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ENERGY SECURITY, 5 YEARS for contributing to the educational achievement Hello. AFTER THE PERSIAN GULF WAR of students throughout Brooklyn. I am sure that the chairman writes his own At a time when religious education is often speeches, and if I did not know that, I would HON. DAN SCHAEFER overlooked by more mainstream and secular say that two different people who had never educational training, Rabbi Eliach single­ OF COLORADO met wrote that speech. How can you start a handedly inspired the parents and children of short speech saying you are going to abolish IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Flatbush, Brooklyn with his love and respect the current Tax Code and greatly simplify it, Tuesday, March 12, 1996 for the Hebrew language. As dean of the Ye­ and end that speech saying you are going to shiva of Flatbush and principal of the Joel Mr. SCHAEFER. Mr. Speaker, what is the add two new special incentives that will add Braverman High School for over 43 years, cornerstone of a sound and thriving economy? pages of regulations and forms to the law? What is an absolute prerequisite for American Rabbi Eliach provided thousands of Yeshiva national security? What is the key to this students with extensive training in Hebrew and country's overall well-being? . Jewish history unmatched by most other ·edu­ The answer is a vibrant domestic energy in­ cational institutions in New York. The commu­ LEGISLATION FOR CASA MALPAIS dustry, one which will help reduce this coun­ nities of Brooklyn have benefited much from NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK try's dependence on foreign oil imports. Rabbi Eliach's commitment to thorough lan­ Unfortunately, despite the development of guage instruction coupled with his drive for alternative forms of energy and the tremen­ academic excellence. His work has made an HON. J.D. HAYWORrn dous gains in energy efficiency in the past two indelible impression on his students, faculty decades, we are farther now from energy and friends of the Yeshivah of Flatbush. OF ARIZONA independence than ever. Last year, for the Prof. Yaffa Eliach has also established note IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES first time in history, the United States imported worthy life-long career in Jewish instruction more than half of the oil it consumed. In 1973, and creative literature. As a highly-noted Tuesday, March 12, 1996 during the oil crisis that virtually paralyzed the scholar of Judiac studies, founder of the Cen­ ter of Holocaust Studies and creator of the ac­ Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, today I am country, about 35 percent of our oil supplies introducing legislation which would authorize were imported. claimed "Tower of Life" at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Professor the Secretary of the Interior to provide assist­ Though oil appears to be plentiful and real ance to the Casa Malpais National Historic prices for energy are at or near all-time lows, Eliach has made enormous contributions to the institutional knowledge of Jewish culture Landmark in Springerville, AZ. The Casa we must not be lulled into a false sense of Malpais National Historic Landmark is a 14.5 complacency. We must ensure the viability, history throughout the world. Her works have been studied and read widely in several dif­ acre archaeological site located near the productivity, and competitiveness of the do­ towns of Springerville and Eager in north­ mestic American energy industry. ferent countries. These two educators have served our com­ eastern Arizona. The site was occupied As chairman of the Commerce Committee's around A.O. 1250 by one of the largest and Subcommittee on Energy and Power, I am munity with distinction. Their presence in the cultural and academic life of Yeshiva students most sophisticated Mogollon communities in committed to supporting policies that will help the United States. lead to greater American energy independ­ and neighbors throughout the world will cer­ tainly be missed. As Rabbi Doctor David and ence in the years to come. Casa Malpais is an extraordinary rich ar­ Though the issue of energy security does Yaffa Eliach celebrate their retirement, I am chaeological site. Stairways, a Great Kiva not grab as many headlines these days as it honored to salute them as leaders of the Jew­ complex, a fortification wall, a prehistoric trail, did 5 short years ago during the Persian gulf ish community. I urge all my fellow colleagues catacombs, sacred chambers, and rock panels war, I hope my colleagues understand that it to recognize these dedicated individuals and are just some of the features of this large ma­ will grab the headlines again someday in the wish them well in their future endeavors. sonry pueblo. Due to its size, condition, and future. We must take steps now to ensure that complexity, the site offers an unparalleled op­ future generations of Americans do not suffer WAYS AND MEANS portunity to study ancient society in the South­ because of any failure on our part to safe­ SCHIZOPHRENIA west and, as such, is of national significance. guard the integrity and viability of our country's My legislation would establish the Casa domestic energy industry. HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK Malpais National Historic Landmark as an af­ OF CALIFORNIA filiated unit of the National Park Service. Affili­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ated status would authorize the resources and CONGRATULATIONS TO RABBI AND protection necessary to preserve this treasure. MRS. DAVID ELIACH FOR A LIFE­ Tuesday, March 12, 1996 As a member of the family of affiliated national TIME COMMITMENT TO RELI­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, last week, the landmarks, the public would also have greater GIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL LEAD­ chairman of the Ways and Means Committee exposure to the Casa Malpais site. ERSHIP delivered a speech on the 1996 schedule of The communities in the area support this the committee. HON. CHARLFS E. SCHUMER The first three pages talked about how hor­ legislation. Local officials have taken steps to ribly complex the current Tax Code is and how ensure that all research and development of OF NEW YORK the site is conducted in consultation with affili­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the chairman wants to tear the code out 'by its roots,' substitute a kind of sales tax, and make ated local native American tribes. Tuesday, March 12, 1996 the I RS unnecessary. I ask my colleagues to support this meas­ Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to The last two pages talks about what the ure. It will enhance the landmark's attributes honor two unique individuals, Rabbi Doctor committee is going to do in March in the for the enjoyment and education of local com­ David Eliach and his wife, Prof. Yaffa Eliach health sector: pass medical savings accounts, munities, the State of Arizona, and the Nation. for their endless dedication and tireless work which are an elaborate and complicated new By supporting this measure, we can help open in the fields of Hebrew language instruction type tax deferred savings plan, and increase this unique window of history through which and Judaic studies. On the eve of their retire­ the tax deductibility of health insurance for the we can study and learn about our rich herit­ ment, I salute these two outstanding citizens self-employed, but not their workers. age.

• This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. March 12, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 4537 EDDIE T. PEARSON BLACK Mr. Ries' work at Ohio State that he invited it had last fiscal year, and only 47 percent of HISTORY TRAILBLAZER him to be his assistant at the University of the funding the administration asked for Wisconsin at Madison. While subsequently this year. The resolution expires March 15, and ACDA HON. CARRIE P. MEEK pursuing his master of fine arts degree, Mr. needs an additional $8.7 million-for a final OF FLORIDA Ries opened his own studio at Mineral Point, budget of S44.4 million-to do its job. ACDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WI. Director John Holum has taken extreme Mr. Ries began to achieve international ac­ measures to make sure his agency stays Tuesday, March 12, 1996 claim after establishing a relationship with within the continuing-resolution funding. Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise Schott Glass Technologies in Duryea, PA, He has slapped on a hiring freeze, halted today to recognize a friend and educator, Mr. which creates optical glass of optimum clarity use of consultants, banned overtime, put a Eddie T. Pearson who has devoted over 25 and brilliance. In a unique partnership be­ hold on promotions, and restricted travel. Most vacancies are being left unfilled. Main­ years of leadership in the quest for edu­ tween artist and industry, Schott allowed Mr. tenance on ACDA's phones is limited to cational and racial equality. During Black His­ Ries the use of its facilities in order to produce emergency repairs. tory Month, this Dade County public schools the world's largest crystal sculptures. In 1988, These measures have allowed the agency to region VI superintendent was honored as a these magnificent pieces were exhibited in an hang on and, so far, fulfill most of its mis­ role model for youth. All too often, our youth's exclusive showing at the Cincinnati Art Mu­ sions. But if Congress doesn't appropriate ad­ instruction regarding historical events is so far seum which, according to museum officials, ditional funding for after March 15, several removed that any connection to their lives is was the most popular in the museum's history. of those missions will be in danger. The agency has had to withdraw a key ex­ lost. Honoring Eddie T. Pearson was one way Mr. Ries presently maintains a studio in pert who is helping the United Nations en­ of closing that distance in time. Tunkhannock, PA, where he continues to mold sure that Iraq's Sadaam Hussein doesn't de­ After graduating from Tuskegee lnstitute's glass into beautiful works of art. It is a privi­ velop nuclear, chemical, or biological weap­ High School with outstanding academic and lege for the 10th Congressional District to ons. athletic accomplishments, Eddie continued his count Mr. Ries as a resident and I ask my col­ ACDA may not have the expertise it needs education at Tuskegee Institute. He gained leagues to join me in honoring his contribu­ to complete negotiations on the treaty to great notoriety as a star football player and tions to the world of art. ban nuclear testing. was recently inducted into the school's athletic The agency won't have the personnel to work on ratification of the Chemical Weap­ hall of fame. Eddie was the first member of his ARMS CONTROL IS NOT PASSE ons Convention. It already doesn't have the family to obtain a post-secondary degree, but money to send an expert to The Hague to he did not stop at that milestone. He later re­ work on inspection procedures that will be ceived his master's degree from Florida Atlan­ HON. ELIZABETH FURSE required when the accord kicks in. tic University and a specialist degree from the OF OREGON It's not only silly, it's dangerous for Con­ gress to appropriate money for B-2 bombers University of Florida. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES At 26, Eddie T. Pearson was the youngest the Pentagon doesn't want and for an untest­ principal appointed by Dade County public Tuesday, March 12, 1996 ed missile-defense program while at the same time starving the agency that ensures schools and he was the first black individual Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, I am submitting other countries abide by arms-control agree­ appointed to head a primarily non-black stu­ two excellent editorials to the CONGRESSIONAL ments. The extra money ACDA needs buys a dent body-Homestead Middle School. This RECORD that support adequate funding for the lot of national security at a very low price. assignment helped to make Eddie an ambas­ Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Congress should find the funds. sador of race-relations. He created an edu­ These appeared in the March 5 Christian cational environment so that everyone would Science Monitor and the March 11 Oregonian. [From the Oregonian, Mar. 11, 1996) be given the opportunity to excel. Eddie T. ACDA is carrying out vital work as we move KEEPING OUR NUCLEAR GUARD UP-CONGRESS successfully designed and implemented a plan toward implementing START II, completing ne­ SHOULD ADEQUATELY FUND U.S. ARMS CON­ that provided for the full integration of the stu­ gotiations on a comprehensive test ban treaty, TROL AGENCY TO COMBAT SPREAD OF CHEMI­ CAL AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO TERRORISTS dent population. and ratifying the Chemical Weapons Conven­ Having served 33 years as a member of the tion. Preventing the spread of weapons of mass Ridding the world of weapons of mass de­ destruction is a high priority for the Clinton Dade County public school family, Eddie T. administration and should be a concern of all Pearson is indeed a role model for our times. struction is perhaps the most important thing Americans. we can do to advance the security of the Here's why we should worry: world. I urge my colleagues to support a high­ China stands accused of transferring nu­ CHRISTOPHER RIES IS WORLD'S er funding level for ACDA in the continuing clear-related technology to Pakistan. It re­ PREMIER GLASS SCULPTOR resolution the next time it comes before us. fuses to halt its own tests of nuclear weap­ [From the Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 5, ons. It is accused by U.S. arms negotiators of 1996) throwing up roadblocks in Geneva-based HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE talks aimed at promulgating a global Com­ OF PENNSYLVANIA FUND ARMS CONTROL prehensive Test Ban Treaty. There are indi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Some of the federal government's smallest cations that China maintains an offensive bi­ Tuesday, March 12, 1996 agencies do some of its most important ological weapons program in violation of work. international accords. Mr. MCDADE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to One of them is the Arms Control and Dis­ The Mayak nuclear complex in Russia is so honor the achievements of Christopher Ries, armament Agency (ACDA), a tiny, 250-person secret that it didn't show up on maps during who is one of the world's premier glass sculp­ department that conducts negotiations to the Cold War. Enough plutonium is stored tors. On March 24, the Everhart Museum in limit and reduce nuclear, chemical, and bio­ there to make 3,750 bombs. The site is pro­ Scranton, PA, will present a retrospective of logical weapons and verifies compliance with tected by enough soldiers to fight a war. But Mr. Ries' work called Glass and Light. This arms-control treaties. inside, where 30 metric tons of plutonium are ACDA has been whipsawed in the budget stored, security is so lax that it wouldn't retrospective will showcase Mr. Ries' lifetime debate: First, it got caught in Sen. Jesse take much effort for an errant worker to of effort to mold glass into works of art which Helms' misguided attempt to eliminate it steal radioactive material. capture and transform light in unique and and two other foreign-affairs agencies and The danger from within-that's the new beautiful ways. hand their work over to the State Depart­ nuclear nightmare. That's also why the U.S. As a student at the Ohio State University, ment. That effort was defeated in the Sen­ Senate should ratify the Chemical Weapons Mr. Ries learned to appreciate the qualities of ate, which passed a State Department au­ Convention treaty, which not only makes glass during course work in ceramics. He pur­ thorization bill that includes funding for the chemical weapons illegal, but would make it other agencies. illegal to stockpile them as well. sued this interest through studying glass engi­ But the upper chamber and the House of To protect Americans from these threats, neering and by designing and building a glass Representatives have not yet reconciled con­ Congress needs to spend an estimated SlO studio at Ohio State. flicting versions of the bill. So ACDA got million to restore funding for the 250-person The cofounder of the Modern Glass Move­ caught in a continuing resolution that pro­ U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agen­ ment, Harvey Littleton, was so impressed with vides it with only 70 percent of the funding cy, which is the nation's most effective post- 4538 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 12, 1996 Cold War watchdog. Temporary funding for Alvia Palmer-Michel-a volunteer at the with Santa Claus dinner, as well as chair­ the agency expires Friday. Indeed, the agen­ Children's Home Society, a board member of person for the international dinner and pasta cy has been so strapped for money that when Florida Legal Services, and a courageous and nights. She has also chaired the Dessert the chemical weapons treaty's inspection dedicated advocate for AIDS awareness. She Fashion Show. She has selflessly contributed procedures were negotiated, agency experts her time above and beyond expectations to were forced to stay home due to the lack of has risen through personal struggles to offer travel funds. comfort, education and hope to parents of chil­ these events, making wreaths and arranging The central mission of the U.S. Arms Con­ dren with AIDS. baskets as door prizes. trol and Disarmament Agency is to reduce Kathleen Sweeney and Denise Nerette-as In addition to all of her contributions to our nuclear stockpiles here and in Russia; to put members of the Haitian Task Force on Do­ community through her membership in various an end to nuclear testing around the world; mestic Violence they have collaborated in pro­ organizations, Mrs. Montes is a loving mother and to outlaw poison gas forever. The agency mulgating domestic violence in Miami's Haitian and is as devoted to her family life as she is complements the work of the Pentagon by to her community. trying to remove the threats to national se­ Community. Christina Zawisza-a child advocate and the Mrs. Montes has proven herself to be de­ curity through negotiated, verifiable agree­ serving of this award. I ask my colleagues to ments. founding member of the Florida Foster Care The nature of the nuclear threat has Review Project, who has dedicated her join me in congratulating this year's Pio Pico changed since the end of the Cold War. It is untiring efforts for children in need. Woman's Club woman of the year, Margie difficult to police or detect activity: Witness Marcela Viola-is the first unsung student to Montes. the mortifying prospect that as little as a be honored. She attends Miami Beach Senior kilogram of plutonium or weapon-grade ura­ High School, and has dedicated time to help­ nium could fall into the hands of terrorists BEST OF LUCK TO COMDR. SEAN targeting U.S. cities. ing children help themselves, while maintain­ P. SULLIVAN The nation needs an adequately funded ing superior grade averages in advanced arms control agency to minimize these classes. HON. J.C. WAITS, JR. threats. COPE Schools-Continuing Opportunities OF OKLAHOMA for Purposeful Education is the first program to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be honored. The two schools, "North" and TRIBUTE TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S "South," through their dedicated principals, Tuesday, March 12, 1996 UNSUNG HEROINES Dorothy Wallace and Dr. Williams Perry, have, Mr. WATTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to through education, improved the quality of life recognize a truly outstanding naval officer, HON. CARRIE P. MEEK to single teenage mothers and their children. Comdr. Sean P. Sullivan, U.S. Navy, who has OF FLORIDA It is said that Miami is the only major city in served with distinction as Deputy Director of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the United States to have been created by the the House of Representatives' Navy Legisla­ Tuesday, March 12, 1996 inspiration of a woman-Julia Tuttle. It is tive Liaison Office. It is a privilege for me to recognize his many outstanding achievements Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it is my today that we honor women who follow that in­ spiration. and commend him for the superb service he great pleasure to join, once again, with the has provided to this legislative body and to our citizens of the city of Miami in honoring the great Nation as a whole. 1996 Unsung Heroines. Each year the city of TRIBUTE TO MARGIE MONTES, PIO A native of Bridgeport, CT, Commander Sul­ Miami Commission on the Status of Women PICO WOMAN'S CLUB 1996 WOMAN livan received his commission from the U.S. commemorates National Women's History OF THE YEAR Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He was Month by recognizing and honoring women commissioned as an ensign in May, 1980. who care to share their time by helping others Commander Sullivan then completed a rigor­ through volunteerism. HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRFS ous nuclear propulsion training program and This year, I join the city of Miami in saluting OF CALIFORNIA submarine officers basic course. the 1996 Unsung Heroines: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Following this initial training, Commander Marilyn S. Bloom-a retired preschool and Tuesday, March 12, 1996 Sullivan reported to his first ship, U.S.S. elementary schoolteacher, who is also an en­ Plunger, SSN-595. While on U.S.S. Plunger, thusiastic advocate for senior citizens and Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, it is with pride that I rise to pay tribute to Margie Montes, Pio Commander Sullivan served as reactor control intergenerational programming in Dade Coun­ assistant, main propulsion assistant, and ty. Pico Woman's Club 1996 Woman of the Year. Mrs. Montes has earned this distinctive rec­ weapons officer. Dr. Castell V. Bryant-an educator for over Completing a successful tour on U.S.S. ognition through her active involvement in our 30 years and currently the interim president of Plunger, Commander Sullivan was selected to community. Miami Dade Community College-Wolfson return to his alma mater, the U.S. Naval Acad­ Campus, Dr. Bryant has been deeply commit­ Mrs. Montes became an active member of emy, as a company officer. In this vital role, our community at a very early age, participat­ ted to programs that help instill pride, build Commander Sullivan was charged with the self-esteem and improve family life for inner­ ing in sports while attending Assumption training of our future naval officers. city youth. Grammar School. Later, at Our Lady of All great naval officers can't wait to get back Doris Emerson-a dedicated volunteer and Loretto High School, Margie began showing to sea and Commander Sullivan is no excep­ board member in the Girl Scouts, the Quaker her leadership abilities as captain of the tennis tion to that rule. Following his tour at the religion, and in the fields of mental health and team and as yearbook editor. When she grad­ Naval Academy he reported to U.S.S. Chi­ education. uated in 1979, she was awarded the Bank of cago, SSN-721, where he served as the Dr. Carmen Gonzalez-an untiring chef and America Award for Home Economics. Cur­ ship's engineer. While on U.S.S. Chicago, creator of Feeding the Mind Foundation, a rently, she is an executive manager for Commander Sullivan served in Operation scholarship for battered women. Dr. Gonzalez Tupperware where she has received numer­ Desert Shield and Desert Storm. has chaired numerous fundraisers for Camillus ous awards of recognition for her perform­ Completing his tour aboard U.S.S. Chicago, House, and has actively promoted "Extra ance. Commander Sullivan reported to the staff of Helpings" a program that supplies meals for Her contributions extend throughout our Submarine Group 11 where he served as the the homeless. community. She is currently president of the squadron engineer. In May 1993, Commander Cindy Lerner-the codesigner of a program Soroptimist of Pico Rivera, where she has Sullivan again returned to sea duty serving as titled "Teenage Dating Violence: Intervention also held the positions of first and second vice the executive officer of U.S.S. Maryland, and Prevention," that provides curriculum and president. She is also a member of the Pico SSBN-738. training for educating youths about the dynam­ Rivera Chamber of Commerce, where she Due to his demonstrated sustained out­ ics of domestic violence. serves on the board of directors. standing performance, Commander Sullivan Dr. Ann Moliver Ruben-developed pro­ She has been a member of the Pio Pico was handpicked to report to his current job grams for Dade County teachers to help com­ Woman's Club since 1991. For the past 2 upon completion of his tour on U.S.S. Mary­ bat gender inequities, and has provided vol­ years, she has served as chairperson for the land. During his tenure at the Legislative Af­ untary psychotherapy for rape victims. Pio Pico Woman's Club's annual Christmas fairs Office, Commander Sullivan has provided March 12, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 4539 the members of the House National Security But many run and only a few win. What we women have always filled those spots-but as Committee, our professional and personal see here are women who have helped make analysts, office directors, desk officers? staffs, as well as many of you seated here history, each in her own way, women who There was Eleanor Dulles, a specialist in today, with superior support regarding Navy overcame the obstacles others so often put in German affairs-whose brother just hap­ their path. Together, they prove that it is pened to be Secretary of State-and who plans and programs. His valuable contribu­ not just possible for women of principle to else? Not many. Look at your numbers now. tions have enabled Congress and the Depart­ lead, but that the public will support them Who among you thinks we're ever going ment of the Navy to work closely together to when they do. back? ensure our naval forces are well equipped and This, them, is change. And change is what I'm optimistic about the future because I superbly trained. this administration has achieved, both with am convinced that the doors of opportunity Mr. Speaker, Sean Sullivan, his wife Shar­ regard to women and to human rights. You which we have opened will never again be on, and their four children, Amy, Casey, Kelly, know and I know that this has not been easy. closed. The gains we have achieved will be But change is taking place. There are more built on-not only in the State Department, and Maxwell, have made many sacrifices dur­ but in Congress and in the State legislatures, ing his 16-year-naval career. Serving on three women at the highest levels of our Govern­ ment now than ever before, demonstrating on Wall Street and in Silicone Valley, in the submarines, he has spent a significant amount their competence, day in, day out, proving boardrooms, the newsrooms and the class­ of time underway away from his family. We their value to the country and to the world­ rooms of our great universities, in the are all deeply in debt to the contributions of no nonsense women like Madeleine Albright. science labs and in space and wherever the great Americans such as Commander Sullivan I don't know how many of you saw her on next chapters of our history are being writ­ to ensure the freedom we all cherish. television the other day, when the Cubans ten. As Commander Sullivan now prepares to re­ were trying to explain how shooting down It will be tough. Every step of the way will be contested. Power is always contested. turn to sea yet again, this time as captain of unarmed planes in international waters was somehow an act of courage. Madeleine let But I'm optimistic for another reason. In his own submarine, I call upon my colleagues 1984, when I was running for Vice President, from both sides of the aisle to wish him every the world know exactly what she thought of the campaign had me shy a way from empha­ their so-called machismo, and she called it, success as well as fair winds and following what it was in plain English, as well as in sizing women's issues. I didn't have to prove seas. Spanish. Yes, Madeleine has been a most ar­ to anyone where I stood on equity for ticulate spokesperson for this country no women. I had to convince "the guys" that I matter what the issue. had the courage and the intelligence to run AMBASSADOR FERRARO RECOG­ And, of course, there's Donna Shalala, the country. But it didn't make sense. How NIZES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S Janet Reno and Hazel O'Leary, handling can a woman not address the needs of DAY women? And so in late October, right before complex Cabinet portfolios with skill and de­ the election, I gave my one and only wom­ termination. And here in the State Depart­ HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER ment: Robin Raphel is doing an excellent job en's speech, It addressed every issue we care with India and Pakistan; Tony Verstandig is about and have fought for over the last dozen OF COLORADO making real contributions to the Middle years. I was concerned that somehow the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES East Peace Process; Melinda Kimble, proved message would be lost if we didn't bring in Tuesday, March 12, 1996 herself a leader at the Beijing Women's Con­ the other half of the population, and so I said: "I am not only speaking to women here Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, on March ference; and Nancy Ely-Raphel made a vital contribution to the success of the Vienna tonight. Every man is diminished when his 8, 1996, Ambassador Geraldine Ferraro, head conference and more recently the Dayton ac­ daughter is denied a fair chance; every son is of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations a victim when his mother is denied fair pay." cords. Both Lynn Davis and Joan Spero are Those are the same points we make when Human Rights Commission, spoke eloquently among the Secretary's most trusted advi­ about International Women's Day. Ambas­ we discuss women's rights as human rights sors, while Phyllis Oakley has been a pillar as the First Lady did so eloquently in Bei­ sador Ferraro recognized the many high-rank­ of strength on refugee issues. And Pru jing. Allowing women full participation in ing women in our Government who perform Bushnell has shown enormous leadership on society benefits not just them, but society as outstanding service on behalf of human rights African issues. a whole. all over the world. She spoke at length about There are many more of you who also de­ Many of you participated in one way or an­ the many human rights violations that women serve to be recognized as well, women who other to the effort which made the Beijing stand in the trenches of government and do Women's Conference such a success. I was still face, in spite of our best efforts. I would battle every day for the things we believe in. like to have her remarks included in the privileged to be part of the delegation. It was Because we don't have just a handful of ex­ one of the most fascinating and exhilarating RECORD. ceptional women in Government any more; events I've ever attended. The platform for AMBASSADOR GERALDINE FERRARO, HEAD OF we've got thousands of them. In every office action we adopted commits the nations of U.S. DELEGATION, UNITED NATIONS HUMAN in every department and agency in this Gov­ the world to halting violence against women, RIGHTS COMMISSION, ON THE OCCASION OF ernment, there are women making believers protecting their rights to free speech, health INTERNATIONAL WOMEN' S DAY, MARCH 8, of those who doubted them before. This is and education, and establishing a higher 1996 change. standard of respect for women's rights than Thank you so much, Tim, for that kind in­ It's a measure of your achievement that ever before in history. troduction. It is a great honor for me to be this change is, I believe, irreversible. This, in itself, is quite an achievement. here today on the occasion of International That doesn't mean that I think the battle But I don't think that we will have done our Women's Day with so many friends and to ensure women's rights is over in this job until the standard we set is met-and not former colleagues and to have the chance to country, that women have achieved equality just in America, but everywhere. And that speak with you about women and human in the workplace and in their paychecks. will take a lot of work on the part of all of rights and the essential role they both play That doesn't mean that we have put an end us who care about women and human rights. in our efforts to fashion a new and better to sexual harassment, that we are free to For we all know how easy it is for some na­ world for those who follow us. walk our streets at night, or that the fear of tions to agree to international standards one Before I begin, however, I want you to violence no longer haunts the daily lives of moment then forget them entirely the next. know that you have chosen some of my fa­ millions. Nor does it mean that those who So will it be with the Beijing platform if you vorite people to honor today, Mr. Secretary. would turn us against each other, pitting and I relax or focus too narrowly on our­ I am pleased, but not surprised, because each those who stay at home to raise their chil­ selves. of them has been at the forefront of the dren against those who go to work, have sud­ It is the special fate of America to be the struggle to protect the rights of women, each denly seen the light. It doesn't mean that particular champion of human liberty. It is of them fought for the rights of children, the the glass ceiling is shattered or that every not always an easy burden to live with. poor, the disabled and the disenfranchised at deadbeat dad is paying for his children now. Whether we like it or not, the hopes of mil­ home before coming to Washington. So mov­ It doesn't even mean that we, as a society, lions and millions of people across the world ing into the arena of international human understand what it takes to be a woman rest on our shoulders. And we know why: rights has been a natural progression for today, what it means to walk a tightrope be­ When the rest of the world has proven itself them. tween family and the work place, at a time incapable of unwilling to lead, the United These are women who are not afraid to when so much is changing and yet so little. States has accepted the challenge. stand up for the cases they believe in. In­ No, but I'm optimistic because there is a It took two generations of sacrifice to win deed, the desire to fight for such beliefs was course to history. How many women worked the cold war and bring the blessings of lib­ why they ran for public office in the first here in the State Department a generation erty and freedom to a hundred million peo­ place. ago-not just in secretarial positions--- ple. And now, in Bosnia, in Haiti and in the 4540 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 12, 1996 Middle East, the eyes of the victims are left to starve upon a hillside because they COMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER turned to Washington again. There are jobs were not born boys; when their genitals are INDIANAPOLIS, INC. which only we can do. Not that we can do not mutilated to please some cruel, outdated To: Thomas L. Haskett, State Program Di­ them all, or that we can always do them by custom; when they are not violated in the rector ourselves. But the fact is, we are different; name of ethnic cleansing; when girls are not From: Nanci Morris, Foster Grandparent we are a catalyst. When we act, others fol­ sold into prostitution out of financial des­ Program Coordinator, Community Ac­ low. peration; when they are not burned because tion of Greater Indianapolis So it is with human rights. The United their dowries are too small or their husbands Re: Impact, Meeting Community Needs States has been leading for over two hundred died before them. To address community needs, three prior­ years. That's as it should be. Leadership in There will be a time when women will not ity areas have been targeted for Community human rights is a burden we embrace in this be either the victims or the cause of over­ Action's Foster Grandparent Program serv­ building, in this administration, and in hun­ population; when they will not bear eight ices: (1) special needs children in public dreds of private institutions and organiza­ children in the hope that three may live; schools, (2) children in homeless shelters, tions throughout the country. when they are not forced into early mar­ and (3) neglected and abused children in tem­ That's why I'm looking forward to heading riage; when they will not lack the education porary homes and shelters. they need to become productive citizens. back to Geneva next week for the meeting of 1. SPECIAL NEEDS ClilLDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS the U.N. Human Rights Commission. There There will be a time when refugee women will not sell themselves for food; when they Dramatic increases have occurred in the will be a lot on our plate there-China, Bos­ number of mildly-to-severely disabled chil­ nia, Cuba and the Middle East. But despite will not be raped by marauding soldiers; when they will not be terrorized because dren enrolled in 19 elementary schools of the all that, you can be sure that no delegation Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) that have is going to be more active in the defense of they come from the wrong group or the wrong city or because they chose the wrong been designated for mainstreaming these women's rights than we will. children. Budget cutbacks have not allowed Human rights are universal, but they're time to gather firewood to cook the family meal. for all classrooms with special needs chil­ also American through and through. They're Yes, there w111 be a time for all of that. dren to have teacher's aides. Severely dis­ as old as the Declaration of Independence, as There'll be a time when the women of Amer­ abled children are assigned 8 to a classroom new as this week's human rights reports. De­ ica can walk the streets of our cities and not with 1 teacher and 1 aide, and moderately-to­ spite our lapses, our institutions and policies know fear. There'll be a time when the life of mildly disabled are assigned 10-14 per class­ are grounded in a genuine belief that the a ghetto girl will mean as much as one in the room with 1 teacher and sometimes 1 aide. rights and freedoms we cherish belong to ev­ wealthy suburbs; when comparable work will Thus, 8 schools with classrooms having no eryone. And that gives us a strength most mean comparable pay; and when we can look aides or not enough aides to adequately ad­ other nations lack. out across any meeting room in any county dress the children's special needs have been That is why I think that ultimately our of this country and see as many women there selected as priorities for this Foster Grand­ views on human rights will prevail through­ as men. parent Program's placements by the IPS out the world. One day the standard we first But that is some time off. Until then, vio­ Programs for Young Children, Special Edu­ set in our own institutions and then helped lence against women will remain a thread cation Department. establish in the international arena will be­ that knits the world's rich and poor to­ 2. CHILDREN IN HOMELESS SHELTERS come the one by which all countries judge gether. No nation is immune. This is not a The increase in children throughout the themselves. problem of the developed or developing Our job, then, is to take that voice and am­ nation living without a permanent address world. It is not African or Asian or American has made serving homeless children a prior­ plify it, to use the power of our institutions alone. It is universal. It is our problem; it is and the strength of our people, people like ity for all Foster Grandparent Programs as every nation's problem, and so it will remain presented at the recent Foster Grandparent you to hold the nations of the world-our until women take their rightful place along­ Conference in Washington, D.C. A survey own included-accountable to the standards side men, in all strata and at all levels of so­ we have set for ourselves so many times-­ conducted last fall indicated that there were ciety. For violence is a reflection of second­ at least 824 homeless children under age 15 in whether in the Bill of Rights, the U.N. Char­ class status. ter or the Universal Declaration of Human And so as I look around me here and see so Indianapolis. Thus, serving homeless chil­ Rights-or more recently in the Vienna dec­ many examples of what this country can dren has been identified as a community laration, the Beijing platform and our 1996 produce when it nurtures its girls as well as need for Community Action's Foster Grand­ human rights reports. boys, I can't help but feel pride that we parent Program. Program volunteers are Of course, some governments won't be dis­ women have begun to force history to march placed at 6 of Indianapolis' seven homeless seminating our reports this week. They'll be forward. But time has caught us in mid-step. shelters serving families with children. doing their best to silence them. They may Our work, the work of everybody here 3. NEGLECTED AND ABUSED CHILDREN IN succeed in the short term. They may jam the today-men and women-is but half-done. TEMPORARY HOMES AND SHELTERS Voice of America. They may censor their And yet I cannot think of a more exciting Reported child abuse in Indianapolis has newspapers, lock their dissidents in distant time to be alive. There is so much to do and risen 150 percent during the past 2 years. A jails. They may oppose us at the United Na­ so many talented people like you to do it. decrease in the number of neglected, abused, tions and at the Human Rights Commission. Women, not just here in America, but every­ sexually abused, abandoned, fetal alcohol They may bluster and rage and obfuscate. where, are on the move, brushing aside the syndrome, emotionally disturbed/disabled, But time is no longer on their side. Eventu­ obstacles, defending our interests, our fami­ and "crack" children is not anticipated for ally, with modern telecommunications the lies and our values. Women's rights are the foreseeable future. Funding for homes truth will find its way to even the most re­ human rights. and shelters to serve these children have not mote outpost of injustice. They are going to It's been a long time in coming, but I can increased accordingly. Thus, 7 shelters for find it impossible to kill ideas which just feel the sweep of history now. It's in this abused children have been selected for Com­ won't die, ideas like freedom, justice and room and in this country. And it won't stop munity Action Foster Grandparent services. equality. here. One day the pulse of freedom and IMPACT ON COMMUNITY NEEDS human dignity will beat in every woman's We only have to look at Bosnia or Bagh­ At the end of the 1994-95 school year, chil­ dad, to Cuba or Chechnya or the desperate heart, not just in America, and not just on International Women's Day, but in every vil­ dren assigned to Foster Grandparents were refugee camps in Sudan, Tanzania and Zaire tested and assigned to summer school for ad­ to see how far we have to go. For if women's lage and in every nation of the world every day of the year. It may not happen soon, but ditional assistance as needed. To our knowl­ rights are human rights and human rights edge, only three students assigned to Foster are universal-and all the nations of the I know that with all of us working together, its time is sure to come. Grandparents were not promoted. The rest world have agreed they are-there must were able to keep up with their classmates come a time when the respect for these COMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER after receiving the intervention of one-on­ rights becomes universal, too. There must INDIANAPOLIS, INC. one Foster Grandparent instruction during come a time when words become deeds, not the school year and summer school. just in America, but in every hut and every In addition to there being too few avail­ home in every land. HON. ANDREW JACOM, JR. able, homeless shelters for families with Yes, I think that time will come. It may OF INDIANA children in Indianapolis are understaffed. not be in my lifetime, but it wm come. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There is a need for Foster Grandparent inter­ There will be a time when the women of the Tuesday, March 12, 1996 vention during the parents' busiest hours world won't need to petition the powerful for (mornings) as they seek jobs and attend to protection, when "poor" and "defenseless" Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, we always other business. The one-on-one attention won't be names we give to half a billion hunger for good news. The following should provided by the Grandparents eases the trau­ women. There'll be a time when girls are not be a very fine meal in this respect. ma and provides a sense of stability through March 12, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 4541 loving and meaningful interaction for these cant contact with youth before they become METHAMPHETAMINECONTROL children. Foster Grandparents help fit the teens and reject adult guidance. Grand­ ACT OF 1996 children in suitable clothing in addition to parents are also able to refer children and helping provide for other physical needs. The their parents and alert agency personnel to parents enjoy guidance and support from the the array of other Community Action pro­ HON. VIC FAZIO volunteers as well. Additionally, the shelter grams available to meet diverse needs. OF CALIFORNIA employees benefit in the traditional ways IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES One example is Community Action's cer­ from the Grandparents' assistance. Con­ Tuesday, March 12, 1996 sequently, the whole atmosphere of a shelter tified housing counseling program that in­ improves when a Foster Grandparent is cludes a strong homeless assistance compo­ Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise around. nent. Foster Grandparents remind shelter today to introduce legislation which will be a The staffs of homes and shelters for ne­ workers to call upon this Community Action powerful tool in the fight against methamphet­ glected and abused children alone can not program for additional, on-going assistance amine production and usage in our country. adequately provide the level of attention to fam111es as needed. The production and usage of methamphet­ needed there, particularly by the babies and Community Action, the volunteer stations, amine, also known as meth, speed, crank, or small children. The maturity, stability, and and most importantly the people they serve ice, in the United States has grown alarmingly love Foster Grandparents provide help the benefit from cooperative relationships built over the last several years. Meth has ac­ children respond in ways that would likely through the Foster Grandparent Program. not be possible otherwise. counted for a dramatic escalation in the num­ ber of overdoses, emergency hospital admis­ IMPACT ON THE VOLUNTEER sions, drug shootings, and related violence in Many Community Action Foster Grand­ America's largest western cities and rural parent volunteers have worked with special REMARKS HONORING HUGH areas. Meth has unfortunately become the needs children in the IPS system for years and continue to maintain regular contact MILLER crack of the 1990's. with many of their former students. Having Meth causes psychotic and violent reactions witnessed the progress these children have in its users because it interferes with the made, the Grandparents benefit from the HON. GARY L ACKERMAN brain's production of the natural chemical abounding satisfaction they feel from having dopamine which plays an important role in been a part of each child's paths to success. OF NEW YORK governing movement, thought, and emotion. The Grandparents are encouraged and al­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Users can go on binges which last as long as lowed by IPS to be creative, and the teachers 24 hours and result in permanent psycho­ gladly seek advice and new ideas from the Tuesday , March 12, 1996 logical and physical injury. While most users Grandparents. A good example of this cre­ are young males, meth has inevitably affected ativity at work was when children living in Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the very young. a homeless shelter were often teased by their to join with the members of the Young Leader­ In fact, a generation of meth­ addicted crank babies requiring constant care school classmates. "Grandma" started a ship Committee of the New York chapter of is rapidly filling our Nation's hospitals. These grooming session whereby the special needs the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, as they children met her before school. She would babies appear comatose, often sleeping 24 check them over for tidiness, give them a hold their seventh annual masked ball honor­ hours a day. Caretakers are forced to wake pep talk, and then give them a liberal spray ing Hugh Miller. Known as an astute business­ them in order to feed them, forcing their of after shave lotion or perfume as a re­ man in the world of finance, Mr. Miller is presi­ mouths open to accept nourishment. minder that she was with them all day. This dent and CEO the Delta Funding Corp., a Meth-related deaths increased nationally by soon caught on, and other children who company dealing primarily with the origination, 145 percent between 1992 and 1994. In Cali­ weren't homeless sought out Grandma for purchase, and servicing of nonconforming res­ some reassurance and a sweet smell. Thus, fornia, which has been identified by the Drug the Grandparents are rewarded in the best idential mortgage loans. Indeed, the industry Enforcement Administration as a source coun­ possible way for being creative. Addition­ has looked to Mr. Miller for leadership, and he try of methamphetamine, more than 400 ally, each of the Grandparents is taught how has served in that capacity as a representative deaths and suicides have been blamed on to operate school office equipment such as of the National Home Equity Mortgage Asso­ meth use. Other States have reported similar the duplicator, copiers, and calculators. The ciation, National Mortgage Brokers Associa­ record numbers. children often assist the Grandparent in tion, Executive Enterprises, American Commu­ Meth production also poses severe environ­ copying and preparing papers for the next mental problems. It literally poisons the com­ day's work, honing skills and providing sat­ nity Bankers, Information Management Net­ work, and Mortgage Bankers Association of munities where it is produced. For every isfaction for both. One school even offers pound of meth that is produced, seven gallons computer literacy classes to the Grand­ America. of waste are also produced. A record 465 parents. Yet despite the ongoing demands on his Many of the Grandparents live near the meth labs were seized in California in 1995, shelters they serve. They know first-hand time and talents, Hugh Miller has vigorously each a toxic waste site requiring immediate about the situations faced by the fam111es as and effectively undertaken a myriad of social and expensive cleanup by hazardous mate­ they starting over. Being able to offer the responsibilities. Many diverse organizations in­ rials teams. In rural areas, this waste is single parent support, guidance, and encour­ cluding the National Kidney Foundation, Police dumped into waterways and on to. fertile farm­ agement to "hold your head up" in the face Conference of New York and Nassau County, ing soil. In 5 to 1O years, this poisonous of diversity and loneliness, inspires the DARE, the American Cancer Society, the Leu­ sludge is found in the ground water of nearby Grandparent and develops a sense of inde­ communities. In urban areas, abandoned meth pendence and self-worth for both parties. kemia Society of America, Hofstra University Of course ultimate personal satisfaction Scholarship Funds, and the Huntington's Dis­ labs in apartment buildings make these units comes when the family is ready to leave the ease Society of America have greatly bene­ and buildings virtually uninhabitable. shelter and thanks the Grandparent whole­ fited from his service. His experience in this This bill is a straightforward solution to the heartedly for the time, advice, and loving at­ regard has emerged as a yardstick by which problems created by meth production and tention given to the children at their time of all such future dedication is measured. Fur­ usage. First, the bill establishes new controls need. over the key chemicals necessary to manufac­ Reward likewise abounds for the Foster thermore, in conjunction with the Interfaith Nu­ tritional Network, Delta Funding has created ture meth by forcing chemical supply houses Grandparents who serve neglected and to control more strictly the sale of the legal abused children. The sense of self-worth de­ the Delta Funding Inn, which caters to the rived from these programs is priceless for the needs of disadvantaged youths. substances which are the precursor chemicals Grandparents. of methamphetamine. Second, the bill in­ Mr. Speaker, in a time when we search for creases the criminal sentences for possession IMPACT ON THIS AGENCY: heroes and leaders, it is most reassuring to and distribution of these chemicals or of the Foster Grandparents are highly valued by know that people such as Hugh Miller are tire­ the school system, and thus a positive image specialized equipment used to make meth. of Community Action is presented to the lessly striving for the betterment of society. I Civil penalties collected will be used by the agencies served as well as to the community ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Environmental Protection Agency to clean up at large. The Foster Grandparent Program Hugh Miller for his constant dedication in the clandestine meth labs seized by law enforce­ enables Community Action to have signifi- regard. ment. 4542 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 12, 1996 The problems posed by meth are real. This DRAFT OF PROCLAMATION/LEGISLATIVE LESSONS FROM JAPAN: highly addictive drug is cheap, readily avail­ RESOLUTION EMPLOYMENT FIRST able, and easy to manufacture. By more COMMENDING THE BROOKLYN IRISH-AMERICAN closely regulating the raw materials used to PARADE COMMITTEE ON ITS 21ST ANNUAL PA­ RADE HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK manufacture methamphetamine and by OF CALIFORNIA strengthening the criminal penalties for pos­ Whereas, The Brooklyn Irish-American Pa­ rade reflects and records the ongoing history IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES session of key chemicals and meth para­ of the United States and Ireland, our people, Tuesday, March 12, 1996 phernalia, this bill will be an excellent tool in their heritage and the many contributions the war against the crank cartels. and accomplishments of the Irish to their Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, they say Japan Community, Borough, City, State and Na­ learned about quality and modern manufactur­ tion; and ing from the United States, but we clearly Whereas, This parade encourages an appre­ have things we should learn from Japan about TRIBUTE TO GEOFF PIETSCH AND ciation of an ancient Irish heritage; and CARLOS BARQUIN Whereas, This event is a celebration of how to create a sense of society and commu­ Brooklyn's cultural diversity and richness; nity. and The following column by Thomas Friedman HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN Whereas, This Parade takes place on the from the New York Times of February 25 ex­ OF FLORIDA historic site of the Battle of Brooklyn, Au­ plains how Japan avoids the job massacres IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gust 27, 1776 in which Irish Freedom Fighters that mar American businesses so often and so and Americans of other ethnic cultures gave casually. Tuesday, March 12, 1996 their lives to secure Independence for our Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would America; and [From the New York Times, Feb. 25, 1996) like to take this opportunity to give my con­ Whereas, The Spirit of '76 was, and still is, JAPAN INC. REVISITED gratulations to two remarkable individuals, the ideal of the Brooklyn Irish-American Pa­ (By Thomas L. Friedman) rade, this year the Parade Committee and Geoff Pietsch and Carlos Barquin, who have TOKYO.-! found the source of our trade it's officers take particular note and recall problems with Japan. used their great skills and exceptional dedica­ the bicentennial of the United Irishman lead­ tion in order to bring their respective cross­ I went shopping at the Mitsukoshi Depart­ er, Wolf Tone's invasion of Bantry Bay in ment Store, the Bloomingdale's of Tokyo, country teams, Ransom Everglades School West Cork and the prospects for peace in a and when I walked in the front door I count­ and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, to State United Ireland; and Whereas, The people of Ireland and Amer­ ed 14 sales clerks in the jewelry department victories in Class 4A and Class 3A. alone. They bowed politely and offered to Coach Carlos Barquin, who has been ica have always shared a common heritage in the struggle of free men and women to gov­ help with any purchases. The American in coaching Belen's boy's cross-country for the ern their own affairs and determine their me immediately said: "What a waste of last 26 seasons, was finally able to feel the joy own destiny; and labor! Who needs 14 sales clerks? This store of victory when his Wolverines took home the Whereas, Despite religious persecution, needs downsizing immediately!" But that is school's first State title in any sport, winning famine, colonial occupation and political op­ not the Japanese instinct. And that's one pression, the sons and daughters of Ireland, reason why we have a structural trade defi­ the Class 4A race at the State championships cit with Japan. with 75 points. scattered throughout the world, never forget their ancestral home; and Let me explain: Unlike the U.S. or Western Coach Geoff Pietsch also has had much to Whereas, This parade is dedicated to the Europe, Japan long ago decided that is top cheer about with his boys cross-country team memory of Eddie Farrell of Farrell's Bar, priority was not to have the lowest prices for at Ransom Everglades as he watched them well-known Brooklyn Irish-American Busi­ its consumers, not to have the highest divi­ capture first place with 71 points and as they nessman, benefactor of numerous charitable dends for its corporate shareholders, but to went on to win their fourth State title. causes and long time supporter of the Brook­ keep as many of its people (particularly the Both Belen Jesuit Preparatory and Ransom lyn Irish-American Parade; and men) employed in decent paying jobs-pref­ erably for a lifetime with the same firm. The Everglades are Dade County Schools whose Whereas, This year's Grand Marshal is Pat­ rick D. Brennan, Deputy Chief, New York Japanese understand that a job gives dignity coaches and students exhibited the impor­ City Police Department, a life long resident and stability to people's lives and pays off in tance of good coaching, excellent team effort, of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Bay much greater social harmony. Just walk the the skills to go ahead and the drive to be No. Ridge, Brooklyn and a native of County streets of Tokyo: few homeless sleeping on 1. Coaches Pietsch and Barquin are excep­ Mayo, Ireland, his wife Monica and their six grates, no muggers lurking in the shadows. tional individuals who have dedicated their children: Maureen, Tara, Martin, Dermott, But to maintain such high levels of em­ lives to not only teaching their students how to John and Patrick, now therefore, be it ployment, to keep 14 clerks behund one store win, but have also shown that team effort and Resolved, That this Legislative Body/Office counter, Japan basically had to fix the game. pause in its deliberations to commend the Japan had to regulate its economy in a way individual dedication are the key to ultimate Brooklyn Irish-American Parade Committee that would protect its domestic companies success. They were both recognized as Flor­ on its 21st Anniversary Parade to be held on from foreign competition, by controlling ac­ ida Coach of the Year for their respective divi­ Sunday, March seventeenth, nineteen hun­ cess to is markets. That way Japanese com­ sions. dred ninety six; its Grand Marshal, Patrick panies could maintain a duel price system. I congratulate both coaches on their great D. Brennan, Deputy Chief, New York City They could charge high prices at home, in a work and dedication and I hope that they will Police Department and his Aides, Sister protected market, in order to maintain full continue to keep up the exceptional work in Kathleen Sullivan, (Education) Principal of employment, while charging lower prices the future as they have done in the past. They St. Francis Xavier School; Christopher abroad in order to get into everyone else's Byrne (Irish Culture) of "Black 47" Band; market and export like crazy. That is why are both truly a fine example to all of us. Seamus Lang (Business) of Bear Stearns; those who think that Japan's trade barriers Catherine Mitchell-Miceli (United Irish will easily give way, or that is economy will Counties); Sean Egan (Gaelic Sports) of be "deregulated" as its Prime Minister keeps COMMENDING THE BROOKLYN Brooklyn Shamrocks Football Club; Kay promising, are fooling themselves. IRISH-AMERICAN PARADE COM­ O'Keeffe (Ladies A.0.H. Kings County Many economists argue that in an inte­ MITTEE ON ITS 21ST ANNUAL Board); Matthew Kehoe of Kings County An­ grated global economy, Japan will have to PARADE cient Order of Hibernians and Parade Chair­ become more like America. Its corporations person: Kathleen McDonagh; Dance Chair­ will have to cut costs and downsize to re­ person: Peggy Lynaugh; Journal Chair­ main globally competitive. Maybe. But for HON. CHARUS E. SCHUMER person: James McDonagh; Parade Officers now, the Japanese are resisting that. Despite OF NEW YORK and Members and all the citizens of Brook­ five years of zero growth, Japan still has lyn, participating in this important and only 3.2 percent unemployment. The sort of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES memorable cultural and civic event; and be job massacres that have become the norm in Tuesday, March 12, 1996 it further America-like 40,000 workers at AT&T in one Resolved, That copies of this Resolution, chop-have been unheard of here. "I am sure Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to suitable engrossed, be transmitted to Pat­ that eventually we will be somewhat forced honor the Brooklyn Irish Parade Committee by rick D. Brennan, his Aides and the Brooklyn to think American, but we are moving very including a draft resolution into the CONGRES­ Irish-American Parade Committee in Brook­ slowly in that direction," says Yotaro SIONAL RECORD. lyn. Kobayashi, the chairman of Fuji Xeros. "For March 12, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 4543 social and moral reasons, we will try to For thousands of students who dream of ca­ throughout the 50 States, the District of Co­ avoid going all the way to a U.S. model. We reers in science, the Westinghouse competi­ lumbia, and Puerto Rico. The research com­ will look for a middle ground." How? In part it will be by trying to main­ tion has helped make those dreams come pleted by the finalists is on the level of that tain hidden trade barriers. But in part it will true. Since 1942, this nationwide competition performed by college graduate school stu­ be by trying to maintain Japan's unique cor­ has identified and encouraged high school dents, even though the authors range in age porate values. For Japanese executives, says seniors to pursue careers in science, mathe­ from only 16 to 18. Glen Fukushima, vice president of the Amer­ matics, or engineering. This year's competition ican Chamber of Commerce in Japan, "lay­ included almost 2,000 high school seniors ing off employees is the last option they look from 735 high schools located throughout the THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHIL­ for, not the first," And far from being re­ 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto DREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTS­ warded for layoffs, corporate executives here Rico. Their independent science research BURGH'S MR. YUK POISON PRE­ are censured for them, by both peers and the VENTION PROGRAM press. The first priority of a Japanese com­ project entries covered the full spectrum of pany is its employees, then come its cus­ scientific inquiry, from biology to solid state lu­ tomers and last its shareholders-just the minescence. HON. WIWAM J. COYNE opposite of the U.S. corporate mentaJity. Since the scholarship search program was OF PENNSYLVANIA Instead of ordering massive layoffs, Japa­ founded 55 years ago, 113,000 young men IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nese companies cut overtime, they freeze the and women have entered the competition. Tuesday, March 12, 1996 hiring of college grads, they freeze dividends, Half of the winners from previous years are they offer early retirement packages, they today teaching or conducting scientific re­ Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to shift workers to subsidiary companies, they pay tribute to an important member of the shift low-skilled jobs to cheaper labor mar­ search programs. They hold five Nobel Prizes, kets in Asia and keep the best jobs here, two Field Medals in mathematics, three Na­ public health community who celebrates a they inhibit mergers and acquisitions that tional Medals of Science, and nine MacArthur 25th anniversary this month. Since his arrival lead to layoffs, they buy up U.S. high-tech Foundation Fellowships. The alumni include in 1971, Mr. Yuk has served an important companies to maintain the competitive edge 56 Sloan Research Fellows and 30 members symbol in preventing child poisonings. His that their own regulated economy some­ of the National Academy of Sciences. In all, green grimace is a familiar reminder to chil­ times stifles and the even (are you ready?) Westinghouse Science Talent Search alumni dren and adults alike that many common order pay cuts for top executives-anything household goods can be deadly if ingested. but lay off people. hold more than 100 of the world's ,most cov­ That's why Pat Buchanan is only partly eted science and math awards and honors. His important contribution to the effort to re­ right. Yes, American workers are being hurt There's much going on in Washington these duce childhood poisonings deserves special by unfair trade barriers erected by some for­ days, but the presence here of these young notice this month, as March is National Poison eign countries, including Japan, and the U.S. Americans who represent the finest scholars Prevention Month. should fight hard to bring those barriers our secondary schools have produced, should Mr. Yuk was developed under the direction down. But U.S. workers are being hurt just not go unnoticed or unheralded. They are here of Richard Garber, former director of the Insti­ as much, if not more, by the skewed sense of with their research projects which are on dis­ tute of Education Communication at Children's priorities that now dominates the U.S. busi­ Hospital of Pittsburgh. In the effort to replace ness community, where executives get bo­ play in the Great Hall of the National Academy nuses for massacring their employees. Maybe of Sciences, so that we can see first hand the the traditional skull and crossbones symbol­ the economists are right. The Japanese will kind of work being done at the high school it had become associated with swashbuckling have to become like us. But they are sure level. pirates and buccaneers rather than with harm­ trying not to, and its' worth watching to see Often times those of us in Congress can ful substances-the fluorescent green and if the they can pull it off. This is one eco­ contribute more to quality education by simply black face was determined to be the most re­ nomic war I'm rooting for Japan to win. calling public attention to outstanding work volting to children. achievements beyond the walls of the Federal Mr. Yuk and the Pittsburgh Poison Center AMERICA'S YOUNG LEADERS Government, than by casting our votes on the comprise the first and largest poison preven­ floor. tion awareness program in the Nation. In the The Westinghouse Science Talent Search is 25 years that Mr. Yuk has been around, over HON.ROBERTS. WALKER just one example of the private sector taking 650 million Mr. Yuk poison prevention stickers OF PENNSYLVANIA a lead role in initiating programs to meet the have been distributed to households across IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES many serious challenges facing the next gen­ the United States and the United Kingdom. Tuesday, March 12, 1996 eration of American leaders. These most pres­ This year, Reykjavik, Iceland joined the Mr. Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, "Why can't tigious science awards have been around for Yuk poison prevention program as part of its Johnny .. " .. ,, This question is one of the more than half a century, but their luster and effort to reduce the incidence of childhood most often posed to parents, educators and impact on young students has not diminished. poisonings. policymakers. It strikes at the heart of the per­ The opposite is true. They have motivated stu­ The Pittsburgh Poison Center, affiliated with formance of the American education system. dents, encouraged scholarship, and inspired the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, has Sometimes the answers aren't what Ameri­ scientific excellence. That is what we want grown from a small, local initiative in 1971 to cans want to hear. American education to be. a major center-one of only 42 certified re­ The Westinghouse Foundation, the philan­ The time I have served on the House gional poison information centers in the United thropic arm of Westinghouse Electric Corp., Science Committee has impressed upon me States-that responds to 140,000 calls per however, is the bearer of good news about the tremendous challenges we, as a nation, year, of which 40,000 are actually poison our Nation's schools. Not only is Johnny learn­ face in the fields of science and mathematics. emergencies. The center is open 24 hours a ing, he/she is excelling in math and science. These years also have taught me the futility of day and employs registered nurses who are For the 55th year, the Westinghouse Foun­ too much dependence upon Government clinical toxicologists and certified specialists to dation, in partnership with Science Service alone to meet those challenges. Government provide lifesaving poison information to resi­ Inc., is recognizing America's best and bright­ can be a motivator, a facilitator and an inspira­ dents of Western Pennsylvania. Research est young scholars by awarding the most tion, but it can never do all we need to do. shows that 90.4 percent of all poisonings prestigious and coveted high school scholar­ So I salute the young high school students occur in the home and 54 percent of all ships the Nation has to off er in math and in Washington this week and I hope this city, human exposures in 1994 occurred in children science. with a plate full of legislation, politics, con­ under 6 years of age. Since Mr. Yuk's arrival, This year, the Westinghouse Science Talent troversy, and consternation, will take a mo­ the number of poison-related deaths has Search has selected 15 young women and 25 ment to join in that salute and urge them on dropped in Allegheny County, PA; from be­ young men from across the Nation as finalists to greater heights of individual achievement tween three and five per year to between one in the national competition. These outstanding and excellence. and two. young Americans are in Washington this week This year's Westinghouse Science Talent Mr. Speaker, I hope that my colleagues will and as finalists join the ranks of the Nation's Search finalists are among 1,869 high school join me in recognizing the critically important most eminent scientists. seniors from 735 high schools located work of the dedicated staffs at poison centers 4544 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 12, 1996 across the country in preventing illness, injury, self in my Capitol Hill office and thank him for mitted her life to helping young people. She and death from poisonous substances. I also the musical gift he gave me as a child. Thank has been in the forefront of innovation and wish a happy 25th anniversary to Mr. Yuk and you, Mr. Gould. We shall miss you. progress, improving the standards of public the Pittsburgh Poison Center and urge that, as education at every turn. a nation, we continue to support successful Mrs. Hanlon joined the staff of the Hillsdale and cost-effective public health programs like HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF school system in 1952 as a fifth-grade teacher the Pittsburgh Poison Center's Mr. Yuk Pro­ DANIEL R. SMITH at the George White Elementary School. She gram. taught at that school for 4 years until Smith El­ HON. FRED UPTON ementary School opened in 1956. At Smith, OF MICHIGAN Mrs. Hanlon became a team teacher with TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MORTON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Howard Schultz and together they introduced GOULD the school's class in astronomy. Their fifth Tuesday, March 12, 1996 grade classes would return to the school at HON. MARTIN R. HOKE Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, today I would like night for star-gazing from the front lawn. Since OF OHIO to honor a man who has dedicated his career the school had no library, the two teachers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the betterment of banking and has contin­ spearheaded the Library Club of America. ually voiced the banking industry's message Mrs. Hanlon changed schools again in Tuesday, March 12, 1996 loud and clear to the Members of this Con­ 1964, with the opening of Meadowbrook Ele­ Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago gress. At the beginning of May, Daniel R. mentary School. As a pioneer in team teach­ America lost one of its most celebrated musi­ Smith, chairman and CEO of First of America ing, she was chosen as team leader for the cians. I am speaking of Morton Gould-a man Bank Corp., will be retiring after four decades fifth grade and developed a superior program whose entire life was dedicated to enriching of service in the banking industry. in team teaching. She studied team teaching the lives of those around him. Anyone who Throughout his career, Dan has made many in Massachusetts and designed an open has attended a Gould-conducted concert, or contributions to the furtherance of constructive classroom and open media center at has heard his works performed knows the banking legislation. While he was president of Meadowbrook. power of his music. From classical orchestral the Michigan Bankers Association, legislation During 28 years at Meadowbrook, Mrs. movements to rap arrangements, Mr. Gould's was passed that allowed statewide branching Hanlon established Colonial School Day, work was particularly American-making use in Michigan. During his tenure as president of which evolved into Colonial Capers. She also of jazz, blues, spirituals, and folk music. the American Bankers Association in 1994, established Explorer Day, the Heritage Fest A musical genius, Mr. Gould published his interstate banking legislation, regulatory reform and Pioneer Day. Mindful of the value of com­ first work "Just Six" at the age of 6. As a and bankruptcy legislation was passed. Dan munity cooperation and participation, she de­ teenager, he played the piano for the 1932 also conceived an important market share veloped and orchestrated the Listening Moth­ opening of Radio City Music Hall. As an adult, study of the financial services business, which ers and Teacher Aide programs. he continued to thrill audiences with his work. the ABA completed, that clearly demonstrates In 1992, with the reorganization of the Hills­ Mr. Gould joined the American Society for the continued strength of banks in their re­ dale schools, Mrs. Hanlon was transferred to Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 1935, spective markets. He also previously chaired George White Middle School as the fifth-grade and served as that body's distinguished presi­ both the MBA's and the ABA's government re­ team leader, continuing all the programs she dent from 1986 to 1994. A tireless advocate lations councils and is currently a member of developed at Meadowbrook. for new American composers, he constantly the Bankers Roundtable. Over the course of her career, Mrs. Hanlon sought opportunities to showcase their work. Dan spent the first 21 years of his banking was a finalist for the New Jersey Teach er of As a conductor, Mr. Gould led countless or­ career in the trust department for First Na­ the Year and was a recipient of the Gov­ chestras throughout the world and recorded tional Bank and Trust Company of Michigan, ernor's Teacher Recognition Award. She has over 100 albums. which later become First of America Bank­ taught two generations of students, including Morton Gould's contributions span eight Michigan. In 1974, he was elected to the those who have since become fellow mem­ decades and include significant works for film, bank's board of directors and became presi­ bers of the faculty, and prominent community theater, and the ballet. While his honors and dent of the Kalamazoo Bank in 1977. He was members such as Karen Arrigot, wife of Mayor accolades are too numerous to recount, a few named president of First of America Bank Timothy O'Reilly. highlights are worth mentioning: the Kennedy Corp. in 1983 and CEO of the corporation in Members of the Hillsdale school system Center Honor in 1994, the Pulitzer Prize in 1985. During his tenure as CEO, the company staff, members of the community and count­ Music in 1995, membership in the American grew from $5 billion in assets and 255 branch less former students and their parents all have Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986, and a offices in Michigan, to the 33d largest holding fond memories and deep debts of gratitude for Grammy Award in 1966. company in the country with $23 billion in as­ the dedication to their lifetime learning of this The night before Morton Gould's death, the sets and over 600 branch offices in Michigan, outstanding teacher. I wish her much-de­ U.S. Military Academy Band honored him with Illinois, Indiana, and Florida. served health and happiness and many years an exclusive performance of his works. Mr. I would like to thank Dan for his strong lead­ of continued community service. Gould attended the concert and received a ership in the banking industry and his contin­ standing ovation for not only his own distin­ ued determination to reach beyond the tradi­ guished accomplishments, but for the legacy tional boundaries of banking. THE DANGERS OF NEWTSPEAK he leaves future generations of musicians. Rising out of the ashes of the Great Depres­ HON. BARNEY FRANK sion, with a strength of spirit and a dedication TRIBUTE TO MARIE HANLON OF MASSACHUSETTS to his art, Mr. Gould used his music and his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES humanity to touch others. How fitting it is that HON. MARGE ROUKEMA Tuesday, March 12, 1996 the last musical experience of his earthly life OF NEW JERSEY Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, was a tribute to those ideals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On a personal note, I was first touched by there is an increasing agreement in America Mr. Gould's music as a first grader, when a re­ Tuesday, March 12, 1996 that we suffer from the excessively violent and cording of "American Salute" was played in Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con­ negative tone of political rhetoric. As is often my music appreciation class at Lakeview Ele­ gratulate Marie Hanlon, a dedicated teacher the case when people find something they dis­ mentary School in Lorain, OH. It is a splendid who is retiring after 44 years of consecutive like, there is a good deal of discussion as to piec~weaving the patriotic march theme of service with the Hillsdale Public Schools in how this unfortunate situation came about. In "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" Bergen County, NJ. Perhaps in some small an excellent article in the Wednesday column through a tapestry of other well known Amer­ way this CONGRESSIONAL RECORD will serve as of the March 6 issue of The Hill, reporter ican folk songs. What an honor it was, 35 a well-deserved "Mrs. Hanlon's Opus." Mrs. David Grann analyzes this issue and makes years later, for me to meet the maestro him- Hanlon is a wonderful educator who has com- the point, persuasively and accurately, that March 12, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 4545 Speaker GINGRICH bears a great deal of the the point that no one-not even Gingrich­ public safety was an omnipresent threat. The responsibility for this situation, because of his can redeem it. Even as the GOP tries to re­ purity of drugs represented another health creative efforts to encourage his fell ow Repub­ form the Washington culture and balance the issue, for the promotion of fraudulent remedies licans to escalate the vehemence of their rhe­ budget, Buchanan decries the current estab­ was common practice. lishment-to a standing ovation-as "hollow torical attacks on the Democrats. As Mr. to the core." As a consequence of these harmful prac­ Grann notes in the article, "In 1990, Gingrich's In such an anti-Washington climate, pro­ tices, numerous States began to pass con­ now-famous political action committee, test candidates like Steve Forbes and Bu­ sumer laws, often with the support of manu­ GOPAC, sent out a leaflet to Republican can­ chanan rise because they have never held facturers seeking relief from inequitable com­ didates nationwide " " " {which) rec­ public office, while the GOP freshmen, the petition with the impure products. Despite the ommended 60 of the Speaker's favorite words insurgents of 1994, are suddenly derided as positive intentions of the laws, they were often to demonize Democrats and the establish­ part of the problem. deficient and unenforced due to a lack of con­ ment,". Which begs the question: How can a coun­ trol over out-of-State manufacturers. In addi­ Speaker GINGRICH in his pre-Speaker days try be governed if anyone who governs it is unworthy of governing? tion, the manufacturers were subjected to proved very effective in using extremely nega­ Gingrich, realizing the consequences of his varying State requirements, which led to dif­ tive, demeaning language about his opposi­ own words, has sheathed his rhetorical sword ficulties with regard to interstate commerce. tion, and unfortunately, in politics as in other and tried to muzzle the same freshmen who These problems introduced the need for Fed­ ventures, success often breeds imitation. memorized his list. He understands, more eral food and drug laws to impose uniform We cannot effectively diminish the unfortu­ than anyone, that burning down the estab­ sat ety regulations in order to protect the citi­ nate excessive reliance on rhetoric of this sort lishment in 1996, as some of the upstart Re­ zens of every State. without understanding what causes pro Iif era­ publicans have suggested, "threatens" to In 1896, in Toledo, OH, Joseph Blackburn, "devour" a Republican Congress, not a tion, and I therefore ask that David Grann's the Food and Dairy Commissioner for Ohio, very thoughtful analysis be printed here. Democratic one. None of this seems to bother the bombastic met with his counterpart from Michigan, Elliot THE DANGERS OF NEWTSPEAK Buchanan, who has his eye on the White Grosvenor, to develop the foundation for an In 1989, Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) de­ House. The commentator of "Crossfire" has organization whose mission would be defined clared that "nobody would notice if you de­ his own personal political dictionary. (Re­ by the promotion of regulatory uniformity. capitated the top 12,000 bureaucrats and member "pusillanimous pussyfooters?") But The initial meeting of the National Associa­ started over." In 1994, sensing a GOP victory, Gingrich, however ruefully, has given him the leader of the Republican revolution de­ tion of State Dairy and Food Departments, something more important than works: a re­ which later became the Association of Food nounced the Democratic Congress as "the ceptive audience. enemy of ordinary Americans." The irony is that Gingrich's revolution, de­ and Drug Officials, occurred on August 25, Today, Pat Buchanan beckons his brigade spite the rhetoric, is relatively mainstream; 1897, at the Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Ml. This of "peasants with pitchforks" to storm the a balance budget amendment, a line item meeting was attended by representatives from corrupt establishment and "lock and load" veto and tort reform are not exactly radical. ten States. their weapons. Yet, as Gingrich has long noted, words have Since it's inception 100 years ago, the But this time the insurgents' guns are power. And political cries for revolution, pointing at Speaker Newt Gingrich. If ideas AFDO has provided the basis for the further­ have consequences, then Buchanan's peasant however figurative or fashionable, eventu­ ing of uniform and rational regulations and the ally corrode even the healthiest democracy. forum for the exchanging of ideas and the cre­ rebellion is the logical culmination of Ging­ What can be done? To begin with, Repub­ rich's relentless rhetorical warfare against licans can turn to another list of words in­ ation of solutions that win approval of both Washington. And if lawmakers need to cen­ cluded in Gingrich's 1990 mailing. These "op­ government and industry. The AFDO has also sor TV Violence with a V-chip, then Ameri­ timistic positive governing words," the leaf­ successfully ameliorated the status of con­ cans may soon need a V-chip for politicians. sumer protection in the United States, and it In 1990, Gingrich's now-famous political ac­ let says, "help define your campaign and tion committee, GOPAC, sent out a leaflet to your vision of public service. In addition, has been in the forefront in support of crucial Republican candidates nationwide titled: these words help develop the positive side of legislation such as the Pure Food and Drug "Language, a Key Mechanism of Control." the contrast you should create with your op­ Act of 1906 and the Federal Food, Drug, and Saying many people " wish [they] could ponent, giving your community something Cosmetic Act of 1938. speak like Newt," it recommended 60 of the to vote for! " Some gentle words for Buchananites: Mr. Speaker, I am honored to celebrate the Speaker's favorite words to demonize Demo­ centennial anniversary of the formation of the crats and the establishment, including such "share," " humane," "listen," "dream," " peace" and "common sense." But if Repub­ Association of Food and Drug Officials. I know poll-tested treats as "destroy," " traitors," they will continue their proud tradition on into " devour," "lie," "cheat" and " threaten." licans keep barking from the other script, "This list is prepared so that you might Gingrich may soon look out the Capitol win­ the next century. have a directory of words to use in writing dow and see an army of peasants with pitch­ literature and mail, in preparing speeches, forks rising over the Potomac. and in producing electronic medium," the TAIWAN NEEDS US leaflet reads. "The words and phrases are powerful. Read them. [Emphasis added.] THE lOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON Memorize as many as possible. And remem­ FORMATION OF THE ASSOCIA­ OF NEW YORK ber that, like any tool, these words will not TION OF FOOD AND DRUG OFFI­ help if they are not used." CIALS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Republicans, like kids discovering Tuesday, March 12, 1996 matches, used them again and again. Ging­ rich, who lit the biggest torch, derided the HON. BARBARAB.KENNELLY Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I am happy House as a "corrupt institution." "There are OF CONNECTICUT today to give strong support for the resolution two realities to the current system," he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES introduced yesterday by Mr. Cox, myself, the railed. "One is the government is trying 'to Republican leadership and 82 bipartisan Mem­ cheat you; and the second is the government Tuesday, March 12, 1996 bers, expressing our continued and unequivo­ is lying to you about what it's doing." Other GOP candidates mixed and matched Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today cal support for the Republic of China on Tai­ the words, finding rich new combinations: to recognize a milestone in the United States: wan. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton administration's the "liberal" "welfare state" "devours" ordi­ the 1OOth anniversary of the formation of the response to the increasingly strident threats nary Americans with its "traitorous lies." Association of Food and Drug Officials. made toward the Republic of China has been These verbal assaults fueled Americans' dis­ During the latter half of the 19th century, a almost nonexistent. They have pointedly re­ trust of, and disgust for, Democrats and genuine need existed in the United States for fused to commit to the Republic of China's de­ paved the way for the Gingrich revolution. an organization to work with the States, Fed­ fense in the event that Communist China Who, after all, could trust "a trio of mug­ eral regulatory officials, and industry rep­ should invade or attack our friends in Taiwan. gers" like former Speakers Jim Wright (D­ Texas), Tip O'Neill (D-Mass.) and Tom Foley resentatives on the problems that existed with­ The administration's deliberate ambiguity in (D-Wash.)? in the food and drug industries. Numerous this matter sends absolutely the wrong mes­ The problem is that talking "like Newt" foods were adulterated with a variety of pre­ sage to Beijing, and practically invites an es­ has de-legitimized American democracy to servatives and chemicals, and, as a result, calation of an already tense situation. 4546 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 12, 1996 The Taiwan Relations Act-the law of the ment of Education to convene a working group done by several others. Under the Family land in our dealings with the Republic of on coordinated services to make rec­ Service Improvement Act, a consortium of China, despite what Beijing would care to ommendations for such a Federal effort. The three programs which are required to do a think, has at its core our desire to see dis­ working group was headed by Jeanne Jehl community needs assessment and to provide putes between Communist China and the Re­ from the San Diego public schools, whom I a case worker to the same family would be public of China settled peacefully. We must would like to thank for her outstanding work. automatically exempted from meeting such du­ make it clear to the rulers in Beijing that the The working group, which met through 1995, plicative requirements as long as the require­ United States intends to live up to its commit­ included Federal employees and people from ment was met by the consortium or one of its ments under this law, and I think that this res­ State and local governments and organiza­ members. Consortia will then be permitted to olution will help to demonstrate in no uncertain tions across the country. I was particularly spend these funds to expand or improve their terms that we take this obligation very seri­ pleased that Maryland's outstanding Super­ services. ously. intendent of Schools, Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, In addition, the Family Service Improvement I would ask all of my colleagues here in the was able to participate in this effort. The Fam­ Act would allow consortia to set aside up to 10 House to support House Concurrent Resolu­ ily Service Improvement Act is based on the percent of their Federal funds in a flexible tion 148. The people of the Republic of China recommendations of that group. fund. This flexible fund must be used to ex­ on Taiwan need us, and the dictators in Bei­ FEDERAL FIXES FOR FEDERAL PROBLEMS pand or improve services consistent with the jing need to hear from us. While I applaud the efforts of several of my programs run by the consortium. This provi­ colleagues in developing waiver bills which are sion will give service providers much needed now under consideration by this Congress, I flexibility to meet local needs which might not THE FAMILY SERVICE be anticipated by our Federal rules and regu­ IMPROVEMENT ACT believe that the Federal Government-not local programs-should have the responsibility lations. of fixing the problems the Federal Government ACCOUNT ABILITY HON. STENY H. HOYER created. Under the Family Service Improve­ What counts in human service programs is OF MARYLAND ment Act, a Federal Coordination Council is performance: Are our programs working? In­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES designated to oversee the effort to eliminate stead of measuring input and process, we should be measuring outputs. Is the infant Tuesday, March 12, 1996 regulations, simplify requirements, and make waiver requests unnecessary. The Council's mortality rate going down? Are kids staying in Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I am very responsibilities include eliminating unneces­ school? Are kids learning more in school? Are pleased to introduce the Family Service Im­ sary and burdensome regulations; developing parents getting-and keeping-jobs? provement Act of 1996 this afternoon. I have a single eligibility and application form for a In an atmosphere of waivers, flexibility, and been working on the concepts behind this leg­ range of services to children and families; de­ interdisciplinary coordination, the challenge of islation for a number of years. The Family veloping a single information release form program evaluation becomes even more dif­ Service Improvement Act will eliminate Fed­ which can be used to authorize exchange of ficult. The Family Service Improvement Act eral redtape and unnecessary regulation. It will information among a number of service provid­ creates what I believe is a workable system give local programs the flexibility they need to ers; and developing RFP's which can be used for both tracking and evaluating the impact of address local problems. It should create incen­ to apply for funding from multiple Federal pro­ our Federal investment in these programs. tives for program coordination which serves grams. Many States are moving toward this focus kids and families better while making more ef­ on results, and have already identified State ficient use of our resources. And it will de­ INTERDISCIPLINARY COORDINATION goals such as improved employment, reduced mand accountability based on program results, No effort to make services to families more crime, increased high school completion and not on process and paperwork. effective and efficient will succeed unless pro­ decreased infant mortality. Under the Family I believe that a concerted Federal effort to grams which meet different aspects of family Services Improvement Act, a number of con­ rationalize and coordinate programs for chil­ needs are better coordinated with each other. sortia will develop plans which identify goals dren and families is long overdue. Over the Cross-program coordination is the key to im­ taken from their State's list. The consortia will years, Congress has created hundreds of cat­ proving service quality and efficiency. The be responsible for collecting data over time to egorical programs to help communities and Family Service Improvement Act allows the measure progress toward these goals. Data families deal with the myriad of issues con­ creation of consortia of program providers in a will be collected on a community-wide basis fronting them. Each of the programs was cre­ community. Consortia members could include as well as disaggregated by appropriate sub­ ated with its own rules and regulations to deal State, local, or tribal governments, and not-for­ groups as identified by the consortium, and with a particular problem. Over time, the list of profit organizations. Each consortium must in­ published. rules and regulations has grown to stifle, rath­ clude providers in at least three of the pro­ I believe the results of this demonstration er than support, the very objectives we are try­ gram areas of education. Head Start, child will show that four purposes are met by col­ ing to achieve. care, job training, housing, nutrition, maternal lecting and publishing data in this way. First, In some areas, where local needs don't fit and child health, family support and preserva­ collection of data will show how well the pro­ the problems covered by our categorical pro­ tion, juvenile justice, and drug abuse preven­ grams accomplish their goals for all people in grams, our services for children and families tion and treatment. In addition, it creates sev­ the community, and allow the consortium to are vastly inadequate. In other areas, services eral incentives to encourage coordination, re­ improve and adapt services as necessary. overlap and duplicate each other. For exam­ duce program duplication, and improve serv­ This information will become a valuable diag­ ple, multiple programs may provide case­ ices. nostic tool for improving services. Second, workers to a single family, but each case­ INCENTIVES FOR COORDINATION publication of data will create bottom-up pres­ worker deals only with one aspect of that fami­ As any State or local official who has been sure within the community to serve all seg­ ly's needs. involved in the process will tell you, requesting ments of the community. Third, disaggregation In many programs, caseworkers spend far a waiver from the Federal Government is time of data will help to prevent programs from too much time dealing with redtape and paper­ consuming and complicated. Where multiple cherry-picking the best clients just to improve work, juggling multiple programs with multiple programs are duplicating the same steps, their outcome statistics, and will create incen­ eligibility criteria, application processes, and common sense dictates that they ought to be tives to address the needs of the hardest to service requirements. The Federal Govern­ able to join forces without going through the serve as well as the easiest. And fourth, col­ ment has created hundreds of different taps hoops of requesting a waiver. lection of this type of data will allow the Fed­ through which assistance flows-and commu­ For example, authorizing legislation requires eral Government to evaluate the effectiveness nities, programs, and families must run from many programs to assess community needs of its financial investment in these programs. tap to tap with a bucket to get the help they each year and to provide case managers to The Federal Government must demonstrate need. assist families. We certainly want programs to its leadership in promoting flexibility, demand­ As an appropriator, I am particularly con­ plan based on community needs, and to per­ ing accountability, and eliminating redtape. We cerned that our tax dollars be spent efficiently torm case management, but it simply doesn't must get rid of the "taps and buckets" ap­ and effectively. In 1994, I asked the Depart- make sense for each program to repeat work proach, and instead create a seamless flow of March 12, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 4547 assistance that truly meets the needs of chil­ hospitable environment which confers equal­ cans across lines of religious and political af­ dren and families. The Family Services Im­ ity on all its children. That must mean that filiation. Only through such a wide coalition, provement Act is an important step in that di­ we have a stake in preserving and enhancing will we respond most effectively to the chal­ the quality of American Life. Eternal vigi­ lenges confronting the entire American sys­ rection. lance is the non-negotiable price that comes tem. A time of crisis is a time of oppor­ along with the previous benefits of a great tunity. May we all dedicate ourselves anew democratic system of government. to the kind of America we dare not do with­ COMMEMORATING THE The United States has flourished due in out. RETIREMENT OF NANCY F ASIG large measure to its built-in pluralism, a Rabbi Israel Zoberman is the spiritual complex and delicate texture that would un­ leader of Congregation Beth Chaverim in HON. GLENN POSHARD ravel without one essential thread-the tra­ Virginia Beach, Virginia, and past president OF ILLINOIS ditional separation between church and state of the Hampton Roads Board of Rabbis and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as guaranteed in the First Amendment to the Virginia Beach Clergy Association. the Constitution. Tuesday, March 12, 1996 That principle has been under attack by Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to powerful forces committed to replacing the enviable American way of life with their own pay tribute to a dear friend. Nancy Fasig of TEEN PREGNANCY Marion, IL, is retiring after 17 years of service sectarian vision. The Religious Right, poten­ tially embracing fifty million Americans, with the Nutrition Education Program [NET], first flexed its considerable muscle at the which is administered by the Southern Illinois 1980 presidential elections and has kept HON. ROSA L DeLAURO Regional Education Service Center [SIESC]. I faithful to its promise to try to change OF CONNECTICUT was the assistant director of SI ESC in the America as we know it. The proponents of mid-to-late 1970's, and had the pleasure to our nation as an exclusively Christian one, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have proven to be creative and resourceful. work with Nancy during these years. She was Tuesday, March 12, 1996 not only a model of efficiency and skill, but the Let us not take lightly a movement with a kind of person who truly brightened the work sense of mission, particularly one with a Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sup­ mixture of religious and political aspirations environment and made it a better place to be. that also happens to have friends in some of port of the President's National Campaign to It is with great admiration that I wish her a the highest offices in the land. In spite of its Prevent Teen Pregnancy. happy retirement and best wishes on her fu­ flirtation with the State of Israel, I assume The mission of the National Campaign to ture endeavors. that the Religious Right counts the Jews Prevent Teen Pregnancy is to reduce teen Politics is full of talk these days about family among those who will yet have to see the pregnancy by promoting values and stimulat­ values and positive role models. There are light. ing actions that are consistent with a preg­ There is surely a no better place to begin few greater examples of family values than nancy-free adolescence. This is a mission that Nancy. She has given her all to her family. implementing one's radical plan than in the mind of a child. It is no wonder then that our everyone can support. Furthermore, the cam­ Nancy and her husband, Joe, have 5 kids, public schools have turned into contested paign establishes the goal of reducing the na­ and have been blessed with 11 grandchildren. arenas, with children becoming pawns in a tional teenage pregnancy rate by one-third by Nancy stayed home with the children until they scheme to recreate American society. I be­ the year 2005. were in school, and then went to work for lieve that God should, indeed, be present in I wholeheartedly support the methods and NET. In many ways these two roles were simi­ our public educational system, but not in a targets set by the President's campaign. If we lar. As a mother, she guided her kids through subjective manner upholding a certain reli­ are to stop the cycle of children having babies the trials and tribulations of growing up, while gious approach clearly identified or nebu­ in this country we must make the President's at work she made sure the office functioned lous. God is found where caring, sensitivity, concern and learning permeate the class­ goal a reality. The success of this campaign is on an even keel. The effort involved in doing room, where a student's and teacher's sacred imperative to the healthy development of both of these roles well is monumental, and heritage and secular curriculum are not young girls and children throughout the Na­ the true embodiment of dedication, sacrifice, compromised by undue pressure to conform tion. and love. to enforced guidelines of religious expression Mr. Speaker, in a larger sense, we all owe of whatever type. The Book of Genesis was As poverty is a strong predictor for teen a debt of thanks to Nancy and other commit­ not intended to be a scientific textbook. Its pregnancy, teen pregnancy is a near certain ted parents like her. To raise healthy and pro­ thrust was and remains to instill an appre­ predictor of poverty. In my home State of Con­ ductive children is too often an unsung accom­ ciation for revered ideas and principles. The necticut, the Department of Public Health plishment in our society. It is in fact, the heart cause of religion is best served when its Records reported 3,757 teen births in 1993. In teachings and guidelines are expounded upon New Haven, the biggest city in my district, of family values. It has been my great honor in one's church, synagogue and mosque, to know and represent Nancy Fasig in the where interpretation is offered according to there were 354 teen births reported that year. U.S. Congress. It is also my sincerest hope one's traditions. These figures do not account for all the teen that she now reaps the reward of her labors While we should be candid about our fun­ pregnancies in a given year, but they do indi­ by enjoying her family for years to come. damental disagreement with the Religious cate the enormity of the problem and the need Right, we are duty-bound to emphasize to its for immediate action. supporters and to ourselves that we also We must instill in our children the impor­ STATEMENT BY RABBI ISRAEL share a common agenda. The urgent need to stringent family life, tance of making responsible choices in life. ZOBERMAN CONGREGATION Clearly, bringing a baby into the world without BETH CHAVERIM VffiGINIA though we part ways on the issues of repro­ the emotional maturity and financial resources BEACH, VA ductive choice and life styles. The signifi­ cance of transcendent values and time-tested to raise a healthy child is not in the best inter­ ideals in a pervasively secular and material­ est of either the parents or the newborn. Dis­ HON. OWEN B. PICKETI istic environment. The positive contribution cussing the value of personal responsibility OF VIRGINIA religion can and should make to the individ­ and providing information to children on this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ual and community. The obligation to con­ issue are tools that will work to prevent teen sciously remedy the ills and shortcomings Tuesday, March 12, 1996 we face. mothers and fathers. The President's cam­ Mr. PICKETT. Mr. Speaker, I offer for inclu­ Working together on these weighty themes paign expands the scope and reach of this sion into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD this which unite us all, would hopefully provide dialogue through the media, schools, and civic statement made by Rabbi Israel Zoberman of us the indispensable platform to discuss dif­ activities. the Congregation Beth Chaverim in Virginia ferences of purpose and approach. Our oppo­ I am a proud supporter of the National Cam­ nen ts need to know that a wrong kind of paign to Reduce Teen Pregnancy. Through Beach, VA, on February 16, 1996, at his re­ medication can be fatal to a patient. So it is quest. with improper means employed toward bene­ education and communication the campaign A JEWISH RESPONSE TO THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT ficial ends. will be an effective tool to assist young women One of the poignant lessons of the Jewish We Jews are not alone in our apprehension, and young men with the dilemma of teen people's story is not to take for granted a joined as we are by concerned fellow-Ameri- pregnancy. 4548 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 12:- 1996 FOREIGN RELATIONS In fact, Southfield Christian was one of only [From the Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1996) AUTHORIZATION ACT two schools nationally to receive the pres­ CLINTON ISN'T DOING CALIFORNIA'S POOR ANY tigious Blue Ribbon Exemplary School Award FAVORS HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. from the U.S. Department of Education. (By Curt Pringle) OF NEW JERSEY With a program emphasizing both academic President Clinton said, "I believe we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES excellence and a commitment to developing should ship decision-making responsibility and resources from bureaucracies in Wash­ Tuesday, March 12, 1996 character and integrity, Southfield Christian has a solid track record of success. ington to communities, to states and, where Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the Foreign More than 75 percent of their student body we can, directly to individuals." When he makes statements like that about welfare re­ Relations Authorization Act which the House achieves honor roll status. The annual college passed today in a vote that went largely, form, does he seriously expect us to believe acceptance average is over 95 percent and, in him any more? though not entirely, along party lines, was an last year's senior class, 99 percent were ac­ Since his campaign pledge in 1992 to end uneven piece of legislation at best. I opposed cepted to colleges. And finally, nearly n per­ welfare, the president has blocked every seri­ the bill because I think it represents a retreat cent of the students at Southfield Christian ous reform effort presented. Last year he ve­ from America's historic mission to promote de­ score nationally in the top quarter on national toed important congressional block grant mocracy-particularly in those lands that were standardized tests. legislation, for which he had earlier indi­ cated support, which would have given state until recently ruled by tyranny and dictatorship, Not only are they academically outstanding, such as those nations formerly part of the So­ and local governments more flexibility and the school and its student body is involved in control over reform efforts. And last week viet Union. the local community as well. The annual fall But I rise to express praise for one provision before a Senate panel, Health and Human drive for the needy yielded more than 800 win­ Services Secretary Donna Shalala an­ of the bill included by the gentleman from New ter coats, hundreds of cans of food and more nounced that the president will reject the Jersey [Mr. SMITH], known as the Humani­ than 7,000 quarters-in honor of their 25th an­ National Governors Assn. 's bipartisan plan tarian Aid Corridor Act. I was an original co­ niversary-for the purchase of children's Bi­ to salvage welfare reform this year. sponsor of this legislation, which has broad bi­ bles. The president's words of reform offer up hope, but his actions betray us at our most partisan support. As the cochairman of the Ar­ With state-of-the-art facilities and a loyal, menian Issue Caucus, along with the gen­ desperate hour. committed alumni, the future looks very bright California, like so many states, is hurting. tleman from Illinois [Mr. PORTER], I have for the next 25 years and beyond. Our social fabric is being ripped apart by fed­ worked for enactment of this provision. Strengthened by their commitment and re­ eral welfare programs that discourage work, Mr. Speaker, the Humanitarian Aid Corridor solve to install morals and values in our future deprive citizens of self-respect and dignity, Act would withhold U.S. aid to nations which leaders, I extend my heartiest congratulations create long-term intergenerational depend­ are blocking congressionally approved human­ on your 25th anniversary. I am very proud of ency and compromise the well-being of our itarian assistance to other countries. It re­ Southfield Christian, their staff, and the stu­ children. After $5.4 trillion spent over the last 30 years for social welfare, we now real­ quires all U.S. aid recipients to allow dent body. Keep up the great work. unencumbered delivery of humanitarian assist­ ize that the federal government's failed "war ance. The Republic of Turkey has imposed a on poverty" has actually been a war on the values of its own citizens. blockade on the neighboring Republic of Ar­ SPEAKER PRINGLE'S STRAIGHT We must replace the welfare system in menia, preventing the delivery of food, medi­ TALK ON WELFARE REFORM California immediately, before we lose an­ cine, and other humanitarian relief supplies to other generation of poor children. Unfortu­ Armenia. Much of this aid originates in the HON.GEORGEP.RADANOVICH nately, the Clinton administration is stand­ United States. While we may not be able to ing in our way. deter every country in the world from resorting OF CALIFORNIA In July 1994, California passed common­ to the disruption of humanitarian aid as a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sense "family cap" welfare reform legisla­ Tuesday, March 12, 1996 tion to end the perverse practice of increas­ weapon against their neighbors, we can make ing payments to welfare recipients who have sure that such countries do not get a dime of Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, President additional children. This practice usurps the American aid as long as they undermine our Clinton has talked a good game on welfare re­ role of husbands and drives men away from foreign policy objectives. form, particularly when the cameras were fo­ their families. But officials at the federal Luckily, Mr. Speaker, this provision was also cused on him during the State of the Union Department of Health and Human Services included in the Foreign Operations Appropria­ Address. But his two vetoes of welfare reform have denied the necessary federal waiver tions bill that the President signed into law last that would allow California to implement its legislation speak much louder than his crowd­ law. month. Mr. PORTER and I currently have a pleasing rhetoric. As we, in Congress, con­ Dear Colleague letter circulating urging the ad­ Our citizens are being held hostage by the tinue to pursue an overhaul of the current sys­ federal welfare system, and there is nothing ministration to strictly enforce this provision of tem, the California legislature has moved we can do about it. law. While it is my hope that we can ultimately ahead with its own welfare reform legislation, How can we possibly move Californians enact the Corridor Act as a permanent law in designed to restore work incentives and help into the work force when federal welfare pro­ a constructive, bipartisan manner, I am pre­ people on welfare become independent and grams pay them the equivalent of Sll.59 an pared to work through the appropriations proc­ hour not to work? That's 270% more than productive citizens. they can earn with a full-time, minimum­ ess, as we successfully did last year, to keep The speaker of the assembly, Curt Pringle, the Corridor Act in force. wage job. And how can we discourage teen­ has been a leader in California's welfare re­ age girls from getting pregnant and dropping form effort. In the March 4, Los Angeles out of school when Washington tells them CONGRATULATIONS ON 25 Times, Speaker Pringle correctly pointed out that for as long as they don't work, don't get SUCCESSFUL YEARS that President Clinton, far from being a leader married and don't live at home, the govern­ in welfare reform, is actually its major impedi­ ment will provide them with free money, ment. California and the other States cannot free food and a free apartment? HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG We must take matters into our own hands. reform their welfare programs without Federal California will soon pass the most sweeping OF MICHIGAN approval. If President Clinton had approved IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES welfare reform legislation in the nation's the legislation sent to him by the 104th Con­ history. The plan will replace the current Tuesday, March 12, 1996 gress, California would not have to go through welfare system with temporary assistance Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise an extremely difficult and time-consuming Fed­ that focuses on reuniting broken families today to honor any friends at Southfield Chris­ eral waiver process in order to implement its and moving the abled-bodied back into jobs. tian School on their 25th anniversary celebra­ own reforms. California could be moving for­ The plan also removes disincentives to marriage, work and self-responsibility by es­ tion. ward with its reforms right now. tablishing flat grants, no higher than mini­ With a deep-seated commitment to a strong Given the continued urgency of this issue, I mum wage, that do not increase according to program of moral and character development, would like to request that Speaker Pringle's family size. After all, it is unfair to tax low­ Southfield Christian has set new standards for excellent commentary be entered into the income working mothers whose wages are excellence among Christian schools. RECORD at this point. not based on family size and use the money March 12, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 4549 to subsidize welfare recipients who choose to member that women in this country and all environmentalist; Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese have more children. Fairness and self-reli­ over the world have been fighting and over­ democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize ance will be the cornerstones of California's coming this oppression within the context of winner; Rigoberta Menchu', Guatemalan Nobel new welfare system. their own cultural traditions. This is a time to Peace Prize winner; Radhika Coomaraswamy, But without federal approval, these re­ forms cannot be implemented. mourn the oppression of the past and present Sri Lankan academic and U.N. Special The president says that states must be and celebrate the empowerment of women in Rapporteur on Violence Against Women; given more flexibility to do the things they the present and in the future. Gabriela Mistral, Chilean educator, poet, and want to without seeking waivers. But by Let us remember that the same fundamental member of the U.N. Subcommission on blocking reform efforts in Washington, the rights and freedoms held by men are also held Women; Sonia Picado, Judge on the Inter.­ president has proved again that he cannot be by women, that women have the same rights American Court of Human Rights; and Ger­ trusted. to freedom of expression and religion, to indi­ trude Mongella, Tanzanian government min­ California must be allowed to implement vidual autonomy and privacy, and to vote and ister and organizer of the Fourth U.N. Con­ its welfare reform measures without seeking hold government office; that women have the waivers. ference on Women. We will fight destructive federal welfare right to an equal education, equal opportunity These are only a few of the many noted programs all the way to the Supreme Court in employment, and equal pay for equal work; women of the arts, sciences, and leadership if necessary, until out citizens and families and that women have the right to be free from who deserve mention. In addition to these can once again set their own course for op­ sexual discrimination and harassment, sexual women, we should acknowledge and honor all portuni ty. and physical assault, and spousal abuse. the unsung women who work tirelessly for little I challenge my colleagues to remember and or no pay in the home and in the charitable honor women who have made their mark on sector. TRIBUTE TO JOEL V ATTENDAHL history, and whose work for recognition of Women's rights has been on the inter­ women's rights and freedoms has benefited national agenda since 1975, when the U.N. HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA both women and men. These countless General Assembly declared 1975 the Inter­ OF WISCONSIN women include: Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner national Women's Year, and when 1976-85 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Truth, Belle Hooks, and Flo Kennedy, advo­ was declared the U.N. Decade for Women. In cates for the rights of women and African 1985, a U.N. Conference on Women was held Tuesday, March 12, 1996 Americans; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy to evaluate achievements made and work still Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Stone, Lucretia Mott, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hil­ to be done to realize women's rights. Much pay tribute to my friend, Mr. Joel Vattendahl, lary Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Smeal, progress has been made since 1975, but still who retired from the United Steelworkers of and Dr. Homa Darabe, advocates for women's much remained to be done. America in December 1995. rights; and Margaret Sanger and Emma Gold­ Consequently, last September, in Beijing, Throughout his career, Joel worked tire­ man, advocates for education, autonomy, and China, the United Nations held the Fourth lessly on behalf of the working men and responsibility concerning sexuality, reproduc­ World Conference on Women. At that con­ women of Wisconsin. Joel's career in the labor tion, and birth control. terence, women from all over the world came movement began in 1965 when he was ap­ We should also remember and honor together. These women came from every con­ pointed staff representative with the United women civil rights leaders, such as Rosa tinent, from every cultural and religious tradi­ Steelworkers. In 1981, he was elected to the Parks, Dorothy West, Dorothy Height, Juanita tion, from countries of every economic situa­ position of director of United Steelworkers Dis­ Jones Abernathy, La Donna Harris, Loretta tion, but these women all agreed that women's trict 32. Joel effectively served in this position Armenta, Nadine Gardimer, Lani Guinier, and rights are human rights. They reached con­ until June 1995. He announced his retirement Fannie Lou Hamer. We should remember and sensus on a Platform for Action that will be in December 1995. honor other social reformers, such as Harriet the cornerstone for realizing equal rights and In addition to his outstanding work with the Tubman, Jane Addams, Mother Jones, Doro­ freedoms for women throughout the world. Steelworkers, Joel has played a crucial role in thy Day, Clara Barton, Dorothy Dix, Helen Kel­ The Platform for Action recognizes that em­ directing the course of Wisconsin's labor ler, Florence Nightingale, Mother Theresa, and powerment of women and equality between movement and has also been very active in a Marian Wright Edelman. We should remember women and men are prerequisites for achiev­ variety of local and community affairs. From and honor women scientists, such as Marie ing political, social, economic, cultural, and en­ 1981 until his retirement, Joel served as a Curie, Margaret Mead, and Rachel Carson; vironmental security among all peoples. It member of the executive board of the Wiscon­ and women educators, such as Mary Mccleod aims at removing the obstacles to women's sin State AFL-CIO. He also was a member of Bethune and Maria Montessori. active participation in all spheres of public and the Worker's Compensation Advisory Council We should remember and honor women private life through full and equal share in eco­ and the University of Wisconsin Board of Re­ writers, such as Jane Austen, Mary nomic, social, cultural, and political decision­ gents. His outstanding efforts with these and Wollstonecraft Shelley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, making. It promotes the principle of shared many other organizations have helped to im­ Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Amy Chan, power and responsibility between women and prove and maintain the quality of life for peo­ Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni men at home, in the workplace, and in the na­ ple throughout our State. Morrison, Simone de Beauvoir, Bing Xin, and tional and international communities. It advo­ Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the working men Taslima Nasrin; and poets, such as Elizabeth cates eradication of all forms of discrimination and women of the State of Wisconsin, I would Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Maya against women. like to thank Joel Vattendahl for his three dec­ Angelou, and Juana Ines de la Cruz. We The Platform for Action calls for strategic ades of service and dedication. I wish him a should likewise remember and honor women action in the following areas of concern: pov­ happy and healthy retirement. artists, such as Georgia O'Keefe, Maria Mar­ erty, education and training, health care, tinez of San lldelfanso, and Frieda Kahlo. women-focused violence, armed conflict, eco­ And we should remember and honor women nomic structures and policies, the sharing of COMMEMORATION OF WOMEN'S government leaders, such as Barbara Jordan, power and decision-making, advancement of IDSTORY MONTH Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Geraldine Fer­ women, promotion and protection of women's raro, Janet Reno, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Wilma human rights, stereotyping of women in the HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS Mankiller, and Agnes Dill; and such inter­ media, natural resources and the environment, OF CALIFORNIA national women leaders as Sylvia Kinigi, and discrimination against girls. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Prime Minister of Burundi, Lidia Geiler, Presi­ Realizing these goals and addressing these dent of Bolivia; Siramezo Bandaranaike, Prime areas of concern will require a commitment by Tuesday, March 12, 1996 Minister of Ceylon; Corazon Aquino, President governments, international institutions, non­ Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to of the Philippines; Indira Gandhi, Prime Min­ governmental organizations, and the private commemorate Women's History Month. This is ister of India, Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of sector throughout the world. Let us all here in a time to remember that women in this country Pakistan; and Mary Robinson, President of Congress commit to doing our part to help re­ and all over the world have historically been Ireland. We should also remember such inter­ alize these goals and address these concerns subject to oppression. This is a time to re- national leaders as Wangari Maathai, Kenyan in our country and in other countries. To this 4550 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 12, 1996 end, I am pleased to join my colleagues in the during raids and interrogations. Impunity with Bolivian and international laws when House in cosponsoring and supporting H. for abuses committed by antinarcotics police carrying out arrests. Con. Res. 119, a resolution to support the is the norm. If investigations are initiated, Provide the necessary support to enable they are cursory and incomplete; sanctions commitments made by the United States at the Bolivian antinarcotics police to establish are rarely imposed. effective complaint and review procedures to the Fourth World Conference on Women, and Social unrest and conflict in the Chapare hold abusive agents accountable. ask the entire body to do so. Additionally, we increased significantly over the second half Expand reporting on human rights abuses should ask our colleagues in the Senate to do of 1995, as a result of stepped-up coca eradi­ stemming from antinarcotics operations in their part by immediately considering giving its cation efforts. Last spring, the U.S. govern­ the State Department's annual human rights advice and consent to the Convention on the ment sent the Bolivian government a letter report for 1996. Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination stating that Bolivia would be treated as " de­ certified" and therefore ineligible for U.S. The issue of drug abuse is important to the Against Women, now before the Senate. This assistance if it did not, among other condi­ American people and deserves the attention Convention will do much to help realize wom­ tions, meet coca eradication targets. In re­ of our nation's leaders. U.S.-supported coca en's rights around the world. It entered into sponse to the U.S. ultimatum, the BoliVian eradication efforts in Bolivia, however, have force on September 3, 1981, and more than government stepped up antinarcotics oper­ yielded little results in reducing the amount of cocaine coming into the United States, 80 nations are already parties. ations despite well-founded fears that these actions would unleash a wave of violence. As and few independent observers believe they Again, Mr. Speaker, on this day, it is an can ever succeed in reducing the flow of co­ honor to pay tribute to women and celebrate predicted, the eradication efforts sparked violent confrontations with coca growers, re­ caine to our country. At the same time, they Women's History Month. sulting in at least seven deaths, scores have increased social tensions and fostered wounded and hundreds arrested. Careless and human rights abuses. In crafting future pol­ indiscriminate use of force by the Bolivian icy, adoption of the measures we have out­ URGING MEMBERS TO READ police against those opposing coca eradi­ lined could result in significant improve­ ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN BOLIVIA cation policies is disturbingly frequent. ments in the human rights situation in Bo­ Since mid-January, the Bolivian anti­ livia and would send an important message narcotics police have undertaken massive to the Bolivian people regarding U.S. con­ HON. JIM McDERMOTI sweeps in the Chapare, arbitrarily detaining cern for human rights. OF WASHINGTON over three hundred people. Those detained Thank you for your attention to our con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are typically held several days and released cerns. Tuesday, March 12, 1996 without charges; indeed, without ever being Representatives from the following organi­ presented to a judge. On January 29, the po­ zations signed on to the February 15, 1996 let­ Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I would like lice also broke up a peaceful hunger strike in ter to Secretary of State Warren Christopher to take this opportunity to enter into the support of the women protesting the govern­ addressing human rights concerns as a result RECORD this letter to Secretary of State War­ ment's coca policies and threw over fifty of U.S. anti-narcotics policy in Bolivia: ren Christopher regarding human rights in Bo­ people into jail. Neither Bolivian law nor Washington Office on Latin America. livia. Twenty-eight nongovernmental organiza­ international human rights standards permit Maryknoll Society Justice and Peace Of­ tions from the United States wrote this letter to these warrantless arrests of individuals fice. against whom there is no evidence of partici­ ask the United States Government to ensure American Friends Service Committee, pation in criminal conduct. The government Washington, Office. that Bolivian antinarcotics police receiving is clearly using police powers to stifle lawful United States assistance comply with Bolivian political opposition to its policies. Given the Carnegie Endowment for International and international laws when carrying out ar­ proximity of a decision on certification, we Peace. rests and that the United States support Boliv­ also suspect the Bolivian government is de­ Catholics For Justice, Latin American Task Force, Diocese for Kansas City-St. Jo­ ian measures to improve human rights. taining hundreds in the hopes of impressing the United States with its antidrug commit­ seph, Missouri. I am particularly interested in this letter be­ Center for Concern. cause it highlights the human rights situation ment. The Bolivian antinarcotics efforts also Church of the Brethren. in the Andean nations receiving antinarcotics continue to rely on special judicial proce­ Clergy for Enlightened Drug Policy. assistance from the United States. I think it is dures that violate fundamental due process Columban Justice and Peace Office. important that we monitor how U.S. assistance considerations. Under Bolivia's Law 1008, Comboni Peace and Justice Office, Cin- is used to ensure that it is used for its stated those who are formally charged with drug of­ cinnati, OH. purpose, and that it does not contribute to fenses-no matter how minor-are impris­ Latin American Studies Program, Cornell human rights violations in the Andean nations. oned without the possibility of pre-trial re­ University. Our commitment to support human rights lease and must, even if acquitted, remain in Criminal Justice Policy Foundation. around the globe requires congressional atten­ prison until the trial court's decision is re­ viewed by the Supreme Court, a process that Drug Policy Foundation. tion to this matter. takes years. The U.S. government provides Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force FEBRUARY 15, 1996. funding for the salaries and expenses of spe­ on Latin America and the Caribbean. Hon. wARREN M. CHRISTOPHER, cial prosecutors for the antinarcotics courts. Foundation on Drug Policy and Human Secretary of State, Department of State, We recognize the United States does not Rights. Washington, DC. encourage or condone human rights abuses Inter-American Dialogue. DEAR MR. SECRETARY: We are writing to by Bolivian antinarcotics forces. Neverthe­ North American Congress on Latin Amer­ express our deep concern regarding human less, the United States shares responsibility ica (NACLA). rights violations occurring as a result of for those abuses. The U.S. government pro­ antinarcotics operations in Bolivia. On Guatemala Human Rights Commission/ vides funds and technical assistance to all of USA. March 1, 1996 the Administration is slated to the Bolivian agencies involved in counter­ announce its annual "certification" of coun­ International Labor Rights Fund. narcotics activities and, as just noted, to the Maryknoll Society. tries cooperating with U.S. antinarcotics ob­ antinarcotics courts. Bolivia has passed jectives. As you undertake your review of laws, created institutions and adopted Office of Social Concerns, Maryknoll Sis­ antinarcotics efforts in Bolivia, we urge you antinarcotics strategies shaped by U.S. con­ ters. to look closely at those violations to seek cerns and pressure. NETWORK: A National Catholic Social ways to work with the Bolivian government We urge you to ensure that the U.S. gov­ Justice Lobby. to implement measures that could improve ernment no longer underwrites human rights Open Society Institute. the protection of human rights in that coun­ abuses in Bolivia by adopting policies more Pax Christi U.S.A. try. sensitive to the political, economic and so­ Peru Peace Network. Human rights abuses remain pervasive in cial cost of antinarcotics operations in Bo­ Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet. the Chapare, the rural area in which most of livia. Specifically, we urge the U.S. govern­ U.S. Catholic Conference. BoliVia's coca is grown and cocaine base pro­ ment to: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. duced. For years, the antinarcotics police-­ Support revisions in Law 1008 which would trained and funded with U.S. assistance-has ensure that Bolivia's judicial procedures for The following individuals also signed on to run roughshod over the local population, car­ drug offenses meet international due process the letter: Melina Selverston and Cynthia rying out arbitrary searches and arrests, norms and standards. McClintock. stealing the meager possessions encountered, Ensure that Bolivian antinarcotics police and manhandling and beating individuals receiving U.S. assistance and support comply