sign in sign up
<<
Home , James Arthur, Ventura Black Widows

2556 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

FUTURE OF THE FEDERAL OCS eluding those off the coasts of and 5-10 years from now? Can they be that con­ PROGRAM Florida. fident we will have an adequate energy The text of Mr. Huff's testimony follows: supply? If so, where do they think it will come from? TESTIMONY OF JOHN R. HUFF, PRESIDENT AND HON. JACK FIELDS CEO OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL Something must be terribly misunder­ OF TEXAS stood about our nation's offshore oil and gas Chairman Yates and members of the sub­ leasing program for it to be in such serious IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES committee. I am John R. Huff, President trouble. Consider the facts: 25 percent of and CEO of Oceaneering International of Wednesday, February 22, 1989 our domestic natural gas and 12 percent of Houston, Texas. Oceaneering, together with our oil is produced on the OCS in an envi­ Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, during his State its affiliate companies, is the world's largest ronmentally sound manner; the OCS pro­ of the Union Address, President George Bush publicly-owned underwater services contrac­ gram contributes an average of $2.6 billion announced his intention to delay leasing activ­ tor to the petroleum industry. We operate annually to the United States treasury since in 24 countries and employ approximately ity on certain Federal OCS lands off the 1,500 workers worldwide. 1954; the offshore industries employ thou­ coasts of California and Florida. Today, I am testifying on behalf of the sands, not only in Louisiana and Texas but Mr. Speaker, after years of moratoria and National Ocean Industries Association in Ohio and Pennsylvania; we created and other delays, it is time for the Federal OCS which represents over 325 companies en­ support a high tech industry in which America leads the world; and the OCS leas­ Leasing Program to move forward in the bal­ gaged in all aspects of offshore oil and gas exploration and development. My statement ing program is supported by the courts time anced manner that Congress required in the after time. Certain individuals in coastal OCS Lands Act Amendments of 1978. is supported by the International Associa­ tion of Drilling Contractors, the Interna­ communities choose to ignore these facts As the ranking minority member of the tional Association of Geophysical Contrac­ and instead, do whatever it takes to make Panama Canal/Outer Continental Shelf Sub­ tors, the Offshore Marine Service Associa­ enough noise and controversy to prevent committee, I have thoroughly reviewed every tion, and the Petroleum Equipment Suppli­ the opportunity to find additional energy aspect of the Federal OCS Program. There is ers Association. These groups represent supplies for our nation. no question that Federal lands off our coast, companies which provide the equipment, WE'RE ALL ENVIRONMENTALISTS, BUT NOT which belong to all Americans, can be ex­ services, and support required for offshore EXTREMISTS plored and developed in an environmentally energy development. Together we represent No one questions today's renewed commit­ sound manner. After all, the Federal OCS is approximately 2,200 companies and 250,000 ment to environmental protection. I, like employees. We come before this subcommit­ our Nation's safest energy extraction program. George Bush, am a environmentalist. This tee to state our opposition to the insertion concern for the environment and safety In fact, there has never been an oil spill re­ of OCS leasing and drilling moratoria in the sulting from a blowout in any of the more than should not surprise anyone. The people who FY90 Interior appropriation bill not only make up the offshore industries are the last 6,000 exploratory wells drilled in U.S. waters. because they directly impact our industries' ones in the world to tolerate a polluted Unless we have a viable OCS Program, our economic livelihood, but also because they ocean because we physically work out in the Nation will continue to become more and affect our nation's overall energy supply. ocean every day. We dislike oil spills just as more dependent on foreign oil. In fact, it has MORATORIA IS LIKE AN UNCONTROLLABLE much as anyone else. Don't you think I care been estimated that without new and signifi­ CANCER about the environment which my employees cant oil resources, we will be importing 60 to This subcommittee is no stranger to the dive in to perform underwater inspection 75 percent of our petroleum needs by the offshore oil and gas leasing controversy. work? Yes, we are environmentalists, but year 2000. Since 1981, you have chosen to block leasing that does not mean we don't support off­ Mr. Speaker, I find that prospect totally un­ on an annual basis in areas off California, shore oil and gas development. Florida, and New England. Last year, you We believe we can have both development acceptable and strongly believe that offshore expanded the New England moratorium and and environmental protection. Offshore leasing must go forward with due regard for took the unprecedented action of banning drilling is not what our opponents make it environmental protection. exploratory drilling on existing leases off out to be. Perhaps those fighting against With that goal in mind, I am today submit­ the coast of Florida which certain compa­ offshore development can be "kinder and ting for the RECORD outstanding testimony nies spent $108 million to obtain. This year gentler" with their arguments by using sci­ presented by Mr. John R. Huff, the president you are under pressure to do more of the entific, rational, and balanced reasoning in­ and CEO of Oceaneering International of same. In addition, you can expect to hear stead of extremist, emotional arguments. Houston, TX. Mr. Huff testified on Tuesday, calls for moratoria off Oregon, Washington, For example, they speak of using more nat­ New Jersey, and North Carolina, and for a ural gas because it is clean to burn, but do February 9, before the Subcommittee on Inte­ drilling ban on existing leases off Alaska. To they realize much of that natural gas will rior and Related Affairs on behalf of the Na­ avoid these yearly battles, some who are op­ come from the offshore? They say we can't tional Ocean Industries Association, the Inter­ posed to offshore leasing are now calling for have offshore development because of the national Association of Drilling Contractors, 10 year moratoria, and in some cases, per­ chance of an oil spill. They cite oil spills off the International Association of Geophysical manent moratoria. Washington State and in the Antarctic as Contractors, the Offshore Marine Service As­ What began as "just one more year of reasons to stop drilling. But they ignore our sociation and the Petroleum Equipment Sup­ moratoria to keep pressure on Interior to exceptionally safe record and equate tanker pliers Association. I would urge my colleagues settle our differences" has turned into an spills with drilling. Actually, the truth is, if uncontrollable cancer which threatens the we produce less oil domestically, there will to review this excellent testimony and to con­ energy supply of the United States. If not be more tankers bringing in imported oil template, as I have, the consequence of this stopped, it will soon spread to other areas as which will increase the risk of oil spills. Nation importing 75 percent of our petroleum well until there will not be any new domes­ Some Californians say we shouldn't have needs. I would remind my colleagues that a tic leasing or drilling where the smallest bit drilling off their state because it pollutes disruption of less than 6 percent of our energy of opposition exists. There seems to be a the air but, at the same time, they allow supplies in 1978-79 led this Nation down the foolproof formula to stop offshore develop­ fishing and pleasure boats to go unregulated disastrous road of double-digit inflation, high­ ment: and drive their over 20 million cars 215 bil­ interest rates, negative productivity, and mas­ Leasing/ Drilling Proposal+ Coastal lion miles a year. Medical wastes wash up on Opposition+ Media Coverage+ Local Official beaches and it's suddenly a reason not to sive unemployment. Response= Congressional Moratoria have offshore drilling. They want alterna­ History need not repeat itself if we have a I wonder whether these public officials tive energy sources but don't speak of the sound and rational energy policy that includes are aware that the decisions they are economic reality of developing them. They the development of our Federal OCS lands in- making today will affect our energy supply demand conservation, but what do you do in

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. February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2557 the meantime? Have you ever fueled your and what their competitors are doing: If IN HONOR OF ENGINEERS WEEK car with conservation? I can go on and on Congress enacts a moratorium in an area, with these arguments. I do not mean to dis­ all that work is put on the shelf, and the miss them but want merely to point out time and money is wasted and no new oil HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. they must be discussed in a more rational and gas is found. Then consider if a lease OF OHIO manner. sale is held and the company bids several IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There are justified environmental con­ million dollars for the right to apply for a cerns with offshore drilling. That is why permit to explore a tract but Congress Wednesday, February 22, 1989 there are stringent safety rules and regula­ places a drilling ban on that area. This con­ Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tions in place, lengthy federal, state, and tinues year after year and spreads to other local permitting processes, and extensive en­ to pay tribute to a group of fell ow countrymen areas until there is no certainty or predict­ that have been a vital part of making this vironmental studies. We support reasonable ability. If I were an oil company official, I regulation to ensure environmental safety, Nation a true world power, the engineers who but we must not go beyond reason in an at­ would not choose to invest in these areas. I have led our country from a small agrarian tempt to create a zero-risk society. I can't would go somewhere else. nation to an international technological and swear that an oil spill won't occur from ex­ Well, that somewhere else is abroad. The economic leader. ploratory drilling, but I can say the likeli­ United States must compete with other na­ Every year, the week containing George hood of a spill is extremely remote and if tions of the world for the billions of dollars Washington's Birthday is officially declared one did occur, it would be cleaned up. Does invested each year by the oil industry. Since "Engineers Week" by the National Society of that mean we shouldn't have offshore drill­ the domestic investment climate is worsen­ ing? No one can guarantee the plane you fly ing, companies are spending more and more Professional Engineers. That week was in won't crash, the car you drive won't be in of their money outside the country. As chosen in honor of our first President, be­ an accident, or you won't be struck by light­ money for drilling leaves, so do companies cause George Washington is said to be the ning on the golf course, but that does not in the oilfield service industry, taking with first American engineer and land surveyor. stop you from participating in these activi­ them jobs, technology, and investment cap­ Throughout the country during the week of ties. The same logic should be used for off­ ital. Historically, one-third of the sales of February 19-25, there will be a series of shore drilling. the United States oilfield industry were for­ events intended to cast light on the impor­ WON'T STOP UNTIL NO LEASING IS PROPOSED eign, today it is up to one-half. Recently, for tance of engineers and scientists in this coun· the first time, the international rig count try and throughout the world, on their past This subcommittee has addressed the was higher than the U.S. count. Ironically, achievements, and their future aspirations. OCS leasing issue for the past seven years. we pay twice for the loss; not only do we Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that we recog­ During that time, how many times have you lose domestic investment, we pay billions of heard moratoria supporters come up with nize the importance of the engineering field to dollars a year for the oil found abroad as it our country's future. In a time when we are an acceptable solution to allow drilling to is imported into the country. It's amazing to faced with ever-increasing foreign competition, occur? What has happened instead have examine the differences between the U.S. been one-sided compromises by the Depart­ and other nations. Other countries want it is an absolute necessity that we give our ment of the Interior in the form of massive drilling so badly they are granting royalty fullest support to the promotion of technical acreage deferrals, sale delays, and cancella­ education and research in the United States. tions. It seems every time Interior gives in a holidays and improved contract terms with new tax and financial incentives. In a small way, let us begin today by paying little, they want more. Currently, 75 percent tribute to those who have undertaken this of the California OCS is off limits to leas­ ing. That, they say, is still not enough. TIME FOR A SOLUTION honorable profession, and let us keep in mind the further support and encouragement we What exactly will please them? The answer This controversy has been going on long can provide from our seats in Congress. To is they won't be pleased until no leasing is enough. We are allowing a few vocal coastal proposed. This is their true goal. There is residents to override our nation's need to de­ the engineers of America we extend to you even legislation in both the House and velop dependable energy resources. Mem­ our sincere appreciation and admiration for a Senate to turn offshore California into an bers of Congress from interior states have job well done. Ocean Sanctuary which would ban all OCS leasing and drilling forever. Is this their been deferring to their coastal colleagues idea of a kinder, gentler nation? far too long. What we need now is a solu­ tion. Under the leadership of George Bush FEDERAL RETIREES FAIRNESS It appears to be the same old tactics ACT OF 1989 which only serve to polarize the issue. and Manuel Lujan it is our hope we can end these yearly moratoria battles. We agree AN INDUSTRY HEADING FOR FRIENDLIER SHORES with Secretary Lujan who said at his confir­ HON. JAMES J. FLORIO mation hearing, "We must lower our voices As described above, the offshore oil and so we may hear each other." Continuing the OF NEW JERSEY gas industry is not welcomed in many parts moratoria battle will not solve the problem IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of this country. The only predictable area to operate offshore in the United States is in or quiet the controversy, but only serve to Wednesday, February 22, 1989 perpetuate the conflict. Wouldn't our ener­ the Central and Western parts of the Gulf Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, I am introducing of Mexico where over 90 percent of all OCS gies be better spent on finding a rational so­ lution to this problem? today a bill to expedite the processing of re­ drilling has taken place. There is more oil tirement applications of Federal employees. and gas to be found in the Gulf, but there In 1978, after the first oil crisis, Congress are huge deposits of oil and gas thought to amended the OCS Lands Act to call for the This legislation will help Federal employees be elsewhere on the OCS, especially off expeditious development of the outer conti­ who wish to retire by requiring both the Feder­ California. Unfortunately, access to those nental shelf. Unfortunately, impediments al agencies where they are employed and the areas has been stymied. Frankly, the cli­ such as moratoria prevent the execution of Office of Personnel Management [OPM] to mate to operate in the United States is that mandate. It is Secretary Lujan's job to process retirement applications in a more worsening. Compared to other nations, the implement that law now. He has a very dif­ timely manner. United States is already a high-cost area in ficult challenge ahead of him for he must There are currently over 2.6 million Federal which to operate. Implementation of mora­ balance two seemingly divergent goals-de­ workers in the United States, and over 74,000 toria make it even more expensive and less velopment and protection. As you know, attractive. · Federal workers in my home State, New Consider what an oil and gas company anytime you reach a balance, neither side is Jersey. About 200,000 annuity and refund ap­ must be going through today. Once a lease going to be 100 percent satisfied. We must plications will be sent to the OPM from vari­ sale is proposed on the Five-Year Program, accept we will not get everything we want, ous Federal agencies this year, and it is only time, money, and people are invested in and leasing opponents should be prepared fair that these individuals receive their pay­ to accept the same. Given this understand­ preparation for that sale. Years ahead of a ments promptly. sale, geological information must be gath­ ing, there should be no need to perpetuate these moratorium battles. Let's allow the Before I discuss the need for this bill and its ered and analyzed and drilling and produc­ specific provisions, I want to thank my col­ tion technology developed. Because compa­ Secretary of the Interior the opportunity to nies have limited budgets they must exam­ carry out the law so we can develop energy leagues in the House who have joined me as ine all available areas and then decide what resources for the nation and protect the en­ original cosponsors. I know that, with almost looks best for them considering their budget vironment. 50 original cosponsors, a large number of us

29-059 0-90-38 (Pt. 2) 2558 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 have heard from constituents regarding the The agencies retirement statistics that we months prior to the planned retirement date, unconscionably late payment of pension ben­ have obtained show that the delays that many at the latest. efits to Federal retirees. Members on both retirees experience are not the fault of the Third, the bill requires Federal agencies to sides of the aisle would like to ensure that OPM . As I understand the process, the OPM ensure that, within 180 days of the date that these retirees are treated fairly by the Govern­ must wait for each retiree's agency to provide an employee joins the agency, each new em­ ment that they have faithfully served. his or her retirement records and supporting ployee's personnel file is up to date. I think it Particularly, I would like to thank my distin­ documentation before they can authorize the is essential that agencies verify information in guished colleague and chairman of the Select first annuity check, refund or death benefits. an employee's file subsequent to hiring, to Committee on Aging, ED ROYBAL, for his sup­ When this has been done, the Treasury De­ prevent time-consuming investigations that port and assistance on this legislation. partment processes the check, and the Postal must take place prior to retirement when mis­ Also, I commend Senators HEINZ and Service delivers it-usually within 20 days. GRASSLEY for introducing this legislation today The data that the OPM has recently provid­ takes in personnel files are discovered years in the Senate. Mr. HEINZ is committed to im­ ed to us shows that in December 1988 only after they have been made. proving the current system which does not 61 percent of the retirement applications Fourth, my legislation requires the OPM to serve our Federal retirees adequately. made by all Federal agencies were received make annual reports to Congress on Federal Mr. Speaker, last year this legislation was by the OPM within 30 days after the retiree agency processing of retirement, refund, and introduced in the House and received the co­ left the agency. Some 25 percent were re­ death benefit applications. The OPM must sponsorship of 75 Representatives, and it was ceived between 31 and 60 days of separation, also report on the time it takes the OPM to broadly supported in the Senate, as well. The and 14 percent were received after 60 days. process the applications and authorize the an­ bills were introduced at the end of June and Although these figures represent some im­ nuity payments. This should provide Congress because of the committees' very full sched­ provement from December 1987, the past with a better record of good and poor per­ ules and with so little time available on the year has revealed fluctuating percentages formance in the future. floor, consideration of this important measure within a consistently poor performance record Fifth, this legislation mandates that agen· was postponed. It is my sincere hope, howev­ for most agencies. In addition, these statistics cies with poor records of providing retirement, er, that the 101 st Congress will move this bill do not show the number of applications and refund, and death benefit applications to quickly through committee and demand action documentations that were incomplete and OPM, will have to prepare a corrective action from Federal agencies by passing this legisla­ could not be processed. We simply cannot be plan, which specifies actions that will be taken tion. proud of this record of service and the difficul­ by the agency to correct the problems creat­ I am pleased to state that my legislation is ties caused to so many retirees. ing delays. Each agency's inspector general also supported by the OPM, the National As­ Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that will review its corrective action plan and work sociation of Retired Federal Employees, the two tables which show the performance of with the agency to improve the application American Federation of Government Employ­ Federal agencies in providing applications to process. ees, and the National Federation of Federal the OPM be included in the RECORD following Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to state that this Employees. I am not aware of any opposition my remarks. bill will not cost any money. I am informed to this bill. Mr. Speaker, my bill amends title 5 of the that Federal agencies have the personnel to Mr. Speaker, the basic objective of this leg­ United States Code to mandate that Federal process applications in a timely manner. If we islation is to direct all Federal agencies to do agencies take corrective action to improve learn that improvements are not possible be­ a better job of processing the applications and their performance. To begin, agencies are in­ cause resources are the reason for delays, supporting documentation of employees who structed to provide, in a consistent and timely plan to retire, request refunds, or who die and manner, retirement counseling to advise retir­ then at least Congress will be informed and have families with rights to certain benefits. ees of the necessary procedures that they can make decisions on other ways to correct This is necessary because we have discov­ must follow to collect benefits. I believe it is this unacceptable situation. ered a very poor record of agency timeliness necessary to instruct agencies to carry out Mr. Speaker, this is the beginning of a new and effectiveness. In fact, many retirees wait this task within 4 months of the intended date Congress and I look forward to working with 6 months or more for their first retirement of separation, at the very latest. the Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv­ check to arrive. It's obvious that for most indi­ Second, this legislation requires that once a ice and particularly the distinguished chairman viduals, a delayed retirement check would be Federal agency has been notified by an em­ of the Subcommittee on Compensation and as difficult to handle as a delayed pay check. ployee of his or her intention to retire, that Employee Benefits, Mr. ACKERMAN , to move Individuals who do not receive retirement agency must take the necessary steps in an­ this bill through the legislative process. It is checks on time are often forced to use sav­ ticipation of the employee's separation to ex­ only fair to Federal retirees, for Congress to ings; borrow from family, friends, or financial pedite the processing of the application and act immediately to correct this serious prob­ institutions; or go without some necessities. other pape~ork . This process must occur 4 lem.

AGING OF SEPARATIONS- DECEMBER 1988 ANALYSIS

Governmentwide trends 0 to 30 days 31 to 60 days Over 60 days Total Number of Number of records Number of Percent Percent Percent records records records

December 1987 ...... 3.722 56 1.732 26 1,216 18 6,670 March 1988 ...... 5,079 45 3,342 29 3,026 26 11,447 June 1988 5,965 63 2,320 24 1,277 13 9,562 September 1988 4,938 60 2,263 28 984 12 8,185 December 1988 3,517 61 1,437 25 781 14 5.735

BIG 13 AGENCY PER FORMAN CE FOR RECORDS SUBMITIED WITHIN 30 DAYS

Number of covered December 1987 March 1988 June 1988 September 1988 December 1988 employees {percent) {percent) {percent) (percent) (percent) {September 1988)

Post Office 754,667 83 81 83 72 78 Army 382,587 45 40 66 61 57 Navy ...... 301.207 44 30 52 52 53 Air Force ...... 249 ,631 75 54 64 62 71 Veterans' Administration ...... 215.749 68 77 86 86 73 Agriculture ...... 170,535 44 26 59 57 66 February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2559 BIG 13 AGENCY PERFORMANCE FOR RECORDS SUBMITIED WITHIN 30 DAYS-Continued

Number of covered December 1987 March 1988 June 1988 September 1988 December 1988 employees ( t) (September 1988) percen (percent) (percent ) (percent) (percent)

Treasury ...... 161 ,618 1 2 5 2 10 Health and Human Services 113,786 40 1 19 49 56 Justice ...... 71,746 30 9 30 39 34 Transportation ...... 61.733 30 29 60 74 55 Interior ...... 53,430 48 34 62 66 46 Army Corrs of Engineers ...... 39,485 36 38 73 64 62 District o Columbia government 30,559 5 5 18 17 7

Source: Compiled by the Office of Personnel Management [OPM].

Thank you for joining me in expressing our ap­ buckling strength of straight columns had a profound impact on the designs of aircraft, SALUTING THE VISITING NURSE preciation to these dedicated professionals and volunteers. ships, and bridges. He published pr~fusely. ASSOCIATION OF THE INLAND With a reputation second only to his men­ COUNTIES tor's, in 1912 he was invited to organize an TRIBUTE TO DR. THEODORE aeronautics institute at Aachen, Germany HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. VON KARMAN and taught there until World War I, when OF CALIFORNIA he acted as director for research for the Austrian Air Service. Between the end of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS the war and 1929, he served as Director of Wednesday, February 22, 1989 OF CALIFORNIA the Aachen Aeronautics Institute and pur­ Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sued research in the frictional resistance of fluids. By the end of the decade he had February 19 to 25, 1989, has been designated Wednesday, February 22, 1989 equalled Prandtl's stature as a research aer­ "National Visiting Nurse Associations Week." I Mr. HAWKINS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to odynamacist, attracting students from every would like to ask my colleagues to join me in pay a tribute to one of our Nation's brilliant part of the world. saluting the nurses, aides, therapists, social scientific minds, Dr. Theodore von Karman, Von Karman's fame spread to America, workers, and support staff who comprise Visit­ who was the founder of modern American where the science of aeronautical research ing Nurse Associations, for their valuable con­ aerodynamics. Dr. von Karman passed away had not yet reached the degree of sophisti­ tributions to their communities. in 1963, shortly after President John F. Ken­ cation it had in Europe. To remedy the situ­ ation in 1926 Harry Guggenheim, President The more than 500 Visiting Nurse Associa­ nedy awarded him the first National Science tions around the Nation are made up of health of th~ Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion Medal. Yet, today there is little recognition for of Aeronautics, established the Danial Gug­ care professionals and volunteers who make the contributions of this scientific pioneer. genheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the vital home care available to the neediest of I would like to submit to the record a brief California Institute of Technology our citizens. Visiting Nurse Associations pro­ story by Dr. Michael H. Gorn on Dr. von California and Aachen. Finally, in 1929 he Nurse Associations Week," many patients accepted the GALCIT directorship, both to would not be able to choose the preferred On May 11, 1989 all people interested in escape the Nazi tide at Aachen and to take the origins of powered flight should observe option of home care if it were not for commu­ advantage of Guggenheim's generosity. the 108th anniversary of the birth of one of During the 1930s von Karman exerted a nity based, nonprofit, visiting nurse associa­ America's greatest scientific minds, a pio­ tions." significant influence over aeronautical re­ neer researcher in aircraft design, propul­ search and development in his adopted I would especially like to salute the Visiting sion, and rocketry. Theodore von Karman, country:1 Due largely to his efforts, Cal Nurse Association of the Inland Counties born in Budapest, Hungary on May 11, 1881, Tech came to rival Gottingen and Aachen [VNAIC] and its affiliate, Ramona VNA and was the son of Maurice von Karman, distin­ as centers of advanced aviation studies. Hospice. They have been providing home guished Professor of Education at the Uni­ Indeed, Southern California became the health care to the citizens in my district for versity of Budapest. Past generations of hub of the nation's aircraft industry thanks Karmans had simple Jewish roots; his pater­ in part to the brainpower assembled by von more than 58 years. The VNAIC is a nonprofit, nal grandfather had been a tailor for Hun­ United Way member organization dedicated to Karman in Pasadena. At the request of the garian noblemen. Maurice von Karman re­ Army Air Corps, in 1938 he and his students providing quality care in the comfort and con­ ceived his title of nobility for sweeping re­ venience of the home setting. In addition to undertook a project to develop liquid and forms he instituted in the Hungarian school solid rocket engines for jet-assisted take-off traditional home health, the VNAIC offers pro­ system. Although Theodore showed genius of aircraft. The solid rocket motors proved grams in home maintenance for seniors, as in mathematics at a very early age, his so successful that in 1942, unable to interest well as programs on hypertension, education, father insisted he receive a liberal education any existing firms in rocketry, von Karman health insurance advocacy, and early interven­ before narrowing his sights on the sciences. and five colleagues formed Aerojet Engi­ After several years of home tutoring and neering . Two years later, Cal Tech re­ studied at the Budapest Royal Polytechnic ceived a contract from the Army Ordnance "Loving Care Award" presentation to recog­ Institute, and in 1902 took a degree with the nize the mothers, wives, husbands, volun­ Departmernt to develop tactical ballistic highest honors in mechanical engineering. missiles resulting in the official restructur­ teers, and attendants from San Bernardino For the next four years he taught at his ing of GALCIT as the Jet Propulsion Labo­ and Riverside Counties. These are the people alma mater. ratory . Von Karman served as JPL's who, working with the VNAIC staff, cope with Von Karman then pursued the study of first director. the difficulties of providing a safe environment aerodynamics under one of the discipline's His crowning service to the nation began founding giants, Professor Ludwig Prandtl in fall 1944, at which time he agreed to act for a loved one. I will not be able to join my of Gottingen University, Germany, and re­ friends from the VNAIC on that day, but I ceived the doctor of philosophy there in wanted to recognize their efforts and share 1908. Von Karman's brilliant mathematical 'Von Karman became an American citizen in their stories of courage with my colleagues. inquiries on aerodynamic drag and on the 1936. 2560 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 as scientific advisor for the commanding credibly, Mr. McCullum's case has spent more ·unbeknownst to many of us. For a variety of general of the Army Air Forces, Henry H. than five seasons before the Board. socio-economic reasons, the ranks of volun­ Arnold. At Arnold's urging von Karman as­ In professional football there is a 5-yard teer fire departments are dwindling. While a sembled a select group of scientists to tour penalty for delay of game. If we were to the world and issue a report on the future recent study prepared on volunteer firefighters of military aeronautics. Von Karman cap­ impose a similar penalty against the Board for concludes that the overall number of volun­ sulized the predictions in a famous study delay of case, the Board would probably be teers appears stable, a spokesman for the known as Toward New Horizons, and in the backed up to the Golden Gate Bridge. National Volunteer Fire Council points out that process of compiling it, launched the first of Mr. McCullum's case does not involve hot neighboring departments can be in radically the permanent peacetime science advisory cargo agreements, secondary boycotts, or different positions with regard to the number groups, the United States Air Force Scien­ other complex sections of the act which labor of volunteers. Because of a smaller percent­ tific Advisory Board. lawyers sometimes have trouble interpreting. Von Karman devoted the last decade of age of farmers and shift workers in the United This case involves the discharge of one indi­ States, the number of people who were for­ his life to founding and chairing the NATO vidual. The National Labor Relations Act pro­ Advisory Group on Aeronautical Research merly available to volunteer during the day and Development. In February 1963-just tects the right of workers to engage in union has fallen. Volunteers must also travel further activities whether their job is catching foot­ three months before his death-President distances from the workplace to either the balls in the NFL or catching sides of beef at John F. Kennedy awarded him the first Na­ firehouse or directly to a fire. The bottom line IBP. tional Science Medal. Twenty-five years is that something must be done to encourage later the name von Karman still resonates I am pleased to report that last week, final­ new volunteers to join, if Americans want to in the minds of colleagues, students, and ly, after almost 5 1 2 years, the Board issued a friends with memories of his kindness, wit, decision in the Sam McCullum case. The continue to receive fire protection from volun­ and extraordinary genius for the science of Board affirmed the administrative law judge's teer departments. flight. ruling that the Seahawks football club unlaw­ As a means of assisting departments in re­ fully discharged Sam McCullum in September cruiting new members, the Volunteer Firefight­ 1982 because of his union activities. ers Tax Credit Act of 1988 will provide volun­ AN NLRB DECISION IN THE SAM teer firefighters and rescue squad personnel McCULLUM CASE Sam McCullum put his faith in the system and risked his career. Although he eventually with a $100 Federal tax credit. This credit will won the case, he lost because of the inordi­ also help to defray the often unreimbursed HON. TOM LANTOS nate delay by the NLRB in deciding his case. costs that volunteers incur as a result of their OF CALIFORNIA Backpay cannot compensate him for those service. For instance, a volunteer may often IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lost seasons. respond to a call directly from work, without We have reached a point where legal rights being able to stop at the firehouse to change Wednesday, February 22, 1989 given to workers to organize are in jeopardy into gear. As a result, street clothes may often Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, last month, like because of the NLRB's failure to issue timely have to be cleaned or replaced. millions of Americans, I watched the San decisions. Volunteer fire service enjoys a long history Francisco 49ers' exciting Super Bowl victory I am deeply troubled by the system in place in this Nation. It counts George Wash!ngton, over Cincinnati. The game had particular inter­ at the Board for processing and deciding Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin among est to me since Candlestick Park, the home of cases. There appears to be no logic, order, its founding members. It is a form of public the 49ers, is just outside my congressional rhyme or reason, and no deadline as to when service that embodies the American values of district. While watching San Francisco wide a case will be decided. Accordingly, I have democracy and patriotism. My legislation receiver Jerry Rice make his usual unbeliev­ asked the General Accounting Office [GAO] seeks to continue this tradition and ensure able, acrobatic catches, I thought about an­ to undertake a major study and analysis of the continued protection of our property and other wide receiver, Sam McCullum, whose system in place at the Board level for proc­ safety. football career took a different turn. essing and deciding cases. I hope to find out, H.R.- Last July, Sam Mccullum, testified before with GAO's assistance, why workers are being the Government Operations Subcommittee on forced to wait years before cases affecting Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Employment and Housing, which I chair, at an their livelihood and the economic well-being of their families are decided by the NLRB. America in Congress assembled, That (a) oversight hearing on delays by the National subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of Labor Relations Board [NLRB] in deciding chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of cases. His outstanding testimony helped VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS TAX 1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal dramatize the impact that inordinate delays by CREDIT ACT OF 1989 credits) is amended by inserting after sec­ the NLRB in deciding cases have on. people's tion 25 the following new section: lives and careers. HON.THOMASJ.DOWNEY "SEC. 25A. CREDIT FOR ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIRE­ Sam McCullum,· a veteran wide receiver FIGHTERS. OF NEW YORK with the Seattle Seahawks football team, was "(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.-In the case of discharged by the Seahawks in September IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an individual who is a volunteer firefighter, 1982, allegedly because of his union activities. Wednesday, February 22, 1989 there shall be allowed a credit of $100 against the tax imposed by this chapter. His case was fully investigated by the general Mr. DOWNEY. Mr. Speaker, I am introduc­ counsel's office of the NLRB and a decision "(b) DEFINITION.-For purposes of this ing the Volunteer Firefighters Tax Credit Act section, the term 'volunteer firefighter' to issue a complaint was made within 2 of 1989 today, which will provide a tax credit means any individual who- weeks. Following a hearing and the submis­ of $100 to volunteer firefighters or volunteer " ( 1) for the taxable year is an active sion of briefs, an NLRB administrative law rescue squad members. member of a qualified volunteer fire depart­ judge needed only 3 1 2 months to issue a de­ Since the inception of this Nation in the ment

• • .. _J • "' .- • .J • • •• -.. • - ..... • ' February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2575 a stable, regular source of health care protec­ SUPREME COURT'S RICHMOND than one percent of the city's business. tion can be life saving. RULING UNDERMINES AFFIRM­ After it was passed, black contractors got ATIVE ACTION the required 30 percent. But as soon as the As the Select Committee on Children, lower courts threw out the ordinance, offi­ Youth, and Families has learned, debilitating cials say, the percentage once again dropped illness or disability does not discriminate on HON. HOWARD WOLPE to less than one percent. the basis of age. And today, the frightening re­ OF MICHIGAN Michigan officials are hoping that the ality is that more children are unprotected IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES state's affirmative action law will stand. The than ever before. Wednesday, February 22, 1989 set-aside program requires that 7 percent of Poor disabled children are especially vulner­ all purchasing and construction grants go to Mr. WOLPE. Mr. Speaker, the Supreme minority-owned .business and 5 percent go to able. Only half of all poor children and 60 per­ Court's recent decision to overturn a Rich­ businesses owned by women. State contracts cent of low-income disabled children are cov­ mond, VA, set-aside program strikes a severe awarded to women and minorities increased ered by Medicaid. For low-income families, the blow to the struggle for racial justice in our from $34 million in 1982 to $114.6 million in cost of routine medical care or care for a country. Affirmative action efforts such as 1987. minor illness or surgery can be catastrophic. Richmond's have been indispensable to ongo­ Righting the wrongs of racial discrimina­ And without adequate insurance, the only al­ ing efforts to correct the economic and social tion remains one of this nation's most diffi­ ternative often becomes more costly institu­ inequities which centuries of racial discrimina­ cult, agonizing problems. The cancer of tionalization. tion have engendered. racism has its tentacles deep in the vital A recent exceptionally thoughtful editorial in organs of our society and economy. And its The legislation we introduced earlier this the Kalamazoo Gazette exposes the illogic ravages can be seen in the continued exclu­ month would correct the highly restrictive dis­ and insensitivity of the Supreme Court's sion of many minorities from the main­ ability, income and asset limitations which cur­ recent majority opinion and, in my view, is de­ stream of American life, including its eco­ rently exclude most eligible children from the serving of the attention of my House col­ nomic life. SSI Program. and as a result Medicaid. The leagues. In 1965, former President Johnson spelled bill would require the Social Security Adminis­ [From the Kalamazoo Gazette, Jan. 29, out the need for affirmative action to begin tration to conduct individualized assessments 1989] to redress past actions: "You do not wipe of each child, assume presumptive disability out scars of centuries by saying 'now you're for children age 3 or younger with congenital RICHMOND RULING BLOW TO AFFIRMATION free to go where you want and do as you ACTION or genetic problems, require the Secretary to desire,'," he said. "You do not take a person It would be great if this were a colorblind who for years has been hobbled by chains immediately publish the childhood mental im­ and liberate him, bringing him up to the pairment listings and review all childhood list­ society. But no bending of rose-colored glasses can produce that effect, no matter starting line of a race and then say 'you're ings so that they take into account the age of how U.S. Supreme Court justices might free to compete,' and justly believe that you the child. The bill also makes important modi­ wish it were so. have been completely fair." fications in the way family income and re­ The Supreme Court decision last week The race-consciousness of · affirmative sources are counted to ensure that children overturning a Richmond, Va., affirmative action plans is much like chemotherapy-a and families in need are adequately served. action plan designed to aid minority con­ necessary step to rid our democracy of an tractors has placed an unfortunate cloud illness that threatens our very life as a In addition, many impoverished elderly and over efforts to remedy the still-present ef­ nation. Like chemotherapy, affirmative disabled adults are excluded from the SSI fects of past racial discrimination. Although action can be difficult to swallow. Like Program because the allowable asset limit is the decision dealt specifically with a munici­ chemotherapy, it's only something you'd very low. Even when an individual is deemed pality's set-aside program, it places all other take if you are sick. Affirmative action is an eligible, the current level of Federal assist­ similar efforts, whether public or private, in antidote to rid the body of a toxin before doubt. healing can take place. ance does not provide recipients with an Like it or not, the nation's highest court income that even brings them up to the pover­ was probably speaking for many Americans It is hard to argue with Justice Antonin ty line. when it, in effect, declared by fiat that the Scalia's assertion that "The difficulty of playing field is, indeed, level. And, further, overcoming the effects of past discrimina­ H.R. 866, the SSI Benefit Improvements that affirmative action can only be applied tion is as nothing compared with the diffi­ Amendments of 1989 raises the SSI Federal when it is a specific remedy-"give that con­ culty of eradicating from our society the benefit standard level to the poverty line and tractor a job"-to a specific set of proven source of those effects, which is the tenden­ raises the asset limit to reflect inflation. H.R. acts of discrimination-"on such and such a cy-fatal to a nation such as ours-to classi­ 867, the SSI Technical Amendments of 1989 date, this contractor was wrongfully denied fy and judge men and women on the basis of a job." It cannot take into consideration the makes eligibility determination less stringent their country of origin or the color of their reality that if there is little potential of get­ skin. A solution to the first problem that ag­ by easing up on bureaucratic obstacles and ting jobs, the contractor won't be in busi­ gravates the second is no solution at all. unfair asset and income limitations. ness at all. Certainly there is a dynamic tension be­ Reality is on the side of Justice Thurgood tween the 14th Amendment to the Constitu­ I would like to thank the National Center for Marshall, who said in his dissent that "A Youth Law in San Francisco, the California majority of this court signals that it regards tion-the equal protection clause-and af­ Rural Legal Assistance Program, Community racial discrimination as largely a phenome­ firmative action. And yet those programs Legal Services of Philadelphia, and the Na­ non of the past and that government bodies were devised to heal a society which, by its need no longer preoccupy themselves with actions and inactions, did not allow the Con­ tional Mental Health Law Project for their tire­ stitution to function as it was written. less efforts to bring these important issues to rectifying racial injustice. The battle against pernicious racial discrimination or our attention. To declare that this is a colorblind society, its effects is nowhere near won." is to whistle in the dark. To pretend that I urge my colleagues to support this legisla­ Like Henry L. Marsh, former Richmond the cancer of racism that has embedded tion and assure its timely passage. These mayor, we believe affirmative action laws itself in our national soul isn't there is measures provide one way to ameliorate pov­ like that tossed out by the Supreme Court eqully fallacious. have been one of the best ways to assure erty among disabled elderly and disabled that blacks share in the American economic Despite the ruling, efforts to open the eco­ adults. and to reduce the traumas of child­ dream. "One of the best ways to cut black nomic mainstream to all must continue. hood disability and assure that families are unemployment is to build up black business­ More than ever, public and private institu­ given every opportunity to stay together. es and we were doing that, making real tions and employers must remain committed progress. A court decision like yesterday's is to battling the complex and subtle lingering very, very damaging," Marsh told The New effects of racism. The quest to level the York Times. playing field must go on. Before the Richmond ordinance was And some day, this society could become passed, black contractors were getting less truly colorblind. 2576 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 A TRIBUTE TO DONALD RIGGS serve, Reverend Albers found time to serve The strike was not settled amicably. The on the Pinellas County School Board for 16 School Board fired the striking teachers and HON.DOUG WALGREN years. He has served on the boards of the hired substitutes. "We had to hold our YMCA, United Way, little league baseball and ground," Albers said. "and I know the teach­ OF PENNSYLVANIA ers did not agree with that, but it had to be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES football associations, the American Legion, done." Veterans of Foreign War, Kiwanis Club, Pinel­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 That crisis had barely passed when a fed­ las Association of Retarded Children, and the eral court ordered the School Board to Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, it gives me St. Petersburg Junior College. He also helped begin busing students to integrate the tremendous pleasure to have this opportunity found and manage three highrise residential schools. During that period. Albers was to stand before my colleagues here in the Lutheran retirement centers in Pinellas County elected chairman of the board. House of Representatives and pay tribute to a and was the founder and is still the chaplain "I felt that, as God-fearing people, we had close personal friend, Donald Riggs. of the Swanholm Nursing Home in St. Peters­ to comply with the law, which was morally On February 28, 1989, the Myasthenia burg. right," he said. "I believed firmly that there had to be equality in the schools and that Gravis Association of western Pennsylvania Following my remarks, I would like to in­ busing was the way the courts wanted it will present Donald Riggs with the 1989 Art clude a recent article by Jeanne Pugh of the done." Pallan Humanitarian Award for Community St. Petersburg Times which chronicles Rever­ The ensuing conflict proved to be even Service and Volunteerism. end Albers' years of community services and more bitter than the teachers strike, he This award was established on May 4, commemorates his retirement as pastor at the said. "My car tires were slashed, my house 1982, in the name of Arthur E. Pallan in rec­ Garden of Peace Lutheran Church. The article was egged, they burned my front lawn with ognition for distinguished community service. reassures his friends and neighbors that al­ tire tracks. They put up signs labeling us­ The award proclaims: though he is retiring, Reverend Albers will be the School Board members-as skunks. And no less active. He plans to continue his work they harassed my children-even though Acknowledging that Art Pallan exempli­ our three youngest were among the first to fies the essence of integrity, sincerity, and as chaplain at Swanholm, he will become be bused from the north side to the south commitment that are needed by the people headmaster and chaplain of the Garden of side of town." to unify our ability to change and to endure. Peace preschool he founded 32 years ago, Albers served 16 years on the board, in­ • • • And honoring Art Pallan because of and he is even thinking about returning to cluding five as chairman. But in 1982, he his personal warmth, depth of belief and Stetson Law School to finish work on a law was defeated by a fellow Republican in the strength of character which have led him to degree. primaries. By then, he had won back the serve as an affirmative advocate, supporting Mr. Speaker, the dedication Reverend confidence of the teachers and was endorsed individual rights and dignity, providing im­ by the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Associa­ petus to the caring services, and enriching Albers has shown over the years to improving the quality of life of the people of Pinellas tion. But his opponent. Wally Voege, who communication between the people. won in the general election, defeated Albers County can be an inspiration to other commu­ It is certainly true that Don exhibits similar by charging that Albers was too strong an nity leaders throughout our Nation. It is that extraordinary personal qualities and exemplary advocate of busing, that he was opposed to spirit of service I want to share with my col­ public service. The Pittsburgh community has teaching creationism and permitting orga­ leagues today in addition to wishing Reverend benefited greatly from Don's professional and nized prayer in the schools and that he was Albers and his wife Doris all the best in their not sensitive to school needs in northern volunteer contributions. Not only has Don as­ retirement years. Pinellas County. sisted the Myasthenia Gravis Association of [From the St. Petersburg Times-Dec. 31, Albers laughs about it now. Back then, he western Pennsylvania, but has contributed his 1988) admits, the defeat hurt. "But it was a bless­ time, talent and resources to multiple commu­ ing in disguise," he said. "I didn't realize nity and human service agencies, such as the ARTHUR LIBBY ALBERS' YEARS IN ST. PETERS­ how much I needed to relax." BURG HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY Spina Bifida Association and Special Olym­ One benefit, he said, is that a neuromus­ SERVICE cular problem in his right leg has disap­ pics. Bill Young suggested YMCA, United Way, Little League baseball NITY SERVICE that I run for a seat on the School Board," and football, American Legion, Veterans of he recalled last week. "I said no-but then I Foreign Wars, Kiwanis Club, Pinellas Asso­ started thinking about it. So I called the ciation for Retarded Children and St. Pe­ HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG woman who was chairman of the School tersburg Junior College. OF FLORIDA Board at the time and asked her what it in­ He also served for many years as a chap­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES volved. I'm afraid I was misled. She said lain in the U.S. Navy Reserve and helped to there was nothing to it. All you do is visit found and manage three high-rise residen­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 schools and, once in a while, you have a tial centers for Lutheran retirees-two in St. Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it was ribbon-cutting. Then you have coffee and Petersburg and one in South Pasadena. He in 1955 that Rev. Arthur Libby Albers moved punch. I decided that, if that was all there was the founder-and remains the chap­ to St. Petersburg, FL to start a Lutheran mis­ was, I should go for it and get to know more lain-at Swanholm, a nursing home in west sion and since his arrival, the people of Pinel­ people. So I filed in the case of a married individual filing a separate return, 75 percent of the Paper Institute, American Pulpwood Associa­ A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code maximum individual social security benefit. tion, Association of Consulting Foresters, of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross For purpose of the preceding sentence, mar­ American Forestry Association, Audubon Soci­ income for that portion of a governmental itial status shall be determined under sec­ ety, Florida Forestry Association, Forest Farm­ pension received by an individual which tion 7703. ers Association, Forest Industries Committee does not exceed the maximum benefits "(4) MAXIMUM INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL SECURITY payable under title II of the Social Securi­ on Timber Valuation & Taxation, Georgia For­ BENEFIT.- ty Act which could have been excluded "(A) IN GENERAL.-The term 'maximum in­ estry Association, Louisiana Forestry Associa­ from income for the taxable year. tion, National Woodland Owners Association, dividual social security benefit' means, with Be it enacted by the Senate and House of respect to any taxable year, the maximum National Association of State Foresters, Na­ Representatives of the United States of total amount (as certified by the Secretary tional Christmas Tree Association, National America in Congress assembled, of Health and Human Services to the Secre­ Forest Products Association, North Carolina SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. tary) which could be paid for all months in Forestry Association, One Thousand Friends This Act may be cited as the "Public Pen­ the calendar year ending in the taxable year of Oregon, Oregon Forestry Association, The sion Parity Act of 198 ". as old-age insurance benefits under section Sierra Club (Oregon chapter), The Society of SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN PENSIONS AND 202(a) of the Social Security Act (without American Foresters, Tennessee Forestry As­ ANNUITIES UNDER PUBLIC RETIRE­ regard to any reduction, deduction, or offset sociation, Texas Forestry Association, and Vir­ MENT SYSTEMS. under section 202(k) or section 203 of such Ca) IN GENERAL.-Part III of subchapter B Act) to any individual who attained age 65, ginia Forestry Association. of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code and filed application for such benefits, on of 1986 (relating to items specifically ex­ the first day of such calendar year. INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC cluded from income) is amended by redesig­ "CB) PART YEARS.-ln the case of an indi­ nating section 135 as section 136 and by in­ vidual who receives a qualified governmen­ PENSION PARITY ACT OF 1989 serting after section 134 the following new tal pension with respect to a period of less section: than a full taxable year, the maximum indi­ HON. BRUCE F. VENTO "SEC. 135. CERTAIN PENSIONS AND ANNUITIES vidual social security benefit for such indi­ OF MINNESOTA UNDER PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYS­ vidual for such year shall be reduced as pro­ TEMS. vided in regulations prescribed by the Secre­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "(a) GENERAL RuLE.-Gross income does tary to properly correspond to such period. Wednesday, February 22, 1989 not include any amount (otherwise includa­ "(5) PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM.-The ble in gross income) received by an individ­ term ·public retirement system' means any Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, today I reintro­ ual as a qualified governmental pension. pension, annuity, retirement, or similar duced legislation that I first introduced in the "(b) LIMITATIONS.- fund or system established by the United 98th Congress to rectify a serious tax inequity "(!) DOLLAR LIMITATION.-The aggregate States, a State, a possession of the United facing retired public employees. The time has amount excluded under subsection (a) for States, any political subdivision of any of come to bring this bill's goals to fruition. the taxable year shall not exceed- the foregoing, or the District of Columbia." Most public sector retirees receive a pen­ "(A) the maximum excludable social secu­ (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.-Subpara­ sion in lieu of the Social Security benefits re­ rity benefits of the taxpayer for such year, graph CA) of section 86Cb)(2) of such Code ceived by private sector retirees. These retir­ reduced by (defining modified adjusted gross income) is "CB) the social security benefits (within amended by inserting "135," before "911". ees-people who have committed their ca­ the meaning of section 86(d)) received by (C) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of reers and lives to public service-deserve eq­ the taxpayer during such year which were sections for part III of subchapter B of uitable taxation of their retirement benefits. In excluded from gross income. chapter 1 of such Code (relating to items general these benefits are the equivalent of a "(2) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.-Subsection (a) specifically excluded from income) is private sector retiree's Social Security bene­ shall not apply to any qualified governmen­ amended by redesignating the item relating fits, however, they are not treated like Social tal pension received by the taxpayer during to section 135 as section 136 and by insert­ Security benefits under the Internal Revenue the taxable year unless the taxpayer (or the ing after the item relating to section 134 the Code. My legislation would tax public pension spouse or former spouse of the taxpayer) following new item: performed the service giving rise to such "Sec. 135. Certain pensions and annuities benefits on a parity with the preferred tax pension. ' treatment of Social Security benefits. under public retirement sys­ "(C) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this tems." The principle of this legislation is simple­ section- treat public sector in the same manner as pri­ (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments " Cl) QUALIFIED GOVERNMENTAL PENSION.­ made by this Act shall apply to taxable vate sector retirees for purposes of taxation. It The term 'qualified governmental pension' years beginning after the date of the enact­ means any pension or annuity received is fundamentally unfair to tax the retirement ment of this Act. benefits of public employees differently than under a public retirement system to the the Social Security retirement benefits of pri­ extent such pension or annuity is not attrib­ utable to service- WEEKSVILLE PRESERVATION vate sector employees. The full taxation of "CA) which constitutes employment for public pension benefits effectively penalizes purposes of chapter 21 (relating to the Fed­ PROJECT these retirees for having worked in public eral Insurance Contributions Act>, or service rather than the private sector. "CB) which is covered by an agreement HON. MAJOR R. OWENS The Public Pension Parity Act would amend made pursuant to section 218 of the Social OF NEW YORK Security Act. the Internal Revenue Code so that a public re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tiree could deduct that portion of his or her "(2) MAXIMUM EXCLUDABLE SOCIAL SECURI­ governmental pension up to the maximum TY BENEFITS.-The term 'maximum excluda­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 ble social security benefits' means an Social Security retirement benefits for an indi­ amount equal to so much of the applicable Mr. OWENS of New York. Mr. Speaker, this vidual or couple from their gross income. maximum benefit amount for the taxpayer Black History Month I rise to pay tribute to the Under the current law, individuals earning up for the taxable year which would be ex­ Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and to $25,000 and couples earning up to $32,000 cluded from gross income if such benefit Bedford-Stuyvesant History in Brooklyn, NY, February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2579 and its executive director, Joan Maynard. menial and domestic work. Because slavery dents can gain a deeper understanding and They have dedicated much time and effort to persisted in the South until the end of the Civil appreciation of American history. Women restoring the remaining wood-frame houses War, free African-Americans were always leaders of the past and the present serve as which were once part of Weeksville, one of under the threat of being kidnaped by hired important role models to our sons and daugh­ New York's first settlements of free African­ "slave catchers" who also snatched those ters as they begin to vision their future. I urge Americans. who had never been slaves in their hunts in my colleagues to cosponsor this bill. Thank The restoration project began in 1968 when the North for fugitives. And because the Afri­ you. two African-American students at the re­ can-Americans of Weeksville were primarily nowned art college in Brooklyn, Pratt Institute, poor, many lost the ownership of their proper­ decided to do research on Weeksville. En­ ty when it was confiscated for nonpayment of PADEREWSKI SINGING SOCIETY couraged by their professor, historian Jim taxes or debt. OBSERVES 50TH ANNIVERSARY Hurley, Dolores McCullough and Patricia John­ Despite these odds, the people of Weeks­ son began the work that would lead to the ville were always ready to lend a helping HON.HENRYJ.NOWAK discovery of the four wood-frame houses-the hand; there are indications that Weeksville only structures remaining of Weeksville. was a way station in the underground railroad OF NEW YORK When Hurley learned that a site close to the which assisted African slaves fleeing the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES center of what was once Weeksville was South for freedom in the Northern States and Wednesday, February 22, 1989 about to be cleared for low-income city hous­ Canada. And during the 1863 draft riots when ing, he asked city authorities to allow an ar­ white males in Manhattan protested conscrip­ Mr. NOWAK. Mr. Speaker on March 4, the cheological dig on the site before the city tion into the Civil War which they felt the Ignace Jan Paderewski Sin£ 1g Society in Buf­ began its wrecking work. Much of the Bed­ slaves had caused, Weeksville assisted free falo, NY, will celebrate its 50 ..1 anniversary. ford-Stuyvesant community became involved Africans from Manhattan who sought protec­ It is with great pride and pleasure that I rec­ in the project to save the houses, particularly tion from white gangs. ognize the society for its many achievements. the children at P.S. 243, a school which was Weeksville continued to thrive as a commu­ For the past 50 years, it has promoted the built on land where one of Weeksville's first nity until about 1920 when its residents began very rich Polish cultural traditions indigenous institutions, Colored School No. 2, once stood. to spread out to other communities. The first to the Greater Buffalo metropolitan area, In 1971, the year that the society was formed, African-American policeman of what was then which I am privileged to represent. In addition the children of P.S. 243 raised nearly $1,000 the city of Brooklyn, Moses Cobb, lived in to sponsoring concerts and an annual ball, to start the restoration project. Since then, ad­ Weeksville. One of the earliest free African­ many members participate in other civic orga­ ditional funding for the project has come from American churches in Brooklyn, the Bethel nizations, further enhancing the quality of life city, Federal, and private sources, including AME Church, was founded in Weeksville in in our community. numerous African-American organizations. 1848. In later years, Weeksville had a news­ The society has also been actively involved The society, a member of the African Ameri­ paper, an orphanage, a senior citizens' home, nationally in the Polish Singers Alliance of can History Museums nationally, recently re­ and its own baseball team. America, which is observing its 1 OOth anniver­ ceived a National Endowment for the Human­ Mr. Speaker, the legacy of Weeksville's free sary this year. ities grant to conduct a self-study on its resto­ African-Americans is a legacy of courage and Mrs. Adeline Wujcikowski, cochairman of ration project. commitment. Thanks to the restoration work the anniversary committee, has forwarded me In addition to the restoration work, the soci­ of Joan Maynard and the Society for the Pres­ a brief history of the Ignace Jan Paderewski ety conducts free tours of the landmark ervation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyve­ Singing Society, which I would like to insert in houses 5 days per week for all who are inter­ sant History, generations of Brooklyn resi­ the RECORD at this point: ested. dents will continue to learn from, and be in­ PADEREWSKI SINGING SOCIETY, It has a slide program and lecture on the spired by, that history. Buffalo, NY. restoration project and on Weeksville's history Congressman HENRY J. NowAK, which it presents in public schools, colleges Rayburn Building, Washington, DC. and hospitals throughout New York City and NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN NOWAK: This New York State. And the society has pro­ MONTH year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Ignace Jan Paderewski Singing Society No. duced a booklet about Weeksville and the 275 member of the Polish Singers Alliance restoration project for children entitled "Let's HON. NANCY PELOSI of America, Buffalo, New York. Make a Landmark" which features a cutout of OF CALIFORNIA Saturday, March 4, 1989 we will begin our a wood-frame Weeksville house that children IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES memorable year with a Jubilee Mass to be may put together themselves. offered at St. Adalbert's Basilica at 4:00 p.m. The society's executive director Joan May­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 followed by a Banquet and Ball scheduled at nard says the project is not only crucial in pre­ Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, today, with my Hearthsone Manor, 333 Dick Road, Depew, serving the history of Weeksville, but in help­ esteemed colleague Congresswoman SNOWE, New York. Starting with cocktails at 6:00 p.m. to be followed by dinner, program and ing to build a sense of continuity, self-knowl­ I am honored to introduce National Women's dancing. edge, self-esteem and self-worth for present History Month. Our choral group has lived up to its aims and future generations of Brooklyn's African­ Women's History Month has been pro­ and goals in the promulgation of song and Americans. She feels that young African­ claimed by Congress each year since 1980. music. Americans in particular will have a better un­ Congressional Members from both parties We, the committee, for this auspicious oc­ derstanding and deeper appreciation of their have come together to recognize past and casion humbly request Congratulations and strengths and abilities once they know of their present women leaders and their contributions or a Citation from the President of the Weeksville ancestors and the incredible odds to our society. United States, Honorable Goerge Bush, and these first settlers faced. we sincerely hope you will be able to inter­ This bill provides the opportunity for teach­ vene for us in securing some recognition Life was not easy for Weeksville's citizens, ers, historians, librarians, and Members of which will be presented at the banquet for even the "freedom" of these African­ Congress to educate the public about the role March 4, 1989. We, wish also to request this Americans had severe limitations. Weeksville, women have played in the economic, social occasion be included in the Congressional named after stevedore James Weeks who and cultural life of our country. We want to Records. Attached is a brief history of our purchased two lots from the old John Lefferts honor women such as Susan B. Anthony, organization. farm, was founded in 1838, only a little over a Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart If this is possible please mail any corre­ decade after slavery was abolished in New and Sally Ride, as well as women whose ev­ spondence to the Cochairman of the com­ York. But despite the end of slavery there, mittee Miss Adeline Wujcikowski, 327 Sweet eryday experiences give our younger genera­ Ave., Buffalo, New York 14212 free African-Americans faced racial discrimina­ tion the strength and encouragement to Thank you in advance for your consider­ tion in housing, education, employment, and pursue their dreams and aspirations. ation and cooperation, we remain, voting. Even skilled African-Americans in By expanding the focus of "history lessons" Sincerely, Weeksville were frequently restricted to to include the contributions of women, our stu- ROSE M. RICHTER, 2580 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 President. TRIBUTE TO THE REVEREND Joe Nixon began his career in the newspa­ THEODOSIA BUCZKOWSKI, GEORGE CHAUNCEY per business in 1934, as a reporter for the Cochainnan. Michigan City Dispatch. He served the Indiana ADELINE WUJCIKOWSKI, HON. DAVIDE. BONIOR journalistic community for 54 more years, in­ Cochainnan. OF MICHIGAN cluding service as director of the Inland Daily Enclosure. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Press Association and president of the Hoo­ sier State Press Association. l.J. PADEREWSKI SINGING SOCIETY Wednesday, February 22, 1989 CELEBRATES ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY Joe Nixon was honored for his public serv­ The l.J. Paderewski Singing Society had Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I want to pay ice by many civic groups. The distinctions that its beginning on March 3, 1939 at St. Adal­ tribute to the Reverend George Chauncey he has earned include the Wabash Chamber bert's Basilica, where on March 4, 1989 we who will retire on March 1, 1989, having com­ of Commerce's Distinguished Citizen Award, will be present at the 4:00 p.m. Mass to com­ pleted 36 years of service in the Presbyterian the Peru Kiwanis Club Community Service memorate this milestone and to honor its Church. George was the first director of the Award, the Wabash Valley Association Pio­ deceased members over the past 50 years. Washington Office of the Southern Presbyteri­ neering Award, the Indiana Council of Church­ It was through the inspiration of the late Rev. Anthony J. Krawczyk, the late Walter an Church, [U.S.A.]. Since the formation of es Christian Service Citation, and the Saga­ Kotowski and the director emeritus Michael the reunited Presbyterian Church [U.S.A.] in more of the Wabash. C. Slominski who combined the voices of 1983, he has served as deputy director of the Joe Nixon devoted his life to serving the the St. Theresa's Young Ladies Sodality of Washington office. communities of northern Indiana, and he will the Parish and the Holy Name Society to I had the good fortune to become acquaint­ be remembered by all whose lives he form the l.J. Paderewski Singing Society. At ed with George as he made the rounds of touched. that time Maestro Ignace Jan Paderewski Congress representing the views of the Pres­ was still alive and a letter was written to byterian Church on U.S. J'Olicy toward Central him asking permisison to use his name for HON. JOSEPH CARRIGG the society. Maestro Paderewski personally America. In my opinion, the church could not granted the society permission to use his have found a more compelling voice to speak name for our choral group, which was only about the human tragedy occurring in Central HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE days prior to his death that this telegram America. He sought to inspire rather than OF PENNSYLVANIA was received. berate by calling those of us in this body to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Michael C. Slominski was not only its or­ stand for a U.S. policy that would embody the ganizer but was the group's first Choral Di­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 rector until just a few years ago when he best of U.S. tradition and values. George's compassionate vision will be Mr. MCDADE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great had to resign due to personal reasons. The regret that I bring to the attention of my col­ late Walter Z. Kotowski was its first presi­ missed on Capitol Hill. He deserves our dent, a post he held for 18 years. thanks for the many years that he has helped leagues the death earlier this month of The society held its first concert October to hold before Congress issues of social and Joseph Carrigg, a former Member of this 13, 1940 at the St. Adalbert's Auditorium. economic justice. We have been served by his House. After reapportionment took place in The organization throughout its 50 years fortitude in advocating the perspectives of the 1952, Joe Carrigg was first man to serve as presented annual concerts and ball. Aside Congressman from the newly formed 10th from sponsoring concerts annually the soci­ church. I wish him the best as he begins his well-earned retirement. District of Pennsylvania. ety remained faithful to its goals by promot­ Those of us from my region of the country ing polish culture and our heritage partici­ pating in various manifestations of fraternal remember Joe Carrigg for his 20-year political organizations, provided liturgical enhance­ JOE NIXON WILL BE career which began in 1938 when he began ment at many of Polonia's Parishes. REMEMBERED service as District Attorney of Susquehanna The singing group has joined the Polish County. He was elected mayor of Susquehan­ American Singers Alliance a National orga­ HON. JIM JONTZ na and chairman of the Susquehanna County nization in September 1947 and has been OF INDIANA Republican Committee in 1950. very active participating in its Tri-Annual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES His congressional career began in 1951 international conventions. We celebrate a when he won a special election to fill a vacan­ dual anniversary the 50th or our organiza­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 tion and the lOOth Anniversary of the cy in the former 14th Congressional District. Polish Singers Alliance of America, this Mr. JONTZ. Mr. Speaker, Joseph H. Nixon, Following reapportionment, his victory in 1952 year 1989. of Wabash, IN, will be greatly missed by many made him the first representative of the 10th The society's faithful and devoted presi­ of us in the Hoosier State. A community District, which encompassed Lackawanna, dent is Mrs. Rose M. Richter who has been leader and newspaper executive for decades, Wayne, Pike, Wyoming, Susquehanna, and president of the group for several years. Joe Nixon was a dedicated civic activist who Bradford Counties. He was reelected in 1954 The present choral director is Donald worked tirelessly to improve the lives of his and 1956 before being narrowly defeated in Jenczka. Two of the charter members Hoosier friends and neighbors. remain active within the group Theodosia 1958. Buczkowski and Adeline Wujcikowski and Joe Nixon was chairman emeritus of Nixon President Eisenhower appointed Carrigg as who are co-chairing the Society's 50th Anni­ Newspapers, Inc., which publishes the an Assistant to the General Counsel of the versary. Wabash Plain Dealer and the Peru Daily Trib­ Treasury Department in 1959 and later that The society has had a spiritual leader and une in my congressional district, as well as year as Director of Practice for the Internal for the past several years Rt. Rev. Msgr. nine other newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Revenue Service. He served as Administrative John R. Gabalski has been the Chaplain of Louisiana. Assistance to William W. Scranton during the Paderewski Singing Society. Joe Nixon served our community in many Scranton's term in the U.S. House of Repre­ The society participated in the Interna­ tional Conventions of the Polish Singers Al­ ways, including terms as president of both the sentatives. liance of America taking part in the choral Peru and Wabash Chambers of Commerce. Carrigg retired in 1971 after serving as head competition at each of these conventions. During his tenure with the Peru Chamber, he of the Workmen's Insurance Fund in Scran­ The group was victorious in several of the successfully convinced the Navy to build the ton. He died February 6 at the age of 88. competions placing third in the Mixed Bunker Hill Naval Air Station near Peru. Joe Carrigg's contribution to this body and group category in 1953, 1956, 1965 and 1986. Today, that facility is the site of Grissom Air the betterment of northeastern Pennslyvania Several of the members have been distin­ Force Base, a key link in our Nation's air de­ cannot, of course, be measured by a mere guished at the National Convention having fenses. repetition of his resume. Those who knew him been bestowed Honorary Membership to the Joe Nixon worked for world peace on trips were familiar with his high principles and dedi­ Polish Singers Alliance of America. Among the honorees are Michael C. Slominski, the to South America, Europe, Russia, the Middle cation to improving this country and serving late Walter Z. Kotowski, Adeline S. Wujci­ East, Asia, and Africa. His efforts for flood his constituents. I am proud that he served as kowski, Theodosia Biczkowski, Daniel J. Kij, control resulted in construction of the Missis­ one of my predecessors, and I know that my Edwin V. Doruszewski, Rose Wieckiewicz, sinewa, Salamonie, and Huntington Reservoirs colleagues will join with me in celebration his Florence B. Oleszek and Wanda Slominski. in our State. life and mourning his passing. February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2581 FAMOUS KENTUCKY EDITOR able; our efforts at all times have been for THE CHILD AND FAMILY DEVEL­ EMERITUS DIES AT AGE 100 the moral and progressive advancement of OPMENT ACT, H.R. 120, AND the community. It has been our constant en­ THE CHILD CARE COORDINA­ deavor to live up to a covenant made with TION AND INFORMATION ACT, HON. WILLIAM H. NATCHER the businessmen of Springfield over a half OF KENTUCKY century ago to devote our time and effort H.R. 133 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES toward one ultimate goal, that the providing Wednesday, February 22, 1989 for them, and for the county as a whole, a HON. CARDISS COLLINS newspaper worthy of their support, one of Mr. NATCHER. Mr. Speaker, James Saun­ which they could be proud, and that fact I OF ILLINOIS ders Moran, the elder statesman of central enjoyed their confidence, and their loyal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES support these many years not only justified Kentucky journalism, died at the age of 100, Wednesday, February 22, 1989 on February 13, 1989. our faith in them but gives us reason to be­ Mr. Moran, editor emeritus of the Springfield lieve we have not failed utterly, and the Mrs. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, in recent Sun, began his distinguished journalism career thought fills us with pride, a pardonable years, family structures have changed to pride, we sincerely hope. at the age of 10 when he wrote a community greater degrees than ever before in history. It is not altogether pleasant to approach Progressively more families include two work­ column for the Valley Hill area of Washington the end of a public career which has been county, KY, under the pen name, Uno. He blessed with such pleasant associations as ing parents or only one parent who must work worked at the Sun as the editor and publisher we have enjoyed, yet there is much satisfac­ as well as raise a family: Over 55 percent of until it was sold in 1966, at which time he tion in the thought we may have run a good all women work outside the home and over 60 became editor emeritus. race, thanks to the assistance we had from percent of them have children under 18; J.S. Moran, reputed across the country to those whose support we proudly acknowl­ nearly 50 percent of American mothers return be the Nation's oldest active journalist, wit­ edge. to work before their baby's first birthday; 70 nessed and wrote about a great many of the As we view the descending sun on the percent of mothers of school age children are western horizon, realizing that we are rapid­ world events that took place during his 100 working or looking for work; if current trends ly approaching the final dissolution, we re­ continue to 1995, two out of every three pre­ years. He was honored on many occasions joice in the thought that we found along during his career for his writing on such diver­ life's pathway many pleasures others may school children will have mothers in the work sified subjects as agriculture, government, not have known. We were able to see in the force. education, and conservation. In 1985, he was full blown rose something aside from beauty Recognition of these facts go hand-in-hand among the first to be inducted into the Ken­ and fragrance. We found atop the tallest with the recognition that our children's devel­ tucky Journalism Hall of Fame. mountains in Eastern U.S. the beauty and opment is as good as the care which they re­ He was a newspaper man in every best grandeur of a brilliant sky above the clouds, ceive. Child care and day care centers are sense of the word and a gentleman of high there realizing the insignificance of man regularly relied upon for care during the work­ compared with the handiwork of his Cre­ caliber. He always believed that the basic ing hours of the day. But unfortunately, these ator. We saw tiny rivulets as they wended facilities are often too expensive for many function of a newspaper is to keep its readers their way down mountainsides into the rich intelligently informed and thus prepare them valleys below, providing life for the blankets families to afford, particularly when a family to better share their civic and moral responsi­ of green that nature so bountifully provid­ has more than one child. And often, those bilities. ed, finding a resting place, finally, in the who are able to afford only the least expen­ To him, his newspaper was far more than a bosom of the sea from whence it arises as a sive care have found the quality of the care to profession, more than a trade, and more than vapor to replenish the earth again and aid be inadquate and sometimes even dangerous. a business. It was his way of life and his way in the resurrection of the flowers, and trees, The benefits yielded by adequate child care of living his life. and grasses, symbolical of the life-cycle of programs are manifest. In addition to the obvi­ we mortals who, after an allotted time, must He knew during his 90 years in journalism ous benefits to the children involved, Fortune lay down the working tools of life and stand magazine reported that "In some cases child that a newspaper cannot be better than the before the eternal judge beyond for a final people who establish it and determine its accounting. care is as strong an influence on workers per­ policy. I have lost a true friend and Kentucky In conclusion, we are convinced that with formance as the number of hours worked, the has lost an outstanding citizen. Prior to his all the burdens we must bear there is a relationship with a supervisor, and even job death, J.S. Moran wrote his last editorial opin­ power above which makes life worthwhile, security." The article went on to say that ion, with instructions that it not be opened which inspires us with the thought that we "Problems with child care are the most signifi­ until his death. His editori::il, as printed in the should always be proud to be alive but so cant predictors of absenteeism and unproduc­ Springfield Sun on February 15, 1989, is as live that we need not be afraid to die. tive time at work." follows: As we place the duties and responsibilities The need for a stronger Federal presence of our organization upon the shoulders of in the realm of child care is manifest. At the " 30"-THIS Is THE CONCLUSION OF OUR others to carry on, we sincerely hope they OPINIONS will find the same joy in serving it was ours onset of the 101 st Congress, I reintroduced ; the and public policymakers in this country. I urge water, and contaminated nuclear energy rest he leaves to be negotiated with the plants. Congress. At the heart of his spending re­ my colleagues to join me in cosponsoring this His priorities are sound, but his budget duction strategy is the $136 billion pool of most important legislation. does not indicate how he is going to reach popular programs that he would lump to­ his objectives. The President has generous gether and freeze overall. He makes no spe­ rhetoric but penny-pinching proposals. For cific proposals whatsoever for programs TRIBUTE TO GEN. CHARLES example, while he wants to be known as the BOLTE "education President," his innovative educa­ lumped into this black box other than to tion proposals total only $58 million, less say that if the Congress wants to increase than $1.50 for every child in our public funding for some, offsetting cuts will have HON. IKE SKELTON schools. It is hard to see how so little addi­ to be made in others. I view this budget as OF MISSOURI tional money will help us recover from the an opening bid by the President for his deterioration of public education in the forthcoming negotiations with the Con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES country. He recognized his dilemma when gress. He certainly is not showing all of his Wednesday, February 22, 1989 he said that "there are many areas in which cards. we would all like to spend more than I pro­ Moreover, the President's budget is based Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday pose', but we cannot until we get our fiscal on rosy economic assumptions that mini­ February 11, Gen. Charles L. Bolte, a decorat­ house in order." One risk to the President's mize the cuts needed to hit the deficit tar­ ed combat veteran of two world wars, lost that approach is that his sweeping language can gets. A major premise of this budget is the final battle that all of us are destined to lose. I unleash pent-up demands for much larger theory that the nation can, to a large want to take this time to recognize the accom­ spending programs. extent, grow its way out of the deficit. He plishments of a man who gave a lifetime of On the tax side, the President proposes assumes that strong economic growth will distinguished service to our Nation. generous tax breaks for investors, independ­ generate an additional $86 billion in govern­ He responded to the call of his country ent oil and gas drillers, computer companies, ment revenue in 1990. With the economy al­ early this century as a company commander and inner-city manufacturers. He proposes ready close to full employment and full ca­ reinstating a tax deduction for adoption ex­ in the 4th Infantry Division, seeing action in penses and giving low-income families up to pacity use, most economists put the econo­ the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Aisne­ $1000 in tax credits or cash for the cost of my's potential growth at about 2.5 percent a Marne offensives during World War I. After the caring for young children. Chief among his year and reject the President's view that the signing of the Armistice on November 11, economy can grow at a rate of 3.25 percent proposals is his plan to cut the top capital 1918, Charles Bolte participated with other gains tax rate from 33 percent to 15 percent per year over the next 5 years. My concern is that as the President and units of the American Expeditionary Forces as for assets held 1 year or longer. He claims part of the Army of Occupation in Germany. that would yield $4.8 billion in additional the Congress maneuver over the budget, revenues because investors would sell their they will engage in clever tactics and politi­ Future duty would find him sent by his country stocks in order to take advantage of a more cal symbolism rather than building a budget to the other end of the world, to serve with generous tax rate. Economists disagree over to meet the needs of the Nation and produc­ U.S. Army units stationed in China. whether cutting the capital gains tax rate ing a sound long-range approach to solving During the 1930's, the country struggled will produce more revenue. our budgetary problems. through the ravages of the Great Depression. 2584 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 An Army too poor to equip its forces with the INTRODUCTION OF AFL-CIO and the American Civil Liberties latest in weapons and equipment and too LEG ISLATI ON Union. While there are interests opposing our poor to provide them adequate training, made effort, I am confident that the clear need for the best of a tough situation by sending its of­ HON. RICH BOUCHER civil RICO reform and the appropriateness of ficers to school. It was during the interwar OF VIRGINIA our amendments will result in the enactment years, the golden age of military education, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the legislation during the course of this Congress. that Charles Bolte attended the Infantry Wednesday, February 22, 1989 School at Fort Benning, the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Mr. BOUCHER. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to join with 37 of my colleagues in the REINTRODUCTION OF THE and the Army War College. located at that . EARLY RETIREMENT BILL FOR time here in Washington, DC, at Fort McNair. introduction of legislation to amend the civil provisions of the Federal racketeering law. CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION He also served as a member of the faculty or Civil RICO is truly a statute run rampant. It INSPECTORS AND IRS REVE­ staff of those institutions. was intended for use against persons involved NUE OFFICERS Thus, Charles Bolte and hundreds of his in organized crime, but its actual use has fellow officers were adequately prepared to been almost exclusively against the business HON. AL SWIFT take on the responsibilities and duties thrust community. on them at the beginning of World War 11- OF WASHINGTON The pleading requirements are so minimal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fighting a war on a global scale. During that that virtually any contract dispute b·~comes a war Maj. Gen. Charles Bolte saw action in candidate for civil RICO jurisdiction. If the Wednesday, February 22, 1989 some of the most difficult combat in Europe, plaintiff alleges the existence of a contract Mr. SWIFT. Mr. Speaker, last Congress, 89 as the commanding general of the 34th Infan­ dispute and can demonstrate that the mails or Members joined with me to sponsor H.R. try Division. The 34th fought in Italy with Gen­ the telephone were used on several occa­ 2532, a bill to bring customs inspectors, immi­ eral Bolte leading it through the Gothic Line, sions either in forming or breaching the con­ gration inspectors and IRS revenue officers through the winter Appenines campaign, to tract and if the plaintiff is willing to allege under the same retirement plan as Federal the taking of the northern Italian city of Bolo­ fraud, as is often the case in commercial dis­ firefighters and law enforcement officers. I am gna. After the war, the general served in a va­ putes, the pleading requirements for a civil pleased to be reintroducing this bill again in riety of senior staff posts, in Washington and RICO case are met. the 101 st Congress. in Europe. His final post, from October 1953 The statutory treble damages and attorney's I think it is very clear that the men and to April 1955, was as Army Vice Chief of Staff, fees available to the successful plaintiff are a women covered by this bill are required to the Army's No. 2 soldier. lure making civil RICO the weapon of choice work under extremely stressful and, too often, I had the great pleasure of meeting General in modern day civil litigation. hazardous conditions. For example, customs Bolte and his lovely wife, Adelaide, early last A number of unfortunate consequences inspectors make more felony arrests based on year. At that time the House Armed Services flow from this state of affairs: information from the FBl's National Crime Committee Panel on Military Education had 1. Ordinary and respected businessmen and Center than all other Federal agencies com­ just begun its comprehensive study of the 10 women, whose reputations are often their bined, including over 80 percent of all Cus­ intermediate and senior level schools of the principal stock in trade, have been branded as toms Service arrests. Immigration inspectors professional military educational system. As racketeers simply because they have become are up against increasingly sophisticated the chairman of the panel, I took a short car embroiled in a commercial dispute. groups that supply illegal aliens with fraudu­ trip to the Alexandria residence of General 2. The availability of civil RICO treble dam­ lent documents. This is an increasingly volatile Bolte, on a cold January morning. Accompa­ ages has dramatically upped the ante in com­ situation, in which violence and arrest-resist­ nied by three staffers, I wanted to get his mercial litigation and leveraged substantial ance are constant threats. And the job de­ views on professional military education. It settlements on less than substantial allega­ scription for IRS inspectors cautions that, "the was the most enjoyable outing of the many I tions. Revenue Officer is subject to potential physi­ took with the panel and the most memorable. 3. Finely crafted State and Federal reme­ cal danger each time an initial field call is For a period of about 2% hours the general, dies, such as the Federal securities laws, are made." Threats to revenue officers become with the help of his wife, gave us personal being undermined by the extensive use of civil especially glaring as tax enforcement be­ testimony about how the Army educational RICO as an alternative to those remedies. comes a major tool in fighting drugs and orga­ system operated during the interwar period. 4. The Federal courts are being burdened nized crime. The only change to last year's bill is the ad­ George Marshall, George Patton, Omar Brad­ by civil RICO filings of cases more appropri­ dition of Customs canine enforcement officers ley, Joseph Stillwell, and Dwight Eisenhower ately handled in State court and under State law. In many of these instances, the sole [CEO's] to the early retirement system. CEOs' came up time and again in conversation with basis for Federal jurisdiction is the civil RICO duties are very similar to those of customs in­ the general and Mrs. Bolte. The insights our claim. spectors, but they have the additional burden panel gained from our visit with the general in­ The legislation we are introducing today is of controlling an attack dog. CEO's and in­ spired us in our work. In many ways we hope an appropriate restriction of civil RICO. In the spectors enforce the same laws, wear the to put into place an educational system in the vast majority of cases, the remedy will be lim­ same uniform, exercise the same arrest au­ military that can draw upon the best of an ear­ ited to single damages and attorney's fees. thority, and often work side-by-side. Not to lier era. Automatic treble damages will be provided to give equal retirement rights to less than 200 I will always treasure the opportunity afford­ Federal, State and general unit of local gov­ CEO's now on duty at our. Nation's borders ed me to have met Gen. Charles Bolte. As I ernment plaintiffs and to plaintiffs who pro­ would very likely have a "chilling" effect on left his home last January, I noticed on the ceed against a defendant previously convicted the ability of customs to fill this skilled posi­ mantle a photograph of the general taken of a RICO predicate offense. tion. while he was the commanding officer of the Actual damages as well as discretionary pu­ We need a young and vigorous workforce 34th Infantry Division. It revealed him in open nitive damages in an amount equal to twice to meet dangerous and hazardous challenges khaki collar with two stars on each collar. He the actual damages may be awarded to spe­ facing the Federal Government. In many had a determined look about him and seemed cial purpose units of local government, plain­ States, including most border regions, cus­ to me to reflect every schoolboy's notion of tiffs injured by violations of the Federal insider toms and immigration inspectors have also what a general should look like. He was, trading laws and consumers defrauded in con­ been designated by State law enforcement indeed, the real thing. With the passing of nection with a purchase for personal, house­ agencies to act as State peace officers. As Charles Bolte, the country has lost a fine man, hold use or investment unless a remedy is such, they are authorized to make arrests a courageous soldier, and a dedicated citizen. available to the consumer under the securities under State laws. This duty is on top of their To his family I extend my sincerest sympa­ or commodities laws. Federal mandate to enforce the laws and reg­ thies. May God comfort them at this difficult Our legislation bears the endorsement of a ulations of some 40 different Federal agen­ time. large number of business organizations, the cies. February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2585 Our Government has funded aggressive, ef­ fits would be paid without reduction and that nizations, and to the entire Wyoming Valley fective special interdiction teams to combat funds were being set aside to pay those bene­ region, have been, and continue to be, most the incoming flow of drugs, the smuggling of fits. Unfortunately, with the current formula invaluable. defense-related contraband, and other felo­ used to calculate the Federal budget deficit, Thomas H. Kiley is genuinely deserving of nies. In doing so, we have demanded that rev­ there may not be enough funds left to pay to­ this recognition of his community service. He enue officers and inspectors serve as a first morrow's retirees. has been an important pillar of support and in­ line of defense to protect the integrity of our The initial need to set aside funds was a genuity in the Wyoming Valley region. His self­ borders and insure the vigilant, energetic en­ result of demographics, and it obviously still is less contributions toward improving our area forcement of our Nation's laws. If we expect a need. After the turn of the century, when a serve as a reminder to all of us that we can this public mandate to be met, then we need large number of "baby boomers" retire, there make a difference in the communities in which the best people for the job at hand. Without will be a much lower ratio of workers to retir­ we live; we can work to change things for the ensuring the enthusiasm and esprit de corps ees and therefore fewer people to pay the better; and, we can make our communities a that a young and vigorous workforce will be taxes needed to cover rising Social Security nicer place to live and grow. able to bring to the job, we have not done our outlays. The ratio of workers to Social Securi­ best to protect the national interest and the ty retirees is expected to fall from 3.3 to 1 in public welfare. 1990 to 1.9 to 1 in 2030. This is also partly OBSERVING GEORGE WASHING­ caused by increased life expectancy coupled TON'S BIRTHDAY DURING THE with increasingly lower retirement ages. The 200TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF REMOVE SOCIAL SECURITY only way to avoid an intergenerational conflict CONGRESS AND THE FEDERAL TRUST FUND OPERATIONS over pension rights is to make the economy GOVERNMENT FROM BUDGET CALCULATIONS grow stronger. By removing the Social Securi­ HON. JIM BATES ty trust fund from calculation in the budget HON. LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS deficit, we will take the first step toward doing OF LOUISIANA OF CALIFORNIA so. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Social Security trust funds must be removed Wednesday, February 22, 1989 from Federal budget deficit calculations. Fed­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 eral budget deficit calculation is a zero-sum Mrs. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, Mr. BATES. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ game and Social Security recipients are the ducing legislation that will revise the budget February 20, I had the privilege of addressing losers. the Friendship Veterans Volunteer Fire Engine treatment of Social Security benefits. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the inclusion of Social Security Association of Alexandria, VA, and the honor operations in the calculation of the Federal of serving as grand marshal! of the city of Al­ budget deficit is a poor solution to a serious THOMAS H. KILEY: exandria's annual George Washington Birth­ problem. By doing so, we are deceiving our­ DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN day Celebration Parade. Not only is Alexandria selves and creating an insecure financial George Washington's "hometown," but our future which will have serious ramifications for HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI first President was a member of the Friend­ the next generation. While they are now off ship Veterans Fire Engine Association which OF PENNSYLVANIA was organized in 177 4. budget, Social Security operations are includ­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ed in calculating the maximum permissible Because today is the actual date of Wash­ Federal budget deficit under the Gramm­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 ington's birth, I would like to include in the Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act. This Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today RECORD the text of my address to the asso­ legislation will keep all Social Security related to bring to the attention of my colleagues a ciation Monday. items off budget, thereby protecting the bene­ distinguished resident of my district, Mr. REMARKS BY LINDY BOGGS fits enjoyed by Social Security recipients. Thomas H. Kiley. I am very happy to be with you all today If it were not for the Social Security surplus, This year, the Boy Scouts of America will be to celebrate the birthday of George Wash­ the budget deficit would be significantly larger. presenting the Distinguished Citizenship ington. I am honored, and touched, that you have selected me to be an honorary life According to the Congressional Budget Office, Award to Mr. Kiley, who, as president of the member of the Friendship Veterans Fire the Federal budget deficit for fiscal year 1989 Penn Mountains Council of the Boy Scouts of Engine Company, an organization that is would be $199 billion without the inclusion of America, stands as an excellent role model older than the United States, and one that Social Security operations. However, if the for the youth of our country. This award is pre­ can claim George Washington himself as a Social Security surpluses are calculated within sented each year to an outstanding citizen member. When I look over the list of your the Federal budget figure, as they currently who best exemplifies the qualities fostered by distinguished trustees and officers and the are, then the Federal budget deficit figure the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge marvelous group of great Americans who would be $148 billion. The Social Security sur­ Program. are honorary life members, I can only say plus is now at $52 billion. that I will try to be worthy of the recogni­ Before dedicating himself to helping the tion you have so graciously extended to me. This is poor policy from both an economic, youth of the Wilkes-Barre area, Mr. Kiley was As you know, it has been my good fortune and a demographic standpoint. Economically, an accomplished businessman. He is the to be associated with a number of our na­ by borrowing money from the Social Security former board chairman and chief executive of­ tional historic celebrations including the trust fund, the Federal Government is better ficer of the First Eastern Bank, and has been American Revolution Bicentennial in 1976. able to pay its bills. However, eventually, the an important force behind the economic More recently I have worn two bicentennial Treasury will have to pay the Social Security growth in the Wyoming Valley for many years. hats one as a member of the Commission on trust fund back. At that point, the Treasury will During his long and distinguished banking the Bicentennial of the United States Con­ stitution and the other as Chairman of the to either borrow the money from another career, he helped organize the Wilkes-Barre Commission on the Bicentenary of the source, or raise revenue through various Chamber of Commerce and numerous indus­ United States House of Representatives. taxes. trial ventures vital to the economic stimulation Like all of you here I have an abiding inter­ Perhaps more of a potential crises is the in­ of the region. est in keeping alive the rich heritage con­ tergenerational conflict that is sure to ensure Since his retirement from banking in 197 4, tained in the story of the development of if the current policy is maintained. Ironically, Thomas Kiley has remained actively involved the United States of America. the cause of the current Social Security sur­ in many business and civic organizations. He The story of America from its colonial ori­ plus was foresight. The surpluses were cre­ has served as president of the Pennsylvania gins along the Atlantic seaboard, to the United States of today, a world power ated by the Social Security Amendments of Gas and Water Co., trustee and board chair­ second to none extending from the Atlantic 1977 and 1983 which raised Social Security man of Wilkes College and the Geisinger to the Pacific and up to Alaska and out to taxes and modestly reduced benefits. These Medical Center, and has been a key member Hawaii, is one of the most compelling sto­ changes were made to assure today's work­ of several other important community-based ries in human history. I expect it will be ers and tomorrow's retirees that future bene- organizations. His contributions to these orga- told for many centuries to come, and I 2586 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 expect new and exciting chapters to unfold "this great man was agitated and embar­ ly described in the Constitution and had to in the years ahead of us. The vitality of the rassed more than he ever was by the lev­ be fleshed out with legislation. And during American people and the institutions they elled Cannon or pointed Musket. He trem­ the ratification process, many states had de­ have created are stronger today than ever bled, and several times could scarce make manded constitutional amendments guaran­ before. And I do believe that the best is yet out to read . .. " Washington shifted nerv­ teeing certain liberties. to come. ously and held the speech first in one hand The First Congress did its work well by But the story of our nation needs constant and then the other and which ever hand presiding over the election of George Wash­ attention. We cannot assume it will be auto­ was not occupied holding the speech was ington, establishing executive departments matically preserved. Each generation has an thrust awkwardly in his britches. Maclay that were the beginning of the President's obligation to pass the memory of the coun­ felt Washington's gestures were ill timed cabinet, creating a federal court system and try on the next. Each new generation has to and exaggerated. He was embarrassed by the Supreme Court and the Office of Attor­ learn history all over again. How well it is what he saw as a poor performance by a ney General. Under the leadership of an­ learned plays a large role in determining man he respected above all others. "I felt other great Virginian, James Madison, who how well the values and the wisdom, and hurt," Maclay wrote, "that he was not first served in the House of Representatives in even the foibles, of our ancestors shape our in every thing." the First Congress, a series of constitutional definition of what it is to be an American. I have a theory about that day and about amendments were sent to the states for rati­ This is why we celebrate our special anni­ Washington's performance. We have no fication and became known as the Bill of versaries and why we encourage the study reason to doubt the observations of the Sen­ Rights. of history in schools. It is hard to imagine ator from Pennsylvania. But I venture that The work of the First Federal Congress that this country could ever forget someone no one in the room fully appreciated what breathed life into the Constitution and es­ of the stature of George Washington, a sin­ was going through George Washington's tablished the government that has now gular personality who encompasses so much mind at the time of his address. This was been in place for two centuries. All of us of what we value in our history. But even the pivotal moment in American history up here are the benefactors of that great as­ this great man could fade from memory to that time. Washington's oath and his in­ sembly. unless we and future generations continue augural address marked in a very real sense The Commission on the Bicentenary of to make it our business to remember him, to the final act of the American Revolution the House of Representatives along with honor him, and to continue to study his life and the beginnings of the United States of the Senate Bicentennial Commission and times. America. chaired by Senator Robert C. Byrd, has the Just this year, in time for the bicentennial This man, who led the nation in war pleasant assignment of planning for our two of George Washington's inauguration as our against great odds, who presided in Phila­ hundredth anniversary with a series of ex­ first President, a small team of scholars at delphia when the Constitution was drafted, hibits, publications, conferences, and cere­ George Washington University has pub­ and who anxiously awaited the Constitu­ monies. Ours is a year long celebration since lished a new edition of "The Diary of Wil­ tion's ratification and the first federal elec­ the creation of the government was a proc­ liam Maclay and Other Notes on Senate De­ tions, and who was called out of retirement ess not a single event. It is a part of our five­ bates," which gives us a rare glimpse into from his beloved Mount Vernon to lead the year celebration from the drafting of the the First Congress. William Maclay was a nation again, was, at the moment of his in­ Constitution to the ratification of the Bill Senator from Pennsylvania. The Senate met auguration, fulfilling the promise of the of Rights. in secret in those days, so if it wasn't for Declaration of Independence and the genius Several of our major publications are al­ Senator Maclay we wouldn't know very of the American Constitution, by ushering ready completed. Last month the bicenten­ much about the early activity of that body. in the executive branch of government sur­ nial edition of the Biographical Directory of Maclay was often caustic and sometimes rounded by the members of the First Con­ the United States Congress was published. pessimistic in his private journal. He could gress. It contains information on all 11,000 per­ also be witty and charming. Whatever his The ship of state was launched at that sons who have served in the House and mood, he was usually quite accurate and moment, the dream had become reality. The Senate since 1789 and even includes all truthful in his observations. full weight of all the years of revolutionary those who served in the Continental Con­ He began his journal the same week that struggle and nation building were concen­ gress beginning in 1774. The Office for the George Washington arrived in New York to trated into that time and place. If his hand Bicentennial of the House also conducted a be sworn in as our first President. Maclay had not shaken, if he was not nervous that four-year survey to locate the papers of observed Washington closely on April 30, day, he would not have been the great former Members of the House, which serve the day Washington took the oath and de­ leader he was. as basic research collections on the history livered the first inaugural speech. He began On April 30 this year, in honor of the of the House. The survey, which relied on his entry: "This is the great important day. events of 200 years ago, a Congressional del­ hundreds of volunteer historians and li­ Goddess of Etiquette assist me while I de­ egation will go to New York to take part in brarians in all fifty states has been pub­ scribe it." ceremonies commemorating Washington's lished and we have already heard from Washington entered the Senate chamber inauguration. New York City plans a gala scholars around the country who are saying amid much commotion since all the Mem­ two days to mark the anniversary with fire­ that this will be a boon to congressional bers of the House and Senate gathered works, a parade, and ships gathered in the studies. there were conscious that what ever they harbor. They have invited the President and Later this year we will publish biographi­ did would set precedent. After some prelimi­ all the living past presidents to join in the cal studies on "Black Americans in Con­ nary words by Vice President John Adams, activities. This will be one of the major gress" and "Women in Congress" and a col­ acting in his role as President of the Senate, events of our celebration this year. But it is lection of documentary sources on the ori­ Washington stepped out onto the balcony of not the only one, and what I would like to gins of the House of Representatives. Later Federal Hall, in New York City, accompa­ do in the time remaining is give you an idea this week Senator Byrd's "History of the nied by Congress, and took the oath of of how we in Congress will be commemorat­ United States Senate" will make its appear­ office, administered by the Chancellor of ing the year the Congress began. ance. This beautiful volume, the first of New York Robert Livingston. (Congress was March 4, 1789, was the day the Constitu­ four, is based on more than 100 speeches on still months away from establishing the Su­ tion went into effect. It was the day the the history of the Senate the Senator has preme Court, so there was no Chief Justice First Congress met. There has never been a delivered on the floor of the Senate. of the United States to administer the more unique assembly of lawmakers in the On March 2 Congress will hold a joint oath.) history of the country. Their job was to meeting in commemoration of its 200th an­ After the oath, the crowd cheered three take the great document drafted at Phila­ niversary, in addition to the remarks of times and then cheered again when Wash­ delphia in 1787 and make it work. In 1789 House and Senate leaders, the Poet Laure­ ington bowed to them. He then went back there ws still much apprehension in the ate of the United States, Howard Nemerov into the Senate chamber where he delivered land about the new government. No one and the distinguished historian David his address to Congress. The President took knew for sure if the brilliant work of the McCullough will address the assembly. The the Chair in the Senate chamber and sat Framers of the Constitution could become night before, we will cut the ribbon that down. The members of the House and reality. It was one thing to draft a document opens a major exhibit on the First Federal Senate took their seats. Then the President that described how government should Congress at the National Portrait Gallery, stood up to give his address and thinking work, and another matter altogether to where some of the finest portraits and arti­ that they should not be seated while the make it work. facts on that period ever assembled will be President stood, the entire assembly rose to That great task fell to the First Federal on display. its feet and stood while the president spoke. Congress. The Framers left Philadelphia On March 13, Congress will attend a world Maclay observed that the President was with much work left to be done. The execu­ premier of an important documentary film nervous and irritable. He wrote in his diary: tive and judicial branches were only partial- made for television called "The Congress." February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2587 The film is the work of the award-winning George Washington told the assembled have a maximum value of no more than film maker, Ken Burns, who also did the members of Congress in his inaugural ad­ one-third of the Federal SS! benefit stand­ film on the Statue of Liberty. A week later dress: ard plus $20. The individual can rebut this on March 20 the film will be broadcast over "The preservation of the sacred fire of lib­ presumption. If it is determined that the PBS stations nationwide. It will also be erty, and the destiny of the republican actual value is less than the one-third made available to schools, with accompany­ model of government, are justly considered amount, the lower actual value will be ing classroom materials. as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the counted as unearned income. On April 4 and April 6 the U.S. Postal experiment entrusted to the hands of the Under this amendment, in cases where it Service will issue special commemorative American people." is determined that an individual is "living in postage stamps, one for the House and one I look forward, as I know you do, to the the household of another and receiving sup­ for the Senate, the designs for the stamps beginning of the third century of the Great port and maintenance in-kind," the amount will be unveiled at the joint meeting of Con­ Experiment." Thank You. that the Federal SS! benefit standard would gress next month. The First Day of Issue be reduced would be the lesser of one-third ceremonies will be held in the Capitol Build­ of the regular Federal SS! benefit standard ing. On April 30, in New York, a stamp will SSI REFORM PACKAGE and the actual value of the in-kind assist­ be issued to commemorate the executive ance received. The actual value would be branch bicentennial, and early next year HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI calculated by determining the amount that the Supreme Court bicentennial stamp will OF CALIFORNIA the contribution by the individual to the make its appearance. household expenses are deficient in paying The United States Mint is preparing a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his or her pro rata share of household ex­ three coin commemorative set on the bicen­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 penses. tennial of Congress. The initial designs are Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, on February 6, This will permit those for whom the circulating now and we expect a first strike 1989, Congressman DOWNEY, Congressman actual value of the in-kind assistance re­ ceremony later this spring. The stamps and ceived is less than one-third of the Federal coins will help carry the bicentennial mes­ MILLER, and Congressman ROYBAL joined with SS! benefit standard to have a smaller re­ sage to millions of Americans, and will be me to introduce three bills, which, taken to­ duction in their benefits. It will target in­ permanent keepsakes of this special anni­ gether, would make the supplemental security creased benefits to aged, blind or disabled versary. income [SSI] program fairer and more respon­ persons living in low income households; The Library of Congress has launched a sive to the truly needy it is intended to serve. that is, those with low household expenses. major series of bicentennial programs on The following is a section-by-section summary In case of in-kind assistance for support or Congress. Already open is an amazing exhib­ of the provisions of the first bill in this SSI maintenance where the person is not in the it in the Madison Building "The Tides of reform package, H.R. 866. "household of another," the amount that Party Politics: Two Centuries of Congres­ the Federal SS! benefit standard would be sional Elections," which graphically por­ SUMMARY OF SS! BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS reduced would also be the lesser of one­ trays every congressional election in Ameri­ AMENDMENTS OF 1989 third of the regular Federal SS! benefit can history on 100 maps each representing TITLE 1. PROVISIONS TO INCREASE THE FEDERAL standard and the actual value of the in-kind one congressional election. The exhibit is SSI BENEFIT STANDARDS AND CHANGES IN assistance received. based on the work of a West Virginia politi­ TREATMENT OF CERTAIN IN-KIND INCOME Section 103, SSI status to be deemed for cal geographer, Dr. Ken Martis, who spent Section 101. Increase the Federal SSI benefit certain persons with in-kind income more than ten years researching the standard to poverty level by 1992 project. In September the Library will This section provides that if an individual This provision provides for the following or a couple would be eligible for SS! if he or present an exciting exhibit and book on 200 increases in the SS! benefit standard: years of Congress called "To Make All she did not receive in-kind assistance then Laws." the individual or couple will be considered Individual Couple to be receiving SS! so that they will be eligi­ Earlier this month about 40 scholars and ble to receive Medicaid. This rule will apply students of Congress assembled on Capitol Monthly Annual Monthly Annual Hill for a conference on "Understanding in all states, including those which exercise the § 209(b) Medicaid option. In States Congress." From the results of that confer­ Present law ence and the remarks of those on the 1989 ...... $368 $4,416 $553 $6,636 where SS! recipients are all eligible for 1990 ... . 437 5,244 625 7,504 Medicaid and the Social Security Adminis­ panels, we are on the verge of a new era of 1991. ... 506 6,072 697 8,368 interest in political history and the begin­ tration administers such eligibility, such an 1992 ... (') (') (') (') individual or couple will be on the SS! rolls nings of some major new studies of Con­ in a non-cash payment status (as in the case gress in the years ahead. One such study, 1 HHS poverty income guideline in 1992. which has just been funded from by the of Section 1619(b) work incentive cases) and Commission on the Bicentennial of the Con­ The provision already in the law which re­ SSA will be responsible for determining on­ stitution is the Encyclopedia of Congress quires the states to pass-through any SS! going eligibility. Project, which in about three years will increases in supplements which the states TITLE II. INCREASES IN SSI RESOURCES LIMITS result in a large one-volume encyclopedia prcvide would not be changed. That is, Section 201. Increase in SS! resources limit states can not decrease their state supple­ that will condense the best information ob­ The current SS! resource limits are $2000 tainable on the history and workings of ments when there is an increase in the fed­ eral SS! benefit standard. for an individual and $3000 for a couple. Ef­ Congress prepared by a network of histori­ fective 1990, this provision will raise the ans, political scientists, journalists, lawyers, Section 102. Changes in the treatment of in­ limits to $4200 for an individual and $6300 and other scholars all across the country. kind income received when a person is for a couple. These are just some of the events that will living in the household of another TITLE III. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SSI take place this year. Our goal has been to Present SS! law provides that if an SS! combine scholarly activities and public cere­ OUTREACH PROGRAM BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY applicant or recipient is "living in another ADMINISTRATION monies, because both are important compo­ person's household and receiving support nents in the transmission to the next gen­ and maintenance in-kind from such person", Section 301. Establishment and conduct of eration of our rich heritage. It is our solemn the value of the in-kind assistance is pre­ SSI outreach program obligation to see to it that the citizens of sumed to equal one-third of the regular Fed­ This provision requires the Secretary to this country know and understand how gov­ eral SS! benefit standard. The Federal SS! establish and conduct an ongoing outreach ernment works, how it has developed over benefit standard applicable to the individual program which is designed to provide people two centuries, and what its promise is for or couple is two-thirds of the regular Feder­ who may be eligible for SS! with informa­ the future. al SS! benefit standard. If an individual ac­ tion about the program. One specific part of Our Founding Fathers knew how impor­ tually owns or rents the living quarters or the new program will be notices sent by SSA tant education was and how an informed contributes his or her pro rata share to the to Social Security applicants and recipients public was the best guarantee against the household's expenses, this lower benefit when they reach age 65 and annually there­ erosion of liberty. When our government standard does not apply. after, when they apply for or are awarded began it was called "the Great Experiment." By regulation, the Social Security Admin­ disability insurance benefits, and when they Democracy is always an experiment, it is istration has also provided that the value of are notified that they are eligible for Medi­ now, and will always be. The minute we any in-kind support or maintenance re­ care Part B benefits. cease to see it as a great experiment and ceived (other than in the case of those re­ In addition, the Secretary is required to take it for granted as something set in ceiving in-kind assistance by reason of living enter into cooperative arrangements with stone, we will cease to grow as a nation. As in the household of another) is presumed to other Federal, State and private agencies 2588 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 and nonprofit organizations which serve the violence and have called for a political dia­ fest prejudice based on race, religion, homo­ aged, blind and disabled in order to facili­ logue between the Indian Government and re­ sexuality or heterosexuality, or ethnicity." tate outreach services. sponsible Sikh leaders. There are presently no comprehensive, accu­ Special outreach to disabled and blind children: This section requires the Secre­ Our attention has been drawn to stray rate, and up-to-date statistics kept on the na­ tary to establish and conduct an ongoing cases of violation of human rights in the tional incidence of these crimes. Once avail­ outreach program to disabled and blind chil­ Punjab. In the massive anti-terrorist operations able, such statistics could provide the basis of dren who may be eligible for SSL Recogniz­ which are ongoing in that area there may more effective law enforcement efforts in ing that different outreach will be needed indeed have been cases of misuse of power communities throughout the nation seeking to here, the section requires cooperation with of miscalculations. Unfortunately, we cannot combat hate crimes. not only the groups listed above, but also ignore the fact that innocent and unarmed school systems and social services agencies During the 1OOth Congress, I introduced which address the needs of children. people in the Punjab have been victims of vio­ identical legislation, H.R. 3193-see House Evaluation of the program/report to Con­ lence and crime at the hands of a small group Report No. 100-575. That bill passed the gress: The Secretary would be required to of fanatics, secessionists, and criminals. Just House on May 18, 1988, by an overwhelming evaluate the effectiveness of the outreach as terrorist victims deserve our deepest sym­ margin of 383 to 29. It had been endorsed by which is conducted and to report to the pathy, those who are fighting against terrorism 30 state attorneys general. A similar bill was Congress, annually, on the nature, scope deserve support. What they do not deserve is favorably reported by the Senate Judiciary and effectivenss of its outreach efforts. a break in equal trade relations. Committee but received no further action I would like to share with my colleagues the before adjournment. TRADE BETWEEN THE UNITED State Department's recent assessment of the The Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, STATES AND INDIA situation in the Punjab in response to a re­ which I formerly chaired, held oversight hear­ quest for their views on House Concurrent ings on antigay violence and anti-Arab vio­ HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY Resolution 343, introduced last August which lence during 1986, and two hearings on legis­ concerns the human rights of the Sikhs in the OF CALIFORNIA lation to establish a commission on racially Punjab. The State Department responded that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES motivated violence in 1988. The Subcommit­ "the Indian authorities are attempting to con­ tee on Civil and Constitutional Rights held an Wednesday, February 22, 1989 front a terrorist movement which has claimed oversight hearing on anti-Asian violence in Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, today I would over 2,300 victims this year, well over twice 1987, and on anti-Native American violence in like to reaffirm the shared values that we have the rate of killings in 1987. The terrorists are 1988. The witnesses at each of these hear­ with the world's largest democracy, India, and well-armed with automatic machine guns and ings stated that reports of hate crimes re­ to express solidarity with the struggle of the rocket-propelled grenade launchers. In many ceived by their organizations are increasing. Indian people against terrorism and secession. instances, they are better armed that the They also urged that the Department of Jus­ Very recently, elections have been held in police units fighting them." It is also the view tice begin to produce nationwide data about some Indian States where Prime Minister of the Department that the "harsh police tac­ them. Rajiv Gandhi's Congress Party won in some tics" referred to in the legislation "are in part On January 13, 1988, the Center for Demo­ district, while losing in others. The freedom to an attempt to protect innocent lives and prop­ cratic Renewal released "They Don't All Wear hold differing political views was reaffirmed, erty from extremists." Sheets: A Chronology of Racist and Far-Right the people expressed their wishes, and all In recent years we and India have enriched Violence 1980-1986," which provides some parties abided by it. However, there has been our relationship through trade, science, and statistical data on bias motivated crimes. The some violent dissent in India, and we in the technology, and narcotics control. Bilateral Center reports that there were nearly three House who have been in the vanguard of the trade in 1988 reached the $5. 7 billion mark. thousand incidents of hate motivated violence, protection of human rights, around the world, The interaction between the business and in­ need to demonstrate our strong opposition to harassment, and vandalism during the seven dustrial communities of India and the United year period. This figure is based upon data violence. States has continued to flourish under the var­ There is a proposed bill soon to be intro­ compiled from press accounts, victim state­ ious agreements on trade and collaboration in ments, law enforcement agency reports, and duced in the House to deny non-discriminatory advanced technology. A relationship of trust information supplied by civil rights groups and trade treatment, or most-favored-nation status, has been built up, which we must continue to government human relations agencies. Its sta­ to the products of India. The reasons for support. Any effort to deny nondiscriminatory tistical accuracy is limited by the lack of a na­ denial outlined in the proposed bill are the al­ trade treatment to India will seriously and ad­ tional reporting system for hate crimes. leged human rights violations, especially versely affect our economic and trade rela­ In 1987, the Anti-Defamation League of against Sikhs in the Punjab. These allegations tions between our two countries. include arbitrary arrests, detention of prisoners B'nai B'rith [AOL] issued a special report enti­ without trial, torture of prisoners, and the use tled "The Hate Movement Today: A Chronicle of progovernment death squads in the Punjab. HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT IS of Violence and Disarrary" that suggests that The proposed bill is based primarily on the KEY TO FIGHTING BIAS CRIMES there was more criminal violence by extrem­ alleged detention of 300 Sikhs without charge ists during the past 3 years than there has or trial in a jail in the Indian city of Jodhpur HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. been over the previous two decades. since 1984. The fact is, however, that 380 OF MICHIGAN The AOL released its annual audit of anti­ semitic incidents during January 1988. The or­ people had been originally detained in that jail IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES out of which 188 continue to be held. They ganization reported 1,018 incidents, an in­ are charged and are on trial for waging war Wednesday, February 22, 1989 crease of 12 percent over last year. Of these, against the country and the illegal possession Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, Today, Febru­ 694 involved acts of vandalism ranging from of arms. ary 22, 1989, I reintroduced the Hate Crime swastika daubings to arson and pipe bomb­ India has been a functioning and viable de­ Statistics Act, a bill that will aid law enforce­ ings. The number of acts of harassment, mocracy since 1947. It has a rule of law and a ment officials in the fight to eradicate hate threat, and assault was 324. constitution that protests the rights of its citi­ crimes. Dramatic incidents like the death of Michael zens. And yet a dangerous situation has been During the past few years, there have been Griffith in the Howard Beach neighborhood of created by small groups of terrorists and an increasing number of physical and psycho­ Queens, NY in 1986, or the death of Vincent criminals. A reign of terror has been un­ logical attacks on persons who were targeted Chin in Detroit in 1982, capture the attention leashed in the Punjab in which nearly 2,300 solely because of their race, religion, sexual of the national news media and, as the result people lost their lives last year. Terrorists in orientation, or ethnic origin. They have been of the headlines they generate, pierce the the Punjab have been indiscriminate in their carried out by organized groups, as well as by consciousness of most Americans, reminding killing; their targets ranging from political lead­ nonaffiliated individuals. us that hate crimes are still a reality today. ers to children. A large number of victims of The Hate Crime Statistics Act will require Few across the Nation, however, will ever terrorism have been innocent Sikhs them­ the Department of Justice to annually collect know about the thousands of other lesser selves, particularly those who have opposed and publish statistics on "crimes which mani- known incidents unless information about February 22, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2589 them is compiled and published in the manner forcement Guidebook," which recommend LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH provided for in the Hate Crimes Statistics Act. policies, practices, .and procedures, and em­ FIRST HOME SAVINGS AC­ Participants in the "Brotherhood March" in phasize the need tor more information and COUNTS FOR YOUNG AMERI­ Forsyth County, GA, on January 17, 1987, analysis. CANS were attacked by white hooded Ku Klux The following law -enforcement organiza­ Klansmen hurtling rocks, bottles, and racial tions endorsed the Hate Crimes Statistics Act HON. NICHOLAS MAVROULES slurs. This unfortunate incident brought home during the 1OOth Congress: The Police Foun­ OF .MASSACHUSETTS to many the fact that the Klan is stHI a visible dation, the Police Executive Research Forum, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and active organization, despite a decline in the National .Black Police Association, and the membership. Over the past decade, however, National Organization for Black Law Enforce­ Wednesday, February 22, 1989 a number of new, more sinister, and more mil­ ment Executives. Mr_ MAVROULES. Mr. Speaker, since itant extremist groups such as the White Aryan Resistance and the Skinheads have H.R.- coming to Congress 15 years ago, working toward ensuring opportunities for young Amer­ surfaced and engaged in robbery, assaults, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of bombing, and murder to advance their white­ Representatives of the United States of icans to own their own homes has been one supremacist agenda. Although their leadership America in Congress assembled, of my top priorities. Yet, recent trends have gone against affordable housing for our young has been the target of arrests and successful SECTION I. SHORT TITLE. people. The American dream of that first prosecutions, these groups continue to survive This Act may be cited as the "Hate Crime home and the benefits of home ownership and sow the seeds of racial hatred. Statistics Act". In response to the public's growing concern must not be cast aside. SEC. 2. ACQUISITION AND PUBLICATION OF DATA. Today I am introducing legislation to estab­ about hate crimes and the inability of most (a) IN GENERAL.-Under the authority of law enforcement agencies to address the lish first home savings accounts for young section 534 of title 28, United States Code, Americans-a savings incentive to help young problem adequately, the National Institute of the Attorney General shall acquire, for cal­ Justice [NIJ] commissioned Peter Finn and endar year 1991 through calendar year 1995, people realize that dream of owning their first Taylor McNeil of Abt Associates Inc. to con­ data on the incidence of criminal acts that home. duct a study of the effective steps being taken manifest prejudice based on race, religion, My bill would allow a $2,000 yearly deduc­ by police and prosecutors to combat them. homosexuality or heterosexuality, or ei.h­ tion to a first home savings account or, the The study, entitled "The Response of the nicity. The crimes with respect to which withdrawal of up to $20,000 without penalty Criminal Justice System to Bias Crimes," was such data shall be acquired are as follows: from 401 K or IRA savings plans. The first submitted to NIJ in October 1987. homicide, assault, robbery, burglary, theft, home savings accounts would be capped at The authors interviewed 40 individuals, 21 arson, vandalism, trespass, threat, and such $20,000, yet encourage all young Americans of which represented police agencies or dis­ other crimes as the Attorney General con­ to save, a goal which we must meet as a siders appropriate. nation. trict attorneys offices. They concluded that (b) CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in this Act while there is no accurate data regarding the I urge my colleagues to join me in encour­ creates a right for an individual to bring an aging savings and home ownership. number of bias crimes committed each year, action complaining of discrimination based there is plenty of documentation to suggest on homosexuality. that the problem is widespread and increas­ (C) LIMITATION ON USE AND CONTENT OF SRI LANKA NATIONAL DAY ing. The study indicates that 50 percent of the DATA.-Data acquired under this Act shall people arrested for hate crimes are teenagers be used only for research or statistical pur­ and young adults between the ages of 16 and poses and may not contain any information HON. ROBERT G. TORRICELLI 25. The most frequent victims were found to that may reveal the identity of an individual OF NEW JERSEY victim of a crime. be blacks, Hispanics, Southeast Asians, Jews, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and gays and lesbians. (d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.-The Attorney The study further indicates that while most General shall publish an annual summary Wednesday, February 22, 1989 States have enacted some legislation target­ of the data acquired under this Act. Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ing hate crimes, only a few have thus far en­ SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. to recognize the 41 st anniversary of Sri acted laws mandating the collection of data There are authorized to be appropriated Lanka's independence this month. Over these on them. Maryland became the first State to such sums as may be necessary to carry out years, the United States has actively worked collect statistics on hate crimes when in 1981 this Act for fiscal year 1991 through fiscal to support Sri Lanka's independence and to year 1996. it required its State Police to collect the data promote her political and economic develop­ and provide monthly summaries to the Mary­ SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS ment. land Human Relations Commission. In 1986, Section one of the bill provides that the Although Sri Lanka has experienced epi­ Pennsylvania required its police agencies to short title of the legislation is the "Hate sodes of violence between the two major file monthly reports on hate crimes with the Crimes Statistics Act". ethnic communities, the Sinhalese and the State Police Bureau of Community Services. Section two of the bill requires the Attor­ Tamils, over the past few years, a couple of Connecticut, Illinois, and Oklahoma enacted ney General, under the authority of 28 positive developments give hope that lasting laws in 1987 requiring the collection of data U.S.C. 534

29-059 0-90-39 2590 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 22, 1989 has been working together with the Sri Lanka mantling of that system here in our State in was founded on February 22, 1894-George Government to shift the economy toward a 1864, as well as nationally. Washington's birthday-in Shamokin, Penn­ more decentralized and market-oriented There's a great deal of local history in Anne sylvania. The creation of the UNA was system in which private enterpreneurship, both sparked by a full first-page article in the Arundel County as well. Kunta Kinte, made fourth issue-November 1, 1893-of Svo­ domestic and international, flourishes. The famous through Alex Haley's book "Roots," boda, the first Ukrainian newspaper printed Government of Sri Lanka has almost complet­ arrived in the Port of Annapolis on the Lord Li­ in the United States. Svoboda first appeared ed the $2 billion Mahaweli project, a massive gonier in September 1767. The area we now on September 15, 1893 and is the oldest hydroelectric, irrigation, and resettlement pro­ call Historic Annapolis was the hub of activity Ukrainian newspaper in the world. gram. Accomplished with significant assist­ for many black artisans and businessmen. The need for a financial organization in ance from the United States and other coun­ Following the Civil War, the former Camp the growing Ukrainian immigrant communi­ tries, the Manhaweli project will generate 1. 7 Parole became a popular settlement area for ty was apparent and it was Svoboda's found­ billion kilowatt hours of electricity through the newly freed men and is still one of the most er and editor, Reverend Gregory Hrushka, who encouraged the idea. Upon the creation damming of the nation's longest river. stable and respected communities in the city of the Ukrainian National Association, Svo­ Through our shared interest in democratic of Annapolis today. boda became its official organ. It still is principles, the United States also continues to The first school for blacks in the county, the today. give firm support to Sri Lanka in her effort to Freedmen's Bureau, was established in 1865 From its humble beginnings in 1894 with resolve recent episodes of social and political on Muddy Creek Road in south Anne Arundel thirteen branches, not unlike the thirteen violence. We in the United States have and County. Supported by Federal funds, it found­ original States that comprised the United will continue to support a process of dialog, ed the Stanton School in the Parole area of States, the Ukrainian National Association compromise, and political choice to resolve has expanded to its present 420 branches­ Annapolis in 1867. When the original school or lodges-in the United States and Canada. the genuine grievances that exist. Minority closed in 1870, black residents rallied to save It is the largest Ukrainian-American frater­ rights should continue to be protected and the Parole site, purchasing land and moving it nal insurance organization with over 77,000 access to local political institutions should be to West Washington Street in Annapolis. The members and over $100 million in estimated guaranteed without discrimination. Calls for original Freedmen's Bureau is now the site of assets. The UNA currently has branches in the partition of Sri Lanka should not be the Ralph Bunche Community Center, and the 28 states in the United States and 7 prov­ heeded; she should remain unified. former Stanton School now a community inces of Canada. As Sri Lanka celebrates he1· independence, recreation center. The Free School had the In addition to providing for the life insur­ we join with the Sri Lanka people in looking ance needs of the Ukrainian-American com­ distinction of being the oldest school in con­ munity by offering low-cost life insurance forward to further progress on their already tinous use for the blacks in the county and protection, the UNA provides its members impressive record of national development. By was never a part of the public school system. with a wide range of educational, cultural, remaining committed to the upholding of Over the span of our Nation's history, black social, and charitable benefits. Through its democratic principles and institutions and the Marylanders have made enormous contribu­ many, diverse programs, the Ukrainian Na­ guarantee of security for all her citizens, Sri tions to our heritage. By remembering their tional Association has helped preserve the Lanka will once again prosper in an atmos­ achievements over the past 200 years, we are national traditions and customs of Ukraini­ phere of domestic peace and harmony. reminded of how far we've come as a nation. ans in the United States and Canada, there­ by contributing to the richness of American culture. BLACK HISTORY MONTH UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIA­ Through its network of 420 branches, the TION, INC. CELEBRATES 95TH UNA maintains close contact with its mem­ ANNIVERSARY bership. Officers of the branches see to the HON. C. THOMAS McMILLEN needs of their members, participate in vari­ OF MARYLAND ous Ukrainian local activities, and provide IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO leadership in the Ukrainian-American com­ munity. Wednesday, February 22, 1989 OF ILLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In addition to publishing Svoboda, a Mr. MCMILLEN of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, Ukrainian-language daily newspaper, the as we commemorate "Black History Month," I Wednesday, February 22, 1989 UNA publishes the Ukrainian Weekly in English and a monthly children's magazine, would like to take this opportunity to bring Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call Veselka the provisions of law creating entitle­ room with an armload of books and say colleagues agree, that it is important that we ment to, or determining the amount of, re­ something like, "When you're finished with treat all of our Nation's retirees fairly. But the tired or retainer pay for members of the that sandwich, I'd like to buy these." She new administration seems intent on breaking uniformed services; and obliges, as long as they're not paying with a this promise we have made to our senior citi­ (B) the programs providing annuities for credit card. "I hate the paperwork," she zens. Federal budget cuts during the last 8 survivors of members and former members says. years have already fallen heavily on Federal of the uniformed services, including chapter Time magazine called Singing Wind one of 73 of title 10, United States Code, section 4 the warmest bookshops on Earth. That may workers and annuitants. Annuitants have lost of Public Law 92-425, and section 5 of be the case; how many other bookstore pro­ approximately 30 percent on their cost-of­ Public Law 96-402. prietors routinely invite customers to lunch? living adjustments. Such reductions fall espe­ (2) The term "uniformed services" has the But warmth doesn't keep a business going. cially hard on Federal retirees, whose average meaning given that term in section 101 of Strength does, and Bundy has her share of pensions are $1 , 146 a month and their survi­ title 37, United States Code. that. When her husband died almost six vors, whose average benefit is $552. SEC. 3. FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS years ago, Bundy was left to manage the We cannot undo the events of the past. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990. ranch and the bookshop largely on her own. However, we can prevent the perpetuation of Section 826 of the Foreign Service Act of "It was a little scary," she says. "I married 1980 <22 U.S.C. 4066) is amended by adding very young and never had to do things inequitable treatment of our senior citizens who performed the . jobs so essential to at the end the following: myself." "(h)(l) Any benefits payable from the making our Government work. I will be intro­ Now, she does everything herself, but not Fund during calendar year 1990, including for lack of men willing to help her. Follow­ ducing legislation that simply provides that any increase in those benefits which is ing publication of the Time article, which these retirees be treated the same as Social scheduled to become payable during such opened with the words "A lonesome widow," Security beneficiaries. It guarantees that our calendar year pursuant to subsection (a), Bundy received offers from men around the Nation's retirees will be treated equally and shall not be subject to reduction or suspen­ country suggesting various arrangements. that they will be assured of the COLA's we sion, either pursuant to statute IN GENERAL.-Any percentage adjust­ calendar year pursuant to section 8146a, for Federal retirees in 1990, and the new ad­ ment provided by law to be made in shall not be subject the reduction or suspen­ ministration seems willing to follow his lead. amounts payable under military retirement sion, either pursuant to statute