H3354 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 20, 2001 air conditioner on as much as we do or Those are things that we can encour- There was no objection. whether we turn it off when we are age and do through government. We f going to leave for the weekend. have got to increase supply, no ques- The second thing that it does is, the tion about that, in order to reduce our TRIBUTE TO SENATOR ROBERT C. real problem in is they just dependence on foreign oil. The gen- BYRD, WEST VIRGINIAN OF THE did not build enough power plants. tleman mentioned it, and I think it is CENTURY They grew their economy, they grew worth repeating, 55 percent of Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a the population considerably and fig- ica’s oil comes from outside the United previous order of the House, the gen- ured that they would import the power States. The fastest growing supplier of tleman from (Mr. RA- from other places. If you put on price oil to America, and the number six sup- HALL) is recognized for 5 minutes. caps and you create huge uncertainty plier to America, is Iraq. Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in the industry, nobody is going to go Most folks do not know that Saddam today to acknowledge West Virginia in and say, Yeah, I’m going to take my Hussein probably has more impact on Day, at least for the 1 hour left in savings; I’m going to invest in a new American gas prices than any of us today, and the West Virginian of the power plant, if you do not know wheth- would wish to admit. I noticed an arti- Century, U.S. Senator ROBERT C. BYRD, er you are going to be able to recover cle in the paper on Monday, they are whose accomplishments will last for- your investment. So it does not solve reconsidering sanctions on Iraq. And ever. 138 years ago, on June 20, 1863, the real problem, which is supply. A not a surprise, every time they do that West Virginia became the 35th State in price cap does not produce one more at the United Nations, Iraq decides the Union. Over those 138 years, our kilowatt of electricity. that it is going to turn off its spigot State has been blessed with many great Then the other thing I think it would and tell the rest of the world that they statesmen and women, but last month cause is the reality now that California have us by the short hairs. I do not at the State capitol in Charleston, Sen- is dependent on importing electricity want to be by the short hairs with Sad- ator ROBERT C. BYRD was appropriately from much of the West, including the dam Hussein, which means we need to honored as West Virginian of the Cen- State of New Mexico. If you put on reduce our foreign dependence on sin- tury by a proclamation from our West price caps, you will not be able to buy gle sources of supply so that when one Virginia Governor, Bob Wise, and reso- some power, because people will not individual dictator says, Well, I’m lutions from the West Virginia House sell it to you if they have to sell it to turning off the spigot, we have other of Delegates and the West Virginia you at a loss. We could make this so sources, we are not over a barrel, that Senate. much worse. I do not understand why our energy policy is not just going on Mr. Speaker, I include for the there are still some in the Congress bended knee to other governments and RECORD the remarks of Senator BYRD who think the right answer is for us to begging for oil. That is not a policy. on that occasion. legislate the price of power. It would be That is a plea. We should not put our- REMARKS BY SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD, a disaster for California, for the West. selves in that situation. I am glad the Federal Energy Regu- ‘‘WEST VIRGINIAN OF THE 20TH CENTURY,’’ So we have got to have conservation, MAY 31, 2001 latory Commission took the steps that we have got to have exploration, we it did, and in fact I was one of the 17 West Virginia, how I love you! have got to build our infrastructure Members of this House that signed a Every streamlet, shrub and stone, and take care of some of the infrastruc- Even the clouds that flit above you letter asking them to pursue this strat- ture problems that we have, and we Always seem to be my own. egy, a market-based strategy of price need real government reform. I think Your steep hillsides clad in grandeur, mitigation. But really we need to shift that that is the recipe for a stable, Always rugged, bold and free, and focus on the long-term policies long-term policy for energy independ- Sing with ever swelling chorus: that we need. I do believe that we need ence in this country. I appreciate the Montani, Semper, Liberi! a balanced and long-term policy. It has gentleman’s efforts to bring this ses- Always free! The little streamlets, got to include conservation, both con- sion to the House. As they glide and race along, servation by individuals but also the Mr. EHLERS. That was an excellent Join their music to the anthem government in systemic efforts that we summary of what we have been trying And the zephyrs swell the song. need. If I go to Baillio’s, which is our to convey this evening. I thank the Always free! The mountain torrent appliance store, if I do not have a gentlewoman from New Mexico for her In its haste to reach the sea, choice of an energy-efficient refrig- Shouts its challenge to the hillsides comments. erator, then I really cannot conserve in And the echo answers ‘‘FREE!’’ that way. There are some things that f Always free! Repeats the river government must do to make sure that GENERAL LEAVE In a deeper, fuller tone conservation works and that it is not And the West wind in the treetops Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask Adds a chorus all its own. just my decision to turn on or off my unanimous consent that all Members lights, but a decision and an encour- Always Free! The crashing thunder, may have 5 legislative days within Madly flung from hill to hill, agement to invest in efficient lighting which to revise and extend their re- systems by industries or, for example, In a wild reverberation marks on H.R. 2216, and that the chair- Makes our hearts with rapture fill. the Building America program I men- man of the Committee on Appropria- Always free! The Bob White whistles tioned. tions also may insert tabular data and The interesting thing about the And the whippoorwill replies, other extraneous material. Always free! The robin twitters Building America program and the way The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. As the sunset gilds the skies. that it has changed the building of FLAKE). Is there objection to the re- homes is it is not just adding another Perched upon the tallest timber, quest of the gentleman from Michigan? Far above the sheltered lea, layer of insulation in the attic, which There was no objection. There the eagle screams defiance we have done that, too. It is the chang- f To a hostile world: ‘‘I’m free!’’ ing the design of the home, starting And two million happy people, from the ground up, on making it en- REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Hearts attuned in holy glee, ergy efficient. The savings are just in- AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 877 AND Add the hallelujah chorus: credible. That is really important for H.R. 1198 ‘‘Mountaineers are always free!’’ first-time buyers who are looking at Mr. TOWNS (during the special order Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Governor how much can they cover on their of Mr. EHLERS). Mr. Speaker, I ask Wise, my fellow West Virginians, ladies and mortgage, how much house can they unanimous consent that my name be gentlemen: get for their money. If the cost of removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 877 and Now in my 84th year, I look back over the maintaining that house is maybe 10 or ups and downs of a long and full and active H.R. 1198. life. I see a vastly changed world from what 15 or $20 lower, that can go to a mort- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. it was when I walked the dirt roads of Wolf gage payment rather than to the elec- FLAKE). Is there objection to the re- Creek Hollow in Mercer County and studied tric bill. So building from the ground quest of the gentleman from New in a two-room schoolhouse. The nation has up is very important. York? grown from 102 million when I was born in

VerDate 20-JUN-2001 04:43 Jun 21, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20JN7.270 pfrm03 PsN: H20PT1 June 20, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3355 1917 to the burgeoning population of 275 mil- urge my fellow West Virginians to build I shall be telling this with a sigh lion people today. At the beginning of my their future on the development of the Somewhere ages and ages hence: life, the nation was still in its horse-and- human mind and the rock of the human spir- Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, buggy days. Now we are in the age of instant it. I hope that more and more West Vir- I took the one less traveled by, communications, the Internet, jet-propelled ginians will understand the imperative of And that has made all the difference. planes, inter-planetary exploration, medical education and the value of our schools, and Mr. Speaker, I urge you and my col- miracles, and the highest standard of living that we will restore education to its rightful leagues in the House to join me in con- that the world has ever known. position as the primary key that opens doors We live in a country whose greatness onto the classic American dream of fulfill- gratulating Senator BYRD as ‘‘West seems to have been foreordained by her for- ment in life as individuals and as a society. Virginian of the Century,’’ and in tunate geography and rich natural resources, I hope that increased numbers of parents will thanking him for his tireless work on her agreeable and temperate climate, and by become involved in monitoring their chil- behalf of the great State of West Vir- the hardy and industrious race of men and dren’s learning progress, in encouraging bet- ginia and its millions of residents. women who hewed her forests, cultivated her ter performance at all levels of their chil- Mr. Speaker, I urge you and my col- fields, bridged her rivers, built her cities, and dren’s schoolwork, and in applauding the leagues in the House to join me in con- created the American Dream that has ex- achievements of good teachers. cited the envy and won the admiration of I also hope that increased numbers of chil- gratulating Senator BYRD as West Vir- mankind around the globe. How blessed we dren will discover and rediscover the joys of ginian of the Century and in thanking are to have inherited this pearl of great reading, that more and more students will him for his tireless work on behalf of price! And how thankful we should be to the find unfathomed challenges in mathematics the great State of West Virginia and provident hand of that Omnipotent Being, and the sciences and in history, and that a its millions of residents. who has favored our undertakings from the new generation of well-educated, keenly in- f pre-dawn infancy of the colonial experience terested, and highly dedicated and indus- to the present-day meridian of the American trious students will emerge from our schools SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED Republic! to assure our State’s preeminence in every I am grateful for the Divine hand that de- field of learning, business, industry, and en- By unanimous consent, permission to livered me, in my infancy to my home in deavor known to man, and many fields yet address the House, following the legis- West Virginia. I am grateful for wear-worn unknown but waiting for some blade-sharp lative program and any special orders shoes; for the callouses of honest labor; and West Virginia intellects to invent and open heretofore entered, was granted to: for the challenges of an unforgiving terrain. doors to them. The following Members (at the re- I am thankful for wrong turns that led to the I hope that West Virginians will continue quest of Ms. JACKSON-LEE of ) to right paths; for good people who inspired me to preserve and honor the old values that revise and extend their remarks and in- to strive for great things; and for the rich ex- guided and sustained our fathers and moth- periences that taught me the difference be- ers and more distant ancestors in their daily clude extraneous material: tween knowledge and wisdom. lives and in the life of our state from its ear- Ms. NORTON, for 5 minutes, today. I am grateful to the people of West Vir- liest beginnings. Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, for 5 min- ginia for placing their trust in this adopted The Biblical proverb admonishes us, ‘‘Re- utes, today. son of a poor coal miner, a mere ‘‘scrap boy’’ move not the ancient landmark which thy Mr. RAHALL, for 5 minutes, today. who used to go door to door gathering bits of fathers have set.’’ The following Member (at the request food to fatten up the hogs raised by my fos- My foster parents on their knees influ- of Mrs. CAPITO) to revise and extend his ter father in a pen by the railroad tracks. enced my life from my early beginnings. I I am grateful to the people for giving me am sure that many of you can say the same remarks and include extraneous mate- the opportunity to serve our state and our thing. rial: nation; to stand in the midst of history, Man is a spiritual creature. But if that Mr. NUSSLE, for 5 minutes, today. among men and women who have changed spirituality is ignored—if man’s soul is al- f the course of destiny, at the pinnacle of lowed to starve—the result is spiritual power in the greatest legislative body ever to death. And no task of national renewal will SENATE BILL AND CONCURRENT grace the Earth. be possible unless that effort is also a task of RESOLUTIONS REFERRED And I am grateful to the people for their spiritual renewal. many kindnesses to Erma, my wife of 64 George Washington in his farewell address, A bill and concurrent resolutions of years, to whom I owe so much. She has been made the point succinctly: the Senate of the following titles were God’s greatest gift to me. . . . And let us with caution indulge the taken from the Speaker’s table and, West Virginians have given so much to me. supposition that morality can be maintained under the rule, referred as follows: Without your faith in me, I do not know without religion. Whatever may be conceded S. 657. An Act to authorize funding for the where I would be today, but one thing I do to the influence of refined education on National 4–H Program Centennial Initiative; know: I would not be here. minds of peculiar structure, reason and expe- to the Committee on Agriculture. Never having forgotten my roots, I con- rience both forbid us to expect that national S. Con. Res. 35. Concurrent resolution ex- tinue to be aware that my highest duty is to morality can prevail in exclusion of religious pressing the sense of Congress that Lebanon, West Virginia and to the people of our state, principle. Syria, and Iran should allow representatives who have honored me with public office for Scientists have long sought the so-called of the International Committee of the Red more than a half century. ‘‘missing link.’’ The real missing link in our Cross to visit the four Israelis, Adi Avitan, My own less-than-modest beginning and national cultural life is God. Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, and the poverty of my state during my boyhood From the depths of my heart, I thank Gov- Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by years have never faded from my view, and it ernor Bob Wise, House Speaker Bob Kiss, Hezbollah forces in Lebanon; to the Com- has been my constant desire to improve the Senate President , the mittee on International Relations. lives of the people who sent me to Wash- members of both the House and the Senate, S. Con. Res. 42. Concurrent resolution con- ington. In many ways, I think that I have but most of all, I thank the people of West demning the Taleban for their discrimina- succeeded, but there is still work to do. Virginia for the many years in which they tory policies and for other purposes; to the I am blessed to have had at my side a wife have reposed their confidence and their faith Committee on International Relations. who, for 64 years, has been the central pillar in me. I have done my best. of my home and my career. Erma and I grew May God always bless the State of West f from childhood to adulthood during the Virginia. ADJOURNMENT years of the Great Depression and in the coal Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, mining towns of Southern West Virginia. And sorry I could not travel both Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I move The bottom rungs in our Ladder of Life were And be one traveler, long I stood that the House do now adjourn. missing, but with God’s help and by His And looked down one as far as I could The motion was agreed to; accord- grace, we have weathered storms of adver- To where it bent in the undergrowth; sity and come through times of sorrow as ingly (at 11 p.m.), the House adjourned well as joy to the present moment. Then took the other, as just as fair, until tomorrow, Thursday, June 21, Not least of all, I owe much of my phe- And having perhaps the better claim, 2001, at 10 a.m. Because it was grassy and wanted wear; nomenal success in serving the people of my f state and my country to the many extraor- Though as for that, the passing there dinary men and women who have worked on Had worn them really about the same. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, my staff throughout my long career in the And both that morning equally lay ETC. U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. In leaves no step had trodden black. Senate. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive As we have now crossed the threshold into Yet, knowing how way leads on to way, communications were taken from the a new century, I take this opportunity to I doubted if I should ever come back. Speaker’s table and referred as follows:

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