6162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE April 12, 1999 McCarthy (NY) Pickett Smith (TX) A motion to reconsider was laid on is that I have the highest regard and McDermott Pitts Smith (WA) McGovern Pombo Snyder the table. great praise for the young men and McHugh Pomeroy Spence Stated for: young women in uniform that we saw, McInnis Porter Spratt Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 80, I in particular at Aviano Air Base, with McIntyre Portman Stabenow was unavoidably delayed in the district and the pilots, the ground troops, with the McKeon Price (NC) Stark McKinney Quinn Stenholm was absent from the vote on H. Con. Res. 68. personnel, and again at Ramstein McNulty Rahall Strickland Had I been present, I would have voted where we saw those pilots, and the Meehan Ramstad Stump ‘‘Yea.’’ ground crews and the loaders who are Meek (FL) Regula Stupak Meeks (NY) Reyes Sweeney PERSONAL EXPLANATION putting the cargo for the refugees onto Menendez Reynolds Talent Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, due to busi- those airplanes. They are professional, Metcalf Riley Tanner ness in the 15th Congressional District of they are working hard, they are dedi- Mica Rivers Tauscher cated, and every man and woman in Millender- Rodriguez Tauzin Michigan, I regret that I was unable to vote on McDonald Roemer Taylor (MS) April 12, 1999. If I had been present, I would this country should be very proud of Miller (FL) Rogan Terry have voted ‘‘aye’’ on H. Res. 135, ‘‘aye’’ on those in uniform who are doing their Miller, Gary Rogers Thompson (CA) duty as they have been given their Miller, George Rohrabacher Thune H.R. 98, ‘‘aye’’ on H.R. 911, and ‘‘aye’’ on the Minge Ros-Lehtinen Thurman Democratic motion to instruct conferees on H. duty by their superior officers. Moakley Rothman Toomey Con. Res. 68. Mr. Speaker, I have high praise for Mollohan Roybal-Allard Towns The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. them, and I congratulate them on the Moore Royce Traficant wonderful job that they are doing for Moran (KS) Rush Turner UPTON). Without objection, the Chair Moran (VA) Ryan (WI) Udall (CO) appoints the following conferees: America. Morella Ryun (KS) Udall (NM) For consideration of the House con- f Murtha Sabo Upton Myrick Sanchez Vela´ zquez current resolution and the Senate SPECIAL ORDERS amendment, and modifications com- Napolitano Sanders Vento The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Nethercutt Sandlin Visclosky mitted to conference: the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Ney Sanford Walden Messrs. KASICH, CHAMBLISS, SHAYS, Northup Sawyer Wamp uary 6, 1999, and under a previous order SPRATT, and MCDERMOTT. Norwood Saxton Waters of the House, the following Members Nussle Scarborough Watkins There was no objecton. Oberstar Schakowsky Watt (NC) will be recognized for 5 minutes each. f Obey Scott Watts (OK) f Olver Sensenbrenner Waxman Ortiz Serrano Weiner REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER GODSPEED TO OUR TROOPS IN Ose Shaw Weldon (FL) AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 111 THE BALKANS Owens Shays Weldon (PA) Oxley Sherman Weller Mr. WAMP. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Pallone Sherwood Wexler mous consent that my name be re- previous order of the House, the gen- Pascrell Shimkus Whitfield moved as cosponsor of H.R. 111. tleman from Connecticut (Mr. GEJDEN- Pastor Shows Wicker The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Payne Shuster Wilson SON) is recognized for 5 minutes. Pease Simpson Wise objection to the request of the gen- Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I Pelosi Sisisky Wolf tleman from Tennessee? would like to join with my colleague Peterson (PA) Skeen Wu There was no objection. Petri Skelton Wynn the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Phelps Slaughter Young (AK) f SKELTON). Both of us had the privilege Pickering Smith (NJ) Young (FL) of accompanying Secretary of Defense REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- NAYS—44 Cohen into the theater. All of us VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF walked away, one, awestruck by the Archer English Packard H.R. 1143, MICROENTERPRISE FOR Armey Goodling Paul commitment and spirit of the young SELF-RELIANCE ACT OF 1999 Bryant Hansen Salmon men and women who represent us Burton Hayes Schaffer Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Com- Buyer Hayworth there. Their technical ability, their Sessions mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- Camp Hefley Shadegg proficiency is something that is awe- Cannon Herger Smith (MI) leged report (Rept. No. 106–85) on the inspiring, as well as their commitment. Chabot Hostettler Souder resolution (H. Res. 136) providing for Additionally, I think for me and oth- Coble Hulshof Stearns Cubin Johnson, Sam consideration of the bill (H.R. 1143) to ers on the trip the commitment of the Sununu Deal Jones (NC) establish a program to provide - other NATO parties was something Tancredo DeLay Kingston Thomas ance for programs of credit and other that struck us, and as we all pray and Dunn Linder financial services for microenterprises Ehlers McCrery Thornberry hope for a quick end to this conflict Ehrlich McIntosh Tiahrt in developing countries, and for other and the safety and security of our men purposes, which was referred to the NOT VOTING—40 and women that are in the field, I join House Calendar and ordered to be with my colleague from Missouri and Baker DeMint Neal printed. Barr Dingell Peterson (MN) many others wishing them Godspeed. Barton Engel Pryce (OH) f CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF Berman Gordon Radanovich CONNECTICUT MEN’S TEAM Bishop Hall (OH) Rangel IN PRAISE OF OUR TROOPS IN- Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I do Borski Hastings (FL) Roukema VOLVED IN THE YUGOSLAV CON- Brown (FL) Hoekstra want to take this first opportunity Taylor (NC) FLICT Carson Kilpatrick Thompson (MS) back from the NCAA for a little bit of Coburn Lantos Tierney (Mr. SKELTON asked and was given bragging rights, and when I was there Cooksey Largent Walsh Crane Lee permission to address the House for 1 in Europe I met some other folks from Weygand Cunningham McCollum minute and to revise and extend his re- Connecticut, some from my own dis- Woolsey Danner Mink marks.) trict, and one of the great things about Davis (IL) Nadler Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I had our State is that our UCONN basket- b 1949 the opportunity several days ago to ac- ball teams, men and women but this Mr. HEFLEY and Mr. JONES of company with several other Members year it is the men’s turn, are really the North Carolina changed their vote of this House and some Members from center of attention from an athletic from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ the other body with Secretary Bill perspective. Our team beat the Duke So the motion to instruct was agreed Cohen, the Secretary of Defense, to Blue Devils 77 to 74 for that champion- to. Brussels and Mons and Aviano and ship, and with this win UCONN became The result of the vote was announced Ramstein, involving the Yugoslav con- the first school in New England to win as above recorded. flict. What I want to say this evening this NCAA since 1947.

VerDate jul 14 2003 09:19 Sep 29, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H12AP9.001 H12AP9 April 12, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 6163 It was a great team. They made an game. , who many people, includ- of Defense from being used for the de- incredible effort on that day and ing this member, believe is the best defensive ployment of U.S. ground troops in through the whole season. What is player in , demonstrated Kosovo unless deployment is specifi- clear to all of us is that each and every over and over again why he has earned this cally approved by Congress and author- one of the players put their heart and title. He played opposite star guards through- ized by law. soul and every bit of effort in it, and I out the tournament and made crucial plays There are many reasons why Mem- congratulate each one of them. against Duke’s in the final bers of Congress should support the But I want to take a moment in par- seconds of the championship game which bill. Issues that need to be discussed in- ticular for and his entire sealed the victory for UCONN. clude the authority of Congress to de- coaching staff. Coach Calhoun, who is a filled the lane throughout the tournament and clare war, why this region is or is not great coach and a great human being, in the final game played a crucial role in con- vital to our national security interests, someone that is involved in the com- taining . And what more can be and whether the human and monetary munity to help good causes, has been said about the contributions of Richard Ham- cost of American involvement in this at UCONN since 1986 and has built an ilton and Khalid El-Amin? Hamilton, who was fight is worth risking American lives. incredibly impressive record. In 13 sea- named tournament MVP, scored an average The President has argued that for hu- sons his record is 304 wins, 120 losses. of 24 points in six tournament games capping manitarian reasons American interven- Coach Calhoun has taken UCONN bas- off the season with a 27 point performance in tion is necessary. Why is it more im- ketball from the backwaters to the the final game. El-Amin, the team’s floor lead- portant for us to be involved militarily front edge of competition, and he has er, directed the offense, motivated his team- in Yugoslavia, a country certainly of succeeded time and time again in the mates and made crucial shots down the no real national security threat to the Big East, in the championships, and fi- stretch in the victories against Ohio State and United States, when there are human nally this year in the NCAA. Duke. Others, including Edmund Saunders, rights violations occurring in China, a For all my constituents, those like Rashamel Jones and Souleymane Wane, nation that is perhaps our biggest secu- myself who are graduates of the Uni- played critical minutes in each game contrib- rity threat in the new world order? versity of Connecticut and every cit- uting to the team’s success. While we rightly condemn Yugoslav izen in our State, this was a truly ex- Coach Jim Calhoun and his assistants— President Milosevic for driving ethnic citing moment and one that we will , and — Albanians from Kosovo, we continue to revel in for some time. have done a masterful job. Over the past thir- maintain a strategic partnership, sell Congratulations, UCONN, the team, teen seasons, Coach Calhoun has built a pro- highly sensitive satellite information, the president and all the folks back at gram that has dominated the Big East, one of provide normal trade relationship sta- Storrs. the most competitive conferences in NCAA tus to China, a nation that has sup- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the basketball, winning the regular season cham- pressed and displaced over 128,000 Ti- University of Connecticut men’s basketball pionship six times and the tournament cham- betans and commits some of the most team for winning the 1999 NCAA Division I pionship four times. After only two seasons at horrific human rights abuses in the National Championship over . UCONN, Coach Calhoun led the Huskies to world, including forced abortion, steri- UCONN’s 77–74 victory over the Blue Devils the 1988 National Invitation Tournament lization, execution, rape against its culminated years of hard work, dedication and championship. His teams have advanced to at own people. perseverance on the part of the players, least the round of sixteen in the NCAA tour- Who is our biggest national threat? A coaches and the entire University community. nament seven times this decade. Coach Cal- nation the size of the Commonwealth The residents of my state also deserve some houn can be very intense, but he is committed of Kentucky, with a population of 11 of the credit for being among the most loyal, to his players more than anything else. million and an active military of supportive fans in the nation. In Connecticut, UCONN basektball is the 114,000 and 400,000 reserves or a country The Huskies’ ‘‘road to the Final Four’’ has state past-time. Every game is sold out and the size of the United States, with a been long, but illustrious. UCONN has been in families across the state gather to watch every population of 1.2 billion and an active the NCAA tournament twenty times in school game on TV or listen on the radio. The military of 2.8 million with 1.2 million history. Its teams have played in seven Huskies have such phenomenal support be- in reserve under communist control ‘‘Sweet Sixteen’’ and four ‘‘Elite Eight’’ games cause the team has a special relationship, a with a nuclear and chemical arsenal in the 1990s alone. The path to this year’s dedication to one another which is infectious. that sells weapons technology to rogue Final Four appearance—the first in school his- This commitment produced an extraordinary nations at odds with the United tory—included victories over Texas-San Anto- season. States? nio, New Mexico, Iowa and Gonzaga. UCONN Mr. Speaker, as a UCONN graduate and Civil wars and human rights atroc- bested Ohio State to advance to the cham- the representative of Storrs, I am especially ities are occurring all over the world. pionship game. UCONN’s win over Duke pro- proud of the team’s accomplishment. The According to the 1998 world refugee duced the school’s first NCAA Division I men’s team achieved its objective due to the extraor- survey, there are over 3.5 million refu- basketball National Championship and marked dinary chemistry between its members, skilled gees and asylum seekers worldwide, in- the first time since 1947 that a school from coaching and incredible support from its fans. cluding 2.9 million in Africa, 5.7 mil- New England has won the title. Once again, congratulations on a great sea- lion in the Middle East, 2.2 million in It goes without saying that basketball is a son and enjoy the title—1999 National Cham- South Central and East Asia and the team sport. This UCONN team is the embodi- pion. Pacific. ment of that statement. Game in and game Let us get back to the question of out, this group of extraordinary young men f why Kosovo and not elsewhere is im- worked together as a unit to achieve their b 2000 portant. In Sudan alone there are 4 common goal. Every player made a contribu- million internally displaced persons tion which helped the team win the Big East U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN KOSOVO: and over 350,000 refugees. In just the regular season and tournament champion- WHY THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? last decade over 1.9 million people in ships, advance through the tournament to the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Sudan have died due to war-related Final Four and, ultimately, win the 1999 Na- UPTON). Under a previous order of the causes and famine. In 1998, 2.6 million tional Championship. House, the gentleman from Pennsyl- Sudanese were at risk of starvation due During the tournament every player made vania (Mr. GOODLING) is recognized for to civil war, drought and government contributions that helped the team to move 5 minutes. restrictions on relief flights. Why are ever closer to its ultimate goal. Kevin Freeman Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I am not we bombing the Sudanese Govern- provided offensive spark throughout the tour- taking this opportunity to discuss one ment and sending in ground troops? nament especially in the game against Ohio of the primary reasons I introduced Afghanistan has over 2.6 million refu- State and helped to contain national player of legislation that will prohibit the use of gees and between 1 million and 1.5 mil- the year Elton Brand in the championship appropriated funds to the Department lion internally displaced persons.

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