418 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE January 24, 1990 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, January 24, 1990 The House met at 2 p.m. Cooper Kasich Rinaldo NAYS-89 Costello Kastenmeier Ritter The Chaplain, Rev. James David Coyne Kennedy Roberts Armey Goodling Paxon Ford, D.D., offered the following Crockett Kennelly Robinson Baker Goss Regula Darden Kildee Roe Ballenger Hancock Rhodes prayer: Barton Hastert Ridge In this our prayer, 0 gracious God, Davis Kleczka Rohrabacher de la Garza Kostmayer Rose Bentley Hefley Rogers we remember those who know not the DeFazio La.Falce Rostenkowski Bliley Herger Ros-Lehtinen joy and satisfaction of a full life. We Dellums Lancaster Roth Boehlert Hopkins Roukema recall the hostages of every nation Derrick Lantos Rowland Bunning Hunter Saxton Dicks Laughlin Rowland Burton Inhofe Schroeder who are separated from those they Dingell Leath Roybal Chandler Ireland Schuette love, who endure the pain and loneli­ Dixon Lehman Russo Coble Jacobs Sensenbrenner Dorgan Lehman Sabo Coleman Kyl Shays ness of their captivity. We pray, that Coughlin Lagomarsino Slaughter CV A> as Your spirit crosses every barrier of Downey Lent Saiki Duncan Levin Sangmeister Courter Leach Smith(TX) time and place, so may our prayers Durbin Levine Sarpalius Cox Lewis CCA) Smith, Denny give support and encouragement to all Dwyer Lewis Savage Craig Lewis who are in need. May Your peace that Dymally Lipinski Sawyer Crane Lightfoot Smith, Robert Dyson Livingston Schaefer Dannemeyer Lowery passes all understanding unite us as Early Lloyd Scheuer DeLay Lukens, Donald Smith, Robert one people and may we share together Eckart Long Schiff DeWine Machtley as one human family the joys and Edwards Lowey Schneider Dickinson Madigan Solomon Emerson Luken, Thomas Schulze DomanCCA> Marlenee Stangeland blessings of freedom. This is our ear­ Engel Manton Schumer Douglas Martin Stump nest prayer. Am.en. English Markey Sharp Dreier McCandless Sundquist Erdreich Martin Shaw Edwards McCollum Tauke Evans Martinez Shumway Fawell McGrath Thomas THE JOURNAL Fascell Matsui Shuster Fields Miller Upton Fazio Mavroules Sisisky Gallegly Miller Walker The SPEAKER. The Chair has ex­ Feighan McCloskey Skaggs Gekas Moorhead Whittaker amined the Journal of the last day's Fish McCrery Skeen Gilman Parris Wolf proceedings and announces to the Flake McDermott Skelton Gingrich Pashayan Foglietta McEwen Slattery ANSWERED ''PRESENT''-3 House his approval thereof. Ford McHugh Slaughter Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Ford CTN> McMillan Smith Clay Frenzel Green Journal stands approved. Frank McMillen CMD> Smith NOT VOTING-27 Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, pur­ Frost McNulty Smith Gallo Meyers Smith AuCoin Hughes Nowak suant to clause 1, rule I, I demand a Gaydos Mfume Smith Beilenson Kolbe Oakar vote on agreeing to the Speaker's ap­ Gejdenson Michel Snowe Bilirakis Kolter Rangel proval of the Journal. Gephardt Miller Solarz Carr Mazzoli Sikorski Geren Mineta Spence Conyers Mccurdy VanderJagt The SPEAKER. The question is on Gibbons Moakley Spratt Donnelly McDade Vucanovich the Chair's approval of the Journal. Gillmor Mollohan Staggers Espy Moody Waxman The question was taken; and the Glickman Montgomery Stallings Flippo Murphy Weber Speaker announced that the ayes ap­ Gonzalez Morella Stark Horton Nelson Young(AK) Gordon Morrison CCT> Stearns peared to have it. Gradison Morrison Stenholm D 1425 Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, I Grandy Mrazek Stokes Mr. UDALL changed his vote from object to the vote on the ground that Grant Murtha Studds Gray Myers Swift "nay" to "yea." a quorum is not present and make the Guarini Nagle Synar Mr. GORDON changed his vote point of order that a quorum is not Gunderson Natcher Tallon from "present" to "yea." present. Hall Neal Tanner So the Journal was approved. The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum Hall Neal CNC) Tauzin Hamilton Nielson Taylor The result of the vote was an­ is not present. Hammerschmidt Oberstar Thomas nounced as above recorded. The Sergeant at Arms will notify Hansen Obey Thomas absent Members. Harris Olin Torres Hatcher Ortiz Torricelli The vote was taken by electronic Hawkins Owens Towns PERSONAL EXPLANATION device, and there were-yeas 312, nays Hayes Owens CUT> Traficant Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, had I 89, answered "present" 3, not voting Hayes Oxley Traxler Hefner Packard Udall been present, I would have voted "aye" on 27, as follows: Henry Pallone Unsoeld rollcall 2. CRoll No. 21 Hertel Panetta Valentine YEAS-312 Hiler Parker Vento PERSONAL EXPLANATION Hoagland Patterson Visclosky Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoid­ Ackerman Berman Buechner Hochbrueckner Payne (NJ) Volkmer ably absent. Had I been present, I would have Akaka Bevill Bustamante Holloway Payne Walgren Alexander Bilbray Byron Houghton Pease Walsh voted "yea" on rollcall No. 2, approving the Anderson Boggs Callahan Hoyer Pelosi Washington Journal of Tuesday, January 23, 1990. Andrews Bonior Campbell Hubbard Penny Watkins Annunzio Borski Campbell Huckaby Perkins Weiss PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Anthony Bosco Cardin Hutto Petri Weldon Applegate Boucher Carper Hyde Pickett Wheat The SPEAKER. Will the gentlewom­ Archer Boxer Chapman James Pickle Whitten an from Hawaii [Mrs. SAIKI] please Aspin Brennan Clarke Jenkins Porter Williams come forward and lead the House in Atkins Brooks Clement Johnson Poshard Wilson Barnard Broomfield Clinger Johnson Price Wise the Pledge of Allegiance. Bartlett Browder Coleman Johnston Pursell Wolpe Mrs. SAIKI led the Pledge of Alle­ Bateman BrownCCA> Collins Jones Quillen Wyden giance as follows: Bates Brown .Combest Jones Rahall Wylie Bennett Bruce Condit Jontz Ravenel Yates I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Bereuter Bryant Conte Kanjorski Ray Yatron United States of America, and to the Repub- Kaptur Richardson Young

0 This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., 0 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. January 24, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 419 lie for which it stands, one nation under CAMPAIGN REFORM terest rates that threw the figures off God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for by billions. all. given permission to address the House performance, and in some cases even Mrs. SAIKI. Aloha, Mr. Speaker, on for 1 minute and to revise and extend sacrificed their life, because the Presi­ behalf of the people of Hawaii, I want his remarks.> dent might get some credit, too. to express my appreciation to those Mr. OWENS of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I do not agree with the President all Members who came to my State over next week our self-proclaimed educa­ the time. I am not afraid to say so. By the recess to take a hard look at some tion President will present his new the same token, we and the over­ of the problems in paradise. education budget. Ironically, some 50 whelming majority of Americans do Well, Mr. Speaker, we make no million illiterate Americans are capa­ agree we should not be afraid to say apologies for having sunshine and ble of reading the President's lips but either, "Thank you, Mr. President," warm weather in January. I only wish January 24, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 421 the media had paid more attention to United States and promptly report their would leave the bill in a kind of legis­ the serious issues of international drug recommendations back to the House. lative limbo, causing the kind of "un­ trafficking and the protection of our The SPEAKER. The gentleman certainty" in the public mind that the coastal areas. from Illinois [Mr. MICHEL] is recog­ Supreme Court warned against in its By the way, aloha casual attire in nized for 1 hour. 1929 Pocket Veto Case decision. Hawaii doesn't mean going native. It Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, may I I have introduced legislation to means common local business attire, say that yesterday, when I alerted the ensure more congressional account­ not bermuda shorts and sarongs. House that I intended to offer this ability on vetoed messages. H.R. 3462 We of the 50th State deserve to have motion, the distinguished gentleman would, among other things, require our concerns heard by congressional from Texas [Mr. BROOKS], Chairman that immediately after a veto message committees, and I hope more commit­ of the Committee on the Judiciary, in­ has been read, the Speaker shall put tees will hold hearings in Hawaii in quired as to whether or not this gen­ the question on consideration of the the future. tleman would yield half the time, as is vetoed •measure, and no motion may I want to personally thank the the practice here at all times, to those preempt the previous question except House Committee on Merchant who would oppose the motion, and I one motion to postpone the override Marine and Fisheries and the Select think their special request is that 15 vote to a date certain, which shall not Committee on Narcotics Abuse for minutes be yielded to the Committee be more than 10 legislative days. Obvi­ taking the time, trouble, and publicity on Foreign Affairs and 15 minutes to ously, if the previous question is de­ to give the people of Hawaii a sense of the Committee on the Judiciary. feated, other motions would be in hope and confidence that their con­ I am noting that the chairmen of order, such as to table or refer. cerns are indeed being heard by my both of those committees are on the Mr. Speaker, the second observation fell ow colleagues in Congress. floor, and I would assume that is ac­ ceptable. I would like to make is that while the So, Mr. Speaker, to kick off the President claims this was a pocket REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER debate in support of the motion, I veto, he had the courtesy to return it AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2273 yield 4 minutes to the distinguished to the Congress with his objections, Mr. WATKINS. Mr. Speaker, I ask gentlewoman from my home State of thereby giving us an opportunity to unanimous consent that my name be Illinois [Mrs. MARTIN]. vote to override. This is a departure removed as a cosponsor of the bill, Mrs. MARTIN of Illinois. Mr. Speak­ from a minor bill he pocket vetoed in H.R. 2273. er, I thank the gentleman for yielding August, and I hope it indicates an ac­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection this time to me. commodation with Congress on the to the request of the gentleman from Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of pocket veto controversy. Oklahoma? H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Im­ As my colleagues may be aware, the There was no objection. migration Relief Act of 1989. But I administration is of the opinion that also support the motion offered by our the President may pocket veto a bill at distinguished Republican leader [Mr. any time Congress is adjourned for ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE MICHEL] to refer the bill and the Pres­ more than 3 days, even when Congress SPEAKER ident's memorandum of disapproval to has appointed agents to receive veto The SPEAKER. The Chair previous­ the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary messages. The prevailing view in Con­ ly announced that it would receive five Committees. gress is that he may only do so at the 1-minute speeches from each side. Fur­ I support that motion because it con­ end of a Congress when he is truly ther 1-minute speeches will be re­ tains explicit instructions to those two prevented from returning a vetoed ceived later in the day. committees to promptly report back measure to Congress. their recommendations after consider­ The Rules Subcommittee on Legisla­ EMERGENCY CHINESE IMMIGRA­ ing the events and actions which have tive Process, on which I serve as the TION RELIEF ACT OF 1989- occurred since the bill passed the Con­ ranking minority member, has report­ VETO MESSAGE FROM THE gress last November. In this connec­ ed legislation which attempts to clari­ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED tion I noted with interest that the Ju­ fy this issue. But, even if it is enacted STATES to facilitate the adjustment or will support the veto override motion. lation. change of status of Chinese nationals To do otherwise would send the wrong In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I com­ in the United States by waiving the 2- signal. I think the President and Con­ mend the President on returning this year foreign residence requirement for gress are both interested in protecting measure to the Congress with his ob­ "J" nonimmigrants. those Chinese students in this coun­ jections so that we might exercise our The Clerk read the title of the bill. try. They only disagree on the means. constitutional prerogatives. MOTION TO REFER OFFERED BY MR. MICHEL Mr. Speaker, in the time remaining, Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I offer a I want to make as few points about myself such time as I may consume. preferential motion and I ask for its the procedural situation we are in be­ Mr. Speaker, I oppose the motion to immediate consideration. cause of its relevance to the future. refer the President's disapproval mes­ The SPEAKER. The Clerk will This does not directly affect the sub­ sage on the Chinese students visa leg­ report the motion. stance of the bill but the process islation, H.R. 2712, to the Committee The Clerk read as follows: under which we in the House have to on the Judiciary. The committee has Mr. MICHEL moves to refer the bill, H.R. share concerns for the future. reviewed this matter in great detail. 2712, and the President's Memorandum of To refer to the committee with in­ The bill itself has been considered Disapproval jointly to the Committee on structions to report back promptly is three times by the House since the Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions that the Com­ in conformity with the constitutional committee's deliberation and report to mittees consider the merits of the veto in mandate that Congress proceed to the the House. On all three occasions, the light of events in China since passage of the consideration of the vetoed measure. bill has passed overwhelmingly. There bill and actions which the President has Referring a measure to committee is no debate on whether or not relief taken to protect Chinese students in the without instructions to report back ought to be given to the Chinese stu- 422 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE January 24, 1990 dents who would be covered by its pro­ rogatives in establishing, and main­ of the students who need our protec­ visions. The debate focuses on wheth­ taining and executing foreign policy. tion, and to let the Government of er the relief should be granted by leg­ For that reason alone we ought to be China be clear as . to our commitment islative action by the Congress or by supporting and voting for the motion to the students who perished in Tian­ administrative action by the executive that has been presented by the minori­ anmen Square in their struggle to see branch. ty leader. democracy flourish in China. Further review of the substance of But, if that were not enough, consid­ I urge my colleagues to vote to over­ this legislation by the committee er the other elements of this proposi­ ride the President's veto, and I com­ would serve no useful purpose except tion. mend my colleague from California, to delay a remedy which is needed Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Il­ Representative PELOSI, for persevering now. Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, I urge linois [Mr. MICHEL] insists, and I to see this important legislation my colleagues to vote against the agree, that in his motion are contained through. motion to refer this matter to commit­ references to committees which could Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 tee so that we may proceed to vote to look into the current developments on minutes to the distinguished gentle­ override the President's ill-advised the mainland of China and with our man from Texas [Mr. SMITH]. veto of H.R. 2712 and enact its protec­ direct relationships with the Chinese Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I tions now. leadership. However, we want to criti­ think we need to clear up some mis­ cize it for this action or that action. D 1450 conceptions. My colleagues, it is imperative in First, Mr. Speaker, there should be Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield these touchy times that the President myself 2 minutes. no doubt about the President's posi­ of the United States be given latitude, tion. The day after the massacre at Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to discretion. I am not saying unfettered the motion to refer H.R. 2712 jointly discretion. I am not saying loose abili­ Tiananmen Square the President to the Committee on Foreign Affairs ty to do anything he wants. But within made a public pledge to protect the and to the Committee on the Judici­ the purview of establishing foreign Chinese students who were in this ary. policy discretion in the office of the country and said that not one of them This legislation has already gone President is paramount in the consti­ would be forced to return home. He through the traditional referral proc­ tutional government that we have. has kept his pledge. The President, in ess in the House. Mr. Speaker, for those reasons I say, fact, has already acted. He has issued Under the rules of the House, it was "Let's end this game of chinese check­ an administrat.ive directive which, as clear at the time of referral that this ers. Let's resolve that it isn't necessary we sit here, protects the Chinese stu­ legislation was exclusively within the for the opposition to the President to dents who are in this country. jurisdiction of the Committee on the show him up, to do one-upmanship on I think the real question here is, Judiciary. him, gamesmanship." "The students are protected; what's Pursuant to rule X, the Speaker re­ My colleagues, we are all in this to­ the rush to override the veto of the f erred this legislation only to the gether. We want to open the door to President?" Committee on the Judiciary because it China. We want to give the students Mr. Speaker, it is said that we need amends the Immigration and Nation­ the right of remaining in this country, to send a message to Beijing, but we ality Act. as does the President, but let us do it have already sent a message to Beij­ If the legislation had contained mat­ in the orderly, established manner ing. We did that by a 403 to zero vote ters within the jurisdiction of the which will do credit to the President last November. In fact, we could not Committee on Foreign Affairs, we and to the Congress at the same time. have sent a stronger message, so why would have requested referral at that Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 the rush? time. minute to the gentleman from Califor­ Mr. Speaker, frankly it sounds suspi­ Since that original referral, there nia [Mr. MATSUI]. ciously like a "bash President Bush has been no change in the substance Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, today, brigade" is on the prowl. of the bill which would warrant a new for all the world to witness, Congress My colleagues, supporting the referral. This is simply an open at­ will speak loudly where the President Michel motion does no harm to the tempt to delay, frustrate, or kill a bill would only whisper. Today, Congress Chinese students who are in this coun­ which has already proven that it has is standing up with strength and con­ try, but it does allow the correct legis­ the nearly unanimous support of the viction to the forces committed to lative process to work, and it does membership of the House. crushing the democratic movement in allow the President to exercise his This legislation deals with a waiver China. rightful and constitutional foreign of a home residency requirement for Our vote to override the President's policy authority. holders of certain kind of visas. This is veto ·of the Emergency Chinese Immi­ Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 an authority under the purview of the gration Relief Act is not a vote to pro­ minutes to the distinguished gentle­ Attorney General, not the Secretary tect inspired partisan legislation. It is man from Pennsylvania [Mr. YATRON]. of State. As such, it is a matter under simply common sense. Mr. YATRON. Mr. Speaker, I am in the jurisdiction of the Committee on A vote to override meets the abso­ strong support of overriding the Presi­ the Judiciary, not the Committee on lute minimum standards of humanity dent's veto of this legislation. H.R. Foreign Affairs. I urge the defeat of and justice. It accomplishes what is 2712 would have eliminated the re­ the motion of the gentleman from Illi­ obviously scrupulous. The very least quirement that Chinese nationals nois. we can do is affirm by law a principle return home for 2 years after finishing Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 which ought to go without saying: studies in the United States. Clearly, it minutes to the distinguished gentle­ That the United States is a haven for is unsafe for these students to return man from Pennsylvania [Mr. GEKAS], those who face physical abuse and po­ to a regime that has so little regard and at this time I alert my colleagues litical oppression in their homeland. for human rights. As chairman of the on the other side that, as the offerer Sadly, our President opposed that Subcommittee on Human Rights and of the motion, I will exercise my pre­ codification and vetoed our legislation. International Organizations, I think rogative of closing the debate. In doing so, he has sent a signal to the this veto would hand each and every Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in world that the implications of the bru­ student forced to return to China a support of the motion. tality at Tiananmen Square are limit­ prison sentence. Mr. Speaker, the Congress is en­ ed at best. Even though the President has gaged in a game of chinese checkers, Today, we have an opportunity to rightly issued an order waiving the eager to jump over the President's pre- repair that damage, to come to the aid return requirement, who is to say that January 24, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 423 the administration will not unilateral­ are protected and, indeed, he did take good enough to send our top leaders ly revoke the waiver some time in the some very significant actions. there to clink champagne glasses 6 future to placate Beijing. An override There· are two problems with that months after the acts. What kind of of the President's veto will give Chi­ argument. First, those administrative message do we want to send to the nese students the assurance that he actions are subject to lawsuit and legal world? Do we want to say, "It is OK won't and establish a human rights attack by other people in the country, what you did?" Or do we want people policy toward China that the White class actions and what have you, and to remember the single man who stood House will not. could be rescinded in those legal ac­ in front of the tank and said, "China Mr. Speaker, over the recess we dis­ tions, in which case the Chinese stu­ must stand for democracy," and one covered that U.S. envoys were secretly dents would be at risk. man can stand up for those human dispatched twice to Beijing, contrary Second, administrative actions can rights. to the spirit of the President's assur­ come and go. They do not have the Bobby Kennedy said, "If a single ances to the American public. The force of law, and I think everybody man plants himself on his conviction, President is now in the process of un­ here, or mostly everybody here, when the huge world will come round to doing his own sanctions and support­ they vote will show that they want him." ing a resumption of international bank these rules and regulations to have We have a chance today to bring loans to China. the force of law. America around to that man who Concurrent with these recent Presi­ Let us put aside the legal arguments, stood alone in Tiananmen Square and dential actions, China has stifled its because as important as they are, they said, "Democracy must come to media, severely limited demonstra­ are largely irrelevant when we put this China." entire issue in the context of the for­ tions, and imposed strict censorship eign policy and the message that we Vote not to refer this to committee against foreign journalists. Further­ want to send not only to the leaders of and vote to override the veto and more, according to Asia Watch, in China but to people all over the world, stand for human rights. recent months 18 intellectuals were ar­ and we also have to look at this vote Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 rested because of their association against the other actions that the ad­ minutes to the distinguished gentle­ with the democracy movement. ministration, beginning on or about man from New York CMr. SOLARZ]. Frankly, I see little positive change July 4 of last year, took with regard to Mr. SOLARZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in in China. In fact, Chinese authorities the repressive regime in China. strong opposition to the Michel have imposed tighter restrictions on Winston Lord, who previously was motion. demonstrations than were already in our Ambassador to China, testified A little bit earlier today, the Presi­ effect. Over 500 detainees were recent­ yesterday in the other body to a com­ dent said at his press conference that ly released, but thousands more still mittee, and he said this: "As a con­ if his veto was overridden it would languish in Chinese prisons without cerned citizen, I am generally against result in a decision by China to retali­ charge or trial. These moves by the congressional micromanagement of ate against the United States by can­ Chinese Government should be taken foreign policy and the rigidities often celing many, if not all, of the academic for what they are: a symbolic gesture introduced by tactical legislation." He exchanges between our two countries. meant only for international consump­ said, "As a Republican who admires If this assessment is, indeed, accurate, tion. the President, served him, and ap­ then it would clearly constitute a com­ Mr. Speaker, by overriding the Presi­ plauds his overall foreign policy, I pelling argument in favor of the dent's veto of H.R. 2712, we will send a regret having to oppose the adminis­ Michel motion and in favor of the message to the Beijing government tration." Then he said, "This is the re­ effort to sustain the President's veto. and to the White House that the Con­ ality. Fairly or unfairly, the veto, if I believe, however, that the Presi­ gress has a very different view of the sustained, would reinforce the mindset dent's analysis is fundamentally mis­ situation in China. It is a well-founded and the mandate of those who have taken. The leaders of China may be perception that the administration proceeded from massacre to repres­ brutal, they may not be interested in was "kowtowing" to the Chinese Gov­ sion, those who predict America will human rights, but they are not dumb. ernment by sending secret missions be lulled by cosmetic gestures and They can read. Because they can read, there. The administration is applying return to business as usual, those who they surely know that the protections a double standard when it comes to dismiss the Chinese as a people apart provided in the President's own execu­ human rights abuses in China. We from the global winds of change." tive order for the Chinese students are need to reassess our strategic and com­ Whether we want to believe it or roughly parallel to the protections mercial interests in China and should not, whether we want to accept it or provided Chinese students in the do so with its record on human rights not, this decision today sends a loud, Pelosi bill. If the Chinese are going to in mind. The override of this veto clear message to the leaders in China retaliate because we pass the Pelosi places the United States on the side of about what we believe and what bill, they will also retaliate because of the oppressed, not the oppressors. people all over the world believe about the President's executive order. If this human rights, and it sends a message is the case, we might ask why then 0 1500 to the leaders in the Soviet Union, the pass the bill. Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 leaders in East Germany, the leaders We need to pass the bill because on minutes to the distinguished majority in Czechoslovakia, and in all the coun­ the issue of China the President has leader, the gentleman from Missouri tries across the world that are in a lost his credibility. If the President [Mr. GEPHARDT]. state of change that business as usual can send some of the most senior for­ Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I is OK: I think we believe, I know I be­ eign policy and national security offi­ rise, as I think we all will today, with lieve, that business as usual is not OK. cials in his administration to Beijing the sense that none of us like to tell We have an obligation as Members at the very same time that he is telling the President that we think he is of this Congress representing our the American people that he suspend­ wrong. It is never an easy vote to over­ people, as representatives of the ed all high-level contacts, then he ride a veto, but I believe in my heart, American society that stands for simply cannot be relied upon not to re­ and I think most of the Members here human rights here and across the scind the executive order at some do, that in this case the President is world, to unequivocally state what we point in the future if this veto is sus­ wrong. I know he has argued strongly believe about what these leaders did. tained. that the administrative actions that Mr. Speaker, it is not good enough In order to provide enduring guaran­ he took are sufficient to see that the to send leaders there 4 weeks after the tees to the 40,000 Chinese students in Chinese students who are in America acts in Tiananmen Square. It is not America who fear for their careers and 424 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE January 24, 1990 possibly even for their lives if they tration's pursuit of business as usual with Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 should be obligated to return, we need China; in light of the administration's cozy re­ minutes to the distinguished gentle­ to defeat this motion and override the lationship with the butcher's of Beijing; any man from South Carolina [Mr. DER­ President's veto when the vote comes administration action aimed at protecting the RICK], a member of the Committee on before us. Chinese students is suspect and should be re­ Rules. Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 garded with the highest skepticism. Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, I urge minute to the gentleman from New The President is concerned that this legisla­ Members to vote to override the Presi­ Mexico CMr. RICHARDSON]. tion will send the wrong signal to the Chinese dent's misguided veto, for two reasons. Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. President, Government. He could not be more incorrect. First, we simply cannot in good con­ we know you are popular because of Overriding this veto sends a clear and correct science force Chinese students in the foreign policy, but your policy on message to Beijing-the United States stands United States on J visas to go home to China stinks. alongside those who peaceably rise against face repression. Many of the students President Bush's veto of the Chinese oppression and cry out for democracy, and support the democracy movement and student protection bill is wrong, has no tolerance for governments which mas­ have spoken out loudly and vigorously wrong, wrong. It is wrong because it sacre those who peaceably demand change. against the evils of Communist dicta­ gives the wrong signal to the repres­ This is the message we should and will sive Communist regime in Beijing, the torship. The Chinese Government has send, Mr. President. It is not the wrong signal; harassed them here and their families butchers of Tiananmen. It is wrong be­ it is what this Nation stands for. I urge my col­ cause the Bush administrative direc­ in China. After June 3, it isn't hard to leagues to vote in favor of overriding the imagine what Beijing has planned for tive is without any legal foundation President's veto and affording the Chinese and does not provide the Chinese stu­ them if they come home. I assure you dents the protection they seek. It is students the protection they certainly deserve. the American people want no part of wrong because it tells those around Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 it, and rightly so. the world wanting freedom, run by re­ minutes to the distinguished gentle­ Second, Mr. Speaker, there is an im­ pressive regimes, that the United man from New York CMr. SCHEUER]. portant institutional aspect to this States will sell them out for geopoliti­ D 1510 issue. The President says we have no cal reasons. constitutional right to reconsider this It is a shame that we kowtow to the Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, al­ bill because he has "pocket-vetoed" it. Chinese with secret trips, winks, and though the President's Executive In his message Mr. Bush claimed that pats on the back. order technically may have accom­ the adjournment of Congress "pre­ Mr. President, with all due respect, plished much the same as our bill that vented" him from returning the bill you are wrong on this one. the President vetoed, in practical within the meaning of article I, section Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support point of fact the signal that it sent, 7 of the Constitution. He also claimed of overriding the President's veto of H.R. the message that it sent, both to the that by withholding his approval he 2712, the Emergency Chinese Students Immi­ murderous Mandarins running main­ had "precluded" it from law, gration Relief Act. land China today with a cruel fist, as but that he was returning it to the Mr. Speaker, I am certain none of us has well as to the students in our country House because of court decisions rais­ forgotten the moving and historic scenes of of Chinese descent who live in daily ing questions about when the pocket last May and early June. Scenes of hundreds fear that they will be delivered forc­ veto applies. · of thousands, indeed millions, of Chinese of ibly to a vengeful Chinese Govern­ The courts have ruled a President all ages peaceably calling for reform of a cor­ ment, it was a message a world apart. may not use a pocket veto during ad­ rupt and despotic government. Led by the Our former Ambassador, our bril­ journments within or between sessions brave students who occupied Tiananmen liant Ambassador to mainland China, of Congress. However, the administra­ Square, the Chinese people rose and de­ Winston Lord, testified only yesterday tion refuses to accept these rulings. manded a say in their nation's future. The Chi­ to the Senate Judiciary Committee The Justice Department testified at a nese Government's response was brutal and that, "There is no question that today hearing last year in my subcommittee inhuman. The storming of Tiananmen Square Chinese students in the United States feel uncertain, uneasy, and vulnerable. that the President can pocket veto a remains one of the most terrifying events in bill whenever its House of origin is ad­ modern times. It is best to remove all doubts by the journed for more than 3 days. This is But as remarkable, tragic, and unforgettable unambiguous means of legislation. Those who have lived in China where absurd. Surely there is no Member of as these events were, I am not certain the this House who believes that a Presi­ Bush administration truly remembers what laws do not protect the individual seek took place in Beijing last spring-truly under­ security in the laws of the United dent should be able to pocket-veto stands what the Government of China is ca­ States that do. Passage of legislation bills over a long weekend, but that is pable of doing. We recently learned that would fortify the students psychologi­ Mr. Bush's position. My subcommittee weeks after the massacre, Gen. Brent Scow­ cally as well as legally." recently approved legislation codifying croft traveled to China. This was followed by a The Washington Post noted at the the court rulings, which we intend to second visit late last year. The President time of the President's veto that the bring to the floor very soon. I hope all claims these visits were meant to underscore Chinese have a word for that kind of Members will support it. his concern regarding the Chinese Govern­ gesture: "kowtow," the touching of the Mr. Speaker, Congress clearly has ment's actions. If this was the case, why was forehead to the ground in servile, both the constitutional right and the it kept from Congress and the American supine acquiescence. moral duty to override this veto today. people? Clearly, the events of last spring did Mr. Speaker, that Presidential veto, Democracy is breaking out all over the not make a great enough impression on this that kowtow, sent a message that is world. Let's not support the forces of administration. demeaning to our country. Today we darkness, brutality and repression by The President further claims that his admin­ should wipe the slate clean and send a sending these students home. Let's istrative directive is sufficient to protect the message loud and clear, not only to show the world this Congress stands Chinese students. This directive, however, is the Chinese students in our country, up for freedom. Let's show the White without legal foundation and lacks the not only to the aging tyrants who House this Congress stands up for its strength of law. Moreover, what is most fright­ made the decision that resulted in rights under the Constitution. Let's ening to the students is that the President's Tiananmen Square, but to people override this veto. directive is discretionary and can be lifted at a around the world, that we stand for Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 moment's notice. freedom. We will protect these kids. minutes to the distinguished gentle­ In light of the President's continued equivo­ That is the message we must send man from Georgia CMr. GINGRICH], cation on this matter; in light of the adminis- today. the minority whip. January 24, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 425 Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I I just want to note for my col­ affirm through law the basic decency thank my leader for yielding me the leagues, I hope the Democratic leader­ of the American people, and the basic time. I am going to vote to override ship does not plan to start a whole fairness of our moral imperative. Let the President's veto today. I an­ series of partisan snipings, of which us send a clear and simple marker nounced that last week. I feel that this week's schedule is an example. I about the American character to the Members do have a constitutional obli­ think it is regrettable that they pulled butchers of Beijing. gation to do that. the resolution on Panama, which In doing so, we will also send to free­ I am also going to vote for the should have been here and we under­ dom loving people throughout the motion of the gentleman from Illinois stood yesterday was going to be here. I world an unequivocal message: we CMr. MICHEL]. I want to explain brief­ think that would have been bipartisan stand for human rights. Let us defeat ly why I think it is reasonable to and positive and the American people the motion to refer, let us override spend a week or two asking the Com­ would have supported it. this unfortunate veto, and let us lift mittee on Foreign Affairs and the I think it is regrettable that it was no more toasts to tyrants. Committee on Intelligence and other decided to schedule this, and that it committees to review things. has been described so openly in the 0 1520 I found myself just as we prepared press as a partisan effort. Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 to come back home and we were all So, Mr. Speaker, I am going to vote minutes to the distinguished gentle­ out around the country, we were look­ for this motion on two grounds. First, man from Maryland CMr. HOYER]. ing around and talking to people. As I to send the signal that on an issue Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank sat in Douglasville, GA, in Carrollton, that is still going to be relevant in 2 weeks, an issue where the President al­ the gentleman for yielding. GA, in Jonesboro, GA, I had a chance ready personally by administrative fiat Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to after Christmas to listen to people. has taken care of any concerns of the the motion which I think is well in­ Then I said, now we are all going to students, has already protected them, tended and I understand the minority come to Washington. It suddenly oc­ that it would not have been inappro­ whip's proposition that we could take curred to me one afternoon, and I priate for Congress to wait 2 weeks to 2 weeks to look at this. There is, think this is an important thing for let the committees report. And the though, I believe no one in this body Congress to realize, that the world had truth is the committees could not have who believes that looking at this in 2 changed dramatically since we left reported during the previous period weeks would change the opinion of here in November. Romania had lost because they were not here. They any Member of this body who repre­ its dictatorship in an extraordinarily could not have gotten a quorum and sents the people of this country who bloody cycle of events. The Soviet had a meeting. were outraged, justifiably so, by the Empire changed substantially. The Az­ Symbolically, first I think it is useful events in Tiananmen Square. erbaijani rebellion all occurred since for the legislature to try to be in­ I suggest to you that perhaps people then. The process of change in formed occasionally, especially when told Andrei Sakharov to wait, take 2 Panama had been decisive with an the world is changing as fast as it has weeks to consider whether human American victory and a victory for in the last 60 days. rights violations were worth standing freedom and against the drug dealers. Second, I want to send a message to up against. Perhaps the people in Ru­ Place after place around the planet, my friends in the Democratic leader­ mania were told that as well. things changed. ship. It is going to be a long season if Vaclav Havel, who spent 5 years in In China there is a process going on. we get to petty partisanship, if we pull prison in Czechoslovakia, I am sure I thought what could better illustrate a resolution on Panama that should was told many times, "wait." the willful ignorance of Congress than have commended the President of the It is time to act now, it is time, with to rush back to Washington, and United States, that should have ap­ a clear and I hope unanimous voice, within 24 hours of arriving, decide plauded the men and women in uni­ state to those in China as we have that it could not stop and investigate, form who did the right thing, if we done over and over again, not on a par­ it could not have closed hearings to re­ pull that and leave standing only a tisan fashion but together, the Soviet ceive any testimony by the administra­ veto override in the narrowest of parti­ Union and the Communist bloc in tion, it could not contemplate; but in­ san ways. Europe, "We stand in united opposi­ stead, relying on newspaper reports, Mr. Speaker, I hope my friends on tion to violations of human rights in relying on Christmas cards from Chi­ the Republican side will vote for this the Soviet Union." nese students, relying on the passions motion, and those Democrats who Indeed our President, President of the moment as we remembered it think Congress should slow down and Reagan said that the then Soviet the day we left, when we voted. take a look and get briefed occasional­ Union at the time he said it was the There is no question in my mind ly, they may want to vote this way too. evil empire. It is perhaps China that that the President has made a mis­ Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 now stands most dramatically in that take. There is no question in my mind minute to the gentleman from Georgia position. that in fact if we are going to vote to [Mr. JONES]. This is not a time to temporize, this override the veto, it should be an over­ Mr. JONES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, is not a time to delay, it is a time to ride. in these past few months we have seen act. Let us speak with a strong voice I just found it intriguing that we historic images of change and courage and override this misguided veto. had to schedule this the opening week and hope. We have seen the image of Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 and that it had to be characterized by free people celebrating on the ruins of minutes to the distinguished gentle­ some people as a partisan scheduling the Berlin wall. We have seen, too, the man from California CMr. ANDERSON]. on the part of the Democratic leader­ image of a young Chinese man facing Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I ship to score one on the President. a convoy of tanks in an act of defiance thank the gentleman for yielding time Let me just say two things in closing that spoke for all mankind. And we tome. about all this: In the first place, a man have seen the darker image of Ameri­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to com­ with 80-percent approval can probably can diplomats lifting a cynical toast to mend the gentlewoman from Califor­ be overridden and he will not be crip­ the brutal Communist ideologues who nia CMs. PELOSI] for her leadership on pled dramatically. He might shrink to had crushed the life out of their this bill. Her dedication to bringing the levels of Roosevelt, to the more brightest children. this important bill back to the floor is normal levels of Eisenhower and Roo­ Today we have the opportunity to greatly appreciated by us all. sevelt. In the second place, we will not create another image-as we, repre­ This vote to override President dramatically change things. senting the sentiment of a Nation, re- Bush's veto is a vitally important step 426 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE January 24, 1990 in continuing this country's commit­ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. ment to democracy around the world. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished The United States, as the leader of the KILDEE). The Chair will remind Mem­ Chairman for yielding. free world, must show to our neigh­ bers that under the rules they must Mr. Speaker, I want to speak against bors that our promise to those fight­ direct their comments to the Chair the motion to recommit and in strong ing for freedom is expressed in actions and only to the Chair, and not directly support of the override. and not just words. We have a long to the President in the second person. Mr. Speaker, it is disgraceful that standing commitment to be a haven Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Congress must even consider overrid­ for those fleeing repression. This vote minutes to the distinguished gentle­ ing a veto on an issue as basic as the is an expression of that promise. As man from Pennsylvania [Mr. KosT­ health and safety of the Chinese stu­ such, I am proud to voice my support MAYERl. dents in the United States. Sadly, for a bill that will allow Chinese stu­ Mr. KOSTMAYER. I thank the however, the administration has dents to stay in this country. I urge Chairman for yielding. turned a cold shoulder to their fate. my colleagues to join forces in overrid­ Mr. Speaker, this is not a question of Without the waiver created in this ing President Bush's veto of this im­ who favors deporting Chinese students bill these students, upon completion of perative legislation. to China and who does not. No one their studies, will be required to return Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 favors that. That is not the President's to China, a country that still has not minute to the gentleman from New policy and to suggest that it is would expressed remorse over the killing of York [Mr. SCHUMER]. be unfair to the President. hundreds of its own people. Defeat of Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I I think the issues are more subtle the override can only mean two would say to the President: Mr. Presi­ than that. things: The students will have to go dent, your approval ratings may be Our Government policy really home to a dangerous welcome or risk skyrocketing, but that will not stop 1 staying in America illegally. Congress from doing the right thing should have two objectives: No. to on the Chinese student visa issue. This change Chinese behavior and number I cannot imagine imposing such a House and the American people will two to continue this relationship be­ harsh and unnecessary fate upon the not stand by and watch these students tween the two countries. students. returned to the butchers of Tianan­ There are really two approaches: Has the American sword of justice men Square should your administra­ First is the President's approach become so blunted that we will not tive remedies fail. which is the carrot approach; the afford simple physical protection to We in Congress respect your desire other is the congressional approach thousands of innocent people? Mr. to maintain flexibility in conducting which includes tough sanctions. Speaker, the time has come to stand foreign policy. But we do not believe I think both approaches are very dif­ up for democracy. The time has come that the thousands of Chinese stu­ ficult to make work. I do not know to stand up for the brave young Chi­ dents in the United States should be whether either approach can work. I nese students who were massacred in pawns in an international game of do not know whether the President's Tiananmen Square. chess with China. policy or the policy enunciated by the The time has come to stand up to This country was electrified by the Congress in this override effort can the President and to override his veto courage and passion of the throngs of change Chinese behavior. I think the on this issue. students who took on their repressive Chinese may in fact react against con­ Mr. Speaker, the time has come to government and its tanks. With their gressional pressure. But what I do send unequivocally, on a bipartisan efforts for reform brutally smashed, think is that the Chinese cannot really basis, a message to the people of these students deserve our assurance moderate their behavior. China that both Democrats and Re­ that they will not be returned to their I think therefore the President and publicans alike, people from through­ oppressors. the Congress are fooling themselves out America, regardless of political Congress gave that assurance by when they suggest the Chinese can persuasion, support the aspirations of passing H.R. 2712. Mr. President, your moderate their behavior when either a democracy in China, support the stu­ . veto of the bill has sent the opposite carrot or a stick is applied. dents who supported democracy in message. If the Chinese do moderate their be­ China and reject the brutality that Now is not the time to flex your havior, if they let this genie out of the was seen in Tiananmen Square. muscle in the name of executive dis­ bottle they know it is all over for cretion. Now is the time to send a clear them. D 1530 signal that the United States will not Once democracy begins to spread in Only by overriding this veto, and tolerate repression; that the United China I think that genie cannot be put only by refusing to send this bill back States will stand firmly behind the back in the bottle. Therefore, I think to committee can that message be so courageous men and women who it is in our interest to recognize that demonstrably communicated, as it struggle for freedom around the change is coming. Democracy is must be. world. coming to China. Nobody knows how Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 You may be willing to gamble that long or how soon it will be, but when it minute to the gentleman from Florida your administrative remedies are suffi­ comes let it be said that America stood [Mr. FASCELL]. cient. But if they are not, Mr. Presi­ with the students and with democracy Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 dent, you would have to stand up and in China. minute to the gentleman from Missou­ tell each Chinese student that they The SPEAKER pro tempore

39-059 0-91-15 (Pt. 1) 448 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE January 24, 1990 others sought cover, he saved lives and to specifically mention one of these guished honor of being named "Ameri­ protected his ship . from crippling transactions. can Business Woman of the Year" by damage. Rich's, one of Atlanta's true retail the American Business Women's Asso­ Alonzo Swarm's first petition to be institutions, finds itself owned by a ciation [ABWAl. duly recognized for his bravery fell on holding company controlled by a cor­ Each year the ABWA recognizes one the Navy's deaf ears. He is not satis­ porate raider named Campeau who of its member's professional achieve­ fied, I am not satisfied, and the people has filed for bankruptcy protection. ments and community involvement of the United States of America Rich's is a profitmaking business and and presents them with its highest should not be satisfied. The Navy has its employees work hard every day to award. I am not surprised that 1989's informed me that they have reopened provide quality goods and services to recipient was Martha. Mr. Swarm's case. I thank the Navy the general public. While Rich's has I have known Martha since I was a and strongly urge them to give him his remained profitable, the parent com­ county judge in San Antonio, Bexar long sought, just reward. Award pany has an overlay of debt which County, and she has always been a Alonzo A. Swann the Navy Cross. cannot be overcome. leader in the community. Her unre­ What is especially tragic is that our lenting effort to help others has bene­ Tax Code provides an incentive for fited those in San Antonio. Martha's H.R. 3686, FAIR HOUSING ACT companies to go further into debt and devotion to education and her person­ AMENDMENT discourages the accumulation of al involvement in teaching others to ment-in early January, Acting Presi­ many landlords of senior parks have Mr. DONALD E. "BUZ" LUKENS. decided to open their projects to fami­ dent Wolfgang Grlach, announced his Mr. Speaker, freedom is bursting out intention to complete the dismantling lies. all over the world. It is a marvelous My legislation would eliminate this of the wall. If you read the transcript sight to behold. We watched Central of the speech you also learned of the requirement for such amenities, giving America, Ea.st Europe, Lebanon, South landlords and senior citizens a clearer intention to replace the soon-to-be Africa, where progress is being made. downed wall, with a metal fence of idea of what exactly is required. But we need to remember our natural The bill does keep in place safe­ some sort. neighbors, Latin America. It is a his­ I was very interested to see that guards against discrimination by re­ toric alliance. It is politically right, it quiring senior housing to demonstrate news reports of Mr. Grlach's speech is morally correct, and they make a did not contain any reference to the an intention to be a seniors housing natural economic trading and commer­ project by having 80 percent of the metal fence proposal. Perhaps no one cial partner. wanted to "Jam a stick into the dwelling units occupied by one person Everyone looks to 1992 in Europe, over the age of 55. spokes" of what has uinversally been the little dragons of Asia and our trou­ regarded as an extraordinary develop­ I do not believe that it is fair to bled Middle Ea.st. But with our grow­ senior citizens to expect them to live ing Spanish-speaking population in ment-the tearing down of the Berlin in this state of limbo. By eliminating the United States, we need to remem­ Wall. The idea of replacing the wall this provision the law will be clarified ber to come home and have a vision, to with a fence was finally mentioned in and landlords will be able to easily de­ come home and look ahead, to come a caption that accompanied a picture termine if they meet the regulations home and make international progress of Ea.st German workers removing a without having to go to court. by taking care of our natural geo­ large segment of the Berlin Wall, in I urge my colleagues to support H.R. graphic, historic partners, Latin Amer­ yesterday's New York Times. 3683, and stop discrimination against ica. I mention this little story because I senior housing. The whole world looks for exploding am concerned about people who exhib­ freedom in Europe; let us not forget it a dangerous penchant for hearing our natural neighbors. what they want to hear, they want to LEVERAGED BUYOUTS LEAVE hear it. No one doubts the fact that DEDICATED COMPANY EM­ the world is changing by leaps and PLOYEES WITHOUT JOBS OR TRIBUTE TO MARTHA HICKS bounds, and certainly we all want the INCOME (Mr. BUSTAMANTE asked and was seeds of democracy to flourish in Ea.st of the Presidential Science LOAN LOSS RESERVE and Technology Advisory Organization Act entists to teach at elementary and sec­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under ondary schools under alternative of 1976 <42 U.S.C. 6614(a)) is amended- teacher certification plans as well as (1 > by striking "and" at the end of para­ a previous order of the House, the gen­ graph <12>; tleman from Wisconsin [Mr. KLECZKAl the offering of job cooperatives with <2> by redesignating paragraph <13> as Federal entities engaged in scientific paragraph <14>; and is recognized for 5 minutes. research. The Department of Energy <3> by inserting after paragraph <12> the Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, after many and NASA are among some of the following new paragraph: years of unflattering reports from the General more prominent Federal Department "(13) coordinate Federal policy designed Accounting Office [GAO] and repeated calls and agencies which are currently en­ to improve the instruction of mathematics to action, the Export-Import Bank of the and science at the elementary, secondary, United States [Eximbank] announced on Janu­ gaged in developing such programs. and postsecondary levels, and assess how While all of these initiatives are the various Federal departments and agen­ ary 4 the creation of $4.8 billion reserve to promising and exciting, there is one cies can assist and encourage American stu­ cover possible losses on 40 percent of its out­ major flow that afflicts them all: Not dents to pursue postsecondary study in standing loans and guarantees. As the author enough Federal policy coordination. mathematics, science, engineering, and of similar legislation (H.R. 3608) during the The need to make Federal policy on other technology-related disciplines which 1OOth Congress, I am delighted by the Exim­ math and science education a high pri­ may be of vital importance in enhancing our bank's decision to establish the reserve. The Nation's economic competitiveness; and". ority is clearly underscored in the task loan loss requirement retroactively took effect SEC. 2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORT AND force's report. Accordingly to the task OUTLOOK. to September 30, 1989. force, Federal policy in these educa­ Section 206(a) of the Presidential Science Eximbank's refusal to account for loan tional areas should be made and co­ and Technology Advisory Organization Act losses hampered the ability of this key Feder­ ordinated at the Presidential level due of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6615Ca)) is amended- al export agency to operate vigorously. With­ to the President's "broad, strong, and <1> by striking "and" at the end of para­ out real-world accounting, Eximbank loan and graph (5); immediate" influence. This is the prin­ guarantee losses would likely esclate, and re­ cipal reason why the task force specifi­ <2> by striking the period at the end of cally requested that the President: paragraph <6> and inserting in lieu thereof strict the U.S. role in present and future for­ ";and"; and eign development. Establishing a loan loss re­ Direct the White House Office of Science <3> by adding at the end of the following serve is crucial for this reason-and especially and Technology Policy to establish a Feder­ new paragraph: al coordination committee for science, engi­ important in light of a 1987 GAO report stating "(7) an evaluation of Federal efforts to en­ that discounted Eximbank loan sales may neering and technology to provide visibility, hance mathematics and science education, coordination, and accountability for Federal including an assessment of the effectiveness result in substantial losses for the agency in agency plans to strengthen the science and of Federal programs designed to assist in in­ the years in which they are sold. At least now engineering work force. creasing our Nation's manpower resources the impact of any Eximbank loan sales will be I believe this recommendation is in mathematics, science, engineering, and minimal, since the losses are already recog­ probably one of the most important other technology-related disciplines.". nized in the reserve. Hopefully, this action will made by the task force, because it also boost the long-term financial condition of touches on a crucial point: The need LEGISLATION TO EXTEND DUTY the Eximbank. As before, the Eximbank will for better coordination between the SUSPENSION ON CERTAIN TEX­ continue to borrow funds from the Federal Fi­ various Federal departments and agen­ TILE EQUIPMENT nancing Bank for new loans and expand its cies in promoting science education. activities during this period of expansion in the This is precisely the rationale for my The SPEAKER pro tempore