E664 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 30, 2002 TO PROTECT PRIVATE DECISIONS that 60 percent of women on welfare have suf- fessional Women has given over $36,000 in ABOUT MARRIAGE fered from domestic violence. As these statis- scholarships. This has enabled many African tics confirm, if government were to encourage American students to pursue further edu- HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK or coerce someone on welfare to get married, cation. I ask the House of Representatives to OF CALIFORNIA it would not guarantee a healthier or safer join me in commending the Club and their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES family, and it could endanger the lives of members for their contributions to the Pontiac mothers and children. area and their efforts to promote education. Tuesday, April 30, 2002 Not only is government involvement in pro- f Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce moting marriage a potentially dangerous en- a resolution ‘‘To Protect Private Decisions deavor and an unnecessary intrusion of pri- BLOOMFIELD CITIZENS COUNCIL About Marriage.’’ The decision to marry is one vacy, it also takes money away from programs AWARDS of the most personal and important decisions that really do create more stable and healthy that many of us will make in our lifetime. families. HON. WILLIAM J. COYNE When you ask someone to spend the rest of The problems facing poor people on welfare OF PENNSYLVANIA his or her life with you, it should be done out won’t be solved by getting married. What fami- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of love, admiration, devotion and respect. lies on welfare need is greater access to Tuesday, April 30, 2002 childcare, healthcare and job training. Evi- Choosing to get married is a truly monumental Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to dence shows that an overwhelming obstacle decision and is usually one of the most memo- pay tribute to a number of Pittsburgh residents for welfare parents looking for a job is the lack rable moments of our lives. who will be honored on May 4th with Bloom- of quality, affordable childcare for their chil- Because the decision to marry is such a field Citizens Council Awards. personal one, interference from outside parties dren. Providing better, stable childcare has Every year, the Bloomfield Citizens Council is rarely warranted or appreciated. Many proven working adults in employment. This ap- gives out these awards to recognize members Americans turn to their friends, family or reli- plies to healthcare and job training as well. By of the community who have improved the gious leaders when making a decision about providing better healthcare and more access quality of life in the Bloomfield neighborhood marriage. Others turn only to their future part- to job training, we can equip poor families with of Pittsburgh. I would like to take this oppor- ner. No one, however, turns to the govern- the tools they need to provide for their families tunity to commend the 2002 award winners for ment. And for good reason. Government inter- and have more stable lives. Why should we their efforts to make Bloomfield a better place ference in decisions about marriage is simply waste $300 million coercing people to get to live. not warranted. married when that money could be better Robert Scullion, Jr. has been selected as Unfortunately, President Bush does not spent helping people out of poverty? the 2002 recipient of the Mary Cercone Out- agree. The Bush Administration has proposed The Bush Administration’s marriage pro- standing Citizen Award. This award is given to to spend $30 million dollars to promote mar- motion proposal is misguided, potentially individuals who demonstrate ‘‘an unselfish riage in this year’s welfare reauthorization bill. harmful, and not supported by the American commitment to others and a deep love for the This misguided policy intrudes on private deci- people. The resolution that I am introducing community of Bloomfield.’’ Mr. Scullion, a life- sion between adults and takes needed funs today says it is the sense of Congress that long Bloomfield resident, has demonstrated away from programs that actually help raise government resources not be used to influ- his commitment and love in a great number of poor people out of poverty. ence, promote, or coerce individuals’ private ways, including his efforts on behalf of organi- This year, Congress must consider legisla- decisions about marriage. I hope my col- zations like the Blind Outdoor Leisure Organi- tion to reauthorize the welfare program. The leagues will join with me in supporting this im- zation and the National Alliance for Autistic Temporary Assistance for Needy Families portant resolution and I call on the Bush Ad- Research, his volunteer work for the St. (TANF) program, passed in 1995, helped ministration to reconsider this ill-advised pro- Francis Hospital Ministry and the Prison Min- many citizens find work, but not necessarily posal. istry for Western Penitentiary, and his partici- work that pays a living wage. As we consider f pation in a number of Bloomfield sports reauthorizing TANF, we have an opportunity to HONORING THE PONTIAC NA- leagues. direct our welfare program toward the impor- TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO A Community Commitment Award will go to tant goal of lifting the poor out of poverty. The BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL Mr. Joseph Covelli, who has served the com- Bush administration, however, would rather WOMEN’S CLUB AWARD RECIPI- munity through his job as Principal of Eliza- push poor people into marriage. ENTS beth Seton Elementary School, as well as his Stable, healthy marriages are very important work on such annual events as the Halloween for raising our children. The very institution of parade and the Bloomfield Citizens Council marriage is a cornerstone of our society and HON. DALE E. KILDEE Marathon Festival. Mr. Covelli also coaches a OF MICHIGAN is a critical element in creating stable families. girls’ softball team, and he has been very ac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Marriage is not for everyone, though. Some tive in church affairs. people simply cannot make marriages work, Tuesday, April 30, 2002 The Bloomfield Citizens will present four in- for personal, religious or other reasons. In Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask the House dividuals with its Youth Dedication Award this more tragic cases, marriage is literally not safe of Representatives to join me in congratulating year. Mrs. Lisa Thompson Gallagher will re- because of an abusive spouse. Government the recipients of the annual awards presented ceive the Youth Dedication Award for coach- involvement in marriage, therefore, is just not by the Pontiac National Association of Negro ing softball for the Bloomfield Girls Athletic As- appropriate. Business and Professional Women’s Club. sociation for 15 years. Ms. Marlene Scholze The American people agree. According to a The awards will be presented at a luncheon will receive this award for volunteering as a recent Pew Research Center study, 79 per- on May 4th. softball coach for nearly 20 years. Mrs. Bev- cent of Americans believe the government Over the past 37 years the Pontiac Club of erly Helwich was selected to receive a Youth should not develop programs to encourage the National Association of Negro Business Dedication award for her many years of people to marry or remain married. Further- and Professional Women will present the coaching softball and basketball. She also has more, 66 percent of Americans who identify awards to individuals and organizations that volunteered her time to the Immaculate Con- themselves as ‘‘strongly religious’’ believe the have strived to improve the common good of ception Athletic Association, which sponsors government should not interfere with decisions all people. At the ceremony Lillie Nicholas will elementary school football. Mrs. Kim about marriage, according to the same poll. receive the Sojourner Truth Award, Hobert Schimmel Spears will receive a Youth Dedica- The American people clearly do not agree with Maxey will receive the the Frederick Douglass tion Award for her many years of coaching the President’s proposal. Award, the Honorable Brenda Lawrence, Dr. basketball, softball, tee-ball, and Little League. In addition, government interference in pro- Sharon L. Blackman, and Patricia L. Guthery The Bloomfield Citizens Council will again moting or coercing people to marry could have will receive the Black Woman Achiever Award. present a number of awards for Christmas unintended, tragic consequences. According to Donald and Patricia Cordell and Alma M. decorations this year. Mrs. Pat Donatelli Melfi a joint report by the Departments of Justice Bradley-Pettress will receive the Community and her sons will receive the Keeping Christ in and Health and Human Services, 25 percent Service Award. The Ombudswoman Award Christmas Award for the nativity scene they of women said they have been raped or phys- will be presented to Karen Barner. created. Brian and Tresmarie Foulton Scanlon ically assaulted by their current or former Mr. Speaker, the Pontiac Club of the Na- will receive the Most Outstanding and Com- spouse. More alarming still, research shows tional Association of Negro Business and Pro- pletely Decorated Home Award this year. They

VerDate 112000 05:27 May 01, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30AP8.012 pfrm01 PsN: E30PT1 April 30, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E665 are repeat award winners, having won this world’s largest azalea garden, acclaimed golf, SAM PARKER: NAFTA was originally es- award previously in 1998. Finally, the Most birds of prey program, and a collection of tablished to help solve North America’s Creative Design Award will be presented to plumleaf azaleas, a plant which the Callaway’s problems, increase of trade surplus, standard of living, and better jobs, among other Mrs. Pat and Miss Dana Smith for a decora- rescued from the verge of extinction, Callaway things. Before NAFTA, the U.S. agricultural tion scheme that accented many of the archi- Gardens has been a place of relaxation and trade surplus with Mexico and Canada was tectural features of their home. beauty for generations of Americans. $203 million. Since NAFTA was established In closing, let me just say that all of the indi- Keats once wrote, in 1994, this surplus fell $1.498 million. viduals receiving 2002 Bloomfield Citizens ‘‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: What NAFTA does not openly stop our Council awards have made important contribu- Its loveliness increases; it will never economy’s advancement, it has set it far be- tions to the quality of life in Bloomfield. On be- Pass into nothingness; but still will keep hind. NAFTA promised an increase in jobs half of the residents of Bloomfield and the rest for Americans. Not only has this not hap- A bower quiet for us, and a sleep pened, but more than 350 U.S. workers have of the 14th Congressional District, I thank Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet lost their jobs. Many of these jobs were given them for their efforts and congratulate them on breathing.’’ to Mexican workers being paid one-third of their selection as recipients of 2002 Bloomfield That is the most appropriate description I what Americans are paid. Citizens Council awards. have ever heard for Callaway Gardens. Another promise of NAFTA was to boost f As the family of Cason and Virginia the agricultural economy. The farming com- Callaway celebrate the 50th anniversary of munity has been given nothing but false IN MEMORY OF KIMBERLY ‘‘KIM’’ hopes with the promise of more jobs. Farm- ANNE HOLLOWAY their parents’ dream, I congratualte them for ing income has declined and consumer prices continuing to make that dream a reality. A have gone up. friend of farmers, environmentalists, and those Although NAFTA and free trade look ap- HON. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO who appreciate beauty, the Callaways have pealing on the outside, the effects are dev- OF CALIFORNIA crafted a marvel of modern day horticulture astating to most working-class persons. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and botany in the midst of rural Georgia. I am BECCA VAN HORN: I pledge allegiance to Tuesday, April 30, 2002 the flag of the multinational corporations, pleased to represent the people who work at and to the profit for which they stand, one Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise and lead Callaway Gardens, and I am pleased interlocking directorate under no govern- today to honor the memory of a young that such a thing of beauty is located in the ment, indivisible, with monopoly and cheap woman, Kimberly ‘‘Kim’’ Anne Holloway who Third District of the great State of Georgia. labor for all. unexpectedly passed away on March 2, 2002 f This pledge epitomizes the only noticeable due to complications from a kidney infection. I progress of the World Trade Organization. STUDENT CONGRESSIONAL TOWN Free trade, and therefore NAFTA and the ask my colleagues to join me, together with MEETING World Trade Organization, which attempts her family and friends in mourning for her un- to globalize economies without globalizing timely death. human rights, only leads to big corporations Kim was born on June 10, 1974 in Santa HON. BERNARD SANDERS exploiting the Third World. While supporting Monica, California to Daniel and Hilda Hollo- OF VERMONT the capitalists, the big corporations who way. Growing up in LaPuente, California, she IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES benefit most from free trade, the World graduated from William Workman High School Tuesday, April 30, 2002 Trade Organization advances by exploiting the Third World proletarians, opposing and proceeded to Mount San Antonio College. Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, today, I recog- Kim was an honor student and talented athlete human rights and demands for adequate nize the outstanding work done by participants working conditions. who excelled in soccer and track. To help pay in my Student Congressional Town Meeting The World Trade Organization thrives on for college, she worked as a scheduler at held this spring at the University of Vermont. maintaining the status quo by taking Amer- Disneyland in Anaheim. Kim later transferred These participants were part of a group of ican jobs and giving them to eleven-year-old to California State University at Fullerton, and high school students from around Vermont Indonesian children working in a Nike fac- was looking forward to graduating in June. who testified about the concerns they have as tory for 83 cents per day. Free trade helps Kim loved the simple things in life; literature, teenagers, and about what they would like to the First World, but leaves the poorest with barely .4 percent of all global trade. That is music, movies, and like every other teen, fash- see government do regarding these concerns. ion. But what endeared Kim to her family and barbaric. You do not keep the standard of I respectfully request that the following living for America by exploiting one group of friends was that she was always there when testimonials be included in the CONGRES- people. The Third World has taken an incred- they needed her. Always ready to help out her SIONAL RECORD. ible hit. brother or sisters, or a friend in need. The World Trade Organization supports ON BEHALF OF SAM PARKER, BECCA VAN Mr. Speaker, a person’s life is not measured groups like the International Monetary HORN, AND ELI BRANNON by the length of their stay here on Earth, but Fund, whose only purpose is to loan money REGARDING FREE TRADE rather by the quality of the life they lived. By to countries in dire situations, and then de- (April 8, 2002) this measure, Kimberly Anne Holloway is rich- mand the money back at an incredibly high ELI BRANNON: Free trade is a method for er than many of us could ever become. She interest rate. By supporting organizations countries to trade internationally without like the IMF, and only looking at how the was a dedicated student, a hardworking em- having to worry about tariffs or barriers. rich can flourish, the World Trade Organiza- ployee, a loyal friend, and most importantly, a The first step towards free trade was taken tion is dooming the Third World to never ad- loving daughter. in 1948 with the creation of GAT, the General vance economically. f Agreement Tariffs rate. GAT was formed as This is not an impossible situation. If free a way to provide rules for countries to dis- trade focuses on advancing all social classes, CALLAWAY GARDENS 50TH mantle trade barriers and organize a system it will be beneficial to the First and Third ANNIVERSARY of commercial business. Unfortunately, it worlds. There would be more American jobs, did not live up to expectations. farmers could prosper, and, although big cor- GATT was transformed into the World porations would lose money, they could HON. MAC COLLINS Trade Organization, or WTO, on January 1, begin to cleanse their moral values. OF GEORGIA 1995. Before the World Trade Organization If the Third World is able to focus on trad- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was created, North America had already cre- ing with each other and the First World on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 ated its own system of trade, the North an equal basis, their children could go to American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. school and their economy progress. If an or- Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, on May 21, NAFTA has grown to include Canada, the ganization like the U.N. helped put that 2002 one of Georgia’s treasures will celebrate U.S. and Mexico. Free trade is supposed to eleven-year-old Indonesian child into a plau- its 50th anniversary. Created as a place help support the countries involved. It does sible trade, their population would not be ‘‘prettier than anything since the Garden of create more jobs, lowers taxes on trade, and doomed to factory work at subsistence wages Eden,’’ Cason and Virginia Callaway envi- makes some Second World Nations like and no benefits. sioned a verdant preserve of some of the South Korea and Taiwan want to attend Of course, it would be difficult. But free trade liberalization. However, the advan- trade attempts to globalize only one aspect most beautiful flora and fauna in our nation. tages are overshadowed by the numerous dis- of our world, increasing the disparity in Today, Callaway Gardens is all of that and so advantages, including worker exploitation, every other way. Free trade, and therefore much more. job loss effects on the agricultural commu- NAFTA and the WTO, globalizes economies, Featuring the world’s largest man-made in- nity, and the obvious attempt for corporate not for the betterment of the world, but for land, white-sand beach, a world-class resort, profit. corporations and consumerism, creating a

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