3612 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, March 7, 1990 The House met at 10 a.m. 0 1057 at the direction of that body, appoints The Chaplain, Rev. James David JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE the following Senators as members of Ford, D.D;, offered the following AND SENATE TO HEAR AN AD­ the committee on the part of the prayer: DRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY Senate to escort the President of the We offer our appreciation, 0 God, GIULIO ANDREOTTI, PRESI­ Council of Ministers of the Italian Re­ that the dark of night is ending for so DENT OF THE COUNCIL OF public, Giulio Andreotti, into the many people in so many places. Con­ MINISTERS OF THE ITALIAN Chamber: tinue, we pray, to show us the free­ REPUBLIC The Senator from Maine CMr. MITCHELL]; doms that honor Your creation and The SPEAKER of the House presid­ may our response to that freedom be ed. The Senator from California CMr. that of a great thanksgiving for the The Doorkeeper, the Honorable CRANSTON]; gifts of this new life and hope. With James T. Molloy, announced the Presi­ The Senator from Vermont CMr. praise and gratitude we offer this our dent pro tempore and Members of the LEAHY]; prayer.Amen. U.S. Senate who entered the Hall of The Senator from Rhode Island the House of Representatives, the [Mr. PELL]; President pro tempore taking the The Senator from Arizona CMr. THE JOURNAL chair at the right of the Speaker, and DECONCINI]; The SPEAKER. '.I'he Chair has ex­ the Members of the Senate the seats The Senator from Illinois CMr. amined the Journal of the last day's reserved for them. SIMON]; proceedings and announces to the The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints The Senator from Kansas CMr. House his approval thereof. as members of the committee on the DOLE]; part of the House to escort his Excel­ The Senator from Rhode Island Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the [Mr. CHAFEE]; Journal stands approved. lency, Giulio Andreotti, into the Chamber: The Senator from Mississippi CMr. The gentleman from Missouri CMr. COCHRAN]; PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE GEPHARDT]; The Senator from New Mexico CMr. The gentleman from Pennsylvania DOMENICI]; The ·SPEAKER. Will the gentleman [Mr. GRAY]; The Senator from Indiana CMr. from New York [Mr. HOUGHTON] The gentleman from Florida CMr. LUGAR]; and please come forward and lead the FASCELL]; The Senator from New York CMr. House in the Pledge of Allegiance? The gentleman from Michigan CMr. D'AMATO]. Mr. HOUGHTON led the Pledge of BONIOR]; The Doorkeeper announced the Am­ Allegiance as follows: The gentleman from Maryland CMr. bassadors, Ministers, and charges d'af­ I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the HOYER]; faires of foreign governments. United States of America, and to the Repub­ The gentleman from Illinois CMr. The Ambassadors, Ministers, and lic for which it stands, one nation under ANNUNZIO]; charge d'affaires of foreign govern­ God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for The gentleman from Illinois CMr. ments entered the Hall of the House all. Russo]; of Representatives and took the seats The gentleman from California CMr. reserved for them. PANETTA]; ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE At 11 o'clock and 4 minutes a.m., the The gentleman from California CMr. Doorkeeper announced the President SPEAKER FAZIO]; of the Council of Ministers of the Ital­ The SPEAKER. The Chair desires The gentlewoman from California ian Republic, escorted by committee of to make an announcement. [Ms. PELOSI]; Senators and Representatives entered The Chair announces that during The gentleman from Illinois CMr. the Hall of the House of Representa­ the joint meeting to receive the Hon­ MICHEL]; tives, and stood at the Clerk's desk. orable Giulio Andreotti, only the The gentleman from Georgia CMr. [Applause, the Members rising.] · doors immediately opposite the Speak­ GINGRICH]; The SPEAKER. Members of Con­ er and those on his left and right will The gentleman from Michigan CMr. gress, it is my great privilege and I be open. BROOMFIELD]; deem it a high honor and personal The gentleman from California CMr. LEWIS]; pleasure to present to you the honora­ ble, Giulio Andreotti, President of the RECESS The gentleman from Massachusetts CMr. CONTE]; Council of Ministers of the Italian Re­ The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the The gentleman from New Jersey public. order of the House of Tuesday, Febru­ [Mr. RINALDO]; [Applause, the Members rising.] ary 27, 1990, the House will stand in The gentleman from California CMr. recess subject to the call of the Chair. LAGOMARSINO]; Accordingly

0 This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., 0 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. March 7, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3613 President ANDREOTTI. Mr. Presi­ be with respect to today's needs, as only focuses on the present situation. dent, Mr. Speaker, Members of the well as to those of a challenging In taking note of the existing territori­ Congress, the honor of speaking future, when proper and timely al aspects and the fundamental pros­ before the representatives of this choices will be necessary. pects of cooperation it wants above all Nation gives me and the country I rep­ We want to continue building a to be a bridge to the future." resent great satisfaction and pride. Europe that is open to the world, not a Today we continue to work on build­ My mind turns, first, to the distant fortress Europe as some mistakenly ing that bridge, without fearing the September 1951, when Alcide De Ga­ fear, but a Europe that is available, new, without shirking a political chal­ speri, Premier and Foreign Minister of ever ready to cooperate in a spirit of lenge which can sometimes appear Italy, a country then on the way true partnership with the United more difficult than a military threat. toward moral and material reconstruc­ States, whose military presence in In effect, the example was set by the tion after the tragedy of the war, re­ Europe must remain and must contin­ United States, that is by a democracy ceived in this very Chamber a warm ue to work for all, as in the past, as a supported by principles coming from welcome. guarantee of stability and balance. below, and which was born together What I feel before this Congress is Moreover, we want this new Europe with the popular myth of the frontier, respect for the history of the great that is being built to develop new and opening itself to and welcoming other Nation you represent and for how gen­ increasingly close and effective forms peoples. erations of Americans have held fast, of linkage with this essential partner My thoughts go out to my many even in the most difficult of moments, nation, the United States of America. fellow countrymen who ever since the to the principles of democracy and We cannot ignore the importance of end of the last century have been gen­ freedom enshrined in the Declaration an integration process intended to of Independence of 1776. They were ensure strong and fundamental politi­ erously welcomed by this country. the same principles which were soon cal stability for Europe. In this frame­ They have contributed with their in­ to find a solemn expression in Europe. work the reunification of Germany dustriousness, talents, and human There are, between the old and new finds decisive support in the solidarity qualities to the growth of this Nation. continents, streams of affinity, of of its community partners, just as it We have proudly seen so many active solidarity, of shared interests, has an essential anchorage in NATO Americans of Italian origin become not only material ones. and a secure guarantee in the larger Members of this Congress. Many of But there is something more to this assembly of the 35 Helsinki Confer­ them are still here with us.· Others no natural partnership: the United ence nations. longer sit in this Chamber. Permit me States, by signing the Helsinki ac­ The real issue today is how can we to mention, out of all of these, John cords, has accepted to contribute per­ encourage change in the East without Pastore and Peter Rodino, with whom manently to the security and the de­ provoking repercussions that would I have had ties of great friendship. velopment of cooperation in Europe, stop its impetus. It seems to me that a Now I wish to refer to the new fron­ becoming together with Canada, be­ concerted action of Western countries tiers of a better quality of life, of over­ cause of the CSCE process, an integral is more necessary than ever before. coming the divisions between North part of the European Continent. The attempt to include the Soviet and South, of the protection of the en­ We have traveled together a long Union in a design of international sta­ vironment, of a fairer distribution of road in the framework of NATO, bility has failed twice in the past, at resources and of new conquests of sci­ which was created as a defensive alli­ least in part: The first time when Roo­ ence for the benefit of mankind. I also ance, but it was above all an associa­ sevelt proposed the creation of a new refer to the new frontiers where coex­ tion of free nations. international order around the United istence will restore freedom from basic Yesterday as today, freedom, justice Nations, and more recently when needs to all men and will grant them and the vitality of our societies are our President Nixon attempted to stimu­ the dignity of being true masters of most precious heritage, to be defended late the Soviet Union's interest in their own fate. against poverty and unemployment, world stability through a generous These goals require tools capable of but also from the deterioration of the trade program and through control­ mobilizing all existing resources. environment and drug abuse. ling the arms race. This is why the United Nations must Thomas Jefferson said he preferred Today, for the third time in 45 remain a privileged forum of expres­ the dreams of the future to the histo­ years, we face the same problem, with sion. It is necessary and the time is ry of the past. What I am feeling the difference, however, that a re­ ripe to reestablish within the United toward you at this very moment is formist plan is underway in the Soviet Nations an authentic spirit of solidari­ trust: trust that the American people Union which we have an obligation as ty like the one which animated the of whom you are the worthy repre­ well as an interest in encouraging. promoters of the San Francisco Char­ sentatives will be able to interpret the A new deal with the East should ter, when the ashes of the war had not needs and requirements of mankind at first of all include a drastic reduction yet cooled down. the moment when it is looking hope­ of arms, especially conventional weap­ It will certainly be necessary to fully toward the third millennium. ons which threaten us Europeans in produce new rules, new codes of be­ Today the wind of freedom and de­ terms of proximity and continuity. havior, and new understandings to mocracy is blowing strongly in the However, nothing could better safe­ tackle the existing emergencies and East. How could this happen? Because guard Western interests than the suc­ prevent new ones from arising. we have proven that democratic na­ cess of democracy in the East. We un­ In this framework, it will probably tions could remain united, could derstand your sensitivity on this point be wise to review the decisionmaking achieve increasing economic and social since America is itself a creation of mechanisms so that the United Na­ development without sacrificing de­ human rights rather than vice versa. tions' action can be more effective and mocracy, could demonstrate concrete It was Aldo Moro who at Helsinki led timely when tackling the challenges of solidarity toward developing countries, the battle on behalf of Italy and the the third millennium. It will also be could adopt a foreign policy as bal­ European Community to remove the useful to strengthen the role of the anced and fair as it is steadfast to the visible and invisible barriers blocking International Court of Justice as a values which inspired it. dialog among people in Europe. It was natural forum for finding a peaceful If we now consider what is taking no easy battle, nor was it won once solution to disputes amongst coun­ place in the East and the integration and for all, as is always the case in tries. of Europe, it is important that we not struggles for freedom. Upon signing But it is only through sharing inten­ look back at the past, but forward in the Final Act Moro stated: "The Final tions, through adhering to disciplines order to gauge how far behind we may Act is not a notary's document which which are not imposed but voluntarily

39-059 0-91-18 (Pt. 3) 3614 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 accepted, through a new concept of co­ MESSAGE FROM THE terday, "The United States is failing existence with others that it will be PRESIDENT to capitalize on the sweeping changes possible to conceive and build a better A message in writing from the Presi­ in Eastern Europe" because of what and fairer world. It should be a world dent of the United States was commu­ he called President Bush's timid, un­ of justice, of that justice which, as nicated to the House by Mr. Kal­ imaginative leadership. Harry Truman stated in his inaugural baugh, one of his secretaries. By liberal democratic standards, speech at the San Francisco confer­ President Bush is too cautious. Liberal ence, "remains the greatest power on Democrats gave America the Bay of earth-the only extraordinary power MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Pigs disaster in Cuba. President Bush to which we are willing to submit." A message from the Senate by Mr. is too cautious for that. I want my words to be ones of hope Hallen, one of its clerks, announced Liberal Democrats gave America the and trust. At a historic juncture offer­ that the Senate had passed a bill and a catastrophe of the Vietnam war. Presi­ ing so many causes for prudent opti­ joint resolution of the following titles, dent Bush is too cautious for that. mism I think it is essential to continue in which the concurrence of the House Liberal Democrats gave America the our work, as we have in the past, and is requested: Iranian hostage crisis and the Desert to strengthen the commitments of S. 2151. An act to permit the transfer of One tragedy. President Bush is too the obsolete submarine U.S.S. Requin to the cautious for that. mutual solidarity. I would like to con­ Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, before clude by recalling what Abraham Lin­ the expiration of the 60-day waiting period This afternoon I have a 1-hour spe­ coln said when contemplating the en­ that would otherwise be applicable to the cial order on the choice between liber­ largement of the Capitol dome: "If transfer; and al democratic foreign policy disasters people see that work on the Capitol S.J. Res. 257. Joint resolution to designate and the common sense approach of goes on, it is a sign we intend that the March 10, 1990, as "Harriet Tubman Day." President Bush, which in Nicaragua Union go on." and Eastern Europe and around the [Applause, the Members rising.] TRICKLED ON world is helping people achieve free­ At 11 o'clock and 30 minutes a.m. (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was dom. I urge my Democratic colleagues the President of the Council of Minis­ given permission to address the House to join me for a dialog on whose for­ ters of the Italian Republic, accompa­ for 1 minute and to revise and extend eign policy has been more effective nied by the committee of escort, re­ her remarks.) over the last generation. tired from the Hall of the House of Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, Representatives. during the 1980's the Donald Trumps The Doorkeeper escorted the invited of the world got richer, and the aver­ UNITED STATES SHOULD DO guests from the Chamber in the fol­ age American got trickled on. There is MORE THAN JUST SLEEPWALK no other way to describe the tax poli­ THROUGH GREAT CHANGES lowing order. OF TODAY The Ambassadors, Ministers, and cies of the Reagan-Bush administra­ charge d'affaires of foreign govern­ tions. resident's veto Eastern that could ruin that airline's strike, Eastern went into chapter II message, and I expect it to be repeated efforts toward recovery. bankruptcy. Eastern has continued to on the floor today, that this bill would Although I oppose the underlying operate, but in order to survive it has interfere with Eastern's bankruptcy bill, I will not oppose this motion to had to sell more than a billion dollars proceedings. I can assure my col­ discharge our committee. I hope that of its most valuable assets. About leagues that this would not be the we can lay this controversy to rest as 18,000 of the workers who were em­ case. The recommendations of the soon as possible. ployed by Eastern before the strike Commission appointed under H.R. Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I are now either on strike or on fur­ 1231 would not be binding on either have no further requests for time, and lough. the bankruptcy court or the parties to I yield back the balance of my time. The survival of even a reduced-sized the dispute. On the other hand, the Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. Eastern is now in doubt. Eastern has work of the Commission could help fa­ Speaker, I have no further requests not been able to attract enough pas­ cilitate Eastern's emergence from for time, and I yield back the balance sengers to make its post-strike oper­ bankruptcy by giving both manage­ of my time. ations profitable. In 1989 Eastern's ment and labor objective recommenda- 3622 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 tions which they could accept. If this Likewise, the Secretary expressed con­ meal dismantling of this one proud occurs, Eastern may be able to survive cern that this bill "would hinder great air carrier. We would have bene­ and revive itself as a major carrier. saving Eastern Airlines and the jobs of fited the traveling public. In sum, the time for saving Eastern its employees." But today we are faced with the is growing short. H.R. 1231 represents Furthermore, if we pass this bill, rather modest proposition, to say the our last, best hope of resolving the that will not be the end of it. You can least, of a fact-finding commission bal­ labor disputes at Eastern airlines and be sure that the unions will be back in anced bipartisanly, two for two, with reviving the carrier. a few weeks asking us to mandate the no partisan result from it, to just go in I strongly urge my colleagues to join recommendations of the Commission. ·and find the facts and make recom­ with me in voting to override the That will just further exacerbate the mendations for instituting a useful President's veto. situation at Eastern and drive the air­ beneficial public policy for the future. line deeper into a financial hole. D 1320 And this would be nonbinding upon For the sake of continued competi­ the President, upon the Department Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tion in the airline industry, the 20,000 of Transportation, upon the Congress my time. people now employed by Eastern, and and upon Eastern Airlines. Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. the 12,000 Eastern retirees, Congress What has anyone to fear from that? Speaker, I yield myself 4 minutes. should get out of the way and give the I suggest the only ones who have any­ Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the airline a chance to make it on its own. veto of H.R. 1231 and urge this body thing to fear from this bill are those We should stop catering to those who who fear the truth and the facts. to sustain the President's action. are so vindictive that they would As you know, the labor dispute at Mr. Speaker, that is shameful. We prefer to see the airline go down the ought to override the President's veto Eastern has been going on for a long drain rather than continue under cur­ time. The National Mediation Board rent management. and at least give an opportunity for CNMBJ tried for more than a year to I urge my colleagues to be honest truth to be set before the American resolve the dispute but without suc­ with the former Eastern employees public. cess. However, this bill would give a and admit to them that this bill will Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. commission only 45 days to recom­ not solve their labor dispute. We must Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen­ mend a solution. I do not believe that stop giving them false hopes of legisla­ tleman from Georgia [Mr. GINGRICH]. a commission can accomplish in 45 tive salvation. It is time to lay this Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I days what the professional mediators matter to rest by voting no and sus­ thank the gentleman for yielding this at the NMB were unable to accomplish taining the President's veto. Only time to me. in more than a year. then, will both sides finally have the Mr. Speaker, I will vote to override In addition to the Mediation Board's incentive to sit down and work out this the President's veto, but I must con­ actions, the situation at Eastern has dispute themselves. fess that I have a feeling of deep sad­ also been thoroughly investigated by Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, for ness about the entire Eastern Airlines the Department of Transportation, general debate purposes, I yield 2 min­ situation. the Federal Aviation Administration, utes to the gentleman from Minnesota We have seen a great airline crip­ various congressional committees, and [Mr. OBERSTARl, the chairman of the pled, the airline that Eddie Ricken­ the bankruptcy court. Subcommittee on Aviation. backer made famous. We have seen Just last week, the special bankrupt­ Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I families ground up between the ma­ cy court examiner completed a 7- thank the gentleman for yielding me chinists and management. We have month investigation of Eastern. This this time. seen both Charlie Bryant and Frank investigation responded fully to the Mr. Speaker, I am really puzzled as Lorenzo act in ways which were de­ many union allegations against Texas to what Eastern Airlines, the White structive of human beings, of young Air. House, or the Department of Trans­ people who had hoped to go to college It should now be clear that the situ­ portation has to fear from this non­ on money their parents had lost, of ation at Eastern has been thoroughly binding piece of legislation. I could un­ families many of whom had to sell investigated and mediated. Nothing derstand their opposition to the origi­ their homes. It is truly a tragedy, and would be gained by creating another nal bill that we reported out of com­ there is more than enough guilt to go commission. mittee and which this House passed around. Not only would nothing be gained, because that bill had real bullets. We I would simply ask every Member to but more importantly, passage of this were shooting with real effect. look at three goals as they decide how bill could actually have an adverse The result of that legislation, had it to vote today: To look at general impact on the survival of Eastern Air­ been signed and enacted into law or policy, to look at the question of jus­ lines. had the President's veto been overrid­ tice, and to look at how we can keep Eastern is already in a very precari­ den and had it become law, would Eastern Airlines alive. I would urge ous situation. Each time we pass a bill have been the ultimate irony because the Members to look carefully beyond like this we send out negative signals it would have meant that the striking the letter the examiner sent with the to the traveling public about the situa­ pilots, machinists, and flight attend­ examiner's report. This is the report, tion at Eastern. This causes the air­ ants would have had to go back to and I am going to put it on the desk line's traffic to drop, revenue to de­ work for Frank Lorenzo. And on the over here so any Member who wants crease, and makes it that much more ultimate resolution, within less than 3 to can look at it for a few minutes. It difficult for Eastern to emerge from weeks of the decision of the fact-find­ is an extraordinarily revealing docu­ bankruptcy. ing board, if the parties had not ac­ ment. It does indicate that $280 mil­ Both the special bankruptcy court cepted the results, I am certain that lion was transferred to Texas Air in a examiner and the Secretary of Trans­ Congress would have taken them up, situation which can at best be called portation have stated that passage of as we did just 2 years ago on a railroad questionable and at worst clearly indi­ this bill over the President's veto dispute, and enacted it into law, and cating a willingness to loot Eastern would hurt Ea.stem's chances for sur­ that would again have meant they Airlines on behalf of Frank Lorenzo. vival. The bankruptcy court examiner would be going back to work under I urge each of the Members to look stated that creating the Commission Frank Lorenzo, but under much better at the facts, to weigh the balance of called for by this bill could "so disrupt terms and conditions, and undoubtedly general policy, of justice for the work­ Ea.stem's business and its ability to we would have saved a major competi­ ers, the pensioners, the stockholders, sell tickets as to make its continued vi­ tor in the airline industry in America. and the flying public, and also to con­ ability as an air carrier untenable." We would have prevented the piece- sider the question of keeping the air- March 7, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3623 line alive. There are thousands of jobs posters on the wall of the bank rob­ should be permitted to act unfettered at stake in this situation, but there is bers, and send them each a note and by congressional interference. also a question of national policy and say, "If you'll pay back half of what The U.S. trustee acted after the of the right of people to expect their you stole, we'll make you president of Bankruptcy Court ordered the ap­ Government to look into situations the bank." pointment of an examiner. By law an such as this. There are a flurry of letters going examiner must be distinterested and As for me, I have studied Eastern around today from. the examiner and appointed only after consulation with Airlines for 17 years, and I believe the the administration that suggest that the interested parties. Commission is more than justified, I this really is not a matter for Congress The judgment of Examiner Shapiro have studied Frank Lorenzo for the becausE:. it is in the courts and that it is is that H.R. 1231 can do no good, but it last 6 years and I believe the Commis­ not appropriate for our branch of will do a great deal of harm. Mr. sion is more than justified, but in addi­ Government. Mr. Speaker, one should Speaker, colleagues, the recommenda­ tion, I would urge the Commission not ask, "Who put this matter in the tions of the examiner deserve great just to investigate the narrow parts of courts to begin with? Who chose the credence. The examiner claims the this case but also to investigate those courts to handle the matter? Who creation of an additional forum out­ cases of union violence. I want to know would rather have the courts handle side the judicial process would make whether the safety of any passengers this matter than the Congress? Was it Eastern's continued viability unten­ was endangered and whether Congress a district attorney? Was it a grand able. should step in with any legislative jury? Was there an attorney general Certainly our interest is for a suc­ remedies for that situation as well. somewhere?" cessful reorganization. Employees, re­ No, Mr. Speaker, it was the very tirees, the public should be our con­ 0 1330 people who perpetrated the fraud to So, Mr. Speaker, on balance, for a begin with who chose the forum that cern, and, Mr. Speaker, this can best variety of reasons, I think a vote to their wrongdoings should be judged in. be realized by upholding the Presi­ override can be justified and is justi­ The very people who committed the 12 dent's veto. fied, and I would urge my colleagues acts of impropriety that milked East­ Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, for to look at the entire report of the ex­ ern Airlines dry and caused it to be purposes of debate only, I yield 2 min­ aminer. bankrupt now supposedly have the utes to the gentleman from New York Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, for power to deprive us of jurisdiction be­ [Mr. BOEHLERT]. purposes of debate only, I yield 3 min­ cause they chose the Bankruptcy Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, more utes to the gentleman from California Court to hear their case. than one year has passed since the [Mr. Bosco]. It is patently preposterous to sug­ International Association of Machin­ Mr. BOSCO. Mr. Speaker, we have gest that the Congress of the United ists and Aerospace Workers began its had some good lessons lately in the in­ States should be afraid to assert juris­ strike against Eastern Air Lines and visible hand theory of economics. De­ diction because the perpetrators of nothing has changed. The machinists, regulate, laissez faire, hands off, wrongdoing chose a different branch pilots and flight attendants all have caveat emptor. Things will take care of of government to help them out of been unable to negotiate new collec­ themselves. Well, we all just voted their dilemma. tive-bargaining agreements with East­ $150 billion to bail out the savings and Mr. Speaker, do we want the invisi­ ern. Secretary Skinner testified before loan industry under that theory, and ble hand to destroy the airline indus­ the subcommittee that Frank Lorenzo now the President wants us to apply a try as it has the savings and loan and has mislead him into believing that good dose of laissez faire to the airline other industries in this country? I say the strike would be short and painless industry. His theory is, "Let's take the we do not. I say that it is time to over­ because the pilots would cross the biggest pirate in the industry, let's ride this veto and get on with the diffi­ picket lines of the IAM. He was in take management that has never prof­ cult task of helping put this airline to­ error. Instead the battle continues itably run an airline, let's take people gether again, and, more important, of with no end in sight and the future of that have caused two major bankrupt­ preventing this type of tragedy from Eastern remains in serious doubt. cies in this industry, that have de­ happening in the future. The traveling public has understand­ prived thousands of people of their Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. ably refused to support a carrier that jobs, their health benefits, consumers Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the dis­ is both bankrupt and at war with its of airline tickets; let's leave them tinguished ranking member of the employees. Moreover, Eastern's most alone because they're in the good Committee on the Judiciary, the gen­ recent financial results provide no evi­ hands of the bankruptcy courts." tleman from New York [Mr. FISH]. dence of a revival but clearly demon­ Meanwhile, Mr. Speaker, in the Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, I acknowl­ strate further and possibly irreversible Bankruptcy Court the examiner has edge the temptations before us today, deterioration of this airline. In 1989 just completed an exhaustive study for the temptation to side with the genu­ Eastern lost over $850 million and in which his law firm charged over $4 ine frustrations of labor, a temptation the fourth quarter alone suffered million and has determined that in 12 to enjoy the luxury of taking on Lor­ more than a quarter of a billion dollar out of 15 cases of corporate malfea­ enzo when few would differ with what­ loss. sance that were charged, in 12 out of ever was said. Only last week the examiner, David 15 charges of milking, stripping, bilk­ However, Mr. Speaker, I rise to I. Shapiro, appointed by the bankrupt­ ing, siphoning, stealing funds and remind my colleagues that along with cy court at Eastern's request to inves­ equipment from Eastern Airlines; in 12 the judiciary we are coequal branches tigate prepetition transactions be­ out of 15 instances there are grounds of the Federal Government. tween Eastern and Texas Air and its to believe that Frank Lorenzo and his Is not the legislation before us un­ other affiliates said, in effect, that 13 corporate team acted improperly. warranted legislative interference with out of 15 transactions being reviewed Mr. Speaker, what is the bankruptcy the judicial process? I submit that is constituted fraudulent conveyances. In examiner's solution to all of this? You our question, and, my colleagues, arti­ each transaction Shapiro determined guessed it. The same as George cle I, section 8 of the Constitution re­ that Texas Air had stripped Eastern of Bush's-the invisible hand. The exam­ quires uniform bankruptcy laws. an asset for which it paid less than iner suggests, "Let them pay back a Mr. Speaker, this means obviously fair consideration. These transactions little over half of what they stole, and that we can legislate prospectively include Texas Air's acquisition of East­ we'll put them in the cockpit again." within this constraint. It is another ern itself in 1986 as well as Lorenzo's Mr. Speaker, we might as well go to matter for Congress to step in an on­ purchase of the airline's computer res­ the Post Office, and rip down all the going bankruptcy case. The courts ervations system, System One. Based 3624 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 upon the System One deal alone Sha­ which direction Eastern will take­ Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. piro decided that Texas Air should pay either sit by and watch this once Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gen­ Eastern as much as $250 million. He proud and valuable national resource tleman from Ohio CMr. McEWEN], a concluded that the amount Lorenzo disappear into thin air; or we can act, distinguished member of our commit­ owed Eastern for all 13 fradulent con­ as we must, to save Eastern Air Lines tee. veyances totaled more than $400 mil­ now. The intervention of the Secre­ McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the lion. However, in order to escape fur­ tary of Labor in the coal fields was gentleman for yielding this time. I do ther judicial scrutiny Texas Air has necessary to successfully bring indus­ not think I will need the 5 minutes, agreed to pay Eastern $280 million, of trial peace to the Pittston Co. and the but I think it is appropriate for us to which only $107 million will be in hard coal industry. H.R. 1231 offers the last begin with just a moment of history as cash. The remaining amount consists best hope that labor peace will be re­ primarily of reductions in prices paid to how we got to where we are today. stored to Eastern and the airline in­ First of all, I would like to remind all by Eastern to Texas Air. Eastern, of dustry. Only then will this airline once course, will only realize the benefits of of you that there was an election in again enjoy the confidence of the trav­ 1989 for the head of the union in these cost adjustments if it is, in fact, eling public. This legislation can take operating during the next several Miami in which the outgoing president Eastern out of a tailspin and put it of the local said: years. back on a flight path that ensures its Although Texas Air ostensibly revitalization. The President of Eastern Airlines, Mr. agreed to pay Eastern this paltry and Borman, did the most for Eastern Airlines Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. in the 31 years that I have had an employ­ possibly ephemeral sum it refused to Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen­ agree to any mechanism that would ee-employer relationship. tleman from Texas CMr. DELAY]. That was in 1980. protect the airline against future Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, for wrongdoing. Mr. Lorenzo thereby has purposes of debate only, I yield 3 min­ The following week later when the free rein to resume his inter-corporate utes to the gentleman from California new president came on board, the new shenanigans including the upstream­ [Mr. MINETA]. president, who is there to this day, ing of cash and other assets from East­ said: ern to Texas Air and Continental. Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support for the motion to over­ Eastern Airlines has resorted to illegal While Mr. Shapiro may rely upon gangsterism in the labor relations policy. this settlement agreement to oppose ride the President's veto of H.R. 1232, The gestapo tactics of Martin Ludwig H.R. 1231 he, for whatever reasons has a bill which would establish a commis­ Borman and his Nazi torched earth policy chosen to ignore both his own findings sion to help resolve the labor dispute will not work for him or against this union and Mr. Lorenzo's habit of renegotiat­ between Eastern Airlines and its em­ leadership. ing what has already been agreed to. ployees. That was the immediate approach First, the examiner cites in his sum­ Eastern's employees watched help­ that the new machinists' president mary that because of the "continuing lessly as Eastern's parent company, took upon assuming the control of the danger of conflicts of interests" a Texas Air, vectored Eastern into bank­ union in 1980. monitoring system such as an inde­ ruptcy and then continued to operate Well, as you know, deregulation hit. pendent Eastern board of directors the airline during a strike supported Cut rate fares took place. 1981 was the should be established over which the by all of Eastern's unions. PATCO controllers' strike in which bankruptcy court would have over­ Today, 18,000 Eastern employees are flights were canceled, many of them. sight jurisdiction. It is these conflicts still out of work. It has been a painful In 1982, Eastern lost a lot of money. that create the now desperate need for year for them, and for airline passen­ Seventy-five percent of all the fares the critical assistance H.R. 1231 would gers in the United States as a result of had to be discounted. bring to the resolution of this dispute. Texas Air's actions. Today, it also appears that Texas As a result of other airlines doing Second, the Eastern Air Lines Unse­ what was necessary to survive, the cured Creditors Committee and now Air may well be using the shield of the bankruptcy process to disassemble pilots' union, the transport workers' the examiner have been forced to real­ union of the stewardesses, those who ize that agreements with Mr. Lorenzo Eastern Airlines by liquidating its most valuable assets, such as the were nonunion, all agreed to do what are at best short-lived. From the com­ was necessary to allow that company mencement of the bankruptcy case routes to Central and South America. Eastern promised the committee and Mr. Speaker, Eastern Airlines has to survive. The pilots sacrificed. The repeatedly represented to the Court become a toy for corporate raiders to flight attendants sacrificed. The non­ that it would pay unsecured creditors do with what they will. But for East­ union workers sacrificed, but the ma­ 100 percent of their claims. That com­ ern employees, the airline is their chinists, headed by Mr. Charlie Bryan mitment has now vanished and in its lives. here, refused to cooperate. So all of place is an offer to pay only 50 percent There was a time when Eastern Air­ them said to Mr. Borman, he said, of these claims. Many creditors have lines represented jobs in the labor · "Let's do what is necessary. If they grave doubts that Eastern will ulti­ force, competition in the airline indus­ want to go to a strike, we will support mately be able to even pay this try, and commerce in their cities. you," So that was the way the situa­ amount. Only one day after Shapiro Now, the world watches as Eastern tion was set, until the bankers called filed with the Bankruptcy Court a set­ continues to sink in a flurry of paper Mr. Borman and said. "If you go to a tlement agreement with Texas Air transactions. Today, its resources are strike in this difficult time of recession concerning the fraudulent conveyance depleted, its creditors have been left in 1982 with the fares and all the rest, claims Texas Air announced that it hanging, and its work force has an in­ we will pull your loan." had been "sand-bagged" and that this creasingly uncertain future. So the President of Eastern Airlines agreement had absolutely nothing to Mr. Speaker, the establishment of a signed an agreement with the machin­ do with the examiner's findings. Once commission to resolve the Eastern ists, while everybody else was sacrific­ again Mr. Lorenzo was "slip sliding labor dispute may be the only answer ing, signed an agreement in 1982 for a away" from an agreement. The blue left at this late hour. A commission 32-percent increase for the machinists. ribbon panel will help ensure that will not interfere with the bankruptcy Well, of course, that just sets choas once a resolution of this dispute is process, and it could help save thou­ throughout the work force. In 1984 achieved it is permanent and not tran­ sands of jobs. and 1985 they continued to have prob­ sitory. I urge my colleagues to support the lems. In 1986 they went down to the This airline is at a crossroads. Mem­ motion to override the President's same situation again. It was make or bers of Congress have a choice as to veto. break. March 7, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3625 Once again, they sat down at the here, this is where you wanted to be, frightening about that? What is the table and the pilots did what was nec­ and now you can solve it, and do not harm in having a bipartisan factfind­ essary for the company to survive. The ask the Congressman from Louisiana, ing third party look into the issue ob­ flight attendants agreed to do the Idaho and Iowa, to make their deci­ jectively? same thing; also those who were non­ sions for you. The original bill would have re­ union, but the machinists refused to Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, for quired back to work under the Nation­ cooperate again. purposes of debate only, I yield 3 min­ al Emergency Board. The President ig­ Well, the president of the company utes to the gentleman from Oregon nored the recommendations of the had been talking with the internation­ [Mr. DEFAZIO]. Mediation Board. We did not have an al president of the machinists, and Mr. Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I have emergency board. Our original legisla­ Wimpsinger, the international presi­ heard some interesting debate in an tion did not pass. dent, said to Mr. Borman: attempt to reconstrue constitutional This legislation simply. asks that we Look, your agreement is not with Charlie construction to say that the hands of set up a factfinding panel. To do noth­ Bryan at 100. Your agreement is with the Congress are tied in this issue. ing here smacks of Government indif­ international union. When the time comes Another interesting historical recol­ ference at its worst. for Eastern to survive, you call me and we lection which leaves out the role of Overriding the President's veto, it will do a deal that will allow Eastern to sur­ Mr. Lorenzo in destroying what was a vive. will not be the silver bullet. It will not viable airline when he did take it over, resuscitate an airline that has been So it came down to the weekend. whatever led to that takeover, and They were negotiating all hours of the bled nearly to death by Mr. Lorenzo, today we are confronted with a diffi­ but at a time when the airline indus­ night. It was now 2 o'clock in the cult decision. morning. Charlie Bryan refused to try is becoming increasingly consoli­ The debate this afternoon is not dated and few large carriers are able . agree. Everyone else was at the table about labor management relations, saying that the company can survive. to dominate the market, we cannot sit however. It is about corporate reck­ on our hands and watch one go down They break. They call Mr. Wimpsinger lessness and the ability of one man to who refused to take the call. He puts to just dissolution. carry out a personal vendetta against Eastern is not going to survive as the No. 2 man, Mr. Peterpaul, on the Eastern's unions and destroy a great phone. Peterpaul talks to Bryan. They long as the labor dispute continues. airline built by thousands of Ameri­ The public is not going to book flights all wait for the verdict. cans. Bryan walks back into the board­ on Eastern if they are worried about room. He says: D 1350 whether the airline is going to be in Can't trust any of you. I'm not going to What we are talking about is not business in 3 weeks. agree. We shouldn't sign. We are not going whether the Federal Government is This measure provides our last hope to make any concessions. getting involved in the collective-bar­ of restoring Eastern as a competitive And in fact they sold the company gaining process. We are involved in the airline. I hope we are not too late. to Lorenzo. With that, the Eastern collective-bargaining process. It is I urge my colleagues to vote aye. Airlines that I used to work for, that about the failure of Federal agencies, Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. great proud company, virtually ceased the courts, and the Congress to pro­ Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen­ to exist. They had what they wanted. tect the basic rights of Eastern em­ tleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. SHU­ Charlie Bryan went out to the press ployees and the interests of the travel­ STER], a distinguished member of our conference and said: ing public. committee. Now finally we have got somebody who Our Nation's bankruptcy laws were Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise can run the company. We have somebody not intended to provide a shield for in support of the President today. who knows how to run airlines. Instead of corporate terrorists and flimflam per­ I can understand why some of my having astronauts, we have people who can sons. They were not intended to be colleagues on the other side have an run airlines. We have got Frank Lorenzo. manipulated as part of a cynical corpo­ uncontrollable urge to bash the Presi­ That was the person he wanted. rate blueprint to cannibalize Eastern dent. Frankly, I am a bit surprised Then they continued their game. and break its unions. that they seem to have this same urge They continued to try to financially The bankruptcy court is protecting to bash Secretary Skinner, because survive, selling assets and doing all the the interests of Mr. Lorenzo and his over the past several months my col­ rest that we have seen. creditors. But who is looking out for leagues on both sides of the aisle who For those of us who love Eastern the workers and the traveling public? have been involved in transportation and care about Eastern and for the That is our job. issues have spoken only in glowing families who have lost years and years The ostensibly neutral court-ap­ terms about Secretary Skinner, and in­ of input and were there for their re­ pointed examiner certainly is not. He dicate that they consider him one of tirement and sacrificed for the compa­ is too busy lobbying Congress against the most outstanding Secretaries ever ny in hard times in the hope that this measure. He might lose his next to serve in that position. Eastern would continue to survive, $4 million in commission. As we know, Secretary Skinner has have seen it bounce back and forth The President says he vetoed the bill implored this body to support the like a hot potato between these two because he did not want the Federal President on this issue and has said who are now in management and in Government intervening in a labor dis­ that it will be the final nail in the labor. pute. If that is his position, let us be coffin of Eastern Airlines if we use Now having virtually destroyed the consistent. Why did Labor Secretary this delaying tactic which we have great company that once was, who do Dole go and intervene in the coal before us today. So I am a bit sur­ they turn to as a last resort? They miners' strike against the Pittston prised at that position. want the Congress of the United Co.? But there is one person, one person States to pull the fat out of the fire. This legislation would establish a deeply involved, who is not political, Well, I wish it had not come to this. blue-ribbon commission to look into whom nobody can say he is trying to I would give anything in my heart if it the causes of the strike at Eastern and bash the President or he is trying to had not come to this, but let me tell look at ways to resolve it and look at support the President, because he hap­ you this. This is not George Bush's the greater issues of deregulation, pens to be a Republican, and that fault. It is not the responsibility of the safety, and the future of the airline in­ person is the bankruptcy examiner ap­ President to clean it up. For those who dustry in America, nothing more. pointed by the court. Mr. Shapiro, the brought it to this place and pursued it I would ask my colleagues on the man who has been immersed in this to this moment and wanted to get other side of the aisle: What is so issue, who does not have a political 3626 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 agenda, hidden or otherwise, has said ernment is just turning its back on the been growing steadily stronger. It cur­ and has advised us that: working men and women of this coun­ rently has 800 daily flights and nearly Having spent the last 11 months as the try. 20,000 employees. By next spring East­ court-appointed examiner in this bankrupt­ What the management of Eastern ern is projected to have 1,000 daily cy, I can only urge that you not create a Airlines has done is an injustice to flights, virtually the same number as blue-ribbon panel. We are on the verge of every working American and I urge my before the strike. Eastern has met and resuscitating Eastern, and in my view a colleagues to send that message to the blue-ribbon panel will be disastrous to that exceeded all FAA regulations and con­ President by overriding this veto. · tinues to work very closely with the effort to say nothing to duplicating the ef­ Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. forts. FAA to ensure that all of its oper­ Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen­ ations are the safest possible. And he goes on to say that he asks tleman from Texas [Mr. FIELDS]. the Congress to permit the bankrupt­ The future of Eastern is now proper­ Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in ly within the jurisdiction of the bank­ cy process to complete the remaining strong support of the President's veto steps necessary to the successful reor­ of H.R. 1231, a bill to establish a Com­ ruptcy court. Even the bankruptcy ganization of Eastern. He says: mission to investigate and make rec­ court examiner, David Shapiro, ap­ I ask the Congress to act out of concern ommendations regarding the settle­ pointed to protect the interests of the for the employees, the retirees, and the ment of the labor dispute between airlines creditors, its employees, and members of the general public who depend Eastern Airlines and its collective bar­ the general public, has urged Congress on the future existence of Ea.stern. gaining units. not to override the President's veto. Mr. Speaker, let us set aside partisan Quite frankly, I believe that H.R. He warns that enactment of this legis­ politics. Let us support the President. 1231, the Eastern Airlines bill, is lation would reverse the progress that Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I simply another attack on Texas Air has taken place and make it impossi­ yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Corp., and on its employees, many of ble for the parties to negotiate. Washington [Mr. McDERMOTT]. which I represent. It is obvious to me For 15 years Eastern has struggled Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I that many Members of this body do in the face of seemingly insurmount­ urge my colleagues to override this not like the business practices of able obstacles. For the first time in veto. The President says there has Frank Lorenzo. However, I don't think many years, the potential exists for a been no transportation emergency as a I nor any of my colleagues were elect­ healthy, competitive airline without result of this dispute. But he doesn't ed to this body to carry out personal the crushing debt that hindered it for have to fly on an airline on the verge vendettas through legislation. so long. The future of Eastern Airlines of collapse like the rest of America. He If Frank Lorenzo has broken any is where it should be, in the hands of does not have to hear the horror sto­ laws, he should be prosecuted like any the U.S. judicial system and in the ries of flight schedules gone haywire, other businessman who shuns our hands· of nearly 20,000 dedicated em­ or deal with the chaos of families and laws. But, carving out special laws just ployees. communities disrupted by the strike, because we do not approve of the busi­ I urge my colleagues to sustain the or worry about the effects on passen­ ness practices of one individual is bad President's veto of H.R. 1231. ger safety. If I had Air Force One, legislating-it's just plain wrong. Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. maybe I would not worry either. Time after time, I hear Frank Lor­ Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen­ The Government has an obligation enzo and Texas Air Corp. being tleman from Oklahoma [Mr. ED­ to protect consumers and to protect blamed for the loss of jobs in the air­ WARDS]. the public safety. It also has an obliga­ line industry. I am no apologist for Mr. EDWARDS of Oklahoma. Mr. tion to protect the rights of workers. Frank Lorenzo, but I represent thou­ Speaker, I urge my colleagues to sup­ There is precedent for intervening in sands of Continental employees who port the President on this veto over­ labor disputes of this kind. The Na­ feel that they have jobs because Texas ride. tional Mediation Board recommended Air Corp. saved Continental from total There are two very good reasons to the President that he intervene financial collapse. why Members should vote against with an emergency board. But he Continental filed bankruptcy with overriding the President's veto. First, chose not to. less than $40 million in the bank. Re­ H.R. 1231 forces the President to in­ This is not simply a private labor structuring was painful for many em­ trude into private collective-bargain­ dispute. When the Frank Lorenzos of ployees. I do not deny that. But, Con­ ing negotiations that are now under the world set out to systematically de­ tinental emerged from bankruptcy 50 the jurisdiction of a Federal bankrupt­ stroy unions and airlines in order to percent bigger than it had been prior cy judge and, second, H.R. 1231 repre­ plunder their assets, it concerns all of to chapter 11, operating 147 aircraft us. Transportation is not a private or versus 105 in 1983 and with 81 percent sents a classic example of unnecessary parochial concern. It is a vital· part of more seat capacity. Today there are duplication and Government waste. our country's economy and crucial to 34,000 Continental employees-10,000 When no transportation emergency the running of a country. I urge the of them in the Houston area. exists, as it does not now, the Presi­ President to rise above his partisan in­ People Express was on the brink of dent and the Congress have no role to terests and protect the national inter­ bankruptcy when Continental pur­ play in labor disputes, even long and est and the public interest. chased it in 1986. Had Continental not bitter disputes like the one taking Mr. Speaker, last fall the leader of acquired and rebuilt People, thou­ place at Eastern Airlines. one of the world's greatest labor sands would have been without jobs No transportation emergency exists, unions addressed this Congress. When and northern New Jersey would have and no commission or investigatory he spoke here, Lech Walesa said that been virtually without air service. Let board is called for in this situation. America had always given him hope us review the facts relative to Eastern. The Congress should therefore respect and that he and the members of Soli­ Similarly, Eastern Airlines was on the President's decision and sustain darity had always looked to us for in­ the brink of bankruptcy when Texas his veto, because anything less would spiration and support and as an exam­ Air purchased it. Over the last decade establish another bad precedent of in­ ple of a country that treats its workers Eastern had lost approximately $1.5 creased Government interference. fairly and with respect. billion. It is unfortunate that Eastern I hope they are not looking now. I and its machinists union could not re­ 0 1400 hope they are not seeing how our Gov­ solve their disputes and that the ensu­ Since H.R. 1231 was introduced over ernment, the Government that is sup­ ing strike drove an already financially a year ago, Eastern Airlines has filed posed to be the beacon of opportunity weak Eastern to bankruptcy. But, for bankruptcy and is now under the and hope for the world, how our Gov- since its chapter 11 filing, Eastern has jurisdiction of a bankruptcy court. Let March 7, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3627 me repeat again what the judge over­ children that they went up to and effect. It has the very real risk that seeing that case recently said: said, "If you keep flying Eastern, you you are going to put two airlines out We are on the verge of resuscitating East­ are going to die." They have defecated of business. ern, and in my view, a blue ribbon panel will and urinated on curbside check-in Mr. Speaker, this is a very sad story. be disastrous to that effort. desks, throwing eggs on the baggage This whole episode has been a very It is not only wrong to interfere in service area, putting glue on locks, and sad story. I think there are no heroes, this labor dispute, it is a waste of placing garbage on the curbside con­ and there are plenty of villains. Two money and it poses a real danger to veyor system. They have thrown rocks of those have been mentioned here the recovery of Eastern Airlines. Why and ball bearings into maintenance fa­ today. is it a waste of taxpayer dollars? Be­ cilities and they have broken into cars Clearly Frank Lorenzo, his manag­ cause the bankruptcy court, the De­ and broken bus windows. ment style is something we can all partment of Transportation, the Na­ This is a strike which has used ugly abhor and find fault with. By the tional Mediation Board have already tactics up until now. We ought not same token, Charlie Bryan in his in­ done thorough reviews of the Eastern reward it on this floor today. Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I transigence has also been definitely a Airlines dispute, and another study is contributor to this disaster. They are not needed. yield all my remaining time to the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. OBER­ both hard-nosed, intransigent, inflexi­ This is not a labor versus manage­ STAR]. ble people, and they share a lot of the ment issue, it is a good government The SPEAKER pro tempore The Examiner's team 05 lawyers and monitoring all intercorporate transactions million," and they have lost over $2 a large support staff} spent more than six between Eastern and Texas Air and its af­ million a day on their own, under pro­ months looking at the various asset trans­ filiates which are outside the regular course tection of the bankruptcy court. That fers; no Commission can do this job in 45 of business and have a value in excess of is a pretty sad state of affairs as far as days. $500,000. Accordingly, whatever concerns I can see it. (3) H.R. 1231 undermines the doctrine of that continue to exist on this score will be separation of powers. The transactions dealt with in the Bankruptcy Court when it As for the constitutional arguments, which the panel would examine are sub comes time for the Court to consider wheth­ a simple study commission does not judice in every respect; the panel would er or not it should approve Eastern's plan of interfere with anybody's constitution­ cover precisely the same ground. The Bank­ reorganization. al powers. Let us go back to the bill ruptcy Court and the Examiner are objec­ I do not believe that H.R. 1231 can do any this House approved a year ago and tively and fairly discharging their statutory good; it will, instead, do a great deal of the report of the American Law Divi­ obligations. It would therefore be an unwar­ harm. The bitterness between management sion of the Library of Congress which ranted legislative interference with the judi­ and the unions should not be allowed to de­ concluded, after examining the consti­ cial process for the panel envisioned by H.R. termine Eastern's fate. I therefore ask the 1231 to proceed as proposed. Congress to permit the bankruptcy process tutional questions raised about that (4) The creation of a second forum outside to complete the remaining steps necessary legislation: the judicial process to resolve Eastern's to the successful reorganization of Eastern. It cannot be persuasively argued that future creates uncertainty for an enterprise I ask the Congress to act out of concern for Eastern's filing under chapter 11 exempts it that no longer has the ability to withstand the employees, retirees and members of the from continuing compliance with the Feder­ such shocks; it could therefore so disrupt general public who depend on the future ex­ al labor laws, or that compliance with those Eastern's business and its ability to sell tick­ istence of Eastern. I ask the Congress not to laws constitutes the taking of private prop­ ets as to make its continued viability as an enact H.R. 1231. erty without compensation... we conclude air carrier untenable. This would result in Sincerely, that the subject legislation appears consti­ the loss of jobs held by Eastern's present DAVID I. SHAPIRO, tutionally sound. employees, some 17 ,000 people; destroy the Examiner. Goodness, then this one surely is. pensions and health and medical benefits of Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I I must say, in all fairness, it has its retired employees, some 12,000 people been a very, very respectful debate, : and deprive the yield myself my remaining 6 minutes. travelling public of yet another air carrier. Mr. Speaker, first of all I think it is and I must say that there has been, in I am equally concerned that my report to important to get the facts straight on contrast to the statements issued earli­ the Court of last week has been misinter­ what we are voting on. er, no secretary bashing. To disagree preted in the press. Lest this report be im­ A commission, a nonbinding commis­ with the opinion of the Secretary of properly referred to in the forthcoming sion. That is a commission whose rec­ Transportation is not to bash him. We debate, I want to make sure that certain ommendations are not obligatory on will have disagreements, and we have facts are clear. the President, the Secretary of Trans­ done so respectfully this afternoon. I did not find that Texas Air had improp­ But I did like my colleague from erly diverted assets from Eastern. Instead, I portation, or the Congress. A commis­ set forth the grounds on which such a claim sion which is bipartisan, which is to Pennsylvania's reference to the Con­ could be asserted. I did not make a judg­ look into the dispute between Eastern gress coming in as the cavalry to re­ ment as to the validity of such a claim or its Airlines and its employee unions, to solve this dispute. I was hoping we likelihood of success. In fact, my report make findings of fact on the dispute, would, and we did a year ago. We rode 3632 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 into this Chamber, and by an impres­ the unions or interfere with the ongoing bank­ Under the Constitution, this vote sive vote passed the bill that would ruptcy proceedings. must be determined by the yeas and have done something good and effec­ · The Commission is also needed to examine nays. tive about this dispute. The trouble is, and make policy recommendations concerning The vote was taken by electronic the cavalry ran into "Little Big Horn" the Federal authority to intervene in airline device and there were-yeas 261, nays down the corridor here in the other mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies which 160, answered "present" 1, not voting body, and out of that ambush came threaten airline competitiveness. As the airline 9, as follows: this modest, modest, greatly scaled industry continues to consolidate at the ex­ [Roll No. 221 down, poor image of itself bill that ev­ pense of competitiveness, it is absolutely vital YEAS-261 eryone says now, heavens, if we pass that these broader issues be examined in this bill, Eastern Airlines goes down in order to protect the public interest. Ackerman Geren Nowak Akaka Gibbons Oakar flames, and we have lost this great In the interest of fairness and workers Alexander Gilman Oberstar competitor in the airline industry. rights, this issue deserves a nonpartisan as­ Anderson Gingrich Obey That reminds me of all of the Chicken sessment by a presidential emergency board. Andrews Glickman Olin Littles in the world gathered in one Annunzio Gonzalez Ortiz I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting Anthony Gordon Owens room complaining about a piece of the the override of the President's veto of this im­ Applegate Gray Owens sky falling. portant legislation. Thank you. Aspin Guarini Pallone We have nothing to fear from a Atkins Hall Panetta Mrs. LLOYD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support AuCoin Hamilton Parris little bit of truth and a little bit of of the motion to override the Presidential veto Barnard Harris Patterson fact, and that is all we are asking for. of H.R. 1231- to establish a four-member bi­ Bates Hatcher Payne partisan commission to be appointed by Con­ Bennett Hayes Pease fair, impartial commission an opportu­ gress that would investigate and make recom­ Berman Hefner Pelosi nity to look at the facts, make some mendations to resolve the labor disputes be­ Bevill Hertel Penny recommendations, no obligation on tween Eastern Airlines and its three unions. Bilbray Hoagland Perkins the President or the Secretary to do . Boehlert Hochbrueckner Pickett I am disappointed that the President vetoed Boggs Horton Porter anything about it, no obligation on the this timely and important legislation and I be­ Bonior Hoyer Poshard Congress to do anything about it. lieve it is imperative that the House vote today Borski Hubbard Price Bosco Hughes Rahall D 1420 to override. If President Bush had signed H.R. Boucher Hutto Rangel 1231 on November 21, 1989, instead of pre­ Boxer Jacobs Richardson Maybe we will. Maybe hearings will senting his veto message, the investigation Brennan Jenkins Ridge be held on their recommendations and Browder Johnson Rinaldo called for by the bill could now be complete Brown Johnson Robinson their findings. That is an issue for an­ and the recommendations made. Instead, Bruce Johnston Roe other day. · Eastern Airlines 18,000 employees and their Bryant Jones Rose That issue will be decided on the Bustamante Jones (NC) Rostenkowski surrounding communities are suffering the ill Campbell Jontz Roukema merits of whatever this Board recom­ effects of a protracted strike and the cities Cardin Kanjorski Rowland mends to the public, to the President, Eastern serves, and the traveling public, are in Carper Kaptur Rowland Roybal to the Secretary and to the Congress. danger of loosing still another major air carri­ Carr Kastenmeier All this debate is about one last Chapman Kennedy Russo er. Clarke Kennelly Sabo measure of dignity and self-respect for The administration has repeatedly stated Clement Kildee Sangmeister the workers at Eastern Airlines who that their objections to this bill center on their Coleman Kleczka Sarpalius walked off their job in protection of Coleman Kolter Savage policy against intervening in the collective bar­ Collins Kostmayer Sawyer their economic rights. Condit LaFalce Saxton Let us override the President's veto. gaining process. However, I maintain that the recent action by Labor Secretary Elizabeth Conte Lancaster Scheuer Mr. Speaker, I yield back the bal­ Cooper Lantos Schneider Dole in the United Mine Workers strike against Costello Laughlin Schroeder ance of my time, and I move the previ­ Lehman(CA) ous question on the motion. Pittson Co., is a strong example of why this Coyne Schumer legislation is warranted.· The Secretary of Crockett Levin Sharp Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Darden Levine Sikorski Labor took full credit for her recent role in strong support of the motion to override the Davis Lewls Sisisky de la Garza Lipinski Skaggs President's veto of H. R. 1231, to establish an helping to negotiate a settlement in the coal workers dispute and I believe that the employ­ DeFazio Lloyd Skelton emergency board to investigate and report the Dellurns Long Slattery dispute between Eastern Airlines and its col­ ees of Eastern Airlines deserve no less con­ Derrick Lowey(NY> Slaughter lective bargaining units. sideration by the administration. Dicks Luken, Thomas Smith The future of Eastern Airlines must remain Dingell Machtley Smith (IA) It is important to remember that this bill was Dixon Manton Smith(NJ) first passed at the recommendation of a Na­ an issue of concern to all of us. It is impera­ Donnelly Markey Solarz tional Mediation Board. The Mediation Board tive that we bear in mind that Eastern was the Dorgan Martinez Spratt sixth largest carrier in the United States han­ Downey Matsui Staggers has advised the Chief Executive to appoint an Durbin Mavroules Stallings emergency board 34 times this century; this is dling more than 36 million passengers in Dwyer Mazzoli Stark the first time a president has refused to 1988. Failure to end this dispute and restore Dymally Mccloskey Stokes Eastern as a major carrier would drastically Dyson Mccurdy Studds comply with the Board's request. Early McDade Swift Texas Air, Eastern's parent company, has a undermine the competitiveness of our Na­ Eckart McDermott Synar history of troubled labor relations. Following tion's airline industry. An override of the Presi­ Edwards McGrath Tallon the acquisition of Continental Airlines, the dent's veto of H.R. 1231 and the formation of Engel McHugh Tanner a blue-ribbon panel to identify the cause of English McMlllen terminated all union contracts. Since Frank the disputes will help put Eastern back on its Espy Mfume Torres Lorenzo took control of Eastern nearly $900 feet and restore it as a viable competitor. Evans Miller (CA) Torricelli I urge my colleagues to join with me in Fascell Mineta Towns million in assets have been sold off. A bank­ Fazio Moakley Traficant ruptcy examiner has concluded that Texas Air voting to override the Presidential veto of H.R. Feighan Mollohan Traxler has unfairly drained as much as $400 million 1231. Flake Moody Udall from Eastern Airlines during this dispute. The previous question was ordered. Flippo Morrison Unsoeld Foglietta Mrazek Vento The mounting frustration and increased hos­ The SPEAKER pro tempore Washington tions would not be binding to either Eastern or the contrary notwithstanding? Gephardt Nelson Watkins March 7, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3633 Waxman Whittaker Wolpe The Clerk will notify the Senate of Next week, on Monday, March 12, Weiss Whitten Wyden Weldon Williams Yatron the action of the House. the House will meet at noon. No legis­ Wheat Wise YoungCAK> lative business is scheduled. On Tuesday, March 13, the House NAYS-160 will meet at noon and will proceed to Archer Hastert Quillen PERSONAL EXPLANATION Armey Hefley Ravenel consider two bills under suspension of Baker Henry Ray Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I the rules: Ballenger Herger Regula came to the House floor and voted to H.R. 2843, to establish Kino Mis­ Bartlett Hiler Rhodes override President Bush's veto of H.R. sions National Monument in the State Barton Holloway Ritter 1231, to establish an Eastern Airlines Bateman Hopkins Roberts of Arizona; and Bentley Houghton Rogers Labor Disputes Emergency Board. H.R. 1347, Panama Canal Act Bereuter Huckaby Rohrabacher However, for some reason my vote was Amendments of 1990. Bilirakis Hunter Ros-Lehtinen not electronically recorded. I wish to Bliley Hyde Roth On Wednesday, March 14, and Inhofe Saiki make it clear that I did vote to over­ Broomfield ride the President's veto. Thursday, March 15, the House will BrownCCO> Ireland Schaefer meet at noon on Wednesday and at 11 Buechner James Schiff I ask unanimous consent that this Bunning Kasich Schuette explanation be inserted immediately a.m. on Thursday. Members should be Burton Kolbe Schulze advised that the official photograph Byron Kyl Sensenbrenner after the recorded vote on H.R. 1231 in Callahan Lagomarsino Shaw the permanent CONGRESSIONAL will be taken immediately after the Chandler Leach CIA> Shays RECORD. House convenes at noon on Wednes­ Clinger Leath CTX> Shumway The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is day. We will then be taking up, on Coble Lehman Shuster both days, H.R. 3581, the Rural Eco­ Combest Lent Skeen there objection to the request of the Coughlin Lewis CCA> Slaughter CV A> gentleman from Michigan? nomic Development Act, subject to a Courter Lewis SmithCNE> There was no objection. rule. Cox Lightfoot Smith CTX) On Friday, March 16, the House will Crane Livingston SmithCVT> Dannemeyer Lowery CCA> Smith, Denny not be in session. DeLay Lukens, Donald (QR) EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURE Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I might DeWine Madigan Smith, Robert FOR OFFERING AMENDMENTS emphasize the point that was made by Dickinson Marlenee CNH> TO H.R. 3581, RURAL ECONOM­ DornanCCA> Martin CIL> Smith, Robert the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Douglas MartinCNY> COR) IC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1989 FRosT] with respect to the rule on Dreier McCandless Snowe McCrery Stangeland permission to address the House for any amendments that Members want Emerson McEwen Stearns minute.) to have considered will have to be Fawell McMillan CNC> Stenholm Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I would printed in the RECORD by the close of Fields Meyers Stump like to inform Members that the Com­ Fish Michel Sundquist business on Tuesday; is that not cor­ Frenzel Miller COH> Tauke mittee on Agriculture has requested a rect? Gallegly Miller CWA> Tauzin rule that would require amendments Mr. GEPHARDT. The gentleman is Gallo Montgomery Thomas CCA> be printed in the CONGRESSIONAL Gekas Moorhead ThomasCWY> correct. Gillmor Morella Upton RECORD prior to the consideration of Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, that is Goodling Morrison CWA> Valentine H.R. 3581, the Rural Economic Devel­ the extent of any questions I have to Goss Myers VanderJagt opment Act of 1989. It is anticipated ask, but I have one other thing: Later Gradison Nielson Vucanovich that the House will proceed to the Grandy Oxley Walker on in the month, on March 27, I be­ Grant Packard Weber consideration of the bill on Wednes­ lieve, we will observe the Eisenhower Green Parker Wilson day, March 14, 1990. Therefore, to Centennial Celebration, and it is my Gunderson Pashayan Wolf fully protect their rights Members Hall CTX> Paxon Wylie understanding that there has at least Hammerschmidt Petri Young should have their amendments printed been tentative approval for a joint Hancock Pickle in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD not later meeting that we might have on that Hansen Pursell than Tuesday, March 13, 1990. This date to commemorate the centennial ANSWERED ''PRESENT''-1 should allow Members ample time to of former President Eisenhower. prepare and file their amendments. Campbell CCA> Mr. GEPHARDT. Yes, Mr. Speaker; we will work with the gentleman and NOT VOTING-9 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM with other Members on that arrange­ Brooks Craig NealCNC) Clay Ford CTN) Solomon Yates permission to address the House for 1 Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I thank minute.) the distinguished gentleman. D 1445 Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I have I have no further questions, and I The Clerk announced the following asked for this 1 minute in order that I yield back the balance of my time. pair: might inquire of the distinguished ma- On this vote: jority leader concerning the program Mr. Yates and Mr. Ford of Tennessee for, for the balance of the day and the D 1450 with Mr. Craig against. week, and also what the prognostica- ADJOURNMENT FROM THURS­ Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming changed tions are for the following week.. · DAY, MARCH 8, 1990, _TO his vote from "yea" to "nay." Mr.. s~eak~r, I am ~appy to yield to MONDAY MARCH 12 1990 Mr. PORTER changed his vote from my d1stmgmshed friend, the gentle- ' ' "nay" to "yea." man from Missouri. Mr. GEPHARDT. Madam Speaker, I So, two-thirds not having voted in Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the favor thereof, the veto of the Presi­ thank the gentleman for yielding. House adjourns on Thursday, March dent was sustained and the bill was re­ Mr. Speaker, the business of the day 8, 1990, it adjourn to meet at noon on jected. is finished. On tomorrow, Thursday, Monday, March 12, 1990. The result of the vote was an­ March 8, the House will meet at 11, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. nounced as above recorded. but there will not be legislative busi- PATTERSON). Is there objection to the The SPEAKER. The message and ness. request of the gentleman from Missou- the bill are referred to the Committee On Friday, March 9, the House will ri? on Public Works and Transportation. not be in session. There was no objection. 3634 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 HOUR OF MEETING ON commend the sponsor of this legisla­ cestors of the Sierra Miwok, known as the Ah­ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990 tion, the gentleman from California wahneechee or Yosemite Indians, entered Mr. GEPHARDT. Madam Speaker, I [Mr. LEHMAN], for this effort to recog­ higher elevations of the Sierra from the Cen­ ask unanimous consent that when the nize the creation of Yosemite National tral Valley of California. Non-Indian adventur­ House adjourns on Tuesday, March 13, Park with a grant in 1864, and, since ers did not arrive until 1833 when, it is be­ 1990, it adjourn to meet at noon on that time, the work that has been lieved, the famous Joseph Walker party skirt­ Wednesday, March 14, 1990. done in creating a pioneering park ed the cliffs of Yosemite Valley in search of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is management within Yosemite Nation­ new fur-trapping territory. In 1851 Major there objection to the request of the al Park. It was established for pur­ James D. Savage led the Mariposa Battalion gentleman from Missouri? poses of preservation of the resources into Yosemite Valley in pursuit of Indians. There was no objection. that contribute to its uniqueness and its attractiveness, and, whereas the The first tourists came to Yosemite in 1855 Congress recognized the importance of with a party organized by James M. Hutch­ DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR this undertaking, I think it is impor­ ings, who was the publisher of California Mag­ WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON tant that we share that recognition azine. Hutchings' visit marked the beginning of WEDNESDAY NEXT today and use this occasion to com­ Yosemite as an attraction for nature lovers and tourists. One of those early visitors to Mr. GEPHARDT. Madam Speaker, I memorate its centennial. Mr. HORTON. Madam Speaker, fur­ Yosmite was Horace Greeley, who wrote: "I ask unanimous consent that the busi­ know no single wonder of Nature on Earth ness in order under the Calendar ther reserving the right to object, I also want to acknowledge the fact that which can claim a superiority over Yosemite." Wednesday rule be dispensed with on Landscape painters such as Albert Bierstadt Wednesday next. the gentleman from California [Mr. LAGOMARSINO] is a cosponsor of this and Thomas Moran lent their talents to ideal­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is ized portraits of Yosemite and photographers there objection to the request of the legislation. I support the legislation and urge its adoption. such as C.C. Weed and Carleton Watkins ex­ gentleman from Missouri? hibited their Yosemite works in New York gal­ There was no objection. Mr. LEHMAN of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House Joint Resolu­ leries. It was only a matter of time until both tion 398, a bill to commemorate the centenni­ protection and promotion of Yosemite became REPORT ON OPERATION OF al of the creation by Congress of Yosemite a cause of California and for the Nation. SECTION 232 OF THE TRADE National Park. I urge all of my colleagues to Although Yosemite's official birthday is Oc­ EXPANSION ACT OF 1962-MES­ join me in support of this resolution. tober 1, 1890, when Congress designated the SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT I have the great honor to represent Yosemi­ region surrounding Yosemite Valley as a re­ OF THE UNITED STATES te National Park-a premier national park and serve, in a symbolic sense Yosemite is the The SPEAKER pro tempore laid World Heritage Site. Last year, I introduced first and oldest national park in the world. In befcre the House the following mes­ this legislation to help celebrate President 1864, a businessman wrote California Senator sage from the President of the United Benjamin Harrison's decision, on October 1, John Conness to request that he introduce a States, which was read and, together 1890, to sign into law an act that set aside bill to preserve Yosemite Valley and the Mari­ with the accompanying papers, with­ "reserved forest lands" surrounding Yosemite posa Grove of Giant Sequoias-"to prevent out objection, referred to the Commit­ Valley. It is this date which has been formally occupation and especially to preserve the tee on Ways and Means: recognized as the establishment of Yosemite trees in the Valley from destruction." On June as a national park for all the people of the 30, 1864 President Abraham Lincoln signed To the Congress of the United States: United States. into law the first scenic reservation in America Pursuant to the provisions of section In addition to commemorating the creation for public enjoyment, which came to be known 232(e)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of the park, my legislation also pays tribute to as the Yosemite grant. The Federal Govern­ of 1962, as amended <19 U.S.C. what I believe is the finest national park in ment granted Yosemite Valley and the Mari­ 1862(d)(2)), I transmit herewith the America. Covering over 1,200 square miles, posa Big Trees, covering 60 square miles, to report on the operation of section 232 Yosemite National Park lies in the Sierra the State of California to preserve the area's of the act during fiscal year 1989. Nevada mountains in Central California with outstanding scenic qualities. This first set­ the San Joaquin Valley to the west and the GEORGE BUSH. aside of land at Yosemite by the U.S. Govern­ Great Basin to the east. Yosemite contains THE WHITE HOUSE, March 7, 1990. ment was the birth of the national park system the headwaters of the Tuolumne and Merced idea and the birth of State park systems Rivers and is known worldwide for such land­ throughout America. COMMEMORATING THE CENTEN­ marks as Half Dome, Bridalveil Fall, El Capi­ California administration of Yosemite Valley NIAL OF THE CREATION OF tan and, of course, Yosemite Valley itself. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK Yosemite's history and its geography are and the Mariposa Big Trees. continued until Mr. SAWYER. Madam Speaker, I stories of the American people and our rela­ 1905-06 when California relinquished its own­ ask unanimous consent that the Com­ tionship to the landscape. As Yosemite's ership and President Theodore Roosevelt mittee on Post Office and Civil Service · 1OOth birthday approaches, it is time to reread signed a Federal law accepting the return of be discharged from further consider­ these stories of our past so that we can apply the Yosemite grant. The Yosemite grant was ation of the joint resolution

39-059 0-91-19 (Pt. 3) 3646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 0 1610 world and if we are serious about pro­ today because of the policies instituted IN DEFENSE OF THE MAJORITY moting economic reform and political by a Democratic President, Harry LEADER'S SPEECH reform in the Soviet Union, we will Truman, who is now much revered by not listen to the voices we have heard a gentleman on that side of the aisle The SPEAKER pro tempore

EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL Reports of various House committees concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized by them during the fourth quarter of 1989, as well as reports of the delegations to the North Atlantic Assembly, in connection with foreign travel pursuant to Public Law 95-384, are as follows:

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989

Date Per diem 1 Transportatioo other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Mr. Bert R. Pena ...... 11/4 11/9 Hong Kong ...... 8,200.50 1,050,00 ...... 1,050.00 11/9 11/10 Japan ...... 195.00 ...... 195.00 Commercial transportation ...... 2,673.00 ...... 2,673.00 Mr. John Hogan ...... 11/14 11/12 Hong Kong ...... 8,200.50 1,050.00 ...... 1,050.00 Commercial transportation ...... 2,339.00 ...... 2,339.00 other expenditures: Embassy personnel ...... 455.92 58.35 ...... 58.35 Representation...... 77.50 ...... 77.50 March 7, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3663 REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989-Continued

Date Per diem' Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency•

Committee total ...... 2,295.00 .... 5,070.35 77.50 7,442.85

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended.

Ede la GARZA, Chairman, Feb. 12, 1990.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total

Name of Member or employee Country U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Departure Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency• currency 2 currency 2 currency•

Hon. John Murtha ...... 10/7 10/9 Panama ...... 66.67 ...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,601.67 Hon. John Murtha ...... 12/15 12/16 United States...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 12/16 12/16 El Salvador ...... 89.00 ...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,624.00 Hon. John Murtha .... 12/28 12/29 Panama ...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,535.00 Hon. John Porter...... 11/30 12/3 Taiwan ...... 777.00 ...... 777.00 12/3 12/6 Hong Kong ...... 630.00 ...... 630.00 Commercial transportation ...... 4,593.00 ...... 4,593.00 Hon. Carl Pursell ...... 11/25 12/3 Japan ...... 1,800.00 ...... 1,800.00 Commercial transportation ...... 2,715.00 ...... 2,715.00 Delacroix Davis...... 12/6 12/9 United States...... 500.00 ...... 500.00 12/9 12/14 New Zealand...... 636.00 ...... 636.00 12/14 12/17 Antarctica ...... 12/18 12/18 New Zealand ...... 159.00 ...... 159.00 12/19 12/21 United States...... 255.00 ...... 255.00 Commercial transportation...... 5,388.31 ...... 5,388.31 Robert V. Davis...... 12/4 12/5 Panama ...... 360.00 ...... 360.00 12/5 12/7 Colombia ...... 290.00 ...... 290.00 Military transportation ...... Richard E. Efford ...... 11/27 11/27 Netherlands...... 164.00 ...... 164.00 11/28 12/4 France ...... 1,288.00 ...... 118.00 ...... 1,406.00 12/5 12/5 Italy ...... 179.00 ...... 179.00 12/6 12/12 England...... 1,373.00 ...... · 76.80 ...... 1,449.80 Commercial transportation ...... 2,135.40 ...... 2,135.40 Henry E. Moore...... 11/27 12/8 Germany...... 836.00 ...... 45.00 ...... 881 .00 Commercial transportation ...... 4,379.00 ...... 4,379.00 Terry R. Peel...... 12/10 12/12 U.S.S.R...... 544.00 ...... 18.00 ...... 562.00 12/12 12/13 Italy...... 208.00 ...... 208.00 12/13 12/18 Israel...... 830.00 ...... 12.00 ...... 842.00 12/18 12/19 United Kingdom ...... 217.00 ...... 108.00 ...... 325.00 Commercial transportation ...... 5,559.00 ...... 5,559.00 John G. Plashal...... 10/7 10/8 Panama...... 66.67 ...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,601.67 John G. Plashal ...... 12/15 12/16 United States...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 12/16 12/16 El Salvador ...... 89.00 ...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,624.00 John G. Plashal...... 12/28 12/29 Panama ...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,535.00 Donald E. Richbourg ...... 10/7 10/8 Panama...... 66.67 ...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,601.67 Donald E. Richbourg ...... 12/28 12/29 Panama...... 1,535.00 ...... 1,535.00 Paul E. Thomson ...... 12/4 12/9 United States...... 571.50 ...... 144.86 ...... 716.36 12/10 12/14 New Zealand ...... 636.00 ...... 344.00 ...... 980.00 12/14 12/18 Antarctica ...... 12/18 12/18 New Zealand ...... 159.00 ...... 159.00 12/19 12/21 United States...... 255.00 ...... 255.00 Commercial transportation ...... 3,516.73 ...... 3,516.73 Committee total ...... 13,195.51 41,295.10 ...... 138.00 ...... 54,628.61 Appropriations, surveys and investigations staff: Fred Brugger...... 12/4 12/7 Colombia ...... 307.00 1,589.59 ...... 63.00 ...... 1,959.59 Carroll L. Hauver ...... 10/25 10/28 Argentina ...... 371.00 3,553.00 .. 273.94 ...... 4,197.94 10/29 11/1 Peru ...... 343.00 ...... 343.00 11/1 11/3 Mexico ...... 229.50 ...... 229.50 12/3 12/ 5 Panama ...... 190.00 ...... 38.40 ...... 228.40 12/5 12/7 Colombia ...... 221 .00 ...... 221.00 William P. Haynes ...... 10/23 10/25 Ecuador ...... 231.25 ...... 3,411.00 ...... 59.48 ...... 3,701.73 10/26 11/1 Brazil...... 656.50 ...... 656.50 11/1 11/4 Bolivia ...... 231.00 ...... 231.00 Henry P. McDonald ...... 10/25 10/29 Argentia ...... 371.00 ...... 3,553.00 ...... 277.24 ...... 4,201.24 10/29 11/1 Peru ...... 343.00 ...... 343.00 11/1 11/3 Mexico ...... 229.50 ...... 229.50 12/3 12/5 Panama ...... 190.00 ...... 25.92 ...... 215.92 12/5 12/7 Colombia ...... 221 .00 ...... 221.00 Robert H. Pearre...... 10/23 10/25 Ecuador ...... 231.25 ...... 3,411.00 ...... 56.12 ...... 3,698.37 10/26 11/1 Brazil ...... 656.50 ...... 656.50 11/1 11/4 Bolivia ...... 231 .00 ...... 231.00 Robert J. Reitwiesner ...... 10/23 10/26 Ecuador ...... 231 .25 ...... 51.27 ...... 282.52 10/26 11/1 Brazil ...... 580.75 ...... 580.75 R.W. Vandergrift ...... 10/25 10129 Argentia ...... 396.00 ...... 3,659.00 ...... 372.10 ...... 4,427.10 10/29 11/1 Peru ...... 343.00 ...... 343.00 11/1 11/2 Mexico ...... 153.00 ...... 153.00 12/3 12/5 Panama ...... 190.00 ...... 26.20 ...... 216.20 12/5 12/7 Qilornbia ...... 221.00 ...... 221.00 Committee total ...... 7,368.50 ...... 19,176,59 ...... 243.67 ...... 27,788.76

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Chairman, Feb. 5, 1990. 3664 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEEON EDUCATION AND LABOR, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total

Name of Member or employee Country U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Departure Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Representative A. Hawkins ...... 12/14 12/17 Japan ...... 931.00 ...... 4,350.13 ...... 5,881.13 12/18 12/21 Korea ...... 600.00 ...... Representative C. Hayes ...... 12/1 4 12/17 Japan ...... 931 .00 ...... 4,350.13 ········································································ 5,881.13 12/18 12/21 Korea...... 600.00 ...... Carole Stringer ...... 12/14 12/17 Japan ...... 931.00 ...... 4,350.13 ...... 5,881.13 12/18 12/21 Korea ...... 600.00 ...... Andrew Hartman ...... 12/14 12/17 Japan ...... 931.00 ...... 4,350.13 ...... 5,881.13 12/18 12/21 Korea ...... 600.00 ...... Barbara Dandridge ...... 12/14 12/17 Japan ...... 931 .00 ...... 4,102.23 ...... 5,633.23 12/18 12/21 Korea ...... 600.00 ...... ·················· ··· ······· ······································· Committee total ...... 7,655.00 ...... 21,502.75 ················· ············· ················ ·· ························ 29,157.75 • Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended.

GUS HAWKINS, Chairman, Feb. 6, 1990.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989

Date Per diem' Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Michael Ba rrett ...... 10/12 10/16 Belgium ...... 732.00 ...... 732.00 348.00 l~~l~ l~~rn ~~~~o71 iivakia:::: : ::::::::: :::: : ::::: : :::::::::: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :: m:~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 196.00 1 1,489.00 i~m l~~~~ ~~laiid: ::: ::: :: : :::::::::: :: : :: ::::::: :::: : ::::::::: :::: ::: :: ::: ::::::::::: : :: ::::: ::: :: :::: ·im~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 668.00 Commercial airfare...... 5,399.00 ...... 5,399.00 David Nelson ...... 10/12 10/16 Belgium...... 732.00 ...... 732.00 0 348.00 l~~ l ~ l~~l~ ~:t~71ova kia:::::::::::::: ::::::::: : ::::: :: ::: :: ::::::::: :: :::::::::::: :::::: ::::: :: :::: m:~~ ::::::::::_::::::::::::: :: ::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 196.00 10/19 10/25 Italy ...... 1,489.00 ...... 1,489.00 10/26 10/30 Thailand ...... 668.00 ...... 668.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,399.00 ...... 5,399.00 Stephen Sims...... 10/12 10/16 Belgium ...... 732.00 ...... 732.00 348.00 l~~l~ l~~l~ ~~~t~iova"kia ::::: :::: :::::::::::::: : ::: ::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: : : :::::::::::::: m:~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 196.00 10/19 10/25 Italy ...... 1,489.00 ...... 1,489.00 10/26 10/30 Thailand ...... 668.00 ...... 668.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,399.00 ...... 5,399.00 John Sheik ...... 10/12 10/16 Belgium ...... 732.00 ...... 732.00 348.00 l~~l~ l~~l~ ~~~f~1ova~~ia::: : ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::: : :::::: ::::::::::::::::: :: ::::::::::::::::::: m:~~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 196.00 10/19 10/25 Italy ...... 1,489.00 ...... 1,489.00 10/26 10/30 Thailand ...... 668.00 ...... 668.00 Commercial airfare...... 5,399.00 ...... 5,399.00 Peter CoStocmmkteornci:a··i··a··,:rf··a··r·e···. ·.·. ·.·.·.·.·. ·.·.·. ·.·. ·.·. ·.·. ·. ·.·.·..· ·.·.·.·.·.·.. ··.· .·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·. ·.·. ·.·.. . 10/31 11/02 Hong Kong ...... 630.00 ...... 630.00 ··················· ····· ·· ········ ...... 1,851.00 ··· ···································· ································· 1,851.00 Bruce Chafin ...... 10/31 11/02 Hong Kong...... 630.00 ...... 630.00 Commercial airfare...... 1,851.00 ...... 1,851.00 John Hambel ...... 10/31 11/02 Hong Kong...... 630.00 ...... 630.00 Commercial airfare...... 1,851.00 ...... 1,851.00 DavidCoFinmnmege~cniaTa..1.. ifa .. re···.·.·.·. ·.·. .·.··. ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·..··.· .·.·.·.·. .·.··.·.·.·.·.·.· .·. ·.·.. ··. ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·. ... 11/15 11/18 Switzerland...... 398.00 ...... 398.00 ...... ·················· ·· ············· ····· ···························· ··· ···················································· ·· ························· 2,417.00 ...... 2,417.00 Teresa Gorman ...... 11/15 11/18 Switzertand...... 398.00 ...... 398.00 2,417.00 416.00 nm w~:~:%~::-~:;:::::::::: :::::::: : : : :::::::::: : ::: : ::: ::::::: ::::: : :: :~~~~~ ::::::::::: :~~~~~: ::: : ~'.~~~::::: :::::::: ::: :: ::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::::::: ::: :::: : :::: : :::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :: :~~~:~~:::::::::::::::::: ::::::::---··· ··~:::~:~~··::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::: :::: : ::::::: :::: :::: ::: : :: ::: :::::::: 981.00 Joe Barton MC 3 ...... 11/12 11/14 Switzerland ...... Commercial airfare ...... 1,337.00 ...... 1,337.00 Code! Expenses· ~~~~~~'.~.:::::::::::::::::: :: :::::::: : : ::::: :::::: : : : ::: : :::: : : ::: :: ::: : ::: ::: :::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::··::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::··:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: 1rnrn :::::::::::::::::::::::: lrnrn Committee total ...... 16,834.00 ...... 34,301.00 ······ 13,484.33 ...... 64,619.33 ' Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currer.cy is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Per diem will be filed on supplemental report. JOHN D. DINGELL, Chairman.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989

Date Per diem• Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency•

Warner Session ...... IJ/7 11/8 France...... 1,266.54 202.00 ...... 1266.54 202.00 11/8 11/14 1 Kenneth Salaets ...... 11/7 11/8 rr:~~~r-~".~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: l:~~rn m : ~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... ~~~:~~ .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::·········1255:54·· ·~~~ : ~~ 11/8 11/14 West Germany...... 1,503.89 816.00 ...... 860.79 ...... 1,676.79 Hon. Steven Schiff ...... 11/9 11/10 Panama...... 206.00 ...... 3 5,963.48 ...... 6,169.48 11/10 11/12 Peter Barash ...... 12/13 12/17 ~r~:~~.~. ::: : ::::::::::::::: :::: ::::: : : :: :: : : :: ::::: :: ::::::::::::::········ 4:999:25 · · ··· · ·····535:00··::::::::::::::::::::::::······ .. 2:667:27 .. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: ::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::· ·· ···· "J:sorn 12/17 12/19 Belgium ...... 14,880 400.00 259.84 ...... 659.84 March 7, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3665 REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989-Continued

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent foreign equivalent foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency• currency• currency•

12/19 12/22 Spain ...... 113,730 1,020.00 ...... 113,730 1,020.00 Theodore Jacobs ...... 12/13 12/17. France ...... 4,999.28 836.00 ...... 2,667.27 ...... 3,503.27 12/17 12/19 12/19 12/22 ='~u.~.: ::: ::::::::::::: :: : :::: :::::: :: ::: ::: :::::::::::::::::::: :::: l~rn~ l.~~~:~~ ::::::::::::::::::······ ....~~~ : ~~ .. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::·········113:730·· l.~~~ : ~~ Peter Vroom ...... 12/13 12/17 France ...... 4,999.28 836.00 ...... 2,667.27 ...... 3,503.27 12/17 12/19 Beglium ...... 14,880 400.00 ...... 259.84 ...... 659.84 12/19 12/22 Spain ...... 113,730 1,020.00 ...... 113,730 1,020.00 Donald Upson ...... 12/13 12/17 France...... 4,999.28 836.00 ...... 3,503.27 12/17 12/19 Beglium ...... __14_ ,8_80___ 40_0 ._00_._····_···_·· ··_···_····_···_·· __2_59_ .8_4_.. _.... _ ... _.... _.... _ ... _ ... _.... _ ... ._... _.... _ ... _.. .. _ ... _.... _ ... _.... _ ... _.... _ ... _... __65_9 .8_4 Committee total ...... 10,246.00 ...... 19,393.50 ········································ ·············· 29,639.50

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Military aircraft per person.

JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Chairman, Jan. 31, 1990.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989

Date Per diem' Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent foreign equivalent foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency•

Hon. Chuck Douglas...... 12/1 12/2 Panama ...... 66.00 ...... 66.00 12/2 12/3 Honduras ...... 70.00 ...... :...... 70.00 Military transportation...... 1,667.33 ...... 1,667.33 1 1 1 Nora ~nieiciai ..ifaiiswrta!ioo ·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ..... ~'..~ ...... ~~'.. .~7...... t.a~~ :::::::::: :::: :::::::::::: :: :: :::: : :: :: :: ::::::. ·· ···· ·· ········::: :::::: :::::::::::::::::: ...... ~ :~ ~~:~~ ········· ··· ········ ···············11s:1i0"·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ·~m~ Mary McGillis ...... 12/ll 12/17 Italy ...... 1,248.00 ...... 1,248.00 Commercial transportation ...... 775.00 ...... 775.00 Cordia Strom ...... 12/11 12/17 Italy ...... 1,248.00 ...... 1,248.00 Commercial transportation...... 767 .00 ...... 767.00 Hayden Gregory...... 12/13 12/15 Colombia ...... 198.00 ...... 56.80 ...... 254.80 1 1 Hon. ~~ti'dw~:;rss~~.~~~~~::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : : :·· ·· 12115 ··· ······ · ··12119 ·· · · ·czechosi

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 11 foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. JACK BROOKS, Chairman.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1989

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total

U.S. doll~r U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency• currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Hon. J. Dennis Hastert...... 10/27 10/28 Panama ...... 306.00 ...... 306.00 ...... 10/28 10/29 Nicaragua ...... 10/29 10/30 El Salvador ...... 12?:00··::::::::::::::::::::: .. :.. ···3·2:759:t3""::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::········2:sss:13 Committee total ...... 433.00 ...... 2,759.13 ...... 3,192.13

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Military transport. GLENN M. ANDERSON, Chairman, Jan. 31 , 1990.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL; NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY DELEGATION TO THE NETHERLANDS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 14 AND APR. 17, 1989

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency• currency•

Hon. Jack Brooks...... 4/14/89 4/17 /89 Netherlands ...... 492.00 ...... Military transportation ...... 5,587 .40 ...... 6,079.40 Hon. Charles Rose...... 4/14/89 4/17/89 Netherlands ...... 492.00 ...... Military transportation ...... 5,587.40 ...... 6,079.40 Peter Abbruuese ...... 4/14/89 4/17/89 Netherlands ...... 492.00 ...... Military transportation ...... 5,587.40 ...... 6,079.40 Arch W. Roberts ...... 4/14/89 4/17 /89 Netherlands ...... 494.00 ...... Military transportation ...... 5,587.40 ...... 6,079.40 3666 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 199q REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY DELEGATION TO THE NETHERLANDS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 14 AND APR. 17, 1989-Continued

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency• currency• currency 2 currency • Committee total ...... 1,968.00 ...... 22,349.60 24,317.60

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended.

JACK BROOKS, June 27, 1989.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY DELEGATION TO ROME, ITALY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 5 AND OCT. 10, 1989

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency • currency 2 currency• currency•

Hon. ~im:~ · tia~s;:~ai'ioii ...... 1016 10110 1ta1y ...... 1,015.oo ...... 4: 73:22" ::: ...... : : 8 5888 22 Charles Rose ...... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::····10;5·.... ·······10;10 .... 'iiaiY-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::··:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::········1:015:00 .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::...... Military transportation ...... 4,873.22 ...... 5,888.22 Hon. Jack Brooks...... 10/6 10/10 Italy...... 1,015.00 ...... Military transportation...... 4,873.22 ...... 5,888.22 Hon. Ron Oellums ...... 10/6 10/10 Italy ...... 1,015.00 ...... 5888 22 Hon. ~~:~m~~~~~~~.~~'.~~ ::::::::::::::::: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::: .. ·· 10;5······ ...... 10;10··· .. iiaiY- ::::: ...... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :::::::::···· ··1:01s:oo··:::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... ~ : ~~~ : ~~ .. :::: :: :::::::::::::::::::::··:.. ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... · · Hon. ~i~~~: ~~r;r.~.~~.i~~ :::::::::::::::::::::: : :::::::::::::::::::::: ··· · 10;s ...... 10;10·.. ..iiaiY- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::········1:015:00 .. :: :::::::::::::::::::::: 4,873.22 ...... s:888:22 Hon. ~i~tag:n~s~~.~~.~~:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .. ··10;5··············10;10···· ·iiaiY-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::: ::::::: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::········1:01s:oo··::::::::::::::::::::::::.. : ~ '. ~fr~~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~ : ~~~ : ~~ Military transportation ...... 4,873.22 ...... 5,388.22 Hon. Gerald Solomon ...... 10/6 10/10 Italy...... 1,015.00 ...... Hon. J~i~~~ J~~fan~~~~~~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::: :::::: : : .. ··10;5··············10;10···· ·iiaiY-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::······.. 1:015:00 .. :::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... ~ : ~~~ : ~~ .. :::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::: ...... ~ : ~~~:~~ :: r.~~ ::;: ::;:: ::~ ::::::: ;:::::: < > ::::: Military transportation ...... 4,873.22 ...... ·:::::::::::::::::::::::·::········5;888:22 Hon. Sherwood Boehlert...... 10/6 10110 Italy ...... 1,015.oo ...... 4: 73:22":: :::::: .. :··· ····· ·· ······· ··············· ·· ...... : : 8 5888 22 Hon. 1~~itMZ~~~~~~.~~!~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::: : ::::::::::::::::::::··· · 101s · ···········10;10···· ·itaiy:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::· ·····1:01s:oa··:::::::: ... Military transportation...... ··4;873:22":::::::::··:::::::::::...... ·· ::::::::::::::::::::::::::········s.888.22 1015 00 Hon. ~~fif:ryR~~ak;:rtaiiiiii ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : ::::: : ::: ....~~'..~ ...... ~~'..~~··· · .'.~.~'.~.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::. · · ····· ·· ...... 4;873:22"::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::· 5,888.22 Hon. John J. Brady ...... 10/6 10/10 Italy ...... 1,015.00 ...... Military transportation ...... 4,873.22 ...... 5,888.22 Peter =~~fr:risiiiirtalioii:: : :::: ::::: : :::::::: : ::::::::::::::::::::::: .... ~~'..~ ...... ~~'..~~··· · .'.~~ '. ~ ::::::::::: :: ::::::::::: ...... :::::::::::::::::::::··:::::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... ~ : ~~~:~~ .. :::::··· ························4:873:22"::::::::::::: ...... ::: .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... 5;888:22 ::~~~~~r~~~~~~~~~~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :::: · ·· ~~~: ··· ~~~~~· ··· . ;;::~ :: : ::::::: : :::::: :: ::::::::: : : : ::::: : :::::: : : : :::::::: : ::: : ::::::: :: ::::::::. ~ : ~~:Z ·::: ······::: .. ::::::::: ~:~~~ : ~~ :: : ::::::: : :: : :: : :::: : :::: ::: :::::::::: : ::::::: :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::: · · · ·· · · s:888:22 Military1 transportation ...... 4,873.22 ...... 5,888.22 :l],E= ::;: ::;~: ;.~ ;:::::: . :: :::~ ::::::: Military transportation...... 2,436.61 ...... 4,829.61 Arch ~iu~:1r~iiSiiiiiiaiiiiii :::::::::: ..... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .... ~~'..~ ...... ~~'..~~ · · ·· . '.~~'.~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :::::::::::::::::: ...... ~~~ : ~~ .. ::::::::::: ...... -2:436:61"::::: ::::::::: .. :::::::::::.:: ...... :::::::::::::::::::::·······'3:248:61 Robertr!i:~~siraiiSPiirta!iciii ·: :: : : :::::::::::::: :: : : ::::::::::::::: .. .. ~~'..~ ...... ~~'..~ ...... '.~~'.~ :::: : : : :::::::: : : :: ::::: .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::·· :: ...... ~ : ~~~ : ~~ .. ::::...... ·1:361:89 .. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: St~J:~~fa~~:::¥= ::: : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~~ ::: : ::::::: : :: ~~ ~ ~ :::::: : ~~~~~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: ::::::::::::: : :::::::::::::::::::::::::: .. ::.. ············812:00 .. :::::::::::::::::::::::: · ··· · ·~ : ;~: : ~~ ··:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :::::::::::: : ::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... ~ : ~~~:~~ Military transportation...... ·····:::::::::::::::::::::::::::· .::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2,436.61 ...... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::·····················(626:61 Committee total...... 23 ,954.00 ...... 111,328.73 ...... 135,282.73

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended.

DANTE B. FASCELL, Chairman.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, the speaker's table and referred as fol­ posed letter of offer and acceptance ETC. lows: CLOAl to Japan for defense articles ; to the Committee on the Committee of the Whole House on the and Technology; Energy and Commerce; Government Operations. State of the Union. 2661. A letter from the Chairman, Inter­ and Public Works and Transportation. national Trade Commission, transmitting a By Mr. GREEN: copy of the annual report in compliance PUBLIC BILLS AND H.R. 4211. A bill to amend the Age Dis­ crimination in Employment Act of 1967 with the government in the Sunshine Act RESOLUTIONS for calendar year 1989, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. with respect to administrative proceedings 552b(j); to the Committee on Government Under clause 5 of rule X and clause applicable to claims of discrimination in Operations. 4 of rule XXII, public bills and resolu­ Federal employment; to the Committee on 2662. A letter from the Archivist, National tions were introduced and severally re­ Education and Labor. Archives, transmitting a report on activities ferred as follows: By Mr. HAYES of Louisiana: under the Freedom of Information Act for H.R. 4212. A bill to amend the Internal By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the calendar year 1989, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. himself, Mr. LENT, Mr. HUBBARD, Mr. 552Cd); to the Committee on Government expenditures for conservation measures to DAVIS, and Mr. TAUZIN): protect wetlands of the United States, and Operations. H.R. 4205. A bill to authorize appropria­ 2663. A letter from the Chairman, Nation­ for other purposes; to the Committee on tions for fiscal year 1991 for the Maritime Ways and Means. al Endowment for the Arts, transmitting a Administration, and for other purposes; to report on activities under the Freedom of By Mr. LEHMAN of California (for the Committee on Merchant Marine and himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. PELOSI, Information Act for the calendar year 1989, Fisheries. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552Cd>; to the Commit­ By Mr. ACKERMAN ; to the Committee on Interi­ to monitor and improve air quality in re­ the duty on P-Tolualdehyde (p-TaD; to the or and Insular Affairs. gions along the border between the United Committee on Ways and Means. 2668. A letter from the Deputy Associate States and the United States of Mexico; By Mr. RUSSO (for himself and Mr. Director for Collection and Disbursement, jointly, to the Committees on Foreign Af­ SCHUMER): Department of the Interior, transmitting fairs and Energy and Commerce. H.R. 4216. A bill to require the Export­ notice of proposed refunds of excess royalty By Mr. CROCKETT (for himself, Mr. Import Bank of the United States to supple­ payments in OCS areas, pursuant to 43 SYNAR, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. DELLUMS, ment the financing of United States exports U.S.C. 1339Cb>; to the Committee on Interi­ Mr. DE LuGo, Mr. OWENS of New to Eastern European countries with emerg­ or and Insular Affairs. York, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. ing market economies until the developed 2669. A letter from the Marshal of the Su­ FASCELL, Mr. BLAz, Mr. LEwis of countries agree to eliminate the use of tied preme Court of the United States, transmit­ California, Mr. HAYES of Illinois, Mr. aid and partially untied aid credits for com­ ting the annual report on the cost of the STOKES, Mr. GRAY, Mr. SENSENBREN­ merical purposes with respect to such East­ protective function provided by the Su­ NER, Mr. FISH, Mr. SANGMEISTER, Mr. ern European countries; to the Committee preme Court Police, to Justices, official HUGHES, Mr. FORD of Tennessee, Mr. on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. guests, and employees of the Court, pursu­ FAUNTROY, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. JEN­ By Mr. SCHIFF: ant to 40 U.S.C. 13n(c); to the Committee on KINS, Mr. HARRIS, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. H.R. 4217. A bill to authorize the National the Judiciary, March 7, 1990. HAWKINS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MFUME, Aeronautics and Space Administration to 2670. A letter from the Chairman, Cultur­ Mr. Flake, Mrs. COLLINS, and Mr. purchase approximately 8 acres of land at al Property Advisory Committee, transmit- TOWNS): the Fort Sumner Municipal Airport, De 3668 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 7, 1990 Baca County, NM; to the Committee on Sci­ Public Works and Transportation Commit­ H.R. 3346: Mr. McEWEN, Mr. FALEOMA- ence, Space, and Technology, tee; considered and agreed to. VAEGA, and Mr. WALSH. By Mrs. SMITH of Nebraska: By Mr. WEISS (for himself, Mr. H.R. 3464: Mr. TAUZIN. H.R. 4218. A bill to direct the Secretary of PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. WOLPE, H.R. 3471: Mr. WALGREN. Agriculture to establish an environmental Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. GRAY, H.R. 3500: Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas and reserve program for erodible cropland, pas­ Mr. CROCKETT, Mr. DREIER of Cali­ Mr. SKELTON. tureland, and converted wetlands, and for fornia, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MRAZEK, H.R. 3509: Mr. CALLAHAN and Mr. SKEL­ other purposes; to the Committee on Agri­ Mr. DYMALLY, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. TON. culture. DONALD E. LUKENS, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. H.R. 3581: Mr. McEWEN, Mr. WOLPE, Mr. By Mr. SYNAR (for himself, Mr. PA­ BERMAN, Mr. McCLOSKEY, Mr. GEJD­ UDALL, and Mr. HALL of Texas. NETTA, and Mr. Glickman): ENSON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. MORRI­ H.R. 3595: Mr. LENT, Mr. LEWIS of Florida, H.R. 4219. A bill to amend the Federal In­ SON of Connecticut, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. PETRI, Mr. WILSON, and secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to FusTER, Mr. Bosco, Mr. LEVINE of Mr. WHITTAKER. reform the provisions of such act governing California, Mr. FEIGHAN, Mr. RANGEL, H.R. 3604: Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. DONALD E. exported pesticides, and for other purposes; Mr. HAYES of Illinois, Mr. WASHING­ LUKENS, Mr. McGRATH, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. jointly, to the Committees on Agriculture, TON, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. SMITH of Flori­ HANCOCK, Mr. BALLENGER, and Mr. RAVENEL. Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs. da, Mr. MFUME, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. H.R. 3615: Mr. ROE, Mr. WISE, Mr. LEWIS By Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming: DELLUMS, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. of Georgia, and Mr. OWENS of Utah. H.R. 4220. A bill to repeal the Asbestos FRANK, Mr. OWENS of Utah, Mr. COL­ H.R. 3643: Mr. UPTON. Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 LINS, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. PENNY, Mr. and amendments made by such act, and for KENNEDY, Mr. BOEHLERT, and Mr. H.R. 3664: Mr. WATKINS. other purposes; to the Committee on FAUNTROY): H.R. 3693: Mr. HUGHES, Mr. DWYER of Energy and Commerce. H. Res. 354. Resolution expressing the New Jersey, Mr. FRANK, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. By Mr. WISE is amended by adding GRANDY, Mr. LEWIS of Florida, Mr. HORTON, TER of New York, and Mrs. UNSOELD. at the end the following: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HUTTO, Mr. LEVIN of H. Con. Res. 130: Ms. SLAUGHTER of New "(g) RESEARCH GRANTS.- Michigan, Mr. OWENS of Utah, Ms. SNOWE, York. "( 1) IN GENERAL.-ln addition to the pro­ Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. H. Con. Res. 140: Mr. GRANDY. grams already conducted under this section, HYDE, Mr. McCOLLUM, Mr. VANDERJAGT, Mr. H. Con. Res. 232: Mr. Goss. the Secretary shall also establish and carry CONDIT, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. H. Con. Res. 249: Mr. DWYER of New out a program to award competitive re­ BUECHNER, Mr. CARR, Mr. ROYBAL, Mr. Jersey, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. Bus­ search grants to land-grant colleges and uni­ HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. TAUKE, Mr. DINGELL, TAMANTE, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. versities, research foundations, and centers Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COYNE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. PERKINS, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. established by land-grant universities, State AuC01N, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. DOWNEY, Mr. HERTEL, Mr. COLEMAN of Texas, Mr. VOLK­ agricultural experiment stations, and to all SMITH of Iowa, Mr. WELDON, Mr. HOYER, Ms. MER, Mr. STAGGERS, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. RICH­ colleges and universities having demonstra­ 0AKAR, Mr. BATEMAN, and Mr. HANSEN. ARDSON, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. ble capability in rural development re­ H.J. Res. 475: Mr. DIXON, Mr. WALGREN, DYSON, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. search, as determined by the Secretary, to Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MORRISON of Washington, ROWLAND of Connecticut, Mrs. LOWEY of carry out research to evaluate the impact of Mr. PRICE, Mr. WOLPE, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. New York, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. FRANK, and Federal and State economic development SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. Mr. KOLTER. policies and programs designed to improve FLAKE, Mr. GUARINI, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. H. Con. Res. 268: Mrs. KENNELLY and Mr. economic competitiveness and diversifica­ SAVAGE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. TOWNS. tion, support strategic planning for econom­ MRAZEK, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. H. Con. Res. 269: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. DYM­ ic investments, improve human resources, STOKES, Mr. LEwIS of Georgia, Mr. DYM­ ALLY, Mr. BATES, Mr. MOODY, Mr. ROGERS, and improve the data base for rural develop­ ALLY, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. ANDERSON, Mr. Mr. BRYANT, Mrs. COLLINS, and Mr. TowNs. ment decisionmaking in rural areas. PANETTA, Mr. RITTER, Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. H. Con. Res. 270: Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. UDALL, "(2) LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF AP· MILLER of Washington, Mr. McGRATH, Mr. Mr. FRANK, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. FoGLIETTA, PROPRIATIONs.-To carry out this subsection, JONES of Georgia, Mr. SABO, Mr. WILSON, Mr. NEAL of North Carolina, Mr. MARKEY, there are authorized to be appropriated to Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. WEISS, Mr. Mr. MAVROULES, Mr. DAVIS, Mr. EDWARDS of the Secretary not to exceed $3,000,000 in GONZALEZ, Mr. Bosco, and Mr. LANCASTER. California, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. each fiscal year. Amounts appropriated H.J. Res. 479: Mr. BROWDER, Mrs. JOHNSON COYNE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. under this subsection shall remain available of Connecticut, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. JONES of THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LEVIN of until expended.". Georgia, Mr. THOMAS A. LUKEN, Mr. LIPIN­ Michigan, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. McDERMOTT, Redesignate succeeding sections accord­ SKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. WYLIE, Mr. VENTO, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr. ingly.