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Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 107Th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 147 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2001 No. 62 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was First, we have often made the prob- combination of mismanaged flood pro- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- lems worse by our efforts to prevent tection, inappropriate development, pore (Mr. ISSA). disasters. We have channelized the riv- and the likelihood of things getting f ers, we have narrowed them, we have worse in terms of increased precipita- reduced the capacity to carry water tion makes these questions even more DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO while they increase the velocity. And significant. TEMPORE we leave no place for the water to go There is a golden opportunity for en- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- when it floods. vironmentalists to join with the ad- fore the House the following commu- Number two, we have a decided lack ministration, for fiscal conservatives nication from the Speaker: of careful planning for land around the to join with people who are concerned WASHINGTON, DC, edges of rivers and other bodies of about preventing human misery to May 8, 2001. water. Water is a magnet for develop- agree to simple, common sense steps I hereby appoint the Honorable DARRELL E. ment, especially when we implement that will provide for true improvement. ISSA to act as Speaker pro tempore on this things that appear to increase safety, First, there ought to be an incentive, day. like build more and higher sea walls an emphasis, on prevention. We should J. DENNIS HASTERT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. and dikes. This has encouraged people not discourage or eliminate promising to develop in flood plains, which by programs like Project Impact, which f their very nature puts people at risk. help people prepare to resist disasters MORNING HOUR DEBATES There is a reason why they are called before the fact. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- flood plains. Second, there ought to be increased ant to the order of the House of Janu- Nationally, we have developed over local responsibility. There is no ques- ary 3, 2001, the Chair will now recog- half our Nation’s wetlands with houses tion that local communities must bear nize Members from lists submitted by and parking lots. In some communities the consequences for decisions they the majority and minority leaders for 90 percent or more of the original wet- make about the location and nature of morning hour debates. The Chair will lands have disappeared, taking with it development. There is no question that alternate recognition between the par- the capacity for the ground in low- more expensive or intrusive measures ties, with each party limited to not to lying areas to soak up water and to should require more local or State sup- exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, have relatively benign pools, ponds, port. However, the Federal match except the majority leader, the minor- and temporary lakes. The swamps, should be higher for things that are ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- which are always targeted to be elimi- going to be preventative in nature ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. nated, were actually very effective de- while subsidy should be reduced or The Chair recognizes the gentleman vices to prevent floodwater from in- eliminated for things that are more from Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 flicting more damage. likely to make it worse. Local commu- minutes. Into this volatile mix, we need to fac- nities should implement sound land-use f tor global climate change. There are planning and building codes to help some who still argue, well, we should themselves. LIVABLE COMMUNITIES just study it. But the strong consensus There is no excuse to put hog waste Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, if from the scientific community is that lagoons in flood plains, to not have rea- Members care about livable commu- global warming and climate change is sonable building requirements for win- nities, they should be encouraged with a reality. There is a very high degree of dow covering for areas that are subject the recent discussions surrounding the probability that the warming we have to extreme tropical storm damage, or flooding in the Upper Mississippi. seen in the last century will continue to allow people to maintain a residence We cannot make families safe, and even accelerate. And while many in repeatedly flooded areas. All these healthy, and economically secure un- people associate this with severe people should be given clear signals less we squarely address how we man- droughts and much higher temperature that they are going to have to accept age these disasters. Despite massive in urban areas and nighttime tempera- responsibility to mitigate these clearly construction efforts to stave off harm tures, there is another significant fac- avoidable damages. over the last 40 years, losses adjusted tor, extreme storm events. There have Finally, a simple, common sense step for inflation are six times greater than been many incidents recently where should be to reform the flood insurance before we started. The reasons are communities have set all-time records program to eliminate Federal subsidy quite clear. for rainfall in a 24-hour period. This for repetitive flood-loss payments. 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. H1931 . VerDate 08-MAY-2001 02:40 May 09, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08MY7.000 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H1932 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 8, 2001 It is critical that we not make this level of arsenic from 50 parts per bil- and Pacific Islander Americans into a political tug of war at a time lion to 10 parts per billion would theo- throughout the country, thanks to the when there is consensus in the sci- retically, and this is theoretically pioneering efforts of Congressmen entific community, environmentalists, only, prevent three cases of bladder Frank Horton and Norman Mineta, the professionals who work in disaster cancer and could possibly prevent a who sponsored legislation celebrating mitigation about what will work, what handful of deaths from all causes that the first official Asian Pacific Amer- will make things better, what will keep might possibly be related to arsenic in ican Week in 1978. In 1992, Congressman people out of harm’s way. We need to the United States annually. If a linear Horton authored legislation expanding work cooperatively to make our com- relationship exists, even 1 part per bil- the week into a permanent month-long munities more livable with a better lion poses at least some slight health celebration of the proud mosaic of his- match between private responsibility risk. tories and ethnicities of this most di- and government policy at all levels. At the present time, however, there verse national community. f is no clear evidence that there is a lin- Asian and Pacific Islanders are in- ear relationship between arsenic level deed a diverse constellation of peoples ARSENIC STANDARDS IN and health. It is very possible there DRINKING WATER from 40 major subpopulation groups of may be some point that a certain Pacific Islander Americans including The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under amount of arsenic in the water poses Chamorros, Native Hawaiians and the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- absolutely no health risk. Arsenic is Samoans; Southeast Asian Americans uary 3, 2001, the gentleman from Ne- necessary for human life and is present such as Cambodians, Vietnamese, braska (Mr. OSBORNE) is recognized in every person’s body. Therefore, 50 Hmongs and Laotians; East Asian during morning hour debates for 5 min- parts per billion, 40 parts per billion, Americans including Chinese, Japanese utes. 30, or 20 parts per billion could prove to and Koreans; and South Asian Ameri- Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Speaker, I have be perfectly safe. We just do not know cans, including Indians and Pakistanis. been concerned about attacks made on what that level is. Our national community boasts the the Bush administration for their deci- The cost of lowering this standard most diverse minority group within the sion to not immediately implement the from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per country, comprised of both immigrant Environmental Protection Agency’s de- billion has been estimated by the EPA and indigenous populations. cision to reduce the standard on ar- to cost $181 million annually. However, The history of Congress includes 33 senic in drinking water from 50 parts the American Waterworks Association Asian and Pacific Islander Americans per billion to 10 parts per billion until has stated that the cost would actually that have served from 1903 to the further research and data is provided. be $600 million annually with an addi- present. These Members come from Since nearly everyone has heard of in- tional $5 billion in capital outlays to backgrounds ranging from Chinese, dividuals being poisoned with arsenic, pay for the treatment plants. There is Chamorro, Filipino, Asian Indian, Jap- it is assumed that any amount of ar- a huge discrepancy, obviously, in these anese, Korean, Hawaiian, and Samoan. senic is detrimental and that not im- figures. Thirteen of these Members were Resi- mediately implementing a lower stand- The EPA told the State of Nebraska’s dent Commissioners from the Phil- ard of 10 parts per billion is anti-envi- Department of Health to dump ex- ippine Islands during the time it was a ronment and insensitive to human tracted arsenic on open fields, as ar- territory from 1898 until it became health concerns.
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