January 30, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S561 Hardy M. Burton: Yellow fever, St. Thom- William T. Francis: Yellow fever, Liberia, Robert V. McMaugh: Beirut, 1983. as, 1852. 1929. William R. Sheil: Beirut, 1983. George R. Dwyer: Coast fever, Mozam- William I. Jackson: Drowned attempting Albert N. Votaw: Beirut, 1983. bique, 1854. to save life, Matanzas, Cuba, 1930. George Tsantos: Athens, 1983. Beverly L. Clarke: Tropical fever, Guate- John T. Wainwright: Drowned attempting Leamon R. Hunt: Rome, 1984. mala, 1860. to save life, Matanzas, Cuba, 1930. Kenneth G. Crabtree: Namibia, 1984. Isaac S. McMicken: Yellow fever, Aca- G. Russell Taggart: Hurricane, Belize, Brit- Dennis Whyte Keogh: Namibia, 1984. pulco, Mexico, 1860. ish Honduras, 1931. A. A. Schaufelberger III: San Salvador, George True: Smallpox, Funchal, 1862. J. Theodore Marriner: Murdered, Beirut, 1983. Edward W. Gardner: Lost at sea, 1863. Syria, 1937. Charles F. Soper: New Delhi, 1983. Charles G. Hannah: Yellow fever, Deme- John M. Slaughter: Earthquake, Michael Ray Wagner: Beirut, 1984. rara, 1864. Guayaquil, 1942. Kenneth V. Welch: Beirut, 1984. Abraham Hanson: African fever, Monrovia, Thomas C. Wasson: Shot by sniper, Jeru- Charles F. Hegna: Tehran, 1984. Liberia, 1866. salem, 1948. William L. Stanford: Tehran, 1984. Hiram R. Hawkins: Epidemic, Tumbez, Douglas S. Mackieman: Killed by gunfire, Enrique Camarena: Guadalajara, 1985. Peru, 1866. Tibet, 1950. Vieginia Warfield: New Delhi, 1983. Allen A. Hall: Epidemic, La Paz, Bolivia, Robert Lee Mikels: Burned attempting to Bobby Joe Dickson: San Salvador, 1985. 1867. save life, Pusan, Korea, 1951. Thomas T. Handwork: San Salvador, 1985. H.E. Peck: Yellow fever, Haiti, 1867. David LeBreton, Jr.: Drowned saving lives, Patrick R. Kwiatkowski: San Salvador, James Wilson: Yellow fever, Venezuela, Tunis, 1953. 1985. 1867. William P. Boteler: Killed by grenade, Gregory H. Weber: San Salvador, 1985. James H. McColley: Yellow fever, Callao, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1956. Laurence A. Steinhardt: Ottawa, 1950. 1869. Robert A. McKinnon: Tropical disease, William F. Buckley: Beirut, 1985. William Stedman: Yellow fever, Santiago, Ouagadougou, 1961. William E. Nordeen: Athens, 1988. Cuba, 1869. Barbara A. Robbins: Killed in bombing of Arnold L. Raphel: Pakistan, 1988. Charles E. Perry: Epidemic, Aspinwall, Co- Embassy, Saigon, Vietnam, 1965. Herbert M. Wassom: Pakistan, 1988. lombia, 1872. Joseph W. Grainger: Murdered, Vietnam, Matthew K. Gannon: Scotland, 1988. Thomas Biddle: Epidemic, Guayaquil, 1875. 1965. Ronald A. Lariviere: Scotland, 1988. John F. Flint: Drowned saving life, La Joseph R. Rupley: Killed by gunfire, Cara- Daniel E. O’Conner: Scotland, 1988. Union, El Salvador, 1875. cas, Venezuela, 1965. James N. Rowe: Philippines, 1989. Philip Clayton: Yellow fever, Callao, 1877. Dolph B. Owens: Vietnam, 1960. John A. Butler: Grenada, 1989. Henry H. Garnet: African fever, Monrovia, Jack J. Wells: Vietnam, 1965. Gladys D. Gilbert: Ethiopia, 1989. 1882. Norman L. Clowers: Vietnam, 1966. Robert W. Woods: Ethiopia, 1989. Jesse H. Moore: Yellow fever, Callao, 1883. William D. Smith III: Vietnam, 1966. Thomas J. Worrick: Ethiopia, 1989. David T. Bunker: Yellow fever, Demerara, Don M. Sjostrom: Laos, 1967. Freddie R. Woodruff: Georgia, 1993. 1888. John R. McLean: Laos, 1967. Barbara L. Schell: Iraq, 1994. Victor F.W. Stanwood: Murdered, Mada- Robert K. Franzblau: Vietnam, 1967. Barry S. Castiglione: El Salvador, 1992. gascar, 1888. Dwight Hall Owen, Jr.: Vietnam, 1967. Gary C. Durell: Pakistan, 1995. William D. McCoy: Fever, Monrovia, Libe- Carroll H. Pender: Vietnam, 1967 Jacqueline K. Van: Landingham, Pakistan ria, 1893. 1995. John R. Meade: Yellow fever, Santo Do- Frederick J. Abramson: Vietnam, 1968. Thomas M. Gompertz: Vietnam, 1968. As of 1/25/96, there are 171 names listed. mingo, 1894. Alexander L. Pollock: Yellow fever, San John T. McCarthy: Vietnam, 1968. f Kermit J. Krause: Vietnam, 1968. Salvador, 1894. SENATE RESOLUTION 218—EX- Frederick Munchmeyer: Yellow fever, San Jeffrey S. Lundstedt: Vietnam, 1968. Salvador, 1895. Robert R. Little: Vietnam, 1968. PRESSING THE SENSE OF THE John B. Gorman: Malignant malaria, Mat- Stephen H. Miller: Vietnam, 1968. SENATE RELATIVE TO MEXICO amoros, Mexico, 1896. Hugh C. Lobit: Vietnam, 1968. Richard A. Schenk: Vietnam, 1968. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Albert S. Willis: Malaria, Honolulu, Ha- D’AMATO, and Mr. INHOFE) submitted waii, 1897. Michael Murphy: Vietnam, 1968. Rounsevelle Wildman: Lost at sea, 1901. John Gordon Mein: Guatemala, 1968. the following resolution; which was re- Thomas T. Prentis: Volcanic eruption, George B. Gaines: Vietnam, 1969. ferred to the Committee on Foreign Martinique, 1902. Robert P. Perry: Jordan, 1970. Relations: Dan A. Mitrione: Uruguay, 1970. Amedee Testart: Volcanic eruption, Mar- S. RES. 218 Cleo Allen Noel, Jr.: Sudan, 1973. tinique, 1902. Whereas Mexico is one of the most signifi- Thomas Nast: Yellow fever, Guayaquil, George Curtis Moore: Sudan, 1973. Everett D. Reese: Vietnam, 1955. cant source countries for the transport of 1902. narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other William F. Havemeyer: Cholera, Bassorah, Thomas W. Ragsdale: Vietnam, 1967. controlled substances into the United States; Turkey, 1904. Donald V. Freeman: Vietnam, 1967. Whereas the Drug Enforcement Adminis- Philip Carroll: Fever, Manzanillo, Mexico, Albert A. Farkas: Vietnam, 1968. tration estimates that at least 75 percent of 1906. Robert W. Brown, Jr.: Vietnam, 1968. all cocaine available in the United States Benjamin H. Ridgely: Exhaustion, Mexico Robert W. Hubbard: Vietnam, 1968. travels through Mexico; City, 1908. Joseph B. Smith: Vietnam, 1970. Whereas various United States drug en- Arthur A. Cheney: Earthquake, Messina, Rudolph Kaiser: Vietnam, 1972. forcement agencies have estimated that 70 1908. John Paul Vann: Vietnam, 1972. John W. Gourley: Smallpox, Ciudad Juarez, John S. Patterson: Mexico, 1974. percent to 80 percent of all foreign-grown Mexico, 1910. Rodger P. Davis: Cyprus, 1974. marijuana in the United States originates in Theodore C. Hamm: Smallpox, Durango, James C. Marshall: Vietnam, 1968. Mexico; Mexico, 1914. Steven A. Haukness: Vietnam, 1968. Whereas according to the United States Robert N. McNeely: Lost at sea, 1915. Charles W. Turberville: Cambodia, 1971. Customs Service, 69.5 percent of the individ- Charles P. McKiernan: Smallpox, John Patrick Egan: Argentina, 1975. uals arrested for drug smuggling at border Chungkiang, China, 1916. Charles McMahon: Vietnam, 1975. stations in the United States are Mexican Charles F. Brissel: Cholera, Baghdad, 1916. Darwin L. Judge: Vietnam, 1975. nationals; Alfred L.M. Gottschalk: Lost at sea, 1918. Francis E. Meloy, Jr.: Beirut, 1976. Whereas the Drug Enforcement Adminis- Maddin Summers: Exhaustion, Moscow, Robert O. Warning: Beirut, 1976. tration has stated that drug smugglers have 1918. Adolph Dubs: Kabul, 1979. been flying airplanes into Mexico carrying 10 John D. O’Rear: Smallpox, La Paz, Bolivia, Steven J. Crowley: Islamabad, 1979. to 20 tons of cocaine per flight, which air- 1918. Bryan L. Ellis: Islamabad, 1979. planes then return to Colombia carrying Luther K. Zabriskie: Smallpox, Aguas Charles Robert Ray: Paris, 1982. $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 of United States cur- Calientes, Mexico, 1921. Robert C. Ames: Beirut, 1983. rency; Carl R. Loop: Saving life, Catania, 1923. Thomas R. Blacka: Beirut, 1983. Whereas Mexico has failed to prevent or Max D. Kirjassof: Earthquake, Yokohama, Phyliss N. Faraci: Beirut, 1983. punish the laundering of drug-related profits Japan, 1923. Terry L. Gilden: Beirut, 1983. or drug-related moneys in Mexico; Paul E. Jenks: Earthquake, Yokohama, Kenneth E. Haas: Beirut, 1983. Whereas Mexico has failed to prevent or Japan, 1923. Deborah M. Hixon: Beirut, 1983. punish adequately bribery and other forms of Clarence C. Woolard: Epidemic, Cape Hai- Frank J. Johnston: Beirut, 1983. public corruption which facilitate the pro- tien, Haiti, 1923. James F. Lewis: Beirut, 1983. duction, processing, and shipment of nar- Robert W. Imbrie: Murdered, Teheran, Per- Monique Lewis: Beirut, 1983. cotic and psychotropic drugs and other con- sia, 1924. William R. McIntyre: Beirut, 1983. trolled substances into the United States or

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Mr. President, I rise ing families, and now hamstring the gress pursuant to section 490A(b) of the For- today to discuss my vote against the Federal Government’s efforts to main- eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. continuing resolution on Friday, Janu- tain its responsibilities and obliga- 2291k(b)) whether Mexico has taken suffi- ary 26. tions, then I suppose they have kept cient steps to combat international nar- The CR under which the Government their promises. cotics trafficking: Now, therefore, be it is now operating is the ninth con- I am hopeful that at some point in Resolved, That the President should not tinuing resolution for fiscal 1996. That make the following certifications pursuant the future we will take our cue from to section 490A(b)(1) of the Foreign Assist- is four more CR’s for 1 fiscal year than President Clinton’s State of the Union ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291k(b)(1)): we have ever passed before. And we can call for reconciliation by reaching a bi- (1) That Mexico has cooperated fully with be sure, come March 15, that we will be partisan agreement on how to balance United States in controlling narcotic and traveling down this road again. the budget. Until then, this Govern- psychotropic drugs and other controlled sub- This CR continues a dangerous and ment will stumble from CR to CR while stances, and activities relating to such drugs chaotic policy of haphazardly appro- millions of Americans suffer.∑ and substances, as set forth in subparagraph priating funds, while leaving State and f (A) of that section. local governments, Federal employees, (2) That vital national interests of the and millions of Americans who depend COMMEMORATING THE SESQUI- United States require United States assist- CENTENNIAL OF TEXAS STATE- ance to Mexico or multilateral development on the Federal Government uncertain bank assistance for Mexico. of the future. HOOD f This uncertainty can be traced in Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unan- large part to the fact that months into imous consent that the Senate proceed ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS fiscal 1996, the Republican controlled to immediate consideration of Senate Congress has yet to complete work on Concurrent Resolution 40, submitted all 13 appropriations bills. RETIREMENT OF CONGRESS- earlier by Senators HUTCHISON and This congressional foot dragging has WOMAN BARBARA VUCANOVICH GRAMM. brought us to the point we’re at today: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ∑ Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I rise With a CR that is nothing more than a clerk will report. today to honor Congresswoman BAR- cynical attempt, by those who held the The bill clerk read as follows: BARA F. VUCANOVICH for her many Government hostage and then didn’t A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 40) to years of public service, particularly in get their way, to dismantle critically commemorate the sesquicentennial of Texas the House of Representatives. She has important Federal programs in a piece- statehood. represented the State of Nevada’s Sec- meal and indiscriminate fashion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ond District for 14 years and is the first Let me be clear on one point: I am objection to the immediate consider- woman from Nevada elected to Federal absolutely committed to balancing the ation of the concurrent resolution? office. budget. In 1981, I was one of six Sen- There being no objection, the Senate Representative VUCANOVICH has ators to vote against President Rea- proceeded to consider the concurrent served in many leadership capacities gan’s budget, which I may add got us resolution. during her time on Capitol Hill, includ- into this mess in the first place. I co- Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ing her current position as secretary of sponsored the Gramm-Rudman Deficit rise today to commemorate a very spe- the House Republican Conference for Reduction Act and just last October, I cial event in the history of my State. the 104th Congress. She is a member of was 1 of 19 Senators to vote for the This recognition is almost identical to the House Appropriations Committee, Simon-Conrad bill that would balance one passed by the Texas State Legisla- and chairwoman of the Military Sub- the budget in 7 years with CBO num- ture on March 7, 1995. committee. Congresswoman VUCANO- bers. Just last month, on December 29, VICH is also a member of the Sub- More important, after the havoc 1995, Texas celebrated the sesqui- committee on the Interior, the Sub- wreaked by the Republicans during the centennial of their statehood. Unlike committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Hous- last Government shutdown, I am com- all other States ever admitted, we gave ing and Urban Development, and Inde- mitted to seeing the Government stay up the sovereignty of an independent pendent Agencies. open and Federal employees at their republic to join the Union. As members of the Nevada delega- desks. On March 1, 1845, Congress passed a tion, Congresswoman VUCANOVICH and I Continuing resolutions, Government resolution inviting the Republic of have worked together to prevent the shutdowns, and legislative blackmail Texas to join the Union, and a special practice of source taxation, which un- are simply no way to run the Federal convention of Texans met to consider fairly burdened the residents of our Government. it, under the leadership of Thomas Jef- State. Representative VUCANOVICH has The majority party says we must bal- ferson Rusk. The convention accepted also been an ally in our fight to protect ance the budget to protect our children the offer on July 4, and its decision was Nevada from becoming a high-level nu- from inheriting a crushing debt. Yet at ratified by the people in October. We clear waste repository. She has been the same time we hear this rhetoric, submitted a constitution, which Con- active in promoting travel and tourism the majority is passing a CR that di- gress accepted on December 29. to benefit Nevada’s economy. rectly harms our children’s future by Rusk went on to become the first Representative VUCANOVICH dem- eliminating $3.1 billion from education U.S. Senator from Texas, and I, the onstrated remarkable personal courage programs—the largest cut in education great-granddaughter of his law partner, in her battle with cancer. She never funding in American history. now hold his seat. Taylor and Rusk had permitted the disease to slow her down, Education is not alone. This CR signed the Texas Declaration of Inde- never missing a congressional vote in would cut back funding by 25 percent pendence from Mexico in 1836. the midst of her treatment. She has for the Cops on the Beat Program, Texans mark the 29th, quietly, as the worked to help increase public aware- summer jobs programs for disadvan- commencement of our statehood, al- ness of this disease and how it may be taged youth, and environmental clean- though we didn’t lower the Lone Star detected and treated. up. How can this Congress claim it is and post the Stars and Stripes until I am pleased to recognize Congress- protecting children at the same time it February 19, 1846. We must have been woman BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH for her is cutting money to keep communities happy with statehood in 1955, because many years of public service and dedi- safe and our water and air clean? we expressly renounced the right to fly

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