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Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 No. 137 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, to be responsible in voting on time, and called to order by the Honorable JOHN- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, that is a courtesy to the rest of the NY ISAKSON, a Senator from the State Washington, DC, October 25, 2005. Senate. But even more importantly, we of Georgia. To the Senate: have so much to do that we do need to Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby run the place in a disciplined way. We PRAYER appoint the Honorable JOHNNY ISAKSON, a will have our policy luncheons today The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Senator from the State of Georgia, to per- from 12:30 to 2:15. fered the following prayer: form the duties of the Chair. Let us pray. TED STEVENS, f O God, who dwells between the cher- President pro tempore. ubim, You alone are God of all the Mr. ISAKSON thereupon assumed the ROSA PARKS kingdoms of the Earth. You have given chair as Acting President pro tempore. the Members of America’s legislative f Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, a few mo- branch the opportunity to be the in- ments ago, during our opening prayer, RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY the Chaplain mentioned Rosa Parks. I, struments of Your providence. Use LEADER them today for Your glory. Give them too, want to take a moment to note discernment to know the critical issues The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the passing of one of America’s ex- and the wisdom to do Your will. May pore. The majority leader is recog- traordinary citizens, an activist, a their lives be exemplary models of in- nized. champion of principle, a true hero, tegrity and civility as they strive to f Rosa Parks. keep this Nation strong. May their SCHEDULE All Americans should know Mrs. words bring life and hope, knowledge Parks’ extraordinary story, how her re- and understanding. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morn- fusal to give up a seat on that Mont- And Lord, we pause to thank You for ing we have allocated the first 30 min- gomery, AL, bus led to a successful bus the life and legacy of Rosa Parks, a utes for a brief period of morning busi- boycott and how that boycott ulti- great civil rights pioneer. We ask that ness. After that first half-hour period, mately led to the great and historic You would comfort those who mourn we will return to the consideration of civil rights movement that remade our her death. You are worthy, O Lord, to the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Nation. Ms. Parks defied an unjust, un- receive glory and honor and power, for Chairman SPECTER and Senator HARKIN fair, and unconstitutional law that de- You created all things, and by Your have started a process of lining up clared African Americans second-class will they are sustained. amendments to be considered. Last citizens. In so doing, she began a proc- Amen. night we locked in a vote which will ess that led to the historically impor- begin at 10:30 this morning. That vote f tant and vital 1964 Civil Rights Act. will be on Senator SPECTER’s amend- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ment on Medicaid/Medicare centers for Racism still exists in our society. Discrimination continues. But Rosa The Honorable JOHNNY ISAKSON led services. I encourage Members who have Parks’ brave stand against an unjust the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: law began a movement that set our so- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the amendments to the Labor-HHS bill to contact both managers as soon as pos- ciety moving away from prejudice to- United States of America, and to the Repub- ward equality, toward a society where lic for which it stands, one Nation under sible. In order to ensure we finish the God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for bill this week, we may have to file clo- people are not judged by the color of all. ture at some point. We do not want to their skin but by the content of their character. f foreclose Members’ rights to offer amendments. Thus, Senators should Rosa Parks’ actions and the life she APPOINTMENT OF ACTING exercise their right to offer those lived stand as a testament to the im- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE amendments and do it now, come over portance of principle and the power of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this morning and over the course of the a single individual to change the world. clerk will please read a communication day. We will have multiple votes dur- In the coming months, I hope that we to the Senate from the President pro ing today’s session. Senators need to in the Senate will look for other ways tempore (Mr. STEVENS). come to the floor promptly once a vote to honor Mrs. Parks’ legacy and the The legislative clerk read the fol- is called. As both the Democratic lead- principles for which she and her life lowing letter: er and I mentioned yesterday, we need stood.

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Res. 286) commending the and culture; and Grand Ole Opry on the occasion of its 80th Whereas the Grand Ole Opry will continue the Grand Ole Opry celebrates 80 years to impact American culture and music, and of star-studded country entertainment. anniversary for its important role in the popularization of country music and for its 8 play an important role in presenting the best This venerated institution stands as decades of musical and broadcast excellence. in country music to new generations of fans one the most important traditions in There being no objection, the Senate throughout the world, touching millions radio broadcasting and country music. proceeded to consider the resolution. with music and comedy: Now, therefore, be it If not for the Grand Ole Opry, my Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent Resolved, That the Senate commends the hometown of Nashville would most that the resolution be agreed to, the Grand Ole Opry on the occasion of its 80th likely have never gained that title of preamble be agreed to, and the motion anniversary for its important role in the ‘‘Music City USA.’’ to reconsider be laid upon the table. popularization of country music, and for its The Grand Ole Opry first broadcast The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- 8 decades of musical and broadcast excel- on November 28, 1925. Originally called pore. Without objection, it is so or- lence. the WSM Barn Dance, the weekly radio dered. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- show featured comedy and blue glass, The resolution (S. Res. 286) was gospel and country. Radio host George pore. The Senator from Tennessee is agreed to. recognized. D. Hay made sure that every broadcast The preamble was agreed to. was kept ‘‘real down to Earth.’’ The resolution, with its preamble, Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I Today, the Opry stands as the longest reads as follows: join the majority leader in the resolu- running continuous weekly radio S. RES. 286 tion that I have cosponsored honoring broadcast, with over 4,000 consecutive Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is a pioneer of the Grand Ole Opry on its 80th birth- Saturday evening shows. Audiences can commercial radio in the United States, and day. tune into the Grand Ole Opry via radio, is the longest running continuous radio pro- satellite, television or Internet. The gram in the United States, having operated I ask unanimous consent to bring on show is even broadcast by the Armed since November 28, 1925, and having broad- the Senate floor this piece of demon- Forces Radio and Television Services casted over 4,000 consecutive Saturday strative evidence which I hold in my Network to entertain our troops evening shows on WSM Radio, Nashville, hand and to which I will refer in a mo- around the world. Tennessee; ment. Whereas the Grand Ole Opry played an in- Throughout its history, the Opry has The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- embraced and celebrated the best in tegral role in the commercial development of the country music industry, and in estab- pore. Without objection, it is so or- family entertainment, including those lishing Nashville, Tennessee, as ‘‘Music City dered. musical performances and comedy USA’’; Mr. ALEXANDER. Those of us of a sketches that have warmed the hearts Whereas the Grand Ole Opry has consist- of millions throughout the South, all ently promoted the best in live entertain- certain age will recognize this straw over the country and, indeed, through- ment and provided a distinctive forum for hat with a garland of flowers and a out the world. Country great and Opry connecting country music fans to musicians price tag that says $1.98 as the kind of member Dolly Parton explains that at so as to promote the popularity of this hat that Minnie Pearl wore on the the Opry, ‘‘there’s a circle of friends, uniquely American genre; Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Satur- and a circle of performers and a circle Whereas the Grand Ole Opry serves as a day nights every year for about 40 of love at the old place.’’ unique American icon that enshrines the years. Most of the time, Minnie Pearl Jeanie Seely puts it this way: rich musical history of country music, and preserves the tradition and character of the was the Grand Ole Opry, along with The Grand Ole Opry is not an institution. genre through commemorative performances Roy Acuff. She welcomed people with: It’s not a building. It’s the people, the per- Howdy, I’m so proud to be here. I didn’t formers, the people who come. That’s the and events; Grand Ole Opry. That’s what makes it spe- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is committed say it the way she would always say it. cial. to quality performances, and the member- Thousands and thousands of Americans And for new members, joining the ship of the Grand Ole Opry represents the sat on the uncomfortable wooden pews elite of country music performers, including in the back of the Ryman Auditorium Opry is joining a pantheon of country generations of America’s most talented mu- music greats. Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, sicians, encompassing the music legends of and later at the Opry to watch this Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Minnie old and the superstars of today that continue radio show. One of those was a young Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Garth Brooks, to define American country music; man from Minnesota named Garrison Vince Gill, and Reba McEntire, all Whereas performers at the Grand Ole Opry Keillor, who, in the 1970s, sat back have been members, and the list goes have included such universally recognized there and imagined the show which we on. Even President Nixon has played on names as Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Johnny call today ‘‘The Prairie Home Com- Cash, Patsy Cline, Porter Wagoner, Little that Grand Ole Opry stage. panion.’’ As Loretta Lynn recently told a Jimmy Dickens, Connie Smith, Earl newspaper: Scruggs, George Jones, Grandpa Jones, Lo- A couple weekends ago, I was the retta Lynn, Uncle Dave Macon, Dolly If you’ve never played at the Grand Ole guest announcer on the Grand Ole Opry, you haven’t quite made it, yet. Parton, Minnie Pearl, Jim Reeves, Hank Wil- Opry. They didn’t trust me with the liams, and many more; Goo Goo candy bar commercial or with The Opry has promoted country Whereas the Grand Ole Opry celebrates the music in a unique way. It has promoted diversity of country music, with membership the 7 p.m. show which is nationally it to the entire world and has invited spanning both generation and genre, rep- televised, so I was on at 8. But I did get new generations to hear the best that resenting the best in folk, country, blue- to do the Martha White flour commer- country has to offer. I am honored to grass, gospel, and comedy performances; cial and to introduce Porter Waggoner represent the home State of such a dy- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry continues to three times. utilize technological innovations to develop namic part of American culture and There is nothing quite like the Grand music history. new avenues of connecting country music to Today, I proudly introduce a Senate its fans, and can be seen and heard around Ole Opry. There are 3,400 people out resolution commending the Grand Ole the world via television, radio, satellite there every Friday night, every Satur- Opry for 80 years of music excellence. radio, and the Internet; day night, now sometimes on Tues- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry provides f days. Flashbulbs are popping. Every- heartening support to members of the Armed body is having a good time. COMMENDING THE GRAND OLE Forces by participating in the Department of OPRY Defense’s America Supports You Program, There was Jimmy C. Newman from Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask providing live performances to American Louisiana who next year will be on the unanimous consent that the Senate Forces serving abroad via the American Grand Ole Opry for 50 years. There was Forces Radio and Television Services net- now proceed to the consideration of S. Susan Haynes, the daughter of my law work; school roommate. This is her first year Res. 286, which was submitted earlier Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is recognized today. as the world’s premiere country music show, on the Grand Ole Opry. There was The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and continues to entertain millions of fans Carol Lee and Nora Lee, the back-up pore. The clerk will report the resolu- throughout the world, including United singers. They have been there a long tion by title. States Presidents and foreign dignitaries, time, too.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11779 At 7 o’clock, there was Vince Gill Mr. President, I yield the floor. doggles, and maybe it is a boondoggle, who ended his hour-long session with a f but the people in Alaska didn’t think piece of jazz music. The Grand Ole so. They have 100 projects. All States Opry is getting more diversified. There RESERVATION OF LEADERSHIP do it differently. But in Alaska, they was Keith Bilbrey backstage inter- TIME list 100 projects that are the projects viewing people. He was explaining what The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. VIT- they want to have someday. That par- Charlie McCoy, the great harmonicist, TER). Under the previous order, the ticular bridge is ranked in the top 4 of once said about the four stages of being leadership time is reserved. those 100. I think also that we have to a country music star which sound a lot recognize that we in Washington do not like being a politician. Stage No. 1 is, f really know what is the best thing for Who is Charlie McCoy? Stage No. 2 is, MORNING BUSINESS them. Get me Charlie McCoy. Stage No. 3 is, The other thing that is very impor- Get me somebody who sounds like The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under tant is that most of the money, had Charlie McCoy. And stage No. 4 is, Who the previous order, there will be a pe- this amendment passed, is in accord- is Charlie McCoy? riod for the transaction of morning ance with the formula. So if we di- The Opry was started so that the Na- business for up to 30 minutes, with the rected them not to build their bridge, tional Life and Accident Insurance first half of the time under the control that money could still be spent in Alas- Company could sell debit insurance. of the majority leader or his designee ka on other projects. We would just be They got a big tower in Nashville. I and the second half of the time under saying that you have to spend the dol- think it is 50,000 watts. So all the peo- the control of the Democratic leader or lars in a way that we in Washington ple who were on little radio stations his designee. say is best for you. came to Nashville so they could be on The Senator from Oklahoma is recog- I will support future amendments the big radio station. nized. that will save taxpayers’ dollars. In the That is when Roy Acuff and Chet At- f meantime, there is something we can kins and Archie Grandpappy Campbell do: support the one-sentence amend- and Dolly Parton all moved from east SAVING OUR TAXPAYERS’ ment that I will introduce. Tennessee to Nashville. If you under- DOLLARS Beginning with fiscal year 2007 and there- stand how important the Alamo is to Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, let me after nondefense, nontrust fund discre- Texas, you will understand how impor- recognize that Minnie Pearl is a tough tionary spending shall not exceed previous tant the Grand Ole Opry is to Ten- act to follow. Nonetheless, we must years without a two-thirds vote. nesseans, not just Tennesseans but move on. Today, I am going to an- That is very simple, very straight- many Americans, the 3,400 who every nounce a one-sentence initiative that I forward, and something that will work. Friday and Saturday night have gone will try to put on the Labor-HHS ap- I recognize that we are only talking in to thousands and thousands of these propriations bill. I won’t be successful this case about 20 percent of the budget radio shows. because there are some procedural rea- because we have so many entitlements No one represented the Opry in its sons. It would take a supermajority. and, of course, the defense spending. spirit better than Minnie Pearl. There But at least we will get a vote down so But those entitlements are being ad- is a photograph of Minnie in dressing we will have an idea about who in this dressed right now in the budget rec- room No. 1 backstage, which was Roy Chamber is really serious about doing onciliation. We need to wait and see Acuff’s dressing room until he died, something about the deficit. how that washes out. which was the dressing room that I had to oppose my dear friend and I had this as kind of a mission for a Vince Gill was using on the night I was junior Senator from Oklahoma last lot of years. I introduced the first there as the guest announcer. There on week because of the unintended con- amendment in 1987, the first year that the wall was a picture of a young Min- sequences of interfering with local self- I was here over in the other body at nie Pearl in the early 1940s with this determination, and I caution any effort that time. But it goes all the way back hat or a hat similar to this one. that would substitute or preempt to 1969 when then Senator Carl Curtis Where did this $1.98 price tag come States’ sovereignty in favor of central- from Nebraska came up with the idea. from? I heard the story that night for ized control in the Federal bureaucracy He was the one who always wanted to the first time. Minnie was performing unless substantial cuts in spending are the pass the amendment as an amend- on the Opry. She pinned a garland of accomplished. ment to the Constitution. So he said, flowers to her hat. And during her per- The Framers of the Constitution Why don’t you out in Oklahoma formance, this price tag wiggled down feared one thing above all else, and preratify a constitutional amendment, and started dangling from her hat. She that was a tyrannical central Govern- so if we get enough States to do it, that left it there for the next 40 years as a ment made up of unaccountable Fed- would give us the power needed to try reminder that anybody can make a eral bureaucrats would someday be to pass a balanced budget amendment mistake and it is all right to make one. able to supersede States’ rights in deci- to the Constitution. Minnie Pearl was a talented woman It never worked. I think the idea was sionmaking by locally elected rep- who wanted to be Katharine Hepburn. right. I think this very simple solution resentatives. There is nothing more As she said, that was already taken. is one we can address today. It will be conservative than this very principle of She set a standard of conduct and style something that will take care of these preserving local control against the for the Grand Ole Opry that lasts and problems in a much simpler way and centralized Government. persists until today, and that style was will maintain the authority out in the As the author of the Transportation simply that she was just a very nice States where I believe it belongs. I reauthorization bill, I was very pleased person. She would sign the last auto- have served as a mayor of a city, I have at the way we drafted the legislation. graph; she would say hello to anyone; served in the State legislature, and I We took a formula so that we could al- she would pay a call on a Grand Ole have served here. It has been my expe- locate funds to the States but then Opry family member who was sick; she rience that the closer you get to home, didn’t tell the States what to do with would see the last fan who had waited the better the decisions, and that is them and said: You determine what for 2 hours after the show. consistent with what I am asking for your priorities should be at the State Minnie Pearl told me one time: I today. have gotten to the point in life where I level. I believe it is a very good proc- I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. have decided if people are not nice, ess. I was proud to be a part of that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- they are not so hot in my book no mat- process. ator from South Carolina is recognized. ter how big they are. There is a mentality in Washington, Mr. DEMINT. I thank the Chair. So in the spirit of Minnie Pearl and DC, that if a decision isn’t made in f all of the thousands of Americans who Washington, it is not a good decision. have created and enjoyed the Grand The controversial Ketchikan to BUDGET RECONCILIATION Ole Opry, happy 80th birthday, Grand Gravina Island bridge in Alaska has be- Mr. DEMINT. Mr. President, these Ole Opry. come a rallying point about boon- are serious and difficult times for our

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 country and for many Americans. The second part of the Republican the architect of that war. He said our These are times that demand bold and budget reconciliation package is to cut greatest mistake was not under- immediate action. The American peo- Government waste and reduce Federal standing our enemy. ple do not want any more excuses. spending. There are many wasteful Vietnam was a relatively simple They do not want to hear Congressmen practices of Government. We have all country. It had changed little in the and Senators arguing about who is to heard the stories like the dentist who preceding 3,000 years. It was for the blame, and they are not impressed by overbilled Medicaid, claiming to per- most part racially, ethnically, linguis- those who constantly criticize the pro- form as many as 991 procedures a day tically, and even religiously homo- posals of others but never make any during a 12-month period. geneous. One would have thought it proposals of their own. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time would be easy for American military Energy prices are too high, and we under the control of the majority for and political leaders to understand. have heard enough excuses about why morning business has expired. Apparently it was not. The White America cannot develop our own oil Mr. LEAHY addressed the Chair. House and the Pentagon, convinced and gas reserves, build more refineries, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that no country, particularly a tiny and develop more alternative fuels to ator from Vermont. impoverished land of rice farmers, make us more independent of Middle Mr. DEMINT. Could I ask unanimous could withstand the military might of East oil. consent? the United States, never bothered to Health care and health insurance are Mr. LEAHY. Does the Senator want study and understand the history or too expensive, and we have heard to ask for further time? culture of Vietnam, and they made enough excuses about why individuals Mr. DEMINT. Yes, if I could have a tragic miscalculations. They lacked cannot buy health insurance from any- couple more minutes. I ask unanimous the most basic knowledge of the moti- where in the country and get the same consent for 2 more minutes. vation and the capabilities and resolve tax breaks as businesses. Mr. LEAHY. Provided it will not of the people they were fighting. Illegal immigration is out of control, come out of our time, I have no objec- At the start of the Iraq war, those and we have heard enough excuses tion. who drew some analogies to Vietnam about why we cannot control our bor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without were ridiculed by the Pentagon and the ders. objection, it is so ordered. White House. Iraq is not a Vietnam, Social Security is going broke, and Mr. DEMINT. I thank the Senator. I they insisted. Our troops would be we have heard enough excuses why thank the Chair. greeted as liberators. Troop strength Congress should continue to spend tril- Examples like the Medicaid one I was not a concern. Our mission would lions of dollars of Social Security taxes just mentioned are maddening. We be quickly accomplished. Democracy on other Government programs. must stop this wasteful spending, and would spread throughout the Middle We need action now, but we cannot we also must slow the growth of new East. Freedom was on the march. solve these difficult problems that face spending. If we slow the growth of new It is true that Vietnam and Iraq are us if we do not have a strong economy spending only, we can save much of the vastly different societies, but the point and a more efficient Government. money we need to help our States re- was not that they are similar but that House and Senate Republicans are de- cover from this year’s devastating hur- some of the same lessons apply. veloping budget reconciliation legisla- ricanes. There is no problem too big for We did not understand Vietnam, a tion now that will accomplish these America to solve if we have the com- simple country, and we paid a huge goals to strengthen our economy, cre- mitment and the strength to do it. Mr. price for our ignorance and our arro- ate jobs, and cut the cost of the Fed- President, the time for criticism, ex- gance. Iraq, a complex country com- eral Government. cuses, and obstruction is over. I am prised of rival clans, tribes, and ethnic This package has two parts. The first here this morning to appeal to every and religious factions who have fought part is to stop the scheduled tax in- Senator to support our budget rec- each other for centuries, we understand creases that will soon add new burdens onciliation package that will stop new even less. to our citizens and the businesses that tax increases and help cut the cost of If this were not apparent to many at pay their salaries. We must not allow Government so we have all the the start of this ill-conceived and po- new tax increases to steal our jobs and strength we need to secure the future litically motivated war, a war I op- weaken our country at a time when we for every American. posed from the beginning, it should be need all of our economic strength to Mr. President, I yield the floor. obvious today. Yet to listen to the Sec- solve the problems of today and to cre- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- retary of Defense or to the President or ate new opportunities for the future. ator from Vermont is recognized. the Vice President, one would never The 2003 jobs and growth plan passed Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, what is know it. by Congress and signed by the Presi- the parliamentary situation? We know today that President Bush dent lowered taxes for capital gains The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mi- decided to invade Iraq without evi- and dividends, and it resulted in great- nority controls 15 minutes which is be- dence to support the use of force and er economic growth. Our economy has ginning now. well before Congress passed a resolu- grown more than 4 percent a year since Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask tion giving him the authority to do 2003, much faster than in the prior 2 unanimous consent that we make that so—actually, authority he did not even years. Over 4 million jobs have been 21 minutes. believe he needed—despite our great created since 2003, and 7 million seniors The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Constitution which invests in the Con- saved an average of over $1200 on their objection? The Chair hears none, and it gress the power to declare war. 2004 taxes. And while tax rates have is so ordered. Twenty-three Senators voted against fallen, tax revenues have been increas- f that resolution, and I will always be ing. In fact, as a result of a growing proud to have been one of them. economy, Federal tax receipts grew IRAQ We know today that the motivation this year by over $270 billion—$100 bil- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, 3 years for a plan to attack Iraq, hatched by a lion more than the Congressional ago when the Congress and the country handful of political operatives, had Budget Office estimated earlier this debated the resolution to give Presi- taken hold within in the White House year. If Congress does not pass this im- dent Bush the authority to launch a even before 9/11 and without any con- portant budget reconciliation legisla- preemptive war against Iraq, reference nection to the war on terrorism that tion this year, taxes will go up and eco- was often made to the lessons of Viet- came later. nomic growth will go down. nam. We know that the key public jus- During uncertain times, Americans There are many lessons, both of that tifications for the war—to stop Saddam want stability. And that is why Con- war and of the efforts to end it. But Hussein from developing nuclear weap- gress must act now to bring certainty one that made a deep impression on me ons and supporting al-Qaida—were to America’s families and stop the came from former Secretary of Defense based on faulty intelligence and out- scheduled tax increases. Robert McNamara. He was, after all, right distortions, and they have been

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11781 thoroughly discredited. United Nations State of Vermont are currently serving Regrettably, it is no longer a secret weapons inspectors, who were dis- valiantly alongside their comrades in how vulnerable we are. Hurricane missed by the White House as being the Marine Corps and the Pennsylvania Katrina showed how tragically unpre- naive and ineffective, turned out to National Guard. Dozens of other citizen pared we are to respond to a major dis- have gathered far better information soldiers from the Vermont Guard are aster 4 years after 9/11 and after wast- with a tiny fraction of the budget of serving across Iraq, while hundreds ing billions of dollars on an unneces- our own intelligence agencies. more are deployed throughout the Per- sary war. We know the insurgency is con- sian Gulf region. Our cities are little further than the tinuing to grow along with American Many Vermonters have been killed in drawing board when it comes to devel- casualties—1,999 killed, and at least Ramadi and elsewhere by roadside oping workable evacuation plans for a 15,220 wounded, many with crippling in- bombs and all-too-accurate sniper at- terrorist attack or other emergency, juries, as of yesterday—despite the tacks. The insurgents too often seem not to mention how to feed, house, and same old ‘‘light at the end of the tun- to attack and then escape with impu- provide for millions of displaced per- nel’’ assertions and cliches by the nity. You can actually open news- sons. White House and top officials in the papers and see photos of armed insur- This war has caused immense damage Pentagon. gents walking the streets of Iraq in to our relations with the world’s Mus- The sad but inescapable truth, which broad daylight. lims, a religion practiced by some 1.2 the President either does not see or re- Many of these cold-blooded attacks billion people, about which most Amer- fuses to believe or admit, is the Iraqi are by people who are willing to trade icans know virtually nothing. We can- insurgency has steadily grown, in part their own lives to kill civilians, secu- not possibly mount an effective cam- because of, not in spite of, our presence rity guards, and our soldiers who now paign against terrorism without the there. have no way of knowing whom they trust, respect, and the active support After baiting the insurgents to can trust among the general popu- of Muslims, particularly in the Middle ‘‘bring them on,’’ as the President said, lation. East where our image has been so we got what the President asked for. The President has no plan to deal badly damaged. Our weakened inter- More than 2 years later, the pendulum with Ramadi, let alone the rest of Iraq, national reputation is another heavy has swung against us and the question except doing more of what we have price our country has paid for this war. is no longer whether we can stop the been doing for more than 2 years at a Each day, as more and more Iraqi ci- insurgency; the question is how do we cost of $5 billion a month—money we vilians, often children, lose their lives extricate ourselves. don’t have and that future generations and limbs from suicide bombers and According to soldiers who volun- of Americans are going to have to also from our bombs, the resentment teered for duty in Iraq believing in the repay. Nor has he proposed a practical and anger toward us intensifies. And mission and who have returned home, alternative to our wasteful energy pol- every week, the number of U.S. service many Iraqis who detest the barbaric icy that guarantees our continued de- men and women who are killed or tactics of the insurgents have also pendence on Persian Gulf oil for dec- wounded creeps higher and will soon grown to despise us. They blame us for ades to come. pass 2,000, but, even more tragically, I am sure that what our military is the lack of water and electricity, for shows no sign of diminishing. doing to train the Iraqi Army and what This war has isolated us from our al- the lack of jobs and health care, for the our billions upon billions of dollars are lies, most of whom want no part of it, hardships and violence they are suf- doing to help rebuild Iraq—whatever is and if we continue on the course the fering day in and day out. not stolen or wasted by profiteering President has set, it will also divide Unlike our troops and their families contractors—is making a difference. our country. who are making great sacrifices every Iraq is no longer governed by a corrupt, Other Senators and Representatives, day, most Americans have been asked ruthless dictator, and there have been Republicans and Democrats, have ex- to sacrifice nothing for this war. In halting but important steps toward pressed frustration and alarm with the fact, we don’t pay the bills. The bills representative government. President’s failure to acknowledge that are being sent to our children and our I applaud the Iraqis who coura- this war has been a costly mistake, grandchildren by way of our rapidly es- geously stood in long lines to cast a that more of the same is not a work- calating national debt and annual defi- ballot for a new constitution, despite able policy, and that we need to change cits. the insurgents’ threats. There are course. My friend Senator HAGEL, a Yet as the hundreds of billions of dol- many profiles in courage among the Vietnam veteran, has pointed out the lars to pay for the war continue to pile Iraqi people, just as there are in the he- increasing similarities to Vietnam. We up and domestic programs, such as roic and daily endeavors of United learned this week that the administra- Medicaid, job training, and programs States soldiers there. tion has even resumed the discredited for needy students, are cut, then the But this progress masks deeper trou- Vietnam-era practice of measuring sacrifices are going to be felt as well. bles and may be short lived, threatened progress by reporting body counts. Slogans have become little more by a widening insurgency and a divi- White House and Pentagon officials than political rallying cries for the sive political process that is increas- and their staunchest supporters in Con- White House, slogans as empty and ingly seen as leading to a Shiite-domi- gress warn of a wider civil war if we unfulfilled as ‘‘mission accomplished.’’ nated theocracy governed by Islamic pull our troops out. They could be Our troops were sent to fight an unnec- law and aligned with Iran, or the dis- right. In fact, it could be the first thing essary war without sufficient armor solution of Iraq into separate Kurdish, they have been right about since the against these ruthless and barbaric Sunni, and Shiite states. beginning of this reckless adventure. bombing attacks, without adequate re- Mr. President, this war has been a My question to them is: When and inforcements, without a plan to win costly disaster for the United States of how then do we extract ourselves from the peace, and without adequate med- America. More than half of the Amer- this mess? What does the President be- ical care and other services when they ican people now say they have lost con- lieve needs to happen before our troops return home on stretchers or crutches fidence in the President’s handling of can come home? What is his plan for or with eye patches, unable to walk, to it. getting to that point? work, to pay their mortgages, or to Far from making us safer from ter- If we cannot overcome the insur- support their families. rorists, in fact, it has turned Iraq into gency, what can we realistically expect Many of our veterans have been a haven and recruiting ground for ter- to accomplish in Iraq—and at what treated shamefully by their Govern- rorists and deflected our attention and cost—that requires the continued de- ment when it sent them into harm’s resources away from the fight against ployment of our troops? What is it that way under false pretenses and again terrorism. If anything, it has compels us to spend billions of dollars after they returned home. emboldened our enemies, as it has be- to rebuild the Iraqi military when our Today I worry about places such as come increasingly apparent that the own National Guard is stretched to the Ramadi, where more than 300 members most powerful army in the world can- breaking point and cannot even get the of the Army National Guard from my not stop a determined insurgency. money for the equipment it needs?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11782 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 I doubt the President or the Sec- The President has declared democ- soon be starting the debate on an retary of Defense will answer these racy is taking root throughout the amendment to be offered by Senator questions. Instead of answers, we get Middle East, and there have been some DURBIN. We had expected to go on the rhetoric that conflicts with just about small, positive steps. But they are bill at 10, with morning business sched- everything we hear or read, including dwarfed by the ongoing threat posed by uled from 9:30 to 10, but morning busi- from some of this country’s most dis- Iran, Syria’s continued meddling in ness has run a little late. One of the tinguished retired military officers Iraq and Lebanon, repression and cor- Senators asked for an extension of who served under both Republican and ruption in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the time, which was not objected to. Now Democratic administrations. danger that the momentum for peace Senator STABENOW has asked for 5 min- Six months ago, the Vice President from Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza utes, which we will agree to. Senator said the insurgency was in its last will be lost as settlement construction HARKIN and I are on the floor, and we throes. That was just the latest in a accelerates in the West Bank, and the are anxious to proceed with the busi- long string of grossly inaccurate state- widespread—albeit mistaken—belief ness of the bill. I know Senator HARKIN ments and predictions and false expec- among Muslims that the United States would like to make a comment. tations about Iraq. wants to destroy Islam itself. Mr. HARKIN. If the distinguished Secretary Rice, when asked recently Just as the White House’s obsession chairman would yield, I am sorry I was when U.S. forces could begin to come with Iraq has diverted our resources off the floor momentarily, but did the home assuming the Administration’s and impeded our efforts to strengthen Senator from Pennsylvania do any- rosy predictions come true, could not, our defenses against terrorism at thing about the amendment that is or would not, even venture a guess. home, so has it made it more difficult pending? Without answers—real answers, hon- to constructively, with our allies, ad- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the re- est answers—to these questions, I will dress these regional threats. quest was made to have the amend- not support the open-ended deployment As I have said, I did not support this ment which is pending accepted by a of our troops in a war that was based war, and I believe that history will not voice vote. It is really in the nature of on falsehood and justified with hubris. judge kindly those who got us into this a technical amendment. The amend- Even though I opposed this war, I debacle by attacking a country that ment reduces Federal administrative have prayed, like other Americans, did not threaten us, after deceiving the costs for the Centers for Medicare and that it would weaken the threat of ter- American people and ridiculing those Medicaid Services by $15 million with rorism and make the world safer, that who appealed for caution and for in- no cuts coming from oversight and en- our troops’ sacrifices would be justi- stead mobilizing our resources directly forcement. This reduction is necessary fied, and that the President had a plan against the threat of terrorism. to bring the Labor-HHS bill into com- for completing the mission. I worry that many of our young vet- pliance with its allocation ceiling. Con- Instead, it has turned Iraq into a erans who have gone to Iraq and expe- cerns have been raised that this reduc- training ground for terrorists, it is rienced the brutality and trauma of tion would reduce the funds available fueling the insurgency, it is causing se- war and may already feel guilty for to administer the new prescription vere damage to the reputation and having survived, will increasingly drug program. This is not the case—the readiness of the United States mili- question its purpose. As the architects reduction will come from administra- tary, and it is preventing us from ad- of this war move on to other jobs, I tive overhead, supplies and contracts. dressing the inexcusable weaknesses in fear we are going to see another gen- We had talked about having a vote on our homeland security. eration of veterans, many of them it this morning at 10:30, but in light of The Iraqi people, at least the Shiites physically and psychologically scarred the request that we not vote on that and Kurds, have voted for a new con- for life, who feel a deep sense of be- amendment but vote on the Durbin stitution, as hastily drafted, flawed, trayal by their Government. amendment, that is acceptable to this and potentially divisive as it may be. If President Bush will not say what side. As I said before, Senator STABENOW Saddam Hussein, whose capacity for remains to be done before he can de- has asked for 5 minutes, and we are cruelty was seemingly limitless, is fi- clare victory and bring our troops prepared to yield that time. But we nally facing trial for his heinous home, then the Congress should be vot- want to put all Senators on notice we crimes. Elections for a new national ing on what this war is really costing are anxious to proceed with the bill, government are due by the end of the the Nation. and I will expect to start on the Durbin year. By then, it will be more than 21⁄2 We should vote on paying for the war amendment at about 10:24 and expect years since Saddam’s overthrow, and versus cutting Medicaid, as some are to vote on it sometime between 10:45 we will have given the Iraqi people a proposing; or pay for the war versus and 11. chance to chart their own course. The cutting VA programs that are already Senator HARKIN and I, backed by the sooner we reduce our presence there, unable to pay the staggering costs of leaders, have said that we are going to the sooner they will have to make the treatment and rehabilitation for our do our best to enforce 20-minute votes, difficult decisions necessary to solve injured veterans; or pay for it versus 15 and a 5-minute extension. So all their own problems in their own coun- rebuilding our National Guard; or re- Senators should know when we start try. building FEMA; or securing our ports the Durbin vote that it will be limited Our military commanders say that and our borders; or investing in our in- to 20 minutes to the extent that Sen- Iraq’s problems increasingly need to be telligence so we can finally capture ator HARKIN and I can prevail on that. solved through the political process, Osama bin Laden; or investing in When we finish the Durbin vote at not through military force. We must health care for the tens of millions of about 11:15, we would be pressing to show Iraq and the world that we are Americans who cannot afford to get have amendments filed. We have a not an occupying force, and that we sick; or fixing our troubled schools, so long, complicated bill. There is an have no designs on their country or our children can learn to do a better amendment lined up at 2:15, but if we their oil. The American people need to job than we have of making the world are to move this bill along and to avoid know that the President has a plan to a safer place for all people. pressing for third reading and final pas- bring our troops home. These, and the tarnished reputation sage, we want to avoid lengthy quorum Once a new Iraqi government is in of a country that I love and so many calls. place, I believe the President should once admired as not only powerful buy I yield the floor. consult with Congress on a flexible also good and just are the real costs of f plan that includes pulling our troops this war. back from the densely populated areas I yield the floor. TRIBUTE TO ROSA LOUISE PARKS where they are suffering the worst cas- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, first, ualties and to bring them home. ator from Pennsylvania is recognized. I appreciate the courtesies extended to It is also long overdue for Congress ORDER OF PROCEDURE me by the distinguished Senator from and the White House to reassess our Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I put Pennsylvania and the distinguished policy toward this region. all Senators on notice that we will Senator from Iowa.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11783 I rise to pay tribute to one of the gi- symbol of the civil rights movement. group. Her dedication to the next gen- ants of American history. Today we Nicknamed the Mother of Civil Rights, eration is the reason she founded the honor the remarkable life and legacy of President Clinton awarded Rosa Parks Raymond and Rosa Parks Institute for Rosa Parks, who died just last evening the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Self-Development in Detroit, MI. Her at the age of 92. 1996, the highest civilian award this faith was tested, but it was never bro- The Detroit News today says: country can bestow. Mrs. Parks also ken. After Mrs. Parks was robbed and Courage in the face of oppression; resist- received the Congressional Gold Medal beaten in her own home in 1992, she im- ance in the face of injustice. That is the en- in 1999. Earlier this year, Senator plored people ‘‘not to read too much during legacy of Rosa Parks, whose defiance LEVIN and I introduced a bill to name a into the attack.’’ on a racially segregated Montgomery, Ala., Federal building in Detroit after Mrs. ‘‘Young people need to be taught to bus lit the flame of the modern civil rights Parks. We think it is important that respect and care for their elders.’’ she movement and inspired freedom movements said. ‘‘Despite the violence and crime from South Africa to Poland. we recognize her in this way to thank her in some small way for her incred- in our society, we should not let fear The Detroit Free Press today: ible contribution to our country. It is overwhelm us. We must remain strong. When Rosa Parks refused to get up, an en- an honor she richly deserves, and I be- We must not give up hope; we can over- tire race of people began to stand up for lieve it is important that we pass this come.’’ their rights as human beings. Her refusal to This morning’s Detroit Free Press give up her bus seat to a white man was a bill this week in the Senate, just as the simple act that took extraordinary courage House has passed the bill, so that we has a wonderful story on Mrs. Parks’ in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955. It was a place can together, in a unanimous way, say: life and legacy. In it, U.S. Appeals where black people had no rights that white Thank you, Rosa Parks. Court Judge Damon Keith, a longtime people had to respect. It was a time when ra- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I join friend of Mrs. Parks, recalls when an- cial discrimination was so common, many others the world over in mourning the other living icon of freedom, Nelson blacks never questioned it. At least not out death and giving thanks for the life of Mandela, visited Detroit in 1990. loud. But then came Rosa Louise Parks. Mrs. Rosa Parks. Someone once said When he got off the plane, a long line I am so proud Rosa Parks was a resi- that in the instance Rosa Parks re- of dignitaries was waiting to greet the dent of Michigan. We have claimed her fused to move, somewhere in the uni- great man. President Mandela scanned for many years and are so proud that verse a gear in the machinery shifted. the line until his eyes rested on a tiny she has left her legacy to all of us, par- Jim Crow had finally met his match. woman. ‘‘He chanted Rosa, Rosa, Rosa ticularly in Detroit, MI. Rosa Parks was an accomplished Parks,’’ Judge Keith recalls. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks left seamstress who helped us all see that President Mandela told Mrs. Parks work in her hometown of Montgomery, America’s great strength is the fact that she was his inspiration during the AL, and boarded a bus headed for that we are one cloth sewn together in long years he was jailed on Robbins Is- home. When the bus became crowded, a splendid coat of many colors. It is land, and that her example had in- she was ordered by the bus driver to often reported that Rosa Parks refused spired South Africa’s freedom fighters. give up her seat to a white male pas- to give up her seat on the bus that day Later, in a 1993 speech to the NAACP, senger. She refused. Rosa Parks was ar- in Montgomery, AL, because her feet Nelson Mandela called Rosa Parks ‘‘the rested, and 4 days later the Mont- were tired. David who challenged Goliath.’’ gomery bus boycott began. The boycott That was not so. She said many Ms. Johnnie Carr, Mrs. Parks’ long- lasted for over a year until the Mont- times: time friend, said Mrs. Parks always be- gomery buses were officially deseg- I was not physically tired—or no more lieved that the Montgomery bus boy- regated in December of 1956. than I usually was at the end of a working cott was ‘‘ordained by God.’’ It was Rosa Parks was a courageous woman day. No, the only tired I was, was tired of meant to be. But it almost did not hap- who did what she believed was fair and giving in. pen. In her autobiography, Mrs. Parks right. She is a testament to the power It would be more than a year before wrote that, had she not been so tired of one individual willing to fight for the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Mont- that day, she would have waited for the their beliefs. Her actions set the civil gomery’s segregated buses were uncon- next bus, because she would have rec- rights movement in motion and set a stitutional. ognized the driver of the Number 7 bus precedent for protest without violence. To this day, the Montgomery bus as the same man who had put her off We all owe a debt of gratitude to Rosa boycott remains the largest and most the bus years earlier for refusing to Parks for her contribution to freedom successful act of civil disobedience in board through the back door. and justice for all men and women in the history of the United States of On that earlier occasion, in 1943, Mrs. this country. Truly, her actions America, all inspired by this simple, Parks had just tried, unsuccessfully, to changed the course of history. courageous woman. For 381 days, tens register to vote. Twelve years later— Rosa Parks moved to Detroit in 1957 of thousands of hard-working middle the morning after the long Mont- and it became home for her for nearly class, lower class, and all classes of Af- gomery bus boycott ended—Mrs. Parks 50 years. In 1977, she and Elaine Easton rican Americans walked miles to work again boarded the Number 7 bus, paid Steele founded the Raymond and Rosa every day in the heat, in the cold, in her fare, and took her seat in the front Parks Institute for Self-Development the rain. Many of the boycotters, in- of the bus. By coincidence—or perhaps in Detroit to offer guidance to young cluding Mrs. Parks and her husband by divine design—the bus driver that African-Americans. The institute’s Raymond, lost their jobs, but they day was the same man who had called many programs include the annual never lost their faith. They persevered the police to have her arrested more Pathways to Freedom bus tour that ex- with courage and with dignity. than a year earlier. His name was poses young African Americans to In the end, they did not just change James Blake. And he lived in a little landmarks of the civil rights era. the law; they changed our Nation, and town call Equality, GA. The people of Michigan take great they changed the world. The image of The Detroit Free Press this morning pride in the fact that Rosa Parks be- Rosa Parks sitting quietly on that bus quotes from one of the last interviews came part of our community in our waiting to be arrested is etched forever Rosa Parks gave. A decade ago, in an great State. She devoted her life to in our national consciousness, but it is interview with that newspaper, Mrs. public service, to helping people, and not simply refusing to give up her seat Parks was asked how she hoped to be to helping to serve as a role model for that made Rosa Parks so great. It was remembered. She replied, ‘‘I’d like peo- our children. She made such an impact a refusal to give up hope, especially her ple to say that I’m a person that al- on our country and on the people of the hope in young people. ways wanted to be free, and wanted it metro Detroit community that the ac- In 1955, Mrs. Parks was the leader of not only for myself—freedom for all tual bus where Rosa Parks made her the Montgomery NAACP local youth human beings.’’ defiant stand is now on display at the organization. It is one of the lesser That is a great tribute to a great Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. known parts of her story that the lady who we remember today. Children from all over the world have evening she was arrested she was in the I yield the floor to the chairman of come to see the bus that became this process of rejuvenating that youth the committee.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Senator Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Senator According to the Federal Trade Com- from Illinois for yielding. Before pro- from Illinois for that statement. Per- mission, seniors are more vulnerable to ceeding to his amendment, I would like haps we ought to just formalize it in a fraud than other demographic groups. to commend the Senator from Michi- unanimous consent agreement that the In 2004, consumers over the age of 50 gan and the Senator from Illinois for vote will occur at 10:45. reported $152 million in fraud losses to their comments about the great leader- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the FTC, which is likely only a small ship of Rosa Parks to the civil rights objection, it is so ordered. fraction of the fraud that took place. movement, and to associate myself AMENDMENT NO. 2196 A Social Security number is a key with those comments. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask for an identity thief. With it, he or she I thank the Senator from Illinois. unanimous consent to set aside any can open a new credit card or bank ac- count, as well as access existing ac- f pending amendment and call up amendment No. 2196, which is filed at counts. One of the main actions Federal, CONCLUSION OF MORNING the desk. State and local governments instruct BUSINESS The PRESIDING OFFICER. The you to take in protecting yourself from The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read identity theft is guarding your Social business is closed. Security number. as follows: f Many States and local governments The Senator from Illinois [Mr. DURBIN] have gone further to protect their citi- proposes an amendment numbered 2196. DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, zens. Twelve States have passed laws HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous con- restricting the use of Social Security AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED sent the reading of the amendment be numbers, including Illinois where pri- AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS dispensed with. vate insurers are prohibited from using ACT, 2006 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Social Security numbers as patient The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under objection, it is so ordered. identifiers. The amendment is as follows: the previous order, the Senate will re- Meanwhile, the Federal Government sume consideration of H.R. 3010, which (Purpose: To require the Secretary of Health continues to print Social Security and Human Services to submit to Congress numbers on Medicare cards, leaving 40 the clerk will report. a plan for changing the numerical identi- The assistant legislative clerk read million seniors with their Social Secu- fier used to identify medicare beneficiaries rity numbers in plain sight. as follows: under the medicare program) Almost one-third of identity thieves A bill (H.R. 3010) making appropriations After section 221, insert the following: get access to your personal informa- for the Departments of Labor, Health and SEC. 222. Not later than June 30, 2006, the Human Services, and Education, and related Secretary of Health and Human Services tion by stealing your wallet, check- agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- shall prepare and submit to Congress a re- book or credit card. tember 30, 2006 and for other purposes. port outlining— If a senior’s wallet is stolen, access Pending: (1) a detailed plan for expeditiously chang- to a Social Security number would be ing the numerical identifier used to identify simple. Just look on their Medicare Specter amendment No. 2197, to reduce ad- medicare beneficiaries under the medicare card. ministrative costs in the Centers for Med- program so that a beneficiary’s social secu- Walter Hornby from Bartlett, IL icaid and Medicare Services. rity account number is no longer displayed wrote to me to tell me about what he The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- on the identification card issued to the bene- calls a ‘‘Catch-22 situation.’’ After he ator from Pennsylvania. ficiary under such program or on any expla- fell victim to identity theft, he was ad- nation of medicare benefits mailed to the AMENDMENT NO. 2197 beneficiary; and vised never to carry anything in his Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I move (2) the costs of implementing such plan. wallet that includes his Social Secu- to vitiate the yeas and nays on amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- rity number. ment No. 2197 and proceed to adopt the Mr. Hornby wrote: ator from Illinois is recognized. amendment by voice vote at this time. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, accord- All Medicare cards have Social Security I cleared this matter with Senator numbers emblazoned on them in large print. ing to the Federal Trade Commission, I am sure many seniors carry their cards HARKIN. identity theft is the fastest growing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without with them as proof of insurance, leaving crime in America, striking 27.3 million them open to identity theft. objection, it is so ordered. Americans who have been victims in The question is on agreeing to Mr. Hornby called CMS and the So- the last 5 years. Not only is identity cial Security Administration, but was amendment No. 2197. theft increasing, it is becoming more The amendment (No. 2197) was agreed told it would ‘‘take an act of Congress expensive. to correct this situation.’’ That is why to. Several years ago, I received a phone The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- we are here today. call from a credit agency at my home According to a recent poll by the ator from Pennsylvania. in Springfield, IL. They said: Richard AARP, most seniors agree with Mr. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, before Durbin, we knew that we would finally Hornby. What is the percent of adults Senator DURBIN begins, may I again re- catch up with you. over the age of 50 who want Social Se- mind my colleagues at the conclusion I said: What are you talking about? curity numbers to appear on various of this debate, which I would expect to They said: It is your credit card documents? They asked of these sen- be somewhere in the nature of 20 min- charges with a major chain of stores iors, How about Medicare cards? Yes, 25 utes, we will proceed to a rollcall vote. that were incurred in Denver, CO. percent; no, 70 percent. Seniors get it. We expect it to be 15 and 5, limited to I said: I didn’t incur any credit card They understand their vulnerability, 20 minutes, and then we are anxious to charges. but they don’t know which way to have other amendments offered to pro- It turned out my identity had been turn. You need a Medicare card if you ceed at that time. stolen. It took some time, and I finally go to a hospital or provider. They want Mr. DURBIN. Would the chairman got it straightened out, but I was one to have easy access, but there sits their yield for a question? of the lucky ones. Social Security number which could Mr. SPECTER. I do. Today’s victims of identity theft turn out making them vulnerable to Mr. DURBIN. I say to the chairman, spend an average of $1,400 in out-of- identity theft. I believe this amendment may be non- pocket expenses to remedy their situa- A reporter asked a CMS spokesperson controversial. I do not know if there tion, an increase of 85 percent from about whether the agency plans to will be any time taken in opposition to years past. change beneficiary identity numbers as the amendment. I would certainly be A recent survey indicates that iden- a result of the rise of identity theft prepared to agree at 10:45 the vote tity theft cost Americans $52.6 billion from seniors, and here is what he said: would take place, if that would be ap- in 2004—much of it accrued by busi- We’re looking at all sorts of alternatives, propriate, and then I would explain the nesses forced to write-off fraudulent but right now our greatest priority is imple- amendment. charges. menting the prescription drug program. We

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11785 continue to recommend treating your Social has legislation pending now to deal Byrd Grassley Murray Security card like a credit card. with identity theft in a comprehensive Cantwell Gregg Nelson (FL) Carper Hagel Nelson (NE) That is a good recommendation. But way. But the substance of what Sen- Chafee Harkin Obama if you lose your wallet or your purse, ator DURBIN seeks is very sound. Chambliss Hatch Pryor you know what might happen. When CMS has advised that it is impossible Clinton Hutchison Reed Coburn Inhofe seniors write to CMS asking to have to administer the House-passed amend- Reid Cochran Inouye Roberts their Social Security number removed ment in its present form, which would Coleman Isakson Rockefeller from Medicare documents, CMS sends a require immediate removal. The Collins Jeffords Salazar Conrad Johnson reply: Santorum amendment offered by the Senator Cornyn Kennedy Sarbanes Medicare is required to protect individual from Illinois is a compromise to Craig Kerry Schumer privacy and confidentiality in accordance Crapo Kohl achieve greater protection against Sessions with applicable laws. identity theft. It essentially calls for a Dayton Kyl DeMint Landrieu Smith CMS is passing the buck. The buck study to give us an opportunity to DeWine Lautenberg Snowe stops here. It stops in Congress. We are work it out in a way that CMS can Dodd Leahy Specter abiding by the current law, they say, handle. I think the amendment is a Dole Levin Stabenow Stevens and that is good enough. But it really Domenici Lieberman good one, and it is agreeable to this Dorgan Lincoln Sununu is not good enough. side of the aisle as well. Durbin Lott Talent BOB FILNER is a Congressman from We are going to proceed to a vote— Ensign Lugar Thomas San Diego, and he is a person with candidly, so we can get some focus of Enzi Martinez Thune Feingold McCain Vitter whom I worked and respect very much. attention on this bill. Our staffs have Feinstein McConnell Voinovich He was attentive to this issue and called around to the offices of all Sen- Frist Mikulski Warner raised it in consideration of this appro- ators seeking amendments. We have a Graham Murkowski Wyden priations bill in the House. Congress- long list of prospective amendments, NOT VOTING—2 man FILNER said, in very simple and but our experience has been that unless Corzine Shelby straightforward language: No money we have a vote where Senators come to The amendment (No. 2196) was agreed can be spent on this bill to further the well of the Senate, which gives the to. issue these Medicare cards that contain managers an opportunity to talk to the Mr. SPECTER. I thank my col- Social Security numbers. many Senators who have stated an in- leagues for the promptness on that The amendment passed with a strong terest in offering an amendment—un- vote. The report was made to cut off bipartisan vote. But if you look at it, less we proceed in that way, that we the vote at 1 minute 6 seconds in excess we are afraid that perhaps it went too have protracted quorum calls without of the 20 minutes, which is pretty good far—in the right direction but maybe any amendments being offered. for voting in this Senate. We will hold too far. The CMS said there is no way So as previously announced, at 10:45, the votes to 20 minutes. they could cut off immediately the by the unanimous consent agreement, issuance of these cards. So we are We have the Senator from Massachu- we will proceed to a vote. Again, I re- setts lined up to offer an amendment placed in a difficult position. We know peat, it will be a 20-minute vote: 15 the problem, and we want to correct it. on Pell grants. We anticipate voting on minutes under the rule, and a limited it at 2:15, but they will have time be- Cutting off funds and trying to do it extension of 5 minutes. immediately may be something that is fore the customary adjournment at We have 2 minutes until the 10:45 12:30 for the policy luncheons to start just unmanageable and cannot be vote is scheduled. In the interim, I sug- achieved. debate on another amendment. gest the absence of a quorum. I have talked to a number of Sen- My amendment would require the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CMS to send a report to Congress by ators about offering an amendment if clerk will call the roll. that opportunity presents itself. We do the end of next June outlining how the The assistant legislative clerk pro- agency will expeditiously go about want to push ahead. ceeded to call the roll. I yield the floor. changing the system of patient identi- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask fiers and how much it will cost. We put The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- unanimous consent that the order for pore. The Senator from Massachusetts. the CMS on notice that this is a prob- the quorum call be dispensed with. AMENDMENT NO. 2213 lem they need to help us solve. They The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I send can’t pass the buck off to another year objection, it is so ordered. an amendment to the desk and ask for and another year of possible identity Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask its immediate consideration. theft for so many senior citizens. for the yeas and nays. It is time for the Federal Govern- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a pore. The clerk will report. ment to step up the fight against iden- sufficient second? tity theft. We have it in our power to The assistant legislative clerk read There is a sufficient second. as follows: make it much harder for identity The question is on agreeing to the The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KEN- thieves who hurt our Nation’s seniors, amendment. The clerk will call the and I commend amendment No. 2196, NEDY] proposes an amendment numbered roll. 2213. which I have introduced at this point, The assistant legislative clerk called Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask to all my colleagues on both sides of the roll. the aisle and ask for their bipartisan unanimous consent the reading of the Mr. MCCONNELL. The following Sen- amendment be dispensed with. support. ator was necessarily absent: the Sen- I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ator from Alabama (Mr. SHELBY). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- pore. Without objection, it is so or- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the ator from Pennsylvania is recognized. dered. Senator from New Jersey (Mr. CORZINE) Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the The amendment is as follows: is necessarily absent. amendment offered by the Senator The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- (Purpose: To increase the maximum Federal from Illinois is a good amendment. Pell Grant award by $200 to $4,250) pore. Are there any other Senators in What has happened here is that the the Chamber desiring to vote? At the end of title III (before the short House-passed version of the bill re- title), insert the following: The result was announced—yeas 98, quires the Centers for Medicaid and SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise nays 0, as follows: Medicare Services to remove Social Se- appropriated under this Act, there is appro- curity numbers immediately in order [Rollcall Vote No. 267 Leg.] priated, out of any money in the Treasury to prevent identity theft. When the YEAS—98 not otherwise appropriated, $836,000,000 for carrying out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of Akaka Bayh Boxer Senator from Illinois outlines the prob- the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. lems on identity theft, he is exactly Alexander Bennett Brownback Allard Biden Bunning 1070). Such additional appropriation shall be right. The Judiciary Committee, on Allen Bingaman Burns used to increase the maximum Pell Grant for which both Senator DURBIN and I sit, Baucus Bond Burr which a student shall be eligible during

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11786 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 award year 2006–2007 by $200 to $4,250, not- all who came back from World War II, We see, as the cost of education has withstanding the maximum Pell Grant who had been out fighting for our Na- gone up, that the purchasing power of amount provided under the heading ‘‘STU- tion, they would have the benefits of the Pell grant has steadily declined. In DENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’’ under this the 2005–2006 school year the maximum title. an education. By the millions, they took advantage of the GI bill. grant covers only 33 percent of the cost Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, this is In reviewing the investment made by of college attendance. a very modest amendment. It is tar- this Government, the figures show for Look at this. This is a chart that geted to a program which is a lifeline every $1 invested in education, it was shows the gap between the maximum to millions of hard-working American returned seven times by those who re- Pell grant and the cost of attending families in the form of education—the ceived or benefitted from the GI bill. college, which continues to increase. Pell grant. The Pell grant is the major We extended education benefits in the This is a reflection of the gradual in- instrument by which the Federal Gov- time of the Vietnam war. Also, when crease in tuition over the recent years, ernment provides help and assistance challenged technologically in 1957 with from 2001 and 2002 up to 2005 and 2006. to needy families in this country. The the launch of Sputnik—we had a Re- This shows the gap—now nearly $8,100. median income among families who publican President, Democratic Con- Here, this green line shows the max- benefit from the grant is about $24,000 gress—we recognized the need to dra- imum Pell grant which has been effec- a year and the median income of inde- matically improve math and science tively stable during that period of pendent students who receive the grant achievement in this country. We passed time, while the cost of attending a 4- is less than $13,000 per year. These fam- the National Defense Education Act to year public college has been going up ilies need help and assistance in going strengthen both our national security and up and up, putting enormous pres- to college. sure on these families who have lim- This particular amendment will raise and our global competitiveness, and the Federal investment in education ited opportunities and resources. the Pell grant from $4,050 to $4,250. The The Federal Government provides cost of the amendment is approxi- doubled, with a strong focus on math and science education. Pell grants. It provides Stafford loans. mately $800 million. States and local communities also pro- I remind our colleagues of one of the At that time the Federal Govern- ment was spending 5 cents out of every vide help and assistance to students. great statements made in this country Here is an indication of what is hap- $1 on education. Now we are at 11⁄2 by an American Founding Father, John pening in our States. This chart re- Adams, whose 270th birthday we cele- cents, and going south. Do we under- 1 flects the State and local funding per brate this week. He was the architect stand that? Only 1 ⁄2 cents out of every Federal dollar is spent on education, full-time student at public institu- of the Massachusetts State Constitu- tions, which has declined some 16 per- tion, written in 1780. Many of the ideas and we are going, effectively, south. I think this is not the kind of priority cent since 2001. from that constitution have been ac- What all of this says is that the pur- the American people expect and the cepted in constitutions all over the chasing power of the Pell grant has American people want. This is a very country. The one aspect that has been gone down. There are hundreds of thou- modest amendment, especially against replicated in every State constitution sands of children who are not going to that background. The amendment is the State’s commitment to edu- college because they are unable to af- raises the maximum Pell grant by $200. cating children. It is said so well in the ford it. We have seen that the help and Let me first show what has happened Massachusetts Constitution: assistance given to needy students has to the Pell grant over the period of re- It will reward its patron and benefactors dropped at the State and local levels, cent years. Some of us remember the by shedding its benign influence on the pub- but the costs have been continuing to great debates we had in the 1960s. One lic minds. Laws for the liberal education of go higher and higher. youth, especially of the lower class of people, of the principal issues in the 1960 cam- This amendment requires a judgment are so extremely wise and useful that to a paign was: Should we provide help and and decision about a nation’s prior- humane and generous mind no expense for assistance to young people in the form ities: whether we believe, as a nation, this purpose would be thought extravagant. of education? That was heavily debated in the importance of supporting edu- That is what this amendment says. in the Presidential debates at that cation and making education available We are saying this Nation, at this time. A judgment and decision was to all young people, and for which we time, cannot afford to lose these young made when the votes were in and Presi- are prepared to support this very mod- minds. We have 400,000 young Ameri- dent Kennedy won. One of the first est increase. cans who are qualified and would be ac- things he did was submit a higher edu- It is useful to make a judgment based cepted to 4-year colleges on the basis of cation bill, which was eventually upon what we think we need here in their academic records if they had the passed in 1965. the United States. But it is also rel- resources to be able to attend. It is an There was a great debate at that evant to get some idea about what is indictment of our Nation if we fail to time: Should we provide help and as- happening in other countries that are provide these young people with an op- sistance to the child or should we pro- increasingly competing with the Amer- portunity to receive an education, par- vide help and assistance to the univer- ican economy. Here is an example. The ticipate in our society, and give some- sity? The decision was made that we numbers of engineering graduates in thing back to our country. We cannot would provide it to the young student China and India far outpace that of the afford to lose them. The Pell grant is so the student would have the flexi- United States. In China, it is 600,000; in the indispensable link between these bility to be able to go to the college of India, 350,000; in the United States, families and an education. their choice. 70,000, and many of these are foreign This Nation has always responded In 1965, when the higher education students who, more likely than not, when challenged in the areas of edu- bill was passed, the Federal funding for will be returning to their home coun- cation. In response to the Industrial education was close to 80 percent in tries. Revolution, we made a national com- grants and 20 percent in loans, for stu- We cannot expect to have a first-rate mitment to expand access to high dents who qualified for grants. Those economy with a second-rate edu- schools, and America prospered. It was were families in the lowest income cational system. It does not work that an extraordinary commitment and has bracket. The Pell grant was used ex- way. Not only will we not have a first- made an extraordinary difference in tensively and benefitted millions of rate economy, but we will not have a the success of this Nation, both com- young people. first-rate military with a second-rate mercially and militarily. This chart shows what has happened educational system. At the time of World War II, we had with the Pell grant between 1985 and This is not going to be the answer to 12 to 14 million Americans who 2005. It shows the shrinking buying all of our problems in terms of edu- served—many for 3, 5, 6, 7 years—in the power of the Pell grant over the past 20 cation. Later in the debate we consider Armed Forces of our country. When years. We find that during the 1985–1986 other amendments to increase support they returned, President Roosevelt of- school year the maximum Pell grant for education and to improve math and fered the GI bill. That would open the covered 57 percent of the cost of at- science achievement. But this amend- doors of opportunity for education. For tendance at a 4-year public institution. ment is essential to ensuring every

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11787 American has an opportunity to go to A key value in our society is fairness. creased by 5.2 percent. But the cost of college. The reality is, we, as a country, can private 4-year schools went up 5.9 per- Fewer and fewer good jobs are avail- well afford—in the richest nation in cent and public schools went up 7.1 per- able for those without a college edu- the world—to offer a helping hand to cent. cation. When I first came to the Sen- those who have limited incomes in the A Pell grant increase is a step in the ate, the greatest employer down in form of Pell grants. So this is an issue right direction to make college more Quincy, Massachusetts was the Quincy of fairness. It is an issue of oppor- affordable. Over the last few decades, Shipyard. I would say 90 percent of tunity. college financial aid simply hasn’t kept those workers had a high school edu- It is also a question of competitive- up with the rising cost of attendance. cation. They had a pretty good middle- ness. If we do not have a solid edu- Twenty years ago, in the 1985–1986 class life. They worked hard. They got cational system, we are not going to be school year, the maximum Federal Pell some time off to spend with their fami- a first-rate nation commercially or grant covered nearly 60 percent of the lies. More often than not, they would militarily. At a time when we are feel- cost of the tuition, fees, room, and be able to take a couple weeks with ing the increasing forces of world com- board of a 4-year public university. their children over the course of the petition, we see what is happening in Today the maximum Pell grant covers summertime. There was a great sense other countries. Now we are not just less than 40 percent of those costs. of community. There was great in- exporting blue-collar jobs out of the More students take out loans and more volvement in all of the activities in the heartland of our Nation; we are find- are falling into debt. Fifty percent of community, and people were able to ing, increasingly, that high-tech jobs today’s college students graduate in make a very decent and good living, are not only moving out, but that debt, owing an average of $15,500. Many just as their parents had, working at many of our high-tech industries are students owe even more. At Pace Uni- that Quincy Fore River Shipyard. moving out to take advantage of the versity in New York, 55 percent of stu- Generally speaking, if you look back training and education in other coun- dents graduate owing an average 40 or 45 years ago, an individual had tries, particularly in India, and other $28,695. At New York University the one job. More often than not, they kept places in the world. debtloads are alarmingly similar. And that job their whole life. Now we know So it is about fairness. It is about op- at Hartwick College, nestled in the that workers entering the workforce portunity. It is about competition. foothills of the Catskills Mountains, 72 today will have eight or nine different Finally, as I mentioned, it is about percent of students graduate owing an jobs during their lifetimes. Investing in national security. We need to have in average of $31,206, the second heaviest education and continuing training has our military the best-trained, best-led student debt-burden of any liberal arts to be a lifelong national commitment. troops. But they also need the best in college in the Nation. This particular amendment is fo- terms of technology. This requires Over the next 6 months, students in cused on those who are just entering well-trained and educated personnel. America’s high school class of 2006 will the educational process after they get Unless we have a talented pool of col- decide whether or not to go to college. out of high school and those who are lege graduates, our military, our intel- We need to make sure that students from low-income families. We need the ligence community, all of our employ- can afford college, not frighten them skills of those young people. We can- ers, and our Nation are going to suffer. with a mountain of debt. not, as a nation, afford to let those And we won’t have that talented pool More and more, a college degree is skills go untapped. We cannot effec- unless we provide opportunities for our essential in our modern economy. And tively write off a whole segment of our young people. This amendment takes a helping students pay for college pays Nation because it’s too expensive to go step in the right direction. for itself. According to the College on into higher education. And too Mr. President, $200 does not sound Board, the average college graduate often, that is what is happening. like a lot when we are talking about earns 73 percent more over his or her We have all seen the statistics about the billions of dollars in this budget. lifetime than the average high school the increased cost of gasoline, the in- But today we know that a $200 increase graduate. College graduates pay 78 per- creased cost of prescription drugs, the in student aid would mean that hun- cent more in taxes to public coffers, increased cost of energy, particularly dreds of thousands of students would be and they are less likely to draw on pub- in my part of the country. We have able to afford college. Two hundred dol- lic resources for programs like unem- talked about that and debated it here lars does not sound like a lot, but it is ployment insurance, food stamps, and in the last few weeks. a lot to low-income families. It is a lot welfare. College graduates are less But we have also seen at other times for millions of working families, as likely to be incarcerated, and more that those in the basic middle income, they are looking at their bills and try- likely to volunteer in their commu- even though they have seen very dra- ing to make adjustments and trying to nities, more likely to vote, more likely matic increases in productivity, in make college a priority. It is a lot, and to raise kids ready for school, and more what they have been able to produce, it is something we ought to respond to likely to start businesses that create have not seen a significant increase in in this particular appropriations bill. jobs. their wages or in their family income Mr. President, I yield the floor. We need to make sure every student over the period of these past years. Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I am who wants to go can afford college. It’s That is a fact. That has been a reality. pleased to join with my friend and col- good social policy to make higher edu- So there is increasing pressure. league, Senator KENNEDY, in offering cation affordable, it’s good economic We find out that even for those fami- an amendment to increase the max- policy, and it’s good budgetary policy. lies who are able to patch together the imum Pell grant award by $200. If ap- Increasing the maximum Pell grant is means to get to college, even with the proved, this amendment would result an essential part of making college af- Pell grants today, more often than not, in a $4,250 maximum Pell grant—an fordable. So, again, I want to thank it takes the average family—even with amount well below what is needed, but Senator KENNEDY for raising this crit- their limited ability to borrow—over 20 still important in addressing the crisis ical issue and working with me to offer years to pay back those loans that of lack of college affordability. this amendment and I urge my col- were needed to meet the cost of getting The College Board reports that stu- leagues to vote in favor of it. their child into higher education. dents in the college class of 2010 will Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise We are trying to say to Americans, pay more, on average, for their post- today in strong support of the Kennedy to children of hard-working American secondary education than any other amendment. I am proud to cosponsor people, that we recognize that edu- class in American history. The average this amendment, which will increase cation is a key to opportunity in this 4-year private school now costs $21,235 the maximum Pell grant by $200—in- country. Our chart demonstrates the each year and the average 4-year public creasing the current $4,050 maximum difference between the lifetime earn- institution costs $5,491 a year. And award to $4,250. This modest increase is ings of individuals with college degrees every year college costs are increasing crucial to our efforts to ensure equal- and those without them $1 million over at a rate faster than inflation. Last ity of access to higher education for all a lifetime. year the Consumer Price Index in- students.

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But on the basis of this nant, accounting for less than 40 per- year which is hard to find in this budg- record, we have stretched the dollars as cent of the costs of attending a public, et. But that is as far as we could far as we can. As much as I agree with four year institution. Pell grant recipi- stretch to provide the money. everything the Senator from Massa- ents have a median family income of When you talk about Pell grants, chusetts has said, and as much as I only $15,200, so these grants truly tar- this has been a very high priority item would like to raise the Pell grants, the get the most needy students. This for this Senator. I took over the chair- budget resolution does not give me, as amendment would provide an addi- manship of the subcommittee after Re- chairman, the discretion to do so. tional $10 million in need based aid to publicans took control of the Senate in For the edification of anybody who Wisconsin and give 1,360 new students 1994. In 1995, the Pell grant awards were may be watching on C–SPAN 2, listen- the opportunity to make the dream of $2,340. We have increased them every ing to this debate—and I have at least higher education a reality. Our Na- year: from $2,340 in 1995 to $2,470 in a few relatives listening—the next tion’s well-being depends on our ability 1996; to $2,700 in 1997; to $3,000 in 1998; movement is to raise a point of order, although this may not be the appro- to provide greater access to higher edu- to $3,125 in 1999; to $3,300 in the year priate time with further debate to take cation, regardless of financial means. I 2000; $3,750 in 2001; $4,000 in 2002, and place. But I do think it is in order now hope my colleagues will support this $4,050 in 2003. We had to maintain it at to propound a unanimous consent re- important amendment and provide the the same level in 2004; in 2005, the quest which will formalize the informal funding that our students need to suc- same. That is where we stand. We had agreement which Senator KENNEDY and to allocate last year $4.3 billion to pay ceed. I arrived at earlier for 2:15 vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- off an estimated shortfall in the Pell I ask unanimous consent that at 2:15 pore. The Senator yields back. grants. So we have paid a lot of atten- today, the Senate proceed to a vote in The Senator from Pennsylvania. tion to Pell grants and have put this on relation to the Kennedy amendment on Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have a very high priority basis. Pell grants; provided further, that listened to the presentation by the There are quite a number of other there be 2 minutes equally divided for Senator from Massachusetts, and I do programs in our education budget debate prior to that vote and that no not disagree with anything he said. which are directed to the same kinds of second degree be in order to the amend- When he talks about the need for more considerations so eloquently articu- ment prior to the vote. education funding, I agree with him. lated by the Senator from Massachu- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- When he talks about the importance setts. Student loans are a very big pore. Without objection, it is so or- for the productivity of the United point. This is well known. I think it is dered. States on the economics sphere, when worth noting that the new student loan Mr. SPECTER. We may consume all he talks about the importance of edu- volume for 2006 fiscal year is in excess the time until 12:30, but there is a pos- cation for military preparedness, he of $62 billion, which is $10 billion over sibility that we may not. So if any makes very valid points. And when he the amount which was available in fis- other Senator has an amendment to talks about fairness, those are very im- cal year 2004. offer, I urge that Senator to come to portant considerations. It is also important to note that the floor at this time so that we can I applaud the work he has done in the there are a number of other programs utilize all of the floor time for debate field of education over his very distin- which are directed to the same bene- on this important bill. guished career. He served for many ficiaries who are recipients of the Pell I yield the floor. years as chairman of the Senate Com- grants. We have, for example, $805 mil- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, lion for the Supplemental Educational pore. The Senator from Massachusetts. and Pensions, and now he is the rank- Opportunity Grant program, which is Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I see ing member. He has addressed these an increase of $26 million. We have $66 the Senator from New Hampshire on issues of education funding year in and million for loan cancellations. The Per- the floor. As I understand, he wanted year out with logic and passion. kins loan program supports more than to be able to offer amendments. As chairman of the Appropriations $1 billion in low-interest loans to un- Mr. SUNUNU. The Senator is correct. subcommittee, the job I have, and our dergraduate students, and there is Mr. KENNEDY. That would not upset subcommittee does, and that of our ex- funding for loan cancellations. We have the current situation. I am glad to cellent staff, is to make allocations, $990 million in the Federal Work-Study yield to him. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- with a budget of $145 billion, as to Program. We have over $65 million for pore. The Senator from New Hamp- where we are going to allocate the Leveraging Education Assistant Part- shire. money. nership programs. We have quite a AMENDMENT NO. 2214 The Senator from Massachusetts has number of programs. asked for an increase of $836 million, Tax credits and deductions in 2006 are Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, as the but there is no offset. That means he valued at a savings of $3.2 billion for Senator from Massachusetts indicated, has not found something in a budget of students and families through the I would like to rise very briefly to offer two amendments and then allow the $145 billion which would pay for his HOPE Scholarship tax credit; $2.1 bil- Senator from Massachusetts to con- amendment which would increase Pell lion under the Lifetime Learning Cred- tinue with the remarks on his own grants by $836 million. I would like to it; $1.8 billion for the above-the-line de- amendment. I will offer a few remarks, increase Pell grants by $836 million duction on higher education expenses; but hopefully we can work out the myself. The fact is, I would like to in- and $810 million in deductions for in- issues that might exist on these two crease them by more than that, if I terest paid on student loans. amendments. could make the allocation. But the These are a variety of programs I ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee is limited by what its al- which are targeted and directed at peo- pending amendments be set aside that location is and what the budget resolu- ple who need help, who have loans, who I might call up amendment No. 2214. tion provides. That is $145 billion to al- can’t pay their loans. None of that is to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- locate among all the education pro- say that the Pell grants are not vital pore. Without objection, it is so or- grams sponsored by the Federal Gov- and that we wouldn’t be in a preferable dered. ernment, all of the health programs position nationally if we had the funds The clerk will report. sponsored by the Federal Government, to increase the Pell grants. The legislative clerk read as follows: all of the programs of the Department If the Senator from Massachusetts or The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. of Labor, and about $10, $11 billion on anyone has any idea as to how to SUNUNU] proposes an amendment numbered related agencies. stretch these dollars further, I am in- 2214.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11789 Mr. SUNUNU. I ask unanimous con- vision of this Act, amounts appropriated funded or underfunded or not suffi- sent that reading of the amendment be under this Act shall be reduced on a pro rata ciently funded, but they can’t spare the dispensed with. basis by $198,560,000. money. This is a matter of priorities. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, this When the Senator from New Hampshire pore. Without objection, it is so or- second amendment deals with commu- says he would be glad to consider some dered. nity health center funding. Community other offset, I would be pleased to work The amendment is as follows: health centers have been supported with him on another offset. But in (Purpose: To provide for the funding of the broadly in Congress and very broadly order to have another offset from some Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services Dem- by the administration. What this other allocation, there has to be proof onstration Project) amendment does is bring the appro- and a showing that adding $198.5 mil- After section 221, insert the following: priate level of funding for community lion for community health centers is SEC. 222. For carrying out the Low-Vision health centers in this bill up to the more important to America than where Rehabilitation Services Demonstration level requested by the President. Less we have allocated it. And we have not Project by the Secretary of Health and than 25 percent of the applications for picked these figures with a dartboard, Human Services, an additional $5,000,000: new community health centers were Provided, That funds made available for gen- Mr. President. We haven’t pulled them eral department management under the funded last year. That indicates a need out of the air. There has been laborious heading General Department Management for continued significant levels of fund- effort going through the history of under the heading Office of the Secretary are ing. these programs—how many we have, reduced by $5,000,000. Health centers are the first line of what we can cut, what we can add to. Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, this defense for those who are served by It is balanced off against many factors, amendment calls for $5 million to be Medicaid, for those without insurance, including the Pell grants we heard allocated to a vision rehabilitation and for those who are underinsured. about. So that it is necessary to oppose therapy demonstration program under Community health centers provide a the amendment, as much as I would Medicare. It is an amendment that is very strong, competent, qualified level like to see more money in community fully offset. This is a demonstration of service. They are absolutely instru- health centers and many other lines. program that was established under re- mental in today’s health care environ- With respect to the effort to add $5 port language crafted by Chairman ment. million to the rehabilitation vision SPECTER last year. This is an oppor- This brings the funding up to the amendment, that, again, is another tunity to give seniors additional inde- President’s requested level. It is offset good amendment, but, again, it is a pendence by helping to cover some of so it is not subject to a point of order. matter of allocation and where we will the cost of vision rehabilitation ther- This bill is about setting priorities. I get the money. The Senator from New apy for those who have vision impair- respect the challenges the chairman Hampshire would like to discuss the ment. It helps them to do the very and the members of the subcommittee matter further. I think that is always basic things of getting around their have to deal with in setting priorities. useful, and I am prepared to undertake home, getting outside the home, doing It is never easy. I provide a fractional that to see if some accommodation can errands. By maintaining this independ- across-the-board reduction to support be made short of an outright opposi- ence by dealing with vision problems, this additional $200 million, but I am tion to the vote. So we will pursue we reduce the risk of injury and the certainly willing to work with the that. costs of injuries associated with vision chairman and members of the sub- I do thank him for coming to the impairment. committee to find another appropriate floor early in this debate and advanc- As I indicated, it is offset. It is an ex- offset. I hope he and the Members of ing ideas to help us move the bill isting program. This additional $5 mil- the Senate will support my amend- along, and that inspires me to ask 1 of lion in funding would ensure that the ment. his 97 colleagues, aside from the 3 of us demonstration is conducted across a I yield the floor. who are in the Chamber now, to come number of States, a number of cities, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to the floor with other amendments so so that CMS has the data it needs to pore. The Senator from Pennsylvania. we can keep this bill moving. judge the efficacy of the program. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I I yield the floor. I encourage my colleagues to support thank the Senator from New Hamp- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. the amendment. shire for coming to the floor to offer SUNUNU). The Senator from Massachu- these amendments to move the bill setts. AMENDMENT NO. 2215 along. AMENDMENT NO. 2213 Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask His amendment for $198.5 million for Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set the pending community health centers is certainly unanimous consent that the following amendments aside, and I call up directed to a good program. These are be added as cosponsors of my amend- amendment No. 2215. very important health centers which ment: Senators CLINTON, SCHUMER, LIE- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- are of great assistance to the American pore. Without objection, it is so or- BERMAN, MIKULSKI, KERRY, REID of Ne- people. In the allocations of the fund- vada, LAUTENBERG, DAYTON, CANTWELL, dered. ing, we have allocated for the next fis- The clerk will report. KOHL, BINGAMAN, and DURBIN. cal year in excess of $2 billion, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The legislative clerk read as follows: $2,037,871,000. The figure I gave was the objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. request, but the allocation is Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, first SUNUNU] proposes an amendment numbered $1,839,311,000, which is an increase of 2215. of all, I thank the Senator from Penn- $105 million over last year. Similar to sylvania. He has worked hard in terms Mr. SUNUNU. I ask unanimous con- the considerations on the amendment of prioritizing education, and certainly sent that reading of the amendment be by the Senator from Massachusetts, it has been a priority of his service in dispensed with. the subcommittee and the full Appro- the Senate and also on the Appropria- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- priations Committee have given delib- tions Committee. I appreciate that pore. Without objection, it is so or- eration to the various priorities and kind of commitment, but he tells us dered. believe this is the right figure. that we only have a given amount of The amendment is as follows: It is a customary approach to suggest resources to allocate. (Purpose: To increase funding for community an across-the-board cut. If you frac- The Senate voted to add $5.4 billion health centers) tionalize it, it comes out to a small fig- to the Budget Act. When we voted on At the appropriate place in title II, insert ure. But still, it is important. It comes that issue earlier this year, it was $5.4 the following: out of the National Institutes of billion more for education—for edu- SEC. ll. Amounts appropriated in this title for community health center programs Health. It comes out of the Centers for cation. That was one of the few amend- under section 330 of the Public Health Serv- Disease Control. It comes out of many ments that passed when we had the de- ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) shall be increased by programs which are, I am at a loss as bate on the Budget Act—$5.4 billion $198,560,000. Notwithstanding any other pro- to whether to say, barely adequately more for education. And when the

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But a ma- available, many will not be able to go school—public and private universities, jority of the Members of this body to college. community colleges, and others—and voted for that increase. Now we have Sara from Pensacola, FL, received they are able to be a part of the Amer- another chance, and here we are just Pell grants when she was a single ican dream. asking for $200 per Pell grant for the mother enrolled in community college Mr. President, I suggest the absence neediest students in the country. and later a 4-year college. She received of a quorum. The Senate, when it had its oppor- her BA in English and is now employed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tunity on the budget, supported a very making four times the income she clerk will call the roll. enhanced funding level for higher edu- made before earning her degree. The legislative clerk proceeded to cation, but it went over to the Budget She writes: The Pell grant saw me call the roll. Committees behind closed doors and through college. Without it, there was Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask came out with zero. So he is right. In no way I could afford to go to school. unanimous consent that the order for this particular budget that he has been The Pell grant works. the quorum call be rescinded. allocated there is not the flexibility to Yvonne from Port Richey, FL, served The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without very substantially enhance support for in the Air Force, then held a civilian objection, it is so ordered. education; nonetheless, I think this job which she lost after September 11. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, just by amendment reflects the priorities of She is now a single mother back in way of a very brief comment as to the the Senate in the earlier part of the school. She writes: If it were not for contentions raised by the Senator from year and reflects the priorities of the the Pell grants I would not be able to Massachusetts, I recall his amendment American people. return to school and be retrained for a on the budget resolution for $5 billion. I am reminded that it isn’t just the new career. I recall it very well because I voted for families who are affected. It isn’t just Jen from Denver, CO, writes: The it. As I recollect it—we are checking the education community. The busi- only way I was able to attend college the record now—it was a one-vote mar- ness community also strongly supports was with grants and loans. Sixty thou- gin. There was considerable consterna- increased access to higher education. sand dollars later I have a college de- tion about not having that amendment Business leaders agree that education gree. Obviously, with loans this high I go to conference. I stayed with the is essential to our competitiveness. was not fortunate to have parental Senator from Massachusetts on the $5 Listen to what the Committee for Eco- help. The $2,000 a year I received from billion because I share his concern for nomic Development says in a recent re- the Pell grant was substantial even education. And then it went to con- port: though so little. To take this away ference, as our procedures moved it Education has been a major source of pro- from students is a tragedy. Cutting through, and it was dropped. So Sen- ductivity growth in the United States during funding for education of any kind is ator KENNEDY’s $5 billion with which I the postwar era. Education increases produc- wrong. agreed is not there anymore. And if it tive human capital, which in turn contrib- That is a person with a very modest were there, we would have a good bit utes to overall increases in economic growth. Pell grant. You see what a difference a more money to add to the Pell grants. Increases in a country’s average level of edu- few dollars makes. If I could find more money for the Pell cational attainment by 1 year can generate Scott in Georgia received Pell grants grants, I would like to. If we could re- sizable increases in the annual economic during college, which helped him put play the cards of what happened on the growth, as much as 6 to 16 percent. himself through college. He writes: $5 billion, I would like to do that, too. Look at what happens, Mr. President. Pell grants gave me the ability to focus But I am confronted with a situation Low income students enroll in college more on school and work less part-time where I have an allocation that came at less than half the rate of their high- hours. I am extremely grateful that the through the process of the Senate, and income peers. These are students who Pell grant ensured that I didn’t make I have to work within that framework. are qualified for college—who worked any brash decisions based on lack of fi- The priorities are established as best hard, took rigorous courses and pre- nances. we can. pared for college. And once they enroll, I am sure the Senator from Pennsyl- I think it is appropriate now for Sen- only 6 percent of those low-income stu- vania has had the same experience I ators who have the floor—we are going dents receive a BA compared to 40 per- have had. You go to so many of these to vote at 2:15—to raise the point of cent of those in the higher income lev- community colleges where these Pell order so it is on the record. els. We are talking about children with grants offer the opportunity for stu- Mr. President, in anticipation of the comparable levels of academic achieve- dents, and during the break time stu- vote at 2:15 for purposes of the record, ment. Why is this happening? They are dents—instead of talking about their I do raise a point of order under section equally qualified students, but they books, instead of talking about lec- 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, have to leave college because of finan- tures—are talking about their next job as amended, that the amendment pro- cial need. That is what this amend- or where they are going to get the next vides budget authority and outlays in ment is addressing. It is a question of job and what it is like to be working in excess of the subcommittee’s 302(b) al- priorities. We have the vote. If we are that particular job. That is what is location under the fiscal year 2006 con- able to get the votes on the floor of the happening increasingly as our young current resolution on the budget and Senate, this will happen. This must be gifted, talented people are being con- therefore is not in order. a priority. stantly squeezed. Our country is be- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, pursu- It certainly is for Natalie from Turn- coming more divided between the ant to section 904 of the Budget Act of ers Falls, MA, a single mother enrolled haves and have-nots. The Pell grant, 1974 I move to waive the applicable sec- in college for the first time, who al- which has been the key to opportunity, tion of the Budget Act in reference to ways lived below the Federal poverty has always been something that has the pending amendment, and I ask for line. She writes that without Pell kept the door constantly open for so the yeas and nays. grants ‘‘I would be stuck in this way of many young people. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a life with no ‘light’ to look forward to. As I say, it is the key to opportunity. sufficient second? . . . Knowledge is power and education It is the key to competitiveness, the There appears to be a sufficient sec- is key.’’ key to national security. And it is the ond. The yeas and nays are ordered. It certainly is for Mary Susan from real key to fairness. Education ought Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, we Sacramento, CA, who went to college to have a very special place in our na- have 33 minutes between now and the and became a teacher. She writes: I tional priorities. time of our policy luncheons when it is would not have been able to go to col- I appreciate what the chairman has our practice to adjourn, so I would en- lege to become a teacher if I didn’t done in the area of education, but it courage my colleagues to come to the

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The allow us to gradually reduce the visibility of Iraqi society. clerk will call the roll. coalition forces across Iraq and, ultimately, Finally, a timetable is important be- The legislative clerk proceeded to as conditions warrant, to begin to reduce our cause it enables us to devote more re- call the roll. presence in Iraq, taking away an element sources to the other national security Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask that fuels the insurgency; that is, the per- issues that demand our attention. To ception of occupation. unanimous consent that the order for fight the global terrorist networks that the quorum call be rescinded. He went on to call reducing the visi- threaten the U.S., we need to focus en- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. bility and presence of coalition forces a ergy and resources on countering BURR). Without objection, it is so or- key element of our overall counter- emerging terrorist tactics, dealing dered. insurgency strategy. with the threat of ‘‘loose nukes,’’ and TIMEFRAME FOR U.S. MILITARY MISSION IN IRAQ Melvin Laird and General Casey repairing the damage to our Army, to Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I had know that our presence has fed this in- name just a few urgent priorities. the opportunity to give three speeches surgence, making it easy for the insur- Drawing down U.S. troops in Iraq will on the floor so far about issues con- gents to convince new recruits that we allow us to focus on these priorities. It cerning the fight against terrorism are there to stay. is time to make sure that our Iraq pol- globally and the relationship of the Mr. President, I know, you know—we icy is advancing, not undermining, our Iraq war to that struggle and that bat- all know—that is not the fault of our national security goals. tle. men and women in uniform who are The administration and its allies Today, I come to the floor to talk serving courageously; it is the fault of have offered various arguments as to about why I think we need a timeframe the administration for sending them why they can’t or won’t come up with for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from into battle without a clearly defined or a clear plan and timeline for military Iraq. I do not mean a rigid timetable, well-thought-out mission. success in Iraq. nor do I mean a timetable that is not In February, I asked one of the top One argument has been that the U.S. connected to clear and achievable allied commanders in Iraq when I was pullouts from Somalia in the 1990s and benchmarks. But what we do need is a there in the Green Zone what would Lebanon in the 1980s emboldened ter- public, flexible, realistic timetable happen if we suggested to the world rorists and others who oppose Amer- that will tell people when and how we that there is a timeframe for achieving ican interests. To pull out of Iraq with- expect to finish the military mission in our military mission. This is what I out having put down the Iraqi insur- Iraq. asked him. His response to me, which gency once and for all would sup- As my colleagues may know, I have of course was off the record, was that, posedly be another sign of American suggested a target date of December 31, ‘‘nothing would take the wind out of weakness. 2006, the end of next year, for the com- the sails of the insurgents more’’ than But our decisions about national se- pletion of our military mission. Today, providing a clear public plan and time- curity shouldn’t be made based on con- I want to talk a little bit about why a frame for a remaining U.S. mission. jecture about the ‘‘message’’ that some flexible timetable for withdrawal will The President himself in June told might perceive. No one, including the help make the U.S. stronger and our the Nation that he did not support put- Bush administration, can know how enemies weaker. ting more troops into Iraq because, he the insurgents in Iraq might feel about Some have argued that a timetable is said, ‘‘sending more Americans would the withdrawal of U.S. troops from designed to appeal to the American suggest that we intend to stay for- Iraq. We do know, however, that right public, that it has no relationship to ever.’’ now we are making the insurgency our security or to our achieving policy Even the President has acknowledged stronger with our indefinite presence goals in Iraq. Actually, it is just the the problem with feeding the insur- in Iraq, and our failure to articulate a opposite. I proposed a timeframe be- gency if it appears our presence there timetable for military withdrawal. We cause I think it has everything to do is permanent, or ever expanding. I also know that our commitment of re- with improving our national security think that same logic applies to the sources—money, troops, time—to Iraq strategy. President’s refusal to issue a public is detracting from our ability to focus Our fundamental national security timetable. on our most pressing national security goal must be to combat the global ter- To the extent that we do not explain goals and stretching our military to rorist networks that attacked and con- what our military goals in Iraq are and the breaking point. Terrorists will not tinue to threaten the United States. when we hope to achieve them, we are feel particularly emboldened about us An increasing number of military ex- playing into the hands of the insur- putting our Iraq policy on track so perts and members of the public have gents. The insurgents are motivated by that we can focus our attention on concluded that our military presence our presence and they feed off con- eliminating them. The President sug- in Iraq is not consistent with that goal spiracy theories and suspicions regard- gests that if he issues a timetable for and that it is, in fact, undermining ing American intentions. And, of how long he expects U.S. troops to re- that goal. I think it has become in- course, our brave service-members and main in Iraq, our enemies will think creasingly clear that we have created a their families deserve some clarity that we are weak. But without a plan breeding ground for terrorism in Iraq about how long they are likely to re- to finish our military mission, our en- and that the apparent indefinite pres- main in Iraq. emies will know that we have fallen ence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops The President is one of an ever-nar- into a trap and we can’t figure out how is often fueling, not dampening, the in- rowing group of people who believe to get out. That is what they will know surgency in that country. that a timetable works against our Melvin Laird, a former Republican if we do not apply some common sense goals in Iraq. Military experts, people I Congressman from my State of Wis- to this situation. talked to in Iraq, and the American When I pressed Secretary Rice on the consin, who was the Defense Secretary people increasingly agree that the ad- need for a timetable last week, she re- under Richard Nixon, said: ministration’s refusal to even suggest a sponded that ‘‘we’d like our discussions We owe it to the rest of the people back timetable for meeting our military of withdrawal and of bringing down the home to let them know there is an exit strategy. And more important, we owe it to goals in Iraq is feeding the insurgency. numbers of forces to be results-based the Iraqi people. Our presence is what feeds The lack of a timetable doesn’t just rather than time-based.’’ But of course the insurgency. And our gradual withdrawal feed the insurgency, it also discourages a timetable should be results-based. As would feed the confidence and the ability of Iraqi ownership of their own political I have said over and over, any time- average Iraqis to stand up to the insurgents. process. By making it clear that the table needs to be flexible and needs to GEN George Casey, the commanding U.S. will not be there indefinitely, we be tied to achievable benchmarks. The general of the allied forces in Iraq, will help the Iraqis move toward the point is to have some idea of when

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Without row special interests. The Bush administration, with all objection, it is so ordered. In 1990, he pulled one of the greatest these arguments, has succeeded in one Mr. DAYTON. I ask unanimous con- political upsets ever by defeating a thing: in intimidating people into not sent, the previous order notwith- well-entrenched Republican incum- uttering the words ‘‘timetable,’’ or standing, that I might speak for up to bent, despite being outspent by 7 to 1 ‘‘timeframe,’’ or ‘‘target date’’ for fin- 15 minutes as in morning business to and being 40 percent behind in the polls ishing the military mission. But with eulogize my former colleague, Senator at Labor Day. He came to Washington, the words of Republicans like Melvin Paul Wellstone. immersed himself in the work of the Laird and military leaders like General The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Senate, and over his 12 years, won re- Casey, more and more people under- objection, it is so ordered. spect and friendships on both sides of stand that having a flexible timetable f the aisle. will strengthen our national security. Whether they agreed or disagreed HONORING THE LATE SENATOR This is not a timetable where the ob- with Paul, everyone knew that he truly PAUL WELLSTONE jective is troop withdrawal, the objec- believed his position was right, that he tive is to focus on our national secu- Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, 3 years passionately cared about the people he rity needs and the timetable is one step ago today a chartered plane crashed in was trying to help, and that he had the towards that goal. A timetable is not northeastern Minnesota killing Min- unflinching courage of his convictions. about domestic politics—it’s about un- nesota’s senior Senator, Paul He also had the oratory eloquence to dercutting insurgency recruiting and Wellstone, his wife Sheila, and their win skeptics to his side and the gen- unity, encouraging more Iraqi owner- daughter Marcia. Also on board were uine good humor to keep even his oppo- ship and responsibility, and creating Mary McEvoy, our State Democratic nents his friends. He used his skills, his terrific mind space for other important U.S. national Party’s associate chair; Tom Lapic, a always absorbing new ideas, his nation- security efforts. long-time Senate staffer; a young aide, I again emphasize that the timeframe Will McLaughlin; and two pilots. There wide network of friends and advisers, I have proposed is a flexible one—not a were no survivors. his growing seniority in the Senate, drop-dead date, not a deadline, not a They were flying to Minnesota’s and his passion and persistence to ac- formula for ‘‘cut and run.’’ It is linked famed Iron Range to attend a friend’s complish much more than time permits with a call for more clarity about what father’s funeral when the plane crashed me to recount. During his first term, he authored and passed the landmark we want the U.S. military to achieve in just before landing and before Senator ‘‘gift ban’’ legislation that virtually Iraq. Wellstone’s reelection just 11 days Please note that I am only referring away. eliminated all lobbyist gifts to Mem- to a timeframe for the military mis- Paul and I were political allies and bers of Congress and staffers. He was sion in Iraq, not for our broader polit- personal friends for over 20 years, and an original cosponsor of the McCain- ical and other missions in Iraq. We all he was my colleague and mentor dur- Feingold campaign finance reform bill. understand that our engagement in ing my first 2 years in the Senate. In In Paul’s own words, he said: Iraq will not end with the U.S. military 1982, Paul was the Democratic Farmer- I am proud to be a politician because I be- mission. We will still have a great deal Labor or DFL candidate for State audi- lieve strongly in democracy. My father, a tor in Minnesota, while I was its can- Jewish immigrant from Russia whose family of tough diplomatic work to do in Iraq had to move from town to town because of well after the bulk of U.S. troops leave, didate for the Senate. We both lost. czarist persecution, taught me to cherish and probably some serious security co- Eight years later, we switched. Paul free elections and the idea of ‘‘government operation as well. ran for the Senate; I ran for auditor. of, by, and for the people.’’ But I am not We will continue to devote resources We both won. In between, we officed proud of the current state of campaigns and to Iraq, without a doubt. But as it and worked together on energy and politics in our country. stands today, we have focused on Iraq economic development programs for The ethical issue in our time is that money to the exclusion of critically important the Governor of Minnesota and became has come to dominate politics and the de- mocracy my father so deeply believed in is national security priorities. And we good friends. When Paul ran for reelec- so severely compromised. Campaigns match have done so at great cost to the out- tion to the Senate in 1996, I agreed to image-makers against image-makers, poll- standing men and women of the U.S. be his finance chair. Paul hated fund- sters against pollsters, and millions of dol- military, and to their families. When I raising as much as I did, so we made lars against millions of dollars. It is a super- speak to service men and women in quite a team. Fortunately, Paul’s great ficial, trivialized politics of attack ads, ma- Wisconsin and in Iraq, and when I popularity in Minnesota and his na- nipulated advertising and 9 second sound speak to their families, their pride in tionwide reputation as champion for bites. Most importantly, money corrupts the their service is evident and it is well important, progressive causes pre- process. This is a much more serious corrup- tion than the wrongdoing of a single indi- earned. But their frustration with this vailed, and he won a decisive reelection vidual. This is the kind of corruption which open-ended commitment, with the victory. Four years later, Paul helped results in too few people having too much stop-loss orders and the multiple de- me win my election to the Senate. wealth, power, and say and too many people ployments, with the extensions and the Everyone who knew Paul and Sheila being denied a voice. It is the politics of de- uncertainties, is equally evident, and it Wellstone knows that they were ex- mocracy for the few, not democracy for the is very painful. We can do better by traordinary, unmatchable, and irre- many. them, by insisting on clarity, by insist- placeable. Marcia, Mary, Tom, and Will Paul also worked tirelessly for years ing on accountability, and by assuring were very accomplished and special in partnership with Senator DOMENICI them that we have a plan with clear people in their own rights, and their to enact mental health parity, requir- and achievable goals. losses were as searing to their families ing that mental illness be treated simi- We must stop feeding the insurgency and friends as Paul’s and Sheila’s. lar to any other illness. This important in Iraq, and focus on the fight against Senator Paul Wellstone was unique. cause pitted Senators WELLSTONE and the terrorist networks that threaten He was the leader, the heart, and the DOMENICI against very powerful and the security of the American people. A soul of Minnesota’s Democratic Party. profitable special interests—insurance timetable can make us stronger, and He had more passionately devoted fol- companies and for-profit health pro- our enemies weaker. That is the strat- lowers, supporters, and political orga- viders, whose profits increased by not egy we must pursue, and I look forward nizers than anyone else in Minnesota, providing or not paying for needed to working with colleagues here in the perhaps more than anyone in our health care services.

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The together to enact their historic legisla- ACT, 2006—Continued clerk will call the roll. tion. Tragically, the Senate effort has AMENDMENT NO. 2213 The assistant legislative clerk called lagged since Senator Wellstone’s death, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the roll. despite the present majority leader’s the previous order, there will now be 2 Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the pledge in his remarks on the Senate minutes of debate equally divided on Senator from New Jersey (Mr. CORZINE) floor of October 24, 2003 ‘‘to ensure that the motion to waive the Congressional is necessarily absent. mental health is appropriately ad- Budget Act with respect to Kennedy The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there dressed in this Congress.’’ That legisla- amendment No. 2213. any other Senators in the Chamber de- tion has not been voted on in the Sen- The Senator from Massachusetts. siring to vote? ate, either in the last session of Con- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, this The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 48, gress or in this one. amendment is a very modest amend- nays 51, as follows: It would be the best possible com- ment. It effectively adds $200 for stu- [Rollcall Vote No. 268 Leg.] memoration of Senator Wellstone’s dents who receive Pell grants. These YEAS—48 life, and the giving of his life in the are students who come from families Akaka Dorgan Lincoln service of his country, for the Senate with low incomes. Pell grants have Baucus Durbin Mikulski been a backbone of our education pol- Bayh Feingold Murray to pass that legislation and insist that Biden Feinstein Nelson (FL) it becomes law. icy and are essential to providing these Bingaman Harkin Obama There is so much more that Paul students an opportunity. Boxer Inouye Pryor Wellstone achieved, such as protecting We initially passed in the budget a Byrd Jeffords Reed $5.4 billion increase in funding for high- Cantwell Johnson Reid women and children from domestic Carper Kennedy Rockefeller abuse, on which he and his wife Sheila er education. All of that was elimi- Chafee Kerry Salazar worked closely together, and which he nated. We have an opportunity this Clinton Kohl Sarbanes afternoon to make a small difference Coleman Landrieu Schumer wanted to achieve before his life was Collins Lautenberg Snowe tragically ended. for those who receive Pell grants. Dayton Leahy Stabenow His uniqueness recalls the words of This amendment is about education. DeWine Levin Talent Ernest Hemingway: Education is about opportunity. This Dodd Lieberman Wyden Few men are willing to brave the dis- amendment is about competitiveness NAYS—51 approval of their fellows, the censure of their because in today’s global economy we Alexander Dole McCain colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral need well-educated individuals. Allard Domenici McConnell courage is a rarer quality than bravery in This amendment is about national Allen Ensign Murkowski battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one security because education is the key Bennett Enzi Nelson (NE) essential, vital quality of those who would to having a strong national security. Bond Frist Roberts seek to change a world which yields most Brownback Graham Santorum Finally, it is about fairness. Ameri- Bunning Grassley Sessions painfully to change. cans understand fairness. They believe Burns Gregg Shelby Paul Wellstone dedicated his life to in education. Burr Hagel Smith change the world for the betterment of Chambliss Hatch Specter I hope this amendment will succeed. Coburn Hutchison Stevens people. That is why he and Sheila The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cochran Inhofe Sununu meant so much to so many people in VOINOVICH). The Senator from Pennsyl- Conrad Isakson Thomas Minnesota and across the country. vania. Cornyn Kyl Thune All of us—their family, friends, and Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I agree Craig Lott Vitter Crapo Lugar Voinovich admirers—still feel their loss. They and with everything Senator KENNEDY has DeMint Martinez Warner Marcia, Mary, Tom, and Will all had so said about the importance of increas- NOT VOTING—1 much life left to live. We will cherish ing Pell grants. But the difficulty is, in them forever. adding this appropriated fund, in his ef- Corzine I close with a brief passage from Paul fort to add additional money, there is The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Wellstone’s political autobiography, no offset. We have a budget of $145 bil- vote, the yeas are 48, the nays are 51. ‘‘The Conscience of a Liberal.’’ lion. We have made the allocations as Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- When I am in coffeeshops with people, no best we can. sen and sworn not having voted in the one asks, Are you left, right or center? No Since I took over the chairmanship affirmative, the motion is rejected. one cares. What people want is that your pol- of the Appropriations subcommittee, in The point of order is sustained and the itics be about them. 1995 we have increased the Pell grants amendment falls. Tip O’Neill once declared, ‘‘All politics is on an annual basis from $2,340 to $4,050. Mr. SPECTER. I move to reconsider local.’’ But I would go further. All politics is the vote and I move to lay that motion personal. These are people who more than I would like to increase them more, but anything else yearn for a politics they can there simply is not enough money to on the table. believe in. They want politicians whom they do so. If the Senator from Massachu- The motion to lay on the table was can trust and who are at least most of the setts has a suggestion as to some other agreed to. time on their side. priority which is of lesser importance, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- With Paul Wellstone, people had the I would be glad to listen. This is a care- ator from Pennsylvania. very best on their side all of the time. fully crafted bill. Much as I would like Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I He will always be missed. May his to increase the Pell grants, there sim- thank my colleagues for their prompt life—all of their lives—be an example ply are not the funds to do so. arrival in the Chamber to vote. We had 1 and inspiration to us all. I am constrained to ask my col- an 18 ⁄2-minute vote. I don’t think we I yield the floor. leagues to support the point of order. have had too many under 20 minutes, recently, at least, so we are moving f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been ordered. right along. I thank my colleagues. RECESS Mr. KENNEDY. What is the issue be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hour fore the Senate? ator from Hawaii. of 12:30 having arrived, the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mo- AMENDMENT NO. 2222 stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. tion is to waive the Congressional Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I send an Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:32 p.m., Budget Act in relation to the Kennedy amendment to the desk and ask for its recessed until the hour of 2:16 p.m., and amendment. immediate consideration.

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SNOWE, Mr. KERRY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. HAR- The Senator from Hawaii [Mr. INOUYE], for The latest additions to the CDC cam- KIN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. DORGAN, himself, and Mr. COCHRAN, proposes an pus are now complete and include two Mr. OBAMA, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. amendment numbered 2222. new buildings dedicated to responding STABENOW, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. to public health emergencies and dis- LINCOLN, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. REID, Mr. BAYH, Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. LAUTEN- seminating information to health pro- unanimous consent that reading of the BERG, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. amendment be dispensed with. fessionals. The CDC Headquarters and SALAZAR, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Emergency Operations Center will be LUGAR, Mr. SMITH, Mr. KOHL, Mr. DODD, and objection, it is so ordered. the new home to the Office of the Di- Mr. DEWINE, proposes an amendment num- The amendment is as follows: rector, Coordinating Officer of Ter- bered 2194. (Purpose: To rename certain buildings of the rorism Preparedness and Emergency Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- centers within the Centers for Disease Con- Response, Office of Security and Emer- imous consent that reading of the trol and Prevention) gency Preparedness, and the Emer- amendment be dispensed with. At the appropriate place in title II, insert gency Operations Center. It will pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the following: vide permanent, secure, and consoli- objection, it is so ordered. SEC. ll. (a) The Headquarters and Emer- dated command and control areas for The amendment is as follows: gency Operations Center Building (Building CDC’s response to natural disasters, (Purpose: To provide for appropriations for 21) at the Centers for Disease Control and acts of terrorism, and outbreak re- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro- Prevention is hereby renamed as the Arlen sponses. It allows for CDC’s executive gram) Specter Headquarters and Emergency Oper- leadership and other critical head- ations Center. In title II, in the matter under the heading (b) The Global Communications Center quarters functions to relocate to one ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’, in Building (Building 19) at the Centers for Dis- building to allow for increased coordi- the matter under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRA- ease Control and Prevention is hereby re- nation and communication. TION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES’’, after the named as the Thomas R. Harkin Global Com- The Global Communications Center first sentence insert the following: munications Center. will support outreach and worldwide In addition to amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence, for making pay- Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, today I collaborative efforts. The center is a multifunctional, comprehensive sci- ments under title XXVI of the Omnibus rise to pay tribute to two of our most Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. distinguished colleagues, Senator entific learning facility encompassing 8621 et seq.), $2,920,000,000, which amount is ARLEN SPECTER and Senator TOM HAR- functions key to CDC’s mission and designated as an emergency requirement KIN. I wish to recognize both for their goals for public health, such as out- pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 many outstanding contributions to our reach, research, and programmatic (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution country’s disease and injury prevention foundations. The Global Communica- on the budget for fiscal year 2006. and emergency preparedness through tions Center not only provides a phys- Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- their work with the Centers for Disease ical place to bring the public health imous consent to add Senators DODD Control and Prevention. community together for training, in- and DEWINE as cosponsors. Since 1995, when Senator SPECTER formation exchange, and collaboration, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and Senator HARKIN became chair and but it is also the technological link for objection, it is so ordered. ranking member of the Labor, Health CDC employees around the globe, from Mr. REED. Mr. President, last week and Human Services, and Education Alaska to Zimbabwe. Senator COLLINS and I came to the Appropriations Subcommittee, funding It is fitting that these flagship build- floor to offer an amendment on the for the CDC has tripled, from a little ings be named for the two Senators Transportation-Treasury appropria- over $2 billion to more than $6 billion. who have led the Senate in providing tions bill to increase funding for the This funding has been used by CDC to funding for public health and research. Low-Income Home Energy Assistance achieve its mission of promoting I am pleased to offer this amendment, Program, more commonly known as health and quality of life by preventing cosponsored by my dear friend from LIHEAP. We would have increased the and controlling disease, injury, and dis- Mississippi, Senator COCHRAN, to des- appropriations to the authorized ability. ignate the two new CDC buildings as amount of $5.1 billion. With Senator the ARLEN SPECTER Headquarters and In 1999, Senators SPECTER and HAR- COLLINS’ support, and with the help of Emergency Operations Center and the KIN visited the CDC main campus in 53 other Senators, we came forward to Atlanta, GA. They were surprised to THOMAS R. HARKIN Global Communica- make a statement that in this cold tions Center. find world-class scientists and health winter that is approaching, with soar- Mr. President, the amendment has care professionals working in sub- ing energy prices, Americans needed been cleared by both sides. standard, 50-year-old buildings. They The PRESIDING OFFICER. The help and we could do better. Fifty- recognized that beyond the aesthetics, question is on agreeing to the amend- three Senators, Democrats and Repub- the facilities were hindering the ability ment. licans, northerners and southerners, of the scientists to respond to disease The amendment (No. 2222) was agreed east coasters and west coasters sup- outbreaks with the full force of modern to. ported our amendment when it came to technology. Mr. INOUYE. I move to reconsider a vote. But it failed to pass because of They set out to rebuild the infra- the vote and I move to lay that motion a procedural need to acquire 60 votes. structure of the CDC to ensure that it on the table. We, joined by 30 of our colleagues, are was capable of meeting its mission. In The motion to lay on the table was here again today to offer our amend- 1999, the budget for CDC buildings and agreed to. ment to the Labor-HHS appropriations facilities was $17 million, barely The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- bill. enough to make critical repairs, such ator from Rhode Island. Our amendment provides $2.92 billion as patching leaky roofs. However, since AMENDMENT NO. 2194 in emergency spending for the LIHEAP 2000, under the leadership of Senators Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- program. This amount, coupled with SPECTER and HARKIN, over $1.3 billion imous consent that the pending amend- the $2.18 billion in the Labor-HHS ap- has been invested in the infrastructure ment be laid aside, and I further ask propriations bill, will fully fund of the CDC. unanimous consent to call up amend- LIHEAP at the authorized level of $5.1 These funds have been used to build ment No. 2194 that is pending at the billion, a level authorized by this Con- laboratories capable of handling the desk. gress and signed into law by the Presi- most dangerous pathogens, such as The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without dent just 3 months ago. At this level, ebola, anthrax, and smallpox. The fore- objection, it is so ordered. LIHEAP will cover the full increase in

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It is imperative that publican lawmakers, though with each vote, families after Hurricane Katrina to ad- this appropriations bill provide addi- a handful of Republicans voted in favor and dress the economic disparity in our Na- tional resources to the LIHEAP pro- a few Democrats voted against. tion that literally leaves many out in gram so families are safe and warm At the same time, Republican majorities in the cold or in the dark? this winter. Congress are unrelenting in their drive to Rising energy prices could finan- As we speak, there is a storm raging pass $70 billion in new tax cuts this fall, cially wipe out working-class families in the Northeast in New England. We most of them for wealthy investors, and $35 and seniors this winter. Energy costs billion in spending cuts, most in programs expect in some parts of the region to that benefit the poor. for the average family using heating have snow this evening. Winter is com- With Congress’s priorities so obviously oil are estimated to hit $1,600 this win- ing. It is coming with a particular fe- skewed, the best chance for adequate heating ter, an increase of $380 over last win- rocity at this moment. But something subsidies this winter lies with President ter’s heating season. For families using else is already happening: Rising en- Bush. Advocates for the poor are hoping that natural gas, prices could hit about ergy prices, extraordinary increases in Mr. Bush will ask for the additional money $1,400, an increase of $500. For families in a future hurricane-related emergency using propane, prices are projected to energy prices, much of it as a result of spending request to Congress. But so far, Mr. Hurricane Katrina that struck the gulf Bush has not said whether he will ask for hit $1,400, an increase of about $325. For coast area. As I have said before, the more heating aid, and, if so, when or how families living in poverty, energy bills first surge was high water that over- much. are now over 20 percent of their income whelmed low-income people in New Or- This sad lack of urgency is seen elsewhere compared to 5 percent of the income of leans and Mississippi and Alabama and in the administration as well. Asked at a other households, more affluent house- other cities along the gulf coast. The news conference earlier this month whether holds. the administration would support bolstered In America, no one should be forced second surge is high energy prices subsidies for low-income families and the el- which are about to overwhelm many derly, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman to choose between heating or eating. individuals in the Northeast and the suggested that everyone just wait and see. ‘‘I No senior citizen should be forced to Midwest and throughout this country can’t respond to that,’’ he said, ‘‘other than choose between buying necessary phar- where the temperatures begin to fall as by saying we’re going to do our very best, maceuticals and keeping the heat up. they do this time of year. We have to first, to see what we can accomplish by the But unfortunately, low-income work- reduction in demand for energy.’’ ing Americans are facing these deci- do more to protect these people be- That’s unacceptable. Heating subsidies are cause we know it is coming. not a conservation issue. Vulnerable people sions each day, and they will become One of the lessons from Katrina is need to keep the heat on to keep from get- more dire and more consequential as that we understand that there are peo- ting sick, or worse. Such subsidies help ev- the winter approaches. ple who are vulnerable, and they have eryone by maintaining public health and The heat-or-eat dilemma is a real one to be protected before the storm hits, safety, ensuring that others don’t become ill for poor families. A study by the RAND not afterwards. This is an opportunity and spread illness, or resort to hazardous Corporation found that low-income to do that for people throughout this means of heating that can cause fires. Heat- households reduce food expenditures by ing aid for the needy is also a matter of com- roughly the same amount as their in- country who are vulnerable this winter mon decency, which ordinary Americans are to rising energy prices and falling tem- entirely capable of, though not, so far, their crease in heating expenditures. That is peratures. elected leaders. an awful tradeoff, one that I don’t I particularly thank Senators SPEC- Mr. REED. The editorial says that think any American would like to see TER and HARKIN for their strong sup- our congressional priorities are take place. The Social Security Administration port of the LIHEAP program. I realize skewed, and I agree. As the editorial recently announced its cost-of-living the difficult choices they faced this points out, Members of Congress are year in determining spending limits for continuing an unrelenting drive to pass adjustment for 2006 for seniors. The the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. I $70 billion in new cuts this fall in COLA is about a $65-per-month in- appreciate their support for this taxes, most of them for wealthy inves- crease for the average retired couple. amendment to add emergency spending tors, and to cut $35 billion in spending, But with this winter’s energy prices, for LIHEAP. mostly in programs that benefit the that increase will be wiped out in an On Saturday, the New York Times poor. The vulnerable people need to instant. So we have to do better. Even printed an editorial titled ‘‘Washing- keep the heat on to keep from getting at a funding level of $5.1 billion, ton’s Cold Shoulder.’’ I ask unanimous sick, becoming homeless, or worse. LIHEAP would still only serve about consent that a copy of the editorial be Because of our budget rules, we are one-seventh of the 35 million house- printed in the RECORD. prevented from getting a straight up- holds that are poor enough to qualify There being no objection, the mate- or-down majority vote on our amend- for assistance. So we are just talking rial was ordered to be printed in the ment to provide assistance to seniors, about serving the very neediest in our RECORD, as follows: low-income working families, and dis- community. This is a program that, [From the New York Times, Oct. 22, 2005] abled individuals. This amendment will frankly, could use many more dollars WASHINGTON’S COLD SHOULDER ensure that they will be protected from to serve every qualified individual. We The weather is turning cold, and home the ravages of the cold this winter: aid are just reaching the neediest among heating fuel is increasingly unaffordable. that will ensure children will not be- us. If we don’t pass this appropriations, The Energy Department recently reported come ill or malnourished, aid that will we won’t even reach those individuals. that households should expect to pay 48 per- ensure families do not resort to haz- I urge all my colleagues to join us to cent more this year for natural gas, on aver- ardous means of heating that can cause secure $2.9 billion in additional age, and nearly a third more for oil and pro- fires. Unfortunately and regrettably, LIHEAP funding and pass this amend- pane—assuming a ‘‘normal’’ winter and no ment. I urge an up-or-down vote on the further supply disruptions like Katrina. every heating season there is a terrible In and of themselves, those increases will incident where some poor person de- amendment. As a nation, we must step be too much for an estimated seven million cides their stove can provide them back and evaluate our priorities. Amer- low-income Americans, including old people, some heat, and they leave it on, caus- ican families are facing an energy disabled people and families with children. ing a fire with tragic consequences. I emergency. If we can find money for On top of gasoline prices that are already hope that will not be the case this tax cuts, then we can find funds for high and wages that are stagnating, the ris- year. If we don’t provide support for LIHEAP. Now is not the time to sac- ing cost of heating fuel is bound to be dev- these families, they have very little rifice the health and safety of Amer- astating. ican families. We must prioritize, and Yet Congress is balking at approving an choice in many cases, other than to im- additional $3 billion in federal heating sub- provised heat, and that often leads to the priorities start with providing af- sidies that would help meet the coming need. tragedy. fordable energy to low-income and (Lawmakers allocated $2 billion to the sub- As the New York Times editorial middle-class Americans as they strug- sidy program last summer, before Hurricanes states: Heating aid for the needy is a gle with extraordinary increases in

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That price, the $2.50 price, is some 60 growing elderly population, and ever- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I am cents above last year’s already high increasing home heating costs, will pleased to join with my colleague and prices. These high prices greatly in- make this program crucial. The friend from Rhode Island, Senator crease the need for assistance and at LIHEAP program fills the gap for the REED, in offering an amendment that least 3,000 additional Mainers are ex- poorest and most vulnerable of our would increase funding for the Low-In- pected to apply for LIHEAP assistance citizens, allowing them the sanctuary come Home Energy Assistance Pro- this year. With more people in need of of a warm home, something to which gram, commonly known as LIHEAP, by help, the benefit is expected to fall by each and every American is entitled. $2.9 billion. I want to begin my re- roughly 10 percent, to about $440 per More than 130,000 households benefit marks by thanking the manager of this qualifying household. from this program in my State. House- bill, Senator SPECTER, for his strong Unfortunately, at today’s high holds, including many in West Vir- commitment to the LIHEAP program. prices, $440 is only enough to purchase ginia, that heat with natural gas are Despite difficult budgetary constraints, approximately 173 gallons of oil. That expected to pay an average of $350, or the chairman has found an additional is far below last year’s equivalent ben- 48 percent, more for home heating this $200 million in LIHEAP funding above efit of 251 gallons and not nearly winter than last. This increase will the administration’s request, bringing enough, not even close, to what will be leave many West Virginians even more the total to approximately $2.2 billion. needed by these families to get through vulnerable and forced to make tough I do recognize and very much appre- Maine’s winter. choices. Therefore, I support this amendment, ciate that effort. With rising prices and falling bene- as I have when it has been previously Unfortunately, even with this addi- fits, we have a real problem. To pur- offered on other fiscal year 2006 Appro- tional funding, we are still far short of chase the same amount of oil as last priations bills. I cannot stand by and the amount of funding that is needed year, Maine would need an additional for this vital program. Just a few let the throes of winter leave the most $10.8 million in LIHEAP funding. With vulnerable in my State out in the cold, months ago, President Bush signed winter fast approaching and energy and I urge my colleagues to support it. into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005. prices soaring, home heating bills are IRAQ This law, which passed the Senate with set to pound family budgets merci- an overwhelming vote, authorizes $5.1 Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, press re- lessly. For low-income families, ports today indicate that the number billion for the LIHEAP program for fis- LIHEAP funds can be a factor that pre- of American troops killed in Iraq has cal year 2006. The Reed-Collins amend- vents them from having to choose be- now reached 2,000—2,000. This is an- ment would increase LIHEAP funding tween turning down the heat to the other tragic milestone in this costly to the fully authorized level. point where they are at risk for hypo- and unnecessary war in which too Our Nation has now been struck by thermia or putting food on the table, much blood—too much blood, too much three extremely powerful hurricanes in paying their bills or buying prescrip- blood—has already been spilled. And I as many months. While these hurri- tion drugs. offer my deepest sympathies to the canes have been devastating to the peo- Surely we can do better to help those brave men and women who have given ple of Florida and the gulf coast, they who otherwise will truly suffer during their lives—that is everything. They have also had a major impact on the the winter months. have given their lives. They have given rest of the Nation. Just as the Nation I call upon all of our colleagues to their all, everything, their lives—most should be building oil supplies for the join us in this amendment or surely it of these young lives in their 20s or winter heating season, these hurri- will be too late to help those who are thereabouts—given their lives in self- canes have disrupted our already going to be in dire straits this winter. less dedication to service—2,000—2,000 strained supplies and sent the cost of Let us act now to provide the funding men and women given their lives in both home heating oil and gasoline, as that is so sorely needed. dedication to our Nation. See the well as natural gas, to painfully high I thank the Chair. empty chairs. Two thousand, 2,000 levels. Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have empty chairs at the table, 2,000. How While high energy prices pose a chal- been around the Senate for a long time, many hearts have been broken? How lenge for almost all Americans, they and I have been serving West Virginia many tears have been spilled? I offer to impose an especially difficult burden for a long time. I have seen many sea- these families my prayers that God, al- on low-income families and our elderly sons in my time in this Senate, and I mighty God, may comfort them in citizens who are living on limited in- know that with each season comes its their grief over the loss of their be- comes. Low-income families spend a challenges. There is strength and beau- loved husbands, wives, sons or daugh- greater percentage of their incomes on ty in West Virginia winters, but the ters, brothers or sisters. heating their homes, and they have impacts of recent hurricanes and other As we mourn the losses that have al- fewer options available as energy energy challenges will test our ability ready occurred in the war in Iraq, prices soar. High energy prices can to meet our needs this coming season. Americans should be mindful that all even cause families to choose between These colder temperatures mean that indications are that there will be many keeping the heat on, putting food on West Virginians and Americans in more losses to come—many more losses their table, or buying much-needed pre- many regions of this country will be to come, yes, in the most dangerous, scription drugs. In our country, the struggling to heat their homes. I know, the most dangerous country in the most prosperous country on Earth, as winter approaches, many West Vir- world, the most violent country in the surely no family should have to make ginians will be faced with tough world. How would you like your sons or such terrible choices. choices about whether to use their pay- grandsons or granddaughters to go? I believe our amendment reflects a checks to heat their homes, to fill their And for what? For what? They did not realistic appraisal of the need for more cars with gasoline, or to buy winter ask to be sent to war. They were assistance in this program. Let me clothes for their children. I sympathize young. They had life ahead of them. briefly describe the situation that we with those who have to make these Oh, the lofty horizons they had, the are facing in my State of Maine, a tough choices, and these hard-working great dreams they had—the dreams, State where snow is predicted for later Americans deserve some measure of re- the dreams, yes, the dreams, of these today. While the official start of winter lief. young men and women—2,000—2,000— is still 2 months away, temperatures I strongly support the Reed/Collins 2,000. They did not ask to be sent to have already fallen below freezing in amendment. We need to fully fund the war, I say.

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I said you will never get it be- to God to save their sons and daugh- President the power to declare war hind us. This man down at the White ters, to send them home safely. What a against Iraq. And for what? For what? House is not going to let it get behind terrible thing. Why did we go there? Well, there are us. He has you right where he wants It is only reasonable that the Amer- all kinds of reasons now they bring but you. ican people and their elected represent- then it was because there were to be Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, will atives, like you—like you, yes, and like found weapons of mass destruction. the Senator yield on that point? me—ask more questions, questions, Mr. Rumsfeld said: Oh, we know Mr. BYRD. Yes, I will be glad to yield more questions, yes. Why? Oh, why? where they are; they are in the north, for a question. Why? Why? How much longer, how long they are in the south, the east and Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I do we have to suffer? How long do our west. We know where they are. thank the Senator for addressing the young people have to look forward to Well, where are they, Mr. Secretary? Senate on this very grim day that this dreadful trap? Where are they? Where are they? Two marks the loss of the 2,000th young I was alarmed last week when Sec- thousand men and women, one for American in Iraq. I welcome my mem- retary of State Condoleezza Rice was every year that has passed since Jesus ory being refreshed by the Senator’s asked at a hearing of the Senate For- Christ was born—2,000, 2,000. And for very eloquent statements about what eign Relations Committee about the what? took place at that time and subse- President’s ability to initiate another But that resolution was limited to quently about his policy differences, war. Specifically, Secretary Rice was Iraq alone. It had no mention of Iran, which I share so deeply. asked whether the President must seek no mention of Syria. That resolution While the Senator said we should cannot possibly authorize a new war a new congressional authorization if he wait, does the Senator not think it against Syria or Iran. Our troops are so were to attack Syria or Iran. Secretary might have been appropriate that we deeply mired in this sectarian conflict Rice responded: give the inspectors adequate time to in Iraq, what point could there possibly complete their inspection prior to the I don’t want to try and circumscribe Presi- be in contemplating an attack on Syria dential war powers. time we were going to have the troops or Iran? Why did Secretary Rice dis- begin the invasion? How about that. miss the notion that the President I don’t want to try and circumscribe Presi- As members of the Armed Services must first come to Congress if he wish- Committee, we were told that we were dential war powers. And I think you’ll under- es to broaden this war to new coun- stand fully that the President retains those transferring the information Don powers in the war on terrorism and in the tries—unless our country is under the Rumsfeld had to the inspectors. Under direct threat of an imminent attack. war on Iraq. the excellent questioning of the Sen- Then a President has the inherent con- I am astounded, I am flabbergasted, I ator from Michigan, Mr. LEVIN, Sec- stitutional power to move to war. am astonished by that response. The retary Rumsfeld was asked about the The American people seek an end, Secretary of State seems to indicate they seek an end, they want an end to information that would be transferred that she believes this President or any this ongoing bloody war in Iraq, not to the inspectors, and he gave the as- other President has the power to rede- new conflicts in neighboring countries. surance to the Armed Services Com- fine the war in Iraq and the war on ter- For the sake of the Constitution— mittee that this was a continuing, on- rorism—and that power that appears in here it is in my hand—for the sake of going process in which we were in- the Constitution of the United States: the Constitution, for the sake of the volved. Then we found out subse- Congress shall have power to declare American people—there they are. I see quently that there was no transfer of war—has the power to redefine the war them out there through those elec- information. There was no transfer of in Iraq and the war on terrorism to in- tronic lenses. Yes, there they are, out information because, as the Senator clude a possible attack on Syria or into the mountains, the Appalachians, has pointed out, those weapons had not Iran. then the Midwest, then the Rockies, been there. But that information was Think of it. Mr. President, Congress then the west coast. They are all over never shared with the Members of this made a grave mistake, Congress made there, the American people—and for body. There was never an effort to try a grave mistake—what a blot on the es- the brave members of the U.S. Armed to see whether the international in- cutcheon of the Senate—when it voted Forces, the President should publicly spectors could find what the Secretary to pass the resolution which trans- acknowledge that there will be no ex- of Defense swore to, effectively, about ferred to the President the power to de- pansion of the war in Iraq, none, no ex- the weapons of mass destruction—and clare war against Iraq. What a shame. pansion, without the authorization of the Senator used the words north, What a shame. What a mistake. Oh, Congress. That is us. That is us, Mem- south, east, and west, which are very my, what a mistake. What a mistake. bers of the House and Senate. Not one much the words the Secretary of De- What a shame. And this Senate for the man, not one body. Two bodies, the fense used. He assured the American most part stood mute—mute, mute, si- House and the Senate, the Congress of people he knew where they were. lent, speechless. the United States. Mr. BYRD. Yes. Congress made a grave mistake on There must be no more mission Mr. KENNEDY. We understood they October 11, 2002, in passing the resolu- creep. There must be no more billions were going to notify the inspectors and tion that transferred to the President, committed. There must be no more give assurances to the American peo- any President, the power—how about lives lost without authorization by the ple. Doesn’t the Senator believe it that, the power—that is not what this people’s representatives in Congress, would have been appropriate at least if Constitution says. This Constitution, including an open debate and an up-or- we had waited until that kind of proc- which I hold in my hand, says that down vote. That is what I pleaded for. ess continued and we find out whether Congress—that is us, the people’s rep- That is what some of us pleaded for. weapons of mass destruction were resentatives, here and across on the That is what some of us pleaded for— there or were not there? That is part of other side of the Capitol—Congress debate, time, talk, wait, wait until the waiting, is it not? shall have power to declare war. But after the election; let’s hear what the Mr. BYRD. Absolutely, positively. what did Congress do? Congress shifted people have to say and then come back Mr. KENNEDY. I thank the Senator that power to declare war, tucked its and talk about it. No, it had to be done for reminding us about that period in tail between its legs, so to speak, and in a hurry; we have to get it behind us. history. I gather from what the Sen- walked off the field, threw its sword in The Senator from Massachusetts and ator is saying, with all the mistakes the sand and walked off the field, rel- the Senator from New Jersey and the and blunders that have been made—

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And that they need the preceding sentence, for making pay- Administration, home heating bills to have a real policy that is going to ments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. will soar this winter. Households heat- reflect how we can bring those brave 8621 et seq.), $2,920,000,000, which amount is ing primarily with natural gas will pay American service men and women designated as an emergency requirement an average of $350 more this winter for home with honor. pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 heat—an increase of an incredible 48 Mr. BYRD. Yes. (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution percent over last year. Those relying Mr. KENNEDY. And do it in a way of on the budget for fiscal year 2006. primarily on oil for heat will pay $378 which we can all be proud. Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- more—an increase of 32 percent. Mr. BYRD. Yes, yes. I thank the dis- imous consent to add Senator BYRD to The people most in need of help on tinguished Senator for his very appro- amendment No. 2194. this issue are the 37 million Americans priate observations. The U.N. inspec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without living in poverty today—including 13 tors were doing their job. They were objection, it is so ordered. million children. According to a recent finding certain weapons, and they were The Senator from Pennsylvania. report by Economic Opportunity Stud- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I be- disposing of them. With some more ies, families in poverty will owe an av- lieve the amendment which has been time—I believe it was the top inspec- erage of 25 percent of their entire in- offered by the Senator from Rhode Is- tor, his name was Blix—he said: We can come for their energy bills this winter. do this job; it may take some months. land and the Senator from Maine is one The Federal poverty guideline is of necessity. It is regrettable that fuel We could have done that and saved $16,090 for a family of three. That costs have grown so high, occasioned 2,000 men and women. Oh, what a means that $4,022 will be spent on home by a great many factors, one of which shame. The inspectors were doing their energy bills, leaving only 12,000 or is what has happened with Hurricane job. $1,000 a month for expenses the entire Katrina and the elevation of oil, the Let me hurry on. Too many lives year. elevation of natural gas prices. have already been lost. A family whose rent is $800 a month Mr. KENNEDY. Will the Senator This issue of low-income home en- ergy assistance, LIHEAP, has been a would have only $200 left. For a house- yield? I don’t want to interrupt his hold of three, that’s only $63 per person comments here, they are so important, difficult matter for this subcommittee for the 24 years I have been on the sub- per month for food, clothing, and but has the Senator, in his following of health care. this issue, been able to detect any plan, committee because it poses such a drastic alternative for so many people. Mr. President, 46 million Americans any strategy that has come from the lack health insurance in this country. administration from which he believes The comment ‘‘heat or eat’’ is a very accurate one. That really is the choice If such families have a health emer- the American people can gain great gency and no health insurance, their satisfaction that we are headed in the for so many, especially the elderly. I have supported funding for LIHEAP in annual income could be further right direction? Does he know of any strapped. plan or program, any strategy that the past, and I believe it is accurately characterized as an emergency. What if the family owns a car so they would result in the opportunity to I say that recognizing the very can get to and from work? More money bring those service men and women heavy, burdensome obligations the will be needed to pay the high cost of home with honor? Federal Government has and that gasoline and to make monthly car and Mr. BYRD. There has been none. spending is a very major issue. But insurance payments. There is none. There has been none. I when it comes down to the exigencies Since many families live below the see only a huge black hole. No plan. No of this moment where we have appro- Federal poverty line, they will have plan. No plan. No vision. We are there priated so much money to help the vic- even less money left for other needs with no vision, and people perish and tims of Hurricane Katrina, we are talk- after they pay to heat their homes. they perish. ing about brothers and sisters of those A recent study by researchers from Too many lives have already been victims of people who live in Rhode Is- Stanford University, the University of lost in pursuit of this nefarious doc- land or New Hampshire or Maine or Chicago, the RAND Corporation, and trine of preemption, unconstitutional Pennsylvania or so many States in the UCLA found that when poor families’ on its face—on its face. How can there Union. So I will be supporting the heating bills go up during cold winter be a congressional debate if one man amendment Senator REED and Senator months, they reduce their spending on may decide when to hit, where to hit? COLLINS have offered. food. I urge the administration to turn away I have been advised that there will be LIHEAP, the Low-Income Home En- from that dangerous doctrine of pre- an alternative amendment put forward ergy Assistance program, was created emptive war and adhere to the require- to have an across-the-board cut. I do two decades ago to prevent low-income ments of the Constitution of these not think that is the better answer to families from being forced to make United States, to which we all swear an the issue, but I wanted to put that on these impossible tradeoffs. Yet Federal oath to support and defend the Con- the record so that if we move ahead funding for LIHEAP has been stagnant stitution of the United States against with the yeas and nays, we will hold off for over a decade, even as the need for all enemies foreign and domestic. Lord, on the vote perhaps to vote on them assistance has risen sharply. As a re- Lord, help us. May God bless these men side by side, if there is not a second-de- sult, the purchasing power of LIHEAP and women who gave their lives, and gree amendment. We will see what we assistance, adjusted for inflation, is God bless their families who mourn sort out on procedure. now only a little over half of what it them every day, every night, and there I thought it important as manager on was in 1982. is no end in sight. May God help this this side that I make this statement Thirty-three million households are Nation. which I have. I yield the floor. eligible for LIHEAP assistance. These Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- households will spend nearly $55 billion The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ator from Massachusetts. in energy costs. Yet the LIHEAP pro- COLEMAN). The Senator from Rhode Is- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I gram is funded at only $2 billion. land. know we are going to pause at 3:40 p.m. According to the National Energy AMENDMENT NO. 2194, AS MODIFIED My friend and colleague from New Jer- Assistance Directors’ Association, Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- sey has an important statement, but he LIHEAP assistance reached 5 million imous consent to modify my amend- is letting me proceed. families this year—the highest level in

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There is one in the Longworth tis Hall Community Center in Boston, don’t intend to leave them shivering in House Office Building in front of the of- MA, with Mayor Menino. I heard first the cold again this winter. That is why fice of Representatives RAHM EMANUEL hand about the extreme need for home I strongly support the Reed-Collins and WALTER JONES. I encourage my energy assistance among senior citi- amendment to add $2.9 billion to the colleagues to visit these memorials and zens. LIHEAP program. We need to increase pay tribute to these troops. Last winter, Eileen Duggan, a widow LIHEAP funding now to avoid real As we reach this grim milestone from Jamaica Plain in Boston, kept harm to real people this winter, and I today, it is critical that we examine her oven on high and wore several lay- urge my colleagues to support this the situation we are facing in Iraq. The ers of clothing because her time-worn amendment. President made a speech today. We furnace was inadequate to provide I urge our colleagues to listen to our heard it on TV. He basically said let’s enough heat. She started buying less colleagues not only from New England, keep on doing what we are doing. We food so that she could use her small from the Northeast, but other parts of heard the usual rhetoric about spread- monthly budget to pay her heating bill. the country in urging favorable consid- ing freedom. Despite her best efforts, she still eration of this amendment. I join them I do not think we need any more slo- couldn’t pay that bill, and last April, in saying I have seen the faces of too gans. I remember the President’s slo- with the New England winter chill still many senior citizens, too many elderly gan on the aircraft carrier when he in the air, she asked the utility com- people who are on fixed incomes. I have said, ‘‘Mission accomplished.’’ Mission pany to stop sending her oil. ‘‘I told seen their fear about what is going to accomplished? The President declared the oil man: ‘Don’t give me anymore. I happen in their homes and the hard, that major combat operations were can’t afford it,’ ’’ she said. difficult choices they are going to have over. This was in May 2003. Since then Other low-income families have also to make this winter unless we provide we have lost 1,855 of our people. been sharing their stories. One example this assistance. This assistance is des- As the debacle on the aircraft carrier involves a single mother who lives in perately needed for our region of the proved, slogans are only as good as the Haverhill, MA, with her 18-year-old son country. It is Katrina in a very real banners they are written on. But we who is handicapped, her 19-year-old way. Like Katrina, it is an emergency don’t need more slogans. We need a daughter, and her daughter’s child who in terms of heating homes. I hope we plan. We need a plan that will provide has a medical condition. Both mother can get favorable consideration of the relief to our troops so they are not and daughter work as school bus mon- amendment. shouldering all of the burdens in Iraq. itors, and they have little or no income The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The President and his team ignored the over the summer. Their rent is $950 a ator from New Jersey. wise advice of the State Department month. Their last gas bill was $1,729. IRAQ and alienated our usual allies before Because they couldn’t pay the bill, Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, the war, and did it with incredible ar- their gas was shut off last winter. Even this is a grim moment for America: rogance and ineptitude. if they qualify for $600 in LIHEAP as- 2,000 of our young courageous people Last year, President Bush scolded my sistance, the gas company may still have perished in Iraq—2,000. From the colleague Senator KERRY, while debat- refuse to reconnect their service, un- years 1961 to 1965—those are the years ing this issue, alleging that Senator less the family comes up with another in Vietnam—we got over 2,000 death KERRY forgot—I put this in quotes— $400 to $800 towards their debt. notices sent to homes across the coun- ‘‘forgot Poland.’’ But even Poland is Millions of low-income Americans set try. There is a lot of pain across the pulling out of Iraq now. With the ex- their thermostats at just 60 degrees or country, yes, for those who lost loved ception of British troops in Basra, we even lower—if their heat is still on— ones, but across this Nation of ours are essentially going it alone across while Congress, the administration, people are wondering what is it, when the rest of Iraq. As our troops go it and the vast majority of us rest con- do we get to see our people coming alone, they have to live with President tent in warm homes. Yet the Bush ad- back home, because it certainly does Bush’s taunt to our enemies when he ministration and the Republican Con- not have the appearance of a matter re- said: ‘‘Bring ‘em on. Bring ‘em on.’’ gress do nothing year after year. solved. Mr. President, have they sufficiently Time and time again I have stood on I have often thought that some me- brought them on? That was said in the Senate floor urging Congress to morial should be present in this body July of 2003. open its eyes to the needs of the poor. as these casualty numbers are re- What the troops on the ground need It is shameful that after the Presi- ported. But as we were denied the op- is less talk and more of a plan that de- dent and the Republican Congress froze portunity to have some reminders of fines our specific goals. They want to LIHEAP funds through the continuing this catastrophe displayed in the Ro- know exactly how many Iraqi troops resolution, they continue to tune out tunda or a busier place, I decided to need to be trained before our soldiers the pleas of low-income families who put a memorial to those lost in Iraq at can begin to come home. We hear sto- need home heating assistance. the front door to my office. I have been ries about these trained battalions, Last week, the Republican leadership overwhelmed by the interest shown by trained units that are made up of Iraqi decided to use a procedural maneuver passers-by. soldiers. But when you get the other once again to block emergency funding We have their pictures up there and side, people who have knowledge from for LIHEAP. Almost every Democratic their names and the communities they the front, they tell us there are far Senator supported this additional re- come from. There are more numbers fewer Iraqis trained than are presented lief, but Republican Senators over- coming. We update the list regularly, to us from the administration. whelmingly opposed it, and it was de- the pictures regularly. Every casualty What we hear from President Bush feated. is a life cut short, families torn apart. over and over again is that we need to There is no excuse for the Republican Outside my office we have this memo- complete the mission. But we are not majority to look the other way—but rial to the fallen heroes. You look at told what the mission is. they do. They continue to ignore fami- those faces and see how young are the Today, I hope every American will lies who lie awake at night worrying people who died. pause and reflect on the price that has how to make ends meet. They refuse to When I started the Senate memorial been paid by our very brave service acknowledge the parents who worry, I hoped major combat would soon be people. Their courage is above ques- day after day, week after week, month over and our casualties would be mini- tion—but the administration’s policy after month, how to feed their children mal or eliminated, but major combat in Iraq is not. The American people

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It was very telling, early on in this their lives for the cause of freedom and They are the best of America, and we conflict, when the administration for the security of their fellow Ameri- are proud of each one. Although I dis- banned the photography of flag-draped cans. We owe them a deep debt of grati- agree with the President about Iraq, I coffins coming back to our shores from tude for their courage, for their valor, honor the service and sacrifice and Iraq. Imagine banning that demonstra- for their strength, for their commit- dedication of each of these brave men tion of honor and tribute—a flag- ment to our country. They heard the and women. draped coffin, based upon the fact that call of duty and they took the fight to Our Armed Forces are serving ably in it might disturb the privacy of the the enemy so that the enemy would Iraq under enormously difficult cir- family while they greet the coffin. not strike us here at home. These cumstances and the policy of our Gov- Families don’t come to Dover, DE, brave men and women join a pantheon ernment must be worthy of their sac- where the coffins are carried off the of heroes who have fought and died rifice. Unfortunately, it is not, and the airplanes. There is a mortuary where over the years for our country. American people know it. remains are often identified and mo- Because of their determination, Sad- Our soldiers in Iraq need more than ments of privacy provided for the fami- dam Hussein now faces a trial for his happy talk about progress from the President. They need more than a pub- lies. But they banned these tributes to life; because of their resolve, the Iraqi people are exercising their right to lic relations campaign. heroes who served our country. The ad- They need an effective plan to end ministration argued about the privacy self-rule. And today, because of their bravery, today Iraq has a new constitu- the violence, and stabilize Iraq, so they matter. It is a red herring. Of course can come home with dignity and honor. the funerals are private. But at issue tion, a historic milestone on the march toward freedom and the fight against Reality is hard medicine to swallow. was the return of these caskets to Facts are stubborn. As the Valerie Dover Air Force Base. terror. Our hearts do go out to all the fami- Plame case makes increasingly clear, Why do I talk about it? Because it is the administration stopped at nothing an attempt to hide the real pain and lies who have lost loved ones on the battlefield as well as the thousands of to cover up its misguided and dishonest sacrifice that is being made in this war decision to go to war, and our service- in Iraq. They do not want the Amer- men and women who have been injured. Their valor, their courage are a shining men and women, their families, and ican people to see flag-draped coffin friends are paying an unacceptable after flag-draped coffin because it re- example to all. We owe them our deep- est respect. We offer our continued sup- price. They deserve better—much bet- minds us about what is taking place. ter from their President and so does Presidents Reagan and Clinton pub- port and our continued prayers. We pledge to stand firm in the war on ter- the Nation. licly met flag-draped coffins on the It was wrong for the President to ror. We will accomplish the mission to tarmac at Dover. But under this Presi- rush to war for such a deeply question- secure a free and prosperous Iraq and, dent we cannot even take pictures of able cause. President Bush once said in turn, secure the freedom and safety them. that the war in Iraq was a catastrophic of America. We should honor, not hide, flag- success. He’s half right in one sense. We will persevere and we will win— draped coffins. They are a symbol of The war has been a catastrophe—for for our heroes in uniform; for the the respect, honor, and dignity our fall- our soldiers and their families, for the en heroes deserve. Today we honor the United States of America. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The war on terrorism, and for America’s 2,000 heroes who sacrificed their lives Democratic leader. standing in the world. It has made the for our country. Mr. REID. Mr. President, this is a United States more hated in the world I urge the President to pay tribute to solemn occasion, to have the Senate than at any other time in our history. their memory by offering this country Beyond the cost in human lives and stand in silence in respect for the sac- a concise, realistic plan that will allow to our national security, there has rifices made by the fighting men and us finally to transfer power to Iraqis been an enormous financial cost. women of this country. Our thoughts and bring our troops home. American taxpayers are spending $195 go out, not only to the lives of these I yield the floor. million each day in Iraq. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest individuals but to their families. This For the cost of fighting the war in the absence of a quorum. is only a small token of what we can do Iraq for one day, we could make signifi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to recognize the sacrifices they have cant improvements in homeland secu- clerk will call the roll. made, leaving behind their sons and rity. The legislative clerk proceeded to daughters, the husbands and wives and We could provide 4 million American call the roll. friends. We all have been touched by households with emergency readiness Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask the deaths of these 2,000 in one way or kits. We could close the crisis commu- unanimous consent the order for the the other. nications technology gap for 41 small quorum call be rescinded. It is my prayer that the sacrifices cities, 36 mid-sized cities, or 6 large cit- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without made will prove to have been war- ies, so that Federal, State and local objection, it is so ordered. ranted. first responders can talk to one an- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I know I am grateful to my colleagues for other during an emergency. the chairman is eager to make further being here today on both sides of the We could purchase 780 fire trucks for progress on the underlying bill, and aisle, and I am grateful to Senator improving local emergency response therefore we will be brief. FRIST who has joined in this moment of capabilities, and we could employ 5,000 A number of Senators have come to silence. It is something that I will re- fire fighters, 4,000 police patrol officers, the floor over the course of today to member, and I hope we all do. or 7,000 paramedics and emergency express their thoughts or feelings or Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, as of medical technicians for one year each. emotions or sympathies for the fami- today, 2,000 American soldiers have For the cost of fighting the war in lies of the over 2,000 military dead in been killed in combat in Iraq. Iraq one day, we could double the Fed- Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since last January’s election in Iraq, eral budget for nuclear reactor safety At this point, I ask the Senate now we have lost 565 American soldiers; 74 and security inspections to ensure that proceed to a moment of silence in of those soldiers have been killed in these potential terrorist targets are honor of our fallen soldiers. October—an average of three a day. An adequately protected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- additional 15,220 have been wounded, We could pay for 1,100 additional bor- ate will now proceed to a moment of si- and more than 7,000 of whom were un- der patrol agents to better guard our lence in honor of our fallen soldiers. able to return to combat. borders against potential terrorists.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11801 We could provide 9,700 port container HEALTH CARE minds us, this administration took us inspection units to detect hazardous One day in Iraq could provide health insur- to war on false intelligence, materials being trafficked into the ance coverage to 344,500 working Americans misstatements, and exaggerations. country. to give them a break from the rising cost of This administration told the Amer- Obviously, the $195 million a day we coverage. ican people that we had no other op- spend in Iraq could be better spent on One day in Iraq could provide health insur- tion but to go to war because the re- the all-important areas of jobs, edu- ance coverage for one year to 380,900 unin- sured children in America. gime of Saddam Hussein posed a threat cation, and health care, which the Sen- One day in Iraq could employ 3,597 addi- to the security of the United States. ate is debating today. Instead of spend- tional registered nurses for one year. However, no weapons of mass destruc- ing those funds in Iraq, we could spend One day in Iraq could immunize every per- tion have been found, and there was no them on better teachers, better finan- son over 65 in the U.S. against influenza 4.6 serious link between Iraq and al-Qaida. cial aid for college students, better times over. The administration also provided health care for families, and countless One day in Iraq could immunize every baby rosy scenarios and false expectations other priorities whose budgets are born in the U.S. last year against measles, about how the United States would be mumps, and rubella 14.2 times. being cut back because of Iraq. I ask greeted as liberators in Iraq and how unanimous consent that a document LABOR the war would be brief. In fact, Sec- I’ve prepared outlining the various One day in Iraq could provide unemploy- retary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ac- ways $195 million dollars a day could be ment benefits for almost 722,000 unemployed tually said in February 2003 that the Americans for one week. spent on pressing priorities at home be One day in Iraq could fund Social Security war ‘‘could last six days, six weeks. I printed in the RECORD. retirement benefits for one day for over 6.75 doubt six months.’’ Instead of covering up mistakes in million Americans. Yet here we are, 21⁄2 years later, la- Iraq, it is time for the President to One day in Iraq could provide comprehen- menting the death of the 2,000th soldier admit them, to adopt an effective sive safety and health training to 121,875 in Iraq. Of those 2,000 soldiers, 464 of strategy to end this war and begin to workers. these soldiers were either from Cali- bring our troops home, and to stop ig- One day in Iraq could pay for an increase fornia or based in California. noring the very real priorities facing of $3.34 per hour in the wages of every min- Even as attacks on American soldiers the Nation and the many many chal- imum wage worker in the country. One day in Iraq could provide paid sick continue, the administration refuses to lenges facing us at home and abroad. leave to half a million workers for an entire level with the American people. In May There being no objection, the mate- year. 2005, Vice President CHENEY proclaimed rial was ordered to be printed in the BASIC NEEDS that: ‘‘I think the level of activity that RECORD, as follows: One day in Iraq could buy 71.55 million gal- we see today in Iraq from a military THE REAL COST OF THE IRAQ WAR TO lons of unleaded regular gasoline. standpoint, I think will clearly decline. AMERICAN TAXPAYERS—$195 MILLION PER DAY One day in Iraq could pay for one year’s I think they’re in the last throes, if For the cost of fighting the war in Iraq for gasoline consumption for 97,500 Americans, you will, of the insurgency.’’ one day, we could . . . even at today’s elevated prices. Since that day—since Vice President HOMELAND SECURITY One day in Iraq could buy 63.1 million gal- CHENEY told us that violence was com- One day in Iraq could provide 3.97 million lons of fortified whole milk. ing to an end in Iraq—more than 300 households with an emergency readiness kit. One day in Iraq could buy 166.6 million car- Americans have lost their lives. And One day in Iraq could close the financing tons of large Grade A Eggs sold by the dozen. the violence continues to escalate. gap for interoperable communications in 41 INTERNATIONAL small cities, 36 mid-sized cities, or 6 large Today we do not just lament the One day in Iraq is equivalent to half of the cities so that Federal, State and local first strategic disaster in Iraq, the loss of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the coun- responders can talk to one another during an U.S. credibility around the world, and try of East Timor. emergency. One day in Iraq could feed all of the starv- the overwhelming costs to the Amer- One day in Iraq could purchase 780 fire ing children in the world today almost four ican taxpayer. Above all, we mourn the trucks for improving local emergency re- and a half times over. tragic deaths of 2,000 young Americans. sponse capabilities. One day in Iraq could employ 4,919 fire One day in Iraq could vaccinate three- These men and women voluntarily fighters, 4,222 police patrol officers, or 7,052 quarters of the children in Africa for measles put their lives on the line to defend us paramedics and emergency medical techni- and give millions a lifetime protection from when they put on the uniform of the cians for one year each. the disease. United States Armed Forces. They put One day in Iraq could double the Federal One day in Iraq could build 5,571 AIDS clin- their trust in the Government that we ics in Africa. budget for nuclear reactor safety and secu- would only send them to war if there rity inspections to ensure that these poten- One day in Iraq could provide 650,000 women in Africa living with HIV/AIDS was no other recourse. tial terrorist targets are adequately pro- In rushing to war, in twisting and re- tected. antiretroviral treatment for one year to ex- One day in Iraq could pay for 1,101 addi- tend their lives and improve the lives of vising the case for war, and in failing tional border patrol agents to better guard their children. to plan for the aftermath of the war, our borders against potential terrorists. One day in Iraq could provide one third of this administration broke the trust One day in Iraq could provide 9,750 port the aid needed for earthquake relief for the with these young men and women at a container inspection units to detect haz- four million people affected in South Asia. catastrophic cost. ardous materials being trafficked into the Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today is These 2,000 young men and women country. One day in Iraq could provide 1,332 explo- a very somber day. The U.S. military have sons and daughters, husbands and sive trace detection portals for airport death toll reached 2,000 in Iraq, a figure wives, mothers and fathers, friends and screening of passengers, as recommended by that I—and every American—hoped we extended family, all of whose lives the 9/11 Commission. would never reach. Our hearts go out to have been forever changed by the con- One day in Iraq could provide 6,290 local the families and friends of those who sequences of this reckless war. law enforcement agencies with a bomb-de- have lost loved ones. Today, let us remember these 2,000 tecting robot. I pray for these young Americans, One day in Iraq could provide 4,875 nar- brave Americans. Let us honor their cotics vapor and particle detectors. may they rest in peace; and I pray for lives and their memory by bringing their families, may they heal. EDUCATION this war to an end. One day in Iraq could cover the full cost of Let us honor their lives and their Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, we attendance for one year at a public college memory. have reached a milestone in Iraq. Two for more than 17,100 students. And let us honor the lives of those thousand U.S. servicemembers have One day in Iraq could provide more than who continue to serve by developing a been killed, including 42 Marylanders. 79,000 needy college students with a Pell credible plan for Iraq. It is time for We must not talk about this in terms grant. this administration to level with the of just numbers and statistics. Each in- One day in Iraq could enroll 27,000 more American people and provide a strat- children in Head Start. dividual has left behind a legacy, a One day in Iraq could employ 4,269 elemen- egy for success. unique life story. tary school teachers or 4,027 secondary As the current investigation into the Today, I want to pause to remember school teachers for one year. leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame re- five young men from Maryland who

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Our condolences go out to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, troops in stages and bring them home. their families, as well as our gratitude 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Our military men and women have sac- and our appreciation for these brave Lejeune, NC. Lance Corporal Anderson rificed in Iraq. They honored our coun- young men. To honor those who have was killed by a suicide car bomb on Oc- try by volunteering to serve. We must died, we must remember the way they tober 19 in Karabilah, near the Syrian honor them with an effective plan to lived. Let me tell you about them: border. He was a 2002 graduate of Here- finish their work, and bring our troops SGT Brian R. Conner of Gwynn Oak, ford High School, where he was a run- home. MD was just 36 years old. He was a ning back on the football team. He Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask member of the Maryland National joined the Marines in December 2003, unanimous consent that Senator MI- Guard’s 243rd Engineer Company, in and had already served one tour in Af- KULSKI of Maryland be recognized for 10 Baltimore. Sergeant Conner was one of ghanistan. He is survived by his wife minutes to speak and that I be allowed three Army National Guardsmen killed Victoria Anderson, his parents, Robyn to follow her to speak for 10 minutes. October 14 in an accident northwest of and Norman, and his sister Brooke. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MAR- Baghdad. A tractor trailer struck their The last time he was home he told his TINEZ). Without objection, it is so or- humvee, setting it on fire and deto- mother that, if he was killed in Iraq, dered. nating ammunition aboard. Sergeant she should know that he died doing The Senator from Maryland. Conner was a lieutenant in Baltimore what he wanted to do. May God bless Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, today Fire Department, having joined in 1993. Norman Anderson. we reach a milestone in Iraq. He had served in the Maryland Na- Army SPC Kendell K. Frederick, Two thousand U.S. service members tional Guard since June 1989. Sergeant from Randallstown, MD, was 21 years were killed, including four Maryland- Conner leaves behind three daughters, old. He was an Army reservist, as- ers. ages 10, 15, and 21, and his beloved 3- signed to 983rd Engineer Battalion, in A few weeks from now we will be year-old grandson. He is survived by Monclova, OH, where he served as a celebrating Thanksgiving. For 2,000 his mother Hortense Connor, his broth- mechanic who worked on power genera- families, there will be forever and a er Paul Edwards, and sister Cherice tors. Specialist Frederick was killed day an empty chair. Conner Davis. He is also mourned by outside Tikrit when a roadside bomb The 2,000 members of our armed serv- his brothers and sisters in the Balti- detonated near the vehicle he was driv- ices who died, we cannot think about more Fire Department. One family ing. He was a 2004 graduate of them in numbers and statistics. We in friend said of Sergeant Conner: ‘‘Brian Randallstown High School. Specialist Maryland have lost 42 soldiers, and was not only a great man who accom- Frederick leaves behind his parents, most recently we have lost 5 in just plished many of his dreams—he was Michelle Murphy and Peter Ramsahai, this last week alone. Each individual someone loved and cared for. His values his stepfather Kenmore Murphy, and left behind a legacy, a unique story. will live on.’’ May God bless Brian two sisters and one brother. May God Today, as I come to the Senate floor, Conner. bless our Kendell. I wanted to remember the five young SPC Samuel M. Boswell of Elkridge, Mr. President, similar stories are men who died in the last 10 days, tell MD, was 20 years old. He was also in being told in every community, across you their names, and tell you a little the Army National Guard, killed in the the Nation. Stories about volunteers bit about them. Army SGT Brian R. same accident that took Sergeant who left behind friends and family—in Conner, Army SPC Samuel M. Boswell, Conner’s life. Specialist Boswell joined the case of guardsmen and reservists, Army SPC Bernard L. Ceo, Marine the National Guard in June 2003, right they also left behind jobs—to protect LCpl Norman W. Anderson, III, Army after graduating from the technology our country and help bring freedom to SPC Kendell K. Frederick. magnet program at River Hill High people of Iraq. We honor their service Our condolences go out to their fami- School in Clarksville. He is mourned by and sacrifice, not just with words, but lies, as well as our gratitude and our his father, Anthony L. Boswell, and by with deeds. appreciation for those who have died. his seven brothers and sisters. Describ- First, we must support our troops, by To honor those who have died, we must ing his youngest brother, Michael Bos- ensuring they have the equipment they remember the way they lived. well said, ‘‘Sam was probably the need to stay safe and accomplish their Let me just tell you about them. happiest person you’ll ever meet. He mission. Second, we need a workable SGT Brian Connor was only 36, a mem- was always walking around with a plan to drawdown our troops. Today, ber of the Maryland National Guard’s smile on his face. . . . He always want- there are 159,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. 243rd Engineer Company. He was one of ed to do things that would help other Our strategy for Iraq must be worthy three Army National Guardsmen killed people whether he knew them or not.’’ of sacrifices they have made. We need on October 14 northwest of Baghdad. May God bless Sam Boswell. to involve the international commu- Their humvee carrying munitions was SPC Bernard L. Ceo of Baltimore was nity more, getting help to seal Iraq’s set on fire and detonated. The ammuni- 23 years old. He was the third member borders and keep out foreign fighters tion exploded and all three died. Ser- of Maryland’s Army National Guard and terrorists. We used to be at war geant Conner, Specialist Boswell, and killed on October 14. Specialist Ceo en- with Iraq, now we are at war in Iraq Specialist Ceo. listed in the Army in December 2001, with insurgents. Sergeant Conner was a lieutenant in joining the military to help pay for col- We must also continue to support the Baltimore Fire Department. He lege. He dreamed of being a teacher, Iraqi political process. The constitu- joined in 1993. But he was a real star. and when he wasn’t serving with the tion has been approved by more than 78 He rose quickly through the ranks to Guard, he worked with students with percent in an election that included 63 become a lieutenant. The firehouse put special needs at Kennedy Krieger High percent of Iraq’s registered voters. Iraq his hat and his coat aside as a per- School Career and Technology Center. can now move forward with parliamen- petual remembrance. He leaves behind Specialist Ceo was carrying on a proud tary elections. We should continue to three daughters, one 10, one 15, the family tradition of military service: support their progress toward democ- other 21, and a grandson he loved so his father and several uncles served in racy. We need better progress rebuild- much. Vietnam. He leaves behind his parents ing Iraq’s military. Iraqis need to fight A family friend said about Sergeant Rosemarie and Fred Ceo, fiancee Dajae for Iraq. Our training program has been Conner: Overton, and her two young children, slow to start. We seem to be making Brian was not only a great man who ac- whom he was raising as his own. Spe- progress, but not fast enough. We complished many of the dreams, he was cialist Ceo’s coworker said, ‘‘He was a should let our allies help us in this ef- someone who loved and cared for people. His thoughtful, introspective young guy. fort. Finally, let’s get that Iraqi oil values will live on.

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We want to say to Kendell saddest of all rollcalls came from every called River Hill High School in Frederick, God bless you. branch of the service. Clarksville. He was one of eight broth- Senators of the U.S. Senate, and to About one in four of those killed ers and sisters. He joined the military all who are watching, those are five were members of the National Guard because he wanted to have a future. He Marylanders. Knowing they will never and Reserve, one more measure of the wanted a long career, and he wanted to be back, we can never forget them. The enormous sacrifice that these branches follow the American dream while pro- best way for a grateful nation to honor of our service are making. tecting the American homeland. Here them is to stand up for our troops. We All of these fine men and women vol- is what Michael Boswell said about his need to make sure they have the right unteered to serve their country. All brother: pay, that they have the right benefits, 2,000 gave their lives in that service. The great World War II cor- Sam was probably the happiest person that they have the right equipment to you’ll ever meet. He was always walking protect themselves. We also need to respondent, Ernie Pyle, wrote a book around with a smile on his face. He always have a workable plan to draw down our entitled ‘‘Brave Men.’’ It is a collection wanted to do things that would help other troops. Our strategy for Iraq must be of some of his best writing in the Euro- people whether he knew them or not. worthy of the sacrifices our troops pean theater. This is what he wrote in God bless you, Samuel Boswell. have made. The U.N. needs to get more the dedication: Then there was Specialist Bernard L. involved in international burden shar- In solemn salute to those thousands of our Ceo, from Baltimore. He was just 23. He ing—in securing Iraq’s borders. We comrades—great, brave men that they enlisted in the Army in December 2001 need to continue supporting the Iraqi were—for whom there will be no home- coming, ever. to help earn money for college. Spe- political process, and work with our al- cialist Ceo dreamed of being a teacher, lies to boost training for the Iraqi mili- It is right that we honor the sac- and when he wasn’t on duty as Guards- tary. Iraqis want to fight for Iraq, and rifices of the great, brave men and man, he worked with students with they should. Finally, let’s get that women we have lost in Iraq and the special needs at the Kennedy Krieger Iraqi oil going, so they can pay their sacrifices of their families and loved High School Career and Technology own bills. We need to see faster ones. But words alone are not enough. We Center. He was carrying on a proud progress on all these things. When owe our fallen soldiers and their fami- family tradition of military service— these things happen, we can begin to lies answers. We owe them account- his father and several uncles had withdraw our troops and bring them ability. We owe them leadership as served in Vietnam. Specialist Ceo home with the honor they have earned. brave as their service. America cannot leaves behind his parents, Rosemarie God bless our men and women in the allow our Nation to drift into a war and Fred, his fiancee Dajae Overton, U.S. military and all those who passed without end in Iraq. and her two children, whom he was on. And wherever there is an empty chair, we should always fill it with our GEN John Abizaid, the Commander raising as his own. God bless you, Ber- of U.S. Central Command, said recently nie Ceo. hearts and our remembrance. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that the key to military success in Iraq Then there was Norman Anderson, III ‘‘is whether we can learn from our mis- from Parkton, MD. He was a marine ator from Illinois. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, first let takes.’’ based in Camp Lejeune. He was killed me thank Senator FRIST and Senator We owe it to those who have fallen, on October 19. A suicide bomber killed REID for this extraordinary occasion, to their loved ones, and to those who him. He had just graduated in 2002 from for this bipartisan moment of silence. are still in harm’s way, to change Hereford High School, where he was a Today, we learned that our Nation course when needed. running back on the football team. had crossed a tragic threshold: 2,000 Our troops adapt to changing tactical Under the Friday Night Lights this American service men and women have situations on the ground—and so, week, they took his helmet and his now been killed in Iraq, and more than frankly, do our enemies. Political lead- sweatshirt and put them aside. The 15,000 of our sons and daughters have ers in Washington must do no less. team gave him a salute. They really been injured and have suffered painful Earlier this month, the people of Iraq knew that Norman Anderson gave one and permanent injuries. voted on a constitution. In December for the Gipper and one for the United All are equal in their tragedy. The they are scheduled to hold parliamen- States of America. He joined the Ma- 2,000th death is no more heartbreaking tary elections, and then, we hope, a rines in December 2003. He already than the first or the 50th. But the enor- new government will take over that served one tour in Afghanistan. He mity of this lost—of 2,000 of our best can lead Iraq forward. came back home and was recently mar- and bravest—breaks America’s heart. These are important milestones. ried to a wonderful woman named Vic- We have seen their pictures. When They should be milestones not only for toria. But he went back into the field you look at the faces of the fallen, you the Iraqis but for our troops as well. one more time because he felt it was are struck by several things. Each step the Iraqis take toward the his duty. The last time he was home, First, you are overwhelmed by how successful establishment of self-gov- he told his mother if he died she should young they are. Three hundred and ernance should bring our troops a step know that he died doing what he want- fifty-seven of these men and women closer to home. ed to do. never saw their 21st birthday. Today is not a day to cast blame or God bless Norman Anderson, III. As a father, I cannot imagine a great- question past decisions. Today is a day Then we come to Kendell K. Fred- er grief than losing a child so young. to mourn our dead, to honor their serv- erick, U.S. Army, only 21 years old, When you see the photos of our fallen ice and to extend our most heartfelt from Randallstown, MD. He was in an heroes, you are struck by the resolve in thoughts and prayers to their families. engineering battalion. He was a me- their faces. They were young but they But we cannot put off a debate over the chanic who worked with power genera- had courage, a sense of duty and pur- best course for the future. Two thou- tors. He wanted to do something for his pose to volunteer and defend America. sand brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, country as wells as for himself. He In a few cases, you are also struck by and marines have given their lives for graduated from one of our community some of the faces that are quite old. America. More than 15,000 have suf- high schools called Randallstown High The oldest American killed in Iraq was fered devastating, life-changing School. He was killed outside Tikrit. A 60 years old. The faces look like Amer- wounds. Over 150,000 still stand in roadside bomb detonated near the vehi- ica because they are America. Most harm’s way. cle he was driving. He leaves behind his were born here. Some were Americans The choice we face in Iraq is not a parents, a stepfather, and other family and soldiers by choice. choice between resolve or retreat. The

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The 37-year old was known in cross that sad threshold and begin the from Nevada who were assigned to pro- his unit as ‘‘Pops.’’ count toward another thousand lives. tect U.S. facilities in the fortified Marine Cpl Jesse Jaime of Henderson The American people and every elect- Green Zone. Eager, enthusiastic, and was killed on June 15, 2005 when the ve- ed leader of both political parties owe with a great sense of spirit, these hicle he was riding in hit an explosive it to our soldiers and their families to young men took pride in their duties, device. The 22-year-old had followed his never allow this war in Iraq to drift and we took great pride in them. twin brother’s footsteps by enlisting in and stall as lives are lost and bodies But there can be no question that the the Marines. are broken. One more soldier’s life lost effort in Iraq has taken a huge toll on Spc Anthony S. Cometa of Las Vegas in Iraq is one too many. The 2,000 fu- Americans, and on Nevadans. was killed on June 16, 2005 when his nerals, 2,000 flag-draped coffins, 2,000 So far, 13 Nevadans have died in this Humvee flipped over. He was a member grieving families—America mourns the conflict. But the number 13 does not of the 1864th Transportation Company, loss of these brave soldiers. America’s tell the whole story. which I met with when I visited Kuwait leaders must redouble their efforts Let me take just a minute. I will be and Iraq. Specialist Cometa was the 2,000 times over to bring this war to an brief. But I would like to, as my dear first Nevada Army National Guard sol- end. friend, the junior Senator from Mary- dier to die in Iraq. He died just one day I yield the floor. land, outlined, tell you just a little bit after his 21st birthday. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mi- about these 13 Nevadans. 2LT James J. Cathey of Reno was nority leader. Marine LCpl Donald Cline, Jr., of killed by a roadside bomb on August 21, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I want the Sparks as the first Nevada soldier to 2005. After graduating from the Univer- majority leader to understand how die in Iraq. During the initial invasion sity of Colorado in 2004, he headed to much I appreciate his breaking up his of Southern Iraq, LCpl Cline was killed Quantico, VA, for officer training. schedule to come here to offer this in combat while assisting injured sol- Known as ‘‘Cat,’’ Cathey and his wife unanimous consent request. I appre- diers on March 23, 2003. He left behind had just found out they were going to ciate it very much. a wife and two sons, Dakota and Dylan. As I indicated a short time ago, the have their first child before he left for Marine 1LT Frederick Pokorney of solemnity of this occasion is signifi- Iraq. Nye was killed in action on March 23, cant. I want the record to reflect that Spc Joseph Martinez of Las Vegas 2003. He left behind a wife and a 3-year we have reached, as has been said here was killed on August 27, 2005. He was old daughter. Lieutenant Pokorney several times today, regrettably, a killed in combat while serving his sec- was the first Marine from Operation milestone in Iraq; that is these 2,000 ond tour of duty in Iraq. His mother killed. Frankly, Mr. President, it is no Iraqi Freedom to be buried in Arling- said he always wanted to be a soldier. longer 2,000. It is now 2,002. ton National Cemetery. To all of these Nevada families—and There has been—and will continue to Sgt Eric Morris of Sparks was only to the families of all 2,000 U.S. troops be—heated debate about our involve- six weeks into his tour of duty when he who have fallen in Iraq—our Nation ment in Iraq, about the flawed pre-war was killed by a homemade bomb on will forever be in debt to you. Your intelligence that some say existed, and April 28, 2005. He was awarded the Pur- sons and daughters are heroes, and it appears pretty certain at this time, ple Heart and the Bronze Star for his their sacrifice will never be forgotten. the selling of the war by administra- bravery. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion officials, the poor planning, and Marine Cpl William I. Salazar of Las ator from Colorado. the ideologically driven attempt by the Vegas was killed on October 15, 2004, in Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask President and others to reshape the a suicide bomb attack. Corporal Sala- the pending amendment be set aside. Middle East through the force of arms. zar was the first Marine combat pho- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without These debates will go on, and they tographer to be killed in action in objection, it is so ordered. should. That is what our country is all more than 35 years. He died on his fa- AMENDMENT NO. 2226 about. But today—right now this ther’s birthday. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I call minute—I think it is appropriate to set Marine PFC John Lukac of Las up amendment No. 2226, and I ask for the debate aside and reflect on this sol- Vegas was killed on October 30, 2004, its immediate consideration. emn mark that we have reached so when his convoy was attacked. The son The PRESIDING OFFICER. The that we can pay tribute to the heroic of immigrants who escaped Communist clerk will report. services and the sacrifice that each of rule in Czechoslovakia, Private Lukac The legislative clerk read as follows: these brave Americans made to our Na- had been interested in joining the Ma- The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], tion. rines since the age of 12. proposes an amendment numbered 2226. A few months ago, I was able to trav- LCpl Nicholas Anderson of Las Vegas Mr. SALAZAR. I ask unanimous con- el along with a number of my col- died on November 12, 2004, when his sent the reading of the amendment be leagues to the Middle East where I Humvee crashed. It had only been one dispensed with. spent time with scores of Nevadans year since he graduated from Bonanza The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without serving in Iraq. Any one of us who trav- High School. objection, it is so ordered. eled to the region meets with U.S. Army PFC Daniel Guastaferro of Las The amendment is as follows: troops and comes back so impressed Vegas was determined to join the (Purpose: To provide that certain local edu- and so proud of the men and women Army, despite suffering a snowboarding cational agencies shall be eligible to re- who serve our country. Many are injury that left him with a steel plate ceive a fiscal year 2005 payment under sec- young, as Senator DURBIN has so in his arm. Private Guastaferro died on tion 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and graphically described, just out of high January 7, 2005, when his vehicle ran Secondary Education Act of 1965) school, and this is their first time out off the road. He was 27 years old. At the end of title III (before the short of the country. Others are more senior, Marine LCpl Richard A. Perez, Jr. of title), insert the following: having served in the first Gulf war or Las Vegas died in a truck accident on SEC. lll. APPLICATIONS FOR IMPACT AID PAY- in Afghanistan. Most were given short February 10, 2005. LCpl Perez enlisted MENT. in the Marines shortly after his grad- Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of notice, year-long deployment, and were section 8005(d) of the Elementary and Sec- serving away from family, children, uation from Coronado High School and ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. spouses, parents and friends. volunteered to go to Iraq. He died only 7705(d)(2) and (3)), the Secretary of Education The Nevada Guard unit that I spent 10 days before he was supposed to re- shall treat as timely filed, and shall process time with was tasked with trans- turn home. for payment, an application under section

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11805 8002 or section 8003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. dural matter, to take up the amend- programs we enact here in this Capitol. 7702, 7703) for fiscal year 2005 from a local ments one at a time so we can conclude That is because I believe that results educational agency— debate on the amendments. do matter. At the end of the day, we (1) that, for each of the fiscal years 2000 I believe this amendment is a good through 2004, submitted an application by can all say what we tried to do, but the date specified by the Secretary of Edu- amendment. It would permit the Sec- Americans will judge us by the results cation under section 8005(c) of such Act for retary of Education to treat as timely we achieve. We all have a responsi- the fiscal year; filed applications from El Paso, CO, bility to see that taxpayer dollars are (2) for which a reduction of more than school district and Window Rock, AZ, spent wisely and well. $1,000,000 was made under section 8005(d)(2) of for impact aid. There is no cost in- Amendment No. 2224 is a ‘‘results such Act by the Secretary of Education as a volved. There is sound explanation as matter’’ amendment. It will simply re- result of the agency’s failure to file a timely to why they were not timely filed. quire the Department of Education to application under section 8002 or 8003 of such In order for the Secretary of Edu- conduct an assessment of the effective- Act for fiscal year 2005; and (3) that submits an application for fiscal cation to make the payments, there ness of youth violence prevention pro- year 2005 during the period beginning on Feb- needs to be legislative action. The Sen- grams. ruary 2, 2004, and ending on the date of en- ator from Colorado has provided the These programs are vitally impor- actment of this Act. vehicle for doing so. I support the tant in my home State of Colorado and Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, Senate amendment and urge its adoption. across the Nation. During my time as amendment No. 2226 will provide Im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Colorado’s attorney general, I spent pact Aid to the children of the service further debate on the amendment? much of my time working on the inves- personnel in Fort Carson, CO. It will The Senator from Colorado. tigation of the horrific murders involv- restore $1.2 million in needed edu- Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ing many young people at Columbine cational Impact Aid funding to the El would then ask my friend from Penn- High School, which remains today the Paso school district. The money for sylvania whether we should move for bloodiest school shooting in American this amendment has already been ap- unanimous consent on the adoption of history. propriated and sits within the Depart- the amendment I just proposed. As we worked to learn the lessons ment of Education. The El Paso school Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the from that terrible tragedy in Colorado, district educates thousands, serving amendment on impact aid, I urge its we also attempted to implement pro- our men and women at the Fort Carson adoption, or you can articulate it for grams in our schools to create safer military base. Many loved ones of the unanimous consent to be adopted. One schools and safer school communities. students and staff of the El Paso school way or another, let’s adopt it and move As I went through the process of as- district have been deployed to Iraq as on. sembling information about how we part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without create the safest school environments fact, over 11,000 soldiers from Fort Car- objection, the amendment is agreed to. possible, it became obvious to me that son are currently deployed in Iraq The amendment (No. 2226) was agreed though we spend literally hundreds of today. That is one-half of the fort’s to. millions of dollars on programs in- total force. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I tended to deal with the issue of youth Due to a technical error, the Depart- thank the Chair. violence prevention, we do not know ment of Education denied the school Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I whether many of those programs work. district access to $1.2 million set aside thank the Chair, and I also thank the Indeed, when we look at the facts and for that school district’s program. The chairman of the committee, my friend we look at what the science tells us, result is the district may have to from Pennsylvania. many of those programs actually harm eliminate as many as 12 teachers and AMENDMENT NO. 2224 our children more than they actually teachers’ aides positions. This amend- Mr. President, I call up amendment help our children. ment simply corrects a technical error No. 2224 and ask for its immediate con- So it is important we measure the ef- between the district and the Depart- sideration. fectiveness of these programs. This ment of Education and permits the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will ask the Department of school to access money already set clerk will report. Education to do exactly that. I believe aside for it. The assistant legislative clerk read our violence prevention programs I note, too, that I have discussed this as follows: should actually work and that we issue with the HELP Committee. The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], should be able to measure them with Chairman ENZI and Ranking Member proposes an amendment numbered 2224. the results we intend them to have. We KENNEDY have graciously consented to The amendment is as follows: owe it to the next generation to ensure the inclusion of this amendment on (Purpose: To require the Secretary of Edu- that these programs are as effective as this bill. I have also been in close con- cation to conduct a study to evaluate the possible in preventing youth violence. tact with Senators from Arizona and effectiveness of violence prevention pro- This amendment will do this by pro- New Mexico who face similar chal- grams receiving funding under the Safe viding an assessment of the programs. lenges. They support this measure as and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Mr. President, I urge adoption of well. Act) amendment No. 2224. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- At the end of title III (before the short The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there sent to set this amendment aside to title), add the following: further debate? call up amendment No. 2224 and ask for SEC. ll. The Secretary of Education shall conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness The Senator from Pennsylvania. its immediate consideration. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there of violence prevention programs receiving amendment calls for the Secretary of objection? funding under the Safe and Drug-Free The Senator from Pennsylvania. Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7101 Education to undertake a study to Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I et seq.) based on, among other things, evi- evaluate the effectiveness of violence would suggest, if I may, that we con- dence of deterrent effect, strong research de- prevention under the Safe and Drug- sign, sustained effects, and multiple site rep- Free Schools Program. I think it is a clude action on this amendment, with lication. The study shall also include infor- a brief reply by this side, so we can good idea. mation on what regular assessment mecha- So frequently we make appropria- move ahead with the amendment, an- nisms exist to allow the Department of Edu- ticipating its adoption. I think that cation to evaluate the efficacy of such pro- tions for certain purposes and never would be a more orderly process. So grams on an ongoing basis. Not later than 18 have any concrete idea as to how well technically, I do object—with that sug- months after the date of enactment of this the programs are working. One area gestion. Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit analogous to this is the money we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- a report to Congress describing the findings spent on literacy training and job tion is heard. of the study. training, so-called rehabilitation in our The Senator from Pennsylvania. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I am a correctional system. It is not enough Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, as I proponent of evaluating the effective- we spend the funding, never having an said, I think it is preferable, as a proce- ness of the actions we take and the idea as to really what works and what

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If there ganizations that engage students, their Pennsylvania has more people living in is no further debate, the question is on teachers, and others in service-learn- rural areas than any other State in the agreeing to the amendment. ing. Through Learn and Serve, stu- Union. It might be surprising, but we The amendment (No. 2224) was agreed dents get their hands dirty. Service- do. to. learning connects teaching in the I think it is a good amendment, and Mr. SPECTER. I move to reconsider classroom with communities. Nearly 1 I will now defer to the Senator from the vote, and I move to lay that mo- million students participated in Learn Colorado for urging its adoption. tion on the table. and Serve programs last year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The motion to lay on the table was The resources marshaled by these ator from Colorado. agreed to. service programs—students, elders, and Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I urge The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- energized and committed people—can adoption of the amendment. ator from Colorado. help unlock the door to rural develop- The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there AMENDMENT NO. 2225 ment in America. It is my hope that is no further debate on the amendment, Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I call the corporation will come up with new the question is on agreeing to the up amendment No. 2225 and ask for its and innovative strategies for increas- amendment. immediate consideration. ing rural participation in national The amendment (No. 2225) was agreed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The service programs. This amendment will to. clerk will report. not cost additional money and has the Mr. SPECTER. I move to reconsider The assistant legislative clerk read potential to benefit rural communities the vote, and I move to lay that mo- as follows: throughout the Nation. We owe it to tion on the table. our rural communities to make sure The motion to lay on the table was The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], our national programs are serving proposes an amendment numbered 2225. agreed to. them. We must not allow rural Amer- AMENDMENT NO. 2223 Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask ica to be left behind by these very im- unanimous consent that reading of the portant national service programs. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, fi- amendment be dispensed with. Mr. President, amendment No. 2225 nally, I call up amendment No. 2223 and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without would direct the Corporation of Na- ask for its immediate consideration. objection, it is so ordered. tional and Community Service, CNCS, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The amendment is as follows: to conduct an evaluation of the pres- objection, it is so ordered. The clerk (Purpose: To provide for a study of national ence of their programs in rural Amer- will report. service programs in the rural United States) ica. The study would include programs The assistant legislative clerk read On page 196, strike line 14 and insert the funded by the Domestic Volunteer as follows: following: Service Act of 1973 and the National The Senator from Colorado [Mr. SALAZAR], tional poverty level: Provided further, That and Community Service Act of 1990, proposes an amendment numbered 2223. the Corporation shall use a portion of the presence in Rural America. In addition, Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask funds made available under this heading to conduct an evaluation, after consultation CNCS, in consultation with national unanimous consent that reading of the with experts on national service programs service experts and rural community amendment be dispensed with. and rural community leaders, of programs leaders, is directed to develop new and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without carried out under the national service laws innovative strategies to prioritize in- objection, it is so ordered. (consisting of that Act and the National and creasing rural communities’ participa- The amendment is as follows: Community Service Act of 1990) in rural tion in CNCS programs. The amend- (Purpose: To increase funding for the safe areas, to determine utilization of the pro- ment does not require additional fund- and drug-free schools and communities grams and to develop new and innovative ing. program) strategies that would prioritize geographic As per Jane Oates at 4–8460, Senator diversity of the programs carried out under At the end of title III (before the short the national service laws to increase the KENNEDY has no objections to the title), insert the following: presence of the programs in rural areas. amendment. SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise As per Beth Beuhlmann at 4–6770, appropriated under this Act, there is appro- Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, Senator ENZI is reviewing the amend- priated, out of any money in the Treasury amendment No. 2225 also makes sure ment language, but appears to have no not otherwise appropriated, an additional that our national service programs ef- $15,000,000 to carry out subpart 1 of part A of objections since the amendment is cost fectively serve all of our citizens. This title IV of the Elementary and Secondary neutral. Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.). amendment calls on the Corporation As per Brandon Avila at 606–6728, Cor- for National and Community Service to poration for National and Community Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, report on efforts to bring its programs Service, Office of Legislation and Gov- amendment No. 2223 addresses a serious to rural communities. ernment Affairs, they are reviewing and growing problem that we face in These programs include, first, the but are supporting of conducting eval- our urban and rural communities. As AmeriCorps program, which has done uations that help increase CNCS pro- attorney general of Colorado, I saw wonders, which was created in 1994 and grams in rural areas. firsthand the growth of methamphet- provides opportunities for more than In addition, we have touched base amine problems in communities 70,000 Americans to work in 3,000 public with Voices for National Service, a na- throughout my State. Meth usage has agencies, faith-based and other com- tional service non-profit coalition. increased in rural towns and commu- munity organizations. Through the They are very supporting of the amend- nities across our Nation. various AmeriCorps programs, volun- ment’s intent. Some of the facts are startling. teers tutor and mentor youth, build af- Mr. President, I urge adoption of According to the National Associa- fordable housing, teach computer amendment No. 2225. tion of Counties, meth use is the Na- skills, take care of our environment, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion’s most serious local drug problem and help communities respond to disas- ator from Pennsylvania. today. ters. In exchange, they are given an op- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, before Secondly, 58 out of 500 county law en- portunity to build career skills, to in- the amendment is adopted, I would like forcement officials have said meth- vest in a community, and are provided to have an opportunity to speak on this amphetamine use is, in fact, their larg- a small educational stipend. side of the aisle. est problem. The programs also include Senior This amendment would use a portion Third, 87 percent of county law en- Corps, which recognizes that seniors of the funds for the Corporation for Na- forcement officials reported increases

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Because meth can be a no which either exceeds the ayes or is Western States on better footing. made in the home and has harsh effects so recognized by the Chair to be the Let me explain. In the past, Health on the environment, it is easier to hide predominant voice vote. I call for the and Human Services has had discre- from authorities in rural areas. Three question on a voice vote. tion. When we put emergency funding of our most rural States—Missouri, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The there, they have had discretion on how Iowa, and Tennessee—have the highest question is on agreeing to the motion they spend it. Their track record has number of meth labs, with over 5,000 to waive the Budget Act in relation to been very clear. They seem to meth labs in those three States alone. amendment No. 2223. prioritize areas of the country that are Meth labs in Colorado have been on the In the opinion of the Chair, the mo- heated with home heating oil. What we rise, with over 225 meth labs this last tion has failed and the Senate has not are trying to do is put the money into year in my State. obtained the three-fifths majority nec- the core program, which means it goes In a report by Congressional Quar- essary for passage. The point of order into the formula that has been long es- terly, the Drug Enforcement Agency is sustained, and the amendment falls. tablished in Federal law, which means said that meth use is the No. 1 drug Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Senator in States all across America—States threat in rural America. The produc- from Colorado for coming forward at such as Arkansas in the South and the tion of meth has spiked, from 327 labs this early stage with these four amend- West—people who are going to be fac- nationwide being busted in 1995 to over ments to help move processing of the ing record high prices for natural gas 17,000 meth labs busted in 2005; that is, bill. this winter will receive some relief. in a period of 10 years, we have gone The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Unfortunately, when we get emer- from busting 327 meth labs to over ator from Colorado. gency funding, many of the States are 17,000 meth labs. Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I not helped as much as the formula Our health infrastructure has dealt thank my good friend from Pennsyl- would help them. I am not disputing at with the meth use increase as well, vania for his leadership, not only on all that the Northeast and the Midwest with emergency room visits due to this bill but also on so many other im- face very harsh winters, more so than meth use doubling in 7 years. portant issues that we are working on the South and some parts of the West. This amendment I have proposed will in the Senate today. But we have low-income citizens in our restore $15 million in funding to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- States, too, who need to heat their Safe and Drug-Free Schools State ator from Arkansas. homes this winter. I believe it is a grant program, which funds virtually AMENDMENT NO. 2194 more effective and better way to put all of the drug prevention programs in Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I rise to money into the core LIHEAP program, our Nation, to ensure that our schools speak on the Reed-Collins LIHEAP sending it through the formula, rather and communities are as safe and drug- amendment. I want to speak to all of than leaving it to the discretion of free as we can make them. We need to my colleagues, but mostly I want to HHS. help our young people understand the address my comments to my colleagues I am happy to join Senators REED dangers of drugs, including meth, and from the South and the West. I thank and COLLINS in this effort. It is a bipar- this amendment takes an important Senator JACK REED and Senator SUSAN tisan effort. I want my colleagues to step toward making this issue the Fed- COLLINS for their cosponsorship of understand that. In my view, it is bet- eral priority it should be. amendment No. 2194, bringing forward ter than past proposals. It is better be- Mr. President, I thank my good the issue of LIHEAP funding. We all cause it is more equitable in its dis- friend from Pennsylvania and yield the know that LIHEAP funding has de- tribution. It is bipartisan. Southern floor. creased in real dollars for over a decade and Western Senators have a chance to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- now. Senators REED and COLLINS have help the people in their States with ator from Pennsylvania. shown true leadership in offering their this vote. It will help people all across Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, this amendment. Hopefully, we will vote on America. This amendment also recog- amendment would add $15 million to a it today. They have shown national nizes the high cost of natural gas this program. While it is a very good pro- leadership with what they are trying to winter. All the experts who have gram, regrettably, this would exceed accomplish. looked at this say natural gas is going the allocation which has been given to In the face of rising energy prices, to be at a record high price for con- the subcommittee. I, therefore, have to the poorest among us have been hit the sumers this winter. It acknowledges oppose it. It is subject to a point of hardest. They are paying about $3 at the high cost of other forms of energy order. the pump right now. We have had a to heat our homes. For the record, I raise a point of record hot summer in many parts of I don’t want my colleagues to be sur- order under section 302(f) of the Con- the country. Their utility bills have prised when this comes to the floor for gressional Budget Act, as amended, been going up and up. Low-income fam- a vote at some point this afternoon or that the amendment provides budget ilies need our help. I believe we can do tonight. I would hate for any Senator authority and outlays in excess of the better. We can think of ways to help to vote against this and then later subcommittee’s 302(b) allocation under our low-income constituents and low- learn that this is their best oppor- the fiscal year 2006 concurrent resolu- income Americans. The Reed-Collins tunity to help their constituents dur- tion on the budget and, therefore, is amendment can do that. It adds $3.1 ing this very cold and expensive win- not in order. billion to the core LIHEAP program. ter. As I had discussed with the Senator This is what Southern and Western I yield the floor. from Colorado, this will require 60 Senators need to understand. I don’t The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- votes for the Senator from Colorado to want any of my colleagues to be sur- ator from Pennsylvania. prevail. So the choice is his as to prised when the amendment comes to Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, we whether we move ahead to vote on it at the floor for a vote today. I hope that have been proceeding reasonably well some point during the consideration of all their staff who are listening will on handling amendments. We had a the bill. I ask how the Senator from please advise their bosses accordingly. short period between 12 and 12:30 where Colorado would like to proceed. This money will go to LIHEAP’s core we did not have amendments pending. I Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, pursu- program. understand we will have an amendment ant to section 904 of the Congressional When I say ‘‘core program,’’ that presented at about 6 o’clock this Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive the means it will not be designated as evening. But that leaves us with an applicable sections of the act for pur- emergency funding for the Department hour and 22 minutes. The distinguished

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11808 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 Senator from Texas wishes to speak for finance international terrorism and We’re in a tough fight but we’ve been in 10 or 15 minutes. We can accommodate who will then threaten us on our own tough fights before to advance the cause of his schedule. We have quite a number shores, as we were hit dramatically on democracy and to protect our way of life. We of amendments which have been filed September 11. should not be afraid of this fight. We and the Iraqi people will prevail in this battle of and others where there has been an in- In reality, it is the critics of our wills if we don’t lose ours. dication that there will be amend- military that have no plan. They sim- ments. I urge my colleagues to come to ply want to cut and run. They believe Again: the floor. Floor time is hard to find. in retreat. The most disturbing of all, We and the Iraqi people will prevail in this When this bill moves ahead tomorrow their proposals serve merely to divide battle of wills if we don’t lose ours. or the day after or Friday, the bill is the American people. Just this morning, we heard that the going to be finished this week, however I am particularly concerned when I Independent Electoral Commission of long it takes us. We are anxious to con- hear people make the argument, as I Iraq has announced an overwhelming clude the work of the Senate. Now is have heard on the floor of the Senate, majority of Iraqis has approved the the time. that Iraq was not a threat to the country’s constitution; that is, 78 per- I yield to my distinguished colleague United States and the rest of the cent of those who voted yes to approve from Texas 10 to 15 minutes, as he world. Perhaps these critics need to be that constitution which has now been chooses, and ask unanimous consent reminded of the statement of President cleared. You know what. Their voter for his recognition to speak for up to 15 Clinton in 1998 which clearly lays out turnout was 63 percent, better than minutes. the threat that Iraq posed at that time. most elections we hold here in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without President Clinton said, talking about United States, given our long tradition objection, it is so ordered. The Senator Saddam: of constitutional democracy. from Texas is recognized. What if he fails to comply, and we fail to Soon the Iraqi people will have a IRAQ act, or we take some ambiguous third route chance to elect their elected represent- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would which gives him yet more opportunities to atives in parliamentary elections on like to thank the distinguished man- develop this program of weapons of mass de- December 15 which will provide the ager of the bill, the chairman of the struction . . . He will then conclude he can final step in their march to democracy Senate Judiciary Committee, on which go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal and self-determination. I am honored to serve, for his accom- of devastating destruction. And some day, Yes, the Nation of Iraq has made re- modation. I certainly do not want to some way, I guarantee you, he’ll use the ar- markable political progress in the last senal. detract from the efforts to complete 2 years, but they still have a way to go this important appropriations bill. I do This was on February 17, 1998, Presi- to achieve a fully functioning democ- thank the Senator for yielding to me dent Bill Clinton. racy. Last week, Secretary of State so I may address some of the historic Then, on December 16, 1998, President Condoleezza Rice testified before the events occurring today in Iraq. This Clinton said: Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been the subject of other speakers. The hard fact is that so long as Saddam re- and in her eloquent remarks she clear- I thought it was important that while mains in power, he threatens the well-being ly outlined the political and military of this people, the peace of the region, and strategy in Iraq: Clear, hold, build. this is on the minds of a lot of people, the security of the world. The best way to that we talk about some of our suc- end that threat once and for all is with a new Clear, hold, build. That is to clear cesses in Iraq and what the facts are Iraqi government, a government ready to areas from insurgent control, to hold with regard to what reality is like live in peace with its neighbors, a govern- them securely, and to build durable na- there on the ground. ment that respects the rights of its people. tional Iraqi institutions. I am disappointed to hear some Mem- That was President Clinton on De- I could not agree more with Sec- bers, primarily on the other side of the cember 16, 1998. I am pleased that this retary Rice. This is a strategy that has aisle, this morning blaming America body passed that same year the Iraq been articulated for quite some time for the insurgency and claiming that Liberation Act of 1998, which stated: now by the President of the United our military does not have a plan for It should be the policy of the United States States. This strategy is the only way victory. That is not true as a factual to support efforts to remove the regime we will see the blossoming of a demo- matter, and they know it. As recently headed by Saddam Hussein from power in cratic Iraq. as a couple of weeks ago, we had the Iraq and to promote the emergence of a In 2003, not that long ago, the brutal commander of the coalition forces in democratic government to replace that re- reign of Saddam Hussein was brought Iraq, General George Casey, and the gime. to an end. The Iraqi people were liber- CENTCOM commander, General John The Congress passed that legislation ated and a provisional government es- Abizaid here, along with Secretary because, indeed, Saddam Hussein was a tablished. In 2004, a five-step plan was Rumsfeld and others, to talk precisely threat in 1998 and remained a threat. announced to end occupation in Iraq about what conditions were like on the Fortunately, today, he is no longer a and to bring our troops home, and in ground in Iraq, how our plan was going, threat. But we must stay the course. 2005 that transition is well underway. and what the future looked like. We do Complaints without solutions are Our strategy is working. The Iraqi have a plan, and I wanted to talk about simply not productive. What are the people will vote in elections in Decem- it for a minute. proposals coming from those who criti- ber and soon will select a government I want to note my concern that to cize our current efforts in Iraq? Some that will serve them for the next 4 use Iraq as a convenient political foot- complain that we don’t have enough years. ball only undercuts the brave young troops in Iraq to finish the job, but at As I mentioned, Iraqi participation in men and women who are fighting there, the same time all they talk about is these recent elections was very strong, not only on behalf of the beleaguered creating an arbitrary timetable for including among Sunnis who boycotted Iraqi people but on behalf of us here. cutting and running and bringing those the earlier election last January. These We know that the central front in the troops home before they finish the job, elections were also much more peaceful war on terror today is in Iraq. We know before we finish the job. Then others than the previous elections. A clear that foreign fighters and other say our presence in Iraq actually cre- path is being charted to implement the jihadists who adhere to an extremist ates additional terrorism. But what rule of law and we must continue our ideology, who believe that they can use they don’t explain is what we would support for the Iraqi people to achieve force to kill innocent Americans be- leave the Iraqis with if we were to success. cause they simply hate who we are and leave prematurely. Again, complaints It is clear that the implementation of our way of life, that Iraq is where they are not solutions. the rule of law is the next step, a nec- are being drawn. If we leave pre- GEN George Casey, whom I men- essary next step to achieve stability in maturely, if we fail to finish the job tioned a moment ago, who is the leader Iraq. It is in the absence of democracy, that we have undertaken there, then it of the coalition forces in Iraq, said it is in the vacuum created by the ab- will simply leave a haven available for when he testified before the Senate sence of the rule of law, that there is those who want to train, recruit, and Armed Services Committee: no forum, no mechanism for justice to

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11809 address grievances in which extremism Saddam Hussein nor his regime valued ary, usually, in most instances in order will rear again its ugly head. life in the least. to meet that increase in cost. We have Only 2 short years ago the people of I am confident that some day in the obviously seen a dramatic rise in the Iraq were oppressed by a brutal dic- not too distant future an appropriate cost of energy prices, especially home tator. Those who privately yearned for measure of justice will be meted out to heating oil and in the gas area for freedom held their silence out of fear Saddam Hussein for the atrocities he homes. So the issue becomes how do we for their lives. No more. As it has been committed against his own people, the help these people who, through no ac- said before, freedom is on the march. people of Iraq. And that is as it should tion of their own, find themselves in a Part of implementing law and jus- be. I am sure that the symbolism of dire financial situation and facing a tice, not to mention providing a meas- this first tribunal being held in Iraq to very stark situation this winter, ure of closure for the people of Iraq, is try their former dictator is not lost on should they not have the dollars nec- the trial of Saddam Hussein which the people of Iraq. This restoration of essary to pay for their home heating began on October 19. Unfortunately, the rule of law, this process which is oil. this trial has been postponed because— designed to administer justice, is com- We are talking about people of very and it comes as perhaps no surprise— mensurate with the rule of law. low incomes, people who are on fixed the defense lawyers representing him We must continue working with the incomes, in most instances people who said they needed more time to prepare. Iraqi people to ensure that democracy, are senior citizens, and the Low-In- Well, I for one do not begrudge them freedom, progress, free markets, self- come Heating Assistance Program additional time, but it is not so much governance, and the rule of law are al- which has been in place for a number of for them, because I doubt any level of lowed to flourish. It is the only way to years has been a way of helping these preparation, any amount of investiga- promote stability in that country and people bridge this period, and it has al- tion will absolve Saddam Hussein of throughout the greater Middle East. ways been focused on the neediest of the blood that is on his hands, but I do There is no enemy on the face of the the needy. It has been a well-adminis- believe that perception is important, Earth that can defeat the people of the tered program, at least in the State of and it is important that the public per- United States of America unless, of New Hampshire where people who were ception, the international perspective course, it is the American people our- clearly in distress, who have situations be that this is, indeed, a fair pro- selves, by losing our resolve to stay the where they simply are unable to afford ceeding and that Saddam Hussein, even course, to finish a job that was just in the cost of keeping their home heated the most brutal of tyrants and dic- its initiation and which is just in its in the middle of an extremely cold win- tators, is, indeed, entitled to the pro- goals. We must stay the course. We ter, had a place to go to get some as- tection of the rule of law and entitled must maintain our resolve. To hear the sistance. to a fair process. comments of those here in this body It is a good program for that reason. Of course, this trial is one of the first and elsewhere who would attempt to It has been strongly supported over the formal acts in the path to restoring the hijack this just cause in the interest of years in a bipartisan way. The adminis- rule of law, and it is important Iraq political gamesmanship does nothing tration has consistently funded this demonstrate to the world that it can but harm our efforts, the resolve of the program and has, to its credit, always conduct this trial in a fair manner, as American people, and undermine the released money early when it was nec- it is a foundational and deeply sym- heroic and noble efforts being carried essary due to cold weather hitting us bolic proceeding. out on a daily basis by our young men sooner than might have been originally A series of declassified U.S. intel- and women who are fighting in free- anticipated under the traditional ligence documents and other U.S. agen- dom’s cause, not just for us but for the weather patterns, which is what hap- cy reports provides a wealth of evi- people of Iraq. pened last year. But this year we do dence substantiating Saddam Hussein’s Mr. President, I yield the floor. face the unique situation of these huge human rights abuses and more evi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- runups in the cost of home heating oil dence of Saddam’s brutality is provided ator from New Hampshire. in New England specifically and, of by the people of Iraq who had suffered Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the reg- course, the gas across the Midwest and under his boot heel for years. A portion ular order is that we are back on the into parts of New England, and this of these documents concerned bill, is that right? runup is a function of a lot of different Saddam’s responsibility, along with The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are events. The Katrina situation is a big other members of his regime, for the on the bill. part of it. It has disrupted the refining massacre in 1982 of Shiites in a town 35 AMENDMENT NO. 2194 capacity of our Nation rather signifi- miles north of Baghdad after an unsuc- Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, obvi- cantly. Obviously, the instability of cessful coup d’etat, including an at- ously, the amendment that is now the Middle East is another part of it. tempt on the dictator’s life. It is said pending of the Senator from Rhode Is- The demand which is now being created he may be tried at least a dozen times land and the Senator from Maine is an in parts of Asia, especially China and for crimes he committed during his re- amendment I am sympathetic to. India, as those economies expand, is gime, to include gassing of Kurds and Those of us who come from the north- part of it. suppression of a Shiite uprising in the ern States, whether they be in the Mid- But whatever the reason, we are see- south. However, the Iraqi Government west or New England, recognize that ing a dramatic jump in the cost of is reportedly considering foregoing ad- winter can be a beautiful time. Snow is home heating oil specifically and ditional trials if Saddam is convicted wonderful, lovely, and certainly brings therefore we know a lot of people, as as expected and such conviction results skiers to our region, and we very much we head into winter—and believe me, it in the death penalty under the laws of encourage that. But it can also be an is getting cold in New Hampshire. In the sovereign nation of Iraq. extraordinarily difficult time, difficult fact, today there was a fair amount of In remarks before the United Na- for people who are living on a fixed in- snow in many parts of our State—we tions, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar come, a set income, difficult for folks know these people are going to need Zebari said that under the rule of Sad- who have to find ways to heat their some help, people of very low income, dam Hussein, Iraq was ‘‘a murderous home and also meet the expenses of ev- people who are living on very fixed and tyranny that lasted 35 years and today eryday life. Certainly keeping home tight budgets. we are unearthing thousands of victims heating is about as important an ex- So it is appropriate that we expand in horrifying testament.’’ In a report pense as you can have in everyday life. the LIHEAP program to meet this un- entitled ‘‘Mass Graves: Iraq’s Legacy of It is especially hard on senior citizens, anticipated cost which is no fault of Terror,’’ compiled by the United States seniors who have obviously fixed in- anybody’s, certainly not those who are Agency for International Development, comes in most instances. When the receiving the benefit of this program. it is estimated that nearly 400,000 price of their fuel oil jumps signifi- The question is how do we expand Iraqis lie buried in mass graves—Kurds, cantly, they do not have a whole lot of this program? Over the last few weeks, Shiites, Sunnis, Egyptians, Kuwaitis, opportunity to adjust their income be- we have had a number of attempts to Iranians, all killed because neither cause they are no longer earning a sal- expand this program. It really was not

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11810 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 in a manner we call fiscally prudent or the Northeast. They reached that num- the average family using heating oil are pro- responsible, and we simply said we are ber through the calculations I just jected to hit $1,666 during the upcoming win- going to put a lot of money in this pro- said. So that number is a reasonable ter. This represents an increase of $403 over gram, money not budgeted, money out- number. last winter’s prices and $714 over the winter heating season of 2003–04. For families using side the budget, and do it in a manner I ask unanimous consent that this natural gas, prices are projected to hit $1,568, which would have violated the budget. letter, signed by 41 Senators, be print- representing an increase of $611 over last So points of order were made against ed in the RECORD. year’s prices and $643 over 2003–04. States those proposals, and those points of There being no objection, the mate- need additional funding immediately to help order have all been sustained, and ap- rial was ordered to be printed in the low-income families and seniors to ensure propriately so. RECORD, as follows: they can afford to heat their homes. States We do have a budget under which we U.S. SENATE, are bracing for potentially crisis conditions must live. The issue is how do we set Washington, DC, September 20, 2005. caused by the lack of affordable heating priorities within that budget. Right Hon. THAD COCHRAN, sources, particularly for seniors and the dis- Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, abled. now I believe one of our actions should Almost daily, newspapers are reporting on be to set a priority to put more money U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. ROBERT C. BYRD, the impacts of higher energy costs for con- into the Low-Income Home Energy As- Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, sumers. Hurricane Katrina’s impact on en- sistance Program. We should abso- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. ergy markets comes on top of soaring energy lutely do that, but we should do it in a DEAR CHAIRMAN COCHRAN AND RANKING prices over the past several years. Utilities way that is responsible so we do not MEMBER BYRD: Hurricane Katrina upset the from New England to Florida to Oregon are end up passing the bills for today’s en- lives of millions, displacing families from seeking rate increases. In addition to rising energy prices, the economic devastation in ergy costs on to our children by cre- their homes and inflicting severe economic damage. Without question, the people of the the Gulf region is likely to impact the na- ating more debt. tional economy. Many more Americans will I don’t think senior citizens who ben- Gulf region deserve our support, and we stand ready to help. As the Appropriations need LIHEAP assistance than the 5 million efit from the low-income energy pro- Committee considers an urgently needed households that received aid during FY 2005. gram want us to go into debt to pay for comprehensive supplemental appropriations State LIHEAP programs are expecting a their energy costs and end up with our bill to address Hurricane Katrina’s devasta- major increase in applications due to the children paying the cost of their en- tion as well as its economic and energy im- rapid increase in home energy prices and this ergy today, when their children might pacts on the nation, we urge you to include additional funding will allow them to ad- need the same type of support and $1.276 billion in emergency Low Income dress the need for assistance. Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Residents and business affected by Hurri- would be less able to get it if they had cane Katrina deserve the nation’s full sup- to pay for not only their energy costs funds. With this additional funding, the LIHEAP program will be able to provide the port and financial assistance, and we stand but also pay for the low-income energy same level of purchasing power as last year. ready and willing to do everything we can to costs of the last generation, the gen- This funding is critical to avoid a looming, help. We recognize that the Committee is eration of today. but preventable, crisis for millions of addi- still working to assess the needs wrought by The proper way to do this is to in- tional Americans caused by the soaring cost Hurricane Katrina and will face difficult pri- crease the LIHEAP program in a way and diminishing affordability of home heat- orities in determining emergency funding. that is fiscally responsible. The best ing fuel as winter approaches. We feel that preventing hardship for millions of Americans by acting to provide LIHEAP way to do that is to look at what the The effects of Hurricane Katrina are being felt by Americans outside of the Gulf Region emergency funds before we have another cri- need is, to begin with. The program sis on our hands is an important priority. costs or additional costs of the pro- as gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas prices rise in the wake of this disaster. In- Thank you for your serious consideration of gram, which we know will probably be deed, there is an imminent emergency con- our request. generated as they can best be pro- fronting millions of low-income Americans Sincerely, jected, on top of the money already unable to afford the cost of rising energy Susan M. Collins, Jeff Bingaman, Olym- being spent on the program, which is prices. The current skyrocketing in energy pia Snowe, Jack Reed, Joe Biden, Hil- about $2.4 billion, is about $1.276 bil- prices coupled with energy debt remaining lary Rodham Clinton, Frank R. Lau- from last winter and this summer are lead- tenberg, Debbie Stabenow, Carl Levin, lion. Dick Lugar, Chris Dodd, Evan Bayh, This number of the additional cost ing to increased disconnections and arrears among consumers as the winter heating sea- Patrick Leahy, Mike DeWine, Mark increase, which is a fairly significant Dayton, Jay Rockefeller, Barack number—it is a lot of money—that was son begins—threatening the well-being of low-income families and seniors. This situa- Obama, Edward M. Kennedy, Jon S. essentially reached by calculating the tion warrants the provision of emergency Corzine, Max Baucus, Ken Salazar, Joe increase in energy cost as a result of a LIHEAP funding in the comprehensive sup- Lieberman, Barbara A. Mikulski, Paul runup in energy prices and finding out plemental request. S. Sarbanes, Jim Jeffords, Herb Kohl, how much oil and gas was used last Prior to Hurricane Katrina’s devastation Maria Cantwell, Kent Conrad, Lisa in the Gulf region, Americans were facing Murkowski, Byron L. Dorgan, Russell year by this program and then basi- D. Feingold, Charles Schumer, Lincoln cally converting that to the increase in record prices for oil, natural gas, and pro- pane. Hurricane Katrina damaged platforms Chafee, John F. Kerry, Mark Pryor, the cost of the program. Blanche L. Lincoln, Dianne Feinstein, So the number that has been gen- and ports and curtailed production at refin- eries in the Gulf of Mexico, the source of al- Dick Durbin, Gordon H. Smith, Conrad erally agreed to around here as being most a third of U.S. oil output. Crude oil for Burns, Tom Carper, Pete V. Domenici, the correct number and the reasonable October delivery stands at over $66 a barrel Tim Johnson, Ron Wyden, Norm Cole- number and the number that would be on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Heat- man, Jim Talent. consistent with the historic needs of ing oil prices increased dramatically after Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I think the program is $1.276 billion. Hurricane Katrina. Prices averaged $1.70 per that establishes pretty definitively It is not me saying this, by the way. gallon in July, but now stand over $2 per gal- what the number is. In fact, I drafted I didn’t come to that number. Actu- lon. Before Hurricane Katrina struck, the an amendment, which I intend to offer ally, 41 Members of the Senate signed a Energy Information Administration (EIA) at this time, which would increase the letter saying that. They wrote the predicted a 16 percent increase in heating oil funding for low-income energy assist- costs. This increase comes on top of the 34 Chairman and Ranking Member of the percent increase during the 2003–2004 winter. ance by an amount of $1.276 billion. Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural gas prices also rose dramatically The $1.276 billion which is, I believe, September 20—not that long ago—and after Hurricane Katrina, and now stand over the agreed-to number about which 41 asked for an increase in the Low-In- $12, more than 140 percent increase compared Members of this Senate, all of whom I come Home Energy Assistance Pro- to last year at this time. EIA’s Short-term believe are probably supporting various gram by $1.27 billion. Signing that let- Energy Outlook reports, ‘‘The ranges for ex- amendments in this area, signed a let- ter were Senator COLLINS and Senator pected heating fuel expenditure increases ter asking the Chairman and Ranking this winter are 69 percent to 77 percent for REED, who are the authors of the pend- Member of the Appropriations Com- natural gas in the Midwest; 17 percent to 18 ing amendment, along with, as I men- percent for electricity in the South; 29 per- mittee to put in place an increase in tioned, 41 other Members, which is a cent to 33 percent for heating oil in the the LIHEAP program—is going to be fairly large number of the membership Northeast; and 39 percent to 43 percent for the amount by which my amendment of the Senate, many of whom are from propane in the Midwest.’’ Heating costs for increases the LIHEAP program.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11811 That is a significant increase, a rath- months and putting food on the table 1981, $300,000,000, to remain available until er dramatic increase, in fact, and it for their family. In Illinois, 311,000 expended: Provided, That these funds are for represents, as a percentage, probably households received LIHEAP assist- the unanticipated home energy assistance about a 50-percent increase in the pro- ance last winter, out of 600,000 that ap- needs of one or more States, as authorized by section 2604(e) of the Act: Provided further, gram or well over a 50-percent increase; plied. Clearly there is much more need That the entire amount is designated as an in fact, a 58-percent increase in funding than there are available funds. emergency requirement pursuant to section and, in fact, hits the target we need to If you have never experienced an Illi- 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the aim at in order to make sure that peo- nois winter, I can tell you that it can concurrent resolution on the budget for fis- ple of low incomes, living on fixed in- be bitterly cold. In January, the wind cal year 2006. comes, will have the necessary support coming off of Lake Michigan near my GENERAL PROVISION—REDUCTION AND they need to fund the cost of their en- house in Chicago will chill you to the RESCISSION ergy this winter during the coldest bone. This year, the National Oceanic SEC. ll. (a) Amounts made available in months so they do not have to be put and Atmospheric Association is pro- this Act, not otherwise required by law, are in a situation where they choose be- jecting an even colder than average reduced by 0.92 percent. winter. As a result of colder tempera- (b) The reduction described in subsection tween food and warmth, something (a) shall not apply to amounts made avail- that would be inexcusable and inappro- tures and rising energy prices, the De- able under this Act— priate. partment of Energy’s Energy Informa- (1) for the account under the heading There is a further thing that my tion Administration is predicting that ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or amendment does because I do believe families will be faced with signifi- (2) for the account under the heading in a fiscally responsible approach, and cantly higher heating costs than last ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE’’ (with I believe Congress has an obligation to year. Those families whose homes are respect to amounts designated as emergency set priorities. There is no question in heated primarily by natural gas will requirements). SEC. ll. (a) There is rescinded an amount my mind that an immediate priority pay about $350 more this winter, fami- equal to 0.92 of the budget authority pro- for us is that we make sure that the lies in homes heated primarily by pro- vided in any prior appropriation Act for fis- low-income energy assistance program pane will pay an average of $325 more, cal year 2006, for any discretionary account is adequately funded heading into what and families in homes heated primarily described in this Act. will obviously be a difficult winter in by heating oil will pay, on average, as (b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) light of the high energy costs. That much as $378 more than last year. shall be applied proportionately— should be a priority of our Govern- With the expected increase in heating (1) to each discretionary account described costs, there will be an increased de- in subsection (a) to the extent that it relates ment. But in setting that priority, we to budget authority described in subsection should not pass the debt, as I said ear- mand for LIHEAP assistance. Already (a), and to each item of budget authority de- lier, of funding that program on to our this year, 100,000 Illinois households scribed in subsection (a); and children. We should decide what we are have applied for help with their heat- (2) within each such account or item, to going to cut or how we are going to re- ing bills for the coming winter, a high- each program, project, and activity (as delin- duce the rate of growth in spending at er than average number for this point eated in the appropriation Act or accom- the Federal level to pay for this pro- in the year. The $2.92 billion in emer- panying report for the relevant fiscal year gram. gency funding proposed in this amend- covering such account or item). ment will supplement the $2.18 billion (c) The rescission described in subsection So my amendment, in addition to (a) shall not apply to budget authority pro- adding this fairly significant, rather already contained in the Labor-HHS vided as described in subsection (a)— dramatic increase in funding to the appropriations bill to fully fund (1) for the account under the heading LIHEAP program, and a number which LIHEAP at a total of $5.1 billion. ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or was originally supported by the 41 sig- Livable shelter is a basic human ne- (2) for the account under the heading natories of the letter to the Chairman cessity. Without authorizing these ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE (with and Ranking Member of the Appropria- emergency funds: we put the elderly, respect to amounts designated as emergency tions Committee, also puts in place an the disabled and the low-income fami- requirements)’’. offset to pay for this. lies that depend on this aid at risk. If Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the rea- The offset represents an across-the- we have learned anything from the son I sent this amendment up as a board cut under this bill of all ac- tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, it is that first-degree amendment is that I be- counts. It comes out to be less than a we cannot afford to shortchange pro- lieve we have an understanding with 1-percent cut, a nine-tenths-of-1-per- grams that provide assistance for the Senator REED and Senator COLLINS as cent reduction in spending across other most vulnerable in our society. to the voting sequence, and that is im- accounts to pay for this LIHEAP I urge my colleagues to join me in portant, and that is why I originally spending. That is the proper way to ap- supporting this important amendment. asked to be protected with a second-de- proach an issue such as this. AMENDMENT NO. 2253 gree amendment. Let’s determine whether or not it is a Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I send my The amendment is now pending. Once priority. If it is a priority—and I be- amendment to the desk. again, to summarize what the amend- lieve it is a priority—to fund LIHEAP, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ment does, it increases the funding for then let’s fund it and not pass it on to clerk will report. LIHEAP by $1.276 billion, which is the our children. The assistant legislative clerk read number which was asked originally of That is what I do in this amendment. as follows: the administration about a month ago Rather than sending it up as a second The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. by 41 Senators, including Senator COL- degree, I ask unanimous consent that GREGG] proposes an amendment numbered LINS and Senator REED, in a letter sent the pending amendment be set aside. 2253. to the Chairman and Ranking Member The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask of the Appropriations Committee. It is ALEXANDER). Without objection, it is so unanimous consent that the reading of a significant number. The number is ordered. the amendment be dispensed with. reached by determining what the pro- Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I rise The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without jected costs of the increased cost of en- today in support of the amendment of- objection, it is so ordered. ergy will be to our citizens who are liv- fered by Senators REED and COLLINS to The amendment is as follows: ing on a fixed income. the Fiscal Year 2006 Labor, HHS appro- (Purpose: To increase appropriations for the Second, it is an amendment which is priations bill to appropriate $2.92 bil- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro- paid for where we recognize we have a lion emergency funding for the Low-In- gram by $1,276,000,000, with an across-the- priority as a Government to partici- come Home Energy Assistance Pro- board reduction) pate in assisting these individuals who, gram, (LIHEAP). On page 158, strike lines 12 through 21 and through no fault of their own, find insert the following: LIHEAP provides much needed as- bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, themselves in dire straits if the energy sistance to Americans who might oth- $3,159,000,000. costs, with their significant jump in erwise be forced to choose between For making payments under title XXVI of price, make it impossible for them to heating their home during the winter the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of buy adequate heating oil to heat their

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11812 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 homes, and in recognizing that pri- ther cuts. Therefore, I am constrained Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, is there ority, we pursue a policy of making to oppose the amendment offered by an amendment pending? sure that the moneys will be put into the Senator from New Hampshire. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, the LIHEAP program, but at the same Mr. President, in the absence of any there is. time it will be paid for by a reasonable, other Senator seeking recognition—I Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous con- across-the-board cut, relative to other was about to suggest the absence of a sent to lay it aside. programs within this bill, on the the- quorum—but let me urge my col- ory it would be inappropriate to simply leagues to come to the floor, instead, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without raise this spending without doing an and offer amendments. We have an in- objection, it is so ordered. across-the-board cut or without some dication that there will be an amend- AMENDMENT NO. 2193, AS MODIFIED adequate offset because that means we ment offered at 6 o’clock. We may be in Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask would be deficit financing this number a position to vote on some amendments unanimous consent to call up and send and thus passing this cost on to our at that time, if no other amendments to the desk amendment No. 2193, as children to pay, rather than absorbing are to be offered. But we have 47 min- modified. the cost, as it should be absorbed, by utes between now and 6 o’clock where our generation. there is ample time for someone to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The I ask unanimous consent that Sen- come to the floor a few minutes and clerk will report. ator GRASSLEY be listed as a cosponsor. offer an amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without It may be the offerer of the next The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. objection, it is so ordered. amendment will be here at 5:30. I am THUNE], for himself, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. GREGG. I yield the floor. advised there may be a change. That Mr. BROWNBACK, and Mr. TALENT, proposes The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- still leaves us 16 minutes. We can get a an amendment numbered 2193, as modified. ator from Pennsylvania. lot done in 16 minutes, if somebody Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous con- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ap- comes to the floor and offers an amend- sent the reading of the amendment be preciate the thrust of the argument ment. We don’t like to waste any time, dispensed with. being advanced by the Senator from Mr. President. We have a complicated New Hampshire in terms of expendi- bill here. Wait and see, tomorrow, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tures. There is no doubt that the def- day after tomorrow, Friday, or who- objection, it is so ordered. icit is excessive. There is no doubt that ever knows when this week we will fin- The amendment is as follows: the national debt is an enormous bur- ish this bill—and the majority leader At the end of title II (before the short den on our society. When we deal with and the managers are determined to title), add the following: the issue of energy assistance for the finish the bill—16 minutes will look SEC. ll. TELEHEALTH. poor, there has been a generalized like a lot of time. (a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to agreement, as evidenced by the amend- I remind my colleagues about the ar- ment offered by the Senator from New amounts otherwise appropriated under this gument over a unanimous-consent re- Act, there are appropriated, out of any Hampshire, agreeing that there ought quest for 1 extra minute last Thursday. money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- to be LIHEAP assistance. We have those arguments from time to priated, $10,000,000 to carry out programs and He approaches it differently than the time, sometimes made by experienced activities under the Health Care Safety Net Reed-Collins amendment, which treats Senators who know that if you object Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107–251) and the issue as an emergency, and instead to a 1-minute unanimous consent re- the amendments made by such Act, and for has an across-the-board cut of almost 1 quest, it will take at least 5 minutes to other telehealth programs under section 330I of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. percent on all funding under this bill. straighten it out. Eventually they got The bill is not cut to the bone. The 254c–14), of which— the minute. Mr. President, 15 or 16 (1) $2,500,000 shall be for not less than 10 bill, in its present shape, goes into the minutes is a lot of time, so I urge my telehealth resource centers that provide as- bone. It does not have an increase for colleagues to come to the floor. sistance with respect to technical, legal, and inflation. It has a very marked short- In the interim, I suggest the absence regulatory service delivery or other related fall on many programs. We heard one of a quorum. barriers to the deployment of telehealth this morning on education in the cap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The technologies, of which not less than 2 centers tion of Pell grants where there simply shall be located in a rural State with a popu- clerk will call the roll. lation of less than 1,500,000 individuals; is not enough money to take care of The legislative clerk proceeded to the basic needs of these three depart- (2) $5,000,000 shall be for network grants call the roll. and demonstration or pilot projects for ments. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I telehomecare; and Education and health care are our ask unanimous consent the order for (3) $2,500,000 shall be for grants to carry out two major capital assets. Without good the quorum call be rescinded. programs under which health licensing health, people cannot function. With- boards or various States cooperate to de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without out a decent education, people cannot velop and implement policies that will re- objection, it is so ordered. progress. This allocation of $145 billion duce statutory and regulatory barriers to Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous is right to the bone. telehealth. consent I be allowed to proceed for up We find ourselves in what I think is (b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding any other to 5 minutes as in morning business. a genuine emergency situation with re- provision of this Act, amounts made avail- spect to fuel assistance. It is as much The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without able under this Act for the administration objection, it is so ordered. and related expenses for the departmental an emergency as Katrina is to the peo- management for the Department of Labor, (The remarks of Mr. MCCONNELL are ple who are victims of that hurricane. the Department of Health and Human Serv- printed in today’s RECORD under That incident has markedly raised the ices, and the Department of Education, shall cost of fuel oil and natural gas where ‘‘Morning Business.’’) be reduced, on a pro rata basis, by $10,000,000. people need it for heating. Mr. MCCONNELL. I suggest the ab- The Director of the Office of Management Where we can appropriate the kind of sence of a quorum. and Budget shall administer such reductions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dollars which we have for Katrina—and Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask the clerk will call the roll. I am not questioning that—this is right amendment be laid aside. in the same boat, to use an overused The legislative clerk proceeded to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without metaphor. call the roll. objection, it is so ordered. Much as we have problems with the Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask deficit, much as we have problems with unanimous consent the order for the Mr. THUNE. I suggest the absence of the national debt, this is, I think, a quorum call be rescinded. a quorum. genuine emergency, and the accounts The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The on this bill simply cannot tolerate fur- objection, it is so ordered. clerk will call the roll.

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Without objection, it is so The Pentagon had given me clearance to erally under what conditions were re- ordered. see secret information . . . porters approved to be embedded with Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, my un- My question is, What kind of clear- military units and given opportunity derstanding is we are on the appropria- ance would that be, that a reporter, to see secret or top secret material? tions bill. I will speak for 5 minutes or traveling with a military unit in Iraq, Did they have security clearances or so on a subject unrelated to the bill. searching for weapons of mass destruc- not? The Pentagon says not. This re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is the tion, what kind of clearance would that porter said she did. If they had clear- Senator’s right. reporter have to see classified or secret ances, what kinds of clearances were PENTAGON CLEARANCE FOR JUDITH MILLER information? they? The Pentagon said they have Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, there I called the Pentagon to find out nondisclosure forms. How can you give has been a lot of information around what kind of clearance would exist, a nondisclosure form to a reporter and this town about a New York Times re- perhaps not just with respect to this then show them secret or top secret porter named Judith Miller. She has reporter. My interest would be on a material? Take a look at the law, been central to a case that Mr. Fitz- broader basis. We had many reporters which I will read tomorrow in the Sen- gerald, the special prosecutor, is look- embedded with military units in Iraq ate. That is not what is allowed. ing into. There is a lot of anticipation during the invasion and during the sub- The classification of material that is here about what or what might not sequent activities, looking for weapons secret or top secret dealing with intel- happen with respect to charges that of mass destruction. ligence or military operations is not a might be filed. It has to do with the Based on what I can learn from the classification that is done lightly. It is disclosure of a covert CIA agent and Pentagon—although it was not all that not a classification that can be over- who might have disclosed her name and clear from the response I received— come by someone in the Pentagon who why. Judith Miller was a reporter for based on what I could learn from the says, Okay, put on a military shirt or the New York Times and Judith Miller Pentagon, it seems there was no ‘‘se- a pair of military trousers and go spent some 80-plus days in jail because cret’’ or ‘‘top secret’’ clearance given embed yourself with that unit, and, by she decided not to testify about that this reporter. the way, you sign a form that says subject before a grand jury when re- Now, last evening I talked to a sol- ‘‘nondisclosure.’’ That is not the way quested by the special prosecutor. She dier in Germany, a man who was a part we decide how to disperse information was subsequently released and did tes- of the unit in which this reporter was that is considered secret or top secret. tify. embedded. He was very willing and in- Those who are in our Senate commu- I share the common interest in what terested in talking about the entire ex- nity, on our staffs and so on, those who has happened, what did the special perience. The fellow from Germany, are permitted to see classified secret prosecutor find, were there people in who is a sergeant in that special unit and top secret material, must have a Washington, DC, who were ‘‘outing,’’ as Judith Miller was embedded in, spoke clearance. That clearance must come it were, a covert agent of the CIA, and at some length about what happened after an investigation to determine if so, did they lie about it, did they ob- there. I told him of the quote Judith whether that person is qualified to struct justice. I don’t know the answer Miller had in the New York Times. He have classified information. I am ask- and I don’t pretend to know the answer said he would have understood that she ing the Pentagon, did they provide a to any of that. As one colleague sug- would have likely seen secret or even clearance? The short answer says no, gested on television this weekend, top secret information. The way the re- they did not. The writer says they did. these are not ‘‘technical’’ issues. There porter is embedded in that cir- The Pentagon says a ‘‘nondisclosure is no such thing as technical perjury. cumstance, they have access to a sub- form.’’ What on Earth is that? How In any event, this is very important. stantial amount of information, could many nondisclosure forms exist when But that is now why I am here now. not help but have access. So the ques- they are embedding men and women in The reason I come to the Senate for tion I asked the Pentagon is, on what the news media with military units en- a moment to mention Judith Miller is basis would a reporter have access to gaged in activities that often are secret she wrote something in her own hand these clearances to receive secret or and top secret? that appeared in the New York Times top secret information? I will be asking the inspector general in recent days describing her situation. Further, it is my understanding, at at the Pentagon to take a look at this She said something that was of inter- least from the sergeant whom I spoke to evaluate for the Congress. All Mem- est to me and alerted my curiosity. I with in Germany last evening, all that bers should understand this. What are have since made a number of calls re- was transmitted from this reporter, the circumstances by which a reporter lated to that. embedded with a military unit, was ap- describes her access to see secret infor- Judith Miller was embedded in a proved by the colonel involved in that mation because she had a ‘‘clearance’’ military unit and she said the fol- military unit and material was not to from the Pentagon when the Pentagon lowing in her piece: be published without the colonel’s ap- said she did not have a clearance? We The Pentagon had given me clearance to proval. Well, of course, that is the cen- understand what secret clearances are see secret information as a part of my as- soring of the material. It is also the around here. All of us understand that. signment ‘‘embedded’’ with a special mili- case as reported not only by the ser- We deal with that classification every tary unit hunting for unconventional weap- geant in the conversation I had last day. What are the circumstances by ons [or weapons of mass destruction.] evening but also in previous publica- which a reporter is allowed to see se- We all understand in the Senate what tions, that this reporter, Judith Miller, cret or top secret information because it means to see secret or top secret ma- described often her acquaintance with they have a clearance, when the Pen- terial. We frequently are provided Donald Rumsfeld and Mr. Feith and tagon says no such clearance exists? briefings by the CIA, by the Defense others in the Pentagon at high levels, If, in fact, it is not a clearance and Department, by other intelligence including generals. And she expressed the reporter has simply misspoken, if units, briefings that are classified as freely her either agreement or dis- it is instead a nondisclosure form, then either ‘‘secret,’’ or ‘‘top secret.’’ We agreement with the military activities I would like to see the provision in law understand what that means. We un- of the unit she was in, and talked by which the Pentagon has decided to derstand, for example, if a member of about complaining back to Rumsfeld, provide nondisclosure releases to jour- our staff is to be made available to and so on and so forth. nalists who join military units whose have those clearances, clearances come I don’t know the voracity of all of units then censor the material that only when there is a background check that. All I am reporting is what I was comes from the journalist. And is there

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I would have maybe two Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby What I have read in recent days raised or three if I didn’t run on that kind of move to bring to a close debate on H.R. 3010: questions for me beyond what has been a platform. The Labor-HHS appropriations bill. raised in recent days which is the issue Seriously, we need to get on with Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, Thad Cochran, this bill. But it is now past 6 o’clock, Michael Enzi, Wayne Allard, Jon Kyl, of the special prosecutor and his poten- Rick Santorum, Richard Lugar, Mike tial action before the grand jury ex- and that concludes our activity on the DeWine, Craig Thomas, Mel Martinez, pires. I don’t know about all of that. I bill. I think the custom of the Senate Sam Brownback, Kay Bailey am as interested as others about what is to move to morning business at this Hutchison, John Thune, Orrin Hatch, may or may not happen. point. Robert Bennett, Mike Crapo. I am a member of the Subcommittee I am advised we have not yet filed Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask on Defense Appropriations. We spend a cloture, Mr. President, so I suggest the unanimous consent that the manda- fair amount of time evaluating weap- absence of a quorum so we technically tory quorum under rule XXII be ons programs and other issues that are stay on the bill until the final signa- waived. secret and top secret. But I don’t un- ture is added so that the cloture mo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without derstand this, a self-description by a tion can be filed. objection, it is so ordered. New York Times reporter about her The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. FRIST. This cloture vote will clearance to see secret information as clerk will call the roll. occur Thursday morning. We will an- part of being embedded with the mili- The legislative clerk proceeded to nounce the exact time sometime dur- tary unit. call the roll. ing tomorrow’s session, hopefully Mr. President, I will have more to Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask Thursday morning. say about this tomorrow. In the mean- unanimous consent that the order for Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I rise time, I intend to try to find additional the quorum call be rescinded. today to support an important cause, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without answers. They have not been forth- at a critical time, increasing the rep- objection, it is so ordered. coming in the last couple of days. But resentation of students from underrep- Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask I think all of the Congress, all of the resented backgrounds in law school and unanimous consent that I be allowed to Senate, should be asking these ques- the legal profession. proceed as though in morning business tions as well. Senator DURBIN and I have intro- for 10 minutes. duced an amendment to the Labor, Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Health and Human Services, and Edu- objection, it is so ordered. ator from Pennsylvania. cation appropriations bill that would (The remarks of Mr. LEVIN are print- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, we restore funding for a program which ed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Morning have been sitting in the Chamber with- Business.’’) seeks to do just that the Thurgood out accomplishing much for more than Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I note Marshall Legal Educational Oppor- 45 minutes now. We had, in my view, that S. Res. 287, which is a resolution I tunity Program. The Marshall Pro- more quorum calls and more time introduced on behalf of Senator STABE- gram provides technical assistance, which was not spent on the bill than we NOW, Senator REID, Senator FRIST, and training, coaching, and financial as- should have. We have a great many I believe a majority of this body now, sistance to prospective law students amendments pending, and we are going has been cleared for passage later on who might otherwise experience aca- to be pushing ahead. this evening. I very much welcome that demic or financial obstacles to law We are filing cloture today, and we development. It is fitting, indeed, that school success. It also runs 6-week are going to be pushing ahead to try to on the day after the passing of Rosa Summer Institutes that serve as a get this bill finished at the earliest Parks the majority of this body sees it bridge between college and law school, time. Whether it is Thursday, Friday, important to adopt a bipartisan resolu- and helps law students prepare for the or when this week, I do not know. We tion honoring her life. bar exam. Since its inception, over have been awaiting for more than 30 I thank the Chair. I note the absence 7,000 students have received their law minutes the arrival of a Senator to of a quorum. degrees with help from the Marshall offer another amendment. And very The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Program. I am proud to say that some candidly, I am tired of waiting. clerk will call the roll. of the Program’s valuable initiatives So that concludes the action on this The assistant legislative clerk pro- are held at Illinois’ own Northern Illi- bill today. We will begin tomorrow ceeded to call the roll. nois University and DePaul University. morning with a series of amendments. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask Judges, prosecutors, public defenders, We had wanted to vote on a number of unanimous consent that the order for and other legal professionals are the amendments which were pending, but the quorum call be rescinded. faces of our justice system. It is impor- we cannot because too many Senators The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tant that these individuals come from have other commitments. That is objection, it is so ordered. a variety of experiences, and bring to something that is hard to understand CLOTURE MOTION their jobs a diverse range of perspec- sometimes: why we are notified mid- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, we have tives. According to a national study afternoon that Senators are too busy been moving forward with the under- commissioned in 2000, however, half of to attend to the business of the Senate lying bill, and Chairman SPECTER has those polled believed that the justice and to vote. indicated that he has a lineup of system treated people differently be- I say in gest that I am going to run amendments ready for tomorrow. I cause of their background. One impor- for majority leader on a platform to know that tomorrow will be a busy day tant way to address this problem is to have a 4-day workweek, from Monday with votes in relation to those amend- make sure that working-class people noon until Friday noon. That would ments. We need this final appropria- and students from different cultural double the workweek of the Senate. tions bill this week, as I have said backgrounds have the opportunity to The second plank of my platform—I no- again and again—this week and last go to law school and successfully enter tice the two Senators from Georgia are week—and, therefore, in order to facili- the legal profession. amused; anybody would be amused—to tate passage, I now send a cloture mo- Equally important is the effect these hold down these votes to 15 minutes tion to the desk. students will have on their families and 5 more minutes, we did pretty well The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- and their communities. The Marshall on that. We had an 181⁄2-minute vote. ture motion having been presented Program’s benefits extend not only to

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An estimated 3 million people meet immediate needs but has found their neighborhoods, and hope to their are now homeless. As the survivors the world community willing to pledge communities. The Marshall Progam spend day after miserable day with lit- barely a quarter of this amount—and helps to expand opportunities, for this tle food or water, little medical care, the White House’s response has been to generation of Americans and the next. little protection from the bitterly cold promise less than 4 percent of this I am proud to support the cause of in- winter temperatures that have already modest sum, per USAID fact-sheet of creasing the representation of students hampered relief efforts, the number of 10/21: $10.8 million to U.N. flash appeal. from less advantaged backgrounds in the dead will certainly rise. Mr. President, we need to do much the legal profession. I urge my col- Residents of the Indian-administered more, to do it much faster—and we leagues to do the same. portion of Kashmir were hit hard: 1,400 need the administration to start tell- have died, a number greater than the f ing us some answers: death toll of Katrina. But the worst How much money will we actually MORNING BUSINESS devastation has been felt in the area spend? And where will it come from? Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask administered by Pakistan, which has Does the administration plan to shift unanimous consent that there now be a borne the brunt of the disaster. funds from existing accounts for Paki- period for the transaction of morning For Pakistan, the earthquake was at stan, in which case the President’s business, with Senators permitted to least 40 Katrinas, all rolled into one. pledge would look like a bait-and- speak for up to 10 minutes each. The capitol of Pakistani Kashmir has switch? Would the funds come from ex- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without been largely destroyed. Relief efforts isting disaster accounts, in which case objection, it is so ordered. will cost billions of dollars, and repairs every dollar sent to Kashmir would po- to the very most basic infrastructure f tentially be a dollar taken from will cost billions more. Darfur, Guatemala, or Niger? American helicopter pilots and other LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT With so many pressing needs here in military personnel have performed he- ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2005 the United States, some may ask why roically in the rescue operation. The send any aid overseas. Let’s take care Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise first 72 hours after a disaster of this of our own people, some may say, leave today to speak about the need for hate magnitude are vital, since this is the other nations to take care of them- crimes legislation. Each Congress, Sen- window in which trapped survivors selves. ator KENNEDY and I introduce hate have a realistic chance of being crimes legislation that would add new brought out alive. As of last week, Oc- But this is a false choice. We can categories to current hate crimes law, tober 17, 442 U.S. personnel and 11 heli- take care of our own people and fulfill sending a signal that violence of any copters were involved in the effort, and our moral duty to our fellow human kind is unacceptable in our society. the U.S. military had evacuated 2,500 beings elsewhere in the world. Likewise, each Congress I have come to survivors. I am proud of our service When we were struck by the tragedy the floor to highlight a separate hate men and women, and I wholeheartedly of Katrina, 90 nations offered us assist- crime that has occurred in our coun- support President Bush’s decision to ance—including a pledge of $1 million try. deploy our military assets to this mis- from Pakistan. Aiding the victims of On September, 19, 1998, two men and sion of mercy. the Kashmiri earthquake is the right two women pulled up to Peter John- I would like to see far more of our thing to do, and it is also in our vital son’s car in Chicago, IL, and asked him choppers devoted to this vital effort: national interest. As we have seen in if he was gay. When he replied that he With only 30 percent of the affected vil- the aftermath of the Asian tsunami was, the four people exited the vehicle lages reachable by road, the single this year, disaster relief is one of the and beat the man. He was then taken greatest need is for every utility heli- most effective—and cost-effective— to a local hospital and treated for inju- copter that can be rushed to the scene; tools in our diplomatic or political ar- ries that he had sustained during the we’ve got Chinooks, Blackhawks, and senal. attack. other suitable craft right across the Other nations recognize the twinned I believe that our Government’s first border in Afghanistan, and I hope the moral and political need for generous duty is to defend its citizens, in all cir- administration will immediately shift humanitarian response. Some 30 coun- cumstances, from threats to them at more of these assets to the short-term tries have sent relief aid to Pakistan, home. The Local Law Enforcement En- mission of saving lives. countries including Russia, China, hancement Act is a major step forward I also support the President’s pledge Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, in achieving that goal. I believe that of financial aid for the reconstruction Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Iran, by passing this legislation and chang- effort—indeed, I rise today to urge Jordan, Syria and Afghanistan. Sev- ing current law, we can change hearts President Bush to send more aid. This eral, including Britain and Turkey, and minds as well. is no time for half-measures. sent specialized search-and-rescue f If there is one thing we all should teams to pull survivors out of the rub- have learned from Katrina and the ble. EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR Southeast Asian tsunami, it is that an Others have already established mo- PAKISTAN effective, rapid, well-funded response is bile field hospitals that are saving hun- Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, the people necessary to prevent a terrible tragedy dreds—maybe thousands—of lives on a of Kashmir are no strangers to hard- from spiraling into an uncontrolled dis- daily basis. Even Pakistan’s longtime ship. Their beautiful, tragic land has aster. rival India sent planeloads of tents, been the arena of full-scale warfare be- As of today, October 24, the total medicine, and other supplies. tween India and Pakistan, a long-run- amount of earthquake aid committed The U.S. has been generous, but so ning insurgency marked by exceptional by the administration has been about too have other countries. If the admin- brutality and penetration by terrorist $27 million. President Bush has pledged istration does indeed follow through on groups in league with al-Qaida. ‘‘up to’’ $50 million, and Secretary Rice President Bush’s $50 million promise, On October 8, the people of Kashmir has hinted that the total figure might that would be half the amount pledged suffered the most devastating blow yet: be higher than this, but so far—2 weeks by Kuwait, half the amount pledged by A massive earthquake killed about as after the tragedy—these are still vague the United Arab Emirates. Last week- many Kashmiris in just a few minutes abstractions. The costs for tsunami re- end, Saudi Arabia announced an aid as all the bullets and bombs of massed lief proved far higher than the initial package of $133 million. We are not the

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Every day we let the penses in Iraq, we bought an incalcu- like Mercy Corps, CARE, the Inter- extremists fill the void is another op- lable amount of goodwill among the 210 national Rescue Committee, Save the portunity wasted. million Muslims in Indonesia, and im- Children and the Red Cross have col- The Asian tsunami provides a shining proved our standing among many other lected many thousands of dollars. example of the need for rapid action, Muslims worldwide. In one development that builds upon and what we can accomplish when we Today, we have the chance to rep- an encouraging warming of ties be- do things right. licate our success. We can do in Paki- tween Pakistan and Israel, President The initial response from the White stan what we did in Indonesia: prove Musharraf has specifically welcomed House was disappointing: for the first that America is not engaged in a cru- the contributions of American Jewish week after the tragedy, the administra- sade against Islam. charities. tion lagged behind other nations, in- We can demonstrate—with deeds, not But there are other organizations cluding small countries with far infe- empty words—that we are allies rather whose support is more troubling: ex- rior resources than we possess. than adversaries. We can show that we, tremist groups have been in the fore- But once the administration decided and not the extremists or the terror- front of disaster relief. There is a des- to match America’s contribution with ists, are the best friends that the peo- perate need for more assistance—and our superpower status, we leapt to the ple of Muslim nations could want to that void is being filled by groups hos- forefront of the relief effort. When the have. tile to American interests. USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group and We can do this, but we can’t do it on the cheap. We can’t do it with just a Jamaat ul-Dawa, an affiliate of the other naval assets arrived on the scene, dozen helicopters and $27 million and a terrorist group Lashkar-e Taiba, has they immediately established us the promise that eventually we may con- been operating a major field hospital leader of the global response. complete with x-ray facilities and an The sailors, marines and other serv- tribute half as much as Kuwait. Mr. President, I urge this Chamber to operating theater—a facility so capable ice members did an absolutely superb do more. And I urge the administration that it has been treating casualties of job: They performed an act of public di- to immediately match our contribution the Pakistani military itself. plomacy more powerful than any dol- with the vital need at hand: With Paki- More than a week after the earth- lars-and-sense reckoning could cal- stan reeling from the worst natural quake, the U.S. had still not set up a culate. disaster in its history, we can’t afford mobile field hospital, despite the prox- They showed that the U.S. military to let our response be too little and too imity of resources in Afghanistan and is not merely a fearsome adversary but late. the Middle East; I hope that by now also a powerful friend. Today, Mr. President, our moral duty such a facility is in operation. We have This effort had an immediate impact: and our national security interest are the finest military medical personnel In Indonesia, the world’s most popu- one. in the world, and they are eager to save lous Muslim nation, popular attitudes f as many lives as they can. towards the United States profoundly Why has the administration been un- improved, almost overnight. Before COMMEMORATING THE SIXTIETH able to accomplish a vital humani- George Bush took office, 75 percent of ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED tarian task that is currently being car- Indonesians had a favorable impression NATIONS ried out by a terrorist affiliate? of the United States; by 2003, that num- Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I recog- And Jamaat ul-Dawa isn’t the only ber had fallen to 15 percent. nize and pay tribute to the United Na- extremist group filling this need. The But in the aftermath of the tsunami, tions on the occasion of its sixtieth an- AI-Khidmat Foundation, the charity Indonesians saw Americans as friends niversary. branch of hardline Islamist party rather than foes. In a survey sponsored During this week in 1945, fifty coun- Jamaat-e Islami, has organized relief by the nonpartisan group Terror Free tries came together to found the convoys, medical facilities and camps Tomorrow, 65 percent of respondents United Nations, a body created to ad- sheltering survivors. had a more favorable view of the vance two momentous goals: a world The Al-Rasheed trust, a group whose United States after the arrival of the free from war, and one in which the U.S. assets have been frozen on the sus- USS Abraham Lincoln. basic rights of citizens are respected in picion that it channeled funds to al- This public attitude is directly re- all countries. Over the last 6 decades, Qaida is highly visible in a variety of flected in Indonesian views of the war with the help of the UN, we have at relief efforts. on terror. In the same poll, support for least avoided the scourge of another There’s nothing new about extremist Osama bin Laden dropped from 58 per- world war. And we have seen the ad- groups performing social services. cent prior to the tsunami to 23 percent vancement of democracy and human Hezbollah, Hamas, the Tamil Tigers, afterward. For the first time in any rights around the world, as well as the and a variety of other groups on the major poll, a plurality, 40 percent, sup- provision of shelter, basic education, Foreign Terrorist Organization list ported the U.S.-led fight against ter- and critical healthcare to millions that have long bolstered their base of sup- rorism. would otherwise have gone without. port by providing social welfare pro- And this isn’t merely a matter of poll Today, while the broad goals of the grams—especially where the govern- numbers: Indonesian-based extremist UN remain the same, global threats ment has been either unable or unwill- groups tried to use their relief oper- and challenges are drastically dif- ing to meet its citizens’ most basic ations in the tsunami-ravaged province ferent. Internal conflict, terrorism, the needs. of Aceh as a tool for recruitment, and spread of weapons of mass destruction, The extremists know that such pro- due in large part to the strong U.S. re- religious hatreds, natural disasters, grams build goodwill among the popu- sponse these groups utterly failed to and disease pose great hardships and lace. They have learned a lesson al- make headway. When they tried to risks to all people, regardless of coun- ready known to every U.S. military of- preach anti-American sentiments, the try of origin, and require, more than ficer: You can’t win a war with bombs people of Aceh shut them down cold: ever, coordinated international re- alone, you have to win hearts and The survivors of the tsunami knew bet- sponses. By harnessing the resources minds. ter because they had seen American and collective expertise of its 191 mem- Our military professionals know this, sailors and marines saving lives. ber states, the United Nations has the but it sometimes seems as if the civil- The lesson is clear: Our humani- ability to address these concerns in ian leadership in the White House has tarian duty and our national security ways that no single nation can on its forgotten the lesson. We had an oppor- interests here are in complete accord. own.

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UN agencies have distributed conditions that breed terrorism. And rial was ordered to be printed in the life-saving supplies, are supporting the the dozens of personnel, management RECORD, as follows: surveillance work of the Centers for and budget reforms that have been pro- VON TUNGELN FARMS, Disease Control, and are assisting in posed and endorsed by member states Calumet, OK, September 28, 2005. evacuee registration and tracking of will make the organization more effi- Hon. JIM INHOFE, missing children. cient in the important work it does. Russell Building, Day in and day out, we see evidence Washington, DC. Now, as the United Nations moves DEAR SENATOR INHOFE: I appreciate your of the critical work that the United into the next chapter of its history, it interest in helping the citizens of Oklahoma Nations undertakes around the world. is imperative that this momentum for to preserve one of our most important his- The organization continues to lead hu- change continues. Implementing these torical assets, the buildings of Fort Reno. manitarian relief efforts in the wake of reforms is the responsibility of the Funding is badly needed to restore and main- last year’s tsunami disaster in South- member states. The United States can tain the Fort’s buildings, many of which east Asia and has launched an emer- playa critical leadership role in secur- were built as early as the 1880’s. The legisla- gency response to the devastating tion you are willing to introduce on our be- ing their support, and their action. The half will insure that these priceless buildings earthquake in Pakistan. Through future effectiveness of the United Na- are not lost, but are preserved and main- UNAIDS, the organization coordinates tions lies in the balance, and I have tained and made available for viewing and a comprehensive global response to the every expectation that the member use by generations of Oklahomans. fight against HIV/AIDS, working to states can and will deliver. I encourage I also appreciate that you support a rev- halt and reverse the epidemic by 2015. the Members of this chamber to fully enue-neutral approach to financing the res- The UN women’s fund, UNIFEM, sup- toration of Fort Reno without increasing our support the efforts that are underway tax burden. My late husband, Henry Jo, first ports women’s empowerment and gen- at the United Nations. suggested this mechanism about two years der equality, in particular through sup- Article One of the United Nations ago, and worked to have it considered. Your porting local initiatives to end vio- Charter states that the purposes of the willingness to implement the plan means a lence against women. The UN Develop- organization are to maintain inter- great deal to me. Success with the legisla- ment Program is supporting demo- national peace and security; address tion will mean much to many other Oklaho- cratic governance projects in Iraq, Af- international social, economic and cul- mans, as well as the thousands of out-of- ghanistan, Sierra Leone, Haiti and over tural problems; and to promote funda- state tourists who visit Fort Reno each year. 150 countries worldwide. Inspections by Sincerely, mental human rights and freedoms. DONNA VON TUNGELN. the International Atomic Energy Agen- Today, although tremendous progress f cy have uncovered violations by Iran has been made, we still need the UN to and North Korea, and the agency’s advance these goals. Therefore, I con- TRIBUTE TO PAUL AND SHEILA safeguards have assured the world that gratulate and thank the United Na- WELLSTONE other countries are not diverting nu- tions, its current personnel and staff, Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise clear material from their peaceful nu- as well as those who have served in the today in memory of Paul and Sheila clear power programs. past, for all that it has done to advance Wellstone. It is hard to believe that on Finally, the UN Refugee Agency, peace, security and freedom around the this date 3 years ago, the lives of Paul UNHCR, extends protection and life world, and for all that it must do in the and Sheila Wellstone, and others, were saving assistance to some 19 million years ahead to realize the vision of its taken in a plane crash in Minnesota. refugees and other vulnerable persons. founders. On that day, I lost a good friend, the In May 2005, I had the opportunity to f Senate lost a leader, and the American visit the Oure Cassoni refugee camp people lost an advocate who was never VOTE EXPLANATION along the Chad-Sudan border, and was afraid to stand up and speak for those incredibly impressed with UNHCR’s Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- who had no voice. work in providing direly needed food, dent, I would like the RECORD to reflect Today I honor my friend and col- shelter, and education services for that I was necessarily absent for the league, Senator Paul Wellstone, who nearly 25,000 refugees. The agency’s aid votes on the confirmations of Brian Ed- inspired so many people to speak up staff is working tirelessly to serve this ward Sandoval to be U.S. District and to serve. Even as I stand here large population, and I witnessed ex- Judge for the District of Nevada, Vote today, I cannot imagine that when I traordinary dedication and profes- No. 265, and Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr., turn around I won’t see Paul standing sionalism. to be U.S. District Judge for the East- at his desk, his arms flailing in the air, For 60 years, the United Nations has ern District of Tennessee, Vote No. 266, making his point with great passion. been on the front lines leading humani- on Monday, October 24, 2005, so I could Paul inspired me to run for the U.S. tarian stabilization efforts under con- assess the impact of Hurricane Wilma Senate. His brilliant example reminded ditions and in situations that are the on Florida. Had I been present for these me that you don’t need to be powerful worst of the worst. Now the organiza- votes, I would have voted in favor of or rich to make a difference. You just tion is focused on another critical task: both nominations. need to have an honest concern for oth- reforming itself. Many, including Sec- f ers, an optimistic spirit, and the cour- retary General Annan, have recognized age to act. Paul embodied these traits. that the UN must change the way it FORT RENO MINERAL LEASING I am grateful for the time we had does business if it is to maintain the ACT with Paul. He and I worked on every- support of its members and effectively Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, on Octo- thing from domestic violence and edu- address the challenges that the global ber 6, 2005, I introduced S. 1832, the cation to providing health care to vet- community will face in the future. ‘‘Fort Reno Mineral Leasing Act’’. At erans and protecting families from as- This reordering and restructuring is that time I introduced letters of sup- bestos. needed, significant, and moving for- port for this legislation. Since then I As the month of October, which is ward. To highlight a few items, as a re- have received a letter from Mrs. Donna Domestic Violence Awareness Month, sult of the support demonstrated at the Von Tungeln that I would like to sub- draws to a close, there is much the UN Summit last month, member states mit for the RECORD. Senate has accomplished on this issue. are working to create a Human Rights Mrs. Von Tungeln and her late hus- The Violence Against Women Act reau- Council to replace the defunct Human band Henry Jo have been active sup- thorization, which contains many im- Rights Commission, in order to more porters of preserving the historical provements to the current law, has

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Today, I am proud to say that of addressing the third annual Civitas victims of domestic violence, espe- between the Department of Defense, World Conference in 1999 in Palermo, cially in the area of economic security. the National Institutes of Health and Italy, which brought together political Paul knew that it is important to ad- the Centers for Disease Control and leaders and more than 350 civic edu- dress the economic barriers that trap Prevention, nearly a billion dollars an- cators from around the world. women in violent homes or relation- nually is being spent on finding a cure This international civic education ships. That is why he and I worked to- for breast cancer. Scientific research- movement continues today in no small gether to introduce bills to provide ers are making exciting discoveries measure because of the important work economic protections for victims. I am about the causes of breast cancer and Penn Kemble began in 1995. He knew proud to carry on the legacy of Paul its prevention, detection, diagnosis, that even though the institutional ma- and Sheila Wellstone, and in their treatment and control, leading to real chinery of democracy might be in honor I have introduced the Security progress in our war against this dev- place, it could not be sustained unless and Financial Empowerment, SAFE astating disease. We know better than a culture of democracy was to take Act, which will protect and even save ever before how a healthy cell can be- root. He knew that people could only the lives of victims of domestic or sex- come cancerous, how breast cancer become citizens when they understood ual violence and their families. spreads, why some tumors are more ag- and exercised the rights and respon- We are all poorer for the loss of Paul gressive than others and why some sibilities of self-government. He knew Wellstone, his wife Sheila, his daughter women suffer more severely and are that it was in our Nation’s best inter- Marcia, the members of his staff, and more likely to die of the disease. est to support emerging democracies the pilots who were taken from us on However, our work is not done. While through citizen education and he used this day 3 years ago. But I continue to important advances have been made, his intellect, boundless energy, and hope that each one of us who are here we still do not know what causes this creativity to achieve that end. will take on part of Paul’s legacy—for disease, or how to prevent it. Today, I I am grateful for the work Penn example, the spirit to speak out for the call upon my Senate colleagues to co- Kemble began during my husband’s underprivileged or for the woman on sponsor the Breast Cancer Environ- Presidency, and I join his family and welfare because of domestic violence mental Research Act, legislation mod- friends from all over the world in mourning his loss. who is trying to get back on her feet. eled after the Defense Department’s If we can remember to fight for all Breast Cancer Research Program. The f Americans no matter what challenges Breast Cancer Environmental Research THE AVIAN INFLUENZA they face, and do so with respect and Act would establish eight centers to Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, today dignity, then Paul’s legacy will live on conduct research on environmental fac- I rise to express my concern about in the Senate, as it lives on in our tors that may contribute to breast can- avian influenza and America’s pre- hearts and minds. In the name of Paul cer and, importantly, would require paredness for a global pandemic. While and Sheila Wellstone, I pledge to carry collaboration with community organi- I do not want to add to people’s fears on their legacy throughout my time in zations in the areas where the centers about this issue, reports of the the Senate. are established. I strongly believe any lethality of the H5N1 strain must be f breast cancer research must include taken seriously and we need to make the perspectives of breast cancer sur- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS sure that we are taking appropriate vivors, and this legislation does so by MONTH measures to prepare for a possible pan- including consumer advocates in the demic. Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I rise peer review and programmatic review As we all well know, migratory birds today to recognize National Breast process. In addition, the legislation is are steadily carrying the avian flu Cancer Awareness Month, and call for structured to ensure the kind of effi- virus from throughout Southeast Asia quick passage of the Breast Cancer En- ciency and public accountability that and Siberia to Romania, Turkey, and vironmental Research Act. Breast Can- has made an overwhelming number of now Greece. International health offi- cer is a disease that has impacted vir- Senate colleagues, as well as scientists cials predicted that this spread could tually every American’s life, including and consumers, so supportive of the happen, and it should be no surprise my own. My two sisters both had Department of Defense Breast Cancer that this disease is taking this course. breast cancer and died of the disease. Research Program. I urge my col- In the 20th century alone, three influ- Sadly, they contracted breast cancer at leagues to support the Breast Cancer enza pandemics swept throughout the a time when regular mammograms and Environmental Research Act. world, most notably the 1918 flu pan- improved treatment methods were not f demic, which took 500,000 lives. Our widely available. More than 3 million knowledge of disease and hygiene has IN MEMORY OF PENN KEMBLE women are currently living with breast improved dramatically since then, and cancer, and each year, tens of thou- Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President. On Oc- our ability to ready ourselves has sub- sands of women die from this disease. tober 16, our Nation lost one of its fin- sequently advanced, but our risk for a In 1992, I offered an amendment to est defenders of freedom, Richard Penn pandemic remains a danger. dedicate $210 million in the Defense De- Kemble. Scientists and public health officials partment budget to begin the Breast The central theme of Penn Kemble’s throughout the world have warned that Cancer Research Program, a partner- activist youth and professional life was a flu pandemic will take place, have ship between the military, medical, the promotion and strengthening of de- alerted governments to the possibility and breast cancer survivor commu- mocracy. In the 1970s, he served on the of pandemic through the avian flu, and nities to develop and implement inno- Senate staff of my predecessor, Daniel have watched as little has been done to vative research towards the goal of Patrick Moynihan, and in the Clinton prepare for the occurrence. Despite the curing and eliminating breast cancer. administration, he served as Deputy warnings of the inevitability of pan- This funding was in addition to the and Acting Director of the United demic, research into influenza vaccine funding for breast cancer research con- States Information Agency, USIA. At and therapy has been continually un- ducted at the National Institutes of USIA, Penn Kemble initiated Civitas, a derfunded, as have our programs that Health. My amendment passed and multinational educational program. would provide emergency health care overnight it doubled Federal funding Under his leadership, USIA made edu- relief in a time of crisis. Hurricane for breast cancer. Since then, funding cational reform, to strengthen both Katrina illustrated our lack of pre- for breast cancer research has been in- citizenship and the culture of democ- paredness for a true disaster, and the cluded in the Defense Department racy, one of its central interests. Government’s failure to quickly bring budget every year. Through its partnership with the Cen- relief to our friends along the gulf Almost a decade ago, when I looked ter for Civic Education, it nurtured a coast should send a resounding mes- into the issue of breast cancer re- worldwide civic education movement sage that we must better prepare for an

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To amend title V of the Housing even the year after that, scientists tell OF WEAPONS OF MASS DE- Act of 1949 to provide rural housing assist- us that it is only a matter of time, and STRUCTION—PM 28 ance to families affected by Hurricane we should use that time to build our The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- Katrina or Hurricane Rita; to the Committee stockpiles of vaccines and medicines, fore the Senate the following message on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. and to support global initiatives to H.R. 3896. To temporarily suspend, for com- from the President of the United munities affected by Hurricane Katrina or help prevent the spread of the disease States, together with an accompanying through containment strategies and Hurricane Rita, certain requirements under report; which was referred to the com- the community development block grant alerts. mittee on Banking, Housing, and Although the avian flu does not yet program; to the Committee on Banking, Urban Affairs. Housing, and Urban Affairs. transmit from human to human, this type of virus is capable of rapidly mu- To the Congress of the United States: f tating and becoming highly infectious Section 202(d) of the National Emer- MEASURES PLACED ON THE among people. With the seasonal flu gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d) provides CALENDAR season approaching, the risk of a for the automatic termination of a na- human strain emerging increases, as tional emergency unless, prior to the The following bill was read the first the opportunity for the virus to drift anniversary date of its declaration, the and second times by unanimous con- among species and mutate is aug- President publishes in the Federal Reg- sent, and placed on the calendar: mented. If a pandemic ensued, the ister and transmits to the Congress a H.R. 2123. An act to reauthorize the Head threat would obviously not be distrib- notice stating that the emergency is to Start Act to improve the school readiness of uted evenly across the population. The continue in effect beyond the anniver- disadvantaged children, and for other pur- poses. young and elderly would be at most sary date. In accordance with this pro- risk, as would immunocompromised vision, I have sent to the Federal Reg- f people and people suffering from mal- ister for publication the enclosed no- ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED nutrition and inadequate basic health tice, stating that the emergency posed services. We know this, we are aware of by the proliferation of weapons of mass The Secretary of the Senate reported the problems, and we must take action destruction and their means of delivery that on today, October 25, 2005, she had to ensure the health and safety of the declared by Executive Order 12938 on presented to the President of the most vulnerable. Guaranteeing safety November 14, 1994, as amended, is to United States the following enrolled means taking responsibility for all of continue in effect beyond November 14, bill: our communities’ responses and plans. 2005. The most recent notice con- S. 397. An act to prohibit civil liability ac- I am pleased that I was able to join tinuing this emergency was signed on tions from being brought or continued many of my colleagues in sending a let- November 4, 2004, and published in the against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for ter to President Bush on October 4, Federal Register on November 8, 2004 (69 2005, that urged the administration to damages, injunctive or other relief resulting FR 64637) . from the misuse of their products by others. release a finalized Pandemic Influenza Because the proliferation of weapons Response and Preparedness Plan, which of mass destruction and the means of f the World Health Organization has delivering them continues to pose an EXECUTIVE AND OTHER deemed essential to planning a strat- unusual and extraordinary threat to COMMUNICATIONS egy in the case of a global pandemic. I the national security, foreign policy, The following communications were am eagerly waiting for this plan to be and economy of the United States, I laid before the Senate, together with released, as I believe it is of extreme have determined the national emer- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- importance to the American people. I gency previously declared must con- uments, and were referred as indicated: am also pleased that the Senate ap- tinue in effect beyond November 14, proved a measure to add $3.9 billion to 2005. EC–4377. A communication from the Sec- the Defense Department’s budget for retary of the Air Force, transmitting, pursu- GEORGE W. BUSH. ant to law, the report of a Program Acquisi- the purchase of vaccines and medicines THE WHITE HOUSE, October 25, 2005. to treat avian flu, and I hope to see the tion Unit Cost (PAUC) Breach relative to the f National Polar-orbiting Operational Envi- House agree to this in conference. This MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE ronmental Satellite System; to the Com- was an important measure to help pre- mittee on Armed Services. pare Americans, particularly those EC–4378. A communication from the Sec- most vulnerable, against the ravages of ENROLLED BILL SIGNED retary of Defense, transmitting a report on a fatal disease. the approved retirement of Lieutenant Gen- While we do not know when or where At 1:09 p.m., a message from the eral John W. Rosa, Jr., United States Air this pandemic may develop, we must House of Representatives, delivered by Force, and his advancement to the grade of work to prepare now. Ms. Brandon, one of its reading clerks, lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. f announced that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bill: EC–4379. A communication from the Com- MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT missioner, Social Security Administration, S. 397. An act to prohibit civil liability ac- Messages from the President of the transmitting, pursuant to law, a consoli- tions from being brought or continued dated report of the Administration’s proc- United States were communicated to against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, essing of continuing disability reviews for the Senate by Mr. Williams, one of his or importers of firearms or ammunition for fiscal year 2004; to the Committee on Fi- secretaries. damages, injunctive or other relief resulting nance. from the misuse of their products by others. f EC–4380. A communication from the Acting The enrolled bill was signed subse- Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED quently by the President pro tempore Internal Revenue Service, Department of the As in executive session the Presiding (Mr. STEVENS). Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Weighted Average Officer laid before the Senate messages f from the President of the United Interest Rate Update Notice—Pension Fund- States submitting sundry nominations MEASURES REFERRED ing Equity Act of 2004’’ (Notice 2005–71) re- The following bills were read the first ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee which were referred to the appropriate on Finance. committees. and the second times by unanimous EC–4381. A communication from the Acting (The nominations received today are consent, and referred as indicated: Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, printed at the end of the Senate pro- H.R. 3894. To provide for waivers under cer- Internal Revenue Service, Department of the ceedings.) tain housing assistance programs of the De- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11820 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 report of a rule entitled ‘‘Bureau of Labor Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Implementa- Statistics Price Indexes for Department to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- tion Plans; Texas; Speed Limits Local Meas- Stores—August 2005’’ (Rev. Rul. 2005–69) re- cation of a proposed license for the export of ure for the Dallas/Fort Worth Ozone Non- ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee defense articles or defense services sold com- attainment Area’’ (FRL7982–1) received on on Finance. mercially under contract in the amount of October 18, 2005; to the Committee on Envi- EC–4382. A communication from the Regu- $100,000,000 or more to Sea Launch Company ronment and Public Works. lations Officer, Social Security Administra- LLC and the Boeing Company (JCSAT 9); to EC–4401. A communication from the Prin- tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- the Committee on Foreign Relations. cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office port of a rule entitled ‘‘Deemed Duration of EC–4392. A communication from the Acting of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- Marriage for Widows/Widowers and Removal Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, of Restriction on Benefits to Children of Department of State, transmitting, pursuant pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Military Parents Overseas’’ (RIN0960–AG23) to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Maintenance received on October 18, 2005; to the Com- cation of a proposed license for the export of Plan Revisions; Wisconsin’’ (FRL7974–4) re- mittee on Finance. defense articles or defense services sold com- ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee EC–4383. A communication from the Direc- mercially under contract in the amount of on Environment and Public Works. tor, Regulations and Disclosure Law Divi- $72,000,000 or more to Japan (Evolved EC–4402. A communication from the Prin- sion, Customs and Border Protection, De- SeaSparrow Missile); to the Committee on cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office partment of Homeland Security, transmit- Foreign Relations. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–4393. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, titled ‘‘Extension of Import Restrictions Im- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled posed on Certain Categories of Archae- Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Revisions to the California State Imple- ological Material from the Pre-Hispanic Cul- to law, a report relative to the dollar value mentation Plan, Monterey Bay United Air tures of the Republic of Nicaragua’’ of articles, materials, and supplies purchased Pollution Control District’’ (FRL7975–1) re- (RIN1505–AB61) received on October 18, 2005; by the United States Department of State ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee to the Committee on Finance. that were manufactured outside of the on Environment and Public Works. EC–4384. A communication from the Na- United States; to the Committee on Foreign EC–4403. A communication from the Prin- tional President, Women’s Army Corps Vet- Relations. cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office erans’ Association, transmitting, pursuant EC–4394. A communication from the Direc- of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- to law, a report of the Association’s financial tor of Finance and Administration, Delta Re- ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, statements for the year ended June 30, 2005; gional Authority, transmitting, pursuant to pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled to the Committee on the Judiciary. law, the Authority’s Audited Financial EC–4385. A communication from the Direc- ‘‘TSCA Inventory Update Reporting Par- Statements for Fiscal Year 2004; to the Com- tor, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alco- tially Exempted Chemicals List; Addition of mittee on Environment and Public Works. hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1,2,3-Propanetriol’’ (FRL7715–2) received on EC–4395. A communication from the Assist- October 18, 2005; to the Committee on Envi- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), De- a rule entitled ‘‘Establishment of the Red ronment and Public Works. partment of Defense, transmitting, a report Hill Douglas County, Oregon Viticultural of proposed legislation relative to the Civil f Area’’ (RIN1513–AA39) received on October Works program of the Army Corps of Engi- 18, 2005; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF EC–4386. A communication from the Direc- neers; to the Committee on Environment and COMMITTEES tor, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alco- Public Works. EC–4396. A communication from the Assist- The following executive reports of hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), De- committees were submitted: transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of partment of Defense, transmitting, pursuant a rule entitled ‘‘Establishment of the Dos By Mr. GRASSLEY for the Committee on to law, a report recommending authorization Rios Viticultural Area’’ (RIN1513–AA95) re- Finance. ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee of the project for ecosystem restoration, *Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Under on the Judiciary. Denver County Reach, South Platte River, Secretary of Commerce for International EC–4387. A communication from the Attor- Denver, Colorado; to the Committee on Envi- Trade. ney Advisor, National Highway Safety Ad- ronment and Public Works. *Clay Lowery, of Virginia, to be a Deputy ministration, Department of Transportation, EC–4397. A communication from the Prin- Under Secretary of the Treasury. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office *James S. Halpern, of the District of Co- a vacancy in the position of Administrator, of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- lumbia, to be a Judge of the United States received on October 18, 2005; to the Com- ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, Tax Court for a term of fifteen years. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled *Karan K. Bhatia, of Maryland, to be Dep- tation. ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality uty United States Trade Representative, EC–4388. A communication from the Under Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Redes- with the Rank of Ambassador. Secretary and Director, Patent and Trade- ignation of City of New Haven PM10 Non- *Susan C. Schwab, of Maryland, to be a mark Office, Department of Commerce, attainment Area to Attainment and Ap- Deputy United States Trade Representative, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of proval of the Limited Maintenance Plan’’ with the rank of Ambassador. a rule entitled ‘‘Provisions for Claiming the (FRL7979–8) received on October 18, 2005; to By Mr. LUGAR for the Committee on For- Benefit of a Provisional Application with a the Committee on Environment and Public eign Relations. Non-English Specification and Other Mis- Works. *C. Boyden Gray, of the District of Colum- cellaneous Matters’’ (RIN0651–AB85) received EC–4398. A communication from the Prin- bia, to be Representative of the United on October 18, 2005; to the Committee on cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office States of America to the European Union, Commerce, Science, and Transportation. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- with the rank and status of Ambassador. EC–4389. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, Nominee: Clayland Boyden Gray. Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Post: U.S. Ambassador to the European Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Union. to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- Implementation Plans; Maryland; Control of The following is a list of all members of cation of a proposed license for the export of Visible and Particulate Emissions from my immediate family and their spouses. I defense articles or defense services sold com- Glass Melting Facilities’’ (FRL7984–7) re- have asked each of these persons to inform mercially under contract in the amount of ceived on October 18, 2005; to the Committee me of the pertinent contributions made by $100,000,000 or more to Japan (technical data, on Environment and Public Works. them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- defense services and hardware related to the EC–4399. A communication from the Prin- formation contained in this report is com- sale and inspection of U–125A aircraft); to cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office plete and accurate. the Committee on Foreign Relations. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee: EC–4390. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 1. Self: 1,000.00, 01/22/01, Collins for Senate Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled (2002-P); 1,000.00, 05/03/01, Friends of Connie Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Morella (2002-P); 10,000.00, 05/11/01, National to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- Implementation Plans; Maryland; Amend- Republican Senatorial Committee; 1,000.00, cation of a proposed license for the export of ments to the Control of VOC from AIM Coat- 05/21/01, Bob Smith for Senate (2002-P); defense articles or defense services sold com- ings’’ (FRL7984–6) received on October 18, 1,000.00, 06/13/01, Voinovich for Senate (2004- mercially under contract in the amount of 2005; to the Committee on Environment and P); 4,000.00, 06/13/01, The 2001 President’s Din- $100,000,000 or more to Japan (design, produc- Public Works. ner (1/2 NRSC and 1/2 NRCC); 1,000.00, 06/15/01, tion and launch of the BSAT–3a commercial EC–4400. A communication from the Prin- Senator John Warner Committee (2002-P); communications satellite); to the Committee cipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office 1,000.00, 06/26/01, Lindsey Graham for Senate on Foreign Relations. of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Envi- (2002-P); 500.00, 07/09/01, Friends of Max Bau- EC–4391. A communication from the Acting ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, cus (2002-P), 1,000.00, 07/13/01, Inhofe for Sen- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ate (2002-P); 1,000.00, 09/11/01, Texas Freedom

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Arietti. tribution made in 1998 for 2002 general elec- Nancy Gray-Pyne (Step-mother), 1,000.00, 8/ Post: Kigali. tion); 500.00, 11/05/01, Hagel for Senate (2002– 3/01, Susan M. Collins (via Collins for Sen- The following is a list of all members of P); 1,000.00, 12/05/01, Coleman for Senate (2002– ate); 500.00, 8/26/01, Susan M. Collins (via Col- my immediate family and their spouses. I P); 7,500.00, 12/05/01, National Republican Sen- lins for Senate); 500.00, 11/6/02, Thomas Cass have asked each of these persons to inform atorial Committee; 1,000.00, 12/05/01, Green- Ballenger (via Cass Ballenger for Congress me of the pertinent contributions made by wood for Congress (2002–P); 1,500.00, 12/26/01, Committee); 500.00, 2004, John Thune for Sen- them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Senate Majority Fund; 1,000.00, 12/26/01, Ly- ate; 500.00, 2004, Kerry Victory. formation contained in this report is com- nette Boggs McDonald for Congress (2002–P); 5. Grandparents: Bowman Gray (pater- plete and accurate. 1,000.00, 12/26/01, John Thune for South Da- nal)—Deceased; Nathalie Fontaine Lyons Contributions, Amount, Date, Donee: 1. Self: $25.00, Sept. 04, Nat’l Dem. Com- kota (2002–P); 1,500.00, 01/02/02, Senate Major- (paternal)—Deceased; maternal grand- ity Fund; 1,000.00, 01/14/02, America’s Founda- mittee. father—Deceased; maternal grandmother— 2. Spouse: $25.00, June 04, Nat’l Dem. Com- tion; 1,000.00, 01/14/02, Tennesseans for Deceased. Thompson (2002–P); 500.00, 02/21/02, Nancy mittee. 6. Brothers and Spouses: Burton C. Gray— 3. Children and Spouses Names: Rachael— Johnson for Congress (2002–P); 1,000.00, 02/21/ Deceased; Gordon Gray, Jr.—None. 02, The Richard Burr Committee (2002–P); None. Maggie Gray, 1,000.00, 7/22/03, Howard Dean 4. Parents: Names: Michael J. Arietti—De- 1,000.00, 03/21/02, Kevin Raye for Congress; (via Dean for America); 1,000.00, 2/5/04, How- ceased; Margaret M. Arietti—Deceased. 1,000.00, 04/22/02, Tom Young for Congress ard Dean (via Dean for America). 5. Grandparents Names: Ricardo Arietti— (2002–P); 1,000.00, 04/25/02, People for Pete Bernard Gray, 1,000.00, 2/1/01, Republican Deceased; Pierina Arietti—Deceased; Gustav Domenici (2002–P); 1,000.00, 02/13/03, Judd National Committee; 500.00, 9/17/01, Irvin, Schiller—Deceased; Lillian Schiller—De- Gregg Committee (2004–P); 2,000.00, 4/01/03, Bob (via Bob Irvin Senate Committee, Inc.); ceased. The Richard Burr Committee (2004–P); 1,000.00, 10/3/02, Republican National Com- 6. Brothers and Spouses Names: James T. 5,000.00, 04/21/03, VOLPAC; 2,000.00, 04/28/03, mittee; 1,000.00, 7/8/03, Bush, George W. (via Arietti; Martha Arietti—None. Friends of George Allen (2006–P); 1,000.00, 05/ Bush/Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc.); 2,000.00, 6/11/ 7. Sisters and Spouses Names: None—None. 22/03, Portman for Congress (2004–P); 200.00, 6/ 03, Clay, Charles (via Clay for Congress.com); 12/03, Committee to Re-Elect Congressman 250.00, 3/16/04, Isakson, John Hardy (via Geor- *Benson K. Whitney, of Minnesota, to be Rohrabacher (2004–P); 2,000.00, 06/13/03, Bush- gians for Isakson); 2,000.00, 7/9/04, Clay, Ambassador to Norway. Cheney ’04, Inc. (2004–P); 25,000.00, 06/26/03, Charles (via Clay for Congress.com); 2,000.00, Nominee: Benson K. Whitney. Republican National Committee; 1,000.00, 06/ 10/20/04, Burr, Richard (via Richard Burr Post: Ambassador to Norway. 30/03, Voinovich for Senate (2004–P); 2,000.00, Committee). The following is a list of all members of 06/30/03, Voinovich for Senate (2004–G); Anne Gray, 1,000.00, 7/8/03, Bush, George W. my immediate family and their spouses. I 1,000.00, 07/21/03, DeWine for U.S. Senate (via Bush/Chaney (’04 Primary), Inc.). have asked each of these persons to inform (2002–P); 1,000.00, 07/21/03, Judd Gregg Com- 7. Sisters and Spouses: None. me of the pertinent contributions made by mittee (2004–P); 1,000.00, 09/22/03, Friends of them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Sessions Senate Committee, Inc. (2004–P); *David B. Dunn, of California, to be Am- formation contained in this report is com- 2,000.00, 10/02/03, The Richard Burr Com- bassador to the Togolese Republic. plete and accurate. mittee (2004–G); 1,000.00, 10/21/03, Citizens for ***Denotes contributions/changes made Nominee: David B. Dunn Arlen Specter (2004–P); 2,000.00, 12/09/03, Tom from 4/23/05 original SRFC form to 10/21/05. The following is a list of all members of Davis for Congress (2004–P); 2,000.00, 02/04/04, Contributions, amount, date, and donee: my immediate family and their spouses. I Congressman Joe Barton Committee (2004– 1. Self: $5,000, 10/4/00, RNC Republican Na- have asked each of these persons to inform P); 500.00, 03/02/04, David Vitter for U.S. Sen- tional State Elections; $20,000, 10/5/00, Repub- me of the pertinent contributions made by ate (2004–P); 2,000.00, 03/12/04, Elizabeth Dole lican National Committee*** in process of them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Committee (2008–P); 25,000.00, 03/15/04, Repub- obtaining $5,500 refund from RNC for this formation contained in this report is com- lican National Committee; 2,000.00, 03/15/04, contribution; $10,000, 10/25/00, RNC Repub- plete and accurate. Paterno for Congress (2004–P); 1,000.00, 03/15/ lican National State Elections; $15,000, 11/20/ Contributions, Amount, Date, Donee: 04, Portman for Congress (2004–P); 2,000.00, 03/ 00, RNC Republican National State Elec- 1. Self: None. 26/04, Martinez for Senate (2004–P); 1,000.00, tions; $25,000, 4/23/05, Republican National 2. Spouse: None. 03/26/04, Citizens for Arlen Specter (2004–G); Committee; $25,000, 5/11/04, RNC 2004 Joint 3. Children and Spouses: Thomas A. Dunn— 2,000.00, 03/31/04, Frelinghuysen for Congress State Victory Committee; $5,000, 4/12/05, None; Brian J. Dunn—None. (2004–P); 1,500.00, 05/24/04, Friends of Connie Northstar Leadership PAC; $20,000, 2/26/02, 4. Parents: Elmer L. Dunn—Deceased 2003, Mack (2004–P); 1,000.00, 05/25/04, The Judd Coleman Leadership Committee Non Fed; $65.00, 1/10/02, Repub. Natl. Comm.; Marjory Gregg Committee (2004–G); 500.00, 05/25/04, $5,000, 2/27/02, Coleman Leadership Com- H. Dunn—None. Bill Manger for Congress (2004–P); 1,000.00, 06/ mittee; $5,000, 2/28/02, Coleman Leadership 5. Grandparents: Morris Dunn, Frances 25/04, Bond for U.S. Senate (2004–P); 2,500.00, Committee; $1,000, 10/24/03, Coleman for Sen- Dunn—Both deceased—None; Thomas Hill, 07/01/04, National Republican Senatorial ate ’08; $1,000, 11/29/04, Coleman for Senate Susan Hill—Both deceased—None. Committee, 10,000.00, 08/24/04, McCollum for ’08; $1,000 6/14/05, Coleman for Senate ’08***; 6. Brothers and Spouses: Stephen E. U.S. Senate (FEC Reg. 400.42(c) 2004; primary $500, 9/23/05, Coleman for Senate ’08***; $3,000, Dunn—None; Jeannette Dunn—None. contribution of increase in limitation only); 6/3/02, Minnesotans for a Republican Congress 7. Sisters and Spouses: Not Applicable. 500.00, 01/07/05, Santorum 2006 (2006–P); Committee; $1,000, 7/10/02, Rally for Leader- 3,500.00, 01/14/05, National Republican Senato- ship; $268, 7/11/02, Rally for Leadership; $2,000, *Cannen Maria Martinez, of Florida, to be rial Committee; 4,500.00, 01/18/05, National 10/21/04, Tim Michels for U.S. Senate; $1,000, Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia. Republican Senatorial Committee; 1,000.00, 5/30/03, Gutknecht for Congress; $1,000, 6/30/01, 02/10/05, The Sensenbrenner Committee (2006– Nominee: Carmen Maria Martinez. Gutknecht for Congress; $500, 9/9/00, Gut- P); 500.00, 03/07/05, Gerlach for Congress (2006– Post: Zambia. knecht for Congress; $2,500, 12/15/00, Minneso- P); 1,000.00, 03/07/05, Snowe for Senate (2006– The following is a list of all members of tans for Americas Promise; $1,000, 5/7/03, Jim P); 1,000.00, 03/07/05, Friends of Sessions Sen- my immediate family and their spouses. I Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $250, 4/19/01, ate Committee (2008–P); 500.00, 03/07/05, Alex- have asked each of these persons to inform Jim Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $1,000, ander for Senate (2008–P); 1,000.00, 03/07/05, me of the pertinent contributions made by 11/3/00, Jim Ramstad Volunteer Committee; Friends of George Allen (2006–G); 1,000.00, 03/ them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- $500, 9/8/00, National Republican Congres- 09/05, Chambliss for Senate (2008–P); 900.00, 03/ formation contained in this report is com- sional Comm.; $1,000, 6/21/00, Lazio 2000 Inc.; 10/05, VOLPAC; 500.00, 03/10/05, Portman for plete and accurate. $1,000 8/19/00, Lazio 2000 Inc.; $1,000, 6/15/01, Congress (2006–P); ¥500.00, 03/21/05, Portman Contributions, Amount, Date, Donee: Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $1,000, 10/11/ for Congress (contribution returned); 1. Carmen Maria Martinez—None. 01, Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $500, 7/30/ 25,000.00, 05/06/05, Republican National Com- 2. Victor Juan Eugenio Reimer—None. 02, Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $500, 6/10/ mittee; 100.00, 06/01/05, Elizabeth Dole Com- 3. Children and Spouses: Alexander 98, Kline for Congress; $1,000, 2/15/00, Kline for mittee, Inc. (2008–P); 2,100.00, 06/01/05, Eliza- Reimer—None. Congress; $1,000, 4/8/02, Kline for Congress; beth Dole Committee, Inc. (2008–G); 2,500.00, Parents: Jose Luis Martinez—None; $1,000, 6/25/02, Kline for Congress; $250, 11/12/ 06/01/05, National Republican Senatorial Hortense Margaret Martinez—None. 03, Kline for Congress; $500, 8/3/04, Kline for Committee; 2,000.00, 06/01/05, Frelinghuysen 5. Grandparents: All deceased. Congress; $500, 9/3/04, Kline for Congress; $500, for Congress (2006–P). 6. Brothers and Spouses: Luis Anthony 10/4/04, Kline for Congress; $250, 10/28/04, Kline Abbreviations: Martinez—None; Tanya Martinez—None. for Congress; $500, 2/21/05, Kline for Congress; P—Primary election contribution for elec- 7. Sisters and Spouses: Lisa Dormi—None; $1,000, 4/26/02, Dan Stevens Congressional Ex- tion year specified. Alberto Dormi—None. ploratory Comm.; $500, 10/29/02, Dan Stevens

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Brothers and Spouses: Wheelock Whit- las Forrester); $1,000, 8/13/02, Ganske for Sen- 31/00, Swing States for a Conservative White ney III (No Spouse): $5,000, 6/28/00, DNC Serv- ate; $100,000, 9/17/02, RNC State Elections House; $500, 6/29/00, Gutknecht for Congress; ices/DNC; $2,500, 11/6/03, DNC Services/DNC; Committee; $1,000, 10/7/02, Eric Cantor for $500, 2/25/02, Gutknecht for Congress; $500, 2/ $2,500, 3/23/04, DNC Services/DNC; $2,500, 9/16/ Congress; $5,000, 10/23/02, Georgia Unity 10/04, Gutknecht for Congress; $200, 8/25/00, 04, DNC Services/DNC; $2,500, 10/27/04, DNC (Joint Fundraiser); $4,000, 11/1/02, Georgia Re- Log Cabin Republicans; $1,000 8/9/04/ Citizens Services/DNC; $2,500, 6/19/03, DNC Services/ publican Party; $1,000, 11/4/02, Chambliss for for Arlen Specter; $200, 12/20/02, Barkely For DNC; $250, 8/7/02, Pillsbury for Congress; Senate (S. Chambliss); $1,000, 11/11/02, Terrell Senate; $500, 6/20/00, Runbeck for Congress; $1,000, 3/25/99, Kostmeyer 2000; $1,000, 3/26/99, for Senate (Suzanne Terrell); $5,000, 3/3/03, $500, 9/14/00, Runbeck for Congress; $500, 8/25/ Kostmeyer 2000; $2,000, 4/30/04, John Kerry for Good Government for America PAC; $25,000, 04, Progress for America Voter Fund; $100, 10/ President; $250, 7/19/04, A lot of People Sup- 4/29/03, Republican National Committee; 13/00, Denny Rehberg for Congress; $1,000, 1/ porting Tom Daschle; $250, 3/1/00, Flanagan $2,000, 5/9/03, Bob Goodlatte for Congress 23/04, Russ Darrow for Senate; $500, 5/13/03, for U.S. Senate; $750, 3/2/00, Flanagan for U.S. Committee; $2,000, 6/18/03, Missourians for Nat’l Thoroughbred Racing Assn PAC; $500, Senate. Kit Bond; $2,000, 6/18/03, Missourians for Kit 3/15/04, Nat’l Thoroughbred Racing Assn PAC; Joseph H. Whitney: $2,500, 12/18/01, Norm Bond; $2,000, 6/26/03, Bush-Cheney ’04 (Pri- $1,000, 5/22/00, Bush for President, Inc.; $1,000, Coleman for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 3/12/02, Cole- mary), Inc.; $2,000, 3/24/04, Bob Goodlatte for 6/27/00, Bush for President, Inc.; $1,000, 6/27/00, man Leadership Comm.; $1,000, 3/13/02, Cole- Congress Committee; $1,000, 6/28/04, Goode for Bush Cheney 2000 Compliance Comm.; $5,000, man Leadership Comm.; $2,000, 9/28/03, Bush- Congress (Virgil Goode); $25,000, 8/13/04, Re- 11/14/00, Bush-Cheny Recount Fund; $500, 1/12/ Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc. publican National Committee; $2,500, 9/17/04, 01, Grams for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 4/19/00, Sue Peterson (former spouse): None. Every Republican is Crucial (ERICPAC). Grams for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 5/23/03, Kline 7. Sisters and Spouses: Pennell Whitney: 2. Spouse: Eugenia L. Taubman: $5,000, 10/ for Congress; $500, 8/22/00, Kline for Congress; $1,000, 9/9/04, DNC Services Corporation/DNC; 22/01, Good Government for America PAC; $500, 5/15/00, Kline for Congress; $4,200, 3/9/05, $500, 5/10/02, Pillsbury for Congress; $500, 9/30/ $1,000, 12/31/01, Senator John Warner Com- Kennedy for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 5/26/03, Mark 02, Pillsbury for Congress, $2,000, 7/7/04, John mittee; $1,000, 12/31/01, Senator John Warner Kennedy for Congress; $1,000, 12/28/01, Ken- Kerry for President; $1,000, 6/22/00, Flanagan Committee; $1,000, 6/13/02, Texans for Senator nedy ’02; $1,000, 4/6/00, Kennedy for Congress; for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 7/17/02, Rally for Lead- John Cornyn, Inc.; $25,000, 4/29/03, Republican $5,030, 10/15/03, Republican Party of Min- ership. National Committee; $2,000, 6/30/03, Bush- nesota; $5,000, 4/1/02, Republican Party of Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc.; $2,000, 3/24/04, Bob Minnesota; $5,000, 10/25/01, Republican Party *David M. Hale, of New Jersey, a Career Goodlatte for Congress Committee; $25,000, 8/ of Minnesota; $1,000, 8/19/00, Lazio 2000 Inc.; Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class 13/04, Republican National Committee; $2,500, $5,000, 6/8/04, Demint for Senate Committee; of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the 9/17/04, Every Republican is Crucial $1,000, 1/4/04, Sturrock for Congress; $1,000, 12/ Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (ERICPAC). 26/03, Sturrock for Congress; $500, 9/1/00, Nominee: David M. Hale. 3. Children and Spouses: Marc E. Taubman, Runbeck for Congress; $500, 6/1/00, Runbeck Post: Ambassador to Jordan. Child: $500, 5/10/01, Senator John Warner for Congress; $1,000, 10/21/02, John Thune for The following is a list of all members of Committee; $1,000, 5/20/02, Norm Coleman for South Dakota; $1,000, 4/28/02, John Thune for my immediate family and their spouses. I U.S. Senate; $1,000, 6/25/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 South Dakota; $10,000, 12/6/00, Bush Cheney have asked each of these persons to inform (Primary), Inc.; $1,000, 6/25/03, Bush-Cheney Presidential Fund 2000; $5,000, 11/13/00, Bush me of the pertinent contributions made by ‘04 (Primary), Inc. Cheney Recount Fund; $2,000, 8/22/03, Bush- them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Nan B. Taubman, Child’s spouse: $1,000, 6/ Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc.; $892, 8/25/04, Ar- formation contained in this report is com- 25/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc.; $1,000, kansas Leadership Committee 2004; $500, 8/23/ plete and accurate. 6/25/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc. 02, Dan Stevens Exploratory Committee; Contributions, amount, date, and donee. Lara L. Taubman, Child (single): $2,000, 6/ $5,000, 4/24/01, Republican National Congres- 1. Self: None. 26/03, Bush-Cheney ‘04 (Primary), Inc.; $2,100, sional Committee. 2. Spouse: N/A. 3/31/05, Friends of George Allen. 2. Spouse: Mary Whitney: $4,200, 3/9/05, Ken- 3. Children and spouses: N/A. 4. Parents: Arthur Taubman: Deceased; nedy for Senate; $1,000, 10/21/00, Kennedy for 4. Parents: John M. Hale, deceased. Grace Taubman: Deceased. Congress; $2,000, 6/5/01, Coleman for U.S. Sen- Marjorie Kler Freeman: $25, 2004, National 5. Grandparents: Fanny Weber: Deceased; ate; $1,000, 10/21/00, Kline for Congress; $1,000, Republican Party; $50, 2003, National Repub- Leslie Weber: Deceased; Sophie Taubman: 10/22/00, Kline for Congress; $1,000, 11/0/00, lican Party. Deceased; Morris Taubman: Deceased. Ramstad Volunteer Committee; $25,000, 4/22/ 5. Grandparents: Joseph H. Kler: Deceased; 6. Brothers and Spouses: None. 05, Republican National Committee; $15,000, Elizabeth V. Kler: Deceased; John M. Hale: 7. Sisters and Spouses: Stephanie T. Low, 11/20/00, Republican National Committee; Deceased; Jessamine Hale: Deceased. Sister (divorced): $1,000, 4/30/01, Cantwell 2006 $2,000, 8/22/03, Bush-Cheney ’04 (Primary) Inc.; 6. Brothers and spouses: John M. Hale: (Maria Cantwell); $1,000, 11/5/01, DNC Services $1,000, 7/19/02, Rally for Leadership Fund; None; Laurie Hale: None. Corporation; $250, 5/9/02, Jean Carnahan for $2,000, 6/3/02, Minnesotans for a Republican 7. Sisters and Spouses: N/A. Missouri Committee; $500, 7/17/02, PAC to the Congress Committee. Future; $1,000, 7/22/02, Ron Kirk for U.S. Sen- 3. Children and Spouses: Victoria Whitney *Nicholas F. Taubman, of Virginia, to be ate; $1,000, 7/29/02, Texas U.S. Senate 2002; (No Spouse): None; John Whitney (No Ambassador to Romania. $2,000, 8/6/02, DNC Services Corporation; Spouse): None; David Whitney (No Spouse): Nominee: Nicholas F. Taubman. $20,000, 10/1/02, DNC-Non-Federal Individual None; Copeland Whitney (No Spouse): None. Post: Ambassador to Romania. (Soft Money); $10,100, 10/7/02, Shaheen for 4. Parents: Wheelock Whitney: $1,000, 4/4/00, The following is a list of all members of Senate Committee; $300, 10/14/02, Citizens to Kennedy for Congress; $500, 10/10/00, Kennedy my immediate family and their spouses. I Elect Rick Larsen; $1,000, 10/14/02, Ron Kirk for Congress; $1,000, 6/15/01, Mark Kennedy have asked each of these persons to inform for U.S. Senate; $350, 10/14/02, Rush Holt for ’02; $1,000, 2/22/02, Mark Kennedy ’02; $500, 1/11/ me of the pertinent contributions made by Congress; $1,000, 10/14/02, Wellstone for Sen- 03, Mark Kennedy for Congress; $750, 6/10/03, them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- ate; ($1,000), 10/16/02, Ron Kirk for U.S. Sen- Mark Kennedy for Congress; $500, 9/5/03, Mark formation contained in this report is com- ate; $1,500, 10/18/02, South Dakota Democratic Kennedy for Congress; $250, 12/11/03, Mark plete and accurate. Party; $1,000, 10/31/02, Jean Carnahan for Mis- Kennedy for Congress; $250, 12/11/03, Mark Contributions, amount, date, and donee. souri Committee; $500, 11/1/02, Jill Long Kennedy for Congress; $750, 6/6/04, Mark Ken- 1. Self: $1,000, 5/10/01, Senator John Warner Thompson Committee; $1,000, 11/1/02, Min- nedy for Congress; $500, 8/25/04, Mark Ken- Committee; $10,000, 5/21/01, RNC State Elec- nesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party; nedy for Congress; $500, 11/2/04, Mark Ken- tions Committee; $15,000, 5/21/01, Republican $1,000, 11/2/02, Mondale for Senate; $250, 7/15/ nedy for Congress; $1,000, 3/7/05, Kennedy for National Committee; $5,000, 10/22/01, Good 02, Richardson for Congress; $350, 10/16/02, U.S. Senate; $20,000, 2/22/02, Coleman Leader- Government for America PAC; $750, 12/31/01, Inslee for Congress; $500, 10/24/02, Schneider ship Non Fed; $5,000, 2/22/02, Coleman Leader- Senator John Warner Committee; $25,000, 2/ for Congress; $2,000, 3/18/03, Dean for Amer- ship Committee; $5,000, 2/23/02, Coleman 27/02, RNC State Elections Committee; ica; $500, 12/15/03, Rush Holt for Congress; Leadership Committee; $2,500, 10/22/02, Cole- $100,000, 2/27/02, RNC State Elections Com- $500, 12/17/03, Hoeffel for Senate Committee; man Victory Comm Non Fed; $1,000, 5/24/01, mittee; $5,000, 3/26/02, Over the Hill PAC $10,000, 5/20/03, DNC Services Corporation; Norm Coleman for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 6/19/01, (Joint Fundraiser); $1,000, 5/20/02, Norm Cole- $15,000, 7/8/03, DNC Services Corporation; Norm Coleman for U.S. Senate; $35,000, 8/9/00, man for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 5/20/02, Norm $2,000, 2/25/04, TruthandHope.org; $500, 3/26/04, RNC Republican State Elections Committee; Coleman for U.S. Senate; $4,000, 5/20/02, Norm Downtown for Democracy; $2,000, 4/12/04, $15,000, 10/17/00, RNC Republican State Elec- Coleman for U.S. Senate; $2,000, 6/11/02, Norm John Kerry for President, Inc.; $200, 5/11/04, tions Committee; $15,000, 8/3/00, Republican Coleman for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 6/13/02, Tex- Moveon PAC; $200, 6/10/04, Moveon PAC; $250, National Committee; $2,000, 7/24/03, Bush- ans for Senator John Cornyn, Inc.; $4,000, 6/ 6/10/04, Democracy for America; $500, 6/11/04, Cheney ’04 (Primary). 28/02, Good Government for America PAC; John Kerry for President, Inc.; $500, 7/1/04, Kathleen Blatz (stepmother): None. $1,000, 6/29/02, Friends of George Allen; $1,000, Hoeffel for Senate Committee; $200, 7/15/04, 5. Grandparents: Wheelock Whitney, Sr.: 7/8/02, Goode for Congress (Virgil Goode); Moveon PAC; $200, 7/15/04, Moveon PAC; $250, Deceased; Katherine Kimball Whitney: De- $1,000, 8/8/02, John Thune for South Dakota; 7/16/04, Kalyn Free for Congress; $250, 7/16/04, ceased; Joseph M. Hixon: Deceased; Dorothy $1,000, 8/9/02, Forrester 2002 (Douglas Jim Stork for Congress; $250, 7/16/04, Richard Laughlin: Deceased. Forrester); $1,000, 8/9/02, Forrester 2002 (Doug- Romero for Congress; $250, 7/20/04, Moveon

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11823 PAC; $15,000, 7/27/04, Kerry Victory 2004; Harry Reid; $1,000, 12/31/2001, Friends of Max By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. $15,000, 7/27/04, DNC Services Corporation; Cleland; $500, 10/12/2001, Cannon for Congress; REID): $1,000, 7/31/04, America Coming Together; $1,000, 10/12/2001, Stevens for Senate Com- S. 1914. A bill to provide for the convey- $500, 8/2/04, Rush Holt for Congress; $2,500, 8/ mittee; $250, 08/23/2001, Friends of Jennifer ance of certain land in Clark County, Ne- 3/04, Moveon PAC; $5,000, 8/5/04, Downtown for Dunn; $1,000, 07/27/2001, Hollings for Senate; vada, for use by the Nevada National Guard; Democracy; $1,000, 9/2/04, Democracy for $1,000, 07/27/2001, Markey for Congress Com- to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- America; $1,000, 9/5/04, Mitakides for Con- mittee; $1,000, 06/29/2001, Americans for a Re- sources. gress; $500, 9/6/04, Hoeffel for Senate Com- publican Majority; $5,000, 06/13/2001, XO Com- By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Ms. LAN- mittee; $2,000, 9/10/04, A Lot of People Sup- munications, Inc. PAC; $1,000, 06/13/2001, DRIEU, Mr. BYRD, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. porting Tom Daschle; $1,000, 9/15/04, Moveon Cantwell 2000/2006; $50,000, 01/17/2001, Presi- LOTT, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. INOUYE, PAC; $2,000, 9/15/04, Paul Babbitt for Con- dential Inaugural Committee. Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. DEMINT): gress; $2,000, 9/15/04, Campaign for Florida’s *Contribution made by Clearwire Corpora- S. 1915. A bill to amend the Horse Protec- Future; $2,000, 9/16/04, Lois Murphy for Con- tion of which donor is President and CEO. tion Act to prohibit the shipping, trans- gress; $2,000, 9/16/04, Thomas for Congress; 3. Children and Spouses: Chase O. McCaw: porting, moving, delivering, receiving, pos- $2,000, 9/18/04, Friends of Frank Barbaro; None; Julia L. McCaw: None; Reid C. McCaw: sessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of $2,000, 9/20/04, Richard Romero for Congress; None. horses and other equines to be slaughtered $2,000, 9/22/04, Schrader for Congress; $1,000, 9/ 4. Parents: Joan Rasinski: $10, 2004, Repub- for human consumption, and for other pur- 29/04, Friends of Jan Schneider; $2,000, 10/1/04, lican National Committee; $2,000, 08/19/2003, poses; to the Committee on Commerce, Allyson Schwartz for Congress; $2,000, 10/7/04, Bush–Cheney ‘04; $10, 2003, Republican Na- Science, and Transportation. Inez Tenenbaum for U.S. Senate; $2,000, 10/8/ tional Committee; $10, 2002, Republican Na- By Mr. HAGEL: S. 1916. A bill to strengthen national secu- 04, Salazar for Senate; $1,000, 10/17/04, Down- tional Committee; $10, 2001, Republican Na- rity and United States borders, and for other town for Democracy; $500, 10/23/04, Hoeffel for tional Committee. purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- Senate Committee; $800, 10/31/04, Friends of Julius Victor Rasinski: None. ary. Jan Schneider; $2,000, 12/14/04, Cobb/ 5. Grandparents: Clara Rasinski: Deceased; By Mr. HAGEL: Lamarche; $500, 1/20/05, Allyson Schwartz for Julius Rasinski: Deceased; Laura Rosinski: S. 1917. A bill to require employers to Congress. Deceased; Louis Rosinski: Deceased. 6. Brothers and Spouses: Stephen Rasinski: verify the employment eligibility of their *Susan Rasinski McCaw, of Washington, to None; Cheryl Rasinski: None; Peter employees, and for other purposes; to the be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria. Rasinski: None; Susan Rasinski: None; Committee on the Judiciary. Nominee: Susan Rasinski McCaw. Thomas Rasinski: None; Lisbeth Rasinski: By Mr. HAGEL: Post: Ambassador. None. S. 1918. A bill to amend the Immigration The following is a list of all members of 7. Sisters and Spouses: Julie Yale aka and Nationality Act to address the demand my immediate family and their spouses. I Dagley: $2,000, 08/26/2003, Bush–Cheney ‘04; for foreign workers; to the Committee on the have asked each of these persons to inform Steve Dagley: None. Judiciary. me of the pertinent contributions made by By Mr. HAGEL: them. To the best of may knowledge, the in- *Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be S. 1919. A bill to amend the Immigration formation contained in this report is com- United States Alternate Executive Director and Nationality Act in order to reunify fami- plete and accurate. of the International Bank for Reconstruction lies, to provide for earned adjustment of sta- Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee. and Development for a term of two years. tus, and for other purposes; to the Com- 1. Self: $250, 09/07/2005, Friends of George *Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be an mittee on the Judiciary. Allen; $1,350, 03/18/2005, Friends of Reagan Assistant Secretary of State (International By Mr. OBAMA: Dunn; $5,000, 06/03/2004, National Republic Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs). S. 1920. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act Senatorial Committee; $1,000, 05/19/2005, Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, for the to establish a renewable diesel standard, and Anibal 2004; $25,000, 05/17/2004, 2004 Joint Can- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- Committee on Foreign Relations I re- vironment and Public Works. didate Committee; $25,000, 05/17/2004, RNC— port favorably the following nomina- Presidential Trust; $25,000, 12/31/2003, Repub- f lican National Committee; $2,000, 06/27/2003, tion list which was printed in the Bush-Cheney ‘04, Inc.; ¥$750, 11/08/2002, RECORD on the date indicated, and ask SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,750, 10/08/2002, unanimous consent, to save the ex- SENATE RESOLUTIONS Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,000, 09/17/2002, pense of reprinting on the Executive The following concurrent resolutions Daschle; $1,000, 09/17/2002, Friends of Max Calendar that this nomination lie at and Senate resolutions were read, and Cleland; $1,000, 09/17/2002, Friends of Max the secretary’s desk for the informa- referred (or acted upon), as indicated: Cleland; $1,000, 12/31/2001, Friends of Max tion of Senators. By Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. Cleland; $500, 10/12/2001, Senator Kay Bailey The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Hutchison’s Leadership PAC; $250, 08/23/2001, ALEXANDER): Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,000, 07/27/2001, objection, it is so ordered. S. Res. 286. A resolution commending the Hollings for Senate; $1,000, 07/27/2001, Markey Foreign Service nominations beginning Grand Ole Opry on the occasion of its 80th for Congress Committee; $5,000, 06/13/2001, XO with Deanna Hanek Abdeen and ending with anniversary for its important role in the Communications, Inc. PAC; $1,000, 06/13/2001, James M. Lambert, which nominations were popularization of country music and for its 8 Cantwell 2000/2006; $50,000, 01/17/2001, Presi- received by the Senate and appeared in the decades of musical and broadcast excellence; dential Inaugural Committee. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on July 14, 2005. considered and agreed to. 2. Spouse: Craig O. McCaw: $250, 09/07/2005, *Nomination was reported with rec- By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. STABE- NOW, Mr. FRIST, Mr. REID, Mr. OBAMA, Friends of George Allen; $1,000, 06/07/2005, ommendation that it be confirmed sub- Pickering for Congress; $2,000, 06/07/2005, Keep Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. ject to the nominee’s commitment to VOINOVICH, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. Our Majority Political Action Committee; respond to requests to appear and tes- $1,350, 03/18/2005, Friends of Reagan Dunn; BROWNBACK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. TALENT, *$100,000.00, 01/07/2005, 55th President Inau- tify before any duly constituted com- Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. gural Committee; $3,000, 06/22/2004, The Mar- mittee of the Senate. CHAMBLISS, Mr. THOMAS, Mrs. key Committee; $5,000, 06/03/2004, National (Nominations without an asterisk HUTCHISON, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. HAR- Republican Senatorial Committee; $1,000, 05/ were reported with the recommenda- KIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 19/2004, Partido Popular; $25,000, 05/17/2004, tion that they confirmed.) KERRY, and Mr. DURBIN): S. Res. 287. A resolution honoring the life 2004 Joint Candidate Committee; $25,000, 05/ f 17/2004, Republican National Committee— of and expressing the condolences of the Sen- Presidential Trust; $1,000, 05/05/2004, Stevens INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND ate on the passing of Rosa Parks; considered for Senate Committee; $1,000, 05/04/2004, Dan- JOINT RESOLUTIONS and agreed to. iel K. Inouye in 2004; $1,000, 05/04/2004, Pick- By Mr. TALENT: The following bills and joint resolu- S. Con. Res. 60. A concurrent resolution ering for Congress; $2,000, 03/31/2004, Reichert designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- for Congress; $2,000, 02/29/2004, Governor tions were introduced, read the first seum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America’s Rosello; $25,000, 12/31/2003, Republican Na- and second times by unanimous con- National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; tional Committee; ¥$1,000, 12/23/2003, Hol- sent, and referred as indicated: to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- lings for Senate; $2,000, 12/10/2003, Cantwell By Mr. LUGAR: sources. 2000/2006; $4,000, 12/05/2003, Wyden for Senate; S. 1913. A bill to authorize the Secretary of $1,000, 07/10/2003, Friends of Dorgan; $2,000, 06/ the Interior to lease a portion of the Dorothy f 27/2003, Bush-Cheney ‘04, Inc.; ¥$750, 11/08/ Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 2002, Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,750, 10/08/ visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National 2002, Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,000, 09/17/ Lakeshore, and for other purposes; to the S. 119 2002, Tom Daschle; $1,000, 04/25/2002, Senator Committee on Energy and Natural Re- At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the Byron Dorgan; $1,000, 12/31/2001, Friends of sources. name of the Senator from New Jersey

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(Mr. CORZINE) and the Senator from At the request of Mr. WARNER, the S. 1878 New Mexico (Mr. BINGAMAN) were name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. At the request of Mr. AKAKA, the added as cosponsors of amendment No. CRAIG) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from New York 2196 proposed to H.R. 3010, supra. 484, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- AMENDMENT NO. 2200 enue Code of 1986 to allow Federal ci- sor of S. 1878, a bill to prohibit preda- At the request of Mr. NELSON of Flor- vilian and military retirees to pay tory payday loans, and for other pur- ida, the names of the Senator from health insurance premiums on a pretax poses. Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) and the Sen- basis and to allow a deduction for S. CON. RES. 37 ator from Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) TRICARE supplemental premiums. At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the were added as cosponsors of amend- S. 863 name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. ment No. 2200 intended to be proposed At the request of Mr. CONRAD, the MARTINEZ) was added as a cosponsor of to H.R. 3010, a bill making appropria- name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. S. Con. Res. 37, a concurrent resolution tions for the Departments of Labor, INOUYE) was added as a cosponsor of S. honoring the life of Sister Dorothy Health and Human Services, and Edu- 863, a bill to require the Secretary of Stang. cation, and Related Agencies for the the Treasury to mint coins in com- S. RES. 273 fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. memoration of the centenary of the be- At the request of Mr. COLEMAN, the stowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on name of the Senator from South Caro- AMENDMENT NO. 2204 President Theodore Roosevelt, and for lina (Mr. DEMINT) was added as a co- At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the other purposes. sponsor of S. Res. 273, a resolution ex- name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. S. 1035 pressing the sense of the Senate that COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the the United Nations and other inter- amendment No. 2204 intended to be pro- name of the Senator from California national organizations shall not be al- posed to H.R. 3010, a bill making appro- (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- lowed to exercise control over the priations for the Departments of sponsor of S. 1035, a bill to authorize Internet. Labor, Health and Human Services, the presentation of commemorative S. RES. 282 and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, medals on behalf of Congress to Native At the request of Mr. BIDEN, the Americans who served as Code Talkers name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 2006, and for other purposes. during foreign conflicts in which the HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of AMENDMENT NO. 2208 United States was involved during the S. Res. 282, a resolution supporting the At the request of Mr. BAYH, the name 20th century in recognition of the serv- goals and ideals of National Domestic of the Senator from Maine (Ms. COL- ice of those Native Americans to the Violence Awareness Month and ex- LINS) was added as a cosponsor of United States. pressing the sense of the Senate that amendment No. 2208 intended to be pro- S. 1357 Congress should raise awareness of do- posed to H.R. 3010, a bill making appro- At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the mestic violence in the United States priations for the Departments of name of the Senator from Minnesota and its devastating effects on families. Labor, Health and Human Services, (Mr. DAYTON) was added as a cosponsor AMENDMENT NO. 2193 and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, of S. 1357, a bill to protect public At the request of Mr. THUNE, the health by clarifying the authority of names of the Senator from North Da- 2006, and for other purposes. the Secretary of Agriculture to pre- kota (Mr. CONRAD), the Senator from f scribe performance standards for the Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), the Senator from STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED reduction of pathogens in meat, meat Kansas (Mr. BROWNBACK) and the Sen- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS products, poultry, and poultry products ator from Missouri (Mr. TALENT) were By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Ms. processed by establishments receiving added as cosponsors of amendment No. LANDRIEU, Mr. BYRD, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. inspection services and to enforce the 2193 proposed to H.R. 3010, a bill mak- LOTT, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control ing appropriations for the Departments Point (HACCP) System requirements, LEVIN, and Mr. DEMINT): of Labor, Health and Human Services, S. 1915. A bill to amend the Horse sanitation requirements, and the per- and Education, and Related Agencies formance standards. Protection Act to prohibit shipping, for the fiscal year ending September 30, transporting, moving, delivering, re- S. 1504 2006, and for other purposes. ceiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, At the request of Mr. ENSIGN, the AMENDMENT NO. 2194 or donation of horses and other equines name of the Senator from Mississippi At the request of Mr. REED, the to be slaughtered for human consump- (Mr. COCHRAN) was added as a cospon- names of the Senator from Connecticut tion, and for other purposes; to the sor of S. 1504, a bill to establish a mar- (Mr. DODD), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Committee on Commerce, Science, and ket driven telecommunications mar- DEWINE), the Senator from West Vir- Transportation. ketplace, to eliminate government ginia (Mr. BYRD) and the Senator from Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I rise managed competition of existing com- Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR) were added as along with my colleagues, Senators munication service, and to provide par- cosponsors of amendment No. 2194 pro- LANDRIEU, BYRD, SPECTER, LOTT, LIE- ity between functionally equivalent posed to H.R. 3010, a bill making appro- BERMAN, INOUYE, LEVIN, and DEMINT, in services. priations for the Departments of order to introduce the Virgie S. Arden S. 1719 Labor, Health and Human Services, American Horse Slaughter Prevention At the request of Mr. INOUYE, the and Education, and Related Agencies Act. name of the Senator from California for the fiscal year ending September 30, As a veterinarian, I am well aware of (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a cosponsor 2006, and for other purposes. the love that Americans have for their of S. 1719, a bill to provide for the pres- AMENDMENT NO. 2196 horses. Much of our Nation’s early his- ervation of the historic confinement At the request of Mr. TALENT, his tory and culture is associated with sites where Japanese Americans were name was added as a cosponsor of these animals. We think of George detained during World War II, and for amendment No. 2196 proposed to H.R. Washington’s horses and the legend of other purposes. 3010, a bill making appropriations for Paul Revere’s ride and the Pony Ex- S. 1863 the Departments of Labor, Health and press. More recently, we were reminded At the request of Mr. GREGG, the Human Services, and Education, and of how the Depression Era race be- name of the Senator from Minnesota Related Agencies for the fiscal year tween Seabiscuit and War Admiral

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Mr. President, I rise more were transported to Canada and ing sector. Guidelines for these rescue today to introduce my comprehensive Mexico for slaughter there. Work organizations have been developed by immigration reform legislation. This horses, race horses, and even pet the animal protection community and legislative package consists of four horses, many of them young and embraced by sanctuaries across the bills that deal with national security, healthy, are slaughtered for human country. employment security, America’s work- consumption in Europe and Asia, where Some people have questioned wheth- force, and bringing accountability to the meat is sold as a high-end delicacy. er this law will result in the abuse and those living here illegally. This pack- Polls show that Americans overwhelm- neglect of unwanted horses. Thank- age is an enhanced version of immigra- ingly support an end to this practice. fully, statistics do not support this tion reform legislation I introduced in This sentiment was reflected in the claim at all. Recently released figures 2004 with former Senate Minority Lead- Senate’s recent 69–28 vote to prohibit show that the number of abuse cases er Tom Daschle. the use of Federal funds to facilitate dropped significantly in Illinois from Immigration reform is an urgent na- horse slaughter. The House of Rep- 2002 to 2004, the period in which the tional security priority. We cannot resentatives passed identical legisla- State’s only horse slaughtering facility continue to defer making tough choices tion by a similarly bipartisan vote in was closed due to fire. Also, since Cali- about our nation’s immigration policy. June. fornia passed a law banning the slaugh- It is not in our interest to have 8 to 12 Often, owners who sell their horses at ter of horses for human consumption, million people undocumented and un- auction are unaware that their horses there has been no discernible increase accounted for in our country. The may well be on their way to one of the in cruelty and neglect cases in the American people won’t accept immi- three remaining slaughterhouses in state. gration reform until they are con- America where horses are killed for Furthermore, it is currently illegal vinced we are controlling our borders. human consumption. These slaughter- to ‘‘turn out,’’ neglect, or starve a Congress must reform the patchwork of houses are foreign-owned and the prod- horse, so this bill will not result in an immigration laws that have created an uct is shipped abroad, as are the prof- increased number of orphaned horses in underground, black market labor force. its. the United States. If a person attempts The first bill is the Strengthening While several States are attempting to turn his or her horses out, under America’s Security Act of 2005. The bill to address the concerns of citizens re- current law, animal control agents will strengthens national security and U.S. garding the tens of thousands of horses be able to enforce humane laws. As I borders by assisting law enforcement going to slaughter each year, the ab- stated before, this bill seeks only to in their efforts to secure our borders. It sence of Federal law creates a loophole end the slaughter of horses for human will increase the number of Customs through which the slaughter can con- consumption. If a person wishes to put and Border Protection officers; require tinue. Some States have prohibited the an animal down, it costs about $225 to DHS to use updated technology at the use of double-deck cattle trailers to have the horse euthanized by a licensed border; increase criminal penalties for move horses to slaughter. Texas, which veterinarian and disposed of—a frac- alien smuggling, document fraud, mis- is home to two of the three slaughter tion of what it costs to keep a horse as use of social security numbers, gang vi- plants, has had a law in place since 1949 a companion or a work animal. That olence, and drug trafficking at the bor- to effectively prohibit horse slaughter cost is not too big a burden to bear der; authorize continued funds to reim- for human consumption. Yet the dis- when no other options are available. burse states for the costs of detaining trict attorneys with jurisdiction over The time for a strong federal law undocumented aliens; and give DHS ad- the plants have been unable to pros- ending this slaughter is now. This bill ditional tools to detain and deport un- ecute these foreign companies, and does not target other forms of slaugh- documented aliens. horses continue to be slaughtered. To ter, rendering, or euthanasia, rather it The second bill, the Employment end this situation, we must have a Fed- focuses solely on the slaughter of Verification Act of 2005, requires em- eral law that prohibits sending horses American horses for human consump- ployers to verify the employment eligi- within States, across State lines, or tion. The House version of this bill, bility of their employees. The bill will over our domestic borders for the pur- H.R. 5031, currently has more than 120 assist all employers in their effort to pose of slaughtering them for human cosponsors. Please join Senator LAN- hire legal workers by establishing a consumption. We can effectively DRIEU and me in cosponsoring the mandatory electronic worker achieve this goal by passing the Virgie Virgie S. Arden American Horse verification system. The system would S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Slaughter Prevention Act. be managed by DHS in conjunction Prevention Act. Mr. President, I yield the floor. with the Social Security Administra- Congress has the constitutional au- tion. The system will allow employers thority to regulate the horse slaughter By Mr. HAGEL: to immediately verify whether an indi- trade—including intrastate shipment— S. 1916. A bill to strengthen national vidual is authorized to work in the U.S. because such trade has a substantial security and United States borders, This system is already being used by impact on interstate and international and for other purposes; to the Com- the federal government and by certain commerce. Horses are regularly moved mittee on the Judiciary. employers across the country, includ- across State lines to be slaughtered in ing some in Nebraska. The system will By Mr. HAGEL: the three remaining horse slaughter be phased-in over a 5 year period, start- S. 1917. A bill to require employers to plants—one in Illinois—and the other ing with large employers. The legisla- verify the employment eligibility of two in Texas. Others are exported tion includes protections to ensure their employees, and for other pur- across the U.S. border to Canada and that the system will not result in hir- poses; to the Committee on the Judici- Mexico for slaughter there. Even the ing discrimination based on race or na- ary. meat of slaughtered horses is eventu- tional origin, nor will it interfere with ally moved across State lines or our By Mr. HAGEL: the regular hiring process. Employers domestic borders for sale outside of the S. 1918. A bill to amend the Immigra- who use the system will receive a United States. Our bill will end this tion and Nationality Act to address the ‘‘safe-harbor’’ from prosecution for hir- practice. demand for foreign workers; to the ing unauthorized workers. I know that some people have ex- Committee on the Judiciary. The Strengthening America’s Work- pressed concerns about what will hap- force Act of 2005 will amend the Immi- pen to horses if their slaughter is By Mr. HAGEL: gration and Nationality Act to address

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Em- migrants will have three years to com- whether from the volatile Middle East ployers seeking to hire foreign workers plete the application process and will or natural disasters such as Katrina— through this program must first dem- be authorized to work during that encouraging the construction of more onstrate that no qualified U.S. worker time. alternative fuel refineries should be exists and that they will provide the There is a backlog reduction provi- part of that strategy. After all, even if same wage levels and working condi- sion in the bill that would exempt cer- we have more petroleum refineries, we tions as U.S. workers. Workers will be tain individuals, living outside the won’t have any more crude oil to proc- admitted for a limited period of time U.S., from existing caps on family- ess through them, unless we import and will be allowed to change employ- based immigrant visas. This section more. That is not what I would define ers. Visas are good for 2 years and can was originally included in the 2004 as ‘‘progress.’’ be renewed. Qualified workers and Hagel/Daschle Immigration Reform This past summer, Congress passed their families would be provided an op- bill. the Energy Policy Act. As my col- portunity to adjust their immigration The new fines and fees created by leagues know, that law includes a bold, status over time. this legislation will fund the new and bipartisan initiative to help wean our In order to address the need for high- expanded programs created in it. Fines Nation from its petroleum dependency: tech workers and to reduce the existing assessed by this legislation could total the Renewable Fuels Standard, RFS. worker visa backlog, this legislation as much as $12 billion. A majority of The RFS establishes that the na- would allow foreign students who have the funds will come from the $2000 fine tional gasoline supply will consist of at earned an advanced degree in science, illegal aliens would pay under the least 7.5 billion gallons of homegrown technology, engineering or math from Earned Adjustment Program. ethanol by the year 2012. The RFS also U.S. universities to receive a H–1B This legislation is the product of commits the country to the greater use work visa without leaving the country years of discussions with law enforce- of biodiesel in our fuel supply. and without regard to the annual cap ment, business, labor, and advocacy As Congress looks to expand domes- of 65,000. In addition, high-tech workers communities. The bills are a serious ef- tic gasoline supply, a far stronger sig- who have worked in the U.S. for three fort to meet the President’s principles nal should be sent that the U.S. Gov- years may be allowed to adjust to per- for reform with commonsense legisla- ernment is serious about growing our manent resident status without regard tion. In March, I visited the Mariposa 40 billion gallons-a-year domestic die- to the annual cap of 140,000. The Nogales Port of Entry in Arizona at the sel industry. That’s why today I am in- spouses and children of immigrant U.S.-Mexico border and saw first-hand troducing legislation to create a Re- workers would also be allowed to ad- border patrol operations with U.S. Cus- newable Diesel Standard, with the goal just status without regard to this cap. toms and Border Protection agents. of 2 billion gallons annually of alter- In order to encourage more foreign I understand that immigration re- native and renewable diesels by 2015. students to study in the U.S., this leg- form is a complex and difficult issue. Petrodiesel is used in a wide variety islation would give full-time foreign In addition to the legislation I have in- of transportation modes: transit buses; college and graduate students the op- troduced today, there are other pro- semi trucks; ships; heavy duty con- portunity to work part-time while posals on the table. The American peo- struction, farming and mining equip- studying at U.S. universities. ple won’t accept any more excuses. ment; military vehicles; locomotives; The fourth bill, the Immigrant Ac- Now is the time for us to stop deferring barges; large scale generators; farm countability Act of 2005, will amend tough decisions and take action on this and mining equipment; and in many the Immigration and Nationality Act urgent national priority. people’s individual cars and trucks. in order to encourage those in the U.S. While not as large of a market as gaso- illegally to apply for legal status. The Mr. OBAMA: line, petrodiesel is enormously signifi- legislation would create an earned ad- S. 1920. A bill to amend the Clean Air cant. justment program for long-term un- Act to establish a renewable diesel A Renewable Diesel Standard would documented Immigrants and provide standard, and for other purposes; to the focus alternative fuel production an opportunity for illegal aliens and Committee on Environment and Public strongly on the world of diesel engine their families to become invested Works. vehicles. And engines that use stakeholders in the country if they can Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, the petrodiesel can also use other types of demonstrate that they have met all of House of Representatives has passed, diesel fuels, like biodiesel, or Fischer the following requirements: and the Senate Environment and Pub- Tropsch diesel, with little or no engine Passed national security and crimi- lic Works Committee is considering, modification. nal background checks; legislation to increase petroleum refin- This interchangeability helps in time Resided in the U.S. for at least 5 ery capacity in the United States. The of diesel shortages. It helps keep diesel years preceding the date of introduc- argument is that the shortage of do- prices competitive. And, as diesel is tion; mestic refining capacity is contrib- made from domestic feedstocks, it re- Worked a minimum of 3 years in the uting to the rising price of gasoline duces our reliance on foreign crude oil. U.S. preceding the date of introduc- which, in turn, is squeezing families’ That is good for national security—es- tion, and 6 years after introduction; pocketbooks and complicating our Na- pecially when diesel is the fuel for Paid all Federal and State taxes; tion’s economic future. The theory is workhorse vehicles like buses, bull- Registered for Military Selective that relaxing environmental regula- dozers, or military equipment that are Service; tions will unlock long dormant invest- so important in times of emergency. Demonstrated knowledge of English ment in new domestic refining capac- In recent months, Illinois farmers language and American civics require- ity. have raised concerns with me regarding ments; It is incumbent upon industry and the high cost of diesel fuel. Imagine Paid a $2,000 fine, in addition to re- the congressional supporters of this how biodiesel and diesel alternatives quired application fees. Fines assessed bill to document that environmental could help mitigate fuel costs for farm- from this program could total as much regulation has in fact blocked such in- ers who now mostly rely on diesel fuel as $12 billion. vestment. Testimony has been provided made from foreign oil. Imagine how The legislation would create a pro- on both sides of that proposition. biodiesels or coal diesels could help gram for short-term undocumented im- What seems to me to be less debat- truckers and other small business own- migrants who cannot meet the work or able is that any legislative effort to ad- ers, whose profit margins are so seri- residence requirements. They will reg- dress deficient refining capacity should ously affected by unforeseen price ister with DHS and will be allowed to include the encouragement of domestic spikes in petrodiesel for semi trucks.

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And wasn’t that the underlying ANNIVERSARY FOR ITS IMPOR- TANT ROLE IN THE POPU- anniversary for its important role in the intent of CAFE in the first place when popularization of country music, and for its it was enacted in 1975—to reduce our LARIZATION OF COUNTRY MUSIC 8 decades of musical and broadcast excel- AND FOR ITS 8 DECADES OF MU- use of petroleum, especially imported lence. SICAL AND BROADCAST EXCEL- f oil and petroleum products? LENCE This bill does not propose that 10 per- SENATE RESOLUTION 287—HON- Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. AL- ORING THE LIFE OF AND EX- cent of the national petrodiesel pool be EXANDER) submitted the following reso- strengthened with diesel alternatives. PRESSING THE CONDOLENCES OF lution; which was considered and THE SENATE ON THE PASSING It proposes only 1 percent of the na- agreed to: OF ROSA PARKS tional supply. S. RES. 286 Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is a pioneer of That is hardly painful for the petro- STABENOW, Mr. FRIST, Mr. REID, Mr. commercial radio in the United States, and leum industry. This initiative would OBAMA, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCHUMER, not in any way dent the oil industry’s is the longest running continuous radio pro- gram in the United States, having operated Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. record-shattering profits. It is, how- since November 28, 1925, and having broad- BROWNBACK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. TALENT, ever, a bold initiative for those entre- casted over 4,000 consecutive Saturday Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. preneurs who know that new diesels evening shows on WSM Radio, Nashville, CHAMBLISS, Mr. THOMAS, Mrs. work and are willing to prove it by in- Tennessee; HUTCHISON, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. HARKIN, Whereas the Grand Ole Opry played an in- vesting on a commercial scale. They Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. tegral role in the commercial development of KERRY, and Mr. DURBIN) submitted the know we can make diesel from soy- the country music industry, and in estab- following resolution; which was consid- lishing Nashville, Tennessee, as ‘‘Music City beans, from sunflower seeds, from coal, ered and agreed to: and even from garbage. Let’s give them USA’’; Whereas the Grand Ole Opry has consist- S. RES. 287 stronger assurance that the United ently promoted the best in live entertain- Whereas Rosa Parks was born on February States intends to capitalize on their vi- ment and provided a distinctive forum for 4, 1913, as Rosa Louise McCauley, to James sion, ingenuity, and expertise in the connecting country music fans to musicians and Leona McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama; cause of energy independence. so as to promote the popularity of this Whereas her moral clarity and quiet dig- uniquely American genre; nity shaped and inspired the Civil Rights Right now, there is an estimated 180 Whereas the Grand Ole Opry serves as a Movement in the United States over the last million gallons of biodiesel production unique American icon that enshrines the half-century; capacity in the United States. Fifty- rich musical history of country music, and Whereas Rosa Parks was educated in Pine four companies have reported their preserves the tradition and character of the Level, Alabama, until the age of 11, when she genre through commemorative performances enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial plans to construct dedicated biodiesel and events; School for Girls and then went on to attend plants in the near future, but those Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is committed the Alabama State Teachers College High plans are dependent upon regional and to quality performances, and the member- School; national demand prospects. ship of the Grand Ole Opry represents the Whereas on December 18, 1932, Rosa elite of country music performers, including McCauley married Raymond Parks and set- Current domestic petroleum demand generations of America’s most talented mu- tled in Montgomery, Alabama; is estimated to be high enough in the sicians, encompassing the music legends of Whereas, together, Raymond and Rosa coming years that the United States old and the superstars of today that continue Parks worked in the Montgomery, Alabama would need to construct a 400,000 barrel to define American country music; branch of the National Association for the Whereas performers at the Grand Ole Opry Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), per day petroleum refinery each year have included such universally recognized where Raymond Parks served as an active to meet market projections. Yet no names as Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Garth member and Rosa Parks served as a sec- new petroleum refineries have been Brooks, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Vince retary and youth leader; built in the United States in a quarter Gill, Alan Jackson, Grandpa Jones, Loretta Whereas on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks Lynn, Uncle Dave Macon, Dolly Parton, Min- was arrested for refusing to give up her seat century. During the same period, how- nie Pearl, Jim Reeves, Ernest Tubb, Hank in the ‘‘colored’’ section of the bus to a white ever, more than 120 refineries have Williams, Trisha Yearwood, and many more; man on the orders of the bus driver because been built for ethanol and biodiesel, Whereas the Grand Ole Opry celebrates the the ‘‘white’’ section was full; with more in the works. And the good diversity of country music, with membership Whereas the arrest of Rosa Parks led Afri- spanning both generation and genre, rep- can Americans and others to boycott the news is: unlike petroleum refineries, resenting the best in folk, country, blue- Montgomery city bus line until the buses in our ethanol and biodiesel refineries do grass, gospel, and comedy performances; Montgomery were desegregated; not require imported oil as raw mate- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry continues to Whereas the 381-day Montgomery bus boy- rial to make the finished product. utilize technological innovations to develop cott encouraged other courageous people new avenues of connecting country music to across the United States to organize in pro- Mr. President, hundreds of millions its fans, and can be seen and heard around test and demand equal rights for all; of gallons of diesel are possible within the world via television, radio, satellite Whereas most historians date the begin- the timeline proposed in my legisla- radio, and the Internet; ning of the modern-day Civil Rights Move- tion, making another small but bold Whereas the Grand Ole Opry provides ment in the United States to December 1, heartening support to members of the Armed 1955; step to create jobs in rural America, Forces by participating in the Department of Whereas the fearless acts of civil disobe- strengthen our economic security, and Defense’s America Supports You Program, dience displayed by Rosa Parks and others improve air quality. A Renewable Die- providing live performances to American resulted in a legal action challenging Mont- sel Standard is the right course for the Forces serving abroad via the American gomery’s segregated public transportation Forces Radio and Television Services net- system, which subsequently led to the Nation’s future. I hope my colleagues work; United States Supreme Court, on November will join me in cosponsoring this legis- Whereas the Grand Ole Opry is recognized 13, 1956, affirming a district court decision lation, and I ask their support for swift as the world’s premiere country music show, that held that Montgomery segregation enactment. and continues to entertain millions of fans codes deny and deprive African Americans of throughout the world, including United the equal protection of the laws (352 U.S. States Presidents and foreign dignitaries, 903); and serves as an emissary of American music Whereas in 1957, Rosa Parks moved to De- and culture; and troit, Michigan;

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Whereas in 1965, Representative John Con- Whereas the first Negro Leagues Baseball Mr. CORZINE) submitted an amendment in- yers hired Rosa Parks as a member of his Museum was located at 1615 East 18th Street tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. staff, where she worked in various adminis- in the historic ‘‘18th and Vine District’’, 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the trative jobs for 23 years and retired in 1988 at which was designated by the city of Kansas table. age 75; City, Missouri, in 1988, as historic in nature SA 2213. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. Whereas Rosa Parks continued her civil and the birthplace of the Negro Leagues; CLINTON, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. rights work by starting the Rosa and Ray- Whereas the current Negro Leagues Base- MIKULSKI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. REID, Mr. LAUTEN- mond Parks Institute for Self Development ball Museum was opened at 1616 East 18th BERG, Mr. DAYTON, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KOHL, in 1987, a nonprofit organization that moti- Street in 1997, with a dramatic expansion of Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ROCKE- vates young people to reach their highest po- core exhibition and gallery space and over FELLER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DODD, Mrs. FEIN- tential; 10,000 square feet of new interpretive and STEIN, Mr. REED, and Mr. CORZINE) proposed Whereas the Rosa and Raymond Parks In- educational exhibits; an amendment to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. stitute for Self Development offers edu- Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- SA 2214. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an cational programs for young people, includ- seum continues to receive strong support amendment intended to be proposed by him ing two signature programs: first, Pathways from the residents of the Kansas City metro- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. to Freedom, a 21-day program that intro- politan area and annually entertains over SA 2215. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an duces students to the Underground Railroad 60,000 visitors from all 50 States, and numer- amendment intended to be proposed by him and the civil rights movement with a free- ous foreign countries; to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. dom ride across the United States and Can- Whereas there remains a need to preserve SA 2216. Mr. KERRY submitted an amend- ada, tracing the underground railroad into the evidence of honor, courage, sacrifice, and ment intended to be proposed by him to the civil rights, and second, Learning Centers triumph in the face of segregation of those bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie and Senior Citizens, a program that partners African Americans who played in the Negro on the table. young people with senior citizens where the Leagues; SA 2217. Mr. NELSON, of Florida (for him- young help the senior citizens develop their Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- self, Mr. FEINGOLD, and Mr. CORZINE) sub- computer skills and senior citizens mentor seum seeks to educate a diverse audience mitted an amendment intended to be pro- the young; through its comprehensive collection of his- posed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; Whereas Rosa Parks has been commended torical materials, important artifacts, and which was ordered to lie on the table. for her work in the realm of civil rights with oral histories of the participants in the SA 2218. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an such recognitions as the NAACP’s Spingarn Negro Leagues and the impact that segrega- amendment intended to be proposed by him Medal, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Non- tion played in the lives of these individuals to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- violent Peace Prize, the Presidential medal and their fans; and dered to lie on the table. of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Whereas a great opportunity exists to use SA 2219. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an Medal; the invaluable resources of the Negro amendment intended to be proposed by him Whereas Time magazine named Rosa Parks Leagues Baseball Museum to teach the Na- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- one of the ‘‘100 most influential people of the tion’s school children, through on-site visits, dered to lie on the table. SA 2220. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an 20th century’’, The Henry Ford Museum in traveling exhibits, classroom curriculum, amendment intended to be proposed by her Michigan bought and exhibited the bus on distance learning, and other educational ini- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- which she was arrested, and The Rosa Parks tiatives: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- dered to lie on the table. Library and Museum opened in Montgomery SA 2221. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. in 2000; resentatives concurring), That Congress— (1) designates the Negro Leagues Baseball COLLINS) submitted an amendment intended Whereas in 2005, the year marking the 50th to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1042, to anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, including the museums future and expanded exhibits, authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 her seat on the bus, we recognize the cour- for military activities of the Department of age, dignity, and determination displayed by collections library, archives, artifacts and education programs as ‘‘America’s National Defense, for military construction, and for Rosa Parks as she confronted injustice and defense activities of the Department of En- inequality; and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’’; (2) supports the Negro Leagues Baseball ergy, to prescribe personnel strengths for Whereas in 1988 Rosa Parks said: ‘‘I am such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and leaving this legacy to all of you . . . to bring Museum in their efforts to recognize and pre- serve the history of the Negro Leagues and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfill- on the table. ment of what our lives should be. Without vi- the impact of segregation on our Nation; (3) recognizes that the continued collec- SA 2222. Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. sion, the people will perish, and without COCHRAN) proposed an amendment to the bill courage and inspiration, dreams will die—the tion, preservation, and interpretation of the historical objects and other historical mate- H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the De- dream of freedom and peace’’: Now, there- rials held by the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- partments of Labor, Health and Human Serv- fore, be it seum enhances our knowledge and under- ices, and Education, and Related Agencies Resolved, That the Senate honors the life for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and accomplishments of Rosa Parks and ex- standing of the experience of African Ameri- and for other purposes. presses its condolences on her passing. cans during legal segregation; (4) commends the ongoing development SA 2223. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an f and visibility of the ‘‘Power Alley’’ edu- amendment intended to be proposed by him SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- cational outreach program for teachers and to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. students throughout the Nation sponsored by SA 2224. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an TION 60—DESIGNATING THE amendment intended to be proposed by him NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MU- the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; (5) asks all Americans to join in cele- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. SEUM IN KANSAS CITY, MIS- brating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum SA 2225. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an SOURI, AS AMERICA’S NATIONAL and its mission of preserving and inter- amendment intended to be proposed by him NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MU- preting the legacy of the Negro Leagues; and to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. SA 2226. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an SEUM (6) encourages present and future genera- amendment intended to be proposed by him tions to understand the sensitive issues sur- Mr. TALENT submitted the following to the bill H.R. 3010, supra. concurrent resolution, which was re- rounding the Negro Leagues, how they SA 2227. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted an helped shape our Nation and Major League amendment intended to be proposed by him ferred to the Committee on Energy and Baseball, and how the sacrifices made by Natural Resources: to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Negro League players helped make baseball dered to lie on the table. S. CON. RES. 60 America’s national pastime. SA 2228. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amend- Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- f ment intended to be proposed by him to the seum in Kansas City, Missouri, was founded AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED & bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie in 1990, in honor of those individuals who on the table. played in the Negro Baseball Leagues as a re- PROPOSED SA 2229. Mr. COBURN submitted an sult of segregation in America; SA 2211. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. amendment intended to be proposed by him Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- SCHUMER) submitted an amendment intended to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- seum is the only public museum in the Na- to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3010, dered to lie on the table. tion that exists for the exclusive purpose of making appropriations for the Departments SA 2230. Mr. COBURN submitted an interpreting the experiences of the players in of Labor, Health and Human Services, and amendment intended to be proposed by him the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1970; Education, and Related Agencies for the fis- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu- cal year ending September 30, 2006, and for dered to lie on the table. seum project began in the 1980s, through a other purposes; which was ordered to lie on SA 2231. Mr. COBURN submitted an large scale, grass roots, civic and fundraising the table. amendment intended to be proposed by him effort by citizens and baseball fans in the SA 2212. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. DUR- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Kansas City metropolitan area; BIN, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. KERRY, Mr. DODD, and dered to lie on the table.

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SA 2232. Mr. COBURN submitted an SA 2254. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. KEN- pended to replace the funds appropriated but amendment intended to be proposed by him NEDY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. not expended under chapter 8 of division B of to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- KERRY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. the Department of Defense and Emergency dered to lie on the table. DURBIN, and Mr. DAYTON) submitted an Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery SA 2233. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- the United States Act, 2002 (Public Law 107– to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- dered to lie on the table. 117), and of such amount, $50,000,000 shall be dered to lie on the table. SA 2255. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an made available for payment to the New York SA 2234. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him State Uninsured Employers Fund for reim- amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- bursement of claims related to the terrorist to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- dered to lie on the table. attacks of September 11, 2001 and for reim- dered to lie on the table. SA 2256. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. bursement of claims related to the first re- SA 2235. Mr. COBURN submitted an BYRD, Mr. BAYH, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mr. DUR- sponse emergency services personnel who amendment intended to be proposed by him BIN) submitted an amendment intended to be were injured, were disabled, or died due to to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010 supra; such terrorist attacks, and $75,000,000 shall dered to lie on the table. which was ordered to lie on the table. be made available to the Centers for Disease SA 2236. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an SA 2257. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Control and Prevention upon enactment of amendment intended to be proposed by him Mrs. BOXER) submitted an amendment in- this Act, and shall remain available until ex- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. pended, for purposes related to the Sep- dered to lie on the table. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the tember 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In expend- SA 2237. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an table. ing such funds, the Director of the Centers amendment intended to be proposed by him SA 2258. Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and for Disease Control and Prevention shall give first priority to the existing programs co- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Mr. BINGAMAN) submitted an amendment in- dered to lie on the table. tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. ordinated by the Mount Sinai Center for Oc- cupational and Environmental Medicine, the SA 2238. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the Fire Department of New York City Bureau of amendment intended to be proposed by him table. Health Services and Counseling Services to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- SA 2259. Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Unit, the New York City Police Foundation’s dered to lie on the table. BINGAMAN) submitted an amendment in- Project COPE, Police Organization Pro- SA 2239. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. viding Peer Assistance, and the New York amendment intended to be proposed by him 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the City Department of Health and Mental Hy- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- table. giene World Trade Center Health Registry dered to lie on the table. SA 2260. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an that administer baseline and follow-up SA 2240. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him screening, clinical examinations, or long- amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- term medical health monitoring, analysis, or to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- dered to lie on the table. treatment for emergency services personnel dered to lie on the table. SA 2261. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and or rescue and recovery personnel, and shall SA 2241. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an Ms. STABENOW) submitted an amendment in- give secondary priority to similar programs amendment intended to be proposed by him tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. coordinated by other entities working with to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the the State of New York and New York City. dered to lie on the table. table. (b) The amounts provided under subsection SA 2242. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an SA 2262. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an (a) are designated as an emergency require- amendment intended to be proposed by him amendment intended to be proposed by him ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- 95 (109th Congress). dered to lie on the table. dered to lie on the table. SA 2243. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an SA 2263. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an SA 2212. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, amendment intended to be proposed by him amendment intended to be proposed by her Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. KERRY, to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- Mr. DODD, and Mr. CORZINE) submitted dered to lie on the table. dered to lie on the table. an amendment intended to be proposed SA 2244. Mr. DAYTON submitted an SA 2264. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- amendment intended to be proposed by him Mr. BAYH) submitted an amendment in- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- tended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. propriations for the Departments of dered to lie on the table. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the Labor, Health and Human Services, SA 2245. Mr. DAYTON submitted an table. and Education, and Related Agencies amendment intended to be proposed by him SA 2265. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. for the fiscal year ending September 30, to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment in- 2006, and for other purposes; which was dered to lie on the table. tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: SA 2246. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the At the end of title III (before the short HARKIN, and Mr. LAUTENBERG) submitted an table. title), insert the following: amendment intended to be proposed by him SA 2266. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. SEC. lll. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL EDU- to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment in- dered to lie on the table. CATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. AND POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTER- SA 2247. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the VENTIONS AND SUPPORTS. amendment intended to be proposed by her table. (a) INCREASES.—In addition to amounts to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- SA 2267. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. otherwise appropriated under this Act, there dered to lie on the table. FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment in- is appropriated, out of any money in the SA 2248. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an tended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an ad- amendment intended to be proposed by her 3010, supra; which was ordered to lie on the ditional $3,500,000 for subpart 3 of part A of to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- table. title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 dered to lie on the table. f (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.), and an additional SA 2249. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an $1,000,000 to the Office of Special Education amendment intended to be proposed by her TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Programs of the Department of Education to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- SA 2211. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself for the expansion of positive behavioral dered to lie on the table. interventions and supports. and Mr. SCHUMER) submitted an SA 2250. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an (b) OFFSET FROM CONSULTING SERVICES.— amendment intended to be proposed by her amendment intended to be proposed by Notwithstanding any other provision of this to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- Act, amounts made available for the Depart- dered to lie on the table. priations for the Departments of ment of Health and Human Services for con- SA 2251. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an Labor, Health and Human Services, sulting services under this Act shall be re- amendment intended to be proposed by her and Education, and Related Agencies duced by $4,500,000. to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- for the fiscal year ending September 30, (c) REPORT ON THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL dered to lie on the table. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.—Not SA 2252. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an 2006, and for other purposes; which was later than September 30, 2006, the Secretary amendment intended to be proposed by her ordered to lie on the table; as follows: of Education shall prepare and submit to to the bill H.R. 3010, supra; which was or- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- Congress a report on the evaluation data re- dered to lie on the table. lowing: garding the educational and professional per- SA 2253. Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. SEC. ll.(a) Notwithstanding any other formance of individuals who have partici- GRASSLEY) proposed an amendment to the provision of law, $125,000,000 shall be avail- pated, during fiscal year 2006 or any pre- bill H.R. 3010, supra. able and shall remain available until ex- ceding year, in the program under subpart 3

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Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, in this Act may be used to implement any for the fiscal year ending September 30, strategic plan under section 3 of Executive Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LIE- 2006, and for other purposes; which was BERMAN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. Order 13335 (regarding interoperable health information technology) that lacks a provi- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: REID, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. DAYTON, sion that requires the Department of Health At the end of title III (before the short Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KOHL, Mr. BINGA- and Human Services to give notice to any title), insert the following: MAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, patient whose information maintained by SEC. ll.(a) In addition to amounts other- Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DODD, Mrs. FEIN- the Department under the strategic plan is wise appropriated under this Act, there is ap- STEIN, Mr. REED, and Mr. CORZINE) pro- lost, stolen, or used for a purpose other than propriated, out of any money in the Treas- posed an amendment to the bill H.R. the purpose for which the information was ury not otherwise appropriated, an addi- 3010, making appropriations for the De- collected. tional $4,900,000 to carry out part H of title I partments of Labor, Health and Human of the Elementary and Secondary Education Mr. NELSON of Florida (for Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.). Services, and Education, and Related SA 2217. himself, Mr. FEINGOLD, and Mr. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- this Act, the amounts made available for ad- CORZINE) submitted an amendment in- tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes; ministrative expenses and salaries for the tended to be proposed by him to the as follows: Department of Education under this Act bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations shall be reduced by $4,900,000. At the end of title III (before the short for the Departments of Labor, Health title), insert the following: and Human Services, and Education, SA 2220. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated under this Act, there is appro- and Related Agencies for the fiscal amendment intended to be proposed by priated, out of any money in the Treasury year ending September 30, 2006, and for him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- not otherwise appropriated, $836,000,000 for other purposes; which was ordered to propriations for the Departments of carrying out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of lie on the table; as follows: Labor, Health and Human Services, the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. After section 221, insert the following: and Education, and Related Agencies 1070). Such additional appropriation shall be SEC. 222. (a) The Comptroller General of for the fiscal year ending September 30, used to increase the maximum Pell Grant for the United States shall conduct a study to— 2006, and for other purposes; which was which a student shall be eligible during (1) examine— ordered to lie on the table; as follows: award year 2006–2007 by $200 to $4,250, not- (A) the cost savings that have occurred in On page 153, between lines 17 and 18, insert withstanding the maximum Pell Grant States that currently have programs in place amount provided under the heading ‘‘STU- the following: for the recycling or reusing of medications In addition, for making payments to DENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’’ under this that have been dispensed to, but not used by, States for the provision of coverage for pre- title. an inpatient of a long-term care facility; and scription drugs under State Medicaid plans (B) the potential for the expansion of such SA 2214. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an (notwithstanding section 1935(d)(1) of the So- programs to other States; cial Security Act) or under separate drug as- amendment intended to be proposed by (2) identify measures that could be put in sistance programs to individuals who have him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- place to maximize cost savings under the attained age 65 or are disabled, and whose in- propriations for the Departments of programs described in paragraph (1); come does not exceed 150 percent of the na- Labor, Health and Human Services, (3) identify— tional poverty level or who are eligible for and Education, and Related Agencies (A) the potential safety concerns raised by medical assistance under the State Medicaid such programs; and plan under a ‘‘medically needy’’ or other for the fiscal year ending September 30, (B) the rate of medication error and ad- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: ‘‘spend down’’ eligibility category, including verse events under such programs; and such individuals who are eligible for benefits After section 221, insert the following: (4) identify— under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Se- SEC. 222. For carrying out the Low-Vision (A) safety procedures currently used under curity Act, receiving assistance under a Rehabilitation Services Demonstration such programs; State drug assistance program, or receiving Project by the Secretary of Health and (B) additional safety procedures that could coverage under an AIDS Drug Assistance Human Services, an additional $5,000,000: be put in place to eliminate the safety con- Program, to ensure that such individuals do Provided, That funds made available for gen- cerns identified under paragraph (3); and not lose coverage for prescription drugs or eral department management under the (C) the infrastructure or resources nec- suffer a gap in such coverage due to the im- heading General Department Management essary to implement such additional safety plementation of the Medicare prescription under the heading Office of the Secretary are procedures. drug benefit under part D of title XVIII of reduced by $5,000,000. (b) Not later than the date that is 12 such Act, and for making payments to pro- months after the date of enactment of this viders of items and services under the State SA 2215. Mr. SUNUNU submitted an Act, the Comptroller General of the United Medicaid plan, including pharmacists, com- amendment intended to be proposed by States shall submit to Congress a report on munity health centers, rural health clinics, him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- the study conducted under subsection (a), to- hospitals, critical access hospitals, and phy- propriations for the Departments of gether with such recommendations for legis- sicians, for reimbursement of uncompen- Labor, Health and Human Services, lative or administrative action as the Comp- sated costs associated with the provision of troller General determines to be appropriate. and Education, and Related Agencies medically necessary drugs for such individ- for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2218. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted uals, $2,000,000,000: Provided, That a State 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: shall not receive such payments unless the an amendment intended to be proposed State notifies the Centers for Medicare and At the appropriate place in title II, insert by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Medicaid Services, not later than December the following: propriations for the Departments of 31, 2005, of the State’s plan for the provision SEC. ll. Amounts appropriated in this Labor, Health and Human Services, of such coverage: Provided further, That a title for community health center programs and Education, and Related Agencies State shall not receive such payments unless under section 330 of the Public Health Serv- for the fiscal year ending September 30, the State notifies such individuals and pro- ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) shall be increased by viders of the availability of such coverage: $198,560,000. Notwithstanding any other pro- 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Provided further, That the entire amount is vision of this Act, amounts appropriated designated as an emergency requirement under this Act shall be reduced on a pro rata At the end of title III (before the short pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 basis by $198,560,000. title), insert the following: (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise on the budget for fiscal year 2006. SA 2216. Mr. KERRY submitted an appropriated under this Act, there is appro- amendment intended to be proposed by priated, out of any money in the Treasury SA 2221. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- not otherwise appropriated, an additional Ms. COLLINS) submitted an amendment propriations for the Departments of $18,500,000 to carry out part G of title I of the intended to be proposed by her to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of Labor, Health and Human Services, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6531 et seq.). bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations and Education, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2006 for military activi- for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2219. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted ties of the Department of Defense, for 2006, and for other purposes; which was an amendment intended to be proposed military construction, and for defense ordered to lie on the table; as follows: by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- activities of the Department of Energy,

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TRANSFER TO REDEVELOPMENT AU- not obtain consideration in connection with propriations for the Departments of THORITIES WITHOUT CONSIDER- any transfer under this paragraph of prop- Labor, Health and Human Services, ATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT erty located at the installation. The redevel- MILITARY INSTALLATIONS CLOSED opment authority to which such property is and Education, and Related Agencies OR REALIGNED UNDER 2005 ROUND for the fiscal year ending September 30, OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND transferred shall’’; REALIGNMENT. (2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘agrees’’ and 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: (a) OPTION ON TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY inserting ‘‘agree’’; and On page 196, strike line 14 and insert the AND FACILITIES.—Paragraph (2)(C) of section (3) in clause (ii)— following: 2905(b) of the Defense Base Closure and Re- (A) by striking ‘‘executes’’ and inserting tional poverty level: Provided further, That alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX ‘‘execute’’; and the Corporation shall use a portion of the of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is (B) by striking ‘‘accepts’’ and inserting funds made available under this heading to amended— ‘‘accept’’. conduct an evaluation, after consultation (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(C)’’; and with experts on national service programs (2) by adding at the end the following new SA 2222. Mr. INOUYE (for himself and rural community leaders, of programs clause: and Mr. COCHRAN) proposed an amend- carried out under the national service laws ‘‘(ii) In the case of any real property or fa- ment to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (consisting of that Act and the National and cilities located at an installation for which propriations for the Departments of Community Service Act of 1990) in rural the date of approval of closure or realign- Labor, Health and Human Services, areas, to determine utilization of the pro- ment is after January 1, 2005, including prop- and Education, and Related Agencies grams and to develop new and innovative strategies that would prioritize geographic erty or facilities that would otherwise be for the fiscal year ending September 30, transferred to a military department or diversity of the programs carried out under other entity within the Department of De- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: the national service laws to increase the fense or the Coast Guard under clause (i), or At the appropriate place in title II, insert presence of the programs in rural areas. would otherwise be transferred to another the following: Federal agency— SEC. ll. (a) The Headquarters and Emer- SA 2226. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an ‘‘(I) the Secretary shall, unless the Sec- gency Operations Center Building (Building amendment intended to be proposed by retary determines that a transfer of such 21) at the Centers for Disease Control and him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- property or facilities to a military depart- Prevention is hereby renamed as the Arlen propriations for the Departments of ment or other entity within the Department Specter Headquarters and Emergency Oper- Labor, Health and Human Services, ations Center. of Defense or the Coast Guard under clause and Education, and Related Agencies (i), or to the Department of Homeland Secu- (b) The Global Communications Center rity, is necessary in the national security in- Building (Building 19) at the Centers for Dis- for the fiscal year ending September 30, terest of the United States, instead offer to ease Control and Prevention is hereby re- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: transfer such property or facilities to the re- named as the Thomas R. Harkin Global Com- At the end of title III (before the short development authority with respect to such munications Center. title), insert the following: installation; and SEC. lll. APPLICATIONS FOR IMPACT AID PAY- ‘‘(II) if the redevelopment authority ac- SA 2223. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an MENT. cepts the offer, transfer such property or fa- amendment intended to be proposed by Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of cilities to the redevelopment authority, him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- section 8005(d) of the Elementary and Sec- without consideration, subject to the provi- propriations for the Departments of ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. sions of paragraph (4).’’. Labor, Health and Human Services, 7705(d)(2) and (3)), the Secretary of Education (b) OPTION ON TRANSFER OF PERSONAL and Education, and Related Agencies shall treat as timely filed, and shall process for payment, an application under section PROPERTY.—Paragraph (3) of such section is for the fiscal year ending September 30, amended— 8002 or section 8003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. (1) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘sub- 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: 7702, 7703) for fiscal year 2005 from a local paragraphs (E) and (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- At the end of title III (before the short educational agency— paragraphs (F) and (G)’’; title), insert the following: (1) that, for each of the fiscal years 2000 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise through 2004, submitted an application by (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respec- appropriated under this Act, there is appro- the date specified by the Secretary of Edu- tively; and priated, out of any money in the Treasury cation under section 8005(c) of such Act for (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the not otherwise appropriated, an additional the fiscal year; following new subparagraph (E): $15,000,000 to carry out subpart 1 of part A of (2) for which a reduction of more than ‘‘(E) In the case of any personal property title IV of the Elementary and Secondary $1,000,000 was made under section 8005(d)(2) of located at an installation for which the date Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.). such Act by the Secretary of Education as a of approval of closure or realignment is after result of the agency’s failure to file a timely January 1, 2005, including property that is SA 2224. Mr. SALAZAR submitted an application under section 8002 or 8003 of such determined pursuant to the inventory under amendment intended to be proposed by Act for fiscal year 2005; and subparagraph (A)(i) to be excess property him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (3) that submits an application for fiscal that would otherwise be transferred to an- propriations for the Departments of year 2005 during the period beginning on Feb- other Federal agency under subchapter II of Labor, Health and Human Services, ruary 2, 2004, and ending on the date of en- actment of this Act. chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, pur- and Education, and Related Agencies suant to the authority in paragraph (1)(A)— ‘‘(i) the Secretary shall, unless the Sec- for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2227. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted retary determines that a transfer of such 2006, and for other purposes; as follows: an amendment intended to be proposed property to a military department or other At the end of title III (before the short by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- entity within the Department of Defense or title), add the following: propriations for the Departments of the Coast Guard, or to the Department of SEC. ll. The Secretary of Education shall Labor, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, is necessary in the na- conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness and Education, and Related Agencies tional security interest of the United States, of violence prevention programs receiving instead offer to transfer such property to the funding under the Safe and Drug-Free for the fiscal year ending September 30, redevelopment authority with respect to Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7101 2006, and for other purposes; which was such installation; and et seq.) based on, among other things, evi- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘(ii) if the redevelopment authority ac- dence of deterrent effect, strong research de- On page 143, line 22, before the period, in- cepts the offer, transfer such property to the sign, sustained effects, and multiple site rep- sert the following: ‘‘: Provided further, the redevelopment authority, without consider- lication. The study shall also include infor- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ation, subject to the provisions of paragraph mation on what regular assessment mecha- shall use not more than $10,000,000 of funds (4).’’. nisms exist to allow the Department of Edu- provided under this heading to offer to enter (c) ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT.—Paragraph cation to evaluate the efficacy of such pro- into a contract with 1 or more eligible orga- (4)(A) of such section is amended by striking grams on an ongoing basis. Not later than 18 nizations to establish a Global Network for ‘‘purposes of job generation’’ and inserting months after the date of enactment of this Avian Influenza Surveillance’’.

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Mr. DURBIN submitted an available for expenses related to conferences, Health and Human Services or the Depart- amendment intended to be proposed by including for conference programs, staff ment of Education for programs and activi- him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- time, travel costs, and related expenses. ties not in compliance with the Improper (c) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—Of the Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. propriations for the Departments of funds made available for the Department of 3321 note, Public Law 107–300), including pro- Labor, Health and Human Services, Education under the heading ‘‘Departmental grams and activities under the Temporary and Education, and Related Agencies Management, Program Administration’’ in Assistance for Needy Families Program for the fiscal year ending September 30, title III, not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be under part A of title IV of the Social Secu- 2006, and for other purposes; which was available for expenses related to conferences, rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Foster ordered to lie on the table; as follows: including for conference programs, staff Care and Adoption Assistance Program time, travel costs, and related expenses. under part E of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- 670 et seq,), the Medicaid program under title lowing: SA 2231. Mr. COBURN submitted an XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the SEC. ll. (a) None of the funds made avail- State Children’s Health Insurance Program able in this Act may be used to request that amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa a candidate for appointment to a Federal sci- et seq.), the Child Care and Development entific advisory committee disclose the po- propriations for the Departments of Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et litical affiliation or voting history of the Labor, Health and Human Services, seq.), and title I of the Elementary and Sec- candidate or the position that the candidate and Education, and Related Agencies ondary Education Act of 1965. holds with respect to political issues not di- for the fiscal year ending September 30, rectly related to and necessary for the work 2006, and for other purposes; which was SA 2235. Mr. COBURN submitted an of the committee involved. amendment intended to be proposed by (b) None of the funds made available in ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the fol- him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- this Act may be used to disseminate sci- propriations for the Departments of entific information that is deliberately false lowing: or misleading. SEC. ll. Any limitation, directive, or ear- Labor, Health and Human Services, marking contained in either the House of and Education, and Related Agencies SA 2229. Mr. COBURN submitted an Representatives or Senate report accom- for the fiscal year ending September 30, amendment intended to be proposed by panying H.R. 3010 shall also be included in 2006, and for other purposes; which was him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- the conference report or joint statement ac- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: propriations for the Departments of companying H.R. 3010 in order to be consid- On page 182, line 4, strike ‘‘, and’’ and all ered as having been approved by both Houses that follows through ‘‘Hawaiian law’’ on line Labor, Health and Human Services, of Congress. and Education, and Related Agencies 6. for the fiscal year ending September 30, SA 2232. Mr. COBURN submitted an SA 2236. Mr. SANTORUM submitted 2006, and for other purposes; which was amendment intended to be proposed by an amendment intended to be proposed ordered to lie on the table; as follows: him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- propriations for the Departments of propriations for the Departments of lowing: Labor, Health and Human Services, Labor, Health and Human Services, SEC. ll.(a) Notwithstanding any other and Education, and Related Agencies and Education, and Related Agencies provision of this Act, amounts not required for the fiscal year ending September 30, for the fiscal year ending September 30, by law provided in this Act for fiscal year 2006 are reduced by 5 percent. 2006, and for other purposes; which was 2006, and for other purposes; which was (b) Any reduction made under this section ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ordered to lie on the table; as follows: shall be applied proportionately to each dis- On page 139, line 16, insert after the colon At the appropriate place, insert the fol- cretionary account and each item of budget the following: ‘‘Provided further, That in ad- lowing: authority covered by this Act, and within dition to amounts otherwise made available SEC. ll. (a) No funds appropriated under each account and item, to each program, for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs this Act may be provided to hospitals or project, and activity. authorized by such section 2616, the Sec- other facilities at which partial-birth abor- (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the retary shall transfer $60,000,000 from the tions are performed. President, in consultation with the Chair- amount appropriated under this Act for the (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a par- man and Ranking Member of the applicable construction and renovation of the facilities tial-birth abortion that is necessary to save authorizing committees of the Congress, of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- the life of a mother whose life is endangered may except certain programs, projects, and vention to carry out such Drug Assistance by a physical disorder, physical illness, or accounts, in whole or in part, from a reduc- Programs:’’. physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from tion required by subsection (a), provided that SA 2233. Mr. COBURN submitted an the pregnancy itself. such exceptions do not, in the aggregate, ex- (c) In this section, the term ‘‘partial-birth ceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the amendment intended to be proposed by abortion’’ means an abortion in which the overall reduction. him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- person performing the abortion— propriations for the Departments of (1) deliberately and intentionally vaginally SA 2230. Mr. COBURN submitted an Labor, Health and Human Services, delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a amendment intended to be proposed by and Education, and Related Agencies head-first presentation, the entire fetal head him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- for the fiscal year ending September 30, is outside the body of the mother, or, in the propriations for the Departments of 2006, and for other purposes; which was case of breech presentation, any part of the Labor, Health and Human Services, ordered to lie on the table; as follows: fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body and Education, and Related Agencies of the mother, for the purpose of performing At the appropriate place, insert the fol- an overt act that the person knows will kill for the fiscal year ending September 30, lowing: 2006, and for other purposes; which was the partially delivered living fetus; and SEC. ll. Notwithstanding any other pro- (2) performs the overt act, other than com- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: vision of this Act, none of the funds appro- pletion of delivery, that kills the partially On page 222, between lines 5 and 6, insert priated in this Act may be used for any ac- delivered living fetus. the following: tivities associated with HIV Vaccine Aware- SEC. 517. LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR CON- ness Day. SA 2237. Mr. SANTORUM submitted FERENCES. an amendment intended to be proposed (a) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.—Of the funds SA 2234. Mr. COBURN submitted an by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- made available for the Department of Labor amendment intended to be proposed by propriations for the Departments of under the heading ‘‘Departmental Manage- him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Labor, Health and Human Services, ment, Salaries and Expenses’’ in title I, not propriations for the Departments of to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for ex- and Education, and Related Agencies Labor, Health and Human Services, for the fiscal year ending September 30, penses related to conferences, including for and Education, and Related Agencies conference programs, staff time, travel 2006, and for other purposes; which was costs, and related expenses. for the fiscal year ending September 30, ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (b) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2006, and for other purposes; which was At the appropriate place, insert the fol- SERVICES.—Of the funds made available for ordered to lie on the table; as follows: lowing: the Department of Health and Human Serv- On page 222, between lines 5 and 6, insert SEC. ll. PROMOTION OF FAMILY FORMATION ices under the heading ‘‘Office of the Sec- the following: AND HEALTHY MARRIAGE. retary, General Departmental Management’’ SEC. 517. None of the funds provided under (a) STATE PLANS.—Section 402(a)(1)(A) of in title II, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be this Act may be used by the Department of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

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602(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end tivities by notifying the State or Indian ‘‘(F) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— the following: tribe or tribal organization that the recipi- Each State and Indian tribe or tribal organi- ‘‘(vii) Encourage equitable treatment of ent no longer wants to participate in such zation awarded a grant under this paragraph healthy 2-parent married families under the programs or activities; shall submit to the Secretary an annual re- program referred to in clause (i).’’. ‘‘(III) of the process, if any, by which a re- port on the programs and activities funded (b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION GRANTS; cipient who chooses to withdraw from, or under the grant that includes the following: REPEAL OF BONUS FOR REDUCTION OF ILLEGIT- fails to participate in, such programs or ac- ‘‘(i) A description of the written protocols IMACY RATIO.—Section 403(a)(2) of such Act tivities may be required to follow to become developed in accordance with the require- (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended to read as fol- engaged in other programs or activities that ments of subparagraph (E)(iii) for each pro- lows: are not programs or activities described in gram or activity funded under the grant and ‘‘(2) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph how such protocols are used, including spe- GRANTS.— (B); and cific policies and procedures for addressing ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(IV) that the State may reassign a recipi- domestic violence issues within each pro- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ent at any time to other activities that are gram or activity funded under the grant and award competitive grants to States and In- not programs or activities described in how confidentiality issues are addressed. dian tribes [and tribal organizations] for not clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph ‘‘(ii) The name of each individual, organi- more than 50 percent of the cost of devel- (B). zation, or entity that was consulted in the oping and implementing innovative pro- development of such protocols. ‘‘(iii) NO SANCTION FOR REFUSAL OR FAILURE grams to promote and support healthy 2-par- ‘‘(iii) A description of each individual, or- TO PARTICIPATE.— ent married families. ganization, or entity (if any) that provided ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—No State or Indian tribe ‘‘(ii) USE OF OTHER TANF FUNDS.—A State training on domestic violence for the State, shall deny or reduce assistance to a recipient or Indian tribe with an approved tribal fam- Indian tribe or tribal organization, or for of assistance under a State or tribal program ily assistance plan may use funds provided any subgrantees. funded under this part solely on the basis of under other grants made under this part for ‘‘(iv) A description of any implementation the recipient’s withdrawal from, or failure all or part of the expenditures incurred for issues identified with respect to domestic vi- to, participate in programs or activities de- the remainder of the costs described in olence and how such issues were addressed. scribed in clauses (iii) through (vii) of sub- clause (i). In the case of a State, any such ‘‘(G) BIANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not funds expended shall not be considered quali- paragraph (B). later than 24 months after the date of enact- fied State expenditures for purposes of sec- ‘‘(II) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in ment of the Departments of Labor, Health tion 409(a)(7). this subparagraph shall be construed as pre- and Human Services, and Education, and Re- ‘‘(B) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION ACTIVI- cluding a State or Indian tribe from requir- lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, and TIES.—Funds provided under subparagraph ing a recipient of assistance under a State or every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary (A) and corresponding State matching funds tribal program funded under this part to en- shall submit to Congress a report regarding shall be used to support any of the following gage in programs or activities that are not the programs and activities funded with programs or activities: programs or activities described in clauses grants awarded under this paragraph. Each ‘‘(i) Public advertising campaigns on the (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B) or to report submitted in accordance with this value of marriage and the skills needed to in- sanction a recipient for failure to engage in subparagraph shall include the following: crease marital stability and health. such programs or activities or to follow any ‘‘(i) The name of each program or activity ‘‘(ii) Education in high schools on the im- such procedures the State may establish to funded with such grants and the name of portance of healthy marriages and the char- enroll a recipient in such other programs or each grantee and subgrantee. acteristics of other healthy relationships ex- activities. ‘‘(ii) The total number of individuals perienced throughout life, including edu- ‘‘(D) GENERAL RULES GOVERNING USE OF served under programs or activities funded cation on the importance of grounding all re- FUNDS.—The rules of section 404, other than under the grant. lationships in mutual respect and how ear- subsection (b) of that section, shall not apply ‘‘(iii) The total number of individuals lier healthy relationships are the building to a grant made under this paragraph. who— blocks for later healthy marital relation- ‘‘(E) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF ‘‘(I) completed a program or activity fund- ships. FUNDS.—A State or Indian tribe or tribal or- ed under the grant, including the number of ‘‘(iii) Marriage education, marriage skills, ganization may not be awarded a grant such individuals who received assistance and relationship skills programs, that may under this paragraph unless the State or In- under a State or tribal program funded under include parenting skills, financial manage- dian tribe or tribal organization, as a condi- this part or with qualified State expendi- ment, conflict resolution, and job and career tion of receiving funds under such a grant— tures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) advancement, for non-married pregnant ‘‘(i) consults with domestic violence orga- while participating in such program or activ- women, non-married expectant fathers, and nizations that have demonstrated expertise ity; and non-married recent parents. working with survivors of domestic violence ‘‘(II) did not complete such a program or ‘‘(iv) Pre-marital education and marriage in developing policies, procedures, programs activity, including due to ceasing to receive skills training for engaged couples and for and training necessary to appropriately ad- assistance under a State or tribal program couples or individuals interested in mar- dress domestic violence in families served by funded under this part or with qualified riage. programs and activities funded under such State expenditures (as defined in section ‘‘(v) Marriage enhancement and marriage grant; 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) or for other reasons. skills training programs for married couples. ‘‘(ii) describes in the application for a ‘‘(iv) A description of the types of services ‘‘(vi) Divorce reduction programs that grant under this paragraph— offered under such programs or activities. teach relationship skills. ‘‘(I) how the programs or activities pro- ‘‘(v) The criteria for selection of programs ‘‘(vii) Marriage mentoring programs which posed to be conducted will appropriately ad- or activities to be funded under such grant use married couples as role models and men- dress issues of domestic violence; and with respect to the award of grants by the tors. ‘‘(II) what the State or Indian tribe or trib- Secretary and the awarding of funds to sub- ‘‘(viii) Programs to reduce the disincen- al organization, will do, to the extent rel- grantees. tives to marriage in means-tested aid pro- evant, to ensure that participation in such ‘‘(vi) A description of the activities carried grams, if offered in conjunction with any ac- programs or activities is voluntary, and to out by the Secretary to support grantees and tivity described in this subparagraph. inform potential participants that their in- subgrantees in responding to domestic vio- ‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— volvement is voluntary; lence issues. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Participation in pro- ‘‘(iii) establishes a written protocol for ‘‘(v) A summary of the written domestic grams or activities described in any of providers and administrators of programs violence protocols used by grantees and sub- clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B) and activities relevant to the grant that— grantees. shall be voluntary. ‘‘(I) provides for helping identify instances ‘‘(vii) A summary of who the grantees and ‘‘(ii) ASSURANCE OF INFORMED CONSENT AND or risks of domestic violence; and subgrantees consulted with in developing OPTION TO DISENROLL.—Each State or Indian ‘‘(II) specifies the procedures for making such protocols. tribe or tribal organization that carries out service referrals and providing protections ‘‘(viii) A summary of the training provided programs or activities described in any of and appropriate assistance for identified in- to grantees and subgrantees on domestic vio- clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B) dividuals and families; lence. shall provide the Secretary with an assur- ‘‘(iv) establishes performance goals for ‘‘(ix) A list of the organizations, entities, ance that each recipient of assistance under funded programs and activities that clarify and activities funded under section 413(k). a State or tribal program funded under this the primary objective of such funded pro- ‘‘(H) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINED.—In this part who elects to participate in such pro- grams and activities is to increase the inci- paragraph, the term ‘domestic violence’ has grams or activities shall be informed, prior dence and quality of healthy marriages and the meaning given that term in section to making such election— not solely to expand the number or percent- 402(a)(7)(B). ‘‘(I) that such participation is voluntary; age of married couples; and ‘‘(I) APPROPRIATION.— ‘‘(II) that the recipient may elect at any ‘‘(v) submits the annual reports required ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the time to disenroll from such programs or ac- under subparagraph (F). Treasury of the United States not otherwise

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OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS, ENCOURAGE FOR- and appropriate assistance for identified in- (J) States should be encouraged to imple- MATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY 2-PAR- dividuals and families.’’. ment programs that provide support for re- ENT MARRIED FAMILIES, OR ENCOURAGE RE- (f) REDUCTION IN BONUS TO REWARD HIGH sponsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and SPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.—Section PERFORMANCE STATES.—Section 403(a)(4) of increase the incidence of marriage, and 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)) is should not be restricted from implementing 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the amended— such programs. end the following: (1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)— (K) Fatherhood programs should promote ‘‘(V) COUNTING OF SPENDING ON NON-ELIGI- (A) in subclause (I), by striking and provide support services for— BLE FAMILIES TO PREVENT AND REDUCE INCI- ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$120,000,000’’; (i) loving and healthy relationships be- DENCE OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS, ENCOURAGE and tween parents and children; and FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY 2- (B) in subclause (II), by striking (ii) cooperative parenting. PARENT MARRIED FAMILIES, OR ENCOURAGE RE- ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$720,000,000’’; (L) There is a social need to reconnect chil- SPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.—Subject to sub- (2) in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking dren and fathers. clauses (II) and (III), the term ‘qualified ‘‘1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’ and inserting (M) The promotion of responsible father- State expenditures’ includes the total ex- ‘‘2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011’’; and hood and encouragement of healthy 2-parent penditures by the State during the fiscal (3) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘1999 married families should not— year under all State programs for a purpose through 2003 $1,000,000,000’’ and inserting (i) denigrate the standing or parenting ef- described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section ‘‘2006 through 2011, $720,000,000’’. forts of single mothers or other caregivers; 401(a).’’. (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments (ii) lessen the protection of children from (d) PURPOSES.—Section 401(a)(4) of such made by this section shall be effective as if abusive parents; or Act (42 U.S.C. 601(a)(4)) is amended by strik- enacted on October 1, 2005, and shall apply (iii) compromise the safety or health of the ing ‘‘two-parent families’’ and inserting without fiscal year limitation. custodial parent; ‘‘healthy 2-parent married families, and en- but should increase the chance that children courage responsible fatherhood’’. SA 2238. Mr. SANTORUM submitted will have 2 caring parents to help them grow (e) SECRETARY’S FUND FOR RESEARCH, DEM- an amendment intended to be proposed up healthy and secure. ONSTRATIONS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (N) The promotion of responsible father- Section 413 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 613) is propriations for the Departments of hood must always recognize and promote the amended by adding at the end the following: Labor, Health and Human Services, values of nonviolence. ‘‘(k) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH, DEMONSTRA- (O) For the future of the United States and and Education, and Related Agencies the future of our children, Congress, States, TIONS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— for the fiscal year ending September 30, ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION.— and local communities should assist parents 2006, and for other purposes; which was ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the to become more actively involved in their Treasury of the United States not otherwise ordered to lie on the table; as follows: children’s lives. appropriated, there are appropriated At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (P) Child support is an important means by $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 lowing: which a parent can take financial responsi- through 2011, which shall remain available to SEC. ll. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PRO- bility for a child and emotional support is an the Secretary until expended. GRAM. important means by which a parent can take ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.— (a) RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.— social responsibility for a child. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated (1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- (2) FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—Title I of the under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall lowing findings: Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor- be expended for the purpose of conducting or (A) Nearly 24,000,000 children in the United tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public supporting research and demonstration States, or 34 percent of all such children, live Law 104–193) is amended by adding at the end projects by public or private entities in con- apart from their biological father. the following: nection with activities described in section (B) Sixty percent of couples who divorce ‘‘SEC. 117. FATHERHOOD PROGRAM. 403(a)(2)(B), or for providing technical assist- have at least 1 child. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV (42 U.S.C. 601– ance in connection with such activities, to (C) The number of children living with 679b) is amended by inserting after part B States, Indian tribal organizations, sub- only a mother increased from just over the following: State entities, and such other entities as the 5,000,000 in 1960 to 17,000,000 in 1999, and be- ‘‘ ‘PART C—RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD Secretary may specify. tween 1981 and 1991 the percentage of chil- PROGRAM ‘‘(ii) AMOUNTS IN ADDITION TO OTHER dren living with only 1 parent increased from ‘‘ ‘SEC. 441. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS. FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under subpara- 19 percent to 25 percent. ‘‘ ‘(a) GRANTS TO STATES TO CONDUCT DEM- graph (A) and expended in accordance with (D) Forty percent of children who live in ONSTRATION PROGRAMS.— this subsection shall be in addition to any households without a father have not seen ‘‘ ‘(1) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.— other funds made available under this part their father in at least 1 year and 50 percent ‘‘ ‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall for activities described in section of such children have never visited their fa- award grants to up to 10 eligible States to 403(a)(2)(B). ther’s home. conduct demonstration programs to carry ‘‘(2) SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY.—The Sec- (E) The most important factor in a child’s out the purposes described in paragraph (2). retary may conduct activities authorized by upbringing is whether the child is brought up ‘‘ ‘(B) ELIGIBLE STATE.—For purposes of this subsection directly or through grants, in a loving, healthy, supportive environ- this subsection, an eligible State is a State contracts, or interagency agreements with ment. that submits to the Secretary the following: public or private entities. (F) Children who live without contact with ‘‘ ‘(i) APPLICATION.—An application for a ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF FUNDS.—The their biological father are, in comparison to grant under this subsection, at such time, in Secretary shall not pay any funds appro- children who have such contact— such manner, and containing such informa- priated under paragraph (1)(A) to an entity (i) 5 times more likely to live in poverty; tion as the Secretary may require. for the purpose of conducting or supporting (ii) more likely to bring weapons and drugs ‘‘ ‘(ii) STATE PLAN.—A State plan that in- research and demonstration projects involv- into the classroom; cludes the following: ing activities described in section 403(a)(2)(B) (iii) twice as likely to commit crime; ‘‘ ‘(I) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—A description unless the entity, as a condition of receiving (iv) twice as likely to drop out of school; of the programs or activities the State will funds under such a grant— (v) more likely to commit suicide; fund under the grant, including a good faith ‘‘(A) describes in the application for a (vi) more than twice as likely to abuse al- estimate of the number and characteristics grant under this subsection— cohol or drugs; and of clients to be served under such projects

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11835 and how the State intends to achieve at least behavior, disseminating information on the lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com- 2 of the purposes described in paragraph (2). causes of domestic violence and child abuse, monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, ‘‘ ‘(II) COORDINATION EFFORTS.—A descrip- marriage preparation programs, premarital receive a grant for a fiscal year in an amount tion of how the State will coordinate and co- counseling, marital inventories, skills-based that is less than $1,000,000; and operate with State and local entities respon- marriage education, financial planning semi- ‘‘ ‘(ii) in the case of the Commonwealth of sible for carrying out other programs that nars, including improving a family’s ability Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is- relate to the purposes intended to be to effectively manage family business affairs lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com- achieved under the demonstration program, by means such as education, counseling, or monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, including as appropriate, entities responsible mentoring on matters related to family fi- receive a grant for a fiscal year in an amount for carrying out jobs programs and programs nances, including household management, that is less than $500,000. serving children and families. budgeting, banking, and handling of finan- ‘‘ ‘(7) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this sub- ‘‘ ‘(III) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.—An cial transactions and home maintenance, section, the term ‘State’ means each of the agreement to maintain such records, submit and divorce education and reduction pro- 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com- such reports, and cooperate with such re- grams, including mediation and counseling. monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States views and audits as the Secretary finds nec- ‘‘ ‘(B) PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and essary for purposes of oversight of the dem- THROUGH PARENTING PROMOTION.—To promote the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana onstration program. responsible parenting through activities Islands. ‘‘ ‘(iii) CERTIFICATIONS.—The following cer- such as counseling, mentoring, and medi- ‘‘ ‘(8) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in tifications from the chief executive officer of ation, disseminating information about good the Treasury of the United States not other- the State: parenting practices, skills-based parenting wise appropriated, there are appropriated for ‘‘ ‘(I) A certification that the State will use education, encouraging child support pay- each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, funds provided under the grant to promote at ments, and other methods. $20,000,000 for purposes of making grants to least 2 of the purposes described in para- ‘‘ ‘(C) PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD eligible States under this subsection. graph (2). THROUGH FOSTERING ECONOMIC STABILITY OF ‘‘ ‘(b) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO CON- ‘‘ ‘(II) A certification that the State will FATHERS.—To foster economic stability by DUCT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.— return any unused funds to the Secretary in helping fathers improve their economic sta- ‘‘ ‘(1) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.— accordance with the reconciliation process tus by providing activities such as work first ‘‘ ‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall under paragraph (5). services, job search, job training, subsidized award grants to eligible entities to conduct ‘‘ ‘(III) A certification that the funds pro- employment, job retention, job enhance- demonstration programs to carry out the vided under the grant will be used for pro- ment, and encouraging education, including purposes described in subsection (a)(2). grams and activities that target low-income career-advancing education, dissemination ‘‘ ‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of participants and that not less than 50 per- of employment materials, coordination with this subsection, an eligible entity is a local cent of the participants in each program or existing employment services such as wel- government, local public agency, commu- activity funded under the grant shall be— fare-to-work programs, referrals to local em- nity-based or nonprofit organization, or pri- ‘‘ ‘(aa) parents of a child who is, or within ployment training initiatives, and other vate entity, including any charitable or the past 24 months has been, a recipient of methods. faith-based organization, or an Indian tribe assistance or services under a State program ‘‘ ‘(3) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No or tribal organization (as defined in section funded under part A, D, or E of this title, funds provided under this subsection may be 419(4)), that submits to the Secretary the fol- title XIX, or the Food Stamp Act of 1977; or used for costs attributable to court pro- lowing: ‘‘ ‘(bb) parents, including an expectant par- ceedings regarding matters of child visita- ‘‘ ‘(i) APPLICATION.—An application for a ent or a married parent, whose income (after tion or custody, or for legislative advocacy. grant under this subsection, at such time, in adjustment for court-ordered child support ‘‘ ‘(4) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF such manner, and containing such informa- paid or received) does not exceed 150 percent FUNDS.—A State may not be awarded a grant tion as the Secretary may require. of the poverty line. under this section unless the State, as a con- ‘‘ ‘(ii) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—A description ‘‘ ‘(IV) A certification that the State has or dition of receiving funds under such a of the programs or activities the entity in- will comply with the requirements of para- grant— tends to carry out with funds provided under graph (4). ‘‘ ‘(A) consults with experts in domestic vi- the grant, including a good faith estimate of ‘‘ ‘(V) A certification that funds provided olence or with relevant community domestic the number and characteristics of clients to to a State under this subsection shall not be violence coalitions in developing such pro- be served under such programs or activities used to supplement or supplant other Fed- grams or activities; and and how the entity intends to achieve at eral, State, or local funds that are used to ‘‘ ‘(B) describes in the application for a least 2 of the purposes described in sub- support programs or activities that are re- grant under this section— section (a)(2). lated to the purposes described in paragraph ‘‘ ‘(i) how the programs or activities pro- ‘‘ ‘(iii) COORDINATION EFFORTS.—A descrip- (2). posed to be conducted will address, as appro- tion of how the entity will coordinate and ‘‘ ‘(C) PREFERENCES AND FACTORS OF CONSID- priate, issues of domestic violence; and cooperate with State and local entities re- ERATION.—In awarding grants under this sub- ‘‘ ‘(ii) what the State will do, to the extent sponsible for carrying out other programs section, the Secretary shall take into consid- relevant, to ensure that participation in that relate to the purposes intended to be eration the following: such programs or activities is voluntary, and achieved under the demonstration program, ‘‘ ‘(i) DIVERSITY OF ENTITIES USED TO CON- to inform potential participants that their including as appropriate, entities responsible DUCT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—The Sec- involvement is voluntary. for carrying out jobs programs and programs retary shall, to the extent practicable, ‘‘ ‘(5) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.— serving children and families. achieve a balance among the eligible States ‘‘ ‘(A) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL- ‘‘ ‘(iv) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.—An awarded grants under this subsection with LOTTED.—Each eligible State that receives a agreement to maintain such records, submit respect to the size, urban or rural location, grant under this subsection for a fiscal year such reports, and cooperate with such re- and employment of differing or unique meth- shall return to the Secretary any unused views and audits as the Secretary finds nec- ods of the entities that the eligible States in- portion of the grant for such fiscal year not essary for purposes of oversight of the dem- tend to use to conduct the programs and ac- later than the last day of the second suc- onstration program. tivities funded under the grants. ceeding fiscal year, together with any earn- ‘‘ ‘(v) CERTIFICATIONS.—The following cer- ‘‘ ‘(ii) PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN STATES.—The ings on such unused portion. tifications: Secretary shall give priority to awarding ‘‘ ‘(B) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION.—The ‘‘ ‘(I) A certification that the entity will grants to eligible States that have— Secretary shall establish an appropriate pro- use funds provided under the grant to pro- ‘‘ ‘(I) demonstrated progress in achieving at cedure for redistributing to eligible States mote at least 2 of the purposes described in least 1 of the purposes described in para- that have expended the entire amount of a subsection (a)(2). graph (2) through previous State initiatives; grant made under this subsection for a fiscal ‘‘ ‘(II) A certification that the entity will or year any amount that is returned to the Sec- return any unused funds to the Secretary in ‘‘ ‘(II) demonstrated need with respect to retary by eligible States under subparagraph accordance with the reconciliation process reducing the incidence of out-of-wedlock (A). under paragraph (3). births or absent fathers in the State. ‘‘ ‘(6) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— ‘‘ ‘(III) A certification that the funds pro- ‘‘ ‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in ‘‘ ‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara- vided under the grant will be used for pro- this paragraph are the following: graph (B), the amount of each grant awarded grams and activities that target low-income ‘‘ ‘(A) PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD under this subsection shall be an amount participants and that not less than 50 per- THROUGH MARRIAGE PROMOTION.—To promote sufficient to implement the State plan sub- cent of the participants in each program or marriage or sustain marriage through activi- mitted under paragraph (1)(B)(ii). activity funded under the grant shall be— ties such as counseling, mentoring, dissemi- ‘‘ ‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—No eligible State ‘‘ ‘(aa) parents of a child who is, or within nating information about the benefits of shall— the past 24 months has been, a recipient of marriage and 2-parent involvement for chil- ‘‘ ‘(i) in the case of the District of Columbia assistance or services under a State program dren, enhancing relationship skills, edu- or a State other than the Commonwealth of funded under part A, D, or E of this title, cation regarding how to control aggressive Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is- title XIX, or the Food Stamp Act of 1977; or

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11836 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 ‘‘ ‘(bb) parents, including an expectant par- address the issue of responsible fatherhood; of the State shall submit to the Secretary a ent or a married parent, whose income (after and certification that the State shall— adjustment for court-ordered child support ‘‘ ‘(B) develop a national clearinghouse to ‘‘ ‘(1) use such funds to promote the forma- paid or received) does not exceed 150 percent assist States and communities in efforts to tion and maintenance of healthy 2-parent of the poverty line. promote and support marriage and respon- married families, strengthen fragile families, ‘‘ ‘(IV) A certification that the entity has sible fatherhood by collecting, evaluating, and promote responsible fatherhood through or will comply with the requirements of and making available (through the Internet media campaigns conducted in accordance paragraph (3). and by other means) to other States infor- with the requirements of subsection (d); ‘‘ ‘(V) A certification that funds provided mation regarding the media campaigns es- ‘‘ ‘(2) return any unused funds to the Sec- to an entity under this subsection shall not tablished under section 443. retary in accordance with the reconciliation be used to supplement or supplant other Fed- ‘‘ ‘(2) COORDINATION WITH DOMESTIC VIO- process under subsection (e); and eral, State, or local funds provided to the en- LENCE PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall en- ‘‘ ‘(3) comply with the reporting require- tity that are used to support programs or ac- sure that the nationally recognized nonprofit ments under subsection (f). tivities that are related to the purposes de- fatherhood promotion organization with a ‘‘ ‘(c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—For each of scribed in subsection (a)(2). contract under paragraph (1) coordinates the fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the Secretary ‘‘ ‘(C) PREFERENCES AND FACTORS OF CONSID- media campaign developed under subpara- shall pay to each State that submits a cer- ERATION.—In awarding grants under this sub- graph (A) of such paragraph and the national tification under subsection (b), from any section, the Secretary shall, to the extent clearinghouse developed under subparagraph funds appropriated under subsection (i), for practicable, achieve a balance among the eli- (B) of such paragraph with national, State, the fiscal year an amount equal to the gible entities awarded grants under this sub- or local domestic violence programs. amount of the allotment determined for the section with respect to the size, urban or ‘‘ ‘(b) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, NONPROFIT fiscal year under subsection (g). FATHERHOOD PROMOTION ORGANIZATION DE- rural location, and employment of differing ‘‘ ‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDIA CAM- SCRIBED.—The nationally recognized, non- or unique methods of the entities. PAIGNS.—Each State receiving an allotment profit fatherhood promotion organization de- ‘‘ ‘(2) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No under this section for a fiscal year shall use scribed in this subsection is an organization funds provided under this subsection may be the allotment to conduct media campaigns that has at least 4 years of experience in— used for costs attributable to court pro- as follows: ‘‘ ‘(1) designing and disseminating a na- ceedings regarding matters of child visita- ‘‘ ‘(1) CONDUCT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.— tional public education campaign, as evi- tion or custody, or for legislative advocacy. ‘‘ ‘(A) RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA CAM- denced by the production and successful ‘‘ ‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF FUNDS.— PAIGNS.— placement of television, radio, and print pub- The Secretary may not award a grant under ‘‘ ‘(i) PRODUCTION OF BROADCAST ADVERTISE- lic service announcements that promote the this subsection to an eligible entity unless MENTS.—At the option of the State, to importance of responsible fatherhood, a the entity, as a condition of receiving funds produce broadcast advertisements that pro- track record of service to Spanish-speaking under such a grant— mote the formation and maintenance of populations and historically underserved or ‘‘ ‘(A) consults with experts in domestic vi- healthy 2-parent married families, strength- minority populations, the capacity to fulfill olence or with relevant community domestic en fragile families, and promote responsible requests for information and a proven his- violence coalitions in developing the pro- fatherhood. tory of fulfilling such requests, and a mecha- grams or activities to be conducted with ‘‘ ‘(ii) AIRTIME CHALLENGE PROGRAM.—At nism through which the public can request such funds awarded under the grant; and the option of the State, to establish an additional information about the campaign; ‘‘ ‘(B) describes in the application for a airtime challenge program under which the and grant under this section— State may spend amounts allotted under this ‘‘ ‘(2) providing consultation and training ‘‘ ‘(i) how the programs or activities pro- section to purchase time from a broadcast to community-based organizations inter- posed to be conducted will address, as appro- station to air a broadcast advertisement pro- ested in implementing fatherhood outreach, priate, issues of domestic violence; and duced under clause (i), but only if the State support, or skill development programs with ‘‘ ‘(ii) what the entity will do, to the extent obtains an amount of time of the same class an emphasis on promoting married father- relevant, to ensure that participation in and during a comparable period to air the ad- hood as the ideal. such programs or activities is voluntary, and vertisement using non-Federal contribu- to inform potential participants that their ‘‘ ‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated tions. involvement is voluntary. $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through ‘‘ ‘(B) OTHER MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—At the op- ‘‘ ‘(4) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.— 2010 to carry out this section. tion of the State, to conduct a media cam- ‘‘ ‘(A) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL- ‘‘ ‘SEC. 443. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES TO EN- paign that consists of the production and LOTTED.—Each eligible entity that receives a COURAGE MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. distribution of printed or other advertise- grant under this subsection for a fiscal year ‘‘ ‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ments that promote the formation and main- shall return to the Secretary any unused ‘‘ ‘(1) BROADCAST ADVERTISEMENT.—The tenance of healthy 2-parent married fami- portion of the grant for such fiscal year not term ‘broadcast advertisement’ means a lies, strengthen fragile families, and promote later than the last day of the second suc- communication intended to be aired by a tel- responsible fatherhood. ceeding fiscal year, together with any earn- evision or radio broadcast station, including ‘‘ ‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF MEDIA CAM- ings on such unused portion. a communication intended to be transmitted PAIGNS.—A State may administer media ‘‘ ‘(B) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION.—The through a cable channel. campaigns funded under this section directly Secretary shall establish an appropriate pro- ‘‘ ‘(2) CHILD AT RISK.—The term ‘child at or through grants, contracts, or cooperative cedure for redistributing to eligible entities risk’ means each young child whose family agreements with public agencies, local gov- that have expended the entire amount of a income does not exceed the poverty line. ernments, or private entities, including char- grant made under this subsection for a fiscal ‘‘ ‘(3) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty itable and faith-based organizations. year any amount that is returned to the Sec- line’ has the meaning given such term in sec- ‘‘ ‘(3) CONSULTATION WITH DOMESTIC VIO- retary by eligible entities under subpara- tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block LENCE ASSISTANCE CENTERS.—In developing graph (A). Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any broadcast and printed advertisements to be ‘‘ ‘(5) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in revision required by such section, that is ap- used in the media campaigns conducted the Treasury of the United States not other- plicable to a family of the size involved. under paragraph (1), the State or other enti- wise appropriated, there are appropriated for ‘‘ ‘(4) PRINTED OR OTHER ADVERTISEMENT.— ty administering the campaign shall consult each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, The term ‘printed or other advertisement’ with representatives of State and local do- $25,000,000 for purposes of making grants to includes any communication intended to be mestic violence centers. eligible entities under this subsection. distributed through a newspaper, magazine, ‘‘ ‘(4) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—In this ‘‘ ‘SEC. 442. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR RE- outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any section, the term ‘non-Federal contributions’ SPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PRO- other type of general public advertising, but includes contributions by the State and by GRAMS. does not include any broadcast advertise- public and private entities. Such contribu- ‘‘ ‘(a) MEDIA CAMPAIGN NATIONAL CLEARING- ment. tions may be in cash or in kind. Such term HOUSE FOR RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.— ‘‘ ‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each does not include any amounts provided by ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From any funds appro- of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Federal Government, or services assisted priated under subsection (c), the Secretary the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the or subsidized to any significant extent by the shall contract with a nationally recognized, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer- Federal Government, or any amount ex- nonprofit fatherhood promotion organization ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the pended by a State before October 1, 2005. described in subsection (b) to— Northern Mariana Islands. ‘‘ ‘(e) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.— ‘‘ ‘(A) develop, promote, and distribute to ‘‘ ‘(6) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘young child’ ‘‘ ‘(1) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL- interested States, local governments, public means an individual under age 5. LOTTED.—Each State that receives an allot- agencies, and private entities a media cam- ‘‘ ‘(b) STATE CERTIFICATIONS.—Not later ment under this section shall return to the paign that encourages the appropriate in- than October 1 of each of fiscal year for Secretary any unused portion of the amount volvement of parents in the life of any child, which a State desires to receive an allotment allotted to a State for a fiscal year not later with a priority for programs that specifically under this section, the chief executive officer than the last day of the second succeeding

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11837 fiscal year together with any earnings on ‘‘ ‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— propriations for the Departments of such unused portion. There is authorized to be appropriated Labor, Health and Human Services, ‘‘ ‘(2) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION OF $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and Education, and Related Agencies UNUSED ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall through 2010 for purposes of making allot- for the fiscal year ending September 30, establish an appropriate procedure for redis- ments to States under this section. 2006, and for other purposes; which was tributing to States that have expended the ‘‘ ‘SEC. 444. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR entire amount allotted under this section RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD ordered to lie on the table; as follows: any amount that is— ‘‘ ‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall At the appropriate place, insert the fol- ‘‘ ‘(A) returned to the Secretary by States contract with a nationally recognized, non- lowing: under paragraph (1); or profit research and education fatherhood or- SEC. ll. The Secretary of Health and ‘‘ ‘(B) not allotted to a State under this ganization described in subsection (b) to— Human Services shall use amounts appro- section because the State did not submit a ‘‘ ‘(1) provide technical assistance and priated under title II for the purchase of not certification under subsection (b) by October training to public and private agencies and less than 1,000,000 rapid oral HIV tests. 1 of a fiscal year. grass roots organizations that promote re- Mr. SANTORUM submitted ‘‘ ‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— sponsible fatherhood and healthy marriage; SA 2240. ‘‘ ‘(1) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Each and an amendment intended to be proposed State receiving an allotment under this sec- ‘‘ ‘(2) develop a clearinghouse of resource by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- tion for a fiscal year shall monitor and materials to assist community-based organi- propriations for the Departments of evaluate the media campaigns conducted zations in developing local responsible fa- Labor, Health and Human Services, using funds made available under this sec- therhood programs, with an emphasis on and Education, and Related Agencies tion in such manner as the Secretary, in con- training and outcome evaluation. for the fiscal year ending September 30, ‘‘ ‘(b) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NONPROFIT sultation with the States, determines appro- 2006, and for other purposes; which was priate. RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FATHERHOOD ORGA- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘ ‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not less fre- NIZATION DESCRIBED.—A nationally recog- quently than annually, each State receiving nized nonprofit research and education fa- On page 178, after line 25, insert the fol- an allotment under this section for a fiscal therhood organization described in this sub- lowing: year shall submit to the Secretary reports section is an organization that has been in SEC.ll. SUPPORT FOR NONPROFIT COMMU- on the media campaigns conducted using existence for at least 12 years with experi- NITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; DE- funds made available under this section at ence in— PARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. such time, in such manner, and containing ‘‘ ‘(1) developing and distributing research- (a) SUPPORT FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGA- such information as the Secretary may re- based curriculum that promotes responsible NIZATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and quire. fatherhood and healthy marriage with an emphasis on low-income and noncustodial fa- Human Services (referred to in this section ‘‘ ‘(g) AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENTS.— as ‘‘the Secretary’’) may award grants to and ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in thers; ‘‘ ‘(2) providing consultation and training enter into cooperative agreements with non- paragraph (2), of the amount appropriated governmental organizations, to— for the purpose of making allotments under to community-based organizations with a track record of working with social service, (1) provide technical assistance for commu- this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary nity-based organizations, which may in- shall allot to each State that submits a cer- government, and faith-based organizations; and clude— tification under subsection (b) for the fiscal (A) grant writing and grant management year an amount equal to the sum of— ‘‘‘(3) providing direct training to fathers, father figures, and mothers using research- assistance, which may include assistance ‘‘ ‘(A) the amount that bears the same provided through workshops and other guid- ratio to 50 percent of such funds as the num- based curriculum in a variety of economic, cultural and family situations. ance; ber of young children in the State (as deter- (B) legal assistance with incorporation; mined by the Secretary based on the most ‘‘ ‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the (C) legal assistance to obtain tax-exempt current reliable data available) bears to the status; and number of such children in all States; and Secretary to carry out this section, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. (D) information on, and referrals to, other ‘‘ ‘(B) the amount that bears the same ratio nongovernmental organizations that provide to 50 percent of such funds as the number of ‘‘ ‘SEC. 445. NONDISCRIMINATION. ‘‘ ‘The projects and activities assisted expertise in accounting, on legal issues, on children at risk in the State (as determined tax issues, in program development, and on a by the Secretary based on the most current under this part shall be available on the same basis to all fathers and expectant fa- variety of other organizational topics; reliable data available) bears to the number (2) provide information and assistance for of such children in all States. thers able to benefit from such projects and activities, including married and unmarried community-based organizations on capacity ‘‘ ‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—No allotment building; for a fiscal year under this section shall be fathers and custodial and noncustodial fa- thers, with particular attention to low-in- (3) provide for community-based organiza- less than— tions information on and assistance in iden- ‘‘ ‘(A) in the case of the District of Colum- come fathers, and to mothers and expectant mothers on the same basis as to fathers.’. tifying and using best practices for deliv- bia or a State other than the Commonwealth ering assistance to persons, families, and of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is- ‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.—Section 116 shall not apply to communities in need; lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com- (4) provide information on and assistance monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section.’’. in utilizing regional intermediary organiza- 1 percent of the amount appropriated for the tions to increase and strengthen the capa- fiscal year under subsection (i); and (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of such Act is amended in the table of contents bilities of nonprofit community-based orga- ‘‘ ‘(B) in the case of the Commonwealth of nizations; Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is- by inserting after the item relating to sec- tion 116 the following new item: (5) assist community-based organizations lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com- in replicating social service programs of monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, ‘‘Sec. 117. Responsible fatherhood pro- gram.’’. demonstrated effectiveness; and 0.5 percent of such amount. (6) encourage research on the best prac- ‘‘ ‘(3) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—The Sec- (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments tices of social service organizations. retary shall make such pro rata reductions made by this subsection shall be effective as (b) SUPPORT FOR STATES.—The Secretary— to the allotments determined under this sub- if enacted on October 1, 2005, and shall apply (1) may award grants to and enter into co- section as are necessary to comply with the without fiscal year limitation. operative agreements with States and polit- requirements of paragraph (2). (b) REDUCTION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding ical subdivisions of States to provide seed ‘‘ ‘(h) EVALUATION.— any other provision of this Act, the following money to establish State and local offices of ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall amounts shall be available for the following faith-based and community initiatives; and conduct an evaluation of the impact of the purposes and any other amounts appro- (2) shall provide technical assistance to media campaigns funded under this section. priated in this Act for such purposes are re- States and political subdivisions of States in ‘‘ ‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, duced accordingly: administering the provisions of this Act. 2008, the Secretary shall report to Congress (1) For Parent Information Resource Cen- (c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive the results of the evaluation under para- ters, $12,000,000. a grant or enter into a cooperative agree- graph (1). (2) For School Leadership programs and ac- ment under this section, a nongovernmental ‘‘ ‘(3) FUNDING.—Of the amount appro- tivities, $8,000,000. organization, State, or political subdivision priated under subsection (i) for fiscal year (3) For State Grants for Incarcerated shall submit an application to the Secretary 2006, $1,000,000 of such amount shall be trans- Youth, $0. at such time, in such manner, and con- ferred and made available for purposes of taining such information as the Secretary conducting the evaluation required under SA 2239. Mr. SANTORUM submitted may require. this subsection, and shall remain available an amendment intended to be proposed (d) LIMITATION.—In order to widely dis- until expended. by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- burse limited resources, no community-

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All members of the (e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term (d)(1) Not later than 60 days after the date Commission who are officers or employees of ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a of enactment of this Act, the Commission the United States shall serve without com- nonprofit corporation or association that shall hold its first meeting. pensation in addition to that received for has— (2) The Commission shall meet at the call their services as officers or employees of the (1) not more than 6 full-time equivalent of either co-Chairperson. United States. employees who are engaged in the provision (3) A majority of the members of the Com- (2) The members of the Commission shall of social services; or mission shall constitute a quorum, but a be allowed travel expenses, including per (2) a current annual budget (current as of lesser number of members may hold hear- diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author- the date the entity seeks assistance under ings. ized for employees of agencies under sub- this section) for the provision of social serv- (e)(1)(A) The Commission shall conduct a chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United ices, compiled and adopted in good faith, of thorough and thoughtful study of all matters States Code, while away from their homes or less than $450,000. relating to increasing beneficiary-selected or regular places of business in the performance (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— beneficiary-directed options for social serv- of services for the Commission. There are authorized to be appropriated to ice delivery in Federal social service pro- (3)(A) The co-Chairpersons of the Commis- carry out this section $150,000,000 for fiscal grams, including certificate, scholarship, sion, acting jointly, may, without regard to year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary voucher, or other forms of indirect delivery. the civil service laws and regulations, ap- for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009. The Commission shall review all relevant point and terminate an executive director (g) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to any Federal social service programs in existence and such other additional personnel as may other amounts appropriated under this Act on the date of the beginning of the study, in- be necessary to enable the Commission to for a compassion capital fund, there is appro- cluding the initiatives of the Corporation for perform its duties. The employment of an ex- priated $55,000,000 for such a fund. National and Community Service. The Com- ecutive director shall be subject to confirma- (h) REDUCTION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding mission shall determine program areas, tion by the Commission. among the Federal programs, for which it is any other provision of this Act, the following (B) The co-Chairpersons of the Commis- appropriate and feasible to implement full or amounts shall be available for the following sion, acting jointly, may fix the compensa- partial beneficiary-selected or beneficiary- purposes and any other amounts appro- tion of the executive director and other per- directed options for the delivery of the social priated in this Act for such purposes are re- sonnel without regard to chapter 51 and sub- services. duced accordingly: chapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United (B) In making determinations under sub- (1) For parental information and resource States Code, relating to classification of po- paragraph (A), the Commission shall seek to centers carried out under subpart 16 of part sitions and General Schedule pay rates, ex- promote goals of— D of title V of the Elementary and Sec- cept that the rate of pay for the executive di- (i) expanding consumer and beneficiary ondary Education Act of 1965, $11,000,000. rector and other personnel may not exceed choice in Federal social service programs; (2) For Youth Offender Grants, $0. the rate payable for level V of the Executive (ii) maximizing the use of governmental Schedule under section 5316 of such title. resources in the Federal programs; and SA 2241. Mr. SANTORUM submitted (4) Any Federal Government employee may an amendment intended to be proposed (iii) minimizing concerns relating to any precedent under the Constitution regarding be detailed to the Commission without reim- by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- the participation of faith-based providers in bursement, and such detail shall be without propriations for the Departments of the Federal programs. interruption or loss of civil service status or Labor, Health and Human Services, (2) The Commission shall develop rec- privilege. and Education, and Related Agencies ommendations on program areas, among the (5) The co-Chairpersons of the Commission, for the fiscal year ending September 30, Federal social service programs, for which it acting jointly, may procure temporary and is appropriate and feasible to implement full intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 2006, and for other purposes; which was title 5, United States Code, at rates for indi- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: or partial beneficiary-selected or bene- ficiary-directed options for the delivery of viduals which do not exceed the daily equiva- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- the social services. lent of the annual rate of basic pay pre- lowing: (3) Not later than 11 months after the date scribed for level V of the Executive Schedule SEC. lll.(a) There is established a Con- of enactment of this Act, the Commission under section 5316 of such title. gressional Commission on Expanding Social shall submit a report to the Speaker and mi- (h) The Commission shall terminate 90 Service Delivery Options (referred to in this nority leader of the House of Representatives days after the date on which the Commission section as the ‘‘Commission’’). and the majority leader and minority leader submits its report under subsection (e). (b)(1) The Commission shall be composed of of the Senate, which shall contain a detailed (i)(1) There are authorized to be appro- 10 members, of whom— statement of the findings and conclusions of priated to the Commission for fiscal year (A) 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Commission, together with its rec- 2006 such sums as may be necessary to carry the House of Representatives; ommendations for such legislation and ad- out this section. (B) 3 shall be appointed by the majority ministrative actions as it considers appro- (2) Any sums appropriated under the au- leader of the Senate; priate. thorization contained in this subsection (C) 2 shall be appointed by the minority (f)(1) The Commission may hold such hear- shall remain available, without fiscal year leader of the House of Representatives; and ings, sit and act at such times and places, limitation, until expended. (D) 2 shall be appointed by the minority take such testimony, and receive such evi- leader of the Senate. dence as the Commission considers necessary SA 2242. Mr. SANTORUM submitted (2) Members of the Commission shall be ap- to carry out this section. an amendment intended to be proposed pointed from among individuals with dem- (2) The Commission may secure directly by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- onstrated expertise and experience in social from any Federal department or agency such service delivery, including, to the extent information as the Commission considers propriations for the Departments of practicable, in the area of reform of such de- necessary to carry out this section. Upon re- Labor, Health and Human Services, livery. quest of either co-Chairperson of the Com- and Education, and Related Agencies (3) The appointments of the members of mission, the head of such department or for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Commission shall be made not later than agency shall furnish such information to the 2006, and for other purposes; which was 30 days after the date of enactment of this Commission. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Act. (3) The Commission may use the United (4) Members shall be appointed for the life States mails in the same manner and under At the appropriate place, insert the fol- of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Com- the same conditions as other departments lowing: mission shall not affect its powers, but shall and agencies of the Federal Government. SEC. ll. CERTAIN TELEVISION PARTS. be filled in the same manner as the original (g)(1) Each member of the Commission who (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter appointment. is not an officer or employee of the Federal 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the (c) The Speaker of the House of Represent- Government shall be compensated at a rate United States is amended by inserting in nu- atives shall designate 1 of the members ap- equal to the daily equivalent of the annual merical sequence the following new head- pointed under subsection (b)(1)(A) as a co- rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of ings: 9902.85.21 Liquid Crystal Device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal De- ‘‘ vice direct view televisions (provided for in subheading 9013.80.90) ...... Free No change No change On or before 12/31/2008

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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments mitted an amendment intended to be (C) give preference to postsecondary edu- made by this section apply with respect to proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, cational institutions that demonstrate to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse making appropriations for the Depart- the Postsecondary Education Stabilization for consumption, on or after the 15th day ments of Labor, Health and Human Board the greatest need based on the institu- after the date of the enactment of this Act. tion’s direct or indirect losses; and Services, and Education, and Related (D) give consideration to the overall eco- SA 2243. Mr. SANTORUM submitted Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- nomic and physical impact of the disaster on an amendment intended to be proposed tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes; the State in which the postsecondary edu- by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- which was ordered to lie on the table; cational institution is based. propriations for the Departments of as follows: (d) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance re- Labor, Health and Human Services, On page 131, line 18, insert before the pe- ceived by a postsecondary educational insti- and Education, and Related Agencies riod the following: ‘‘: Provided, That the Cur- tution pursuant to this section may be used for the fiscal year ending September 30, rent Employment Survey shall maintain the for— 2006, and for other purposes; which was content of the survey issued prior to August (1) direct and indirect construction costs and clean-up costs resulting from Hurricane ordered to lie on the table; as follows: 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women worker series’’. Katrina or Rita; At the appropriate place in the bill, insert (2) faculty salaries and incentives for re- the following: Ms. LANDRIEU submitted taining faculty; SEC. ll. DUTY TREATMENT OF QUALIFYING SA 2247. an amendment intended to be proposed (3) educational programs relevant to the TELEVISIONS PRODUCED IN A FOR- recovery effort; EIGN TRADE ZONE. by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- (4) institutional initiatives designed for (a) CERTAIN TELEVISION RECEPTION APPA- propriations for the Departments of economic and community revitalization and RATUS.—Section 202(a)(2)(A) of the North Labor, Health and Human Services, recovery; American Free Trade Agreement Implemen- and Education, and Related Agencies (5) faculty recruitment costs; tation Act (19 U.S.C. 3332(a)(2)(A)), is amend- (6) costs of lost tuition, revenue, and en- ed by striking ‘‘Subparagraph (B)’’ and in- for the fiscal year ending September 30, serting ‘‘Except for television reception ap- 2006, and for other purposes; which was rollment; and paratus classified under heading 8528 of the ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (7) debt relief. (e) REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE DUE TO Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United At the end of title III (before the short LOSSES.—A postsecondary educational insti- States, subparagraph (B),’’. title), add the following: (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment tution that desires to receive assistance SEC. ll. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION STA- under this section shall— made by this section applies with respect to BILIZATION BOARD. goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse (1) submit a sworn financial statement and (a) APPROPRIATIONS.— for consumption, on or after the 15th day other appropriate data, documentation, or (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any after the date of the enactment of this Act. other evidence requested by the Postsec- other provision of law, of the amounts made ondary Education Stabilization Board, to the SA 2244. Mr. DAYTON submitted an available to the Department of Homeland Postsecondary Education Stabilization amendment intended to be proposed by Security under the heading ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ Board that indicates that the institution in- under the heading ‘‘Emergency Preparedness curred losses resulting from the impact of him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- and Response’’ of Public Law 109–62 (119 Stat. propriations for the Departments of Hurricane Katrina or Rita and the monetary 1991), not less than $5,000,000,000 shall be amount of such losses; and Labor, Health and Human Services, available to the Postsecondary Education (2) demonstrate that the institution at- and Education, and Related Agencies Stabilization Board, established under this tempted to minimize the costs of any losses for the fiscal year ending September 30, section, to establish an Education Relief by pursuing collateral source compensation 2006, and for other purposes; which was Fund for the compensation of postsecondary from the Federal Emergency Management ordered to lie on the table; as follows: educational institutions for direct and asso- Agency, the Small Business Administration, On page 156, line 2, strike ‘‘Funds.’’ and in- ciated losses due to the impact of Hurricane and insurance prior to seeking assistance sert ‘‘Funds: Provided further, That the Sec- Katrina or Rita and for recovery initiatives. under this section. retary, by not later than January 1, 2006, (2) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.— (f) AUDIT.—The Secretary of Education and shall produce and mail a corrected version of The amounts appropriated under paragraph the Comptroller General of the United States the annual notice required under section (1) shall remain available until expended. may audit a statement submitted under sub- 1804(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. (b) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITU- section (e) and may request any information 1395b–2(a)) to each beneficiary described in TION.—In this section, the term ‘‘postsec- that the Secretary of Education and Comp- the second sentence of such section, together ondary educational institution’’ means— troller General determine necessary to con- with an explanation of the error in the pre- (1) a public postsecondary institution; duct such an audit. vious annual notice that was mailed to such (2) a private nonprofit postsecondary insti- (g) REDUCTION IN ASSISTANCE.—In calcu- beneficiaries.’’. tution, which is accredited by the appro- lating assistance to a postsecondary edu- priate State entity; or cational institution under this section, the SA 2245. Mr. DAYTON submitted an (3) a private for profit postsecondary insti- Postsecondary Education Stabilization amendment intended to be proposed by tution determined by the Postsecondary Board shall calculate a figure that reduces him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Education Stabilization Board to be eligible from the monetary amount of losses incurred propriations for the Departments of for assistance under this section. by such institution, only the amount of col- (c) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION STABILIZA- Labor, Health and Human Services, lateral source compensation the institution TION BOARD.— has received from insurance, the Federal and Education, and Related Agencies (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Emergency Management Agency, and the for the fiscal year ending September 30, Postsecondary Education Stabilization Small Business Administration. 2006, and for other purposes; which was Board composed of the Secretary of Edu- (h) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 14 days ordered to lie on the table; as follows: cation (or a designee of the Secretary of Edu- after the date of enactment of this section, At the end of title III (before the short cation), and the Secretary of the Treasury the Office of Management and Budget, in title), insert the following: (or a designee of the Secretary of the Treas- consultation with the Postsecondary Edu- SEC. ll. In addition to amounts otherwise ury). cation Stabilization Board, shall issue regu- appropriated under this Act, there is appro- (2) DUTIES.—The Postsecondary Education lations setting forth procedures for an appli- priated, out of any money in the Treasury Stabilization Board shall— cation for assistance under this section and not otherwise appropriated, an additional (A) establish an Education Relief Fund minimum requirements for receiving assist- $12,375,000,000 for carrying out part B of the that includes funds appropriated under this ance under this section, including the fol- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act section; lowing: (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), in order to fully fund (B) from such Education Relief Fund pro- (1) Online forms to be used in submitting the Federal Government’s share of the costs vide funds to postsecondary educational in- requests for assistance under such part. stitutions for direct or indirect losses result- (2) Information to be included in forms. ing from the impact of Hurricane Katrina or (3) Procedures to assist in filing and pur- SA 2246. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Rita, and recovery initiatives of such insti- suing assistance. Mr. HARKIN, and Mr. LAUTENBERG) sub- tutions; (i) TAX CONSEQUENCES.—

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(1) NOT INCOME.—Any assistance received (1) 5 percent of such excess amount shall be PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE’’ of Pub- by a postsecondary educational institution directed to establishing or expanding com- lic Law 109–62 (119 Stat. 1991), not less than under this section shall not be treated as in- munity health centers in areas affected by $400,000,000 shall be available for grants come for the purposes of the Internal Rev- Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and under this section. enue Code of 1986. (2) 5 percent of such excess amount shall be (2) AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.—The (2) TAX EXEMPT.—Any Government bond directed to community health centers serv- amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) issued to finance the construction of a public ing patients affected by Hurricane Katrina shall remain available until expended. or private postsecondary educational institu- or Hurricane Rita. tion shall be considered an exempt facility SA 2252. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted bond for purposes of the Internal Revenue SA 2250. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed Code of 1986 and shall not be subject to sec- an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- tion 146 of such Code. by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- propriations for the Departments of (j) WAIVERS.—The Secretary of Education propriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, may waive any requirements under title IV Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1070 et seq.) that are rendered infeasible or and Education, and Related Agencies unreasonable due to the impact of Hurricane for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was Katrina or Rita, including due diligence re- 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: quirements and reporting deadlines, for an ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the fol- institution of higher education, eligible lend- At the end of title II (before the short lowing: er, or other entity participating in a student title), add the following: TITLE ll—ASSISTANCE TO REBUILD assistance program under such title that is SEC. ll. MOSQUITO ABATEMENT FOR SAFETY AFFECTED COMMUNITIES located in, or whose operations are directly AND HEALTH ACT. SEC. ll. ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS ENROLLING affected by, an area in which the President From amounts appropriated under this Act EVACUATED STUDENTS. has declared that a major disaster exists in for the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this sec- accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. vention for infectious diseases-West Nile tion to provide financial assistance to eligi- Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- Virus, there shall be transferred $5,000,000 to ble entities that serve students who are dis- sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hur- carry out section 317S of the Public Health placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane ricane Katrina or Rita. Service Act (relating to mosquito abatement Rita and enroll in the elementary or sec- for safety and health) with preference given ondary schools (including charter schools) SA 2248. Ms. LANDRIEU an amend- to areas at greater risk of the West Nile served by the eligible entities or in the eligi- ment intended to be proposed by her to Virus because of the effects of Hurricanes ble entities (as the case may be). (b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- Katrina and Rita. appropriated under subsection (k), the Sec- tions for the Departments of Labor, SA 2251. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted retary of Education shall award grants to el- Health and Human Services, and Edu- igible entities to enable the eligible entities cation, and Related Agencies for the an amendment intended to be proposed to award subgrants under subsection (g) and fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- to carry out the activities described in sub- and for other purposes; which was or- propriations for the Departments of section (h). dered to lie on the table; as follows: Labor, Health and Human Services, (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the and Education, and Related Agencies term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— At the end of title III (before the short (1) in Louisiana or Mississippi, a State edu- title), add the following: for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was cational agency; SEC. ll. FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS FOR HURRI- (2) in a State other than Louisiana or Mis- CANE AFFECTED STUDENTS. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: sissippi, a local educational agency that en- (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR FEDERAL At the end of title III (before the short rolls a student who is displaced by Hurricane TRIO PROGRAMS.—In addition to amounts title), add the following: Katrina or Hurricane Rita; or otherwise appropriated under this Act, there SEC. ll. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTIONS (3) an elementary school or secondary are appropriated, out of any money in the OF HIGHER EDUCATION AFFECTED school funded by the Bureau of Indian Af- Treasury not otherwise appropriated, BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA. fairs that enrolls a student who is displaced $5,000,000 to carry out the Federal TRIO pro- (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Edu- by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. grams under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A cation shall award grants to eligible institu- (d) CONDITIONS OF GRANT.— of title IV of the Higher Education Act of tions of higher education to enable such in- (1) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each grant award- 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 et seq.) for students stitutions to carry out the activities de- ed under this section shall be for the period affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita in scribed in subsection (d). beginning on the date of the award and end- their respective institution of higher edu- (b) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF ing on the last day of the 2005–2006 school cation. HIGHER EDUCATION.—In this section, the year. (b) OFFSET FROM DEPARTMENTAL MANAGE- term ‘‘eligible institution of higher edu- (2) RETURN OF NON-OBLIGATED FUNDS.—An MENT FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other cation’’ means an institution of higher edu- eligible entity receiving a grant under this provision of this Act, amounts made avail- cation that is located in the Hurricanes section shall return to the Secretary of Edu- able under this Act for the administration Katrina and Rita affected area, as deter- cation any grant funds that have not been and related expenses for the departmental mined by the Secretary of Education, and, as expended or obligated during the grant pe- management for the Department of Labor, a result of such location, has had a disrup- riod. the Department of Health and Human Serv- tion of service at the institution. (e) STUDENT COUNT.—An eligible entity de- ices, and the Department of Education, shall (c) APPLICATION AND DEMONSTRATION.—An siring to receive a grant under this section be reduced, on a pro rata basis, by $5,000,000. eligible institution of higher education that shall— desires to receive a grant under this section (1) submit to the Secretary of Education a SA 2249. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted shall— count of the number of students enrolled in an amendment intended to be proposed (1) submit an application to the Secretary the eligible entity or in the elementary and by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- of Education at such time, in such manner, secondary schools served by the eligible enti- propriations for the Departments of and accompanied by such information as the ty (as the case may be) who were displaced Labor, Health and Human Services, Secretary may reasonably require; by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and and Education, and Related Agencies (2) demonstrate the extent to which serv- (2) maintain the records necessary to docu- ices at the institution have been disrupted; ment the student enrollment count under for the fiscal year ending September 30, and paragraph (1). 2006, and for other purposes; which was (3) display the need for short-term support. (f) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (d) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible institution (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as feasible after At the end of title II (before the short of higher education that receives a grant receiving an enrollment count described in title), add the following: under this section shall use the grant funds subsection (e)(1) from an eligible entity, the SEC. ll. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH to maintain operations at the institution, in- Secretary of Education shall award a grant CENTERS IN HURRICANE KATRINA cluding paying salaries of employees of the in the amount described in paragraph (2) to OR HURRICANE RITA AFFECTED institution and covering other expenses. such eligible entity. AREAS. (e) FUNDING.— (2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The amount of a Notwithstanding any other provision of (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any grant described in this paragraph shall be law, if the amount appropriated under this other provision of law, of the amounts made equal to the product of— Act for community health centers is more available to the Department of Homeland (A) the number of students enrolled in the than the amount appropriated for such cen- Security under the heading ‘‘DISASTER RE- eligible entity or in the elementary and sec- ters for fiscal year 2005, then— LIEF’’ under the heading ‘‘EMERGENCY ondary schools served by the eligible entity

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(B) services for children with disabilities; $7,500. (3) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount ap- and (2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount ap- propriated for grants under this section is in- (C) mental health counseling for children propriated for emergency grants under this sufficient to pay the grants to all eligible en- displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane section is insufficient to pay the emergency tities in the amount calculated under para- Rita; grants to all State educational agencies in graph (2), the grants to all eligible entities (6) after-school programs; accordance with paragraph (1), the emer- shall be ratably reduced. (7) supplemental educational services; and gency grants to all State educational agen- (g) USE OF FUNDS BY STATE EDUCATIONAL (8) early childhood programs. cies shall be ratably reduced. AGENCIES.— (i) ACCOUNTABILITY.—An eligible entity (e) USES OF FUNDS.—Each State edu- (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible agency de- that receives a grant under this section shall cational agency receiving an emergency scribed in subsection (c)(1) that receives a take appropriate measures to ensure the grant under this section— grant under this section shall use grant proper use of, and accounting for, all grant (1) shall use the grant funds to provide re- funds to— funds received by the eligible entity under imbursements, once per semester (or lesser (A) award subgrants, in the amount de- this section. portion of the school year, if the State so de- scribed in paragraph (2), to local educational (j) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—On June 30, cides), directly to the parents or guardians of agencies within the State that serve stu- 2006, the authority described in subsection the displaced students, for the cost of those dents who were displaced by Hurricane (b) shall expire and all funds under this sec- students’ tuition, fees, and transportation Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to enable the tion that are not expended or obligated by expenses, if any, at any private school of the local educational agencies to carry out the such date shall be transferred to the general parents’ or guardians’ choice in the State for activities described in subsection (h); and fund of the Treasury. that semester (or lesser period), in accord- (B) to carry out the activities described in (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ance with subsection (f); paragraph (3). There are authorized to be appropriated to (2) shall ensure that a parent or guardian carry out this section $1,860,000,000 for fiscal (2) AMOUNT OF SUBGRANTS.—The amount of who receives funds under this section use a subgrant made to a local educational agen- year 2006. those funds only for the purposes described cy under paragraph (1)(A) shall be equal to— SEC. ll. ASSISTANCE FOR THE ENROLLMENT in paragraph (1); OF EVACUATED STUDENTS IN PRI- (3) may use not more than 1 percent of the (A) the product of — VATE SCHOOLS. (i) the average per-pupil expenditure for el- grant funds for the administrative expenses (a) AUTHORITY.—From funds appropriated ementary and secondary education in the of carrying out this subsection; and under subsection (j), the Secretary of Edu- (4) may contract with a public or private local educational agency; multiplied by cation shall make one-time, emergency (ii) the number of students enrolled in nonprofit agency or entity to administer and grants to State educational agencies to en- operate the reimbursement program under schools served by the local educational agen- able the State educational agencies to reim- cy who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina this subsection. burse the parents or guardians of students (f) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS TO PARENTS OR or Hurricane Rita; or who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina or GUARDIANS.— (B) an amount calculated by an alternate Hurricane Rita and who are attending a pri- (1) IN GENERAL.—The maximum reimburse- methodology, if the use of such methodology vate school in the State that is accredited or ment that a State educational agency may is approved by the Secretary of Education. licensed or otherwise operates in accordance provide to an eligible parent or guardian on (3) USE OF REMAINING FUNDS.—From any with State law. behalf of a student who is displaced by Hurri- grant funds awarded to an eligible agency de- (b) LENGTH OF GRANT.— cane Katrina or Hurricane Rita under this scribed in subsection (c)(1) that remain after (1) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each emergency section shall be equal to the amount de- the eligible agency has awarded subgrants in grant awarded under this section shall be for scribed in subsection (d)(1)(B). accordance with paragraph (1), the eligible the period beginning on the date of the (2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR REIM- agency may use such remaining funds to award and ending on the last day of the 2005– BURSEMENT.— carry out activities that assist local edu- 2006 school year. (A) CRITERIA FOR ENROLLING SCHOOLS.—A cational agencies serving schools that are (2) RETURN OF NON-OBLIGATED FUNDS.—Each parent of a student who is displaced by Hur- closed as a result of Hurricane Katrina or State educational agency that receives a ricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita is eligible Hurricane Rita, in order to reopen such grant under this section shall return to the for a reimbursement by the State edu- schools as quickly and effectively as pos- Secretary of Education any grant funds that cational agency under subsection (e) if the sible. Such activities may include— have not been expended or obligated during private school in which the parent enrolls (A) arranging for the temporary facilities the grant period. the student— necessary to operate educational programs (c) APPLICATIONS.—A State educational (i) is accredited or licensed or otherwise while permanent facilities are being rebuilt agency that desires to receive an emergency operates in accordance with State law; and or repaired; grant under this section shall submit an ap- (ii) has in place a refund policy for the re- (B) purchasing equipment and materials to plication to the Secretary of Education at fund of tuition and fees (and transportation replace those items destroyed or damaged by such time, in such manner, and containing expenses, if any) for displaced students that Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; such information as the Secretary may re- is at least as favorable as the refund policy (C) paying the cost of student transpor- quire, including— applicable to other students at the school. tation; (1) the number of students who were dis- (B) CRITERIA FOR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.— (D) recruiting or retraining teachers or placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane In addition to the requirements of subpara- other school personnel to serve in reopened Rita and whose parents or guardians the graph (A), the Secretary of Education shall schools; and State educational agency expects to reim- establish criteria, which may include the use (E) providing nonfinancial assistance to burse under this section; and of criteria involving family income or assets, students and their families when such stu- (2) a detailed description of the procedures to determine the eligibility for or amount of dents return to the areas affected by Hurri- the State educational agency plans to use— assistance provided under this section to a cane Katrina or Hurricane Rita or reenroll in (A) to provide reimbursements to the par- parent or guardian of a student who is dis- schools that are affected by Hurricane ents or guardians of the displaced students placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. described in paragraph (1); and Rita. (h) USES OF FUNDS BY BUREAU OF INDIAN (B) to ensure fiscal accountability for any (g) BY-PASS.—If a State educational agen- AFFAIRS SCHOOLS AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL funds received by the State educational cy is unable or unwilling to carry out this AGENCIES.—An eligible entity described in agency under this section. section, the Secretary of Education may paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c) that re- (d) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— make such arrangements as the Secretary ceives a grant under this section, or a local (1) IN GENERAL.—For each State edu- determines appropriate to carry out this sec- educational agency that receives a subgrant cational agency, the amount of an emer- tion on behalf of the students attending pri- under subsection (g)(1), shall use the grant gency grant under this section shall be equal vate schools in such State who are displaced funds to pay for the costs related to edu- to the product of— by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. cating students enrolled in the schools (A) the number of students who were dis- (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 308 of served by the eligible entity or in the eligi- placed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003

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(Public Law 108–199) shall apply to the pro- school under paragraph (1), and title to ma- SEC. ll. (a) There is rescinded an amount gram under this section in the same manner terials, equipment, and property purchased equal to 0.92 of the budget authority pro- as such section applies to the program under with such funds, shall be in a public agency, vided in any prior appropriation Act for fis- such Act. and a public agency shall administer such cal year 2006, for any discretionary account (i) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—On June 30, funds, materials, equipment, and property. described in this Act. 2006, the authority described in subsection (d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds (b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) (a) shall expire and all grant funds that are made available under this section shall be shall be applied proportionately— not expended or obligated by such date shall used to supplement, and not supplant, any (1) to each discretionary account described be transferred to the general fund of the funds made available through the Federal in subsection (a) to the extent that it relates Treasury. Emergency Management Agency or through to budget authority described in subsection (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— a State. (a), and to each item of budget authority de- There are authorized to be appropriated to (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: scribed in subsection (a); and carry out this section $488,000,000 for fiscal (1) ELIGIBLE PRIVATE SCHOOL.—The term (2) within each such account or item, to year 2006. ‘‘eligible private school’’ means a private el- each program, project, and activity (as delin- SEC. ll. IMMEDIATE AID TO RESTART EDU- ementary or secondary school that desires to eated in the appropriation Act or accom- CATIONAL OPERATIONS. participate in the program under this section panying report for the relevant fiscal year (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this sec- and is located in an area in which a major covering such account or item). tion— disaster has been declared in accordance (c) The rescission described in subsection (1) to provide immediate services or assist- with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford (a) shall not apply to budget authority pro- ance to institutions of higher education, Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance vided as described in subsection (a)— local educational agencies, and eligible pri- Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hurricane vate schools that serve an area for which a (1) for the account under the heading Katrina or Hurricane Rita. major disaster has been declared in accord- ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The ance with section 401 of the Robert T. Staf- (2) I (2) for the account under the heading ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist- term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE (with ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hurri- the meaning given such term in section 101 respect to amounts designated as emergency cane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. requirements)’’. (2) to assist school district administrators 1001 et seq.). and personnel of such institutions, agencies, (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— SA 2254. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. or eligible private schools who are working There is authorized to be appropriated to KENNEDY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. MURRAY, to restart operations; and carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for fiscal Mr. KERRY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. year 2006. (3) to facilitate the reopening of the insti- CORZINE, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. DAYTON) tutions, elementary schools and secondary SEC. ll. FUNDING. submitted an amendment intended to schools served by such agencies, or eligible (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts made be proposed by him to the bill H.R. private schools and the enrollment of stu- 3010, making appropriations for the De- dents in such institutions or schools as soon available to the Department of Homeland as possible. Security under the heading ‘‘DISASTER RE- partments of Labor, Health and Human (b) PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts LIEF’’ under the heading ‘‘EMERGENCY Services, and Education, and Related appropriated to carry out this section, the PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE’’ of Pub- Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Secretary of Education is authorized to lic Law 109–62 (119 Stat. 1991), not less than tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes; make payments to State educational agen- $3,300,000,000 shall be available to the heads which was ordered to lie on the table; cies or State agencies for higher education of the appropriate departments or agencies as follows: that serve an area for which a major disaster of the Federal Government to carry out the has been declared in accordance with section programs and activities authorized under On page 162, line 1, strike ‘‘$9,000,832,000’’ 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief this title. and insert ‘‘$9,153,832,000’’. and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. (b) AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.—The On page 162, line 7, strike ‘‘$6,874,314,000’’ 5170), related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurri- amounts appropriated under subsection (a) and insert ‘‘$7,027, 314,000’’. cane Rita, to enable such agencies to— shall remain available until expended. (1) restart schools located in an area in SA 2255. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an which a major disaster has been declared in SA 2253. Mr. GREGG (for himself and amendment intended to be proposed by accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Mr. GRASSLEY) proposed an amendment him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- propriations for the Departments of sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to Hur- tions for the Departments of Labor, Labor, Health and Human Services, ricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and Education, and Related Agencies (2) provide assistance to institutions of Health and Human Services, and Edu- higher education located in such an area; cation, and Related Agencies for the for the fiscal year ending September 30, and fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 2006, and for other purposes; which was (3) provide assistance to eligible private and for other purposes; as follows: ordered to lie on the table; as follows: schools in accordance with subsection (c). On page 158, strike lines 12 through 21 and At the end of title III (before the short (c) ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PRIVATE insert the following: title), add the following: SCHOOLS.— bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, SEC. ll. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MATH- (1) IN GENERAL.—From the payments pro- $3,159,000,000. EMATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNER- vided by the Secretary of Education under For making payments under title XXVI of SHIPS PROGRAM. subsection (b) and after timely and meaning- the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of In addition to amounts otherwise appro- ful consultation with appropriate private 1981, $300,000,000, to remain available until priated under this Act, there are appro- school officials, a State educational agency expended: Provided, That these funds are for priated, out of any money in the Treasury that serves an area for which a major dis- the unanticipated home energy assistance not otherwise appropriated, $271,440,000 for aster has been declared in accordance with needs of one or more States, as authorized by the mathematics and science partnerships section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster section 2604(e) of the Act: Provided further, program. Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 That the entire amount is designated as an U.S.C. 5170), related to Hurricane Katrina or emergency requirement pursuant to section SA 2256. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Hurricane Rita, shall provide to eligible pri- 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the Mr. BYRD, Mr. BAYH, Ms. MIKULSKI, and vate schools special educational services or concurrent resolution on the budget for fis- benefits for the students served by such eli- Mr. DURBIN) submitted an amendment cal year 2006. gible private schools on the equitable basis intended to be proposed by him to the described in paragraph (3). GENERAL PROVISION—REDUCTION AND bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations (2) SECULAR, NEUTRAL, NONIDEOLOGICAL.— RESCISSION for the Departments of Labor, Health The educational services or other benefits SEC. ll. (a) Amounts made available in and Human Services, and Education, provided under paragraph (1), including ma- this Act, not otherwise required by law, are and Related Agencies for the fiscal terials and equipment, shall be secular, neu- reduced by 0.92 percent. year ending September 30, 2006, and for tral, and nonideological. (b) The reduction described in subsection (3) EQUITY.—Educational services and (a) shall not apply to amounts made avail- other purposes; which was ordered to other benefits provided for eligible private able under this Act— lie on the table; as follows: school students under paragraph (1) shall be (1) for the account under the heading At the appropriate place in title II, insert equitable in comparison to the educational ‘‘LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE’’; or the following: services and other benefits provided for pub- (2) for the account under the heading SEC. ll. Amounts appropriated in this lic school students under this section. ‘‘REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE’’ (with Act for the Centers for Disease Control and (4) PUBLIC CONTROL OF FUNDS.—The control respect to amounts designated as emergency Prevention to upgrade State and local capac- of funds provided to an eligible private requirements). ity grants and cooperative agreements for

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Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself degree) shall be counted toward the deter- Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) if— and Mrs. BOXER) submitted an amend- mination of the Indian student count if the (i) such alien was eligible for and properly ment intended to be proposed by her to institution at which the student is enrolled applied for an adjustment of status under the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- has established criteria for the admission of section 245 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) during tions for the Departments of Labor, the student on the basis of the ability of the any of the fiscal years 1998 through 2005; Health and Human Services, and Edu- student to benefit from the education or (ii) the application submitted by such alien cation, and Related Agencies for the training of the institution. was denied because personnel of the Depart- ment of Homeland Security or the Immigra- fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, ‘‘(II) PRESUMPTION.—The institution shall be presumed to have established the criteria tion and Naturalization Service failed to ad- and for other purposes; which was or- described in subclause (I) if the admission judicate such application during the fiscal dered to lie on the table; as follows: procedures for the institution include coun- year in which such application was filed; On page 222, between lines 5 and 6, insert seling or testing that measures the aptitude (iii) such alien moves to reopen such ad- the following: of a student to successfully complete a justment of status applications pursuant to SEC. 517. None of the funds made available course in which the student is enrolled. procedures or instructions provided by the in this Act may be used by the Secretary of ‘‘(III) CREDITS TOWARD SECONDARY SCHOOL Secretary of Homeland Security or the Sec- Health and Human Services to withhold, sus- DEGREE.—No credit earned by an Indian stu- retary of State; and pend, disallow, or otherwise deny Federal fi- dent for the purpose of obtaining a secondary (iv) such alien has continuously resided in nancial participation under section 1903(a) of school degree (or the recognized equivalent the United States since the date of submit- the Social Security Act for adult day health of such a degree) shall be counted toward the ting such application. care services or medical adult day care serv- determination of the Indian student count (B) A visa made available under subpara- ices, as defined under a State medicaid plan under this clause. graph (A) may not be counted toward the nu- approved on or before 1982, if such services ‘‘(v) CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— merical maximum for the worldwide level of are provided consistent with such definition Any credit earned by an Indian student in a set out in section 201(e) of the Immigration and the requirements of such plan, or to continuing education program of a tribally- and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e)). withdraw Federal approval of any such State controlled postsecondary vocational and (3) The amendment made by paragraph (1) plan provision. Notwithstanding any other shall take effect on October 1, 2005. provision of law, the preceding sentence technical institution shall be included in the shall apply without fiscal year limitation. determination of the sum of all credit hours of the student if the credit is converted to a SA 2261. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Ms. STABENOW) submitted an Mr. DOMENICI (for himself credit-hour basis in accordance with the sys- SA 2258. amendment intended to be proposed by and Mr. BINGAMAN) submitted an tem of the institution for providing credit him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- amendment intended to be proposed by for participation in the program.’’. propriations for the Departments of him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- SA 2259. Mr. SMITH (for himself and Labor, Health and Human Services, propriations for the Departments of Mr. BINGAMAN) submitted an amend- and Education, and Related Agencies Labor, Health and Human Services, ment intended to be proposed by him for the fiscal year ending September 30, and Education, and Related Agencies to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- 2006, and for other purposes; which was for the fiscal year ending September 30, tions for the Departments of Labor, ordered to lie on the table; as follows: 2006, and for other purposes; which was Health and Human Services, and Edu- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title V, insert the following: cation, and Related Agencies for the SEC. ll. (a) There is established the Fed- At the end of title III (before the short fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, eral Youth Development Council (in this sec- title), insert the following: and for other purposes; which was or- tion referred to as the ‘‘Council’’) composed SEC. ll. DEFINITION OF INDIAN STUDENT dered to lie on the table; as follows: of— COUNT. (1) the Attorney General, the Secretary of Section 117(h) of the Carl D. Perkins Voca- At the appropriate place in title II, insert Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec- tional and Technical Education Act of 1998 the following: retary of Health and Human Services, Sec- (20 U.S.C. 2327(h)) is amended by striking SEC. ll. In addition to amounts provided retary of Housing and Urban Development, paragraph (2) and inserting the following: in this title for the AIDS Drug Assistance the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of ‘‘(2) INDIAN STUDENT COUNT.— Program within the Health Resources and the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Indian stu- Services Administration, there shall be ap- Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Home- dent count’ means a number equal to the propriated an additional $74,000,000 for such land Security, the Director of National Drug total number of Indian students enrolled in program. Control Policy, the Director of the Office of each tribally-controlled postsecondary voca- Management and Budget, the Assistant to tional and technical institution, as deter- SA 2260. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted the President for Domestic Policy, the Direc- mined in accordance with subparagraph (B). an amendment intended to be proposed tor of the U.S.A. Freedom Corps, the Deputy ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.— by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- Assistant to the President and Director of ‘‘(i) ENROLLMENT.—For each academic propriations for the Departments of the Office of Faith-Based and Community year, the Indian student count shall be de- Labor, Health and Human Services, Initiatives, and the Chief Executive Officer termined on the basis of the enrollments of and Education, and Related Agencies of the Corporation for National and Commu- Indian students as in effect at the conclusion nity Service, and other Federal officials as of— for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was directed by the President, to serve for the ‘‘(I) in the case of the fall term, the third life of the Council; and week of the fall term; and ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (2) such additional members as the Presi- ‘‘(II) in the case of the spring term, the At the appropriate place, insert the fol- dent, in consultation with the majority and third week of the spring term. lowing: minority leadership of the House of Rep- ‘‘(ii) CALCULATION.—For each academic SEC. ll.(a) This section may be cited as resentatives and the Senate, shall appoint year, the Indian student count for a tribally- the ‘‘Diversity Visa Fairness Act of 2005’’. from among representatives of faith-based controlled postsecondary vocational and (b)(1) Section 204(a)(1)(I)(ii) of the Immi- organizations, community based organiza- technical institution shall be the quotient gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. tions, child and youth focused foundations, obtained by dividing— 1154(a)(1)(I)(ii)) is amended by striking sub- universities, non-profit organizations, youth ‘‘(I) the sum of the credit-hours of all In- clause (II) and inserting the following: service providers, State and local govern- dian students enrolled in the tribally-con- ‘‘(II) An alien who qualifies, through ran- ment, and youth in disadvantaged situa- trolled postsecondary vocational and tech- dom selection, for a visa under section 203(c) tions, to serve for terms of 2 years and who nical institution (as determined under clause or adjustment of status under section 245(a) may be reappointed by the President for a (i)); by shall remain eligible to receive such visa or second 2-year term. ‘‘(II) 12. adjustment of status beyond the end of the (b) The Chairperson of the Council shall be ‘‘(iii) SUMMER TERM.—Any credit earned in specific fiscal year for which the alien was designated by the President. a class offered during a summer term shall selected if the alien— (c) The Council shall meet at the call of be counted in the determination of the In- ‘‘(aa) properly applied for such visa or ad- the Chairperson, not less frequently than 4 dian student count for the succeeding fall justment of status during the fiscal year for times each year. The first meeting shall be term. which the alien was selected; and not less than 6 months after the date of en- ‘‘(iv) STUDENTS WITHOUT SECONDARY SCHOOL ‘‘(bb) was notified by the Secretary of actment of this Act. DEGREES.— State, through the publication of the Visa (d) The duties of the Council shall be— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A credit earned at a trib- Bulletin, that the application was author- (1) to ensure communication among agen- ally-controlled postsecondary vocational and ized.’’. cies administering programs designed to

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(2) to assess the needs of youth, especially uations, in the work of the State council. 1070d–2). those in disadvantaged situations, and those (h) Not later than 1 year after the Council (d) SCHOOL DROPOUT PREVENTION.—In addi- who work with youth, and the quantity and holds its first meeting, and on an annual tion to amounts otherwise appropriated quality of Federal programs offering serv- basis for a period of 4 years thereafter, the under this Act, there are appropriated, out of ices, supports, and opportunities to help Council shall transmit to the President and any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- youth in their educational, social, emo- to Congress a report of the findings and rec- propriated, an additional $5,000,000 for school tional, physical, vocational, and civic devel- ommendations of the Council. The report dropout prevention programs under part H of opment; shall— title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- (3) to set objectives and quantifiable 5-year (1) include a comprehensive compilation of cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.). goals for such programs; recent research and statistical reporting by (e) ESL/CIVICS PROGRAMS.—In addition to (4) to make recommendations for the allo- various Federal agencies on the overall amounts otherwise appropriated under this cation of resources in support of such goals wellbeing of youth; Act, there are appropriated, out of any and objectives; (2) include the assessment of the needs of money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- (5) to identify target populations of youth youth and those who serve them, the goals priated, an additional $6,500,000 for English who are disproportionately at risk and assist and objectives, the target populations of at- as a second language programs and civics agencies in focusing additional resources on risk youth, and the plan called for in sub- education programs under the Adult Edu- them; section (d); cation Act (20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.). (6) to develop a plan, including common in- (3) report on the link between quality of (f) PARENT ASSISTANCE AND LOCAL FAMILY dicators of youth well-being, and assist agen- service provision, technical assistance and INFORMATION CENTERS.—In addition to cies in coordinating to achieve such goals successful youth outcomes and recommend amounts otherwise appropriated under this and objectives; ways to coordinate and improve Federal Act, there are appropriated, out of any (7) to assist Federal agencies, at the re- training and technical assistance, informa- money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- quest of one or more such agency, in collabo- tion sharing, and communication among the priated, an additional $13,000,000 for the Par- rating on model programs and demonstra- various programs and agencies serving ent Assistance and Local Family Informa- tion projects focusing on special populations, youth; tion Centers under subpart 16 of part D of including youth in foster care, migrant (4) include recommendations to better in- title V of the Elementary and Secondary youth, projects to promote parental involve- tegrate and coordinate policies across agen- Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7273 et seq.). ment, and projects that work to involve cies at the Federal, State, and local levels, (g) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—In ad- young people in service programs; including recommendations for legislation dition to amounts otherwise appropriated (8) to solicit and document ongoing input and administrative actions; under this Act, there are appropriated, out of and recommendations from— (5) include a summary of actions the Coun- any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- (A) youth, especially those in disadvan- cil has taken at the request of Federal agen- propriated, $9,900,000 for Hispanic-serving in- taged situations, by forming an advisory cies to facilitate collaboration and coordina- stitutions under title V of the Higher Edu- council of youth to work with the Council; tion on youth serving programs and the re- cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). (B) national youth development experts, sults of those collaborations, if available; parents, faith and community-based organi- and SA 2263. Ms. CANTWELL submitted zations, foundations, business leaders, youth (6) include a summary of the input and rec- an amendment intended to be proposed service providers, and teachers; ommendations from the groups identified in (C) researchers; and by her to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- subsection (d)(8). (D) State and local government officials; propriations for the Departments of (i) The Council shall terminate 60 days Labor, Health and Human Services, and after transmitting its fifth and final report (9) to work with Federal agencies to con- pursuant to subsection (h). and Education, and Related Agencies duct high-quality research and evaluation, (j) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, identify and replicate model programs, and for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 such sums 2006, and for other purposes; which was provide technical assistance, and, subject to as may be necessary to carry out this sec- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: the availability of appropriations, to fund tion. additional research to fill identified needs. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (e)(1) The Chairperson, in consultation lowing: with the Council, shall employ and set the SA 2262. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted SEC. ll. None of the funds made available rate of pay for a Director and any necessary an amendment intended to be proposed under this Act to carry out the Energy Em- staff to assist in carrying out its duties. by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making ap- ployees Occupational Illness Compensation (2) Upon request of the Council, the head of propriations for the Departments of Program Act may be used for the Advisory any Federal department or agency may de- Labor, Health and Human Services, Board on Radiation and Worker Health un- tail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the per- and Education, and Related Agencies less— sonnel of that department or agency to the (1) the Advisory Board, in order to improve Council to assist it in carrying out its duties for the fiscal year ending September 30, the radiation dose reconstruction program under this section. 2006, and for other purposes; which was carried out by the Office of Compensation (f)(1) The Council may use the United ordered to lie on the table; as follows: and Analysis Support of the National Insti- States mails in the same manner and under At the end of title III (before the short tute of Occupational Safety and Health, and the same conditions as other departments title), insert the following: to promptly correct identified quality prob- and agencies of the United States. lems through the audit process of the Advi- (2) Upon the request of the Council, the Ad- SEC. ll. INCREASED FUNDING FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVING HISPANIC STU- sory Board, promptly develops a formal com- ministrator of General Services shall provide DENTS. ment resolution process with a process for to the Council, on a reimbursable basis, the (a) MIGRANT EDUCATION.—In addition to the tracking of findings and issues; administrative support services necessary amounts otherwise appropriated under this (2) the Advisory Board reviews and acts on for the Council to carry out its responsibil- Act, there are appropriated, out of any site profile and dose reconstruction audit re- ities under this section. ports supplied by the Advisory Board’s audit (g)(1) Subject to the availability of appro- money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- contractor within 90 days of the date on priations, the Council may provide technical priated, an additional $9,600,000 for the edu- which such audit reports are received; and assistance and make grants to States to sup- cation of migratory children under part C of (3) the National Institute on Occupational port State councils for coordinating State title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- Safety and Health prepares and submits a youth efforts. cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6391 et seq.). (2) Applicants for grants shall be States. (b) ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.—In ad- corrective action plan with specific deadlines Applications for grants under this subsection dition to amounts otherwise appropriated within 90 days of the action of the Advisory shall be submitted at such time and in such under this Act, there are appropriated, out of Board under paragraph (2). form as determined by the Council. any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- (3) Priority for grants will be given to propriated, an additional $10,300,000 for SA 2264. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself States that— English language acquisition programs under and Mr. BAYH) submitted an amend- (A) have already initiated an interagency part A of title III of the Elementary and Sec- ment intended to be proposed by him coordination effort focused on youth; ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6811 to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropria- (B) plan to work with at least 1 locality to et seq.). tions for the Departments of Labor, support a local youth council for coordi- (c) HEP/CAMP.—In addition to amounts Health and Human Services, and Edu- nating local youth efforts; otherwise appropriated under this Act, there (C) demonstrate the inclusion of nonprofit are appropriated, out of any money in the cation, and Related Agencies for the organizations, including faith-based and Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an ad- fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, community-based organizations, in the work ditional $5,700,000 for the High School and for other purposes; which was or- of the State council; and Equivalency Program and the College Assist- dered to lie on the table; as follows:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11845 On page 156, line 2, insert before the period grams to address dental workforce needs of Housing and Urban Development; the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That the under section 340G of the Public Health Serv- Ms. Gigi Hyland, of Virginia, to be a Secretary of Health and Human Services ice Act (42 U.S.C. 246g). member of the National Credit Union shall publish in the Federal Register, not f Administration Board; and Mr. Rodney later than 30 days after the date of enact- ment of this Act, a notice of intent that NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS E. Hood, of North Carolina, to be a adoption of ICD–10–CM and ICD–10–PCS will member of the National Credit Union COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL Administration Board. occur not later than October 1, 2006, and that RESOURCES compliance with such coding systems will be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without required with respect to transactions occur- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I objection, it is so ordered. ring on or after October 1, 2009: Provided fur- would like to announce for the infor- COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL ther, That the Secretary shall take such mation of the Senate and the public RESOURCES steps as may be necessary to ensure that that a hearing has been scheduled be- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask procedure codes are promptly available for fore the Committee on Energy and Nat- unanimous consent that the Com- assignment and use under ICD–9–CM until ural Resources. mittee on Energy and Natural Re- such time as such ICD–9–CM is replaced as a The hearing will take place on Thurs- code set standard with ICD–10–PCS’’. sources be authorized to meet during day, November 3, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. in the session of the Senate on Tuesday, room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office SA 2265. Ms. COLLINS (for herself October 25, 2005, at 10 a.m. The purpose Building in Washington, DC. and Mr. FEINGOLD) submitted an of this hearing is to receive testimony amendment intended to be proposed by The purpose of this hearing is to con- on S. 1829, to repeal certain sections of her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- sider the nominations of: the act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to priations for the Departments of Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, the Virgin Islands; S. 1830, to amend Labor, Health and Human Services, to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil the compact of Free Association and Education, and Related Agencies Energy, Department of Energy. Amendments Act of 2003, and for other for the fiscal year ending September 30, Edward F. Sproat, III, of Pennsyl- purposes; and S. 1831, to convey certain 2006, and for other purposes; which was vania, to be Director, Office of Civilian submerged land to the Commonwealth ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Radioactive Waste Management, De- of the Northern Mariana Islands, and partment of Energy. for other purposes. At the appropriate place in title II, insert For further information, please con- the following: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SEC. ll. From amounts appropriated tact Judy Pensabene of the committee objection, it is so ordered. under this title, the Secretary of Health and staff at (202) 224–1327. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Human Services shall make available f Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask $5,000,000 to fund grants for innovative pro- unanimous consent that the Com- grams to address dental workforce needs AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET mittee on Finance be authorized to under section 340G of the Public Health Serv- meet in open Executive Session during ice Act (42 U.S.C. 246g). Amounts made avail- COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES the session on Tuesday 25, 2005, at 9:30 able under this section shall be transferred Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask from the General Departmental Management a.m., to conduct a markup to achieve account under the heading Office of the Sec- unanimous consent that the Com- the Committee’s budget reconciliation retary. mittee on Armed Services be author- instructions to reduce the growth of ized to meet during the session of the outlays as contained in H. Con. Res. 95. SA 2266. Ms. COLLINS (for herself Senate on October 25, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and Mr. FEINGOLD) submitted an in open session to consider the fol- objection, it is so ordered. amendment intended to be proposed by lowing nominations: Honorable John J. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- Young, Jr., to be Director of Defense Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask priations for the Departments of Research and Engineering; Mr. J. unanimous consent that the Com- Labor, Health and Human Services, Dorrance Smith, to be Assistant Sec- mittee on Foreign Relations be author- and Education, and Related Agencies retary of Defense for Public Affairs; Dr. ized to meet during the session of the for the fiscal year ending September 30, Delores M. Etter, to be Assistant Sec- Senate on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at 2006, and for other purposes; which was retary of the Navy for Research, Devel- 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on Nomina- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: opment and Acquisition; General tions. At the appropriate place in title II, insert Burwell B. Bell, III, USA, for re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the following: appointment to the grade of General objection, it is so ordered. SEC. ll. From amounts appropriated and to be Commander, United Nations COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS under this title, the Secretary of Health and Command/Combined Forces Command, Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask Human Services shall make available and Commander, United States Forces unanimous consent that the Com- $5,000,000 to fund grants for innovative pro- Korea; and Lieutenant General Lance grams to address dental workforce needs mittee on Foreign Relations be author- under section 340G of the Public Health Serv- L. Smith, USAF, for appointment to ized to meet during the session of the ice Act (42 U.S.C. 246g). Amounts made avail- the grade of General and to be Com- Senate on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at able under this section shall be transferred mander, United States Joint Forces 2:15 p.m. to hold a Business Meeting. from the amount provided as administrative Command and Supreme Allied Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without funds for the Centers for Medicare & Med- mander transformation. objection, it is so ordered. icaid Services under the heading Program The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY Management. objection, it is so ordered. Mr. SPECTER: Mr. President, I ask COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN unanimous consent that the Com- SA 2267. Ms. COLLINS (for herself AFFAIRS mittee on the Judiciary be authorized and Mr. FEINGOLD) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask to meet to conduct a hearing on ‘‘Saudi her to the bill H.R. 3010, making appro- unanimous consent that the Com- Arabia: Friend or Foe in the War on priations for the Departments of mittee on Banking, Housing, and Terror?’’ on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Labor, Health and Human Services, Urban Affairs be authorized to meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Of- and Education, and Related Agencies during the session of the Senate on Oc- fice Building Room 226. for the fiscal year ending September 30, tober 25, 2005, at 10 a.m., to conduct a Witness List hearing on the nomination of Mr. Mat- 2006, and for other purposes; which was Presentation ordered to lie on the table; as follows: thew Slaughter, of New Hampshire, to be a member of the Council of Eco- Yigal Carmon, Middle East Media Re- At the appropriate place in title II, insert nomic Advisers; Ms. Katherine the following: search Institute, Washington, DC; SEC. ll. From amounts appropriated Baicker, of New Hampshire, to be a Presentation on Saudi Television. under this title, the Secretary of Health and member of the Council of Economic Panel I: Daniel Glaser, Deputy As- Human Services shall make available Advisers; Mr. Orlando J. Cabrera, of sistant Secretary for Terrorist Financ- $5,000,000 to fund grants for innovative pro- Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary ing and Financial Crimes, United

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S11846 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 25, 2005 States Department of the Treasury, ation of S. Res. 287, submitted earlier from slavery up to the civil rights Washington, DC; and Alan today. movement of the 1960s. Misenheimer, Director of Arabian Pe- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The In 1987, the Rosa and Raymond Parks ninsula and Iran Affairs, United States clerk will report the resolution by Institute for Self-Development was es- Department of State, Washington, DC. title. tablished. Its primary focus has been Panel II: James Woolsey, Vice Presi- The assistant legislative clerk read working with young people from across dent of Booz Allen, Former Director, as follows: the country and the world as part of Central Intelligence Agency, Wash- A resolution (S. Res. 287) honoring the life the ‘‘Pathways to Freedom’’ program. ington, DC; Nina Shea, Director, Cen- of and expressing the condolences of the Sen- The pathways program traces history ter for Religious Freedom, Washington, ate on the passing of Rosa Parks. from the days of the underground rail- DC; Steve Emerson, Terrorism Expert There being no objection, the Senate road to the civil rights movement of and Executive Director, Investigative proceeded to consider the resolution. the 1960s and beyond. Through this in- Project on Terrorism, Washington, DC; Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, last stitute, young people, ages 11 to 17, Gulam Bakali, Islamic Association of evening, we lost Rosa Parks. She died meet with national leaders and partici- North Texas, Board of Trustees, Rich- at the age of 92. Her personal bravery pate in a variety of educational and re- ardson, TX; and Kamal Nawash, Presi- and self-sacrifice have shaped this Na- search projects. During the summer dent, Free Muslim Coalition Against tion’s history and she is remembered months, they have the opportunity to Terrorism, Washington, DC. with reverence and respect by us all. travel across the country visiting his- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without A half century ago, Rosa Parks, the torical sites. objection, it is so ordered. black seamstress whose refusal to give The Rosa and Raymond Parks Insti- SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL MAN- up her seat on a Montgomery, AL bus tute for Self-Development has ex- AGEMENT, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, AND to a white man sparked a revolution in panded to include an intergenerational INTERNATIONAL SECURITY American race relations. Rosa Parks mentoring and computer skills part- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask decided that she would no longer tol- nership program, which teams young unanimous consent that the Sub- erate the humiliation and demoraliza- people with elderly Americans. committee on Federal Financial Man- tion of racial segregation on a bus. In Generational and age barriers break agement, Government Information, her own words, Rosa Parks said, ‘‘Peo- down as young people help the elderly and International Security be author- ple always say that I didn’t give up my develop computer skills, while the el- ized to meet on Tuesday, October 25, seat because I was tired, but that isn’t derly provide their unique and person- 2005, at 2:30 p.m. for a hearing regard- true. I was not tired physically, or no alized recollections of their lives in ing ‘‘Guns and Butter: Setting Prior- more tired than I usually was at the American history. To date, over 10,000 ities in Federal Spending in the Con- end of a working day. I was not old, al- youth from around the world have par- text of Natural Disaster, Deficits and though some people have an image of ticipated in this program. War.’’ me as being old then. I was forty-two. With the work of her institute, we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without No, the only tired I was, was tired of can truly say that in addition to hav- objection, it is so ordered. giving in.’’ ing played a major role in shaping f The strength and spirit of this coura- America’s past and present, Rosa geous woman captured the conscious- Parks is continuing to help shape PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR ness of not only the American people America’s future. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask but the entire world. Rosa Parks’s ar- Mr. President, I close with the pro- unanimous consent that privilege of rest for violating the city’s segregation found, instructive words of Rosa Parks, the floor be granted to Caroline Burke laws was the catalyst for the Mont- which she spoke in 1988. She said: ‘‘I during consideration of this legisla- gomery bus, boycott. Her stand on that am leaving this legacy to all of you tion, as well as votes that may occur. December day in 1955 was not an iso- . . . to bring peace, justice, equality, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lated incident but part of a lifetime of love and a fulfillment of what our lives objection, it is so ordered. struggle for equality and justice. should be. Without vision, the people Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask Twelve years earlier, in 1943, Rosa will perish, and without courage and unanimous consent that David Parks had been arrested for violating inspiration, dreams will die—the dream McClendon, Health fellow to Senator another one of the city’s bus related of freedom and peace.’’ COCHRAN, be granted the privilege of segregation laws requiring blacks to Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, one the floor during debate on the fiscal pay their fares at the front of the bus, of the honors and duties of serving in year 2006 Labor-HHS appropriations then get off of the bus and reboard the United States Senate is to note the bill. from the rear of the bus. The driver of passing of great Americans and to rec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that bus, was the same driver with ognize their greatness. Last night, objection, it is so ordered. whom she would have her confronta- Rosa Parks died in her home in De- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask tion years later. troit. She was 92 years old. unanimous consent that William Viner The rest is history; the boycott Rosa Parks did not set out to become be granted the privilege of the floor which Rosa Parks began was the begin- a hero on the evening of December 1, during the duration of today’s session. ning of an American revolution that 1955. She was, like millions of other The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without elevated that status of African Ameri- Americans, merely on her way home objection, it is so ordered. cans nationwide and introduced to the after a long day’s work. Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- world a young leader who would one She was a seamstress in Mont- imous consent that the privilege of the day have a national holiday declared in gomery, AL, but her simple, profound floor be granted to Ari Strauss, who is his honor, the Reverend Martin Luther act of civil disobedience was the spark legislative director of the Northeast- King, Jr. that ignited the modern civil rights Midwest Coalition, for the duration of For her personal bravery and self- movement. For far too many African the debate on the LIHEAP amendment. sacrifice, in 1999, we honored Rosa Americans at that time America did The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Parks with the Congressional Gold not live up to its promise that ‘‘all men objection, it is so ordered. Medal. are created equal.’’ Thanks to Rosa f My home State of Michigan proudly Parks, America was forced to look at claims Rosa Parks as one of our own. itself in the mirror, admit its failing, HONORING THE LIFE OF AND EX- Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond and recommit itself to its founding PRESSING CONDOLENCES OF THE made the journey to Detroit in 1957 ideals. SENATE ON THE PASSING OF where Rosa Parks’s brother resided. In Dr. Martin Luther King once wrote ROSA PARKS the years since, she continued to dedi- that ‘‘human progress never rolls in on Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask cate her life to advancing equal oppor- wheels of inevitability; it comes unanimous consent that the Senate tunity and to educating our youth through the tireless efforts of men.’’ proceed to the immediate consider- about the past struggles for freedom, This is the story of one such effort.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11847 Rosa Parks was heading home that most importantly, the Civil Rights Act took classes in workers’ rights and ra- winter night on the Montgomery city and the Voting Rights Act. Eventually, cial equality. Well before she made bus system, which was segregated. the issue of segregation and Montgom- headlines across the country, she was a Front row seats were reserved for ery’s bus policy ended up in the Su- highly respected member of the Mont- White passengers. Blacks were re- preme Court—another reminder of how gomery community and a committed stricted to the back of the bus and important the institution is in pro- member of the civil rights effort. sometimes the middle of the bus. But if tecting the rights of every American. Of course, her name became perma- a White passenger demanded a Black And we should not forget something nently etched in American history on person give up his or her seat, that else. The boycott introduced the Na- December 1, 1955, when she was ar- Black person was required to do so. tion to a young minister, a Baptist rested for refusing to give up her seat On that first day in December, the preacher named Dr. Martin Luther to a white passenger on a Montgomery White bus driver demanded that four King, Jr. bus. It wasn’t the first time Rosa Parks African Americans give up their seats While the Nation will miss Rosa refused to acquiesce to the Jim Crow so a single White man could sit down. Parks, we take heart in the fact that system. The same bus driver who had Three of them complied. her legacy will be felt by generations her arrested had thrown her off a bus Rosa didn’t. to come. As Senators, all of us have a the year before for refusing to give up ‘‘If you don’t stand up I’m going to special responsibility when it comes to her seat. call the police and have you arrested,’’ the legacy of Rosa Parks. It is not Some schoolchildren are taught that said the driver. enough for us to celebrate her life with Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat But Rosa Parks had had enough of words. As leaders of this country, we because her feet were tired. But our the evil divisions of segregation, and must honor it with deeds, deeds that Nation’s schoolbooks are only getting she replied to the driver, ‘‘You may do continue the fight Rosa Parks began it half right. She once said: that.’’ almost 50 years ago. The only tired I was, was tired of giving in. With this simple refusal, Rosa Parks Specifically, we must reauthorize the This solitary act of civil disobedience set into motion a crusade that would Voting Rights Act, which has opened became a call to action. Her arrest led eventually awaken the conscience of the doors of political participation to a then relatively unknown pastor, Mar- our country. Perhaps the time was countless Americans. We must work to tin Luther King, Jr., to organize a boy- right for a nation like America to erase increase educational opportunities so cott of the Montgomery bus system. the stain of segregation. But it was not that all young people have a chance for That boycott lasted 381 days and cul- inevitable that the struggle would a better life. We must ensure that our minated in a landmark Supreme Court start on that day in that town, lit by policies build a better America for the decision finding that the city’s seg- one woman’s courage and conviction. meek and vulnerable, not only the pow- regation policy was unconstitutional. Nor was it inevitable that Mrs. Parks erful and strong. This work is how we This solitary act of civil disobedience took her stand in a town that counted will truly celebrate the life of Rosa was also the spark that ignited the be- among its residents a 26-year-old Parks. All of us in this Chamber have ginning of the end for segregation and preacher named Martin Luther King, it in our power to further the fight she inspired millions around the country Jr. In response, Dr. King became the began, and we owe it to every Amer- and ultimately around the world to get leader of the local bus boycott. Over ican to ensure her legacy endures. involved in the fight for racial equal- time, as we all know, he led America’s Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, today ity. civil rights movement to overcome the the Nation mourns a genuine American Rosa Parks’ persistence and deter- injustices that robbed millions of our hero. Rosa Parks died yesterday in her mination did not end that day in Mont- fellow citizens of their full rights as home in Detroit. Through her courage gomery, nor did it end with the passage Americans. and by her example, Rosa Parks helped of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rosa Parks’ life proved that one lay the foundation for a country that Rights Act years later. She stayed ac- American with courage can make a could begin to live up to its creed. tive in the NAACP and other civil majority. We note her passing with Her life, and her brave actions, re- rights groups for years. From 1965 to sadness but also with deep gratitude minded each and every one of us of our 1988, Ms. Parks continued her public for the gift she left all of us. personal responsibilities to stand up service by working for my good friend Mr. REID. Mr. President, yesterday, for what is right and the central truth Congressman JOHN CONYERS. And in an our Nation lost one of our heroes, Rosa of the American experience that our example of her low-key demeanor, her Parks—the mother of the modern civil greatness as a nation derives from job in Congressman CONYERS’ office did rights movement. The movement that seemingly ordinary people doing ex- not involve appearances as a figure- she helped launch changed not only our traordinary things. head or celebrity; she helped homeless country but the entire world, as her ac- Rosa Parks’ life was a lesson in per- folks find housing. tions gave hope to every individual severance. As a child, she grew up lis- At the age of 74, she opened the Rosa fighting for civil and human rights. tening to the Ku Klux Klan ride by her and Raymond Parks Institute for Self- While history proudly remembers De- house, fearing that her house would be Development, which offers education cember 1, 1955, as Rosa Parks’ bravest burned down. In her small hometown in and job training programs for dis- moment, her fight against oppression Alabama, she attended a one-room advantaged youth. And even into her and segregation began long before that school for African American children 80s, Rosa Parks gave lectures and at- day. Mrs. Parks was active in the that only went through the sixth tended meetings with civil rights Montgomery NAACP, serving as sec- grade. When she moved to Mont- groups. retary and as an adviser to the gomery, AL, to continue her schooling, At the age of 86, Rosa Parks’ courage NAACP’s Youth Council. She also she was forced to clean classrooms and fortitude was recognized by Presi- worked to register African Americans after school to pay her tuition. Al- dent Bill Clinton, who awarded her the to vote and was active in many other though she attended Alabama State Nation’s highest honor for a civilian civil rights causes. While it was her act Teachers College, Rosa Parks would the Congressional Gold Medal. of defiance in 1955 that garnered na- later make her living as a seamstress As we honor the life of Rosa Parks, tional attention, she had been thrown and housekeeper. we should not limit our commemora- off a bus 12 years earlier—by the same But she didn’t accept that her oppor- tions to lofty eulogies. driver—for refusing to move. Why was tunities were limited to sewing clothes Instead, let us commit ourselves to she thrown off the bus? Even then, she or cleaning houses. In her 40s, Rosa carrying on her fight, one solitary act refused to give up her seat. Parks was appointed secretary of the at a time, and ensure that her passion Rosa Parks’ bravery triggered the Montgomery branch of the NAACP and continues to inspire as it did a half- Montgomery bus boycott. The boycott was active in voter registration drives century ago. That, in my view, is how gained national attention, ushered in with the Montgomery Voters League. we can best thank her for her immense an atmosphere of change, and was the In the summer of 1955, she attended the contributions to our country. precursor to landmark legislation— Highlander Folk School, where she Rosa Parks once said:

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Throughout there is much to be done, and people need to ful for her example, and proud to carry her long life she exemplified honesty, work together. on her mission of hope, opportunity, integrity, and dignity, and articulated Now that she has passed, it is up to and equal justice for all. the all-important principle that polit- us to make sure that her message is As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote ical and social equality is every Ameri- shared. While we will miss her cher- about her courageous step towards can’s due. ished spirit, let’s make sure that her equality, ‘‘[N]o one can understand the Mrs. Parks, along with Dr. King, A. legacy lives on in the heart of a nation. action of Mrs. Parks unless he realizes Philip Randolph, Medgar Evers, Fannie As a personal note, I think it is fair that eventually the cup of endurance Lou Hamer, Bob Moses, and the other to say were it not for that quiet mo- runs over, and the human personality campaigners for civil rights during the ment of courage by Mrs. Parks, I would cries out, ‘I can take it no longer’ ’’. 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, had faith in not be standing here today. I owe her a Let those words in honor of Rosa Parks the legal process. They had faith, too, great thanks, as does the Nation. She be our guide today. in the moral conscience of America. will be sorely missed. Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, we They knew time had come. Their pa- I yield the floor. learned last night of the passing of one tience, their discipline, and their un- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, with of this Nation’s greatest Civil Rights derstanding that these two qualities the passing of Rosa Parks, the Nation heroes who will always be remembered would win the White majority to their has lost a courageous woman, a true for her steadfast leadership for equal cause, were admirable. Mrs. Parks de- American heroine, and an icon of the justice. When Rosa Parks peacefully serves a share of the credit for accom- civil rights movement. All of us mourn refused to give up her seat on a Mont- plishments in the decade following the her loss. Half a century ago, Rosa gomery public bus in 1955, her solitary famous bus boycott: passage of the Parks stood up not only for herself but act of courage for the cause of equality landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and for all future generations of Ameri- became a defining moment in Amer- Voting Rights Act of 1965. cans. Her quiet resoluteness in the face ican history. These laws made illegal racial seg- of segregation inspired America, trans- It was Mrs. Parks’ steady courage regation in public accommodations, in formed the civil rights movement, and and unflinching character that helped housing, in education, and in the work- roused the moral conscience of the Na- set in motion changes that moved the force. These and other civil rights laws tion from its long slumber on civil hearts and minds of the American peo- have not eradicated bigotry. They have rights. We will never forget her, and ple. She clearly demonstrated the need not gotten us all the way to a color- our hearts and prayers today are with for our country to live up to one of our blind society yet. But they were huge her loved ones. founding principles, that all men are strides toward making America live up On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was created equal. America is a much bet- to its founding doctrine that ‘‘All men a seamstress in Montgomery, AL, on ter place today because of the strength are created equal.’’ her way home by bus from her work. of this quiet seamstress from Mrs. Parks took risks to vindicate Under the law at that time in Mont- Tuskegee. My thoughts and prayers are ideas that transcend race, color, and gomery, and in many other places in with Mrs. Parks’ family during these religious creed. She said: ‘‘To this day the South, Rosa Parks, as an African days of sadness. I believe we are here on the planet American, was ordered to give up her I would encourage young Americans Earth to live, grow up and do what we seat for a white passenger when the bus to visit the Rosa Parks Library and can to make this world a better place became crowded. She refused, was ar- Museum in Montgomery to learn about for all people to enjoy freedom.’’ rested, and lost her job as a result. But her life. It is my hope that the spirit of She stood for what is universal. That her courageous act prompted the Afri- Rosa Parks continues to live on in is why interest in one seamstress’ act can American community to begin a America and that this Nation and its on a December day long ago in Ala- boycott of the Montgomery bus sys- leaders never forget the important les- bama has never flagged. There are tem, which eventually broke the back sons about decency and equality of op- books, songs, and television shows of the Jim Crow rules in the system, portunity for all. I know that her spirit about the bus boycott and its humble and Montgomery buses were deseg- will live on in my life. heroine, proving that unassuming peo- regated the following year. Mr. KYL. Mr. President, America ple can do great things when they are Her later life continued to dem- mourns the passing of a quiet hero, animated by the highest ideals. onstrate her quiet moral resolve and Rosa Parks, who died yesterday in De- Rosa Parks, Godspeed. her extraordinary commitment to troit at the age of 92. Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, it is doing what is right. She continued her On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, with deep sadness and heavy hearts civil rights work after moving to De- AL, a seamstress named Rosa Parks re- that my wife Julianne and I learned of troit in 1957, working with the office of fused to move from her seat near the the passing of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Our Congressman JOHN CONYERS for over 20 front of a city bus so a White person thoughts and prayers are with the en- years, and later starting the Rosa and could sit there. Like a shot heard tire Parks family at this sorrowful Raymond Parks Institute for Self De- round the world, her act of civil disobe- time. velopment, a nonprofit organization dience spurred the movement to gain Mrs. Rosa Parks, ‘‘The Mother of the that motivates youths to reach their social and political equality for Black Civil Rights Movement,’’ is an inter- highest potential. people in this country. national symbol of freedom. She stood In 1996, Rosa Parks was honored by It is almost hard to recover, half a for what she believed in, and changed President Clinton with the Presidential century later, a sense of how much our Nation’s history. Her act of cour- Medal of Freedom and she received the courage it took for her to do what she age inspired so many during the civil Congressional Gold Medal in 1999. did. By remaining seated, she violated rights movement and continues to in- I join my colleagues from Michigan, a local segregation law that consigned spire people today. Senators LEVIN and STABENOW, in sup- African Americans to second-class citi- Rosa Parks sat quietly on a bus in port of a resolution honoring the life zenship. She was arrested for dis- Montgomery, AL 50 years ago, and re- and accomplishments of Rosa Parks. orderly conduct, and the incident gal- fused to give up her seat to a white Her courage, dignity, and determina- vanized the Montgomery bus boycott, passenger. Because of the nonviolent tion symbolize the best of America, the propelling Martin Luther King, Jr., the protest that Mrs. Parks displayed on spirit of patriotism that challenges us boycott’s leader, to a national role in December 1, 1955 our entire Nation whenever we fail to live up to the high- the civil rights movement. turned its attention to the gross est ideals of our society. As the ancient poet once said, ‘‘A indecencies that were affecting the Today, as we mourn the passing of good reputation is more valuable than black community. Rosa Parks, we are reminded how money.’’ Rosa Parks’ sterling reputa- Her solitary action set into play the much has been accomplished because of tion was what civil rights leaders revolutionary 381-day bus boycott that

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McCauley married Raymond Parks and set- monumental following brought about Rosa Parks’ legacy reminds us that a tled in Montgomery, Alabama; the November 1956 Supreme Court Rul- lone person can effect great change; Whereas, together, Raymond and Rosa many people working together with Parks worked in the Montgomery, Alabama ing that segregation on transportation branch of the National Association for the united purpose can achieve even more. is illegal, and in 1964 the Civil Rights Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Act, which outlawed racial discrimina- where Raymond Parks served as an active tion in the U.S. young Montgomery preacher who member and Rosa Parks served as a sec- Rosa Parks attended Alabama State helped to transform Rosa Parks’ act of retary and youth leader; College, and upon graduation worked resistance into a powerful movement, Whereas on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks as a seamstress and housekeeper. She would later say the ‘‘arc of the moral was arrested for refusing to give up her seat and her husband, Raymond Parks, were universe is long, but it bends towards in the ‘‘colored’’ section of the bus to a white active in the National Association for justice.’’ man on the orders of the bus driver because the Advancement of Colored People, If we are to honor the legacy of Rosa the ‘‘white’’ section was full; NAACP. In 1943 Mrs. Parks was elected Parks, we must never rest in our pur- Whereas the arrest of Rosa Parks led Afri- Secretary of the Montgomery Chapter suit of that justice. can Americans and others to boycott the of the NAACP, and later became its Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- Montgomery city bus line until the buses in youth leader. She was also involved in dent, I want to express my thoughts on Montgomery were desegregated; the passing of a true civil rights pio- Whereas the 381-day Montgomery bus boy- the Montgomery Voters League, an or- cott encouraged other courageous people ganization that helped black citizens neer. Rosa Parks’ actions almost 50 years ago in Montgomery, AL, ignited across the United States to organize in pro- become registered to vote. test and demand equal rights for all; Rosa Parks continued to set an ex- a movement that dramatically changed Whereas most historians date the begin- ample for our Nation in 1987 when she the face of America and the world. ning of the modern-day Civil Rights Move- founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Even before her refusal to give up her ment in the United States to December 1, Institute for Self-Development. The In- seat on December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks 1955; stitute teaches young people the his- was already actively involved in the Whereas the fearless acts of civil disobe- tory of the civil rights movement civil rights movement as the secretary dience displayed by Rosa Parks and others through an annual summer program of the local chapter of the NAACP. But resulted in a legal action challenging Mont- called ‘‘Pathways to Freedom.’’ her actions that day laid the ground- gomery’s segregated public transportation Rosa Parks was one of the most sig- work for the civil rights movement in system, which subsequently led to the nificant figures in the 20th century, the years to follow. As a result of her United States Supreme Court, on November 13, 1956, affirming a district court decision and appropriately received hundreds of actions, a local public bus boycott en- sued that garnered national attention that held that Montgomery segregation awards and honors, including the codes deny and deprive African Americans of Medal of Freedom Award, presented by and resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court the equal protection of the laws (352 U.S. President Clinton in 1996. Mrs. Parks ruling prohibiting bus segregation, 903); will be deeply missed, and her legacy mass demonstrations throughout the Whereas in 1957, Rosa Parks moved to De- will forever be remembered. South ensued, and Martin Luther King, troit, Michigan; Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I Jr. becoming a national civil rights Whereas in 1965, Representative John Con- rise tonight to honor the life of Rosa leader. yers hired Rosa Parks as a member of his Parks. Mrs. Parks’ refusal to give up her staff, where she worked in various adminis- Let’s ask an impossible question: seat on December 1, 1955, was a simple trative jobs for 23 years and retired in 1988 at Who was Rosa Parks? but dangerous action that highlighted age 75; Rosa Parks was a seamstress. She the inequalities faced by millions of Whereas Rosa Parks continued her civil was a community organizer. She was Americans living under segregation. rights work by starting the Rosa and Ray- an activist and a leader. Rosa Parks Former U.S. poet laureate, Rita Dove, mond Parks Institute for Self Development was a carpenter’s daughter and a bar- wrote, ‘‘How she sat there, the time in 1987, a nonprofit organization that moti- vates young people to reach their highest po- ber’s wife. She was a hero of the civil right inside a place so wrong it was tential; rights movement. She was a trusted ready.’’ America was ready for change Whereas the Rosa and Raymond Parks In- Congressional aide and a respected and that change continues today. stitute for Self Development offers edu- youth development expert. As the world grieves, let us remem- cational programs for young people, includ- And of course, Rosa Parks was the in- ber her courage and work to ensure ing two signature programs: first, Pathways spiring protagonist of a stirring Amer- that her legacy continues. to Freedom, a 21-day program that intro- ican tale. Protest, reform, and reinven- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask duces students to the Underground Railroad tion marked the early pages of her unanimous consent that the resolution and the civil rights movement with a free- great human story. On December 1, and preamble be agreed to, en bloc, the dom ride across the United States and Can- 1955, on a bus in Montgomery, AL, Rosa motion to reconsider be laid upon the ada, tracing the underground railroad into Parks, a black woman, refused to stand table, and that any statements relating civil rights, and second, Learning Centers up and give her seat to a white man. to the resolution be printed in the and Senior Citizens, a program that partners young people with senior citizens where the RECORD, without intervening action or She was arrested, tried, convicted, and young help the senior citizens develop their fined for her act of civil disobedience in debate. computer skills and senior citizens mentor less than a week. The citywide boycott The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the young; inspired by her actions would last more objection, it is so ordered. Whereas Rosa Parks has been commended than a year. The full impact of those The resolution (S. Res. 287) was for her work in the realm of civil rights with events would change a nation, last a agreed to. such recognitions as the NAACP’s Spingarn lifetime, and reach far beyond. The preamble was agreed to. Medal, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Non- Rosa Parks has played a guiding role The resolution, with its preamble, violent Peace Prize, the Presidential medal not only in the lives of countless indi- reads as follows: of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold viduals but, over the last half-century, S. RES. 287 Medal; in the shape of our ever-evolving Na- Whereas Rosa Parks was born on February Whereas Time magazine named Rosa Parks tion. Throughout it all, she has been a 4, 1913, as Rosa Louise McCauley, to James one of the ‘‘100 most influential people of the 20th century’’, The Henry Ford Museum in great American teacher. and Leona McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama; Whereas her moral clarity and quiet dig- Michigan bought and exhibited the bus on From Rosa Parks, we learned what it which she was arrested, and The Rosa Parks takes to be courageous in the face of nity shaped and inspired the Civil Rights Movement in the United States over the last Library and Museum opened in Montgomery oppression and hate. From Rosa Parks, half-century; in 2000; we learned that sometimes to be strong Whereas Rosa Parks was educated in Pine Whereas in 2005, the year marking the 50th is to say ‘‘No.’’ Level, Alabama, until the age of 11, when she anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up From Rosa Parks we learned that enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial her seat on the bus, we recognize the cour- freedom without equality is no freedom School for Girls and then went on to attend age, dignity, and determination displayed by

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Without vi- by its secret nature as an agreement Streets Act, include crimes of lesser sion, the people will perish, and without among competitors, such a conspiracy impact and significance than criminal courage ‘and inspiration, dreams will die— is likely harder to detect than a fraud- antitrust violations. The ACIIA will the dream of freedom and peace’’: Now, ulent offering over the phone or ensure that the Department of Justice therefore, be it through the mail. A properly issued has the tools commensurate with the Resolved by the Senate That the Senate hon- wiretap, therefore, is even more nec- seriousness of the violations. ors the life and accomplishments of Rosa essary to detect criminal antitrust Under current law, the Department Parks and expresses its condolences on her conspiracies than other white collar of- of Justice must often rely on the FBI passing. fenses. or other investigative agencies to ob- f Detecting, preventing, and punishing tain evidence. While the Justice De- ANTITRUST CRIMINAL INVESTIGA- criminal antitrust offenses are one of partment may engage in court-author- TIVE IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF the principal missions of the Justice ized searches of business records, it 2005 Department’s Antitrust Division. Such may only monitor phone calls of in- offenses are punished severely with Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask formants or the conversations of con- corporations facing fines of up to $100 unanimous consent that the Senate senting parties. In light of the serious- million and individuals subject to jail proceed to the immediate consider- ness of economic harms caused by vio- terms of up to 10 years for each offense. ation of Calendar No. 250, S. 443. lations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Indeed, last year we passed legislation The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the inability of the Department of Jus- raising criminal penalties to these new clerk will report the bill by title. tice to obtain wiretaps when inves- levels. Yet, despite the damage these The assistant legislative clerk read tigating criminal antitrust violations conspiracies do to the economy and in- as follows: makes little sense. The evidence that dividual consumers, our law enforce- can be acquired through wiretaps is A bill (S. 443) to improve the investigation ment agencies lack the one vital tool of criminal antitrust offenses. precisely the type of evidence that is essential to uncover these secret con- essential for the successful prosecution There being no objection, the Senate spiracies—the ability to obtain a wire- and prevention of serious antitrust vio- proceeded to consider the bill. tap to monitor communications be- lations. This bill equips the Depart- Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise in tween the suspected conspirators upon ment of Justice investigators and pros- support of the Antitrust Investigative a showing of probable cause. This legis- ecutors the opportunity to zealously Improvements Act of 2005, a bill I am lation will remedy this defect by grant- enforce the criminal antitrust laws of cosponsoring with Senators DEWINE ing to our law enforcement officials the United States. and LEAHY. This important measure the necessary means to protect con- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask will give the antitrust criminal enforc- sumers and end illegal antitrust con- unanimous consent that the bill be ers at the Department of Justice a spiracies. read a third time and passed, the mo- vital tool to investigate, detect, and I urge my colleagues to join with me tion to reconsider be laid upon the prevent antitrust conspiracies. It will in supporting this legislation. table, and that any statements relating allow the Justice Department, upon a Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, earlier to the bill be printed in the RECORD. showing of probable cause to a Federal this year I was pleased to join the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without judge, authority to obtain a wiretap chairman and ranking member of the objection, it is so ordered. order for a limited time period to mon- Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee The bill (S. 443) was read the third itor communications between those on Antitrust, Competition Policy and time and passed, as follows: suspected of engaging in illegal anti- Consumer Rights, Senators DEWINE S. 443 trust conspiracies. and KOHL, on the introduction of the The current Federal criminal code ‘‘Antitrust Criminal Investigative Im- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- lists over 150 predicate offenses for resentative of the United States of America in provements Act of 2005, ACIIA. Today, Congress assembled, which the Justice Department may ob- I am even more pleased to see the Sen- tain a wiretap during the course of a SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ate pass this bill. This is important This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust criminal investigation. These offenses legislation, and I hope that it will re- Criminal Investigative Improvements Act of include basic white collar crimes such ceive the speedy vote in the House of 2005’’. as mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank Representatives that it deserves. Once SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF PREDICATE CRIMES FOR fraud. However, under current law, if the President signs it into law, the De- AUTHORIZATION FOR INTERCEP- the Government is investigating a partment of Justice will finally have TION OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELEC- criminal antitrust conspiracy, such as another vital tool to enforce antitrust TRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. a scheme to fix prices to consumers, Section 2516(1) of title 18, United State laws—wiretap authority to investigate Code, is amended— the Government cannot obtain a wire- and prosecute criminal antitrust viola- (1) in subparagraph (q), by striking ‘‘or’’ tap of the suspected conspirators. This tions. after the semicolon; inability to obtain wiretaps unques- America’s antitrust laws play a crit- (2) by redesignating subparagraph (r) as tionably severely handicaps the detec- ical role in protecting consumers and subparagraph (s); and tion and prevention of such conspir- ensuring a fair and competitive mar- (3) by adding after subparagraph (q) the acies. Only with the consent of a mem- ketplace for business. Congress’s first following: ber of the conspiracy who has already antitrust law, the Sherman Antitrust ‘‘(r) any criminal violation of section 1 (re- agreed to cooperate with the Govern- Law, was enacted in 1890 to prohibit lating to illegal restraints of trade or com- merce), 2 (relating to illegal monopolizing of ment may the Government surrep- abusive monopolies and restraints of trade or commerce), or 3 (relating to illegal titiously record the meetings of the trade. Since that time, enforcement of restraints of trade or commerce in terri- conspirators. the antitrust laws has benefited con- tories or the District of Columbia) of the There is no logical basis to exclude sumers through lower prices, greater Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3); or’’. criminal antitrust violations from the variety, and higher quality products f list of predicate offenses for a wiretap. and services. But antitrust criminal of- A criminal antitrust offense, such as fenses have been somewhat anomalous ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, price fixing, is every bit as serious— in the law, for they have not qualified OCTOBER 26, 2005 and causes every bit as much financial for judicially approved wiretaps. The Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent loss to its victims—as other white col- ACIIA will add criminal price fixing that when the Senate completes its lar crimes, such as mail fraud or wire and bid rigging to the many crimes business today, it stand in adjourn- fraud. A price-fixing conspiracy raises that are already ‘‘predicate offenses’’ ment until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oc- prices to consumers, stealing hard for wiretap purposes. There are over 150 tober 26. I further ask that following

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S25OC5.REC S25OC5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY October 25, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11851 the prayer and pledge, the morning NOMINATIONS To be colonel hour be deemed expired, the Journal of Executive nominations received by KIMBERLY K. ARMSTRONG, 0000 proceedings be approved to date, the the Senate October 25, 2005: MICHAEL K. BAYLES, 0000 time for the two leaders be reserved, CHERYL E. CARROLL, 0000 THE JUDICIARY RHONDA L. EARLS, 0000 and the Senate then proceed to a pe- LORRAINE A. FRITZ, 0000 AIDA M. DELGADO-COLON, OF PUERTO RICO, TO BE KATHRYN M. GAYLORD, 0000 riod for morning business for up to 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF STEVEN F. * GERTONSON, 0000 minutes, with the first 15 minutes PUERTO RICO, VICE SALVADOR E. CASELLAS, RETIRED. BARBARA A. GILBERT, 0000 under the control of the minority, and IN THE COAST GUARD STEVEN W. GRIMES, 0000 ELIZABETH A. JOHNSON, 0000 the final 15 minutes under the control To be rear admiral JIMMIE O. KEENAN, 0000 of the majority. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TIMOTHY A. NEWCOMER, 0000 I further ask that the Senate then re- IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD TO THE GRADE IN- DAVID D. PETERSON, 0000 DICATED UNDER TITLE 14, U.S.C., SECTION 271: KATHLEEN R. RYAN, 0000 sume consideration of H.R. 3010, the ANN M. SAMMARTINO, 0000 REAR ADM. (LH) JODY A. BRECKENRIDGE, 0000 KELLY A. WOLGAST, 0000 Labor-HHS appropriations bill. REAR ADM. (LH) ARTHUR E. BROOKS, 0000 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without REAR ADM. (LH) JOHN E. CROWLEY, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT REAR ADM. (LH) RICHARD R. HOUCK, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY objection, it is so ordered. REAR ADM. (LH) RICHARD R. KELLY, 0000 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SEC- REAR ADM. (LH) DAVID P. PEKOSKE, 0000 TIONS 624 AND 3064: f REAR ADM. (LH) FRED M. ROSA, 0000 REAR ADM. (LH) TIMOTHY S. SULLIVAN, 0000 To be colonel PROGRAM IN THE NAVY RANDALL G. ANDERSON, 0000 Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, tomorrow THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DONALD F. ARCHIBALD, 0000 the Senate will resume consideration IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED STEVEN G. BOLINT, 0000 UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DAVID P. BUDINGER, 0000 of that Labor-HHS appropriations bill. KYLE D. CAMPBELL, 0000 Just a few moments ago I filed cloture To be rear admiral (lower half) BRIAN T. CANFIELD, 0000 CAPT. FRANK THORP IV, 0000 CHARLES E. CANNON, 0000 on that bill. Senators who are serious SCOTT F. CASS, 0000 about offering germane amendments IN THE ARMY LISA P. CHISHOLM, 0000 JOHN M. COLLINS, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT should work with the bill managers to JOHN P. COLLINS, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY schedule floor consideration just as MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., DANIEL J. FISHER, 0000 quickly as possible. We are on track, SECTIONS 624 AND 3064: ALEXANDER GARDNER III, 0000 DAVID G. GILBERTSON, 0000 the track that we set out last week, to To be colonel NEIL G. GLENESK, 0000 MAX GROGL, 0000 finish the bill this week. I encourage ROBINETTE J. AMAKER, 0000 BRYANT E. HARP, JR., 0000 Senators to vote for cloture in order to GEORGE A. DILLY, 0000 BRENDA K. ELLISON, 0000 SALLY C. HARVEY, 0000 speed passage of this, the very last, the ANN GREDIAGIN, 0000 BRUCE E. HASELDEN, 0000 JOSEF H. MOORE, 0000 CLAUDE HINES, JR., 0000 final appropriations bill for this year. MARSHA A. LANGLOIS, 0000 f THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT WILLIAM J. LAYDEN, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY POLLYANNE A. MARCIESKI, 0000 VETERINARY CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS THIRSA MARTINEZ, 0000 ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. 624 AND 3064: BRUCE W. MCVEIGH, 0000 TOMORROW To be colonel MARK A. MELANSON, 0000 JOHN R. MERCIER, 0000 Mr. FRIST. If there is no further TERRY K. BESCH, 0000 TALFORD V. MINDINGALL, 0000 business to come before the Senate, I PERRY R. CHUMLEY, 0000 RAFAEL C. MONTAGNO, 0000 CHERYL D. DICARLO, 0000 JOSEPH A. PECKO, 0000 ask unanimous consent that the Sen- CAROL L. EISENHAUER, 0000 JEROME PENNER III, 0000 GEORGE C. RENISON, 0000 ANGELA PEREIRA, 0000 ate stand in adjournment under the JOHN R. TABER, 0000 previous order. MICHAEL P. RYAN, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT HARRY F. SLIFE, JR., 0000 There being no objection, the Senate, TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY EARLE SMITH II, 0000 at 6:53 p.m., adjourned until Wednes- NURSE CORPS AND FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENT (IDEN- JOHN R. STEWART, 0000 TIFIED BY AN ASTERISK(*)) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C. SEC- ROBERT D. TENHET, 0000 day, October 26, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. TIONS 624, 531, AND 3064: JOHN H. TRAKOWSKI, JR., 0000

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