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IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 2001 Also, if the Secretary of the branch of service "908. Non-Federal status. determines that the equipment loaned the mili­ "909. Security clearances; criminal history HON. WALTER 8. JONFS tias for training or use is needed by the U.S. information. "§ 901. Definitions OF NORTH CAROLINA military, then the Secretary retains the power IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to end the loan agreement with the State mili­ "In this chapter: tia. I want to mention that we are not talking "(1) The term 'State defense force' means a Wednesday, May 1, 1991 military force of defense force organized by a about large lethal weapons, although the legis­ State to serve as a State military reserve Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, lation would permit the loaning of small arms I rise today to bring to the attention of my col­ force that would train to become actively if deemed necessary by the Secretary and the operational when the State National Guard leagues on both sides of the aisle a problem Governor of the State involved, but general forces are federalized or otherwise not avail­ that only just came to my attention during Op­ equipment that might be used to fight natural able in or adequate to the needs of the State. eration Desert Storm. disasters such as floods including personnel A State defense force need not be so named As you know, the role of National Guard carriers, generators, field kitchens, and other by the State to be a State defense force for units is very important not only in times of purposes of this chapter. necessary equipment as mandated by the "(2) The term 'State' includes the District conflict, but also in times of peace. National emergency. Guard units are routinely called upon by the of Columbia and any territory or common­ I wish to reemphasize that, the excess wealth that has an organized National Governors of States to provide manpower and equipment would be under loan to the militias Guard. assistance in time of natural disasters, civil u~ for training purposes or use in emergency situ­ "(3) The term 'national emergency' means rest, and other emergencies. For instance, Na­ ations subject to the approval of the Secretary an emergency declared by the President or tional Guard units have also helped States of the appropriate branch of the armed serv­ the Congress. cope with unpredictable and natural disasters ice. The Secretary shall determine the time "§ 902. General policy such as floods, hurricanes, and storms and constraints and stipulations of the equipment (a) State defense forces are considered to their ensuing aftermaths. The importance of loans and use. Also, the militias will perform be in the national interest as a reserve force National Guard units can really only be meas­ of the several States- emergency services only if the needed Na­ "(l) to maintain public safety and order; ured when this assistance is limited or unavail­ tional Guard personnel are busy elsewhere, as able in times of emergency, such as during "(2) to protect essential resources and fa­ in Operation Desert Storm." However, equip­ cilities; and the Persian Gulf crisis when many National ment for training will be available to militias at "(3) to perform essential services when Na­ Guard units were called to active duty. any time as deemed appropriate by the Sec­ tional Guard forces are federalized or other­ Over the last several months, many National retary. Lastly, provisions of H.R. 2001 man­ wise not available or adequate to the State. Guard units have been activated and ordered date that Governors of the States involved will "(b) State defense forces meet an essential to serve in Operation Desert Storm. The call need of the Nation and are in the interest of be aware and indeed personally request that national security. to active duty of thousands of National the equipment be utilized by the militias. Mili­ "§903.1tlenibership Guardsmen has left a serious need of support tias will have to go through their respective personnel here at home. Many States across "(a) Qualifications for membership in a Governors to request the equipment from the State defense force shall be determined by the country now have State militias who serve Department of Defense. If the Governor as a backup force to the National Guard and the State sponsoring the defense force. A deems the equipment is unnecessary then the member of the armed forces may not be a are available to serve in times of need when militia will not be granted access. Most impor­ member of a State defense force. Member­ National Guard units are detained elsewhere. tantly, this legislation is budget neutral and will ship in a State defense force does not exempt My home State of North Carolina is one such have no cost to the Federal Government. any person from the provisions of- the Mili­ State. I would urge my colleagues to review this tary Selective Service Act. Unfortunately, while the State militia in North "(b) A State may require an oath of alle­ legislation very closely. The provisions of H.R. giance to a chief executive of a State before Carolina was willing to assist the State or mili­ 2001 are needed and will assist States in han­ tary bases in any way, current law prohibited a person becomes a member in the State de­ dling disasters that may arise in times of na­ fense force of that State. Any such oath the militias from providing any substantial tional or global emergency. I urge my col­ shall include an affirmation of support for help. There are no provisions of current law leagues to cosponsor and support this legisla­ the Constitution of the United States. which enable State militias to be trained to op­ tion. Also, if there is no objection I would like "(c) Membership in a State defense force erate military equipment which might be uti­ to insert the language of H.R. 2001 in the may not by itself limit a person from enlist­ lized in times of need. As Operation Desert CONGRESSIONAL RECORD below this statement. ment or appointment in a.n armed force. Storm has proven, there are times when many Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the opportunity to "§ 904. Anns and equipnient National Guard units are activated and taken speak before the House today. "(a) The Secretary of a military depart­ away to other parts of the world. The result is H.R. 2001 ment may issue or loan to a State, upon re­ a gap in the amount of trained personnel that auest of the chief executive officer of the may be needed to assist States in times of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ State, such equipment, 'Small arms, and uni­ resentatives of the United States of America in forms as may be necessary for its State de­ emergency. Congress assembled, On April 23, 1991, I introduced H.R. 2001 fense force to train and perform such func­ SECTION 1. FEDERAL SUPPORT OF STATE DE­ tions as may be designated by the Governor. which will allow the Secretaries of the FENSE FORCES. The issue of any such items may be made on branches of the Armed Forces, upon the re­ (a) IN GENERAL.-(1) Title 32, United States a reimbursable basis if determined appro­ quest of the Governors of States, to provide Code, is amended by adding at the end of the priate by the Secretary concerned. Items is­ excess military equipment to State militias for following new chapter: sued or loaned under this subsection may training purposes, The Secretaries will also be "CHAPTER 9--STATE DEFENSE FORCES only be made from items that are excess or allowed, by law, to allow State militia perso~ "Sec. obsolete for the needs of the military depart­ nel to utilize the equipment in times of need "901. Definitions. ment concerned. by the State when National Guard units are "902. General policy. "(b) The Secretary of Defense shall pre­ "903. Membership. scribe policies and procedures to carry out busy elsewhere. I might add that the legisla­ "904. Arms and equipment. subsection (a). Such policies and procedures tion allows militias to use excess or obsolete "905. Uniforms: sale and wear. shall- military equipment under the supervision of "906. Training assistance. "(1) ensure that items specified in sub­ the appropriate branch of the Armed Forces. "907. Federal coordination. section (a) may not be issued or loaned if to

• 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. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9727 do so would affect adversely the readiness of "§ 908. Non-Federal status hospitals where many still struggle to recuper­ active or reserve forces; and "A member of a State defense force is not ate from their injuries in the line of duty. "(2) provide that when any property issued a member of the armed forces or an em­ In a recent edition of the Daily Herald, a or loaned is no longer needed by a State de­ ployee or agent of the United States for any daily newspaper published in my home State fense force, it shall be reported to the Sec­ purpose, including legal liability or legal de­ of Illinois, columnist Jack Mabley emphasized retary of the military department concerned fense. Any such member is responsible to the and that any subsequent disposal of such State sponsoring the defense force. A, mem­ the meager attention paid to the war's wound­ property shall be carried out in accordance ber of a State defense force who is injured or ed in a moving essay. Mr. Mabley makes a with the Federal Property and Administra­ who dies while performing training or duties powerful argument for loosening the military tive Services Act of 1949. on behalf of the State defense force may not privacy restrictions that surround hospitalized be provided military or federally sponsored veterans and have unfortunately kept these §BOG. Uniforms: Sale and wear health ca.re, other than emergency ca.re. Fed­ courageous men and women from the public "(a)(l) Notwithstanding chapter 45 of title erally sponsored disability and death bene­ recognition they so richly deserve. We have 10, a member of a State defense force may, fits may not be provided as a consequence of seen the lists of those who gave their lives while performing duty or training (or travel­ a person's status as a member of a State de­ ing to and from such duty or training), wear fense force. fighting Iraqi aggression; Mr. Mabley's article leads us to ask why no such list has been re­ a uniform prescribed by the State. Such a "§ 909. Security clearances; criminal history uniform- information leased of those severely injured and even dis­ abled in the effort. We should help bring these "(A) shall be distinctive from uniforms "(a) The Secretary of a military depart­ normally prescribed for wear by members of ment may conduct such background inves­ largely unrecognized veterans to the attention an armed force; . tigations as the Secretary determines nec­ of an appreciative American public. "(B) shall include distinctive devices or essary and appropriate as a condition to al­ Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, I submit for the accoutrements identifying it as a uniform of lowing access to classified information by a RECORD Jack Mabley's account of a young a State defense force; and member of a State defense force. soldier named Kevin Pollak, whose experi­ "(C) may not include a designation bearing "(b) A State sponsoring a State defense ences in war and at home surely apply to the name of an armed force. force may conduct such background inves­ many injured veterans who deserve our Na­ "(2) The Secretary of the military depart­ tigations as the State determines necessary tion's gratitude and appreciation. ment concerned shall approve State regula­ and appropriate as a condition to allowing tions for the wear of such uniform. The Sec­ access to classified information by a member ''WELCOME HOMES'' PASS OVER INJURED retary's approval shall ensure that such reg­ of a State defense force.". SoLDIERS ulations include provisions regarding the (2) The table of chapters at the beginning (By Jack Mahley) manner of wear of the uniform wlll not tend of such title ls amended by adding at the end Why does the U.S. government treat the to discredit the armed forces. the following new item: hundreds of wounded gulf war veterans as if "(b) Under regulations prescribed by the "9. State Defense Forces ...... 901". they didn't exist? They're getting good medi­ Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a cal care in six army medical centers. But m111tary department may sell uniforms, (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.-(1) Sub­ where is the recognition, or any appreciation items of uniforms, indlcla of grade, and indi­ section (a) of section 109 of title 32, United for their sacrlflces? vidual equipment to members of State de­ States Code, is amended to read as follows: Kevin Pollak, 20, of Arizona, who grew up fense forces. "(a) In time of peace, a State or territory, in the south suburbs, ls one of them. Kevin's "(c) A former member of the armed forces, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia aunt, Jean Adamczyk of Mount Prospect, a member of the Retired Reserve, or a regu­ may maintain no troops other than those of told us about Kevin, who is in Brooke Army lar member who ls retired may wear such its National Guard, a naval militia author­ Medical Center in Texas. decorations and medals awarded for m111tary ized by chapter 659 of title 10, and defense Kevin was in a Bradley vehicle hit by an service or valor on the uniform such person forces authorized by chapter 9 of this title.". Iraqi gound missile. Three of his buddies wears as a member of State defense force. (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amend­ were killed. He suffered devastating injuries. ed by striking out "by subsection (c)'' and Doctors amputated the tops of his ears and "§ 906. Training usistance inserting in lieu thereof "by chapter 9 of this all of his fingers to the first joint, and he has "(a) Under regulations prescribed by the title". undergone skin grafts for his face and much Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a (3) Subsections (c), (d), and (e) of such sec­ of his body. m111tary department may provide, upon the tion are repealed. Since we wrote about Kevin several weeks request of the chief executive officer of the ago, he has received hundreds of letters and State and on a reimbursable basis when ap­ messages. I phoned again to ask how he's propriate, training and training assistance RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF doing. for State defense forces. Such training and U.S. PERSONNEL INJURED IN "Had a little setback," Kevin said. "I got assistance may lnclude- THE PERSIAN GULF appendicitis. Isn't that something . .. with "(1) the provision or loan of training all the stuff I have, I get appendicitis. They manuals and instructional materials, includ­ took out my appendix yesterday. It's kind of ing training devices used for active and Re­ HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER funny, really. The nurses had to laugh." serve forces; OF ILLINOIS His father, Robert Pollak, told me the "(2) the use of Federal m111tary training fa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES medics rigged up a device so Kevin could feed c111ties; and Wednesday, May 1, 1991 himself. "(3) the services of active or Reserve mem­ "Yep, they really know how to do things bers of the armed forces skllled in training. Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, the parades and here. It's a thing they kind of strap to my "(b) Under regulations prescribed by the rallies which have welcomed our servicemen arm with a spoon laying in my hand. The President, an executive department or an and women home from the Persian Gulf have bandages are off my hands so they can get independent agency of the Federal Govern­ been inspiring experiences for us all-espe­ more air. ment may provide, upon the request of the cially for those hundreds of thousands of vol­ "It helps me be more independent . The chief executive of a State and on a reimburs­ unteers who put their lives on the line when hardest thing is losing my independence able basis when appropriate, such training their country called. The importance of their .. . especially for a soldier. I'm an infantry­ and training assistance to a State for the man. We're taught to be independent. I could State defense forces of that State as in the contributions to the strength of our military and do anything in the desert . . . make a cook interests of national security and not det­ to preserving the peace cannot be overstated. stove from scratch. rimental to the primary operational require­ But in our rush to demonstrate how much we "They're going to make hooks for my ments of the department or agency con­ appreciate their sacrifices, we may have for­ hands so I can do better. They'll be tem­ cerned. Training under this subsection may gotten to thank those who made some of the porary." be of the same quality as the training au­ harshest and most lasting sacrifices of all-the In our previous conversation I asked Kevin thorized by subsection (a) and shall be with Persian Gulf war's injured veterans. Thou­ if he felt the suffering and sacrifice he's the agreement of the Secretary of Defense. going through was worth the cause. sands of Desert Storm heroes have returned "You wrote that I said, 'I guess so.' That "§907. Federal coordination to cheering crowds and lavish ceremonies; doesn't sound like me. I believe in our cause, "The Chief of the National Guard Bureau their fallen comrades have been honored with and I think that what we did was right. shall serve as the means of communication dignity and compassion. But the injured came "But I wonder if the government cares. I between a State and the Federal Government home mostly to silence, shuttled to military was watching the welcome home salute to on matters involving State defense forces. veterans on TV, with all the troops coming 9728 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 home and the flags waving and the singing leadership was recognized by the late Bishop These men and women have, for example, ... and then they listed the dead, and I saw Alfred M. Watson, who at one time appointed adopted the class of 1993 at Booker T. Wash­ the names of four of my buddies. It was very him to a 5-year term as the dean of Elk, Cam­ ington High School in Norfolk. By adopting this hard for me." (Kevin didn't say so, but his dad said he wept.) eron, and Potter Counties. class, they have taken it upon themselves to "The wounded weren't mentioned at all," Indeed, Father Pisani has distinguished him­ support class functions, tutor, and counsel stu­ Kevin continued. "We did see guys getting self as a true leader over the past 50 years of dents who are having trouble, and serve gen­ off the planes with Band-Aids or their arms public service to his community. Wherever he erally as role models. The chapter's members in a sling, but ... has been, he has profoundly touched those were also active last fall in helping to ensure "I want to see a list of the injured. I want around him and affected the lives with which that Laborfest at Virginia Beach was success­ to know what happened to my friends. We he has come in contact. ful. weren't all close, but some of us were just I join my constituents in thanking Father Last month, the NNOA renewed a tradition like family. "It's not the people who have forgotten us. Pisoni for his selfless years of service and in it began 12 years ago when it joined with Nor­ Look at all that mail. But the government congratulating him on the 50th anniversary of folk State University and Old Dominion Univer­ . . . I even had to ask for my medal. In Ger­ his ordination. sity in awarding scholarships to three deserv­ many a general came by and asked if he ing students in Hampton Roads. These and could do anything. I said yeah, get me my other activities led to the association being Purple Heart. he brought it to me that WAVERLY STUDENT WINS FLAG named a Community Point of Light last year night." DESIGN CONTEST by the Urban League of Greater Hampton Kevin is an avid White Sox fan. He has got­ Roads. ten pictures from the Bulls and Bears but nothing from the Sox. While we were talk­ HON. DON SUNDQUIST Mr. Speaker, throughout American history, ing, the Sox were getting beat, 16 to 0. Is OF TENNESSEE black men and women have made an enor­ there a message there? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mous contribution to our Armed Forces, and The Defense Department talks about "pri­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 they continue this tradition today. In southeast­ vacy restrictions" to justify not identifying ern Virginia, we are fortunate to have this the injured. Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, I ask my great organization of black naval officers who With Kevin's experience, does it sound like colleagues to join me in saluting a young man are willing to give of their time and effort to he wants privacy restrictions? from my district who was recently honored in help others. Not only do they serve their coun­ Hundreds have sent him heartening letters. connection with National Youth Art Month. try with distinction, but they bring this same Some send money. Some give their phone Alan Sholes of Waverly, TN, won the flag de­ numbers and tell him to call if they can help. skill and dedication to helping in community People care, deeply. sign contest sponsored by the Council for Art activities as well. Two other desert war veterans are in the Education and joined the winners of other I know that everyone in southeastern Vir­ burn unit with Kevin, both suffering horrible State contests for the flag-raising ceremony ginia joins me in thanking them for a job well burns from fuel explosions. Robert Pollak here in Washington. done. said, "But they won't get Purple Hearts be­ Alan is a talented young man. He re~ cause the injuries weren't in combat. It's resents well the sort of talented young person terrible ... tragic." this program is designed to recognize and en­ TRIBUTE TO JACQUELYNNE Hundreds of soldiers and sailors are suffer­ courage. I know my colleagues will join me in CAPLAN ing in virtual anonymity in m111tary hos­ pitals. It's time we did a little more than wishing him well as he furthers his education. stage huge parades and lavish TV shows for And I commend those in Tennessee, like HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI the veterans who are lucky enough to come Youth Art Month Chair Christina Campbell, OF CALIFORNIA home in one piece. and elsehwere for their support of this very IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES worthwhile program. I look forward to working with them in the future to encourage the cre­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 FATHER OTTO PISONI CELE- ative talent of more bright young Americans. Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to BRATES 50TH YEAR OF ms ORDI­ rise today to bring to my colleagues attention NATION the work of an outstanding educator and edu­ SALUTE TO TIDEWATER CHAPTER cational administrator, Ms. Jacquelynne HON. WIWAM F. CLINGER, JR. OF THE NATIONAL NAVAL OFFI­ Caplan, who is retiring this evening after 38 OF PENNSYLVANIA CERS ASSOCIATION years of service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. Caplan was educated in New York and began her teaching career in 1953. She Wednesday May 1, 1991 HON. OWEN 8. PICKm OF VIRGINIA moved to Sacramento in 1960 where she Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleas­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES began a long association with the Sacramento ure to take this opportunity to recognize Fa­ City Unified School District. She moved up to ther Otto Pisoni, who will be celebrating his Wednesday, May 1, 1991 the administrative ranks in 1977 when she be­ 50th anniversary of ordination in the priest­ Mr. PICKETI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute came the vice principal of California Middle hood on May 22, 1991. the Tidewater chapter of the National Naval School. Since then, she has been the -director Currently the pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Officers Association [NNOA] for its continuing of curriculum services and alternative edu­ Brandy Camp, PA, Father Pisoni is also the efforts to promote education in southeastern cation and finally the administrator of curricu­ diocesan spiritual director of the Blue Army, Virginia. lum, and staff development for the Sac­ the U.S. delegate to the International Aposto­ The NNOA, which has chapters throughout ramento City Unified School District. late of Our Lady of Fatima, and serves on the the United States, is an organization com­ She has spent her career devoted to im­ executive board of the National Blue Army. prised largely of black naval and Coast Guard proving the educational opportunities for He is a native of Brockway, PA, and at­ officers. Formed in 1971 to promote the re­ youngsters in our community. This in itself is tributes his vocation to his mother, who cruitment and retention of minorities in the something to be overwhelmingly thankful for. stressed saying a family rosary every day. In military, the NNOA has grown to become one However, on top of these efforts through the each of the seven parishes in which he of our Nation's leading associations of military workplace, she has been involved in many served, Father Pisoni took a special interest in members. professional teacher-administrators organiza­ the youth programs, working with the church The Tidewater chapter of the NNOA has ~ tions trying to create even better administra­ youth to encourage them to develop their skills proximately 80 members, two-thirds of whom tion and delivery of education. and pursue their ambitions. were recently deployed as a part of Operation Mr. Speaker, I know that my colleagues join He was trained for the priesthood at Saint Desert Storm. This large deployment did not me in thanking Ms. Caplan for her long and Vincent College and Seminary in Latrobe, PA, stop the Tidewater chapter from continuing the extr~mely successful career and in wishing and was ordained on May 22, 1941, by Arch­ many outstanding activities in which it is en­ her continued happiness and health in her re­ bishop John Mark Gannon. Father Pisoni's gaged in our community. tirement. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9729 VFW DISTRICT SIX LOYALTY DAY our search for answers to these problems. ator. We have allowed moral values and a PARADES IN THREE COMMUNITIES Here we will find answers to a large part of creator to be kicked out of public schools, and our woes. Complementing the social and edu­ because most kids attend public school, we HON. FRANK PAilONE, JR. cational declines of youth are the deteriorating are paying a high price. OF NEW JERSEY conditions of their parents. Divorce is an epi­ Imagine a public schoolroom where a child demic today. Female-headed single parent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is taught that stealing is wrong, not because households, negligent husbands avoiding fi­ some adult arbitrarily imposes this opinion, but Wednesday, May 1, 1991 nancial and moral responsibilities, and the re­ because the law of the land, given to this stu­ Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, sulting economic strain are too much for the dent by a creator, says that the child has an May 5, 1991, District Six of the Veterans of remaining familial structure to bear. This inalienable right "to the pursuit of happiness" Foreign Wars will hold its 34th annual Loyalty stress leads to physical, emotional, and sub­ and therefore frowns disapprovingly on one Day Parade through the New Jersey commu­ stance abuse. Pretty soon, the term "family" person taking something that belongs to an­ nities of Asbury Park, Bradley Beach, and as we know it has ceased. other person. Neptune Township. This year's parade is par­ Unfortunately, there is little that Congress or Under what circumstances would the child ticularly dedicated to showing support for any other coercive instrument can do to im­ better learn this lesson: (A) where a teacher America's Armed Forces involved in Operation plant the backbone of moral value necessary arbitrarily opines the belief that stealing is bad Desert Storm. to prevent dysfunctional families. But moral even though the child has friends who have Mr. Speaker, I believe that the recent victory value is what is needed. Don't get me wrong. found great utility in stealing; or (B) where a of our forces over the tyrannical and aggres­ Congress tries to help, but the help is sadistic, teacher reinforces home and the religious sive Iraqi regime has brought out a renewed almost as if tax dollars were going to the Mar­ community of the family to say, regardless of sense of pride and patriotism among the quis himself to provide therapy to individuals utility, stealing is wrong because the Creator American people. While our Nation's patriot­ suffering from an inattention disorder. Con­ of your rights, rights that could be trampled in ism is always near the surface, sometimes it gressional response to date has only indem­ a climate of theft, has judged it to be wrong. takes a major crisis for us to remember how nified familial dysfunction. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, were you to much our freedoms here at home, as well as One area of public policy where Congress choose (B), schools would not be able to im­ the fostering of peace and human rights in has some leverage is education. From 6 to 8 plement programs sufficient to meet this goal. other parts of the globe, depends upon the hours per day, 5 days a week, public school­ The U.S. Supreme Court has told us so. They vilgilance of our Armed Forces. children are open to concentrated influence have said that to do so is a violation of the Now that the hostilities are ending and our outside of home and church. Mr. Speaker, I first amendment's establishment clause, that troops are returning home, Americans are tak­ will not spend the time here to catalog the in­ to allow class time to be used by students to ing renewed pride in how well our country fusion of secular humanism into public edu­ formally recognize the Creator who gave them handles the difficult role of leadership of the cation that began, for all intents and purposes, their inalienable rights is a contractual breach free world. It is a burden that America has in the 1930's. This influence has been widely never intended by the same Founders who in­ borne for much of this century, and once broadcast both for good and bad. sisted that we have such transcendent rights. again, in 1991, through the heroic efforts of But, Mr. Speaker, I do feel compelled at this I, like many other Americans, believe that our troops, we have triumphed over the forces time to comment on what secular humanism the Supreme Court has missed both the juris of despotism. has replaced: Normative moral values based and the prudence of this issue. To correct this Therefore, this year's Loyalty Day Parade on the Judea-Christian ethic. Up until 1962, deficiency I am introducing the community life will be an extra special event-full of all the these values were unquestioned as a positive amendment. The amendment says simply: color and pageantry of a small town parade influence in public education. Kids were taught Nothing in this Constitution shall prohibit but with an extra dose of pride in the excep­ to recognize the moral and historical value of the inclusion of voluntary prayer in any pub­ tional American men and women who sac­ their inalienable rights. The precepts em­ lic school program or activity. Neither the rificed so much in the cause of freedom that bodied in the Ten Commandments were the ·United States nor any State shall prescribe our Nation stands for. mortar that held our laws together, gave them the content of any such prayer. weight, and that fueled individual self-govern­ The community life amendment reaffirms ment. The consummate benefit to society, to the inherent constitutional right all Americans STATEMENT UPON INTRODUCTION our moral safety net, was that the concept of have to acknowledge the Creator who gave OF THE COMMUNITY LIFE a creator or higher authority was reinforced in them their inalienable rights. This constitu­ AMENDMENT the minds of public school kids. tional amendment would allow local commu­ Far from being an establishment of religion, nities to determine for themselves the matter HON. WIWAM E. DANNEMEYER formally recognizing a creator as part of the of voluntary prayer in public school. It says OF CALIFORNIA schoolday affirmed no more than the concept that the Federal Government has no positive that some things in life transcend man. Our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES role to play in determining these issues. Founders called these things "life, liberty, and I commend this measure to all of my col­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 the pursuit of happiness." Evidently, such veri­ leagues. With this submission, I am also creat­ Mr. DANNEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, a consid­ ties are no longer important for public school ing a discharge petition. All Members are in­ erable decline in standards and morals can be kids to understand. vited to sign this petition. Once we reach 21 8 demonstrated regarding the standing of youth Should we then wonder why our youth are signatures, we will have the pleasure and op­ in our society. Any number of social and edu­ in such disarray. Should we then wonder why portunity to debate this issue on the floor and cational indicators point this out. It does not our ability to govern a nation parallels our rel­ give the American people something to go matter if you examine scholastic aptitude test ative ability to govern ourselves? Would Con­ on-an up or down recorded vote on voluntary [SAT] scores, premarital sexual activity, preg­ gress run such massive debts if each Member school prayer. nancies to unwed teenagers, teen suicide was instilled with the normative wisdom of the rates, sexually transmitted disease prevalence, proper role of Government, with frugality, with juvenile crime record, and so forth, the story is prudence? Would a citizenry elect unwise rul­ TRIBUTE TO GILBERT RAYMOND the same. American kids are taking it on the ers if a majority of citizens held these values ADAMS chin by and large.- high in their own lives, if they voluntarily cared ls there a central cause to these problems? for the poor, old, and sick among them? HON. FSTEBAN EDWARD TORRF.S Are these problems mutually exclusive? And Under these conditions, would we really need OF CALIFORNIA why is it that the more prosperous we seem an all-encompassing state to use its coercive IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to be as a nation, these problems only get powers to compel us to do what we ought to worse? be doing voluntarily? Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Mr. Speaker, I hold to the admonition that Big Government, high crime, illiterate kids, Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to no success can compensate for failure in the and dysfunctional families are ultimately a re­ pay tribute to an outstanding individual, Mr. home. The home is where we should begin sult of moral negligence and a denial of a ere- Gilbert Raymond Adams. Mr. Adams is being

49-059 0-95 Vol. 137 31 9730 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 recognized by the Instrumental Music Club of could be bestowed on any teacher than the sonally and through his staff. In 1953, he Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights, CA, love and admiration of his students. shared with the late Jack H. Yeager, a na­ at their 25th annual awards banquet, for his I urge my colleagues to join me in congratu­ tional award presented by the Associated exemplary service to the school, its students, lating Mr. Gilbert Raymond Adams for his ex­ Press Managing Editors AssociatiOil to the and to the community. emplary service. Centre Daily Times for coverage of prison riots Music has always been a part of Mr. at Rockview State prison. Adams' life. While attending high school in Since joining Penn State University, Mr. Santa Barbara he was senior soloist in the SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL SE­ Houck has been active in the National Asso­ school band, and a member of the All-Califor­ CURITY RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS ciation of Management and Technical Assist­ nia High School Symphony for 3 years. Even ance Centers [NAMTAC]. In a special Penntap though he received three scholarships to the HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER project, he coordinated and edited an eco­ Music Academy of the West, he chose to en­ OF ILLINOIS nomic study covering five States, entitled ''The list in the Navy after graduation from high IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Status of Small Business in Region Ill." school in 1952. Soon after, Mr. Adams was Wednesday, May 1, 1991 He has long impacted the economic devel­ selected to attend the U.S. Naval School of Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, the 1972 Social opment of our area and was one of four indi­ Music, here in Washington, DC. He served 4 Security amendments enacted a series of pay­ viduals selected to establish and begin oper­ years as naval musician, reaching the rank of roll tax increases-ostensibly to build a re­ ation of Penn State's Ben Franklin Advanced first class musician. While in the Navy he serve for baby-boomer retirement. A good Technology Center in 1983. During this as­ toured the Far East. Later, in Texas, Mr. idea in theory, but in practice the biggest dis­ signment he was instrumental in establishing Adams played with the Corpus Christi Sym­ play of congressional profligacy ever per­ the Matternville Business and Technology phony under Jacques Singer. petrated. As Congress squanders these re­ Center, one of the first small business incuba­ Mr. Adams attended U.C. Santa Barbara serves on deficit spending, the American peo­ tors in Pennsylvania. Since then we've seen from 1957-60, obtaining a bachelor of arts de­ ple are bracing themselves because they that these types of incubators are very helpful gree in music and a life diploma in music as know they will be taxed in future years in in helping rural areas attract new businesses well. He was a member of the University Sym­ order to pay themselves back. and create jobs. phony, the Santa Barbara Symphony, and the Today I ask my colleagues to put an end to Mr. Houck was also active community af­ Municipal Symphony, while playing in many this horror show. Last year I proposed refun~ fairs and was one of the founders of the Back dance and jazz bands. He has a master of ing the Social Security reserve annually into the Lions organization in 1969. For our na­ arts degree in education from Whittier College. tional bicentennial in 1976, he wrote and Mr. Adams has been the director of instru­ Individual Social Security Retirement Accounts [ISSRA's] for every American worker. Now this edited a history of Bellefonte which was pub­ mental music at Wilson High School since lished in magazine format and titled "Fountain September 1966. approach to preventing Congress from steal­ ing the Social Security reserve has been of Governors." Under Mr. Adams superb leadership, the He was a former chairman of the adminis­ Wilson High School Band has won numerous drawn into legislation. My plan cuts the Social Security tax by 1 trative board of the Homestead Park United honors. It was selected as the L.A. Dodgers Methodist Church and has been a member of "Battle of the Bands" Champions for 1981, percent for both employer and employee and places these funds into I RA-type accounts for the board o~ St. Paul's United Methodist 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987. The Wilson High Church and a chairman of its staff-parish rela­ School Band also participated in the 1978, each worker. This would protect the estimated $3 trillion reserve from the congressional shell tions committee. 1981, and 1986 Pasadena Tournament of It is with great pleasure that I join Mr. Houck Roses Parade. In 1985, this splendid band game and put it where it can be really saved-by real workers-in real dollars. I ask in celebrating his retirement from over four was chosen as the California representative to decades of service to the people of Penn­ the second inaugural for President Ronald my colleagues to cosponsor this important measure. sylvania. I wish Paul and his wife Marilyn the Reagan in Washington, DC. They also played best of luck and happiness in their future en­ for Vice President DAN QUAYLE in September deavors . 1990, and at a victory celebration for Gov. TRIBUTE TO PAUL W. HOUCK Pete Wilson this past January. Club members ardently believe that Mr. HON. WIWAM F. CLINGER, JR. TRIBUTE TO DR. EDWARD E. Adams has had an extraordinary influence on OF PENNSYLVANIA BRICKELL the students of Wilson High School. His inspi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rational leadership and his outstanding moral character has list the way for many musical Wednesday May 1, 1991 HON. OWEN B. PICKETI careers. Nor are they the only ones to feel this Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF VIRGINIA way. In 1975, Mr. Adams was named the Ha­ recognize Mr. Paul W. Houck of State College, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cienda-La Puente Unified School District PA, on the occasion of his retirement from Teacher of the Year. In 1984, he received the Penn State University. Mr. Houck is currently Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Meritorious Service Award from the Southern the information coordinator for the Pennsylva­ Mr. PICKETT. Mr. Speaker, on May 15, California School Bands and Orchestra Asso­ nia Technical Assistance Program [Penntap] 1991, the B'nai B'rith Foundation of the United ciation. The association also honored Mr. at Penn State. Prior to joining Penn State, he States will present its Great American Tradi­ Adams with the Gold Seal of Recognition in served the people of our area for almost 30 tion Award to Dr. Edward E. Brickell, the 1989. Also in 1989, he was named Honor years as a newspaper executive. President of the Medical College of Hampton Band Conductor for the Fullerton District. This A native of Bellefonte, PA, Mr. Heuck began Roads. year, he has been chosen as one of the nomi­ his journalism career in the sports department This award is a great honor for Dr. Brickell, nees for the Bravo Award for outstanding of the Centre Daily Times while in high school. and all of us from eastern Virginia are very music teachers of Southern California. After serving overseas in the Navy during proud of him. Recipients of this award are part Mr. Adams has stated that he has enjoyed World War II, he became a general news re­ of a select group of people who-through their many honors, but his most admirable accom­ porter and then city editor of the Times. Over life's work-serve as role models for young plishment has been to provide the best pos­ the next three decades, he worked in a variety people. sible musical education for the hundreds of of posts throughout western Pennsylvania in­ Dr. Brickell is a natural for this award. He students that he has taught over the past 30 cluding 7 years as the executive editor of the has devoted his entire professional life to edu­ years. Pennsylvania Mirror. Under his stewardship, cation, either as a teacher or an administrator. No finer example of this can be shown than the Mirror won three Keystone Press Sweep­ A graduate of the College of William and Mary the recent poll taken at Wilson High School. stakes Awards and was a close contender on and a former rector of that great institution, Dr. Students were surveyed as to who their 10 top two other occasions. Brickell served as the superintendent of the heroes are, Mr. Adams placed fourth-after Throughout his career as a journalist, Mr. Virginia Beach public schools for almost 20 mom, dad, and God. Truly no higher tribute Houck won numerous other awards both per- years. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9731 He oversaw the system as it grew and flour­ of Beverly Yip. Her achievements are truly On September 9 the Senate returned lan­ ished into one of Virginia's biggest and best worthy of praise and I wish her good luck in guage back to the House that, "Congress school systems. He was twice named in the all her future endeavors. shall make no law establishing articles of faith "Top 100 School Administrators in North or a mode of worship, or prohibiting the free America" by the Executive Educator. His list of exercise of religion." It was a conference com­ achievements and contributions to the lives of ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE BREAK- mittee that determined that, "Congress shall young Virginians is too lengthy to include FAST OF THE JEWISH WAR VET­ make no law respecting an establishment of here. ERANS OF THE UNITED STATES religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there­ Today, Dr. Brickell is overseeing the impres­ of," the primary clauses of what we now call sive growth and development of the Medical HON. FRANK PAUONE, JR. the first amendment. College of Hampton Roads, one of the largest OF NEW JERSEY The debate enjoined over the last 30 years teaching facilities of its kind in Virginia. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by civil libertarians and separationists to sug­ B'nai B'rith has made a wise and perceptive Wednesday, May 1, 1991 gest that the amendment provides freedom from religion rather than freedom of religion is choice for this Great American Traditions Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, an ensign for the rejection of original intent Award. I know that all Virginians join me in May 5, 1991, the Jewish War Veterans of the congratulating Dr. Brickell on a job well done. and the vision of our Founding Fathers. United States, Department of New Jersey, In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Inc., a congressionally chartered veterans or­ Jefferson wrote of man's inalienable rights TRIBUTE TO BEVERLY YIP ganization, and the ladies auxiliary, will hold that, "Whenever any form of government be­ its 10th Annual Legislative Breakfast in comes destructive of these ends, it is the right HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI Eatontown, NJ. of the people to alter it." Let me share with Sunday's event will be an especially notable you a short history of a government that has OF CALIFORNIA occasion as the guest of honor is our distin­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES become destructive to certain of these ends. I guished U.S. Senator from New Jersey, the am speaking of how an un-elected body, the Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Honorable FRANK R. LAUTENBERG. Senator Supreme Court, with the timid consent of Con­ Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to LAUTENBERG has been selected as the Legis­ gress, has disallowed through a series of judi­ pay tribute to an American who has devoted lator of the Year by the New Jersey Jewish cial decisions the free exercise of religion and the last 17 years to serving others in her com­ War Veterans in tribute to his strong advocacy the right of rising generations to formally munity; Beverly Yip, founder and executive di­ for veterans' concerns and his excellent work acknowlege their Creator in public settings. rector of the Union of Pan Asian Communities on the Senate Appropriations Committee. By way of background, there are many [UPAC] in San Diego, CA. The theme of this year's breakfast will be ways I could begin this history of judicial turpi­ When Beverly Yip founded UPAC in 1974, the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the tude. I could begin on a positive note by af­ San Diego was home to only a few Asian im­ Bill of Rights, with a special recognition for the firming the spiritual nature of our society. His­ migrants from China, Japan, Korea, Samoa, men and women who served in Operation tory is replete with facts detailing how the pur­ Guam, and the Philippines. However, the need Desert Storm. As my good friend Stanley J. suit of religious freedom spawned the original for cooperation and unity within the Asian Wides, executive director of the New Jersey 13 Colonies. community soon became urgent as refugees Jewish War Veterans, said of our American I could discuss the faith of our Founding Fa­ and immigrants from Southeast Asia swelled troops, their "gallant efforts epitomize Ameri­ thers. That out of the 55 men who drafted the the number of needy Asians in the San Diego ca's finest commitment to freedom and de­ Constitution, all but 3 were orthodox members area. What began as a small organization mocracy." of one of the established Christian commun­ serving a limited community now was faced Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure for me ions: approximately 29 Anglicans, 16 to 18 with the challenge of providing service to thou­ to participate in the events of the New Jersey Calvinists, 5 Roman Catholics, 2 Methodists, 2 sands. Jewish War Veterans and to work on behalf of Lutherans, 1 lapsed Quaker and sometime­ Under Beverly ¥ip's leadership, UPAC rose their agenda for those men and women who Anglican, and one open deist. to the challenge. Its members carried UPAC's sacrificed so much to safeguard our freedoms I could also talk about the philosophical and message to municipal, county, regional, State, here at home and to make the world a safer legal traditions of men schooled in the Judeo­ and Federal offices and into the conference and freer place. It is also an honor to partici­ Christian ethic, each relied upon by our rooms of community agencies. With public and pate in any tribute to our distinguished col­ Founding Fathers. Men like Algernon Sidney private funds, and with skilled bilingual staff, league from the other Chamber, Senator LAu­ and John Locke, the French philosopher UPAC helped its clients achieve access to TENBERG. Montesquieu, William Blackstone, and Hugo standard community services. UPAC also de­ Grotius. veloped culturally and linguistically appropriate JURIS WITHOUT PRUDENCE Or I could cite all the many references to programs to meet the special needs of San our Creator in ancillary documents to our Diego's diverse Pan Asian population. Today, founding such as the Northwest Ordinance of UPAC administers a $1.6 million budget, em­ HON. WIWAM E. DANNEMEYER 1787 and all 50 State constitutions. OF CALIFORNIA ploys a staff of 69, and serves more than But I will not submit to this great temptation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 13,000 Pan Asians annually. Most of us are familiar with these details. Al­ The tremendous success of UPAC is largely Wednesday, May 1, 1991 though I will preface my remarks regarding the a result of the efforts of Beverly Yip. When Mr. DANNEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, the first free exercise of religion as it relates to prayer Beverly ~raduated from San Francisco's draft of the first amendment to the U.S. Con­ in public settings by saying, particularly, that Galileo High School in 1950, she was already stitution was offered to Congress by James children will not allow us, their adult keepers, a recognized and honored scholar. In 1954 Madison on June 7, 1789. The draft read: to get away with duplicity. If recognition of a her achievements were again recognized The civil rights of none shall be abridged Creator is good enough for home, the religious when she graduated from the University of on account of religious belief or worship, nor community of the family, and as the underpin­ California at Berkeley as a Phi Beta Kappa shall any national religion be established, ning of our inalienable rights, then it is good scholar. Later, she went on to receive her nor shall the equal rights of conscience be in enough for the school room. master of social work degree from San Diego any manner, nor on any pretext infringed. Relegating this recognition to its proper State University. It was not surprising then The House select committee reworked place is not enough to effectively influence the when Beverly founded the Union of Pan Asian Madison's proposal into, "No religion shall be active minds of children who spend most of Communities and provided thousands of less established by law, nor shall the equal rights their days away from both home and religion fortunate people the benefit of her knowledge, of conscience be infringed." The full House and in an environment that unhesitatingly pro­ energy, compassion, and service to the com­ opted for language endorsed by Fisher Ames claims that such instruction is antithetical to munity. of Massachusetts to the effect, "Congress reasoned thought and intellectual stimulation. Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join shall make no laws touching religion, or in­ Yet, this is what we have come to in soci­ with me in saluting the many accomplishments fringing the rights of conscience." ety. The good that breathes life into our west- 9732 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 em culture is to manifest itself only in its prop­ the Jewish and Christian faiths, and no legis­ tention may be evidenced by statements of er place. lative recitation of supposed secular purpose leading proponents, and, if found, is to be re­ The judicial activism of the Supreme Court can blind us to that fact. garded as good as written into enactment: began toward this end in 1962. The case of A last major court decision I will mention "the intention of the lawmaker is the law". Engel versus Vitale centered on a State-im­ concerned a Louisiana law passed by the Writing that the "invocation of the Bill of posed prayer that was recited daily in the putr State legislature in 1982 which said that any Rights against the States is of fairly recent ori­ lie schools of New York. The beginning of the time the theories of creation or evolution are gin" Professor Barger continues that at our day would start with: taught, independent of each other, the other founding: Almightly God, we acknowledge our de­ theory must be taught as well. The 7-to-2 de­ It was not fear of State misgovernment but pendence on Thee, and we beg Thy blessings cision of Edwards versus Aguillard held that: distrust of the remote federal newcomer that upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our The act continues the battle of William fueled the demand for a federal Bill of Rights country. Jennings Bryant carried to the grave. The which would supply the ea.me protection against the federal government that State The Court held that: act's intended effect is to discredit evolution by counterbalancing its teaching at every Constitutions already provided against The constitutional prohibition against turn with the teaching of creationism, a reli­ States. laws respecting an establishment of religion gious belief. The statute therefore is a law Oddly enough, the Court is selectively incor­ must at least mean that in this country it is respecting a particular religious belief. no· part of the business of government to porating. Nowhere to be found in any of these compose official prayers for any group of the Each of the four decisions rested on the no­ decisions is the incorporation of the free exer­ American people to recite as a part of a reli­ tion that the 14th amendment incorporates the cise clause, only the establishment clause is gious program carried on by government. establishment clause of the first amendment. so honored. And further, the first amendment's, The 1940 case of Cantwell versus Connecticut The irony of incorporation in this case is that Prohibition against governmental estab­ was the seminal decision on this aspect of in­ the Bill of Rights, was designed to leave the lishment of religion, as reinforced by provi­ corporation. The Court stated: States free to do as they will. Now, the Bill of sions of the Fourteenth Amendment, govern­ The fundamental concept of liberty em­ Rights has become a restriction on their au­ ment in this country, be it State or Federal, bodied in [the Fourteenth] Amendment em­ tonomy. is without power to prescribe by law any par­ braces the liberties guaranteed by the First An equal irony is that the original Engel de­ ticular form of prayer which is to be used as Amendment * * *. The Fourteenth Amend­ cision prohibited the use of Government writ­ an official prayer in carrying on any pro­ ment has rendered the legislatures of the ten or authorized prayers. Yet today, govern­ gram of governmentally sponsored religious states as incompetent as Congress to enact ments from city councils to Congress tell pri­ activity. such laws. vate citizens what they can and cannot say or One year later, on June 17, 1963, the Court Of course, underlying this interpretation is do at public functions. This happened in addressed other matters of free exercise and the Court's rejection of the contentfon that the Tustin, CA, where the mayor and his legal establishment directly and indirectly, in Abing­ establishment clause forbids only govern­ counsel, attempting to live up to the spirit of ton School District versus Schempp. mental preference of one religion over an­ relevant Court decisions, decided that -the Each morning at Abington Senior High other. The Court took care of this notion in name Jesus Christ could not be mentioned School selected students would read 1O 1947's Everson versus Board of Education. By during invocations at city council meeetings. the time the Abington case rolled around, the verses of the Holy Bible over the schools' Either government can or cannot place pre­ Court was content to brush aside contentions intercommunications system. Readings were scriptions on religious activities at public meet­ favoring original intent as "entirely untenable followed by the recitation of the Lord's Prayer ings. and of value only as academic exercises." with all students being asked to stand and re­ So where does this leave our children in Mr. Speaker, for the Supreme Court of the peat the prayer in unison. These exercises public schools? The primary, secular purpose United States to dismiss the original intent of were closed with a flag salute and the Pledge for allowing prayer back in public schools is to the Constitution as an academic exercise is of Allegiance. reinforce in the minds of our children the de­ beyond reason. This judicial sleight of hand to Participation in these activities was left to claratory edict from the founding of our Nation control constitutional nomenclature can legiti­ the discretion of the student and students that all people are endowed by their Creator mately be deemed the sophistry of political ac­ could either refrain or leave the room entirely with inalienable rights. tivists. As the legislative branch does with ex­ until completion of the exercise. In ruling A formal recognition of the Creator can treme effectiveness, the Court has chosen to against Abington, as with its forerunner Engel, serve as a daily reminder to students that they ignore the past-inasmuch as it detracts from the Court ruled that such exercises were a have a few liberties and responsibilities that violation of the establishment clause as ap­ their argument-and has invoked a new con­ stitutional order based on revisionist history are not delegated to the governments of men plied to the States under the 14th amendment. and, hence, cannot be taken away by men. By 1980 the Court had worked its way up to that, in this case, did not commence until 1940. Today, I have introduced the community life denying the Ten Commandments from being amendment to these ends. posted on a school room wall. In Stone versus In a concurring opinion to Abington, Justice Graham, the Court reviewed a case where a William Brennan wrote that "a too literal quest 1978 Kentucky statute required a copy of the for the advice of the founding fathers * * * IN HONOR OF MAY 8, 1991, THE Ten Commandments to be posted in each seems to me futile and misdirected * * *." He DAY OF THE TEACHER, LITTLE public school room in the State. then offered four reasons why he believes LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SANTA Also to appear in small print following the this. FE SPRINGS, CA 10th Commandment was the wording: First, Justice Brennan believes that "the his­ The secular application of the Ten Com­ torical record is at best ambiguous" surround­ HON. F.STEBAN EDWARD TORRFS ing the framers intent of the first amendment. mandments is clearly seen in its adoption as OF CALIFORNIA Second, he claims that "American education the fundamental legal code of western civili­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES zation and the common law of the United has greatly changed" since 1791 when the States. amendment was adopted. Third, Brennan sug­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 A Kentucky trial court as well as the State gests that time has created a religious com­ Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col­ supreme court upheld the statute as constitu­ munity in America "vastly more diverse" than leagues in the House of Representatives to tional, but a majority of the distinguished nine originally. And fourth, "free public education" join me in honoring the 1991 Teacher of the men in Washington, DC, felt different. By the is driven from our religious diversity. Year for Little Lake School District. way, now· Chief Justice Rehnquist authored Each point is arguable; certain ones more On May 8, 1991, the Little Lake School Dis­ the dissenting opinion. The Court majority than others. The first point, regarding the his­ trict will hold a celebration in honor of the Day ruled that: torical record, is the most arguable. Constitu­ of the Teacher. This day has been set aside The pre-eminent purpose for posting the tional scholar and law professor Raoul Berger to pay tribute to the many current and retired Ten Commandments on school room walls is has written that: teachers of the Little Lake School District who plainly religious in nature. The Ten The paramount consideration is to ascer­ have committed their lives to the instruction Commandants is undeniably a sacred text in tain the intention of the legislature. That in- and growth of our youth. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9733 On this day, the school district will pay spe­ your support to, and working toward the re­ His retirement is effective Friday. cial recognition to the 1990-91 Teacher of the search of new energy sources. Describing himself as an "aging idealist," Year, Wanda Shaffer. The Teacher of the I have learned that ninety-five percent of Driscoll, 65, said he has never become jaded Year Award is given to a teacher who has the world's energy is supplied from coal, pe­ to the basic function of the press: to inform troleum, and natural gas, and that the Unit­ the public in a fair and impartial manner. demonstrated outstanding teaching and has ed States depends on these three fuels for gone above and beyond the call of duty. Mrs. Despite declining circulation at the Jour­ eighty percent of its energy. World fossil fuel nal Star and at many papers throughout the Shaffer is such a person. She is a teacher consumption doubles every twenty years, country, Driscoll said he does not believe who understands the complexities that go into and since there is a limited supply of them, newspapers are dying. But he said he is con­ the learning process. More importantly, she they will someday run out. At this rate, pe­ cerned that people do not believe they need understands children. To quote Mrs. Shaffer: troleum will be very scarce in the early 21st century, followed by natural gas, which will the newspaper to make informed decisions. I've made a difference in students' lives be depleted not long after petroleum. "It bothers me that people are satisfied and have fostered a love for science and with the coverage they get from other .learning. I've often stated that although pay There are many alternatives to fossil fuels for energy in the future. Hydroelectric power media," he said. "If they really want to raises are sweet, and awards are nice, the is one of the more widely used alternatives, know what is going on, they need to know best recognitions of my teaching ability are although it only supplies two percent of the more than what is given in a brief news­ the invitations I receive from past students world's power. Nuclear energy is another cast." for graduations, weddings, Eagle Scout source of power for the world, along with The veteran journalist joined the Journal Awards, mitzvahs, and baby showers. I've Star as a reporter in 1949 with a bachelor's now reached that enjoyable stage of teaching solar power, wind energy, and tidal power. I when a new 7th grader will say, "My dad understand that the production of these and master's degree from Northwestern Uni­ says to say hello to you and that this class sources is difficult and expensive, and that versity'p 'ledill School of Journalism. will be neat." you must be in or near a favorable location His prc,.notions at the Journal include: as­ to use many of them. That is why I am ask­ sistant city editor, 1955; city editor, 1956; as­ Or. John V. Pulice, superintendent for Little ing for your support of research on improve­ sistant managing editor, 1970; managing edi­ Lake City School District states: ment of the production of these sources. tor, 1973; editor, 1979; and executive editor, Wanda Shaffer is an outstanding teacher, The conservation of energy could also re­ 1984. He was elected to the board of directors loved by her students and respected by her lieve the consumption of fuels. There are and trustee of the Employee Stock Owner­ peers. She has the ability to inspire all those many things that can be done to conserve ship Plans in 1987. with whom she comes into contact. She has energy. At home, people could form carpools John T. McConnell, president and pub­ my highest endorsement and best wishes as to reduce the use of petroleum. Better insu­ lation in homes and other buildings could lisher of Peoria Journal Star Inc., said she begins her year as Little Lake's rep­ Driscoll's leadership has been invaluable resentative. greatly reduce the amount of fuel used for heating and air conditioning. However, many both for the newspaper and the corporation. Mr. Speaker, the Little Lake School District people are not aware of the need for energy "He is one of the brightest, most realistic is one of the finest school districts in the State conservation. I believe that simple advertise­ people I've ever met," McConnell said. "That of California. I ask my colleagues to join me ments or pamphlets telling about this will has translated itself into our producing one in a salute to all the teachers of the Little Lake help the problem. of the best news vehicles available-in my City and especially to the 1991 Little Lake I am aware that scientists are studying the opinion-for a market our size." School District's Teacher of the Year, Wanda possibilities of new energy sources, and that Driscoll praised former publisher Henry P. Shaffer. many other people are helping also. Thank Slane's decision to put the newspaper's own­ you for your consideration of this important ership in the hands of its employees. Slane subject. asked Driscoll to visit the Milwaukee Jour­ Sincerely, nal before his decision and see how well the TENNESSEE RESPECTEEN WINNER KATIE HELMS. plan worked there. Not only does the ESOP plan benefit the HON. DON SUNDQUIST employees, but local ownership of the news­ OF TENNESSEE A "STAR" LEAVES THE JOURNAL paper keeps it in the hands of people who care about the community and its needs, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL Driscoll said. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 In OF ILLINOIS his most recent role as executive editor, Driscoll's responsibilities have included the Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, recently I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was privileged to host Katie Helms and her editorial page along with control of the en­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 tire newsroom operation. Upon his retire­ family, from Memphis, TN. Katie is my State's ment, his responsibilities will be divided be­ winner of the Speak for Yourself Program, a Mr. MICHEL Mr. Speaker, oftentimes we come across people in our lives who, through tween Jack Brimeyer, managing editor, and part of the RespecTeen Program. Barb Mantz Drake, editorial page editor. My colleagues, I'm sure, are familiar with service to their community, enrich not only that Peoria issues that continue to concern the Respec Teen Program. It is a nationwide community, but enrich and inspire others as Driscoll include the lack of development effort sponsored by the Lutheran Brotherhood. well. Thomas F. Driscoll is such a person. along the riverfront and lack of cooperation Katie won the Tennessee competition with a Thomas Driscoll, executive editor of the among local governments. thoughtful letter about energy conservation Journal Star retired recently after 41 years. Although he has written about both these and the need to lessen our dependence on His tenure at the Journal Star has been an ex­ issues many times on the editorial page, fossil fuels. I was greatly impressed with this emplary one, marked with professionalism and Driscoll said he still hopes the community bright and thoughtful young woman. It speaks integrity. In a time where declining circulation will take advantage of its riverfront. well of her, her family, her teachers, and those affects literally every newspaper in the coun­ "It has always amazed me that Peoria has involved in the RespecTeen Program in Mem­ try, Tom's leadership and insight has continu­ let its riverfront deteriorate and has never phis that her essay has been selected the ously provided central Illinois with an accurate exploited it," Driscoll said. "We take this reflection of our community and the world in beautiful natural resource and junk it up." State's best. Katie and the other State winners Journalistically, Driscoll's most rewarding represent some of America's best and most which we live. At this point in the RECORD, I would like to job at the newspaper was the position of city conscientious young citizens, by whose lead­ editor, he said. The city editor has a hand in ership and service our Nation will be well insert a recent article which appeared in, ap­ every local story written by the city desk, served in the not too distant future. propriately, the Peoria Journal Star, "JS Exec­ including deciding which stories to cover. I believe my colleagues will find Katie's let­ utive Editor To Retire." "That was the best for a hard news jour­ ter of interest, as I did, and I offer it now for JS EXECUTIVE EDITOR TO RETIRE nalist," he said. publication in the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD: (By Sally McKee) He and his wife, Margaret, live in German­ I am very concerned about the dependency After 41 years with the Journal Star, Exec­ town Hills. They have 10 children. of our country and the rest of the world on utive Editor Thomas F. Driscoll is retiring fossil fuels, and believe that it is necessary from his editorial duties, but plans to remain for us to start conserving and researching for a member of the corporation's board of direc­ new sources of energy. Please consider giving tors. 9734 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 RECOGNIZING LT. JIM HURLEY, A each other's families. Everybody stayed with me and a loyal employee. Most of all, DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT the job. Now, the work hours are different, though, I have found him to be a friend." there's a lot more turnover in personnel and Hurley credits his wife, Libby, for her de­ the paperwork will choke you. votion that carried him through 30 success­ HON. W.G. (Bill) HEFNER "The biggest thing we find now is dope. ful years as a police officer as he followed his OF NORTH CAROLINA The same laws are being broken. It's just a dream. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES different group of people breaking them. "You've got to have a good wife and she Some of the people I'm arresting now are the sure has been," he says of' his wife of 39 Wednesday, May 1, 1991 children of people I arrested years ago." He has a lot of stories tucked away to tell years. "You've to to have that support." Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Speaker, there are many Mrs. Hurley says her husband's retirement examples to be found of individuals who un­ his four grandchildren-two girls and iden­ tical twin grandsons. Their photographs fill is as special to her as the day he went to selfishly dedicate themselves to public service. a bookcase along a wall in his small office. work for the police. Some become well known to us and are re­ Once he was walking a beat in a dark "I am proud of my husband's accomplish­ warded for their efforts with some measure of downtown alley and he heard a noise. He was ments over the years and have enjoyed the praise and recognition, but most are those armed with a flashlight and a whistle. Police friends his career has brought into our who quietly devote themselves to the greater didn't have portable two-way radios back lives," she says. good and find their reward in the work itself. then. The next thing he knew something at­ "I will never forget the words Jimmy told Today I rise to pay tribute to just a man, Lt. tacked him. When he recovered from the sur­ me over 30 years ago: 'Honey, I want to be­ James L. "Jim" Hurley, who officially retires prise, he discovered that a cat had jumped on come a police officer.'" his shoulders. The rest is history. today from the police department in Salisbury, When he went to work at the police depart­ NC, after over 30 years of service. ment, everyone started on third shift. Offi­ It was Jim Hurley's dream to become a po­ cers got to move to another shift if some­ lice officer, and with hard work and persever­ body died or quit. That didn't happen often. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN DAY ance that dream came true for him on January And the downtown foot patrol had to know 21, 1961. For the next 30 years, he would each business, the number of windows and serve on the police force with the kind of doors in the building, where the safe was, who owned it, how many people worked HON. FRANK PAll.ONE, JR. honor and unselfish dedication that would earn there and what hours it was open. Officers OF NEW JERSEY him the respect and admiration of his fellow also knew each owner's family. officers, and of the community he served. It's quite a different story these days. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, Jim Hurley is a true public "There's no official foot patrol downtown," servant, and today, I would like to pay tribute he says. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 to him by having the article written about him Then there are memories of how he and his Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, in his hometown newspaper, the Salisbury longtime sidekick, Don Whitley, lost only one case in court during their entire career May 5, 1991, a "Welcome Home Veterans" Post, entered into the RECORD. together. rally will take place on the boardwalk in Sea­ [From the Salisbury Post, Apr. 1, 1991] "Whitley was as good a detective as I've side Heights, NJ. The event is scheduled as "OLD-TIME OFFICER"-LT. HURLEY ABOUT TO ever seen," Hurley says of his former part­ part of "Proud To Be an American Day," HANG UP GUN, BADGE ner. "He was taken out of the detective divi­ sponsored by the Ocean County Mayors As­ (By Martha Yates) sion and put into downtown walking a beat. It was one of the worse miscarriages of jus­ sociation, the Ocean County Board of He was a 26-year-old high school dropout tice I have ever seen." Freeholders, and the First National Bank of slinging hamburgers for a living when he de­ That's his only criticism of the department Toms River. cided to swap his apron for a badge and a he's served for so long. gun. At the same location on February 3 of this Hurley was one of the first K-9 handlers in year, at least 100,000 people-as many as With that decision, James Leonard Hurley, the city. The dogs were trained much as they also known as "Jim," "Jimmy" or "Cabbage are today except for drug searches. 150,000 by many estimates-turned out for a Head," also determined to meet head-on the "We didn't have that then," he says. His "Support Our Troops in the Persian Gulf Day." challenges it would bring. dog, Rick, lived with the Hurley family on During those early days of the war, when the First, he had to get his high school di­ Fairmont Avenue. ploma. He couldn't be a cop without it. outcome was not at all clear, many prayers "The only time that dog ever growled at and fervent hopes were offered for the safe "I bugged Chief Dave Shuler about becom­ me was when I'd correct my daughters, ing an officer," says Hurley (no relation to Vickie and Mitzi," he says. return of the troops. On Sunday, the Jersey the Post publisher of the same name). "I People who have worked with Hurley over shore will have an opportunity to express its talked with the officers that came in the years admire the courage it took for him joy over the safe return of our victorious forces Blackwelder's Barbecue every day. I wanted to get where he is today. One of them in and to offer its collective gratitude and admira­ to do what they did." Glenn Parks, who retired in 1982 as police tion for a job performed brilliantly and profes­ He passed his high school testing on a chief. Monday after attending classes for about a "He wanted to be a policeman so bad that sionally. year at Spencer YMCA. On Tuesday morn­ he pestered Shuler until he got on," Parks Mr. Speaker, my district, like the rest of ing, he was in Shuler's office. "He said he'd says. "He's not scared of work. There's not a America, was united to an almost unanimous let me know," Hurley says. lazy bone in him. Not only does h.e work at degree behind our troops and in support of "The next day, I hadn't heard from him, so the police department, he's out doing some­ I went back to see him. On Friday, I still their just mission. From the decorations of thing else after he gets off. He's re~l good at flags and yellow ribbons on homes and busi­ hadn't heard, so I went back again. He told working on air conditioners. me to pick up my uniform and come in Sat­ Parks says Hurley's case clearance record nesses to the individual acts of support and urday night." is one of the best in the department. "He has assistance that were provided to the families Hurley bought a Navy-surplus gun and bor­ the natural inquisitiveness needed to be a de­ of servicemen and servicewomen, the Jersey rowed four rounds of ammunition from an of­ tective," Parks says. "He's been in the right shore showed its true patriotic colors during ficer. He worked at Blackwelder's until 10 field." the duration of the crisis. p.m., then went home and got ready for his Hurley is described by Lt. Tommie Wood of first night as a police officer. · the Rowan County Sheriff's Office, a former After February's event, the mayor of Island He was a proud young officer that first police officer, as among the last of the origi­ Heights, NJ, David Siddons, received a letter night on the Square. nals on the Salisbury Police Department. from President Bush with a handwritten post­ That was Jan. 21, 1961, more than 30 years Two other officers, Capt. Wayne Whitman script reading "I am so proud of our troops." ago. Now he's thinking about retirement be­ and Lt. Price Brown, follow Hurley on the I can say with confidence that those are the fore the long hot summer sets in. "originals list." "I've never missed a paycheck from the po­ Chief Jeff Jacobs agrees. "He's in many sentiments of almost every American citizen, lice department," Hurley says. ways one of the old-time police officers Who and certainly of the people who live on the Times have changed over his 30 years on can relate and deal with people. That's his Jersey shore. the force. strongest attribute. "Back then, everybody in the department "I have found him to be a strength within knew everybody," Hurley says. "We knew the department. He's a strong supporter for May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9735 THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR sixty-year rule of the Bolsheviks; in 1979 it goods and agricultural commodities. An­ DEMOCRACY was at the 1917 level-35 million. other key factor is Russia, which has also Our losses, however, haven't been limited suffered from communist experiments. If to this. Due to deliberate anti-Ukrainian Russian patriots truly pursue the idea of cre­ HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMilH policies, large areas of Ukraine (the South, ating a Russian state, our own road to free­ OF NEW JERSEY the Southeast and the North) are severely dom will be easier and shorter. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Russified. In cities with populations of a mil­ Unfortunately, the West, especially the Wednesday, May 1, 1991 lion or more there was not a single Ukrain­ U.S. government, has not freed itself from ian school. Ukrainian churches-the Ukrain­ the spell of Gorbachev and still believes that Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, in ian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and the he wants to democratize the U.S.S.R. But mid-April the National Endowment for Democ­ Byzantine-Catholic Church-were banned, the U .S.S.R. and democracy are a contradic­ racy held its Third International Conference on their clergy shot or exiled to Siberia. tion in terms. A human being cannot be free Democracy in Washington, DC, and brought In the March 1990 elections the democratic while his people are enslaved. together many of the leading democratic activ­ forces united and formed the Democratic I wish to thank the National Endowment Bloc, which won 120 seats in the Supreme for Democracy, which through its noble ists from around the world. Leaders of the work supports democratic movements in to­ nascent prodemocracy movement in China, Rada of Ukraine (some 26% of the total) and became the opposition to the Party majority talitarian countries. President Violeta Chamorro of Nicaragua, Ro­ in Parliament. The opposition, which took manian student activist and leader Marian the name the People's Rada, has had some Munteanu, recently elected parliamentarians, success. Due to its initiative, the Parliament HISTORIC CHURCH, FIRST BAPTIST representatives from the newly elected central passed the Declaration on the State Sov­ OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, European governments, and economists and ereignty of Ukraine, the law on the economic PLANS BICENTENNIAL political analysts from aspiring democratic independence of Ukraine, the law on a movements in politically closed societies Ukrainian national bank and the resolution HON. GERALD 8.H. SOLOMON joined for seminars, lectures and the sharing that youth should do their military service on the territory of Ukraine. All these docu­ OF NEW YORK of ideas. ments form the legal foundations for the fu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES One participant was Ukrainian Mykhaylo ture independence of Ukraine. But the Com­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Horyn, deputy chairman of RUKH, the Ukrain­ munist Party's majority in the Supreme ian Popular Movement. His election to the Rada and the Party's servant, the Council of Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, the 24th Con­ Ukrainian SSR Supreme Soviet in March 1990 Ministers, interfere with the implementation gressional District is saturated in the history of followed decades of political dissidence. In of these laws and resolutions. Rallies, dem­ Colonial America. From the times of the earli­ fact, having been an active member of the onstrations, last Autumn's student strikes est settlements, churches were among the first Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring Group, he spent and this year's miners' strikes have all structures built by our brave and pious colo­ 6 years in a special labor camp and was fi­ pressed the demands that these laws be put nists. into effect. The opposition in the Supreme nally pardoned in 1987. By the time of the mid-19th century, a visit­ Rada enjoys wide support among workers ing Frenchman by the name of Alexis Mr. Horyn presented to the NED conference and students. his thoughts on Ukraine's progress toward The democratic bloc has come to power in d'Touqueville observed that religion was at the independence. He suggests that Ukraine can three regions of Western Ukraine, which center of American life. Americans have al­ play an important role in the collapse of the have become a bastion from which the idea ways been a church-going people. It's one of Soviet empire, saying: of nationhood is propagated all over the sources of our strength. The empire can exist without the Baltic Ukraine. Consequently, in these areas of That's why I take special pride in bringing to states, but not without Ukraine, because Ukraine the Communist Party is now the op­ your attention plans to celebrate the 200th an­ Ukraine is a major producer of industrial position, finding itself, for the first time, out niversary of an historic church in our district. goods and agricultural commodities. of power. The city councils of some cities The First Baptist Church of Saratoga along the Dnieper River are also in the hands Springs will celebrate its bicentennial in 1993. Mr. Speaker, I ask that Mr. Horyn's state­ of the democratic bloc. While this is a great ment be printed in full so that my colleagues achievement of the democrats, it also causes It was in 1793 when 1O members of the may have the benefit of his analysis of the significant difficulties, inasmuch as it de­ Kayderosseras area Baptist church in Beemis current situation in Ukraine and the progress mands the formulation of a specifically re­ Heights in Stillwater formed a branch in Sara­ of the democratic community in that Soviet gional, rather than a general, approach vis-a­ toga Springs. Republic. vis the ruling Communist Party, which is in­ Those who have worshipped at First Baptist sisting on the preservation of the Soviet in Saratoga Springs comprise a virtual "Who's THE UKRAINIAN PATH TO INDEPENDENCE Union as a unitary state. Pressed by the na­ (Presentation by Mykhaylo Horyn) Who" in the area. The history of the church is tional liberation movement the Communist intimately involved in the history of the North­ Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Yes­ Party is resorting to a policy of exacerbating terday, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski commented relations between nationalities. However, it east. Today, the congregation is as forward that the peoples of Eastern Europe, having wasn't able to create Inter-fronts in Ukraine looking as it has always been. The future of freed themselves from the control of the only because Rukh and leading parties, in the church is as bright as its past. U.S.S.R., are seeking their own approaches their potlitical platforms, made clear that in Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to enter in to­ to solving the complex problems of democ­ a future Ukrainian state all citizens, irre­ day's RECORD a feature story on this historic racy building. Ukraine is among those colo­ spective of national affiliation, would enjoy church published last Sunday, April 28, in the nies of the Soviet Empire that are taking equal rights under the law. Still, the Party Glenns Falls Post-Star, my hometown news­ their first steps on the road to freedom. succeeded in creating a Crimean Autono­ paper. Ukraine's subjugated status is not limited mous Republic and conducts propaganda for to the 70-year period of communist terror. In the creation of a "New Russian" Autono­ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PREPARES TO the 17th Century, as a free Kozak republic, it mous Republic in southern Ukraine. CELEBRATE ITS 200TH ANNIVERSARY found itself within the confines of the empire The Ukrainian democratic community has (By Betty French) of the Russian czars; within 120 years it had significant problems because of interdenomi­ SARATOGA SPRINGS.-One of the earliest lost its independence and its democratic sys­ national misunderstandings, which are being churches in Saratoga Springs, the First Bap­ tem and was transformed into a colony. An inflamed by party authorities. tist Church, will be celebrating its 200th an­ attempt to establish an independent state Ukraine faces the issue of the new Union niversary in 1993. during the revolution of 1917-20 was crushed treaty. The opposition is against the cre­ Church members are now planning a year­ by Bolshevik armies sent to Ukraine by ation of a new U.S.S.R. Any new version of long celebration to commemorate the move Lenin. the U.S.S.R. carries with it the risk of re­ by 10 members of the Kayderosseras area During its stay in the U.S.S.R. Ukraine has verting to principles of empire. Even Baptist church in Beemis Heights, Still­ suffered two mass famines. The more recent Solzhenitsyn's proposal about the creation of water, to form a branch in Saratoga Springs one, orchestrated by the Communists in a Slav federation is nothing but a version of in 1793. 1932--33 in order to crush for good our people's an empire on a smaller scale. Ukraine has a Don Mercer, a member of the church's Pas­ resistance to the regime, took the lives of key role to play in the collapse of the em­ tor Relations Committee and a director of approximately seven million victims. As a pire. The empire can exist without the Baltic the Saratoga Springs Preservation Founda­ result of such purposeful genocide, the num­ states, but not without Ukraine, because tion, has delved into the history of the ber of Ukrainians did not increase during the Ukraine is a major producer of industrial church. 9736 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 Mercer said though 12 more members tually, he became director of all Baptist mis­ Farmers are serious about this. In fact, here joined that early congregation, the original sionaries in Leopoldville during World War Il is a list of 137 farm organizations that have group continued to meet in homes and a and executive secretary of the World Council gone on record as opposed to a fast track for of Churches for Africa. He was also a con­ local schoolhouse for a few years. For the trade agreements: first 10 years, the church had lay preachers. sultant to the United Nations and American The Rev. M. de Forest Lowen is a retired presidents during those yea.rs, Lowen said. AGRICULTURE GROUPS OPPOSING "FAST pastor who was raised in Saratoga Springs. The Waterbury name was also closely in­ TRACK" He also has become very involved in the his­ volved with the church. Norman Waterbury Ag Price, Inc. tory of the First Baptist Church. was very active in the Baptist missionary ef­ Alabama Peanut Producers. By 1795, Lowen said, the First Baptist con­ forts and served in India during the 1890s. American Agriculture Movement Canadian gregation members had decided they needed Another family member, Etta Waterbury, Arm. to build a church. also wanted to be a missionary, but she had American Agriculture Movement, Inc. Every third week of the month, the mem­ poor health. After her death, the family do­ American Corn Growers Association. bers took up a special collection to raise nated funds in her name to construct the American Sheep Industry. money. According to early records, Lowen Etta Waterbury Memorial Hospital in American Sheep Industry Association. said, it was called a "liquor collection." Nellore province, southern India, which is American Sugar Cane League. In those days, church members and their still run by the Baptist Churches in the American Sugarbeet Growers. friends would gather to build the church. U.S.A. American Sugarbeet Growers Association. Each would be assigned a special job, and the The pastor hired when the present building Arizona Cotton Growers Association. group would continue to work until the was completed also had a famous name. The Arkansas American Agriculture Move- structure was complete. Rev. Luther Beecher, who had been serving ment. When the church was finished, they could in Albany, was a relative of Henry Ward Bee­ Arkansas Farmers Union. all celebrate by drinking liquor bought with cher, a famous reformist in those days, and Associated Milk Producers, Inc. the liquor collection, Mercer said. Henry's sister Harriet Beecher Stowe, who Atlantic Sugar Association. It evidentally took them time to raise wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the anti-slavery Big Horn Basin Sugarbeet Growers, Wyo­ enough money to purchase the land near booklet that helped start the Civil War. ming. Geyser Park, since the church was not built Luther Beecher was a very important asset Big Horn County Sugarbeet Growers Asso­ until 1808. to the church, Lowen said, and the congrega­ ciation, Montana. In 1820, Saratoga Springs leader Gideon tion grew to almost 1,000 members. But Bee­ Blissfield Sugarbeet Growers Association. Putnam died without a will, but it was cher didn't stay at the church for long. He Blissfield Sugarbeet Growers Association, known that he had expressed a willingness to retired in 1861 to pursue a longtime goal. He Michigan. donate land for a religious building. founded a school for girls called Temple California Action Network. Learning this, the parishioners voted to in­ Grove Seminary, at Circular and Spring California American Agriculture Move- corporate as the Baptist church meeting streets. That main building became known ment. house. William Waterbury was trustee. Dea­ as Skidmore Hall. California Association of Family Farmers. con John Waterbury was president and The seminary was not successful, though, California Cotton Growers. Francis Wayland was pastor. and after Beecher died, the school was sold California Sugarbeet Growers Association. to Charles Dowd. It continued until 1898. All this prepared them to get the land from Then, in 1902, the place was purchased by Colorado American Agriculture Movement. the Putnam estate. The congregation then Lucy Scribner Skidmore for her Young Wom­ Colorado Sugarbeet Growers Association. sold the Geyser Park meeting house and en's Industrial Club, which eventually be­ Committee on Rural Affairs (N.Y.). agreed to build a 50-foot by 38-foot building, came Skidmore College. Community Farm Alliance of Kentucky. according to Putnam's wish. The present The present pastor, Jim Sinclair, said the Cotton and Grain Producers of the Lower church is still on that spot. church today draws many first-time worship­ Rio Grande Valley. The Geyser Park meeting house was moved ers, in addition to its regular members. Dakota Resource Council, North Dakota. and became part of the old United States "We seem to fill the congregation's needs Dakota Rural Action, South Dakota. Hotel on Broadway. with a middle-of-the-road philosophy," Sin­ Delta Council. This first two-story church was built for clair said. Elwyhea Sugarbeet Growers Association, $2,500, but by 1844 it was too small, and it The church council will soon meet to talk Idaho. was demolished to make way for the larger about goals for the future, which will then be Empire State Farm Alliance. present structure. A parsonage building con­ presented to the members for their input, Family Farm Organizing Res. Ctr. (Minn.). structed in 1844 burned down in 1886. Sinclair said. The church also supports inter­ Farm Alliance of Rural Missouri. The present church, built in 1855, could national and national missions. Federation of Southern Cooperative. seat 1,000 people and cost $18,000. Lowen said Locally, the church holds a Thursday Findley Sugarbeet Growers Association. it also had a clock tower and a bell. That morning thrift shop, which is open to the Florida & Texas Sugarcane Growers. clock was the official timekeeper for the public. And, among other activities, it has a Florida American Agriculture Movement. town until the present city hall was built in theater group, The First Baptist Players, Florida Peanut Producers. 1870 with a clock. who offer about three plays a year free to the Florida Sugar Cane League. The church is especially notable because it public. Fremont Sugarbeet Growers Association. is purely American construction, wrote Sinclair said his private goal is to encour­ Georgia Peanut Commission. James Kettlewell, a Skidmore College pro­ age continued growth in the congregation GFA Peanut Association. fessor whose book "Saratoga Springs-An and to help parishioners develop ministry Goshen County Sugarbeet Growers, Wyo.­ Architectural History" will be released soon. skills that could be used in other aspects of ming. The church does not follow the traditional their daily life. Great Lakes Sugarbe.et Growers Associa- English style of church design like almost tion. all other churches do. Groundswell, Inc. of Minnesota. The main worship center of the church is FARM GROUPS OPPOSE "FAST Hawaiian Sugar Planters, Association. on the second floor, which is unusual. The TRACK" Idaho American Agriculture Movement. interior is trim, almost severe, with tall Idaho Rural Council. stained glass windows. A Tiffany-style win­ Idaho Sugarbeet Association. dow faces worshipers, while another is above HON. BYRON L DORGAN Illinois American Agriculture Movement. the front entrance. The church presently OF NORTH DAKOTA Illinois Farmers Union. seats 600 people and the congregation now IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Illinois Stewardship Alliance. totals 275. Indiana Farmers Union. The church has had its share of histori­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Iowa American Agriculture Movement. cally notable people. Back in 1820, a son of Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota. Mr. Speaker, Iowa Farm Unity Coalition. pastor Wayland, Francis Wayland Jr., be­ American farmers expect us to represent their Iowa Farmers Union. came president of Brown University, Lowen interests when an international trade agree­ Kansas American Agriculture Movement. said. ment is being proposed. They don't expect us Kansas Farmers Union. Another, more contemporary Wayland, Land Loss Prevention Project (N.C.). George Wayland Carpenter, who died 12 years to abandon our responsibilities to them, put­ League of Rural Voters. ago, graduated from Union College as an en­ ting trade agreements on a legislative fast Louisiana American Agriculture Move­ gineer, but decided to become a missionary. track that prohibits Congress from correcting ment. Carpenter helped build a hydroelectric dam problems with a proposed trade agreement Michigan American Agriculture Move­ and other plants in the Belgian Congo. Even- before approving them. ment. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9737 Michigan Farm Unity Coalition. Southwestern Peanut Grower's. decided to work a while before entering Michigan Farmers Union. Sugar Can Growers Cooperative of Florida. Knoxville College, where he graduated in Mid-American Dairymen, Inc. Tennessee American Agriculture Move- 1926. Min-Dak Farmers Cooperative, North Da­ ment. As a junior at KC, he was business manager kota. Texas American Agriculture Movement. for the 1925 yearbook, corresponding sec­ Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, Min- Texas Corn Growers. retary of the YMCA, president of the Triple nesota. Texas Farmers Union. "C" (City College Club), and played guard on Minnesota COACT. Texas Sugarbeet Growers Association. the winning football team with Alonzo Minnesota Farmers Union. "Jake" Gaither. The yearbook says his main Mississippi American Agriculture Move- hobby was "listening to 'Mamie Smith's' ment. A TRIBUTE TO DR. MONROE D. original orchestra" in 1926, he was president Missouri American Agriculture Movement. SENTER of his graduation class. Missouri Rural Crisis Center. In 1930, Senter began an interim period of Monitor Sugarbeet Growers Association, study at the University of Cincinnati. He Michigan. HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. also accepted a teaching position at Austin Montana Farmers Union. OF TENNESSEE High School that year. He also later studied Montana-Dakota Beet Growers Associa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. tion, Montana. In 1937, he joined the faculty of Beardsley Montana-Dakota Sugarbeet Growers, Asso­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 when it opened that year. In 1939 he was ap­ ciation, N.D. pointed principal. He received his master's Mountain States Beet Growers Association Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Monroe D. Senter has played a major role in Knoxville's degree from the University of Minnesota in of Montana. 1946. N.C. Coalition of Farm & Rural Families. education system for many years. Senter was elected president of the Ten­ National Cotton Council. Dr. Senter, although officially retired since nessee Education Congress in 1954. He also National Cotton Ginners Association. 1973, remains active in serving the commu­ served as president of Knoxville Education National Family Farm Coalition. nity. He is a great asset and has been a posi­ Association, East Tennessee Teachers Asso­ National Farm Organization. tive influence on many students through the ciation, American Teachers Association Re­ National Farmers Union. years. gion II, Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit National Milk Producers Federation. Union, Knoxville Principals Association, National Peanut Growers Group. This gentleman went through school in Knoxville himself, graduating from Knoxville State Principals Council, Knoxville Chapter Nebraska American Agriculture Move- of KC Alumni, and Alpha Phi Alpha Frater­ ment. College in 1926. He has always shown keen nity. Nebraska Farmers Union. interest in improving educational opportuni­ For his outstanding achievement in edu­ Nebraska League of Rural Voters. ties-such as vocational education-in the cation, Knoxville College conferred upon him Nebraska Non-Stick Cooperative. community. However, he not only was con­ an honorary doctor of humanities degree. He New Mexico Peanut Growers Association. cerned, but he put his concern into action. has served as chairman of the council on North American Farm Alliance. Today, Dr. Senter serves on the Knoxville ministries at Lennon-Seney United Meth­ North Carolina Peanut Growers Associa­ odist Church, where he is a member. tion. Civic Coliseum Board, the Beck Cultural Cen­ ter Board, and the Knoxville YMCA Board, Senter retired from Beardsley in 1973, but North Dakota Farmers Union. that only meant he would have more time Northern Indiana Farm Task Force Pa­ among others. for community service. He can be spotted cific. It is my pleasure to be able to call Dr. any morning walking smartly along Magno­ Northern Ohio Sugarbeet Growers Associa- Senter one of my constituents. People like Dr. lia or Mccalla avenues to a group or com­ tion. Senter do not come along often, and when Northern Plains Resource Council (Mont.). mittee meeting-he says he walks until the Northwest Farmers Union. they do, they always give back to the commu­ bus catches up with him. It almost never Nyssa-Nampa Sugarbeet Growers Associa­ nity more than they receive from it. does. tion, Idaho. I commend Dr. Senter for his devotion to That same agile gentleman can be seen Nyssa-Nampa Sugarbeet Growers, Wyo- education and the community for all these taking the same route home in late evening. ming. years, and I wish him the best in the years to After a full day of meetings, church and civic Ohio Farm Alliance. activities, he appears as fresh and affable as come. he was when he left home. One is taken by Ohio Farmers Union. I also ask that a column by Robert Booker Okealanta Corporation. his infectious smile and polite manner. Oklahoma Ag-Link. which was recently published in the Knoxville I am sure his 34 years on the job at Beards­ Oklahoma American Agriculture Move- Journal appear in the RECORD. ley were much less hectic than the schedule ment. [From the Knoxville Journal, Apr. 12, 1991) he keeps today. He is one of the senior mem­ Oklahoma Farmers Union. bers of the Knoxville Civic Coliseum board, PRINCIPAL'S RETIREMENT A TIME OF PUBLIC he ls very active with the Berk Cultural Cen­ Oklahoma Peanut Growers Association. SERVICE Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association. ter board, and other groups too numerous to Oregon American Agriculture Movement. (By Robert Booker) mention. Oregon Common Ground. For years his students tried to guess what One of his greatest loves is the YMCA, Oscaola Farms Company. the "D" stands for in his middle name. He which goes back to his college days. He has Peanut Growers Cooperative Marketing wouldn't say. I just knew it stood for "Doc­ served on the Knoxville YMCA board of di­ Association. trine," but I was wrong. When I saw a copy rectors, and was given the Red Triangle Pennsylvania American Agriculture Move- of the graduation program of the Knoxville Award, the Y's highest honor. He even served ment. Colored High School class of 1919, I found the as president from 1983 to 1985. Pennsylvania Farmers Union. answer. There it was-Monroe Deaderick Senter also served as state director of a na­ Plains Cotton Growers. Senter. tional project in vocational education and Powder River Basin Resource Council It wasn't that the dapper, beloved principal guidance. He took a year's leave of absence (Wyo.). of Beardsley Junior High School was from the Knoxville school system to set up Prairiefire Rural Action (Iowa). ashamed of his middle name; he appreciated his office in Nashville. He supervised the ac­ Red River Balley Sugarbeet Growers Asso- the students' curiosity and allowed them to tivities for coordinators from school systems ciation, Minnesota. · use their own devices to get the answer. across the state. Red River Balley Sugarbeet Growers Asso- Being curious was a part of his own edu­ This national project was directed by Am­ ciation, N.D. cational process, and he realized its impor­ brose Caliver, a 1911 graduate of Austin High Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Texas. tance. School, who was serving as assistant com­ Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. Although I was never one of his students, I missioner in the United States Department Rural Advancement Fund (N.C., S.C.). heard them talk about the mystery of his of Education. Caliver had graduated from South Carolina Peanut Board. name, and I became curious, too. Knoxville College in 1915. South Dakota American Agriculture Move- At Knoxville Colored High School, Senter So the cat is out of the bag. For those stu­ ment. was a top-notch student. He was president of dents, and others, who have wondered all South Dakota Farmers Union. his class, played football, and won the Boyd these years about the man's middle name, Southern Cotton Growers. Brothers Medal for highest scholarship in now it is known. I hope Dr. Senter won't Southern Minnesota Sugar Cooperative, the class. As was customary with many mind my telling, but it ls public record. And Minnesota. young men of the time, after graduation he a great public record it is. 9738 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 IN HONOR OF JODY SIMS AND Though budget director Richard Darman In plain English: Money from the sale of MARY ELLEN HAMILTON publicly insists that government spending these assets will be used-on paper-to make will increase far less than the projected 4.3% huge increases in federal spending look con­ rate of inflation, the real increase will be siderably smaller. In fiscal 1994, for instance, HON. Bill WWERY about 25% higher than that-and domestic total spending is shown in the budget to de­ OF CALIFORNIA spending will increase by nearly twice the cline by S27 blllion from fiscal 1993 levels. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES projected rate of inflation. Remove the S&L gimmick, and fiscal 1994 Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Mr. Bush's first term will see domestic spending is revealed to be $55 billion higher spending increasing an inflation-adjusted av­ than in fiscal 1993. Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, I erage of S29 billion a year-outspending presi­ Mr. Darman plays a similar game with the rise today to honor a team who have inspired dents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, money trimmed from the defense budget. As the women of San Diego to achieve and to Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald a result of last year's budget deal, defense compete effectively in today's business world. Reagan. In inflation-adjusted dollars, Mr. spending will decrease by roughly SlO billion Ms. Jody Sims took here expert knowledge Bush's domestic spending spree will be twice over the next several years, from $299.6 bil­ in graphic design and combined it with the as costly as President Kennedy's "New Fron­ lion in fiscal 1991 (excluding the costs of Op­ business acumen of Ms. Mary Ellen Hamilton tier" increases, nearly double President erations Desert Shield and Desert Storm) to Johnson's "Great Society" budgets, easily $289 billion in fiscal 1995. However, these to create and publish a newspaper, Women top President Nixon's, outdo President small annual reductions account for much Times. It is a conduit for networking and for Carter's by one-and-a-half times, and will be more in Washington parlance. Because de­ the kind of information and exchange of ideas a staggering five times greater than Presi­ fense spending had been projected to grow to that can turn a business around. dent Reagan's. $351 billion by 1995, a cumulative increase of In addition, the two have put together an in­ Yet, with a nearly, straight face, Mr. Sl76 b1llion over the levels agreed to by the valuable resource, the San Diego Women's Darman insists that the administration is negotiators, Mr. Darman can claim massive Directory. It contains the names of contacts in holding spending increases to 2.6%. spending restraint. But the money saved will a diverse number of fields who can be helpful Mr. Darman's numbers are crooked. Per­ not be used to reduce the deficit, nor will it haps the most pernicious of the administra­ be returned to the taxpayers in the form of to women just starting in business or changing tion's tricks is the inclusion of the widely tax relief. Instead, these defense savings are jobs or fields. With both publications, Ms. Sims fluctuating savings and loan bailout costs in being used to further the appearance that ag­ and Ms. Hamilton have contributed to creating the federal spending totals. Since the fiscal gregate spending growth is slowing when, in success and opportunity for others. In keeping 1992 budget was released, administration offi­ fact, non-defense spending is rising at an un­ with their goal of advancing women in busi­ cials have said repeatedly-often in the same precedented rate. ness, the two have launched a continous breath-that total federal spending growth When these gimmicks are exposed, we see stream of projects such as Think Tanks, Won­ will be kept below the inflation rate and that overall federal spending increasing during der Women 2000, and a number of local chal­ the costs of the S&L bailout are "off-budg­ the next five years at nearly double the rate et." being touted by Mr. Darman, an average an­ lenges. While it is true that the S&L costs are nual increase of 5% instead of 2.6%. And do­ Because of their teamwork, their caring and technically off-budget, these costs neverthe­ mestic spending will increase at an even their commitment to success for others, both less have been included in aggregate federal higher rate, 7.6%. Jody Sims and Mary Ellen Hamilton have spending. It is only by including these costs The record-high tax increase included in been selected for Women in Business Advo­ in the total that the administration can last year's budget "compromise" already has cate of the Year. claim to be holding spending growth to 2.6%. been squandered. In fact, for every dollar Mr. Speaker, please join me and all of San Stripping these costs away paints a very dif­ raised in new taxes, domestic spending was Diego in honoring this truly dynamic pair. ferent picture of federal spending growth. increased by more than Sl.80 through 1995. The deception has two parts. First, the The result: A deficit that continues to go up, S&L bailout is a one-time expense; when the not down. job's done, the costs end. Moreover, these DOMESTIC SPENDING AND THE costs are very high right now, but will de­ FEDERAL BUDGET cline over time. In the current fiscal year, THE HOUSE BUDGET RESOLUTION the S&L bailout will set taxpayers back an HON. PHIUP M. CRANE estimated Slll.5 billion. Next year in fiscal OF ILLINOIS 1992, costs are expected to drop to about S88 HON. LEE H. HAMILTON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES billion; and in fiscal 1993 it will drop still OF INDIANA more, to about $44 billion. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, May 1, 1991 In the Darman budget, the very high up­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, the debate over front costs sends aggregate fiscal 1991 spend­ the 1990 budget deal still continues. It is un­ ing levels through the roof. But, as the S&L Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to fortunate, however, that sufficient attention has costs shrink in subsequent years, so too wlll insert my Washington report for Wednesday, the aggregate growth rate of federal spend­ April 24, 1991, into the CONGRESSIONAL not been paid to the real numbers behind the ing, even though domestic spending accounts deficit reduction agreement. What proponents will be increasing rapidly. RECORD: of last year's budget deal would have us be­ According to the budget, total spending in THE HOUSE BUDGET RESOLUTION lieve is that Federal spending on the whole fiscal 1992 will increase "just" $36.5 billion Last week the House passed, with my sup­ will increase at a slower rate than inflation. from 1991 levels, from approximately Sl.4 port, the 1992 budget resolution, the major Specifically, they claim that Federal spending trillion to Sl.45 trillion. Yet the actual in­ budget b111 of the year. The Senate is consid­ will only increase at a 2.6-percent rate. Unfor­ crease, excluding the S&L bailout costs, is ering a similar plan. The House resolution tunately, these figures are cooked and under S60 billion-from Sl.3 trillion to Sl.36 trillion keeps to the discipline of the deficit reduc­ (see chart). The additional $23.5 blllion-hid­ tion agreement reached last November, and the agreement domestic ·spending will actually den in the budget mumbo-jumbo-is the dif­ makes relatively few modifications in the increase dramatically in the coming years. The ference between the 1991 and '92 S&L bailout budget proposed by President Bush in Feb­ following article written by Mr. Scott Hodge costs. ruary. The House put greater emphasis on and recently published in the Wall Street Jour­ Likewise, in fiscal 1993, a $52 billion jump education, health, and investments in the fu­ nal of March 28, 1991, reveals this sad reality in total federal spending is made to look like ture. and illustrates once again ·that Congress has a modest S8 billion increase. Outlines of Budget: The budget resolution yet to make a serious effort to control Federal That's not the end of the scam, however. is the Congress' blueprint that will guide spending. As part of the S&L bailout, the government spending and revenue decisions for the com­ wlll own considerable real estate and other ing year. The House plan provides for $1.212 THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET SHELL assets, which will be sold to the private sec­ trillion in on-budget spending and $850 bil­ GAME tor. These sales are expected to generate lion in revenues, leaving an on-budget deficit (By Scott Hodge) about S38 billion in revenues in fiscal 1994 of $352 billion. Adding in off-budget spending, President George Bush just two years ago and $42 billion in 1995. Using some very pecu­ primarily Social Security, boosts total told the nation that America "has the will, liar accounting methods, these "profits" will spending to Sl.46 trillion. but not the wallet" to tackle all of its do­ not appear in the income column of the fed­ Under the House plan, entitlements-pro­ mestic spending spree that makes Lyndon eral ledger. Instead, they will be recorded on grams like Medicare and Social Security in Johnson seem like a tightwad. the expenditure side as "negative outlays." which anyone who meets the eligibility cri- May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9739 teria gets the benefits-would grow the fast­ study of his plan to end farm income sup­ rain and wind gusts in excess of 50 knots. It est. In 1992 they would cost $680 billion, up ports for producers with more than $125,000 was a black, no horizon night when the Helo from $630 billion. National defense would be of non-farm income and to require higher arrived on scene and discovered that the $295 billion, slightly less than in 1991, and Medicare premiums of retirees with incomes ship's three crewmembers had taken to a life foreign aid would remain at $19 billion. Do­ over $125,000. raft. Six foot waves were breaking on top of mestic discretionary spending-for every­ While I generally supported the priorities 22 foot swells. thing from student loans to highway con­ in the House budget, I felt it should have The initial rescue was attempted by lower­ struction-would be $216 billion, up from $200 more strongly endorsed the targeting of fed­ ing a trail-line and basket. However, the billion. Net interest on the national debt eral programs. In an era of ever tightening wildly pitching life raft prevented any safe would be $210 billion. budgets, programs should be cut back for the approach, and it was decided that the rescue Constraints of 1990 Law: The House budget well-to-do. In 1989, more than $25 billion in swimmer, Petty Officer Chivers, had to be is remarkably similar to the President's pro­ government benefits went to households in lowered into the churning sea to assist the posal. Out of total spending of more than the top 20% of income. survivors. He fought his way to the raft, Sl.46 trillion, the two plans differed over only The Deficit: The projected on-budget defi­ took one of the survivors, a 34 year old about $10 billion-less than 1% of the total. cit of $362 billion is clearly enormous and un­ woman, swam clear of the raft and placed Restrictions and procedural changes made by acceptable. However, for the first time it ex­ her into the basket. At that moment, a huge last year's deficit reduction agreement left cludes the Socia.I Security surplus, reflecting wave broke over the basket and the swimmer little room for policymakers to maneuver. a change enacted in last year's budget agree­ lost his grasp. The basket was swept 30 yards Several changes made by the 1990 law were ment. If the deficit were instead measured on away. Petty Officer Chivers fought his way important. First, while the law immediately the traditional basis, it would be $290 billion. back to the basket only to have another made deep cuts in entitlements, it put future In addition, removing the large part of the massive wave crash over it, knocking him entitlement spending on automatic pilot. deficit due to temporary factors-the sav­ clear and washing the survivor out into the Entitlements, which now make up the bulk ings-and-loan-bailout and the recession­ dark sea. By this time, 20 minutes since the of federal spending, would be allowed to grow brings the underlying "structural" deficit swimmer entered the water, the Helo had through normal expansion (such as through down to $129 billion in 1992. That compares lost all visual reference for hoisting, the raft inflation or increased eligibility as the popu­ to $149 billion in 1990 and $130 billion in 1991. had blown 150 yards downwind, and the ini­ lation ages); only program changes would be The deficit is still too large, yet we should tial set of market flares had burned out. constrained. That greatly lessened pressures not try to squeeze major new budget cuts out Petty Officer Chivers relocated the woman to make entitlement cuts this year. Second, of the economy during a recession. That and after additioal flares were deployed, the the 1990 law set overall spending ce111ngs for could cause additional hardship and further Helo crew was finally able to hoist the bas­ discretionary spending over the next three weaken the economy. We should revisit the ket aboard with the swimmer and the years, with separate ceilings for defense, for­ deficit once the economy rebounds. In the woman. Petty Officer Chivers reentered the eign aid, and domestic programs. Both the meantime, we must keep to the discipline of violent seas and performed the rescue two President's budget and the House budget last year's deficit reduction agreement. That more times. kept within the ceilings. Third, the law set means that the Congress and the President Petty Officer Chivers spent a total of 50 up firewalls between categories of discre­ should not consider every new spending need minutes in the dark, churning, frigid waters, tionary spending. Cuts in spending in one an "emergency", which is exempt from the unselfishly thinking of only doing his duty, category, such as defense, could no longer be constraints of the deficit reduction agree­ disregarding his own safety to save others. used to finance increases in another, such as ment. And it means sticking to the pay-as­ His dogged determination, his herculean ef­ domestic programs. That eliminated a peren­ you-go requirements for tax reductions and forts, and his boundless courage are most nial source of contention between the Con­ entitlement expansions. Keeping to the worthy of our praise and gratitude and are in gress and the President. Finally, the 1990 law agreement and reducing the deficit will less­ keeping with the highest traditions of naval said that the Congress will not have to make en the government's drain on national sav­ aviation and the U.S. Coast Guard. cuts to reach certain deficit targets if the ings. That will allow the Federal Reserve to Mr. Speaker, I know that my colleagues in deficit rises due to factors beyond its con­ continue to ease interest rates, which will the House join me in saluting the accomplish­ trol, such as the current recession. That sig­ help pull our economy out of recession. ments and bravery of Roger Chivers. The nificantly eased pressures to make con­ troversial new cuts this year. Coast Guard's outstanding reputation is in no These changes were intended to ease the TRIBUTE TO ROGER CHIVERS small part due to the accomplishments of men annual budget battles, and so far they cer­ and women like him. We are all fortunate to tainly have. have him in our Nation's service. Differences from Bush Budget: Although HON. RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM the House budget is quite similar in broad OF CALIFORNIA outlines to the President's, there are some IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A GREAT LEADER significant differences. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 The House made several changes in domes­ HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR tic discretionary spending. The budget would Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise boost funds in areas aimed at helping work­ today to call the attention of my colleagues in OF OHIO ing families and meeting our country's eco­ the House to the heroism of Roger Chivers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nomic challenges. Included were increases Aviation Survivalman First Class [ASM-1] Wednesday, May 1, 1991 for education, Head Start, child nutrition Chivers serves with great distinction in the and immunization, anti-drug abuse pro­ Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor U.S. Coast Guard. and pleasure to stand before the House today grams, energy security, and transportation. He recently was awarded the Association of The increases would be paid for by smaller to honor a man who truly embodies service to increases than the President wanted for Naval Aviation's Outstanding Achievement the great State of Ohio: Speaker Vern Riffe. space programs, larger cuts in postal sub­ Award for Helicopter Aviation for an undeni­ Since he was first elected to be the State sidies, and across-the-board cuts in a variety ably brave and selfless act. At great risk to Representative of Ohio's 89th House District of programs and departments, including the himself, Roger Chivers saved the lives of in 1958, Mr. Riffe's career has been distin­ Congress. three people in turbulent seas and terrible guished by achievements that have genuinely The House budget rejected all the Presi­ weather. His dedication to the oath he took as dent's revenue-raising and revenue-losing benefited all Ohioans. In January of this year, a member of the Coast Guard should stand as Mr. Riffe took office for his 17th consecutive 2- proposals, including his proposals to cut the an inspiration to all of us. capital gains tax and to extend the Medicare year term; a record in my home State of Ohio. tax to certain state and local employees. The The Association of Naval Aviation recog­ Indeed, Mr. Riffe holds the record for serving resolution stated that any new tax reduc­ nized Roger Chivers' acomplishments in the as speaker of the Ohio House of Representa­ tions or entitlement expansions would have following citation: tives longer than any other speaker in Ohio's to be financed on a "pay-as-you-go" basis. At 1407 on 7 December 1990, a rescue heli­ history. I am proud to commend Speaker Riffe The House did not go along with the Presi­ copter was launched from the U.S. Coast and to celebrate his ninth term as speaker this dent's proposal to make additional cuts in Guard Air Station Sitka, Alaska to assist year. entitlements on top of those adopted last merchant vessel Norsal which was taking on fall. In particular, it rejected the President's water 280 miles southeast of Sitka. Enroute Vern Riffe often cites his father, Vernal call to target student loans and federally time to the area was five hours and eleven Riffe, Sr., as his role model in both politics subsidized school lunches more to lower-in­ minutes in poor weather, with visib111ty at and life. For more than 20 years, Vernal Riffe, come families, and recommended further times down to less than 100 yards in heavy Sr., served his community of New Boston, OH, 9740 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 as mayor. It was during these years that Ver­ only prologue. For Speaker Riffe and all Ohio­ comes in response to growing public concern nal, Jr. learned the true value of serving and ans, the Mure holds promises of even greater about the quality of our nation's schools. In working with his fellow man. It is evident that achievements. a recent nationwide poll, 70% of Americans this training in public life has helped make I am pleased to be able to stand before this said that the nation is not making enough progress on improving public schools. There Speaker Riffe the distinguished man he is House and mark the occasion of this dedica­ is good reason for such widespread concern. today. tion. Speaker Riffe's judgment and experience The quality of our educational system has a In the Ohio House of Representatives, Vern is unmatched in the Ohio House, and his pres­ direct bearing on the health of our economy, Riffe has brought an untiring work ethic and ence continues to pay dividends for all citizens our ability to remain competitive in the sense of fairness to the speaker's chair. As of Ohio. As we honor Vern Riffe's career and world market, and our quality of life. chairman of the rules committee, he has dem­ contributions to our great State of Ohio, I look The President's plan is significant in that onstrated uncommon leadership in advancing forward to his continuing excellent public serv­ it recognizes that the federal government key legislation which has helped literally mil­ ice to our great State and to the Nation. has an important role to play in education lions of Ohioans. Speaker Riffe has a proven strategy. Traditionally, state and local gov­ ernments have taken the lead in elementary track record of operating closely with all State and secondary education. Federal involve­ representatives and officials in Ohio, regard­ IN HONOR OF LISA RICHARDS ment-accounting for only 7% of the na­ less of party affiliation. His extraordinary ability tional education budget-has been primarily to work with his colleagues earned him a cita­ HON. Bill LOWERY limited to programs for the disadvantaged tion by Republican Gov. James Rhodes, in OF CALIFORNIA and the disabled. The President's proposal aims to focus national attention on edu­ 1980, as "One of the leaders who gets things IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES done in Ohio." As the leader of the Ohio State cation, without increasing federal funding House's majority party, Speaker Riffe has Wednesday, May 1, 1991 for education or challenging local control toiled selflessly for all Democrats throughout Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, it over schools. The President's Plan: "America 2000" con­ the State. On the national level, he is pres­ is with great pleasure that I rise today to honor tains several innovative proposals, including ently serving as a member of the Democratic a woman of extraordinary drive and talent, urging school districts to grant merit pay to National Committee. Democrats in Ohio and someone who has overcome the challenges of teachers (but providing no federal money to across the Nation-myself includeG--look to starting a small business in the true spirit of do so), awarding merit-based grants to exem­ Speaker Riffe for his expertise and guidance entrepreneurship. plary schools, and encouraging business and on the critical issues facing our State and Success in business requires much more labor to become more involved in education. country. than a good idea and a dream of prosperity. Three basic components of the President's The number of accolades that have been Lisa Richards, founder of four southern Cali­ plan have attracted the most attention: par­ deservedly accorded Speaker Riffe over his ent choice, national testing, and model fornia firms and an outstanding leader in her schools. distinguished career are almost too numerous community, has succeeded because she First, the President encourages local to mention. Fittingly, the groups who have works tirelessly and understands people and school systems to allow parents to send their chosen to honor him are as varied and diverse markets. In each of her ventures, beginning children to the school of their choosing. The as Ohio itself. He has been named Legislator with Picnic People Inc., Ms. Richards has plan advocates changing the way S6 billion in of the Year by the Disabled American Veter­ posted remarkable growth in total sales, net federal Chapter 1 funds are distributed. Cur­ ans, Ohio Sportsmen, State Press Corps, income, and people employed each year. Per­ rently, these funds go to schools with a large Ohio Association of Local School Superintend­ haps more importantly, she has maintained an proportion of economically-disadvantaged ents, and Community Mental Health and Re­ students. The President proposes that Chap­ open-door policy with her employees and con­ ter 1 money be allocated not to schools, but tardation · Association, just to name a few. sulted frequently with fellow small business to students-who could, in turn, use these Other groups which have honored Speaker owners. funds to attend the public, private, or paro­ Riffe for his commitment to Ohio include the Not surprisingly, Ms. Richard's dynamic chial school of their choice. AFL-CIO, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pros­ business career parallels a long-term commit­ Second, the President has called for the es­ ecuting Attorneys Association, Public Rela­ ment of the community of San Diego. She de­ tablishment of a National Education Goals tions Society, National . Conference of State votes time to professional organizations like Panel to develop standards for what students Legislatures, Jewish National Fund, Ohio the Greater San Diego Chamber of Com­ should know in five subjects: math, science, Farm Bureau, and literally scores of others. history, geography, and English. A system of merce, Center City Association, the Conven­ national examinations, the American He has received honorary degrees from distin­ tion and Visitor's Bureau, and Industrial Recre­ Achievement Tests, would be developed to guished educational institutions in Ohio such ation Council, and also actively supports the assess how well students in the fourth, as Ohio University, the Ohio State University, American Cancer Society, the American Mul­ eighth, and twelfth grades are meeting these Rio Grande College, University of Akron, Kent tiple Sclerosis Society, and the March of standards. The tests would contain a variety State University, Miami University, Central Dimes. She reminds us that American busi­ of assessment methods. States would choose State University, University of Cincinnati, and ness works best when it takes an active role whether to administer the test to their stu­ Shawnee State University. The list could truly in American society. dents, and could use the results to issue an­ go on and on. nual report cards on the performance of local Mr. Speaker, please join me and all of San schools. Colleges and businesses would be en­ At home, Vern Riffe and his loving wife Diego in honoring our Small Business Person couraged to use the test scores when evalu­ Thelma have been married for 43 years. They of the Year, Ms. Lisa Richards. ating candidates for admission or for em­ are blessed with four outstanding children­ ployment. Cathy, Verna Kay, Mary Beth, and Skip (Ver­ Third, the President's plan includes $550 nal 111)-and seven grandchildren. A lifelong THE PRESIDENT'S EDUCATION million to create 535 new, experimental resident of Scioto County, Speaker Riffe is still PLAN schools-at least one in each congressional active in his local community. In New Boston, district. These "New American Schools" OH, he acts as president of the Riffe and Ben­ would use innovative and creative teaching HON. LEE H. HAMILTON methods and materials, and serve as models nett Insurance Agency. He is a member of the OF INDIANA for other schools. Governors and the Sec­ Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES retary of Education would review commu­ Kiwanis Club, American Legion, Veterans of nity-developed plans to decide which com­ Foreign Wars, Shriners, and other vital com­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 munities would receive Sl million start-up munity organizations. Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to grants for these schools. The business com­ On May 16, 1991, ceremonies will be held insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, munity would provide additional financial in Columbus, OH, to dedicate a bust of Vern May 1, 1991, into the CoNGRESSIONAL support. Riffe. Speaker Riffe is one of those rare peo­ Assessment: The innovations in the Presi­ RECORD: dent's plan have drawn mixed reviews. The ple in public service who are true living leg­ THE PRESIDENT'S EDUCATION PLAN President contends that parental choice will ends. While the bust of Speaker Riffe will Earlier this month President Bush un­ both improve schools, which will have to stand as a symbol of his accomplishments veiled "America 2000," a long-term strategy compete with one another for students, and and his deserved place in Ohio's history, it is for improving American schools. The policy benefit students, including those from poor May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9741 families, who will have more options. How­ 1OOth anniversary of the California Institute of selves, our planet, and our place in the uni­ ever, critics respond that poor families will Technology in Pasadena, CA. verse. And this remarkable record of accom­ not have the resources or skills to work the In 1891, Amos G. Throop, a Pasadena busi­ plishment continues today. Whether it is build­ system to their advantage. I share the view nessman, founded a modest school of arts that poor students are least likely to be able ing the world's largest telescope or helping to to transfer to schools farther from home, and and crafts, named Throop University. Shortly design the world's most powerful computer, may be forced to attend their neighborhood after the turn of the century, Throop trustee searching for planets outside the solar system school. Students in rural areas face a similar and noted astronomer George Ellery Hale or hunting for clues to human diseases and problem. A choice system could end up changed the focus of the school to the training behavioral patterns hidden deep within the segragating students by income or race. of outstanding scientists and engineers. gene, CalTech remains where it has been Schools could end up selecting students rath­ In 1920, Throop was renamed the California since the day it was founded: at the frontier of er than parents selecting schools. In addi­ Institute of Technology. A year later, the distin­ science, of exploration, and of discovery. tion, the President's proposal to use public guished physicist Robert A. Millikan became tax money to educate children in parochial Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in rec­ schools could violate the Constitution's sep­ the institute's first administrative head. This ognizing the outstanding achievements of this aration of church and state requirement. event began one of the most rapid rises to great American institution, the California Insti­ The President's idea to forge a national prominence of any institution in the country. tute of Technology, on its 100th anniversary. consensus on what children should know and Two years later, Millikan was awarded the For me representing this magnificent univer­ what they should be able to accomplish has Nobel Prize for his work determining the sity in the Congress of the United States has been widely praised. But testing students to · charge on the electron. been a profound pleasure. I am constantly in see if they have reached these standards is Also in the 1920's, the seismological labora­ awe of its achievements; continually grateful more controversial. Proponents of testing tory was established. This was an instrumental for its contributions; repeatedly proud of its argue that there can be no meaningful edu­ part of the development of seismology into the cation reform without a clear sense of where image and reputation, and enthralled by its po­ our students stand. Others assert that meas­ international science of detecting, measuring, tential. I have great confidence that CalTech's urement by itself will not cause improve­ studying earthquakes. In the 1930's, Charles next 100 years will be as fruitful and inspiring ment-that more tests will no more help a F. Richter and Beno Gutenberg invented the as its first century. student than taking a patient's temperature Richter scale for measuring quake energy. In Mr. Speaker, it is, therefore, not surprising wm help him get well. There are other criti­ the 1960's, modern earthquake engineering that I am delighted to recognize the California cism of national testing. The tests would be also merged as a field at CalTech. George expensive. Deciding what to include on the Institute of Technology on its 100th birthday Housner and his coworkers developed meth­ and to extol its myriad virtues before my col­ test would be a lengthy and contentious ods that have helped in creating codes for process. Instructors might teach, and stu­ leagues in the House of Representatives. dents study, only for what appears on the earthquake-resistant tall buildings, in Los An­ test. geles and other seismically active areas. The President's plan has also been criti­ Today, the seismological laboratory continues TRIBUTE TO JEAN FOLEY cized for failing to address several issues, to be one of the premier centers for earth­ such as preparing children to start school, quake study. HON. JAMFS A. TRAFlCANf, JR. reducing the dropout rate, and ridding our In 1926, CalTech established the schools of drugs. Others question the Presi­ OF OHIO Guggenheim Graduate School of Aeronautics. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent's commitment to education reform In 1930, Theodore, von Karman joined the given the limited size of his education budg­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 et. His proposal offers little assistance to CalT ech faculty and, under his direction, re­ state and local governments now struggling searchers developed the principles of flight Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to maintain current education spending. that helped launch the aircraft industry in Cali­ to pay tribute to Jean Foley, a retiring cafe­ Further, the President's plan says virtually fornia. teria manager at Chaney High School of my nothing about helping classroom teachers. I These are only• a few examples that dem­ 17th Congressional District of Ohio. Jean believe good teaching is the key to good edu­ onstrate the extent of accomplishment that Foley was first employed as a cook at Chaney cation, and teachers must be compensated has occurred at CalTech. Countless others High School in 1954, and was promoted to the adequately. I am also concerned that the exist. position of cook-manager in 1959. Mrs. Foley plan does nothing to reduce vast disparities in educational spending in rich and poor CalTech is small in size, but its impact has is now in her 36th year of dedicated service in school districts. His proposed changes in the been immense. Students who have studied the employ of the Youngstown Board of Edu­ Chapter 1 program could hurt public schools there hold leadership positions in scientific cation and has· rightly earned the title " Mrs. with many poor children. fields all over the world. The daily vitamins we Chaney" for her many contributions to the fac­ Conclusion: It's too early to tell whether take to keep our bodies healthy, the unleaded ulty and students of Chaney High School. the President's plan is the boldest edu­ gasoline we use to reduce lead pollution in the Jean Foley has shown loyalty and dedica­ cational initiative ever to come from the atmosphere, and the jets in which we fly tion to Chaney, both in school and out. In the White House, as some contend. My view is around the world all owe their existence, in past 36 years, Mrs. Foley has missed only two that no policy planned in Washington can large part, to work carried out at this small uni­ quickly raise education standards. But the basketball games and two football games and President is right to focus attention on one versity in Pasadena, CA. rarely has she missed an assembly or a per­ of the country's most serious problems, and Over the years, 21 Nobel Prizes have been formance. But her giving extends far beyond pose a challenge to educators, parents and awarded to CalT ech faculty members and. her attendance of weekly events. Over the students. The President's plan has real po­ alumni. Thirty-three have received the National years, Jean Foley has befriended and moth­ tential, and I believe that his proposals, in­ Medal of Science, the Nation's highest sci­ ered all those who have stepped foot in her cluding parent choice, should be carefully entific honor, and three have won the National kitchen. From keeping track of everyone's die­ explored. The test is whether "America 2000" Medal of Technology. tary preferences and calling the students by transforms schools acro88 the country. But even these statistics do not tell the name as they go through the food line, to clip­ whole story. It is the innovative thinking and ping articles for students when their achieve­ CENTENNIAL SALUTE TO THE farsighted research behind them that has ments appear in the local newspaper and CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF shaped CalT ech and contributed immeas­ making sure that football players get an extra TECHNOLOGY urably to the growth of scientific research and helping on the day of the big game, Jean endeavor in the United States. Foley has made Chaney a home away from HON.CARLOSJ.MOORHEAD Since its founding 100 years ago, this re­ home. markable research and teaching institution has It is said that her house is decorated in OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES compiled a record of achievement and innova­ school colors and her closet is filled with red tion in science and engineering that is second clothing. And when the day arrives that Mrs. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 to none. Its faculty, its students, and its grad­ Foley retires to her reclining chair of red and Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, it is my uates have made breakthroughs that have gray, who will go the extra yard to send cards pleasure to bring to the attention of my col­ helped to shape the modern world and to when teachers' children have the flu, or send leagues in the House of Representatives the · transform the way we humans think about our- care packages home to sick students? Jean 9742 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 Foley is truly an irreplaceable and special part Guard implementation of this important piece nel, and our recent experience in the Desert of Chaney High School memoirs. of legislation are small yet vital to interrupt the Shield and Desert Storm operations proved Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this oppor­ cycle of damage in the Great Lakes caused by these predictions to be accurate. To remedy tunity to recognize Jean Foley for the out­ the zebra mussel. this problem, we must develop a pool of mer­ standing service and heartwarming gifts she Section 103 of this bill authorizes the Sec­ chant marine reservists ready to serve when has given to Chaney High School over the retary of Transportation to acquire vessels for needed. past 36 years. By example, she has educated use by the Coast Guard by purchase, lease, Section 302 clarifies that the Secretary of our upcoming leaders on the joy of giving. It lease-purchase, or otherwise under multiyear Transportation would retain the authority to is truly an honor to represent this remarkable contracts. I think that the Secretary should execute the functions of the Secretary under woman. have the broadest possible authority to ac­ title 46, United States Code, even if the Coast quire additional vessels for the Coast Guard, Guard is transferred to the Navy in time of war subject to reasonable conditions. I am aware or national emergency. The functions of the INTRODUCTION OF TWO BILLS TO that certain budgetary limitations may restrict Secretary under title 46 are peacetime func­ IMPROVE U.S. COAST GUARD OB­ the use of this type of acquisition arrange­ tions, and it would not be appropriate or advis­ JECTIVES AND MANAGEMENT ment, but I believe that we should give the able to transfer them to the Secretary of the Secretary the authority to use different types Navy along with Coast Guard military func­ HON. ROBERT W. DAVIS of financial arrangements if necessary. tions in time of war or national emergency. OF MICHIGAN Title II of this bill broadens the Coast Section 303 makes certain technical IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Guard's authority to act as the primary U.S. changes to conform the description of docu­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 law enforcement agency on the water. Subtitle mented vessels with Great Lakes endorse­ A of title II contains several sections to imple­ ments to recent changes in the vessel docu­ Mr. DAVIS. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ ment a new force-down authority for Federal mentation laws under chapter 121 of title 46, ducing two bills to increase the effectiveness law enforcement officers to order aircraft sus­ United States Code. of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard pected of drug smuggling to land. This new Title IV of this bill enhances recerational Management and Law Enforcement Act of authority is a vital law enforcement tool for use boating safety. Section 401 of this bill extends 1991 consists of four titles dealing with Coast against drug smugglers, and was proposed by the expiration date of the National Boating Guard vessel acquisition and renovation, law the President as part of the 1990 and 1991 Safety Advisory Council until September 30, enforcement, management and administration, national drug control strategies. This language 1996. This group provides valuable advise to and recreational boating safety. This bill will is identical to the language contained in H.R. the Secretary of Transportation on boating enhance the Coast Guard's ability to meet its 681, introduced earlier this year by my col­ safety matters and should be allowed to con­ responsibilities in these areas, and benefit league, Representative LARRY COUGHLIN, tinue to serve this valuable function. those who depend upon an effective, respon­ ranking minority member of the Select Com­ sive Coast Guard. The other bill I am introduc­ mittee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. UNIFORM U.S VESSEL DEFINITION ACT ing establishes a definition of "United States Section 201 of this bill establishes a criminal This bill is a continuation of the work begun vessel" for the United States Code, and penalty for failure to obey an order of a Fed­ in the Ship· Mortgage Act codification, Public makes other technical changes in the Code to eral law enforcement officer who is enforcing Law 10~710. In the act, for the purposes of conform existing statutory language to the new the controlled substances laws. Section 202 chapter 313 of title 46, United States Code, a definition. requires revocation of the registration of an vessel of the United States was defined to in­ clude vessels titled under the law of a State, COAST GUARD MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT aircraft when the pilot of the aircraft fails to ACT OF 1991 obey an order to land. Section 203 clarifies in addition to vessels documented or num­ Title I of this bill deals with Coast Guard the Coast Guard's authority to issue orders bered under the laws Qf the United States. vessel acquisitions and renovations. Section and take all other lawful @Ctions to enforce This bill includes this definition among those 101 authorizes $14 million to renovate and U.S. laws against aircraft over the high seas applicable to the entire United States Code, modernize the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, or waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Section and changes the defined term from "vessel of in line with the findings of a Coast Guard sur­ 204 establishes a civil penalty for the operator the United States" to the more manageable vey conducted last year. These renovations of a vessel or aircraft who intentionally fails to "United States vessel." Section 3 of the bill will take place over a 5-year time period and comply with an order of a Coast Guard officer makes the conforming changes necessary extend the useful life of the Mackinaw at least to stop. Section 205 deals with the definition throughout the code. 15 years. · of the term "authorized place" under the Tariff Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working with lcebreaking on the Great Lakes is an essen­ Act of 1930. Section 206 establishes a civil my colleagues on the Merchant Marine and tial Coast Guard service that is necessary to penalty for the pilot or operator of an aircraft Fisheries Committee to enact the provisions of keep the shipping lanes open on the Great who intentionally fails to obey the order of a this bill. Lakes. I believe that the additional investment customs officer to land. in the Mackinaw is small compared to the ben­ Subtitle B, section 207 of the bill requires efits realized from the operation of this vessel the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE on the Great Lakes. with the Secretary of State, to submit a report AWARENESS MONTH Section 102 of this bill authorizes $500,000 to Congress with recommendations on which for the Coast Guard to implement the laws currently enforced by the Coast Guard in HON. GEORGE Miu.ER Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention the territorial seas should be extended in ap­ OF CALIFORNIA and Control Act of 1990. This act deals with plication to the new 12-mile territorial sea limit IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the major problem of controlling the spread established by Presidential proclamation last and repairing the damage caused by the tiny December. This report is necessary to enable Wednesday, May 1, 1991 zebra mussel in the Great Lakes region. Congress to thoroughly review the U.S. laws Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I am Under the Aquatic Nuisance Prevention Act, applicable in the territorial seas and make de­ pleased to join my colleague, Ms. SLAUGHTER the Coast Guard is required to develop ballast cisions on which laws should be extended in of New York, in introducing today a House water management guidelines for the Great application to 12 nautical miles. joint resolution to designate October as "Na­ Lakes and Saint Lawrence River to become Title Ill of this bill contains several sections tional Domestic Violence Awareness Month." mandatory 6 months following enactment. The related to Coast Guard management and ad­ This resolution will help focus the attention of Coast Guard is also required by the act to de­ ministration. Section 301 establishes a Mer­ lawmakers and the public on this national trag­ termine the extent of shipping as a pathway chant Marine Reserve within the Coast Guard edy. for introduction of nonindigenous species into Reserve. It is critical to maintain an adequate I want to thank Ms. SLAUGHTER for her con­ water other than the Great Lakes and to as­ number of qualified, available merchant mari­ tinuing leadership on behalf of women in this sess alternate methods for controlling intro­ ners to man the merchant fleet during war or country who are subjected to violence in the duction and dispersal of nonindigenous spe­ national emergency. Recent studies predicted one place they ought to be able to find cies. The sums necessary to fund Coast a shortfall of certain merchant marine person- peace-their own homes. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9743 A Washington, DC, area, women was re­ gram, 14 percent of its convicted spouse nown otolaryngologist from Memphis, TN, cently shot to death by her estranged hus­ abusers were arrested again, compared with a brought to my attention a reproduction of a lit­ band-on the very same day that he was national rate of 41 percent. In 1987, Alexan­ tle story that I had not heard or seen in some served with a notice from the courts to stay dria had four domestic violence homicides. time. The story was told on the House floor by away from her. Unfortunately, this story is re­ From 1988 to 1990, there was only one. Davy Crockett who was then serving as a U.S. peated far too often in virtually every commu­ By declaring October "National Domestic Vi­ Representative from Tennessee. His story nity throughout the United States. Isn't it time olence Awareness Month," we have the op­ concerns two votes on spending bills and how to say enough is enough? portunity to bring this problem out into the those votes were interpreted by one of his Domestic violence is not just a women's open so that we may better assist its victims. constituent's. The story is an excellent lesson problem, or a family's problem, or even a and ultimately, prevent its occurrence. in the principles of the Constitution. In light of community's problem. It is a national problem I urge my colleagues to join with me to help the obvious inability of Congress to resist the that deserves our attention, our concern, and spread the word that we, as a nation, will no temptation to irresponsibly spend money that our concerted efforts to abolish it. I wish I longer tolerate this violence against our Na­ is not their own, I hope that my colleagues will could stand here before you and say that last tion's families. read the following reproduction of Davy Crock­ year's effort to promote National Domestic Vi­ ett's floor speech and grasp its significance olence Awareness Month was sufficient and and vote accordingly. that we doni need to make this effort again IN HONOR OF CONSTANCE BAHAR EVERY CONGRESSMAN NEEDS DAVY CROCK­ this year. But the sad fact of the matter is that ETT'S GREAT SPEECH AGAINST THE WELFARE domestic violence remains a national tragedy. HON. BILL LOWERY STATE At least 3 million women are beaten by their OF CALIFORNIA One day in the House of Representatives, a husbands, ex-husbands, or boyfriends each IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bill was brought up to appropriate money for year. One in twelve is beaten while pregnant. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 the benefit of the widow of a distinguished About one-third of female homicides can be naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, I been made in its support. The Speaker was attributed to domestic violence. rise today to salute Ms. Constance Bahar of just about to put the question to a vote when Domestic violence means that women are San Diego, CA, a woman who has dedicated Colonel David Crockett arose: not safe in their own homes. And, as the inci­ herself and her business career to helping oth­ "Mr. Speaker, I have as much respect for dent I referred to earlier demonstrates, they the memory of the deceased, and as much cani even escape the effects of domestic vio­ ers. sympathy for the sufferings of the living, as lence when they go to work. In fact, the most As founder and president of U.S. Business any man in this House. But we must not per­ frequent injury that women suffer in the work­ Communications, a San Diego-based publica­ mit our respect for the dead or our sympathy place is violent trauma, and frequently that tions and information service company for for a part of the living to lead us into an act growing businesses, Ms. Bahar is editor and of injustice to the balance of the living. I trauma is the result of domestic violence that will not go into an argument to prove that has simply moved to another site. publisher of her company's magazine New Business Guide. This free publication has Congress has no power to appropriate this According to the statistics available from the money as an act of charity. Every member National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, often been described as the "small business upon this floor knows it. more than 2 million telephone calls were made person's bible" and has no doubt played an "We have the right, as individuals, to give to state domestic violence hotlines in 1987. In important role in creating opportunity and eco­ away as much of our own money as we please that same year, approximately 375,000 nomic growth for the people of San Diego. In in charity; but as members of Congress we women and their children, all victims of do­ addition, Ms. Bahar and her company serve have no right to so appropriate a dollar of as an informal information and counseling re­ the public money. Some eloquent appeals mestic violence, were provided shelter. Yet have been made to us upon the ground that nearly 40 percent of those seeking shelter are source for new and young businesses in San . Diego County. it is a debt due the deceased. Mr. Speaker, turned away for a lack of space. the deceased lived long after the close of the In designating October "Domestic Violence After graduating with high distinction from war; he was in office to the day of his death, Awareness Month," we are also paying tribute Harvard Business School, Ms. Bahar worked and I have never heard that the government to the countless workers and volunteers who her way up the corporate ladder to vice presi­ was in arrears to him. give their time and energy to help the victims dent of strategic business development for a "Every man in this House knows it is not of domestic violence through the 1,300 shel­ Fortune 500 company. This experience left her a debt. We cannot, without the grossest cor­ with the skill and conf!dence to strike out on ruption, appropriate this money as the pay­ ters nationwide that provide a safe haven for ment of a debt. We have not the semblance of these women and their children. her own and led her to her current position. More recently, Ms. Bahar has initiated a se­ authority to appropriate it as a charity. Mr. Domestic violence shelters do more than Speaker, I hl'.ve said we have the right to just provide temporary shelter for victims. ries of seminars to provide practical informa­ give as much money of our own as we please. They also address the critical medical, hous­ tion directly to owners and managers of small I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot ing, employment, and legal needs of battered businesses. She is an outstanding role model vote for this bill, but I will give one week's women. In most instances, the shelters try to for young entrepreneurs, women in business, pay to the object, and if every member of help women get back on their feet both emo­ and all members of our San Diego business Congress will do the same, it will amount to community. Much of her free time is spent vol­ more than the bills asks." tionally and economically. He took his seat. Nobody replied. The bill The only shelter in my district in California, unteering in activities with the chamber of commerce, SCORE, and several local col­ was put upon its passage and, instead of battered women's alternative, is typical of the passing unanimously, as was generally sup­ programs throughout the country that provide leges, ultimately trying to improve business posed and as, no doubt, it would but for that these services. This shelter handled more management and create more jobs. speech, it received but few votes and was than 35,000 in just 1 year. It sheltered more Mr. Speaker I hope you and all of our col­ lost. than 300 women and their 400 children during leagues will join me and San Diego in honor­ Later, when asked by a friend why he had 1989-90. In addition, it provided job search ing this year's "Small Business Advocate of opposed the appropriation, Crockett gave the Year," Ms. Constance Bahar. this explanation: assistance and legal assistance. "Several years ago I was one evening Federal support for these efforts is inexcus­ standing on the steps of the Capitol with ably meager-roughly $8 million. A CONSTITUTIONAL LESSON FROM some other members of Congress, when our Legal protection for battered women is also DAVY CROCKE'IT attention was attracted by a great light over woefully inadequate. Police are reluctant to in Georgetown. It was evidently a large fire. get involved in family disputes and frequently HON. PHILIP M. CRANE We jumped into a hack and drove over as fast doni take them seriously. Only a handful of as we could. In spite of all that could be OF ILLINOIS States have mandatory arrest laws for domes­ done, many houses were burned and many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES families made homeless and, besides, some of tic violence, in spite of the fact that date indi­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 them had lost all but the clothes they had cates that such laws are the most effective on. way to break the cycle of violence. In Alexan­ Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, recently, a friend "The weather was very cold and, when I dria, VA, during the first 2 years of its pro- of mine, Dr. John Shea, who is a world re- saw so many women and children suffering, I 9744 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 felt that something ought to be done for man, particularly under our system of col­ fire before I would have given that vote; and them. The next morning a bill was intro­ lecting revenue by a tariff, which reaches if you will forgive me and vote for me again, duced, appropriating $20,000 for their relief. every man in the country, no matter how if I ever vote for another unconstitutional We put aside all other business and rushed it poor he may be, and the poorer he is the law I wish I may be shot.' through as soon as it could be done. more he pays in proportion to his means. "He laughingly replied: 'Yes, Colonel, you "The next summer, when it began to be "'What is worse, it presses upon him with­ have sworn to that once before, but I will time to think about the election, I concluded out his knowledge where the weight centers, trust you again on one condition. You say I would take a scout around among the boys for there is not a man in the United States that you are convinced that your vote was of my district. I had no opposition there but, who can ever guess how many thousands are wrong. Your acknowledgment of it will do as the election was some time off, I did not worse off than he. If you had the right to more good than beating you for it. If, as you know what might turn up. When riding one give anything, the amount was simply a go around the district, you will tell people day in a part of my district in which I was matter of discretion with you, and you had about this vote, and that you are satisfied it more of a stranger than in any other, I saw as much right to give $20,000,000 as $20,000. was wrong, I will not only vote for you, but a man in a field plowing and coming toward "'If you have the right to give to one, you· will do what I can to keep down opposition, the road. have the right to give to all; and, as the Con­ and, perhaps, I may exert some little influ­ "I gauged my gait so that we should meet stitution neither defines charity nor stipu­ ence in that way.' as he came to the fence. As he came up, I lates the amount, you are at liberty to give " 'If I don't,' said I, 'I wish I may be shot; spoke to the man. He replied politely, but, as to any and everything which you may be­ and, to convince you that I am in earnest in I thought, rather coldly. lieve, or profess to believe, is a charity, and what I say, I will come back this way in a "I began: 'Well, friend, I am one of those to any amount you may think proper. You week or ten days, and if you will get up a unfortunate beings called candidates, will very easily perceive what a wide door gathering of the people, I will make a speech and--' this would open for fraud and corruption and to them. Get up a barbecue, and I will pay "'Yes, I know you; you are Colonel Crock­ favoritism, on the one hand, and for robbing for it.' ett. I have seen you once before, and voted the people on the other. "'No, Colonel, we are not rich people in for you the last time you were elected. I sup­ " 'No, Colonel, Congress has no right to this section, but we have plenty of provisions pose you are out electioneering now, but you give charity. Individual members may give to contribute for a barbecue, and some to had better not waste your time or mine. I as much of their own money as they please, spare for those who have none. The push of shall not vote for you again.' but they have no right to touch a dollar of crops will be over in a few days, and we can "This was a sockdolager.... I begged him the public money for that purpose. If twice then afford a day for a barbecue. This is to tell me what was the matter. as many houses had been burned in this Thursday; I will see to getting it up on Sat­ "'Well, Colonel, it is hardly worthwhile to county as in Georgetown, neither you nor urday week. Come to my house on Friday, waste time or words upon it. I do not see how any other Member of Congress would have and we will go together, and I promise you a it can be mended, but you gave a vote last thought of appropriating a dollar for our re­ very respectable crowd to see and hear you.' winter which shows that either you have not lief. There are about two hundred and forty "'Well, I will be here. But, one thing more the capacity to understand the Constitution, Members of Congress. If they had shown before I say goodbye. I must know your or that you are wanting in the honesty and their sympathy for the sufferers by contrib­ name.' firmness to be guided by it. In either case, uting each one week's pay, it would have " 'My name is Bunce.' you are not the man to represent me. But I made over $13,000. There are plenty of "'Well, Mr. Bunce, I never saw you before, beg your pardon for expressing it in that wealthy men in and around Washington who though you say you have seen me, but I way. I did not intend to avail myself of the could have given $20,000 without depriving know you very well. I am glad I have met privilege of the constituent to speak plainly themselves of even a luxury of life. you, and very proud that I may hope to have to a candidate for the purpose of insulting or " 'The Congressmen chose to keep their you for my friend. wounding you. I intend by it only to say that own money which, if reports be true, some of "It was one of the luckiest hits of my life your understanding of the Constitution is them spend not very creditably; and the peo­ that I met him. He mingled but little with very different from mine. ple of Washington, no doubt, applauded you the public, but was widely known for his re­ "'I will say to you what, but for my rude­ for relieving them from the necessity of giv­ markable intelligence and incorruptible in­ ness I should not have said, that I believe ing by giving what was not yours to give. tegrity, and for a heart brimful and running you to be honest. But an understanding of The people have delegated to Congress, by over with kindness and benevolence, which the Constitution different from mine I can­ the Constitution, the power to do certain showed themselves not only in words, but in not overlook, because the Constitution, to be things. To do these, it is authorized to col­ act. He was the oracle of the whole country worth anything, must be held sacred, and lect and pay moneys, and for nothing else. around him, and his fame had extended far rigidly observed in all its provisions. The Everything beyond this is stipulation, and a beyond the circle of his immediate acquaint­ man who wields power and misinterprets it violation of the Constitution. ances. is the more dangerous the more honest he "'So you see, Colonel, you have violated "Though I had never met him before, I had is.' the Constitution in what I consider a vital heard of him, and but for this meeting it is "I said, 'I admit the truth of all you say, point. It is a precedent fraught with danger very likely I should have had opposition and but there must be some mistake about it, for to the country, for when Congress once be­ been beaten. One thing is certain, no man I do not remember that I gave any vote last gins to stretch its power beyond the limits of could now stand up in that district under winter upon any Constitutional question.' the Constitution, there is no limit to it, and such a vote. "'No, Colonel, there's no mistake. Though no security for the people. I have no doubt "At the appointed time I was at his house, I live here in the backwoods and seldom go you acted honestly, but that does not make having told our conversation to every crowd from home, I take the papers from Washing­ it any better, except as far as you are per­ I had met, and to every man I stayed all ton and read very carefully all proceedings of sonally concerned, and you see that I cannot night with, and I found that it gave the peo­ Congress. My papers say that last winter you vote for you.• ple an interest and a confidence in me voted for a bill to appropriate $20,000 to some "NOT YOURS TO GIVE" stronger than I had ever seen manifested be­ sufferers by a fire in Georgetown. Is that "I tell you, I felt streaked. I saw if I should fore. true?" have opposition, and this man should go to "Though I was considerably fatigued when '"Well, my friend, I may as well own up. talking, he would set others to talking, and I reached his house, and under ordinary cir­ You have got me there. But certainly nobody in that district I was a gone fawn-skin. I cumstances, should have gone early to bed, I will complain that a great and rich country could not answer him, and the fact is, I was kept him up until midnight, talking about like ours should give the insignificant sum of so fully convinced that he was right, I did the principles and affairs of government, and $20,000 to relieve its suffering women and not want to. But I must satisfy him, and I got more true knowledge of them than I had children, particularly with a full and over­ said to him: got all my life before. flowing treasury, and I am sure, if you had "'Well, my friend, you hit the nail upon "I have known and seen much of him since, been there, you would have done just as I the head when you said I had not sense for I respect him-no, that is not the word­ did.' enough to understand the Constitution. I in­ ! reverence and love him more than any liv­ "'It is not the amount, Colonel, that I tended to be guided by it, and thought I had ing man. I got to see him two or three times complain of; it is the principle. In the first studied it fully. I have heard many speeches every year; and I will tell you, sir, if every­ place, the government ought to have in the in Congress about the powers of Congress, one who professes to be a Christian lived and treasury no more money than enough for its but what you have said here at your plow has acted and enjoyed it as he does, the religion legitimate purposes. But that has nothing to got more hard, sound sense in it than all the of Christ would take the world by storm. do with the question. The power of collecting fine speeches I ever heard. "But to return to my story. The next and disbursing money at pleasure is the most "'If I had ever taken the view of it that morning we went to the barbecue and, to my dangerous power that can be intrusted to you have, I would have put my head into the surprise, found about a thousand men there. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9745 I met a good many whom I have not known A TRIBUTE TO THE RODDY Tommy Roddy founded and heads the At­ before, and they and my friend introduced FAMILY lanta Resource Foundation, which coordi­ me around until I had got pretty well ac­ nates charitable projects, uniting people in quainted-at least, they all knew me. need and the people who can help them. "In due time notice was given that I would HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. "The resource really is people," said his speak to them. They gathered up around a OF TENNESSEE wife Sandy. "The central issue in society right now is stand that had been erected. I opened my IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES speech by saying: divisions," Tommy Roddy said. The lines are "'Fellow citizens, I present myself before Wednesday, May 1, 1991 drawn for all kinds of reasons, such as race, religion and class. you today feeling like a new man. My eyes Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the Roddy fam­ have lately been opened to truths which ig­ "Unless we have a way to cross those bar­ ily of Knoxville has probably done more for riers, the world will be in chaos," he added. norance or prejudice, or both, had heretofore east Tennessee than any other single family. Tommy and Sandy Roddy spent 31h years hidden from my view. I feel that I can today This family has made it a tradition to serve as missionaries in Brazil. The experience offer you the ability to render you more val­ the community. For four generations, the taught them to see this society "in quite a uable service than I have ever been able to Roddys have given of themselves to help otlr different light," Tommy Roddy said. render before. I am here today more for the "Probably the biggest change that hap­ purpose of acknowledging my error than to ers, starting with the J.P. "Pat" Roddy, Sr. The Roddys have always taken the Ten­ pened to us was we moved from a more pi­ seek your votes. That I should make this ac­ etistic, individualistic faith to saying we do knowledgment is due to myself as well as to nessee volunteer spirit to heart. I am very have to address systems that oppress," you. Whether you will vote for me is a mat­ pleased to serve people like them in Congress Sandy Roddy said. ter for your consideration.' and to be able to claim them as constituents. "We used to think it was either/or, and "I went on to tell them about the fire and They have been chosen to receive the 1991 now we see that we need both the individual my vote for the appropriation and then told Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award from the Na­ message of salvation, and we also need the them that I was satisfied it was wrong. I tional Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc. social message of addressing the systems closed by saying: I commend the Roddy family upon their being that will make a difference in peoples's "'And now, it remains for me to tell you recognized in this way. lives." Their work has helped them appreciate the that the most of the speech you have lis­ Mr. Speaker, the Knoxville Journal recently tened to with so much interest was simply a family's diversity. "We in this generation printed a story about the Roddys and their are seeking to make that diversity really ac­ repetition of the arguments which your contribution to the community. The article was neighbor, Mr. Bunce, convinced me of my ceptable," Tommy Roddy said. entitled "All in the Family." Over the past few years, the family has error. grown closer, and "We're really thankful," " 'It is the best speech I ever made in my I would ask that this article be printed in the RECORD. he added. The Atlanta Roddys visit Knox­ life, but he is entitled to credit for it. And ville once a month or so. now I hope he is satisfied with this convert ALL IN THE FAMILY-FOR THE RODDYS, COM­ The Roddy na.me carries weight in Knox­ and that he will get up here and tell you so.' MUNITY SERVICE IS A TIME-HONORED TRADI­ ville, but getting away from that can be a re­ "He came up on the stand and said: TION lief. "When I call people up, I almost always "'Fellow citizens, it affords me great (By Jennifer C. Worth) have to spell my name," Tommy Roddy said pleasure to comply with the request of Colo­ The hiss of the machines and the rattle of with a laugh. nel Crockett. I have always considered him a conveyors fills the sun-filled front room of Church is also central in the lives of Sis thoroughly honest man, and I am satisfied the Roddy Coca-Cola bottling plant. The and William J. "Jess" Mitchell. Both have that he will faithfully perform all that he speedy forklifts and walls of soft drink bot­ served as deacons at Sequoyah Hills Pres­ has promised you today.' tles don't faze, J.P. "Pat" Roddy Jr., natty byterian, and Jess is an elder and chair of "He went down, and there went up from in his trademark red Coke sweater. After the church Outreach Committee.· the crowd such a shout for Davy Crockett as more than 65 years in the business his father Like his father-in-law, Jess Mitchell pre­ his name never called forth before. founded, he knows his way around the plant. fers to stay in the background, but his serv­ "I am not much given to tears, but I was Since 1902, "Roddy" has become synony­ ice roster includes the boards of the Girls taken with a choking then and felt some mous with Coca-Cola in East Tennessee. The Club of Greater Knoxville, the Better Busi­ drops rolling down my cheeks. I tell you, the Roddys aren't your average family business ness Bureau and the Greater Knoxville Beau­ remembrance of those few words spoken by hierarchy, however. They are about as di­ tification Board. such a man, and the honest, hearty shout verse a group as ever shared a name, but Sis points out her husband's achievements they all have one thing in common-service and laughs delightedly at mention of her lat­ they produced, is worth more to me than all to the community. est project, Bible School Circle, a citywide the honors I have received and all the rep­ "They have really set a tradition of com­ ecumenical ministry. utation I have made as a Member of Con- munity contribution over the generations," She teaches Bible stories to 2- and 3-year­ gress. said Virginia Anagnost, director of the Na­ olds. "I just love it to death! ... For teach­ "Now, sir," concluded Crockett, "you tional Conference of Christians and Jews ing, to try to refine it down to a simple level know why I made that speech yesterday. Inc., which chose the Roddys for its 1991 you have to understand what you think, and "There is one thing to which I will call Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award. that process is so interesting." your attention. You remember that I pro­ The award includes four generations, going In addition to a bevy of church and charity posed to give a week's pay. There are in that back to the company's roots with the late activities, her main project is Habitat for House many very wealthy men-men who J.P. "Pat" Roddy Sr., who started the family Humanity, of which she's a board member think nothing of spending a week's pay for a tradition of service as he did the family busi­ and past president. She first found out about dinner or a wine party when they have some­ ness. the group-which provides affordable hous­ thing to accomplish by it. Some of those "Granddad did a lot of work very quietly, ing for low-income people-on a visit to At­ same men made beautiful speeches upon the I think," said J.P. "Pat" Roddy ill, presi­ lanta. great debt of gratitude owed the deceased-a dent and chief executive officer of Roddy "They were moving some old homes that debt which could not be paid by money-and Coca Cola. were going to be destroyed into another the insignificance and worthlessness of The Roddy patriarch didn't spend much neighborhood, and I was so impressed that money, particularly so insignificant a sum money on himself; Sis Mitchell recalled Jim when there was a little squib in the paper as $10,000, when weighted against the honor and Will Hall of the Halls Clothing Store try­ that (Habitat for Humanity) were going to of the nation. Yet not one of them responded ing, without success, to dude her grandfather have an organizational meeting here I up. Nonetheless, "He was a very giving per­ dragged Jess and another couple of people," to my proposition. Money with .them is noth­ son," said Jess Mitchell, Sis' husband and she recalled. ing but trash when it is to come out of the executive vice president of Roddy Coca Cola. "It's grown so much since then," she said. people. But is the one great thing for which It was Pat Roddy Sr.'s understated gener­ " Sis has been really involved in service or­ most of them are striving, and many of them osity that subtly inspired his grandchildren ganizations and has worked very diligently sacrifice honor, integrity, and justice to ob­ in their various styles of giving. Said with that group, whatever it might be," Jess tain it." Tommy Roddy, his younger grandson, Mitchell said. "When she takes on a task, "There were some quiet things that were that's it.'' planted there, some seeds that I didn't know Although she currently serves on several about. I think they (Pat Roddy Jr. and Sr.) boards (such as Maryville College, Fort went about doing a lot of good." Sanders Hospital Foundation, American Red 9746 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 Cross), "I'd rather be an Indian than a The daughter of a prominent lawyer, she the fund as a carryover to this fiscal year. My chief," she said. "wasn't the least bit intimidated" by legislation would make available amounts from "I really prefer being in where you're doing marrying into the Roddy family. "I have the the proceeds of asset forfeiture to be directed the hands-on work." greatest respect for Jess (Mitchell) and The Mitchells, like the rest of the family, Sandy (Roddy) for taking the leap," she said. to fund additional Border Patrol personnel. believe that contributing to the community In a photo session, she jokes "I'm being The volume of drugs coming across the can take many forms. "There are different Mrs. Pat Roddy today.... Is my tiara on United States-Mexican border has exploded. ways of giving, and some people are more straight?" But when it come down to her Since 1987 the Border Patrol has reported an high profile and some people prefer to do family, she doesn't kid around. increase in assaults against its agents who things sort of quietly," Sis Mitchell said. "People ask me what my training for this continue to put their lives on the line on a "It's really important that people know job was," she said. Her answer is always the daily basis. We have a relatively small force of same. "Four children, four schools, three car that, because a lot of people are doing a lot dedicated and talented law enforcement per­ of giving. You don't want people to be on a pools in 13 years-you learn organization, guilt trip. They can think, 'Wait a minute­ you learn detail, and you learn people." sonnel performing a nearly impossible task in ! do this or that. Yes, I am doing a commu­ policing our land borders. In today's climate, nity service. I'm doing something to help.' where the volume of drugs coming across the That's the main thing, doing something to H.R. 2071 United States-Mexican border has exploded, help," she added. and the flood of illegal aliens seems endless, As the active head of the company, Pat HON.CARLOSJ.MOORHEAD it is critical that we provide the necessary re­ Roddy m doesn't get to be understated very OF CALIFORNIA sources and support personnel to enable our often. He doesn't fit the image of big busi­ Border Patrol force to continue to perform the ness executive, however. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES His wife, real estate broker Dottie Roddy, Wednesday, May 1, 1991 difficult task of protecting our borders. called him "a Peter Pan type. . . . For his Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, along with age and socioeconomic cla.Ss, he is com­ pletely out of step.'' my colleagues from California, Messrs. LOW­ COMMUNITY LIFE AMENDMENT Like the rest of his family, Roddy believes ERY, PACKARD, and GALLEGLY, I am reintroduc­ that community service is both good busi­ ing H.R. 2071, legislation to authorize addi­ ness and good citizenship. He remembers sit­ tional appropriations to increase Border Patrol HON. WIWAM E. DANNEMEYER ting in on a coffee conversation of a group of personnel to 6,600 by the end of fiscal year OF CALIFORNIA Knoxville's prominent businessmen. "They 1994. This number reflects a continuation of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were talking about some project that the the 50 percent increase that was enacted Wednesday, May 1, 1991 community was interested in, ... (and) they under the Immigration Reform and Control Act Mr. DANNEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, under began naming off the number of prominent of 1986 [IRCA] for fiscal year 1987 and 1988. citizens who did their part in the commu­ leave to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I nity, and then they named off a few who Many of us hoped that IRCA would have ad­ include the following on the Community Life could but didn't. dressed the problem of illegal immigration. Amendment: "I remember thinking if they've got a list However, illegal entries are once again reach­ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE of those people that do their part, I sure as ing record levels along our Southern border, COMMUNITY LIFE AMENDMENT hell want to be on it!" he said. "Hearing and it is even more troubling that for every from outside people how important it was to alien apprehended, at least three enter the [Charts Not Reproducible in the RECORD] be a part of the community made quite an United States successfully. The Office of Na­ Q. What is the Community Life Amend­ impression on me." ment? Under the auspices of Roddy Coca-Cola, he tional Drug Control Policy has designated the A. The Community Life Amendment is a has assisted most of Knoxville's major civic Border Patrol as the primary agency for nar­ joint resolution to amend the U.S. Constitu­ projects, from the World's Fair to Children's cotics interdiction between the ports of entry, tion to allow voluntary prayer in public Hospital to the Knoxville Museum of Art. He in addition to being responsible for preventing schools. remains on nearly a dozen boards. the smuggling and illegal entry of aliens into Q. Why is this amendment needed? "The better our area does, the more things the United States. Along the Southwest bor­ A. Because a series of Supreme Court deci­ we can do as a company and as a family, the der, 4,000 drug seizures were made in fiscal sions, beginning in 1962, have held that for­ more things we can do to make East Ten­ year 1990, a six-fold increase over fiscal year mal recognition of a Creator is unconstitu­ nessee a better place to live and improve the tional in public schools. These decisions in­ lifestyle of East Tennessee, the better we're 1985. Alien apprehensions were 23 percent clude: Engel (1962-Regent's prayer), Abing­ going to do because we're going to attract higher in 1990 than in fiscal year 1989. Yet, ton (1963-Lord's prayer and Bible reading), people from other parts of the country, and since 1988, the number of staff has declined Stone (1980-posting the Ten Command­ so that cycle continues," Roddy said. by 9 percent, according to a recent GAO re­ ments), and Edwards (1987-teaching the cre­ "I think from a business standpoint and for port, and the proportion of agent time devoted ation of the earth equally with evolution). personal fulfillment it's important to do to border control activities has decreased from Q. What is meant by voluntary prayer? things that are going to improve the life­ 71 to 60 percent. A. The legislative intent of this bill is to style of the East Tennessee community, and The percentage of authorized positions filled allow in public schools the formal recogni­ that's the rock that I stand on and preach tion of the Creator of our inalienable rights from." he added. All Roddy employees are fell from 94 percent in fiscal year 1985 to 87 as stated in the Declaration of Independence. expected to be active in the community in percent in fiscal year 1990. It is estimated it If vocal, prayer must originate from a stu­ some way. will take two to three times the number of dent, be extemporaneous, and unconstrained Dottie Roddy, vice-president of Commer­ agents currently on board to become an effec­ in form and content by any governmental or cial Development and Directing Broker for tive deterrent to the problems at the border. administrative authority. Local commu­ Partners and Associates Inc., has also helped In the past 2 fiscal years, the border patrol nities are left to decide standards dictating a get some of Knoxville's most prestigious has seized narcotics valued at well over $2 proper time or place in public school set­ buildings off the ground, literally. Partners' billion. In fiscal year 1990, the Immigration and tings. projects have included the Knoxville Mu­ Q. But aren't kids allowed now to say si­ seum of Act, the Weisgarber Medical Park Naturalization Service seized 23,077 convey­ lent prayers whenever they choose? and Endoscopy Center and the St. Mary's ances, valued at $70 million, representing a A. Yes. What is not allowed is a formal rec­ Residential Treatment Center. 60 percent increase over fiscal year 1989. The ognition of a Creator. She believes that her family's position Border Patrol alone seized over $8 million in Q. Shouldn't we leave parents and the reli­ comes with a load of responsib111ty. "When cash in fiscal year 1990 and received back $2 gious communities of families to teach chil­ you've been given as much as we have, you million from the asset forfeiture fund. It seems dren these fundamental concepts? really have to give back," she said. only fair and appropriate that some of this re­ A. Relegating the formal recognition of a Her own community commitment include turn should be designated to increase our bor­ Creator to its proper place is not enough to the boards of Lamar House-Bijou Theater, effectively influence the active minds of Helen Ross McNabb Mental Health Founda­ der security. By the end of last fiscal year, the children who spend most of their days away tion, Senior Citizens Home Assistance. St. asset forfeiture fund had accumulated from both home and religion and in an envi­ Mary's Hospital Foundation, Knoxville Her­ $460,000,000. That included forfeited cash as ronment that unhesitatingly proclaims that itage and the Finance Board of the Catholic well as proceeds from the sale of forfeited such instruction is antithetical to reasoned Diocese of Knoxville. properties. Thirteen mi!lion dollars remained in thought and intellectual stimulation. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9747 Humanism, by definition, will fail to effec­ INTRODUCTION OF LONG-TERM and clarify the treatment of long-term care in­ tively instruct kids that a Creator is the CARE LEGISLATION surance reserves. source oi their civic and personal liberties. Over the coming months many new ideas In fact, the moral relativism of humanism HON. BARBARA B. KENNELLY may emerge that we should consider as peo­ will adversely indoctrinate children by OF CONNECTICUT ple begin to focus more intently on the broad teaching them that utility is the only stand­ issue long-term care. That is good, but my bill ard whereby actions should be judged. So­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, May 1, 1991 is clearly an important approach to this end cialist, Communist, and authoritarian re­ and I would urge my colleagues support. gimes have provided ample evidence of where Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, the time has KENNELLY LONG-TERM CARE FACT SHEET moral relativism leads a nation. come for the Congress to enact long-term Q. Would this amendment effect Court rul­ care legislation. This is an idea we have PART I-MEDICAID ASSET-WAIVER ings on prayers at school graduations or ath­ talked about for years. It is time to do some­ The Medicaid asset-waiver is premised on letic events? thing other than talk. individuals, young and old, taking some re­ A. Yes. Local communities would be free to sponsibility for their own long-term care allow or disallow such prayers. The format Today, I am introducing the Partnership for needs. To the extent that a certified insur­ would be the same as in the school room­ Long-Term Care Act of 1991 which does three ance policy pays for long-term care services, student initiated and extemporaneous. things. The first, and the cornerstone, is a these payments are subtracted from covered Q. How would voluntary prayer in public Medicaid asset-waiver program. It is pre­ assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes. For schools help society? mised on individuals, young and old, taking example, assume individuals A, B, & C all A. The best answer to this question is to some responsibility for their own long-term purchase long-term care insurance. examine the direction of society from the care needs. To the extent that a certified in­ Individual A has $25,000 of insurance and time school prayer was deemed unconstitu­ surance policy pays for long-term care serv­ $25,000 of assets. To the extent that $25,000 of tional. Mr. David Barton has done his best to long-term care expenses are paid out by the ices, these payments are subtracted from cov­ insurance company, A becomes eligible for study the correlation, if any, between the re­ ered assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes. moval of school prayer and societal decline. Medicaid long-term care services and is al­ For example, assume individuals A, B, & C lowed to retain $25,000 of assets. Mr. Barton, in his book America: To Pray or all purchase long-term care insurance. Individ­ Individual B has $25,000 of insurance and Not to Pray, has measured several social indi­ ual A has $25,000 of insurance and $25,000 $100,000 of assets. To the extent that $25,000 ces. For instance, the scholastic aptitude of assets. To the extent that $25,000 of long­ of long-term care expenses are paid out by test [SAT] is an academic test measuring the the insurance company, B only has to spend developed verbal and math reasoning skills term care expenses are paid out by the insur­ ance company, A becomes eligible for Medic­ the difference between $75,000 and the state of students preparing to enter college. These Medicaid eligibility level (about $2,000) to be results are used widely to gain admission to aid long-term care services and is allowed to Medicaid eligible and is allowed to retain colleges and universities. The SAT has been retain $25,000 of assets. $25,000 worth of assets. administered to high school seniors since Individual B has $25,000 of insurance and Individual C has $25,000 of assets and $35,000 1926. A scale was established in 1941 to allow $100,000 of assets. To the extent that of insurance. To the extent that $35,000 of comparison of scores from year to year. $25,000 of long-term care expenses are paid long-term care expenses are paid out by the The dramatic decline in scores at the time out by the insurance company, B only has to insurance company, C becomes Medicaid eli­ of the initial Court decision prohibiting spend the difference between $75,000 and the gible and retains $25,000 of assets. State-sponored prayers. A high of 980 in 1963 State Medicaid eligibility level-about The Connecticut Office of Policy and Man­ agement developed the asset waiver model. down to the 1986 level of 905. $2,000-to be Medicaid eligible and is allowed School dropoat rates are difficult to docu­ Their computer modelling my State of Con­ to retain $25,000 worth of assets. necticut has done, indicates that the insur­ ment. It is hard to track individual students Individual C has $25,000 of assets and to know if they have actually dropped out, ance is most likely to be purchased by mid­ have moved out of the State or country, or if $35,000 of insurance. To the extent that dle income individuals and that these indi­ they are suffering an extended sickness or $35,000 of long-term care expenses are paid viduals are most likely to avail themselves out by the insurance company, C becomes of option C. This may seem trivial, however illness. it has important fiscal policy implications. Fortunately, one aspect of school dropouts Medicaid eligible and retains $25,000 of as­ sets. To the extent that individuals elect option has been recorded. The general education de­ C, Medicaid saves the difference-the extent velopment [GED] test provides an equiva­ Now the computer modeling my State of to which insurance protection exceeds as­ lency diploma for successful students who Connecticut has done, indicates that the insur­ sets. did not receive a regular high school di­ ance is most likely to be purchased by middle PART II-LOW INCOME PROTECTION ploma. The test has been used since 1918. income individuals and that these individuals Another example in pregnancies of unwed are mostly likely to avail themselves of option Some States set Medicaid eligibility levels women between the ages of 15 and 19. Figures as low as 25% of poverty. The bill would re­ C. This may seem trivial, however it has im­ quire States to establish a medically needy were reported that 1 million adolescent girls portant fiscal policy implications. To the extent become pregnant each year. Eighty percent program for individuals below the poverty that individuals elect option C, Medicaid saves line. It would also provide a federal premium of teenage girls who are pregnant are unmar­ the differenc~the extent to which insurance subsidy for those who cannot otherwise af­ ried. protection exceeds assets. ford private long-term care insurance-that Other indices mirror these. Tell Mr. Barton is the difference between the cost of insur­ that other factors are responsible for these The second component of my bill assures that our scarce public resources are targeted ance and 5% of gross income. The Brookings tragedies. Tell him it is due to insufficient Institute has calculated that a person who social spending or social justice. Tell him it to those who need assistance. Some States must spend more than 5% of his/her income was the adverse effects of the Vietnam war have set Medicaid eligibility levels as low as on this insurance, cannot afford it. 25 percent of poverty. Therefore, I would re­ or the advent of television. Just don't tell PART III-TAX INCENTIVES him 1962 and 1963 were not pivotal years in quire States to establish a medically needy our social existence. program for individuals below the poverty line. Would treat long-term care insurance as Q. Don't you really want to push us back health insurance thereby excluding from in­ I would also provide a Federal premium sub­ come employer-provided coverage and any to the point of State mandated and written sidy for those who cannot otherwise afford pri­ benefits paid pursuant t o such a policy and prayers? vate long-term care insuranc~that is the dif­ deferring earnings on life insurance reserves. A. No. The Community Life Amendment ference between the cost of insurance and 5 Would treat long-term care expenses as contains the provision that, "Neither the percent of gross income. medical expenses. Therefore, employee-paid United States nor any State shall prescribe Although the market for private long-term premiums would be considered a deduct ible the content of any such prayer." It does not medical expense, subject to the 7.5% floor. matter what anybody else wants or thinks care insurance is now in its second and third generation of policies, the market has grown Taxpayer expenditures for long-term care ex­ on the subject-the amendment as passed penses would also be treated as a medical ex­ would prohibit a return to State written and dramatically in the past few years. Therefore, pense, subject to the 7.5% floor. mandated prayers. the third component would clarify Federal tax Would clarify that long-term insurance is law in several areas to encourage individuals not deferred compensation therefore allow­ to purchase long-term care policies, employers ing employers current year deductions for to offer employees long-term care insurance, benefits provided. This would also allow caf- 9748 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 eteria plans to include long-term care insur­ in terms of the long-term cost of worker's com­ ness leaders to hire the youth of public hous­ ance. pensation and a company's loss of investment ing, giving them the opportunity to prove Would allow withdrawals from m.As to be in an injured employees's training, such a sim­ that they can do something positive and con­ used to acquire long-term care insurance or structive, while learning responsibility and fund long-term care expenses, the early with­ ple change is very cost-effective. In other independence; (b) offering money manage­ drawal penalty is waived. cases, more aggressive and costly strategies ment classes so that they might learn to se­ may be necessary to adequately reduce the cure a better future for themselves with threat of repetitive stress injuries. It is abso­ their new-found financial resources; (c) pro­ REPETITIVE STRESS INJURIES: lutely critical that employees feel secure in viding business and political leaders as alter­ THE NEW THREAT TO WORKER bringing their concerns to their employer. Em­ native role models to the ones they might HEALTH AND SAFETY ployers should welcome the information about otherwise acquire on the street. (4) To promote a self-help jobs program a particular job function that puts them at risk within the community to build its con­ HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE for repetitive motion injuries. Likewise, it is in fidence in the youths abilities, focusing on OF NEW YORK the best interest of employers to analyze their tasks the teenagers could be trained to han­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES workplace for potential sources of repetitive dle including lawn service, graffiti preven­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 stress injuries and to utilize health care profes­ tion, painting of residential units, flower and sionals in preventing and treating these inju­ vegetable gardening, and a community snack Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ries. shop. salute the thousands of Americans around the (5) To provide educational and recreational We have long encouraged and supported field trips for the adults and teens, serving country who observed the third Workers Me­ the idea that American workers have a right to morial Day this past weekend, honoring and to add to the rewards of hard work, which in­ work in safety. We hold this idea to be true clude self-esteem and a greater sense of wor­ remembering the millions of American workers because we are a humane society. We do not thiness, and affording them the opportunity who have been killed or injured on the job. place profit before the value of human lives. In to experience different places and cultures. While our Nation has committed itself to re­ the case of repetitive stress injuries and most (6) The implementation of a day care cen­ ducing risks to its workers through the pas­ other occupational illnesses, we are now see-· ter within the community for working moth­ sage of such legislation as the Occupation ers that cannot afford standard day care cen­ ing that the profit motive and worker safety are ters, so to prevent them from falling back Safety and Health Act, an estimated 10,000 intertwined. While worker protection may drive workers are killed and another 6.6 million are into the welfare trap. This center should ac­ the cost of labor up in the short run, the long­ cept children on a sliding pay scale based injured each year on the job. These unaccept­ term benefits of a healthy, stable, and produc­ upon the mother's salary. able statistics indicate that our job is far from tive work force far outweigh other costs. (7) To serve as a vehicle for venting con­ complete. Mr. Speaker, I again draw attention to the cerns of the community through open Repetitive stress injuries are the newest and observance of Worker's Memorial Day to the monthly forums with representation from most prevalent workplace injuries from which Congress and the general public. Let us re­ youths, parents, community leaders, and all concerned residents. American employees are suffering-injuries member the injuries and deaths of our workers that demand the attention of Congress, busi­ (8) To never loose basic focus of this pro­ and redouble our efforts to improve the work­ gram as it expands, as outlined in (1). nesses, and labor. The U.S. Department of places of America. Labor estimates that these injuries make up Once again, Ms. Dorothy Perry should be 48 percent of all recordable industrial work­ recognized for her vision and compassion. place illnesses. These types of illnesses, YOUTHS PROGRESSING IN PUBLIC She has taken her dreams and put them into which were largely unknown as a workplace HOUSING-PLANS FOR THE FU­ a plan of action by which the whole commu­ problem a decade ago, occur when a worker TURE AND THE COMMUNITY nity will benefit by a better tomorrow. repeats the same, typically awkward, task for an extended period of time. Carpal tunnel syn­ HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN IN SALUTE OF URBAN MIYARES drome, radial tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's OF FLORIDA disease, cubital tunnel syndrome are the most IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES common repetitive stress injuries. Computer ·HON. BILL LOWERY operators and workers in the meat packing in­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dustry, who because of the repetitive nature of Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, earlier in their work are at particular risk for repetitive our session I spoke of one of our President's Wednesday, May 1, 1991 stress injuries. The proliferation of keyboard "thousand points of light," namely, Ms. Doro­ Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, I jobs in our fast-growing communications and thy Perry of Youth Progressing in Public Hous­ am honored to rise today to pay tribute to a information sector has been linked to the high ing, who has brought so much compassion to man of remarkable will and spirit. prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome, an in­ the Miami area's youth. Now, I am pleased to Urban Miyares returned from the Vietnam jury that affects the wrist. submit the goals and objectives of this organi­ war to face diabetes, severe nerve damage, While repetitive stress injuries may be treat­ zation so that we may all more clearly under­ and eventually total blindness. This coura­ ed, long-term care typically is dependent on stand the direction in which this beacon geous veteran, however, took control of his long-term change in employment. The injuries shines: life, challenged himself, and has become a themselves are painful and debilitating and (1) To provide a safe haven within the com­ successful small business owner in San typically prevent afflicted workers from assum­ munity to shelter abused and displaced Diego, CA. ing their former duties. Doctors may advise young people until the family can pe re­ Mr. Miyares is cofounder and vice president light duty and immobilize the affected area, united, or other arrangements can be made. of the Nuvenco Group. This San Diego busi­ and in extreme cases doctors may prescribe A safe haven will consist of (a) a place to live ness and project management company is ac­ anti-inflammatory drugs or perform surgery. while the parent(s) undergo treatment, or if tive in education, research, new product eval­ incarcerated until the parent(s) are released; Nevertheless, the most important treatment is (b) a home away from home with a whole­ uation and distribution, and electronics. The the reduction or elimination of the repetitive some Christian atmosphere, where the youth Nuvenco Group has become a crucial re­ strain. However, as Dr. James S. Thompson will be taught family values, how to cope source for inventors in their efforts to see their points out in the December 1990 issue of with family problems and peer pressure, and dreams come true. Postgraduate Medicine, this solution may not how to love, care and share as an extension Needless to say, Mr. Miyares is a strong be amenable to employees, who may face re­ to their daily school classes. and persuasive advocate for self-employment duced earnings, or to employers losing an em­ (2) To better educate said youths against opportunities for other disabled veterans. He ployee. the dangers of drugs, alcohol, teen-preg­ takes time every week to volunteer at the Vet­ nancy, and social disease by exploring the Thus, prevention and treatment of repetitive possib111ty of using professionals to help erans Administration regional office to encour­ stress injuries are contingent on awareness. In counsel low-income families. age and educate others. He also edits the bi­ many instances, repetitive stress injuries can (3) To promote the development of youth monthly Disabled Businessperson Advisor and be prevented or avoided by simple adjust­ leadership in public housing and low-income heads the national pilot program on self-em­ ments to a worker's seat or work station. And communities by (a) encouraging local busi- ployment of disabled veterans. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9749 Mr. Miyares' contributions to his community Not one to engage in self-analysis, the Among the family photos in Arnett's office and fellow veterans are difficult to measure. hard-driven, energetic Arnett has felt gifted is a small black-and-white team taken out­ He works with the Greater San Diego Cham­ "only in terms of being lucky." side of Gatlinburg in February of 1945. ber of Commerce, Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch "The only thing that I have ever asked for Arnett and his brother, William S., are in is an opportunity .... I don't want any­ military uniform. Their mother sits between Chamber of Commerce, and the Vietnam Vet­ body to give me anything. her sons. Their father, who would die the fol­ erans of San Diego. And somehow he man­ "That's all I prayed for when I was a little lowing July, smiles proudly into the camera. ages to find time to help larger organizations boy and a youngster-give me an oppor­ "That's the last picture taken of our fam­ like the World Trade Association, the Blinded tunity. And if I mess it up, that's my fault. ily. If someone said, 'I give you $50,000 for it Veterans Association, and the Disabled Amer­ But just give me the opportunity." and won't report you to the IRS,' I wouldn't ican Veterans. Molded by the Great Depression and World take it." Mr. Speaker, this man's drive and accom­ War II, he says many good things happened If Charles Gentry changed the course of Arnett's life, World War II swerved its direc­ plishments stagger the imagination and should to him because of others' inspiration and ef­ forts. tion. inspire every American. Please join me ·and all He is admittedly impatient and too The 1939 Knoxville High School graduate of San Diego in honoring Urban Miyares as judgmental. Possessing a good measure of left his UT undergraduate studies in Decem­ Veteran Small Business Advocate of the Year. common sense, he has a gift for storytelling ber 1942 to enlist. "I was dreadfully afraid accented by memories and details. that they were going to win the war without Loyal, he will "go to hell for a friend." He my magnificent efforts," he says with dry A TRIBUTE TO FOSTER D. ARNETT is outspoken if he dislikes or disrespects sarcasm. someone. "I'm many things. But I'm no hyp­ A parachute infantry officer, Arnett saw JR. ocrite." action in New Guinea and the Philippines. HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, Attorney and staunch Democrat Charles "The second airplane I ever flew in I jumped OF TENNESSEE Susana has faced Arnett in the courtroom out of." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and bet against the longtime Republican on The Japanese launched a violent Banzai at­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 political races. Susana praises Arnett's trial tack Dec. 12, 1944, on the Philippine island of preparation and his countroom tenacious­ Leyte. From his position. Arnett saw some Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, one of the fin­ ness. "Foster's a wonderful person. You just 15 fellow soldiers withdrawing from the pe­ est lawyers I know, and certainly one of the have to overlook certain things-like he's rimeter. Rallying the retreating men to turn best in the State of Tennessee, is Foster D. never met a Republican he didn't like." and fight, he charged forward alone. Arnett. Knoxville attorney Art Byrne met Arnett Retired Col. Robert S. Beightler called his fellow paratrooper's act "probably the single Mr. Arnett has practiced law in Knoxville for in the '40s. His first impression was "hyperthyroid. And that's a compliment. most courageous act I was privileged to wit­ 42 years. He has distinguished himself among ness during the war . . . . It was an inspiring his peers and is widely respected for his skill He's totally charged with energy; remark­ able and unique." sight." Today, Arnett is much more matter­ and ability. He has been a role model for At 70, the pipe-smoking, white-haired of-fact. "Somebody had to do it." young lawyers just starting out. In 1989, he re­ Arnett looks and acts at least 10 years The charge ended the war for the 24-year­ ceived the Board of Governors' Award from younger. "I just hope I don't live beyond my old. Enemy fire seriously injured his right the Knoxville Bar Association. usefulness," he says without sentiment. "I arm, which is two inches shorter than his left and still contains shrapnel fragments. So He served heroically as a paratrooper dur­ would much, much, much rather die in six months from now or three months from now it is surprising to hear Arnett call the injury ing World War II in New Guinea and the Phil­ "a marvelous thing." ippines. as opposed to being put up on the shelf at age The military benefits the injured veteran 85 or 90 or whatever." I have known Foster Arnett for many years received enabled him to attend the pres­ He doesn't pause to reflect on how far he tigious University of Virginia Law School and think highly of him. I commend his has come from selling magazines as a child achievements and wish him the very best as or practicing law at $100 a month. "I think after completing his UT undergraduate de­ he continues to serve the community in the fu­ gree. uva would have been beyond his finan­ there is an opportunity to do a lot more in cial means, he says. ture. the future than I've done in the past." Arnett was making just $100 a month prac­ Recently, the Knoxville News-Sentinel fea­ He admits he may sound corny and old­ ticing law when he likely surprised some tured a story about Mr. Arnett's achievements. fashioned. But words like opportunity and government guys in Washington. I would ask that it be reprinted in the RECORD. honor come naturally to Foster Arnett. He had graduated from law school at age He promises young lawyers entering his FOSTER ARNE'I'I' FOUND SUCCESS IN 28. His first government disability check, for firm just two things-"opportunity and a his war wounds, arrived. Arnett mailed it OPPORTUNITIES SEIZED fair shake. If that ain't enough, then, what (By Amy McRary) back. He didn't want it and told the govern­ they ought to do is go with another firm." ment: Don't send the next one. Foster D. Arnett grew up poor in North As a boy, he wanted to be a soldier. A puzzled official replied. The letter asked Knoxville, guided by his mother's words. Then a man named Curtis Gentry dashed a Arnett not to be hasty; his case would be re­ "There's nothing wrong with being poor­ child's dream of going to West Point. evaluated. The government thought the vet­ unless you let it dominate you," Edna Deav­ Arnett was a fourth-grader at Mccampbell eran wanted more money. er Arnett told him. "You can go as far as Elementary School when his mother took Arnett wrote back to explain he was your talents will take you." him to see the vocational counselor. Gen­ waiving his disability. He said, "This coun­ Arnett's talents have taken him to a cor­ try's tests showed that Arnett was too weak try has been marvelous to me, enabling me ner office on Plaza Tower's 23rd floor as one in math to get in West Point. to go to a very, very fine law school. And it of Knoxville's most well-known attorneys. Edna Arnett asked: "If not West Point, was not my head bone, it was my arm bone His resume of more than four pages lists what is he suited to do?" that I lost." awards and honors starting with his days as "Well, I think he would make a good law­ By then, he was courting the woman who a University of Tennessee undergraduate. yer," Gentry replied. would become his wife. He and Jean Medlin His World War II service as a paratrooper Foster Arnett remembers: "From that met in 1946 and married in 1951. He fondly brought him the Silver Star, Purple Heart, point on, I dreamed and prayed to go to law calls her "my Jean" or "my 4-foot-10-inch Bronze Star and Japanese shrapnel he still school." wife." carriers in his right arm. That must have seemed no more than a "One of the reasons we didn't get married He belongs to the four elite trial organiza­ dream. He was 9 when the Great Depression until then was because I didn't have any tions whose limited number of members can crippled America. "I was very poor-but I money. And I knew I could survive, but I join only by invitation. Arnett is president­ didn't know I was poor until 35 years later." wasn't going to put her through the wring­ elect of one, the International Academy of At 7, he sold magazines on the streets. He er." Trial Lawyers. This country has more than carried newspapers. He worked as a men's Their son, Foster Jr., is the Knoxville po­ 700,000 lawyers; IATL limits its membership store clerk, a dry-cleaning delivery man and lice information director and is married to to 500. an assistant parking-lot attendant. As a col­ the former Dottie Palmer. Their daughter, In 1989, Arnett received the Boa.rd of Gov­ lege student, he ran a short-order stand one Melissa, lives on Lookout Mountain with her ernor's Awa.rd from the Knoxville Bar Asso­ summer at Norris Lake. lawyer husband, Michael R. Campbell, and ciation. "Only because I'm old," he says His father, Foster Greenwood Arnett, was a their sons, Ransom Whitaker, 5, and Hunter dryly. "Everybody else had died." He is traveling salesman and "a big guy, a terrific Alexander, 3. The youngsters call their proud former president of the local bar association guy. But mother was the one with steel in grandfather "Sir"; he fondly calls them "the and the Tennessee Bar Association. her." little guys." 9750 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 Jean Arnett can burst any balloon of self­ flict, Cook County Commissioner Carl R. Han­ · teemed Florida colleagues, Representatives importance her husband floats. Once, he was sen delivered the following statement outlining LARRY SMITH and PETE PETERSON. elaborately introduced at an event where he the significance of the yellow ribbon. I com­ spoke. Driving home, he asked his wife, Presently, there is a drawbridge that spans "How many truly great men do you think we mend it to my colleagues' attention. the lntracoastal Waterway [ICWW]; however, have in Tennessee?" THE YELLOW RIBBON this bridge is old, requires costly repairs and Jean Arnett answered: "Darling, I don't (By Carl R. Hansen) experiences frequent openings each day. In know. But there's one less than you think Nothing better symbolizes the fears, the 1986, this bridge opened an average of 43 there is." anguish in our hearts today than a little times a day, and today it opens as often as The young lawyer couldn't afford a car, so strip of yellow cloth. Come home safely, our every 15 minutes. This has resulted in fre­ he rode the streetcar to meet his first impor­ quent long lines of vehicular traffic averaging tant client. Two blocks before reaching Hoo­ young men and women, come home safely ver Motor Express' University Avenue of­ from those desert sands so far away, it says. well over a half mile in length in both the east­ fices, Arnett would hop off and walk. "I We are here today to say that our hearts bound and westbound directions, as well as didn't want them to know I didn't have a are with our servicemen and women. That we an alarmingly high accident rate in this area. car." believe in them like they must believe in The accident ratio of 1.87 accidents per million In 1954, he founded the firm that is now themselves. That belief means, ineluctably, vehicles using the facility was above the state­ Arnett, Draper and Hagood. Arnett and the in the necessity of victory, for troops who do not believe in their cause do not return. wide average of 1.28 for similar facilities. The firm focus on civil litigation. 17th Street Bridge is the most heavily traveled The Republican has been involved in poli­ If we do not support these young Ameri­ cans in their battles, we invite another na­ bridge in Broward County, and is only getting tics, although never as a candidate. "I en­ worse. joyed living better than politics would per­ tional defeat like Vietnam. Our troops mit me to live," he says frankly. "The first, fought bravely in battle and won, but our na­ Such conditions also have a severe impact most important reason was because ever tion was defeated. Why? For Vietnam, we ig­ on response times to locations east of the since I was in the fourth grade, I had wanted nored our troops dying in the fetid swamps. ICWW for the Broward County Emergency to try to be a good lawyer." For Vietnam, we played politics as usual and Medical Services [EMS], whose ambulance He has served on boards of groups like the lost the souls of an entire young generation and emergency vehicles use the crossing an Knox Children's Foundation and Boy's Club in the throes of the next election. For Viet­ nam, we wallowed in news media sensation average of 12 times a day. A free flow facility, of Knoxville. "It's the payback theory. I'm such as the proposed tunnel, would greatly. not the product of Foster Arnett. I'm a prod­ which catered to the enemy while American uniforms were falling blood-spattered to the improve response times and medical care to uct of so many people who have contributed the oceanside community. to make good things happen." ground. For Vietnam, we declared business Fellow attorney Byrne says Arnett has as usual as we at home sought material com­ In addition to vehicular traffic, water vessel fort while death was in the veins of our na­ "got an absolute deter~ination to do what's traffic has also been inconvenienced by the right and proper-professionally, usefully, tion. bridge openings. Water vessels are required community-wide. War is never without problems. Look at to wait a minimum of 15 minutes between "That covers a lot of ground. Foster covers the Civil War, with Americans killing Amer­ icans. War is not just the extension of diplo­ bridge openings, causing long lines along the a lot of ground." ICWW and creating navigational problems for Since 1985, Arnett has been president of the macy, as Calusewitz said. It is in reality its utter failure. But just as war is a terrible Port Everglades and its associated shipping Knoxville News-Sentinel Charities which traffic. Since the drawbridge is the busiest oversees the Empty Stocking Fund and the price to ask of a nation, it is sometimes the Mercy Fund. That work carries on his moth­ price which must be paid for freedom. The entry and exit point for the lntracoastal Water­ er's tradition. She was the Empty Stocking self-determination of peoples described so way in Fort Lauderdale, both water and vehic­ Fund's official grocery buyer and guiding dy­ well in the Atlantic Charter is part of that ular traffic will continue to suffer. namo for two decades. freedom. World War II itself might have been Added burdens will be created by Port Ever­ He wants to "pay back" professionally. He averted if the totalitarianism of Hitler had glades expansion as well as a new convention been confronted in the Rhineland. Here, in hopes to instill in young attorneys an excite­ center which is now under construction and ment in their craft rather than thinking contrast, the United Nations has said the Iraqi dictatorship must be stopped, for it due to open in the fall of 1991. Situated on 33 often of the "unholy dollar." acres at the northern end of Port Everglades, "I think even after 43 years, for gosh sakes, threatens-with nuclear saber-rattling-the the biggest thrill I get is when someone calls peace of the entire world. the convention center is bordered by the Intra­ me or comes in and says, 'Hey, I want you to Be proud of our troops, and of their mis­ coastal Waterway, the 17th Street Bridge, and be my lawyer.' Because they want me. They sion. Support them! Tell them: "I believe in Eisenhower Boulevard. want to put their lives, their fortunes and you, and what you are doing.'' It is the only The cost of maintaining the status quo of their sacred honor within my responsibility. way to make a reality of the yellow ribbon, the existing bridge in terms of total delay and even if it is flecked with blood. "I think the law is a very, very noble pro­ accident costs is $29 million (1987 dollars) fession. But it's a gift to cherish and en­ In my military alma mater, the Infantry School, the motto is "Follow Me"! We can­ over a 50-year period. In addition, the bridge hance. You can't just put it on a shelf, you will soon be functionally obsolete (cannot carry gotta work at it." not lead our young men and women into bat­ tle, but we can lead them in spirit. If we do, the traffic demands), due to a projected 2.5 the yellow ribbon will work its charms, at­ percent annual increase in bridge openings THE YELLOW RIBBON tached to a pole flying the red, the white and and a 1.5 percent projected annual increase in the blue. traffic volume. HON. PHIUP M. CRANE During 1990, the present 17th Street Bridge experienced 51 breakdowns. This figure rated OF ILLINOIS INTRODUCTION OF A BILL TO AU­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the 17th Street Bridge the worst in break­ THORIZE CONSTRUCTION OF A downs among the other 13 drawbridges which Wednesday, May 1, 1991 TUNNEL IN FORT LAUDERDALE, span the ICWW in Broward County. These 51 Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, throughout the FL breakdowns caused the bridge to close for 42 past several months Americans have ex­ hours, ranking it third worst among all bridges pressed their support for our troops by draping HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR. in the county. Furthermore, the 17th Street yellow ribbons around trees, tacking them on OF FLORIDA Bridge received a 52.5 inspection rating during doors, and pinning them to lapels. These dis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1990, barely above the Department of plays have had a profound effect on our coun­ Transportation's 50-point minimum standard. try and their importance cannot be under­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Of course, when the bridge is open, or inop­ scored enough. Although the war is over, it is Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ erative, both of which are frequent occur­ important that we continue to show our grati­ ducing a bill to authorize the Secretary of rences, vehicles are left waiting in traffic, wast­ tude to the hundreds of thousands of fine men Transportation to carry out a highway dem­ ing fuel and spewing exhaust. The tempers of and women who have yet to return from the onstration project for construction ·of a tunnel stalled drivers can often grow hot. The follow­ Middle East. to replace the 17th Street Causeway Bridge in ing is an exc-..erpt of a Miami Herald article At a support the troops rally, which was held Fort Lauderdale, FL. I am pleased to be joined dated November 18, 1990, documenting the in my district during the height of the gulf con- in introducing this legislation by two of my es- frustration of one motorist: May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9751 In May, when the 17th Street Bridge broke port valued commercial and recreational SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. down, bridge tender, Ron Hickman, left his fisheries that directly contribute to the This Act may be cited as the "Cooperative control shack to direct traffic. A furious economy of the thousands of communities Large Rivers Fisheries Research and Res­ driver got out of his vehicle, threw Hickman along their borders-benefits that disperse toration Act." against the truck and pummeled him with widely through the Nation's economy and SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. punches. touch every citizen. In fact, it is estimated (a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds the fol­ that one in every four Americans fish in this Clearly, a sizable amount of money and an­ lowing: country. However, maintenance of the fish­ (1) Management of fisheries in the large guish could be saved by replacing the bridge ery component of this economically signifi­ rivers of the United States is severely ham­ with a free flow·altemative. A tunnel under the cant multiple use is threatened by dredging, pered by a lack of knowledge of fish popu­ ICWW would be the most efficient and viable sedimentation, barge traffic, water level ma­ lations and river dynamics affecting fish alternative. A new bridge would still have to be nipulations, and other byproducts of river habitats. a drawbridge in order to accommodate high management. Consequently, fish stocks of (2) Natural resource agencies of individual mast vessels. In addition, the approach roads most inland river systems of the United States have difficulty managing these fish­ and ramps to this bridge would have to be States face depletion, some to the point of eries because the interjurisdictional nature endangerment. Loss of these stocks imperils of river systems hampers scientific inves­ built so high that the surrounding property val­ not only the fish themselves, but the econo­ tigations and development of management ues would be destroyed. mies along inland rivers. strategies of a scale and scope sufficient to This project. has broad local support, which The management of fisheries in the Na­ address problems. I consider crucial to the eventual success of tion's large rivers is severely hampered by a (3) A strong Federal role is vital in coordi­ the project. The city of Fort Lauderdale, lack of knowledge of fish populations and nating and conducting cooperative research Broward County, and the State of Florida have river dynamics. Only fragments of some associated with large river systems because, each committed to provide funds for this riverine fisheries are managed, and these are among other reasons, many fishery manage­ project. Last year Congress appropriated a often managed as isolated units instead of ment problems are caused by federally regu­ part of a much larger river system. A strong lated or constructed projects and activities, total of $3.69 million for this project as part of Federal role is vital in coordinating and con­ including dams, navigation facilities, and the fiscal year 1991 Transportation appropria­ ducting fisheries research associated with point and nonpoint pollution. tions bill. The State of Florida additionally ap­ large multi-state river systems, but it must (4) In some rivers, the once rich assem­ propriated $1 million last fiscal year. In a relat­ not replace or preclude active involvement blages of fish fauna and diverse habitats has ed vein, I testified today before the House by state agencies. The lack of information been lost and formerly abundant native fish Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee on which to base management decisions is now exist only as endangered or depleted in support of funding for this worthy project for most severe in the large river systems which populations. Without positive management fiscal year 1992. do not have anadromous fisheries (for exam­ actions, native species will continue to de­ ple salmon). Research and management pro­ cline, fostering even greater conflicts among Mr. Speaker, this project is very important to grams have been established for a long time water users. me and to my constituents. As the demo­ to address anadromous fisheries of the large (5) Waterway developments, including graphics clearly show, south Florida is growing coastal rivers. In contrast, fishery resources navigation, flood control, water level fluc­ by leaps and bounds. The 17th Street Bridge of our large inland rivers have not received tuation, power generation, irrigation, and was built in 1956, when Fort Lauderdale and the same level of attention nor the manage­ general water depletion are accelerating and the . surrounding area was a sleepy beach ment necessary to protect these resources increasingly degrading large river community. In the 35 years that has passed, for future generations. ecosystems nationwide. this area has changed greatly. Fort Lauder­ I propose the establishment of a coopera­ (6) The American public will face reduced tive fisheries research and restoration pro­ opportunities for recreational, commercial, dale is now a sprawling, bustling metropolis, gram on large inland river systems to pro­ subsistence, and aesthetic uses of river sys­ with new transportation challenges that de­ vide the information required by our state tems without demonstrable change in man­ mand to be met. Authorization of this project and Federal agencies for proper management agement strategies in the near future. would greatly help to relieve Broward County's of these valuable renewable resources. This (7) Many of our Nation's public water im­ increasing traffic congestion problems. I look research program would follow the rec­ poundments and small rivers currently sup­ forward to working with Representatives M1- ommendations of a comprehensive study of port near maximum recreational and aes­ NETA and SHUSTER to bring this crucial project fishery research, management, and restora­ thetic uses. State agencies, in response to to fruition. tion needs of selected large rivers and would growing public demands, must increasingly be cooperative in the sense that it would pro­ turn their attention to better management vide Federal cost sharing to state fish and of large river ecosystems. game departments to undertake fisheries re­ (8) The United States Fish and Wildlife INTRODUCTION OF THE COOPERA­ search. Service is responsible for- TIVE LARGE RIVERS FISHERIES To obtain the full use and benefit of the in­ (A) facilitating restoration of depleted, na­ RESEARCH AND RESTORATION formation derived from research conducted tionally significant interjurisdictional fish­ ACT on large rivers, I also propose the establish­ ery resources; ment of an information transfer component (B) seeking and providing for mitigation of to insure that research products are provided fishery resrouces impaired by Federal water­ HON. STEVE GUNDERSON to both state and Federal fishery agencies in related development; and OF WISCONSIN a timely manner. (C) maintaining a Federal leadership role IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Over the years, restoration of fisheries in in scientifically based management of fish­ our large inland river systems has proven ery resources. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 difficult. The Mississippi River, for example, (b) PURPOSES.-The purposes of this Act Mr. GUNDERSON. Mr. Speaker, today, I flows through the jurisdiction of ten states; are to require the Director of the United am introducing the Cooperative Large Rivers consequently, one fish can easily fall under States Fish and Wildlife Service t~ Fisheries Research and Restoration Act. Fol­ the management of four or more states in a (1) carry out a comprehensive study of the lowing is an explanation of the intent of the single day's travel. This interjurisdictional status, and the research, management, and nature of river fisheries makes coordinated restoration needs, of the fishery resources of legislation, a copy of the legislation, and a management of fish populations a critical large inland river systems; summary of the bill's major provisions: and high priority need. Therefore, I propose (2) undertake activities which implement THE COOPERATIVE LARGE RrvERS FISHERIES the establishment of Federal fisheries assist­ recommendations resulting from that study; RESEARCH AND RESTORATION ACT ance offices to serve as coordination points and The inland rivers of the United States have for the state and Federal agencies to jointly (3) consult and carry out coordinated ef­ historically played an important role in the identify system-wide information needs, and forts with States and other interested par­ development of our Nation's economy. The to develop restoration and enhancement ties regarding conservation and restoration heartland of this country is fed by the navi­ strategies to complement and support exist­ of the fishery resources of large inland river gation network supported by our rivers; ing state management of riverine fisheries. systems. power ls produced through water-dependent SEC. 3. LARGE RIVERS FISHERY RESEARCH facilities stretched across many systems; H.R.- STUDY. farm and industry production and many of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ (a) IN GENERAL.-The Director, in consulta­ our homes depend on the water supplied by resentatives of the United States of America in tion with appropriate State agencies and In­ these rivers. Beyond these uses, rivers sup- Congress assembled, dian tribes, shall conduct a comprehensive 9752 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 study of existing data related to the status (e) COORDINATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL (B) any other aggregation of fish that are of and the research, management, and res­ MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.-The Director shall, geographically, ecologically, behaviorally, or toration needs of the fishery resources of to the extent possible, coordinate activities otherwise limited from breeding with indi­ large inland river systems. carreid out under this section with the Envi­ viduals from other groups of fish and are (b) CONTENT OF STUDY.-A study under this ronmental Management Program imple­ suitable for management as.a unit; section shall include, but not be limited to--­ mented on the upper Mississippi River sys­ (3) the term "interjurisdictional manage­ (1) identifying and describing each of the tem under section 1103 of the Water Re­ ment" means management of fisheries which large river systems and their fishery re­ sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law occur in any river that serve as a border be­ sources and fish habitat; 99--662). tween 2 states or is subject to management (2) identifying, describing, and providing SEC. 5. GOALS OF UNITED STATES FISH AND by 3 or more fishery management authori­ information on the impacts of navigation, WILDLIFE SERVICE RELATED TO ties; and flood control, power generation, irrigation, FISHERY RESOURCES OF LARGE IN· (4) the term "large inland river systems" and municipal water supplies on fishery re­ LAND RIVER SYSTEMS. means the systems of the Colorado, Mis­ sources, including the impacts of dredging, In administering programs of the United sissippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee riv­ channel maintenance, water level manage­ States Fish and Wildlife Service related to ers. ment, sediment and contaminant transport, large inland river systems, the Director shall SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. vessel traffic, water withdrawal, and changes seek to achieve the following goals: There are authorized to be appropriated to in salinity and various hydrologic condi­ (1) Restore and maintain self-sustaining the Director- tions; fishery resource populations. (!) for conducting a study under section 3, (3) analyzing fishery resource data with re­ (2) Minimize the impacts of contaminants not more than $12,500,000; and gard to regional depletion of fish stocks and of fisherly resources. (2) for conducting a fishery research, res­ the potential for their restoration; (3) Protect, maintain, and, where degraded toration, and enhancement program under (4) developing recommendations regarding or destroyed, restore fish habitat, including section 4, not more than $15,000,000 for each the scope, schedule, and regional priorities the enhancement and creation of fish spawn­ of 5 fiscal years. for undertaking research projects and data ing and nursery areas. under section 4; and (4) Restore threatened and endangered spe­ SUMMARY OF PROPOSED LARGE RIVERS (5) developing a plan for the restoration cies to viable, self-sustaining levels. FISHERIES RESEARCH AND RESTORATION BILL and enhancement of depleted, nationally sig­ SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF FISHERY RESEARCH Purpose: To conduct a study of the re­ nificant fish stocks, including lake sturgeon, OFFICES AND FACILITIES. search, management and restoration needs of paddlefish, walleye, and other nonana­ (a) OFFICES.-After completion of the re­ the fishery resources of the Nation's large dromous species. search study under section 3, the Director inland river systems and to undertake re­ (C) COMPI,ETION AND REPORT.-Not later shall establish the following offices for re­ search and management to meet those needs. than 30 months after the date of the enact­ search, restoration, and enhancement under Large Rivers Fishery Research Study: ment of an Act making appropriations to section 4: Director, FWS to conduct study, with carry out this section, the Director shall (1) A center for large rivers research, in -a State and tribal participation, of the re­ complete the study under this section and United States Fish and Wildlife Service fish­ search, management and restoration needs of submit to the Congress a report on the find­ eries research facility having appropriate fishery resources of large inland river sys­ ings and recommendations of that study. field stations to conduct fisheries research tems. SEC. 4. FISHERY RESTORATION AND ENHANCE· under section 4. Systems included are Colorado, Mis­ MENT PROGRAM. (2) An office or coordination mechanism sissippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee Riv­ (a) IN GENERAL.-The Director shall estab­ for transferring scientific information to the ers. lish a cooperative fishery research, restora­ States, Indian tribes, and other Federal Study time-30 months. tion, and enhancement program for depleted, agencies. Content: nationally significant fish stocks in large in­ (3) Such fishery assistance offices as may Identifying and describing research needs land river systems. be necessary for each large inland river sys­ for riverine management of fishery resources (b) CONTENT.-The fishery research, res­ tem for the implementation of fish restora­ and their habitats, as affected by navigation, toration, and enhancement program under tion and enhancement projects and for the flood control, power, generation, irrigation this section shall be based on the findings coordination of interjurisdictional manage­ and municipal water supply. and recommendations of the study conducted ment activities. Each office shall be cen­ Analyzing fishery resource data with re­ under section 3, and shall include- trally located on the large river system and gard to regional depletion of fish stocks and (1) conducting continuing research regard­ provided with necessary administrative and potential restoration. ing the status of fishery resources in large support services. Developing recommendations on the: inland river systems; (b) F ACILITIES.-The Director may estab­ Scope, schedule of regional priorities for (2) implementation of the plan developed lish such facilities ass may be necessary for establising a fisheries research program to under section 3(b)(5) for restoration and en­ conducting research, restoration, and en­ meet research needs; and hancement of depleted, nationally signifi­ hancement under section 4. Specific riverine fisheries or habitats in cant fish stocks; and SEC. 7. REPORTS. need of restoration or enhancement. (3) development and implementation of (a) ANNUAL REPORTS.-Not later than De­ Fisheries Research Program: such additional plans for restoration and en­ cember 31 of the year in which a program is To be defined by research study. hancement of depleted, nationally signifi­ established under section 4, and of each of Coordination to be accomplished with cant fish stocks as may be appropriate. the 3 years thereafter, the Director shall States and other Federal agencies through (C) PARTICIPATION.- submit to the Congress a report describing memoranda of understanding. (1) IN GENERAL.-The Director shall invite the activities carried out under section 4 State participation in fishery research appropriate State agencies, Indian tribes, during the period covered by the report. The projects can be cost shared up to 80 percent. and Federal agencies (including the Army Director shall submit to each agency and FWS Goals for Fishery Resources: Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclama­ each Indian tribe participating in activities Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining tion, and the Tennessee Valley Authority) to under section 4 a copy of each such report fish populations, including threatened and participate in activities conducted under a covering those activities. endangered species. program under this section which are of spe­ (b) PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT.-The Di­ Protecting, restoring and enhancing fish cial interest to those States, tribes, or Fed­ rector shall include in the last report re­ spawning and nursery habitat. eral agencies. quired under section (a) an evaluation of the Establishment of Fishery Research Facili­ (2) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.-The program conducted under section 4 that is ties and Offices: Director shall enter into a memorandum of adequate to enable the Congress to deter­ Large rivers fisheries research center to be understanding with each State agency, In­ mine whether the program should be ex­ established with satellite field stations rep­ dian tribe, and Federal agency which partici­ panded, continued, redirected, or termi­ resentative of the fisheries research pro­ pates in an activity pursuant to this sub­ nated. gram. section. Each memorandum of understanding SEC. 8. DEFINmONS. Information transfer or coordination shall describe the responsibilities and au­ In this Act-- mechanism to be established for providing thorities of each party to the memorandum (1) the term "Director" means the Director research findings to FWS components, other of understanding for conducting the activity. of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv­ Federal agencies, States and tribes. (d) COST SHARING.-The Federal share of ice; Fisheries assistance offices to be estab­ the cost of conducting any activity under a (2) the term "fish stock" means- lished on each large inland river system to program under this section shall not exceed (a) a taxonomically distinct species or sub­ assist in the implementation of fisheries res­ 80 percent of the total cost of that activity. species of fish; or toration and enhancement projects and for

' .. . . ' - ~ -W- -- - .._ ~ - • • J ~ • -• • - • • ' -- - --.. " ..._ '' .. _. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9753 coordination of interjurisdictional fisheries On this first anniversary of the Hubble's de­ has made over the years have greatly bene­ management activities. ployment, I want to offer my congratulations to fited the citizens of Newburgh and Orange the many individuals in government, industry, County. I am pleased to call him my friend. I FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE and academia who have helped to make this am confident that he will continue to provide HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DE­ telescope a reality. invaluable service to the community and the I look forward to the enormous contributions impact he has had on the Hudson Valley will PLOYMENT this facility will make to science in the future. be felt for years to come. HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. OF CALIFORNIA TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HANDLER IN OBSERVANCE OF WORKERS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMORIAL DAY Wednesday, May 1, 1991 HON. HAMILTON FlSH, JR. Mr. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago, on OF NEW YORK HON. CARL C. PERKINS April 25, 1990, the Hubble space telescope IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF KENTUCKY was lifted from the space shuttle Discover}'s Wednesday, May 1, 1991 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cargo bay and placed into orbit. That event Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 marked the beginning of the era of the great ognize and pay special tribute to George Han­ observatories-an era that is likely to revolu­ Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, April 28 marked tionize our understanding of the universe. Ear­ dler, successful businessman and community the third observance of Workers Memorial lier this month, the second of the great ob­ leader. Mr. Handler is being honored at a din­ Day, a day set aside to remember American servatories-the Gamma Ray Observatory­ ner May 7, 1991, in Newburgh, NY, by the workers killed and injured on the job. was successfully launched and appears to be Antt-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith with its Twenty years have passed since passage of performing as planned. The third-the Ad­ Americanism award for his many years of the Occupational Safety and Health Act vanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility-is in de­ service on behalf of the people of the Hudson [OSHA] and in those 20 years 245,000 work­ velopment. A fourth observatory, the Space In­ Valley of New York. ers have been killed at the workplace, over frared Telescope Facility, is currently being I join his many friends and admirers and 100 million have suffered work-related injuries, planned. compliment George Handler on being selected and up to 2 million have died from occupa­ When completed, the four observatories will to receive this award. Throughout his life, he tional diseases. provide coverage of a large fraction of the has displayed an intensity and resolve to en­ Although the number of workplace fatalities electromagnetic spectrum, including regions hance the quality of life in his community that and injuries have been reduced since the inaccessible to ground-based astronomers. has been matched only be the perseverance early 1970's, we still see each year more than Astronomers will be able to address fun­ he has demonstrated in his impressive record 10,000 workers killed, 6.6 million injured, and damental questions and investigate exciting of professional successes. 60,000 premanently disabled. Government phenomena with tools previously unavailable. In addition to running his own business, statistics point to the mining, agriculture, and The Hubble space telescope, which oper­ Handler Consultants, Inc., a firm specializing construction industries as most deadly with ates in the visible and ultraviolet parts of the in employee benefit planning, George serves over 2,200 construction workers killed each spectrum, will be looking both at distant stars as a senior sales consultant for the Guardian year and occupational injuries in construction and galaxies and at the planets of our own Life Insurance Co. of America. A member of numbering 100,000 more in recent years than solar system. The giant planets of Jupiter and the Million Dollar Round Table and other pres­ 20 years ago. In addition, the long-term effects Saturn as well as Pluto, the icy and most re­ tigious associations such as Top of the Table of occupational disease account for as many mote planet circling our Sun will be examined. and Forum, George has distinguished himself as 100,000 deaths per year. Hubble has already made important discov­ as program chairman of the President's Coun­ Mr. Speaker, all of us know of the work-re­ eries related to Supernova 1987A, including cil and is a charter member and a former lated accidents experienced by our own con­ the discovery of a gaseous ring around the president of the Guardian Leaders Club. In the stituents. While we mourn for those who have supernova. Hudson Valley. He has assumed professional lost their lives while on the job, and for their I must acknowledge the disappointment we responsibilities which have included: Serving families, let us not forget the living-let us all experienced following the news that the as former first vice president of the Orange strive to better protect the health and safety of Hubble primary mirror exhibited a defect that County Life Underwriters and past president of the worker. was introduced during the manufacturing proc­ the Mid-Hudson Society C.L.U. and ChFC. OSHA's programs of regulation and enforce­ ess. While the Hubble space telescope is still George has also been a frequent speaker and ment sorely need updating to address the haz­ capable of supporting significant research ac­ lecturer to various life underwriters associa­ ards of today and the Congress must lead in tivities, it will not be able, at least over the tions professional socieities. this effort for reform. We cannot delay while near term, to achieve all of its planned objec­ A devoted husband and father of two, so many American lives are at stake. tives. This is a setback for a number of dedt­ George has always found time for his commu­ Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join cated scientists who had hoped to use nity. He served as president of the Jewish me in supporting both comprehensive OSHA Hubble. I intend to work very hard to ensure Federation of Orange County, the Jewish reform needed to change employers' safety that we learn from the Hubble experience. Community Center, and the Optimist Club. He and health practices to reduce the risks of Hubble space telescope is considered big is a former Man of the Year and chairman of death and injury, and the Construction Safety, science by many people, and by many stand­ the United Jewish charities and is an honoree Health and Education Improvement Act (H.R. ards it is. Yet, as the National Academy of for Israel Bonds. His exemplary record of serv­ 1063), to address the special hazards of that Sciences noted in the report of the Astronomy ice has included membership on the board of industry. and Astrophysics Survey Committee, ''the the Community Chest, the Newburgh Youth great observatories embody the ideal of 'small Bureau, Occupations, Inc., and Hospice of Or­ science' made possible by large facilities; they ange County. THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE allow individual investigators or small groups George has been a sports enthusiast since AMENDMENTS (H.R. 1236) of investigators to carry out frontier research high school. Somehow he finds the energy programs." Indeed, investigators from 200 dif­ and stamina to serve as a coach in not one HON. DANI'E 8. FASCEil ferent universities and research institutions but two demanding sports-baseball and bas­ OF FLORIDA had been awarded observing time on Hubble ketball. He has led his teams to six state IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the first year of its operations. championships and one national title. George While the Hubble program has encountered was a recipient of a testimonial by the Jewish Wednesday, May 1, 1991 setbacks, I am enthusiastic about the scientific Community Center in which the center's gym­ Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield from the mission to date and believe that nasium was named in his honor. take this opportunity to voice my strong sup­ much more of value will be realized in the Mr. Speaker, I am well aware that the out­ port for H.R. 1236, the national flood insur­ months and years to come. standing contributions that George Handler ance amendments, which would provide flood 9754 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 insurance for properties located in fl~prone Louisville and the Louisville Ballet have gar­ written by Jane Martin, the first full-length areas, and provide a more cost-efficient alter­ nered national acclaim for their current pro­ play with interacting characters by this native to Federal disaster assistance by en­ ductions. pseudonymous Louisvillian. Through these plays and others of varying couraging communities to take preventive For the past 15 years during the spring, the­ interest ran the festival's primary theme: measures to reduce flood losses. I urge our ater critics from across the country have the violence, psychological and physical, suf­ colleagues to support this important bill. flocked to Louisville for the Humana Festival fered by women, and their valiant attempts Our colleague, Congressman BEN ERD­ of New American Plays, a 3-day showcase of at self-assertion. These views ranged from REICH, chairman of the Subcommittee on Pol­ new plays held at Actors Theater. The the journey into madness of a lonely shop­ icy Research and Insurance of the House Humana Festival is under the able direction of keeper (in Shem Bitterman's evocative but Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Commit­ Jon Jory of Actors Theater, and many of these attenuated interior monologue, "Night­ new plays go on to national audiences, and, in Side") to the serial killer who regards the tee, has done an outstanding job in steering murder of women as an extension of seduc­ this measure through the legislative process some instances, critical and public acclaim on tion (Lee Blessing's disappointing "Down the by holding timely hearings and soliciting the Broadway. According to this year's reviews, Road"). cooperation and input of those Members the Humana Festival was another critical suc­ In Ms. Lauro's "Piece of My Heart" (based whose districts are most affected by floodplain cess. on Keith Walker's oral history of the same management and insurance issues. The Louisville Ballet was founded in 1952 title), six women, most of them nurses, fly to I am pleased to note that H.R. 1236 con­ and has flourished in recent years under the Vietnam on a wave of innocence and ideal­ ism-almost immediately replaced by panic. tains many of the proposals which I believe artistic direction of Alun Jones. The Louisville Ballet holds the distinction of beiog the only They are insufficiently trained and totally are crucial to improve the administration of the unprepared for the maimed bodies, the river programs of the Federal Insurance Administra­ regional company with which Mikhail of blood that flows through the hospital tion [FIA] of the Federal Emergency Manage­ Baryshnikov has performed in its repertory after it is bombed and the illogic of the war ment Agency [FEMA]: noting the regional dif­ productions. The Louisville Ballet took its full itself. In the second act, back home, we see ferences among fl~prone communities; es­ length production of "Swan Lake" to New York the full nightmare of the war and its after­ tablishing loans for low-income people need­ on April 6, and I commend to the attention of math. ing assistance; and providing increased infor­ our colleagues, Mr. Speaker, the following re­ There have been a number of plays dealing view from the April 8 New York Times which with Vietnam (most recently Steve Tesich's mation and communication with local officials. "Speed of Darkness") but none with the di­ I strongly believe that the Federal Flood In­ was extremely positive. rect emotional impact of Ms. Lauro's work. surance Program can be useful as a tool to Mr. Speaker, I also commend to the atten­ It is, on one level, a model of the art of the ensure the protection of unique coastal areas tion of our colleagues two articles on the re­ dramatic collage. The playwright has taken and natural resources such as the Florida cent Humana Festival of New American plays: true stories and crossthreaded them so that Keys, and am pleased to see that the bill and The April 11 Washington Times review by Hap the monologous nature is completely con­ report language strongly stress the importance Erstein and the April 1O New York Times com­ cealed. In collaboration with the director, mentary by Mel Gussow. I believe all the re­ Allen R. Belknap, and a symbiotic company of the FIA's recognizing immense regional dif­ of actresses (one actor plays all the male ferences in communities through the Mitigation views are proof positive that the performing roles), Ms. Lauro has turned firsthand im­ Assistance Program. arts in Louisville and Jefferson County are pressions into a disturbing drama that Mr. Speaker, as you know, the Florida Keys alive and well. evokes empathy for survivors as victims, es­ are topographically a unique coastal area-a [From the New York Times, Apr. 10, 1991) pecially the women in the war zone, whose chain of solid rock land formations which are A CATHARSIS FOR FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF only weapons are their hearts. not subject to a regular cycle of flooding as VIETNAM AT LoUISVILLE FESTIVAL With equal perceptiveness, three of the tal­ (By Mel Gussow) ented actresses in Ms. Lauro's play have to­ other coastal areas are. The flood-plain man­ tally disparate roles in Ms. Martin's agement policies which may work for the LOUISVILLE, KY, April 7.-As the lights "Cementville," directed by Mr. Jory. The Outer Banks and Mississippi Delta will not came up on a reproduction of the Vietnam title (pronounced "seementville") is a fic­ work in the Florida Keys unless they are ap­ Veterans Memorial in Washington, women tional Tennessee town with a sports arena who served in that war placed mementoes of plied with caution and flexibility. The Federal that once housed greats like Jake LaMotta their experience as if they were flowers on a but has now fallen on seedy times. Mock Government has a commitment to the thou­ grave. The reaction of the audience at the sands of residents of the Florida Keys to pro­ wrestling matches are staged for the rabble, Actors Theater of Louisville was palpable. sports descended to the depths of show busi­ vide this flood insurance to all of those who Sobs filled the house in a crescendo that be­ ness. comply in good faith with the regulations. came a group lamentation. This final scene In a fiercely funny first act, a border state Many aspects of this bill-compliance and in Shirley Lauro's new play, "A Piece of My reversal of David Storey's "Changing increased participation in the Flood Insurance Heart," is a catharsis as well as a coup de Room," female wrestlers are in a dingy lock­ Program, the authorizing of a community rat­ theatre. The women in the play are the most er room preparing for the evening's show. As forgotten among all those who have been for­ she did in "Talking With," Ms. Martin cre­ ing system, mitigation of flood and erosion gotten in Vietnam. risks, and the flood insurance task force--go ates a panoply of individualized characters, The play itself was the climax of the 15th but, in contrast to that earlier anthology of a long way toward reaching the compromise annual Humana Festival of New American monologues, these people become an inter­ we all sought to achieve a fair and balanced Plays, seen this weekend in a marathon of woven ensemble. flood insurance program for homeowners seven full-length works and two one-acts. In In the second act, the play spins into an while establishing a new program to reduce previous years, the festival (under the artis­ outbreak of locker bashing violence, which coastal erosion hazards. tic direction of Jon Jory) has reached indi­ unwisely makes explicit things more effec­ Again, I thank the chairman for his leader­ vidual heights (with plays from Beth tively encountered as offstage emanations. Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" to last sea­ ship and commitment, and urge our col­ But the ending itself knits the play together son's "2" by Romulus Linney) and collective in a moment of ruefulness. "Cementville" of­ leagues to vote in favor of H.R. 1236. depths in a period in which Mr. Jory com­ fers additional confirmation of Ms. Martin's missioned plays from celebrities. gift for dialogue, as she captures the local This year was an on-season for Actors The­ colorfulness of obsessive characters. There is LOUISVILLE ARTS COMMUNITY ater, as the company resoundingly expressed also a knowing sense of our times, as in one RECEIVES NATIONAL PRAISE its valuable purpose, to encourage play­ character's prediction that fantasy enter­ wrights to challenge themselves and the tainment is the growth industry of the 90's. HON. ROMANO L MAZZOU hundreds of theatergoers who converge on For Mr. Machado, "In the Eye of the Hurri­ Louisville for the annual spring festival. cane" is a long awaited realization of the OF KENTUCKY Gone was the pretentious symbolism of plays playwright's early promise. The success is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in which metaphorical hounds of hell seemed shared equally with the director, Anne Wednesday, May 1, 1991 to bark at the door of every drama. Instead Bogart, whose visually arresting production there were tangible and meaningful plays by offers a tangoesque view of a Cuban family Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, the Louisville three theater artists. Theater offered a strik­ and Cuba itself (in 1960) in the throes of radi­ and Jefferson County community has had a ing study of revolutionary Cuba by Eduardo cal change. Emotions seethe and flare, as the long and vibrant performing arts history, and it Machado and, as an audience rouser, a dark playwright and the director orchestrate a continues today. Recently, Actors Theater of comedy about a troupe of female wrestlers, symphony of contradictions. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9755 The stage echoes with love-hate, along Presumably, they were all looking for the "Train" is written and directed by Paul with outlandish humor akin to that of Mario next "Gin Game," "Agnes of God" or "Tales Walker, a theater games specialist who di­ Vargas Llosa. When the family's bus line is of the Lost Formicians," all plays that rected "Conquest of the South Pole" at about to be nationalized by Castro, relatives premiered at past Humana Festivals and Arena Stage. No wonder then that it unfolds agree to lie down in front of the buses in went on to wider aclaim. with shared narration and a playful tone full order to safeguard the vehicles. The con­ As is typical, the menu was a smorgasbord of aggressively non-traditionally cast carica­ fident head of the household takes his prone of the terrifc and the terrible. and judging by tures in a quirky historical pageant. All of position in front of a giant tire, awaiting the convivial jousting and jawboning at the this might have worked if the play were not vindication or death, and then, as the bus bar within the two-theater complex, there so paper-thin. pulls away, realizes that he has forgotten the was more than a little disagreement as to Still, Mr. Walker cannot blame his direc­ alternative of reverse gear. which was which. tor, which is the case with Eduardo "We are what they want to throw away," Most likely to resurface beyond Louisville Machado's "In the Eye of the Hurricane." he says in reference to the new regime. This from this year's crop is Shirley Laura's "A His play is staged and pummeled to within ls a disposable nouveaux riche society and to Piece of My Heart," a remarkable, moving an inch of its life by Anne Bogart. a great extent the characters have brought account of combat nurses in Vietnam, the Miss Bogart, former artistic director of about their own downfall with their chica­ hell they went through and the difficulties Trinity Rep Company, is a kindred spirit of nery and guile. Feminism emerges in the they had coming home and adjusting to post­ aging wunderkind Peter Sellars. Both tend portrait of the matriarch, still demanding in war hostilities stateside. toward a heavy-handed, postmodern, her old age (a fesity Lynn Cohen) but a Miss Lauro adapted Keith Walker's book of deconstructionist stamp, regardless of its ap­ woman submerged in a male hierarch. The interviews with women who went to Vietnam propriateness. most stylish performance is given by Chris­ only to have the veil of innocence lifted from Mr. Machado has written a moment-in­ topher Mccann as the serpentine son, for their eyes. With short, effective strokes, she time snapshot play of 1960 Cuba, when Castro whom compromise becomes a condition of takes them beyond types (the Army brat, the was confiscating and nationalizing the survival. Junior Leaguer, the country and western en­ wealth of his island's upper class. "Hurri­ The other plays included "A Passenger tertainer, the anti-war hippie, etc.) to fully cane" looks at an exceedingly greedy family · Train of 61 Coaches" by Paul Walker, a dimensional characters. whose empire was built on ownership of a Story Theater style exercise about Anthony Why we were in Vietnam is a question that bus company, and how they react to its Comstock's crusade for censorship. The work remains outside the realm of the play. The imment loss. Our sympathies quickly wane is surprisingly enervating considering the re­ war is a fact: Maimed bodies are what these as the family's panicky responses grow in­ newed timeliness of the subject. women have to deal with, patch up and send creasingly self-centered. "The Death of Zukasky" by Richard back out to fight. If the first act is relatively If this Humana Festival is only middlingly Strand brings the repression of women into apolitical, however, after intermission the successful with political plays beyond Miss the board room, with a funny cartoon about real nightmare of that war begins for the Laura's drama, it fares better with some for­ corporate politics and backstabbing behind nurses as they return home. ays into short forms. A name on most lips by the infrastructure. In it, a woman executive "We are now beginning our descent," says the end of the weekend was Shem Bitterman, becomes the unwitting foil of the company's the pilot innocuously, foreshadowing the author of a one-hour, one-act, one-performer con artist. In sitcom fashion, "Zukasky" downward pull to the nurses' self-esteem as play called "Night-Side." they face career and adjustment hurdles. provides laughs, but it is the memory of Founding Kennedy Center Chairman Roger This breathtaking work is as far from plays by Ms. Lauro, Mr. Machado and Ms. Stevens optioned the play and reportedly standard monodrama as a symphony is from Martin that theatergoers will take home still is interested in producing it. Judging tissue paper and comb. Sara, a Boston flower from Louisville this year. from the sniffling and the standing ovation shop clerk, shares her thoughts as she stares from a generally jaded professional audience, out the store window at the garden park [From the Washington Times, Apr.11, 1991] its emotional impact was confirmed. across the street. She has uncanny powers of The Humana Festival has widened its aims observation and a way of perceiving the HUMANA STILL SETS STAGE FOR NEW, DARING thoughts of others. DRAMA in recent years to encompass second produc­ tions of plays that were not completely real­ Gradually it becomes apparent that we are Jon Jory, the producing director of Actors ized in premier engagements elsewhere. That listening to the paranoid ravings of a deeply Theatre of Louisville, long has wanted the described "Down the Road," by Lee Blessing, disturbed young lady. Mr. Bitterman is a American theater to take on the big issues of a writer of substantial talent and versatility master of creating tension and apprehension. the day. And the Humana Festival of New who has had three previous Humana Festival He is aided not a little by a tour de force per­ American Plays, the premier showcase and plays produced. formance from Pamela Glen, an actress of marketplace of new stage work in this coun­ "Down the Road" examines a man who rare delicacy, precise focus and harrowing try," reflects Mr. Jory's tastes at least as killed 19 women, and the husband-wife jour­ intensity. much as it signals trends in the theater. nalist team trying to interview him for a "Night-Side" is at once uncomfortable and This year's 15th annual festival, a book. It looks like Mr. Blasing still is at exhilarating. Though I suspect its chances of monthlong rotating repertory of nine new or least one draft away from his goal, but the having a commercial afterlife are slim, we nearly new plays and play fragments that subject is worth the effort. have not heard the last from Mr. Bitterman continues through this weekend, has not Mr. Blessing wants to consider the stress or Miss Gien. lacked for hard-hitting subjects. Scripts on the married couple when they try to cap­ For impatient playgoers, Actors Theatre tackled Vietnam and its aftermath, serial ture on tape the thoughts of prisoner Bill now sponsors a contest for the best 10- killer8 and media exploitation, religiously Reach, convicted murderer and mainstay of minute plays. Winners this year were show­ motivated censorship zealots and the effects the tabloids. Their intervew is a skirmish as cased in the Humana Festival-John Glore's on Cubans as communism and Fidel Castro Reach refuses to answer the crucial "why" "What She Found There" and Neal Bell's came to power. questions. The couple's conflicts in a generic "Out the Window." But Mr. Jory also seems to want to ensure motel room are flat and strain credibility, The former is a fantastical bit of whimsy that situation comedies don't perish from however. "Down the Road" is consciously by a former Arena Stage literary manager. the American theater scene. Alongside the subdued and clinical, but there are too many He imagines that when Alice went through tough and demanding offerings are gag­ logic jumps. the looking glass, her mirror image came stuffed comedies, some of which could be tel­ Still, it is further along than "A Passenger through into our world. evision series pilots that got misdirected by Train of Sixty-One Coaches," a fine idea Called Celia (for anagrammatic reasons), Federal Express on their way to Hollywood. waiting for a play to be written. This is the she is 130 years old but looks 13. We first see The plays of the Humana Festival are history of Anthony Comstock, the 19th-cen­ her in bed with a trucker, who learns nothing if not eclectic-in stylistic ap­ tury Puritan who devoted his life to attack­ postcoitally that she is a literary creation proaches, thematic intent and, unfortu­ ing obscenity and imposing his morality on whose customs are the reverse of ours. nately, quality. society at large. With so many plays crumbling in the sec­ Still, last wekend, as it has for a decade Comstock lobbied for and later helped to ond act or merely growing repetitive, it's re­ and a half, Actors Theatre became the center enforce a law against the mailing of obscene freshing to encounter one that you actually of the theater world for 72 hours. Hundreds of materials. He tried to save the public from want to see expanded. representatives from the non-profit theater such smut as George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Less fun but still intriguing is Mr. Bell's network, commercial producers, literary Warren's Profession." The "Train" title re­ sketch. When a man in disheveled formal agents and international drama critics de­ fers to a boastful Comstock quote about a wear wakes up with a hangover in a wheel­ scended upon this Tony Award-winning re­ vehicle that large being needed to hold all chair atop a kitchen table and has no idea gional company for a marathon play-shop­ the people he had gotten convicted of crimes how he got there, there is certainly enough ping and schmoozing session. against decency. mystery to last 10 minutes. Fortunately, Mr. 9756 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 Bell has something on his mind and a lot on same physique as Miss Starr, entered to re­ Mr. Speaker, in the last several years we the ball, as "Out the Window" develops into proach Prince Siegfried. Even the audience, have seen remarkable changes · take place a metaphor about hope. not to speak of the hero, could be confused throughout the world. The Soviet Union has it­ Although the Humana Festival is devoted by two dancers in identical white tutus who to producing theatrical works of stories best looked so much alike. self experienced many of these changes. In told on a stage, somehow each year they get Most of the novelties were in this ballroom Central America, Germany, Eastern Europe, around to an out-and-out TV sitcom. scene in Act III, in which passages from and the Persian Gulf we have seen changes, This year it's "The Death of Zukasky" by Tchaikovsky's score for the original 1877 pro­ changes so dramatic that they really put one Richard Strand. It begins with the demise of duction (not the 1895 standard version by person's request to emigrate from the Soviet the title character, a middle manager in a Petipa and Ivanov) were restored. Thus the Union to Israel in the proper perspective. huge, unspecified corporation. This triggers Grand Pas de Financees was not a brief waltz Andrie Andreev and his family only seek the a power struggle for his job. Mr. Strand has for six prospective brides. Each had a classi­ a knack for mechanical gags and his char­ cal solo. The usual pas de deux was now seen right to practice their religion. I do commend acters soon lose their tenuous hold on re­ in choreography attributed to Bourmeister's the Soviet Union for allowing increased num­ ality. version. A key moment occurred when Keith bers of refusniks to emigrate. But it is not A far more intriguing comedy comes from Kimmel, as Rothbart, the magician, scooped enough. The Soviet Union can and should the pseudonymous playwright Jane Martin. up a feather that Odette had previously allow more refusniks to emigrate. This debate Most veteran attendees accept the prevailing given the prince. is not about world change; it is about the guess that "her" identity is in fact Mr. Jory. The choreography was hardly as dazzling rights of individuals to practice their religion of What's important is she can write a funny as the standard Petipa pas de deux in this line, and she ties it to character to take us scene, but oddly, the dramatic suspense was choice, free from restriction and harassment. to new worlds. The world of "Cementville," real. One waited to see what would come I urge the Soviet Union, in the strongest for instance, is that of third-rate arenas and next. terms, to reconsider the case of Andria the desperation pseudosport of wrestling, fe­ In Act I, Joy Williams Bell carried off a Andreev. Further, I urge my colleagues to con­ male division. cameo exceedingly well as a pal of a queen tinue this vigil and to follow the Andreev case However seamy these gladiatresses, they mother who, unusually, joined Siegfried in a as well as the plights of thousands of other are held in awe by the fans. drink and mocked her own sternness. The Soviet Jews who seek the right to emigrate On the whole, Louisville this year is not traditional pas de trois was augmented by a offering as many finished, polished, com­ second couple. The women-Elizabeth from the Soviet Union. pletely satisfying plays as it has in the re­ Hartwell, Rose Marie Wurzer and especially cent past. But neither are there as many Jennifer Glaze-were more classically pol­ plays that defy justification. ished than the men, Clark Reid and David A TRIBUTE TO MS. ANITA KING At 15, the Humana Festival may be show­ Goud. ing its age, having lost a step or two in its In Act II, in the first lakeside scene, Miss HON.MERVYN M.DYMAllY momentum. Yet it still remains as prolific Starr danced Odette's solo before the adagio OF CALIFORNIA and as dedicated to the precarious job of with Charles Flachs's Siegfried. Her perform­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES finding and developing new plays as any the­ ance had more of a studied correctness than ater in the nation. an affecting passion, but the point was that Wednesday, May 1, 1991 it was accurate and Mr. Flachs's good Mr. DYMALL Y. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com­ [From the New York Times, Apr. 9, 1991) partnering was impressively keyed to the mend Ms. Anita King, a member of the Los KENTUCKY TROUPE BRINGS NEW IDEAS TO drama of the moment. "SWAN LAKE" The final lakeside scene, drastically cut, Angeles Commission on Women, and more (By Anna KisselgofO ended with an effective moment for the corps recently a Presidential appointee to the U.N. The Louisville Ballet made its New York in a deep curtsy. Bereft of Julia Tevelyan Commission of the Status of Women. Ms. City debut in 1985 with several mixed bills Oman's sets (acquired from a discarded Bos­ King, who is California's black Republican that created more than a good impression. ton Ballet production) which cannot be State chair, served as an alternate delegate to The Kentucky company's revival "La Fete taken on tour, thus "Swan Lake" could Ambassador Juliette Clagett Mclennan during Etrange," a poetic dramatic ballet created in hardly look definitive. If the soloists were the Commission's February and March ses­ 1940 by the English choreographer Andree uneven, the corps was excellently rehearsed. sions in Vienna, Austria. Howard, was nothing short of outstanding. Ms. King has been a member of the Los Yet for all the enterprising repertory that Angeles County Commission on Women for Alun Jones has attempted since 1978, when CONGRESSIONAL CALL TO he became the troupe's artistic director, he CONSCIENCE VIGIL the past 6 years, and an active business lead­ obviously needs to meet the demands made er. She serves as the California Governor's on virtually all regional ballet companies in HON. MIKE KOPETSKI appointee to the Colorado River Board of Cali­ America. That is, he has had to stage a full- OF OREGON fornia and has been active in a variety of com­ length 19th-century classic. · IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity organizations. It was, moreover, at the request of the Ms. King, as part of the U.S. delegation, Colden Center for the Arts of the Queens Col­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 participated in submission of a resolution call­ lege that the Louisville Ballet presented its Mr. KOPETSKI. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to ing for interregional consultation of women in 1988 version of "Swan Lake" on Saturday afternoon. Another mixed program might join my colleagues in support of the Congres­ public life. This resolution noted the need for have been better suited to the dancers' abili­ sional Call to Conscience Vigil. This vigil, in including nongovernment organizations tcr ties, but there is no doubt that this produc­ support of Soviet refusniks, has been taking gether with governments in deciding political tion was true to the essence of "Swan Lake" place on this floor for 15 years. For 15 years, action agenda that will help mobilize women and incorporated many interesting new Members have spoken out for freedom, into active participation in the political process. ideas. human rights, and for the right of Soviet Jews It should be noted that only through the con­ Mr. Jones and his wife, Helen Starr, the to emigrate. I commend the Members of this tributions of leading women such as Ms. King troupe's associate artistic director, who body for taking such a strong stand in the who strove all their lives to improve the quality danced Odette, staged this "Swan Lake," in­ spired by their own experiences in Britain. name of human rights and urge all Members of life for their neighborhoods, and commu­ Mr. Jones, a former member of the London to join the Call to Conscience Vigil. nities, that the standard of life would improve Festival Ballet, was openly influenced here Today, I would like to focus attention on for all our citizens. It is through active women by a landmark ''-Swan Lake" staged for that Andrie Andreev, a refusnik from Leningrad. In who devoted their lives to advance the case of troupe by the Soviet choreographer Vladimir November of 1989, Andrei was denied the full equality for women at all levels of govern­ Bourmeister. right to emigrate to Israel on the basis of his ment that women will at long last be integrated Mr. Jones's own ideas, however, did much former army service. Andrei was discharged into the highest levels of our Government. to sharpen the dramatic conflict between from the army in 1986, 5 years ago. Further Mr. Speaker, once we listen carefully to the good and evil inherent in the ballet. This viewer has never seen both Odette and her complicating this case, Andrei's wife and her message brought to us by capable women double, Odile, actually confront each other parents were given permission to emigrate in such as Ms. Anita King and integrate women in the ballroom scene. Usually Odette is seen November of 1989. The entire family remains into all levels of policymaking, then we would here as a fleeting vision behind a scrim. But in the Soviet Union, awaiting approval for have tapped a great force which would propel Diane Downes, a dancer with, uncannily, the Andrei to emigrate. us into a safer and better world. May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ·9757 IN RECOGNITION OF THE NA­ incidents of domestic violence against women THE FAIRNESS IN CAMPAIGN TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LET­ are not reported to police for fear of reprisal, FINANCE ACT TER CARRIERS OF STOCKTON, the feeling that battering is a personal matter, CA, BRANCH 213 and a lack of shelter space. HON. LAMAR S. SMI'IH Battering tends to escalate in severity over OF TEXAS HON. RICHARD H. LEHMAN time and can 9ften be fatal. It is horrifying to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNiA confront the fact that 30 percent of female Wednesday, May 1, 1991 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES homicide victims were killed by their husbands Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, cam­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 or boyfriends in 1986. paign finance reform is the most critical issue Mr. LEHMAN of California. Mr. Speaker, I And, in 50 percent of families where the confronting representative Government today. rise before my colleagues to recognize the wife is being abused, the children are abused Such reform is crucial to restoring and main­ contributions made to our community by the as well. The cycle continues, as the abused taining the integrity of our representative form Letter Carriers of Stockton, CA. For the past children often grow up to themselves abuse. of Government, a Government that increas­ 100 years these men and women have carried Domestic Violence Awareness Month offers ingly is perceived to be in the grasp of the on a proud tradition of public service to the in­ the opportunity to support victims in their ef­ special interests. dividuals and businesses in our community. In forts to break the cycle of violence. It recog­ Today I am introducing legislation, the Fair­ carrying out their daily responsibilities, they nizes the hard work and invaluable achieve­ ness in Campaign Finance Act, that would have exhibited a devotion to duty which is ments of those who work and volunteer their draw a clear line to limit PAC contributions to unique and admirable. time to help these victims. It asserts that one-third of a candidate's total contributions. Branch 213 is composed of dedicated men abuse and violation of another human being Such a percentage limitation will tell all and women who brighten the days of many by under any circumstance is unacceptable. Americans that individual contributions are the delivering a letter from a friend, relative, or Mr. Speaker, I urge every Member of this main financial force behind every congres­ grandchild. In addition, these men and women House to join me, Mr. MILLER, and 87 original sional race. volunteer many hours of service to raise If we are to restore confidence in Congress cosponsors in supporting National Domestic money for such nonprofit organizations as the as the people's branch of Government, we Muscular Dystrophy Association, the American Violence Awareness Month. must prove to citizens that their influence out­ Cancer Society, Children's Home, and Little weighs that of special interests. League all as a matter of daily activity, many times without recognition. STOP THE MASSACRE OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF It is with this in mind that I would like to ex­ ARMENIANS press my sincere congratulations and appre­ POLAND'S CONSTITUTION ciation for the past 100 years of dedicated service that each and every member of HON. DAVID E. BONIOR HON. PAUL E. KANJO~KI Branch 213 has brought to the community. OF PENNSYLVANIA OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, May 1, 1991 RESOLUTION TO DECLARE OCTO­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BER 1991 AS NATIONAL DOMES­ .Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I want to call TIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS to you attention the fact that May 3, 1991 is MONTH Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I am outraged the 200th anniversary of Poland's Constitution. by reports that Azerbaijani and Soviet Interior One of the oldest of such documents, sec­ HON. LOUISE M. SLAUGHTER Ministry troops have invaded the Armenian­ ond only to our U.S. Constitution, the Polish OF NEW YORK populated villages of Getashen and Constitution balances individual rights and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Martunashen. Once again, the Armenian peo­ good of the whole society. ple have been subjected to the horrors of op­ Longevity is not the only similarity to the Wednesday, May 1, 1991 pression. At least 20 Armenian villagers have U.S. Constitution. The Polish Constitution also Ms. SLAUGHTER of New York. Mr. Speak­ been killed. Some reports put the death toll at established three separate branches of gov­ er, for the past 2 years, October has been over 60, many of them women and children. ernment, religious freedoms, and representa­ commemorated as "National Domestic Vio­ For the past few years, we have seen a pat­ tional government. lence Awareness Month." Today I am once tern of Azerbaijani aggression against Arme­ In setting out to establish a working Polish again introducing, with my distinguished col­ nian villages with the apparent sanction of, if Government, the authors of the Constitution league Mr. MILLER of California, a resolution hoped to free the country of foreign interven­ not direct aid from Moscow. Since 1988, Ar­ which would make this important designation. tion. The King was committed to reform, al­ Domestic violence is a national crime. Its menians have been massacred and forced out though members of the nobility were opposed pain reaches every member of the family and of their homes in the towns of Sumgait, to change for they saw it as an infringement its effects impact future generations. It is an Girovabad, and Baku. on their rights. outrage that 95 percent of the victims of this Azerbaijan has used naked aggression in an But, the authors persevered and the Sejm battering are women. And yet, behind closed effort to forcefully remove Armenians from ratified the new Constitution on May 3, 1791, doors, the violence rages. Our sisters, our Nagorno-Karabagh, uprooting them from vil­ as a bold, new means of preserving Poland's mothers, our wives often keep the pain hid­ lages and lands that have been their home for nationhood. - den. many generations. This forced removal has re­ The Polish Constitution was very liberal for Normally when we speak of violent criminals sulted in hundreds of deaths and created hun­ its time and those in opposition decided to join our thoughts turn to those lurking in dark dreds of thousands of Armenian refugees. together to overturn the act. alleys, crouching behind trees in the late hours Such violence must end. instead of aiding These groups contacted Russia to inter­ of the night, and watching our homes in prep­ Azerbaijani aggression, Moscow must play an vene, and Russia, afraid of what a democratic aration of entering. The sad truth, however, is active role in protecting Armenian villages movement in Poland might do to the stability that the violent criminal battering of 3 to 4 mil­ from attacks. Moscow must know that the use of their own country, invaded Poland in May lion women a year in America wears the face of force to suppress democracy movements 1792. Prussia and Austria soon followed. For of a husband, a brother, a boyfriend. Often, he and terrorize innocent civilians will arouse the the next 100 years, Poland ceased to exist. Fi­ is not called to answer for his brutality, but outrage of the world. I urge my colleagues to nally, in 1915 after World War I, Poland be­ rather lives in relative comfort next to his vic­ speak out against these terrible abuses being came a free nation. tim, preparing to strike again. inflicted upon the Armenian people. Democracy was interrupted once again dur­ Mr. Speaker, the statistics are staggering. ing World War II and then by the Communist Domestic violence is the single largest occupation. However, now Poland is finally cause of injury to women. Close to half of all free to establish democracy again. 9758 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 The fact that today we are celebrating the CONGRATULATING KGGM-TV I applaud Bradley's history of commitment 200th anniversary of the Polish Constitution is and success, and I look forward to working proof of how significant a document it is. For HON. BII!RICHARDSON closely with its talented and dedicated staff. it to have survived this long and through such OF NEW MEXICO adversity is a testament to its importance. We commemorate this day for the sacrifices IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COL. GEORGE W. CASEY, JR. that were made in the past, for the bravery of Wednesday, May 1, -1991 those who strove for change, and we look Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, too often HON. EARL HUITO ahead to the great advances and opportunities the broadcast industry is criticized for not OF FLORIDA that lie ahead for the people of Poland today. doing enough in the public service area. In my IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I know this government of the people will home State of New Mexico, we have a very Wednesday, May 1, 1991 oontinue for at least 200 years to come. involved broadcast industry committed to serv­ Mr. HUTIO. Mr. Speaker, George W. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity ing the public good. One example is KGGM­ Casey, Jr., U.S. Army, was promoted today to recognize the people of Poland, past and TV in Albuquerque. from the rank of lieutenant colonel to colonel. present, for their sacrifices, and those of Pol­ Beginning next week, KGGM-TV will begin Colonel Casey graduated from Georgetown ish ancestry for their commitment to democ­ airing a series of reports about teenagers and racy. University in 1970 and was commissioned a the difficult decisions they face growing up. second lieutenant in the infantry. After serving The Teenagers and Tough Decisions project in a variety of command and staff positions in OLDER AMERICANS MONTH deals with many of the issues that confront Germany, Italy, Israel, and the United States, our youth. Each night, the station will broad­ in 1985 Colonel Casey was selected to com­ HON. EDWARD R. ROYBAL cast test questions which will help teens and mand the 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry in Ft. adults find out how much they know about Carson, CO. Subsequently, Colonel Casey OF CALIFORNIA drug abuse, teen stress, and career planning. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has served as a senior fellow at the Atlantic KGGM-TV will also offer specific ideas on Council of the United States, as a congres­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 how teens can make the tough decisions fac­ sional liaison officer in the Army Secretariat, Mr. ROYBAL. Mr. Speaker, each year, the ing them. and as a special assistant to the Chief of Staff month of May is designated by the President Teenagers and Tough Decisions won't tell of the U.S. Army. as "Older Americans Month." This is an excel­ teens what to do. Rather, it will give them the During his time as legislative liaison, Colo­ lent opportunity for public officials, community tools and information they need to arrive at nel Casey worked extensively with the House leaders, and persons of all ages to get to the right decision on their own. Armed Services Committee. His performance I commend KGGM-TV's public service com­ know the elderly services of their community was truly outstanding and his promotion is well and to discuss the well-being of today's elderly mitment and urge other stations nationwide to deserved. The House Armed Services Com­ population, as well as tomorrow's. Older follow KGGM's suit and develop creative pub­ mittee wishes George well in all his future en­ Americans are an active and conscientious lic service programs. I urge my colleagues to deavors and believes he will go far in his group of citizens whose sense of public orga­ join me in applauding KGGM and encouraging Army career. His performance over time has nization has enriched and strengthened our them and other stations to continue this fine truly reflected favorably on the Army and its great Nation. Therefore, it is fitting that we set work. officer corps. this time aside to honor and to ensure that all Colonel Casey is married to the former older Americans will have the dignity and qual­ Sheila Lynch of Eastchester, NY. They have EMMA PENDLETON BRADLEY HOS­ ity of life that will make their later years re­ two sons, Sean, currently attending Syracuse PITAL CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF warding and meaningful. University, and Ryan, a freshman at East COMMUNITY SERVICE Growing old in America must be a concern Carolina University. of the young, as well as the old, the rich, the poor, in urban and rural America, in govern­ HON. JACK REED ment and private sector regardless of ethnic or OF RHODE ISLAND CONGRESSIONAL CALL TO CON­ cultural background. We already know that far IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SCIENCE VIGIL FOR SOVIET too many of our elderly are poor, isolated, JEWS homeless, ill-housed, and in need of a variety Wednesday, May l, 1991 of services. Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in rec­ HON. BERNARD J. DWYER While my fellow colleagues can look back ognition of Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital OF NEW JERSEY with pride on the many measures passed to in East Providence, RI. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aid our senior citizens, we must also look Bradley Hospital, a psychiatric center for ahead and respond to the many unsolved children, adolescents, and their families, cele­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 problems and challenges facing the elderly brates its 60th year of service in the Rhode Is­ Mr. DWYER of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, it today and in the future. In a few weeks we will land community. has been my privilege to participate in the be challenged once again to look at these As Bradley Hospital enters its sixth decade, congressional call to conscience vigil since my problems with the reauthorization of the Older the staff has been looking forward as well as election to the House in 1980. I have believed Americans Act. let us renew our determina­ back, tracing its history as well as charting its that is important to keep the plight of Soviet tion to ensure that every individual over the future. The Federal Government has recog­ Jews in front of the Congress and the public age of 60, regardless of their income, has ac­ nized Bradley's commitment to excellence, so that they are not forgotten. By selecting in­ cessibility to all the programs in the Older and has awarded Bradley researchers more dividual cases, we have an opportunity to hu­ American Act. In the coming decades, meeting than $14 million in grants to continue studies manize the difficulties these people face in this goal will be increasingly important and in areas such as fetal cocaine syndrome, af­ their fight to leave the Soviet Union. more challenging. fective disorders and adolescent sleep dis­ One such person is Valery Smirnov of Our own views of the aging process affect orders. Turbina who was arrested in April 1982. Mr. our decisions regarding the many social pro­ The hospital has recently published "Out of Smirnov had been a Soviet representative in grams and institutions that the elderly have Sorrow and Into Hope: The History of the the Norway Trade Office. Through that posi­ come to depend upon. For this reason, as Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital," written by tion he was able to visit the United States, chairman of the Select Committee on Aging, I Michelle Dally Johnson. This insightful and where he requested and received political asy­ ask that you continue your involvement with touching history reveals the commitment to lum. the aging network. Your active participation quality and creative care for those people He received assurances from the Soviet ensures that older Americans will continue to most in need. As our society becomes more Government that he would be able to return to receive the care and attention that they so complex, Bradley's role within the community see his wife and children. However, upon his well deserve. assumes greater importance. return he was arrested and convicted of trea- May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9759 son. He was sentenced to 1O years in prison A CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO BELL PARK GARDENS GOES and is scheduled to be released next year. ELEANOR R. MONTANO PRIVATE Some of our colleagues have met with Mr. Smirnov and report that he is doing well in confinement. And, even though the case of HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER espionage against him was fabricated, it is be­ OF CALIFORNIA OF NEW YORK coming more difficult for Mr. Smirnov to keep IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES up his energy for his fight for release. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Smirnov is a computer specialist and Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Wednesday, May 1, 1991 was a candidate of physics and mathematics. Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, today I rise Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, I take great He was aware of the workings of the Soviet to pay tribute to a woman who has served her pleasure in announcing that the first ever all­ asylum. He knew the hardships that his family veterans housing cooperative in the United community with great distinction. I would like would face if his request for asylum was grant­ States, the United Veterans Mutual Housing to take this opportunity to acknowledge the ed. He also knew that in order to free his fam­ No. 2 Corp., also known as Bell Park Gar­ outstanding achievements of Mrs. Eleanor R. ily from the hostage life the Soviet Govern­ dens, is going private. Montano. ment would impose upon them, the cost would Bell Park Gardens has a proud, 42-year his­ A native of Long Beach, CA, Eleanor at­ be his freedom. tory of providing affordable housing to this Na­ tended elementary school in both Wilmington Valery Smirnov's crime was to escape from tion's brave veterans. The cooperative has an and Long Beach, and went on to graduate the Soviet Union. His punishment for choosing outstanding reputation for service at the lowest from Phineas Banning High School in Wil­ freedom has been severe and he will not possible rental cost. It serves as a sterling ex­ mington. On September 2, 1941, she became emerge from the labor camp unaffected. ample for veterans cooperatives around the Mrs. Emilio R. Montano. The couple will be Nation. While many things have changed in the So­ celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. viet Union, regrettably, many things have Those who have been a part of Bell Park The Montano's have raised five children; Ri­ Gardens can take great pride in their accom­ stayed the same. Mr. Smirnov's case should cardo, Marina, Loretta, Mario, and Jamie, who be kept before Soviet authorities in the hope plishment. No longer will Bell Park Gardens be have given them five grandchildren. under the supervision of the New Yorllc: State that his sentence will be commuted. A crime prevention specialist for the Los An­ Division of Housing. In peacetime as in war, geles Police Department [LAPD], Eleanor is these veterans have truly upheld American also a member of the LAPD's Directed patrol ideals. - JURY TRIALS IN WRONGFUL committee, the Gang Alternative Program, and I congratulate and I salute the United Veter­ DEATH CASES Mothers Against Gangs Support. Mrs. ans Mutual No. 2 Corp. Montano also shows her devotion to providing the area's youth with healthy alternatives to HON. LAWRENCE J. SMilH gang involvement by serving on the board of FRUMPKIN, SHRALOW & CERULLO directors for the Wilmington, Harbor City/Gate­ OF FLORIDA CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY way, and Carson Boys and Girls Clubs. With IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this vast expertise, she has often been called Wednesday, May 1, 1991 upon to present programs on gangs for south­ HON. GUS YATRON ern California school districts and law enforce­ OF PENNSYLVANIA Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today I ment agencies. am reintroducing legislation from the 101 st In addition, Eleanor has a record of commu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress to allow jury trials in tort actions nity service and involvement that is un­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 against the United States in cases involving matched. Her amazing array of activities range death or serious bodily injury. from the California Border Violence Project Mr. YATRON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to For centuries, the sovereign was above the Delegation and the Community Youth Gang congratulate the law firm of Frumpkin, Shralow law and could not be brought before the bar Services Task Force, to the Retail Bakers of & Cerullo on the occasion of their 30th anni­ of justice, no matter how culpable the sov­ America and the Fancy Frosters Cake Club. versary. Frumpkin, Shralow & Cerullo have of­ ereign might be. Her generosity with her time and her seem­ fices in Philadelphia and Pottsville, PA, and the firm has been actively involved in a wide Less than 50 years ago, the United States ingly boundless energy have had a tremen­ array of matters which have benefited the citi­ Code became progressive with the passage of dous positive impact on the communities of zens of Pennsylvania's Sixth District. the Federal Tort Claims Act. Now under the the greater Long Beach area. Frumpkin, Shralow & Cerullo provide gen­ In recognition of these contributions, Elea­ law, if the sovereign chooses to be sued, the eral legal representation in commercial mat­ sovereign determines grounds and proce­ nor has been honored by numerous groups, ters, taxation, real estate, energy, environ­ dures, absent a constitutional imperative. including the city of Los Angeles Human Rela­ ment, dispute resolution, and litigation. In The basic law says no jury trials in wrongful tions Commission, the California PT A, and additon to the forernentioned, the firm was death actions. I find this unfair. Several years U.S. Department of Justice. In 1982, she was also instrumental in bringing jobs to Schuylkill ago, one of my constituents learned of the un­ made the honorable mayor of Wilmington for County. Frumpkin, Shralow & Cerullo played a fortunate death in a Federal prison of his son. her outstanding work on behalf of the citizens key role in the effort to bring the new Federal I will not go into the details of why the young there. On May 5 of this year, Eleanor Montano prison to Minersville, PA, and the firm also man was in jail or the circumstances that led is being honored as the first "Community Citi­ helped to bring the first cogeneration plant to to his death. Suffice it to say that the father zen of the Year" by the South Bay Area's Schuylkill County. The firm's success is ates­ felt that the current law, which has a judge de­ Zonta Club. This club, founded in Buffalo, NY, tament to tl"ie hard work of its partners and as­ termine culpability of Government officials, in 1919, is a worldwide organization of profes­ sociates-the firm started out as a one-man needed amending. After hearing my constitu­ sional men and women devoted to promoting operation just over 30 years ago and it now enrs complaint, I had drafted the bill that I am the equality and status of women. They have has close to 40 employees. reintroducing. chosen Eleanor as their first South Bay recipi­ Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor for me to I hope that my colleagues will consider sup­ ent of this prestigious award, and I commend recognize Frumpkin, Shralow & Cerullo before porting this legislation. the Zonta Club for picking such a stellar ex­ you and my colleagues here in the House of ample of community spirit and involvement. Representatives. As the firm marks its 30th Mr. Speaker, my wife Lee joins me in ex­ anniversary on Sunday, May 5, 1991, let me tending this congressional salute to Eleanor applaud the partners and associates and ex­ Montano._We wish her all the best in the years tend my best wishes for another 30 years of to come. good fortune and success. 9760 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 ANNUNZIO DEMANDS WITH- ity determinations for Social Security; second, SSA does not anticipate any immediate DRAWAL OF SOVIET ARMED eliminate the appeals council and the review costs for this bill, and cannot project a long­ FORCES FROM ARMENIAN VIL­ performed by it; and third, create a Social Se­ term impact on the program. Personally, I be­ LAGES curity Court, a proposal first advanced by my lieve national uniformity would produce slight colleague JAKE PICKLE. program savings and more accurate pay­ HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO Let me expand on these provisions. The ments, as well as administrative savings, OF ILLINOIS first would permit the Secretary of HHS to fed­ when compared to the current practice of ad­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eralize State agencies at any time to assure ministering divergent standards among differ­ ing circuit courts. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 the effective, equitable, and uniform adminis­ tration of the program. This differs from cur­ I commend these measures to all of my col­ Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rent law which obligates the Secretary to show leagues, and urge those on the Ways and speak out against the unprovoked and brutal that the State agency has substantially failed Means Committee to consider H.R. 2159 as invasion of the Armenian villages of Getashen to make decisions in accord with laws and expeditiously as possible. and Martunashen by Soviet Internal Ministry regulations. This assures that the Secretary and Azerbaijani forces. has the authority to federalize the disability de­ Although our view of the events behind the termination process whenever federalization A TRIBUTE TO SUSANNE CZUKER information blockade imposed on the region would better serve the program. by Soviet and Azerbaijani authorities is often The States were initially given this respon­ HON. MEL LEVINE unclear, we have received many reports of sibility because of their closer links to the OF CALIFORNIA deaths, injuries, and extensive damage to medical community-from which reports would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES homes and property. Reuters reports 22 Ar­ be needed-and because of the State link Wednesday, May 1, 1991 menians dead, a CNN report indicated 60, the with vocational rehabilitation. Both rationales Financial Times included a report of over 20 have been overtaken by program history and Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise fatalities. Sources in Armenia and Karabagh are no longer as relevant or important as the today to pay tribute to Susanne Czuker who have reported to the Armenian National Com­ ensuring of effective, equitable, and uniform will be honored on May 7, by the Golda Meir mittee of America that over 35 have been national administration of the disability pro­ Club of State of Israel Bonds, for her tireless killed, scores wounded, and more than 75 Ar­ gram. efforts on behalf of Jewish education, the per­ menians taken hostage. Let me assure that this bill provides for fair petuation of our Jewish heritage, and the sur­ The invasion of these villages, located to and equitable treatment of the State employ­ vival of the State of Israel. Susanne survived the Holocaust as a young the north of Nagorno Karabagh, represents yet ees who may be federalized. The disability de­ girl in Eastern Europe. After the war, she another episode in the Azerbaijani govern­ termination process requires their continued came to America and graduated from Hunter ment's campaign to uproot the historic Arme­ expertise, and this bill provides an orderly and College in New York. She married Jan Czuker nian populations of Karabagh and Azerbaijan. fair transition to Federal employment, with pro­ Since February 1988, when Azerbaijani and together raised two sons, Edward and tections to ensure pay, leave, and pension forces rampaged through Sumgait, killing more Mark. The family moved to Los Angeles and benefits reasonably equivalent to Federal em­ than 30 Armenians and casting the rest out, it is here that Susanne's devotion to traditional ployees of comparable status. we have seen this pattern repeated in Judaism and the upbuilding of the Jewish As an aside, let me explain that SSA al­ Girovabad, Baku, Azat, Kamo, and countless State flourished. ready absorbs the State agencies' costs, in­ other Armenian towns and villages. Among the many organizations and causes cluding retirement contributions for these em­ I am especially distressed by this most re­ that have been touched and enriched by her ployees, so federalizing certain State agencies cent atrocity because of the apparent complic­ deep commitment are: State of Israel Bonds, ity, if not leadership, of the Soviet Central can be done in a cost-effective manner. where she is a member of the prime Minister's Government. The Soviet forces acted on the Second, it eliminates the appeals council, Club, the Golda Meir Club, and a charter orders of Interior Minister Pugo and Interior and the review performed by it, which is the member of the Founders Circle: Beth Jacob Ministry Security Forces Commander Shatalin. third and final administrative appeal. This pro­ Congregation; Hillel Hebrew Academy; the The Soviet Central Government must accept vision is intended to streamline the entire ap­ Simon Wiesenthal Center and the United Hol­ responsibility for the actions of its Armed peals process by eliminating a paper review of ocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Forces and call off this offensive operation at the decisions of administrative law judges. I Suzanne is also involved on many levels once. believe applicants will benefit by quicker ac- with the Jewish Federation Council, where she . cess to the new Social Security Court. is on the board of directors of the Women's Finally the bill would create a Social Secu­ Conference and the advisory board of the SOCIAL SECURITY PROCEDURAL rity Court, modeled after the Tax Court. At the Community Relations Committee and member IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1991 end of fiscal 1989, approximately 100 class of the United Jewish Fund's Hineni Society, as action suits and 25,000 individual cases were well as the Chai Committee. She is also active HON. BIU ARCHER pending in court. This number has remained in the Women's Alliance for Israel and AIPAC. OF TEXAS constant over time, and tends to clog the court Susanne Czuker is truly an Ayshes Chayil, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dockets with cases that would benefit from a "Woman of Valor," and it is a pleasure to more expert and uniform decisions. I would Wednesday, May 1, 1991 ask my colleagues in the House of Represent­ ask that you consider the merits of a Social atives to join me in saluting this remarkable Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ Security Court. In this context, the bill further woman and to thank her for all that she has troducing H.R. 2159, the Social Security Pro­ provides that all appeals from this court would done on behalf of the Jewish people. cedural Improvements Act of 1991, a bill I be channeled to the U.S. Court of Appeals for have introduced in the past three Congresses. the Federal Circuit, again eliminating the po­ It is apparent that the Social Security appeals tential for multiple and contradictory court de­ VLADIVOSTOK VISIT FIRST BY process needs to be streamlined in order to cisions on a variety of highly technical pro­ ELECTED U.S. OFFICIAL SINCE 1974 make it more responsive to the public and to gram issues. I think it is important to note that ensure greater uniformity in a national pro­ the intent of this provision is not so much to HON. C. CHRISTOPHER COX gram. stifle legal interpretation of statutory and regu­ OF CALIFORNIA Essentially this is the same bill I first intro­ latory requirements as to quantify those inter­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES duced in March 1986. I am convinced that the pretations, so that the issues and costs can be three main provisions of this bill are nec­ resolved more speedily by the administration Wednesday, May 1, 1991 essary. Those three provisions would: First, and Congress. The bill contains an adequate Mr. COX of California. Mr. Speaker, I re­ liberalize the criteria under which the Sec­ transitional period and mechanism to process cently returned from an 8-day trip to the Bal­ retary of Health and Human Services could pipeline cases, so those applicants caught in tics and the Soviet Union, where I met with federalize State agencies which make disabil- the transition should not be affected adversely. many public officials ranging from the demo- May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9761 cratic elements fighting for reform to the Com­ percent of all babies born in the United States TRIBUTE TO FLORENCE M. RICE munist hardliners now running the Kremlin. but 60 percent of those who died. By making The last leg of my travels took me to Vladi­ prenatal and nutrition services readily avail­ HON. Bill GREEN vostok, the principal seaport in the Soviet Far able to pregnant women, we can ameliorate OF NEW YORK East and, even now, a closed city where travel the incidence of low birthweight babies, thus IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by citizens of the Soviet Union and foreigners lowering our infant mortality rate. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 alike is severely restricted. Indeed, I was the The solution I offer, the consolidated Mater­ first American elected official to visit Vladivos­ nal and Child Health Services Act of 1919- Mr. GREEN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I tok since President Gerald Ford's meeting H.R. 1968-will do just this. My bill tears down rise today to pay tribute to my constituent, there with Brezhnev in 1974. the walls of administrations, regulations, and Florence M. Rice, who will be honored at the New York Urban League's 26th Annual Fred­ The purpose of my visit to Vladivostok was bureaucracies and instead directs more to speak at DESIGN USA, an exhibition spon­ erick Douglass Awards Dinner on May 2, money toward services. Currently, in order to sored by the U.S. Information Agency. DE­ 1991, in New York City. receive family planning, prenatal care, inocula­ SIGN USA has toured eight cities within the Florence Rice is renowned for her efforts to Soviet Empire over the last year and a half, tions, food stamps, and other services related ensure the rights of minority consumers by bringing to the public the wonders of American to pregnancy, a pregnant woman must deal forcing businesses to change their often racist design and technological innovation. with countless agencies, fill out different forms, procedures. Consistent with her goal, Mrs. The exhibit begins with a message of wel­ abide by different regulations, and encounter Rice founded the Harlem Consumer Education come from President Bush and a tribute to countless hassles so that she can take care of Council. Since its creation in 1963, the council Thomas Jefferson, the first American designer, · her unborn child. The current system serves has investigated over 100,000 complaints by which includes photos of Monticello, Jeffer­ as a hindrance and a barrier to the pregnant lower- and middle-income minority consumers son's draft of the Declaration of Independ­ woman. Instead of continuing to fund this bro­ and has educated those individuals as to their ence, and Jefferson's writing chair. ken system, we must change vehicles. rights as consumers. Mrs. Rice was recently From here, a dazzling array of exhibits dis­ My vehicle is better because it mandates appointed a special consultant to the play the cutting edge of American architec­ one-stop shopping. All services must be made Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Re­ tural, graphic, and product design. Visitors are available at the same place and at the same serve Board which advises on the Board's re­ taken on a visual tour of six U.S. cities, as ar­ time. A major problem the indigent pregnant sponsibilities in the field of consumer credit chitectural highlights and scenes of Americans woman faces is that the agencies that cur­ protection laws. In addition, Mrs. Rice holds shopping, dining, and commuting are pro­ rently regulate services quite possibly are at workshops, lectures, seminars, and until re­ jected on a 20-foot wall. An interactive design­ the different ends of the city or county. This cently, taught consumer education at Malcolm­ a-chair computer program offers visitors a fragmented system acts as a deterrent to the King College chance to balance artistic creativity with indigent pregnant woman because transpor­ As an individual who was reared in foster ergonomic necessity by constructing a chair tation is a huge problem for the needy. Many homes and orphanages, it is extraordinary that piece by piece as the computer displays the can't find the time or the means to show up Florence Rice has become a champion three-dimensional final product. Finally, a against discrimination and exploitation. I at these far away places. It keeps them from "Communications in Print" section highlights should like to join my colleagues in extending getting the help they so desparately need. It's the role of graphic design in publishing, em­ a hearty congratulations to Florence as a re­ phasizing America's free press and mass tragic, but it's true. cipient of a Frederick Douglass Award from media publications. I've been saying for years that one-stop the New York Urban League in recognition of Mr. Speaker, I would like to salute the U.S. shopping is the wave of the future. Just re­ her struggle to ensure equal opportunity. Information Agency for its hard work and pro­ cently the bipartisan National Commission To fessionalism in mounting such a fine exhibit. Prevent Infant Mortality came out and en­ DESIGN USA has offered the long-suffering dorsed this concept as well. Everyone agrees, A TRIBUTE TO ALEXANDER, "AL" peoples of the Soviet Union a glimpse at the so let's not dally while babies are dying. Sav­ REIS fruits of free enterprise and democracy. We ing infants should not be a partisan issue. may all look forward to the day when the Under my bill, the Federal Government HON. VIC FAZIO many peoples and nations of the Soviet Em­ would still provide the more than $7 billion to OF CALIFORNIA pire will work and prosper and truly enjoy life support a block grant, by combining the re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in a society as free and democratic as our sources of existing programs, including WIC, Wednesday, May 1, 1991 own. parts of Medicaid, the maternal and child health block grant, and the Title X Program. It Mr. FAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent, Alexander, "Al" Reis, has always been my contention that States, who retires on April 30 of this year as execu­ INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS and not the Federal Government, know what's DAY tive director of the Benicia, CA, Housing Au­ best for them. This gives the States the free­ thority. HON. TIIOMASJ.BULEY,JR. dom to determine how to best utilize the re­ Mr. Reis joined the Benicia Housing Author­ sources. Furthermore, States would determine ity in February of 1978, and he has spent 13 OF VIRGINIA the providers and the eligibility for the pro­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years working to increase the quality and gram. availability of low-rent and senior housing fa­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 States would be required to maintain exist­ cilities in Benicia. He was responsible for es­ Mr. BULEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ing spending levels-currently totaling over $3 tablishing Department of Housing and Urban support of House Joint Resolution 194 which billion yearly-in order to qualify and partici­ Development section 8 housing assistance designates May 12, 1991, as Infant Mortality pate in the block grant program. Additionally, programs in Benicia. He oversaw the mod­ Awareness Day. How fitting that on this Moth­ due to the one-stop shopping component, sub­ ernization of Benicia's Capitol Heights low-rent ers Day we choose to further heighten the sequent administrative savings from the elimi­ housing project and directed the development public's awareness of this pernicious problem. nated programs would be passed onto the of Benicia's Casa Vilarrasa 80-unit senior I come to report, though, that this problem is States. housing complex. Mr. Reis has also initiated not without solutions. We know how to lower We are at a critical juncture: We can either expansion plans to double the number of low­ this rate. It's up to the Congress to take ac­ continue to fund a broken vehicle or we can ·rent housing units in Benicia. Through his tion. unveil a newer, better model. I urge you to co­ work with the housing authority, there has Out of the nearly 40,000 babies born every sponsor H.R. 1968 with me. The lives of tens been a sixfold increase in the number of fami­ year in this country that do not live to see their of thousands of unborn babies depend on you. lies being assisted by the agency. first birthday, 25 percent can be avoided by Mr. Reis brought a long and distinguished providing adequate prenatal care and nutrition Federal and State public service record to his services. Low birthweight babies account for 7 position at the Benicia Housing Authority. He

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., . ~ . , . . -..- . -· ... ,..., -- , . . May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9763 and innovative joint ventures to meet our envi­ ence in 1989, 29 States exhausted their vol­ This estimate is, I believe, rather conservative. ronmental challenges. Measures enacted in ume caps in 1989. For example, demand ex­ New York City alone will have to spend $7 .5 1986 to . prevent abusive transactions in the ceeded the California cap by over $1 billion in billion to modernize its water supply system. area of tax-exempt financing are preserved in 1988 and 1989, and about $1.5 billion in 1990. Clean Water: The situation is no better with full. In Texas and Illinois, demand has exceeded respect to wastewater treatment facilities. I. BACKGROUND AND GENERAL EXPLANATION OF the cap every year since the Tax Reform Act Over 400 cities and towns have yet to meet CURRENT LAW was enacted in 1986. the secondary treatment standards required State and local governments often issue State officials surveyed expressed concern under the Clean Water Act. EPA estimates bonds for projects that have both public and that they were unable to make adequate in­ about $84 billion will be needed through the private sector participation. In 1986, Congress vestments in environmental and conservation year 2000, just to bring the country's limited the availability of tax-exempt financing projects. The ACIR reports "substantial back­ wastewater treatment facilities up to current for projects having more than de minimus pri­ logs of projects in the environmental area," environmental standards. Other estimates are and that this "backlog is expected to grow at vate sector participation-more than 1O per­ that it will take over $100 billion in new invest­ cent. Private activity bonds that do qualify for a rapid rate." For example, the amount of ment to comply with the Clean Water Act. A tax-exempt financing are subject to numerous bonds issued for sewage and waste disposal recent study by EPA, Environmental Invest­ restrictions that do not apply to governmental projects in 1989 was 49.4 percent lower than ments: The Cost of a Clean Environment, pro­ bonds, including a statewide annual limit on the annual average from 1984 to 1986. the amount of bonds that can be issued. The ACIR data also confirm that environ­ jected total annual water pollution control A number of "exempt facilities," that is, fa­ mental projects are being short-changed. Only costs to reach about $58 billion per year by cilities that fail the private activity test, can still about 16 percent of all bonds issued under the year 2000. Additional investment may be qualify for tax-exempt financing, subject to state volume caps are for environmental required to meet new mandates likely to be state volume cap limitations. Private participa­ projects. Data from 27 States regarding re­ adopted when the Clean Water Act is reau­ tion does not destroy the essentially "public" quests for volume cap allocations that had to thorized. nature of these "exempt" projects, which in­ be denied or delayed due to unavailability Solid Waste/Recycling: We also need to clude airports, mass commuting facilities, under the volume cap show $2.1 09 billion for greatly expand our efforts in dealing with solid sewer and solid waste disposal facilities, etc. solid waste disposal, $157.1 million for water waste. Each year, municipalities generate The purpose of limiting the volume of tax­ supply, $8 million for hazardous waste and about 160 million tons of waste, an amount exempt private activity bonds for exempt facili­ $112.3 million for sewage disposal. expected to grow in less than a decade to 190 ties is, quite simply, to save the Federal gov­ It is not surprising that the volume cap million tons annually. State and local govern­ ernment money. To some extent, this goal has seems to be hitting environmental projects ments spend $5 to $6 billion annually on solid been accomplished, but not without significant particularly hard. These projects are quite ex­ waste disposal and this figure should rise to cost to the environment and state and local pensive. A major solid waste disposal facility $10 billion by the year 2000. EPA estimates government. As the January 30, 1991 draft re­ could exhaust a State's entire annual volume that by the year 2000 annual solid waste costs port of the EPA's Environmental Financial Ad­ cap. As a result, such major projects are often will reach almost $40 billion. Pollution control visory Board states: set aside, often permanently. costs for hazardous waste are expected to be Tax-exempt bonds remain the basic instru­ Alternatively, some environmental projects around $12 billion annually, again according to ment used by state and local goverments to must be financed through taxable bonds. In­ EPA. finance environmental facilities. However, deed, the State Treasurer of California, Kath­ We need to do more to encourage recy­ the 1986 Tax Reform Act significantly re­ leen Brown, has informed my office that her cling. Solid waste disposal facilities, including stricted the ability of these governments to state recently was required to use taxable fi­ landfills and incinerators, both of which have raise funds at low-cost, tax-exempt interest nancing for vitally needed hazardous waste major environmental problems of their own, rates. * * * [T]ax reform in 1986 increased the projects. Not only was this considerably more cost of financing public-purpose environ­ are currently classified as "exempt facilities" expensive, but California has had difficulty eligible for tax-exempt financing within volume mental facilities. Under the provisions of the marketing these taxable bonds. This situation 1986 Act, for example, some improvements in cap limitations. While in some instances recy­ cannot continue if we are to meet the environ­ public-purpose environmental facilities will cling facilities may receive tax-exempt financ­ mental demands of the next decade. have to be financed through taxable bonds. ing under the definition of a "solid waste" facil­ Ill. THE DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS * * * Had the issue been tax-exempt, these ity, there is a good deal of uncertainty regard­ funds could have been used to reduce the According to EPA, just to maintain our cur­ cost of environmental improvements. ing this subject. This legislation clarifies the rent levels of environmental quality, we will law and puts recycling facilities on an equal II. EFFECT OF THE VOLUME CAP ON ENVIRONMENTAL have to increase our investment in environ­ footing with these other solid waste disposal FACILITIES mental infrastructure by about 40 percent of options. No one seriously disputes that these envi­ $15.6 billion between 1987 and 2000. The Mass Transit Facilities: We also need in­ ronmental infrastructure projects serve a pub­ EPA estimates that capital expenditures for lic interest. Yet, state and local governments environmental projects are estimated to reach creased support for mass transit if we are to are now seriously limited in their ability to fi­ between $47 to $51 billion per year by the end achieve our clean air goals. Automobiles nance such projects, in large measure be­ of the decade. According to EPA, by the year produce 90 percent of the carbon monoxide cause of the volume cap. 2000 total pollution costs in 1986 dollars will and 50 percent of the ozone that fouls our air. Presently, a State's volume cap is equal to be $160 billion per year. About 85 percent of Increased automobile traffic has and will con­ the greater of $50 per capita or $150 million. these expenditures will be financed from pri­ tinue to offset the benefits of improved pollu­ As a result of volume cap restrictions, my vate, state or local sources. Even more invest­ tion control. The only answer is fewer cars on State of New Jersey has lost 58 percent of its ment may be needed to meet new Federal the road. pre-1986 private activity bonding capacity. Na­ mandates, of which there are many. Here are The American Public Transit Association es­ tionwide, states have lost about 56 percent­ a few. timates that over $4 billion per, year in new in­ no small cutback, especially at a time when Water Supply: The Safe Drinking Water Act vestment is needed to maintain the Nation's environmental demands are multiplying. And Amendments of 1986 imposed nationwide mass transit system. Yet, the dollar volume of since the volume cap is not indexed, as con­ standards for drinking water. By the year mass transit bond issues peaked in 1986 at struction and other costs rise, the cap is effec­ 2000, the EPA projects $22 billion in annual $2.5 billion and only $1.4 billion in transit tively reduced. capital expenditures will be required to main­ bonds were issued in 1988. Most of these The volume cap has resulted in denials of tain 1987 levels of water quality, a 45-percent bonds were public· purpose bonds not subject allocations and project delays. Allocations are· increase in real terms over 1981 spending lev­ to the volume cap. However, if we want to ex­ often based on a first-come, first-served basis. els. If we are to go beyond simply maintaining pand the use of mass transit, we need to en­ According to a 1990 study by the Advisory current levels of water quality and actually courage more public-private partnerships in Council on Intergovernmental Relations meet these new environmental standards, an this area. Exempting mass commuting facili­ [ACIR], The Volume Cap for Tax-Exempt Pri­ additional $830 million per year in capital in­ ties from the volume cap is a right step in this vate Activity Bonds: State and Local Experi- vestment will be needed during the 1990's. direction. 9764 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 IV. BENEFITS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE once, permits two advance refundings of pre- The narrow focus on tax-exempt bonds as a ACT 1986 governmental bonds and prohibits ad­ drain on Federal revenue, rather than as a This legislation responds to these environ­ vance refunding for all private-activity bonds. means by which state and local governments mental concerns by providing a private-activity conduct their financial affairs and provide Advance refundings which are arbitrage-moti­ essential public services, has led to provi­ volume cap exception for environmental facili­ vated are no longer tax exempt. sions that go far beyond any necessary cor­ ties that are generally available to the public Advance refunding allows State and local rection of abuses. These provisions impose and are used to furnish water; treat sewage; governments to take advantage of lower inter­ restrictions that greatly constrain state and dispose solid waste; clean up hazardous est rates or to eliminate restrictive covenants local autonomy and threaten the loss of fi­ waste; recycle waste; and provide mass com­ required in the original bond issue. The less nancing for projects whose function is clear­ muting facilities. tax-exempt interest income paid to borrowers, ly to serve the general public. Qualified recycling facilities represent a new the smaller the impact on Federal revenues. From 1984 to 1988, State and local govern­ addition to the list of exempt facilities eligible This legislation allows environmental infra­ ments issued, on average, $137.2 billion an­ for tax-exempt financing through private-activ­ structure bonds to be advance refunded under nually in municipal bonds. If these 5 years of ity bonds. Under current law, some recycling the same terms and conditions as public pur­ bonds had been taxable, the added burden by activities are permitted to be financed as part pose general obligation bonds. the end of the century to State and local gov­ of solid waste disposal facilities. However, Cost of Issuance Limits: No more than 2 ernments would have been $283 billion. Treasury regulations permit tax-exempt financ­ percent of the proceeds of private activity The Advisory Commission on Intergovern­ ing only if at least 65 percent of the waste bonds can be used to pay issuance expenses. mental Relations in its July 1990 report on processed at the facility has no market value. This limitation was imposed to prevent the "The Volume Cap for Tax-Exempt Private Ac­ By including qualified recycling facilities as payment of extraordinary fees to outside bond tivity Bonds: State and Local Experience in one of the exempt facilities, we eliminate the counsel, underwriters, and the like. 1989." stated: uncertainty regarding questions of value that The 2-percent limitation impacts especially The major concern in this area is invest­ have permeated the financing of solid waste hard on large environmental projects, which, ment for environmental and conservation recycling facilities. by their very nature, incur large issuance ex­ purposes. Many states believe that such ac­ V. EQUAL TAX TREATMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BONDS penses, particularly for engineering services. tivities as solid waste disposal, hazardous In addition to providing volume cap relief to There is no reason to treat issuance expenses waste disposal, sewage treatment plants, and environmental facilities, the legislation makes for these environmental projects any differently similar facilities, which are not govern­ several other changes in the code that would than those incurred in connection with the is­ mentally owned, should not be included in the volume cap because they have a large reduce borrowing costs for and provide need­ suance of any general obligation bonds. component of public consumption no matter ed flexibility to State and local governments by Acquisition of Existing Property: Private ac­ what their form of ownership. applying to environmental bonds the same tivity bonds may not be used to finance the rules that apply to governmental bonds. acquisition of existing property. In many I agree completely. If we expect State and Alternative Minimum Tax: Since 1986, tax­ cases, the use of existing property can actu­ local governments to meet the environmental exempt interest on private-activity bonds has ally lower the cost of building an environ­ challenges that lie ahead, we must give them been subject to the full corporate and individ­ mental facility, converting an abandoned fac­ the flexibility to forge partnerships with the pri­ ual alternative minimum tax [AMT]. Because tory to a solid waste facility, for example. This vate sector and not make these efforts any the market factors in the cost of the AMT, legislation removes this restriction and allows more costly than they already are. This legis­ State and local governments must pay be­ the proceeds of private activity bonds to be lation will accomplish both these objectives. tween 25 and 30 basis points in added inter­ used to acquire existing property, as is per­ est expenses. mitted with governmental bonds. ORIOLE BRANCH NO. 176, NA­ Under this legislation, interest on exempted VI. NO FEDERAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LET­ private activity bonds used to finance environ­ The demand for environmental infrastructure TER CARRIERS CELEBRATES mental projects will not be subject to the cor­ investment is enormous. But State and local lOOTH ANNIVERSARY porate or personal AMT. The cost of exempt­ governments cannot look to the Federal Gov­ ing environmental bonds from the AMT is like­ ernment for help in meeting the environmental HON. HELEN DEUCH BEN1tEY ly to be de mini mis. Conversely, State and needs of the nineties. Since 1980, direct Fed­ OF MARYLAND local governments will save millions of dollars eral assistance to State and local govern­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE'S in borrowing costs. ments has dwindled. In the late seventies, Arbitrage Rebate Requirements: The arbi­ Federal grants provided 25 percent of State Wednesday, May 1, 1991 trage rebate requirements have imposed tre­ and local budgets; now it is 17 percent. This Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, my fellow col­ mendous recordkeeping burdens on State and cutback has been most keenly felt in the envi­ leagues, it is with great pleasure that I con­ local governments. In 1989, Congressman AN­ ronmental area, where, for example, EPA's gratulate the Oriole Branch No. 176 of the Na­ THONY led the way in obtaining some arbitrage Wastewater Contruction Grant Program has tional Association of Letter Carriers in Balti­ relief for certain issuers who could spend their been greatly pared back and will soon be more, MD, on the occasion of their 1Oath anni­ bond proceeds according to a specified completely eliminated. versary. spend-out schedule. This rebate relief provi­ While Federal support is dwindling, Federal On May 5, 1991, Oriole Branch No. 176 will sion was available to issuers of bonds, used mandates continue to grow. ·How, then, are we hold a centennial celebration to commemorate for construction expenditures for property to finance our environmental infrastructure in­ its creation in 1891 at a time when many of owned by a governmental unit or a nonprofit vestment? the aspects of a normal work day today were organization. VII. MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR STATE AND LOCAL unheard of. To insure better working condi­ This legislation would make these same GOVERNMENTS tions, letter carriers throughout the United sensible arbitrage provisions applicable to en­ Governments cannot, nor should they be States joined together to increase · their vironmental infrastructure ~nds. It would also expected to, undertake all the investments strength. remove the unnecessary distinction between necessary to promote a clean environment. Today, Oriole Branch No. 176 has grown to construction and acquisition expenditures in With direct Federal support dwindling, Federal over 2,900 active and retired members from order to qualify for the 2-year arbitrage rebate environmental mandates increasing, and State all areas of the great city of Baltimore. For 100 exception. Many large financings are fungible and local governments hard pressed finan­ years, they have worked to provide exemplary in nature and do not specify the particular con­ cially, more emphasis needs to be placed on mail service to all the citizens of Baltimore and tracts being financed. This change will also involving the private sector in environmental surrounding areas of Maryland regardless of enable major equipment acquisitions, in addi­ matters. weather and conditions. tion to construction projects, to benefit from Facilitating tax-exempt financing for certain Perhaps most impressive is their "desire to this rule. specific public-private partnerships can provide the world's best communication net­ Advance Refundings: The 1986 Tax Reform produce tremendous environmental dividends. work." Although we often take for granted our Act allows governmental bonds issued after The Private Sector Advisory Panel on Infra­ mail service, we must remember that the serv­ December 31, 1985, to be advance refunded structure Financing has observed that: ice we enjoy today because of the hard work May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9765 and dedication of countless individuals, such The bill I am introducing today would restrict the American people, President Bush renewed as Oriole Branch No. 176 of the National As­ the use of such contract provisions by the Na­ his call for a comprehensive energy strategy. sociation of Letter Carriers. tional Aeronautics and Space Administration That strategy, he told the Nation, must include It is with great respect and admiration that [NASA], as well as requiring a Government­ policies for energy conservation and efficiency, I commend them on the occasion of their wide study of the effect of such clauses. and to increase the development and use of 100th anniversary. From its humble beginning Under the bill, the NASA administrator would alternative fuels. Today, we know that energy of six letter carriers who met on February 13, not be permitted to use such clauses, unless, cannot be addressed without also addressing 1891, Oriole Branch No. 176 has personified prior to entering into the contract, he makes a the environment. the dedication of letter carriers in Baltimore as specific determination that, due to the inherent While the present crisis in the Middle East well as those throughout the Nation. risks in the project, no contractor is likely to has prompted repeated cries for achieving Again, I congratulate Oriole Branch No. 176 bid on the project without such a clause, and greater energy independence, we cannot af­ on their 1OOth anniversary and extend to them that the use of such clause is likely to signifi­ ford to overlook the potential environmental my best wishes for another century of contin­ cantly lower the cost to the Government. Fur­ impact that increased domestic energy pr~ ued success. ther, the NASA administrator is required to re­ duction may bring to the American landscape. port to Congress on the use of such clauses. To meet our Nation's emerging energy needs, To ensure that the determinations are being while simultaneously being sensitive to the en­ THE HIGH-RISK RESEARCH AND made appropriately, the Comptroller General vironment, I have introducted H.R. 138-the DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT AD­ of the Government Accounting Office will an­ "National Energy and Environmental Strategy MINISTRATION ACT nually review the administrator's determina­ Act" and I invite the support of my colleagues. tions and report to Congress. Instead of being H.R. 138 requires that each year, on the HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. required to use such clauses, which is the date on which the President delivers his budg­ present situation, the bill will shift the burden et to Congress, the President shall also trans­ OF CALIFORNIA to the NASA administrator to NASA to justify, mit to Congress a detailed and comprehensive IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for each contract, the use of such clauses. written report on the national energy and envi­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Since the clauses are used throughout the ronmental strategy of the United States. The Government, the bill also directs GAO to con­ report would not only define national priorities Mr. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, today I am intr~ duct a study of the effects of these clauses on ducing a bill with my colleague, Mr. SCHUMER, in both the energy and environment arenas, prices charged to the Government for high-risk but will be detailed enough to help Congress which addresses concerns that have been research and development contracts. raised with respect to certain contract provi­ in allocating funds necessary to support all of The bill represents an initial attempt to the energy-related and environment-related sions in Government-funded high-risk research frame a response to the emerging recognition projects. The bill, High-Risk Research and De­ policies and programs of the Federal Govern­ of problems in the government contracting ment. velopment Contract Administration Act, ad­ process for high-risk R&D projects. Revamp­ dresses the use of standard procurement pr~ With respect to the environment, the pur­ ing the Government procurement process, pose of the report is to include a comprehen­ visions which require the Government to reim­ particularly in areas relating to liability, is sive discussion of the foll~wing national and burse contractors for the cost of repairing or clearly a complex issue with potentially wide replacing defective goods, even where the de­ global concerns: indoor and outdoor air pollu­ ramifications. For that reason, the Committee tion, water pollution, atmospheric changes, fect was caused by the contractor's own neg­ on Science, Space, and Technology intends to ligence. stratosphere ozone depletion, damage to ter­ hold hearings on this bill and related contract restrial systems, deforestation, regulation of On the one hand, the goal of such provi­ management problems at NASA and other pesticides and toxic substances, solid and sions is understandable. It is in the very na­ agencies under the committee's jurisdiction hazardous waste management, ecosystem ture of experiments on the leading edge of during the coming year. These hearings will protection-wetlands, estuaries, ground water, science and technology that some will fail. De­ help to develop a thorough record and a and the sea-population growth, preservation spite best efforts by scientists and engineers, sound basis for the committee to consider this of animal and plant species, and soil erosion. technical constraints may prevent a project bill or other legislation that may be needed to The long-term objectives of policies and pr~ from reaching its intended goal. Whether it is ensure that Government agencies are not grams of Federal departments and agencies the development of new weapon systems or wasting scarce funds. responsible for the above environmental is­ weather satellites, it is important to try to push In addition, I look forward to working with sues would also be examined. the frontiers of technology. In such cir­ Chairman CONYERS of the Government Oper­ cumstances, it is appropriate for the Govern­ ations Committee in addressing the broader At the same time, the report requires a com­ ment to enter into cost-reimbursable contracts scale implications of the procurement regula­ prehensive description and assessment effort under which contractors are paid for work tions which currently require the use of such by the Federal Government to integrate effec­ even if the work ultimately does not meet the clauses throughout the Government. Beyond tively its national energy and environmental goals originally envisioned. Without such as­ the civilian science agencies which are under strategy with current endeavors in energy re­ surances, contractors would either not be will­ the jurisdiction of the Committee on Science, lated fields. Reducing energy demand, improv­ ing to conduct the research at all or would Space, and Technology, such clauses may ing energy efficiency and conservation, fuel have to charge such a high price to cover the also have significant implications for other switching, using safe nuclear power reactors, potential risks that it might be beyond the abil­ Government agencies, particularly with respect employing clean coal technology, promoting ity of the Government to pay for it. to defense R&D procurement. We hope to renewable energy sources, promoting re­ On the other hand, recent events, including work with the Government Operations Com­ search and development of alternative fuels, the circumstances surrounding the procure­ mittee to ensure a thorough review and under­ promoting biomass research, promoting en­ ment of the defective Hubble Space Tele­ standing of the need for procurement contract ergy research and development in general, scope, have raised concerns about Govern­ reform in these areas. and advancing international energy coopera­ ment contracts which require contractors to be tion are examples to begin with. paid for repairing defects caused by their own To promote greater public participation and negligence. Under current Governmentwide A NATIONAL ENERGY­ awareness of key energy and environmental procurement regulations, Government agen­ ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY issues, H.R. 138 also calls for examining the cies are required to include provisions in most Federal Government's actions to integrate the R&D contracts which require them to pay con­ HON. BOB McEWEN strategy with existing domestic and inter­ tractors for repairing defects caused by the OF OHIO national education objectives already sup­ contractor's own negligence. The specter of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ported by the Federal Government. An integral the Government paying contractors for goods part of the success of the strategy is keeping that do not work because of the contractors Wednesday, May 1, 1991 the general public informed of what Washing­ own negligence is hard for taxpayers to under­ Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, on January 29, ton is doing to bring energy and the environ­ stand. 1991, during his State of the Union Address to ment into accord. 9766 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 Finally, from a standpoint of enhancing the for part time or seasonal work wouldni have as a fine example of conscientious corporate national security, the report will also assess to wait until age 65 for the added benefits. citizenship. Whirlpool obviously believes that how the national energy and environmental It is a provision entirely consistent with the they do not just have a responsibility to make strategy will be integrated with established na­ spirit of the Worker's Option Act; that is, to re­ a profit but also an obligation to contribute to tional security objectives. tain all the choices in current law but add to the safety of their community. A bold national strategy of this type is not the incentives for work. Mr. Speaker, I salute Whirlpool for two rea­ unprecedented. Five years ago, motivated by One provision is missing from last year's bill sons. First of all, they are now accomplished a strong sense that America's long-term secu­ and that was the elimination of certain re­ warriors against the evil of drugs, an evil that rity was a vital national priority, I wrote the duced retroactive benefits. It was intended to poisons bodies, deteriorates minds, and hurts "National Security Strategy Act." The act be­ offset the costs of my 1989 bill. It suffered the innocent people. Second, they have illustrated came law and required the President to articu­ same fate as the Senate provision, which paid that not all the answers to our great chal­ late our strategic defense requirements before for a generous increase in the Social Security lenges come from Washington, DC, but from proposing policies that would meet those re­ earnings limitation threshold limits by expand­ capable, hard-working people with a noble quirements. ing coverage to certain State and local em­ goal and the will to achieve it. Let us be equally thankful 5 years in the fu­ ployees. Both provisions were, so to speak, hi­ That is why I have taken this opportunity to ture that we began the critical decade of the jacked by the leadership in conference and offer Whirlpool the special praise and recogni­ 1990's with a comprehensive blueprint for used to pay for other provisions in the Omni­ tion they so richly deserve. meeting our national energy and environ­ bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 mental priorities and enabling America to be­ [OBRA]. It should be noted that not all of come both stronger and cleaner for the benefit those provisions benefited the Social Security DETERIORATING SITUATION IN of future generations. Program and none of the revenues were used SOVIET ARMENIA to liberalize the retirement earnings limit. I must admit that this makes me somewhat HON. DANA ROHRABACHER INTRODUCTION OF THE WORKERS cynical about attempting to offset the costs of OF CALIFORNIA OPTION ACT OF 1991 this bill. There are, of course, significant short­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES range costs, about $21 billion over 5 years. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 HON. Bill ARCHER I'm confident that the necessary votes exist in OF TEXAS both Houses to overcome the "firewall." Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I would not set the precedent, except for today in the interest of bringing to the attention of my colleagues the deteriorating situation in Wednesday, May 1, 1991 one very important consideration. SSA's Office of the Actuary estimates the long-term savings Soviet Armenia. Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ of this bill are 0.03 percent of long-term pay­ On Tuesday of this week, Soviet internal troducing H.R. 2158, the Workers Option Act roll. Based on today's payroll tax receipts, that ministry forces, assisted by Azerbaijani troops, of 1991. Essential'ly it updates legislation represents a savings of approximately $750 invaded and massacred Armenians in the which I first introduced in 1989. It would elimi­ million a year in terms of 1991 dollars. I would Getashen and Martunashen villages of Azer­ nate the Social Security earnings limitation for stress that the projected savings reflect the baijan. Reuters has reported 22 Armenian workers who have attained the normal retire­ same static model CBO uses and does not deaths, and CNN reports indicate a death toll ment age in 1992, and later. That age, now assume an increase in the average retirement of over 60 persons. 65, is scheduled to phase up to 67 after the age. These villages, located to the north of tum of this century. I'm confident that, given the demographics Nagomo Karabagh, have been Armenian for Mr. Speaker, I have introduced and strongly of the workplace, employers will-in increasing centuries. Despite being blockaded by Azer­ supported such legislation for 20 years. it is numbers-reach out to older, skilled workers baijan since 1988, the Armenians in these vil­ long overdue. While my preference remains and the trend to early retirement will be re­ lages have not abandoned their homes. For the outright across-the-board repeal, as pro­ versed over time. The Workers Option Act of­ the past 3 years, Soviet forces have stood by posed by my earlier bill, H.R. 249, I am mind­ fers us an opportunity to help older Americans as Azerbaijan has tried to depopulate this re­ ful of the costs, and am willing to support this who wish to work and to help the trust funds gion of Armenians. more modest compromise. as well as our national economy. The Armenian villagers of Getashen and In addition to eliminating the retirement I urge its enactment. Martunashen have avoided the fate of hun­ earnings limit for workers 65 to 69, this bill in­ dreds of thousands of Armenians in Sumgait, cludes two features from the bill I introduced Girovabad, Baku, Azat, and Kame who in the last Congress. It would, first, accelerate TRIBUTE TO THE WHIRLPOOL through massacre and deportation were either the scheduled increase in the delayed retire­ CORP. killed or exiled from their homes. ment credit, which is paid to workers who This cycle of suffering must end. The Soviet delay filing until after age 65, and second, HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR Central Government must see to it that its eliminate from the computation the benefit of OF OHIO forces cease their attacks on Getashen and any earnings after the initial year of entitle­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Martunashen and reign in the Azerbaijani ment to retirement benefits. These provisions troops. Perhaps then, we will see some stabil­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 are intended to give older workers an incen­ ity in this already volatile area of the world. tive to delay filing for benefits by increasing Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, at a time when the benefit for those who do. national crime statistics paint a sometimes Further, the bill has one new provision de­ alarming picture, I want to call to the attention DIPLOMATIC DOUBLE STANDARD signed to improve benefits for workers who of the House some Americans who have have had second thoughts about early retire­ struck a blow for the cause of law enforce­ HON. DAN BURTON ment. Current law provides a 20-percent re­ ment and the war on drugs. OF INDIANA duction for those who file at age 62. That 20 Clyde, OH, in my district, is the setting for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES percent is prorated month-by-month between a remarkable story of cooperation and resolve ages 62 to 65 to accommodate workers who in the fight against the scourge of drugs. The Wednesday, May 1, 1991 retire at any point in between. Under current Whirlpool Corp. of Clyde teamed up with local Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, when law, the worker who returns to work and for­ police forces for a 22-month drug investigation are we going to understand the real core of feits benefits will have his or her benefit that yielded 71 indictments in March. Whirlpool the Arab-Israeli conflict? For over 40 years the recalculated at age 65 to adjust for any funded the entire investigation, investing up to problem has remained the same: The Arab re­ months not paid. Payments are not retro­ $500,000 in the successful effort. fusal to accept Israel's existence. If there is to active. The investigation, which started at the Whirl­ be a chance for peace, the international com­ This bill would provide an annual recalcula­ pool plant and then probed drug activity in the munity must make it clear to the Arab coun­ tion, so that workers who have the opportunity rest of Sandusky County, should be held up tries that they must recognize Israel. Before May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9767 Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza, and the Yet now, in the postwar world, when noth­ 1977, and opened her private practice in San Golan Heights-in a war of self-defense­ ing material has changed in Arab attitudes Jose, CA, in 1978, where she currently prac­ there was no peace, because the Arab States toward Israel, it is urged that Israel is the tices. obstacle to peace. This view is crystalized in were trying to destroy the State of Israel. The the formulation "land for peace." In 1987, she was named Optometrist of the only obstacle to peace is Arab obstinacy. If Israel would only part with land in ex­ Year by the National Optometric Association. I commend to the attention of my colleagues change for peace, goes the argument, all She also received the Dedication in Medicine this outstanding article by Mona Charen, would be well in the land of milk and honey. Award from the National Council of Negro which appeared in the April 29 edition of the But land isn't, and has never been, the issue. Women in 1981. Washington Times. As Ms. Charan points out: Israel willingly gave up the largest (and lest Prior to her recent selection as president­ vexing) part of her 1967 conquest in return elect, Dr. Levingston served as regional trust­ The trouble is that neither the Arab States for a cold peace with Egypt. Today, a major­ nor the Palestinians has ever offered true ity of Israelis would part with the West Bank ee, secretary-treasurer, and vice president of peace. They continue to lay claim to all "oc­ and Gaza if they were offered true peace in the NOA. She also serves on the board of cupied territories", which, in Arab vernacu­ return. (There are some Israelis who believe trustees of the Santa Clara County Optometric lar, means Tel Aviv and Haifa every bit as in holding on to every inch of land promised Society and is a member of the American Op­ much as Ra.mallah and Hebron. to Abraham in the Bible, and ABC News has tometric Association and the California Opto­ [From the Washington Times, Apr. 29, 1991) perfected the technique of broadcasting this metric Association. Her other memberships in­ DIPLOMATIC DOUBLE STANDARD group's views as representative, but in fact clude the Santa Clara County National Chap­ (By Mona Charen) they are a minority.) ter of the National Council of Negro Women. Secretary of State James A. Baker doesn't The trouble ls that neither the Arab states nor the Palestinians has ever offered true Previously, she has served on the governing impress people as a battler for lost causes. boards of the Santa Clara County Health Sys­ His reputation, when he served as chief of peace. They continue to lay claim to all "oc­ staff in the first Reagan White House, was cupied territories," which, in Arab vernacu­ tems Agency and the Business and Profes­ that of a "pragmatist." Whenever President lar, means Tel Aviv and Haifa every bit as sional Women's Club. Reagan would muse about elevating the much as Ramallah and Hebron. Mr. Speaker, I am certain that under the in­ issue of abortion, Mr. Baker would lean The secretary of state, who prides himself spired leadership of Dr. Norma Levingston, the across the table and say in his Texas drawl, as a deal-maker, fumes at Israel in frustra­ National Optometric Association will continue "It's an 80-20 issue, Mr. President, 80-20." tion. But the Middle East isn't Texas or to make important contributions to the practice So it's strange that Mr. Baker has decided Washington. A lesson of the Gulf war-that · Israel dare not let down her guard in that of optometry. I look forward to working with that "solving" the Arab/Israeli conflict her, and the NOA, on issues which are vital to should become the No. 1 diplomatic priority neighborhood-is lost on him. of the United States. Irving Kristal has writ­ the health of our Nation. ten, "Those whom the Gods would destroy they first tempt to resolve the Arab/Israeli IN HONOR OF DR. NORMA J. conflict.'' LEVINGSTON, PRESIDENT-ELECT It's also strange that Mr. Baker should OF THE NATIONAL OPTOMETRIC SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS pick this particular moment in history to ASSOCIATION Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, pressure the Israelis. We have just finished agreed to by the Senate on February 4, coming to the rescue of several important HON. MIKE FSPY 1977, calls for establishment of a sys­ Arab countries and Israel. All were threat­ tem for a computerized schedule of all ened by Saddam Hussein. Yet the attitude of OF MISSISSIPPI the State Department seems to be that we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES meetings and hearings of Senate com­ owe the Arab states something for their "co­ Wednesday, May 1, 1991 mittees, subcommittees, joint commit­ operation," while the Israelis owe us. tees, and committees of conference. The payoffs for Arab participation in the Mr. ESPY. Mr. Speaker, today I want to pay This title requires all such committees anti-Saddam coalition began long before tribute to Dr. Norma J. Levingston. On July 13, to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Desert Storm. Egypt's $7 billion dollar debt 1991, Dr. Levingston will be installed as presi­ Digest-designated by the Rules Com­ was forgiven with the stroke of a pen. We dent of the National Optometric Association. mi ttee--of the time, place, and purpose permitted the Saudi Arabians to impose She will become the 13th president of this or­ of the meetings, when scheduled, and quite humiliating restrictions upon our sol­ ganization and the first female to be so hon­ any cancellations or changes in the diers, extending even to the public display of ored. In fact, she will be the first female presi­ crosses or Stars of David. And we stood si­ meetings as they occur. lently by while Syria used the distraction of dent of any organization of optometrists on a As an additional procedure along Desert Shield to solidify control over Leb­ national level. with the computerization of this infor­ anon-massacring hundreds of Lebanese in The National Optometric Association [NOA] mation, the Office of the Senate Daily the process. was founded in 1969. It is a professional asso­ Digest will prepare this information for The payoffs are continuing as Mr. Baker ciation of predominantly minority optometrists printing in the Extensions of Remarks applies an unrelenting double standard to with a primary objective and concern for the section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the region. When some Israeli hard-liners delivery of vision/eye health care to the minor­ erected a new settlement on the West Bank, on Monday and Wednesday of each the secretary of state offered: "It is easier to ity community. I know personally how vital the week. obstruct peace than to promote it." work of NOA is to our Nation. Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Yet earlier, when the Saudi Arabians had Since its founding, the NOA has been work­ May 2, 1991, may be found in the Daily rejected the idea that they cease participat­ ing to: Recruit minority students into schools Digest of today's RECORD. ing in the boycott against Israel, there were and colleges of optometry; provide assistance no scolding words from the secretary of to new graduates as well as established mi­ MEETINGS SCHEDULED state. As for Syria, the State Department's nority optometrists to enhance their knowl­ new despotic darling, the secretary described edge, skills, and professional practice; assist MAY3 his talks with Hafez al-Assad as "construc­ tive." This, about the leader who, according optometry students to secure financial aid; 9:30a.m. to the Wall Street Journal, used the cover of provide assistance to all established organiza­ Joint Economic the Gulf war to import 24 new Scud missiles. tions of optometry toward the advancement of To hold hearings to review the employ­ Let's not forget that during the Gulf war, the art, science, and practice of professional ment-unemployment situation for the great fear among the president's top ad­ optometry; and to establish better delivery of April. visers was that if Israel so much as lifted a primary optometric and health care services to SD-628 finger in her own defense when Scud missiles humanity. MAY6 rained down, the Arab members of the coali­ President-elect Dr. Norma Levingston re­ tion were going to switch sides. In other 10:00 a.m. words, the assumption was that Arab hatred ceived her 8.S. degree in optometry in 1971 Small Business for Israel ls so deep and pathological that from the University of California, Berkeley and To hold hearings to examine mlcroloan the Arab states would prefer to commit sui­ her O.D. degree in 1973, also from Berkeley. programs for new and growing small cide than to find themselves on the same She served as staff optometrist at the West businesses. side with her. Oakland Health Center in Oakland, CA, until SR-428A 9768 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 MAY7 Environment and Public Works Foreign Relations 9:30a.m. To resume joint hearings with the Com­ Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Sub­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation mittee on Labor and Human Resources' committee To resume hearings to examine insur­ Subcommittee on Labor to examine To hold hearings to review the current ance company insolvency. the environmental and economic impli­ situation in the Middle East, focusing SRr253 cations of a free trade agreement with on prospects for democratization. lO:OOa.m. Mexico. SH-216 Judiciary SD-430 Judiciary To resume hearings on legislative pro­ Small Business Business meeting, to consider pending posals to strengthen crime control, fo­ To hold oversight hearings on small busi­ calendar business. cusing on habeas corpus reform. ness procurement in the dredging in­ SD-226 SD-226 dustry. Joint Economic 2:30p.m. SR-428A To hold hearings to review the Federal Appropriations Select on Indian Affairs Reserve, monetary policy and credit Foreign Operations Subcommittee To hold oversight hearings on the impact conditions. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ of the Supreme Court's ruling in Duro SD-628 timates for fiscal year 1992 for foreign v. Reina on the administration of jus­ 2:00 p.m. assistance, focusing on AID manage­ tice in Indian country and on proposed Commerce, Science, and Transportation ment issues and reform efforts. legislation to reaffirm the authority of To resume hearings to examine insur­ SD-192 tribal governments to exercise crimi­ ance company insolvency. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs SRr253 To hold hearings on the nomination of nal jurisdiction over all Indian people on reservation lands. Energy and Natural Resources Lawrence B. Lindsey, of Virginia, to be Energy Research and Development Sub­ a Member of the Board of Governors of SR-485 2:15 p.m. committee the Federal Reserve System. To hold hearings on S. 395, to establish SD-538 Environment and Public Works Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection the Department of Energy's Fast Flux Subcommittee Test Facility (FFTF) in the State of MAY8 Washington as a research and develop­ 9:00a.m. To hold hearings on S. 791, to require cer­ tain information relating to radon to ment center to be known as the Re­ Appropriations search Reactor User Complex. Defense Subcommittee be made available in connection with certain real estate transactions, and to SD-366 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Foreign Relations timates for fiscal year 1992 for certain require that radon testing devices of­ Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Sub­ defense programs, focusing on A-12 fol­ fered for sale be tested by the EPA, S. committee low-on issues. 792, to authorize funds for programs of To continue hearings to review the cur­ Room to be announced the Indoor Radon Abatement Act of rent situation in the Middle East, fo­ 9:30a.m. 1988, S. 779, to authorize funds for and cusing on regional economic issues. Appropriations to revise the Indoor Radon. Abatement SH-216 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ Act, S. 575, to require local educational committee agencies to test for and remediate MAYlG To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ radon in school buildings, and S. 455, to timates for fiscal year 1992 for the Na­ establish a national program to reduce lO:OOa.m. tional Space Council, and the National the threat to human health posed by Environment and Public Works Aeronautics and Space Administration. Environmental Protection Subcommittee exposure to contaminants in the air In­ Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection SD-138 doors. Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee SD-406 To hold joint hearings to examine and Business meeting, to consider pending 2:30p.m. calendar business. evaluate the Department of the Interi­ Foreign Relations or's report and recommendation to the SD-366 East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommit­ Governmental Affairs Congress and final legislative environ­ tee mental impact statement concerning Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation tions the coastal plain of the Arctic National authorizing funds for fiscal year 1992 Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. To hold oversight hearings to examine for foreign assistance, focusing on the U.S. trade policy with Japan. SD-406 Asia. Foreign Relations SD-342 SD-419 10:00 a.m. Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Sub­ committee Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry MAY9 To hold hearings to review the extension To continue hearings on the current situ­ of fast track procedures for inter­ 9:00 a.m. ation in the Middle East, focusing on national trade negotiations as related Armed Services the role of the United Nations. to the Uruguay Round of the General To hold a briefing on the conduct of SH-216 Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the ground operations by members of the North American Free Trade area, and 24th Infantry Division in their tactical MAY13 the Enterprise for the Americas Initia­ area of responsibility during Operation 10:00 a.m. tive. Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Energy and Natural Resources SR-332 SRr222 To hold hearings on S. 570, to implement Foreign Relations Veterans' Affairs a national energy strategy, focusing on To hold hearings to review Kurdish refu­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation subtitle B of Title V, provisions relat­ gee relief efforts. providing for veterans education and ing to nuclear waste management. SD-419 reemployment rights. SD-366 2:00p.m. SR-418 Armed Services 9:30 a.m. MAY14 To hold a briefing on the conduct of Energy and Natural Resources 10:00 a.m. ground operations by members of the Business meeting, to consider pending Appropriations 1st Marine Division during Operation calendar business. Interior Subcommittee Desert Shield/Desert Storm. SD-366 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SH-216 10:00 a.m. timates for fiscal year 1992 for fossil Energy and Natural Resources Appropriations energy and clean coal technology pro­ Water and Power Subcommittee Transportation Subcommittee grams. To hold hearings on S. 484, to establish To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ S-128, Capitol conditions for the sale and delivery of timates for fiscal year 1992 for the Fed­ Energy and Natural Resources water from the Central Valley Project, eral Aviation Administration, Depart­ Business meeting, to consider pending California. ment of Transportation. calendar business. SD-366 SD-138 SD-366 May 1, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9769 2:30 p.m. 9:30'a.m. MAY22 Appropriations Energy and Natural Resources 2:00p.m. Foreign Operations Subcommittee Business meeting, to consider pending Armed Services To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ calendar business. Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence timates for fiscal year 1991 for foreign SD-366 Subcommittee assistance, focusing on U.S. trade. 10:00 a.m. SD-138 Appropriations To resume hearings on proposed legisla­ Interior Subcommittee tion authorizing funds for fiscal years MAY15 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 1992 and 1993 for national defense pro­ grams, focusing on Department of En­ 9:30a.m. timates for fiscal year 1992 for the Min­ erals Management Service, Depart­ ergy environmental restoration and Energy and Natural Resources waste management programs. Business meeting, to consider pending ment of the Interior, and the Indian calendar business. Health Service, Department of Health SR-222 SD-366 and Human Services. Select on Indian Affairs SD-116 MAY23 To hold hearings on proposed legislation Appropriations 9:00 a.m. authorizing funds for programs of the Transportation Subcommittee Select on Indian Affairs Native American Programs Act. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on S. 290, to authorize SR-485 timates for fiscal year 1992 for the U.S. funds for certain programs of the In­ 10:00 a.m. Coast Guard, Department of Transpor­ dian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Pre­ Appropriations tation. vention and Treatment Act of 1986. Interior Subcommittee SD-138 SR-485 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Finance lO:OOa.m. timates for fiscal year 1992 for the To hold hearings to examine restoration Appropriations Smithsonian Institution and the Na­ of traditional individual retirement ac­ Transportation Subcommittee tional Gallery of Art. counts (IRAs) in an effort to stimulate To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SD-116 economic growth for Americans and timates for fiscal year 1992 for the Gen­ Judiciary the nation, focusing on S. 612, to en­ eral Accounting Office. To resume hearings on legislative pro­ courage savings and investment SD-138 posals to strengthen crime control, fo­ through individual retirement ac­ 2:00p.m. cusing on the views of officials in the counts. SD-215 Select on Indian Affairs law enforcement field. To hold oversight hearings on Indian li­ SD-226 Rules and Administration Business meeting, to receive a report braries, archives and information serv­ 1:30 p.m. ices. Appropriations from the Architect of the Capitol on SR-485 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ current projects, and to consider other committee pending administrative business. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SR-301 JUNE4 timates for fiscal year 1992 for the 2:30 p.m. Commission on National Service, and MAY17 Appropriations the Points of Light Foundation. 9:30a.m. Foreign Operations Subcommittee SD-138 Appropriations To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ timates for fiscal year 1991 for foreign Surface Transportation Subcommittee committee assistance. To hold oversight hearings on pipeline To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SD-138 safety. timates for fiscal year 1992 for the De­ SR-253 partments of Veterans Affairs, Housing JUNES 2:00 p.m. and Urban Development, and independ­ 9:30 a.m. Energy and Natural Resources ent agencies. Appropriations Water and Power Subcommittee SD-138 To hold hearings on S. 586 and S. 711, Interior Subcommittee b11ls to provide authority to the Sec­ MAY21 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ timates for fiscal year 1992 for activi­ retary of the Interior to undertake cer­ 9:30 a.m. tain activities to reduce the impacts of ties of the Secretary of the Interior, Governmental Affairs and Members of Congress. drought conditions, and H.R. 355, to re­ Oversight of Government Management vise the Reclamation States Drought Subcommittee S-128, Capitol Assistance Act of 1988 to extend the pe­ To hold oversight hearings on enforce­ Select on Indian Affairs riod of time during which drought as­ ment of antidumping and countervail­ To hold hearings on S. 667, to provide sistance may be provided by the Sec­ ing duties. support for and assist the development retary of the Interior. SD-342 of tribal judicial systems. SD-366 10:00 a.m. SR-485 Appropriations 2:00 p.m. MAY16 Interior Subcommittee Energy and Natural Resources 9:00a.m. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Water and Power Subcommittee Veterans' Affairs timates for fiscal year 1992 for activi­ To hold hearings on S. 106, to revise the To hold hearings on S. 775, to increase ties of the Secretary of Energy. Federal Power Act to prohibit the the rates of compensation for veterans S-128, Capitol granting of a Federal license for a hy­ with service-connected disabilities and 2:30 p.m. droelectric project unless the applicant the rates of dependency and indemnity Appropriations complies with all substantive and pro­ compensation for survivors of certain Foreign Operations Subcommittee cedural requirements of the affected disabled veterans, H.R. 153, to repeal To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ State in which the project is located certain provisions of the Veterans Ju­ timates for fiscal year 1991 for foreign with respect to water acquisition and dicial Review Act relating to veterans' assistance, focusing on international use. benefits, and sections 111through113 of AIDS crisis. SD-366 S. 127, relating to radiation compensa­ SD-138 tion. 3:45 p.m. JUNE6 SR-418 Appropriations Select on Indian Affairs Foreign Operations Subcommittee 9:00a.m. To hold hearings on S. 668, to authorize To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Veterans' Affairs consolidated grants to Indian tribes to timates for fiscal year 1991 for foreign Business meeting, to mark up pending regulate environmental quality on In­ assistance, focusing on the Peace Corps legislation. dian reservations. expansion and change. SR-418 SR-485 SD-138 9770 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1991 JUNE 18 JUNE26 CANCELLATIONS 9:30a.m. 9:30a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Governmental Affairs MAY7 Surface Transportation Subcommittee Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation 1:00 p.m. tions Appropriations authorizing funds for rail safety pro­ To resume hearings to examine efforts to grams. Transportation Subcommittee combat fraud and abuse in the insur­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SR-253 ance industry. Governmental Affairs timates for fiscal year 1992 for the Na­ Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ SD-342 tional Highway Traffic Safety Admin­ tions istration and the Office of Inspector To resume hearings to examine efforts to General, Department of Transpor­ combat fraud and abuse in the insur­ tation. ance industry. SD-138 SD-342