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Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2000 No. 28 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, March 20, 2000, at 12 noon. House of Representatives TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2000

The House met at 12:30 p.m. The Iowa State Men at the beginning package of a minimum wage increase f of the season some people even rated and tax reductions. them as being at the bottom of the Big The resistance on the part of the Re- MORNING HOUR DEBATES 12 this year. In fact, they came through publican leadership to a fairly small The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the with an outstanding phenomenon per- minimum wage increase in the midst of order of the House of January 19, 1999, formance and not only won, as I said the greatest prosperity we have ever the Chair will now recognize Members before, the regular season but won the known speaks a great deal to a social from lists submitted by the majority tournament; and I want to congratu- insensitivity, but equally distressing to and minority leaders for morning hour late Marcus Fizer as the Most Valuable me is their decision that we should debates. The Chair will alternate rec- Player. begin to reduce one of the most pro- ognition between the parties, with each This is a great thing that is hap- gressive taxes in America. And, of party limited to not to exceed 30 min- pening in Iowa. Minneapolis is going to course, their goal is ultimately to re- utes, and each Member, except the ma- look like Iowa State Cyclone country peal it. I speak of the estate tax. We have some unfair taxes in Amer- jority leader, the minority leader, or this weekend when the Iowa State Men ica, and many people feel that working the minority whip, limited to not to go up there to play in the first round of people, people of average income, peo- exceed 5 minutes. the tournaments. Both coaches, Bill ple who are making $30,000, $40,000, The Chair recognizes the gentleman Fennelly and Larry Eustachy, have $50,000 a year pay an unfair share of the from Iowa (Mr. LATHAM) for 5 minutes. done a fabulous job this year. And I just want to send my congratulations tax burden. And I believe that is true f to Iowa State, the great performance in part because of the payroll taxes. We have one tax, the estate tax, ACCOLADES TO WOMEN’S AND they have had. which literally applies only to million- MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS IN I wish them the best of luck in the aires. And it does not even apply to THE STATE OF IOWA tournaments. No matter what happens, they will have given Iowa State fans millionaires. It applies to people who Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, as every- across this country something really to have shown a rare talent. They have one knows, we are starting March Mad- cheer about. shown an ability to be related to mil- ness, and there is something excep- In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, all I can lionaires. tional happening in the State of Iowa. say is go Cyclones. Madam Speaker, I think being re- I want to congratulate the Drake Wom- f lated to a millionaire is certainly a en’s Basketball team for making the great asset in life, and I would rec- tournament, but what is really hap- REPUBLICAN ESTATE TAX POLICY ommend it to people. If you have a pening in Iowa is the fact that both the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. chance to be related to someone very Iowa State University Men’s and Wom- BIGGERT). Under the Speaker’s an- wealthy, take it. But I do not believe en’s Basketball teams not only won the nounced policy of January 19, 1999, the that being related to an extremely regular season championship in the Big gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. wealthy person who has just died is a 12, but each of them also won the Big 12 FRANK) is recognized during morning mark of inherent value. It is neutral. It tournaments over the weekend. hour debates for 5 minutes. does not make you a bad person, but it This is unprecedented in the Big 12. Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. does not make you a hero either. The Iowa State Women have had a tre- Madam Speaker, rarely have the dif- And the notion that you have an ab- mendous year. They are going to host ferences between the two political par- solute right to be greatly rewarded by the tournament at Ames; and we wish ties been more graphically dem- your good fortune in having a very rich them the very, very best. onstrated than when we debated the relative seems to me a mistake. Now,

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VerDate 13-MAR-2000 00:29 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.000 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H934 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 what is particularly interesting is the drug coverage to the great bulk of mid- by $75 billion over the next 10 years, even estate tax brings in a little over $20 bil- dle-income Americans and lower-in- though the Federal budget projects the es- lion a year, and it will soon be the case come Americans, and while we are at tate tax will raise more than that amount in the next three years alone. that your estate has to be a million it, reduce the amount that goes to pri- The chairman of the House Ways and dollars or more before you pay it. And vate charity. That is the difference be- Means Committee, Representative Bill Ar- the great bulk of it is paid by people tween the parties. cher of Texas, who had not seen the article, who die and leave tens of millions of Madam Speaker, I include the fol- said that he was skeptical of its claims and dollars. lowing two articles for the RECORD any data drawn from I.R.S. records. Now, here is what we do if we abolish which illustrate these points. ‘‘Every dollar taken by the death tax is a dollar taken out of savings when what this the estate tax, as the Republican party [From , July 25, 1999] wants to do it, we say to old people country needs is more private savings,’’ said STUDY CONTRADICTS FOES OF ESTATE TAX Mr. Archer, the author of the House Repub- who, because most of the people who (By David Cay Johnston) licans’ tax bill. He said the costs of the es- pay the estate tax or over 90 percent Congressional opponents of the estate tax tate tax included discouraging wealthy for- were 65 or older when they die, we say say it discourages savings, costs the econ- eigners from moving to the United States to these older people who died rich that omy more than it raises for the Government with their capital and skills. we will be very protective of them, or and makes it very difficult for a family- As to whether existing exemptions are at least of their smart relatives who owned farm or business to be passed to the enough for farms to stay in families, he said, figured out how to be related to them. next generation. ‘‘The input from the Ag Belt is totally con- But all of those arguments are contra- trary to that.’’ On the other hand, if you are old and The authors say that among the virtues alive and not very rich, but you are on dicted by Government tax and economic data, according to a book-length study that they see in the estate tax are that it taxes Medicare and cannot afford prescrip- will be published tomorrow in the policy some money that has slipped past the in- tion drugs, the Republican position is, magazine Tax Notes. come tax system, it is paid only by those well, that is tough, you will just have The article comes after the House passed most able to pay, it encourages financial to learn to deal with it. In other words, on Thursday night the Republicans’ bill to planning and charitable giving and it tends the Republican party tells us on the cut taxes by $792 billion, including the repeal to ease the trend toward concentration of one hand we cannot afford this wealthy of the estate tax. Similar legislation was wealth. The richest 1 percent of Americans now one half of all stocks, bonds and other Nation to provide full prescription drug being considered in the Senate but the out- come of the repeal is in doubt because Presi- assets, a record level, according to Professor coverage to middle-income and lower- dent Clinton has promised to veto it. Edward N. Wolff of New York University. income elderly people, not the very Yet the article in Tax Notes seems likely Experts say the Tax Notes article may be poor, they are covered by Medicaid, but to have a profound effect on the debate over as influential as the 1994 Yale Law Review people who are making $25,000, $30,000, estate taxes, experts say. Data from estate article by Edward J. McCaffery of the Uni- $35,000 a year in retirement, they ought tax returns and other records do not support versity of Southern California Law School, to get no aid because we need the the claims of estate tax opponents, according who exhorted liberals to join conservatives to the article, by Charles Davenport and Jay in opposing the estate tax as inefficient and money that would have gone to pay for unfair. Since then, the Tax Notes article prescription drugs to alleviate the A. Soled, professors at Rutgers University who teach estate tax law and business man- says, ‘‘talk about the death-tax has been a problem of Bill Gates’ heirs and the agement. monologue by the tax’s opponents.’’ The ar- heirs of other people who have made The estate tax is projected in the Federal ticle is available at www.tax.org on the millions of dollars. budget to raise about $28 billion this year. internet. In other words, we are being asked to That is less than one-third of 1 percent of the show more respect for older people who gross domestic product, which is too slight [From the New York Times, October 20, 1999] are dead and rich than for older people to retard economic growth, the authors say. A LARGER LEGACY MAY AWAIT GENERATIONS who are still alive and not wealthy. While the tax rate on the largest estates X, Y AND Z Madam Speaker, now, there is one can be 55 percent, Internal Revenue Service (By David Cay Johnston) data cited in the study show that in 1996 the Boston College researchers say that the other aspect of this effort to reduce average tax on estates of $600,000 to $1 mil- and, ultimately, repeal the estate tax widely cited estimate that $10.4 trillion of lion was 6 percent. wealth will be transferred to younger genera- that ought to be called into question, It costs the I.R.S. 2 cents on the dollar to tions over a half-century is far short of the and that is the negative effect it will administer the tax, the authors calculate. likely amount. They estimate the wealth have on private charity. They say the combined private and Govern- transfer will be $41 trillion to $136 trillion. My Republican colleagues talk about ment costs total about 7 cents on the estate ‘‘It can now be safely said that the forth- how much they want to help private tax dollar. coming wealth transfer will be many times charity. According to a recent study, I Professors Davenport and Soled said Con- larger than anyone has previously esti- gressional testimony by critics of the estate will put the New York Times article mated,’’ said Paul G. Schervish, director of tax contending that the tax costs more than the Boston College Social Welfare Research displaying this study from a couple of it raises was based on flawed data, including Institute, who has spent the last 15 years Boston College researchers, into the a study that estimated that every dollar studying wealth and who created a computer RECORD, for estates that are over $20 raised in Federal income taxes cost the econ- model to study wealth transfers. million, a very considerable number, 39 omy 65 cents more. That figure was dis- The new figures suggest that charities, in percent of the money at death goes to missed as absurd by the authors. particular, stand to benefit from a platinum chart, while only 34 percent goes to They also disputed another contention of era of giving. Mr. Schervish and John J. Ha- taxes. And, indeed, these two profes- the critics, that rich people spend heavily in vens, his deputy at the institute, estimated their later years in order to reduce estate sors conclude in their study, two emi- that between now and 2055 charities would taxes. Instead, the authors say, many rich receive bequests of $16 trillion to $53 trillion, nent scholars from an institution people save more money to offset the tax measured in 1998 dollars, assuming that the mostly in my district, at Boston Col- They say that the reasons family busi- estate tax remains unchanged. lege. They conclude that, I am now nesses are not passed to the next generation The widely cited estimate of $10.4 trillion— quoting from the article, if the estate have little to do with estate taxes. A pri- about $13 trillion today adjusted for infla- tax is repealed or significantly re- mary reason, the authors say, is the burden tion—in wealth transfer was made in 1993 by duced, however, as Congress voted to on heirs who want to keep the business and two Cornell University professors, Robert B. must raise cash to pay off those heirs who do do earlier this year in a bill that Presi- Avery and Michael S. Rendall, using data not. from the Census Bureau and other sources. dent Clinton vetoed, that was last While the estate tax nominally begins Their estimate was restricted to households year, bequests to charities might be when net worth at death exceeds $650,000 (1.3 in which the chief wage earner was 50 or smaller than the Boston College model million for a married couple), Congress lets a older and who had living children; it covered predicted. couple pass on $4.5 million untaxed if they 1990 to 2044. The Republican approach is to go to own a business and $7.4 million if they own a The Boston College analysis, using a com- the aid of the wealthiest 1 or 2 percent farm. Only about 1 in 1,000 American families puter simulation model created to estimate of the people in the country and not is worth $7.4 million. wealth transfers, covers all Americans who The estate tax will be paid this year by the just to them, but to the people who are were at least age 18 in 1998. It estimates wealthiest 2 percent of Americans who die. wealth transfers from 1998 to 2052, when the smart enough to be related to them or The Congressional Joint Committee on youngest of those in the study will turn 73. to have otherwise ingratiated them- Taxation estimated last week that repeal of The Boston College study is based on mod- selves to them, to deny prescription the estate tax would reduce Federal revenues est assumptions about growth in wealth

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 23:08 Mar 14, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.002 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H935 compared with historical experience. The if continued through 2055 would mean far cate there are certain violations of our study’s low estimate that $41 billion will be more for charities than the $16 trillion to $53 Federal campaign finance laws she is transferred between generations by 2055 as- trillion cited in the study. willing to tolerate or unwilling to get sumes that the value of all assets, adjusted If the estate tax is repealed or signifi- to the bottom of. for inflation, increases at 2 percent annually, cantly reduced, however, as Congress voted The Los Angeles Times reported last while the high estimate assumes 4 percent to do earlier this year in a bill that Presi- annual real growth. Another profile assumes dent Clinton vetoed, bequests to charities Friday on Charles LaBella’s report to 3 percent annual real growth in the value of might be smaller than the Boston College Attorney General Janet Reno warning assets and projects $73 trillion in wealth model predicted. that numerous conflicts of interest transfers. f made the Justice Department’s insist- Actual growth in wealth, adjusted for in- ence that its own lawyers handling the flation, averaged 5.3 percent annually from HERE WE GO AGAIN inquiry into the 1996 Clinton-Gore cam- 1950 to this year, according to Prof. Edward The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. paign a ‘‘recipe for disaster.’’ N. Wolff, a New York University wealth ex- BIGGERT). Under the Speaker’s an- Madam Speaker, my colleagues will pert. Total wealth in 1998 was $32 trillion, the nounced policy of January 19, 1999, the recall that Mr. LaBella was hand Boston College researchers estimated. Pro- gentleman from Florida (Mr. STEARNS) picked by the Attorney General to fessor Wolff, who had not seen the new study, is recognized during morning hour de- head the Campaign Financing Task said, ‘‘That figure is in the right neighbor- bates for 5 minutes. Force and to take over the Department hood,’’ noting that his own research indi- Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, I of Justice’s public integrity section’s cated total wealth of $29.1 trillion today. might point out to the gentleman from investigation into political fund-rais- The amount of wealth transferred can be Massachusetts (Mr. FRANK) that all the ing abuses. greater than current wealth for two reasons. money that is in the estate has already Mr. LaBella’s report, which the At- One is economic growth. The other is that torney General has still kept sealed for over 55 years some fortunes will pass been taxed and what Republicans are through two—even three—generations. Mr. trying to say is why should the Govern- nearly 2 years, found ‘‘a pattern of con- Avery, now an economist with the Federal ment tax twice this money that is duct’’ on the part of White House offi- Reserve, said that while he had some qualms there. cials, including the President, that about the techniques used by the Boston Col- Madam Speaker, I am here because of warranted an independent counsel lege researchers, as described to him in a recent newspaper articles that have probe. telephone interview, their estimates sounded been published, especially in the New Additionally, Mr. LaBella found that reasonable over all. senior Justice officials engaged in Mr. Avery warned, however, that while York Times. Last Thursday, a Federal jury convicted Maria Hsai, a friend and ‘‘gamesmanship’’ and legal ‘‘contor- economists could make fairly accurate pre- tions’’ to avoid an independent inquiry dictions about death rates far into the fu- a political supporter of Vice President into the Clinton-Gore fund-raising ture, assumptions about how much wealth AL GORE, on five felony counts for ar- people would accumulate were risky, espe- ranging more than $100,000 in illegal abuses. According to the L.A. Times, Madam cially looking out a half-century. donations during the 1996 presidential Speaker, Mr. LaBella found ‘‘The cam- ‘‘The important message is that there is a campaign. lot of wealth in this country,’’ Mr. Avery paign finance allegations present the Prosecutors allege that Hsai tapped a said. earmarks of a loose enterprise employ- Buddhist temple and some of her busi- John J. Havens, a co-author of the Boston ing different actors at different levels ness clients for money to reimburse College study, said that while he was con- who share a common goal, bring in the fident of the economic model he wanted to Hsai donors who were listed as contrib- focus on the low end of the estimate, $41 tril- money.’’ utors in campaign records. Among those singled out for special lion, because ‘‘it helps protect against poten- Hsai was charged with causing false treatment according to the LaBella re- tial charges of irrational exuberance arising statements to be filed with the Federal port were the President, Vice President from’’ the computer model’s assuming Election Commission. According to steady economic growth without a depres- AL GORE, First Lady Hillary Rodham evidence presented in the case, $109,000 sion or a sustained recession in the first half Clinton, and former White House aide in reimbursed donations went to the of the 21st century. Harold Ickes. A quarter-century ago Professor Havens Clinton-Gore 1996 campaign and to the The Times said the report was the developed one of the first computer pro- Democratic Party. first indication, the first indication, grams to model economic behavior. The Hsai’s fund raising also included model estimates that for estates of $20 mil- that Mrs. Clinton’s involvement in the $65,000 in Hsai donations which she fun- fund-raising scandal arising from the lion or more, 39 percent of the money will go neled through monks and nuns the day to charity, 23 percent to heirs, 34 percent to 1996 presidential election was under after Vice President GORE’s 1996 visit taxes and 3 percent for fees and burial ex- scrutiny. penses. Data from the Internal Revenue to the Buddhist Temple in California. Since the fund raising first made Service show the same ratios in 1995 for large Now, of course, Madam Speaker, the headlines in 1996, Attorney General estates. Vice President initially had no recol- Janet Reno has refused to allow out- For estates of $1 million to just under $5 lection that he was attending a fund side prosecutors to narrowly focus million, the study assumes that charity will raiser but believed, rather, that he was their investigations of alleged White get 8 percent; heirs, 66 percent; taxes, 22 per- attending a community outreach pro- House wrongdoings. Examples include cent, and fees and burial expenses, 4 percent. gram. That is, of course, until the For estates of less than $1 million, Profes- her refusal to appoint investigations sors Schervish and Havens estimated, nearly video footage surfaced showing him at into fund-raising telephone calls by the 90 cents of each dollar would be passed to the temple and after documents turned Vice President from the White House heirs and little would go to charity or taxes. up that referred to the event in ad- and the issue ads funded by the Demo- One recent analysis found that among es- vance as a fund raiser. Only then, cratic National Committee. tates valued at $600,000 to $1 million in 1997, Madam Speaker, did the Vice President To further confound matters, she has estate taxes averaged 6 percent, even though modify his characterization, saying he long gone against her own FBI direc- the estate tax rate began at 37 percent on thought it was a finance-related situa- tor. amounts above the $600,000 exemption then tion. in effect. f The Boston College study covers what are Ironically enough, in response to known as final estates, meaning the death of Hsai’s conviction, the Attorney Gen- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER a single person or the second spouse in a eral, Janet Reno, said, ‘‘The verdict PRO TEMPORE married couple, since bequests to a spouse sends a clear message that the Depart- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The are tax free. The estimates of how much will ment of Justice will not tolerate viola- Chair must remind Members that it is be bequeathed to charity may be low, based tions of our Federal campaign finance not in order in debate to level or repeat on I.R.S. data in recent years, which show laws.’’ personal charges against the President that growing numbers of people are engaging Evidently her comments need to be in estate planning so that more of their or the Vice President. money will go to charity after their deaths revised to mean the Department of Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, this and less to the Government. The I.R.S. data Justice will tolerate campaign finance is being reported from the L.A. Times, show that the share of money in estates laws in some cases and not in others, the New York Times, and all the news- going to charity is slowly rising, a trend that for the Attorney General’s action indi- papers in Central Florida. So all I am

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 00:29 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.003 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H936 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 doing is reporting what is in the news- leadership of Governor Barnes and with housing into the increased demand paper. the assistance of business leaders like closer in central cities, growing at The SPEAKER pro tempore. The John Williams, who was recently more than 10 percent a year as opposed Chair is addressing the standard of de- profiled in the New York Times. to 2 percent in the suburbs. They have corum in debate on the House floor. Atlanta has been characterized by shifted their focus from development Mr. STEARNS. Well, Madam Speak- some as the area of the most rapid on existing farm lands and wood lots to er, if you are quoting from a news- growth in the history of human settle- more urban locations and expanding to paper, like the New York Times, can ment. A more than 25 percent increase make a profit in in-town housing, not you do that? in population since 1990, the city in just in projects in Atlanta but also the The SPEAKER pro tempore. No. that time frame has grown from north real estate markets in Texas, Florida, Mr. STEARNS. You cannot quote to south from 65 miles to 110 miles, and and . from the New York Times newspaper? the results have been devastating, One of the reasons why the livable The SPEAKER pro tempore. The frankly. The average Atlanta com- communities initiatives are being suc- Member makes the words his own by muter drives 361⁄2 miles daily, the aver- cessful is not just because of political quoting from the newspaper. age, the longest work trip commute in leadership but because business lead- Mr. STEARNS. But I have used the the world. ers, like Mr. Williams, the president of word ‘‘quotation.’’ I have actually put This has had serious problems in the chamber of commerce for metro- the word ‘‘quotation’’ in there to signal terms of their air quality to the point politan Atlanta, understand what is at that these are not my words but these that Federal transportation officials stake and they have practiced their are words from the newspaper. have withheld resources because it is civic leadership in the broader sense of I mean, it appears to me, Madam not meeting air quality standards. the community and with their personal Speaker, that if you cannot quote the Over 60 percent of the State’s rivers business practices. This is a very posi- newspapers on the House floor and use and streams do not meet water quality tive sign for those of us who want more ‘‘quotation,’’ that seems to be a denial standards, almost twice the national livable communities so that our fami- of the right for a Member to use news- average. lies can be safe, healthy, and economi- papers in an edifying way. It is losing business. In 1998, Atlanta cally secure. The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is a lost a bid for the Harley Davidson f settled precedent that the standard is plant. Hewlitt Packard decided not to SOCIAL SECURITY MUST BE the same whether the Member speaks expand its Atlanta facilities; and in SAVED FOR THE NEXT GENERA- on his own account or quotes another fact, the city lost its 1997 top rank as TION source. the country’s best real estate market Mr. STEARNS. Out of deference to and is now 15 among 18 cities that are The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under you, Madam Speaker, yes. monitored. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- There are even concerns about the uary 19, 1999, the gentleman from tleman may proceed. health implications. Last fall, the Cen- Michigan (Mr. SMITH) is recognized Mr. STEARNS. So, Madam Speaker, ters for Disease Control reported during morning hour debates for 5 min- it is time for the Attorney General to amongst the alarming national in- utes. disclose Mr. LaBella’s report. That is crease in obesity rates that the great- Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Madam all I am asking here today. est percentage increase occurred in Speaker, I would like to discuss for the The American people have a right to Georgia, over 100 percent in the last 10 next 4 or 5 minutes why everybody is know what is in that report. In fact, years. Some of these experts were spec- talking about Social Security, why they should have an opportunity to ulating that it may be related to the they are concerned that Social Secu- know what the FBI director said when bad air that discourages exercise and rity is in trouble some time in the fu- he also recommended that an inde- the poor urban design that makes it ture, why young people today think the pendent counsel be appointed. hard to find places to walk, bike, and chances of their getting any Social Se- otherwise exercise. curity are pretty remote. It is the b 1245 Asthma is the number one reason for young people today, probably under 35 I think at this point, I think that the childhood hospitalization in Atlanta, years old, that are most at risk in not newspapers speak for themselves and but there are very positive signs on the having Social Security in their retire- so now, Madam Speaker, I think the horizon. As I mentioned, the leadership ment years if we continue to fail to do Attorney General should come forward of Governor Barnes, with the business anything to keep Social Security sol- and tell us when she is going to make community, was able to create the vent. that report available. Georgia Regional Transportation Au- The chart that I brought in rep- f thority to coordinate and oversee for resents where we are now. If we look at the first time metropolitan Atlanta’s the top left part of the chart, the little MAKING ATLANTA, GEORGIA A fight against pollution, traffic, and un- blue area in the top left is the current MORE LIVABLE COMMUNITY planned growth. There is an exciting surpluses coming in to the Social Secu- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. 138-acre redevelopment in the old At- rity trust fund, in other words, the BIGGERT). Under the Speaker’s an- lantic Steel site that is combining resi- amount of taxes that are in excess of nounced policy of January 19, 1999, the dential, retail, office and entertain- benefits payments going out. That is gentleman from Oregon (Mr. ment space in a transit-oriented devel- going to stop around 2011 or 2012. At BLUMENAUER) is recognized during opment on a brownfield site in mid- that point, there are going to be fewer morning hour debates for 5 minutes. town Atlanta. Social Security taxes coming in than Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, Recently, we have seen another busi- are needed to pay current benefits. Of one indication of how the momentum ness, Bell South, decided to relocate course, Social Security, since it started for the efforts across the country to from 75 different suburbans office areas in 1935, has been sort of a Ponzi game promote livability has been gaining to three centers for 13,000 employees where current workers pay in their speed is the comments from governors inside the perimeter and all adjacent taxes that is immediately sent out to who are talking about smart growth to transit. In no small way, this has current retirees, and so it is a pay-as- and livability in their State of the been the result of business leadership you-go program. State addresses. One State deserves exemplified by Mr. Williams, head of The red portion represents where we special attention and that is Georgia, Post Properties. In fact, he has been are in terms of what is going to be the where we have been watching a renais- here on Capitol Hill meeting with sen- additional amount of dollars needed to sance in our cities and inner suburbs ators and representatives talking pay current Social Security benefits in taking place. about how, in fact, his business, which future years. We get down to 2019, and Atlanta, which some have sort of dis- was built on the development of subur- we are going to need something like missed as the poster child of sprawl, is ban luxury office, has discovered a sig- $400 billion additional money from making significant progress under the nificant opportunity to move this new some place, either increased taxes or

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 23:08 Mar 14, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.047 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H937 increased borrowing, to pay promised year to see if that money would return United States and other industrialized Social Security benefits. It is a prob- revenues and we found out that $160 nations. lem. would turn into $70,000 by the time he Madam Speaker, the gentlewoman We are now looking at probably the was ready to retire. from Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA), Repub- best economic times in the history of We have to have some real retire- lican from Maryland, and I are the United States, where we are having ment accounts. We have to start get- bipartisanly sponsoring legislation a surplus of total revenues coming into ting real returns on the money that is which will authorize an appropriation the Federal Government. The question coming in from Social Security. of $100 million to U.S. Agency for is now, do we use those revenues to f International Development, USAID, for spend on new expanded social programs the purpose of diagnosing and treating and expand the size of Federal Govern- TUBERCULOSIS, A WORLDWIDE TB in high-incidents countries. The di- ment? Do we use those monies to start EPIDEMIC rector general of the World Health Or- solving the Social Security problem? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under ganization, Secretary General Gro Here is what is needed: right now the the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Brundtland, said that tuberculosis is average retiree that retires from now uary 19, 1999, the gentleman from Ohio not a medical problem, it is a political on is not going to get the money back (Mr. BROWN) is recognized during morn- problem. We know how to take care of that they and their employer put into ing hour debates for 5 minutes. people with tuberculosis. We know how Social Security, so essentially a zero- Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speak- to treat tuberculosis. The question is percent return on their finances unless er, remember when we were children, the political will to do it, the resources they are lucky enough to live into in some cases 30, 40, 50 years ago, tu- available to do it. their 80s and 90s or to be 100 years old. berculosis clinics were closing in vir- Tuberculosis experts estimate that it So what do we do? I think one thing tually every community in America. I will cost an additional $1 billion each we have to do in the first place is to remember growing up in Mansfield, year worldwide to control this disease. understand the seriousness of the prob- Ohio, in the 1950s and 1960s; and I re- b 1300 member that tuberculosis clinic was lem. To demonstrate how serious it is, The great majority of funds are used closed there because Americans real- I projected what is going to be needed for the direct implementation of DOTS ized that tuberculosis was not really in payroll taxes if we do nothing in the Tuberculosis Control Program, DOTS much of a problem in the United States next 30 or 40 years. If we are going to stands for directly observed treatment, have a FICA tax, a payroll tax, that ac- of the 1960s or 1970s or 1980s. where a person infected with TB must People are surprised in this country, commodates the needs of Social Secu- take medication every day for up to 6 Members of Congress are surprised, rity and Medicare and medicaid, Social months, and, if they stop taking it, citizens are surprised, to learn that tu- Security taxes are projected to go up then even when they stop coughing up to be 40 percent of one’s income within berculosis in 1999 killed 2 million peo- blood or stop showing symptoms of TB, the next 35 to 40 years. ple around the world. It killed more their multi-drug-resistant TB can come All we have to do to verify that kind people in 1999 around the world than in back. That is why it is simple to treat, of serious situation, increasing the cost any year in history. Tuberculosis is but difficult to make sure that people of producing everything we produce in one of the greatest infectious disease take their medicine every day. this country, is to look at what is hap- killers of adults worldwide, killing The medicine is there. The will needs pening in Europe, in Japan. Several someone every 15 seconds. It is the big- to be there, the outreach workers need countries now in Europe are up to that gest killer of young women around the to be available, whether it is in the 40 percent mark. Japan is approaching world. It is the biggest killer of people United States or or Nigeria or it. A country like France, the effective with HIV/AIDS. Of the deaths from wherever across the world. payroll deduction to pay for the senior AIDS in Africa, literally one-third of Resources under our legislation will programs in France now is approxi- those deaths actually are from tuber- be used primarily in those countries mately 70 percent of payroll. It is no culosis. having the highest incidence of tuber- wonder that France is finding it very The World Health Organization esti- culosis. It is a problem worldwide that difficult to compete in the world mar- mates that one-third of the world’s we as a wealthy country have a moral ket. population of the 6 billion people in the obligation to deal with. It is a problem If we do nothing in this country, if world, some 2 billion are infected with worldwide that we have a practical rea- we keep putting these proposed solu- the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, son to deal with, because tuberculosis, tions off because it is easy to demagog, including an estimated 10 to 15 million with more tourism, travel, with more because really there is only two ways, people in the United States. business development, with more trade, Madam Speaker, to fix Social Security In India, 1,300 people a day in India, with more airplanes, tuberculosis has and to fix Medicare. We either bring 1,300 people a day die from tuber- come into our country in greater and more revenues into the program or we culosis. An estimated 8 million people greater incidence, unless we in fact try reduce the amount of money coming around the world develop active TB to deal with tuberculosis internation- out. That means increasing taxes or re- each year. It is spreading as a result of ally. ducing benefits. One way to increase inadequate treatment, and it is a dis- That is why we already have bipar- revenues, though, is starting to get a ease that knows no national borders; tisan support for the legislation that better return on the investments com- and it is becoming more and more of a the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. ing in to Social Security, coming into problem in the United States. The MORELLA) and I are working on. That is Medicare. That means investing some threat that TB poses for Americans de- why I ask other Members to join us in of that money in real returns with real rives, one, from the global spread of tu- cosponsoring this legislation which I investments. That is why I have advo- berculosis and, second, from the emer- will be introducing next week. March cated for the last several years that we gence and spread of strains of tuber- 24 is International Tuberculosis Day. have personal retirement savings ac- culosis that are multidrug resistant. We will be introducing the bill next counts that can draw real interest re- In the U.S., TB treatment is nor- week, the week of March 24, and ask turns so that modest-income workers mally only about $2,000 per patient in other Members to cosponsor it. today can retire wealthy because of the the United States and in developing f magic of compound interest. countries as little as $15 or $20 or no My grandson painted our fence this more than $100 per patient, regular, TRIBUTE TO COMMANDER PETER last summer, and I tried to convince sort of standard tuberculosis. The costs GUMATAOTAO, COMMANDING OF- him to put his money into a Roth IRA, can go up to as much as $250,000 a pa- FICER, U.S.S. ‘‘DECATUR’’ and we figured what that money would tient to treat multidrug resistant tu- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. be worth 50 years from now. He said, berculosis, and the treatment is much BIGGERT). Under a previous order of the Grandpa, I want to really buy a car less likely to be successful. House, the gentleman from Guam (Mr. with that money and save up for a car. Multidrug-resistant TB kills more UNDERWOOD) is recognized for 2 min- So we went step by step, year after than half those infected even in the utes.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 00:29 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.049 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 Mr. UNDERWOOD. Madam Speaker, velopment projects both in open ocean and lic for which it stands, one nation under God, today I rise on behalf of the people of shallow water towed array operations. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Guam to recognize the arrival yester- Commander Guamataotao earned a Master f day Guam time of the naval warship of Arts Degree in National Security Stra- tegic Studies at the Naval War College in THE TAIWAN FACILITIES U.S.S. Decatur, commanded by our own Newport, Rhode Island and was the United ENHANCEMENT ACT native son, Commander Peter States representative at the Naval Staff Col- (Mr. BEREUTER asked and was Gumataotao. lege. Peter is the embodiment of all that is His most recent sea assignment was as Ex- given permission to address the House right with Guam. He is proud of his ecutive Officer on board U.S.S. Curtis Wilbur for 1 minute and to revise and extend culture and ancestry, the Chamorro (DDG 54). During this tour, Commander his remarks.) people. He understands Guam’s history Guamataotao assumed the duties as Com- Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this and the sacrifices of her people to help manding Officer of U.S.S. Curtis Wilbur while Member rises to alert his colleagues to the ship was deployed to the Arabian Gulf. the introduction of H.R. 3707, the Tai- restore democracy around the world Following his sea tour, he served as a Fellow during World War II. And, most impor- wan Facilities Enhancement Act. This for the CNO Operations Strategic Studies bill authorizes construction of modern, tantly, Peter is respectful and loyal to Group at the Center for Naval Analysis in his family, his island, his command, Washington, DC and then served as Congres- secure facilities for the American In- and to his country. sional Liaison for Surface Programs at the stitute on Taiwan. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Navy Office of Legislative Affairs. In the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, Academy and earned his Masters de- f the Congress established the American gree from the Naval War College. He Institute on Taiwan to perform on be- RECESS has built an illustrious career as a U.S. half of the United States Government Naval officer and has been decorated The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- any and all programs and other rela- and recognized for his good work at ant to clause 12 of rule I, the Chair de- tions with Taiwan. These facilities are every duty station. clares the House in recess until 2 p.m. grossly inadequate today from a secu- His selection to command the U.S.S. Accordingly (at 1 o’clock and 2 min- rity perspective, and major enhance- Decatur is demonstrative of his con- utes p.m.), the House stood in recess ments would be necessary to bring tinuing excellence and ability; and it is until 2 p.m. them into compliance with security re- the first time, to our knowledge, that a f quirements. Mr. Speaker, Congress must specifi- native of Guam has commanded a war- b 1400 ship that has sailed into Guam. cally act to authorize because it is not Guam is proud of her son, and we AFTER RECESS a normal embassy or a consulate. welcome him back to our shores. Peter The recess having expired, the House Mr. Speaker, over 20 years after the will continue to command the Decatur was called to order by the Speaker pro enactment of the Taiwan Relations through the high seas and into danger, tempore (Mr. GIBBONS) at 2 p.m. Act, our unofficial relations with the when necessary, to defend democracy f people of Taiwan are stronger, more ro- around the world. bust, and more important than ever. On behalf of the people of Guam and PRAYER For very practical and security rea- his family, we will continue to keep The Chaplain, the Reverend James sons, the Congress needs to act to up- you in our hearts, Peter, and wish you David Ford, D.D., offered the following grade our diplomatic facilities on Tai- and your crew a safe voyage and con- prayer: wan as well. gratulations. Welcome home. Thank Let us pray using the words of Psalm It will also demonstrate that we have you very much for your excellent serv- 46: and will have a presence in Taipei for ice. God is our refuge and strength, a the long-term, if necessary, to assure COMMANDER PETER A. GUMATAOTAO, UNITED very present help in trouble. Therefore, that any reunification is peaceful and STATES NAVY, COMMANDING OFFICER U.S.S. we will not fear though the earth uncoerced. This Member hopes that all DECATUR (DDG 73) should change, though the mountains Members of Congress will cosponsor Commander Peter. A. Gumataotao, a na- shake in the heart of the sea; though and support this legislation. tive of Agana, Guam, earned his commission its waters roar and foam, though the f in May 1981 from the U.S. Naval Academy in mountains tremble with its tumult. Annapolis, Maryland, where he received a BLISS MANUFACTURING Bachelor of Science Degree in Resources There is a river whose streams make BANKRUPTED Management. glad the city of God, the holy habi- His first tour at sea was on board U.S.S. tation of the Most High, God is in the (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was Bagley (FF 1069) as First Lieutanant and CIC midst of her, she shall not be moved; given permission to address the House Officer. He later served as Battery Control God will help her right early. The na- for 1 minute and to revise and extend Officer in U.S.S. Wordern (CG 18). During this tions rage, the kingdoms totter; he ut- his remarks.) tour was the recipient of the Hawaii Navy ters his voice, the earth melts. The Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Bliss League Award. Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Manufacturing in my district makes Ashore, he served as Assistant Surface Op- bumpers for General Motors. Not any erations Officer and Surface Systems Anal- Jacob is our refuge. Amen. ysis Officer for COMTHIRDFLT. He was f more. Bliss bankrupted yesterday, put- COMTHIRDFLT’s primary action officer for ting 500 of my workers on the street the planning and execution of Operational THE JOURNAL due to two reasons: number one, the Test Launches of Tomahawk cruise missiles The SPEAKER pro tempore. The continuing flood of illegal steel im- to include the only open ocean Tomahawk Chair has examined the Journal of the ports; and number 2, after a recent de- Anti-Ship Missile (TASM) live test shot con- last day’s proceedings and announces cision by the United States Inter- ducted in the Pacific Fleet. During his tour to the House his approval thereof. national Trade Commission that ruled as Combat Systems Officer aboard U.S.S. in favor of Japan, Russia, Brazil, and Reuben James (FFG 57), the ship received the Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Battle Efficiency Award, and his department nal stands approved. Korea. was awarded the Spokane Trophy Award for f Beam me up. Even the Youngstown Combat Systems excellence. Commander Vindicator, one of the most respected Gumataotao was the recipient of the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE newspapers in Ohio, one of the staunch- COMNAVSURFPAC Shiphandler of the Year The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the est supporters of free trade in open award while on board U.S.S. Reuben James. gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. markets, said enough is enough. I agree Additionally, U.S.S. Reuben James was one of KELLY) come forward and lead the with the Youngstown Vindicator. two ships that accompanied CINCPACFLT House in the Pledge of Allegiance. I will be submitting legislation this on a historic port visit to Vladivostok, Rus- sia in 1990. While serving as Combat Systems Mrs. KELLY led the Pledge of Alle- week that my colleagues should sup- Officer for COMDESRON THIRTY ONE, giance as follows: port. I want to yield back the gutless Commander Gumataotao participated in nu- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the wonders of the United States Inter- merous underseas warfare research and de- United States of America, and to the Repub- national Trade Commission and the

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 00:29 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.005 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H939 Clinton/Gore administration that ap- TRADING WITH THE ENEMY rule XX, the Chair announces that he pointed them. (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given will postpone further proceedings f permission to address the House for 1 today on each motion to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the COLOMBIA AID PACKAGE minute and to revise and extend his re- marks.) yeas and nays are ordered or on which (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, soon this the vote is objected to under clause 6 of given permission to address the House august body will be debating the trade rule XX. for 1 minute.) Any record votes on postponed ques- Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, soon status of the United States with the People’s Republic of . We will tions will be taken after debate has the House is expected to consider the concluded on all motions to suspend supplemental appropriations bill which begin discussing whether or not the U.S. should expand its trade relation- the rules, but not before 6 p.m. today. contains the Colombia aid package. f While this package is far from perfect, ships with a nation that has, one, sto- it is essential that we pass it now. Fail- len top secret nuclear technology from ESTABLISHING A JOINT CONGRES- ure to do so would send a signal to the the United States and its laboratories; SIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAU- drug cartels in Colombia that this Con- two, continues to be a known violator GURAL CEREMONIES gress is not serious about helping Co- of human rights; and three, has threat- ened the United States with nuclear Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I move to lombia fight the war on drugs. suspend the rules and concur in the In fact, delaying the passage of this war. Just a couple of weeks ago, China Senate Concurrent Resolution (S. Con. bill any further has and will lead to in- Res. 89) to establish a Joint Congres- creased violence in Colombia. On threatened to fire long-range nuclear missiles at the United States if we de- sional Committee on Inaugural Cere- March 8, just last week, for example, monies for the inauguration of the 100 guerillas from the drug cartel- fend Taiwan. Mr. Speaker, how can we trust a nation that has stolen U.S. President-elect and the Vice President- backed FARC attacked a village 250 elect of the United States on January miles south of Bogota and released 92 technology and secrets, oppressed its 20, 2001. of their compatriots who were impris- own people, and now threatens the The Clerk read as follows: oned there. No doubt further delays United States with nuclear war? will lead to more and even more bolder The actions of China appear no dif- S. CON. RES. 89 attacks. ferent from those of the Soviet Union Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- This recent attack should present us during the Cold War. We did not con- resentatives concurring), with the more clear evidence that any sider an open trade policy with the SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COM- further delay in passing a comprehen- USSR then, and we should not consider MITTEE. granting normal trade relationships There is established a Joint Congressional sive aid package to Colombia will re- Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (in this sult in more violence, more attacks, with China today. resolution referred to as the ‘‘joint com- and could threaten the very existence I yield back the dangerous Clinton mittee’’) consisting of 3 Senators and 3 Rep- of the Colombian government. trade policies which force Americans resentatives, to be appointed by the Presi- Mr. Speaker, if we fail to act now, we to give to a nation that is all ready and dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the will leave our friends in Colombia vul- willing to launch a nuclear attack on House of Representatives, respectively. The nerable to the narcoterrorists who will us. joint committee is authorized to make the freely build their power and wealth f necessary arrangements for the inauguration upon the broken lives of our children. I of the President-elect and Vice President- CONGRESS SHOULD REPEAL THE elect of the United States on January 20, urge support for the supplemental. GAS TAX TODAY 2001. f (Mr. COLLINS asked and was given SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE. FAMILY FARMERS permission to address the House for 1 The joint committee— (1) is authorized to utilize appropriate (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- minute and to revise and extend his re- equipment and the services of appropriate mission to address the House for 1 marks.) personnel of departments and agencies of the minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, the lead Federal Government, under arrangements marks.) story on most all newscasts today is between the joint committee and the heads Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the small about the high price of gasoline and of those departments and agencies, in con- family farm is quickly becoming an en- fuel. nection with the inaugural proceedings and dangered species in this Nation. And In just the past 2 weeks, the price has ceremonies; and with farmers being hit by the inherit- risen 12 cents per gallon, with a na- (2) may accept gifts and donations of goods and services to carry out its responsibilities. ance tax or what we should call the tional average today at $1.53 per gallon death tax, it is no surprise. Many fam- as compared to less than $1 one year The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ily farmers work hard their whole lives ago. For the past two weeks the people ant to the rule, the gentleman from struggling to make ends meet as they at home have asked, what is Congress California (Mr. THOMAS) and the gen- feed not only their own families, but going to do about the high price of gas- tleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER) families around the world. But instead oline? each will control 20 minutes. of showing gratitude to farmers for Mr. Speaker, the only controlling The Chair recognizes the gentleman their lifetime of work, our government factor the Congress has pertaining to from California (Mr. THOMAS). instead punishes these farmers when the price of gas or fuel is the tax im- Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield they pass their farm on to the next posed by Congress. In 1993, the Con- myself such time as I may consume. generation. gress increased the gas tax by 4.3 cents Mr. Speaker, everyone, I think, is be- When a farmer dies, the Federal Gov- per gallon for deficit reduction. Today coming aware that this is a presi- ernment assesses a tax of up to 55 per- there is no deficit. Today Congress can dential election year, but it is not just cent on the value of his or her farm. repeal the 4.3 cents gas tax and help a political event. It is, in fact, an im- This is ridiculous. It is tragic. For with the cost of gas and fuel. portant governmental institutional many people, the American dream is to Mr. Speaker, I am aware of the needs event. It is, in the long history of gov- build up a business or a farm and then and the challenges of infrastructure, ernments, the longest peaceful transi- pass it on to their children. Yet many but the Congress must adjust its needs, tion between those who hold the execu- times the children have to sell the the same as a family adjusts its budget tive position in this government. farm just to pay the taxes. to meet its needs. Senate Concurrent Resolution 89 is Death should not be a taxable event. f the traditional start of this institu- We are losing our farms. We should re- tional process. The chairman of the peal the death tax. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Senate Committee on Rules and the I urge all of my colleagues to work PRO TEMPORE ranking member have cleared through towards this end. Farmers deserve a The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. the Senate and presented to the House thank you, not an IOU. BALLENGER). Pursuant to clause 8 of this concurrent resolution, which will

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:20 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.008 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 establish the Joint Congressional Com- Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. period. Very frankly, the health of all mittee on the inaugural ceremonies Res. 90) to authorize the use of the ro- of those in attendance, including the surrounding the selection of the Presi- tunda of the Capitol by the Joint Con- President himself, would have been at dent of the United States on the first gressional Committee on Inaugural stake had we remained outside. Tuesday after the first Monday in No- Ceremonies in connection with the pro- More than that, however, the ro- vember of the year 2000 for that cere- ceedings and ceremonies conducted for tunda, of course, is one of our most his- mony on January 20, 2001. the inauguration of the President-elect torical sites, in the middle of the Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of and the Vice President-elect of the United States Capitol, which is per- my time. United States. ceived around the world as the center Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- The Clerk read as follows: of democracy. self such time as I may consume. S. CON. RES. 90 I rise in support of this resolution. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance resolution. This routine concurrent resentatives concurring), of my time. resolution will create, as the chairman SECTION 1. USE OF THE ROTUNDA OF THE CAP- Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield has said, the customary joint com- ITOL. myself such time as I may consume. mittee of this Congress to prepare for The rotunda of the United States Capitol is Mr. Speaker, no matter how cold the inauguration of the 43rd President authorized to be used on January 20, 2001, by that day was, the event certainly the Joint Congressional Committee on Inau- and the 46th Vice President of the warmed the hearts of all Americans. gural Ceremonies in connection with the pro- We look forward to the ceremonies sur- United States on January 20, 2001. ceedings and ceremonies conducted for the The joint committee will consist of inauguration of the President-elect and the rounding the next President of the three Senators and three Representa- Vice President-elect of the United States. United States, and it certainly will tives who will plan the ceremony The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- warm all of our hearts once again. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance transferring the highest office in the ant to the rule, the gentleman from of my time. land to the person chosen as our next California (Mr. THOMAS) and the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. chief executive. tleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER) STEARNS). The question is on the mo- That simple but elegant, dignified each will control 20 minutes. tion offered by the gentleman from ceremony is the grandest in our na- The Chair recognizes the gentleman California (Mr. THOMAS) that the House tional life, and symbolizes our commit- from California (Mr. THOMAS). ment to peaceful, democratic self-gov- Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield suspend the rules and concur in the ernance. The chairman correctly point- myself such time as I may consume. Senate concurrent resolution, S. Con. ed out that ours is the longest-standing Mr. Speaker, this is obviously an ad- Res. 90. democracy in history. That transfer of joining resolution which, having cre- The question was taken; and (two- power is a magnificent testimony to ated the structure of the committee to thirds having voted in favor thereof) the people of the United States and our assist in this inaugural ceremony, the the rules were suspended and the Sen- commitment to democracy. facilities of the Capitol Rotunda are ate concurrent resolution was con- I urge all Members to support the made available. curred in. resolution. Oftentimes, the Rotunda is used for, A motion to reconsider was laid on Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance in essence, social and ceremonial ac- the table. of my time. tivities. However, those Members who f Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield were here might remember that Janu- GENERAL LEAVE back the balance of my time. ary day of 1985 at the inaugural cere- Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask The SPEAKER pro tempore. The mony of the second term of then Presi- unanimous consent that all Members question is on the motion offered by dent . may have 5 legislative days within the gentleman from California (Mr. His 1980 election was a balmy spring- which to revise and extend their re- THOMAS) that the House suspend the like day with the West Front being the marks and include extraneous material rules and concur in the Senate Concur- focal point for the inauguration. In on Senate Concurrent Resolution 90. rent Resolution, Senate Concurrent January of 1985, it was an extremely The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Resolution 89. cold and bitter snowy January, and in objection to the request of the gen- The question was taken; and (two- fact, the swearing-in ceremony had to tleman from California? thirds having voted in favor thereof) take place in that Rotunda, packed as There was no objection. the rules were suspended and the Sen- tightly as I have ever seen it packed f ate concurrent resolution was con- with people anticipating, once again, curred in. the inauguration of a president of the SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT A motion to reconsider was laid on United States. CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2000 the table. b 1415 Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I move to f suspend the rules and pass the bill This Senate concurrent resolution of- (H.R. 3845) to make corrections to the GENERAL LEAVE fered by the chairman of the Senate Small Business Investment Act of 1958, Committee on Rules and the ranking Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask and for other purposes, as amended. unanimous consent that all Members member, as it states quite clearly, The Clerk read as follows: may have 5 legislative days within would be in connection with the cere- H.R. 3845 which to revise and extend their re- monies. Let us hope that it is, in fact, a social and ceremonial use of the ro- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- marks and include extraneous material resentatives of the United States of America in on the subject of S. Con. Res. 89, the tunda rather than cover because of the Congress assembled, Senate concurrent resolution just con- kind of weather that no one wants to SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. curred in. accompany an inauguration of the This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Busi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there President of the United States. ness Investment Corrections Act of 2000’’. objection to the request of the gen- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. tleman from California? my time. (a) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—Section There was no objection. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- 103(5)(A)(i) of the Small Business Investment f self such time as I may consume. Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 662(5)(A)(i)) is amended Mr. Speaker, all of us were very by inserting ‘‘regardless of the allocation of AUTHORIZING USE OF CAPITOL pleased that the judgment was made to control during the investment period under ROTUNDA BY JOINT CONGRES- move into the rotunda, and, that in any investment agreement between the busi- ness concern and the entity making the in- SIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAU- fact, the rotunda was available on Jan- GURAL CEREMONIES vestment’’ before the semicolon at the end. uary 20, 1985. I think the temperature (b) LONG TERM.—Section 103 of the Small Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I move to outside with the windchill was many Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. suspend the rules and concur in the degrees below zero. It was a very cold 662) is amended—

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:20 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.052 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H941 (1) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘and’’ at ment Company program at the Small on a program that has been critical to the end; Business Administration, commonly the success of this Nation’s small busi- (2) in paragraph (16), by striking the period known as SBIC program. nesses. at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and Created by Congress in 1958, SBICs Mr. Speaker, as many Members of (3) by adding at the end the following new are licensed by the Small Business Ad- paragraph: this body are aware, the Small Busi- ministration. They are privately orga- ‘‘(17) the term ‘long term’, when used in ness Investment Company program cre- connection with equity capital or loan funds nized and privately managed firms. SBICs serve as profit-motivated busi- ated in the 1950s has been one of the invested in any small business concern or most successful tools in helping this smaller enterprise, means any period of time nesses that have a chance to invest in not less than 1 year.’’. small businesses and a chance to share Nation’s entrepreneurs succeed. This SEC. 3. SUBSIDY FEES. in the success of the small businesses private-public partnership has provided (a) DEBENTURES.—Section 303(b) of the they expand and thrive. access to capital, resulting in more Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 SBICs serve as partners with the gov- than $15 billion worth of investment in U.S.C. 683(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘plus ernment and the private sector by 90,000 small businesses. Of that, $600 an additional charge of 1 percent per annum million has gone to businesses located which shall be paid to and retained by the using both their own capital and funds Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘plus, for de- borrowed through the Federal Govern- in low- and moderate-income commu- bentures issued after September 30, 2000, an ment to provide venture capital to nities. SBICs have helped such house- additional charge, in an amount established small, independent businesses, both hold names as Apple Computers, Fed- annually by the Administration, of not more start-ups and established businesses. eral Express, and Callaway Golf get off than 1 percent per year as necessary to re- H.R. 3845 contains four technical the ground. duce to zero the cost (as defined in section changes to improve the program and 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 With today’s passage of H.R. 3845, we correct problems brought to the com- will build on work already undertaken (2 U.S.C. 661a)) to the Administration of pur- mittee’s attention through the over- by this body last year that passed, and chasing and guaranteeing debentures under sight process. We heard testimony re- this Act, which shall be paid to and retained the President signed, legislation that garding these changes at a hearing held by the Administration’’. streamlined the SBIC program. These on March 9. SBA has examined this leg- (b) PARTICIPATING SECURITIES.—Section changes increased flexibility, allowing 303(g)(2) of the Small Business Investment islation and is in agreement with the Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(g)(2)) is amended by changes the Committee on Small Busi- more businesses to receive the vital fi- striking ‘‘plus an additional charge of 1 per- ness has made. nancing that they need. cent per annum which shall be paid to and The bill makes four minor changes in But given last year’s passage of retained by the Administration’’ and insert- the SBIC program. First, H.R. 3845 sweeping financial modernization legis- ing ‘‘plus, for participating securities issued after September 30, 2000, an additional modifies the definition of control for lation that allowed banks, insurance charge, in an amount established annually SBIC investment in small businesses, companies, and investment firms to by the Administration, of not more than 1 eliminating a cumbersome five-prong compete in all sectors of financial serv- percent per year as necessary to reduce to test and setting a clear statutory ices, it is critical that we update the zero the cost (as defined in section 502 of the standard. SBIC program. Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. Second, the legislation modifies the 661a)) to the Administration of purchasing definition of long-term investment to The Gramm-Leach-Bliley legislation, and guaranteeing participating securities harmonize that definition with accept- while providing an important new serv- under this Act, which shall be paid to and re- ed business practice and the tax and ice to small business, has had a rip- tained by the Administration’’. banking laws, changing it from 5 years pling effect throughout the entire fi- SEC. 4. DISTRIBUTIONS. to 1 year. nancial community, including the Section 303(g)(8) of the Small Business In- SBIC program. Banks are no longer re- vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(g)(8)) is Third, the bill allows the administra- amended— tion to adjust the subsidy fee for the quired to use the SBIC program for (1) by striking ‘‘subchapter s corporation’’ SBIC program to maintain the subsidy venture capital investments, and the and inserting ‘‘subchapter S corporation’’; rate of the program at zero. It is an un- new realities of venture capital are (2) by striking ‘‘the end of any calendar fortunate side effect of the success of that we must, too, make some adjust- quarter based on a quarterly’’ and inserting the program that the current fixed 1 ment that will ensure this program ‘‘any time during any calendar quarter based percent fee is actually taking in more continues a strong record of service. on an’’; and money than the cost of the program, (3) by striking ‘‘quarterly distributions for Let me give my colleagues an exam- a calendar year,’’ and inserting ‘‘interim dis- resulting in an unnecessary cost to ple of the types of changes we must tributions for a calendar year,’’. borrowers. make. Since the program was created I would also point out that this sec- SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. in the 1950s, it was established that, in tion has been amended to be effective Section 310(c)(4) of the Small Business In- order to be deemed a long-term invest- vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 687b(c)(4)) is after the end of the year; therefore, the amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and insert- bill has no impact on direct spending in ment, the investment must be held for ing ‘‘1 year’’. the current fiscal year. 5 years. However, when we passed fi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Finally, the bill changes the lan- nancial modernization, the definition ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from guage in the investment act concerning of long-term investment was set at 1 New York (Mrs. KELLY) and the gentle- distributions by SBICs. H.R. 3845 will year. If the SBIC program is to con- tinue as an attractive investment op- woman´ from New York (Ms. allow SBICs more flexibility in making VELAZQUEZ) each will control 20 min- distributions to their investors and tion, rules like what is considered a utes. will simplify the accounting and tax long-term investment must be con- The Chair recognizes the gentle- procedures for SBICs by permitting dis- sistent with the rest of this Nation’s fi- woman from New York (Mrs. KELLY). tributions according to the quarterly nancial laws. Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I yield needs of SBICs. The legislation also addresses the myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, while these changes are critical issues of control. When the Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to minor, they are essential to the contin- thank the gentlewoman from New SBIC program was originally created, ´ ued success of this valuable program. I it was clear that SBICs would not serve York (Ms. VELAZQUEZ), the ranking urge my colleagues to support H.R. 3845 member of the Committee on Small as holding companies. Over the life of and the thousands of small businesses the program in recognition of the Business, for her efforts in moving this who could not flourish without the cap- changes in venture capital investment, noncontroversial, yet crucial legisla- ital provided by the SBIC program. tion through the committee process on Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of several exceptions have been put in place that will allow for limited con- the floor today. my time. ´ H.R. 3845, the SBIC Corrections Act, Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I trol. Unfortunately, rather than updat- is a specific, clear-cut bill offered in an yield myself as much time as I may ing the program, this has created a efficient and timely fashion. The pur- consume. complicated and burdensome system pose of H.R. 3845 is to amend the Small Mr. Speaker, as an original cosponsor for both the SBIC and SBA that, in the Business Investment Act to make of H.R. 3845, I rise in strong support of end, limits assistance to small busi- changes in the Small Business Invest- this legislation that continues to build nesses.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:20 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.006 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 This legislation recognizes that to- SECTION 1. JOEL T. BROYHILL POSTAL BUILD- league, the gentleman from Virginia ING. day’s SBICs act as incubators of busi- (Mr. WOLF), for a full description of the ness ideas. It is still the intent that (a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8409 background of our first designee. But I SBICs do not become holding compa- Lee Highway in Merrifield, Virginia, shall be would just say that this is an indi- nies; but in many cases, SBICs may known and designated as the ‘‘Joel T. Broy- vidual who was elected to the 83rd Con- need to create, capitalize, and operate hill Postal Building’’. gress in 1955 and for 22 years served in small business concerns in the early (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, this House proudly. years. map, regulation, document, paper, or other Of interest, he was the first Member The other changes under consider- record of the United States to the facility re- of Congress to represent what was then ation ensure that the fees are not over- ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to the newly created 10th Congressional burdensome and that the SBICs will be be a reference to the ‘‘Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building’’. District of Virginia, where he served as given the maximum flexibility with a member on the Republican side of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tax distribution to help with the cash aisle. It is also important to note, Mr. ant to the rule, the gentleman from flow. Speaker, that Congressman Broyhill New York (Mr. MCHUGH) and the gen- I want to also commend the gen- was also a member of what was then tleman from (Mr. tleman from Missouri (Mr. TALENT), the Committee on Post Office and Civil the chairman, and the gentlewoman FATTAH) each will control 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Service, that committee at the time from New York (Mrs. KELLY) for their that oversaw the activities of the post- from New York (Mr. MCHUGH). hard work on this legislation. al service and, as such, I think is par- These changes will continue to make GENERAL LEAVE ticularly worthy of this particular des- the SBIC program the current flagship Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I ask ignation. unanimous consent that all Members program that it is. I believe it is impor- His time in Congress, I think, would tant to act quickly to ensure that the may have 5 legislative days within merit such a designation, but Congress- SBIC program continues its mission of which to revise and extend their re- man Broyhill accumulated a record of creating future companies that, in marks on H.R. 3699. service that extends far beyond the turn, become common household The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there halls of this hallowed institution. He names. objection to the request of the gen- was a decorated veteran. He served in Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance tleman from New York? of my time. There was no objection. World War II as a captain and, at age Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 25, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge, myself such time as I may consume. myself such time as I may consume. where he was taken prisoner and held In closing, Mr. Speaker, I would like Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from in a German POW camp until he hero- to state that this technical corrections Virginia (Mr. WOLF) introduced this ically escaped and rejoined the advanc- act is entirely that, technical in na- bill, H.R. 3699, on February 29 of this ing allied forces. ture. However, it will save time and ex- year, with each Member of the House In short, Mr. Speaker, this is an indi- pense for both SBA and SBICs by elimi- delegation from the State of Virginia vidual that dedicated most of his life to nating duplicative filings and ineffi- supporting the legislation, which is the service of his country, both in a public cient use of the SBA resources. standing policy on the Committee on fashion and, as we have just heard, in Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I yield Government Reform. his military capacity as well. back the balance of my time. As noted, Mr. Speaker, this bill des- Congressman Broyhill today is the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ignates the facility of the United father of three daughters and one step- question is on the motion offered by States Postal Service located at 8409 daughter and resides not far from this the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lee Highway in Merrifield, Virginia, as body, in Arlington, Virginia. It is with KELLY) that the House suspend the the ‘‘Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building.’’ great pride, Mr. Speaker, that I bring rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3845, as The Congressional Budget Office has this bill to the floor and ask for its en- amended. reviewed the legislation and has deter- thusiastic adoption. The question was taken; and (two- mined the enactment of H.R. 3699 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of thirds having voted in favor thereof) would have no significant impact upon my time. the rules were suspended and the bill, the Federal budget. Spending by the Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield as amended, was passed. Postal Service is classified as off-budg- myself such time as I may consume. A motion to reconsider was laid on et and, thus, is not subject to pay-as- As a member of the Committee on the table. you-go procedures. As well, the bill Government Reform, I am pleased to f contains no intergovernmental or pri- join with the gentleman from New GENERAL LEAVE vate sector mandates as defined in the York (Mr. MCHUGH) in the consider- ation of two postal-naming bills. Both Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I ask Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. It would impose no cost on State, local, bills honor fine individuals who have unanimous consent that all Members contributed much to the improvement may have 5 legislative days within or tribal governments. Mr. Speaker, I am very proud of the of their country and their State. which to revise and extend their re- First, we will consider H.R. 3699, marks on H.R. 3845. record of this subcommittee in working with particularly the distinguished which honors . When the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there time is appropriate, Mr. Speaker, after objection to the request of the gentle- gentleman from , Pennsyl- vania (Mr. FATTAH), the ranking mi- we hear from the prime sponsor, I will woman from New York? yield to my colleague, the gentleman There was no objection. nority member, in having the oppor- from the fine State of Virginia (Mr. f tunity to bring a host of postal naming bills to this floor. MORAN), to make some further com- JOEL T. BROYHILL POSTAL Today we have two bills that cer- ments on this bill. BUILDING tainly are no exception, two bills that Mr. Speaker: H.R. 3699 and H.R. 3701, Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I move to seek to name facilities after individ- both sponsored by Congressman FRANK suspend the rules and pass the bill uals who, as their predecessors have WOLF, have met the committee cosponsorship (H.R. 3699) to designate the facility of done, have so admirably served their requirement and are supported by the entire the United States Postal Service lo- country, have served, in these in- Virginia congressional delegation. It must be cated at 8409 Lee Highway in stances, their Congress and their gov- voted that the persons honored by H.R. 3699 Merrifield, Virginia, as the ‘‘Joel T. ernment here in Washington, and most and H.R. 3701Ðformer members of Con- Broyhill Postal Building’’. importantly have served their commu- gressÐJoel Broyhill and Joseph Fisher, both The Clerk read as follows: nities. represented the congressional district currently H.R. 3699 held by Congressman . b 1430 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- As the Ranking minority member of the resentatives of the United States of America in I am going to be pleased in a moment Subcommittee on the Postal Service, I would Congress assembled, to yield to our good friend and col- like to thank Chairman BURTON and Chairman

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MCHUGH for their support and assistance in than 100,000 10th Congressional District Bulge and then rejoined advancing the accommodation and timely consideration residents in his 20-plus year service in American forces. After his distin- of these postal naming bills. office. The almanac also describes Con- guished career in the military ended, Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3699, to designate the gressman Broyhill as a Member of Con- he did not end his public service. After United States Postal Service located at 8409 gress and says that he ‘‘should be cred- concluding his military career, he re- Lee Highway in Merrifield, Virginia, as the ited with voting his conscience.’’ sumed real estate pursuits but then ran ``Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building,'' was intro- Congressman Broyhill is a decorated for Congress. duced by Congressman WOLF on Tuesday, veteran and for 4 years served bravely, His base was his long service with the February 29, 2000, with the support and co- along with thousands of other young Arlington County Chamber of Con- sponsorship of the entire Virginia delegation. American soldiers, in World War II as a gress, the County Planning Commis- Congressman Joel T. Broyhill was born in captain in the 106th Infantry Division. sion in Arlington, and then served for 1919 in Hopewell, Virginia. A World War II At the age of 25, Captain Broyhill 22 years in the . Army veteran, he fought in the famous ``Battle fought in one of the most decisive and He was a vigilant advocate for Federal of the Bulge,'' was captured and held as a costly conflicts in World War II, the fa- workers. He served his country well. As POW in a German camp until his escape. Mr. mous, the infamous, the Battle of the the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Broyhill returned to Virginia and was elected to Bulge. He was taken prisoner and held WOLF) has said, he was credited with Congress in 1952, representing the 1oth Dis- in a German POW camp until he hero- always voting his conscience. trict for 22 years. He served as a Republican ically escaped and was able to rejoin It is entirely appropriate, Mr. Speak- member of the House Committee on Post Of- advancing allied forces. er, that we recognize his commitment fice and Civil Service, the Committee on the Congressman Broyhill has dedicated and devotion to public service by nam- District of Columbia, and the Committee on most of his life to serving his country ing this central post office in his Ways and Means. in both war and peace, in public and in honor. I urge swift adoption of this measure. a military capacity. His commitment Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it gives Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of and his devotion to public service is de- me great pleasure to rise today to honor Mr. my time. serving of recognition, and it is appro- Joel T. Broyhill. I am proud to be a co-sponsor Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield priate that the postal building at 3409 along with my colleagues from Northern Vir- such time as he may consume to the Lee Highway in Merrifield, Virginia, be ginia, Congressmen FRANK WOLF and JOM gentleman from Virginia (Mr. WOLF), renamed in his honor. He also loved MORAN, of H.R. 3699, designating that the fa- who is the primary author of this bill, this body and loved this House, and I cility of the United States Postal Service lo- a gentleman who has worked very hard appreciate the fact that the House has cated at 3409 Lee Highway in Merrifield, Vir- to bring these two very meritorious honored him with this. ginia, to be known as ``Joel T. Broyhill Postal measures to the floor before us today. Congressman Broyhill is the father of Building.'' Mr. Broyhill has served a distin- Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I thank the three daughters, one step-daughter and guished career in the and gentleman for yielding me this time. resides today in Arlington, Virginia. as a Representative from Virginia's 10th Con- Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege, as the Mr. Speaker, the entire Virginia con- gressional District. Born in Hopewell, Virginia, November 1919, representative of the 10th Congres- gressional delegation has sponsored the Honorable Joel Broyhill was first elected to sional District of Virginia, to speak this legislation today, and we join in the Eighty-third Congress in 1952 as a Repub- today in very strong support of legisla- asking our colleagues to vote in sup- lican and served for 22 years as representa- tion I introduced which would des- port of H.R. 3699 to honor former Con- tive of the 10th Congressional District. He was ignate the postal facility located at gressman Joel T. Broyhill through the the first elected representative of the newly 8409 Lee Highway in Merrifield, Vir- naming of the Joel T. Broyhill Postal created district. He served as a member of the ginia, as the Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building in Merrifield, Virginia. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Building. I want to thank the gen- I would also like to announce that Service, and a committee nearest to my heart, tleman from New York (Mr. MCHUGH) Senator WARNER has introduced iden- the Committee on the District of Columbia and of the Subcommittee on Postal Service tical legislation in the Senate where the Committee on Ways and Means. and the entire Committee on Govern- we hope it goes for a quick passage. Congressman Broyhill, a decorated veteran, ment Reform for moving this legisla- Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield served four years in World War II as a Captain tion very, very fast. such time as he may consume to the in the 106th Infantry Division. At age 25, he The Honorable Joel T. Broyhill was gentleman from Virginia (Mr. MORAN). fought in the ``Battle of the Bulge'' and was elected to Congress in 1952 and began Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speak- held captive in a German POW camp until he his career in the service in the House er, I thank the gentleman for yielding heroically escaped and made his way back to as a Republican Member in 1953 in the me this time, the distinguished gen- the advancing Allied armies. 83rd Congress. I can still remember tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. The Honorable Joel Broyhill has dedicated looking down and seeing Congressman FATTAH). his life to serving his country in both the mili- Broyhill as he served here on the floor Mr. Speaker, it is entirely appro- tary and as a public official. The Almanac of for so many years. priate that we name the central post American Politics stated that Congressman Born in Hopewell, Virginia, on No- office facility in Merrifield, Virginia, Broyhill ``should be credited by voting his con- vember 4, 1919, Joel Broyhill served 22 after Joel Broyhill. Mr. Broyhill served science.'' His commitment and dedication to years as a representative of the 10th Arlington County and Fairfax County public service is deserving of recognition, and Congressional District. He was the first and extraordinarily it is appropriate that the postal building at Member of Congress to represent the well during his long public career. It 3409 Lee Highway in Merrifield, Virginia. newly created 10th. He began his con- was a transitional period during those In closing, Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor gressional career and service as a mem- days and Mr. Broyhill earned a reputa- such a man as Joel Broyhill. He was ably ber, as the gentleman from New York tion for excellent service to his con- served his country and community. I know my (Mr. MCHUGH) said, of the House Com- stituency, particularly Federal work- colleagues join me in honoring and thanking mittee on Post Office and Civil Service ers. Joel for his many years of dedicated service to and the District of Columbia, and later A native of Hopewell, Virginia, this the people of Virginia's 10th Congressional became a member of the powerful distinguished gentleman attended pub- District. House Committee on Ways and Means. lic schools, graduated from Fork Union Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I have no Constituent services, assisting people Military Academy, and then, upon further requests for time, and I yield he represented, was the cornerstone of completion of his studies at George back the balance of my time. Joel Broyhill’s service in Congress. Ac- Washington University, enlisted in the Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I would cording to the Almanac of American Army. simply urge all our Members to support Politics in 1972, and I quote, they said, The gentleman from New York (Mr. this very worthy piece of legislation ‘‘There were few offices that took care MCHUGH) and the gentleman from Vir- honoring an equally worthy individual. of constituents’ needs and complaints ginia (Mr. WOLF) have described his Mr. Speaker, I have no further re- with more efficiency.’’ Congressman courage and valor. He escaped the Ger- quests for time, and I yield back the Broyhill estimated that he aided more man forces after the Battle of the balance of my time.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:00 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.010 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Virginia, as the Joseph L. Fisher Post So I want to thank him for offering STEARNS). The question is on the mo- Office Building. this bill, and I add my support to it. tion offered by the gentleman from The Congressional Budget Office has Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3701, to designate the New York (Mr. MCHUGH) that the also reviewed this legislation and de- United States Postal Service located at 3118 House suspend the rules and pass the termined that its enactment would Washington Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, bill, H.R. 3699. have no significant impact on the Fed- as the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Building,'' The question was taken. eral budget. Spending by the postal was introduced with the support and cospon- Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, on that I service is classified as off budget and sorship of the entire Virginia delegation. demand the yeas and nays. not subject to pay-as-you-go proce- The late Congressman Joseph L. Fisher The yeas and nays were ordered. dures. This act would have no impact was born in Rhode Island. In 1963 he was The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- or cost on State, local, or tribal gov- elected to the Arlington, Virginia County Board ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the ernments. and served as chairman of the Washington Chair’s prior announcement, further Once again, Mr. Speaker, we have an Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. After un- proceedings on this motion will be individual and an opportunity to honor seating a former member of Congress, Con- postponed. an individual who served in this body. gressman Joel Broyhill in 1974, Congressman f Joseph L. Fisher was elected as a rep- Fisher was elected to represent the 10th Dis- resentative from the 10th District of trict where he served for three terms. Con- JOSEPH L. FISHER POST OFFICE Virginia in 1974, the 94th Congress, as a gressman Fisher, a Democrat, was a dedi- BUILDING Democrat, and served for three terms, cated member of the Committee on Ways and Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I move to interestingly enough, immediately fol- Means and Committee on the Budget. During suspend the rules and pass the bill lowing our previous honoree, Rep- his time in the Congress, he made a reputa- (H.R. 3701) to designate the facility of resentative Broyhill. tion for his work on taxes, energy and budget the United States Postal Service lo- As in our previous designee, then policy. cated at 3118 Washington Boulevard in Congressman Fisher went on to a very At the time of his death in 1992, Congress- Arlington, Virginia, as the ‘‘Joseph L. storied, very meritorious career in pub- man Fisher was a Distinguished Visiting Pro- fessor of Political Economy at George Mason Fisher Post Office Building’’. lic service. After his leaving Congress, University. The Clerk read as follows: he served as Secretary of Human Re- I urge swift adoption of this measure and H.R. 3701 sources for the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia during Governor ROBB’s adminis- thank my colleague, Congressman WOLF for Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- seeking to honor such distinguished men and resentatives of the United States of America in tration. He was a professor of political economy at George Mason University. former members of Congress. Congress assembled, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of He served as the Chairman of the Na- SECTION 1. JOSEPH L. FISHER POST OFFICE my time. BUILDING. tional Academy of Public Administra- Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield (a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the tion. He served as the head of the Uni- myself such time as I may consume. United States Postal Service located at 3118 tarian Universalist Association, and on Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, we are Washington Boulevard in Arlington, Vir- and on and on. ginia, shall be known and designated as the very fortunate today to have two indi- As I have said previously, we are in- viduals designated in these two bills ‘‘Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Building’’. deed privileged today to have the op- (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, who are so worthy of this designation map, regulation, document, paper, or other portunity to honor two individuals who that I am confident we are about to be- record of the United States to the facility re- have served in a broad range of capac- stow. ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to ities that have really exemplified what Again, to that opportunity, we owe be a reference to the ‘‘Joseph L. Fisher Post the commitment to public service much to the sponsors of both bills, the Office Building’’. should be and, in fact, is all about. gentleman from Virginia (Mr. WOLF). The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Congressman Fisher passed from our Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield ant to the rule, the gentleman from midst in Arlington, Virginia, in 1992; such time as he may consume to the New York (Mr. MCHUGH) and the gen- but he is survived today by his wife, gentleman from Virginia (Mr. WOLF). tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Margaret, seven children, 16 grand- Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I thank the FATTAH) each will control 20 minutes. children, and two great-grandsons. And gentleman for yielding me the time. The Chair recognizes the gentleman certainly to them we want to extend Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and a from New York (Mr. MCHUGH). our most heartfelt feelings of apprecia- privilege to speak in support of the leg- islation I introduced to designate the GENERAL LEAVE tion and deep respect for the actions of post office located at 3118 Washington Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I ask Joseph L. Fisher in support of this Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, as unanimous consent that all Members House, in support of his government, the ‘‘Joseph L. Fisher Post Office.’’ may have 5 legislative days within and in support of his community. I will be pleased in a moment to yield I want to again thank the gentleman which to revise and extend their re- to the author, the gentleman from Vir- from New York (Chairman MCHUGH) of marks on H.R. 3701, the bill now under ginia (Mr. WOLF), for some more exten- the Postal Service subcommittee and consideration. all the members of the Committee on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there sive remarks. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Government Reform for their efforts to objection to the request of the gen- my time. move this legislation to the House tleman from New York? Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield floor today. There was no objection. myself such time as I may consume. Born in Rhode Island on January 11, Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, I would like to also add 1914, the same year as my dad was myself such time as I may consume. my voice in support of H.R. 3701. This born, the late Congressman Joseph L. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from is another bill authored by our good Fisher was first elected as representa- Virginia (Mr. WOLF) once again has friend and colleague, the gentleman tive of the 10th District in 1974 as a taken the mantle of leadership in in- from the State of Virginia (Mr. WOLF), Democrat and began his service in the troducing this bill, H.R. 3701. Also on who has been concerned with, among 94th Congress. He served for three February 29 of this year and, as in the many other issues, the question of terms and was the second Member of previous enactment, he has brought making sure that this Congress recog- Congress to represent Virginia’s 10th the entire House delegation of the nizes the importance of family. Congressional District. State of Virginia in support of his pro- As the current representative of the b posal in concert with the standing pol- 1445 10th District, I am honored to offer this icy of the Committee on Government I think that is evident by these two legislation to highlight the public serv- Reform. bills, he understands that family ex- ice career of Joe Fisher, which spanned As we have heard, H.R. 3701 des- tends even to Members who have left over 50 years. ignates the facility of the United this body. And we honor ourselves by Economist, educator, author, and States Postal Service located at 3118 recognizing the contributions of those congressman, Joe Fisher earned his un- Washington Boulevard in Arlington, who come before us. dergraduate degree at Bowdoin College

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:00 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.027 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H945 and went on to graduate studies at the has introduced identical legislation in the age of 78. He has left a legacy in London School of Economics, Harvard the Senate, and we are hopeful for a Northern Virginia particularly, but in University, and The George Wash- quick passage. this country generally. ington University. In 1942, he married I want to again really thank the With regard to Northern Virginia, I the former Margaret, now Peggy, Saun- chairman for moving these so very, think it is fair to say that he was in- ders Winslow. very fast. strumental in transforming Northern He served as Senior Economic Advi- Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I reserve Virginia from what had at one time sor on the Council of Economic Advi- the balance of my time. been a segregated, insular suburb to a sors during the Truman Administra- Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield progressive and inclusively caring com- tion. During his 6 years in Congress, he such time as he may consume to the munity. That probably would have hap- was a member of the powerful House gentleman from Virginia (Mr. MORAN). pened without Joe Fisher, but it hap- Committee on Ways and Means and the Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speak- pened sooner and more profoundly be- Committee on the Budget and earned a er, I thank again my good friend, the cause of Joe Fisher. reputation for his diligent work on tax- gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Beyond his service to Virginia and ation, energy, and budget policy. He FATTAH), for yielding me the time and this Nation, those of us who knew Joe also served as the chairman of seven for his leadership in the Congress. Fisher came to appreciate the renais- task forces all charged with important Mr. Speaker, I rise in very strong sance character of his personality and national policy issues. support of this legislation to rename intellect. He was an avid sportsman He held the position of economist at the central post office in Arlington and hiker. He was a national leader of the U.S. Department of State before County after the late Joe Fisher, who the Unitarian Church. But first and serving his country in World War II in so ably represented Virginia’s old 10th foremost, he was a devoted husband the Pacific theater from 1943 to 1946. District between 1974 and 1980. and father to his wife Peggy and their He was also deeply involved in commu- I want to commend my good friend seven children. nity activities. and distinguished colleague, the gen- Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to sup- He was elected to the Arlington tleman from Virginia (Mr. WOLF), who port this bill to honor the lifetime of County Board in 1963 and served as its now represents the new 10th District of public service that Joe Fisher provided chairman. Working closely with his Virginia, for his leadership on this bill, our country. Again, I commend my community, he became an advocate for as well as the prior bill with regard to good friend the gentleman from Vir- regional air and water pollution and Mr. Broyhill. ginia (Mr. WOLF) for his leadership on transit improvement projects. He also Joe Fisher was one of the finest men it. served as chairman of Washington Met- I ever knew. I am proud to stand on his Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield ropolitan Area Transit Authority and inspirational shoulders today. He was back the balance of my time. president and chairman of the Wash- extraordinarily intelligent, holding a Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield ington Metropolitan Council of Govern- doctorate from Harvard in economics. myself such time as I may consume for ments. He was a man of unquestioned integ- a final word of appreciation for the After his service in Congress, he con- rity and genuine humility. He worked leadership of the gentleman from Vir- tinued his public service career during hard and purposefully, and he under- ginia (Mr. WOLF) on this and a plea to Virginia Governor CHARLES ROBB’s ad- stood our responsibility to the future, our colleagues to adopt, as well, this ministration as secretary of human re- particularly in the area of environ- piece of legislation honoring a very sources for the Commonwealth of Vir- mental preservation. worthy individual. ginia. He was also a professor of polit- Many young people who are active in Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it gives ical economy at George Mason Univer- Government service and public service me great pleasure to rise today to honor Mr. sity and chairman of the National today got their start working for and Joseph L. Fisher. I am proud to be an original Academy of Public Administration. He observing Congressman Joe Fisher. co-sponsor of H.R. 3701, introduced by Rep- also served as head of the Unitarian During his service here in the House, resentative FRANK WOLF and Representative Universalist Association, the church’s Joe was a leader on economic issues, JIM MORAN, which designates the United international administrative body. tax reform, and economic policy. It is States Post Office facility located at 3118 As an author, he wrote several books, amazing to think that he was ap- Washington Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, to including World Prospects for Natural pointed to the Committee on Ways and be known as the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Resources in 1964 and Resources in Means in his very first term. Building.'' Mr. Fisher served a distinguished America’s Future in 1963. The Joseph The leadership of my party appointed career in both the U.S. Armed Forces and as L. Fisher papers are featured in a col- Joe to head no less than seven task the first Representative from Virginia's 10th lection at George Mason University. forces that helped to draft the Energy Congressional District. Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Policy Act of 1978. He was a founding Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, January Wilder once stated, ‘‘Joe proved how member of the Environmental Study 11, 1914, the late Congressman Joseph Fish- well one can serve the people. He did it Conference that provided a bicameral er was first elected as the representative of every day, pushing for the kinds of forum in which to examine our Na- the 10th Congressional District of Virginia in things that would truly improve the tion’s environmental policies. And he 1974 as a Democrat and began his service in quality of life for all of his constitu- was a strong voice for Federal workers the Ninety-fourth Congress. He held the seat ents.’’ in Northern Virginia, as well as for of Congressman FRANK WOLF. He served Congressman Fisher dedicated his people in need throughout the country. three terms and was the second Member of life to public service and was a com- After leaving this body in 1980, Joe Congress to represent the 10th Congressional mitted advocate of the causes in which continued his public service as Sec- District. He served the 10th district through a he believed. It is fitting to recognize retary of Human Resources in the ad- period of tremendous growth and change for his commitment to public service by ministration of then Governor CHUCK Northern Virginia. During his six years in Con- renaming the post office located at 3118 ROBB. He, in fact, had the unenviable gress he served as a member of the House Washington Boulevard, Arlington, Vir- task during that period of time when Ways and Means and Budget committees and ginia, in tribute to him. we had a recession in the State of ad- earned a reputation for his diligent work on Congressman Fisher passed away in ministering Virginia’s AFDC and Med- taxation, energy and budget policy. He also Arlington, Virginia, on February 19, icaid programs. But he had a heart served as chair of seven task forces all on na- 1992, and is survived by his wife Peggy, that was as expansive as his mind. And tional policy issues. 7 children, 16 grandchildren, and 2 throughout his tenure, he earned a rep- When he first came to Northern Virginia he great grandsons. utation for being fair minded, even accepted a position as an economist at the Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to handed, and extraordinarily effective. U.S. Department of State before serving his join me in supporting this legislation When he left Richmond, he continued country in World War II in the Pacific theater to honor the late Congressman Joseph serving the public as a professor at from 1943 to 1946. After he returned to the L. Fisher for his dedicated public serv- George Mason University, which is a area, he was elected to the Arlington County ice. I would say that Senator WARNER post he held until he passed away at Board in 1963 and became an advocate for

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 01:22 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.058 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H946 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 regional air, water pollution and transit im- stantial progress on democratic freedoms The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there provement projects. He also served as a and multi-party elections; objection to the request of the gen- Chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Whereas Mozambique is one of the world’s tleman from New York? poorest countries where 27 percent of all ba- Area Transit Authority. There was no objection. bies born die before the age of 5; Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield After his service in Congress, he continued Whereas the flooding has virtually wiped his public service at the state level during Vir- out the significant economic recovery the myself such time as I may consume. ginia Governor CHARLES S. ROBB's administra- Mozambican people have worked hard to (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given tion as Secretary of Human Resources for the achieve over the last 8 years; permission to revise and extend his re- Commonwealth of Virginia. Former Virginia Whereas large segments of Mozambican marks and include extraneous mate- Governor L. Douglas Wilder once stated, ``Joe crops were spared from the cyclone and rial.) proved how well one can serve the people. He flooding and could be utilized to feed needy Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, the wa- did it every day.'' citizens later this year; ters of southern Africa’s worst flooding Congressman Fisher dedicated his life to Whereas the Government of Mozambique in a century are slowly beginning to re- will require massive international assistance public service and was a committed advocate over the next 90 days and the growing inter- cede, but the flood waters have left be- of the causes in which he believed. It is fitting national relief effort must remain on high hind an altered landscape. Where there to recognize his service and commitment by alert for the next several weeks; were homes, there are now ruins. renaming the post office located at 3118 Whereas prior to the flood disaster, Mo- Where there were schools, there is now Washington Boulevard, Arlington County, Vir- zambique was one of the first countries to only rubble. Throughout Mozambique, ginia. qualify for benefits under the World Bank/ where there were signs of steady eco- In closing, Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor IMF Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initia- nomic progress, once again there is a such a man as Joseph Fisher. He has ably tive; and spectre of hunger and disease. Whereas the total amount of Mozambique’s served his country and community. I know my external debt is $5.3 billion: Now, therefore, We still do not know how many peo- colleagues join me in honoring Joseph for his be it ple have perished in Mozambique. We many years of service to his nation and the Resolved, That the House of believe that 40,000 cattle have drowned. people of Virginia's 10th Congressional Dis- Representatives— A third of their onion crop has been de- trict. (1) commends the Government of the Re- stroyed. We know that Mozambique Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield public of South Africa for its quick response and other nations in the region need back the balance of my time. and assistance to the Mozambican people; serious help. When a disaster this scope The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. (2) commends the Government of the afflicts a wealthy nation like our own United Kingdom for announcing debt can- STEARNS). The question is on the mo- Nation, it is an enormous challenge. tion offered by the gentleman from cellation for Mozambique so that precious fi- nancial resources may be dedicated to the But when it happens to a country New York (Mr. MCHUGH) that the national relief and recovery effort; where the average annual per capita in- House suspend the rules and pass the (3) commends the Administration for its come is less than what we might pay bill, H.R. 3701. growing involvement and leadership in co- for a dinner for two in one of our favor- The question was taken. ordinating America’s disaster assistance ite restaurants, it is tragic. Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, on that I package to the Republic of Mozambique; Our Nation and other nations are al- demand the yeas and nays. (4) supports the efforts of the United ready helping, but their work has only The yeas and nays were ordered. States Government to assist in coordinating just begun. I fully support this resolu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- international efforts to help the Republic of Mozambique salvage what remains of this tion introduced by our good friend and ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the colleague the gentleman from New Chair’s prior announcement, further year’s food crops and to provide seeds for rural agricultural growers; York (Mr. MEEKS) because it reiterates proceedings on this motion will be (5) encourages the international commu- this Congressional commitment to help postponed. nity to continue to provide emergency relief, our brothers in southern Africa in a f airlift capacity, and other disaster assist- time of need. ance to the Republic of Mozambique for the EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR HU- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of next 90 days; my time. MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO (6) urges the international community to REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE take all necessary steps to locate and demar- Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- er, I yield myself such time as I may Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I move to cate areas that may now harbor semi-boyant consume. suspend the rules and agree to the reso- plastic land mines transported to new loca- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support lution (H. Res. 431) expressing support tions by the flooding in Mozambique; (7) requests that the international commu- of the resolution. for humanitarian assistance to the Re- nity develop a coordinated response to the Mr. Speaker, let me first thank the public of Mozambique, as amended. Government of Mozambique’s request for re- chairman, the gentleman from New The Clerk read as follows: covery and reconstruction assistance for York (Mr. GILMAN), for his support on H. RES. 431 buildings and transportation infrastructure; this piece of legislation, this resolu- Whereas in February 2000, the southern Af- (8) encourages the international commu- nity to assist the nations of southern Africa tion. rica nations of Botswana, Madagascar, Mo- Mr. Speaker, for the past 3 weeks, zambique, South Africa, Zambia, and to increase their capacity to respond to na- Zimbabwe began to experience severe flood- tional emergencies and natural disasters; the world has watched with great an- ing caused by days of heavy rain; and guish as the people of the Republic of Whereas the Republic of Mozambique bore (9) urges the International Monetary Fund Mozambique clung to whatever they the brunt of the torrential rains and experi- and other international creditors to fully ac- could to escape raging flood waters. enced the worst flooding in 100 years; celerate debt reduction efforts with respect The storms that ravaged Mozambique Whereas roads, homes, bridges, the energy to Mozambique’s external debt in the after- are the worst the southern African re- math of the severe flooding. infrastructure, and crops were destroyed; gion has seen in more than 100 years. Whereas many towns are without potable The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The nations of Botswana, Zambia, water and the corresponding public health ant to the rule, the gentleman from Zimbabwe, and South Africa have also threat from water-borne diseases is severe; New York (Mr. GILMAN) and the gen- Whereas on February 22, 2000, tropical cy- experienced national emergencies from tleman from New York (Mr. MEEKS) clone Eline blew full force into Mozambique, the rainy flooding season. exacerbating an already terrible humani- each will control 20 minutes. However, Mozambique bore the brunt tarian crisis; The Chair recognizes the gentleman of the storms and is still threatened by Whereas continued rainfall from swollen from New York (Mr. GILMAN). flood waters from neighboring coun- rivers in neighboring southern African coun- GENERAL LEAVE tries who are forced to open their dams tries threatens to bring more flood waters Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask to ease the pressure of these struc- into Mozambique; unanimous consent that all Members tures. Whereas thousands of Mozambicans have lost everything and are in desperate need of may have 5 legislative days within In the southern third of Mozambique, water, food, and shelter; which to revise and extend their re- virtually all the primary roads, Whereas in 1992 Mozambique ended a marks and to include extraneous mate- bridges, electric grid facilities, and bloody 16 year civil war and has made sub- rial on House Resolution 431. clean water wells have been destroyed.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 01:22 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.023 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H947 Many buildings and homes that were manitarian aid efforts in Mozambique; pressure is put on to end this destruc- built along the fertile flood planes of and as we have seen in news reports, tive war, if Africans decide that they the Save and Limpopo Rivers will need Mozambique has borne the brunt of the want to help others in need, not fight to be relocated or rebuilt. destructive torrential rains and trop- unwinnable wars, then something posi- Mr. Speaker, it is ironic that a na- ical cyclones. Unbelievably, Mozam- tive will come out of this disaster. tion that has experienced much success bique has been hit with over 500 per- Today, the people of Mozambique over the past 8 years to reform its Gov- cent of its average annual rainfall over need help. Mozambique has shown that ernment and economy has suffered the the course of a couple of weeks. it knows the road to a better life. It de- economic disaster caused by the floods. Flooding has also hit South Africa serves America’s help in overcoming Mozambique recently held its second and Zambia and Zimbabwe, Mozam- this natural disaster, and this resolu- multi-party elections in 1999 and has bique’s neighbors and partners in the tion expresses support for U.S. relief ef- privatized over 800 former government- Southern Africa Development Commu- forts in Mozambique, and I ask my col- owned enterprises. nity. leagues to support it. I thank the b 1500 This resolution commends South Af- chairman of the full committee, and I rica, for one, for helping Mozambique. also want to thank the gentleman from For the first time in as long as any- Special recognition should be given to New York (Mr. MEEKS) for introducing one can remember, Mozambique did the tireless efforts of the South African this legislation. not request international food aid. Ad- helicopter teams who saved an esti- Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- ditionally, because the Mozambique mated 14,000 stranded Mozambicans er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- government’s track record and eco- from their homes, from the roof tops of woman from the State of Michigan nomic performance was so strong, the their now-destroyed homes. (Ms. KILPATRICK), and a member of the nation qualified for the World Bank These were heroic efforts which saved Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, and IMF Highly Indebted Poor Coun- innumerable lives, and some quarter of Export Financing and Related Pro- tries program. a million Mozambicans are now living grams. With the flood waters comes the in relief camps. Food, tents, medicine, (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was threat of waterborne diseases and other and blankets are desperately needed. I given permission to revise and extend public health problems. Another prob- applaud the U.S. military units now in- her remarks.) lem comes from land mines. Mozam- volved in rescue and relief efforts in Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I bique has thousands of semi-buoyant Mozambique. American military forces would say to the gentleman from New plastic land mines that may have been are the best in the world. They bring York (Mr. MEEKS) and the rest of the uncovered by the rising waters. These unparalleled skills to this multi-inter- Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, new areas must be located and demar- national operation, skills that have Export Financing and Related Pro- cated to avoid the unnecessary damage been demonstrated in humanitarian op- grams, we appreciate them bringing they can do to the population. erations in the Balkans and Ban- this amendment forward to our com- In the midst of destruction and great gladesh and in Latin America. mittee. human tragedy, we witnessed the mir- I would like to say a few words about The resolution is most desperately acle of life above the flood water as a Mozambique’s recent history. The ex- needed. I want to report that last week mother gave birth to a child while ample of Mozambique is a strong in appropriations, we have a commit- clinging to a tree. counter to those who see nothing in Af- ment from our chairman, the gen- Additionally, a vast quantity of the rica but war, famine, and disease. Mo- tleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG), as country’s crops was spared from the zambique has put an era of authori- well as the chairman from the Sub- flood waters. If the international com- tarian one-party rule behind it and suc- committee on Foreign Operations, Ex- munity can get seeds and tools to the cessfully resolved the bloody, bitter port Financing and Related Programs, right areas, Mozambique’s 2000 harvest civil conflict that once tore apart the the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. CAL- yield should be available to help the country’s social fabric. It is moving to- LAHAN), to see that Mozambique gets emergency food shortages. ward a market-based economy, one the assistance that they need. We of- The Clinton administration has an- that has registered several years of im- fered an amendment that would replen- nounced its intention to draw down pressive growth, growth in the 8 per- ish the accounts, the $37 million that $37.6 million of DOD funds to assist the cent range. has been taken from the military and Mozambicans. The administration’s This natural disaster is a setback on DOD, as well as replenishing the child package also includes the relocation of this progress. Today, we can only do survival accounts, as well as inter- military assets, small boats and heli- our best to see that Mozambique’s national assistance. copters, to the region to assist. move toward a more prosperous future Mozambique, after 16 years of war, is The Clinton administration has also is not derailed. As we speak, humani- now one of the fastest growing coun- announced today that it will cancel tarian relief efforts are being made by tries on the continent. It is our respon- Mozambique’s bilateral debt. We must the U.S. and by Germany and by Brit- sibility, as a partner in the world, that be prepared to do all we can to assist ain, Canada and many other countries. we address this most desperate need Mozambique and to help it get back on It is my hope that out of this disaster that they have today. track so that her hard-fought economic some good may come. Some African Nineteen million people; 1 million and political reforms are not washed governments, faced with limited re- homeless; 2 million land mines have away with the flood waters. sources, are being asked some tough been identified. The cyclone has now Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of questions by their citizens. A news- moved those mines, and we must go in my time. paper in Namibia has noted, no single there and assist them, as they grow Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Namibian would question the need to and help themselves. such time as he may consume to the send assistance to Mozambique, where- So I would say to the gentleman from gentleman from California (Mr. as they can quite legitimately question New York (Mr. MEEKS) and the rest of ROYCE), the distinguished chairman of the need for military assistance to my colleagues, this is one of the most our Subcommittee on Africa. Congo, which is torn by war. important resolutions we will see in Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the A Zimbabwean paper focusing on the this Congress. chairman, the gentleman from New flooding in Zimbabwe wrote, ‘‘The gov- I commend the Committee on Inter- York (Mr. GILMAN) for yielding me this ernment was unable to respond prop- national Relations, as well as our time. erly to the plight of the victims in the Members on the Committee on Appro- Mr. Speaker, I would like to state my flooding in the south of the country be- priations, for adopting an amendment support for this resolution put forward cause the majority of our helicopters to see that Mozambique gets the finan- by the gentleman from New York (Mr. were in the Congo.’’ cial assistance they deserve. MEEKS), a member of the Sub- I hope that African citizens will in- Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 committee on Africa. This resolution is creasingly question their government’s minutes to the gentlewoman from a strong statement of support for hu- presence in the war in the Congo; and if Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA).

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 01:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.036 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I want Service to propose such a plan to co- I would like to commend the gen- to thank the gentleman from New ordinate local, regional, and Federal tleman from California (Mr. ROYCE), York (Mr. GILMAN), the chairman of flood response efforts. the chairman of the Subcommittee on the Committee on International Rela- Without much effort or expense, Africa, for his outstanding work on the tions, for yielding this time to me. many urban search and rescue teams Subcommittee on Africa, where he has Mr. Speaker, I certainly want to nationwide can incorporate flood and taken many initiatives. I would like to commend my colleague, the gentleman swift-water rescue components as has give special congratulations to the gen- from New York (Mr. MEEKS), for intro- already been done in California. Per- tleman from New York (Mr. MEEKS), a ducing this very worthy resolution haps next time such a team is dis- new member on the committee, who honoring the United States civilian patched regionally, nationally, or has taken his responsibilities ex- and military personnel serving bravely internationally, they will be better tremely seriously and has been a tre- to rescue victims of the flooding in Mo- trained and better equipped to move mendous asset to the Subcommittee on zambique, and expressing our support more effectively and serve the victims Africa with his energy and his knowl- for humanitarian assistance to the Re- of disaster. edge and his compassion for the work public of Mozambique. I wish to reiterate the pride I feel for of the subcommittee. So it is a pleas- The survivors of this massive natural the humanitarian service being pro- ure for me to work alongside the gen- disaster face the challenges of fighting vided by American personnel in Mo- tleman and other members of the Sub- disease, reclaiming their lives, and re- zambique, and indeed the need is there. committee on Africa, the gentleman building their homes. As neighbors in Stemming waterborne diseases such as from Florida (Mr. HASTINGS) and the this rapidly shrinking world, we must cholera and malaria, while providing gentlewoman from California (Ms. do what we can to assist with these ef- clean water and seeding reclaimed LEE). forts. farmland, are important first steps to Mr. Speaker, let me say that this is I want to raise a point, however, in recovery of that nation. Let us hope a very timely resolution. As you know, my statement, a point that I think that we will learn from this experience the Republic of Mozambique has been needs to be raised because flooding is a and better prepare ourselves for flood experiencing severe floods which began predictable disaster and much of this disaster at home. early last month, the worst in over 40 tragedy could have been averted by the With such resources coordinated na- years. Massive flooding not only dev- pre-deployment of trained resources. tionally, we can better assist flood vic- astated the lands of Mozambique, but Mr. Speaker, the recent flooding that tims around the world. it also hit South Africa, Zimbabwe, has left millions homeless in Mozam- Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- Zambia, and Madagascar. What began bique underscores the point that sadly er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman as a heavy rain soon turned into Cy- there is a broad ignorance of effective from Connecticut (Mr. GEJDENSON), the clone Eline and brought disastrous flood disaster management. Flooding is ranking member of the Committee on floods to the south and central parts of the leading cause of weather-related International Relations. the country. Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I join death worldwide, and the situation in Secondly, there was a second cyclone my colleagues in urging the adminis- Mozambique is not unique. that came unexpectedly, and then a Much criticism has been leveled at tration’s continued effort during this third. So the initial slow response was the delayed response of United States incredible humanitarian disaster. exacerbated by the fact that the second resources to the area. Without rehash- Some 650,000 people have been left and third cyclone came to bring dev- ing the stories found in the news- homeless. Hundreds, I think some 300 astating rains to that region. papers, I want to point out that when schools and clinics, have been de- Grim images flashed over CNN and showed Mozambicans stranded on tops civilian rescue teams were sent from stroyed, washed away; children left or- of trees and utility poles. Sophia the Miami-Dade Urban Search and Res- phaned; a country that was just com- Pedro, a young mother, gave birth to a cue Team, nobody on that team had ing to pull itself together after many baby, a little girl, in a treetop, where been trained for swift-water rescue. difficult years finds itself under a nat- she sought refuge for 4 days earlier. Though the most dangerous part of ural assault that has really dislocated The torrential rains took a heavy toll this flood disaster has passed and the and devastated people’s lives. I join my colleagues, and I know the on the population, with several hun- waters are receding, the weather pat- American citizens, who have responded dred dead and over 1 million refugees. terns over Mozambique continue to with such strong support for our help This natural disaster, the worst in change and just a little rain is suffi- in this particular instance. Southern Africa’s recorded history, has cient to make the standing and reced- interrupted the economic, political, b 1515 ing water dangerous, not only dan- and social miracle of Mozambique gerous but rapidly moving water. It is clear that all of us in Congress which it has created for itself during Very specific training is required for and society have such a great oppor- the past decade. Few people know that rescue personnel to work in this envi- tunity because of our own success as a before this disaster, Mozambique had ronment without putting themselves in Nation to be helpful and to join with the fastest and most sustained eco- danger, and very few rescue teams have other nations in providing some assist- nomic growth of any country in the even one person adequately trained for ance in this very terrible situation. world. this type of situation. Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- This resolution recognizes these The bottom line, Mr. Speaker, is that er, I yield such time as he may con- things that I have mentioned, and fur- much more needs to be done about how sume to the gentleman from New Jer- ther calls for the U.S. to take the lead we plan for, respond to, and educate sey (Mr. PAYNE), a Member who has in the international community to co- people about floods. Recently, work long been working in the valiant effort ordinate relief efforts; it commends has begun to raise awareness of this with reference to Africa. South Africa for its swift response; it issue on the national level. Last (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given commends the British government for month, as the flood waters were rising permission to revise and extend his re- cancelling its bilateral debt; and, fi- in Mozambique, I testified along with marks.) nally, it encourages the multilateral the gentleman from California (Mr. Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise institutions to constructively deal BILBRAY), before the Subcommittee on today in support of H. Res. 431, a reso- with debt reduction. Oversight, Investigations and Emer- lution to support humanitarian aid for Mozambique has complied with the gency Management, of the Committee Mozambique. I would like to thank the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Ini- on Transportation and Infrastructure, gentleman from New York (Mr. GIL- tiative, HIPC. Last year, Mozambique about the need to develop a coherent MAN), the Chairman of the Committee completed the requirements to receive national flood response plan. on International Relations, for allow- $3.7 billion in debt reduction from ex- A constituent of mine, Chief Steve ing this to come to the full committee, ternal creditors, the largest reduction Miller of the Cabin John Fire Depart- and the gentleman from Connecticut under the HIPC initiative. ment, worked with Lieutenant Mar- (Mr. GEJDENSON) for also supporting In conclusion, let me say Mozam- shall Parks of the San Diego Lifeguard this resolution. bique is an impoverished country of 19

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 01:22 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.040 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H949 million, and debt relief means flood re- I also want to join in commending Jersey (Mr. PAYNE) for the attention lief. Land mines have been exposed and South Africa for its swift action and they have brought to this issue, to must be dealt with. Mozambique, as we the serious effort that it put forth, and make sure that our Nation does all it all know, was one of the last colonies the United Kingdom for initiating debt should do, given our role in this world. in Africa. It wasn’t until 1974 when Mo- relief. Ultimately debt relief, for not Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- zambique and Guinea-Bissau and Cape only Mozambique, but for many of the er, I yield the balance of my time to Verde and Angola became independent, nations of Africa, is going to provide the gentlewoman from California (Ms. the final release of countries other serious help to the ultimate develop- WATERS), a strong advocate for the than South Africa under a colonial- ment of those countries, and I am continent of Africa and the country of type regime. pleased to see that it has taken shape. Mozambique. But after independence, after the co- I also want to take this opportunity The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. lonial powers were thrown off them, to commend the people in my city, the STEARNS). The gentlewoman from Cali- the Cold War took its toll by rearing City of Chicago, where we have initi- fornia is recognized for 3 minutes. its ugly head and wreaked havoc on ated our own private response. I want (Ms. WATERS asked and was given that country, with Renamo forces to commend the Chicago Public School permission to revise and extend her re- being supported by the West and System under the leadership of Paul marks.) Frelimo forces being supported by the Vallas and Gary Chico, whose children Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I would opposition parties. Therefore, it cre- have pledged to raise between $75,000 like to thank my colleague, the gen- ated the civil war that continued on and $100,000 through their Kids Helping tleman from New York (Mr. MEEKS), because of the U.S. and the Soviet Kids program that will go to Mozam- for his leadership in sponsoring this Union. It had nothing to do with the bique. Also I want to commend Alder- resolution. I would like to also thank people of Mozambique, but pawns again man Ed Smith, chairman of the Health the gentleman from New York (Mr. of the major powers in the world. So we Committee. We are seeking to find GILMAN) and other members of the feel that they are still recovering from medical resources that are not going to Committee on International Relations this 16-year civil war between Renamo be used by our city that will conversely for their quick response. and Frelimo which ended in 1992. be used to give to the people of Mozam- I rise in favor of H. Res. 431. This res- I had the opportunity to talk to bique. olution supports the efforts of the President Chissano just one month ago So I join all of those who are in sup- United States to provide disaster as- where the miracle of Mozambique was port of this resolution, congratulate sistance to Mozambique in the after- discussed. He was just reelected in Jan- again the gentleman from New York math of two consecutive cyclones re- uary of this year. (Mr. MEEKS) and all of those who have sulting in torrential rains and severe So we are asking for more assistance made it happen. flooding. The resolution also encour- for this catastrophic situation. Al- Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- ages the international community to though relief was slow initially, I am er, I am happy to yield 2 minutes to continue to provide emergency relief, pleased, however, that USAID finally the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. and urges the International Monetary supplied some $12.8 million for airlifts, FATTAH). Fund and other international creditors and the Department of Defense allotted (Mr. FATTAH asked and was given to fully accelerate debt reduction ef- $37.6 million for an emergency assist- permission to revise and extend his re- forts for Mozambique. I am proud to be ance package to include a 30-day de- marks.) an original cosponsor of this resolu- ployment of resources. Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to tion. Conversely, the response to natural reiterate our thanks to the gentleman Upon learning of the severe flooding, disasters in Turkey was met with an from New York (Mr. MEEKS) and his I immediately contacted Assistant Sec- overnight swift and quick and decisive colleague, the gentleman from New retary Susan Rice for Africa, and I im- action. This disaster alone costs the York (Mr. GILMAN) who chairs the mediately sent a letter to President country hundreds of millions of dollars Committee on International Relations, Clinton encouraging swift and substan- to rebuild. It will cost them many, for having this resolution before this tial relief for Mozambique and the many person hours. Ambassador other surrounding countries. I wanted Marcos of Mozambique has estimated Congress today. It is critically important that our to make sure we did not make the mis- that for flood supplies alone and medi- country, a superpower, have a super take of waiting too long. I did not want cine, the costs will exceed $65 million heart when it comes to humanitarian that they need immediately. the kind of delay we had experienced So we are simply here to once again disaster, such as what we see in Mo- with Rwanda, a different kind of dis- say that we all support the aid going to zambique. I wanted to commend the aster, but indeed a disaster that could Mozambique, and we hope that the administration and our country, and in have been mitigated had we moved world will continue to support them. particular all American citizens, for faster. Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- what we have done, and challenge us to Mozambique is experiencing its worse er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman do even more. flooding in 50 years. Flooding along the from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS). We need to provide all of the relief Limpopo River is particularly severe. (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was possible in terms of this crisis, and we Several other countries in Southern given permission to revise and extend also need to recognize and commend Africa are also affected by these floods. his remarks.) South Africa for its initial response. The extent of the death and destruc- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I Hopefully, as we look down this road, tion is still unknown. However, the want to commend the Committee on perhaps there are joint arrangements floods clearly have a devastating im- International Relations under the lead- that we could make, perhaps with pact on the people of the region. There ership of the gentleman from New York South Africa, to help develop their ca- are now 250,000 homeless people living (Chairman GILMAN) and the ranking pacity there to respond to humani- in camps in Mozambique alone. Those member, the gentleman from Con- tarian disasters on the continent, be- displaced people are in desperate need necticut (Mr. GEJDENSON), and also the cause they are obviously much more of food, clean water, medicine, blan- Subcommittee on Africa, under the capable and able to develop the polit- kets and tents. leadership of the gentleman from Cali- ical will to act in a swift way, as exhib- Relief efforts are continuing, but fornia (Mr. ROYCE) and the gentleman ited by their actions here in Mozam- they have been hampered somewhat by from New Jersey (Mr. PAYNE). bique. the destruction of the country’s infra- Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate But I want to thank my colleague, structure. Many roads and bridges have my colleague, the gentleman from New the gentleman from New York (Mr. been completely washed out, and oth- York (Mr. MEEKS), for his very timely MEEKS) for the introduction of this res- ers are still under water. All relief de- presentation of this resolution, which olution, and thank him for his efforts, livered to date has had to be airlifted, commends the United States Govern- along with that of the gentlewoman which is slow and expensive. ment for its ultimate response to a from California (Ms. WATERS) and in Disaster assistance is essential, but very real and ongoing crisis. particular the gentleman from New it is not enough to adequately address

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:20 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.043 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 the critical needs of the people of Mo- ment of the international community in pro- With kind regards, I am zambique or other countries of South- viding emergency relief to Mozambique. Sincerely, ern Africa affected by the floods. We This tragic disaster serves as a reminder of BUD SHUSTER, must also enable the governments of Chairman. the importance of debt relief and development Enclosures. the affected countries to begin to re- assistance efforts that focus on sub-Saharian RESOLUTION—DOCKET 2616—UPPER TURKEY pair and reconstruct their damaged in- Africa. We need to help those nations to bol- CREEK BASIN, KANSAS frastructure. These countries need ster their capacity to respond to natural disas- Resolved by the Committee on Transpor- funding and technical assistance for ters and the needs of their people in general. tation and Infrastructure of the United the repair and reconstruction of roads, My thoughts and prayers are with the people States House of Representatives, That the bridges, schools and hospitals, energy of Southern Africa. I am determined to help Secretary of Army is requested to review the facilities, telecommunications, and maintain a long-term commitment to the wel- report of the Chief of Engineers on the Tur- other essential infrastructure. fare of those nations. I urge all Members to key Creek Basin, Kansas and Missouri, dated For these reasons, I will introduce vote in support of H. Res. 431. June 21, 1999, and other pertinent reports, to the Limpopo River Debt Relief and Re- Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today determine whether any modifications of the construction Act to provide assistance in strong support of H. Res. 431. recommendations contained therein are ad- visable at the present time in the interest of to Mozambique and other Southern Af- As Americans, we are a major partner in the flood damage reduction for areas of Turkey rican countries affected by flooding to global community. It is our right and responsi- Creek Basin in Johnson and Wyandotte enable them to provide for the needs of bility to assist members of the community suf- Counties, Kansas, upstream of the project for their people, repair their damaged in- fering great misfortune. The United States' re- flood damage reduction authorized in section frastructure, and rebuild their econo- sponse to the crisis in Mozambique must re- 101(a)(24) of Public Law 106–53, the Water Re- mies. flect those values. sources Development Act of 1999. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to It is in this spirit that I strongly support the Adopted: February 16, 2000. support House Resolution 431. resolution, which urges increased U.S. and Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman. b 1530 international humanitarian, disaster, and eco- RESOLUTION—DOCKET 2617—SURF CITY, NORTH nomic relief for the Republic of Mozambique. Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to CAROLINA The rains, cyclone and subsequent flooding Resolved by the Committee on Transpor- thank all of our proponents of the in Mozambique have devastated communities measure and urge our colleagues to tation and Infrastructure of the United and infrastructure that had just begun to re- States House of Representatives, That the fully support this severely needed build after a 16-year civil war. Secretary of Army is requested to review the measure to help the country of Mozam- In supporting this resolution, I commend report of the Chief of Engineers on West bique. U.S. humanitarian and disaster relief organiza- Onslow Beach and New River Inlet, North Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tions, on the front lines, who've been working Carolina, published as House Document strong support of H. Res. 431, a resolution ex- tirelessly to save lives. Two organizations Number 393, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, pressing support for humanitarian assistance dated September 23, 1992, and other pertinent based in my district of Baltimore, MDÐLu- reports to determine whether any modifica- to the Republic of Mozambique. I am proud to theran World Relief and Catholic Relief Serv- join my colleague, the gentleman from New tions of the recommendations contained icesÐare providing emergency food, shelter, therein are advisable at the present time in York (Mr. MEEKS) and other Members in ex- and technical assistance to those in need. We the interest of shore protection and related pressing concern for the people of Mozam- must continue to support those efforts. purposes for Surf City, North Carolina. bique and commending those who are pro- Again, I support H. Res. 431 and urge Adopted: February 16, 2000. viding assistance to Mozambique during this President Clinton to continue our involvement Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman. difficult time. I also want to thank my African and leadership in this effort. RESOLUTION—DOCKET 2618—OCRACOKE and Caribbean Task Force in the 9th Congres- Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA sional District of Illinois for underscoring for back the balance of my time. Resolved by the Committee on Transpor- me the importance of this aid and the United The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. States' support for other international develop- tation and Infrastructure of the United STEARNS). The question is on the mo- States House of Representatives, That the ment and debt relief initiatives. tion offered by the gentleman from Secretary of the Army is requested to review On February 9 of this year, several South- New York (Mr. GILMAN) that the House the report of the Chief of Engineers on ern African nations including Mozambique, suspend the rules and agree to the reso- Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, published Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and lution, House Resolution 431, as amend- as House Document Number 109, 89th Con- Zimbabwe began to experience serious flood- ed. gress, 1st Session, dated March 10, 1965, and ing as a result of heavy rainfall. Mozambique The question was taken; and (two- other pertinent reports, to determine wheth- er any modifications of the recommenda- experienced the most severe consequences. thirds having voted in favor thereof) On February 22, Tropical Cyclone Eline blew tions contained therein are advisable at the the rules were suspended and the reso- present time in the interest of shore protec- into Mozambique. The cyclone worsened an lution, as amended, was agreed to. tion and related purposes for Ocracoke Is- already critical situation. A motion to reconsider was laid on land, North Carolina. Mozambique is now facing a severe human- the table. Adopted: February 16, 2000. itarian and economic crisis. Water supplies are f Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman. in jeopardy, thousands of Mozambicans are homeless, crops and livestock have been de- COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIRMAN RESOLUTION—DOCKET 2619—DAYTONA BEACH stroyed and the threat of disease has been in- OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPOR- SHORES, FLORIDA creased. TATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Resolved by the Committee on Transpor- It is important that the United States and the The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- tation and Infrastructure of the United international community take an active and States House of Representatives, that in ac- fore the House the following commu- cordance with Section 110 of the River and committed role in Mozambique's recovery ef- nication from the chairman of the Harbor Act of 1962, the Secretary of the forts and those of other Southern African na- Committee on Transportation and In- Army is requested to review the feasibility tions. Mozambique is one of the world's most frastructure; which was read and, with- of providing shoreline erosion control, storm heavily indebted poor countries according to out objection, referred to the Com- damage reduction, environmental restora- the World Bank and therefore does not pos- mittee on Appropriations: tion and protection, and related improve- sess adequate means by which to address COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND ments to the shoreline at Daytona Beach this crisis. INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSE OF REP- Shores, Florida and adjacent areas. I join my colleagues in commending South RESENTATIVES, Adopted: February 16, 2000. Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman. Africa and the United Kingdom for acting Washington, DC, March 8, 2000. quickly to assist Mozambique. The Administra- Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, Speaker of the House, RESOLUTION—DOCKET 2620—SABINE PASS TO tion should also be commended for its in- Washington, DC. GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS creasing efforts to provide disaster assistance DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Enclosed are copies of Resolved by the Committee on Transpor- to Mozambique. I hope the message of this resolutions adopted on February 16, 2000 by tation and Infrastructure of the United resolution will encourage the continuing efforts the Committee on Transportation and Infra- States House of Representatives, That in ac- of the Administration and increasing involve- structure. cordance with section 110 of the Rivers and

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:33 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.045 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H951 Harbors Act of 1962, the Secretary of the will now put the question on each mo- Holden Metcalf Sensenbrenner Army is requested to review the feasibility tion to suspend the rules on which fur- Holt Mica Serrano of providing shore protection and related im- Hooley Millender- Sessions ther proceedings were postponed ear- Horn McDonald Shadegg provements between Sabine Pass and the en- lier today in the order in which that Hostettler Miller (FL) Shaw trance to Galveston Bay, Texas, in the inter- motion was entertained. Houghton Miller, Gary Shays est of protecting and restoring environ- Hoyer Miller, George Sherman mental resources on and behind the beach, to Votes will be taken in the following Hulshof Minge Sherwood include the 77,000 acres of freshwater wet- order: Hunter Mink Shimkus lands and the maritime resources of east H.R. 3699, by the yeas and the nays, Hutchinson Moakley Shows Galveston Bay and Rollover Bay, and includ- Hyde Moore Shuster and Inslee Moran (KS) Simpson ing the feasibility of providing shoreline ero- H.R. 3701, by the yeas and nays. Isakson Moran (VA) Sisisky sion protection and related improvements to The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes Istook Morella Skeen the Galveston Island Beach, Texas, with con- the time for any electronic vote after Jackson (IL) Murtha Skelton sideration of the need to develop a com- Jefferson Nadler Slaughter prehensive body of knowledge, information, the first such vote in this series. Jenkins Napolitano Smith (MI) and data on coastal area changes and proc- f John Neal Smith (NJ) esses to include impacts from federally con- Johnson (CT) Nethercutt Smith (TX) Johnson, E. B. Ney Smith (WA) structed projects in the vicinity of Galveston JOEL T. BROYHILL POSTAL Jones (NC) Northup Souder Island. BUILDING Jones (OH) Norwood Spence Adopted: February 16, 2000. Kanjorski Nussle Spratt Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Kaptur Oberstar Stabenow pending business is the question of sus- Kasich Obey Stearns RESOLUTION—DOCKET 2621—GULLEY BROOK, pending the rules and passing the bill, Kelly Olver Stenholm Kennedy Ose Strickland OHIO H.R. 3699. Kildee Owens Stump Resolved by the Committee on Transpor- The Clerk read the title of the bill. Kilpatrick Oxley Stupak tation and Infrastructure of the United The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Kind (WI) Pallone Sununu States House of Representatives, That the question is on the motion offered by King (NY) Pascrell Sweeney Kingston Pastor Talent Secretary of the Army is requested to review the gentleman from New York (Mr. the report of the Corps of Engineers for Cha- Kleczka Paul Tancredo MCHUGH) that the House suspend the Knollenberg Payne Tanner grin River, Ohio, dated December 2, 1946, and rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3699, on Kolbe Pease Tauscher other related reports to determine whether Kucinich Pelosi Tauzin any modifications of the recommendations which the yeas and nays are ordered. Kuykendall Peterson (MN) Taylor (MS) contained therein are advisable at the The vote was taken by electronic de- LaFalce Peterson (PA) Terry present time in the interest of environ- vice, and there were—yeas 405, nays 0, LaHood Petri Thomas mental restoration and protection and flood not voting 29, as follows: Lampson Phelps Thompson (CA) damage reduction for Gulley Brook, a tribu- Lantos Pickering Thompson (MS) [Roll No. 46] Largent tary of the Chagrin River, in the vicinity of Pickett Thornberry YEAS—405 Larson Pitts Thune Willoughby, Ohio. Latham Pombo Thurman Adopted: February 16, 2000. Abercrombie Canady Engel LaTourette Pomeroy Tiahrt Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman. Ackerman Cannon English Lazio Porter Tierney Aderholt Capps Eshoo Leach Portman Toomey Allen Capuano Etheridge Lee Price (NC) Towns There was no objection. Andrews Cardin Evans Levin Pryce (OH) Traficant f Archer Carson Everett Lewis (CA) Quinn Turner Armey Castle Ewing Lewis (GA) Radanovich Udall (CO) RECESS Baca Chabot Farr Lewis (KY) Rahall Udall (NM) Bachus Chambliss Fattah The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Linder Ramstad Upton Baird Chenoweth-Hage Filner Lipinski Rangel Velazquez ant to clause 12 of rule I, the Chair de- Baker Clay Fletcher LoBiondo Regula Vento clares the House in recess until ap- Baldacci Clayton Foley Lofgren Reynolds Visclosky proximately 6 p.m. Baldwin Clement Forbes Lowey Riley Vitter Ballenger Clyburn Ford Lucas (KY) Rivers Walden Accordingly (at 3 o’clock and 31 min- Barcia Coble Fossella Lucas (OK) Roemer Walsh utes p.m.), the House stood in recess Barr Coburn Fowler Luther Rogan Wamp until approximately 6 p.m. Barrett (NE) Collins Frank (MA) Maloney (NY) Rogers Waters Barrett (WI) Combest Frelinghuysen f Manzullo Rohrabacher Watkins Bartlett Condit Frost Markey Rothman Watt (NC) Barton Conyers Gallegly b 1802 Martinez Roukema Watts (OK) Bass Cooksey Ganske Mascara Roybal-Allard Weiner AFTER RECESS Bateman Costello Gejdenson Matsui Royce Weldon (FL) Becerra Coyne Gekas McCarthy (MO) Ryan (WI) Weldon (PA) The recess having expired, the House Bentsen Cramer Gephardt McCarthy (NY) Ryun (KS) Weller was called to order by the Speaker pro Bereuter Crane Gibbons McCrery Sabo Wexler Berkley Crowley Gilchrest McDermott Salmon Whitfield tempore (Mrs. MORELLA) at 6 o’clock Berman Cubin Gillmor McGovern Sanchez Wilson and 2 minutes p.m. Berry Cummings Gilman McHugh Sanders Wise f Biggert Cunningham Goode McInnis Sandlin Wolf Bilbray Danner Goodlatte McIntyre Sanford Woolsey REPORT ON H.R. 3908, EMERGENCY Bilirakis Davis (FL) Goodling McKeon Sawyer Wu SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA- Bishop Davis (IL) Gordon McKinney Saxton Wynn Blagojevich Davis (VA) Goss McNulty Scarborough Young (AK) TIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2000 Bliley Deal Graham Meehan Schaffer Young (FL) Mr. YOUNG of Florida, from the Blumenauer DeFazio Granger Meek (FL) Schakowsky Blunt DeGette Green (TX) Menendez Scott Committee on Appropriations, sub- Boehlert Delahunt Green (WI) mitted a privileged report (Rept. No. Boehner DeLauro Greenwood NOT VOTING—29 106–521) on the bill (H.R. 3908) making Bonilla DeLay Gutierrez Bonior DeMint Gutknecht Boswell Johnson, Sam Reyes emergency supplemental appropria- Bono Diaz-Balart Hall (OH) Cook Klink Rodriguez tions for the fiscal year ending Sep- Borski Dickey Hall (TX) Cox Maloney (CT) Ros-Lehtinen Deutsch McCollum Rush tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes, Boucher Dicks Hastings (FL) Boyd Dingell Hastings (WA) Franks (NJ) McIntosh Snyder which was referred to the Union Cal- Brady (PA) Dixon Hayes Gonzalez Meeks (NY) Stark endar and ordered to be printed. Brady (TX) Doggett Hayworth Hansen Mollohan Taylor (NC) Brown (FL) Dooley Hefley Hinojosa Myrick Waxman The SPEAKER pro tempore. All Jackson-Lee Ortiz Weygand points of order are reserved. Brown (OH) Doolittle Herger Bryant Doyle Hill (IN) (TX) Packard Wicker f Burr Dreier Hill (MT) Burton Duncan Hilleary b 1826 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Buyer Dunn Hilliard PRO TEMPORE Callahan Edwards Hinchey So (two-thirds having voted in favor Calvert Ehlers Hobson The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Camp Ehrlich Hoeffel thereof) the rules were suspended and ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair Campbell Emerson Hoekstra the bill was passed.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:20 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.019 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 The result of the vote was announced gress, and the important work with Blunt Gephardt McCarthy (MO) Boehlert Gibbons McCarthy (NY) as above recorded. other public servants similarly Boehner Gilchrest McCrery A motion to reconsider was laid on charged. Good people, good Americans. Bonilla Gillmor McDermott the table. Too often in my experience, it has Bonior Gilman McGovern f served some political cynical purposes Bono Goode McHugh Borski Goodlatte McInnis to denigrate public service. I regret SUPPORT AND GOOD WISHES TEM- Boucher Goodling McIntosh that. It is my belief each of us should Boyd Gordon McIntyre PER A SERIOUS HEALTH CHAL- aspire to inspire others, young people Brady (PA) Goss McKeon LENGE Brady (TX) Graham McKinney in particular; to give of ourselves and Brown (FL) Granger McNulty (Mr. VENTO asked and was given themselves, as we have done; to define Brown (OH) Green (TX) Meehan permission to address the House for 1 the differences between skepticism and Bryant Green (WI) Meek (FL) minute.) cynicism. Indeed, in serving the peo- Burr Greenwood Menendez Mr. VENTO. Madam Speaker, I know Burton Gutierrez Metcalf ple’s interest we should be proud and Buyer Gutknecht Mica a few of my colleagues have noticed I respectful. When direction is lost, when Callahan Hall (OH) Millender- have not been around the last month or purpose is needed, no further than the Calvert Hall (TX) McDonald so. And believe me, spending a month Camp Hastings (FL) Miller (FL) words of Minnesota’s happy warrior Campbell Hastings (WA) Miller, Gary in Minnesota in February is not nec- and my mentor serve us well, the very Canady Hayes Miller, George essarily a voluntary decision that one embodiment of public service, Hubert Cannon Hayworth Minge might make. I would much rather have H. Humphrey, to guide us, and I quote, Capps Hefley Mink been with my colleagues. Capuano Herger Moakley ‘‘If there is dissatisfaction with the Cardin Hill (IN) Moore As my colleagues know, I have re- status quo, good. If there is ferment, so Carson Hill (MT) Moran (KS) turned from experiencing a serious ill- much the better. If there is restless- Castle Hilleary Moran (VA) ness. But I wanted to point out some of Chabot Hilliard Morella ness, I am pleased. Then let there be Chambliss Hinchey Murtha the experience I had just briefly, and I ideas and hard thought and hard Chenoweth-Hage Hobson Nadler will try to be brief. work,’’ end quote. Clay Hoeffel Napolitano But I think the true mark of who we Together, as Members of Congress, Clayton Hoekstra Neal are as persons is who we can call our Clement Holden Nethercutt we would do well to strive to serve as Clyburn Holt Ney friends. If we are fortunate, we have Minnesota’s Humphrey instructed us to Coble Hooley Northup those friends to fall back on and lean make people’s lives better, to provide Coburn Horn Norwood on during the unexpected events of our Collins Hostettler Nussle opportunity and to give new hope. To Combest Houghton Oberstar lives, the disappointments and the me, the key of all we have done and Condit Hoyer Obey challenges. continue to do is that we have done Conyers Hulshof Olver I rise to say that I feel that I am very this together. Cooksey Hunter Ose fortunate and blessed to call so many Costello Hutchinson Owens So as I make my plans to meet the Coyne Hyde Oxley of my colleagues and many others my new health challenge, I am grateful Cramer Inslee Packard friends, especially during this period in that I am not making this journey Crane Isakson Pallone my life as I do face this serious health Crowley Istook Pascrell alone but with so many cheering me Cubin Jackson (IL) Pastor challenge. on, my friends supporting and encour- Cummings Jefferson Paul Simply put, the outpouring of affec- aging me. In the words of Tennyson, I Cunningham Jenkins Payne tion that I have received has been over- intend to continue to strive, to seek, to Danner John Pease whelming from my colleagues on both Davis (FL) Johnson (CT) Pelosi find, and as most of my colleagues who Davis (IL) Johnson, E.B. Peterson (MN) sides of the aisle and from my constitu- know me well, not to yield. Davis (VA) Jones (NC) Peterson (PA) ents, my friends, and from my family. Madam Speaker, I thank my con- Deal Jones (OH) Petri Cards and letters, calls and visits, not DeFazio Kanjorski Phelps stituents, my colleagues, my friends DeGette Kaptur Pickering to mention their prayers, both spoken all, for the outpouring of concern and Delahunt Kelly Pitts and unspoken, are very much appre- the care as I have faced this challenge. DeLauro Kennedy Pombo ciated. They have lifted the spirits of I am very grateful. DeLay Kildee Pomeroy my staff, my family, and certainly my- DeMint Kilpatrick Porter f Diaz-Balart Kind (WI) Portman self. Dickey King (NY) Price (NC) In early February, I was diagnosed JOSEPH L. FISHER POST OFFICE Dicks Kingston Pryce (OH) Dingell Kleczka Quinn with a rare form of cancer, mesothe- BUILDING lioma, which required aggressive treat- Dixon Knollenberg Radanovich The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Doggett Kolbe Rahall ment. A month ago, I underwent pretty Dooley Kucinich Ramstad aggressive surgery. In the near future, MORELLA). The pending business is the Doolittle Kuykendall Rangel I will receive chemo and then radiation question of suspending the rules and Doyle LaFalce Regula Dreier LaHood Reynolds treatment on top of that. passing the bill, H.R. 3701. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Dunn Lampson Riley I am surely in the middle of a 10- Edwards Lantos Rivers round major event of my life. But my The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Ehlers Largent Roemer spirits are good, as my colleagues can question is on the motion offered by Ehrlich Larson Rogan the gentleman from New York (Mr. Emerson Latham Rogers tell, and I am optimistic. And I am Engel LaTourette Rohrabacher greatly reinforced by the outpouring of MCHUGH) that the House suspend the English Lazio Rothman support that has been so generously of- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3701, on Eshoo Leach Roybal-Allard Etheridge Lee Ryan (WI) fered. which the yeas and nays are ordered. This will be a 5-minute vote. Evans Levin Ryun (KS) b Everett Lewis (CA) Sabo 1830 The vote was taken by electronic de- Ewing Lewis (GA) Salmon The past 2 months have given me vice, and there were—yeas 400, nays 0, Farr Lewis (KY) Sanchez not voting 34, as follows: Fattah Linder Sanders good cause to reflect upon and to genu- Filner Lipinski Sandlin inely appreciate the value of our col- [Roll No. 47] Fletcher LoBiondo Sanford lective experience; victories savored, YEAS—400 Foley Lofgren Sawyer setbacks endured and shared values Forbes Lowey Saxton Abercrombie Baldacci Bentsen Ford Lucas (KY) Scarborough and, to be sure, challenges ahead. Ackerman Baldwin Bereuter Fossella Lucas (OK) Schaffer For the past 24 years in this body, I Aderholt Ballenger Berkley Fowler Luther Schakowsky have had the privilege to serve as a Allen Barcia Berman Frank (MA) Maloney (CT) Scott Andrews Barr Berry Frelinghuysen Maloney (NY) Sensenbrenner Member. It is an honor and I have been Archer Barrett (NE) Biggert Frost Manzullo Serrano reminded most vividly of the strong Armey Barrett (WI) Bilbray Gallegly Markey Sessions bond that has been established with my Baca Bartlett Bilirakis Ganske Martinez Shadegg Bachus Barton Bishop constituents in Minnesota and the role Gejdenson Mascara Shaw Baird Bass Blagojevich Gekas Matsui Shays of service in the United States Con- Baker Bateman Bliley

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:20 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.064 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H953 Sherman Sweeney Visclosky There was no objection. TRIBUTE TO VETERAN CONGRES- Sherwood Talent Vitter Shimkus Tancredo Walden f SIONAL AIDE CARY BRICK Shows Tanner Walsh The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Shuster Tauscher Wamp ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO previous order of the House, the gen- Simpson Tauzin Waters OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT Sisisky Taylor (MS) Watkins tleman from New York (Mr. MCHUGH) Skeen Terry Watt (NC) CONFEREES ON H.R. 1501, JUVE- is recognized for 5 minutes. Skelton Thompson (CA) Watts (OK) NILE JUSTICE REFORM ACT OF Mr. MCHUGH. Madam Speaker, I rise Slaughter Thompson (MS) Weiner 1999 today with a sense of mixed emotions, Smith (MI) Thornberry Weldon (FL) Smith (NJ) Thune Weldon (PA) Ms. LOFGREN. Madam Speaker, pur- because it is an occasion of good-byes, Smith (TX) Thurman Weller suant to clause 7(c) of rule XXII, I but it is also an opportunity to recog- Snyder Tiahrt Wexler hereby announce my intention to offer nize the work and career of someone Souder Tierney Whitfield who is very special to this House, and Spence Toomey Wilson a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. Spratt Towns Wise 1501 tomorrow. The form of the motion certainly to me personally, my chief of Stabenow Traficant Wolf is as follows: staff, Cary R. Brick. His 30-year Con- Stearns Turner Woolsey Ms. LOFGREN moves that the managers on gressional staff career spans the serv- Stenholm Udall (CO) Wu ice of three consecutive New York Strickland Udall (NM) Wynn the part of the House at the conference on Stump Upton Young (AK) the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on State Congressmen. He really has an Stupak Velazquez Young (FL) the Senate amendment to the bill, H.R. 1501, uncommon record of service, and I am Sununu Vento be instructed to insist that the committee of pleased that I have this opportunity to- conference should have its first substantive NOT VOTING—34 night to say a few words. meeting to offer amendments and motions Cary is the most senior chief of staff Becerra Jackson-Lee Rodriguez within the next 2 weeks. Blumenauer (TX) Ros-Lehtinen in the New York Congressional Delega- Boswell Johnson, Sam Roukema Madam Speaker, while I understand tion, and, in fact, one of the most sen- Cook Kasich Royce the House rules do not allow Members ior staffers to serve this institution. He Klink Rush Cox to coauthor motions to instruct, I began his Capitol Hill career in Janu- Deutsch McCollum Smith (WA) would like to say that the gentle- Meeks (NY) Stark ary of 1969 as press secretary to the Duncan woman from New York (Mrs. MCCAR- Franks (NJ) Mollohan Taylor (NC) late Robert C. McEwen, and later Myrick Thomas THY) supports this motion and intends Gonzalez served as his executive assistant. When Ortiz Waxman Hansen to speak on its behalf tomorrow. Pickett Weygand Bob McEwen retired in 1980, Cary was Hinojosa Reyes Wicker f appointed by his successor, former Rep- b 1851 resentative David O’Brien Martin, to SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF serve as his administrative assistant. So (two-thirds having voted in favor ASSISTANCE TO THE REPUBLIC When I was elected following Dave thereof) the rules were suspended and OF MOZAMBIQUE Martin’s retirement in 1992, I asked the bill was passed. Cary to stay on as my chief of staff as The result of the vote was announced (Ms. CARSON asked and was given well, and it remains to this day one of as above recorded. permission to address the House for 1 A motion to reconsider was laid on minute and to revise and extend her re- the easiest and certainly one of the the table. marks.) best decisions I have made in my 7-plus f Ms. CARSON. Madam Speaker, I rise years in this House. in support of H.R. 431, a bill to support Cary Brick has served our current of- PERSONAL EXPLANATION humanitarian relief assistance to the fice, that of my predecessors, and our Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Republic of Mozambique. The people of Congressional constituents with the Speaker, due to the primary election in my Mozambique have suffered tremendous highest level of dedication and enthu- state of Texas today, I was unavoidably de- hardship due to rains that started over siasm. There are few, if any, commu- tained and missed the following votes. Had I a month ago. The flood’s side effects of nities, institutions, organizations or been present, I would have voted: disease, homelessness, and hunger are individuals in our district who have ``Yea'' on H.R. 3699 designating the Joel T. even more damaging when coupled not benefited in some way from his Broyhill Post Office; ``Yea'' on H.R. 3701 des- with 2 million displaced land mines left work. ignating the Joseph L. Fisher Post Office over from the civil war. Additionally, as the administrator of f Just as the people of Mozambique my Congressional allowances, Cary has PERSONAL EXPLANATION seem to be turning the corner to inde- made it possible for us to return nearly Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, on pendence, democratic government, and $1.5 million to the Congressional cof- rollcall numbers 46 and 47, I was unavoidably economic advancement, this tragic fers, without ever sacrificing the needs detained in my district. Had I been present, I event has occurred that only, some of the office and our constituents. He would have voted ``yea.'' say, only a God in heaven can control. has handled his many responsibilities f As humans, we cannot rationalize or with the highest level of integrity and understand nature’s catastrophes. As a has gained a well-earned reputation on PERSONAL EXPLANATION country, we must follow our belief that Capitol Hill as a dedicated profes- Mr. DEUTSCH. Madam Speaker, I was un- not only is the aid to Mozambique nec- sional. avoidably detained today during rollcall vote essary because of our national inter- At a time, Madam Speaker, when the No. 46 on H.R. 3699 and rollcall vote No. 47 ests and stability, but also because of Congressional staff turnover rate is es- on H.R. 3701. Had I been present I would our moral interest. If there is any timated to be 40 percent a year, it is have voted ``yea'' on both. short-term gain in this tragedy, it is an unlikely that anyone will ever equal f opportunity to pass the test of compas- his achievement. His retirement is a REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER sion, charity, and humanity that God loss to the institution of Congress, the AS COSPONSOR OF HOUSE RESO- administers. people of New York’s 24th Congres- LUTION 396 I reiterate and encourage the Mem- sional District, his fellow staffers, and Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I ask bers of this august body to support me personally. There are many remarkable things unanimous consent that my name be H.R. 431, which will provide humani- about Cary Brick’s career as a Congres- removed as a cosponsor of House Reso- tarian relief assistance to the Republic sional aide, but, rather than citing his lution 396, expressing the sense of the of Mozambique. impressive biography, I would share House of Representatives that a bien- f but a single glimpse into Cary’s psyche nial budget process should be enacted that I believe reveals much about what in the second session of the 106th Con- SPECIAL ORDERS makes him particular. gress. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- b MORELLA). Is there objection to the re- uary 6, 1999, and under a previous order 1900 quest of the gentleman from New of the House, the following Members Simply put, Cary loves New York’s York? will be recognized for 5 minutes each. North Country. Just as Dorothy loved

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 02:20 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.017 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H954 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 Kansas in the Wizard of Oz, Cary truly Brick may not want to give up that enormous challenges facing rural believes that there is ‘‘no place like title. America. In the House today, there are home.’’ Cary has been a true exemplary pub- only 57 Members out of the 435 who rep- Although he and his wife, Erin, have lic servant, someone who has served resent predominantly rural areas com- raised two beautiful daughters in their the country well, served his Members pared to 130 years ago. We know that Northern Virginia house, Sarah and of Congress well, served the people of after the next decennial census now Rebecca have always known their the North Country well. He is a role being conducted, the rural representa- home is in New York. His strong ties to model for anyone who would be willing tion in this Chamber will shrink even the North Country and his strong sense to enter public service and suffer the further. According to census informa- of community have helped him keep slings and arrows that we take in this tion, however, 1 out of 4 Americans, 62 that perspective. He never lost sight of business; but he never lost his sense of million, live in rural areas. Due to the what matters most. Although his job humor, never lost his wisdom and his lack of representation, I believe, of brought him to Washington, D.C., Cary ability to stand back from the fray and rural America in the House, many embraced, even relished, the fact that make a cognitive decision that is al- rural Americans suffer from funding he worked for every citizen of New ways of benefit, not only to the Mem- formulas or programs that do not rep- York’s 24th District. ber of Congress in whose office he resent their unique needs. Through his service as my chief of served, but to other Members who were Mr. Speaker, we have had 110 Mem- staff for the last 71⁄2 years, our inter- smart enough to ask. bers, Republican and Democrat both, action has been far more than a work So I would like to join my colleague. join in the rebirth and relaunch of the relationship. We have celebrated the I identify with everything that he said. Congressional Rural Caucus. I think many achievements our combined ef- I wish the gentleman well in his selec- that this initial success is due in large forts have produced; and there have, of tion of a replacement, although it is a part to the stress that the rural areas course, been a few disappointments tough pair of shoes to fill. Mr. Speaker, in each of our districts is experiencing. over which we have agonized together my best to Cary and his family as he In North Dakota the agriculture sector as well. He has been my advisor, my retires. is facing a flat-out depression. Farmers confidant, and most of all, my friend. f are receiving $2.50 a bushel for wheat, In a town where personal ambition KICKING OFF THE REBIRTH OF nearly 30 percent below the cost of pro- often obscures public interest, I can THE CONGRESSIONAL RURAL duction. In North Dakota the farm auc- say without hesitation that Cary’s CAUCUS tions replace the church picnic as a so- brand of loyalty and friendship has cial gathering in many communities. I The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. been a priceless gift. am hopeful that the Congressional DEAL of Georgia). Under a previous When Cary publicly announced his Rural Caucus with Members from all order of the House, the gentleman from retirement, one quote stood out as a over the United States will be able to North Dakota (Mr. POMEROY) is recog- great ‘‘sound bite’’ that stood out time advocate Federal policies that address nized for 5 minutes. and time again and on Capitol Hill. He Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Speaker, I want our most pressing needs in rural Amer- said, and I quote, ‘‘To have been an in- to commend the two preceding speak- ica. In addition to production agri- side observer of congressional partici- ers for recognizing Mr. Brick. All too culture, however, there are many inter- pation and debate in every national often I think those that serve us so related facets of our rural communities and world event during the final third well do not get the particular com- of the 20th century is an awesome op- mendation that they are so richly de- that need attention and will be empha- portunity that few others have had.’’ serving of; and I am very pleased that sized by the Rural Caucus, issues like Awesome, indeed. this individual, in the capstone of his education, health care, technology and However, Mr. Speaker, nothing about distinguished career, received the kind economic development. They are all es- Cary’s quote should lead anyone to be- of recognition just provided. sential parts of our small towns in lieve that he has in any way been on Mr. Speaker, this is kick-off day, rural America. Without the access to the sidelines or a mere observer. Rath- kick-off of the Rural Caucus. I particu- quality education, rural residents fall er, he has been a soldier on both the larly want to commend the gentle- behind the learning curve. Without ac- front lines and in the war room. His woman from Missouri (Mrs. EMERSON); cess to quality health care, they stand battlefield has been Capitol Hill. From the gentlewoman from North Carolina exposed to unexpected health concerns. Watergate to the Gulf War to the clo- (Mrs. CLAYTON); and the gentleman Without access to technology, rural sure of Plattsburgh Air Force Base, he from Kansas (Mr. MORAN), my cochairs residents will be left out of the techno- has earned his stripes through many in the Rural Caucus, in announcing the logical revolution. Without invest- battles. His weapons have been quick rebirth of this important endeavor. As ments in rural development, our com- thinking, his unmatched instincts and a representative of one of the most munities and our residents will not his constant integrity; and his ammu- rural districts in the House, the entire find places of employment, new eco- nition has been the power of his words State of North Dakota, I am very nomic opportunities for them, to con- and his proven ability to mobilize pleased with this initiative and proud tinue living in these parts of the world. forces. to be a part of it. Education, for one, is a vital compo- For your uncommon commitment, In the last 7 years, our Nation’s econ- nent to the prosperity of rural Amer- loyalty and sense of duty, Cary, we all omy has been growing by leaps and ica. We take great pride in the quality salute you. bounds. Unemployment rates are at of our schools and the student achieve- Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield at all-time lows, consumer confidence is ment; but in keeping the quality of this time to the gentleman from New at an all-time high, the rising stock rural schools, we know that there is York (Mr. WALSH), my friend and col- market is creating unprecedented lev- going to be an ongoing commitment of league and neighbor to the south and a els of wealth. But for this sky-rock- resources and partnership between good friend and associate of Cary eting economy for so many Americans, local, State, and increasingly Federal Brick’s as well, for a few comments. the situation in rural America, our participation. This critical investment Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I thank smallest towns and villages across the in our children is one of the most cost- my good friend for yielding time. I country, has been quite different. The effective ways to ensure opportunity have a prepared statement that I would boom of Wall Street is not meeting and prosperity. Unfortunately, most like to enter into the record regarding necessarily the needs of rural Main Federal funds are channeled to larger Cary Brick, and it was penned by a Streets. I think rural America is at a urban school districts. Small and rural good friend of his, my chief of staff, Art serious crossroads tonight. As I travel school districts, we feel, have not got- Jutton who has served almost as long throughout my home State, I literally ten their fair due, and this will be a as Cary has. Cary was always referred see many fine, long-standing commu- target area of the caucus. to as the dean of the delegation be- nities shrinking and disappearing. Another pressing issue is rural health cause of his seniority. I suspect Art In an ever-more urban House, we care. We hear about millions who lack may be in line for that, although Mr. have to understand the distinct and health care coverage, and yet we see in

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 01:41 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.069 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H955 rural areas the actual care delivery want to raise my children, I have a 9- woman from North Carolina (Mrs. system being strained, people having to year-old daughter and a 12-year-old CLAYTON) is recognized for 5 minutes. drive further and further distances to daughter, I would like for them to have (Mrs. CLAYTON addressed the House. receive access to even emergency pri- the opportunity to be raised in rural Her remarks will appear hereafter in mary health care services. America and to raise their children, if the Extensions of Remarks.) On technology, we see people use the they so choose, in rural Kansas; and we f Internet to access a variety of informa- are concerned about the availability The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a tion; and yet we see that the prospect not only of education but of health previous order of the House, the gentle- of the digital divide, separating the care, especially in our smallest com- woman from Missouri (Mrs. EMERSON) kind of Internet access that provides so munities. Even though our unemploy- is recognized for 5 minutes. many new opportunities for us across ment rates are low, we see significant (Mrs. EMERSON addressed the the country, may provide a distinct under-employment in many areas of House. Her remarks will appear here- have and have-not, with rural America rural Kansas. That is the state of the after in the Extensions of Remarks.) being left behind as the latest tech- job market in too many of our small nology comes on board. communities. f The world of information technology, For all of these reasons, I am very EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR HU- proud to join with my colleagues in the the Internet, is equally important to our towns and to our homes. Con- MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO Rural Caucus. I commend the bipar- THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE tisan effort, and I know that we will necting that last mile will be a formi- stand together as we face these chal- dable challenge. Telecommunications The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a lenges. is vital to rural America’s economic previous order of the House, the gentle- f development. It is vital to our schools woman from California (Ms. and our hospitals, and it is vital to our MILLENDER-MCDONALD) is recognized THE CONGRESSIONAL RURAL CAU- businesses. Business must have access for 5 minutes. CUS: SPEAKING OUT FOR RURAL to deal with their customers and sup- Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. AMERICA pliers; students and individuals need Speaker, we just passed out of this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a access to the Internet to communicate, House tonight H.R. 431, a very impor- previous order of the House, the gen- to acquire knowledge and develop tant piece of legislation, expressing tleman from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) is skills to maintain our competitiveness. support for humanitarian assistance to recognized for 5 minutes. I serve as the chairman of the Tele- the Republic of Mozambique. I want to Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, communications Task Force of the commend our government, nongovern- tonight I join the gentleman from Congressional Rural Caucus; and I am mental organizations, and other na- North Dakota (Mr. POMEROY) and my committed to working with other tions for their response to the flood cri- other cochairs, the gentlewoman from Members of Congress, with the indus- sis in Mozambique. Cyclone Eline dev- North Carolina (Mrs. CLAYTON) and the try and with the administration, to en- astated that poor country, driving resi- gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. sure the availability of advanced tele- dents from their homes, children from EMERSON), as we celebrate today the communications services in our rural their schools, shopkeepers from their coming together of about 212 Members communities. Many of the challenges businesses, and doctors and patients of Congress, both Republicans and confronting rural America can be met from their clinics. The only refuge was Democrats, to revitalize the Congres- and overcome with the commitment roofs, treetops and scraps of land pro- sional Rural Caucus. Last year the four that adequate resources are directed truding here and there from swirling of us came together with this common toward the development of rural com- waters. One young woman, Sophie goal: to speak out for rural America munities, and access to telecommuni- Pedro, gave birth to a baby girl in a and to find ways that we could do that cations is one of those critical issues tree top where she had sought refuge here in the United States Congress. we face. for 4 days. Today, we have celebrated the hard By bringing quality health care, edu- The heavy toll on the population and work and our ability to bring us all to- cation, information, and commerce to massive destruction of the infrastruc- gether for a united voice for rural rural families and to business, an ad- ture, however, have dwarfed these America. vanced telecommunication infrastruc- early emergency relief-and-rescue ef- Our jobs as Members of the Congres- ture can overcome any disadvantages forts. of distance and low density. sional Rural Caucus, and we would en- b join any of our colleagues to continue By providing one voice for rural 1915 to join us in this pursuit, is to promote America, the congressional caucus will The flood waters have destroyed a economic and social policies that sup- ensure communities remain viable and decade-long economic recovery under- port and help the continued viability of competitive. Our job in Congress is to taken by Mozambique. Before these our rural communities. In many in- raise the awareness of rural issues to disastrous floods, Mr. Speaker, the gov- stances throughout my home State of preserve this way of life. As Congress ernment had embarked upon sustained Kansas, our rural communities con- debates important issues like access to efforts to manage public resources bet- tinue to struggle. We continue to lose telecommunications, we must address ter, improve the climate for investors, population from once-thriving commu- the opportunities and challenges that and promote private sector develop- nities and elsewhere across the Great we face in rural America. Rural Amer- ment. Mozambique had complied with Plains region. Demographic trends ica across this country needs to dem- the Structural Adjustment Program show that young people are leaving the onstrate to ourselves and to the rest of requirements, the Enhanced Structural lands of their ancestors and that the the world our commitment for a better Adjustment Facility, and more re- population left behind is rapidly aging. life. I urge my colleagues to join us in cently the Heavily Indebted Poor Coun- Kansas has 105 counties. Fifty-eight this effort to fight and to speak out for tries Initiative. of those counties are smaller today rural America. Last year, Mozambique completed than they were in 1890. Eighty Kansas f the requirement to receive $3.7 billion counties have lost population in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a in debt reduction from external credi- last 2 decades. Seventy counties will previous order of the House, the gen- tors, the largest reduction under the lose population in the next decade. tleman from New Jersey (Mr. PALLONE) HIPC Initiative. Prudent fiscal and So as a result, Kansas communities is recognized for 5 minutes. monetary policies and structural re- are confronted with serious challenges (Mr. PALLONE addressed the House. forms increased international con- of prosperity and even of survival. Con- His remarks will appear hereafter in fidence in Mozambique’s economy, re- cerned parents wonder if their children the Extensions of Remarks.) flected in higher long-term capital in- will receive a public school education f flows and a stable exchange rate. sufficient to meet the demands of to- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a However, the disaster now will cost morrow’s global marketplace. I myself previous order of the House, the gentle- the country nearly all their hard-won

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 01:41 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.070 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H956 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 economic gains. It will take hundreds cation in rural America. We also heard communities were linked together with of millions of dollars to rebuild the about telecommunications. Tonight I daily bus service. As we start the new transportation and communication in- want to focus on transit, but there are century, that number has dwindled to a frastructure, schools, clinics, homes, a lot of other needs today. There is mere 4,500, from 23,000 down to 4,500. and businesses. housing. Those are communities with rural While Mozambique has been one of We were visited by Bruce Veldt from routes. Too often the rural routes are Africa’s economic success stories, the the Ohio Department of Development the ones that are eliminated. floods threaten to return the country who was talking to us about rural This decline has implications, not to conditions reminiscent of the com- housing initiatives. We have had many only for passenger service, but also for mand economy of the 1970s and the rav- people who are concentrating on the essential freight services, as intercity aging civil war of the 1980s. things that are important, and they are buses often provide the only daily To sustain its economic gains, Mo- coming from the State of Ohio. They package express service in remote zambique will need more than emer- are communicating more. But I think rural communities. gency aid and logistical relief. It will this kick-off of our Congressional Public transit is becoming a vital need long-term reconstruction and re- Rural Caucus is something that is source of transportation in rural areas, habilitation assistance. Already the going to be able to work across all 50 especially as disabled and elderly popu- multilateral institutions are consid- States to help rural America. lations rise. Yet, 38 percent of rural ering new construction loans. Unfortu- Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, too residents live in an area without any nately, Mr. Speaker, these new loans often rural communities have been an form of public transportation. This can will only compound Mozambique’s ex- afterthought in Federal policy discus- be directly linked to the fact that less isting debt burden, even with the sub- sions and program development. The than 10 percent of Federal spending for stantial reductions under the HIPC establishment of the bipartisan Con- program. public transportation goes to rural gressional Rural Caucus, which cur- communities. I applaud the President’s decision to rently has 112 members, will help to en- forgive Mozambique’s remaining bilat- Air service is often seen as an essen- sure that the interests of rural Amer- tial factor in attracting and retaining eral debt and encourage this Congress, ica are properly represented in Federal the World Bank, and the International businesses in rural communities, but policy and legislation. the high cost of subsidizing service Monetary Fund to follow suit. Mozam- One area that undoubtedly exhibits bique has played by the rules. They limits its availability. On this, the eve the need for better representation of of the day when Congress is scheduled have restructured their economy, ad- rural America is the transportation hered to all conditionalities imposed to take up the Aviation Investment arena. Rural areas are often left out of and Reform Act, or known as AIR–21, by the multilateral financial institu- negotiations when State transpor- tions, and stayed the course with their the conference report, a bill which will tation planning is being planned, with reauthorize and increase funding for fiscal and monetary policies. most of the decision-making power The Mozambican people have made Federal aviation programs, as well as being left to the State and metropoli- great short-term sacrifice for the long- provide improved passenger service to tan officials, who have a place at the term future prosperity of their coun- rural areas, on this eve, I wish to thank try. If we do not address this current table. the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. In June of 1998, when Congress passed crisis with speedy and substantial cur- SHUSTER) and the rest of the Com- the landmark Transportation Equity rent multilateral debt forgiveness, we mittee on Transportation and Infra- Act for the 21st century, better known will betray our social contract with the structure who, on a bipartisan basis, as TEA–21, it marked the beginning of men, women, and children of Mozam- have recognized the needs of rural a new era in rural transportation. In bique. America when it comes to aviation. addition to providing more Federal In fact, Mr. Speaker, we should look TEA–21 does help ensure rural elected funds to help improve the infrastruc- at a permanent relief force so we will officials and communities are rep- ture and services in rural America, the not have to come before this body resented in the planning process, which new law reinforces the intermodal phi- every time a disaster occurs. is best described as the gateway for ac- losophy and takes an important first f cessing Federal transportation funds. step in strengthening the role local of- This will help States develop com- CONGRESSIONAL RURAL CAUCUS/ ficials wield in the decision-making prehensive plans that use our limited RURAL TRANSPORTATION process and planning process. As a member of the Committee on resources most wisely, as well as con- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. tribute to the economic and social DEAL of Georgia). Under a previous Transportation and Infrastructure, I growth of rural areas. order of the House, the gentleman from was privileged to have served on the Even with the new TEA±21 provisions, how- Ohio (Mr. NEY) is recognized for 5 min- TEA–21 conference committee. I am utes. proud to have fought for the language ever, rural elected officials are still on an un- Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise, which increased the presence of local even playing field with urban and state offi- along with my colleagues before me, to rural officials in the transportation cials. That is why members of groups like the promote the kick-off of the Congres- and planning process. This is good for National Association of Counties, National sional Rural Caucus. I am proud to be rural America and it is good for trans- League of Cities, National Association of De- a member of this caucus, which will portation. velopment Organizations and the American work to better represent the interests However, challenges abound in rural Public Works Association continue to advocate of rural America by raising awareness areas. The needs still greatly outpace federal legislation that closes the equity gap in of the needs of communities in these Federal, State, and local resources. I planning and programming. areas. would like to just give a few examples. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, transpor- Mr. Speaker, my district, the 18th One in every 14 households in rural tation is an essential component of ad- Congressional District of Ohio, is most- America is without a vehicle, despite dressing the needs of rural America. It ly rural, made up of people who proud- being the most prevalent mode of not only connects people to jobs, ly support the coal and steel indus- transportation. Nearly 38 percent of health care and family in a way that tries, agriculture, and various other county roads are inadequate for cur- enhances one’s quality of life, but it manufacturing industries. A native of rent travel, and nearly half of major also serves as the lifeline of the rural the Ohio Valley, I have represented rural bridges are structurally deficient. and national economies. I look forward this district for a number of years, This is significant, as 81 percent or to serving with the other members of both as a State Representative and a 3.1 million miles of the Nation’s public the Congressional Rural Caucus and to State Senator, and now in Congress. I highway system exist in rural America. bettering the lives of those we serve. am well aware of the needs of the peo- While still an important mode of I just want to pay tribute to the ple who live there. transportation, inner city bus service rural caucus, who is going to abso- Tonight previously Members heard has almost completely disappeared off lutely make life better across rural from colleagues who talked about edu- the face of rural America. In 1965, 23,000 America by their bipartisan effort.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.076 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H957 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a and depends heavily on agriculture. were due to extinction, eight of them previous order of the House, the gentle- The fragile support system of small due to data error, and only seven have woman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. towns scattered throughout the region actually been helped by the Endan- CHRISTENSEN) is recognized for 5 min- depends on the bounty of our natural gered Species Act. That is less than 1 utes. resources. The tax base in small cities percent. (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN addressed the and counties in Colorado and all over Private landowners, I believe, are the House. Her remarks will appear here- rural America is usually small and less best stewards of their land. They are after in the Extensions of Remarks.) flexible than in larger cities in subur- often willing to set aside a portion of f ban areas. With such small popu- their land to help preserve these valu- lations, tax bases rarely grow, and in- able species. In fact, private land- REPORT ON RESOLUTION WAIVING creased taxes have a much greater im- owners are the most responsible and POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST CON- pact on the individual property owner. most helpful for endangered and FERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1000, Residents of these areas cannot af- threatened species recovery, more so, I WENDELL H. FORD AVIATION IN- ford tax increases to support the needs say, than the government is. VESTMENT AND REFORM ACT of their small communities, so local Unfortunately, farmers are often FOR THE 21ST CENTURY governments have to make do with punished for voluntarily creating habi- Mr. REYNOLDS, from the Com- what they have. They cannot afford to tat suitable for these declining species mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- compensate for an ever-changing Fed- by unknowingly giving the Fish and leged report (Rept. No. 106–523) on the eral role with respect to an overregu- Wildlife Service a right of passage onto resolution (H. Res. 438) waiving points latory propensity here in Washington. their land to monitor species recovery. of order against the conference report The Federal government and Congress Farmers and ranchers are often told to accompany the bill (H.R. 1000) to must allow these people to raise the re- what they can and cannot do with all amend title 49, United States Code, to sources they need, and we should spend of their land. That sometimes means reauthorize programs of the Federal less of our time regulating every last they cannot produce the products that Aviation Administration, and for other penny out of them. constitute the basis for their income. purposes, which was referred to the All too often Federal agencies pro- b 1930 House Calendar and ordered to be pose regulations without keeping in The Endangered Species Act is not printed. mind these rural communities. These only invasive, but it impacts dispropor- f communities, I submit, cannot afford tionately rural America. This law and to comply with too many more new REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- the regulations that come with it often rules and regulations. VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF eliminate the only income that rural One of the biggest offenders in the H.R. 3843, SMALL BUSINESS RE- communities have. overregulating of rural America is the AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2000 In Colorado, here is an interesting Fish and Wildlife Service, through the example, Mr. Speaker, four fish which Mr. REYNOLDS, from the Com- Endangered Species Act. Regulations are found mostly in the rural part of mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- involving sensitive animals and plants my State, include two types of Chub, leged report (Rept. No. 106–524) on the can clean out just about any small the squawfish and the sucker, are being resolution (H. Res. 439) providing for town’s economy if the species in ques- protected with a budget of $60 million. consideration of the bill (H.R. 3843) to tion happens to be in a community. However, the economic impact of this reauthorize programs to assist small Rural communities, like those in my recovery is $650 million. Meanwhile, business concerns, and for other pur- district, are often supported by agri- over in the State of Washington, an- poses, which was referred to the House culture. Agriculture is not benefiting glers are paid a $3 bounty for every Calendar and ordered to be printed. from the economic prosperity that the squawfish caught measuring over 11 f rest of the country is currently experi- inches in their rivers. encing. They are suffering even more ISSUES CONCERNING RURAL The Endangered Species Act needs to thanks to the Endangered Species Act. AMERICA be reformed, Mr. Speaker. It is just one My district contains the short grass more example of the kinds of issues The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a prairie ecosystem that attracts many that the rural caucus intends to focus previous order of the House, the gen- small critters, such as the Preble’s on in our efforts to reach out to rural tleman from Colorado (Mr. SCHAFFER) Meadow Jumping Mouse, the black- America and elevate the prominence of is recognized for 5 minutes. tailed prairie dogs, the mountain plov- rural issues on the floor of the House. Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I, too, er, as well as their predators, and a ESA affects all aspects of Rural America: wish to commend those who provided handful of other species that the gov- Road buildingÐRural communities typically the leadership in the House of estab- ernment has determined to be threat- have inferior transportation systems to begin lishing the Congressional Rural Cau- ened or endangered. with. The ESA doesn't help a community build cus. As a member of that caucus, I am If one ran into a rare mineral on his a much needed road that may bring more enthusiastic about the work before us land, his property value might increase commerce to the area. They must check first and the goals that we propose to under- overnight, but find an endangered spe- to see if they are invading on any endangered take. cies on your property, if that species or threatened species' territory or they could The kick-off of that caucus is an ex- decides to take up residence on your face litigation or government fines. These citing time and I think an important land, your property value will sink, be- delays can be both costly and devastating to realization that rural issues need some cause the Fish and Wildlife Service a community that needs the business to sur- help here in the United States Con- now determines what you do with your vive. gress. There seem to be fewer and fewer land, and any value received from pro- Water useÐRural Communities tend to rely of us who represent rural communities, duction is subsequently lost. on less sophisticated systems to provide water and our goal and our charge over the While many homeowners in our coun- for their communities. Unfortunately, these rest of this Congress and on into the try do not have to worry about a systems often rely on what is seen as poten- future years involves elevating the pri- Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse or a tial habitat for endangered or threatened spe- ority of rural issues in the Congress. I mountain plover, a rural American, or cies. Towns often have to spend millions of am excited to be part of that. more specifically a farmer, can see dollars to divert water or create new systems Sixty-two million Americans live in these little animals ruin their liveli- to avoid impact to a species. rural America. That is one out of every hood and take away much of their Construction in generalÐwhen a rural com- four people. We should not be leaving rights as landowners. munity wants to build a new hospital, school 25 percent of our citizens out of the Often their losses are not even help- or maybe even a new store to bring some rev- economic prosperity we are enjoying ful in recovering the species. Out of enue to the area, they frequently face road generally as a Nation today. thousands of Endangered Species Act blocks because the only land they have might In the Fourth Congressional District listings, approximately 22 species have be the preferred habitat of a species that may of Colorado, it is a largely rural area been delisted since 1973. Seven of those not even be living in the area.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.079 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H958 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 Tax baseÐsmall towns may have to spend ocean plays in the lives of our nation's people form of a large transfer of an undis- their small tax base to defend themselves and the significant impact our people have on closed sum of money or a transfer of from Environmental groups, or on costly modi- the health of this vital resource. undisclosed sum of money between the fications to their infrastructure, because of a The ocean covers 71 percent of the Earth's East Asian banks. species that may or not be in their community surface and is key to the life support systems The interesting thing about this is and, in some cases, may not actually be en- of all creatures on this planet. It contains a that Mr. Ly told us before we found out dangered or even exist. wondrous abundance and diversity of lifeÐ about that that there was going to be When the Fish and Wildlife Service con- from the smallest microorganism to the blue $700,000 transferred to the Banque siders a listing in Rural America, the economic whale. The potential of the ocean's tremen- Indosuez in Singapore for Mr. Brown consequences are brought to their attention, dous resources are not yet fully explored and from the Vietnamese government. but they often place the lowest priority on the likely includes life-saving medicines and treat- Now, the reason I bring this up is we communities they devastate. ments. had hearing on this, and Mr. Brown was While the Mountain Plover was being evalu- Two-thirds of the world's people live within investigated. Unfortunately, Mr. ated for listing, the government suggested if 50 miles of a coast and one out of six Amer- Brown died in a plane crash over in the the plover was listed, farmers would have to ican jobs is in fishing, shipping, or tourism. former Yugoslav a few years ago, but cease normal farming practices from late April Some 90 percent of the world's trade is trans- the fact of the matter is, Mr. Ly made to mid-May because this coincides with the ported on the oceans. this statement, and the normalization plover's nesting season. For a farmer in the The health of our ocean ecosystems are process then did go forward. The administration said that the rea- Eastern Plains, this would be devastating be- threatened by global warming, pollution, over- son the normalization process was cause this is the only time of the year for fishing, and the destruction of coral reefs. We going forward was we wanted to heal planting most crops. USDA Natural Resource must take steps today to protect this irreplace- old wounds and that the Vietnamese Conservation Service wrote that the plover's able resource. government had agreed that they listing ``may adversely impact a number of The State of Hawaii has designated the first would give us a full accounting of the common agriculture practices in the short- Wednesday of June as Ocean Day in recogni- 2,300 POW-MIAs that were still missing grass prairie region in the United States.'' In tion of the significant role the ocean plays in already difficult times for farmers in America, and unaccounted for in Vietnam while the lives of Hawaii's people, culture, history, we normalize relations with Vietnam. the elimination of their planting season would and traditions. I hope my colleagues will join And we have received a few reports on cause extinction of the Rural Farmer in the me in calling for a National Ocean Day to help the POW-MIAs that were unreported up eastern plains. focus nationwide attention on the need for re- until the normalization took place, but Farmers are often fined for continuing farm- sponsible stewardship of this precious re- ing activities on their property, even if the spe- the process went forward. And we nor- source. malized relations. cies is not known to exist on their land, but f Mr. Speaker, now, here we are 7 years just because their land might be potential The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a later in the year 2000, and we still have habitat for an animal the government is con- previous order of the House, the gen- 2,023 POW-MIAs unaccounted for. cerned about. tleman from California (Mr. HUNTER) is Every President up until this adminis- The bottom line: recognized for 5 minutes. tration had said that we would never Federal agencies should not create man- (Mr. HUNTER addressed the House. start the normalization process until dates that will financially devastate entire com- His remarks will appear hereafter in we had a full accounting of our POW- munities. MIAs. Rural America is already burdened because the Extensions of Remarks.) There is a lot of families in this they face various economic disadvantages. f country that still wonder what hap- Rural Americans cannot bear the burden of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a pened to their husbands, their fathers, species recovery. previous order of the House, the gen- their sons that do not know and may The government should take into consider- tleman from Washington (Mr. never know what happened to them be- ation the economic consequences to already METCALF) is recognized for 5 minutes. cause the Vietnamese government has strained Rural Americans, and work with the (Mr. METCALF addressed the House. not lived up to the commitment that communities, not against them. His remarks will appear hereafter in they made. f the Extensions of Remarks.) Many people believe to this day that The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. f the reason the normalization process DEAL of Georgia). Under a previous POWS AND MIAS IN VIETNAM took place was because of the potential order of the House, the gentleman from money being given to Ron Brown and Illinois (Mr. LIPINSKI) is recognized for The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a others in the government as a payoff to 5 minutes. previous order of the House, the gen- start the process. (Mr. LIPINSKI addressed the House. tleman from Indiana (Mr. BURTON) is Others believed that the administra- His remarks will appear hereafter in recognized for 5 minutes. tion really did want to get a complete the Extensions of Remarks.) Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- accounting of the POW-MIAs and they f er, back in 1993 I met a gentleman believed the Vietnamese government The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a named Binh Ly. And Mr. Ly told me when they said they would give us a previous order of the House, the gen- and other Congressmen that he had a complete accounting. tleman from North Carolina (Mr. business partner, Mr. Nguyen Van Hao, Here we are 7 years later, and we JONES) is recognized for 5 minutes. who met with former Secretary of have had an accounting of maybe 200 (Mr. JONES of North Carolina ad- Commerce Ron Brown to seek his help out of the 2,300 that were missing and dressed the House. His remarks will ap- in normalizing relations with Vietnam. are still missing and unaccounted for. pear hereafter in the Extensions of Re- Mr. Ly said that Mr. Hao who met The reason I come to the floor to- marks.) with Ron Brown three or four times night is because I am very concerned f told him that Ron Brown wanted about something that is taking place $700,000 in up-front money to start the as we speak. The Secretary of Defense ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL normalization process with Vietnam. of the United States, Mr. Cohen, has OCEAN DAY Mr. Brown said initially that he never gone to Vietnam. And he is meeting The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a met with Mr. Hoa, but later, it was with Vietnamese leaders to talk about previous order of the House, the gentle- found out that he did indeed meet with the POW-MIA issue and to show good woman from Hawaii (Mrs. MINK) is rec- him three times. faith on the part of the United States ognized for 5 minutes. The FBI, on October 2 of 1992, was re- Government in the peaceful agree- Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Speaker, I rise ported in the New York Times to have ments that have been made by this ad- today to introduce a resolution in support of discovered evidence that the Viet- ministration with the Vietnamese gov- establishing a National Ocean Day. namese government was preparing to ernment. A National Ocean Day would help to focus establish a special bank account in The thing that concerns me is that the public's attention on the vital role the Singapore, and the evidence was in the our Secretary of Defense has gone over

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR7.025 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H959 there at almost exactly 25 years to the neighboring States, and as we see the Drugs are dangerous. Drugs are not day that we have seen our troops pull farmers leave and the barns fall down healthy. Drugs are not safe. We must out of Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. and the underbrush grows up on what somehow stop the drug culture in all of That really bothers me. was beautiful farm fields, we are gradu- America and specifically rural Amer- They are celebrating in Vietnam. ally losing much of our heritage in this ica. They are taking our Secretary of De- country. A question I ask: Is rural America fense around to war memorials showing The farm crisis, if not addressed, will prepared for e-commerce? Do we have where their valiant airmen shot down again put more and more rural people adequate ability to the Web, to the our young Americans who were killed, out of work and send them to the cities Internet? Are our telephone systems up and they are celebrating their victory to push more urban sprawl. It is vital to date? Do we have digital switching? over the United States 25 years after that this Congress meets the needs to Do we have an adequate amount of the fall of Saigon. preserve farms in this country because fiber optics? Because if we do not, it Our Secretary of Defense is over of the vital role that we play. will be no different than if we do not there during this celebration. To me, My message to the White House is have highways and we do not have rail as an American, it seems unseemly. stop the food embargoes. Allow Amer- and we do not have air service. E-com- And I think a lot of Americans, espe- ican farmers to sell their products at a merce is where the future is. cially those who served in Vietnam or fair price around the world. By lifting One of the issues is equity in edu- who had loved ones that died and are the embargoes, it would be $12 billion cation. Rural school districts have his- still unaccounted for in Vietnam, to $15 billion added to the farm budg- torically been underfunded in compari- would feel the same way. ets, and our farmers would get a much son to urban and suburban districts. Mr. Speaker, I just say to this admin- better price for their products because Suburban America has a strong tax istration and to the Secretary of De- their markets would be expanded. base and can afford a good educational fense, if he wanted to go to Vietnam to Another issue that is facing rural system. Urban America has some of the talk to them about the POW-MIA America is rural health care. I chaired similar problems of rural. We have al- issue, if he wanted to go to Vietnam to health issues in Pennsylvania for a dec- ways subsidized them. But we have not tell them how important their rela- ade. I understand them. Rural health subsidized rural education in the same tionship with us is, then why in the care is paid an unfair payment in com- manner that we have subsidized urban world did he do it during their celebra- parison to urban suburban America. education. So rural education has had tions of the defeat of the United States Why should a procedure in rural Amer- to take a back seat. Not all of the op- and Vietnam? It makes no sense to me. ica be paid maybe half as much as a portunities that are needed for our It rubs me the wrong way. procedure in suburban urban America. young people are there. I hope that the Secretary of Defense There is no real reason for that except One of the issues facing this country and others in the administration hear that is the rules that have been pro- and rural America is, do we have ade- what we had to say. He should have mulgated by HCFA that administers quate access to technical education. done it at a different time. Medicare and Medicaid. My answer is no. The jobs that are out f If rural America’s health payments there today, many of them are high- are not equalized or made fair, we will tech jobs, many of them are mid-tech ISSUES FACING RURAL AMERICA lose rural health care, and there will be jobs. But we need an education that is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a no winners because those people will a blend of academic and technology. previous order of the House, the gen- have to travel long distance to subur- America is not prepared in my view, tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. PETER- ban areas. HCFA will pay the high and rural America very much so, not SON) is recognized for 5 minutes. price for the same health care that prepared for the jobs of tomorrow, not Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. could have been administered in the prepared for the jobs of today. We are Speaker, it is certainly a good day for hometown communities. not adequately training the workforce. rural America. I want to congratulate Rural transportation, rural airports, What is going to happen if we do not the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. rural rail lines, we cannot afford to prepare this technical workforce, we EMERSON) and the gentlewoman from lose another mile of rail line in rural are going to export another level of North Carolina (Mrs. CLAYTON) for re- America. We cannot afford to have an- manufacturing that we should not lose viving the Rural Caucus. I do not know other community lose its ability to and we do not need to lose if we do not what happened that it died. It should have rail service because it will make prepare the workforce for the manufac- never have. For someone who rep- sure that certain jobs and certain op- turing companies. resents a very rural district, it is cer- portunities are not available to them. The manufacturing companies that tainly a delight that we have it back. Local air service is vital to the future are still processing and manufacturing Why do we need a Rural Caucus? of rural America, and it is under threat in America today are very high-tech. Well, first, I come from a very rural in this country because of government There is a computer and a robot district, the most rural district east of policies. hooked together all the way down the the Mississippi, from northern tier Another issue that has just been re- line. It is a very high-tech manufac- Pennsylvania. A lot of people do not cently brought into the national news turing, and it takes a worker far more think of Pennsylvania as being rural. is the explosion of substance abuse in than was needed in the past when one They think of Philadelphia and Lan- this country and in particular in rural just needed a willing worker. One needs caster and Pittsburgh. But much of America. Rural America was always a person today that is trained. Pennsylvania is rural. It is the most thought to be free of drug use. It was f rural population in the country. One- an urban problem. Mr. Speaker, the re- third of Pennsylvanians live in towns cent studies show that there is more ELIMINATION ON BAN ON IMPORT- of less than 2,500. That is rural. abuse among young people in rural ING TO UNITED STATES IRANIAN Now, the problem we have is that America than any other part. CAVIAR, CARPETS, AND PIS- urban America, who really runs this One of the reasons is we do not have TACHIOS country, dominates governments at adequate enforcement in rural Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a State and national level, does not un- ica. The strike force, the drug strike previous order of the House, the gen- derstand the needs of rural America. I force, the special groups that have been tleman from California (Mr. SHERMAN) call rural America the heartland of put together to work in urban America is recognized for 5 minutes. this country where we have some of and suburban America, they do not Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank our finest, hardest working people with like to work out in rural America. Be- the House for this opportunity, because the best work ethic. cause we do not have adequate enforce- I was not on the list to address the There is nothing more than we can ment, drug usage is on the rise, and we House today and did not expect to do point to today than the farm crisis. As are losing young people by the thou- so. My remarks may be intemperate I look out on the beautiful farmlands sands because drugs, not only harm because I come here in anger. I speak that are in Pennsylvania and other young people, they often kill them. here not with any prepared text, but

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.089 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H960 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 from a few roughly thrown together Israel? Can they let go of the desire of I also want to talk about my case of notes. I know those who prepare the some of the hard-liners in Iran to op- the week. As many of my colleagues CONGRESSIONAL RECORD like a prepared press this small remaining community know, I used to be a police officer; and text to follow afterwards, but they of 30,000 people? I like to highlight some of the more ab- will, unfortunately, have to rely upon Mr. Speaker, we have to understand surd cases I read about in our national our outstanding court reporter. how stupid and outrageous these espio- press. This week’s case comes out of Mr. Speaker, 20 minutes ago, I be- nage charges are. Here in the United the State of Colorado, my home State. came aware of a horrifying news re- States we are a multiethnic society. I want to talk a little about law en- port, a report that filled me with anger Anyone can grow up to be a spy. We forcement and our drug enforcement in at a proposed administration policy, a can have Jewish-American spies, Chi- the State of Colorado. We have a lot of policy that may be taken by an admin- nese-American spies, or English-Amer- good hard-working law enforcement of- istration that I have supported time ican spies, because everyone partici- ficers in Colorado. and time again with my vote and with pates in our society. In Iran, no Jew is And then, finally, colleagues, I want- my voice. allowed anywhere near anything of ed to talk about probably the most im- Today, news reports indicate that strategic significance, and America portant topic of this evening: guns. this Friday the State Department would not be the world’s only super- Guns. A little controversy later on in plans to announce an elimination on power if we made a practice of hiring the discussion, so I hope my colleagues the ban on importing to the United as our spies those in a small commu- will stay around because I want to talk States of Iranian caviar, carpets, and nity prohibited from getting anywhere about guns and what kind of situation pistachios. We will be told that these close to any of the information we we have got with guns. I want to talk three exports are insignificant to a Na- might find significant. about gun squads. I want to talk about tion with so much oil. But Iran is able Mr. Speaker, these 13 are not held guns, and I think at the conclusion of to export its oil on the world market out of a genuine belief that they might those remarks, my colleagues will and obtain the world price. Nothing be guilty of espionage, but rather as an walk out of this Chamber supporting America does influences that price or effort to torture a community and per- what we are doing in the State of Colo- the total demand for Iranian oil. haps execute 13 of its members. rado in regards to guns. Mr. Speaker, there is blood in the Let us start at the top. Let us start b 1945 caviar, bodies have been wrapped in the talking about gasoline prices. We all In contrast, Iran stands to benefit carpets, and it is time for America to know what is happening at the pump. substantially if its three major non-en- say no until the 13 Jews of Shiraz are And, by the way, I have heard a few ergy exports are allowed into the liberated and until the Iranian govern- news commentators say, gosh, we have United States. Nothing we do could ment takes other important actions as nothing to complain about, look at the have a greater impact in the area of well. gas prices in Europe. Well, let me just importing goods from Iran than to f say that we should not compare the gas allow carpets, pistachios, and caviar prices in Europe with the gas price in into our markets. TIMELY TOPICS FOR A NIGHT-SIDE the United States because the gas price Mr. Speaker, do we really need Ira- CHAT in Europe is not comprised of extra nian caviar? The Russian caviar some- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. cost of production; it is taxes. It is how does not satisfy the palates of the ISAKSON). Under the Speaker’s an- extra taxes in Europe. most discriminating? I do not think so. nounced policy of January 6, 1999, the I do not think we in this country I think the greater thirst, the greater gentleman from Colorado (Mr. ought to sit idly buy and say we ought craving than for Iranian caviar is the MCINNIS) is recognized for 60 minutes to raise our price of gasoline, just like thirst, the craving in the State Depart- as the designee of the majority leader. the Europeans do, which means we are ment to make concessions of a tangible Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is time going to put a substantial tax increase nature to Iran before we get more than for another night-side chat. I look for- on our gas prices. I think our country the first wisp of improved Iranian be- ward to visiting with my colleagues in has every reason to object to the high havior. the next few minutes. There are a num- prices of gasoline as we now see it. Our Mr. Speaker, about a year ago, 13 ber of topics I would like to cover this entire economy is dependent upon fuel Jews were arrested in Shiraz, Iran; and evening, but first and foremost I have and oil. they were charged with espionage for just listened to the gentleman from Now, sure, we would like to lessen the United States. Ten of those 13 re- California (Mr. SHERMAN) and his that dependence in the future. In fact, main in prison. All 13 go to trial next points on caviar from Iran. The gentle- during the oil crisis in the 1970s we had month. All of them face the death pen- man’s comments were excellent, and a very aggressive drive to reduce our alty. Why would America liberalize our they were right on point. dependence on oil; but in fact we in- export rules while these 13 face the It is amazing how the administra- creased our dependence on oil, to the death penalty for allegedly spying for tion, in my opinion, is dealing with the extent that we are much more depend- us? oil situation that we have got, the high ent today on foreign oil than we were Mr. Speaker, since the Iranian revo- gasoline prices that all of our constitu- after the crisis in the 1970s, when we lution, 17 members of the Jewish com- ents pay out there, yet this week they said we were going to be less depend- munity have been executed at roughly are going to lift the restraints and ent. A number of different factors the rate of one per year in a constant allow Iran, which is a member of played into that. and bloody effort at community repres- OPEC, to go ahead and trade these Now, it is very easy to condemn oil. sion, and yet our State Department products in our country. When we con- I deal with a number of people that are wants to let in the caviar, the carpets. sider even further what the gentleman anti-oil. They think it is all big cor- Mr. Speaker, that caviar will not taste from California (Mr. SHERMAN) has said porations, or they think this country good. There is blood in the caviar; the in regards to the terrorist acts and the has deserves what it gets in regards to carpets wrap human bodies. And we problems that we have had with the oil. Well, if we really take a look at have got to stand firm for once. country of Iran, it makes it even more how fundamental it is, in fact there is Mr. Speaker, the Vice President of astonishing that the administration not in this great room of ours, nothing, the United States has said that Iran’s would lift those trade restraints and whether it is the furniture, whether it treatment of the 13 Jews held in Shiraz allow Iran to come in here and trade as is the vehicles we use to get here, the would be a test for the Iranian govern- if they are our neighbors in our neigh- electricity that lights the facility or ment. But what test proctor is so borhood. It does not make sense. powers this microphone or works TV wimpish as to award an A to the stu- I had to put my two bits in on that cameras, all of this is very dependent dent before that student even turns in because I think it is important and be- upon this fuel. If we did not have this a paper? The test is still outstanding. cause I want to talk a little this fuel, if the price gets out of hand, we Can Iran stop its repression of the old- evening about gasoline prices. It has will have an economic crisis. And when est Jewish community outside of hit all of us across this country. we have an economic crisis, that means

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.091 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H961 we cannot do a lot of things that we capitalism and the market. But it is an little. Let us get in that market and think are good in our society, things unfair advantage in the market if we say, all right, if OPEC wants to charge like helping other countries, things let a cartel go in. The cartel is not a us 20 some bucks or 25 bucks a barrel like helping our own people, things concept of the market, and that is for oil, we are going to start taxing like providing a strong military de- what is happening to your gasoline American products that go over to fense, things like providing health prices. make it possible for them to produce care, Medicare, Social Security. All of People say why is the price going up? that oil. Well, part of it is the policy of the ad- that is very dependent on a healthy b 2000 economy. ministration, in my opinion, that I And when we look at our economy, have stated my disagreement with. But Now, starting tomorrow, if they want the foundation of our economy, we the strongest push upward, the more drill bits out of the United States to have several pillars. One is good peo- immediate push upward that we have drill down, maybe we ought to charge ple. We have good people in this coun- seen in the last few weeks is as a direct them an extra premium to help us off- try. We have efficiency. We have econo- result of this cartel called OPEC. set the fuel costs we are being dealt mies of scale in this country. We have Okay, well let us talk about the bat- with. expertise. We have education. But tle we are involved in. We have OPEC They want to transport? If they are amongst those pillars is oil, and we over here. It is a cartel. And as my col- using any kind of American expertise have to have decently priced oil. It is league, the gentleman from California or American personnel, maybe we essential for us. (Mr. SHERMAN), said, Iran is a member ought to have a special little assess- Now, I want to point out that I have of OPEC. We have a number of different ment, we will not call it a tax, an as- a disagreement with the Vice Presi- countries, Algeria, Nigeria, Indonesia, sessment to make it a little softer ap- dent’s policy, as I take it, on oil. The Saudi Arabia, Kuwait. These countries proach, lets call it an assessment. We Vice President’s policy has been stated all belong to this good old boy club. are going to put an assessment on in a book that he wrote in 1992. Raise Now, surely some of us have heard, es- OPEC. the taxes. My disagreement with the pecially being in politics in an election Two people can play this game. If Vice President’s policy and the admin- year, we have to get rid of the good old OPEC wants to come in with a cartel istration’s policy is that they should boy club. There is not a better more to the free world and you want to put not be raising taxes on fuel. We are definite example of the good old boy a stranglehold on us, it goes two ways. trying to get the gasoline price down, club than the cartel and OPEC. They They are not totally independent of the not take the gasoline price up. We can- are putting a noose around us and keep United States. In fact, I say to OPEC not just continue to layer tax after tax tightening the noose. and any number of those countries, not after tax on the American people. Well, does this country deserve to only was Kuwait dependent on the I should point out again my disagree- have a noose put around us? Let us United States to free their country and ment with the Vice President. That take a look at some of the OPEC mem- give it back to them, all of those coun- was the tie-breaking vote in 1994, when bers. Kuwait, for example. Maybe we tries over there, without exception, all the gasoline taxes were raised 4.3 cents should dial up Kuwait on the tele- of them are dependent upon American per gallon. That may not sound like a phone: Hey, Kuwait, how long is your expertise for their own economies. lot, until we think about one of these memory? Was it not America that gave Maybe we ought to play a little tit poor working people that has to go to you your country back about 9 years for tat, as they say. That is what they work every day who are pulling into a ago? Was it not America that lost 50 or do in the market; they get competition gas pump. They did not see a raise at so soldiers giving you back your coun- out there. Let us compete. Let us not work, and they are not seeing any try? Was it not America that rebuilt just say, well, the competition has put more efficiencies. All they are seeing is your country? And this is how you ex- together this cartel so we will just let they have to reach down deeper and press gratitude; you go into this cartel things kind of wander as they might, deeper into their pocket and pull out and say stick it to the Americans? as we hear from the Vice President’s more and more money at the gas pump. By the way, Saudi Arabia and Nige- administration. Then there are people in Washington, ria, and all these other countries of Let us get out there and let us get in D.C. that think it is a good idea to OPEC, whose expertise do you think the ring with them. Let us take a look have policies that say we ought to you are using for the mechanical as- at foreign aid. Last year four coun- raise taxes more on gasoline. Those pects of taking that oil out of the tries, Algeria, Nigeria, Indonesia, and policies and the policies of that admin- ground, of transporting that oil, of Venezuela, $165 million in aid, $165 mil- istration are wrong. We should not be marketing that oil? lion in aid to those four OPEC coun- doing that. We have to worry about We have had a good friendship over tries, foreign aid from the United this economy. the years with many of those OPEC States. Now, what can we do? We can all countries. It would be a shame if that When our budget comes up this year, complain about gasoline prices and friendship is allowed to be diluted by maybe we ought to take a look at the OPEC, and I can tell my colleagues greed, which is the only bottom line OPEC countries that we have in our that I have had experience with gaso- when dealing with a cartel. Greed is budget that we are giving money to to line prices in Colorado. My district is the only bottom line that a cartel re- help with their problems under our for- the 3rd District of the State of Colo- sults in. It is the only result one gets eign aid program; and maybe we ought rado. It is all the Rocky Mountains; al- with a cartel. It brings greed. And to remember what they are doing to us, most all of the mountains in Colorado, there are a lot of victims sacrificed as to the American citizens, to the hard and we have experienced high gasoline a result of greed. working people that have to get to prices out there. Nothing like we are What is my proposal? I think the work every day, turn on their lights, seeing today, but we have experienced President, and I have heard the com- feed a family, maybe we ought to re- those kind of prices. ments of the administration, and I member what they are doing to us But today’s price is being driven by a refer to the administration’s policy, I when we do our foreign aid bill this cartel. We do not allow cartels in this am not referring to the President or year. I think it is important. country. It is a monopoly. We do not Vice President personally, as my col- I think these gasoline prices will allow that. We have antitrust legisla- leagues know, but the President and have a negative impact on our econ- tion in this country, so we do not have the Vice President’s policies of saying omy. It is nothing to laugh at. It is not cartels that stick it to the people. we should not tamper with it, it is the something, as the administration says, Now, some people say, well, it is the market, let the market deal with this, well, we will just kind of let it go, you market. Let the market work. Well, let is wrong. A cartel is not part of the know, let the market take place. the market, if the market works in a market. And if the administration is If we had a true market form the way true market form. I am a firm believer going to consider it part of the market, that Adam Smith talked about a true in Adam Smith. I am a strong believer then let us play by market rules, which market, we would not have a cartel out in the philosophy of Adam Smith and means let us get in there and tussle a there, competition would be allowed to

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.093 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 thrive, and we would not have this hit her with his car and he offers to says, look, I am sorry that the victim kind of situation occurring. take her to the hospital. Good Samari- got raped. I am sorry that the woman The administration has got to recog- tan, I am sorry I hit with you with my got raped. I am sorry that the woman nize they do not have an Adam Smith car. Let me take you to the hospital. was abused. I am sorry that the woman type of playing field out there, they The smartest thing that woman ever was tortured. I am sorry that the have got a cartel. And that is what is did was say, no, I will get my own help. woman was killed. But, you know, in jacking up the price to the American I do not need your help. I am not going this case the real victim was this guy. people. The American people deserve to let you take me to the hospital. I know he is the one that killed her. an aggressive behavior out of its Na- So that victim did not work out. So Yeah, he killed her. But he is the vic- tion’s capital before our economy be- then they go on down and they find an- tim. He thought he was getting raped. gins to crumble as a result of these oil other victim, a 23-year-old young He thought she was disrobing him. He prices. woman. They take her. They rape her. thought he was being tortured. He And we have got the leverage to do They beat her. They abuse her. They thought it was his marriage that would it. It is not like we are totally dis- torture her. Then they murder her. suffer as a result of this situation. So armed in this battle. We have got lots Well, let me tell my colleagues what he called upon himself to justify it. the defense is saying. Now, I have got of leverage. That foreign aid is just one Well, I am telling my colleagues, it to tell my colleagues, in fair disclo- small part of it. American expertise is makes me sick. Now, the jury is still sure, I did used to be a cop. I am biased a big part of it. What we do for those out on this. I hope the jury does not toward the prosecution side. I used to countries is a big part of the leverage buy it. If the jury buys it, I can tell my be an attorney. I practiced law. I could we have. We ought to put it all on the colleagues this will be one of the sad- not practice defense law. I mean, I table. They laid out their cards. They dest chapters in American defense law know that they are entitled to a de- got together and decided which cards in the history of this country. I said fense, but, as an attorney, I chose not were best to play poker with. And so, ‘‘defense,’’ not prosecution, ‘‘defense.’’ to do defense law because I just could instead of playing poker with each one Because it does a disfavor to your in- not find myself defending somebody of them, they all got together and put dustry to their profession, and I used to whom the facts made very clear were their cards and are coming up with the be an attorney, it does a disfavor to guilty. best hand. their profession if somebody is going to Well, they do not have all the lever- But that is an aside. An attorney has get off the hook by claiming that, in age. We have got some leverage. I urge an obligation to defend its client. I just fact, they were the victim of the rape, my colleagues, let us get aggressive. could not do that kind of work. But I they were the victim and blame it on Let us not sit back and take it. Let us do disclose to all of my colleagues, I the sweet child of 23 who never saw an- get aggressive on this. We have got le- have a bent towards the prosecution. other day. verage, and let us use it. But these are facts out of the news- CASE OF THE WEEK paper. This is not the gentleman from That is the case of the week. I am going to change horses here for Colorado (Mr. MCINNIS) coming up with LAW ENFORCEMENT a minute. I want to talk about my an idea. These are facts out of the Next, I want to visit for a minute crazy case of the week. First a little of newspaper. about law enforcement. I want to my background. So they go and rape this person. The As I said before, I used to be a police defense puts on their case. And guess thank especially the Intensity Drug officer. And you cannot ever get that what the defense says? Oh, the defend- Trafficking Area. out of your blood. By the way, I want ant, this guy that did this, he thought Senator CAMPBELL and I worked very to say to my colleagues, of course, I am he was the victim. He thought in his intensely, as maybe my colleagues from Colorado. I was a police officer in mind, and this is true, this is what the know, on the appropriations bill. We Colorado. I have got a number of good psychiatrist testifies to, that in his put appropriations in starting about 3 colleagues out there who still are on mind he thought he was being raped. In years ago. We have got it in every year the force. And just a message to all law his mind, he thought she, the true vic- since. Senator CAMPBELL, on the Sen- enforcement across the country, my tim, the murder victim, he thought she ate side, has done a tremendous job for constituents’ colleagues, they have got was causing infidelity in his marriage this, I on the House side. And it is the our full support. We love good cops. We and he just did not really know what Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. We do not like bad cops, but we love good he was doing when he killed her be- have Garfield, Eagle, Rio Blanco Coun- cops. And they deserve the kind of cause he thought he was the victim and ties are participating on a tri-county credibility that they have. he was trying to push her away from team, along with the communities in In most communities, I guess I raping him and from causing an extra- there. should take that back, in every com- marital affair in his marriage. It is in- For example, my good friend Terry munity, overall there is strong respect credible. Wilson, the chief of police of the Glen- and admiration for our police officers. Dr. Riyana Rogers, a forensic psy- wood Springs Police Department, I Let me tell my colleagues about a chiatrist who currently works as a pro- used to be on that department, I case that I read about in the Denver fessor at the University of California in worked with the gentleman, he is doing Post. I will cite the article. Denver San Francisco, let me tell my col- a great job. And I want my colleagues Post, March 11. That was last Satur- leagues something, I hope I get the op- to know here, this is a good program. day. This case involves a defendant portunity some day to meet her or that who is accused of murder. my colleagues get an opportunity to What we have done is we have fo- This defendant went out and alleg- ask her about this defense. cused in on high drug trafficking cor- edly, and everything I say this evening Come on, folks. Can you really think ridors. We have given local money. We is allegedly, although the evidence, in that a mental illness will allow a de- have not come in and said, we know my opinion, proves it up, but the deci- fendant, who earlier in the day, by the better. The Federal Government has sion has not yet been made, so it is all way, earlier in the day very methodi- not sent in a bunch of agents and said, allegedly, let us take that into consid- cally tried to get a woman in his car. we know how to tell local law enforce- eration, this defendant allegedly goes He hit her with his car. By the way, I ment to do their job. out with one of his buddies and decides should also add this fact: A year earlier What we have done is made available that they want to go ahead and rape a they had a witness testify that he expertise and put money into those woman. And, of course, if you rape dreamed or had a fantasy of going out communities so that those commu- them, you better murder her, too. and grabbing a woman and raping her. nities can go out onto their highways, So they go out and hit a jogger with He said he wanted to rape a girl and into their counties, into their cities on their car. They hit a jogger with the kill her and make her boyfriend watch, these corridors and intercede that drug car. The jogger falls, gets cut up and according to videotaped testimony. trafficking. And it has been a great things. And this defendant jumps out And yet, this psychiatrist comes to success. I want to acknowledge that and says how apologetic he is that he the common people of America and success this evening.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.095 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H963 AMERICA WANTS SOLUTION TO GUN PROBLEM years. The elements of touching a hot have done a tremendous job, the same Now I want to talk about guns. We burner are contained within this thing with the Colorado State attorney have seen a lot of tragedy in this coun- project that I am going to go through generals there, attorneys there who try. We have seen a lot of debate. Un- with you, but I think it is the answer. have done a good job. We have a lot of fortunately, a lot of it is being moti- Instead of talking about, well, we Republicans in there. Wayne LaPierre, vated by politics. But we have seen a should have this and we should have head of the NRA, is involved in this, lot of debates on guns in this country. more laws on the books here and more our governor, of course, in the State of And there has been opportunities for laws on the books there, let me say po- Colorado, Bill Owens, a tremendous exaggerations on both sides of this de- litically it sounds great, but it is a dis- leader for the State of Colorado. He is bate on guns. traction. It is going after possession. involved in it. It is bipartisan. There is a problem out there. Now, a Let us go after misuse and let us Let me begin by starting with a little lot of people will go with the satisfac- compare it to a burner, a hot burner. A brief history on where it started. It ac- tion of just having the debate itself so hot burner is very, very dangerous. A tually started in the East, in Virginia. they think they can score political gun misused is very, very dangerous. A Now, you are talking to SCOTT points. But the core of America, the car driven at a high speed or misused is MCINNIS. It takes me a lot to credit core of America, wants a solution to very, very dangerous. You must have something beginning in the East. I am this problem. They want us to work consequences if you are going to stop strong on the West, but this one start- out something that makes sense that that misuse. ed in the East. It started in Richmond, will work. Well, take a look at a hot burner. Virginia. First of all, there is a warning. Now, What happened in 1997 is Richmond b 2015 the first time you touch it, you prob- suffered from the second highest per- I think there are a number of people ably did not know the difference when capita murder rate in the country, sec- across this country that have come up you were very, very small, between a ond highest rate in the country. So with an answer that does work. I think red hot burner and a burner that was they decided to put together a project it is being completely ignored, most just black, it was not red in its color. they called Project Exile; and in 1998, specifically by the national media. I So you walk up to a burner and it is as a result of this project, the city’s must say that in Colorado, the local red. Well, after the first time that sig- homicides were cut by 33 percent, the media has done strong justification to nal alone will send little signals to lowest they had had since 1987, all as a the program that I am going to talk your brain, trouble ahead, trouble result of Project Exile. about. ahead, there is a hot burner; do not Project Exile, what is it? What does Let me give a little brief history of touch that burner. it mean? It is a Federal, State, and the program that I want to visit about, The first time that signal did not go local effort. It is not just a Federal ef- but first of all let us talk a little more, up because it was not implanted. The fort. The Feds are not coming into very briefly, about this gun issue. My impression was not made on your mind your State, into your community, into position has always been, as a Con- what a red burner meant. We are going your county telling you what to do. gressman and as a State representative to place impressions on minds with They are working a partnership. This for years before that, that it is the mis- this project. We are going to take care is a partnership. The Feds, they are a use of the weapon that we must focus of that. We want people to see the red partnership with the State; and they on. Putting all your attention on pos- burner. are a partnership with the local gov- session of the weapon it is a distrac- The second thing you did when you ernment. tion. It is not the possession of the did not recognize that the red burner The effort in Colorado, as it was in weapon that creates the problem. It is was a signal that there is danger is you Virginia, was led by the United States the misuse of that weapon that creates approached it; and as you approached Attorney General’s office. Those are the bigger problem, in my opinion. it, you began to feel heat. The heat was the ones who prosecute, from a Federal How do you deal with misuse? of little consequence because you did level, gun crimes. Where do we come up Now, this sounds simple. It is so sim- not really know what it meant. You with the name ‘‘exile’’? What we want- ple, you are going to say, right, get on knew it meant heat as a small child. So ed, and I say ‘‘we,’’ I wanted a part of to the next point; but the fact is when you kept going to the burner and you it, I just think it is a wonderful pro- you have misuse you have to go after touched it. gram and that is why I am promoting it. You cannot have misuse of a weap- What happened when you touched it; but the reason the word ‘‘exile’’ on, misuse of a gun, and ignore it, be- that burner? There were immediate im- came is if you violate a gun law, if you cause the misuse will only grow pressions made on your mind. Ouch, misuse that weapon, and violate that unproportionately. You have to go ouch, it hurt. The response was imme- gun law, you are going to be exiled to after the misuse. That is a simple rule, diate, the consequence was immediate, prison, exiled to prison. Thus, the rule number one, go after the misuse. and the impression on your mind lasted name Project Exile; Colorado Project Number two, what do you do about you for the rest of your life: do not Exile. the misuse? How do you go after it? ever touch a red hot burner. In this particular case in the history, Well, I am going to go through a Today I want to talk a little about it started in Virginia, but this is what project that I think is very effective in Project Exile. That is the red hot burn- many of our billboards in Colorado are going after it, but there are other er. We want people out there to know, going to look like, just exactly like things. This project incorporates all of Mr. Speaker, that it is red hot; and if this, pack an illegal gun, i.e., misuse, them. One, be quick, swift. If you see you touch it, it is going to burn and misuse, abuse of the law, touch the misuse, if you see misbehavior, move the consequences are going to be severe burner, pack your bags for prison; and quickly to stop it. You must intercede because we want to create an impres- then report illegal guns, we give a 1–800 quickly. Delay of time works against sion in your mind that the misuse or number. It have been so successful this you. You must intercede quickly. You the illegal use of weapons or guns in Project Exile in Virginia that it has must intercede with significant force. I this country will not be tolerated; zero been implemented in Boston, it has don’t mean you call in the Army. I am tolerance. been implemented in New Orleans, in just saying that you have to be able to It does not require new laws, by the Rochester, in Birmingham, in Balti- reach out there and grab that misuse way, no new laws, no new gun laws, more and many other cities across the and stop it. none of this stuff. Put all the political country, and now we in Colorado have So, one, you have to go after it; two, argument aside. By the way, this adopted this and I urge my colleagues you have to do it quickly; and, three, project is supported non-partisanly. I on the House floor, take a look at it for you have to have significant ability to will talk later about my friend Ken their own State. stop it, to enforce it. It is very much Salazar in the State of Colorado, the Look, there is a lot of rhetoric going like touching a hot burner. attorney general; a little later about on out there about these guns, and That is an experience that all of us Tom Strickland and all of the attor- there have been some tragedies. There have had at some point in our early neys general who work for him who have always been tragedies with guns,

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:59 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.097 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 misuse of guns; but put all the rhetoric Remember everything I am telling cational seminars in Colorado. We have aside. I have seen some rhetoric over you about was supported by everybody citizens in Colorado, not just cops, not the weekend, and most of it seems to from the NRA clear over to the State just lawmakers, and I have many, focus on possession. We have the laws patrol, the city police, Democrats, Re- many good colleagues in the State in place. We have a lot of gun laws in publicans. We are going to have a gun house and State Senate in Colorado this country, and a lot of those laws squad, and they are going to be looking that support this. We are getting com- are good laws. They make sense. For for people violating those gun laws. If mon people out there to go out and example, you cannot have an auto- you are packing an illegal gun, if you raise money to help us make the pub- matic machine gun. It makes sense. are breaking a law like that, you are lic, and, in this particular case, the law We have a lot of laws that make going to pay the consequences, so be enforcement agencies, aware that, sense. You cannot misuse a gun, you ready. It is fair game; you are fair number one, we are behind you. You cannot use a gun in a robbery, in this game. We have to let those constitu- men and women out there have got a and that. It makes sense. Let us use ents out there who think they are tough job on the street. You need to them. Let us let people know that we going to get away with violating those know that we are going to stand behind mean business when we talk about gun laws, who think we are going to ignore you, and we are going to stand behind laws. the fact that we have lots of laws on you on this one. We are there. We are Well, Colorado Project Exile had a the books, we are going to let them there with you. press conference last week. The NRA know we mean business. That burner Two, we are going to make informa- was there. I know some of you every will be hot. tion accessible to you. time you mention the NRA your hair So our gun squad will consist of a co- Three, once you go through this ef- bristles. Other people stand up and operative effort from our partnership fort, we are going to follow through clap. That was one side that was there. with the Federal, the State and the with the prosecution side of it. We are The U.S. Attorney’s Office was there. local, to go out and coordinate our gun going to go after this. The third element we need to talk The Colorado attorney general, who is laws. For example, I will give you an about is public awareness. This is not a Democrat, Ken Salazar; and I applaud example, every police officer in the just a fancy poster to bring on to the my colleague who does a darn good job State of Colorado will be given this House floor. This is a duplicate copy of in Colorado, he was there. MARK, my placard. Now, this placard has the gun what our billboards and what our ad- colleague here on the House floor, laws. vertising program is going to be like in MARK was there; Tom Strickland, U.S. You are saying, Scott, why do you the State of Colorado. attorney, State of Colorado, he was give this placard on gun laws to the there and his staff was there. By the Now, I say ‘‘ours.’’ It is ours. It is the State Patrol, for example, or to the people of the State of Colorado. In fact, way, a lot of Ken’s staff was there. Of Grand Junction Police Department or course, the governor led off on this it is the people of the United States of people like that? Why do you give them America focusing in Colorado, or in thing. Bill Owens has done a tremen- this placard? Baltimore, or in West Virginia. It is dous job for us. This is not State gun law. This is a your taxpayer dollars in the U.S. At- The sheriff’s department was there. quick summary of Federal gun laws. Police departments were there. The torney’s Office. Every police officer will have this; and But in Colorado our project is going Colorado state patrol was there. Lee they will be able to, when they make a to read Colorado, Project Exile. Re- White, an individual in Colorado who stop or when they come into a situa- member what exile means. You violate has put a lot of effort in helping us tion, they will be able to very quickly the law, you do the crime, you do the raise money, they have gone out and figure out if there is a gun law, Federal time, except this time we are going to raised money to take this campaign to gun law, violation that has taken do something. We are really doing it. the people; go out to the people and place. Pack an illegal gun, pack your bags for tell them, the burner is hot. It is red Remember, they already know their prison, and a 1–800 number. I will talk hot. If you touch it, you will be exiled city ordinances, city laws. They know about that later. into pain. In this particular case you the State laws, but really they do not Mr. Speaker, when I was in the state are going to be exiled into prison. have right at their hand, right in their legislature in the 1980s we decided we Well, the project has multiple as- palm, the Federal gun laws. Now they were going to get tough on guns. We pects to it; but the goal of the project will have it, and they will be able to decided we were going to get tough on is this, this is our goal in Project Exile: immediately know if we have a situa- crime. We decided we were going to get raise the stakes. You break a gun law tion that the gun squad ought to look tough on judges who we did not think in Colorado, we are raising the stakes. at. Our effort is to coordinate the gun were doing an adequate enough job of The citizens of Colorado are going to laws at the local level, the gun laws at being tough on these people. raise the stakes at the poker table. No the State level, and the gun laws at the We toughened up in Colorado. We longer are we just going to talk about Federal level so that we can come up built prisons and we sent people to issues like possession. We are going to with the maximum temperature on prisons and our crime rate dropped like raise the stakes, and we are going to that burner so that the person who a rock in water. Why? Because they look at the laws we have. We are going continues to misbehave in our society knew there were consequences. They to make it very painful for you to vio- and causes us a lot of grief, I mean talk knew the punishment would be there late gun laws in the State of Colorado. about the challenge to the second and they knew it would be fairly imme- We want to make that burner hot. We amendment; I am a strong supporter of diate and it worked in Colorado. want to make it red hot. We want it the second amendment. You talk about Now, look, I have heard the age-old very clear that if you violate Federal a challenge to the second amendment, argument, well, look, Scott McInnis in or State gun laws you will go to prison. it is these people out there that are Colorado has the wrong idea. Build One of the ways that we are going to breaking the laws that make other peo- more schools and less prisons. do it is we are getting a message out ple in our society think that it is the Mr. Speaker, that is comparing ap- there. We really have three compo- second amendment that is the cause. ples to oranges. Who does not want to nents to it. Remember at the beginning build more schools? Who does not sup- b of my comments, Mr. Speaker, I talked 2030 port stronger education? But the finest about the gun squads. Gun squads, you The cause is that our coordination education system in the world in a so- said? What is he doing on the House has not taken place. We are not mak- ciety that has it, and I happen to think floor talking about gun squads? Sounds ing that burner hot enough. We are not the United States, when you look at like some kind of gun fanatic out making it hot enough for those people the overall picture of education, I there. No. We have a new gun squad, that violate the laws. think we have one of the finest systems just like the vice squad. Vice squad Well, secondly, of course, the second in the world, still has got people that goes after things, the drug squad goes thing goes along on the enforcement. I are going to misbehave. after things, the traffic squad goes have told you this, those officers will The Catholic priesthood is one of the after things. Well, now the gun squad. have this. We are doing lots of edu- finest callings man could go to, in my

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.099 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H965 opinion. I am a Catholic. But if you are are helping yourself, you are helping ney’s Office and other people who real- Jewish, maybe a Rabbi, or whatever. It your society. Call us. We mean busi- ly are in the field hands-on, these is one of the finest callings you can go ness. You call us. Let us prove to you charges would not have been filed in to, but you have bad people. No matter we are not going to tolerate this kind Colorado, would not have been filed in how well you educate a Catholic priest, of behavior in society. We have got Colorado, had it not been for our team no matter how well you educate a some good solid laws on the books. effort on Colorado Project Exile. Rabbi, or no matter how well you edu- I want to remind everybody, the Na- What are they? I will give you an ex- cate your general population, you are tional Rifle Association supports this. ample. Delivery of a firearm to a com- going to have some bad apples out This is not something that has got a mon carrier without notice. Illegal ex- there, and some of these apples are ani- polarization going on out there. There portation of guns via commercial air- mals, just like the fellow I mentioned is a lot of polarization today. I just saw liners to Honduras. They were export- before, who declares he is the victim it over the weekend. The President’s ing illegal weapons to Honduras. Had because he raped a woman, murdered policies are this, somebody else’s poli- this project not been in effect starting her and tortured her. She was not the cies are this, the Vice President is de- in October of last year, our guess is victim; he was the victim. That guy manding apologies. charges would never have been filed ought to be in prison. I do not care Forget all of that rhetoric. Let us under this law. what kind of school you build in Colo- talk about right here. This is it. This is Possession of two sawed-off shotguns. rado, you are not going to do much a policy that works. It is nonpartisan. We know sawed-off shotguns are ille- with this guy. It reaches out and brings lots of part- gal. It has been a long time since there Face the fact that a certain percent- ners into our partnership, and our part- were charges filed. Project Exile, we age of your population you are going to nership is a strong partnership, as wit- are filing charges. We filed them. have to deal, you are going to have to nessed by the number of people that Possession of a firearm by a prohib- consequences. were at that press conference last week ited person, possessed an Uzi and a So that is what we are doing. We are in Colorado announcing the kickoff. sawed-off shotgun and had domestic vi- saying you are going to go to prison. Now, has it made a difference? You olence convictions and attempted third We are not going to go out and reha- bet it has. degree assault charges. All of those bilitate you, we are not going to go out Remember, the press conference was were wrapped up under Colorado and doodle around and slap you on the last week, the statewide effort. Tom Project Exile. Our belief is that most of hand and tell you we are going to look Strickland, the U.S. Attorney in the those charges would not have been the other way, although in the past I State of Colorado, actually initiated filed, had we not decided to take an ag- can tell you very few gun laws in the this in October of last year. gressive, very aggressive, stance on the State of Colorado in my opinion were Let me tell you, first of all, has it existing gun laws. enforced. We looked the other way. Too been accepted by the public in Colo- Drug user, addict in possession of a much hassle. ‘‘It’s okay. Old Joe here rado? I have talked to you about how firearm, marijuana and has got to use this weapon in a robbery all the leaders have come together in a methamphetamines, while possessing or something, let’s get him on a rob- non-polarized partnership and formed a explosive devices and possession of un- bery.’’ team. But have the people who we registered firearms, destructive de- Well, things have changed. Now, work for, have they accepted it? vices. In the past we think that it was tragedy, of course, has created this The answer in Colorado is yes. The too complicated or the coordination change. Not just tragedy at Columbine, media has accepted it. Denver Post, was not right or the team was not in we all know about that, but tragedy in Denver Rocky Mountain News, Colo- place. We think in this particular case the other cases too, and it is time for rado Springs Gazette, Grand Junction those charges would have been over- the whole Nation, every one of my col- Daily Sentinel, Boulder Daily Camera, looked. Not under Colorado Project leagues sitting on this floor, to change, I could go on and on. This has strong Exile. not change, because I know you are support in Colorado. Possession of a firearm by a prohib- supportive, I do not know anybody that In 1998, let me give you a few exam- ited person. Possessed a 9 millimeter is not, let us use the laws we have got. ples, these are some statistics. Primary semiautomatic assault weapon and had Let us go after them. charge, weapons used to facilitate drug a misdemeanor domestic violence con- Let us talk about the 1–800 number. trafficking. In 1998, eight people were viction. Another case, look the other ‘‘Report illegal guns, 1–800–283–guns.’’ charged. In 1999, 36 were charged. way. Not intentionally look the other Where did that come from? Remember Project Exile was only in effect for 3 way, but the sophistication, the team- the program, maybe you have seen it in months. work was not there, the commitment your neighborhood, I have got it in my Another startling statistic. A felon to aggressively go after the laws that neighborhood, neighborhood watch, the in possession of a gun, in 1998, 17 peo- already exist was not there. It is all neighborhood watch program? Or crime ple, in Colorado, we have 3 million peo- there now. watchers, where you call in. You do not ple, we got a lot of felons. Colorado is I stress to you, one of our biggest have to give your name, and we put re- a great State, do not get me every partners are our constituents. This is wards out there? wrong, but every State has felons out not isolated to the police department We went out in law enforcement, I there, too many felons, and we know or to the U.S. Attorney’s Office or to used to be a cop, we went out there and those felons, we know more than 17 fel- Ken Salazar at the State Attorney recognized, you know, we do not know ons had guns in their possession. General Office or our Governor. This is it all. We cannot do it all. We have got Well, now we are going to know a lot statewide. to form a partnership. We need to form more, because we are getting participa- Possession of a firearm by an illegal a partnership with our citizens. We tion from the community and from the alien. Federal firearm license, selling need to reach out to our citizens and law enforcement agencies and from the to a non-resident of Colorado, failure ask them to help us. That is where prosecutors and from the Federal Gov- on the background check and selling to crime watchers came, that is where ernment with its assistance. Now we a convicted felon. neighborhood watch came about, and know we are going to find out a lot So you can see, I have got page after that is exactly what is going to happen more about these felons. That number page after page of violations we think with Colorado Project Exile. We are jumped by 30 percent, by 30 percent, will now be aggressively pursued asking for your help. and we were only in effect for 3 against the people who decide that We are going to give you a 1–800 num- months. their misbehavior is something that so- ber. If you know somebody that is car- We have a number of others. But let ciety is going to have to tolerate. Their rying an illegal weapon, you know me just give you an idea. Here are theory is, ‘‘Hey, I do what I want to do. somebody that used a weapon in a some crimes in Colorado that recently If I want to carry around a sawed-off crime, you know somebody that has a charges have been filed under Oper- shotgun or misuse a weapon, society is fully automatic weapon that is illegal, ation Project Exile. In my opinion and going to have to adapt to my behav- call us, 1–800. No expense. No cost. You in the expert opinion of the U.S. Attor- ior.’’ Well, we have got news for you.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.101 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 You are going to adapt to society’s be- about the future, I want to talk about ents, the business community, all in havior. the children of this country, because the community come together and Let me say in conclusion, this they truly are our future. work together collaboratively to come Project Exile is not an attack on the Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to up with those core issues that they Second Amendment. I am a strong be- talk about education, particularly an want to use. liever in that. In fact, I think it helps effort in education called character In Johnston County, another county us support the Second Amendment. education. We talk about a lot of in the district, they have come to- This Project Exile is not ignorance of things that work and things that do gether and done theirs. The principal of the problems we have out there of the not work; but as my colleagues know, Selma Elementary School, a school tragedy. In fact, I think it is going to before I came to the people’s House to which I visited just a few weeks ago, do a lot more to avert tragedies and to serve in this body, I was the State su- attributes 59 fewer suspensions during get our hands on these tragedies that perintendent of schools in the State of the 1995–1996 school year to their char- are taking place than any of the rhet- North Carolina. As I have told many of acter education program. They also at- oric going on right now in the Nation my colleagues from time to time, there tribute the fact that they have had by the highest levels of our administra- are a lot of things in education that a academic growth, tremendous aca- tion. lot of us who work in it, if we are hon- demic growth over the years and again This is going to get things done. This est with ourselves, do not know a great this year, and I visited that school is not talk. Talk is cheap. This is going deal about when we do do some of the again to see what kind of progress they to get things done. It has got support things that work and a lot of the were making. They again are showing of the major law enforcement agencies things that do not work. I happen to progress as a result of character edu- in Colorado, from your local police de- know firsthand that character edu- cation. It is not a program that teach- partment to the Attorney General, to cation can make a difference to teach ers have to struggle with as another the U.S. Attorney General’s office. It our children values and make sure that addition to their already crowded has got the Governor. It has got Demo- our students are well rounded and pre- school day. It is integrated in the cur- crats and Republicans in the State pared to become good citizens. riculum in the standard course of study house and the State senate supporting In 1989 when I took over as State su- that we use in North Carolina, and it is it. perintendent, we did a survey of about taught along with everything else they In fact, maybe the best way to sum- 25,000 students across our State, and I do, and I will talk about that more in marize, I have not found anybody who was quite alarmed at some of the re- just a few moments. objects to it. I have not found anybody sults we got back. About 37 percent of Mr. Speaker, some of my colleagues who says to ignore the laws, the laws the students said that they did not re- and certainly others across the country in existence on the books now. In fact, spect their fellow students nor their may have seen the CBS News profile my friends who support the Second teachers, and it was quite obvious from that was done several months ago on Amendment, one of their basic points that data that something needed to be one of the successful character edu- is let us see what happens when we en- done. cation programs in the Nash Rocky force the laws we currently have on the We pulled together teachers, admin- Mount school system, Baskerville Ele- books. Let us see what happens when istrators, members of the clergy. We mentary School, a school that really we make the consequences of touching pulled together members from the was having a difficult time. They were a burner immediate and painful. Their bench and we did an extensive study having problems with truancy, they bet, my bet, everyone involved in this, for about a year and a half, almost 2 were having problems with discipline, the bet is you will not touch that burn- years, and came up with what we called their academics were suffering, and er again, and society will be better for ethics education. We put together some under the leadership of a dynamic prin- it. principles, and ultimately that evolved cipal named Anne Edge, she took this Mr. Speaker, I would urge all col- into character education. It was later on, she got her staff involved, she got leagues, in their respective districts, in adopted by the State board of edu- the community involved, and she lit- their respective States, go out there, cation and then the North Carolina erally indoctrinated the children in talk to their Attorney General. If you general assembly in 1995; and we re- that school, and it is working well. are Republicans, talk to the Demo- ceived a grant in 1995 from the U.S. De- I visited there several weeks ago, and crats. If you are Democrat, talk to the partment of Education to begin a proc- I can tell my colleagues as a result of Republican leaders in your State. Form ess in three of our school districts, that program being implemented prop- a team like we did in Colorado and put three of the larger ones, incidentally, erly and being supported by the com- in your own Project Exile. My bet, and Wake County, Cumberland County, and munity, supported by the central office I think it is a safe bet, and I am a bet- Mecklenberg County to pilot character staff and the local school board, that is ting man and I like safe bets, my bet is education. one public school that has turned that after 1 year you will find out that Now, across my congressional dis- around and is making a difference and your Project Exile has accomplished trict, school leaders have developed it has become infectious. It is working more than all of the rhetoric combined character education initiatives that all across Nash Rocky Mount school for all of the States. really are making a difference for system in North Carolina. stronger schools and better commu- This morning, Mr. Speaker, I had the b 2045 nities. Wake County, as I just men- opportunity to visit Tramway Elemen- But the rhetoric aside, put the action tioned, was one of the early leaders. tary School in Lee County, another in place. You pack an illegal gun; you Not only were they a leader by receiv- school in my district where character pack your bags for prison. ing the funds and initiating the project education really fills the entire com- f and having community meetings, be- munity with hope. I went into that cause this truly is based at the school school this morning, and I was so CHARACTER EDUCATION IN OUR level and the community level; but pleased to see the number of parents SCHOOLS: AN INNOVATION THAT they have become a leader through who were there. They were there par- WORKS their innovative effort that they call ticipating, active in the school. They The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Uniting for Character. had other members of the school fac- ISAKSON). Under the Speaker’s an- In that process, there are a number ulty there, but the impressive part of it nounced policy of January 6, 1999, the of principles that they focus on and was what was happening with the stu- gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. that they come together on, which are dents. The young people in that class- ETHERIDGE) is recognized for 60 min- respect, citizenship, justice and fair- room gave reports, probably half the utes as the designee of the minority ness, honesty, caring, respect and class got up and read reports and leader. trustworthiness are the core; and each shared with me and with the others Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, this community must develop those issues present what character education had evening I want to talk with my col- that they believe in. What we rec- done, what a difference it had made, leagues about the future. As I talk ommend is that the educators, the par- and the different character traits that

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.104 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H967 they had picked up as a result of read- teaching every day in the various most sounds like the Boy Scout oath ing such books over the last several courses, whether it be math, whether it that I recollect as a child, but things months as Charlotte’s Web and any be history; kindness, in the things that that I think have been lost unfortu- other number of books that they had children do for one another, and we re- nately, and not only reflective in been assigned to read as special reading ward those things. It is one thing to be schools, but just in general. projects. That is what making good punished; it is another thing to be re- We see it on television. We see it in citizens is all about. warded when one does something good. the movies, and that is what the chil- When we have good citizens in the Children learn very quickly in life, if dren are exposed to today. They are classroom, we have good citizens in the they get rewarded for doing good not getting enough, I do not believe, of school; and it flows over into the com- things, they will do good things again. that attention on these issues in the munity, and it goes home with the And if they are not rewarded, and all classroom. children. They are reinforcing in Tram- they see is punishment and the dark I do not understand what we are way Elementary and Baskerville Ele- side of life, I can tell my colleagues it afraid of. I do not know what it is we mentary and schools all across the sec- will be difficult. Early intervention are afraid of by instilling these into ond district, and certainly across works. Kindness. Perseverance. We can children, that is what is going to make North Carolina, what parents are teach it without having it laid on to them better individuals when they get teaching at home; and in some cases, something else. We can do it in the older. children are taking it home and rein- course of what we are teaching every Going back again, as I said before, we forcing it with parents and really help- day. How we respect one another. We cannot expect these children to have ing parents understand. respect other’s property; we respect the respect for others when they do not re- I was in Combs Elementary School in school property, and it carries over spect themselves. We see what is hap- Wake County, one of the first schools I into the community where young peo- pening in our schools today. We see the violence that is coming out of our visited talking about this issue of char- ple work with their brothers and sis- schools today and what is happening in acter education and the bill that I in- ters, where they do it on the job. Self- schools, a 6-year-old child being shot to troduced on February 16 entitled char- discipline. Self-discipline is an impor- death by another 6-year-old child. It is acter education, or Character Counts tant value. These are principles we can incredible, incredible, but it is exist- in the 21st Century. We have in that agree on. They are things that the school children speaking languages ing. It is happening. community decides they want to do. It Mr. Speaker, we have to do some- from probably about 12 to 14 different brings the PTAs together with the thing about it. I am a strong proponent countries. It was amazing how they teachers, with the community interest. of gun control. I think we need to do were sharing and helping one another, It is important. something about that, but I think we talking about these issues of character As a father of two public school have to do more than simply gun con- that brings them together, that helps teachers, my heart aches for the vic- trol. Instilling values, again, into chil- those children be better students aca- tims of recent school violence. I can as- dren is really where we have to go. demically and better students in terms sure my colleagues that not only do And I say to the gentleman, you of sharing within that school environ- the parents hurt, but so do all of those know how much I have been working ment being good citizens. folks who work with children, whether with you on the issue of school mod- Mr. Speaker, character education it was in their school or not, because it ernization. This is a part of school works because it teaches our children affects them. The scars are there. modernization, school modernization to see the world through a moral lens. So rather than engaging in those di- and construction. We have to do more Children learn that actions do have visive debates and partisan posturing, I than build new schools and modernize consequences, and if we deal with it at call on my colleagues in this Congress those schools. an early age with early intervention, on both sides of the aisle to pass pro- We have to build the character of the we will see a difference not only in our gressive innovations that work, things children that we are educating in those classrooms, but in our communities like character education. It is not one- schools. We do have a responsibility. and across this country, and many of upsmanship, even though I introduced We do have to provide a seat for those the challenges that we are facing to- it on February 16. It is going to take children. gether we will not have to face in the both sides of the aisle, Democrats and In my district, as the gentleman future. Yes, we will continue to face Republicans, liberals and conserv- knows, School Districts 24 and 30 in the challenges in the adult community atives, working together to make a dif- New York City are in the top three for years to come, but we need to get ference. most overcrowded school districts in back to those principles that we talked Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield to the City in New York, the most over- about many years ago, and character my colleague from New York who has crowded school district in the country. education certainly works. It works really been a leader not only on this We have over a million students in when teachers work with parents and issue of character education but in that school district. The average age of with children and with the entire com- school construction and in the areas of a school building in New York City is munity to instill a spirit of a shared re- education. 55 years of age, and one out of every sponsibility. b five is over 75 years of age. That is why character education is so 2100 We are teaching children in class- important, if we can get it on issues Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I want rooms and schools that were built at like this that are important to the to thank my good friend, the gen- the beginning of the last century. And community. Education is a shared re- tleman from North Carolina (Mr. as the gentleman was pointing out on sponsibility. I try to remind my col- ETHERIDGE), for all his good works and the poster there, the issue of caring, leagues here and in every speech I give especially in introducing this piece of what message are we sending back to back home, education starts in the legislation. I think this is, I say to the our children when we do not give them home; and if there is no education in gentleman, in all honesty, long over- the proper tools that they need to the home, the challenge of teachers is due. We have to go back to teaching learn, to take it a step further, to pre- almost insurmountable. How in the civics. We have to go back to teaching pare them for their life, to have a prop- world, if we cannot teach one child or responsibility. We have go back to er job, a pensionable job, to have the two children at home, do we expect a teaching on self-worth. ability to invest. teacher to take the responsibility of How can a child have respect for oth- Unless we instill in them the virtues 30? It is a shared responsibility. ers when the child does not even re- that the gentleman is suggesting we do When we talk about character edu- spect himself or herself? That is what today, we are in deep, deep trouble. We cation and we emphasize those values, this legislation, I believe, is attempt- have to go back to the way we used to as I talked about earlier, of courage, ing to do and will do teaching respect, do things I think, to new, modernized and certainly courage is important in citizenship, I will just list them, jus- classrooms and to new schools, but to everything we do; good judgment, as tice and fairness, honesty, caring, re- go back to the basics. I think that is we talk to children; integrity in our sponsibility, trustworthiness. That al- where we have been lost.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.106 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H968 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 I want to thank the gentleman for all ought to cherish more as a society. I do into partisan rhetoric of whether or of his hard work and leadership on this not quite frankly think we do enough. not character education is in or wheth- issue. I have, as the gentleman knows, a 6- er or not we put money into school Mr. ETHERIDGE. Reclaiming my month-old son at home. Every day I buildings or whether we put counselor time just one moment please. The gen- just take pride and joy in looking at money in or special education funds. tleman from New York (Mr. CROWLEY) him develop. He is 6 months now. In 6 We will never have enough resources to was talking about these things of more months he will be a year. It is not meet all the needs. We recognize that. school modernization; that is so criti- too far from now that he is going to be But as the gentleman pointed out, cally important. I was in a school this going to kindergarten and first grade. I the commitment of caring and putting morning that I was talking about and am concerned about what environment the resources we can will send a power- that is in Lee County in my district. It he is going to be in and other children ful signal that we will support those is a relatively new school within the like him are going to be in. people who every day go in, and a lot of last 2 years. It has changed my life incredibly, but folks say at 8 and get off at 3, but it is You can tell all the difference in the it has also opened my eyes up in many not so any more. That is not so. Many world when you go into the new school. respects to what we have to do, this of them show up at 6 and 7 for bus duty It was a new building. They had moved Congress, individual States and local and a lot of other duty. At the end of from an old building into a new build- governments, but especially this Con- the day when the children leave, they ing. There was a corridor in the middle gress, to make sure that my son and are still there tutoring or having a lot of the building that was open, one of other children like him have all that activities in the evenings, or PTAs. the parents as a memorial to his moth- they can have to make the best of their They are long hours for not the kind er, I believe it was, had planted flowers lives. of pay that we ought to be giving them and kept them on a regular basis in Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I for the most precious thing we have in planters, just a gorgeous area where agree with the gentleman. When we this country, and that is our children. children could go during the day, a lit- think about it, I went into two schools Mr. CROWLEY. I think the gen- tle respite to get away for a child that today and last week I was in two others tleman is absolutely right. I would also goes to that school who may come talking with children, school adminis- add that teaching these subjects in any from a home where there are no flow- trators, looking, listening, seeing what which way that the curriculum will be developed, and I understand through ers, from a home where there is no car- was going on. the gentleman’s legislation it would ing for flowers. Sometimes I am not real sure I am Schools need to be safe havens for all hearing what I hear, but I hear people vary from school district to school dis- children. It is important to teach all of say, it is not the Federal government’s trict, and it could be done with the co- operation of businesses and local enti- these character traits, but for us as role, it is somebody else’s role. We do ties that would be able to come in and adults, as the gentleman has pointed not need to be doing this or doing that. work on it as well, but I think in many out, it is very important that we live The gentleman was talking about his respects, in many ways, by addressing up to those. Children are a lot smarter child who is 6 months now. I remember these issues in a classroom, we can than we give them credit. when we had one in elementary PTA start to see through to some of the I was listening to those children this and one in middle school PTA and one troubled students, and realize a little morning when they went through talk- in high school PTA. It has changed our earlier some of the children who may ing about the character traits they had lives. not be coming around, who may still be learned from each book they had read. The point I want to make in talking outside the pale here, and get them the They were seated on the floor in a car- about this whole role of education and professional help they may need to peted classroom that was new and who has responsibility, all of us do. There is a Federal, State, and local bring them back in, as well. fresh. And it was nice. Quite often really for children their role. There is a parent’s role and there Mr. Speaker, I could not help but first exposure to the general public and is a community role. think as I walked away what a dif- to other children outside the family is I have never, in all the years I have ference it would make in this country really in school; social development, been going into schools, 8 as a State if every child, every child in every where they really begin to do that is in superintendent and years before that community had a nice, spacious class- school, and their first exposure. I think as a county commissioner, a State leg- room, well lighted, well supplied with teachers more often than parents are islator, and now a Congressman, I have the resources that the teachers needed. in a position to see that these children And there was just an outstanding never had a child nor an administrator interact with those who they may not teacher there. It is a lot easier to re- nor a teacher ask me whether the be familiar with. cruit quality people in a quality facil- money came from the Federal, State, They are not experts, they are not ity and that goes to the point the gen- or local. They just knew they did not psychiatrists or psychologists, and tleman was making. I would yield. have enough. maybe sometimes we expect them to be Mr. CROWLEY. It is a great point. I Even in some of the nicer schools we everything. I do not mean to be saying think maybe all too often we forget go into, and it is true in my State and that. But they are really in the front about those who are entrusted with an I assume it is across the country, as line, and they can see these children incredibly difficult job, but a so impor- the gentleman talked about earlier, and they watch them develop, whether tant job, and that is teaching our these people are there because they it be the principal or the guidance young. care. They work hard. They take our counselor or their home room teacher. We forget sometimes about the lack most precious possessions, our chil- There are many ways in which they of resources that they have. We forget dren, and they work hard at educating can teach these things. It can be that they are also in those overcrowded them. But they have never asked me taught in history classes. Certain as- classrooms; that they are called upon who provided the money. They do not pects can be taught in science classes, to perform duties without the proper really care. They just do not have language arts classes, on and on. There resources, and in those same Archaean enough. are different ways these can be taught schools, they have their hands full. I do not know of any PTA that is not and graded, as well. There has to be Some may say what are we doing selling something today or maybe hav- that grading. There has to be that re- now, we are asking them to not only ing a fund-raising project to buy some sponsibility. There has to be reporting teach them math and science and his- resources for the school, because they back so someone is accountable. I tory and reading, we have to transform in many cases are short something, think this is really what is sorely miss- them into mothers and fathers as well. copying paper or whatever it may be. ing in our schools today. We are not really asking them to, The reason they do it is because they Mr. ETHERIDGE. I thank the gen- mothers and fathers have a responsi- care. They care. And I care, as the gen- tleman. The gentleman touched on the bility, but it is enhanced and rein- tleman cares. I hope more of our col- accountability piece, because that is forced by teachers. It is an incredible leagues will care on both sides of the part of the accountability piece, re- responsibility they have, but one we aisle, and make sure that we do not get sponsibility.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.108 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H969 The point the gentleman made about have not put the whole thing together if we start with the good core prin- children in schools and how much they yet. That is because they do not think ciples of developing strong character, can be impressed by their teachers, they are living it. They are learning we can build a lot of things around that is true. I am sure the gentleman about it, but they are not living it. that foundation. can think of a teacher that made a dif- They are not really going out to the Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman ference in his life. I certainly can, my community and putting what they are from New York (Mr. CROWLEY). fifth grade teacher, who is still living. learning in schools together. Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, the one I visit with her from time to time and I think going back to the gentle- thing I think I would like to say is that call on her, Ms. Barbara. She is a de- man’s bill again, learning about re- it is heartening to know, I guess to a lightful lady. spect, citizenship, justice and fairness, degree, that a Yankee from New York I think of my own children. The gen- caring, those are words that say to me, and a southern gentleman from North tleman will do this as he goes through one cannot just do it in school, one has Carolina share similar concerns and with his child, as he goes to school. to do it elsewhere, in the home, and, as have similar problems as well in terms The first thing is, the child has a good- the gentleman says, in the broader of overcrowding and old school build- looking teacher, the teacher becomes community. I think what we are mak- ings, but also on these issues that the their first girlfriend, in some cases. ing is better citizens. gentleman from North Carolina is talk- Mr. CROWLEY. I had a couple of Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, what ing about. those myself. I hope my wife is not lis- the gentleman from New York (Mr. This is universal. This is not a New tening. CROWLEY) is really talking about is York issue. This is not a California Mr. ETHERIDGE. My older son liked civic responsibility. It has to start at a issue. It is not a North Carolina issue. one of the teachers. We had her home young age, and we reinforce it every It is not a Democratic from the party for dinner because he just idolized her. step along the way with teachers in the sense, it is not a Democrat or Repub- All of a sudden, that is why this is so classroom, with parents, in the com- lican issue, it is really an American important to be taught and integrated munity, where students come in con- issue. It is an issue we all have to grap- in the curriculum, because teachers do tact with one another. I have seen that ple with and we should all be working have a significant impact. They can over the last several weeks in visiting on, not trying to, as the gentleman change lives, there is no question. They schools. said before, to create one-up-one- are changing lives every single day in I would even encourage my col- upmanship. This is something we classrooms across this country, be- leagues here to go in and talk with stu- should all be working on together. cause those young minds are like little dents as much as they can. I think they If one asks the average Member here, sponges, they really are. They can be appreciate it. I think the schools ap- I think everyone would be in agree- changed and molded for good. preciate it. The teachers do. Because it ment, I think they agree 100 percent, I certainly know teachers made a dif- makes all the difference in the world. these are the things that we believe are ference in my life, and in telling me I remember growing up, I never re- lacking right now. I do not see politics that I could be whatever I wanted to member seeing an elected official in coming into play here. It is common be. I never had the idea of being in the my school that I remember. I really do sense to me. This is all pure common United States Congress, but they at not. A Member of the United States sense. least told me I could go to college. For Congress I know I did not see. But I It is my hope doing these special or- a lot of children, that is what they think it makes a difference. ders and talking about the legislation need. I agree with the gentleman from New of the gentleman from North Carolina I think the gentleman is absolutely York, teachers are doing it in a number (Mr. ETHERIDGE) and other bills as well, correct in what he said. Teachers have of ways. But I think if we can formalize like the Rangel-Etheridge School Con- a great opportunity. I think we have a it in a way, and with this, it would struction and Modernization bill, great challenge of honoring what they allow the Secretary of Education to again, to me, it is not about politics. do every day. provide grants to those communities Children do not know Democrat or Mr. CROWLEY. I think in many re- on a one-time basis to pool these Republican, they are just learning spects teachers are doing these things groups together, because one does need about it. In the first grade, they have already, too, in an informal way, in- some resources to facilitate the com- an idea who and spiring young people, but they are not munity coming together, to at least de- Abraham Lincoln were, but they do not getting everyone. It is almost impos- fine these issues or other issues that know what party they belong to. Real- sible to get everyone. they think are as important to that ly, this is about children. Black, white, I daresay if this bill became law, we community. it makes no difference, they are all the are still never going to get everyone, Ultimately, we start to see the point same. They all deserve to have equal but I think we would get a lot more the gentleman from New York made treatment. A part of that equal treat- than we are getting right now. There earlier, the involvement of the commu- ment is being exposed to these very would be more accountability on these nity in that public school, because it is issues the gentleman is talking about. issues. about the public, bringing them to that Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I school, getting their involvement. Be- could not help but thinking as the gen- b 2115 cause children can feel when their par- tleman from New York (Mr. CROWLEY) I certainly remember teachers that ents are concerned about the school. was going through it, we talk about influenced my life in so many, many They will ask the questions. Then we children. If one goes in certainly the different ways. But one of the things I start seeing it turns into academics. early classrooms, early years, kinder- see that is missing today in my district I know in our State, North Carolina, garten, prekindergarten, first, second is a lack of a sense of involvement by we have seen, over the last 7 or 8 years, grade, their eyes are so bright, they young people in the community. I do academic scores go up in every cat- have such visions and opportunity, and not see the volunteerism. I do not see egory, one of two States in the Nation they are so trusting. If we can capture the dedication towards voting, being where it is happening, and our dis- that, we can help them there, we can inspired to want to get out. That is not cipline problems have gone down. make a difference. universal, but I do not see enough of it Now, I think it is part of that is, One of the leading newspapers in our where we see young people wanting to number one, we have good people in the States said a number of years ago, and get out and vote, wanting to learn who classroom. That is the beginning point. they are absolutely correct, and I have their elected officials are, what the But, secondly, we do have a lot of char- used it a number of times since then, process is about. acter education in a lot of our schools. they said that children do not know I am almost amazed sometimes when Thirdly, we have started to put more what they need, they only know what I go to a school and teach, like many of resources, we need to do more of that. they get. It is our responsibility as us do, a little government class. They A lot of things that we need to do, I adults, as policy makers at every level have some ideas and some concept. do not know that there is any one to make sure they get what they need They are obviously learning. But they thing, but there is one thing about it, to be good citizens, to be well educated,

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.110 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H970 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 and make sure the 21st Century is pro- caring and honesty and justice and them the tools and making sure the ductive for them so that those of us fairness and citizenship, when children teachers are prepared are really all a who are now adults are a lot better off. are being taught in makeshift class- part of that. But right now, if we do It is like one of my friends said when rooms and hallways. There is no gym not provide these, we are guilty of not we had a study commission, and I ap- anymore because it has been put into showing the true dignity of the student pointed one to get some things done, he cubicles so children can have a seat in and the individual and the human was a corporate head of a large cor- a classroom. being. poration. He came to North Carolina What we are facing in my district is Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I from New York, an outstanding citizen, that, by the year 2007, if we do not do thank the gentleman from New York never finished high school. Never went more, we are going to be between 20,000 (Mr. CROWLEY) for sharing with me his to college. He made a substantial sum and 60,000 seats shy in Queens County time this afternoon and sharing with of money. He said, I am a lucky fellow. alone. Queens County is going to be be- my colleagues and the people the crit- He said, I may never see anyone else tween 20,000 and 60,000 seats shy. It is a ical needs of, not only character edu- like me. He said, but I am going to major, major crisis. So it is sometimes cation, but this whole issue of edu- make sure every child that comes hard for me to imagine how we can do cation that he cares so much about and through these public schools has the it. has worked so hard on here, and I best opportunity they can have, be- We have great teachers in New York thank him for it. cause I do not care what they look like City. We really do, fantastic and dedi- As we work together with our col- or where they come from, I want them cated people. But it is hard to imagine leagues to make sure that, not only is to get a good education and make a lot how can they do it. They have to. character education integrated and a of money because I want to draw my We need to do this, and we cannot part of our curriculum in the future, Social Security when I retire. So I have wait for the other to get done first. We but all of these issues of education con- always remembered that. have got to address both. But it is an tinue to be at the top of our agenda. But getting back to this issue of awesome task and awesome responsi- Because if we are going to have the character and really formalizing that bility. But I do hope, despite our prob- kind of future we want to have in the in our public schools, I agree with the lems in New York, that this bill does 21st century, and America continues to gentleman from New York. I do think become more. be strong and a Nation that leads the that it is important that every child be Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I world, we will do it through one thing. exposed to these types of principles, think it comes back to the issue that We will do it through education and hopefully in every classroom, that is the gentleman from New York raised providing those opportunities to our agreed to by the school community and earlier. We have to do it whether it is children and all the children of this the broader community. I know it will done at the Federal, State, local, how- country, no matter where they may have an impact. It has in North Caro- ever, jointly get the job done. live, no matter what their economic lina on discipline, on academics. When In my district, well in North Carolina background might happen to be. as a State, over the next 10 years, we children feel good about themselves, f they have their own self-respect, their are projected to be the fifth fastest own inner strength, they do so much growing State in the Nation in school b 2130 population. We cannot build schools better. They do so much better. HMO LEGISLATION Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I could fast enough. Yet, I went by a school, not agree more. I hate to keep hark- visited a school earlier this morning The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ening back to my own problems back where my children used to go. It is a ISAKSON). Under the Speaker’s an- in New York. It is sometimes difficult fairly new school by school standards. nounced policy of January 6, 1999, the for me to imagine, though, how chil- They had trailers all over the place. All gentleman from Iowa (Mr. GANSKE) is dren who are being taught in hallways, the inside interior of the building, like recognized for 60 minutes. are being taught in closets, or school the gentleman from New York was say- Mr. GANSKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to- rooms that were once bathrooms, those ing, the lounge was now a classroom. It night to clarify points about HMO leg- are really some of the problems that was never built for a classroom. It was islation before Congress for my col- our teachers are faced with and our ad- a small area where one was tutoring leagues, particularly members of the ministrators in New York City. students. That is not acceptable. That conference committee, and to specifi- I guess if I lived in other parts of the is not acceptable. They are doing it, cally address two memoranda that country, I would have a hard time be- but it is not acceptable. have been recently released by the Her- lieving as well that that is how we can One can talk about these principles, itage Foundation and one by the Blue treat our children. I think I said it to and one can teach them, and teachers Cross/Blue Shield Association. the gentleman from North Carolina can reinforce them. But children also Mr. Speaker, I refer to the Heritage once I heard that Reverend Jackson understand that somewhere along the Foundation Backgrounder N1350, The had taken a number of children from line somebody is not being quite honest Patients’ Bill of Rights, Prescription inner-city schools in Chicago and with them when they say they do not for Massive Federal Health Regulation, brought them out to the suburbs and have the resources when they see other by John Hoff; to Heritage Foundation showed them what it was like in those nice new buildings going up or they Executive Memorandum 658, Why the suburban schools. What I thought was think they are not really caring wheth- Texas HMO Liability Law is Not a more important, he took those children er other things are happening when Proven Model for Congress; and to a from the suburbs and brought them they could provide those resources. letter by Mary Nell Leonard, Senior back to the city to show those children Children do not know what they need. Vice President of Blue Cross/Blue what the city schools are like and what They only know what they get. Shield, with accompanying memo, A they were not afforded in those Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, just Regulatory Quagmire, Questions and schools. going back to the list of the gentleman Answers about the Bipartisan Con- I think the same can be done in my from North Carolina again, it is a lack sensus Managed Care Improvement Act district. We are lacking so much in of responsibility, a lack of caring, a of 1999. terms of proper environments to, as lack of being honest, a lack of justice Mr. Speaker, these memos are pri- the gentleman said before, caring, in- and fairness, a lack of respect. marily a rehash of previous arguments stilling that in children. A word that is not up there but I that have been made frequently on the Getting back into buildings, we real- think is encompassed in all of that I floor. We had several days of full de- ly have to address that issue. I do not think is dignity. There is no dignity bate on the Bipartisan Consensus Man- want to wait to address that issue be- here if we are not teaching these points aged Care Improvement Act, and we de- fore we start addressing this issue as we are talking about here. But more bated all of these issues. However, well. But sometimes it can be difficult importantly, if we are not dem- these repackaged arguments deserve to imagine how can we do this, how can onstrating it on a daily basis in school comment, I think, precisely because we teach all these issues, respect and construction and modernization, giving they are so specious.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:59 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.112 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H971 Let me start with the Backgrounder. Well, Mr. Speaker, maybe we ought I have made on this floor many times. It makes three main charges: that the to ask that little boy who lost his Amazingly, he then, the author of this House bill would encourage costly liti- hands and feet, or the family that lost paper, then criticizes the House bill’s gation, expose employers to risk of liti- its mother how well self-imposed external appeals provision exactly be- gation over benefits, and would impose standards in the HMO industry work. cause it recognizes that reality and powerful new Federal regulations on I could give a reasoned rebuttal to states that the appeals board can con- private health plans. every page of this Backgrounder, but sider outcome studies but is not bound The organization of this paper is we do not have time tonight to go over by them. clever in that there is a mixture of ac- this sentence by sentence. So let me curacy and distortions in discussing just give my colleagues a few exam- But in the very next paragraph in the House bill. But it primarily tries to ples. this paper, we get to what the HMOs scare conservative legislatures with On page 4 this paper says the House’s really do not like about that provision the bogeyman of massive Federal regu- bill’s external appeals board is ‘‘bi- in the Bipartisan Consensus Managed lation. The summary of this paper be- ased’’ because, and this is from the Care Improvement Act that passed this moans the establishment of an intru- Backgrounder, ‘‘neither the entity nor House, and that is that doctors, not sive new Federal bureaucracy with new its members can have what is consid- HMO bureaucrats, would be making rules on utilization review, internal ered to be a conflict of interest or have those medical decisions. As this paper and external review, grievance proc- familial, financial, or professional rela- states it, ‘‘The legislation would punt esses, drug formularies, clinical trials, tionships with the insurer, the health these crucial questions to the subjec- patient information, and doctors’ in- plan, the plan sponsor, the doctor who tive consideration of external review- centive arrangements, among others. provided the treatment involved, the ers.’’ Mr. Speaker, note the pejorative This paper makes it seem as if these institution at which the care is pro- words punt and subjective. Where in rules are proposed just for the fun of it, vided, or with the manufacturer or as if these new regulations would be this paper is the criticism of the ‘‘sub- medical supplier involved in the cov- there just for their own sake. Well, Mr. jective consideration’’ of HMOs looking erage decision.’’ That is in the Speaker, the gentleman from Georgia at their bottom line? Backgrounder. (Mr. NORWOOD), the gentleman from This Backgrounder says the board is The author goes on to say, ‘‘The bill South Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM), the gen- ‘‘biased’’ because it does not have a will turn the determination of what is tleman from Georgia (Mr. BARR), my- specific statutory language prohibition covered over to government-controlled self, and many other conservatives do against one of those peer reviewers external reviewers who are directed to not propose regulations just for the having a familial relationship with the make their decision regardless of what hell of it. The paper leaves patient but does prohibit a relationship the private health plan and its enroll- unmentioned the reasons for these with the HMO. Well, Mr. Speaker, that ees agree upon.’’ Once again negative rules for HMOs, reasons why 80 percent is just plain wrong. The bill that adjectives, like government-controlled, of the American public wants Congress passed on this floor with 275 votes spe- show the writer’s prejudice. For heav- to fix this problem and fix it now. en’s sake, we have already established Let me give my colleagues some real- cifically says, ‘‘A clinical peer or other life examples of why new rules are nec- entity meets the independence require- that the House bill reviewers are inde- essary for HMOs. This little boy lost ment of this paragraph if the peer or pendent, not government-controlled. his hands and his feet because an HMO entity does not have a familial, finan- What the HMOs really do not like is decided he could travel 60 miles to an cial, or professional relationship with that the peer reviewers in the bill that emergency room instead of going to any related party.’’ Mr. Speaker, what passed this House are not HMO con- the nearest emergency room. This could be clearer than that? trolled. Or how about the discussion on the woman lost her life because an HMO Furthermore, as I already stated, the ‘‘medical necessity quandary’’ on page gagged her doctors. This woman’s HMO external panel cannot overrule specifi- would not pay her hospital bills be- 5 of this Backgrounder? Now, I have spoken many times on this floor about cally excluded benefits. But that is cause, when she fell off a cliff and went rarely where the dispute is. It usually to the emergency room, she had not the Employee Retirement Income Se- curity Act and medical necessity. In- involves denial of care for treatment phoned for prior authorization. that fit well within standards of care. Mr. Speaker, if regulation is bad sim- deed, the Heritage Backgrounder tries ply because it is regulation, then we to use some of my own arguments. To show my colleagues how abusive can just pack up the Federal and State Under current Federal law, HMOs can the HMO industry can be on this issue governments, and we can all go home. define as medically necessary or unnec- of medical necessity, listen to testi- Of course, we would soon have monopo- essary anything they want. One HMO, mony that a former HMO medical re- lies controlling everything; water we for example, has defined medically nec- viewer gave before my congressional could not drink and buildings that fall essary as ‘‘the cheapest, least expen- committee in which she admitted that down in earthquakes. sive care.’’ That HMO could deny sur- she had made medical decisions for Mr. Speaker, a year ago we talked an gical correction of this boy’s cleft pal- HMOs that had killed people. She said, awful lot on this floor about the rule of ate because it would be cheaper to just ‘‘I wish to begin by making a public law. Well, without patient protection provide a plastic upper denture. Of confession.’’ Mr. Speaker, this is a course, his speech would not be very legislation, we will sure continue to former HMO medical reviewer. She good, but it sure does meet that plan’s have lawless HMOs. If there are no Fed- said, ‘‘In the spring of 1987, as a med- definition of medical necessity. After eral standards in health care, then who ical reviewer, I caused the death of a does ensure quality and solvency? Who all, that would be cheap. man. Since that day, I have lived with fights against fraud in the insurance The bipartisan House bill corrects this act and many others eating into industry? that travesty by giving the external Well, the State should do it, some appeals board the final say in deter- my heart and soul. The primary ethical say. Okay. Then let us repeal ERISA, mining medical necessity, as long as norm is to do no harm. I did worse; I the Employee Retirement Income Se- the treatment is not explicitly ex- did death. Instead of using a clumsy curity Act, which preempts State over- cluded from coverage in the contract. bloody weapon, I used the simplest of sight of employer health plans. Let us The review panel can consider many tools, my words. This man died because turn it back to the States. Oh no, things in its decision, even the plan’s I denied him a necessary operation to would say the group health plans. We own guidelines, but is not ‘‘bound’’ by save his heart. I felt little pain or re- do not want State oversight. But then those planned guidelines. morse at the time. The man’s faceless again, we do not want Federal over- So the author in this Backgrounder distance soothed my conscience. Like a sight either. To be quite frank, the rightly states that outcomes data can skilled soldier, I was trained for this HMOs say, we do not want any over- provide valuable guidance but cannot moment. When moral qualms arose, I sight. So just leave ERISA alone, we match the characteristics of individual was to remember ‘I am not denying will police ourselves, thank you. patients, thus echoing arguments that care, I am only denying payment.’ ’’

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.115 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H972 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 This former HMO medical reviewer from requirements that are pertinent Yes, if the Norwood-Dingell-Ganske then listed the many ways that man- to HMOs. bill becomes law, there will be ques- aged health care plans deny care to pa- The House bill would, however, re- tions of Federal-State jurisdiction to tients, but she emphasized one par- quire PPOs and point-of-service plans work out, as there is in any bill. And I ticular point: the right of HMOs to de- to follow fair utilization reviews, a fair would say, what is new? cide what care is medically necessary. internal and external appeals process, Now, as an example of delay of imple- She said, ‘‘There is one last activity and require that enrollees be given ade- mentation, the Blue Cross memo, the that I think deserves a special place on quate information about the plan. one that says ‘‘quagmire of regula- this list, and this is what I call the ERISA plans do not currently have to tion,’’ points out that the Health Insur- smart bomb of cost containment, and do that. And 275 bipartisan supporters ance Portability Act still has not been that is medical necessity denials. of the House bill do think that every fully implemented on the privacy regu- b 2145 plan covering everyone in this country, lations. Well, I should point out that regardless of the type, should follow Congress had something to do with ‘‘Even when medical criteria is used, those minimum requirements. that, since Congress did not meet its it is rarely developed in any kind of Now, the Blue Cross paper, ‘‘a regu- own deadline on legislation for privacy. standard traditional clinical process, it latory quagmire,’’ tries to make some But I sure do not see any groundswell is rarely standardized across the field, similar points on regulation. So my calling for repeal of the Health Insur- the criteria is rarely available for prior comment will apply to both. I would ance Portability Act. In fact, Mr. review by the physicians or members of note that Blue Cross owns HMOs, so ca- Speaker, I have had many constituents the plan.’’ veat emptor. thank me for their health insurance Well, Mr. Speaker, I have a complete Well, how would the House bill work? portability. discussion of this critical issue in this As in the Health Insurance Portability In any congressional bill, there has Dear Colleague. I will be sending this and Accountability Act, the provisions to be the right balance between pre- Dear Colleague to every Member of the of the House bill form a Federal policy scription and flexibility. The House bill House and the Senate. I especially hope floor. States are encouraged to bring provides a reasonable balance. But on that the conferees, at least, will take their laws into compliance. If a State page 6, again of this Heritage the time to read this because this is fails to enforce the law, then the Fed- Backgrounder, the legislative language one of the two or three most important eral Government would. Same way of our bill, the House bill, is criticized issues before the conference. under the Health Insurance Portability for being too loose. But then, Mr. The next several pages of this Herit- Act. And under the Health Insurance Speaker, on page 11, the same bill is age paper describes some of the House Portability Act, all States except four criticized for being too rigid. There is bill’s provisions, again, without pro- have already complied. just no pleasing those opponents of viding a context of the problems with Now, on the patient protection issue, HMO reform. HMOs that make these provisions im- most States have already enacted some Let us discuss the liability issue a portant. The author even criticizes the of the provisions of the House HMO re- bit. The HMO community is clearly prohibition on gag rules that some form bill into State law. For example, getting nervous that Governor Bush HMOs have tried to impose on doctors. 50 States have enacted internal review, says he supports the Texas Health Care For heaven’s sake, Mr. Speaker, over 50 States have enacted access to infor- Liability Act of 1997. So Heritage came 300 Members of the House signed on to mation, 46 States gag prohibition, 41 out with a memo entitled ‘‘Why the a bill that would ban HMOs from try- States emergency care provisions, 32 Texas HMO Liability Law is not a ing to keep doctors from telling pa- States external review, 34 States direct Proven Model for Congress.’’ tients the whole story about their access to OB-GYNs, 24 States However, if you actually read the treatment options. continutity-of-care provisions. memo, you will be struck with how Apparently, the Heritage Foundation Mr. Speaker, it will not be hard for similar the House bill is to the Texas also does not like the fact that Con- those States to comply. But the impor- law, which Governor Bush says is gress has already prohibited Medicare tant point to note is that no matter working just fine, thank you. No ava- HMOs from paying doctors to limit how good a State’s patient protections lanche of lawsuits. No extraordinary care. This is on page 9 of this law are, these State laws generally do increase in premiums. No Diaspora of Backgrounder. not apply to ERISA plans. And that is HMOs from Texas. The Norwood-Dingell-Ganske HMO exactly why we need Federal legisla- Now, the Heritage memo notes that, reform bill uses the same language tion to protect the people who receive on September 1, 1997, the Texas legisla- that the vast majority of Members of their insurance from their employer. ture passed the Texas Health Care Li- this House and the Senate voted on for Now, the HMO industry complains ability Act, according to Heritage, by a Medicare to prohibit HMOs from pay- that the Norwood-Dingell-Ganske bill ‘‘sizable majority.’’ Sizable majority ing doctors to limit care. would result in dual regulation and be indeed. The bill passed the Texas Sen- I am a physician, and I want to tell confusing to consumers. But we have ate unanimously. It passed the Texas my colleagues that there should not be dual regulation today. We already have House 120–21. It was veto proof. a conflict of interest in doctors pro- complex dual regulation that differs Well, what did the Texas bill do? Ac- viding needed care to their patients. from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. cording to this Heritage paper, it ‘‘cre- Yet some HMOs pay a doctor more if he The Bipartisan Consensus Managed ated a new cause of action against or she withholds referrals or treat- Care Improvement Act will actually three entities in the event of a failure ment. simplify things for consumers. What is to exercise ordinary care. These enti- Congress has already overwhelmingly clear today is that the consumer in an ties are: a health insurance carrier, a said that this practice is ethically ERISA health plan, an employer health health maintenance organization, or wrong. So, as an aside, and I hope plan, has basically nowhere to go to other managed care entity.’’ somebody from the Supreme Court, turn for help. But if our bipartisan Mr. Speaker, in plain language, the some clerk, is listening to this special House bill would become law, the vast Texas liability bill allowed patients to order, I think the Supreme Court majority of consumers would be able to sue HMOs for negligence, just plain should consider that Congress has al- go to their State insurance commis- language. ready legislated on this behavior of sioners for questions about their rights So what has happened in Texas since HMOs as it considers the Hurdrick case because all States would have a min- the bill was passed? Well, in September that is currently on its docket. imum standard. 1998, Federal judge Vanessa Gilmore re- Well, this paper even calls the bipar- Furthermore, I would point out that fused to void the Texas right to sue. On tisan bill an attack on fee-for-service it can be hardly valid to criticize the October 18, 1999, the first case was filed coverage. Wrong again. In fact, the House bill for Federal-State conflicts. ‘‘Plocica v. NYLCare.’’ House bill recognizes the difference be- We have had a Federal-State system of The HMO wanted the case moved to tween HMOs and fee-for-service plans regulation of commerce for 200-plus Federal court, but the Federal court and exempts those fee-for-service plans years. remanded it back to State court. But it

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.117 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H973 is interesting to know a little bit about b 2200 ability provisions in this House bill this case because it makes the case for Other decisions by plan sponsors, in- that protect employers would be inter- having a strong enforcement provision cluding setting up a uniform benefit preted under the Supreme Court’s well in a bill that Congress would pass. plan, is not, let me repeat, is not af- established, quote, plain meaning, un- Mr. Plocica was suicidal in a hospital fected by section 302(a) of the Norwood- quote, analysis. Such an analysis sup- in Texas. His treating doctor thought Dingell-Ganske bill. Opponents to our ports the bill’s clear intention to con- he should stay in the hospital, needed legislation claim that the bipartisan tinue to prevent any liability suits more psychiatric care. His HMO, bill would subject employers to a flood against employers that do not exercise NYLCare, said, no, we are sending you of lawsuits in State courts over all ben- discretion that results in injury or home. Under State law, NYLCare efit decisions and suggest that employ- death. Specific language in our bill should have taken their treatment de- ers would be forced to abandon health states that other types of discretionary nial to what Governor Bush calls the insurance benefits. employer language would not be af- ‘‘IRO Panel,’’ the Independent Review Mr. Speaker, according to a memo- fected and would not be subject to Organization Panel. But NYLCare ig- randum done by one of the leading State tort law claims. nored State law, so Mr. Plocica went ERISA labor law firms in Washington, The Heritage interpretations in this home. That night he drank half a gal- Gardner, Carton and Douglas, this backgrounder simply ignore the quote, lon of antifreeze, and he died a horrible memorandum, which I will be happy to plain meaning, unquote, language of death. His family has sued NYLCare for share with any of my colleagues, this is the Supreme Court. breaking Texas law. simply not correct. I will be happy to Number 4, employer health plans It should be noted that, under cur- provide this brief to anyone who de- would not be destroyed. The limited rent Federal ERISA law, NYLCare sires a copy. legal exposure of employers in the would be liable for only the cost of care The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. House bill will not cause them to aban- denied, in this case I guess the cost of NORWOOD) and I and the gentleman don health insurance for their employ- a day or two in the hospital. That is from Michigan (Mr. DINGELL) have al- ees. The experience of nonERISA group hardly justice to a family that has just ways wanted to protect innocent em- health plans supports this. A recent lost its father and hardly a disincen- ployers from liability. The vast major- study by Kaiser Family Foundation tive to an HMO from not following the ity of businesses, certainly small busi- compared ERISA health plans to law. nesses, simply contract with an HMO nonERISA employer health plans, such There have been only a few cases to provide health coverage for their as CalPERS or the State of Colorado. filed under Texas law. Heritage says it employees. They do not get involved That study showed that the incidents is too early for this to be accurate. I with the HMO’s decisions. of lawsuits and costs against would point out that Texas has a 2-year So we wrote protections for busi- nonERISA health plans, where an em- statute of limitations on these cases. nesses into our bill, the bill that passed ployee can sue the health plan, is very this House. Those provisions are dis- low, in the range of 0.3 to 1.4 cases per What you see is what you have got. If cussed in this brief, which makes four 100,000 enrollees per year at a cost of 3 the cases are not filed by now, they main points in a well-documented and to 13 cents per month per employee. never will be. The Texas law exempts scholarly review. Mr. Speaker, am I going to be told employers from liabilities stating ‘‘this First, lawsuits would not be against that an employer is going to drop his chapter does not create any liability on employers. Under current ERISA law, health care coverage for an employee the part of an employer or employer suits seeking State law remedies for in- for the difference in cost of 3 to 13 group, purchasing organization, or a jury or death of group health plan par- cents per month per employee? I think pharmacy licensed by the State Board ticipants are already allowed in some that a lot of employers would soon of Pharmacy that purchases coverage jurisdictions. Those cases show us that have no employees if that were the or assumes risk on behalf of its em- suits are normally brought against the case. ployees.’’ HMO, not against the employers. Why? Furthermore, employees would not Mr. Speaker, the Norwood-Dingell- Because employers are generally not need to abandon control, control, over Ganske bill is written differently, for involved in treatment decisions, the a group health plan to remain pro- the following reason: Unlike State-reg- type of decisions that lead to an em- tected under our bill, the bill that ulated plans, ERISA, the Employee Re- ployee’s injury or death. Ordinary ben- passed the House. Having HMOs or tirement Income Security Act, pro- efits decisions, such as setting up a other third parties make claims deci- vides liability preemption for self-in- benefit plan, are not affected by our sions as in the case for the vast major- sured plans, some of which are self-ad- bill. ity of small businesses, but then moni- ministered or actually are HMOs owned Second, employer exposure would be toring the third party would preserve by the company. limited. If an employer exercises dis- your employer control. If they are not Now, I am referring here to section cretion in making a benefit claim deci- doing a good job, you do not sign them 302(a) of the Bipartisan Consensus Man- sion under its group health plan and up next year. aged Care Reform Improvement Act of that decision results in injury or death, An alternative for some self-insured 1999. This section creates a limited ex- then the section in our bill makes an third party administrators would be to ception to ERISA’s general ‘‘preemp- exception to the ERISA preemption insure their exposure. If third party ad- tion’’ of State laws that relate to em- and would allow an employee to sue in ministrators truly are not making ployee benefit plans. This exception State court, but to recover a patient medical decisions like they all claim, only applies to State law causes of ac- must first prove that the sponsor exer- then their risk will be small and their tion against any person based on per- cised discretion which resulted in the premiums will be very low. sonal injury or wrongful death result- injury or death and then must prove all Mr. Speaker, in addition, the House ing from providing or arranging for in- elements of a State law cause of action bipartisan bill delineates in section surance, administrative services or based on the employer’s conduct in 514(e)(2)(B) several employer activities medical services by such person to or making the decision on that particular which specifically will not constitute for a group health plan. claim. The injured patient must have a an exercise of discretionary authority, So that is kind of complicated lan- viable State law cause of action be- such as decisions to include or exclude guage. Let me see if I can explain this cause section 302(a) in our bill only cre- any specific benefit from the plan; de- a little simpler. This language does ates an exception to the preemption cisions to provide extra contractual not, let me repeat, ‘‘does not’’ disturb and does not create a new cause of ac- benefits outside the plan; decisions not ERISA preemption of State law actions tion. to consider the provision of a benefit against a plan sponsor except, ‘‘except’’ Three, the statute’s plain meaning while an internal or external review of for the exercise of discretion by an em- limits employer liability. According to a claim is being conducted. ployer on an employee’s treatment a thorough review of the law in this Contrary to our opponents’ claims, that has resulted in a personal injury brief, the brief by Gardner, Carton and these carve-outs further insulate em- to that patient. Douglas from September 27, 1999, the li- ployers from State law actions, but I

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.120 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 think a bit of legislative history is in- CYBER TERRORISM, A REAL I would like to begin by talking teresting here. THREAT TO SOCIETY about what has already happened to Mr. Speaker, first business groups The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under make it clear that our subject tonight complained that without these provi- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- is not an imaginary one. It is all too sions they would not be able to advo- uary 6, 1999, the gentleman from New real. Listen to George Tenet, the direc- cate for an employee not being treated Jersey (Mr. ANDREWS) is recognized for tor of the Central Intelligence Agency, fairly by their HMO. So the gentleman half the remaining time until mid- speaking a few months ago. He said, from Georgia (Mr. NORWOOD) and I put night, approximately 50 minutes, as and I am quoting, ‘‘An adversary capa- those exceptions into the bill. Then the designee of the minority leader. ble of implanting the right virus or ac- those same business groups complained Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I want cessing the right terminal can cause that the exceptions were in the bill. to begin by expressing my appreciation massive damage to the United States You just cannot please some people. to the Chair at this very late hour and of America,’’ the right virus or the Now let us talk about the punitive to the members of the staff who are so right terminal. damages protections in the House bill. diligently working here with us and for b 2215 us at this very late hour as well. This is another case in point of how In 1998, two youngsters in California, you just cannot please some people. We are gathered tonight at a time of unprecedented peace and power for our directed by a hacker in the Middle East This provision was suggested to me, as who was later described as the Ana- a matter of fairness, by members of the country. Because of the enormous dedi- cation and sacrifice of Americans who lyzer, launched attacks which dis- industry. They said if we are going to rupted our troop movements in the be bound by the external review have served in our armed forces throughout history, around the world Persian Gulf. These two young hack- board’s decision and if we follow the ers, based in California and directed by board’s decision, then we should not be in the past and at present, our country is stronger and more secure than it has the Analyzer in the Middle East, dis- liable for punitive damages, quote/un- rupted troop deployments to the Per- quote. ever been, and that is a blessing for which we are truly thankful. sian Gulf in February of 1998 from Cali- Know what? I agreed, and this provi- Certainly that thanks is directed at fornia, launched attacks against the sion in my original bill was incor- those who wear the uniform of our Pentagon systems, the National Secu- porated into the Norwood-Dingell- country tonight around the world and rity Agency and a nuclear weapons re- Ganske bill. Maybe Heritage does not those who have so nobly worn it in the search lab. think that this provision is significant, past. It is truly a gift and a legacy that The deployment disruptions, that is, but that is not what I have heard from we enjoy tonight. the disruptions in the deployment of the industry. Remember, this punitive Our relative strength in the world our troops around the world and the damages relief would apply to all does not mean that we live in a purely Persian Gulf, from a computer ter- health plans under our bill, not just to safe world, a world without risk. We minal in California, were described by group health plans. must endeavor not to repeat the mis- Deputy Secretary of Defense John While the Heritage paper closes by takes of history, where very often at Hamre, a real leader in this field, as saying that the bipartisan House bill times when we felt most safe we were ‘‘the most organized and systematic at- would result in, quote, a staggering most vulnerable. tack’’ on U.S. defense systems ever de- amount of red tape for American doc- There are clearly three areas of tected. In fact, they were so expertly tors and patients, unquote, well, Mr. major threats to our country’s security conducted that President Clinton was Speaker over 300 patient and profes- as we gather tonight. The first is the warned in the early phases that Iraq sional organizations have endorsed the threat of an emerging competing glob- was most probably the electronic bipartisan House bill. Spare them your al superpower in the People’s Republic attacker. crocodile tears, please. of China. The second is the continued Two teenagers steered and directed The Heritage paper also quotes Pro- virulent presence of regional negative by a master hacker halfway around the fessor Alain Enthoven, a health policy hostile dictatorial forces such as Sad- world, launching what our number one analyst, from his paper, ‘‘Managed dam Hussein in the Persian Gulf, Presi- defender has called the most organized Care: What Went Wrong? Can It Be dent Milosevic in the former Yugo- and systematic attack on sophisticated Fixed?’’ slavia. Those two threats, the threat of defense computer systems, so sophisti- China and the threat of those regional cated that in the early hours of the at- Mr. Speaker, the Bipartisan Con- dictators, are very severe threats in- tack the President of the United States sensus Managed Care Improvement Act deed. I trust that in the coming weeks was told by his most wise and knowl- will go a long way to fixing the prob- and months we will consider as a Con- edgeable advisers that Iraq was the lem that Dr. Paul Ellwood, the father gress, along with the executive branch electronic attacker. It was not Iraq, it of managed care, expounded on at a and the military, ways to confront was two U.S. citizens directed by a Harvard conference last year. In speak- those threats. hacker in the Middle East. ing of the takeover of health care by This evening I want to spend, Mr. On March 10, 1997, another teenager, managed care, Dr. Ellwood said, quote, Speaker, some time talking about a this one based in Massachusetts, in- ‘‘Market forces will never work to im- threat that is not so easily detected, is vaded a computer system run by the prove health care quality, nor will vol- not so obvious, but a threat that I be- Bell Atlantic company in Massachu- untary efforts by doctors and health lieve is truly lethal and deadly, a setts, knocked out telephone commu- plans. It does not make any difference threat that is unlike any threat that nications, among them telecommuni- how powerful you are or how much you we have faced in the history of our re- cations, telephone service, for the know, patients can get atrocious care public, and that is the silent but deadly Worcester, Massachusetts air traffic and can do very little about it.’’ threat of cyber terrorism, the quiet but control system at that airport in west- Remember, this is the originator of lethal assault on our country’s systems ern Massachusetts. The tower was the concept of managed care. He goes and people, which I believe will be one knocked out for 6 hours. on to say, ‘‘I have increasingly felt of the major issues in the new century, Let me read from a report from the that we have to shift the power to the the new millennium, in the defense of Boston Globe of March 19, 1998. ‘‘The patients. I am mad,’’ he said, ‘‘in part our country. computer breach knocked out phone because I have learned that terrible Unlike the growth of a large super- and radio transmission to the control care can happen to anyone.’’ power army, unlike the proliferation of tower at the Worcester airport for 6 Mr. Speaker, the Norwood-Dingell- arms from a hostile nation state, we hours, forcing controllers to rely on Ganske bipartisan House bill which cannot readily or easily see the devel- one cellular phone and battery powered passed this House with 275 bipartisan opment of the cyber threat. I pray that radios to direct planes.’’ votes would shift that power to the pa- we may never feel it and tonight I One teenager hacking into a com- tient. I sincerely hope that the con- would like to talk about how we can puter system of a major regional tele- ference committee gets the message. prepare for it. phone company, knocking out for 6

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.122 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H975 hours the telecommunications capac- puter systems. 22,144 times in the last Chairman SPENCE and Mr. SKELTON and ity of an entire area, and including an calendar year people figured out how to Chairman WELDON and Chairman airport. And as people flew through the hack their way in to our most vulner- SAXTON and those of us working with skies above Worcester, Massachusetts, able systems. That is according to them on this effort are going to elevate the air traffic controllers relied on one Major General John H. Campbell of the this issue in this Congress, in this de- cell phone and battery powered radios United States Air Force. fense budget and defense bill, and take to direct the planes. Deputy Secretary Hamre reports that some important steps that really need Joseph Hogan, who manages the con- his sources show that there are at least to be taken. trol tower at Worcester and 26 other 20 countries who presently have infor- Now, these steps would follow on the airports for the Federal Aviation Ad- mation warfare strategies and oper- heels of the President’s directive num- ministration, said this: ‘‘We relied on ations active against the United our back-up systems, and, thank good- ber 63 which was issued on May 22, 1998. States. This is an overwhelming and That directive, which is well under ness, they worked. Had we been busier, compelling body of evidence that says the potential for a serious incident way, is a good first step toward ad- that this is not a question of whether dressing the very real problems that I with dire consequences was there.’’ Six we will be prepared for something that hours. talked about tonight. But I think we will happen to us in the future; this is have to build on those steps and under- In 1997, our intelligence community a question of how well we are prepared conducted what was called Operation stand the very unique nature of the for something that is happening to us problem before us. Eligible Receiver, a war game played in right now, tonight, around the world. cyberspace, an intelligent and far- Now, there is good news to report. As Our country is organized, and well reaching attempt by the U.S. military a member of the Committee on Armed organized, for the world of physical and intelligence community to game Services, I have had the opportunity to space. Our military strategy has al- out what would happen if a hostile for- meet and listen to and be briefed by ways been about protecting and defend- eign power tried to attack our systems some incredibly committed and tal- ing key points of territory, the seas, around the country. ented men and women, both in the ci- land, so we could protect the sov- A so-called red team put together by vilian service of this country and the ereignty and rights of our people. We the intelligence community pretended Department of Defense and in the uni- have always recognized a distinction in to be . Thirty-five men and form of this country in the branches of our civil law between civilian and mili- women specialists, 35 people using our armed Services, and also serving in tary, between police action and law en- hacking tools freely available on 1,900 the various intelligence agencies of forcement on the one hand and mili- web sites, Mr. Speaker, any of our lis- this government. tary action on the other. teners tonight could access on their Mr. Speaker, we are blessed tonight These are time-honored and wise dis- home computer right now. These 35 with a robust, dynamic and bright tinctions that we should never forfeit, men and women accessing those 1,900 corps of young men and women who are but they are distinctions based on the web sites in the public domain man- committed to defending their country. physical world. And when we deal with aged to shut down large segments of With the tools that we have given the world of cyber-terrorism, we need America’s power grid and silence the them, they are doing a magnificent job. to rethink them. By no means should command and control system of the Deputy Secretary of Defense Hamre is we abandon cherished principles that Pacific Command in Honolulu. The Defense Information Systems the leader of this effort and deserves recognize that civilian authority rules Agency, DISA, launched some 38,000 at- special praise. His Assistant Secretary, our country and the military serves ci- tacks against its own systems to test Art Money, deserves special praise, and vilian authority. By no means should their vulnerabilities. Only 4 percent of so do many others who work at their we abandon the principle that recog- the people in charge of those targeted direction who have foreseen this prob- nizes the rights of Americans to enjoy systems realized they were under at- lem, have been so diligent in pursuing privacy in their homes, the reasonable tack, and, of those, only 1 in 150 re- it, and are truly inspiring in their level expectation of privacy in their affairs. ported the intrusion to the superior au- of preparation. By no means should we forfeit those thority. I have no doubt, no doubt whatso- principles, but by no means should we We had a war game, and the good ever, that if we do our job, Mr. Speak- permit those who would do us harm guys lost. The smartest and most capa- er, and give these civilians and uni- and terror to hide behind those prin- ble people that we have were rather formed personnel and intelligence per- ciples to abuse the purposes of those easily outwitted by this war game. sonnel the tools to do their job, they principles and subject the country to A Pentagon report goes on to say will excel in doing their job and protect horrible acts of destruction. our country. that probing attacks against the Pen- This month I will be introducing leg- tagon, there are tens of thousands of This issue is not new to this floor. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. islation that creates a strategy to ad- them a year, are routed and looped dress what I believe are the three great through half a dozen other countries to WELDON), my friend and colleague from nearby Pennsylvania, has been working questions posed for our country by the camouflage where the attack origi- here and instant onslaught of cyber- nated. Information warfare specialists on this issue years before it found its terrorism. at the Pentagon estimate that a prop- way into the headlines. He is serving as erly prepared and well-coordinated at- the Chairman of the Subcommittee on The first question is how can we tack by fewer than 30, 30 computer Research and Development of our Com- make sure that our military is fully virtuosos, strategically located around mittee on Armed Services and has been prepared? The President has given us the world, with a budget of less than a long time advocate of this cause. great guidance in this in his budget $10 million, could bring the United The gentleman from South Carolina proposals for the new fiscal year. He States to its knees. Such a strategic (Mr. SPENCE), the chairman of the has set aside $91 million, not for soft- attack mounted by a cyber-terrorist Committee on Armed Services, a Re- ware or fancy computers or bricks and group, either sub-state or non-state ac- publican, and the gentleman from Mis- mortar, but he set aside $91 million so tors, that is to say either terrorist souri (Mr. SKELTON), the Democratic we can be sure that the smartest and groups that are not part of any state or ranking member of the committee, most motivated Americans serve their terrorist groups that are sponsored by have very wisely appointed a special country in this field. Scholarships for a rogue state, would shut down every- task force of our committee to focus on bright young students, continuing edu- thing from electric power grids to air cyber-terrorism in this year’s defense cation for those who already serve, in- traffic control centers. A combination budget. That special committee is ably stitutes and centers and programs for of cyber-weapons, poison gas and even chaired by my neighbor and friend, the people to come together from the nuclear devices could produce a global gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. worlds of business and academia and Waterloo for the United States. SAXTON). The members of the com- government and the military and think In 1999, the Pentagon tracked 22,144 mittee are truly dedicated to this pur- about ways that we can address and intrusions on its own sensitive com- pose, and I believe that the efforts of solve these problems.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 04:35 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.124 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 I believe, based upon the classified Late in 1999, we saw as a country same way they were for Y2K. They will briefings I have been privileged to re- that we had a major and comprehen- propose an active, cooperative system ceive and the record in the public do- sive effort to make sure that acci- between and among our military and main, that the U.S. military, the U.S. dental breakdowns in that system our law enforcement and our civilian intelligence community and the civil- would not paralyze and cripple our entities, and it will propose reasonable ian employees of the Department of country. The phrase ‘‘Y2K’’ became for- and well-targeted financial assistance Defense are ahead of the curve in this ever embedded in our national lexicon, for those aspects of industry and the area. We are by no means invulnerable and it was an American success story. private and civilian sector that reach in our defense infrastructure, but this At my house, we filled our bathtub up the goal most expeditiously and most is a problem that has been thoroughly with water on New Year’s Eve and efficiently. analyzed, and I believe we are well on made sure we had all the flashlights There are precedents for this, Mr. the way to thoroughly protecting the ready and made sure we had some Speaker. Our MIRAD program, our key defense infrastructure of our coun- means of communicating with our shipbuilding program is a good prece- try in military bases around our coun- loved ones, because we were not sure, dent and it works this way, and my leg- try and around the world. were not exactly sure that the water islation will reflect this principle. We But that leads us to the second ques- would work or the lights would stay on say to certain shipbuilders that if you tion, which I am not so confident has and the phones would work the next are building a cargo ship, the Govern- been resolved, and that is what can we day, or at 12:01. To the everlasting ment of the United States will sub- do to protect ourselves against the credit of America’s institutions, in sidize in part the construction of that ship through loan guarantees and di- place at which we are most vulnerable, most cases, in most ways, everything rect contributions. We will help you and that is in the civilian infrastruc- worked, because we were prepared. build your ship. What you need to do ture and civilian systems of our coun- But the Y2K story was really just the for us in exchange is to make that ship try? tip of the iceberg, Mr. Speaker, because the real question is what if somebody available at a time of national emer- b 2230 intended to do us harm. What if it was gency, to carry military cargo so we When the California hackers hacked not an accident that the computer sys- can deploy our troops around the world into the Pentagon computers and dis- tems turned over from 99 to 00, but if and when necessary. It is burden- rupted our troop deployments in the what if someone who could not defeat sharing between the vibrant commer- cial sector and the military and law en- Persian Gulf, it was shocking. But the us by dropping bombs on our power forcement carrying out its mission to Defense Department has acted swiftly plants or could not defeat us by having and, I believe, powerfully, to prevent defend and protect the country. an army invade our shores decided to That is the approach that I think we future repeats of this problem, future defeat us and create chaos in America manifestations of this problem. should take in our bill, is to share the by hacking into our systems on pur- burden with the dynamic private sec- The same really cannot be said of our pose and create that kind of havoc? Are civilian sector, of the air traffic con- tor, but encourage and indeed require we prepared? I think the answer is not that sector to bring its level of protec- trol system, of water and power utili- nearly well enough, as the incident in ties, of our banking and financial sys- tion up so that when someone wants to Massachusetts in 1997 shows. hack into an air traffic control system, tem, of our transportation and law en- So what do we do about it? Well, forcement systems. Not because these when someone wants to mask the com- there are three approaches we could puters at the water utility so that people are not doing their jobs; they take and two of them are absolutely when the person reading the water util- are doing a very good job, Mr. Speaker. wrong. One approach would be to say ity computer screen thinks there is no But I think the same level of con- that let us militarize everything, let us arsenic in the water because that is fidence cannot be stated about civilian be sure we can defend our airports and what the printout says, but there is ar- institutions because they are civilian our power plants and our phone sys- senic in the water because someone has institutions. Thank God for the fact tems and our 911 system; let us put the bugged the computer, there is a backup that the United States of America is military in charge of it. There is no system. Or when someone, and this has not organized as a military society. one, I trust, in this House and no one, happened, hacks into the telephone In our country, the military does not I am certain, in America’s military es- system and reroutes 911 calls to a por- run the airports, the military does not tablishment who would want that re- nographic call-in line, as has happened, run our court system or our 911 system sult, nor would I. or a pizza delivery service, as has hap- or our water and sewer and power sys- The second approach would be to say, pened, chaos will not occur; but there tems; and may they never, because we let us just see what happens. Let us let will be a backup system in place. are not that kind of society and the the normal market forces which work The third thing that my legislation military is not designed for that pur- so well in organizing our economy han- will do is to answer the question of pre- pose in America. These systems are run dle this problem. I know of very few vention, and prevention is what we by some combination of public and pri- captains of industry who would be so most want. We want our military to be vate institutions that do a wonderful naive as to agree with that statement. able to protect us so that we can pre- job of fueling and supporting the Our phone companies, our power com- vent cyber-attacks. We want our civil- strongest economy in the world, but panies, our transportation companies ian sector to ramp up its efforts so that they are not organized for the purpose are not organized to defend against ter- we can be protected from cyber-at- of preventing cyber-terrorism. rorists, nor should they be. They are tacks. However, sometimes they are The phone companies are organized organized to deliver goods and services still going to happen, as they did in for the purpose of making our calls go at a profit or in the proper way to the 1998 when the California hackers, aided through and our data. The water and public. by the Middle East hacker, disrupted sewer and power utilities are organized So there needs to be a third approach our troop deployment; as it did in 1997 for the purpose of making the lights go that is a partnership between and when the airport air traffic control sys- on when we turn the switch and the among the military community, the in- tem in Massachusetts shut down for 6 water go on when we turn the faucet telligence community, the private sec- hours. It is still going to happen. and the heat go on when we turn the tor, the academic sector, and law en- How do we very quickly find the per- thermostat up. The air traffic control forcement. I think that American inge- petrators and understand whether this system is designed to get us safely nuity in the utility companies and the is a law enforcement problem that re- from one point to another. The 911 sys- telecommunications companies, in law quires prosecution in our criminal law tem is designed to dispatch the brave enforcement could absolutely do this enforcement system or whether it is an and courageous men and women who job and make us thoroughly well pre- international terror problem that re- ride in our police cars and who drive pared for the cyber-attacks which are quires a military or diplomatic re- our ambulances and serve on our fire happening to us as we speak, but they sponse. trucks and other emergency vehicles. need help. My legislation will propose There are two changes that I believe Those systems work. that very high standards be set, the are foremost of importance that will be

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:38 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.126 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H977 in the legislation that I propose. The people of this country license to do so and to the Paul Reveres of this effort, first change is a change that says to with impunity. There is no Member of like the gentleman from Pennsylvania the Department of Defense, we are this body who is more committed to (Mr. WELDON), the gentleman from going to take the handcuffs off of your the principles of the fourth amendment South Carolina (Mr. SPENCE), and the hands and when a Defense Department than me. I think it needs to be re- gentleman from Missouri (Mr. SKEL- information system or computer is at- spected and revered in every way. But TON) who have paid attention to this, tacked, we are going to let you find out this is not a fourth amendment issue; Secretary Hamre, people that work who did it. this is a national security issue. We with him, we need to give them the I think most Americans would be need to change the law in such a way tools that they need to continue to do amazed, Mr. Speaker, to find out that that our military protectors and de- this job. we have a law that works this way: if fenders, if they have intelligence that I notice that my friend, the gen- tonight a hacker hacked into an impor- says that someone is trying to hack tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. tant Defense Department software sys- into the air traffic control system be- WELDON) is here. I am happy to yield to tem or computer that affected the cause they are working for the Libyan him, and commend him on his leader- launch codes for our nuclear weapons, government or the North Korean gov- ship on this for many years. or that affected our defenses against ernment or the Iraqi government, and Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. poison or nerve gas, we have a law that there is evidence in State and local Speaker, I thank my colleague and says, until the law enforcement people criminal records that would help them friend for yielding. I came over for this conclude and prove that the hackers find that person and stop them, we special order, having watched his be- are foreign agents, the Department of need to empower them to do that. The ginning and agreeing totally with the Defense cannot do anything about it. legislation that I will be proposing will statement, and I appreciate the gentle- They have to wait until the law en- do just that. man’s leadership in making this a per- forcement people conclude that it is Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from sonal issue for him, for taking the time not a domestic threat, it is foreign. In Pennsylvania (Mr. WELDON), the chair- to understand a very complicated issue other words, we treat these hackers the man of the Subcommittee on Research that many Members do not have the same way we would someone who is and Development, and I have both time to get into, but which is so vitally running an illegal NCAA basketball served in local government; and we un- important to our country. betting pool on-line. derstand that one of the things that As the gentleman knows from hear- Now, I do not for one minute dis- happens in local government is that for ings that we have held in our Sub- regard or impugn the abilities of our a long time people will say, there real- committee on Military Research and law enforcement people. They do a ly needs to be a traffic light at such- Development, we are going through a great job. But their job is to deal with and-such an intersection; it is really major revolution in America that the organized crime or with those who dangerous. And they come out to meet- people really do not understand. In would do harm within America. It is ings and they tell their mayor and they fact, we only have had one other revo- certainly not to deal with the Libyan tell their council and they talk for lution of this kind in our country’s his- special services forces or with people in years about the need for a traffic light. tory. It was when we changed from an North Korea who would do us harm. Then, in places where government is agrarian country where we made most We need a law which says, when the not very responsive, which is not true of our living on the farms and on the Department of Defense’s computer sys- in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and land to an industrial economy, where tems are under attack, they do not it is not true in my area either, in people went to work in our factories have to wait to find out who did it, places where government is not respon- building products and materials. It was that they can immediately and expedi- sive, they do not put up the traffic a difficult change for America, but we tiously figure it out and take whatever light. They wait until there is a fatal- did it because we wanted to lead the steps are necessary, consistent with ity, a fatal accident at that intersec- world economy in the 1900s, and we did our Constitution and consistent with tion, and then they rush and put the it very successfully. our law to do something about that. traffic light up. Now we are going through a similar The second change that I think is im- I never want to come to this floor revolution, changing from an indus- perative is that we change the law so and have 435 Members clamoring to trial economy to an information econ- that our government can find out more pass legislation that would unlock the omy, where more and more every day easily about criminal records of people potential of our military people, con- in our lives we are affected by the use in very sensitive jobs that affect gov- sistent with our Constitution; I never of computers and information tech- ernment infrastructure. Believe it or want to have them coming to this floor nology. not, right now, if the following oc- clamoring to do that because the morn- As a result, some very interesting curred, the Department of Defense and ing news is full of reports of planes and difficult challenges face us, be- others would have a hard time getting crashing over the sky over a major air- cause the single biggest technology, information. Let me sketch this sce- port, or thousands of people being probably, to improving our quality of nario. poisoned because their drinking water life has been the use of information If what happened in Massachusetts in was poisoned and the computer sys- technology. 1997 had happened because a vendor tems that would have told the utility I would argue, and I think my col- who was working for the phone com- that were hacked into. league would agree with me, that the pany as a troubleshooter deliberately single biggest vulnerability to con- b sabotaged the air traffic control sys- 2245 tinuing our quality of life is the use of tem, and that vendor had someone I never want to have a national up- information technology. If an adver- working there who was a spy for the roar because all the 911 calls for a sary wants to take out America, they vendor; and that spy, in fact, had some major city went to a pizzeria or an air- know in most cases they cannot match kind of criminal record at the State or line reservation counter instead of to us gun for gun, tank for tank, plane for local level that would attach that spy’s the police and the fire department. I plane. That is an impossible task. But conduct or relationships with foreign never want to have a situation where they know full well that our society is agents, and we had in our CIA database there is financial chaos and there is a largely dependent upon information evidence that if we knew that this spy, run on our banks because the checking systems: our military systems, our if we knew about his record that we account records or credit card records smart weapons; but even beyond that, could figure out who was hooked in of millions of Americans are delib- our information systems. Our banking, internationally, our military people erately sabotauged. our communications, our air traffic cannot get access to the State and Mr. Speaker, this is not the stuff of a control, electric grid, are all based on local criminal records of that spy. It is Tom Clancy novel. It is the stuff that information technology. illegal. It is unbelievable. Members of this House are hearing So if you are an adversary of the U.S. The fourth amendment does not give about, both in classified and unclassi- in the 21st century, you are going to someone who wants to do harm to the fied briefings. We have been warned, try to find a way to neutralize that

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 03:38 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.129 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H978 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 technology advantage, to level the toxic material. Because a warning may for more work like the gentleman is playing field. That is exactly what na- not be accompanied by a bomb, it may doing, and again I look forward to sup- tions are doing today. As my colleague simply be a low-key release of an agent porting the gentleman’s legislation. knows, in classified hearings we have that we will not be able to determine Mr. ANDREWS. I thank my friend for held, there are in fact countries today unless we have processes in place to be being here tonight as well, Mr. Speak- that are working very diligently in able to do massive data mining. er. We are going to summarize. finding ways to be able to shut down I want to also applaud my colleague I want again say that each one of us the communications and information because he has been assisting very ag- involved in this effort is devoted to the systems of America during times of gressively in establishing the first idea of our constitutional principles, conflict. smart region in America. The idea be- devoted to the idea of the separation of It is a major concern for us also be- hind this initiative, the HUBs project, civilian and military; of the fact that cause we are having a difficult time is to link up as many of our institu- in this country, the military responds keeping talented young people in the tions in the four States of New Jersey, to decisions by the civilian sector. service when they can make three to Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland Each one of us is firmly committed four times the amount of money they to demonstrate that we can build to the sanctity of the constitutional are making as a software engineer for smart regions in America, we can link rights of privacy, the protection the Pentagon going out to work for a technology, but we must build security against search and seizure, the rights private company. So we have a very in the process. We must have of legitimate people in our country to difficult challenge keeping up with encryption capability, we must have be protected from the abuse of State that technology leap. security controls and access controls, power. We need not choose between for- In fact, in the past, in the history of not just in the government agency sys- feiting our Fourth Amendment rights the country, military technology has tems but also in our hospitals, in our and defending our country. These are often been ahead of the civilian com- schools, in our colleges, in our private consistent goals. munity: the first airplane, the first jet business establishments. But in order to pursue these goals, we engine. That is changing now. With the I just want to add my comments and need to rethink the way we pursue growth of the information revolution, my praise. The gentleman is a leader in them. I think that is so very, very im- the private sector and information this effort. I look forward to the legis- portant. technology companies and some of our lation that the gentleman is working Mr. Speaker, I am here late tonight, would-be adversaries have the tech- on. As I have told the gentleman, I and normally I would have the greatest nology capability equal to or better would be happy to cosponsor it. We privilege of my life, which is tucking than we have in the military. There- need forward thinking, because this is my 7-year-old and 5-year-old into bed, fore, we have a tough time keeping up. really a new challenge. It is the single my daughters Jaqueline and Josie, and So the kinds of ideas that the gen- biggest threat to our security in the their mother did that a while ago, I tleman is pursuing, the kinds of strate- 21st century, the threat of being able hope, tonight. gies to focus the attention of the to disarm America’s economy and We are really fortunate that we put American people, not just our military, America’s quality of life by disarming our children to bed tonight in a coun- on information vulnerability are criti- our information systems. try that is safe and strong. It is not cally important. Mr. ANDREWS. I thank my friend, safe and strong everywhere, there are I will give the gentleman a couple of and again, long before this was an issue children who are going to sleep tonight horror stories. I cannot give the de- on the evening news or the front page in horribly violent neighborhoods and tails. But to highlight the point he has of the newspaper, the gentleman from areas and horribly violent homes, ru- made, we had a classified hearing sev- Pennsylvania (Mr. WELDON) was work- ined by alcohol and drug abuse and by eral years ago where it was docu- ing on this issue on his committee, on all kinds of pernicious behavior. mented to us that one of our military the floor. But this is a country that, at least in hospitals had all of its health care It is not a partisan issue, it is an terms of pernicious behavior in the records, all the blood types of all the issue that he has played a major role in world, is safer than it has ever been, patients, changed by a hacker who educating people about. We thank the and is the safest place in the world be- broke into the IT system without the gentleman for that, and I look forward cause of those who sacrificed in the administration of the hospital knowing to following the gentleman’s lead and service of their country, and who do so all the blood types had been changed. to bringing legislation to this floor this tonight. If the American citizen sitting at spring that will help address these But despite that sacrifice, there is a home wants to understand the impact issues. war going on tonight. As we put our on their life, imagine a loved one being Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. I look children to sleep tonight, we have to in the hospital and all of a sudden, forward to supporting it. The gen- put them to sleep with the sure under- every blood type of every patient has tleman mentioned bipartisan. He is so standing that there are evil and per- been changed by someone who had ac- right. The gentleman mentioned John nicious people in the world who are cess to that information system. Hamre’s name. There is no one I re- trying to do to us what Hitler and the The banking system in America likes spect more in this administration than Japanese could not do to us with their to pride itself on being the best at in- John Hamre. It is unfortunate that he bombs and their armaments in World formation security, but we all know is leaving to go head the Center for War II, could not do to us what the there was a New York bank just a few Strategic and International Security, former Soviet Union threatened to do years ago that had $10 million illegally but he is a great leader. with us with their intercontinental transferred out of its accounts by a St. It was John Hamre who 2 years ago, ballistic missiles in the Cold War, Petersburg, Russia firm that they were in leading this administration on this could not do to us what foreign powers not able to stop, and the banking com- issue, made this quote: ‘‘It is not a have tried to do to us throughout our munity has had examples like that matter of if America has an electronic history. That is to undermine and de- where hackers have broken in and Pearl Harbor, but when.’’ stroy the sovereignty and sanctity of taken money away. This past year when he came in be- our country. The way they are trying As the gentleman has pointed out, we fore our committee, he said that we to do it is pernicious, it is lethal, but it need to think differently in the 21st were at war, in a cyber war, at the very is very quiet. century. If a terrorist group comes into moment he came in, because we were I pray that the night will never come America and wants to discharge a in the middle of a massive attack on when we wake up and hear that mil- chemical or biological weapon, we need our defense information systems by an lions of our fellow citizens have been to have broad-based data systems so we organized network that we think was poisoned by their drinking water be- can detect whether or not there is a focused in a selected few countries, but cause the software that is supposed to pattern of occurrence of health care it has been a totally bipartisan effort. detect poison was hacked into. problems that might indicate to us The gentleman’s leadership has been I pray that we never wake up and that someone has released some type of critically important. There is a need hear that thousands of people crashed

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 04:26 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.131 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H979 to their death above airports because eted and focused the attention of the breast milk laced with methamphet- of an intentional violation of our air Congress and the American people was amine in Orange County. traffic control system. a situation with a 6 year old killing a An 8-week-old, 11-pound boy dies I pray that we never wake up and 6 year old. The method was by a gun, from methamphetamine poisoning find financial chaos, and people with- and all the attention has focused on found inside a baby bottle in Orange drawing their money from our banking the gun. But like many of the other County. An 8 year old watches and system because the money they stories about tragedy in our society hears mom die in a methamphetamine thought was safe and the records they today, they fail to focus on the real laboratory in Oroville, California. A 6 thought were accurate proved to be problem, the situation that led to that month old overdoses, semicomatose, neither. tragedy. seizing, and hospitalized who drank I pray that we never wake up to a In this instance, we had a 6 year old methamphetamine from a bottle. A 4 country where, when we try to call our who, unfortunately, came from a crack year old who tested positive for meth- police and fire and emergency manage- house setting. The belief is that the fa- amphetamine, beaten and hair pulled ment personnel by dialing 911, we can- ther was in jail, a family without any out by the mom’s boyfriend in Chico, not get through because someone has normal nuclear bounds, and a situation California. deliberately interfered with that sys- where you had, I believe, a stolen weap- One of the worst stories that was told tem. on. No one focused that the root of the and video pictures presented at our This is a reality. Now, thankfully, it problem was, indeed, illegal narcotics, hearing was of a young child, a young is a reality that our military and our drug trafficking, drug addiction, girl who was beaten and tortured by intelligence community are preparing crimes related to illegal narcotics. her parents who were both on meth- vigilantly to protect us against. It is I had an opportunity to conduct, at amphetamine. When they finished our job to give them the tools. But the request of Members, a hearing this beating and torturing this child, Susan there is immense preparation that still past week when the Congress was in re- Webber Brown told a stunned audience must be done on this floor in legisla- cess, traveled to Sacramento, the cap- that they basically scalded their tion with our resources to both require ital of California, and also down to San daughter to death, high on meth- and incentivize our civilian sector to Diego to visit our joint agency task amphetamine. meet the same standards of protection force operations in Alameda, California Now, we have heard about a 6 year as our military has met, and then to to see how our war on drugs and our old killing a 6 year old with a gun, but give our military and law enforcement problems with illegal narcotics in that we have not heard these stories of ba- the tools to apprehend those who do us area of the country are progressing. bies even younger being victimized. harm. The story I heard in hearings in Cali- Hidden behind the other stories are the Mr. Speaker, it is my prayer that fornia was as horrible as the death of facts that this 6 year old, again, came this issue will become irrelevant be- this 6 year old, but magnified many, from a home setting, if one could call cause we will be so well prepared, but I many times in stories of deaths of it a home, of illegal narcotics. do not assume that that is the case. young people that I had never heard of I was absolutely shocked by the f and I am sure the American people had methamphetamine epidemic in Cali- not heard of. fornia and the Midwest. I have held ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER We had testimony by a lady by the hearings in Washington, and we have PRO TEMPORE name of Susan Webber Brown on one of talked about it. We have heard testi- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. the occasions of hearing, and I believe mony here about it. But until one HAYES). The Chair would remind all this was the one in Sacramento. Susan hears individuals, visits the locale, and Members to address their remarks to Webber Brown, who is involved with a sees firsthand the damage that has the Chair and not the television audi- program out there to help drug-ad- been done by methamphetamines, one ence. dicted families, gave us some incred- cannot imagine the damage that has f ible and powerful testimony. been done. She talked about a 15 month old who It is amazing that the President of ILLEGAL NARCOTICS overdosed on methamphetamine in the United States, it is amazing that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Rancho Cordova. That is a 15 month the leadership of this country, it is the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- old. A 5 month old tested positive for amazing that the media of this country uary 6, 1999, the gentleman from Flor- methamphetamine and succumbs to can focus on a tragedy like a 6 year old ida (Mr. MICA) is recognized for half the death with 12 rib fractures, a burned shooting a 6 year old, not focus on the remaining time until midnight, ap- leg, and scarred feet by a methamphet- root causes of that death and the proximately 30 minutes. amine addict in Los Angeles, Cali- deaths I have cited here. Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I come to fornia. Not killed with a gun, but mur- In fact, we are now up to 15,973 drug- the floor of the House again at this late dered by illegal narcotics. related deaths in this country. That is hour to talk about an issue that I al- She testified to a 13 month old who the 1998 count, and the count continues ways try to address the House on Tues- died of heart trauma, broken spine, and to skyrocket. Many of these are silent day nights on, and that is the question broken neck by a methamphetamine deaths, not making the front page, not or problem relating to illegal addict. She was also raped and sod- being discussed in the talk shows or narcotics. omized. This was in the California high the subject of the root causes of the It has been several weeks. We have desert. death and the tragedy, not coming for- had some intervening business and Susan Webber Brown testified about ward or part of the discussion. But I in- time away from the House of Rep- a 25-month-old Oregon toddler who tend to make it part of the discussion. resentatives, but some things have overdosed on methamphetamine. She Methamphetamine production, traf- happened, and I wanted to report on testified to us about a 2 month old who ficking, and use has increased in our my activities as chair of the Sub- dies on methamphetamine, who had rural communities and midsize cities, committee on Criminal Justice, Drug methamphetamine in her system in according to a published paper that Policy and Human Resources. San Jose, California. came out January 26 this year. The re- Another death that we did not read port stated that lab seizures, the drug b 2300 about or was not publicized was the 2 labs that were seized by the Drug En- I also wanted to highlight some of year old who ate methamphetamine forcement Administration, have in- the reports that have filtered through from a baby food jar in Twentynine creased sixfold in the past 5 years, from the media on this subject and bring my Palms, California; a 14 month old who 263 seizures in 1994 to 1,627 labs in 1998. colleagues up to date on where we are drinks lye and water from a parent’s We heard testimony, not only in Sac- and where we are going. methamphetamine laboratory, hos- ramento, but also down in San Diego Since I last addressed the House, pitalized permanently with severe about methamphetamine. We had law there have been some serious incidents organ damage in Fairfield, California; enforcement officials who brought in our Nation. One that has sort of riv- a new baby who died from mother’s methamphetamine to Sacramento and

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 04:35 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.134 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H980 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 showed us that methamphetamine. Mexico. This is just making a fool of of Mexico personally are now involved, They know where most of it is coming the United States, and this certifi- but within those offices, the highest of- from or at least part of the main ingre- cation business is no use at all.’’ fices of Mexico have in fact been cor- dients of methamphetamine, and that He went on to say, ‘‘Each time cer- rupted. I had repeated that not know- is Mexico. We know that the largest tification comes around, the Mexican ing that in fact the headlines would be amount of methamphetamine reaching government arrests two or three drug just a few days ago that in a box rented our country is coming through Mexico. bosses, puts them in jail, and acts as if to a senior official at the Federal at- Unfortunately, we have not had a na- it is getting very serious with drug torney general’s office a public servant tional strategy in place to deal with trafficking,’’ he said. ‘‘Then certifi- with a modest salary had sitting the problem of methamphetamine or cation is awarded and the Mexican gov- $700,000 in cash. That official com- other narcotics now coming through ernment forgets about the whole busi- mitted suicide some few days ago. Yet Mexico. In fact, in the last several ness and does not think about it again another example of tremendous weeks, this administration has, again, until the following year.’’ amounts of money involved in corrup- certified Mexico. Mexico is now the This is the comment of a gentleman tion at the highest level of Mexican of- source of nearly 70 percent of the ille- who may very well become the next ficials’ offices. gal narcotics entering the United president of Mexico and one of the I just read in the last 2 days that a States. leading officials there, attesting pub- legal adviser to the Mexico City attor- licly as to how Mexico and the current ney general’s office had been found b 2310 government makes it a joke and makes strangled in his home, along with his Now, it is a fact that 70 to 75 percent a fool of the United States in this proc- two elderly sisters. They said that Sal- of the heroin and cocaine is produced ess. vador Cordero, 64, had apparently been now in Colombia, but some 70 percent- I was so pleased, in fact I sent a per- tortured before he was killed in his plus of the hard narcotics coming into sonal note to our United States ambas- home some 30 miles west of the Mexi- the United States, the vast majority of sador, Jeffrey Davidow, who just pre- can capital. Again, the rampant vio- illegal marijuana, is coming through vious to Mr. Fox’s pronouncement, the lence in Mexico, that corruption is now Mexico. candidate for the Mexican presidency, leading to incredible acts of violence, The United States Government and had the courage to finally be one of the this has raised the concern of both of the administration is required under first few Clinton administration offi- the Mexican candidates for president. our Federal law to certify whether or cials to tell it like it is. He said, ‘‘The And we heard the comments of one not a country is participating and co- fact is that the headquarters of drug Mexican high official, again a leading operating with doing two things: stop- trafficking is in Mexico, just like the candidate, and the joke they have ping the production and also stopping headquarters of the mafia is in Sicily.’’ made out of the process of certification the traffic of illegal narcotics. This ad- Ambassador Davidow was speaking in that the United States relies on to try ministration says that Mexico is co- Spanish before a group of alumni of to enlist cooperation from Mexico. operating on both accounts. I tend to Southern California in Mexico City. He b 2320 believe that that is not the case. I be- was very frank. This made all the pa- Now, we have not asked a lot from lieve the administration acted in both pers down in Mexico. Mexico. We have asked that our DEA conflict with the facts and also con- But even the Mexicans are shocked agents be armed and adequately pro- trary to the intent of the law that was by recent events, which we also looked tect themselves, the limited number passed that requires an assessment of at in our hearing in San Diego, where that Mexico allows. That still has not cooperation and then gives the coun- just across the border, in Tijuana, just been granted. We have asked for a sign tries who do cooperate trade, finance, a few days before we arrived there, the and an executed maritime agreement. and other aid benefits from the United chief of police, and this was actually That still has not been granted. We States. the second chief of police, was slaugh- have asked for the extradition of one So I think, in fact, this administra- tered in an assassination. A brutal as- major drug lord from Mexico. To date tion has misused the certification proc- sassination. And again, the second po- there has not been one Mexican na- ess, particularly with a country like lice chief so assassinated by drug lords tional drug kingpin extradited to the Mexico that is failing to even meet and drug gangs in that city. United States. minimal requests of the United States In fact, Tijuana, which is located in So the corruption, the killing goes for cooperation in combating the pro- the Baja Peninsula, has been the scene on. The amounts of money in this cor- duction and trafficking of illegal nar- of not only corruption but now extreme rupt process are absolutely astounding. cotics. violence, with hundreds and hundreds Again, we held a hearing that docu- In last week’s Washington Times of drug-related murders. And Tijuana mented from a former United States there is an article: ‘‘Mexican Ruling has one of the highest murder rates of Customs official that one Mexican gen- Party Soft on Drugs, Foe Said.’’ There any city in the Western Hemisphere. eral had attempted in a sting operation are two major candidates for the Presi- And almost all of these slaughters are to place $1.1 billion in drug profits in dency of Mexico and one is a gentleman done by drug traffickers. Yet this ad- American financial institutions. by the name of Vincente Fox. He is a ministration has certified Mexico as So the corruption is in the military, Conservative National Action Party fully cooperating. it is in the President’s office, the At- member. He said that, in fact, the cur- I have been a critic and, based on the torney General and cabinet members’ rent administration in Mexico is in hearings that we have conducted, have office, in the police, in the States. league with the drug bosses, to use his said that in Mexico, I believe from the We saw in the Yucatan Peninsula, quote. They have been part of the prob- office of the president, the current Quintana Roo, which is the Yucatan lem. They have negotiated with the president, there is no doubt about the Province, we saw the governor there narcos. And many PRI members have past president, in fact the past presi- who we knew was involved heavily in been jailed for being narcos. dent’s family, Salinas, was involved in drug trafficking and immune from He went on to say that, in fact, Mex- narcotics trafficking and profits from prosecution because of his status that ico and this ruling party have made a narcotics up to their eyeballs and he holds in Mexico. They do not go joke out of the certification law. He packed away hundreds of millions of after sitting officials. And a few days said that this entire process has been dollars in accounts around the world; before he was to leave office, he fled made a charade by Mexican officials. but even within the current president’s the country and has not been located. Let me quote him. He said, ‘‘The gov- office we have had evidence, both pub- But we know that the entire Yucatan ernment’s attitude was making a lic accusations and also behind closed Peninsula and the government there is mockery of the annual assessment by doors, and information about the level run and directed by narco-traffickers; Washington of efforts by Mexico and of corruption all the way to that office. and again this all has implications in other countries to combat drug traf- I had said also to the attorney gen- the United States, the methamphet- ficking, a ritual known as certifi- eral’s office, and I am not saying that amine coming in in unbelievable quan- cation, which is widely resented in the attorney general or the President tity.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 04:26 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.136 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H981 We had testimony from officials in look at what happened to the use of il- dots where they appointed Jocelyn El- Wisconsin and Iowa, in addition to the legal narcotics. ders as Surgeon General you can see hearing that I held in California, talk- Then we have the election of Mr. another little surge in use. ing about Mexican drug cartels oper- Clinton. Let me, if I can, quote some In 1994 and 1995, they stopped U.S. in- ating in the Midwest bringing this facts on what took place with the elec- telligence information-sharing with death and deadly destruction. tion of Mr. Clinton. Colombia and Peru and slashed the The effects of methamphetamine I First of all, we have a question of U.S. military and Coast Guard anti- had no idea could destroy people in international programs to stop illegal narcotics program. such a fashion or cause such incredibly drugs at their source. That would be Is this showing that that is a war on savage behavior as we have heard in source country programs. Look at this drugs? In fact, they dismantled the war these hearings. here. Source country programs, inter- on drugs. In 1996 and 1997, they blocked Now, this is not a rocket scientist. national programs under Mr. Bush and the antidrug assistance to Colombia. We know where illegal narcotics are previously Mr. Reagan. We had in- They also distorted the program that coming from. As I said, we have Colom- creases in 1993, 1994, 1995. And it does we have to certify countries as cooper- bia, which is the source now of over 70 take a little while to get a budget in ating, decertified Colombia without a percent of the heroin and 70 percent of place for a new administration and a national interest waiver and blocked the cocaine. It is interesting to note new Congress. We are a little bit ahead and stopped the equipment getting to that Colombia did not produce at the of the curve. But Federal drug spending Colombia. beginning of the Clinton administra- on international programs was cut 50 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE tion almost any heroin. There was percent during the Democrat con- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. none produced in Colombia. There was trolled Congress from 1992 to 1994. Fifty HAYES). There being no other Member almost no coca produced in Colombia percent of that means to stop drugs at claiming time, the gentleman from at the beginning of the Clinton admin- their source. What we had been suc- Florida (Mr. MICA) is recognized for the istration. cessful in stopping drugs at their remainder of the hour. But I will be darned if this adminis- source, they cut 50 percent. Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I will try not tration, through one bungling act after On interdiction, which is the next to take that but as one can tell, I am another, could not make Colombia into most cost-effective way to stop illegal just getting warmed up tonight. I do the largest source of illegal narcotics. narcotics is to get the drugs not only get excited about this issue, Mr. Speak- Now, we are talking about producing. where they are produced at their er, because it has some incredible im- We know that a hundred percent of all source, because that farmer is getting pact, not only six year olds killing six the cocaine in the world comes from a few dollars or a few pesos, and the year olds but thousands and thousands Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. most effective thing is to stop the ille- of lives lost across this country and Through a program instituted by the gal narcotics at the next level and that families destroyed by illegal narcotics. gentleman from Illinois (Mr. HASTERT), is to interdict them. We know what works in this effort. Mr. Zeliff, some of the others here who You can interdict them through in- We know what does not work. We know worked on it in reinstituting source telligence and provide that intelligence that, again, the Clinton administration country programs, we have been able to another country, which was part of blocked aid to Colombia and that is to cut production of cocaine and coca the strategy that we had with the Bush why we are here in the next few weeks in both Peru and Bolivia by some 60 and Reagan administration, very cost and about to pass $1.7 billion, $1.5 bil- percent. effective. And then that country goes lion, whatever we end up with, in aid to In Colombia, this administration has after the plane or the trafficker, what- Colombia, because the situation this done everything possible to bungle and ever, and stops it. administration created by these spe- thwart and stop assistance for inter- Federal drug spending on interdic- cific actions has created such a dis- national programs to aid Colombia in tion was cut 33 percent during the aster. This is not something that just dealing with illegal narcotics produc- Democrat controlled Congress from jumped up on us. This is something tion and trafficking. They have done 1992 to 1994. Again, part of the strategy that was predicted in hearings, and I everything imaginable. And I will de- to close down the war on drugs. And participated in some of those hearings. tail those in just a minute. But those when you close down the war on drugs, I took out a quote not from me but a illegal narcotics are coming up in traf- and you see the chart here, let us look quote from the gentleman from Cali- ficking and now they form cartels with at this chart here for a moment, be- fornia (Mr. HORN) and he says, ‘‘As you Mexican traffickers and they are com- cause you see us getting back up to in recall, as of May 1, 1994, the Depart- ing up through the United States. 1999, basically, if you look at dollars ment of Defense decided unilaterally to We know how this traffic pattern has and use 1991 or 1992 dollars to 1999, we stop sharing realtime intelligence re- emerged. We also know what works and are back where we were at the end of garding aerial traffic in drugs with Co- what does not work. I cannot believe the Bush and Reagan administration lombia and Peru. Now, as I understand the media and the garbage that they and their anti-narcotics programs. it, that decision, which has not been completely resolved, has thrown diplo- continue to publish and the b misstatement that the war on drugs 2330 matic relations with the host countries has been a failure. And it is repeated So basically some of the comments into chaos.’’ The gentleman from Cali- over and over. and one of them that really irritated fornia (Mr. HORN) said this August 2, The war on drugs existed in the me is a column by Marjorie Williams. I 1994, the beginning of the end of the Reagan and the Bush administration. do not know who she is but she put it situation in Colombia, the beginning of The war on drugs was closed down by in Friday, March presenting this Congress and the Amer- the Clinton administration in some 10, and she said, despite two decades of ican people with a bill for $1.7 billion, very specific acts. proof that interdiction and tough law a direct action of this administration This chart, let us take just a minute enforcement will do nothing to stop to close down sharing that informa- and look at the war on drugs. This was the sale or use of drugs, this is the type tion. Not only did they do this in 1994, the trend with Ronald Reagan and of trash that the media puts out and they turned around and did it again, George Bush, and we saw the long-term convinces people that the war on drugs according to a GAO report that I asked trend in lifetime prevalence of drugs. is a failure. In fact, the war on drugs be conducted of the current operations This is percentage of 12th graders, a was specifically closed down. the last couple of years in that region. pretty good indication of where we are Let us go back up to this chart here. I received a report in December, just a going on the narcotics issue and use of Go back to this chart here. The Clinton few months ago, that the administra- illegal narcotics, going down, down, administration, go back to 1992, 1993, tion, despite the requests of their ap- down. This is the beginning of the An- they slashed, first of all, the drug pointed ambassador in Peru to in- dean strategy. This is the beginning of czar’s staff from 112 to 27. They cut the crease, again, the surveillance, who the war on drugs bringing the military source country programs, which I just said that if you do not do this you will in, the Vice President’s task force. And cited. If you put another one of these get more cocaine produced, even

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 05:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.139 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H982 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 though the Congress and the Repub- duce production and reduce trafficking. drugs, and this is in spite of the fact lican Congress put into effect a very ef- Two criteria, reduce production, reduce that this Republican Congress, which fective eradication and crop substi- trafficking. I got the report from 1998. took over in 1995, has done some very tution program, in spite of what we You have not read about this. No one positive things in trying to restart the had done their own ambassador said, will talk about this. Mexico is up to 17 war on drugs. In fact, we have been hey, do not do this again, or do not do percent. Now, simple mathematics will successful in that effort, which Mr. this in fact; you will have problems. say that is a 20 percent increase in pro- Zeliff and now the gentleman from Illi- In fact, we have seen an increase in duction. It shows a slight decrease in nois (Speaker HASTERT) went down per- production because, again, they made America but we are getting more from sonally and began the efforts to start the same mistake just in the last 24 the country that the administration the eradication of cocaine in Peru and months that they made in 1994. We saw just certified, Mexico; in fact, a 20 per- Bolivia, and that program has shown this coming. We asked them not to do cent increase in heroin production in some 60 to 65 percent reduction in just it. one year. several years. Speaker HASTERT and Let me also bring up another head- This, again, does not require a rocket the Republican Congress led an effort line, 1994. How do we get ourselves into scientist to know where the heroin is for a supplemental appropriation that these incredible situations? This is coming from. We know that it is com- put $800 million into the anti-narcotics Thursday, August 4, Washington Post, ing from Colombia. We know it is com- effort. That is where you saw that U.S. Refusal to Share Intelligence in ing from Mexico. We heard it in the bump up. But even with the money Drug War Is Called Absurd. hearings this past week in California, there, the funds are diverted, the re- We did it in 1994, we cut off aid and which is also seeing a recurrence and ported by DOD tells us, from the war assistance. Was this a partisan attack, proliferation of extremely deadly and on drugs. Even our vice president has something the Republicans did? I cited high purity heroin in addition to in- taken some of the assets I have found for surveillance, our AWACS, and di- my colleague, the gentleman from credible volumes of methamphetamine. verted them to check oil spills in Alas- California (Mr. HORN), a fellow Repub- This is from the country the adminis- lican. These are the comments of ROB- ka. tration just certified, where corruption So the resources that the Congress ERT TORRICELLI who at that time was is so rampant, where the leading can- appropriates and tries to get to Colom- chairman of the Subcommittee on For- didate says, ha, ha, we made a fool out eign Affairs on the Western Hemi- bia, including $300 million of assistance of the United States in its own process which we appropriated a year before sphere and the gentleman from Cali- that grants trade, finance, benefits to last October, those assets still have not fornia (Mr. LANTOS), chairman of the Mexico. gotten there. Subcommittee on International Secu- These are the headlines that we see Most of the money was for rity, denounced as absurd the adminis- now with a country that the adminis- Blackhawk helicopters which can be tration’s argument that current law tration just certified: Drugs Flood in used for eradication or going after drug might expose U.S. officials to prosecu- From Mexico. This is not necessarily a traffickers in the high altitudes. We tion. They distorted the law with some conservative publication the last time know where the stuff is grown; we liberal interpretations to close down I checked, the Washington Post. ‘‘In- know who is trafficking. If you have information-sharing to stop going after crease in traffic on land and sea alarms the capability, and the Colombians drug traffickers, basically sharing in- U.S. officials,’’ and it should alarm have the capability, just like President formation allowing the other countries U.S. officials because the U.S. officials Fujimora had the capability and went to, if necessary, shoot down these are the ones that allowed it to get into after drug traffickers, wiped them out, planes. that situation. stopped the destabilization, the terror There is nothing more effective than Let me show this chart. in that country, which was also fi- shooting down drug traffickers to stop b 2340 nanced and run by drug traffickers, the illegal narcotics. These are direct ac- same thing can be done in Colombia, tions that got us into this situation This is part of a chart from a report but we cannot get even the basic equip- today. These are the actions that re- that I also requested from GAO. This ment we funded over a year ago there. quire a 1.6, 1.7, who knows how many report, given to me just a few weeks Most of that, as I said, was in several billion dollars, to get us out of this pre- ago, shows me that assets DOD contrib- of these helicopters we have tried to dicament. Colombia produces and that utes to reducing illegal drug supply get to the national police force there, area around Colombia produces 20 per- have declined. and this administration, in fact, is the cent of our oil supply, and if you have If you look at the red here, these are gang that can’t shoot straight. They paid for gasoline lately you can see provided by DOD, and these are re- cannot even get the helicopters there. why the source of oil production is a quested by SOUTHCOM. SOUTHCOM is In fact, the helicopters that were sent strategic value to the United States. our Southern Command, which is ask- there sat on the tarmac and did not What is interesting is that, back to ing for surveillance assistance, or to have the armoring that could be used. Mexico for a minute, I received these conduct surveillance, and equipment In one of the greatest fiascoes of this reports from DEA on heroin production and resources to conduct surveillance. entire effort by this administration, and they can tell us where heroin is Requested by SOUTHCOM, requested they delivered the ammunition that coming from on what is called a signa- by SOUTHCOM, 1997, 1998, 1999, re- should have gone 2 or 3 years ago to ture program. It is almost sort of like quested by SOUTHCOM. This is what Colombia to the back door of the State reading DNA from a blood test, and they got. Department loading dock during the they can tell me almost the country This is a war on drugs by destroying holidays. This in fact is an effort that and the field that heroin is grown from. any effort to have combat, and to have has been a disaster by this administra- You have to remember again that the combat the first basic thing you need tion. policy of this administration allowed to do is stop the activity at its source. Every time I think the administra- in 6 or 7 years a country which pro- Then the next thing you would do is tion cannot bungle anything else, I am duced no heroin, they did not produce get surveillance and information. This shocked. I was shocked to have people any heroin, any poppies at the begin- report told me that the surveillance come in from my locale today and show ning of the Clinton administration in flights declined 68 percent from 1992 to me their pre-census mailing that was Colombia, and this shows now South 1999, 68 percent in surveillance, and sent out. This administration that runs American production, by 1997 they got this shows even less attention by this our census, that is a scary thought it up to 75 percent of the heroin seized administration to stop drugs at their right there, sent out 120 million mail- in the United States came from Colom- source or do anything about it, and a 62 ings, and sent out the wrong Zip Code bia. That is where it is coming from. percent reduction in maritime activ- on all 120 million of them. One of my Fourteen percent came from Mexico. ity, anti-narcotic activity by the ad- cities they sent out the wrong name to This administration just certified in ministration. the entire city in Florida. When I think the last few weeks Mexico fully cooper- So what you have had is a closing that they cannot possibly bungle it any ating. That means they are helping re- down of any semblance of a war on further, I am always amazed.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 05:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.142 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H983 This is, again, a very sad story for lombia by narco-terrorists, people who If we do not have tough enforcement, the United States, because we have a are living and also promoting their it does not work. If we do not have good friend and a good neighbor in criminal, murderous behavior with the tough prosecution, it does not work. It Mexico, wonderful people. They are proceeds and supported by the profits is unfortunate that we do have so many tremendously gifted. They are hard- from illegal narcotics. Americans hooked on illegal narcotics working, dedicated people, and their b 2350 and so many have succumbed to the country has been taken over by drug philosophy that if it feels good, do it; traffickers, and those drug traffickers That has destabilized Colombia. and they have become addicted and are so emboldened that now they are There have been 35,000 people killed in victims in this whole disaster that has offering rewards and bounties on that war; there have been over 800,000 rained terror on the United States and United States agents, $200,000 reward as in just 2 years, displaced as many as so many of our families. reported by drug traffickers. This is Kosovo; and Kosovo I do not know has Mr. Speaker, the hour is late. I hope how emboldened they have gotten. This imported any drugs or produced any to come back and finish and also up- is from the country that has been cer- drugs that is killing 15,700 Americans date the House on additional informa- tified as cooperating in this war on in 1998 and destroying thousands and tion we have received, our sub- drugs. thousands of lives, so certainly this is committee has received. We look for- Again we find this administration, in our national interest to proceed. ward to working with Members on both the gang that can’t shoot straight or So I appeal to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, both in passage of get a war on drugs together, in The sides of the aisle. I am sorry that it is this Colombian effort, plan Colombia Washington Post, March 13, just a few so difficult for this administration to in our efforts to rid our Nation of ille- days ago, U.S. officials cite trend in learn lessons of what it takes. I am so gal narcotics and also assist other Colombia. Lack of air support hin- sorry that they have also convinced countries in stopping the production dering drug war. the media that the war on drugs is a and trafficking of hard drugs. Well, my friends, there has been no failure. We, in fact, have doubled the We also look forward to enhancing drug war, as you can see, since 1993, amount of money for treatment. We our treatment programs and rewarding with the exception of what the Repub- need even more treatment. But those programs that do a good job and en- lican majority has been able to get in liberal, the liberal programs, in fact, couraging our young people not to take dribbles and drabs and in spite of the do not work. We know that tough en- the path of illegal narcotics and the bureaucrats who have fought us every forcement programs, the Rudy Guiliani path of death and destruction of their inch of the way, in spite of the admin- programs. Rudy Guiliani, just stop and lives. istration who has blocked aid, assist- think about this, took office and over f ance, ammunition, anything that you 2,200 people died in murders in the could possibly use in a war on drugs years in which he assumed office. That LEAVE OF ABSENCE from getting to the source. figure was down in the 600 range. By unanimous consent, leave of ab- Finally, now the situation has dete- Tough enforcement works. sence was granted to: riorated so that even this administra- Take another example, the liberal Mr. BOSWELL (at the request of Mr. tion is coming forth with a very expen- Mayor Schmoke who turned his back, GEPHARDT) for today on account of a sive plan, and it is an expensive plan instituted a needle exchange program, death in the family. because they made very costly mis- had liberal narcotics policies in Balti- Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (at the re- takes. This is also a repetitive mis- more. Baltimore had 312 deaths, mur- quest of Mr. GEPHARDT) for today on take, because of lack of air support and ders in Baltimore in 1997; they had 312 account of official business in the dis- the surveillance that is so incredible in 1998; and they had 60,000 heroin and trict. for any type of mission, military or drug addicts in Baltimore; 60,000, one Mr. ORTIZ (at the request of Mr. GEP- anti-narcotics mission. And our mili- in eight a city council member told the HARDT) for today on account of official tary does not fire or fight in this war press, one in eight. Imagine, taking business in the district. on drugs or arrest people. They merely that model and imposing it on the rest Mr. REYES (at the request of Mr. GEP- provide surveillance and information. of the United States. Think of one in HARDT) for today on account of official In this case we are not asking for eight Americans under a liberal policy business in the district. United States troops or anyone to go in for narcotics. We could do that and we Mr. GONZALEZ (at the request of Mr. there. We are only asking to get that would have one incredible society. We GEPHARDT) for today on account of offi- information to countries that are be- think it is expensive to support 2 mil- cial business. seeched by drug traffickers like Colom- lion people in our prisons; imagine sup- f bia, like Peru, and like Bolivia. porting somewhere in the neighborhood SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED It is a very difficult situation we of 40 million Americans as drug ad- By unanimous consent, permission to have been put in. I know there are dicts. It is not a pleasant thought. address the House, following the legis- some Members who are concerned So we know it works. We know we lative program and any special orders about expending those dollars in this can stop drugs at their source. Richard heretofore entered, was granted to: effort. Some are concerned on the Re- Nixon did it; the Chinese have done it. (The following Members (at the re- publican side of the aisle because we We have done it in Peru and Bolivia; quest of Mr. POMEROY) to revise and ex- have attempted to spend money on a we can do it in Colombia. We can also tend their remarks and include extra- real war on drugs, and every dollar we cooperate with others, even the United neous material:) have spent has either been diverted or Nations; and Pino Arlacchi who heads Mr. POMEROY, for 5 minutes, today. the United Nations Office of Drug Con- not gotten to the source, or handled in Mr. PALLONE, for 5 minutes, today. trol Policy, the former Italian pros- such an incompetent manner that Mrs. CLAYTON, for 5 minutes, today. nothing is accomplished. That does ecutor who helped rub out organized Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, for 5 min- bring some criticism from the Repub- crime, and who we have worked so ef- utes, today. lican side of the aisle. fectively with the last couple of years Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, for 5 minutes, The other side of the aisle, we hear since he took office in stopping the rest today. the human rights concerns. I share of the drugs at their source in Afghani- Mr. LIPINSKI, for 5 minutes, today. human rights concerns. Anyone who stan and Burma, in Colombia and other Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, for 5 minutes, commits human rights abuses should countries where we do not have the today. be held accountable, and whether it is best relations. But a simple plan; not a (The following Members (at the re- from paramilitary right-wing extrem- great deal of money needs to be ex- quest of Mr. JONES of North Carolina) ists, or from left-wing terrorists on the pended. Because we could put 100,000 a to revise and extend their remarks and communist-socialist side, the murder year; we could put 500,000 more police include extraneous material:) they commit is not justified and should on the streets, and we will not get it Mr. SCHAFFER, for 5 minutes, today. not be tolerated. But both of these ac- all, but we know we can stop it cost ef- Mr. WELDON of Florida, for 5 minutes, tivities I am told are financed in Co- fectively at its source. March 16.

VerDate 13-MAR-2000 05:12 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14MR7.145 pfrm02 PsN: H14PT1 H984 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 14, 2000 Mr. JONES of North Carolina, for 5 Mr. RAMSTAD, for 5 minutes, March ADJOURNMENT minutes, today and March 15. 15. Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I move that Mr. HUNTER, for 5 minutes, today. (The following Members (at their own request) to revise and extend their re- the House do now adjourn. Mr. BURTON of Indiana, for 5 minutes, marks and include extraneous mate- March 15. The motion was agreed to; accord- rial:) ingly (at 11 o’clock and 56 minutes Mrs. BIGGERT, for 5 minutes, March Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, for 5 p.m.), the House adjourned until to- 15. minutes, today. morrow, March 15, 2000, at 10 a.m. Mr. METCALF, for 5 minutes, today. Mr. SHERMAN, for 5 minutes, today. h EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL Reports and amended reports concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized for official foreign travel dur- ing the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of 1998 and 1999, by Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives, and for miscellaneous groups in connection with official foreign travel during the calendar year 2000 are as follows:

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN JAN. 1 AND MAR. 31, 1998

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 2 currency 2

Caleb McCarry ...... 1/21 1/30 Cuba ...... 729.00 ...... 729.00 ...... 969.00 ...... 969.00 Grover Joseph Rees ...... 1/18 1/25 Peru ...... 1,414.00 ...... 1,414.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,846.00 ...... 2,846.00 Hon. Alcee Hastings ...... 2/18 2/21 Austria ...... 528.00 ...... 528.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,911.69 ...... 3,911.69 Hon. Doug Bereuter ...... 2/17 2/21 Israel ...... 1,154.00 ...... 1,154.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,110.11 ...... 2,110.11 Hon. Howard Berman ...... 2/15 2/21 Israel ...... 1,684.00 ...... 1,684.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,265.00 ...... 6,265.00 Richard Kessler ...... 2/15 2/21 Israel ...... 1,684.00 ...... 1,684.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,993.00 ...... 4,993.00 Hon. Bob Clement ...... 1/4 1/6 ...... 796.00 ...... 796.00 1/6 1/8 Macedonia ...... 372.00 ...... 372.00 1/8 1/9 ...... 346.00 ...... 346.00 1/9 1/12 Belgium ...... 170.00 ...... 170.00 Richard Garon ...... 1/12 1/15 Syria ...... 751.00 ...... 751.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,329.22 ...... 3,329.22 Michael Van Dusen ...... 1/12 1/15 Syria ...... 801.00 ...... 801.00 1/15 1/16 Cyprus ...... 146.00 ...... 146.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,789.17 ...... 4,789.17 Hon. Doug Bereuter ...... 1/7 1/11 South Korea ...... 912.00 ...... 912.00 1/12 1/18 Australia ...... 1,655.00 ...... 1,655.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,434.00 ...... 2,434.00 1/23 1/25 England ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 Commercial airfare ...... 583.44 ...... 583.44 Mark Gage ...... 1/3 1/7 Kazakhstan ...... 944.00 ...... 944.00 ...... Uzbekistan ...... 702.00 ...... 702.00 ...... Turkmenistan ...... 944.00 ...... 944.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,319.00 ...... 6,319.00 Hon. Amo Houghton ...... 1/2 1/10 South Korea ...... Hon. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega ...... 1/6 1/10 South Korea ...... 912.00 ...... 912.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,269.00 ...... 3,269.00 Carol Reynolds ...... 1/5 1/11 South Korea ...... 1,153.00 ...... 1,153.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,825.00 ...... 3,825.00 Cliff Kupchan ...... 1/4 1/7 Kazakhstan ...... 1,014.00 ...... 1,014.00 1/7 1/10 Uzbekistan ...... 772.00 ...... 772.00 1/10 1/13 Turkmenistan ...... 1,014.00 ...... 1,014.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,319.00 ...... 6,319.00 Grover Joseph Rees ...... 2/17 2/20 Marshall Islands ...... 740.00 ...... 740.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,787.98 ...... 4,787.98 Paul Berkowitz ...... 2/17 2/20 Marshall Islands ...... 614.88 ...... 614.88 Commercial airfare ...... 4,229.00 ...... 4,229.00 Deborah Bodlander ...... 1/3 1/10 Israel ...... 2,149.00 ...... 2,149.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,721.00 ...... 4,721.00 Hon. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega ...... 1/12 1/13 Malaysia ...... 162.00 ...... 162.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,957.56 ...... 3,957.56 John Mackey ...... 1/12 1/15 Colombia ...... 352.00 ...... 352.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,752.00 ...... 1,752.00 Peter Brookes ...... 1/5 1/7 Thailand ...... 380.00 ...... 380.00 1/7 1/12 Vietnam ...... 1,140.00 ...... 1,140.00 1/12 1/15 Cambodia ...... 620.00 ...... 620.00 1/15 1/17 Malaysia ...... 224.00 ...... 224.00 1/17 1/20 Indonesia ...... 591.00 ...... 591.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,888.50 ...... 4,888.50 Kristen Gilley ...... 1/5 1/7 Thailand ...... 380.00 ...... 380.00 1/7 1/12 Vietnam ...... 1,140.00 ...... 1,140.00 1/12 1/15 Cambodia ...... 560.00 ...... 560.00 1/15 1/17 Malaysia ...... 224.00 ...... 224.00 1/17 1/20 Indonesia ...... 591.00 ...... 591.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,888.50 ...... 4,888.50 Elana Broitman ...... 1/5 1/7 Thailand ...... 380.00 ...... 380.00 1/7 1/9 Vietnam ...... 382.18 ...... 382.18 Commercial airfare ...... 3,586.00 ...... 3,586.00 John Mackey ...... 2/15 2/19 South Africa ...... 635.00 ...... 635.00 2/29 2/21 Nigeria ...... 515.00 ...... 515.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,289.20 ...... 6,289.20 Cliff Kupchan ...... 2/15 2/19 South Africa ...... 635.00 ...... 635.00 2/19 2/21 Nigeria ...... 515.00 ...... 515.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,289.20 ...... 6,289.20 Lester Munson ...... 2/15 2/19 South Africa ...... 635.00 ...... 635.00 2/19 2/21 Nigeria ...... 515.00 ...... 515.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,289.20 ...... 6,289.20 Vincent Morelli ...... 1/19 1/21 Nicaragua ...... 297.50 ...... 297.50 Commercial airfare ...... 1,547.00 ...... 1,547.00 Paul Bonicelli ...... 1/19 1/21 Nicaragua ...... 297.50 ...... 297.50 1/21 1/23 El Salvador ...... 150.00 ...... 150.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,538.00 ...... 1,538.00 David Adams ...... 1/19 1/21 Nicaragua ...... 297.50 ...... 297.50 1/21 1/23 El Salvador ...... 150.00 ...... 150.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,538.00 ...... 1,538.00

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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 2 currency 2

Michael Ennis ...... 1/4 1/7 Sri Lanka ...... 584.00 ...... 584.00 1/7 1/12 India ...... 923.00 ...... 923.00 1/12 1/15 Pakistan ...... 555.00 ...... 555.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,939.00 ...... 6,939.90 Richard Kessler ...... 1/4 1/7 Sri Lanka ...... 584.00 ...... 584.00 1/7 1/12 India ...... 1,179.00 ...... 1,179.00 1/12 1/15 Pakistan ...... 555.00 ...... 555.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,939.90 ...... 6,939.90 Robert Hathaway ...... 1/4 1/7 Sri Lanka ...... 584.00 ...... 584.00 1/7 1/12 India ...... 944.00 ...... 944.00 1/12 1/15 Pakistan ...... 555.00 ...... 555.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,939.90 ...... 6,939.90 John Walker Roberts ...... 1/7 1/12 India ...... 1,202.00 ...... 1,202.00 1/12 1/15 Pakistan ...... 555.00 ...... 555.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,447.90 ...... 6,447.90 Hon. Benjamin Gilman ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 852.00 ...... 852.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 598.00 ...... 598.00 Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 852.00 ...... 852.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 598.00 ...... 598.00 Commercial airfare ...... 377.20 ...... 377.20 Hon. Kevin Brady ...... 1/16 1/18 Belgium ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,069.21 ...... 5,069.21 Hon. Robert Wexler ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 852.00 ...... 852.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 598.00 ...... 598.00 1/20 1/22 Poland ...... 556.00 ...... 556.00 Richard Garon ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 792.00 ...... 792.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 1/20 1/22 Poland ...... 506.00 ...... 506.00 Francis Record ...... 1/18 1/20 France ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 1/20 1/22 Poland ...... 406.00 ...... 406.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,871.00 ...... 1,871.00 Hillel Weinberg ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 572.00 ...... 572.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 532.00 ...... 532.00 1/20 1/22 Poland ...... 344.00 ...... 344.00 Robert King ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 852.00 ...... 852.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 598.00 ...... 598.00 1/20 1/22 Poland ...... 556.00 ...... 556.00 Linda Solomon ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 852.00 ...... 852.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 598.00 ...... 598.00 1/20 1/22 Poland ...... 556.00 ...... 556.00 Parker Brent ...... 1/15 1/18 Belgium ...... 852.00 ...... 852.00 1/18 1/20 France ...... 598.00 ...... 598.00 1/20 1/22 Poland ...... 556.00 ...... 556.00

Committee total ...... 60,635.56 ...... 142,848.78 ...... 203,484.34 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. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1 AND JUNE 30, 1998

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 2 currency 2

Hon. Gary Ackerman ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,360.76 ...... 1,360.76 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,260.00 ...... 1,260.00 David Adams ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 5/24 5/27 Japan ...... 678.00 ...... 5,449.00 ...... 6,127.00 5/27 5/31 South Korea ...... 848.00 ...... 848.00 Curtis Banks ...... 5/7 5/9 Costa Rica ...... 468.00 ...... 468.00 Hon. Cass Ballenger ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 242.00 ...... 242.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 328.00 ...... 328.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 311.00 ...... 311.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 380.00 ...... 380.00 Brent Parker ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,260.00 ...... 1,260.00 Deborah Bodlander ...... 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,260.00 ...... 1,260.00 Elana Broitman ...... 4/1 4/9 China ...... 1,344.00 ...... 4,113.00 ...... 5,457.00 Peter Brookes ...... 5/24 5/27 Japan ...... 678.00 ...... 5,449.00 ...... 6,127.00 5/27 5/31 South Korea ...... 823.00 ...... 823.00 Hon. Pat Danner ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 Hon. Eni Faleomavaega ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 Rich Garon ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 496.00 ...... 496.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 552.00 ...... 552.00 5/7 5/9 Costa Rica ...... 398.00 ...... 398.00 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,080.00 ...... 1,080.00

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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 2 currency 2

Kristen Gilley ...... 4/2 4/9 China ...... 1,294.00 ...... 1,244.00 4/9 4/11 Hong Kong ...... 684.05 ...... 4,557.00 ...... 5,241.05 Hon. Benjamin Gilman ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 5/7 5/9 Costa Rica ...... 468.00 ...... 468.00 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,260.00 ...... 1,260.00 Hon. Alcee Hastings ...... 4/23 4/25 Spain ...... 645.00 ...... 3,718.43 ...... 4,363.43 Robert Hathaway ...... 5/24 5/26 China ...... 514.00 ...... 514.00 5/26 5/30 North Korea ...... 651.00 ...... 4,527.00 ...... 5,178.00 5/30 6/1 Japan ...... 552.00 ...... 552.00 6/1 6/2 South Korea ...... 262.00 ...... 262.00 John Herzberg ...... 4/2 4/7 Bosnia ...... 1,505.00 ...... 4,161.00 ...... 5,666.00 4/7 4/8 Croatia ...... 262.00 ...... 262.00 4/8 4/9 Bosnia ...... 301.00 ...... 301.00 4/9 4/10 Croatia ...... 254.00 ...... 254.00 5/25 5/28 Austria ...... 513.00 ...... 5,351.84 ...... 5,864.84 5/28 5/30 Belgium ...... 440.00 ...... 440.00 Celes Hughes ...... 5/25 5/28 Austria ...... 513.00 ...... 5,351.84 ...... 5,864.84 5/28 5/30 Belgium ...... 440.00 ...... 440.00 Kenneth Katzman ...... 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,182.71 ...... 1,182.71 Allison Kiernan ...... 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,260.00 ...... 1,260.00 Hon. Robert King ...... 5/23 5/26 Israel ...... 1,260.00 ...... 1,260.00 Mark Kirk ...... 4/1 4/9 Bosnia ...... 2,750.00 ...... 5,602.00 ...... 8,352.00 4/10 4/14 Yugoslavia ...... 4/15 4/15 Israel ...... 4/16 4/19 Jordan ...... 1,200.00 ...... 1,200.00 Clifford Kupchan ...... 4/2 4/7 Bosnia ...... 1,505.00 ...... 4,161.00 ...... 5,666.00 4/7 4/8 Croatia ...... 301.00 ...... 301.00 4/8 4/9 Bosnia ...... 301.00 ...... 301.00 4/10 4/14 Serbia/Montenegro ...... 293.00 ...... 293.00 John Mackey ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 4/16 4/16 Colombia ...... 243.00 ...... 243.00 4/17 4/20 Chile ...... 999.00 ...... 999.00 5/28 5/30 Italy ...... 516.00 ...... 516.00 5/30 6/1 Ireland ...... 393.30 ...... 2,295.00 ...... 2,688.30 Caleb McCarry ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 273.00 ...... 273.00 5/7 5/9 Costa Rica ...... 330.00 ...... 330.00 Stephen Rademaker ...... 5/24 5/26 China ...... 514.00 ...... 4,527.00 ...... 5,041.00 5/26 5/30 North Korea ...... 1,016.00 ...... 1,016.00 5/30 6/1 Japan ...... 552.00 ...... 552.00 6/1 6/2 South Korea ...... 262.00 ...... 262.00 Grover Joseph Rees ...... 5/25 5/27 Indonesia ...... 494.00 ...... 4,549.00 ...... 5,043.00 Francis Record ...... 5/24 5/27 Japan ...... 628.00 ...... 5,452.0 ...... 6,080.00 5/27 5/31 South Korea ...... 648.00 ...... 648.00 Hon. Dana Rohrabacher ...... 4/5 4/8 Taiwan ...... 805.00 ...... 2,968.02 ...... 3,773.02 4/8 4/14 Thailand ...... 1,140.00 ...... 1,140.00 4/14 4/15 Malaysia ...... 102.00 ...... 102.00 4/15 4/17 Philippines ...... 198.00 ...... 198.00 Kimberly Roberts ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 Hon. Marshall Sanford ...... 4/2 4/3 Colombia ...... 271.00 ...... 271.00 4/3 4/5 Chile ...... 548.00 ...... 548.00 4/5 4/7 Argentina ...... 546.00 ...... 546.00 4/7 4/9 Peru ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 Hon. Christopher Smith ...... 5/25 5/27 Indonesia ...... 494.00 ...... 4,601.00 ...... 5,095.00 Hillel Weinberg ...... 5/25 5/28 Austria ...... 483.00 ...... 5,351.84 ...... 5,834.84 5/28 5/30 Belgium ...... 410.00 ...... 410.00

Committee total ...... 63,394.06 ...... 83,545.73 ...... 146,939.79 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. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN JULY 1 AND SEPT. 30, 1998

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 2 currency 2

David Adams ...... 8/10 8/12 Venezuela ...... 265.00 ...... 4,162.50 ...... 4,427.50 8/13 8/15 Argentina ...... 966.00 ...... 966.00 Paul Bonicelli ...... 8/10 8/12 Venezuela ...... 265.00 ...... 4,162.50 ...... 4,427.50 8/13 8/15 Argentina ...... 966.00 ...... 966.00 Hon. Matt Salmon ...... 7/1 7/6 Israel ...... 1,719.00 ...... 5,544.00 ...... 7,263.00

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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 2 currency 2

Hillel Weinberg ...... 7/1 7/8 Israel ...... 3 1,087.00 ...... 5,169.99 ...... 6,256.99 Kristen Gilley ...... 7/6 7/8 Czech Republic ...... 450.00 ...... 450.00 7/8 7/11 United Kingdom ...... 1,260.00 ...... 6,115.47 ...... 7,375.47 Mark Kirk ...... 6/30 7/5 Yugoslavia ...... 3 850.00 ...... 5,796.00 ...... 6,646.00 7/6 7/9 Czech Republic ...... 3 450.00 ...... 450.00 7/9 7/11 United Kingdom ...... 3 1,260.00 ...... 1,260.00 Richard Garon ...... 6/30 7/4 Yugoslavia ...... 550.00 ...... 4,171.18 ...... 4,721.18 John Herzberg ...... 6/30 7/4 Yugoslavia ...... 550.00 ...... 4,171.18 ...... 4,721.18 Maria Pica ...... 6/30 7/4 Yugoslavia ...... 500.00 ...... 4,171.18 ...... 4,671.18 Lester Munson ...... 8/23 8/26 South Africa ...... 532.00 ...... 7,532.80 ...... 8,064.80 8/26 8/28 Zimbabwe ...... 368.00 ...... 368.00 Peter Mamacos ...... 8/23 8/26 South Africa ...... 3 434.00 ...... 7,454.93 ...... 7,888.93 8/26 8/28 Zimbabwe ...... 3 552.00 ...... 552.00 Hon. Eni Faleomavaega ...... 6/27 7/3 French Polynesia ...... 105.45 ...... 3,163.52 ...... 3,268.97 Caleb McCarry ...... 8/11 8/13 Haiti ...... 907.00 ...... 907.00 Denis McDonough ...... 8/12 8/16 Cuba ...... 375.00 ...... 1,387.39 ...... 1,762.39 8/16 8/20 Mexico ...... 3 1,027.00 ...... 1,027.00 Hon. Jay Kim ...... 8/9 8/15 South Korea ...... 1,484.00 ...... 3,999.00 ...... 5,483.00 Ronald Crump ...... 8/9 8/15 South Korea ...... 1,484.00 ...... 4,087.00 ...... 5,571.00 Hon. Alcee Hastings ...... 8/9 8/12 Jordan ...... 829.00 ...... 829.00 8/13 8/14 Turkey ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 8/15 8/16 Kyrgyzstan ...... 558.00 ...... 558.00 8/17 8/18 Mongolia ...... 354.00 ...... 354.00 8/19 8/20 China ...... 552.00 ...... 552.00 8/21 8/23 South Korea ...... 524.00 ...... 524.00 Mark Gage ...... 8/9 8/12 Jordan ...... 3 779.00 ...... 779.00 8/13 8/14 Turkey ...... 3 422.00 ...... 422.00 8/15 8/16 Kyrgyzstan ...... 3 478.00 ...... 478.00 8/17 8/18 Mongolia ...... 3 329.00 ...... 329.00 8/19 8/20 China ...... 3 261.00 ...... 261.00 8/21 8/23 South Korea ...... 3 484.00 ...... 484.00 Mark Gage ...... 6/28 7/2 ...... 3613.00 ...... 4,736.18 ...... 5,349.18 7/2 7/6 Moldova ...... 3613.00 ...... 613.00 Elana Broitman ...... 6/29 7/2 Ukraine ...... 3700.00 ...... 4,509.17 ...... 5,209.17 Clifford Kupchan ...... 6/28 7/2 Ukraine ...... 3680.00 ...... 4,736.18 ...... 5,416.18 7/2 7/6 Moldova ...... 3680.00 ...... 680.00 Paul Berkowitz ...... 7/18 7/21 Germany ...... 600.00 ...... 5,511.11 ...... 6,111.11 8/10 8/18 India ...... 2,201.00 ...... 5,850.52 ...... 8,051,52 8/19 8/20 Nepal ...... 8/20 8/21 Thailand ...... 190.00 ...... 190.00 Stephen Rademaker ...... 7/8 7/10 Panama ...... 334.00 ...... 1,323.00 ...... 1,657.00 8/3 8/4 Canada ...... 184.00 ...... 293.61 ...... 477.61 John Mackey ...... 7/8 7/10 Panama ...... 334.00 ...... 1323.00 ...... 1,657.00 Thomas Sheehy ...... 6/28 7/4 Congo ...... 1,240.00 ...... 7,179.77 ...... 8,419.77 7/4 7/6 Uganda ...... 310.00 ...... 310.00 Gregory Simpkins ...... 6/28 7/4 Congo ...... 1,240.00 ...... 7,179.77 ...... 8,419.77 7/4 7/6 Uganda ...... 310.00 ...... 310.00 Amos Hochstein ...... 6/28 7/4 Congo ...... 1,240.00 ...... 7,179.77 ...... 8,419.77 7/4 7/6 Uganda ...... 310.00 ...... 310.00 Jodi Christiansen ...... 6/28 7/4 Congo ...... 1,240.00 ...... 7,179.77 ...... 8,419.77 7/4 7/6 Uganda ...... 310.00 ...... 310.00 Hon. Christopher Smith ...... 8/13 8/16 Thailand ...... 760.00 ...... 706.00 ...... 1,466.00 G. Joseph Rees ...... 7/7 7/9 Czech Republic ...... 3 430.00 ...... 4,988.22 ...... 5,418.22 7/9 7/11 Switzerland ...... 3 500.00 ...... 500.00 8/13 8/18 Thailand ...... 760.00 ...... 3,858.00 ...... 4,618.00 8/18 8/21 Philippines ...... 594.00 ...... 594.00 Robert King ...... 7/4 7/7 Germany ...... 916.00 ...... 1,203.11 ...... 2,119.11 7/7 7/10 Czech Republic ...... 846.00 ...... 716.52 ...... 1,562.52 7/10 7/14 Poland ...... 1,112.00 ...... 1,112.00 Lester Munson ...... 7/8 7/12 Morocco ...... 447.20 ...... 4,834.25 ...... 5,281.45 7/12 7/13 Algeria ...... Celes Hughes ...... 7/8 7/12 Morocco ...... 447.20 ...... 4,834.25 ...... 5,281.45 7/12 7/13 Algeria ...... Maria Pica ...... 8/10 8/13 China ...... 3 718.00 ...... 4,846.00 ...... 5,564.00 8/13 8/19 North Korea ...... 3 1,028.00 ...... 1,028.00 8/19 8/24 China ...... 408.00 ...... 408.00 Mark Kirk ...... 8/10 8/13 China ...... 828.00 ...... 4,846.00 ...... 5,674.00 8/13 8/19 North Korea ...... 1,428.00 ...... 1,428.00 8/19 8/24 China ...... 408.00 ...... 408.00 Peter Brookes ...... 8/10 8/13 China ...... 828.00 ...... 4,846.00 ...... 5,674.00 8/13 8/19 North Korea ...... 1,428.00 ...... 1,428.00 8/19 8/24 China ...... (3) ...... Committee total ...... 50,736.85 ...... 163,959.32 ...... 716.52 ...... 215,412.69 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 Represents refund of unused per diem. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Feb. 8, 2000.

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1998

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 2 currency 2

Hon. Cass Ballenger ...... 11/29 12/1 Nicaragua ...... 3 74.00 ...... 74.00 Paul Berkowitz ...... 12/7 12/10 Taiwan ...... 934.50 ...... 934.50 12/10 12/12 Hong Kong ...... 694.00 ...... 694.00 12/12 12/15 Thailand ...... 3 720.00 ...... 720.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,266.46 ...... 4,266.46 Hon. Cass Ballenger ...... 12/1 12/2 Mexico ...... 3 188.99 ...... 188.99 12/2 12/4 El Salvador ...... 3 30.00 ...... 30.00 12/4 12/6 Nicaragua ...... 3 176.25 ...... 176.25 Paul Berkowitz ...... 12/3 12/4 India ...... 365.25 ...... 365.25 12/4 12/7 Nepal ...... 712.00 ...... 712.00 12/8 12/10 Bhutan ...... 312.00 ...... 312.00

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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 2 currency 2

12/11 12/13 India ...... 385.00 ...... 385.00 Commercial airfare ...... 7,408.70 ...... 7,408.70 Deborah Bodlander ...... 11/15 11/19 Qatar ...... 900.00 ...... 900.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,697.90 ...... 5,697.90 Deborah Bodlander ...... 12/2 12/6 England ...... 1,416.00 ...... 1,416.00 Malik Chaka ...... 12/3 12/6 Senegal ...... 687.50 ...... 687.50 Commercial airfare ...... 4,220.78 ...... 4,220.78 Jodi Christiansen ...... 11/29 12/1 Nicaragua ...... 187.50 ...... 187.50 Theodros Dagne ...... 11/21 11/25 Cote d’lvoire ...... 625.00 ...... 625.00 11/25 11/28 Ghana ...... 3 634.00 ...... 634.00 11/28 12/1 Nigeria ...... 3 770.00 ...... 770.00 12/1 12/3 Mali ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 12/3 12/5 Senegal ...... 487.50 ...... 487.50 12/6 12/8 Rwanda ...... 264.00 ...... 264.00 Commercial airfare ...... 9,383.49 ...... 9,383.49 John Herzberg ...... 11/5 11/9 Serbia-Montene ...... 596.00 ...... 596.00 11/9 11/11 Bosnia-Herzego ...... 3 542.00 ...... 542.00 11/11 11/13 Austria ...... 376.00 ...... 376.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,576.76 ...... 4,576.76 Amos Hochstein ...... 12/9 12/12 Turkey ...... 3 443.00 ...... 443.00 12/2 12/13 Qatar ...... 3 159.00 ...... 159.00 12/13 12/15 Saudi Arabia ...... 3 72.00 ...... 72.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,332.54 ...... 6,332.54 Celes Hughes ...... 12/7 12/9 Jordan ...... 438.00 ...... 438.00 12/9 12/12 Turkey ...... 563.00 ...... 563.00 12/12 12/13 Qatar ...... 199.0 ...... 199.00 12/13 12/15 Saudi Arabia ...... 3 272.00 ...... 272.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,485.00 ...... 6,485.00 Kenneth Katzman ...... 12/7 12/9 Jordan ...... 3 423.00 ...... 423.00 12/9 12/12 Turkey ...... 3 513.00 ...... 513.00 12/12 12/13 Qatar ...... 199.00 ...... 199.00 12/13 12/15 Saudi Arabia ...... 3 272.00 ...... 272.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,485.00 ...... 6,485.00 Mark Kirk ...... 11/5 11/9 Servia-Montenegro ...... 650.00 ...... 650.00 11/10 11/15 Argentina ...... 918.99 ...... 7,568.97 ...... 8,487.96 John Mackey ...... 11/10 11/12 Belgium ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 11/12 11/13 United Kingdom ...... 315.00 ...... 315.00 11/13 11/17 Ireland ...... 892.00 ...... 892.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,811.48 ...... 4,811.48 John Mackey ...... 12/5 12/11 Ireland ...... 1,431.00 ...... 1,431.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,605.52 ...... 6,605.52 Caleb McCarry ...... 11/11 11/13 Nicaragua ...... 3 366.00 ...... 366.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,176.00 ...... 1,176.00 Caleb McCarry ...... 11/29 12/1 Nicaragua ...... 3 137.50 ...... 137.50 Denis McDonough ...... 11/11 11/13 Nnicaragua ...... 3 366.00 ...... 366.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,176.00 ...... 1,176.00 Hon. Robert Menendez ...... 11/29 12/1 Nicaragua ...... 187.50 ...... 187.50 Hon. Donald Payne ...... 11/21 11/25 Code d’Ivoire ...... 625.00 ...... 625.00 11/25 11/28 Ghana ...... 695.97 ...... 695.97 11/28 12/1 Nigeria ...... 831.00 ...... 831.00 12/1 12/3 Mali ...... 3 50.00 ...... 50.00 12/3 12/5 Senegal ...... 3 100.00 ...... 6,611.68 ...... 6,711.68 Maria Pica ...... 11/5 11/9 Serbia ...... 596.00 ...... 596.00 11/9 11/11 Bosnia ...... 554.00 ...... 554.00 11/11 11/13 Austria ...... 376.00 ...... 376.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,517.76 ...... 4,517.76 Stephen Rademaker ...... 12/7 12/9 Jordan ...... 438.00 ...... 66.84 ...... 504.84 12/9 12/12 Turkey ...... 563.00 ...... 563.00 12/12 12/13 Qatar ...... 199.00 ...... 199.00 12/13 12/15 Saudi Arabia ...... 286.00 ...... 286.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,485.00 ...... 6,485.00 Francis Record ...... 11/9 11/13 Kazakstan ...... 1,100.00 ...... 1,100.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,223.54 ...... 5,223.54 Francis Record ...... 12/7 12/9 Jordan ...... 388.00 ...... 388.00 12/10 12/11 Turkey ...... 413.00 ...... 413.00 12/11 12/12 Qatar ...... 149.00 ...... 149.00 12/12 12/16 Saudi Arabia ...... 72.00 ...... 72.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,485.00 ...... 6,485.00 Grover Joseph Rees ...... 12/7 12/10 Taiwan ...... 589.50 ...... 12.00 ...... 601.50 12/10 12/12 Hong Kong ...... 584.00 ...... 584.00 12/12 12/15 Thailand ...... 960.00 ...... 13.00 ...... 973.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,053.46 ...... 4,053.46 Dana Rohrabacher ...... 11/30 12/2 Kuwait ...... 676.00 ...... 676.00 12/2 12/5 Taiwan ...... 1,180.00 ...... 1,180.00 12/5 12/11 Philippines ...... 804.00 ...... 804.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,378.89 ...... 6,378.89 Tom Campbell ...... 11/22 11/25 Cote D’Ivore ...... 625.00 ...... 2,438.84 ...... 3,063.84 11/25 11/28 Ghana ...... 695.97 ...... 695.97 11/28 12/1 Nigeria ...... 970.00 ...... 970.00 12/1 12/3 Mali ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 12/3 12/6 Senegal ...... 587.50 ...... 587.50 12/7 12/12 Morocco ...... 604.00 ...... 604.00 Malik Chaka ...... 11/22 11/25 Cote D’Ivore ...... 625.00 ...... 625.00 11/25 11/28 Ghana ...... 695.97 ...... 695.77 11/28 12/1 Nigeria ...... 970.00 ...... 970.00 12/1 12/3 Mali ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 Committee total ...... 40,145.39 ...... 118,388.77 ...... 91.84 ...... 158,626.00 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 Represents refund of unused per diem. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN JAN. 1, AND MARCH. 31, 1999

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 2 currency 2

Hon. Gary Ackerman ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00

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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 2 currency 2

1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,664.00 ...... 1,664.00 Hon. Cass Ballenger ...... 2/13 2/14 El Salvador ...... 210.00 ...... 210.00 2/14 2/15 Panama ...... 217.00 ...... 217.00 2/15 2/16 Colombia ...... 145.00 ...... 145.00 2/16 2/18 Venezuela ...... 2/18 2/21 Mexico ...... 368.00 ...... 368.00 Hon. Doug Bereuter ...... 1/9 1/11 South Korea ...... 136.00 ...... 136.00 1/11 1/14 Indonesia ...... 699.00 ...... 699.00 1/14 1/16 China ...... 334.00 ...... 334.00 Paul Berkowitz ...... 2/14 2/18 India ...... 867.00 ...... 867.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,744.18 ...... 6,744.18 Hon. Doug Bereuter ...... 1/16 1/18 Taiwan ...... 1,335.00 ...... 1,335.00 1/18 1/19 Japan ...... Deborah Bodlander ...... 1/9 1/13 Yemen ...... 1,132.00 ...... 1,132.00 1/13 1/15 Egypt ...... 417.00 ...... 417.00 1/15 1/18 Lebanon ...... 190.00 ...... 190.00 1/18 1/23 Israel ...... 1,465.00 ...... 1,465.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,524.00 ...... 6,524.00 3/7 3/10 Qatar ...... 597.00 ...... 597.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,015.40 ...... 6,015.40 Hon. Kevin Brady ...... 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,137.20 ...... 3,137.20 Brent Parker ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 Peter Brookes ...... 1/10 1/13 Australia ...... 517.00 ...... 517.00 1/14 1/16 New Zealand ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 Commercial airfare ...... 8,213.70 ...... 8,213.00 Hon. John Cooksey ...... 2/12 2/14 United Kingdom ...... 610.08 ...... 610.08 2/14 2/16 Jerusalem ...... 360.50 ...... 360.50 2/16 2/17 Turkey ...... 88.00 ...... 88.00 2/17 2/19 Bahrain ...... 390.64 ...... 390.64 2/19 2/20 Turkey ...... 181.31 ...... 181.31 2/20 2/21 Ireland ...... 264.00 ...... 264.00 Hon. Joseph Crowley ...... 2/25 2/28 Colombia ...... 386.00 ...... 386.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,651.40 ...... 1,651.40 Michael Ennis ...... 1/10 1/11 South Korea ...... 136.00 ...... 136.00 1/11 1/14 Indonesia ...... 661.00 ...... 661.00 1/14 1/16 Hong Kong ...... 334.00 ...... 334.00 1/16 1/18 Taiwan ...... 667.50 ...... 667.50 Richard Garon ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 1/27 1/28 Dominican Republic ...... 161.00 ...... 161.00 Kristin Gilley ...... 1/9 1/13 Yemen ...... 962.00 ...... 962.00 1/13 1/15 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 1/15 1/18 Lebanon ...... 400.00 ...... 400.00 1/18 1/22 Israel ...... 1,415.00 ...... 1,415.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,524.16 ...... 6,524.16 Hon. Benjamin Gilman ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 1/27 1/28 Dominican Republic ...... 161.00 ...... 161.00 Charisse Glassman ...... 2/24 3/1 Nigeria ...... 1,607.00 ...... 1,607.00 3/1 3/2 Cape Verde ...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 Jason Gross ...... 2/13 2/16 ...... 625.00 ...... 625.00 2/16 2/17 Cyprus ...... 200.00 ...... 200.00 2/17 2/18 Greece ...... 124.00 ...... 124.00 2/18 2/20 Turkey ...... 678.00 ...... 678.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,714.72 ...... 2,714.72 John Herzberg ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 2/14 2/16 Greece ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,714.72 ...... 2,714.72 Hon. Earl Hilliard ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 Charmaine Houseman ...... 2/14 3/1 Nigeria ...... 1,532.00 ...... 1,532.00 3/1 3/2 Cape Verde ...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 Robert King ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 Hon. Barbara Lee ...... 2/25 2/27 Nigeria ...... 1,255.00 ...... 1,255.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,726.60 ...... 3,726.60 John Mackey ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 2/14 2/18 Colombia ...... 950.00 ...... 950.00 2/18 2/21 Mexico ...... 455.00 ...... 455.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,439.67 ...... 1,439.67 Caleb McCarry ...... 1/27 1/28 Dominican Republic ...... 111.0 ...... 111.00 1/26 2/28 Colombia ...... 361.00 ...... 361.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,662.40 ...... 1,662.40 Dennis McDonough ...... 1/27 1/28 Dominican Republic ...... 91.00 ...... 91.00 2/26 2/28 Colombia ...... 386.00 ...... 386.00 Commercial airfare ...... Commercial ...... 702.40 ...... 702.40 Hon. Cynthia McKinney ...... 12/27 12/28 United Kingdom ...... 365.00 ...... 365.00 1/1 1/02 Burundi ...... 197.00 ...... 1,876.96 ...... 2,073.96 Commercial airfare ...... 7,700.92 ...... 7,700.92 2/4 2/7 Netherlands ...... 754.87 ...... 754.87 Commercial airfare ...... 4,780.47 ...... 4,780.47 Hon. Gregory Meeks ...... 2/24 3/1 Nigeria ...... 1,532.00 ...... 1,532.00 3/1 3/2 Cape Verde ...... 117.52 ...... 117.52 Lester Munson ...... 2/24 3/1 Nigeria ...... 1,532.00 ...... 1,532.00

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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 2 currency 2

3/1 3/2 Cape Verde ...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 Hon. Donald Payne ...... 2/24 3/1 Nigeria ...... 1,607.00 ...... 1,607.00 3/1 3/2 Cape Verde ...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 Alfred Prados ...... 1/9 1/13 Yemen ...... 650.14 ...... 650.14 1/13 1/15 Egypt ...... 81.96 ...... 81.96 1/15 1/18 Lebanon ...... 1/18 1/23 Israel ...... 904.92 ...... 904.92 Commercial airfare ...... 6,524.16 ...... 6,524.16 Joseph Rees ...... 1/24 1/25 Taiwan ...... 217.00 ...... 217.00 1/25 1/30 Vietnam ...... 541.00 ...... 541.00 1/30 1/31 Philippines ...... 198.00 ...... 198.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,931.40 ...... 3,931.40 Walker Roberts ...... 1/10 1/13 Australia ...... 517.00 ...... 517.00 1/14 1/16 New Zealand ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 Commercial airfare ...... 8,213.70 ...... 8,213.70 2/14 2/16 Greece ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 2/16 2/18 Turkey ...... 200.00 ...... 200.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,714.72 ...... 2,714.72 Hon. Dana Rohrabacher ...... 2/20 2/21 Marshall Islands ...... 185.00 ...... 185.00 Hon. Edward Royce ...... 2/25 3/1 Nigeria ...... 1532.00 ...... 1532.00 3/1 3/2 Cape Verde ...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 Thomas Sheehy ...... 2/24 3/1 Nigeria ...... 1,532.00 ...... 1,532.00 3/1 3/2 Cape Verde ...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 Linda Solomon ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 568.00 ...... 568.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 508.00 ...... 508.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/14 1/16 France ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 480.00 ...... 480.00 Hillel Weinberg ...... 1/10 1/12 Finland ...... 404.00 ...... 404.00 1/12 1/14 Germany ...... 319.00 ...... 319.00 1/14 1/18 France ...... 329.00 ...... 329.00 1/16 1/18 Austria ...... 288.00 ...... 288.00 Hon. Robert Wexler ...... 1/17 1/21 Czech Republic ...... 928.00 ...... 928.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,201.05 ...... 2,201.05 Committee total ...... 63,607.26 ...... 86,786.25 ...... 1,876.96 ...... 152,270.47

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. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1, AND JUNE 30, 1999

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 2 currency 2

Hon. Cass Ballenger ...... 5/28 5/30 Venezuela ...... 205.00 ...... 205.00 5/30 5/31 Honduras ...... 152.00 ...... 152.00 5/31 6/2 El Salvador ...... 320.00 ...... 320.00 Paul Berkowitz ...... 3/29 3/30 Italy ...... 276.00 ...... 276.00 3/30 4/3 India ...... 1,476.00 ...... 1,476.00 4/3 4/4 Czech Republic ...... 127.00 ...... 127.00 4/4 4/8 Switzerland ...... 1,100.00 ...... 1,100.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,898.05 ...... 1,898.05 Nancy Bloomer ...... 3/27 3/28 Italy ...... 328.00 ...... 328.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 658.00 ...... 658.00 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 588.00 ...... 588.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 358.00 ...... 358.00 4/5 4/8 Morocco ...... 569.00 ...... 569.00 Jason Gross ...... 3/29 3/30 U.K...... 315.00 ...... 5,824.23 ...... 6,139.23 3/30 4/1 Ireland ...... 412.00 ...... 412.00 4/1 4/3 U.K...... 520.00 ...... 520.00 Deborah Bodlander ...... 3/27 3/28 Italy ...... 228.00 ...... 228.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 578.00 ...... 578.00 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 337.00 ...... 337.00 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 448.00 ...... 448.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 238.00 ...... 238.00 4/5 4/8 Morocco ...... 501.00 ...... 501.00 Paul Bonicelli ...... 5/28 5/30 Venezuela ...... 515.00 ...... 515.00 5/30 5/31 Honduras ...... 152.00 ...... 152.00 5/31 6/2 El Salvador ...... 320.00 ...... 320.00 Peter Brookes ...... 3/28 3/30 Japan ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 3/30 4/1 South Korea ...... 476.00 ...... 476.00 4/1 4/4 Taiwan ...... 955.50 ...... 955.50 Commercial airfare ...... 2,971.20 ...... 2,971.20 Malik Chaka ...... 6/2 6/5 Kenya ...... 780.00 ...... 780.00 6/5 6/7 ...... 714.28 ...... 714.28 6/7 6/7 Kenya ...... 6/7 6/7 Amsterdam ...... 4,951.09 ...... 4,951.09 Marion Chamber ...... 3/26 3/28 Turkmenistan ...... 382.00 ...... 114.00 ...... 496.00 3/28 4/1 Uzbekistan ...... 1,063.00 ...... 106.00 ...... 1,169.00 4/1 4/3 Kazakhstan ...... 783.00 ...... 783.00 4/3 4/5 Kyrgystan ...... 272.00 ...... 272.00 4/5 4/6 Kazakhstan ...... Commercial airfare ...... 6,407.59 ...... 6,407.59 Mark Clack ...... 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 2,487.38 ...... 2,939.38 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 588.00 ...... 588.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 358.00 ...... 358.00 4/5 4/8 Morocco ...... 661.00 ...... 661.00 Michael Ennis ...... 3/26 3/28 Turkmenistan ...... 382.00 ...... 382.00 3/28 4/1 Uzbekistan ...... 1,063.00 ...... 1,063.00 4/1 4/3 Lazaljstam ...... 783 ...... 783.00 4/3 4/5 Kyrgystan ...... 272.00 ...... 272.00 4/5 4/6 Kazakhstan ...... Commercial airfare ...... 6,407.59 ...... 6,407.59 Hon. Eni Faleomavaega ...... 4/3 4/5 South Korea ...... 576.00 ...... 576.00

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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 2 currency 2

4/5 4/8 Australia ...... 354.00 ...... 354.00 4/8 4/11 New Zealand ...... 259.00 ...... 259.00 Commercial airfare ...... 799.67 ...... 799.67 Hon. Sam Gejdenson ...... 5/28 5/30 Lithuania ...... 397.00 ...... 397.00 5/30 6/1 Belarus ...... 492.00 ...... 492.00 Commercial airfare ...... 00 ...... 4,508.58 ...... 4,508.58 Hon. Benjamin Gilman ...... 3/27 3/28 Italy ...... 328.00 ...... 328.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 658.00 ...... 658.00 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 588.00 ...... 588.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 358.00 ...... 358.00 4/5 4/8 Morocco ...... 661.00 ...... 661.00 Charisse Glassman ...... 6/1 6/5 Kenya ...... 900.00 ...... 900.00 6/5 6/7 Sudan ...... 714.28 ...... 714.28 6/7 6/7 Kenya ...... 6/7 6/7 Amsterdam ...... Commercial airfare ...... 5,960.25 ...... 5,960.25 Hon. Alcee Hastings ...... 4/22 4/24 Denmark ...... 720.25 ...... 720.25 Commercial airfare ...... 4,411.01 ...... 4,411.01 6/11 6/14 Haiti ...... 455.50 ...... 455.50 Hon. Earl Hilliard ...... 3/27 3/28 Italy ...... 328.00 ...... 328.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 658.00 ...... 658.00 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 588.00 ...... 588.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 358.00 ...... 358.00 4/5 4/8 Morocco ...... 661.00 ...... 661.00 Amos Hochstein ...... 3/27 3/30 Italy ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 587.00 ...... 587.00 5/28 5/30 Finland ...... 384.00 ...... 384.00 5/30 6/1 Belgium ...... 438.00 ...... 438.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,369.46 ...... 4,369.46 Hon. Amo Houghton ...... 6/15 6/17 South Africa ...... 5,559.31 ...... 5,559.31 Hon. Barbara Lee ...... 4/1 4/4 South Africa ...... 4/5 4/7 Ghana ...... 4/8 4/10 South Africa ...... Commercial airfare ...... 8,019.20 ...... 8,019.20 John Mackey ...... 5/27 6/1 Spain ...... 1,347.50 ...... 1,347.50 Commercial airfare ...... 2,862.84 ...... 2,862.84 Michelle Maynard ...... 5/28 5/30 Lithuania ...... 297.00 ...... 297.00 5/30 6/1 Belarus ...... 342.00 ...... 342.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,697.58 ...... 4,697.58 Caleb McCarry ...... 5/29 5/30 Ecuador ...... 325.00 ...... 325.00 5/30 5/31 Peru ...... 103.00 ...... 103.00 5/31 5/31 Aruba ...... 73.00 ...... 73.00 5/31 6/1 Curacao ...... 177.00 ...... 177.00 6/1 6/3 Panama ...... 323.00 ...... 323.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,109.62 ...... 2,109.62 Denis McDonough ...... 5/29 5/30 Ecuador ...... 325.00 ...... 325.00 5/30 5/31 Peru ...... 103.00 ...... 103.00 5/31 6/2 Colombia ...... 386.00 ...... 386.00 Commercial airfare ...... 856.20 ...... 856.20 Kathleen Moazed ...... 3/30 4/1 South Korea ...... 476.00 ...... 476.00 4/1 4/2 China ...... 276.00 ...... 276.00 4/2 4/3 Hong Kong ...... 297.00 ...... 297.00 4/3 4/5 Vietnam ...... 456.00 ...... 456.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,625.88 ...... 6,625.88 Lester Munson ...... 3/27 3/28 Italy ...... 328.00 ...... 328.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 658.00 ...... 658.00 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 588.00 ...... 588.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 350.00 ...... 350.00 4/5 4/8 Morocco ...... 569.00 ...... 569.00 Hon. Donald Payne ...... 6/4 6/6 Kenya ...... 750.00 ...... 750.00 6/6 6/7 Sudan ...... 714.28 ...... 714.28 6/7 6/7 Kenya ...... 6/7 6/7 Amsterdam ...... Commercial airfare ...... 5,752.20 ...... 5,752.20 Stephen Rademaker ...... 3/28 3/30 Japan ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 3/30 4/1 South Korea ...... 476.00 ...... 476.00 4/1 4/2 Taiwan ...... 409.50 ...... 409.50 Commercial airfare ...... 3,132.73 ...... 3,132.73 6/1 6/3 Panama ...... 348.00 ...... 348.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,694.40 ...... 1,694.40 Grover Joseph Rees ...... 4/3 4/5 Czech Republic ...... 400.00 ...... 400.00 4/5 4/8 Switzerland ...... 900.00 ...... 900.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,493.73 ...... 4,493.73 5/30 5/31 Singapore ...... 233.00 ...... 233.00 5/31 6/10 Indonesia ...... 1,627.00 ...... 1,627.00 6/10 6/11 Singapore ...... 254.00 ...... 254.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,344.40 ...... 4,344.40 John Mackey ...... 3/29 3/30 U.K...... 315.00 ...... 315.00 3/30 4/3 Ireland ...... 824.00 ...... 824.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,087.68 ...... 5,087.68 John Walker Roberts ...... 3/28 3/30 Japan ...... 502.00 ...... 502. 3/30 4/1 South Korea ...... 476.00 ...... 476.00 4/1 4/4 Taiwan ...... 955.50 ...... 955.50 Commercial airfare ...... 3,864.73 ...... 3,864.73 Kimberly Roberts ...... 3/27 3/28 Italy ...... 328.00 ...... 328.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 658.00 ...... 658.00 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 588.00 ...... 588.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 358.00 ...... 358.00 4/5 4/8 Morocco ...... 569.00 ...... 569.00 Hon. Mark Sanford ...... 5/28 5/30 Venezuela ...... 205.00 ...... 205.00 5/30 5/31 Honduras ...... 152.00 ...... 152.00 5/31 6/2 El Salvador ...... 320.00 ...... 320.00 Hon. Tom Tancredo ...... 6/2 6/2 Amsterdam ...... 900.00 ...... 900.00 6/2 6/5 Kenya ...... 6/5 6/7 Sudan ...... 714.28 ...... 714.28 6/7 6/7 Kenya ...... 6/7 6/7 Amsterdam ...... Commercial airfare ...... 6,961.09 ...... 6,961.09 Hillel Weinberg ...... 5/28 5/30 Finland ...... 384.00 ...... 384.00 5/30 6/1 Belgium ...... 438.00 ...... 438.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,467.73 ...... 4,467.73

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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 2 currency 2

Peter Yeo ...... 3/30 4/1 South Korea ...... 476.00 ...... 476.73 4/1 4/2 China ...... 276.00 ...... 276.00 4/2 4/3 Hong Kong ...... 297.00 ...... 297.00 4/3 4/5 Vietnam ...... 456.00 ...... 456.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,625.88 ...... 6,625.88 Mark Kirk ...... 3/27 3/28 Italy ...... 328.00 ...... 328.00 3/28 3/30 Israel ...... 658.00 ...... 658.00 3/30 4/1 Egypt ...... 452.00 ...... 452.00 4/1 4/3 Jordan ...... 588.00 ...... 588.00 4/3 4/5 Tunisia ...... 358.00 ...... 358.00 4/5 4/7 Morocco ...... 255.00 ...... 255.00 4/7 4/11 Macedonia ...... 4,717.55 ...... 4,717.55 Committee total ...... 59,617.75 ...... 135,725.97 ...... 195,343.72 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. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN JULY 1 AND SEPT. 30, 1999

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 2 currency 2

David Adams ...... 8/8 8/10 Japan ...... 522.00 ...... 522.00 8/10 8/11 Hong Kong ...... 297.00 ...... 297.00 8/11 8/14 China ...... 621.00 ...... 621.00 8/14 8/18 Mongolia ...... 483.00 ...... 483.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,514.68 ...... 6,514.68 Hon. Cass Ballenger ...... 8/29 8/30 Venezuela ...... 103.65 ...... 103.65 8/30 9/1 Colombia ...... 108.65 ...... 108.65 9/1 9/3 Nicaragua ...... 402.65 ...... 402.65 Hon. Doug Bereuter ...... 8/31 9/3 Australia ...... 664.00 ...... 178.02 ...... 842.02 Sean Carroll ...... 8/17 8/19 Venezuela ...... 541.94 ...... 1,521.40 ...... 2,063.34 Mark Kirk ...... 8/24 8/25 Macedonia ...... 95.30 ...... 4,638.40 ...... 4,733.70 8/25 8/27 Serbia ...... 114.60 ...... 114.60 8/27 8/29 Montenegro ...... 120.60 ...... 120.60 8/29 9/1 Bosnia ...... 701.85 ...... 701.85 Paul Berkowitz ...... 7/3 7/4 Thailand ...... 796.00 ...... 796.00 7/5 7/6 Cambodia ...... 472.00 ...... 472.00 7/7 7/8 Laos ...... 7/8 7/10 Thailand ...... Commercial airfare ...... 4,753.40 ...... 4,753.40 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 Nancy Bloomer ...... 7/8 7/10 United Kingdom ...... 766.00 ...... 766.00 Commercial airfare ...... 534.52 ...... 534.52 Deborah Bodlander ...... 7/3 7/6 Syria ...... 540.00 ...... 540.00 7/6 7/8 Lebanon ...... 70.00 ...... 70.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,924.71 ...... 6,924.71 Paul Bonicelli ...... 8/17 8/19 Venezuela ...... 514.94 ...... 514.94 Commercial airfare ...... 1,521.40 ...... 1,521.40 Parker Brent ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 Peter Brookes ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 Thomas Callahan ...... 7/8 7/11 South Africa ...... 208.50 ...... 208.50 Commercial airfare ...... 7,280.11 ...... 7,280.11 8/17 8/24 Ethiopia ...... 1,421.00 ...... 1,421.00 8/24 8/25 Saudi Arabia ...... 166.00 ...... 166.00 8/25 8/28 Eritrea ...... 524.00 ...... 524.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,641.81 ...... 6,641.81 Hon. Tom Campbell ...... 7/5 7/8 Zimbabwe ...... 477.00 ...... 477.00 7/8 7/11 South Africa ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,632.11 ...... 3,632.11 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 9/10 9/12 Haiti ...... 183.00 ...... 183.00 Sean Carroll ...... 8/29 8/30 Venezuela ...... 283.65 ...... 283.65 8/30 9/1 Colombia ...... 386.00 ...... 386.00 9/1 9/3 Nicaragua ...... 427.50 ...... 427.50 Malik Chaka ...... 8/8 8/9 Guinea ...... 1,450.00 ...... 1,450.00 8/9 8/11 Sierra Leone ...... 8/11 8/16 Guinea ...... Commercial airfare ...... 4,379.40 ...... 4,379.40 Mark Clack ...... 8/8 8/9 Guinea ...... 1450.00 ...... 1450.00 8/9 8/11 Sierra Leone ...... 8/11 8/16 Guinea ...... Commercial airfare ...... 4,379.40 ...... 4,379.40 Theodore Dagne ...... 7/5 7/8 Zimbabwe ...... 477.00 ...... 477.00 7/8 7/11 South Africa ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 Commercial airfare ...... 7,280.11 ...... 7,280.11 Hon. William Delahunt ...... 9/1 9/2 Nicaragua ...... 232.50 ...... 232.50 Commercial airfare ...... 1,127.60 ...... 1,127.60 Michael Ennis ...... 8/21 8/24 Turkey ...... 579.00 ...... 579.00 8/24 8/25 Armenia ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 8/26 8/30 Georgia ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 8/30 9/2 Azerbaijan ...... 808.00 ...... 808.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,926.60 ...... 5,926.60 Hon. Eni Faleomavaega ...... 8/9 8/10 Taiwan ...... 265.00 ...... 2,060.76 ...... 2,325.76 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00

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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 2 currency 2

8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 9/10 9/12 Haiti ...... 183.00 ...... 183.00 Mark Gage ...... 8/28 8/31 Slovak Republic ...... 519.50 ...... 519.50 8/31 9/2 Romania ...... 492.00 ...... 492.00 9/2 9/4 Bulgaria ...... 190.00 ...... 190.00 9/4 9/6 Hungary ...... 553.00 ...... 553.00 9/6 9/7 Netherlands ...... 207.00 ...... 207.00 Rich Garon ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 Kristen Gilley ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/12 8/17 Australia ...... 1,325.43 ...... 1,325.43 8/17 8/19 New Zealand ...... 641.14 ...... 641.14 Commercial airfare ...... 3,624.41 ...... 3,624.41 Hon. Benjamin Gilman ...... 7/8 7/10 United Kingdom ...... 766.00 ...... 766.00 Commercial airfare ...... 534.52 ...... 534.52 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 Charisse Glassman ...... 7/5 7/8 Zimbabwe ...... 477.00 ...... 477.00 7/8 7/11 South Africa ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,008.17 ...... 6,008.17 9/10 9/12 Haiti ...... 183.00 ...... 183.00 Jason Gross ...... 8/24 8/25 Macedonia ...... 160.00 ...... 160.00 8/25 8/27 Serbia ...... 244.00 ...... 244.00 8/27 8/29 Montenegro ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 8/29 8/31 Bosnia ...... 602.00 ...... 602.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,638.40 ...... 4,638.00 Hon. Alcee Hastings ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 John Herzberg ...... 8/24 8/25 Macedona ...... 160.00 ...... 160.00 8/25 8/27 Serbia ...... 238.00 ...... 238.00 8/27 8/29 Montenegro ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 8/29 8/31 Bosnia ...... 602.00 ...... 602.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,638.40 ...... 4,638.40 Amos Hochstein ...... 7/3 7/6 Syria ...... 612.00 ...... 612.00 7/6 7/10 Lebanon ...... 105.00 ...... 105.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,924.71 ...... 6,924.71 Mark Kirk ...... 8/24 9/1 Yugoslavia ...... 1032.25 ...... 1032.35 Commercial airfare ...... 4,638.40 ...... 4,638.40 John Mackey ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/12 8/14 Ireland ...... 380.00 ...... 380.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,685.20 ...... 2,685.20 8/30 8/31 Slovak Republic ...... 293.50 ...... 293.50 8/31 9/2 Romania ...... 492.00 ...... 492.00 9/2 9/4 Bulgaria ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 9/4 9/6 Hungary ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 9/6 9/7 Netherlands ...... 207.00 ...... 207.00 Commercial airfare ...... 2,340.85 ...... Caleb McCarry ...... 8/29 8/30 Venezuela ...... 283.65 ...... 283.65 8/30 9/1 Colombia ...... 386.00 ...... 386.00 9/1 9/3 Nicaragua ...... 427.50 ...... 427.50 9/10 9/12 Haiti ...... 118.00 ...... 118.00 Cynthia McKinney ...... 8/26 8/28 Democratic Republic of the Congo ...... 579.00 ...... 197.21 ...... 776.21 Commercial airfare ...... 6,043.40 ...... 6,043.40 Kathleen Moazed ...... 8/23 8/26 Armenia ...... 400.00 ...... 400.00 8/26 8/30 Georgia ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 8/30 9/2 Azerbaijian ...... 950.00 ...... 950.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,924.63 ...... 5,924.63 Vince Morelli ...... 8/17 8/19 Venezuela ...... 541.94 ...... 541.94 Commercial airfare ...... 1,521.40 ...... 1,521.40 Hon. Donald Payne ...... 7/5 7/8 Zimbabwe ...... 477.00 ...... 477.00 7/8 7/11 South Africa ...... 300.00 ...... 300.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,704.17 ...... 5,704.17 9/10 9/12 Haiti ...... 183.00 ...... 183.00 Joseph Rees ...... 8/9 8/11 Switzerland ...... 3,200.00 ...... 3,200.00 8/11 8/14 Macedonia ...... 8/14 8/18 Kosovo ...... 8/18 8/19 Macedonia ...... 8/19 8/24 Italy ...... Commercial airfare ...... 5,031.39 ...... 5,031.39 Matthew Reynolds ...... 8/8 8/10 Japan ...... 522.00 ...... 522.00 8/10 8/11 Hong Kong ...... 297.00 ...... 297.00 8/11 8/14 China ...... 621.00 ...... 621.00 8/14 8/18 Mongolia ...... 388.00 ...... 388.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,514.68 ...... 6,514.68 Hon. Dana Rohrabacher ...... 8/28 8/31 Slovak Republic ...... 589.50 ...... 589.50 8/31 9/2 Romania ...... 522.00 ...... 522.00 9/2 9/4 Bulgaria ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 9/4 9/6 Hungary ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 9/6 9/7 Netherlands ...... 207.00 ...... 207.00 Linda Solomon ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67 8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 Matthew Reynolds ...... 8/8 8/10 Japan ...... 522.00 ...... 522.00 8/10 8/11 Hong Kong ...... 297.00 ...... 297.00 8/11 8/14 China ...... 621.00 ...... 621.00 8/14 8/18 Mongolia ...... 388.00 ...... 388.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,514.68 ...... 6,514.68 Hon. Dana Rohrabacher ...... 8/28 8/31 Slovak Republic ...... 589.50 ...... 589.50 8/31 9/2 Romania ...... 522.00 ...... 522.00 9/2 9/4 Bulgaria ...... 250.00 ...... 250.00 9/4 9/6 Hungary ...... 502.00 ...... 502.00 9/6 9/7 Netherlands ...... 207.00 ...... 207.00 Linda Solomon ...... 8/8 8/10 Taiwan ...... 530.00 ...... 530.00 8/10 8/12 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 8/13 8/17 Australia ...... 1,078.67 ...... 1,078.67

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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 2 currency 2

8/17 8/20 New Zealand ...... 713.19 ...... 713.19 Committee total ...... 69,639.58 ...... 136,264.37 ...... 205,903.95 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. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

AMENDED REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1999

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 2 currency 2

David Abramowitz ...... 12/14 12/17 Argentina ...... 825.00 ...... 825.00 12/17 12/18 Paraguay ...... 135.00 ...... 135.00 12/18 12/20 Brazil ...... 474.00 ...... 474.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,032.45 ...... 4,032.45 Hon. Cass Ballenger ...... 12/2 12/4 Curacao ...... 455.06 ...... 455.06 12/4 12/6 Aruba ...... 353.60 ...... 353.60 12/6 12/8 Ecuador ...... 310.04 ...... 310.04 12/8 12/10 Panama ...... 295.23 ...... 295.23 Peter Brookes ...... 12/6 12/9 Philippines ...... 627.00 ...... 627.00 12/9 12/11 Singapore ...... 398.00 ...... 398.00 12/11 12/12 Hong Kong ...... 594.00 ...... 594.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,605.79 ...... 6,605.79 Hon. Tom Campbell ...... 11/21 11/22 Thailand ...... 249.00 ...... 249.00 11/22 11/26 Burma ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 11/26 12/1 Vietnam ...... 1,390.00 ...... 1,390.00 12/1 12/2 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 Commercial airfare ...... 3,053.45 ...... 3,053.45 Malik Chaka ...... 12/2 12/8 Cote d’Ivoire ...... 1,027.00 ...... 1,027.00 12/8 12/9 France ...... 283.00 ...... 283.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,385.94 ...... 6,385.94 Mark Clack ...... 11/29 12/2 Nigeria ...... 835.00 ...... 835.00 12/2 12/3 Ghana ...... 200.00 ...... 200.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,974.20 ...... 5,974.20 David Fite ...... 12/8 12/9 Philippines ...... 209.00 ...... 209.00 12/9 12/11 Singapore ...... 398.00 ...... 398.00 12/11 12/13 Hong Kong ...... 594.00 ...... 594.00 12/13 12/16 China ...... 693.00 ...... 693.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,605.79 ...... 6,605.79 Mark Gage ...... 11/29 12/3 Russia ...... 1,450.00 ...... 1,450.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,003.61 ...... 5,003.61 Hon. Sam Gejdenson ...... 11/29 12/2 Nigeria ...... 900.00 ...... 900.00 12/2 12/3 Ghana ...... 200.00 ...... 200.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,054.45 ...... 6,054.45 Kristen Gilley ...... 12/14 12/17 Argentina ...... 825.00 ...... 825.00 12/17 12/18 Paraguay ...... 135.00 ...... 135.00 12/18 12/20 Brazil ...... 474.00 ...... 474.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,032.45 ...... 4,032.45 Charisse Glassman ...... 11/19 11/20 Thailand ...... 249.00 ...... 249.00 11/21 11/26 Burma ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 11/27 11/29 Vietnam ...... 754.00 ...... 754.00 11/30 12/1 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 498.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,148.45 ...... 5,148.45 Hon. Barbara Lee ...... 11/29 12/2 Nigeria ...... 900.00 ...... 900.00 12/2 12/3 Ghana ...... 200.00 ...... 200.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,274.20 ...... 6,274.20 John Mackey ...... 11/4 11/6 Colombia ...... 486.00 ...... 486.00 Commercial airfare ...... 1,744.45 ...... 1,744.45 John Mackey ...... 12/14 12.17 Argentina ...... 825.00 ...... 825.00 12/17 12/18 Paraguay ...... 135.00 ...... 135.00 12/18 12/20 Brazil ...... 474.00 ...... 474.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,032.45 ...... 4,032.45 John Mackey ...... 12/2 12/3 United Kingdom ...... 349.00 ...... 349.00 12/3 12/4 Ireland ...... 311.00 ...... 311.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,006.55 ...... 5,006.55 Kathleen Moazed ...... 11/13 11/17 England ...... 730.000 ...... 420.00 ...... 1,150.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,029.66 ...... 5,029.66 Larry Nowels ...... 11/21 11/22 Thailand ...... 249.00 ...... 249.00 11/22 11/26 Burma ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 11/26 12/1 Vietnam ...... 1,390.00 ...... 1,390.00 12/1 12/2 Thailand ...... 263.00 ...... 263.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,596.45 ...... 4,596.45 Hon. Donald Payne ...... 11/20 11/21 Thailand ...... 249.00 ...... 249.00 11/21 11/26 Burma ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 11/27 11/28 Thailand ...... 249.00 ...... 249.00 Commercial airfare ...... 10,469.20 ...... 10,469.20 Douglas Rasmussen ...... 11/21 11/22 Thailand ...... 249.00 ...... 249.00 11/22 11/26 Burma ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 11/26 12/1 Vietnam ...... 1,390.00 ...... 1,390.00 Douglas Rasmussen ...... 12/1 12/2 Thailand ...... 243.00 ...... 243.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,937.45 ...... 4,927.45 Grover Joseph Rees ...... 11/22 11/25 Switzerland ...... 536.00 ...... 536.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,138.24 ...... 4,138.24 Grover Joseph Rees ...... 12/12 12/15 Philippines ...... 573.00 ...... 573.00 12/15 12/19 Vietnam ...... 398.00 ...... 26.26 ...... 424.26 12/20 12/20 Japan ...... 105.00 ...... 105.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,214.76 ...... 4,214.76 Francis Record ...... 10/29 10/31 Germany ...... 602.00 ...... 602.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,067.01 ...... 5,067.01 John Walker Roberts ...... 12/6 12/9 Philippines ...... 627.00 ...... 627.00 12/9 12/11 Singapore ...... 398.00 ...... 398.00 12/11 12/13 Hong Kong ...... 594.00 ...... 594.00 12/14 12/16 China ...... 543.00 ...... 543.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,605.79 ...... 450.00 ...... 7,055.79 Hon. Edward Royce ...... 11/20 11/21 Moldova ...... 225.00 ...... 225.00 11/21 11/24 Russia ...... 797.00 ...... 797.00 11/24 11/25 Norway ...... 276.00 ...... 276.00

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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 2 currency 2

Tanya Shamson ...... 11/29 12/3 Russia ...... 1,450.00 ...... 1,450.00 Commercial airfare ...... 5,003.61 ...... 5,003.61 Thomas Sheehy ...... 12/2 12/8 Cote d’Ivoire ...... 1,027.00 ...... 1,027.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,355.13 ...... 4,355.13 Hon. Christopher Smith ...... 11/22 11/24 Switzerland ...... 536.00 ...... 536.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,138.24 ...... 4,138.24 Hon. Christopher Smith ...... 12/16 12/18 Vietnam ...... 366.00 ...... 26.26 ...... 392.26 12/19 12/19 Japan ...... 201.00 ...... 201.00 12/15 12/16 Hong Kong ...... 212.00 ...... 4,045.20 ...... 4,257.20 Hillel Weinberg ...... 10/29 10/31 Germany ...... 434.00 ...... 434.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,417.01 ...... 4,417.01 Hillil Weinberg ...... 11/29 11/30 Portugal ...... 166.00 ...... 166.00 11/30 12/3 Belgium ...... 826.00 ...... 826.00 Commercial airfare ...... 4,470.00 ...... 4,470.00 Peter Yeo ...... 12/8 12/9 Philippines ...... 209.00 ...... 209.00 12/9 12/11 Singapore ...... 398.00 ...... 398.00 Peter Yeo ...... 12/11 12/13 Hong Kong ...... 594.00 ...... 594.00 12/13 12/16 China ...... 693.00 ...... 693.00 Commercial airfare ...... 6,605.79 ...... 6,605.79 Rohrabacher, Dana ...... 11/18 11/22 Kuwait ...... 887.00 ...... 6,393.17 ...... 7,280.17 Hickey, Peter ...... 12/15 12/16 Hong Kong ...... 297.00 ...... 297.00 12/16 12/19 Vietnam ...... 441.00 ...... 4,057.88 ...... 26.26 ...... 4,525.14 Cooksey, John ...... 11/20 11/22 Thailand ...... 498.00 ...... 4,666.00 ...... 5,164.00 11/22 11/26 Burma ...... 626.00 ...... 626.00 11/26 12/1 Vietnam ...... 1,390.00 ...... 1,390.00 12/1 12/2 Thailand ...... 249.00 ...... 249.00 Committee total ...... 45,323.93 ...... 163,164.82 ...... 948.78 ...... 209,437.53 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. BEN GILMAN, Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 1999

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 2 currency 2

Hon. Dana Rohrabacher ...... 10/8 10/11 Hungary ...... 144,090 ...... 3,644.24 ...... 144,090 3,644.24 Harlan Watson ...... 10/29 11/6 Germany ...... 1,422.00 ...... 956.00 179.80 70.00 179.80 2,448.00 Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner ...... 11/18 11/21 Spain ...... 819.00 ...... 5,791.96 ...... 6,610.96 Jeff Lungren ...... 11/18 11/21 Spain ...... 819.00 ...... 5,791.96 ...... 6,610.96 Committee total ...... 3,060.00 ...... 16,184.16 ...... 19,314.16 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. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Chairman, Mar. 1, 2000.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, HOUSE DELEGATION TO RUSSIA AND GERMANY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN FEB. 3 AND 6, 2000

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 2 currency 2

Hon. Porter Goss ...... 2/3 2/4 Russia ...... 381.00 ...... Hon. Norman Dicks ...... 2/3 2/4 Russia ...... 381.00 ...... Hon. Howard Berman ...... 2/3 2/4 Russia ...... 381.00 ...... Hon. Norman Sisisky ...... 2/3 2/4 Russia ...... 381.00 ...... Hon. Doug Bereuter ...... 2/3 2/4 Russia ...... 381.00 ...... Hon. Julian Dixon ...... 2/3 2/4 Russia ...... 381.00 ...... Jim Boxold (Goss) ...... 2/3 2/4 Russia ...... 381.00 ...... Hon. Porter Goss ...... 2/4 2/6 Germany ...... 454.00 ...... Hon. Norman Dicks ...... 2/4 2/6 Germany ...... 454.00 ...... Hon. Howard Berman ...... 2/4 2/6 Germany ...... 454.00 ...... Hon. Norman Sisisky ...... 2/4 2/6 Germany ...... 454.00 ...... Hon. Doug Bereuter ...... 2/4 2/6 Germany ...... 454.00 ...... Hon. Julian Dixon ...... 2/4 2/6 Germany ...... 454.00 ...... Jim Boxold (Goss) ...... 2/4 2/6 Germany ...... 454.00 ...... Committee total ...... 5,845.00 ...... 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. PORTER J. GOSS, Chairman.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- rule—Melon Fruit Fly [Docket No. 99–097–1] ETC. riculture. received February 22, 2000, pursuant to 5 6572. A letter from the Administrator, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive Farm Service Agency, Department of Agri- riculture. culture, transmitting the Department’s final communications were taken from the 6574. A letter from the General Counsel, Speaker’s table and referred as follows: rule—1999 Crop and Market Loss Assistance (RIN: 0560–AG13) received February 11, 2000, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 6571. A letter from the Office of the Admin- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- transmitting the Agency’s final rule— istrator, Agricultural Research Center, De- mittee on Agriculture. Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations partment of Agriculture, transmitting the 6573. A letter from the Congressional Re- [Docket No. FEMA–7305] received February Department’s final rule—National Agricul- view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health 22, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to tural Library Fees for Loans and Copying— Inspection Service, Department of Agri- the Committee on Banking and Financial received February 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 culture, transmitting the Department’s final Services.

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Pollock by Vessels Not Participating in Co- TON of Texas, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BURR of 6576. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, operatives that are Catching Pollock for North Carolina, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Department of Education, transmitting Re- Processing by the Inshore Component in the and Mr. CALVERT): habilitation Training: Rehabilitation Short- Bering Sea Subarea of the Bering Sea and H.R. 3907. A bill to provide for the external Term Training, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1232(f); Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket regulation of nuclear safety and occupa- to the Committee on Education and the No. 000119015–0015–01; I.D. 021100A] received tional safety and health at Department of Workforce. February 22, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Energy facilities; to the Committee on Com- 6577. A letter from the Administrator, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. merce, and in addition to the Committees on Food and Nutrition Service, Department of 6588. A letter from the Secretary of Vet- Science, Armed Services, and Education and Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s erans Affairs, transmitting the FY 1998 an- the Workforce, for a period to be subse- final rule—Special Supplemental Nutrition nual report, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); quently determined by the Speaker, in each Program for Women, Infants, and Children to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. case for consideration of such provisions as (WIC): Bloodwork Requirements (RIN: 0584– 6589. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee AC30) received February 18, 2000, pursuant to ment of Transportation, transmitting notifi- concerned. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on cation of the actions the Secretary has By Mr. YOUNG of Florida: Education and the Workforce. H.R. 3908. A bill making emergency supple- taken regarding security measures at Port- 6578. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- mental appropriations for the fiscal year au-Prince International Airport, Port-au- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur- Prince, Haiti, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. mitting the annual report to Congress on poses. 44907(d)(3); jointly to the Committees on progress in achieving the performance goals By Mr. RUSH: referenced in the Prescription Drug User Fee Transportation and Infrastructure and Inter- H.R. 3909. A bill to designate the facility of Act of 1992 (PDUFA), for the Fiscal Year national Relations. the United States Postal Service located at 1999, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379g nt.; to the f 4601 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Committee on Commerce. Illinois, as the ‘‘Henry W. McGee Post Office 6579. A letter from the Director, Regula- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Building‘‘; to the Committee on Government tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Reform. Department of Health and Human Services, Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of By Mr. BOEHNER: H.R. 3910. A bill to authorize the Secretary transmitting the Department’s final rule— committees were delivered to the Clerk Medical Devices; Reclassification and Codi- of Agriculture to make grants to assist low fication of Neodymium: Yttrium: Aluminum: for printing and reference to the proper and moderate income individuals to finance Garnet (Nd:YAG) Laser for Peripheral calendar, as follows: the construction, refurbishing, and servicing Iridotomy [Docket No. 93P–0277] received Mr. TALENT: Committee on Small Busi- of individual household water well systems February 22, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ness. H.R. 3845. A bill to make corrections to in rural areas; to the Committee on Agri- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, culture. 6580. A communication from the President and for other purposes (Rept. 106–520). Re- By Mr. COLLINS (for himself, Mr. NOR- of the United States, transmitting notifica- ferred to the Committee of the Whole House WOOD, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. GREEN- tion that the Iran emergency is to continue on the State of the Union. WOOD, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. DEAL of in effect beyond March 15, 2000, pursuant to Mr. YOUNG of Florida: Committee on Ap- Georgia, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. LEWIS of 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); (H. Doc. No. 106–210); to the propriations. H.R. 3908. A bill making emer- Georgia, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con- Committee on International Relations and gency supplemental appropriations for the necticut, Mr. WISE, Mr. GOSS, Mrs. ordered to be printed. fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for CAPPS, and Mr. MCDERMOTT): 6581. A letter from the Comptroller Gen- other purposes (Rept. 106–521). Referred to H.R. 3911. A bill to amend title XVIII of the eral, General Accounting Office, transmit- the Committee of the Whole House on the Social Security Act to provide for coverage ting List of all reports issued or released by State of the Union. under the Medicare Program for surgical the GAO in January 2000, pursuant to 31 Mr. TALENT: Committee on Small Busi- first assisting services of certified registered U.S.C. 719(h); to the Committee on Govern- ness. H.R. 3843. A bill to reauthorize pro- nurse first assistants; to the Committee on ment Reform. grams to assist small business concerns, and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 6582. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for other purposes (Rept. 106–522). Referred on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- for Management and Budget, Department of to the Committee of the Whole House on the quently determined by the Speaker, in each Health and Human Services, transmitting a State of the Union. case for consideration of such provisions as copy of the revised commercial activities in- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee ventory; to the Committee on Government Mr. REYNOLDS: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 438. Resolution waiving concerned. Reform. By Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, 6583. A letter from the Administrator, Gen- points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1000) to amend Mr. CHAMBLISS, and Mr. NORWOOD): eral Services Administration, transmitting H.R. 3912. A bill to amend title XIX of the title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize the 1997–1998 report to Congress on programs Social Security Act to make optional the re- programs of the Federal Aviation Adminis- for the utilization and donation of Federal quirement that a State seek adjustment or tration, and for other purposes (Rept. 106– personal property, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. recovery from an individual’s estate of any 523). Referred to the House Calendar. 484(o); to the Committee on Government Re- medical assistance correctly paid on behalf Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee form. of the individual under the State plan under on Rules. House Resolution 439. Resolution 6584. A letter from the Executive Officer, such title; to the Committee on Commerce. providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. National Science Board, transmitting a copy By Mr. LEACH: of the annual report in compliance with the 3843) to reauthorize programs to assist small H.R. 3913. A bill to authorize the accept- Government in the Sunshine Act during the business concerns, and for other purposes ance of endowment contributions for edu- calendar year 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. (Rept. 106–524). Referred to the House Cal- cational and cultural international exchange 552b(j); to the Committee on Government Re- endar. programs of the Department of State and the form. f designation of such programs in recognition 6585. A letter from the Director, Office of of the contributions; to the Committee on Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS International Relations. transmitting the Department’s final rule— Under clause 2 of rule XII, public By Mr. MENENDEZ: West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV0077– bills and resolutions were introduced H.R. 3914. A bill to amend the Truth in FOR] received February 22, 2000, pursuant to Lending Act to prevent credit card issuers 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on and severally referred, as follows: from advertising and offering 1 type of credit Resources. By Mr. BLILEY (for himself, Mr. card and then issuing another type of credit 6586. A letter from the Director, Fish and UPTON, Mr. BARTON of Texas, and Mr. card without the informed consent of the Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, BURR of North Carolina): consumer, and for other purposes; to the transmitting the Department’s final rule— H.R. 3906. A bill to ensure that the Depart- Committee on Banking and Financial Serv- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and ment of Energy has appropriate mechanisms ices. Plants: Endangered Status for the Armored to independently assess the effectiveness of By Mr. NETHERCUTT (for himself, Mr. Snail and Slender Campeloma (RIN: 1018– its policy and site performance in the areas CALLAHAN, Mr. FOLEY, Mrs. THUR- AF29) received February 22, 2000, pursuant to of safeguards and security and cyber secu- MAN, Mrs. MYRICK, and Mr. FROST): 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on rity; to the Committee on Commerce, and in H.R. 3915. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Resources. addition to the Committees on Armed Serv- enue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit

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against income tax with respect to employ- 20th century to have been the American G.I.; H.R. 1456: Mr. RADANOVICH. ees who participate in the military reserves, to the Committee on Armed Services. H.R. 1531: Mr. MCNULTY and Mr. BECERRA. to allow a comparable credit for partici- By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii: H.R. 1592: Mr. HALL of Ohio. pating self-employed individuals, and to re- H. Res. 440. A resolution expressing the H.R. 1621: Mr. LAMPSON. store the pre-1986 status of deductions in- sense of the House of Representatives that H.R. 1681: Mr. OWENS and Mr. CLAY. curred in connection with services performed there should be established a National Ocean H.R. 1769: Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. STUPAK, and as a member of a Reserve component of the Day to recognize the significant role the Mr. LATOURETTE. Armed Forces; to the Committee on Ways ocean plays in the lives of the Nation’s peo- H.R. 1770: Ms. NORTON, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. and Means. ple and the important role the Nation’s peo- STARK, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. FROST, and Mr. By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. ple must play in the continued life of the RUSH. MATSUI, Mr. DREIER, Mr. FROST, Mr. ocean; to the Committee on Resources. H.R. 1775: Mr. CAMPBELL and Ms. LOFGREN. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. H.R. 1798: Mr. BILBRAY and Mr. MARKEY. f MCCRERY, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. DUNN, H.R. 1899: Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. GARY MILLER of PRIVATE BILLS AND STABENOW, Mr. SABO, Ms. CARSON, and Mr. California, Mr. SMITH of Washington, RESOLUTIONS WEYGAND. Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. TERRY, H.R. 1954: Mr. ROGAN. and Mr. BENTSEN): Under clause 3 of rule XII, private H.R. 2129: Mr. COLLINS and Mr. TAUZIN. H.R. 3916. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- bills and resolutions of the following H.R. 2175: Mr. COYNE, Ms. CARSON, and Mr. enue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on titles were introduced and severally re- BERMAN. telephone and other communication serv- ferred, as follows: H.R. 2265: Ms. WOOLSEY. ices; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2341: Mrs. NORTHUP. By Mr. GOSS: By Mr. RANGEL: H.R. 2382: Mr. SOUDER and Mr. MCINTYRE. H.R. 3921. A bill to authorize the Secretary H.R. 3917. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- H.R. 2391: Mr. RILEY, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. of Transportation to issue a certificate of enue Code of 1986 to provide that the penalty WICKER, Mr. HOYER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and documentation with appropriate endorse- on the reimportation of tobacco products ex- Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. ment for employment in the coastwise trade ported from the United States shall not H.R. 2459: Mr. LAHOOD. for the vessel ANTJA; to the Committee on apply in certain cases; to the Committee on H.R. 2544: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. Transportation and Infrastructure. Ways and Means. LATOURETTE, and Mr. HILL of Montana. By Mr. WU: By Mr. ROGERS (for himself, Mr. H.R. 2573: Mr. GREENWOOD. SMITH of Texas, and Mr. REYES): H.R. 3922. A bill for the relief of Zhen H.R. 2660: Mr. MASCARA. H.R. 3918. A bill to establish the Bureau of Shang Lin; to the Committee on the Judici- H.R. 2686: Mr. OWENS. Immigration Services and the Bureau of Im- ary. H.R. 2697: Mr. GILMAN. migration Enforcement within the Depart- By Mr. WU: H.R. 2720: Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. ment of Justice; to the Committee on the H.R. 3923. A bill for the relief of En Chung H.R. 2749: Mr. HOBSON and Mr. WATTS of Judiciary. Wu; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Oklahoma. By Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. By Mr. WU: H.R. 2814: Mr. STUMP. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, H.R. 3924. A bill for the relief of Jin Shaun H.R. 2842: Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. Huang; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 2870: Mr. SNYDER. DEUTSCH, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GOSS, By Mr. WU: H.R. 2883: Mrs. BONO, Mr. NADLER, Mr. Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. ROMERO- H.R. 3925. A bill for the relief of Han Lin; OXLEY, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SABO, Mr. SMITH of BARCELO, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. to the Committee on the Judiciary. New Jersey, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. SHAW, and Mr. UNDERWOOD): f WAMP, and Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. H.R. 3919. A bill to provide assistance for H.R. 2888: Ms. CARSON. the conservation of coral reefs, to coordinate ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 2892: Mr. CRANE. Federal coral reef conservation activities, H.R. 2927: Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 2945: Mr. BENTSEN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. Resources. were added to public bills and resolu- CALVERT, Mr. BALDACCI, and Mr. FROST. By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mrs. tions as follows: H.R. 2964: Mr. STRICKLAND. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. MEEKS of New H.R. 7: Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. ROHRABACHER, H.R. 2966: Mr. BASS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. York, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. and Mr. MILLER of Florida. GREENWOOD, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, and CAPUANO, Mrs. MALONEY of New H.R. 49: Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO. Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. York, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mrs. MEEK H.R. 110: Ms. CARSON. H.R. 3004: Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. of Florida, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms. H.R. 410: Mr. LEVIN. H.R. 3100: Mr. DUNCAN and Mr. CLEMENT. LOFGREN, Mr. OWENS, Ms. NORTON, H.R. 488: Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mrs. MCCARTHY, H.R. 3116: Ms. DUNN. Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. CARSON, Mr. of New York, Mr. WALSH, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. H.R. 3141: Mrs. MINK of Hawaii and Mr. PASTOR, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. BORSKI. LANTOS. DELAURO, Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. H.R. 534: Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. H.R. 3155: Mr. GOODLING, Mr. ENGLISH, and NAPOLITANO, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, H.R. 566: Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. BLUNT. UMMINGS ONYERS Mr. C , Mr. C , and Mr. H.R. 583: Mrs. MEEK of Florida and Mr. H.R. 3193: Mr. SPRATT, Mr. BARRETT of Wis- AYNE P ): LATHAM. consin, Mr. DICKS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. H.R. 3920. A bill to improve the conditions H.R. 601: Mr. JENKINS and Mr. HOLT. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, and Mr. for women inmates in jails and correctional H.R. 625: Mr. KLINK. CANADY of Florida. facilities; to the Committee on the Judici- H.R. 637: Mr. FLETCHER and Ms. PELOSI. H.R. 3212: Mr. BORSKI and Mr. TANCREDO. ary. H.R. 645: Mrs. CLAYTON. H.R. 3224: Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. EVANS, and By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for H.R. 721: Mr. ALLEN, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. Mr. QUINN. himself and Mr. HOYER): KIND. H. Con. Res. 279. Concurrent resolution au- H.R. 3244: Ms. DELAURO. H.R. 745: Mr. CANADY of Florida. thorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for H.R. 3278: Mrs. CLAYTON and Mr. BRYANT. H.R. 827: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. the 200th birthday celebration of the Library H.R. 3290: Mr. BARR of Georgia and Ms. H.R. 828: Mr. EHLERS. of Congress; to the Committee on Transpor- BROWN of Florida. H.R. 937: Mr. CALVERT. tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 3293: Mr. RUSH, Mr. WOLF, Mr. H.R. 941: Mrs. MORELLA. By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey: LARSON, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. H. Con. Res. 280. Concurrent resolution au- H.R. 957: Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. DICKS, Ms. DUNN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. thorizing the 2000 District of Columbia Spe- H.R. 1001: Mr. NETHERCUTT. POMBO, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. TAYLOR of cial Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run H.R. 1008: Mr. KLINK. North Carolina, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. BARTLETT to be run through the Capitol Grounds; to H.R. 1044: Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. LAHOOD, and of Maryland, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, the Committee on Transportation and Infra- Mr. BOSWELL. Ms. SANCHEZ, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. BARR of structure. H.R. 1046: Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island and Georgia, and Mrs. TAUSCHER. By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. Mr. MCINTYRE. H.R. 3410: Mr. BONILLA and Mr. CHABOT. OBERSTAR): H.R. 1111: Mr. WEXLER. H.R. 3413: Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. MOAKLEY, H. Con. Res. 281. Concurrent resolution au- H.R. 1160: Mr. KLINK. Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, thorizing the use of the East Front of the H.R. 1168: Mr. HILL of Indiana and Ms. NOR- Ms. DELAURO, MR. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. Capitol Grounds for performances sponsored TON. CAPUANO, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. FATTAH, by the John F. KENNEDY Center for the Per- H.R. 1227: Mr. SABO. Mr. MARKEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. NEAL of Massa- forming Arts; to the Committee on Trans- H.R. 1248: Mr. GEJDENSON. chusetts, Mr. FORD, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. portation and Infrastructure. H.R. 1322: Mr. MILLER of Florida. DELAHUNT, MR. WU, Ms. LEE, Mr. NADLER, By Mr. HAYES: H.R. 1405: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. Mr. OWENS, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. ROMERO- H. Con. Res. 282. Concurrent resolution de- WAXMAN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. BARCELO. claring the ‘‘Person of the Century’’ for the JONES of Ohio, and Mr. SNYDER. H.R. 3514: Mr. ALLEN and Mr. DOYLE.

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H.R. 3536: Mrs. ROUKEMA. H.R. 3657: Mr. SMITH of Washington and Mr. H.R. 3873: Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MARTINEZ, and H.R. 3540: Mr. NUSSLE, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. WOLF. Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO. SHOWS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. BAIRD, H.R. 3692: Mr. GOODLING. H.R. 3887: Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MATSUI, and Mr. and Mr. STUPAK. H.R. 3694: Mr. CUNNINGHAM and Mr. STARK. H.R. 3544: Mr. COX, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. MCHUGH. H.J. Res. 53: Mr. CALVERT. WAMP, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. QUINN, Ms. ROS- H.R. 3698: Mr. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. H.J. Res. 55: Mr. BLUNT. LEHTINEN, Mr. SALMON, Mr. PETRI, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK H.J. Res. 90: Mr. NEY. METCALF, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. GUT- of Massachusetts, Mr. PHELPS, and Mr. H. Con. Res. 62: Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. SHAYS, KNECHT, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. GREEN of GOODE. Ms. DELAURO, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHAFFER, H.R. 3705: Mr. GORDON, Ms. WATERS, Mr. and Mr. POMEROY. Mr. EVANS, Mr. COYNE, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. MCGOVERN. CROWLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. H.R. 3707: Mr. LANTOS. H. Con. Res. 139: Mrs. NORTHUP. LAHOOD, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. H.R. 3710: Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. H. Con. Res. 225: Mr. STUPAK, Mr. PALLONE, SOUDER, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. BARCIA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RUSH, Mr. Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KLINK, and Mr. RUSH. CUNNINGHAM, and Mrs. KELLY. HOLDEN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. HILL- H. Con. Res. 252: Mr. EWING, Mrs. ROUKEMA, H.R. 3560: Mr. OWENS and Mr. GOODLING. IARD, and Mr. GOODE. Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. LATOURETTE. H.R. 3564: Mr. DEAL of Georgia. H.R. 3732: Mr. STUPAK, Mr. PAUL, Mr. H. Con. Res. 253: Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. H.R. 3573: Mr. BASS, Mr. CANADY of Florida, VENTO, Mr. OLVER, and Mrs. BIGGERT. ENGLISH, and Mr. STUPAK. Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COYNE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. H.R. 3766: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. H. Con. Res. 273: Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CON- GREENWOOD, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of BAIRD, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, YERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. Texas, Mr. KLINK, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. OLVER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. GEORGE MILLER DELAHUNT, and Ms. DELAURO. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. of California, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. PHELPS, and H. Con. Res. 275: Mr. BATEMAN. PALLONE, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. Mr. RAHALL. H. Con. Res. 276: Mr. GEORGE MILLER of VITTER, and Mr. WICKER. ILNER LECZKA H.R. 3809: Mr. F and Mr. K . California, Mr. STARK, and Mr. BALDACCI. H.R. 3575: Mr. BARR of Georgia and Mrs. H.R. 3822: Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MCHUGH, H. Res. 187: Mr. SABO and Mr. NADLER. EMERSON. Mr. UPTON, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. H.R. 3594: Mr. HAYES, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. H. Res. 430: Ms. MCKINNEY. SHAYS, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. MICA, Mr. RYUN of BARR of Georgia, Mr. WEYGAND, and Mr. BRY- H. Res. 431: Mr. DIXON, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. Kansas, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GOODE, Mr. ANT. HINCHEY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. MALONEY of CHABOT, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. SMITH of New H.R. 3614: Mr. ALLEN, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. New York, Mr. OWENS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ACK- Jersey, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. SUNUNU, and ERMAN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. NAD- ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. DEAL of Georgia. LER, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. NOR- H.R. 3623: Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. and Mr. REYNOLDS. H.R. 3826: Mr. OWENS, Mr. BOEHLERT, and TON, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, and Ms. JACK- BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, SON-LEE of Texas. and Mr. FARR of California. Mr. SABO. H.R. 3628: Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD. H.R. 3840: Ms. SLAUGHTER. H.R. 3639: Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. H.R. 3842: Mr. WHITFIELD. f HOYER, and Mr. WEYGAND. H.R. 3844: Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. CHAMBLISS, H.R. 3649: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM Texas. Mr. PAUL, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. COX, Mr. H.R. 3656: Mrs. THURMAN and Mr. ENGLISH. SHADEGG, and Mr. JONES of North Carolina. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 3671: Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. BARCIA, H.R. 3849: Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. HAYWORTH, and Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. NETHERCUTT. were deleted from public bills and reso- Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, H.R. 3861: Mr. INSLEE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. Mr. PICKERING, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. SUNUNU, MCGOVERN, Ms. WATERS, and Ms. lutions as follows: Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, and Mr. CANNON. SCHAKOWSKY. H. Res. 396: Mr. OWENS.

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INTRODUCTION OF THE CORAL request of the National Oceanic and Atmos- accomplishments of Mr. Robert ``Bat'' REEF CONSERVATION AND RES- pheric Administration. Batinovich of San Mateo, California. Bat brings TORATION PARTNERSHIP ACT OF The bill establishes a grant program to pro- the same extraordinary leadership qualities 2000 vide funding for coral reef projects carried out and generosity of spirit to his charitable con- in local communities, States and U.S. Insular tributions that he does to his entrepreneurial HON. JIM SAXTON Areas that have limited sources of funding. Eli- enterprises. OF NEW JERSEY gible grantees include local and State govern- A shining example in the business commu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments, certain nonprofit groups and edu- nity of the possibilities for philanthropic con- cational institutions. A grant partner can re- tribution, Bat Batinovich has for years made Tuesday, March 14, 2000 ceive up to 50 percent Federal matching funds quiet contributions to causes ranging from Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, today I am for a variety of projects, such as mapping, women's athletics to services for homeless pleased to introduce the Coral Reef Conserva- monitoring, assessment, restoration and law families. This Saturday, March 18, 2000, the tion and Restoration Partnership Act of 2000. enforcement. The Secretary of Commerce is Catholic Charities of San Francisco will honor I am joined in this effort by the distinguished given flexibility in the match requirements for Mr. Batinovich with its annual Loaves and gentleman from American Samoa, who is the small projects carried out in the Insular Areas. Fishes Award for outstanding service to the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Fish- The bill also provides statutory authority for community. This award recognizes the distin- eries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, the Coral Reef Task Force, which was estab- guished charitable efforts of individuals and or- along with 12 other bipartisan cosponsors. lished by Presidential Executive Order 13089. ganizations, and Mr. Batinovich reflects per- Coral reefs support the economies of many The Departments of Interior and Commerce fectly the spirit of commitment and service that local communities throughout the Atlantic are the designated Task Force co-chairs. The define the work of Catholic Charities. Ocean, Carribean Sea, and Pacific Ocean. co-chairs can jointly designate the governors Robert Batinovich is Chairman and CEO of Coral reefs provide important areas for tour- of the States and Territories to serve on the Glenborough Realty Trust, a San Mateo-based ism, diving, fishing, scientific research and of- Task Force. The Task Force is charged with real estate investment trust. He is a self-made fers potential life saving pharmaceutical ad- coordinating Federal agency activities, estab- man whose drive has taken him from tuna- vances to treat human diseases. Unfortu- lishing a national coral reef action strategy, fishing on the high seas to chairing the Cali- nately, many of our coral reef areas are developing a comprehensive mapping, moni- fornia Public Utilities Commission during the threatened by a variety of natural impacts and toring and assessment program for U.S. coral energy crisis. His passion and vivacity have human activities including coral disease, hurri- reefs, and providing regular reports to Con- marked every step along the way with joie de canes, destructive fishing practices, over fish- gress on activities to conserve coral reefs. vivre. As a leader, Mr. Batinovich has gained ing, pollution, and changing ocean conditions. Finally, our bill authorizes the National Oce- the respect and affection of our entire commu- Under ideal circumstances, coral reefs can anic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) nity. His reputation for honesty and tenacious- take decades or more to recover, and it is crit- to carry out a variety of coral reef-related con- ness is unassailable, but Bat's most admirable ical that we address the most serious prob- servation activities, including restoration, map- quality is his discernment that true success lems facing these valuable marine areas. In ping, and monitoring. The proposed legislation extends beyond the business arena and nec- cases where damage has occurred, we need recognizes NOAA's important role in man- essarily includes one's relationship to one's to develop the technologies to help repair and aging coral reef resources, and authorizes on- family, friends and community. restore coral reefs. Further, we need to im- going activities consistent with the Magnuson- I invite my colleagues to join me and the prove our abilities to recognize areas that are Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage- Catholic Charities of San Francisco in hon- susceptible to coral reef loss. This requires ment Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act oring the remarkable accomplishments of the developing comprehensive maps of U.S. coral and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. benevolent Robert ``Bat'' Batinovich in busi- reef resources using new remote as well as Sine the Year of the Reef in 1997, I have ness, in life and in our community. using satellite data to monitor coral reef been working to enact legislation that would f change. focus the necessary resources to protect and Last year, I introduced H.R. 2903, the Coral restore coral reefs. I believe that the Coral CONGRATULATIONS TO MISSOURI Reef Conservation and Restoration Act, which Reef Conservation and Restoration Partner- SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN- was based on a bill approved by the House of ship Act will accomplish this goal, and I intend DUCTEE TOM HENKE Representatives in the 105th Congress. The to work to ensure that this bill is signed into Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, law. It is essential that we work to conserve HON. IKE SKELTON Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing on H.R. our coral reef ecosystems for future genera- OF MISSOURI 2903 on October 21, 1998. The bill I am intro- tions. These ecosystems are the marine IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ducing today replaces that legislation and in- equivalent of the rain forest, rich in biological Tuesday, March 14, 2000 corporates suggestions from that hearing, as diversity and they provide innumerable bene- well as provisions from H.R. 3133, the Coral fits to the Nation. Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it has come to Reef Protection Act, which was introduced by I urge my colleagues to join with us by co- my attention that retired major league baseball my friend and colleague from American sponsoring this important measure. pitcher Tom Henke, of Taos, Missouri, was in- Samoa, ENI FALEOMAVAEGA. Over the last sev- f ducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame eral months, I have worked closely with him to on February 6, 2000. craft the Coral Reef Conservation and Res- ROBERT ‘‘BAT’’ BATINOVICH HON- Tom began his major league baseball ca- toration Partnership Act. This bill represents a ORED WITH SAN FRANCISCO reer with the Texas Rangers in 1982, then major step forward in this nation's efforts to CATHOLIC CHARITIES’ LOAVES continued with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1985. conserve valuable coral reef ecosystems. AND FISHES AWARD He became the Blue Jays career leader with The Coral Reef Conservation and Restora- 217 saves during his eight years in Toronto, tion Partnership Act represents a combination HON. including a save during the 1992 World Se- of the best ideas for enhancing and con- OF CALIFORNIA ries. In 1993, Tom returned to the Rangers serving coral reefs. The bill greatly assists on- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and recorded a career-high 40 saves. He going efforts to understand, map and conserve spent the final year of his sterling career pitch- U.S. coral reefs. Our bill authorizes $15 million Tuesday, March 14, 2000 ing for the St. Louis Cardinals, the team he per year for coral reef conservation, for a total Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, it is my great cheered for while growing up in Missouri. His of $60 million over four years. This level of privilege today to call to the attention of my 1995 season was one of the finest of his 15- funding is consistent with the FY 2001 budget colleagues in the Congress the extraordinary year professional career. Tom was named to

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Xavier School, and now devotes a portion of out to underserved and at-risk populations, As the ESEA reauthorization efforts con- his time to helping local high school baseball like the Santee School in Santee, Nebraska. tinue during this session of Congress, I look programs. Led by a dedicated superintendent, Chuck forward to helping this provision and others Mr. Speaker, I wish to extend my congratu- Squire, the Santee School works to empower designed to strengthen rural school districts lations to Tom Henke for his most deserved children from the Santee tribe and helps them become law. I am pleased that the Rural Cau- induction into the Missouri Sports Hall of gain the skills they need for the 21st Century cus is taking a step forward to highlight some Fame. workplace. of the issues facing rural America, including f These are just a few examples of the high rural education. quality educational experiences students in f THE IMPORTANCE OF RURAL rural school districts benefit. But, while there EDUCATION are certainly many benefits to rural education, THE PASSING OF GOVERNOR there are also some real challenges facing MALCOLM WILSON HON. BILL BARRETT rural schools. One is the difficulty of attracting OF NEBRASKA teachers to work in far-flung school districts, HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES especially in fields like foreign language, OF NEW YORK Tuesday, March 14, 2000 music, advanced math, and science. Recently, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES many schools in Nebraska have started offer- Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, as ing signing bonuses to draw teachers to their a member of the Rural Caucus, I would like to schools. Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep share my strong support for one of the most In addition to staffing issues, federal funding regret that I inform our colleagues of the pass- vibrant sectors of rural AmericaÐour rural formulas have not addressed the unique fund- ing of one of the outstanding political leaders schools. Out in my part of the country, ing needs of these districts. The problem is of New York State over the past century. schools, along with churches, are at the heart that not all schools are created equal. Bigger Malcolm Wilson was first elected to our New of a community. And, rural administrators, schools have an advantage when it comes to York State Assembly in 1938, at the young teachers, and school boards should be com- attracting federal funds and resources. By age of 24, representing a portion of West- mended for the educational opportunities they their very nature, small, rural schools have chester County. Throughout his 20 years as a work to offer rural school students. their own strong points, as I have mentioned, member of that chamber, he earned a state- Rural schools offer students the types of but they struggle, nearly always, for needed wide reputation for his honesty, integrity, and educational experiences we hope all students funding. All current federal education formula for his thorough understanding of our legisla- can haveÐsmall classes, quality basic aca- grants unintentionally ignore small, rural tive process. demic programs, personal relationships with schools by not producing enough revenue for Malcolm Wilson was known as a superb de- teachers and administrators, hands-on voca- rural schools to carry out the program the bater, a skill he honed during his years as a tional education opportunities, and the chance grant is intended to fund. To address this star member of the debate team at Fordham to participate in a variety of quality extra- problem, together with Mr. Pomeroy, I intro- University in the Bronx. curricular activities. In fact, more than 20 per- duced a bill, H.R. 2725, the Rural Education In the years following World War II, I came cent of students in this country attend small, Initiative Act, which was later incorporated into to know Malcolm Wilson quite well, as he was rural schools. Rural schools in my district have the reauthorization package for the Elemen- the coordinator of our Young Republican orga- done an exceptional job maximizing learning tary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and nization for the 9th Judicial District of New opportunities for their students by investing in passed by the House last October. York. In that position, he impressed us all with distance learning technology, forming edu- This program is completely optional, but if a his leadership and organizational skills. cational service units to offer special education school district chooses to participate, the rural In 1958, many leaders throughout New York and gifted and talented programs, and holding provisions will allow a small, rural school dis- State considered Malcolm Wilson their logical themselves accountable, not only to the fed- trict with fewer than 600 students and located choice for Governor. But the nomination that eral government and to the state, but, most in a community with a Beale Code of 6, 7, 8, year was won instead by Nelson Rockefeller, importantly, to parents. or 9 (the Beale Code is a measure used by who brought to his candidacy extensive expe- When I consider excellent rural schools in the USDA to determine ruralness) to combine rience in the business world and in the State my district, several examples come to mind. its federal education dollars in selected pro- Department, but none in the legislative proc- For instance, I think of the one-room Kinder- grams. ess. Accordingly, Rockefeller recognized that garten through 6th grade Macon School in the Small schools qualifying for this program Malcolm Wilson would be a superb Lieutenant tiny village of Macon, Nebraska, where stu- would have the option to apply for a flexible Governor, due to the universal respect held for dents receive one-on-one attention in basic lump-sum in place of funds from federal edu- him in the legislature and his skill at maneu- academic areas and the arts. From the first cation formula grants. While federal education vering bills into law. grade on, every student at the Macon School formula grants normally include strict rules for For 15 years, Malcolm Wilson served faith- receives individual piano lessons from their how they must be used, schools receiving the fully as our State's Lieutenant Governor. teacher, Mrs. Johnson; writes plays, songs, lump-sum grant could make their own deci- Often, during the end of that tenure, Malcolm and poems; and performs original programs to sions about how to use the money. For exam- cracked that he was number two ``longer than packed houses of family and friends. There ple, they could use the money to support local Avis.'' But no one disputed his dedication to aren't too many one-room schools left, but the education and to improve student achievement the cause of good government. Macon School is an example of how tiny rural or the quality of instruction. In exchange for Late in 1973, when Governor Rockefeller re- schools can offer their students more enrich- this flexibility, school districts would have to signed from office, Malcolm Wilson became ing experiences than larger schools may be meet high accountability standards. the 50th Governor of New York State. While able to offer. When I've been in my congressional district, he brought his common sense principles to Rural schools also work together to keep I have heard from many rural school adminis- the Governor's mansion, he was denied elec- their standards high. Schools like Franklin and trators who have told me that this particular tion to a full term as Governor the following Hildreth, Nebraska, have invested in state-of- provision will help them serve their students fall. It was the only time in his career that Mal- the-art distance learning facilities so foreign even better. They can't wait for this provision colm Wilson lost an election. language, advanced math, and other ad- to become law so rural America's students will Upon his passing yesterday, William Har- vanced courses can be available to all stu- be able to benefit from the same types of pro- rington, who served a decade as his legal dents, regardless of the size of their school or grams as their urban and suburban counter- counsel during the Lieutenant Governor years, the distance between the teacher and the stu- parts. stated: ``When Malcolm spoke, people lis- dents. This year, these schools banded to- This provision has broad bipartisan support tened. I don't think there was anyone more gether to hire an exchange teacher, Cristina and more than 80 endorsements from edu- learned about state government than Malcolm Bermejo, from Spain to teach Spanish. This cation organizations across the country. It pro- Wilson.''

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.002 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E295 Mr. Speaker, during my own years as a the removal of COMSAT's board and owner- takeover that followed. She and her parents New York State Assemblyman, Malcolm Wil- ship restrictions. Those restrictions are elimi- were able to escape to the West, and eventu- son served as a great inspiration and was of nated upon enactment without conditions. This ally she came to the United States. Kati is a immense assistance to our efforts. I can well change will enable Lockheed Martin to acquire journalist and author of the first rank. She cur- remember that his door was always open to 100% of COMSAT without further delay. I rently serves as the president of the Com- me or to any other legislator who sought his thank Chairman BLILEY and the other con- mittee to Protect Journalists, a nonpartisan assistance. ferees for amending this provision so that nongovernmental organization dedicated to In addition to being an outstanding public Lockheed Martin can more quickly enter the protecting journalists and press freedom servant, Malcolm Wilson was a courageous satellite communications market. throughout the world. She is also the author of veteran, having served in our Navy during I am also pleased that the conference Wallenberg: Missing Hero and Death in Jeru- World War II. He served on an ammunition agreement does not contain fresh look and so- salem. ship and participated in the invasion of Nor- called Level IV direct access, which would Mr. Speaker, I submit the text of Kati mandy. have been confiscatory and punitive. Extract- Marton's Stockholm address ``Remembering Malcolm was also a devoted husband to his ing those provisions, along with the significant Wallenberg'' to be placed in the RECORD, and wife, Katherine, who he married in 1941 and improvements that were made to the House- I urge my colleagues to give it thoughtful at- who died in 1980. passed privatization criteria, have put us in the tention. Gov. Malcolm Wilson was also known for position of being able to pass a compromise REMEMBERING WALLENBERG his dedication to his faith. He was a trustee at satellite reform bill that can be signed into law. I am immensely grateful for this chance to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City and I congratulate my colleagues in the House talk about Raoul Wallenberg. was an active member of St. Denis Church in and in the Senate on a job well done, and I Fifty-five years after the Holocaust we are Yonkers. He was a major sponsor of State look forward to the enactment of this legisla- still learning things about that shameful chapter in history. The Swedish govern- legislation to provide secular textbooks and tion. ment’s recent admission of its mistakes is bus transportation to students at parochial f both commendable and essential . . . Not schools. only for the sake of historical truth—but to Mr. Speaker, I invite our colleagues to join AMERICAN JOURNALIST KATI put present and future leaders on notice that with me in extending our condolences to his MARTON ADDRESSES THE they will be held accountable. Sweden did daughters, Katharine and Anne, and to his six STOCKHOLM HOLOCAUST CON- misjudge the character of the evil rep- grandsons. FERENCE ON ‘‘REMEMBERING resented by Hitler . . . but this country also Gov. Malcolm Wilson was a giant of New WALLENBERG’’ gave the world Raoul Wallenberg . . . one of the Holocaust’s few genuine heroes. And York State history who will long be missed. today . . . thanks to Sweden . . . we are f HON. TOM LANTOS gathered here to learn not only from the OF CALIFORNIA misjudgements of the past terrible century CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 376, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . . . but from its extraordinary moments of OPEN-MARKET REORGANIZATION humanity . . . If those terrible times are to FOR THE BETTERMENT OF Tuesday, March 14, 2000 remain real . . . and cautionary . . . to those INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNI- Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, just a few weeks who are lucky enough never to have experi- CATIONS ACT ago in Stockholm representatives of 40 coun- enced them . . . a great deal of the credit triesÐincluding the Prime Ministers of Israel, goes to conferences like this one . . . for SPEECH OF which I thank the Swedish Government and Germany and Austria, and the President of the American Jewish Committee. HON. CLIFF STEARNS PolandÐas well as Holocaust survivors and The historians of the Century that has just OF FLORIDA spiritual leaders met to focus attention on the ended have the responsibility to tell the story of Wallenberg so that the next genera- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES legacy of the Holocaust. This three-day inter- national conference was organized by the gov- tion can understand humanity’s extraor- Thursday, March 9, 2000 ernment of Sweden as part of an effort to dinary power for both perversity and com- Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I think that the raise awareness among young people about passion. Our responsibility is to shape public memory . . . and ultimately to stand against compromise before us accurately reflects the the genocide of six million Jews and two mil- evil by bearing witness. consensus of the Congress that we must en- lion others, including Roma (Gypsies) and ho- Since we are here in search of Historical courage the privatization of INTELSAT without mosexuals, under the Nazi German regime. Truth . . . I would like to say a few words diminishing competition. I strongly support the All who participated in the conference spoke about another Swede whose role in the Holo- satellite reform conference agreement and I of the importance of remembering that most caust and its aftermath has for too long been urge my colleagues in the House to vote for heinous tragedy and of fighting against anti- forgotten or misunderstood . . . buried under rumor and misinformation: Count Folke its passage today. Semitism, racism and bigotry. In his address Bernadotte. Bernadotte’s assassination at As many of you know, for the last few to the conference, German Chancellor the hands of Jewish extremists over half a years, there has been great disagreement be- Gerhard Schroeder said: ``We must support century ago is a tragically prophetic tale tween the House and Senate on how to craft each other in the teaching of humanity and . . . as we continue to search for peace in the a meaningful satellite communications reform civil courage, so that normal people shall Middle East. bill. Under the leadership of Chairman BLILEY, never again, in the name of some criminal ide- In many ways, Folke Bernadotte was not Representative TAUZIN and Representative ology, turn normal places into grim factories of the right man for the role of the United Na- tions first Arab-Israeli mediator . . . not in OXLEY, and Senator BURNS, we have reached execution.'' the overheated emotional climate . . . and the point in the debate where there is finally Mr. Speaker, one of the highlights of this volatile military situation . . . which pre- an agreement that can be enacted into law. I conference was the address by Hungarian- vailed during that traumatic first year of believe that the conference agreement born American journalist Kati Marton entitled Israel’s life. But—whatever his personal achieves the core objectives of everyone who ``Remembering Wallenberg.'' As she explained shortcomings or the weakness of his peace cares about satellite reform without imposing in her outstanding speech, the Swedish hu- effort . . . Folke Bernadotte was a good man substantial threats to genuine market competi- manitarian Raoul Wallenberg was one of the who threw caution to the winds and acted tion or breaching the Constitution. true heroes during this blackest of chapters in out of humanity. In the ’40s . . . as now . . . When the House passed its satellite reform the history of humankind. Against almost in- those qualities were in short supply. He de- served better than he got: death at the hands bill at the end of the first session of the 106th surmountable odds, he went to Budapest at of extremists opposed to any negotiated set- Congress, I expressed some concerns of mine the height of the Nazi effort to extinguish the tlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. about a provision in the House bill that Jews of Hungary, and through courage, intel- Long before Bernadotte landed in Pal- seemed to place unnecessary conditions on ligence and incredible effort, he was instru- estine, he had proved himself a skilled nego- lifting COMSAT's ownership caps. In my opin- mental in saving the lives of as many as one tiator and committed humanitarian. He was ion, retaining this language would have contin- hundred thousand Jews. responsible for the War’s most unsung, most ued to block the consummation of the Lock- Mr. Speaker, Kati Marton is superbly quali- controversial, and most successful rescue ef- fort inside Germany. heed Martin-COMSAT merger. I am pleased fied to provide this outstanding appraisal of Through many hours of hard nosed nego- that this issue I raised was addressed by the Wallenberg. She was born in Hungary, and tiations with the notorious Heinrich Himm- conferees. The conference agreement now both of her parents were journalists who suf- ler . . . Bernadotte extricated 21,000 pris- before us does not impose any conditions on fered the Nazi occupation and the Communist oners . . . including 6,500 Jews . . . citizens

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.004 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 E296 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 14, 2000 of 20 different countries . . . bound for cer- could help. He was young . . . 31, and brave, to resolve the festering problem of what to tain extermination . . . from the Nazi’s recklessly brave. He was in part American do with Budapest’s resilient Jews. This was grasp. educated . . . the University of Michigan. Wallenberg’s real testing . . . now he was a In carrying out his rescue, Bernadotte be- . . . so he had a larger view of the world than man possessed . . . there was so little time. came the first representative of a humani- most Europeans. But we run out of rational ‘‘These are extraordinary and tense times,’’ tarian organization from a neutral country explanations for why this well born young he wrote his mother, ‘‘but we are struggling, to set foot in one of the Reich’s death camps. man with everything to live for packed a which is the main thing. I am sitting by Of course, 21,000 souls saved is a tiny num- backpack in the hellish summer of 1944 and candelight with a dozen people around me ber compared to the final death count . . . set off for the country that sheltered the . . . each with a request. I don’t know who to but it does mock such assertions as the one largest Jewish community left in Europe deal with first. The days and nights are so in the recent book, The Myth of Rescue, by . . . Hungary. He packed a pistol . . . and he filled with work . . .’’ Prof. William D. Rubinstein, ‘‘that not one packed dollars . . . from American sources: The city was in total panic now as the plan or proposal made anywhere in the de- the War Refugee Board which was FDR’s cre- Arrow Cross broke into homes looking for mocracies by either Jews or non-Jewish ation . . . an attempt to compensate for Jews and then marched them to the edge of champions of the Jews after the Nazi con- Washington’s dismal record of nonrescue of the frozen Danube to face firing squads . . . quest of Europe could have rescued one sin- Jews. Wallenberg knew he would need money or line them up to die on the forced march to gle Jew who perished in the Holocaust.’’ to bribe Nazis and Hungarians. He was a the German border. Moreover, how would Rubinstein account for coolheaded man. But nothing could have pre- Wallenberg was at his most resourceful the even more spectacular rescue of up to pared him for what he found in the once . . . and most frenetic. He befriended the 100,000 Hungarian Jews by Raoul Wallenberg? graceful city of Budapest . . . pretty Austrian wife of the Hungarian For- The line between the core subject of our The Jews of the city knew their relatives eign Minister and used that relationship to conference: the Holocaust and Bernadotte’s and friends in the provinces . . . a half a mil- wring concessions from the Hungarian Nazis. assassination, is direct and clear. The Holo- lion of them in fact . . . had already taken He followed the endless columns of miserable caust had taught Bernadotte’s assassins the their final train to Auschwitz. Adolf Eich- humanity marching in rain and sleet the 120 bitter lesson of self-reliance in an unfor- mann had broken all his prior records for miles to the border. When he could do noth- giving world. Suspicious even of their own speed and efficiency in rounding up the Jews ing more he thrust blankets and food at country’s founding fathers, they believed of the Hungarian countryside . . . including them. But he always tried to pull people they alone were fit to determine Israel’s fu- my grandparents. He had to work fast be- from the line. Sometimes he saved dozens ture. Israel’s leaders—people like David Ben cause by now even the most fanatic Nazi this way, or, on a bad day, only one or two. Gurion and Golda Meir . . . the fabled pio- knew the War was lost. It would be just a Each life was sacred to him. Nearly one hun- neers revered by so many other Jews—were matter of weeks . . . maybe months . . . dred thousand Jews were left in the city. dismissed by Bernadotte’s killers as cowards until the combined force of the Red Army Wallenberg even arranged to meet the Jews’ and compromisers. and the Allies brought Hitler to his knees. executioner, to attempt to reason with him— Israelis today have chosen the pragmatic So the Jews of Budapest played a waiting Eichmann. ‘‘Leave now, while you can’’, solution over the biblical one. Today, we can game . . . and watched their city slowly turn Wallenberg urged Eichmann. Eichmann have an honest discussion of Bernadotte’s into a Nazi garrison. They lived on rumors. shook his head. ‘‘Budapest will be held as if tragic fate—and his very real contribution to Jews could no longer work, or take public it were Berlin.’’ Eichmann tried to have the search for peace in the region. transport, or sit on park benches. They could Wallenberg killed. A traffic ‘‘accident’’ was We don’t use the world hero much any leave their homes only between 11 am and 5 arranged but Wallenberg was not in his car. more . . . we tend to be skeptical about pm. Many of them were hidden in the homes The siege of Budapest . . . one of the War’s those to whom it is attached. . . . If ever of Christian friends—waiting . . . for some- bloodiest struggles . . . began in December there was a period with a desperate hero thing. 1944 and turned the entire city into a battle- shortage it is the Holocaust . . . that chapter Raoul Wallenberg started his rescue mis- ground. Under the Allies’ bombs the City was of our Century which has changed our view sion on a small scale . . . giving Swedish starving to death . . . living in cellars and of man and his capacity for inhumanity to passports first only to Hungarian Jews who praying for the Russians to arrive. The Nazis his fellow man. . . . There were so few heroes had business dealings with Sweden . . . or now rounded up 60,000 Jews who were not in that bleak period from 1941 until 1945. . . . Swedish relatives . . . a few hundred. Raoul sheltered in Wallenberg’s safe houses and Heroism is not simply enduring when you was testing the waters. The passports forced them into a ghetto in the heart of have no choice . . . as a prisoner does . . . or seemed to impress the local Nazis. They kept Pest . . . living under conditions of far great- an inmate in a camp . . . that is courage . . . their hands off these freshly minted Swedes. er misery than anyone else in the hellish Heroism is of a different order . . . it is when So Wallenberg got bolder . . . he started city. you have a choice and you embrace danger printing his own passports . . . which bore Wallenberg, who always put things in writ- for the sake of others. . . . that is what the Swedish royal emblem—thousands of ing (he had post War justice in mind), drew Raoul Wallenberg did . . . and that is why he them. And as word spread around the terror- up sort of a contract guaranteeing the safety is that rare breed: a genuine Hero. ized city that they were available, lines of of the Jews in the ghetto and got an SS Gen- If Sweden made grave mistakes—so too did Jews twisted around the Swedish embassy in eral to sign it. When the Arrow Cross men Washington during the Holocaust. Our lead- Buda waiting for the magic passports. Those came to start the slaughter, the General ers had known since 1942 that there were holding them didn’t have to wear the yellow blocked their way. Wallenberg had persuaded killing camps in Hitler’s empire. . . . But star . . . and were promised repatriation to him that he would personally charge him Churchill and Roosevelt’s only goal was to Sweden. It was a young man’s bluff . . . but with genocide before the War Crimes Tri- win the war. . . . They had been persuaded in the atmosphere of near total anarchy bunal that Churchill and Roosevelt had by the military that any large scale effort to which prevailed in this twilight time . . . the avowed would be convened after the war. save refugees from the Nazis killing camps bluff seemed to be working. Early in January, the starving, ravaged would divert resources that should be chan- With the dollars he was receiving from city was at last ‘‘liberated’’. The Russians neled to the War effort. . . . There was also American Jewish organizations and the U.S. looted, pillaged and raped their way across the ever-present poison of anti-Semitism, Government, he rented and even bought the city . . . unleashing a new brand of ter- which still permeated the State Department houses around the city. He declared them ror. Everywhere the Russian soldiers turned . . . which, before the war, could have issued diplomatic property . . . flew the yellow and there were reminders of the Swede. Who was life-saving visas to hundreds of thousands of blue flag of Sweden . . . making them tech- this one man rescue squad? The fact that Jews. But, masquerading behind bureau- nically off limits to the legalistic-minded more Jews had survived the Hungarian Holo- cratic mumbo jumbo, American consular of- Germans. By the end of the War 30,000 Hun- caust than any other was largely the result fices dragged their feet until it was too late, garian Jews lived in these safe houses. of his courage. His passports were scattered though Hitler made no secret of his plan to Wallenberg played for time that summer throughout the city, stories of his exploits rid Germany of Jews . . . although at the . . . for the Russians were within earshot of were told by survivors. outset he was willing to let German Jews the city . . . and the Allies were making The Russians came with their own plans leave, if they could find sanctuary. When their way to Berlin. He wrote his mother, for the city and the country. They were not America and the rest of the world was un- ‘‘I’ll try to be home a few days before the just passing through . . . they were going to willing to take in more than a trickle it con- Russians arrive in Budapest . . .’’ Like ev- construct a Communist State, ruled by a sin- firmed Hitler’s view that the world really erybody else, he assumed the Russians would gle party, controlled by Moscow . . . it was didn’t give a damn about Jews anyway . . . be better than the Nazis. He did not imagine the end of even the modicum of freedom the so he proceeded to the Final Solution. that the Russian liberation would turn into Hungarians had known before the War. But Why did Wallenberg volunteer to walk into an Occupation. that was all carefully kept from the ex- the jaws of the Kafkaesque nightmare of Bu- In October 1944, Hungry’s ruler, Regent hausted people . . . including Raoul dapest? He had seen the Nazi’s brutality, so Horthy, tried to bolt from Hitler’s grip and Wallenberg. He should have at this point he wasn’t naive about their capacity for in- declare Hungary’s neutrality. Horthy was stayed underground—hidden like his fellow humanity. He had been to Berlin . . . to Pal- captured and replaced by a thug from Hun- diplomats until the situation calmed down. estine, . . . had seen the Jewish refugees and gary’s indigenous fascists, the Arrow Cross— But that was not Wallenberg’s way. He had heard their stories of terror. He thought he a man completely loyal to Hitler and ready survived six months of savage Nazi brutality.

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.007 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E297 He had begun to believe in his own immor- from Auburn University and a Master of Arts TRIBUTE TO JOHN F. HILBRICH tality. He had plans for rebuilding the Jew- degree from the Florida Institute of Tech- AND WILLIAM J. BORAH ish community of Budapest. He could not nology. now abandon the people he had just saved. So, in a supreme act of courage and reck- Doug's accomplishments on the committee lessness, Wallenberg went looking for the are numerous. He came to the House Armed HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Russian High Command. He found them . . . Services Committee in October 1984, bringing OF INDIANA and at that point his good fortune ran out. skills that were especially useful in the areas His reward for saving up to one hundred of military procurement, acquisition reform, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thousand lives was not the warm home- and research and development. Since 1993, coming he had dreamed of. In January 1945 Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Wallenberg began his long journey into the Doug has served as the lead staff person re- Soviet Gulag. He never returned. sponsible for those issues while working for Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, It is with His precise odyssey is a subject to some both the full committee and for the Ranking great pride and honor that I commend Mr. speculation and some dispute. Some things Minority Member. Doug guided two legislative John F. Hilbrich and Mr. William J. Borah for regarding his fate are indisputable. He was initiatives, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining their extraordinary service to their Northwest taken to the Lubyanka . . . the dreaded hell Act of 1994 and the Clinger/Cohen Federal Indiana and Illinois communities. On Wednes- hole that is the KGB’s headquarters in Mos- Acquisition Reform Act of 1996, that were day, March 15, 2000, these men will be hon- cow. Wallenberg was accused of being a spy landmark efforts to modernize and rectify a se- . . . the catchall crime in the paranoid Sta- ored at the 2000 Legal Community Recogni- linist state. The Soviets claimed he died of a verely troubled military procurement process. tion dinner, a benefit for the Calumet Council, heart attack two years later. But they never Doug also pioneered efforts, in concert with Boy Scouts of America. This event, chaired by produced a body or a death certificate . . . In Chairman Ron Dellums (D-CA), to better de- David E. Wickland, will be held at the Center my research I interviewed former Gulag in- velop the Department of Defense's Small and for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster, IN. mates who swore Wallenberg was alive Disadvantaged Business initiatives, particularly   John Francis Hilbrich, a northwest Indiana through the Fifties, Sixties and even Seven- the Mentor-Protege program. ties. The trail has gone cold in the last dec- native, has dedicated his life to serving his ade . . . and no one can wish this man such Doug had a profound effect on the procure- community and his country. After completing a long ordeal at the hands of his captors. ment of all of the Department of Defense's his undergraduate work cum laude at the Uni- The injustice of this story is almost too major weapons programs. At various times, he versity of Notre Dame, he enrolled in their dis- much to bear . . . For Raoul Wallenberg had was the committee's staff person in charge of tinguished law program which he successfully stood up to the two greatest evils of our Cen- each of the services procurement programs, completed in 1951. Mr. Hilbrich was admitted tury . . . the Nazis and the Communists. He before becoming the lead staff with responsi- to the bar later that year. He Went on the proved that one man acting fearlessly and bility for all of the Department's programs. with great imagination could make the serve in the U.S. Army as a Counter-Intel- brutes back off. Doug became the ultimate expert on complex ligence Special Agent from 1951±53. He later In a way, Wallenberg’s story is a terrible systems such as Ballistic Missile Defense, became the Lake County Deputy Prosecuting reminder of the world’s cowardice. How Theater Missile Defense, the V±22 Osprey, Attorney as well as a member of the Diocesan many people, how many countries, pleaded the B±2 bomber, the C±17, the F/A±18, and Council, Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary. Mr. that there was nothing to be done. Hitler had many others. His expertise was recognized Hilbrich is currently a partner at the Hilbrich, power and numbers on his side. Wallenberg not only by the Members of the House, but made liars of them all. Cunningham, and Schwerd law firm in Por- was also highly regarded by senior officials in tage, IN. After the last few years of intimate con- the Department of Defense. His decisions tact with the savage ethnic wars of the Bal- In addition to his impressive career achieve- kans . . . from Bosnia to Kosovo . . . to Rwan- about hardware programs were frequently guided by the awareness that the programs ments, John Hilbrich has always used his da . . . I have seen how quickly demagogues skills to improve his community. He is a char- . . . from Hitler to Milosevic . . . can fan the would result in weapons systems that would flames of nationalism and hatred among have to be used by real people, and he ter member on the Board of Directors for the their people . . . turning former neighbors brought that kind of common sense approach Lake County Bar Association. Mr. Hilbrich is into murderous enemies. to all of the issues he worked. also a member of the Real Property, Probate, I hear so often in my prosperous, privileged and Trust Law section of the Indiana Bar As- country the question raised, ‘‘Why should we Doug has always integrated the depth of his sociation. He is a proud member of the Na- get involved in other’s problems? Why should factual knowledge with a keen sense of the re- tional Diocesan Attorney Association and a alities that existed in the political and fiscal en- we risk our lives to stop genocidal warfare in Regional Director for Bank One. another country, another continent?’’ I have vironment of the time. His advice allowed a single word answer to those who say, ‘‘Let Members to understand what was important William J. Borah was born and raised in them take care of themselves. There is noth- and what was possible. Because we knew Calumet City, IL. In 1971, he graduated with ing to be done. It is inevitable.’’ My answer what options existed, we were able to signifi- a bachelors degree in history from Christian is: Wallenberg. cantly advance our legislative initiatives. His Brothers University in Memphis, TN. He sub- f work was always thorough and unbiased, and sequently attended the University of Saint Louis, where he earned his education adminis- TRIBUTE TO HOUSE ARMED SERV- he had a unique knack for being able to ex- tration degree as well as a masters degree in ICES COMMITTEE STAFF MEM- plain complex and arcane subjects to novices history. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor BER DOUGLAS H. NECESSARY and experts alike. Perhaps the hallmark of Doug's career on from the University of Memphis School of Law in 1982. HON. IKE SKELTON was that he never lost sight of the ulti- mate goals of good government and sound In addition to owning his own law firm where OF MISSOURI national security policies. Good stewardship of he performs a multitude of tasks, Mr. Borah IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the taxpayers' dollars and doing what was in has taken an active interest in helping youth. Tuesday, March 14, 2000 America's best interests were always the guid- He taught History at St. Louis High School Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ing principles in his work. There is no doubt form 1971±76, where he received the Superb congratulate and pay tribute to Douglas H. that the country is better off because of his ex- Teacher Award. From 1976±79 he served as Necessary, on the occasion of his retirement traordinary efforts. the Dean of Instruction at Frontier Community from the House Armed Services Committee I know I speak for countless members and College in Fairfield, IL. In addition to carrying staff after more than 15 years. He will be staff when I thank Doug Necessary for his out- a full course schedule during his law school greatly missed by Members and staff alike. standing service to the country, to the House years, Mr. Borah served as a Dorm Director at Doug began his public service in the U.S. of Representatives, and to the Armed Services Christian Brothers University. Army where he distinguished himself over a Committee. His expertise, his honesty, his Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other 20-year career. He rose from the enlisted friendliness, his availability, and perhaps espe- distinguished colleagues join me in com- ranks, received his commission, and was high- cially his sense of humor, will be sorely mending John F. Hilbrich and William J. Borah ly decorated during two combat tours in Viet- missed. We wish Doug well as he moves on for their lifetime commitment to service in nam as an infantry officer and retired as a to the next phase of his life, knowing that he Northwest Indiana and Illinois, respectively. lieutenant colonel. While in the Army, Doug will make a difference for the better wherever Our communities have greatly benefited from also earned a Bachelor of Science degree he goes. their selflessness and dedication.

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.010 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 E298 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 14, 2000 IMPROVING PUBLIC TRUST IN I. Reasons for public cynicism and distrust ment. They think it spends their money GOVERNMENT The reasons why Americans are turned off wastefully, is ineffective, or too intrusive. In by American politics today are many: a survey taken a couple years ago, 42 percent (1) Declining trust generally: Declining of Americans couldn’t name a single impor- HON. TIM ROEMER trust in government reflects a broader trend tant achievement of the federal government OF INDIANA in our society of diminished confidence in over the past 30 years. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES authority and institutions generally—not (8) Media: The role of the media in politics exacerbates public disdain of government. Tuesday, March 14, 2000 just government. Since the 1960s, Americans have become less deferential and more skep- The media accentuate differences and con- Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to tical of authority. Our government’s involve- flicts between politicians. I can remember call to the attention of my colleagues an ad- ment in Vietnam, Watergate, and other scan- many times when I was rejected for a TV dress by the distinguished former Member of dals contributed to this broad societal talk show because my views were too mod- erate. The media focus on the personal lives the House, Lee Hamilton. I had the honor of change. But many other institutions—in- cluding even our churches and synagogues— of politicians, on style rather than sub- serving with Lee for a number of years and he stance, entertainment over education. Since was widely respected as a reasoned and per- have suffered a drop in public trust as well. (2) Changing economy: Even though the the 1960s, newspaper and television coverage ceptive voice on how to improve the image American economy has done exceedingly has become increasingly negative, cynical and public understanding of Congress. The well in recent years, economic anxieties run and adversarial. topic of his speech, ``Improving Public Trust in high for many Americans worried about how So it is not surprising that many people Government'' is especially timely. I encourage to pay for education, health care, and retire- think there is nothing right with our polit- all Members to give it careful consideration ment. Workers feel the threats of ical system at all. and submit it for the RECORD. globalization and technology, and growing II. Consequences of skepticism income inequality. I have always been im- What are the consequences of this public IMPROVING PUBLIC TRUST IN GOVERNMENT pressed how economic pressures bear down distrust and skepticism of government? (By the Honorable Lee H. Hamilton) on families, in good and bad times. To many Skepticism is healthy: To an extent, skep- INTRODUCTION people, government seems less relevant and ticism is healthy. Voters should not take ev- I am honored to be speaking at this John not particularly helpful with their difficult erything politicians say at face value, or C. Whitehead Forum. work transitions and burdensome costs. blindly trust everything the government John Whitehead is one of the preeminent Many Americans see the government as an does. public servants of our time. He has been a obstacle rather than a helping hand to Skepticism is part of our American herit- friend for many years, and on countless occa- achieving the American dream. age. We can trace it back to the battle for sions I have had reason to appreciate his (3) Poor leadership: There is disillusion- independence, which was triggered by a constructive, problem-solving approach to ment with the personal flaws of political growing disillusionment with British rule. national challenges. He will go into my Hall leaders. This disillusionment is felt most The Constitution is based on assumptions of of Fame of distinguished public servants. His strongly with respect to the misconduct of wariness of government and the need for accomplishments in the private, public and some of our presidents, but is also felt to- checks and balances to restrain the nonprofit sectors make him a ‘‘triple threat’’ wards Members of Congress, cabinet mem- branches. kind of performer. Our nation is deeply in- bers, and many other public officials. Many Skepticism indicates an attitude of ques- debted to him for his remarkable service. Americans believe public officials look out tioning, of independence of thought, of chal- It is also a pleasure to be here because I for themselves and pursue their own agendas lenging the status quo. It suggests to our have the highest esteem for the work of your rather than the interests of the people and leaders that people will not believe them if Council. Your goal of improving the perform- the nation. they do not fully explain their views, or, of ance of government is tremendously impor- (4) Money and special interests: Americans course, if they lie or act deceitfully. In this tant. I always think of such efforts as part of feel that money and special interests have sense, it serves us well. the quest for truth and justice. So I com- excessive influence in politics. Most Ameri- Too much skepticism is unhealthy: The mend and encourage you in your good work. cans believe their own representative has program arises when skepticism becomes so Your partnerships with other organiza- traded votes for campaign contributions. deep that Americans have no trust in gov- tions and the private sector help build the They know our system of financing elections ernment. The effectiveness of our public institutions kind of large base we need to push for posi- degrades politician and donor alike, and depends on a basic foundation of mutual tive change in government performance. arouses deep suspicion of undue, dispropor- I especially want to thank Pat McGinnis tionate influence in exchange for the large trust between the people and public officials. for her extraordinary leadership at the Coun- contributions. When skepticism turns to cynicism, our po- cil. She has done a remarkable job advancing Special interests often contribute to public litical system works only with great dif- the cause of good governance. distrust of government by portraying gov- ficulty. If politicians’ character and motives are Pat has asked me to speak today about ernment negatively—by using overblown constantly attacked, reasoned debate and trust in government—with a particular em- rhetoric to convince people they are being consideration of their views becomes impos- phasis on the Congress. endangered by sinister politicians and cor- I approach the task with trepidation. I am rupt government. These groups excel at sible. The dialogue of democracy, upon only too aware of the low esteem in which making themselves look good and the gov- which our system depends, comes to an end. Often when I was meeting with a group of the public holds the Congress—we rank only ernment look bad. constituents, I could feel a curtain of doubt slightly above drug dealers and other felons. (5) Negative campaigns: Americans dislike hanging between them and me: I took the po- Having served in Congress for 34 years, that the dirty, negative election campaigns that sitions I did, they believed, because of this or reputation does not fill me with confidence have become so common. They are turned off that campaign contribution, not because I’d about my credibility on the topic of trust in by personal attacks, and the view held by spent time studying and weighing the merits government. many politicians that to win a close race you of issues. I would often ask myself what I My constituents would often tell me just must tear down your opponent. Americans had done to prompt such profound doubt how awful my colleagues and I were. They disapprove of the way politicians attack about my motives and actions. For whatever would say to me fondly: other politicians’ motives and criticize the ‘‘You must be a bunch of idiots up there.’’ very institutions they are seeking to join reason, those constituents had given them- ‘‘You are irrelevant. Get out of my life.’’ and lead. Candidates run for Congress today selves over to cynicism, and cynicism is the ‘‘I know you have your hands in the till, by running against Congress and often great enemy of democracy. It is exceedingly Hamilton. Come clean!’’ against government, too. It is really rather difficult for public officials to govern when ‘‘Hell must be full of politicians like you.’’ easy for a candidate for Congress to go be- their character, values and motives are al- Public distrust of government—always fore any audience in America and make him- ways suspect. present in our history—has been on the rise self look frugal, wise and compassionate and III. What to do? over the past few decades. In the mid-1960s, the Congress look extravagant, foolish and So how can we improve public trust in gov- three-quarters of Americans said they trust- cold-hearted. ernment? ed the federal government to do the right (6) Partisanship: There is a widespread be- I want to focus on what government—espe- thing most of the time. In the Council’s poll lief that politics has become too partisan, cially the Congress—can do. this year, that number was down to 29 per- too sharp-edged, too mean-spirited. The Some of the factors contributing to the de- cent. messy political process and the constant cline in public trust are not easily changed. This decline in public confidence in gov- bickering signal to many Americans that The government cannot readily affect the ernment is deeply worrisome to all of us. It partisan considerations take precedence in negative tone of the media or the broad de- signals a great chasm between the govern- Washington over sound policy formulation. cline in confidence in authority and institu- ment and the people, and makes it all the (7) Performance of government: Large tions. more difficult for government officials to numbers of Americans are simply dis- But there is much that government can do carry out their responsibilities. appointed by the performance of govern- to restore and build public trust.

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.013 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E299 1. Improve the way government works and the greatest source of institutional grid- For instance, Americans frequently com- The most basic and important way to re- lock in Washington. plain about the large amount of money our store confidence in government is to make Congress should make reforms to remedy government spends on foreign aid, which the government work better and cost less— these practices and make itself more effi- they think is around 20 percent of the total to make it more responsive, accountable, ac- cient, accountable and transparent. It federal budget and say should be closer to 10 cessible, and efficient. should: percent. It is small wonder, then, that for- On this subject, let me say a few words Streamline and strengthen the committee eign aid is a much criticized program. Yet about the role of the Congress. system; only one percent of the federal budget actu- In a number of ways, current practices of Reduce the use of omnibus legislation, rid- ally goes to foreign aid. We should better explain to people that the Congress help alienate people from the ers and earmarks; most government spending goes to programs, political process, and weaken trust in gov- Adopt fairer rules and a more reasonable such as national security, Social Security ernment. schedule; and and Medicare, that are widely popular and Several trends have made Congress less de- Diminish the number of Senate filibusters. beneficial to Americans. Support for the fed- liberative, less transparent, and less ac- Campaign finance reform: Also critical to eral government improves considerably when countable. restoring trust in government is enacting people appreciate the influence of govern- Omnibus legislation: Congress is increas- campaign finance reform. Poll after poll ment and are informed about the govern- ingly unable to pass its spending bills on shows that most Americans believe our cam- ment’s role in improving health care for sen- time, and then makes major legislative deci- paign finance system corrupts the political process, and should be reformed. If Congress iors, insuring food safety, discovering med- sions through huge omnibus measures that ical cures, and protecting the environment. are shaped in a great hurry and in secret by enacts serious campaign finance reform, it will make itself more accountable and boost We should also work to improve public un- a limited group of congressional leaders and derstanding of the way our system works. staff. 5 of 13 appropriations bills were public trust. Oversight: Congress should also do a better We should emphasize that the political proc- dumped into one omnibus bill this year, to- ess is adversarial, untidy and imprecise. taling $385 billion and composed of 2,000 job of performing its important task of over- seeing executive branch operations. Moni- Politicians may not be popular, but they are pages. These bills—often gauged more by indispensable. Politics is the way that we ex- weight than the number of pages—are—from toring executive branch implementation of legislation is one of the core responsibilities press the popular will of the people in this the standpoint of good process, if not con- country. At its best, our representative de- tent—an abomination. of Congress. If done properly, congressional oversight can protest the country from the mocracy gives us a system whereby all of us Riders: Congress increasingly loads appro- have a voice in the process and a stake in the priations bills with legislative riders dealing imperial presidency and bureaucratic arro- gance. It can maintain a degree of constitu- product. with controversial policy measures that While we should work to make government ency influence in an administration, encour- should be dealt with in other committees. as efficient as possible, we should explain age cost-effective implementation of legisla- These devices short-circuit deliberation and that legislative deliberation and debate— tion, ensure that legislation achieves its in- accountability. even heated debate—and delay, are impor- tended purposes, and determine whether Earmarks: There has been a proliferation tant parts of the legislative process. Delay changing circumstances have altered the of appropriations ‘‘earmarks,’’ which target occurs because the issues before the govern- need for certain programs. federal money to specific projects favored by ment are very complicated and intensely de- But in recent years, congressional over- individual Members. Many earmarks are just bated. It’s an incredibly difficult job making sight has declined and has shifted away from wasteful pork barrel spending inserted into policy for a country of this vast size and re- the systematic review of programs to highly an appropriations bill by a powerful Member, markable diversity. It’s the job especially of politicized investigations of individual pub- often without the knowledge or consent of the Congress to give the various sides a lic officials—looking at great length, for in- his colleagues or the executive branch—on chance to be heard and to search for a broad- stance, at Hilliary Clinton’s commodity everything from the production of fighter ly acceptable consensus. The founders estab- transactions or charges of money-laundering aircraft to manufacturing chewing gum. lished our system of checks and balances so and drug trafficking at an Arkansas airport Circumventing committees: It has become that policies could not be rammed through when Bill Clinton was governor. These per- common practice to bring bills directly to the government with little debate or delib- sonal investigations, while sometimes nec- the House and Senate floor without full com- eration. essary, have been used excessively. They ex- mittee consideration. In 1995, for instance, a The Council for Excellence in Government, acerbate partisan tensions and reduce the major Medicare reform package was crafted of course, plays a critical role in the area of time and political will available for rooting in the Speaker’s office, rather than the ap- public education about government. I have out flaws in public policy. propriate committee which had jurisdiction been trying to contribute to the effort A renewed commitment to congressional over it. This practice excludes the main through The Center on Congress, which I di- oversight will show that Congress is taking sources of policy expertise, cuts short delib- rect at Indiana University. The central mis- its responsibility seriously and help restore eration, expands the influence of powerful sion of the Center is to help improve the public confidence in the institution. lobbying groups, and places decisions more public’s understanding of Congress—its role Tackle issues that concern voters most: tightly in the hands of the congressional in our country, its strengths and weaknesses, Congress, and the government in general, leadership and their staff. and its daily impact on the lives of ordinary can also strengthen public trust by tackling Restrictive rules: Restrictive rules for the Americans. Through newspaper columns, a the big issues that concern voters most. In consideration of bills in Congress undermine website, videos, radio segments, and other recent years, public confidence in Congress debate. He who controls the rules of proce- media, we seek to explain to ordinary people rose as Congress took tough steps to reduce dure almost always controls the results. Pro- the role and importance of Congress. the government’s deficit and balance the fed- cedures are often used that sharply restrict Finally, we must also include a dose of eral budget. Today, the public is most con- debate, reduce the amendments and policy civic responsibility. Citizens must under- cerned about the long-term outlook for So- options that can be considered, and greatly stand their own responsibility to be involved cial Security and Medicare, education, and advantage the leadership. in the political process. I was particularly health care. In each of these areas, most Scheduling practices: Selecting practices pleased the Council’s poll found that a ma- Americans are looking to the government to in the Congress weaken accountability. jority of Americans believe citizen engage- act in a substantial and productive way. If There is typically a rush of major legislation ment is the single most important change the government addresses these issues, even in the closing days of a session. Major policy necessary to improve government. if with only partial success, public percep- choices are made with little advance notifi- My observation is that participation is the tions of government will improve. cation, often late at night, and with inad- best antidote to cynicism. A person who is equate information. The Congress now works 2. Improve public understanding of govern- deeply involved in fighting for a better a 21⁄2 to 3 day week, except in the closing ment school board, a safer railroad crossing, or a days of a session. The result is too little Yet improving the way government oper- more effective arms control treaty, is rarely time for committee deliberation and floor ates is not enough. We also need to do a bet- cynical. consideration. ter job explaining to Americans what the Effective government is a two-way street. Senate filibusters: Senate filibusters, or government does—how it works, why it is Our system of government simply does not the threat of them, have become too com- important, how it affects their everyday work very well without popular support and mon. On many issues, the Senate no longer lives. We need to clear away misperceptions, participation. operates by majority rule because 60 Sen- and strengthen public appreciation for the Freedom is not free. ators are needed to prevent an individual political process. So we need to make gov- IV. Optimism Senator from blocking consideration of leg- ernment reforms, but we also need to edu- I’ve recommended a lot of changes today, islation. Thirty years ago, filibusters were cate people about the government’s activi- but let me not mislead you. Like you, I have rare, and primarily occurred on issues of ties and importance. concerns about declining trust in govern- major constitutional importance. Today, the I have often been struck by the extent to ment. But I am confident that our political filibuster may be the single most important which Americans have incorrect assumptions system still basically works. It has a re- way in which the majority will is frustrated, about government spending and programs. markable resilience and underlying strength.

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.015 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 E300 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 14, 2000 Our government needs reforms, and we safety and health programs and adhere to a So, on behalf of all my constituents today need to work to rebuild confidence in govern- more stringent set of standards. In return, who are still shoveling snow, paying their ment, but we do not need a radical overhaul OSHA will recognize contractors who have heating oil bills and now paying these high of our institutions. Given the size and diversity of our coun- demonstrated exemplary safety records. gas prices, I want to say to my colleagues and try, and the number and complexity of the According to the agreement, ABC and to everyone in this Congress that quick action challenges we confront, it seems to me that OSHA will take positive steps together, such is needed now. Mother Nature waits on no representative democracy works reasonably as: maintaining an open communications pol- one. well in America. The system may be—and at icy at the regional, chapter, and national lev- f times is—slow, messy, cumbersome, com- els; sharing knowledge of the best industry plicated, and even unresponsive, but it has technology, innovations, and practices that im- A TRIBUTE TO KRISTEN THAL- served us well for many years, and continues prove safety; cooperating in the development MAN—A DEDICATED PUBLIC to do so. SERVANT Just think about the condition of our and improvement of safety programs; ensuring country today. In general I think America is that policies and practices are effective, con- a better place today than it was when I came sistent, and fair; and promoting the principles HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE to Congress almost four decades ago. of good faith and fair dealings. OF CALIFORNIA The Cold War is over, and we are at peace. This agreement is good for ABC contrac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Our economy is thriving and is the envy of tors, OSHA, and most importantly, workers on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 the world. the job site. I firmly believe that commonsense We have greatly improved the lot of older partnerships such as these, characterized by Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recog- Americans with programs like Social Secu- nize a distinguished American, Kristine rity and Medicare. cooperation and communication, will best Women and minorities have had new doors serve those it was meant to helpÐthe worker. Thalman. opened to them as never before. f She dedicated her career to public service The Internet has brought a world of knowl- in city government and she ensured that our edge to the most remote classrooms and MOTHER NATURE WAITS ON NO local citizens received the services they ex- homes. ONE pect from their municipalities. And, most important of all, this is still a She has been the Intergovernmental Rela- land of opportunity where everyone has a HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER tions Director for the City of Anaheim Cali- chance, not an equal chance unfortunately, fornia, for the last thirteen years of her career. but still a chance to become the best they OF NEW YORK can be. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES She retires this month. Her career at Anaheim has been admired by many of us here in Con- We must be doing something right. Tuesday, March 14, 2000 As I look at the government today, I’m not gress. cynical, pessimistic or discouraged. I’m opti- Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, oil prices I want to take this opportunity to thank Kris mistic about the institutions of government have tripled since the end of 1998 and are for her assistance to me since I am pleased and about the country. I am confident that higher than they have been in nearly a dec- to have part of the City of Anaheim in my our government will continue to meet the ade. Today in response, I am cosponsoring Congressional District. important challenges we will face in the legislation that is an aggressive response to Mr. Speaker, I understand that this Thurs- coming years. the reduction in oil produced by the Organiza- This was indeed the most encouraging find- day is Kris' birthday and certainly greetings ing in the Council’s poll this summer—that tion of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are also in order at this time. despite their distrust, Americans still be- nations. This legislation would direct the Ad- f lieve that government has an important role ministration to file a case with the World Trade to play in the next century, particularly in Organization (WTO) against oil-producing THE ORDEAL OF ANDREI defense, education, helping senior citizens, countries. Article XI of the General Agreement BABITSKY medical research, reducing violence and on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) prohibits mem- cleaning up the environment. Americans bers of the WTO from setting quantitative re- HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH still recognize the importance of govern- strictions on imports or exports. I believe oil- ment, and look to government to better OF NEW JERSEY their lives and our nation. producing countries' production limits fall with- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in this Article, therefore these countries have So the opportunity for improving the rela- Tuesday, March 14, 2000 tionship between government and the people violated the rules of the WTO. With the major- is clearly there for all of us to seize. ity of oil-producing nations already members Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, a Thank you. of the WTO or in the process of applying for small bit of good news has emerged from the f membership, a complaint filed by the United tortured region of Chechnya, where the Rus- States would have an immediate impact on sian military is killing, looting, and terrorizing IN RECOGNITION OF THE AGREE- the current and future behavior of these coun- the population under the guise of an ``anti-ter- MENT BETWEEN THE OHIO VAL- tries. rorism operation.'' LEY CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCI- This particular crisis has to be investigated. Andrei Babitsky, the Radio Liberty cor- ATED BUILDERS AND CONTRAC- I consider these actions a shameful display of respondent who had disappeared in Chechnya TORS AND OSHA ingratitude on the part of Kuwait and Saudi in early February after Russian authorities had Arabia, after Americans put their lives on the ``exchanged'' him to unknown persons in re- HON. ROB PORTMAN line to safeguard the stability and oil fields of turn for some Russian prisoners of war, has OF OHIO these nations in the Gulf War. emerged in Dagestan and is now in Moscow IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I was pleased with Secretary Richardson's recuperating from his ordeal. Mr. Babitsky's efforts to meet with oil industry representatives courageous reporting from the besieged city of Tuesday, March 14, 2000 and OPEC members, but I frankly think that Grozny had infuriated Russian military authori- Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- the cautious approach that the White House is ties, and he was arrested in mid-January and mend the partnership the Ohio Valley Chapter taking is still too little and too late. We know charged with ``participating in an unlawful of the Associated Builders and Contractors, that actions will speak louder than words. armed formation.'' Inc. recently forged with the Occupational The people that I represent in Monroe Prior to his release, Mr. Babitsky had spent Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). County, New York, have the dubious distinc- time in the notorious Chernokozovo ``filtration'' These two groups have mutually recognized tion this year of having had more snow than camp where the Russian military has been de- the importance of providing a safe work envi- any place else in the United States. My con- taining and torturing Chechens suspected of ronment for our nation's construction work- stituents were then especially hard hit by the aiding the resistance. Following his arrival in force. high heating oil and diesel fuel costs this win- Moscow, Mr. Babitsky provided a harrowing I am pleased to see the federal government ter. Now, the rest of the country is being af- account of his incarceration at the and the private sector working so closely to- fected by the soaring cost of gasoline. These Chernokozovo prison, and especially the sav- ward a common goalÐworker safety and enormous oil price increases pose a signifi- age treatment of his fellow prisoners. It is an- health. As part of this innovative partnership, cant threat to our nation's continued economic other graphic reminder that for all the fine participating contractors from the Ohio Valley growth by increasing the likelihood of inflation words and denials coming out of Moscow, the chapter will voluntarily improve their current and the costs of doing business. Russian military has been conducting a brutal

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.017 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E301 business that makes a mockery of the Geneva They decided that there was nothing special vided invaluable leadership to the House of Conventions and the code of military conduct about this, that such things do happen in a Representatives as majority leader during the stipulated in the 1994 Budapest Document of war. As a journalist I was ‘‘registered’’, as Eighty-seventh through Ninety-first Con- they say, only once. They have this proce- gresses. As leader of this legislative body dur- the OSCE. dure there. When a new detainee is being Mr. Speaker, last month President Clinton taken from his cell to the investigator he is ing the Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth stated that Russia's Acting President Putin is made to crawl all the way under a rain of Congresses, Speaker Albert fostered a lasting a man the United States ``can do business blows with rubber sticks. legacy. with.'' With this in mind, I would suggest for It hurts but one can survive it. This is a Speaker Albert successfully steered the na- the RECORD excerpts from Mr. Babitsky's inter- light treatment as compared with the tor- tion through difficult times and ensured a fair view with an NTV reporter in Russia. If Mr. tures to which Chechens are subjected day forum for democratic discussion on issues Putin is aware of the state of affairs at and night, those who are suspected of col- ranging from the impeachment of President laborating with the illegal armed forma- Chernokozovo and condoning it, I would sub- to the war in Vietnam. He pro- tions. There are also cases when some testi- vided the nation with stability and security mit that our business with Mr. Putin should be mony is beaten out of detainees. extremely limited. If he is not aware of the Q. What is the prison population there? while he was first in line to succeed the Presi- truth, then his authority over Russia is a chi- A. In my opinion . . . I was in cell No. 17 dent of the United States, in 1973 and again mera, and we might better deal with the real during the first three days. In that cell there in 1974. rulers of Russia. were 13 inhabitants of the village Aberdykel Speaker Albert personified great American Babitsky's statement follows: (sp.—FNS). Most of them were young. Judg- values throughout his life. He rose from child- ing by their stories, I am not an investigator hood poverty to become a Rhodes Scholar, [From Hero of the Day NTV Program, 7:40 and I could not collect a sufficiently full winner of the Bronze Star, and a distinguished p.m., Feb. 29, 2000] database, but in such an atmosphere one U.S. Congressman. INTERVIEW WITH RADIO LIBERTY very rarely doubts the veracity of what you During a time when we sometimes let par- CORRESPONDENT ANDREI BABITSKY are told. Mostly these were young men who had nothing to do with the war. They were tisanship get the better of us, we should look BABITSKY. On the 16th I tried to leave the really common folk. They were treating ev- at Carl Albert as a symbol of the most es- city of Grozny through the settlement of teemed values of the U.S. Congress. I join the Staraya Sunzha, a suburb of Grozny which at erything happening around them as a calam- the time was divided into two parts. One ity but they were not taking any sides. They nation in paying tribute to an exemplary cit- part was controlled by federal troops and the were simply waiting for this calamity to izen, who was during his lifetime and con- other by the Chechen home guard. pass either in this direction or that direc- tinues to be an inspiration in the greatest tradi- I entered the territory controlled by the tion. tions of domestic representation. Beatings as a method of getting testimony. federals and it was there that I was recog- f This is something that, unfortunately, is nized. I was identified as a journalist, I im- very well known in Russian and not only mediately presented my documents. All the THE AFFORDABLE DRINKING Russian history and tradition. But I must subsequent claims that I was detained as a WATER ACT OF 2000 say that apart from everything, in my opin- person who had to be identified are not quite ion, in all this torture, as it seemed to me, clear to me. I had my passports with me, my a large part is due to sheer sadism. In other HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER accreditation card of a foreign cor- words, an absolutely unwarranted torturing OF OHIO respondent. of people. Then I was taken to Khankala. Not what IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For instance, I heard . . . You know, you journalists who had covered the first war re- really can’t see this because all this happens Tuesday, March 14, 2000 garded as Khankala but to an open field. outside of your cell. But the type of screams Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to There was an encampment there consisting leaves not doubt about what is happening. of trucks used as their office by army intel- introduce the Affordable Drinking Water Act of You know, this painful reaction. For two ligence officers. Two of my cassettes that I 2000. This legislation provides a new and cre- hours a woman was tortured on the 20th or had filmed in Grozny were taken from me. ative way to bring safe drinking water in a the 19th. She was tortured, I have no other They contained unique frames. I think those cost-effective manner to those rural Americans word to explain what was happening. That were the last video pictures ever taken by was not a hysteria. I am not a medic but I who will struggle to meet this most basic anyone before Grozny was stormed. Those, believe that we all know what a hysteria is. need. again, were pictures of thousands of peaceful There were screams indicting that a person Under the bill, the government, working in civilians many of whom, as we now know, was experiencing unbearable pain, and for a partnership with nonprofit entities, would assist were killed by federal artillery shells. long period of time. low to moderate-income individuals secure fi- I spent two nights in Khankala, in the so- called Avtozak, a truck converted into a f nancing for the installation or refurbishing of prison cell. On the third day I was taken to individual household water well systems. The what the Chechens call a filtration center, EXPRESSING SORROW OF THE legislation authorizes a public/private partner- the preliminary detention center in HOUSE AT THE DEATH OF THE ship that allows homeowners of modest Chernokozovo. HONORABLE CARL B. ALBERT, means to bring old household water well sys- I believe I am the only journalist of those FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS tems up to current standards, replace systems who covered the first and the second FROM THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA that have met their expected life, or provide Chechen wars who has seen a filtration cen- homeowners without a drinking water source ter from the inside. I must say that all these SPEECH OF horrors that we have heard from Chechens with a new individual household water well who had been there have been confirmed. Ev- HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON system. erything that we read about concentration OF TEXAS The Affordable Drinking Water Act is a tar- camps of the Stalin period, all that we know IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES geted approach. Only low to moderate income about the German camps, all this is present Americans who request assistance with their there. Tuesday, February 8, 2000 drinking water needs are eligible. The tradi- The first three days that I spent there, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. tional federally subsidized long-pipe water sys- that was the 18th, 19th and the 20th, beatings Mr. Speaker, Speaker Carl Albert passed tems run water lines across the countryside in continued round the clock. I never thought away Friday, February 4, 2000, after a distin- front of homes that are experiencing drinking that I would hear such a diversity of expres- sions of human pain. These were not just guished career during which he shepherded water problems, but also homes that are not. screams, these were screams of every pos- the nation through some of its most difficult The current system serves customers without sible tonality and depth, these were screams years. The people of the Thirtieth Congres- adequate financial means but also many that of most diverse pain. Different types of beat- sional District of Texas pay tribute to this great do not need financial help. This lack of tar- ings cause a different reaction. American and join the nation to express sin- geting federal dollars is often a waste of Q. Are you saying that you got this treat- cere sorrow regarding his passing. scarce resources. This legislation creates a fi- ment? Beginning in the Eightieth Congress, Speak- nancing option to install individual wells where A. No, that was the treatment meted out er Albert spent the next thirty years rep- they make the most economic sense. to others. I was fortunate, it was established at once that I am a journalist, true, nobody resenting the citizens of the Third Congres- This bill also provides assistance to the knew what type of journalist I was. Every- sional District of Oklahoma in the U.S. Con- drinking water delivery option many rural body there were surprised that a journalist gress and helped create a new era of Amer- Americans prefer. In a recent national survey, happened to be there. In principle, the people ican opportunity. He supported civil rights and more than 80% of well owners prefer their in- there cannot be described as intellectuals. antipoverty legislation. Speaker Albert pro- dividual household water well systems to other

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OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES, of Land Management with the authority to Alexandria, VA, March 3, 2000. It is my understanding, Mr. Speaker, that or- sell the identified land in the Ivanpah Valley Hon. JAMES GIBBONS, ganizations like the National Ground Water to Clark County; and be it further U.S. Representative, Cannon House Office Resolved, that copies of this Resolution be Association, a group that has a long and dis- Building, Washington, DC. transmitted to Nevada’s Congressional dele- tinguished record preserving and protecting DEAR REPRESENTATIVE GIBBONS: The U.S. gation. America's precious ground water resources, House of Representatives will shortly be con- DONALD L. ‘‘PAT’’ SHALMY, strongly endorses this legislation. It is my sidering H.R. 1695, which would permit Clark President General Manager. hope that other organizations and commu- County, Nevada to purchase 6,500 acres of federal land in the Ivanpah Valley for a fu- nities that support common sense, innovative ture commercial airport site. Your support, MIRAGE RESORTS, approaches to providing affordable, safe water and that of your colleagues, is critical to en- Las Vegas, NV, March 1, 2000. to rural Americans will also endorse the Af- suring the continued economic vitality of Hon. JAMES GIBBONS, fordable Drinking Water Act of 2000. Southern Nevada well into the 21st Century. U.S. Representative, Cannon House Office I urge my colleagues to support this legisla- Passenger traffic at McCarran Inter- Building, Washington, DC. tion that provides a cost-effective alternative to national Airport has been increasing for the DEAR CONGRESSMAN GIBBONS: The U.S. House of Representatives will shortly be con- meeting the drinking water needs of rural past 16 consecutive months. During that pe- riod, passenger enplanements have risen by sidering HR 1695 which would permit Clark America. over 11 percent. Continued growth, at even a County, Nevada to purchase 6,500 acres of moderate rate, will bring the Airport to its federal land in the Ivanpah Valley for a fu- f effective capacity by 2012. The Clark County ture commercial airport site. Your support, Department of Aviation estimates it will and that of your colleagues, is critical to en- IVANPAH VALLEY AIRPORT suring the continued economic vitality of PUBLIC LANDS TRANSFER ACT take at least seven years to plan, design and construct the new airport. I think you will Southern Nevada well into the 21st Century. agree that prompt congressional action is Passenger traffic at McCarran Inter- SPEECH OF critical. national Aiport has been increasing for the The Ivanpah Valley is the best location for past 16 consecutive months. During that pe- HON. JIM GIBBONS a future second airport to serve the Las riod, passenger enplanements have risen by OF NEVADA Vegas metropolitan area. The proposed loca- over 11%. Continued growth, at even a mod- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion is 35 miles from the heart of the Las erate rate, will bring the Airport to its effec- tive capacity by 2012. The Clark County De- Thursday, March 9, 2000 Vegas valley, between Jean and Prim, Ne- vada. Also, it is bounded by Interstate High- partment of Aviation estimates it will take at least seven years to plan, design and con- The House in Committee of the Whole way 15 and main line of the Union Pacific struct the new airport. I think you will agree House on the State of the Union had under Railroad, giving the new airport excellent and essential multimodal/intermodal surface that prompt congressional action is critical. consideration the bill (H.R. 1695) to provide The Ivanpah Valley is the best location for access opportunities. for the conveyance of certain Federal public a future second airport to serve the Las lands in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to Thank you again for your support and as- sistance. If further information is desired, Vegas metropolitan area. The proposed loca- Clark County, Nevada, for the development tion is 35 miles from the heart of the Las please do not hesitate to contact Randall H. of an airport facility, and for other purposes: Vegas valley, between Jean and Prim, Ne- Walker, Director of Aviation at (702) 261–5150. vada. Also, it is bounded by Interstate High- Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Chairman, I include the Sincerely yours, way 15 and main line of the Union Pacific following letters of support for H.R. 1695, the TODD HAUPTLI, Railroad, giving the new airport excellent Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer Senior Vice President for and essential multimodal/intermodal surface Policy and Government Affairs. Act. access opportunities. AIRPORTS COUNCIL Thank you again for your support and as- INTERNATIONAL, LAS VEGAS sistance. If further information is desired, Washington, DC, March 7, 2000. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE please do not hesitate to contact Randall H. DEAR MEMBER OF CONGRESS: Airports RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF IVANPAH AIRPORT Walker, Director Aviation at (702) 261–5150. Council International-North America urges LAND SALE Sincerely yours, your strong support of H.R. 1695, the Ivanpah Whereas, visitors from outside the state di- PUTNAM MATHUR. Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer Act. rectly and indirectly account for more than This legislation would enable the Clark half the state’s economic activity thereby MGM GRAND, County, Nevada Department of Aviation to constituting the economic lifeblood of Ne- Las Vegas, NV, March 1, 2000. buy 6,500 of federal land for a new airport to vada; and Hon. JAMES GIBBONS, serve Las Vegas. Whereas, airline passengers constitute U.S. Representative, Cannon House Office The number of air passengers traveling in nearly 50% of the visitors to the Las Vegas Building, Washington, DC. the United States in expected to increase Valley and this percentage is likely to in- DEAR CONGRESSMAN GIBBONS: The U.S. from less than 700 million to over a billion in crease as Las Vegas adds to its presence as a House of Representatives will shortly be con- just a few short years. We need to add air- gateway for international travelers; and sidering HR 1695 which would permit Clark port capacity across the nation to accommo- Whereas, McCarran International Airport County, Nevada to purchase 6,500 acres of date this growth. has a capacity to handle 55 million pas- federal land in the Ivanpah Valley for a fu- Air traffic at Las Vegas McCarran Inter- sengers annually. In 1999, over 33.6 million ture commercial airport site. Your support, national airport grew 11 percent last year passengers used McCarran and growth pro- and that of your colleagues, is critical to en- alone, creating the prospect of significant fu- jections indicated the Airport could reach its suring the continued economic vitality of ture delays if new runway and terminal fa- capacity by the end of this decade; and Southern Nevada well into the 21st Century. cilities are not built. Las Vegas is currently Whereas, having explored numerous op- Passenger traffic at McCarran Inter- the tenth busiest airport in the nation with tions, the Clark County Department of Avia- national Airport has been increasing for the connections to over 50 other cities. Delays in tion believes the Ivanpah Valley offers the past 16 consecutive months. During that pe- Las Vegas will mean delays in other cities as only feasible location for a second airport to riod, passenger enplanements have risen by well. service commercial air cargo and passenger over 11%. Continued growth, at even a mod- The FAA Reauthorization package agreed traffic; and erate rate, will bring the Airport to its effec- to by the conferees this week provides air- Whereas, the County has committed to pay tive capacity by 2012. The Clark County De- ports with much of the funding they require the Bureau of Land Management fair market partment of Aviation estimates it will take to meet tomorrow’s needs. In order for this value for the property, conduct an airspace at least seven years to plan, design and con- important work to be done, airports such as analysis to minimize overflights of the Mo- struct the new airport. I think you will agree Las Vegas must be able to overcome the en- jave National Preserve, and draft a thorough that prompt congressional action is critical. vironmental opposition to their expansion Environmental Impact Statement prior to The Ivanpah Valley is the best location for projects. Existing airports all across the na- initiating construction of the Ivanpah Valley a future second airport to serve the Las tion are facing congestion in terminals and Airport; now, therefore, be it Vegas metropolitan area. The proposed loca- on runways. New airport capacity is needed Resolved, the Las Vegas Chamber of Com- tion is 35 miles from the heart of the Las today. merce endorses and supports the Department Vegas valley, between Jean and Primm, and

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is bounded by Interstate Highway 15 and ment of Aviation to fulfill its mission of SOUTHERN NEVADA BUILDING & main line of the Union Pacific Railroad, giv- never allowing the lack of airport infrastruc- CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, ing the new airport excellent and essential ture to be an impediment to people coming Las Vegas, NV, March 2, 2000. multimodal/intermodal surface access oppor- to visit Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon or Hon. JAMES GIBBONS, tunities. other destinations in this region. I would U.S. Representative, Cannon House Office Thank you again for your support and as- like to thank you for your efforts to date re- Building, Washington, DC. sistance. If further information is desired, garding this legislation and would encourage DEAR CONGRESSMAN GIBBONS: The U.S. please do not hesitate to contact Randall H. you to continue to make every effort to seek House of Representatives will shortly be con- Walker, Director of Aviation at (702) 261–5150. passage this session. sidering HR1695 which would permit Clark Sincerely yours, Legislation of this type is visionary and County, Nevada to purchase 6,500 acres of WILLIAM J. HORNBUCKLE, will help ensure a bright future for Southern federal land in the Ivanpah Valley for a fu- President and Nevada. ture commercial airport site. Your support, Chief Operating Officer. Sincerely, and that of your colleagues, is critical to en- JAMES B. GIBSON, suring the continued economic vitality of Mayor. Southern Nevada well into the 21st Century. DEL WEBB CORPORATION, This bill is very important to the construc- Henderson, NV, March 1, 2000. tion industry and is strongly supported by Hon. JAMES GIBBONS, HOTEL EMPLOYEES & RESTAURANT the Southern Nevada Building and Construc- U.S. Representative, 100 Cannon House Office EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, tion Trades. Building, Washington, DC. Washington, DC, March 7, 2000. Passenger traffic at McCarran Inter- DEAR CONGRESSMAN JIM GIBBONS: As you Hon. SHELLEY BERKLEY, national Airport has been increasing for the are well aware, the House of Representatives past 16 consecutive months. During that pe- will shortly consider H.R. 1695, which will Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC. riod, passenger traffic has risen by over 11%. permit Clark County, Nevada to purchase Continued growth, at even a moderate rate, DEAR CONGRESSWOMAN BERKLEY: On behalf 6,500 acres of federal land in the Ivanpah Val- will bring the Airport to its effective capac- of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Em- ley for a future commercial airport site. ity by 2012. The Clark County Department of ployees International Union I want to con- I’m writing to encourage your support, and Aviation estimates it will take at least seven vey support for enactment of H.R. 1965, the that of your colleagues, for this important years to plan, design and construct the new Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands Trans- piece of legislation. It is our belief that this airport. I think you will agree that prompt fer Act. This bill will facilitate the purchase bill is critical in order to ensure the contin- congressional action is critical. of federal land approximately 35 miles south ued economic vitality of Southern Nevada The Ivanpah Valley is the best location for of Las Vegas for the construction of an addi- for decades to come. In just the last 16 a future second airport to serve the Las tional airport to serve southern Nevada. The months McCarran International Airport has Vegas metropolitan area. The proposed loca- phenomenal growth of the Las Vegas econ- seen an 11% increase in passenger traffic and tion is 35 miles from the heart of the Las omy has in turn triggered double digit will reach its effective capacity by the year Vegas valley, between Jean and Primm, Ne- growth at McCarran International Airport. 2012. Given the time constraints and require- vada. Also, it is bounded by Interstate High- ments to plan, design and construct such a It is vitally important that the transpor- way 15 and the main line of the Union Pa- complex structure, the ability to acquire the tation infrastructure be able to keep pace cific Railroad, giving the new airport excel- site through immediate passage is crucial. with growth in the hotel industry. This bill lent and essential multimodal/intermodal As a company that develops large tracts of is important if the tourist based economy of surface access opportunities. land into master-planned communities, Las Vegas is expected to continue to provide Thank you again for your support and as- we’re well acquainted with the limited land good paying employment opportunities. I sistance. If further information is desired, availability in the Las Vegas area and we be- urge you and your colleagues in the Congress please do not hesitate to contact Randall H. lieve the Ivanpah Valley is the best location to enact H.R. 1965 without amendment to Walker, Director Aviation at (702) 261–5150. for a future second airport. Also, immediate pave the way for a second airport for south- Sincerely yours, freeway access makes it an ideal location. ern Nevada. JACK JEFFREY. Additionally, we support the Clark County Thank you. f Department of Aviation’s attempt to pur- Sincerely, chase these needed lands from the BLM. It is JOHN W. WILHELM, INTRODUCTION OF CORAL REEF our understanding that they will pay for General President. these lands at an agreed upon value based CONSERVATION LEGISLATION upon appraisals acceptable to both the BLM and the airport. NEVADA SERVICE HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA Therefore, we join with other community EMPLOYEES UNION, OF AMERICAN SAMOA business leaders and agencies in encouraging Las Vegas, NV, March 3, 2000. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES your active support of this legislation. We Hon. JAMES GIBBONS, are prepared to assist in moving this legisla- U.S. Representative, Cannon House Office Tuesday, March 14, 2000 tion forward. Building, Washington, DC. I look forward to seeing you again in the Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. I am pleased to rise DEAR CONGRESSMAN GIBBONS: On behalf of near future. today with my good friend from New Jersey, Nevada Service Employees Union, SEIU, Sincerely, the Chairman of the Fisheries Conservation, Local 1107, we are writing to communicate SCOTT HIGGINSON, Wildlife and Oceans Subcommittee, Mr. our support for the enactment of H.R. 1965, Vice President, the Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands SAXTON, to introduce bipartisan legislation to Government Affairs. Transfer Act. authorize a coral reef conservation program. This bill is of extreme importance to the For many people, coral reefs are distant THE CITY OF HENDERSON, community and is strongly supported by the marine environments that they might never Henderson, NV, August 5, 1998. membership of NSEU, SEIU, Local 1107. come in contact with unless they are fortunate Re S. 1964 and H.R. 3705. It is our belief that the Ivanpah Valley is enough to go on a tropical vacation. For too Hon. JIM GIBBONS, the best location for a second airport to long now, as a Nation we have enjoyed the bi- Longworth House Office Building, serve the Las Vegas metropolitan area. ological wealth provided by coral reefs, but Washington, DC. It is our further belief that the construc- failed in our obligations to devote the re- DEAR CONGRESSMAN GIBBONS: I would like tion of this additional facility is critical sources necessary to protect these vital treas- to let you know that I am in full support of with respect to ensuring the continued eco- the above referenced legislation. As you ures. While these precious ecosystems ap- nomic growth of Southern Nevada in that know Henderson’s Sky Harbor Airport cur- peared to be in balance until not long ago, the additional airport will be able to accom- rently is a reliever airport of small aircraft today human activities have significantly al- modate the needs of Southern Nevada’s vital from the McCarran air space and air traffic. tered that balanceÐmuch to the detriment of industries. As this region continues to grow, our modes the corals, and much to the demise of people of effective and efficient transportation be- Accordingly, we urge your colleagues to who depend on coral reefs to sustain their enact H.R. 1965. come an increasingly important part of communities and economies. maintaining and improving our economic Thank you in advance for your attention Unlike many other members of Congress, I strength. in this matter. The Clark County Department of Aviation Sincerely, come from a place where the coral reefs are staff has identified the Ivanpah Valley Air- VICKY HEDDERMAN, essential to the very fabric of everyday life. port as the prime location for future air President. Until recently, those of us from the Pacific is- transportation into this region. This new THOMAS M. BEATTY, lands have literally lived off our reefs and the airport is absolutely critical for the Depart- Executive Director. surrounding local lands. We have recognized

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And intuitively, we have and it is expected that these grants will help OF TEXAS all come to appreciate that without healthy improve local capabilities, raise local public IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES coral reefs, our abundance of marine re- awareness, and promote the long-term con- Tuesday, March 14, 2000 sources might soon come to a sudden end. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that we servation and restoration of coral reef eco- Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I would have discovered that the coral reefs we de- systems. I am also pleased that this legislation like to direct the attention of the House to a pend on are under numerous threats. These would ensure the equitable distribution of recent article in the Chicago Tribune about threats come from many sources, including grant funds to applicants in the Pacific and At- one of our oldest friends . . . the U.S. Gov- polluted run off, increased siltation, mining, lantic Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the ernment Printing Office. I have a real appre- and destructive fishing practices, notably the Carribean Sea. ciation of the GPO, having started as a print- use of dynamite and cyanide, to name only a Allow me to close by simply saying that er's apprentice in 1968 as a member of Hous- ton Typographic Union Local 87. few. We have even come to appreciate that while this bill is not perfect, it is a fair and hon- The article is profuse in its praise of the the decline in coral health could be linked to orable compromise. The bill would establish a global climate change, and events such as El GPO, stating that while the agency usually targeted, focused and locally-driven coral reef Nino. ``wears a low profile,'' the service that it pro- But with recognition of the problem, and conservation program; importantly, a program vides the Congress and the Nation is abso- with increased resources to address it, we can grounded in science and built upon the lutely crucial in our democratic system of gov- begin to reverse the degradation of our coral ground-breaking and successful work of the ernment. In noting the vast range of publica- reefs and achieve a sustainable balance to- Coral Reef Task Force. I commend Chairman tions the GPO handlesÐfrom the daily CON- wards the long-term conservation of these im- SAXTON for his leadership and commitment to GRESSIONAL RECORD to the Findings of Fact in portant marine ecosystems. Several recent ac- coral reef protection, and I thank my Demo- the Microsoft caseÐthe article describes how tivities, including the initiation of the Inter- cratic colleagues on the Fisheries Sub- the GPO has moved from a traditional ink-on- national Coral Reef Initiative, the development committee who have worked with me through- paper factory to a widely heralded provider of of U.S. Coral Reef Initiative and the Inter- out these negotiations. Government information over the Internet. national Year of the Coral Reef, were all good It is a success story that is worthy of every- beginnings. And just last week, the U.S. Coral f one's attention. Reef Task Force published a national action A generation ago, the GPO had a workforce plan to conserve coral reefs. It is vital that we A TRIBUTE—GARFIELD COUNTY of 8,500. Today, there are about 3,300, yet continue this positive momentum. 1999 EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR not only does the GPO continue to print gov- As the Senior Democrat on the Sub- ernment publications, it is now a key player in committee on Fishery Conservation, Wildlife the world of online government information. and Oceans, I have enjoyed working collabo- HON. SCOTT McINNIS The incredible success of cutting staff by more ratively with Chairman SAXTON and his able than 50 percent while expanding services to staff to address my concerns and issues OF COLORADO Congress and the Nation is virtually without raised by other Democrats in order to develop IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES comparison. this consensus legislation. The GPO's expert use of technology has The legislation we introduce today address- Tuesday, March 14, 2000 made this achievement possibleÐtechnology es many of the priorities I consider essential to which has transformed the way the GPO proc- any comprehensive coral reef conservation Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to take esses printing, and technology which makes it bill. Perhaps most significant, the legislation this moment to recognize the career of one of possible for the public to download more than would codify the Coral Reef Task Force estab- Garfield County's community leaders, and re- 20 million publications a month from the lished under Executive Order 13089 to give cipient of the Garfield County 1999 Employee GPO's online service, GPO Access. this panel the authority it needs to address the of the Year award, Judy Blakeslee. In doing Mr. Speaker, this is an incredible achieve- myriad of problems confronting coral reefs so, I would like to honor this individual who, ment, and I include the text of this excellent today. for many years, has exhibited dedication and article for all of my colleagues on both sides Importantly, this legislation would require the experience to the Sheriff's Department of Gar- of the aisle. Task Force to initiate fundamental baseline re- field County. We are fortunate, indeed, to have an agen- search and management activities, most nota- cy of this caliber, with its expert workforce and As a Civil Deputy for the last 18 years, Judy bly, the mapping of all coral reef resources in its record of savings and technological the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The handles restraining orders, evictions, garnish- achievement, working in support of the Con- bill would provide to the Task Force, through ment of wages and custody orders in the gress and the American people. a National Program coordinated by the De- county. Before becoming a Civil Deputy, Ms. [From the Chicago Tribune, Tues., Mar. 7, partment of Commerce, up to $5 million per Blakeslee spent her first year as Garfield 2000] year for 4 years to initiate this and other base- County's Animal Control Officer. She took her FROM THE STARR REPORT TO WHITE HOUSE line activities, especially the development of role as a Civil Deputy to another level. She MENUS, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE IS comprehensive coral reef monitoring and as- would go out of her way to aid displaced and PAPERWORK CENTRAL sessment programs. It is expected that sci- needy families to the best of her ability. (By Glen Elsasser) entists and resource managers will gain from Judy Blakeslee has more than proven her- WASHINGTON—In a fortresslike complex this previously unavailable information new in- near Capitol Hill, Kenneth Fatkin occupies self as a valuable asset to the Sheriff's De- sights regarding how human activities and the front lines of government. Though safely other environmental factors are contributing to partment of Garfield County, therefore, receiv- distanced from the frenzy of politics, he still the degradation of coral reef ecosystems, and ing this award. This achievement recognizes confronts the handiwork of legions of federal agencies, Congress and the White House, optimistically, how this degradation might be her compassion, professionalism and dedica- tion to her County. handiwork that affects the lives of millions reversed. To ensure the continued comment of Americans. from a broad range of interests involved in the It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I say thank Amid shelves of reference books, Fatkin on management of coral reefs, it is anticipated you to Judy Blakeslee on a truly exceptional a recent morning was scanning a set of pro- that those Regional Fishery Management career as a Garfield County employee. Ms. posed rules from the Federal Aviation Agen- cy about the takeoff and landing of air- Councils established under the Magnuson-Ste- Blakeslee's dedicated service stands out and vens Fishery Conservation and Management planes. Despite the abstruse language, he sets a standard for those who follow. quickly marked up the page. Act which have corals within their jurisdiction, In conclusion I would note that as a police Fatkin works for the Government Printing would be involved. Office, an agency that considers itself the Of equal significance, this legislation would officer and attorney-at-law I had the privilege largest supplier of government informational also authorize a coral reef conservation grant to work with Judy. I felt fortunate to have her materials in the world. Those materials in- program to assist States and local commu- as a friend and as a coworker. clude everything from Independent Counsel

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Five days a Veterans and Dependents’’ and the ‘‘The tral office or the 20 regional and satellite week, the register provides a complete up- Constitution of the United States and the printing procurement offices.’’ date of government rules, executive orders, Declaration of Independence.’’ During the early years of the Reagan ad- presidential proclamations and proposed reg- Overseeing the operation is Michael ministration, labor relations at the GPO ulations. DiMario, who was named public printer by were stormy, with proposed furloughs and Within the monstrous federal bureaucracy, President Clinton in 1993. He is the nation’s pay cuts as high as 22 percent. Things are the Government Printing Office generally 23rd public printer, chief of an agency that much quieter now; prominently displayed on wears a low profile, but a brief moment of dates to the Civil War era but has changed DiMario’s office wall is an award from the fame came in 1998 when, under deadline, substantially with technology. Printing, Publishing and Media Workers Sec- heavy security and massive publicity, the ‘‘The computer has changed everything tor of the Communications Workers of Amer- GPO published the Starr report. In all, the and is now fundamental to the printing proc- ica citing him for ‘‘maintaining equitable report and its two supplements took up five ess,’’ said DiMario, a lawyer who has worked management relations.’’ volumes totaling more than 8,000 pages. in various posts since joining the GPO in Fatkin has seen the GPO go through many The sale of the report, which detailed the 1971. The only linotype operator left in the of these changes. Hired by the GPO in 1971, president’s relationship with former White 33-acre facility is the one who sets type for his job at first was to repair linotype ma- House intern Monica Lewinsky, drew lines of book titles in gilt. chines. ‘‘Everything switched over after the purchasers outside its main bookstore and ‘‘In the late 1960s we moved into electronic computer hit big time in 1981,’’ recalled gave TV viewers a rare glimpse of the GPO photo composition, and the computer was Fatkin, who describes himself as a printer- headquarters. used to compose data for printing,’’ he said. proofreader. ‘‘There was a lot of ongoing re- More recently, the GPO played a crucial ‘‘Today our presses are controlled by the training. The trouble today is that new peo- role in circulating the long-awaited findings computer.’’ ple come in who can type 100 words a minute in the ongoing Microsoft antitrust case. Even though the computer now does much [on a computer] but don’t know type faces Within two hours after U.S. District Judge of the work, however, human skills—such as and sizes. You learn that as an apprentice a broad knowledge of government, its lingo Thomas Penfield Jackson had announced his printer.’’ and methods of lawmaking—remain critical initial ruling at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, printed to the editing process. f copies were available at the GPO bookstore By DiMario’s count, the GPO handles 50 MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE ACT and the electronic version was ready on-line. percent of the government’s printing needs. A printed copy of the 207-page document, and Notable exceptions are the nation’s cur- SPEECH OF an electronic disk, had been sent to the GPO rency, postage stamps, Treasury securities immediately after his decision. and certificates, done by the Bureau of En- HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY Another GPO staple is the Congressional graving and Printing; and the classified doc- Record, which chronicles the daily pro- OF ILLINOIS uments of intelligence agencies. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ceedings in Congress and prints debates ver- Since 1993, pursuant to a new federal law, batim. Requiring all-night production, an av- the GPO has made the Congressional Record Thursday, March 9, 2000 erage copy of the Record runs 200 pages and and other government publications available must be available on the floor of both houses Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, at a time in an electronic format. In 1997, for example, of unprecedented economic prosperity and by 9 a.m. when Congress is in session. the GPO and the Commerce Department Among the GPO’s other key functions is teamed up to offer free Internet access to the growth, many American families are left be- printing the federal budget, which this year Commerce Business Daily, which keeps tabs hind. Those families work hard and play by was accompanied by five related publications on government contract and subcontracting the rules. They deserve a raise. But many of totaling 2,808 pages and weighing 12 pounds. opportunities, small business and other set my colleagues on the other side are standing The 2001 budget was also available imme- asides, special notices and sales of surplus in the way of giving 10 million workers a raise diately on CD–ROM and on the Internet. U.S. property. in the minimum wage. Instead, they insist on The GPO prints congressional bills and re- Today thousands of publications are avail- ports, passports and Civil Service exams, the able electronically—far surpassing the num- sending to the President a bill to raise the last of which is done under tight security at ber of print titles available for sale in the minimum wage that is tied to a tax giveaway the Denver plant. It turns out postal cards, GPO bookstores. In fact, PC Week magazine to the rich. As a result, we will see the eco- congressional stationery, White House invi- in 1999 rated the GPO as one of the nation’s nomic gap expand even more. I applaud the tations and menus, and the Supreme Court top technology innovators. President for making it clear that he will veto briefs of the Justice Department. Every month, DiMario estimates, 20 mil- this dreadful bill. It also runs 24 bookstores in major cities, lion GPO publications are downloaded from This is not a minimum wage increase bill; it including Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Cleve- the Internet. During the first hour after the is a maximum giveaway to the wealthy. Under land, Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Ange- release of the Microsoft ruling, 152,000 suc- les, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Seattle. cessful connections were made on the GPO’s their $120 billion tax cut, the wealthiest 1% of The subjects of the publications for sale popular Internet information service. all taxpayers, or those earning more than cover an eclectic mix of titles and are rea- ‘‘The GPO has about 100,000 titles on-line $319,000 a year, would get 73% of the total sonably priced. that are on our own server here, and we pro- tax cut. This is not a surprise. The leaders of Take, for example, the publications re- vide links through our Web site the other party have demonstrated many times cently displayed in the window of the GPO [www.access.gpo.gov] to an additional 60,000 during the past year that they would rather bookstore near the White House. titles from other agencies,’’ he said. ‘‘That’s pass bills that benefit special interests and the A number of the titles are clearly self-help a moving target, and it is growing.’’ and offer practical advice on a variety of The GPO’s publications are also available rich instead of hardworking families. problems—‘‘Eat Right to Lower Your Blood in electronic and traditional print formats at A minimum wage worker earns $10,700 a Pressure,’’ ‘‘A Working Woman’s Guide to some 1,350 federal depository libraries. These year. That means a single mother on minimum Her Job Rights,’’ ‘‘Marijuana: Facts Parents are located at most colleges and universities, wage with two kids earns $2,600 below the Need to Know’’ and ‘‘Safe and Smart: Mak- many public libraries and state and local poverty line. Many of my colleagues on the ing the After School Hours Work for Kids.’’ government libraries. other side would prefer to give her 33 cents a All cost less than $10. Switching to electronics and decen- year over 3 years. Their tax plan gives million- Other titles clearly appeal only to wonks, tralizing production has caused a massive re- such as ‘‘Investigating the Year 2000 Prob- duction in the number of employees at the aires $6,128 a year. Is this what Republicans lem: The 100 Day Report,’’ a summary of GPO complex, for many years ranked as the meant by compassionate conservatism? findings by the Special Commission on the world’s largest printing plant. This record, Sixty percent of minimum wage earners are Year 2000 Technology Problem. DiMario concedes, now probably belongs to women; nearly 75% are adults; 3¤5 are the sole History is also well represented in the of- private-sector companies such as Chicago’s breadwinners in their families; and more than ferings: ‘‘Boston and the American Revolu- R.R. Donnelley & Sons. 50% work full-time. Those who have to take tion,’’ ‘‘Rise of the Fighter Generals, 1945– ‘‘When I came here in the early 1970s, we care of our children at daycare centers and 1982’’ and ‘‘The Three Wars of Lt. Gen. had 8,500 employees,’’ recalled DiMario. our parents at nursing homes deserve better. George Stratemeyer: His Korean War ‘‘Now we have 3,300 employees. Primarily the Diary.’’ There are also art books such as change occurred early when we retired the They deserve more than $5.15 an hour. A ‘‘Language of the Land: The Library of Con- traditional letterpress operations. This tran- raise in the minimum wage is about economic gress Book of Literary Maps’’ and titles ob- sition continued, especially after Congress fairness and social justice. It is a small step in viously geared to children, like ‘‘My Wet- required the agency to acquire as much of its ensuring that all Americans share in our na- lands Coloring Book.’’ printing as possible from the private sector.’’ tion's economic prosperity and growth. I urge

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.034 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 E306 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 14, 2000 my Republican colleagues to stop playing poli- A TRIBUTE TO LEVERT HOAG A nicate the particular needs and concerns of tics with the economic welfare of 10 million WONDERFUL AMERICAN rural America to the Congress as a whole. hard working people. After several years of inactivity, I am glad that HON. SCOTT McINNIS like-minded Members will once again have a f bi-partisan organization that focuses on bring- OF COLORADO ing the priorities of rural America to the fore- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING LIEUTENANT RICHARD front in the Congress. Tuesday, March 14, 2000 BEIRNE AS IRISHMAN OF THE In addition to recognizing the new member- YEAR Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with great ship of the Congressional Rural Caucus, I sadness that I wish to take this moment to would like to say just a few words about one recognize the remarkable life and significant of the groups that has recently assisted with HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO achievements of one of Pueblo's leading la- the organization of the Caucus and has for dies. Though she is gone, she will live on in OF CONNECTICUT decades worked to improve life in rural Amer- the hearts of all who knew her and be remem- icaÐthe National Rural Electric Cooperative IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bered for long years by many who didn't. Association (NRECA). LeVert Hoag, married to the late Pueblo One of our nation's greatest achievements Tuesday, March 14, 2000 chieftain publisher, Frank Hoag, Jr., died at during the last century was the electrification the age of 87. She was known as a outgoing, Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it gives me of rural America. Before the third decade of great pleasure to rise today to join West Ha- enthusiastic, kind and warm person. Mrs. Hoag had a deep interest in the community, the 20th Century, only about 10 percent of ven's Irish community as it honors Lieutenant from the time she moved there in 1935. She America's rural population enjoyed the bene- Richard Beirne as Irishman of the Year. His was an integral part to Pueblo, helping out any fits of electricity. The rest chopped wood, outstanding record of service, both profes- where she could to make the Pueblo commu- pumped water by hand or carried it from a sional and volunteer, serves as an example to nity a better place to live. stream, washed and rinsed the laundry in tubs us all. She was the chairman of the first Service in the yard. Life without electricity was espe- Lieutenant Beirne has dedicated his lifetime League Follies in 1937, member of the Pueblo cially hard on women. They aged early and died young because of the hardships of rural to the West Haven community, devoting him- Community College Foundation, sponsor of living. self to improving the lot of our children and the Hoag Theater, member of the Pueblo Hall families. He began his career as a volunteer of Fame and was also active in the United Rural electrification provides us with a won- fireman in 1975, and was inducted as a career Way, the Pueblo County Tuberculosis and derful example of American ingenuity and fed- firefighter with the West Shore Fire Depart- Health Association and the Muscular Dys- eral cooperation. The people of rural America ment in 1980. Few things are more important trophy Association. Mrs. Hoag also served on who needed electric service came together as than feeling safe in our homes and work- the board of the Pueblo Civic Symphony and cooperatives to organize and run their own places. Whether hosing down flames, rescuing was also an honorary chairman of the Pueblo electric utilities, and the government provided a child from a burning house, or waiting for Metropolitan Museum. loans that most bankers, then or today, could our call, firefighters are there to protect us and LeVert Hoag is someone who will be missed not have provided prudently. by all of us. Those who knew of her will miss provide us with the peace of mind we need to ElectricityÐand the Rural Electrification Ad- spending time with her. We, as a society, sleep at night. For twenty-five years, Lieuten- ministration and the vision of CongressÐmade have lost someone who was rare to begin ant Beirne has shown a commitment to protect a huge difference. Today, more than 99 per- with. Mrs. Hoag made the ultimate sacrifice to our community. There are no words that can cent of rural Americans can watch television in help a total stranger. Hopefully we can all the comfort of an all-electric home, can enjoy express our sincere thanks and appreciation learn from the example that LeVert Hoag set. the efficiencies of all manner of appliancesÐ for his service. And, perhaps, we can all try to become a little from toasters to air-conditioners, from grain Beyond his commendable professional ca- bit more like her. dryers to milking machines and refrigeration. reer, Lieutenant Beirne has an unparalleled f record of community involvement. A member Because now most rural Americans have of several service organizations, Lieutenant RECOGNIZING THE FORMATION OF electric service, some would say the job is Beirne has made a tremendous effort to pro- THE CONGRESSIONAL RURAL done. I would say the job is just begun. Rural mote Irish-American culture. In addition, Lieu- CAUCUS America today faces a different set of chal- tenant Beirne currently serves as the Vice lenges. Electric cooperatives have deep roots President of Local 1198 Professional Fire- HON. IKE SKELTON in their communities, and they have a stake in improving the quality of life, the economics, fighters Union AFL±CIO, he is working to en- OF MISSOURI the health and education of their communities. sure that firefightersÐhard working men and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES womenÐare assured livable wages, quality Electric cooperatives have traditionally pro- Tuesday, March 14, 2000 health benefits, and secure pensions to sup- vided services well beyond basic electricity, from something as simple as lighting the little port themselves and their families. Despite all Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, this week league field to something as complex as pro- of these commitments, Lieutenant Beirne still marks the official rebirth of the Congressional viding distance learning in rural schools, Inter- finds time to volunteer as the EMT for the Pop Rural Caucus. I am so pleased to have the net access, water and sewer, satellite tele- Warner Football League. Providing this service opportunity to recognize the efforts of Rep- resentatives EVA CLAYTON of North Carolina, vision, economic and community development. at practices as well as games, he ensures the They could do more; they would do more. We safety of every child participating in the JO ANN EMERSON of Missouri, JERRY MORAN of Kansas, and EARL POMEROY of North Dakota need to consider how rural Americans across league. Lieutenant Beirne has shown an in- the country could benefit by harnessing the credible level of commitment to his commu- to re-establish this important Caucus, and to thank the dozens of organizations and asso- talent of rural electric cooperatives in new nity. He has been a mentor to many young- ways in this new century. sters and serves as an inspiration to us all. ciations which have helped during the plan- ning process and will continue to work with the I look forward in the coming months and Today, a community will gather to honor Congressional Rural Caucus in the days years, as a member of the Congressional Richard Beirne as Irishman of the Year. I can- ahead. Rural Caucus, to addressing our new rural not thing of a more deserving individual to be I am very excited to be a member of this challenges. Again, I would like to thank the co- given such a title. I am pleased to join with his new caucus. A number of years ago, I served chairs of the Caucus and all of the organiza- wife, Susan, children, Patrick and Katie, a term as Chairman of the previously orga- tions that have worked to bring the Congres- friends and the entire West Haven community nized Congressional Rural Caucus. That sional Rural Caucus back to life. Together I in congratulating him on this very special group was extraordinarily valuable as an outlet think we can be a positive force to bring true honor. My best wishes to Richard and his fam- for Members representing rural districts to dis- and consistent prosperity and a high quality of ily for continued health and happiness. cuss issues and work together to commu- life to rural Americans.

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.036 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E307 NRA RHETORIC opposition. This provision would extend to HONORING THE O’NEILL SCHOOL gun-show sales the same background check OF IRISH DANCING requirement that now applies to guns pur- HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY chased from licensed dealers. OF ILLINOIS HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO Two Democratic senators, Charles Schu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CONNECTICUT mer of New York and Richard Durbin of Illi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, March 14, 2000 nois, are planning to step up the pressure by Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, Shame, attaching gun control amendments to other shame, shame. The NRA's leadership has legislation coming to the floor. This will Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it gives me force recorded votes on matters with broad great pleasure to rise today to thank the once again shamed our nation, the American public support, like mandatory trigger locks people, and its own members. Wayne O'Neill School of Irish Dancing for taking part and background checks of buyers at gun in the New Haven's St. Patrick's Day Parade LaPierre, the NRA's Executive Vice President, shows, flea markets and Internet sales. on national television, suggested that the during their visit to the United States. It is an Only two weeks ago a 6-year-old killed a honor for New Haven to host them at this an- President of the United States promotes vio- classmate with a handgun, one of many rea- lence for his political gain. LaPierre said, ``I've nual celebration. sons gun regulation promises to be an issue In my hometown of New Haven, Con- come to believe that he needs a certain level in the long political campaign ahead. The of violence in this country. He's willing to ac- necticut, St. Patrick's Day is a very special chief obstacle to saner gun control remains holiday. Every year the parade committee cept a certain level of killing to further his polit- the obstructionism of the N.R.A., whose ex- works diligently to sponsor a group from Ire- ical agenda and his vice president too.'' tremist views and rhetoric should offend To all the parents who lost a son or daugh- Americans fed up with all the gunfire. land to participate in the celebration. This year ter to gun violence, LaPierre is telling them to we are honored to have the O'Neill School of Irish Dancing join us from Bornacoola, rep- blame the President and not the guns. I would f not be surprised to hear the NRA's leadership resenting communities from Leitrim and Longford Counties in Ireland. In all, 57 boys blaming school grief counselors of inciting CONGRESSIONAL RURAL CAUCUS more school shootings so they can have more and girls, ages 8 to 15 will travel to the U.S. business. to perform in the New Haven Parade and will How can the NRA leadership ignore the fact HON. ALLEN BOYD be featured in the big parade in New York. that thirteen children die each day from gun vi- These exceptionally talented young people will olence? How can they ignore the fact that a OF FLORIDA be performing a combination of traditional Irish step-dancing with pieces from the popular majority of Americans want Congress to pass IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sensible gun safety measures? How can they shows of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance. lay blame on a President who supports back- Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Our community certainly shares the excite- ground checks at gun shows, a ban on the im- ment in their attendance. Mr. BOYD. Mr. Speaker, today more than Even more impressive than their young tal- port of large-capacity ammunition clips, and one hundred of my colleagues and I celebrate ent is the commitment and dedication they the sale of child safety locks with every hand- the formation of the Congressional Rural Cau- have put into making this trip possible. In- gun? It's time for the NRA leadership to wake up cus. Our bipartisan group will serve as a uni- spired by the excitement of performing, these and smell the gunpower in our communities fied voice on behalf of rural Americans. One in young people managed a variety of fund- and classrooms, and step out of the way of every four Americans, or 62 million people, re- raisers to finance the trip. With tremendous meaningful gun safety legislation. I submit the side in rural areas and an additional 15 million community support and enthusiasm, both in following New York Times editorial entitled Americans live in small cities and towns. Un- Ireland and in the States, they achieved their ``Desperate Rhetoric from the NRA,'' for the fortunately, too often the logistical difficulties goal and were able to raise enough money for the trip. They are truly a remarkable group of RECORD. rural residents face prevent their concerns on issues like education, healthcare and agri- youngsters. [From the New York Times, Mar. 14, 2000] culture from being heard. Our caucus hopes to On behalf of the New Haven community, I DESPERATE RHETORIC FROM THE N.R.A. share with our colleagues in Congress the am pleased to welcome the O'Neill School of Americans have become used to hearing unique needs of rural citizens and remind Irish DancersÐwe are certainly thrilled to host nutty talk from leaders of the National Rifle them during their visit. My sincere appreciation them of the important contributions rural Amer- Association. But Sunday’s outrageous asser- to the many people who have helped them ica makes. tion by the group’s executive vice president, join us for the upcoming celebration. I would Wayne LaPierre, that President Clinton is One of the most important concerns facing like to extend my very best wishes for contin- ‘‘willing to accept a certain level of killing rural areas is the current agriculture crisis. to further his political agenda’’ deserves spe- ued success. Happy St. Patrick's Day! cial condemnation. While the majority of the United States has f Mr. LaPierre made his sick suggestion that enjoyed a decade of unprecedented economic the president relishes having gun tragedies prosperity, our nation's family farmers have THE OCCASION OF THE CONGRES- to exploit in an interview on ABC’s ‘‘This not benefited from this abundance. In the SIONAL RURAL CAUCUS KICK- Week.’’ He was there to push the N.R.A.’s de- wake of NAFTA and the implementation of a OFF monstrably false line that the nation already national farm policy destined for failure, Amer- has enough gun laws on the books if only the ica's farmers have suffered, and many are on HON. EVA M. CLAYTON administration would enforce them. Thanks OF NORTH CAROLINA largely to the N.R.A.’s lobbying, those laws the verge of bankruptcy. This economic dis- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES do not adequately address issues of supply, tress has impacted not just farmers, but the distribution, design or child access. entire rural community. Tuesday, March 14, 2000 In a new advertising campaign the N.R.A.’s Ensuring our farmers have the opportunity Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, not long ago president, Charlton Heston, accuses Mr. Clin- I made a statement on the Floor of the House ton of engaging in lying and scare tactics to to compete with international growers on a win support for gun control measures bottled level playing field is more than an issue of that, I believe, underscores the pressing need up in Congress. But for dishonesty, it is hard protecting the way of life of rural Americans; it for a new and revived Rural Caucus. to beat the N.R.A.’s own whopper in trying is an issue of national security. No one wants I noted that, at the Farm Resource Center, to portray the group as a friend of the rea- our country to be dependent on third world na- a national crisis line for farmers, those seeking sonable gun safety measures it has been tions to supply our evening suppers, but if we help can not get through. fighting to defeat or water down. fail to act now, when our farmers are in need, The line is always busy. Small farmers and The sparring came just days after Mr. Clin- ranchers are struggling to survive in America. that scenario could become a reality. ton’s meeting with key Congressional lead- In fact, small farmers and ranchers are a ers at the White House failed to produce I look forward to working with my colleagues dying breed. And, because they are a dying progress in freeing a modest gun control on the Congressional Rural Caucus to develop package from the House-Senate conference breed, quality and affordable food and fiber for committee where it has been stalled for a viable alternative to the 1996 Freedom to all of us is at risk. months. The sticking point remains the Farm Act. Now that we are united, our caucus Passage of the 1996 Farm Bill sounded the strong gun-show provision that cleared the has the strength in numbers to turn death knell for many of our Nation's farmers Senate last May over the N.R.A.’s vehement Congress's attention to this important issue. and ranchers.

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.039 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 E308 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 14, 2000 Farmers and ranchers, able to eke out a liv- Food, my friends, is vital to America's de- Jo-Anne's work in Mount Clemens is only ing from the land in past years, now find it al- fense and national security. one chapter in a life that has been devoted to most impossible to break even. Most are los- And, the crisis line is busy. serving her community. Before coming to ing money and fighting to stay in the farming Before the ``Freedom to Farm'' Bill of 1996, Mount Clemens, Jo-Anne was an elementary business. And, the crisis line is busy. the farm price safety net was shield against school vocal music teacher, the Founding Ex- We are all aware of the problems tobacco is uncertain and fluctuating commodity prices. ecutive Director of the Downriver Council for having. When that Bill was being considered, we re- the Arts, and the General Supervisor of Arts But, in North Carolina, according to a recent ferred to it as ``Freedom to Fail.'' I am sad to and Special Programs for the City of Indianap- news report, the state's top farm commodity, report that our admonitions have been far too olis Department of Parks and Recreation. For hogs, have experienced a fifty percent drop in accurate. We must now correct that error. her extraordinary commitment and hard work, prices since 1996. Wheat is down forty-two If we do nothing about the real problems Jo-Anne was awarded the key to the City of percent. Soybeans are down thirty-six percent. facing these hard-working citizens, they may Indianapolis. CornÐthirty-one percent; peanutsÐtwenty- not be there at a later time. Jo-Anne is now being honored by the eight percent. And, that will hurt all of us, because we too, Daughters of Isabella Queen of the Skies Cir- Turkey and cotton prices are down twenty- as human beings, can stay only as long as the cle No. 683, and I ask that you join with me three percent, since 1996. food lasts. in commending Jo-Anne Wilkie for her inspir- In fact, my friends, at the time I made my That is why we need a Rural Caucus, and ing devotion to the improvement of our com- remarks, there was no commodity in North that is why we are here today. munity through the arts. Carolina that makes money for farmers. And, f f the crisis line is busy. In 1862, the year the Department of Agriculture was created, ninety A TRIBUTE—LOUIS BRACH WAS HONORING THE LATE WALTER percent of the population farmed for a living. TRULY A HERO HALL Today, American producers represent less than 3 percent of the population. HON. SCOTT McINNIS HON. NICK LAMPSON By 1992, there were only 1.1 million small OF COLORADO OF TEXAS farms left in the United States, a 45 percent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES decline from 1959! North Carolina had only a Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Tuesday, March 14, 2000 little over 39,000 farms left in 1992, a 23 per- cent decline. In 1920, there were over 6 mil- Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today lion farms in the United States and close to a that we all pause for a moment to remember with great sadness to honor Walter Hall, who sixthÐ926,000 were operated by African- a man who we have lost, Louis Brach. Though passed away on Sunday afternoon at age 92. Americans. In 1992, the landscape was very, he is gone, he will live on in the hearts of all Walter Hall, known by many as ``Mr. Demo- very different. who knew him and be remembered for long crat'' was a man who not only talked the talk, Only 1 percent of the farms in the United years by many who didn't. but walked the walk. He was a true visionary States are operated by African-Americans. Mr. Brach was a former mayor, city council- with a vision of a better life for all Americans. One percentÐ18,816, is a paltry sum when man, as well as, an entrepreneur in Grand He spent his life fighting for equality, justice, African-Americans comprise 13 percent of the Junction. He was known as a wonderful busi- and opportunity. Walter was at the forefront of total American population. nessman and had the gift of recognizing op- the civil rights movement, he spoke out elo- In my home state of North Carolina, there portunity well ahead of others. As the owner of quently about his belief that all men were cre- has been a 64 percent decline in minority Brach's Market, he would go out of his way to ated equal. He lead the charge to abolish the farmers, just over the last 15 years, from tend to all of his customers. When he moved poll tax, supported equal rights for women, 6,996 farms in 1978 to 2,498 farms in 1992. to Grand Junction at the age of 5, he knew and worked for the Civil Rights Act in 1964 All farmers are suffering under this severe that he was destined to make a difference. and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. economic downturn. Louis Brach is someone who will be missed He was a community activist who believed Just before I made my remarks on the by many. His friends and family will miss the in opportunity for all, and was always looking Floor, I spoke with a farmer who was working man that they all enjoyed spending time with. to the future of the Southeast Texas-Gulf off the farmÐnot to earn extra moneyÐbut, to The rest of us will miss the man who exempli- Coast area. He negotiated with the city of earn enough money to save his small farm. fied the selflessness that so few truly possess. to supply clean drinking water to Gal- He made no money from the farm, in fact But, when we lose a man such as Mr. Brach, veston County cities, and helped build the first he lost money. being missed is certainly no precursor to being water and sewer facilities in League City, Taking a job off the farm was the only thing forgotten. And, everyone who ever knew him, Hitchcock, La Marque, Dickinson, Alta Loma, he could do to save his farm and pass it on will walk through life differently for it. Kemah and Friendswood. He is credited with to his children. f bringing NASA to the Clear Lake area, for the The man is seventy years old. location of the Mainland Medical Center, and And, the crisis line is busy. RECOGNITION OF JO-ANNE F. for the expansion of the seawalls of Texas Mr. Speaker, when next you drive through a WILKIE City and Galveston. Throughout his long and state where the food and fiber for America is successful career as a banker he provided op- producedÐthe least expensive and best qual- HON. DAVID E. BONIOR portunity to many through small business ity food and fiber in the worldÐtake note of OF MICHIGAN loans. the farm, and the people who are trying to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He was a man of humble beginnings who make their living from the land. became a man of great fortune and power. He Tuesday, March 14, 2000 It will take us, Congress, to relieve the pres- served as a mentor for many young people in- sure on the national crisis lines. Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to terested in politics, and was a close friend of Farmers and farm families deserve a recognize Jo-Anne Wilkie of St. Clair, Michi- President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of chanceÐa chance for the dwindling number of gan for her inexhaustible efforts to further her the House Sam Rayburn. ``Mr. Democrat'' was farmers and ranchers who feed and help community's appreciation of the arts. a liberal Democrat and proud of it. Walter was clothe us at prices that are unmatched around For the past fifteen years, Jo-Anne has a tremendous influence on the political com- the world. served as the Executive Director of The Art munity in Texas, and those in the political I am reminded of the story that the former Center in Mount Clemens, Michigan. She has arena often sought his advice. He was actively Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, worked relentlessly to expose our community involved with Lyndon Johnson, Ralph Kika De LeGarza, would tell. to the fine arts, as well as to preserve the his- Yarborough, Jack Brooks, myself, and numer- While touring a nuclear submarine, he toric center for generations to come. Under ous other national, state, and local public offi- asked the Commander how long could it stay Jo-Anne's direction the center has truly pros- cials. submerged. pered, and her work on the ``Art in Public Walter was a family man. He married his After some reluctance in responding to what Places'' program has made a tangible con- high school sweetheart Helen, had three sons, the Commander considered top secret infor- tribution to the lives of thousands by bringing 8 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. In mation, he finally told the Chairman, ``As long fine art out of the confines of museums and 1999 he donated Helen's Garden to the City as the food lasts.'' into the streets and parks of our community. of League City, a park in the Historical section

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.044 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E309 of town featuring 100 year old Butler Oaks, to A TRIBUTE TO FRUITA MONUMENT CONGRESSIONAL RURAL CAUCUS honor his late wife and to protect the oak HIGH SCHOOL’S WILD CAT DE- trees. His hobbies included hunting and fish- BATE TEAM HON. JO ANN EMERSON ing, activities he could pursue with his family OF MISSOURI in tow. HON. SCOTT McINNIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, despite all his clout, Walter Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Hall remained a man of the people, honest OF COLORADO Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise this and forthright. His was of the utmost char- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES acter, and his attributes of selflessness and evening to speak out for our rural American commitment to others are rare gifts that the Tuesday, March 14, 2000 communities and to join my colleagues, Mrs. CLAYTON from North Carolina, Mr. MORAN from Southeast Texas-Gulf Coast area was lucky to Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Kansas, Mr. POMEROY from North Dakota to have. His work and his dedication to the peo- take a moment to recognize the accomplish- celebrate the formation of the new Congres- ple of this great country is unparalleled. Walter ments of an outstanding student organization, will be sorely missed. sional Rural Caucus. the Fruita Monument High School Speech and This morning we held a press conference to Debate Team. In doing so I would like to f formally announce the formation of our new honor the following individuals on the team for Congressional Rural Caucus. We were joined INTRODUCTION OF THE HENRY W. their superb contributions to the speech and by several Members of the Rural Caucus, the debate team: Juli Carrillo, Ginger Jacobson, MCGEE POST OFFICE BUILDING Speaker of the House DENNIS HASTERT, BILL Jenna Birkhold, and Eric Slater. former Representative Glenn English from The stellar performance by the team is a di- Oklahoma who was representing the National HON. BOBBY L. RUSH rect indication to why they qualified for the na- Rural Network, and many Americans who live tional competition, to be held in Portland, OR. and work in our rural communities across our OF ILLINOIS Their love of argumentation and debating great nation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES issues helped them become victorious. They Those attending the press conference ex- Tuesday, March 14, 2000 have proven to be an asset to their school and pressed such strong support for our initiative community. to review the Congressional Rural Caucus. It Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to in- It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I say con- really says to me that there is a great deal of troduce H.R. 3909, designating a United gratulations to the Fruita Monument's Speech support for our rural American communities. States Postal Service facility in the First Con- and Debate team on a truly exceptional ac- That there's a real recognition of just how im- gressional District of Illinois as the ``Henry W. complishment. portant rural America is to our nation. It tells McGee Post Office Building.'' me that we're on the right track here with our Henry McGee, the first black Postmaster of f Rural Caucus. And there is absolutely no Chicago, gave 44 years of outstanding and doubt in my mind that our Rural Caucus can exemplary service to the Post Office Depart- HONORING ANTHONY GENTILE and will help communities achieve real results. ment, now known as the U.S. Postal Service. Since last August my colleagues, Mrs. He began his career in 1929 as a temporary CLAYTON from North Carolina, and Misters substitute letter carrier and ended it in 1973 as HON. ROBERT W. NEY MORAN from Kansas, and POMEROY from General Manager of the eight metropolitan dis- OF OHIO North Dakota, have been hard at work laying tricts of Chicago. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the ground work for the Rural Caucus. And For this reason alone, I think it is more than we've been hard at work recruiting Members Tuesday, March 14, 2000 fitting to honor his service and commitment to to join and take an active part in the Rural excellence, by naming the post office facility at Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, I commend and sub- Caucus. We set a goal of 100 Members by 4601 South Cottage Grove Avenue as the mit the following article to my colleagues: our kick-off date. We not only met our goal, ``Henry W. McGee Post Office Building.'' But Anthony Gentile has spent his life serving we surpassed it. To date, there are well over Mr. McGee's accomplishments do not end 110 bipartisan Members of the Rural Caucus. here and neither should the praise. people. In 1965 he traveled to nine countries in Europe with Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes on And more Members are joining every day. Mr. McGee coordinated the arrangements We've all joined together to raise a loud voice for the 1939 convention of the National Alli- a trade mission and was honored with an Ex- ecutive Order of Ohio Commodore. In 1967, for rural America on Capitol Hill. Think about ance of Postal and Federal Employees and in it. With nearly a fourth of the House on board, 1945 he served as president of the Chicago he was named ``Citizen of the Year'' by the Wintersville, Ohio Chamber of Commerce. that's one heck of a loud voice. And the list branch of the National Alliance. In 1948, Mr. just keeps growing. McGee was appointed by the postmaster to Also that year, he was one of forty-two Amer- ican Delegates to the Fifth International Mining To my Rural Caucus colleagues I want to comanage the employment office, later be- say ``thank you.'' Thank you for standing up coming the manager and overseeing the con- Congress held in the Soviet Union. In 1977, he was the recipient of an honorary degree and speaking out for your rural communities. version to career employment for a large num- Together we can make a real difference for all ber of female employees. ``Doctor of Humane Letters'' by the Franciscan University of Steubenville as well as the Con- of rural America, and I look forward to the Continuing to strive for excellence, Mr. servation and Reclamation Award for the State work that lies ahead of us. McGee acquired his bachelor of science de- of Ohio, the only award given by the Gov- Now to be honest, we couldn't have done gree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, ernor. this alone. It took a lot of work and assistance and earned a promotion making him General and support from the many, many organiza- Foreman. Later, he became Superintendent of Additionally, Mr. Gentile is a past member of tions of the National Rural Network. To all of the largest finance station of the Post Office the Board of Franciscan University of Steu- the groups who have supported our efforts for Department. In 1961, Mr. McGee received a benville and has served on the Board of the the Rural Caucus, thank you. Because of your master's degree in Public Administration from Union Bank in Steubenville, Ohio. He is cur- experience, your knowledge, and your living the University of Chicago, while concurrently rently listed in the World Who's Who in Com- connections with rural America, you all are an being promoted to Personnel Manager for the merce and Industry and Who's Who in Fi- integral part of the success of the Rural Cau- Chicago region of the Post Office Department, nance and Industry. Despite all of these ef- cus. And I look forward to working with you on which encompassed Illinois and Michigan. forts, he also finds time to devote to the cause all that lies ahead. Five years later, Mr. McGee became the first of cancer research. Now I want to briefly talk about why I think black Postmaster of Chicago. Mr. Gentile is married to the former Nina A. the Rural Caucus is so important and why I Abraham Lincoln said: ``. . . in the end it's DiScipio. The couple have been married for think it's needed here on Capitol Hill. You may not the years in your life that count. It's the life fifty-six years and have four children. know that about one in every four Ameri- in your years.'' Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join cansÐthat's 62 million peopleÐlive in rural I am honored to submit this legislation salut- me in honoring Anthony Gentile. His lifelong America. That's also about the same number ing 90-year-old Henry McGee, a praiseworthy service and commitment are to be com- of people who live in inner cities. And an addi- and admirable man. I urge my colleagues to mended. I am proud to call him a constituent tional 15 million people live in small cities and support this worthwhile measure. and a friend. towns.

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It is clear reach beyond her assigned responsibilities. despite the similarity of some of the issues that in the four years since Congress passed Michelle has always been ready to volunteer faced in urban and rural America, rural com- the last wage hike, the opposite occurred: and see what jobs needed to be done and munities consistently get the short end of the nearly 10 million new jobs were created, the plunge in to help to do them no matter what stick when it comes to federal funding. And unemployment rate dropped and employers the issue or hour of the day. As an avocation, this is across the board in all agencies and all are actually having trouble finding enough she has become our unofficial ``Social Direc- sectorsÐfrom economic development, to workers to fill job openings. tor''. If there is an occasion to celebrate or a health care, to education and everything in be- Mr. Speaker, this increase is about raising staff member to bid farewell, Michelle is al- tween and beyond. the standard of living for more than 10 million ways ready to volunteer and put her organiza- Now I represent a very rural district in hard-working Americans. It is time that we tional talents to work. Above all, we will miss Southern Missouri. And if you visited my dis- stop delaying and pass this increase in the the sparkle, enthusiasm and the laughter she trict, I think many of you'd be amazed to see minimum wage. brings to the Committee. that white the American economy has been f On many occasions I have quoted one of booming, communities in my districtÐlike so those gems of wisdom where the thought many of our agricultural and rural communities TRIBUTE TO KRISTINE ELLIOT- stays with you but the author's name does across the nationÐare being left behind. THALMAN not: ``Success is getting what you want, happi- The past several years have been very hard ness is wanting what you get''ÐMichelle has on American producers. And the hard times HON. GARY G. MILLER earned both. I join with all Michelle's friends on the farm and ranch don't stop at the gate. OF CALIFORNIA on the Committee in wishing her every suc- These hard times impact rural main street, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cess and happiness in her future endeavors. from the local shops, to the communities, Tuesday, March 14, 2000 f schools and homes. The fact is, our rural com- Mr. GARY MILLER of California. Mr. Speak- IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND COST munities are faced with a Catch-22 situation. er, I rise today to pay tribute to a fine public EFFICIENCY OF THE MEDICARE They don't have the infrastructure needed to servant, Kristine Elliot-Thalman, who will be SYSTEM: SUPPORT REIMBURSE- attract new and high-tech businesses. At the retiring this month from her distinguished ca- MENT FOR CERTIFIED REG- same time, they don't have the resources reer at the City of Anaheim, California. As part ISTERED NURSE FIRST ASSIST- needed to invest in the infrastructure that can of her service to the City, especially for the ANTS attract new and high-tech businesses. last 13 years, she has headed intergovern- The bottom line is that we simply must do mental affairs matters involving local, state, all we can to ensure that rural communities HON. MAC COLLINS and federal initiatives that are so important to OF GEORGIA have the tools they need to turn their chal- Anaheim's vital needs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lenges into real opportunities for growth and Mr. Speaker, I am especially honored to Tuesday, March 14, 2000 prosperity in the 21st century. Rural America bring Kris Thalman to the attention of the U.S. is just too important to our nation to not do all House of Representatives, because on the Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, today, I am we can. The Congressional Rural Caucus can very same day as her retirement, she is hav- pleased to introduce The Certified Registered play an important part in seeing this goal be- ing a birthday as well and congratulations are Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA) Direct Reim- come a reality. After all, our rural American doubly in order. bursement Act of 2000, which will provide eq- communities are our past, our present, and My colleagues in Congress, many of whom uity in reimbursement for certified registered our future. have had the pleasure to know and work with nurse first assistants who provide surgical first f Kris through the years, wish her Godspeed in assisting services to Medicare patients. Having received more advanced education whatever endeavors she may choose in the MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE ACT and training in first assisting than any other future. non-physician provider, CRNFAs serve a vital f SPEECH OF role, directly assisting physicians with surgical HON. EARL POMEROY HONORING MICHELLE KATHERINE procedures. Additionally, CRNFAs and RNFAs OF NORTH DAKOTA MIHIN are the only providersÐaside from the rare IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES physician making house callsÐwho some- times provide post-operative care by actually Thursday, March 9, 2000 HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR OF MINNESOTA visiting patients at home following surgery. Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Speaker, virtually every Thus, not only do CRNFAs have more clinical IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day we hear reports of our booming economy experience and education than other non-phy- and the unprecedented economic expansion. Tuesday, March 14, 2000 sician providers, but they also provide con- Unemployment and inflation rates are at his- Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tinuity of care to patients enabling higher qual- toric lows. Today we will debate the merits of to recognize a special member of the staff of ity and better patient outcomes. a one-dollar pay raise for the American work- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- CRNFAs also provide the additional benefit erÐa pay raise the American people over- structure, Michelle Katherine Mihin, who is of cost efficiency. Health claims data from the whelmingly support, need and deserve. leaving us this week to return to her home in Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) The 1990s brought our nation's CEOs a Ohio and accept a position with the Charles reveal that physicians file more than 90% of 481% rise in pay while the average American Schwab organization, an exciting and richly the first assistant at surgery claims for Medi- worker saw an increase of only 28%. If the deserved opportunity. care reimbursement. Physicians receive 16 minimum wage earner's pay had increased at Originally from Youngstown, OH, Michelle percent of the surgeon's fee for serving as a the same level as the CEOs, they would be came to the Washington area to attend surgical first assistant. Under this legislation, now earning nearly $46,000 a year. Marymount University where she earned her CRNFAs will receive only 13.6 percent of the In order to have the same purchasing power Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. surgeon's fee for providing first assistant serv- of the 1968 minimum wage, the current min- Of particular relevance to us, Michelle was ac- ices. Furthermore, CRNFAs are equally as imum wage would have to be raised to $7.49 tive for a number of years in, and served as cost-effective as other non-physician first as- per hour. Further, the one-dollar wage in- President of, Marymount's Society for Political sisting providers who currently are reimbursed crease we are debating would only restore the and Government Awareness. After graduation at 13.6 percent of the surgeon's fee for first real value of the minimum wage to 1982 lev- she stayed in the area and worked as an in- assisting. Use of CRNFAs would, therefore, be els. As it stands, a working parent with two tern in the office of her Ohio Congressman, a high quality yet cost-effective alternative for children will earn $10,700 a year at the current our colleague, JIM TRAFICANT. the nation's health care delivery system, af- minimum wageÐ$3,200 below the poverty Shortly thereafter in 1996, Michelle joined fording additional flexibility to surgeons, hos- line. the Committee to work as a staff assistant pitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

VerDate 132000 05:49 Mar 15, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14MR8.052 pfrm04 PsN: E14PT1 March 14, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E311 In closing, I would like to express my appre- of the Year and Rookie of the Year, Player of A TRIBUTE—RECOGNIZING RACHEL ciation for the hard work of the Association of the Year by Virginia's sports information direc- OWEN periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and tors for the Division I all-state football team, its president, Patricia Seifert, RN, in bringing and being named to the all-state team. To top this issue forward. As a provider of health off this impressive list, Michael led the Nation HON. SCOTT McINNIS in pass efficiency and earned third place in the care, the CRNFA is a viable solution for con- OF COLORADO trolling rising health care costs. Working in col- Heisman Trophy balloting. laborative practice with surgeons, CRNFAs Although Michael has gained national promi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nence for his athletic achievements, he re- are cost-effective to the patient and to the Tuesday, March 14, 2000 health care delivery system. I urge my col- mains well aware that he is a role model to leagues to join me in supporting equity for cer- young people in the local community. As a Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to tified registered nurse first assistants by co- graduate of Warwick High School in Newport take a moment to recognize the accomplish- sponsoring The Certified Registered Nurse News, he returns often to speak with young ments of one of Colorado's bright youth, and First Assistant Direct Reimbursement Act of students. Michael encourages them to set participant in the JASON Project in Houston, 2000. goals and work hard to achieve success. In TX, Rachel Owen. In doing so, I would like to doing so, he displays humility and an appre- honor this teenager for her academic accom- f ciation for his own accomplishments. These plishments. HONORING MICHAEL VICK are the same skills he champions on the field and in the classroom at Virginia Tech where As a student in middle school, Rachel be- he is a sophomore studying criminal justice. came very active in the Science Outreach HON. ROBERT C. SCOTT The City of Newport News will join with Mi- Center in Carbondale, CO. She then became OF VIRGINIA chael's family and friends to salute him and an Argonaut in the JASON Project and from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES celebrate his accomplishments throughout the there, was chosen to attend a program at Tuesday, March 14, 2000 weekend of March 17. These activities include NASA in Houston. She is the first student from a student assembly at his alma mater, where the Roaring Fork Valley to participate in this Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, it is with great his high school football jersey number will be program. pleasure that I take this time to acknowledge retired. The program also includes a recogni- the accomplishments of one of Newport News, Rachel is active in the Kids Teaching Kids tion dinner and a community rally. program through the Science Outreach Cen- Virginia's hometown heroes, Michael Vick, In a time where we are inundated with neg- ter. She is also an exemplary student, receiv- who recently led the Virginia Tech Hokies to ative media accounts of our Nation's youth ing A's throughout her academic career. Her this year's Sugar Bowl. His leadership and hu- and sports figures, Michael shines as a posi- manity during this exciting battle of champions tive example that hard work, determination peers and teachers recognized her great ac- continue to make a lasting impression on the and perseverance do, in fact, equal success. complishments and held a pep rally in her minds of many in Newport News and indeed Newport News will long remember his out- honor. throughout Virginia. standing role as an athlete and a gentleman It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I say thank Michael's talent on the field is more than while leading the Hokies to a national cham- you to Rachel Owen on a truly exceptional ac- evident. His remarkable athletic achievements pionship game. I join with the citizens of New- complishment at the age of 14. If we had as quarterback for the Hokies included being port News, Virginia in looking forward to Mi- more citizens like her, I am certain that we named Big East Conference Offensive Player chael's continued legacy of success. would live in a very harmonious place.

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Motion to Instruct Conferees: Representative AMERICAN HOMEOWNERSHIP AND Lofgren notified the House of her intention to offer ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1501, Juve- Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Ordered nile Justice Reform Act. Page H953 reported, as amended, H.R. 1776, American Home- Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea and nay votes de- ownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000. veloped during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H951–52 and H952–53. There NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY were no quorum calls. ADMINISTRATION—SAFETY AND SECURITY Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:56 p.m. Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Oversight and In- vestigations held a joint hearing on safety and secu- Committee Meetings rity of the new National Nuclear Security Adminis- tration. Testimony was heard T. J. Glauthier, Dep- INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS uty Secretary, Department of Energy; Gary L. Jones, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior Issues, GAO; and public witnesses. held a hearing on the Department of Energy—Fossil Energy. Testimony was heard from Robert Gee, As- TELECOMMUNICATIONS MERGER ACT sistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of En- Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Tele- ergy. communications, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on the Telecommunications Merger LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from the fol- APPROPRIATIONS lowing Commissioners of the FCC: Harold W. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Furchtgott-Roth; and Michael K. Powell; and a pub- Health and Human Services, and Education contin- lic witness. ued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. OVERSIGHT—2000 CENSUS Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND Census held an oversight hearing on the 2000 Cen- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS sus: Status of Key Operations. Testimony was heard from J. Christopher Mihm, Acting Associate Direc- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treas- tor, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, ury, Postal Service, and General Government held a GAO. hearing on the Customs Service and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Testimony was heard HHS DRUG TREATMENT SUPPORT from the following officials of the Department of the Committee on Government Reform: Treasury: Raymond W. Kelly, Commissioner, U.S. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources Customs Service; W. Ralph Basham, Director, Fed- concluded hearings on HHS Drug Treatment Sup- eral Law Enforcement Training Center; and James E. port: Is SAMHSA Optimizing Resources? Testimony Johnson, Under Secretary, Enforcement. was heard from the following officials of the Depart- ment of Health and Human Services: Nelba R. Cha- NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PROGRAMS vez, M.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Mili- Mental Health Services Administration; and Alan I. tary Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Leshner, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Research and Development held a joint hearing on Abuse. Navy and Marine Corps programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department OVERSIGHT—FOREST SERVICE ROAD of Defense: Lee Buchanan, Assistant Secretary, Navy MANAGEMENT POLICY (Research, Development and Acquisition); Vice Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Adm. Conrad Lautenbacher, USN, Deputy Chief, Forest Health held an oversight hearing on Forest Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirements Service Road Management Policy. Testimony was and Assessments); and Lt. Gen. Michael Williams, heard from the following officials of the Forest Serv- USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs and Re- ice, USDA: Michael P. Dombeck, Chief; and Dale sources, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Bosworth, Regional Forester, Northern Region.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Public Law 106–50, Veterans Entrepreneurship and Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Small Business Development Act of 1999. Testi- Parks and Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. mony was heard from Darryl Dennis, Assistant Ad- 2557, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to con- ministrator, SBA; representatives of veterans organi- duct a feasibility study on the inclusion in Biscayne zations; and public witnesses. National Park, Florida, of the archaeological site BUDGET REQUEST known as the Miami Circle; and H.R. 3084, to au- Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in execu- thorize the Secretary of the Interior to contribute tive session to hold a hearing on fiscal Year 2001 funds for the establishment of an interpretative cen- JMIP/TIARA. Testimony was heard from depart- ter on the life and contributions of President Abra- mental witnesses. ham Lincoln. Testimony was heard from Representa- tives Meek of Florida, Shimkus and LaHood; Terrel f Emmons, Associate Director, Professional Services, COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; MARCH 15, 2000 Susan Mogerman, Director, Historic Preservation (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Agency, State of Illinois; and public witnesses. SMALL BUSINESS REAUTHORIZATION ACT Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: to hold joint hearings Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on the rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. Legislative recommendation of the Veterans of Foreign 3843, Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000, Wars, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building. equally divided between the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Small Business. The House rule waives all points of order against consideration Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agri- of the bill. The rule provides that the bill will be culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- open for amendment by section. The rule authorizes tion, and Related Agencies, on Marketing and Regulatory the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Mem- Programs, 10 a.m., 2362–A Rayburn. bers who have pre-printed their amendments in the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judici- Congressional Record. The rule allows the Chairman ary, on Supreme Court, 10 a.m., and on State and Local of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes Law Enforcement, 2 p.m., H–309 Capitol. Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2001 Navy/ during consideration of the bill, and to reduce vot- Marine Corps Budget Overview, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Ray- ing time to five minutes on a postponed question if burn; and, executive, on Fiscal Year 2001 Navy/Marine the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. The rule pro- Corps Acquisition Program, 1:30 p.m., H–140 Capitol. vides one motion to recommit, with or without in- Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financ- structions. Finally, the rule lays H. Res. 432 (pro- ing and Related Programs, on Secretary of State, 2 p.m., viding for consideration of the conference report to 2359 Rayburn. accompany S. 376) on the table. Testimony was Subcommittee on Interior, on Woodrow Wilson Cen- heard from Chairman Talent and Representative ter, 10 a.m., on Holocaust Museum, 11 a.m., on Kennedy Vela´zquez. Center, 11:30 a.m., and on Secretary of Energy, 2 p.m., B–308 Rayburn. WENDELL H. FORD AVIATION Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, INVESTMENT AND REFORM ACT FOR THE and Education, on Vocational and Adult Education and 21ST CENTURY Educational Research and Improvement, 10 a.m., and on Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule Office of Higher Education/Office of Student Financial waiving all points of order against the conference re- Aid, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn. port to accompany H.R. 1000, Wendell H. Ford Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Family Housing Privatization, 9:30 a.m., B–300 Rayburn. Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Subcommittee on Transportation, on National Railroad Century and against its consideration. Testimony Passenger Corporation, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn. was heard from Chairman Shuster and Representa- Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General tives Duncan, Oberstar, and Lipinski. Government, on Secret Service, 10 a.m., and on Financial VETERANS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND Crimes Enforcement Network, 2 p.m., 2362–B Rayburn. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACT Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agen- cies, on NASA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Gov- Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the ernment Programs and Oversight and the Sub- Fiscal Year 2001 National Defense authorization budget committee on Benefits of the Committee on Vet- request, with emphasis on the regional commanders, 10 erans’ Affairs held a joint hearing with respect to a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recre- Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of ation, hearing on morale, welfare and recreation resale 2000, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth. systems and programs, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2372, Private Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on re- Property Rights Implementation Act of 1999, 2 p.m., moving the barriers to TRICARE, 1:30 p.m., 2118 Ray- H–313 Capitol. burn. Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to mark up to continue hearings on National Science Foundation Fis- H.R. 3519, World Bank AIDS Prevention Trust Fund cal 2001 Budget Authorization Request, Part III: A View Act, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. from Outside NSF, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on Standards Policy, hearing on The Reagan Legacy, 2 p.m., 2128 Conformity and the Federal Government: A Review of Rayburn. Section 12 of Public Law 104–113, 10 a.m., 2318 Ray- Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Concurrent burn. Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2001, 10 a.m., Committee on Small Business, hearing on Helping Agri- 210 Cannon. cultural Producers ‘‘Re-Grow’’ Rural America’’, Providing Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: the Tools, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn. H.R. 1089, Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act of 1999; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- H.R. 887, to amend the Securities and Exchange Act of committee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 1934 to require improved disclosure of corporate chari- hearing on the United States Coast Guard Fiscal Year table contributions; and H.R. 1954, Rental Fairness Act 2001 budget request, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. of 1999, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Gov- Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transpor- ernment Management, Information, and Technology, tation, to mark up the following: H.R. 938, to designate hearing on the Results of the Health Care Financing Ad- the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New ministration’s Fiscal Year 1999 Financial Statement York, New York, as the ‘‘Ronald H. Brown Federal Audit, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Building’’; H.R. 1279, to designate the Federal building Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans’ Affairs and United States post office located at 223 Sharkey and International Relations, hearing on Agent Orange: Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Aaron E. Henry Status of the Air Force’s Ranch Hand Study, 10 a.m., Federal Building and United States Post Office’’; H.R. 2247 Rayburn. 1605, to designate the United States courthouse building Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Ad- located at 402 North Walnut Street and Prospect Avenue ministration’s Fiscal Year 2001 Foreign Assistance Re- in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ‘‘J. Smith Henley Federal quest; followed by a markup of H.R. 3822, Oil Price Re- Building’’; H.R. 2412, to designate the Federal building duction Act of 2000, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. and United States courthouse located at 1300 South Har- Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on the rison Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the ‘‘E. Ross U.S. and Latin America in the New Millennium: Outlook Adair Federal Building and the United States Court- and Priorities, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn. house’’; a concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Committee on the Judiciary, to continue mark up of H.R. Capitol Grounds for the 200th birthday celebration of the 1283, Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act of 1999; ; a concurrent resolution authorizing and to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1304, Quality the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforce- Health-Care Coalition Act of 1999; and H.R. 3660, Par- ment Torch Run to be run through the Capitol Grounds; tial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000, 10:15 a.m., 2141 a concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the East Rayburn. Front of the Capitol Grounds for performances by the Committee on Resources, to consider the following meas- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millen- ures: H. Con. Res. 89, recognizing the Hermann Monu- nium Stage; a concurrent resolution authorizing the use ment and Hermann Heights Park in New Ulm, Min- of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap nesota, as a national symbol of the contributions of Box Derby; and a concurrent resolution authorizing the Americans of German heritage; H. Res. 182, expressing use of the Capitol Grounds for the 19th annual National the sense of the House of Representatives that the Na- Peace Officers’ Memorial Service, 11:30 a.m., 2253 Ray- tional Park Service should take full advantage of support burn. services offered by the Department of Defense; H.R. 2958, to provide for the continuation of higher education Joint Meetings through the conveyance of certain public lands in the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to hold joint hear- State of Alaska to the University of Alaska; H.R. 3182, ings with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on Craig Municipal Equity Act of 1999; H.R. 3417, Pribilof the Legislative recommendation of the Veterans of For- Islands Transition Act; and H.R. 3671, Wildlife and eign Wars, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 noon, Monday, March 20 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 15

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will be in a period of Program for Wednesday: Consideration of the con- morning business, during which two Senators will be rec- ference report on H.R. 1000, Aviation Investment and ognized. Reform Act for the 21st Century (rule waiving points or order); Consideration of H.R. 3843, Small Business Reauthor- ization Act of 2000 (open rule, one hour of general de- bate); and Motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1501, Juvenile Justice Reform Act.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Gilman, Benjamin A., N.Y., E294 Royce, Edward R., Calif., E300 Green, Gene, Tex., E304 Rush, Bobby L., Ill., E309 Barrett, Bill, Nebr., E294 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E301 Saxton, Jim, N.J., E293 Boehner, John A., Ohio, E301 Lampson, Nick, Tex., E308 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E305, E307 Bonior, David E., Mich., E308 Lantos, Tom, Calif., E293, E295 Scott, Robert C., Va., E311 Boyd, Allen, Fla., E307 McInnis, Scott, Colo., E304, E306, E308, E309, E311 Skelton, Ike, Mo., E293, E297, E306 Clayton, Eva M., N.C., E307 Miller, Gary G., Calif., E310 Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., E300 Collins, Mac, Ga., E310 Ney, Robert W., Ohio, E309 Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E300 DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E306, E307 Oberstar, James L., Minn., E310 Stearns, Cliff, Fla., E295 Emerson, Jo Ann, Mo., E309 Pomeroy, Earl, N.D., E310 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E297 Faleomavaega, Eni F.H., American Samoa, E303 Portman, Rob, Ohio, E300 Gibbons, Jim, Nev., E302 Roemer, Tim, Ind., E298

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