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THE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND Finally, the Women's Health and Cancer City Club events have been covered on C­ CANCER RIGHTS ACT OF 1997 Rights Act ensures .that individuals diagnosed SPAN, the local PBS radio station, and cable with any type of cancer have access to a sec­ television systems. A debate between Repub­ HON. SUSAN MOLINARI ond opinion, including one that may be outside lican candidates for the U.S. Senate was car­ OF NEW YORK of their health plan network. It is vital that an ried statewide on cable TV. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES individual facing a potentially life-threatening The City Club has held fundraisers for other Wednesday, February 5, 1997 disease, such as cancer, have the opportunity nonprofit organizations, including Habitat for to consult a second physician and not the anx­ Humanity, the National Conference of Chris­ Ms. MOLINARI. Mr. Speaker, I would like iety of whether or not it will be covered by tians and Jews, the San Diego Public Library, today to introduce the Women's Health and their insurance. the United Negro College Fund, and the Na­ Cancer Rights Act of 1997. This unprece­ Unfortunately, almost all of us have had a tional Jewish Hospital. These efforts are nota­ dented legislation is not only critical for breast family member or known someone who has ble, for it is highly unusual for one nonprofit cancer patients, but also for all cancer pa­ been hit by breast cancer- and frankly all organization to undertake fundraising for other tients. women live with that fear. This bill is attempt­ similar groups. Last year in the U.S., 182,000 women were ing to provide some sense of security that A lighter side of the City Club includes holi­ diagnosed with breast cancer and 85,000 hospitals and medical providers are able to do day parties, whale watching trips, theater eve­ breast cancer patients received a mastectomy nings, a trip to the Nation's Capital, and Aspen as part of their treatment-7,500 of which the right thing. We will be able to claim suc­ were performed in New York State. A similar cess if we can minimize the pain, confusion, ski trips-featuring programs with outstanding survey found that 43 percent of the respond­ and trauma following a breast cancer diag­ speakers as well as time on the slopes. ents had been denied coverage of followup re­ nosis-and the Women's Health and Cancer George Mitrovich, the president of the City constructive symmetry procedures and nearly Rights Act aims to do just that. Club and prime mover behind its success, has 20 percent had been denied insurance cov­ stated: "The ability of any democracy to sur­ erage for revisions of an initial breast recon­ vive, even in the United States, depends in no THE CITY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO: small degree upon the wisdom of its people­ structive surgery. These numbers are far too TWO REMARKABLE DECADES high and this denial of coverage must end. a wisdom that public forums help instill." Currently, many insurance companies are This is the mission of the City Club: to the sole decision makers in how long a breast HON. BOB f1LNER present an arena where the best ideas might cancer patient should stay in the hospital, OF CALIFORNIA prevail. On the joyous occasion of its 20th an­ without taking into account her individual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES niversary, I am honored to publicly recognize needs or circumstance. In addition, these Wednesday, February 5, 1997 and honor the accomplishments of the City companies are frequently reluctant to pay for Club of San Diego. Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the initial breast reconstruction, as well as fol­ recognition of the 20th anniversary of the City lowup procedures because they deem recon­ struction cosmetic. Ironically, insurance com­ Club of San Diego. " ENNIS COSBY KNEW WORTH OF A Over the past 20 years, the City Club has panies do not deny reconstructive surgery for HELPING HAND"-A COLUMN BY become an integral part of San Diego-pro­ an ear that is lost due to cancer. Insurance ROBERT SCHEER viding a public forum for nearly 500 programs companies are simply not being sensitive to presented in the highest public interest. These the needs of breast cancer patients, and this HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH accomplishments have earned it the distinction bill seeks to ensure a breast cancer patienf s OF Omo as one of America's great public forums. access to an appropriate hospital stay as well IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The President and Vice President of the as reconstructive surgery. Wednesday, February 5, 1997 There are few procedures which are of such United States have appeared before the City a sensitive nature as mastectomies. Under the Club. On six occasions, the Governor of Cali­ Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, research stud­ Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, the fornia has spoken. The list of speakers pre­ ies indicate that learning disabilities affect patient in consultation with her physician, de­ sented represents a remarkable variety of indi­ about 15 percent of the American population. termines when it is medically appropriate to be viduals and opinions, from Jerry Falwell to One of the most common learning differences discharged following a mastectomy. Rather Gloria Steinem, from Maureen Reagan to Tom is dyslexia, which makes it difficult for persons than leaving the decision to insurance compa­ Hayden, from Tom Wolfe to Anthony Lewis. to read and understand the written word. Our nies or even to Congress, this crucial decision Local, State, and national elected officials, Nation recently suffered the tragic loss of is made by those personally involved. So if a journalists, ambassadors, judges, authors, Ennis Cosby, a young man with dyslexia who woman is prepared mentally and physically to bank officers, media broadcasters, professors, was committed to using his influence and edu­ be discharged soon after the procedure, she business and sports figures, and others have cation to start a school for children with dys­ may do so with her doctor's permission. This presented their ideas in the forum of the City lexia. Robert Scheer, renowned author and is also true in the case when a woman is not Club. The speakers represent rich and varied contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times, quite ready after several days. Patients should professions, philosophies, and political views. has written a sensitive essay about how dys­ never be denied the opportunity to be covered Senator JOE BIDEN returns for his 7th appear­ lexia affects even the most successful persons by insurance in this frightening situation. ance as the featured guest of the 20th anni­ in our society. I commend this column to my The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act versary celebration on February 8, 1997. colleagues. In addition to the forums, the City Club has also ensures access to all stages of recon­ ENNIS COSBY KNEW WORTH OF A HELPING structive surgery. Surgeons across the country offered other special events: a national con­ HAND ference on immigration; another on press, have confirmed that the problems with reim­ (By Robert Scheer) bursement have grown worse in recent years libel, and American freedom; and a third on Properly credentialed and steady at my as insurance companies become more cost­ the state of our language. One of the City post in the press section at the president's conscious. Women have been denied cov­ Club's most ambitious undertakings was a inauguration, within shouting distance of erage for reconstructive surgery even in four-part series on leadership in San Diego, the man himself, a witness to history sur­ States where coverage for breast reconstruc­ focusing on government, justice, finance, and rounded by the most successful of my peers, tion was mandatory. the media. I am, as so often before on such occasions,

• 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 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1595 filled with fear. This time it makes me think tion speech of William Jefferson Clinton, a As we move toward deregulation of the of Ennis William Cosby. guy who also came up the hard way but who electric utility industry, these subsidies will Fear, not of the violence that took his life was blessed with the saving grace of testing give TV A an unfair advantage over the utility but rather the more mundane persistent and well. Clinton knows he benefited from the personal terror shared by all dyslexics over level playing field, and he will not com­ companies that pay taxes and are required to having to perform in conventional ways promise government's obligation to keep it abide by State and Federal regulations. It is when your brain does not track quite that level. But where he has failed is in reaching time we leveled the playing field. This legisla­ way. In my case today, it's the pressure to out to those who need a helping hand, as tion is the first step in making these refonns. file properly spelled, cogently organized, Jesse Jackson might put it, to be pulled I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this leg­ grammatically correct copy, on deadline. from the quicksand of failure to the high islation. Small potatoes to some, a horror to others. ground of opportunity. I'm not complaining, mind you. I made my Those of us with dyslexia, and that ranges claim to be heard, and the fact that you are from Albert Einstein to Cher, have known FLORIDA'S HEALTHY KIDS PRO­ able to read this means that with the aid of that a helping hand spells the difference be­ GRAM: A MODEL FOR THE NA­ great teachers, computerized spelling checks tween pain and performance. Bob Dole, who TION? and my wife, sons Christopher and Peter and pushed through the Americans With Disabil­ friend Cara, all of whom are on line to pro­ ities Act, which has helped dyslexics enor­ tect me from the more egregious errors of mously, knows that. If I had any moment of HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK syntax, I will be heard. But the fear never regret at the inauguration, it came with the OF CALIFORNIA fully disappears. sense that Clinton does not know what it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is a fear that young Cosby would have means to flunk the seventh grade. Wednesday, February 5, 1997 well understood, having devoted his life to Ennis Cosby did. But despite that, he got a working with kids with learning disabilities. master's, was going for a doctorate and plan­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, it is America's It is a terror of failure, known keenly by ning to start a school for dyslexic kids, mak­ shame that 1 O million children-mostly the those who, despite their ability and best ef­ ing him-to use his father's words-my hero, children of working parents~o not have forts, flunked seventh grade. What we have too. health insurance. Health insurance equals ac­ in common, along with millions of others in­ cess to health care. Lack of access to health cluding my marvelous son Josh-who care equals increased deaths and diminished thrilled me by admonishing a smug Santa INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION lives. Monica school district special ed adminis­ TO END SUBSIDIES FOR THE We must find a way to insure these chil­ trator to call it a " learning difference," not TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY " disability" or "handicap"-is a conundrum dren. of difficulties loosely labeled dyslexia. What Florida has developed a program run we have in common is the fact that we learn HON. BOB FRANKS through the schools that provides a com­ differently than most folks because letters OF NEW JERSEY prehensive set of benefits for children for or numbers get scrambled, or we have small IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES about $50 per month. The Robert Wood John­ motor problems or we become confused son Foundation is giving $3 million in grants to Wednesday, February 5, 1997 under time pressure or are flustered in our seven other States to see if they can replicate efforts to conceptualize in ways that lend Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, Florida's success. themselves to standardized tests. What we today I rise to introduce with my colleague, Following is material from the RWJ Founda­ also have in common is the potential to Representative MARTY MEEHAN, a bill entitled excel. tion's "Call for Proposals" which describes the the Tennessee Valley Authority First Step Re­ In my time, in the public schools of the Florida program. I think that the Federal Gov­ Bronx, no one knew of such complexity in fonn Act. ernment might look to this State example as a the learning process. I was simply pro­ Two weeks ago, Tennessee Valley Authority way it could quickly and efficiently reach most nounced dumb and slow because I couldn't Chainnan Craven Crowell asked Congress to of the 1O million uninsured. If we used Presi- · learn cursive writing or spell worth a damn eliminate its $106 million annual appropriation, dent Clinton's $500 tax credit idea with a pro­ and so was tracked to oblivion until a friend­ so that the TV A can concentrate on its elec­ gram of school-based health insurance, we ly science teacher discovered that I was good tricity business in preparation for upcoming could obtain low cost but comprehensive in­ at physics and some other subjects if given energy deregulation. As a Federal agency surance for millions of children without new half a chance. Since then, a great deal of since 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority progress has been made in recognizing and bureaucracies or hassles. treating dyslexia, but even one from so privi­ has provided the Tennessee Valley with flood I urge everyone to think how we could com­ leged a background as Cosby went protection, agricultural and industrial develop­ bine the Florida idea with Federal tax legisla­ undiagnosed until college years. As he poign­ ment, and electric power. Thanks to TV A's ef­ tion to make new money available to end the antly wrote, "The happiest day of my life oc­ forts, the economy of the Tennessee Valley national disgrace of 1O million uninsured chil­ curred when I found out I was has been greatly enhanced. However, as the dren. dyslexic . . . the worst feeling to me is con­ TV A makes the transition to becoming an PURPOSE fusion.'' independent power producer, I congratulate I have been thinking of young Cosby al­ Healthy Kids is a program designed to help most constantly since the news of his being the TV A for their recent initiative to eliminate states develop a comprehensive, affordable gunned down off the San Diego Freeway not its $106 million appropriation. This legislation health insurance product for uninsured chil­ far from my home. The smiling optimism of would codify that request by ending all appro­ dren. The program, initiated in 1988, provides his file photo burns into my brain and anger priations tor the TV A after fiscal year 1998. grant funds to replicate a successful model fills me that this young man's optimism Second, this bill would order the Office of in Florida that helps families that do not spilled out wasted on the indifferent con­ Management and Budget to provide an inde­ qualify for government aid-but that cannot crete of that freeway offramp. It's the same pendent audit of the rest of the Federal sub­ afford private health insurance-buy health freeway my son Josh takes to a school called insurance for their children. Florida Healthy sidies enjoyed by the TV A, as well as a plan Kids is a subsidized insurance product sold Landmark, where he has opportunities that to completely wean the TV A off taxpayer sub­ could save the lives of so many others now through schools. School districts are used as tracked to state prisons and other societal sidies. a grouping mechanism to lower the cost of markers of educational failure. Today, I am distributing to every Member of insurance for children, similar to the role It was Ennis Cosby's dream to create a Congress a report that describes the TV A's di­ employers play in providing group coverage school for kids with dyslexia. "He wanted to rect and indirect government subsidies. These to their employees. make sure that kids who might not have the include over $1.2 billion in Federal and State Up to $3 million has been made available opportunity to have the help that he had tax exemptions, reduced borrowing costs, and for the Healthy Kids replication program. Under this three-year competitive program, would get it," his professor recalled. "So he exemptions from many Federal regulations did all he could to help poor kids." As I write approximately seven states will be awarded that all other utility companies must obey. grants. These include planning grants for help, it comes out hepl, and the reason I re­ These subsidies allow TV A to provide cheap main a bleeding heart liberal is that I think states to develop their programs and imple­ we all benefit when the cry for "hepl" is un­ power to a select region subsidized at the ex­ mentation grants for those ready to proceed. derstood. pense of the taxpayers in the rest of the BACKGROUND These are the thoughts that went through United States. This practice should not be al­ One child out of every seven in America my frayed mind listening to the inaugura- lowed to continue. does not have health insurance, according to 1596 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 a 1996 study by the Employee Benefits Re­ tering relationships between the local from sunup past sundown, often working well search Institute. The number of uninsured project, community leaders, and area busi­ into the evening. children is increasing and current trends in ness groups. Schools also verify student en­ Those of us concerned about the availability private health care coverage and welfare re­ rollment, distribute marketing materials of affordable housing and home ownership for form threaten to accelerate the rate of in­ and applications, provide parent outreach, working families owe an enormous debt of crease. enhance health education opportunities, and The majority of Americans get their provide interpreters and translators for pro­ gratitude to this man. He has surely helped a health insurance coverage from group insur­ gram activities and materials. large number of families to participate in the ance plans provided through their employers. Financing: Premiums are covered by a self-help program and become homeowners. Historically, covering a worker generally combination of state and local/community Jim's life-long work clearty demonstrates the meant covering his or her children as well, funds, as well as family contributions based importance of public service to our society. It but rising health care costs have begun to on a sliding scale. In Florida, the state con­ also is a statement of how one person's work change that. Recent years have seen a drop tributes 25 percent, local/community funds can make such a positive impact on so many in employer-provided dependent coverage comprise 40 percent, and families contribute others. (from 61 percent of children in 1988 to 54 per­ approximately 35 percent of the premium. Thank you, Jim, for a lifetime of devoted cent in 1993). Additionally, many lower-wage The state's initial contribution is higher, al­ workers cannot afford the higher costs of lowing communities to implement the pro­ service to the north coast and rural Califor­ family coverage. gram with minimal start-up contributions nians. Expansions in state Medicaid programs (approximately five percent). The state por­ were able to cover many children who other­ tion declines over time as the local match wise would have been uninsured. But rising and program enrollment increases. TRIBUTE TO RICHARD E. VATTER health care costs and recent changes in fed­ Administration: In Florida, the Healthy AND LORETTA SMITH VISION eral welfare rules have many experts pre­ Kids Corporation facilitates the efforts of all AWARD RECIPIENTS dicting that further expansions will not be the parties in each site. This state-funded, possible. The result of these two trends is 501(c)(3) corporate entity, manages the con­ HON. JAMFS P. MORAN that children are 40 percent more likely to tractual arrangements for billing and admin­ OF VIRGINIA be uninsured than adults. For children with istration of the product, and manages the medical problems, lack of insurance doubles bidding process with insurers at each site. A IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their chance of not getting care. private third party administrator (TPA) Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Very few insurance companies offer poli­ helps with initial eligibility determinations, Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise cies only for children, but a model program, and handles the enrollment functions by today to recognize the charitable efforts of Mr. processing applications and collecting Florida Healthy Kids, has demonstrated that Richard E. Vatter, American Legion children a children's insurance product has a place in monthly premiums paid by the families. In the market. The feasibility of a children's addition, the TPA verifies continuing eligi­ and youth chairman and Loretta Smith, Amer­ school enrollment-based health insurance bility by checking monthly to see that pro­ ican Legion Auxiliary children and youth chair­ program was first explored in a 1988 Univer­ gram participants are not receiving any woman. Mr. Vatter and Ms. Smith have been sity of Florida study and in a subsequent services through the state Medicaid pro­ awarded the highest honor in the VISION [Vol­ pilot program, jointly funded by the State of gram. unteers In Service: Investing in Our Nation] Florida and The Robert Wood Johnson Foun­ program. Mr. Vatter and Ms. Smith are mem­ dation. The program designed a children's in­ bers of the American Legion. This organization surance product and used school districts to IN RECOGNITION OF JIM was founded in 1919 with the mission to serve group children into purchasing pools to RATHBONE make the product affordable. The product veterans and their families, the community, was sold to families who did not qualify for and the nation. In working to fulfill this goal government aid, but could not afford private HON. FRANK RIGGS Legion members donate a variety of resources heal th insurance for their children. OF CALIFORNIA to blood drives, Boys State, youth and adult Moving the insurance contract from the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES athletic teams, educational scholarships, employer to the school district also en­ needy children, and veteran facilities. hanced the portability of coverage, espe­ Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Mr. Vatter and Ms. Smith are members of cially for families with a child with a pre-ex­ Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec­ the American Legion Post 176 which has a isting condition. ognize Jim Rathbone. 42-year history of good works in the Spring­ A recent evaluation of the program found a field community. Mr. Vatter and Ms. Smith 70 percent decrease in emergency room visits For over 44 years Jim worked for the U.S. per enrollee. In 1995, enrollees had more than Department of Agriculture in California. For the were recognized for their work with the Spi­ 110,000 primary care visits, more than 9,500 last 25 years, he has been the Program Direc­ noza buddy bear project. This project provides children were immunized and 719 children re­ tor of Rural Housing Service based in Wood­ children who have chronic, life endangering, ceived eyeglasses. Teachers also reported im­ land, CA. In this job he has been responsible organ, mental, and emotional illnesses with a proved attendance in school. for the 502 Mutual Self-Help Home Ownership teddy bear that speaks. Mr. Vatter and Ms. The Florida Healthy Kids model has two Program for California. Smith worked with the community and were goals: create a comprehensive insurance Jim was born and raised in Sonoma County able to procure 30 bears. This exceeded the product for school children and facilitate the and has a close tie to the north coast. Many expectations of the project and brought di­ provision of preventive care for children. The verse elements of the Springfield community Florida program has the following compo­ of my constituents who have built their houses nents: through the self-help housing effort in Cali­ together to work toward this noteworthy goal. Eligibility: All children enrolled in school fornia have benefited from his work and labor. Congratulations, Mr. Vatter and Ms. Smith. grades K-12 are eligible to participate in the Hundreds of lower income families have be­ It is my hope that your good works inspire oth­ program. Pre-school age siblings may also come homeowners in California thanks to his ers to focus time and energy on those less join. efforts in making this program work. For many, fortunate. Best of luck in the future to both of Benefits: The benefits package emphasizes realizing their dream of home ownership has you and may American Legion Post 176 enjoy prevention and is designed specifically for changed their lives forever. a long and active life in the Eighth District of children's medical needs. It features inpa­ Virginia. tient and outpatient care, including dental, Jim did not overtook the importance of his vision, and mental health. There are no pre­ position or isolate himself from the daily issues existing condition limitations and no med­ of his work. He has always been available and INTRODUCTION OF THE AMERICAN ical underwriting. Co-payments are required accessible to those with whom he worked in POLITICAL REFORM ACT for some services, such as emergency rooms, the rural communities throughout California. eyeglasses, office visits, and prescriptions. In He was always responsive to individual situa­ each school district, insurance companies tions-willing to listen and constantly trying to HON. SAM FARR bid to participate in the program. To partici­ OF CALIFORNIA make the program work for families who do pate, companies must demonstrate that they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the work. have an adequate and accessible network of Wednesday , February 5, 1997 providers. His dedication and committed service is Role of the schools: Schools serve as the best exemplified by his work ethic. I am told Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, today central institution within communities, fos- that you could find Jim's car outside his office I introduce the American Political Reform Act February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1597 and am joined in that introduction by nearly 50 the guardians of the Great Lakes. I commend KIRK JOHNSON HONORED AS of our colleagues from around the nation. to your attention a recent incident that dem­ EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Last night the President challenged Con­ onstrates the tremendous contribution made gress to pass campaign finance legislation by the officers and crew of Coast Guard units HON. EDDIE BERMCE JOHNSON and we are here to tell you today that we are in that region. OF TEXAS committed to doing so. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This bill meets the basic principles of true On January 23, 1997, as windy and bitter reform: cold weather swept across Lake Erie, the Wednesday, February 5, 1997 First, fairness. This bill does not favor one Coast Guard's Cleveland-based icebreaking Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. party over the other or one candidate over an­ tug Neah Bay was escorting a tanker vessel Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and other. and a tug/barge combination, the Donald C. recognize Mr. Kirk Johnson who was recently Second, reduce the influence of special in­ Hannah, from Toledo to Cleveland, OH. A honored as Employee of the Month at Inte­ terests. This bill includes PAC limits, limits on cable connecting the Donald C. Hannah to the grated Tax System. large donors and eliminates soft money. barge broke while the ships were passing Mr. Johnson, who trains employees on tax codes, was commended by ITS for his excel­ Third, level playing field. This bill makes through a heavy ice field. While the Donald C. campaigns competitive by enacting spending lent teaching skills, professionalism, and ex­ Hannah stopped to make repairs, the tug and limits, giving all candidates a similar footing for tensive knowledge. His trainees have praised financing their races. her barge became trapped. The tug and barge him by saying, "The trainer created a relaxed Fourth, access to the system by nontradi­ were at the mercy of high winds and powerful atmosphere conducive to the exchange of in­ tional candidates. This bill makes it possible ice, in danger of running aground at a nearby formation" and "The instructor was very edu­ for minorities and women to run. island within 1 hour. The situation presented cational and professional." We meet these principles through reason­ an extreme environmental threat because the In addition to teaching, Mr. Johnson is the able and fair changes in the law. barge contained more than 1 million gallons of creator of the ITS Bulletin, which has proved First and foremost, we cap spending. heavy aromatic residual fuel oil. to be very popular among ITS users around There will be no sanity in politics until we the State, and a quick reference card for ITS bring spending under control and a spending The officers and the crew of the Neah Bay that is still in heavy demand. cap is the first weapon in the arsenal of cam­ took quick action, declaring a search and res­ Congratulations, Kirk, for your outstanding paign finance reform. cue [SAR] emergency and assuming the role accomplishments in your profession and the Second, we reform the role of PAC money of on-scene-commander. The Neah Bay con­ recognition of that by ITS through the Em­ in the system. We reduce the individual PAC tacted other organizations, including Coast ployee of the Month Award. I am very proud contribution and cap aggregate contribution Guard Group Detroit and Air Station Detroit, of you, son. levels. Ml, which dispatched helicopters that provided Third, we reform the role of wealthy donors, key information to help the ships. Because of including the ability for candidates to use their INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION the potential for a major oilspill, the Marine TO REUNITE FAMILIES SEPA­ own money in their campaigns. Safety Office of Toledo, OH, was brought in to Fourth, we reform the role of soft money, RATED BY THE HOLOCAUST review contingency plans and prepare for an essentially eliminating it, but allowing for oil spill. Working in a cooperative effort with grassroots operations at the State level among HON. BOB FRANKS the joint United States/Canadian response candidates of the same party. OF NEW JERSEY Finally, we try to put the brakes on the mas­ planning team, action was taken to protect the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES area, a major spawning ground for aquatic life sive expenditures of money in the political Wednesday, February 5, 1997 realm that are now unregulated, undisclosed on Lake Erie. Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, and outside the law-independent expendi­ The Neah Bay broke an escape route in the last summer I had the honor of being involved tures. ice and was able to keep the barge off the We do this by requiring new levels of disclo­ in a remarkable reunion between two siblings rocks long enough for the Donald C. Hannah sure and by expanding the definition of ex­ who were both Holocaust survivors, but who to repair the broken cable. After 5 tense press advocacy. had been separated for over 60 years. Sol­ The legislation we introduce today is rea­ hours, the ship was broken free of the ice by omon and Rivka Bromberg were separated sonable, achievable, and supported by the the Neah Bay. The Donald C. Hannah and the during the Holocaust, and neither had heard White House and the Democratic leadership. oil-carrying barge were safely escorted to their from the other since. It is the only legislation in the last Congress destination by the Neah Bay and a sister ship, However, thanks to the resourceful work of to get bipartisan votes. the Bristol Bay, who had been diverted from younger relatives and Israel's Jewish Agency, If it could last year, it can again this year. other escort duties. these two Holocaust survivors were finally re­ My colleagues and I look forward to moving united in Israel in August after so many years. Mr. Speaker, this is a story of bravery, co­ this legislation forward and meeting the Presi­ Solomon Bromberg's oldest son Michael had denfs challenge of presenting him with cam­ operation between Government agencies worked with the Jewish Agency to contact paign finance reform by July 4. under extreme circumstances, and a job well Sharon Feingold, the granddaughter of Rivka done. My district is proud to be the home Bromberg Feingold. They then orchestrated a berth of the Neah Bay. I take this opportunity phone call between Solomon and Rivka and a HONORING THE OFFICERS AND to honor the officers and crew of the USCGC formal reunion in person. CREW OF THE COAST GUARD'S Neah Bay. Commanding officer, LCDR Fred­ I became involved with this emotional saga CLEVELAND-BASED TUG "NEAR erick J. Sommer; executive officer, LT JG Rich­ only when the family began its search, which BAY" ard J. Wester; CW02 Charles Philpot; BMC is still ongoing, for a third sibling, Abraham Bromberg, believed to be in the United States. Jeffrey P. Mallory; EMC Daryl W. Covington; HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Nevertheless, I had been very moved by the MK1 Timothy J. Clancey; QM1 Jon R. Fred­ emotional reunion of Solomon and Rivka. OF Omo erick; FS2 Michael S. Beaver; BM3 Dean M. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Today there are thousands of Holocaust Grass; EM3 Timothy P. Ostrander; EM3 Ariel survivors in Russia, Eastern Europe, the Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Vazquez; MK3 Jefferson D. Clark; SN United States, Israel, and other nations who Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, members of Kristopher R. Demetros; SN Duke A. Walker; were separated from their families during the the U.S. Coast Guard perform extremely valu­ SA Anthony J. Clark; SA Jeremy L. Farmer; Holocaust and who may not know the fates of able services for the American people, keep­ FN Jason E. Henderson; and FA Daniel S. their relatives. ing our shorelines secure and safe from envi­ Manor. For this reason I introduced a concurrent ronmental damage. My district is proud to be resolution in the last Congress to urge the associated with the Ninth Coast Guard District, Secretary of State, foreign nations, especially 1598 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 Israel, Russia, Poland, and other Eastern Eu­ continue this wise tradition in my service to ACADEMY NOMINEES FOR 1996-llTH CONGRESSIONAL ropean nations, and organizations such as the the 11th Congressional District. DISTRICT, NEW JERSEY Red Cross and Israel's Jewish Agency, to co­ The Academy Review Board is composed of ordinate efforts to help reunite family members nine local citizens who have shown exemplary Name Hometown High School Academy separated as a result of the Holocaust. Today, service to New Jersey, to their communities, Evren Asral Rockaway ...... Morris Hills ...... Military. Brian Bergen··:::::: W. Caldwell ...... James Caldwell Military. I am introducing this resolution. and to the continued excellence of education Benjamin Blake Chatham ...... Chatham ...... Naval. If my colleagues could have seen the emo­ in our area-many are veterans. Though from Garrett Randolph ...... Randolph ...... Military. Brougham. tional reunion of the Brombergs, they would diverse backgrounds and professions, they all Ryan Carr ...... Succasunna ...... Roxbury ...... Naval. agree with me that these thousands of families share a common dedication to seeing that the Matthew Succasunna ...... Roxbury ...... Military. DelPreore. deserve help in finding their own long lost rel­ best qualified and motivated graduates attend Charles Emering, Butler ...... Butler ...... Air Force. atives. With some additional effort by the State our academies. And, as is true for most volun­ Jr. Katherine Falato Basking Ridge .. Ridge ...... Military. Department and the cooperation of other teer panels, their service goes largely unno­ Geoffrey Frick .... . Lincoln Park ...... DePaul Naval. agencies and foreign governments, there can ticed. Kyle Grzymko ...... Andover ...... Lenape Valley Military. Regional. be thousands more happy reunions. There­ I would like to take a moment to recognize Michael Henke ... Parsippany ...... Parsippany ...... Military. fore, I urge my colleagues to support this leg­ these men and women and to thank them Morgan Hock ...... Morristown ...... Madison ...... Military. Janet Howson ..... Madison ...... Morris Catholic Military. islation. publicly for participating in this important Roger Knight IV Pompton Plains Valley Forge Military. panel. Being on this board requires hard work Military. Charles Larsen ... Hopatcong ...... Hopatcong ...... Military. and an objective mind. Members have the re­ Adam Lusardi Rockaway ...... Morris Hills .•....• Military. NEW JERSEY'S llTH DISTRICT- sponsibility of interviewing upward of 50 out­ Newman Merton ... Budd Lake ...... St. John's Mil .... Military. PRIME RECRUITING GROUND Christopher Moen Pompton Pia ins DePaul ...... Air Force. standing high school seniors every year in the Edmund Mooney Kinnelon •...... •. Kinnelon ...... Naval. FOR ACADEMIES academy review process. Patrick Nelson .... Hackettstown .... Bridgeton Acad Naval. The nomination process follows a general Todd Osborne ..... Morris Plains Morristown ...... Naval. Mary Paczkowski Long Valley ...... West Morris Naval. HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN timetable. High school seniors mail personal Central. information directly to the Military Academy, Daniel Powell ..... Califon ...... West Morris Naval. OF NEW JERSEY Central. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, Nicholas Whippany ...... Morris Catholic Military. and the Merchant Marine Academy once they Rafanello. Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Thomas Rogers .. Rockaway ...... Morris Knolls ..... Air Force. become interested in attending. Information in­ James Schiess ... Randers ...... Mt. Olive ...... Air Force. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, every cludes academic achievement, college entry Thomas Tanis .... Oak Ridge ...... Jefferson Military. Andrew Telschow Succa sunna ...... Roxbury .. :: ::::::::: Merchant Ma- year, more high school seniors from the 11th test scores, and other activities. At this time, rine. Congressional District trade in varsity jackets Scott Trageser .... Sparta ...... Sparta ...... Naval. they also inform their Representative of their Christopher stanhope ...... Hopatcong ...... Military. for Navy peacoats, Air Force flight suits, and desire to be nominated. Wilkens. Army brass buckles than any other district in The academies then assess the applicants, Jacob Williams ... Basking Ridge .. Delbarton School Naval. James Zhou ...... Livingston ...... Livingston ...... Military. the country. But this is nothing new: Our area rank them based on the data supplied, and re­ has repeatedly sent an above-average propor­ turn the files to my office with their notations. tion of its sons and daughters to the Nation's In mid-December, our Academy Review Board military academies for decades. interviews all of the applicants over the course TED NUGENT: TALENTED, This shouldn't come as a surprise. The edu­ of 2 days. They assess a studenf s qualifica­ COMMITTED, PRINCIPLED cational excellence of our area is well known tions and analyze character, desire to serve, and has long been a magnet for families look­ and other talents that may be hidden on HON. J~ A. BARCIA ing for the best environment in which to raise paper. OFMICIDGAN their children. Our graduates are skilled not Last year, the board interviewed 32 appli­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES only in mathematics, science, and social stud­ cants. Nominations included 1O to the Naval ies, but also have solid backgrounds in sports, Academy, 17 to the Military Academy, 4 to the Wednesday, February 5, 1997 debate teams, and other extracurricular activi­ Air Force Academy, and 1 to the Merchant Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, the power of tal­ ties. This diverse upbringing makes military Marine Academy-the Coast Guard Academy ent, coupled with impeccable standards of de­ academy recruiters sit up and take note-in­ does not use the congressional nomination cency, energized by commitment to principle, deed, many recruiters know our towns and process. The Board then forwards their rec­ emblazoned by actions to put feelings into schools by name. ommendations to the academies by January fact, is the best way I can summarize the ca­ Since the 1830's, Members of Congress 31, where recruiters review files and notify ap­ reer of a man who has brought millions to have enjoyed meeting, talking with, and nomi­ plicants and my office of their final decisions their feet with a piercing beat that just won't let nating these superb young people to our mili­ on admission. you stand still. That man is Ted Nugent. tary academies. But how did this process It is both reassuring and rewarding to know Over his career, many have known him for evolve? that many of our military officers hail from our the 28 albums he has produced, with over 30 In 1843, when West Point was the sole hometowns or close by. When we consider million of them sold worldwide. His concerts­ academy, Congress ratified the nominating the role of these officers in peace or war, we and he has had nearly 1,000 since 1990- process and became directly involved in the can rest easier knowing that the best and continue to set sales records. His professional makeup of our military's leadership. This was brightest are in command. Wherever they are success has enabled him to do what he cares not an act of an imperial Congress bent on sent, be that Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, or Viet­ most about-provide support for young people controlling every aspect of the Government. nam, many of these officers have academy through his involvement in the Drug Abuse Rather, the procedure still used today was, training. Resistance Education [DARE], program and and is, one further check and balance in our And while a few people may question the the Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids, where boys democracy. It was originally designed to weak­ motivations and ambitions of some young peo­ and girls learn about proper respect for wild­ en and divide political coloration in the officer ple, the academy review process shows that life, conservation, and hunting, as well as re­ corps, provide geographical balance to our the large majority of our graduates are just as spect for one another. He also has consist­ armed services, and to make the officer corps highly motivated as the generation before ently promoted his alcohol and drug-free life­ more resilient to unfettered nepotism that them. They still seek guidance from loving style as a model for all young people, and has handicapped European armies. parents, dedicated teachers and schools, and recently donated his time and talents to a In 1854, Representative Geritt Smith of New from trusted clergy and rabbis. Indeed, every statewide safety campaign, urging drivers to York added a new component to the academy time I visit a school, speak at a college, or "buckle up and live." nomination process-the academy review meet a young academy nominee, I am con­ Ted has pursued his devotion for the right of board. This was the first time a Member of stantly reminded that we as a nation are people to hunt through his award winning Ted Congress appointed prominent citizens from blessed with fine young men and women. Nugent Spirit of the Wild PBS video series, his his district to screen applicants and assist with Their willingness and desire to serve their never-ending media interviews on the subject, the serious duty of nominating candidates for country is perhaps the most persuasive evi­ and his writings in Adventure Outdoors maga­ academy admission. Today, I am honored to dence of all. zine. February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1599 For all of his efforts, Ted Nugent has re­ board member and vice-president of the West COMMENDING THOSE WHO ceived recognition that he truly deserves. He Macomb Y.M.C.A. VOLUNTEERED FOR MASSNET DAY has received numerous commendations from In 1993, colleagues from the Michigan As­ State police, sheriff departments, the FBI, and sociation of Secondary School Principals rec­ HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY U other police agencies. In fact, he has been a ognized David's tremendous contributions by OF MASSACHUSETTS Michigan County sheriff deputy since 1988. He naming him the outstanding principal of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has been named Man of the Year by the year. Michigan Recreation and Parks Association. Wednesday, February 5, 1997 He is a member of the Hundgun Hunters Hall And so, Mr. Speaker, while we reflect on the Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts. Mr. of Fame. He has been inducted into the Na­ passing of an era for Henry Ford II High, we Speaker, I rise today to commend the 4,000 tive-American Strongheart Society by the commend David Lathers for his lifetime com­ volunteers, including labor union members and Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arap­ mitment to the community, school district, and trademen, and over 100 businesses who do­ aho Tribes. He has served as the keynote thousands of students upon whose lives he nated their time and energy to wire the speaker at numerous events including the has made an impact. I extend my sincerest schools in my district and across Massachu­ Governor's Symposium on North American wishes for a healthful, rewarding, and produc­ setts to the internet. Hunting Heritage in Wisconsin, and the Na­ tive retirement. On October 26, 1996 the first in a series of tive-American Fish & Wildlife Society National MassNet Days was held. I am proud to say Conference in Anchorage, AK. He has served that it was an enormous success involving on numerous organizations within Michigan, over 400 schools in Massachusetts. such as the Michigan Year of the Family THE PTA: A CENTURY OF SERVICE MassNetworks was initiated because, de­ Council, the Hunting and Fishing Heritage TO OUR CillLDREN spite a wealth of high-tech companies, Massa­ Task Force, and the Michigan State Parks chusetts ranked 49th among the 50 states in Foundation, and has been named Archery networked classrooms and 45th in modem Commissioner for the Great Lakes State. HON. BOB flLNER lines installed. Mr. Speaker, if anyone ever asks you what MassNetworks has a component of which I OF CALIFORNIA Ted Nugent wants, tell them he wants kids to am especially proud. Teacher training and de­ grow up strong. He's wants hunting and con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velopment has been recognized as being as servation to be recognized for the reasonable important as the wiring or hardware. Educating and responsible activities that they are. He Wednesday, February 5, 1997 teachers, improving their skills, and showing wants people to keep their constitutional Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I them how to utilize the internet as part of the rights. He wants to preserve a way of life that rise today to recognize one of the most time­ curriculum is vital to the success of putting all is the best in the world. I urge all of our col­ honored and revered organizations in our Na­ of our schools on the information highway. leagues to join me in thanking Ted Nugent for tion today. February 17, 1997 will mark the Imagine a history class in Watertown that is all that he does to make America a better 100th birthday of the Parents and Teachers able to take a tour of the battlefields of the place. Association, known more widely as the PT A. Civil War, or a science class in Boston seeing photographs of Jupiter. This can help make Formed on February 17, 1897, PTA was ini­ learning come alive. TRIBUTE TO DAVID A. LATHERS tially known as the National Congress of Moth­ The future of our country rests on the shoul­ ers. Credit for the initial concept of this world­ ders of our youth. If they are well educated HON. SANDER M. LEVIN renowned organization has been ascribed to and able to continue to learn throughout their OF MICHIGAN Alice Mclellan Birney, a mother of three chil­ lives, then the United States will continue to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dren whose husband practiced law in Wash­ be the world leader. ington, DC. Joining Ms. Birney in this historic Again, I want to thank all the people in Mas­ Wednesday, February 5, 1997 undertaking was Phoebe Apperson Hearst, sachusetts who donated time, energy, and Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec­ widow of the late U.S. Senator George Hearst. materials to make our schools a better place ognize David A. Lathers, a dedicated teacher, Ms. Hearst always reminded her audiences for our kids. principal, and community activist on the occa­ that ''there could be no lasting improvement in Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank the sion of his retirement after 45 years of service human welfare other than through education." gentlelady from Texas for organizing this spe­ to the Utica community schools. Since the fall Another name synonymous with the early cial order and for all her hard work on behalf of 1973, and the opening of Henry Ford II of the children of our Nation. High School in Sterling Heights, David Lathers formation of the PT A is that of Selena Sloan has served as principal. Butler. Ms. Butler founded the National Con­ During his 24 year stewardship of Henry gress of Colored Parents and Teachers in At­ HONORING DAVID A. FORD Ford II High School, David Lathers has been lanta, GA, in 1926. The National Congress of an advocate of strong professional standards Colored Parents and Teachers merged with HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL and high student expectations. His efforts and the National Congress of Parents and Teach­ ers in 1970 and formed what is now our OF NEW YORK encouragement have resulted in a number of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES academic success stories and innovative pilot present day PT A. The enormous contribution programs at Ford II. The Far Eastern Institute, of Ms. Butler is equally notable this month as Wednesday, February 5, 1997 a Japanese language, history, and culture we also celebrate Black History Month across Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I speak today of course was developed, piloted and resulted in our Nation. Mr. Speaker, today we honor an David Ford, a man I am happy to call a friend a sister school program with Japan. The first organization that supports and speaks on be­ and a confidant-a man I am proud to know. commercial food program and commercial art half of our children. He has served his community faithfully and programs in the district were developed at PT A assists parents in developing the skills well and it is with no little sorrow that I note Ford II. In 1985, Henry Ford II High School they need to raise and protect our children. It his retirement as leader of the Democratic was awarded the State Exemplary School encourages parent and public involvement in Party of Mount Vernon. Award, the first school in Macomb County to the public schools of this Nation. When he came to Mount Vernon the Demo­ receive this award. And more recently, in cratic Party was virtually nonexistent. He is 1996, the Ford II marching band was selected On February 17, 1997, PTA chapters across leaving us with a vibrant and dominant party to perform in the Rose Bowl Parade. this land will celebrate Founders Day, which that has elected the first African-American His commitment to the community has been honors the legacy of PT A. mayor of a New York State city and the first equally impressive. David Lathers was instru­ I therefore ask my colleagues on both sides African-American assemblyman from West­ mental in organizing a Kiwanis Club in Sterling of the aisle, to rise and salute the PT A, the chester County. I went to Mount Vernon in Heights, establishing KEY Clubs at Ford II and leading child advocacy organization in our Na­ 1992 when it was made part of my congres­ Eisenhower High Schools and serving as a tion. sional district and I have never been sorry. It 1600 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 is rare to find someone who can be such a Society of the Department of Defense to put volvement has made America the leader in good friend and still give such wonderful ad­ on a Flag Day celebration with local veterans democracy around the world and their work vice. and elected officials. They planted a victory will keep us in the forefront. David is married to the former Eula Gadson garden, learned dances and music of the era, and they have four children and four grand­ and ended the class with a USO dance. children. For the past two decades he has Last year, medieval history was the theme DALLAS AREA STUDENTS served as commissioner of Mount Vernon's as students studied knights and castles. A me­ RECEIVE AWARDS board of water supply, a position which does dieval fair complete with jousting and a ban­ not begin to tell the breadth of his involvement quet marked the end of the class. Students HON. EDDIE BERMCE JOHNSON in his city and community. Among his honors played human chess with children as chess OF TEXAS are being named YMCA Man of the Year and pieces on the school gym floor, redone with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a life member of the Mount Vernon NAACP. huge black and white square to make a chess Wednesday , February 5, 1997 His abilities have attracted people from board. Mr. Cioffi was dubbed "King Eugene throughout Westchester County and the State Ill" and his freedom ransomed when kidnaped Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. seeking his guidance and counsel. by an opposing kingdom. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate stu­ David has made not only his city better but In preparation for this year's inaugural ball, dents from my district for their outstanding ac­ the time we live in. His wisdom and leadership students staged a mock election between complishments. have made us better than we would have President Clinton and former Senator Bob Ten students were awarded 4-year scholar­ been. Even with his retirement as leader of Dole. (Dole won 79-73.) In other preparation ships which range from $4,000 to $25,000 by the Democratic Party, I look forward to sharing and research, local Lincoln expert Joseph Texas A&M University as part of its incoming in that wisdom of many years to come. Garrera organized a display to help students class. The scholarship winners are Richard D. understand the Civil War President. Weaver, Jr., of Carter High School; Julie A. For the remainder of this year, the class will Contreras of Irving High School; Tatiana Alex­ IN RECOGNITION OF FRELINGHUY­ study archeology. The school's victory garden ander of Kimball High School; Edward N. SEN TOWNSHIP ELEMENTARY has been seeded with objects and will be the Brown, Jr., and Crystal D. Caldwell of South SCHOOL site of an archaeological dig in the spring. Oak Cliff High School; Paul L. Andres, John P. The thematic enrichment class is not the Broadnax, and Elizabeth A. Flotte of Talented HON. MARGE ROUKEMA only innovative program at Frelinghuysen Ele­ and Gifted Magnet High School; Kaushawn P. OF NEW JERSEY mentary. Hicks of Townview Magnet Center; and Mar­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In the Families Read Every Day Program tha A. Wilson of Booker T. Washington High run by first-grade teacher Linda Banta, stu­ School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Wednesday , February 5, 1997 dents take home a book each night to read In addition, Leaksha Dunn, a senior at Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con­ with their parents, then receive scrip-like James Madison High School in Dallas, took gratulate Frelinghuysen Township Elementary awards in class the next day that can be top honors in the Dallas County Historical School in Warren County, NJ, for its innova­ saved up to buy prizes from a classroom Commission's Heritage Education Essay Con­ tive and creative techniques of teaching young store. test for her treatise on "James Thibodeaux, a people about our Nation's history and culture. At a Valentine's Day tea, fifth- and sixth­ Living Legend in South Dallas." Leaks ha won On January 25, students at Frelinghuysen graders will be visited by senior citizens who $50 from the commission and $500 for the Elementary staged an inaugural ball with the will discuss their favorite Presidents in an high school's history department. theme "Presidents Past and Present." This interactive, intergenerational learning process. The hard work and dedication of these stu­ formal evening of music, dance, and food in­ The school has begun a Native American dents is admirable. Congratulations students, cluded fifth- and sixth-grade students dressed Cultural Center by building an authentic and good luck in all your pursuits. as each of our 42 Presidents and their wives. teepee in the schoolyard and teaching classes The students presented mini-museums and about native American culture inside. A sec­ speeches depicting the lives of the Presidents ond teepee and a bark lodge are planned for PROVIDING PORTABILITY FOR they portrayed. Period-appropriate dance the Mure. MEDIGAP ENROLLEES music ranged from the Minuet for Presidents Frelinghuysen Elementary was one of sev­ Washington and Jefferson to the Macarena for eral schools in Warren County that recently HON. NANCY L JOHNSON President Clinton. Approximately 250 parents, joined together to purchase "Star Lab," an in­ OF CONNECTICUT teachers, veterans, students, and VIP's at­ flatable, portable planetarium that allows stu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tended. dents to learn about astronomy at their own This event was more than just a one-time school from their own teachers. Wednesday , February 5, 1997 affair. It was the culmination of the school's A buddy program pairs kindergartners with Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speak­ thematic enrichment program-an 80-minute fifth-graders as mentors and lunch partners. er, in the last session of Congress, we passed weekly class for the fifth and sixth grades that All of this is even more impressive when important legislation giving Americans access uses hands-on techniques to make history and you consider that Frelinghuysen is one of the to portable insurance coverage regardless of culture exciting and students eager to learn. smallest school systems in our State. With their health status. We did it by enacting the ''The goal of our political enrichment theme 171 students in kindergarten through sixth Health Insurance Portability and Accountability this year is to not only provide a strong edu­ grade, it is a single-school school district. Be­ Act. cation in government and politics but to inspire yond sixth grade, students go to North Warren This new law, however, did not extend the students to develop an interest and appre­ Regional Middle School and North Warren Re­ these same protections to our senior and dis­ ciation in our country," school officials said in gional High School. Chief School Administrator abled constituents who are on Medicare. No the invitation to the inaugural ball. "We are de­ Cioffi wears the dual hats of principal and su­ senior should be forced to live in fear that un­ veloping the educated voters of the future." perintendent, guiding a staff of 13 full-time and expected medical bills will deprive them of fi­ The class is run by fifth-grade teacher Sue three part-time students, plus a nurse and li­ nancial independence. Hocking and sixth-grade teacher Patricia Mey­ brarian. That is why I am introducing, along with 30 ers under the supervision of Chief School Ad­ These accomplishments clearly show that of my colleagues, a portability bill for the mil­ ministrator Eugene Cioffi. About two dozen adults who care-teachers and parents alike-­ lions of senior citizens who supplement their parents were actively involved in this year's count far more than money in delivering a Medicare coverage with private insurance. An event, organized by volunteer parent coordi­ quality education. These teachers and parents estimated 1O million senior citizens, one-third nator Rene Jensen, mother of a sixth-grader. are the heroes, mentors, and role models who of the total number of seniors on Medicare, The class began 3 years ago with World hold up the historic value of public education rely on medigap coverage to meet important War II as its theme, prompted by the 50th an­ in America. They are an excellent example of health needs. Medigap insurance typically niversary of the end of the war. Students a community working together to develop and pays for prescription drugs, skilled nursing worked with the World War II Commemorative educate our citizens of tomorrow. Citizen in- care, and out-of-pocket deductibles. Without February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1601 medigap, seniors can face ·tough choices be­ lation in this country. Now is not the time to And as a freshman Member of Congress, I will tween paying their medical bills and meeting roll back two decades of success. I urge my miss his leadership, and his advice on how to daily critical needs. And that is a choice they colleagues to support this important legislation better serve my constituency and the Nation. should not be asked to make. to restore fairness to the Social Security earn­ He was a dedicated citizen, serving in the My legislation provides four important pro­ ings test. Marine Corps and defending our Nation during tections for seniors and the disabled. First, it the Vietnam war. He was a dedicated educa­ will protect seniors with Medigap insurance tor, receiving degrees from St. Mary's Univer­ who move out of their plan's service area or TRIBUTE TO MAX LYON AND KARL sity, Berkeley, Harvard, and Yale. whose plan goes out of business. This bill MUEGGLER Congressman TEJEDA was also a dedicated guarantees that those seniors will be able to public servant, serving 10 years in the Texas purchase another plan with comparable cov­ HON. JANE HARMAN State Legislature and 4 years in Congress. I erage even if they have a history of severe ill­ OF CALIFORNIA am very proud of his achievements and con­ tributions to our country. His passing is a great ness. This means that seniors who relocate to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other States can do so without the fear that loss for our community. Wednesday , February 5, 1997 they will not be able to secure comparable in­ Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to surance coverage. AN AMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE In addition, my bill provides Medicare bene­ mourn the loss of Max Lyon and Karl ficiaries who choose to enroll in a Medicare Mueggler, two constituents of mine who were HMO the security that they will be able to re­ both tragically killed in an avalanche during a HON. BARNEY FRANK turn to their Medigap plan if they are not satis­ skiing trip to Utah earlier this month. OF MASSACHUSETTS fied. They can utilize this option anytime within Max and Karl will be missed by many, espe­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the first year of their enrollment. cially by their students at the Chadwick School Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Third, my bill will help provide security for in Palos Verdes. Max served as the school's Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker. seniors who lose their employer-provided re­ outdoor education program director since 1990 One of the most important organizations I tiree health benefits. In this era of high bank­ and was nationally known for his work in have had the privilege to work with is the ruptcies and more and more companies with­ teaching youngsters about nature. Karl was an American Dream Challenge, a committee of drawing or reducing health coverage for retir­ outdoor education instructor since 1991 and the Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Fall ees, this legislation will guarantee that retirees worked with Max to keep Chadwick students River, MA headed by Dr. Irving Fradkin, which will always have access to insurance coverage in touch with our environment. has spread across the Nation and which helps beyond Medicare, even if they have had seri­ Max and Karl touched the life of every young people go to college. I have been privi­ ous health problems. Chadwick student. Whether it was on one of leged to introduce Dr. Fradkin's work to var­ Finally, this bill will extend to disabled Medi­ their kayak trips to Baja California or on one ious officials of the Federal Government, and care beneficiaries equal access to all medigap of their rock-climbing adventures in Joshua I have been pleased-although not sur­ plans. This is an important assurance consid­ Tree, Max and Karl taught Chadwick young­ prised-when they have responded very favor­ ering the high medical bills that people with sters how important it is to preserve and pro­ ably when they learned about it. Dr. Fradkin disabilities face. tect our environment. Max and Karl under­ has spent considerable time recently working We took significant steps last Congress with stood that unless today's children take an ac­ with elementary schools and the results have the Health Insurance Portability and Account­ tive role in environmental protection, future been as a I expected, extremely gratifying. I ability Act. Let us not forget those who did not generations will never be able to enjoy our ask here that I be allowed to share with my benefit from those vital safeguards. Let us pro­ country's outdoor heritage. colleagues examples of the response the tect the millions of senior citizens who rely on In the words of Nathan Reynolds, American Dream Challenge has received from Medigap policies. Chadwick's headmaster, "Max and Karl taught faculty and students in the elementary so many of us to better love and appreciate schools. I think it is useful for people to read the world. They affected us all. We are the the pledge of the American Dream Challenge INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION better because they touched our lives." which children are asked to take, and the re­ TO RELINK BLIND TO EARNINGS Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the sponses to this program from two 4th grade TEST House of Representatives to join me in ex­ teachers from Fall River, and from students in tending heartfelt condolences to the Lyon and the Fall River schools. HON. BARBARA B. KENNEI!Y Mueggler families. THE PLEDGE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM OF CONNECTICUT CHALLENGE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am very pleased to accept this award, EXPRESSING SORROW OF THE honor, and scholarship. Wednesday, February 5, 1997 HOUSE AT THE DEATH OF HON. In accepting this award, I pledge to con­ Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut. Mr. Speak­ FRANK TEJEDA, REPRESENTA­ tinue to do the best that I can in school and er, I rise today to introduce legislation to re­ TIVE FROM THE STATE OF make the most of this valuable tool offered TEXAS to me-my education. store fairness to the Social Security earnings I promise to respect my teachers and class­ test for blind individuals. Since 1977, the link­ SPEECH OF mates, giving an effort to learn about and ing of the blind to senior citizens for the pur­ appreciate their religious and ethnic back­ poses of the earnings test has assisted in HON. LORmA SANCHFl grounds. I further pledge, in accepting this award, helping many blind individuals become self- OF CALIFORNIA that I will not be involved in any way with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sufficient, and more productive members of the use of illegal drugs. Tuesday, February 4, 1997 I will not resort to the use of weapons of society. This is no longer the case. That im­ any kind to resolve differences with others. portant link was broken in 1996. While senior Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Chairman, I rise today I will volunteer to perform service for my citizens will be afforded greater opportunity to to extend my deepest condolences to the fam­ community whenever possible. increase their earnings without losing their So­ ily and loved ones of my colleague, Rep­ I will continue to do everything within my cial Security benefits, the blind, however, will resentative FRANK TEJEDA who passed away power to be a caring and responsible citizen of my school, my community, and my coun­ not have that same chance. on January 30, 1997. Although I did not have try-proud to be an American. Blindness is often associated with adverse the privilege of meeting Representative social and economic consequences. It is often TEJEDA, I would like to join my colleagues in WM. J. WILEY SCHOOL, difficult for blind individuals to find sustained honoring this American hero. Fall River, MA, January 13, 1997. Dr. IRVING A. FRADKIN, employment or for that matter employment at Congressman TEJEDA leaves a legacy of American Dream Challenge Awards Committee, all. The blind want to work and take pride in dedication, hard work, and devotion to his Fall River, MA. doing so. Our action in 1977 provided a great community. He will remain a role model for the DEAR DR. FRADKIN AND MEMBERS: As we deal of hope and incentive for the blind popu- youth and Hispanics for many years to come. enter the new year, I'm extremely anxious to 1602 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 begin the fourth year of your scholarship strive for decency, and get back to basics in college. I hope I pass college so that I can be program. I am most delighted that your their lives. a nurse.-Rany Say, Laurel Lake School. American Dream Challenge has met with so Today we need more programs like the much success. It was an excellent idea to ini­ American Dream Challenge with interested, WINNING SPOT IN STATE HOUSE COULD HELP tiate this program at such an early age; I be­ concerned citizens volunteering with our FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENCE lieve that it makes a tremendous impact on youth and building better citizens and adults I think that if I have a good education, the future successes of so many fourth grade for tomorrow. that maybe I could work in the state House students of the Fall River. Let me share with Thank you Dr. Fradkin and the American and help to make up non-violent laws to help you just how your scholarships have affected Dream Challenge Committee for including a lot of people in the United States. If I do the lives of three of my students. me and my students in a worthwhile endeav­ make it to the state House as a representa­ Sharon was my first recipient; one could or. tive, I would make strict laws about guns. I not find a brighter student. However, she was Congratulations American Dream Chal­ would allow them to be sold only to people often consumed by a timidity that limited lenge Committee and Dr. Irving Fradkin on with the proper license for them. I would not her abilities. When she learned that she was a mammoth undertaking and a commendable allow pocket knives to be sold to anyone chosen as the winner, she acquired such start. The principal at C.V. Carroll School, under 20 years of age and they would have an pride and confidence that it is still with her Mr. Edward Campion, pledges his support for identification card with them. With the help today. this program and encourages his staff to par­ of a really good education and a good job, I In 1995, Natalie was chosen as a finalist and ticipate and pledge for future years. she could not wait to hear the results of your would be able to help keep many citizens of BETSY COREY, the United States safe to walk the streets essay contest. She, too, was a bright student 4th Grade Teacher. and a most imaginative writer. However, she and safe in their homes because only respon­ lacked a feeling of belonging because she had sible people would be carrying guns and only come to America from Ireland one year WEAVING DREAMS-FOURTH-GRADERS TELL knives. I would also make more laws such as earlier. When she discovered that she had WHY TO STAY IN SCHOOL having many more police officers on the been chosen as the '95 recipient, she beamed Here's a sample of some of the essays writ­ street, and they would be checking for illegal with pride! She was now truly an American ten by Fall River fourth grade students who weapons and making sure no one was car­ with a future that could not be brighter. Her won American Dream Challenge scholarships rying weapons without a proper reason or entire family attended the ceremony. in this year's program: identification. Finally, let me tell you about Meghan. EDUCATION FOR ENVffiONMENT I would also make very strict laws about She, too, was a bright girl. However, unlike people who injure people with guns and Shannon and Natalie, she was not a good stu­ My education can help me make a dif­ knives. They would be put in jail for seven dent. She lacked consistency, focus, and con­ ference by helping other people. With dif­ years and if they did it again, they would be fidence, but I could see a light in her that ferent education, people can help in different in jail for double the time. If they killed many could not see. She loved to read and ways: for an example, you can become a doc­ someone, they would be in jail for the rest of was full of imagination. I stressed with her tor, you can help people get well or become their lives. So if I can get a good education the importance of this essay, and how it a policeman or woman to help your commu­ and job in the state House, I could probably might affect her entire life. She wrote her nity be safe. These are just a few of the thou­ make many non-violent laws so that by the essay with an intensity that I had not pre­ sand things your education can help you do. time I am 57 the United States will be so viously seen. When I read her composition, I You can help the earth by becoming a sci­ peaceful and safe and we might not need could tell that she would be my next recipi­ entist and study the earth and the sea. By prisons or jails. Hopefully I can make a vio­ ent. She changed that day, and actually that you can help all the earth, which will lent-free home for me and my family and started to reach her potential. She was even­ help all the animals that will make the earth friends.-Shauna Williams. tually declared the winner, and her attitude a better place to live. Or be president and changed toward learning. make peace with other countries. The most In summary, I'd have to say that your pro­ important thing is to stay in schools. Some gram does definitely make a difference, and kids think it's cool to get out early, but it's I'm proud to be part of it. One can only not! There's always more to learn. Stay in RESPONSE TO GEN. DENNIS J. dream of the changes this can create in a school. It's cool!!-Michelle Prevost, Domini­ REIMER'S SUGGESTION THAT child. It just might help that child rise above can Academy. SEX-SEGREGATED TRAINING RE­ the pressures of drug abuse, sexual promis­ HELPING CHILDREN Wil..L MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TURN TO THE MILITARY cuity, or even teenage pregnancy. Thank you THEffi LIVES, OTHERS for your interest in the youth of Fall River. You are making a positive impact on their In my life I want to help children who need lives with a difference that should surely af­ somebody to talk to. I hope I can do this be­ HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON cause I want to be known as someone who fect the future of Fall River. OF TEXAS Very truly yours, helps children. I want to prove to myself and SUSAN LANYON, others that I can make something of myself. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4th Grade Teacher. I am very lucky to have a second chance in life, because I am adopted. I will use my edu­ Wednesday, February 5, 1997 cation to help children who are not as fortu­ THE AMERICAN DREAM CHALLENGE: A nate as I am. I want to let them know there Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. BLUEPRINT are people out there who care about them. I Mr. Speaker, as we enter the 21st century, it The American Dream Challenge Program can do this with a good college education. is unacceptable for men to use human nature Committee is a dynamic, dedicated group of This is my dream. I want to become a chil­ and sexuality as an excuse for sexual crimes individuals who are working for a common dren's psychologist or a counselor so I can and gender discrimination. good and unified goals. Their exceptional make a difference in another child's life, and talents, dedication, and commitment are mine.-Anne Bryant, St. Jean Baptiste We cannot regress two decades of ad­ certainly felt within our educational system School. vancement for women based on the inability of and our community. some who cannot control their sexuality. What a Herculean task this is! The Amer­ MAKING FRIENDS WITH ONE ANOTHER ican Dream Challenge Group Volunteers A good education will help me become a Harsh disciplinary procedures must be en­ countless hours so that positive attitudes, better person by making friends. In school acted in order to ensure that women have a ethics, and enthusiasm can regenerate in we learn to care about one another. I can fair and equal opportunity to serve this Nation. this depressed area and can begin with our make friends easy but I have to see if they The separation of the sexes is not a solution have a good attitude or bad one. I can just youngest elementary students. to the problem. Rather, General Reimer's sug­ The concept of encouraging our students to walk up and talk to a lonely friend, tell do their very best, take charge of their lives, them a little idea about our country and gestion is a slap in the face to men because and stay in school is emphasized so magnifi­ they can tell a little about their country. I it suggests that men operate solely on animal cently by the Committee. The American like to make friends. I made a lot of Cam­ instinct. Dream Challenge Group awards scholarships bodian friends and American ones too. Some Additionally, General Reimer's suggestion of my friends make me mad and I just walk to elementary school children who are urged increases the problem because if men are to put forth their best effort and make a dif­ away, but they will come back and say sorry. ference in their school, their neighborhood Then we become friends again. I like to be rarely in an environment with women, they will and eventually give to their community. friends and have the friendship last a long never know how to interact with them. It is With the American Dream Challenge we time. I can share with them, that's an easy time for women to be treated as equal peers can feel the necessity for our students to thing to do. When I grow up I want to go to of men, and not as sexual objects. February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1603 HONORING JOHN C. DOULIN INTRODUCTION OF WELDON RESO­ But the University of St. Thomas has not LUTION REAUTHORIZING A CITI­ just grown in enrollment, it has grown in im­ HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN ZENS' COMMISSION ON CONGRES­ portance. It is recognized as one of the top re­ OF NEW YORK SIONAL ETHICS gional universities in the country, offering a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES curriculum-from accounting and finance, to philosophy and theology-that attracts top stu­ Wednesday , February 5, 1997 HON. CURT WELDON OF PENNSYLVANIA dents from around the country and around the Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES world. The Cameron School of Business, report to our colleagues that a most remark­ opened in 1980, leads the way in teaching able American is going to be honored later Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Houston's future business elite. this week. Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, Over the past 50 years, the University of St. The Catholic War Veterans Post No. 386 in I rise today to reintroduce a resolution to re­ Thomas has flourished because of its commit­ Orange County, NY, is paying tribute to John form ethics oversight in the House of Rep­ ment to not only education, but to the commu­ C. Doulin, their oldest living World War I vet­ resentatives. nity. St. Thomas enriches Houston through a eran and one of the few remaining World War This measure would establish a 14-member number of free lectures, exhibits, concerts, I veterans in Orange County. Commission on Congressional Ethics com­ and seminars-all open to the public. Through Jack, who is now 97 years young, enlisted posed of private citizens, while eliminating these events, the University of St. Thomas in the U.S. Army on April 8, 1918, and was most responsibilities of the House Committee has forged bonds to the community that can soon thereafter shipped to France with Com­ on Standards of Official Conduct. The resolu­ never be broken. pany "D", 1st Pioneer Infantry. He participated tion would grant the Commission power to in­ The University of St. Thomas has also led in the Aisne-Mame campaign, and the Oise­ vestigate Member and staff ethics violations, our community in architectural excellence. The Aisne, and Meuse-Argonne offensives. sit and hold hearings, subpoena as authorized main academic complex built in the 1960's is After the armistice, Jack returned to his by the House, and report and recommend ac­ among the first works by world renowned ar­ hometown of Newburgh, NY, and joined the tions to enforce ethics to Committee on Stand­ chitect Philip Johnson, who later designed New York National Guard. In 1921, this unit ards of Official Conduct. Not only will this re­ much of the Houston skyline. It is only fitting was transformed into the 132d Ammunition move Members' conflict of interest in policing that as St. Thomas achieves its half century Train. In April 1924, it was again ordered to their colleagues, but it will give people a mark that a new Johnson work, the Chapel of reorganize into a 75mm-artillery regiment. This hands on role in shaping all the administrative St. Basil, will close out the complex. new unit was designated the 156th Field Artil­ operations of the House. The best way to re­ As a member of the class of 1982, I take lery. John Doulin remained in service with form the People's House is to get more of the great pride in commemorating 50 years of these units until July 22, 1931. people involved. achievement at the University of St. Thomas. When America entered the Second World The American people want change and are The people who have made St. Thomas what War, Jack returned to service with the 56th demanding reform. It is time for us to act. This it is deserve our praise and our thanks. Regiment of the New York Guard, with whom measure is not a complete solution to the pub­ The community's pride in the University of he served until peace in 1945. lic confidence crises, nor the last word of re­ St. Thomas is reflected in the following edi­ In later years, Jack Doulin remained--as he form in this body. But it is a positive step in torial printed in the January 30 Houston has always been-an outstanding community the right direction. Chronicle. leader, involved in many causes. As an active The recent investigation of the Speaker by UST-FROM AN ACORN ON MONTROSE TO A member of the Republican Committee, he the House Ethics Committee demonstrated the SPLENDID UNIVERSITY continued the struggle which he fought on the conflict of interest and the difficulties that will Since its humble founding 50 years ago, the bloody battlefields of France so many years arise when Members must police each other. University of St. Thomas has contributed earlier: the fight for democracy, for good gov­ I believe this resolution will enable the process much to the Houston community. ernment, and for a free, just society. to work more effectively. Nationally recognized as a top regional in­ Jack had a special interest in getting young During the 104th Congress we made great stitution and one of the best buys in higher people involved in politics. During the 1960's, progress in the area of institutional reform. education, the University of St. Thomas has been the source of a fine education for thou­ many of our young people became dis­ This legislation will enable us to continue that enchanted with our system. Jack waged a sands of students with its small classes and reform and to strengthen America's trust in quality professors. one-man crusade to counter this dangerous their elected representatives. I will press for But it has been more than just a university trend. With his tales of his experiences in what adoption of this proposal in the House. I look of Houstonians. It also has given cultural he always sardonically called ''the war to end forward to the support of all Members in this and intellectual enrichment to the commu­ all wars," he painted a vivid portrait for our body. nity through its numerous public lectures, young people of just how much was sacrificed concerts and exhibits. by so many so that we can all be free. Fifty years ago the Basilian Fathers, with In the 1960's, John Doulin was appointed CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE the help and hard work of a group of dedi­ adult adviser to the Teenage Republicans in UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS cated laymen and laywomen, founded the university on Montrose Boulevard as an his hometown, and in this role displayed com­ independent, coeducational Catholic institu­ passion, understanding and respect for our HON. KEN BEN'ISEN tion of higher learning. The freshman class young people which unfortunately is often OF TEXAS numbered 40. There were only eight faculty rare, and which was greatly appreciated by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES members. Today the University of St. Thom­ our young people who came to love him. as has an enrollment of 2,500 students and 200 My press secretary, who received his start Wednesday, February 5, 1997 faculty. It offers 33 fields of study with a in politics listening to Jack Doulin's vivid dis­ Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor core curriculum in philosophy, theology, the courses on what has made our Nation great the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and science. The campus has grown to 22 and what responsibilities we all have to keep for 50 years of excellence. As an alumnus, I acres, but the original building, the historic it great, has often told me that Jack was a am proud of the many contributions the Uni­ Link-Lee mansion, is still used. major influence on many of his generation versity of St. Thomas has made to education A special dedicatory Mass on Friday marks who remain activists to this day. and to our community. the beginning of the university's 50th anni­ I urge my colleagues to join in congratu­ Rfty years ago, the University of St. Thom­ versary commemoration. lating John C. Doulin on the occasion of this as became the first independent, coeduca­ From a small acorn, a thriving university long-overdue tribute, and in extending our best tional Catholic Basilian college in the United has grown, nourished through its commit­ wishes to his daughter, Jeanne Doulin Leo, States. Rev. Vincent J. Guinan presided over ment to instill a love for truth in its stu­ dents. his son, John, Jr., and his grandchildren. It a freshman class of only 40 students and a Bricks and mortar do not make a univer­ must be gratifying for them to realize that faculty of 8. Since then, the university has sity. People do. So as the University of St. many of us admire the remarkable patriarch of grown over fortyfold, with an enrollment of Thomas begins commemorating its 50th an­ their family. 2,500 students and 200 faculty. niversary, Houstonians should say well done 1604 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 to all the men and women who have made producing Government documents in multiple during the war, how can we allow this addi­ the university the splendid place and com­ languages assumes that being given trans­ tional measure of indignation? munity asset that it is. lations of official Government documents eas­ Apparently, many of these former SS mem­ ily helps those who do not speak English. This bers were able to enter the United States, and logic goes against what bilingual individuals eventually gain citizenship, by falsifying their IN AN EFFORT TO SETTLE A PAR­ know all too well. Providing a word-for-word identities and lying about their wartime activi­ TISAN SCORE, THE HOUSE SETS translation of anything between two languages ties. Many of them, however, have been living A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT is often impossible. in the United States for years now, some bold­ One area that this is most evident is in bilin­ ly with the same names, the same identities, HON. SUE MYRICK gual voting. The Voting Rights Act requires lo­ the same blood on their hands. OF NORTH CAROLINA calities with populations over a certain propor­ Mr. Speaker, there is no excuse for that, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion of the population to provide all materials and it is simply unacceptable. Yesterday, I Wednesday, February 5, 1997 in the language(s) of the affected populations, sent letters to German Chancellor Helmut even if the language does not have a written Kohl, President Clinton, and Attorney General Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I fear that the Janet Reno, asking that they obtain the names passage of the resolution reprimanding Speak­ form. This opens the door to fraud and mis­ representation of issues by interpreters. Inac­ of these Nazi pensioners, and release them to er GINGRICH has opened a Pandora's Box that the proper American Government agencies, in may ultimately threaten the very integrity of curate bilingual voting materials are a costly burden on State and local governments, and order to fully investigate the possibility of war this noble institution. While I support the report criminals in our midst. There must be a full ac­ of the Committee on Standards of Official is neither effective nor a low cost method of ensuring anyone's right to vote. counting. Yes, many of them are old, frail Conduct and the reprimand, I feel that the men, who have lived peacefully in their re­ monetary reimbursement is excessively severe Nothing in my legislation prevents a State, locality, political party, or individual from pro­ spective neighborhoods for decades. Did they and sets a dangerous precedent in the name show the same respect for the millions in Eu­ of political expedience. It will mean that only viding multilingual voting assistance. Localities will be free to adopt the approach that serves rope who also were old, frail, and living their the wealthy will be able to afford to serve in lives peacefully? I think we all know the an­ office. their constituencies best. Given that bilingual ballots have been both inaccurate and expen­ swer to that question. There is a problem that should be of greater Thanks to the hard work of the Justice De­ concern to all of my colleagues. The ethics sive, other approaches might be more helpful. Multilingual Government services such as partment's Office of Special Investigations, as process is in dire need of reform. We must all well as some other prominent organizations, come together and create a swift, efficient, these are simply too costly in a nation in which more than 320 languages are spoken. It we are beginning to uncover a trail of Nazi and fair new process. If we fail in this endeav­ war criminals among us. In fact, the OSI is or, the American people will slip even farther only makes sense to designate one common language for all official Government business. finding and prosecuting Nazis at the rate of into the apathy that has gripped our political one per month. It is imperative therefore, that system for too long. That is why I am introducing this important legislation. we have all the necessary information at our It is time the Government came to the same disposal, so that we can continue to bring ENGLISH MUST BECOME OUR conclusion as the rest of the American people: these murderers to justice. They have eluded the authorities, and the moral outrage of their OFFICIAL LANGUAGE English should be our official language. English has enabled this Nation to be some­ deeds, for over 50 years now, but we will no HON. BOB STIJMP thing unique in history, a true Nation of immi­ longer allow that to continue. I strongly urge grants. English is the language of future op­ my colleagues to join me in this endeavor, so OF ARIZONA that we may finally honor the memories of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portunity for all our Nation's citizens. Official English is really just common sense. Nazis' victims. Everyday, more and more Hol­ Wednesday, February 5, 1997 ocaust survivors leave this Earth, while their Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, the notion that former tormentors continue to live on, having our Government should address all citizens in NAZI SS MEMBERS IN THE UNITED never been held accountable for the horrible English and encourage all citizens to learn the STATES deeds of the past. It's simply time to act now. language seems simple common sense. This Therefore, I call on the Government of Ger­ is the primary reason that when the issue has HON. GARY L ACKERMAN many to work with us in addressing and re­ solving this issue once and for all-for the sur­ been voted on in statewide referendums, it OF NEW YORK vivors, for the victims, and for the future. They has not lost. California, Florida, Colorado, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES my own State of Arizona have all chosen to need to do the right thing. make English their official State language. The Wednesday, February 5, 1997 bill I am introducing today, the Declaration of Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today CURTIS W. MEADOWS, JR., RE­ Official Language Act, follows State govern­ to bring a very serious and troubling affair to CEIVES JONSSON ETHICS A WARD ments and localities in designating English as the attention of my colleagues. Several news the official language of our Federal Govern­ reports, over the last couple of days, have un­ HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON ment. It has the strong support of citizen orga­ covered an incredible story: The German Gov­ OF TEXAS nizations such as English First and the Vet­ ernment is giving pensions to over 3,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES erans of Foreign Wars as evidenced by their former members of the Nazi Waffen SS letters of endorsement I have included for the Corps, living in the United States. Not extraor­ Wednesday, February 5, 1997 RECORD. dinary in and of itself, because these men re­ Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Not only do many American people gen­ ceive their pensions as a result of their military Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the erally agree on the matter, but so do our Na­ service during Wortd War II, yet the question first recipient of the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics tion's immigrants and language minorities. The that begs answering is: How many of these in­ Award, Mr. Curtis W. Meadows, Jr. Latino National Political Survey data released dividuals might be war criminals? The outrage On October 22, 1996, Southern Methodist on December 15, 1992, shows Hispanics, in this matter, is that the German Government University's Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics even recent immigrants, speak English and may never have bothered to check. and Public Responsibility presented Mr. Mead­ want their children to learn English. Hispanics At this same time, there are many Holo­ ows this award for his commitment to philan­ agreed by more than 90 percent that U.S. caust survivors-Catholics, Jews, and others thropy and to serving the needs of the Dallas residents should learn English to take full ad­ living in the United States and elsewhere in community. Mr. Meadows was president and vantage of the services afforded to them. As the wortd-who have received very little in the director of Dallas' Meadows Foundation, one these immigrants know, English is the lan­ way of compensation, and even scores of sur­ of the largest community foundations in the guage of opportunity in America. viving victims who do not receive anything United States, for 18 years between 1978 and Unfortunately, our Federal Government en­ from the German Government. After the hor­ 1996. The Foundation, created by Mr. Mead­ courages official bilingualism. The practice of rors and suffering they were forced to endure ows' uncle Algur H. Meadows near1y 50 years February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1605 ago, has made over $300 million in charitable GIVE FANS A CHANCE ACT TV sets or stadium seats to watch their fa­ contributions to benefit health, education, arts vorite teams. Football fan loyalty is being and culture, civic and public affairs, and HON. EARL BLUMENAUER tested by franchise moves and a proliferation human services programs throughout Texas. of sports on specialty cable channels. If OF OREGON those fans had a chance to own their own Mr. Meadows has served on the boards of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES teams, they would invest more time and the National Council of Foundations, the Con­ Wednesday , February 5, 1997 money into their future. ference of Southwest Foundations, the Dallas Description: No professional sports league Bar Foundations and on the advisory boards Mr. BLUMENAUER. On Sunday, January (football, hockey, or basketball) may have a of more than 40 nonprofit organizations includ­ 26, the Packers won the Superbowl. When rule, policy, or agreement that forbids any ing the Dallas Citizens Council, Habitat for Hu­ they returned home to Green Bay, their fans public ownership of teams, either by the gen­ eral public or by any governmental entity. manity, and the Suicide and Crisis Center. He stood in freezing temperatures for hours to Penalty: If the League ignores this provi­ has served on the building committees for the catch a glimpse of their heroes. The Packers aren't an ordinary football sion, it will lose its sports broadcast anti­ Dallas Museum of Art and the Museum of Afri­ trust exemption. The antitrust exemption al­ can-American Life and Culture, and has par­ team. Their fans aren't ordinary fans. And their lows teams to collaborate to sell broadcast ticipated in the Mayors Task Force on Home­ community isn't an ordinary community-be­ rights, thus increasing their value dramati­ lessness. cause 1,915 residents of Green Bay and other cally. "Packer Backers" own their football team. The To be the first recipient of an award named Expected Impact: The NFL is the only Packers are a vital part of the glue that holds league that has specific rules forbidding pub­ for Mr. J. Erik Jonsson is a great honor in­ the Green Bay community together. lic ownership of sports teams (NFL Owner­ deed. Mr. Jonsson was a mayor of Dallas Together, these fans saved the team from ship Policies para. 2). The NFL earned $1.2 from 1964 to 1971, and under his leadership, bankruptcy. They have plowed profits from bill1on as a result of the sport broadcast a number of public buildings including the Dal­ 175 consecutive sellouts directly back into the anti-trust exemption in the 1995-1996 season. las/Fort Worth International Airport, city hall, Sec 3: Relocation of Teams Packers. They cheered their team to 11 con­ and the Dallas Public Library were constructed Purpose: To require teams to consider the secutive championships-and this year's and improvements to the city's public schools needs and interests of their communities in Superbowl. were made. Both Mr. Jonsson and Mr. Mead­ making relocation decisions. The Green Bay Packers are unique, be­ Description: Requires a professional sports ows have demonstrated the public virtue that cause NFL rules prohibit any more public own­ league, in considering whether to approve or this Ethics Award represents. Congratulations, ership of teams. disapprove the relocation of a member team, Mr. Meadows, and thank you for all that you Other communities should be able to invest to take into consideration several criteria; have done for Texas. in their own livability-to define what the com­ Fan loyalty; the degree to which the team has engaged in good faith negotiations con­ munity wants of, and for, itself. Other commu­ cerning terms and conditions under which nities should be able to own the local sports the teams would continue to play its games HONORING SAM NUNN team. in the home territory; the degree to which Thafs why we should give fans a chance to ownership of management of the team has own their teams by: Eliminating league rules contributed to a need to relocate; the extent HON. JOHN LEWIS against public ownership of teams; requiring to which the team benefits from public fi­ nancing, either federal, state or local; the OF GEORGIA teams to listen to their fans and the commu­ nity before moving--a requirement which is adequacy of the stadium in which the team IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES found in existing league rules, but seems to played its home games in the previous sea­ son and the w1llingness of the community to Wednesday, February 5, 1997 receive little real attention; and tying the make changes; the current financial stand­ leagues' broadcast antitrust exemption to the Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today ing of the team; whether there is another requirements in this bill. This congressionally I am introducing legislation that would des­ team in either the home community or the granted benefit allows teams to collaborate on community to which the team will seek to ignate the Atlanta Federal Center as the Sam the purchase of national broadcast time. The locate; whether the community is opposed to Nunn Federal Center, in honor of the former NFL earned $1.2 billion on broadcast rights the relocation; and whether there is a bona Senator from Georgia. last year. fide investor offering fair market value to I believe we all recognize the tremendous This bill doesn't do anything new or radical: purchase the team and keep it in the home accomplishments of Sam Nunn during his community. It will allow more ownership structures like the Expected Impact: All of the sports leagues service in the U.S. Senate. Senator Nunn is Packers, the Boston Celtics, and the Florida one of the true statesmen of that body and is will be expected to use these criteria in eval­ Panthers. It will ensure that the leagues follow uating the movement of member teams. a source of pride to Georgia. Since my elec­ their own rules when it comes to making deci­ These criteria closely track current NFL tion to Congress in 1986, I have had many op­ sions about team relocations, and it will en­ policies under Section 4.3 of the Constitution portunities to work with Senator Nunn on sev­ sure that the sports leagues do not squander and By-Laws (adopted in 1984). Case law eral issues and often benefited from his expe­ the benefits they have gained under the sports since the adoption of these policies suggest rience and support during the time that we broadcasting anti-trust exemption. that these criteria help bolster the NFL's served together. Community ownership strongly encourages ab111ty to evaluate franchise moves without running afoul of antitrust law. Since his election to the Senate in 1972, fan loyalty, financial stability, and strong TV Sec. 4. Opportunities for Communities to Senator Nunn has served the State of Georgia audiences at a time when fan loyalty is being Purchase Team with honor and dedication. Senator Nunn tested by franchise moves. It is in the long­ Purpose: To give communities a real op­ worked to become the Senate's foremost ex­ term, best interest of any professional league. portunity to purchase their team. pert on national security and international af­ More importantly, it is in the long-term interest Description: This section requires that a fairs. Senator Nunn served 8 years as the of the communities who support them. team proposing to relocate give the affected chairman of the Senate Armed Services Com­ I urge my colleagues to give fans a chance home territory 180 days notice of the pro­ mittee and retired as the ranking Democrat on by supporting this legislation. posed move. During the 180 days notice pe­ riod, a local government, stadium, arena au­ both the Armed Service Committee and the SUMMARY: GIVE FANS A CHANCE ACT thority, person, or any combination may Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Sec. 1: This Act is called the "Give Fans a present a proposal to retain the team in the I have dedicated much time and effort in Chance Act". Its purpose is to give commu­ home territory. The local community may support of the Atlanta Federal Center. When nities the tools to invest in their own liv­ also develop a proposal to induce the team to Georgia Gov. Zell Miller approached me and ab111ty by allowing them to purchase their stay without actually purchasing the team. asked my support for naming the Federal home sports team. As noted under section 3, both the team and Center after Senator Nunn, I thought the dedi­ Sec. 2: Allow Public Ownership of Teams the league are required to carefully consider Purpose: To allow more communities the any proposals, and, if an ownership bid is cation a fitting tribute to Senator Nunn. For opportunities Green Bay, WI, has to own successful, the league may not oppose mem­ these reasons, I will work to see that the Fed­ their professional sports team. In addition, bership in the league based on the new own­ eral Center soon bears the name of our to help the leagues by stemming the tide of ership structure. The team owner must pro­ former Senator, Senator Sam Nunn. loyal fans who are no longer glued to their vide a written response to the offer, stating 1606 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 in detail any reasons why the offer was re­ disease and the personal anxiety of living with Marie Taylor, who passed from this life much fused. the disease. too quickly. She was the late wife of LeBaron Penalty: If the team and/or the league My sister and her experiences have made Taylor. refuse to abide by these provisions, they will me realize that we should have no greater pri­ Yvonne Taylor was born May 1, 1943 in De­ lose the antitrust exemption under the troit, Ml to her loving parents, Charles and Sports Broadcasting Act. ority than empowering those with breast can­ Expected Impact: All Sports Leagues will cer the right and ability to play an active role Eldora Ridley. She was reared in a strong - be required to give communities an oppor­ in the management of their treatment. It is our Christian environment and her faith guided her tunity to purchase a home team in the case obligation as leaders to ensure them that their every action. A graduate of Northwestern High of proposed relocations. medical treatment is in the hands of physi­ School in Detroit, she subsequently attended cians, not insurance companies. It is a pro­ Central State University. found injustice when health care forgets about After returning to her native Detroit, she met INTRODUCTION OF THE WOMEN'S the patient, yet with regard to mastectomy re­ and married LeBaron Taylor. During their 29- HEALTH AND CANCER RIGHTS covery and breast reconstruction following a year marriage she was a faithful and loyal ACT OF 1997 mastectomy, that is just what has been done. spouse. Yvonne was the consummate mother, Lefs put the reality of this disease in per­ unceasingly dedicated to her two children, Eric HON. SUE W. KELLY spective. When a woman is told that she has and Tiffani. OF NEW YORK breast cancer, the feeling that immediately fol­ Talent and a commitment to hard work were the hallmark of Yvonne who worked as the ad­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lows the initial denial is lack of control. Our bill is a patient's bill aimed at providing patients, ministrative director of the Black Entertainment Wednesday, February 5, 1997 in consultation with their physicians, a greater and Sports Lawyers Association. Her commu­ Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in­ degree of autonomy when deciding appro­ nity and civic affiliations included membership troduce the Women's Health and Cancer priate medical care and, therefore, taking back in the South Jersey Chapter of Links, Inc., and Rights Act of 1997, comprehensive legislation control of their lives. For Women Only. that guarantees coverage for inpatient hospital More than 2112 million women in America A member of Bethel AME Church in care following a mastectomy, lumpectomy, or today are living with breast cancer. These Moorestown, NJ, Yvonne Taylor maintained lymph node dissection-based on a doctor's women are our sisters, mothers, daughters, strength and faith even during her most trying judgment, requires coverage for breast recon­ wives, and friends. This dreadful disease now days. May the memory of her bright spirit sus­ structive procedure, including symmetrical re­ strikes over 180,000 women per year and that tain her family and friends. construction, ensures a second opinion for any figure does not even include the additional 20 cancer diagnosis, and offers significant phys­ percent a year who have preinvasive cancers. KEEPING FOREIGN MONEY OUT OF ical protections from inducement or retribution. Devastatingly to the families involved, it is esti­ AMERICAN CAMPAIGNS I want to first thank my colleagues in both mated that more than 44,000 women will die the House and Senate that have worked so of breast cancer this year. diligently on this legislation. Senators But all the news is not grim. Overall breast HON. MARCY KAP1lJR D'AMATO, SNOWE, and FEINSTEIN, as well as cancer mortality declined 5 percent between OF Omo Representatives SUSAN MOLINARI and FRANK 1989 and 1993 due to increased mammog­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LOBIONDO, are all part of this effort to restore raphy screening and improved treatments Wednesday , February 5, 1997 the ability of doctors to practice sound medi­ such as mastectomies, lumpectomies, and Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, news stories cine and to restore compassion and dignity to lymph node dissections. about fundraising during the 1996 Presidential the treatment of breast cancer patients. There is no doubt that we have the medical campaign focused increasing national atten­ So why introduce this bill? I'll tell you why. know-how to fight breast cancer. The question tion on the overwhelming need for campaign Tragically, some women who must undergo is do we have the commitment it takes. finance reform, and particularly the role of for­ mastectomies, lumpectomies or lymph node As long as we send a woman home 12 eign money in U.S. campaigns. dissections for the treatment of breast cancer hours after losing a part of herself with no The problem indeed is money. During the are rushed through their recovery from these compassion and no support, then the answer 1996 election, candidates for all Federal of­ procedures on an outpatient basis at the in­ is no. fices spent approximately $1.6 billion. Thafs sistence of their health plan or insurance com­ As long as breast reconstruction is deemed "B," as in billion. The pressure to raise huge pany in order to cut cost. Other insurance cosmetic, then the answer is no. sums of money is so intense that some can­ companies cut cost by denying coverage for As long as false negatives are acceptable didates from both parties, apparently have reconstructive surgery because they have and we, therefore, abandon a patient unknow­ started looking abroad for new sources of deemed such procedures cosmetic. Ironically, ingly in need, then the answer is no. campaign contributions. they do not deny reconstructive surgery for an As long as we fail to come to the defense Since 1990, no matter which party con­ ear lost to cancer. We must understand that of doctors who are persecuted for practicing trolled Congress, I have sponsored legislation self-image is at stake at a time when optimism sound medicine, then the answer is no. that would ban foreign contributions to can­ and inner strength can be the difference be­ Passage of the Women's Health and Can­ didates for Federal office. Today, I'm reintro­ tween life and death. cer Rights Act would demonstrate what we are ducing the Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of Furthermore, this bill requires coverage of lacking-the commitment to fight breast can­ 1997. second opinions when any cancer tests come cer and stand up for those who are suffering. My bill has three major points: back either negative or positive, giving all pa­ In closing, I am pleased that President Clin­ First, only U.S. citizens could contribute to tients the benefit of a second opinion. This im­ ton emphasized the importance of this legisla­ Federal campaigns. portant provision will not only help ensure that tion in his State of the Union Address last Federal law already purports to prohibit di­ false negatives are detected, but also give night. It is nice to have the administration be­ rect or indirect contributions by foreign nation­ men and women greater peace of mind. hind this critical legislation. als in U.S. elections. In fact, section 441e of Now, to be clear, all insurance companies the Federal Election Campaign Act [FECA] are not so insensitive as to not provide these states: benefits and, therefore, all will not be affected TRIBUTE TO YVONNE MARIE It shall be unlawful for a foreign national by this legislation. but we have a responsibility TAYLOR directly or through any other person to to protect the doctor-patient relationship, en­ make any contributions of money or any suring that the medical needs of patients are HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS other thing of value, or to promise expressly fully addressed. or impliedly to make any such contribution, OF NEW YORK in connection with an election to any polit­ Everyone has heard that one in nine women IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ical office or in connection with any primary will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some Wednesday, February 5, 1997 election, convention or caucus held to select point in their lifetime. Well, one of those candidates for any political office; or for any women is my sister. So I know a little some­ Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to person to solicit, accept, or receive any such thing about the horror that accompanies this acknowledge the untimely death of Yvonne contribution from a foreign national. February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1607 This provision was enacted in response to My bill would make this mysterious and in­ NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH longstanding congressional concern over for­ adequate process both more transparent and IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1997 eign influence in American elections. Though more accountable-without requiring new re­ this language appears to be locktight, many porting. My bill would merely add an extra line HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK loopholes pennit foreign influence on U.S. to the statement of organization that is cur­ OF CALIFORNIA elections, many foreign entities are not cov­ rently required by the FEC. PAC's controlled IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ered by the statute, and there is a lack of en­ by corporations would be required to state the Wednesday, February 5, 1997 forcement of the law. Congress must strength­ percentage that the corporations are foreign­ en and make sure the law is fully enforced. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ owned, and PAC's sponsored by trade asso­ ducing the National Mental Health Improve­ Second, foreign-controlled companies would ciations would be required to state the per­ be prohibited from contributing to Federal ment Act of 1997. This bill will provide parity centage of their operating fund that is derived in insurance coverage of mental illness and elections through the PAC's of their U.S. sub- from foreign-owned corporations. In addition, it sidiaries. · improve mental health services available to My bill would prohibit contributions from would require that all data collected by Fed­ Medicare beneficiaries. It represents an ur­ PAC's sponsored by corporations that are eral agencies on foreign campaign contribu­ gently needed change in coverage to end dis­ more than 50-percent foreign owned, as well tions and foreign agents, as well as any testi­ crimination against those with mental illness as contributions from PAC's sponsored by mony before the Congress regarding the inter­ and to reflect the contemporary methods of trade associations that derive 50 percent or ests of a foreign principal, be sent to the FEC. providing mental health care and preventing more of their operating funds from foreign cor­ Most important, my bill would make the dis­ unnecessary hospitalizations. porations. closure of related expenditures available and My bill prohibits health plans from improving Foreign citizens are already prohibited from visible at a central source by creating a clear­ treatment limitations or financial requirements contributing to U.S. political campaigns. Yet, inghouse for data that is currently collected, on coverage of mental illness, if similar limita­ every year foreign interests spend millions of but is scattered among various Government tions or requirements are not imposed on cov­ erage of services for other health conditions. dollars to influence the American political proc­ agencies, including the FEC and the Depart­ The bill also expands Medicare part A and ess. This money often comes in the fonn of ment of Justice. political action committee contributions from part B mental health and substance abuse foreign-controlled corporations or their trade In establishing a clearinghouse, we would benefits to include a wider array of settings in associations. Just as foreign individuals are create a greatly needed central point for col­ which services may be delivered. It eliminates prohibited from contributing to U.S. cam­ lecting information. Most of the information is the current bias in the law toward delivering paigns, so should be PAC's that are controlled already available, but it is housed in a myriad services in general hospitals by permitting by foreign corporations and trade associations, of Federal agencies and offices. Bringing the services to be delivered in a variety of resi­ for, in fact, under U.S. law, corporations are information together under one roof will pro­ dential and community-based settings. considered persons. vide the Government, the Congress, and the Through use of residential and community­ Due to a loophole in the FECA, American public with improved access to the data. The based services, costly inpatient hospitaliza­ subsidiaries of foreign-owned companies may timing requirement for reporting conforms with tions can be avoided. Services can instead be operate PAC's-the only restriction being that the quarterly reports required in the 1946 For­ delivered in settings which are most appro­ the PAC cannot solicit funds from foreign na­ eign Lobbying Act. The reporting requirements priate to an individual's needs. tionals or pennit them to be involved in the place the burden of reporting the percent of In 1993, as a nation, we spent approxi­ policymaking decisions of the PAC. Con­ foreign ownership on the PAC's themselves, mately $67 billion for the treatment of mental sequently, many of the world's largest foreign with penalties for noncompliance. illness and another $21 billion for substance multinational corporations and financial institu­ abuse disorders. Medicare expenditures in tions contribute to U.S. campaigns through The United States is one of very few coun­ these areas for 1993 were estimated at $3.6 their U.S.-based subsidiaries. Through the cre­ tries that allows foreign interests to contribute billion or 2. 7 percent of Medicare's total ation of these foreign-sponsored PAC's, for­ to its campaigns. Most of our major trading spending. Over 80 percent of that cost was for eign companies can thus assert their influence competitors-for example, China, Japan, inpatient hospitalization. on the U.S. election process-and on U.S. South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and Mex­ In addition to the direct medical costs asso­ policy. ic~all strictly forbid foreign campaign con­ ciated with the treatment of mental illness, Consequently, administration of the FECA tributions. There is no reason why the United there are significant social costs resulting from law has created a confusing system whereby States should be any different. these disorders. Treatable mental and addict­ it is illegal for individual foreign nationals to In the interest of protecting our sovereignty ive disorders exact enormous human, social, and economic costs-individual suffering, make political contributions, yet legal for for­ and maintaining a political system that reflects breakup of families, suicide, crime, violence, eign-controlled or foreign-owned corporations, the will of the American people, the United homelessness, impaired performance at work, subsidiaries, and trade associations to con­ States since 1938 has attempted to restrain and partial or total disability. It is estimated tribute, expend funds, and influence U.S. elec­ the ability of foreign governments, individuals, that mental and addictive disorders cost the tions. The Federal Election Commission [FEC] organizations, and corporate entities to influ­ through its advisory opinions has twice voted economy well over $300 billion annually. This ence our domestic political system. By amend­ includes productivity losses of $150 billion, to exempt PAC's representing U.S. subsidi­ ment, first to the FARA and later to the Fed­ aries of foreign-owned or controlled corpora­ health care costs of $70 billion, and other eral Election Campaign Act [FECA], the United tions, as long as the PAC's are funded and costs, e.g. criminal justice, of $80 billion. States has sought to prevent campaign con­ operated by Americans. The FEC has asked Two to three percent of the population expe­ tributions and expenditures by foreign inter­ Congress to enact legislation clarifying this rience severe mental illness disorders. Many ests. issue, but Congress, to date, has refused to more suffer from milder forms of mental ill­ do so. There is no reason to allow foreign money ness. Roughly 1 out of 1O Americans suffer Third, contributors would be required to dis­ to influence our elections or permit foreign in­ from alcoholism or alcohol abuse and 1 out of close the percentage of foreign ownership. terests to buy access to our elected law­ 30, from drug abuse. This population is very The data collection and clearinghouse re­ makers and thereby put their imprint on public diverse. With appropriate treatment, the men­ sponsibilities section of my bill is one of its policy in this country. tal health problems of some people can be re­ most important aspects, because of the cur­ solved. Others have chronic problems that can Mr. Speaker, clearly the time for campaign rent difficulty in identifying the activities of for­ persist for decades. Indeed, there are those finance reform has come. Our system needs eign nationals and corporations. The FEC has who battle mental illness their entire lives. no coherent system for tracking the millions of to be fixed. We must eliminate foreign money Mental illness and substance abuse disorders dollars spent by foreign interests and their from our political system once and for all and come in many forms and include many dif­ PAC's on lobbying the U.S. Government. The regain sovereignty in our election system, ferent diagnoses as well as ranges in levels current, disjointed data collection system pro­ which is the cornerstone of our democracy. and duration of disability. Still, these disorders vides a veil of secrecy over how and where This time Congress must act and must get do not have full parity in coverage by insur­ foreign interests spend their money. it right. ance plans. 1608 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 In the last congressional session, parity in changed dramatically since the Medicare ben­ be admitted to the type of hospital that can the treatment of mental illness was a widely efit was designed. Treatment options are no best provide treatment for his or her needs. In­ and hotly debated issue. The final version of longer limited to large public psychiatric hos­ patient hospitalization would be covered for up the Departments of Veterans Affairs and pitals. The great majority of people can be to 60 days per year. The average length of Housing and Urban Development, and Inde­ treated on an outpatient basis, recover quickly, hospital stay for mental illness in 1995 for all pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 in­ and return to productive lives. Even those who populations was 11.5 days. Adolescents aver­ cluded Title VII-Parity in the Application of once would have been banished to the back aged 12.2 days; 14.6 for children; 16.6 days Certain Limits to Mental Health Benefits. This wards of large institutions can now live suc­ for older adolescents; 8.6 days for the aged represents a start in creating solutions to ad­ cessfully in the community. But the Medicare and disabled; 9.9 days for adults. A stay of 30 dress a problem that has been ignored far too benefit package of today does not reflect the days or fewer is found in 93.5 percent of the long. But it's not enough. The act essentially many changes that have occurred in mental cases. The 60-day limit, therefore, would ade­ states that if a health insurance plan or cov­ health care. quately cover inpatient hospitalization for the erage does not include an aggregate lifetime This bill would permit Medicare to pay for a vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries, while limit on substantially all medical and surgical number of intensive community-based serv­ still providing some modest cost containment. benefits, the plan or coverage may not impose ices. In addition to outpatient psychotherapy Restructuring the benefit in this manner will any aggregate annual or lifetime limit on men­ and partial hospitalization that are already cov­ level the playing field for psychiatric and gen­ tal health benefits. Additionally, in the act, ered, beneficiaries would also have access to eral hospitals. "mental health benefits" refers to benefits with psychiatric rehabilitation, ambulatory detoxi­ The bill I am introducing today is an impor­ respect to mental health services, as defined fication, in-home services, day treatment for tant step toward providing comprehensive cov­ under the terms of the plan or coverage, but substance abuse, and day treatment for chil­ erage for mental health. Further leveling the does not include benefits with respect to treat­ dren under age 19. In these programs, people health care coverage playing field to include ment of substance abuse or chemical depend­ can remain in their own homes while receiving mental illness and timely treatment in appro­ ency. services. These programs provide the struc­ priate settings will lessen health care costs in · Furthermore, the Act included exemptions in ture and assistance that people need to func­ the long run. These provisions will also lessen coverage requirements for small employers. If tion on a daily basis and return to productive the social costs of crime, welfare, and lost pro­ an employer has at least 2 but not more than lives. ductivity to society. This bill will assure that They do so at a cost that is much less than 50 employees, they can be exempt from the the mental health needs of all Americans are inpatient hospitalization. For example, the Na­ new coverage requirement. Finally, if a group no longer ignored. I urge my colleagues to join tional Institute of Mental Health in 1993 esti­ health plan experiences an increase in costs me in support of this bill. of at least 1 percent, they can be exempted in mated that the cost of inpatient treatment for A summary of the bill follows: subsequent years. The inclusion of title VI I schizophrenia can run as high as $700 per into the VA-HUD bill is important because it day, including medication. The average daily TITLE I PROVISIONS represents a starting place. But now we must cost of partial hospitalization in a community The bill prohibits health plans from impos­ do more. mental health center is only about $90 per ing treatment limitations or financial re­ My bill today addresses two fundamental day. When community-based services are pro­ quirements on coverage of mental illness if problems in both public, as well as private, vided, inpatient hospitalizations will be less similar limitations or requirements are not health care coverage of mental illness today. frequent and stays will be shorter. In many imposed on coverage of services for other conditions. First, despite the prevalence and cost of un­ cases, hospitalizations will be prevented alto­ The bill amends the tax code to impose a treated mental illness, we still lack full parity gether. tax equal to 25 percent of the health plan's for treatment. The availability of treatment, as This bill will also make case management premiums if health plans do not comply. The well as the limits imposed, are now linked to available for those with severe mental illness tax applies only to those plans who are w111- coverage for all medical and surgical benefits. or substance abuse disorders. People with se­ fully negligent. Whatever limitations exist for those benefits vere disorders often need help managing TITLE II PROVISIONS will also apply to mental health benefits. many aspects of their lives. Case manage­ The bill permits benefits to be paid for 60 Let's not forget the small employers either. ment assists people with severe disorders by days per year for inpatient hospital services If a company qualifies for the small employer making referrals to appropriate providers and furnished primarily for the diagnosis or exemption, the insurance companies will be monitoring the services received to make sure treatment of mental illness or substance able to set different, lower limits on the scope they are coordinated and meeting the bene­ abuse. The benefit is the same in both psy­ and duration of care for mental illness com­ ficiaries' needs. Case managers can also help chiatric and general hospitals. pared to other illness. This means that people beneficiaries in areas such as obtaining a job, The following "intensive residential serv­ suffering from depression may get less care housing, or legal assistance. When. services ices" are covered for up to 120 days per year: residential detoxification centers; crisis resi­ and coverage than those suffering a heart at­ are coordinated through a case manager, the dential or mental illness treatment pro­ tack. Yet, both illnesses are real. chances of successful treatment are improved. grams; therapeutic family or group treat­ Additionally, access problems to mental For those who cannot be treated while living ment home; and residential centers for sub­ health benefits can result from these restric­ in their own homes, this bill will make several stance abuse. tions. In general, about 50 percent of all health residential treatment alternatives available. Additional days to complete treatment in plans limit mental illness coverage in some These alternatives include residential detoxi­ an intensive residential setting may be used form. Approximately 88 percent limit hos­ fication centers, crisis residential programs, from inpatient hospital days, as long as 15 pitalization to 30 to 60 days. Outpatient bene­ therapeutic family or group treatment homes, days are retained for inpatient hospitaliza­ fits are limited by visit or dollar amounts in and residential centers for substance abuse. tion. The cost of providing the additional 85.5 percent of medium to large plans and 70 Clinicians will no longer be limited to sending days of service, however, could not exceed the actuarial value of days of inpatient serv­ percent of small plans. About 80 percent of all their patients to inpatient hospitals. Treatment ices. plans limit inpatient care in some form and 99 can be provided in the specialized setting best A facility must be legally authorized under - percent of plans limit outpatient coverage. suited to addressing the person's specific State law to provide intensive residential Access to equitable mental health treatment problem. services or be accredited by an accreditation is essential. It can be done at a reasonable Right now in psychiatric hospitals, benefits organization approved by the Secretary in price. The increased costs in insurance pre­ may be paid for 190 days in a person's life­ consultation with the State. miums in the private sector is in the range of time. This limit was originally established pri­ A facility must meet other requirements 3.2 to 4.0 percent. It is estimated that about marily in order to contain Federal costs. In the Secretary may impose to assure quality $2.50 per month is the cost of fully offsetting fact, CBO estimates that under modem treat­ of services. the premium increase by an increase in the Services must be furnished in accordance ment methods, only about 1.6 percent of with standards established by the Secretary deductible. Two dollars and fifty cents is a Medicare enrollees hospitalized for mental dis­ for management of the services. Inpatient small price to pay for ending health care dis­ orders or substance abuse used more than hospitalization and intensive residential crimination. 190 days of service over a 5-year period. services would be subject to the same Second, the diagnoses and treatment of Under the provisions of this bill, bene­ deductibles and copayment as inpatient hos­ mental illness and substance abuse has ficiaries who need inpatient hospitalization can pital services for physical disorders. February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1609 PART B PROVISIONS INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION cess to the funds in their 403(b) plans for simi­ Outpatient psychotherapy for children and TO ALLOW PENALTY-FREE WITH­ lar purposes. the initial 5 outpatient visits for treatment DRAWALS FROM CERTAIN RE­ The benefit this legislation would offer the of mental illness or substance abuse of an in­ TIREMENT PLANS DURING PERI­ long-tenn unemployed is the right thing to do dividual over age 18 have a 20% copayment. ODS OF UNEMPLOYMENT in this period of economic uncertainty. You Subsequent therapy for adults would remain can plan for many things in your life finan­ subject to the 50% copayment. The following intensive community-based HON. JIM McDERMOTT cially, but the impact of long, unanticipated pe­ services are available for 90 days per year OF WASHINGTON riods of unemployment can create financial with a 20% copayment (except as noted IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES havoc on any individual or family, including below): partial hospitalization; psychiatric those that thought they had adequate savings rehabilitation; day treatment for substance Wednesday, February 5, 1997 to get them through such a situation. Long pe­ abuse; day treatment under age 19; in home Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, today I am riods of unemployment are similar to major ill­ services; case management; and ambulatory introducing legislation that would allow people nesses that can result in catastrophic medical detoxification. to receive penalty-free withdrawals of funds expenses. Under current law, taxpayers are Case management would be available with from certain retirement plans during long peri­ allowed penalty-free early withdrawals from no copayment and for unlimited duration for ods of unemployment. I am pleased that Rep­ " an adult with serious mental illness, a child qualified retirement plans to meet catastrophic with a serious emotional disturbance, or an resentatives CHARLES RANGEL, ROBERT MAT­ medical expenses, therefore, it makes sense adult or child with a serious substance abuse SUI, JOHN LEWIS, RONALD DELLUMS, ESTEBAN to extend this benefit in cases of long periods disorder (as determined in accordance with TORRES, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, ROBERT of unemployment. criteria established by the Secretary)." RUSH, MAURICE HINCHEY, VIC FAZIO, ZOE Passage of this legislation would allow un­ Day treatment for children under age 19 LOFGREN, EVA CLAYTON, and CHARLES CANADY employed taxpayers a chance to get back on would be available for up to 180 days per have joined me as original cosponsors of this their feet without having to pay an unneces­ year. legislation. sary financial penalty when they can least af­ Additional days of service to complete This legislation would allow penalty-free ford it. treatment can be used from intensive resi­ withdrawals from individual retirement ac­ dential days. The cost of providing the addi­ tional days of service, however, could not ex­ counts [IRA's] and qualified retirement plans- ceed the actuarial value of days of intensive 401 (k) and 403(b))-if the taxpayer has re­ LEGISLATION TO CHANGE BUDGET residential services. ceived unemployment compensation for 12 SCOREKEEPING RULES A non-physician mental health or sub­ weeks under State or Federal law. Under the stance abuse professional is permitted to su­ legislation, the distribution of funds would have HON. JAMFS A. TRAHCANT, JR. pervise the individualized plan of treatment to be made within 1 year of the date of unem­ OFOlilO to the extent permitted under State law. A ployment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES physician remains responsible for the estab­ Under current law, when a taxpayer with­ lishment and periodic review of the plan of Wednesday , February 5, 1997 treatment. draws money from an IRA or a qualified retire­ Any program furnishing these services ment plan before age 59112, he or she is Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today I am (whether facility-based or freestanding) forced to pay an additional 1O percent tax on introducing legislation to change the current must be legally authorized under State law the amount withdrawn. This additional tax is budget scorekeeping rules as they relate to or accredited by an accreditation organiza­ intended to recapture at least a portion of the Federal real estate transactions. The bill is tion approved by the Secretary in consulta­ tax deferral benefits of these plans. This tax is identical to legislation I introduced in the 103d tion with the State. They must meet stand­ in addition to regular income taxes the tax­ and 104th Congresses. I originally introduced ards established by the Secretary for the payer must pay as the funds are included in the bill in response to hearings I held during management of such services. the taxpayer's income. The early-withdrawal the 103d Congress, when I served as chair­ tax also serves as a deterrent against using man of the Public Works and Transportation the money in those accounts for nonretirement Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. The hearings focused on the way in SALUTE TO ORVENE S. purposes. which the Office of Management and Budget CARPENTER The vetoed Balanced Budget Act of 1995 in­ cludes a provision which is the same as this scores Federal real estate transactions. The legislation with respect to withdrawals from hearings underscored previous findings by the HON. ELTON GAUEGLY IRA's. This provision recognizes that when an General Accounting Office that the Federal OF CALIFORNIA individual or family is faced with long periods Government is wasting hundreds of millions of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of unemployment, they may have no other dollars a year in unnecessary long-tenn choice but to draw upon these funds to meet leases. The waste is due primarily to the fact Wednesday, February 5, 1997 their everyday living expenses. During this fi­ that current budget scorekeeping rules prevent Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to nancially stressful time, an additional 1O per­ the General Services Administration from pur­ salute Orvene S. Carpenter for many years of cent tax for early withdrawal is unfair and only suing a full range of financing options to meet outstanding service to his community on the serves to make the family's financial situation the Federal Government's office space needs. occasion of his retirement. worse. This legislation would accomplish the These practices continue to this day. Orvene Carpenter began his public service goals of that provision by allowing penalty-free My legislation has received strong bipartisan over 50 years ago in the city of Port Hueneme withdrawals during long periods of unemploy­ support in the past two Congresses. The bill when he was appointed postal clerk. He was ment from IRA's as well as qualified retirement changes Federal budget accounting rules to later elected to the city council and served for plan-401 (k) and 403(b)-accounts. allow GSA to utilize a full range of financing 30 years, becoming the longest tenured Many small businesses offer participation in mechanisms in meeting Federal office space councilmember in the history of the city of Port 401 (k) plans, thus, this amendment would help needs. Under current Federal budget Hueneme. He was elected mayor in 1990. unemployed people who at the time of separa­ scorekeeping rules, which were established in I have had the great pleasure of working tion from employment chose to leave their the 1990 Budget Act, the entire cost of a Fed­ with Mr. Carpenter for many years. During that 401 (k) funds with their former employer. Then, eral construction project or building purchase, time he has been responsible for numerous because of unanticipated long periods of un­ must be scored in the first year of the project, accomplishments and outstanding progress in employment, need access to those funds. Ac­ rather than amortized over the actual con­ the city of Port Hueneme. He will be missed cordingly, many small businesses would ben­ struction period, or over the expected life of a greatly in both the government and civic are­ efit from this amendment. In addition, employ­ purchased building. For leases, the rules re­ nas in which he was so active. ees who are laid off from their fonner employ­ quire that only the annual rent costs be His innumerable contributions will serve as ment may need access to those funds in order scored. The end result is that operating leases a legacy to his years of dedication. I want to to start up their own small business. State and have become the most attractive vehicle for congratulate him and wish him the very best local government employees who are dis­ GSA, the Federal Govemmenf s real estate in his retirement. placed through downsizing, also may need ac- ann, to meet the housing needs of Federal 1610 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 agencies-even though in the long term it is commitment to today's and tomorrow's sen­ Eliminating the ethanol subsidy is a positive the most costly. iors. The best way to protect Social Security beginning to balancing the budget and is a re­ Specifically, the bill amends the Public for future generations is by passing a bal­ sponsible choice for the taxpayers of this Buildings Act of 1959 to treat Federal real es­ anced budget amendment. I find it unfortunate country. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor tate transactions in the same manner they that the President has chosen to oppose our this legislation. wee treated prior to the implementation of the bipartisan effort to improve the American peo­ 1990 Budget Act. The bill would allow GSA to ple's quality of life by standing in our way utilize alternative financing mechanisms, such once again. American families can balance NATIONAL WOMEN AND GIRLS IN as lease-purchases or time financing. their budgets, State and local governments SPORTS DAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1997 In 1975 GSA's leasing budget was $388 balance their budgets, and so must the Fed­ million. In 1996 GSA spent more than $2.5 bil­ eral Government. HON. CONSTANCE A. MOREllA lion on Federal leases. A December 1989 re­ OF MARYLAND port issued by GAO analyzed 43 projects that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GSA might have undertaken if capital financ­ RESPONSIBLE REPEAL OF THE Wednesday, February 5, 1997 ETHANOL TAX ing were available to replace space that GSA Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay would otherwise lease. GAO estimated that, tribute to the growing numbers of girls and over a 30-year period, constructing the 43 HON. KEN BENISEN women in sports whose achievements will be projects instead of leasing, would have saved OF TEXAS celebrated across the Nation on February 6, taxpayers $12 billion. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1997, the 11th annual National Girls and Financing by lease purchase is inappropri­ Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Women in Sports Day [NGWSD]. In Wash­ ately being compared by OMB to direct Fed­ ington, DC, there will be a 2-mile fitness walk eral construction, when the correct comparison Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to intro­ on the Mall followed by a luncheon on Capitol should be with the cost of long-term leasing. duce legislation to eliminate the ethanol sub­ Hill where athletes will be recognized by Mem­ My goal is to ensure that GSA has all the fi­ sidy. This legislation is good fiscal policy, good bers of Congress. nancing tools available to the private sector. agriculture policy, good environmental policy, Track and field star Lillian Green-Chamber­ Currently GSA does not have the ability to get and good energy policy, and I urge my col­ lain is among the athletes participating in the the best possible deal for the taxpayer-be­ leagues to join me as cosponsors. celebration in Washington, DC. Dr. Greene­ cause of the scoring rules. GAS should be The ethanol subsidy was established to help Chamberlain holds a number of firsts. She able to, on a project by project basis, deter­ address the Nation's energy needs during the was the first national champion in 800 meters, mine the most cost effective and efficient way oil crisis of the 1970's. Unfortunately it is a long before it became an Olympic event, and to finance a particular Federal real estate program that has proven to be woefully inad­ she was the first African-American to rep­ transaction. My bill will give GSA this ability. In equate. According to the Treasury Depart­ resent the United States in international mid­ the long term, this legislation will save the tax­ ment, the ethanol subsidy cost the American dle distance running. She was the first and payer hundreds of millions of dollars. I urge taxpayers over $5.3 billion from 1983-94. The only woman and American to serve as the di­ my colleagues to support the bill. ethanol tax subsidy costs the Federal highway rector of the Physical Education and Sports trust fund $850 million each year-and the Program for the 161 member nations of the revenue drain is increasing. Ethanol receives Paris-headquartered U.N. Educational, Sci­ THE BALANCED BUDGET a 54 cents per gallon Federal tax subsidy on entific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. AMENDMENT some 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol produced In addition, Dr. Green-Chamberlain has been per year-with an additional 1O cents per gal­ a leader in developing health, education, phys­ HON. RON PACKARD lon for small producers and from 1O to 80 ical fitness, recreation, and sports programs OF CALIFORNIA cents per gallon more from various States. But nationally and internationally for more than 28 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we have seen few benefits for this huge ex­ years. I am proud that this All-American pense. In fact, a close examination of the eth­ Wednesday, February 5, 1997 woman is from Silver Spring, MD. anol subsidy shows that it not only has failed Also participating in the activities in Wash­ Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, the balanced to live up to its billing, it has several negative ington, DC is award-winning canoeist Jennifer budget amendment is the only foolproof way consequences: Hearn. This outstanding athlete was the 1993 to guarantee the deficit continues on a perma­ Ethanol yields significantly less energy than U.S. Olympic Festival Champion in whitewater nently downward path to zero. But more than gasoline. Per gallon, ethanol yields about slalom kayaking and the 1995 Olympic Fes­ that, a balanced budget amendment is good 76,000 Btu, while gasoline yields between tival slalom team champion. She placed fifth in for America's families. It means reduced inter­ 109,000 to 119,000 Btu. This means that eth­ the 1993 U.S. National Championships, and est rates and a lower cost of living for all anol provides only about two-thirds to three­ won a silver for the women's slalom kayak Americans. A home, a car, and a college edu­ quarters as much energy and mileage as con­ team event in the 1990 Pre-Worlds. In 1994 cation will become more affordable than ever. ventional gasoline. and 1995, she was sixth on the U.S. National In my district, a family with the median-priced Ethanol tax subsidies harm beef and dairy Team, and has also finished among the top 30 home would save about $3,600 each year, industries. Ethanol production competes with in two World Cups. Again, I am proud to re­ based on a 30-year mortgage. Families could traditional feed grain customers for com, driv­ port that Jennifer Heam is from Bethesda, keep an extra $2,200 on a student loan and ing the price of feedstocks up for the cattle in­ MD. $900 on an average-priced car loan. These dustry and raising consumer prices for meat The next time I hear someone say, "You extra dollars can be spent on your future and and dairy products. run or throw like a girl," I'm going to ask, that of your children. While ethanol does help reduce carbon "Which girl?" Maybe they mean the women's The balanced budget amendment will also monoxide emissions, it can increase ground world record holder in the 440-yard dash in safeguard Social Security and Medicare while level ozone, especially in hot summer weath­ 1961, Lillian Greene-Chamberlain. Or do they protecting future generations from crushing er. This is because ethanol makes gasoline mean the young woman, also from Silver debt. The President has said that balancing evaporate more easily. Spring, who, during the 1996 Summer Olym­ the budget is his top priority. However, by stat­ Com-based ethanol has had dubious results pics, helped the U.S. women win their first ing that a balanced budget amendment could as an alternative fuel additive, and it is now team gold in gymnastics, and won an indi­ lead to reductions in Social Security benefits, time to let this program stand without taxpayer vidual bronze medal, Dominique Dawes? Per­ he has been using scare tactics to avoid com­ support. haps they mean the young woman who is mitting to a balanced budget. Proponents of energy subsidies and man­ considered the best girl high school basketball Mr. Speaker, I know that Clinton's assertion dates say that they are needed to improve the player in the United States, senior guard-for­ is not true. In fact, our skyrocketing debt is the environment, enhance energy security, spur ward from Frederick, MD, Nikki Teasley. real threat to Social Security. The further we economic development, and replace dwindling On the 25th anniversary of title IX, we go into debt, the harder it will be for the Fed­ supplies of oil. However, this subsidy has pause to reflect on what we have accom­ eral Government to meet its Social Security proven to be both expensive and ineffective. plished in the past, and the work that we must February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1611 do for the future. There is no doubt in my Women's Sports Foundation. Every day they only 59 percent of the base salary of head mind that title IX has been successful in ex­ make it possible for young women to improve coaches of men's basketball. panding opportunities for women in athletics. their health, self esteem, leadership skills and This disparity in women's pay in many fields We have made great strides toward increasing academics. is the reason I introduced the Fair Pay Act the numbers of women and girls in competitive As the 25th anniversary of the passage of that would prohibit discrimination in the pay­ athletics at the high school and college levels. title IX, this National Girls and Women in ment of wages on account of sex, race or na­ Before title IX, women represented only 2 per­ Sports Day marks a particularly significant tional origin. While this law will help prevent cent of the Nation's college varsity athletes. event in the history of women in sports. Since discrimination in the pay of the women work­ Twenty-five years later, women represent 35 title IX, the law prohibiting sex discrimination ing in sports, it will not get them the recogni­ percent of college athletes nationwide. The in federally-funded institutions, was enacted, tion women athletes deserve. As an accom­ door to athletic opportunities, however, has women's participation in school athletic pro­ plished women's basketball coach has said in only partially opened for women. Title IX's grams has greatly increased. This increase a recent interview, "It is really frustrating to goal of bringing equal opportunity in sports to has benefitted young women. Young women have a championship team and get two-inch women and girls has yet to be realized. At who play sports are more likely to graduate stories in the paper while some average men's schools that belong to the National Collegiate from high school, and less likely to use drugs team gets pages written about them." This is Athletic Association [NCAA], women account or have an unintended pregnancy. They reap slowly-too slowly-changing. It is my hope for 53 percent of the college students, but only multiple health benefits from athletic participa­ that tomorrow's events commemorating Na­ 36 percent of the college athletes. tion, including a 4o-60 percent decrease in tional Girls and Women in Sports Day will, by I applaud the distinguished athletes who their risk of breast cancer. In addition, athletic its own recognition, help women gain equality have gathered in Washington, DC, to cele­ participation helps improve self-esteem and in sports. brate National Women and Girls in Sports discipline. Day, for they all are long distance runners for I ask my colleagues to join me in recog­ equality and social justice that has afforded nizing these women, and all women who par­ IN HONOR OF NATIONAL GIRLS women and girls the benefits of competitive ticipate in National Girls and Women in Sports AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY sports. Day. HON.C~F.B~ OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS SPORTS DAY DAYS Wednesday, February 5, 1997 HON. ELEANOR HOLMFS NORTON Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join HON. JAMFS P. MORAN OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA my colleagues in commemorating February 6, OF VffiGINIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1997, as National Girls and Women in Sports IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Day. Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Mr. Speaker, who can forget the thrill of Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we seeing the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in will recognize the achievements of women and team win the gold medal in Atlanta last year? recognition of the 15 million girls and women girls in an important area that has been tradi­ There is also much enthusiasm about the es­ who will be participating in the 11th Annual tionally dominated by men: sports. As part of tablishment of not one but two women's pro­ National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Na­ the 11th Annual National Girls and Women in fessional basketball leagues. What ties to­ tional Girls and Women in Sports Day will be Sports Day, many women, athletes and mem­ gether these accomplishments are how they celebrated throughout the United States on bers of Congress will be celebrating the ath­ inspire young women across America to be­ February 6, 1997. letic accomplishments of women. come involved in sports activities, to get in the Sponsored by Girls Inc., Girl Scouts of the As cochair of the Congressional Caucus for game. USA, National Association of Girls & Women Women's Issues, I am proud to have the op­ Thafs the motto behind the 1997 National in Sports, Women's Sports Foundation, and portunity to spotlight women's activity in an Girls and Women in Sports Day. I'm proud to YWCA of the USA, National Girls and Women area where they have often been overlooked. be an honorary cosponsor of this 11th annual in Sports Day celebrates the participation of The majority of media coverage focusing on event. A bipartisan group of Members of Con­ women in sports and honors the memory of sports coverage goes to men's sports. While a gress and Senators support an early morning Olympic volleyball silver medalist Flo Hyman, recent study found that 94 percent of local tel­ walk on the Washington Mall to highlight the who died suddenly during a match in Japan. evision news sports coverage goes to men's achievements of women athletes and draw at­ In her honor, the Women's Sports Foundation sports, women's sports get 5 percent of the tention to the importance of sports and fitness honors a female athlete on National Girls and coverage. activities for all girls and women. Women in Sports Day who exemplifies the Unfortunately, one of the results of this low National Girls and Women in Sports Day commitment, integrity, and superior athletic level of media coverage is insufficient financial [NGWSD] is celebrated in New Hampshire ability of Flo Hyman. This year the award will support of women's sports in universities and all across the country during the first go to legend Billie Jean King for her commit­ across the United States. Less than 24 per­ Thursday of every February. It is organized by ment to women's rights and her renown as an cent of college sport operating budgets and Girl Scouts of the USA, Girls Inc., the National international tennis champion. less than 18 percent of athletic recruiting dol­ Association for Girls and Women in Sport, the As a cosponsor of this congressionally es­ lars are allocated to women's sports. This is Women's Sports Foundation, and the YWCA tablished event, I would like to give special despite the fact that women are as athletic of the USA. recognition to seven women who have helped and as talented in sports as men, and that The First NGWSD was organized to honor to make this event possible, and who have women and girls involved in sports have great­ Flo Hyman, the Olympic volleyball champion made such a difference in the lives of young er self-esteem and do better in school than who brought women's volleyball in the United women all over the United States. They are: those who do not participate in sports. States to the forefront in 1984. That's when Regina Montoya, president, board of directors By participating in sports, women and girls she helped lead the American team to a silver of Girls Inc.; Elinor J. Ferdon, national presi­ learn how to work as a team and to strive to medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. Flo dent, Girl Scouts of the USA; Dr. Sue Durrant, achieve a desired goal, skills vital to suc­ Hyman died suddenly while playing volleyball president, National Association for Girls & ceeding in any career. Many women also in Japan in 1986. She was found to have had Women in Sports; Donna Lopiano, executive choose sports as a career, including returning Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder director, Women's Sports Foundation; Dr. to high school or universities to coach young that led to a faulty aorta. Annually, the Wom­ Alpha Alexander, director, Health in Sports athletes. Yet even here women are not equal en's Sports Foundation's Flo Hyman Award is Advocacy YWCA of the USA; Dr. Prema to men. According to a recent survey of head presented to a female athlete who exemplifies Mathai-Davis, executive director, YWCA of the coaches of Division I basketball teams, head dignity, spirit, and commitment to excellence in USA and Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, director, coaches of women basketball teams average women's athletics. 1612 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 5, 1997 Indeed, women's athletics are one of the forts made this day possible: Girt Scouts, Girts Veterans' Affairs most effective avenues available for women of Inc., the National Association for Girls and To hold joint hearings with the House the United States to develop self-discipline, Women in Sport, the Women Sports Founda­ Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the initiative, confidence, and leadership skills. tion, and the YWCA. legislative recommendations of the While in the past there has been little national Veterans of Foreign Wars. recognition of the significance of women's ath­ 345 Cannon Building SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS lOa.m. letic achievements, we are starting to see the Finance opposite occur. Routinely, you will find larger Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 4, To hold hearings on the final report of crowds as women's college basketball games the Advisory Commission to Study the and the new women's professional basketball 1977, calls for establishment of a sys­ Consumer Price Index. games will be carried on nationwide television. tem for a computerized schedule of all SD-215 These occurrences can only serve to encour­ meetings and hearings of Senate com­ age young girls to become involved in sports mittees, subcommittees, joint commit­ FEBRUARY 12 at early age. This type of involvement in ath­ tees, and committees of conference. 9:30 a.m. letics, however, has less to do with recognition This title requires all such committees Energy and Natural Resources than with promoting lifelong habits of physical to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Business meeting, to consider pending fitness. Digest-designated by the Rules Com­ calendar business. I am very proud of the many fine women mittee-of the time, place, and purpose SD-366 athletes at our schools in New Hampshire. We of the meetings, when scheduled, and Environment and Public Works any cancellations or changes in the To hold hearings on the ozone and partic­ all read about their accomplishments in the meetings as they occur. ulate matter standards proposed by the newspapers every week. National Girts and As an additional procedure along Environmental Protection Agency. Women in Sports Day serves to remind us with the computerization of this infor­ SD-406 that we should encourage athletic participation mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Governmental Affairs and competition for women of all ages, espe­ Digest will prepare this information for International Security, Proliferation and cially in the formative years. It is my hope that printing in the Extensions of Remarks Federal Services Subcommittee we see more girts and young women get in To hold hearings on the future of nuclear section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD deterrence. the game this year. After all, our children, girts on Monday and Wednesday of each and boys, need strong bodies as well as week. SD-342 strong minds. Labor and Human Resources Meetings scheduled for Thursday, To hold hearings on the implementation Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to February 6, 1997, may be found in the of the Teamwork for Employees and join me in supporting the 11th annual National Daily Digest of today's RECORD. Managers Act (TEAM). Girls and Women in Sports Day. MEETINGS SCHEDULED SD-430 Small Business To hold hearings on the President's RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL GIRLS FEBRUARY7 budget request for fiscal year 1998 for AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY 9:30a.m. the Small Business Administration. Joint Economic S&-428A HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON To hold hearings to examine the employ­ 10:00 a.m. ment-unemployment situation for Jan­ Finance OF TEXAS uary and the Consumer Price Index (CPI). To hold hearings on the Administration's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES budget and revenue proposals for fiscal 1334 Longworth Building Wednesday, February 5, 1997 10:00 a.m. year 1998. SD-215 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Budget To hold hearings on the President's pro­ Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the FEBRUARY13 11th Annual National Girts and Women in posed budget for fiscal year 1998. SD-608 9:00 a.m. Sports Day, Thursday, February 6, 1997. This Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry day has been set aside to show the Nation's FEBRUARYlO To resume hearings on proposals to re­ commitment to promoting the physical well­ 2:00p.m. form the Commodity Exchange Act. being and mental health of women and girls Budget SR-332 through physical activity. To resume hearings on the President's 9:30 a.m. National Girts and Women in Sports Day is proposed budget for fiscal year 1998. Labor and Human Resources instrumental in encouraging females of all SD-608 Employment and Training Subcommittee ages to participate in sports. Regular exercise Joint Economic To resume hearings to examine proposals to reform the Fair Labor Standards increases physical condition by lowering levels To hold hearings on the 1997 Economic Report of the President. Act, focusing on S. 4, to provide to pri­ of blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pres­ 2359 Rayburn Building vate sector employees the same oppor­ sure. In addition, sports has been shown to tunities for time-and-a-half compen­ help women feel greater confidence, self es­ FEBRUARYll satory time off, biweekly work pro­ teem and pride. 9:00a.m. grams, and flexible credit hour pro­ As the celebration of Black History month Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry grams as Federal employees currently begins, it is my hope that this day will open To hold hearings on proposals to reform enjoy to help balance the demands and the eyes of many African-American women the Commodity Exchange Act. needs of work and family, to clarify the who are twice as likely to be overweight as SR-332 provisions relating to exemptions of white women and 20 percent less likely to ex­ 9:30a.m. certain professionals from the min­ imum wage and overtime requirements ercise regularly. Compared to white Ameri­ Labor and Human Resources To hold oversight hearings on the imple­ of the Fair Labor Standards Act of cans, African-Americans under the age of 64 mentation of the Health Insurance 1938. are 1O percent more likely to get heart dis­ Portab111ty and Accountability Act SD-430 ease, 30 percent more likely to have diabetes, (P.L. 104-191). Small Business and over 50 percent more likely to suffer from SD-430 To hold hearings on the nomination of hypertension. Rules and Administration Aida Alvarez, of New York, to be Ad­ Mr. Speaker, I would like for my participa­ Business meeting, to mark up proposed ministrator of the Small Business Ad­ tion in today's events to serve as a model of legislation authorizing biennial ex­ ministration. penditures by standing, select, and spe­ the dedication to physical fitness that should S&-428A cial committees of the Senate, and to 10:00 a.m. be exhibited by other women, particularly Afri­ consider other pending legislative and Finance can-American women. Finally, I would like to administrative business. To hold hearings on the Administration's applaud the organizations whose combined ef- SR-301 budget for fiscal year 1998, focusing on February 5, 1997 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1613 Medicare, Medicaid and welfare pro­ FEBRUARY 'Xl MARCH13 posals. 9:30 a.m. 9:00a.m. SD-215 Labor and Human Resources Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Foreign Relations To hold hearings on proposed legislation To resume hearings on proposed legisla­ To hold hearings on the nomination of authorizing funds for programs of the tion authorizing funds for agricultural Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambas­ Higher Education Act. research. sador to the Socialist Republic of Viet- SD-430 SRr-332 nam. 10:00 a.m. SD-419 Armed Services MARCH18 2:00 p.m. To hold hearings concerning the Depart­ 9:00 a.m. Environment and Public Works ment of Defense actions pertaining to Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Transportation and Infrastructure Sub­ Persian Gulf illnesses. To resume hearings on proposed legisla­ committee SD-106 tion authorizing funds for agricultural To hold hearings on the implementation research. of the Intermodal Surface Transpor­ MARCH5 SRr-332 tation Efficiency Act and transpor­ 9:00 a.m. MARCH19 tation trends, infrastructure funding Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry requirements, and transportation's im­ 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the Depart­ Veterans' Affairs pact on the economy. ment of Agriculture's business plan SD-406 To hold joint hearings with the House and reorganization management pro­ Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the posals. FEBRUARY25 legislative recommendations of the SRr-332 Disabled American Veterans. 9:00 a.m. 345 Cannon Building Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry MARCH6 To hold hearings to examine the impact MARCH20 of estate taxes on farmers. · 9:30 a.m. Veterans' Affairs 9:00 a.m. SRr-332 To hold joint hearings with the House Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the To resume hearings on proposed legisla­ FEBRUARY26 legislative recommendations of the tion authorizing funds for agricultural 9:00 a.m. Paralyzed Veterans of America, the research. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Jewish War Veterans, the Retired Offi­ SRr-332 To hold hearings to examine the impact cers Association, the Association of the 9:30 a.m. of capital gains taxes on farmers. U.S. Army, the Non-Commissioned Of­ Veterans' Affairs SRr-332 ficers Association, the Military Order To hold joint hearings with the House 9:30 a.m. of the Purple Heart, and the Blinded Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the Environment and Public Works Veterans Association. legislative recommendations of Transportation and Infrastructure Sub­ 345 Cannon Building AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners committee of War, the Veterans of World War I , To resume hearings on proposed legisla­ and the Vietnam Veterans of America. MARCHll 345 Cannon Building tion authorizing funds for programs of 9:00 a.m. the Intermodal Surface Transportation Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Efficiency Act. To hold hearings on proposed legislation CANCELLATIONS SD-406 authorizing funds for agricultural re­ Labor and Human Resources search. FEBRUARY6 Business meeting, to consider pending SRr-332 calendar business. 2:30p.m. SD-430 Select on Intelligence Closed business meeting, on intelligence matters. SH-219