with each other. United States of America, and to the Repub- ed felon to a suspect’s neighborhood No constitution or election can fully lic for which it stands, one nation under God, and found him standing by his truck. determine that outcome. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The criminal took out a pistol and This war has cost us dearly in terms f of human life and treasure. At a time opened fire on Deputy Sheriff Neal MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE when we are shortchanging our vet- from nearly point-blank range. In the erans here at home, our schools, health A message from the Senate by Ms. exchange, Deputy Sheriff Neal was shot care and even our homeland security, Curtis, one of its clerks, announced six times. The criminal was shot four it makes no sense to throw good money that the Senate has passed without times, falling to the ground, causing after bad in this quagmire in Iraq. amendment a bill of the House of the him to lose his weapon. However, he Sometimes great nations misstep, as I following title: tried to crawl and gain his gun again, believe we have done in this case. It is H.R. 1409. An act to amend the Foreign As- determined to kill Deputy Sheriff Neal. now time to ask the tough questions sistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for Having been struck in the face and and face the hard truths. It is time to orphans and other vulnerable children in de- nearly blacking out due to blood loss, end this war. veloping countries, and for other purposes. Deputy Sheriff Neal mustered everything he had and fired one last time, f The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following ending the confrontation for good. RECESS titles in which concurrence of the Mr. Speaker, modern-day heroes are The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- House is requested: very rare. Deputy Sheriff Neal is as ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair S. 1382. An act to require the Secretary of close as they come. His selflessness and declares the House in recess until 2 the Interior to accept the conveyance of cer- courage under fire epitomized what it p.m. today. tain land, to be held in trust for the benefit means to be a public servant hero. On Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 59 of the Puyallup Indian tribe. behalf of my constituents, I thank Dep- minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- S. 1905. An act to clarify Foreign Service uty Sheriff Neal for his dedicated serv- cess until 2 p.m. Grievance Board procedures. ice to his community, our State and f f our Nation. b 1400 ROSA PARKS f AFTER RECESS (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- PASSAGE OF IRAQ CONSTITUTION The recess having expired, the House mission to address the House for 1 (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina was called to order by the Speaker pro minute.) asked and was given permission to ad- tempore (Mr. PETRI) at 2 p.m. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I am proud dress the House for 1 minute and to re- to say today we live in an age of he- f vise and extend his remarks.) roes. Not so long ago it seemed like we Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. PRAYER did not have heroes anymore, but Speaker, we continue to hear more The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. today heroes seem to be plentiful. Our good news about Iraq’s steps to build a Coughlin, offered the following prayer: soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are civil society opposing terrorism.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:40 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.006 H25OCPT1 H9054 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 Today the Independent Electoral Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, one small act of defiance, refusing to Commission confirmed that the Iraqi Americans are writing us, sending us e- give up her bus seat, galvanized a gen- people voted by 78.9 percent to adopt mails, calling us, stopping us at the eration of activists, including the their landmark constitution. The turn- grocery store and at the high school young Reverend Martin Luther King, out of 63 percent exceeded January’s football game on Friday night, and who then organized a 381-day boycott election turnout of 60 percent, and the they are telling us that they want to of the Montgomery bus system. Finally elections are being hailed as a shining see us reduce government spending. in November of 1956, the Supreme success. Terrorists attempted to in- They support us on the $35 billion in Court ruled that segregation on public timidate voters, but they were unable reductions already part of the 2006 transportation was unconstitutional. to stop 9.8 million Iraqi voters from ex- budget plan, and they support our ef- Mr. Speaker, Rosa Parks was then a ercising their freedom. fort to begin eliminating 98 programs 42-year-old seamstress, an active mem- Additionally, Iraqi Security Forces that have shown little, if any, results. ber of the National Organization for deserve enormous praise for their abil- They appreciate the Speaker of this the Advancement of Colored People, ity to provide excellent security at House making fiscal responsibility a and had worked as its adviser to its polling centers and the barriers outside part of his economic agenda, putting youth council. But it was on a city bus these centers. Every day these forces that at the heart of our economic secu- on December 1, 1955, when her seat was are playing a larger role in protecting rity of this Nation. But our constitu- demanded and when history was made. and securing their country, inspired by ents do not appreciate that not one When questioned why she did not va- our courageous troops. Democrat in this House, not one, has cate her seat that day, her answer was The passage of Iraq’s constitution stood up to support our effort to get simple. She said, ‘‘I felt I had a right to marks yet another milestone for the that 2006 budget savings from $35 bil- nation. Iraqi citizens continue to dem- be treated as any other passenger. We lion to $50 billion. had endured that kind of treatment for onstrate they are serious about estab- Americans do not appreciate that the lishing a democracy and committed to too long.’’ Democrats are refusing to call for Mr. Speaker, Rosa Parks received the future of their nation. Their suc- across-the-board cuts. They will not cess in building a civil society is a crit- many awards throughout her lifetime, even support a 1 percent reduction, not including the Presidential Medal of ical step in the global war on terrorism even 1 percent, Mr. Speaker. If the lib- and is helping to protect American Freedom in 1996; and then in 1999, the erals in this House had their way, we Congressional Gold Medal was awarded families. would be spending billions of dollars In conclusion, God bless our troops, to Ms. Parks. But Ms. Parks wanted more every year. and we will never forget September 11. people to remember what was most im- I hope the American people will f portant, to understand the govern- reach out and let them know that they ment, to understand their rights, and PASSPORTS ARE A NATIONAL would like to see Federal spending re- the Constitution. SECURITY ISSUE duced. (Mr. POE asked and was given per- f f mission to address the House for 1 JOB LOSS IN OHIO minute.) ROSA PARKS Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, every day (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was thousands of packages travel through- given permission to address the House (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was out the world. United Parcel Service for 1 minute.) given permission to address the House ships and tracks packages from places Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, for 1 minute.) the job loss in my State of Ohio con- far and wide, and these packages are Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I tinues, yet this Congress does nothing; kept up with a simple bar code. These rise in tribute to Rosa Parks who no manufacturing policy, no industrial packages are scanned at every stop passed away yesterday. they make when they enter or leave a policy, bad trade policies, passing the Central American Free Trade Agree- A reporter called me last night and building, or, when they are loaded on wanted to know what did Rosa Parks’s to trucks, ships or planes, they are ment in the middle of the night, a tax policy that benefits and gives incen- life mean to me. I remembered that I scanned. was a young teenager, as a matter of From when a package leaves its des- tives for corporations to outsource fact, the same age as Emmett Till, tination, let us say in Tegucigalpa, manufacturing jobs to China and New growing up during that period, living Honduras, until its ends up here in its Mexico and to Central America, into in the southern part of the country. final destination in Washington, DC, it other parts of the world, but does noth- is scanned at least 10 times and ing to assist small manufacturers. Things became so exciting for us as a tracked with almost up-to-the-minute Mr. Speaker, this country’s economic result of Rosa Parks and the whole data on where it has been and where it leaders and political leaders are taking civil rights movement until we could is going. this country in the wrong direction. It hardly sleep at night waiting to see Mr. Speaker, millions of people cross is time we passed better trade policy. what was going to happen the next day. our borders every day. We do not even It is time we passed a manufacturing So Rosa Parks sparked a movement record who enters our Nation. A border policy. It is time we assisted America’s that shall forever live and can never agent at a port of entry in south Texas and Ohio’s small manufacturers, be- die. We still have a ways to go, but she just looks into the vehicle and may or cause they create the jobs and create helped bring us to a real point. I salute may not examine papers, and waves the the middle class in this country. her. passengers in. We must require the ma- f f chine-readable bar code passports to ROSA PARKS enter the United States. It will add no measurable amount of time. (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER We take the time to record letters permission to address the House for 1 PRO TEMPORE and packages; now we must start re- minute and to revise and extend his recording foreign citizens who enter the marks.) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- United States. It is an issue of our na- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I would ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair tional security. just add to the gentleman from the will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules f State of Ohio that the State of Texas added 15,000 jobs last month. on which a recorded vote or the yeas SPENDING REDUCTIONS Mr. Speaker, when she sat down, so- and nays are ordered, or on which the (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was ciety stood up and took notice. Rosa vote is objected to under clause 6 of given permission to address the House Parks, the name is synonymous with rule XX. for 1 minute and to revise and extend civil rights. Often referred to as the Record votes on postponed questions her remarks.) Mother of Civil Rights, Ms. Parks, with will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.008 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9055 RECOGNIZING AMERICA’S BLOOD gentleman from Ohio (Mr. BROWN) each jured in a serious car accident, or a 65- CENTERS will control 20 minutes. year-old woman having heart surgery, Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I move to The Chair recognizes the gentleman every day hundreds of people in our suspend the rules and agree to the reso- from New Hampshire (Mr. BASS). communities need blood; and there is, lution (H. Res. 220) recognizing Amer- GENERAL LEAVE of course, no substitute for it. ica’s Blood Centers and its member or- Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- H. Res. 220 recognizes blood heroes ganizations for their commitment to mous consent that all Members may who are ensuring that the safest pos- providing over half the Nation with a have 5 legislative days within which to sible blood is readily available when- safe and adequate volunteer donor revise and extend their remarks on this ever and wherever needed. As we recog- blood supply, and for other purposes, as legislation and to insert extraneous nize the important efforts of the blood amended. material therein. centers, it is also important to recognize and encourage those Americans The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. PETRI). Is there objection to the re- who routinely give blood. Both blood H. RES. 220 quest of the gentleman from New donors and blood centers are an essen- Whereas each year more than 4,500,000 Hampshire? tial lifeline for all of us. Americans need a blood transfusion, and for There was no objection. I urge the entire House to vote ‘‘yes’’ over half the need is urgent and lifesaving; for this important resolution. Whereas one out of three people need do- Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- nated blood in their lifetime, and one out of self such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of seven hospital patients need a blood trans- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. my time. fusion; Res. 220, a resolution recognizing Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I yield such Whereas it is the blood available on a daily America’s Blood Centers and their time as he may consume to the gen- basis that saves lives, and volunteer blood member organizations and their com- tleman from Louisiana (Mr. donors are required every day to meet pa- mitment to providing over half the Na- BOUSTANY). tient needs and to be immediately available tion with a safe and adequate donor Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in times of disaster; blood supply. in strong support of H. Res. 220, a reso- Whereas community blood centers strive 1 lution I sponsored to recognize Amer- year-round to maintain a sufficient blood Each year more than 4 ⁄2 million supply, an urgent task because blood compo- Americans need a blood transfusion; ica’s Blood Centers and its member or- nents must be constantly rotated as a result and for many, donated blood will be a ganizations for their commitment to of blood’s short 42-day shelf life; lifesaver. One out of every three people providing the United States with a safe Whereas America’s Blood Centers was will need donated blood in their life- and adequate volunteer donor blood founded in 1962 and is North America’s larg- time. For many of us, we do our part supply. I would also like to thank the est network of community-based, federally by participating in blood drives, but we gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. licensed, not-for-profit blood centers; do not fully recognize the significance BASS) for his support of this resolution. Whereas members of America’s Blood Cen- America’s Blood Centers was founded ters serve more than 150,000,000 people and of our action. operate more than 600 collection sites, col- What can take 15 minutes to donate in 1962 and is North America’s largest lecting a significant amount of the blood a pint of blood can literally save the network of community-based, federally supply of the United States; life of a mother, a next-door neighbor, licensed, not-for-profit blood centers. Whereas members of America’s Blood Cen- or a child. An ample blood supply is With locations in 45 States, America’s ters are currently engaged in developing new also critically important to ensuring Blood Centers collects almost half the tests and new technologies to further assure we are prepared to respond to health United States blood supply, more than the safety of the Nation’s blood supply and care emergencies. any other organization. They provide are actively engaged in biomedical research I thank the gentleman from Lou- blood products and services to more in the area of transfusion medicine; Whereas America’s Blood Centers assists isiana (Mr. BOUSTANY) for offering this than 3,300 United States hospitals and its members and other blood organizations in resolution. This is a great resolution, serve more than 150 million people. assuring adequate blood supplies for patients and I urge all Members to support it. America’s Blood Centers have been a in times of disasters; Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of national leader in meeting increased Whereas members of America’s Blood Cen- my time. national blood supply needs, devel- ters were the first to respond to the Okla- Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I oping new donor recruitment tools, and homa City bombing, the Columbine shoot- yield myself such time as I may con- making blood donation a societal pri- ings, and the 9/11 World Trade Center trag- sume. ority. They are often the first respond- edy and since 9/11 have supported and devel- I am proud to support H. Res. 220, ers to national disasters and ensure oped with the Departments of Homeland Se- curity and Health and Human Services pro- which recognizes America’s Blood Cen- that needed resources are available in posals to ensure rapid response and adequate ters. Founded 43 years ago, America’s times of crisis. And, in fact, Mr. Speak- blood support in the case of a national dis- Blood Centers are North America’s er as a cardiac surgeon and a surgeon aster or act of terrorism; and largest network of nonprofit, commu- with extensive experience in open heart Whereas members of America’s Blood Cen- nity blood centers. Seventy-six blood surgery and in trauma, I have seen di- ters support military operations around the centers operate 600-plus collection sites rectly the benefit that these blood cen- globe: Now, therefore, be it in 45 States and provide nearly half the ters provide. Resolved, That the House of Representa- United States volunteer donor blood Additionally, America’s Blood Cen- tives— supply. ters are currently engaged in devel- (1) recognizes the role of America’s Blood Centers and its members in— There are some facts about blood and oping new tests and technologies to (A) providing life saving blood to patients, blood donation that I think are worth further assure the safety of the Na- including the military in times of war and noting. Four and a half million Ameri- tion’s blood supply and are actively en- the Nation in times of disaster; cans would die each year without life- gaged in biomedical research in the (B) ensuring the safety of that blood sup- saving blood transfusions. Approxi- area of transfusion medicine. ply; and mately 32,000 pints of blood are used The resolution before us will ensure (C) promoting essential blood donor initia- each day in our country. Every 3 sec- that America’s Blood Centers receives tives; onds someone needs blood. One out of the national recognition they deserve (2) acknowledges the efforts made by member community blood centers and other every 10 people in the United States en- for their work, work that saves lives blood organizations to promote and protect tering a hospital needs blood. Just one every day. Their services are invalu- the safety and adequacy of blood components pint of donated blood can help save as able, and I urge my colleagues to sup- provided to patients; and many as three people’s lives. About 3 port this resolution. (3) recognizes the need to promote a stable gallons of blood supports the entire Na- Mr. POMBO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in order to blood supply and increase volunteer partici- tion’s blood needs for just 1 minute. extend a warm thanks and offer my heartfelt pation of blood donors. We all expect blood to be there for us appreciation to those who work tirelessly to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- when we need it, and that time is too ensure the well-being of all Americans. The ant to the rule, the gentleman from often unexpected. Whether it is a 7- purpose of House Resolution 220 is to give New Hampshire (Mr. BASS) and the year-old battling leukemia, a father in- credit where credit is due; to pay our respect

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:40 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.009 H25OCPT1 H9056 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 to those who provide life-giving assistance to major disaster, and to authorize the ‘‘(B) the term ‘disaster period’ means the 1- those in need. I would personally like to thank Federal Trade Commission to seek year period beginning on the date the Presi- America’s Blood Centers and its Member Or- civil penalties for such violations in dent declares an emergency or major dis- actions brought under section 13 of aster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster ganizations for 43 years of providing blood Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 products and services to over 3,300 hospitals that Act. U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and across the country. The Clerk read as follows: ‘‘(C) the term ‘international disaster’ I am extremely proud to say my district is H.R. 3675 means any natural or man-made disaster in home to members of America’s Blood Cen- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- response to which the President furnishes asters. The Delta Blood Bank in San Joaquin resentatives of the United States of America in sistance to any foreign country, inter- County is a founding member of America’s Congress assembled, national organization, or private voluntary Blood Centers. The Delta Blood Bank serves SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. organization pursuant to section 491 of the 18 hospitals throughout four California coun- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2292(b)).’’. Spirit Fraud Prevention Act’’. ties. And just as the demand for assistance The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES FOR UNFAIR OR ant to the rule, the gentleman from never rests, the Delta Blood Bank center is DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES EX- TEARNS staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 PLOITING REACTION TO CERTAIN Florida (Mr. S ) and the gentle- days a year. This community blood bank ac- EMERGENCIES AND MAJOR DISAS- woman from Illinois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) cepts donations throughout our beautiful cen- TERS. each will control 20 minutes. (a) VIOLATIONS OF PROHIBITION AGAINST UN- The Chair recognizes the gentleman tral valley from draw sites located in Stockton, FAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES.—Sec- from Florida (Mr. STEARNS). Manteca, Lodi and my hometown of Tracy. tion 5(m)(1) of the Federal Trade Commis- Delta Blood Bank’s diligent effort to collect, GENERAL LEAVE sion Act (15 U.S.C. 45(m)(1)) is amended by Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I ask process, store and distribute safe and reliable adding at the end the following: blood and blood components to every patient ‘‘(D) In the case of a violation involving an unanimous consent that all Members in need has not gone unnoticed. America’s unfair or deceptive act or practice in a na- may have 5 legislative days within Blood Centers has been at the frontline to re- tional emergency period or disaster period, which to revise and extend their re- or relating to an international disaster, the spond to disaster, military and everyday de- marks and include extraneous material amount of the civil penalty under this para- on this legislation. mands. The America’s Blood Centers has ex- graph shall be double the amount otherwise The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tended its helping hand beyond the needs of provided in this paragraph, if the act or prac- objection to the request of the gen- thousands of American hospitals by providing tice exploits popular reaction to the national tleman from Florida? blood to our troops with the life-giving assist- emergency or major disaster that is the basis There was no objection. ance they need. They play an integral role in for such period, or to the international dis- Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I yield aster. ensuring the safety of those risking their lives myself such time as I may consume. to protect our great country. ‘‘(E) In this paragraph— ‘‘(i) the term ‘national emergency period’ Since the difficult weeks following House Resolution 220 recognizes the con- means the period that— the destruction wrought by hurricanes tribution America’s Blood Centers has made to ‘‘(I) begins on the date the President de- Katrina and Rita, America has wit- the welfare of all Americans. Additionally, clares a national emergency under the Na- nessed the overpowering kindness of there are other organizations that contribute, tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et the American heart, the charitable such as the Pleasanton Blood Center, affili- seq.); and generosity of Americans to help each ated with the American Red Cross. ‘‘(II) ends on the expiration of the 1-year other. That outpouring of support, fi- Again, on behalf of the 4.5 million who ben- period beginning on the date of the termi- nancial, spiritual, and otherwise, is be- efit from its services each and every year, I nation of the national emergency; ‘‘(ii) the term ‘disaster period’ means the 1- ginning to give those who are suffering would like to thank America’s Blood Centers, year period beginning on the date the Presi- hope that their communities and lives particularly Delta Blood Bank, which serves dent declares an emergency or major dis- will finally be rebuilt. The generosity my hometown and home district in California. aster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster of America is the heart of this great And with such tragedies as hurricanes Katrina Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 land and is a national treasure that and Rita and continuing struggles in the Glob- U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and benefits the entire world. al War on Terror, the role the America’s Blood ‘‘(iii) the term ‘international disaster’ Unfortunately, there are disturbing Centers will play in the welfare of Californians means any natural or man-made disaster in reports that some unscrupulous per- and all Americans will be as important as response to which the President furnishes as- sons are again trying to capitalize on sistance to any foreign country, inter- the plight of others to make a fast ever. national organization, or private voluntary Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I organization pursuant to section 491 of the profit and sully the greatness of Amer- have no further requests for time, and Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2292(b)).’’. ica and its capability. Like the reports I yield back the balance of my time. (b) VIOLATIONS OF OTHER LAWS ENFORCED following September 11, fraudsters are Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I have no BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.—Sec- again at work trying to take advantage further requests for time, and I yield tion 13 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of the kindness of Americans who want back the balance of my time. (15 U.S.C. 53) is amended by adding at the to help people who are suffering. And The SPEAKER pro tempore. The end the following: as we learned at the Katrina hearing I question is on the motion offered by ‘‘(e)(1) If a person, partnership, or corporation is found, in an action under subsection held in my subcommittee, the Internet the gentleman from New Hampshire (b), to have committed a violation involving as well as the old-fashioned door-to- (Mr. BASS) that the House suspend the an unfair or deceptive act or practice in a door and telephone solicitations again rules and agree to the resolution, H. national emergency period or a disaster pe- are the tools of choice for those thieves Res. 220, as amended. riod, or relating to an international disaster, scheming to defraud Americans of their The question was taken; and (two- and if the act or practice exploits popular re- charitable contributions. This is abhor- thirds having voted in favor thereof) action to the national emergency or major rent and, in my opinion, particularly the rules were suspended and the reso- disaster that is the basis for such period, or egregious in times of national tragedy. lution, as amended, was agreed to. to the international disaster, the court, after While the Federal Government and awarding equitable relief (if any) under any the States have ways to prosecute A motion to reconsider was laid on other authority of the court, shall hold the the table. person, partnership, or corporation liable for these crimes, I think it is absolutely f a civil penalty of not more than $22,000 for necessary to put those who take advan- each such violation. tage of America’s charitable generosity AMERICAN SPIRIT FRAUD ‘‘(2) In this subsection— on notice that they will face severe PREVENTION ACT ‘‘(A) the term ‘national emergency period’ penalties. Law enforcement is busy Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I move means the period that— tracking down these thieves, and the to suspend the rules and pass the bill ‘‘(i) begins on the date the President de- Congress needs to make certain that (H.R. 3675) to amend the Federal Trade clares a national emergency under the Na- tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et this activity will be aggressively pros- Commission Act to increase civil pen- seq.); and ecuted once they are exposed and fi- alties for violations involving unfair or ‘‘(ii) ends on the expiration of the 1-year nally brought to justice. deceptive acts or practices that exploit period beginning on the date of the termi- Our response to these crimes also popular reaction to an emergency or nation of the national emergency; must serve to encourage those who

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:40 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.018 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9057 want to give their time and money to the shameful side of humanity by at- b 1430 aid those in need to do so without fear tempting to illegally profit from My hometown of Peterborough got of becoming victims themselves. Katrina. Those individuals tried to ex- together and adopted a town in Mis- Whether it is phony Web sites, spam e- ploit the generosity demonstrated by sissippi. We will raise close to $50,000 mail solicitations, or just the old-fash- so many through fraudulent solicita- for this little town in Mississippi by ioned scam artist, we must ensure that tions in which they claimed to be rep- the end of this week. I think that is the financial generosity of Americans resenting organizations benefiting the enormously admirable. The money con- to help those in crisis is not slowly cor- victims or providing emergency re- tributed is carefully accounted for, and roded by fraud. Charitable giving is a sponse services. While those despicable it goes to the exact place it needs to unique American tradition that pro- acts are already illegal, it is necessary go. vides incredible support to relief ef- for the Congress, on behalf of our con- However, there is fraud. I understand forts and their agencies; and it must, stituents, to send a clear message that that the Nation’s first Internet charity Mr. Speaker, be protected. such behavior will be subject to even fraud case involving Hurricane Katrina H.R. 3675, the American Spirit Fraud more severe penalties in the future. has been uncovered. An individual has Prevention Act, would double the civil Under H.R. 3675, the American Spirit been charged and a Federal indictment penalties available to the Federal Fraud Prevention Act, the maximum is pending for creating a consumer Web Trade Commission in their prosecu- civil fines for actions of fraud in an at- site that asked that donations be made tions of fraudulent schemes that ex- tempt to profit from national emer- on line, purportedly to support human- ploit popular reaction to national dis- gencies will be doubled. These in- itarian airlift operations to get victims asters or emergencies as unfair or de- creased penalties will apply to all vio- out of Louisiana. Two people in Los ceptive acts or practices. Now, these lations that occur within 1 year of the Angeles set up a table outside a big box increased penalties, up to $22,000, would time the President declares a disaster department store in Burbank and dis- go into effect after a declaration of a and all violations that occurred during played fliers that read, ‘‘Help now. national emergency or a national dis- and up to 1 year after the expiration of American Red Cross relief for Hurri- aster by the President of the United a Presidential emergency declared cane Katrina.’’ It had no connection States. A trigger for international dis- under the National Emergencies Act. whatever with the Red Cross. asters also was added to the bill in re- The American public is caring and Now, as was mentioned before, Fed- sponse to international emergencies committed. We care about the well- eral officials do have some power to like the Asian tsunami and the earth- being of our neighbors, and we are com- prosecute those engaged in fraud, but if quake in Pakistan. mitted to do what we can to ensure we double the penalties at times when Mr. Speaker, I believe this is a nec- prosperity and security for this Nation. Americans are most likely to be want- essary bill that honors the generosity While our government needs to do ing to give without doing the proper re- of all American people by ensuring much more to improve its preparedness search that is necessary before any gift that the tradition, our proud tradition, and response, we will not allow the is made, I think we will create an extra of charitable giving remains safe from generous and caring spirit of the Amer- element of deterrence. the now notorious and despicable ican public to be victimized during a I want to thank again my friend from criminals that seek to steal from the national emergency. Florida and my friend from Illinois as hearts of our fellow Americans. I urge my colleagues to vote in sup- chairman and ranking member of the I would like to thank, in particular, port of this bill. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, the gentleman from New Hampshire Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of and Consumer Protection of the Com- (Mr. BASS) for his steadfast and strong my time. mittee on Energy and Commerce for al- leadership on this issue. He has done a Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I yield lowing this bill once again to come to great service to all Americans with such time as he may consume to the the floor of the House. I want to thank gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. this bill. I urge my colleagues to pass Chairman BARTON and Ranking Mem- BASS), who is the author of the bill. H.R. 3675, the American Spirit Fraud ber DINGELL as well. Prevention Act. Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I thank my Mr. Speaker, it is time to pass this Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of friend from Florida for yielding me bill out of the Congress, pass it my time. this time. I think I will thank him through the Senate and send it to the Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I twice during this speech for what he President’s desk. I look forward to yield myself such time as I may con- has been able to do, which was to bring working with my colleagues in the sume. this bill to the floor quickly, along committee and in the House and the Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. with my friend from Illinois. Senate and White House to make sure As he mentioned, the American Spir- 3675, the American Spirit Fraud Pre- this happens quickly. vention Act. Hurricane Katrina was it Fraud Prevention Act will double Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I yield one of the worst natural disasters to the penalties that the Federal Trade myself such time as I may consume. have ever struck the United States; Commission can levy against individ- Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman from and it will take months, if not years, uals who commit fraud during times of New Hampshire has pointed out, we to recover from its wake. Countless Presidential emergencies or disasters if passed this twice before, and this is the lives were lost, and the Nation was the offending action is associated with third time. This a timely bill. More im- confronted with a new reality, a harsh our response to the disaster. portantly, it is appropriate, and it is in sense of our vulnerabilities. One saving This would be the third time that I need of passage more than ever. So I grace, the one ray of hope that helped have introduced this bill. It has passed urge my colleagues not only to support to combat the pain, suffering, and sad- Congress on two previous occasions, it, but also I urge leadership in both ness of the Nation, was the commit- and I sincerely hope that it will pass Houses to move this bill to the Presi- ment displayed by Americans who were again today. dent. determined to help. As the cities of Americans have opened their hearts Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, and oth- and their wallets over and over again yield back the balance of my time. ers try to regain their footing, resi- in the last 4 or 5 years, donating $2.2 Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I yield dents around the Nation, including the billion in the wake of September 11; back the balance of my time. Chicago area, where I am from, have $1.3 billion for the tsunami victims; The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. opened their hearts, their homes, and and as of now, over $1.7 billion for PETRI). The question is on the motion their pocketbooks to provide support Katrina aid. In 2004 alone, charities offered by the gentleman from Florida to those who have lost so much. raised $248.5 billion in the United (Mr. STEARNS) that the House suspend Over $1 billion has been raised for re- States. the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3675. lief efforts and aid to victims of Americans should be proud that we The question was taken. Katrina from donations large and small can come together as a country over The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the made by the American public. and over again even though oftentimes opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of Unfortunately, however, there are we have to dig a little deep in order to those present have voted in the affirm- some in our country who demonstrated help people who are in trouble. ative.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:37 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.025 H25OCPT1 H9058 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, on that have 5 legislative days within which to that we still have a lot of work to do. I demand the yeas and nays. revise and extend their remarks and in- The most recent National Survey on The yeas and nays were ordered. clude extraneous material on H. Res. Drug Use and Health tells us that al- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- 485. most 8 percent of the population over ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the age of 12 are current users of illicit Chair’s prior announcement, further objection to the request of the gen- drugs. Current use of illicit drugs is proceedings on this motion will be tleman from New Hampshire? even more prevalent among teens, al- postponed. There was no objection. most 11 percent. While marijuana is f Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- the most commonly used illicit drug, SUPPORTING THE GOALS OF RED self such time as I may consume. methamphetamine use is spreading RIBBON WEEK Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of across the country at alarming rates. House Resolution 485, which would re- The NSDUH report also notes signifi- Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I move to solve that the House of Representa- cant use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco suspend the rules and agree to the reso- tives support the goals of Red Ribbon and legal drugs such as pain relievers lution (H. Res. 485) supporting the Week during the week of October 23 and tranquilizers. Again, young people goals of Red Ribbon Week. through October 31 in order to com- in their late teens and early twenties The Clerk read as follows: memorate the services of DEA Special have use rates in each of these areas H. RES. 485 Agent Enrique ‘‘Kiki’’ Camarena, who that are significantly higher than the Whereas the Governors and Attorneys Gen- died in the line of duty in 1985 while en- overall average. eral of the States, the National Family Part- gaged in the battle against illicit We need to bolster our efforts aimed nership, Parent Teacher Associations, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and more than drugs. at prevention and do more to return 100 other organizations throughout the I also understand that Red Ribbon our citizens to normal productive lives United States annually cosponsor Red Rib- Week encourages children and teens to when their lives have been overtaken bon Week during the week of October 23 choose to live a drug-free life, and I un- by drug abuse. And we should steer our through October 31; derstand also that this resolution en- policies and resources away from the Whereas a purpose of the Red Ribbon Cam- courages all people of the United overly militaristic and supply-side paign is to commemorate the service of States to promote drug-free commu- strategies of recent years. They do not Enrique ‘‘Kiki’’ Camarena, a Drug Enforce- nities and to participate in drug-free work, and the money would be better ment Administration special agent who died in the line of duty in 1985 while engaged in prevention activities to show support spent on proven, effective ways to com- the battle against illicit drugs; for healthy, productive, drug-free life- bat drugs and drug use. Whereas the Red Ribbon Campaign is na- styles. While resolutions such as this are tionally recognized and is in its twentieth We know ultimately that education nice, and, in fact, they are important, year of celebration, helping to preserve Spe- is the answer to drug abuse amongst they do not provide the additional re- cial Agent Camarena’s memory and further children. As the father of a 14-year-old sources necessary to provide preven- the cause for which he gave his life; and a 12-year-old, I can assure you that tion and treatment services for all who Whereas the objective of Red Ribbon Week education is key. What Red Ribbon need them. Nonetheless, Mr. Speaker, I is to promote drug-free communities through Week does is recognize nationally the drug prevention efforts, education, parental would urge all of my colleagues to sup- involvement, and community wide support; importance of keeping our youth off of port H. Res. 485, supporting the goals of Whereas drug and alcohol abuse contrib- drugs, and I am particularly pleased Red Ribbon Week. utes to domestic violence and sexual as- that we are commemorating this year Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he saults, and places the lives of children at and through this resolution Special may consume to the gentleman from risk; Agent Enrique ‘‘Kiki’’ Camarena. Arkansas (Mr. SNYDER). Whereas drug abuse is one of the major Mr. Speaker, this is a great resolu- Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I thank challenges our Nation faces in securing a tion. I urge Congress to pass it. the gentlewoman for yielding me time. safe and healthy future for our families and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this children; resolution that was sponsored by the Whereas emerging drug threats, such as yield myself such time as I may con- the growing epidemic of methamphetamine sume. gentleman from Indiana (Mr. SOUDER) abuse, jeopardize the progress made against Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. illegal drug abuse; and Res. 485, a resolution supporting the CUMMINGS) and others. The line I like Whereas parents, youth, schools, busi- goals of Red Ribbon Week, October 23 in it the most is it talks about encour- nesses, law enforcement agencies, religious through October 31, 2005. aging children to choose a drug-free institutions, service organizations, senior As mentioned, the original and most life, because the reality is, as every citizens, medical and military personnel, fundamental purpose of Red Ribbon parent knows, you cannot follow sports teams, and individuals throughout the Week is to honor the memory of around your kids for the rest of their United States demonstrate their commitment to drug-free, healthy lifestyles by Enrique ‘‘Kiki’’ Camarena, a Drug En- life. They have to have the kind of hon- wearing and displaying red ribbons during forcement Administration agent who esty and information and judgment this weeklong celebration: Now, therefore, be was brutally murdered by drug traf- that they make the right choice for the it fickers in 1985. rest of their life with regard to the use Resolved, That the House of Representa- Now in its 20th year, Red Ribbon of drugs and the abuse of alcohol. tives— Week has grown into a national cam- Part of that honesty, of course, is to (1) supports the goals of Red Ribbon Week; paign to promote drug-free commu- familiarize kids with the brutality of (2) encourages children and teens to choose the drug culture and what it has been to live a drug-free life; and nities by raising awareness, particu- (3) encourages all people of the United larly among our children, of the perils like around the world. This resolution States to promote drug-free communities of drug use. During this week, commu- pays tribute to Kiki Camarena and his and to participate in drug prevention activi- nities, school and home-based pro- brutal death, but also brings attention ties to show support for healthy, productive, grams will convey important drug use to the fact the level of brutality and vi- drug-free lifestyles. information to millions of our fellow olence that accompanies the drug The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- citizens, particularly the most vulner- trade. ant to the rule, the gentleman from able among our children. In Arkansas tomorrow there is going New Hampshire (Mr. BASS) and the I regularly participate in one of those to be a celebration of the 20th anniver- gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. celebrations in my own district and ap- sary of the Arkansans for Drug-Free SCHAKOWSKY) each will control 20 min- preciate the educational aspect of Red Youth, the Red Ribbon Rally, and the utes. Ribbon Week. It aims to prevent drug Teen Summit on Alcohol and Tobacco. The Chair recognizes the gentleman use. Red Ribbon Week is a useful part Governor Mike Huckabee will be there, from New Hampshire (Mr. BASS). of what we all acknowledge is a con- along with 6,000 schoolchildren, 6,001 if GENERAL LEAVE stant challenge in young lives. you count TV personality Craig Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- Notwithstanding the many laudable O’Neill, who will also be there, to cele- mous consent that all Members may aspects of Red Ribbon Week, it is clear brate this day in Arkansas.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:37 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.016 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9059 As a family doctor, I have seen many town of Calexico, CA, originally launched Policy and Human Resources Subcommittee, times the ravages of addiction to both Camarena Clubs. Hundreds of club members of which I am the Ranking Member for spon- drugs and alcohol. It is not only the pledged to lead drug-free lives to honor the soring this resolution. It is my hope that in- health problems that occur, but job sacrifices made by Camarena and other brave creased awareness of Red Ribbon Week will loss and problems in families and child Americans. These coalitions began to wear aid our nation in achieving a drug-free Amer- abuse and spousal abuse. It is bad stuff red badges of satin, red ribbons, as a symbol ica. May the legacy of Special Agent that can come from drug addiction. of Camarena’s memory. The Red Ribbon Camarena live on and may the message of From the medical perspective, the in- Week campaign emerged from the efforts of Red Ribbon Week resound in the hearts of all fections we have seen, infections that these coalitions. Eventually, news about the Americans. change lives and destroy lives, do bad week spread and soon transformed Red Rib- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I things to people, there are so many bon Week into one of the largest drug preven- have no further requests for time, and reasons we need to help these kids tion and education events in the country. I yield back the balance of my time. choose a drug-free life. Today, Red Ribbon Week is nationally rec- Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, this is a So thank you to the sponsors of this ognized and celebrated, helping to preserve great resolution. I urge the Congress to bill for proposing it. I know that every- Special Agent Camarena’s memory and to fur- adopt it. one in Congress supports the goals of ther the cause for which he gave his life. The Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance giving kids the tools they need to Red Ribbon Campaign also became a symbol of my time. choose a drug-free life. of support for the DEA’s efforts to reduce de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in sup- mand for drugs through prevention and edu- question is on the motion offered by port of H. Res. 485. Red Ribbon Week is the cation programs. the gentleman from New Hampshire annual campaign to prevent illegal drug use During the last week of October of each (Mr. BASS) that the House suspend the and to promote drug-free communities. year, over 80 million Americans participate by rules and agree to the resolution, H. All of our children have so much potential. wearing red ribbons symbolizing a public Res. 485. All of our children deserve a chance at life. stand against illegal drugs. Wearing a red rib- The question was taken; and (two- Caring for our children and making sure bon pays homage not only to Special Agent thirds having voted in favor thereof) they do not get addicted to drugs is all of our Camarena, but to all men and women who the rules were suspended and the reso- responsibility. have made the ultimate sacrifice in support of lution was agreed to. Mr. Speaker, 81 percent of teenagers ages our Nation’s struggle against drug trafficking A motion to reconsider was laid on 14 to 20 have used drugs. One out of every and abuse. the table. four high school seniors has used illegal drugs Mr. Speaker, America’s youth are the focus in the past 30 days; almost 30 percent of of the event, and activities during Red Ribbon f young adults have used marijuana in the past. Week are planned to encourage adoption of a This must change. Our children deserve firm stance against drug usage. The Week RECOGNIZING THE 40TH ANNIVER- better. also serves an equally important role as a day SARY OF THE WHITE HOUSE Better treatment and policing are essential of remembrance of every American that has FELLOWS PROGRAM to winning the battle against drugs, but pre- ever been a victim of drug-related violence. vention is the foundation. Red Ribbon Week Now in its 20th year, Red Ribbon Week has Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I move uses community action to educate and help accomplished remarkable things. However, it to suspend the rules and agree to the prevent drug abuse. is now our responsibility to build upon this concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 269) This community led movement started in Im- foundation in an effort to mitigate substance recognizing the 40th anniversary of the perial Valley, California and is changing lives abuse in America. White House Fellows Program. across the Nation. According to the National Survey on Drug The Clerk read as follows: Throughout the United States, many of our Use and Health, in 2004, approximately 19.1 H. CON. RES. 269 schools are participating in this program, in- million Americans over the age of 12 were il- Whereas in 1964, John W. Gardner pre- forming our children to stay away from drugs. licit drug users. This number reflects 7.9 per- sented the idea of selecting a handful of out- As a father and a grandfather, I would like cent of the total population and 10.6 percent standing men and women to come to Wash- to state my personal commitment to Red Rib- of our youth population. This statistic is espe- ington to participate as Fellows and learn bon Week, and to saving the lives of our chil- cially alarming with the emergence of club the workings of the highest levels of the Fed- eral Government to learn about leadership as dren. drugs like ecstasy and the alarming rise of they observed the Nation’s officials in action That is why I sponsored a bill supporting crystal methamphetamine use. We must act and met with these officials and other lead- Red Ribbon Week in the 107th Congress, now to ensure that more attention and edu- ers of society, thereby strengthening the which passed unanimously. cation is provided to America’s youth about Fellows’ abilities and desires to contribute I urge my colleagues to support Red Ribbon the dangers of drugs and their deleterious ef- to their communities, their professions, and Week in the State of California, and I ask for fects. their country; their support for Red Ribbon Week throughout Mr. Speaker, I believe drug treatment is key. Whereas President Lyndon B. Johnson es- our Nation. Bringing it closer to home, my district has at tablished the President’s Commission on Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to sup- White House Fellowships, through Executive least 60,000 crack cocaine and heroin addicts. Order 11183, to create a program that would port H. Res. 485. In fact, according to the Office of National select between 11 and 19 outstanding young Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Drug Control Policy, Baltimore City continues Americans every year and bring them to in support of H. Res. 485, legislation com- to have one of the most severe heroin prob- Washington for ‘‘first hand, high-level expe- memorating Red Ribbon Week. lems and one of the highest drug-related rience in the workings of the Federal Gov- The week was created to pay homage to homicide rates in the entire nation. In 2004, ernment, to establish an era when the young Agent Enrique Camarena, a man who dedi- 34,076 people received treatment in my dis- men and women of America and their gov- cated his career to and sacrificed his life for trict. ernment belonged to each other—belonged to the war against illegal drugs. Throughout his I believe emphasis on prevention, education each other in fact and in spirit’’; Whereas the White House Fellows Program career as a Drug Enforcement Administration and treatment amalgamated in Red Ribbon has steadfastly remained a nonpartisan pro- agent, Agent Camarena worked on the front Week has the ability to make a substantial im- gram that has served 8 Presidents exception- lines of the drug war. His courage and dedica- pact in the anti-drug movement. In fact, a really well; tion were admirable. cent study has shown that each dollar in- Whereas the more than 600 White House In 1985, while working undercover in Mex- vested in prevention totals a savings of 10 dol- Fellows that have served have established a ico, Special Agent Camarena was brutally kid- lars in treatment. For this reason, we should legacy of leadership in every aspect of Amer- napped, tortured, and murdered by drug deal- continue to push forward in this battle and ican society that includes appointments as ers at the age of 37. Although his death was never give up on the hope that one day, we Cabinet officials and senior White House staff, election to the House of Representa- tragic, it served as a catalyst for the entire Na- can win this war. tives, Senate, and State and local Govern- tion to unite and formulate constructive ways That is why I urge my colleagues to support ment, appointments to the Federal, State, to combat illegal drugs. H. Res. 485. I applaud my dear friend, Rep- and local judiciary, appointments as United Congressman DUNCAN HUNTER and Henry resentative MARK SOUDER, Chairman of the States Attorneys, leadership in many of the Lozano, a friend of Camarena’s in his home- Government Reform Criminal Justice, Drug Nation’s largest corporations and law firms,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.018 H25OCPT1 H9060 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 service as presidents of colleges and univer- other senior officials. Fellows are also have served as White House Fellows. sities, deans of our most distinguished grad- invited to take part in educational The program has attracted the most uate schools, officials in nonprofit organiza- travel in order to examine United talented of America’s young up-and- tions, distinguished scholars and historians, States domestic and international pol- comers. Former Fellows have gone on and service as senior leaders in every branch of the United States Armed Forces; icy in action. Finally, the education to serve in Cabinet positions, as elected Whereas this legacy of leadership is a na- program offers roundtable discussions officials at all levels of government, as tional resource that has been used by the Na- including leaders from both the private heads of industry, as distinguished tion in major challenges including orga- and public sectors. members of the Armed Forces, as lead- nizing resettlement operations following the The purpose of the White House Fel- ers in the legal field, and as distin- Vietnam War, assisting with the national re- lows program is to shape young minds guished academicians in some of the sponse to terrorist attacks, managing the into having an understanding of the Nation’s top colleges and universities. aftermath of natural disasters such as Hurri- challenges faced by the Federal Gov- I ask my colleagues to join me in rec- canes Katrina and Rita, and reforming and ernment. The leadership and public af- ognizing the 40th anniversary of the innovating in national and international se- White House Fellows program and the curities and capital markets; fairs development offered by the pro- Whereas the more than 600 White House gram is crucial to the functioning of Federal Government’s continued com- Fellows have characterized their post-Fel- our system in that it provides us with mitment to producing the future gen- lowship years with a lifetime commitment exceptional young professionals in our erations of American leaders. to public service through continuing per- nongovernmental sector. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance sonal and professional renewal and associa- President Johnson’s idea for the proof my time. tion, creating a Fellows community of mu- gram was clear when he said, ‘‘I want Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I yield tual support for leadership at every level of to give the Fellows firsthand high-level such time as he may consume to the government and in every element of our na- distinguished gentleman from Texas tional life; and experience in the workings of the Fed- eral Government and to increase their (Mr. BARTON). Whereas September 1, 2005, marked the (Mr. BARTON of Texas asked and sense of participation in national af- 40th anniversary of the first class of White was given permission to revise and ex- House Fellows to serve this Nation: Now, fairs.’’ President Johnson’s hope was tend his remarks.) therefore, be it that those who were given this extraor- Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Mr. BARTON of Texas. I thank the dinary opportunity would ‘‘continue gentlewoman for her leadership on this Senate concurring), That Congress— their work as private citizens on their (1) recognizes the 40th anniversary of the and being the floor manager for this White House Fellows program and commends public agendas.’’ important bill. the White House Fellows for their continuing In Congress today, both the sponsor Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be the lifetime commitment to public service; of this resolution, Congressman JOE primary sponsor of H. Con. Res. 269, a (2) acknowledges the legacy of leadership BARTON, and Senator SAM BROWNBACK resolution to recognize the 40th anni- provided by White House Fellows over the are former White House Fellows. I hope versary of the White House Fellows years in their local communities, the Nation, that my colleagues will join me in rec- program. As has already been pointed and the world; and ognizing this exceptional program out, this is a program that was estab- (3) expresses appreciation and support for through the adoption of this resolu- the continuing leadership of White House lished first by President Lyndon John- Fellows in all aspects of our national life in tion. son to be a leadership forum for young the years ahead. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Americans of all walks of life, of all po- my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- litical persuasions, all ideological phi- ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from b 1445 losophies, to give them a window on Washington for a year and then encour- Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT) and the gentleman Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I age them to go and be leaders in build- from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS) each will con- yield myself such time as I may control 20 minutes. ing America. Since its inception in sume. 1964, over 600 Americans have served as The Chair recognizes the gentle- Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join White House Fellows. I was privileged woman from Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT). with my colleague from Ohio in consid- to be a part of the class of 1981 and 1982 GENERAL LEAVE eration of this important legislation. where I served in the Department of Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask Forty years ago, President Lyndon B. Energy. unanimous consent that all Members Johnson, through executive order 11183, The best thing about the Fellows pro- may have 5 legislative days within established the President’s Commis- gram are the Fellows. You get to meet which to revise and extend their re- sion on White House Fellowships. The the most amazing people. In my class, marks and include extraneous material commission was given the task of cre- we had the police captain from Oak- on H. Con. Res. 269. ating the White House Fellows pro- land, California; we had an Indian chief The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there gram. The program was designed to ex- from Oklahoma; we had a law professor objection to the request of the gentle- pose the best and the brightest of from Utah; we had a Navy captain from woman from Ohio? America’s future leaders to policy- the Navy; an Air Force officer from the There was no objection. making at the highest levels. Between Air Force; a tank commander, an in- Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 11 and 20 young, gifted Americans serve fantry battalion commander from the myself such time as I may consume. as White House Fellows each year, and Army; and you had somebody like me, Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support they truly represent the best of what JOE BARTON, from Crockett, Texas, of H. Con. Res. 269. This resolution, in- America has to offer. plant manager. troduced by my distinguished colleague Being a White House Fellow provides There have been, as I said, over 600 from Texas (Mr. BARTON), honors the each Fellow with the unique oppor- Americans serve in the program. Some 40th class of Fellows participating in tunity of interacting with officials at of them are names that we now know the White House Fellows Association. the highest levels of government. It is as household words. Colin Powell, who The program was founded in 1964 by not uncommon for Fellows to learn was Secretary of State and Chairman President Lyndon Baines Johnson and about policymaking in all of its forms, of the Joint Chiefs, was a White House is considered one of the most pres- at both the domestic and international Fellow. Elaine Chao, Secretary of the tigious opportunities for leadership and levels, while gaining access to policy- Department of Labor, is a former public service today. makers that is generally afforded to White House Fellow. Wesley Clark, who Offered strictly on a nonpartisan only a small group of advisers and sen- was former Allied supreme commander basis, White House Fellowships offer ior staff. As a result, the White House in Europe, is a former White House Fel- exceptional young people firsthand ex- Fellows program plays an integral role low. In my class, David Karnes was a perience in working at the highest levin cultivating the leaders of tomorrow. Senator from Nebraska. Paul els of Federal Government. White The program is indeed bipartisan and Applegarth was a senior officer at the House Fellows spend a year assisting is hailed as a great success by Repub- World Bank. Mike Ullman is currently full-time senior White House staff, the licans and Democrats alike. Over the president and CEO of JCPenney Cor- Vice President, Cabinet secretaries and last 4 decades, more than 600 people poration. Members who have served in

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:37 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.008 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9061 Congress or in the Senate since they facilitate that ephemeral quality ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to were Fellows include Tom Campbell; called leadership. The goal of the pro- be a reference to the ‘‘Congressman James SAM BROWNBACK, who is currently the gram as established by President John- Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Build- Senator from Kansas; former Senator son back in the 1960s was to give young ing’’. Tim Wirth, who started out as a Con- Americans who had shown potential in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- gressman from Colorado and then be- their early career the opportunity to ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from came Senator from Colorado; and of have a window on Washington and then Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT) and the gentleman course myself, who is currently serving go out, whether they go back to their from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS) each will con- in the House of Representatives. community, whether they stay in trol 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentle- As has been pointed out, this is a Washington, whether they change ca- woman from Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT). nonpartisan program. You are asked to reer paths, to hopefully be a positive fill out an application that is about 30 force for change for America. I can GENERAL LEAVE Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask pages long. It is the most extensive ap- honestly say after 600 Fellows, after 40 unanimous consent that all Members plication I have ever had to fill out. years, that the program has delivered may have 5 legislative days within You are asked what your life’s ambi- beyond the wildest expectations of which to revise and extend their re- tions are, what you consider your nota- President Johnson. marks and include extraneous material ble achievements, what you hope to It is with a great deal of pride that I achieve, and you are even asked to give on the bill under consideration. am allowed to be the primary sponsor The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there a policy recommendation to the Presi- for this resolution. I think Senator objection to the request of the gentle- dent of the United States. Pretty BROWNBACK is the sponsor in the Sen- woman from Ohio? heady stuff when you are a young plant ate. I say to the past 600 Fellows, the There was no objection. manager in Crockett, Texas, like I was current 15 Fellows and to future Fel- Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I yield back in 1981. lows: job well done; let’s look to the fu- myself such time as I may consume. The interview process is extensive. ture; let’s continue to build a better Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. You start out at the regional level. Ev- America. 3256, introduced by the distinguished erybody whose application is accepted, Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I urge gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. and normally there are 1,000 to 2,000 ap- all Members to support the adoption of MURPHY). This bill would designate the plications filed that are winnowed House Concurrent Resolution 269. post office in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- down by the staff of the White House Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance vania, as the James Grove Fulton Me- Fellows to about 500 or 600. Those then of my time. morial Post Office Building. James are read over several weekends by The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Grove Fulton was born in Allegheny former White House Fellows and that PETRI). The question is on the motion County, Pennsylvania, on March 1, application pool is winnowed down to offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio 1903. He attended the public schools in approximately 150. If you are one of the (Mrs. SCHMIDT) that the House suspend South Hills and the fine arts depart- 150 what are called regional the rules and agree to the concurrent ment of the Carnegie Institute of Tech- semifinalists, you are invited to a re- resolution, H. Con. Res. 269. nology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In gional interview over a 2-day period The question was taken. 1928 he was admitted to the bar after where you sit down face to face with a The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the graduating from Harvard Law School panel of leaders in your local area and opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of and began to practice law in Pitts- are asked all kinds of questions. those present have voted in the affirm- burgh. Each region picks three finalists to ative. He served the Commonwealth of go to the national finals. There are 33 Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, on that Pennsylvania in many capacities. He national finalists. You come to Wash- I demand the yeas and nays. was a member of the Allegheny County ington for a weekend where the na- The yeas and nays were ordered. board of law examiners from 1934 to tional panel interviews you. From that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- 1942, he served in the State Senate group of 33, they pick the class that is ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the from 1939 to 1940, he served as solicitor anywhere from 10 to 15 Fellows. I think Chair’s prior announcement, further for Dormont Borough in 1942, and fi- the largest class has been 19. You then proceedings on this motion will be nally as the publisher of the Mount spend the next year, if you are picked, postponed. Lebanon, Pennsylvania News. Mr. Ful- working as an assistant in one of the f ton was also a member of the United Federal agencies, up and including the States Naval Reserve after enlisting in White House; but every week you meet CONGRESSMAN JAMES GROVE 1942. He served in the South Pacific as with your class and you meet world FULTON MEMORIAL POST OF- a lieutenant until 1945 when he was dis- leaders, local leaders. My year we met FICE BUILDING charged. James Grove Fulton, while with Tom Foley who was the majority Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I move still serving in the Navy, was elected leader, I believe, in the House. We met to suspend the rules and pass the bill to the 79th Congress. Mr. Fulton was a with Tip O’Neill. We met with the ma- (H.R. 3256) to designate the facility of 14-term Member whose time in Con- jority leader in the Senate. We met the United States Postal Service lo- gress spanned nearly 30 years. This re- with the President. We met with the cated at 3038 West Liberty Avenue in spected Member of Congress will be re- Vice President. We also met with cor- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Con- membered for his passion for science as poration leaders. We met with commu- gressman James Grove Fulton Memo- a member of the Science and Aero- nity service leaders. rial Post Office Building’’. nautics Committee as well as a dele- And you get to go on several trips. The Clerk read as follows: gate to the United Nations as an ad- We had two domestic trips where we H.R. 3256 viser on space from 1960 to 1969. went to Chicago where we studied the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- James Grove Fulton served the Com- architecture of Chicago. We went to resentatives of the United States of America in monwealth of Pennsylvania his entire the west coast where we went out and Congress assembled, life at all levels of government. Mr. studied agriculture in California. I got SECTION 1. CONGRESSMAN JAMES GROVE FUL- Speaker, I urge support of H.R. 3256, to take my class to Texas and we TON MEMORIAL POST OFFICE and I salute the sponsor, the gentleman showed them Houston, TX, where we BUILDING. from Pennsylvania, for his work on met with leaders of the oil industry; (a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the this measure. and then we went to Austin, TX, where United States Postal Service located at 3038 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of we met with State leaders. We also West Liberty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Con- my time. went on one international trip. My gressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I class went to Europe where we studied Post Office Building’’. yield myself such time as I may con- NATO issues. (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, sume. This is a wonderful program. You map, regulation, document, paper, or other Mr. Speaker, as a member of the make lifelong friends, but it also helps record of the United States to the facility re- House Government Reform Committee,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:06 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.021 H25OCPT1 H9062 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 I am pleased to join my colleague in years in the Pennsylvania State senate The question was taken. the consideration of H.R. 3256, legisla- in 1939 and 1940. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the tion naming a postal facility in Pitts- At the relatively advanced age of 39, opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of burgh, Pennsylvania, after Congress- he enlisted in the United States Naval those present have voted in the affirm- man James Grove Fulton. This meas- Reserve in 1942, and heroically served ative. ure, which was sponsored by the gen- in the South Pacific as a lieutenant. Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, on that tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. MUR- What is perhaps most remarkable I demand the yeas and nays. PHY), was introduced on July 12, 2005, about Fulton’s service was that he ac- The yeas and nays were ordered. and unanimously reported by our com- tually ran for Congress while still The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- mittee on October 20, 2005. fighting the war abroad. ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the James Grove Fulton was a native of Indeed, in November 1944, while still Chair’s prior announcement, further Pennsylvania and practiced law in in the service, Fulton was elected as a proceedings on this motion will be Pittsburgh before serving in the State Republican to the 79th Congress to rep- postponed. senate in 1939 and 1940. Prior to enlist- resent the Pittsburgh area. When he f ing in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Mr. Ful- was honorably discharged in early 1945, GAGETOWN VETERANS MEMORIAL ton published the Mount Lebanon News he began what became a nearly 27-year POST OFFICE and other newspapers. career in the U.S. House of Representa- tives. Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I move b 1500 His primary interest in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill While still serving in the Naval Re- was to facilitate U.S. innovation in (H.R. 3368) to designate the facility of serve, Mr. Fulton was elected to the science technology. He rose to become the United States Postal Service lo- 79th Congress. He was reelected to 13 ranking member of the House Com- cated at 6483 Lincoln Street in succeeding Congresses, and served from mittee on Science and Astronautics. Gagetown, Michigan, as the ‘‘Gagetown 1945 until his death in 1971. Sadly, he died in office on October 6, Veterans Memorial Post Office’’. Former Representative Fulton will 1971, at the age of 68. But among his ac- The Clerk read as follows: be remembered for his work with the complishments is something that is H.R. 3368 United Nations where he served as an still remembered today in our region. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- adviser on space and delegate on trade He worked tirelessly in dealing with resentatives of the United States of America in and employment. some of the many flood control issues Congress assembled, Mr. Speaker, I would urge swift pas- in the hilly areas of southwest Penn- SECTION 1. GAGETOWN VETERANS MEMORIAL sage of this bill. sylvania. Still today when we are be- POST OFFICE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance leaguered by huge storms in our area, (a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6483 of my time. people note that it was his work on Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I yield Lincoln Street in Gagetown, Michigan, shall flood control projects which to this day be known and designated as the ‘‘Gagetown such time as he may consume to the have a lasting legacy of saving many Veterans Memorial Post Office’’. gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. homes in the region. (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, MURPHY). In the years following his death in map, regulation, document, paper, or other Mr. MURPHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank 1972, the James G. Fulton Fellows Pro- record of the United States to the facility re- the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. gram was established as a living me- ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to SCHMIDT) for yielding me time and for morial to Congressman Fulton. This be a reference to the ‘‘Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office’’. her work and the work of the Com- program remains today open to under- mittee on Government Reform on this graduate students who permanently re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- bill. side in Allegheny County who want to ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from We are here to remember and con- work for a Pennsylvania Member of Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT) and the gentleman sider a Congressman beloved in the Congress. The program reflects the fact from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS) each will con- hearts of those in southwestern Penn- that Congressman Fulton mentored trol 20 minutes. sylvania, James G. Fulton. Now, there more than 100 college students during The Chair recognizes the gentle- were two things you were not allowed his tenure in Congress. woman from Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT). to say in the congressional office of Mr. Speaker, last but not least, I GENERAL LEAVE James Fulton. The first was, ‘‘I can’t,’’ thank my good friends from the Com- Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask and the second was, ‘‘I don’t know,’’ mittee on Government Reform, the unanimous consent that all Members this according to Congressman Ful- gentleman from Virginia (Mr. DAVIS), may have 5 legislative days within ton’s long-time aide Richard Beeman, the gentleman from California (Mr. which to revise and extend their re- who wrote these words in the eulogy WAXMAN), for helping me to honor such marks and include extraneous material that were included in the CONGRES- an esteemed former Member of this on the bill under consideration. SIONAL RECORD on October 21, 1971. body as Congressman Fulton. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Consistent with these simple mottos, I also want to recognize Sara D’Orsie objection to the request of the gentle- warm-hearted, thoughtful, plain-spo- on the committee’s majority staff and woman from Ohio? ken James Fulton represented the Denise Wilson of the staff of the gen- There was no objection. Pittsburgh area in Congress with great tleman from California (Mr. WAXMAN) Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I yield charm and distinction and a vibrant for their important efforts. myself such time as I may consume. can-do spirit for 27 years. Mr. Speaker, with enactment of this Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. James Fulton was born in Dormont legislation, this post office building 3368, introduced by the distinguished Borough in Allegheny County in March will stand as a prominent tribute to gentlemen from Michigan (Mr. KIL- of 1903, and it was the elected officials the public service career of a Pitts- DEE). This bill would designate the post in Dormont who recommended that we burgh icon, Congressman James Ful- office in Gagetown, Michigan, as the consider him for naming this post of- ton. I urge my colleagues to join me in Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Of- fice. He graduated from Pennsylvania support of this measure. fice. State College, now known as Penn Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I urge The entire Michigan delegation has State University, and later from Har- all Members to support the passage of cosponsored this legislation. Although vard Law School. H.R. 3256. the town of Gagetown, Michigan, is a He pursued many diverse interests in Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance small community of only 337 people, his young adulthood; went on to pri- of my time. the 38 veterans that reside there have vate practice in Pittsburgh; as it was The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. made a big contribution to the Amer- noted before, became the publisher of PETRI). The question is on the motion ican way of life. Every member of our the Mount Lebanon News; earned a offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio armed services has contributed to the seat on the Allegheny County Board of (Mrs. SCHMIDT) that the House suspend preservation of the goals and ideals of Law Examiners; and then served 2 the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3256. this country.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:37 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.023 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9063 Those who have served and are cur- erans programs because I know that Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance rently serving our country are fighting each vote on veterans issues directly of my time. for the basic rights that we enjoy here touches the lives of nearly one out of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The in our free Nation, here in this very three Americans, the veteran them- question is on the motion offered by room. From the American Revolution selves, and the fathers, the mothers, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. to the current war on terrorism, there the sons, the daughters, the brothers SCHMIDT) that the House suspend the are numerous untold stories of bravery and sisters whose sacrifice deserve our rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3368. and courage, and so many unsung he- undying gratitude. The question was taken; and (two- roes that live among us. My heart guides my hand on each thirds having voted in favor thereof) The 38 veterans of Gagetown, Michi- vote I cast for veterans. Those votes the rules were suspended and the bill gan, have been involved in World War are a demonstration of gratitude and a was passed. II, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. The des- pledge of support. All of us need to A motion to reconsider was laid on ignation of this post office building honor the memory of those who paid so the table. dearly with their lives. We need to would be a token of the town’s grati- f tude and respect for those who have an- think of the pain and loss felt by those swered the call to serve their country. left behind. FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE What these veterans have done for all Theodore Roosevelt wrote the fol- SENATE of us here in America enjoying the lowing upon the death of his son Quen- A further message from the Senate freedoms that these soldiers have pro- tin during World War I. He wrote, ‘‘He by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, an- vided is truly immeasurable, which is had his crowded hour, he died at the nounced that the Senate has passed why it is only right to honor these cou- crest of his life, in the glory of the with amendment a bill of the House of rageous soldiers. dawn.’’ the following title: I urge all Members to come together Mr. Speaker, millions of Americans died at the crest of their lives because H.R. 3058. An act making appropriations and honor the efforts of the dedicated for the Departments of Transportation, veterans in Gagetown, Michigan. they believed in the absolute of Amer- Treasury, and Housing and Urban Develop- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of ica’s promise. We can properly honor ment, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, my time. the memory of our fallen by assuring and independent agencies for the fiscal year Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I our Nation lives up to its obligation to ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur- yield such time as he may consume to its veterans. poses. the author of this legislation, the gen- If I could request my Government to The message also announced that the do one thing, if I could ask my fellow tleman from Michigan (Mr. KILDEE). Senate insists upon its amendment to Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank citizens to do one thing, it would be to the bill (H.R. 3058) ‘‘An Act making ap- the gentleman for yielding. grant our veterans the care, respect propriations for the Departments of Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support and recognition that they so richly de- Transportation, Treasury, and Housing of my bill, H.R. 3368, to designate the serve. and Urban Development, the Judiciary, facility of the United States Postal Mr. Speaker, Members of the House, District of Columbia, and independent Service located at 6483 Lincoln Street please join me in supporting H.R. 3368, agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- in Gagetown, Michigan, as the to honor all of our veterans. tember 30, 2006, and for other pur- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Of- poses,’’ requests a conference with the yield myself such time as I may con- fice. House on the disagreeing votes of the sume. two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. It is an honor to recognize all of our As a member of the Committee on BOND, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. Nation’s veterans in this visible man- Government Reform, I am pleased to BENNETT, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. DEWINE, ner. Mr. Pablo Lopez brought this idea join with my colleagues in consider- Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. to my attention, and the village of ation of H.R. 3368, the legislation nam- DOMENICI, Mr. BURNS, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. Gagetown overwhelmingly passed a ing a postal facility in honor of COCHRAN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BYRD, Ms. resolution in support of designating Gagetown veterans. This measure, MIKULSKI, Mr. REID, Mr. KOHL, Mr. the post office to honor our veterans. I which was sponsored by the gentleman am also pleased that the entire Michi- DURBIN, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. from Michigan (Mr. KILDEE), was intro- HARKIN, Ms. LANDRIEU, and Mr. INOUYE, gan delegation has joined me as co- duced on July 20, 2005, and unani- to be conferees on the part of the Sen- sponsors of this legislation. mously reported by our committee on Mr. Speaker, I believe we owe all of ate. October 20, 2005. our veterans a debt of gratitude for Mr. Speaker, veterans from the f their service. In my years of public Gagetown community have fought val- service, there are few people I have met SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO PRO- iantly in all conflicts. Veterans from MOTE GREATER AWARENESS OF who deserve the word ‘‘heroic’’ as do the village of Gagetown have fought in those who have served in our Armed EFFECTIVE RUNAWAY YOUTH World War II, the Korean War, the PREVENTION PROGRAMS Forces. We can honor that heroism Vietnam War and, most recently, in here today to show the respect and Iraq. Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I move to gratitude due to those who have served I am pleased to note that the village suspend the rules and agree to the reso- in all of our forces. council of Gagetown, Michigan, fully lution (H. Res. 484) supporting efforts Mr. Speaker, when I was a school- supports naming the Gagetown Post to promote greater awareness of effec- teacher in Flint, Michigan, I took a Office in honor and memory of tive runaway youth prevention pro- year off to travel around the world. I Gagetown veterans. grams and the need for safe and pro- traveled through many countries and Mr. Speaker, I commend my col- ductive alternatives, resources, and saw many wonderful sights and met league for seeking to honor the sac- supports for homeless youth. many wonderful people, but the one rifice of Gagetown veterans in this The Clerk read as follows: sight that always gave me a feeling of manner. And on behalf of my col- H. RES. 484 security, integrity and decency was the leagues, let me say that we all sin- Whereas preventing young people from American flag as I approached an cerely appreciate your heroic service running away and supporting homeless American Embassy. That flag still flies to the Nation. youth and youth in other high-risk situa- proudly, because of the sacrifices made Mr. Speaker, I urge swift passage of tions is a family, community, and national by our veterans. this bill. concern; Today we are a Nation whose free- Mr. Speaker, I have no further re- Whereas the prevalence of runaway and dom has been guaranteed by our vet- homeless youth in the Nation is staggering, quests for time, and I yield back the with studies suggesting that between erans, all of our veterans, and each de- balance of my time. 1,600,000 and 2,800,000 young people live on serves our pledge of justice, equity and Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I urge the streets of the United States each year; care. Throughout my years in public all Members to support the passage of Whereas running away from home is wide- office, I have always supported vet- H.R. 3368. spread, with 1 out of every 7 children in the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:37 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.029 H25OCPT1 H9064 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 United States running away before the age of greater public awareness of effective vention Month. Preventing young peo- 18; runaway youth prevention programs ple from running away and supporting Whereas youth that end up on the streets and the need for safe and productive al- youth in high-risk situations is a fam- or in emergency shelters are often those who ternatives, resources, and support for ily, community, and national concern. have been thrown out of their homes by their families; who have been physically, sexually, youth in high-risk situations. I would Please join us in encouraging all Amer- or emotionally abused at home; who have like to thank the leadership for allow- icans to play a role in supporting the been discharged by State custodial systems ing this resolution to come to the millions of young people who have run without adequate transition plans; who have House floor as it highlights a very away, who are at risk of doing so each lost their parents through death or divorce; tragic and very important issue. year. and who are too poor to secure their own Runaway and thrown-away episodes H. Res. 484 supports efforts to pro- basic needs; among our Nation’s youth are serious mote greater public awareness of effec- Whereas providers of services to runaway and widespread, with one of every tive runaway youth prevention pro- and homeless youth are experiencing in- seven children and youths in the grams and the need for safe and pro- creased demand for services due to the dis- ductive alternatives, resources and placement of youth and families in the after- United States running away or being math of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; turned out of the home before the age supports for youth in high-risk situa- Whereas the commemoration of National of 18. A recent study by the Federal Of- tions. Runaway Prevention Month will encourage fice of Juvenile Justice and Delin- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to all sectors of society to develop community- quency Prevention estimates that support this resolution. based solutions to prevent runaway and nearly 1.7 million youth experienced a Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of homeless episodes among the Nation’s youth; runaway or thrown-away episode in a my time. Whereas effective programs that support Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield single year. The prevalence of runaway runaway and homeless youth and assist myself such time as I may consume. young people in remaining at home succeed and homeless youth in the Nation is as- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support because of partnerships created among fami- tounding, with studies suggesting that of H. Res. 484, in recognition of Na- lies, community-based human service agen- between 1.6 million and 2.8 million tional Runaway Prevention Month. I cies, law enforcement agencies, schools, young people live on the streets of the would like to commend the gentleman faith-based organizations, and businesses; United States of America each year. from Nevada (Mr. PORTER) for bringing Whereas the future well-being of the Na- The primary factors of running away tion is dependent on the value placed on it to the floor. or being thrown away are severe family The prevalence of runaway and young people and the opportunities provided conflict, abuse, neglect, and parental for youth to acquire the knowledge, skills, homeless youth in our Nation is stag- and abilities necessary to develop into safe, abuse of alcohol and of drugs. In the gering, with studies suggesting that be- healthy, and productive adults; wake of massive loss of life and prop- tween 1.6 and 2.8 million young people Whereas Congress supports an array of erty after the recent natural disasters, live on the streets of the United States community-based support services that ad- we can expect these numbers to rise. each year. Each year roughly 5,000 of dress the critical needs of runaway and We must congratulate service providers these troubled young people die from homeless youth, including family strength- for their response to the increased assault, illness, and in some cases from ening, street outreach, emergency shelter, numbers of displaced youth as a result and transitional living programs; suicide. In my home State of Texas, of these terrible tragedies. more than 100,000 young people ages 7 Whereas Congress supports programs that In the district I represent in southern provide crisis intervention and referrals to through 17 run away from home each reconnect runaway and homeless youth to Nevada, the statistics are similar. In year. It is literally a matter of life and their families and to link young people to 2003, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Po- death that we raise awareness and do local resources that provide positive alter- lice Department reported 4,527 run- everything in our power to prevent natives to running away; and aways. There were approximately 3,500 runaways. Whereas the purpose of National Runaway children who required emergency shel- In the aftermath of hurricanes Prevention Month in November 2005 is to inter; 1,800 of these children were placed Katrina and Rita, the system of sup- crease public awareness of the life cir- in foster care. In addition to that, the port for runaway and homeless youths cumstances of youth in high-risk situations Clark County School District esti- and the need for safe and productive alter- is being stretched to the limit. This is natives, resources, and supports for youth, mates 3,500 of our students were home- especially true in Texas where many of their families, and their communities: Now, less. the victims of these terrible storms therefore, be it These astonishing statistics high- have sought refuge. Resolved, That the House of Representa- light the need for our support of those National Runaway Prevention Month tives supports efforts to promote greater very important programs that seek to is a time to encourage the development public awareness of effective runaway youth prevent these types of incidences. of community-based solutions to pre- prevention programs and the need for safe Many of the conditions that lead young vent runaway and homeless episodes and productive alternatives, resources, and people to leave or be turned out of supports for homeless youth and youth in among our Nation’s youths. More im- other high-risk situations. their homes are preventable through portantly, it is a time to draw atten- interventions that strengthen family The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tion to the need for resources to com- and support youth in high-risk situa- ant to the rule, the gentleman from bat this problem. tions. Successful interventions are During National Runaway Preven- Nevada (Mr. PORTER) and the gen- grounded in partnerships among fami- tion Month, the National Runaway tleman from Texas (Mr. HINOJOSA) each lies and community-based human serv- will control 20 minutes. Switchboard and the National Network The Chair recognizes the gentleman ice agencies, law enforcement agencies, For Youth seek to raise community schools, faith-based organizations, and from Nevada (Mr. PORTER). member awareness of the widespread the business community. nature of runaway situations and the GENERAL LEAVE The National Network For Youth and Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask importance of strengthening families the National Runaway Switchboard are unanimous consent that all Members and engaging their involvement in cri- collaborative since 2002 in cosponsoring may have 5 legislative days within sis intervention communities. National Runaway Prevention Month In Texas, our hotline started in 1973 which to revise and extend their re- during the month of November. Na- as Operation Peace of Mind after the marks on H. Res. 484. tional Runaway Prevention Month is a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there devastating discovery of 27 young men, public education initiative aimed at in- objection to the request of the gen- many runaways, who were brutally creasing the awareness of issues facing tleman from Nevada? murdered. Today, our hotline operates There was no objection. runaways, as well as making the public 24 hours a day and provides critical aware of role they play in preventing services which include the following: b 1515 youth from running away. Crisis intervention and counseling; Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield As a result of this collaboration, information and referrals for callers myself such time as I may consume. communities across the country have seeking food, shelter and transpor- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support undertaken a range of activities to tation home; confidential conference of H. Res. 484, which seeks to promote commemorate National Runaway Pre- calls between youth and their families;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.012 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9065 and, yes, it provides a message service Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I at-risk youth. Sanctuary, Inc. works in close to promote communication between want to first of all thank the gen- collaboration with the Department of Youth Af- runaways and their families. tleman from Texas for yielding me fairs of the Government of Guam as well as Mr. Speaker, runaways are the Na- time. I also want to commend my col- with the judicial system and the courts to iden- tion’s most vulnerable youth. We must league from Nevada for bringing this tify ways to support our youth. be united in helping them find a safe, important matter before us today. Through workshops, counseling, referral healthy, and productive place where Mr. Speaker, I rise as a strong sup- services, support groups, and especially with they can fulfill their potential. I urge porter of H. Res. 484. Studies indicate their annual summer parent-child conference, my colleagues to support this resolu- that a staggering between 1.8 and 2.6 Sanctuary, Inc. works to strengthen family re- tion. million children live on the streets of lationships and promotes a drug, alcohol and Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the our country each and every year. This violence-free lifestyle among youth partici- gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. legislation in a way honors the individ- pants. Their after-school programs are espe- MCCOLLUM). uals and organizations who work so cially effective in providing activities for our Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota. Mr. hard to reach out to our young people youth and complementing their classroom in- Speaker, today we will vote on a reso- that are in some of the most desperate struction. Apart from their programs, Sanc- lution in support of preventive proof situations. tuary operates two temporary emergency shel- grams; yet this Congress continues to As we can all imagine, the situation ters to accommodate our homeless youth, pro- underfund the critical resources needed on the streets for these young people is viding them with room and board and a family to address the problems faced by these desperate and incredibly rough. Half of away from home. vulnerable youth. the HIV cases in the United States are I commend Sanctuary, Inc. for their out- Homelessness is merely a symptom of in the youth population. Homeless and standing work and their positive influence on a bigger problem. For many youth, runaway youth are two to 10 times our at-risk youth and their families. I urge my their home situation is violent and it is higher than the nonhomeless teens who colleagues to support H. Res. 484. I too urge unhealthy. The Wilder Foundation, a have HIV, and the Centers for Disease all of us to work together to increase aware- nonprofit health and human service or- Control and Prevention report that 94 ness of effective runaway youth prevention ganization that has served the greater percent of homeless youth are sexually programs. Through these proven community- St. Paul area since 1906, understands active. We, unfortunately, cannot based programs we can help provide for a this issue well. They tell us that chil- make street life disappear or even safer and more educational environment for dren who run away are three times reach a level of utopia; but we can en- our at-risk youth. more likely to have been physically sure that there are services available Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield abused, five times more likely to have to help with the daily lives of these back the balance of my time. been treated for drug and alcohol prob- young people, whether it is trying to Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I have no lems. These young adults need our find a bed, a warm meal, or some safe, further requests for time, and I yield help, they need our support, and they genuine companionship. back the balance of my time. need the opportunity to know that Mr. Speaker, I support this legisla- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. they can get their lives back on track. tion. In a large urban district like mine PETRI). The question is on the motion And there are many in our community where there are thousands of impover- offered by the gentleman from Nevada and across this country who are ready ished young people living in less than (Mr. PORTER) that the House suspend to serve homeless youths. desirable home situations, we know the rules and agree to the resolution, In Minnesota there are groups such that they need help. And I commend H. Res. 484. as the Ain Dah Yung Center, serving some of the many organizations like The question was taken; and (two- Native American youths; the Bridge the Night Ministry, Tabitha House, thirds having voted in favor thereof) For Runaway Youth, and they are Hope House, the House of Daniel, the rules were suspended and the reso- working hard to provide critical serv- Clare’s House, Mother’s House, and all lution was agreed to. ices. of the other programs that are de- A motion to reconsider was laid on When I visited one of the homeless signed to assist young people as they the table. shelters for youth just recently, I go through this stage of their lives. f found out that they had to cut their Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sup- hours back, that they could not pro- port of H. Res. 484, a resolution introduced by MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT vide a safe haven for children to escape our colleague from Nevada, Mr. PORTER, to A message in writing from the Presi- the cold during the day and to get recognize the value of runaway youth preven- dent of the United States was commu- counseling, to reunite them with their tion programs and the needs of homeless and nicated to the House by Mr. Sherman families when possible or to put them at-risk youth. Our consideration of this resolu- Williams, one of his secretaries. in a place where they would be safe. tion today is timely given that October is rec- f These children need our assistance. ognized as National Runaway Prevention They need a partner at the Federal Month. ESTABLISHING INTERAGENCY level, one that they can count on, not In my district, we have benefited greatly AEROSPACE REVITALIZATION only for well-intentioned resolutions from the development and implementation of TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A NA- but the dollars needed to provide those several runaway youth prevention programs. TIONAL STRATEGY FOR AERO- resources, those safe havens, especially These programs have proven their effective- SPACE WORKFORCE RECRUIT- as winter sets in on these young adults ness with increasing support from various MENT, TRAINING, AND CULTIVA- in Minnesota. members of our community. They have been TION They need resources. They need beds. built with support from families, parents, teach- Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I move to They need counselors. But most of all ers, social workers, counselors, ministers, and suspend the rules and pass the bill they need to know, our children need other civic-minded citizens in our community. (H.R. 758) to establish an interagency to know that Congress is prepared to They have also been supplemented with im- aerospace revitalization task force to vote for them and to approve not only portant grant assistance from both the local develop a national strategy for aero- this resolution but in the future the re- and federal government. Their effectiveness is space workforce recruitment, training, sources needed in order for them to worth promoting and increasing awareness of and cultivation. turn their lives around. the needs of our homeless and at-risk youth is The Clerk read as follows: Our children deserve our hope for a an important undertaking. H.R. 758 better future for them, and they de- I take this opportunity to share the story of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- serve an opportunity to have that fu- just one particular organization in Guam that resentatives of the United States of America in ture. has grown to fulfill these needs of Guam’s Congress assembled, Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield homeless and at-risk youth. As a member of SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 3 minutes to my good friend and col- the National Network for Youth, Sanctuary, Congress finds the following: league from the great State of Illinois Inc. has developed and sponsored many im- (1) The aerospace industry generates near- (Mr. DAVIS). portant programs serving our homeless and ly 15 percent of the gross domestic product of

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:02 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.035 H25OCPT1 H9066 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 the United States, supports approximately (H) One member shall be a representative in and beyond the Federal Government 11,000,000 jobs in the United States, and leads of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- to strengthen our aerospace workforce. the United States economy in net exports. ministration (NASA) and shall be appointed Led by the Department of Labor, mem- (2) The aerospace industry contributes di- by the Administrator of NASA. bership on the task force spans nine rectly to the economic and national security (I) One member shall be a representative of agencies that participate in the devel- of the United States through military, space, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and air transport, and information technology shall be appointed by the Director of the opment and deployment of the present applications. NSF. and future aerospace workforce. (3) A skilled and educated workforce rep- (J) Two members shall be appointed by the The goal is to develop a comprehen- resents the most valuable asset of the United President. sive strategy to increase the number of States economy. (2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Assistant Secretary students and workers who choose (4) In 2004, total employment in the aero- of Labor for Employment and Training shall science, engineering and other aerospace industry fell to its lowest point in 50 serve as the chairperson of the Task Force. space-related careers. To that end, the years. (3) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—Each task force will also establish partner- (5) 27 percent of the aerospace manufac- member shall be appointed to the Task Force ships with industry, organized labor, turing workforce will become eligible for re- not later than 90 days after the date of the tirement by 2008. enactment of this Act. academia and State governments to co- (6) Students in the United States rank near (4) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Task ordinate aerospace career education the bottom of the leading industrialized Force shall be filled in the manner in which and training programs. countries of the world in mathematics and the original appointment was made. Each of the aerospace industry’s science test performance. (5) PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION.—Mem- three core segments, national defense, (7) To ensure the stability of high-skilled bers of the Task Force may not receive pay, civil aviation and space systems, jobs and the global competitiveness of the allowances, or benefits by reason of their makes a unique contribution to sus- domestic aerospace industry, the United service on the Task Force. taining the Nation’s global political States requires coordinated Federal Govern- (d) MEETINGS.— and technological leadership. The aero- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall ment policies to sustain and expand the space industry generates nearly 15 per- science, mathematics, engineering, and man- meet at the call of the Chairperson. ufacturing workforce. (2) FREQUENCY.—The Task Force shall cent of the gross domestic product of the United States, supports approxi- SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY AEROSPACE REVITALIZA- meet not less than two times each year. TION TASK FORCE. (3) QUORUM.—6 members of the Task Force mately 11 million jobs in the United (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a shall constitute a quorum. States, and leads the United States task force to be known as the ‘‘Interagency (e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than one economy in net exports. Furthermore, Aerospace Revitalization Task Force’’ (in year after the date of the enactment of this aerospace contributes directly to the Act, and annually thereafter for four years, this section referred to as the ‘‘Task the Task Force shall submit to Congress, and economic and national security of our Force’’). make available to the public, a report detail- country through military, space, air (b) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall develop ing the activities of the Task Force and con- transport, and information technology a strategy for the Federal Government for taining the findings, strategies, rec- applications. aerospace workforce development, including ommendations, policies, and initiatives de- If that is true, why do we need this strategies for— veloped pursuant to the duties of the Task bill? For a very simple reason. A large (1) maximizing cooperation among depart- Force under subsection (b). ments and agencies of the Federal Govern- number of employees in the aerospace (f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall industry started shortly after the Apol- ment and the use of resources of the Federal terminate on the date of the submission of Government in fulfilling demand for a the final report under subsection (e). lo project of the 1960s. Many of them skilled workforce across all vocational clas- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- are now reaching retirement age, and sifications; ant to the rule, the gentleman from that creates a huge problem because we (2) developing integrated Federal Govern- do not have a workforce available to Michigan (Mr. EHLERS) and the gen- ment policies to promote and monitor public fill the vacuum created when these in- and private sector programs for science, en- tleman from Texas (Mr. HINOJOSA) each will control 20 minutes. dividuals leave. gineering, technology, mathematics, and In 2004, total employment in the skilled trades education and training; and The Chair recognizes the gentleman aerospace industry fell to its lowest (3) establishing partnerships with industry, from Michigan (Mr. EHLERS). point in 50 years, and almost 30 percent organized labor, academia, and State and GENERAL LEAVE of the aerospace manufacturing work- local governments to— Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask force will become eligible for retire- (A) collect and disseminate information on unanimous consent that all Members occupational requirements and projected em- ment by 2008. Employers within the may have 5 legislative days within ployment openings; and aerospace industry are concerned that which to revise and extend their re- (B) coordinate appropriate agency re- U.S. students, who currently perform marks and include extraneous material sources, including grants, loans, and scholar- near the bottom of the leading indus- on H.R. 758. ships, for the advancement of workforce edu- trialized countries of the world in math cation, training, and certification programs. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and science tests, lack the necessary (c) MEMBERSHIP.— objection to the request of the gen- training and skills to fulfill the antici- (1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Task tleman from Michigan? Force shall be composed of 11 members who There was no objection. pated workforce needs of the industry. shall be appointed as follows: Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Clearly, our country needs a national (A) One member shall be the Assistant Sec- myself such time as I may consume. strategy for aerospace workforce re- retary of Labor for Employment and Train- Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that today cruitment, training and cultivation so ing. we are considering a bill that addresses that we will have a sufficient work- (B) One member shall be a representative the needs of the United States aero- force, a trained workforce, to carry of the Department of Commerce and shall be this program forward and sustain this appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. space workforce. (C) One member shall be a representative The Aerospace Revitalization Act es- important part of our economy in the of the Department of Defense and shall be tablishes a task force designed to de- years ahead. appointed by the Secretary of Defense. velop a national strategy for aerospace At a time when we are expanding the (D) One member shall be a representative workforce recruitment, training, and boundaries of scientific discovery of the Department of Homeland Security and cultivation. It implements a key rec- through space exploration and depend shall be appointed by the Secretary of Home- ommendation from the 2002 Bipartisan on a strong national defense to keep land Security. Commission on the Future of the our citizens safe, the calculated coordi- (E) One member shall be a representative United States Aerospace Industry Re- nation and training of our aerospace of the Department of Education and shall be port to the President to counter what workforce is a critical need. I am appointed by the Secretary of Education. grateful to all my colleagues for con- (F) One member shall be a representative it termed ‘‘the Nation’s apathy toward of the Department of Transportation and developing a scientifically and techno- sidering this bill, and I encourage them shall be appointed by the Secretary of Trans- logically trained workforce.’’ to support its passage. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of portation. b 1530 (G) One member shall be a representative my time. of the Department of Energy and shall be ap- This bill creates an interagency task Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield pointed by the Secretary of Energy. force to examine ways to partner with- myself such time as I may consume.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:02 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.014 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9067 I rise in support of H.R. 758, legisla- trained workers that can compete with policy and direction and badly outdated export tion that will establish an interagency workers overseas. control systems that make no distinction be- aerospace revitalization task force in Additionally, this legislation also tween cutting-edge and readily available tech- order to develop a national strategy for mandates a coordinated effort to im- nology. workforce development in a field that prove science and math education in Our bill implements a central recommenda- is vital to our national security. the United States. Providing a strong tion of the bipartisan Commission on the Fu- I would like to commend the gen- education in math and science is abso- ture of the United States Aerospace Industry tleman from Michigan (Mr. EHLERS), lutely vital and would not only aid the by creating an interagency taskforce to better my colleague from the Committee on aerospace industry, but also will go a coordinate aerospace workforce development Education and the Workforce, and all long way to ensuring a prosperous fu- efforts across the federal government with of the bill’s cosponsors for bringing ture for our country. those of the private sector. this forward. I am proud to support this legisla- The bill focuses the federal government’s ef- The aerospace industry is just one of tion. I am also proud of the fact that forts and fosters new solutions with the private the scientific and technical fields Boeing Industries is in my congres- sector to help workers obtain the skills and ex- where our Nation is falling behind, and sional district. I often tell the young pertise necessary to replace what is today a it is a critical one. The aerospace in- people who live there that if they want shrinking and aging workforce. dustry is at the heart of our military, to look to areas where there is oppor- A scientifically-literate and competitive work- space, air transport and information tunity, then they really need to get a force is produced over a lifetime and must technology applications. strong background in math and science evolve with demand. In the year 2004, total employment at because much of the future is in this Our bill would help improve training in the the aerospace industry fell to its low- area. areas of science, engineering, technology, and est point in 50 years. Twenty-seven per- So I support this legislation, just as skilled vocational trades to ensure competitive cent of the aerospace manufacturing I support Boeing and its employees who U.S. works for the foreseeable future. While the challenges facing the aerospace workforce will become eligible for re- live and work in my congressional dis- industry will require a range of solutions, our tirement by 2008. trict. The sad fact is that we have ne- Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield bill is an important means of reclaiming our competitive edge. glected the pipeline that would prepare back the balance of my time. Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill. new workers for this industry. On Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I want to add international assessments, our stu- myself such time as I may consume. I wish to thank the gentleman from my voice of support for this very important leg- dents rank near the bottom of industri- Texas for his very fine statement and islation, The Aerospace Revitalization Act, alized nations for math and science lit- his encouragement on this issue. As we which I have cosponsored. I want to offer a eracy. know, Texas is the center of a very im- tribute to Congressman VERNON EHLERS, a This task force is a good beginning; colleague from the Science Committee and however, we need to do much more. It portant component of the aerospace industry, our space effort, and they have Congresswoman ELLEN TAUSCHER, a col- has been my privilege to work with the league from my home state of California, for gentleman from Michigan to push for done very well in that. I also appreciate the statement of the their insight in sponsoring this legislation. I increased funding for math and science gentleman from Illinois who represents also want to thank Chairman JOHN BOEHNER education. We must invest in these the leading aviation and aerospace and Ranking Democrat GEORGE MILLER for areas on a much larger scale if our Na- company in the United States. That re- their insight in moving this bill out of their tion hopes to retain its global leader- flects very accurately what we are Committee. ship in science, engineering and inno- dealing with in the future if we simply This legislation evolved from recommenda- vation. do not produce the workforce that is tions of the 2002 bipartisan Commission on It is my hope that this task force on required to maintain our lead in aero- the Future of the United States Aerospace In- the aerospace industry will spark a space issues. dustry report, which was chaired by the Hon- much broader discussion about our Na- I have no further speakers at this orable Robert Walker, a former member of this tion’s future in the fields of science, time, but I do want to mention that body and a former chairman of the Science technology, engineering and mathe- several Members from California wish Committee. In this report, a recommendation matics, and will launch a groundswell to speak on this bill. Unfortunately, proposed that the federal government needed of support for greater investment in they are currently en route here inside to respond to what the Report termed, ‘‘the that future. products of the aerospace industry, and nation’s apathy toward developing a scientif- I urge my colleagues to support H.R. I am sure they will submit statements ically and technologically trained workforce.’’ 758. This bill does just that. H.R. 758 establishes for the RECORD later on. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to I wish to thank the minority side for a taskforce to be coordinated by the Secretary yield 3 minutes to the distinguished their support of this bill and thank my of the Department of Labor and spanning gentleman from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS). colleagues for their support. I urge ev- eight other federal agencies. This taskforce in- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I eryone to continue their support, and I cludes NASA, the National Science Founda- rise in strong support of H.R. 758. This hope this bill will pass unanimously. tion, and the Departments of Defense, Energy, legislation establishes an interagency Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I am Education, Commerce, Transportation, and aerospace revitalization task force to pleased to join my good friend and colleague Homeland Security. This taskforce will exam- develop a national strategy for aero- VERN EHLERS in support of H.R. 758, the ine the competitive challenges to the aerospace workforce recruitment, training Aerospace Revitalization Act and I urge my space industry’s three core business units— and cultivation. colleagues to give it their strong support. civil aviation, military contracting, and space As the aerospace industry supports I am a proud co-sponsor of this bill which transportation. It will then blend the resources over 11 million American jobs and gen- will help restore U.S. leadership in a field we of the federal government to identify new erates 15 percent of our gross domestic cannot afford to neglect. aerospace workforce training and recruitment product, the strength and vitality of While business in both the aerospace and opportunities through scholarship, grant and this sector of our economy is abso- defense industries seems to be picking up loan programs. The taskforce will also set up lutely vital. Unfortunately, like many with increased orders and shipments in recent alliances with the private sector and state gov- other labor-intensive manufacturing months, this development will not be sufficient ernments to tie business, state governments, industries, the aerospace industry is to reverse what is a real crisis in the aero- and the federal government together with the experiencing increased competition space workforce. common goal of providing the technical skills from other countries. In fact, the aero- Over the last 15 years, the aerospace in- needed to keep America competitive. space industry in our country employs dustry has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs, As the Chairman of the House Space and fewer people today than it did 50 years many of them in my home state of California. Aeronautics Subcommittee, I sponsored the ago. If we are to remain competitive in Many of these losses are cyclical and linked NASA Authorization, which passed this House this field, we must, and I agree with to the ebb and flow of defense spending. in July. Because of our Committee’s like con- both the gentleman from Michigan and Many of them, however, are due to self-in- cerns about our nation’s competitiveness glob- from Texas, we must produce highly flicted injuries such as a lack of clear federal ally, in my bill, we direct the Administrator of

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.042 H25OCPT1 H9068 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 NASA to develop a Human Capital strategy to the rules were suspended and the bill motions to suspend the rules pre- address our concerns about not only the size was passed. viously postponed. of the workforce, but the technical skill mix of A motion to reconsider was laid on Votes will be taken in the following this workforce. We all recognize the necessity the table. order: to keep the United States competitively at the f H.R. 3675, by the yeas and nays; forefront. Our largest export is from the high CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL H. Con. Res. 269, by the yeas and tech aerospace industry. Our global standing EMERGENCY REGARDING THE nays; is at risk if we do not keep our aerospace PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS H.R. 3256, by the yeas and nays. workforce second to none! OF MASS DESTRUCTION—MES- The first and third electronic votes Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF will be conducted as 15-minute votes. today in support of H.R. 758, the Interagency THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. The second vote in this series will be a Aerospace Revitalization Task Force. The situ- NO. 109–63) 5-minute vote. ation facing the aerospace sector is a serious one. For example, the average age of an The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- f aerospace engineer is fifty-four, and twenty- fore the House the following message seven percent of the aerospace engineers will from the President of the United AMERICAN SPIRIT FRAUD retire by 2008. These are startling statistics. States; which was read and, together PREVENTION ACT Moreover, many recent reports have specifi- with the accompanying papers, without The SPEAKER. The pending business cally pointed to the decline in the number of objection, referred to the Committee is the question of suspending the rules science, technology, engineering and math de- on International Relations and ordered and passing the bill, H.R. 3675. to be printed: grees being produced in the U.S. Each report The Clerk read the title of the bill. presents a worrisome outlook for our eco- To the Congress of the United States: The SPEAKER. The question is on nomic health, national security, and quality of Section 202(d) of the National Emer- the motion offered by the gentleman life. With a growing chorus of experts drawing gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides from Florida (Mr. STEARNS) that the our attention to this problem, we can’t ignore for the automatic termination of a na- House suspend the rules and pass the the reality that the U.S. is losing its cutting tional emergency unless, prior to the bill, H.R. 3675, on which the yeas and edge. We need a national effort throughout anniversary date of its declaration, the nays are ordered. our educational system to attract students at a President publishes in the Federal Reg- The vote was taken by electronic de- young age and provide support through the ister and transmits to the Congress a vice, and there were—yeas 399, nays 3, notice stating that the emergency is to graduate level. not voting 31, as follows: continue in effect beyond the anniver- The aerospace industry has an impact on [Roll No. 536] both the public and private sectors. Aerospace sary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Reg- YEAS—399 generates nearly 15 percent of the U.S. gross Abercrombie Carter Fitzpatrick (PA) domestic product, and plays a large role in re- ister for publication the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency posed Ackerman Case Forbes ducing our trade deficit. It is vital to our na- Aderholt Castle Fortenberry by the proliferation of weapons of mass tional defense. It has improved the quality of Akin Chabot Fossella destruction and their means of delivery Alexander Chandler Foxx life for our citizens, and it has opened up new declared by Executive Order 12938 on Allen Chocola Frank (MA) opportunities. Yet, as countless studies have Baca Clay Franks (AZ) November 14, 1994, as amended, is to pointed out, we cannot assume that the aero- Bachus Cleaver Frelinghuysen continue in effect beyond November 14, space sector will remain healthy without a co- Baird Clyburn Gallegly 2005. The most recent notice con- Baker Coble Garrett (NJ) ordinated governmental approach. tinuing this emergency was signed on Baldwin Cole (OK) Gerlach I support H.R. 758 because developing a Barrett (SC) Conyers Gibbons November 4, 2004, and published in the strong education base is vital to our aero- Barrow Cooper Gilchrest Federal Register on November 8, 2004 (69 Bartlett (MD) Costa Gillmor space industry. However, it is not a panacea. FR 64637) . Barton (TX) Costello Gohmert We must also look to reinvigorate our invest- Because the proliferation of weapons Bass Cramer Gonzalez Bean Crenshaw Goode ment in aerospace research and development. of mass destruction and the means of If we continue to cut funding in these areas Beauprez Crowley Goodlatte delivering them continues to pose an Becerra Cubin Gordon we will continue to lose expertise and experi- unusual and extraordinary threat to Berkley Cuellar Granger ence in our current workforce, as well as our the national security, foreign policy, Berman Culberson Graves ability to compete globally. It is for this reason Berry Cummings Green (WI) and economy of the United States, I Biggert Cunningham Green, Al that I introduced the Aeronautics Research have determined the national emer- Bilirakis Davis (AL) Green, Gene and Development Revitalization Act (H.R. gency previously declared must con- Bishop (GA) Davis (CA) Grijalva 2358). This bill passed the House of Rep- tinue in effect beyond November 14, Bishop (NY) Davis (FL) Gutknecht resentatives as part of the NASA Authorization Bishop (UT) Davis (IL) Hall 2005. Blackburn Davis (KY) Harman bill, H.R. 3070. The bill establishes an aero- GEORGE W. BUSH. Blumenauer Davis (TN) Harris nautics research and development policy at THE WHITE HOUSE, October 25, 2005. Blunt Davis, Jo Ann Hart NASA that will expand capacity, ensure safety, Boehlert Davis, Tom Hastings (FL) f Boehner Deal (GA) Hastings (WA) and increase the efficiency of the nation’s air Bonilla DeFazio Hayes transportation system. RECESS Bonner DeGette Hayworth Education is a key component of strength- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bono Delahunt Hefley ening the aerospace industry, but unless we ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Boozman DeLauro Hensarling Boren DeLay Herger also invest in R&D the number of aerospace declares the House in recess until ap- Boucher Dent Herseth jobs available will inevitably decline. I am proximately 6:30 p.m. today. Boustany Dicks Hinchey hopeful that this taskforce will recognize the Accordingly (at 3 o’clock and 42 min- Boyd Dingell Hinojosa utes p.m.), the House stood in recess Bradley (NH) Doggett Hobson true value of these investments and will sug- Brady (PA) Doolittle Hoekstra gest a strategy that provides both short term until approximately 6:30 p.m. Brown (OH) Doyle Holden and long term support for aerospace in this f Brown (SC) Drake Holt country. Burgess Dreier Hooley b 1832 Burton (IN) Duncan Hostettler Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Butterfield Ehlers Hoyer back the balance my time. AFTER RECESS Buyer Emanuel Hunter The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. The recess having expired, the House Calvert Emerson Hyde PETRI). The question is on the motion Camp Engel Inglis (SC) was called to order at 6 o’clock and 32 Cannon English (PA) Inslee offered by the gentleman from Michi- minutes p.m. Cantor Eshoo Israel gan (Mr. EHLERS) that the House sus- f Capito Etheridge Issa pend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. Capps Everett Istook 758. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Capuano Farr Jackson (IL) Cardin Feeney Jefferson The question was taken; and (two- The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8 Cardoza Ferguson Jenkins thirds having voted in favor thereof) of rule XX, proceedings will resume on Carnahan Filner Jindal

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:02 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.016 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9069 Johnson (CT) Miller (FL) Sanders The result of the vote was announced then moved to the Boyle Heights area of Los Johnson (IL) Miller (MI) Saxton Johnson, E. B. Miller (NC) Schakowsky as above recorded. Angeles at an early age. Johnson, Sam Miller, Gary Schiff A motion to reconsider was laid on After military service in World War II, he Jones (NC) Miller, George Schmidt the table. began his political career as many of us did— Jones (OH) Mollohan Schwartz (PA) Kanjorski Moore (KS) Schwarz (MI) f by losing his first run for office. In reaction to Kaptur Moore (WI) Scott (GA) ANNOUNCING PASSING OF that defeat, he founded the Los Angeles Com- Keller Moran (KS) Scott (VA) FORMER CONGRESSMEN ED ROY- munity Service Organization (CSO) with the Kelly Moran (VA) Sensenbrenner goal of mobilizing Los Angeles’s Mexican- Kennedy (MN) Murphy Serrano BAL AND BOB BADHAM Kennedy (RI) Murtha Sessions Americans against discrimination in housing, Kildee Musgrave Shadegg (Mr. DREIER asked and was given employment and education. Kilpatrick (MI) Myrick Shays permission to address the House for 1 In 1949, following a groundswell of support Kind Nadler Sherman minute.) from minority communities, Mr. Roybal was King (IA) Napolitano Sherwood Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, it is with King (NY) Neal (MA) Shimkus elected to the L.A. City Council, the first His- Kingston Neugebauer Shuster great sadness that I inform our col- panic to serve on the city council in more than Kirk Ney Simmons leagues of the passing of two of our Kline Northup Simpson a century. very distinguished former colleagues. In 1962, he was elected to the U.S. House Knollenberg Norwood Skelton Last Friday former Congressman Bob Kolbe Nunes Slaughter of Representatives representing an LA District Kucinich Nussle Smith (NJ) Badham who served with great distinc- that changed several times during his 30-year Kuhl (NY) Oberstar Smith (TX) tion on the Committee on Armed Serv- tenure in the House. LaHood Obey Smith (WA) ices passed away suddenly, and then we Langevin Olver Snyder At the time of his election, he became the just received the news today of the Lantos Ortiz Sodrel first Hispanic from California to serve in Con- Larsen (WA) Osborne Solis passing of the father of our very distin- gress since 1879. Larson (CT) Otter Souder guished colleague, LUCILLE ROYBAL-AL- Latham Owens Spratt He was one of the founding members—and LARD. Her father, Ed Roybal, served for LaTourette Oxley Stark became the first Chair—of the Congressional Leach Pallone Stearns many, many years in this institution Lee Pascrell Stupak and was a great friend to many of us. I Hispanic Caucus, CHC. Levin Pastor Sullivan think it important that our colleagues During his time in Congress, he ascended Lewis (CA) Pearce Sweeney to the powerful Appropriations Committee, Lewis (GA) Pelosi Tancredo know of this great loss that has come Lewis (KY) Pence Tanner for the State of California, for this in- where he was an outspoken advocate for Linder Peterson (MN) Tauscher stitution, and for the country. funding for education, civil rights, and health Lipinski Peterson (PA) Taylor (MS) I yield to my very good friend from programs. He was one of the first Members of LoBiondo Petri Taylor (NC) Congress to press for HIV/AIDS research Lofgren, Zoe Pickering Terry California (Mr. STARK). Lowey Pitts Thomas (Mr. STARK asked and was given funding. Lucas Platts Thompson (CA) permission to revise and extend his re- He was a true advocate for senior citizens Lungren, Daniel Poe Thompson (MS) as well. He served on the Select Committee E. Pombo Thornberry marks.) Lynch Pomeroy Tiahrt Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, last night on Aging—and was the chairman from 1985 to Mack Porter Tiberi Ed Roybal passed away. He is survived 1993. He worked tirelessly for the rights of Maloney Price (GA) Tierney senior citizens and was most proud of his ef- Manzullo Price (NC) Towns by his wife, Lucille, and his three chil- Marchant Pryce (OH) Turner dren: our colleague of course, LUCILLE forts to protect and expand the Meals on Markey Putnam Udall (CO) ROYBAL-ALLARD; her sister, Lillian Wheels program. Marshall Radanovich Udall (NM) Roybal-Rose; and Ed, Jr. Upon his retirement from Congress in 1992, Matheson Rahall Upton Representative Roybal was honored to see his Matsui Ramstad Van Hollen Ed was born in 1916, served in the McCarthy Rangel Vela´ zquez military, served in the House here for daughter—and our colleague—LUCILLE ROY- McCaul (TX) Regula Walden (OR) 30 years. He was the first Hispanic from BAL-ALLARD elected to Congress to represent McCollum (MN) Rehberg Walsh the newly-created 33rd Distirct, which included McCotter Reichert Wamp California to serve in Congress since McCrery Renzi Waters 1879. Among his distinct honors, he was a portion of the same district that Representa- McDermott Rogers (AL) Watson the founder and the first chairman of tive Ed Roybal represented in Congress for 30 McGovern Rogers (KY) Watt the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. years. McHenry Rogers (MI) Waxman After leaving Congress, Ed continued to ad- McHugh Rohrabacher Weiner b 1900 McIntyre Ross Weldon (FL) vocate for those he cared most about and McKeon Rothman Weldon (PA) He was chairman of the Select Com- founded a non-profit research agency, now McKinney Royce Weller mittee on Aging for a number of years called the Edward R. Roybal Institute for Ap- McMorris Ruppersberger Westmoreland McNulty Rush Whitfield and a great supporter of Meals on plied Gerontology, at the California State Uni- Meehan Ryan (OH) Wicker Wheels; and, of course, his great honor versity—Los Angeles campus. Meeks (NY) Ryan (WI) Wilson (NM) and joy was having his daughter suc- In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control, Melancon Ryun (KS) Wilson (SC) ceed him in what was part of his dis- Menendez Sabo Wolf CDC, honored Representative Roybal’s sup- Mica Salazar Woolsey trict. port for public health programs by naming its Michaud Sa´ nchez, Linda Wu On a personal note, I happened to main campus in Atlanta in his honor and Millender- T. Wynn talk with a lady who had been a page McDonald Sanchez, Loretta Young (AK) awarding him its ‘‘Champion of Prevention’’ some years ago here in the House. She Award. NAYS—3 remembers Ed Roybal as a kind Mem- Representative Roybal was a tireless advo- Conaway Flake Paul ber and as a very polite and distin- cate for the less fortunate. He served his NOT VOTING—31 guished Member. For all of us who pass country with honor both in uniform and in this the pages in the cloakroom, I think we Andrews Foley Reynolds Congress. His contributions will be remem- Boswell Ford Ros-Lehtinen all know when a page remembers that bered and celebrated; his death will be deeply Brady (TX) Gingrey Roybal-Allard from a number of years ago, it goes a mourned. Brown, Corrine Gutierrez Shaw long way. On behalf of Congress, I extend my deepest Brown-Waite, Higgins Strickland Ginny Honda We will miss him, and our heartfelt sympathies to those he loved and those who Visclosky sympathy to Lucille, her family, and Carson Hulshof Wasserman loved him. He had a rich life and we can best Diaz-Balart, L. Jackson-Lee Schultz her mother. Diaz-Balart, M. (TX) honor him by striving to live up to his example Wexler Last night, October 24, 2005, former Rep- Edwards Meek (FL) of how best to serve. Young (FL) Evans Payne resentative Edward Roybal died in Pasadena, Fattah Reyes California. He is survived by his wife, Lucille f Beserra Roybal, and his three children, Rep- 1856 b resentative LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Lillian GENERAL LEAVE So (two-thirds having voted in favor Roybal-Rose and Edward Roybal, Jr. thereof) the rules were suspended and Edward Ross Roybal was born on February Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask the bill was passed. 10, 1916 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and unanimous consent that all Members

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.022 H25OCPT1 H9070 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 may have 5 legislative days within Harris McCotter Rush Strickland Wasserman Wexler which to revise and extend their re- Hart McCrery Ryan (OH) Visclosky Schultz Young (FL) Hastings (FL) McDermott Ryan (WI) marks on the passing of Congressman Hastings (WA) McGovern Ryun (KS) b 1910 Ed Roybal. Hayes McHenry Sabo So (two-thirds having voted in favor The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Hayworth McHugh Salazar Hefley McIntyre ´ thereof) the rules were suspended and the request of the gentleman from Sanchez, Linda Hensarling McKeon T. the concurrent resolution was agreed California? Herger McKinney Sanchez, Loretta to. There was no objection. Herseth McMorris Sanders Hinchey McNulty Saxton The result of the vote was announced f Hinojosa Meehan Schakowsky as above recorded. Hobson Meeks (NY) Schiff A motion to reconsider was laid on ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Hoekstra Melancon Schmidt Holden Menendez the table. The SPEAKER. Without objection, 5- Schwartz (PA) Holt Mica Schwarz (MI) f minute voting will continue. Hooley Michaud Scott (GA) There was no objection. Hostettler Millender- Scott (VA) ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF Hoyer McDonald Sensenbrenner ROSA LOUISE PARKS f Hunter Miller (FL) Serrano Hyde Miller (MI) Sessions (Mr. CONYERS asked and was given Inglis (SC) Miller (NC) RECOGNIZING THE 40TH ANNIVER- Shadegg permission to address the House for 1 SARY OF THE WHITE HOUSE Inslee Miller, Gary Shays Israel Miller, George minute.) FELLOWS PROGRAM Sherman Issa Mollohan Sherwood Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am The SPEAKER. The pending business Istook Moore (KS) Shimkus sorry to announce the passing of Rosa Jackson (IL) Moore (WI) is the question of suspending the rules Shuster Louise Parks yesterday evening, and I Jefferson Moran (KS) Simmons and agreeing to the concurrent resolu- Jenkins Moran (VA) Simpson would like to announce that we have tion, H. Con. Res. 269. Jindal Murphy Skelton already prepared a Special Order im- The Clerk read the title of the con- Johnson (CT) Murtha Slaughter mediately following the business to- Johnson (IL) Musgrave Smith (NJ) current resolution. Myrick morrow, and we invite all of the Mem- Johnson, E. B. Smith (TX) Johnson, Sam Nadler The SPEAKER. The question is on Smith (WA) bers on both sides of the aisle to at- Jones (NC) Napolitano the motion offered by the gentlewoman Snyder tend. Jones (OH) Neal (MA) Sodrel from Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT) that the Kanjorski Neugebauer Solis f House suspend the rules and agree to Kaptur Ney Souder Keller Northup the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. Spratt MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY Kelly Norwood 269, on which the yeas and nays are or- Stark OF ROSA LOUISE PARKS Kennedy (MN) Nunes Stearns dered. Kennedy (RI) Nussle Stupak Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, may I This will be a 5-minute vote. Kildee Oberstar Sullivan ask for the Speaker to call for a mo- Kilpatrick (MI) Obey The vote was taken by electronic de- Sweeney ment of silence in memory of Rosa vice, and there were—yeas 401, nays 0, Kind Olver King (IA) Ortiz Tancredo Louise Parks. not voting 32, as follows: King (NY) Osborne Tanner Tauscher The SPEAKER. Would Members [Roll No. 537] Kingston Otter Kirk Owens Taylor (MS) please rise and join me in a monent of YEAS—401 Kline Oxley Taylor (NC) silence in memory of Mrs. Rosa Louise Abercrombie Camp Dingell Knollenberg Pallone Terry Parks. Ackerman Cannon Doggett Kolbe Pascrell Thomas Aderholt Cantor Doolittle Kucinich Pastor Thompson (CA) f Akin Capito Doyle Kuhl (NY) Paul Thompson (MS) Alexander Capps Drake LaHood Pearce Thornberry CONGRESSMAN JAMES GROVE Allen Capuano Dreier Langevin Pelosi Tiahrt FULTON MEMORIAL POST OF- Tiberi Baca Cardin Duncan Lantos Pence FICE BUILDING Bachus Cardoza Ehlers Larsen (WA) Peterson (PA) Tierney Baird Carnahan Emanuel Larson (CT) Petri Towns The SPEAKER. The pending business Baker Carter Emerson Latham Pickering Turner is the question of suspending the rules Baldwin Case Engel LaTourette Pitts Udall (CO) Barrett (SC) Castle English (PA) Leach Platts Udall (NM) and passing the bill, H.R. 3256. Barrow Chabot Eshoo Lee Poe Upton The Clerk read the title of the bill. Bartlett (MD) Chandler Etheridge Levin Pombo Van Hollen The SPEAKER. The question is on Barton (TX) Chocola Evans ´ Lewis (CA) Pomeroy Velazquez the motion offered by the gentlewoman Bass Clay Everett Lewis (GA) Porter Walden (OR) Bean Cleaver Farr Lewis (KY) Price (GA) Walsh from Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT) that the Beauprez Clyburn Feeney Linder Price (NC) Wamp House suspend the rules and pass the Becerra Coble Ferguson Lipinski Pryce (OH) Waters bill, H.R. 3256, on which the yeas and Berkley Cole (OK) Filner LoBiondo Putnam Watson Berman Conaway Fitzpatrick (PA) Lofgren, Zoe Radanovich Watt nays are ordered. Berry Conyers Flake Lowey Rahall Waxman The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggert Cooper Forbes Lucas Ramstad Weiner vice, and there were—yeas 396, nays 1, Bilirakis Costa Fortenberry Lungren, Daniel Rangel Weldon (FL) not voting 36, as follows: Bishop (GA) Costello Fossella E. Regula Weldon (PA) Bishop (NY) Cramer Foxx Lynch Rehberg Weller [Roll No. 538] Bishop (UT) Crenshaw Frank (MA) Mack Reichert Westmoreland YEAS—396 Blackburn Crowley Franks (AZ) Maloney Renzi Whitfield Blumenauer Cubin Frelinghuysen Marchant Rogers (AL) Wicker Ackerman Biggert Brown (SC) Blunt Cuellar Gallegly Markey Rogers (KY) Wilson (NM) Aderholt Bilirakis Burgess Boehlert Culberson Garrett (NJ) Marshall Rogers (MI) Wilson (SC) Akin Bishop (GA) Burton (IN) Boehner Cummings Gerlach Matheson Rohrabacher Wolf Alexander Bishop (NY) Butterfield Bonilla Cunningham Gibbons Matsui Ross Woolsey Allen Bishop (UT) Buyer Bonner Davis (AL) Gilchrest McCarthy Rothman Wu Baca Blackburn Calvert Bono Davis (CA) Gillmor McCaul (TX) Royce Wynn Bachus Blumenauer Camp Boozman Davis (FL) Gohmert McCollum (MN) Ruppersberger Young (AK) Baird Blunt Cannon Boren Davis (IL) Gonzalez Baker Boehlert Cantor Boucher Davis (KY) Goode NOT VOTING—32 Baldwin Boehner Capito Boustany Davis (TN) Goodlatte Barrett (SC) Bonilla Capps Boyd Davis, Jo Ann Gordon Andrews Fattah Manzullo Barrow Bonner Capuano Bradley (NH) Davis, Tom Granger Boswell Foley Meek (FL) Bartlett (MD) Bono Cardin Brady (PA) Deal (GA) Graves Brady (TX) Ford Payne Barton (TX) Boozman Cardoza Brown (OH) DeFazio Green (WI) Brown, Corrine Gingrey Peterson (MN) Bass Boren Carnahan Brown (SC) DeGette Green, Al Brown-Waite, Gutierrez Reyes Bean Boucher Carter Burgess Delahunt Green, Gene Ginny Higgins Reynolds Beauprez Boustany Case Burton (IN) DeLauro Grijalva Carson Honda Ros-Lehtinen Becerra Boyd Castle Butterfield DeLay Gutknecht Diaz-Balart, L. Hulshof Roybal-Allard Berkley Bradley (NH) Chabot Buyer Dent Hall Diaz-Balart, M. Jackson-Lee Berman Brady (PA) Chandler Shaw Calvert Dicks Harman Edwards (TX) Berry Brown (OH) Chocola

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.050 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9071 Clay Honda Myrick Tanner Turner Weldon (FL) Iraqi officials announced that Iraq’s Cleaver Hooley Nadler Tauscher Udall (CO) Weldon (PA) Clyburn Hostettler Napolitano Taylor (MS) Udall (NM) Weller constitution was approved with nearly Coble Hoyer Neal (MA) Taylor (NC) Upton Westmoreland 80 percent of the vote. Cole (OK) Hunter Neugebauer Terry Van Hollen Whitfield This progress on the political front is Conaway Hyde Ney Thomas Vela´ zquez Wicker in stark contrast with the failure to Conyers Inglis (SC) Northup Thompson (CA) Walden (OR) Wilson (NM) Cooper Inslee Norwood Thompson (MS) Walsh Wilson (SC) set clear benchmarks on the security Costa Israel Nunes Thornberry Wamp Wolf front. Costello Issa Nussle Tiahrt Watson Woolsey As the casualties continue to mount Cramer Istook Oberstar Tiberi Watt Wu and rise, the Bush administration con- Crenshaw Jackson (IL) Obey Tierney Waxman Wynn Crowley Jefferson Olver Towns Weiner Young (AK) tinues to refuse to lay out a strategy for a timeline for bringing our troops Cubin Jenkins Ortiz NAYS—1 Cuellar Jindal Osborne home. Culberson Johnson (CT) Otter Abercrombie On this day of mourning, my Cummings Johnson (IL) Owens Cunningham Johnson, E. B. Oxley NOT VOTING—36 thoughts and prayers are with the fam- Davis (AL) Johnson, Sam Pallone Andrews Gingrey Pombo ilies who have lost their loved ones and Davis (CA) Jones (NC) Pascrell Boswell Gutierrez Reyes with all of our soldiers still serving in Davis (FL) Jones (OH) Pastor Brady (TX) Higgins Reynolds Iraq today. Davis (IL) Kanjorski Paul Brown, Corrine Hulshof Ros-Lehtinen Davis (KY) Kaptur Pearce Brown-Waite, Jackson-Lee Roybal-Allard On this day of mixed messages, I Davis (TN) Kelly Pelosi Ginny (TX) Shaw renew our call to the administration to Davis, Jo Ann Kennedy (MN) Pence Carson Keller Strickland outline their plans for bringing our Davis, Tom Kennedy (RI) Peterson (MN) Diaz-Balart, L. Maloney Visclosky troops home. The best way to honor Deal (GA) Kildee Peterson (PA) Diaz-Balart, M. Manzullo Wasserman DeFazio Kilpatrick (MI) Petri Edwards Meek (FL) Schultz our soldiers is to find a safe and re- DeGette Kind Pickering Fattah Miller (FL) Waters sponsible exit for them from a sov- Delahunt King (IA) Pitts Foley Murtha Wexler ereign and independent Iraq. DeLauro King (NY) Platts Ford Payne Young (FL) DeLay Kingston Poe f ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Dent Kirk Pomeroy Dicks Kline Porter The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HONORING PETTY OFFICER Dingell Knollenberg Price (GA) SIMPSON) (during the vote). Members HOSPITALMAN THIRD CLASS Doggett Kolbe Price (NC) are advised 2 minutes remain in this CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON Doolittle Kucinich Pryce (OH) Doyle Kuhl (NY) Putnam vote. (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- Drake LaHood Radanovich mission to address the House for 1 Dreier Langevin Rahall b 1929 minute.) Duncan Lantos Ramstad So (two-thirds having voted in favor Ehlers Larsen (WA) Rangel Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise with a Emanuel Larson (CT) Regula thereof) the rules were suspended and very heavy heart today to express the Emerson Latham Rehberg the bill was passed. condolences of a grateful Nation and to Engel LaTourette Reichert The result of the vote was announced honor the life of Petty Officer English (PA) Leach Renzi as above recorded. Eshoo Lee Rogers (AL) Hospitalman Third Class Christopher Etheridge Levin Rogers (KY) A motion to reconsider was laid on Thompson, who passed away on Octo- Evans Lewis (CA) Rogers (MI) the table. ber 21 while serving in Iraq. Everett Lewis (GA) Rohrabacher A native of Wilkes County, North Farr Lewis (KY) Ross f Feeney Linder Rothman Carolina, Petty Officer Thompson Ferguson Lipinski Royce PERSONAL EXPLANATION served his country as a naval hospital Filner LoBiondo Ruppersberger Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I corpsman. In that role he cared for his Fitzpatrick (PA) Lofgren, Zoe Rush Flake Lowey Ryan (OH) missed three votes on October 25, 2005. Had wounded comrades and was awarded Forbes Lucas Ryan (WI) I been present I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ on the Navy Commendation Medal during Fortenberry Lungren, Daniel Ryun (KS) H.R. 3675 (the American Spirit Fraud Preven- his first tour of duty for aiding four Fossella E. Sabo Marines hurt in a bombing. Foxx Lynch Salazar tion Act), H. Con. Res. 269 (Recognizing the Frank (MA) Mack Sa´ nchez, Linda 40th anniversary of the White House Fellows Petty Office Thompson was a loving Franks (AZ) Marchant T. Program) and H.R. 3256 (the Congressman son and brother. He leaves behind his Frelinghuysen Markey Sanchez, Loretta James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office parents, Larry and Geraldine Thomp- Gallegly Marshall Sanders son; and brothers, David Thompson and Garrett (NJ) Matheson Saxton Designation Act). Jimmy Epley. May God bless them and Gerlach Matsui Schakowsky f Gibbons McCarthy Schiff comfort them during this very difficult Gilchrest McCaul (TX) Schmidt PERSONAL EXPLANATION time. Gillmor McCollum (MN) Schwartz (PA) We owe this brave sailor and his fam- Gohmert McCotter Schwarz (MI) Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was un- Gonzalez McCrery Scott (GA) avoidably absent from this Chamber today. I ily a tremendous debt of gratitude for Goode McDermott Scott (VA) would like the Record to show that, had I been his selfless service and sacrifice. Our Goodlatte McGovern Sensenbrenner Nation could not maintain its freedom Gordon McHenry Serrano present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall Granger McHugh Sessions votes 536, 537, and 538. and security without heroes like Chris- Graves McIntyre Shadegg topher who make the ultimate sac- Green (WI) McKeon Shays f rifice. Americans, as well as Iraqis, owe Green, Al McKinney Sherman Green, Gene McMorris Sherwood PERSONAL EXPLANATION their liberty to Christopher and his Grijalva McNulty Shimkus comrades who came before him. Gutknecht Meehan Shuster Ms. CARSON. Mr. Speaker, due to a weath- Mr. Speaker, please join me in hon- Hall Meeks (NY) Simmons er related travel delay, I was unable to record oring Petty Officer Christopher Harman Melancon Simpson my vote for rollcall suspension votes 536 Thompson. May God bless him. Harris Menendez Skelton through 538. Had I been present I would have Hart Mica Slaughter f Hastings (FL) Michaud Smith (NJ) voted ‘‘yes.’’ Hastings (WA) Millender- Smith (TX) THE SACRIFICE OF OUR FIGHTING f Hayes McDonald Smith (WA) MEN AND WOMEN Hayworth Miller (MI) Snyder Hefley Miller (NC) Sodrel HONORING OUR SOLDIERS IN IRAQ (Mr. ABERCROMBIE asked and was Hensarling Miller, Gary Solis (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given given permission to address the House Herger Miller, George Souder Herseth Mollohan Spratt permission to address the House for 1 for 1 minute and to revise and extend Hinchey Moore (KS) Stark minute.) his remarks.) Hinojosa Moore (WI) Stearns Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, the Pen- Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, Hobson Moran (KS) Stupak tagon announced today that 2,000 the spokesperson for the Pentagon in Hoekstra Moran (VA) Sullivan Holden Murphy Sweeney American servicemen and women have Baghdad today indicated that anyone Holt Musgrave Tancredo been killed in Iraq. On this same day, who even comments on the fact that

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.027 H25OCPT1 H9072 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 2,000 fighting men and women have under a previous order of the House, enough time to pick it up. I think the died on behalf of the United States in the following Members will be recog- time is really now to look at the NICS Iraq, anyone who even comments on nized for 5 minutes each. Improvement and Enforcement Act and this, is undermining morale, should not f it is time to pass it again. even be allowed to make a comment If we are going to give gun immunity THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMI- unless they will be designated as hav- to our gun dealers and to our gun man- NAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYS- ing a political agenda. He went on to ufacturers, we still should be doing TEM state that anyone commenting on the something to make sure that the peo- fact that 2,000 fighting men and women The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ple of the United States have the best have died in Iraq in our name, that previous order of the House, the gentle- protection possible. anyone who even comments on that at woman from New York (Mrs. MCCAR- This bill is actually good for gun this stage is not entitled to regard THY) is recognized for 5 minutes. dealers. It saves lives. It is time for themselves as being truly a patriotic Mrs. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, last common sense. It is time for us to try American by implication. He went on week in this House, we passed a gun li- to change the way we talk about gun to say that this does not even rise to ability bill, and we gave immunity to violence, the second amendment, here the level of a story. the gun manufacturers and gun dealers in this Chamber. Well, Mr. Speaker, I bet it was a that have never seen the likes of be- I honestly do not know that many story to the parents and loved ones of fore. people that want to take away the the fighting man who died No. 2,000. With this passage of the bill and with right of someone to own a gun. What This is a benchmark, yes, a benchmark the President being there to sign it, we we are trying to do is put common of the failure and our failure here in are going to be counting on the NICS sense into our gun laws to prevent peo- the Congress to come to grips with system more than ever to make sure ple from dying, prevent accidents, and what the word ‘‘sacrifice’’ really that those that should not be able to also try to save the taxpayers money. means. buy guns should not be able to get When we talk about spending over We are not sacrificing in this coun- them. It is going to put added responsi- $200 billion, $200 billion, a year associ- try. We are watching it on TV. We are bility onto the NICS system, and the ated with gun violence, health care re- adding it up. We are looking at it, ob- NICS system is not ready. lated to gun violence in this country, I serving it, and not really under- People know that a computer is only think that is quite a bit of money. standing our obligation and our respon- as good as the information that is When we are talking about sometime sibility to the true sacrifice of these given to it. I want the Members to look this week possibly having a budget rec- fighting men and women. at this sign. In 25 States, 40 percent of onciliation, and I am going to be in the f felons can buy guns, no questions Committee on Education and the asked, mainly because 25 States have Workforce tomorrow and I understand HELPING THE AUTOMOTIVE entered less than 60 percent of their that we are going to be cutting any- INDUSTRY felons into their computer systems. where from $3 billion to $4 billion on (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given When we talk about trying to pre- top of the $13 billion we have already permission to address the House for 1 vent gun violence in this country, I cut out of higher education, I think minute and to revise and extend his re- have offered numerous solutions that $200 billion a year could help us. But marks.) are common sense certainly to try to the House still does not have the will. Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, recent protect the American people; and yet I am hoping that people will listen. I events in the State of Ohio makes it this House, unfortunately, has not done am hoping that people will understand urgent that this Congress address anything to try to reduce gun violence that this is common sense; that if we issues that relate to the automotive in- in this country. In 13 States, subjects do the background checks, we can cer- dustry. Delphi’s recent bankruptcy fil- of restraining orders can buy guns, no tainly prevent an awful lot of people ing may result in the closing of several questions asked. Thirteen States do from buying the guns who should not Ohio plants that provide thousands of not list restraining orders, and yet cer- be buying the guns. Maybe we could jobs. General Motors’ sharp cutbacks tainly it is part of what we know that save some lives. Maybe we could have in health care benefits for UAW mem- those that are under restraining orders education for the parents that buy the bers and retirees as well as Ford’s an- are not supposed to be able to buy guns, that they should be buying child nouncement of sharp job cutbacks be- guns. safety locks to make sure that their ginning in January of 2006 possibly af- This month we are also talking about children do not get ahold of a gun. fecting at least one major auto produc- domestic violence awareness; and yet There are so many common-sense tion facility make it imperative that we see constantly that we do not list things that we can do. we come together to do everything we those that have been served with re- I hope now that the House has passed can to help protect America’s auto- straining orders, that there is no pro- their major legislation on blocking any motive industry. tection at all. kind of tort reform or passing tort re- And we are doing that in Ohio by or- All States sell guns to those on ter- form for the gun industry and the NRA ganizing not only our elected officials rorist watch lists. All States sell guns has got their number one issue done for and our labor officials but the business to those that are on a terrorist watch the year, that we can start talking community in coming together to ad- list. about how we are going to save lives, dress the challenge to one of our The majority of us here in Congress how we are going to prevent injuries, State’s largest employment sectors fly a couple of times a week. We go how we are going to save money in the that can only be met by a coordinated through the search. We take off our health care system because of needless effort of our entire delegation. shoes. At one point some of us are ac- killings and accidental deaths and sui- The automotive industry is in a state tually on that watch list, and we are cides. These are things that affect so of crisis. We are cooperating to bring able to get off it when we find out when many families in different parts of our together all of the resources possible to a mistake is made. And yet we do know country on a daily basis. I will be talk- make sure that we protect the jobs of that there are terrorists that are not ing about this over the next several autoworkers as well as all the allied allowed to fly on our planes; yet they months. I am determined to get this unions who work with them and to can go into any one of our States and passed. I hope my colleagues will be make sure that one of America’s great they can buy a gun. Where is the com- there with me. industries has the strength to endure. mon sense in that? Terrorists cannot f f fly, but they can buy guns in any State in this country. b 1945 SPECIAL ORDERS H.R. 1415 is a bill that I introduced a The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. couple of years ago. It actually passed SODREL). Under a previous order of the SODREL). Under the Speaker’s an- here on the House floor by voice vote. House, the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. nounced policy of January 4, 2005, and Unfortunately, the Senate did not have MORAN) is recognized for 5 minutes.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.055 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9073 (Mr. MORAN of Kansas addressed the of some of those who have fallen most ter, your brothers and sisters, your fa- House. His remarks will appear here- recently. thers and mothers, that we only meant after in the Extensions of Remarks.) In the words of President Franklin to put your name in the CONGRES- f Delano Roosevelt, each of these heroes SIONAL RECORD and to always be part of stands in the unbroken line of patriots our country and our community. AFTA AND DRUG CONTROL who have dared to die that freedom God bless you. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a might live and grow and increase in its f previous order of the House, the gen- blessings. God bless them, and keep tleman from North Carolina (Mr. each of the brave Americans whose ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER JONES) is recognized for 5 minutes. memory we honor tonight in our mem- PRO TEMPORE Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. ory: Staff Sergeant Jeremy W. Doyle, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Speaker, last month, 10,500 North Caro- Specialist Ray M. Fuhrmann II, Lance Chair would remind Members that re- linians lost their jobs. Many of those Corporal Phillip C. George, Private 1st marks are supposed to be directed to jobs were in the manufacturing sector. Class Timothy J. Seamans, 1st Lieu- the Speaker, rather than the viewing Why? Misguided trade policies like tenant Laura M. Walker, Sergeant Wil- audience. ‘‘Most Favored Nation’’ trade status lard Todd Partridge, Private 1st Class f for China, Trade Promotion Authority, Elden D. Arcand, 2nd Lieutenant PANDEMIC PLAN: AVIAN and an explosion of free trade agree- James J. Cathey, Specialist Blake W. INFLUENZA ments like NAFTA and CAFTA. Hall, 1st Lieutenant Joshua M. Hyland, It appears this administration wants Sergeant Michael R. Lehmiller, Staff The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a to eliminate more U.S. manufacturing Sergeant Brian Lee Morris, Specialist previous order of the House, the gen- jobs by signing another free trade Joseph C. Nurre, Private Christopher tleman from Texas (Mr. BURGESS) is agreement, this one with the low-wage L. Palmer, Sergeant Joseph Daniel recognized for 5 minutes. countries such as Colombia, Ecuador Hunt, Specialist Hatim S. Kathiria, Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I just and Peru. This agreement is called Staff Sergeant Ictoir P. Lieurance, Pri- wanted to take a minute this evening AFTA, Andean Free Trade Agreement. vate 1st Class Ramon Romero, Master to talk about something that has been It is being negotiated as we speak. Sergeant Chris S. Chapin, 1st Lieuten- in the news a lot lately, and something In addition to eliminating U.S. jobs, ant Carlos J. Diaz, Sergeant 1st Class that this Congress is going to be deal- AFTA is likely to increase the amount Trevor J. Diesing, Master Sergeant ing with more and more as the next of cocaine coming into this country. Ivica Jerak, Corporal Timothy M. several months go by, and that is a dis- U.S. negotiators are pushing the Co- Shea, Staff Sergeant Damion G. Camp- cussion about the avian flu, or the so- lombians to agree to provisions that bell, Specialist Joseph L. Martinez, called bird flu. I wanted to use these will force many of their poor farmers Sergeant 1st Class Obediah J. Kolath, remarks tonight to talk about what is into cocaine production. That cocaine Chief Warrant Officer Dennis P. Hay, the bird flu; perhaps some history that will undoubtedly come flooding into 2nd Lieutenant Charles R. Rubado, may be important; what is a pandemic, American neighborhoods. I urge my Major Gregory J. Fester, Specialist and what makes a pandemic a pan- colleagues to look into this issue, be- Jason E. Ames, Captain Lowell T. Mil- demic; and then, finally, what can be cause if there is one thing this country ler II, Sergeant Monta S. Ruth, Ser- done to prepare ourselves and our does not need, it is a new trade agree- geant George Ray Draughn, Jr., 1st country if indeed this pandemic is on ment that exports U.S. jobs and in- Lieutenant Derek S. Hines, Staff Ser- the horizon. creases imports of deadly drugs. geant Robert Lee Hollar, Jr., Sergeant It is important to remember, Mr. Mr. Speaker, I think too many times 1st Class Lonnie J. Parson, Lance Cor- Speaker, that the influenza virus has we in the Congress try to do what we poral Ryan J. Nass, Sergeant Matthew been with us for a long time. It is con- think is right, but when it comes to Charles Bohling, Specialist Luke C. stantly changing and undergoes a con- sending jobs down to Central America Williams, Hospitalman Robert N. tinuous process of evolution and or to China or other countries, it is not Martens, Specialist Jeffrey A. Wil- changes. Generally, these are small good for the American workers. liams, Sergeant Franklin R. Vilorio, changes referred to as genetic drift. It Mr. Speaker, with that, tonight I am Staff Sergeant Jude R. Jonaus, Staff is why we have to get a flu shot every going to close by asking the American Sergeant Christopher L. Everett, Spe- year. But occasionally, occasionally, people to please remember our men and cialist Jeremy M. Campbell, Sergeant the virus undergoes a major evolution- women in uniform who are serving in Kurtis Dean K. Arcala, Seaman Ap- ary change and undergoes a genetic Iraq and Afghanistan, to please remem- prentice Robert D. Macrum, Sergeant shift, rather than just the drift that we ber the families who have lost loved Alfredo B. Silva, Lance Corporal Shane see from year to year. ones in Afghanistan and Iraq, and I C. Swanberg, Sergeant Matthew L. For the past several years, a flu type close by asking God to please bless our Deckard. known as H3N2 has been the type men and women in uniform. Mr. Speaker, in the words of Presi- against which we commonly receive f dent Abraham Lincoln, who wrote to our yearly flu shot. Because of genetic the mother of five fallen soldiers, ‘‘I drift, a new vaccination is necessary HONORING THE 2,000 AMERICANS pray that our Heavenly Father may as- every year. With the absence of a reg- KILLED IN IRAQ suage the anguish of your bereave- ular yearly update in the flu vaccina- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ment, and leave you only the cherished tion, we would all have some immunity previous order of the House, the gen- memory of the loved and lost, and the that would carry over from year to tleman from Illinois (Mr. EMANUEL) is solemn pride that must be yours to year. But approximately every 30 years recognized for 5 minutes. have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the there is a major change in the flu virus Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, today altar of freedom.’’ worldwide. This type of major change marks a solemn milestone: 2,000 Amer- I would also like to thank the brave took place in 1957, and 170,000 people in ican military personnel have now given men and women who continue to serve this country died from the Asiatic flu, their lives fighting in Iraq; 244 Ameri- our Nation in both Iraq and Afghani- and in 1968, when 35,000 died from the cans have also fallen in Afghanistan. stan and throughout the world and Hong Kong flu. We owe these brave men and women serve with distinction. Our thoughts Mr. Speaker, the term ‘‘pandemic’’ and their families a debt of gratitude and prayers and gratitude are with you applies when there is no underlying im- that can never be fully repaid. and your families at this time until munity within the community to the In July of this year, I led a bipartisan you return home. particular type of flu virus. A pan- group of 21 Members of Congress in To the families whose names I have demic occurs with periodic evolution of reading the names of the fallen into read here tonight and other nights, if I the influenza virus. the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD over a 2- have mispronounced your names, my Assumptions about prior pandemics week period of time. Tonight I con- apology. I want you to know your fam- become part of our planning for the tinue this tribute by reading the names ily member, your son and your daugh- avian flu, a particularly virulent strain

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.057 H25OCPT1 H9074 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 of flu that could overwhelm all of the (Mr. DEFAZIO addressed the House. Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, was available responses and resources that His remarks will appear hereafter in kidnapped, tortured and murdered by we could have at our disposal in this the Extensions of Remarks.) drug dealers in Mexico. Red Ribbon country. Every hospital bed filled. f Week began as a local commemorative Think in terms of nearly 2 million effort Agent Camarena’s hometown of deaths in this country from a pan- TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS Calexico, California. Congressman demic. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a DUNCAN HUNTER and Camarena’s high The virus under consideration, H5N1, previous order of the House, the gen- school friend, Henry Lozano, created actually has some similarities with the tleman from Ohio (Mr. BROWN) is rec- the Camarena Club to preserve the Spanish flu that caused the big pan- ognized for 5 minutes. agent’s legacy. The National Family demic in 1918. Both of these illnesses Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I Partnership later formalized Red Rib- cause lower respiratory tract symp- rise today to recognize Rosa Parks, bon Week as a national campaign, an 8- toms, high fever, myalgias, prostration who died yesterday at the age of 92. day event proclaimed by the U.S. Con- and a postviral weakness that could Some 50 years ago, Mrs. Parks took a gress and chaired by then President last from 4 to 6 weeks. stand for freedom by sitting down. She and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. The virus primarily replicates in refused to give up her seat on a city Red Ribbon Week is dedicated to bronchial tissue. It may cause a pri- bus to a white man. Mrs. Parks was ar- helping preserve Agent Camarena’s mary or secondary pneumonia. The rested and convicted of violating Ala- memory and further the cause for pulmonary tree is unable to clear itself bama’s segregation laws. Her actions which he gave his life, the fight against of secretions and debris. The vast ma- sparked the Montgomery bus boycott the violence of drug crime and the mis- jority of people could recover, but and toppled the Jim Crow law under ery of addiction. By gathering together there is significant potential to kill, which she had been convicted. in special events and wearing a red rib- and it is related to the virulence of the Mrs. Parks was not seeking atten- bon during the last week in October, virus. Currently we talk about the 1918 tion, was not trying to become a sym- Americans from all walks of life dem- Spanish flu. That was a pure avian or bol at that moment of the civil rights onstrate their opposition to drugs. bird flu, which then adapted to humans movement. But by taking a stand Such events include organizing drug with fulminant infections as a result. against racial inequality, her arrest prevention events and schools distrib- There is currently a widespread bird in- personalized the injustice to Ameri- uting educational materials to young fection throughout Asia, Russia, sev- cans of faith and strong belief, of all people about the dangers of drug abuse eral former Soviet republics and races, and personalized the humiliation and other activities designed to pro- Southeast Asia, and recently we have of segregation laws. mote healthy choices. Approximately seen it make an appearance in Euro- b 2000 80 million people participate in Red Ribbon events each year. pean Union countries. Rosa Parks’ courage and active defi- The virus has jumped species. What I would also like to use this oppor- ance ignited the civil rights movement. began purely as a presence in avian tunity to urge that our leadership soon Her understanding of equality and populations is now present in canines act on anti-methamphetamine legisla- commitment to justice made her a gift- and felines. Person-to-person trans- tion, legislation with broad bipartisan ed leader of that movement. mission has occurred. support. I hope that after this legisla- Because of the presence in birds, mi- Today we mourn the loss of Mrs. tion is passed, it is then applied to the gratory flyways facilitate distribution Parks. We honor her personal strength, Commerce, State, Justice appropria- of the illness, and, of course, modern her determination, as a civil rights tions bill and any other appropriate ap- worldwide travel imposes additional leader and her vision of a Nation where propriations bill that we have not yet concerns, as we saw with the SARS epi- freedom is denied to no man and to no passed, rather than languishing with a demic 2 years ago. woman. The memory of Rosa Parks in- few hundred bills over in the other The steps to a pandemic include: spires the fight for social and economic body. We need results, not just more Number one, the virus in a widespread justice. posturing, not just talk, actual money host such as birds; number 2, a wide ge- f and actual policy in the fight against ographic setting with involvement of RED RIBBON WEEK methamphetamines. other mammals; number 3, bird-to- I hope the appropriations conference human transmission; number 4, ineffi- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. committees do not undo the will of the cient human-to-human transmission; SODREL). Under a previous order of the House, as we added methamphetamine and, number 5, efficient human-to- House, the gentleman from Indiana funding in a number of appropriations human transmission. (Mr. SOUDER) is recognized for 5 min- bills, including adding $25 million to Steps 1 through 4 have already oc- utes. the national ad campaign specifically curred since avian influenza first ap- Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Speaker, I thank designed for methamphetamine preven- peared in 1997. It is the last step, effi- my colleagues in the entire House tion, not a reallocation of other com- cient human-to-human transmission, today for adopting H. Res. 485, sup- mittee money. We had an offset, it was which to date has not occurred. This porting the goals of Red Ribbon Week. money specifically in the ad campaign will require further genetic mutation Red Ribbon Week, which is this week, for anti-methamphetamine adver- of the virus, but if that event does helps bring together local communities tising. occur, that is what will mark the com- for anti-drug abuse education and Also, that this $25 million not be di- mencement of a worldwide pandemic. other prevention efforts. I would like verted to other types, on marijuana It is entirely possible that the muta- to thank all the members who cospon- and other issues, it is for methamphet- tion will not occur. It is also entirely sored this resolution, and Chairman amine advertising. It is very impor- possible that efficient human-to- JOE BARTON of the Energy and Com- tant, it was bipartisan and it was over- human transmission will never be de- merce Committee, and Chairman NA- whelming. We need to do these things. veloped and the pandemic will not THAN DEAL of the Health Sub- We have not had a lot of bipartisanship occur. The situation is very unpredict- committee for their assistance in in this House, but in this battle against able, but because of the extremely wide bringing it before the whole House. Re- methamphetamines, we have that. geographic distribution of the avian grettably, as this resolution was added The same on steroids. I have been a flu, unlike any ever seen previously be- to the schedule only last night, I was long-suffering White Sox fan for over 50 fore, it is prudent to prepare for the in my Congressional district and was years at this point in my life. I am outbreak in humans. unable to be on the House floor today thrilled they are in the World Series. f to express my support for my own bill. This is a time that we should move the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a However, I am very pleased that we ONDCP, the so-called drug czar bill previous order of the House, the gen- were able to pass Red Ribbon Week. through, which has been held up be- tleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) is Twenty years ago, in March 1985, Spe- cause even though it passed unani- recognized for 5 minutes. cial Agent Enrique Camarena of the mously through the committee, which

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.061 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9075 was not an easy process, we have a very REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- According to one report, the higher divided Government Reform and Over- VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF price of oil could add an estimated $60- sight Committee, but we were unani- H.R. 1461, FEDERAL HOUSING FI- to $90 billion more to the Nation’s mous on trying to address the problems NANCE REFORM ACT OF 2005 trade deficit in 2005. Unbelievable. of steroids. Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee America, wake up. America’s independ- Rafael Palmeiro thumbed his nose at on Rules, submitted a privileged report ence is at stake. This deficit not only represents lost this Congress, as did Mark McGwire, (Rept. No. 109–254) on the resolution (H. jobs in our communities, more and and then the reaction of the Baltimore Res. 509) providing for consideration of more each day, it is a very real threat Orioles when he actually went to tes- the bill (H.R. 1461) to reform the regu- to the economic security of our coun- tify, they said he was not welcomed lation of certain housing-related Gov- try for the future. The fundamentals back in their locker room because he ernment-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes, which was referred to are seriously out of whack. named other players. If there is any Curiously, our sky high and growing doubt in our minds that Major League the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. trade deficit results in a growing U.S. Baseball will never solve the problem debt held by foreigners. These foreign of performance-enhancing drugs, it is f investors now hold over half of the pub- that scene in the Baltimore locker The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a licly traded U.S. securities, and that room. previous order of the House, the gentle- number has been growing in recent If their club mentality is to punish woman from California (Ms. WOOLSEY) years to the highest in American his- the players who finger the dealers, who is recognized for 5 minutes. tory. If you look, this is just a listing (Ms. WOOLSEY addressed the House. punish the trainers who identify and of some of the countries that own a Her remarks will appear hereafter in cooperate with law enforcement, it will piece of the rock, a piece of America: the Extensions of Remarks.) never be fixed internally. We can sit Japan, with holdings of nearly $700 bil- here and twiddle our thumbs and be f lion. Europe, $427 billion. China, Hong bullied by different organizations that EXCHANGE OF SPECIAL ORDER Kong, nearly $300 billion this year. do not want this, but it is time during TIME That is the fastest growing. That num- Red Ribbon Week for us to stand up Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I ask ber is going up astronomically. The oil and say we are going to do something unanimous consent to take the time of exporting countries own over $134 bil- in a bipartisan way on methamphet- the gentlewoman from California (Ms. lion of us, all down the list. amine. We are doing to do something WOOLSEY). If a large number of those investors on steroids, and we will bring these The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there decided to sell off those public securi- bills to the floor and we will find out objection to the request of the gentle- ties at the same time for any reason, or how to make them law. woman from Ohio? even a portion of them, whether it was That is how we can recognize Agent There was no objection. due to a sudden lack of confidence in our economy or to a coordinated polit- Camarena, a DEA agent who was shot f ical offensive, America would face a by law enforcement officials on the TRADE DEFICIT other side of the border, one of the widespread financial crisis. We are in most tragic events that led to this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a uncharted waters. In addition to this insecurity, job whole national campaign. What we can previous order of the House, the gentle- losses due to increased imports are a do here in Congress, in addition to woman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR) is rec- reality in every one of our commu- speaking out in our district, working ognized for 5 minutes. Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, Amer- nities. One estimate suggests for $1 bil- with events, as I am going to be at ica’s economy has an internal rot that lion of trade deficit, we lose 20,000 more South Side High School in Fort Wayne threatens our actual independence as a jobs in this country. Delphi, and its this Saturday. They are going to have republic. I want to talk about that to- struggles, are not a fairy tale. a poster contest and a basketball event night, and I rise to draw attention to In my community in Ohio, workers to try to get kids in other programs the astronomical and growing current and businesses are losing out as we and keep them off the streets. account deficit that grows every day. struggle to save production. Companies We need to do that as Members of This is a chart that shows the trade like La-Z-Boy, companies like Clay, re- Congress, but we are legislators. What deficit that has been getting worse and forming firms, Delphi most recently, we need to do is pass the bills that the more and more red ink every year. Ford Thunderbird, so many companies House has already spoken out on re- In the year 2004, that deficit rose to are literally struggling or have closed garding methamphetamines, pass the $668 billion of more foreign imports their doors. bills that have unanimous backing on coming into our country than our ex- As Princeton economist Paul steroids and stop holding it up, getting ports going out. This red ink drags Krugman noted last week, when cor- it done, even if a few powerful people down economic growth, results in job porate executives say they have to cut want to stop it. What better time to do loss, wage stagnation and actual cuts wages to meet foreign competition, it when the White Sox finally win the now in people’s benefits for health and workers have every right to ask, why World Series, and we take a strong retirement and, indeed, wages them- do we not cut the foreign competition stand on baseball. selves. instead. This deficit has been clearly increas- During prior decades, America held a f ing. Again, just in the first half of this surplus in automotive parts. But last year, by almost 20 percent more at $394 year, we had turned that surplus into a REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- billion. This represents the equivalent trade deficit of over $24 billion, and VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF of 2 billion more dollars per day or $1.5 that deficit grows even more this year. H.R. 420, LAWSUIT ABUSE REDUC- million more per minute in foreign That is why I am now drafting a bill, TION ACT OF 2005 debt. We are literally cashing out the Balancing Trade Act of 2005. It America. would require the President to renego- Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee The tourniquet gets tighter each tiate trading relations with a country, on Rules, submitted a privileged report year, and Americans can feel it. Wages if America’s trade deficit with that (Rept. No. 109–253) on the resolution (H. do not go up, your health benefits are country reaches more than $10 billion Res. 508) providing for consideration of more expensive, everything costs more, for 3 consecutive years. This initiative the bill (H.R. 420) to amend Rule 11 of and you seem not just to be running in would require action on the $45 billion the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to place, but running and falling behind. deficit we already have with Mexico, a improve attorney accountability, and Given the rising cost of oil imports, a country we enjoyed a small trade sur- for other purposes, which was referred significant increase over last year’s plus with when NAFTA passed in 1993. to the House Calendar and ordered to record high figure is an absolute cer- It would require the President to take be printed. tainty this year. action in the face of deficits, like our

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.064 H25OCPT1 H9076 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 current $162 billion deficit and growing by Ambassador Wilson regarding the lack of Niger-Iraqi uranium deal ‘‘raised several deficit with China, which has almost evidence to support the Administration’s concerns about the fragmentary nature of doubled since PNTR was passed in 2000, contention that Iraq sought uranium from the intelligence with [White House] National just a short 5 years ago. Niger is the nearly-universally accepted mo- Security Council colleagues’’ and ‘‘[s]ome of tive behind the leak of Mrs. Wilson’s iden- Each new trade agreement, while ex- the language was changed.’’ Tenet stated tity. In order to fully investigate the disclo- that ‘‘[f]rom what we know now, Agency offi- panding U.S. markets so slightly, has sure of an undercover CIA agent’s identity, cials in the end concurred that the text in brought in a flood of new imports that it is clear that you should fully investigate the speech was factually correct—i.e. that cancels any gains we make. Not only the reasons for that disclosure. the British government report said that Iraq cancels, but pushes us further behind, As we outline below, we believe that mem- sought uranium from Africa.’’ resulting in the ownership of the rock bers of the Administration may have violated laws governing communications with What this tells us is that although Admin- by foreign investors. istration officials, informed by the highest The only action we have seen so far Congress with respect to assertions about Iraq’s nuclear capabilities. Ambassador Wil- ranking members of our own intelligence opin this administration’s efforts to ex- son’s efforts to publicly contradict these as- eration, knew that the claim of Niger ura- pand the flawed NAFTA in two more sertions seem to be the reason for the under- nium going to Iraq was ‘‘weak’’ and could countries in this hemisphere was covering of Mrs. Wilson’s identity. It is very not be confirmed, they were still determined through CAFTA. Look at their effort likely that you would encounter these asser- to use it in the President’s address to Con- to muscle that through just about a tions during the course of your investiga- gress and fell back on the dubious language month ago by one vote here in this tion, and thus their legality should be the of the British report. The Administration subject of your investigation. clearly sought to cover up their own offi- chamber, and it was not on the legit. cials’ doubts about Iraq’s nuclear capabili- THE ADMINISTRATION’S CLAIMS ABOUT IRAQ They had to wring arms for every sin- ties and hide those doubts from the Congress SEEKING URANIUM WERE FALSE AND FRAUDU- gle vote. If the American people were and the U.S. public. inside these chambers, that never LENT would have passed. The uranium claims of the Administration MOTIVE Mr. Speaker, I say to the American in January 2003 that Iraq had sought uranium for a nuclear weapon were shown to be A motive for making such false and fraudu- people, wake up, America’s independ- false because, after intensive post war inves- lent uranium claims would have been to ence really is at stake. tigations, the Iraq Survey Group found no thwart Congressional and U.N. efforts to f evidence that Iraq had sought the uranium. delay the start of the war. Pending at the In the months prior to the war, weapons in- time that the Administration made its ura- THE VALERIE PLAME INCIDENT spectors of the United Nations (U.N.) con- nium claims in January 2003 was a Congres- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ducted extensive inspections in Iraq and sional resolution, H. Con. Res. 2, submitted previous order of the House, the gen- found no evidence that Iraq had revived its by five members of Congress on January 7, 2003, which expressed the sense of Congress tleman from New York (Mr. HINCHEY) nuclear weapons program. The Administra- tion has never produced any legitimate ac- that it should repeal its earlier war resolu- is recognized for 5 minutes. tion to allow more time for U.N. weapons in- Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I have tual evidence that Iraq had sought the uranium. spectors to finish their work. On January 24, here a letter which I wrote last month, The uranium claims were also fraudulent 2003, a few days prior to the State of the which is addressed to United States At- because although some in the American in- Union Address, 130 members of Congress torney Patrick Fitzgerald, who is cur- telligence community (including the C.I.A.) wrote to the president encouraging him to rently conducting an investigation may have agreed at the time with the Brit- consider any request by the U.N. for addi- with regard to who it was who revealed ish opinion that Iraq had sought uranium, tional time for weapons inspections. On Feb- the name of Valerie Wilson, who is and numerous people with the Administration ruary 5, 2003, 30 members of Congress submitted another resolution, H.J. Res. 20, to was an undercover operator for the did not tell the whole truth consisting of the actually repeal the war resolution. Central Intelligence Agency, which I contrary views held by the best informed U.S. intelligence officials. C.I.A. Director will enter at this point into the CON- Had it not been for the uranium claims in George Tenet told the White House in Octo- the State of the Union Address, which sought GRESSIONAL RECORD. ber 2002 that C.I.A. analysts believed the re- to squelch congressional concern over the CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, porting on the uranium claim was ‘‘weak’’ impetus for the pending war, the number of Washington, DC, September 15, 2005. and thus the Director told the White House sponsors for H.J. Res. 20 would have been far Re request to expand investigation. that it should not make the claim. Later greater. The influence of the uranium claims U.S. Attorney PATRICK FITZGERALD, that same day, the C.I.A.’s Associate Deputy can be seen in the fact that 130 members of Justice Department, Director for Intelligence sent a fax to the Congress signed the letter before the State of Washington, DC. White House stating that the ‘‘evidence [on the Union Address, but only 30 sponsored DEAR UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FITZ- the uranium claim] is weak.’’ The National H.J. Res. 20, which was introduced after the GERALD: We hereby request that you expand Security Council (N.S.C.) believed in Janu- speech. The Administration’s uranium your investigation regarding who in the ary 2003 that the nuclear case against Iraq claims thwarted the congressional efforts to Bush Administration revealed to the press was weak. Secretary of State Powell was delay the start of the war since the Adminis- that Valerie Wilson, the wife of Ambassador told during meetings at the C.I.A. to vet his tration used the claims to allege that Iraq Joseph Wilson, was an undercover agent for U.N. speech of February 5, 2003 that there had a nuclear weapons program—despite the the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.). We were doubts about the uranium claim and he failure of the U.N. inspectors to find such a believe that expansion should include inves- therefore kept it out of his speech for that program—and thus falsely assert that Iraq tigating the Administration’s false and reason. The U.S. government told the U.N. posed an immediate threat that needed to be fraudulent claims in January 2003 that Iraq on February 4, 2003 that it could not confirm nullified without further delay. had sought uranium for a nuclear weapon, the uranium reports. which the Administration offered as one of Furthermore, the original draft of the Concerning the importance of the uranium the key grounds to justify the war against State of the Union Address stated that ‘‘we claims, the report Iraq On The Record, pro- Iraq. know that [Hussein] has recently sought to duced by the Minority Staff of the House President Bush made two uranium claims, buy uranium in Africa,’’ but after the White Committee on Government Reform, states: one in his State of the Union Address to Con- House consulted with the C.I.A., the White ‘‘Another significant component of the Ad- gress and another in a report that he sub- House changed the speech to refer to the ministration’s nuclear claims was the asser- mitted to Congress concerning Iraq, and Na- British view rather than the American view. tion that Iraq had sought to import uranium tional Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, The final draft stated that the ‘‘British gov- from Africa. As one of few new pieces of in- Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Sec- ernment has learned that Saddam Hussein telligence, this claim was repeated multiple retary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made recently sought significant quantities of ura- times by Administration officials as proof three other uranium claims. We request that nium from Africa.’’ The parties involved that Iraq had reconstituted its nuclear weap- you investigate whether such claims violated stated that they had no discussions about ons program.’’ A nuclear-armed Iraq was a two criminal statutes, 18 U.S.C., Sec. 1001 the credibility of the reporting and the rea- key reason, if not the most important rea- and 18 U.S.C., Sec. 371, that prohibit making son for the switch was to identify the source son, used by the Administration to justify false and fraudulent statements to Congress for the uranium claim. the need for a preemptive war against Iraq. and obstructing the functions of Congress. However, in response to the uproar over Rather than allow the U.N. inspectors to fin- You have broad discretion to conduct this the op-ed article by Ambassador Wilson, ish their inspections, the results of which investigation. The issues we raise are di- C.I.A. Director Tenet issued a statement in might have fueled further congressional ef- rectly related to your current investigation which he admitted that C.I.A. officials who forts and resolutions to stop the war, the Ad- and clearly fall under your authority. The reviewed the draft of the State of the Union ministration commenced the war in March desire to discredit the information provided Address containing the remarks on the 2003.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.067 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9077 THE ADMINISTRATION’S FALSE AND FRAUDU- Thank you for your attention to this re- The CIA informed the White House. LENT URANIUM CLAIMS ARGUABLY VIOLATED quest. We look forward to your response. Nevertheless, the administration con- CRIMINAL LAWS CONCERNING COMMUNICA- Sincerely, tinued to assert weapons of mass de- TIONS WITH CONGRESS Maurice D. Hinchey, William D. struction, including the potential for Delahunt, Bernard Sanders, Pete The criminal statute, 18 U.S.C., Sec. 1001, the creation of a nuclear weapon. prohibits knowingly and willfully making Stark, George Miller, John Conyers, false and fraudulent statements to Congress Jr., Richard E. Neal, Martin Olav Sabo, Those assertions were made directly to in documents required by law. The two ura- Marcy Kaptur, Xavier Becerra, Hilda L. the Congress. It is against the law, it is nium claims in the State of the Union Ad- Solis, Cynthia McKinney, Doris Mat- against Federal law, a criminal viola- dress and the report to Congress concerning sui, David Wu, Louise Slaughter, tion of Federal law, to misinform the Iraq were false and fraudulent, and are in Charles B. Rangel, Ed Towns, Jim Congress of the United States and to documents that the White House submitted McDermott, Rau´ l M. Grijalva, Michael intentionally mislead the Congress. to Congress. See House Document 108–1 and M. Honda. We believe that that has been done, Albert R. Wynn, Sam Farr, Lynn C. House Document 108–23. The law required the and that if it had not been for the as- president to give such reports. Article II, Woolsey, Tammy Baldwin, Chris Can- Section 3 of the constitution requires presi- non, Jerrold Nadler, Carolyn B. sertion of nuclear weapons and the be- dents to give State of the Union Addresses. Maloney, Jim Moran, Donald M. lief that there were nuclear weapons Section 4 of Public Law 107–243, which is the Payne, Peter J. Visclosky, Carolyn C. being made in Iraq, that this Congress Congressional resolution authorizing the war Kilpatrick, Dennis J. Kucinich, Neil likely would not have passed the reso- against Iraq, requires the president to give Abercrombie, Jim McGovern, Maxine lution authorizing the war in Iraq. If reports to Congress relevant to the war reso- Waters, Luis V. Gutierrez, Sheila Jack- that had not taken place, that resolu- lution and the president submitted said re- son-Lee, Barbara Lee, Frank Pallone, tion had not been passed, we would not port on Iraq pursuant to that law. Thus 18 Jr., Wm. Lacy Clay, Jose´ E. Serrano. U.S.C., Sec. 1001 was evidently violated. be seeing today nearly 2,000 American The criminal statute, 18 U.S.C., Sec. 371, Mr. Speaker, the purpose of this let- service men and women having been prohibits conspiring to defraud the United ter is to recognize, first of all, the im- killed in Iraq; tens of thousands of oth- States and is applicable since the Supreme portance of the investigation as to who ers seriously wounded; hundreds, tens Court in the case of Hammerschmidt v. it was who revealed the identity of of thousands, perhaps as much as United States, 265 U.S. 182, 188 (1924) held Mrs. Wilson as an operator for the Cen- 100,000 Iraqis killed, many of them that to ‘‘conspire to defraud the United tral Intelligence Agency. Whoever did States means primarily to cheat the govern- women and children, innocent civil- so violated Federal law, which went ians. ment out of property or money, but it also into effect in 1968. means to interfere with or obstruct one of its And so this question as to why that lawful government functions by deceit, craft b 2015 revelation was made is seriously im- or trickery, or at least by means that are portant. Furthermore, we need to look dishonest.’’ Senior Administration officials That is a very important question. into the issue of why this misinforma- arguably violated Section 371 because their An even more important question is tion was given to the Congress, and uranium claims had the effect of obstructing why that was done. And so in the con- that ought to be done by the Congress. or interfering with the function of Congress text of this letter, I and the other 39 to reconsider its war resolution and to allow This House of Representatives ought to Members of the House who signed this be conducting hearings now that we further time for U.N. weapons inspections. If letter are asking that this investiga- the whole truth had been told, Congress may know there were no weapons of mass well have withdrawn the war resolution or tion be conducted more deeply, be con- destruction in Iraq prior to our inva- delayed the start of the war to allow further ducted further into the question as to sion, and that whatever evidence there U.N. weapons inspections, which would have why that revelation was made. might have been was flimsy and weak shown what we now know; that Iraq had no To recount the events here, back in and not anything to be based on. weapons of mass destruction and had not late 2002, the administration was mak- Why was that done? That is a ques- sought the uranium. However, it should be ing claims that Iraq possessed weapons tion of great seriousness presently be- noted that Section 371 does not require proof of mass destruction. And on the basis that the conspiracy was successful. fore this House of Representatives, and Additionally, the Downing Street memos of those claims, it was preparing a final it is not being addressed. The most im- should be part of the investigation as to push asking the Congress to support a portant question of human rationality whether one of the several ways in which the war against Iraq. is why, why something was done? Was Administration deliberately ‘‘fixed’’ the Included in those weapons of mass it as a result of a cabal that existed facts and intelligence on uranium included destruction were references to uranium within the administration between its switch of the language in the State of the which allegedly had been imported Union Address to justify the war. These doc- powerful people who were determined uments provide valuable insight into the from Niger in West Africa into Iraq for to present information that would mis- mindset of the Administration the summer the purposes of constructing a nuclear lead the Congress in the way that they preceding the Iraq invasion. weapon. The Central Intelligence Agen- did? Because the Congress was misled, CONCLUSION cy and other intelligence operations unquestionably so. The above matters are clearly related to within the Federal Government ex- The Government of the United States your current investigation. Ambassador Wil- pressed serious doubts about the accu- is supposed to be open and transparent. son’s op-ed article focused on the uranium racy of that information with regard to Decisionmaking should be subject to claim made in the 2003 State of the Union enriched uranium coming out of Niger powerful checks and balances. That has Address and he concluded that ‘‘intelligence into Iraq. not been done, and it must be done. related to Iraq’s nuclear weapons program Nevertheless, the administration was twisted to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.’’ This Congress must fulfill its obliga- You are investigating whether any laws were continued to press the case, telling the tions under the Constitution to inves- violated when Administration officials—in intelligence agencies over and over tigate these breakages of Federal law. order to discredit Wilson’s claim and/or to again to go back and look again, go f retaliate against him—leaked to the press back and look again, when the intel- the fact that his wife was a CIA agent. As set ligence agencies found that they had PRICE-MILLER RESOLUTION ON forth in this letter, Wilson’s original charge no evidence, no substantial evidence IRAQ that the Administration ‘‘twisted’’ the evi- whatsoever, that that uranium had The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. dence concerns matters that are just as criminal as the Administration’s attempts to been imported into Iraq from Niger. SODREL). Under a previous order of the discredit Wilson and his charge by revealing Finally, the Central Intelligence House, the gentleman from North Caro- the identity of Mrs. Wilson as a CIA opera- Agency sent a retired ambassador, Am- lina (Mr. PRICE) is recognized for 5 min- tive. bassador Joseph Wilson, to Niger to in- utes. Justice Department officials in Wash- vestigate whether there was any pros- Mr. PRICE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in ington certainly have the same type of con- pect whatsoever that enriched uranium support of the Price-Miller resolution, flict of interest in this matter as they did in had been sent from Niger into Iraq. Mr. which we have introduced today, to re- the CIA leak case, which resulted in current your assignment. (See 28 CFR, Sec. 45.2(a) Wilson conducted a thorough investiga- quire the President to submit to Con- prohibiting Department employees from tion. He came back and reported to the gress a plan for the withdrawal of matters in which they have a conflict of in- Central Intelligence Agency that no United States troops from Iraq in the terest). such information was found. wake of the October 15 constitutional

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.033 H25OCPT1 H9078 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 referendum, beginning with an initial could have utilized other means of con- to happen for our men and women to drawdown. taining and controlling whatever come home, and when does the Bush This is not a requirement I propose threat Saddam Hussein represented. No administration think that it will hap- lightly. As many in this Chamber and ideal option is available to us now in pen. in my home State know, I have been an ending it, but the October 15 vote offers Mr. Speaker, there is no better way outspoken critic of the Bush adminis- the best opportunity we are likely to to persuade the Iraqi people that we tration’s policies in Iraq, and I voted have to begin the process of withdrawal really intend to withdrew than to begin against giving the President authority credibly, and hopefully to turn the re- withdrawing. The Price-Miller resolu- to invade Iraq, regarding it as an abdi- sponsibility for Iraq’s future over to tion calls for a partial withdrawal as cation of congressional responsibility. the Iraqis themselves, and to repair the soon as possible. There is still work to I have supported funding for troops diplomacy and foreign policy from be done to help the new Iraqi Govern- in the field and for Iraqi reconstruc- which the invasion of Iraq has been ment achieve stability and an enduring tion, while calling for an exit strategy, such a tragic departure for our coun- democracy, and we need to give new ur- including benchmarks to which the ad- try. gency to those efforts. We need to train ministration should be held account- f Iraq security forces and engage other able, and major policy changes that nations in that effort. We need to help would increase the probability of PRICE-MILLER RESOLUTION ON reconstruction efforts and provide dip- achieving at least some of our goals. IRAQ lomatic support to the new govern- But there is no evidence that Presi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ment. But the referendum approving dent Bush has heeded anyone who does previous order of the House, the gen- the new Constitution gives us an op- not accept his glib assurances and his tleman from North Carolina (Mr. MIL- portunity, an opportunity we must stay-the-course rhetoric. As a result, LER) is recognized for 5 minutes. seize, to change fundamentally what the mistakes that have marred this ef- Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. we are fighting for, and what the Iraqi fort from the beginning, poor or non- Speaker, I also rise in support of the insurgents are fighting against. existent planning, for example, and Price-Miller resolution. Mr. Speaker, we cannot do that un- weak international participation, have Mr. Speaker, millions of Americans less we say credibly out loud that our been compounded. feel increasing frustration with the military is not there to stay. Such failures must not become a ra- contrived reasons given for invading f tionale for extending our occupation of Iraq, with the lack of any realistic plan Iraq. In fact, our presence itself is a for the aftermath of our invasion, and THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET IS BAD target of the insurgents and a magnet with the administration’s failure to FOR LATINOS for international terrorists. And it may state clearly what has to happen for The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a be encouraging some elements of the our military to come home. previous order of the House, the gentle- Iraqi leadership to defer essential deci- And I feel the same frustration. This woman from California (Ms. SOLIS) is sions and compromises that are nec- administration has said simply that we recognized for 5 minutes. essary if their country is to assume re- should stay the course, but has failed Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise sponsibility for its own future. to declare our port of destination. It is in opposition to the proposed Repub- So we must leave. How we leave does hard to believe that there is a course, lican budget cuts and the impact it will matter: in a away that spares the lives that we are not simply drifting have on the Latino community. There of American troops and Iraqi non- rudderless. are nearly 40 million Latinos in the combatants, in a way that minimizes Mr. Speaker, it has become painfully United States, and more than 19 mil- the chance that Iraq will descend into clear that most Iraqis now see our lion are in the labor force making con- massacres, ethnic cleansing or civil military, who has served admirably, as tributions to our Nation’s prosperity war, and in a way that maximizes the an occupying army. Iraqis believe the chances for Iraqi self-defense and self- and economic growth. These families United States intends to occupy Iraq government. have strengthened the fabric of our so- But we must end the occupation, and on a long-term basis, and they believe ciety through their commitment to the approval of the Constitution offers that our government intends to domi- family and community. us an opportunity to begin that proc- nate the elected Iraqi Government, The Republican budget, in my opin- ess. It is an opportunity we must seize. rather than respect that government as ion, ignores the challenges that Amer- There are no guarantees in this enter- the legitimate government of a fully ican families are facing, particularly prise. Iraq could rise to this challenge sovereign nation with control of its Latino families. Republicans have pro- with the Kurds and the Shia more fully own natural resources, security and posed cuts to essential programs to our accommodating the essential interests public safety. Nation’s Latino families in order to of Sunnis in changes to the Constitu- Iraqi suspicions about our intentions pay for the $106 billion tax break for tion early next year, based on input undermine the legitimacy of the Iraqi the wealthy few. These tax cuts are from a newly elected Sunni Parliament Government and fuel the insurgency reckless, in my opinion, and unfair to after December, or Iraq could further that continues unabated. Mr. Speaker, the middle- and lower-income families, descend into sectarian violence. if our presence in Iraq is truly not for and reflect this Republican-led Our country cannot absolve ourselves Iraq’s oil or for a permanent staging Congress’s double standard. of responsibility for creating this quag- area for our military operations in that The Republican proposal includes a mire, or for helping avoid the worst- part of the world, we need to say so. We cut of more than $10 billion of Medicaid case possibilities going forward, but we need to state clearly that we do not in- over the next 5 years. Today, as you must understand, and the President tend a long-term occupation of Iraq, know, Medicaid is the largest health must tell the world we understand, and the Iraqis will determine their own insurance program in our country, and that a sustained American military future. We need to say out loud that we Medicaid is a very important program presence is not part of the solution. It will transfer to Iraq security forces the for the Latino families in America. It is not feasible. In some ways it exacer- bases now used by our military, and currently provides health insurance to bates the difficulties, and it must be that we will maintain no permanent about 58 million people, including 28 ended. bases or long-term military presence in million who are children. Medicaid Our resolution draws in concept and Iraq. helps 41 percent of people who live in content on one introduced in the Sen- The Price-Miller resolution calls for poverty, many of whom work full time ate by Mr. FEINGOLD on June 14. It up- more than the platitudes that we stay and still do not earn enough to rise out dates that resolution by taking explicit the course or finish the job. We demand of poverty. account of the constitutional ref- that the President state clearly the re- Over 10 million Medicaid recipients erendum and proposing an initial im- maining mission of our military in are Latinos, and Medicaid covers more mediate drawdown of troops. Iraq, and to state the time period that than one in three Latino children. Mr. Speaker, we should never have the President believes will be required Latinos have the highest uninsured started this war. We should have and to accomplish that mission, what needs rate in America. One out of every three

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.071 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9079 Latinos, or 34 percent of those Latinos, in this House and how he fought so a plan to facilitate $106 billion in addi- are without any form of health insur- hard for the coverage of services tional tax cuts, notwithstanding the ance, and as a result, Latinos depend through Medicaid for our seniors and fact that we have last year, just a few on Medicaid as their only means of especially those in East Los Angeles weeks ago, we closed the books, and health care access. By making prevent- and across the country. the deficit for the preceding fiscal year ative and primary care more readily f was the third largest in history, $320 available, and by protecting against The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. billion; $106 billion in additional tax and providing care for serious diseases, cuts at a time when we have a $320 bil- SODREL). Under a previous order of the Medicaid has improved the health of House, the gentleman from California lion deficit that is only likely to get millions of low-income Latinos and worse this year because of the cost of (Mr. GEORGE MILLER) is recognized for their families. 5 minutes. the hurricane. The second problem that we as Despite Medicaid’s enormous impor- (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California Democrats have with the plan that our tance in providing access to health addressed the House. His remarks will colleagues are pushing is that we be- care services for millions of Latinos, appear hereafter in the Extensions of lieve the cost to help one State sustain Medicaid remains under assault by the Remarks.) Republican Congress and its adminis- the catastrophic costs of a natural dis- tration. When the Republicans took f aster, a disaster like Hurricane control of Congress back in 1995, the DEFICIT DANGERS Katrina, should be borne by all the first thing they did was propose slash- States and spread over the entire popu- ing Medicaid by $128 billion to pay for The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under lation, the whole country, but spread the tax cuts for the wealthiest Ameri- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- equitably, spread equitably. We do not cans. uary 4, 2005, the gentleman from South believe that those least able to bear Once again, Medicaid is under as- Carolina (Mr. SPRATT) is recognized for the costs should be burdened with the sault, and the Republicans are at it 60 minutes as the designee of the mi- lion’s share of the load, and yet that is again. The Republican proposal would nority leader. exactly what is taking shape. shift the cost to States and bene- Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, last week That is exactly what they are doing, ficiaries, undermine the ability to pro- I came to the well of this House to ex- pushing a plan to pay for the cost of vide health care services, and ulti- press my concern along with the con- Hurricane Katrina, at least under that mately increase the number of unin- cern of others in the Committee on the pretext that will come down on the sured. Budget who joined us that night about backs of college students borrowing to the direction that a process we call rec- pay for their education; on the backs of b 2030 onciliation was taking. the sick whose only access to care is Medicaid cuts would shut the need- This week my concerns have not been Medicaid; and on the backs of the very iest individuals out of public health allayed. They have been aggravated be- poor who depend on food stamps and programs. Latinos represent nearly cause I see the course that reconcili- foster care and child support enforce- one-fifth of the Medicaid beneficiaries. ation has taken, and it is coming home ment, all of these things. These are the They would be disproportionately af- closer and closer to programs that programs and the bore sights of the fected by these cuts. Latinos are al- matter to those that can least afford to plan that are about to be brought to ready marginalized in this country. At take the hits that they are about to re- the floor. a time when Latinos lack proper health ceive. As we speak, our colleagues, our These are just some, a sampling of insurance and are facing rising health Republican colleagues from across the those on whom these cuts are going to care costs, cuts in Medicaid funding aisle, are debating and considering and fall. will ultimately deny care and treat- moving toward big cuts in Medicaid, So what we have coming before the ment to the most vulnerable. Many of student loans, child support enforce- House this week, if it does indeed come these cuts for Medicaid will be forced ment, child foster care, and supple- forth, is a plan for spending cuts that to rely on emergency medical services mental security income, farm con- does not serve its stated purpose be- and, as you know, will cost the tax- servation, the list goes on. About $50 cause it does not go to pay for the cost payers more money. billion in spending cuts spread over of Hurricane Katrina, not a dime of it. The administration has allowed 5.4 about a 5-year period of time. And the spending cuts it selects, million Americans to slip into poverty. They have offered up these spending whether to offset more tax cuts or to Under the proposal in my State of Cali- cuts as a way to offset, partially at pay for Katrina, come down on those, fornia, it is estimated to lose over $174 least, the spending increases that the as I have said, who are least able to million in Federal funds annually, and responses to hurricanes Katrina and bear them. current enrollment would drop by 3 Rita will require; but in actuality, On our side we think it is fair to ask, million people. In my county alone, in these spending cuts will not go to off- Why this sudden interest in offsets? L.A., the loss would be close to $74.5 set the costs of Hurricane Katrina be- Why insist on offsets to pay for build- million, affecting over one million cause the Republican budget calls for ing or rebuilding Biloxi, but not insist beneficiaries. $106 billion in additional tax cuts. And on offsets for building or rebuilding or A recent study shows the combina- when these additional tax cuts are building back Baghdad for which we tion of stagnant income and staggering passed, the spending cuts that are also have appropriated so far more than $20 increases, important items like health being proposed will simply go to make billion? care, housing, education, transpor- up for the revenue losses to some ex- One reason that our colleagues have tation, all affecting our families. These tent caused by the tax cuts they are suddenly seized on this issue is that cuts do nothing to relieve America’s proposing. the evidence of bad budgeting, of fiscal working families. Since the spending cuts are $50 bil- failure, of endless deficits is mounting Let us do the right thing. Let us lion, as this chart here shows, and the and spreading and becoming undeniable make sure we fully fund Medicaid so tax cuts are $106 billion, none of the is too much to sweep under the rug. On that American families and Latino spending cuts will ever make it to the their watch, the Federal budget has de- families have full access to affordable bottom line where they might other- scended from a surplus of $236 billion in quality health care for themselves and wise be available and applied to the off- the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of their children. set of the cost of Katrina and Rita. the Clinton administration, to a deficit On this eve where we are paying trib- So the first problem that we as of $320 billion last year and $412 billion ute to a former Member of Congress, Democrats have, with what our Repub- the year before. Congressman Ed Roybal from Los An- lican colleagues are pushing and push- The deficit will only be worse this geles, who was a pioneer advocating for ing hard this week, is that it is not year, as I have said, this fiscal year, the elderly and health care and Med- what approximate purports to be. It is 2006, because this year is when most of icaid, I would ask that we remember at not what it claims to be. It is not a the spending to fix up and respond to this time his strength and his tenacity plan to pay for Hurricane Katrina. It is Katrina is going to be paid out. Here is

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.072 H25OCPT1 H9080 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 one simple, back-of-the-envelope way $640 billion in the year 2015. That is Mr. SPRATT. That is true. of looking at the budgets that we have CBO’s projection per certain requests Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. And you get had and the impact of these budgets we made to them to adjust their base- absolutely nothing for interest on the that bottom-line over the last 5 fiscal line survey. national debt. It is money down the years. We said to CBO, take your baseline drain. You do not get the first rifle. Our Republican colleagues have had survey and assume four things in the You do not get the first schoolbook. to come to the floor four times and President’s budget: number one, that You do not get any health care. You do raise the debt ceiling, the legal limit to the tax cuts passed in 2001, 2002, and not get anything for interest on the na- which the United States can borrow, 2003 will all be renewed and extended tional debt. incur debt, in order to make room for when they expire at the end of 2010; Mr. SPRATT. But it has to be paid. It the budgets of the Bush administra- Number two, that the alternative tax is obligatory. There is no way around tion. As a consequence, in June 2002 will be fixed as we all know it must be it. You have got to pay it, otherwise they had to vote to raise the debt ceil- so it does not affect middle-income the bonds default and the country is in ing by $450 billion. In May, just a year taxpayers to whom it was never in- bankruptcy. We cannot let that hap- later, they had to raise it again by a tended; pen. Let me touch on the package that we record amount, $984 billion. You would Number three, that we will eventu- expect to come to the floor to show think that $984 billion would give you ally have a drawdown of our troops in what our concern is and why we are plenty of room for additional deficits Afghanistan and Iraq, principally Iraq, so that we have 20,000 in each theater. here at this hour of the day talking to be accommodated, but no. about the package that the Repub- In November 2004, 15, 16 months later, CBO has a model for estimating what licans are putting together to bring to $800 billion had to be added to the debt the likely cost of that force is going to the floor ostensibly to pay for some of ceiling. In the budget resolution that be; Finally, the President gave us the the costs for Hurricane Katrina but will come to the floor this week, there numbers for implementing his Social truly, truly to offset additional tax is a contingent provision that when the Security privatization program for the cuts of $106 billion. Senate passes the provision, the debt last 2 years of his 5-year forecast. Pick Originally, as the gentleman from ceiling will be raised one more time by up where he left off and carry it out 10 Virginia (Mr. SCOTT) knows, because $781 billion. Add up these four increases years. Make those changes, we said to this is his committee and he can com- in the debt ceiling over the last 5 fiscal CBO, and tell us what then. If you hit ment further upon it, the Higher Edu- years, you get 3 trillion, 15 billion; $3 the highlights, carry out the basics of cation Act had to be amended this year trillion, the amount by which they the Bush budget, what then happens to and was to be amended so that student have had to raise the debt ceiling to ac- the budget? Here is what happens with loans would enjoy fixed rates, not vari- commodate their budget. That says it, the deficit: it goes from 320 to 640 in 10 able rates which would go up as inter- as I said, on the back of the envelope, years. est rates go up as they are likely to do better than any way I could possibly The debt of the United States held by in the near future. put it. the public, and in many cases held by b 2045 When the Bush administration closed foreigners, goes from $4.6 trillion in the books on fiscal year 2005, just 3 That decision has been discarded. It 2005 to $9.2 trillion in 2015. Debt serv- is gone. weeks ago, they announced a bit better ice, this is obligatory, this is one thing deficit, no doubt about it, a deficit of Next, origination fees. The front-end in the budget that has to be paid or the fees that students have to pay to take $320 billion. But that is still the third credit of the United States will col- largest deficit in our Nation’s history. out a student loan were to be lowered. lapse, the debt service that we now Not anymore, not with the latest cut. And it shows you how sad the State of pay, the interest we now pay on the na- our fiscal affairs have become when the What we are looking at are the barest tional debt, net interest, will increase component parts of this bill called the White House boasts about and brags from $182 billion in 2005 to $458 billion reconciliation bill that is coming to about a $320 billion deficit as being in 2015. It will become one of biggest the floor. It went directly from the good. items in the budget. This is the sort of Committee on the Budget to the com- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman thing that breeds cynicism of our gov- mittees of jurisdiction, like the Com- from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT). ernment, because people pay heavy mittee on Education and the Work- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, taxes, yet they see nothing in return force, and they said cut so much money the gentleman indicated that last year due to the fact that money is going to from programs in your jurisdiction. So was the third largest deficit in the his- service the national debt. where did the Committee on Education tory of the United States. When were One thing else, a lot of this is due to and the Workforce cut? They turned to the other two? tax cuts that they keep making despite student loans, the most significant Mr. SPRATT. The year before it was the bottom line, despite the fact that part of their budget, and the Pension 412, and the year before that it was 375. the original forecast showing $5.6 tril- Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Those are the three worst over the last lion in surpluses over a 10-year period Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, 3 years, three record deficits in a row. of time no longer apply. However, I would point out, and I appreciate the Here is the hard part. It would be bad those tax cuts eventually become a gentleman bringing this to our atten- enough if that were behind us and we debt tax because that is what you see tion, that when the Committee on the are now having to live with this $3 tril- here. We have a debt tax, a tax that Budget instructed the Committee on lion increase in the debt ceiling of the has to be laid on the people in order to Education and the Workforce to cut United States, but the future looks pay the debt service, the interest on mandatory spending by those billions even bleaker. This September, the Con- the national debt, which is truly oblig- of dollars, there were only a couple of gressional Budget Office, which is neu- atory. programs in the education jurisdiction tral and nonpartisan, prepared for us, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman that has mandatory spending. One is as they always do, it is their custom from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT). student loans, and then school lunches, and I think it is required by law, an up- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, and, to a little minor extent, job train- date of the economy and the budget I thank the gentleman for pointing ing. Those are the only programs we and a projection of where the economy that out. Sometimes it is helpful to could cut to accommodate that in- was going and a projection of where the puts these numbers in perspective. Is it struction that the Committee on the budget was going with the economy. not true that the military budget on an Budget gave. Here is what they came up with. annual basis is approximately $400 bil- When you start talking about bal- They predicted a deficit of $319 billion? ancing the budget, and we say bal- lion. That is about where we came out. Mr. SPRATT. It is indeed. That is ancing the budget on the backs of Look at the red line here and you will true. It has increased substantially. those that actually need the help, see their continued projection shows Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. So the debt going after student loans, when stu- that over the next 10 years the deficit service in 2015 is going to rival the en- dent loans right now and when assist- will double. It will increase from 320 to tire military budget? ance for higher education is at an all-

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.076 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9081 time low, 20 or 30 years ago a Pell tion. This chart shows the annual def- reconciliation process works so that grant would cover about 85 percent of icit as you have outlined, if we pay for the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. the cost of going to a public college. Katrina and if we do not pay for SCOTT) can pick up from there. Now it is about 30 percent, and the rest Katrina, and the solid line shows what Originally, when the Republicans de- you have to make up with student the projections are, and the dotted line cided in their budget resolution that loans. We are cutting the student loan is if we borrow money and do not pay they would cut $35 billion to facilitate subsidies, which means that the stu- for Katrina how much more deficit $70 billion in tax cuts, it had nothing dents could end up paying thousands of there would be. to do with Katrina. It was just one way dollars more for their education than This is obviously a blip on the screen of diminishing the impact of the tax they do now. That is because we are because it shows that there is a 1-year cuts on the bottom line. Originally, not paying for Katrina. We are paying deterioration in the budget, but then it when that $35 billion number was set as for the tax cuts, and some of these tax goes back. You can hardly tell a dif- the reconciliation target, the amount cuts are about as mean-spirited in ference in the lines later on. It does not that was reconciled to the Committee terms of priorities as you can imagine. make any difference at all later on on Education and the Workforce was We call them tax cuts for the what we are doing to Katrina. $12.6 billion. wealthy. People say, oh, no, no, it is When this administration came in, That committee labored diligently. I not tax cuts for the wealthy. The gen- there was a projected over $5 trillion do not think the gentleman voted for tleman from South Carolina (Mr. surplus coming in, and by the time the final product, but it was still $10.6 SPRATT) is familiar with the tax cut they finish, we are looking at in excess billion, $2 billion less than what was that had not even gone into effect yet of $3 trillion in deficit for the same 10 reconciled. Now, all of the sudden but will go into effect next year. years, a $9 trillion swing, $200 billion comes a claim for an additional $5.5 Two hundred billion dollars, 5-year for Katrina, which is the estimated billion. Where in the world will the $5.5 cost, to implement the two tax cuts total cost. That is .2. Nobody said any- billion come from within the jurisdic- that address the personal exemption thing about the $9 trillion, and all of tion of your committee? and standard deduction phase-in. We the sudden, as you have suggested, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. The Com- have a chart that shows who gets the they are going to jump up and try to be mittee on Education and the Workforce benefit of this $200 billion. If you make fiscally conservative by making people has essentially three programs they under $75,000 a year, you do not get cut student loans and food stamps and can get the money from: student loans, anything; $75,000 to $100,000, on average Medicaid to pay for the .2, which has school lunches, and, to a small extent, you will get $1.00; $100,000 to $200,000 on zero to do with the long-term deterio- job training programs. That is about it. average will get $25, there is a bar ration in the budget to begin with. So when you have billions of dollars down there, you just cannot see it, in I appreciate your pointing this out to coming out of those programs, obvi- terms of what you might get, but $25; everyone, that the Katrina cost is vir- ously the students who are borrowing $200,000 to $500,000, about 500 and some tually negligible compared to all of the money, the students who eat lunches dollars on average; $500,000 to $1 mil- other damage done to this budget. at school and possibly job training. The lion, over $4,000; and over $1 million, on Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, let me re- job training money is so small that you average you will be getting $19,000. turn to student loans and yield back to could wipe the whole program out and That is how we distribute 5-year costs, the gentleman because he is far more still not come up to the billion of dol- $200 billion, and rather than let us not conversant in student loans than I am. lars you need to reconcile the instruc- make this go into effect and have the It is curious that you would turn to tion from the Committee on the Budg- $200 billion go to deficit reduction. student loans, to kids who are accumu- et. Basically it is student loans and Mr. SPRATT. These two tax provi- lating more debt than any generation school lunches. sions, called PEP and Pease, phase-out in America to get a college education, In order to fund tax cuts, in this case of the personal exemption and the and raise the cost of student loans in as we have shown primarily for the phase-in limitation on itemized deduc- order to pay for the cost of Katrina. It wealthy, and as you have indicated, tions, these two provisions were signed just does not strike me as the kind of had we done nothing with the budget, into law by the first President Bush. When the second President Bush sent equitable loading that would support. had we not passed the budget, had we up his request for tax cuts, these provi- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, not made any changes, just let the sions were not included in his package I would say if you talk about student budget go on as it usually does without of proposed tax cuts. They were added loans and helping student loans, if you the changes, the bottom line would be by Members and pushed to the very end cut back on the student loan program, over $100 billion better off if we had of the implementation period. They do somebody has to pick up that weight. done nothing. not actually get cut out or cut back, The students who are affected by this Instead we have cut taxes, those well phased out until the year 2007. will be paying thousands of dollars, over $100 billion worth coming up next Nevertheless, as you are pointing $5,000 and $6,000 more, for their college year, and to make up for some of it, we out, these provisions, if they were sim- education than they would have had we are going after student loans, school ply left in place, would yield enough not gone after the student loan pro- lunches, and other committees and revenues over time to pay the cost of gram to pay for the tax cuts. child support payments, facilitating Katrina and leave a substantial Mr. SPRATT. Because they are so those. We are cutting back on those amount of change on the table. devilishly difficult to understand all support services, cutting back on Med- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, the fine details that go into the pricing icaid and other necessary food stamps. $200 billion, and instead, we are going of student loans and the renewability The kinds of services that Katrina after student loans. We are going after and consolidation. A lot of the details victims would actually need, that is food stamps. We are going after Med- about the changes being proposed are what we are cutting back on to fund icaid. This is not something new, some- not yet widely disseminated and widely not the cost of Katrina, the cost of the body taking something somebody al- understood. Nevertheless, the students tax cuts, because the cuts we are mak- ready has. This had not even gone into are going to feel it and see it once they ing have not even covered the tax cuts effect yet, where the millionaires get realize what the long-term cost of it is yet. So obviously we are not doing any- $19,000. Everybody making less than and the envelope they have to repay. thing in term of the ravages of the hur- $75,000 gets nothing; $75,000 to $100,000, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. The simple ricanes. you get $1. You cannot even see on this bottom line is if you take money out of Mr. SPRATT. Already in the bill you chart what you get until you get up the student loan program, somebody’s have reported, which is $2 billion short around $200,000 in income. So, when we going to pay it. It is the students, and of your targeted amount, and now it is talk about tax cuts for the wealthy, it is thousands of dollars more per stu- going to be $5.5 billion more than ei- this is what we are talking about, dent. ther targeted amount, already you $200,000. Mr. SPRATT. I looked the numbers have reversed the decision to lower You talked about paying for Katrina up, and that is why I have got them origination rates. Your committee has and what that does to our fiscal situa- available, but let me show you how the raised the rate effectively on student

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Despite the fact you have been this is what we did. Beginning in 1992, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. The bottom living on next to nothing, we will pay after President Clinton came to office, line is you get it from the students. you in installments, so $732 million out January 20, 1993, on February 17, 1993, They will be paying more. Thousands of SSI. the first piece of legislation he sent to of dollars each on average for student And then in the same bill we are told the Congress was a 5-year budget to cut loans, they will have to pay. It is the all of these things that are truly safety a deficit of $290 billion, he inherited only way to get it. If you cut the sub- net programs, they turn to something that deficit, to cut it in half over the sidy, somebody’s got to pick it up, and called antidumping duties. We impose next 5 years. This is what happened. it is the students. duties, antidumping duties, on foreign Every year thereafter, 1993, 1994, 1995, We also try to make up for a little companies in foreign countries that 1996, every year thereafter, the bottom bit of it by attacking pensions, those ship goods to us, like steel, below its line of the budget got better and better who have pensions in the Pension true market value in the country from and better, to the point where in 1996 Guaranty Fund, come up with a little which it comes. When we find that peo- we had a deficit of about $120 billion. money by adding some fees on to that. ple are doing that in order to undercut We convened again under his auspices, But in terms of trying to meet the our domestic industry, we impose anti- the President’s auspices, and we passed requirement of the Committee on the dumping duties on those industries. the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. As a Budget to try to get this thing closer The law provides that the duties thus consequence of that, in 2 years the in terms of deficit, student loans and collected go to the American compa- budget was not just in surplus, it was school lunches, it just seems to be an nies that are hurt by these illegal trade in a surplus of $236 billion. inappropriate priority, and we can cer- practices. So all of this is history. This is where tainly do better than that. What they propose to do is repeal the we took the budget, and this is where Mr. SPRATT. Let us look at the Byrd amendment which provides for we handed it off, at that point, with a Committee on Ways and Means. In the the money to go to these firms. That surplus just below $200 billion. We original budget resolution, the Com- repeal will not save a dollar. To the handed the budget over to President Bush, and every year thereafter, except mittee on Ways and Means was largely contrary, it will cost Federal spending this year, the bottom line is that the spared, mainly because the cuts in of $3.2 billion over a 5-year period of budget got worse. It got marginally Ways and Means would mostly fall on time. After squeezing money out of better this year, but as this chart Medicare. It is the biggest entitlement child support enforcement, foster care and SSI, they turn around and give up shows, it is still $320 billion. within their jurisdiction except for So- As I said, under the basics of the a $3.2 billion resource that goes to cial Security, and that is not in the Bush administration’s budget, the firms that have been hard hit by unfair cards right now. highlights of his budget, the things Only $1 billion was reconciled in the foreign trade. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam that he is pushing us to do, if we follow way of spending cuts to the Committee that course, CBO tells us we will incur Speaker, let me remind Members, this on Ways and Means, but now, in recent a deficit in 10 years of $640 billion, is the kind of tax cut that is under the weeks, in the zeal to get the amount twice today’s deficit, and the debt serv- jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways from $35 billion to $50 billion, which is ice of the United States will go up and Means. As this chart shows, it is reconciled, they have added to the di- threefold from $182 billion to $458 bil- $200 billion primarily for the wealthy. rective for Ways and Means, or they lion. will if this resolution gets passed this If a family makes less than $200,000, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam week, another $7 billion, $8 billion. you can hardly see what you would get. Speaker, as we look at that chart Instead of going after this tax cut that b 2100 where each year under the Clinton ad- has not even gone into effect yet, they ministration was better than the one Very little of this actually comes out attack unemployment compensation, before, and we went into such surplus of Medicare because they do not want SSI, and the child support enforcement that when Chairman Greenspan was to touch Medicare for fear that they services. Those are the kinds of things testifying before Congress in 2001, he will have a fight in their own ranks, that make a difference in people’s was answering questions like, What but this is where it comes from. This is lives. happens if we pay off the entire na- astounding. It comes from child sup- When I was in the State senate, one tional debt? What is going to happen to port enforcement. This is the money of the things that we kept having prob- the bond market? What is going to hap- that we appropriate to match State lems with in child support enforcement pen to interest rates? money to enforce fathers who are not was the interstate cases. Virginia could We had at that point projected we supporting their families to come up take care of its own cases. We put the would be able to pay off the national with the financial support for their resources in to find the responsible par- debt held by the public by 2008. By 2013, own families. We let them know this ent. We would get the wage with- if we were continuing to run surpluses, program will be robustly funded. We holding. We could take care of the case we would be able to put all of the have a national program so they can- if it was in Virginia. But once it went money back in the trust funds. Mem- not skip from one State to another. We out of State, we had problems. Those bers talk about Social Security being have a State-by-State program so they are the kinds of cases that the child empty. Social Security would have had cannot elude enforcement. They are support enforcement from the Federal gotten all its money back, and there going to take a reduction in child sup- Government can help. would be assets in the trust fund, not port enforcement of $3.8- to $4 billion That is what you are eliminating, the IOUs we have now. in child support enforcement. and those are the kinds of things that But in 2001, Congress passed massive Foster care for children and families, make a difference in people’s lives be- tax cuts, President Bush signed them, foster care families, children not with cause parents need that child support and we see what happened. their own biological families, a cut of to help raise the children. If you do not Now, Members will remember in 1995 $577 million. get it, it is much more difficult to raise when the Republicans took over the And then Supplemental Security In- the children. You have financial stress. United States House and Senate, they come, the welfare program of last re- We are cutting back on that kind of as- also passed massive tax cuts. What sort for people who are disabled and sistance to people in order to fund the happened to those tax cuts in 1995? the elderly and have nothing else to tax cuts, many of which go primarily What did President Clinton do to those fall back on. SSI is truly a safety net to the wealthy. tax cuts?

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.078 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9083 Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, he ve- the PAYGO rule would have impeded of the bad budget decisions and fiscal toed those tax cuts. further tax cuts when we had still big policy risks that have been taken are Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. And Repub- deficits. not breaking favorably, are beginning licans threatened to close down the Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Therefore, to accumulate, and we have increasing government. In fact, they closed down when the tax cuts were offered, they deficits that require dramatic action. the government, but President Clinton did not have to be paid for. So the The problem is, and there is recogni- refused to sign those massive tax cuts question was not how would you like tion of the problem finally, and that is we could not afford. Year by year he some new tax cuts with these spending good. There is reaction to it, and that held that veto pen out to make sure cuts, or how would you like these tax is good, but the resolution that is be- that we did not do anything irrespon- cuts with increased taxes here to pay fore us, the reaction that is being sible, and we ran up those surpluses. for them; the question before us was: taken, the substance of it, does not The first thing this President did was How would you like some tax cuts? really address the problem. And, if any- sign those massive tax cuts that we Congress said, well, I think I will. thing, it worsens the problem because could not afford, and we see what hap- At the same time, how would you it adds to the deficit rather than di- pened. like some more spending increases? minishing the deficit. I think it would be helpful if the gen- You do not have to raise taxes to pay That is why we are out here trying to tleman would explain what PAYGO for them and/or cut other spending, so explain this somewhat complicated means to know how we could maintain the question before you is how would fact in the face of what is posing to be, that fiscal discipline. you like to spend more money? Well, I taken as a pretext to be, a fiscal re- Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, this think I will. This chart shows what sponsibility initiative. was not just serendipity or good luck. happened. b 2115 We had a good economy, but we also Mr. SPRATT. Here is a good account. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam had a good set of budget policies and a Defense, for reasons we all understand, Speaker, as this chart shows, we could good budget converging with a good has gone up substantially from the have done better, and we did do better economy. year 2000 to the year 2011. This is a pro- when President Clinton vetoed the irre- One of the things that we did in 1991 jection. It will increase from about $300 sponsible budgets and there were under the first President Bush, we billion to $600 billion over that period enough Democrats in Congress to sus- adopted a set of budget rules in the of time. tain those vetoes. And if we look at Budget Enforcement Act. One of these When the President talks about the that chart, every year is better than required every budget to be a 5-year increase in spending as if he is laying the one before. And when this adminis- budget. the blame on the Congress, and in tration came in in 2001, they inherited Secondly, another rule required that truth most of it is coming in defense a 10-year $5 trillion surplus, $5 trillion we put a cap on discretionary spending. accounts, and all of it has been re- surplus; and now it looks like those We cap and limit on a 5-year basis the quested by the President of the United same 10 years will run into a deficit of money that we appropriate every year States. We have appropriated. I voted over $3 trillion, a total of over $9 tril- for discretionary programs. These are for it. I do not think you send troops in lion. discretionary programs. the field and give them a tough mission Mr. SPRATT. In the wrong direction. Thirdly, we adopted something called to do and not back them up. But let us Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. In the wrong a pay-as-you-go rule. It was a very ef- be honest where the spending increases direction. fective rule which simply provided if he decries are really coming from. Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, I Members want to increase the benefits They are coming from defense. thank the gentleman for his comments. under an entitlement program, Medi- This layer right here was what was f care, Social Security, whatever it may planned for defense in January 2001. be, you have to either pay for it or cut This red layer is what the Bush admin- THE FEDERAL BUDGET some other entitlement by an equal istration added to it in the way of pol- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. amount. By the same token, we said if icy. It is mainly new equipment, per- SCHMIDT). Under the Speaker’s an- you want to cut taxes when we have a sonnel and things of that nature. This nounced policy of January 4, 2005, the huge deficit, you have to pay for those is the cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and fu- gentleman from Texas (Mr. tax cuts, offset those tax cuts, either ture war costs here; also, the cost of HENSARLING) is recognized for 60 min- with a spending cut of equal amount or waging the war on terror, but it does utes as the designee of the majority with a tax increase elsewhere in the not include homeland security. This is leader. Code of an equal amount so it is def- cost risk because the Pentagon typi- Mr. HENSARLING. Madam Speaker, icit-neutral, it does not impact and cally has overruns in its programs. it is interesting that tonight the Amer- worsen the deficit. Those rules proved CBO said it is reasonable to assume ican people will hear from both sides of to be extremely helpful as we moved they will miss their targets by at least the aisle on a very important topic. the budget from a $290 billion deficit in this amount. That topic has to do with how we are 1992 to a $236 billion surplus in the year When you put all these layers to- going to pay for all of the relief funds 2000. gether, you see a budget increase from that are necessary for the hurricanes Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam $300 billion to $600 billion over a 10- that have caused such damage and Speaker, with PAYGO, that means if year period of time. At the same time wreaked such havoc upon our gulf you want to have a new spending pro- all of this is being done, more or less coast. gram, you have to cut spending some- deliberately, stacked on top of each What is very interesting for us to where else or raise taxes to pay for it. other, we are having substantial tax note tonight, and the American people If you have a new tax cut, either you cuts. When you put together these two need to know this, Madam Speaker, have to cut spending that same amount factors, the defense spending increases there are really only three different or raise some other taxes, but you have and the tax cut decreases, you begin to places that these funds can come from. to pay as you go. What happens under see the emergence of the deficits that Either, number one, in order to relieve that is if you have natural growth, you we are struggling to deal with today. human suffering along the gulf coast, can do better each year on the deficit. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam we are going to pass debt on to our But what happened in 2001 with Speaker, I just want to emphasize the children, or we are going to raise taxes PAYGO? fact that all of these cuts in spending on the American people, or we can do Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, in today are not due and have virtually what the Republicans on this side of 2001, 2002, PAYGO, the multiyear nothing to do with Hurricane Katrina. the aisle want to do, and that is re- spending caps and the sequestration They are there whether Hurricane strain the growth of government, ask provision, all of the budget enforce- Katrina spending happened or not. maybe the Federal budget to tighten ment rules that we put in specially in Mr. SPRATT. It is a reaction to this its belt just a little bit so that families 1991 that served us so well in the 1990s, curve right here, a recognition that the do not have to tighten their belt in- were allowed to expire. Why? Because chickens are coming home to roost. All stead.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.079 H25OCPT1 H9084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 Madam Speaker, everybody here else. There will be no Pentagon. There tax cuts. Well, I hope that the Amer- wants to help relieve the human suf- will be no VA benefits. There will be no ican people hear this because they may fering along the gulf coast. We have student loans. There will be no other want to impede tax cuts. They may seen the pictures. We have seen the Federal Government. want to take more money out of work- devastation. I had family who live in So as the Democrats work every day ing families’ pockets, and what we are New Orleans who were affected. They to say we cannot do anything to con- doing is trying to put that focus back were among the lucky ones. They are trol spending, what they are really on having working families keep more alive. Their home is damaged, but telling us, Madam Speaker, what they of their hard-earned money. And the standing. So all of us have felt in our are telling the American people is they way we do it is not to take more hearts what has gone on there. want to double taxes on our children. money out of their pockets. The way But, Madam Speaker, we cannot take That is the program they have signed we do it is to go in and say government a great natural disaster of this genera- up for. That is their program, sup- does not have a revenue problem; gov- tion and turn it into a great fiscal dis- posedly, of fiscal responsibility. ernment has a spending problem. aster for the next generation. For us to But, Madam Speaker, that is not so; Now, how do we address this? Step sit here and pass on $62 billion of addi- and we have a number of distinguished number one, let us look at where we tional debt to our children is simply, speakers here tonight to tell us about are spending this money and decide, absolutely unconscionable. I cannot be- why that is not the fiscally responsible are we getting the appropriate outcome lieve, Madam Speaker, that anybody thing to do. for the money that we are spending. would want to do that. Yet I know I first yield to the gentlewoman from Those are the steps that this majority many in this body contemplate that. Tennessee (Mrs. BLACKBURN), one of is working to take in this House. We Madam Speaker, for anybody who the great leaders in government reform fully believe that bureaucrats need to heard the earlier discussion this and fiscal responsibility in this Con- be accountable to the taxpayers of this evening led by the gentleman from gress. great Nation. And for some of our col- South Carolina, the ranking member Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, leagues on the other side of the aisle on the Committee on the Budget, one I thank the gentleman from Texas for who are sadly misinformed on this would think that there is only one his excellent work on this issue. It is a issue, we would love to sit down and other answer and that is to increase pleasure for me to stand here tonight visit with them and be certain that taxes yet again on the American peo- before this body and before the Amer- they understand this issue. ple. To some extent all we heard was ican people and associate myself with Tax reductions mean money in Amer- how we have massive budget deficits his good work and with his remarks. ican families’ pockets. It means con- because of tax relief. Madam Speaker, he was talking trol for individuals, and that is some- Madam Speaker, as the Members will about looking at where we are now and thing that is very important. We are see developed this evening, tax relief going forward. I want to step back for going to spend a lot of time, as the gen- has actually proven to be part of the just a moment, if I may. I am going to tleman from Texas was saying, this deficit solution. It is tax relief that has pick up on a phrase that our colleague week talking about what the steps are created jobs. It is tax relief that has from across the aisle had used when he going to be that we are going to take promoted economic growth. And yet was talking about policies, and he said to provide tax relief, to provide the those on that side of the aisle would those chickens are coming home to right foundation for reducing what the take it all away from us. They have a roost. Well, Madam Speaker, I will Federal Government spends, to be cer- plan. Whether or not they have owned have to tell the Members chickens do tain that the Federal Government is up to it, they want to engage in the come home to roost, and the Demo- prioritizing that budget. The gentleman from Texas has a largest single tax increase in American crats spent 40 years building program great chart, tax relief versus the 5-year history; and that, Madam Speaker, is after program after program after pro- Federal budget; and he is right on tar- not the right thing for America. gram, just layering them up and cre- get with this. So at first I think it is important ating a government that is very expen- Mr. HENSARLING. Madam Speaker, that we deal with some of the facts. sive. And he is right, after 40 years reclaiming my time, I certainly thank Not a particularly well kept secret is chickens do come home to roost. the gentlewoman for her observations. the fact that our entitlement spending I know that is not the point that he Again, it is so interesting, as Demo- today is absolutely out of control. We was making there. He was trying to say crat after Democrat speaks out against 1 have Social Security growing at 5 ⁄2 that in a year or 2 years or 3 years they all the evils of tax relief and how some- percent. We have Medicaid growing at would come home to roost. But the how tax relief is the center of all fiscal 7.8 percent. We have Medicare growing point is the Democrats controlled this irresponsibility, what they do not at 9 percent. Every time we try to re- Chamber. They controlled the other point out is that we have passed a 5- form these programs that are far out- Chamber. They had control of the year 13.9 trillion, trillion with a ‘‘t,’’ stripping our ability to pay for them, White House, and they kept growing budget, $13.9 trillion of spending versus the Democrats do everything they can and growing and growing and growing less than $150 billion of tax relief. to stymie this, and what we have dis- government. And the gentleman from So say, for example, that tax relief covered is that as time goes by, as Texas (Mr. HENSARLING) is so right in did absolutely no good to our economy. these programs grow beyond our abil- showing this chart that shows what Let us just say we took that money ity to pay for them, more and more will happen and what the tax burden and just put it in a hole and buried it. massive tax increases are going to be will be if we do not take the steps that It is less than 1 percent of the budget. necessary to pay for them. On this are necessary to cut back on the spend- So when we think about all these mas- chart alone, if we start out at 2005, the ing, and how right he is in the remarks sive tax increases that are going to be average American family, in just less that he has made. necessary to pay for all of this spend- than one generation, is going to be History should be our guide, because ing that the Democrats want, how is faced with a $10,000 tax increase. 40 years of growing government has less than 1 percent of the Federal budg- The Government Accountability Of- left us with many programs that have et responsible for this? They are ignor- fice, the Office of Management and outlived their usefulness. We have got ing over 99 percent of the challenge. Budget, the House Committee on the 234 different economic development The challenge is on the spending side. Budget, anybody who has looked at programs in the Federal Government. And, by the way, Madam Speaker, we this problem all have come to the same For goodness sakes, would we not be did not take this tax relief money and conclusion, and that is that within better off with doing some stream- put it in a hole. We did something else roughly 30 years, we are either going to lining? with it far more productive. Madam have to double taxes on the American Another comment that was made Speaker, what we did was we took that people just to balance the budget or from across the aisle, as our colleagues money and we gave it back to small the entirety of today’s Federal budget were talking, someone mentioned businesses. We gave it back to families. will pay for Social Security, Medicare, something about impeding tax cuts, We gave it back to hard-working Amer- and Medicaid; and there will be nothing doing some things that would impede icans, entrepreneurs, who rolled up

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.081 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9085 their sleeves and created new jobs and heard this, people have said, well, look, hear that there is just no way that we went out and created new businesses. the economy has grown, revenues are can even slow the growth of govern- And guess what happened. We got in up, and guess what? The deficit is ment. It would be simply impossible to more tax revenue. We cut marginal tax lower than expected. It is amazing how do. rates and guess what. Our tax revenue free enterprise works. It is amazing Let us look at a few examples, went up in 2003 from almost $1.8 tril- how lower taxes work. It is good for Madam Speaker, on where we might lion to almost $1.9 trillion to now $2.1 this economy, it is good for the Amer- find that money. As an example, as re- trillion. ican people, because there is more ported by the Social Security Adminis- Madam Speaker, they just do not money in their pocket, there is more tration inspector general in 2002, more seem to get it. Tax relief, again, is money to invest in their businesses, than $31 million in Social Security what is helping America’s economic and their families have more money to payments had been made to dead peo- situation. Again, do not believe me. spend on children, on education, on the ple. Another example, in 2003, the food Look at the Treasury report. This is things that truly are the desires of stamp program spent $1.1 billion in from the United States Treasury. Al- their heart. overpayments to program bene- ready we see that tax receipts are up 15 Mr. HENSARLING. Madam Speaker, ficiaries. Another example is that percent. Individual income tax receipts reclaiming my time, again, I thank the Medicare overpayments in 2001, get are up 14.6 percent. Corporate income gentlewoman for her leadership, and I this, totaled $12.1 billion. Let me re- taxes, our businesses, they are up 47 thank her for her observations. peat that, Madam Speaker: Medicare percent. So it is interesting that, in- Madam Speaker, we have now been overpayments totaled $12.1 billion in stead of this item being called tax re- joined by one of the great leaders on 2001. lief in the budget, if it was called the budget matters in this Congress, some- The Federal Government cannot ac- Agency for Widget Production Subsist- one who has coauthored the Family count for $17.3 billion spent in 2001. ence, every Democrat would want to Budget Protection Act, to try to en- They simply do not know where the double its budget. But somehow be- force our budget, to try to bring some money went. That does not include the cause it is tax relief for small busi- accountability into the government, to $12.1 billion in Medicare I just men- nesses, for people to go out and create try to protect the family budget from tioned, because we know where that jobs, they deride it. They claim that it the Federal budget, and I am very money went, to overpayments. But is part of our fiscal challenge. Instead, happy to yield to the gentleman from there is another $17.3 billion that the we see that it is absolutely critical to Indiana (Mr. CHOCOLA). Federal Government simply does not ensuring that our children do not bear Mr. CHOCOLA. Madam Speaker, I know where it went, and that leads the further debt. thank the gentleman for yielding, for GAO, the Government Accountability Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, his leadership on these matters and for Office, to refuse to certify the govern- will the gentleman yield? bringing us together here tonight to ment’s own accounting books because Mr. HENSARLING. I yield to the discuss these important issues. the bookkeeping is so poor. gentlewoman from Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I think we can prob- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, ably find bipartisan agreement here to- Madam Speaker, no business could I thank the gentleman from Texas for night that the deficit is too big. Where operate under those management prac- yielding to me. we probably part ways is what do we do tices; no family could operate under I want to go back to the chart that about it? those management practices. In fact, if he has so appropriately shown, and I think it is important when we dis- the Federal Government was a publicly look what happens here. cuss what do we do about it to recog- traded company, there would be crimi- nize the fact that the result of the def- nal charges brought for those manage- 2130 b icit comes from one of two things: Ei- ment practices. In Tennessee, we have a State that is ther we spend too much, or we tax too Those that say we cannot find sav- very much like the State of Texas. In little. I have to say that the people of ings and slow down the future growth Tennessee, we are a small-business, en- the Second District of Indiana do not of government simply do not want to trepreneurial-oriented state. Small feel like they are taxed too little, and do the hard work of management and business is our major employer. The I do not think they are really any dif- being good stewards of taxpayer dol- largest growing sector of our small ferent from the people of every con- lars. The American people understand business sector is women-owned small gressional district around this country. that spending money is easy and man- businesses. Women are beginning to Unfortunately, too many times here aging money is hard. take the reins, and we have more in Washington we use as the only I certainly believe that I was elected, women creating businesses than any measurement of success how much we and every Member of this body was other part of the sector. That is where spend, not how well we spend. But I elected, to do the hard things, to find a we are seeing our job growth. think it is clear to say that the Federal way to manage money better, to get a What the chart shows to us is this: Government spends enough money. good return for taxpayer investment, On those small businesses, when you What we did do too little of is and not fall back on the easy thing of lower those tax rates and you give prioritize the spending and root out saying if we slow the growth of govern- them the opportunity to invest in their waste, fraud and abuse. ment, we are balancing the budget on business, invest in their communities, Madam Speaker, tonight we have the backs of those people that can least invest in those great ideas that make heard that we really cannot cut spend- afford it. American free enterprise what it is, ing, it would just be an onerous thing which is what everybody in the world to do. There is no way we can find sav- Madam Speaker, I ask, what is com- wants, look what happens. Faith, hope ings or root out waste, fraud and abuse. passionate about wasting $12.1 billion and opportunity come into play. Elbow We have also heard a little bit about in Medicare? That is money that is not grease, sweat equity, hard work, it the reconciliation process, where we going to any beneficiaries, it is not goes to work, and people realize a big are trying to find savings over future providing health care to any senior. It part of the American dream, which is government growth. So the fact of the is simply mismanagement and wasted owning their own business, and we matter is, when it comes to reconcili- money. know that. We realize that. ation, we are not talking about cuts at Madam Speaker, I want to yield back You lower those rates, you allow peo- all; we are simply talking about slow- to the gentleman from Texas, and I ple to get in there with lower taxes and ing down the future growth of govern- want to thank him again for his leader- less regulation and have their shot at ment by a very small amount. ship on this issue. I certainly encour- creating the American dream. And As an example, we can find $100 bil- age all of my colleagues to do the hard look what happens. Your revenues will lion in savings over the next 5 years by work we are elected to do by providing grow. simply slowing the growth of govern- better fiscal responsibility, better Many times, Madam Speaker, and I ment by 3/10 of 1 percent. But, still, stewardship and better management on know the gentleman from Texas has even with that marginal savings, we behalf of the people of this country.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.082 H25OCPT1 H9086 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 Mr. HENSARLING. Madam Speaker, Street Journal last week had a very citizens, as well as how we are going to reclaiming my time, I thank the gen- important editorial when they pointed deal with this catastrophic loss of tleman for his participation in this de- out the fact that during the period of property that has been experienced by bate tonight. He brings up many good 2001 to 2005, inflation on a cumulative these hurricanes. points. basis was 12 percent. The Federal There are those that want to say, I think that once again we need to spending in transportation increased 24 well, we will just push that problem look at the facts of what we are speak- percent; employment benefits, 26 per- down the road for someone else; that ing about. When Democrats talk about cent; general government spending, 32 this is just a little blip on the screen; all of these massive cuts that are going percent; income security programs, 39 that we do not need to pay for this re- to take place, first let us look at how percent; health spending, 42 percent; lief. We will just borrow money. But much spending has already taken community development, 71 percent; those same people were the people that place. housing and commerce, 86 percent; we are talking about that our deficits Madam Speaker, this is a chart that international affairs, 94 percent; edu- are rising at too fast a rate. just talks about in the last 10 years, cation, 99 percent. Remember, inflation So what does this call for? It calls for what has happened to the family budg- over that period of time was 12 percent. a sound fiscal policy. It is what the et and what has happened to the Fed- Before being elected to Congress, I American voters sent us to Congress to eral budget? As measured by median ran a business. Every year we would go do. They sent us here to make these family income, the family budget has through a budget process. Every year difficult choices, to make policy that increased from roughly $45,000 for a all the general managers would come makes sense, to make policy that they family of four to $62,000. Yet look at into my office, and we would talk have to live with at home, and that is this red line showing what has hap- about the next year’s budget. In almost we have a certain amount of money pened in the same 10-year period to the every case we would find ways to save coming in, and we have a certain Federal budget. It has increased $1.5 over the last year in our spending amount of money to spend. trillion to almost $2.5 trillion. In other budget. But what is interesting here, and it words, the Federal budget is growing I will have to say, Madam Speaker, if has been brought up tonight, and I faster than the family budget by al- I would have that meeting with general want to reiterate it, is we do not have most a full third. Madam Speaker, over managers, and I would ask them to find an income problem in our country, we the long term, that is unsustainable. 1⁄2 of 1 percent savings next year, they have a spending problem. In fact, tax Again, the Democrats are setting us would frankly laugh in my face. They revenues, as the gentleman pointed up to either pass on unconscionable would be very relieved, because they out, have been increasing over the last debt to our children or to engage in the would have expected to hear 10 percent. few years, and, in fact, what we found largest tax increase in the history of Every American business and family is when we put more money back into America. We cannot sustain this kind has found ways to find substantial sav- the American taxpayers’ pockets, they of spending growth. ings in their budget when they are spent that. When the small businesses They also tell us what heavy lifting faced with budget challenges. The Fed- had more capital to invest in their it is to try to restrain the growth of eral Government should be no dif- businesses, they invested. government. Well, if we look at what ferent. There is no reason that we can- b 2145 we are trying to do here, the President not find these savings, that we cannot so far has called for roughly $62 billion act more responsibly on behalf of the They created jobs and our economy is of hurricane relief for the victims on American people and provide a good re- growing; and now, for that reason, our the gulf coast. That is to be contrasted turn and sound investment for the deficit this year is projected to be $80 with $13.9 trillion of other spending. So American taxpayer. Saying we cannot billion to $100 billion less than what what we are trying to do here, Madam do it is simply shirking our responsibil- was originally projected. Speaker, is find roughly a half a cent ities and not wanting to do the hard But the problem is that our spending on the dollar of savings, a half a cent. is growing faster than our economy. If you went to any American family work of management. We are elected to do oversight and be good stewards of Currently, over the last 5 years, the or any small business and said, you Federal budget has been increasing at know what, we have got an emergency the taxpayer dollars. Again, I thank the gentleman for his an annual rate of 6.3 percent. However, here, we have hit some tough times, our economy has only been growing at can you go back and take a look at leadership. Mr. HENSARLING. I thank the gen- an annual rate of 2.75 percent. So you your budget and find a half a cent on tleman. do not have to be an economist to fig- the dollar? Of course they could do it. ure out that if the government is grow- Madam Speaker, they laugh at us Now, Madam Speaker, I am very ing at this rate and the economy is when we say, oh, we cannot do this, we happy that we have been joined by one growing at this rate, that we are never cannot find a half a penny of savings. of our colleagues, who is a great leader And the truth is it is not even a cut. in our Operation Offset, to come for- going to be able to balance our budget. All we are doing is restraining the ward and bring to the American people So what it causes is for the Repub- growth of government. What the Demo- ideas about how we can find waste, lican-led Congress to take action and crats do not want you to know is that fraud and abuse and duplication and to begin to work on this spending prob- even after we find these savings, gov- lower priority spending in the Federal lem. ernment still is going to grow. It is Government in order to help pay to re- What you did not hear from the other still going to grow roughly 3 percent lieve human suffering along the gulf side of the aisle tonight was any spend- next year over this year. coast. I am happy to yield to my fellow ing cuts, any program reform. What What we call mandatory spending, if Texan, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. you heard is their solution is to con- we achieve this plan, without any help NEUGEBAUER). tinue to raise taxes for the American from the Democrats whatsoever, if we Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Madam Speaker, people and to take away the momen- achieve this plan, what we call manda- I thank the gentleman for organizing tum that we have already given this tory spending is going to grow at 6.3 this important debate this evening. economy by the fact that we are put- percent instead of 6.4. That is the mas- I think what has been pointed out is ting more money back in their pockets. sive cut of which they have spoken. there are some very important chal- What has happened because of these re- Madam Speaker, I yield back to the lenges facing this Congress and facing ductions in taxes is that the economy gentleman from Indiana. this Nation. We are defending America is now growing this year at 4.2 percent Mr. CHOCOLA. Madam Speaker, I in the war on terror, both abroad and and that Federal tax revenues have thank the gentleman for yielding domestically. We are grappling with risen $360 billion since 2003 and that a again. Just very quickly, I appreciate rising energy prices. We are trying to 22 percent reduction in the Federal def- the facts that the gentleman is point- figure out how to get a lid on health icit has occurred since 2004. ing out. care in our country and how we are We have frozen nondefense discre- Let me draw the gentleman’s atten- going to continue to grow this econ- tionary spending. Now, I know we are tion to a couple other facts. The Wall omy and provide jobs for American using a lot of Washington kind of talk.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.083 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9087 So what is discretionary spending? So we can save $200 million alone by In the last 10 years, again, median That is the spending each year that just saying to the political parties, family income has grown about 38 per- Congress gets to vote on. So each year, hey, go raise your own funds. cent. Yet Federal spending on inter- the budget chairman brings before the So what we are talking about tonight national affairs is up 57 percent; space Congress and the appropriations chair- is in that quest to balance the budget and technology, 46 percent; natural re- man, they bring a plan of how to spend and not leave our future generations sources, 49 percent; agricultural spend- the American taxpayers’ money, and with a debt they cannot pay, we are ing, 206 percent; commerce and housing we get to vote on that, and we have talking about slowing down the rate of credits, 74 percent; transportation, 95 made progress on that. But let me tell growth in our government. We are percent; community and regional de- you where the real problem is in our talking about getting the rate of velopment, 83 percent. Madam Speak- country. The programs that were put growth of government to coincide with er, the list goes on and on and on. in place many, many years ago are the rate of growth of our economy. This is not a debate again about how growing at such a fast rate, and these As a small note, I started a little tra- much the American people and we as a are programs that we do not get to dition a few years ago with my society are going to spend on edu- vote on on an annual basis, so we go grandsons, and each evening when I cation, how much we are going to through this process called reconcili- come home, I put the change in a little spend on housing, how much we are ation. coffee can, and when the coffee can going to spend on nutrition. It is a de- What is reconciliation? Well, really gets full, we go down to the toy store, bate about who is going to do the what that is is how we look into that and we count how much money we spending. The Democrats want govern- budget and say, are these programs rel- have in the coffee can. So my 2 ment to do the spending. They want evant today and should we or could we grandsons, who are 5 and 7, we go into Big Government to take that money do something to stem the rate of that toy store knowing how much away from American families, throw it growth. Now, the colleagues on the money we have to spend. They are 5 into a wasteful bureaucracy and have a other side talked tonight about all the and 7 and they already understand how few pennies come out on the other end. cutting we are doing. What we are much money they have to spend. So We want to empower the American doing is we are talking about slowing they ask what each item that they are family. We want to protect their budg- the accelerator down. We are talking looking for might cost, and they try to et. We want to help them realize their about reducing the rate of increase, re- figure up, do they have enough money American Dream. We want them to be ducing the rate of government. That is to buy that purchase. Some of those able to send their kids to college. We why we are going to go through this purchases are more than they have, so want them to be able to put a roof over process. they cannot make that purchase. their heads. That is really what this What we are doing, just talking That is what the American taxpayers debate is all about. about over the next 5 years, is finding expect the United States Congress to Now, Madam Speaker, I am very at least $35 billion, because as the gen- do. It is a concept that 5- and 7-year- happy that we have been joined by a tleman made the point awhile ago, we olds understand, and it is certainly a member of the Republican leadership are spending $7.257 trillion in 2006 concept that Members of the United team, a leader in helping put together alone. So how do we do that? States Congress need to understand. Speaker HASTERT’s plan to help offset Well, one of the things that I have We cannot afford not to have this de- this Katrina spending with lower pri- proposed, as the gentleman alluded to, bate. I welcome the other side to come ority spending, to help us start this is to look at some ways to offset say up with some solutions and some ideas process called reconciliation, which is some of the spending that we are going on how we can reduce this rate of Washington-speak for reform; someone to have to do for those devastated growth of our government, because our who is very admired by the entire con- areas in the gulf coast. By the way, I future generations are depending on it. ference and Congress, the gentleman have been to the gulf coast, and I have Madam Speaker, I yield back to the from Georgia (Mr. KINGSTON). seen that devastation and I have seen gentleman from Texas. Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, I what has happened to the lives of those Mr. HENSARLING. Madam Speaker, thank the gentleman for that generous people down there; and, certainly, I thank the gentleman for his leader- introduction. I was looking around to there is a role for the Federal Govern- ship in Operation Offset. It was an in- see who he might be talking about for ment, but there is also a role for the teresting story he told about how you a while. Before the gentleman from private sector down there. What we take the change out of your pocket and Texas (Mr. NEUGEBAUER) leaves, I have need to make sure of is that the Fed- put it in a jar to benefit your grand- a rhetorical question because I know eral Government does not preempt the children. Recently, as my colleagues the answer to it, but is it not true that private sector’s ability to go down and might have read, the Democrats have the State of Texas is looking at make sure that we begin to rebuild launched something called the Cam- privatizing part of its food stamp dis- those communities. paign For Change, and now I suddenly tribution program? There is a little box that you checked understand what it is all about. It is Mr. NEUGEBAUER. That is correct. when you did your tax return in April, taking your grandchildren’s change The State of Texas is looking for inno- and it says, I want to give $3 to the away from them to fund the massive vative ways to make sure that we cut Presidential campaign. You know government spending that they want down on the waste, fraud, and abuse what? The American people less and to go to and continue to grow. They and also to deliver that service in the less and less have thought it was a want to grow big government. They be- most cost-effective way. good idea to give money to Presi- lieve in more government and less free- Mr. KINGSTON. And is it not also dential campaigns and to their conven- dom. We believe in less government true that in doing that, you save the tions. So I have introduced a bill that and more freedom. taxpayers money and actually have not would allow the deletion of the pay- And how much government is hurt the food stamp participation level ment to political campaigns and to the enough? How much spending does it a bit? parties’ conventions. Hey, let us spend take? Madam Speaker, as my col- Mr. NEUGEBAUER. The gentleman that money for our efforts in Iraq. Let leagues can see from this chart, Wash- is correct. Because what happens is us spend that money for relief for ington is now spending $22,000 per when we begin to think outside the box Katrina, or maybe let us use that household. This is a chart that starts and be creative and innovative, what money to pay down debt, instead of in 1990, goes to the present; and we see we actually do is we save the taxpayers putting monies into political cam- that spending has gone from over, money, but we also at the same time paigns. In fact, the campaigns them- roughly a little over $18,000 per family generate more program money for selves have started turning down that to now $22,000 per household. This is those people that really need those money because they feel like that the highest spending in inflation-ad- benefits. leaves them at a disadvantage, and so justed terms since World War II. It is Mr. KINGSTON. Well, the reason why many of the major campaigns over the one of the highest levels of spending in I asked that before the gentleman last few years have not even used that the entire history of America. Yet, it leaves is today, in agriculture appro- money and turned it down. does not seem to be enough. priations, we had probably about a 1-

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The number something without permission of Con- eral Electric, and General Motors, dropped to 5 million. Still too many, gress, because I guess here in Wash- hardly small business innovation. Then but that is 9 million people who are not ington people know more about Texas when the General Accounting Office in- taking from the government, but are than the good folks down in Austin. I vestigated the whole Advanced Tech- contributing to the government, and understand Pennsylvania, Florida, and nology Program, they found that all they are able-bodied people, who, as New York are also looking at these pri- the research dollars that were going on you said, found out working has it own vatization plans. It is just a distribu- were already being done by the private rewards and have derived a lot of pleas- tion method which they found to be sector, not costing the taxpayers any ure and satisfaction from holding a job. more effective. money, and the duplication was impos- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, Madam Speaker, when I think about sible to eliminate. again it is not how much money Wash- the private sector, which they fear so I am going to yield back, because I ington spends that counts, it is how the much, I think about companies like know the gentlewoman from North money is spent. That is what counts. AOL and UPS and Home Depot and Carolina wants to speak. But I want to With that, I would be very happy to Cingular Wireless. When I think about say that in the appropriations process, yield to the gentlewoman from North the Federal Government, I think about the four programs that I have men- Carolina (Ms. FOXX), who has been very the IRS, the Immigration Service, outspoken in her commitment to fiscal tioned, we have eliminated approxi- FEMA, and the post office. Yet here responsibility, a great conservative mately 90 such programs, duplicative, are these folks who are defending the leader in the freshman class. Federal Government and saying that ridiculous, and unnecessary. We have Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased they should not get involved with the fought back about $61 billion in the to be with you tonight. You have done private sector. But that is just one last 3 years of spending increases which a great job of leading our conservative amendment that we are fighting that the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. group to think about these issues, and saves taxpayers’ dollars that we want OBEY), the ranking member, and the to provide the facts and figures that we to make sure that States have the Democrats have rallied behind year need. In fact, the little history lesson right. after year, $61 billion; and these are that you have just given about the cut- But there are some other examples of from the people who tell us we are back on welfare, I think, is a very savings that we are trying to get out of spending too much money. I agree we timely lesson to have, because every this budget. One of them was one that are spending too much money, but time we talk about lowering the rate of the gentleman from Texas and the gen- their solution is to spend $61 billion increase, we are given all of these tlewoman from North Carolina sup- more than what we are doing. gloom and doom stories about what is ported, and that is the elimination of So there are a lot of things that are going to happen. And yet we know very the mounted police unit here in Wash- going on in the Committee on Appro- well that Government is not the an- ington, D.C. The Capitol Police had priations. We want to offset the cost of swer to the problems that we have in horses for horse patrol. They were not Katrina. We think the fat is in the this country, the individuals are, and patrolling parades or anything like budget to do so, and we stand behind as long as people look to the Govern- this, but the horses were brought in the good work of Operation Offset. ment to solve their problems, the prob- from a 60-mile round trip every day so Madam Speaker, I want to thank the lems are going to mushroom instead of that they could parade around, walk gentleman from Texas (Mr. go away. around the 95-acre Capitol campus. The HENSARLING) for giving me a few min- These past few weeks have really cost of that not only was $200,000 just utes. tested our Nation’s emergency re- to bring them in, but it was $50,000 to b 2200 sponse system, our compassion, and clean up the manure that these horses Congress’s ability to set spending pri- Mr. HENSARLING. Well, I thank the left on the Capitol grounds. Now, any orities. I think we are doing very well gentleman from Georgia (Mr. KING- casual observer of Washington knows with Operation Offset and other things STON) for joining in this debate. He that we have our own manure around that we are working on in the Con- made so many excellent points. It re- here and we do not need horses im- gress. But it is clear, as we go about minds me of the title of a rock and roll ported so we could have more of it, but this process, that Republicans are the song that I listened to in high school, that is an example of something we Members who make up the party of fis- Do Not Get Fooled Again. have eliminated. cal responsibility. Another thing that we eliminated We should not get fooled again by the And that fiscal responsibility has from the budget was the exchanges Democrats. We need to remember, helped grow the economy and bolster with the historic Whaling and Trading these are the very same people who jobs. Some of these statistics I know Partners program. It is a $9 million told us welfare reform would never have been given out by other speakers, program that was specialized for the work. They told us that families would but I think it bears repeating, that folks in Hawaii, Massachusetts, and fracture, and so the New Republic over the last 2 years, our Nation has Alaska; and it was for competitive cul- wrote. created millions of jobs. The unem- tural grants to study the history of The Democrat leader at the time said ployment level has dropped dramati- whaling, $9 million; and it was a com- a million children will be forced into cally, and the economy has grown. petitive process, but it only went to poverty. One of the Democratic leaders If you listen to the mainstream three States, so there was not a heck of in the Senate said that we will experi- media, you hear nothing but gloom and a lot of competition in it. ence a national trauma we have not doom. All of the good news gets Then another one is the Robert Byrd seen since the cholera epidemic. And drowned out. But we are making tough Scholarship program, $41 million. Now, guess what? We gave people incentives decisions, and we are cutting back on the Byrd scholarship program on the to go out and become educated. We spending, and that is what is going to surface, it sounds like a good idea, gave people incentives to go out and be the other factor that is going to helps people go to school, it pays $1,500 work. And guess what, Mr. Speaker? really help this economy grow. for a college education. The only prob- They did just that. Earlier this year Republicans passed lem is we already have a Pell grant. Welfare case loads dropped in half, a budget that cut $100 billion from the Pell grants pay $4,100 to do the exact and people found jobs, and they found deficit. And what did the Democrats same thing. hope, and they found opportunity. And do? They refused to vote for the budg- Then there is the Advanced Tech- millions went from welfare, from the et. As my colleagues have said, Repub- nology Program. The Advanced Tech- dependency on a government check, to licans have recommended 98 programs

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We need to do that, too, and we bring up these issues, and again the number of jobs you create so that are going to do that. The Republican present the facts and help educate the the American people can go out and re- leadership is going to put domestic dis- American public as to what the real alize their American dream. cretionary spending on track to be facts are, not the shell game that we And when we have had tax relief, not below last year’s levels. keep seeing played out on the other only, not only, Mr. Speaker, have we Now, the gentleman earlier gave a side every night, but the real numbers received greater tax revenues, the def- little lesson about the difference be- so that they can see what Republicans icit has come down, but what we have tween discretionary and mandatory have accomplished and what more we also seen is millions and millions of spending. As my colleagues know, I do can do with the effort that we have Americans, 4 million new jobs created not even like to use that term, ‘‘man- been putting into it with Operation from tax relief. datory spending.’’ And every time that Offset and really knuckling down to Now, Mr. Speaker, when we look at it comes up, I mention that I cannot being fiscally responsible. the Federal budget and we look at this find that word anywhere in the Con- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I spending, sometimes many good things stitution. And I want to encourage peo- thank the gentlewoman for joining us come from it: Kevlar vests for our ple to keep reading the Constitution to for this debate. I appreciate her leader- brave men and women fighting in the see if you can find the word ‘‘manda- ship in the freshman class. It is very war on terror, student loans for many tory spending.’’ interesting that you would use this needy folks who otherwise might not But we are doing a lot with the Re- metaphor of a shell game, because that have an opportunity to go to college. publican leadership to cut the growth is exactly what the Democrats are try- But all too often we also see a Medi- of spending, and that is what we have ing to do with the American people. care who will pay five times as much to do. But what have the Democrats Because again, the spending that it is for a wheelchair as the VA did simply done? Over the last 3 years they have going to take to relieve the human suf- because one would competitively bid, attempted to bust the discretionary fering on the gulf coast can only come and the other would not. We see $800 budget in the appropriations process by from one of three places. Either we are spent on an outhouse in a national more than $60 billion. And the way going to pass debt on to our children; park, and the toilet does not even they would finance this is raising taxes we are going to engage in massive tax flush, $800,000. We see millions and mil- on small businesses. So it is not sur- increases on the American people; or lions of dollars spent for an indoor rain prising that at a time when we must be we are going to ask the Federal budget forest in the State of Iowa, and the list watchful of taxpayer dollars, the not to grow quite as fast, to get rid of goes on and on and on. Democrats have turned to their old some of the fraud, to get rid of some of Mr. Speaker, the American people playbook and called up one of their fa- the waste, to get rid of the lower-pri- just do not believe there is not waste, vorites, the old tax and spend. ority spending. fraud, abuse and duplication in the We think it is time for Democrats to What they want to make sure in Federal budget. For example, we have come up with a new plan and join us in their shell game is that they never 342 economic development programs. doing something important about show the American people the massive We have 130 programs serving the dis- spending. I am relived that they have tax increases they are planning. They abled, 90 early childhood early develop- not had their way with the Federal have planted seeds in our so-called en- ment programs. The list goes on and checkbook, or things would be much titlement spending that American peo- on. How much duplication do we need? worse than they are. In fact, if they ple are not going to be able to afford. And yet the Democrats want to raise had their way with spending, a new re- Their tax plan just grows and grows taxes to pay for more of this. port by the House Appropriations Com- and grows. Again, Mr. Speaker, what is The Federal Government made at mittee shows they would have in- going to happen for the next genera- least $20 billion in overpayments in creased spending by more than $60 bil- tion? For the Democrats to fund all of 2001. The Department of Housing and lion over the last 3 years. their programs, when they refuse to Urban Development spent 3.3 billion, 10 Before our Nation faced the chal- work with us, and we have invited percent of their budget in 2001, on over- lenges of recent hurricanes, we were on them to work with us to help reform payments, yet Democrats want to raise track to produce more, and our govern- some of this entitlement spending, if our taxes to pay for more of this. ment was spending less. Last year we they do not work with us, this is the The Advanced Technology Programs held nonsecurity discretionary spend- future our children and grandchildren spends $150 million annually sub- ing to a 1 percent growth rate, far blow are facing, massive and massive tax in- sidizing private businesses, 40 percent inflation and the previous 5-year aver- creases. We will be on the verge of of which goes to Fortune 500 compa- age of 6 percent growth. Last year we being perhaps the first generation to nies, and yet Democrats want to raise held nonsecurity discretionary spend- leave our children a lower standard of our taxes to pay for more of this. ing to a 1.4 percent growth rate, less living. We are going to have to double And there are so many reforms that than inflation, and a major reduction taxes on the American people just to we can institute in this body that from previous years. balance the budget in 30 years if we do could, for example, brings us greater Democrats, on the other hand, have not do something to restrain the health care at a cheaper cost. If we no plan to reduce the deficit. While growth of Government. would pass meaningful medical liabil- they stand here and complain about And again, as I showed earlier, how ity reform, we would bring down the budget deficits, they propose billions much Government should we have? Al- cost of health care 5 to 10 percent in more in new spending. It is really frus- ready in just the last 10 years, we have America. trating to hear the two sides of their seen that the Federal budget has out- plan, knowing that there is no way for paced the family budget by over a full b 2215 it to work, and the only way that it third. Mr. Speaker, is there any reason Medicaid could save $1.5 billion a would work would be for them to raise why we should have the Federal budget year if they would base their drug pay- taxes. But you never hear them talking outpace the family budget by over a ments on actual acquisition costs. about that. third? Ultimately all of this spending They could save 2 to $3 billion a year if I am asking our Democratic col- has to be paid for. they would stop improper payments to leagues to join us in the effort to re- Mr. Speaker, all this spending is not States that use that money for pur- store fiscal sanity to this country. In created equal. I mean, too often we poses other than Medicaid, and the list 1997, the House passed a deficit reduc- hear from those on the other side of goes on and on.

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And normally the 30- times two and maybe a little more. to find so that our children do not face something Group comes out and we Mr. RYAN of Ohio. We are going to massive tax increases as far as the eye talk about and criticize and critique have to implement the same rule that can see, guaranteeing to lower their the performance of the Republican ma- we had to implement when the gen- standard of living. jority. And I want the American people tleman from New Jersey (Mr. PALLONE) Mr. Speaker, this really comes down to understand this: the Democrats do came. The gentleman is going to have to two visions for America: one helping not have any power in this Chamber. to pay dues twice to the 30-Something empower people, helping them realize The Republican Party just spent the Group. their American Dream, about them last hour blaming the Democrats. Like Mr. DELAHUNT. I see. I know the going out, starting new jobs. It is real- we had any lever of government to gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. ly about a vision of less government pull. The Republican Party controls PALLONE). We share the same alma and more freedom. Yet our friends on the House by a large margin. They con- mater, Middlebury College in Vermont. the other side on the aisle who will not trol the Senate. And the Republican I know that I graduated a decade or so work with us on reconciliation, who Party controls the White House. They before the gentleman from New Jersey will not work with us to root out this control every legislative and executive (Mr. PALLONE). waste and this fraud and abuse, who branch of government in the United Mr. PALLONE. Is the gentleman sure only want to continue with more States of America right now, Federal about that? spending and more spending and more Government. So to look over here like Mr. DELAHUNT. I think so. spending, they believe nothing good we are the ones running these huge Mr. PALLONE. The gentleman looks happens in America unless it comes budget deficits is an absolute joke. good. from the Federal Government. I would like to say, my friends on the Mr. DELAHUNT. Because we are here Well, a lot of good things come from other side who were talking about sav- to be honest, because in the previous the American family. A lot of good ing money and controlling the deficits hour I think what we heard tonight things come from the free enterprise that are projected as far as the eye can from our friends on the other side an system. That is what we need to see, $500 billion, I would like to say to attempt at humor. I do not think that strengthen. In the days to come, Mr. our friends, Mr. Speaker, go to they were being dishonest. I think that Speaker, that is what this debate is all www.Thomas.gov and you can get the they were just demonstrating a great about, those who want to restrain the votes for two particular votes that I sense of humor because I heard the growth of the Federal budget so the think the American people and Mem- term ‘‘fiscal responsibility’’ as I was family budget can expand and those bers of this Chamber would be inter- watching their conversation, and I who only want to grow government and ested in. Go check out H.R. 1, this is really laughed out loud. impose massive tax increases on our www.Thomas.gov, H.R. 1 in the 108th I do not know if the gentleman from children and grandchildren as far as Congress. That is the prescription drug New Jersey saw it like I did, but if the the eye can see. bill. That is a bill that spent 700-plus Republicans in this House and in the Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that billion dollars on the Medicare pre- other branch and the White House rep- when the American people will look at scription drug program and did abso- resent fiscal responsibility, we are in this, ultimately they will chose less lutely nothing to control the costs of serious trouble. Because I remember government and more freedom. drugs by allowing for reimportation when the gentleman and I were here f from Canada that would drive the costs during the Clinton administration down, or allow for the Secretary of when President Clinton left. My mem- 30-SOMETHING WORKING GROUP Health and Human Services to nego- ory is, and the gentleman can help me The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. tiate with the drug companies on be- because I am a little older, there was a BOOZMAN). Under the Speaker’s an- half of the Medicare recipients. Both of surplus in excess of $5 trillion. And nounced policy of January 4, 2005, the those provisions were Democratic pro- maybe the gentleman can tell us, is gentleman from Ohio (Mr. RYAN) is rec- visions that went to drive down the there still a surplus after the Repub- ognized for half the remaining time costs of the prescription drug bill be- licans have run this government? until midnight. cause we would be able to control the What we have today is a single-party Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I ap- costs. state, and what has happened? It cer- preciate the opportunity to address the Now, my friends on the other side tainly is not, in my judgment, and I House again. Unfortunately, we are who have spent the last hour being so think we probably share this conclu- missing a couple of our standard-bear- critical, I find their names on the sion, it does not reflect fiscal responsi- ers who are usually here, our two Mem- ‘‘aye’’ column. There were only 25 Re- bility. What it does reflect is an appe- bers from Florida, the gentleman from publicans who voted against the pre- tite to borrow money and then to spend Florida (Mr. MEEK) and the gentle- scription drug bill. So the Republicans it. woman from Florida (Ms. WASSERMAN passed a prescription drug bill full of Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the gen- SCHULTZ), who are down dealing with pork that did not control costs. tleman is absolutely right. The amaz- the hurricane and the storm down in Before I yield to the gentleman, let ing thing to me when I was listening to Florida. So we want to send out to me first give him a formal 30-some- the Republicans in the last hour is them our thoughts and our prayers. We thing welcome. Do not let the gray when they were trying to make the are thinking about them and their con- hair fool you. This guy is 391⁄2. I would analogy to their households and talk- stituents and all the citizens of Florida be happy to yield to the gentleman ing about their kids. And one of the at this time. And we are glad they are from Massachusetts (Mr. DELAHUNT). Republican Members talked about how down there where they should be, with Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, I he went down to the candy store and their constituents. thank my friend from Ohio. Before I you could only spend what was in your I would also like to say hello briefly, begin to comment, let me say that over pocket, and that is what we want to do Mr. Speaker, not only to those citizens the past several months I have had a here. And I was saying, these guys on of Florida but some friends of mine chance to observe the gentleman and the Republican side of the aisle have who are paying attention to what is the gentleman from Florida (Mr. MEEK) been building up deficits ever since happening here tonight and good and the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. President Bush came into office. friends of mine who are back in Ohio WASSERMAN SCHULTZ). They have done How do they have the nerve to even now, Bill and Molly Gales, who are an extraordinary job in reviewing what talk about making the analogy with watching us, paying attention, trying is happening in America. their households and going to the

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The rhetoric would send their kid down to the candy just the opposite, a deficit that is two is done. You try to dust off the rhetoric store with a credit card because that is or three times that. from the 1980s and put it in today’s so- how they have run this country, on a And they come to the conclusion in ciety, and it just does not work be- credit card. It is borrow and borrow this report, I just want to read this one cause it just does not make any sense. and borrow and borrow and you know section, it says: ‘‘Almost every broad If you can hear and see and think, you what? Sooner or later that credit card measure of economic activity, gross know what they are saying on the gets maxed out. And the next thing if domestic product, jobs, personal in- other side is not making sense. you are a family or if you are an indi- come, and business investment among What the Democratic proposal is is vidual, you are down at the bankruptcy others, has fared worse over the last 4 to balance the budget; is to implement court. That is why I say when I heard years than in the past cycles. Pro- PAYGO, which means if you spend the term or the sentence that ‘‘we are ponents of this series of major tax cuts money, you have got to pay for it, one the party of fiscal responsibility,’’ then since 2001 have projected that gauges way or the other. Our friends, the Re- I knew they were joking. I really did. such as these would reflect improve- publican majority, that started out And I started to laugh. That was a ments after enactment.’’ with this big Republican revolution great punchline. In fact, the opposite has occurred. that I think has ended up in a Repub- Mr. PALLONE. I know the gen- Not only have we created a huge deficit lican devolution, would not pass the tleman says he is older than me and I under the Bush Republican administra- PAYGO rules. We have a plan, you go question that. I know I have been here tion, but all the indicators of economic to the House Committee on the Budget, longer than he. I remember when I first activity have gone down. So where this to balance the budget. We retain mid- came down in 1988, there were a group Republican philosophy has just created dle-class tax cuts for working people. of Republicans who would come down a dynamic that has really ruined the I am not afraid to stand up and say I and do Special Orders every night, and economy, it is not completely ruined, am going to ask Bill Gates to pay a lit- they had the pages come out with this we are getting along, but by every eco- tle more in taxes. I am not afraid to digital clock that really was the length nomic indicator things were better in say it. I do not think that is a bold po- of this dais here, and every night they the last few years of the Clinton ad- litical move, but the wealthiest people would talk about the deficit and how ministration. are the only ones in this country who Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I agree with the they wanted to cut the deficit and the have not been asked to sacrifice in gentleman 100 percent. The study that deficit was climbing too high. some way to pay for the two or three That is just all completely out of the the gentleman just referenced, the Eco- wars that we have going on and the window. All they have done now is in- nomic Policy Institute, the 30-Some- greatest natural and national disaster thing Group is all about third-party crease the deficit. this country has ever seen. I have statistics here that this budg- validators. This is not the Meek or Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, I et resolution which they were going to Ryan or Delahunt or Pallone Institute. think when we hear our friends on the vote on last week and now they so far This is the Economic Policy Group, a other side talk about the economy is cannot get the votes for it, and hope- nonpartisan economic study group say- growing, well, the economy is growing. fully they will never get the votes for ing that the tax cuts were bogus. The question is who is benefiting from A couple of our friends on the other it that they were talking about, will that growth, and the answer is very side said, well, the projected budget is increase the deficit by more than $100 simple. It is a very small segment of going to be $100 billion or $80 billion billion over 5 years. By contrast, the less than what they thought it was the American community. It is the top House Democratic budget achieved bal- going to be because the tax cuts are ac- 1 percent, the top 5 percent. Their in- ance in 2012. tually working. come is going up; but remember this, Mr. DELAHUNT. It is just another the median income for a family of four example of a great sense of humor on b 2230 in this country that is directly in the the part of our colleagues on the other What they fail to tell you is that a middle, it is not an average, it is di- side on the aisle. They gave us and the loophole has been closed. It sunsetted rectly in the middle, has in fact gone American people who were watching out last year. So there was a tax put on down since the Bush administration this evening a real good belly laugh. a small business, people, that raised came to power. There are today in ab- Fiscal responsibility? Please. money to the tune of $80 billion. Do not solute numbers and percentages more Mr. PALLONE. I wanted to respond come in and mislead the American peo- Americans below the poverty line. to one thing the gentleman said be- ple. It is not the tax cuts that are So what we have is an economy cause he took us back to the Clinton working. The tax cuts are not working. today that is eroding the middle class administration and the last 2 or 3 years Go ask the workers at Delphi if the and is creating a Nation and a society when we had a surplus. Not only did we tax cuts are working. Go ask the work- where a very few, a small segment, is have a surplus because we had a bal- ers whose wages have been stagnant doing quite well and everybody else is anced budget but the economy was the last 30 years if the tax cuts are slipping behind. booming. Jobs were being created left working. They want to talk about we What we have or what our friends and right. I do not care if you were rich want to raise taxes. They are spending would do is, they support ironically a or you were poor, things were getting money on the country’s credit card, as welfare program, a welfare program for better. But President Bush comes in my good friend has said. pharmaceutical companies; a welfare and he is elected and he says, the an- Real quick, I just want to clean this program for large energy companies; a swer to the economy is we are going to up. The two bills I want our friends, welfare program, by the way, for Iraq, cut taxes. And the taxes were cut other Members, to go see, go to Thom- not for the United States, but for Iraq, mostly for wealthy people and cor- as.gov. H.R. 1 in the 108th Congress was because here is what we are doing in porate interests and special interests the prescription drug bill which we Iraq. We are building schools. We are that were helping the Republicans with were lied to about the original price, building primary health care centers. their campaign finance. And that was was supposed to be $400 billion. Then We are educating teachers. I see the supposed to be the answer to the econ- they came back months later and said gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. omy. it was $700 billion, no controls on the PALLONE) has a chart there that illus- Well, I will say, I have this briefing price. Go to the 108th Congress, H.R. 1. trates this. paper from the Economic Policy Insti- Then go in the 109th Congress, Thom- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, if tute, which is a bipartisan group. This as.gov, H.R. 3893, our energy bill. the gentleman would yield briefly, I

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In his column grams that might benefit middle-class because we all were here when the this week, he says, ‘‘Seventy-two per- people, working-class people or poor money for those initiatives was appro- cent of farm subsidy money goes to 10 people, whether it is student loans or it priated. Democrats stood on this floor percent of recipients, the richest farm- is health care or it is housing, are all and said let us make it a loan; let us ers, partnerships, corporations, estates being cut; and those cuts directly im- allow the American taxpayer to be paid and other entities.’’ Cal Thomas, third- pact the hurricane victims. Rather back for these billions of dollars that party validator says too much money than going after wealthy individuals or they are investing in Iraq. going to the big farmers, and this is a cutting benefits of programs that The Republican White House, the Re- big welfare State. What is Cal Thomas’ might benefit wealthy individuals or publican majority said no. This is the advice to the 30-somethings and the corporate interests, they are simply same party who about an hour earlier House of Representatives? Cal Thomas cutting programs for poor people and was talking about welfare. Tell me, Mr. says, ‘‘Here’s a suggestion: don’t start working people. That is simply not Speaker, can you imagine this kind of with the poor. Start with the rich.’’ right. a welfare program being sponsored and Cal Thomas, one of the top conserv- As my colleague from Massachusetts promoted by a party that claims to be atives in the country, is telling the Re- was saying, the irony of it is they are fiscally responsible? publican Congress, the Republican Sen- increasing the deficit in order to give We talk about welfare reform. This is ate and the Republican President, start more tax breaks for the rich and for a giveaway of extraordinary propor- cutting the welfare programs for the the corporate interests. At the same tion; but you know what, we will not richest people in this country. time, they are increasing the deficit by do this in America. We will do it in We have been pinned into a corner in paying for Iraq because none of that is Iraq. this country where the people down in paid for. None of the war reconstruc- Guess what happened? There are lay- New Orleans and those people who do tion in Iraq is paid for; and if you look offs occurring, as everyone knows, in not have and the middle class are at these charts, as you were saying, Louisiana, in Mississippi, because the somehow to be blamed for our huge you can see that the very cuts that are tax base for municipalities has been de- deficits when 72 percent of ag money, being proposed in programs here in the stroyed. ag subsidies are going to the top 10 per- United States, in many cases money is b 2245 cent of the farmers. being spent in Iraq, deficit spending, to do the same things in Iraq that are They are laying off firefighters, Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I want- emergency responders, and teachers. ed to say one thing, and then I want to being cut here. I do not want to go through the Some school districts that formerly lead into the issue of this budget rec- whole thing, but if you look at health employed 2- or 3,000 educators no onciliation that we want to talk about care, $10 billion in Medicaid cuts are longer have schools that are operating. tonight. They have layoffs. I wanted to go back to what my col- proposed by this Republican budget; $252 million in cuts for health care pro- So what are these communities league from Massachusetts said about fessionals; $94 million in cuts to com- doing? They are calling on the Federal how, since the Bush administration munity health clinics in the U.S. In Government for help. You know what came into office, the fiscal policy bene- Iraq, we get 110 primary health care the Federal Government is saying to fits wealthy people and is at the ex- centers built or renovated, 2,000 health them? We cannot give it to you, but we pense of the middle class. There is no educators trained, 32 million children will loan it to you. We will loan it to question that is true. vaccinated. You can go through this you. In other words, if you are in Iraq, I would venture to say that the Re- whole list. we are going to give it to you. What a publican fiscal policy is really stupid Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, if giveaway. But here in America, no, you for everyone because the bottom line is the gentleman will yield, I just want to have to have matching funds if you are that in the last few years of the Clin- make a point. a community. The State treasurer ton administration, when we had a sur- The money that is getting cut, and down in Louisiana said, we asked for a plus and we were balancing the budget, we understand that reform needs to grant, and they said, no grant, but a everybody was getting richer. The rich- take place and our friends on the other loan. But if you are in Iraq, because of er were getting richer, the middle class side have not been willing to do it, but the action of the Republican majority was doing better, and the poor were to cut $94 million in community health and the White House, they said, no, we doing better. care and community health centers, will just give it away. I do not even think if you are that is preventative medicine. That in- The United States taxpayer is re- wealthy you are doing better under vestment is ultimately going to save building Iraq, and they will never see a Bush. You are doing better than the our country money and save our health dime come back. If they are serious rest of the guys because the rest of the care system money because those peo- about Operation Offset, I am sure that guys are suffering, but the irony of it ple who will not have access to the we could work out a unanimous con- is, in the last few years of the Clinton community health care centers will sent agreement where we would go administration, the economy was end up in an emergency room a week or back and renegotiate with the Iraqi booming so much that everybody was two later. Government and say, we will give you doing better. I do not even care if I Instead of going to the community favorable terms, and we will not charge were the wealthiest person in the health center with a cold, they are you an arm and a leg in terms of your world, I do not see how I benefit under going to go to the emergency room in interest; but at some point in time, this administration ultimately, be- downtown Youngstown or East Hart- that money has to come back to the cause if the economy does not grow the ford, Connecticut, or wherever they are coffers of the United States Treasury way it did in the boom years of the living, and they are going to walk in because we cannot carry you. Clinton administration, nobody bene- with pneumonia; and it is going to cost Do you remember Paul Wolfowitz fits. It is true, of course, that it is pri- the taxpayer more money. That is poor saying this will not cost anything? marily for the benefit of the wealthy. management. That is not smart. That They have those massive oil reserves There is no question about that. is silly. No businessperson would make that will fund the reconstruction of What I wanted to stress tonight, and that investment. their country. They were wrong on all that we do is that the Republicans Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, I that like they were wrong on the weap- now have gone even further. Now they think another aspect of this conversa- ons of mass destruction, and like they

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From every source that I am not help but remember within a few terms of health care, by eliminating aware of, it is purported to be ex- days of the hurricane when President community health centers, people go tremely well engineered, and it is a Bush gave a speech, I think from New to emergency centers, and it costs dam that will hopefully serve the Iraqi Orleans, and he talked about how they more. An argument could be made if we people well. Good for them. They ben- were going to reconstruct the city and did not cut funding for the levees in efit from the welfare state funded by provide all of these programs and bene- Louisiana, we may not even have had American taxpayers. But you know fits, and none of it has happened. It the crisis there. what? It was reported in the New Orle- sounded like he was doing a recon- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Basically what we ans Times Picayune, which is the paper struction program like in Iraq, or the are trying to say is that the Repub- down there, that last year the funding Marshall Plan after World War II. Now lican majority in the House and the for levees in New Orleans was reduced. they are proposing cuts in all of the Senate are not only spending Amer- In other words, a levee that may have programs that would actually benefit ican, hard-working taxpayer dollars to prevented the magnitude of the dis- people. subsidize the most profitable industries aster that befell New Orleans and Lou- It is not just poor people. If you look in the country, the oil industry, the isiana could possibly have been avert- at the things that we are mentioning pharmaceutical industry and the top ed, and we would not be looking at a here for the U.S. versus Iraq, I talked agricultural, the megafarms. Not only $60 billion bill. But oh, no, the govern- about health care. The Republican are they doing that, welfare for cor- ment is the problem. budget would cut $9 billion in student porations, and Democrats are for end- Well, if the government and the loans, $806 million from No Child Left ing corporate welfare. Not only have Army Corps of Engineers had the fund- Behind. That is for all Americans. On they provided a welfare state for Iraq ing, possibly, possibly, those levees and the other hand in Iraq, they rehabili- where we are not going to loan them the issues of flood control could have tated 2,717 schools, and 36,000 teachers the money and get the money back, been addressed in a timely fashion. But and administrators were trained. welfare to corporations, welfare to no, what we hear is government is the Even the environment, everybody Iraq, and then we are cutting the pro- problem. breathes the air and drinks the water. grams that just may lead to economic Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the In the U.S., the Republican budget has growth in the United States. We have budget bill that they want us to vote a $200 million cut in clean water State to jump-start this economy, and we are on, the one we were supposed to vote revolving funds, and opens ANWR to not going to do it by cutting one of the on last week, cuts funding for levees oil drilling. In Iraq, we spend $1 billion great investments of high-speed rail. again, not necessarily the one in New for safe drinking water, $4 million for What a great program for United Orleans, but other levees in Louisiana. marshland restoration. Everybody is States of America. This is part of the funding cuts. They drinking the water and benefiting from When I was in China, I went to want to cut levee construction now. environmental infrastructure. Shanghai. They had a magnetic levita- This is not the same one that fell in It is just really Americans versus tion train. It is the only one in the New Orleans. Iraqis, and I am not saying that we world. It goes almost 280 miles an hour. Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, there should not help the Iraqis in some way. You are standing up and you are drink- was a dam up in Taunton, Massachu- I did not support the war, and I still oping your coffee. Why is that in Shang- setts, in a district that is represented pose the war, but I do not mind spend- hai and not in the United States of by the gentleman from Massachusetts ing some money to help rebuild Iraq, America? (Mr. FRANK) that was on the verge of but it is not fair to spend all of this Look at some of the cuts from the collapsing and inundating a city of money on Iraq and cut money for Republican Study Committee. Loans to some 50,000 that would have been a dis- Americans. graduate students, $840 million in cuts; aster. But do not worry if you are in Look at the infrastructure. In the eliminate the National Science Foun- Iraq, particularly if you are in Mosul, U.S. under the Republican budget, $336 dation math and science program you are well protected. You are well million is cut from the Army Corps of grants. protected because you have a brand Engineers, including funding for the Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, I new dam funded by the American tax- levee construction in Louisiana. It is would say to the gentleman from Ohio payers. Thank you to the welfare pro- no wonder the levee gave. We did not (Mr. RYAN), you go to Iraq if you are a gram of the Republican Party for our keep it up. There is a $2.3 million cut student and go to school. If you are an friends in Iraq. from Amtrak; high-speed rail funding Iraqi and you qualify, you get a grant. Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I used is eliminated. In Iraq we are rehabili- If you are an American, you have to this analogy last week, and I cannot tating the canal system, including repay your own way. help but repeating it again. Soon after pairs to levees, and rebuilding the Iraq Mr. RYAN of Ohio. And tuition is the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. invasion, railway line. going to double in 5 years. a couple of our Republican colleagues Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, why Mr. DELAHUNT. Is this Alice in went over there. Maybe it was within 6 should the American taxpayer be reim- Wonderland, up is down and down is months of the U.S. invasion. It was in bursed? Why should we be carrying up? September of the year after. They had that burden? If they are serious about Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, how just come back, the Republican col- Operation Offset, let us renegotiate. We about this for short-sightedness. We leagues had just come back from Iraq, are the only country, the only major are going to cut the Centers for Disease and they had been there on the first donor country, other than, I think, Control. Everybody is talking about day of school. I will never forget be- maybe Japan, that did not insist on the avian flu. We do not know what to cause I was on the floor waiting to do providing reconstruction dollars on a do. People are making requests of the a Special Order, and three or four of loan basis. We are not going to be paid administration. I am sorry, but govern- my Republican colleagues, they back. ment is the problem, unless somebody brought back with them the book bags And here we have Donald Rumsfeld needs something. And I am sorry, but and the pencils. They had these book in March 2003 saying, When it comes to the Republican majority has had this bags that were in blue, and they had reconstruction, before we turn to the House since 1994. They have had the emblazoned on them the seal of the American taxpayer, we will turn first Senate since 2000 or 2001, definitely United States with the eagle. They to the resources of the Iraqi Govern- since 2002, and on and off through the were so proud of the fact that every ment and the international commu- 1990s, and the White House since 2001. Iraqi school child on the opening day of nity. Hogwash. Hogwash. They cannot govern. school had received a book bag with

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We have not held one hear- claiming my time, that is another ex- the teachers were complaining that the ing after repeated requests to exercise ample of the extreme Republican ma- pencils and paper were not provided our oversight responsibility into an un- jority in this House choosing their there, and they had to actually go out, precedented level of corruption in Iraq. party over the country. They do not the teachers, and buy pencils and paper In Iraq, billions of dollars are miss- want to find out what the truth is, al- and pads and crayons for the children ing. In fact, the defense minister of though that would be best for us to fix because they were not provided at our Iraq made this statement, that this is the problems that we had with Katrina public school in my district. the greatest robbery of all time. There and then be able to respond to the next The pride that was on the faces of my is in excess of $1 billion missing from problem that we may have, whether it Republican colleagues for all the won- that single ministry. I guess there was is a terrorism attack or another nat- derful things we were doing in Iraq, one contract where they bought some ural disaster. We would then educate and I kept saying that was very nice, tanks from Poland that were 28 years ourselves. but we do not have those things here in old, 28 years old, to the tune of $230 But to not give the Democrats sub- my district. It is not right. It is not million; and they cannot find the con- poena power to try to fix the problem fair. I am not saying again that we tracts. And the current Iraqi defense because they hired all of their cronies should not be helping the Iraqis, but it minister is saying all we have are in the top 8 or 10 positions in FEMA is, is just not fair that they get this help scraps of paper and scraps of metal. again, what is best for their party, not and we do not. I found it particularly interesting lis- what necessarily is best for the coun- Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, how tening to Fox News where there were try. And the Democrats are providing, about helping our kids? How about two colonels who were very hawkish in time and time again in committee, on helping our elderly? How about helping their attitudes that described the situ- the floor, with amendments, with our disabled? How about protecting our ation in Iraq in terms of corruption as ideas, whether it is lend the money, cities? We talk about a strong Amer- totally out of control. That is the big- whether it is reduce the cost for pre- ica. A strong America begins at home. gest scandal of all, because here trag- scription drugs, whether it is strip the That is really what it is about. Right ically today was memorable in the re- billions of dollars in subsidies that now, given what is happening to our ality that there have been 2,000 Amer- went to the oil companies, the Demo- economy, given all of the problems ican servicemen killed; and we all, Re- crats have always provided an alternative, a change, to take the country that are besetting our Nation, it is publicans and Democrats, join our fel- in another direction. And that is what time that we focused on the United low citizens in our sympathy to the families of those 2,000 as well as to the the Democrats are for. States of America, all of us together. Let me real quickly give the e-mail tens of thousands of American service Together we can make America a bet- address here: men and women and others including ter place for every citizen. [email protected]. Iraqi civilians and Iraqi members of b 2300 I would like to thank our dual Mem- their defense force that have been Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, re- ber from Massachusetts and our Mem- wounded and maimed for life. ber and a half from New Jersey. With claiming my time, the decisions that But to think that this rampant cor- that, Mr. Speaker, I say this is not we need to make have to be focused on ruption going on under the auspices of your father’s 30-Something Group. what is best for the country, not what the Coalition Provisional Authority is is best for one’s political party; and I not being reviewed and examined by f think that has really been the problem. the subcommittee with jurisdiction is ENERGY It seems to me that every decision that absolutely an abrogation of our respon- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. is made down here by the Republican sibility. They are afraid of it. They will BOOZMAN). Under the Speaker’s an- majority is what is best for the Repub- not look into it. They will talk about nounced policy of January 4, 2005, the lican Party, not what is best for the it, but it is absolutely crying out for gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. PE- country. And it is time we start choos- review. TERSON) is recognized for the remaining ing the country over the party if we Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, if the time until midnight. want to have some success. gentleman will continue to yield, one Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. And just go through everything that of the things that the 30-Something Speaker, I rise tonight to talk about has happened. Everything that has Group has been talking about, and it what I believe is the number one issue happened with the majority leader has relates directly to what he said, is this facing America. It is the energy issue. been an attempt to secure power for idea that there should be a bipartisan And the one part of our energy debate the party and not do its best for the commission in the aftermath of Hurri- that, in my view, has been neglected is country. Let us look at the CIA leak cane Katrina. And it is the same prin- natural gas. and the corruption that is going on. To ciple that the gentleman from Massa- Natural gas is the fuel that we use to out a CIA agent because their husband chusetts brought up, that they just do heat our homes, we cook our meals, we disagreed with them on the war is not want any kind of investigation of heat our schools, hospitals, YMCAs, choosing their party and protecting themselves. YWCAs. Most small businesses use nat- their party over what is best for the The Republicans control the White ural gas. We melt steel. We melt alu- country. House, the Senate, the House of Rep- minum. We make nitrogen fertilizer, And to make cuts in programs that resentative. They know there are prob- all fertilizers; and 71 percent of the would invest in the American people lems that came out of Hurricane cost of making fertilizers for our farm- and lead to economic growth instead of Katrina. They know they are respon- ers is natural gas. It is used as an in- listening to Cal Thomas, who says cut sible. They do not want any investiga- gredient in all our petrochemicals. All for the richest people who are getting tion by a bipartisan commission be- the chemicals that we buy at the hard- corporate welfare, they do that because cause they do not want an investiga- ware store and the grocery store, the they could then raise money for their tion of themselves. They are afraid of cleaners, skin softeners, all have a nat- party. And if the Republican majority what it is going to reveal. And that is ural gas base to them. Polymers and keeps choosing their party over the the problem around here. They do not plastics are made from both petroleum country, then the country becomes want oversight. They do not want ac- and natural gas. From face creams to weak; and a strong America starts countability. They do not want any fertilizers, everything we manufacture right here at home. kind of effort on a bipartisan basis, in this country, they use natural gas to Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Speaker, if the which would happen with the gentle- make it; and they use natural gas as an gentleman will continue to yield, can I man’s subcommittee, because it might ingredient.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.095 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9095 Now, the crisis in natural gas is the if it gets built. In the meantime, the have not quite doubled, they are 80 per- price. Currently, the price is some- supply that we have of natural gas and cent greater than they were 3 or 4 where between $13.50 and $14 a thou- oil, and I am promoting natural gas, years ago. But at the same time, nat- sand. That is a crisis because just 5 not oil, because we cannot drill our ural gas is 7 times more costly. years ago, it was $3.30. Eleven years way out of our oil problem. We have In my view, tonight is really the first ago it was less than $2. That is an 1,100 about 3 percent of the world’s oil, but cool night here in Washington, and percent increase in 15 years and a 700 we have a unlimited supply almost of cool weather is just starting to come percent increase in 5 years. natural gas. down the East Coast, those Canadian There was a switch in policy in this fronts are starting to come down. The b 2310 country about 10 years ago, this was furnaces are going to be turned on. As If milk had increased the same, it about the year before I came. The deci- these Canadian front start coming would be $28 a gallon for milk. Would sion was made to use natural gas to down, the early ones go all the way to we be dealing with it? Yes, we would. make electricity, to generate elec- Florida, and you will have tremendous I have been just stunned by the reluc- tricity. gas consumption up and down the coast tance of anyone but a small group of us Historically it was always prohibited, as we heat our homes and run our busi- to take on the issue of natural gas. It and you could only make electricity at nesses and keep our schools and hos- is the clean fuel. It is the safe fuel. It peak power time, that was in the morn- pitals warm and all the other things we is the abundant fuel. It is the one we ing when we are all cooking and doing do with natural gas. could be totally self-sufficient on if we our things at home and the factories So, here we are with $14 natural gas. just produced it. are running, and then in the evening When we have $65 oil, the whole world We get a lot from the Gulf and we get time when we are running the washing pays that. But when we have $14 nat- a lot of it from the Midwest, and it is machine and doing the dishes and ural gas, we are the only country in the scattered around the country. We get cooking, so we were using a lot of nat- world to pay that. Canada is $2 or $3 very little from the Outer Continental ural gas, a lot of hot water and things cheaper. Europe is about $6. China, our Shelf, because 85 percent of our Outer that take energy. That is when we have big fears competitor, gives them an- Continental Shelf is locked up. this peak demand. other advantage, they are $4. So when What is the Outer Continental Shelf? So for electric companies to meet they melt steam, melt aluminum, bake The State owns 3 miles out into the that peak demand, it was easier to products, heat treat products, melt ocean and the Federal Government have natural gas plants, they are anything, cook anything, bake any- owns 3 miles to 200 miles, and then it is quicker to build, and you can turn thing in China, it costs a third as much international waters. That is the Outer them on and off. You cannot do that as it does here. You add cheap labor to Continental Shelf. That is the shelf be- with coal and nuclear plants, but with that and now you show how it hurts us fore the ocean gets real deep, and, in the peaking plants for natural gas. So competitively. most parts of the world, that is where it was only allowed to be used for peak- The rest of the world is less than $2. they produce a great amount of their ing, and I think about 8 percent of our In fact, in South America, in Trinidad, energy, both gas and oil. electricity was created. Now one fourth it is $1.60. In Trinidad, American com- Canada produces out there, right off of our electricity is produced from nat- panies are building steel plants, they the coast of Maine, right off the coast ural gas. are building aluminum plants, they are of Washington. They actually produce Many years ago I attended some building fertilizer plants, they are in our Great Lakes and sell us the gas. breakfasts by the Edison institute. We building chemical plants, polymers and Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Great Brit- were talking about this 10 to 15 year plastic plants. Why? Because the ain, New Zealand, Australia, all period when in this country we would amount of natural gas used at all of produce both oil and gas on their Outer generate a lot of electricity with nat- those productions is immense. Continental Shelf. In fact, that is their ural gas. I had some concerns about I talked to a fertilizer company the greatest source of supply. that, because I knew there was so other day that uses $3 million worth of Well, why is America short on nat- much land in the Midwest, millions and natural gas a day. That is kind of an ural gas? We produce 84 percent of our millions of acres where you could not unbelievable figure. Do you think they own. We import 2 percent from foreign produce it, where there was a lot of it, are going to do that very long in Amer- countries, which is called LNG. You and the Outer Continental Shelf was ica when it costs $14, and you can go to have to liquefy it, put it in very huge locked up. I thought, where are we South America and do it for $1.60? ships, bring it, build ports, turn it back going to get all this natural gas? Mr. Speaker, that is the job side. If into gas. There is a lot of fear about Daniel Yergin, who wrote the book, we do not deal with natural gas in this those. I do not think they are unsafe, ‘‘Expose’ on Oil,’’ a Pulitzer Prize win- country, we are going to export really but there is a fear factor. We get 2 per- ning book, was speaking over in the the best working man jobs we have cent that way. And we get the rest Senate, and I went over with a group of left. People working in polymers and from Canada, who is the only neighbor House Members and listened to him. At plastics and petrochemicals and fer- who can import us natural gas. that time, this was 6 or 7 years ago, he tilizer plants make good wages. They Now, we could be totally self-suffi- predicted if we did not open up supply are sophisticated jobs. It is very so- cient, because we have had a morato- and move forward with this program of phisticated machine and equipment. rium from producing gas or oil on the making electricity out of natural gas, Last year, Dow Chemical, one of our Outer Continental Shelf for 22 or 23 we would have a short supply at high big ones, moved 2,000 jobs to Germany. years. That happened under President prices. Why? Natural gas is a lot cheaper. Bush-one. President Clinton extended Why is $14 natural gas worse than $65 That is not a cheap labor market, but it to 2012, and currently it has not been oil? Well, they are both harmful. But they have the sophistication, the tech- addressed. gasoline prices, which have dominated nology there, because these are high- About the same time, leadership in the news, you hear it every night, in tech companies. They are not simple the House put a moratorium on also, a fact I was debating a Member of the tasks. The people that run these have legislative moratorium. So we have Florida delegation the other day on to be very skilled. two moratoriums, a presidential and a one of the networks and we were talk- So the fear I have is that we are just legislative moratorium that says we ing about natural gas and the Outer going to lose 1 million or more of the cannot produce gas or oil in our most Continental Shelf. In the prelude to us, best jobs left in America? Why? Be- productive field, the Outer Continental the two hosts were talking about oil cause they cannot afford to be here and Shelf. and gasoline prices. I said, ‘‘Folks, you pay these exorbitant natural gas prices Now, we have lots of it in the Mid- just talked about oil and gasoline. We that no one else has. It is like tying west, but it is not as easy, and we have are here to debate natural gas. That is both hands behind our businesses and lots of gas in Alaska and they have a different fuel.’’ saying compete. Do hand-to-hand com- been trying to build a pipeline for So the American public knows that bat here with your hands tied behind years, it will be another 10 or 12 years, gasoline prices have increased. They your back.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.097 H25OCPT1 H9096 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 Let us go back to families. We are the reason is that we are in these old, can the American consumer compete just approaching the winter season, es- tired fields that have been producing with these sorts of prices? According to pecially in the northern part of the for decades and the volumes are gone. the Energy Information Agency, the country. Seniors and the poorest of our We are drilling deeper, which costs heating costs are expected to increase communities struggle to make ends more, and we cannot even maintain an somewhere between 69 to 77 percent for meet. Their gas bills, I know people equality to or supply. It still continues homeowners in the Midwest, for South- who have told me already that they to be flat, and we are doing all of that erners, 17 to 18 percent, for Northeast- have set their thermostats at 55. That production. Why? We are not out pro- erners, 29 to 33 percent, and people can is no way Americans should live. I ducing gas where it is plentiful, where expect huge heating costs increases. know other people who have not yet those fields are rich. The average family is looking at heat- turned on a furnace. They are literally My proposal is, and then I will turn it ing costs of $1,666 this year, which is a dressing warm with layered clothing over to my friend from Louisiana, my $433 increase from last year. These are and said they are not going to turn it proposal is we need to open up the huge numbers. The expected rise of on because they know the price of nat- Outer Continental Shelf to natural gas home energy costs will particularly af- ural gas. production. Both coastlines have been fect low-income people and fixed-in- In Pennsylvania we have a system locked up, over half of the gulf has come individuals. where they argue once a year about been locked up where there is rich According to a survey on the rising how much it costs to deliver gas, but amounts. One of our big opponents has energy costs on poor families con- then every 90 days the natural gas been Florida. They have been fighting ducted by the National Energy Assist- prices pass through whatever they pay. most viciously to not let production ance Directors Association, 32 percent Where I live, we are going to get a big happen anywhere near them; yet they of families will have to sacrifice med- increase in November. We are going to use 233 times more natural gas than ical care, 24 percent will fail to make get another increase in February and they produce, and they are in one of their rent or mortgage payment, 20 we are going to get the third increase the richest fields there are, and 75 per- percent will be without food for at in May. We already got one in August. cent of their electricity is made from least a day, and 44 percent will skip I think August was in the teens. They natural gas, which is going to come paying or will pay less than their home are predicting the one in November to back to bite them when this all comes energy bill in the past years. So these be close to 40 percent, and nobody home. are devastating results. knows what it will be. So I am going to now ask the gen- As others have said and as the gen- But no one projected $14 gas for this tleman to join me and let him share his tleman has said tonight, most devasta- time of year. Some thought we might thoughts. I thank him for joining us at tion is going to take place in our econ- reach $11 or $12 during the winter cri- this hour of the evening. omy and the capacity of our businesses sis, but here we are in the fall when we Mr. JEFFERSON. Mr. Speaker, I that rely on natural gas as a major are still utilizing minimal amounts, thank the gentleman for yielding. I feedstock to survive. Fertilizer plants, but the storms have curtailed supply, rise to bring attention, as the gen- chemical plants, food processing and the generation of electricity just tleman is doing so well, to the natural plants, other small businesses, our Na- continues to grow and suck up our nat- gas crisis that our country is facing tion’s 32 million small businesses are ural gas. today, and I want to thank the gen- going to suffer if we do not do some- tleman for the commitment he has thing about these natural gas prices. b 2320 shown on this issue, for the clarity That is not the end of the story. Folks, in my view, the rubber is with which he articulates the concerns Homeland security, national security going to hit the road in the next few that we all have in this country, that all are affected here. This is a blue col- months. I have just been joined here by we ought to have anyhow, about the lar, working-family issue. People sim- the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. natural gas crisis, and for calling upon ply are going to be unable to afford it, JEFFERSON), and I will turn to him in a the leadership of this Congress to bring and their families are going to have to moment. But we were having a debate this matter to the floor so Members sacrifice as a result of it. It is some- on the floor on this issue in spring, and can take a vote on it and people in this thing we can do something about. A lot I think the gentleman from New Mex- country can have the benefit of the of the time we face these issues and we ico (Mr. PEARCE) said it best. He said, wise legislation that the gentleman is know the consequences and we do not folks, sometime we are going to get our proposing. have any way to get out of it. But this act together and open up the Outer The price of natural gas is approxi- time we do. It is a pretty simple solu- Continental Shelf for production where mately three times the average price tion: open up the Outer Continental we have such an abundant amount of from 2000 to 2005, and it is nearly seven Shelf to gas production. It is as simple natural gas, and the secret is, do we do times the average price during the as that. If we do that, we can fix the it now and preserve a million good 1990s. This natural gas crisis has been problem for God knows how many jobs, keep people in their homes, keep building for years, for the last 2 years, years into the future. people affording to heat their church, and has suddenly erupted as those hur- I think it is a solution that this Con- their YMCAs, their community cen- ricanes hit the gulf down there and the gress cannot afford not to take at this ters, or do we wait until that all falls aftermath has paralyzed much of the time, and the American people cannot apart, we lose those million or more gulf natural gas and oil production. No afford to take at this time. And I ap- jobs, those companies move offshore region in the United States provides plaud the gentleman for the efforts he because they cannot compete here, and the United States with more natural is making to get this brought before people actually lose their homes to gas than the gulf where 10 billion cubic the Congress, before the people of this foreclosure and lose the ability to feet are produced each day, rep- country and have an honest debate maintain their residences as they resenting approximately 20 percent of about it, and then I believe we can get would like to in elder years. the gas consumed in the U.S. and 16 this bill passed. I think the people of This is a crisis that is facing this percent 16 percent of that is produced. America, once they see it, will push country, and it is one that I think has This tight market, as the gentleman our colleagues to make the right been caused by inaction. I have been points out, is exacerbated by the dev- choice, and I thank the gentleman for one, and several of us have been pre- astating impact of these hurricanes we his leadership. dicting this for years. We looked at all have just lived through, Hurricane Rita Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. the charts and graphs. We are using and Hurricane Katrina, and the price Speaker, Florida has been one of the more and more natural gas and we are has risen dramatically from $3.21 in big opponents, but recently we received producing the same amount. One of the 1995 to $12.68 per million BTU today, as a letter that was sent to MMS, the things that I have noticed is I think we opposed to other countries. Mineral Management Agencies, urging are drilling almost twice the number of For example, China pays 4.85, Iran them to open up the Outer Continental wells daily now than we did before, and pays $1.21, Russia, 95 cents. I mean, Shelf as soon as possible. The largest we are not getting any more gas and how can we compete with that? How business association of Florida, with

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.099 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9097 10,000 members, sent a very clear mes- promised that there is going to be an policy that makes it affordable for peo- sage, a 2-page letter that my staff said, energy bill in Resources tomorrow as ple. I am surprised you did not write this part of reconciliation, and we have cho- Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. If letter because it sounds like you talk- sen not to try to amend that, because we would produce the right amount of ing saying, we must open the OCS. Yes, that is going to be a complicated bill. natural gas, and the price would mod- here in Florida we love our tourism We are getting great resistance. So we erate and be cheaper than oil, it businesses; but if people are not suc- have been promised that if we do not should, all of our hospitals and our cessful in America, they are not going amend that bill, that my bill, our bill, schools have dual capacity. They have to have money to come to Florida and will be given consideration in the Re- to have a redundant heating system. have their vacations, because tourism sources Committee, we will have a So they will have fuel tanks full of fuel is a huge part. I am not trying to pick hearing in the near future. oil, and they will have a gas line, and on Florida, but they have been much of We will have a vote, if we can get it then they, if one system goes down or the reason we have not dealt with this out of committee, and I have strong be- something, then they have the back- issue as a State. I have not understood lief we can, because we have already up, because you cannot have a hospital that, because they are great consumers successfully passed that amendment on or school without that. of natural gas. another bill that they have since held Now, what happens is they also use They are a big farm State. You take up and did not bring it to the floor be- that to advantage economically. In the farmers, who get hit by the energy cause of our amendment winning, open- last couple of winters, they have used a issue probably as many times as any- ing up the Outer Continental Shelf, lot of fuel oil because gas has been body. When they plow their fields, they then we have been promised that we higher than normal. So now we are use petroleum. When they harvest, will a chance on the floor. adding to our need for oil, which we de- they use petroleum. When they dry So all I have asked for is for a timely pend 65 percent on foreign countries, their grains, they use natural gas. format where we can debate this in and we have a lack of refining capac- When they plant, and I missed this in committee, have a hearing first and ity. the beginning, they use fertilizer, then mark up the bill and pass it, bring We passed a bill last week dealing which up to 71 percent of the cost of it to the floor, and have a debate on with refining capacity, but natural gas, making fertilizer is natural gas, and this issue alone, not tied into all of the I say, can be the bridge to the future of those prices have doubled and tripled other issues that are going on the rec- renewables and other energy because it in the last few years. Farmers do not onciliation act, but get focused on is the clean fuel. There is no pollut- set the prices that they sell the prod- that. ants. It is one-fourth of the CO2. ucts for, and with these huge energy I was promised that by the leadership I have bus system in State College, cost increases, they just cannot raise of the House. So I am really looking Pennsylvania, that is all natural gaps. their price. They are subject to what- forward, because that is what I have Now, that used to be a savings for ever the markets pay and, unfortu- been wanting. them. Now it costs them considerably nately, it has been low pay a lot of the It is interesting to me in my district. more. They are getting penalized. But time, and that is why we are always When I talk to any group that I talk in the cities where we have pollution trying to keep our farmers healthy and to, I have people that are part of very problems from vehicles, we can have working, but it is very difficult. But green organizations who did not par- all of our buses, school buses, transit energy is playing a huge, huge role ticularly like production or drilling, buses, taxicabs, short-haul vehicles, with our farmers. and they will come to me and they will construction vehicles, service people Mr. JEFFERSON. Mr. Speaker, if the say, I think you are right. servicing our air conditioning and re- gentleman will yield, I can tell my col- You know, I have just spoken to frigeration, and all of those short-haul leagues that this has an effect on the group after group, because I keep say- vehicles could go home and gas up balance of payments on trade deficits ing someone debate me and show me a every night and run on natural gas, be- that our country is so concerned about. natural gas producing well that has cause that is a cheap conversion. Domestic production is going to mean caused a dirty beach, that has caused So we could really take away the we will have to import less and less of pollution in the waterways. It does not. need for so much foreign oil, and we our fuel for this country’s needs, and I As I said earlier, Canada drills off the could have less pollution in the air. just think it makes sense on every coast of Maine. They drill off the coast And also everybody knows that the hy- score that we look at it. It is a blue of Washington, right near it. They drill drogen fuel, I have been a supporter of collar working issue, it is an economic in the Great Lakes, our Great Lakes, hydrogen for years. How we will run issue for our economy, it is a national and sell us the gas. We get 14 percent of the first hydrogen car, and I have rid- security issue for our country, and it is our gas from them. And I have nobody den in a couple, is they have a natural an issue of global competitiveness for yet saying they want to debate this gas tank on them, because natural gas our country. I think it encompasses so issue, that natural gas production is is the easiest way to make nitrogen, so many important points that the gen- some wild polluting threat to our envi- the first natural gas cars will have a tleman has pointed out, and I think it ronment. You are familiar with it. You natural gas tank. Then they will use is time for this Congress to face up to live where it happens. the natural gas to make hydrogen, the fact that we have to do something Mr. JEFFERSON. I think you are ex- which will burn more efficiently than about it. actly right. We have encouraged, by This is a bipartisan issue. We had a natural gas does and even cleaner yet. national policy, the use of natural gas It is the bridge to the future. In my press conference a few weeks ago and for the very reason that it burns clean- view, natural gas should be what we you had Democrats and Republicans er; it is better for the environment are really using a lot of, but we got to pushing this idea together. when we are using it. And as you point produce a lot of it to get the price b 2330 out, the production of it has not re- down. I think it is a welcome, I think, res- sulted in a catastrophe that anybody I was a retailer. I had a supermarket pite for the country to see us come to- has been able to single out as a reason for 26 years. I was in business during gether on an issue, and embracing it in why we should not produce it in these the late 1970s and early 1980s when we a bipartisan way to try to get the Con- areas that have been foreclosed so far. had our other energy crisis, when nat- gress to make the right choice here. We cannot have it both ways. You ural gas was high, and we had at that Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. cannot encourage the use of natural same time our news magazines were all Well, we really are appreciative of your gas as a cleaner-burning fuel, and at talking about global chilling then. support. And many other Democrats the same time see prices go up, at the They were talking about the new ice have come on this issue, and we both same time make it harder for people to age because we had three or four severe have been working both sides of the get access to that fuel without paying winters in a row. aisle. higher prices. It does not make any And I remember in my store, histori- If we get a chance, and I am going to sense. So if you are going to end up en- cally it was hard to make money and share with you that we have been couraging it, you have got to have a profit in December or January and

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.101 H25OCPT1 H9098 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 February, and maybe March you start- I do not know about the ports in the sands and thousands and thousands ed to make a profit. But in those years gulf, you may, but we have a port in have been produced in the Outer Conti- when you had those cold winters and Baltimore that I do not think has got- nental Shelf. Very strong support for high energy prices, people just pur- ten above 63 percent capacity in utili- it. In fact, 80-some percent of those chased less. Business was tough. And I zation. I do not understand that. When from Florida who are very opposed to think that is what we are going to find can you buy gas in other countries for this, public policy leaders there, were this year, because people are going to $2 or $3, liquify it and bring it here in produced, most people know that a nat- be spending a lot more to drive to a ship? Why the ships would not be ural gas producing oil has never work, drive to school, and then they lined up and why that port would not harmed anything. are going to be spending a lot more to be accepting all of the gas it could, be- What is interesting, and the gen- heat their homes. And about 70 percent cause it is pretty profitable to go from tleman is more from the gulf area, but of Americans spend every dollar they $2 to $14, but for some reason it is not I am told that after Katrina that one of earn every paycheck, and when they happening. the fears were by the fishermen that some of these platforms would be re- spend twice as much to drive and twice b 2340 as much to heat their homes, they are moved from the gulf and they would going to have a whole lot less money to I have not been able to get answers lose their best fishing. I have been told spend, and the economy is going to get on that, but I have asked a lot of peo- by the people over at mines and man- soft. ple and I do not know whether the agement who have to manage all this Actually we can fall into a recession, ports in the gulf, are they running wide nationally that every test that has and it will be energy costs, and most of open. been done, there is more wildlife, there them have been. Mr. JEFFERSON. It is very difficult. is more aquatic life, there are more Mr. JEFFERSON. If I can get back to The ports in the gulf and Texas, Lou- fish and creatures around where we your environmental point for just a isiana are trying very hard to work produce than where we do not produce. minute. We are relying a lot in the fu- with putting liquified natural gas into They like the break. They like the ture on the importation of liquified a gas form again. But there are many shade. They like to be in around those natural gas from other parts of the places around the country where this is platforms and under them, and that is world. The process to deliquify that simply unacceptable technology and, where the good fishing is. and gassify it again is a very problem- consequently, it means that the supply Mr. JEFFERSON. That is absolutely atic environmental question. We are that is available around the world is true. Most folks around my way will concerned about fisheries that are still hard to get into this country; but tell you the best fishing is around going to be affected by the heat that is when we do, we do face environmental these platforms. We look to them as generated by this process in the gulf, in challenges that we otherwise would not landmarks to get out there and get these facilities that are used to gassify face. good fishing in. the liquified natural gas. We do not Now, the gentleman makes the point I want to give the gentleman the last have answers to that. about national security. Our own gov- word on there because it is his bill and We have people who are objecting to ernment estimates that by 2020 half of it is his passion that has brought it to the location of these plants around the our energy will be produced by un- this point. But I do want to say that we country because they worry about this friendly and unstable governments. are the only developed nation in the sort of issue. Yet as you point out, Our reliance on natural gas from these world that has locked up our access to there is such an increasing demand in countries is going to get us in the same our offshore gas resources. That ought the country for natural gas uses, that fix we have been in for all these years to be a telling point. We have 406 tril- means we are going to rely on imported with oil. And to go down the roads we lion cubic feet of natural gas along the natural gas and suffer the con- are headed in a direction we know does OCS. And currently we produce about sequences of trying to figure out how not work for us currently does not 9.5 trillion cubic feet per year, which to degassify it in a way that does not make any sense for fuel so valuable for means we have 50 years at our current cause environmental degradation. us in the future and where we are plac- usage of natural gas that is locked up If we can produce it ourselves, we ing such reliance on it in the future. just by the fact of our policy having would not have that sort of issue. We I think for all the reasons we pointed done it. Nobody did it to us. No coun- would have all of the pipelines to dis- out, for our small businesses, for our try forced us to do it. There are not tribute from down in Louisiana and the own domestic chemical producers, for any international treaties or anything rest of the gulf and other parts of the our own fertilizer producers, for our that prevents us from doing it. It is our country. We can move it straight from homeland security concerns, and our own legislation, our own lack of will to the point of exploration to the dis- national security concerns, and just for make this decision. tribution points around the country the idea that the average consumer I think it is high time we turned our and solve this whole issue of how we needs to have access to energy that is attention to solving our own problems handle the regassification of liquified affordable, these just argue very here at home in this arena. I want to natural gas for use in this country. strongly for our working the solution thank the gentleman again for what he Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. I out that has us exploit our own re- has done to bring it to the attention of am not a big fan of LNG. Right now we sources and rely on ourselves to bring the country, and I am proud to be asso- need everything we can get, and it is this vital energy source to our people. ciated with the gentleman on this okay in a pinch. But we buy it from Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. As issue. Libya, Algeria, Nigeria, Russia. Do we we recap here as the evening grows Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. I want to go down the same road we short, we have been chatting here thank the gentleman very much. I real- went down with oil, of buying another awhile about natural gas, the clean ly appreciate the gentleman’s support part of our energy portfolio from coun- fuel, the abundant fuel, the one we because he brings a lot of knowledge tries that do not have real stable gov- have lots of. We are not short on nat- because he has watched it. He has seen ernments, that are not exactly good ural gas. We are short because we have it happen in his part of the country. He friends of ours, in fact, who are work- locked it up. Much of the Midwest is knows it can be done appropriately; it ing to form a cartel as we speak, so locked up, and 85 percent of the Conti- can be done environmentally right. they can, their terminology is, so we nental Shelf has been locked up. To me Let us conclude with talking about can get a fair price for our natural gas? that is bad public policy. We need to our proposal. We have added an amend- When you have an abundant supply deal with that. We need to have that ment that, currently, the Federal Gov- of your own, I think it is just not an debate. ernment owns the Outer Continental appropriate policy to be going to for- The mineral mines management have Shelf except the first 3 miles. I think eign countries, and you have to build been taking information from the pub- there are a couple of exceptions to that the most expensive ships known to lic on what they should do in the next where the States have 9 miles in one man. You have to build these very con- 5-year plan; and 80-some percent of place. I do not know how that hap- troversial ports. those communicating, and it is thou- pened, but normally it is just 3 miles.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.102 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9099 So the Outer Continental Shelf, which chairman said the other day in the Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (at the re- are Federal waters, are from 3 to 200. hearing there are 120 chemical plants quest of Ms. PELOSI) for today on ac- Then you are in international waters. being built in the world; 119 in the rest count of official business in the dis- Now, our proposal, the new amend- of the world and one here. trict. ment we have added, would say, all Those are jobs that American men Mr. MEEK of Florida (at the request right, States can control oil and they and women can work at and have a of Ms. PELOSI) for today on account of can choose to opt out of both the legis- nice home, have a nice vehicle, have a Hurricane Wilma. lative and the Presidential morato- savings account for their kids’ edu- Mr. REYES (at the request of Ms. rium. They have the right to do that. cation and have the American Dream. PELOSI) for today and October 26 on ac- So that would mean a State legisla- Those are really the best jobs left in count of official business in the dis- ture, house and senate, would have to America, and we are not going to lose trict. pass it. Their Governor would have to them to cheap labor. We are going to Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (at the request sign it. They then have to petition the lose them because we have not dealt of Ms. PELOSI) for today and the bal- Department of the Interior to open it with the natural gas issue that they ance of the week on account of a death up. That is going to take some time. At just cannot afford to pay. in the family. best it would be several years. I talked to three or four companies Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (at the re- I was in the legislature for a number this week that went from $7. They do quest of Ms. PELOSI) for today on ac- of years. It is hard to get a house and not buy from the distribution system count of Hurricane Wilma. a senate to agree on the fine prints of that our homes buy from. Most compa- Mr. SHAW (at the request of Mr. the bill. I can hear those arguments in nies buy direct. They pay the distrib- BLUNT) for today and October 26 on ac- the States as they happen. uting company a flat line fee, but every count of hurricane damage in his dis- I am willing to concede 20 miles. company I talked to was currently trict. When you are producing, you can see 12 buying gas at the $14 price because this Mr. FOLEY (at the request of Mr. spring when their contracts were up, miles. On a clear day after 12 miles BLUNT) for today on account of travel they claim you cannot even see a pim- the price was higher than expected and delays on account of Hurricane Wilma. the consultants told them, do not buy ple on the horizon. So let us give them Mr. GINGREY (at the request of Mr. yet, it is going to get cheaper. Well, it 20. Now, there is lots out there so we BLUNT) for today on account of attend- are not giving away the store totally. did not get cheaper. Now they are paying a wake. So now nobody on the beach or the east ing $14. And when you use millions of or west coast or the gulf would not see dollars of gas a month and you are pay- f a rig. They would not know it was ing twice as much, how do you make SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED there. that up? You do not. That comes right By unanimous consent, permission to We will say we will give the States out of the bottom line. address the House, following the legis- the first 20 miles for both oil and gas, ALCOA, a Pittsburgh corporation, a lative program and any special orders month ago said the following on a Mon- but on natural gas from 20 to 200 that heretofore entered, was granted to: is Federal waters and that is open for day morning, AP story: if energy prices (The following Members (at the re- in America persist high like they have production. To me that would send a quest of Mrs. MCCARTHY) to revise and been, especially natural gas, in paren- clear message. We will deal with some extend their remarks and include ex- theses, we will have to reconsider if we other proposals that will tinker with traneous material:) can produce here. Do we want to say this thing, but they do not really fix it. Mrs. MCCARTHY, for 5 minutes, today. good-bye to ALCOA Aluminum? Do we If we open up the Outer Continental Mr. EMANUEL, for 5 minutes, today. want to say good-bye to U.S. Steel? Shelf as we have talked, that is where Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today. Not only the steel and aluminum the gas is close to the population. Ms. WOOLSEY, for 5 minutes, today. makers, but those who bend it, those Where is the population in this coun- Mr. BROWN of Ohio, for 5 minutes, who shape it, those who heat treat it. I try? They are in the gulf. They are on today. have pottered metal companies in my the east and west coast. The majority Ms. KAPTUR, for 5 minutes, today. district who make parts for cars and of this population is not in the Midwest Mr. HINCHEY, for 5 minutes, today. parts for everything that moves. Now, where there are other reserves. The Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, for 5 after they make those through the problem with getting to those reserves minutes, today. presses, then they run through them is getting it to the people. But on the Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, for 5 through heat treatment. That is nat- Outer Continental Shelf, you are close minutes, today. ural gas. So it is just utilized so much; to the population centers. You can Ms. SOLIS, for 5 minutes, today. and like I said, chemicals and fer- bring that gas right in to where it is Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, for tilizers, it is almost beyond com- needed in our largest cities, our largest 5 minutes, today. prehension what a major part of our populations, our largest factories and (The following Members (at the re- success of America has been clean, af- make this gas affordable. quest of Mr. SOUDER) to revise and ex- fordable natural gas. I believe we can send a message to tend their remarks and include extra- the chemical companies. We can send a b 2350 neous material:) message to the polymers and plastics So I want to thank the gentleman for Mr. MORAN of Kansas, for 5 minutes, companies, the fertilizer companies. joining me in this discussion. I know today and October 26. Bear with us, because the statistic that he is going to join me in the debate be- Mr. JONES of North Carolina, for 5 I saw the other day really scared me. cause we are going to debate this. minutes, today, October 26 and 27. Petrochemical people have been talk- When all of us Members of Congress Mr. BURTON of Indiana, for 5 minutes, ing to me for 3 or 4 years. I said, Why can get this message out to the Amer- today, October 26, 27, and 28. did you come to me 3 or 4 years ago? ican people, they are going to vote to Mr. BURGESS, for 5 minutes, today, They said, Some people said you under- open up the OCS, to get adequate sup- October 26 and 27. stand our looming natural gas problem. plies of natural gas, so we can heat our Mr. PAUL, for 5 minutes, October 26 It is hard to get people around here to homes, so we can run our businesses, and 27. deal with it. I said, Yes, I have been and so we have a strong economy. Mr. SOUDER, for 5 minutes, today. speaking about natural gas, and I was Mr. JEFFERSON. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. GINGREY, for 5 minutes, October wondering why you came to me. You thank the gentleman. 26. are not from my district. You are not f Mr. FLAKE, for 5 minutes, October 26. even close to my district. They were f the big companies. And they said, Well, LEAVE OF ABSENCE we want to solicit your help. We have By unanimous consent, leave of ab- SENATE BILL REFERRED to get natural gas if we are going to sence was granted to: A bill of the Senate of the following stay here. Mr. HIGGINS (at the request of Ms. title was taken from the Speaker’s The statistic I wanted to mention PELOSI) for today on account of per- table and, under the rule, referred as was the Manufacturing Association sonal business. follows:

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:54 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K25OC7.105 H25OCPT1 H9100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 S. 1382. An act to require the Secretary of 4720. A letter from the Administrator, Ag- 4730. A letter from the Principal Deputy the Interior to accept the conveyance of cer- ricultural Marketing Service, Department of Associate Administrator, Environmental tain land, to be held in trust for the benefit Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- of the Puyallup Indian Tribe; to the Com- final rule — Quality Systems Verification cy’s final rule — TSCA Inventory Update Re- mittee on Resources. Programs [No. LS-02-10] (RIN: 0581-AC12) reporting Partially Exempted Chemicals List; ceived October 13, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Addition of 1, 2, 3-Propanetriol [OPPT-2003- f 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- 0075; FRL-7715-2] (RIN: 2070-AC61) received SENATE ENROLLED BILL SIGNED culture. October 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4721. A letter from the Administrator, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and The SPEAKER announced his signa- Dairy Programs, Department of Agriculture, Commerce. ture to an enrolled bill of the Senate of transmitting the Department’s final rule — 4731. A letter from the Principal Deputy the following title: Milk in the Appalachian and Southeast Mar- Associate Administrator, Environmental keting Areas; Order Amending the Orders S. 397. An act to prohibit civil liability ac- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- [Docket No. AO-388-A15 and AO-366-A44; DA- tions from being brought or continued cy’s final rule — Revisions to the California 03-11] received October 13, 2005, pursuant to 5 against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, State Implementation Plan, Monterey Bay U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- ot importers of firearms or ammunition for United Air Pollution Control District [R09- riculture. OAR-2005-CA-0009; FRL-7975-1] received Octo- damages, injunctive or other relief resulting 4722. A letter from the Acting Director, De- from the misuse of their products by others. ber 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); fense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. f Department of Defense, transmitting the De- 4732. A letter from the Principal Deputy partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- Associate Administrator, Environmental ADJOURNMENT quisition Regulation Supplement; Advisory Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Assistance Servcies [DFARS Case 2003- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation D042] received October 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 of Maintenance Plan Revisions; Wisconsin Speaker, I move that the House do now U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on adjourn. [R05-OAR-2005-WI-0002; FRL-7974-4] received Armed Services. October 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. The motion was agreed to; accord- 4723. A letter from the Acting Director, De- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and ingly (at 11 o’clock and 50 minutes fense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Commerce. p.m.), the House adjourned until to- Department of Defense, transmitting the De- 4733. A letter from the Principal Deputy morrow, Wednesday, October 26, 2005, partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- Associate Administrator, Environmental at 10 a.m. quisition Regulation Supplement; Defense Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Logistics Agency Waiver Authority [DFARS cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation f Case 2005-D019] received October 6, 2005, pur- of Implementation Plans; Texas; Speed Lim- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, its Local Measure for the Dallas/Fort Worth mittee on Armed Services. Ozone Nonattainment Area [TX-126-1-7685; 4724. A letter from the Acting Director, De- ETC. FRL-7982-1] received October 12, 2005, pursu- fense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive Department of Defense, transmitting the De- communications were taken from the on Energy and Commerce. partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- 4734. A letter from the Principal Deputy Speaker’s table and referred as follows: quisition Regulation Supplement; Extension Associate Administrator, Environmental of Partnership Agreement — 8(a) Program 4714. A letter from the Congressional Re- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- [DFARS Case 2005-D020] received October 6, view Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Ag- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the riculture, transmitting the Department’s of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Mary- final rule — Protected Plant Permits [Dock- Committee on Armed Services. 4725. A letter from the Acting Director, De- land; Amendments to the Control of VOC et No. 04-137-1] received October 7, 2005, pur- from AIM Coatings [R03-OAR-2005-MD-0011; suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- fense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the De- FRL-7984-6] received October 12, 2005, pursu- mittee on Agriculture. ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 4715. A letter from the Congressioanl Re- partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- quisition Regulation Supplement; Central on Energy and Commerce. view Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Ag- 4735. A letter from the Principal Deputy riculture, transmitting the Department’s Contractor Registration [DFARS Case 2003- D040] received October 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 Associate Administrator, Environmental final rule — Noxious Weed Control and Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Eradication Act; Revisions to Authority Ci- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation tations [Docket No. 05-012-2] received Octo- of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Mary- ber 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 4726. A letter from the Acting Director, De- fense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, land; Control of Visible and Particulate to the Committee on Agriculture. Department of Defense, transmitting the De- Emissions from Glass Melting Facilities 4716. A letter from the Congressioanl Re- partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- [R03-OAR-2004-MD-0002; FRL-7984-7] received view Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Ag- quisition Regulation Supplement; Assign- October 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. riculture, transmitting the Department’s ment of Contract Administration — Excep- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and final rule — Tuberculosis in Cattle and tion for Defense Energy Support Center Commerce. Bison; State and Zone Designations; Michi- [DFARS Case 2004-D007] received October 7, 4736. A letter from the Principal Deputy gan [Docket No. 05-035-1] received October 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Associate Administrator, Environmental 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Committee on Agriculture. 4727. A letter from the Acting Director, De- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 4717. A letter from the Administrator, Ag- fense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Con- ricultural Marketing Service, FVP, Depart- Department of Defense, transmitting the De- necticut; Redesignation of City of New ment of Agriculture, transmitting the De- partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- Haven PM10 Nonattainment Area to Attain- partment’s final rule — Kiwifruit Grown in quisition Regulation Supplement; Levy on ment and Approval of the Limited Mainte- California; Increased Assessment Rate Payments to Contractors [DFARS Case 2004- nance Plan [R01-OAR-2005-CT-0003; A-1-FRL- [Docket No. FV05-920-2 FR] received October D033] October 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7979-8] received October 12, 2005, pursuant to 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Committee on Agriculture. Services. Energy and Commerce. 4718. A letter from the Administrator, Ag- 4728. A letter from the Acting General 4737. A letter from the Principal Deputy ricultural Marketing Service, FVP, Depart- Counsel, Office of Federal Housing Enter- Associate Administrator, Environmental ment of Agriculture, transmitting the De- prise Oversight, transmitting the Office’s Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- partment’s final rule — Melons Grown in final rule — Organization and Functions cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation South Texas; Continued Suspension of Han- (RIN: 2550-AA33) received October 13, 2005, of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Con- dling and Assessment Collection Regulations pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- necticut; VOC RACT Orders for Hitchcock [Docket No. FV05-979-2 IFR] received October mittee on Financial Services. Chair Co., Ltd.; Kimberly Clark Corp.; Wat- 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 4729. A letter from the Deputy Executive son Laboratories, Inc.; and Ross & Roberts, the Committee on Agriculture. Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corpora- Inc. [R01-OAR-2005-CT-0002; A-1-FRL-7967-2] 4719. A letter from the Administrator, Ag- tion, transmitting the Corporation’s final received October 19, 2005, pursuant to 5 ricultural Marketing Service, FVP, Depart- rule — Benefits Payable in Terminated Sin- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- ment of Agriculture, transmitting the De- gle-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in ergy and Commerce. partment’s final rule — Kiwifruit Grown in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assump- 4738. A letter from the Principal Deputy California; Relaxation of Pack Requirements tions for Valuing and Paying Benefits — Oc- Associate Administrator, Environmental [Docket No. FV05-920-1 FR] received October tober 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation the Committee on Agriculture. and the Workforce. of State Plans For Designated Facilites and

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:53 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.029 H25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9101 Pollutants: Massachusetts; Negative Dec- Leasing; Coal Management; Management of 2005-18-08] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received Sep- laration [R01-OAR-2005-MA-003; FRL-7986-6] Solid Minerals Other Than Coal; Mineal Ma- tember 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. received October 19, 2005, pursuant to 5 terials Disposal; and Mining Claims Under 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- the General Mining Laws [WO-610-4111-02-24 tation and Infrastructure. ergy and Commerce. 1A] (RIN: 1004-AC64) received October 7, 2005, 4758. A letter from the Program Analyst, 4739. A letter from the Principal Deputy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Associate Administrator, Environmental mittee on Resources. mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 4749. A letter from the Bureau of Land worthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Management, Department of the Interior, Models PC-6, PC-6-H1, PC-6-H2, PC-6/350, PC- of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; transmitting the Department’s final rule — 6/350-H1, PC-6/350-H2, PC-6/A-H1, PC-6/A/H2, Consumer Products Regulation [R01-OAR- Leasing in Special Tar Sand Areas [WO-310- PC-6/B-H2, PC-6/B1-H2, PC-6/B2-H2, PC-6/B2- 2005-ME-0004; A-1-FRL-7982-4] received Octo- 1310-PP-241A] (RIN: 1004-AD76) received Octo- H4, PC-6/C-H2, and PC-6/C1-H2 Airplanes ber 19, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); ber 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); [Docket No. FAA-2005-20515; Directorate to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. to the Committee on Resources. Identifier 2005-CE-09-AD; Amendment 39- 4740. A letter from the Principal Deputy 4750. A letter from the Director, Office of 14221; AD 2005-17-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received Associate Administrator, Environmental Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation mitting the Administration’s final rule — tation and Infrastructure. of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indi- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic 4759. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- ana [R05-OAR-2005-IN-0003; FRL-7981-8] re- Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [I.D. 091405F] received cations and Regulations Branch, Internal ceived October 19, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. October 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. final rule — Last-in; First-out Inventories Commerce. 4751. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- (Rev. Rul. 2005-69) received October 13, 2005, 4741. A letter from the Legal Advisor to the ment of Health and Human Services, trans- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Bureau Chief, MB, Federal Communications mitting a petition on behalf of a class of mittee on Ways and Means. Commission, transmitting the Commission’s workers from the Mallinckrodt Chemical 4760. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- final rule — Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Works to be added to the Special Exposure cations and Regulations Branch, Internal Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy Em- Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s (Clinton and Mayfield, Kentucky) [MB Dock- ployees Occupational Illness Compensation final rule — Weighted Average Interest et No. 05-152; RM-11204] received October 7, Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA); to the Com- Rates Update [Notice 2005-71] received Octo- 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the mittee on the Judiciary. ber 17, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4752. A letter from the Assistant Secretary to the Committee on Ways and Means. 4742. A letter from the Chairman, Federal of the Army, Civil Works, Department of the 4761. A letter from the Commissioner, So- Communications Commission, transmitting Defense, transmitting a Feasibility Report cial Security Administration, transmitting a a report on Auction Expenditures for FY and Environmental Assessment for the Den- consolidated report of the Administration’s 2004, pursuant to the Balanced Budget Act of ver County Reach, South Platte River, Den- processing of continuing disability reviews 1997, as codified in Section 309(j)(8)(B) of the ver, Colorado; to the Committee on Trans- for FY 2004; to the Committee on Ways and Communications Act of 1934, as amended; to portation and Infrastructure. Means. the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4753. A letter from the Program Analyst, 4762. A letter from the Principal Deputy 4743. A communication from the President FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Associate Administrator, Environmental of the United States, transmitting notifica- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- tion that the national emergency declared worthiness Directives; AvCraft Dornier cy’s final rule — Guidance on Fees Charged with respect to the proliferation of weapons Model 328-300 Airplanes [Docket No. FAA- by States to Recipients of Clean Water State of mass destruction and their delivery sys- 2005-21054; Directorate Identifier 2005-NM-054- Revolving Fund Program Assistance [FRL- tems declared by Executive Order 12938 on AD; Amendment 39-14205; AD 2005-15-16] (RIN: 7983-7] received October 19, 2005, pursuant to November 14, 1994, as amended, is to con- 2120-AA4) received September 23, 2005, pursu- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Commit- tinue in effect beyond November 14, 2005, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee tees on Energy and Commerce and Transpor- pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); (H. Doc. No. on Transportation and Infrastructure. tation and Infrastructure. 4754. A letter from the Program Analyst, 109–63); to the Committee on International f Relations and ordered to be printed. FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 4744. A letter from the Assistant General mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Counsel (Gen. Law and Ethics), Department worthiness Directives; Cirrus Design Cor- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS poration Models SR20 and SR22 Airplanes of the Treasury, transmitting the Depart- Upon clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of ment’s final rule — Federal Benefit Pay- [Docket No. FAA-2004-19694; Directorate ments Under Certain District of Columbia Identifier 2004-CE-41-AD; Amendment 39- committees were delivered to the Clerk Retirement Plans (RIN: 1505-AB55) received 14240; AD 2005-17-19] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received for printing and reference to the proper October 13, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. calendar, as follows: 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Govern- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Mr. POMBO: Committee on Resources. ment Reform. tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 1129. A bill to authorize the exchange of 4745. A letter from the Principal Deputy 4755. A letter from the Program Analyst, certain land in the State of Colorado; with Associate Administrator, Environmental FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- an amendment (Rept. 109–252). Referred to Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- the Committee of the Whole House on the cy’s final rule — Miscellaneous Revisions to worthiness Directives; Turbomeca Arrius 2F State of the Union. EPAAR Clauses [FRL-7986-2] received Octo- Turboshaft Engines [Docket No. FAA-2005- Mr. GINGREY: Committee on Rules. House ber 19, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 21924; Directorate Identifier 2005-NE-30AD; Resolution 508. Resolution providing for con- to the Committee on Government Reform. Amendment 39-14236; AD 2005-17-15] (RIN: sideration of the bill (H.R. 420) to amend 4746. A letter from the Senior Procurement 2120-AA64) received September 23, 2005, pur- Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce- Executive, OCAO, GSA, National Aero- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- dure to improve accountability, and for nautics and Space Administration, transmit- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- other purposes (Rept. 109–253). Referred to ting the Administration’s final rule — Fed- ture. the House Calendar. eral Acquisition Circular 2005-06—received 4756. A letter from the Program Analyst, Mr. SESSIONS: Committee on Rules. October 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- House Resolution 509. Resolution providing 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Govern- mitting the Department’s final rule — for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1461) to re- ment Reform. Airworhtiness Directives; Bombardier Model form the regulation of certain housing-re- 4747. A letter from the Chief Administra- CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) lated Government sponsored enterprises, and tive Officer, transmitting the quarterly re- Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2005-21599; Direc- for other purposes (Rept. 109–254). Referred port of receipts and expenditures of appro- torate Identifier 2005-NM-036-AD; Amend- to the House Calendar. priations and other funds for the period July ment 39-14246; AD 2005-18-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) f 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005 as com- received September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 piled by the Chief Administrative Officer, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 104a Public Law 88–454; Transportation and Infrastructure. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public (H. Doc. No. 109–62); to the Committee on 4757. A letter from the Program Analyst, House Administration and ordered to be FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- bills and resolutions were introduced printed. mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- and severally referred, as follows: 4748. A letter from the Assistant Secretary worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100, By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Ms. of the Interior, Department of the Interior, -200, -200C, and -300 Series Airplanes [Docket NORTON, and Mr. BOUSTANY): transmitting the Department’s final rule — No. FAA-2004-18877; Directorate Identifier H.R. 4125. A bill to permit the Adminis- Oil and Gas Leasing; Geothermal Resources 2002-NM-340-AD; Amendment 39-14248; AD trator of General Services to make repairs

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and lease space without approval of a proof Pennsylvania, Mr. DENT, and Mr. and inappropriate care that exists within the spectus if the repair or lease is required as a TAYLOR of Mississippi): current system and save thousands of lives result of damages to buildings or property H.R. 4133. A bill to temporarily increase and tens of billions of dollars a year; to the attributable to Hurricane Katrina or Hurri- the borrowing authority of the Federal Committee on Energy and Commerce. cane Rita; to the Committee on Transpor- Emergency Management Agency for car- By Mr. PAUL: tation and Infrastructure. rying out the national flood insurance pro- H.R. 4143. A bill to provide for relief pay- By Mr. GILCHREST (for himself, Mr. gram; to the Committee on Financial Serv- ments to private and public hospitals that WYNN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. ices. temporarily ceased to operate because of a CARDIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. SCOTT By Mr. FLAKE: mandatory evacuation order issued in antici- of Virginia, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. DRAKE, H.R. 4134. A bill to provide that rates of pation of Hurricane Rita, and for other pur- Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. pay for Members of Congress shall not be in- poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. creased as a result of any adjustment other- merce, and in addition to the Committee on CUMMINGS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. PLATTS, wise scheduled to take effect in fiscal year Transportation and Infrastructure, for a pe- Ms. NORTON, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Vir- 2006; to the Committee on House Administra- riod to be subsequently determined by the ginia, and Mr. CASTLE): tion, and in addition to the Committee on Speaker, in each case for consideration of H.R. 4126. A bill to amend the Federal Government Reform, for a period to be sub- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Water Pollution Control Act to improve and sequently determined by the Speaker, in tion of the committee concerned. reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay program; to each case for consideration of such provi- By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for the Committee on Transportation and Infra- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the himself and Mr. MILLER of North structure. committee concerned. Carolina): By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Ms. By Mr. HERGER: H.J. Res. 70. A joint resolution requiring PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. UPTON, Mr. H.R. 4135. A bill to extend the suspension of the President to submit to Congress a plan RADANOVICH, Mr. BASS, Mrs. BONO, duty on certain steam generators and cer- for the withdrawal of United States Armed Mr. FERGUSON, and Mrs. BLACKBURN): tain parts used in nuclear facilities; to the Forces from Iraq, and for other purposes; to H.R. 4127. A bill to protect consumers by Committee on Ways and Means. the Committee on International Relations. requiring reasonable security policies and By Ms. HOOLEY: By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for him- procedures to protect computerized data con- H.R. 4136. A bill to ensure that exports of self, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DAVIS of Ala- taining personal information, and to provide Alaskan North Slope crude oil are prohib- bama, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. for nationwide notice in the event of a secu- ited; to the Committee on International Re- EVERETT, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. SCOTT rity breach; to the Committee on Energy and lations, and in addition to the Committee on of Georgia, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. NEAL Commerce. Resources, for a period to be subsequently of Massachusetts, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for him- determined by the Speaker, in each case for BORDALLO, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BISHOP of self, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CONYERS, consideration of such provisions as fall with- Georgia, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsyl- Ms. WATERS, Mr. BONILLA, Ms. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- vania, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. GONZALEZ, HERSETH, Mr. DELAY, and Mr. cerned. Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. TAYLOR BLUNT): By Mrs. LOWEY: of Mississippi, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. NOR- H.R. 4137. A bill to authorize additional ap- H.R. 4128. A bill to protect private property TON, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. BURGESS, propriations to the National Institutes of rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NAD- Health for research on the early detection of By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. LER, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. and the reduction of mortality rates attrib- TIAHRT, Mr. TERRY, Mr. FLAKE, and MOORE of Kansas, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. uted to breast cancer; to the Committee on Mr. SWEENEY): BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PORTER, Mr. HOLT, H.R. 4129. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Energy and Commerce. Mr. SNYDER, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to repeal certain limita- By Mrs. LOWEY: ROTHMAN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SCHWARZ tions on the expensing of section 179 prop- H.R. 4138. A bill to provide for the estab- of Michigan, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of erty, to allow taxpayers to elect shorter re- lishment of a program of assistance to California, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. covery periods for purposes of determining States for consultations with respect to MCCARTHY, Mr. UPTON, Mr. ROSS, the deduction for depreciation, and for other weatherization and energy efficiency; to the Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. LIN- purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Committee on Energy and Commerce. COLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. Means. By Ms. MCKINNEY: TIAHRT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FOLEY, By Mr. ANDREWS: H.R. 4139. A bill to minimize harm to popu- Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. H.R. 4130. A bill to require information on lations impacted by the release of environ- JEFFERSON, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LEWIS of the contents of sludge to be provided to pur- mental contaminants, hazardous materials Georgia, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mrs. chasers of the sludge and the public; to the or infectious materials in the aftermath of CAPPS, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing for ETHERIDGE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BERMAN, By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, a Comprehensive Environmental Sampling Mr. WOLF, and Mr. SCOTT of Vir- Mr. NADLER, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. and Toxicity Assessment Plan (CESTAP) to ginia): BERRY, Mr. STARK, Mr. ALLEN, and assess and monitor air, water, soil and H. Con. Res. 273. Concurrent resolution rec- Mr. KUCINICH): human populations, and for other purposes; ognizing the 50th anniversary of the Mont- H.R. 4131. A bill to amend title 35, United to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, gomery bus boycott; to the Committee on States Code, to provide for compulsory li- and in addition to the Committees on Trans- Government Reform. censing of certain patented inventions relat- portation and Infrastructure, the Budget, By Ms. MCKINNEY: ing to health care emergencies, and to pro- and Education and the Workforce, for a pe- H. Con. Res. 274. Concurrent resolution re- vide that applications under section 505 of riod to be subsequently determined by the affirming the continued importance and ap- the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Speaker, in each case for consideration of plicability of the Posse Comitatus Act; to that are submitted pursuant to such licenses such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- the Committee on the Judiciary. may be approved with immediate effective tion of the committee concerned. By Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. dates; to the Committee on the Judiciary, By Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD: and in addition to the Committee on Energy H.R. 4140. A bill to direct the Election As- CHABOT, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. ACKERMAN, and Commerce, for a period to be subse- sistance Commission to make grants to Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. quently determined by the Speaker, in each States to restore and replace election admin- TANCREDO, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. case for consideration of such provisions as istration supplies, materials, and equipment MCCOTTER): fall within the jurisdiction of the committee which were damaged as a result of Hurricane H. Res. 510. A resolution supporting the concerned. Katrina or Hurricane Rita; to the Committee findings of the United Nations International By Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself and on House Administration. Independent Investigation Commission that is investigating the assassination of former Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali- By Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD: fornia): H.R. 4141. A bill to amend the Help Amer- Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, con- H.R. 4132. A bill to amend title 18, United ica Vote Act of 2002 to permit individuals to demning the Government of Syria for its ap- States Code, to provide penalties for officers use a national write-in absentee ballot to parent involvement in this terrorist attack, and employees of the Federal Bureau of In- cast votes in elections for Federal office, and and demanding compliance by Syria with vestigation who obtain knowledge of crimi- for other purposes; to the Committee on United Nations Security Council Resolution nal conduct within the jurisdiction of State House Administration. 1595; to the Committee on International Re- and local prosecutors and fail to so inform By Mr. MURPHY: lations. those prosecutors; to the Committee on the H.R. 4142. A bill to amend title XIX of the Judiciary. Social Security Act to provide health infor- f By Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania mation technology grants to States and (for himself, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE transform the Medicaid Program by reducing MEMORIALS of Florida, Mr. NEY, Mr. BAKER, Mr. the number of medical and medication er- BOUSTANY, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. ENGLISH rors, unnecessary hospitalizations, infections Under clause 3 of rule XII,

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181. The SPEAKER presented a memorial H.R. 2803: Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, H.R. 4030: Ms. LEE. of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Mas- Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. GORDON. H.R. 4032: Mr. KUHL of New York. sachusetts, relative to a resolution memori- H.R. 2870: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 4045: Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BRADY of Penn- alizing the Congress of the United States rel- H.R. 2924: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. sylvania, Mr. EMANUEL, and Ms. ative to the early termination fees imposed H.R. 2962: Mr. STUPAK and Ms. HERSETH. SCHAKOWSKY. by cellular telephone companies; to the Com- H.R. 2963: Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. H.R. 4047: Mr. GOODLATTE. mittee on Energy and Commerce. BISHOP of Georgia, and Mr. ROSS. H.R. 4048: Mr. DOGGETT. f H.R. 2989: Ms. WOOLSEY and Mr. SCHWARZ H.R. 4057: Mr. MORAN of Virginia. of Michigan. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 4062: Mr. OLVER, Mr. FARR, Ms. H.R. 3011: Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. HERSETH, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors COLE of Oklahoma, and Mr. LEWIS of Ken- JEFFERSON, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. RYAN of were added to public bills and resolu- tucky. Ohio, and Ms. LEE. tions as follows: H.R. 3042: Mrs. MALONEY. H.R. 4063: Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, OLEY OEHNER H.R. 23: Mr. GILLMOR. H.R. 3137: Mr. F , Mr. B , Mr. and Mr. KIRK. CARTER, and Mr. HERGER. H.R. 97: Mr. ANDREWS. H.R. 4073: Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. H.R. 3151: Mr. BERMAN and Mr. SANDERS. H.R. 202: Mr. MARKEY. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, and Ms. H.R. 3157: Mr. KILDEE. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California. H.R. 213: Mr. SHERMAN. H.R. 3165: Mr. SHERMAN. H.J. Res. 69: Mr. OWENS and Ms. ESHOO. H.R. 215: Mr. PUTNAM. H.R. 3183: Mr. BONILLA and Ms. ZOE H. Con. Res. 10: Mr. GORDON. H.R. 267: Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina. LOFGREN of California. H. Con. Res. 42: Mr. SOUDER. H.R. 583: Ms. LEE. H.R. 3189: Mr. SOUDER. H. Con. Res. 106: Mr. FRANK of Massachu- H.R. 586: Mr. BACHUS. H.R. 3298: Mr. MCCAUL of Texas. setts. H.R. 625: Mr. OLVER. H.R. 3313: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. H. Con. Res. 172: Mr. ROTHMAN and Mr. H.R. 669: Mrs. CUBIN. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. CHANDLER. H.R. 735: Mrs. MCCARTHY. KAPTUR, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. H. Con. Res. 179: Mr. KNOLLENBERG. SANDERS, Mr. CASE, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDON- H.R. 758: Mr. CALVERT. H. Con. Res. 184: Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. ALD, Mr. HONDA, Mr. EMANUEL, Ms. BERKLEY, H.R. 814: Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. DALL ICKS ILLER Ms. CARSON, Ms. LEE, and Mr. CLEAVER. U of Colorado, Mr. D , Mr. M of H.R. 874: Mrs. SCHMIDT. North Carolina, and Mrs. MALONEY. H.R. 3326: Mr. WYNN. H.R. 916: Mr. PAYNE, Ms. CARSON, Mr. H. Con. Res. 190: Mr. SOUDER and Mr. H.R. 3361: Mr. HINCHEY. COBLE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. GRAVES. H.R. 3369: Mr. TIERNEY. MICHAUD, Mr. BOUSTANY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. H. Con. Res. 197: Mr. MARKEY, Mr. TIERNEY, MALONEY, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. H.R. 3373: Mr. ISTOOK, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. and Mr. RANGEL. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. HYDE, and Mr. SAXTON, Mr. GOODE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and H. Con. Res. 222: Mr. GRAVES. Mr. WELLER. TIERNEY. H. Con. Res. 230: Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. ROS- H.R. 3401: Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina. H.R. 1000: Mr. FOSSELLA. LEHTINEN, Mr. HYDE, Mr. HULSHOF, and Mr. OEKSTRA H.R. 1029: Mr. MOORE of Kansas. H.R. 3437: Mr. H . DAVIS of Alabama. H.R. 3442: Mrs. DAVIS of California. H.R. 1068: Mr. GORDON and Ms. LORETTA H. Con. Res. 231: Mr. SERRANO. H.R. 3476: Mr. LYNCH and Mr. DELAHUNT. SANCHEZ of California. H. Con. Res. 254: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. H.R. 3505: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. H.R. 1124: Mrs. DAVIS of California and Mr. H. Con. Res. 260: Mr. KIRK, Ms. WAXMAN. H.R. 3506: Mr. SOUDER. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. CLEAVER, and H.R. 1264: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, H.R. 3550: Mr. UPTON. Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California. and Mr. MICHAUD. H.R. 3616: Mr. LATOURETTE and Mr. PRICE H. Con. Res. 261: Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. H.R. 1288: Mr. PETRI. of North Carolina. CROWLEY, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. H.R. 1298: Mr. BROWN of Ohio and Mr. JEN- H.R. 3630: Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. KENNEDY EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JEF- KINS. of Minnesota, and Mr. LINDER. FERSON, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. RUSH. H.R. 1356: Mr. PLATTS. H.R. 3697: Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. H. Con. Res. 268: Mr. GOODE, Mr. FEENEY, H.R. 1402: Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. MCHUGH, and DEFAZIO, and Ms. DEGETTE. Mr. MCCOTTER, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. H.R. 3698: Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. H.R. 1405: Mr. HOLT and Mr. FILNER. OLVER, and Mr. CLEAVER. PICKERING, Mr. CANNON, Mr. WILSON of South H.R. 1413: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina and H.R. 3708: Ms. MCKINNEY. Carolina, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. Mr. MCNULTY. H.R. 3734: Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. NEUGEBAUER. H.R. 1414: Ms. CARSON and Mr. MOORE of HOYER, Mr. HOLT, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Kansas. and Ms. PELOSI. H. Res. 76: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Mr. PETER- SON of Minnesota. H.R. 1424: Mr. MEEHAN. H.R. 3748: Ms. MCKINNEY. H. Res. 97: Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. ROGERS of H.R. 1511: Mr. MCHUGH. H.R. 3753: Mr. PUTNAM and Mr. SODREL. Alabama, and Mr. HALL. H.R. 1554: Mr. LYNCH. H.R. 3779: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BOEHLERT, and Mr. SERRANO. H. Res. 302: Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. BROWN of H.R. 1592: Mr. LEACH. ´ H.R. 3837: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California Ohio, Mr. FORTUNO, Mr. SHIMKUS, Ms. JACK- H.R. 1632: Mr. DOYLE. and Mr. GUTIERREZ. SON-LEE of Texas, and Mr. WELDON of Penn- H.R. 1668: Ms. MCKINNEY. H.R. 3841: Mr. SODREL. sylvania. H.R. 1671: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 3858: Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. H. Res. 447: Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 1678: Mr. GILLMOR. SHERMAN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. H. Res. 458: Mr. FILNER. H.R. 1709: Mr. FATTAH and Mr. RUSH. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, and Mrs. JO ANN H. Res. 477: Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. H.R. 1719: Mr. CASTLE. DAVIS of Virginia. TIERNEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. NEAL of Massachu- H.R. 1789: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 3868: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. setts, and Mr. MICHAUD. H.R. 1823: Mr. ROTHMAN. H.R. 3883: Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. EVERETT, H. Res. 484: Mr. TIBERI and Ms. MCCOLLUM H.R. 1849: Mr. HONDA. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. GREEN of of Minnesota. H.R. 1850: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BONNER, Mr. H. Res. 487: Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. CONYERS, WICKER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. JONES of Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. H.R. 1951: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. North Carolina, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsyl- BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. H.R. 1956: Mr. KOLBE. vania, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. H.R. 2051: Mr. BERMAN. ADERHOLT, Mr. MICHAUD, and Mr. BASS. GRIJALVA, Mr. LEACH, and Mr. ABERCROMBIE. H.R. 2134: Mrs. CAPPS and Mr. GEORGE MIL- H.R. 3889: Mrs. MUSGRAVE. H. Res. 488: Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. LER of California. H.R. 3903: Mr. COLE of Oklahoma and Mr. H. Res. 489: Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LOBIONDO, H.R. 2231: Mr. CLAY, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CHABOT. Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. H.R. 3904: Mr. COLE of Oklahoma and Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. MICHAUD. INSLEE, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. PASCRELL. CHABOT. H. Res. 496: Mr. CAPUANO. H.R. 2328: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 3906: Mr. COLE of Oklahoma and Mr. f H.R. 2339: Mr. TANCREDO. CHABOT. H.R. 2369: Ms. MCKINNEY. H.R. 3943: Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. PICKERING, PETITIONS, ETC. H.R. 2533: Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan and Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. Under clause 3 of rule XII, Mr. OXLEY. NEUGEBAUER, and Mr. PETERSON of Pennsyl- 74. The SPEAKER presented a petition of H.R. 2553: Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. MEEKS of New vania. the Lasalle County Board, Illinois, relative York, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. H.R. 3948: Mr. MICHAUD and Mr. ROSS. to a resolution supporting Congressmen BLUMENAUER, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. SABO. H.R. 3960: Mr. TANCREDO and Mr. BURTON of Weller’s Combat Military Medically Retired H.R. 2694: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Indiana. Veteran’s Fairness Act of 2005 (H.R. 995) and H.R. 2716: Mr. GRIJALVA and Mr. H.R. 3970: Mr. ANDREWS. urging the Illinois congressional representa- MCDERMOTT. H.R. 4008: Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, tives to co-sponsor and pass H.R. 995; which H.R. 2788: Mr. KILDEE and Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. COOPER, Mr. SIMMONS, and Mr. TAYLOR of was referred to the Committee on Armed H.R. 2792: Mr. WYNN. Mississippi. Services.

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Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 No. 137 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, to be responsible in voting on time, and called to order by the Honorable JOHN- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, that is a courtesy to the rest of the NY ISAKSON, a Senator from the State Washington, DC, October 25, 2005. Senate. But even more importantly, we of Georgia. To the Senate: have so much to do that we do need to Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby run the place in a disciplined way. We PRAYER appoint the Honorable JOHNNY ISAKSON, a will have our policy luncheons today The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Senator from the State of Georgia, to per- from 12:30 to 2:15. fered the following prayer: form the duties of the Chair. Let us pray. TED STEVENS, f O God, who dwells between the cher- President pro tempore. ubim, You alone are God of all the Mr. ISAKSON thereupon assumed the ROSA PARKS kingdoms of the Earth. You have given chair as Acting President pro tempore. the Members of America’s legislative f Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, a few mo- branch the opportunity to be the in- ments ago, during our opening prayer, RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY the Chaplain mentioned Rosa Parks. I, struments of Your providence. Use LEADER them today for Your glory. Give them too, want to take a moment to note discernment to know the critical issues The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the passing of one of America’s ex- and the wisdom to do Your will. May pore. The majority leader is recog- traordinary citizens, an activist, a their lives be exemplary models of in- nized. champion of principle, a true hero, tegrity and civility as they strive to f Rosa Parks. keep this Nation strong. May their SCHEDULE All Americans should know Mrs. words bring life and hope, knowledge Parks’ extraordinary story, how her re- and understanding. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morn- fusal to give up a seat on that Mont- And Lord, we pause to thank You for ing we have allocated the first 30 min- gomery, AL, bus led to a successful bus the life and legacy of Rosa Parks, a utes for a brief period of morning busi- boycott and how that boycott ulti- great civil rights pioneer. We ask that ness. After that first half-hour period, mately led to the great and historic You would comfort those who mourn we will return to the consideration of civil rights movement that remade our her death. You are worthy, O Lord, to the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Nation. Ms. Parks defied an unjust, un- receive glory and honor and power, for Chairman SPECTER and Senator HARKIN fair, and unconstitutional law that de- You created all things, and by Your have started a process of lining up clared African Americans second-class will they are sustained. amendments to be considered. Last citizens. In so doing, she began a proc- Amen. night we locked in a vote which will ess that led to the historically impor- begin at 10:30 this morning. That vote f tant and vital 1964 Civil Rights Act. will be on Senator SPECTER’s amend- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ment on Medicaid/Medicare centers for Racism still exists in our society. Discrimination continues. But Rosa The Honorable JOHNNY ISAKSON led services. I encourage Members who have Parks’ brave stand against an unjust the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: law began a movement that set our so- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the amendments to the Labor-HHS bill to contact both managers as soon as pos- ciety moving away from prejudice to- United States of America, and to the Repub- ward equality, toward a society where lic for which it stands, one Nation under sible. In order to ensure we finish the God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for bill this week, we may have to file clo- people are not judged by the color of all. ture at some point. We do not want to their skin but by the content of their character. f foreclose Members’ rights to offer amendments. Thus, Senators should Rosa Parks’ actions and the life she APPOINTMENT OF ACTING exercise their right to offer those lived stand as a testament to the im- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE amendments and do it now, come over portance of principle and the power of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this morning and over the course of the a single individual to change the world. clerk will please read a communication day. We will have multiple votes dur- In the coming months, I hope that we to the Senate from the President pro ing today’s session. Senators need to in the Senate will look for other ways tempore (Mr. STEVENS). come to the floor promptly once a vote to honor Mrs. Parks’ legacy and the The legislative clerk read the fol- is called. As both the Democratic lead- principles for which she and her life lowing letter: er and I mentioned yesterday, we need stood.

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11778 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 THE GRAND OLE OPRY The legislative clerk read as follows: and serves as an emissary of American music Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this year A resolution (S. Res. 286) commending the and culture; and Grand Ole Opry on the occasion of its 80th Whereas the Grand Ole Opry will continue the Grand Ole Opry celebrates 80 years to impact American culture and music, and of star-studded country entertainment. anniversary for its important role in the popularization of country music and for its 8 play an important role in presenting the best This venerated institution stands as decades of musical and broadcast excellence. in country music to new generations of fans one the most important traditions in There being no objection, the Senate throughout the world, touching millions radio broadcasting and country music. proceeded to consider the resolution. with music and comedy: Now, therefore, be it If not for the Grand Ole Opry, my Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent Resolved, That the Senate commends the hometown of Nashville would most that the resolution be agreed to, the Grand Ole Opry on the occasion of its 80th likely have never gained that title of preamble be agreed to, and the motion anniversary for its important role in the ‘‘Music City USA.’’ to reconsider be laid upon the table. popularization of country music, and for its The Grand Ole Opry first broadcast The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- 8 decades of musical and broadcast excel- on November 28, 1925. Originally called pore. Without objection, it is so or- lence. the WSM Barn Dance, the weekly radio dered. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- show featured comedy and blue glass, The resolution (S. Res. 286) was gospel and country. Radio host George pore. The Senator from Tennessee is agreed to. recognized. D. Hay made sure that every broadcast The preamble was agreed to. was kept ‘‘real down to Earth.’’ The resolution, with its preamble, Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I Today, the Opry stands as the longest reads as follows: join the majority leader in the resolu- running continuous weekly radio S. RES. 286 tion that I have cosponsored honoring broadcast, with over 4,000 consecutive Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is a pioneer of the Grand Ole Opry on its 80th birth- Saturday evening shows. Audiences can commercial radio in the United States, and day. tune into the Grand Ole Opry via radio, is the longest running continuous radio pro- satellite, television or Internet. The gram in the United States, having operated I ask unanimous consent to bring on show is even broadcast by the Armed since November 28, 1925, and having broad- the Senate floor this piece of demon- Forces Radio and Television Services casted over 4,000 consecutive Saturday strative evidence which I hold in my Network to entertain our troops evening shows on WSM Radio, Nashville, hand and to which I will refer in a mo- around the world. Tennessee; ment. Whereas the Grand Ole Opry played an in- Throughout its history, the Opry has The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- embraced and celebrated the best in tegral role in the commercial development of the country music industry, and in estab- pore. Without objection, it is so or- family entertainment, including those lishing Nashville, Tennessee, as ‘‘Music City dered. musical performances and comedy USA’’; Mr. ALEXANDER. Those of us of a sketches that have warmed the hearts Whereas the Grand Ole Opry has consist- of millions throughout the South, all ently promoted the best in live entertain- certain age will recognize this straw over the country and, indeed, through- ment and provided a distinctive forum for hat with a garland of flowers and a out the world. Country great and Opry connecting country music fans to musicians price tag that says $1.98 as the kind of member Dolly Parton explains that at so as to promote the popularity of this hat that Minnie Pearl wore on the the Opry, ‘‘there’s a circle of friends, uniquely American genre; Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Satur- and a circle of performers and a circle Whereas the Grand Ole Opry serves as a day nights every year for about 40 of love at the old place.’’ unique American icon that enshrines the years. Most of the time, Minnie Pearl Jeanie Seely puts it this way: rich musical history of country music, and preserves the tradition and character of the was the Grand Ole Opry, along with The Grand Ole Opry is not an institution. genre through commemorative performances Roy Acuff. She welcomed people with: It’s not a building. It’s the people, the per- Howdy, I’m so proud to be here. I didn’t formers, the people who come. That’s the and events; Grand Ole Opry. That’s what makes it spe- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is committed say it the way she would always say it. cial. to quality performances, and the member- Thousands and thousands of Americans And for new members, joining the ship of the Grand Ole Opry represents the sat on the uncomfortable wooden pews elite of country music performers, including in the back of the Ryman Auditorium Opry is joining a pantheon of country generations of America’s most talented mu- music greats. Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, sicians, encompassing the music legends of and later at the Opry to watch this Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Minnie old and the superstars of today that continue radio show. One of those was a young Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Garth Brooks, to define American country music; man from Minnesota named Garrison Vince Gill, and Reba McEntire, all Whereas performers at the Grand Ole Opry Keillor, who, in the 1970s, sat back have been members, and the list goes have included such universally recognized there and imagined the show which we on. Even President Nixon has played on names as Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Johnny call today ‘‘The Prairie Home Com- Cash, Patsy Cline, Porter Wagoner, Little that Grand Ole Opry stage. panion.’’ As Loretta Lynn recently told a Jimmy Dickens, Connie Smith, Earl newspaper: Scruggs, George Jones, Grandpa Jones, Lo- A couple weekends ago, I was the retta Lynn, Uncle Dave Macon, Dolly If you’ve never played at the Grand Ole guest announcer on the Grand Ole Opry, you haven’t quite made it, yet. Parton, Minnie Pearl, Jim Reeves, Hank Wil- Opry. They didn’t trust me with the liams, and many more; Goo Goo candy bar commercial or with The Opry has promoted country Whereas the Grand Ole Opry celebrates the music in a unique way. It has promoted diversity of country music, with membership the 7 p.m. show which is nationally it to the entire world and has invited spanning both generation and genre, rep- televised, so I was on at 8. But I did get new generations to hear the best that resenting the best in folk, country, blue- to do the Martha White flour commer- country has to offer. I am honored to grass, gospel, and comedy performances; cial and to introduce Porter Waggoner represent the home State of such a dy- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry continues to three times. utilize technological innovations to develop namic part of American culture and There is nothing quite like the Grand music history. new avenues of connecting country music to Today, I proudly introduce a Senate its fans, and can be seen and heard around Ole Opry. There are 3,400 people out resolution commending the Grand Ole the world via television, radio, satellite there every Friday night, every Satur- Opry for 80 years of music excellence. radio, and the Internet; day night, now sometimes on Tues- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry provides f days. Flashbulbs are popping. Every- heartening support to members of the Armed body is having a good time. COMMENDING THE GRAND OLE Forces by participating in the Department of OPRY Defense’s America Supports You Program, There was Jimmy C. Newman from Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask providing live performances to American Louisiana who next year will be on the unanimous consent that the Senate Forces serving abroad via the American Grand Ole Opry for 50 years. There was Forces Radio and Television Services net- now proceed to the consideration of S. Susan Haynes, the daughter of my law work; school roommate. This is her first year Res. 286, which was submitted earlier Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is recognized today. as the world’s premiere country music show, on the Grand Ole Opry. There was The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and continues to entertain millions of fans Carol Lee and Nora Lee, the back-up pore. The clerk will report the resolu- throughout the world, including United singers. They have been there a long tion by title. States Presidents and foreign dignitaries, time, too.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11779 At 7 o’clock, there was Vince Gill Mr. President, I yield the floor. doggles, and maybe it is a boondoggle, who ended his hour-long session with a f but the people in Alaska didn’t think piece of jazz music. The Grand Ole so. They have 100 projects. All States Opry is getting more diversified. There RESERVATION OF LEADERSHIP do it differently. But in Alaska, they was Keith Bilbrey backstage inter- TIME list 100 projects that are the projects viewing people. He was explaining what The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. VIT- they want to have someday. That par- Charlie McCoy, the great harmonicist, TER). Under the previous order, the ticular bridge is ranked in the top 4 of once said about the four stages of being leadership time is reserved. those 100. I think also that we have to a country music star which sound a lot recognize that we in Washington do not like being a politician. Stage No. 1 is, f really know what is the best thing for Who is Charlie McCoy? Stage No. 2 is, MORNING BUSINESS them. Get me Charlie McCoy. Stage No. 3 is, The other thing that is very impor- Get me somebody who sounds like The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under tant is that most of the money, had Charlie McCoy. And stage No. 4 is, Who the previous order, there will be a pe- this amendment passed, is in accord- is Charlie McCoy? riod for the transaction of morning ance with the formula. So if we di- The Opry was started so that the Na- business for up to 30 minutes, with the rected them not to build their bridge, tional Life and Accident Insurance first half of the time under the control that money could still be spent in Alas- Company could sell debit insurance. of the majority leader or his designee ka on other projects. We would just be They got a big tower in Nashville. I and the second half of the time under saying that you have to spend the dol- think it is 50,000 watts. So all the peo- the control of the Democratic leader or lars in a way that we in Washington ple who were on little radio stations his designee. say is best for you. came to Nashville so they could be on The Senator from Oklahoma is recog- I will support future amendments the big radio station. nized. that will save taxpayers’ dollars. In the That is when Roy Acuff and Chet At- f meantime, there is something we can kins and Archie Grandpappy Campbell do: support the one-sentence amend- and Dolly Parton all moved from east SAVING OUR TAXPAYERS’ ment that I will introduce. Tennessee to Nashville. If you under- DOLLARS Beginning with fiscal year 2007 and there- stand how important the Alamo is to Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, let me after nondefense, nontrust fund discre- Texas, you will understand how impor- recognize that Minnie Pearl is a tough tionary spending shall not exceed previous tant the Grand Ole Opry is to Ten- act to follow. Nonetheless, we must years without a two-thirds vote. nesseans, not just Tennesseans but move on. Today, I am going to an- That is very simple, very straight- many Americans, the 3,400 who every nounce a one-sentence initiative that I forward, and something that will work. Friday and Saturday night have gone will try to put on the Labor-HHS ap- I recognize that we are only talking in to thousands and thousands of these propriations bill. I won’t be successful this case about 20 percent of the budget radio shows. because there are some procedural rea- because we have so many entitlements No one represented the Opry in its sons. It would take a supermajority. and, of course, the defense spending. spirit better than Minnie Pearl. There But at least we will get a vote down so But those entitlements are being ad- is a photograph of Minnie in dressing we will have an idea about who in this dressed right now in the budget rec- room No. 1 backstage, which was Roy Chamber is really serious about doing onciliation. We need to wait and see Acuff’s dressing room until he died, something about the deficit. how that washes out. which was the dressing room that I had to oppose my dear friend and I had this as kind of a mission for a Vince Gill was using on the night I was junior Senator from Oklahoma last lot of years. I introduced the first there as the guest announcer. There on week because of the unintended con- amendment in 1987, the first year that the wall was a picture of a young Min- sequences of interfering with local self- I was here over in the other body at nie Pearl in the early 1940s with this determination, and I caution any effort that time. But it goes all the way back hat or a hat similar to this one. that would substitute or preempt to 1969 when then Senator Carl Curtis Where did this $1.98 price tag come States’ sovereignty in favor of central- from Nebraska came up with the idea. from? I heard the story that night for ized control in the Federal bureaucracy He was the one who always wanted to the first time. Minnie was performing unless substantial cuts in spending are the pass the amendment as an amend- on the Opry. She pinned a garland of accomplished. ment to the Constitution. So he said, flowers to her hat. And during her per- The Framers of the Constitution Why don’t you out in Oklahoma formance, this price tag wiggled down feared one thing above all else, and preratify a constitutional amendment, and started dangling from her hat. She that was a tyrannical central Govern- so if we get enough States to do it, that left it there for the next 40 years as a ment made up of unaccountable Fed- would give us the power needed to try reminder that anybody can make a eral bureaucrats would someday be to pass a balanced budget amendment mistake and it is all right to make one. able to supersede States’ rights in deci- to the Constitution. Minnie Pearl was a talented woman It never worked. I think the idea was sionmaking by locally elected rep- who wanted to be Katharine Hepburn. right. I think this very simple solution resentatives. There is nothing more As she said, that was already taken. is one we can address today. It will be conservative than this very principle of She set a standard of conduct and style something that will take care of these preserving local control against the for the Grand Ole Opry that lasts and problems in a much simpler way and centralized Government. persists until today, and that style was will maintain the authority out in the As the author of the Transportation simply that she was just a very nice States where I believe it belongs. I reauthorization bill, I was very pleased person. She would sign the last auto- have served as a mayor of a city, I have at the way we drafted the legislation. graph; she would say hello to anyone; served in the State legislature, and I We took a formula so that we could al- she would pay a call on a Grand Ole have served here. It has been my expe- locate funds to the States but then Opry family member who was sick; she rience that the closer you get to home, didn’t tell the States what to do with would see the last fan who had waited the better the decisions, and that is them and said: You determine what for 2 hours after the show. consistent with what I am asking for your priorities should be at the State Minnie Pearl told me one time: I today. have gotten to the point in life where I level. I believe it is a very good proc- I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. have decided if people are not nice, ess. I was proud to be a part of that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- they are not so hot in my book no mat- process. ator from South Carolina is recognized. ter how big they are. There is a mentality in Washington, Mr. DEMINT. I thank the Chair. So in the spirit of Minnie Pearl and DC, that if a decision isn’t made in f all of the thousands of Americans who Washington, it is not a good decision. have created and enjoyed the Grand The controversial Ketchikan to BUDGET RECONCILIATION Ole Opry, happy 80th birthday, Grand Gravina Island bridge in Alaska has be- Mr. DEMINT. Mr. President, these Ole Opry. come a rallying point about boon- are serious and difficult times for our

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 country and for many Americans. The second part of the Republican the architect of that war. He said our These are times that demand bold and budget reconciliation package is to cut greatest mistake was not under- immediate action. The American peo- Government waste and reduce Federal standing our enemy. ple do not want any more excuses. spending. There are many wasteful Vietnam was a relatively simple They do not want to hear Congressmen practices of Government. We have all country. It had changed little in the and Senators arguing about who is to heard the stories like the dentist who preceding 3,000 years. It was for the blame, and they are not impressed by overbilled Medicaid, claiming to per- most part racially, ethnically, linguis- those who constantly criticize the pro- form as many as 991 procedures a day tically, and even religiously homo- posals of others but never make any during a 12-month period. geneous. One would have thought it proposals of their own. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time would be easy for American military Energy prices are too high, and we under the control of the majority for and political leaders to understand. have heard enough excuses about why morning business has expired. Apparently it was not. The White America cannot develop our own oil Mr. LEAHY addressed the Chair. House and the Pentagon, convinced and gas reserves, build more refineries, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that no country, particularly a tiny and develop more alternative fuels to ator from Vermont. impoverished land of rice farmers, make us more independent of Middle Mr. DEMINT. Could I ask unanimous could withstand the military might of East oil. consent? the United States, never bothered to Health care and health insurance are Mr. LEAHY. Does the Senator want study and understand the history or too expensive, and we have heard to ask for further time? culture of Vietnam, and they made enough excuses about why individuals Mr. DEMINT. Yes, if I could have a tragic miscalculations. They lacked cannot buy health insurance from any- couple more minutes. I ask unanimous the most basic knowledge of the moti- where in the country and get the same consent for 2 more minutes. vation and the capabilities and resolve tax breaks as businesses. Mr. LEAHY. Provided it will not of the people they were fighting. Illegal immigration is out of control, come out of our time, I have no objec- At the start of the Iraq war, those and we have heard enough excuses tion. who drew some analogies to Vietnam about why we cannot control our bor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without were ridiculed by the Pentagon and the ders. objection, it is so ordered. White House. Iraq is not a Vietnam, Social Security is going broke, and Mr. DEMINT. I thank the Senator. I they insisted. Our troops would be we have heard enough excuses why thank the Chair. greeted as liberators. Troop strength Congress should continue to spend tril- Examples like the Medicaid one I was not a concern. Our mission would lions of dollars of Social Security taxes just mentioned are maddening. We be quickly accomplished. Democracy on other Government programs. must stop this wasteful spending, and would spread throughout the Middle We need action now, but we cannot we also must slow the growth of new East. Freedom was on the march. solve these difficult problems that face spending. If we slow the growth of new It is true that Vietnam and Iraq are us if we do not have a strong economy spending only, we can save much of the vastly different societies, but the point and a more efficient Government. money we need to help our States re- was not that they are similar but that House and Senate Republicans are de- cover from this year’s devastating hur- some of the same lessons apply. veloping budget reconciliation legisla- ricanes. There is no problem too big for We did not understand Vietnam, a tion now that will accomplish these America to solve if we have the com- simple country, and we paid a huge goals to strengthen our economy, cre- mitment and the strength to do it. Mr. price for our ignorance and our arro- ate jobs, and cut the cost of the Fed- President, the time for criticism, ex- gance. Iraq, a complex country com- eral Government. cuses, and obstruction is over. I am prised of rival clans, tribes, and ethnic This package has two parts. The first here this morning to appeal to every and religious factions who have fought part is to stop the scheduled tax in- Senator to support our budget rec- each other for centuries, we understand creases that will soon add new burdens onciliation package that will stop new even less. to our citizens and the businesses that tax increases and help cut the cost of If this were not apparent to many at pay their salaries. We must not allow Government so we have all the the start of this ill-conceived and po- new tax increases to steal our jobs and strength we need to secure the future litically motivated war, a war I op- weaken our country at a time when we for every American. posed from the beginning, it should be need all of our economic strength to Mr. President, I yield the floor. obvious today. Yet to listen to the Sec- solve the problems of today and to cre- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- retary of Defense or to the President or ate new opportunities for the future. ator from Vermont is recognized. the Vice President, one would never The 2003 jobs and growth plan passed Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, what is know it. by Congress and signed by the Presi- the parliamentary situation? We know today that President Bush dent lowered taxes for capital gains The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mi- decided to invade Iraq without evi- and dividends, and it resulted in great- nority controls 15 minutes which is be- dence to support the use of force and er economic growth. Our economy has ginning now. well before Congress passed a resolu- grown more than 4 percent a year since Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask tion giving him the authority to do 2003, much faster than in the prior 2 unanimous consent that we make that so—actually, authority he did not even years. Over 4 million jobs have been 21 minutes. believe he needed—despite our great created since 2003, and 7 million seniors The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Constitution which invests in the Con- saved an average of over $1200 on their objection? The Chair hears none, and it gress the power to declare war. 2004 taxes. And while tax rates have is so ordered. Twenty-three Senators voted against fallen, tax revenues have been increas- f that resolution, and I will always be ing. In fact, as a result of a growing proud to have been one of them. economy, Federal tax receipts grew IRAQ We know today that the motivation this year by over $270 billion—$100 bil- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, 3 years for a plan to attack Iraq, hatched by a lion more than the Congressional ago when the Congress and the country handful of political operatives, had Budget Office estimated earlier this debated the resolution to give Presi- taken hold within in the White House year. If Congress does not pass this im- dent Bush the authority to launch a even before 9/11 and without any con- portant budget reconciliation legisla- preemptive war against Iraq, reference nection to the war on terrorism that tion this year, taxes will go up and eco- was often made to the lessons of Viet- came later. nomic growth will go down. nam. We know that the key public jus- During uncertain times, Americans There are many lessons, both of that tifications for the war—to stop Saddam want stability. And that is why Con- war and of the efforts to end it. But Hussein from developing nuclear weap- gress must act now to bring certainty one that made a deep impression on me ons and supporting al-Qaida—were to America’s families and stop the came from former Secretary of Defense based on faulty intelligence and out- scheduled tax increases. Robert McNamara. He was, after all, right distortions, and they have been

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We know the insurgency is con- sian Gulf region. Our cities are little further than the tinuing to grow along with American Many Vermonters have been killed in drawing board when it comes to devel- casualties—1,999 killed, and at least Ramadi and elsewhere by roadside oping workable evacuation plans for a 15,220 wounded, many with crippling in- bombs and all-too-accurate sniper at- terrorist attack or other emergency, juries, as of yesterday—despite the tacks. The insurgents too often seem not to mention how to feed, house, and same old ‘‘light at the end of the tun- to attack and then escape with impu- provide for millions of displaced per- nel’’ assertions and cliches by the nity. You can actually open news- sons. White House and top officials in the papers and see photos of armed insur- This war has caused immense damage Pentagon. gents walking the streets of Iraq in to our relations with the world’s Mus- The sad but inescapable truth, which broad daylight. lims, a religion practiced by some 1.2 the President either does not see or re- Many of these cold-blooded attacks billion people, about which most Amer- fuses to believe or admit, is the Iraqi are by people who are willing to trade icans know virtually nothing. We can- insurgency has steadily grown, in part their own lives to kill civilians, secu- not possibly mount an effective cam- because of, not in spite of, our presence rity guards, and our soldiers who now paign against terrorism without the there. have no way of knowing whom they trust, respect, and the active support After baiting the insurgents to can trust among the general popu- of Muslims, particularly in the Middle ‘‘bring them on,’’ as the President said, lation. East where our image has been so we got what the President asked for. The President has no plan to deal badly damaged. Our weakened inter- More than 2 years later, the pendulum with Ramadi, let alone the rest of Iraq, national reputation is another heavy has swung against us and the question except doing more of what we have price our country has paid for this war. is no longer whether we can stop the been doing for more than 2 years at a Each day, as more and more Iraqi ci- insurgency; the question is how do we cost of $5 billion a month—money we vilians, often children, lose their lives extricate ourselves. don’t have and that future generations and limbs from suicide bombers and According to soldiers who volun- of Americans are going to have to also from our bombs, the resentment teered for duty in Iraq believing in the repay. Nor has he proposed a practical and anger toward us intensifies. And mission and who have returned home, alternative to our wasteful energy pol- every week, the number of U.S. service many Iraqis who detest the barbaric icy that guarantees our continued de- men and women who are killed or tactics of the insurgents have also pendence on Persian Gulf oil for dec- wounded creeps higher and will soon grown to despise us. They blame us for ades to come. pass 2,000, but, even more tragically, I am sure that what our military is the lack of water and electricity, for shows no sign of diminishing. doing to train the Iraqi Army and what This war has isolated us from our al- the lack of jobs and health care, for the our billions upon billions of dollars are lies, most of whom want no part of it, hardships and violence they are suf- doing to help rebuild Iraq—whatever is and if we continue on the course the fering day in and day out. not stolen or wasted by profiteering President has set, it will also divide Unlike our troops and their families contractors—is making a difference. our country. who are making great sacrifices every Iraq is no longer governed by a corrupt, Other Senators and Representatives, day, most Americans have been asked ruthless dictator, and there have been Republicans and Democrats, have ex- to sacrifice nothing for this war. In halting but important steps toward pressed frustration and alarm with the fact, we don’t pay the bills. The bills representative government. President’s failure to acknowledge that are being sent to our children and our I applaud the Iraqis who coura- this war has been a costly mistake, grandchildren by way of our rapidly es- geously stood in long lines to cast a that more of the same is not a work- calating national debt and annual defi- ballot for a new constitution, despite able policy, and that we need to change cits. the insurgents’ threats. There are course. My friend Senator HAGEL, a Yet as the hundreds of billions of dol- many profiles in courage among the Vietnam veteran, has pointed out the lars to pay for the war continue to pile Iraqi people, just as there are in the he- increasing similarities to Vietnam. We up and domestic programs, such as roic and daily endeavors of United learned this week that the administra- Medicaid, job training, and programs States soldiers there. tion has even resumed the discredited for needy students, are cut, then the But this progress masks deeper trou- Vietnam-era practice of measuring sacrifices are going to be felt as well. bles and may be short lived, threatened progress by reporting body counts. Slogans have become little more by a widening insurgency and a divi- White House and Pentagon officials than political rallying cries for the sive political process that is increas- and their staunchest supporters in Con- White House, slogans as empty and ingly seen as leading to a Shiite-domi- gress warn of a wider civil war if we unfulfilled as ‘‘mission accomplished.’’ nated theocracy governed by Islamic pull our troops out. They could be Our troops were sent to fight an unnec- law and aligned with Iran, or the dis- right. In fact, it could be the first thing essary war without sufficient armor solution of Iraq into separate Kurdish, they have been right about since the against these ruthless and barbaric Sunni, and Shiite states. beginning of this reckless adventure. bombing attacks, without adequate re- Mr. President, this war has been a My question to them is: When and inforcements, without a plan to win costly disaster for the United States of how then do we extract ourselves from the peace, and without adequate med- America. More than half of the Amer- this mess? What does the President be- ical care and other services when they ican people now say they have lost con- lieve needs to happen before our troops return home on stretchers or crutches fidence in the President’s handling of can come home? What is his plan for or with eye patches, unable to walk, to it. getting to that point? work, to pay their mortgages, or to Far from making us safer from ter- If we cannot overcome the insur- support their families. rorists, in fact, it has turned Iraq into gency, what can we realistically expect Many of our veterans have been a haven and recruiting ground for ter- to accomplish in Iraq—and at what treated shamefully by their Govern- rorists and deflected our attention and cost—that requires the continued de- ment when it sent them into harm’s resources away from the fight against ployment of our troops? What is it that way under false pretenses and again terrorism. If anything, it has compels us to spend billions of dollars after they returned home. emboldened our enemies, as it has be- to rebuild the Iraqi military when our Today I worry about places such as come increasingly apparent that the own National Guard is stretched to the Ramadi, where more than 300 members most powerful army in the world can- breaking point and cannot even get the of the Army National Guard from my not stop a determined insurgency. money for the equipment it needs?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11782 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 I doubt the President or the Sec- The President has declared democ- soon be starting the debate on an retary of Defense will answer these racy is taking root throughout the amendment to be offered by Senator questions. Instead of answers, we get Middle East, and there have been some DURBIN. We had expected to go on the rhetoric that conflicts with just about small, positive steps. But they are bill at 10, with morning business sched- everything we hear or read, including dwarfed by the ongoing threat posed by uled from 9:30 to 10, but morning busi- from some of this country’s most dis- Iran, Syria’s continued meddling in ness has run a little late. One of the tinguished retired military officers Iraq and Lebanon, repression and cor- Senators asked for an extension of who served under both Republican and ruption in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the time, which was not objected to. Now Democratic administrations. danger that the momentum for peace Senator STABENOW has asked for 5 min- Six months ago, the Vice President from Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza utes, which we will agree to. Senator said the insurgency was in its last will be lost as settlement construction HARKIN and I are on the floor, and we throes. That was just the latest in a accelerates in the West Bank, and the are anxious to proceed with the busi- long string of grossly inaccurate state- widespread—albeit mistaken—belief ness of the bill. I know Senator HARKIN ments and predictions and false expec- among Muslims that the United States would like to make a comment. tations about Iraq. wants to destroy Islam itself. Mr. HARKIN. If the distinguished Secretary Rice, when asked recently Just as the White House’s obsession chairman would yield, I am sorry I was when U.S. forces could begin to come with Iraq has diverted our resources off the floor momentarily, but did the home assuming the Administration’s and impeded our efforts to strengthen Senator from Pennsylvania do any- rosy predictions come true, could not, our defenses against terrorism at thing about the amendment that is or would not, even venture a guess. home, so has it made it more difficult pending? Without answers—real answers, hon- to constructively, with our allies, ad- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the re- est answers—to these questions, I will dress these regional threats. quest was made to have the amend- not support the open-ended deployment As I have said, I did not support this ment which is pending accepted by a of our troops in a war that was based war, and I believe that history will not voice vote. It is really in the nature of on falsehood and justified with hubris. judge kindly those who got us into this a technical amendment. The amend- Even though I opposed this war, I debacle by attacking a country that ment reduces Federal administrative have prayed, like other Americans, did not threaten us, after deceiving the costs for the Centers for Medicare and that it would weaken the threat of ter- American people and ridiculing those Medicaid Services by $15 million with rorism and make the world safer, that who appealed for caution and for inno cuts coming from oversight and en- our troops’ sacrifices would be justi- stead mobilizing our resources directly forcement. This reduction is necessary fied, and that the President had a plan against the threat of terrorism. to bring the Labor-HHS bill into com- for completing the mission. I worry that many of our young vet- pliance with its allocation ceiling. Con- Instead, it has turned Iraq into a erans who have gone to Iraq and expe- cerns have been raised that this reduc- training ground for terrorists, it is rienced the brutality and trauma of tion would reduce the funds available fueling the insurgency, it is causing se- war and may already feel guilty for to administer the new prescription vere damage to the reputation and having survived, will increasingly drug program. This is not the case—the readiness of the United States mili- question its purpose. As the architects reduction will come from administra- tary, and it is preventing us from ad- of this war move on to other jobs, I tive overhead, supplies and contracts. dressing the inexcusable weaknesses in fear we are going to see another gen- We had talked about having a vote on our homeland security. eration of veterans, many of them it this morning at 10:30, but in light of The Iraqi people, at least the Shiites physically and psychologically scarred the request that we not vote on that and Kurds, have voted for a new con- for life, who feel a deep sense of be- amendment but vote on the Durbin stitution, as hastily drafted, flawed, trayal by their Government. amendment, that is acceptable to this and potentially divisive as it may be. If President Bush will not say what side. As I said before, Senator STABENOW Saddam Hussein, whose capacity for remains to be done before he can de- has asked for 5 minutes, and we are cruelty was seemingly limitless, is fi- clare victory and bring our troops prepared to yield that time. But we nally facing trial for his heinous home, then the Congress should be vot- want to put all Senators on notice we crimes. Elections for a new national ing on what this war is really costing are anxious to proceed with the bill, government are due by the end of the the Nation. and I will expect to start on the Durbin year. By then, it will be more than 21⁄2 We should vote on paying for the war amendment at about 10:24 and expect years since Saddam’s overthrow, and versus cutting Medicaid, as some are to vote on it sometime between 10:45 we will have given the Iraqi people a proposing; or pay for the war versus and 11. chance to chart their own course. The cutting VA programs that are already Senator HARKIN and I, backed by the sooner we reduce our presence there, unable to pay the staggering costs of leaders, have said that we are going to the sooner they will have to make the treatment and rehabilitation for our do our best to enforce 20-minute votes, difficult decisions necessary to solve injured veterans; or pay for it versus 15 and a 5-minute extension. So all their own problems in their own coun- rebuilding our National Guard; or re- Senators should know when we start try. building FEMA; or securing our ports the Durbin vote that it will be limited Our military commanders say that and our borders; or investing in our in- to 20 minutes to the extent that Sen- Iraq’s problems increasingly need to be telligence so we can finally capture ator HARKIN and I can prevail on that. solved through the political process, Osama bin Laden; or investing in When we finish the Durbin vote at not through military force. We must health care for the tens of millions of about 11:15, we would be pressing to show Iraq and the world that we are Americans who cannot afford to get have amendments filed. We have a not an occupying force, and that we sick; or fixing our troubled schools, so long, complicated bill. There is an have no designs on their country or our children can learn to do a better amendment lined up at 2:15, but if we their oil. The American people need to job than we have of making the world are to move this bill along and to avoid know that the President has a plan to a safer place for all people. pressing for third reading and final pas- bring our troops home. These, and the tarnished reputation sage, we want to avoid lengthy quorum Once a new Iraqi government is in of a country that I love and so many calls. place, I believe the President should once admired as not only powerful buy I yield the floor. consult with Congress on a flexible also good and just are the real costs of f plan that includes pulling our troops this war. back from the densely populated areas I yield the floor. TRIBUTE TO ROSA LOUISE PARKS where they are suffering the worst cas- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, first, ualties and to bring them home. ator from Pennsylvania is recognized. I appreciate the courtesies extended to It is also long overdue for Congress ORDER OF PROCEDURE me by the distinguished Senator from and the White House to reassess our Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I put Pennsylvania and the distinguished policy toward this region. all Senators on notice that we will Senator from Iowa.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11783 I rise to pay tribute to one of the gi- symbol of the civil rights movement. group. Her dedication to the next gen- ants of American history. Today we Nicknamed the Mother of Civil Rights, eration is the reason she founded the honor the remarkable life and legacy of President Clinton awarded Rosa Parks Raymond and Rosa Parks Institute for Rosa Parks, who died just last evening the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Self-Development in Detroit, MI. Her at the age of 92. 1996, the highest civilian award this faith was tested, but it was never bro- The Detroit News today says: country can bestow. Mrs. Parks also ken. After Mrs. Parks was robbed and Courage in the face of oppression; resist- received the Congressional Gold Medal beaten in her own home in 1992, she im- ance in the face of injustice. That is the en- in 1999. Earlier this year, Senator plored people ‘‘not to read too much during legacy of Rosa Parks, whose defiance LEVIN and I introduced a bill to name a into the attack.’’ on a racially segregated Montgomery, Ala., Federal building in Detroit after Mrs. ‘‘Young people need to be taught to bus lit the flame of the modern civil rights Parks. We think it is important that respect and care for their elders.’’ she movement and inspired freedom movements said. ‘‘Despite the violence and crime from South Africa to Poland. we recognize her in this way to thank her in some small way for her incred- in our society, we should not let fear The Detroit Free Press today: ible contribution to our country. It is overwhelm us. We must remain strong. When Rosa Parks refused to get up, an en- an honor she richly deserves, and I be- We must not give up hope; we can over- tire race of people began to stand up for lieve it is important that we pass this come.’’ their rights as human beings. Her refusal to This morning’s Detroit Free Press give up her bus seat to a white man was a bill this week in the Senate, just as the simple act that took extraordinary courage House has passed the bill, so that we has a wonderful story on Mrs. Parks’ in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955. It was a place can together, in a unanimous way, say: life and legacy. In it, U.S. Appeals where black people had no rights that white Thank you, Rosa Parks. Court Judge Damon Keith, a longtime people had to respect. It was a time when ra- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I join friend of Mrs. Parks, recalls when an- cial discrimination was so common, many others the world over in mourning the other living icon of freedom, Nelson blacks never questioned it. At least not out death and giving thanks for the life of Mandela, visited Detroit in 1990. loud. But then came Rosa Louise Parks. Mrs. Rosa Parks. Someone once said When he got off the plane, a long line I am so proud Rosa Parks was a resi- that in the instance Rosa Parks re- of dignitaries was waiting to greet the dent of Michigan. We have claimed her fused to move, somewhere in the uni- great man. President Mandela scanned for many years and are so proud that verse a gear in the machinery shifted. the line until his eyes rested on a tiny she has left her legacy to all of us, par- Jim Crow had finally met his match. woman. ‘‘He chanted Rosa, Rosa, Rosa ticularly in Detroit, MI. Rosa Parks was an accomplished Parks,’’ Judge Keith recalls. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks left seamstress who helped us all see that President Mandela told Mrs. Parks work in her hometown of Montgomery, America’s great strength is the fact that she was his inspiration during the AL, and boarded a bus headed for that we are one cloth sewn together in long years he was jailed on Robbins Is- home. When the bus became crowded, a splendid coat of many colors. It is land, and that her example had in- she was ordered by the bus driver to often reported that Rosa Parks refused spired South Africa’s freedom fighters. give up her seat to a white male pas- to give up her seat on the bus that day Later, in a 1993 speech to the NAACP, senger. She refused. Rosa Parks was ar- in Montgomery, AL, because her feet Nelson Mandela called Rosa Parks ‘‘the rested, and 4 days later the Mont- were tired. David who challenged Goliath.’’ gomery bus boycott began. The boycott That was not so. She said many Ms. Johnnie Carr, Mrs. Parks’ long- lasted for over a year until the Mont- times: time friend, said Mrs. Parks always be- gomery buses were officially deseg- I was not physically tired—or no more lieved that the Montgomery bus boy- regated in December of 1956. than I usually was at the end of a working cott was ‘‘ordained by God.’’ It was Rosa Parks was a courageous woman day. No, the only tired I was, was tired of meant to be. But it almost did not hap- who did what she believed was fair and giving in. pen. In her autobiography, Mrs. Parks right. She is a testament to the power It would be more than a year before wrote that, had she not been so tired of one individual willing to fight for the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Mont- that day, she would have waited for the their beliefs. Her actions set the civil gomery’s segregated buses were uncon- next bus, because she would have rec- rights movement in motion and set a stitutional. ognized the driver of the Number 7 bus precedent for protest without violence. To this day, the Montgomery bus as the same man who had put her off We all owe a debt of gratitude to Rosa boycott remains the largest and most the bus years earlier for refusing to Parks for her contribution to freedom successful act of civil disobedience in board through the back door. and justice for all men and women in the history of the United States of On that earlier occasion, in 1943, Mrs. this country. Truly, her actions America, all inspired by this simple, Parks had just tried, unsuccessfully, to changed the course of history. courageous woman. For 381 days, tens register to vote. Twelve years later— Rosa Parks moved to Detroit in 1957 of thousands of hard-working middle the morning after the long Mont- and it became home for her for nearly class, lower class, and all classes of Af- gomery bus boycott ended—Mrs. Parks 50 years. In 1977, she and Elaine Easton rican Americans walked miles to work again boarded the Number 7 bus, paid Steele founded the Raymond and Rosa every day in the heat, in the cold, in her fare, and took her seat in the front Parks Institute for Self-Development the rain. Many of the boycotters, in- of the bus. By coincidence—or perhaps in Detroit to offer guidance to young cluding Mrs. Parks and her husband by divine design—the bus driver that African-Americans. The institute’s Raymond, lost their jobs, but they day was the same man who had called many programs include the annual never lost their faith. They persevered the police to have her arrested more Pathways to Freedom bus tour that ex- with courage and with dignity. than a year earlier. His name was poses young African Americans to In the end, they did not just change James Blake. And he lived in a little landmarks of the civil rights era. the law; they changed our Nation, and town call Equality, GA. The people of Michigan take great they changed the world. The image of The Detroit Free Press this morning pride in the fact that Rosa Parks be- Rosa Parks sitting quietly on that bus quotes from one of the last interviews came part of our community in our waiting to be arrested is etched forever Rosa Parks gave. A decade ago, in an great State. She devoted her life to in our national consciousness, but it is interview with that newspaper, Mrs. public service, to helping people, and not simply refusing to give up her seat Parks was asked how she hoped to be to helping to serve as a role model for that made Rosa Parks so great. It was remembered. She replied, ‘‘I’d like peo- our children. She made such an impact a refusal to give up hope, especially her ple to say that I’m a person that al- on our country and on the people of the hope in young people. ways wanted to be free, and wanted it metro Detroit community that the ac- In 1955, Mrs. Parks was the leader of not only for myself—freedom for all tual bus where Rosa Parks made her the Montgomery NAACP local youth human beings.’’ defiant stand is now on display at the organization. It is one of the lesser That is a great tribute to a great Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. known parts of her story that the lady who we remember today. Children from all over the world have evening she was arrested she was in the I yield the floor to the chairman of come to see the bus that became this process of rejuvenating that youth the committee.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Senator Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Senator According to the Federal Trade Com- from Illinois for yielding. Before pro- from Illinois for that statement. Per- mission, seniors are more vulnerable to ceeding to his amendment, I would like haps we ought to just formalize it in a fraud than other demographic groups. to commend the Senator from Michi- unanimous consent agreement that the In 2004, consumers over the age of 50 gan and the Senator from Illinois for vote will occur at 10:45. reported $152 million in fraud losses to their comments about the great leader- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the FTC, which is likely only a small ship of Rosa Parks to the civil rights objection, it is so ordered. fraction of the fraud that took place. movement, and to associate myself AMENDMENT NO. 2196 A Social Security number is a key with those comments. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask for an identity thief. With it, he or she I thank the Senator from Illinois. unanimous consent to set aside any can open a new credit card or bank account, as well as access existing ac- f pending amendment and call up amendment No. 2196, which is filed at counts. One of the main actions Federal, CONCLUSION OF MORNING the desk. State and local governments instruct BUSINESS The PRESIDING OFFICER. The you to take in protecting yourself from The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read identity theft is guarding your Social business is closed. Security number. as follows: f Many States and local governments The Senator from Illinois [Mr. DURBIN] have gone further to protect their citi- proposes an amendment numbered 2196. DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, zens. Twelve States have passed laws HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous con- restricting the use of Social Security AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED sent the reading of the amendment be numbers, including Illinois where pri- AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS dispensed with. vate insurers are prohibited from using ACT, 2006 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Social Security numbers as patient The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under objection, it is so ordered. identifiers. The amendment is as follows: the previous order, the Senate will re- Meanwhile, the Federal Government sume consideration of H.R. 3010, which (Purpose: To require the Secretary of Health continues to print Social Security and Human Services to submit to Congress numbers on Medicare cards, leaving 40 the clerk will report. a plan for changing the numerical identi- The assistant legislative clerk read million seniors with their Social Secu- fier used to identify medicare beneficiaries rity numbers in plain sight. as follows: under the medicare program) Almost one-third of identity thieves A bill (H.R. 3010) making appropriations After section 221, insert the following: get access to your personal informa- for the Departments of Labor, Health and SEC. 222. Not later than June 30, 2006, the Human Services, and Education, and related Secretary of Health and Human Services tion by stealing your wallet, check- agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- shall prepare and submit to Congress a re- book or credit card. tember 30, 2006 and for other purposes. port outlining— If a senior’s wallet is stolen, access Pending: (1) a detailed plan for expeditiously chang- to a Social Security number would be ing the numerical identifier used to identify simple. Just look on their Medicare Specter amendment No. 2197, to reduce ad- medicare beneficiaries under the medicare card. ministrative costs in the Centers for Med- program so that a beneficiary’s social secu- Walter Hornby from Bartlett, IL icaid and Medicare Services. rity account number is no longer displayed wrote to me to tell me about what he The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- on the identification card issued to the bene- calls a ‘‘Catch-22 situation.’’ After he ator from Pennsylvania. ficiary under such program or on any expla- fell victim to identity theft, he was ad- nation of medicare benefits mailed to the AMENDMENT NO. 2197 beneficiary; and vised never to carry anything in his Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I move (2) the costs of implementing such plan. wallet that includes his Social Secu- to vitiate the yeas and nays on amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- rity number. ment No. 2197 and proceed to adopt the Mr. Hornby wrote: ator from Illinois is recognized. amendment by voice vote at this time. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, accord- All Medicare cards have Social Security I cleared this matter with Senator numbers emblazoned on them in large print. ing to the Federal Trade Commission, I am sure many seniors carry their cards HARKIN. identity theft is the fastest growing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without with them as proof of insurance, leaving crime in America, striking 27.3 million them open to identity theft. objection, it is so ordered. Americans who have been victims in The question is on agreeing to Mr. Hornby called CMS and the So- the last 5 years. Not only is identity cial Security Administration, but was amendment No. 2197. theft increasing, it is becoming more The amendment (No. 2197) was agreed told it would ‘‘take an act of Congress expensive. to correct this situation.’’ That is why to. Several years ago, I received a phone The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- we are here today. call from a credit agency at my home According to a recent poll by the ator from Pennsylvania. in Springfield, IL. They said: Richard AARP, most seniors agree with Mr. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, before Durbin, we knew that we would finally Hornby. What is the percent of adults Senator DURBIN begins, may I again re- catch up with you. over the age of 50 who want Social Se- mind my colleagues at the conclusion I said: What are you talking about? curity numbers to appear on various of this debate, which I would expect to They said: It is your credit card documents? They asked of these sen- be somewhere in the nature of 20 min- charges with a major chain of stores iors, How about Medicare cards? Yes, 25 utes, we will proceed to a rollcall vote. that were incurred in Denver, CO. percent; no, 70 percent. Seniors get it. We expect it to be 15 and 5, limited to I said: I didn’t incur any credit card They understand their vulnerability, 20 minutes, and then we are anxious to charges. but they don’t know which way to have other amendments offered to pro- It turned out my identity had been turn. You need a Medicare card if you ceed at that time. stolen. It took some time, and I finally go to a hospital or provider. They want Mr. DURBIN. Would the chairman got it straightened out, but I was one to have easy access, but there sits their yield for a question? of the lucky ones. Social Security number which could Mr. SPECTER. I do. Today’s victims of identity theft turn out making them vulnerable to Mr. DURBIN. I say to the chairman, spend an average of $1,400 in out-of- identity theft. I believe this amendment may be non- pocket expenses to remedy their situa- A reporter asked a CMS spokesperson controversial. I do not know if there tion, an increase of 85 percent from about whether the agency plans to will be any time taken in opposition to years past. change beneficiary identity numbers as the amendment. I would certainly be A recent survey indicates that iden- a result of the rise of identity theft prepared to agree at 10:45 the vote tity theft cost Americans $52.6 billion from seniors, and here is what he said: would take place, if that would be ap- in 2004—much of it accrued by busi- We’re looking at all sorts of alternatives, propriate, and then I would explain the nesses forced to write-off fraudulent but right now our greatest priority is imple- amendment. charges. menting the prescription drug program. We

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11785 continue to recommend treating your Social has legislation pending now to deal Byrd Grassley Murray Security card like a credit card. with identity theft in a comprehensive Cantwell Gregg Nelson (FL) Carper Hagel Nelson (NE) That is a good recommendation. But way. But the substance of what Sen- Chafee Harkin Obama if you lose your wallet or your purse, ator DURBIN seeks is very sound. Chambliss Hatch Pryor you know what might happen. When CMS has advised that it is impossible Clinton Hutchison Reed Coburn Inhofe seniors write to CMS asking to have to administer the House-passed amend- Reid Cochran Inouye Roberts their Social Security number removed ment in its present form, which would Coleman Isakson Rockefeller from Medicare documents, CMS sends a require immediate removal. The Collins Jeffords Salazar Conrad Johnson reply: Santorum amendment offered by the Senator Cornyn Kennedy Sarbanes Medicare is required to protect individual from Illinois is a compromise to Craig Kerry Schumer privacy and confidentiality in accordance Crapo Kohl achieve greater protection against Sessions with applicable laws. identity theft. It essentially calls for a Dayton Kyl DeMint Landrieu Smith CMS is passing the buck. The buck study to give us an opportunity to DeWine Lautenberg Snowe stops here. It stops in Congress. We are work it out in a way that CMS can Dodd Leahy Specter abiding by the current law, they say, handle. I think the amendment is a Dole Levin Stabenow Stevens and that is good enough. But it really Domenici Lieberman good one, and it is agreeable to this Dorgan Lincoln Sununu is not good enough. side of the aisle as well. Durbin Lott Talent BOB FILNER is a Congressman from We are going to proceed to a vote— Ensign Lugar Thomas San Diego, and he is a person with candidly, so we can get some focus of Enzi Martinez Thune Feingold McCain Vitter whom I worked and respect very much. attention on this bill. Our staffs have Feinstein McConnell Voinovich He was attentive to this issue and called around to the offices of all Sen- Frist Mikulski Warner raised it in consideration of this appro- ators seeking amendments. We have a Graham Murkowski Wyden priations bill in the House. Congress- long list of prospective amendments, NOT VOTING—2 man FILNER said, in very simple and but our experience has been that unless Corzine Shelby straightforward language: No money we have a vote where Senators come to The amendment (No. 2196) was agreed can be spent on this bill to further the well of the Senate, which gives the to. issue these Medicare cards that contain managers an opportunity to talk to the Mr. SPECTER. I thank my col- Social Security numbers. many Senators who have stated an in- leagues for the promptness on that The amendment passed with a strong terest in offering an amendment—un- vote. The report was made to cut off bipartisan vote. But if you look at it, less we proceed in that way, that we the vote at 1 minute 6 seconds in excess we are afraid that perhaps it went too have protracted quorum calls without of the 20 minutes, which is pretty good far—in the right direction but maybe any amendments being offered. for voting in this Senate. We will hold too far. The CMS said there is no way So as previously announced, at 10:45, the votes to 20 minutes. they could cut off immediately the by the unanimous consent agreement, issuance of these cards. So we are We have the Senator from Massachu- we will proceed to a vote. Again, I re- setts lined up to offer an amendment placed in a difficult position. We know peat, it will be a 20-minute vote: 15 the problem, and we want to correct it. on Pell grants. We anticipate voting on minutes under the rule, and a limited it at 2:15, but they will have time be- Cutting off funds and trying to do it extension of 5 minutes. immediately may be something that is fore the customary adjournment at We have 2 minutes until the 10:45 12:30 for the policy luncheons to start just unmanageable and cannot be vote is scheduled. In the interim, I sug- achieved. debate on another amendment. gest the absence of a quorum. I have talked to a number of Sen- My amendment would require the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CMS to send a report to Congress by ators about offering an amendment if clerk will call the roll. that opportunity presents itself. We do the end of next June outlining how the The assistant legislative clerk pro- agency will expeditiously go about want to push ahead. ceeded to call the roll. I yield the floor. changing the system of patient identi- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask fiers and how much it will cost. We put The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- unanimous consent that the order for pore. The Senator from Massachusetts. the CMS on notice that this is a prob- the quorum call be dispensed with. AMENDMENT NO. 2213 lem they need to help us solve. They The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I send can’t pass the buck off to another year objection, it is so ordered. an amendment to the desk and ask for and another year of possible identity Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask its immediate consideration. theft for so many senior citizens. for the yeas and nays. It is time for the Federal Govern- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a pore. The clerk will report. ment to step up the fight against iden- sufficient second? tity theft. We have it in our power to The assistant legislative clerk read There is a sufficient second. as follows: make it much harder for identity The question is on agreeing to the The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KEN- thieves who hurt our Nation’s seniors, amendment. The clerk will call the and I commend amendment No. 2196, NEDY] proposes an amendment numbered roll. 2213. which I have introduced at this point, The assistant legislative clerk called Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask to all my colleagues on both sides of the roll. the aisle and ask for their bipartisan unanimous consent the reading of the Mr. MCCONNELL. The following Sen- amendment be dispensed with. support. ator was necessarily absent: the Sen- I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ator from Alabama (Mr. SHELBY). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- pore. Without objection, it is so or- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the ator from Pennsylvania is recognized. dered. Senator from New Jersey (Mr. CORZINE) Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the The amendment is as follows: is necessarily absent. amendment offered by the Senator The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- (Purpose: To increase the maximum Federal from Illinois is a good amendment. Pell Grant award by $200 to $4,250) pore. Are there any other Senators in What has happened here is that the the Chamber desiring to vote? At the end of title III (before the short House-passed version of the bill re- title), insert the following: The result was announced—yeas 98, quires the Centers for Medicaid and SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise nays 0, as follows: Medicare Services to remove Social Se- appropriated under this Act, there is appro- curity numbers immediately in order [Rollcall Vote No. 267 Leg.] priated, out of any money in the Treasury to prevent identity theft. When the YEAS—98 not otherwise appropriated, $836,000,000 for carrying out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of Akaka Bayh Boxer Senator from Illinois outlines the prob- the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. lems on identity theft, he is exactly Alexander Bennett Brownback Allard Biden Bunning 1070). Such additional appropriation shall be right. The Judiciary Committee, on Allen Bingaman Burns used to increase the maximum Pell Grant for which both Senator DURBIN and I sit, Baucus Bond Burr which a student shall be eligible during

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11786 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 award year 2006–2007 by $200 to $4,250, not- all who came back from World War II, We see, as the cost of education has withstanding the maximum Pell Grant who had been out fighting for our Na- gone up, that the purchasing power of amount provided under the heading ‘‘STU- tion, they would have the benefits of the Pell grant has steadily declined. In DENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’’ under this the 2005–2006 school year the maximum title. an education. By the millions, they took advantage of the GI bill. grant covers only 33 percent of the cost Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, this is In reviewing the investment made by of college attendance. a very modest amendment. It is tar- this Government, the figures show for Look at this. This is a chart that geted to a program which is a lifeline every $1 invested in education, it was shows the gap between the maximum to millions of hard-working American returned seven times by those who re- Pell grant and the cost of attending families in the form of education—the ceived or benefitted from the GI bill. college, which continues to increase. Pell grant. The Pell grant is the major We extended education benefits in the This is a reflection of the gradual in- instrument by which the Federal Gov- time of the Vietnam war. Also, when crease in tuition over the recent years, ernment provides help and assistance challenged technologically in 1957 with from 2001 and 2002 up to 2005 and 2006. to needy families in this country. The the launch of Sputnik—we had a Re- This shows the gap—now nearly $8,100. median income among families who publican President, Democratic Con- Here, this green line shows the max- benefit from the grant is about $24,000 gress—we recognized the need to dra- imum Pell grant which has been effec- a year and the median income of inde- matically improve math and science tively stable during that period of pendent students who receive the grant achievement in this country. We passed time, while the cost of attending a 4- is less than $13,000 per year. These fam- the National Defense Education Act to year public college has been going up ilies need help and assistance in going strengthen both our national security and up and up, putting enormous pres- to college. sure on these families who have lim- This particular amendment will raise and our global competitiveness, and the Federal investment in education ited opportunities and resources. the Pell grant from $4,050 to $4,250. The The Federal Government provides cost of the amendment is approxi- doubled, with a strong focus on math and science education. Pell grants. It provides Stafford loans. mately $800 million. States and local communities also pro- I remind our colleagues of one of the At that time the Federal Govern- ment was spending 5 cents out of every vide help and assistance to students. great statements made in this country Here is an indication of what is hap- $1 on education. Now we are at 11⁄2 by an American Founding Father, John pening in our States. This chart re- Adams, whose 270th birthday we cele- cents, and going south. Do we under- 1 flects the State and local funding per brate this week. He was the architect stand that? Only 1 ⁄2 cents out of every Federal dollar is spent on education, full-time student at public institu- of the Massachusetts State Constitu- tions, which has declined some 16 per- tion, written in 1780. Many of the ideas and we are going, effectively, south. I think this is not the kind of priority cent since 2001. from that constitution have been ac- What all of this says is that the pur- the American people expect and the cepted in constitutions all over the chasing power of the Pell grant has American people want. This is a very country. The one aspect that has been gone down. There are hundreds of thou- modest amendment, especially against replicated in every State constitution sands of children who are not going to that background. The amendment is the State’s commitment to edu- college because they are unable to af- raises the maximum Pell grant by $200. cating children. It is said so well in the ford it. We have seen that the help and Let me first show what has happened Massachusetts Constitution: assistance given to needy students has to the Pell grant over the period of re- It will reward its patron and benefactors dropped at the State and local levels, cent years. Some of us remember the by shedding its benign influence on the pub- but the costs have been continuing to great debates we had in the 1960s. One lic minds. Laws for the liberal education of go higher and higher. youth, especially of the lower class of people, of the principal issues in the 1960 cam- This amendment requires a judgment are so extremely wise and useful that to a paign was: Should we provide help and and decision about a nation’s prior- humane and generous mind no expense for assistance to young people in the form ities: whether we believe, as a nation, this purpose would be thought extravagant. of education? That was heavily debated in the importance of supporting edu- That is what this amendment says. in the Presidential debates at that cation and making education available We are saying this Nation, at this time. A judgment and decision was to all young people, and for which we time, cannot afford to lose these young made when the votes were in and Presi- are prepared to support this very mod- minds. We have 400,000 young Ameri- dent Kennedy won. One of the first est increase. cans who are qualified and would be ac- things he did was submit a higher edu- It is useful to make a judgment based cepted to 4-year colleges on the basis of cation bill, which was eventually upon what we think we need here in their academic records if they had the passed in 1965. the United States. But it is also rel- resources to be able to attend. It is an There was a great debate at that evant to get some idea about what is indictment of our Nation if we fail to time: Should we provide help and as- happening in other countries that are provide these young people with an op- sistance to the child or should we pro- increasingly competing with the Amer- portunity to receive an education, par- vide help and assistance to the univer- ican economy. Here is an example. The ticipate in our society, and give some- sity? The decision was made that we numbers of engineering graduates in thing back to our country. We cannot would provide it to the young student China and India far outpace that of the afford to lose them. The Pell grant is so the student would have the flexi- United States. In China, it is 600,000; in the indispensable link between these bility to be able to go to the college of India, 350,000; in the United States, families and an education. their choice. 70,000, and many of these are foreign This Nation has always responded In 1965, when the higher education students who, more likely than not, when challenged in the areas of edu- bill was passed, the Federal funding for will be returning to their home coun- cation. In response to the Industrial education was close to 80 percent in tries. Revolution, we made a national com- grants and 20 percent in loans, for stu- We cannot expect to have a first-rate mitment to expand access to high dents who qualified for grants. Those economy with a second-rate edu- schools, and America prospered. It was were families in the lowest income cational system. It does not work that an extraordinary commitment and has bracket. The Pell grant was used ex- way. Not only will we not have a first- made an extraordinary difference in tensively and benefitted millions of rate economy, but we will not have a the success of this Nation, both com- young people. first-rate military with a second-rate mercially and militarily. This chart shows what has happened educational system. At the time of World War II, we had with the Pell grant between 1985 and This is not going to be the answer to 12 to 14 million Americans who 2005. It shows the shrinking buying all of our problems in terms of edu- served—many for 3, 5, 6, 7 years—in the power of the Pell grant over the past 20 cation. Later in the debate we consider Armed Forces of our country. When years. We find that during the 1985–1986 other amendments to increase support they returned, President Roosevelt of- school year the maximum Pell grant for education and to improve math and fered the GI bill. That would open the covered 57 percent of the cost of at- science achievement. But this amend- doors of opportunity for education. For tendance at a 4-year public institution. ment is essential to ensuring every

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I would say 90 percent of tunity. college financial aid simply hasn’t kept those workers had a high school edu- It is also a question of competitive- up with the rising cost of attendance. cation. They had a pretty good middle- ness. If we do not have a solid edu- Twenty years ago, in the 1985–1986 class life. They worked hard. They got cational system, we are not going to be school year, the maximum Federal Pell some time off to spend with their fami- a first-rate nation commercially or grant covered nearly 60 percent of the lies. More often than not, they would militarily. At a time when we are feel- cost of the tuition, fees, room, and be able to take a couple weeks with ing the increasing forces of world com- board of a 4-year public university. their children over the course of the petition, we see what is happening in Today the maximum Pell grant covers summertime. There was a great sense other countries. Now we are not just less than 40 percent of those costs. of community. There was great in- exporting blue-collar jobs out of the More students take out loans and more volvement in all of the activities in the heartland of our Nation; we are find- are falling into debt. Fifty percent of community, and people were able to ing, increasingly, that high-tech jobs today’s college students graduate in make a very decent and good living, are not only moving out, but that debt, owing an average of $15,500. Many just as their parents had, working at many of our high-tech industries are students owe even more. At Pace Uni- that Quincy Fore River Shipyard. moving out to take advantage of the versity in New York, 55 percent of stu- Generally speaking, if you look back training and education in other coun- dents graduate owing an average 40 or 45 years ago, an individual had tries, particularly in India, and other $28,695. At New York University the one job. More often than not, they kept places in the world. debtloads are alarmingly similar. And that job their whole life. Now we know So it is about fairness. It is about op- at Hartwick College, nestled in the that workers entering the workforce portunity. It is about competition. foothills of the Catskills Mountains, 72 today will have eight or nine different Finally, as I mentioned, it is about percent of students graduate owing an jobs during their lifetimes. Investing in national security. We need to have in average of $31,206, the second heaviest education and continuing training has our military the best-trained, best-led student debt-burden of any liberal arts to be a lifelong national commitment. troops. But they also need the best in college in the Nation. This particular amendment is fo- terms of technology. This requires Over the next 6 months, students in cused on those who are just entering well-trained and educated personnel. America’s high school class of 2006 will the educational process after they get Unless we have a talented pool of col- decide whether or not to go to college. out of high school and those who are lege graduates, our military, our intel- We need to make sure that students from low-income families. We need the ligence community, all of our employ- can afford college, not frighten them skills of those young people. We can- ers, and our Nation are going to suffer. with a mountain of debt. not, as a nation, afford to let those And we won’t have that talented pool More and more, a college degree is skills go untapped. We cannot effec- unless we provide opportunities for our essential in our modern economy. And tively write off a whole segment of our young people. This amendment takes a helping students pay for college pays Nation because it’s too expensive to go step in the right direction. for itself. According to the College on into higher education. And too Mr. President, $200 does not sound Board, the average college graduate often, that is what is happening. like a lot when we are talking about earns 73 percent more over his or her We have all seen the statistics about the billions of dollars in this budget. lifetime than the average high school the increased cost of gasoline, the in- But today we know that a $200 increase graduate. College graduates pay 78 per- creased cost of prescription drugs, the in student aid would mean that hun- cent more in taxes to public coffers, increased cost of energy, particularly dreds of thousands of students would be and they are less likely to draw on pub- in my part of the country. We have able to afford college. Two hundred dol- lic resources for programs like unem- talked about that and debated it here lars does not sound like a lot, but it is ployment insurance, food stamps, and in the last few weeks. a lot to low-income families. It is a lot welfare. College graduates are less But we have also seen at other times for millions of working families, as likely to be incarcerated, and more that those in the basic middle income, they are looking at their bills and try- likely to volunteer in their commu- even though they have seen very dra- ing to make adjustments and trying to nities, more likely to vote, more likely matic increases in productivity, in make college a priority. It is a lot, and to raise kids ready for school, and more what they have been able to produce, it is something we ought to respond to likely to start businesses that create have not seen a significant increase in in this particular appropriations bill. jobs. their wages or in their family income Mr. President, I yield the floor. We need to make sure every student over the period of these past years. Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I am who wants to go can afford college. It’s That is a fact. That has been a reality. pleased to join with my friend and col- good social policy to make higher edu- So there is increasing pressure. league, Senator KENNEDY, in offering cation affordable, it’s good economic We find out that even for those fami- an amendment to increase the max- policy, and it’s good budgetary policy. lies who are able to patch together the imum Pell grant award by $200. If ap- Increasing the maximum Pell grant is means to get to college, even with the proved, this amendment would result an essential part of making college af- Pell grants today, more often than not, in a $4,250 maximum Pell grant—an fordable. So, again, I want to thank it takes the average family—even with amount well below what is needed, but Senator KENNEDY for raising this crit- their limited ability to borrow—over 20 still important in addressing the crisis ical issue and working with me to offer years to pay back those loans that of lack of college affordability. this amendment and I urge my col- were needed to meet the cost of getting The College Board reports that stu- leagues to vote in favor of it. their child into higher education. dents in the college class of 2010 will Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise We are trying to say to Americans, pay more, on average, for their post- today in strong support of the Kennedy to children of hard-working American secondary education than any other amendment. I am proud to cosponsor people, that we recognize that edu- class in American history. The average this amendment, which will increase cation is a key to opportunity in this 4-year private school now costs $21,235 the maximum Pell grant by $200—in- country. Our chart demonstrates the each year and the average 4-year public creasing the current $4,050 maximum difference between the lifetime earn- institution costs $5,491 a year. And award to $4,250. This modest increase is ings of individuals with college degrees every year college costs are increasing crucial to our efforts to ensure equal- and those without them $1 million over at a rate faster than inflation. Last ity of access to higher education for all a lifetime. year the Consumer Price Index in- students.

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But on the basis of this nant, accounting for less than 40 per- year which is hard to find in this budg- record, we have stretched the dollars as cent of the costs of attending a public, et. But that is as far as we could far as we can. As much as I agree with four year institution. Pell grant recipi- stretch to provide the money. everything the Senator from Massa- ents have a median family income of When you talk about Pell grants, chusetts has said, and as much as I only $15,200, so these grants truly tar- this has been a very high priority item would like to raise the Pell grants, the get the most needy students. This for this Senator. I took over the chair- budget resolution does not give me, as amendment would provide an addi- manship of the subcommittee after Re- chairman, the discretion to do so. tional $10 million in need based aid to publicans took control of the Senate in For the edification of anybody who Wisconsin and give 1,360 new students 1994. In 1995, the Pell grant awards were may be watching on C–SPAN 2, listen- the opportunity to make the dream of $2,340. We have increased them every ing to this debate—and I have at least higher education a reality. Our Na- year: from $2,340 in 1995 to $2,470 in a few relatives listening—the next tion’s well-being depends on our ability 1996; to $2,700 in 1997; to $3,000 in 1998; movement is to raise a point of order, although this may not be the appro- to provide greater access to higher edu- to $3,125 in 1999; to $3,300 in the year priate time with further debate to take cation, regardless of financial means. I 2000; $3,750 in 2001; $4,000 in 2002, and place. But I do think it is in order now hope my colleagues will support this $4,050 in 2003. We had to maintain it at to propound a unanimous consent re- important amendment and provide the the same level in 2004; in 2005, the quest which will formalize the informal funding that our students need to suc- same. That is where we stand. We had agreement which Senator KENNEDY and to allocate last year $4.3 billion to pay ceed. I arrived at earlier for 2:15 vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- off an estimated shortfall in the Pell I ask unanimous consent that at 2:15 pore. The Senator yields back. grants. So we have paid a lot of atten- today, the Senate proceed to a vote in The Senator from Pennsylvania. tion to Pell grants and have put this on relation to the Kennedy amendment on Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have a very high priority basis. Pell grants; provided further, that listened to the presentation by the There are quite a number of other there be 2 minutes equally divided for Senator from Massachusetts, and I do programs in our education budget debate prior to that vote and that no not disagree with anything he said. which are directed to the same kinds of second degree be in order to the amend- When he talks about the need for more considerations so eloquently articu- ment prior to the vote. education funding, I agree with him. lated by the Senator from Massachu- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- When he talks about the importance setts. Student loans are a very big pore. Without objection, it is so or- for the productivity of the United point. This is well known. I think it is dered. States on the economics sphere, when worth noting that the new student loan Mr. SPECTER. We may consume all he talks about the importance of edu- volume for 2006 fiscal year is in excess the time until 12:30, but there is a pos- cation for military preparedness, he of $62 billion, which is $10 billion over sibility that we may not. So if any makes very valid points. And when he the amount which was available in fis- other Senator has an amendment to talks about fairness, those are very im- cal year 2004. offer, I urge that Senator to come to portant considerations. It is also important to note that the floor at this time so that we can I applaud the work he has done in the there are a number of other programs utilize all of the floor time for debate field of education over his very distin- which are directed to the same bene- on this important bill. guished career. He served for many ficiaries who are recipients of the Pell I yield the floor. years as chairman of the Senate Com- grants. We have, for example, $805 mil- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, lion for the Supplemental Educational pore. The Senator from Massachusetts. and Pensions, and now he is the rank- Opportunity Grant program, which is Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I see ing member. He has addressed these an increase of $26 million. We have $66 the Senator from New Hampshire on issues of education funding year in and million for loan cancellations. The Per- the floor. As I understand, he wanted year out with logic and passion. kins loan program supports more than to be able to offer amendments. As chairman of the Appropriations $1 billion in low-interest loans to un- Mr. SUNUNU. The Senator is correct. subcommittee, the job I have, and our dergraduate students, and there is Mr. KENNEDY. That would not upset subcommittee does, and that of our ex- funding for loan cancellations. We have the current situation. I am glad to cellent staff, is to make allocations, $990 million in the Federal Work-Study yield to him. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- with a budget of $145 billion, as to Program. We have over $65 million for pore. The Senator from New Hamp- where we are going to allocate the Leveraging Education Assistant Part- shire. money. nership programs. We have quite a AMENDMENT NO. 2214 The Senator from Massachusetts has number of programs. asked for an increase of $836 million, Tax credits and deductions in 2006 are Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, as the but there is no offset. That means he valued at a savings of $3.2 billion for Senator from Massachusetts indicated, has not found something in a budget of students and families through the I would like to rise very briefly to offer two amendments and then allow the $145 billion which would pay for his HOPE Scholarship tax credit; $2.1 bil- Senator from Massachusetts to con- amendment which would increase Pell lion under the Lifetime Learning Cred- tinue with the remarks on his own grants by $836 million. I would like to it; $1.8 billion for the above-the-line de- amendment. I will offer a few remarks, increase Pell grants by $836 million duction on higher education expenses; but hopefully we can work out the myself. The fact is, I would like to in- and $810 million in deductions for in- issues that might exist on these two crease them by more than that, if I terest paid on student loans. amendments. could make the allocation. But the These are a variety of programs I ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee is limited by what its al- which are targeted and directed at peo- pending amendments be set aside that location is and what the budget resolu- ple who need help, who have loans, who I might call up amendment No. 2214. tion provides. That is $145 billion to al- can’t pay their loans. None of that is to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- locate among all the education pro- say that the Pell grants are not vital pore. Without objection, it is so or- grams sponsored by the Federal Gov- and that we wouldn’t be in a preferable dered. ernment, all of the health programs position nationally if we had the funds The clerk will report. sponsored by the Federal Government, to increase the Pell grants. The legislative clerk read as follows: all of the programs of the Department If the Senator from Massachusetts or The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. of Labor, and about $10, $11 billion on anyone has any idea as to how to SUNUNU] proposes an amendment numbered related agencies. stretch these dollars further, I am in- 2214.

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But in (Purpose: To provide for the funding of the broadly in Congress and very broadly order to have another offset from some Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services Dem- by the administration. What this other allocation, there has to be proof onstration Project) amendment does is bring the appro- and a showing that adding $198.5 mil- After section 221, insert the following: priate level of funding for community lion for community health centers is SEC. 222. For carrying out the Low-Vision health centers in this bill up to the more important to America than where Rehabilitation Services Demonstration level requested by the President. Less we have allocated it. And we have not Project by the Secretary of Health and than 25 percent of the applications for picked these figures with a dartboard, Human Services, an additional $5,000,000: new community health centers were Provided, That funds made available for gen- Mr. President. We haven’t pulled them eral department management under the funded last year. That indicates a need out of the air. There has been laborious heading General Department Management for continued significant levels of fund- effort going through the history of under the heading Office of the Secretary are ing. these programs—how many we have, reduced by $5,000,000. Health centers are the first line of what we can cut, what we can add to. Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, this defense for those who are served by It is balanced off against many factors, amendment calls for $5 million to be Medicaid, for those without insurance, including the Pell grants we heard allocated to a vision rehabilitation and for those who are underinsured. about. So that it is necessary to oppose therapy demonstration program under Community health centers provide a the amendment, as much as I would Medicare. It is an amendment that is very strong, competent, qualified level like to see more money in community fully offset. This is a demonstration of service. They are absolutely instru- health centers and many other lines. program that was established under re- mental in today’s health care environ- With respect to the effort to add $5 port language crafted by Chairman ment. million to the rehabilitation vision SPECTER last year. This is an oppor- This brings the funding up to the amendment, that, again, is another tunity to give seniors additional inde- President’s requested level. It is offset good amendment, but, again, it is a pendence by helping to cover some of so it is not subject to a point of order. matter of allocation and where we will the cost of vision rehabilitation ther- This bill is about setting priorities. I get the money. The Senator from New apy for those who have vision impair- respect the challenges the chairman Hampshire would like to discuss the ment. It helps them to do the very and the members of the subcommittee matter further. I think that is always basic things of getting around their have to deal with in setting priorities. useful, and I am prepared to undertake home, getting outside the home, doing It is never easy. I provide a fractional that to see if some accommodation can errands. By maintaining this independ- across-the-board reduction to support be made short of an outright opposi- ence by dealing with vision problems, this additional $200 million, but I am tion to the vote. So we will pursue we reduce the risk of injury and the certainly willing to work with the that. costs of injuries associated with vision chairman and members of the sub- I do thank him for coming to the impairment. committee to find another appropriate floor early in this debate and advanc- As I indicated, it is offset. It is an ex- offset. I hope he and the Members of ing ideas to help us move the bill isting program. This additional $5 mil- the Senate will support my amend- along, and that inspires me to ask 1 of lion in funding would ensure that the ment. his 97 colleagues, aside from the 3 of us demonstration is conducted across a I yield the floor. who are in the Chamber now, to come number of States, a number of cities, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to the floor with other amendments so so that CMS has the data it needs to pore. The Senator from Pennsylvania. we can keep this bill moving. judge the efficacy of the program. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I I yield the floor. I encourage my colleagues to support thank the Senator from New Hamp- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. the amendment. shire for coming to the floor to offer SUNUNU). The Senator from Massachu- these amendments to move the bill setts. AMENDMENT NO. 2215 along. AMENDMENT NO. 2213 Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask His amendment for $198.5 million for Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set the pending community health centers is certainly unanimous consent that the following amendments aside, and I call up directed to a good program. These are be added as cosponsors of my amend- amendment No. 2215. very important health centers which ment: Senators CLINTON, SCHUMER, LIE- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- are of great assistance to the American pore. Without objection, it is so or- BERMAN, MIKULSKI, KERRY, REID of Ne- people. In the allocations of the fund- vada, LAUTENBERG, DAYTON, CANTWELL, dered. ing, we have allocated for the next fis- The clerk will report. KOHL, BINGAMAN, and DURBIN. cal year in excess of $2 billion, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The legislative clerk read as follows: $2,037,871,000. The figure I gave was the objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. request, but the allocation is Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, first SUNUNU] proposes an amendment numbered $1,839,311,000, which is an increase of 2215. of all, I thank the Senator from Penn- $105 million over last year. Similar to sylvania. He has worked hard in terms Mr. SUNUNU. I ask unanimous con- the considerations on the amendment of prioritizing education, and certainly sent that reading of the amendment be by the Senator from Massachusetts, it has been a priority of his service in dispensed with. the subcommittee and the full Appro- the Senate and also on the Appropria- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- priations Committee have given delib- tions Committee. I appreciate that pore. Without objection, it is so or- eration to the various priorities and kind of commitment, but he tells us dered. believe this is the right figure. that we only have a given amount of The amendment is as follows: It is a customary approach to suggest resources to allocate. (Purpose: To increase funding for community an across-the-board cut. If you frac- The Senate voted to add $5.4 billion health centers) tionalize it, it comes out to a small fig- to the Budget Act. When we voted on At the appropriate place in title II, insert ure. But still, it is important. It comes that issue earlier this year, it was $5.4 the following: out of the National Institutes of billion more for education—for edu- SEC. ll. Amounts appropriated in this title for community health center programs Health. It comes out of the Centers for cation. That was one of the few amend- under section 330 of the Public Health Serv- Disease Control. It comes out of many ments that passed when we had the de- ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) shall be increased by programs which are, I am at a loss as bate on the Budget Act—$5.4 billion $198,560,000. Notwithstanding any other pro- to whether to say, barely adequately more for education. And when the

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But a ma- available, many will not be able to go school—public and private universities, jority of the Members of this body to college. community colleges, and others—and voted for that increase. Now we have Sara from Pensacola, FL, received they are able to be a part of the Amer- another chance, and here we are just Pell grants when she was a single ican dream. asking for $200 per Pell grant for the mother enrolled in community college Mr. President, I suggest the absence neediest students in the country. and later a 4-year college. She received of a quorum. The Senate, when it had its oppor- her BA in English and is now employed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tunity on the budget, supported a very making four times the income she clerk will call the roll. enhanced funding level for higher edu- made before earning her degree. The legislative clerk proceeded to cation, but it went over to the Budget She writes: The Pell grant saw me call the roll. Committees behind closed doors and through college. Without it, there was Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask came out with zero. So he is right. In no way I could afford to go to school. unanimous consent that the order for this particular budget that he has been The Pell grant works. the quorum call be rescinded. allocated there is not the flexibility to Yvonne from Port Richey, FL, served The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without very substantially enhance support for in the Air Force, then held a civilian objection, it is so ordered. education; nonetheless, I think this job which she lost after September 11. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, just by amendment reflects the priorities of She is now a single mother back in way of a very brief comment as to the the Senate in the earlier part of the school. She writes: If it were not for contentions raised by the Senator from year and reflects the priorities of the the Pell grants I would not be able to Massachusetts, I recall his amendment American people. return to school and be retrained for a on the budget resolution for $5 billion. I am reminded that it isn’t just the new career. I recall it very well because I voted for families who are affected. It isn’t just Jen from Denver, CO, writes: The it. As I recollect it—we are checking the education community. The busi- only way I was able to attend college the record now—it was a one-vote mar- ness community also strongly supports was with grants and loans. Sixty thou- gin. There was considerable consterna- increased access to higher education. sand dollars later I have a college de- tion about not having that amendment Business leaders agree that education gree. Obviously, with loans this high I go to conference. I stayed with the is essential to our competitiveness. was not fortunate to have parental Senator from Massachusetts on the $5 Listen to what the Committee for Eco- help. The $2,000 a year I received from billion because I share his concern for nomic Development says in a recent re- the Pell grant was substantial even education. And then it went to con- port: though so little. To take this away ference, as our procedures moved it Education has been a major source of pro- from students is a tragedy. Cutting through, and it was dropped. So Sen- ductivity growth in the United States during funding for education of any kind is ator KENNEDY’s $5 billion with which I the postwar era. Education increases produc- wrong. agreed is not there anymore. And if it tive human capital, which in turn contrib- That is a person with a very modest were there, we would have a good bit utes to overall increases in economic growth. Pell grant. You see what a difference a more money to add to the Pell grants. Increases in a country’s average level of edu- few dollars makes. If I could find more money for the Pell cational attainment by 1 year can generate Scott in Georgia received Pell grants grants, I would like to. If we could re- sizable increases in the annual economic during college, which helped him put play the cards of what happened on the growth, as much as 6 to 16 percent. himself through college. He writes: $5 billion, I would like to do that, too. Look at what happens, Mr. President. Pell grants gave me the ability to focus But I am confronted with a situation Low income students enroll in college more on school and work less part-time where I have an allocation that came at less than half the rate of their high- hours. I am extremely grateful that the through the process of the Senate, and income peers. These are students who Pell grant ensured that I didn’t make I have to work within that framework. are qualified for college—who worked any brash decisions based on lack of fi- The priorities are established as best hard, took rigorous courses and pre- nances. we can. pared for college. And once they enroll, I am sure the Senator from Pennsyl- I think it is appropriate now for Sen- only 6 percent of those low-income stu- vania has had the same experience I ators who have the floor—we are going dents receive a BA compared to 40 per- have had. You go to so many of these to vote at 2:15—to raise the point of cent of those in the higher income lev- community colleges where these Pell order so it is on the record. els. We are talking about children with grants offer the opportunity for stu- Mr. President, in anticipation of the comparable levels of academic achieve- dents, and during the break time stu- vote at 2:15 for purposes of the record, ment. Why is this happening? They are dents—instead of talking about their I do raise a point of order under section equally qualified students, but they books, instead of talking about lec- 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, have to leave college because of finan- tures—are talking about their next job as amended, that the amendment pro- cial need. That is what this amend- or where they are going to get the next vides budget authority and outlays in ment is addressing. It is a question of job and what it is like to be working in excess of the subcommittee’s 302(b) al- priorities. We have the vote. If we are that particular job. That is what is location under the fiscal year 2006 con- able to get the votes on the floor of the happening increasingly as our young current resolution on the budget and Senate, this will happen. This must be gifted, talented people are being con- therefore is not in order. a priority. stantly squeezed. Our country is be- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, pursu- It certainly is for Natalie from Turn- coming more divided between the ant to section 904 of the Budget Act of ers Falls, MA, a single mother enrolled haves and have-nots. The Pell grant, 1974 I move to waive the applicable sec- in college for the first time, who al- which has been the key to opportunity, tion of the Budget Act in reference to ways lived below the Federal poverty has always been something that has the pending amendment, and I ask for line. She writes that without Pell kept the door constantly open for so the yeas and nays. grants ‘‘I would be stuck in this way of many young people. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a life with no ‘light’ to look forward to. As I say, it is the key to opportunity. sufficient second? . . . Knowledge is power and education It is the key to competitiveness, the There appears to be a sufficient sec- is key.’’ key to national security. And it is the ond. The yeas and nays are ordered. It certainly is for Mary Susan from real key to fairness. Education ought Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, we Sacramento, CA, who went to college to have a very special place in our na- have 33 minutes between now and the and became a teacher. She writes: I tional priorities. time of our policy luncheons when it is would not have been able to go to col- I appreciate what the chairman has our practice to adjourn, so I would en- lege to become a teacher if I didn’t done in the area of education, but it courage my colleagues to come to the

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The allow us to gradually reduce the visibility of Iraqi society. clerk will call the roll. coalition forces across Iraq and, ultimately, Finally, a timetable is important be- The legislative clerk proceeded to as conditions warrant, to begin to reduce our cause it enables us to devote more recall the roll. presence in Iraq, taking away an element sources to the other national security Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask that fuels the insurgency; that is, the per- issues that demand our attention. To ception of occupation. unanimous consent that the order for fight the global terrorist networks that the quorum call be rescinded. He went on to call reducing the visi- threaten the U.S., we need to focus en- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. bility and presence of coalition forces a ergy and resources on countering BURR). Without objection, it is so or- key element of our overall counter- emerging terrorist tactics, dealing dered. insurgency strategy. with the threat of ‘‘loose nukes,’’ and TIMEFRAME FOR U.S. MILITARY MISSION IN IRAQ Melvin Laird and General Casey repairing the damage to our Army, to Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I had know that our presence has fed this in- name just a few urgent priorities. the opportunity to give three speeches surgence, making it easy for the insur- Drawing down U.S. troops in Iraq will on the floor so far about issues con- gents to convince new recruits that we allow us to focus on these priorities. It cerning the fight against terrorism are there to stay. is time to make sure that our Iraq pol- globally and the relationship of the Mr. President, I know, you know—we icy is advancing, not undermining, our Iraq war to that struggle and that bat- all know—that is not the fault of our national security goals. tle. men and women in uniform who are The administration and its allies Today, I come to the floor to talk serving courageously; it is the fault of have offered various arguments as to about why I think we need a timeframe the administration for sending them why they can’t or won’t come up with for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from into battle without a clearly defined or a clear plan and timeline for military Iraq. I do not mean a rigid timetable, well-thought-out mission. success in Iraq. nor do I mean a timetable that is not In February, I asked one of the top One argument has been that the U.S. connected to clear and achievable allied commanders in Iraq when I was pullouts from Somalia in the 1990s and benchmarks. But what we do need is a there in the Green Zone what would Lebanon in the 1980s emboldened ter- public, flexible, realistic timetable happen if we suggested to the world rorists and others who oppose Amer- that will tell people when and how we that there is a timeframe for achieving ican interests. To pull out of Iraq with- expect to finish the military mission in our military mission. This is what I out having put down the Iraqi insur- Iraq. asked him. His response to me, which gency once and for all would sup- As my colleagues may know, I have of course was off the record, was that, posedly be another sign of American suggested a target date of December 31, ‘‘nothing would take the wind out of weakness. 2006, the end of next year, for the com- the sails of the insurgents more’’ than But our decisions about national se- pletion of our military mission. Today, providing a clear public plan and time- curity shouldn’t be made based on con- I want to talk a little bit about why a frame for a remaining U.S. mission. jecture about the ‘‘message’’ that some flexible timetable for withdrawal will The President himself in June told might perceive. No one, including the help make the U.S. stronger and our the Nation that he did not support put- Bush administration, can know how enemies weaker. ting more troops into Iraq because, he the insurgents in Iraq might feel about Some have argued that a timetable is said, ‘‘sending more Americans would the withdrawal of U.S. troops from designed to appeal to the American suggest that we intend to stay for- Iraq. We do know, however, that right public, that it has no relationship to ever.’’ now we are making the insurgency our security or to our achieving policy Even the President has acknowledged stronger with our indefinite presence goals in Iraq. Actually, it is just the the problem with feeding the insur- in Iraq, and our failure to articulate a opposite. I proposed a timeframe be- gency if it appears our presence there timetable for military withdrawal. We cause I think it has everything to do is permanent, or ever expanding. I also know that our commitment of re- with improving our national security think that same logic applies to the sources—money, troops, time—to Iraq strategy. President’s refusal to issue a public is detracting from our ability to focus Our fundamental national security timetable. on our most pressing national security goal must be to combat the global ter- To the extent that we do not explain goals and stretching our military to rorist networks that attacked and con- what our military goals in Iraq are and the breaking point. Terrorists will not tinue to threaten the United States. when we hope to achieve them, we are feel particularly emboldened about us An increasing number of military ex- playing into the hands of the insur- putting our Iraq policy on track so perts and members of the public have gents. The insurgents are motivated by that we can focus our attention on concluded that our military presence our presence and they feed off con- eliminating them. The President sug- in Iraq is not consistent with that goal spiracy theories and suspicions regard- gests that if he issues a timetable for and that it is, in fact, undermining ing American intentions. And, of how long he expects U.S. troops to re- that goal. I think it has become in- course, our brave service-members and main in Iraq, our enemies will think creasingly clear that we have created a their families deserve some clarity that we are weak. But without a plan breeding ground for terrorism in Iraq about how long they are likely to re- to finish our military mission, our en- and that the apparent indefinite pres- main in Iraq. emies will know that we have fallen ence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops The President is one of an ever-nar- into a trap and we can’t figure out how is often fueling, not dampening, the in- rowing group of people who believe to get out. That is what they will know surgency in that country. that a timetable works against our Melvin Laird, a former Republican if we do not apply some common sense goals in Iraq. Military experts, people I Congressman from my State of Wis- to this situation. talked to in Iraq, and the American When I pressed Secretary Rice on the consin, who was the Defense Secretary people increasingly agree that the ad- need for a timetable last week, she re- under Richard Nixon, said: ministration’s refusal to even suggest a sponded that ‘‘we’d like our discussions We owe it to the rest of the people back timetable for meeting our military of withdrawal and of bringing down the home to let them know there is an exit strategy. And more important, we owe it to goals in Iraq is feeding the insurgency. numbers of forces to be results-based the Iraqi people. Our presence is what feeds The lack of a timetable doesn’t just rather than time-based.’’ But of course the insurgency. And our gradual withdrawal feed the insurgency, it also discourages a timetable should be results-based. As would feed the confidence and the ability of Iraqi ownership of their own political I have said over and over, any time- average Iraqis to stand up to the insurgents. process. By making it clear that the table needs to be flexible and needs to GEN George Casey, the commanding U.S. will not be there indefinitely, we be tied to achievable benchmarks. The general of the allied forces in Iraq, will help the Iraqis move toward the point is to have some idea of when

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Without row special interests. The Bush administration, with all objection, it is so ordered. In 1990, he pulled one of the greatest these arguments, has succeeded in one Mr. DAYTON. I ask unanimous con- political upsets ever by defeating a thing: in intimidating people into not sent, the previous order notwith- well-entrenched Republican incum- uttering the words ‘‘timetable,’’ or standing, that I might speak for up to bent, despite being outspent by 7 to 1 ‘‘timeframe,’’ or ‘‘target date’’ for fin- 15 minutes as in morning business to and being 40 percent behind in the polls ishing the military mission. But with eulogize my former colleague, Senator at Labor Day. He came to Washington, the words of Republicans like Melvin Paul Wellstone. immersed himself in the work of the Laird and military leaders like General The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Senate, and over his 12 years, won re- Casey, more and more people under- objection, it is so ordered. spect and friendships on both sides of stand that having a flexible timetable f the aisle. will strengthen our national security. Whether they agreed or disagreed HONORING THE LATE SENATOR This is not a timetable where the ob- with Paul, everyone knew that he truly PAUL WELLSTONE jective is troop withdrawal, the objec- believed his position was right, that he tive is to focus on our national secu- Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, 3 years passionately cared about the people he rity needs and the timetable is one step ago today a chartered plane crashed in was trying to help, and that he had the towards that goal. A timetable is not northeastern Minnesota killing Min- unflinching courage of his convictions. about domestic politics—it’s about un- nesota’s senior Senator, Paul He also had the oratory eloquence to dercutting insurgency recruiting and Wellstone, his wife Sheila, and their win skeptics to his side and the gen- unity, encouraging more Iraqi owner- daughter Marcia. Also on board were uine good humor to keep even his oppo- ship and responsibility, and creating Mary McEvoy, our State Democratic nents his friends. He used his skills, his terrific mind space for other important U.S. national Party’s associate chair; Tom Lapic, a always absorbing new ideas, his nation- security efforts. long-time Senate staffer; a young aide, I again emphasize that the timeframe Will McLaughlin; and two pilots. There wide network of friends and advisers, I have proposed is a flexible one—not a were no survivors. his growing seniority in the Senate, drop-dead date, not a deadline, not a They were flying to Minnesota’s and his passion and persistence to ac- formula for ‘‘cut and run.’’ It is linked famed Iron Range to attend a friend’s complish much more than time permits with a call for more clarity about what father’s funeral when the plane crashed me to recount. During his first term, he authored and passed the landmark we want the U.S. military to achieve in just before landing and before Senator ‘‘gift ban’’ legislation that virtually Iraq. Wellstone’s reelection just 11 days Please note that I am only referring away. eliminated all lobbyist gifts to Mem- to a timeframe for the military mis- Paul and I were political allies and bers of Congress and staffers. He was sion in Iraq, not for our broader polit- personal friends for over 20 years, and an original cosponsor of the McCain- ical and other missions in Iraq. We all he was my colleague and mentor dur- Feingold campaign finance reform bill. understand that our engagement in ing my first 2 years in the Senate. In In Paul’s own words, he said: Iraq will not end with the U.S. military 1982, Paul was the Democratic Farmer- I am proud to be a politician because I be- mission. We will still have a great deal Labor or DFL candidate for State audi- lieve strongly in democracy. My father, a tor in Minnesota, while I was its can- Jewish immigrant from Russia whose family of tough diplomatic work to do in Iraq had to move from town to town because of well after the bulk of U.S. troops leave, didate for the Senate. We both lost. czarist persecution, taught me to cherish and probably some serious security co- Eight years later, we switched. Paul free elections and the idea of ‘‘government operation as well. ran for the Senate; I ran for auditor. of, by, and for the people.’’ But I am not We will continue to devote resources We both won. In between, we officed proud of the current state of campaigns and to Iraq, without a doubt. But as it and worked together on energy and politics in our country. stands today, we have focused on Iraq economic development programs for The ethical issue in our time is that money to the exclusion of critically important the Governor of Minnesota and became has come to dominate politics and the democracy my father so deeply believed in is national security priorities. And we good friends. When Paul ran for reelec- so severely compromised. Campaigns match have done so at great cost to the out- tion to the Senate in 1996, I agreed to image-makers against image-makers, poll- standing men and women of the U.S. be his finance chair. Paul hated fund- sters against pollsters, and millions of dol- military, and to their families. When I raising as much as I did, so we made lars against millions of dollars. It is a super- speak to service men and women in quite a team. Fortunately, Paul’s great ficial, trivialized politics of attack ads, ma- Wisconsin and in Iraq, and when I popularity in Minnesota and his na- nipulated advertising and 9 second sound speak to their families, their pride in tionwide reputation as champion for bites. Most importantly, money corrupts the their service is evident and it is well important, progressive causes pre- process. This is a much more serious corruption than the wrongdoing of a single indi- earned. But their frustration with this vailed, and he won a decisive reelection vidual. This is the kind of corruption which open-ended commitment, with the victory. Four years later, Paul helped results in too few people having too much stop-loss orders and the multiple de- me win my election to the Senate. wealth, power, and say and too many people ployments, with the extensions and the Everyone who knew Paul and Sheila being denied a voice. It is the politics of de- uncertainties, is equally evident, and it Wellstone knows that they were ex- mocracy for the few, not democracy for the is very painful. We can do better by traordinary, unmatchable, and irre- many. them, by insisting on clarity, by insist- placeable. Marcia, Mary, Tom, and Will Paul also worked tirelessly for years ing on accountability, and by assuring were very accomplished and special in partnership with Senator DOMENICI them that we have a plan with clear people in their own rights, and their to enact mental health parity, requir- and achievable goals. losses were as searing to their families ing that mental illness be treated simi- We must stop feeding the insurgency and friends as Paul’s and Sheila’s. lar to any other illness. This important in Iraq, and focus on the fight against Senator Paul Wellstone was unique. cause pitted Senators WELLSTONE and the terrorist networks that threaten He was the leader, the heart, and the DOMENICI against very powerful and the security of the American people. A soul of Minnesota’s Democratic Party. profitable special interests—insurance timetable can make us stronger, and He had more passionately devoted fol- companies and for-profit health pro- our enemies weaker. That is the strat- lowers, supporters, and political orga- viders, whose profits increased by not egy we must pursue, and I look forward nizers than anyone else in Minnesota, providing or not paying for needed to working with colleagues here in the perhaps more than anyone in our health care services.

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The together to enact their historic legisla- ACT, 2006—Continued clerk will call the roll. tion. Tragically, the Senate effort has AMENDMENT NO. 2213 The assistant legislative clerk called lagged since Senator Wellstone’s death, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the roll. despite the present majority leader’s the previous order, there will now be 2 Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the pledge in his remarks on the Senate minutes of debate equally divided on Senator from New Jersey (Mr. CORZINE) floor of October 24, 2003 ‘‘to ensure that the motion to waive the Congressional is necessarily absent. mental health is appropriately ad- Budget Act with respect to Kennedy The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there dressed in this Congress.’’ That legisla- amendment No. 2213. any other Senators in the Chamber de- tion has not been voted on in the Sen- The Senator from Massachusetts. siring to vote? ate, either in the last session of Con- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, this The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 48, gress or in this one. amendment is a very modest amend- nays 51, as follows: It would be the best possible comment. It effectively adds $200 for stu- [Rollcall Vote No. 268 Leg.] memoration of Senator Wellstone’s dents who receive Pell grants. These YEAS—48 life, and the giving of his life in the are students who come from families Akaka Dorgan Lincoln service of his country, for the Senate with low incomes. Pell grants have Baucus Durbin Mikulski been a backbone of our education pol- Bayh Feingold Murray to pass that legislation and insist that Biden Feinstein Nelson (FL) it becomes law. icy and are essential to providing these Bingaman Harkin Obama There is so much more that Paul students an opportunity. Boxer Inouye Pryor Wellstone achieved, such as protecting We initially passed in the budget a Byrd Jeffords Reed $5.4 billion increase in funding for high- Cantwell Johnson Reid women and children from domestic Carper Kennedy Rockefeller abuse, on which he and his wife Sheila er education. All of that was elimi- Chafee Kerry Salazar worked closely together, and which he nated. We have an opportunity this Clinton Kohl Sarbanes afternoon to make a small difference Coleman Landrieu Schumer wanted to achieve before his life was Collins Lautenberg Snowe tragically ended. for those who receive Pell grants. Dayton Leahy Stabenow His uniqueness recalls the words of This amendment is about education. DeWine Levin Talent Ernest Hemingway: Education is about opportunity. This Dodd Lieberman Wyden Few men are willing to brave the dis- amendment is about competitiveness NAYS—51 approval of their fellows, the censure of their because in today’s global economy we Alexander Dole McCain colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral need well-educated individuals. Allard Domenici McConnell courage is a rarer quality than bravery in This amendment is about national Allen Ensign Murkowski battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one security because education is the key Bennett Enzi Nelson (NE) essential, vital quality of those who would to having a strong national security. Bond Frist Roberts seek to change a world which yields most Brownback Graham Santorum Finally, it is about fairness. Ameri- Bunning Grassley Sessions painfully to change. cans understand fairness. They believe Burns Gregg Shelby Paul Wellstone dedicated his life to in education. Burr Hagel Smith change the world for the betterment of Chambliss Hatch Specter I hope this amendment will succeed. Coburn Hutchison Stevens people. That is why he and Sheila The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cochran Inhofe Sununu meant so much to so many people in VOINOVICH). The Senator from Pennsyl- Conrad Isakson Thomas Minnesota and across the country. vania. Cornyn Kyl Thune All of us—their family, friends, and Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I agree Craig Lott Vitter Crapo Lugar Voinovich admirers—still feel their loss. They and with everything Senator KENNEDY has DeMint Martinez Warner Marcia, Mary, Tom, and Will all had so said about the importance of increas- NOT VOTING—1 much life left to live. We will cherish ing Pell grants. But the difficulty is, in them forever. adding this appropriated fund, in his ef- Corzine I close with a brief passage from Paul fort to add additional money, there is The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Wellstone’s political autobiography, no offset. We have a budget of $145 bil- vote, the yeas are 48, the nays are 51. ‘‘The Conscience of a Liberal.’’ lion. We have made the allocations as Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- When I am in coffeeshops with people, no best we can. sen and sworn not having voted in the one asks, Are you left, right or center? No Since I took over the chairmanship affirmative, the motion is rejected. one cares. What people want is that your pol- of the Appropriations subcommittee, in The point of order is sustained and the itics be about them. 1995 we have increased the Pell grants amendment falls. Tip O’Neill once declared, ‘‘All politics is on an annual basis from $2,340 to $4,050. Mr. SPECTER. I move to reconsider local.’’ But I would go further. All politics is the vote and I move to lay that motion personal. These are people who more than I would like to increase them more, but anything else yearn for a politics they can there simply is not enough money to on the table. believe in. They want politicians whom they do so. If the Senator from Massachu- The motion to lay on the table was can trust and who are at least most of the setts has a suggestion as to some other agreed to. time on their side. priority which is of lesser importance, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- With Paul Wellstone, people had the I would be glad to listen. This is a care- ator from Pennsylvania. very best on their side all of the time. fully crafted bill. Much as I would like Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I He will always be missed. May his to increase the Pell grants, there sim- thank my colleagues for their prompt life—all of their lives—be an example ply are not the funds to do so. arrival in the Chamber to vote. We had 1 and inspiration to us all. I am constrained to ask my col- an 18 ⁄2-minute vote. I don’t think we I yield the floor. leagues to support the point of order. have had too many under 20 minutes, recently, at least, so we are moving f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been ordered. right along. I thank my colleagues. RECESS Mr. KENNEDY. What is the issue be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hour fore the Senate? ator from Hawaii. of 12:30 having arrived, the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mo- AMENDMENT NO. 2222 stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. tion is to waive the Congressional Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I send an Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:32 p.m., Budget Act in relation to the Kennedy amendment to the desk and ask for its recessed until the hour of 2:16 p.m., and amendment. immediate consideration.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11794 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sight of these two Senators was con- The clerk will report. objection, the pending amendment is firmed by the essential role the new fa- The assistant legislative clerk read set aside. The clerk will report the cilities played in responding to the an- as follows: amendment. thrax attack in 2001, the Marburg virus The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. REED, The assistant legislative clerk read outbreaks, and the potential for an infor himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. as follows: fluenza pandemic. SNOWE, Mr. KERRY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. HAR- The Senator from Hawaii [Mr. INOUYE], for The latest additions to the CDC cam- KIN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. DORGAN, himself, and Mr. COCHRAN, proposes an pus are now complete and include two Mr. OBAMA, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. amendment numbered 2222. new buildings dedicated to responding STABENOW, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. to public health emergencies and dis- LINCOLN, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. REID, Mr. BAYH, Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. LAUTEN- seminating information to health pro- unanimous consent that reading of the BERG, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. amendment be dispensed with. fessionals. The CDC Headquarters and SALAZAR, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Emergency Operations Center will be LUGAR, Mr. SMITH, Mr. KOHL, Mr. DODD, and objection, it is so ordered. the new home to the Office of the Di- Mr. DEWINE, proposes an amendment num- The amendment is as follows: rector, Coordinating Officer of Ter- bered 2194. (Purpose: To rename certain buildings of the rorism Preparedness and Emergency Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- centers within the Centers for Disease Con- Response, Office of Security and Emer- imous consent that reading of the trol and Prevention) gency Preparedness, and the Emer- amendment be dispensed with. At the appropriate place in title II, insert gency Operations Center. It will pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the following: vide permanent, secure, and consoli- objection, it is so ordered. SEC. ll. (a) The Headquarters and Emer- dated command and control areas for The amendment is as follows: gency Operations Center Building (Building CDC’s response to natural disasters, (Purpose: To provide for appropriations for 21) at the Centers for Disease Control and acts of terrorism, and outbreak re- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro- Prevention is hereby renamed as the Arlen sponses. It allows for CDC’s executive gram) Specter Headquarters and Emergency Oper- leadership and other critical head- ations Center. In title II, in the matter under the heading (b) The Global Communications Center quarters functions to relocate to one ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’, in Building (Building 19) at the Centers for Dis- building to allow for increased coordi- the matter under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRA- ease Control and Prevention is hereby re- nation and communication. TION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES’’, after the named as the Thomas R. Harkin Global Com- The Global Communications Center first sentence insert the following: munications Center. will support outreach and worldwide In addition to amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence, for making pay- Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, today I collaborative efforts. The center is a multifunctional, comprehensive sci- ments under title XXVI of the Omnibus rise to pay tribute to two of our most Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. distinguished colleagues, Senator entific learning facility encompassing 8621 et seq.), $2,920,000,000, which amount is ARLEN SPECTER and Senator TOM HAR- functions key to CDC’s mission and designated as an emergency requirement KIN. I wish to recognize both for their goals for public health, such as out- pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 many outstanding contributions to our reach, research, and programmatic (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution country’s disease and injury prevention foundations. The Global Communica- on the budget for fiscal year 2006. and emergency preparedness through tions Center not only provides a phys- Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- their work with the Centers for Disease ical place to bring the public health imous consent to add Senators DODD Control and Prevention. community together for training, in- and DEWINE as cosponsors. Since 1995, when Senator SPECTER formation exchange, and collaboration, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and Senator HARKIN became chair and but it is also the technological link for objection, it is so ordered. ranking member of the Labor, Health CDC employees around the globe, from Mr. REED. Mr. President, last week and Human Services, and Education Alaska to Zimbabwe. Senator COLLINS and I came to the Appropriations Subcommittee, funding It is fitting that these flagship build- floor to offer an amendment on the for the CDC has tripled, from a little ings be named for the two Senators Transportation-Treasury appropria- over $2 billion to more than $6 billion. who have led the Senate in providing tions bill to increase funding for the This funding has been used by CDC to funding for public health and research. Low-Income Home Energy Assistance achieve its mission of promoting I am pleased to offer this amendment, Program, more commonly known as health and quality of life by preventing cosponsored by my dear friend from LIHEAP. We would have increased the and controlling disease, injury, and dis- Mississippi, Senator COCHRAN, to des- appropriations to the authorized ability. ignate the two new CDC buildings as amount of $5.1 billion. With Senator the ARLEN SPECTER Headquarters and In 1999, Senators SPECTER and HAR- COLLINS’ support, and with the help of Emergency Operations Center and the KIN visited the CDC main campus in 53 other Senators, we came forward to Atlanta, GA. They were surprised to THOMAS R. HARKIN Global Communica- make a statement that in this cold tions Center. find world-class scientists and health winter that is approaching, with soar- Mr. President, the amendment has care professionals working in sub- ing energy prices, Americans needed been cleared by both sides. standard, 50-year-old buildings. They The PRESIDING OFFICER. The help and we could do better. Fifty- recognized that beyond the aesthetics, question is on agreeing to the amend- three Senators, Democrats and Repub- the facilities were hindering the ability ment. licans, northerners and southerners, of the scientists to respond to disease The amendment (No. 2222) was agreed east coasters and west coasters sup- outbreaks with the full force of modern to. ported our amendment when it came to technology. Mr. INOUYE. I move to reconsider a vote. But it failed to pass because of They set out to rebuild the infra- the vote and I move to lay that motion a procedural need to acquire 60 votes. structure of the CDC to ensure that it on the table. We, joined by 30 of our colleagues, are was capable of meeting its mission. In The motion to lay on the table was here again today to offer our amend- 1999, the budget for CDC buildings and agreed to. ment to the Labor-HHS appropriations facilities was $17 million, barely The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- bill. enough to make critical repairs, such ator from Rhode Island. Our amendment provides $2.92 billion as patching leaky roofs. However, since AMENDMENT NO. 2194 in emergency spending for the LIHEAP 2000, under the leadership of Senators Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- program. This amount, coupled with SPECTER and HARKIN, over $1.3 billion imous consent that the pending amend- the $2.18 billion in the Labor-HHS ap- has been invested in the infrastructure ment be laid aside, and I further ask propriations bill, will fully fund of the CDC. unanimous consent to call up amend- LIHEAP at the authorized level of $5.1 These funds have been used to build ment No. 2194 that is pending at the billion, a level authorized by this Con- laboratories capable of handling the desk. gress and signed into law by the Presi- most dangerous pathogens, such as The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without dent just 3 months ago. At this level, ebola, anthrax, and smallpox. The fore- objection, it is so ordered. LIHEAP will cover the full increase in

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11795 recipients’ heating costs so they would Katrina and Rita sent prices soaring.) Ear- matter of common decency. Is our not be forced to pay more out of their lier this month, and again on Thursday, memory so short that we have forgot- very limited budgets for this winter’s measures in the Senate to provide the extra ten the pledge we made to low-income funds were defeated, largely by a bloc of Re- heating season. It is imperative that publican lawmakers, though with each vote, families after Hurricane Katrina to ad- this appropriations bill provide addi- a handful of Republicans voted in favor and dress the economic disparity in our Na- tional resources to the LIHEAP pro- a few Democrats voted against. tion that literally leaves many out in gram so families are safe and warm At the same time, Republican majorities in the cold or in the dark? this winter. Congress are unrelenting in their drive to Rising energy prices could finan- As we speak, there is a storm raging pass $70 billion in new tax cuts this fall, cially wipe out working-class families in the Northeast in New England. We most of them for wealthy investors, and $35 and seniors this winter. Energy costs billion in spending cuts, most in programs expect in some parts of the region to that benefit the poor. for the average family using heating have snow this evening. Winter is com- With Congress’s priorities so obviously oil are estimated to hit $1,600 this win- ing. It is coming with a particular fe- skewed, the best chance for adequate heating ter, an increase of $380 over last win- rocity at this moment. But something subsidies this winter lies with President ter’s heating season. For families using else is already happening: Rising en- Bush. Advocates for the poor are hoping that natural gas, prices could hit about ergy prices, extraordinary increases in Mr. Bush will ask for the additional money $1,400, an increase of $500. For families in a future hurricane-related emergency using propane, prices are projected to energy prices, much of it as a result of spending request to Congress. But so far, Mr. Hurricane Katrina that struck the gulf Bush has not said whether he will ask for hit $1,400, an increase of about $325. For coast area. As I have said before, the more heating aid, and, if so, when or how families living in poverty, energy bills first surge was high water that over- much. are now over 20 percent of their income whelmed low-income people in New Or- This sad lack of urgency is seen elsewhere compared to 5 percent of the income of leans and Mississippi and Alabama and in the administration as well. Asked at a other households, more affluent house- other cities along the gulf coast. The news conference earlier this month whether holds. the administration would support bolstered In America, no one should be forced second surge is high energy prices subsidies for low-income families and the el- which are about to overwhelm many derly, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman to choose between heating or eating. individuals in the Northeast and the suggested that everyone just wait and see. ‘‘I No senior citizen should be forced to Midwest and throughout this country can’t respond to that,’’ he said, ‘‘other than choose between buying necessary phar- where the temperatures begin to fall as by saying we’re going to do our very best, maceuticals and keeping the heat up. they do this time of year. We have to first, to see what we can accomplish by the But unfortunately, low-income work- reduction in demand for energy.’’ ing Americans are facing these deci- do more to protect these people be- That’s unacceptable. Heating subsidies are cause we know it is coming. not a conservation issue. Vulnerable people sions each day, and they will become One of the lessons from Katrina is need to keep the heat on to keep from get- more dire and more consequential as that we understand that there are peo- ting sick, or worse. Such subsidies help ev- the winter approaches. ple who are vulnerable, and they have eryone by maintaining public health and The heat-or-eat dilemma is a real one to be protected before the storm hits, safety, ensuring that others don’t become ill for poor families. A study by the RAND not afterwards. This is an opportunity and spread illness, or resort to hazardous Corporation found that low-income to do that for people throughout this means of heating that can cause fires. Heat- households reduce food expenditures by ing aid for the needy is also a matter of com- roughly the same amount as their in- country who are vulnerable this winter mon decency, which ordinary Americans are to rising energy prices and falling tem- entirely capable of, though not, so far, their crease in heating expenditures. That is peratures. elected leaders. an awful tradeoff, one that I don’t I particularly thank Senators SPEC- Mr. REED. The editorial says that think any American would like to see TER and HARKIN for their strong sup- our congressional priorities are take place. The Social Security Administration port of the LIHEAP program. I realize skewed, and I agree. As the editorial recently announced its cost-of-living the difficult choices they faced this points out, Members of Congress are year in determining spending limits for continuing an unrelenting drive to pass adjustment for 2006 for seniors. The the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. I $70 billion in new cuts this fall in COLA is about a $65-per-month in- appreciate their support for this taxes, most of them for wealthy inves- crease for the average retired couple. amendment to add emergency spending tors, and to cut $35 billion in spending, But with this winter’s energy prices, for LIHEAP. mostly in programs that benefit the that increase will be wiped out in an On Saturday, the New York Times poor. The vulnerable people need to instant. So we have to do better. Even printed an editorial titled ‘‘Washing- keep the heat on to keep from getting at a funding level of $5.1 billion, ton’s Cold Shoulder.’’ I ask unanimous sick, becoming homeless, or worse. LIHEAP would still only serve about consent that a copy of the editorial be Because of our budget rules, we are one-seventh of the 35 million house- printed in the RECORD. prevented from getting a straight up- holds that are poor enough to qualify There being no objection, the mate- or-down majority vote on our amend- for assistance. So we are just talking rial was ordered to be printed in the ment to provide assistance to seniors, about serving the very neediest in our RECORD, as follows: low-income working families, and dis- community. This is a program that, [From the New York Times, Oct. 22, 2005] abled individuals. This amendment will frankly, could use many more dollars WASHINGTON’S COLD SHOULDER ensure that they will be protected from to serve every qualified individual. We The weather is turning cold, and home the ravages of the cold this winter: aid are just reaching the neediest among heating fuel is increasingly unaffordable. that will ensure children will not be- us. If we don’t pass this appropriations, The Energy Department recently reported come ill or malnourished, aid that will we won’t even reach those individuals. that households should expect to pay 48 per- ensure families do not resort to haz- I urge all my colleagues to join us to cent more this year for natural gas, on aver- ardous means of heating that can cause secure $2.9 billion in additional age, and nearly a third more for oil and pro- fires. Unfortunately and regrettably, LIHEAP funding and pass this amend- pane—assuming a ‘‘normal’’ winter and no ment. I urge an up-or-down vote on the further supply disruptions like Katrina. every heating season there is a terrible In and of themselves, those increases will incident where some poor person de- amendment. As a nation, we must step be too much for an estimated seven million cides their stove can provide them back and evaluate our priorities. Amer- low-income Americans, including old people, some heat, and they leave it on, caus- ican families are facing an energy disabled people and families with children. ing a fire with tragic consequences. I emergency. If we can find money for On top of gasoline prices that are already hope that will not be the case this tax cuts, then we can find funds for high and wages that are stagnating, the ris- year. If we don’t provide support for LIHEAP. Now is not the time to sac- ing cost of heating fuel is bound to be dev- these families, they have very little rifice the health and safety of Amer- astating. ican families. We must prioritize, and Yet Congress is balking at approving an choice in many cases, other than to im- additional $3 billion in federal heating sub- provised heat, and that often leads to the priorities start with providing af- sidies that would help meet the coming need. tragedy. fordable energy to low-income and (Lawmakers allocated $2 billion to the sub- As the New York Times editorial middle-class Americans as they strug- sidy program last summer, before Hurricanes states: Heating aid for the needy is a gle with extraordinary increases in

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That price, the $2.50 price, is some 60 growing elderly population, and ever- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I am cents above last year’s already high increasing home heating costs, will pleased to join with my colleague and prices. These high prices greatly in- make this program crucial. The friend from Rhode Island, Senator crease the need for assistance and at LIHEAP program fills the gap for the REED, in offering an amendment that least 3,000 additional Mainers are ex- poorest and most vulnerable of our would increase funding for the Low-In- pected to apply for LIHEAP assistance citizens, allowing them the sanctuary come Home Energy Assistance Pro- this year. With more people in need of of a warm home, something to which gram, commonly known as LIHEAP, by help, the benefit is expected to fall by each and every American is entitled. $2.9 billion. I want to begin my re- roughly 10 percent, to about $440 per More than 130,000 households benefit marks by thanking the manager of this qualifying household. from this program in my State. House- bill, Senator SPECTER, for his strong Unfortunately, at today’s high holds, including many in West Vir- commitment to the LIHEAP program. prices, $440 is only enough to purchase ginia, that heat with natural gas are Despite difficult budgetary constraints, approximately 173 gallons of oil. That expected to pay an average of $350, or the chairman has found an additional is far below last year’s equivalent ben- 48 percent, more for home heating this $200 million in LIHEAP funding above efit of 251 gallons and not nearly winter than last. This increase will the administration’s request, bringing enough, not even close, to what will be leave many West Virginians even more the total to approximately $2.2 billion. needed by these families to get through vulnerable and forced to make tough I do recognize and very much appre- Maine’s winter. choices. Therefore, I support this amendment, ciate that effort. With rising prices and falling bene- as I have when it has been previously Unfortunately, even with this addi- fits, we have a real problem. To pur- offered on other fiscal year 2006 Appro- tional funding, we are still far short of chase the same amount of oil as last priations bills. I cannot stand by and the amount of funding that is needed year, Maine would need an additional for this vital program. Just a few let the throes of winter leave the most $10.8 million in LIHEAP funding. With vulnerable in my State out in the cold, months ago, President Bush signed winter fast approaching and energy and I urge my colleagues to support it. into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005. prices soaring, home heating bills are IRAQ This law, which passed the Senate with set to pound family budgets merci- an overwhelming vote, authorizes $5.1 Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, press re- lessly. For low-income families, ports today indicate that the number billion for the LIHEAP program for fis- LIHEAP funds can be a factor that pre- of American troops killed in Iraq has cal year 2006. The Reed-Collins amend- vents them from having to choose be- now reached 2,000—2,000. This is an- ment would increase LIHEAP funding tween turning down the heat to the other tragic milestone in this costly to the fully authorized level. point where they are at risk for hypo- and unnecessary war in which too Our Nation has now been struck by thermia or putting food on the table, much blood—too much blood, too much three extremely powerful hurricanes in paying their bills or buying prescrip- blood—has already been spilled. And I as many months. While these hurri- tion drugs. offer my deepest sympathies to the canes have been devastating to the peo- Surely we can do better to help those brave men and women who have given ple of Florida and the gulf coast, they who otherwise will truly suffer during their lives—that is everything. They have also had a major impact on the the winter months. have given their lives. They have given rest of the Nation. Just as the Nation I call upon all of our colleagues to their all, everything, their lives—most should be building oil supplies for the join us in this amendment or surely it of these young lives in their 20s or winter heating season, these hurri- will be too late to help those who are thereabouts—given their lives in self- canes have disrupted our already going to be in dire straits this winter. less dedication to service—2,000—2,000 strained supplies and sent the cost of Let us act now to provide the funding men and women given their lives in both home heating oil and gasoline, as that is so sorely needed. dedication to our Nation. See the well as natural gas, to painfully high I thank the Chair. empty chairs. Two thousand, 2,000 levels. Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have empty chairs at the table, 2,000. How While high energy prices pose a chal- been around the Senate for a long time, many hearts have been broken? How lenge for almost all Americans, they and I have been serving West Virginia many tears have been spilled? I offer to impose an especially difficult burden for a long time. I have seen many sea- these families my prayers that God, al- on low-income families and our elderly sons in my time in this Senate, and I mighty God, may comfort them in citizens who are living on limited in- know that with each season comes its their grief over the loss of their becomes. Low-income families spend a challenges. There is strength and beau- loved husbands, wives, sons or daugh- greater percentage of their incomes on ty in West Virginia winters, but the ters, brothers or sisters. heating their homes, and they have impacts of recent hurricanes and other As we mourn the losses that have al- fewer options available as energy energy challenges will test our ability ready occurred in the war in Iraq, prices soar. High energy prices can to meet our needs this coming season. Americans should be mindful that all even cause families to choose between These colder temperatures mean that indications are that there will be many keeping the heat on, putting food on West Virginians and Americans in more losses to come—many more losses their table, or buying much-needed pre- many regions of this country will be to come, yes, in the most dangerous, scription drugs. In our country, the struggling to heat their homes. I know, the most dangerous country in the most prosperous country on Earth, as winter approaches, many West Vir- world, the most violent country in the surely no family should have to make ginians will be faced with tough world. How would you like your sons or such terrible choices. choices about whether to use their pay- grandsons or granddaughters to go? I believe our amendment reflects a checks to heat their homes, to fill their And for what? For what? They did not realistic appraisal of the need for more cars with gasoline, or to buy winter ask to be sent to war. They were assistance in this program. Let me clothes for their children. I sympathize young. They had life ahead of them. briefly describe the situation that we with those who have to make these Oh, the lofty horizons they had, the are facing in my State of Maine, a tough choices, and these hard-working great dreams they had—the dreams, State where snow is predicted for later Americans deserve some measure of re- the dreams, yes, the dreams, of these today. While the official start of winter lief. young men and women—2,000—2,000— is still 2 months away, temperatures I strongly support the Reed/Collins 2,000. They did not ask to be sent to have already fallen below freezing in amendment. We need to fully fund the war, I say.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11797 But each day they carry out their egated itself then, now, and forever Senator from Rhode Island and others duty. Think of those who are in Iraq. more, until that law is changed, ren- said: Wait a minute, let’s talk about it; No, they must not stand still in one dered itself speechless. We wash our let’s wait until after the election; we place, no. Keep on the move. Look all hands, Congress washed its hands. Con- don’t have to do it now; let’s wait, around you. How much they sleep at gress washed its hands and walked wait, wait; let’s talk about it. No, we night and how much their mothers and away from that field, with its broken were told, get it behind us, get it be- fathers lie on their pillows to cry out sword in the sand, transferring to the hind us. I said you will never get it be- to God to save their sons and daugh- President the power to declare war hind us. This man down at the White ters, to send them home safely. What a against Iraq. And for what? For what? House is not going to let it get behind terrible thing. Why did we go there? Well, there are us. He has you right where he wants It is only reasonable that the Amer- all kinds of reasons now they bring but you. ican people and their elected represent- then it was because there were to be Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, will atives, like you—like you, yes, and like found weapons of mass destruction. the Senator yield on that point? me—ask more questions, questions, Mr. Rumsfeld said: Oh, we know Mr. BYRD. Yes, I will be glad to yield more questions, yes. Why? Oh, why? where they are; they are in the north, for a question. Why? Why? How much longer, how long they are in the south, the east and Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I do we have to suffer? How long do our west. We know where they are. thank the Senator for addressing the young people have to look forward to Well, where are they, Mr. Secretary? Senate on this very grim day that this dreadful trap? Where are they? Where are they? Two marks the loss of the 2,000th young I was alarmed last week when Sec- thousand men and women, one for American in Iraq. I welcome my mem- retary of State Condoleezza Rice was every year that has passed since Jesus ory being refreshed by the Senator’s asked at a hearing of the Senate For- Christ was born—2,000, 2,000. And for very eloquent statements about what eign Relations Committee about the what? took place at that time and subse- President’s ability to initiate another But that resolution was limited to quently about his policy differences, war. Specifically, Secretary Rice was Iraq alone. It had no mention of Iran, which I share so deeply. asked whether the President must seek no mention of Syria. That resolution While the Senator said we should cannot possibly authorize a new war a new congressional authorization if he wait, does the Senator not think it against Syria or Iran. Our troops are so were to attack Syria or Iran. Secretary might have been appropriate that we deeply mired in this sectarian conflict Rice responded: give the inspectors adequate time to in Iraq, what point could there possibly complete their inspection prior to the I don’t want to try and circumscribe Presi- be in contemplating an attack on Syria dential war powers. time we were going to have the troops or Iran? Why did Secretary Rice dis- begin the invasion? How about that. miss the notion that the President I don’t want to try and circumscribe Presi- As members of the Armed Services must first come to Congress if he wish- Committee, we were told that we were dential war powers. And I think you’ll under- es to broaden this war to new coun- stand fully that the President retains those transferring the information Don powers in the war on terrorism and in the tries—unless our country is under the Rumsfeld had to the inspectors. Under direct threat of an imminent attack. war on Iraq. the excellent questioning of the Sen- Then a President has the inherent con- I am astounded, I am flabbergasted, I ator from Michigan, Mr. LEVIN, Sec- stitutional power to move to war. am astonished by that response. The retary Rumsfeld was asked about the The American people seek an end, Secretary of State seems to indicate they seek an end, they want an end to information that would be transferred that she believes this President or any this ongoing bloody war in Iraq, not to the inspectors, and he gave the as- other President has the power to rede- new conflicts in neighboring countries. surance to the Armed Services Com- fine the war in Iraq and the war on ter- For the sake of the Constitution— mittee that this was a continuing, on- rorism—and that power that appears in here it is in my hand—for the sake of going process in which we were in- the Constitution of the United States: the Constitution, for the sake of the volved. Then we found out subse- Congress shall have power to declare American people—there they are. I see quently that there was no transfer of war—has the power to redefine the war them out there through those elec- information. There was no transfer of in Iraq and the war on terrorism to in- tronic lenses. Yes, there they are, out information because, as the Senator clude a possible attack on Syria or into the mountains, the Appalachians, has pointed out, those weapons had not Iran. then the Midwest, then the Rockies, been there. But that information was Think of it. Mr. President, Congress then the west coast. They are all over never shared with the Members of this made a grave mistake, Congress made there, the American people—and for body. There was never an effort to try a grave mistake—what a blot on the es- the brave members of the U.S. Armed to see whether the international in- cutcheon of the Senate—when it voted Forces, the President should publicly spectors could find what the Secretary to pass the resolution which trans- acknowledge that there will be no ex- of Defense swore to, effectively, about ferred to the President the power to de- pansion of the war in Iraq, none, no ex- the weapons of mass destruction—and clare war against Iraq. What a shame. pansion, without the authorization of the Senator used the words north, What a shame. What a mistake. Oh, Congress. That is us. That is us, Mem- south, east, and west, which are very my, what a mistake. What a mistake. bers of the House and Senate. Not one much the words the Secretary of De- What a shame. And this Senate for the man, not one body. Two bodies, the fense used. He assured the American most part stood mute—mute, mute, si- House and the Senate, the Congress of people he knew where they were. lent, speechless. the United States. Mr. BYRD. Yes. Congress made a grave mistake on There must be no more mission Mr. KENNEDY. We understood they October 11, 2002, in passing the resolu- creep. There must be no more billions were going to notify the inspectors and tion that transferred to the President, committed. There must be no more give assurances to the American peo- any President, the power—how about lives lost without authorization by the ple. Doesn’t the Senator believe it that, the power—that is not what this people’s representatives in Congress, would have been appropriate at least if Constitution says. This Constitution, including an open debate and an up-or- we had waited until that kind of proc- which I hold in my hand, says that down vote. That is what I pleaded for. ess continued and we find out whether Congress—that is us, the people’s rep- That is what some of us pleaded for. weapons of mass destruction were resentatives, here and across on the That is what some of us pleaded for— there or were not there? That is part of other side of the Capitol—Congress debate, time, talk, wait, wait until the waiting, is it not? shall have power to declare war. But after the election; let’s hear what the Mr. BYRD. Absolutely, positively. what did Congress do? Congress shifted people have to say and then come back Mr. KENNEDY. I thank the Senator that power to declare war, tucked its and talk about it. No, it had to be done for reminding us about that period in tail between its legs, so to speak, and in a hurry; we have to get it behind us. history. I gather from what the Sen- walked off the field, threw its sword in The Senator from Massachusetts and ator is saying, with all the mistakes the sand and walked off the field, rel- the Senator from New Jersey and the and blunders that have been made—

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 Mr. BYRD. Yes. ment No. 2194. I am told I do not need Winter is rapidly closing in on States Mr. KENNEDY. —what the Senator is consent. across America. Yet even after Hurri- asking for is out of respect for the ex- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cane Katrina shocked the Nation about traordinary heroism of our current amendment is so modified. the desperate plight of the poor, the men and women in the service, that The amendment, with its modifica- administration and the Republican they deserve something better than the tion, is as follows: Congress continue to ignore our need- cliches and slogans for policy. On page 158, after line 12, insert: iest citizens. Mr. BYRD. Yes. In addition to amounts appropriated under According to the Energy Information Mr. KENNEDY. And that they need the preceding sentence, for making pay- Administration, home heating bills to have a real policy that is going to ments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. will soar this winter. Households heat- reflect how we can bring those brave 8621 et seq.), $2,920,000,000, which amount is ing primarily with natural gas will pay American service men and women designated as an emergency requirement an average of $350 more this winter for home with honor. pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 heat—an increase of an incredible 48 Mr. BYRD. Yes. (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution percent over last year. Those relying Mr. KENNEDY. And do it in a way of on the budget for fiscal year 2006. primarily on oil for heat will pay $378 which we can all be proud. Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- more—an increase of 32 percent. Mr. BYRD. Yes, yes. I thank the dis- imous consent to add Senator BYRD to The people most in need of help on tinguished Senator for his very appro- amendment No. 2194. this issue are the 37 million Americans priate observations. The U.N. inspec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without living in poverty today—including 13 tors were doing their job. They were objection, it is so ordered. million children. According to a recent finding certain weapons, and they were The Senator from Pennsylvania. report by Economic Opportunity Stud- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I be- disposing of them. With some more ies, families in poverty will owe an av- lieve the amendment which has been time—I believe it was the top inspec- erage of 25 percent of their entire in- offered by the Senator from Rhode Is- tor, his name was Blix—he said: We can come for their energy bills this winter. do this job; it may take some months. land and the Senator from Maine is one The Federal poverty guideline is of necessity. It is regrettable that fuel We could have done that and saved $16,090 for a family of three. That costs have grown so high, occasioned 2,000 men and women. Oh, what a means that $4,022 will be spent on home by a great many factors, one of which shame. The inspectors were doing their energy bills, leaving only 12,000 or is what has happened with Hurricane job. $1,000 a month for expenses the entire Katrina and the elevation of oil, the Let me hurry on. Too many lives year. elevation of natural gas prices. have already been lost. A family whose rent is $800 a month Mr. KENNEDY. Will the Senator This issue of low-income home energy assistance, LIHEAP, has been a would have only $200 left. For a house- yield? I don’t want to interrupt his hold of three, that’s only $63 per person comments here, they are so important, difficult matter for this subcommittee for the 24 years I have been on the sub- per month for food, clothing, and but has the Senator, in his following of health care. this issue, been able to detect any plan, committee because it poses such a drastic alternative for so many people. Mr. President, 46 million Americans any strategy that has come from the lack health insurance in this country. administration from which he believes The comment ‘‘heat or eat’’ is a very accurate one. That really is the choice If such families have a health emer- the American people can gain great gency and no health insurance, their satisfaction that we are headed in the for so many, especially the elderly. I have supported funding for LIHEAP in annual income could be further right direction? Does he know of any strapped. plan or program, any strategy that the past, and I believe it is accurately characterized as an emergency. What if the family owns a car so they would result in the opportunity to I say that recognizing the very can get to and from work? More money bring those service men and women heavy, burdensome obligations the will be needed to pay the high cost of home with honor? Federal Government has and that gasoline and to make monthly car and Mr. BYRD. There has been none. spending is a very major issue. But insurance payments. There is none. There has been none. I when it comes down to the exigencies Since many families live below the see only a huge black hole. No plan. No of this moment where we have appro- Federal poverty line, they will have plan. No plan. No vision. We are there priated so much money to help the vic- even less money left for other needs with no vision, and people perish and tims of Hurricane Katrina, we are talk- after they pay to heat their homes. they perish. ing about brothers and sisters of those A recent study by researchers from Too many lives have already been victims of people who live in Rhode Is- Stanford University, the University of lost in pursuit of this nefarious doc- land or New Hampshire or Maine or Chicago, the RAND Corporation, and trine of preemption, unconstitutional Pennsylvania or so many States in the UCLA found that when poor families’ on its face—on its face. How can there Union. So I will be supporting the heating bills go up during cold winter be a congressional debate if one man amendment Senator REED and Senator months, they reduce their spending on may decide when to hit, where to hit? COLLINS have offered. food. I urge the administration to turn away I have been advised that there will be LIHEAP, the Low-Income Home En- from that dangerous doctrine of pre- an alternative amendment put forward ergy Assistance program, was created emptive war and adhere to the require- to have an across-the-board cut. I do two decades ago to prevent low-income ments of the Constitution of these not think that is the better answer to families from being forced to make United States, to which we all swear an the issue, but I wanted to put that on these impossible tradeoffs. Yet Federal oath to support and defend the Con- the record so that if we move ahead funding for LIHEAP has been stagnant stitution of the United States against with the yeas and nays, we will hold off for over a decade, even as the need for all enemies foreign and domestic. Lord, on the vote perhaps to vote on them assistance has risen sharply. As a re- Lord, help us. May God bless these men side by side, if there is not a second-de- sult, the purchasing power of LIHEAP and women who gave their lives, and gree amendment. We will see what we assistance, adjusted for inflation, is God bless their families who mourn sort out on procedure. now only a little over half of what it them every day, every night, and there I thought it important as manager on was in 1982. is no end in sight. May God help this this side that I make this statement Thirty-three million households are Nation. which I have. I yield the floor. eligible for LIHEAP assistance. These Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- households will spend nearly $55 billion The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ator from Massachusetts. in energy costs. Yet the LIHEAP pro- COLEMAN). The Senator from Rhode Is- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I gram is funded at only $2 billion. land. know we are going to pause at 3:40 p.m. According to the National Energy AMENDMENT NO. 2194, AS MODIFIED My friend and colleague from New Jer- Assistance Directors’ Association, Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- sey has an important statement, but he LIHEAP assistance reached 5 million imous consent to modify my amend- is letting me proceed. families this year—the highest level in

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There is one in the Longworth tis Hall Community Center in Boston, don’t intend to leave them shivering in House Office Building in front of the of- MA, with Mayor Menino. I heard first the cold again this winter. That is why fice of Representatives RAHM EMANUEL hand about the extreme need for home I strongly support the Reed-Collins and WALTER JONES. I encourage my energy assistance among senior citi- amendment to add $2.9 billion to the colleagues to visit these memorials and zens. LIHEAP program. We need to increase pay tribute to these troops. Last winter, Eileen Duggan, a widow LIHEAP funding now to avoid real As we reach this grim milestone from Jamaica Plain in Boston, kept harm to real people this winter, and I today, it is critical that we examine her oven on high and wore several lay- urge my colleagues to support this the situation we are facing in Iraq. The ers of clothing because her time-worn amendment. President made a speech today. We furnace was inadequate to provide I urge our colleagues to listen to our heard it on TV. He basically said let’s enough heat. She started buying less colleagues not only from New England, keep on doing what we are doing. We food so that she could use her small from the Northeast, but other parts of heard the usual rhetoric about spread- monthly budget to pay her heating bill. the country in urging favorable consid- ing freedom. Despite her best efforts, she still eration of this amendment. I join them I do not think we need any more slo- couldn’t pay that bill, and last April, in saying I have seen the faces of too gans. I remember the President’s slo- with the New England winter chill still many senior citizens, too many elderly gan on the aircraft carrier when he in the air, she asked the utility com- people who are on fixed incomes. I have said, ‘‘Mission accomplished.’’ Mission pany to stop sending her oil. ‘‘I told seen their fear about what is going to accomplished? The President declared the oil man: ‘Don’t give me anymore. I happen in their homes and the hard, that major combat operations were can’t afford it,’ ’’ she said. difficult choices they are going to have over. This was in May 2003. Since then Other low-income families have also to make this winter unless we provide we have lost 1,855 of our people. been sharing their stories. One example this assistance. This assistance is des- As the debacle on the aircraft carrier involves a single mother who lives in perately needed for our region of the proved, slogans are only as good as the Haverhill, MA, with her 18-year-old son country. It is Katrina in a very real banners they are written on. But we who is handicapped, her 19-year-old way. Like Katrina, it is an emergency don’t need more slogans. We need a daughter, and her daughter’s child who in terms of heating homes. I hope we plan. We need a plan that will provide has a medical condition. Both mother can get favorable consideration of the relief to our troops so they are not and daughter work as school bus mon- amendment. shouldering all of the burdens in Iraq. itors, and they have little or no income The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The President and his team ignored the over the summer. Their rent is $950 a ator from New Jersey. wise advice of the State Department month. Their last gas bill was $1,729. IRAQ and alienated our usual allies before Because they couldn’t pay the bill, Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, the war, and did it with incredible ar- their gas was shut off last winter. Even this is a grim moment for America: rogance and ineptitude. if they qualify for $600 in LIHEAP as- 2,000 of our young courageous people Last year, President Bush scolded my sistance, the gas company may still have perished in Iraq—2,000. From the colleague Senator KERRY, while debat- refuse to reconnect their service, un- years 1961 to 1965—those are the years ing this issue, alleging that Senator less the family comes up with another in Vietnam—we got over 2,000 death KERRY forgot—I put this in quotes— $400 to $800 towards their debt. notices sent to homes across the coun- ‘‘forgot Poland.’’ But even Poland is Millions of low-income Americans set try. There is a lot of pain across the pulling out of Iraq now. With the ex- their thermostats at just 60 degrees or country, yes, for those who lost loved ception of British troops in Basra, we even lower—if their heat is still on— ones, but across this Nation of ours are essentially going it alone across while Congress, the administration, people are wondering what is it, when the rest of Iraq. As our troops go it and the vast majority of us rest con- do we get to see our people coming alone, they have to live with President tent in warm homes. Yet the Bush ad- back home, because it certainly does Bush’s taunt to our enemies when he ministration and the Republican Con- not have the appearance of a matter re- said: ‘‘Bring ‘em on. Bring ‘em on.’’ gress do nothing year after year. solved. Mr. President, have they sufficiently Time and time again I have stood on I have often thought that some me- brought them on? That was said in the Senate floor urging Congress to morial should be present in this body July of 2003. open its eyes to the needs of the poor. as these casualty numbers are re- What the troops on the ground need It is shameful that after the Presi- ported. But as we were denied the op- is less talk and more of a plan that de- dent and the Republican Congress froze portunity to have some reminders of fines our specific goals. They want to LIHEAP funds through the continuing this catastrophe displayed in the Ro- know exactly how many Iraqi troops resolution, they continue to tune out tunda or a busier place, I decided to need to be trained before our soldiers the pleas of low-income families who put a memorial to those lost in Iraq at can begin to come home. We hear sto- need home heating assistance. the front door to my office. I have been ries about these trained battalions, Last week, the Republican leadership overwhelmed by the interest shown by trained units that are made up of Iraqi decided to use a procedural maneuver passers-by. soldiers. But when you get the other once again to block emergency funding We have their pictures up there and side, people who have knowledge from for LIHEAP. Almost every Democratic their names and the communities they the front, they tell us there are far Senator supported this additional re- come from. There are more numbers fewer Iraqis trained than are presented lief, but Republican Senators over- coming. We update the list regularly, to us from the administration. whelmingly opposed it, and it was de- the pictures regularly. Every casualty What we hear from President Bush feated. is a life cut short, families torn apart. over and over again is that we need to There is no excuse for the Republican Outside my office we have this memo- complete the mission. But we are not majority to look the other way—but rial to the fallen heroes. You look at told what the mission is. they do. They continue to ignore fami- those faces and see how young are the Today, I hope every American will lies who lie awake at night worrying people who died. pause and reflect on the price that has how to make ends meet. They refuse to When I started the Senate memorial been paid by our very brave service acknowledge the parents who worry, I hoped major combat would soon be people. Their courage is above ques- day after day, week after week, month over and our casualties would be mini- tion—but the administration’s policy after month, how to feed their children mal or eliminated, but major combat in Iraq is not. The American people

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It was very telling, early on in this their lives for the cause of freedom and They are the best of America, and we conflict, when the administration for the security of their fellow Ameri- are proud of each one. Although I dis- banned the photography of flag-draped cans. We owe them a deep debt of grati- agree with the President about Iraq, I coffins coming back to our shores from tude for their courage, for their valor, honor the service and sacrifice and Iraq. Imagine banning that demonstra- for their strength, for their commit- dedication of each of these brave men tion of honor and tribute—a flag- ment to our country. They heard the and women. draped coffin, based upon the fact that call of duty and they took the fight to Our Armed Forces are serving ably in it might disturb the privacy of the the enemy so that the enemy would Iraq under enormously difficult cir- family while they greet the coffin. not strike us here at home. These cumstances and the policy of our Gov- Families don’t come to Dover, DE, brave men and women join a pantheon ernment must be worthy of their sac- where the coffins are carried off the of heroes who have fought and died rifice. Unfortunately, it is not, and the airplanes. There is a mortuary where over the years for our country. American people know it. remains are often identified and mo- Because of their determination, Sad- Our soldiers in Iraq need more than ments of privacy provided for the fami- dam Hussein now faces a trial for his happy talk about progress from the President. They need more than a pub- lies. But they banned these tributes to life; because of their resolve, the Iraqi people are exercising their right to lic relations campaign. heroes who served our country. The ad- They need an effective plan to end ministration argued about the privacy self-rule. And today, because of their bravery, today Iraq has a new constitu- the violence, and stabilize Iraq, so they matter. It is a red herring. Of course can come home with dignity and honor. the funerals are private. But at issue tion, a historic milestone on the march toward freedom and the fight against Reality is hard medicine to swallow. was the return of these caskets to Facts are stubborn. As the Valerie Dover Air Force Base. terror. Our hearts do go out to all the fami- Plame case makes increasingly clear, Why do I talk about it? Because it is the administration stopped at nothing an attempt to hide the real pain and lies who have lost loved ones on the battlefield as well as the thousands of to cover up its misguided and dishonest sacrifice that is being made in this war decision to go to war, and our service- in Iraq. They do not want the Amer- men and women who have been injured. Their valor, their courage are a shining men and women, their families, and ican people to see flag-draped coffin friends are paying an unacceptable after flag-draped coffin because it re- example to all. We owe them our deepest respect. We offer our continued sup- price. They deserve better—much bet- minds us about what is taking place. ter from their President and so does Presidents Reagan and Clinton pub- port and our continued prayers. We pledge to stand firm in the war on ter- the Nation. licly met flag-draped coffins on the It was wrong for the President to ror. We will accomplish the mission to tarmac at Dover. But under this Presi- rush to war for such a deeply question- secure a free and prosperous Iraq and, dent we cannot even take pictures of able cause. President Bush once said in turn, secure the freedom and safety them. that the war in Iraq was a catastrophic of America. We should honor, not hide, flag- success. He’s half right in one sense. We will persevere and we will win— draped coffins. They are a symbol of The war has been a catastrophe—for for our heroes in uniform; for the the respect, honor, and dignity our fall- our soldiers and their families, for the en heroes deserve. Today we honor the United States of America. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The war on terrorism, and for America’s 2,000 heroes who sacrificed their lives Democratic leader. standing in the world. It has made the for our country. Mr. REID. Mr. President, this is a United States more hated in the world I urge the President to pay tribute to solemn occasion, to have the Senate than at any other time in our history. their memory by offering this country Beyond the cost in human lives and stand in silence in respect for the sac- a concise, realistic plan that will allow to our national security, there has rifices made by the fighting men and us finally to transfer power to Iraqis been an enormous financial cost. women of this country. Our thoughts and bring our troops home. American taxpayers are spending $195 go out, not only to the lives of these I yield the floor. million each day in Iraq. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest individuals but to their families. This For the cost of fighting the war in the absence of a quorum. is only a small token of what we can do Iraq for one day, we could make signifi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to recognize the sacrifices they have cant improvements in homeland secu- clerk will call the roll. made, leaving behind their sons and rity. The legislative clerk proceeded to daughters, the husbands and wives and We could provide 4 million American call the roll. friends. We all have been touched by households with emergency readiness Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask the deaths of these 2,000 in one way or kits. We could close the crisis commu- unanimous consent the order for the the other. nications technology gap for 41 small quorum call be rescinded. It is my prayer that the sacrifices cities, 36 mid-sized cities, or 6 large cit- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without made will prove to have been war- ies, so that Federal, State and local objection, it is so ordered. ranted. first responders can talk to one an- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I know I am grateful to my colleagues for other during an emergency. the chairman is eager to make further being here today on both sides of the We could purchase 780 fire trucks for progress on the underlying bill, and aisle, and I am grateful to Senator improving local emergency response therefore we will be brief. FRIST who has joined in this moment of capabilities, and we could employ 5,000 A number of Senators have come to silence. It is something that I will re- fire fighters, 4,000 police patrol officers, the floor over the course of today to member, and I hope we all do. or 7,000 paramedics and emergency express their thoughts or feelings or Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, as of medical technicians for one year each. emotions or sympathies for the fami- today, 2,000 American soldiers have For the cost of fighting the war in lies of the over 2,000 military dead in been killed in combat in Iraq. Iraq one day, we could double the Fed- Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since last January’s election in Iraq, eral budget for nuclear reactor safety At this point, I ask the Senate now we have lost 565 American soldiers; 74 and security inspections to ensure that proceed to a moment of silence in of those soldiers have been killed in these potential terrorist targets are honor of our fallen soldiers. October—an average of three a day. An adequately protected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- additional 15,220 have been wounded, We could pay for 1,100 additional bor- ate will now proceed to a moment of si- and more than 7,000 of whom were under patrol agents to better guard our lence in honor of our fallen soldiers. able to return to combat. borders against potential terrorists.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11801 We could provide 9,700 port container HEALTH CARE minds us, this administration took us inspection units to detect hazardous One day in Iraq could provide health insur- to war on false intelligence, materials being trafficked into the ance coverage to 344,500 working Americans misstatements, and exaggerations. country. to give them a break from the rising cost of This administration told the Amer- Obviously, the $195 million a day we coverage. ican people that we had no other op- spend in Iraq could be better spent on One day in Iraq could provide health insur- tion but to go to war because the re- the all-important areas of jobs, edu- ance coverage for one year to 380,900 uninsured children in America. gime of Saddam Hussein posed a threat cation, and health care, which the Sen- One day in Iraq could employ 3,597 addi- to the security of the United States. ate is debating today. Instead of spend- tional registered nurses for one year. However, no weapons of mass destruc- ing those funds in Iraq, we could spend One day in Iraq could immunize every per- tion have been found, and there was no them on better teachers, better finan- son over 65 in the U.S. against influenza 4.6 serious link between Iraq and al-Qaida. cial aid for college students, better times over. The administration also provided health care for families, and countless One day in Iraq could immunize every baby rosy scenarios and false expectations other priorities whose budgets are born in the U.S. last year against measles, about how the United States would be mumps, and rubella 14.2 times. being cut back because of Iraq. I ask greeted as liberators in Iraq and how unanimous consent that a document LABOR the war would be brief. In fact, Sec- I’ve prepared outlining the various One day in Iraq could provide unemploy- retary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ac- ways $195 million dollars a day could be ment benefits for almost 722,000 unemployed tually said in February 2003 that the Americans for one week. spent on pressing priorities at home be One day in Iraq could fund Social Security war ‘‘could last six days, six weeks. I printed in the RECORD. retirement benefits for one day for over 6.75 doubt six months.’’ Instead of covering up mistakes in million Americans. Yet here we are, 21⁄2 years later, la- Iraq, it is time for the President to One day in Iraq could provide comprehen- menting the death of the 2,000th soldier admit them, to adopt an effective sive safety and health training to 121,875 in Iraq. Of those 2,000 soldiers, 464 of strategy to end this war and begin to workers. these soldiers were either from Cali- bring our troops home, and to stop ig- One day in Iraq could pay for an increase fornia or based in California. noring the very real priorities facing of $3.34 per hour in the wages of every min- Even as attacks on American soldiers the Nation and the many many chal- imum wage worker in the country. One day in Iraq could provide paid sick continue, the administration refuses to lenges facing us at home and abroad. leave to half a million workers for an entire level with the American people. In May There being no objection, the mate- year. 2005, Vice President CHENEY proclaimed rial was ordered to be printed in the BASIC NEEDS that: ‘‘I think the level of activity that RECORD, as follows: One day in Iraq could buy 71.55 million gal- we see today in Iraq from a military THE REAL COST OF THE IRAQ WAR TO lons of unleaded regular gasoline. standpoint, I think will clearly decline. AMERICAN TAXPAYERS—$195 MILLION PER DAY One day in Iraq could pay for one year’s I think they’re in the last throes, if For the cost of fighting the war in Iraq for gasoline consumption for 97,500 Americans, you will, of the insurgency.’’ one day, we could . . . even at today’s elevated prices. Since that day—since Vice President HOMELAND SECURITY One day in Iraq could buy 63.1 million gal- CHENEY told us that violence was com- One day in Iraq could provide 3.97 million lons of fortified whole milk. ing to an end in Iraq—more than 300 households with an emergency readiness kit. One day in Iraq could buy 166.6 million car- Americans have lost their lives. And One day in Iraq could close the financing tons of large Grade A Eggs sold by the dozen. the violence continues to escalate. gap for interoperable communications in 41 INTERNATIONAL small cities, 36 mid-sized cities, or 6 large Today we do not just lament the One day in Iraq is equivalent to half of the cities so that Federal, State and local first strategic disaster in Iraq, the loss of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the coun- responders can talk to one another during an U.S. credibility around the world, and try of East Timor. emergency. One day in Iraq could feed all of the starv- the overwhelming costs to the Amer- One day in Iraq could purchase 780 fire ing children in the world today almost four ican taxpayer. Above all, we mourn the trucks for improving local emergency re- and a half times over. tragic deaths of 2,000 young Americans. sponse capabilities. One day in Iraq could employ 4,919 fire One day in Iraq could vaccinate three- These men and women voluntarily fighters, 4,222 police patrol officers, or 7,052 quarters of the children in Africa for measles put their lives on the line to defend us paramedics and emergency medical techni- and give millions a lifetime protection from when they put on the uniform of the cians for one year each. the disease. United States Armed Forces. They put One day in Iraq could double the Federal One day in Iraq could build 5,571 AIDS clin- their trust in the Government that we ics in Africa. budget for nuclear reactor safety and secu- would only send them to war if there rity inspections to ensure that these poten- One day in Iraq could provide 650,000 women in Africa living with HIV/AIDS was no other recourse. tial terrorist targets are adequately pro- In rushing to war, in twisting and re- tected. antiretroviral treatment for one year to ex- One day in Iraq could pay for 1,101 addi- tend their lives and improve the lives of vising the case for war, and in failing tional border patrol agents to better guard their children. to plan for the aftermath of the war, our borders against potential terrorists. One day in Iraq could provide one third of this administration broke the trust One day in Iraq could provide 9,750 port the aid needed for earthquake relief for the with these young men and women at a container inspection units to detect haz- four million people affected in South Asia. catastrophic cost. ardous materials being trafficked into the Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today is These 2,000 young men and women country. One day in Iraq could provide 1,332 explo- a very somber day. The U.S. military have sons and daughters, husbands and sive trace detection portals for airport death toll reached 2,000 in Iraq, a figure wives, mothers and fathers, friends and screening of passengers, as recommended by that I—and every American—hoped we extended family, all of whose lives the 9/11 Commission. would never reach. Our hearts go out to have been forever changed by the con- One day in Iraq could provide 6,290 local the families and friends of those who sequences of this reckless war. law enforcement agencies with a bomb-de- have lost loved ones. Today, let us remember these 2,000 tecting robot. I pray for these young Americans, One day in Iraq could provide 4,875 nar- brave Americans. Let us honor their cotics vapor and particle detectors. may they rest in peace; and I pray for lives and their memory by bringing their families, may they heal. EDUCATION this war to an end. One day in Iraq could cover the full cost of Let us honor their lives and their Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, we attendance for one year at a public college memory. have reached a milestone in Iraq. Two for more than 17,100 students. And let us honor the lives of those thousand U.S. servicemembers have One day in Iraq could provide more than who continue to serve by developing a been killed, including 42 Marylanders. 79,000 needy college students with a Pell credible plan for Iraq. It is time for We must not talk about this in terms grant. this administration to level with the of just numbers and statistics. Each in- One day in Iraq could enroll 27,000 more American people and provide a strat- children in Head Start. dividual has left behind a legacy, a One day in Iraq could employ 4,269 elemen- egy for success. unique life story. tary school teachers or 4,027 secondary As the current investigation into the Today, I want to pause to remember school teachers for one year. leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame re- five young men from Maryland who

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11802 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 died in Iraq in the last 10 days: Army He would have been an excellent teach- going, so they can start to pay their SGT Brian R. Conner, Army SPC Sam- er.’’ May God bless Bernie Ceo. own bills. uel M. Boswell, Army SPC Bernard L. Marine LCpl Norman W. Anderson, We need to see faster progress on all Ceo, Marine LCpl Norman W. Ander- III, from Parkton, MD, was 21 years these things. When these things hap- son, III, and Army SPC Kendell K. old. He served with the U.S. Marines’ pen, we can begin to withdraw our Frederick. Our condolences go out to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, troops in stages and bring them home. their families, as well as our gratitude 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Our military men and women have sac- and our appreciation for these brave Lejeune, NC. Lance Corporal Anderson rificed in Iraq. They honored our coun- young men. To honor those who have was killed by a suicide car bomb on Oc- try by volunteering to serve. We must died, we must remember the way they tober 19 in Karabilah, near the Syrian honor them with an effective plan to lived. Let me tell you about them: border. He was a 2002 graduate of Here- finish their work, and bring our troops SGT Brian R. Conner of Gwynn Oak, ford High School, where he was a run- home. MD was just 36 years old. He was a ning back on the football team. He Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask member of the Maryland National joined the Marines in December 2003, unanimous consent that Senator MI- Guard’s 243rd Engineer Company, in and had already served one tour in Af- KULSKI of Maryland be recognized for 10 Baltimore. Sergeant Conner was one of ghanistan. He is survived by his wife minutes to speak and that I be allowed three Army National Guardsmen killed Victoria Anderson, his parents, Robyn to follow her to speak for 10 minutes. October 14 in an accident northwest of and Norman, and his sister Brooke. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MAR- Baghdad. A tractor trailer struck their The last time he was home he told his TINEZ). Without objection, it is so or- humvee, setting it on fire and deto- mother that, if he was killed in Iraq, dered. nating ammunition aboard. Sergeant she should know that he died doing The Senator from Maryland. Conner was a lieutenant in Baltimore what he wanted to do. May God bless Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, today Fire Department, having joined in 1993. Norman Anderson. we reach a milestone in Iraq. He had served in the Maryland Na- Army SPC Kendell K. Frederick, Two thousand U.S. service members tional Guard since June 1989. Sergeant from Randallstown, MD, was 21 years were killed, including four Maryland- Conner leaves behind three daughters, old. He was an Army reservist, as- ers. ages 10, 15, and 21, and his beloved 3- signed to 983rd Engineer Battalion, in A few weeks from now we will be year-old grandson. He is survived by Monclova, OH, where he served as a celebrating Thanksgiving. For 2,000 his mother Hortense Connor, his broth- mechanic who worked on power genera- families, there will be forever and a er Paul Edwards, and sister Cherice tors. Specialist Frederick was killed day an empty chair. Conner Davis. He is also mourned by outside Tikrit when a roadside bomb The 2,000 members of our armed serv- his brothers and sisters in the Balti- detonated near the vehicle he was driv- ices who died, we cannot think about more Fire Department. One family ing. He was a 2004 graduate of them in numbers and statistics. We in friend said of Sergeant Conner: ‘‘Brian Randallstown High School. Specialist Maryland have lost 42 soldiers, and was not only a great man who accom- Frederick leaves behind his parents, most recently we have lost 5 in just plished many of his dreams—he was Michelle Murphy and Peter Ramsahai, this last week alone. Each individual someone loved and cared for. His values his stepfather Kenmore Murphy, and left behind a legacy, a unique story. will live on.’’ May God bless Brian two sisters and one brother. May God Today, as I come to the Senate floor, Conner. bless our Kendell. I wanted to remember the five young SPC Samuel M. Boswell of Elkridge, Mr. President, similar stories are men who died in the last 10 days, tell MD, was 20 years old. He was also in being told in every community, across you their names, and tell you a little the Army National Guard, killed in the the Nation. Stories about volunteers bit about them. Army SGT Brian R. same accident that took Sergeant who left behind friends and family—in Conner, Army SPC Samuel M. Boswell, Conner’s life. Specialist Boswell joined the case of guardsmen and reservists, Army SPC Bernard L. Ceo, Marine the National Guard in June 2003, right they also left behind jobs—to protect LCpl Norman W. Anderson, III, Army after graduating from the technology our country and help bring freedom to SPC Kendell K. Frederick. magnet program at River Hill High people of Iraq. We honor their service Our condolences go out to their fami- School in Clarksville. He is mourned by and sacrifice, not just with words, but lies, as well as our gratitude and our his father, Anthony L. Boswell, and by with deeds. appreciation for those who have died. his seven brothers and sisters. Describ- First, we must support our troops, by To honor those who have died, we must ing his youngest brother, Michael Bos- ensuring they have the equipment they remember the way they lived. well said, ‘‘Sam was probably the need to stay safe and accomplish their Let me just tell you about them. happiest person you’ll ever meet. He mission. Second, we need a workable SGT Brian Connor was only 36, a mem- was always walking around with a plan to drawdown our troops. Today, ber of the Maryland National Guard’s smile on his face. . . . He always want- there are 159,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. 243rd Engineer Company. He was one of ed to do things that would help other Our strategy for Iraq must be worthy three Army National Guardsmen killed people whether he knew them or not.’’ of sacrifices they have made. We need on October 14 northwest of Baghdad. May God bless Sam Boswell. to involve the international commu- Their humvee carrying munitions was SPC Bernard L. Ceo of Baltimore was nity more, getting help to seal Iraq’s set on fire and detonated. The ammuni- 23 years old. He was the third member borders and keep out foreign fighters tion exploded and all three died. Ser- of Maryland’s Army National Guard and terrorists. We used to be at war geant Conner, Specialist Boswell, and killed on October 14. Specialist Ceo en- with Iraq, now we are at war in Iraq Specialist Ceo. listed in the Army in December 2001, with insurgents. Sergeant Conner was a lieutenant in joining the military to help pay for col- We must also continue to support the Baltimore Fire Department. He lege. He dreamed of being a teacher, Iraqi political process. The constitu- joined in 1993. But he was a real star. and when he wasn’t serving with the tion has been approved by more than 78 He rose quickly through the ranks to Guard, he worked with students with percent in an election that included 63 become a lieutenant. The firehouse put special needs at Kennedy Krieger High percent of Iraq’s registered voters. Iraq his hat and his coat aside as a per- School Career and Technology Center. can now move forward with parliamen- petual remembrance. He leaves behind Specialist Ceo was carrying on a proud tary elections. We should continue to three daughters, one 10, one 15, the family tradition of military service: support their progress toward democ- other 21, and a grandson he loved so his father and several uncles served in racy. We need better progress rebuild- much. Vietnam. He leaves behind his parents ing Iraq’s military. Iraqis need to fight A family friend said about Sergeant Rosemarie and Fred Ceo, fiancee Dajae for Iraq. Our training program has been Conner: Overton, and her two young children, slow to start. We seem to be making Brian was not only a great man who ac- whom he was raising as his own. Spe- progress, but not fast enough. We complished many of the dreams, he was cialist Ceo’s coworker said, ‘‘He was a should let our allies help us in this ef- someone who loved and cared for people. His thoughtful, introspective young guy. fort. Finally, let’s get that Iraqi oil values will live on.

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We want to say to Kendell saddest of all rollcalls came from every called River Hill High School in Frederick, God bless you. branch of the service. Clarksville. He was one of eight broth- Senators of the U.S. Senate, and to About one in four of those killed ers and sisters. He joined the military all who are watching, those are five were members of the National Guard because he wanted to have a future. He Marylanders. Knowing they will never and Reserve, one more measure of the wanted a long career, and he wanted to be back, we can never forget them. The enormous sacrifice that these branches follow the American dream while pro- best way for a grateful nation to honor of our service are making. tecting the American homeland. Here them is to stand up for our troops. We All of these fine men and women vol- is what Michael Boswell said about his need to make sure they have the right unteered to serve their country. All brother: pay, that they have the right benefits, 2,000 gave their lives in that service. The great World War II cor- Sam was probably the happiest person that they have the right equipment to you’ll ever meet. He was always walking protect themselves. We also need to respondent, Ernie Pyle, wrote a book around with a smile on his face. He always have a workable plan to draw down our entitled ‘‘Brave Men.’’ It is a collection wanted to do things that would help other troops. Our strategy for Iraq must be of some of his best writing in the Euro- people whether he knew them or not. worthy of the sacrifices our troops pean theater. This is what he wrote in God bless you, Samuel Boswell. have made. The U.N. needs to get more the dedication: Then there was Specialist Bernard L. involved in international burden shar- In solemn salute to those thousands of our Ceo, from Baltimore. He was just 23. He ing—in securing Iraq’s borders. We comrades—great, brave men that they enlisted in the Army in December 2001 need to continue supporting the Iraqi were—for whom there will be no home- coming, ever. to help earn money for college. Spe- political process, and work with our al- cialist Ceo dreamed of being a teacher, lies to boost training for the Iraqi mili- It is right that we honor the sac- and when he wasn’t on duty as Guards- tary. Iraqis want to fight for Iraq, and rifices of the great, brave men and man, he worked with students with they should. Finally, let’s get that women we have lost in Iraq and the special needs at the Kennedy Krieger Iraqi oil going, so they can pay their sacrifices of their families and loved High School Career and Technology own bills. We need to see faster ones. But words alone are not enough. We Center. He was carrying on a proud progress on all these things. When owe our fallen soldiers and their fami- family tradition of military service— these things happen, we can begin to lies answers. We owe them account- his father and several uncles had withdraw our troops and bring them ability. We owe them leadership as served in Vietnam. Specialist Ceo home with the honor they have earned. brave as their service. America cannot leaves behind his parents, Rosemarie God bless our men and women in the allow our Nation to drift into a war and Fred, his fiancee Dajae Overton, U.S. military and all those who passed without end in Iraq. and her two children, whom he was on. And wherever there is an empty chair, we should always fill it with our GEN John Abizaid, the Commander raising as his own. God bless you, Ber- of U.S. Central Command, said recently nie Ceo. hearts and our remembrance. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that the key to military success in Iraq Then there was Norman Anderson, III ‘‘is whether we can learn from our mis- from Parkton, MD. He was a marine ator from Illinois. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, first let takes.’’ based in Camp Lejeune. He was killed me thank Senator FRIST and Senator We owe it to those who have fallen, on October 19. A suicide bomber killed REID for this extraordinary occasion, to their loved ones, and to those who him. He had just graduated in 2002 from for this bipartisan moment of silence. are still in harm’s way, to change Hereford High School, where he was a Today, we learned that our Nation course when needed. running back on the football team. had crossed a tragic threshold: 2,000 Our troops adapt to changing tactical Under the Friday Night Lights this American service men and women have situations on the ground—and so, week, they took his helmet and his now been killed in Iraq, and more than frankly, do our enemies. Political lead- sweatshirt and put them aside. The 15,000 of our sons and daughters have ers in Washington must do no less. team gave him a salute. They really been injured and have suffered painful Earlier this month, the people of Iraq knew that Norman Anderson gave one and permanent injuries. voted on a constitution. In December for the Gipper and one for the United All are equal in their tragedy. The they are scheduled to hold parliamen- States of America. He joined the Ma- 2,000th death is no more heartbreaking tary elections, and then, we hope, a rines in December 2003. He already than the first or the 50th. But the enor- new government will take over that served one tour in Afghanistan. He mity of this lost—of 2,000 of our best can lead Iraq forward. came back home and was recently mar- and bravest—breaks America’s heart. These are important milestones. ried to a wonderful woman named Vic- We have seen their pictures. When They should be milestones not only for toria. But he went back into the field you look at the faces of the fallen, you the Iraqis but for our troops as well. one more time because he felt it was are struck by several things. Each step the Iraqis take toward the his duty. The last time he was home, First, you are overwhelmed by how successful establishment of self-gov- he told his mother if he died she should young they are. Three hundred and ernance should bring our troops a step know that he died doing what he want- fifty-seven of these men and women closer to home. ed to do. never saw their 21st birthday. Today is not a day to cast blame or God bless Norman Anderson, III. As a father, I cannot imagine a great- question past decisions. Today is a day Then we come to Kendell K. Fred- er grief than losing a child so young. to mourn our dead, to honor their serv- erick, U.S. Army, only 21 years old, When you see the photos of our fallen ice and to extend our most heartfelt from Randallstown, MD. He was in an heroes, you are struck by the resolve in thoughts and prayers to their families. engineering battalion. He was a me- their faces. They were young but they But we cannot put off a debate over the chanic who worked with power genera- had courage, a sense of duty and pur- best course for the future. Two thou- tors. He wanted to do something for his pose to volunteer and defend America. sand brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, country as wells as for himself. He In a few cases, you are also struck by and marines have given their lives for graduated from one of our community some of the faces that are quite old. America. More than 15,000 have suf- high schools called Randallstown High The oldest American killed in Iraq was fered devastating, life-changing School. He was killed outside Tikrit. A 60 years old. The faces look like Amer- wounds. Over 150,000 still stand in roadside bomb detonated near the vehi- ica because they are America. Most harm’s way. cle he was driving. He leaves behind his were born here. Some were Americans The choice we face in Iraq is not a parents, a stepfather, and other family and soldiers by choice. choice between resolve or retreat. The

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The 37-year old was known in cross that sad threshold and begin the from Nevada who were assigned to pro- his unit as ‘‘Pops.’’ count toward another thousand lives. tect U.S. facilities in the fortified Marine Cpl Jesse Jaime of Henderson The American people and every elect- Green Zone. Eager, enthusiastic, and was killed on June 15, 2005 when the ve- ed leader of both political parties owe with a great sense of spirit, these hicle he was riding in hit an explosive it to our soldiers and their families to young men took pride in their duties, device. The 22-year-old had followed his never allow this war in Iraq to drift and we took great pride in them. twin brother’s footsteps by enlisting in and stall as lives are lost and bodies But there can be no question that the the Marines. are broken. One more soldier’s life lost effort in Iraq has taken a huge toll on Spc Anthony S. Cometa of Las Vegas in Iraq is one too many. The 2,000 fu- Americans, and on Nevadans. was killed on June 16, 2005 when his nerals, 2,000 flag-draped coffins, 2,000 So far, 13 Nevadans have died in this Humvee flipped over. He was a member grieving families—America mourns the conflict. But the number 13 does not of the 1864th Transportation Company, loss of these brave soldiers. America’s tell the whole story. which I met with when I visited Kuwait leaders must redouble their efforts Let me take just a minute. I will be and Iraq. Specialist Cometa was the 2,000 times over to bring this war to an brief. But I would like to, as my dear first Nevada Army National Guard sol- end. friend, the junior Senator from Mary- dier to die in Iraq. He died just one day I yield the floor. land, outlined, tell you just a little bit after his 21st birthday. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mi- about these 13 Nevadans. 2LT James J. Cathey of Reno was nority leader. Marine LCpl Donald Cline, Jr., of killed by a roadside bomb on August 21, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I want the Sparks as the first Nevada soldier to 2005. After graduating from the Univer- majority leader to understand how die in Iraq. During the initial invasion sity of Colorado in 2004, he headed to much I appreciate his breaking up his of Southern Iraq, LCpl Cline was killed Quantico, VA, for officer training. schedule to come here to offer this in combat while assisting injured sol- Known as ‘‘Cat,’’ Cathey and his wife unanimous consent request. I appre- diers on March 23, 2003. He left behind had just found out they were going to ciate it very much. a wife and two sons, Dakota and Dylan. As I indicated a short time ago, the have their first child before he left for Marine 1LT Frederick Pokorney of solemnity of this occasion is signifi- Iraq. Nye was killed in action on March 23, cant. I want the record to reflect that Spc Joseph Martinez of Las Vegas 2003. He left behind a wife and a 3-year we have reached, as has been said here was killed on August 27, 2005. He was old daughter. Lieutenant Pokorney several times today, regrettably, a killed in combat while serving his sec- was the first Marine from Operation milestone in Iraq; that is these 2,000 ond tour of duty in Iraq. His mother killed. Frankly, Mr. President, it is no Iraqi Freedom to be buried in Arling- said he always wanted to be a soldier. longer 2,000. It is now 2,002. ton National Cemetery. To all of these Nevada families—and There has been—and will continue to Sgt Eric Morris of Sparks was only to the families of all 2,000 U.S. troops be—heated debate about our involve- six weeks into his tour of duty when he who have fallen in Iraq—our Nation ment in Iraq, about the flawed pre-war was killed by a homemade bomb on will forever be in debt to you. Your intelligence that some say existed, and April 28, 2005. He was awarded the Pur- sons and daughters are heroes, and it appears pretty certain at this time, ple Heart and the Bronze Star for his their sacrifice will never be forgotten. the selling of the war by administra- bravery. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion officials, the poor planning, and Marine Cpl William I. Salazar of Las ator from Colorado. the ideologically driven attempt by the Vegas was killed on October 15, 2004, in Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask President and others to reshape the a suicide bomb attack. Corporal Sala- the pending amendment be set aside. Middle East through the force of arms. zar was the first Marine combat pho- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without These debates will go on, and they tographer to be killed in action in objection, it is so ordered. should. That is what our country is all more than 35 years. He died on his fa- AMENDMENT NO. 2226 about. But today—right now this ther’s birthday. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I call minute—I think it is appropriate to set Marine PFC John Lukac of Las up amendment No. 2226, and I ask for the debate aside and reflect on this sol- Vegas was killed on October 30, 2004, its immediate consideration. emn mark that we have reached so when his convoy was attacked. The son The PRESIDING OFFICER. The that we can pay tribute to the heroic of immigrants who escaped Communist clerk will report. services and the sacrifice that each of rule in Czechoslovakia, Private Lukac The legislative clerk read as follows: these brave Americans made to our Na- had been interested in joining the Ma- The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], tion. rines since the age of 12. proposes an amendment numbered 2226. A few months ago, I was able to trav- LCpl Nicholas Anderson of Las Vegas Mr. SALAZAR. I ask unanimous con- el along with a number of my col- died on November 12, 2004, when his sent the reading of the amendment be leagues to the Middle East where I Humvee crashed. It had only been one dispensed with. spent time with scores of Nevadans year since he graduated from Bonanza The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without serving in Iraq. Any one of us who trav- High School. objection, it is so ordered. eled to the region meets with U.S. Army PFC Daniel Guastaferro of Las The amendment is as follows: troops and comes back so impressed Vegas was determined to join the (Purpose: To provide that certain local edu- and so proud of the men and women Army, despite suffering a snowboarding cational agencies shall be eligible to re- who serve our country. Many are injury that left him with a steel plate ceive a fiscal year 2005 payment under sec- young, as Senator DURBIN has so in his arm. Private Guastaferro died on tion 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and graphically described, just out of high January 7, 2005, when his vehicle ran Secondary Education Act of 1965) school, and this is their first time out off the road. He was 27 years old. At the end of title III (before the short of the country. Others are more senior, Marine LCpl Richard A. Perez, Jr. of title), insert the following: having served in the first Gulf war or Las Vegas died in a truck accident on SEC. lll. APPLICATIONS FOR IMPACT AID PAY- in Afghanistan. Most were given short February 10, 2005. LCpl Perez enlisted MENT. in the Marines shortly after his grad- Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of notice, year-long deployment, and were section 8005(d) of the Elementary and Sec- serving away from family, children, uation from Coronado High School and ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. spouses, parents and friends. volunteered to go to Iraq. He died only 7705(d)(2) and (3)), the Secretary of Education The Nevada Guard unit that I spent 10 days before he was supposed to re- shall treat as timely filed, and shall process time with was tasked with trans- turn home. for payment, an application under section

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11805 8002 or section 8003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. dural matter, to take up the amend- programs we enact here in this Capitol. 7702, 7703) for fiscal year 2005 from a local ments one at a time so we can conclude That is because I believe that results educational agency— debate on the amendments. do matter. At the end of the day, we (1) that, for each of the fiscal years 2000 I believe this amendment is a good through 2004, submitted an application by can all say what we tried to do, but the date specified by the Secretary of Edu- amendment. It would permit the Sec- Americans will judge us by the results cation under section 8005(c) of such Act for retary of Education to treat as timely we achieve. We all have a responsi- the fiscal year; filed applications from El Paso, CO, bility to see that taxpayer dollars are (2) for which a reduction of more than school district and Window Rock, AZ, spent wisely and well. $1,000,000 was made under section 8005(d)(2) of for impact aid. There is no cost in- Amendment No. 2224 is a ‘‘results such Act by the Secretary of Education as a volved. There is sound explanation as matter’’ amendment. It will simply re- result of the agency’s failure to file a timely to why they were not timely filed. quire the Department of Education to application under section 8002 or 8003 of such In order for the Secretary of Edu- conduct an assessment of the effective- Act for fiscal year 2005; and (3) that submits an application for fiscal cation to make the payments, there ness of youth violence prevention pro- year 2005 during the period beginning on Feb- needs to be legislative action. The Sen- grams. ruary 2, 2004, and ending on the date of en- ator from Colorado has provided the These programs are vitally impor- actment of this Act. vehicle for doing so. I support the tant in my home State of Colorado and Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, Senate amendment and urge its adoption. across the Nation. During my time as amendment No. 2226 will provide Im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Colorado’s attorney general, I spent pact Aid to the children of the service further debate on the amendment? much of my time working on the inves- personnel in Fort Carson, CO. It will The Senator from Colorado. tigation of the horrific murders involv- restore $1.2 million in needed edu- Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ing many young people at Columbine cational Impact Aid funding to the El would then ask my friend from Penn- High School, which remains today the Paso school district. The money for sylvania whether we should move for bloodiest school shooting in American this amendment has already been ap- unanimous consent on the adoption of history. propriated and sits within the Depart- the amendment I just proposed. As we worked to learn the lessons ment of Education. The El Paso school Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the from that terrible tragedy in Colorado, district educates thousands, serving amendment on impact aid, I urge its we also attempted to implement pro- our men and women at the Fort Carson adoption, or you can articulate it for grams in our schools to create safer military base. Many loved ones of the unanimous consent to be adopted. One schools and safer school communities. students and staff of the El Paso school way or another, let’s adopt it and move As I went through the process of as- district have been deployed to Iraq as on. sembling information about how we part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without create the safest school environments fact, over 11,000 soldiers from Fort Car- objection, the amendment is agreed to. possible, it became obvious to me that son are currently deployed in Iraq The amendment (No. 2226) was agreed though we spend literally hundreds of today. That is one-half of the fort’s to. millions of dollars on programs in- total force. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I tended to deal with the issue of youth Due to a technical error, the Depart- thank the Chair. violence prevention, we do not know ment of Education denied the school Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I whether many of those programs work. district access to $1.2 million set aside thank the Chair, and I also thank the Indeed, when we look at the facts and for that school district’s program. The chairman of the committee, my friend we look at what the science tells us, result is the district may have to from Pennsylvania. many of those programs actually harm eliminate as many as 12 teachers and AMENDMENT NO. 2224 our children more than they actually teachers’ aides positions. This amend- Mr. President, I call up amendment help our children. ment simply corrects a technical error No. 2224 and ask for its immediate con- So it is important we measure the ef- between the district and the Depart- sideration. fectiveness of these programs. This ment of Education and permits the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will ask the Department of school to access money already set clerk will report. Education to do exactly that. I believe aside for it. The assistant legislative clerk read our violence prevention programs I note, too, that I have discussed this as follows: should actually work and that we issue with the HELP Committee. The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], should be able to measure them with Chairman ENZI and Ranking Member proposes an amendment numbered 2224. the results we intend them to have. We KENNEDY have graciously consented to The amendment is as follows: owe it to the next generation to ensure the inclusion of this amendment on (Purpose: To require the Secretary of Edu- that these programs are as effective as this bill. I have also been in close con- cation to conduct a study to evaluate the possible in preventing youth violence. tact with Senators from Arizona and effectiveness of violence prevention pro- This amendment will do this by pro- New Mexico who face similar chal- grams receiving funding under the Safe viding an assessment of the programs. lenges. They support this measure as and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Mr. President, I urge adoption of well. Act) amendment No. 2224. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- At the end of title III (before the short The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there sent to set this amendment aside to title), add the following: further debate? call up amendment No. 2224 and ask for SEC. ll. The Secretary of Education shall conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness The Senator from Pennsylvania. its immediate consideration. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there of violence prevention programs receiving amendment calls for the Secretary of objection? funding under the Safe and Drug-Free The Senator from Pennsylvania. Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7101 Education to undertake a study to Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I et seq.) based on, among other things, evi- evaluate the effectiveness of violence would suggest, if I may, that we con- dence of deterrent effect, strong research de- prevention under the Safe and Drug- sign, sustained effects, and multiple site rep- Free Schools Program. I think it is a clude action on this amendment, with lication. The study shall also include infor- a brief reply by this side, so we can good idea. mation on what regular assessment mecha- So frequently we make appropria- move ahead with the amendment, an- nisms exist to allow the Department of Edu- ticipating its adoption. I think that cation to evaluate the efficacy of such pro- tions for certain purposes and never would be a more orderly process. So grams on an ongoing basis. Not later than 18 have any concrete idea as to how well technically, I do object—with that sug- months after the date of enactment of this the programs are working. One area gestion. Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit analogous to this is the money we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- a report to Congress describing the findings spent on literacy training and job tion is heard. of the study. training, so-called rehabilitation in our The Senator from Pennsylvania. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I am a correctional system. It is not enough Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, as I proponent of evaluating the effective- we spend the funding, never having an said, I think it is preferable, as a proce- ness of the actions we take and the idea as to really what works and what

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If there ganizations that engage students, their Pennsylvania has more people living in is no further debate, the question is on teachers, and others in service-learn- rural areas than any other State in the agreeing to the amendment. ing. Through Learn and Serve, stu- Union. It might be surprising, but we The amendment (No. 2224) was agreed dents get their hands dirty. Service- do. to. learning connects teaching in the I think it is a good amendment, and Mr. SPECTER. I move to reconsider classroom with communities. Nearly 1 I will now defer to the Senator from the vote, and I move to lay that mo- million students participated in Learn Colorado for urging its adoption. tion on the table. and Serve programs last year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The motion to lay on the table was The resources marshaled by these ator from Colorado. agreed to. service programs—students, elders, and Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I urge The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- energized and committed people—can adoption of the amendment. ator from Colorado. help unlock the door to rural develop- The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there AMENDMENT NO. 2225 ment in America. It is my hope that is no further debate on the amendment, Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I call the corporation will come up with new the question is on agreeing to the up amendment No. 2225 and ask for its and innovative strategies for increas- amendment. immediate consideration. ing rural participation in national The amendment (No. 2225) was agreed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The service programs. This amendment will to. clerk will report. not cost additional money and has the Mr. SPECTER. I move to reconsider The assistant legislative clerk read potential to benefit rural communities the vote, and I move to lay that mo- as follows: throughout the Nation. We owe it to tion on the table. our rural communities to make sure The motion to lay on the table was The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], our national programs are serving proposes an amendment numbered 2225. agreed to. them. We must not allow rural Amer- AMENDMENT NO. 2223 Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask ica to be left behind by these very im- unanimous consent that reading of the portant national service programs. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, fi- amendment be dispensed with. Mr. President, amendment No. 2225 nally, I call up amendment No. 2223 and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without would direct the Corporation of Na- ask for its immediate consideration. objection, it is so ordered. tional and Community Service, CNCS, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The amendment is as follows: to conduct an evaluation of the pres- objection, it is so ordered. The clerk (Purpose: To provide for a study of national ence of their programs in rural Amer- will report. service programs in the rural United States) ica. The study would include programs The assistant legislative clerk read On page 196, strike line 14 and insert the funded by the Domestic Volunteer as follows: following: Service Act of 1973 and the National The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], tional poverty level: Provided further, That and Community Service Act of 1990, proposes an amendment numbered 2223. the Corporation shall use a portion of the presence in Rural America. In addition, Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask funds made available under this heading to conduct an evaluation, after consultation CNCS, in consultation with national unanimous consent that reading of the with experts on national service programs service experts and rural community amendment be dispensed with. and rural community leaders, of programs leaders, is directed to develop new and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without carried out under the national service laws innovative strategies to prioritize in- objection, it is so ordered. (consisting of that Act and the National and creasing rural communities’ participa- The amendment is as follows: Community Service Act of 1990) in rural tion in CNCS programs. The amend- (Purpose: To increase funding for the safe areas, to determine utilization of the pro- ment does not require additional fund- and drug-free schools and communities grams and to develop new and innovative ing. program) strategies that would prioritize geographic As per Jane Oates at 4–8460, Senator diversity of the programs carried out under At the end of title III (before the short the national service laws to increase the KENNEDY has no objections to the title), insert the following: presence of the programs in rural areas. amendment. SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise As per Beth Beuhlmann at 4–6770, appropriated under this Act, there is appro- Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, Senator ENZI is reviewing the amend- priated, out of any money in the Treasury amendment No. 2225 also makes sure ment language, but appears to have no not otherwise appropriated, an additional that our national service programs ef- $15,000,000 to carry out subpart 1 of part A of objections since the amendment is cost fectively serve all of our citizens. This title IV of the Elementary and Secondary neutral. Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.). amendment calls on the Corporation As per Brandon Avila at 606–6728, Cor- for National and Community Service to poration for National and Community Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, report on efforts to bring its programs Service, Office of Legislation and Gov- amendment No. 2223 addresses a serious to rural communities. ernment Affairs, they are reviewing and growing problem that we face in These programs include, first, the but are supporting of conducting eval- our urban and rural communities. As AmeriCorps program, which has done uations that help increase CNCS pro- attorney general of Colorado, I saw wonders, which was created in 1994 and grams in rural areas. firsthand the growth of methamphet- provides opportunities for more than In addition, we have touched base amine problems in communities 70,000 Americans to work in 3,000 public with Voices for National Service, a na- throughout my State. Meth usage has agencies, faith-based and other com- tional service non-profit coalition. increased in rural towns and commu- munity organizations. Through the They are very supporting of the amend- nities across our Nation. various AmeriCorps programs, volun- ment’s intent. Some of the facts are startling. teers tutor and mentor youth, build af- Mr. President, I urge adoption of According to the National Associa- fordable housing, teach computer amendment No. 2225. tion of Counties, meth use is the Na- skills, take care of our environment, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion’s most serious local drug problem and help communities respond to disas- ator from Pennsylvania. today. ters. In exchange, they are given an op- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, before Secondly, 58 out of 500 county law en- portunity to build career skills, to in- the amendment is adopted, I would like forcement officials have said meth- vest in a community, and are provided to have an opportunity to speak on this amphetamine use is, in fact, their larg- a small educational stipend. side of the aisle. est problem. The programs also include Senior This amendment would use a portion Third, 87 percent of county law en- Corps, which recognizes that seniors of the funds for the Corporation for Na- forcement officials reported increases

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Because meth can be a no which either exceeds the ayes or is Western States on better footing. made in the home and has harsh effects so recognized by the Chair to be the Let me explain. In the past, Health on the environment, it is easier to hide predominant voice vote. I call for the and Human Services has had discre- from authorities in rural areas. Three question on a voice vote. tion. When we put emergency funding of our most rural States—Missouri, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The there, they have had discretion on how Iowa, and Tennessee—have the highest question is on agreeing to the motion they spend it. Their track record has number of meth labs, with over 5,000 to waive the Budget Act in relation to been very clear. They seem to meth labs in those three States alone. amendment No. 2223. prioritize areas of the country that are Meth labs in Colorado have been on the In the opinion of the Chair, the mo- heated with home heating oil. What we rise, with over 225 meth labs this last tion has failed and the Senate has not are trying to do is put the money into year in my State. obtained the three-fifths majority nec- the core program, which means it goes In a report by Congressional Quar- essary for passage. The point of order into the formula that has been long es- terly, the Drug Enforcement Agency is sustained, and the amendment falls. tablished in Federal law, which means said that meth use is the No. 1 drug Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Senator in States all across America—States threat in rural America. The produc- from Colorado for coming forward at such as Arkansas in the South and the tion of meth has spiked, from 327 labs this early stage with these four amend- West—people who are going to be fac- nationwide being busted in 1995 to over ments to help move processing of the ing record high prices for natural gas 17,000 meth labs busted in 2005; that is, bill. this winter will receive some relief. in a period of 10 years, we have gone The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Unfortunately, when we get emer- from busting 327 meth labs to over ator from Colorado. gency funding, many of the States are 17,000 meth labs. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I not helped as much as the formula Our health infrastructure has dealt thank my good friend from Pennsyl- would help them. I am not disputing at with the meth use increase as well, vania for his leadership, not only on all that the Northeast and the Midwest with emergency room visits due to this bill but also on so many other im- face very harsh winters, more so than meth use doubling in 7 years. portant issues that we are working on the South and some parts of the West. This amendment I have proposed will in the Senate today. But we have low-income citizens in our restore $15 million in funding to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- States, too, who need to heat their Safe and Drug-Free Schools State ator from Arkansas. homes this winter. I believe it is a grant program, which funds virtually AMENDMENT NO. 2194 more effective and better way to put all of the drug prevention programs in Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I rise to money into the core LIHEAP program, our Nation, to ensure that our schools speak on the Reed-Collins LIHEAP sending it through the formula, rather and communities are as safe and drug- amendment. I want to speak to all of than leaving it to the discretion of free as we can make them. We need to my colleagues, but mostly I want to HHS. help our young people understand the address my comments to my colleagues I am happy to join Senators REED dangers of drugs, including meth, and from the South and the West. I thank and COLLINS in this effort. It is a bipar- this amendment takes an important Senator JACK REED and Senator SUSAN tisan effort. I want my colleagues to step toward making this issue the Fed- COLLINS for their cosponsorship of understand that. In my view, it is bet- eral priority it should be. amendment No. 2194, bringing forward ter than past proposals. It is better be- Mr. President, I thank my good the issue of LIHEAP funding. We all cause it is more equitable in its dis- friend from Pennsylvania and yield the know that LIHEAP funding has de- tribution. It is bipartisan. Southern floor. creased in real dollars for over a decade and Western Senators have a chance to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- now. Senators REED and COLLINS have help the people in their States with ator from Pennsylvania. shown true leadership in offering their this vote. It will help people all across Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, this amendment. Hopefully, we will vote on America. This amendment also recog- amendment would add $15 million to a it today. They have shown national nizes the high cost of natural gas this program. While it is a very good pro- leadership with what they are trying to winter. All the experts who have gram, regrettably, this would exceed accomplish. looked at this say natural gas is going the allocation which has been given to In the face of rising energy prices, to be at a record high price for con- the subcommittee. I, therefore, have to the poorest among us have been hit the sumers this winter. It acknowledges oppose it. It is subject to a point of hardest. They are paying about $3 at the high cost of other forms of energy order. the pump right now. We have had a to heat our homes. For the record, I raise a point of record hot summer in many parts of I don’t want my colleagues to be sur- order under section 302(f) of the Con- the country. Their utility bills have prised when this comes to the floor for gressional Budget Act, as amended, been going up and up. Low-income fam- a vote at some point this afternoon or that the amendment provides budget ilies need our help. I believe we can do tonight. I would hate for any Senator authority and outlays in excess of the better. We can think of ways to help to vote against this and then later subcommittee’s 302(b) allocation under our low-income constituents and low- learn that this is their best oppor- the fiscal year 2006 concurrent resolu- income Americans. The Reed-Collins tunity to help their constituents dur- tion on the budget and, therefore, is amendment can do that. It adds $3.1 ing this very cold and expensive win- not in order. billion to the core LIHEAP program. ter. As I had discussed with the Senator This is what Southern and Western I yield the floor. from Colorado, this will require 60 Senators need to understand. I don’t The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- votes for the Senator from Colorado to want any of my colleagues to be sur- ator from Pennsylvania. prevail. So the choice is his as to prised when the amendment comes to Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, we whether we move ahead to vote on it at the floor for a vote today. I hope that have been proceeding reasonably well some point during the consideration of all their staff who are listening will on handling amendments. We had a the bill. I ask how the Senator from please advise their bosses accordingly. short period between 12 and 12:30 where Colorado would like to proceed. This money will go to LIHEAP’s core we did not have amendments pending. I Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, pursu- program. understand we will have an amendment ant to section 904 of the Congressional When I say ‘‘core program,’’ that presented at about 6 o’clock this Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive the means it will not be designated as evening. But that leaves us with an applicable sections of the act for pur- emergency funding for the Department hour and 22 minutes. The distinguished

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Floor time is hard to find. in retreat. The most disturbing of all, We and the Iraqi people will prevail in this When this bill moves ahead tomorrow their proposals serve merely to divide battle of wills if we don’t lose ours. or the day after or Friday, the bill is the American people. Just this morning, we heard that the going to be finished this week, however I am particularly concerned when I Independent Electoral Commission of long it takes us. We are anxious to con- hear people make the argument, as I Iraq has announced an overwhelming clude the work of the Senate. Now is have heard on the floor of the Senate, majority of Iraqis has approved the the time. that Iraq was not a threat to the country’s constitution; that is, 78 per- I yield to my distinguished colleague United States and the rest of the cent of those who voted yes to approve from Texas 10 to 15 minutes, as he world. Perhaps these critics need to be that constitution which has now been chooses, and ask unanimous consent reminded of the statement of President cleared. You know what. Their voter for his recognition to speak for up to 15 Clinton in 1998 which clearly lays out turnout was 63 percent, better than minutes. the threat that Iraq posed at that time. most elections we hold here in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without President Clinton said, talking about United States, given our long tradition objection, it is so ordered. The Senator Saddam: of constitutional democracy. from Texas is recognized. What if he fails to comply, and we fail to Soon the Iraqi people will have a IRAQ act, or we take some ambiguous third route chance to elect their elected represent- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would which gives him yet more opportunities to atives in parliamentary elections on like to thank the distinguished man- develop this program of weapons of mass de- December 15 which will provide the ager of the bill, the chairman of the struction . . . He will then conclude he can final step in their march to democracy Senate Judiciary Committee, on which go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal and self-determination. I am honored to serve, for his accom- of devastating destruction. And some day, Yes, the Nation of Iraq has made re- modation. I certainly do not want to some way, I guarantee you, he’ll use the ar- markable political progress in the last senal. detract from the efforts to complete 2 years, but they still have a way to go this important appropriations bill. I do This was on February 17, 1998, Presi- to achieve a fully functioning democ- thank the Senator for yielding to me dent Bill Clinton. racy. Last week, Secretary of State so I may address some of the historic Then, on December 16, 1998, President Condoleezza Rice testified before the events occurring today in Iraq. This Clinton said: Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been the subject of other speakers. The hard fact is that so long as Saddam re- and in her eloquent remarks she clear- I thought it was important that while mains in power, he threatens the well-being ly outlined the political and military of this people, the peace of the region, and strategy in Iraq: Clear, hold, build. this is on the minds of a lot of people, the security of the world. The best way to that we talk about some of our suc- end that threat once and for all is with a new Clear, hold, build. That is to clear cesses in Iraq and what the facts are Iraqi government, a government ready to areas from insurgent control, to hold with regard to what reality is like live in peace with its neighbors, a govern- them securely, and to build durable na- there on the ground. ment that respects the rights of its people. tional Iraqi institutions. I am disappointed to hear some Mem- That was President Clinton on De- I could not agree more with Sec- bers, primarily on the other side of the cember 16, 1998. I am pleased that this retary Rice. This is a strategy that has aisle, this morning blaming America body passed that same year the Iraq been articulated for quite some time for the insurgency and claiming that Liberation Act of 1998, which stated: now by the President of the United our military does not have a plan for It should be the policy of the United States States. This strategy is the only way victory. That is not true as a factual to support efforts to remove the regime we will see the blossoming of a demo- matter, and they know it. As recently headed by Saddam Hussein from power in cratic Iraq. as a couple of weeks ago, we had the Iraq and to promote the emergence of a In 2003, not that long ago, the brutal commander of the coalition forces in democratic government to replace that re- reign of Saddam Hussein was brought Iraq, General George Casey, and the gime. to an end. The Iraqi people were liber- CENTCOM commander, General John The Congress passed that legislation ated and a provisional government es- Abizaid here, along with Secretary because, indeed, Saddam Hussein was a tablished. In 2004, a five-step plan was Rumsfeld and others, to talk precisely threat in 1998 and remained a threat. announced to end occupation in Iraq about what conditions were like on the Fortunately, today, he is no longer a and to bring our troops home, and in ground in Iraq, how our plan was going, threat. But we must stay the course. 2005 that transition is well underway. and what the future looked like. We do Complaints without solutions are Our strategy is working. The Iraqi have a plan, and I wanted to talk about simply not productive. What are the people will vote in elections in Decem- it for a minute. proposals coming from those who criti- ber and soon will select a government I want to note my concern that to cize our current efforts in Iraq? Some that will serve them for the next 4 use Iraq as a convenient political foot- complain that we don’t have enough years. ball only undercuts the brave young troops in Iraq to finish the job, but at As I mentioned, Iraqi participation in men and women who are fighting there, the same time all they talk about is these recent elections was very strong, not only on behalf of the beleaguered creating an arbitrary timetable for including among Sunnis who boycotted Iraqi people but on behalf of us here. cutting and running and bringing those the earlier election last January. These We know that the central front in the troops home before they finish the job, elections were also much more peaceful war on terror today is in Iraq. We know before we finish the job. Then others than the previous elections. A clear that foreign fighters and other say our presence in Iraq actually cre- path is being charted to implement the jihadists who adhere to an extremist ates additional terrorism. But what rule of law and we must continue our ideology, who believe that they can use they don’t explain is what we would support for the Iraqi people to achieve force to kill innocent Americans be- leave the Iraqis with if we were to success. cause they simply hate who we are and leave prematurely. Again, complaints It is clear that the implementation of our way of life, that Iraq is where they are not solutions. the rule of law is the next step, a nec- are being drawn. If we leave pre- GEN George Casey, whom I men- essary next step to achieve stability in maturely, if we fail to finish the job tioned a moment ago, who is the leader Iraq. It is in the absence of democracy, that we have undertaken there, then it of the coalition forces in Iraq, said it is in the vacuum created by the ab- will simply leave a haven available for when he testified before the Senate sence of the rule of law, that there is those who want to train, recruit, and Armed Services Committee: no forum, no mechanism for justice to

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11809 address grievances in which extremism Saddam Hussein nor his regime valued ary, usually, in most instances in order will rear again its ugly head. life in the least. to meet that increase in cost. We have Only 2 short years ago the people of I am confident that some day in the obviously seen a dramatic rise in the Iraq were oppressed by a brutal dic- not too distant future an appropriate cost of energy prices, especially home tator. Those who privately yearned for measure of justice will be meted out to heating oil and in the gas area for freedom held their silence out of fear Saddam Hussein for the atrocities he homes. So the issue becomes how do we for their lives. No more. As it has been committed against his own people, the help these people who, through no ac- said before, freedom is on the march. people of Iraq. And that is as it should tion of their own, find themselves in a Part of implementing law and jus- be. I am sure that the symbolism of dire financial situation and facing a tice, not to mention providing a meas- this first tribunal being held in Iraq to very stark situation this winter, ure of closure for the people of Iraq, is try their former dictator is not lost on should they not have the dollars nec- the trial of Saddam Hussein which the people of Iraq. This restoration of essary to pay for their home heating began on October 19. Unfortunately, the rule of law, this process which is oil. this trial has been postponed because— designed to administer justice, is com- We are talking about people of very and it comes as perhaps no surprise— mensurate with the rule of law. low incomes, people who are on fixed the defense lawyers representing him We must continue working with the incomes, in most instances people who said they needed more time to prepare. Iraqi people to ensure that democracy, are senior citizens, and the Low-In- Well, I for one do not begrudge them freedom, progress, free markets, self- come Heating Assistance Program additional time, but it is not so much governance, and the rule of law are al- which has been in place for a number of for them, because I doubt any level of lowed to flourish. It is the only way to years has been a way of helping these preparation, any amount of investiga- promote stability in that country and people bridge this period, and it has al- tion will absolve Saddam Hussein of throughout the greater Middle East. ways been focused on the neediest of the blood that is on his hands, but I do There is no enemy on the face of the the needy. It has been a well-adminis- believe that perception is important, Earth that can defeat the people of the tered program, at least in the State of and it is important that the public per- United States of America unless, of New Hampshire where people who were ception, the international perspective course, it is the American people our- clearly in distress, who have situations be that this is, indeed, a fair pro- selves, by losing our resolve to stay the where they simply are unable to afford ceeding and that Saddam Hussein, even course, to finish a job that was just in the cost of keeping their home heated the most brutal of tyrants and dic- its initiation and which is just in its in the middle of an extremely cold win- tators, is, indeed, entitled to the pro- goals. We must stay the course. We ter, had a place to go to get some as- tection of the rule of law and entitled must maintain our resolve. To hear the sistance. to a fair process. comments of those here in this body It is a good program for that reason. Of course, this trial is one of the first and elsewhere who would attempt to It has been strongly supported over the formal acts in the path to restoring the hijack this just cause in the interest of years in a bipartisan way. The adminis- rule of law, and it is important Iraq political gamesmanship does nothing tration has consistently funded this demonstrate to the world that it can but harm our efforts, the resolve of the program and has, to its credit, always conduct this trial in a fair manner, as American people, and undermine the released money early when it was nec- it is a foundational and deeply sym- heroic and noble efforts being carried essary due to cold weather hitting us bolic proceeding. out on a daily basis by our young men sooner than might have been originally A series of declassified U.S. intel- and women who are fighting in free- anticipated under the traditional ligence documents and other U.S. agen- dom’s cause, not just for us but for the weather patterns, which is what hap- cy reports provides a wealth of evi- people of Iraq. pened last year. But this year we do dence substantiating Saddam Hussein’s Mr. President, I yield the floor. face the unique situation of these huge human rights abuses and more evi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- runups in the cost of home heating oil dence of Saddam’s brutality is provided ator from New Hampshire. in New England specifically and, of by the people of Iraq who had suffered Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the reg- course, the gas across the Midwest and under his boot heel for years. A portion ular order is that we are back on the into parts of New England, and this of these documents concerned bill, is that right? runup is a function of a lot of different Saddam’s responsibility, along with The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are events. The Katrina situation is a big other members of his regime, for the on the bill. part of it. It has disrupted the refining massacre in 1982 of Shiites in a town 35 AMENDMENT NO. 2194 capacity of our Nation rather signifi- miles north of Baghdad after an unsuc- Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, obvi- cantly. Obviously, the instability of cessful coup d’etat, including an at- ously, the amendment that is now the Middle East is another part of it. tempt on the dictator’s life. It is said pending of the Senator from Rhode Is- The demand which is now being created he may be tried at least a dozen times land and the Senator from Maine is an in parts of Asia, especially China and for crimes he committed during his re- amendment I am sympathetic to. India, as those economies expand, is gime, to include gassing of Kurds and Those of us who come from the north- part of it. suppression of a Shiite uprising in the ern States, whether they be in the Mid- But whatever the reason, we are see- south. However, the Iraqi Government west or New England, recognize that ing a dramatic jump in the cost of is reportedly considering foregoing ad- winter can be a beautiful time. Snow is home heating oil specifically and ditional trials if Saddam is convicted wonderful, lovely, and certainly brings therefore we know a lot of people, as as expected and such conviction results skiers to our region, and we very much we head into winter—and believe me, it in the death penalty under the laws of encourage that. But it can also be an is getting cold in New Hampshire. In the sovereign nation of Iraq. extraordinarily difficult time, difficult fact, today there was a fair amount of In remarks before the United Na- for people who are living on a fixed in- snow in many parts of our State—we tions, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar come, a set income, difficult for folks know these people are going to need Zebari said that under the rule of Sad- who have to find ways to heat their some help, people of very low income, dam Hussein, Iraq was ‘‘a murderous home and also meet the expenses of ev- people who are living on very fixed and tyranny that lasted 35 years and today eryday life. Certainly keeping home tight budgets. we are unearthing thousands of victims heating is about as important an ex- So it is appropriate that we expand in horrifying testament.’’ In a report pense as you can have in everyday life. the LIHEAP program to meet this un- entitled ‘‘Mass Graves: Iraq’s Legacy of It is especially hard on senior citizens, anticipated cost which is no fault of Terror,’’ compiled by the United States seniors who have obviously fixed in- anybody’s, certainly not those who are Agency for International Development, comes in most instances. When the receiving the benefit of this program. it is estimated that nearly 400,000 price of their fuel oil jumps signifi- The question is how do we expand Iraqis lie buried in mass graves—Kurds, cantly, they do not have a whole lot of this program? Over the last few weeks, Shiites, Sunnis, Egyptians, Kuwaitis, opportunity to adjust their income be- we have had a number of attempts to Iranians, all killed because neither cause they are no longer earning a sal- expand this program. It really was not

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11810 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 in a manner we call fiscally prudent or the Northeast. They reached that num- the average family using heating oil are pro- responsible, and we simply said we are ber through the calculations I just jected to hit $1,666 during the upcoming win- going to put a lot of money in this pro- said. So that number is a reasonable ter. This represents an increase of $403 over gram, money not budgeted, money out- number. last winter’s prices and $714 over the winter heating season of 2003–04. For families using side the budget, and do it in a manner I ask unanimous consent that this natural gas, prices are projected to hit $1,568, which would have violated the budget. letter, signed by 41 Senators, be print- representing an increase of $611 over last So points of order were made against ed in the RECORD. year’s prices and $643 over 2003–04. States those proposals, and those points of There being no objection, the mate- need additional funding immediately to help order have all been sustained, and ap- rial was ordered to be printed in the low-income families and seniors to ensure propriately so. RECORD, as follows: they can afford to heat their homes. States We do have a budget under which we U.S. SENATE, are bracing for potentially crisis conditions must live. The issue is how do we set Washington, DC, September 20, 2005. caused by the lack of affordable heating priorities within that budget. Right Hon. THAD COCHRAN, sources, particularly for seniors and the dis- Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, abled. now I believe one of our actions should Almost daily, newspapers are reporting on be to set a priority to put more money U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. ROBERT C. BYRD, the impacts of higher energy costs for con- into the Low-Income Home Energy As- Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, sumers. Hurricane Katrina’s impact on en- sistance Program. We should abso- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. ergy markets comes on top of soaring energy lutely do that, but we should do it in a DEAR CHAIRMAN COCHRAN AND RANKING prices over the past several years. Utilities way that is responsible so we do not MEMBER BYRD: Hurricane Katrina upset the from New England to Florida to Oregon are end up passing the bills for today’s en- lives of millions, displacing families from seeking rate increases. In addition to rising energy prices, the economic devastation in ergy costs on to our children by cre- their homes and inflicting severe economic damage. Without question, the people of the the Gulf region is likely to impact the na- ating more debt. tional economy. Many more Americans will I don’t think senior citizens who ben- Gulf region deserve our support, and we stand ready to help. As the Appropriations need LIHEAP assistance than the 5 million efit from the low-income energy pro- Committee considers an urgently needed households that received aid during FY 2005. gram want us to go into debt to pay for comprehensive supplemental appropriations State LIHEAP programs are expecting a their energy costs and end up with our bill to address Hurricane Katrina’s devasta- major increase in applications due to the children paying the cost of their en- tion as well as its economic and energy im- rapid increase in home energy prices and this ergy today, when their children might pacts on the nation, we urge you to include additional funding will allow them to ad- need the same type of support and $1.276 billion in emergency Low Income dress the need for assistance. Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Residents and business affected by Hurri- would be less able to get it if they had cane Katrina deserve the nation’s full sup- to pay for not only their energy costs funds. With this additional funding, the LIHEAP program will be able to provide the port and financial assistance, and we stand but also pay for the low-income energy same level of purchasing power as last year. ready and willing to do everything we can to costs of the last generation, the gen- This funding is critical to avoid a looming, help. We recognize that the Committee is eration of today. but preventable, crisis for millions of addi- still working to assess the needs wrought by The proper way to do this is to in- tional Americans caused by the soaring cost Hurricane Katrina and will face difficult pri- crease the LIHEAP program in a way and diminishing affordability of home heat- orities in determining emergency funding. that is fiscally responsible. The best ing fuel as winter approaches. We feel that preventing hardship for millions of Americans by acting to provide LIHEAP way to do that is to look at what the The effects of Hurricane Katrina are being felt by Americans outside of the Gulf Region emergency funds before we have another cri- need is, to begin with. The program sis on our hands is an important priority. costs or additional costs of the pro- as gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas prices rise in the wake of this disaster. In- Thank you for your serious consideration of gram, which we know will probably be deed, there is an imminent emergency con- our request. generated as they can best be pro- fronting millions of low-income Americans Sincerely, jected, on top of the money already unable to afford the cost of rising energy Susan M. Collins, Jeff Bingaman, Olym- being spent on the program, which is prices. The current skyrocketing in energy pia Snowe, Jack Reed, Joe Biden, Hil- about $2.4 billion, is about $1.276 bil- prices coupled with energy debt remaining lary Rodham Clinton, Frank R. Lau- from last winter and this summer are lead- tenberg, Debbie Stabenow, Carl Levin, lion. Dick Lugar, Chris Dodd, Evan Bayh, This number of the additional cost ing to increased disconnections and arrears among consumers as the winter heating sea- Patrick Leahy, Mike DeWine, Mark increase, which is a fairly significant Dayton, Jay Rockefeller, Barack number—it is a lot of money—that was son begins—threatening the well-being of low-income families and seniors. This situa- Obama, Edward M. Kennedy, Jon S. essentially reached by calculating the tion warrants the provision of emergency Corzine, Max Baucus, Ken Salazar, Joe increase in energy cost as a result of a LIHEAP funding in the comprehensive sup- Lieberman, Barbara A. Mikulski, Paul runup in energy prices and finding out plemental request. S. Sarbanes, Jim Jeffords, Herb Kohl, how much oil and gas was used last Prior to Hurricane Katrina’s devastation Maria Cantwell, Kent Conrad, Lisa in the Gulf region, Americans were facing Murkowski, Byron L. Dorgan, Russell year by this program and then basi- D. Feingold, Charles Schumer, Lincoln cally converting that to the increase in record prices for oil, natural gas, and propane. Hurricane Katrina damaged platforms Chafee, John F. Kerry, Mark Pryor, the cost of the program. Blanche L. Lincoln, Dianne Feinstein, So the number that has been gen- and ports and curtailed production at refineries in the Gulf of Mexico, the source of al- Dick Durbin, Gordon H. Smith, Conrad erally agreed to around here as being most a third of U.S. oil output. Crude oil for Burns, Tom Carper, Pete V. Domenici, the correct number and the reasonable October delivery stands at over $66 a barrel Tim Johnson, Ron Wyden, Norm Cole- number and the number that would be on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Heat- man, Jim Talent. consistent with the historic needs of ing oil prices increased dramatically after Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I think the program is $1.276 billion. Hurricane Katrina. Prices averaged $1.70 per that establishes pretty definitively It is not me saying this, by the way. gallon in July, but now stand over $2 per gal- what the number is. In fact, I drafted I didn’t come to that number. Actu- lon. Before Hurricane Katrina struck, the an amendment, which I intend to offer ally, 41 Members of the Senate signed a Energy Information Administration (EIA) at this time, which would increase the letter saying that. They wrote the predicted a 16 percent increase in heating oil funding for low-income energy assist- costs. This increase comes on top of the 34 Chairman and Ranking Member of the percent increase during the 2003–2004 winter. ance by an amount of $1.276 billion. Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural gas prices also rose dramatically The $1.276 billion which is, I believe, September 20—not that long ago—and after Hurricane Katrina, and now stand over the agreed-to number about which 41 asked for an increase in the Low-In- $12, more than 140 percent increase compared Members of this Senate, all of whom I come Home Energy Assistance Pro- to last year at this time. EIA’s Short-term believe are probably supporting various gram by $1.27 billion. Signing that let- Energy Outlook reports, ‘‘The ranges for ex- amendments in this area, signed a letter were Senator COLLINS and Senator pected heating fuel expenditure increases ter asking the Chairman and Ranking this winter are 69 percent to 77 percent for REED, who are the authors of the pend- Member of the Appropriations Com- natural gas in the Midwest; 17 percent to 18 ing amendment, along with, as I men- percent for electricity in the South; 29 per- mittee to put in place an increase in tioned, 41 other Members, which is a cent to 33 percent for heating oil in the the LIHEAP program—is going to be fairly large number of the membership Northeast; and 39 percent to 43 percent for the amount by which my amendment of the Senate, many of whom are from propane in the Midwest.’’ Heating costs for increases the LIHEAP program.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11811 That is a significant increase, a rath- months and putting food on the table 1981, $300,000,000, to remain available until er dramatic increase, in fact, and it for their family. In Illinois, 311,000 expended: Provided, That these funds are for represents, as a percentage, probably households received LIHEAP assist- the unanticipated home energy assistance about a 50-percent increase in the pro- ance last winter, out of 600,000 that ap- needs of one or more States, as authorized by section 2604(e) of the Act: Provided further, gram or well over a 50-percent increase; plied. Clearly there is much more need That the entire amount is designated as an in fact, a 58-percent increase in funding than there are available funds. emergency requirement pursuant to section and, in fact, hits the target we need to If you have never experienced an Illi- 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the aim at in order to make sure that peo- nois winter, I can tell you that it can concurrent resolution on the budget for fis- ple of low incomes, living on fixed in- be bitterly cold. In January, the wind cal year 2006. comes, will have the necessary support coming off of Lake Michigan near my GENERAL PROVISION—REDUCTION AND they need to fund the cost of their en- house in Chicago will chill you to the RESCISSION ergy this winter during the coldest bone. This year, the National Oceanic SEC. ll. (a) Amounts made available in months so they do not have to be put and Atmospheric Association is pro- this Act, not otherwise required by law, are in a situation where they choose be- jecting an even colder than average reduced by 0.92 percent. winter. As a result of colder tempera- (b) The reduction described in subsection tween food and warmth, something (a) shall not apply to amounts made avail- that would be inexcusable and inappro- tures and rising energy prices, the De- able under this Act— priate. partment of Energy’s Energy Informa- (1) for the account under the heading There is a further thing that my tion Administration is predicting that ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or amendment does because I do believe families will be faced with signifi- (2) for the account under the heading in a fiscally responsible approach, and cantly higher heating costs than last ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE’’ (with I believe Congress has an obligation to year. Those families whose homes are respect to amounts designated as emergency set priorities. There is no question in heated primarily by natural gas will requirements). SEC. ll. (a) There is rescinded an amount my mind that an immediate priority pay about $350 more this winter, fami- equal to 0.92 of the budget authority pro- for us is that we make sure that the lies in homes heated primarily by provided in any prior appropriation Act for fis- low-income energy assistance program pane will pay an average of $325 more, cal year 2006, for any discretionary account is adequately funded heading into what and families in homes heated primarily described in this Act. will obviously be a difficult winter in by heating oil will pay, on average, as (b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) light of the high energy costs. That much as $378 more than last year. shall be applied proportionately— should be a priority of our Govern- With the expected increase in heating (1) to each discretionary account described costs, there will be an increased de- in subsection (a) to the extent that it relates ment. But in setting that priority, we to budget authority described in subsection should not pass the debt, as I said ear- mand for LIHEAP assistance. Already (a), and to each item of budget authority de- lier, of funding that program on to our this year, 100,000 Illinois households scribed in subsection (a); and children. We should decide what we are have applied for help with their heat- (2) within each such account or item, to going to cut or how we are going to re- ing bills for the coming winter, a high- each program, project, and activity (as delin- duce the rate of growth in spending at er than average number for this point eated in the appropriation Act or accom- the Federal level to pay for this pro- in the year. The $2.92 billion in emer- panying report for the relevant fiscal year gram. gency funding proposed in this amend- covering such account or item). ment will supplement the $2.18 billion (c) The rescission described in subsection So my amendment, in addition to (a) shall not apply to budget authority pro- adding this fairly significant, rather already contained in the Labor-HHS vided as described in subsection (a)— dramatic increase in funding to the appropriations bill to fully fund (1) for the account under the heading LIHEAP program, and a number which LIHEAP at a total of $5.1 billion. ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or was originally supported by the 41 sig- Livable shelter is a basic human ne- (2) for the account under the heading natories of the letter to the Chairman cessity. Without authorizing these ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE (with and Ranking Member of the Appropria- emergency funds: we put the elderly, respect to amounts designated as emergency tions Committee, also puts in place an the disabled and the low-income fami- requirements)’’. offset to pay for this. lies that depend on this aid at risk. If Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the rea- The offset represents an across-the- we have learned anything from the son I sent this amendment up as a board cut under this bill of all ac- tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, it is that first-degree amendment is that I be- counts. It comes out to be less than a we cannot afford to shortchange pro- lieve we have an understanding with 1-percent cut, a nine-tenths-of-1-per- grams that provide assistance for the Senator REED and Senator COLLINS as cent reduction in spending across other most vulnerable in our society. to the voting sequence, and that is im- accounts to pay for this LIHEAP I urge my colleagues to join me in portant, and that is why I originally spending. That is the proper way to ap- supporting this important amendment. asked to be protected with a second-de- proach an issue such as this. AMENDMENT NO. 2253 gree amendment. Let’s determine whether or not it is a Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I send my The amendment is now pending. Once priority. If it is a priority—and I be- amendment to the desk. again, to summarize what the amend- lieve it is a priority—to fund LIHEAP, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ment does, it increases the funding for then let’s fund it and not pass it on to clerk will report. LIHEAP by $1.276 billion, which is the our children. The assistant legislative clerk read number which was asked originally of That is what I do in this amendment. as follows: the administration about a month ago Rather than sending it up as a second The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. by 41 Senators, including Senator COL- degree, I ask unanimous consent that GREGG] proposes an amendment numbered LINS and Senator REED, in a letter sent the pending amendment be set aside. 2253. to the Chairman and Ranking Member The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask of the Appropriations Committee. It is ALEXANDER). Without objection, it is so unanimous consent that the reading of a significant number. The number is ordered. the amendment be dispensed with. reached by determining what the pro- Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I rise The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without jected costs of the increased cost of en- today in support of the amendment of- objection, it is so ordered. ergy will be to our citizens who are liv- fered by Senators REED and COLLINS to The amendment is as follows: ing on a fixed income. the Fiscal Year 2006 Labor, HHS appro- (Purpose: To increase appropriations for the Second, it is an amendment which is priations bill to appropriate $2.92 bil- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro- paid for where we recognize we have a lion emergency funding for the Low-In- gram by $1,276,000,000, with an across-the- priority as a Government to partici- come Home Energy Assistance Pro- board reduction) pate in assisting these individuals who, gram, (LIHEAP). On page 158, strike lines 12 through 21 and through no fault of their own, find insert the following: LIHEAP provides much needed as- bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, themselves in dire straits if the energy sistance to Americans who might oth- $3,159,000,000. costs, with their significant jump in erwise be forced to choose between For making payments under title XXVI of price, make it impossible for them to heating their home during the winter the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of buy adequate heating oil to heat their

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Without raise this spending without doing an and offer amendments. We have an in- objection, it is so ordered. across-the-board cut or without some dication that there will be an amend- AMENDMENT NO. 2193, AS MODIFIED adequate offset because that means we ment offered at 6 o’clock. We may be in Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask would be deficit financing this number a position to vote on some amendments unanimous consent to call up and send and thus passing this cost on to our at that time, if no other amendments to the desk amendment No. 2193, as children to pay, rather than absorbing are to be offered. But we have 47 min- modified. the cost, as it should be absorbed, by utes between now and 6 o’clock where our generation. there is ample time for someone to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The I ask unanimous consent that Sen- come to the floor a few minutes and clerk will report. ator GRASSLEY be listed as a cosponsor. offer an amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without It may be the offerer of the next The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. objection, it is so ordered. amendment will be here at 5:30. I am THUNE], for himself, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. GREGG. I yield the floor. advised there may be a change. That Mr. BROWNBACK, and Mr. TALENT, proposes The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- still leaves us 16 minutes. We can get a an amendment numbered 2193, as modified. ator from Pennsylvania. lot done in 16 minutes, if somebody Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous con- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ap- comes to the floor and offers an amend- sent the reading of the amendment be preciate the thrust of the argument ment. We don’t like to waste any time, dispensed with. being advanced by the Senator from Mr. President. We have a complicated New Hampshire in terms of expendi- bill here. Wait and see, tomorrow, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tures. There is no doubt that the def- day after tomorrow, Friday, or who- objection, it is so ordered. icit is excessive. There is no doubt that ever knows when this week we will fin- The amendment is as follows: the national debt is an enormous bur- ish this bill—and the majority leader At the end of title II (before the short den on our society. When we deal with and the managers are determined to title), add the following: the issue of energy assistance for the finish the bill—16 minutes will look SEC. ll. TELEHEALTH. poor, there has been a generalized like a lot of time. (a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to agreement, as evidenced by the amend- I remind my colleagues about the ar- ment offered by the Senator from New amounts otherwise appropriated under this gument over a unanimous-consent re- Act, there are appropriated, out of any Hampshire, agreeing that there ought quest for 1 extra minute last Thursday. money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- to be LIHEAP assistance. We have those arguments from time to priated, $10,000,000 to carry out programs and He approaches it differently than the time, sometimes made by experienced activities under the Health Care Safety Net Reed-Collins amendment, which treats Senators who know that if you object Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107–251) and the issue as an emergency, and instead to a 1-minute unanimous consent re- the amendments made by such Act, and for has an across-the-board cut of almost 1 quest, it will take at least 5 minutes to other telehealth programs under section 330I of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. percent on all funding under this bill. straighten it out. Eventually they got The bill is not cut to the bone. The 254c–14), of which— the minute. Mr. President, 15 or 16 (1) $2,500,000 shall be for not less than 10 bill, in its present shape, goes into the minutes is a lot of time, so I urge my telehealth resource centers that provide as- bone. It does not have an increase for colleagues to come to the floor. sistance with respect to technical, legal, and inflation. It has a very marked short- In the interim, I suggest the absence regulatory service delivery or other related fall on many programs. We heard one of a quorum. barriers to the deployment of telehealth this morning on education in the cap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The technologies, of which not less than 2 centers tion of Pell grants where there simply shall be located in a rural State with a popu- clerk will call the roll. lation of less than 1,500,000 individuals; is not enough money to take care of The legislative clerk proceeded to the basic needs of these three depart- (2) $5,000,000 shall be for network grants call the roll. and demonstration or pilot projects for ments. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I telehomecare; and Education and health care are our ask unanimous consent the order for (3) $2,500,000 shall be for grants to carry out two major capital assets. Without good the quorum call be rescinded. programs under which health licensing health, people cannot function. With- boards or various States cooperate to de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without out a decent education, people cannot velop and implement policies that will re- objection, it is so ordered. progress. This allocation of $145 billion duce statutory and regulatory barriers to Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous is right to the bone. telehealth. consent I be allowed to proceed for up We find ourselves in what I think is (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding any other to 5 minutes as in morning business. a genuine emergency situation with re- provision of this Act, amounts made avail- spect to fuel assistance. It is as much The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without able under this Act for the administration objection, it is so ordered. and related expenses for the departmental an emergency as Katrina is to the peo- management for the Department of Labor, (The remarks of Mr. MCCONNELL are ple who are victims of that hurricane. the Department of Health and Human Serv- printed in today’s RECORD under That incident has markedly raised the ices, and the Department of Education, shall cost of fuel oil and natural gas where ‘‘Morning Business.’’) be reduced, on a pro rata basis, by $10,000,000. people need it for heating. Mr. MCCONNELL. I suggest the ab- The Director of the Office of Management Where we can appropriate the kind of sence of a quorum. and Budget shall administer such reductions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dollars which we have for Katrina—and Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask the clerk will call the roll. I am not questioning that—this is right amendment be laid aside. in the same boat, to use an overused The legislative clerk proceeded to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without metaphor. call the roll. objection, it is so ordered. Much as we have problems with the Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask deficit, much as we have problems with unanimous consent the order for the Mr. THUNE. I suggest the absence of the national debt, this is, I think, a quorum call be rescinded. a quorum. genuine emergency, and the accounts The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The on this bill simply cannot tolerate fur- objection, it is so ordered. clerk will call the roll.

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Without objection, it is so The Pentagon had given me clearance to erally under what conditions were re- ordered. see secret information . . . porters approved to be embedded with Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, my un- My question is, What kind of clear- military units and given opportunity derstanding is we are on the appropria- ance would that be, that a reporter, to see secret or top secret material? tions bill. I will speak for 5 minutes or traveling with a military unit in Iraq, Did they have security clearances or so on a subject unrelated to the bill. searching for weapons of mass destruc- not? The Pentagon says not. This re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is the tion, what kind of clearance would that porter said she did. If they had clear- Senator’s right. reporter have to see classified or secret ances, what kinds of clearances were PENTAGON CLEARANCE FOR JUDITH MILLER information? they? The Pentagon said they have Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, there I called the Pentagon to find out nondisclosure forms. How can you give has been a lot of information around what kind of clearance would exist, a nondisclosure form to a reporter and this town about a New York Times re- perhaps not just with respect to this then show them secret or top secret porter named Judith Miller. She has reporter. My interest would be on a material? Take a look at the law, been central to a case that Mr. Fitz- broader basis. We had many reporters which I will read tomorrow in the Sen- gerald, the special prosecutor, is look- embedded with military units in Iraq ate. That is not what is allowed. ing into. There is a lot of anticipation during the invasion and during the sub- The classification of material that is here about what or what might not sequent activities, looking for weapons secret or top secret dealing with intel- happen with respect to charges that of mass destruction. ligence or military operations is not a might be filed. It has to do with the Based on what I can learn from the classification that is done lightly. It is disclosure of a covert CIA agent and Pentagon—although it was not all that not a classification that can be over- who might have disclosed her name and clear from the response I received— come by someone in the Pentagon who why. Judith Miller was a reporter for based on what I could learn from the says, Okay, put on a military shirt or the New York Times and Judith Miller Pentagon, it seems there was no ‘‘se- a pair of military trousers and go spent some 80-plus days in jail because cret’’ or ‘‘top secret’’ clearance given embed yourself with that unit, and, by she decided not to testify about that this reporter. the way, you sign a form that says subject before a grand jury when re- Now, last evening I talked to a sol- ‘‘nondisclosure.’’ That is not the way quested by the special prosecutor. She dier in Germany, a man who was a part we decide how to disperse information was subsequently released and did tes- of the unit in which this reporter was that is considered secret or top secret. tify. embedded. He was very willing and in- Those who are in our Senate commu- I share the common interest in what terested in talking about the entire ex- nity, on our staffs and so on, those who has happened, what did the special perience. The fellow from Germany, are permitted to see classified secret prosecutor find, were there people in who is a sergeant in that special unit and top secret material, must have a Washington, DC, who were ‘‘outing,’’ as Judith Miller was embedded in, spoke clearance. That clearance must come it were, a covert agent of the CIA, and at some length about what happened after an investigation to determine if so, did they lie about it, did they ob- there. I told him of the quote Judith whether that person is qualified to struct justice. I don’t know the answer Miller had in the New York Times. He have classified information. I am ask- and I don’t pretend to know the answer said he would have understood that she ing the Pentagon, did they provide a to any of that. As one colleague sug- would have likely seen secret or even clearance? The short answer says no, gested on television this weekend, top secret information. The way the re- they did not. The writer says they did. these are not ‘‘technical’’ issues. There porter is embedded in that cir- The Pentagon says a ‘‘nondisclosure is no such thing as technical perjury. cumstance, they have access to a sub- form.’’ What on Earth is that? How In any event, this is very important. stantial amount of information, could many nondisclosure forms exist when But that is now why I am here now. not help but have access. So the ques- they are embedding men and women in The reason I come to the Senate for tion I asked the Pentagon is, on what the news media with military units en- a moment to mention Judith Miller is basis would a reporter have access to gaged in activities that often are secret she wrote something in her own hand these clearances to receive secret or and top secret? that appeared in the New York Times top secret information? I will be asking the inspector general in recent days describing her situation. Further, it is my understanding, at at the Pentagon to take a look at this She said something that was of inter- least from the sergeant whom I spoke to evaluate for the Congress. All Mem- est to me and alerted my curiosity. I with in Germany last evening, all that bers should understand this. What are have since made a number of calls re- was transmitted from this reporter, the circumstances by which a reporter lated to that. embedded with a military unit, was ap- describes her access to see secret infor- Judith Miller was embedded in a proved by the colonel involved in that mation because she had a ‘‘clearance’’ military unit and she said the fol- military unit and material was not to from the Pentagon when the Pentagon lowing in her piece: be published without the colonel’s ap- said she did not have a clearance? We The Pentagon had given me clearance to proval. Well, of course, that is the cen- understand what secret clearances are see secret information as a part of my as- soring of the material. It is also the around here. All of us understand that. signment ‘‘embedded’’ with a special mili- case as reported not only by the ser- We deal with that classification every tary unit hunting for unconventional weap- geant in the conversation I had last day. What are the circumstances by ons [or weapons of mass destruction.] evening but also in previous publica- which a reporter is allowed to see se- We all understand in the Senate what tions, that this reporter, Judith Miller, cret or top secret information because it means to see secret or top secret ma- described often her acquaintance with they have a clearance, when the Pen- terial. We frequently are provided Donald Rumsfeld and Mr. Feith and tagon says no such clearance exists? briefings by the CIA, by the Defense others in the Pentagon at high levels, If, in fact, it is not a clearance and Department, by other intelligence including generals. And she expressed the reporter has simply misspoken, if units, briefings that are classified as freely her either agreement or dis- it is instead a nondisclosure form, then either ‘‘secret,’’ or ‘‘top secret.’’ We agreement with the military activities I would like to see the provision in law understand what that means. We un- of the unit she was in, and talked by which the Pentagon has decided to derstand, for example, if a member of about complaining back to Rumsfeld, provide nondisclosure releases to jour- our staff is to be made available to and so on and so forth. nalists who join military units whose have those clearances, clearances come I don’t know the voracity of all of units then censor the material that only when there is a background check that. All I am reporting is what I was comes from the journalist. And is there

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I would have maybe two Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby What I have read in recent days raised or three if I didn’t run on that kind of move to bring to a close debate on H.R. 3010: questions for me beyond what has been a platform. The Labor-HHS appropriations bill. raised in recent days which is the issue Seriously, we need to get on with Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, Thad Cochran, this bill. But it is now past 6 o’clock, Michael Enzi, Wayne Allard, Jon Kyl, of the special prosecutor and his poten- Rick Santorum, Richard Lugar, Mike tial action before the grand jury ex- and that concludes our activity on the DeWine, Craig Thomas, Mel Martinez, pires. I don’t know about all of that. I bill. I think the custom of the Senate Sam Brownback, Kay Bailey am as interested as others about what is to move to morning business at this Hutchison, John Thune, Orrin Hatch, may or may not happen. point. Robert Bennett, Mike Crapo. I am a member of the Subcommittee I am advised we have not yet filed Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask on Defense Appropriations. We spend a cloture, Mr. President, so I suggest the unanimous consent that the manda- fair amount of time evaluating weap- absence of a quorum so we technically tory quorum under rule XXII be ons programs and other issues that are stay on the bill until the final signa- waived. secret and top secret. But I don’t un- ture is added so that the cloture mo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without derstand this, a self-description by a tion can be filed. objection, it is so ordered. New York Times reporter about her The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. FRIST. This cloture vote will clearance to see secret information as clerk will call the roll. occur Thursday morning. We will an- part of being embedded with the mili- The legislative clerk proceeded to nounce the exact time sometime dur- tary unit. call the roll. ing tomorrow’s session, hopefully Mr. President, I will have more to Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask Thursday morning. say about this tomorrow. In the mean- unanimous consent that the order for Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I rise time, I intend to try to find additional the quorum call be rescinded. today to support an important cause, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without answers. They have not been forth- at a critical time, increasing the rep- objection, it is so ordered. coming in the last couple of days. But resentation of students from underrep- Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask I think all of the Congress, all of the resented backgrounds in law school and unanimous consent that I be allowed to Senate, should be asking these ques- the legal profession. proceed as though in morning business tions as well. Senator DURBIN and I have intro- for 10 minutes. duced an amendment to the Labor, Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Health and Human Services, and Edu- objection, it is so ordered. ator from Pennsylvania. cation appropriations bill that would (The remarks of Mr. LEVIN are print- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, we restore funding for a program which ed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Morning have been sitting in the Chamber with- Business.’’) seeks to do just that the Thurgood out accomplishing much for more than Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I note Marshall Legal Educational Oppor- 45 minutes now. We had, in my view, that S. Res. 287, which is a resolution I tunity Program. The Marshall Pro- more quorum calls and more time introduced on behalf of Senator STABE- gram provides technical assistance, which was not spent on the bill than we NOW, Senator REID, Senator FRIST, and training, coaching, and financial as- should have. We have a great many I believe a majority of this body now, sistance to prospective law students amendments pending, and we are going has been cleared for passage later on who might otherwise experience aca- to be pushing ahead. this evening. I very much welcome that demic or financial obstacles to law We are filing cloture today, and we development. It is fitting, indeed, that school success. It also runs 6-week are going to be pushing ahead to try to on the day after the passing of Rosa Summer Institutes that serve as a get this bill finished at the earliest Parks the majority of this body sees it bridge between college and law school, time. Whether it is Thursday, Friday, important to adopt a bipartisan resolu- and helps law students prepare for the or when this week, I do not know. We tion honoring her life. bar exam. Since its inception, over have been awaiting for more than 30 I thank the Chair. I note the absence 7,000 students have received their law minutes the arrival of a Senator to of a quorum. degrees with help from the Marshall offer another amendment. And very The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Program. I am proud to say that some candidly, I am tired of waiting. clerk will call the roll. of the Program’s valuable initiatives So that concludes the action on this The assistant legislative clerk pro- are held at Illinois’ own Northern Illi- bill today. We will begin tomorrow ceeded to call the roll. nois University and DePaul University. morning with a series of amendments. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask Judges, prosecutors, public defenders, We had wanted to vote on a number of unanimous consent that the order for and other legal professionals are the amendments which were pending, but the quorum call be rescinded. faces of our justice system. It is impor- we cannot because too many Senators The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tant that these individuals come from have other commitments. That is objection, it is so ordered. a variety of experiences, and bring to something that is hard to understand CLOTURE MOTION their jobs a diverse range of perspec- sometimes: why we are notified mid- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, we have tives. According to a national study afternoon that Senators are too busy been moving forward with the under- commissioned in 2000, however, half of to attend to the business of the Senate lying bill, and Chairman SPECTER has those polled believed that the justice and to vote. indicated that he has a lineup of system treated people differently be- I say in gest that I am going to run amendments ready for tomorrow. I cause of their background. One impor- for majority leader on a platform to know that tomorrow will be a busy day tant way to address this problem is to have a 4-day workweek, from Monday with votes in relation to those amend- make sure that working-class people noon until Friday noon. That would ments. We need this final appropria- and students from different cultural double the workweek of the Senate. tions bill this week, as I have said backgrounds have the opportunity to The second plank of my platform—I no- again and again—this week and last go to law school and successfully enter tice the two Senators from Georgia are week—and, therefore, in order to facili- the legal profession. amused; anybody would be amused—to tate passage, I now send a cloture mo- Equally important is the effect these hold down these votes to 15 minutes tion to the desk. students will have on their families and 5 more minutes, we did pretty well The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- and their communities. The Marshall on that. We had an 181⁄2-minute vote. ture motion having been presented Program’s benefits extend not only to

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An estimated 3 million people meet immediate needs but has found their neighborhoods, and hope to their are now homeless. As the survivors the world community willing to pledge communities. The Marshall Progam spend day after miserable day with lit- barely a quarter of this amount—and helps to expand opportunities, for this tle food or water, little medical care, the White House’s response has been to generation of Americans and the next. little protection from the bitterly cold promise less than 4 percent of this I am proud to support the cause of in- winter temperatures that have already modest sum, per USAID fact-sheet of creasing the representation of students hampered relief efforts, the number of 10/21: $10.8 million to U.N. flash appeal. from less advantaged backgrounds in the dead will certainly rise. Mr. President, we need to do much the legal profession. I urge my col- Residents of the Indian-administered more, to do it much faster—and we leagues to do the same. portion of Kashmir were hit hard: 1,400 need the administration to start tell- have died, a number greater than the f ing us some answers: death toll of Katrina. But the worst How much money will we actually MORNING BUSINESS devastation has been felt in the area spend? And where will it come from? Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask administered by Pakistan, which has Does the administration plan to shift unanimous consent that there now be a borne the brunt of the disaster. funds from existing accounts for Paki- period for the transaction of morning For Pakistan, the earthquake was at stan, in which case the President’s business, with Senators permitted to least 40 Katrinas, all rolled into one. pledge would look like a bait-and- speak for up to 10 minutes each. The capitol of Pakistani Kashmir has switch? Would the funds come from ex- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without been largely destroyed. Relief efforts isting disaster accounts, in which case objection, it is so ordered. will cost billions of dollars, and repairs every dollar sent to Kashmir would po- to the very most basic infrastructure f tentially be a dollar taken from will cost billions more. Darfur, Guatemala, or Niger? American helicopter pilots and other LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT With so many pressing needs here in military personnel have performed he- ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2005 the United States, some may ask why roically in the rescue operation. The send any aid overseas. Let’s take care Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise first 72 hours after a disaster of this of our own people, some may say, leave today to speak about the need for hate magnitude are vital, since this is the other nations to take care of them- crimes legislation. Each Congress, Sen- window in which trapped survivors selves. ator KENNEDY and I introduce hate have a realistic chance of being crimes legislation that would add new brought out alive. As of last week, Oc- But this is a false choice. We can categories to current hate crimes law, tober 17, 442 U.S. personnel and 11 heli- take care of our own people and fulfill sending a signal that violence of any copters were involved in the effort, and our moral duty to our fellow human kind is unacceptable in our society. the U.S. military had evacuated 2,500 beings elsewhere in the world. Likewise, each Congress I have come to survivors. I am proud of our service When we were struck by the tragedy the floor to highlight a separate hate men and women, and I wholeheartedly of Katrina, 90 nations offered us assist- crime that has occurred in our coun- support President Bush’s decision to ance—including a pledge of $1 million try. deploy our military assets to this mis- from Pakistan. Aiding the victims of On September, 19, 1998, two men and sion of mercy. the Kashmiri earthquake is the right two women pulled up to Peter John- I would like to see far more of our thing to do, and it is also in our vital son’s car in Chicago, IL, and asked him choppers devoted to this vital effort: national interest. As we have seen in if he was gay. When he replied that he With only 30 percent of the affected vil- the aftermath of the Asian tsunami was, the four people exited the vehicle lages reachable by road, the single this year, disaster relief is one of the and beat the man. He was then taken greatest need is for every utility heli- most effective—and cost-effective— to a local hospital and treated for inju- copter that can be rushed to the scene; tools in our diplomatic or political ar- ries that he had sustained during the we’ve got Chinooks, Blackhawks, and senal. attack. other suitable craft right across the Other nations recognize the twinned I believe that our Government’s first border in Afghanistan, and I hope the moral and political need for generous duty is to defend its citizens, in all cir- administration will immediately shift humanitarian response. Some 30 coun- cumstances, from threats to them at more of these assets to the short-term tries have sent relief aid to Pakistan, home. The Local Law Enforcement En- mission of saving lives. countries including Russia, China, hancement Act is a major step forward I also support the President’s pledge Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, in achieving that goal. I believe that of financial aid for the reconstruction Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Iran, by passing this legislation and chang- effort—indeed, I rise today to urge Jordan, Syria and Afghanistan. Sev- ing current law, we can change hearts President Bush to send more aid. This eral, including Britain and Turkey, and minds as well. is no time for half-measures. sent specialized search-and-rescue f If there is one thing we all should teams to pull survivors out of the rub- have learned from Katrina and the ble. EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR Southeast Asian tsunami, it is that an Others have already established mo- PAKISTAN effective, rapid, well-funded response is bile field hospitals that are saving hun- Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, the people necessary to prevent a terrible tragedy dreds—maybe thousands—of lives on a of Kashmir are no strangers to hard- from spiraling into an uncontrolled dis- daily basis. Even Pakistan’s longtime ship. Their beautiful, tragic land has aster. rival India sent planeloads of tents, been the arena of full-scale warfare be- As of today, October 24, the total medicine, and other supplies. tween India and Pakistan, a long-run- amount of earthquake aid committed The U.S. has been generous, but so ning insurgency marked by exceptional by the administration has been about too have other countries. If the admin- brutality and penetration by terrorist $27 million. President Bush has pledged istration does indeed follow through on groups in league with al-Qaida. ‘‘up to’’ $50 million, and Secretary Rice President Bush’s $50 million promise, On October 8, the people of Kashmir has hinted that the total figure might that would be half the amount pledged suffered the most devastating blow yet: be higher than this, but so far—2 weeks by Kuwait, half the amount pledged by A massive earthquake killed about as after the tragedy—these are still vague the United Arab Emirates. Last week- many Kashmiris in just a few minutes abstractions. The costs for tsunami re- end, Saudi Arabia announced an aid as all the bullets and bombs of massed lief proved far higher than the initial package of $133 million. We are not the

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Every day we let the penses in Iraq, we bought an incalcu- like Mercy Corps, CARE, the Inter- extremists fill the void is another op- lable amount of goodwill among the 210 national Rescue Committee, Save the portunity wasted. million Muslims in Indonesia, and im- Children and the Red Cross have col- The Asian tsunami provides a shining proved our standing among many other lected many thousands of dollars. example of the need for rapid action, Muslims worldwide. In one development that builds upon and what we can accomplish when we Today, we have the chance to rep- an encouraging warming of ties be- do things right. licate our success. We can do in Paki- tween Pakistan and Israel, President The initial response from the White stan what we did in Indonesia: prove Musharraf has specifically welcomed House was disappointing: for the first that America is not engaged in a cru- the contributions of American Jewish week after the tragedy, the administra- sade against Islam. charities. tion lagged behind other nations, in- We can demonstrate—with deeds, not But there are other organizations cluding small countries with far infe- empty words—that we are allies rather whose support is more troubling: ex- rior resources than we possess. than adversaries. We can show that we, tremist groups have been in the fore- But once the administration decided and not the extremists or the terror- front of disaster relief. There is a des- to match America’s contribution with ists, are the best friends that the peo- perate need for more assistance—and our superpower status, we leapt to the ple of Muslim nations could want to that void is being filled by groups hos- forefront of the relief effort. When the have. tile to American interests. USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group and We can do this, but we can’t do it on the cheap. We can’t do it with just a Jamaat ul-Dawa, an affiliate of the other naval assets arrived on the scene, dozen helicopters and $27 million and a terrorist group Lashkar-e Taiba, has they immediately established us the promise that eventually we may con- been operating a major field hospital leader of the global response. complete with x-ray facilities and an The sailors, marines and other serv- tribute half as much as Kuwait. Mr. President, I urge this Chamber to operating theater—a facility so capable ice members did an absolutely superb do more. And I urge the administration that it has been treating casualties of job: They performed an act of public di- to immediately match our contribution the Pakistani military itself. plomacy more powerful than any dol- with the vital need at hand: With Paki- More than a week after the earth- lars-and-sense reckoning could cal- stan reeling from the worst natural quake, the U.S. had still not set up a culate. disaster in its history, we can’t afford mobile field hospital, despite the prox- They showed that the U.S. military to let our response be too little and too imity of resources in Afghanistan and is not merely a fearsome adversary but late. the Middle East; I hope that by now also a powerful friend. Today, Mr. President, our moral duty such a facility is in operation. We have This effort had an immediate impact: and our national security interest are the finest military medical personnel In Indonesia, the world’s most popu- one. in the world, and they are eager to save lous Muslim nation, popular attitudes f as many lives as they can. towards the United States profoundly Why has the administration been un- improved, almost overnight. Before COMMEMORATING THE SIXTIETH able to accomplish a vital humani- George Bush took office, 75 percent of ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED tarian task that is currently being car- Indonesians had a favorable impression NATIONS ried out by a terrorist affiliate? of the United States; by 2003, that num- Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I recog- And Jamaat ul-Dawa isn’t the only ber had fallen to 15 percent. nize and pay tribute to the United Na- extremist group filling this need. The But in the aftermath of the tsunami, tions on the occasion of its sixtieth an- AI-Khidmat Foundation, the charity Indonesians saw Americans as friends niversary. branch of hardline Islamist party rather than foes. In a survey sponsored During this week in 1945, fifty coun- Jamaat-e Islami, has organized relief by the nonpartisan group Terror Free tries came together to found the convoys, medical facilities and camps Tomorrow, 65 percent of respondents United Nations, a body created to ad- sheltering survivors. had a more favorable view of the vance two momentous goals: a world The Al-Rasheed trust, a group whose United States after the arrival of the free from war, and one in which the U.S. assets have been frozen on the sus- USS Abraham Lincoln. basic rights of citizens are respected in picion that it channeled funds to al- This public attitude is directly re- all countries. Over the last 6 decades, Qaida is highly visible in a variety of flected in Indonesian views of the war with the help of the UN, we have at relief efforts. on terror. In the same poll, support for least avoided the scourge of another There’s nothing new about extremist Osama bin Laden dropped from 58 per- world war. And we have seen the ad- groups performing social services. cent prior to the tsunami to 23 percent vancement of democracy and human Hezbollah, Hamas, the Tamil Tigers, afterward. For the first time in any rights around the world, as well as the and a variety of other groups on the major poll, a plurality, 40 percent, sup- provision of shelter, basic education, Foreign Terrorist Organization list ported the U.S.-led fight against ter- and critical healthcare to millions that have long bolstered their base of sup- rorism. would otherwise have gone without. port by providing social welfare pro- And this isn’t merely a matter of poll Today, while the broad goals of the grams—especially where the govern- numbers: Indonesian-based extremist UN remain the same, global threats ment has been either unable or unwill- groups tried to use their relief oper- and challenges are drastically dif- ing to meet its citizens’ most basic ations in the tsunami-ravaged province ferent. Internal conflict, terrorism, the needs. of Aceh as a tool for recruitment, and spread of weapons of mass destruction, The extremists know that such pro- due in large part to the strong U.S. re- religious hatreds, natural disasters, grams build goodwill among the popu- sponse these groups utterly failed to and disease pose great hardships and lace. They have learned a lesson al- make headway. When they tried to risks to all people, regardless of coun- ready known to every U.S. military of- preach anti-American sentiments, the try of origin, and require, more than ficer: You can’t win a war with bombs people of Aceh shut them down cold: ever, coordinated international re- alone, you have to win hearts and The survivors of the tsunami knew bet- sponses. By harnessing the resources minds. ter because they had seen American and collective expertise of its 191 mem- Our military professionals know this, sailors and marines saving lives. ber states, the United Nations has the but it sometimes seems as if the civil- The lesson is clear: Our humani- ability to address these concerns in ian leadership in the White House has tarian duty and our national security ways that no single nation can on its forgotten the lesson. We had an oppor- interests here are in complete accord. own.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11817 We in the United States owe the UN effectively advance the rights and free- buildings at Fort Reno. Their dedicated our profound gratitude for the assist- doms that continue to be denied to far work to this project is greatly appre- ance that has been provided to victims too many. The establishment of a ciated. of Hurricane Katrina on our gulf coast. Peace Building Commission will make I ask unanimous consent the fol- Within days of the disaster, the United the UN, and the world, better equipped lowing letter be printed for the Nations launched a campaign to co- to prevent post-conflict countries from RECORD. ordinate relief assistance with federal relapsing into violence, reducing the There being no objection, the mate- efforts. UN agencies have distributed conditions that breed terrorism. And rial was ordered to be printed in the life-saving supplies, are supporting the the dozens of personnel, management RECORD, as follows: surveillance work of the Centers for and budget reforms that have been pro- VON TUNGELN FARMS, Disease Control, and are assisting in posed and endorsed by member states Calumet, OK, September 28, 2005. evacuee registration and tracking of will make the organization more effi- Hon. JIM INHOFE, missing children. cient in the important work it does. Russell Building, Day in and day out, we see evidence Washington, DC. Now, as the United Nations moves DEAR SENATOR INHOFE: I appreciate your of the critical work that the United into the next chapter of its history, it interest in helping the citizens of Oklahoma Nations undertakes around the world. is imperative that this momentum for to preserve one of our most important his- The organization continues to lead hu- change continues. Implementing these torical assets, the buildings of Fort Reno. manitarian relief efforts in the wake of reforms is the responsibility of the Funding is badly needed to restore and main- last year’s tsunami disaster in South- member states. The United States can tain the Fort’s buildings, many of which east Asia and has launched an emer- playa critical leadership role in secur- were built as early as the 1880’s. The legisla- gency response to the devastating tion you are willing to introduce on our being their support, and their action. The half will insure that these priceless buildings earthquake in Pakistan. Through future effectiveness of the United Na- are not lost, but are preserved and main- UNAIDS, the organization coordinates tions lies in the balance, and I have tained and made available for viewing and a comprehensive global response to the every expectation that the member use by generations of Oklahomans. fight against HIV/AIDS, working to states can and will deliver. I encourage I also appreciate that you support a rev- halt and reverse the epidemic by 2015. the Members of this chamber to fully enue-neutral approach to financing the res- The UN women’s fund, UNIFEM, sup- toration of Fort Reno without increasing our support the efforts that are underway tax burden. My late husband, Henry Jo, first ports women’s empowerment and gen- at the United Nations. suggested this mechanism about two years der equality, in particular through sup- Article One of the United Nations ago, and worked to have it considered. Your porting local initiatives to end vio- Charter states that the purposes of the willingness to implement the plan means a lence against women. The UN Develop- organization are to maintain inter- great deal to me. Success with the legisla- ment Program is supporting demo- national peace and security; address tion will mean much to many other Oklaho- cratic governance projects in Iraq, Af- international social, economic and cul- mans, as well as the thousands of out-of- ghanistan, Sierra Leone, Haiti and over tural problems; and to promote funda- state tourists who visit Fort Reno each year. 150 countries worldwide. Inspections by Sincerely, mental human rights and freedoms. DONNA VON TUNGELN. the International Atomic Energy Agen- Today, although tremendous progress f cy have uncovered violations by Iran has been made, we still need the UN to and North Korea, and the agency’s advance these goals. Therefore, I con- TRIBUTE TO PAUL AND SHEILA safeguards have assured the world that gratulate and thank the United Na- WELLSTONE other countries are not diverting nu- tions, its current personnel and staff, Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise clear material from their peaceful nu- as well as those who have served in the today in memory of Paul and Sheila clear power programs. past, for all that it has done to advance Wellstone. It is hard to believe that on Finally, the UN Refugee Agency, peace, security and freedom around the this date 3 years ago, the lives of Paul UNHCR, extends protection and life world, and for all that it must do in the and Sheila Wellstone, and others, were saving assistance to some 19 million years ahead to realize the vision of its taken in a plane crash in Minnesota. refugees and other vulnerable persons. founders. On that day, I lost a good friend, the In May 2005, I had the opportunity to f Senate lost a leader, and the American visit the Oure Cassoni refugee camp people lost an advocate who was never VOTE EXPLANATION along the Chad-Sudan border, and was afraid to stand up and speak for those incredibly impressed with UNHCR’s Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- who had no voice. work in providing direly needed food, dent, I would like the RECORD to reflect Today I honor my friend and col- shelter, and education services for that I was necessarily absent for the league, Senator Paul Wellstone, who nearly 25,000 refugees. The agency’s aid votes on the confirmations of Brian Ed- inspired so many people to speak up staff is working tirelessly to serve this ward Sandoval to be U.S. District and to serve. Even as I stand here large population, and I witnessed ex- Judge for the District of Nevada, Vote today, I cannot imagine that when I traordinary dedication and profes- No. 265, and Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr., turn around I won’t see Paul standing sionalism. to be U.S. District Judge for the East- at his desk, his arms flailing in the air, For 60 years, the United Nations has ern District of Tennessee, Vote No. 266, making his point with great passion. been on the front lines leading humani- on Monday, October 24, 2005, so I could Paul inspired me to run for the U.S. tarian stabilization efforts under con- assess the impact of Hurricane Wilma Senate. His brilliant example reminded ditions and in situations that are the on Florida. Had I been present for these me that you don’t need to be powerful worst of the worst. Now the organiza- votes, I would have voted in favor of or rich to make a difference. You just tion is focused on another critical task: both nominations. need to have an honest concern for oth- reforming itself. Many, including Sec- f ers, an optimistic spirit, and the cour- retary General Annan, have recognized age to act. Paul embodied these traits. that the UN must change the way it FORT RENO MINERAL LEASING I am grateful for the time we had does business if it is to maintain the ACT with Paul. He and I worked on every- support of its members and effectively Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, on Octo- thing from domestic violence and edu- address the challenges that the global ber 6, 2005, I introduced S. 1832, the cation to providing health care to vet- community will face in the future. ‘‘Fort Reno Mineral Leasing Act’’. At erans and protecting families from as- This reordering and restructuring is that time I introduced letters of sup- bestos. needed, significant, and moving for- port for this legislation. Since then I As the month of October, which is ward. To highlight a few items, as a re- have received a letter from Mrs. Donna Domestic Violence Awareness Month, sult of the support demonstrated at the Von Tungeln that I would like to sub- draws to a close, there is much the UN Summit last month, member states mit for the RECORD. Senate has accomplished on this issue. are working to create a Human Rights Mrs. Von Tungeln and her late hus- The Violence Against Women Act reau- Council to replace the defunct Human band Henry Jo have been active sup- thorization, which contains many im- Rights Commission, in order to more porters of preserving the historical provements to the current law, has

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Today, I am proud to say that of addressing the third annual Civitas victims of domestic violence, espe- between the Department of Defense, World Conference in 1999 in Palermo, cially in the area of economic security. the National Institutes of Health and Italy, which brought together political Paul knew that it is important to ad- the Centers for Disease Control and leaders and more than 350 civic edu- dress the economic barriers that trap Prevention, nearly a billion dollars an- cators from around the world. women in violent homes or relation- nually is being spent on finding a cure This international civic education ships. That is why he and I worked to- for breast cancer. Scientific research- movement continues today in no small gether to introduce bills to provide ers are making exciting discoveries measure because of the important work economic protections for victims. I am about the causes of breast cancer and Penn Kemble began in 1995. He knew proud to carry on the legacy of Paul its prevention, detection, diagnosis, that even though the institutional ma- and Sheila Wellstone, and in their treatment and control, leading to real chinery of democracy might be in honor I have introduced the Security progress in our war against this dev- place, it could not be sustained unless and Financial Empowerment, SAFE astating disease. We know better than a culture of democracy was to take Act, which will protect and even save ever before how a healthy cell can be- root. He knew that people could only the lives of victims of domestic or sex- come cancerous, how breast cancer become citizens when they understood ual violence and their families. spreads, why some tumors are more ag- and exercised the rights and respon- We are all poorer for the loss of Paul gressive than others and why some sibilities of self-government. He knew Wellstone, his wife Sheila, his daughter women suffer more severely and are that it was in our Nation’s best inter- Marcia, the members of his staff, and more likely to die of the disease. est to support emerging democracies the pilots who were taken from us on However, our work is not done. While through citizen education and he used this day 3 years ago. But I continue to important advances have been made, his intellect, boundless energy, and hope that each one of us who are here we still do not know what causes this creativity to achieve that end. will take on part of Paul’s legacy—for disease, or how to prevent it. Today, I I am grateful for the work Penn example, the spirit to speak out for the call upon my Senate colleagues to co- Kemble began during my husband’s underprivileged or for the woman on sponsor the Breast Cancer Environ- Presidency, and I join his family and welfare because of domestic violence mental Research Act, legislation mod- friends from all over the world in mourning his loss. who is trying to get back on her feet. eled after the Defense Department’s If we can remember to fight for all Breast Cancer Research Program. The f Americans no matter what challenges Breast Cancer Environmental Research THE AVIAN INFLUENZA they face, and do so with respect and Act would establish eight centers to Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, today dignity, then Paul’s legacy will live on conduct research on environmental fac- I rise to express my concern about in the Senate, as it lives on in our tors that may contribute to breast can- avian influenza and America’s pre- hearts and minds. In the name of Paul cer and, importantly, would require paredness for a global pandemic. While and Sheila Wellstone, I pledge to carry collaboration with community organi- I do not want to add to people’s fears on their legacy throughout my time in zations in the areas where the centers about this issue, reports of the the Senate. are established. I strongly believe any lethality of the H5N1 strain must be f breast cancer research must include taken seriously and we need to make the perspectives of breast cancer sur- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS sure that we are taking appropriate vivors, and this legislation does so by MONTH measures to prepare for a possible pan- including consumer advocates in the demic. Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I rise peer review and programmatic review As we all well know, migratory birds today to recognize National Breast process. In addition, the legislation is are steadily carrying the avian flu Cancer Awareness Month, and call for structured to ensure the kind of effi- virus from throughout Southeast Asia quick passage of the Breast Cancer En- ciency and public accountability that and Siberia to Romania, Turkey, and vironmental Research Act. Breast Can- has made an overwhelming number of now Greece. International health officer is a disease that has impacted vir- Senate colleagues, as well as scientists cials predicted that this spread could tually every American’s life, including and consumers, so supportive of the happen, and it should be no surprise my own. My two sisters both had Department of Defense Breast Cancer that this disease is taking this course. breast cancer and died of the disease. Research Program. I urge my col- In the 20th century alone, three influ- Sadly, they contracted breast cancer at leagues to support the Breast Cancer enza pandemics swept throughout the a time when regular mammograms and Environmental Research Act. world, most notably the 1918 flu pan- improved treatment methods were not f demic, which took 500,000 lives. Our widely available. More than 3 million knowledge of disease and hygiene has IN MEMORY OF PENN KEMBLE women are currently living with breast improved dramatically since then, and cancer, and each year, tens of thou- Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President. On Oc- our ability to ready ourselves has sub- sands of women die from this disease. tober 16, our Nation lost one of its fin- sequently advanced, but our risk for a In 1992, I offered an amendment to est defenders of freedom, Richard Penn pandemic remains a danger. dedicate $210 million in the Defense De- Kemble. Scientists and public health officials partment budget to begin the Breast The central theme of Penn Kemble’s throughout the world have warned that Cancer Research Program, a partner- activist youth and professional life was a flu pandemic will take place, have ship between the military, medical, the promotion and strengthening of de- alerted governments to the possibility and breast cancer survivor commu- mocracy. In the 1970s, he served on the of pandemic through the avian flu, and nities to develop and implement inno- Senate staff of my predecessor, Daniel have watched as little has been done to vative research towards the goal of Patrick Moynihan, and in the Clinton prepare for the occurrence. Despite the curing and eliminating breast cancer. administration, he served as Deputy warnings of the inevitability of pan- This funding was in addition to the and Acting Director of the United demic, research into influenza vaccine funding for breast cancer research con- States Information Agency, USIA. At and therapy has been continually un- ducted at the National Institutes of USIA, Penn Kemble initiated Civitas, a derfunded, as have our programs that Health. My amendment passed and multinational educational program. would provide emergency health care overnight it doubled Federal funding Under his leadership, USIA made edu- relief in a time of crisis. Hurricane for breast cancer. Since then, funding cational reform, to strengthen both Katrina illustrated our lack of pre- for breast cancer research has been in- citizenship and the culture of democ- paredness for a true disaster, and the cluded in the Defense Department racy, one of its central interests. Government’s failure to quickly bring budget every year. Through its partnership with the Cen- relief to our friends along the gulf Almost a decade ago, when I looked ter for Civic Education, it nurtured a coast should send a resounding mes- into the issue of breast cancer re- worldwide civic education movement sage that we must better prepare for an

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To amend title V of the Housing even the year after that, scientists tell OF WEAPONS OF MASS DE- Act of 1949 to provide rural housing assist- us that it is only a matter of time, and STRUCTION—PM 28 ance to families affected by Hurricane we should use that time to build our The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- Katrina or Hurricane Rita; to the Committee stockpiles of vaccines and medicines, fore the Senate the following message on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. and to support global initiatives to H.R. 3896. To temporarily suspend, for com- from the President of the United munities affected by Hurricane Katrina or help prevent the spread of the disease States, together with an accompanying through containment strategies and Hurricane Rita, certain requirements under report; which was referred to the com- the community development block grant alerts. mittee on Banking, Housing, and Although the avian flu does not yet program; to the Committee on Banking, Urban Affairs. Housing, and Urban Affairs. transmit from human to human, this type of virus is capable of rapidly mu- To the Congress of the United States: f tating and becoming highly infectious Section 202(d) of the National Emer- MEASURES PLACED ON THE among people. With the seasonal flu gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d) provides CALENDAR season approaching, the risk of a for the automatic termination of a na- human strain emerging increases, as tional emergency unless, prior to the The following bill was read the first the opportunity for the virus to drift anniversary date of its declaration, the and second times by unanimous con- among species and mutate is aug- President publishes in the Federal Reg- sent, and placed on the calendar: mented. If a pandemic ensued, the ister and transmits to the Congress a H.R. 2123. An act to reauthorize the Head threat would obviously not be distrib- notice stating that the emergency is to Start Act to improve the school readiness of uted evenly across the population. The continue in effect beyond the anniver- disadvantaged children, and for other purposes. young and elderly would be at most sary date. In accordance with this pro- risk, as would immunocompromised vision, I have sent to the Federal Reg- f people and people suffering from mal- ister for publication the enclosed no- ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED nutrition and inadequate basic health tice, stating that the emergency posed services. We know this, we are aware of by the proliferation of weapons of mass The Secretary of the Senate reported the problems, and we must take action destruction and their means of delivery that on today, October 25, 2005, she had to ensure the health and safety of the declared by Executive Order 12938 on presented to the President of the most vulnerable. Guaranteeing safety November 14, 1994, as amended, is to United States the following enrolled means taking responsibility for all of continue in effect beyond November 14, bill: our communities’ responses and plans. 2005. The most recent notice con- S. 397. An act to prohibit civil liability ac- I am pleased that I was able to join tinuing this emergency was signed on tions from being brought or continued many of my colleagues in sending a let- November 4, 2004, and published in the against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for ter to President Bush on October 4, Federal Register on November 8, 2004 (69 2005, that urged the administration to damages, injunctive or other relief resulting FR 64637) . from the misuse of their products by others. release a finalized Pandemic Influenza Because the proliferation of weapons Response and Preparedness Plan, which of mass destruction and the means of f the World Health Organization has delivering them continues to pose an EXECUTIVE AND OTHER deemed essential to planning a strat- unusual and extraordinary threat to COMMUNICATIONS egy in the case of a global pandemic. I the national security, foreign policy, The following communications were am eagerly waiting for this plan to be and economy of the United States, I laid before the Senate, together with released, as I believe it is of extreme have determined the national emer- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- importance to the American people. I gency previously declared must con- uments, and were referred as indicated: am also pleased that the Senate ap- tinue in effect beyond November 14, proved a measure to add $3.9 billion to 2005. EC–4377. A communication from the Sec- the Defense Department’s budget for retary of the Air Force, transmitting, pursu- GEORGE W. BUSH. ant to law, the report of a Program Acquisi- the purchase of vaccines and medicines THE WHITE HOUSE, October 25, 2005. to treat avian flu, and I hope to see the tion Unit Cost (PAUC) Breach relative to the f National Polar-orbiting Operational Envi- House agree to this in conference. This MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE ronmental Satellite System; to the Com- was an important measure to help pre- mittee on Armed Services. pare Americans, particularly those EC–4378. A communication from the Sec- most vulnerable, against the ravages of ENROLLED BILL SIGNED retary of Defense, transmitting a report on a fatal disease. the approved retirement of Lieutenant Gen- While we do not know when or where At 1:09 p.m., a message from the eral John W. Rosa, Jr., United States Air this pandemic may develop, we must House of Representatives, delivered by Force, and his advancement to the grade of work to prepare now. Ms. Brandon, one of its reading clerks, lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. f announced that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bill: EC–4379. A communication from the Com- MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT missioner, Social Security Administration, S. 397. An act to prohibit civil liability ac- Messages from the President of the transmitting, pursuant to law, a consoli- tions from being brought or continued dated report of the Administration’s proc- United States were communicated to against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, essing of continuing disability reviews for the Senate by Mr. Williams, one of his or importers of firearms or ammunition for fiscal year 2004; to the Committee on Fi- secretaries. damages, injunctive or other relief resulting nance. from the misuse of their products by others. f EC–4380. A communication from the Acting The enrolled bill was signed subse- Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED quently by the President pro tempore Internal Revenue Service, Department of the As in executive session the Presiding (Mr. STEVENS). Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Weighted Average Officer laid before the Senate messages f from the President of the United Interest Rate Update Notice—Pension Fund- States submitting sundry nominations MEASURES REFERRED ing Equity Act of 2004’’ (Notice 2005–71) re- The following bills were read the first ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee which were referred to the appropriate on Finance. committees. and the second times by unanimous EC–4381. A communication from the Acting (The nominations received today are consent, and referred as indicated: Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, printed at the end of the Senate pro- H.R. 3894. To provide for waivers under cer- Internal Revenue Service, Department of the ceedings.) tain housing assistance programs of the De- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the

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A communication from the Regu- $100,000,000 or more to Sea Launch Company ronment and Public Works. lations Officer, Social Security Administra- LLC and the Boeing Company (JCSAT 9); to EC–4401. A communication from the Prin- tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- the Committee on Foreign Relations. cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office port of a rule entitled ‘‘Deemed Duration of EC–4392. A communication from the Acting of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- Marriage for Widows/Widowers and Removal Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, of Restriction on Benefits to Children of Department of State, transmitting, pursuant pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Military Parents Overseas’’ (RIN0960–AG23) to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Maintenance received on October 18, 2005; to the Com- cation of a proposed license for the export of Plan Revisions; Wisconsin’’ (FRL7974–4) re- mittee on Finance. defense articles or defense services sold com- ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee EC–4383. A communication from the Direc- mercially under contract in the amount of on Environment and Public Works. tor, Regulations and Disclosure Law Divi- $72,000,000 or more to Japan (Evolved EC–4402. A communication from the Prin- sion, Customs and Border Protection, De- SeaSparrow Missile); to the Committee on cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office partment of Homeland Security, transmit- Foreign Relations. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–4393. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, titled ‘‘Extension of Import Restrictions Im- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled posed on Certain Categories of Archae- Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Revisions to the California State Imple- ological Material from the Pre-Hispanic Cul- to law, a report relative to the dollar value mentation Plan, Monterey Bay United Air tures of the Republic of Nicaragua’’ of articles, materials, and supplies purchased Pollution Control District’’ (FRL7975–1) re- (RIN1505–AB61) received on October 18, 2005; by the United States Department of State ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee to the Committee on Finance. that were manufactured outside of the on Environment and Public Works. EC–4384. A communication from the Na- United States; to the Committee on Foreign EC–4403. A communication from the Prin- tional President, Women’s Army Corps Vet- Relations. cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office erans’ Association, transmitting, pursuant EC–4394. A communication from the Direc- of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- to law, a report of the Association’s financial tor of Finance and Administration, Delta Re- ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, statements for the year ended June 30, 2005; gional Authority, transmitting, pursuant to pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled to the Committee on the Judiciary. law, the Authority’s Audited Financial EC–4385. A communication from the Direc- ‘‘TSCA Inventory Update Reporting Par- Statements for Fiscal Year 2004; to the Com- tor, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alco- tially Exempted Chemicals List; Addition of mittee on Environment and Public Works. hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1,2,3-Propanetriol’’ (FRL7715–2) received on EC–4395. A communication from the Assist- October 18, 2005; to the Committee on Envi- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), De- a rule entitled ‘‘Establishment of the Red ronment and Public Works. partment of Defense, transmitting, a report Hill Douglas County, Oregon Viticultural of proposed legislation relative to the Civil f Area’’ (RIN1513–AA39) received on October Works program of the Army Corps of Engi- 18, 2005; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF EC–4386. A communication from the Direc- neers; to the Committee on Environment and COMMITTEES tor, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alco- Public Works. EC–4396. A communication from the Assist- The following executive reports of hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), De- committees were submitted: transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of partment of Defense, transmitting, pursuant a rule entitled ‘‘Establishment of the Dos By Mr. GRASSLEY for the Committee on to law, a report recommending authorization Rios Viticultural Area’’ (RIN1513–AA95) re- Finance. ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee of the project for ecosystem restoration, *Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Under on the Judiciary. Denver County Reach, South Platte River, Secretary of Commerce for International EC–4387. A communication from the Attor- Denver, Colorado; to the Committee on Envi- Trade. ney Advisor, National Highway Safety Ad- ronment and Public Works. *Clay Lowery, of Virginia, to be a Deputy ministration, Department of Transportation, EC–4397. A communication from the Prin- Under Secretary of the Treasury. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office *James S. Halpern, of the District of Co- a vacancy in the position of Administrator, of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- lumbia, to be a Judge of the United States received on October 18, 2005; to the Com- ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, Tax Court for a term of fifteen years. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled *Karan K. Bhatia, of Maryland, to be Dep- tation. ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality uty United States Trade Representative, EC–4388. A communication from the Under Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Redes- with the Rank of Ambassador. Secretary and Director, Patent and Trade- ignation of City of New Haven PM10 Non- *Susan C. Schwab, of Maryland, to be a mark Office, Department of Commerce, attainment Area to Attainment and Ap- Deputy United States Trade Representative, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of proval of the Limited Maintenance Plan’’ with the rank of Ambassador. a rule entitled ‘‘Provisions for Claiming the (FRL7979–8) received on October 18, 2005; to By Mr. LUGAR for the Committee on For- Benefit of a Provisional Application with a the Committee on Environment and Public eign Relations. Non-English Specification and Other Mis- Works. *C. Boyden Gray, of the District of Colum- cellaneous Matters’’ (RIN0651–AB85) received EC–4398. A communication from the Prin- bia, to be Representative of the United on October 18, 2005; to the Committee on cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office States of America to the European Union, Commerce, Science, and Transportation. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- with the rank and status of Ambassador. EC–4389. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, Nominee: Clayland Boyden Gray. Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Post: U.S. Ambassador to the European Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Union. to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- Implementation Plans; Maryland; Control of The following is a list of all members of cation of a proposed license for the export of Visible and Particulate Emissions from my immediate family and their spouses. I defense articles or defense services sold com- Glass Melting Facilities’’ (FRL7984–7) re- have asked each of these persons to inform mercially under contract in the amount of ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee me of the pertinent contributions made by $100,000,000 or more to Japan (technical data, on Environment and Public Works. them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- defense services and hardware related to the EC–4399. A communication from the Prin- formation contained in this report is com- sale and inspection of U–125A aircraft); to cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office plete and accurate. the Committee on Foreign Relations. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee: EC–4390. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 1. Self: 1,000.00, 01/22/01, Collins for Senate Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled (2002-P); 1,000.00, 05/03/01, Friends of Connie Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Morella (2002-P); 10,000.00, 05/11/01, National to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- Implementation Plans; Maryland; Amend- Republican Senatorial Committee; 1,000.00, cation of a proposed license for the export of ments to the Control of VOC from AIM Coat- 05/21/01, Bob Smith for Senate (2002-P); defense articles or defense services sold com- ings’’ (FRL7984–6) received on October 18, 1,000.00, 06/13/01, Voinovich for Senate (2004- mercially under contract in the amount of 2005; to the Committee on Environment and P); 4,000.00, 06/13/01, The 2001 President’s Din- $100,000,000 or more to Japan (design, produc- Public Works. ner (1/2 NRSC and 1/2 NRCC); 1,000.00, 06/15/01, tion and launch of the BSAT–3a commercial EC–4400. A communication from the Prin- Senator John Warner Committee (2002-P); communications satellite); to the Committee cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office 1,000.00, 06/26/01, Lindsey Graham for Senate on Foreign Relations. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- (2002-P); 500.00, 07/09/01, Friends of Max Bau- EC–4391. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, cus (2002-P), 1,000.00, 07/13/01, Inhofe for Sen- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ate (2002-P); 1,000.00, 09/11/01, Texas Freedom

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11821 Fund; 500.00, 10/04/01, McConnell for Senate G—General election contribution for elec- Julie Brumley—None; David Brumley— 2002 (2002-P); 1,000.00, 10/04/01, McConnell for tion year specified. None. Senate 2002 (2002-G); 1,000.00, 10/23/01, Citizens 2. Spouse: N/A. for Arlen Specter (2004-G); 1,000.00, 10/23/01, 3. Children and Spouse: Eliza Gray, None. *Michael R. Arietti, of Connecticut, to be Dole 2002 Committee (2002-P); -1,000.00, 10/23/ 4. Parents: Jane Boyden Craige—Deceased; Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda. 01, Friends of Phil Gramm (REFUND of con- Gordon Gray—Deceased. Nominee: Michael R. Arietti. tribution made in 1998 for 2002 general elec- Nancy Gray-Pyne (Step-mother), 1,000.00, 8/ Post: Kigali. tion); 500.00, 11/05/01, Hagel for Senate (2002– 3/01, Susan M. Collins (via Collins for Sen- The following is a list of all members of P); 1,000.00, 12/05/01, Coleman for Senate (2002– ate); 500.00, 8/26/01, Susan M. Collins (via Col- my immediate family and their spouses. I P); 7,500.00, 12/05/01, National Republican Sen- lins for Senate); 500.00, 11/6/02, Thomas Cass have asked each of these persons to inform atorial Committee; 1,000.00, 12/05/01, Green- Ballenger (via Cass Ballenger for Congress me of the pertinent contributions made by wood for Congress (2002–P); 1,500.00, 12/26/01, Committee); 500.00, 2004, John Thune for Sen- them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Senate Majority Fund; 1,000.00, 12/26/01, Ly- ate; 500.00, 2004, Kerry Victory. formation contained in this report is com- nette Boggs McDonald for Congress (2002–P); 5. Grandparents: Bowman Gray (pater- plete and accurate. 1,000.00, 12/26/01, John Thune for South Da- nal)—Deceased; Nathalie Fontaine Lyons Contributions, Amount, Date, Donee: 1. Self: $25.00, Sept. 04, Nat’l Dem. Com- kota (2002–P); 1,500.00, 01/02/02, Senate Major- (paternal)—Deceased; maternal grand- ity Fund; 1,000.00, 01/14/02, America’s Founda- mittee. father—Deceased; maternal grandmother— 2. Spouse: $25.00, June 04, Nat’l Dem. Com- tion; 1,000.00, 01/14/02, Tennesseans for Deceased. Thompson (2002–P); 500.00, 02/21/02, Nancy mittee. 6. Brothers and Spouses: Burton C. Gray— 3. Children and Spouses Names: Rachael— Johnson for Congress (2002–P); 1,000.00, 02/21/ Deceased; Gordon Gray, Jr.—None. 02, The Richard Burr Committee (2002–P); None. Maggie Gray, 1,000.00, 7/22/03, Howard Dean 4. Parents: Names: Michael J. Arietti—De- 1,000.00, 03/21/02, Kevin Raye for Congress; (via Dean for America); 1,000.00, 2/5/04, How- ceased; Margaret M. Arietti—Deceased. 1,000.00, 04/22/02, Tom Young for Congress ard Dean (via Dean for America). 5. Grandparents Names: Ricardo Arietti— (2002–P); 1,000.00, 04/25/02, People for Pete Bernard Gray, 1,000.00, 2/1/01, Republican Deceased; Pierina Arietti—Deceased; Gustav Domenici (2002–P); 1,000.00, 02/13/03, Judd National Committee; 500.00, 9/17/01, Irvin, Schiller—Deceased; Lillian Schiller—De- Gregg Committee (2004–P); 2,000.00, 4/01/03, Bob (via Bob Irvin Senate Committee, Inc.); ceased. The Richard Burr Committee (2004–P); 1,000.00, 10/3/02, Republican National Com- 6. Brothers and Spouses Names: James T. 5,000.00, 04/21/03, VOLPAC; 2,000.00, 04/28/03, mittee; 1,000.00, 7/8/03, Bush, George W. (via Arietti; Martha Arietti—None. Friends of George Allen (2006–P); 1,000.00, 05/ Bush/Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc.); 2,000.00, 6/11/ 7. Sisters and Spouses Names: None—None. 22/03, Portman for Congress (2004–P); 200.00, 6/ 03, Clay, Charles (via Clay for Congress.com); 12/03, Committee to Re-Elect Congressman 250.00, 3/16/04, Isakson, John Hardy (via Geor- *Benson K. Whitney, of Minnesota, to be Rohrabacher (2004–P); 2,000.00, 06/13/03, Bush- gians for Isakson); 2,000.00, 7/9/04, Clay, Ambassador to Norway. Cheney ’04, Inc. (2004–P); 25,000.00, 06/26/03, Charles (via Clay for Congress.com); 2,000.00, Nominee: Benson K. Whitney. Republican National Committee; 1,000.00, 06/ 10/20/04, Burr, Richard (via Richard Burr Post: Ambassador to Norway. 30/03, Voinovich for Senate (2004–P); 2,000.00, Committee). The following is a list of all members of 06/30/03, Voinovich for Senate (2004–G); Anne Gray, 1,000.00, 7/8/03, Bush, George W. my immediate family and their spouses. I 1,000.00, 07/21/03, DeWine for U.S. Senate (via Bush/Chaney (’04 Primary), Inc.). have asked each of these persons to inform (2002–P); 1,000.00, 07/21/03, Judd Gregg Com- 7. Sisters and Spouses: None. me of the pertinent contributions made by mittee (2004–P); 1,000.00, 09/22/03, Friends of them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Sessions Senate Committee, Inc. (2004–P); *David B. Dunn, of California, to be Am- formation contained in this report is com- 2,000.00, 10/02/03, The Richard Burr Com- bassador to the Togolese Republic. plete and accurate. mittee (2004–G); 1,000.00, 10/21/03, Citizens for ***Denotes contributions/changes made Nominee: David B. Dunn Arlen Specter (2004–P); 2,000.00, 12/09/03, Tom from 4/23/05 original SRFC form to 10/21/05. The following is a list of all members of Davis for Congress (2004–P); 2,000.00, 02/04/04, Contributions, amount, date, and donee: my immediate family and their spouses. I Congressman Joe Barton Committee (2004– 1. Self: $5,000, 10/4/00, RNC Republican Na- have asked each of these persons to inform P); 500.00, 03/02/04, David Vitter for U.S. Sen- tional State Elections; $20,000, 10/5/00, Repub- me of the pertinent contributions made by ate (2004–P); 2,000.00, 03/12/04, Elizabeth Dole lican National Committee*** in process of them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Committee (2008–P); 25,000.00, 03/15/04, Repub- obtaining $5,500 refund from RNC for this formation contained in this report is com- lican National Committee; 2,000.00, 03/15/04, contribution; $10,000, 10/25/00, RNC Repub- plete and accurate. Paterno for Congress (2004–P); 1,000.00, 03/15/ lican National State Elections; $15,000, 11/20/ Contributions, Amount, Date, Donee: 04, Portman for Congress (2004–P); 2,000.00, 03/ 00, RNC Republican National State Elec- 1. Self: None. 26/04, Martinez for Senate (2004–P); 1,000.00, tions; $25,000, 4/23/05, Republican National 2. Spouse: None. 03/26/04, Citizens for Arlen Specter (2004–G); Committee; $25,000, 5/11/04, RNC 2004 Joint 3. Children and Spouses: Thomas A. Dunn— 2,000.00, 03/31/04, Frelinghuysen for Congress State Victory Committee; $5,000, 4/12/05, None; Brian J. Dunn—None. (2004–P); 1,500.00, 05/24/04, Friends of Connie Northstar Leadership PAC; $20,000, 2/26/02, 4. Parents: Elmer L. Dunn—Deceased 2003, Mack (2004–P); 1,000.00, 05/25/04, The Judd Coleman Leadership Committee Non Fed; $65.00, 1/10/02, Repub. Natl. Comm.; Marjory Gregg Committee (2004–G); 500.00, 05/25/04, $5,000, 2/27/02, Coleman Leadership Com- H. Dunn—None. Bill Manger for Congress (2004–P); 1,000.00, 06/ mittee; $5,000, 2/28/02, Coleman Leadership 5. Grandparents: Morris Dunn, Frances 25/04, Bond for U.S. Senate (2004–P); 2,500.00, Committee; $1,000, 10/24/03, Coleman for Sen- Dunn—Both deceased—None; Thomas Hill, 07/01/04, National Republican Senatorial ate ’08; $1,000, 11/29/04, Coleman for Senate Susan Hill—Both deceased—None. Committee, 10,000.00, 08/24/04, McCollum for ’08; $1,000 6/14/05, Coleman for Senate ’08***; 6. Brothers and Spouses: Stephen E. U.S. Senate (FEC Reg. 400.42(c) 2004; primary $500, 9/23/05, Coleman for Senate ’08***; $3,000, Dunn—None; Jeannette Dunn—None. contribution of increase in limitation only); 6/3/02, Minnesotans for a Republican Congress 7. Sisters and Spouses: Not Applicable. 500.00, 01/07/05, Santorum 2006 (2006–P); Committee; $1,000, 7/10/02, Rally for Leader- 3,500.00, 01/14/05, National Republican Senato- ship; $268, 7/11/02, Rally for Leadership; $2,000, *Cannen Maria Martinez, of Florida, to be rial Committee; 4,500.00, 01/18/05, National 10/21/04, Tim Michels for U.S. Senate; $1,000, Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia. Republican Senatorial Committee; 1,000.00, 5/30/03, Gutknecht for Congress; $1,000, 6/30/01, 02/10/05, The Sensenbrenner Committee (2006– Nominee: Carmen Maria Martinez. Gutknecht for Congress; $500, 9/9/00, Gut- P); 500.00, 03/07/05, Gerlach for Congress (2006– Post: Zambia. knecht for Congress; $2,500, 12/15/00, Minneso- P); 1,000.00, 03/07/05, Snowe for Senate (2006– The following is a list of all members of tans for Americas Promise; $1,000, 5/7/03, Jim P); 1,000.00, 03/07/05, Friends of Sessions Sen- my immediate family and their spouses. I Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $250, 4/19/01, ate Committee (2008–P); 500.00, 03/07/05, Alex- have asked each of these persons to inform Jim Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $1,000, ander for Senate (2008–P); 1,000.00, 03/07/05, me of the pertinent contributions made by 11/3/00, Jim Ramstad Volunteer Committee; Friends of George Allen (2006–G); 1,000.00, 03/ them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- $500, 9/8/00, National Republican Congres- 09/05, Chambliss for Senate (2008–P); 900.00, 03/ formation contained in this report is com- sional Comm.; $1,000, 6/21/00, Lazio 2000 Inc.; 10/05, VOLPAC; 500.00, 03/10/05, Portman for plete and accurate. $1,000 8/19/00, Lazio 2000 Inc.; $1,000, 6/15/01, Congress (2006–P); ¥500.00, 03/21/05, Portman Contributions, Amount, Date, Donee: Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $1,000, 10/11/ for Congress (contribution returned); 1. Carmen Maria Martinez—None. 01, Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $500, 7/30/ 25,000.00, 05/06/05, Republican National Com- 2. Victor Juan Eugenio Reimer—None. 02, Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $500, 6/10/ mittee; 100.00, 06/01/05, Elizabeth Dole Com- 3. Children and Spouses: Alexander 98, Kline for Congress; $1,000, 2/15/00, Kline for mittee, Inc. (2008–P); 2,100.00, 06/01/05, Eliza- Reimer—None. Congress; $1,000, 4/8/02, Kline for Congress; beth Dole Committee, Inc. (2008–G); 2,500.00, Parents: Jose Luis Martinez—None; $1,000, 6/25/02, Kline for Congress; $250, 11/12/ 06/01/05, National Republican Senatorial Hortense Margaret Martinez—None. 03, Kline for Congress; $500, 8/3/04, Kline for Committee; 2,000.00, 06/01/05, Frelinghuysen 5. Grandparents: All deceased. Congress; $500, 9/3/04, Kline for Congress; $500, for Congress (2006–P). 6. Brothers and Spouses: Luis Anthony 10/4/04, Kline for Congress; $250, 10/28/04, Kline Abbreviations: Martinez—None; Tanya Martinez—None. for Congress; $500, 2/21/05, Kline for Congress; P—Primary election contribution for elec- 7. Sisters and Spouses: Lisa Dormi—None; $1,000, 4/26/02, Dan Stevens Congressional Ex- tion year specified. Alberto Dormi—None. ploratory Comm.; $500, 10/29/02, Dan Stevens

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Brothers and Spouses: Wheelock Whit- las Forrester); $1,000, 8/13/02, Ganske for Sen- 31/00, Swing States for a Conservative White ney III (No Spouse): $5,000, 6/28/00, DNC Serv- ate; $100,000, 9/17/02, RNC State Elections House; $500, 6/29/00, Gutknecht for Congress; ices/DNC; $2,500, 11/6/03, DNC Services/DNC; Committee; $1,000, 10/7/02, Eric Cantor for $500, 2/25/02, Gutknecht for Congress; $500, 2/ $2,500, 3/23/04, DNC Services/DNC; $2,500, 9/16/ Congress; $5,000, 10/23/02, Georgia Unity 10/04, Gutknecht for Congress; $200, 8/25/00, 04, DNC Services/DNC; $2,500, 10/27/04, DNC (Joint Fundraiser); $4,000, 11/1/02, Georgia Re- Log Cabin Republicans; $1,000 8/9/04/ Citizens Services/DNC; $2,500, 6/19/03, DNC Services/ publican Party; $1,000, 11/4/02, Chambliss for for Arlen Specter; $200, 12/20/02, Barkely For DNC; $250, 8/7/02, Pillsbury for Congress; Senate (S. Chambliss); $1,000, 11/11/02, Terrell Senate; $500, 6/20/00, Runbeck for Congress; $1,000, 3/25/99, Kostmeyer 2000; $1,000, 3/26/99, for Senate (Suzanne Terrell); $5,000, 3/3/03, $500, 9/14/00, Runbeck for Congress; $500, 8/25/ Kostmeyer 2000; $2,000, 4/30/04, John Kerry for Good Government for America PAC; $25,000, 04, Progress for America Voter Fund; $100, 10/ President; $250, 7/19/04, A lot of People Sup- 4/29/03, Republican National Committee; 13/00, Denny Rehberg for Congress; $1,000, 1/ porting Tom Daschle; $250, 3/1/00, Flanagan $2,000, 5/9/03, Bob Goodlatte for Congress 23/04, Russ Darrow for Senate; $500, 5/13/03, for U.S. Senate; $750, 3/2/00, Flanagan for U.S. Committee; $2,000, 6/18/03, Missourians for Nat’l Thoroughbred Racing Assn PAC; $500, Senate. Kit Bond; $2,000, 6/18/03, Missourians for Kit 3/15/04, Nat’l Thoroughbred Racing Assn PAC; Joseph H. Whitney: $2,500, 12/18/01, Norm Bond; $2,000, 6/26/03, Bush-Cheney ’04 (Pri- $1,000, 5/22/00, Bush for President, Inc.; $1,000, Coleman for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 3/12/02, Cole- mary), Inc.; $2,000, 3/24/04, Bob Goodlatte for 6/27/00, Bush for President, Inc.; $1,000, 6/27/00, man Leadership Comm.; $1,000, 3/13/02, Cole- Congress Committee; $1,000, 6/28/04, Goode for Bush Cheney 2000 Compliance Comm.; $5,000, man Leadership Comm.; $2,000, 9/28/03, Bush- Congress (Virgil Goode); $25,000, 8/13/04, Re- 11/14/00, Bush-Cheny Recount Fund; $500, 1/12/ Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc. publican National Committee; $2,500, 9/17/04, 01, Grams for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 4/19/00, Sue Peterson (former spouse): None. Every Republican is Crucial (ERICPAC). Grams for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 5/23/03, Kline 7. Sisters and Spouses: Pennell Whitney: 2. Spouse: Eugenia L. Taubman: $5,000, 10/ for Congress; $500, 8/22/00, Kline for Congress; $1,000, 9/9/04, DNC Services Corporation/DNC; 22/01, Good Government for America PAC; $500, 5/15/00, Kline for Congress; $4,200, 3/9/05, $500, 5/10/02, Pillsbury for Congress; $500, 9/30/ $1,000, 12/31/01, Senator John Warner Com- Kennedy for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 5/26/03, Mark 02, Pillsbury for Congress, $2,000, 7/7/04, John mittee; $1,000, 12/31/01, Senator John Warner Kennedy for Congress; $1,000, 12/28/01, Ken- Kerry for President; $1,000, 6/22/00, Flanagan Committee; $1,000, 6/13/02, Texans for Senator nedy ’02; $1,000, 4/6/00, Kennedy for Congress; for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 7/17/02, Rally for Lead- John Cornyn, Inc.; $25,000, 4/29/03, Republican $5,030, 10/15/03, Republican Party of Min- ership. National Committee; $2,000, 6/30/03, Bush- nesota; $5,000, 4/1/02, Republican Party of Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc.; $2,000, 3/24/04, Bob Minnesota; $5,000, 10/25/01, Republican Party *David M. Hale, of New Jersey, a Career Goodlatte for Congress Committee; $25,000, 8/ of Minnesota; $1,000, 8/19/00, Lazio 2000 Inc.; Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class 13/04, Republican National Committee; $2,500, $5,000, 6/8/04, Demint for Senate Committee; of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the 9/17/04, Every Republican is Crucial $1,000, 1/4/04, Sturrock for Congress; $1,000, 12/ Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (ERICPAC). 26/03, Sturrock for Congress; $500, 9/1/00, Nominee: David M. Hale. 3. Children and Spouses: Marc E. Taubman, Runbeck for Congress; $500, 6/1/00, Runbeck Post: Ambassador to Jordan. Child: $500, 5/10/01, Senator John Warner for Congress; $1,000, 10/21/02, John Thune for The following is a list of all members of Committee; $1,000, 5/20/02, Norm Coleman for South Dakota; $1,000, 4/28/02, John Thune for my immediate family and their spouses. I U.S. Senate; $1,000, 6/25/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 South Dakota; $10,000, 12/6/00, Bush Cheney have asked each of these persons to inform (Primary), Inc.; $1,000, 6/25/03, Bush-Cheney Presidential Fund 2000; $5,000, 11/13/00, Bush me of the pertinent contributions made by ‘04 (Primary), Inc. Cheney Recount Fund; $2,000, 8/22/03, Bush- them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Nan B. Taubman, Child’s spouse: $1,000, 6/ Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc.; $892, 8/25/04, Ar- formation contained in this report is com- 25/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc.; $1,000, kansas Leadership Committee 2004; $500, 8/23/ plete and accurate. 6/25/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc. 02, Dan Stevens Exploratory Committee; Contributions, amount, date, and donee. Lara L. Taubman, Child (single): $2,000, 6/ $5,000, 4/24/01, Republican National Congres- 1. Self: None. 26/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc.; $2,100, sional Committee. 2. Spouse: N/A. 3/31/05, Friends of George Allen. 2. Spouse: Mary Whitney: $4,200, 3/9/05, Ken- 3. Children and spouses: N/A. 4. Parents: Arthur Taubman: Deceased; nedy for Senate; $1,000, 10/21/00, Kennedy for 4. Parents: John M. Hale, deceased. Grace Taubman: Deceased. Congress; $2,000, 6/5/01, Coleman for U.S. Sen- Marjorie Kler Freeman: $25, 2004, National 5. Grandparents: Fanny Weber: Deceased; ate; $1,000, 10/21/00, Kline for Congress; $1,000, Republican Party; $50, 2003, National Repub- Leslie Weber: Deceased; Sophie Taubman: 10/22/00, Kline for Congress; $1,000, 11/0/00, lican Party. Deceased; Morris Taubman: Deceased. Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $25,000, 4/22/ 5. Grandparents: Joseph H. Kler: Deceased; 6. Brothers and Spouses: None. 05, Republican National Committee; $15,000, Elizabeth V. Kler: Deceased; John M. Hale: 7. Sisters and Spouses: Stephanie T. Low, 11/20/00, Republican National Committee; Deceased; Jessamine Hale: Deceased. Sister (divorced): $1,000, 4/30/01, Cantwell 2006 $2,000, 8/22/03, Bush-Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc.; 6. Brothers and spouses: John M. Hale: (Maria Cantwell); $1,000, 11/5/01, DNC Services $1,000, 7/19/02, Rally for Leadership Fund; None; Laurie Hale: None. Corporation; $250, 5/9/02, Jean Carnahan for $2,000, 6/3/02, Minnesotans for a Republican 7. Sisters and Spouses: N/A. Missouri Committee; $500, 7/17/02, PAC to the Congress Committee. Future; $1,000, 7/22/02, Ron Kirk for U.S. Sen- 3. Children and Spouses: Victoria Whitney *Nicholas F. Taubman, of Virginia, to be ate; $1,000, 7/29/02, Texas U.S. Senate 2002; (No Spouse): None; John Whitney (No Ambassador to Romania. $2,000, 8/6/02, DNC Services Corporation; Spouse): None; David Whitney (No Spouse): Nominee: Nicholas F. Taubman. $20,000, 10/1/02, DNC-Non-Federal Individual None; Copeland Whitney (No Spouse): None. Post: Ambassador to Romania. (Soft Money); $10,100, 10/7/02, Shaheen for 4. Parents: Wheelock Whitney: $1,000, 4/4/00, The following is a list of all members of Senate Committee; $300, 10/14/02, Citizens to Kennedy for Congress; $500, 10/10/00, Kennedy my immediate family and their spouses. I Elect Rick Larsen; $1,000, 10/14/02, Ron Kirk for Congress; $1,000, 6/15/01, Mark Kennedy have asked each of these persons to inform for U.S. Senate; $350, 10/14/02, Rush Holt for ’02; $1,000, 2/22/02, Mark Kennedy ’02; $500, 1/11/ me of the pertinent contributions made by Congress; $1,000, 10/14/02, Wellstone for Sen- 03, Mark Kennedy for Congress; $750, 6/10/03, them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- ate; ($1,000), 10/16/02, Ron Kirk for U.S. Sen- Mark Kennedy for Congress; $500, 9/5/03, Mark formation contained in this report is com- ate; $1,500, 10/18/02, South Dakota Democratic Kennedy for Congress; $250, 12/11/03, Mark plete and accurate. Party; $1,000, 10/31/02, Jean Carnahan for Mis- Kennedy for Congress; $250, 12/11/03, Mark Contributions, amount, date, and donee. souri Committee; $500, 11/1/02, Jill Long Kennedy for Congress; $750, 6/6/04, Mark Ken- 1. Self: $1,000, 5/10/01, Senator John Warner Thompson Committee; $1,000, 11/1/02, Min- nedy for Congress; $500, 8/25/04, Mark Ken- Committee; $10,000, 5/21/01, RNC State Elec- nesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party; nedy for Congress; $500, 11/2/04, Mark Ken- tions Committee; $15,000, 5/21/01, Republican $1,000, 11/2/02, Mondale for Senate; $250, 7/15/ nedy for Congress; $1,000, 3/7/05, Kennedy for National Committee; $5,000, 10/22/01, Good 02, Richardson for Congress; $350, 10/16/02, U.S. Senate; $20,000, 2/22/02, Coleman Leader- Government for America PAC; $750, 12/31/01, Inslee for Congress; $500, 10/24/02, Schneider ship Non Fed; $5,000, 2/22/02, Coleman Leader- Senator John Warner Committee; $25,000, 2/ for Congress; $2,000, 3/18/03, Dean for Amer- ship Committee; $5,000, 2/23/02, Coleman 27/02, RNC State Elections Committee; ica; $500, 12/15/03, Rush Holt for Congress; Leadership Committee; $2,500, 10/22/02, Cole- $100,000, 2/27/02, RNC State Elections Com- $500, 12/17/03, Hoeffel for Senate Committee; man Victory Comm Non Fed; $1,000, 5/24/01, mittee; $5,000, 3/26/02, Over the Hill PAC $10,000, 5/20/03, DNC Services Corporation; Norm Coleman for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 6/19/01, (Joint Fundraiser); $1,000, 5/20/02, Norm Cole- $15,000, 7/8/03, DNC Services Corporation; Norm Coleman for U.S. Senate; $35,000, 8/9/00, man for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 5/20/02, Norm $2,000, 2/25/04, TruthandHope.org; $500, 3/26/04, RNC Republican State Elections Committee; Coleman for U.S. Senate; $4,000, 5/20/02, Norm Downtown for Democracy; $2,000, 4/12/04, $15,000, 10/17/00, RNC Republican State Elec- Coleman for U.S. Senate; $2,000, 6/11/02, Norm John Kerry for President, Inc.; $200, 5/11/04, tions Committee; $15,000, 8/3/00, Republican Coleman for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 6/13/02, Tex- Moveon PAC; $200, 6/10/04, Moveon PAC; $250, National Committee; $2,000, 7/24/03, Bush- ans for Senator John Cornyn, Inc.; $4,000, 6/ 6/10/04, Democracy for America; $500, 6/11/04, Cheney ’04 (Primary). 28/02, Good Government for America PAC; John Kerry for President, Inc.; $500, 7/1/04, Kathleen Blatz (stepmother): None. $1,000, 6/29/02, Friends of George Allen; $1,000, Hoeffel for Senate Committee; $200, 7/15/04, 5. Grandparents: Wheelock Whitney, Sr.: 7/8/02, Goode for Congress (Virgil Goode); Moveon PAC; $200, 7/15/04, Moveon PAC; $250, Deceased; Katherine Kimball Whitney: De- $1,000, 8/8/02, John Thune for South Dakota; 7/16/04, Kalyn Free for Congress; $250, 7/16/04, ceased; Joseph M. Hixon: Deceased; Dorothy $1,000, 8/9/02, Forrester 2002 (Douglas Jim Stork for Congress; $250, 7/16/04, Richard Laughlin: Deceased. Forrester); $1,000, 8/9/02, Forrester 2002 (Doug- Romero for Congress; $250, 7/20/04, Moveon

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11823 PAC; $15,000, 7/27/04, Kerry Victory 2004; Harry Reid; $1,000, 12/31/2001, Friends of Max By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. $15,000, 7/27/04, DNC Services Corporation; Cleland; $500, 10/12/2001, Cannon for Congress; REID): $1,000, 7/31/04, America Coming Together; $1,000, 10/12/2001, Stevens for Senate Com- S. 1914. A bill to provide for the convey- $500, 8/2/04, Rush Holt for Congress; $2,500, 8/ mittee; $250, 08/23/2001, Friends of Jennifer ance of certain land in Clark County, Ne- 3/04, Moveon PAC; $5,000, 8/5/04, Downtown for Dunn; $1,000, 07/27/2001, Hollings for Senate; vada, for use by the Nevada National Guard; Democracy; $1,000, 9/2/04, Democracy for $1,000, 07/27/2001, Markey for Congress Com- to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- America; $1,000, 9/5/04, Mitakides for Con- mittee; $1,000, 06/29/2001, Americans for a Re- sources. gress; $500, 9/6/04, Hoeffel for Senate Com- publican Majority; $5,000, 06/13/2001, XO Com- By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Ms. LAN- mittee; $2,000, 9/10/04, A Lot of People Sup- munications, Inc. PAC; $1,000, 06/13/2001, DRIEU, Mr. BYRD, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. porting Tom Daschle; $1,000, 9/15/04, Moveon Cantwell 2000/2006; $50,000, 01/17/2001, Presi- LOTT, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. INOUYE, PAC; $2,000, 9/15/04, Paul Babbitt for Con- dential Inaugural Committee. Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. DEMINT): gress; $2,000, 9/15/04, Campaign for Florida’s *Contribution made by Clearwire Corpora- S. 1915. A bill to amend the Horse Protec- Future; $2,000, 9/16/04, Lois Murphy for Con- tion of which donor is President and CEO. tion Act to prohibit the shipping, trans- gress; $2,000, 9/16/04, Thomas for Congress; 3. Children and Spouses: Chase O. McCaw: porting, moving, delivering, receiving, pos- $2,000, 9/18/04, Friends of Frank Barbaro; None; Julia L. McCaw: None; Reid C. McCaw: sessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of $2,000, 9/20/04, Richard Romero for Congress; None. horses and other equines to be slaughtered $2,000, 9/22/04, Schrader for Congress; $1,000, 9/ 4. Parents: Joan Rasinski: $10, 2004, Repub- for human consumption, and for other pur- 29/04, Friends of Jan Schneider; $2,000, 10/1/04, lican National Committee; $2,000, 08/19/2003, poses; to the Committee on Commerce, Allyson Schwartz for Congress; $2,000, 10/7/04, Bush–Cheney ‘04; $10, 2003, Republican Na- Science, and Transportation. Inez Tenenbaum for U.S. Senate; $2,000, 10/8/ tional Committee; $10, 2002, Republican Na- By Mr. HAGEL: S. 1916. A bill to strengthen national secu- 04, Salazar for Senate; $1,000, 10/17/04, Down- tional Committee; $10, 2001, Republican Na- rity and United States borders, and for other town for Democracy; $500, 10/23/04, Hoeffel for tional Committee. purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- Senate Committee; $800, 10/31/04, Friends of Julius Victor Rasinski: None. ary. Jan Schneider; $2,000, 12/14/04, Cobb/ 5. Grandparents: Clara Rasinski: Deceased; By Mr. HAGEL: Lamarche; $500, 1/20/05, Allyson Schwartz for Julius Rasinski: Deceased; Laura Rosinski: S. 1917. A bill to require employers to Congress. Deceased; Louis Rosinski: Deceased. 6. Brothers and Spouses: Stephen Rasinski: verify the employment eligibility of their *Susan Rasinski McCaw, of Washington, to None; Cheryl Rasinski: None; Peter employees, and for other purposes; to the be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria. Rasinski: None; Susan Rasinski: None; Committee on the Judiciary. Nominee: Susan Rasinski McCaw. Thomas Rasinski: None; Lisbeth Rasinski: By Mr. HAGEL: Post: Ambassador. None. S. 1918. A bill to amend the Immigration The following is a list of all members of 7. Sisters and Spouses: Julie Yale aka and Nationality Act to address the demand my immediate family and their spouses. I Dagley: $2,000, 08/26/2003, Bush–Cheney ‘04; for foreign workers; to the Committee on the have asked each of these persons to inform Steve Dagley: None. Judiciary. me of the pertinent contributions made by By Mr. HAGEL: them. To the best of may knowledge, the in- *Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be S. 1919. A bill to amend the Immigration formation contained in this report is com- United States Alternate Executive Director and Nationality Act in order to reunify fami- plete and accurate. of the International Bank for Reconstruction lies, to provide for earned adjustment of sta- Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee. and Development for a term of two years. tus, and for other purposes; to the Com- 1. Self: $250, 09/07/2005, Friends of George *Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be an mittee on the Judiciary. Allen; $1,350, 03/18/2005, Friends of Reagan Assistant Secretary of State (International By Mr. OBAMA: Dunn; $5,000, 06/03/2004, National Republic Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs). S. 1920. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act Senatorial Committee; $1,000, 05/19/2005, Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, for the to establish a renewable diesel standard, and Anibal 2004; $25,000, 05/17/2004, 2004 Joint Can- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- Committee on Foreign Relations I re- vironment and Public Works. didate Committee; $25,000, 05/17/2004, RNC— port favorably the following nomina- Presidential Trust; $25,000, 12/31/2003, Repub- f lican National Committee; $2,000, 06/27/2003, tion list which was printed in the Bush-Cheney ‘04, Inc.; ¥$750, 11/08/2002, RECORD on the date indicated, and ask SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,750, 10/08/2002, unanimous consent, to save the ex- SENATE RESOLUTIONS Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,000, 09/17/2002, pense of reprinting on the Executive The following concurrent resolutions Daschle; $1,000, 09/17/2002, Friends of Max Calendar that this nomination lie at and Senate resolutions were read, and Cleland; $1,000, 09/17/2002, Friends of Max the secretary’s desk for the informa- referred (or acted upon), as indicated: Cleland; $1,000, 12/31/2001, Friends of Max tion of Senators. By Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. Cleland; $500, 10/12/2001, Senator Kay Bailey The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Hutchison’s Leadership PAC; $250, 08/23/2001, ALEXANDER): Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,000, 07/27/2001, objection, it is so ordered. S. Res. 286. A resolution commending the Hollings for Senate; $1,000, 07/27/2001, Markey Foreign Service nominations beginning Grand Ole Opry on the occasion of its 80th for Congress Committee; $5,000, 06/13/2001, XO with Deanna Hanek Abdeen and ending with anniversary for its important role in the Communications, Inc. PAC; $1,000, 06/13/2001, James M. Lambert, which nominations were popularization of country music and for its 8 Cantwell 2000/2006; $50,000, 01/17/2001, Presi- received by the Senate and appeared in the decades of musical and broadcast excellence; dential Inaugural Committee. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on July 14, 2005. considered and agreed to. 2. Spouse: Craig O. McCaw: $250, 09/07/2005, *Nomination was reported with rec- By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. STABE- NOW, Mr. FRIST, Mr. REID, Mr. OBAMA, Friends of George Allen; $1,000, 06/07/2005, ommendation that it be confirmed sub- Pickering for Congress; $2,000, 06/07/2005, Keep Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. ject to the nominee’s commitment to VOINOVICH, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. Our Majority Political Action Committee; respond to requests to appear and tes- $1,350, 03/18/2005, Friends of Reagan Dunn; BROWNBACK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. TALENT, *$100,000.00, 01/07/2005, 55th President Inau- tify before any duly constituted com- Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. gural Committee; $3,000, 06/22/2004, The Mar- mittee of the Senate. CHAMBLISS, Mr. THOMAS, Mrs. key Committee; $5,000, 06/03/2004, National (Nominations without an asterisk HUTCHISON, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. HAR- Republican Senatorial Committee; $1,000, 05/ were reported with the recommenda- KIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 19/2004, Partido Popular; $25,000, 05/17/2004, tion that they confirmed.) KERRY, and Mr. DURBIN): S. Res. 287. A resolution honoring the life 2004 Joint Candidate Committee; $25,000, 05/ f 17/2004, Republican National Committee— of and expressing the condolences of the Sen- Presidential Trust; $1,000, 05/05/2004, Stevens INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND ate on the passing of Rosa Parks; considered for Senate Committee; $1,000, 05/04/2004, Dan- JOINT RESOLUTIONS and agreed to. iel K. Inouye in 2004; $1,000, 05/04/2004, Pick- By Mr. TALENT: The following bills and joint resolu- S. Con. Res. 60. A concurrent resolution ering for Congress; $2,000, 03/31/2004, Reichert designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- for Congress; $2,000, 02/29/2004, Governor tions were introduced, read the first seum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America’s Rosello; $25,000, 12/31/2003, Republican Na- and second times by unanimous con- National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; tional Committee; ¥$1,000, 12/23/2003, Hol- sent, and referred as indicated: to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- lings for Senate; $2,000, 12/10/2003, Cantwell By Mr. LUGAR: sources. 2000/2006; $4,000, 12/05/2003, Wyden for Senate; S. 1913. A bill to authorize the Secretary of $1,000, 07/10/2003, Friends of Dorgan; $2,000, 06/ the Interior to lease a portion of the Dorothy f 27/2003, Bush-Cheney ‘04, Inc.; ¥$750, 11/08/ Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 2002, Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,750, 10/08/ visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National 2002, Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,000, 09/17/ Lakeshore, and for other purposes; to the S. 119 2002, Tom Daschle; $1,000, 04/25/2002, Senator Committee on Energy and Natural Re- At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the Byron Dorgan; $1,000, 12/31/2001, Friends of sources. name of the Senator from New Jersey

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 (Mr. LAUTENBERG) was added as a co- (Mr. COLEMAN) was added as a cospon- ending September 30, 2006, and for sponsor of S. 119, a bill to provide for sor of S. 1863, a bill to establish the other purposes. the protection of unaccompanied alien Gulf Coast Recovery and Disaster Pre- At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the children, and for other purposes. paredness Agency, and for other pur- names of the Senator from New Jersey S. 484 poses. (Mr. CORZINE) and the Senator from At the request of Mr. WARNER, the S. 1878 New Mexico (Mr. BINGAMAN) were name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. At the request of Mr. AKAKA, the added as cosponsors of amendment No. CRAIG) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from New York 2196 proposed to H.R. 3010, supra. 484, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- AMENDMENT NO. 2200 enue Code of 1986 to allow Federal ci- sor of S. 1878, a bill to prohibit preda- At the request of Mr. NELSON of Flor- vilian and military retirees to pay tory payday loans, and for other pur- ida, the names of the Senator from health insurance premiums on a pretax poses. Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) and the Sen- basis and to allow a deduction for S. CON. RES. 37 ator from Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) TRICARE supplemental premiums. At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the were added as cosponsors of amend- S. 863 name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. ment No. 2200 intended to be proposed At the request of Mr. CONRAD, the MARTINEZ) was added as a cosponsor of to H.R. 3010, a bill making appropria- name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. S. Con. Res. 37, a concurrent resolution tions for the Departments of Labor, INOUYE) was added as a cosponsor of S. honoring the life of Sister Dorothy Health and Human Services, and Edu- 863, a bill to require the Secretary of Stang. cation, and Related Agencies for the the Treasury to mint coins in com- S. RES. 273 fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. memoration of the centenary of the be- At the request of Mr. COLEMAN, the stowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on name of the Senator from South Caro- AMENDMENT NO. 2204 President Theodore Roosevelt, and for lina (Mr. DEMINT) was added as a co- At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the other purposes. sponsor of S. Res. 273, a resolution ex- name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. S. 1035 pressing the sense of the Senate that COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the the United Nations and other inter- amendment No. 2204 intended to be pro- name of the Senator from California national organizations shall not be al- posed to H.R. 3010, a bill making appro- (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- lowed to exercise control over the priations for the Departments of sponsor of S. 1035, a bill to authorize Internet. Labor, Health and Human Services, the presentation of commemorative S. RES. 282 and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, medals on behalf of Congress to Native At the request of Mr. BIDEN, the Americans who served as Code Talkers name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 2006, and for other purposes. during foreign conflicts in which the HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of AMENDMENT NO. 2208 United States was involved during the S. Res. 282, a resolution supporting the At the request of Mr. BAYH, the name 20th century in recognition of the serv- goals and ideals of National Domestic of the Senator from Maine (Ms. COL- ice of those Native Americans to the Violence Awareness Month and ex- LINS) was added as a cosponsor of United States. pressing the sense of the Senate that amendment No. 2208 intended to be pro- S. 1357 Congress should raise awareness of do- posed to H.R. 3010, a bill making appro- At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the mestic violence in the United States priations for the Departments of name of the Senator from Minnesota and its devastating effects on families. Labor, Health and Human Services, (Mr. DAYTON) was added as a cosponsor AMENDMENT NO. 2193 and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, of S. 1357, a bill to protect public At the request of Mr. THUNE, the health by clarifying the authority of names of the Senator from North Da- 2006, and for other purposes. the Secretary of Agriculture to pre- kota (Mr. CONRAD), the Senator from f scribe performance standards for the Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), the Senator from STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED reduction of pathogens in meat, meat Kansas (Mr. BROWNBACK) and the Sen- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS products, poultry, and poultry products ator from Missouri (Mr. TALENT) were By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Ms. processed by establishments receiving added as cosponsors of amendment No. LANDRIEU, Mr. BYRD, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. inspection services and to enforce the 2193 proposed to H.R. 3010, a bill mak- LOTT, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control ing appropriations for the Departments Point (HACCP) System requirements, LEVIN, and Mr. DEMINT): of Labor, Health and Human Services, S. 1915. A bill to amend the Horse sanitation requirements, and the per- and Education, and Related Agencies formance standards. Protection Act to prohibit shipping, for the fiscal year ending September 30, transporting, moving, delivering, re- S. 1504 2006, and for other purposes. ceiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, At the request of Mr. ENSIGN, the AMENDMENT NO. 2194 or donation of horses and other equines name of the Senator from Mississippi At the request of Mr. REED, the to be slaughtered for human consump- (Mr. COCHRAN) was added as a cospon- names of the Senator from Connecticut tion, and for other purposes; to the sor of S. 1504, a bill to establish a mar- (Mr. DODD), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Committee on Commerce, Science, and ket driven telecommunications mar- DEWINE), the Senator from West Vir- Transportation. ketplace, to eliminate government ginia (Mr. BYRD) and the Senator from Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I rise managed competition of existing com- Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR) were added as along with my colleagues, Senators munication service, and to provide par- cosponsors of amendment No. 2194 pro- LANDRIEU, BYRD, SPECTER, LOTT, LIE- ity between functionally equivalent posed to H.R. 3010, a bill making appro- BERMAN, INOUYE, LEVIN, and DEMINT, in services. priations for the Departments of order to introduce the Virgie S. Arden S. 1719 Labor, Health and Human Services, American Horse Slaughter Prevention At the request of Mr. INOUYE, the and Education, and Related Agencies Act. name of the Senator from California for the fiscal year ending September 30, As a veterinarian, I am well aware of (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a cosponsor 2006, and for other purposes. the love that Americans have for their of S. 1719, a bill to provide for the pres- AMENDMENT NO. 2196 horses. Much of our Nation’s early his- ervation of the historic confinement At the request of Mr. TALENT, his tory and culture is associated with sites where Japanese Americans were name was added as a cosponsor of these animals. We think of George detained during World War II, and for amendment No. 2196 proposed to H.R. Washington’s horses and the legend of other purposes. 3010, a bill making appropriations for Paul Revere’s ride and the Pony Ex- S. 1863 the Departments of Labor, Health and press. More recently, we were reminded At the request of Mr. GREGG, the Human Services, and Education, and of how the Depression Era race be- name of the Senator from Minnesota Related Agencies for the fiscal year tween Seabiscuit and War Admiral

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11825 raised the spirit of our Nation during ended. Many of these horses will be S. 1919. A bill to amend the Immigra- desperate times. sold to a new owner, kept longer by tion and Nationality Act in order to re- While horses in the United States are their original owner, or euthanized by unify families, to provide for earned not raised for food, last year alone a licensed veterinarian. Others will be adjustment of status, and for other more than 65,000 horses were slaugh- cared for by the horse rescue commu- purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- tered in the United States for human nity, and efforts are now underway to diciary. consumption abroad. Tens of thousands standardize practices in this ever-grow- Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I rise more were transported to Canada and ing sector. Guidelines for these rescue today to introduce my comprehensive Mexico for slaughter there. Work organizations have been developed by immigration reform legislation. This horses, race horses, and even pet the animal protection community and legislative package consists of four horses, many of them young and embraced by sanctuaries across the bills that deal with national security, healthy, are slaughtered for human country. employment security, America’s work- consumption in Europe and Asia, where Some people have questioned wheth- force, and bringing accountability to the meat is sold as a high-end delicacy. er this law will result in the abuse and those living here illegally. This pack- Polls show that Americans overwhelm- neglect of unwanted horses. Thank- age is an enhanced version of immigra- ingly support an end to this practice. fully, statistics do not support this tion reform legislation I introduced in This sentiment was reflected in the claim at all. Recently released figures 2004 with former Senate Minority Lead- Senate’s recent 69–28 vote to prohibit show that the number of abuse cases er Tom Daschle. the use of Federal funds to facilitate dropped significantly in Illinois from Immigration reform is an urgent na- horse slaughter. The House of Rep- 2002 to 2004, the period in which the tional security priority. We cannot resentatives passed identical legisla- State’s only horse slaughtering facility continue to defer making tough choices tion by a similarly bipartisan vote in was closed due to fire. Also, since Cali- about our nation’s immigration policy. June. fornia passed a law banning the slaugh- It is not in our interest to have 8 to 12 Often, owners who sell their horses at ter of horses for human consumption, million people undocumented and un- auction are unaware that their horses there has been no discernible increase accounted for in our country. The may well be on their way to one of the in cruelty and neglect cases in the American people won’t accept immi- three remaining slaughterhouses in state. gration reform until they are con- America where horses are killed for Furthermore, it is currently illegal vinced we are controlling our borders. human consumption. These slaughter- to ‘‘turn out,’’ neglect, or starve a Congress must reform the patchwork of houses are foreign-owned and the prod- horse, so this bill will not result in an immigration laws that have created an uct is shipped abroad, as are the prof- increased number of orphaned horses in underground, black market labor force. its. the United States. If a person attempts The first bill is the Strengthening While several States are attempting to turn his or her horses out, under America’s Security Act of 2005. The bill to address the concerns of citizens re- current law, animal control agents will strengthens national security and U.S. garding the tens of thousands of horses be able to enforce humane laws. As I borders by assisting law enforcement going to slaughter each year, the ab- stated before, this bill seeks only to in their efforts to secure our borders. It sence of Federal law creates a loophole end the slaughter of horses for human will increase the number of Customs through which the slaughter can con- consumption. If a person wishes to put and Border Protection officers; require tinue. Some States have prohibited the an animal down, it costs about $225 to DHS to use updated technology at the use of double-deck cattle trailers to have the horse euthanized by a licensed border; increase criminal penalties for move horses to slaughter. Texas, which veterinarian and disposed of—a frac- alien smuggling, document fraud, mis- is home to two of the three slaughter tion of what it costs to keep a horse as use of social security numbers, gang vi- plants, has had a law in place since 1949 a companion or a work animal. That olence, and drug trafficking at the bor- to effectively prohibit horse slaughter cost is not too big a burden to bear der; authorize continued funds to reim- for human consumption. Yet the dis- when no other options are available. burse states for the costs of detaining trict attorneys with jurisdiction over The time for a strong federal law undocumented aliens; and give DHS ad- the plants have been unable to pros- ending this slaughter is now. This bill ditional tools to detain and deport un- ecute these foreign companies, and does not target other forms of slaugh- documented aliens. horses continue to be slaughtered. To ter, rendering, or euthanasia, rather it The second bill, the Employment end this situation, we must have a Fed- focuses solely on the slaughter of Verification Act of 2005, requires em- eral law that prohibits sending horses American horses for human consump- ployers to verify the employment eligi- within States, across State lines, or tion. The House version of this bill, bility of their employees. The bill will over our domestic borders for the pur- H.R. 5031, currently has more than 120 assist all employers in their effort to pose of slaughtering them for human cosponsors. Please join Senator LAN- hire legal workers by establishing a consumption. We can effectively DRIEU and me in cosponsoring the mandatory electronic worker achieve this goal by passing the Virgie Virgie S. Arden American Horse verification system. The system would S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Slaughter Prevention Act. be managed by DHS in conjunction Prevention Act. Mr. President, I yield the floor. with the Social Security Administra- Congress has the constitutional au- tion. The system will allow employers thority to regulate the horse slaughter By Mr. HAGEL: to immediately verify whether an indi- trade—including intrastate shipment— S. 1916. A bill to strengthen national vidual is authorized to work in the U.S. because such trade has a substantial security and United States borders, This system is already being used by impact on interstate and international and for other purposes; to the Com- the federal government and by certain commerce. Horses are regularly moved mittee on the Judiciary. employers across the country, includ- across State lines to be slaughtered in ing some in Nebraska. The system will By Mr. HAGEL: the three remaining horse slaughter be phased-in over a 5 year period, start- S. 1917. A bill to require employers to plants—one in Illinois—and the other ing with large employers. The legisla- verify the employment eligibility of two in Texas. Others are exported tion includes protections to ensure their employees, and for other pur- across the U.S. border to Canada and that the system will not result in hir- poses; to the Committee on the Judici- Mexico for slaughter there. Even the ing discrimination based on race or na- ary. meat of slaughtered horses is eventu- tional origin, nor will it interfere with ally moved across State lines or our By Mr. HAGEL: the regular hiring process. Employers domestic borders for sale outside of the S. 1918. A bill to amend the Immigra- who use the system will receive a United States. Our bill will end this tion and Nationality Act to address the ‘‘safe-harbor’’ from prosecution for hir- practice. demand for foreign workers; to the ing unauthorized workers. I know that some people have ex- Committee on the Judiciary. The Strengthening America’s Work- pressed concerns about what will hap- force Act of 2005 will amend the Immi- pen to horses if their slaughter is By Mr. HAGEL: gration and Nationality Act to address

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Em- migrants will have three years to com- whether from the volatile Middle East ployers seeking to hire foreign workers plete the application process and will or natural disasters such as Katrina— through this program must first dem- be authorized to work during that encouraging the construction of more onstrate that no qualified U.S. worker time. alternative fuel refineries should be exists and that they will provide the There is a backlog reduction provi- part of that strategy. After all, even if same wage levels and working condi- sion in the bill that would exempt cer- we have more petroleum refineries, we tions as U.S. workers. Workers will be tain individuals, living outside the won’t have any more crude oil to proc- admitted for a limited period of time U.S., from existing caps on family- ess through them, unless we import and will be allowed to change employ- based immigrant visas. This section more. That is not what I would define ers. Visas are good for 2 years and can was originally included in the 2004 as ‘‘progress.’’ be renewed. Qualified workers and Hagel/Daschle Immigration Reform This past summer, Congress passed their families would be provided an op- bill. the Energy Policy Act. As my col- portunity to adjust their immigration The new fines and fees created by leagues know, that law includes a bold, status over time. this legislation will fund the new and bipartisan initiative to help wean our In order to address the need for high- expanded programs created in it. Fines Nation from its petroleum dependency: tech workers and to reduce the existing assessed by this legislation could total the Renewable Fuels Standard, RFS. worker visa backlog, this legislation as much as $12 billion. A majority of The RFS establishes that the na- would allow foreign students who have the funds will come from the $2000 fine tional gasoline supply will consist of at earned an advanced degree in science, illegal aliens would pay under the least 7.5 billion gallons of homegrown technology, engineering or math from Earned Adjustment Program. ethanol by the year 2012. The RFS also U.S. universities to receive a H–1B This legislation is the product of commits the country to the greater use work visa without leaving the country years of discussions with law enforce- of biodiesel in our fuel supply. and without regard to the annual cap ment, business, labor, and advocacy As Congress looks to expand domes- of 65,000. In addition, high-tech workers communities. The bills are a serious ef- tic gasoline supply, a far stronger sig- who have worked in the U.S. for three fort to meet the President’s principles nal should be sent that the U.S. Gov- years may be allowed to adjust to per- for reform with commonsense legisla- ernment is serious about growing our manent resident status without regard tion. In March, I visited the Mariposa 40 billion gallons-a-year domestic die- to the annual cap of 140,000. The Nogales Port of Entry in Arizona at the sel industry. That’s why today I am in- spouses and children of immigrant U.S.-Mexico border and saw first-hand troducing legislation to create a Re- workers would also be allowed to ad- border patrol operations with U.S. Cus- newable Diesel Standard, with the goal just status without regard to this cap. toms and Border Protection agents. of 2 billion gallons annually of alter- In order to encourage more foreign I understand that immigration re- native and renewable diesels by 2015. students to study in the U.S., this leg- form is a complex and difficult issue. Petrodiesel is used in a wide variety islation would give full-time foreign In addition to the legislation I have in- of transportation modes: transit buses; college and graduate students the op- troduced today, there are other pro- semi trucks; ships; heavy duty con- portunity to work part-time while posals on the table. The American peo- struction, farming and mining equip- studying at U.S. universities. ple won’t accept any more excuses. ment; military vehicles; locomotives; The fourth bill, the Immigrant Ac- Now is the time for us to stop deferring barges; large scale generators; farm countability Act of 2005, will amend tough decisions and take action on this and mining equipment; and in many the Immigration and Nationality Act urgent national priority. people’s individual cars and trucks. in order to encourage those in the U.S. While not as large of a market as gaso- illegally to apply for legal status. The Mr. OBAMA: line, petrodiesel is enormously signifi- legislation would create an earned ad- S. 1920. A bill to amend the Clean Air cant. justment program for long-term un- Act to establish a renewable diesel A Renewable Diesel Standard would documented Immigrants and provide standard, and for other purposes; to the focus alternative fuel production an opportunity for illegal aliens and Committee on Environment and Public strongly on the world of diesel engine their families to become invested Works. vehicles. And engines that use stakeholders in the country if they can Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, the petrodiesel can also use other types of demonstrate that they have met all of House of Representatives has passed, diesel fuels, like biodiesel, or Fischer the following requirements: and the Senate Environment and Pub- Tropsch diesel, with little or no engine Passed national security and crimi- lic Works Committee is considering, modification. nal background checks; legislation to increase petroleum refin- This interchangeability helps in time Resided in the U.S. for at least 5 ery capacity in the United States. The of diesel shortages. It helps keep diesel years preceding the date of introduc- argument is that the shortage of do- prices competitive. And, as diesel is tion; mestic refining capacity is contrib- made from domestic feedstocks, it re- Worked a minimum of 3 years in the uting to the rising price of gasoline duces our reliance on foreign crude oil. U.S. preceding the date of introduc- which, in turn, is squeezing families’ That is good for national security—es- tion, and 6 years after introduction; pocketbooks and complicating our Na- pecially when diesel is the fuel for Paid all Federal and State taxes; tion’s economic future. The theory is workhorse vehicles like buses, bull- Registered for Military Selective that relaxing environmental regula- dozers, or military equipment that are Service; tions will unlock long dormant invest- so important in times of emergency. Demonstrated knowledge of English ment in new domestic refining capac- In recent months, Illinois farmers language and American civics require- ity. have raised concerns with me regarding ments; It is incumbent upon industry and the high cost of diesel fuel. Imagine Paid a $2,000 fine, in addition to re- the congressional supporters of this how biodiesel and diesel alternatives quired application fees. Fines assessed bill to document that environmental could help mitigate fuel costs for farm- from this program could total as much regulation has in fact blocked such in- ers who now mostly rely on diesel fuel as $12 billion. vestment. Testimony has been provided made from foreign oil. Imagine how The legislation would create a pro- on both sides of that proposition. biodiesels or coal diesels could help gram for short-term undocumented im- What seems to me to be less debat- truckers and other small business own- migrants who cannot meet the work or able is that any legislative effort to ad- ers, whose profit margins are so seri- residence requirements. They will reg- dress deficient refining capacity should ously affected by unforeseen price ister with DHS and will be allowed to include the encouragement of domestic spikes in petrodiesel for semi trucks.

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And wasn’t that the underlying ANNIVERSARY FOR ITS IMPOR- TANT ROLE IN THE POPU- anniversary for its important role in the intent of CAFE in the first place when popularization of country music, and for its it was enacted in 1975—to reduce our LARIZATION OF COUNTRY MUSIC 8 decades of musical and broadcast excel- AND FOR ITS 8 DECADES OF MU- use of petroleum, especially imported lence. SICAL AND BROADCAST EXCEL- f oil and petroleum products? LENCE This bill does not propose that 10 per- SENATE RESOLUTION 287—HON- Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. AL- ORING THE LIFE OF AND EX- cent of the national petrodiesel pool be EXANDER) submitted the following reso- strengthened with diesel alternatives. PRESSING THE CONDOLENCES OF lution; which was considered and THE SENATE ON THE PASSING It proposes only 1 percent of the na- agreed to: OF ROSA PARKS tional supply. S. RES. 286 Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is a pioneer of That is hardly painful for the petro- STABENOW, Mr. FRIST, Mr. REID, Mr. commercial radio in the United States, and leum industry. This initiative would OBAMA, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCHUMER, not in any way dent the oil industry’s is the longest running continuous radio program in the United States, having operated Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. record-shattering profits. It is, how- since November 28, 1925, and having broad- BROWNBACK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. TALENT, ever, a bold initiative for those entre- casted over 4,000 consecutive Saturday Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. preneurs who know that new diesels evening shows on WSM Radio, Nashville, CHAMBLISS, Mr. THOMAS, Mrs. work and are willing to prove it by in- Tennessee; HUTCHISON, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. HARKIN, Whereas the Grand Ole Opry played an investing on a commercial scale. They Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. tegral role in the commercial development of KERRY, and Mr. DURBIN) submitted the know we can make diesel from soy- the country music industry, and in estab- following resolution; which was consid- lishing Nashville, Tennessee, as ‘‘Music City beans, from sunflower seeds, from coal, ered and agreed to: and even from garbage. Let’s give them USA’’; Whereas the Grand Ole Opry has consist- S. RES. 287 stronger assurance that the United ently promoted the best in live entertain- Whereas Rosa Parks was born on February States intends to capitalize on their vi- ment and provided a distinctive forum for 4, 1913, as Rosa Louise McCauley, to James sion, ingenuity, and expertise in the connecting country music fans to musicians and Leona McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama; cause of energy independence. so as to promote the popularity of this Whereas her moral clarity and quiet dig- uniquely American genre; nity shaped and inspired the Civil Rights Right now, there is an estimated 180 Whereas the Grand Ole Opry serves as a Movement in the United States over the last million gallons of biodiesel production unique American icon that enshrines the half-century; capacity in the United States. Fifty- rich musical history of country music, and Whereas Rosa Parks was educated in Pine four companies have reported their preserves the tradition and character of the Level, Alabama, until the age of 11, when she genre through commemorative performances enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial plans to construct dedicated biodiesel and events; School for Girls and then went on to attend plants in the near future, but those Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is committed the Alabama State Teachers College High plans are dependent upon regional and to quality performances, and the member- School; national demand prospects. ship of the Grand Ole Opry represents the Whereas on December 18, 1932, Rosa elite of country music performers, including McCauley married Raymond Parks and set- Current domestic petroleum demand generations of America’s most talented mu- tled in Montgomery, Alabama; is estimated to be high enough in the sicians, encompassing the music legends of Whereas, together, Raymond and Rosa coming years that the United States old and the superstars of today that continue Parks worked in the Montgomery, Alabama would need to construct a 400,000 barrel to define American country music; branch of the National Association for the Whereas performers at the Grand Ole Opry Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), per day petroleum refinery each year have included such universally recognized where Raymond Parks served as an active to meet market projections. Yet no names as Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Garth member and Rosa Parks served as a sec- new petroleum refineries have been Brooks, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Vince retary and youth leader; built in the United States in a quarter Gill, Alan Jackson, Grandpa Jones, Loretta Whereas on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks Lynn, Uncle Dave Macon, Dolly Parton, Min- was arrested for refusing to give up her seat century. During the same period, how- nie Pearl, Jim Reeves, Ernest Tubb, Hank in the ‘‘colored’’ section of the bus to a white ever, more than 120 refineries have Williams, Trisha Yearwood, and many more; man on the orders of the bus driver because been built for ethanol and biodiesel, Whereas the Grand Ole Opry celebrates the the ‘‘white’’ section was full; with more in the works. And the good diversity of country music, with membership Whereas the arrest of Rosa Parks led Afri- spanning both generation and genre, rep- can Americans and others to boycott the news is: unlike petroleum refineries, resenting the best in folk, country, blue- Montgomery city bus line until the buses in our ethanol and biodiesel refineries do grass, gospel, and comedy performances; Montgomery were desegregated; not require imported oil as raw mate- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry continues to Whereas the 381-day Montgomery bus boy- rial to make the finished product. utilize technological innovations to develop cott encouraged other courageous people new avenues of connecting country music to across the United States to organize in pro- Mr. President, hundreds of millions its fans, and can be seen and heard around test and demand equal rights for all; of gallons of diesel are possible within the world via television, radio, satellite Whereas most historians date the begin- the timeline proposed in my legisla- radio, and the Internet; ning of the modern-day Civil Rights Move- tion, making another small but bold Whereas the Grand Ole Opry provides ment in the United States to December 1, heartening support to members of the Armed 1955; step to create jobs in rural America, Forces by participating in the Department of Whereas the fearless acts of civil disobe- strengthen our economic security, and Defense’s America Supports You Program, dience displayed by Rosa Parks and others improve air quality. A Renewable Die- providing live performances to American resulted in a legal action challenging Mont- sel Standard is the right course for the Forces serving abroad via the American gomery’s segregated public transportation Forces Radio and Television Services net- system, which subsequently led to the Nation’s future. I hope my colleagues work; United States Supreme Court, on November will join me in cosponsoring this legis- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is recognized 13, 1956, affirming a district court decision lation, and I ask their support for swift as the world’s premiere country music show, that held that Montgomery segregation enactment. and continues to entertain millions of fans codes deny and deprive African Americans of throughout the world, including United the equal protection of the laws (352 U.S. States Presidents and foreign dignitaries, 903); and serves as an emissary of American music Whereas in 1957, Rosa Parks moved to De- and culture; and troit, Michigan;

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Whereas in 1965, Representative John Con- Whereas the first Negro Leagues Baseball Mr. CORZINE) submitted an amendment in- yers hired Rosa Parks as a member of his Museum was located at 1615 East 18th Street tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. staff, where she worked in various adminis- in the historic ‘‘18th and Vine District’’, 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the trative jobs for 23 years and retired in 1988 at which was designated by the city of Kansas table. age 75; City, Missouri, in 1988, as historic in nature SA 2213. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. Whereas Rosa Parks continued her civil and the birthplace of the Negro Leagues; CLINTON, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. rights work by starting the Rosa and Ray- Whereas the current Negro Leagues Base- MIKULSKI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. REID, Mr. LAUTEN- mond Parks Institute for Self Development ball Museum was opened at 1616 East 18th BERG, Mr. DAYTON, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KOHL, in 1987, a nonprofit organization that moti- Street in 1997, with a dramatic expansion of Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ROCKE- vates young people to reach their highest po- core exhibition and gallery space and over FELLER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DODD, Mrs. FEIN- tential; 10,000 square feet of new interpretive and STEIN, Mr. REED, and Mr. CORZINE) proposed Whereas the Rosa and Raymond Parks In- educational exhibits; an amendment to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. stitute for Self Development offers edu- Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- SA 2214. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an cational programs for young people, includ- seum continues to receive strong support amendment intended to be proposed by him ing two signature programs: first, Pathways from the residents of the Kansas City metro- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. to Freedom, a 21-day program that intro- politan area and annually entertains over SA 2215. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an duces students to the Underground Railroad 60,000 visitors from all 50 States, and numer- amendment intended to be proposed by him and the civil rights movement with a free- ous foreign countries; to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. dom ride across the United States and Can- Whereas there remains a need to preserve SA 2216. Mr. KERRY submitted an amend- ada, tracing the underground railroad into the evidence of honor, courage, sacrifice, and ment intended to be proposed by him to the civil rights, and second, Learning Centers triumph in the face of segregation of those bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie and Senior Citizens, a program that partners African Americans who played in the Negro on the table. young people with senior citizens where the Leagues; SA 2217. Mr. NELSON, of Florida (for him- young help the senior citizens develop their Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- self, Mr. FEINGOLD, and Mr. CORZINE) sub- computer skills and senior citizens mentor seum seeks to educate a diverse audience mitted an amendment intended to be pro- the young; through its comprehensive collection of his- posed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; Whereas Rosa Parks has been commended torical materials, important artifacts, and which was ordered to lie on the table. for her work in the realm of civil rights with oral histories of the participants in the SA 2218. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an such recognitions as the NAACP’s Spingarn Negro Leagues and the impact that segrega- amendment intended to be proposed by him Medal, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Non- tion played in the lives of these individuals to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- violent Peace Prize, the Presidential medal and their fans; and dered to lie on the table. of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Whereas a great opportunity exists to use SA 2219. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an Medal; the invaluable resources of the Negro amendment intended to be proposed by him Whereas Time magazine named Rosa Parks Leagues Baseball Museum to teach the Na- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- one of the ‘‘100 most influential people of the tion’s school children, through on-site visits, dered to lie on the table. SA 2220. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an 20th century’’, The Henry Ford Museum in traveling exhibits, classroom curriculum, amendment intended to be proposed by her Michigan bought and exhibited the bus on distance learning, and other educational ini- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- which she was arrested, and The Rosa Parks tiatives: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- dered to lie on the table. Library and Museum opened in Montgomery SA 2221. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. in 2000; resentatives concurring), That Congress— (1) designates the Negro Leagues Baseball COLLINS) submitted an amendment intended Whereas in 2005, the year marking the 50th to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1042, to anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, including the museums future and expanded exhibits, authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 her seat on the bus, we recognize the cour- for military activities of the Department of age, dignity, and determination displayed by collections library, archives, artifacts and education programs as ‘‘America’s National Defense, for military construction, and for Rosa Parks as she confronted injustice and defense activities of the Department of En- inequality; and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’’; (2) supports the Negro Leagues Baseball ergy, to prescribe personnel strengths for Whereas in 1988 Rosa Parks said: ‘‘I am such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and leaving this legacy to all of you . . . to bring Museum in their efforts to recognize and preserve the history of the Negro Leagues and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfill- on the table. ment of what our lives should be. Without vi- the impact of segregation on our Nation; (3) recognizes that the continued collec- SA 2222. Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. sion, the people will perish, and without COCHRAN) proposed an amendment to the bill courage and inspiration, dreams will die—the tion, preservation, and interpretation of the historical objects and other historical mate- H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the De- dream of freedom and peace’’: Now, there- rials held by the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- partments of Labor, Health and Human Serv- fore, be it seum enhances our knowledge and under- ices, and Education, and Related Agencies Resolved, That the Senate honors the life for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and accomplishments of Rosa Parks and ex- standing of the experience of African Ameri- and for other purposes. presses its condolences on her passing. cans during legal segregation; (4) commends the ongoing development SA 2223. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an f and visibility of the ‘‘Power Alley’’ edu- amendment intended to be proposed by him SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- cational outreach program for teachers and to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. students throughout the Nation sponsored by SA 2224. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an TION 60—DESIGNATING THE amendment intended to be proposed by him NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MU- the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; (5) asks all Americans to join in cele- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. SEUM IN KANSAS CITY, MIS- brating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum SA 2225. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an SOURI, AS AMERICA’S NATIONAL and its mission of preserving and inter- amendment intended to be proposed by him NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MU- preting the legacy of the Negro Leagues; and to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. SA 2226. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an SEUM (6) encourages present and future genera- amendment intended to be proposed by him tions to understand the sensitive issues sur- Mr. TALENT submitted the following to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. concurrent resolution, which was re- rounding the Negro Leagues, how they SA 2227. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted an helped shape our Nation and Major League amendment intended to be proposed by him ferred to the Committee on Energy and Baseball, and how the sacrifices made by Natural Resources: to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Negro League players helped make baseball dered to lie on the table. S. CON. RES. 60 America’s national pastime. SA 2228. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amend- Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- f ment intended to be proposed by him to the seum in Kansas City, Missouri, was founded AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED & bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie in 1990, in honor of those individuals who on the table. played in the Negro Baseball Leagues as a re- PROPOSED SA 2229. Mr. COBURN submitted an sult of segregation in America; SA 2211. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. amendment intended to be proposed by him Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- SCHUMER) submitted an amendment intended to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- seum is the only public museum in the Na- to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3010, dered to lie on the table. tion that exists for the exclusive purpose of making appropriations for the Departments SA 2230. Mr. COBURN submitted an interpreting the experiences of the players in of Labor, Health and Human Services, and amendment intended to be proposed by him the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1970; Education, and Related Agencies for the fis- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- cal year ending September 30, 2006, and for dered to lie on the table. seum project began in the 1980s, through a other purposes; which was ordered to lie on SA 2231. Mr. COBURN submitted an large scale, grass roots, civic and fundraising the table. amendment intended to be proposed by him effort by citizens and baseball fans in the SA 2212. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. DUR- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Kansas City metropolitan area; BIN, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. KERRY, Mr. DODD, and dered to lie on the table.

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SA 2232. Mr. COBURN submitted an SA 2254. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. KEN- pended to replace the funds appropriated but amendment intended to be proposed by him NEDY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. not expended under chapter 8 of division B of to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- KERRY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. the Department of Defense and Emergency dered to lie on the table. DURBIN, and Mr. DAYTON) submitted an Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery SA 2233. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- the United States Act, 2002 (Public Law 107– to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. 117), and of such amount, $50,000,000 shall be dered to lie on the table. SA 2255. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an made available for payment to the New York SA 2234. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him State Uninsured Employers Fund for reim- amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- bursement of claims related to the terrorist to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. attacks of September 11, 2001 and for reim- dered to lie on the table. SA 2256. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. bursement of claims related to the first re- SA 2235. Mr. COBURN submitted an BYRD, Mr. BAYH, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mr. DUR- sponse emergency services personnel who amendment intended to be proposed by him BIN) submitted an amendment intended to be were injured, were disabled, or died due to to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010 supra; such terrorist attacks, and $75,000,000 shall dered to lie on the table. which was ordered to lie on the table. be made available to the Centers for Disease SA 2236. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an SA 2257. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Control and Prevention upon enactment of amendment intended to be proposed by him Mrs. BOXER) submitted an amendment in- this Act, and shall remain available until ex- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. pended, for purposes related to the Sep- dered to lie on the table. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the tember 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In expend- SA 2237. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an table. ing such funds, the Director of the Centers amendment intended to be proposed by him SA 2258. Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and for Disease Control and Prevention shall give first priority to the existing programs co- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Mr. BINGAMAN) submitted an amendment in- dered to lie on the table. tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. ordinated by the Mount Sinai Center for Oc- cupational and Environmental Medicine, the SA 2238. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the Fire Department of New York City Bureau of amendment intended to be proposed by him table. Health Services and Counseling Services to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- SA 2259. Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Unit, the New York City Police Foundation’s dered to lie on the table. BINGAMAN) submitted an amendment in- Project COPE, Police Organization Pro- SA 2239. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. viding Peer Assistance, and the New York amendment intended to be proposed by him 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the City Department of Health and Mental Hy- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- table. giene World Trade Center Health Registry dered to lie on the table. SA 2260. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an that administer baseline and follow-up SA 2240. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him screening, clinical examinations, or long- amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- term medical health monitoring, analysis, or to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. treatment for emergency services personnel dered to lie on the table. SA 2261. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and or rescue and recovery personnel, and shall SA 2241. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an Ms. STABENOW) submitted an amendment in- give secondary priority to similar programs amendment intended to be proposed by him tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. coordinated by other entities working with to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the the State of New York and New York City. dered to lie on the table. table. (b) The amounts provided under subsection SA 2242. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an SA 2262. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an (a) are designated as an emergency require- amendment intended to be proposed by him amendment intended to be proposed by him ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- 95 (109th Congress). dered to lie on the table. dered to lie on the table. SA 2243. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an SA 2263. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an SA 2212. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, amendment intended to be proposed by him amendment intended to be proposed by her Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. KERRY, to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Mr. DODD, and Mr. CORZINE) submitted dered to lie on the table. dered to lie on the table. an amendment intended to be proposed SA 2244. Mr. DAYTON submitted an SA 2264. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- amendment intended to be proposed by him Mr. BAYH) submitted an amendment in- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. propriations for the Departments of dered to lie on the table. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the Labor, Health and Human Services, SA 2245. Mr. DAYTON submitted an table. and Education, and Related Agencies amendment intended to be proposed by him SA 2265. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. for the fiscal year ending September 30, to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment in- 2006, and for other purposes; which was dered to lie on the table. tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: SA 2246. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the At the end of title III (before the short HARKIN, and Mr. LAUTENBERG) submitted an table. title), insert the following: amendment intended to be proposed by him SA 2266. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. SEC. lll. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL EDU- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment in- dered to lie on the table. CATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. AND POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTER- SA 2247. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the VENTIONS AND SUPPORTS. amendment intended to be proposed by her table. (a) INCREASES.—In addition to amounts to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- SA 2267. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. otherwise appropriated under this Act, there dered to lie on the table. FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment in- is appropriated, out of any money in the SA 2248. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an ad- amendment intended to be proposed by her 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the ditional $3,500,000 for subpart 3 of part A of to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- table. title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 dered to lie on the table. f (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.), and an additional SA 2249. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an $1,000,000 to the Office of Special Education amendment intended to be proposed by her TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Programs of the Department of Education to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- SA 2211. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself for the expansion of positive behavioral dered to lie on the table. interventions and supports. and Mr. SCHUMER) submitted an SA 2250. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an (b) OFFSET FROM CONSULTING SERVICES.— amendment intended to be proposed by her amendment intended to be proposed by Notwithstanding any other provision of this to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- Act, amounts made available for the Depart- dered to lie on the table. priations for the Departments of ment of Health and Human Services for con- SA 2251. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an Labor, Health and Human Services, sulting services under this Act shall be re- amendment intended to be proposed by her and Education, and Related Agencies duced by $4,500,000. to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- for the fiscal year ending September 30, (c) REPORT ON THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL dered to lie on the table. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.—Not SA 2252. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an 2006, and for other purposes; which was later than September 30, 2006, the Secretary amendment intended to be proposed by her ordered to lie on the table; as follows: of Education shall prepare and submit to to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- Congress a report on the evaluation data re- dered to lie on the table. lowing: garding the educational and professional per- SA 2253. Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. SEC. ll.(a) Notwithstanding any other formance of individuals who have partici- GRASSLEY) proposed an amendment to the provision of law, $125,000,000 shall be avail- pated, during fiscal year 2006 or any pre- bill H.R. 3010, supra. able and shall remain available until ex- ceding year, in the program under subpart 3

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11830 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education At the end of title II (before the short propriations for the Departments of Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.). title), add the following: Labor, Health and Human Services, SEC. ll. None of the funds made available and Education, and Related Agencies SA 2213. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, in this Act may be used to implement any for the fiscal year ending September 30, strategic plan under section 3 of Executive Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LIE- 2006, and for other purposes; which was BERMAN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. Order 13335 (regarding interoperable health information technology) that lacks a provi- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: REID, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. DAYTON, sion that requires the Department of Health At the end of title III (before the short Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KOHL, Mr. BINGA- and Human Services to give notice to any title), insert the following: MAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, patient whose information maintained by SEC. ll.(a) In addition to amounts other- Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DODD, Mrs. FEIN- the Department under the strategic plan is wise appropriated under this Act, there is ap- STEIN, Mr. REED, and Mr. CORZINE) pro- lost, stolen, or used for a purpose other than propriated, out of any money in the Treas- posed an amendment to the bill H.R. the purpose for which the information was ury not otherwise appropriated, an addi- 3010, making appropriations for the De- collected. tional $4,900,000 to carry out part H of title I partments of Labor, Health and Human of the Elementary and Secondary Education Mr. NELSON of Florida (for Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.). Services, and Education, and Related SA 2217. himself, Mr. FEINGOLD, and Mr. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- this Act, the amounts made available for ad- CORZINE) submitted an amendment in- tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes; ministrative expenses and salaries for the tended to be proposed by him to the as follows: Department of Education under this Act bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations shall be reduced by $4,900,000. At the end of title III (before the short for the Departments of Labor, Health title), insert the following: and Human Services, and Education, SA 2220. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated under this Act, there is appro- and Related Agencies for the fiscal amendment intended to be proposed by priated, out of any money in the Treasury year ending September 30, 2006, and for him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- not otherwise appropriated, $836,000,000 for other purposes; which was ordered to propriations for the Departments of carrying out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of lie on the table; as follows: Labor, Health and Human Services, the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. After section 221, insert the following: and Education, and Related Agencies 1070). Such additional appropriation shall be SEC. 222. (a) The Comptroller General of for the fiscal year ending September 30, used to increase the maximum Pell Grant for the United States shall conduct a study to— 2006, and for other purposes; which was which a student shall be eligible during (1) examine— ordered to lie on the table; as follows: award year 2006–2007 by $200 to $4,250, not- (A) the cost savings that have occurred in On page 153, between lines 17 and 18, insert withstanding the maximum Pell Grant States that currently have programs in place amount provided under the heading ‘‘STU- the following: for the recycling or reusing of medications In addition, for making payments to DENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’’ under this that have been dispensed to, but not used by, States for the provision of coverage for pre- title. an inpatient of a long-term care facility; and scription drugs under State Medicaid plans (B) the potential for the expansion of such SA 2214. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an (notwithstanding section 1935(d)(1) of the So- programs to other States; cial Security Act) or under separate drug as- amendment intended to be proposed by (2) identify measures that could be put in sistance programs to individuals who have him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- place to maximize cost savings under the attained age 65 or are disabled, and whose in- propriations for the Departments of programs described in paragraph (1); come does not exceed 150 percent of the na- Labor, Health and Human Services, (3) identify— tional poverty level or who are eligible for and Education, and Related Agencies (A) the potential safety concerns raised by medical assistance under the State Medicaid such programs; and plan under a ‘‘medically needy’’ or other for the fiscal year ending September 30, (B) the rate of medication error and ad- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: ‘‘spend down’’ eligibility category, including verse events under such programs; and such individuals who are eligible for benefits After section 221, insert the following: (4) identify— under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Se- SEC. 222. For carrying out the Low-Vision (A) safety procedures currently used under curity Act, receiving assistance under a Rehabilitation Services Demonstration such programs; State drug assistance program, or receiving Project by the Secretary of Health and (B) additional safety procedures that could coverage under an AIDS Drug Assistance Human Services, an additional $5,000,000: be put in place to eliminate the safety con- Program, to ensure that such individuals do Provided, That funds made available for gen- cerns identified under paragraph (3); and not lose coverage for prescription drugs or eral department management under the (C) the infrastructure or resources nec- suffer a gap in such coverage due to the im- heading General Department Management essary to implement such additional safety plementation of the Medicare prescription under the heading Office of the Secretary are procedures. drug benefit under part D of title XVIII of reduced by $5,000,000. (b) Not later than the date that is 12 such Act, and for making payments to pro- months after the date of enactment of this viders of items and services under the State SA 2215. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an Act, the Comptroller General of the United Medicaid plan, including pharmacists, com- amendment intended to be proposed by States shall submit to Congress a report on munity health centers, rural health clinics, him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- the study conducted under subsection (a), to- hospitals, critical access hospitals, and phy- propriations for the Departments of gether with such recommendations for legis- sicians, for reimbursement of uncompen- Labor, Health and Human Services, lative or administrative action as the Comp- sated costs associated with the provision of troller General determines to be appropriate. and Education, and Related Agencies medically necessary drugs for such individ- for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2218. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted uals, $2,000,000,000: Provided, That a State 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: shall not receive such payments unless the an amendment intended to be proposed State notifies the Centers for Medicare and At the appropriate place in title II, insert by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Medicaid Services, not later than December the following: propriations for the Departments of 31, 2005, of the State’s plan for the provision SEC. ll. Amounts appropriated in this Labor, Health and Human Services, of such coverage: Provided further, That a title for community health center programs and Education, and Related Agencies State shall not receive such payments unless under section 330 of the Public Health Serv- for the fiscal year ending September 30, the State notifies such individuals and pro- ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) shall be increased by viders of the availability of such coverage: $198,560,000. Notwithstanding any other pro- 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Provided further, That the entire amount is vision of this Act, amounts appropriated designated as an emergency requirement under this Act shall be reduced on a pro rata At the end of title III (before the short pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 basis by $198,560,000. title), insert the following: (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise on the budget for fiscal year 2006. SA 2216. Mr. KERRY submitted an appropriated under this Act, there is appro- amendment intended to be proposed by priated, out of any money in the Treasury SA 2221. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- not otherwise appropriated, an additional Ms. COLLINS) submitted an amendment propriations for the Departments of $18,500,000 to carry out part G of title I of the intended to be proposed by her to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of Labor, Health and Human Services, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6531 et seq.). bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations and Education, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2006 for military activi- for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2219. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted ties of the Department of Defense, for 2006, and for other purposes; which was an amendment intended to be proposed military construction, and for defense ordered to lie on the table; as follows: by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- activities of the Department of Energy,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11831 to prescribe personnel strengths for ‘‘purposes of economic redevelopment or job Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, generation’’. a report to Congress describing the findings and for other purposes; which was or- (d) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Paragraph (4)(B) of the study. dered to lie on the table; as follows: of such section is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘shall seek’’ and all that SA 2225. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII of follows through ‘‘with respect to the instal- amendment intended to be proposed by division B, add the following: lation’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘may him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- SEC. 2887. TRANSFER TO REDEVELOPMENT AU- not obtain consideration in connection with propriations for the Departments of THORITIES WITHOUT CONSIDER- any transfer under this paragraph of prop- Labor, Health and Human Services, ATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT erty located at the installation. The redevel- MILITARY INSTALLATIONS CLOSED opment authority to which such property is and Education, and Related Agencies OR REALIGNED UNDER 2005 ROUND for the fiscal year ending September 30, OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND transferred shall’’; REALIGNMENT. (2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘agrees’’ and 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: (a) OPTION ON TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY inserting ‘‘agree’’; and On page 196, strike line 14 and insert the AND FACILITIES.—Paragraph (2)(C) of section (3) in clause (ii)— following: 2905(b) of the Defense Base Closure and Re- (A) by striking ‘‘executes’’ and inserting tional poverty level: Provided further, That alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX ‘‘execute’’; and the Corporation shall use a portion of the of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is (B) by striking ‘‘accepts’’ and inserting funds made available under this heading to amended— ‘‘accept’’. conduct an evaluation, after consultation (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(C)’’; and with experts on national service programs (2) by adding at the end the following new SA 2222. Mr. INOUYE (for himself and rural community leaders, of programs clause: and Mr. COCHRAN) proposed an amend- carried out under the national service laws ‘‘(ii) In the case of any real property or fa- ment to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (consisting of that Act and the National and cilities located at an installation for which propriations for the Departments of Community Service Act of 1990) in rural the date of approval of closure or realign- Labor, Health and Human Services, areas, to determine utilization of the pro- ment is after January 1, 2005, including prop- and Education, and Related Agencies grams and to develop new and innovative strategies that would prioritize geographic erty or facilities that would otherwise be for the fiscal year ending September 30, transferred to a military department or diversity of the programs carried out under other entity within the Department of De- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: the national service laws to increase the fense or the Coast Guard under clause (i), or At the appropriate place in title II, insert presence of the programs in rural areas. would otherwise be transferred to another the following: Federal agency— SEC. ll. (a) The Headquarters and Emer- SA 2226. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an ‘‘(I) the Secretary shall, unless the Sec- gency Operations Center Building (Building amendment intended to be proposed by retary determines that a transfer of such 21) at the Centers for Disease Control and him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- property or facilities to a military depart- Prevention is hereby renamed as the Arlen propriations for the Departments of ment or other entity within the Department Specter Headquarters and Emergency Oper- Labor, Health and Human Services, ations Center. of Defense or the Coast Guard under clause and Education, and Related Agencies (i), or to the Department of Homeland Secu- (b) The Global Communications Center rity, is necessary in the national security in- Building (Building 19) at the Centers for Dis- for the fiscal year ending September 30, terest of the United States, instead offer to ease Control and Prevention is hereby re- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: transfer such property or facilities to the renamed as the Thomas R. Harkin Global Com- At the end of title III (before the short development authority with respect to such munications Center. title), insert the following: installation; and SEC. lll. APPLICATIONS FOR IMPACT AID PAY- ‘‘(II) if the redevelopment authority ac- SA 2223. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an MENT. cepts the offer, transfer such property or fa- amendment intended to be proposed by Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of cilities to the redevelopment authority, him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- section 8005(d) of the Elementary and Sec- without consideration, subject to the provi- propriations for the Departments of ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. sions of paragraph (4).’’. Labor, Health and Human Services, 7705(d)(2) and (3)), the Secretary of Education (b) OPTION ON TRANSFER OF PERSONAL and Education, and Related Agencies shall treat as timely filed, and shall process for payment, an application under section PROPERTY.—Paragraph (3) of such section is for the fiscal year ending September 30, amended— 8002 or section 8003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. (1) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘sub- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: 7702, 7703) for fiscal year 2005 from a local paragraphs (E) and (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- At the end of title III (before the short educational agency— paragraphs (F) and (G)’’; title), insert the following: (1) that, for each of the fiscal years 2000 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise through 2004, submitted an application by (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respec- appropriated under this Act, there is appro- the date specified by the Secretary of Edu- tively; and priated, out of any money in the Treasury cation under section 8005(c) of such Act for (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the not otherwise appropriated, an additional the fiscal year; following new subparagraph (E): $15,000,000 to carry out subpart 1 of part A of (2) for which a reduction of more than ‘‘(E) In the case of any personal property title IV of the Elementary and Secondary $1,000,000 was made under section 8005(d)(2) of located at an installation for which the date Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.). such Act by the Secretary of Education as a of approval of closure or realignment is after result of the agency’s failure to file a timely January 1, 2005, including property that is SA 2224. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an application under section 8002 or 8003 of such determined pursuant to the inventory under amendment intended to be proposed by Act for fiscal year 2005; and subparagraph (A)(i) to be excess property him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (3) that submits an application for fiscal that would otherwise be transferred to an- propriations for the Departments of year 2005 during the period beginning on Feb- other Federal agency under subchapter II of Labor, Health and Human Services, ruary 2, 2004, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act. chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, pur- and Education, and Related Agencies suant to the authority in paragraph (1)(A)— ‘‘(i) the Secretary shall, unless the Sec- for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2227. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted retary determines that a transfer of such 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: an amendment intended to be proposed property to a military department or other At the end of title III (before the short by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- entity within the Department of Defense or title), add the following: propriations for the Departments of the Coast Guard, or to the Department of SEC. ll. The Secretary of Education shall Labor, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, is necessary in the na- conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness and Education, and Related Agencies tional security interest of the United States, of violence prevention programs receiving instead offer to transfer such property to the funding under the Safe and Drug-Free for the fiscal year ending September 30, redevelopment authority with respect to Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7101 2006, and for other purposes; which was such installation; and et seq.) based on, among other things, evi- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘(ii) if the redevelopment authority ac- dence of deterrent effect, strong research de- On page 143, line 22, before the period, in- cepts the offer, transfer such property to the sign, sustained effects, and multiple site rep- sert the following: ‘‘: Provided further, the redevelopment authority, without consider- lication. The study shall also include infor- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ation, subject to the provisions of paragraph mation on what regular assessment mecha- shall use not more than $10,000,000 of funds (4).’’. nisms exist to allow the Department of Edu- provided under this heading to offer to enter (c) ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT.—Paragraph cation to evaluate the efficacy of such pro- into a contract with 1 or more eligible orga- (4)(A) of such section is amended by striking grams on an ongoing basis. Not later than 18 nizations to establish a Global Network for ‘‘purposes of job generation’’ and inserting months after the date of enactment of this Avian Influenza Surveillance’’.

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Mr. DURBIN submitted an available for expenses related to conferences, Health and Human Services or the Depart- amendment intended to be proposed by including for conference programs, staff ment of Education for programs and activi- him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- time, travel costs, and related expenses. ties not in compliance with the Improper (c) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—Of the Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. propriations for the Departments of funds made available for the Department of 3321 note, Public Law 107–300), including pro- Labor, Health and Human Services, Education under the heading ‘‘Departmental grams and activities under the Temporary and Education, and Related Agencies Management, Program Administration’’ in Assistance for Needy Families Program for the fiscal year ending September 30, title III, not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be under part A of title IV of the Social Secu- 2006, and for other purposes; which was available for expenses related to conferences, rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Foster ordered to lie on the table; as follows: including for conference programs, staff Care and Adoption Assistance Program time, travel costs, and related expenses. under part E of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- 670 et seq,), the Medicaid program under title lowing: SA 2231. Mr. COBURN submitted an XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the SEC. ll. (a) None of the funds made avail- State Children’s Health Insurance Program able in this Act may be used to request that amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa a candidate for appointment to a Federal sci- et seq.), the Child Care and Development entific advisory committee disclose the po- propriations for the Departments of Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et litical affiliation or voting history of the Labor, Health and Human Services, seq.), and title I of the Elementary and Sec- candidate or the position that the candidate and Education, and Related Agencies ondary Education Act of 1965. holds with respect to political issues not di- for the fiscal year ending September 30, rectly related to and necessary for the work 2006, and for other purposes; which was SA 2235. Mr. COBURN submitted an of the committee involved. amendment intended to be proposed by (b) None of the funds made available in ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the fol- him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- this Act may be used to disseminate sci- propriations for the Departments of entific information that is deliberately false lowing: or misleading. SEC. ll. Any limitation, directive, or ear- Labor, Health and Human Services, marking contained in either the House of and Education, and Related Agencies SA 2229. Mr. COBURN submitted an Representatives or Senate report accom- for the fiscal year ending September 30, amendment intended to be proposed by panying H.R. 3010 shall also be included in 2006, and for other purposes; which was him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- the conference report or joint statement ac- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: propriations for the Departments of companying H.R. 3010 in order to be consid- On page 182, line 4, strike ‘‘, and’’ and all ered as having been approved by both Houses that follows through ‘‘Hawaiian law’’ on line Labor, Health and Human Services, of Congress. and Education, and Related Agencies 6. for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2232. Mr. COBURN submitted an SA 2236. Mr. SANTORUM submitted 2006, and for other purposes; which was amendment intended to be proposed by an amendment intended to be proposed ordered to lie on the table; as follows: him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- propriations for the Departments of propriations for the Departments of lowing: Labor, Health and Human Services, Labor, Health and Human Services, SEC. ll.(a) Notwithstanding any other and Education, and Related Agencies and Education, and Related Agencies provision of this Act, amounts not required for the fiscal year ending September 30, for the fiscal year ending September 30, by law provided in this Act for fiscal year 2006 are reduced by 5 percent. 2006, and for other purposes; which was 2006, and for other purposes; which was (b) Any reduction made under this section ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ordered to lie on the table; as follows: shall be applied proportionately to each dis- On page 139, line 16, insert after the colon At the appropriate place, insert the fol- cretionary account and each item of budget the following: ‘‘Provided further, That in ad- lowing: authority covered by this Act, and within dition to amounts otherwise made available SEC. ll. (a) No funds appropriated under each account and item, to each program, for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs this Act may be provided to hospitals or project, and activity. authorized by such section 2616, the Sec- other facilities at which partial-birth abor- (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the retary shall transfer $60,000,000 from the tions are performed. President, in consultation with the Chair- amount appropriated under this Act for the (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a par- man and Ranking Member of the applicable construction and renovation of the facilities tial-birth abortion that is necessary to save authorizing committees of the Congress, of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- the life of a mother whose life is endangered may except certain programs, projects, and vention to carry out such Drug Assistance by a physical disorder, physical illness, or accounts, in whole or in part, from a reduc- Programs:’’. physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from tion required by subsection (a), provided that SA 2233. Mr. COBURN submitted an the pregnancy itself. such exceptions do not, in the aggregate, ex- (c) In this section, the term ‘‘partial-birth ceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the amendment intended to be proposed by abortion’’ means an abortion in which the overall reduction. him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- person performing the abortion— propriations for the Departments of (1) deliberately and intentionally vaginally SA 2230. Mr. COBURN submitted an Labor, Health and Human Services, delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a amendment intended to be proposed by and Education, and Related Agencies head-first presentation, the entire fetal head him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- for the fiscal year ending September 30, is outside the body of the mother, or, in the propriations for the Departments of 2006, and for other purposes; which was case of breech presentation, any part of the Labor, Health and Human Services, ordered to lie on the table; as follows: fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body and Education, and Related Agencies of the mother, for the purpose of performing At the appropriate place, insert the fol- an overt act that the person knows will kill for the fiscal year ending September 30, lowing: 2006, and for other purposes; which was the partially delivered living fetus; and SEC. ll. Notwithstanding any other pro- (2) performs the overt act, other than com- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: vision of this Act, none of the funds appro- pletion of delivery, that kills the partially On page 222, between lines 5 and 6, insert priated in this Act may be used for any ac- delivered living fetus. the following: tivities associated with HIV Vaccine Aware- SEC. 517. LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR CON- ness Day. SA 2237. Mr. SANTORUM submitted FERENCES. an amendment intended to be proposed (a) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.—Of the funds SA 2234. Mr. COBURN submitted an by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- made available for the Department of Labor amendment intended to be proposed by propriations for the Departments of under the heading ‘‘Departmental Manage- him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Labor, Health and Human Services, ment, Salaries and Expenses’’ in title I, not propriations for the Departments of to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for ex- and Education, and Related Agencies Labor, Health and Human Services, for the fiscal year ending September 30, penses related to conferences, including for and Education, and Related Agencies conference programs, staff time, travel 2006, and for other purposes; which was costs, and related expenses. for the fiscal year ending September 30, ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (b) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2006, and for other purposes; which was At the appropriate place, insert the fol- SERVICES.—Of the funds made available for ordered to lie on the table; as follows: lowing: the Department of Health and Human Serv- On page 222, between lines 5 and 6, insert SEC. ll. PROMOTION OF FAMILY FORMATION ices under the heading ‘‘Office of the Sec- the following: AND HEALTHY MARRIAGE. retary, General Departmental Management’’ SEC. 517. None of the funds provided under (a) STATE PLANS.—Section 402(a)(1)(A) of in title II, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be this Act may be used by the Department of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

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602(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end tivities by notifying the State or Indian ‘‘(F) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— the following: tribe or tribal organization that the recipi- Each State and Indian tribe or tribal organi- ‘‘(vii) Encourage equitable treatment of ent no longer wants to participate in such zation awarded a grant under this paragraph healthy 2-parent married families under the programs or activities; shall submit to the Secretary an annual re- program referred to in clause (i).’’. ‘‘(III) of the process, if any, by which a report on the programs and activities funded (b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION GRANTS; cipient who chooses to withdraw from, or under the grant that includes the following: REPEAL OF BONUS FOR REDUCTION OF ILLEGIT- fails to participate in, such programs or ac- ‘‘(i) A description of the written protocols IMACY RATIO.—Section 403(a)(2) of such Act tivities may be required to follow to become developed in accordance with the require- (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended to read as fol- engaged in other programs or activities that ments of subparagraph (E)(iii) for each pro- lows: are not programs or activities described in gram or activity funded under the grant and ‘‘(2) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph how such protocols are used, including spe- GRANTS.— (B); and cific policies and procedures for addressing ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(IV) that the State may reassign a recipi- domestic violence issues within each pro- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ent at any time to other activities that are gram or activity funded under the grant and award competitive grants to States and In- not programs or activities described in how confidentiality issues are addressed. dian tribes [and tribal organizations] for not clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph ‘‘(ii) The name of each individual, organi- more than 50 percent of the cost of devel- (B). zation, or entity that was consulted in the oping and implementing innovative pro- development of such protocols. ‘‘(iii) NO SANCTION FOR REFUSAL OR FAILURE grams to promote and support healthy 2-par- ‘‘(iii) A description of each individual, or- TO PARTICIPATE.— ent married families. ganization, or entity (if any) that provided ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—No State or Indian tribe ‘‘(ii) USE OF OTHER TANF FUNDS.—A State training on domestic violence for the State, shall deny or reduce assistance to a recipient or Indian tribe with an approved tribal fam- Indian tribe or tribal organization, or for of assistance under a State or tribal program ily assistance plan may use funds provided any subgrantees. funded under this part solely on the basis of under other grants made under this part for ‘‘(iv) A description of any implementation the recipient’s withdrawal from, or failure all or part of the expenditures incurred for issues identified with respect to domestic vi- to, participate in programs or activities de- the remainder of the costs described in olence and how such issues were addressed. scribed in clauses (iii) through (vii) of subclause (i). In the case of a State, any such ‘‘(G) BIANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not funds expended shall not be considered quali- paragraph (B). later than 24 months after the date of enact- fied State expenditures for purposes of sec- ‘‘(II) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in ment of the Departments of Labor, Health tion 409(a)(7). this subparagraph shall be construed as pre- and Human Services, and Education, and Re- ‘‘(B) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION ACTIVI- cluding a State or Indian tribe from requir- lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, and TIES.—Funds provided under subparagraph ing a recipient of assistance under a State or every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary (A) and corresponding State matching funds tribal program funded under this part to en- shall submit to Congress a report regarding shall be used to support any of the following gage in programs or activities that are not the programs and activities funded with programs or activities: programs or activities described in clauses grants awarded under this paragraph. Each ‘‘(i) Public advertising campaigns on the (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B) or to report submitted in accordance with this value of marriage and the skills needed to in- sanction a recipient for failure to engage in subparagraph shall include the following: crease marital stability and health. such programs or activities or to follow any ‘‘(i) The name of each program or activity ‘‘(ii) Education in high schools on the im- such procedures the State may establish to funded with such grants and the name of portance of healthy marriages and the char- enroll a recipient in such other programs or each grantee and subgrantee. acteristics of other healthy relationships ex- activities. ‘‘(ii) The total number of individuals perienced throughout life, including edu- ‘‘(D) GENERAL RULES GOVERNING USE OF served under programs or activities funded cation on the importance of grounding all re- FUNDS.—The rules of section 404, other than under the grant. lationships in mutual respect and how ear- subsection (b) of that section, shall not apply ‘‘(iii) The total number of individuals lier healthy relationships are the building to a grant made under this paragraph. who— blocks for later healthy marital relation- ‘‘(E) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF ‘‘(I) completed a program or activity fund- ships. FUNDS.—A State or Indian tribe or tribal or- ed under the grant, including the number of ‘‘(iii) Marriage education, marriage skills, ganization may not be awarded a grant such individuals who received assistance and relationship skills programs, that may under this paragraph unless the State or In- under a State or tribal program funded under include parenting skills, financial manage- dian tribe or tribal organization, as a condi- this part or with qualified State expendi- ment, conflict resolution, and job and career tion of receiving funds under such a grant— tures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) advancement, for non-married pregnant ‘‘(i) consults with domestic violence orga- while participating in such program or activ- women, non-married expectant fathers, and nizations that have demonstrated expertise ity; and non-married recent parents. working with survivors of domestic violence ‘‘(II) did not complete such a program or ‘‘(iv) Pre-marital education and marriage in developing policies, procedures, programs activity, including due to ceasing to receive skills training for engaged couples and for and training necessary to appropriately ad- assistance under a State or tribal program couples or individuals interested in mar- dress domestic violence in families served by funded under this part or with qualified riage. programs and activities funded under such State expenditures (as defined in section ‘‘(v) Marriage enhancement and marriage grant; 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) or for other reasons. skills training programs for married couples. ‘‘(ii) describes in the application for a ‘‘(iv) A description of the types of services ‘‘(vi) Divorce reduction programs that grant under this paragraph— offered under such programs or activities. teach relationship skills. ‘‘(I) how the programs or activities pro- ‘‘(v) The criteria for selection of programs ‘‘(vii) Marriage mentoring programs which posed to be conducted will appropriately ad- or activities to be funded under such grant use married couples as role models and men- dress issues of domestic violence; and with respect to the award of grants by the tors. ‘‘(II) what the State or Indian tribe or trib- Secretary and the awarding of funds to sub- ‘‘(viii) Programs to reduce the disincen- al organization, will do, to the extent rel- grantees. tives to marriage in means-tested aid pro- evant, to ensure that participation in such ‘‘(vi) A description of the activities carried grams, if offered in conjunction with any ac- programs or activities is voluntary, and to out by the Secretary to support grantees and tivity described in this subparagraph. inform potential participants that their in- subgrantees in responding to domestic vio- ‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— volvement is voluntary; lence issues. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Participation in pro- ‘‘(iii) establishes a written protocol for ‘‘(v) A summary of the written domestic grams or activities described in any of providers and administrators of programs violence protocols used by grantees and sub- clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B) and activities relevant to the grant that— grantees. shall be voluntary. ‘‘(I) provides for helping identify instances ‘‘(vii) A summary of who the grantees and ‘‘(ii) ASSURANCE OF INFORMED CONSENT AND or risks of domestic violence; and subgrantees consulted with in developing OPTION TO DISENROLL.—Each State or Indian ‘‘(II) specifies the procedures for making such protocols. tribe or tribal organization that carries out service referrals and providing protections ‘‘(viii) A summary of the training provided programs or activities described in any of and appropriate assistance for identified in- to grantees and subgrantees on domestic vio- clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B) dividuals and families; lence. shall provide the Secretary with an assur- ‘‘(iv) establishes performance goals for ‘‘(ix) A list of the organizations, entities, ance that each recipient of assistance under funded programs and activities that clarify and activities funded under section 413(k). a State or tribal program funded under this the primary objective of such funded pro- ‘‘(H) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINED.—In this part who elects to participate in such programs and activities is to increase the inci- paragraph, the term ‘domestic violence’ has grams or activities shall be informed, prior dence and quality of healthy marriages and the meaning given that term in section to making such election— not solely to expand the number or percent- 402(a)(7)(B). ‘‘(I) that such participation is voluntary; age of married couples; and ‘‘(I) APPROPRIATION.— ‘‘(II) that the recipient may elect at any ‘‘(v) submits the annual reports required ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the time to disenroll from such programs or ac- under subparagraph (F). Treasury of the United States not otherwise

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OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS, ENCOURAGE FOR- and appropriate assistance for identified in- (J) States should be encouraged to imple- MATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY 2-PAR- dividuals and families.’’. ment programs that provide support for re- ENT MARRIED FAMILIES, OR ENCOURAGE RE- (f) REDUCTION IN BONUS TO REWARD HIGH sponsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and SPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.—Section PERFORMANCE STATES.—Section 403(a)(4) of increase the incidence of marriage, and 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)) is should not be restricted from implementing 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the amended— such programs. end the following: (1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)— (K) Fatherhood programs should promote ‘‘(V) COUNTING OF SPENDING ON NON-ELIGI- (A) in subclause (I), by striking and provide support services for— BLE FAMILIES TO PREVENT AND REDUCE INCI- ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$120,000,000’’; (i) loving and healthy relationships be- DENCE OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS, ENCOURAGE and tween parents and children; and FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY 2- (B) in subclause (II), by striking (ii) cooperative parenting. PARENT MARRIED FAMILIES, OR ENCOURAGE RE- ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$720,000,000’’; (L) There is a social need to reconnect chil- SPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.—Subject to sub- (2) in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking dren and fathers. clauses (II) and (III), the term ‘qualified ‘‘1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’ and inserting (M) The promotion of responsible father- State expenditures’ includes the total ex- ‘‘2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011’’; and hood and encouragement of healthy 2-parent penditures by the State during the fiscal (3) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘1999 married families should not— year under all State programs for a purpose through 2003 $1,000,000,000’’ and inserting (i) denigrate the standing or parenting ef- described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section ‘‘2006 through 2011, $720,000,000’’. forts of single mothers or other caregivers; 401(a).’’. (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments (ii) lessen the protection of children from (d) PURPOSES.—Section 401(a)(4) of such made by this section shall be effective as if abusive parents; or Act (42 U.S.C. 601(a)(4)) is amended by strik- enacted on October 1, 2005, and shall apply (iii) compromise the safety or health of the ing ‘‘two-parent families’’ and inserting without fiscal year limitation. custodial parent; ‘‘healthy 2-parent married families, and en- but should increase the chance that children courage responsible fatherhood’’. SA 2238. Mr. SANTORUM submitted will have 2 caring parents to help them grow (e) SECRETARY’S FUND FOR RESEARCH, DEM- an amendment intended to be proposed up healthy and secure. ONSTRATIONS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (N) The promotion of responsible father- Section 413 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 613) is propriations for the Departments of hood must always recognize and promote the amended by adding at the end the following: Labor, Health and Human Services, values of nonviolence. ‘‘(k) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH, DEMONSTRA- (O) For the future of the United States and and Education, and Related Agencies the future of our children, Congress, States, TIONS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— for the fiscal year ending September 30, ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION.— and local communities should assist parents 2006, and for other purposes; which was ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the to become more actively involved in their Treasury of the United States not otherwise ordered to lie on the table; as follows: children’s lives. appropriated, there are appropriated At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (P) Child support is an important means by $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 lowing: which a parent can take financial responsi- through 2011, which shall remain available to SEC. ll. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PRO- bility for a child and emotional support is an the Secretary until expended. GRAM. important means by which a parent can take ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.— (a) RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.— social responsibility for a child. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated (1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- (2) FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—Title I of the under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall lowing findings: Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor- be expended for the purpose of conducting or (A) Nearly 24,000,000 children in the United tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public supporting research and demonstration States, or 34 percent of all such children, live Law 104–193) is amended by adding at the end projects by public or private entities in con- apart from their biological father. the following: nection with activities described in section (B) Sixty percent of couples who divorce ‘‘SEC. 117. FATHERHOOD PROGRAM. 403(a)(2)(B), or for providing technical assist- have at least 1 child. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV (42 U.S.C. 601– ance in connection with such activities, to (C) The number of children living with 679b) is amended by inserting after part B States, Indian tribal organizations, sub- only a mother increased from just over the following: State entities, and such other entities as the 5,000,000 in 1960 to 17,000,000 in 1999, and be- ‘‘ ‘PART C—RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD Secretary may specify. tween 1981 and 1991 the percentage of chil- PROGRAM ‘‘(ii) AMOUNTS IN ADDITION TO OTHER dren living with only 1 parent increased from ‘‘ ‘SEC. 441. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS. FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under subpara- 19 percent to 25 percent. ‘‘ ‘(a) GRANTS TO STATES TO CONDUCT DEM- graph (A) and expended in accordance with (D) Forty percent of children who live in ONSTRATION PROGRAMS.— this subsection shall be in addition to any households without a father have not seen ‘‘ ‘(1) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.— other funds made available under this part their father in at least 1 year and 50 percent ‘‘ ‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall for activities described in section of such children have never visited their fa- award grants to up to 10 eligible States to 403(a)(2)(B). ther’s home. conduct demonstration programs to carry ‘‘(2) SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY.—The Sec- (E) The most important factor in a child’s out the purposes described in paragraph (2). retary may conduct activities authorized by upbringing is whether the child is brought up ‘‘ ‘(B) ELIGIBLE STATE.—For purposes of this subsection directly or through grants, in a loving, healthy, supportive environ- this subsection, an eligible State is a State contracts, or interagency agreements with ment. that submits to the Secretary the following: public or private entities. (F) Children who live without contact with ‘‘ ‘(i) APPLICATION.—An application for a ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF FUNDS.—The their biological father are, in comparison to grant under this subsection, at such time, in Secretary shall not pay any funds appro- children who have such contact— such manner, and containing such informa- priated under paragraph (1)(A) to an entity (i) 5 times more likely to live in poverty; tion as the Secretary may require. for the purpose of conducting or supporting (ii) more likely to bring weapons and drugs ‘‘ ‘(ii) STATE PLAN.—A State plan that in- research and demonstration projects involv- into the classroom; cludes the following: ing activities described in section 403(a)(2)(B) (iii) twice as likely to commit crime; ‘‘ ‘(I) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—A description unless the entity, as a condition of receiving (iv) twice as likely to drop out of school; of the programs or activities the State will funds under such a grant— (v) more likely to commit suicide; fund under the grant, including a good faith ‘‘(A) describes in the application for a (vi) more than twice as likely to abuse al- estimate of the number and characteristics grant under this subsection— cohol or drugs; and of clients to be served under such projects

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THROUGH FOSTERING ECONOMIC STABILITY OF ‘‘ ‘(b) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO CON- ‘‘ ‘(II) A certification that the State will FATHERS.—To foster economic stability by DUCT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.— return any unused funds to the Secretary in helping fathers improve their economic sta- ‘‘ ‘(1) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.— accordance with the reconciliation process tus by providing activities such as work first ‘‘ ‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall under paragraph (5). services, job search, job training, subsidized award grants to eligible entities to conduct ‘‘ ‘(III) A certification that the funds pro- employment, job retention, job enhance- demonstration programs to carry out the vided under the grant will be used for pro- ment, and encouraging education, including purposes described in subsection (a)(2). grams and activities that target low-income career-advancing education, dissemination ‘‘ ‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of participants and that not less than 50 per- of employment materials, coordination with this subsection, an eligible entity is a local cent of the participants in each program or existing employment services such as wel- government, local public agency, commu- activity funded under the grant shall be— fare-to-work programs, referrals to local em- nity-based or nonprofit organization, or pri- ‘‘ ‘(aa) parents of a child who is, or within ployment training initiatives, and other vate entity, including any charitable or the past 24 months has been, a recipient of methods. faith-based organization, or an Indian tribe assistance or services under a State program ‘‘ ‘(3) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No or tribal organization (as defined in section funded under part A, D, or E of this title, funds provided under this subsection may be 419(4)), that submits to the Secretary the fol- title XIX, or the Food Stamp Act of 1977; or used for costs attributable to court pro- lowing: ‘‘ ‘(bb) parents, including an expectant par- ceedings regarding matters of child visita- ‘‘ ‘(i) APPLICATION.—An application for a ent or a married parent, whose income (after tion or custody, or for legislative advocacy. grant under this subsection, at such time, in adjustment for court-ordered child support ‘‘ ‘(4) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF such manner, and containing such informa- paid or received) does not exceed 150 percent FUNDS.—A State may not be awarded a grant tion as the Secretary may require. of the poverty line. under this section unless the State, as a con- ‘‘ ‘(ii) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—A description ‘‘ ‘(IV) A certification that the State has or dition of receiving funds under such a of the programs or activities the entity in- will comply with the requirements of para- grant— tends to carry out with funds provided under graph (4). ‘‘ ‘(A) consults with experts in domestic vi- the grant, including a good faith estimate of ‘‘ ‘(V) A certification that funds provided olence or with relevant community domestic the number and characteristics of clients to to a State under this subsection shall not be violence coalitions in developing such pro- be served under such programs or activities used to supplement or supplant other Fed- grams or activities; and and how the entity intends to achieve at eral, State, or local funds that are used to ‘‘ ‘(B) describes in the application for a least 2 of the purposes described in sub- support programs or activities that are re- grant under this section— section (a)(2). lated to the purposes described in paragraph ‘‘ ‘(i) how the programs or activities pro- ‘‘ ‘(iii) COORDINATION EFFORTS.—A descrip- (2). posed to be conducted will address, as appro- tion of how the entity will coordinate and ‘‘ ‘(C) PREFERENCES AND FACTORS OF CONSID- priate, issues of domestic violence; and cooperate with State and local entities re- ERATION.—In awarding grants under this sub- ‘‘ ‘(ii) what the State will do, to the extent sponsible for carrying out other programs section, the Secretary shall take into consid- relevant, to ensure that participation in that relate to the purposes intended to be eration the following: such programs or activities is voluntary, and achieved under the demonstration program, ‘‘ ‘(i) DIVERSITY OF ENTITIES USED TO CON- to inform potential participants that their including as appropriate, entities responsible DUCT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—The Sec- involvement is voluntary. for carrying out jobs programs and programs retary shall, to the extent practicable, ‘‘ ‘(5) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.— serving children and families. achieve a balance among the eligible States ‘‘ ‘(A) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL- ‘‘ ‘(iv) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.—An awarded grants under this subsection with LOTTED.—Each eligible State that receives a agreement to maintain such records, submit respect to the size, urban or rural location, grant under this subsection for a fiscal year such reports, and cooperate with such re- and employment of differing or unique meth- shall return to the Secretary any unused views and audits as the Secretary finds nec- ods of the entities that the eligible States in- portion of the grant for such fiscal year not essary for purposes of oversight of the dem- tend to use to conduct the programs and ac- later than the last day of the second suc- onstration program. tivities funded under the grants. ceeding fiscal year, together with any earn- ‘‘ ‘(v) CERTIFICATIONS.—The following cer- ‘‘ ‘(ii) PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN STATES.—The ings on such unused portion. tifications: Secretary shall give priority to awarding ‘‘ ‘(B) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION.—The ‘‘ ‘(I) A certification that the entity will grants to eligible States that have— Secretary shall establish an appropriate pro- use funds provided under the grant to pro- ‘‘ ‘(I) demonstrated progress in achieving at cedure for redistributing to eligible States mote at least 2 of the purposes described in least 1 of the purposes described in para- that have expended the entire amount of a subsection (a)(2). graph (2) through previous State initiatives; grant made under this subsection for a fiscal ‘‘ ‘(II) A certification that the entity will or year any amount that is returned to the Sec- return any unused funds to the Secretary in ‘‘ ‘(II) demonstrated need with respect to retary by eligible States under subparagraph accordance with the reconciliation process reducing the incidence of out-of-wedlock (A). under paragraph (3). births or absent fathers in the State. ‘‘ ‘(6) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— ‘‘ ‘(III) A certification that the funds pro- ‘‘ ‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in ‘‘ ‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara- vided under the grant will be used for pro- this paragraph are the following: graph (B), the amount of each grant awarded grams and activities that target low-income ‘‘ ‘(A) PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD under this subsection shall be an amount participants and that not less than 50 per- THROUGH MARRIAGE PROMOTION.—To promote sufficient to implement the State plan sub- cent of the participants in each program or marriage or sustain marriage through activi- mitted under paragraph (1)(B)(ii). activity funded under the grant shall be— ties such as counseling, mentoring, dissemi- ‘‘ ‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—No eligible State ‘‘ ‘(aa) parents of a child who is, or within nating information about the benefits of shall— the past 24 months has been, a recipient of marriage and 2-parent involvement for chil- ‘‘ ‘(i) in the case of the District of Columbia assistance or services under a State program dren, enhancing relationship skills, edu- or a State other than the Commonwealth of funded under part A, D, or E of this title, cation regarding how to control aggressive Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is- title XIX, or the Food Stamp Act of 1977; or

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11836 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 ‘‘ ‘(bb) parents, including an expectant par- address the issue of responsible fatherhood; of the State shall submit to the Secretary a ent or a married parent, whose income (after and certification that the State shall— adjustment for court-ordered child support ‘‘ ‘(B) develop a national clearinghouse to ‘‘ ‘(1) use such funds to promote the forma- paid or received) does not exceed 150 percent assist States and communities in efforts to tion and maintenance of healthy 2-parent of the poverty line. promote and support marriage and respon- married families, strengthen fragile families, ‘‘ ‘(IV) A certification that the entity has sible fatherhood by collecting, evaluating, and promote responsible fatherhood through or will comply with the requirements of and making available (through the Internet media campaigns conducted in accordance paragraph (3). and by other means) to other States infor- with the requirements of subsection (d); ‘‘ ‘(V) A certification that funds provided mation regarding the media campaigns es- ‘‘ ‘(2) return any unused funds to the Sec- to an entity under this subsection shall not tablished under section 443. retary in accordance with the reconciliation be used to supplement or supplant other Fed- ‘‘ ‘(2) COORDINATION WITH DOMESTIC VIO- process under subsection (e); and eral, State, or local funds provided to the en- LENCE PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall en- ‘‘ ‘(3) comply with the reporting require- tity that are used to support programs or ac- sure that the nationally recognized nonprofit ments under subsection (f). tivities that are related to the purposes de- fatherhood promotion organization with a ‘‘ ‘(c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—For each of scribed in subsection (a)(2). contract under paragraph (1) coordinates the fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the Secretary ‘‘ ‘(C) PREFERENCES AND FACTORS OF CONSID- media campaign developed under subpara- shall pay to each State that submits a cer- ERATION.—In awarding grants under this sub- graph (A) of such paragraph and the national tification under subsection (b), from any section, the Secretary shall, to the extent clearinghouse developed under subparagraph funds appropriated under subsection (i), for practicable, achieve a balance among the eli- (B) of such paragraph with national, State, the fiscal year an amount equal to the gible entities awarded grants under this sub- or local domestic violence programs. amount of the allotment determined for the section with respect to the size, urban or ‘‘ ‘(b) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, NONPROFIT fiscal year under subsection (g). FATHERHOOD PROMOTION ORGANIZATION DE- rural location, and employment of differing ‘‘ ‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDIA CAM- SCRIBED.—The nationally recognized, non- or unique methods of the entities. PAIGNS.—Each State receiving an allotment profit fatherhood promotion organization de- ‘‘ ‘(2) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No under this section for a fiscal year shall use scribed in this subsection is an organization funds provided under this subsection may be the allotment to conduct media campaigns that has at least 4 years of experience in— used for costs attributable to court pro- as follows: ‘‘ ‘(1) designing and disseminating a na- ceedings regarding matters of child visita- ‘‘ ‘(1) CONDUCT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.— tional public education campaign, as evi- tion or custody, or for legislative advocacy. ‘‘ ‘(A) RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA CAM- denced by the production and successful ‘‘ ‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF FUNDS.— PAIGNS.— placement of television, radio, and print pub- The Secretary may not award a grant under ‘‘ ‘(i) PRODUCTION OF BROADCAST ADVERTISE- lic service announcements that promote the this subsection to an eligible entity unless MENTS.—At the option of the State, to importance of responsible fatherhood, a the entity, as a condition of receiving funds produce broadcast advertisements that pro- track record of service to Spanish-speaking under such a grant— mote the formation and maintenance of populations and historically underserved or ‘‘ ‘(A) consults with experts in domestic vi- healthy 2-parent married families, strength- minority populations, the capacity to fulfill olence or with relevant community domestic en fragile families, and promote responsible requests for information and a proven his- violence coalitions in developing the pro- fatherhood. tory of fulfilling such requests, and a mecha- grams or activities to be conducted with ‘‘ ‘(ii) AIRTIME CHALLENGE PROGRAM.—At nism through which the public can request such funds awarded under the grant; and the option of the State, to establish an additional information about the campaign; ‘‘ ‘(B) describes in the application for a airtime challenge program under which the and grant under this section— State may spend amounts allotted under this ‘‘ ‘(2) providing consultation and training ‘‘ ‘(i) how the programs or activities pro- section to purchase time from a broadcast to community-based organizations inter- posed to be conducted will address, as appro- station to air a broadcast advertisement pro- ested in implementing fatherhood outreach, priate, issues of domestic violence; and duced under clause (i), but only if the State support, or skill development programs with ‘‘ ‘(ii) what the entity will do, to the extent obtains an amount of time of the same class an emphasis on promoting married father- relevant, to ensure that participation in and during a comparable period to air the ad- hood as the ideal. such programs or activities is voluntary, and vertisement using non-Federal contribu- to inform potential participants that their ‘‘ ‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated tions. involvement is voluntary. $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through ‘‘ ‘(B) OTHER MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—At the op- ‘‘ ‘(4) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.— 2010 to carry out this section. tion of the State, to conduct a media cam- ‘‘ ‘(A) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL- ‘‘ ‘SEC. 443. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES TO EN- paign that consists of the production and LOTTED.—Each eligible entity that receives a COURAGE MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. distribution of printed or other advertise- grant under this subsection for a fiscal year ‘‘ ‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ments that promote the formation and main- shall return to the Secretary any unused ‘‘ ‘(1) BROADCAST ADVERTISEMENT.—The tenance of healthy 2-parent married fami- portion of the grant for such fiscal year not term ‘broadcast advertisement’ means a lies, strengthen fragile families, and promote later than the last day of the second suc- communication intended to be aired by a tel- responsible fatherhood. ceeding fiscal year, together with any earn- evision or radio broadcast station, including ‘‘ ‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF MEDIA CAM- ings on such unused portion. a communication intended to be transmitted PAIGNS.—A State may administer media ‘‘ ‘(B) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION.—The through a cable channel. campaigns funded under this section directly Secretary shall establish an appropriate pro- ‘‘ ‘(2) CHILD AT RISK.—The term ‘child at or through grants, contracts, or cooperative cedure for redistributing to eligible entities risk’ means each young child whose family agreements with public agencies, local gov- that have expended the entire amount of a income does not exceed the poverty line. ernments, or private entities, including char- grant made under this subsection for a fiscal ‘‘ ‘(3) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty itable and faith-based organizations. year any amount that is returned to the Sec- line’ has the meaning given such term in sec- ‘‘ ‘(3) CONSULTATION WITH DOMESTIC VIO- retary by eligible entities under subpara- tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block LENCE ASSISTANCE CENTERS.—In developing graph (A). Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any broadcast and printed advertisements to be ‘‘ ‘(5) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in revision required by such section, that is ap- used in the media campaigns conducted the Treasury of the United States not other- plicable to a family of the size involved. under paragraph (1), the State or other enti- wise appropriated, there are appropriated for ‘‘ ‘(4) PRINTED OR OTHER ADVERTISEMENT.— ty administering the campaign shall consult each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, The term ‘printed or other advertisement’ with representatives of State and local do- $25,000,000 for purposes of making grants to includes any communication intended to be mestic violence centers. eligible entities under this subsection. distributed through a newspaper, magazine, ‘‘ ‘(4) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—In this ‘‘ ‘SEC. 442. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR RE- outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any section, the term ‘non-Federal contributions’ SPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PRO- other type of general public advertising, but includes contributions by the State and by GRAMS. does not include any broadcast advertise- public and private entities. Such contribu- ‘‘ ‘(a) MEDIA CAMPAIGN NATIONAL CLEARING- ment. tions may be in cash or in kind. Such term HOUSE FOR RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.— ‘‘ ‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each does not include any amounts provided by ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From any funds appro- of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Federal Government, or services assisted priated under subsection (c), the Secretary the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the or subsidized to any significant extent by the shall contract with a nationally recognized, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer- Federal Government, or any amount ex- nonprofit fatherhood promotion organization ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the pended by a State before October 1, 2005. described in subsection (b) to— Northern Mariana Islands. ‘‘ ‘(e) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.— ‘‘ ‘(A) develop, promote, and distribute to ‘‘ ‘(6) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘young child’ ‘‘ ‘(1) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL- interested States, local governments, public means an individual under age 5. LOTTED.—Each State that receives an allot- agencies, and private entities a media cam- ‘‘ ‘(b) STATE CERTIFICATIONS.—Not later ment under this section shall return to the paign that encourages the appropriate in- than October 1 of each of fiscal year for Secretary any unused portion of the amount volvement of parents in the life of any child, which a State desires to receive an allotment allotted to a State for a fiscal year not later with a priority for programs that specifically under this section, the chief executive officer than the last day of the second succeeding

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NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR entire amount allotted under this section RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD ordered to lie on the table; as follows: any amount that is— ‘‘ ‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall At the appropriate place, insert the fol- ‘‘ ‘(A) returned to the Secretary by States contract with a nationally recognized, non- lowing: under paragraph (1); or profit research and education fatherhood or- SEC. ll. The Secretary of Health and ‘‘ ‘(B) not allotted to a State under this ganization described in subsection (b) to— Human Services shall use amounts appro- section because the State did not submit a ‘‘ ‘(1) provide technical assistance and priated under title II for the purchase of not certification under subsection (b) by October training to public and private agencies and less than 1,000,000 rapid oral HIV tests. 1 of a fiscal year. grass roots organizations that promote re- Mr. SANTORUM submitted ‘‘ ‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— sponsible fatherhood and healthy marriage; SA 2240. ‘‘ ‘(1) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Each and an amendment intended to be proposed State receiving an allotment under this sec- ‘‘ ‘(2) develop a clearinghouse of resource by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- tion for a fiscal year shall monitor and materials to assist community-based organi- propriations for the Departments of evaluate the media campaigns conducted zations in developing local responsible fa- Labor, Health and Human Services, using funds made available under this sec- therhood programs, with an emphasis on and Education, and Related Agencies tion in such manner as the Secretary, in con- training and outcome evaluation. for the fiscal year ending September 30, ‘‘ ‘(b) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NONPROFIT sultation with the States, determines appro- 2006, and for other purposes; which was priate. RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FATHERHOOD ORGA- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘ ‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not less fre- NIZATION DESCRIBED.—A nationally recog- quently than annually, each State receiving nized nonprofit research and education fa- On page 178, after line 25, insert the fol- an allotment under this section for a fiscal therhood organization described in this sub- lowing: year shall submit to the Secretary reports section is an organization that has been in SEC.ll. SUPPORT FOR NONPROFIT COMMU- on the media campaigns conducted using existence for at least 12 years with experi- NITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; DE- funds made available under this section at ence in— PARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. such time, in such manner, and containing ‘‘ ‘(1) developing and distributing research- (a) SUPPORT FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGA- such information as the Secretary may re- based curriculum that promotes responsible NIZATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and quire. fatherhood and healthy marriage with an emphasis on low-income and noncustodial fa- Human Services (referred to in this section ‘‘ ‘(g) AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENTS.— as ‘‘the Secretary’’) may award grants to and ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in thers; ‘‘ ‘(2) providing consultation and training enter into cooperative agreements with non- paragraph (2), of the amount appropriated governmental organizations, to— for the purpose of making allotments under to community-based organizations with a track record of working with social service, (1) provide technical assistance for commu- this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary nity-based organizations, which may in- shall allot to each State that submits a cer- government, and faith-based organizations; and clude— tification under subsection (b) for the fiscal (A) grant writing and grant management year an amount equal to the sum of— ‘‘‘(3) providing direct training to fathers, father figures, and mothers using research- assistance, which may include assistance ‘‘ ‘(A) the amount that bears the same provided through workshops and other guid- ratio to 50 percent of such funds as the num- based curriculum in a variety of economic, cultural and family situations. ance; ber of young children in the State (as deter- (B) legal assistance with incorporation; mined by the Secretary based on the most ‘‘ ‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the (C) legal assistance to obtain tax-exempt current reliable data available) bears to the status; and number of such children in all States; and Secretary to carry out this section, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. (D) information on, and referrals to, other ‘‘ ‘(B) the amount that bears the same ratio nongovernmental organizations that provide to 50 percent of such funds as the number of ‘‘ ‘SEC. 445. NONDISCRIMINATION. ‘‘ ‘The projects and activities assisted expertise in accounting, on legal issues, on children at risk in the State (as determined tax issues, in program development, and on a by the Secretary based on the most current under this part shall be available on the same basis to all fathers and expectant fa- variety of other organizational topics; reliable data available) bears to the number (2) provide information and assistance for of such children in all States. thers able to benefit from such projects and activities, including married and unmarried community-based organizations on capacity ‘‘ ‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—No allotment building; for a fiscal year under this section shall be fathers and custodial and noncustodial fathers, with particular attention to low-in- (3) provide for community-based organiza- less than— tions information on and assistance in iden- ‘‘ ‘(A) in the case of the District of Colum- come fathers, and to mothers and expectant mothers on the same basis as to fathers.’. tifying and using best practices for deliv- bia or a State other than the Commonwealth ering assistance to persons, families, and of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is- ‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.—Section 116 shall not apply to communities in need; lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com- (4) provide information on and assistance monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section.’’. in utilizing regional intermediary organiza- 1 percent of the amount appropriated for the tions to increase and strengthen the capa- fiscal year under subsection (i); and (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of such Act is amended in the table of contents bilities of nonprofit community-based orga- ‘‘ ‘(B) in the case of the Commonwealth of nizations; Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is- by inserting after the item relating to section 116 the following new item: (5) assist community-based organizations lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com- in replicating social service programs of monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, ‘‘Sec. 117. Responsible fatherhood program.’’. demonstrated effectiveness; and 0.5 percent of such amount. (6) encourage research on the best prac- ‘‘ ‘(3) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—The Sec- (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments tices of social service organizations. retary shall make such pro rata reductions made by this subsection shall be effective as (b) SUPPORT FOR STATES.—The Secretary— to the allotments determined under this sub- if enacted on October 1, 2005, and shall apply (1) may award grants to and enter into co- section as are necessary to comply with the without fiscal year limitation. operative agreements with States and polit- requirements of paragraph (2). (b) REDUCTION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding ical subdivisions of States to provide seed ‘‘ ‘(h) EVALUATION.— any other provision of this Act, the following money to establish State and local offices of ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall amounts shall be available for the following faith-based and community initiatives; and conduct an evaluation of the impact of the purposes and any other amounts appro- (2) shall provide technical assistance to media campaigns funded under this section. priated in this Act for such purposes are re- States and political subdivisions of States in ‘‘ ‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, duced accordingly: administering the provisions of this Act. 2008, the Secretary shall report to Congress (1) For Parent Information Resource Cen- (c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive the results of the evaluation under para- ters, $12,000,000. a grant or enter into a cooperative agree- graph (1). (2) For School Leadership programs and ac- ment under this section, a nongovernmental ‘‘ ‘(3) FUNDING.—Of the amount appro- tivities, $8,000,000. organization, State, or political subdivision priated under subsection (i) for fiscal year (3) For State Grants for Incarcerated shall submit an application to the Secretary 2006, $1,000,000 of such amount shall be trans- Youth, $0. at such time, in such manner, and con- ferred and made available for purposes of taining such information as the Secretary conducting the evaluation required under SA 2239. Mr. SANTORUM submitted may require. this subsection, and shall remain available an amendment intended to be proposed (d) LIMITATION.—In order to widely dis- until expended. by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- burse limited resources, no community-

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All members of the (e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term (d)(1) Not later than 60 days after the date Commission who are officers or employees of ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a of enactment of this Act, the Commission the United States shall serve without com- nonprofit corporation or association that shall hold its first meeting. pensation in addition to that received for has— (2) The Commission shall meet at the call their services as officers or employees of the (1) not more than 6 full-time equivalent of either co-Chairperson. United States. employees who are engaged in the provision (3) A majority of the members of the Com- (2) The members of the Commission shall of social services; or mission shall constitute a quorum, but a be allowed travel expenses, including per (2) a current annual budget (current as of lesser number of members may hold hear- diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author- the date the entity seeks assistance under ings. ized for employees of agencies under sub- this section) for the provision of social serv- (e)(1)(A) The Commission shall conduct a chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United ices, compiled and adopted in good faith, of thorough and thoughtful study of all matters States Code, while away from their homes or less than $450,000. relating to increasing beneficiary-selected or regular places of business in the performance (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— beneficiary-directed options for social serv- of services for the Commission. There are authorized to be appropriated to ice delivery in Federal social service pro- (3)(A) The co-Chairpersons of the Commis- carry out this section $150,000,000 for fiscal grams, including certificate, scholarship, sion, acting jointly, may, without regard to year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary voucher, or other forms of indirect delivery. the civil service laws and regulations, ap- for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009. The Commission shall review all relevant point and terminate an executive director (g) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to any Federal social service programs in existence and such other additional personnel as may other amounts appropriated under this Act on the date of the beginning of the study, in- be necessary to enable the Commission to for a compassion capital fund, there is appro- cluding the initiatives of the Corporation for perform its duties. The employment of an ex- priated $55,000,000 for such a fund. National and Community Service. The Com- ecutive director shall be subject to confirma- (h) REDUCTION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding mission shall determine program areas, tion by the Commission. among the Federal programs, for which it is any other provision of this Act, the following (B) The co-Chairpersons of the Commis- appropriate and feasible to implement full or amounts shall be available for the following sion, acting jointly, may fix the compensa- partial beneficiary-selected or beneficiary- purposes and any other amounts appro- tion of the executive director and other per- directed options for the delivery of the social priated in this Act for such purposes are re- sonnel without regard to chapter 51 and sub- services. duced accordingly: chapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United (B) In making determinations under sub- (1) For parental information and resource States Code, relating to classification of po- paragraph (A), the Commission shall seek to centers carried out under subpart 16 of part sitions and General Schedule pay rates, ex- promote goals of— D of title V of the Elementary and Sec- cept that the rate of pay for the executive di- (i) expanding consumer and beneficiary ondary Education Act of 1965, $11,000,000. rector and other personnel may not exceed choice in Federal social service programs; (2) For Youth Offender Grants, $0. the rate payable for level V of the Executive (ii) maximizing the use of governmental Schedule under section 5316 of such title. resources in the Federal programs; and SA 2241. Mr. SANTORUM submitted (4) Any Federal Government employee may an amendment intended to be proposed (iii) minimizing concerns relating to any precedent under the Constitution regarding be detailed to the Commission without reim- by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- the participation of faith-based providers in bursement, and such detail shall be without propriations for the Departments of the Federal programs. interruption or loss of civil service status or Labor, Health and Human Services, (2) The Commission shall develop rec- privilege. and Education, and Related Agencies ommendations on program areas, among the (5) The co-Chairpersons of the Commission, for the fiscal year ending September 30, Federal social service programs, for which it acting jointly, may procure temporary and is appropriate and feasible to implement full intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 2006, and for other purposes; which was title 5, United States Code, at rates for indi- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: or partial beneficiary-selected or beneficiary-directed options for the delivery of viduals which do not exceed the daily equiva- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- the social services. lent of the annual rate of basic pay pre- lowing: (3) Not later than 11 months after the date scribed for level V of the Executive Schedule SEC. lll.(a) There is established a Con- of enactment of this Act, the Commission under section 5316 of such title. gressional Commission on Expanding Social shall submit a report to the Speaker and mi- (h) The Commission shall terminate 90 Service Delivery Options (referred to in this nority leader of the House of Representatives days after the date on which the Commission section as the ‘‘Commission’’). and the majority leader and minority leader submits its report under subsection (e). (b)(1) The Commission shall be composed of of the Senate, which shall contain a detailed (i)(1) There are authorized to be appro- 10 members, of whom— statement of the findings and conclusions of priated to the Commission for fiscal year (A) 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Commission, together with its rec- 2006 such sums as may be necessary to carry the House of Representatives; ommendations for such legislation and ad- out this section. (B) 3 shall be appointed by the majority ministrative actions as it considers appro- (2) Any sums appropriated under the au- leader of the Senate; priate. thorization contained in this subsection (C) 2 shall be appointed by the minority (f)(1) The Commission may hold such hear- shall remain available, without fiscal year leader of the House of Representatives; and ings, sit and act at such times and places, limitation, until expended. (D) 2 shall be appointed by the minority take such testimony, and receive such evi- leader of the Senate. dence as the Commission considers necessary SA 2242. Mr. SANTORUM submitted (2) Members of the Commission shall be ap- to carry out this section. an amendment intended to be proposed pointed from among individuals with dem- (2) The Commission may secure directly by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- onstrated expertise and experience in social from any Federal department or agency such service delivery, including, to the extent information as the Commission considers propriations for the Departments of practicable, in the area of reform of such de- necessary to carry out this section. Upon re- Labor, Health and Human Services, livery. quest of either co-Chairperson of the Com- and Education, and Related Agencies (3) The appointments of the members of mission, the head of such department or for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Commission shall be made not later than agency shall furnish such information to the 2006, and for other purposes; which was 30 days after the date of enactment of this Commission. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Act. (3) The Commission may use the United (4) Members shall be appointed for the life States mails in the same manner and under At the appropriate place, insert the fol- of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Com- the same conditions as other departments lowing: mission shall not affect its powers, but shall and agencies of the Federal Government. SEC. ll. CERTAIN TELEVISION PARTS. be filled in the same manner as the original (g)(1) Each member of the Commission who (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter appointment. is not an officer or employee of the Federal 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the (c) The Speaker of the House of Represent- Government shall be compensated at a rate United States is amended by inserting in nu- atives shall designate 1 of the members ap- equal to the daily equivalent of the annual merical sequence the following new head- pointed under subsection (b)(1)(A) as a co- rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of ings: 9902.85.21 Liquid Crystal Device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal De- ‘‘ vice direct view televisions (provided for in subheading 9013.80.90) ...... Free No change No change On or before 12/31/2008

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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments mitted an amendment intended to be (C) give preference to postsecondary edu- made by this section apply with respect to proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, cational institutions that demonstrate to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse making appropriations for the Depart- the Postsecondary Education Stabilization for consumption, on or after the 15th day ments of Labor, Health and Human Board the greatest need based on the institu- after the date of the enactment of this Act. tion’s direct or indirect losses; and Services, and Education, and Related (D) give consideration to the overall eco- SA 2243. Mr. SANTORUM submitted Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- nomic and physical impact of the disaster on an amendment intended to be proposed tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes; the State in which the postsecondary edu- by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- which was ordered to lie on the table; cational institution is based. propriations for the Departments of as follows: (d) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance re- Labor, Health and Human Services, On page 131, line 18, insert before the pe- ceived by a postsecondary educational insti- and Education, and Related Agencies riod the following: ‘‘: Provided, That the Cur- tution pursuant to this section may be used for the fiscal year ending September 30, rent Employment Survey shall maintain the for— 2006, and for other purposes; which was content of the survey issued prior to August (1) direct and indirect construction costs and clean-up costs resulting from Hurricane ordered to lie on the table; as follows: 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women worker series’’. Katrina or Rita; At the appropriate place in the bill, insert (2) faculty salaries and incentives for re- the following: Ms. LANDRIEU submitted taining faculty; SEC. ll. DUTY TREATMENT OF QUALIFYING SA 2247. an amendment intended to be proposed (3) educational programs relevant to the TELEVISIONS PRODUCED IN A FOR- recovery effort; EIGN TRADE ZONE. by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (4) institutional initiatives designed for (a) CERTAIN TELEVISION RECEPTION APPA- propriations for the Departments of economic and community revitalization and RATUS.—Section 202(a)(2)(A) of the North Labor, Health and Human Services, recovery; American Free Trade Agreement Implemen- and Education, and Related Agencies (5) faculty recruitment costs; tation Act (19 U.S.C. 3332(a)(2)(A)), is amend- (6) costs of lost tuition, revenue, and en- ed by striking ‘‘Subparagraph (B)’’ and infor the fiscal year ending September 30, serting ‘‘Except for television reception ap- 2006, and for other purposes; which was rollment; and paratus classified under heading 8528 of the ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (7) debt relief. (e) REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE DUE TO Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United At the end of title III (before the short LOSSES.—A postsecondary educational insti- States, subparagraph (B),’’. title), add the following: (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment tution that desires to receive assistance SEC. ll. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION STA- under this section shall— made by this section applies with respect to BILIZATION BOARD. goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse (1) submit a sworn financial statement and (a) APPROPRIATIONS.— for consumption, on or after the 15th day other appropriate data, documentation, or (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any after the date of the enactment of this Act. other evidence requested by the Postsec- other provision of law, of the amounts made ondary Education Stabilization Board, to the SA 2244. Mr. DAYTON submitted an available to the Department of Homeland Postsecondary Education Stabilization amendment intended to be proposed by Security under the heading ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ Board that indicates that the institution in- under the heading ‘‘Emergency Preparedness curred losses resulting from the impact of him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- and Response’’ of Public Law 109–62 (119 Stat. propriations for the Departments of Hurricane Katrina or Rita and the monetary 1991), not less than $5,000,000,000 shall be amount of such losses; and Labor, Health and Human Services, available to the Postsecondary Education (2) demonstrate that the institution at- and Education, and Related Agencies Stabilization Board, established under this tempted to minimize the costs of any losses for the fiscal year ending September 30, section, to establish an Education Relief by pursuing collateral source compensation 2006, and for other purposes; which was Fund for the compensation of postsecondary from the Federal Emergency Management ordered to lie on the table; as follows: educational institutions for direct and asso- Agency, the Small Business Administration, On page 156, line 2, strike ‘‘Funds.’’ and in- ciated losses due to the impact of Hurricane and insurance prior to seeking assistance sert ‘‘Funds: Provided further, That the Sec- Katrina or Rita and for recovery initiatives. under this section. retary, by not later than January 1, 2006, (2) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.— (f) AUDIT.—The Secretary of Education and shall produce and mail a corrected version of The amounts appropriated under paragraph the Comptroller General of the United States the annual notice required under section (1) shall remain available until expended. may audit a statement submitted under sub- 1804(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. (b) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITU- section (e) and may request any information 1395b–2(a)) to each beneficiary described in TION.—In this section, the term ‘‘postsec- that the Secretary of Education and Comp- the second sentence of such section, together ondary educational institution’’ means— troller General determine necessary to con- with an explanation of the error in the pre- (1) a public postsecondary institution; duct such an audit. vious annual notice that was mailed to such (2) a private nonprofit postsecondary insti- (g) REDUCTION IN ASSISTANCE.—In calcu- beneficiaries.’’. tution, which is accredited by the appro- lating assistance to a postsecondary edu- priate State entity; or cational institution under this section, the SA 2245. Mr. DAYTON submitted an (3) a private for profit postsecondary insti- Postsecondary Education Stabilization amendment intended to be proposed by tution determined by the Postsecondary Board shall calculate a figure that reduces him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Education Stabilization Board to be eligible from the monetary amount of losses incurred propriations for the Departments of for assistance under this section. by such institution, only the amount of col- (c) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION STABILIZA- Labor, Health and Human Services, lateral source compensation the institution TION BOARD.— has received from insurance, the Federal and Education, and Related Agencies (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Emergency Management Agency, and the for the fiscal year ending September 30, Postsecondary Education Stabilization Small Business Administration. 2006, and for other purposes; which was Board composed of the Secretary of Edu- (h) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 14 days ordered to lie on the table; as follows: cation (or a designee of the Secretary of Edu- after the date of enactment of this section, At the end of title III (before the short cation), and the Secretary of the Treasury the Office of Management and Budget, in title), insert the following: (or a designee of the Secretary of the Treas- consultation with the Postsecondary Edu- SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise ury). cation Stabilization Board, shall issue regu- appropriated under this Act, there is appro- (2) DUTIES.—The Postsecondary Education lations setting forth procedures for an appli- priated, out of any money in the Treasury Stabilization Board shall— cation for assistance under this section and not otherwise appropriated, an additional (A) establish an Education Relief Fund minimum requirements for receiving assist- $12,375,000,000 for carrying out part B of the that includes funds appropriated under this ance under this section, including the fol- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act section; lowing: (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), in order to fully fund (B) from such Education Relief Fund pro- (1) Online forms to be used in submitting the Federal Government’s share of the costs vide funds to postsecondary educational in- requests for assistance under such part. stitutions for direct or indirect losses result- (2) Information to be included in forms. ing from the impact of Hurricane Katrina or (3) Procedures to assist in filing and pur- SA 2246. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Rita, and recovery initiatives of such insti- suing assistance. Mr. HARKIN, and Mr. LAUTENBERG) sub- tutions; (i) TAX CONSEQUENCES.—

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(1) NOT INCOME.—Any assistance received (1) 5 percent of such excess amount shall be PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE’’ of Pub- by a postsecondary educational institution directed to establishing or expanding com- lic Law 109–62 (119 Stat. 1991), not less than under this section shall not be treated as in- munity health centers in areas affected by $400,000,000 shall be available for grants come for the purposes of the Internal Rev- Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and under this section. enue Code of 1986. (2) 5 percent of such excess amount shall be (2) AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.—The (2) TAX EXEMPT.—Any Government bond directed to community health centers serv- amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) issued to finance the construction of a public ing patients affected by Hurricane Katrina shall remain available until expended. or private postsecondary educational institu- or Hurricane Rita. tion shall be considered an exempt facility SA 2252. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted bond for purposes of the Internal Revenue SA 2250. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed Code of 1986 and shall not be subject to sec- an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- tion 146 of such Code. by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments of (j) WAIVERS.—The Secretary of Education propriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, may waive any requirements under title IV Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1070 et seq.) that are rendered infeasible or and Education, and Related Agencies unreasonable due to the impact of Hurricane for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was Katrina or Rita, including due diligence re- 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: quirements and reporting deadlines, for an ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the fol- institution of higher education, eligible lend- At the end of title II (before the short lowing: er, or other entity participating in a student title), add the following: TITLE ll—ASSISTANCE TO REBUILD assistance program under such title that is SEC. ll. MOSQUITO ABATEMENT FOR SAFETY AFFECTED COMMUNITIES located in, or whose operations are directly AND HEALTH ACT. SEC. ll. ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS ENROLLING affected by, an area in which the President From amounts appropriated under this Act EVACUATED STUDENTS. has declared that a major disaster exists in for the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this sec- accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. vention for infectious diseases-West Nile tion to provide financial assistance to eligi- Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- Virus, there shall be transferred $5,000,000 to ble entities that serve students who are dis- sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hur- carry out section 317S of the Public Health placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane ricane Katrina or Rita. Service Act (relating to mosquito abatement Rita and enroll in the elementary or sec- for safety and health) with preference given ondary schools (including charter schools) SA 2248. Ms. LANDRIEU an amend- to areas at greater risk of the West Nile served by the eligible entities or in the eligi- ment intended to be proposed by her to Virus because of the effects of Hurricanes ble entities (as the case may be). (b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- Katrina and Rita. appropriated under subsection (k), the Sec- tions for the Departments of Labor, SA 2251. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted retary of Education shall award grants to el- Health and Human Services, and Edu- igible entities to enable the eligible entities cation, and Related Agencies for the an amendment intended to be proposed to award subgrants under subsection (g) and fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- to carry out the activities described in sub- and for other purposes; which was or- propriations for the Departments of section (h). dered to lie on the table; as follows: Labor, Health and Human Services, (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the and Education, and Related Agencies term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— At the end of title III (before the short (1) in Louisiana or Mississippi, a State edu- title), add the following: for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was cational agency; SEC. ll. FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS FOR HURRI- (2) in a State other than Louisiana or Mis- CANE AFFECTED STUDENTS. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: sissippi, a local educational agency that en- (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR FEDERAL At the end of title III (before the short rolls a student who is displaced by Hurricane TRIO PROGRAMS.—In addition to amounts title), add the following: Katrina or Hurricane Rita; or otherwise appropriated under this Act, there SEC. ll. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTIONS (3) an elementary school or secondary are appropriated, out of any money in the OF HIGHER EDUCATION AFFECTED school funded by the Bureau of Indian Af- Treasury not otherwise appropriated, BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA. fairs that enrolls a student who is displaced $5,000,000 to carry out the Federal TRIO pro- (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Edu- by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. grams under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A cation shall award grants to eligible institu- (d) CONDITIONS OF GRANT.— of title IV of the Higher Education Act of tions of higher education to enable such in- (1) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each grant award- 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 et seq.) for students stitutions to carry out the activities deed under this section shall be for the period affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita in scribed in subsection (d). beginning on the date of the award and end- their respective institution of higher edu- (b) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF ing on the last day of the 2005–2006 school cation. HIGHER EDUCATION.—In this section, the year. (b) OFFSET FROM DEPARTMENTAL MANAGE- term ‘‘eligible institution of higher edu- (2) RETURN OF NON-OBLIGATED FUNDS.—An MENT FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other cation’’ means an institution of higher edu- eligible entity receiving a grant under this provision of this Act, amounts made avail- cation that is located in the Hurricanes section shall return to the Secretary of Edu- able under this Act for the administration Katrina and Rita affected area, as deter- cation any grant funds that have not been and related expenses for the departmental mined by the Secretary of Education, and, as expended or obligated during the grant pe- management for the Department of Labor, a result of such location, has had a disrup- riod. the Department of Health and Human Serv- tion of service at the institution. (e) STUDENT COUNT.—An eligible entity de- ices, and the Department of Education, shall (c) APPLICATION AND DEMONSTRATION.—An siring to receive a grant under this section be reduced, on a pro rata basis, by $5,000,000. eligible institution of higher education that shall— desires to receive a grant under this section (1) submit to the Secretary of Education a SA 2249. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted shall— count of the number of students enrolled in an amendment intended to be proposed (1) submit an application to the Secretary the eligible entity or in the elementary and by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- of Education at such time, in such manner, secondary schools served by the eligible enti- propriations for the Departments of and accompanied by such information as the ty (as the case may be) who were displaced Labor, Health and Human Services, Secretary may reasonably require; by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and and Education, and Related Agencies (2) demonstrate the extent to which serv- (2) maintain the records necessary to docu- ices at the institution have been disrupted; ment the student enrollment count under for the fiscal year ending September 30, and paragraph (1). 2006, and for other purposes; which was (3) display the need for short-term support. (f) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (d) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible institution (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as feasible after At the end of title II (before the short of higher education that receives a grant receiving an enrollment count described in title), add the following: under this section shall use the grant funds subsection (e)(1) from an eligible entity, the SEC. ll. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH to maintain operations at the institution, in- Secretary of Education shall award a grant CENTERS IN HURRICANE KATRINA cluding paying salaries of employees of the in the amount described in paragraph (2) to OR HURRICANE RITA AFFECTED institution and covering other expenses. such eligible entity. AREAS. (e) FUNDING.— (2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The amount of a Notwithstanding any other provision of (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any grant described in this paragraph shall be law, if the amount appropriated under this other provision of law, of the amounts made equal to the product of— Act for community health centers is more available to the Department of Homeland (A) the number of students enrolled in the than the amount appropriated for such cen- Security under the heading ‘‘DISASTER RE- eligible entity or in the elementary and sec- ters for fiscal year 2005, then— LIEF’’ under the heading ‘‘EMERGENCY ondary schools served by the eligible entity

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(B) services for children with disabilities; $7,500. (3) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount ap- and (2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount appropriated for grants under this section is in- (C) mental health counseling for children propriated for emergency grants under this sufficient to pay the grants to all eligible en- displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane section is insufficient to pay the emergency tities in the amount calculated under para- Rita; grants to all State educational agencies in graph (2), the grants to all eligible entities (6) after-school programs; accordance with paragraph (1), the emer- shall be ratably reduced. (7) supplemental educational services; and gency grants to all State educational agen- (g) USE OF FUNDS BY STATE EDUCATIONAL (8) early childhood programs. cies shall be ratably reduced. AGENCIES.— (i) ACCOUNTABILITY.—An eligible entity (e) USES OF FUNDS.—Each State edu- (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible agency de- that receives a grant under this section shall cational agency receiving an emergency scribed in subsection (c)(1) that receives a take appropriate measures to ensure the grant under this section— grant under this section shall use grant proper use of, and accounting for, all grant (1) shall use the grant funds to provide re- funds to— funds received by the eligible entity under imbursements, once per semester (or lesser (A) award subgrants, in the amount de- this section. portion of the school year, if the State so described in paragraph (2), to local educational (j) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—On June 30, cides), directly to the parents or guardians of agencies within the State that serve stu- 2006, the authority described in subsection the displaced students, for the cost of those dents who were displaced by Hurricane (b) shall expire and all funds under this sec- students’ tuition, fees, and transportation Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to enable the tion that are not expended or obligated by expenses, if any, at any private school of the local educational agencies to carry out the such date shall be transferred to the general parents’ or guardians’ choice in the State for activities described in subsection (h); and fund of the Treasury. that semester (or lesser period), in accord- (B) to carry out the activities described in (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ance with subsection (f); paragraph (3). There are authorized to be appropriated to (2) shall ensure that a parent or guardian carry out this section $1,860,000,000 for fiscal (2) AMOUNT OF SUBGRANTS.—The amount of who receives funds under this section use a subgrant made to a local educational agen- year 2006. those funds only for the purposes described cy under paragraph (1)(A) shall be equal to— SEC. ll. ASSISTANCE FOR THE ENROLLMENT in paragraph (1); OF EVACUATED STUDENTS IN PRI- (3) may use not more than 1 percent of the (A) the product of — VATE SCHOOLS. (i) the average per-pupil expenditure for el- grant funds for the administrative expenses (a) AUTHORITY.—From funds appropriated ementary and secondary education in the of carrying out this subsection; and under subsection (j), the Secretary of Edu- (4) may contract with a public or private local educational agency; multiplied by cation shall make one-time, emergency (ii) the number of students enrolled in nonprofit agency or entity to administer and grants to State educational agencies to en- operate the reimbursement program under schools served by the local educational agen- able the State educational agencies to reim- cy who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina this subsection. burse the parents or guardians of students (f) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS TO PARENTS OR or Hurricane Rita; or who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina or GUARDIANS.— (B) an amount calculated by an alternate Hurricane Rita and who are attending a pri- (1) IN GENERAL.—The maximum reimburse- methodology, if the use of such methodology vate school in the State that is accredited or ment that a State educational agency may is approved by the Secretary of Education. licensed or otherwise operates in accordance provide to an eligible parent or guardian on (3) USE OF REMAINING FUNDS.—From any with State law. behalf of a student who is displaced by Hurri- grant funds awarded to an eligible agency de- (b) LENGTH OF GRANT.— cane Katrina or Hurricane Rita under this scribed in subsection (c)(1) that remain after (1) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each emergency section shall be equal to the amount de- the eligible agency has awarded subgrants in grant awarded under this section shall be for scribed in subsection (d)(1)(B). accordance with paragraph (1), the eligible the period beginning on the date of the (2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR REIM- agency may use such remaining funds to award and ending on the last day of the 2005– BURSEMENT.— carry out activities that assist local edu- 2006 school year. (A) CRITERIA FOR ENROLLING SCHOOLS.—A cational agencies serving schools that are (2) RETURN OF NON-OBLIGATED FUNDS.—Each parent of a student who is displaced by Hur- closed as a result of Hurricane Katrina or State educational agency that receives a ricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita is eligible Hurricane Rita, in order to reopen such grant under this section shall return to the for a reimbursement by the State edu- schools as quickly and effectively as pos- Secretary of Education any grant funds that cational agency under subsection (e) if the sible. Such activities may include— have not been expended or obligated during private school in which the parent enrolls (A) arranging for the temporary facilities the grant period. the student— necessary to operate educational programs (c) APPLICATIONS.—A State educational (i) is accredited or licensed or otherwise while permanent facilities are being rebuilt agency that desires to receive an emergency operates in accordance with State law; and or repaired; grant under this section shall submit an ap- (ii) has in place a refund policy for the re- (B) purchasing equipment and materials to plication to the Secretary of Education at fund of tuition and fees (and transportation replace those items destroyed or damaged by such time, in such manner, and containing expenses, if any) for displaced students that Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; such information as the Secretary may re- is at least as favorable as the refund policy (C) paying the cost of student transpor- quire, including— applicable to other students at the school. tation; (1) the number of students who were dis- (B) CRITERIA FOR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.— (D) recruiting or retraining teachers or placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane In addition to the requirements of subpara- other school personnel to serve in reopened Rita and whose parents or guardians the graph (A), the Secretary of Education shall schools; and State educational agency expects to reim- establish criteria, which may include the use (E) providing nonfinancial assistance to burse under this section; and of criteria involving family income or assets, students and their families when such stu- (2) a detailed description of the procedures to determine the eligibility for or amount of dents return to the areas affected by Hurri- the State educational agency plans to use— assistance provided under this section to a cane Katrina or Hurricane Rita or reenroll in (A) to provide reimbursements to the par- parent or guardian of a student who is dis- schools that are affected by Hurricane ents or guardians of the displaced students placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. described in paragraph (1); and Rita. (h) USES OF FUNDS BY BUREAU OF INDIAN (B) to ensure fiscal accountability for any (g) BY-PASS.—If a State educational agen- AFFAIRS SCHOOLS AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL funds received by the State educational cy is unable or unwilling to carry out this AGENCIES.—An eligible entity described in agency under this section. section, the Secretary of Education may paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c) that re- (d) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— make such arrangements as the Secretary ceives a grant under this section, or a local (1) IN GENERAL.—For each State edu- determines appropriate to carry out this sec- educational agency that receives a subgrant cational agency, the amount of an emer- tion on behalf of the students attending pri- under subsection (g)(1), shall use the grant gency grant under this section shall be equal vate schools in such State who are displaced funds to pay for the costs related to edu- to the product of— by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. cating students enrolled in the schools (A) the number of students who were dis- (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 308 of served by the eligible entity or in the eligi- placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003

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(Public Law 108–199) shall apply to the pro- school under paragraph (1), and title to ma- SEC. ll. (a) There is rescinded an amount gram under this section in the same manner terials, equipment, and property purchased equal to 0.92 of the budget authority pro- as such section applies to the program under with such funds, shall be in a public agency, vided in any prior appropriation Act for fis- such Act. and a public agency shall administer such cal year 2006, for any discretionary account (i) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—On June 30, funds, materials, equipment, and property. described in this Act. 2006, the authority described in subsection (d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds (b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) (a) shall expire and all grant funds that are made available under this section shall be shall be applied proportionately— not expended or obligated by such date shall used to supplement, and not supplant, any (1) to each discretionary account described be transferred to the general fund of the funds made available through the Federal in subsection (a) to the extent that it relates Treasury. Emergency Management Agency or through to budget authority described in subsection (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— a State. (a), and to each item of budget authority de- There are authorized to be appropriated to (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: scribed in subsection (a); and carry out this section $488,000,000 for fiscal (1) ELIGIBLE PRIVATE SCHOOL.—The term (2) within each such account or item, to year 2006. ‘‘eligible private school’’ means a private el- each program, project, and activity (as delin- SEC. ll. IMMEDIATE AID TO RESTART EDU- ementary or secondary school that desires to eated in the appropriation Act or accom- CATIONAL OPERATIONS. participate in the program under this section panying report for the relevant fiscal year (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this sec- and is located in an area in which a major covering such account or item). tion— disaster has been declared in accordance (c) The rescission described in subsection (1) to provide immediate services or assist- with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford (a) shall not apply to budget authority pro- ance to institutions of higher education, Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance vided as described in subsection (a)— local educational agencies, and eligible pri- Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hurricane vate schools that serve an area for which a (1) for the account under the heading Katrina or Hurricane Rita. major disaster has been declared in accord- ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The ance with section 401 of the Robert T. Staf- (2) I (2) for the account under the heading ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist- term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE (with ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hurri- the meaning given such term in section 101 respect to amounts designated as emergency cane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. requirements)’’. (2) to assist school district administrators 1001 et seq.). and personnel of such institutions, agencies, (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— SA 2254. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. or eligible private schools who are working There is authorized to be appropriated to KENNEDY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. MURRAY, to restart operations; and carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for fiscal Mr. KERRY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. year 2006. (3) to facilitate the reopening of the insti- CORZINE, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. DAYTON) tutions, elementary schools and secondary SEC. ll. FUNDING. submitted an amendment intended to schools served by such agencies, or eligible (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts made be proposed by him to the bill H.R. private schools and the enrollment of stu- 3010, making appropriations for the De- dents in such institutions or schools as soon available to the Department of Homeland as possible. Security under the heading ‘‘DISASTER RE- partments of Labor, Health and Human (b) PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts LIEF’’ under the heading ‘‘EMERGENCY Services, and Education, and Related appropriated to carry out this section, the PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE’’ of Pub- Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Secretary of Education is authorized to lic Law 109–62 (119 Stat. 1991), not less than tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes; make payments to State educational agen- $3,300,000,000 shall be available to the heads which was ordered to lie on the table; cies or State agencies for higher education of the appropriate departments or agencies as follows: that serve an area for which a major disaster of the Federal Government to carry out the has been declared in accordance with section programs and activities authorized under On page 162, line 1, strike ‘‘$9,000,832,000’’ 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief this title. and insert ‘‘$9,153,832,000’’. and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. (b) AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.—The On page 162, line 7, strike ‘‘$6,874,314,000’’ 5170), related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurri- amounts appropriated under subsection (a) and insert ‘‘$7,027, 314,000’’. cane Rita, to enable such agencies to— shall remain available until expended. (1) restart schools located in an area in SA 2255. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an which a major disaster has been declared in SA 2253. Mr. GREGG (for himself and amendment intended to be proposed by accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Mr. GRASSLEY) proposed an amendment him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- propriations for the Departments of sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hur- tions for the Departments of Labor, Labor, Health and Human Services, ricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and Education, and Related Agencies (2) provide assistance to institutions of Health and Human Services, and Edu- higher education located in such an area; cation, and Related Agencies for the for the fiscal year ending September 30, and fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 2006, and for other purposes; which was (3) provide assistance to eligible private and for other purposes; as follows: ordered to lie on the table; as follows: schools in accordance with subsection (c). On page 158, strike lines 12 through 21 and At the end of title III (before the short (c) ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PRIVATE insert the following: title), add the following: SCHOOLS.— bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, SEC. ll. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MATH- (1) IN GENERAL.—From the payments pro- $3,159,000,000. EMATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNER- vided by the Secretary of Education under For making payments under title XXVI of SHIPS PROGRAM. subsection (b) and after timely and meaning- the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of In addition to amounts otherwise appro- ful consultation with appropriate private 1981, $300,000,000, to remain available until priated under this Act, there are appro- school officials, a State educational agency expended: Provided, That these funds are for priated, out of any money in the Treasury that serves an area for which a major dis- the unanticipated home energy assistance not otherwise appropriated, $271,440,000 for aster has been declared in accordance with needs of one or more States, as authorized by the mathematics and science partnerships section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster section 2604(e) of the Act: Provided further, program. Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 That the entire amount is designated as an U.S.C. 5170), related to Hurricane Katrina or emergency requirement pursuant to section SA 2256. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Hurricane Rita, shall provide to eligible pri- 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the Mr. BYRD, Mr. BAYH, Ms. MIKULSKI, and vate schools special educational services or concurrent resolution on the budget for fis- benefits for the students served by such eli- Mr. DURBIN) submitted an amendment cal year 2006. gible private schools on the equitable basis intended to be proposed by him to the described in paragraph (3). GENERAL PROVISION—REDUCTION AND bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations (2) SECULAR, NEUTRAL, NONIDEOLOGICAL.— RESCISSION for the Departments of Labor, Health The educational services or other benefits SEC. ll. (a) Amounts made available in and Human Services, and Education, provided under paragraph (1), including ma- this Act, not otherwise required by law, are and Related Agencies for the fiscal terials and equipment, shall be secular, neu- reduced by 0.92 percent. year ending September 30, 2006, and for tral, and nonideological. (b) The reduction described in subsection (3) EQUITY.—Educational services and (a) shall not apply to amounts made avail- other purposes; which was ordered to other benefits provided for eligible private able under this Act— lie on the table; as follows: school students under paragraph (1) shall be (1) for the account under the heading At the appropriate place in title II, insert equitable in comparison to the educational ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or the following: services and other benefits provided for pub- (2) for the account under the heading SEC. ll. Amounts appropriated in this lic school students under this section. ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE’’ (with Act for the Centers for Disease Control and (4) PUBLIC CONTROL OF FUNDS.—The control respect to amounts designated as emergency Prevention to upgrade State and local capac- of funds provided to an eligible private requirements). ity grants and cooperative agreements for

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Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself degree) shall be counted toward the deter- Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) if— and Mrs. BOXER) submitted an amend- mination of the Indian student count if the (i) such alien was eligible for and properly ment intended to be proposed by her to institution at which the student is enrolled applied for an adjustment of status under the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- has established criteria for the admission of section 245 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) during tions for the Departments of Labor, the student on the basis of the ability of the any of the fiscal years 1998 through 2005; Health and Human Services, and Edu- student to benefit from the education or (ii) the application submitted by such alien cation, and Related Agencies for the training of the institution. was denied because personnel of the Depart- ment of Homeland Security or the Immigra- fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, ‘‘(II) PRESUMPTION.—The institution shall be presumed to have established the criteria tion and Naturalization Service failed to ad- and for other purposes; which was or- described in subclause (I) if the admission judicate such application during the fiscal dered to lie on the table; as follows: procedures for the institution include coun- year in which such application was filed; On page 222, between lines 5 and 6, insert seling or testing that measures the aptitude (iii) such alien moves to reopen such ad- the following: of a student to successfully complete a justment of status applications pursuant to SEC. 517. None of the funds made available course in which the student is enrolled. procedures or instructions provided by the in this Act may be used by the Secretary of ‘‘(III) CREDITS TOWARD SECONDARY SCHOOL Secretary of Homeland Security or the Sec- Health and Human Services to withhold, sus- DEGREE.—No credit earned by an Indian stu- retary of State; and pend, disallow, or otherwise deny Federal fi- dent for the purpose of obtaining a secondary (iv) such alien has continuously resided in nancial participation under section 1903(a) of school degree (or the recognized equivalent the United States since the date of submit- the Social Security Act for adult day health of such a degree) shall be counted toward the ting such application. care services or medical adult day care serv- determination of the Indian student count (B) A visa made available under subpara- ices, as defined under a State medicaid plan under this clause. graph (A) may not be counted toward the nu- approved on or before 1982, if such services ‘‘(v) CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— merical maximum for the worldwide level of are provided consistent with such definition Any credit earned by an Indian student in a set out in section 201(e) of the Immigration and the requirements of such plan, or to continuing education program of a tribally- and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e)). withdraw Federal approval of any such State controlled postsecondary vocational and (3) The amendment made by paragraph (1) plan provision. Notwithstanding any other shall take effect on October 1, 2005. provision of law, the preceding sentence technical institution shall be included in the shall apply without fiscal year limitation. determination of the sum of all credit hours of the student if the credit is converted to a SA 2261. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Ms. STABENOW) submitted an Mr. DOMENICI (for himself credit-hour basis in accordance with the sys- SA 2258. amendment intended to be proposed by and Mr. BINGAMAN) submitted an tem of the institution for providing credit him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- amendment intended to be proposed by for participation in the program.’’. propriations for the Departments of him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- SA 2259. Mr. SMITH (for himself and Labor, Health and Human Services, propriations for the Departments of Mr. BINGAMAN) submitted an amend- and Education, and Related Agencies Labor, Health and Human Services, ment intended to be proposed by him for the fiscal year ending September 30, and Education, and Related Agencies to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- 2006, and for other purposes; which was for the fiscal year ending September 30, tions for the Departments of Labor, ordered to lie on the table; as follows: 2006, and for other purposes; which was Health and Human Services, and Edu- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title V, insert the following: cation, and Related Agencies for the SEC. ll. (a) There is established the Fed- At the end of title III (before the short fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, eral Youth Development Council (in this sec- title), insert the following: and for other purposes; which was or- tion referred to as the ‘‘Council’’) composed SEC. ll. DEFINITION OF INDIAN STUDENT dered to lie on the table; as follows: of— COUNT. (1) the Attorney General, the Secretary of Section 117(h) of the Carl D. Perkins Voca- At the appropriate place in title II, insert Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec- tional and Technical Education Act of 1998 the following: retary of Health and Human Services, Sec- (20 U.S.C. 2327(h)) is amended by striking SEC. ll. In addition to amounts provided retary of Housing and Urban Development, paragraph (2) and inserting the following: in this title for the AIDS Drug Assistance the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of ‘‘(2) INDIAN STUDENT COUNT.— Program within the Health Resources and the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Indian stu- Services Administration, there shall be ap- Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Home- dent count’ means a number equal to the propriated an additional $74,000,000 for such land Security, the Director of National Drug total number of Indian students enrolled in program. Control Policy, the Director of the Office of each tribally-controlled postsecondary voca- Management and Budget, the Assistant to tional and technical institution, as deter- SA 2260. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted the President for Domestic Policy, the Direc- mined in accordance with subparagraph (B). an amendment intended to be proposed tor of the U.S.A. Freedom Corps, the Deputy ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.— by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Assistant to the President and Director of ‘‘(i) ENROLLMENT.—For each academic propriations for the Departments of the Office of Faith-Based and Community year, the Indian student count shall be de- Labor, Health and Human Services, Initiatives, and the Chief Executive Officer termined on the basis of the enrollments of and Education, and Related Agencies of the Corporation for National and Commu- Indian students as in effect at the conclusion nity Service, and other Federal officials as of— for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was directed by the President, to serve for the ‘‘(I) in the case of the fall term, the third life of the Council; and week of the fall term; and ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (2) such additional members as the Presi- ‘‘(II) in the case of the spring term, the At the appropriate place, insert the fol- dent, in consultation with the majority and third week of the spring term. lowing: minority leadership of the House of Rep- ‘‘(ii) CALCULATION.—For each academic SEC. ll.(a) This section may be cited as resentatives and the Senate, shall appoint year, the Indian student count for a tribally- the ‘‘Diversity Visa Fairness Act of 2005’’. from among representatives of faith-based controlled postsecondary vocational and (b)(1) Section 204(a)(1)(I)(ii) of the Immi- organizations, community based organiza- technical institution shall be the quotient gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. tions, child and youth focused foundations, obtained by dividing— 1154(a)(1)(I)(ii)) is amended by striking sub- universities, non-profit organizations, youth ‘‘(I) the sum of the credit-hours of all In- clause (II) and inserting the following: service providers, State and local govern- dian students enrolled in the tribally-con- ‘‘(II) An alien who qualifies, through ran- ment, and youth in disadvantaged situa- trolled postsecondary vocational and tech- dom selection, for a visa under section 203(c) tions, to serve for terms of 2 years and who nical institution (as determined under clause or adjustment of status under section 245(a) may be reappointed by the President for a (i)); by shall remain eligible to receive such visa or second 2-year term. ‘‘(II) 12. adjustment of status beyond the end of the (b) The Chairperson of the Council shall be ‘‘(iii) SUMMER TERM.—Any credit earned in specific fiscal year for which the alien was designated by the President. a class offered during a summer term shall selected if the alien— (c) The Council shall meet at the call of be counted in the determination of the In- ‘‘(aa) properly applied for such visa or ad- the Chairperson, not less frequently than 4 dian student count for the succeeding fall justment of status during the fiscal year for times each year. The first meeting shall be term. which the alien was selected; and not less than 6 months after the date of en- ‘‘(iv) STUDENTS WITHOUT SECONDARY SCHOOL ‘‘(bb) was notified by the Secretary of actment of this Act. DEGREES.— State, through the publication of the Visa (d) The duties of the Council shall be— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A credit earned at a trib- Bulletin, that the application was author- (1) to ensure communication among agen- ally-controlled postsecondary vocational and ized.’’. cies administering programs designed to

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(2) to assess the needs of youth, especially uations, in the work of the State council. 1070d–2). those in disadvantaged situations, and those (h) Not later than 1 year after the Council (d) SCHOOL DROPOUT PREVENTION.—In addi- who work with youth, and the quantity and holds its first meeting, and on an annual tion to amounts otherwise appropriated quality of Federal programs offering serv- basis for a period of 4 years thereafter, the under this Act, there are appropriated, out of ices, supports, and opportunities to help Council shall transmit to the President and any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- youth in their educational, social, emo- to Congress a report of the findings and rec- propriated, an additional $5,000,000 for school tional, physical, vocational, and civic devel- ommendations of the Council. The report dropout prevention programs under part H of opment; shall— title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- (3) to set objectives and quantifiable 5-year (1) include a comprehensive compilation of cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.). goals for such programs; recent research and statistical reporting by (e) ESL/CIVICS PROGRAMS.—In addition to (4) to make recommendations for the allo- various Federal agencies on the overall amounts otherwise appropriated under this cation of resources in support of such goals wellbeing of youth; Act, there are appropriated, out of any and objectives; (2) include the assessment of the needs of money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- (5) to identify target populations of youth youth and those who serve them, the goals priated, an additional $6,500,000 for English who are disproportionately at risk and assist and objectives, the target populations of at- as a second language programs and civics agencies in focusing additional resources on risk youth, and the plan called for in sub- education programs under the Adult Edu- them; section (d); cation Act (20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.). (6) to develop a plan, including common in- (3) report on the link between quality of (f) PARENT ASSISTANCE AND LOCAL FAMILY dicators of youth well-being, and assist agen- service provision, technical assistance and INFORMATION CENTERS.—In addition to cies in coordinating to achieve such goals successful youth outcomes and recommend amounts otherwise appropriated under this and objectives; ways to coordinate and improve Federal Act, there are appropriated, out of any (7) to assist Federal agencies, at the retraining and technical assistance, informa- money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- quest of one or more such agency, in collabo- tion sharing, and communication among the priated, an additional $13,000,000 for the Par- rating on model programs and demonstra- various programs and agencies serving ent Assistance and Local Family Informa- tion projects focusing on special populations, youth; tion Centers under subpart 16 of part D of including youth in foster care, migrant (4) include recommendations to better in- title V of the Elementary and Secondary youth, projects to promote parental involve- tegrate and coordinate policies across agen- Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7273 et seq.). ment, and projects that work to involve cies at the Federal, State, and local levels, (g) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—In ad- young people in service programs; including recommendations for legislation dition to amounts otherwise appropriated (8) to solicit and document ongoing input and administrative actions; under this Act, there are appropriated, out of and recommendations from— (5) include a summary of actions the Coun- any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- (A) youth, especially those in disadvan- cil has taken at the request of Federal agen- propriated, $9,900,000 for Hispanic-serving in- taged situations, by forming an advisory cies to facilitate collaboration and coordina- stitutions under title V of the Higher Edu- council of youth to work with the Council; tion on youth serving programs and the re- cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). (B) national youth development experts, sults of those collaborations, if available; parents, faith and community-based organi- and SA 2263. Ms. CANTWELL submitted zations, foundations, business leaders, youth (6) include a summary of the input and rec- an amendment intended to be proposed service providers, and teachers; ommendations from the groups identified in (C) researchers; and by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- subsection (d)(8). (D) State and local government officials; propriations for the Departments of (i) The Council shall terminate 60 days Labor, Health and Human Services, and after transmitting its fifth and final report (9) to work with Federal agencies to con- pursuant to subsection (h). and Education, and Related Agencies duct high-quality research and evaluation, (j) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, identify and replicate model programs, and for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 such sums 2006, and for other purposes; which was provide technical assistance, and, subject to as may be necessary to carry out this sec- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: the availability of appropriations, to fund tion. additional research to fill identified needs. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (e)(1) The Chairperson, in consultation lowing: with the Council, shall employ and set the SA 2262. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted SEC. ll. None of the funds made available rate of pay for a Director and any necessary an amendment intended to be proposed under this Act to carry out the Energy Em- staff to assist in carrying out its duties. by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- ployees Occupational Illness Compensation (2) Upon request of the Council, the head of propriations for the Departments of Program Act may be used for the Advisory any Federal department or agency may de- Labor, Health and Human Services, Board on Radiation and Worker Health un- tail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the per- and Education, and Related Agencies less— sonnel of that department or agency to the (1) the Advisory Board, in order to improve Council to assist it in carrying out its duties for the fiscal year ending September 30, the radiation dose reconstruction program under this section. 2006, and for other purposes; which was carried out by the Office of Compensation (f)(1) The Council may use the United ordered to lie on the table; as follows: and Analysis Support of the National Insti- States mails in the same manner and under At the end of title III (before the short tute of Occupational Safety and Health, and the same conditions as other departments title), insert the following: to promptly correct identified quality prob- and agencies of the United States. lems through the audit process of the Advi- (2) Upon the request of the Council, the Ad- SEC. ll. INCREASED FUNDING FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVING HISPANIC STU- sory Board, promptly develops a formal com- ministrator of General Services shall provide DENTS. ment resolution process with a process for to the Council, on a reimbursable basis, the (a) MIGRANT EDUCATION.—In addition to the tracking of findings and issues; administrative support services necessary amounts otherwise appropriated under this (2) the Advisory Board reviews and acts on for the Council to carry out its responsibil- Act, there are appropriated, out of any site profile and dose reconstruction audit re- ities under this section. ports supplied by the Advisory Board’s audit (g)(1) Subject to the availability of appro- money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- contractor within 90 days of the date on priations, the Council may provide technical priated, an additional $9,600,000 for the edu- which such audit reports are received; and assistance and make grants to States to sup- cation of migratory children under part C of (3) the National Institute on Occupational port State councils for coordinating State title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- Safety and Health prepares and submits a youth efforts. cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6391 et seq.). (2) Applicants for grants shall be States. (b) ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.—In ad- corrective action plan with specific deadlines Applications for grants under this subsection dition to amounts otherwise appropriated within 90 days of the action of the Advisory shall be submitted at such time and in such under this Act, there are appropriated, out of Board under paragraph (2). form as determined by the Council. any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- (3) Priority for grants will be given to propriated, an additional $10,300,000 for SA 2264. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself States that— English language acquisition programs under and Mr. BAYH) submitted an amend- (A) have already initiated an interagency part A of title III of the Elementary and Sec- ment intended to be proposed by him coordination effort focused on youth; ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6811 to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- (B) plan to work with at least 1 locality to et seq.). tions for the Departments of Labor, support a local youth council for coordi- (c) HEP/CAMP.—In addition to amounts Health and Human Services, and Edu- nating local youth efforts; otherwise appropriated under this Act, there (C) demonstrate the inclusion of nonprofit are appropriated, out of any money in the cation, and Related Agencies for the organizations, including faith-based and Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an ad- fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, community-based organizations, in the work ditional $5,700,000 for the High School and for other purposes; which was or- of the State council; and Equivalency Program and the College Assist- dered to lie on the table; as follows:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11845 On page 156, line 2, insert before the period grams to address dental workforce needs of Housing and Urban Development; the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That the under section 340G of the Public Health Serv- Ms. Gigi Hyland, of Virginia, to be a Secretary of Health and Human Services ice Act (42 U.S.C. 246g). member of the National Credit Union shall publish in the Federal Register, not f Administration Board; and Mr. Rodney later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a notice of intent that NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS E. Hood, of North Carolina, to be a adoption of ICD–10–CM and ICD–10–PCS will member of the National Credit Union COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL Administration Board. occur not later than October 1, 2006, and that RESOURCES compliance with such coding systems will be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without required with respect to transactions occur- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I objection, it is so ordered. ring on or after October 1, 2009: Provided fur- would like to announce for the infor- COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL ther, That the Secretary shall take such mation of the Senate and the public RESOURCES steps as may be necessary to ensure that that a hearing has been scheduled be- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask procedure codes are promptly available for fore the Committee on Energy and Nat- unanimous consent that the Com- assignment and use under ICD–9–CM until ural Resources. mittee on Energy and Natural Re- such time as such ICD–9–CM is replaced as a The hearing will take place on Thurs- code set standard with ICD–10–PCS’’. sources be authorized to meet during day, November 3, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. in the session of the Senate on Tuesday, room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office SA 2265. Ms. COLLINS (for herself October 25, 2005, at 10 a.m. The purpose Building in Washington, DC. and Mr. FEINGOLD) submitted an of this hearing is to receive testimony amendment intended to be proposed by The purpose of this hearing is to con- on S. 1829, to repeal certain sections of her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- sider the nominations of: the act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to priations for the Departments of Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, the Virgin Islands; S. 1830, to amend Labor, Health and Human Services, to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil the compact of Free Association and Education, and Related Agencies Energy, Department of Energy. Amendments Act of 2003, and for other for the fiscal year ending September 30, Edward F. Sproat, III, of Pennsyl- purposes; and S. 1831, to convey certain 2006, and for other purposes; which was vania, to be Director, Office of Civilian submerged land to the Commonwealth ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Radioactive Waste Management, De- of the Northern Mariana Islands, and partment of Energy. for other purposes. At the appropriate place in title II, insert For further information, please con- the following: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SEC. ll. From amounts appropriated tact Judy Pensabene of the committee objection, it is so ordered. under this title, the Secretary of Health and staff at (202) 224–1327. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Human Services shall make available f Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask $5,000,000 to fund grants for innovative pro- unanimous consent that the Com- grams to address dental workforce needs AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET mittee on Finance be authorized to under section 340G of the Public Health Serv- meet in open Executive Session during ice Act (42 U.S.C. 246g). Amounts made avail- COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES the session on Tuesday 25, 2005, at 9:30 able under this section shall be transferred Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask from the General Departmental Management a.m., to conduct a markup to achieve account under the heading Office of the Sec- unanimous consent that the Com- the Committee’s budget reconciliation retary. mittee on Armed Services be author- instructions to reduce the growth of ized to meet during the session of the outlays as contained in H. Con. Res. 95. SA 2266. Ms. COLLINS (for herself Senate on October 25, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and Mr. FEINGOLD) submitted an in open session to consider the fol- objection, it is so ordered. amendment intended to be proposed by lowing nominations: Honorable John J. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- Young, Jr., to be Director of Defense Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask priations for the Departments of Research and Engineering; Mr. J. unanimous consent that the Com- Labor, Health and Human Services, Dorrance Smith, to be Assistant Sec- mittee on Foreign Relations be author- and Education, and Related Agencies retary of Defense for Public Affairs; Dr. ized to meet during the session of the for the fiscal year ending September 30, Delores M. Etter, to be Assistant Sec- Senate on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at 2006, and for other purposes; which was retary of the Navy for Research, Devel- 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on Nomina- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: opment and Acquisition; General tions. At the appropriate place in title II, insert Burwell B. Bell, III, USA, for re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the following: appointment to the grade of General objection, it is so ordered. SEC. ll. From amounts appropriated and to be Commander, United Nations COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS under this title, the Secretary of Health and Command/Combined Forces Command, Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask Human Services shall make available and Commander, United States Forces unanimous consent that the Com- $5,000,000 to fund grants for innovative pro- Korea; and Lieutenant General Lance grams to address dental workforce needs mittee on Foreign Relations be author- under section 340G of the Public Health Serv- L. Smith, USAF, for appointment to ized to meet during the session of the ice Act (42 U.S.C. 246g). Amounts made avail- the grade of General and to be Com- Senate on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at able under this section shall be transferred mander, United States Joint Forces 2:15 p.m. to hold a Business Meeting. from the amount provided as administrative Command and Supreme Allied Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without funds for the Centers for Medicare & Med- mander transformation. objection, it is so ordered. icaid Services under the heading Program The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY Management. objection, it is so ordered. Mr. SPECTER: Mr. President, I ask COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN unanimous consent that the Com- SA 2267. Ms. COLLINS (for herself AFFAIRS mittee on the Judiciary be authorized and Mr. FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask to meet to conduct a hearing on ‘‘Saudi her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- unanimous consent that the Com- Arabia: Friend or Foe in the War on priations for the Departments of mittee on Banking, Housing, and Terror?’’ on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Labor, Health and Human Services, Urban Affairs be authorized to meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Of- and Education, and Related Agencies during the session of the Senate on Oc- fice Building Room 226. for the fiscal year ending September 30, tober 25, 2005, at 10 a.m., to conduct a Witness List hearing on the nomination of Mr. Mat- 2006, and for other purposes; which was Presentation ordered to lie on the table; as follows: thew Slaughter, of New Hampshire, to be a member of the Council of Eco- Yigal Carmon, Middle East Media Re- At the appropriate place in title II, insert nomic Advisers; Ms. Katherine the following: search Institute, Washington, DC; SEC. ll. From amounts appropriated Baicker, of New Hampshire, to be a Presentation on Saudi Television. under this title, the Secretary of Health and member of the Council of Economic Panel I: Daniel Glaser, Deputy As- Human Services shall make available Advisers; Mr. Orlando J. Cabrera, of sistant Secretary for Terrorist Financ- $5,000,000 to fund grants for innovative pro- Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary ing and Financial Crimes, United

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Res. 287) honoring the life the ‘‘Pathways to Freedom’’ program. ington, DC; Nina Shea, Director, Cen- of and expressing the condolences of the Sen- The pathways program traces history ter for Religious Freedom, Washington, ate on the passing of Rosa Parks. from the days of the underground rail- DC; Steve Emerson, Terrorism Expert There being no objection, the Senate road to the civil rights movement of and Executive Director, Investigative proceeded to consider the resolution. the 1960s and beyond. Through this in- Project on Terrorism, Washington, DC; Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, last stitute, young people, ages 11 to 17, Gulam Bakali, Islamic Association of evening, we lost Rosa Parks. She died meet with national leaders and partici- North Texas, Board of Trustees, Rich- at the age of 92. Her personal bravery pate in a variety of educational and re- ardson, TX; and Kamal Nawash, Presi- and self-sacrifice have shaped this Na- search projects. During the summer dent, Free Muslim Coalition Against tion’s history and she is remembered months, they have the opportunity to Terrorism, Washington, DC. with reverence and respect by us all. travel across the country visiting his- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without A half century ago, Rosa Parks, the torical sites. objection, it is so ordered. black seamstress whose refusal to give The Rosa and Raymond Parks Insti- SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL MAN- up her seat on a Montgomery, AL bus tute for Self-Development has ex- AGEMENT, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, AND to a white man sparked a revolution in panded to include an intergenerational INTERNATIONAL SECURITY American race relations. Rosa Parks mentoring and computer skills part- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask decided that she would no longer tol- nership program, which teams young unanimous consent that the Sub- erate the humiliation and demoraliza- people with elderly Americans. committee on Federal Financial Man- tion of racial segregation on a bus. In Generational and age barriers break agement, Government Information, her own words, Rosa Parks said, ‘‘Peo- down as young people help the elderly and International Security be author- ple always say that I didn’t give up my develop computer skills, while the el- ized to meet on Tuesday, October 25, seat because I was tired, but that isn’t derly provide their unique and person- 2005, at 2:30 p.m. for a hearing regard- true. I was not tired physically, or no alized recollections of their lives in ing ‘‘Guns and Butter: Setting Prior- more tired than I usually was at the American history. To date, over 10,000 ities in Federal Spending in the Con- end of a working day. I was not old, al- youth from around the world have par- text of Natural Disaster, Deficits and though some people have an image of ticipated in this program. War.’’ me as being old then. I was forty-two. With the work of her institute, we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without No, the only tired I was, was tired of can truly say that in addition to hav- objection, it is so ordered. giving in.’’ ing played a major role in shaping f The strength and spirit of this coura- America’s past and present, Rosa geous woman captured the conscious- Parks is continuing to help shape PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR ness of not only the American people America’s future. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask but the entire world. Rosa Parks’s ar- Mr. President, I close with the pro- unanimous consent that privilege of rest for violating the city’s segregation found, instructive words of Rosa Parks, the floor be granted to Caroline Burke laws was the catalyst for the Mont- which she spoke in 1988. She said: ‘‘I during consideration of this legisla- gomery bus, boycott. Her stand on that am leaving this legacy to all of you tion, as well as votes that may occur. December day in 1955 was not an iso- . . . to bring peace, justice, equality, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lated incident but part of a lifetime of love and a fulfillment of what our lives objection, it is so ordered. struggle for equality and justice. should be. Without vision, the people Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask Twelve years earlier, in 1943, Rosa will perish, and without courage and unanimous consent that David Parks had been arrested for violating inspiration, dreams will die—the dream McClendon, Health fellow to Senator another one of the city’s bus related of freedom and peace.’’ COCHRAN, be granted the privilege of segregation laws requiring blacks to Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, one the floor during debate on the fiscal pay their fares at the front of the bus, of the honors and duties of serving in year 2006 Labor-HHS appropriations then get off of the bus and reboard the United States Senate is to note the bill. from the rear of the bus. The driver of passing of great Americans and to rec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that bus, was the same driver with ognize their greatness. Last night, objection, it is so ordered. whom she would have her confronta- Rosa Parks died in her home in De- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask tion years later. troit. She was 92 years old. unanimous consent that William Viner The rest is history; the boycott Rosa Parks did not set out to become be granted the privilege of the floor which Rosa Parks began was the begin- a hero on the evening of December 1, during the duration of today’s session. ning of an American revolution that 1955. She was, like millions of other The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without elevated that status of African Ameri- Americans, merely on her way home objection, it is so ordered. cans nationwide and introduced to the after a long day’s work. Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- world a young leader who would one She was a seamstress in Mont- imous consent that the privilege of the day have a national holiday declared in gomery, AL, but her simple, profound floor be granted to Ari Strauss, who is his honor, the Reverend Martin Luther act of civil disobedience was the spark legislative director of the Northeast- King, Jr. that ignited the modern civil rights Midwest Coalition, for the duration of For her personal bravery and self- movement. For far too many African the debate on the LIHEAP amendment. sacrifice, in 1999, we honored Rosa Americans at that time America did The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Parks with the Congressional Gold not live up to its promise that ‘‘all men objection, it is so ordered. Medal. are created equal.’’ Thanks to Rosa f My home State of Michigan proudly Parks, America was forced to look at claims Rosa Parks as one of our own. itself in the mirror, admit its failing, HONORING THE LIFE OF AND EX- Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond and recommit itself to its founding PRESSING CONDOLENCES OF THE made the journey to Detroit in 1957 ideals. SENATE ON THE PASSING OF where Rosa Parks’s brother resided. In Dr. Martin Luther King once wrote ROSA PARKS the years since, she continued to dedi- that ‘‘human progress never rolls in on Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask cate her life to advancing equal oppor- wheels of inevitability; it comes unanimous consent that the Senate tunity and to educating our youth through the tireless efforts of men.’’ proceed to the immediate consider- about the past struggles for freedom, This is the story of one such effort.

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Of course, her name became perma- a White passenger demanded a Black And we should not forget something nently etched in American history on person give up his or her seat, that else. The boycott introduced the Na- December 1, 1955, when she was ar- Black person was required to do so. tion to a young minister, a Baptist rested for refusing to give up her seat On that first day in December, the preacher named Dr. Martin Luther to a white passenger on a Montgomery White bus driver demanded that four King, Jr. bus. It wasn’t the first time Rosa Parks African Americans give up their seats While the Nation will miss Rosa refused to acquiesce to the Jim Crow so a single White man could sit down. Parks, we take heart in the fact that system. The same bus driver who had Three of them complied. her legacy will be felt by generations her arrested had thrown her off a bus Rosa didn’t. to come. As Senators, all of us have a the year before for refusing to give up ‘‘If you don’t stand up I’m going to special responsibility when it comes to her seat. call the police and have you arrested,’’ the legacy of Rosa Parks. It is not Some schoolchildren are taught that said the driver. enough for us to celebrate her life with Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat But Rosa Parks had had enough of words. As leaders of this country, we because her feet were tired. But our the evil divisions of segregation, and must honor it with deeds, deeds that Nation’s schoolbooks are only getting she replied to the driver, ‘‘You may do continue the fight Rosa Parks began it half right. She once said: that.’’ almost 50 years ago. The only tired I was, was tired of giving in. With this simple refusal, Rosa Parks Specifically, we must reauthorize the This solitary act of civil disobedience set into motion a crusade that would Voting Rights Act, which has opened became a call to action. Her arrest led eventually awaken the conscience of the doors of political participation to a then relatively unknown pastor, Mar- our country. Perhaps the time was countless Americans. We must work to tin Luther King, Jr., to organize a boy- right for a nation like America to erase increase educational opportunities so cott of the Montgomery bus system. the stain of segregation. But it was not that all young people have a chance for That boycott lasted 381 days and cul- inevitable that the struggle would a better life. We must ensure that our minated in a landmark Supreme Court start on that day in that town, lit by policies build a better America for the decision finding that the city’s seg- one woman’s courage and conviction. meek and vulnerable, not only the pow- regation policy was unconstitutional. Nor was it inevitable that Mrs. Parks erful and strong. This work is how we This solitary act of civil disobedience took her stand in a town that counted will truly celebrate the life of Rosa was also the spark that ignited the be- among its residents a 26-year-old Parks. All of us in this Chamber have ginning of the end for segregation and preacher named Martin Luther King, it in our power to further the fight she inspired millions around the country Jr. In response, Dr. King became the began, and we owe it to every Amer- and ultimately around the world to get leader of the local bus boycott. Over ican to ensure her legacy endures. involved in the fight for racial equal- time, as we all know, he led America’s Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, today ity. civil rights movement to overcome the the Nation mourns a genuine American Rosa Parks’ persistence and deter- injustices that robbed millions of our hero. Rosa Parks died yesterday in her mination did not end that day in Mont- fellow citizens of their full rights as home in Detroit. Through her courage gomery, nor did it end with the passage Americans. and by her example, Rosa Parks helped of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rosa Parks’ life proved that one lay the foundation for a country that Rights Act years later. She stayed ac- American with courage can make a could begin to live up to its creed. tive in the NAACP and other civil majority. We note her passing with Her life, and her brave actions, re- rights groups for years. From 1965 to sadness but also with deep gratitude minded each and every one of us of our 1988, Ms. Parks continued her public for the gift she left all of us. personal responsibilities to stand up service by working for my good friend Mr. REID. Mr. President, yesterday, for what is right and the central truth Congressman JOHN CONYERS. And in an our Nation lost one of our heroes, Rosa of the American experience that our example of her low-key demeanor, her Parks—the mother of the modern civil greatness as a nation derives from job in Congressman CONYERS’ office did rights movement. The movement that seemingly ordinary people doing ex- not involve appearances as a figure- she helped launch changed not only our traordinary things. head or celebrity; she helped homeless country but the entire world, as her ac- Rosa Parks’ life was a lesson in per- folks find housing. tions gave hope to every individual severance. As a child, she grew up lis- At the age of 74, she opened the Rosa fighting for civil and human rights. tening to the Ku Klux Klan ride by her and Raymond Parks Institute for Self- While history proudly remembers De- house, fearing that her house would be Development, which offers education cember 1, 1955, as Rosa Parks’ bravest burned down. In her small hometown in and job training programs for dis- moment, her fight against oppression Alabama, she attended a one-room advantaged youth. And even into her and segregation began long before that school for African American children 80s, Rosa Parks gave lectures and at- day. Mrs. Parks was active in the that only went through the sixth tended meetings with civil rights Montgomery NAACP, serving as sec- grade. When she moved to Mont- groups. retary and as an adviser to the gomery, AL, to continue her schooling, At the age of 86, Rosa Parks’ courage NAACP’s Youth Council. She also she was forced to clean classrooms and fortitude was recognized by Presi- worked to register African Americans after school to pay her tuition. Al- dent Bill Clinton, who awarded her the to vote and was active in many other though she attended Alabama State Nation’s highest honor for a civilian civil rights causes. While it was her act Teachers College, Rosa Parks would the Congressional Gold Medal. of defiance in 1955 that garnered na- later make her living as a seamstress As we honor the life of Rosa Parks, tional attention, she had been thrown and housekeeper. we should not limit our commemora- off a bus 12 years earlier—by the same But she didn’t accept that her oppor- tions to lofty eulogies. driver—for refusing to move. Why was tunities were limited to sewing clothes Instead, let us commit ourselves to she thrown off the bus? Even then, she or cleaning houses. In her 40s, Rosa carrying on her fight, one solitary act refused to give up her seat. Parks was appointed secretary of the at a time, and ensure that her passion Rosa Parks’ bravery triggered the Montgomery branch of the NAACP and continues to inspire as it did a half- Montgomery bus boycott. The boycott was active in voter registration drives century ago. That, in my view, is how gained national attention, ushered in with the Montgomery Voters League. we can best thank her for her immense an atmosphere of change, and was the In the summer of 1955, she attended the contributions to our country. precursor to landmark legislation— Highlander Folk School, where she Rosa Parks once said:

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Throughout there is much to be done, and people need to ful for her example, and proud to carry her long life she exemplified honesty, work together. on her mission of hope, opportunity, integrity, and dignity, and articulated Now that she has passed, it is up to and equal justice for all. the all-important principle that polit- us to make sure that her message is As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote ical and social equality is every Ameri- shared. While we will miss her cher- about her courageous step towards can’s due. ished spirit, let’s make sure that her equality, ‘‘[N]o one can understand the Mrs. Parks, along with Dr. King, A. legacy lives on in the heart of a nation. action of Mrs. Parks unless he realizes Philip Randolph, Medgar Evers, Fannie As a personal note, I think it is fair that eventually the cup of endurance Lou Hamer, Bob Moses, and the other to say were it not for that quiet mo- runs over, and the human personality campaigners for civil rights during the ment of courage by Mrs. Parks, I would cries out, ‘I can take it no longer’ ’’. 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, had faith in not be standing here today. I owe her a Let those words in honor of Rosa Parks the legal process. They had faith, too, great thanks, as does the Nation. She be our guide today. in the moral conscience of America. will be sorely missed. Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, we They knew time had come. Their pa- I yield the floor. learned last night of the passing of one tience, their discipline, and their un- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, with of this Nation’s greatest Civil Rights derstanding that these two qualities the passing of Rosa Parks, the Nation heroes who will always be remembered would win the White majority to their has lost a courageous woman, a true for her steadfast leadership for equal cause, were admirable. Mrs. Parks de- American heroine, and an icon of the justice. When Rosa Parks peacefully serves a share of the credit for accom- civil rights movement. All of us mourn refused to give up her seat on a Mont- plishments in the decade following the her loss. Half a century ago, Rosa gomery public bus in 1955, her solitary famous bus boycott: passage of the Parks stood up not only for herself but act of courage for the cause of equality landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and for all future generations of Ameri- became a defining moment in Amer- Voting Rights Act of 1965. cans. Her quiet resoluteness in the face ican history. These laws made illegal racial seg- of segregation inspired America, trans- It was Mrs. Parks’ steady courage regation in public accommodations, in formed the civil rights movement, and and unflinching character that helped housing, in education, and in the work- roused the moral conscience of the Na- set in motion changes that moved the force. These and other civil rights laws tion from its long slumber on civil hearts and minds of the American peo- have not eradicated bigotry. They have rights. We will never forget her, and ple. She clearly demonstrated the need not gotten us all the way to a color- our hearts and prayers today are with for our country to live up to one of our blind society yet. But they were huge her loved ones. founding principles, that all men are strides toward making America live up On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was created equal. America is a much bet- to its founding doctrine that ‘‘All men a seamstress in Montgomery, AL, on ter place today because of the strength are created equal.’’ her way home by bus from her work. of this quiet seamstress from Mrs. Parks took risks to vindicate Under the law at that time in Mont- Tuskegee. My thoughts and prayers are ideas that transcend race, color, and gomery, and in many other places in with Mrs. Parks’ family during these religious creed. She said: ‘‘To this day the South, Rosa Parks, as an African days of sadness. I believe we are here on the planet American, was ordered to give up her I would encourage young Americans Earth to live, grow up and do what we seat for a white passenger when the bus to visit the Rosa Parks Library and can to make this world a better place became crowded. She refused, was ar- Museum in Montgomery to learn about for all people to enjoy freedom.’’ rested, and lost her job as a result. But her life. It is my hope that the spirit of She stood for what is universal. That her courageous act prompted the Afri- Rosa Parks continues to live on in is why interest in one seamstress’ act can American community to begin a America and that this Nation and its on a December day long ago in Ala- boycott of the Montgomery bus sys- leaders never forget the important les- bama has never flagged. There are tem, which eventually broke the back sons about decency and equality of op- books, songs, and television shows of the Jim Crow rules in the system, portunity for all. I know that her spirit about the bus boycott and its humble and Montgomery buses were deseg- will live on in my life. heroine, proving that unassuming peo- regated the following year. Mr. KYL. Mr. President, America ple can do great things when they are Her later life continued to dem- mourns the passing of a quiet hero, animated by the highest ideals. onstrate her quiet moral resolve and Rosa Parks, who died yesterday in De- Rosa Parks, Godspeed. her extraordinary commitment to troit at the age of 92. Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, it is doing what is right. She continued her On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, with deep sadness and heavy hearts civil rights work after moving to De- AL, a seamstress named Rosa Parks re- that my wife Julianne and I learned of troit in 1957, working with the office of fused to move from her seat near the the passing of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Our Congressman JOHN CONYERS for over 20 front of a city bus so a White person thoughts and prayers are with the en- years, and later starting the Rosa and could sit there. Like a shot heard tire Parks family at this sorrowful Raymond Parks Institute for Self De- round the world, her act of civil disobe- time. velopment, a nonprofit organization dience spurred the movement to gain Mrs. Rosa Parks, ‘‘The Mother of the that motivates youths to reach their social and political equality for Black Civil Rights Movement,’’ is an inter- highest potential. people in this country. national symbol of freedom. She stood In 1996, Rosa Parks was honored by It is almost hard to recover, half a for what she believed in, and changed President Clinton with the Presidential century later, a sense of how much our Nation’s history. Her act of cour- Medal of Freedom and she received the courage it took for her to do what she age inspired so many during the civil Congressional Gold Medal in 1999. did. By remaining seated, she violated rights movement and continues to in- I join my colleagues from Michigan, a local segregation law that consigned spire people today. Senators LEVIN and STABENOW, in sup- African Americans to second-class citi- Rosa Parks sat quietly on a bus in port of a resolution honoring the life zenship. She was arrested for dis- Montgomery, AL 50 years ago, and re- and accomplishments of Rosa Parks. orderly conduct, and the incident gal- fused to give up her seat to a white Her courage, dignity, and determina- vanized the Montgomery bus boycott, passenger. Because of the nonviolent tion symbolize the best of America, the propelling Martin Luther King, Jr., the protest that Mrs. Parks displayed on spirit of patriotism that challenges us boycott’s leader, to a national role in December 1, 1955 our entire Nation whenever we fail to live up to the high- the civil rights movement. turned its attention to the gross est ideals of our society. As the ancient poet once said, ‘‘A indecencies that were affecting the Today, as we mourn the passing of good reputation is more valuable than black community. Rosa Parks, we are reminded how money.’’ Rosa Parks’ sterling reputa- Her solitary action set into play the much has been accomplished because of tion was what civil rights leaders revolutionary 381-day bus boycott that

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McCauley married Raymond Parks and set- monumental following brought about Rosa Parks’ legacy reminds us that a tled in Montgomery, Alabama; the November 1956 Supreme Court Rul- lone person can effect great change; Whereas, together, Raymond and Rosa many people working together with Parks worked in the Montgomery, Alabama ing that segregation on transportation branch of the National Association for the united purpose can achieve even more. is illegal, and in 1964 the Civil Rights Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Act, which outlawed racial discrimina- where Raymond Parks served as an active tion in the U.S. young Montgomery preacher who member and Rosa Parks served as a sec- Rosa Parks attended Alabama State helped to transform Rosa Parks’ act of retary and youth leader; College, and upon graduation worked resistance into a powerful movement, Whereas on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks as a seamstress and housekeeper. She would later say the ‘‘arc of the moral was arrested for refusing to give up her seat and her husband, Raymond Parks, were universe is long, but it bends towards in the ‘‘colored’’ section of the bus to a white active in the National Association for justice.’’ man on the orders of the bus driver because the Advancement of Colored People, If we are to honor the legacy of Rosa the ‘‘white’’ section was full; NAACP. In 1943 Mrs. Parks was elected Parks, we must never rest in our pur- Whereas the arrest of Rosa Parks led Afri- Secretary of the Montgomery Chapter suit of that justice. can Americans and others to boycott the of the NAACP, and later became its Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- Montgomery city bus line until the buses in youth leader. She was also involved in dent, I want to express my thoughts on Montgomery were desegregated; the passing of a true civil rights pio- Whereas the 381-day Montgomery bus boy- the Montgomery Voters League, an or- cott encouraged other courageous people ganization that helped black citizens neer. Rosa Parks’ actions almost 50 years ago in Montgomery, AL, ignited across the United States to organize in pro- become registered to vote. test and demand equal rights for all; Rosa Parks continued to set an ex- a movement that dramatically changed Whereas most historians date the begin- ample for our Nation in 1987 when she the face of America and the world. ning of the modern-day Civil Rights Move- founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Even before her refusal to give up her ment in the United States to December 1, Institute for Self-Development. The In- seat on December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks 1955; stitute teaches young people the his- was already actively involved in the Whereas the fearless acts of civil disobe- tory of the civil rights movement civil rights movement as the secretary dience displayed by Rosa Parks and others through an annual summer program of the local chapter of the NAACP. But resulted in a legal action challenging Mont- called ‘‘Pathways to Freedom.’’ her actions that day laid the ground- gomery’s segregated public transportation Rosa Parks was one of the most sig- work for the civil rights movement in system, which subsequently led to the nificant figures in the 20th century, the years to follow. As a result of her United States Supreme Court, on November 13, 1956, affirming a district court decision and appropriately received hundreds of actions, a local public bus boycott ensued that garnered national attention that held that Montgomery segregation awards and honors, including the codes deny and deprive African Americans of Medal of Freedom Award, presented by and resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court the equal protection of the laws (352 U.S. President Clinton in 1996. Mrs. Parks ruling prohibiting bus segregation, 903); will be deeply missed, and her legacy mass demonstrations throughout the Whereas in 1957, Rosa Parks moved to De- will forever be remembered. South ensued, and Martin Luther King, troit, Michigan; Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I Jr. becoming a national civil rights Whereas in 1965, Representative John Con- rise tonight to honor the life of Rosa leader. yers hired Rosa Parks as a member of his Parks. Mrs. Parks’ refusal to give up her staff, where she worked in various adminis- Let’s ask an impossible question: seat on December 1, 1955, was a simple trative jobs for 23 years and retired in 1988 at Who was Rosa Parks? but dangerous action that highlighted age 75; Rosa Parks was a seamstress. She the inequalities faced by millions of Whereas Rosa Parks continued her civil was a community organizer. She was Americans living under segregation. rights work by starting the Rosa and Ray- an activist and a leader. Rosa Parks Former U.S. poet laureate, Rita Dove, mond Parks Institute for Self Development was a carpenter’s daughter and a bar- wrote, ‘‘How she sat there, the time in 1987, a nonprofit organization that motivates young people to reach their highest po- ber’s wife. She was a hero of the civil right inside a place so wrong it was tential; rights movement. She was a trusted ready.’’ America was ready for change Whereas the Rosa and Raymond Parks In- Congressional aide and a respected and that change continues today. stitute for Self Development offers edu- youth development expert. As the world grieves, let us remem- cational programs for young people, includ- And of course, Rosa Parks was the in- ber her courage and work to ensure ing two signature programs: first, Pathways spiring protagonist of a stirring Amer- that her legacy continues. to Freedom, a 21-day program that intro- ican tale. Protest, reform, and reinven- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask duces students to the Underground Railroad tion marked the early pages of her unanimous consent that the resolution and the civil rights movement with a free- great human story. On December 1, and preamble be agreed to, en bloc, the dom ride across the United States and Can- 1955, on a bus in Montgomery, AL, Rosa motion to reconsider be laid upon the ada, tracing the underground railroad into Parks, a black woman, refused to stand table, and that any statements relating civil rights, and second, Learning Centers up and give her seat to a white man. to the resolution be printed in the and Senior Citizens, a program that partners young people with senior citizens where the RECORD, without intervening action or She was arrested, tried, convicted, and young help the senior citizens develop their fined for her act of civil disobedience in debate. computer skills and senior citizens mentor less than a week. The citywide boycott The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the young; inspired by her actions would last more objection, it is so ordered. Whereas Rosa Parks has been commended than a year. The full impact of those The resolution (S. Res. 287) was for her work in the realm of civil rights with events would change a nation, last a agreed to. such recognitions as the NAACP’s Spingarn lifetime, and reach far beyond. The preamble was agreed to. Medal, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Non- Rosa Parks has played a guiding role The resolution, with its preamble, violent Peace Prize, the Presidential medal not only in the lives of countless indi- reads as follows: of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold viduals but, over the last half-century, S. RES. 287 Medal; in the shape of our ever-evolving Na- Whereas Rosa Parks was born on February Whereas Time magazine named Rosa Parks tion. Throughout it all, she has been a 4, 1913, as Rosa Louise McCauley, to James one of the ‘‘100 most influential people of the 20th century’’, The Henry Ford Museum in great American teacher. and Leona McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama; Whereas her moral clarity and quiet dig- Michigan bought and exhibited the bus on From Rosa Parks, we learned what it which she was arrested, and The Rosa Parks takes to be courageous in the face of nity shaped and inspired the Civil Rights Movement in the United States over the last Library and Museum opened in Montgomery oppression and hate. From Rosa Parks, half-century; in 2000; we learned that sometimes to be strong Whereas Rosa Parks was educated in Pine Whereas in 2005, the year marking the 50th is to say ‘‘No.’’ Level, Alabama, until the age of 11, when she anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up From Rosa Parks we learned that enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial her seat on the bus, we recognize the cour- freedom without equality is no freedom School for Girls and then went on to attend age, dignity, and determination displayed by

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Without vi- by its secret nature as an agreement Streets Act, include crimes of lesser sion, the people will perish, and without among competitors, such a conspiracy impact and significance than criminal courage ‘and inspiration, dreams will die— is likely harder to detect than a fraud- antitrust violations. The ACIIA will the dream of freedom and peace’’: Now, ulent offering over the phone or ensure that the Department of Justice therefore, be it through the mail. A properly issued has the tools commensurate with the Resolved by the Senate That the Senate hon- wiretap, therefore, is even more nec- seriousness of the violations. ors the life and accomplishments of Rosa essary to detect criminal antitrust Under current law, the Department Parks and expresses its condolences on her conspiracies than other white collar of- of Justice must often rely on the FBI passing. fenses. or other investigative agencies to ob- f Detecting, preventing, and punishing tain evidence. While the Justice De- ANTITRUST CRIMINAL INVESTIGA- criminal antitrust offenses are one of partment may engage in court-author- TIVE IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF the principal missions of the Justice ized searches of business records, it 2005 Department’s Antitrust Division. Such may only monitor phone calls of in- offenses are punished severely with Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask formants or the conversations of con- corporations facing fines of up to $100 unanimous consent that the Senate senting parties. In light of the serious- million and individuals subject to jail proceed to the immediate consider- ness of economic harms caused by vio- terms of up to 10 years for each offense. ation of Calendar No. 250, S. 443. lations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Indeed, last year we passed legislation The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the inability of the Department of Jus- raising criminal penalties to these new clerk will report the bill by title. tice to obtain wiretaps when inves- levels. Yet, despite the damage these The assistant legislative clerk read tigating criminal antitrust violations conspiracies do to the economy and in- as follows: makes little sense. The evidence that dividual consumers, our law enforce- can be acquired through wiretaps is A bill (S. 443) to improve the investigation ment agencies lack the one vital tool of criminal antitrust offenses. precisely the type of evidence that is essential to uncover these secret con- essential for the successful prosecution There being no objection, the Senate spiracies—the ability to obtain a wire- and prevention of serious antitrust vio- proceeded to consider the bill. tap to monitor communications be- lations. This bill equips the Depart- Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise in tween the suspected conspirators upon ment of Justice investigators and pros- support of the Antitrust Investigative a showing of probable cause. This legis- ecutors the opportunity to zealously Improvements Act of 2005, a bill I am lation will remedy this defect by grant- enforce the criminal antitrust laws of cosponsoring with Senators DEWINE ing to our law enforcement officials the United States. and LEAHY. This important measure the necessary means to protect con- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask will give the antitrust criminal enforc- sumers and end illegal antitrust con- unanimous consent that the bill be ers at the Department of Justice a spiracies. read a third time and passed, the mo- vital tool to investigate, detect, and I urge my colleagues to join with me tion to reconsider be laid upon the prevent antitrust conspiracies. It will in supporting this legislation. table, and that any statements relating allow the Justice Department, upon a Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, earlier to the bill be printed in the RECORD. showing of probable cause to a Federal this year I was pleased to join the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without judge, authority to obtain a wiretap chairman and ranking member of the objection, it is so ordered. order for a limited time period to mon- Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee The bill (S. 443) was read the third itor communications between those on Antitrust, Competition Policy and time and passed, as follows: suspected of engaging in illegal anti- Consumer Rights, Senators DEWINE S. 443 trust conspiracies. and KOHL, on the introduction of the The current Federal criminal code ‘‘Antitrust Criminal Investigative Im- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- lists over 150 predicate offenses for resentative of the United States of America in provements Act of 2005, ACIIA. Today, Congress assembled, which the Justice Department may ob- I am even more pleased to see the Sen- tain a wiretap during the course of a SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ate pass this bill. This is important This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust criminal investigation. These offenses legislation, and I hope that it will re- Criminal Investigative Improvements Act of include basic white collar crimes such ceive the speedy vote in the House of 2005’’. as mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank Representatives that it deserves. Once SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF PREDICATE CRIMES FOR fraud. However, under current law, if the President signs it into law, the De- AUTHORIZATION FOR INTERCEP- the Government is investigating a partment of Justice will finally have TION OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELEC- criminal antitrust conspiracy, such as another vital tool to enforce antitrust TRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. a scheme to fix prices to consumers, Section 2516(1) of title 18, United State laws—wiretap authority to investigate Code, is amended— the Government cannot obtain a wire- and prosecute criminal antitrust viola- (1) in subparagraph (q), by striking ‘‘or’’ tap of the suspected conspirators. This tions. after the semicolon; inability to obtain wiretaps unques- America’s antitrust laws play a crit- (2) by redesignating subparagraph (r) as tionably severely handicaps the detec- ical role in protecting consumers and subparagraph (s); and tion and prevention of such conspir- ensuring a fair and competitive mar- (3) by adding after subparagraph (q) the acies. Only with the consent of a mem- ketplace for business. Congress’s first following: ber of the conspiracy who has already antitrust law, the Sherman Antitrust ‘‘(r) any criminal violation of section 1 (re- agreed to cooperate with the Govern- Law, was enacted in 1890 to prohibit lating to illegal restraints of trade or commerce), 2 (relating to illegal monopolizing of ment may the Government surrep- abusive monopolies and restraints of trade or commerce), or 3 (relating to illegal titiously record the meetings of the trade. Since that time, enforcement of restraints of trade or commerce in terri- conspirators. the antitrust laws has benefited con- tories or the District of Columbia) of the There is no logical basis to exclude sumers through lower prices, greater Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3); or’’. criminal antitrust violations from the variety, and higher quality products f list of predicate offenses for a wiretap. and services. But antitrust criminal of- A criminal antitrust offense, such as fenses have been somewhat anomalous ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, price fixing, is every bit as serious— in the law, for they have not qualified OCTOBER 26, 2005 and causes every bit as much financial for judicially approved wiretaps. The Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent loss to its victims—as other white col- ACIIA will add criminal price fixing that when the Senate completes its lar crimes, such as mail fraud or wire and bid rigging to the many crimes business today, it stand in adjourn- fraud. A price-fixing conspiracy raises that are already ‘‘predicate offenses’’ ment until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oc- prices to consumers, stealing hard for wiretap purposes. There are over 150 tober 26. I further ask that following

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CONGRATULATING ALEX PETTIT this month from St. Anthony’s Catholic Church the Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council. in Sacramento. As his parishioners, friends, He urged his parishioners to not be afraid of HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS family and colleagues gather to celebrate his discussing controversial issues, because he is OF TEXAS decades of ministerial service, I ask all of my certain that a healthy church is one that allows colleagues to join me in saluting this out- for the free exchange of ideas. Throughout his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES standing citizen of Sacramento. tenure, he has proven to be an effective con- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Father O’Sullivan hails from Ireland, where sensus builder, a pragmatic thinker and a tire- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to he was born in Beara and studied for the less worker, who has earned the respect and congratulate Mr. Alex Pettit of Denton, Texas priesthood at St. Patrick’s Seminary in admiration of those who have worked with on receiving the 2005 Best of Texas Award for Thurles. Shortly after being ordained to the him. Demonstrated Leadership in Management of priesthood on June 10, 1956 he traveled to Mr. Speaker, as Father O’Sullivan’s parish- Information Technology. California to begin service in the Roman ioners, friends and colleagues gather to cele- The Best of Texas Awards program was es- Catholic Diocese of Sacramento. brate his great service in the ministry, I am tablished to salute Information Technology His first assignment in the diocese was as truly honored to pay tribute to one of Sac- professionals in Texas State and local govern- associate pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish in ramento’s most honorable citizens. We all ment organizations for their dedication, hard Redding. Father O’Sullivan then served at var- have greatly benefited from having Father work and contributions. An Evaluation Com- ious northern California churches, including St. O’sullivan’s strong leadership in our commu- mittee reviews submissions and selects recipi- Lawrence Parish in North Highlands. He nity. His dedication to the people of Sac- ents for each of the 9 categories. The Dem- served as a Catholic chaplain to the Newman ramento spans decades, many churches and Center at the University of California at Davis onstrated Leadership in Management of Infor- thousands of families. I ask all of my col- from 1962 to 1965 and continued working with mation Technology award is available only to leagues to join with me in wishing Father Catholic youth as chaplain of the Newman Chief Information Officers or Agency Chief In- O’Sullivan continued success and happiness Center at American River College and as an formation Officers who have staffed, planned in all of this future endeavors, wherever his re- educator at St. Francis High School in Sac- and executed technology plans that have as- tirement may lead him. ramento. sisted their jurisdiction, department, or agency In 1972 he accepted an assignment as a f in meeting its mission. The winner of this cat- faculty member and director of campus min- COMMEMORATING THE UNITED egory is judged on the basis of vision, leader- istry at the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, ship and support of IT throughout the depart- NATIONS AT ITS 60TH ANNIVER- CA. Later, Father O’Sullivan was called back SARY ment, agency and the entire jurisdiction. to serve in the Diocese of Sacramento as as- This year, the Demonstrated Leadership in sociate pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish in Management of Information Technology Award Clarksburg. HON. DONALD M. PAYNE was given to Mr. Pettit by the Center for Dig- In 1974 Father O’Sullivan was asked to es- OF NEW JERSEY ital Government for providing outstanding tablish a new parish in the Pocket area of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leadership and technical direction to the City Sacramento and was appointed by Bishop Tuesday, October 25, 2005 of Denton. Mr. Pettit’s responsibilities include Alden J. Bell to be the founding pastor of St. negotiation and management of all system Anthony Parish. During the past 30 years, he Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to procurements and implementations, security, has presided over the parish’s phenomenal recognize the United Nations at its 60th anni- tactical and strategic planning for technology growth. His natural charm and openness to versary and honor the organization for its solutions and services to support the City, and people from all walks of life surely was re- many contributions to humanity over the last coordination of all phones and pagers used by sponsible for much of that growth. The parish 60 years. City personnel. Through these responsibilities, now has over 2,000 families and is highly re- The United Nations came into being on Oc- Mr. Pettit has succeeded in implementing the garded across the Sacramento region. tober 24, 1945, when 50 countries pledged to goal of the City of Denton to be a leader During his tenure as pastor, Father work to promote international peace, security among cities in the delivery of outstanding O’Sullivan oversaw the building of the church, and human rights after suffering through two quality services and products through the utili- a religious education center and later a rec- World Wars and the Holocaust. Sixty years zation of innovation, citizen involvement, and tory. Additionally, a multipurpose Memorial later, we have, indeed, avoided another global efficient use of resources. The award was pre- Center was built in 1996 and the parish offices war and seen the U.N. protect the lives of mil- sented to Mr. Pettit on October 19, 2005 at were expanded in 2002. Father O’Sullivan had lions by creating the circumstances for peace the Center for Digital Government’s award the foresight to suggest that the church be in some 170 disputes around the world. ceremony in Austin, Texas. structured around a central point of assembly The 21st century is profoundly different than I extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. that would unify the parishioners. The result the world in which the United Nations was cre- Alex Pettit for receiving the 2005 Best of was a central plaza where parishioners gather ated. Threats of terrorism, natural disaster, Texas Award. His contributions to the tech- before and after Mass and where community and poverty heighten the role that the United nology industry and his service to the Denton events are now held. In addition, Father Nations plays in securing peace and stability community should inspire us all. O’Sullivan has encouraged St. Anthony mem- worldwide. The United Nations promotes de- f bers to extend their outreach beyond the par- mocracy where it has not existed, helping to ish boundaries by participating in numerous build democratic institutions and hold elections HONORING FATHER BRENDAN social programs in Sacramento. in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. The O’SULLIVAN UPON HIS RETIRE- Father O’Sullivan has served the Diocese of United Nations operates 17 peacekeeping MENT Sacramento in various capacities beyond his missions in regions of strategic importance to role of pastor. He has been dean of the City the United States, such as Sudan, the Middle HON. DORIS O. MATSUI Deanery, director of continuing education of East, the India-Pakistani border, and Haiti. OF CALIFORNIA priests for the diocese, a member of the Then there are the important works of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Council of Priests and the Priest’s Personnel United Nations affiliated organizations. The Board and an advisor in the Diocesan Synod International Atomic Energy Agency is leading Tuesday, October 25, 2005 process. He also took a sabbatical to study at a global effort to secure nuclear materials and Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the University of Louvain in Belgium, one of guarantee that they are used for legal and tribute to a distinguished man who has self- the great centers of Catholic learning. peaceful reasons. The World Food Program lessly served the Sacramento area for almost Father O’Sullivan has been a visionary lead- provides life-saving food assistance to millions 50 years. Father Brendan O’Sullivan retires er in implementing the reforms and vision of of famine stricken people every year, while the

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VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.001 E25OCPT1 E2162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 25, 2005 Food and Agriculture Organization helps im- A TRIBUTE TO THE VISITING to over 30,000 patients. I am proud to recog- prove the long-term sustainability of providing NURSE ASSOCIATION OF HOL- nize the Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association for good nutrition in developing countries. Efforts YOKE, MA their dedication and commitment to the care of of the World Health Organization and UNICEF the residents of this region. have drastically improved vaccination rates for HON. JOHN W. OLVER f preventable diseases in children. International OF MASSACHUSETTS PROTECTION OF LAWFUL conventions and programs undertaken by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United Nations agencies have helped to COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT Tuesday, October 25, 2005 strengthen the rights of women, refugees, and SPEECH OF victims of human rights abuses, and 10 United Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Nations agencies are helping to treat and pre- recognize and honor the Visiting Nurse Asso- HON. CLIFF STEARNS vent the AIDS epidemic in 130 countries. ciation, Inc for 100 years of service and care OF FLORIDA I congratulate the United Nations on the an- to the community of Holyoke, MA. Officially or- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ganized on November 28, 1905 at the Second niversary of its 60th year, and encourage the Thursday, October 20, 2005 United States and Congress to further their Baptist Church of Holyoke, the District Nurse Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, as the sponsor support for a strong and effective United Na- Association, as it was then known, began rais- of H.R. 800, the virtually identical House tions. ing money to bring nursing to residents who were unable to access healthcare because of version of this legislation, I rise today to clear up any questions that might arise when trying f their humble origins. In 1918, the association became incor- to understand the intent of S. 397 and what its HONORING THE 50TH porated and eventually, under the first super- enactment would accomplish. The Protection ANNIVERSARY OF ABC–CLIO visor, Emma Schenker, changed the name of Lawful Coerce in Arms Act will eliminate and became the Holyoke Visiting Nurse Asso- predatory lawsuits that would otherwise cripple ciation, Inc. an entire industry. HON. LOIS CAPPS In the early years this community-based First, let me make two points about what the OF CALIFORNIA nursing service evolved under the guidance of bill will not do. Nothing in the bill is intended IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the National League for Nursing as a charter to allow ‘‘leap-frogging’’ over the gun dealer to member. It established scholarships to pro- the manufacturer. The negligent entrustment Tuesday, October 25, 2005 mote the availability of nurses and found fund- provision applies specifically to the situation Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to ing to continue the level of care needed for where a dealer knows or reasonably should recognize and honor 50 years of reference the city of Holyoke’s blue collar workers and know that a dangerous person is purchasing a publishing and involvement with local commu- their families. firearm. When the manufacturer has done nity schools and libraries by the Santa Bar- By 1956, 51 percent of the Holyoke Visiting nothing but sell a legal, non-defective product bara publisher, ABC–CLIO. ABC–CLIO is a Nurses funding came from the United Way, according to the law, the negligent entrust- privately held company founded by the Boehm then known as the Holyoke Community Chest. ment provision would not allow a plaintiff by- family and is now in its second generation of In 1965 the agency became certified by Medi- pass of the gun dealer to get to the deeper ownership. The company’s corporate head- care and Medicaid and later purchased prop- pockets of the distributor or manufacturer. quarters is located in Santa Barbara, Cali- erty for a permanent residence, both of which The amendment in the Senate offered by fornia, with additional offices in Denver, Colo- further stabilized their presence in the commu- Senators FRIST and CRAIG regarding ‘‘adminis- rado, and Oxford, England. nity of Holyoke. trative proceedings’’ removed any confusion or Committed to serving the history profession The Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association misinformed rhetoric regarding the ‘‘adminis- and its teachers, as well as students and went on to receive accreditation from the Na- trative proceedings’’ section. This legislation scholars of history, ABC–CLIO annually pub- tional League of Nursing in 1979. In 1984 they will have no effect on the ability of the Bureau lishes approximately 80 encyclopedias, diversified into three affiliated subsidiaries so of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms or any ad- guides, and handbooks. Since 1991, this ac- as to better serve their clients, and in 1990 the ministrative agency to revoke licenses or oth- claimed reference book-line has won over 60 Commonwealth of Massachusetts licensed erwise engage in administrative proceedings best-reference awards from the American Li- and certified Hospice Life Care specializing in to punish bad acting manufacturers, distribu- brary Association and Library Journal. caring for a patient’s final stages of life. tors, or dealers, or otherwise enforce the laws During the early 1990’s the VNA, with and regulations that apply to them. While I do The best-known publications by ABC–CLIO growth of 20 percent, was given official ac- not think the amendment was necessary be- are the abstracting and indexing services, His- creditation by the Joint Commission on Ac- cause neither my bill nor S. 397 as introduced torical Abstracts and America: History and creditation of Health Care Organizations. Later by Senator CRAIG did so, now there can be no Life, which together represent the largest bib- in the same decade, because of service ex- question. ATF is authorized to begin enforce- liographic history database in the world. Its pansion to other geographic areas in the re- ment proceedings when a violation of our Na- award-winning social studies databases reach gion, the VNA experienced unprecedented tion’s Federal gun laws has occurred. students in thousands of schools nationally. growth for a total of 211,334 visits and the I want the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD to clear- I commend Eric H. Boehm, Inge P. Boehm, serving of 2,912 patients by 400 employees in ly reflect some specific examples of the type Fritz Fellner, and John A.S. Grenville for 1 year. of predatory lawsuits this bill will immediately founding Historical Abstracts 50 years ago. With the beginning of the new millennium, stop. The bill was drafted to require courts This pioneering publication connects the inter- budget cuts from Medicaid and Medicare where these cases are pending or filed to dis- national community of historians, making caused the VNA to reorganize, reduce work- miss them on their own motions, what the law- writings of the international history community force and office space, and to freeze wages in yers call sua sponte. One of the primary pur- known and accessible to historians and history order to survive. Then in October of 2000 the poses of this legislation is to not force defend- students worldwide. Medicare Prospective Payment System ants to incur the additional costs and delay of ABC–CLIO is also committed to serving our changed the reimbursement environment and filing motions and arguing, and certainly not to local community by actively participating in relieved the financial constraints on the agen- go through costly trials and appeals of cases Partners in Education, United Way, and nu- cy. that the bill requires be dismissed forthwith. merous other local programs. ABC–CLIO and Presently with advances in technology and The predatory lawsuits that this bill will stop CEO Ron Boehm have supported the nation- the ability to monitor patients 7 days a week, are an abuse of courts and law-abiding busi- ally recognized Computers for Families, which the VNA is able to benchmark against State nesses and individuals. is the flagship program for Partners in Edu- and national norms for quality of care and pa- A clear cut example is the case of the City cation, since its inception eight years ago. tient/customer satisfaction. In 2004 the agency of New York v. Beretta USA Corp. et al, cur- I commend ABC–CLIO on its 50th Anniver- received the Greater Holyoke Chamber of rently set for trial on November 27 in Federal sary and recognize them for the important role Commerce Pacesetter Award for Non-Profit court in Brooklyn, NY. The plaintiff has as- they play in our community and our world by Operational Excellence. serted that industry members have created a ensuring that historical scholarship is acces- In conclusion, the VNA for the past 100 ‘‘public nuisance.’’ The lawful sale of a highly sible to historians and students across the years has maintained the primary theme of af- regulated product later misused by criminals is globe. fordable patient care by making 2 million visits not a public nuisance, and has never been

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.003 E25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2163 considered a public nuisance in American ju- so that creative lawyers cannot later try to opened their hearts and dedicated both finan- risprudence. come up with a creative argument to wiggle cial and emotional support to the evacuees of One such suit that S. 397 will stop is the around this bill. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. All of suit by the District of Columbia and nine indi- For instance, the intent of Congress and this the States along the gulf coast have endured vidual plaintiffs who have sued members of bill cannot be evaded or avoided by, for exam- terrible hardships during this hurricane sea- the firearms industry under a District statute ple, claiming that a public nuisance suit son, and I know that the generosity of North that, unbelievably, imposes automatic and ab- against manufacturers or sellers is based on Texans played a vital role in bringing some solute liability. The statute in question says a criminals who unlawfully or criminally possess peace into their lives. manufacturer is liable ‘‘without regard to fault firearms but who may have not discharged Today, I want to specifically thank one man or proof of defect.’’ There is also a case pend- them in the commission of a crime. In other and his donation. Gary Loudermilk, the Execu- ing in Federal court in the District of Columbia words, as the author of this legislation, I want tive Director of the Denton Baptist Association, in which a gun manufacturer is being sued my colleagues and our fellow Americans to helped provide Hurricane Katrina evacuees under this very same statute—Charlot v. understand that, under the Protection of Law- with a place to stay at Camp Copass. Bushmaster. The companies being sued under ful Commerce in Arms Act, a ‘‘Qualified Civil Camp Copass is a known as Texas’ first the District ‘‘automatic’’ liability law have no Liability Action’’ covers criminal/unlawful pos- ‘‘Full-Service’’ Baptist camp. They normally defense. session, that includes, as used in the act, provide summer camp for kids of all ages, but Another example is the case of Ileto v. ‘‘misuse means and includes possession’’. during this time of need, they donated their Glock, in Federal court in Los Angeles, CA, I would also like to use this opportunity to time, space and money for Katrina evacuees. against a manufacturer and a distributor who clear up some other concerns and misunder- I stand here today to sincerely thank Gary are being sued over a criminal shooting. The standings. Some have asked, ‘‘Does the lan- Loudermilk for his donation. It is people like facts, if you can believe it, are that the manu- guage in section 5 create new civil liability for him that I am proud to call a fellow Texan. facturer, Glock, sold the pistol later criminally a gun owner, if the person does not use a ‘se- Through his contribution, he not only stands misused, to a Washington State police depart- cure gun storage or safety device’ and the as a devoted and giving American citizen, but ment and the distributor being sued never person’s gun is stolen and misused?’’ I would he serves as an inspiration to others. owned, sold, nor possessed the firearm that say quite forcefully that the answer is a re- f was criminally misused. sounding ‘‘No.’’ The fact is, there are almost Yet another example is the cases of Her- no cases finding gun owners liable for misuse HONORING THE OLDER WOMEN’S nandez v. Kahr Arms and Maisonet v. Kahr of stolen guns. Both the theft and the later LEAGUE ON ITS 25TH ANNIVER- Arms pending in State court in Massachusetts. crime are ‘‘superseding acts’’ that ‘‘break the SARY Here a manufacturer, Kahr Arms, whose prod- chain’’ of causation under traditional tort law. ucts are used by law enforcement across I would tell my colleagues that the only way HON. DORIS O. MATSUI America, is being sued for a criminal shooting section 5 could create liability would be if a OF CALIFORNIA at a well-known gang hangout with a long his- court thought it created a new duty or a new IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tory of drug use, drug dealing and violence. standard of care for gun owners. However, the Tuesday, October 25, 2005 The criminal shooting was committed with an language specifically states that it does not unfinished, but functioning firearm assembled ‘‘create a cause of action against any Federal Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tribute from individual parts that were stolen from the firearms licensee or any other person for any to an organization with a great record of serv- factory over time by an ex-employee. Fol- civil liability [or] establish any standard of ice to older and midlife women throughout the lowing the incident, James A. McNally of the care.’’ United States. For the past 25 years, the ATF Boston Field Office told the local news- Finally, compliance or noncompliance could Older Women’s League has worked tirelessly paper that theft from reputable gun manufac- not even be used as evidence, except against and successfully to protect and improve the turers such as Kahr Arms is relatively rare. He a dealer who failed to sell the required locks, economic, health and social equity needs of went on to say, ‘‘[Kahr Arms] is the victim. or by a gun owner who wanted to present his aging women. I ask all of my colleagues to They’re not the problem.’’—Worcester Tele- use of a safety device as a defense against a join me in saluting the 25th anniversary of the graph & Gazette at p. 1, March 18, 2000. civil suit. On that point, section 5 provides a Older Women’s League, the only national There is also a pending suit against mem- new defense, not a new line of attack. grassroots organization in America to provide bers of the firearms industry by the city of The purpose of the liability protection lan- a voice to the over 58 million American Gary, IN, even though the State of Indiana guage in section 5 is to address gun owners’ women who are over the age of 40. has itself passed a State law similar in pur- concern that the ‘‘secure gun storage or safety Founded in 1980 following a White House pose and intent to S. 397. device’’ requirement would expose them to a Mini-Conference on Older Women in Des In the days leading up to the Senate debate new kind of lawsuits. The language neither Moines, Iowa, the Older Women’s League this summer lawyers from antigun interest creates nor eliminates liability for gun owners (OWL) has grown to over 40 local chapters groups rushed to the courthouse to file at least who use safety devices; in effect, it leaves the and 4,500 members nationwide. The members three such lawsuits, one in New York and two common law rules unchanged for those gun of these local OWL chapters engage in nation- in Pennsylvania. There are reports that still owners. wide education and advocacy campaigns to more baseless lawsuits have been filed just If individual gun owners’ liability for stolen place issues of interest to older women in the this week. guns becomes a major national issue like the public spotlight and on the legislative agenda. Congress is properly acting here under its suits against the industry, it could be the sub- OWL members have worked diligently to Commerce Clause powers, as we have done ject of additional legislation. The Indiana legis- highlight key older women’s health issues in- many times in the past. We are also rightly lature changed Indiana law to prevent exactly cluding the Medicare prescription drug benefit, concerned, as is the Department of Defense, this type of lawsuit after a court decision mental health awareness, osteoporosis and that if these lawsuits succeed in driving gun opened that door. better nutrition. In addition, the organization manufacturers out of business, the national Mr. Speaker, I have made these remarks to has launched a recent campaign geared to- defense will be harmed. The same is true for ensure that anyone trying to evade the letter ward women of all ages, entitled ‘‘Social Secu- our homeland security, as these same compa- and spirit of this legislation will have as little rity Matters.’’ This campaign educates women nies make the firearms used by law enforce- ‘‘wiggle room’’ as possible. It is my hope that on the importance of Social Security and why ment. It is our obligation to take steps to pro- I have done just that. privatization could jeopardize their retirement. tect a vital component of our national defense f Perhaps one of the most important initia- infrastructure—America’s ‘‘Arsenal for Democ- SALUTE TO HURRICANE tives that OWL undertakes each year is the racy.’’ VOLUNTEER GARY LOUDERMILK OWL Mother’s Day Report. The first OWL The Constitution imposes upon Congress Mother’s Day Report was released shortly the duty to protect the second amendment HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS after the organization’s inception and provides and the right it provides to individuals to ‘‘keep an in-depth analysis of a particular matter of OF TEXAS and bear arms.’’ This right will be a mere illu- concern to older and midlife women ranging in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sion if firearms manufacturers are driven out subjects from Caregiving to Age and Sex Dis- of business by predatory lawsuits. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 crimination in America’s Labor Force. Mr. Speaker, let me continue to be clear Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Another important accomplishment for which here as to the purpose and intent of this bill salute those individuals and organizations that OWL has been nationally recognized has

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.006 E25OCPT1 E2164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 25, 2005 been the establishment of the Older Ameri- a providential meeting with a Franciscan NATIONAL GAUCHER FOUNDATION cans’ Mental Health Week, which occurs dur- priest. He showed her a picture of the Holy AWARENESS MONTH ing the last full week of May each year. This Face of Jesus from the Shroud of Turin. After yearly public awareness campaign is designed seeing this image, Mama Gili dedicated her HON. BARNEY FRANK to highlight the many misperceptions associ- life, until her death in 1985, to spreading the OF MASSACHUSETTS ated with mental illness and aging. To bring Word about the Holy Face to those in her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES national attention to mental health, OWL part- community. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 ners with several mental health and senior citizen organizations, including the American As- She was honored by the Italian Tribune Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, sociation for Geriatric Psychiatry, American newspaper with the Woman of the Year award last month, September, the National Gaucher Society on Aging, AARP, American Associa- in 1965 for her work with many charities and, Foundation devoted its efforts to publicizing tion of People with Disabilities, Depression for helping both to establish the Capuchin what the foundation calls ‘‘the most prevalent and Bipolar Support Alliance and Families for Franciscan Friars and to organize the Third genetic disease facing United States Jews.’’ Depression Awareness. Order of St. Francis in Orange. This past Sat- The National Gaucher Foundation is dedicated Finally, it has been an honor to have a local urday, she was again being honored with the to combating this disease that affects signifi- advocate for OWL at our side, Betty Perry. dedication of Minton Place between Lincoln cant numbers of Ashkenazi Jews. While the Betty Perry has been instrumental at the Sac- Avenue and Scotland Road in Orange, NJ. disease is very debilitating, it is treatable, and ramento OWL chapter and OWL of California Renamed ‘‘Mama Gili Place’’, this memorial it is therefore particularly important that people in providing a powerful voice for older women will be a tribute to her steadfast dedication to learn a great deal about it so that those who in regards to prescription drug benefits, equal her faith and community. do suffer from it or are threatened from it are aware of what can be done to treat it. I com- pensions for older women and fighting against Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mama Gili’s mend the work of the National Gaucher Foun- Social Security privatization. friends and family on their efforts to keep her dation, and I encourage people, particularly Mr. Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to legacy alive. I also wish them continued suc- the Older Women’s League’s 25 years of ad- Ashkenazi Jews who may well be vulnerable cess on their journey towards her Beatifi- vocacy and empowerment of women. I am to it, to take advantage of the foundation’s cation/Canonization to Sainthood. confident that this organization will continue to work to gain knowledge that may be of signifi- play a crucial role in bringing national attention cant benefit for their health and that of their f to issues affecting midlife and older women. I families. ask all of my colleagues to join with me in PROTECTION OF LAWFUL f wishing the Older Women’s League continued COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT FISCAL SPENDING CONSTRAINT success in all its future endeavors. f SPEECH OF HON. JEFF MILLER TRIBUTE TO ADDOLORATA OF FLORIDA IMMACOLATA GILI—DEDICATION HON. JOHN SULLIVAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MAMA GILI’S PLACE OF OKLAHOMA Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Presi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DONALD M. PAYNE dent Reagan once said, ‘‘We don’t have a tril- OF NEW JERSEY Thursday, October 20, 2005 lion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in we spend too much.’’ I wish others would support of S. 397, the Protection of Lawful Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great en- heed his words and begin exercising more fis- thusiasm that I ask my colleagues here in the Commerce in Arms Act. cal constraint. House of Representatives to join me as I rise I am an original cosponsor of the House We should start with our own paychecks to honor the memory of a very special person, version of this legislation because I do not be- and truly lead the American people by actions the late Addolorata (Dolores) Immacolata Gili, lieve that licensed gun manufacturers and and not words. I have introduced a bill—Rescind the Con- and to offer my congratulations to her family merchants should be held legally responsible gressional Pay Raise Act, which rescinds and friends, and to the people whose lives she for the unlawful use of their lawful products. Members’ salaries back to last year’s pay touched in my Congressional District of Or- Continuing to allow these frivolous lawsuits level. We cannot, in good conscience, entitle ange, New Jersey. Mama Gili, as she was af- could set a dangerous precedent for future fectionately known, was being honored on ourselves to more money while others con- lawsuits affecting many other industries across tinue to willingly make sacrifices for the sake Saturday October 22, 2005 for her faithful de- the nation. By passing this similar Senate bill, votion to God, her community and humankind. of our Nation’s future. we will prevent state courts from bankrupting Mr. Speaker, now is the critical time for She was the proud mother of five children, the national firearms industry and undermining Congress to step up to the plate and do what Helen, Florida, Claudia, Caesar and Joseph all citizens’ constitutional right to bear arms. is necessary to control this spending gone Jr., and the ‘‘adoptive’’ mother to many people awry. Let us start with ourselves. in the Orange community. Tort law rests upon a foundation of indi- She emigrated from Atripalda, Italy to the vidual responsibility where a product may not f United States in 1909 and initially stayed with be defined as defective unless there is some- RECOGNIZING LOCAL MARINES her brother, Umberto, in Brooklyn, New York. thing wrong with the product, rather than with FROM INDIA COMPANY FOR After moving to Orange, New Jersey, to live the product’s user. It is ridiculous to allow THEIR SERVICE TO THIS NATION with another brother, she met her future hus- such lawsuits to clog our courtrooms and band, Joseph F. Gili, whom she married in hinder those with valid claims from receiving HON. BRIAN HIGGINS 1913. justice. OF NEW YORK Always a true believer in the omnipresent Today, this Congress has the opportunity to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES power and love of God, Mama Gili knew that address unfounded lawsuits and guard a legal Tuesday, October 25, 2005 her life would be guided by His principles of and law-abiding industry. We should pass this service to others. She opened her home to legislation to protect the rights of citizens who Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I stand here many Italian immigrants as they transitioned to own and operate firearms in a legal manner, today to express thanks to the Marines from a new life in the U.S. She also always made and to free up our courtrooms for those legiti- India Company who have just completed a time to lend an ear and give devout advice to tour of duty where they fought heroically on mately harmed by defective products. people in her community. behalf of the United States of America. Even though she prematurely lost her hus- I urge my colleagues to vote for this sen- The brave soldiers from India Company band and endured the hardships of the Great sible legislation and set a precedent of respect were deployed to Iraq in March of this year to Depression as a single mother, her faith never for an industry which has done nothing wrong. aid in Operation Iraqi Freedom and have just wavered. In 1953, she returned, for the first We should hold individuals responsible for recently returned to be with their families in time, to her hometown in Italy where she had their crime, not the product manufacturer. western New York.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.010 E25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2165 In particular, I would like to recognize Sgt. A TRIBUTE TO THE 2005 their professional sports teams. In September, Eugene O’Connor, Cpl Joshua O’Connor, PVT SACRAMENTO MONARCHS over 3,000 fans cheered the Monarchs on as Matthew Shaw, Sgt Gary Spengler Jr., PVT they paraded through downtown Sacramento Jarred Leavitt, Cpl William Maher, Sgt James HON. DORIS O. MATSUI with the WNBA championship trophy. Thompson, LCpl Chris Manns, LCpl Jason OF CALIFORNIA Mr. Speaker, as the Sacramento Monarchs Florea and Cpl Jonathan Monaco, our local IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES revel in their most successful season in their heroes who selflessly defended peaceful inter- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 nine year history and prepare for another out- national relations and helped secure freedom standing season, I am honored to pay tribute for the Iraqi people. Each played an integral Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tribute to the many hardworking women and men of role in their company and deserve our rec- to the 2005 Sacramento Monarchs, the de- the Monarchs’ franchise. Over the past few ognition and respect. serving winners of the 2005 Women’s National months, they have brought so much joy and Through their valiant efforts they assisted Basketball Association championship. The civic pride to the city of Sacramento. Their stabilizing the city of Hit in the province of Al 2005 Monarchs successfully beat the Con- success and loyal following is truly a testa- Anbar, protecting Iraqis and their comrades, necticut Sun three games to one in a thrilling ment to the ever increasing importance of aiding in the arrest of 116 insurgents, and as- best of five games series to be crowned women’s professional sports, and it is a great sisting in exposing over 150 weapons stores WNBA royalty. By winning the 2005 WBNA honor for me to have the opportunity to com- and 160 bombs. championship series, the Sacramento Mon- mend them on their accomplishments. I ask all archs gave Sacramento its first national title in Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the residents of of my colleagues to join with me in congratu- professional basketball. I ask all of my col- the 27th Congressional District and all Ameri- lating the Sacramento Monarchs on a memo- leagues to join with me in saluting the trium- cans I wish to extend my sincerest gratitude to rable season and wishing them continued suc- phant 2005 Sacramento Monarchs. these courageous and noble soldiers. Their cess in the future. The 2005 Sacramento Monarchs were com- service and sacrifices help protect the safety prised of an outstanding blend of seasoned and freedoms that make this Nation great. f professionals with several years of WNBA experience under their belts, as well as young, f RECOGNITION OF MRS. BONNIE talented recent college graduates. The team MANLEY was led by Yolanda Griffith, a former WNBA CONGRATULATING MARIELA MVP and four-time WNBA All-Star. During the AGUILLON regular season, Griffith averaged nearly four- teen points and over six rebounds a game. HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Against the Sun, when it mattered the most, OF ILLINOIS she increased her averages to eighteen points IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS and ten rebounds a game and was named IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Finals MVP. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 During the playoffs, point guard Ticha Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Penicheiro led the league in assists, and aver- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to aged five a game throughout the Monarchs’ today in recognition of Mrs. Bonnie Marley of congratulate Ms. Mariela Aguillon for receiving playoff run. She was recently recognized in San Diego, California and Mr. Ron Blackman the PacifiCare Latino Health Scholarship. her hometown of Figueira da Foz, Portugal, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. These special individ- with the ‘‘Medalha de Honra ao Merito uals dedicated their lives to educating the Since 2003, PacifiCare has awarded Desportivo,’’ a medal honoring her outstanding United States’ next generation of cosmetolo- $356,000.00 to 155 deserving students in the achievement in the WNBA. gists. Mrs. Manley and Mr. Blackman were Latino Health Scholars program. This program In addition, the 2005 WNBA Championship owners of Pivot Point International member was created to educate students about career team was assisted by the contributions of schools, part of a global beauty education opportunities for Hispanics and Latinos in the many other great players including Olympia company headquartered in my district. They healthcare field. In order to qualify for this Scott-Richardson, DeMya Walker, Kara honorably supported the company’s philan- $2,000.00 scholarship, applicants are required Lawson, Rebekkah Brunson, and Nicole Pow- thropic commitment to the National Center for to demonstrate a grade point average of 3.0 ell. All of these Monarchs proved themselves Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). or better and be fluent in Spanish and English. to be among the best in the entire league. In addition, applicants must be enrolled in an Mrs. Manley was passionate about the wel- Whether a veteran or a recent addition, every approved health care program at a university, fare of children. Whether it was caring for her member of the championship team dem- community college or accredited technical col- own grandchildren, or a missing child hun- onstrated excellent team work, dedication, and lege. dreds of miles away, she inspired her students integrity as they fought their way to win the to raise more than $50,000 for NCMEC. According to the Office of Minority Health, title. Later this month, the entire team will find there is a nationwide shortage of bilingual and themselves on supermarket shelves across Ron Blackman refused to allow even a dis- bicultural professionals in the health care field. the country, as they will be the first WNBA aster to stop his commitment to the National Specifically, the shortage of Spanish speaking team featured on a Wheaties box. Center. Despite severe flood damage to his personnel in nursing and other allied health Besides having an extremely talented roster, school, he continued to raise money. Each professions, coupled with the growth of the the Monarchs could not have gone as far as year their students joined hundreds of others Latino population in the United States, re- they did without the commitment of a great nationwide to raise money for NCMEC. Their quires training and recruitment of an ever- coaching staff and an uncompromising leader- contributions are now approaching the greater number of qualified professionals. Mr. ship team in the front office. On the bench, $500,000 mark. Russell Bennett, Vice President of PacifiCare’s head coach John Whisenant and his able as- Tragically, both of these amazing individuals Latino Health Solutions, notes that the Latino sistant coaches Tom Abatemarco, Steve have recently passed away. To honor their Health Scholars program has ‘‘made a positive Shuman, and Monique Ambers each contrib- commitment to children, the Pivot Point Mem- difference in the lives of these deserving uted countless hours of film watching, ber Schools have created the ‘‘Manley- youths who are beginning their journey toward strategizing, and coaching to transform the Blackman Spirit Award.’’ This award will be realizing their academic and professional aspi- Monarchs into champions. given to a Pivot Point school owner, faculty rations.’’ In the front office, the Monarchs are led by member, or staff person who demonstrates a I extend my sincere congratulations to Ms. the ownership of the Maloof Family and the willingness to push limits, has shown a com- Mariela Aguillon on receiving this scholarship astute management of team president John mitment to community service, inspires others funded by the PacifiCare Foundation. As a Thomas. Under the Maloofs, the Sacramento to be the best they can be, and demonstrates doctor of over 21 years, I commend Ms. Monarchs have taken great steps to gain a perseverance in the face of adversity. I hope Aguillon’s dedication and desire to help others widespread following among area fans. Given that all my colleagues join me in recognizing by pursuing a career in the health care profes- the team’s commitment to their fans, it is no the lives and achievements of Bonnie Manley sion. wonder that Sacramento fans are so loyal to and Ron Blackman.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.015 E25OCPT1 E2166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 25, 2005 THANKING OREGON SCIENCE her diary. She disclosed to my teacher and HONORING UNION VALE MIDDLE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION headmaster and I felt bad when I decided to SCHOOL write my poem. My mother is now on medicines that help her HIV and she is better able HON. DAVID WU to take care of us children. HON. JOHN E. SWEENEY OF OREGON I am part of a child support group called, OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Young Positive Generation, and I am the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Chairperson. The Young Positive Generation Tuesday, October 25, 2005 group brings children with HIV/AIDS to- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Mr. WU. Mr. Speaker, I would like to state gether. We talk about HIV/AIDS, we sing, Mr. SWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to for the record my thanks to the Oregon dance, play and we give testimonies. This take this time to recognize the marvelous re- has helped me to be firm and not to be shy Science Teachers Association for its participa- sponse of the students of Union Vale Middle in public because I knew that I am not the School in Lagrangeville, New York to the vic- tion in National Chemistry Week. only one in the school with HIV. Now I am Just last week, the Oregon Science Teach- strong, I can play and I can do whatever tims of Hurricane Katrina. ers Association focused one of the sessions at thing comes. Hurricane Katrina caused such extensive its annual convention on National Chemistry HIV HIV HIV devastation that has had a profound effect on Week. The session provided Oregon science HIV is a dangerous virus the entire country. When Hurricane Katrina teachers with the opportunity to learn how to HIV causes AIDS made landfall on August 29, 2005, as a Cat- incorporate National Chemistry Week into their AIDS is a bad disease egory 4 storm, millions of American lives were classroom, providing them with projects and Oh what a disease it is changed forever. Americans in the Gulf Coast lab ideas. Many children lost their parents because of lost their families, homes, business, schools I thank every Oregon science teacher for AIDS and communities. Intense rains, wind, flooding their participation. Oregon science teachers Many parents lost their children because of and tornadoes caused by Hurricane Katrina are molding the next generation of scientists. AIDS resulted in immense devastation of the Gulf Our beloved ones are dead because of AIDS Coast states. The residents of the affected f Oh what a cumbersome disease it is areas are trying to find a way to rebuild their ASSISTANCE FOR ORPHANS AND Ugandans, what should we do to fight lives, despite returning to a lack of water, food VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN DE- AIDS? We should fight AIDS in the following and shelter. VELOPING COUNTRIES ACT OF ways: Americans across the nation felt the effects 2005 1. By use of condoms of Hurricane Katrina. To this day, Americans 2. Children should abstain from sex before marriage continue to donate money, time and effort to SPEECH OF 3. Blood must be tested for HIV help rebuild this devastated part of the coun- HON. BARBARA LEE 4. Blood must be tested before being given try. States across the country have taken in to sick people who lack blood evacuees and are helping them find shelter OF CALIFORNIA 5. Pregnant mothers should be given drugs and rebuild their lives. Colleges and univer- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in order to prevent mother to child trans- sities have welcomed students displaced by Tuesday, October 18, 2005 mission of HIV Katrina to their campuses. Americans have Our government, president, government of opened their hearts to their fellow citizens. Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, the Elizabeth Glaser USA, President Bush, doctors, nurses, teach- Pediatric AIDS Foundation is a lead organiza- ers, parents and guardians, help us we are This great relief effort can be seen in the tion in providing pediatric care and treatment dying. community of students, faculty and parents to children with HIV. In mid-September, the We should KICK from Union Vale Middle School in Foundation held a briefing on this important We should KICK Lagrangeville, New York. Upon learning of the issue, and brought to the halls of Congress a We should KICK AIDS OUT OF THE terrible devastation caused by Katrina, Union brave HIV-positive 12-year-old girl from Ugan- WORLD Vale Middle School set to work raising funds da named Josephine Nabukenya, who pre- to support the victims. The middle school es- sented testimony and a poem on HIV that was f tablished a ‘‘Katrina Relief Week’’, which included a ‘‘Walk to Higher Ground’’ walk-a- extremely moving and brought the audience to SALUTE TO HURRICANE thon, bake sale, silent auction with prizes do- a stand-still. VOLUNTEER WILLIAM SCHULTZ This young girl has lost siblings to HIV and nated by faculty, staff and local businesses, along with a Faculty Benefit Showcase. In all, almost lost her mother as well. Thanks to ap- HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS propriate care and lifesaving medications, she the community of Union Vale Middle School OF TEXAS and her family are healthy and remain to- raised over $26,000. This is a marvelous ac- gether. Josephine not only represents a story IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES complishment and a heartfelt donation to the of hope that comes with the availability of care Tuesday, October 25, 2005 victims of Hurricane Katrina. and treatment, but as the president of a group I would like to recognize the Union Vale Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Middle School community for their remarkable called the Young Positive Generation, she is salute those individuals and organizations that spreading hope and knowledge to her peers efforts for raising money for the areas dev- opened their hearts and dedicated both finan- astated by Hurricane Katrina. The students, and their families. I would like to insert into the cial and emotional support to the evacuees of RECORD her testimony. faculty and staff dedicated a great amount of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. All of time and money to this cause, demonstrating JOSEPHINE NABUKENYA, KAMPALA, UGANDA the States along the gulf coast have endured their concern for and compassion towards CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON PEDIATRIC terrible hardships during this hurricane sea- their fellow citizens. Union Vale Middle School TREATMENT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 son, and I know that the generosity of north is an exemplary community whose invaluable My name is Josephine Nabukenya, I am 12 Texans played a vital role in bringing some dedication to helping our nation deserves our years old and I go to school at Kasubi Church peace into their lives. recognition. of Uganda. I was born HIV positive and got Today, I want to specifically thank one man, the disease from my mother, who also suffers f from HIV/AIDS. Luckily, my HIV does not his store and his donation. William Schultz, limit what I do very much, and I still go to from Circle C Construction, donated $1,000 in CONGRATULATING THE CHICAGO school. I am not on any medicines right now, clothing and videos during Hurricane Katrina. WHITE SOX ON WINNING THE but I do go for regular examinations where Circle C Construction is located in Fort PENNANT my HIV is monitored. Worth. They provide services such as installa- I found out that I was HIV positive when tion, building and contracting, and utility con- HON. RAHM EMANUEL my mother was getting sick regularly. My tracting. OF ILLINOIS mother told me to go and arrange her bed- I stand here today to sincerely thank William room, and when I did I saw her diary under IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Schultz for his donation. It is people like him the pillowcase. I read it and it said that she Tuesday, October 25, 2005 was HIV positive, along with my father, me that I am proud to call a fellow Texan. and my little sister. I kept quiet and she also Through his contribution, he not only stands Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to kept quiet, but later she disclosed this to me as a devoted and giving American citizen, but congratulate the Chicago White Sox for win- and I told her that I had known when I read he serves as an inspiration to others. ning their first pennant since 1959. On the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.019 E25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2167 strength of its pitching staff, clutch hitting and Elvis Presley, Memphis has long been known Jackson. The Paramount Classics film, Black expert managing, the White Sox led the Amer- for fostering creativity and musical talent. W.C. Snake Moan, is currently in production in ican League with 99 victories in the regular Handy first made traditional blues music pop- Memphis with Christina Ricci, Justin Timber- season and won an American League Central ular, and in the 1950s, Memphis based artists lake, and David Banner. Division title. synthesized blues and country into ‘‘rock-a- Isaac Hayes & David Porter: They started Ozzie Guillen, a long-time White Sox player, billy,’’ the precursor to rock and roll. At Sun out as just a couple of talented Memphis kids managed the team to a sweep of the defend- Studios, Sam Phillips helped discover the leg- trying to make it in the local music scene. Fate ing champion Boston Red Sox in American ends—Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and oth- brought them to Stax Records. David Porter League Division Series. The team followed ers—that made Memphis the birthplace of got there first and became Stax’s first staff that impressive feat with a victory over the rock and roll. In the 1960s, as the Almanac of songwriter. But it was when Grammy-winner Anaheim Angels in five games in the Amer- American Politics said, ‘‘Memphis once again Isaac Hayes joined the Stax family that the ican League Championship Series, led by se- became the crucible of a new sound, soul equation was complete: Hayes + Porter = ries MVP Paul Konerko and tremendous start- music, which emerged as a counterpoint to Southern Soul’s premier songwriting duo. ing pitching. Jose Contreras, Mark Buehrle, rock,’’ with the Stax sound and artists such as They fueled the success of Stax and Atlantic Jon Garland and Freddy Garcia pitched con- Isaac Hayes, Booker T. and the MG’s and Records with such classics as ‘‘Soul Man,’’ secutive complete game victories for the Sox Rufus Thomas. ‘‘Hold On, I’m Coming,’’ and ‘‘When Some- in the ALCS, an accomplishment not seen Mr. Speaker, that creative tradition is alive thing is Wrong With My Baby.’’ They also since 1956. and well in Memphis as demonstrated by the were producers and artists, turning out hit I’d also like to extend my personal congratu- success of the Recording Academy’s hon- records under their own names. Hayes went lations to Jerry Reinsdorf, who is the owner of orees. on to become the first Amcan-American com- this historic franchise, and one of the most So much of our city’s creative success poser to win the Oscar (for the timeless clas- dominant teams in NBA history, the Chicago would not have been possible without the ex- sic ‘‘Theme from Shaft’’ from Shaft), while Por- Bulls. Jerry was born in Brooklyn, New York, istence of WDIA. It has given a venue to local ter became one of Memphis most prominent but he has made his mark on Chicago history, artists who have gone on to national and inter- Amcan-American entrepreneurs. Together providing North and South Siders alike with national fame. At a time of public and private they bear the distinction of having had national years of excitement and memories. Jerry has segregation, WDIA broke down racial barriers. chart hits in five consecutive decades—a testi- been the head of these historic franchises for It is still an instrumental part of making our mony to the enduring quality of their team- over 20 years, during which the Bulls won six community a better place to live and work. work. Their recent induction into the Inter- World Championships, and the White Sox won As one of the most popular music artists national Songwriters Hall of Fame cements 4 division titles and one pennant. performing today, Justin Timberlake is the lat- what their hometown has long known. As Rod- Jerry is also to be commended for his work est superstar to carry on the Memphis music gers & Hammerstein were to Broadway, the in ensuring that these historic franchises re- legacy. Drawing from our rich and diverse Gershwins to classic pop and Leiber & Stoller mained where they belong, in Chicago. In an music traditions to create multi-platinum to early rock and roll, Hayes & Porter are to era when countless sports franchises aban- records, Justin has earned a rightful place in Memphis soul- simply the best there ever was. doned their local fan base to move to the sub- the pantheon of stars our city has produced Justin Timberlake: Grammy-winning artist urbs or new cities, Jerry oversaw the construc- over the years. Justin Timberlake is simply the hottest pop tion of new stadiums for the White Sox and At Stax Records, Isaac Hayes and David music artist to come from the Mid-South since Bulls, directly across the street from their Porter were a dynamic and creative duo that Elvis Presley. Born and raised in the Shelby former locations. He has also been instru- churned out a unique musical sound that be- Forest area north of Memphis, the platinum- mental in the community outreach efforts of came popular throughout the world. We are selling artist, all of 24, has gone from one his teams and has been a credit to the Chi- fortunate that both are still active artists and mega-success to another. At 14, Justin joined cago community. Jerry has also exhibited a that Stax has undergone a reincarnation as *NSYNC a five-member band based in Or- strong community spirit and work ethic in his the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and lando, Fla. That group would go on to become other work as an attorney, certified public ac- the Stax Music Academy where young people one of the biggest acts of the past decade, in- countant and real-estate developer. are receiving music education and academic citing a Beatles-like hysteria in its legion of As a lifelong North Sider I must admit that skills. fans. In 2002, Timberlake went solo; proving I’m a little wistful seeing the activity at U.S. Long part of the Memphis film scene, Craig that life after the group craze could be even Cellular Field while Wrigley Field goes into an- Brewer was recently catapulted onto the na- better. His solo debut, Justified, racked up nu- other quiet October, but I’m thrilled to join first tional stage with his critically acclaimed film merous awards, including two Grammys and fan Mayor Richard M. Daley and all of Chi- Hustle & Flow. Our special brand of hip-hop went on to sell nearly 7 million records world- cago in hoping the White Sox can win it all for music and film making is getting national ex- wide. Not only is he a talented singer, dancer, the first time since 1917. I wish manager posure as the result of his work. We look for- composer, producer and actor, Timberlake is Ozzie Guillen, general manager Ken Williams, ward to his next endeavor about the blues en- also a philanthropist who believes in fostering owner Jerry Reinsdorf and all the players and titled Black Snake Moan. music education. In 2001, The Justin Timber- loyal fans the best of luck against the Houston Mr. Speaker, I ask that the following de- lake Foundation began fulfilling its mission by Astros in the World Series. Go Sox! scription of the honorees provided by the Re- providing grants to schools in need of instru- f cording Academy be included in the RECORD ments, sheet music, or staffing, as well as to and ask my colleagues to join me in recog- non-profit organizations, which provide much TRIBUTE TO THE RECIPIENTS OF nizing their accomplishments. needed after-school music programs. THE RECORDING ACADEMY HON- Craig Brewer: True to the spirit of this city’s WDIA is the first radio station in America ORS indomitable, independent tradition, Memphis that was programmed entirely by Amcan- film maker Craig Brewer is a self-made man. Americans for Amcan-Americans. It empow- HON. HAROLD E. FORD, JR. Like Clarence Saunders, Sam Phillips, Elvis ered a huge segment of the population that OF TENNESSEE Presley, Fred Smith, and dozens more entre- was, until the late 1940s, largely unrecog- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES preneurs and free thinkers who have helped nized. The Goodwill Station, as it came to be put Memphis on the map, Brewer has suc- known, was an unprecedented pioneer in Tuesday, October 25, 2005 ceeded where others might fear to even try. In community involvement, setting new standards Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute 2000, this unknown screenwriter/director of civic responsibility for the electronic media. to Craig Brewer, Isaac Hayes, David Porter, walked away with the Hollywood Film Fes- Its annual Goodwill and Starlight Revues Justin Timberlake and WDIA. On Saturday, tival’s Best Digital Feature Award on the basis played to capacity crowds, and all the money October 22, 2005, they were honored by the of his self-financed project The Poor And Hun- raised was used for charitable activities. Draw- Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy gry. Four years later, Brewer struck gold with ing from talent throughout the Mid-South, for their contribution to our city and the greater his hometown rap epic Hustle & Flow, which WDIA was the opportunity unknown per- creative community. won the Audience Award at the 2005 formers were praying for. Local talents such From W.C. Handy, the father of the blues, Sundance Film Festival and was subsequently as Rufus Thomas, Dwight ‘‘Gatemouth’’ B.B. King, Otis Redding, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wil- purchased by MTV Films. Now Brewer is ap- Moore, and Maurice ‘‘Hot Rod’’ Hulbert began son Pickett, and Al Green to Sam and Dave, plying his midas touch to the fictional story of as disc jockeys. Entertainers such as B.B. Carl Perkins, Rufus Thomas, Roy Orbison and a rural bluesman, played by actor Samuel L. King and Bobby Blue Bland began the road to

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.023 E25OCPT1 E2168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 25, 2005 fame plugging their gigs at local clubs, while The West is largely a story written in Span- Maria Guajardo Lucero serves as an example their music received airtime on WDIA. With ish and Hispanic peoples. Whether as con- of this ideal in practice. Whether one is fortu- WDIA’s emergence, the broadcasting land- querors, founders or new immigrants, Hispanic nate enough to share in her Latino heritage or scape for Amcan-Americans changed forever. people have shaped the country. not, it is an ideal every American can appre- Established in 1957, the National Academy So it was for Maria Guajardo Lucero, whose ciate. of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also parents came to this country with six young f known as The Recording Academy, is an or- children hoping to make good on the ‘‘Amer- A TRIBUTE TO DR. ATUL B. ganization of musicians, producers, engineers ican Dream.’’ Her mother had a second grade CHOKSHI and recording professionals that is dedicated education and her father never went to school. to improving the cultural condition and quality As she has said, ‘‘Between both of my parents of life for music and its makers. Internationally they have never read a book. ‘‘ Yet they were HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS known for the Grammy Awards, The Record- wise in setting very high expectations for their OF NEW YORK ing Academy is responsible for daughter. They expected academic excellence IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES groundbreaking professional development, cul- because they knew that an education was her Tuesday, October 25, 2005 tural enrichment, advocacy, education and best opportunity to have a better life. Maria Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in human services programs. understood this at a very young age. She recognition of Dr. Atul B. Chokshi, a member f says, ‘‘I determined to make growing up easier of the Brooklyn community and a distinguished for other children.’’ member of the healthcare profession. It is an SALUTE TO HURRICANE Maria set high goals for herself and she honor to represent Dr. Chokshi in the House VOLUNTEER MICHAEL RAMSEY reached them. of Representatives and it behooves us to pay She graduated with honors from Harvard tribute to this outstanding leader in American HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS University and earned her Masters and PhD Medicine. OF TEXAS from the University of Denver. In addition, she Mr. Speaker, on Dr. Atul B. Chokshi’s re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is also a graduate of the Kennedy School of sume he states that his life’s goals are to ‘‘be Government Programs for Senior Executives Tuesday, October 25, 2005 as complete a cardiologist as possible’’ and in State and Local Government. Dr. Guajardo ‘‘to be as nice and loving a human being as Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Lucero is now the Executive Director of the possible.’’ To the thousands of people of the salute those individuals and organizations that Mayor’s Office for Education and Children in Interfaith Medical Center community who have opened their hearts and dedicated both finan- Denver, where she oversees programs that in- been touched by Dr. Chokshi’s gentleness and cial and emotional support to the evacuees of clude early childhood education (Head Start) caring nature, he has already met his life’s Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. All of to post-secondary education. goals. the states along the Gulf Coast have endured I had the opportunity to work with her re- Born and trained in India, with an 18-month terrible hardships during this hurricane sea- cently on the ‘‘Education to Elevate Colorado’s stint in England, Dr. Chokshi has been with son, and I know that the generosity of North Economy’’ (E3) Summit. She is as articulate Interfaith Medical Center for nearly his entire Texans played a vital role in bringing some on the subject of student preparedness as medical career. Joining one of Interfaith Med- peace into their lives. anyone I have ever heard. She points out that ical Center’s predecessor hospitals, Jewish Today, I want to specifically thank one man, children in classrooms today are not only com- Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn, or his store and his donation. Michael Ramsey, peting with children from other schools in ‘‘Brooklyn Jewish’’ in the summer of 1978 as the Vice President of Christian Community Ac- America, but also with children on a global an Intern in Internal Medicine. Dr. Chokshi has tion participated in the Albertsons Food Relief scale. Children today need to be prepared to served in a variety of positions leading up to Donation during hurricane Katrina. compete with students from China, Russia, his being named the Director of the Cardiac Since 1973, Christian Community Action India, and around the world. If the United Catheterization Lab. has provided spiritual and physical assistance States is to retain its strength in the world, we As head of Interfaith Medical Center’s Car- to communities and families in need. CCA is must be prepared to compete in the global diac Cath Lab since 1993, Dr. Chokshi has pi- a grass-roots nonprofit organization that pro- marketplace, and that means in the market- oneered thoughtful and gentle cardiology care. vides food, clothing, housing and vital per- place of ideas—the marketplace of excellence. In November 2004, Dr. Chokshi launched the sonal services to destitute families throughout Dr. Guajardo Lucero insists that we hold all City’s first Walk-in-Walk-Out transradial car- North Texas. From the headquarters in Old students to the same high academic stand- diac catheterization program. Virtually painless Town Lewisville, CCA assists more than ards, regardless of their race or socio-eco- and allowing the patient to go home to resume 15,000 people every year. nomic status. I agree with her when she says normal activity within an hour, Interfaith Med- I stand here today to sincerely thank Mi- that we should ensure that each student grad- ical Center’s Walk-in-Walk-Out service in- chael Ramsey for his donation. It is people uates high school and is prepared to enter col- volves inserting the catheter into the radial ar- like him that I am proud to call a fellow Texan. lege after graduation. Rationalizing that we tery at the wrist for complete cardiac evalua- Through his contribution, he not only stands should expect less from those who have less tion and even a peripheral angiogram can be as a devoted and giving American citizen, but does an unconscionable disservice to our un- done at the same time without the use of the he serves as an inspiration to others. derserved populations. It also runs contrary to femoral artery. f the instincts of any parent who naturally per- In addition to being a brilliant physician, Dr. ceives boundless potential for their own child, Chokshi is an ardent student of the Bhagawad HONORING DR. MARIA GUAJARDO so how can we hope for anything less for Gita, which inspired him to combine his devo- LUCERO other children? tion to the teachings of Lord Krishna with his If anyone can illustrate this in real life it is cardiology expertise to help establish The HON. MARK UDALL Dr. Maria Guajardo Lucero. Krishna Heart Institute in Ahmedabad, India. OF COLORADO I also want to note that Dr. Guajardo Lucero Since its opening in 2000, The Krishna Heart IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is a graduate of the Colorado Outward Bound Institute has performed more than 4000 open School. She participated and graduated in this Tuesday, October 25, 2005 heart surgeries and 25,000 other life-saving program when I was the head of this school, procedures. Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise and at a time when I was trying to bring Out- Dr. Chokshi is married to Dr. Vandana today to honor Dr. Maria Guajardo Lucero. As ward Bound’s leadership program to a more Chokshi, a radiologist with a subspecialty in we recognize Hispanic Heritage Month, we ac- diverse population. While I signed her gradua- Nuclear Medicine and Chief of both Radiology knowledge the immeasurable contributions tion certificate, I did not lead her course, but and Nuclear Medicine at Interfaith Medical that Hispanic-Americans have made to enrich I am reliably informed by those who knew her Center. Drs. Atul and Vandana Chokshi have our culture and inform our values. The wealth at the time that she is a courageous rock a daughter, Krishna. of literature, film, art, music, and cuisine is evi- climber. Mr. Speaker, I believe that it is incumbent dent throughout America, but even more so in Nothing speaks more to our collective ideals on this body to recognize the accomplish- my part of the country, the West. Core Latino than our investment in public education. The ments and selfless service of Dr. Chokshi as values—hard work, faith, family, and love of foundation of American society is based on he offers his talents and philanthropic services country—are values we all respect and ad- the principle that each of us ought to have the for the betterment of our local and national mire. opportunity to achieve our full potential. Dr. communities.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.025 E25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2169 Mr. Speaker, Dr. Chokshi has continuously man from a rural coalmining community on a promotes mutual respect and human rights for demonstrated a level of altruistic dedication path that we celebrate here on the Floor of the all people, and contributes to the efficiency of that makes this kind gentleman and master United States House of Representatives dialogue and understanding among all reli- scientist most worthy of our recognition today. today. gions. f Congratulations to Mr. Jack C. Smith for 50 I commend not only their success over the years of business success and thank you for years from its inception up to the inauguration HONORING MR. JACK C. SMITH, 50 years of setting an example each of us can of a new spiritual center, but also their undeni- FOUNDER OF K–VA–T FOODS, follow. able commitment to the promotion of religious FOOD CITY f and cultural awareness both nationally and internationally. The Guru Gobind Singh Foun- HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. RECOGNIZING THE GURU GOBIND dation serves as a strong, unified representa- SINGH FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE tive of Sikhism by communicating the interests IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and perspectives of the Sikh community to the Tuesday, October 25, 2005 HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY American public and international organiza- OF NEW YORK tions. Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Once again, I fully acknowledge the my admiration and respect for Mr. Jack C. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 achievements of the Guru Gobind Singh Foun- Smith, the creative entrepreneur and commu- dation and its undying determination to foster nity leader responsible for K–VA–T Foods, Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to awareness and understanding of Sikhism in Food City. Although Mr. Smith resides in Vir- recognize the completion of the Guru Gobind America. Singh Foundation and its opening, which will ginia, his impact has reached thousands of f households in East Tennessee. occur on October 2, 2005. I commend this or- As Members of this body, we frequently ganization for their dedication to the construc- SALUTE TO HURRICANE have the opportunity to recognize the achieve- tion and also the inauguration of such an im- VOLUNTEER WAYNE HASSLER ments of our constituents and these achieve- portant spiritual center within the Sikh commu- ments are quite often remarkable. Today, nity. The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS though, we have the distinct honor to recog- (GGSF) is a Gurdwara, an institution with a OF TEXAS nize a man who has consistently embodied hope to increase global awareness of Sikhism, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES what we respectfully call the great American the world’s fifth largest religion, as well as en- spirit. hance the image of Sikhs in order to bring Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Mr. Smith was born into a small rural them into the mainstream, especially in Amer- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to coalmining community in Southern Virginia. ican society. salute those individuals and organizations that From an early age he showed signs of leader- Since its inception in 1985, GGSF has de- opened their hearts and dedicated both finan- ship and recognized the greatness of his Na- voted its time and energy to promoting and cial and emotional support to the evacuees of tion. Young Jack set as his life’s goal service highlighting the issues concerning Sikhs in the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. All of in the United States Navy and on Flag Day, United States. Since 1987, this group has rep- the states along the Gulf Coast have endured 1944, Jack Smith joined the ranks of our resented Sikhism in the Inter-Faith Con- terrible hardships during this hurricane sea- Navy’s finest as a Midshipman at the United ference, held in Washington, DC, and in 1993, son, and I know that the generosity of North States Naval Academy. participated in the World Parliament of Reli- Texans played a vital role in bringing some In 1947, he graduated from Annapolis and gions in Chicago. Also since 1987, they have peace into their lives. was married to his wife, Judy Smith. From consistently demonstrated their support for the Today, I want to specifically thank one man, 1947 until 1954, Mr. Smith served his Country Civil Rights Movement through their annual in- his store and his donation. Wayne Hassler, with distinction. Following an honorable dis- volvement in the birthday celebration of Martin from Chick-fil-A donated 75 sandwiches for charge, Mr. Smith and his wife returned to the Luther King, Jr. Uplifting local communities volunteers during hurricane Katrina. hills of Virginia. and focusing on the youth, GGSF has orga- Chick-fil-A is one of the largest privately It was here that Mr. Smith’s eye for busi- nized Punjabi and Gurmat classes every Sat- owned restaurant chains in the Nation. Yet, ness became focused. Recognizing the com- urday for 14 years in addition to camps, study from the beginning, their first priority has never munity’s need for a supermarket style grocery, circles and educational conferences. been just to serve chicken; they serve the Mr. Smith, with his family’s support, set about On an international scale, GGSF attended a Lord and the community. to meet that need. Global Conference on Environment in Moscow I stand here today to sincerely thank Wayne Today, 50 years have passed since that first in 1990, and various other conferences in Tur- Hassler for his donation. It is people like him grocery store opened its doors, but the focus key, Greece, Japan and England, at which the that I am proud to call a fellow Texan. on excellence and the determination to sup- organization fully represented Sikhism by illus- Through his contribution, he not only stands port local communities has only grown. trating its viewpoint on different topics. As as a devoted and giving American citizen, but Through expansion and acquisition, Mr. early as 1984, GGSF has adamantly worked he serves as an inspiration to others. Smith’s small family company has grown to 92 for the protection of the human and civil rights f stores with a service reach of over 2.5 million of Sikhs in India. people in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. More recently, in March of 2000, the Guru CELEBRATING IRMA EDNA In addition to being a successful business- Gobind Singh Foundation organized an inter- HENRY’S 100TH BIRTHDAY man, Mr. Smith has demonstrated his appre- faith memorial service for the 40 Sikh victims ciation for local communities through countless of the Kashmir Massacre, a tragedy which oc- HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA philanthropic efforts. Under his leadership, curred in India. After the unforgettable tragedy OF CALIFORNIA Food City has donated over $7 million to of 9/11, GGSF played a major role in rep- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES schools in three states and has partnered with resenting Sikhism and creating awareness of local farmers giving them an avenue to bring the portrayal of Sikhs in the media since 9/11. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 their produce to a broad and profitable market. Also, the organization worked closely with the Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Communities throughout its service region White House, U.S. Congress, and civil liberties pay tribute to Irma Edna Henry, who is cele- know that if a Food City store opens in their organizations and held press conferences to brating her 100th birthday. Irma has been a neighborhood, their neighborhood will become call attention to the racial profiling and to deter joy to the community and has profoundly im- stronger. hate crimes against Sikhs. pacted the lives of her friends, family, and Food City stands as an example of the The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation has neighbors. great success that can come from one man’s proven to be a cornerstone of the Sikh com- Irma Edna Henry was born to Bertha and commitment to doing the very best he can do. munity and more importantly, of American so- Frank Daniels on November 7, 1905 in Pitts- Food City continues to be a family owned ciety. This organization has continuously burgh, Pennsylvania and has lived in company. worked to increase Sikh participation in the re- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania for most of her life. As possibly the most impacting testimony of ligious, social, cultural and political fabric of Growing up with three sisters and two broth- all, his children and grandchildren possess the America. While ensuring the protection of ers, Irma has always greatly valued family life. same remarkable character that set one young those members of the Sikh community, GGSF At the age of sixteen, Irma began working for

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.028 E25OCPT1 E2170 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 25, 2005 the phone company, a job which she main- worker and churchgoer, of working-class sta- ride, we must remember her journey and tained intermittently after her marriage to tion and middle class demeanor.’’ Her case renew our commitment to equality for all Ralph Dewitt Henry on August 22, 1927. Dur- raised the profile of the National Association Americans. ing the 1950s, Ralph, an employee at Gulf Oil, for the Advancement of Colored People f was transferred to Texas, where Irma became (NAACP), where she was secretary of the RECOGNIZING DR. SARAH K. a nursing assistant at a local hospital. She local chapter. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. NOBLE FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS then started a career at the county office in seized on her case and over the next decade AND SERVICE TO THE HOUSE Pittsburgh, where she worked for several rose to national prominence by leading the ef- SCIENCE COMMITTEE years until her retirement. Wherever she fort to enact historic civil rights and voting worked, Irma was well known for her extraor- rights legislation in Congress. dinary work ethic. America bestowed its highest honors on HON. BART GORDON As much as she enjoyed each of her jobs, Rosa Parks later in her life, including the Pres- OF TENNESSEE Irma has always treasured staying at home idential Medal of Freedom and the Congres- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with her family. Irma and Ralph raised three sional Gold Medal. Her life and legacy shows Tuesday, October 25, 2005 sons, Ralph Jr., Herman, and Kenneth, and us that one person can change the course of Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to gained three daughters-in-law, Justina, Phyllis, history by courageously standing up for what recognize a talented individual who has been and Arlene. Irma’s husband Ralph passed is right. We must honor her legacy by con- a dedicated member of our Committee staff away on December 8, 1984 at the age of tinuing the fight for civil rights and equality for the past year—Dr. Sarah K. Noble. eighty-six; however, Irma enjoys the company under the law, to insure that all Americans, re- Sarah came to the minority staff of the of her seven grandchildren and eleven great- gardless of race, have the opportunity to pur- House Science Committee in late 2004 as a grandchildren. sue the blessings of liberty. Fellow on a fully funded scholarship from the Throughout her life, Irma has been an active f Geological Society of America (GSA). Spon- member of the community and of the Demo- sored by GSA and the American Association HONORING THE LEGACY OF ROSA cratic Party. She was elected committee for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), she woman for the Fourth Ward of Coraopolis, PARKS has spent her time on the Committee assisting Pennsylvania and has always enjoyed advo- primarily with the Subcommittee on Space and cating for others. Today, Irma is still very ac- HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK Aeronautics. tive and lives independently in her own apart- OF FLORIDA She is an expert in the field of space weath- ment. She attends church services at her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ering and has concentrated much of her aca- high-rise apartment and listens to country, Tuesday, October 25, 2005 demic career on the geological specifics of western, and gospel music, enjoying the music lunar and planetary studies. She is an es- of Daniel O’Donnell in particular. Irma is also Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to teemed researcher who has presented her a fan of Jeopardy, never missing an episode, honor the life and works of an incredible work at numerous meetings and conferences. and often spends her afternoons drinking cof- woman and activist, Mrs. Rosa Parks. In short Mr. Speaker, we were honored to fee with her friends. Friends and neighbors Mrs. Parks’ act of brave defiance rocked the have a person of her distinction and expertise appreciate her hospitality and her delicious foundation of American society and inspired on our team. cooking, always considering a meal at her generations of civil rights leaders and created During her tenure on the Committee, Sarah home to be a special treat. a sense of hope for every American facing played an important role in our oversight of Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an out- legal discrimination in this country. Ten years NASA, with a particular focus on its science standing member of the community. Irma after she refused to give up her seat because and education programs. She also was a val- Henry’s great dedication to her friends and of her color, the country changed completely. ued and tireless participant in developing H.R. neighbors and her love of assisting others What seemed like a small act; refusing to 3250, the Democratic NASA Authorization bill. have inspired those around her to serve the leave her bus seat on a winter day in 1955 in A significant fraction of that legislation was in- community as much as Irma has done. Irma Montgomery, Alabama, led to a boycott of the corporated into H.R. 3070, the NASA Author- has touched the lives of many, and all those Montgomery buses for nearly 13 months by ization Act that passed the House by a wide who know her feel privileged for having had the black community. Her act captivated a na- margin earlier this year. In short, both her ana- the opportunity to meet such a remarkable tion, solidified a movement, and ignited the lytic work and her thoughtful perspectives woman. candle of hope for an entire generation of helped us to craft a better bill than otherwise blacks. f would have been the case. In 1955, Mrs. Parks was a seamstress at In addition to her policy and procedural work DEATH OF ROSA PARKS the Montgomery Fair department store, and on for the Committee, Sarah was also instru- that day, in the winter of 1955, she boarded mental in another of our great accomplish- HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN the Cleveland Avenue bus and took a seat in ments this year—our newly refurbished OF MARYLAND the middle. The bus quickly filled up at subse- website. It must be difficult to find a distin- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quent stops and soon a white passenger was guished geologist who also minored in art in left standing. Mrs. Parks refused to give her college, but we successfully found that person Tuesday, October 25, 2005 seat up as the bus driver instructed. In her in Sarah. Her vision for our new site helped Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, Rosa Parks em- 1992 autobiography, she said ‘‘People always shape the overall look and feel, easing naviga- bodied the modern civil rights movement in said that I didn’t give up my seat because I tion and broadening its appeal. the United States. Through her quiet deter- was tired, but that wasn’t true. I was not tired Sarah also has a passion for the study of mination to challenge a racist law by refusing physically, or no more than I usually was at science and mathematics, especially as it re- to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, the end of a working day. No, the only tired I lates to inspiring our youth to pursue careers Rosa Parks sparked massive civil disobe- was, was tired of giving in.’’ Soon after Mrs. in the field. Sarah translated this passion—one dience by fellow African-Americans in Mont- Parks’ refusal, the U.S. Supreme Court deseg- that I share—into a groundbreaking section on gomery, Alabama in 1955. Her arrest led to a regated Montgomery’s bus system. our new website designed specifically for year-long bus boycott and ultimately a Su- A museum and library now stands on Cleve- science and math teachers and the students preme Court decision that outlawed segrega- land Avenue where Mrs. Parks boarded her they inspire. tion on buses. bus. She was given the Medal of Honor and The ‘‘Science Education & You’’ portion of In a broader sense Rosa Parks was the the Presidential Medal of Freedom. One can- the Science Democrats’ website is more com- conscience of our nation, who forced Ameri- not discuss the civil rights movement without plete and effective today due to Sarah’s input cans to confront the racism in our government mention of her name, and she will never be and guidance. Hardly a day goes by that a and society. Her case cried out for action, as forgotten for her role in challenging the status teacher or policy professional doesn’t email our government struggled to implement the quo. with positive feedback on this portion of our Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee to provide Mr. Speaker, I cannot adequately express website. The federal resources we locate and ‘‘the equal protection of the law’’ to all citizens, my feelings of sorrow at Mrs. Parks’ passing. organize for teachers and students at http:// regardless of race. Mrs. Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus sciencedems.house.gov will continue to grow, Civil rights historian and author Taylor in 1955 and took a journey she could never and Sarah deserves many thanks for helping Branch described Rosa Parks as a ‘‘tireless have imagined. But now, 50 years after her us launch such a valuable resource.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.032 E25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2171 We are sad to see her go, but Sarah is Imagine if I changed my example to one in- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me moving on to the next prestigious phase of her volving a store selling other lethal items, like in applauding Mayor Jerry Alsip for his years career at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in chemicals. Would people not want to see of effective service to the City of Roseville and Houston, TX where she will pursue post-doc- owner pay for the victim’s injuries? Of course. for his tireless commitment to the well-being of toral work. In fact, the victim in my second example its citizens. With our Congressional offices In a recent AAAS column detailing her would be able to sue. That’s because the im- now located in Roseville, I have enjoyed the Washington, DC experience Sarah wrote, munity S. 397 grants is unique—no other opportunity to work with Mayor Alsip and I ex- ‘‘Scientists have a vital role to play in creating group has such broad and sweeping legal pro- tend my heartiest congratulations and warmest sound science policy and I am thrilled to be a tections, What makes this industry so entitled wishes as he starts this new chapter in his life. part of that process.’’ Mr. Speaker, Sarah’s but others not so? f input as both a scientist and a scholar have And, the lawsuits blocked by this bill have in been invaluable to our Committee this past the past, and would in the future, force the in- CONGRATULATING WILLIAM RAN- year. I thank her for her dedicated service and dustry to change its behavior and protect our DOLPH COOK AND PATRICIA wish her the very best in what promises to be safety (such as in the case of the DC sniper). COLETTE GREEN ON THEIR UP- an exciting career. Don’t take my word for it. Mr. Robert Ricker, COMING NUPTIALS a former gun industry lobbyist for almost twen- f ty years, in a sworn statement said the fol- HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK HONORING SPECIALIST DANIEL lowing: ‘‘Leaders in the industry have long OF FLORIDA BARTELS known that greater industry action to prevent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES illegal transactions is possible and would curb HON. STEPHANIE HERSETH the supply of firearms to the illegal market. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 OF SOUTH DAKOTA However, until faced with a serious threat of Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES civil liability for past conduct, leaders in the in- congratulate and pay tribute to two people dustry have consistently resisted taking con- who are bound by their love for each other Tuesday, October 25, 2005 structive voluntary action to prevent firearms and by their service to God and our commu- Ms. HERSETH. Mr. Speaker, I am sad- from ending up in the illegal gun market. . . .’’ nity. It is one of these ties that I want to recog- dened to report the passing of Specialist Dan- I know its not a popular viewpoint today, but nize today, for William Randolph Cook and iel Bartels. He was killed, while serving in Op- I believe in our American judicial system. I be- Patricia Colette Green are getting married on eration Iraqi Freedom. lieve that generally cases without merit are Saturday, October 29, 2005 at Mount Hernon The lives of countless people were enor- dismissed, cases with merit are properly adju- African Methodist Episcopal Church in Miami mously enhanced by Daniel’s goodwill and dicated, and sometimes parties will settle for Gardens, Florida. service. He inspired all those who knew him. their mutual benefit. As such, Congress need They both served their country with distinc- Our nation is a far better place because of his not step in and make decisions on liability, as tion and honor in the U.S. Army. Patricia life. All Americans owe Daniel, and the other in this case, for judges, juries, and states joined the U.S. Army in 1991 and served until soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice across the nation. Let’s let our system work as 1994, receiving several commendations for in defense of freedom, a tremendous debt of intended. service. Patricia is now a middle school teach- gratitude for their service. I urge my colleagues to reject this unneces- er at Bob Graham Education Center. William Every member of the House of Representa- sary and unwise piece of legislation. served in the U.S. Army for four years. William tives has taken a solemn oath to defend the f now works for the Dade County Police Depart- Constitution against all enemies, foreign and CONGRATULATING MAYOR GER- ment in the PST Division and has received domestic. While we certainly understand the ALD ALSIP ON HIS RETIREMENT several unit citations from the Dade County gravity of the issues facing this legislative Police Department. body, Specialist Daniel Bartels lived that com- HON. SANDER M. LEVIN They are both native Floridians who re- mitment to our country. Today, we remember turned to the State after their military service OF MICHIGAN and honor his noble service to the United and decided to serve the residents of Florida IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States and the ultimate sacrifice he has paid by helping to eradicate drugs from the neigh- with his life to defend our freedoms and foster Tuesday, October 25, 2005 borhood and teaching youth in urban North liberty for others. Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer Miami. Mr. Speaker, I express my sympathies to congratulations to Mayor Gerald Alsip on his I think the quote from Emily Bronte that they the family and friends of Specialist Daniel retirement from the City of Roseville, Michi- plan to use in their wedding program speaks Bartels. I believe the best way to honor him is gan. to their commitment to each other, ‘‘whatever to emulate his commitment to our country. I Mayor Alsip’s exceptional career in public our souls are made of, his and mine are the know he will always be missed, but his service service spans 28 years. He has served the same.’’ to our Nation will never be forgotten. City of Roseville as a city council person for Each is a valuable contributing member of f 16 years and Mayor for 12 years. Mayor the South Florida family, and together they Alsip’s tenure has seen fiscal stability at the have truly emerged as leaders helping to fos- PROTECTION OF LAWFUL city and numerous local projects which have ter the empowerment of a people and an over- COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT brought vitality and a sense of pride to the all better quality of life in our community. Our community. The new Recreation Center, ren- prayers and good wishes go with them for a SPEECH OF ovations of the Library/City Hall and Police/ long and happy life together. HON. DIANA DeGETTE Court complex, the opening of the Senior Cen- f OF COLORADO ter, and a variety of new businesses along the TRIBUTE TO THE LATE ROSA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Gratiot corridor are highlights of an established community moving forward to serve its PARKS Thursday, October 20, 2005 residents. Ms. DEGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong Mayor Alsip’s record of accomplishment HON. DENNIS MOORE opposition to S. 397, the ‘‘Protection of Lawful demonstrates his leadership abilities and his OF KANSAS Commerce in Arms Act.’’ dedication to the City of Roseville and its resi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This bill denies for all Americans the right to dents. Jerry Alsip attended and graduated bring civil suits against gun manufacturers and from Roseville Community Schools. He and Tuesday, October 25, 2005 dealers for negligence or gross negligence in his wife, Sharon are parents of 3 daughters, Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, today all but a very limited number of cases. Sandra, Shannon and Amanda and proud America celebrates the life of Rosa Parks. As an example of what this means, say a grandparents of Hunter and Payton with a Fifty years ago a brave lady said ‘‘no,’’ she gun store owner left his shop unlocked and third grandchild due in November. Jerry Alsip would not go to the back of the bus and she unattended, even just briefly, with guns avail- has also been employed for 33 years at the helped end a sad chapter in American history. able for anyone to take. If someone took one Macomb County Circuit Court-Juvenile Divi- When Rosa Parks refused to move she stood of these guns and used it to injure or kill, the sion, currently serving as the Juvenile Division tall for what America is about—for the dignity victim would have no recourse. Administrator. of every person and for human rights. Rosa

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DAN BURTON scientific journals and serving on the editorial Ms. Parks dedicated her life towards achiev- OF INDIANA boards of the three primary transplant jour- ing equality and freedom for all, serving as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nals. His primary research interests are new secretary of the NAACP and later the Adviser drugs to prevent transplant rejection and viral Tuesday, October 25, 2005 to the NAACP Youth Council, helping African infections, but more recently he has combined Americans pass special tests which would Mr. BURTON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise his knowledge of immunology with that of dia- allow them to register to vote. Mrs. Parks con- tonight to pay tribute to two outstanding Hoo- betes and is directing a world-wide study de- tinued on her journey for racial equality when siers, Drs. Ora and Mark Pescovitz who were signed to treat patients recently diagnosed she tried to register to vote on several unsuc- recently recognized at the Indiana-Israel Din- with type-1 diabetes with the ultimate goal of cessful attempts. ner of State held in Indianapolis on September eliminating their need for insulin. Dr. Mark Over the years, Rosa Parks dedicated her 18, 2005—sponsored by the State of Israel Pescovitz is also famous for being the first time to educating her fellow Americans on the Bonds/Development Corporation—for their doctor to perform a pancreas transplant for di- history of the civil rights struggle. In 1987, with years of dedicated service to the people of In- abetes in Indiana—shortly after his arrival at the help of Elaine Eason Steele, Parks found- diana and to the State of Israel. Indiana University—essentially single-handedly ed the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Since 1951, the State of Israel Bonds/Devel- creating the pancreas transplant program in Self-Improvement, a youth assistance organi- opment Corporation for Israel has issued se- the Department of Surgery at Indiana Univer- zation in Detroit. The program takes young curities in the name of the government of sity. people on an educational tour that visits sites Israel for the development of every aspect of Over the years, Drs. Ora and Mark of importance in the civil rights movement. Israel’s economy, including agriculture, com- Pescovitz have also spent time nurturing their Because of the dedication Rosa Parks merce and industry. Israel Bonds has secured Indiana and Jewish roots, opening their home showed in the struggle for racial equality, her close to more than $26 billion in investment to host numerous events for the Jewish com- work has been recognized in receiving innu- capital, and throughout its history, Israel has munity including for the Maimonides Associa- merable honors, including the Martin Luther maintained a perfect record on the payment of tion, Beth-El Zedeck, the Hasten Hebrew King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize Award, the principal and interest on the securities it has Academy, NCJW, the Borns Center for Jewish Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, the issued. From humble beginnings, Israel Bond Studies at Indiana University, Israel Bonds Eleanor Roosevelt Women of Courage Award, has gone from a fledgling idea, to a powerful and the Jewish Federation. Dr. Mark is also a Medal of Honor, the highest award that the legacy of achievement; in the process becom- member of the board of the Jewish Federation U.S. government bestows, and the Presi- ing the financial bedrock upon which the mod- and Jewish Community Relations Council, as dential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest ern State of Israel was built. well as a member of the boards of the Indian- civilian award. This simple concept of investment in people apolis Opera, the International Violin Competi- Mr. Speaker, Rosa Parks continued her and communities is also the bedrock upon tion of Indianapolis, and the Herron School of commitment to civil rights until her death. She which Drs. Ora and Mark Pescovitz have built Art. will always be known as a person who was Mr. Speaker, individually and together, the their lives. Dr. Ora Pescovitz serves as an Ex- immensely concerned about equality, freedom, Pescovitzes’ contributions to the United ecutive Dean for Research at Indiana Univer- prosperity justice for all and she will be dearly States, to the people of Indiana, and Indiana sity School of Medicine as well as CEO and missed. President of Riley Hospital for Children—the Jewish Community, and to the State of Israel f only comprehensive children’s hospital in the represent the highest tradition of selfless pub- state of Indiana, where thousands of patients lic service, civic stewardship and commitment DEATH OF RABBI HERMAN N. and families travel to every year to seek diag- to others. Their praiseworthy efforts were rec- NEUBERGER nosis and treatment from one of Riley’s many ognized at the Northwest Indiana-Israel Dinner specialists. As if that weren’t enough she has of State, and I ask my colleagues to join me HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN now to commend and congratulate Drs. Ora served on numerous committees of Endocrine OF MARYLAND and Mark Pescovitz for their outstanding Society and was chair of the 2002 Annual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Meeting Steering Committee, she has served achievements, and their lives of service. as President of the Society for Pediatric Re- f Tuesday, October 25, 2005 search—the nation’s largest pediatric research IN HONOR OF ROSA PARKS Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to organization—been on six journal editorial mourn the recent passing of Rabbi Herman N. boards, and is currently serving as the Presi- Neuberger, the president of the Orthodox Ner dent of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endo- HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Mary- OF CALIFORNIA crine Society, chair of the March of Dimes land. I have known Rabbi Neuberger for many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Grants Review Committee, and a member of years and have counted on his friendship and the Ad-Hoc Group for Medical Research Fund- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 advice. The death of Rabbi Neuberger is a tre- ing. Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, yesterday we lost mendous loss for our entire community. Rabbi Dr. Ora has even found time to publish one of the truly great figures in American his- Neuberger was one of the foremost leaders of more than 170 manuscripts and books, includ- tory, Rosa Parks. I rise to honor the life of the Orthodox Jewry in the United States, and was ing a recently published renowned textbook on Civil Rights icon known for her strong and internationally recognized for his accomplish- Pediatric Endocrinology, and her awards and quite courage. Ms. Parks was a seamstress at ments. accolades are many including, a Research the Montgomery Fair department store in Born in 1918 in Germany, Rabbi Neuberger Career Development Award from the National Montgomery, Alabama. It was her refusal to was the youngest of three children. In 1938 he Institutes of Health, Indiana University School surrender a bus seat to a white man that fled to the United States, on his own, as the of Medicine’s highest Teaching Award, and launched the modern civil rights movement 50 Nazi regime began its rise to power in Ger- the Distinguished Alumni Award from years ago and inspired generations of activ- many. During World War II he helped to erect Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. ists. Ner Israel’s first building on Garrison Boule- Dr. Mark Pescovitz’s contributions are just During the 1950’s, this nation was at a turn- vard in Baltimore. as impressive. He is currently serving as Vice ing point in the area of race relations. Looking Rabbi Neuberger affected the lives of many Chair for Research in the Department of Sur- back, the Civil Rights movement had been Jews in Baltimore, but he also helped Jews gery at Indiana University, and since 1988, he building up, but a special moment, a spark, around the world escape from persecution. In has been a member of the Division of Trans- was needed to wake the national conscious. 1976 he began bringing young Iranians back plant Surgery. Dr. Mark is also actively in- Rosa Parks stand provided that spark, and to Ner Israel for scholarship, and he encour- volved in the transplant community in the U.S. later became known as the ‘‘mother of the civil aged them to return to the Middle East. After and around the world, serving on many na- rights movement’’. the 1979 Iranian revolution, Rabbi Neuberger

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.040 E25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2173 successfully persuaded the State Department Intel’s involvement in Rio Rancho extends seniors and the poor led the City of Laredo to to recognize Iranian Jews as political refu- far beyond economic consideration, and com- name their newly-built Community Center in gees, which allowed them to enter the United mitment to community is evident by the cor- her honor. States. Many of the refugees became students poration’s participation in numerous philan- The Lilia Perez Community Center was fi- of Rabbi Neuberger, who waived tuition for thropic programs. Intel employees regularly nanced through the Community Development them. The school estimates that over the volunteer time on many local art, education Block Grant Program of the U.S. Department years roughly 1,000 people were brought to and cultural projects which are then matched of Housing and Urban Development. The the United States due to the Rabbi’s efforts. by corporate funding. Intel also awards mone- Community Center opened on September Throughout his life Rabbi Neuberger also la- tary grants to local organizations seeking to 30th, and provides meeting and storage facili- bored mightily to build bridges between dif- better the community and the state of New ties for seniors in the Laredo community. ferent religious communities in Baltimore, un- Mexico. I am honored to come before you today to derstanding the critical importance of strength- The Intel Corporation plays a key role in recognize the contributions of Lilia Perez to ening the inter-faith dialogue in this country to technology education in New Mexico. Intel Webb County, and I wish the Community Cen- confront common problems. partners with higher learning institutions in the ter the best as it serves our elderly citizens in Through his work over a half century, the state to create programs and curriculum that Laredo. campus expanded to include 90 acres and prepare students for employment at the Rio f 800 students. Today Ner Israel teaches Tal- Rancho facility. Additionally, Intel provides ac- HONORING THE MEMORY OF NJ mudic Law and offers students numerous de- cess to technology in the Computer Club- STATE ASSEMBLYMAN AND grees, including a baccalaureate, master’s, house program and donates funding and NEWARK CITY COUNCILMAN doctorate, Rabbinical Ordination and a teach- equipment to local schools. DONALD K. TUCKER er’s diploma. Ner Israel is recognized as an Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- accredited college by the state of Maryland, lating Intel Corporation on 25 successful years HON. DONALD M. PAYNE and its students may take courses at other of business in Rio Rancho. Intel’s presence in OF NEW JERSEY colleges and universities in the Baltimore re- Rio Rancho has resulted in abundant re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gion and receive academic credits for their resources for both employees and the sur- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 ligious studies. rounding community. Intel is an integral com- Rabbi Neuberger’s family also contributed to ponent in the growth of Rio Rancho and a sta- Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the his legacy at Ner Israel, as he is survived by bilizing factor in the local economy. I thank the memory of a former colleague and a friend, five sons, three of which teach at the school. Intel Corporation for their consistent participa- Assemblyman/Councilman Donald Kofi Tuck- Rabbi Neuberger had a tremendous impact tion and lasting contributions to Rio Rancho er. I have known Assemblyman/Councilman on the spiritual, intellectual, and communal and the state of New Mexico. Tucker for most of my adult life, serving with him on the Newark Municipal Council for many lives of thousands of Jews throughout the f world. Rabbi Neuberger exemplified what it years. was to be a rabbi: someone with the wisdom PERSONAL EXPLANATION Donald served in the United States Air to be a learned teacher and leader. His advice Force and following his honorable discharge, was sought out by community leaders of all HON. PHIL GINGREY he became an activist in the Community. He was a man who looked after the needs of all faiths, and his wise counsel will be sorely OF GEORGIA missed. the people. He was elected to the Newark Mu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nicipal Council in 1970 and began working as f Tuesday, October 25, 2005 an elected official on behalf of the citizens of 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTEL RIO Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, due to the Newark. He worked diligently for decades as RANCHO passing of my good friend, Sam Smith of chairman of the Tax Abatement Committee of Cartersville, Georgia, I request a leave of ab- the Newark Municipal Council and he served HON. TOM UDALL sence from votes this evening so I may attend as president of the National Black Caucus of his wake. Local Elected Officials (NBCLEO) for many OF NEW MEXICO years. He was also appointed and served as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f chair of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Com- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 RECOGNIZING THE mission. As one of the founders and chairman Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I CONTRIBUTIONS OF LILIA PEREZ of the New Jersey Black Issues Convention rise today to recognize the 25th anniversary of (BIC), he had a mind to educate African Amer- the Intel Corporation facility in Rio Rancho, in HON. HENRY CUELLAR icans on the issues concerning the struggle for my home state of New Mexico. Intel Corpora- peace, equality and justice. He was elected to OF TEXAS the New Jersey State General Assembly as tion came to New Mexico in 1980 with just 25 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an Assemblyman in the 28th Legislative Dis- employees and a tremendous vision for the fu- trict in 1997 and was named in 2001 and ture; today Intel is the largest employer in Rio Tuesday, October 25, 2005 served as Speaker Protempore until his pass- Rancho, an area now known as the Silicon Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ing. Donald also supported the National Black honor Lilia Perez for her contributions to the Mesa. Intel Corporation is a vital part of the Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL). We Laredo, Texas community that recently re- local economy and a major contributor to civic must remember all the countless children and and educational programs in Rio Rancho and sulted in the opening of a community center elderly he served as founder and president of the surrounding area. bearing her name. ‘‘The Centre, Inc.’’, a community services mul- Intel has been instrumental in the growth Lilia Perez is a native Laredoan who grew tipurpose center serving children, youth and and economic development of Rio Rancho up, attended school, and has worked her en- seniors on Elizabeth Avenue in Newark. throughout the years; as plant operations ex- tire life in Laredo. A few short years after Assemblyman/Councilman Tucker had panded so did the number of employees and studying Business Administration at Laredo views he firmly believed in and supported support services utilized by this technology Junior College, Lilia was elected to the Webb those views very passionately. But at the giant. Intel expansion has resulted in numer- County Community Action Agency Board, same time, he was a gentle man who gave of ous improvements in Rio Rancho; in 1997, the where she represented the poor of Laredo for himself wholeheartedly. Even while he was ill, corporation donated $30 million dollars for the over thirty years. he still put the needs of his constituents before construction of a much-needed high school. In 1982, Lilia Perez was elected a Commis- that of his own health. Intel currently employs over seven thousand sioner of Webb County, making her the first After lying in State in the Rotunda of New- workers and subcontractors in New Mexico female Commissioner in the county’s history. ark City Hall, a home-going service will take who benefit from wages that are well above Lilia has also served on the South Texas Re- place on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 in New- the state average. Area businesses also flour- gion Community Development Block Grant ark, New Jersey where his family, friends and ish as Intel continually bolsters the local econ- Review Committee and the City of Laredo colleagues will remember his legacy. I am cer- omy by purchasing goods and services in Rio Planning and Zoning Commission. tain that this legacy will live on in the people Rancho. The city of Rio Rancho has grown, Continuing her devotion to her community, of Newark, throughout the State of New Jer- and continues to grow, around the presence of Lilia was appointed to the South Texas Re- sey and across the Nation. He will be sorely Intel Corporation. tired Senior Volunteer Board. Lilia’s service to missed.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.044 E25OCPT1 E2174 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 25, 2005 I ask my colleagues here in the U.S. House to be a leader within her community and a 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF of Representatives to join me in paying tribute symbol of freedom for all Americans up to her MACARON’S SOOPER MARKET to the memory of this outstanding public serv- death. ant and in offering our deepest condolences to Mr. Speaker, Rosa Parks’ lifetime work and HON. TOM UDALL his wife, Cleopatra and his three children, fight for the civil rights for African-Americans OF NEW MEXICO Donna Wynn, Stacey Carroll and Kiburi Tuck- has not gone unnoticed in the last decade. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er and his nine grandchildren. Mrs. Parks was awarded the prestigious Presi- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 f dential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I ON THE PASSING OF ROSA PARKS Clinton and the Congressional Gold Medal. Rosa Parks not only stood up for herself but rise today to recognize the 85th anniversary of for generations of African-Americans. Mrs. Macaron’s Sooper Market, the oldest business HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN Parks will and shall forever remain an inspira- establishment in the town of Springer, in my OF MARYLAND tion to those who are fighting for freedom and home state of New Mexico. Founded in 1920, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES her legacy will remain iconic for the civil rights Macaron’s Sooper Market has been family- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 movement. owned and operated for the entire 85 years the store has been in existence. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today f A testament to small business success in to pay tribute to Rosa Parks, a woman who Northeastern New Mexico, Macaron’s Sooper dedicated her life to changing our Nation so STATEMENT HONORING THE LIFE Market, the oldest business establishment in that all Americans would have the opportunity AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF the town of Springer, in my home state of New to experience true freedom and justice. It was CIVIL RIGHTS INSPIRATION Mexico. Founded in 1920, Macaron’s Sooper her courage and steadfast resolve that ROSA PARKS Market has been family-owned and operated launched the Montgomery, Alabama bus boy- for the entire 85 years the store has been in cott and sparked the civil rights movement. existence. As we mourn her loss, we should recommit HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON A testament to small business success in ourselves to stamping out injustice wherever it Northeastern New Mexico, Macaron’s Sooper OF TEXAS exists. We can best pay tribute to this remark- Market also plays a significant role in the his- able woman by speaking out boldly against in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tory of Springer. Originally known as the equality and oppression and refusing to ac- Springer Confectionery Store, Joseph and Lil- cept, ignore, or submit to it. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 lie Macaron purchased the establishment in I extend my deepest sympathies to the 1920 and reopened the business in October members of Mrs. Parks’ family. I hope that Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the as the Macaron’s Sooper Market. they can find solace in knowing that all Ameri- In the thirties, more modern times neces- cans are grieving the loss of this courageous life of civil rights icon, Rosa Parks. Mrs. Parks served us all as a shining example of courage, sitated the move to a newly constructed, larg- woman, who inspired generations of civil rights er building not far from the original location. activists and changed the course of our Na- strength and dignity for the whole of her 92 years and through some of the darkest points The store was expanded again in the sixties to tion’s history forever. become the Macaron’s Sooper Market we f in our nation’s history. An acknowledgement of her life and her passing on Monday, October know today. ON THE PASSING OF ROSA PARKS 24, 2005 is in order. The legacy continues as Fred, Betty, Gary and Marilyn Macaron, descendents of the On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks quietly store founders, carry on the family business HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL insisted upon the actions demanded by the and decades-long tradition. Macaron’s Sooper OF NEW YORK most self-evident of truths: that she be recog- Market is an enduring and historic feather of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nized and respected as an equal. An equal to Springer and a staple of the Northern New Tuesday, October 25, 2005 every other human being and every other cit- Mexico small business community. izen in the State of Alabama and the United Mr. Speaker, please join me in offering con- Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to States of America. On a day when she had honor the life and memory of the civil rights gratulations to the Macaron family as they cel- worked as hard as anyone else, Rosa Parks ebrate 85 years in business. Family-owned pioneer Rosa Parks, who passed away on Oc- insisted that she be recognized and respected tober 24, 2005, at the age of 92. Rosa Parks small businesses like Macaron’s Sooper Mar- as a human being, and quietly demanded to ket are the heart of Northeastern New Mexi- is one of our country’s premier civil rights ad- keep her seat. vocates, who worked in the Montgomery, Ala- co’s economy. The simplicity of her refusal to give up her bama office of the National Association for the f Advancement of Colored People and is best seat on a public bus to a White passenger known for refusing to relinquish her bus seat crystallized the pain of a nation and sparked HONORING ROSA PARKS to a white man in December 1955. a Movement. From that day on, African-Ameri- Her quiet defiance lead to her arrest and cans would be civilly disobedient. We would HON. TOM LANTOS sparked the movement that inspired the Civil use non-violence to quietly demand in the most respectful way possible that we receive OF CALIFORNIA Rights Act which banned racial discrimination IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in public accommodations, ending legal seg- the respect that had been denied to us. Mrs. regation in America. Her historic act of cour- Parks inspired a Civil Rights Movement that Tuesday, October 25, 2005 age showed that it was long past time to roll empowered African-Americans politically, so- Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to back the Jim Crow era discrimination laws. cially and personally. She was our inspiration commemorate and celebrate the life of Rosa After taking her public stand for civil rights to walk together until the economic, cultural, Parks and her immense contribution to the and the ensuing Montgomery bus boycott, historical and political importance of African- struggle for human rights and the betterment Mrs. Parks was unable to obtain work in Ala- Americans as Americans would be recog- of American society. Rosa died in her Detroit, bama. In the midst of threats and harassment, nized. Mrs. Parks inspired the first steps in the Michigan, home on Monday, October 24, she and her husband, Raymond Parks, moved next chapter of our national journey. . .and 2005, at age 92. Although saddened by this to Detroit, MI in 1957. Mrs. Parks worked as we continue to walk together today. great loss, I cannot help but have great admi- an aide in Rep. John Conyers’ Detroit office As we remember Rosa Parks, we must re- ration for the courageous woman who kept her from 1965 until retiring September 30, 1988. member the trials and sacrifices for which she seat in a time of injustice. Known as the Upon her retirement, Mrs. Parks said she and so many others tirelessly fought. We must ‘‘mother of civil rights,’’ Rosa unremittingly de- sought to dedicate more time to the Rosa and honor her memory by continuing the fight. The voted her life to guarantee equal rights to all Raymond Parks Institute for Self Develop- fight for justice. The fight for equality. The fight Americans. ment, founded in 1987. The Institute is com- to be recognized first and foremost and in all Rosa, clothed with determination, refused to mitted to developing leadership among De- situations as human beings. We are saddened give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, troit’s young people and initiating them into the by her passing, but she will live on in our bus 50 years ago and injected life and energy struggle for civil rights. Mrs. Parks continued memories and our actions. into the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa’s actions

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.048 E25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2175 led to a 380-day citywide bus boycott and in- the praise for what was done right and the U.S., African-American women continue to fluenced a Supreme Court decision that de- sympathetic nod for what wasn’t are as much have poorer breast cancer survival rates com- manded all public transportation be deseg- a part of golf as life itself.’’ pared to White women. regated. Rosa’s civil disobedience gave rise to I couldn’t agree more. And I’m sure the par- Specifically, in Oakland, the breast cancer a young minister, Martin Luther King, Jr., and ents of these five young women agree that the incidence rate was 144.1 per 100,000, signifi- to a wave of mass demonstrations and pro- character building lessons they learned on the cantly lower than the Alameda County rate of tests that changed a nation. Rosa’s relentless golf course will benefit them throughout their 159.7. This suggests that women in Oakland belief in the American ideal that ‘‘all men are lives. do not have enough access to testing and are created equal’’ strengthened her ability to On behalf of the constituents of the Second less likely to be diagnosed than women coun- make a difference. District of Indiana, I would like to express our tywide. Many honors were given to Rosa during her heartfelt congratulations to the Penn High Breast cancer does not have to take the life, memorializing her monumental achieve- School girls golf team for winning the 2005 lives of so many women. When detected ments. She received the Congressional Gold State title. early, the 5-year survival rate is over 95 per- Medal, the nation’s highest government award f cent. Mammograms and breast self-exams are showing appreciation for her distinguished proven methods of combating this disease. achievements and contributions, and the Pres- OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BREAST Seventy percent of all breast cancers are idential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s high- CANCER AWARENESS MONTH found through breast self-exams and mam- est civilian award, which recognizes excep- mography can detect breast cancer an aver- tional meritorious service. More than 40 col- HON. BARBARA LEE age of 1–3 years before it is large enough to leges and universities bestowed Rosa with an OF CALIFORNIA be felt. honorary doctorate. A museum and library on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Despite these proven detection methods, 13 million U.S. women, 40 years of age or older, the Montgomery corner where she boarded Tuesday, October 25, 2005 the bus in 1955, is named for her. It is difficult have never had a mammogram. For women to find a U.S. history book that does not men- Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recog- between the ages of 40 and 49, a mammo- tion her role in history. nize October as National Breast Cancer gram every 1–2 years may reduce the risk of Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Awareness Month. For over 20 years, National dying from breast cancer by 17 percent and in paying tribute to the legacy of Rosa Parks Breast Cancer Awareness Month has edu- for women aged 50–74 it may reduce the risk who gave selflessly to ensure the basic prin- cated women about early breast cancer detec- by 30 percent. Women cannot afford to go ciples of American democracy were afforded tion. without these life saving measures. Every day to everyone. Rosa improved the quality of life The statistics are staggering and dem- and especially on October 21, 2005, National for many and made the United States into a onstrate the dramatic impact this disease Mammography Day, women are encouraged place where all people enjoy freedom. takes on our country. Most of us know of to make an appointment. someone who has been affected by breast f Although mammograms are available, many cancer—your mother, your sister, your wife, or women with poor or no health insurance, can’t CONGRATULATING THE PENN a beloved friend. afford these routine tests. It’s estimated that HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF TEAM In the United States, breast cancer is the current funding allows only 1 in 5 needy ON ITS SECOND CONSECUTIVE most common non-skin cancer and the sec- women who qualify for the free CDC National STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ond leading cause of cancer-related death in Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection women. It is the leading cause of death in Program to get these tests. As these simple HON. CHRIS CHOCOLA women between the ages of 40 and 55. screenings save the lives of thousands of OF INDIANA In 2005, an estimated 270,000 women will women, we must commit to providing more be diagnosed with some form of breast cancer IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES money and resources for those women who and approximately 40,000 women are ex- can’t afford to get tested. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 pected to die from this disease, 4,100 in my Despite these facts, I am happy to report Mr. CHOCOLA. Mr. Speaker, Hank Aaron, home State of California alone. that more California women are getting regular baseball’s all-time homerun champion, once While women account for the majority of mammograms. In the year 2000, 79 percent of said, ‘‘It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 breast cancer cases, we must not forget the women age 40 and older had had a mammo- hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the estimated 1,690 men who will be diagnosed gram within the past 2 years compared to 38 golf course.’’ this year and the 460 expected to die. Due to percent of women in 1987. As Mr. Aaron can attest, playing golf and the rarity of breast cancer in men, much less This month, I applaud the efforts of groups being skilled at golf are two very different is known. This leads to the fact that men are such as the American Cancer Society, the Na- things. Which is why I rise today to note the more likely than women to be diagnosed with tional Breast Cancer Foundation, the National accomplishment of five young women in my advanced disease and thus have poorer Breast Cancer Coalition, the CDC, the Na- district who attend Penn High School in chances of survival. tional Cancer Institute and all the other groups Mishawaka, IN. In 2002, there were approximately 2.3 mil- working to end this disease for their commit- These five young women—seniors Julia lion women with a history of breast cancer. ment to research, fundraising, screening, and Potter, Laura Ormson, Erin Buttrey, Michelle The most recent data suggests that 13.2 per- support for individuals affected by breast can- Fleischman, and freshman Anne Ormson—recent of women born today will be diagnosed cer. cently won their second consecutive cham- with breast cancer at some time in their lives. In Congress we must support initiatives that pionship at the 33rd Annual Indiana High That means 1 in 8 women will be affected by advance the message of these groups. As School Athletic Association Girls Golf State this disease. Representatives, we must pass H.R. 2231, Finals tournament. Rates for women differ significantly for cer- legislation that would establish multidisci- The 2-day tournament was held at the Leg- tain racial and ethnic groups. Although breast plinary, multi-institutional breast cancer re- ends of Indiana Golf Course in Franklin, IN, cancer deaths declined by 2.4 percent for search centers to study the potential links be- where the Penn Kingsmen finished first among white women from 1990 to 2002, the rate only tween breast cancer and the environment. a field of nine talented golf teams. dropped by 1.8 percent for Hispanics and 1 We must also support the $150 million ap- And they did so in dramatic fashion. The percent for African-Americans and Asian- propriation for the Department of Defense team set Indiana State finals records for their Americans-Pacific Islanders. Strikingly, breast Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Pro- 18-hole and 36-hole leads, ultimately defeating cancer mortality rates disproportionately affect gram. This program is the gold standard for runner-up Noblesville by 32 strokes. African-American women in relation to White breast cancer research in the country and has This was the team’s third State title in 4 women. In 2002, death rates were 37 percent a decade of support from a majority of Con- years under Coach Jim Garrett, with three higher for African-Americans. gress. team members—Julia Potter, Anne Ormson, These disparities can be seen in my home Strong research translates into more effec- and Laura Ormson—finishing among the top State of California and in my district of Ala- tive ways to treat breast cancer patients. nine individual golfers in the entire State. meda County. The breast cancer rate for Moreover, as we develop improved methods Mr. Speaker, former President Gerald Ford Asian women in California is going up, while for treating this disease we must ensure that once expressed this sentiment on golf: ‘‘The the rates for other California ethnic groups are all Americans have access to the highest qual- pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, dropping. In the Greater Bay Area, as in the ity health care.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K25OC8.001 E25OCPT1 E2176 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 25, 2005 Each one of us has the duty to continue to has a passion for giving back to the commu- United States. Terry has managed to make support these meaningful measures and work nity in any way she can. Gabriela sits on the these events as the premier family-oriented, within our communities to decrease the preva- advisory board for three non profit organiza- alcohol-free, large-scale free festival in the lence and death rate of breast cancer. In Oc- tions, Operation Hope, Women’s Initiative for East Bay, celebrating cultural traditions, diver- tober and in every other month of the year we Self Employment (WISE) and the Ora Lee sity, and the arts in a fun and safe environ- must continue the fight to educate both men Brown Foundation. She volunteers with dif- ment. Because of the popularity, diversity, and and women about breast cancer and to eradi- ferent organizations in my community, includ- historical importance of the Dia de los Muertos cate this disease. ing Wardrobe for Opportunity and the ALAS festival, I inducted the festival into the Library f program for WISE. of Congress as a local legacy in the State of WISE is a private, non-profit agency pro- California. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH viding comprehensive business training, ongoing technical assistance and financing for Individuals in my district are the motivating HON. BARBARA LEE Bay Area low-income women. Their programs force behind the remarkable organizations that OF CALIFORNIA are designed to assist an entrepreneur in promote civic engagement among Latinos in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gaining the necessary skills to start, grow and/ the 9th Congressional District. Leaders like Jesus Rodriguez, an Oakland Community Or- Tuesday, October 25, 2005 or expand her business. Among the many successful graduates of WISE is Eva ganization field representative, who organizes Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Saavedra. Eva and her husband Juan began informational town hall meetings on health and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month which their business from their home offering food to care, education, and immigration for the Latino just ended. I want to once again acknowledge her neighbors. She met with instant success community. Belen Pulido, an Berkeley Orga- and appreciate this ever growing community. and after three years, with the assistance of nizing Congregations for Action field rep- In Congress, I have always held the con- WISE and the Unity Council, she was able to resentative, helps BOCA fulfill its mission of cerns of the Latino community as my own. I purchase the necessary equipment to open creating a coalition of interfaith congregations am a Member of the Hispanic Working Group her own restaurant, El Huarache Azteca. El throughout the city of Berkeley to come to- organized by Democratic Leader NANCY Huarache Azteca has been recognized by the gether to dialog the need of faith support in PELOSI, and am a member of the Tri-Caucus, Oakland Tribune and the San Francisco the wider Berkeley area. Belen’s leadership which is the collection of the Congressional Chronicle as one of the finest Mexican res- has been instrumental in having BOCA meet- Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Cau- taurants in the Bay Area. ing the needs of the Latino community by per- cus, and the Asian Pacific American Caucus. Another example is Terry Alderete; Terry suading Berkeley High School in the English Through these Congressional organizations, has been a leader and mentor for many years. Language Learners program to translate forms and through the legislation I introduce and Terry has served on the board of the Chicano- and documents into Spanish for parents. In support, I look for ways to improve the lives Latino Youth Leadership Project, (CLYLP) addition, Belen has organized immigration for Latinos, particularly in Healthcare, Edu- which was established in 1982 to prepare town halls and fundraiser for the School of the cation, Housing, and other areas. Latino high school students to actively partici- Americas organization. In my district, the 9th Congressional District pate in California’s economic, social, and polit- of California, the contributions of Latino mem- ical development in the 21st century and be- Mr. Speaker, these are just a few examples, bers of the community are stronger than ever. yond. Terry has been instrumental in securing but I hope that this Congress will acknowledge The Latino community is active and engaged funding for CLYLP which has served countless the contributions of the Latino community to throughout the District, State, and beyond. For Latino students including members of my staff. our nation. Our differences should not divide example, Gabriela Franco, Vice President/ Terry serves as the Northern Region Director us; rather, they should be bringing us together Bank manager for Bank of the West was born of the California Hispanic Chamber of Com- in celebration of what this nation is about. The in a small town in Mexico. Her parents brought merce, and as the Vice President of the Ala- work of people like Belen Pulido, Terry her family to live in the United States when meda County Hispanic Chamber of Com- Alderete, Eva Saavedra, and Gabriela Franco, she was just 5 years old. She is the first per- merce. In addition, Terry is the coordinator of set a shining example for the next generation son in her entire family to earn a college de- the largest Dia de los Muertos (Day of the of leaders of not just the Latino community, gree. Like so many other Latinas, Gabriela Dead) and Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the but of this nation as a whole.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:27 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25OC8.055 E25OCPT1 Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Daily Digest Senate 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- Chamber Action cation Act of 1965. Pages S11804–05 Routine Proceedings, pages S11777–S11851 Salazar Amendment No. 2224, to require the Sec- Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolu- retary of Education to conduct a study to evaluate tions were introduced, as follows: S. 1913–1920, S. the effectiveness of violence prevention programs re- Res. 286–287, and S. Con. Res. 60. Page S11823 ceiving funding under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act. Pages S11805–06 Measures Passed: Salazar Amendment No. 2225, to provide for a Recognizing the Grand Ole Opry: Senate agreed study of national service programs in the rural to S. Res. 286, commending the Grand Ole Opry on United States. Page S11806 the occasion of its 80th anniversary for its important Pending: role in the popularization of country music and for Sununu Amendment No. 2214, to provide for the its 8 decades of musical and broadcast excellence. funding of the Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services Page S11827 Demonstration Project. Pages S11788–89 Honoring the Life of Rosa Parks: Senate agreed Sununu Amendment No. 2215, to increase fund- to S. Res. 287, honoring the life of, and expressing ing for community health centers. Page S11789 the condolences of the Senate on the passing of Rosa Reed Modified Amendment No. 2194, to provide Parks. Pages S11827–28, S11846–50 for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Antitrust Criminal Investigative Improvements Assistance Program. Pages S11794–S11804, S11807–11 Act: Senate passed S. 443, to improve the investiga- Gregg Amendment No. 2253, to increase appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- tion of criminal antitrust offenses. Page S11850 ance Program by $1,276,000,000, with an across- Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: Senate the-board reduction. Pages S11811–12 continued consideration of H.R. 3010, making ap- Thune Modified Amendment No. 2193, to pro- propriations for the Departments of Labor, Health vide funding for telehealth programs. Pages S11812–14 and Human Services, and Education, and Related During consideration of this measure today, the Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Senate also took the following action: 2006, taking action on the following amendments By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 268), three-fifths proposed thereto: Pages S11784–92, S11793–S11815 of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having Adopted: voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion, Specter Amendment No. 2197, to reduce adminis- under section 904 of the Congressional Budget act trative costs in the Centers for Medicaid and Medi- of 1974, to waive provisions of the Act for consider- care Services. Page S11784 ation of Kennedy Amendment No. 2213, to increase By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 267), the maximum Federal Pell Grant award by $200 to Durbin Amendment No. 2196, to require the Sec- $4,250. Subsequently, the point of order that the retary of Health and Human Services to submit to amendment would provide spending in excess of the Congress a plan for changing the numerical identi- subcommittee’s 302(b) allocation was sustained, and fier used to identify Medicare beneficiaries under the the amendment thus fell. Medicare program. Pages S11784–85 Pages S11785–88, S11789–92, S11793–S11815 Inouye/Cochran Amendment No. 2222, to rename Senate rejected the motion, under section 904 of certain buildings within the Centers for Disease the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to waive pro- Control and Prevention. Pages S11793–94 visions of the Act for consideration of Salazar Salazar Amendment No. 2226, to provide that Amendment No. 2223, to increase funding for the certain local educational agencies shall be eligible to safe and drug-free schools and communities program. receive a fiscal year 2005 payment under section Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment D1084

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TERRITORIES RELATED LEGISLATION BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered fa- concluded a hearing to examine S. 1829, to repeal vorably reported the following business items: certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, per- Agreement between the United States of America taining to the Virgin Islands, S. 1830, to amend the and the Government of Canada on Pacific Hake/ Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of Whiting (Treaty Doc. 108–24); 2003, and S. 1831, to convey certain submerged The Convention on the Conservation and Manage- land to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana ment of the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Islands, after receiving testimony from Virgin Islands Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Treaty Doc. Delegate Christensen; and Nikolao I. Pula, Acting 109–1); and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs. The nominations of C. Boyden Gray, of the Dis- trict of Columbia, to be United States Representative BUSINESS MEETING to the European Union, with the rank and status of Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably Ambassador, Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be reported the nominations of James S. Halpern, of the United States Alternate Executive Director of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop- States Tax Court, Karan K. Bhatia, of Maryland, to ment, David B. Dunn, of California, to be Ambas- be Deputy United States Trade Representative, with sador to the Togolese Republic, Carmen Maria Mar- the Rank of Ambassador, Susan C. Schwab, of Mary- tinez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic land, to be a Deputy United States Trade Represent- of Zambia, Michael R. Arietti, of Connecticut, to be ative, with the rank of Ambassador, Franklin L. Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, David M. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce Hale, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the for International Trade, and Clay Lowery, of Vir- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Benson K. Whitney, ginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treas- of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to Norway, Susan ury. Rasinski McCaw, of Washington, to be Ambassador Also, Committee completed its review of certain to the Republic of Austria, Nicholas F. Taubman, of spending reductions and revenue increases to meet Virginia, to be Ambassador to Romania, Anne W. reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 95, establishing the congressional budget for Patterson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary the United States Government for fiscal year 2006, of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforce- revising appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year ment Affairs, and a Foreign Service Officer pro- 2005, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels motion list received in the Senate on July 14, 2005. for fiscal years 2007 through 2010, and agreed on recommendations which it will make to the Com- FEDERAL SPENDING PRIORITIES mittee on the Budget thereon. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- NOMINATIONS fairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Manage- ment, Government Information, and International Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded Security concluded a hearing to examine setting pri- a hearing to examine the nominations of Ellen R. Sauerbrey, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of orities in Federal spending in the context of natural State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Jef- disaster, deficits and war, focusing on long-term frey Thomas Bergner, of Virginia, to be Assistant budget challenges, and a plan to restore fiscal dis- Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, and Anne cipline, after receiving testimony from Representa- W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary tive Shadegg; former Representative Stenholm; and of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforce- Roger Pilon, Cato Institute Center for Constitutional ment Affairs, after the nominees testified and an- Studies, and Daniel J. Mitchell, The Heritage Foun- swered questions in their own behalf. dation, both of Washington, DC.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:17 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D25OC5.REC D25OCPT1 October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1087 House of Representatives lows Program, by a yea-and-nay vote of 401 yeas Chamber Action with none voting ‘‘nay’’, Roll No. 537; Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 pub- Pages H9059–61, H9070 lic bills, H.R. 4125–4143; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Res. 70; H. Con. Res. 273–274; and H. Res. 510 Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 3256, to des- were introduced. Pages H9101–02 ignate the facility of the United States Postal Service Additional Cosponsors: Page H9103 located at 3038 West Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Congressman James Grove Ful- H.R. 1129, to authorize the exchange of certain ton Memorial Post Office Building’’, by a yea-and- land in the State of Colorado, with an amendment nay vote of 396 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 538; (H. Rept. 109–252); H. Res. 508, providing for Pages H9061–62, H9070–71 consideration of the bill (H.R. 420) to amend Rule Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office Des- 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to im- ignation Act: H.R. 3368, to designate the facility of prove attorney accountability (H. Rept. 109–253); the United States Postal Service located at 6483 Lin- and H. Res. 509, providing for consideration of the coln Street in Gagetown, Michigan, as the bill (H.R. 1461) to reform the regulation of certain ‘‘Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office’’; housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises Pages H9062–63 (H. Rept. 109–254). Page H9101 Supporting efforts to promote greater awareness Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he of effective runaway youth prevention programs appointed Representative Issa to act as Speaker pro and the need for safe and productive alternatives, tempore for today. Page H9049 resources, and supports for homeless youth: H. Res. Recess: The House recessed at 12:59 p.m. and re- 484, to support efforts to promote greater awareness convened at 2 p.m. Page H9053 of effective runaway youth prevention programs and Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules the need for safe and productive alternatives, re- and pass the following measures: sources, and supports for homeless youth; and Recognizing America’s Blood Centers and its Pages H9063–65 member organizations for their commitment to Establishing an interagency aerospace revital- providing over half the Nation with a safe and ization task force to develop a national strategy for adequate volunteer donor blood supply: H. Res. aerospace workforce recruitment, training, and cul- 220, amended, to recognize America’s Blood Centers tivation: H.R. 758, to establish an interagency aero- and its member organizations for their commitment space revitalization task force to develop a national to providing over half the Nation with a safe and strategy for aerospace workforce recruitment, train- adequate volunteer donor blood supply; ing, and cultivation. Pages H9065–68 Pages H9055–56 Presidential Message: Read message from the Presi- American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act: H.R. dent wherein he transmitted a report concerning the 3675, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act National Emergency with Respect to the Prolifera- to increase civil penalties for violations involving un- tion of Weapons of Mass Destruction referred to the fair or deceptive acts or practices that exploit pop- Committee on International Relations and ordered ular reaction to an emergency or major disaster, and printed (H. Doc. 109–63). Page H9068 to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought Recess: The House recessed at 3:42 p.m. and recon- under section 13 of that Act, by a yea-and-nay vote vened at 6:33 p.m. Page H9068 of 399 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 536; Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment Pages H9056–58, H9068–69 of silence in memory of Mrs. Rosa Louise Parks. Supporting the goals of Red Ribbon Week: H. Page H9070 Res. 485, to support the goals of Red Ribbon Week; Senate Message: Message received from the Senate Pages H9058–59 today appears on pages H9053, H9063. Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the White Senate Referrals: S. 1382 was referred to the Com- House Fellows Program: H. Con. Res. 269, to rec- mittee on Resources and S. 1905 was held at the ognize the 40th anniversary of the White House Fel- desk. Pages H9099–H9100

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up Title I, on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine Digital Television Transition Act of 2005, of Budget rec- the implementation of the Federal Lands Recreation En- onciliation recommendations, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. hancement Act (P.L. 108–447), by the Forest Service and Committee on Government Reform, to consider H.R. 3134, the Department of the Interior, 2 p.m., SD–366. Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program and Man- Committee on Environment and Public Works: business agement Improvement Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2154 Ray- meeting to consider S. 1772, to streamline the refinery burn. permitting process, S. 1869, to reauthorize the Coastal Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up the fol- Barrier Resources Act, and S. Res. 255, recognizing the lowing: H. Res. 463, Of inquiry directing the Secretary achievements of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv- of Homeland Security to provide certain information to ice and the Waterfowl Population Survey, 9:30 a.m., the House of Representatives relating to the reapportion- SD–406. ment of airport screeners; H. Con. Res. 196, Honoring Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine Eco- the pilots of United States commercial air carriers who terrorism specifically examining Stop Huntingdon Ani- volunteer to participate in the Federal flight deck officer mal Cruelty, 2:30 p.m., SD–406. Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam- program, and any additional pending business 10 a.m., ine the nomination of James Caldwell Cason, of Florida, 311 Cannon. to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, 2:30 Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, p.m., SD–419. and Technology, hearing entitled ‘‘Ensuring Operability Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: During Catastrophic Events,’’ 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Govern- Committee on International Relations, hearing on the U.S.- ment Information, and International Security, to hold India Global Partnership: The Impact of Nonprolifera- hearings to examine the tax gap, focusing on components tion, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. that make up the tax gap and how to ensure that Amer- Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the ican taxpayers are not bearing the financial burden of Internet and Intellectual Property, to mark up H.R. those who are not complying with the law, 2:30 p.m., 4093, Federal Judgeship and Administrative Efficiency SD–342. Act of 2005, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Committee on Resources, to mark up Recommendation for Technology and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to Budget Reconciliation, 10 a.m.,1324 Longworth. examine emergency preparedness relating to terrorism, Committee on Science, hearing on the Investigation of the 10:30 a.m., SD–226. World Trade Center Collapse: Findings, Recommenda- Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the tions and Next Steps, 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Courts, to hold hearings to examine proposals to split the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark Ninth Circuit, 2:30 p.m., SD–226. up the following: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed brief- Resolutions; Natural Resources Conservation Service Res- ing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., olution; GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program SH–219. Resolutions for Fiscal Year 2006; a Committee Resolu- House tion to comply with Reconciliation Directive Included in Section 201(a) of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budg- Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the current et for Fiscal Year 2006; H. Res. 488, Requesting that the impact of Mississippi River transportation on agricultural President transmit to the House of Representatives infor- markets, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth. mation in his possession relating to contracts for services Committee on Armed Services, Regional Powers Panel, or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery; hearing on an overview of regional powers’ military capa- H.R. 1721, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Con- bilities and threats to U.S. interests, 1 p.m., 2212 Ray- trol Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality burn. Terrorism and Radical Islam Gap Panel, hearing on re- of coastal recreation waters; H.R. 3963, to amend the sponding to the radical Islamic terrorist threat—the De- Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the au- partment of Defense’s roles, missions, and capabilities in thorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound; and the Global War on Terrorism, 4 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. a measure to permit the Administrator of General Serv- Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up the ices to make repairs and lease space without approval of Committee’s Instructions pursuant to the Conference Re- a prospectus if the repair or lease is required as a result port on H. Con. Res. 95, Establishing the congressional of damages to buildings or property attributable to Hur- budget for the United States Government for fiscal year ricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, 11 a.m., 2167 Ray- 2006, revising appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year burn. 2005, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up Entitlement fiscal years 2007 through 2010, including consideration Reconciliation Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2006, of amendments to the following: Employee Retirement 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth. Income Security Act (ERISA); the Higher Education Act Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hear- and the Family Education Reimbursement Act of 2005, ing on Military Intelligence Program, 1:30 p.m., H–405 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. Capitol.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 26 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 26

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any Program for Wednesday: Consideration of Suspensions: morning business (not to extend beyond 30 minutes), (1) H.R. 3945—Hurricane Katrina Financial Services Re- Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 3010, Labor/ lief Act of 2005; (2) H. Res. 368—Congratulating the HHS/Education Appropriations. State of Israel on the election of Ambassador Dan Gillerman as Vice-President of the 60th United Nations General Assembly; (3) S. 1713—Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005; and (4) S. 172—Amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices. After Suspensions, consideration of Measures: (1) H.R. 1461—Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005 and (2) H.J. Res. 65—Disapproving the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Ford, Harold E., Jr., Tenn., E2167 Moore, Dennis, Kans., E2171 Frank, Barney, Mass., E2164 Olver, John W., Mass., E2162 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E2161, E2163, E2165, E2166, Gingrey, Phil, Ga., E2173 Payne, Donald M., N.J., E2161, E2164, E2173 E2168, E2169 Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E2170 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E2165 Burton, Dan, Ind., E2172 Herseth, Stephanie, S.D., E2171 Stearns, Cliff, Fla., E2162 Capps, Lois, Calif., E2162 Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E2164 Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E2170, E2172 Honda, Michael M., Calif., E2169, E2172 Sullivan, John, Okla., E2164 Chocola, Chris, Ind., E2175 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E2174 Sweeney, John E., N.Y., E2166 Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E2169 Lantos, Tom, Calif., E2174 Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E2168 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E2173 Lee, Barbara, Calif., E2166, E2175, E2176 Udall, Mark, Colo., E2168 DeGette, Diana, Colo., E2171 Levin, Sander M., Mich., E2171 Udall, Tom, N.M., E2173, E2174 Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E2169 Matsui, Doris O., Calif., E2161, E2163, E2165 Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E2174 Emanuel, Rahm, Ill., E2166 Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E2170, E2171 Wu, David, Ore., E2166 Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E2174 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E2164

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