July 25, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8195 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF IRAN AND LIBYA SANC- Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move say that, but that is what the Purple TIONS ACT OF 1996. to bring to a close the debate on H.R. 2299, Heart stands for. Section 13(b) of the Iran and Libya Sanc- the Transportation Appropriations Act. I mention that because I have a lot of tions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public , , , affection for the Senate. I have a lot of Law 104–172) is amended by striking ‘‘5 Harry Reid, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. Schumer, Jack Reed, Robert C. Byrd, James affection for this Capitol complex. One SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RE- Jeffords, , , Paul of the main reasons I have so much af- SPECT TO LIBYA. Sarbanes, Carl Levin, Jay , fection is that I worked nights as a (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(b)(2) of the Iran Thomas R. Carper, , and Capitol Hill policeman while going and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. . through law school. I can remember 1701 note; 110 Stat. 1543) is amended by strik- walking through Statuary Hall, never ing ‘‘$40,000,000’’ each place it appears and in- Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, under serting ‘‘$20,000,000’’. the unanimous consent agreement we having had any understanding of who (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments reached yesterday, the vote on cloture those great men were in the true sense made by subsection (a) shall apply to invest- will occur tomorrow. We have been of the word. I had the opportunity of ments made on or after June 13, 2001. working with our colleagues on both meeting Everett Dirksen. I remember SEC. 4. REVISED DEFINITION OF INVESTMENT. sides of the aisle. I appreciate very walking on the floor. I was the police- Section 14(9) of the Iran and Libya Sanc- much Senator MCCAIN’s cooperation in man assigned to the Ohio Clock, as it is tions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 110 trying to reach a mutually convenient called. I was there when this man with Stat. 1549) is amended by adding at the end long, white hair and a wonderful voice, the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of time for the vote. Unfortunately, there this paragraph, an amendment or other are other colleagues who are unable on Senator Everett Dirksen, came by. He modification that is made, on or after June the Republican side to agree to an ear- was asked to comment on the first hy- 13, 2001, to an agreement or contract shall be lier time for consideration of the bill, drogen explosion of a nuclear device by treated as the entry of an agreement or con- even though it was our hope that we the Soviet Union. I stood there and lis- tract.’’. could come to the bill at the normal tened to him. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to time of convening tomorrow. But that I have fond memories of not only my reconsider the vote and I move to lay is impossible. congressional experience but also as a that motion on the table. We will have the cloture vote at 1 young man working as a Capitol police- The motion to lay on the table was o’clock. We will reconvene, as a result man. My boss was the Sergeant at agreed to. of the current circumstances, at 12 Arms. The Sergeant at Arms of the Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest noon tomorrow. That will accommo- House and the Senate are very impor- the absence of a quorum. date the need for additional discussion tant positions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The among all of those who are partici- I mention meeting with General clerk will call the roll. pating in the negotiations with regard Lenhardt because I think we should un- The assistant legislative clerk pro- to the Mexican trucking issue. derstand what a great choice this man ceeded to call the roll. is to be the Sergeant at Arms of the Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask I understand we have made some progress this afternoon. I am hopeful U.S. Senate. He is a professional in the unanimous consent that the order for true sense of the word. Prior to some the quorum call be rescinded. we can continue to talk through the night and tomorrow morning as well. preliminary issues, Senator DASCHLE The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without never knew the man. His very fine objection, it is so ordered. This will facilitate additional discus- sion and hopefully perhaps reach some chief of staff, Pete Rouse, and our very f conclusion. If it does, we will vitiate excellent Secretary of the Senate, Jeri DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR- the cloture motions. If it does not, of Thomson, went through the process TATION AND RELATED AGEN- course, the cloture motion votes will and came to Senator DASCHLE with a CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, then occur at 1 o’clock tomorrow after- number of people. This is the person 2002—Continued noon. that Senator DASCHLE chose. What a CLOTURE MOTION I thank my colleagues. I yield the great choice. He is a professional. Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I send floor. One of the jobs he had in the U.S. a cloture motion to the desk. I suggest the absence of a quorum. Army was to be the commanding gen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The eral of the organization that takes care ture motion having been presented clerk will call the roll. of national security and law enforce- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the The assistant legislative clerk pro- ment programs. clerk to read the motion. ceeded to call the roll. In 1997, after more than 31 years of The assistant legislative clerk read Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- domestic and international experiences as follows: imous consent the order for the in national security and law enforce- ment, he retired from the U.S. Army. CLOTURE MOTION quorum call be rescinded. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without His responsibilities in the military ance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the objection, it is so ordered. were significant. He is a two-star gen- Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move eral. I am told that he could have had to bring to a close debate on amendment No. f a third star, but he decided to retire 1025, the Murray-Shelby substitute amend- MORNING BUSINESS prior to doing that. ment. His last position with the Army was Patty Murray, Ron Wyden, Patrick Leahy, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- as commanding general of the U.S. Harry Reid, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles imous consent the Senate now proceed Army Recruiting Command. There Schumer, Jack Reed, James Jeffords, Daniel to a period of morning business, with Akaka, Bob Graham, , Carl were over 1,800 separate locations of Senators allowed to speak therein for a which he was the leader. He managed Levin, , Thomas R. Carper, period of not to exceed 10 minutes. Barbara Mikulski, Tom Daschle, and Richard an Army installation consisting of Shelby. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 130,000 acres of training areas, adminis- objection, it is so ordered. CLOTURE MOTION trative and logistical facilities, and Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I send f support operations for over 23,000 civil- a second cloture motion to the desk. ian employees, military retirees, sol- ALFONSO E. LENHARDT The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- diers, and family members. ture motion having been presented Mr. REID. Mr. President, the day be- He also served as the senior military under rule XXII, the Chair directs the fore yesterday I met for the first time police officer for all police operations clerk to read the motion. Alfonso Lenhardt. I met him in the ma- and security matters throughout the The assistant legislative clerk read jority leader’s office. We were standing Army’s worldwide sphere of influence. as follows: there alone after some niceties. I asked So to have him at the Senate, having CLOTURE MOTION him: What is the pin on your lapel? He the responsibility, among other things, We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- said: It is a Purple Heart. It is a medal for the security of this Capitol com- ance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the for being injured in combat. He didn’t plex, says it all. He certainly has had S8196 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 25, 2001 the experience. This man not only has Americans have been herded into these cally necessary. I have held up pictures had an outstanding military career, groups called managed care organiza- on the floor of young children born but he has a bachelor of science degree tions. They were created, in some with terribly deformed facial features, in criminal justice from the University cases, for very good reasons, to try to being told that the correction of that of Nebraska, a master of arts degree in reduce the cost of health care and con- radically deformed facial feature is not public administration from Central trol and contain the cost of health ‘‘medically necessary,’’ and therefore Michigan University, and a master of care. the insurance they thought they had science degree in the administration of But in recent years, the for-profit or- with the managed care organization justice from Wichita State University. ganizations that have become part of would not cover it. He also completed executive programs the managed care industry have, from I have told the story often of my col- at ’s Kennedy time to time, taken actions with re- league, Senator REID of Nevada and I, School of Government and the Univer- spect to patient care that have much holding a hearing in the State of Ne- sity of Michigan Executive Business more to do with their bottom-line prof- vada on this subject, where we heard School. it than it has to do with patient care. from a mother of a young boy named He has been active in public service. So we had a debate about a Patient Christopher Roe who died at age 16. This is a man who is outstanding. Protection Act that says the following: Christopher had cancer. This young Those who watch the Senate pro- One, you ought to be able to know all boy fought cancer valiantly but lost ceedings on C–SPAN or who visit the of your medical options for treatment, his life on his 16th birthday. In the Capitol, to see this historic site, may not just the cheapest option for med- process of fighting cancer, they also not realize all the work that goes into ical treatment. That ought to be a fun- had to fight in order to get the treat- running the U.S. Capitol. The respon- damental right for patients. ment he needed. He didn’t get it in Two, if you have an emergency, you sibilities are enormous. Unless some- time. It is an unfair fight to ask a 16- ought to have a right to go to an emer- thing goes wrong, we take them for year-old boy to fight cancer and have gency room. Sound simple? Yes, it is granted. to fight the insurance company at the simple. But it is not always the case in Senator DASCHLE has done some very same time. this country that with an emergency, fine things during his 7 years as Demo- His mother held up a picture of you are going to get reimbursement for cratic leader, and he has done some young Christopher, a big colored poster emergency room treatment by a man- great things during his short time as picture, and cried at the end of her tes- aged care organization. timony as she described her son look- majority leader, but I think there is Three, you have a right to see a spe- ing up at her from the bedside asking: nothing that I have been more im- cialist when you need one for your pressed with than his selection of Gen- medical condition. Does that sound Mom, how can they do this to a kid? eral Alfonso Lenhardt as the Sergeant simple and pretty straightforward? What he was asking was: How can they at Arms of the U.S. Senate. I hope ev- Sure, but it doesn’t happen all the do this? How can they not provide the eryone in the Senate will have the op- time. treatment I need to give me a chance portunity to meet this man and to rec- You have a right to clinical trials. to live? That boy died at age 16. ognize what a fine person Senator You have a right to retain, for exam- I have told that story. I have told DASCHLE has selected. ple, the relationship you have with many other stories, including the story He is going to be our protocol officer your oncologist who has been treating of Ethan Bedrick. Ethan had a very dif- and our chief law enforcement officer. you for breast cancer for 7 years. Even ficult birth and was born with very se- He will also be the administrative if your employer changes health care rious problems because the umbilical manager for most of the Senate’s wide- organizations, you have a right to con- cord had shut off his oxygen. A doctor ranging support services. We could not tinue to see the same oncologist who had decided, after evaluating him, that have a better person. has been treating you for cancer for 7 he had only a 50-percent chance of f years. being able to walk by age 5 if he got Those are the kinds of provisions we certain rehabilitative services. A 50- THE PATIENTS’ BILL OF RIGHTS put in the Patient Protection Act. Let percent chance for this little boy to be Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, the me describe why we did it. We did it be- able to walk by age 5 was ‘‘insignifi- Senate recently passed the Patients’ cause in this country too often pa- cant,’’ and, therefore, the services were Bill of Rights and we are anxiously tients are discovering that what they denied. awaiting action by the House. The Pa- believed they were covered for in their Does it sound bizarre? Does it sound tient Protection Act, or the Patients’ medical or health care plan was not in like a system with which we are ac- Bill of Rights, is something we have fact covered at all. quainted? Not to me. This all sounds spent a great deal of time on in the I have told the story of the woman just Byzantine, that decisions are made Senate. who went hiking in the Shenandoahs. about health care on what is medically As Senator DASCHLE indicated, it was She fell off a 50-foot cliff and sustained necessary, what is an emergency, what one of our top priorities. We had a very serious injuries. She was uncon- kind of treatment is available, what great deal of difficulty getting it scious. She had multiple broken bones kind of treatment is necessary. Some through the Senate. It took us a good and was in very serious condition. She decisions have been made with an eye number of years to do that, but after 4 was brought to an emergency room on toward the bottom line of the corpora- or 5 years of debate, we finally got a a gurney unconscious. She survived tion providing the health care. And Patient Protection Act passed by the after a long convalescence, only to find that is wrong because human health is Senate. We are now waiting for the out that the managed care organiza- not a function of someone’s bottom House to take similar action. tion said they would not pay for her line. The President says he will veto it. emergency room treatment because We had a woman who suffered a very And that is the way the legislative she had not had prior approval for serious brain injury. She was still con- process works. We have to do the best emergency room care. This is a woman scious. She was in an ambulance, and we can to advance public policies that hauled into an emergency room uncon- she asked the ambulance driver to take we think strengthen this country. We scious, told that she should have got- her to the furthest hospital. There was have done that under the leadership of ten prior approval for emergency room one closer. She wanted to go to the one Senator DASCHLE, with the cooperation care. that was a bit further away. This is of my colleagues on both sides of the Does that literally cry out and beg someone in an ambulance with a brain aisle. We passed a real Patient Protec- for some kind of legislative attention? injury. She survived and later was tion Act or a real Patients’ Bill of Yes, it does. It is just one piece of the asked: Why did you not want the am- Rights. Let me describe why that is Patient Protection Act providing that, bulance to drop you off at the nearest important and what it does. if you have an emergency, you have a hospital? She said: Because I under- All of us have had lengthy debates right to emergency room treatment. stood the reputation of that hospital. about what is happening to health care There are so many other examples. It was their bottom line, their profit; I in this country, as more and more For instance, the issue of what is medi- did not want to be presented on a