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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1995 No. 111 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was Americans who fled their country to We watch OSHA deny the regulations called to order by the Speaker pro tem- escape Communist tyranny. exist at the same time they are scram- pore [Mr. RADANOVICH]. In 1992, candidate Clinton promised bling to change them. f never to lift the trade embargo on the I want to believe this is an honest at- Hanoi communists unless and until tempt at reform. I would like to be- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO there was a full accounting of Amer- lieve that OSHA tuned in to C±SPAN TEMPORE ican servicemen. Mr. Clinton then one day and said, ``By golly, those Re- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- turned his back on our POW/MIA fami- publicans are right. We've got to fore the House the following commu- lies claiming that Hanoi had changed. change our emphasis.'' nication from the Speaker: What change? Vietnam is one of the But I do not think that is how it hap- world's worst human rights abusers. pened. WASHINGTON, DC, November 8 happened. July 11, 1995. Thousands are imprisoned for political For OSHA, this document is a matter I hereby designate the Honorable GEORGE and religious beliefs and Buddhist P. RADANOVICH to act as Speaker pro tem- monks are once again threatening to of self preservation. pore on this day. immolate themselves on the streets. I brought another document to the NEWT GINGRICH, Hanoi continues to torture our POW/ floor with me today. Speaker of the House of Representatives. MIA families with the slow and selec- This is the one the administration f tive release of information about their would like you to forget. husbands and fathers. In the 103d Congress, the administra- MORNING BUSINESS Mr. President, if you want to know tion's idea of OSHA reform was H.R. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- why you are wrong listen to what my 1280. OSHA supported the Comprehensive ant to the order of the House of May 12, colleague SAM JOHNSONÐ7 years a pris- 1995, the Chair will now recognize oner of HanoiÐtold the Washington OSHA Reform Act of 1994. The legislation which increased pen- Members from lists submitted by the Post about Vietnamese communists: alties, regulation, and paperwork. majority and minority leaders for ``They have always lied to us, and they This is dated October 3, 1994. morning hour debates. The Chair will are still lying to us. I see normaliza- Let's compare these documents: alternate recognition between the par- tion as an attempt on their part to get In 1994, OSHA wanted to impose $62 ties, with each party limited to not to access to American markets. They are billion in new costs on the private sec- exceed 25 minutes, and each Member, not to be trusted.'' Mr. President, is tor. In 1995 OSHA is backing down from except the majority and minority lead- breaking faith with hundreds of brave strict new standards on ergonomics. er, limited to not to exceed 5 minutes, American families really worth the In 1994, OSHA wanted to redefine oc- but in no event shall exceed beyond 9:50 profits of the big multinationals cupational safety health standards in a.m. bankrolling your reelection campaign? order to justify costly new mandates. f f In 1995, OSHA plans to ``improve, up- date, and eliminate confusing and out WHY FORMAL RECOGNITION OF OSHA'S NEW ATTITUDE of date standards.'' COMMUNIST VIETNAM IS WRONG The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under In 1994, OSHA wanted to mandate The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of May even more paperwork requirements on the Speaker's announced policy of May 12, 1995, the gentleman from Colorado even more businesses. In 1995 OSHA 12, 1995, the gentleman from North [Mr. HEFLEY] is recognized during wants to decrease redtape and paper- Carolina [Mr. FUNDERBURK] is recog- morning business for 5 minutes. work. nized during morning business for 1 Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am In 1994, OSHA was willing to put minute. holding a copy of the administration's their ideas into law. In 1995 OSHA is Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, newest initiative regarding OSHA. It is not so willing. today President Clinton will formally bound in red, white, and blue, and is These two documents represent one recognize Communist Vietnam. While filled with lots of rhetoric about chang- of the great flip-flops of this adminis- American diplomats toast the brutal ing the way OSHA thinks. tration. Hanoi regime, this White House ignores In past Congresses I, and many of my If the administration wants to the wishes of hundreds of POW/MIA colleagues have criticized many of change OSHA's approach, why don't families and thousands of Vietnamese- OSHA's ridiculous regulations. they put the change into law? b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H 6739 H 6740 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE July 11, 1995 OSHA's new approach means nothing did it pass by? It passed by 411 to 0, and grows up in this violence, they are if we leave them the ability to change you really cannot do any better than going to be violent. back to their old gestapo attitude that. So, after 200-and-some years of Second, imagine the horror for the whenever the political climate will tol- this Republic, we finally decided that many, many Americans living in this erate it. we would go right to the core of where type of situation. If you are afraid to Meanwhile, OSHA's absurdities con- a lot of this violence was starting, in be on the street because of crime, but tinue: the home, and we also realized that, if you cannot even go home because you We heard about the specially de- children see every single dispute are also afraid to be there, what a signed rubber gloves used by Secret solved, every single dispute solved with nightmare. Service officials at the White House. violence at home, they are not going to So what a wonderful feeling it was a It was OSHA which cited serious vio- be able to be given a conflict-resolu- year ago when we all came together in lations of workers safety at Secret tion course for a couple of hours in a huge, bipartisan manner, and we Service guard stations. school to change their behavior. So, voted that out, and we got the bill In speaking with over 15 guards at going in and really saying for the first signed, and we got the details in order, our own capitol buildings, I failed to time this country was going to take and we really thought the train was find a single officer who had ever been this seriously I thought was marvelous. moving, and now we find the whole cut or injured, or that had ever heard Well, now we see that, while we train has been derailed, and they are of an officer being cut or injured, while passed the bill, apparently they are going to drop a little token, $1 million, searching someone's belongings. taking all the money out. There was to in the box and say ``Isn't that wonder- They do have rubber gloves, but are be $161 million appropriated for such ful? Look what we have done.'' allowed to use them at their discretion. things as shelters for victims of domes- Let me tell you what you have done. But that's not all. Back in my home tic violence, for families; a hotline for You have done nothing. You have done district, a dental office was recently the very first time. We have never had absolutely nothing, and we will be back cited with 11 violations, all of them se- a national hotline on this issue. Also to business as usual on one of the most rious and most of them for paperwork for rape crisis centers $161 million was important crime generators and vio- violations. to go out this year to begin those lence generators in this country. And let us be perfectly clear about One violation included the office's things, and, believe me, that money is this. It is easy to tell you about other written hazard communication. really needed because to say to the vic- things, but the most important thing is The office took the OSHA approved tims of these kinds of acts that you guidelines from another dental office the home and the family, and if the have to privatize it or you are going to home and the family is the roots of vio- and used them. have to pay for it yourself, good luck. OSHA cited them because they had lence, if the home and the family is ab- Part of the reason they have not been solutely torn asunder, then you are scratched out the name of the dentist able to get out of the violence at home, that originated the booklet and wrote never going to get off square one when or whatever, has been because of the it comes to fighting crime. in their office name. economic dependence they have on the To come into OSHA compliance the batterer, whether it be male or female, f office had to retype the 65 page docu- so that is very essential.

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