16584 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE ROLE SUBMARINES HAVE This delegation could serve us and the coun­ siles that could reach their strongholds. CUS PLAYED IN OUR NATION'S DE­ try better if they were all to become highly submarines thus can be seen to have poten­ FENSE vigilant watchdogs, to make sure that sub­ tial roles in situations involving developing marines are given appropriate consideration and/or Third World countries.) in the strategic planning debate that is The Congressional debate about subma­ HON. SAM GEJDENSON going on now at the highest levels of our rines is not taking place at a very high level OF CONNECTICUT country and its allies. This is not just a of sophistication. For instance, the purchase IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES matter of regional self-interest, it is a price of a new nuclear submarine is often matter of creating a better future for the Thursday, June 28, 1990 compared disparagingly to that of oil-fired world. surface ships. However, the nuclear subma­ Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, as the Con­ In the last few years, submarine capabili­ rine comes pre-fueled, with about 15 years' gress debates the future of the appropriate ties have been changing so rapidly that the worth of fuel. This fuel not only has a structure of our Armed Forces, it is imperative proper role of submarines in the US defense present economic value, but since the fuel is that we recognize those capabilities which line-up is no longer well-understood by built-in you can be sure that the nuclear have proven to be cost-effective and directly many of our leaders. Because of the special submarine will be able to go to work when importance of submarines to this region of you need it. In contrast, during the oil prob­ contribute to ensuring our security interests. In the country, our delegation has a special lems of the 1970s, some US Navy surface response to an editorial, "The sky isn't fall­ role to play in making sure that the nation's warships couldn't participate in readiness ing," which appeared in the New London Day, new strategies reflect the new realities of exercises because their fuel was rationed. Mr. A.T. Mollegen, Jr., chairman and president the 1990s and beyond. Among surface forces, the term "hollow .of Analysis & Technology, Inc. wrote a Some of these realities are as follows: Navy" was heard at the time. thoughtful and insightful letter to the editor on Because the US and many of our allies are In much of the budget debate, the the role submarines have played in our Na­ so dependent on sea-surface trade, the US SEAWOLF class is being talked about as tion's defense. I encourage my colleagues to must maintain the strength to guarantee though they will be just another group of freedom of the seas almost anywhere. This review the arguments Mr. Mollegen so cogent­ submarines-and gold-plated ones at that. fact is of course not new, but much of the Nothing could be further from the truth. ly presents on why our nuclear submarine ca­ debate still ignores it. Anyone who remem­ The SEAWOLF is an important leap ahead. pabilities provide us with the most flexible de­ bers the gasoline waiting lines of the 1970s SEAWOLF's magazine capacity will be im­ terrent of our weapons carrying systems. should have a very good feel for how de­ mense, in submarine terms. With cruise mis­ To the Editor of the Day: pendent our country is on trade, using ships siles, one SEAWOLF will be able to mount Your editorial "The sky isn't falling" for transportation. an attack with effects that compare to a

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16585 the one kind of ship that even the best ca­ forces, is the only means of doing so. These in Los Angeles, where for 3 years he headed pabilities of the highest-tech nations can't principles will be as valid in the multi-polar the agency relations and allocations depart­ counter? world in future decades as they have been in ment. Another misguided notion showing up in the basically bi-polar world of the last 45 the debate is the idea that it might be smart years. While the service Jack provided to the Sal­ for the US to start building diesel-powered Our Congressional delegation thus would vation Army and the United Way are immeas­ submarines. It is true that a diesel-powered serve well the peoples of the world, in addi­ urable and commendable, it is for his specific submarine can be a very formidable oppo­ tion to those of their own areas, by keeping service to the Red Cross that he is being hon­ nent when it is loitering on battery power. the defense debate focused on the right ored on June 27. After his service with the It is then, in a lot of respects, like a manned issues, and using the most current concepts United Way, Jack became the Red Cross mine field. However, against modern sonar of submarine warfare. Because of their spe­ manager for the Greater Long Beach area, systems, a diesel submarine is extremely cial constituency, our delegation has a spe­ where he has spent the past 15 years. During vulnerable when it must move to another lo­ cial calling to make sure that the debate is cation. Put differently, diesel submarines based on a proper understanding of the role his time with the Red Cross, significant strides today can be useful close to home, but are of the submarine in the forthcoming multi­ have been made. During his early leadership, much less useful for assignments in faraway polar world, where our country will have po­ he established a program to clear the Greater locations. FLORIDA large-scale war at sea, not to mention help­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing deter global thermonuclear war. A CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO However, it is only with great care that Thursday, June 28, 1990 the lessons of the past can be applied to the JACK W. JOHNSTONE future. We cannot count on the future's Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would being very much like the past. We must do HON.GLENNM.ANDERSON like to take this opportunity and recognize the our very best to recognize what may be dif­ OF CALIFORNIA wonderful National Conference of Puerto ferent in the future, and then also resist be­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rican Women's Miami chapter. On Saturday, coming overconfident that we have predict­ July 7, the Miami chapter will be holding its ed the future correctly. United States Wayne Aspinall. in making good health care decisions. and an Indian tribe. It marked the turning of Aspinall helped shape the natural resource an era and set the stage for modern day rela­ policies of the West and is directly responsible tionships between the United States and the NEZ PERCE NATIONAL for ensuring projects like the Glen Canyon Nez Perce Tribe. The statesmanship of Chief HISTORICAL PARKS Dam, Navajo, Flamming Gorge, and the Joseph won him international praise and sup­ Aspinall unit of CRSP that bears his name, port for his requests to be returned from Okla­ would be built to make it possible to store HON. LARRY E. CRAIG homa to his home in the Northwest after the OF IDAHO water for municipal use, industrial use and for war. irrigation in a semiarid region. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am pleased to offer this bill to commemo­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 rate the sites of this important part of western I believe formally recognizing the Curecanti Mr. CRAIG. Mr. Speaker, today I have intro­ history. National Recreational Area will make millions duced a bill that reflects a bipartisan effort to This bill will allow the National Park Service more Americans aware of the excellent natu­ amend the Nez Perce National Historical to maintain, protect and interpret some of the ral and cultural resources available on Colora­ Parks authorizing legislation, Public Law 89- most important battlefields, campsites, and do's western slope. It doesn't matter how you 19. This bill will allow the addition of several other significant areas in our Nation's history. I choose to recreate, if it can be done in public, sites of national and historical significance to urge my colleagues to assist us in passing this and outdoors, you'll be able to do it at Cure­ this unique element of the Park System. legislation. canti. June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16589 SUPPORT FOR H.R. 770 At this time, Mr. Speaker, I would like to Other information services markets may insert Mr. Levin's op ed piece in the RECORD: have failed to grow rapidly because access­ [From the Chicago Tribune, June 25, 1990] ing these services is needlessly difficult and HON. CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER because the services are not attractive OF RHODE ISLAND LET PHONE COMPANIES PROVIDE INFORMATION enough to customers. Independent providers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SERVICES have not yet overcome these limitations, but CBy Stanford L. Levin> Thursday, June 28, 1990 the local phone companies may be able to. The former Bell system telephone compa­ In the past, an anchor department store Ms. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in nies may finally get a chance to provide in­ in a shopping center often would want to be strong support of H.R. 770, the Family and formation services to their customers, the only large store, believing that limiting Medical Leave Act. The administration says thanks to a recent decision by the U.S. direct competition would be best for it. no to a national leave policy because it thinks Court of Appeals for the District of Colum­ Eventually these stores discovered that the that Congress should not mandate employee bia. The court said the standard for deter­ more anchor stores in a shopping center, benefits. This position misses the point of this mining if these companies can go into infor­ the better all of them do. Letting local tele­ bill. The Family and Medical Leave Act sets a mation services is whether their entry into phone companies provide information serv­ the field would be "within the reaches of ices may finally allow the services to reach minimum standard of conduct, just as do child the public interest." That standard, still their potential and may benefit the tele­ labor laws which protect our children, and the subject to Supreme Court review in the phone companies, other information service Fair Labor Standards Act, which mandates case, would replace a more stringent one in­ providers and customers. payment of a minimum wage to workers. volving degree of competition and the exer­ Lack of a minimum leave standard, like lack cise of monopoly power. of minimum standards regulating the employ­ The provision of information services by THE 50TH ANNUAL JULY 4 ment of children, is not only ethically question­ local telephone companies does fall within a FESTIVAL OF FREEDOM able; it is extraordinarily costly. Lack of medi­ contemporary definition of the public inter­ est in telecommunications. And the opposi­ cal leave alone costs taxpayers $4.3 billion a tion of competitors to a phone company role HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR year. This far exceeds the projected $183 mil­ may be misguided. OF OHIO lion in total annual costs to employers for en­ The original definition of the public inter­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES acting the Family and Medical Leave Act. In est dates to the Communications Act of 1934 fact, the cost of this bill to business is only and has become known as universal service. Thursday, June 28, 1990 $5.50 per covered employee. Today, however, the universal service stand­ Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased Furthermore, small businesses are not af­ ard is inadequate, for two reasons. First, today to call attention to the upcoming 50th fected by the legislation. With the employer over 96 percent of U.S. households have annual Fourth of July celebration in my home­ exemption set at under 50 employees, over telephones or access to them, and programs are targeted to low-income and rural areas town of Cleveland, OH. The origin of what is 90 percent of small business employers are with low telephone penetration rates. now known as the Festival of Freedom, can exempt from the legislation. Second, and perhaps more fundamental, be traced to the year 1938 when 260,000 per­ It is imperative that jobs be secure in times while a rose may be a rose, a telephone is sons. 80,000 of whom packed Cleveland Mu­ of personal crisis or emergency. This bill does not necessarily a telephone. Rapid changes nicipal Stadium, gathered for a "Festival of just that while at the same time providing cov­ in the technology of telecommunications Beauty and Fire," culminating in a $4,000 fire­ ered businesses with a low cost policy that and new uses of the telecommunications works display, " * * * the greatest ever seen makes economic sense. network mean that just having a phone con­ in Cleveland," according to the Plain Dealer. nected to a telephone network is no longer sufficient. For example, a phone and a The festivals continued through the years of LET PHONE COMPANIES PRO-. simple terminal could bring all Americans the Second World War, helping to stimulate VIDE INFORMATION SERVICES easy access to electronic yellow pages and Cleveland's "Win the War" spirit. Through the rich data bases offering government, educa­ 1940's, the Festival of Freedom became a tional, medical and cultural information. Cleveland tradition, growing into what the HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT Unlike in 1934, when the potential of the Plain Dealer called the largest mass observ­ OF ILLINOIS telephone industry consisted of linking all ance of Independence Day in the Nation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Americans via a single, publicly accessible Larger fireworks shows and music accom­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 communications system, the potential of today's industry is vastly greater. This po­ paniment have helped attract record crowds in Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, the 101 st Con­ tential must be incorporated into a new view recent years-375,000 in 1988-including gress has been an active one for reconsider­ of the public interest in telecommunica­ 2,500 boats which anchor in Lake Erie off ation of the divestiture agreement resulting tions. It requires that the people of the U.S. Edgewater Park. This year, a 30-minute fire­ from the 1984 break-up of AT&T. The Senate receive both universal service and access to works show costing approximately $60,000 Commerce Committee, in May, approved a bill information services provided over the will entertain the hundreds of thousands of to eliminate the restriction on the Bell compa­ public network. festival goers. The prohibition on the former Bell system nies' ability to manufacture customer premises The festival has proven to be an enduring companies from entering into information celebration. Neither world wars nor major con­ equipment and manufacture and provide tele­ services has likely prevented these services communications equipment. On the House from being broadly available to the public. struction could force the cancellation of the side, the Telecommunications Subcommittee Although customers with personal comput­ pageant. In fact, the festival has been forced is scheduled to consider legislation later this ers can subscribe to information services, to cancel only twice in its history, both times summer which will go to the heart of modify­ access to the services is unnecessarily limit­ due to heavy rains. The festival has always ing the three restrictions on the seven Bell ed and costly. It may be restricted to people been meaningful to my family. My dad was companies-manufacturing, long distance, with special equipment or to those who can born on the fourth of July and was part of our and providing information services. use special, private networks. The result is a family's celebration for my father's birthday two-tiered services industry, with informa­ With regard to information services, in a tion " haves" and "have-nots." and our Nation's birthday. recent op ed piece in the June 25, 1990 Chi­ Local phone companies are in a good posi­ Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to note that after cago Tribune, Stanford L. Levin, chairman of tion to provide information services easily half a century, the Festival of Freedom is still the economics department at SIU and a accessible to everyone connected to the totally underwritten by Greater Cleveland busi­ former member of the Illinois Commerce Com­ public network. They can furnish their own nesses, organizations, and individuals-a ring­ mission (1984-86), accurately described the or others' services in a uniform, easily used ing testimonial to the pride of my community. present state of information services-an in­ format. Without this ability, which competi­ A volunteer group of Cleveland business dustry in its infancy. Without the ability of the tors like Prodigy exploit, it is not surprising people, the Cleveland Independence Day As­ that information service gateways now pro­ local Bell companies to provide these serv­ vided by local phone companies meet with sociation, remains as the event's sponsor; the ices, from electronic yellow pages to health only limited success. State of Ohio and the city of Cleveland are monitoring and sports scores and stock Moreover, objections of information serv­ cosponsors. market results, this industry will never reach ice competitors to local phone company This year's festival promises to be bigger its full potential. entry could be based on a misconception. and better than any of the preceding events. It 16590 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 is truly family fun in the best tradition of Amer­ of time online out of total time-of 92 percent, their respective communities. I would like to ica and I look forward to taking part in my versus 80 percent for oil and gas facilities, 75 recognize the efforts of one such organization hometown's celebration of my country's inde­ percent for coal and 60 percent for nuclear in Miami, the Civic Center Civitan Club. pendence. plants. This points to high reliability in these This outstanding organization was founded facilities. in 1917 by a group of Birmingham, AL, busi­ In addition to high reliability, solar, geother­ SUPPORT FOR H.R. 4808 ness and professional men who gathered mal, and wind energy facilities are relatively weekly to discuss community improvement nonpolluting or lesser polluting than compara­ projects. HON. NICHOLAS MAVROULES ble fossil fuel plants. With the new clean air In fact, the effectiveness of the Birmingham OF MASSACHUSETTS regulations, utilities can augment their conven­ Civitan Club soon spread so that it became a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tional power sources with newer technologies pattern for an international organization of Thursday, June 28, 1990 which do not cause air pollution. Since these Civitan clubs. Therefore, in 1920, Dr. Courtney energy sources require no combustion, the W. Shropshire, a prominent physician, estab­ Mr. MAVROULES. Mr. Speaker, I would like amount of air pollution resulting from their use lished the international organization, Civitan to take this opportunity to commend the is much lower than conventional facilities. International. House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Solar and wind energy produce no hydrocar­ Civitans, through their clubs, seek out com­ and Chairman PHIL SHARP for their work on bons, sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, or munity needs and work to fulfill them. Civitan H.R. 4808, the Solar, Wind, and Geothermal toxics to generate power; geothermal power, clubs mainly deal with projects such as spe­ Power Production Incentives Act of 1990. based on natural underground steam, produc­ cial olympics, playground and park construc­ This bill, which would remove the size limi­ ers significantly less sulfur and nitrogen oxides tion, and funding for the purchase of school­ tations on renewable energy projects qualified than oil, gas, or coal-powered plants. It also buses, firetrucks and ambulances. under PURPA's rules, is a step in the right di­ emits little or no carbon dioxide into the at­ The ethical principles on which Civitan clubs rection toward allowing these technologies to mosphere, thereby not contributing to global are based have spread throughout many re­ develop to their full potential. At the present warming. gions. Currently the Tropical District Civic time, these facilities are forced to scale back While removing the artificial cap on output, I Center Civitan Club in Miami, FL, is being or­ their operations to comply with regulations lim­ am pleased to see that this legislation retains ganized. Members come from various different iting their output to 80 megawatts, even the mandatory purchase and interconnection backgrounds and professions. Thanks to the though it would be more cost-effective to have provisions of PURPA, thereby providing a hard work of Dr. Harold Lannom, retired higher outputs at a specific facility. By allowing market for these facilities, while allowing them doctor of education; Mildred Baggett, retired these plants to operate at a capacity deter­ to take advantage of existing power grid struc­ schoolteacher; and Helen Glogger, retiree, the mined by engineering and the marketplace, tures. Tropical District Civitan Club has 15 members, solar, geothermal, and wind power facilities which include Ms. Baggett and Ms. Glogger, will be able to take full advantage of the as well as the following individuals: Dr. John economies of scale, thereby enabling them to THE FARM BILL IS COMING, THE FARM BILL IS COMING Thomas Coursey, Marion Baker, Diana Petitto, reduce their cost per kilowatt hour and Roxanne Singler, Tim Murphy, June Parker, become competitive with other sources of Dr. Paul Benke, John Scheidt, Edward C. power. HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER Pombier, John Lesley, Freddie Woodson, As reported by the subcommittee, H.R. OF ILLINOIS John Williams, and Lisa Lannom. This group 4808 also provides a level playing field for re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES met on June 28 at the Holiday Inn in the newable sources of electric power compared Thursday, June 28, 1990 Miami Civic Center and will be meeting every with cogeneration facilities, which currently Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. have no cap on their output. This will enable Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to warn my fellow colleagues to watch out, the It is through the actions of concerned indi­ renewable power generators to cut out the viduals that human needs, not met by other cost of duplication of facilities due only to the 1990 farm bill is coming. Watch out, food processors-beware, con­ groups, are fulfilled. Today, I am proud to rec­ necessity of complying with this artificial cap. ognize Civitan clubs around the Nation and For example, according to the statement of sumers-stay alert, emerging democracies­ know the details, Caribbean Basin-and my thank them for providing hope for a better Charles T. Condy, chairman and chief execu­ community and world. tive officer of California Energy Co., Inc., a warning for our international trade negotiators geothermal power producer, at the June 15, at the GATT is be ready to hide your head, 1990 hearing the company's COSCO genera­ because what is coming down the track di­ QUEENS COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS tors are artificially "throttled back." If the 80- rectly contradicts the free and fair trade OF AMERICA, HONORS JERRY megawatt limit were repealed, they could dictum we are trying to enforce abroad. LASURDO simply "turn a few valves" and increase Mr. Speaker, I implore the membership to output by 25 percent, with almost no addition­ pay attention to this farm bill. We have decid­ HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN al cost. This would significantly lower their ed tough issues before, and I know we still can, when challenged, do the fiscally respon­ OF NEW YORK cost per unit of power. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Once plant facilities are in place, increasing sible thing. We shouldn't protect one sector of energy output does not take significantly more our economy at the expense of another but Thursday, June 28, 1990 personnel. Nor are the costs of paperwork, that is what our farm programs mostly do. Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like legal advice, or other attendant costs greatly So, let's get ready for the farm bill, and to take this opportunity to recognize the signif­ increased by adding more output. Removing ready for necessary, fiscally responsible icant and special work conducted by the the cap will also eliminate the need for many amendments to get our farm programs-to­ Queens Council, Boy Scouts of America. The small separate facilities, which are located a bacco, peanuts and sugar-under control. Boy Scouts of America's mission is to foster mile or two apart only to comply with PURPA and refine our children's values. In Queens, regulations, but which can be consolidated CIVITAN CLUBS: A LEGACY OF there are over 20,000 Cub Scouts, Boy after the lifting of the cap, with the realization SERVICE Scouts, and Explorers who partake in such of much savings in duplicated facilities. activities as collecting food for the needy. This Along with encouraging additional energy HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN summer over 500 disadvantaged children will sources at lower per unit cost, the use of OF FLORIDA have the opportunity to go to Scout camp due to the efforts of the Queens Council. solar, geothermal and wind energy has other IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES advantages. These renewable energy facilities On June 28, 1990, the Queens Council will operate at higher capacity factors than similar Thursday, June 28, 1990 honor Jerry Lasurdo for his support of Scout­ fossil fuel and nuclear plants. For example, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, there ing and many other civic and charitable orga­ California Energy Co., geothermal facilities are many fine service clubs across this great nizations. Lasurdo recently retired as chair­ have operated at a capacity factor-percent Nation of ours that have coqtributed greatly to man of the Green Point Savings Bank of June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16591 Flushing, Queens County, NY, after over 50 INTRODUCTION OF A BILL TO pleted sometime in August and will begin re­ years of service. Under his guidance, Green AMEND THE FEDERAL POWER ceiving patients in early October. Efforts are Point became an important participant in the ACT, ENSURING STATE CON­ already underway to name the main courtyard banking industry. Jerry Lasurdo is a gentleman TROL OVER STREAMFLOW DE­ off the recreation hall in Mr. Hill's memory. who has managed, through the years, to find CISIONS Mr. Hill was born in Lake City, SC, June 27, the time in his busy schedule to devote 1920, and graduated from Clemson University energy to various charitable causes and en­ HON. LARRY E. CRAIG in 1941. He served during world War II with deavors. In recognition of his humanitarian ef­ OF IDAHO the 126th Infantry, 32d Infantry Division, in forts, Jerry Lasurdo has received many honors IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES New Guinea in the Buna Campaign. He was including the "Good Scout' award given by awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge Thursday, June 28, 1990 the Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of and the Bronze Star for his World War II serv­ America. Lasurdo also serves on the boards Mr. CRAIG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join ice. of numerous organizations, including the my colleagues from Idaho, both in the House After World War II, Mr. Hill became em­ American Cancer Society, New York City divi­ and Senate, in introducing a bill very important ployed with the South Carolina Department of sion, the Booth Memorial Medical Center, and to our State of Idaho and the other 49 States Veterans Affairs. He was appointed assistant the Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association. In of the Union. It would ensure that State gover­ director in 1951 and was appointed director addition, over the years, Lasurdo has been ac­ nents-not the Federal Government-are the following the retirement of R. Stedman Sloan, principal authority over streamflow decisions. Sr., in 1961. tively involved with the Greenpoint YMCA and The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cali­ On June 30, 1988, Mr. Hill retired after 44 Flushing YMCA. fornia versus Federal Energy Regulatory Com­ years of outstanding service to South Carolina Mr. Speaker, I call upon all my colleagues in mission, also known as the Rock Creek deci­ veterans and their dependents. Because of the U.S. House of Representatives to join me sion, threatens a century-old standard of State his vast contributions to the betterment of life in paying tribute to Jerry Lasurdo and the water control. The ability of a State to make for so many, Mr. Hill received many awards­ Queens Council, Boy Scouts of America. the principal and critical water allocation and including the Order of the Palmetto, the high­ appropriation decisions has been at the heart est presentation the State of South Carolina of Idaho law since we were admitted to the can give-which was presented by Gov. John A CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO Union. That principle is in jeopardy as a result C. West in November 197 4. BILL MacALPIN of the Supreme Court's recent ruling. Mr. Hill served as president of the National It's our belief that rulings like the Rock Association of State Directors of Veterans Af­ HON.GLENNM.ANDERSON Creek decision are based upon an incorrect fairs for the year 1985. interpretation of the Federal Power Act. Our Mr. Hill is survived by his wife, Mrs. Floride OF CALIFORNIA legislation will clarify that act to ensure that Nelson Hill. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States have no diminished decisionmaking au­ Veterans throughout the State of South Thursday, June 28, 1990 thority when it comes to water allocation deci­ Carolina and our Nation will miss the dedica­ sions. tion of this great man. Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Specifically, the legislation would amend to pay tribute to an outstanding community sections 9 and 27 of the Federal Power Act to servant who has devoted his last year to the clarify that an applicant for a license must IN MEMORY OF A HERO presidency of the North Redondo Beach comply with a procedural and substantive re­ Rotary. On Saturday, June 30, Bill MacAlpin quirements of State law in acquiring water HON. ELTON GALLEGLY will be honored as president of this organiza­ rights and in the administration of the use of tion after 1 year of tireless service. This occa­ water. OF CALIFORNIA sion gives me the opportunity to express my Mr. Speaker, as you will recall, I introduced IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sincere appreciation for his commitment and H.R. 4921 on May 24, 1990, to address the Thursday, June 28, 1990 efforts. Court's decision by amending section 27 of During Bill's tenure the Redondo Beach the Federal Power Act. Today's legislation is Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, earlier this Rotary was extremely successful in raising entirely consistent with the approach in that week I rose to inform my colleagues about a money. More than $20,000 raised during his bill and serves to further clarify State primacy brave young sailor from my hometown of Simi tenure was distributed among the community's in this area of water law. With several cospon­ Valley who was fighting for his life after last less fortunate. Among the Rotary's additional sors to H.R. 4921 already, I am confident we week's tragic explosions aboard the U.S.S. accomplishments under Bill's leadership were will find similar support for this new legislation. Midway. Today, sadly, I must tell you he has died. the entry of a Miss Teen Age California Pag­ Finally, I am happy to acknowledge the hard Fireman Shane Kilgore was just 22 years eant; student trips to Sacramento and Wash­ work of Idaho State water and legal officials old and 2 years into his Navy enlistment. More ington, DC; a safe school program; the Re­ and others around the country who helped than anything, he wanted to be a firefighter, dondo Beach Police Chaplins Corps; the Re­ draft this legislation, and look forward to their and he joined the Navy to serve his country, dondo Beach DARE Program; and the Redon­ continued cooperation. I urge my colleagues in both the House and and to obtain the experience he needed to ful­ do Beach Red Ribbon Day for the Prevention fill his goal when he returned to civilian life. of Drug Abuse. Moreover, he oversaw the ad­ Senate to join our delegation by cosponsoring this important legislation. Naturally, Shane knew firefighting is danger­ dition of 1O new members and had a com­ ous work. I'm sure that my colleagues will bined membership totaling over 40 active agree that all too often we forget just how members. From the aforementioned accom­ DEATH OF HOYT B. HILL, JR. dangerous it is. Like most Americans, some­ plishments, it is no wonder why he will be so times we take for granted the bravery and missed. HON. G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY dedication our firefighters demonstrate every The positive impact that Bill MacAlpin has OF MISSISSIPPI day. Although they usually won't admit it, they had on the North Redondo Beach Rotary and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are heroes. Shane Kilgore was a hero, too. our community, is unmatched. He is a tireless It's not anyone who could open a smoke­ servant to his fellow man who expects no rec­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 shrouded hatch aboard an aircraft carrier at ognition in return. However, Mr. Speaker, I Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, I regret sea, not knowing what lay beyond. Yet Shane submit to my colleagues today, this most de­ to inform the House of the death of Hoyt B. and his colleagues didn't hesitate. They knew serving congressional salute in his honor. My Hill, Jr., the former longtime director of the that the lives of their crewmen potentially wife, Lee, joins me in extending our heartfelt South Carolina Department of Veterans Af­ were at stake. And so they opened the hatch, thanks and congratulations. We wish Bill and fairs. Mr. Hill played a major role in getting the and Shane and several of his comrades paid his children, Geri, John, William, all the best in 220-bed veterans nursing home established in the price. Tragically, several others may still the years to come. Anderson, SC. The nursing home will be com- lose their lives as well. 16592 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 Yet other firefighters quickly secured the sit­ The bill also sets up an orderly process to ble people to accept employment-based uation and averted what could have been a address any claims which may arise when the health coverage. major disaster. And that's what Shane would United States is granted title to the patented The bill allows the Department of Health have expected. The sea is unforgiving and ex­ mining claims. This is necessary to prevent Services [DOHSl, based on available fund­ ing, to contract with insurers to develop acting in her ways, and every sailor knows any further forest management problems both subsidized nongroup health insurance that sometimes the few must fall so that the which could arise. for children and pregnant women, and in­ many may live. Shane, you and your com­ The Forest Service and the counties have surance for people with disabilities. rades didn't die in vain. been attempting to complete this exchange · DOHS can establish, again based on avail­ Mr. Speaker, I speak for all my colleagues administratively for many years. Unfortunately, able funding, a grant program to expand in expressing my deepest sympathies to the cost of clearing the title on every acre of access to primary care services. Shane's family. Be assured his sacrifice won't property makes this infeasible in light of the The bill requires creation of "special be forgotten. stressed Forest Service and county budgets. health care plans" offered by health insur­ This exchange will serve · a valuable public ers and health care centers-HMO's-for a limited time to small employers who are not purpose-and save the Government money. SAN JUAN BASIN TECHNICAL currently offering their employees any cov­ CORRECTION erage. It is also available to individuals. Spe­ MEDICAL INSURANCE SAFETY cial health care plans must be available to NET MISSING FOR MILLIONS certain low-income individuals through the existing Health Reinsurance Association HON. STEVEN SCHIFF OF CITIZENS [ERAl. OF NEW MEXICO The bill includes a number of small group IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. SAM GEJDENSON market reforms designed to increase afford­ ability and accessibility of insurance Thursday, June 28, 1990 OF CONNECTICUT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES through creation of a reinsurance pool, Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, today I, along limits on premiums that can be charged, with Congressman JOE SKEEN and Congress­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 limits on use of pre-existing condition man BILL RICHARDSON, am introducing a bill Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I am sure clauses, disclosure of specified rating prac­ to make a technical correction in a land de­ that my colleagues are well aware of the vast tices, and other measures. Under the bill, the Commission on Hospi­ scription contained in the San Juan Basin Wil­ number of individuals-the poor, the unem­ tals and Health Care [CHHCl must address derness Protection Act of 1984. A section of ployed, the working uninsured, and in fact, the Medicare cost shifting and improvements in the statute authorizes the Secretary of the In­ many children-who are without health insur­ its data gathering. terior to convey to Sumner Lake Corp. certain ance coverage. Currently, an estimated 32 to Finally, the bill creates a Health Access land situated in Lake Sumner State Park, NM. 37 million individuals live on a day-to-day Commission within the legislative branch For this land transfer to take place, the de­ basis without a medical safety net. They charged with monitoring the programs to be scription should refer to section 33 instead of cannot afford visits to the family doctor, have developed under the bill and their effect on section 34. The original bill inadvertently used no access to preventive care, no means to addressing trhe uninsured population. the wrong section number and this was only obtain prenatal care, and no protection in recently discovered. The Department of the case of a medical emergency. Several worthy WELCOMING THE THAI PRIME Interior has determined that this correction proposals have already been introduced by MINISTER'S VISIT TO UNITED cannot be effected administratively, but re­ Members of this body which seek to address STATES, AND ENDORSING quires congressional action. the problems of the uninsured. THAI ANTIDRUG EFFORTS AS Mr. Speaker, legislators and other individ- A MODEL FOR THE REGION INTRODUCTION OF MOUNT. uals in the State of Connecticut have also SOPRIS TREE NURSERY LAND grappled with this difficult issue. On May 17, HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL EXCHANGE .., 1990, Gov. William O'Neill approved a far- reaching plan to make health insurance OF NEW YORK cheaper and more accessible to the unin­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL sured. As many as 37 disparate groups of in­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 OF COLORADO dividuals were involved in the drafting of this Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, last week the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES legislation, ranging from citizen-action groups Thai Prime Minister, Chatichai Choonhavan, to insurance industry representatives. Thursday, June 28, 1990 visited the United States. Thai antidrug efforts The new law will extend health coverage to Mr. CAMPBELL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, serve as a model for Asia. I am pleased that an additional 60,000 Connecticut representa­ today I am introducing legislation to allow the Thai Minister met with President Bush tives, at a cost of $2 million. This is a signifi­ Pitkin and Eagle Counties to acquire an 186 during his visit here. cant step toward a resolution of the health tree nursery in the White River National Forest Under Prime Minister Chatichai Choonha­ access crisis on a State level. I would first like in exchange for roughly 1,344 acres of patent­ van, the Thais have become leaders in Asia to commend my colleagues in Connecticut for ed mining claims which are owned by the on drug control. We need Thailand, as the all of their efforts in this area. As well, I would counties. economic and political leader of Southeast encourage legislators from other States and at The tree farm has been targeted for ex­ Asia, to forge a regional strategy to stop the Federal level to give this legislation close con­ change, transfer or sale by the General Serv­ production and flow of narcotics from the sideration: ices Administration [GSA]. The counties Golden Triangle. intend to use the tree farm to develop recre­ AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS I want to commend Prime Minister Chatichai OF THE BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON STATE Choonhavan for recently appointing and ar­ ational facilities, for open space, and to build HEALTH INSURANCE ranging for me to meet a new minister, Korn a senior center. This exchange also protects Summary: This bill expands access to and the property from future private development increases the availability of health care Dabbaransi, the Thai National Drug Policy Co­ because it contains a clause which directs services and insurance coverage to people ordinator. In addition, our committee has seen that all the proceeds from any sale or lease currently without health insurance or with first hand, during several study missions-the would go to the United States. inadequate coverage. It allows expansion of most recent being in January 1990-the very As you know, the ski areas of Vail, Beaver Medicaid, within available appropriations, effective Thai crop substitution program to Creek, and Aspen are world reknown. This to serve more children, pregnant women, el­ reduce opium cultivation through growing rice, recognition has not been without cost. A tre­ derly, and disabled people. It also requires coffee, and beans. Thailand has also im­ granting presumptive eligibility to pregnant proved its infrastructure with the construction mendous amount of stress has been placed women applying for Medicaid. The bill ex­ on local facilities and property values are ski pands a current Medicaid waiver program of roads to move these goods. high. The county needs land to fulfill responsi­ assisting disabled children and adults. It Burma and Laos continue to be the major bilities that local governments have, but are also allows for a Medicaid "buy-out," within producers of heroin and opium in Southeast often overlooked by the public. available funds, to encourage Medicaid-eligi- Asia. We have recently begun narcotics con- June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16593 trol efforts in Laos, and the recent electoral been made by Dr. Martin Steindler, a member Committee for Bone Morrow Transplants; Mrs. victory of the democratic opposition in Burma of the NRC's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Eugenia Sierra of the Hispanic Volunteer raises hope for expanded efforts in that nation Waste, who pointed out that if mistakes are Committee; and Mr. Willimeim Kane, director in the future. With Thailand's established suc­ made in the decisions on BRC levels, or if of the Dade Community Blood Center for their cesses in drug control, it should take the lead later scientific studies find that risks were un­ admirable work and may they have continued and work with its neighbors in developing a derestimated, it will be too late to turn back success. regional narcotics control strategy. the clock. Future generations would have to live at higher risk, and incur burdensome costs, because of the NRC's imprudent FORMULATING NATIONAL NO ON RADWASTES action. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY The NRG proposed action also goes HON. CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER against the flow of public policy practices that OF RHODE ISLAND are assessing and incorporating the external HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES costs of each energy resource. More than a OF ILLINOIS Thursday, June 28, 1990 dozen public utility commissions, for example, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have assessed or are assessing a surcharge Ms. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I must ex­ on fossil fuels, to account for their negative Thursday, June 28, 1990 press my strong opposition to the Nuclear environmental and public health effects. Low­ Mr. HASTERT. Mr. ·speaker, last Thursday, Regulatory Commission's deregulation of low­ level radioactive wastes also constitute a neg­ the House Republican Policy Committee, of level radioactive wastes to below regulatory ative environmental and public health effect, which I am a member, debated a resolution, concern. This may appear to be a way to cut and these costs should be fully reflected in cosponsored by our colleague from New York, the cost of using and disposing radioactive their proper disposal, rather than imposing Mr. WALSH, proposing that Congress reassert materials, but it simply runs counter to good these external costs on future generations. its rightful and lawful role as the branch of health practices. This represents unaccept­ I think my colleagues can agree that the po­ government charged with establishing national able procedures that will unduly put at risk tential for great abuse exists if low-level telecommunications policy as stated in the many generations to come who will receive wastes are reduced to below regulatory con­ Commonwealth Act of 1934. none of the benefits and all of the burdens of cern. Other regulated wastes could be pur­ Congress, not the unelected, life-tenured containing and maintaining this long-lived posely or inadvertentlly mixed in with BRC Federal judiciary, should formulate national waste product. wastes. Communities would have no way of telecommunications policy. With the dramatic It is unfathomable, that at a time when or­ knowing whether such wastes conform with changes which have occurred in the telecom­ ganizations such as the Coalition of Northeast the law or not. For these, and other equally munications industry during the last decade, it Governors are engaged in developing innova­ compelling reasons, I strongly urge my col­ is imperative that Congress should set tele­ tive policies and practices for removing a leagues to join me in expressing strong oppo­ communications policy with appropriate dele­ range of hazardous and toxic materials from sition to the Commission's policy of down­ gation to the Federal Communications Com­ our voluminous waste stream-as a precau­ grading low-level radioactive wastes to below mission and the various State regulatory com­ tionary move to prevent leaching of these ma­ regulatory status, and call for reversing their missions. terials into ground water supplies-that the decision. The House Telecommunications and Fi­ NRC would contemplate imposing an addition­ nance Subcommittee is scheduled to consider al risk factor. this matter later this summer. I would appreci­ Under this policy, as I understand it, 30 per­ TRIBUTE TO THE DADE ate its consideration of my resolution. cent or more of the low-level radioactive COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER At this point, Mr. Speaker, I would like to waste of nuclear powerplants could find its insert this resolution in the RECORD for the way into the environment. This could occur HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN benefit of all our colleagues: through incineration of these wastes, burial in OF FLORIDA landfills, releases into rivers, and even reuse DRAFT RESOLUTION-HOUSE REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES POLICY COMMITTEE in consumer products. As my colleagues well know, low-level Thursday, June 28, 1990 Whereas the Republicans find that- ( 1) the national welfare will be greatly en­ waste is not synonymous with low-risk. It in­ Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I recog­ hanced by fostering the development of ad­ cludes radioactive materials that is not high­ nize today an organization that has served the vanced public telecommunications networks level waste or irradiated nuclear fuel. It in­ Miami area exceptionally. This organization is capable of ensuring that innovative technol- cludes reactor piping and parts, sewage and the Dade Community Blood Center. . ogies will be universally available to the tank sludges, resins, filters, contaminated oil The Dade Community Blood Center is a American people, at affordable rates; and soils, sandblasting grit, condenser tubes, nonprofit and all-volunteer blood collection <2) continued economic growth and the concrete used in reactor construction, as well agency and has served Dade County hospitals competitiveness of all American companies in the global information and high technol­ as booties and gloves used by nuclear work­ and patients since 1986. The Dade Center is ogy marketplace are dependent upon- ers. These biologically active contaminants affiliated with the Broward Community Blood Congress should continue to monitor Clark Savin and his family for his many contri­ capita in the world. Many of these mines the FCC through its oversight function to butions to the field of wildlife law enforcement. come courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer. ensure that the agency adheres to national UNITA's sabotage of highways and rail telecommunications policy as set by the lines has severely disrupted the economy­ Congress; and U.S. POLICY HINDERS PEACE IN already strained by drought-and has made (4) Congress should set national telecom­ ANGOLA it difficult to transport food and necessities munications policy with appropriate delega­ to remote regions of the country. Even tion to the FCC and the various state regu­ international relief workers are threatened latory authorities. HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS by UNITA attacks as they try to get food to OF CALIFORNIA starving peasants. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Other African countries are damaged as THE CLARK R. BAVIN NATIONAL well. The Benguela Railway, a favorite FISH AND WILDLIFE FOREN­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 target of UNITA assaults, is the only outlet SICS LABORATORY Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, the President besides South Africa from mineral-rich has repeatedly requested increased covert aid areas of Zambia and Zaire. Indeed, these at­ HON. WALTER 8. JONES to UNITA, an organization dedicated to the tacks force nations to depend on South overthrow of the Government of Angola. Most Africa and its ports to move minerals to OF NORTH CAROLINA market, a result that motivates the apart­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recently, President Bush asked the Permanent heid state to join the United States in sup­ Select Committee on Intelligence to augment porting UNITA. Thursday, June 28, 1990 this year's $80 million budget for UNITA's Unlike the contras of Nicaragua, UNITA Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, paramilitary operations. has its roots in the anti-colonial struggle today I have introduced a bill to honor a dedi­ These developments occur against a back­ against the Portuguese. It has a popular cated employee of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ground of sincere reform efforts by the Ango­ base. However, this support comes almost Service, Clark R. Savin. Since 1972, Mr. Savin lan Government. In compliance with the Braz­ exclusively from the minority Ovimbundo has served with distinction as the Chief of the zaville accords, for instance, Cuban troops tribe. It's far from unanimous. UNITA's alli­ ance with South Africa, their disruption of Division of Law Enforcement for the Service. have been withdrawn from Angola; a ceasefire t he economy and attacks have damaged Under his highly professional supervision and in the civil war with UNITA has been agreed their claim t o be a legitimate liberation guidance, the agency's law enforcement pro­ to, along with face-to-face negotiations; the movement. gram has grown in sophistication and effec­ Government has agreed in principle to open While t he Bush administration and most tiveness to the point where it is the finest fish elections in a multiparty system; and, move­ of Congress have lauded UNITA leader and wildlife enforcement organization in the ment toward a free-market economy with pri­ Jonas Savimbi as a freedom fighter for world and the envy of all nations. vate ownership of businesses and land has democratic ideals, only a few years ago this taken place. Chinese-trained guerrilla leader was depict­ The current stature of Federal wildlife law ed as a Maoist terrorist. Though there's enforcement is due in large part to the vision The United States should discontinue lethal been much speculation regarding the rea­ and dedication of Mr. Savin. He has been ac­ aid to UNITA in light of these steps. Addition­ sons for Savimbi's flip-flop, it seems little tively involved in many wildlife legislative ally, steps should be taken toward recognition more than crass opportunism. Savimbi's issues before Congress and is recognized as of the Angolan Government, with establish­ main interest is personal power. a tireless fighter for greater funding for the en­ ment of diplomatic relations to follow. Last year, with the assistance of 18 Afri­ forcement of the wildlife laws of this Nation. The United States can no longer justify its can countries, UNITA and the Angolan Gov­ From past amendments to the Lacey Act to inflexibility with regard to Angola in the con­ ernment signed a peace agreement provid­ ing an end to the fighting, and a framework text of superpower conflict. Moreover, events the passage of the Endangered Species Act, for democratization and reconstruction. No Clark Savin has sought greater protection for in Eastern Europe belie fears of Soviet domi­ sooner had the ink dried than Savimbi ren­ the wildlife heritage of our country and has nation and make a policy formulated on that eged and ordered his forces to resume at­ succeeded in achieving this goal. Our wildlife basis obsolete. Most tragically, failure to tacks. Despite t his violation of the Gbado­ resources are under constant siege from change our policy may result in the loss of an lite Accords, United States aid to UNITA those who would profit from the illegal trade in historic opportunity to reach a peaceful resolu-. continues. protected wildlife. Future generations of Amer­ tion of the Angolan civil war. Currently, among the minority of Ameri­ icans will still be able to appreciate a11d enjoy The following editorial, reprinted from the cans who understand Angola there is little support for U.S. policy toward that country. these resources, however, due to the profes­ June 25, 1990 Christian Science Monitor, In addition t o the peace organizations, sionalism and dedication of the Federal and argues for just such a reassessment of our church groups and intellectuals who nor­ State wildlife law enforcement officials of this policy. I commend this article to the attention mally raise questions about U.S. interven­ country. Mr. Savin has been a true leader in of my colleagues, and hope that you will con­ tion in the third world, opposition to U.S. this effort and because of that is owed a debt sider the views presented herein. support to UNITA comes from less likely of gratitude by this country that can never be [From the Christian Science Monitor, June sources as well. adequately repaid. 25, 1990) The conservative National Review has at­ Perhaps the most appropriate symbol of tacked UNITA as "Leninist," and con­ RE-EVALUATE, RECOGNIZE ANGOLA demned it for its authoritarian organiza­ Clark Bavin's vision of the future for wildlife

June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16599 In addition to the funding of individual sites, battling with Kerr-Mcgee to ensure that 13 mil­ Father Komaid served in our parish until this legislation also would provide matching lion cubic feet of radioactive waste in the June 29, 1952. On the very day his friends grants for research into effective classroom middle of West Chicago is removed. Kerr­ celebrated his 50th Jubilee of Ordination and his 25th anniversary as St. Maron's methods of teaching. It would also aid the Na­ McGee has attempted to thwart the State's Pastor, he died of a heart attack. tional Writing Project in disseminating such in­ efforts to require safer, off-site disposal, pre­ Father Joseph C. Feghali, who had ar­ formation to teachers. This will assist those ferring to dispose of this nuclear waste by rived at our Parish in 1951, followed Father teachers who want to improve their skills, but leaving it right where it is; in the middle of a Komaid as Pastor. In 1957, he was bestowed lack the knowledge and resources to do so. town of 12,000 people, and surrounded by with the title of "Very Reverend Monsi­ By providing $500,000 for the Office of Edu­ five local schools. gnor" due to his exemplary leadership. In cational Research and Information [OERI] in My hope is that the Robert S. Kerr Environ­ 1972, he was given the title of "Chor­ the U.S. Department of Education to con­ mental Research Laboratory, named after the Bishop" by Archbishop Francis M. Zayek. Father Feghali's service transformed St. duct research on the best methods of teach­ distinguished late Senator from Oklahoma, Maron Parish in Cleveland into one of the ing writing, this measure will help improve and former chairman of the board of the Kerr­ foremost in the Maronite Diocese. He was teaching techniques in this vital area of edu­ McGee Corp., will actively demonstrate to the transferred to Detroit in 1976. cation. Research into using writing as a learn­ Kerr-McGee Corp. that sweeping this mess Succeeding Chor-Bishop Feghali were ing tool to improve other aspects of education under the rug will lead only to a big hole in Msgr. Elias El-Hayek, and then Father Elias is another goal supported by this legislation. that rug. The citizens of West Chicago de­ Abi-Sarkis. During Father Abi-Sarkis's There is evidence form the National Writing serve better treatment, and I hope the Kerr­ tenure, a major fundraising campaign was Project that students who become proficient McGee Corp. will take a lead from the positive undertaken in 1980 to further renovate the church. In 1983, a second building of Middle writers can use their writing skills to improve environmental legacy left by its former chair­ Eastern architecture went up serving as the their knowledge in other areas. Such a multi­ man. administration building. The new complex disciplinary approach to learning, and teach­ provided a better space for us to celebrate ing, shows some promise in addressing our ST. MARON'S CHURCH 75TH our cultural traditions. Following Father Elias Abi-Sarkis, Chor­ Nation's educational concerns. ANNIVERSARY Mr. Speaker, there is a writing project in my Bishop Dominic Ashkar served as Pastor home State of Massachusetts which is locat­ from 1986 to 1987. ed in Boston. This bill will help support the HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR In 1987, Father Bernard Khachan, who OF OHIO was born in Ibreen, Lebanon, was assigned Boston Writing Project which has been effec­ to our parish. He speaks Spanish and tive in enabling the teachers of my State, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES French fluently, as well as Arabic and Eng­ district, to focus on improving our students' Thursday, June 28, 1990 lish. Shortly after his arrival in Cleveland, writing skills. Several communities in my dis­ Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, St. Maren's he was raised to the esteemed level of Mon­ trict, including Salem and Ipswich, have bene­ signor by the request of Archbishop Francis Church is celebrating its 75th anniversary in M. Zayek. fited from the Boston Writing Project. With ad­ Cleveland, OH. The following history was ditional support, more communities and given by Isabel Thomas: Mr. Speaker, we are proud of the leadership schools will be able to profit from this program of our pastor, Msgr. Bernard Khachan. Also, This year, St. Maron's Maronite Catholic in the future. Such Federal support is particu­ Church of Cleveland, Ohio is celebrating we are fortunate to be one of the few in the larly critical given the international competition seventy-five years of serving Cleveland's Maronite Diocese of the United States to have our citizens and Nation as a whole are cur­ Lebanese, Syrian, and American Maronite both a deacon, Mr. James Peters, and a sub­ rently experiencing. We must find ways to communitites. The vitality of this communi­ deacon, Rev. George Khoury. enable our young people to become better ty is the fruit of dedicated perseverance for Once again, I applaud the 75 years of the writers and better educated individuals. Part­ many years. St. Maron Church in Cleveland, and I look for­ nerships between the Federal Government When Catholics of the Maronite Rite first ward to the contributions of this community in and local entities represent a balanced, effec­ immigrated to Cleveland, they did not have the years ahead. their own place of worship. Instead, they at­ tive way to address our Nation's educational tended various Latin and ethnic churches With which on a personal note this is a challenges. Support for the National Writing throughout downtown Cleveland. church in Cleveland my family identifies. My Project is one way to accomplish our goals of Once the First World War erupted, mem­ parents were active members who taught their effectively educating our students to take their bers of our community were unable to com­ children to respect and love St. Maren's place in our increasingly competitive world. municate with family and loved ones across Church. the seas. Cut off from their families, they turned to each other, and the core of the KERR-McGEE MUST EXAMINE Maronite community started to solidify. AUTHORITY FOR STATE WATER ITS ENVIRONMENTAL CON- Collectively, they formed the St. John CONTROL SCIENCE Maron Society which fulfilled not merely a social function, but an economic function as well by raising funds to purchase property HON. LARRY E. CRAIG HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT for their own church. The St. John Maron OF IDAHO OF ILLINOIS Society assembled in various homes in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Woodland, Orange, Broadway, Central, Boli­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES var, Eagle, and West 14th Street areas of Thursday, June 28, 1990 Cleveland. Thursday, June 28, 1990 Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, Within the ap­ Seventy-five years ago, in 1915, they ac­ Mr. CRAIG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join propriations bill we debate today is an appro­ quired an old red brick, two-story, flat-roof my colleagues from Idaho, both in the House priation of $1 million for the Robert S. Kerr residence on East 21st Street. Although a and Senate, in introducing a bill very important simple building, in an attempt to create a to our State of Idaho and the other 49 States Environmental Research Laboratory at Ada, more sacred space for worship, they pasted OK. I do not rise to take issue with the fund­ colored pieces of paper in the windows to of the Union. It would ensure that State gov­ ing of this project, but to point out a degree of simulate stained glass. ernments-not the Federal Government-are irony. It is my understanding that the $1 mil­ In 1927, Rev. Joseph Komaid, Missionary the principal authority over streamflow deci­ lion will be designated to study techniques for Apostolic of Lebanon of the Crimean Order, sions. the containment and disposal of radioactive led the church, and under his leadership, in The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cali­ waste-specifically the contamination of 1939, they moved to St. Anthony's Church fornia versus Federal Energy Regulatory Com­ groundwater. on Carnegie Avenue. The church, adorned mission, also known as the Rock Creek deci­ with gorgeous art reminiscent of the Italian sion, threatens a century-old standard of State In the city of West Chicago, IL, which is Renaissance, was dedicated on April 7, 1940, within my congressional district, the Kerr­ and in 1951, a new rectory was built and fur­ water control. The ability of a State to make McGee Corp. is the owner of the second larg­ nished by the parishioners. The centralized the principal and critical water allocation and est radioactive waste site in the Nation. The location of the chruch provided wider access appropriation decisions has been at the heart State of Illinois and many others have been to the parishioners living in different areas. of Idaho law since we were admitted to the 16600 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 Union. That principle is in jeopardy as a result denied Mr. Prieto a U.S. visa. Only after that contributes to racial tension is replaced of the Supreme Court's recent ruling. myself, Congresswoman PELOSI, and several by trust and understanding. It's our belief that rulings like the Rock of our colleagues-and American labor offi­ At this time, it is appropriate for the council, Creek decision are based upon an incorrect cials-stepped in, did the administration yield. an organization that facilitates cooperation interpretation of the Federal Power Act. Our As a result of Mr. Prieto's visit, the United among diverse groups, to recognize Frank J. legislation will clarify that act to ensure that States Congress and the American people will DeCuzzi, Sandra Feldman, William D. Fugazy, States have no diminished decisionmaking au­ have the benefit of his insight and counsel on and Charles Hughes for contributing so much thority when it comes to water allocation deci­ El Salvador from the perspective of its work­ of their time to enhance racial, ethnic and cul­ sions. ing men and women. That is a major step for­ tural harmony. On June 21, 1990, the council Specifically, the legislation would amend ward that only can help the cause of peace held its annual induction dinner dance to sections 9 and 27 of the Federal Power Act to and justice in Central America. honor Frank J. DeCuzzi as man of the year, clarify that an applicant for a license must Sandra Feldman as woman of the year, Wil­ comply with all procedural and substantative LA CANTINITA liam D. Fugazy as humanitarian of the year, requirements of State law in acquiring water and to present Charles Hughes with the lead­ rights and in the administration of the use of ership in labor award. water. HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN Over the last 31 years, Frank J. DeCuzzi Mr. Speaker, as you will recall, I introduced OF FLORIDA has successfully risen through the ranks of H.R. 4921 on May 24, 1990, to address the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the New York City Board of Education to the Court's decision by amending section 27 of position of director of special projects in the the Federal Power Act. Today's legislation is Thursday, June 28, 1990 entirely consistent with the approach in that Office of School Food and Nutrition Services. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would At the end of this month, Frank J. DeCuzzi will bill and serves to further clarify State primacy like to congratulate La Cantinita restaurant for retire from his position and will be sorely in this area of water law. With several cospon­ being cited by Hispanic magazine's first missed. DeCuzzi has devoted a large amount sors to H.R. 4921 already, I am confident we annual survey of the Nation's 50 best Hispan­ of time and effort to numerous charities. He will find similar support for this new legislation. ic restaurants. serves as vice president and a member of the Finally, I am happy to acknowledge the hard La Cantinita which is located in Arlington, board of directors of the Coalition of ltalo­ work of Idaho State water and legal officials VA, is a prime example of how the Cuban­ American Associations and as vice president and others around the country who helped American community has combined ethnic and a member of the board of directors of the draft this legislation and look forward to their heritage with American opportunity to excel in National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations. In continued cooperation. this great Nation. addition, he has received many honors, includ­ I urge my colleagues in both the House and Hard work and dedication to the principles ing the 1985 Christopher Columbus Civic As­ Senate to join our delegation by cosponsoring of freedom have allowed the Cuban-American sociation's "Man of the Year" award and a this important legislation. community in the United States to grow and prosper. The devotion to freedom by Cuban­ proclamation for outstanding citizenship by the city council of the city of New York. DeCuzzi EL SALVADOR Americans is great, and is exemplified by the many veterans who have proudly served this has been honored by the Flushing Boys Club HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER country in time of need, including Mr. Arnaldo for his dedication and devotion to community Rodriguez, owner of La Cantinita, who is a youth. He also serves as ·a member of OF NEW YORK Vietnam veteran. Queens Community Board 7. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I would like to applaud La Cantinita's owner, Over the last 25 years, Sandra Feldman has Thursday, June 28, 1990 Mr. Arnaldo Rodriguez, for operating such a risen through the ranks of the United Federa­ tion of Teachers, the largest local union in the Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, last week I fine establishment and for the success that he had the pleasure of meeting with Julio Garcia has found in this country. His drive and ac­ United States, to the position of president. Prieto, an El Salvadoran union official. Mr. complishments should be an inspiration to us Sandra Feldman, a highly regarded authority Prieto is the general secretary of the Union of all. in education in New York City, has served on the Coffee Industry, SICAFE. many commissions, including her appointment SICAFE organizes workers who process by President Jimmy Carter to the congression­ coffee beans. These are workers who earn a COUNCIL FOR UNITY HONORS al panel for the review of laboratory and minimum wage of less than 20 cents an hour. FRANK J. DECUZZI, SANDRA center operations, the New York State Job These are workers who vitally need a union to FELDMAN, WILLIAM D. Training Partnership Act Committee, and the represent them. But, in El Salvador, agricultur­ FUGAZY, AND CHARLES New York State Child Care Commission. In al unions are illegal. HUGHES addition, Feldman is actively involved in com­ And because they are illegal, Mr. Prieto munity and civic organizations, including the must perform his valuable and courageous HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN Center for Women in Government, the Organi­ work in secret. Indeed, he spends most of his OF NEW YORK zation for Rehabilitation through Training time in hiding. We know that if he did not hide, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [ORT], and the League for Industrial Democ­ he very well might join the list of 45 SICAFE racy. activists who have been murdered since 1980. Thursday, June 28, 1990 William D. Fugazy, president of Fugazy The Government of El Salvador's human Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, as our coun­ International, has dedicated vast amounts of rights record is abysmal, including under cur­ try grapples with ways in which to combat se­ time and effort to numerous charitable rent President Cristiani. Our continued high rious racial problems, I would like to take this causes. In recognition of his humanitarian ef­ levels of military assistance to these butchers opportunity to recognize the successful efforts forts, William D. Fugazy has received many makes a mockery of our Nation's commitment of the Council for Unity, Inc., in promoting co­ honors, including the 1989 Italian American to human rights and democracy. operative multicultural relations. Founded in Student Association's "Most Outstanding Role Mr. Speaker, the democracy we see today 1975, the council follows a philosophy that Model Award" and the 1986 "Man of the Year emerging in Eastern Europe did not emerge stresses the creation of a dialog among differ­ Award" given by John Cardinal O'Connor. In because we poured billions of dollars into SDI ent religious, racial, and ethnic groups to alle­ addition, Fugazy was appointed chairman of and the MX missile, it occurred because work­ viate intergroup tensions. The council has im­ the New York Statute of Liberty Centennial ing men like Lech Walesa in Poland organized plemented many activities including multicul­ Commission by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, and in unions, rallied, fought, swam against the cur­ tural assembly programs in elementary, junior, · 1989 named honorary chairman of the Dr. rent, and-in the face of severe adversity and and senior high schools, conflict mediation Martin Luther King, Jr., National Holiday Cele­ repression-triumphed in the name of free­ and networking programs, and a senior citizen bration. dom. escort service that allows individuals to inter­ Charles Hughes, president of Local 372 Last month, the Bush administration, ignor­ act on a personal level. Once the individuals N.Y.C. Board of Education Employees, has ing these recent lessons from Eastern Europe, are working together the fear and isolation played an important role in the improvement June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16601 of New York City's education system. Hughes for which the military had paid big bucks of the defense acquisition work force. This has been an important supporter of the policy beside an identical tube he had bought up the seems to be shortsighted given that it is the of providing students in all New York City street for just pennies. These spare parts people who make the process and structure schools with at least two balanced and nutri­ scandals are interspersed with exposes of work, not the other way round. tious meals daily. In recognition of his humani­ outrageous cost overruns. An historian has We clearly need to pay more attention to tarian efforts, Charlie has received numerous dug up the fact that the USS Constitution, the the people in the acquisition field. We need to honors, including the "Harriet Tubman Navy's first warship, had a cost overrun of the train them better. We need to pay more atten­ Achievement Award" from the New York magnitude of 175 percent. tion to their career paths. We need to prepare Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Union­ So there's nothing new under the sun. Ac­ them as professionals. We need to reward ists, the Congressional Black Caucus "Recog­ quisition poses ageless problems that come them for the important and critical functions nition Award," and the "Distinguished Serv­ back to haunt us with amazing regularity. With they perform. A little TLC goes a long, long ices Award" from the New York State Black each new scandal, the public loses more con­ way. and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus. In addi­ fidence in the Pentagon and becomes more With this emphasis, we are facing the fact tion, Hughes was appointed to the New York convinced that the military is acting irresponsi­ that many of our acquisition problems can be City Youth Board and Commission on Black bly with the taxpayers' money. The question traced back to inadequate oversight, poor de­ New Yorkers by former Mayor Edward I. Koch. is, what do we do about it? cisionmaking and improper implementation of He currently serves as a member of the Gov­ Well, with each scandal that erupts, the laws. ernor's School and Business Alliance Task Congress enacts a new set of laws. As Vice By addressing the people behind the acqui­ Force and Mentoring Subcommittee. Adm. R.C. Gooding said, "The Congress con­ sition scene, by improving their lot, we hope Mr. Speaker, I call upon all my colleagues in tinues to subscribe to the national fallacy that to be able to get a handle on the things De­ the U.S. House of Representatives to join me if one requires the generation of enough fense buys. No, we won't eliminate procure­ in paying tribute to Frank J. DeCuzzi, Sandra paper, one can thereby avoid technical and ment scandals, but I believe we can reduce Feldman, William D. Fugazy, Charles Hughes, other problems and thus prevent nasty sur­ the volume of scandals and, more important, and Council for Unity. prises." After the Congress legislates-and more qualified people should make for a more often, even when it doesn't-the Pentagon efficient acquisition system that will give us gets into the act and writes a new set of regu­ more bang for the buck. SUFFERING OF KURDISH lations. Then the bureaucracy levies a new set REFUGEES IN TURKEY I want to stress, however, that this legisla­ of recordkeeping requirements on contractors, tion should not be viewed as the perfect solu­ making the process more and more cumber­ tion to all our acquisition problems. We are HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER some. simply targeting one part of the problem, but a OF ILLINOIS This, in my judgment, is treating symptoms. major part that has been overlooked too long. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Government excels at treating visible symp­ Now, where is this all leading us? Thurday, June 28, 1990 toms. If the newspapers are dominated by tales of $6,000 coffee makers, we will write BRINGING CULTURAL CHANGE TO DOD Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, Kurdish refu­ enough rules, hire enough auditors, and force For years we have tinkered at the edges. gees in Turkey continue to suffer. contractors to leap enough hurdles that we Those of us who have been workng acquisi­ · It has been almost 2 years since 70,000 can guarantee there will never again be an tion issues recognize that the many approach­ Kurds fled Saddam Hussein's chemical attack. $6,000 coffee maker. Of course, in the proc­ es of the 1980's failed to achieve the cultural Tragically, they have been treated not much ess we may spend far more of the taxpayers' changes that are essential for making acquisi­ better in Turkey. money than we save. And a few years later, tion reform work. News reports indicate that Turkish refugees we will have a new scandal-maybe a $5,000 For example, J. Ronald Fox, a professor of camps are in miserable condition, lack basic teapot-and so the cycle continues. management at the Harvard Business School, amenities and isolate Kurds from employment This year in Congress we are trying some­ wrote in 1974 that the "most far-reaching opportunities. Since Turkish authorities refuse thing fresh and hopefully unique. There is no reform would be the establishment of a clearly to grant Kurds refugee status, they live in new scandal that demands a bandaid this defined procurement career field within the squalor. International efforts to build them per­ year. So, instead we will try to grapple with military, with senior procurement managers manent housing were canceled by the Turkish root causes. This won't be as dramatic or controlling assignments and promotions. Any­ Government. President Ozal appears to want sexy as mounting a white charger and going thing short of this will not resolve the continu­ Kurds to return to Iraq. There they will un­ after the day's headlines. But I have no doubt ing crisis in procurement management." Writ­ doubtedly face further persecution. it will mean more for the future. ing 14 years later in 1988, Fox observed that Mr. Speaker, Kurdish refugees in Turkey To be specific, Congressman LARRY HOP­ efforts to establish military career programs for program managers and procurement per­ must be granted access to interntional refu­ KINS, the ranking Republican on my Investiga­ gee agencies and proper care. In addition, we tions Subcommittee, joined me today in intro­ sonnel had been resisted by the services. must insist that Iraq, Iran, and Turkey respect ducing a proposal to create a professionalized Fox, testifying before my subcommittee in fully the rights of their Kurdish citizens. acquisition workforce and corps within each of April, further noted that reform efforts usually the military services and the defense agen­ fade once the initiator moves on, and within a year or two the same set of problems resur­ CREATING AN ACQUISITION cies. This legslation is aimed at the people face, indicating that little has changed. WORK FORCE who make the acquisition system work. In the past, we have focused our attention I recognize that bringing about a cultural on just two elements of the defense acquisi­ change can be a long, arduous task. What is HON. NICHOLAS MAVROULES needed-and I believe the time is now ripe­ OF MASSACHUSETTS tion system-the process and the structure. We have amended the laws to tell the people is candid and open discussion about root IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the acquisition system what policies and causes-to wit, what is wrong, what should be Thursday, June 28, 1990 procedures they should use to buy the equip­ fixed, and how can we go about doing that? Mr. MAVROULES. Mr. Speaker, as we all ment, and we have amended the laws to BRITISH AND FRENCH ACQUISITION SYSTEMS well know, defense acquisition reform is a pe­ juggle the organizations that execute those Prior to considering any proposal for im­ rennial topic in Washington. Spare parts scan­ policies. In other words, we have been merely proving the acquisition workforce, my subcom­ dals erupt roughly once a generation. The shifting people from one organizational box to mittee staff undertook a year-long review of $100 hammer isn't really very new-or, now, another. While these are obviously critical ele­ the state of the acquisition workforce. the $999 pair of pliers. Some people around ments and may need additional focus in the As part of our initial analysis, we looked at this town will still remember the "Chamber of future, it seems appropriate at this time to France and Britain. Why did we search abroad Horrors" created by Representative F. Edward focus on the third element-the people them­ for answers to problems of a domestic Hebert when he was chairman of the Armed selves. nature? Services Investigations Subcommittee a quar­ Historically, we have placed less emphasis First, in contrast to the way we currently do ter-century ago. He displayed a vacuum tube on improving the quality and professionalism business, both France and Britain employ cen- 16602· EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 tralized acquisition organizations. The utility of Giving these key officials greater independ­ ample, in all the services since 1984, only 6 of these centralized organizations and their pos­ ence, although they would continue to be an 94 program managers have served either a 4- sible application in the United States has elic­ integral part of their military service, will make year tour of duty or until a major milestone. ited considerable interest and debate. it more difficult for other Pentagon bureau­ Clearly, the executive branch is not being a Second, both France and Britain have had ex­ crats to exert undue influence as they now do. responsible steward of the taxpayers' money perience with acquisition reorganization over In the Army, it is said that division command­ when it runs executives through major pro­ the last 20 years. The rationale for their ers have the authority to make it rain. Program grams so quickly they never have time to sweeping changes was to eliminate the dupli­ managers also need the power to call up a learn where the restroom is. Program manag­ cation of weapons development efforts among rain shower now and then. er assignments have taken on the aura of the services, to reduce counterproductive Good people at the top require good subor­ ticket punching as a short way station for ca­ service competition, to rationalize the process dinates. Can we attract, train and keep the reerists. of deciding what would be acquired, and final­ right people? INDEPENDENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ly to achieve greater efficiency in acquisition. We recognize that character often is far In light of the evidence, we must ask our­ It is rarely feasible to copy a foreign system more important than organization, procedures, selves how we can address these people outright. But often, it is possible to learn from or individual technical skills. But there is no issues. their approaches and adapt certain features of way Congress can ever legislate standards of Actually, there should be little debate about their systems. There are three aspects of the character for admission to the acquisition French and British systems that are particular­ corps. So we will concentrate on their skills, the broad guidelines of what needs to be ly important. They are: their experience, their education, and their done. Since World War II, no less than six First, a trained and professional body of ac­ training. commissions have grappled with the problems quisition personnel-in other words, smart As former Deputy Secretary of Defense of military acquisition and offered prescriptions people made smarter by the way you train David Packard said in 1983: "Major weapon to fix them. These commissions-including the them; systems are complex, they are large, they re­ two Hoover Commissions of 1949 and 1955, Second, a stable budget environment-in quire advanced technology. We, unfortunately, the Fitzhugh Commission of 1970, the Com­ other words, you can't expect even geniuses have a system where we do not train and put mission on Government Procurement in 1972, to have rational plans if you keep snatching the best management people in charge of the Grace Commission of 1983, and the Pack­ resources away from them; and these programs." ard Commission of 1986-have all recognized Third, "chains of command" that provide Certainly, there is never any guarantee that the need for competent, trained, and educat­ both authority and independence-in other good managers will solve our problems. ed civilian and military acquisition personnel. words, once you've got smart people in the Indeed, good managers can make bad pro­ Their recommendations have been echoed by job and given them resources, let them get on grams. But I am convinced that by improving many outside experts for more than four dec­ with the job. the lot of the acquisition personnel, we will re­ ades. The problem has been in implementing With regard to the third point, I am remind­ solve many of our problems. these recommendations. There has been ed of when Lyndon Johnson was asked if he STUDY FINDINGS plenty of talk and lots of paper, but there has not been a lot of action. was going to fire the individual responsible for Our year-long study showed major gaps in mucking up one of his pet programs. Johnson the acquisition personnel system. Here are a Now we have the Defense Management is said to have replied: "Fire him! I can't even few things we've learned: Review. Issued by the Pentagon in July 1989, find out who the (expletive deleted) is." Half of all the people who work in contract­ the DMR picks up on some of the old recom­ Before progressing further, I wish to com­ ing lack a college education. Historically, we mendations. Quoting the Packard Commission mend my colleague from Michigan, DENNIS have treated contracting as a "clerical" func­ findings, the DMR states: Compared to its in­ HERTEL He was in charge here. He led the tion, whereby one follows rules and regula­ dustry counterparts, this work force is under­ pioneering efforts toward the creation of a tions in rote fashion. The complexity of the ac­ trained, underpaid, and inexperienced. What­ professional acquisition corps and an inde­ quisition process makes it virtually impossible ever other changes may be made, it is vitally pendent acquisition organization. to rely on rules and regs in every situation, important to enhance the quality of the de­ Mr. HERTEL has long advocated the cre­ however. We need people who can and will fense acquisition work force-both by attract­ ation of a defense procurement corps under exercise their judgment when buying on behalf ing qualified new personnel and by improving the Secretary of Defense to be a "hearable of the taxpayer. the training and motivation of current person­ voice" on R&D and acquisition, along with the The fragmented, scattered, and diffused nel. establishment of a defense acquisition man­ training system requires 12 courses on con­ Mind you, that is the Pentagon speaking, agement university to train the highest caliber tracting but none for systems engineering or not some outside critic throwing brickbats. personnel. logistics, although these are key drivers of LEGISLATIVE OUTLINE SUBCOMMITIEE STUDY equipment costs. A large part of the contract­ After all this buildup, what do I propose? My Looking at our own acquisition system, the ing workforce still remains untrained even intention here is to ensure that the sound, subcommittee found that our current person­ after the establishment of mandatory courses commonsense recommendations made by all nel system does have its problems. In part, 30 years ago. those numerous commissions are, in fact, im­ these problems stem from the nature of the The course designed to train management plemented. And I believe that legislation is beast. officials graduates five times as many people needed to ensure that the changes we pro­ Too many people can say no, while too few as will ever fill program manager slots. Yet, all pose are institutionalized since you and l­ can say yes with authority. We need to em­ three services have failed to fill program man­ and our friends at the Pentagon-might not be power a few who can give a yes that will stick. ager positions with graduates of this course, here tomorrow. The program managers-the people who even though it is required by law. For exam­ In developing this legislation, we talked with head the offices buying the Abrams tank or ple, less than a third of those assigned as knowledgeable people in uniform, in the civil the F-16 Falcon or the Aegis cruisers-wheth­ program managers of major Navy systems service, in the private sector, and in academe. er civilian or military, either work for or belong have ever attended the course. We also talked to former civilian officials and to one of the military services. As such, they While the mix of civilians and military is retired uniformed officers. depend upon the military chain of command varied among the services, no service has Let me now outline the specifics of the leg­ for promotion and other career rewards. In been in compliance with longstanding policies islation we are looking at. effect, the program manager is asked to apply to appoint civilians to positions not requiring a We would require the Secretary of Defense sound business practices while at the same military officer. to establish minimum education, training, and time answering to a superior whose primary The turnover in program managers is too experience requirements for all acquisition po­ interest is purely and simply the delivery of a rapid. In 1984 we enacted a law requiring that sitions. weapon system. The same applies to con­ program managers of major programs stay on We would direct the Secretary of Defense tracting officers, the men and women with the the job for 4 years or until a major milestone to establish a career management system authority to obligate the Government to pay was completed. The services have failed to within each military department for acquisition contractors. comply with this tenure requirement. For ex- personnel. June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16603 At the senior levels of the acquisition work­ program manager who oversees the manage­ To help get at the training problem, we force, we would create an elite acquisition ment of the weapons system acquisition. The would establish a defense acquisition universi­ corps, comprised of both military and civilian PM needs to make tradeoffs among cost, ty that would be responsible for all acquisition personnel-the senior 10 percent to 15 per­ schedule and performance, as technologies courses required for acquisition personnel. cent of the workforce-those individuals who and requirements change. The university would provide centralized direc­ by virtue of their expertise have achieved a I want to say here that some may suggest tion, operation, control, and accountability of certain rank or grade and who should be rec­ we are setting up a new bureaucratic monster, the Defense Department's education and ognized as professionals in their own field. one that could create new complexities, rather training program for all acquisition personnel. We would direct that all critical acquisition than smoothing things out. There is even We are not necessarily talking, however, jobs, requiring special qualifications, be held some concern that the acquisition community, about a new bricks and mortar university or a only by acquisition corps members. already insular to a degree, may become football team. We are talking about the guid­ We would require that all acquisition posi­ more so. But I must stress that we are not ing force behind a rational training program tions be filled by the best qualified individual­ proposing an independent acquisition work­ based on feedback from people in the field. either military or civilian; no longer will civilians force and corps outside the services as the Depending on how it is shaped by the Secre­ be shut out of senior jobs. French have done. Our workforce, with its · tary of Defense, the university could be the in­ We would assure that military program man­ leadership corps, will remain within each mili­ tellectual centerpiece of the entire acquisition agers and other senior acquisition officials be tary department. system-a place where seminars and thought­ kept on the job longer than in the past to pro­ I have spent a lot of time discussing the provoking meetings-intellectual ferment-can vide greater continuity of management and broad philosophy behind our proposal. Now I help to change the mindset, to bring about a personal accountability, and at the same time would like to focus on three key areas that we lasting cultural change, throughout the acquisi­ encourage the rotation of senior civilian per­ will be addressing-experience, education and tion system. sonnel so they get career broadening experi­ training, and tenure requirements-along with Education-one key element of profession­ ence. the appropriate civilian/military mix in person­ alism-is of crucial importance in developing a We would create a Defense acquisition uni­ nel, mobility requirements and budget consid­ versity to be the center for all acquisition edu­ erations. quality acquisition workforce. Specifically, to recruit civilians into the work­ cation, training and research, a focal point for EXPERIENCE NEEDS force, our proposal would direct the DOD to acquisition excellence that will oversee in­ In our current system, one outstanding struction in the whys and wherefores of acqui­ establish a program for recruiting college problem is that too many people in the senior graduates. DOD would provide college educa­ sition as well as promote research leading to ranks don't have enough acquisition experi­ tion assistance through scholarship programs improvements in acquisition management. ence to be effective stewards of the billions similar to the ROTC, a graduate degree pro­ We would provide that the Pentagon's and billions of dollars being spent on military gram similar to that for active duty military per­ Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition equipment. They work at acquisition in one as­ sonnel and reimbursement for course work of oversee acquisition workforce policies to signment and then are sent off to command a employees who go to school on their own ensure uniformity. base or lead a battalion or solve some budget While we want separate Army, Navy, Air problem. Many of them are good, talented time. Establishing a cooperative education Force, and Marine acquisition corps, we do people. I have no intention of demeaning or program and an intern program are steps that not want them flying off in separate directions. belittling them. But I do intend to demean the we believe DOD should consider in its recruit­ For that reason, our proposal would put the · system that puts these people in positions for ment procedures. No. 3 man in the Pentagon, the Under Secre­ which they are not properly trained and for We want professional people. That means tary of Defense for Acquisition, in overall which they lack sufficient experience. To ad­ we want the bulk of these people to have col­ charge. The USD(A), under the direction of dress that, we would set up a professional ac­ lege degrees. They don't have to have de­ the Secretary of Defense, must ensure that quisition corps and require that all key jobs be grees, but ought to. We would provide a comprehensive career programs are estab­ filled only by members of that acquisition standard for entry. That standard would in­ lished for the acquisition workforce-both ci­ corps. To become a member, military officers clude a college degree with 24 semester vilian and military-within the Army, Navy, and civilians-we will treat them equally­ credit hours in the applicant's career field. Marine Corps, Air Force, Defense Logistics would have to chalk up substantial experience But what about those late bloomers who Agency, and the other defense agencies. exclusively in the acquisition area-including didn't go to college. Or the divorced mother of These career programs should include the that with other agencies or private industry. two young children who cannot take the time elements of accession, education, training, ex­ TRAINING AND EDUCATION for those night courses, but who is a proven perience, assignment, promotion and reten­ Another issue deals with training and edu­ performer? For them, we would provide a test tion. cation. In our report, we found that the training as a substitute and to demonstrate their capa­ Within each military department, we envi­ system is very fragmented and diffused. Train­ bilities. But I know of many people who are sion a pyramid consisting of all acquisition po­ ing and education need to be taken more seri­ test-shy. They are brilliant performers and the sitions. At the mid-level point, acquisition per­ ously, and managed coherently. kind of people we want, but tests aren't their sonnel may apply to enter the acquisition Inadequate training of program manage­ bag. Again, we will provide the authority for corps. As an acquisition corps member, they ment and procurement personnel has fre­ the career management board to fully waive are eligible for the critical corps positions that quently been the cause of costly acquisition either of the entry standards-the college are at the very top of the pyramid. deficiencies. Mandatory DOD training require­ degree or 24 credit hour standards. Among the key acquisition personnel, the ments for civilian contracting personnel date Recognizing that those with 1O years or service acquisition executive, or SAE, is the back to 1962. The military services, however, more experience in the acquisition field gener­ Government official in each military depart­ have traditionally paid minimal attention to ally have proven their ability to perform in their ment overseeing the acquisition process. these rules. A 1984 DOD Inspector General field, we have totally grandfathered these indi­ Other key officers would include the pro­ report found that 67 percent of the required viduals. gram executive officers, PEO, and program contracting courses had not been completed We heard from many individuals in acade­ managers, or PMs, who, along with the SAEs, by required personnel from the 24 activities mia on the education provisions, and I appre­ comprise the backbone of the military depart­ reviewed. Today, a significant number remain ciate their comments. Again, as I said educa­ ments' three-tiered program management untrained. How many? No one knows because tion has a special place in our proposal but chain. This corps would also include other key currently the services are incapable of track­ we don't want to just hustle people through program management officials and senior ac­ ing the training records of their personnel. paper mills or turn education into ROTC train­ quisition personnel from service research and We intend that the Under Secretary of De­ ing. Dr. l.B. Holley, a history professor at Duke development and acquisition commands, con­ fense for Acquisition, through a director of ac­ University had an especially noteworthy com­ tracting officers and critical service headquar­ quisition career management, be responsible ment. Dr. Holley is the author of the magisteri­ ters acquisition management personnel. for establishing-and carrying out-additional al study on Army aircraft procurement in Among the key acquisition officials reporting mandatory education and training require­ World War II and a retired major general in to the SAE, none is more important than the ments. the Air Force Reserves. He wrote: Educating 16604 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 acquisition types is a good idea, but I very signments; there should be no bias toward ceived as less receptive to change. Unlike much fear the education will turn into train­ either civilians or the military. military personnel, civilians tend to remain in ing. Some of each, of course, will be neces­ In all stages, clear standards indicating the one job longer. Furthermore, civil servants are sary, but we won't get the broad gauge men desired characteristics of corp members in harder to remove if they are not performing and women of vision we need unless the terms of experience, education, and training, effectively, nor do they have the broad, well­ corps stresses true education. This-requires will be established and all who meet the crite­ rounded experience that the military looks for a recruitment and selection process which is ria should be eligible for the job. In other in its personnel. In this respect, we can able to find and attract individuals with imagi­ words, this criteria should be neutral in terms counter the bias against civilians by encourag­ nation, initiative, and intellectual energy as of military and civilian personnel. We want the ing a policy of mobility for civilians. well as character-meaning of course those best people, with the right talents and the To prevent stagnation and bureaucratic en­ who don't need regulations to tell them what a right motivation-be they military or civilian­ trenchment, we are proposing that civilians in conflict of interest is. to do the job. key acquisition positions be reviewed for rota­ GREATER TENURE The issue of the roles of military officers tion every 5 years. If the needs of the organi­ The first point I mentioned was that the and civilian employees and their proper mix or zation warrant, the individual will be asked to people leading the acquisition field need to be ratio within the Defense work force has been move to a new assignment. This may not ac­ more experienced. The second point was that recurrent throughout the history of the De­ tually be a physical geographical move, but fense Department. The Department estab­ training and education need to be improved. merely a reassignment from one division to lished assignment policies in the 1950's which The third point is greater tenure. There's another in the same location. We recognize stated that civilians should be placed into po­ simply too much turnover at the top. that exceptions must be considered, but feel sitions requiring skills of the civilian economy For example, we looked back at the report that a general expectation of mobility is es­ and military officers should normally occupy of the Second Hoover Commission, which re­ sential. While in some cases long-term conti­ such positions-for example, contracting posi­ viewed acquisition in the early 1950's. The tions-only if there is a legitimate military nuity is reasonable and even desirable, by and Hoover Commission said one major problem reason. We found that the services were com­ large periodic rotation should be considered was the program managers turn over far too pletely ignoring this policy. Today, looking at essential. rapidly. They weren't kept on the job long the ranks of program managers, we must ask I believe this concept is philosophically enough to do the job right. Too much turmoil why so few are civilians. sound, and is in fact, used often in the private at the top meant too much turmoil in pro­ The argument is made that no one should sector. We recognize, however, that this could grams that cost billions of dollars. Hoover said manage an aircraft program who doesn't discourage many capable people from pursu­ that in 1955. Fifteen years later, in 1970, know how to fly. That misses the point. No ing careers in acquisition simply because the David Packard, who was then Deputy Defense one should manage an aircraft program who Government pays a fixed salary regardless of Secretary, saw that no one had paid any at­ doesn't know how to manage. That's the key. whether a person is sent to a high- or low­ tention to Hoover. Packard ordered that the As Ronald Fox stated in his April testimony cost area. We try to address this issue with a standard tour for a program manager be 4 before the Investigations Subcommittee: variable housing allowance, similar to the VHA years. But once Packard left office, the 4-year provided to military personnel, that will be ad­ It is obvious that a program manager tour became history. Therefore, in 1984, Con­ cannot be assigned as a wing commander justed in line with housing costs around the gress enacted legislation requiring that pro­ without years of carefully programmed country. gram managers for major systems be retained flight training and experience. By the same BUDGET IMPACT token, a pilot cannot manage effectively a at least 4 years or until the program passed a Those are the changes we are proposing. In major milestone, such as the shift from devel­ complex industrial program without exten­ sive experience and carefully programmed the current budget environment, it is fair to opment into production. Yet when the investi­ ask what all of this will cost. Many aspects will gations subcommittee looked at program man­ assignments in the acquisition process and in industrial cost control. add nothing to our budget tab. For example, ager tenure this past year, we found PM 's av­ we do not propose to establish another layer erage only 21 months on the job. Some cases We heard several war stories that described what happens in these cases. One comment­ of bureaucracy on top of the existing layers. are especially egregious. We found one pro­ What we propose are small, well-run organiza­ gram whose last three program managers er wrote the subcommittee about his friend who is a major in the Army: tions within the office of the Secretary of De­ spent, respectively, 14 months, 9 months, and fense and the military departments, staffed 3 months on the job. Since we passed that His specialty is armor. His subspecialty is contracting. Just last summer we visited and from existing personnel who currently are all law, as I mentioned earlier, only 6 of 94 pro­ too often engaged in check-mating each gram managers have served to a major mile­ he commented to me that soon he would be assigned to a procurement office for a tour other's work. These organizations will have stone or for a 4-year tour-according to the of duty. He then confided that he knew ab­ access to the senior acquisition officials within Department's own figures. That simply isn't solutely nothing about contracting! Yet he each Department and will use data systems to good enough. As Norman Augustine, chair­ will be required to make decisions over indi­ monitor, evaluate, and report on the effective man and CEO of Martin-Marietta, has stated, viduals . a private Washington-based On the way out he helped two elderly resi­ PLAYS FOR LIVING think tank that specializes in reporting and dents who had trouble descending the teaching about the way our government stairs. "The floor above was burning and HON. BILL GREEN functions. the people I helped outside hadn't really OF NEW YORK This course was designed to help our for­ known that there was a fire," Kinney said. eign visitors understand the theoretical as "I told them come on, you have to get out IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES well as the practical aspects of governance now, right now." Thursday, June 28, 1990 in our democratically pluralistic country. As Once outside, he said, he looked back and Mr. GREEN of New York. Mr. Speaker, it turned out, I was one of the instructors saw that the fire had begun to spread to for this course. When I got a call from (CQ) other floors. But with the tenants all safe, rise today to call the attention of my col­ asking me to conduct a session on "Leader­ his mind turned to other matters. "I still leagues to "Plays for Living" [PFL], which ship in the House of Representatives," I was had about a dozen houses to do, and so I got maintains its national headquarters in New both flattered and awed. my mailbag and finished my rounds, so I'd York City. That organization strives to give a I was flattered to be asked to participate get back to the post office on time," he said. voice to compelling social problems by devel­ in the making of modern history-of meet­ "After work, I went back to ask if everyone oping plays about acute family and community ing and greeting some of the people who had gotten out safely." issues. pushed the first domino of freedom in East­ "But I'm no hero," he quickly added. "I Since the group was organized almost 50 ern Europe, thus causing more dominoes of just did what I had to do." opportunity and enterprise to tumble all the A tenant who lives on the second floor years ago, PFL has performed over 70 plays way to that bastion of Marx, Engles, and had only words of praise for Kinney. "That involving such topics as AIDS, teen pregnan­ Lenin, the Soviet Union itself. mailman is a real Samaritan. He came and cy, and illiteracy. Each half-hour drama is writ­ I was even more awed, however, by the re­ told us there was a fire and helped us out of ten by a professional playwright and tested alization that these people were listening to the building. I can't thank him enough." before target audiences. Each play is also and learning from Americans like me about she exclaimed. "When we got out, the build­ open-ended so that the audience may actively how our government and society function so ing was in flames. It went up just like an in­ take part in a postperformance discussion. that they could apply some of those lessons ferno." The dramas are used by schools, corpora­ back home. Kinney said a man who operates an elec­ Of course I said I would participate! What trician's business across the street called the tions, correctional facilities, and civic organiza­ a wonderful opportunity to tell about our Fire Department and helped the letter car­ tions as valuable aids in communication, train­ constitutional system, the best on earth! rier evacuate two elderly people from the ing, and education. I soon found, however, that a nagging set burning side of the second floor. Plays for Living dates back to World War II. of questions began to arise in my mind. A third floor tenant said he was in his Some of the favorite plays performed since What should I emphasize about our Con­ apartment when Kinney alerted his family that period include: "Ever Since April," "The gress? to the danger. "My daughter smelled smoke, Man Nobody Saw," and "How Was The Trip." How much time should I spend on the then it began coming through the walls and people who framed it? the floorboards," he said. In 1960, "Ever Since April" was performed How much detail would they be able to "Our regular postman, Jimmy, he came in before the White House Conference on Aging absorb about the current House leadership and got us and helped us out. We just got because of its topic of compulsory retirement. and the roles they play in our national legis­ downstairs and out as fast as we could," he "The Man Nobody Saw" dealt with racial dis­ lative drama? said. crimination while in a courtroom setting. In And most of all, what values, ideals and Another tenant related his close brush 1978, "How Was The Trip," a play about drug ideas are so vital and durable that they with the fire. "As I emerged from the bath­ abuse, was performed four times before the would apply in Warsaw just as well as in room, I noticed flames racing up the walls U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Washington? of my third-floor apartment. "He said he Welfare in Washington, DC. How would you answer these questions? tried to douse the flames with a bucket of As Masons we believe in our constitutional water before he fled with his 4-year-old. Once again, I should like to join my col­ system with its federated strength tempered In recognition for his heroism, the East leagues in recognizing all those individuals in­ by those twin insurance policies of freedom: River Savings Bank, a division of the River volved with "Plays for Living" for 50 years of the Bill of Rights and the doctrine of Sepa­ Bank America, honored Carrier Jim Kinney dedication to the critical issues confronting ration of Power. at the New Rochelle Post Office on March our Nation. As Masons we know that freedom is not a 30, 1989. In presenting a plaque to Postmas­ gift from government; it is a gift from God. ter Henry Iarocci, East River's Westchester And as Masons we know that kindness, re­ Regional Manager Kathy Mazzillo said, A MASON MEETS SOLIDARITY spect, gentleness, patience and tolerance are "Mr. Kinney's exemplary act was in the best the essential, if unwritten, elements of a tradition of the United States Postal Serv­ HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD democratic society. ice. The Bank is pleased to pay tribute on About this time, a new set of haunting behalf of a grateful community." Mrs. Maz­ OF MICHIGAN questions echoed in my heart from thirty zillo was joined in the ceremony by Joseph IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years in that pragmatic political arena Charla, Executive Vice-President of the Thursday, June 28, 1990 known as the House of Representatives, Bank. Jim was additionally presented with a where the idealists and the altruists are con­ Passbook Savings Account with a $500 de- Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, in the tinuously contested by the cynics and the . posit. The plaque commemorating his cour­ latest copy of the Scottish Rite, fellow Mason selfish. age will hang in the rotunda of the New Ro­ Hyde Murray (32°) wrote an article about his I reflect on our very own Constitution chelle Post Office main lobby. meeting with the new Solidarity members and hammered and drawn a bicentennial ago in

39-059 0-91-50 (Pt. 11) 16608 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 Philadelphia, only four years before Poland 4. Has the ability to persuade, to inspire dentally, still refer to her as "Mom" and their adopted the first written constitution in and to motivate others. children call her "Grandma." For the past 15 Europe. 5. Has high skill in the arts of politics, years she has been an active member of the As great as it was, our Constitution was both substantive and procedural. flawed. As Thomas Jefferson would later ob­ 6. Has courage, character, firmness, un­ United Friends Senior Citizens Club at Salazar serve on the festering issue of slavery, the selfishness and even a willingness to self­ Park in Los Angeles. nation "had a wolf by the ears," and it could sacrifice if necessary. Josephine's hobbies include reading, travel­ neither "hang on nor let go." 7. Has the communication skill of speak­ ing, and watching the soaps on channel 7. Perhaps that could be a lesson to our ing well and listening even better. Josephine and Frank also raised two friends in Poland just awakening from a 8. Finally, he cares about his followers daughters, Helen Salgado and Diane Sando­ 200-year constitutional sleep: don't expect and supporters and always remembers that val, as well as two nieces, Mary Louise Sal­ perfection at the beginning. loyalty flows both up and down. dana and Amanda Ruiz. Josephine has one Clearly, Poland's road to democracy won't As I cited these eight characteristics, I be easy either. Even through the Solidarity couldn't help but think to myself how ger­ granddaughter, Michele Sandoval, who is cur­ movement swept the recent elections for the mane and how hazardous some of them rently attending Loyola Marymount University. senate, the Communists still hold a majori­ must be to the Solidarity leaders as they ty in the Sejm (the lower house) and they edge their country out of the shadow of to­ control the key ministries of Internal Af­ talitarian tyranny, how remarkable it is ROBERT SPICER'S ART fairs, National Defense, Foreign and Eco­ that the human spirit has an unquenchable nomic Relations and Transport. In addition, thirst for freedom, and how fortunate we HON. DON SUNDQUIST the President is a Communist who holds are indeed to live in a place called the broad parliamentary powers. And on top of United States of America. OF TENNESSEE that the current economic problems in that That's how this Mason met Solidarity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES country are truly staggering. So then you ask, what words of wisdom Thursday, June 28, 1990 did I share with our Polish visitors? A TRIBUTE TO TEMPLE BETH Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, I want to First of all, we dissected the concept of po­ RAPHAEL'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY call the attention of this House to a gentleman litical power into its three components­ from my district whose contribution to tradi­ compensatory, condign and conditioned­ tional folk dancing has won him national rec­ and how legislative leaders use these forms HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN ognition. of powers in the House of Representatives. OF FLORIDA Robert Spicer of Dickson, TN, was recently Compensatory power is the power of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reward combining the power of recognition named 1 of 13 recipients of a National Herit­ and the power of financial gain. Thursday, June 28, 1990 age Fellowship. These fellowships honor Condign power is the power of force. Mao Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am master practitioners of America's traditional Tse Tung said "all political power comes out pleased to pay tribute to Temple Beth Rapha­ arts. Mr. Spicer, who is 69 years young, is a of the barrel of a gun," but then what did prize-winning buck dancer and dance caller, he know about democracy? el of Miami Beach, FL, on its 25th anniversary. Finally, conditioned power is the power of Rabbi Ralph Carmi of Tempie Beth Raphael who has taught literally thousands of Tennes­ persuasion, philosophy, religion, and reason. will also be observing his 40th year in the seans these traditional dances. Of these three forms, one could fairly ob­ Rabbinate in addition to his 40th wedding an­ Buck-and-wing dancing, as this art is prop­ serve that in the U.S. Congress, the leaders niversary with his wonderful Rebetzin, Rosalie erly known, is a solo tap dance with sharp use the latter form the most. They are, Carmi. foot accents, springs, leg flings and heel clips. after all, peers representing the same num­ On Sunday, December 16, 1990, Temple I'm told it was adapted from a blend of Irish bers of constitutents. Rewards and and black clog dancing. Mr. Spicer has been "armtwisting" are not unknown, of course, Beth Raphael will honor Rabbi and Mrs. Carmi but eventually a leader's influence comes as well as their own temple with a testimonial at it since 1928. down to his or her ability to persuade and dinner at the Royal Hungarian in the Cadillac I want to congratulate Mr. Spicer on this convince one's peers. Hotel. The temple is also honoring the triple very significant honor, and I took forward to Another observation I shared with our Simcha with a souvenir journal whose pro­ welcoming him when he comes to Washington Polish visitors concerned the three roles leg­ ceeds will be used to make improvements on in the fall to receive his fellowship. islative leaders must fill. their honored synagogue building as well as fi­ First, they must represent their states and district. Their home constituency is the nance some religious, educational, and social AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY source of their power in Washington and programs provided by the congregation. "oldtimes there are not forgotten" without I congratuate and hold deep respect for the great political peril to an incumbent. Rabbi and Mrs. Carmi, as well as Temple Beth HON. BOB CARR Second, they are part-time partisans and Raphael and its congregation who are being OF MICHIGAN leaders of their political parties, and in honored. May they have continued success. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES some cases they even act as national spokes­ men. Thursday, June 28, 1990 Finally, they face an institutional obliga­ A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPHINE Mr. CARR. Mr. Speaker, today we honor the tion to defend the prerogatives of a free and SALGADO winners of "An Artistic Discovery," our ninth unfettered legislature. That means they are annual high school art competition. These stu­ the executors of our constitutional legacy of separation of powers and defenders of the HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY dent artists epitomize the excellence which we speech or debate privilege lodged solely in OF CALIFORNIA are striving to achieve in the arts and in edu­ the Congress under our Constitution. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cation in America. As you know, and I hope our Polish visi­ We are celebrating the incredible talent and tors saw, all three of these roles are difficult Thursday, June 28, 1990 potential that young artists from all across to play, but it is axiomatic that leadership Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to America possess. In these artworks, we can always faces difficulty. not only appreciate the tremendous talent And speaking of leadership, I shared with extend a warm birthday wish to a very special our visitors these eight characteristics of lady, Ms. Josephine Salgado. She will turn 80 which young artists have but gain a special in­ good leadership which are based on observa­ this month. sight into our young people's thoughts and vi­ tion made during my three decades on Cap­ Josephine Salgado was born in La Puente, sions. itol Hill. CA on June 22, 1910. She attended and grad­ During a time when funding for the National A good leader: uated from Puente Union High School. She is Endowment for the Arts has fallen under 1. Has a goal, a plan, an objective, and the widow of Frank Salgado, who died in De­ close scrutiny, here today we can actually see serves some cause bigger than himself. cember 197 4. the positive effects of support for the arts. 2. Recognizes realistically both has re­ Congress can be proud of this bipartisan sources and his limits. Josephine and Frank were active in the Los 3. Has a touch of charisma, mystery and Angeles County Foster Care Program for over effort to foster opportunities for arts and edu­ aloofness which panel. would be exacerbated by travel to and from ered that no home dialysis provider is willing a dialysis facility. to offer staff assistance. (2). "Ambulance Transported": Patients TRIBUTE TO EUGENE HARNED Most home dialyzers who need assistance who are receiving ambulance service to have been successfully placed with renal dial­ transport them to and from a dialysis facili­ ysis facilities. Unfortunately, problems remain ty may opt for the staff assisted benefit if it HON. ROBERT J. MRAZEK for a small number of patients, most of whom would not cost more than the ambulance OF NEW YORK are too frail for the rigors of being transported service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to and from a facility. There is no "coercion" with this criterion. In other words, the Secretary could not re­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 My bill would provide a fixed payment, re­ quire a switch from ambulance service to Mr. MRAZEK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to gionally adjusted, for staff assistants for home staff-assisted benefit for cost-savings, but dialyzers. The bill does not repeal last year's the beneficiary could not make the switch if pay tribute to Mr. Eugene Harned for his 50 OBRA 1989 provision capping method II pay­ the staff assisted benefit costs more than years of dedicated service to company No. 2 ments, but would instead provide a staff as­ the ambulance service (an unlikely event). of the Mineola, Long Island Fire Department. sistant to a medically needy group of ESRD II. Reimbursement: Reimbursement for Mr. Harned joined the Mineola Fire Depart­ patients for whom transportation to and from staff assisted services is provided at a fixed ment on April 9, 1940. During his career as a rate: firefighter, Mr. Harned served as an executive a dialysis facility is a real medical hardship. $50 per treatment for non-RN, regionally The bill would authorize payment for staff secretary to the department, a warden from adjusted. company No. 2, and a president of the De­ assistance to ESRD home dialysis patients $80 per treatment by RN, regionally ad­ who are certified by a physician or nephrolo­ justed. partment Exempts and Benevolent Associa­ tion. · gist as being confined to a bed or wheelchair, The rate is based on the national average unable to transfer without assistance, and salary for non-RNs or RNs times the actual Mr. Speaker, the volunteer fire department without access to transportation services, or time required to deliver the service. is one of the great institutions in America Home dialysis aides would qualify under today. Thousands of our citizens freely give who are suffering from a serious medical con­ standards developed by the Secretary, or if dition-as specified by the Secretary of Health their time, effort and, sometimes their lives in they meet standards established by the dial­ order to protect our communities. and Human Services-which would be exacer­ ysis facility employing the aide. For the past 50 years, Eugene Harned has bated by travel to and from a dialysis facility. III. Pro review: The bill requires annual proudly upheld this tradition. On countless oc­ In addition to these two new "medical hard­ PRO review to ensure that certified patients casions, Mr. Harned answered the call for ship" eligibility criteria, the bill would also give remain eligible for the benefit. help in his community without regard to the ESRD patients who are now ambulance trans­ IV. GAO report: The bill requires a GAO time of day, or to the possible danger to him­ ported the option of switching to staff-assisted study and recommendations on the cost and effectiveness of the staff assisted benefit by self. He has served his community with pride home dialysis if the change would cost no July 1, 1992. and distinction. more than the cost of the ambulance trans­ V: Supporters: The American Association Mr. Speaker, I take great pride in the many portation. This option is good health policy. It of Kidney Patients CAAKP) and the Nation­ volunteer fire departments throughout the may also prove to be highly cost-effective, al Renal Administrators Association Third Congressional District of Long Island. CNRAA> are the prime supporters. since ambulance transportation can be ex­ Those who serve these departments prove tremely expensive and a staff-assisted benefit that the values of community pride and volun­ may thus provide better care to the patient at INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION teerism are still alive and well in America lower cost. EXTENDED TO MICHEL HAL- today. My bill also requires annual Peer Review to BOUTY On September 29, 1990, the Mineola Fire ensure that patients initially certified as meet­ Department and the entire community will ing the eligibility criteria remain eligible. I HON. CLARENCE E. MILLER honor Mr. Harned at a dinner to be held at the stress that PRO's would not be reviewing the OF OHIO Knights of Columbus Hall in Oyster Bay. I am entire ESRD program. Instead, they would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honored to add to this tribute and wish Mr. simply be directed to ensure that patients re­ Harned well in all of his future endeavors. mained eligible for the staff-assisted benefit. Thursday, June 28, 1990 Finally, the bill directs the General Account­ Mr. MILLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, as Vice ing Office to review the costs and effective­ Chairman of the Technology Assessment REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT ON ness of the new coverage, and to provide a Board of the Office of Technology Assess­ GATT, POLAND, AND CZECHO­ report, together with recommendations, by ment, I would like to take this opportunity to SLOVAKIA July 1, 1992. bring to your attention an outstanding honor Mr. Speaker, this bill offers a carefully craft­ which was recently bestowed on Mr. Michel HON. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI ed compromise between cost and effective­ Halbouty, a member of the Office of Technol­ OF ILLINOIS ness. Its adoption would restore, on a very ogy Assessment Advisory Council. This Advi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES limited basis, a useful Medicare benefit to frail sory Council, appointed by the Board of OT A, patients who should not be required to with­ is made up of 1 O public members eminent in Thursday, June 28, 1990 stand the rigors of regular transportation to a science, technology, and education. These Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, earlier dialysis facility when such transportation may members advise the Board on OT A Assess­ this year I was privileged to have been asked put their health at risk. I urge my colleagues to ments and provide us with invaluable exper­ by the President of the United States to be his support the bill. tise. Special Representative to the 1990 Poznan A brief analysis of the Medicare Home Dial­ Mr. Halbouty was recently awarded an hon­ International Trade Fair in Poland. I was par­ ysis Staff Assistance Coverage Act of 1990 orary degree of doctor of geoscience from the ticularly pleased to accept for many reasons, follows: U.S.S.R. Academy, the chief coordinating including the fact that this would be the fifth June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16611 consecutive President for whom I have per­ Philippines, Japan the European Communi­ very carefully weighed in the United States. formed this mission. ty, and Poland. I added that a balanced and promising I have now returned from this most interest­ The discussion was frank, especially with agreement, encompassing necessary sacrific­ ing and productive trip, and have submitted a regard to the recitation by each country's es and desired gains for all countries, would representative of its most prominent con­ be in the best interests of any country report to the President on my meeting and cerns. Each Ambassador listed those open which aspires to be a trading partner with other activities as his Special Representative. issues most important to his or her own gov­ every other country in the world. The report covers meetings and events re­ ernment. There were no real surprises In a lively period of questions and an­ garding: (1) the Uruguay round of multilateral among the listings but the exercise did dem­ swers, these positions were explored and trade talks taking place at the GA TT in onstrate that there remains a large number elaborated on, along with further discus­ Geneva, Switzerland; (2) the political, eco­ of varied issues still open to negotiation in sions on other matters, including the impor­ nomic, and foreign trade situation in Poland; the Round. tance of a broad, long-range agreement on and (3) the same, but to a lesser extent, in Beyond the individual country concerns, a trade to the emerging market economies of clear consensus does exist on the larger Eastern Europe. Czechoslovakia. question of the need for the negotiations to I concluded from these talks that it is very Knowing as I do of the pronounced interest conclude with a "big" agreement reached on important for Washington to be giving all of many Members in the subjects covered in a timely basis. It was agreed that a "big" possible assurances to our trading partners: the report, I ask that it be printed at this point agreement cannot be reached without a so­ <1 > that we recognize the importance of in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD in its entirety. lution on agriculture, considered by all to be the Uruguay Round and its potentially dra­ I stand ready to elaborate on any point in the the most difficult of the issues still open in matic and long-term positive effects on all report which is of special interest to any the negotiations. countries of the world, including the United Several participants, especially Ambassa­ Member. Thank you. The text of the report fol­ States; dor Hidetoshi Ukawa of Japan and Ambas­ (2) that the standard of success of these lows: sador Paul Tron from the European Com­ four years of talks will be the arrival at a REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT BY HON. DAN Ros­ munity, queried whether the support for "big" agreement, to include agriculture as TENKOWSKI, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF GATT in the United States was deep well as meaningful agreements in the new THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO enough and "visionary" enough to take areas of services, intellectual property, and THE 1990 POZNAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE those actions necessary to support a "big" investment; FAIR agreement, such as possibly giving up the (3) that we are prepared to debate the DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Earlier this year, "American exemption" on agriculture and hard questions which will arise in connec­ you appointed me to serve as your Special drawing back on "Section 301." tion to the sacrifices required by such an Representative to the 1990 Poznan Interna­ In his summary remarks, GATT Director­ agreement, with a sharp eye toward wheth­ tional Trade Fair in Poland. General Dunkel said that the next few er those sacrifices are adequately off-set by Pursuant to my appointment, I formed an weeks represent the "moment of truth" on gains in other sectors; and official delegation and traveled to Poland whether the Round will result in a timely (4) that we insist on a timely conclusion of from June 9 through June 12, 1990. There, I agreement, since members must be present­ the talks, lest we lose the advantages of con­ participated in the official opening of the ed with legally binding, clear, credible, and sidering the implementing legislation under U.S.A. Pavilion at the Poznan Fair, hosted precise agreement documents by the end of the "fast-track" process contemplated in the the traditional "American Day" reception, the Round scheduled for December of this Trade Reform Act of 1988. year. These documents will obviously take a and held meetings in a number of locations THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND around Poland on the subjects of U.S.­ great deal of time to prepare properly. Poland trade, Polish economic reform, and Director-General Dunkel expressed the Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland U.S. aid to Poland. view that expansion of GATT into the As I have done on two previous occasions, In addition, I took the occasion of this trip many new areas under discussion cannot I visited the Institute of Pediatrics, known to call on U.S. and foreign officials involved proceed without equal or better progress in more commonly as the "American Chil­ in the Uruguay Round of negotiations on the "old" areas-with special mention of ag­ dren's Hospital," in Krakow, Poland. the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade riculture as the linchpin example. There, I met with Professor Jan Gro­ CGATT> in Geneva, Switzerland on June 8; Finally, Mr. Dunkel indicated that he sees chowski, M.D., the Director of the Institute, and to meet with officials and entrepre­ to possibility that the December deadline Mr. John Walsh of Project Hope, which neurs in Czechoslovakia on June 13, regard­ can be extended-if the pressure of the helps to manage the hospital, and other In­ ing America aid and American investment coming deadline fails to yield the necessary stitute officials. The delegation toured the there. result, more time will not help. Moreover, hospital generally, including special atten­ This report contains summaries of discus­ speculation on whether there might be tion to the recently-opened premature birth sions I held and activities I undertook as more time can only hurt the prospects for unit, the new rehabilitative wing, the oncol­ your Special Representative. In many an agreement by the end of this year. ogy center, and the kidney dialysis unit. events described herein I was accompanied In response, I reviewed the prerequisites We also toured the construction site of by members of my delegation and by U.S. of the "fast track" legislative process under the Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpa­ Embassy personnel assigned to that particu­ which the implementing legislation would tient Facility, being built with U.S.-owned lar country. Both groups were of great as­ be taken up by the Congress, if such legisla­ local currencies generated by the sale of sistance, to me and to those with whom I tion is timely proposed by the Administra­ U.S. food-aid commodities donated to met, in reaching a full understanding of the tion. Poland years ago. Expenditures for the Za­ issues being discussed. I assured the participants that the Admin­ blocki Wing are authorized by Public Law GENEVA, SWITZERLAND istration and the Congress are preparing, 98-266, and it is expected to be completed in and will be prepared, to take up the hard 1991. GA TT discussions questions raised by a "big" agreement. I ac­ Finally, I inspected the potential site of a On June 8, the delegation called on knowledged that the current mood of the new hospital building intended to house per­ United States Ambassador Rufus Yerxa, Congress, perhaps held over from the trade manent and visiting medical staff. One of Deputy U.S. Trade Representative on per­ debates of the past few years, is not running Poland's greatest problems is a housing manent assignment to the GATT, for a in the "visionary" direction mentioned in shortage, and the Krakow area around the review of the status of the "Uruguay the opening comments. I further acknowl­ Institute is no exception. This makes it dif­ Round" of multilateral trade negotiations edged the difficulty of bringing protection­ ficult for the Institute to fulfill its mission currently underway. As you know, the Com­ ist elements of the Congress to a new way of of training Poland's pediatric doctors and mittee on Ways and Means will play a thinking on world trade. I added, though, surgeons in the latest techniques and prac­ prominent role in Congressional delibera­ that there is strong support in the Adminis­ tices. It is hoped that a housing wing for tions over the legislation necessary to imple­ tration and the Congress for bringing much resident and visiting doctors will make it ment any agreements reached in the negoti­ more of the world's trade into a uniform possible to reach many more Polish practi­ ations. system of laws and enforcement and that I tioners. After receiving Ambassador Yerxa's as­ .was looking forward to the opportunity to sessment of the situation, I met for two convince my colleagues of the promise rep­ The Cracow (Krakow) Industrial Society hours in round-table discussions with GATT resented by a "big" Uruguay Round agree­ After touring the Children's Hospital, I Director-General Arthur Dunkel, GATT ment. met with three representatives of the Deputy Director-General Charles Carlisle, Noting that the United States can be ex­ Cracow Industrial Society: Lech Jeziorny, and the permanent representatives to pected to act in its own best interest, I went Vice-President, Leslaw Kuzaj, Member of GATT from Canada, Brazil, Australia, the on to say that any agreemeunt would be the Board, Thomasz Gizbert-Studnicki, 16612 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 Member of the Board, at the residence of In closing, the members of the Society ex­ Meeting with Prime Minister Tadeusz American Consul General Michael Barry. pressed their thanks to you and to the Con­ Mazowiecki We were joined by our Ambassador to gress for the various aid programs put into Prime Minister Mazowiecki interrupted Poland, John Davis, and other embassy per­ place by the U.S. to help Poland help itself. his official tour of the Fair pavilions in sonnel. They petitioned for continued support for order to hold a short meeting with me and The Cracow Industrial Society brings to­ programs which help to create conditions Ambassador Davis in the "business center" gether private entrepreneurs, professionals, for the growth of private enterprise in portion of the pavilion. and scholars who advocate a free market Poland. Primary among the Prime Minister's con­ economy based on the principles of private Meeting with Minister of Health and local cern was Poland's foreign debt situation, ownership and competition. Its objectives and his hope that the United States will are to foster private business initiatives, to elected officials Over dinner in Krakow, I conducted an take the lead among official creditors (in dismantle bureaucratic barriers to free the "Paris Club" ) and commercial creditors market progress, and to promote the ethic extensive and wide-ranging discussion with (in the "London Club") in reducing or elimi­ of the honest and uncorrupted entrepre­ Mr. Andrzej Kosiniak, Polish Minister of nating the debt his government inherited neur. Health, and with Mr. Mieczyslaw Gil, Ms. from the prior regime. The members of the Society believe that Jozefa Hennelowa, Mr. Jan Rokita, and Mr. I reported to the Prime Minister that good progress is being made in attracting Jerzy Zdrada, Deputies in the Sejm , creating an organization for the when there is a waiting list, maybe some ad­ Trade Fair Headquarters building. Ambassa­ promotion of small business in particular, ditional thought should be given to whether dor Davis and Commercial Attache Edgar and the establishment of a bank, including a we are using limited space to the maximum Fulton joined us. school for banking skills, with some of the impact. Minister Wojcik, whom I have met on nu­ instruction to come on-the-job in the United Although I did not have the opportunity merous occasions in the past, indicated that States. to visit other pavilions at the Fair, I did his Ministry intends to identify a few promi­ They were quite happy to learn that the hear that the West German exhibit has a nent projects which are close to fruition and Administration and certain Members of particularly effective "down-to-business" "put them over the top" as a demonstration Congress, myself included, are devising new look, as opposed to the usual "show-and­ that good deals can be made with and in programs and new opportunities to encour­ tell" exhibits. I have asked the gentleman Poland. He hopes that a number of these age Americans with technical skills to who brought that to my attention to elabo­ can be brought to full maturity in the next donate significant periods of time to come rate on the point in a letter to the Foreign two to three months. to Poland (and other emerging democracies) and Commercial Service. Industry sectors offering the most promis­ to help restructure the old system into Soon after the ribbon to the U.S.A. exhibi­ ing candidates for this streamlined treat­ something efficient and productive. I spoke tion was cut, I greeted the official Polish ment seems to be telecommunications and specifically of your intention to organize a touring party, headed by Prime Minister Ta­ the manufacturing of computer industry "Citizens Democracy Corps" of volunteers, deusz Mazowiecki. The Prime Minister took goods. and my proposal to create tax incentives to a careful and thoughtful tour of our exhib­ Minister Wojcik next argued for liberal­ encourage voluntarism and the provision of its, spending an especially long time at the ization of export controls, urging a full real­ technical training. I observed that I was Curtis International booth, which promoted ization of the promise contained in the working closely with the Administration to the construction of pre-fabricated housing recent talks in Paris. He said that the Polish try to meld the two ideas and to enact them units-one of Poland's most pronounced government is prepared to give all necessary before the end of the year. needs at present. assurances that heretofore restricted goods June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16613 would not be used in a way inconsistent the second day of the Fair (June 11) when, with Lech Walesa, Chairman of Solidarity, with the interests of the United States. He along with Ambassador Davis and Commer­ at the Solidarity headquarters building. said that certain legislation was being pre­ cial Attache Edgar Fulton, I hosted the It was my intention to have a general dis­ pared in the Polish parliament fully to take "American Day" Reception at the venerable cussion with Mr. Walesa, along with mem­ advantage of new opportunities and that Poznan Opera House. bers of the delegation, and then to repair to Poland's ultimate objective is to have itself Despite the fact that the reception was a private room for further consultations eventually removed from the list of pro­ held in a location somewhat removed from about the dangers of the appearance of po­ scribed destinations. the fairgrounds, a large assemblage of ex­ litical instability at this stage of Poland's Turning to the recently signed treaty be­ hibitors, American entrepreneurs, Polish of­ economic reform. tween the U.S. and Poland, Minister Wojcik ficials, fairgoers, and other interested par­ Mr. Walesa agreed to this format but, as it urged me to convey Poland's hope that the ties attended. I took the occasion to note turned out, the initial stage of the meeting treaty will soon be ratified by the Senate. the dramatic growth in interest in doing became the only stage-complete with a He predicted that one possible "stormy" business with and in Poland, and urged number of television cameras and corre­ area will be the provisions on the protection them to follow the old saying: spondents. At one point in the proceedings, of intellectual property rights. Go not where the path leads; I suggested that the time was right to break He further noted the dire need to estab­ Go instead where there is no path; off into the private setting, but Mr. Walesa lish private banks in Poland. He said that And leave a trail. stated that he wanted everyone to hear his American banks seemed to be interested in Later during the reception, I had the views. Later, at the conclusion of an hour's debt-for-equity arrangements, but that privilege of announcing that a group of give-and-take, he asked whether I still Poland is not. Americans had founded an American Cham­ wanted to meet with him privately. Having will aspects of political life in Washington, and few days before my visit, Mr. Walesa had help to instill a little more confidence-even the problems he will encounter as he repre­ stated that he wants Poland to benefit from though he doubts that the guarantees will sents his government before the American the full spectrum of political debate. need to be extensively invoked. people and their elected and appointed lead­ In our meeting, he referred repeatedly to As to the Polish-American Enterprise ers. his support for Mazowiecki and others in Fund, Minister Wojcik said that, although Mr. Dziewanowski is a quiet, dignified, yet power, and to his admiration of them as the Fund has not had an opportunity to humorous man who reflects the manner of Polish leaders. He also referred to this fear really help yet, it is good to know that the Prime Minister Mazowiecki. Like the Prime that Poland will come to rely too heavily on long waiting period for its establishment is Minister, he is also a man of considerable in­ having wise and dedicated leaders for some over. tellect, having worked as a highly recog­ time to come, while not building the mecha­ As a last matter, the Minister brought up nized journalist most of his adult life. In nisms of pluralistic democracy under the debt reduction, Poland's primary economic fact, as you might have heard, he is credited current leaders. With "new structures," objective. He stated that they have come a with composing the first draft of the re­ Poland will have something to fall back on, long way in convincing Polish businesses to markable address delivered by Lech Walesa should these leaders stumble or fall. He "think export," but fears that enthusiasm to the joint meeting of the House and committed himself to loyal but oppositional will be lost if all hard currency earnings are Senate last November. Characteristically, criticism of any policy or action taken by seen to be siphoned off for external debt he handles conversation about it most mod­ those currently in power which militates service. Cl should add that, on the way to estly. against that underlying objective. the fairgrounds from the Poznan airport, I This will be Mr. Dziewanowski's first dip­ For my part, I did my best to convey the saw a large billboard reading "Export-It's lomatic post, but I came away from the en­ idea that the very appearance of a split be­ OK.") counter with the feeling that you will like tween Lech Walesa and the leaders swept "America Day" reception at Poznan Trade him and that he will do fine in Washington. into office under the Solidarity banner does Fair Meeting with Lech Walesa not bode well for Poland. Whether fairly or The popularity of the American presence On Tuesday, June 12, my delegation trav­ not, the more perception of instability at at the Poznan Fair was again confirmed on eled to Gdansk for the purpose of meeting this time could give potential investors an- 16614 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 other reason to be skittish and skeptical, acceptance speech to this report, for your grams in place for Czechosolvakia. We also with the result that those in the best posi­ information. discussed the role of the United States in tion to help Poland help itself will find THE CZECH AND SLOVAK FEDERAL REPUBLIC helping emerging democracies help them­ something less speculative to do with their (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) selves, the political situation in Czechoslova­ money. Meeting with Minister of Foreign Trade kia, and the role of the country in a restruc­ I applauded Walesa's dedication to his ob­ Barcak tured Europe. jective of true pluralism, but voiced my con­ Also in attendance were representatives of cern that the economic conditions under After our three day visit to Poland, we a number of U.S.-based firms actively ex­ which it might best be realized might well traveled to Prague, Czechoslovakia, for the ploring the Czech and Slovak markets and be forfeited if too much is attempted too day of June 13. I received an excellent brief­ the feasibility of opening offices in Prague soon. " It is time to consolidate your gains," ing from Ambassador Shirley Temple Black and elsewhere. From my contact with them, I told him, "while not losing sight of the ul­ and members of the embassy staff. We then I concluded that, to a large extent, the deci­ timate goal. You don't have to get every­ proceeded to a meeting with Mr. Andrej sion to do business in an emerging capitalist thing done at once. You do have to sustain Barcak, Minister of Foreign Trade, in his market could be seen as a "self-fulfilling the conditions under which those objectives office. prophecy." That is, the conditions under can be reached." As expected, the first items of conversa­ which a profit can be made can be created tion dealt with U.S. trade programs not yet We each had our own interpreter and the by the effort to make that profit. If every conversation was very fast-paced, so much in place for Czechoslovakia, namely, Most­ potential entrepreneur waits until" those so that the sequential translation soon Favored-Nation status and General­ conditions exist, they never will exist. The became simultaneous, sometimes resulting ized System of Preferences Act of 1989, now contained in whole countries is there waiting to be and donated by Colorado Time Systems, Mr. H.R. 4610, "The International Affairs Au­ tapped-waiting not to be allowed to wither Bret Jacomet, President. thorization Act of 1990," reported favorably away. Also on hand for the ceremony were Am­ by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on American entrepreneurs can be found all bassador Davis, other embassy personnel, May 2, 1990). He demonstrated specific over Poland and Czechoslovakia-they are USIA personnel associated with the Sports knowledge of those portions of SEED II welcome everywhere they go. We must con­ America program, American Little League's which seek to create the conditions under tinue to find ways by which the government representative in Poland, Mr. Stan Kokoska, which private enterprise can flourish in can help create the conditions which will and some very proud parents. Czechoslovakia, and urged their enactment. convince them to stay and try to make a go Honorary degree ceremony at University of He listed what Czechoslovakia needs most of it- but we must also urge them to have a Warsaw from the United States: technical training little faith. For purposes of filing a complete report, I and business-infrastructure construction As I told those who came to the "America also must inform you, Mr. President, that and repair. He cited the need for account­ Day" reception in Poznan: while in Poland, I was awarded an honorary ants, appraisers, lawyers . I look forward to the continuation of our Polish patriotic singing I have ever heard. work together toward that goal. Thank you The case for my being honored was deliv­ Also prominently mentioned was the need for technical advice on how to set prices­ again for the most welcome appointment. I ered by the Marshal (presiding officer> of look forward to the opportunity to elabo­ the Polish Senate, Andrzej Stelmachowski, lest the foreign investor always get his or her way to the detriment of Czechoslovakia. rate on any portion of this report which you which was a great honor in and of itself. "The privatization process is most likely to or members of your Admini$ration might Marshal Stelmachowski is one of the most appeal to those who draft it," he said, in a wish. accomplished members of the Polish socie­ clear reference to the advisability of Ameri­ Respectfully submitted, ty. He is a member of the faculty of the cans getting involved in the process immedi­ DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, University and has performed long and Member of Congress. faithful service in the area of agricultural ately. law. Most importantly, perhaps, he repre­ Meeting with Finance Minister Klaus sented the Solidarity forces at the very dif­ Finally, over dinner, I had a long conver­ ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY HON. DAN ROSTEN­ ficult agricultural discussions during the sation with Finance Minister Vaclav Klaus, KOWSKI ON THE OCCASION OF BEING AWARD­ famous "round table" talks of early 1989. along with Ambassador Black. The conver­ ED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE BY THE UNI­ After receiving the awarded honorary doc­ sation was wide-ranging and useful. Again, VERSITY OF WARSAW torate, I was given an opportunity to re­ emphasis was placed on the need, symbolic Dr. Rector, Marshall Stelmachowski, Fac­ spond. I have appended the text of my short and otherwise, to put MFN and GSP pro- ulty, Students, and Friends: It is a great June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16615 honor and privilege to me now to be identi­ CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES IN I was shocked by The Post's article titled fied so splendidly with the University of INDIA "Clergy Said to Misuse Aid to India," be­ Warsaw-known throughout the world not cause I know the conditions under which just as a great seat of learning but as a cru­ many of the clergy work in India and other cible of freedom as well. HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN developing countries. They live and work in Tomorrow, I will travel to Gdansk, where OF MARYLAND areas where the poverty is so abject that I will visit what is popularly known as the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES few would choose even to visit such impov­ "birthplace of Solidarnosc"-the work-place Thursday, June 28, 1990 erished communities. of laborers who refused to be oppressed any The people receiving food aid through longer. Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, back in May, the India's Roman Catholic Church and Catho­ But the genius of the great Polish demo­ Washington Post ran an article about Catholic lic Relief Services are often the poorest of cratic revolution of the 1980's, of course, has Relief Services, in India. Following that article, the poor. Assuming that all the infractions cited in the article resulted in a 15 percent been that the workers have not acted alone. the Post published two important letters to the editor that I think are worth calling to the at­ to 20 percent loss of food aid, The Post's It was the uniquely Polish marriage be­ Delhi correspondent, Price Waterhouse and tween the workers and the intelligentsia tention of my colleagues. U.S. officials fail to address the 80 percent that made it work. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES IN INDIA to 85 percent of food aid that reached des­ So, if the shipyard at Gdansk is the birth­ A recent article in the Post spoke of evi­ perately poor women and children through place of Poland's liberation, then the Uni­ dence that India's Catholic Church "mis­ the CRS program in India. A success rate of versity of Warsaw can be considered to be used" American food supplies [front page, that magnitude would rank the CRS-India the scene of its conception. May 25]. I am an American Jesuit priest food aid program well above most interna­ This distinction is entirely in keeping with who has been a member of "India's Catholic tional assistance programs and certainly the traditions of the University-traditions I Church" for the past 40 years. I've been in well above our own savings and loan deba­ am now most proud to be able to call my the United States since April 25 and will cle. own, thanks to having received this great return to India on June 20. The report was Catholic Relief Services' commitment to honor. painful to read. assisting the developing world's poor is a The University of Warsaw has long stood When it says that "some bishops, priests matter of record; to fail to cite its long and for the preservation, the nurturing, and the and nuns ... could have misused" American successful history of service to mankind is a spreading of intellectual integrity against food supplies, the impression could be cre­ journalistic disservice. the greatest odds. It is the symbol of resist­ ated that these same cleric and religious CHARLES SYKES, ance to the temptation to give in to less have personally benefited financially from Vice President of CARE, Reston. honest-more opportunistic-ways of think­ these supplies. I think the word "misused" is poorly chosen. The fact is, the auditors ing. found in some of the 4,600 centers receiving During periods of occupation and other THE GAS RELATED ACTIVITIES supplies that the books were not properly ACT forms of repression based on force and in­ kept and the many detailed instructions timidation, the University of Warsaw has issued were not followed perfectly. In most stood as a place where the truth could be cases the food supplies have reached the HON.DOUG WALGREN taught, and learned, and cried outloud. poor, but the distributing agent didn't give a OF PENNSYLVANIA Whether it was in the classrooms, or the full report of the distribution, or the distri­ basements, or the streets of Warsaw­ bution was made in a way more adapted to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES through hardship and danger-the Universi­ the place and the needs of the people. Thursday, June 28, 1990 ty of Warsaw has kept Poland's, and the I have administered Catholic Relief sup­ Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ world's, eyes on the truth-and the truth plies and have seen the good done by this has set Poland free again-and it is spread­ help to people in need. I have seen farmers troducing the Gas Related Activities Act. Join­ ing. helped by the food-for-work projects, which ing me as original cosponsors are Congress­ In the United States, we have enjoyed the provided wells in villages that had no source men ECKART, OXLEY, RITTER, MURPHY, and fruits of freedom for more than 200 years of drinking water. I have seen babies and BULEY. without interruption, thanks in no small mothers regain their health thanks to the The Gas Related Activities Act is a very measure to the contributions of many free­ mother-and-child-care program. Children simple, straightforward bill. It would allow the dom-loving Poles of long ago-like Pulaski without enough to eat at home have been three gas companies currently registered and Kosciuszko. able to get an education because along with reading, writing and arithmetic, they were under the Public Utility Holding Company Act We have learned that freedom-and the given a meal when they came to school. of 1935 [PUHCA], Columbia Gas System, Inc., control of one's own fate that comes with These and many other relief and develop­ Consolidated Natural Gas Company, and Na­ it-never gets easy; and that there is always mental projects have successfully aided the tional Fuel Gas Co., to participate on an equal the need to be intellectually honest-espe­ poor through the supplies given by the footing with other gas companies in develop­ cially with ourselves. Catholic Relief Services . ing new markets. Recently, I have been engaged in a per­ Are some supplies misused? Yes. Is the These three registered gas companies are sonal campaign to urge my colleagues to be misuse widespread? Na. Helping the poor ef­ honest with their constituents, and to urge integrated gas holding companies. They own fectively to raise their standard of living is subsidiaries engaged in all phases of the gas the American people to be honest with not easy. Frequently the parish is the themselves. center of the CRS distribution work. Be­ business. They explore for and produce natu­ We must admit to ourselves that we need cause of many other activities and obliga­ ral gas. They own pipeline subsidiaries which to get our financial house in order, sooner tions, the pastor entrusts much of the work transmit and store natural gas. And they own rather than later. to others, and since the food is to be given local distribution companies which act as utili­ We must admit to ourselves that the to all, irrespective of caste or creed, non­ ties selling gas to end-users-residential, answer to ever-increasing debt is not to keep Christian organizations are also asked to commercial, and industrial-at retail. They are borrowing from foreign countries and prom­ help. Most distributors live up to the confi­ registered under PUHCA because they are ising that our children will pay it back later. dence placed in them, but some few don't holding companies which own gas utility sub­ We must admit to ourselves that we and take advantage of their position. These few should be identified and corrected. sidiaries. It is important to note that there are cannot hope to pursue all the things we many other gas companies which are similarly want to do-like helping Poland help itself­ I have visited the CRS office in Baltimore and have been in contact with their person­ organized, but which are exempt from PUHCA without collecting the means to pay for it. nel in India and know that they are examin­ for a variety of reasons. I have been making some progress, but ing the report of the auditors very carefully now-with my new credentials in hand-I Under section 11 (b)(1) of PU HCA, the three so that they can make the right changes. companies may only engage in activities expect to command a little more respect. There are thousands of honest adminis­ Thanks to this generous-and most sincere­ which are "reasonably incidental or economi­ trators of CRS programs in India who are cally necessary or appropriate to the oper­ ly appreciated-act on your part today, I very careful to see that the supplies reach will carry on the great traditions of the Uni­ and help the poor. The food supplies should ation" of their gas utility operations. This has versity of Warsaw, and I will succeed. continue; they are a real help to the poor. sometimes been called the functional relation­ Thank you again for this great honor. JOHN F. GUIDERA, S.J., ship test; that is, their activities must be func­ Baltimore. tionally related to the sale of natural gas at 16616 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 retail. For example, the companies have been called functional relationship test of section the Korean war. I am concerned that these permitted to build pipelines to transport gas, 11 (b)(I) of the act. It specifically leaves in men may not just have been confined within explore for and produce gas, and so forth, but place all other sections of PUHCA from its North Korea, but that they may have been they would not be permitted to buy drug purview with the following unambiguous lan­ shipped across China to prison camps in the stores of other businesses not functionally re­ guage, "Nothing herein shall be construed to Soviet Union. After that, we have had no way lated to selling natural gas. affect the applicability of any other provisions to account for these men. The Natural gas industry has undergone of the Public Utility Holding Company Act to Now after digging through stacks of declas­ enormous change in the last 1O years. The the acquisition or retention of any such inter­ sified documents, information is finally emerg­ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission est by any such company." This new provision ing regarding our lost men. [FERG] has opened access to pipelines so will not allow gas companies to expand into I have spoken with some of the family that end-users of natural gas may contract di­ other fields of business. Rather, it allows them members of POW's from my First District in rectly with producers while the pipelines serve to participate fully in the natural gas market Washington State. One of them, Bill Sowles of as common carriers. State public utility com­ that FERG has created. Edmonds, came to talk with me about his missions have sought to pass the benefits of I understand that there are many bills father, who was an OSS agent after World a newly competitive gas market to consumers before the House relating to electricity regula­ War II and in the army in the Korean war. Bill by requiring local distribution companies, the tion under PUHCA. I want to state clearly that Sowles' father was captured in November local gas utilities, to purchase the cheapest my bill has no relation to these much more 1950, but was transferred to the presumed gas they can find within the bounds of pru­ controversial questions. Those issues need dead list in 1953. He also found an old picture dence rather than relying on historical suppli­ careful and thoughtful consideration. However, of POW's held in Korea. One of the men in ers. it is my hope that this bill will be seen as a the photo closely resembled his father. New competition within the gas market has bipartisan and noncontroversial effort to bring On Monday, the USA Today published an led to decreased prices for natural gas and to PUHCA regulation of natural gas companies enormous savings for consumers. article specifically mentioning Bill Sowles and up to date and conform it with the regulation his father, explaining the predicament many Unfortunately, the Securities and Exchange at FERG and the State level. Commission [SEC], which has responsibility POW/MIA families are facing. In February of this year, the National Asso­ Forty years after the start of the Korean for enforcing PUHCA, has recently interpreted ciation of Regulatory Utility Commissioners the functional relationship test to mean that War on June 25, 1950, the fate of thousands [NARUC] adopted a resolution supportive of of U.S. POWs/MIAs-8,177 by official the three registered gas companies must this legislation. The resolution found, among count-is still unknown. Their families and direct their nonutility activities-exploration other things, that "(r)estrictions on functionally friends live in a limbo of grief and hope. and production, pipeline transmission, storage, related activities of the registered gas compa­ An examination of U.S. documents and marketing, and other activities related to the nies place them at a competitive disadvantage interviews with Korean War veterans indi­ supply of natural gas-primarily for the benefit and are contrary to the best interests of their cate hundreds or even thousands of POWs/ of their utilities, the local distribution compa­ customers" and that "(r)estrictions on gas-re­ MIAs were never returned after being nies. The SEC staff has asserted that the test shipped to hospitals, military posts and lated activities could prevent the registered labor camps in China and Siberia. to determine whether nonutility functions are gas companies from expanding their pipeline directed primarily for the benefit of utility func­ China, which send several divisions to systems or from participating in joint ventures fight alongside the North Koreans and cap­ tions is a bright line 50-percent test. For ex­ with other gas systems to expand pipeline tured thousands of United Nations troops, ample, the SEC staff interpretation would re­ service to areas of the country where en­ supposedly released the last of its Korean quire that 50 percent of the gas flowing hanced transportation capability is necessary War military prisoners-U.S. and Canadian through one of the registered company's pipe­ * * *." In view of these findings, NARUC re­ air crews-in 1955. lines must flow to one of that company's sub­ solved, unanimously, that Congress be called North Korea has always insisted that all sidiary local distribution companies. At the upon to enact this legislation "to clarify live U.N. POWs from the 36-month long same time, the FERG policies and State war-except for 22 so-called "turncoats" PUHCA to secure the benefit of competition who chose to remain behind-were returned public utility commission policies are pushing among gas systems for natural gas custom­ local distribution companies to aggressively in the 1953 POW exchange. ers. " But only one of North Korea's POW seek the cheapest supplies possible while I urge my colleagues to join me in cospon­ camps, most along the Yalu River on the maintaining reliable service. soring this bill. We need to move quickly to Manchurian border, was opened to Interna­ The SEC interpretation of PUHCA is in con­ prevent a duplication of last winter's skyrock­ tional Red Cross inspection. flict with FERG and State efforts to bring the eting fuel prices. Passing the Gas Related Ac­ The hard-core communists regime in benefits of competition to consumers and tivities Act is one simple, prudent step toward North Korea gave five sets of remains that does not recognize the dramatic changes that doing that. may be U.S. POWs to a U.S. delegation on are still occurring in the natural gas industry. Memorial Day 1990. Until then, no informa­ Last winter's nationwide cold snap, which tion about the U.S. troops unaccounted for caused shortages of fuel oil and propane, and STAND UP FOR OUR POW/MIA'S from the Korean War had emerged since North Korea returned the last remains in resulting dramatic price fly-ups, emphatically 1954. demonstrated the need to improve gas deliv­ HON. JOHN MILLER Many MIAs surely lie in unmarked graves erability in the Northeast and Midwest. The OF WASHINGTON in North Korea. But backing up reports of three registered gas companies happen to be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES POWs in Siberia are declassified documents three of six companies geographically situated and public statements confirming that U.S. to move quickly to develop new gas markets Thursday, June 28, 1990 officials believe some POWs survived into in this region. Under the SEC's interpretation Mr. MILLER of Washington. Mr. Speaker, the mid-1950s, when the U.S. waged a futile of PUHCA, however, it is unlikely that these veterans who served in Korea did so because campaign to make China and North Korea account for them. companies will be able to play a role in bring­ they believed in their country. They left their Some evidence, hidden away for years in ing gas supplies to a region that needs them. homes and their families to fight for freedom classified volumes, was convincing enough It makes no sense to arbitrarily block half of far away, and many of them never returned for the U.S. government to ask the Soviets the potential entrants to a new market, there­ home. in May 1954, to explain reports that hun­ by denying consumers the benefit of in­ All they asked was that they be remem­ dreds of men in U.S. military garb were creased competition. bered. In this week of the 40th anniversary of being shipped by train to Siberia. The Gas Related Activities Act simply would the Korean war, I remind my colleagues that The Soviet reply called the reports "clear­ declare activities related to the production, we have an obligation to those missing and ly contrived." The matter was dropped. The U.S. government's public demand for transmisison and marketing of gas, and similar their families to keep the POW /MIA issue at an accounting of all POWs and MIAs-espe­ activities, for purposes of PUHCA, are reason­ the top of the national agenda. cially 389 singled out by repatriated POWs ably incidental or economically necessary or Although we have heard stories of POW's in and named or seen in the enemy's own prop­ appropriate to the operation of gas utilities. Vietnam, we rarely hear about the more than aganda broadcasts, photos and films-even­ That's all, nothing more. It affects only the so- 8,000 servicemen still unaccounted for from tually fell silent.

~ ,, "~ . ·~· ...... ;June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16617 The Pentagon and State Department say AIDING IRANIAN EARTHQUAKE Nevertheless, the supplies arriving in the there is no evidence that U.S. POWs were VICTIMS quake-ravaged cities and rural areas show still alive in communist hands after the the made-in-the USA label; the people of Korean armistice. All are "presumed dead." Iran will know where the help is coming But U.S. generals, admirals and diplomats HON. BYRON L. DORGAN from. It is possible that the immense trage­ spoke openly and angrily of such evidence OF NORTH DAKOTA dy of the earthquake could become the in the months following the armistice. means by which Iran and the U.S. begin to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Loved ones at home, after years of trying normalize relations. to get answers, feel betrayed. Thursday, June 28, 1990 This nation's first impulse should be to Rita Van Wees of New York believes she help. The tendency toward perverse joy Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota. Mr. Speaker, over Iran's misfortune

... ~ ··-- ---.L..1 ...... ·J-~-...... _~_. June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16619 COALITION ON SMOKING OR HEALTH, businesses in our districts of their encounters tight credit, says John Galles, executive vice Washington, DC, June 27, 1990. with the resolution trust corporation [RIC] or president of National Small Business Hon. THOMAS A. LUKEN, their problems that have resulted from the United, a 67 ,000-member advocacy group U.S. House of Representatives, crisis in the savings and loan industry. based in Washington, D.C. Washington, DC. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher DEAR CONGRESSMAN LUKEN: The American We have also heard the reports of a new earlier this month said a "serious" credit Heart Association, the American Cancer So­ credit crunch in the United States that has re­ crunch is beginning to grip small business ciety and the American Lung Association, sulted as banks have overreacted to the sav­ and other sections of the economy. unified as the Coalition on Smoking OR ings and loan crisis, the new regulatory cli­ However, Tucson coalition leaders are Health, applaud the introduction of your mate, and shaky underpinnings of many re­ finding their messsage isn't universally wel­ bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control gional economies. comed. For instance, Mr. Greer says some of Act ("Act"> to make that statute applicable I'm sure, in hearing of these problems, my his construction equipment was recently to tobacco products. The "Equal Treatment colleagues have also shared in feelings of vandalized. He says the grafitti on the ma­ for Cigarettes Act of 1990" would repeal the frustration that come from an inability to do chines indicated it was done by people who unjustified exclusion of tobacco products objected to some of his pro-development from the chemical substances covered by anything to solve these problems. stands on behalf of the coalition. the Act. Well, I'm proud to say that a group of entre­ The coalition aims to prune the size and The step you propose is long overdue. To­ preneurs from Tucson, in the Fifth District of cost of government and get it out of compe­ bacco use is the greatest, single cause of pre­ Arizona, aren't taking this problem sitting tition with private enterprise. It also hopes mature death and disability in the United down. Instead of waiting for someone else to to lessen the dependence of small businesses States, claiming the lives of 390,000 of our handle the crisis, they are tackling these on big financial institutions; coalition mem­ citizens every year. More Americans are issues headon, and fighting to keep business­ bers assert the institutions have turned killed in a year by cigarette smoking than es, many of which were built from nothing, their backs on lending to small businesses. have died in all of the wars fought by the alive, despite these mounting odds. Local bankers reply that they are still inter­ United States in the 20th century. Tobacco ested in lending to small businesses but say kills 65 times as many of our citizens as On Monday of this week, the Wall Street the slowing economic growth rate has hurt heroin and cocaine. Journal featured an article on their efforts. I the ability of many firms to qualify for Yet tobacco products remain one of the would like to submit this article for the loans. least regulated products in the United RECORD, and commend my colleagues to the Dozens of coalition members are spending States, excluded from regulation under the efforts of the Tucson Business Coalition. Per­ evenings and weekends combing through very health and safety laws that Congress haps the example they set can be carried to city and county budgets looking for spend­ has enacted to protect the public from the businesses in other districts which face ing for the governments to slash. The coali­ harmful products. Tobacco is exempted similar problems. tion is even trying to set up an alternate from regulation under not only the Toxic banking arrangement for members through Substances Control Act, but also the Con­ [From the Wall Street Journal, June 25, a local credit union. sumer Products Safety Act, the Fair Label­ 1990] Tucson Mayor Thomas Volgy decries some ing and Packaging Act, the Controlled Sub­ MILITANT SMALL-BUSINESS COALITION IS of the group's "slash-and-burn'' tactics, but stances Act and the Federal Hazardous Sub­ FIGHTING CITY HALL-TUCSON, AZ, ENTRE­ says it is emerging as a force to be reckoned stances Act. The Food and Drug Adminis­ PRENEURS PROTEST GOVERNMENT POLICIES, with. Mr. Volgy says the coalition's rise tration, in addition, has declined to regulate TIGHT CREDIT helped kill a recent move to increase busi­ tobacco products under the Food, Drug, and ness licensing fees. Because of the coalition, Cosmetic Act. In most struggling regions, scared and " government is much more sensitive on a Even if it were not enough that tobacco angry entrepreneurs voice their frustrations day-to-day basis to the needs of small busi­ kills approximately one-third of its consum­ mainly to each other. But in Tucson, Ariz., ness," he says. ers when used precisely as intended by the they are marching on city hall. Tucson's business problems can be traced manufacturer, its regulation under the Angry at the effects of a credit crunch, re­ to the boom times of the mid-1980's when Toxic Substances Control Act and the other gional economic slowdown and government Arizona was one of the U.S.'s fastest-grow­ acts cited above should be mandated be­ policies, Tucson entrepreneurs organized ing states. Then, the biggest credit problem cause tobacco contains nicotine, a drug at the Tucson Business Coalition last February was finding ways to spend the mul.timillion­ least as addictive as cocaine and heroin. to fight back. Leaders of the grass-roots or­ dollar loans that banks and thrifts were The "Equal Treatment for Cigarettes Act ganization say membership is already at spewing out. of 1990" would continue to allow tobacco 1,400 and still growing. All that easy money led to some business products to be manufactured and marketed In April, the coalition organized a protest binges, especially in real estate. Now Tucson in this country. It would, however, mandate march to a city council meeting by several is feeling the hangover. While population the reasonable step of giving the Federal hundred business people, who wore buttons and income levels are still growing at about Government authority to regulate this ad­ and carried banners and signs in the coali­ 2% a year, that's only a third of the rate of dictive and lethal drug for purposes of tion's colors of red and black. The black, the mid-1980's. Since most businesses had health and safety. Our citizens deserve no says an organizer, is to mourn the business­ geared up for the faster growth, the slowing less. es that have died while red is for the ones "feels like a recession," says Marshall Vest, Sincerely, still alive but bleeding. an economist at the University of Arizona. FRAN Du MELLE, Being law-abiding citizens, marchers were Bankruptcy filings in metropolitan Tucson Chairperson, Coalition on Smoking OR careful to stay on the sidewalk and cross last year hit a record 3,700 and in the first Health, Director of Government Rela­ with the lights, organizers add. Confronted quarter of this year were up another 27%, tions, American Lung Association. with a mass of angry business owners, the he says. SCOTT D. BALLIN, council moved to the nearby convention Exacerbating the slower pace, most of the Legislative Counsel and Vice President center to hear them out. A similar march state's major savings and loans have been for Public Affairs, American Heart As­ was held the next day to Pima County's taken over by the federal government and sociation. board of supervisors meeting·. have adopted lending procedures that make JOHN H. MADIGAN, Jr., "We haven't had much help from the big Uncle Sam look like Uncle Scrooge. Tucson Assistant Vice President for Public Af­ boys. So we are going to do some things on residents joke that the government has fairs, American Cancer Society. our own," says Byron Howard, coalition co­ taken the "L" out of their S&L's. chairman and owner of B&H Properties, a While commercial banks are in better local land-developer. shape, they also have turned more cautious, THE EFFORTS OF THE TUCSON Similar groups are forming in other Arizo­ Tucson business people and economists say. BUSINESS COALITION na cities, say coalition leaders, and the pro­ Georgia Carlson and her husband, Glenn, test may eventually go nationwide. "We recently discovered just how cautious when would like to take this movement right into their bank told them it was calling in the HON. JIM KOLBE Washington, D.C.," says Bruce Greer, the $500,000 credit line on their two businesses, OF ARIZONA coalition's other co-chairman and owner of which supply various items to the construc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bruce Greer Construction Inc. tion industry. Thursday, June 28, 1990 Some observers believe the ground is get­ Mrs. Carlson says the businesses have ting more fertile for such militancy. "There never missed a payment on the credit line. Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, many of us have is a rising anger among small-business But both were hard hit by the construction heard horror stories from constituents and people" over government-imposed costs and downturn, and the Carlsons' banker told 16620 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 them their firms "had become bad risks," called olivo-ponto-cerebellar atrophy ataxia. years ago during a Twins old-timers game at Mrs. Carlson recalls. She says that unless This disease is taking a terrible toll on Bob, the Metrodome. ' they can come up with some way to pay off but he is fighting it the same way he has " I was trying to run in the outfield and I the outstanding bank balance, they face fought for success throughout his life. couldn't keep my balance," he said. bankruptcy and possible loss of their home. Allison showed up for last summer's

...... -- _, __ ...... _. ---~~- --..~- - _, _ .. --- ~ .... _&II....__.___,_. __ .v -··-~'----'------"- - -·- - ...... June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16627 though still one of the richest countries on for A_meric~. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the speedy HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 588 eart_h, our generosity must be tempered by the cons1derat1on and passage of the Aid for SOUTH AFRICAN FREEDOM reality of our ever-increasing national debt. Trade Act. WEEK We would li~e to help rebuild Eastern Europe from the ruins of communism, much like we did in the period after World War II but we HON. NITA M. LOWEY CONGRATULATIONS TO MARTIN OF NEW YORK simply do not have the wallet. ' HUMM ON 30 YEARS OF SERV­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Unlike the days of yesterday, when world ICE power _was measured in military might, power Thursday, June 28, 1990 toda~ 1s measured in economic strength and stamina; and unlike the days following the Mrs. LOWEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, as Second World War when we were the only HON. GLENN POSHARD a cosponsor, I rise in strong support of House Joint Resolution 588, to designate the week economic power left standing, today we have OF ILLINOIS many economic competitors. We have fallen of Nelson Mandela's visit to the United States IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as "South African Freedom Week." behind in ~he manufacture of many goods, and are being aggressively pursued in others. Thursday, June 28, 1990 This resolution is an appropriate gesture of It is time to take care of our own and turn our respect and support for Nelson Mandela and Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con­ good-will toward home. his tireless efforts to end apartheid. It is also gratulate a great friend of mine and a great Today, I have introduced the Aid for Trade an important reaffirmation of our support for American. ending the racist system of apartheid, which Act, a bill designed to get a return on our for­ Martin Humm is the county chairman of the co~tinues to brutally oppress the black majori­ eign aid investment. The Aid for Trade Act Democratic Party in Hardin County, IL. Hardin ty in South Africa. ~ould limit the use of unconditional foreign County is along the Ohio River in deep south­ . The policy of apartheid is a policy of racism, aid, and would tie U.S. aid to the purchase of ern Illinois, a place of tremendous natural beau­ violence, an_d oppression. It is incumbent upon U.S. goods and services. It would also require ty, and some of the finest people I have ever freedom-loving people in the United States that at least 40 percent of all U.S. aid be used encountered. and ~round the world to do everything we can for the construction, design, and servicing of bring an end to this ongoing travesty of jus­ capital projects. I rise to salute Martin because this weekend t? he will celebrate his 30th year of service in his tice. W~ must not rest until the last vestiges of This aid concept is proudly practiced by our post as county chairman. That's a distinguished apartheid have been completely eliminated. trading partners. Canada, Japan, West Ger­ To do anything less would be to abandon the many, France, Italy, and Britain provided over record of service by any standard, and appar­ ently the people in Hardin County agree, be­ values of freedom and democracy for which $10 billion in similarly restricted foreign aid cause Martin has never been challenged in a our Nation stands. and mixed credit assistance to other countries single election. After first becoming involved in Since my election to Congress in 1988, I in 1~88 . Often, these countries will use engi­ 1960 as a precinct committeeman, Martin was have been extremely active in the battle to neering and design aid to write specifications only 2 weeks later elected chairman, and he end apartheid in South Africa. One of my first for projects that can only be met by their actions as a Member of Congress was to co­ goods, guaranteeing a market for those has served in that capacity ever since. You want a Yankee Doodle Dandy? Martin s~onsor H.R. 21, a bill to impose additional, goods. Mr. Speaker, it is time we wised up. stiff economic sanctions against the racist The concept of tied aid has been the norm was born July 3, 1921, and he has lived in southern Illinois all his life. He is 1 of 1o regime in Pretoria. This bill, which is spon­ for our economic partners and competitors for s~red by Representative RON DELLUMS, con­ years. For example, from 1984 to 1987 children, the 7th son, and he and his wife, Pauline, are the proud parents of one son, tains the most comprehensive economic sanc­ Japan, West Germany, and France restricted tions against South Africa that have yet been 70 percent of their foreign aid to capital inten­ Michael, who along with his wife, Maryl, have blessed Martin and Pauline with three grand­ proposed. sive projects that produced large amounts of . In _J_une 1989, _I joined 50 of my colleagues capital goods exports for their domestic indus­ children, Spencer, Kate, and Marty. Marty is named for his grandpa. Martin has dedicated in writing to President Bush to urge him not to try. During that same period, we freely gave meet with F.W. de Klerk, who was then in line away 94 percent of our foreign aid in cash himself to a life of hard work and devotion to his family and his community. He is very justly to succeed former President Botha of South grants. recognized today. Africa, unless the Government of South Africa This bill would establish a $1 billion Eastern released all political prisoners, terminated the One highlight of his came in 1960 when he ~urope loan guarantee program to provide state of emergency, and legalized all political shook hands with President John F. Kennedy risk and default insurance for American com­ organizations. during a stop in Paducah, KY. Like me he panies operating in the newly opened markets In addition, I participated in a press confer­ shares a great reverence for President Kenne­ of Eastern Europe. Small business would get ence with other antiapartheid Members of a boost as well from a $20 million direct loan dy. Congress, publically urging President Bush not program administered by the Overseas Private Later President Jimmy Carter called Martin at to legitimize Mr. De Klerk by meeting with him Investment Corporation. work to get his advice on how to run his at a time when South Africa was demonstrat­ While giving lipservice to the aid-for-trade campaign. There are few if any public servants ing complete intransigence on the subject of in Illinois, including this one, who have not at ~dea, the ~dministration has done little to put it reform. As a result of these efforts, President into practice. These are revolutionary times one time or another sought Martin's advice and Bush did not meet with Mr. De Klerk, who that call for revolutionary changes in the way counsel. soon after became the leader of the racist we do business with the world. Foreign aid Martin's guiding motto during all of this time apartheid regime. must be seen as an investment in the future has been to help anyone and everyone who In August 1989, I joined 57 members of the of our country as well as a part of our effort to needed it. That's what public service is really all Congressional Human Rights Caucus in writ­ help the less fortunate around the world. about, and although Martin has been helpful to ing to President Botha to urge him to grant We ha~e an opportunity to help fledgling the Democratic Party, he has really been help­ clemency to 14 South African activists who democracies along their path to maturity, but ful to all of southern Illinois. were sentenced to death based on the doc­ our responsibility to ourselves has been ne­ Congratulations to him on his years of public trine of common purpose. This controversial glected far too long. Aid for trade is tried and service, and here's wishing you many happy doctrine has been used with alarming frequen­ true. We need only look to the record of our returns. ?Y to .s~ntence people to death for engaging competitors to see the results. It is time we We need more people like Martin Humm. But in political protests against the injustices of took a chapter from their book and embark on short of that, I'm extremely proud to say I know apartheid. It has resulted in the deaths of in­ an approach to foreign aid that makes sense the original. nocent people in South Africa. 16628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 In March 1990, following Nelson Mandela's for inflation, while spending on nondefense time to take advantage of the outbreak of release from prison, I joined other Members of domestic discretionary programs has de­ peace in Europe, and to once again embrace Congress in cosponsoring House Concurrent creased 19 percent. While no one would the Federal responsibility of investing in Amer­ Resolution 270, a resolution expressing the debate the need for a strong national de­ ica's future. sense of Congress that existing sanctions fense, the need for excessive Pentagon Mr. Speaker, we obviously will need to look against South Africa should remain in place so spending at a time when the threat of armed at a number of different options for reducing long as the fundamental structure of apartheid confrontation has clearly diminished, and our budget deficit in the coming months. How­ has not been dismantled. when we face strong economic challenges ever, when a nation isn't producing the scien­ It is true that the Government of South from abroad, must be debted. Do we need 75 tists and engineers it needs to compete in the Africa has taken some steps toward reform, B-2 bombers at a cost of $62 billion, an MX future global marketplace, when close to 100 including the release of Nelson Mandela, the missile rail-mobile system at a cost of $5.4 bil­ of its cities aren't complying with the most lifting of the state of emergency, and the deci­ lion, 845 Trident II (D-5) missiles at a cost of basic clean air laws, when 41 percent of its sion to lift the ban on black political organiza­ $36 billion, and the strategic defense initiative bridges are either structurally deficient or ob­ tions. These actions were steps in the right di­ at a cost of over $500 billion, when our health solete, then its biggest national security threat rection. care and education systems are in shambles, comes from pressing needs at home, rather However, the structure of apartheid remains our infrastructure is crumbling, our economic than from antiquated fears left over from the in place in South Africa. The Government is competitiveness is lagging, and our environ­ cold war. It is for this reason that I recently still holding thousands of political prisoners, ment is in dire need of further protection? I joined several of my colleagues in signing a and the black majority is still being denied fun­ say "no." letter to the House Members who are partici­ damental human rights. Under existing laws, Obviously, the decisions we face on where pating in the budget summit expressing the black South Africans cannot choose where to to cut our defense budget will not be easy belief that the single biggest contribution to live, work, or send their children to school. ones. Almost all of us have defense facilities the deficit reduction process should come Even Nelson Mandela, although he is free, is or defense-related industries in our districts, from the Pentagon. It's time to get our spend­ still being denied the basic right to vote and and we will all be tempted to support defense ing priorities in order, and direct taxpayers dol­ thus have a say in how the future of South cuts not in areas where they make the most lars to areas that will truly keep America Africa is determined. sense, but in areas where they will do the strong. I am firmly convinced that recent changes least economic harm to our constituents. I be­ in South Africa, including the release of lieve, however, that we must resist the temp­ Nelson Mandela, are a direct result of interna­ tation to turn the defense budget into a public THE DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL tional pressure. It would be a grave mistake to works budget, and instead take a long, hard ACTIVITIES ACT ease that pressure now. Only by maintaining look at the threats we face and what re­ sanctions can we help to speed the process sources we need to control those threats. HON. GEORGE J. of inevitable change in that nation. Furthermore, I believe that if the diminishing As a Member of Congress, I have been ex­ threat to our military security is not enough to HOCHBRUECKNER tensively involved in efforts to combat apart­ bring about real cuts in the defense budget, OF NEW YORK heid, because I believe that all of us have a then a close look at the urgent domestic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needs we face should be. responsibility to take a strong stand against Thursday, June 28, 1990 racism, bigotry, and oppression, wherever they As a freshman member of the House Ap­ may be. propriations Committee, I have been amazed Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise For that reason, I am proud to strongly sup­ to see just how thin crucial domestic spending today to announce introduction of the Defense port House Joint Resolution 588, designating programs have been stretched. As a member Environmental Activities Act. This legislation is "South African Freedom Week." This resolu­ of the subcommittee that oversees funding for a bipartisan effort to increase the Department tion should be a reminder to us all that we the Environmental Protection Agency, for ex­ of Defense's ability to clean up its facilities na­ cannot stand idly by as the racist system of ample, I have heard from countless State and tionwide and bring its activities into compli­ apartheid continues to terrorize the black ma­ local officials about the enormous costs they ance with this country's environmental laws. jority of South Africa. The United States as a face in attempting to construct new sewage The act also provides for increased re­ whole must stand firm against apartheid, and treatment facilities and filtering plants to search into clean up technologies and pollu­ we must do everything we possibly can to comply with the Clean Water and Safe Drink­ tion prevention by the military services, estab­ bring about fundamental change in South ing Water Acts. That same subcommittee lishes a category for environmental activities Africa. funds the Department of Veterans Affairs, and within the defense budget, and requests a On the occasion of Nelson Mandela's visit, I have heard from scores of doctors, adminis­ report on management of personnel carrying we pay tribute to the conviction with which he trators, and veterans at VA hospitals about out the Pentagon's environmental program. has fought the scourge of apartheid. But we sick and aging vets who must wait weeks or Original cosponsors of this legislation in­ must do more. We must remember that it is months for treatment due to inadequate staff­ clude Representatives CHARLES E. BENNETT, our responsibility to take strong actions to ing and facilities. And it funds the National JOSEPH BRENNAN, GEORGE E. BROWN, Jr., ensure that Nelson Mandela's vision of free­ Science Foundation, whose scientists contin­ NORMAN D. DICKS, LANE EVANS, VIC FAZIO, dom and democracy becomes a reality for all ue to plead for help in improving the sorry PETE GEREN, LEE H. HAMIL TON, FRANK South African citizens. state of math and science education in our HORTON, RAYMOND J. MCGRATH, FRANK PAL­ country. LONE, Jr., MARTIN OLAV SABO, ROBERT F. The list goes on and on. Quite simply, we SMITH, JOHN S. TANNER, and JOLENE UN­ THE NEED TO CUT PENTAGON as a nation face crucial domestic spending SOELD. SPENDING needs, and we have not been providing the No one should underestimate the task funds we need to address them. The biggest before the Pentagon. While many are aware HON. CHESTER G. ATKINS losers have been our State and local govern­ of the problems facing the Department of OF MASSACHUSETTS ments. Our last two administrations have con­ Energy, fewer are aware of the environmental IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES jured up the charade of lowering the Federal issues facing the Department of Defense tax burden and Federal contributions to crucial [DOD]. According to the February 1990 Thursday, June 28, 1990 domestic programs so that State and local annual report on the Defense Environmental Mr. ATKINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to governments are farced to pick up the tab Restoration Program for fiscal year 1989, urge my House colleagues who are participat­ themselves. Well now the joke is on all of us, 14,401 sites were identified at 1,579 military ing in the budget summit negotiations to sup­ as over 35 of our Nation's 50 States are cur­ installations in the United States which require port real cuts in the Pentagon budget that will rently experiencing severe budget woes of evaluation for problems that may pose haz­ bring defense spending in line with the threats their own. Sadly, it is the programs that really ards to public health or the environment. we face. matter to future generations-programs such Since these figures were compiled in Sep­ Since 1981, spending on the military has as education and environmental protection­ tember 1989, however, the number of sites gone up nearly 25 percent with an adjustment that are now being underfunded. It clearly is has already grown to over 15,000, and more June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16629 are expected to be identified. There are an had the basic second stage remedial investi­ ODYSSEY OF THE MIND: CULTI­ additional 7, 100-plus formerly used properties gation/feasibility study. VATING THE CREATIVITY OF which DOD may be responsible for evaluating The Pentagon states that approximately OUR STUDENTS and cleaning up. Furthermore, the DOD has $915 million is currently spread throughout the been named as a potentially responsible party budget for compliance activities. This figure, at Superfund sites. Federal properties under DOD acknowledges, only covers requirements HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI the Pentagon include Navy, Army, Air Force, for class I compliance-those of the highest OF KENTUCKY and Defense Logistics Agency installations. priority-and does not fund class II or Ill. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Of the sites evaluated to date, nearly 70 These are not luxuries-without funding for Thursday, June 28, 1990 percent are found to require further work. class II, DOD knows that they will not meet Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to However, the 1990 annual report states that compliance requirements next year. This only 287 of the 14,401 sites had completed recognize a very important program designed makes DOD vulnerable to legal problems. to challenge the creativity of our students: the cleanups. While another 905 have work un­ With the growing level of environmental derway, clearly the Pentagon has a huge task Odyssey of the Mind competition. laws, this could be one of the greatest, and on its hands. The DOD is responsible for the The program's mission is to promote analyt­ least recognized, expenses facing the Federal greatest number of Federal facilities that gen­ ical thinking through complex problem solving. erate and dispose of hazardous waste, as well Government. A recent Congressional Budget Odyssey of the Mind tests the students' ability as the greatest number of hazardous waste Office report on Federal facilities estimates to reason and problem-solve in mathematics, sites in this country. that DOD's activities on behalf of just one law science, social studies, and the language arts. The cost of cleanup and compliance with alone, CERCLA-Superfund, will cost between Students solve the problems together in existing and anticipated environmental laws $10 and $17 billion. teams, instilling self-confidence in each stu­ for the military facilities will cost billions of dol­ Compliance covers both short- and long­ dent as well as pride in team accomplishment. lars and affect every State in the Nation. With­ term activities required for the DOD to meet Team competition begins at the regional out the needed funds, however, the Pentagon the environmental standards set by law and level and proceeds through State competition will be unable to carry out the job it needs to regulation-including the cost of preparing to into the national finals. The program has do. That is why we are introducing this bill be in future compliance. Cost categories in­ become successful internationally and stu­ today. clude operational compliance, that is, monitor dents from the Soviet Union, Mexico, China, The Defense Environmental Activities Act soil and ground water at sites; corrective and Japan now participate in Odyssey of the Mind competitions. will increase the Pentagon's budget request action, that is, upgrade waste treatment facili­ For the 1990 Odyssey of the Mind competi­ by $333 million to $1.15 billion in fiscal year ties; investigation and cleanup that is, remove tion, the Whitney M. Young Elementary 1991 for the defense environmental restora­ and treat contaminated ground water; and School of Louisville was one of 14 teams that tion account [DERA], which provides for site R&D, that is, design radioactive waste immobi­ evaluations and cleanups; will provide an addi­ won the Kentucky State competition and ad­ lization technology. Estimated of DOD compli­ tional $285 million for environmental compli­ vanced to the world finals in Ames, IA. ance activities are very preliminary, but will be ance activities, above the Pentagon's designa­ The team's coaches were Claire Drucker in the billions-approximately $5 billion over tion of $915 million for this area; and makes and Brender Luster, and the students who $80 million available for research into cleanup the next 4-5 years. traveled to Ames include Mary Browning, Tim­ technologies and pollution prevention. These Basic research activities are critical for long­ othy Learn, Jessica Bressler, Jason Hurt, Ben­ funds would be provided from shifts within the term efforts at cleaning up these sites and jamin Fryar, Joshua deGeorge, and Alan Stilts. defense budget once the level of defense preventing future pollution. The Defense Envi­ While the Whitney Young team did not win spending is established for fiscal year 1991. ronmental Restoration Program annual report first prize at Ames, it won first prize with the DOD has already demonstrated its unmet states that DOD invested about $27 million in Louisville community and with me when I vis­ needs of at least $200 million with requests its Research, Development and Demonstra­ ited the team at school on the eve of their for a $145 million in fiscal year 1990 repro­ tion [RD&D] Program in fiscal year 1989, $13 trip. They were a very enthusiastic and talent­ gramming and an expected $60 million in million of which came from DERA's " Other ed bunch of youngsters who are definitely on fiscal year 1991 reprogramming. Hazardous Waste Program." The remaining their way to exercising leadership in our com­ In addition, this legislation establishes a funds came from the services' own research munity and in this Nation in the years ahead. budget category for environmental activities and development [R&D] efforts. Since R&D is and requests a report on management of the seen as the background work needed for LEGISLATION SAFEGUARDS personnel carrying out the Pentagon's envi­ future cleanup efforts, this is an investment in ronmental program. Every aspect of the mili­ TRADITIONAL STATE CONTROL the future. DOD estimates that approximately OF WATER RESOURCES tary's budget is affected by environmental re­ $41 million is in the fiscal year 1991 budget quirements-military construction, operations request for services R&D. This bill will double and maintenance, research and develop­ that amount, making R&D funding at a level HON. RICHARD H. STALLINGS ment-yet it is difficult determining how the closer to 1O percent of the overall environ­ OF IDAHO Pentagon's dollars are being spent in this mental account. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES area. This legislation should help the Pentagon Given the size .of this program, DOD can Thursday, June 28, 1990 move faster. Many tasks remain, obviously. not afford to underfund its activities, especially Mr. STALLINGS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased if it is ever going to get beyond the basic site The Pentagon has not identified, for example, to join with the other members of the Idaho inspections to the actual work of designing the cost and compliance issues involved in congressional delegation today in introducing cleanup plans and doing restoration work. cleaning up military bases overseas. Federal legislation to address the serious problems Since current funding to sites is based on a estimates of the total cost of DOD's environ­ arising from the recent decision of the U.S. worst first approach, thousands of sites are in mental activities, which currently range from Supreme Court in California versus FERC. line for funding that will take years to get. $15 to $40 billion, may need to be reassessed Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that Only 189 remedial actions were taken in 1989 as more is learned about the work required at the Federal Government had authority to su­ and 118 of those were at the very worst case the DOD Federal facilities. persede State regulations governing stream­ national priority list [NPL] sites. Less than 100 Mr. Speaker, the Pentagon must move flow and water allocations. I was deeply dis­ of DOD's installations are listed on the NPL. more quickly to clean up the pollution at our turbed and disappointed with the court's deci­ Even at NPL sites only half received remedial military bases. This bill will help them do just sion. It threatens a century-old standard of actions by 1989, and some still have not even that. State water control and poses a serious risk to future management of our rivers and streams. I will fight vigorous th is latest attack on the State of Idaho and am very pleased to join 16630 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 with my Idaho colleagues in condemning this ardship of our water resources. Idaho is very Congress must be committed to honor the re­ Federal interference. This bill will clarify the fortunate to have in place a State water plan sults of the plebiscite. Federal Power Act to ensure that States have which serves as a guiding document in water Moreover, Mr. Speaker, there is a consen­ no diminished decisionmaking authority when resource management decisions. It has sus that any decision made on the ultimate it comes to water allocation decisions. served us well over the years. political status of Puerto Rico must be made Specifically, the legislation would amend In order to maintain State authority, howev­ by Puerto Ricans themselves without any sections 9 and 27 of the Federal Power Act to er, we cannot afford to give the Federal Gov­ pressure or intervention by the White House clarify that an applicant for a license must ernment or out-of-State interests an opportuni­ or the Congress. In no case should the Feder­ comply with all procedural and substantive re­ ty to interfere with State decisions on water al establishment show preferences in the quirements of State law in acquiring water allocation and stream flows. This legislation plebiscite process. Also it was reiterated at rights and in the administration of the use of reverses the effect of the high court ruling and the New York hearings that under any of the water. safeguards historic State control over our three status options, it must be made clear In Idaho, we have taken great care to water resources. that the Spanish language, culture, and herit­ ensure that our limited supplies of water are Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to con­ age of the Puerto Rican people cannot be managed to meet the many competing needs sponsor this critical bill, and I look forward to compromised or jeopardized. of our citizens. As a result of conficts over al­ its consideration by the House. Finally, Mr. Speaker, it became obvious at location of water resoures in Idaho, the State the New York City hearings that the right to has embarked on the preparation of a com­ participate in the plebiscite should be ex­ prehensive State water plan for all of its rivers IMPORTANT HEARINGS IN NEW tended to all Puerto Ricans, not only those in and streams and the adjudication of all water YORK CITY ON PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico itself but also those mainland rights in the Snake River basin. PLEBISCITE Puerto Ricans born on the island or the chil­ Through these two efforts, the State hopes dren or parents born in Puerto Rico. There is to settle the conflicts that have arisen over HON. JAIME B. FUSTER a common vision that the people of Puerto the use of water in Idaho. In one decision, Rico are one people, that their homeland is however, the Supreme Court threatens to OF PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico, that they are Puerto Ricans first, undo the gains the State of Idaho is making in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and that Puerto Ricans constitute a cultural the effective and sound management of its Thursday, June 28, 1990 nationality-not merely an ethnic minority water resources. within a pluralistic society. In our State, water is scarce. We must care­ Mr. FUSTER. Mr. Speaker, a most important I hope this vision will be taken seriously and fully allocate the water among the many uses. hearing by the House Subcommittee on Insu­ be taken into account as Congress moves to This is done through a water rights system lar and International Affairs took place in the consider the plebiscite bill, Mr. Speaker. The known as the prior appropriation doctrine. The Spanish Harlem sector of New York City on mainland Puerto Rican community is a large essence of this doctrine is that the first Monday, June 25. It was held there to accom­ one, and efforts are being made by those at person who puts water to beneficial use has modate the many representatives of mainland the New York hearings to contact their Con­ the first right. Puerto Rican communities who had asked for gressman throughout the United States about In deciding who will be permitted to use imput into pending legislation is the House this issue. I am sure we will be hearing more water, the State balances each proposed use and Senate which would authorize a political about this issue as this year continues in Con­ against the existing and potential future uses. status plebiscite in Puerto Rico next year be­ gress, and I hope my colleagues will focus In addition, the State takes into account the tween the options of statehood, independ­ more clearly on the matter of Puerto Rico's ul­ local public interest, whch includes consider­ ence, and an enhancement of the existing timate political status. ation of the impact of a particular use on commonwealth status. water quality, fish and widlife, and other re­ This New York City hearing was very capa­ sources. bly chaired by my colleague from New THE BRADY BILL In California versus FERG, the Supreme Mexico, BILL RICHARDSON, sitting in for our Court suggests that licensees under the Fed­ subcommittee chairman, RON DE LUGO, who HON. PORTER J. GOSS eral Power Act may be exempt from the State was still in Bethesda Naval Hospital, recover­ OF FLORIDA of Idaho water rights law. If this is true, the ing from a recent illness. As a member of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES water right laws of Idaho would be rendered subcommittee, I was glad to be there, along meaningless. Two systems of water law would with members of the New York City delega­ Thursday, June 28, 1990 reign side-by-side, neither one of which would tion, my distinguished colleageus CHARLIE Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, on the morning of be effective in taking into account the impacts RANGEL, BILL GREEN, TED WEISS, AND JOSE March 30, 1990, a Russian emigre living in arising from uses authorized by the other sov­ SERRANO, as we explored the role of mainland Fort Myers, FL, purchased a .38 caliber ereign. Puerto Ricans in any future exercise of self­ Taurus revolver. That night he called his wife The problem is not unique to Idaho. Every determination in legislation pending in the and two daughters into the dining room-a State in the Union joined in support of Califor­ Congress. family he had spent years trying to reunite­ nia before the Supreme Court in California The significant interest in this issue can be sat them down at the table and began shoot­ versus FERG. At the heart of the controversy seen, Mr. Speaker, by the large number of wit­ ing. When the bullets stopped flying the man's is the historical right of each State to regulate nesses-about 50-who testified at last Mon­ wife and one daughter were dead. The water in a manner that meets the needs of its day's hearing and who represented the civic, second child escaped with serious injuries, in­ citizens. commercial, labor, academic, religious, and cluding a bullet in one eye. What we are proposing today in our legisla­ political leadership of the mainland Puerto In April, a Lee County, FL, man suffering tion is not a change in the Federal Power Act, Rican community. They came not only from from deep depression about an illness pur­ but rather an amendment that will achieve New York City but also from upstate New chased a .22 caliber pistol. Within the next what we believe to be the original objective of York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Connecticut, and few days, he killed himself with a gunshot to the act. This bill will remove any ambiguity New Jersey. The extraordinary range of his head. created by the Supreme Court decision re­ people who testified constitute the front lines In May, a Sarasota, FL, man shot and killed garding the double licensing requirements of the Puerto Rican community on the main­ his estranged wife during a meeting about originally intended by the Federal Power Act. land. selling the couple's furniture as part of a di­ It is consistent with Congress' traditional def­ They represented both Democratic and Re­ vorce proceeding. The gun, a Taurus .38 cali­ erence to State water law and the principles publican viewpoints, not to mention the posi­ ber five-shot revolver, was purchased the day of cooperative federalism. tions of the three status formulas in Puerto before the shooting. The Snake River serves as the lifeblood of Rico itself; the interesting thing is that they all And very recently, a Venice, FL, couple died Idaho's economy and quality of life. Irrigation, had one thing in common-that for the plebi­ in a murder-suicide, a tragic incident that energy production, fish and wildlife, recreation, scite to be a meaningful exercise in self-deter­ began when a distraught man went to a and other uses all benefit from effective stew- mination the results must be binding. That is, neighbor asking where he could buy a gun. June 28, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16631 Not long afterward, the man shot his wife and read stories in the newspaper aoout basically THE BUSH PLAN FOR LATIN then turned the gun onto himself. normal, rational thinking people who, because AMERICA I could go on. After a survey of the local of a tragedy or an emotional blow in their law enforcement officials in my district, I found lives, lose it mentally, go out and buy a gun that deadly crimes of passion are occurring at and kill a neighbor or loved one?" HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE an alarming rate in our communities. The answer is "too many." As one of the OF NEW YORK In fact, such tragic incidents are happening Brady bill's 150 cosponsors, I urge this House IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES across the country. In fits of depression, un­ to move quickly and get this legislation Thursday, June 28, 1990 controllable rage, and mental instability people passed. are buying guns with the intent to kill. Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, By requiring a 7-day waiting period-or cool­ President Bush made an important contribu­ ing off period-for the purchase of a handgun, NATIONAL COUNTY tion to the future prospects for economic H. R. 467 has the potential to save lives. A GOVERNMENT WEEK growth in Latin America through new propos­ week's lag time between the time of attempt­ als for increased U.S. trade, investment, and ed purchase and the time when a gun was HON. BEN ERDREICH debt relief. available to any of the .would-be killers in OF ALABAMA I want to particularly commend the Presi­ southwest Florida might have meant the dif­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent for including, for the first time, official ference between life and death. debt relief and an increased role for the Inter­ James Brady, a former White House Press Thursday, June 28, 1990 American Development Bank as important in­ Secretary for whom this legislation has been Mr. ERDREICH. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ gredients in his plan. named, is one of the luckier victims of tragic troducing a joint resolution designating April 7 While it has been overshadowed by the shootings involving a gun hastily purchased by through April 13, 1991, as "National County more dramatic changes in Central Europe, an unstable person. When John Hinckley went Government Week." many nations of Central and South America to purchase that gun with the crazed notion of County government has become increasing­ have made significant ·advances in reforming killing President Ronald Reagan, he was able ly important in most States as a provider of of their economies as well as political sys­ to lie on the registration form and walk out areawide and local municipal services. In addi­ tems. Like the former Soviet satellites, many with a handgun the very same day. tion to running the jails, the courts, the elec­ of these Latin nations have recently shed By implementing a national 7-day waiting tions, and collecting the taxes, counties have themselves of totalitarian governments in period, the Brady bill provides much-needed become the governments of last resort in pro­ favor of democracies. Now, they are liberaliz­ consistency for States and localities seeking viding services for the poor, the homeless, ing trade, privatizing state-owned enterprises, to prevent violent crime. Although a back­ and disadvantaged citizens. My home district and taking the tough steps necessary to tame ground check is not mandated by this bill, its of Jefferson County is a perfect example of inflation and capital flight. Of course, their provisions give local law enforcement a what is happening all over the country in problems are severe and deeply rooted, and window of opportunity to conduct their own in­ terms of the services provided by county gov­ no government will be able to turn its nation's vestigations to ensure that criminals, the men­ ernments. In 1982, the budget was around economy around overnight. tally ill, minors, illegal aliens, and drug addicts $100 million. It is now $220 million, $40 million Nonetheless, as these nations make the are not able to obtain handguns. of which is devoted to providing health care to necessary domestic changes, many are still Twenty-two States have already passed low-income patients of the county hospital. being crushed by a huge burden of debt­ waiting period laws for the purchase of hand­ In promoting greater economic develop­ both commercial and official. This stubbon guns, as have many counties and municipali­ ment, Jefferson County has joined with the problem forces these nations to send hard­ ties. Because the reasons for owning a gun in city of Birmingham and other municipalities to earned foreign currency abroad in the form of an urban environment often differ from the help existing businesses and to attract new debt and debt service payments, instead of in­ purposes behind gun ownership in a more ventures. The city of Birmingham and Jeffer­ vesting in needed technology, infrastructure rural area, logically gun control should best be son County together built a civic center and a improvements, education, and .other important emphasized at the State and local levels. flagship hotel. The county has also been in­ purposes. However, I support the Brady bill because it strumental in developing a new research park It became clear to many of us in the Con­ offers consistency for the entire Nation. and also provides low-interest loans to small gress several years ago that we could not I continue to believe that the experienced businesses thus helping to create jobs. expect a turnaround in this region until these criminal will find ways to obtain firearms in What is happening in my home county is nations were given substantial and meaningful spite of such important legislation as the happening all over the country. The phenome­ debt relief, tied to economic reforms. Brady bill. We must ensure that such criminals nal growth in services provided by counties is As a result, we have urged the President to are severely punished for their actions-that evidenced by the corresponding increase in take a lead role in developing a framework in they know that committing a violent crime with county expenditures. Counties spent almost which commercial banks would offer debt a gun means they will do time. $103 billion last year compared to only $13 relief, while securing the remaining claims. Honest, law-abiding citizens have a right to billion in 1970. Likewise, over 1.9 million Last March, the administration responded· with own guns for hunting, recreational sporting people are now employed in county govern­ the Brady plan to try to achieve this goal. purposes, and personal security. The Brady ment nationwide. Certainly, each of you has Since then, three commercial debt workouts bill-H.R. 467-does not infringe upon that felt the growing influence of county govern­ have been negotiated. We are hopeful that important right. This legislation does not apply ment in your district. the amount of debt relief provided will be ade­ to rifles or other firearms used for sporting I am sure you are aware that many Mem­ quate to help restore economic growth. purposes-it applies exclusively to handguns. bers of Congress served in county govern­ Debt relief can take many forms. I have In addition, the Brady bill is not a national gun ment at one time in their careers. In fact, 74 been interested for some time in the idea of registration law-as a matter of fact it requires Representatives are former county officials. debt-for-environment swaps in which debt that applications of individuals whose gun pur­ Another 13 Senators also served in county could be paid in local currency which would chases have been approved be destroyed by government. I myself served for 8 years as a then be devoted to conservation or environ­ law enforcement officials within 30 days. county commissioner in Jefferson County, AL, mental cleanup. I have offered such a propos­ By allowing time for a simple background and have witnessed the dedication and eff ec­ al as part of the legislation authorizing U.S. check to ensure that only law-abiding, mental­ tiveness of those who work in county govern­ participation in the new European Bank for ly competent citizens have legal access to ment. Reconstruction and Development. The new handguns-and by providing a buffer for In light of the tremendous contributions bank should work together with the World highly emotional people to get control of made by county governments nationwide, I Bank and IDB to make such swaps routine in themselves before a tragedy happens, the bill believe it is appropriate that we designate Central Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere. simply offers individuals greater protection. April 7 through April 13 as "National County Now, the President has gone further. He A local newspaper editorial in my district Government Week." I urge my colleagues to has offered to negotiate forgiveness of debts said it well: "How many times have all of us support this joint resolution. these countries owe to the U.S. Government. 16632 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 28, 1990 This is a significant development that de­ Baring boasted many businesses at the turn sive, contradictory and confusing bureau­ serves congressional support. Further, I am of the century, including lumberyards, grocery cratic regulations. hopeful that this important decision by Mr. stores, hotels, stables, banks, and hardware The federal government must be held re­ Bush will serve to unlock additional conces­ stores. There were also public schools for first sponsible for many of the basic costs that now confound the health-care industry. Leg­ sions from the commercial banks, who must through twelfth grades, two churches, and of islators, official commissions and bureau­ contribute their fair share to the resolution of course, the depot. crats in Washington document deficiencies this problem. The depot was a very busy area as people in our health-care system, point out the For many small countries, particularly in from great distances traveled to bring their need for corrective action, and then invoke Central America, official debt makes up the livestock for shipment. As Baring has always all sorts of rules, regulations and paper bulk of foreign debt. In these cases, a Brady supported a community of hard working work. plan deal, though helpful, would not really people, area businessmen got together and What are the total national costs attribut­ alter the outflows of scarce capital. However, decided the people of the area needed some able to regulating the hospital industry? forgiving or reducing official debt, as President Nobody knows for sure. But the experience relaxation on holidays and Sunday. This at Sequoia Hospital, a 430-bed not-for­ Bush now supports, can clearly free up signifi­ dream became a reality with the purchase of profit, general hospital in the San Francisco cant resources for investment within these na­ the railroad reservoir and the building of the Bay area, may provide some insights. The tions. Baring Country Club. This came about when price tag for dealing with various regulatory I am also very pleased that the President the railroad changed from steam engine to bodies and government mandated paper has specifically asked for an increased role coal. Today, the Baring Country Club is still in work at my institution is approximately $7 .8 for the Inter-American Development Bank existence with boating, fishing, skiing, and million annually. [IDB] both in quickening the pace of economic swimming. The change in the U.S. government's atti­ reform in the region, and as a more active Baring has experienced hard times as well, tude-and the resultant burden on hospi­ especially with major fires in 1911 and 1915. tals-is reflected in changes at Sequoia. The partner in working toward more comprehen­ average number of inpatients today is the sive commercial debt reductions. The love of their small towns the depression same as it was in 1966. The staff is about The most recent IDB reauthorization bill for bigger towns and cities. 175% the size it was then. Some of the rise passed by the Congress included an amend­ After the war, however, Baring experienced is because the number of outpatients has ment, which I authored, directing our Govern­ a time of growth during the SO's and 60's. grown. Some of it is because patients need ment to negotiate with the other shareholders Baring has won several awards for the im­ more intense care than they did then-the of the IDB to determine ways in which the ad­ provements that were made. In recent years hospitalized are sicker because government ditional resources raised by the bank could be the city has updated its waterplant, built a regulations prohibit admitting many pa­ used for debt and debt service reduction. I am water tower as well as improved the overall tients at the point they used to enter the hospital. Much of it, though, is due to new glad to see that President Bush has decided system. requirements of government. to bring this to fruition. Through good times and bad, Baring has To comply with the string of regulations In light of our enormous trade deficits and prospered because of its people, always will­ and government directives requires a staff the growing economic competition we face ing to help others through rough times and of 140 full-time employees. Not included in from Asia and Europe, it is increasingly impor­ celebrating through good like to add my con­ this count is the vast number of hours phy­ tant that we find markets for U.S. exports. A gratulations to Baring on this great day and sicians devote helping the institution growing Latin America can be such a market. say as they say, "come to Baring and see comply with mandated government audits The steps President Bush announced yester­ your friends." I certainly plan to be there. and utilization review programs. day can be an important step toward the goal The federal government insists that medi­ cal care be continually assessed and audited of a prosperous and democratic Western for quality and appropriateness. At Sequoia, Hemisphere. UNCLE SAM IS PART OF HEALTH CARE COST PROBLEM four full-time employees and one part-timer spend all their time reviewing patient COME TO BARING AND SEE records. Nine or 10 employees appraise the HON. WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER appropriateness of hospitalization. YOUR FRIENDS OF CALIFORNIA The Federal Peer Review Act mandates IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that all hospital work paid for by the gov­ HON. HAROLD L. VOLKMER Thursday, June 28, 1990 ernment be reviewed by an independent OF MISSOURI agency under contract to the Health Care IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. DANNEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I urge my Finance Administration. Providing duplicate colleagues to read the attached article from hospital records, lab reports, X-ray data and Thursday, June 28, 1990 the June 26 edition of the Wall Street Journal. billing information to outside "peer review Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, it is with great It illustrates how the increase in governmental agencies" is an enormous task requiring 20 pleasure that I rise today to honor a great additional staffers. As for Medicare funds, regulation has affected a small hospital in to get those the hospital must undergo a community in my district as they prepare to northern California over the last 24 years. This third audit, by the Joint Commission on Ac­ celebrate their 1OOth year of existence. hospital treats the same number of patients creditation of Health Care Organizations. Baring, MO, in Knox County in my congres­ today as it did in 1966, but, thanks to the pro­ Each auditing agency issues directives, sional district has adopted the slogan "Come liferation of Federal regulations, requires hun­ generating multiple forms that must be See Your Friends" and this certainly is an op­ dreds of additional workers to handle all the filled out by nurses, hospital pharmacists, portune time for everyone to come back to paperwork generated by these regulations. record-room personnel and doctors. To Baring to see your friends as they celebrate As this article makes clear, increases in the lighten the paper-work load for practicing their centennial on July 7, 1990. size of the Federal health care bureaucracy physicians, the hospital has added four Baring is one of those many towns that people to its medical staff office. The gov­ require hospitals and other health care entities ernment forms require formatting by three sprang up with the development of the rail­ to expand their staffs as well. When we exam­ data processors. Paper work also eats away road. When the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa ine ways to control the cost of health care, we at nurses' time. Fe Railway started laying track in 1887 things must look first to the effect that Federal poli­ If Sequoia's experience is typical-and changed very quickly in the community. The cies have had on the cost of that care. We there's no reason to suspect it is not­ first train ran on January 1, 1888, which in should begin from the assumption that Uncle healthcare regulatory costs' nationwide turn brought the need for communication, so Sam is part of the problem. measure in the billions of dollars. the first postoffice was established. How When allocations are scarce, available re­ ONE HOSPITAL TELLS THE COST OF sources should be spent in wisdom, not in Baring was named is still a mystery, however, REGULATION there are two stories. The first was that a folly. Excessive regulatory activity has not