August 7, 1998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1609 partially refundable child credit and my legisla- The census is a constitutional requirement mission statement that calls for opportunity, tion also simplifies this partially refundable for the reapportionment of the House of Rep- education, and friendship among its commu- credit by repealing the provision which re- resentatives. An accurate census is also abso- nity's members. St. Clarence provides its duces the credit by AMT liability. lutely essential for a fair distribution of Federal members with opportunities to worship God by In order to eliminate the complexities of the funding for roads, transit systems, schools, offering the Eucharist on a daily basis at St. AMT for nonfundable credits and the child senior citizens centers, health care facilities, Kevin's Chapel. St. Clarence's Parish School credit for families with three or more children, and children's programs, including Head Start of Religion hopes to educate and nurture all and to have revenue neutral legislation, the in- and the school lunch program. With such serv- its members by making available classes in come limits for the beginning of the phase-out ices and resources at stake for our urban religion, including those of bible study. The of the child credit have to be reduced from communities and rural areas, we must be Gathering Room promotes a community of $110,000 to $89,000 for joint filers and mindful of the human capital costs involved prayer and friendship by providing a place for $75,000 to $60,000 for single filers. Even with with an ``undercount'' of the population. members to meet outside of regular church this reduction in the thresholds for the child In 1991, Congress directed the Secretary of hours for extra-curricular activities. The credit, the thresholds are still higher than the Commerce and the National Academy of Church of St. Clarence clearly meets the thresholds which were included in last year's Science (NAS) to determine the most scientif- needs of all its members. House Democratic substitute. ically accurate and cost-effective means of The population of St. Clarence's Parish has My legislation simplifies the child credit for conducting the decennial census. The National grown significantly since its first beginnings in all taxpayers. The vast majority of Americans Academy of Science panel concluded that sta- 1978. I stand here today in reassurance that will have a modest tax reduction or will not be tistical sampling would fulfill such criteria. St. Clarence will continue to grow and serve affected. I urge my colleagues to join me in These findings were echoed in 1992 and 1996 every one of its members, past and future, cosponsoring this legislation. Proposing such reports from a second panel of experts who with the same commitment and the same faith legislation is not without riskÐopponents can stated that sampling is critical to the success that has helped it develop into the thriving distort it for political purposes. However, I be- of the 2000 census. community it is today. Once again, congratula- lieve that it is important to propose construc- The Mollohan amendment directs the Na- tions and God Bless! tive solution to problems. The complexity of tional Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review f the child credit is a problem that needs to be the Census Bureau's plans and determine if DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, addressed. they are consistent with recommendations JUSTICE, AND STATE, AND JUDI- f made by the academy in response to biparti- CIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES san legislation enacted in 1991. By enlisting DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999 JUSTICE, AND STATE, AND JUDI- the aid of the academy, the U.S. Census Bu- CIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES reau can refine and improve their techniques SPEECH OF APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999 in order to attain a more accurate census. The Bureau's ``census 2000 plan'' has been HON. DEBORAH PRYCE SPEECH OF endorsed by the American Statistical Associa- OF OHIO HON. LOUIS STOKES tion, the American Demographics Association, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and virtually all other professional organiza- Wednesday, August 5, 1998 OF OHIO tions concerned with the census. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House in Committee of the Whole Mr. Chairman, the Congress must ensure Wednesday, August 5, 1998 House on the State of the Union had under that adequate and timely funding is available consideration the bill (H.R. 4276) making ap- The House in Committee of the for the task of determining our Nation's popu- propriations for the Departments of Com- Whole House on the State of the Union lation. Any delay in funding to fulfill our con- merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and had under consideration the bill (H.R. stitutional obligation would delay and place in related agencies for the fiscal year ending 4276) making appropriations for the De- jeopardy many of the planning requirements September 30, 1999, and for other purposes: partments of Commerce, Justice, and necessary for an accurate census. By remov- Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I rise in State, the Judiciary, and related agen- ing the six month cap on funding for census strong support of the amendment offered by cies for the fiscal year ending Septem- 2000, the Congress will enable the Bureau to my fellow Buckeye State colleague, Mr. TRAFI- ber 30, 1999, and for other purposes. continue its preparations for its most important CANT, and I commend him for his leadership Mr. STOKES. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong task ahead. on this issue. support of the Mollohan census amendment to Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to en- All families in Ohio, which include my con- H.R. 4276, the FY 1999 Departments of Com- sure that progress will continue toward the stituents in and around Columbus, were merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and most fair, accurate, and inclusive census in placed in serious harm's way as a result of the related agencies, appropriations bill. our Nation's history. Support the Mollohan recent breakout of six inmates from the North- This important measure will remove lan- amendment. east Ohio Correctional Center located in guage in the bill that withholds half of the FY f Youngstown. Five of the escapees were mur- 1999 appropriation for the decennial census derers who had been transferred to Youngs- until future legislation releasing the funds is IN HONOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. town by the District of Columbia. enacted. By avoiding the risk of a census CLARENCE We are all a little bit relieved to know that, shutdown, the Bureau can proceed without thanks to excellent law enforcement, five of hindering its ability to prepare for the most ac- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH the six inmates have been caught, but one re- curate census possible. OF OHIO mains at large and remains a menace to all Americans want, and deserve, an accurate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES citizens of this country. census conducted with the latest scientific Mr. Chairman, what is particularly alarming methods and technology available. However, Thursday, August 6, 1998 about this situation is that some of those mur- the recent census was the first census enu- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to derers who escaped had absolutely no busi- meration to be less accurate than its prede- commemorate the 20th anniversary of the ness being transferred by the District of Co- cessor. It is estimated the 1990 census Church of St. Clarence. lumbia to the Youngstown facility, which is de- undercount, of which 8.8 million people were St. Clarence Church has served as a wel- signed to house medium risk criminalsÐnot not included, was 33 percent less accurate coming community for the citizens of North the extremely violent, high-risk variety like than that of the 1980 census. Subsequently, 4 Olmsted for twenty years. Bishop James E. those thugs who escaped. This situation is un- times as many blacks, 5 times as many His- Hickey named the Church of St. Clarence in acceptable, and the people of Ohio will not panics, American Indians, and non-Hispanic memory of his immediate predecessor, Bishop stand for it. whites, and 2 times as many Asians and Pa- Clarence Issenman. He designated Reverend Who is responsible for this? One thing ap- cific Islanders were not included. Thomas A. Flynn as its founding pastor in pears certain, the District of Columbia agreed As the U.S. Census Bureau prepares for the June, 1978. only to transfer medium-risk criminals to largest peace-time mobilization effort under- The Church of St. Clarence consists of the Youngstown. Yet, in the words of the director taken by the Government, we must apply Parish School of Religion, the Gathering of the D.C. Corrections Department, many of modern scientific sampling methods to ensure Room and St. Kevin's Chapel. St. Clarence the prisoners transferred by the District of Co- a more accurate census. uses these three components to achieve a lumbia to Youngstown were inmates who had E1610 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks August 7, 1998 ``committed murder and mayhem'' and were about this crisis, and to prevail upon him to plans to overthrow him and install in Cyprus ``some of the most recalcitrant inmates to cancel the S±300 missile transfer. At a time a regime more in sympathy with Greece, ob- come out of'' the D.C. penitentiary. when Russia is looking to the United States livious to the fact than an overthrow of the In other words, the District of Columbia ei- constitutional arrangement on Cyprus would and other members of the international com- free Turkey of previous restraints. . .. ther was grossly negligent or they callously munity for help with its financial crisis, I think On July 15—six days after my return from hoodwinked the people of Ohio. Either way, that Russia should understand that inter- the Soviet Union and Europe—Makarios was the gentleman from Youngstown, and I de- national cooperation is not a one-way street overthrown in a coup d’e´tat just as he re- mand that the District of Columbia fully ac- and not limited to the subject of finance. Like turned from a weekend in the mountains; he count for this situation and be held account- all of us, Russia has a responsibility to pro- was nearly assassinated. He was replaced by able, accordingly. mote solutions, not new crises. I hope that an unsavory adventurer, Nikos Sampson, Mr. TRAFICANT'S amendment will help en- President Yeltsin will see that this missile sale known as a strong supporter of union with sure that the events of the past are not re- threatens to damage Russia's goodwill in the Greece. A crisis was now inevitable. peated by the District of Columbia. In addition, United States, and this makes it more difficult There was nothing we needed less than a I believe we should explore other avenues in for us to cooperate on other issues. crisis—especially one that would involve two coordination with state officials like Ohio attor- A few weeks ago, some of my colleagues NATO allies. Whomever we supported and whatever the outcome, the eastern flank of ney general Betty Montgomery, who has ex- here spoke of the Cyprus problem, but the the Mediterranean would be in jeopardy. . .. pressed to me her commitment to make sure common message was not solution-oriented. During the week of July 15 I therefore dis- that the people of Ohio are protected. Instead, we heard that one side in Cyprus was patched Joe Sisco to London, Ankara, and I urge support for the Traficant amendment. to blame for all its problems, and the other Athens. Britain, as one of the guarantor pow- f side was innocent. I want to suggest to my ers, was seeking to mediate between the par- colleagues that taking sides in this old and ties. Sisco’s mission was to help Britain CRISIS IN CYPRUS complex problem is not constructive, and will start a negotiating process that might delay not enhance the ability of the United States to a Turkish invasion and enable the structure HON. ED WHITFIELD be an effective catalyst for solutions. I also under Sampson in Cyprus to fall of its own weight. But Turkey was not interested in a OF KENTUCKY want to point out that the history is not so negotiated solution; it was determined to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES clear as some have suggested. settle old scores. On July 19 it invaded Cy- Thursday, August 6, 1998 Even before this most recent crisis was pre- prus, meeting unexpectedly strong resist- cipitated by a weapons purchase from Russia, ance. . . . Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, we are on the last major crisis in 1974 began for reasons the verge of yet another crisis in Cyprus. During the night of July 21–22, we forced a that some of us have forgotten. The American cease-fire by threatening Turkey that we The Greek Cypriots propose to purchase Secretary of State at the time, Henry Kissin- would move nuclear weapons from forward new S±300 missiles from Russia, and by all ger, succinctly summarized the events in his positions—especially where they might be accounts, Russia intends to proceed with de- book, ``Years of Upheaval'': involved in a war with Greece. It stopped livery of the missiles this fall. The installation After World War II, the old enemies Greece Turkish military operations while Turkey of these sophisticated new antiaircraft missiles and Turkey were allies in NATO with a com- was occupying only a small enclave on the and accompanying powerful air surveillance mon stake in the security of the eastern island; this created conditions for new nego- radars needlessly escalates the level of mili- Mediterranean. But their atavistic bitterness tiations slated to start two days hence, with tary confrontation in Cyprus, and pushes the found a focus in the island of Cyprus, forty- the Turkish minority obviously in an im- proved bargaining position and with some two sides further away from a more sensible four miles from mainland Turkey, with a population 80 percent Greek and about 20 hope of achieving more equitable internal ar- path of mutual arms reductions. It also raises rangements. the disastrous prospect of conflict between percent Turk—a lethal cocktail. As in many other nations of mixed nation- On July 22, the junta in Athens was over- two of our NATO allies, Turkey and Greece. alities, a tenuous civil peace had been pos- thrown and replaced by a democratic govern- Indeed, the placement of these missiles in Cy- sible while the island was under foreign rule. ment under the distinguished conservative prus seems intended for no other reason than But when the British granted independence leader Constantine Karamanlis. Within days, to provoke conflict. to the island in 1960, with Britain, Greece, the mood in America changed. The very The Cyprus problem has been with us for a and Turkey as guarantors of its internal ar- groups that had castigated us for our reluc- long time. United Nations peacekeeping forces rangements, the subtle Greek Orthodox tance to assault Greece now wanted us to have been there for a quarter of this century. Archbishop Makarios III, leader of the Greek turn against Turkey over a crisis started by Greece, to gear our policies to the domestic Some of our European allies have invested, Cypriot community and of the campaign against British rule, found himself obliged to structures of the government in Athens and and continue to invest, considerable effort in concede a degree of self-government to the Ankara regardless of the origins or merits of finding a long-term solution there. The United Turkish minority, offensive to all his no- the dispute on Cyprus, to take a one-sided States, of course, is also actively engaged in tions of government or nationality. He did position regardless of our interest in easing diplomatic efforts in Cyprus. The problem is not have his heart in it, and with independ- the conflict between two strategic allies in daunting and filled with frustrations. For exam- ence he systematically reneged on what he the eastern Mediterranean. . . . For two ple, I was disturbed to read last week that the promised, seeking to create in effect a uni- weeks we maintained our tightrope act, but Foreign Minister of Greece had referred to the tary state in which the Turkish minority during the weekend following Nixon’s res- ignation the crisis erupted again, culminat- President's efforts in Cyprus as ``utter lies''. would always be outvoted. The history of independent Cyprus was thus plagued by ing in a second Turkish invasion of the is- These kinds of remarks from senior govern- communal strife, and in 1967 Turkey’s threat land. While Ford struggled to restore execu- ment officials are not helpful. to intervene militarily was aborted only at tive authority over the next months, a free- I wish the Greek Cypriots would reconsider the last moment by a strong warning from wheeling Congress destroyed the equilibrium their decision to deploy these dangerous new President Johnson. It had become since an between the parties we had precariously missiles, but I fear that they will not. Unfortu- article of faith in Turkish politics that this maintained; it legislated a heavy-handed nately, restraint has not been a common fea- submission to American preferences had arms embargo against Turkey that de- ture of Cyprus' history. In light of this, I am been unwise and would never be repeated. I stroyed all possibility of American medi- ation—at a cost from which we have not re- very troubled that Russia will allow this sale to had always taken it for granted that the next communal crisis in Cyprus would pro- covered to this day. . . . go forward. Russia is a member of the United voke Turkish intervention. What I learn from this is that we do a dis- Nations Security Council, and I simply cannot Makarios nevertheless continued to play understand why President Yeltsin would per- with fire. In 1972 he introduced Czech arms service to ourselves and to the cause of mit these missiles to be sent into this explo- on the island for the apparent purpose of cre- peace in Cyprus by being too quick to take sive environmentÐparticularly after repeated ating a private paramilitary unit to counter- sides in the matter. The situation requires a Security Council resolutions expressing con- balance those set up by the constitution. In steady hand and an honest broker, and we do cern about the introduction of sophisticated 1974 he again took on the Greek-dominated not contribute either if the Congress of the weaponry in Cyprus, and admonitions to all National Guard in an effort to bring them United States is waving the flag of one of the under his control. Greece was then governed parties to the dispute. parties to avoid further expansion of military by a military junta, violently anti-Com- forces and armaments. munist, deeply suspicious of Makarios’s flir- I hope the President can persuade our Mr. Speaker, some of my colleagues and I tation with radical Third World countries, friends in Russia to adopt this same approach, have sent a letter today to the President urg- which it took to be a sign of his pro-Com- and to abandon this very dangerous new ing him to speak directly to President Yeltsin munist sympathies. It therefore encouraged transfer of weapons to Cyprus.