E10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 4, 2005 IN RECOGNITION OF THE 40TH AN- Perchlorate is a main ingredient in rocket the tribes for the value of their land that is now NIVERSARY OF ANALOG DE- fuel. It has been found in drinking water sup- permanently inundated as a result of the con- VICES, INC. plies in 40 states, including . It has struction of the Big Bend Dam. Unfortunately, been linked to thyroid damage, and may be the formula that the General Accounting Office HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH especially harmful to infants and developing used to calculate amount of compensation for OF MASSACHUSETTS fetuses, and the 1.2 million women of child- both tribes was substantially different than the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bearing age in San Bernardino, Riverside and formulas that it has used to calculate damages Tuesday, January 4, 2005 Orange Counties. It could also be harmful to for many other similarly situated tribes. The re- those with weak immune systems, such as sult was unfair and inadequate compensation Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in seniors and AIDS patients. trust funds for these tribes. honor of Analog Devices, Inc., ADI, a Fortune There is a legal and moral obligation to pro- Parity for these tribes would mean an ability 1000 and S&P500 Company with global head- vide safe and healthy water. Today, these ob- to actively work for the betterment of their quarters in the 9th Congressional District, in ligations are in jeopardy. The hardworking communities. It would mean adequate roads the town of Norwood, MA, which will celebrate families in these areas are not at fault and and improved community facilities. It would its 40th anniversary January 18, 2005. should not have to pay for this problem. We mean better health care and newer schools. It ADI, which is a world leader in the design, must protect these consumers. would mean attracting commercial business manufacture and marketing of semiconductors Southern California, and particularly the In- and improving the local economy. Most impor- with a specialty in high-performance analog, land Empire, has been greatly impacted by tantly, it would mean a real chance for these mixed-signal and digital signal processing inte- perchlorate. Perchlorate has been detected in tribes to provide future generations with the grated circuits, was founded in 1965 in Cam- 184 sources in the counties served by the tools that so many of us take for granted. bridge, MA, by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, Santa Ana River watershed. There is a per- I would ask all of my distinguished col- both graduates of the Massachusetts Institute chlorate plume in the Inland Empire in Cali- leagues to support the Tribal Parity Act and of Technology. fornia that is seven miles long and growing work with me to enact legislation that would During the intervening four decades, Analog every day. It has affected 82 wells in San fairly and appropriately compensate members Devices has grown to become the world’s Bernardino County, and jeopardized the water of the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux largest supplier of analog-to-digital and digital- supplies of 500,000 residents who rely on the Tribes. I ask you to do it because of the tre- to-analog data converters, and is the world’s Colorado River. mendous positive difference it would make in largest supplier of analog amplifiers, which are The economic burden on these communities the lives of those affected—and because it is used in every conceivable manner of elec- is almost as much of a concern as the poten- the right and fair thing to do. tronic communications, consumer, industrial, tial health effects. The bill authorizes $50 mil- f automotive, medical, military and aerospace lion in much-needed assistance. It is modeled product. The company today has manufac- after a successful program in the San Gabriel THE WORKER REEMPLOYMENT turing and/or technology design centers in 12 Basin in Southern California that has also suf- ACCOUNTS ACT OF 2005 countries and 10 States, including Arizona, fered from perchlorate-polluted water. And it is California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, similar to H.R. 4459, a bill introduced by Rich- HON. JON C. PORTER New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, ard Pombo in the 108th Congress that deals OF NEVADA Utah, and Washington. with perchlorate in Northern California, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ADI has played a significant role in the sus- passed the House last September. Tuesday, January 4, 2005 tained development of Massachusetts as a I urge my colleagues to support this urgent world-class technology region and is a signifi- bill for Southern California, so we can tell Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to cant economic growth engine within the Mas- these communities that help is on the way. I sponsor the Worker Reemployment Accounts sachusetts economy. Analog Devices is: would like to thank Congresswoman GRACE Act of 2005. This important legislation will help One of the 20 largest employers among NAPOLITANO, Congressman and thousands of unemployed Americans seeking Massachusetts’ publicly traded companies; Congressman for their support of to return to work by providing them with a Per- Among the Top 20 companies in the State this crucial bill to the health of Southern Cali- sonal Reemployment Account. measured by annual revenue; fornians. The American economy is the fastest grow- One of the Top 10 companies in the State ing economy of any industrialized nation in the f measured by net earnings. world. Nationwide, more than 2.4 million jobs Mr. Speaker, I want to add may own per- TRIBAL PARITY ACT have been added since August 2003. The na- sonal congratulations to Analog Devices on tional unemployment rate has declined to 5.4 the significant milestone of its 40th year and HON. STEPHANIE HERSETH percent, lower than the average rate during thank the company for the technological and the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In my own state economic contributions it has made to the OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Nevada, unemployment has fallen to 3.7 Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond. percent. Clearly, the Republican tax relief and f Tuesday, January 4, 2005 growth package has helped to drive the strong INTRODUCING THE SOUTHERN Ms. HERSETH. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased recovery in our economy. But we still have CALIFORNIA GROUNDWATER RE- to introduce the Tribal Parity Act today. This more work to do. MEDIATION ACT bill would fully compensate the Lower Brule As the economy is adding thousands of new Sioux Tribe and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe jobs and the unemployment rate is dropping HON. JOE BACA in South Dakota for the lands that they lost in across the country, the assistance provided by the last century as a result of the federal gov- this bill is critical because we want to ensure OF CALIFORNIA ernment’s construction of the massive dams that every job seeker has the resources they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on the main stem of the Missouri River. need to find a good job. That is what this bill Tuesday, January 4, 2005 The 1944 Flood Control Act cost these is all about—helping Americans find careers. Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, today, I will be re- tribes much in terms of lost land. It also took As President Bush proposed in his 2005 introducing the Southern California Ground- an enormous toll on the people of both tribes budget, the Worker Reemployment Accounts water Remediation Act. This legislation is a and their economies. It is critically important Act permits the Secretary of Labor to use long-term solution to help cities in Southern that we seek to fully reimburse these tribes for demonstration funding under the Workforce In- California remove perchlorate from their drink- the lands they lost. vestment Act to provide Personal Reemploy- ing water. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Crow ment Accounts to those with the greatest chal- Formerly H.R. 4606, this legislation passed Creek Sioux Tribe are both constituent bands lenges in returning to work quickly. the House of Representatives in September of of the Great Sioux Nation. Both border on the Through competitive grants, the local One- 2004. Today, I pick up the fight to clean up Missouri River in central South Dakota and Stop Career Center system, where the unem- perchlorate groundwater contamination and are connected by the Big Bend Dam. ployed already seek assistance in obtaining protect the health of Southern Californians. Congress created a trust fund for the Crow employment, will offer this important new ben- Perchlorate groundwater contamination re- Creek Sioux Tribe in 1996, and a separate efit to unemployed workers, in addition to an mains a crisis in Southern California. This in- trust fund for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in array of employment services they already cludes my hometown of Rialto, California. 1997. These trust funds sought to compensate provide.

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