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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 108 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 150 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2004 No. 89 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The Reverend Dr. Keith Boone, Pas- The SPEAKER. The Chair will recog- tor, First United Methodist Church, nize 10 one-minutes on each side. Rockwall, Texas, offered the following f prayer: f O Lord God, You call us to do the MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE right thing for the right reasons, that A message from the Senate by Mr. DRILLING IN ANWR from sea to shining sea we may experi- Monahan, one of its clerks, announced ence the joy of freedom, and the bene- that the Senate has passed without (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given fits of our labor. amendment, a bill of the House of the permission to address the House for 1 We are a Nation under You, O God, following title: minute and to revise and extend his re- under Your grace and under Your judg- H.R. 4635. An act to provide an extension of marks.) ment. highway, highway safety, motor carrier safe- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, this We are a blessed Nation, but confess ty, transit, and other programs funded out of week is the first week in summer. Gas- we squander many of the resources You the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment oline prices are high as we enter into so freely give us. of a law reauthorizing the Transportation the summer driving season. So energy May we live in such a way that our Equity Act for the 21st Century. independence should be a goal of this behaviors match our beliefs. Congress. Worldwide demand for petro- f Grant us courage to speak for those leum has increased in the last decade, but the growth in production has been who are voiceless, to seek justice for WELCOMING DR. KEITH BOONE, the powerless, and to stand as a beacon relatively flat. PASTOR, FIRST UNITED METH- The inevitable result is higher prices of compassion before a dark and des- ODIST CHURCH perate world. at the gasoline pump. The reality is it May we be mindful and thankful for Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I thank the takes a long time to go from an oil those whose sacrifice allows us an Speaker for having my pastor here to field to a gas station. We have lost con- abundance of blessings. pray over this Congress and to pray siderable time in that regard. Above all, may we honor our herit- over the Nation. Keith Payne Boone is In 1995 in the 104th Congress, H.R. age, embrace the present, and discern a native of Dallas, Texas, a graduate of 2491 would have allowed oil exploration the future You would will for our Na- my alma mater Southern Methodist and drilling in the Alaska National tion. University. He has Methodist in his Wildlife Refuge. The Department of In Your Holy name we pray. Amen. veins from head to toe. His grandfather Energy has estimated that between 1 was the legendary Bolton Boone who and 1.3 million barrels of oil a day f headed up the Golden Cross. It was the could be derived from this source. Un- THE JOURNAL first ecumenical charity. I was a mem- fortunately, this legislation was vetoed The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- ber of that board some 50 years in Dal- by the previous administration. And ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- las. Keith was not around at that time, that was nearly 10 years ago. Given a ceedings and announces to the House but he is a leader in the Methodist timeline of 7 to 14 years for building a his approval thereof. Church of Rockwall, Texas. The Dallas pipeline, it is time that we could Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- News carried, I think 3 months ago, scarcely afford. nal stands approved. that Rockwall County was the fastest- Mr. Speaker, I have been to ANWR. f growing county in the United States. The vast coastal plain is unsuitable for That is how fast our church is growing habitation during the summer months PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE with the great pastor. because of its marshy consistency. The The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman I thank Pastor Keith Boone, my people who live in ANWR are counting from Alabama (Mr. BONNER) come for- friend, friend of my family, Mary Ellen on this Congress to do the right thing ward and lead the House in the Pledge and my entire family, friend of Meth- and allow them, the rightful owners of of Allegiance. odists, Baptists, and all denominations these mineral rights, to begin devel- Mr. BONNER led the Pledge of Alle- alike in Rockwall. Thank him for the oping the resources that were granted giance as follows: prayer. Thank him for what he has to them upon statehood in 1959. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the done, what he is doing, and what he As we say in Texas, ‘‘Time’s a wast- United States of America, and to the Repub- will do for this Nation. ing.’’ b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H4895 . VerDate jul 14 2003 03:41 Jun 25, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.000 H24PT1 H4896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2004 INCREASING DEBT AND Award for their Cypress Bay Planta- might think that almost a million new OVERPROMISING tion, one of the best tree farms in jobs in 3 months constitutes big news, (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and America. but it was not big news on ‘‘CBS was given permission to address the The entire family, which includes Dr. Evening News.’’ House for 1 minute and to revise and ‘‘Skeet’’ Burris, his wife Gail, and their ‘‘The CBS Evening News’’ spent 20 extend his remarks.) sons Hank, Andy, Ben, Tony and Char- seconds glossing over the creation of Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speak- lie, have themselves worked the 1,600- nearly a million new jobs. CBS then er, I wore my Adam Smith tie this acre tree farm in Hampton County aired a 2-minute report about 1,300 peo- morning because today we are going to since 1986. ple being laid off in Ohio. The laying talk about some ways that might help They have won many awards includ- off of 1,300 workers and their families us give discipline to ourselves on how ing the South Carolina Tree Farm of at any time is sad. I have hope and much money we spend and how much the Year in 1995, National Outstanding faith that those families will soon be overpromising we do. Tree Farmers of the Year award in back on their feet. But for CBS to bury Two areas. One, I am from a farm in 2000, and Private Conservationist of the the good news about a million new jobs Michigan. That is where we usually try Year in 2001. and magnify the bad news of 1,300 lay- to reduce the mortgage so our kids Today, the beautiful lands of Cypress offs smacks of partisan media bias. have a little better chance. In this Bay Plantation contain well over Twenty seconds for good economic Chamber and in the Senate and the 200,000 trees teeming with wildlife, and news, 2 minutes for bad economic news. White House, what we have been doing are used to educate local children on If it is not liberal media bias, I do not for the last 20 years is increasing the the environment. know what is. debt. Every year for the last 20 years I ask all my colleagues to join me in f commending the Burris family for the debt subject to the debt limit has ARE WE BETTER OFF? been going up. Plus, we have been over- their commitment to environmental promising in Medicare, Social Secu- excellence. (Ms. WATSON asked and was given rity. The unfunded liability is a huge In conclusion, may God bless our permission to address the House for 1 burden on our children. troops; and we will never forget Sep- minute and to revise and extend her re- So, hopefully, today we can join to- tember 11. marks.) gether to help give ourselves discipline f Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, the Bush administration has demonstrated a on overspending by changing the law. VETERANS PROGRAMS ARE BEING complete failure to plan for our oper- UNDERFUNDED f ations in Iraq and a complete failure to ECONOMY (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given plan here at home. One has to ask, Are permission to address the House for 1 we better off than we were 4 years ago? (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was minute and to revise and extend her re- When President Bush took office, we given permission to address the House marks.) had a $236 billion budget surplus and for 1 minute and to revise and extend Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, over 200 the Nation had created 22 million jobs her remarks.) years ago, our Founding Fathers over the previous 8 years. Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr.
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