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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 104 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 142 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1996 No. 29 House of Representatives The House met at 11 a.m. Mr. TRAFICANT led the Pledge of required that he remove those sections The Chaplain, Rev. James David Allegiance as follows: of the Palestine National Covenant Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Unit- which call for the destruction of Israel. er: ed States of America, and to the Republic for Until such time as Arafat lives up to Your goodness to us, O God, is be- which it stands, one nation under God, indi- those agreements he has signed and yond our measure and Your grace to us visible, with liberty and justice for all. eliminates Hamas from areas for which is not restrained. In spite of missing f he bears responsibility, the United the mark and seeing too much our own MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE States should know that there is little way, You allow your blessings to flow A message from the Senate by Mr. good in negotiating with him. and Your mercies never to cease. We Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- f pray that this day we will open our nounced that the Senate agrees to the hearts and minds to the daily gifts of report of the committee of conference HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE faith and hope and love and pray that on the disagreeing votes of the two (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given these gifts will brighten our day and Houses on the amendment of the Sen- permission to address the House for 1 make us faithful in Your service. In ate to the bill (H.R. 927), an act to seek minute.) Your name, we pray. Amen. international sanctions against the Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, Demo- f Castro government in Cuba, to plan for crats are uniting behind a proposal THE JOURNAL support of a transition government that would make modest but important leading to a democratically elected The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- improvements in America's health in- government in Cuba, and for other pur- ined the Journal of the last day's pro- surance. This is a bill that was spon- poses. ceedings and announces to the House sored by the gentlewoman from New his approval thereof. f Jersey [Mrs. ROUKEMA] that would ba- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- THE MIDDLE EAST sically guarantee that insurance com- panies could not deny health insurance nal stands approved. (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, pursuant coverage for preexisting conditions and given permission to address the House also would improve what we call port- to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on for 1 minute and to revise and extend agreeing to the speaker's approval of ability, the ability to take your insur- her remarks.) ance with you or to guarantee that the Journal. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, your insurance is renewed even if you The SPEAKER. The question is on Patrick Henry said ``Gentlemen may lose group coverage. the Chair's approval of the Journal. cry peace, peace. But there is no Today we have over 150 House Demo- The question was taken; and the peace.'' In quick succession, four blasts crats who are cosponsoring the Rou- speaker announced that the ayes ap- have extinguished 54 lives and scarred kema measure, including myself. We peared to have it. another 210. Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, I object Hamas has demonstrated again that are challenging the House Republican to the vote on the ground that a it is a murderous group of fanatics who leadership to let this bill come to the quorum is not present and make the are so poisoned with hateÐso obsessed floor without loading it up with all point of order that a quorum is not with slaughterÐthat no innocent life is kinds of other proposals that would present. safe. make it less possible for the bill to The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 5 Terrorism experts have stated that pass. This is something that President of rule I, further proceedings on this Hamas and its allies will attempt to in- Clinton endorsed in his State of the question are postponed. flict this sort of horror on Americans. Union Address. The point or order is considered with- We must work together with the Israe- The time has come now for biparti- drawn. lis in stopping these madmen. san support for this health security and f Arafat must also shoulder his share health insurance reform for all Ameri- of the blame for this situation. He has cans. I call upon the House leadership PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE failed to prevent the uses of territory to bring this bill to the floor so that we The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman under his administration from being can see better guarantees that pre- from Ohio [Mr. TRAFICANT] come for- used as a staging area for these plots. existing conditions would not prevent ward and lead the House in the Pledge He has failed to comply with the con- someone from getting health insurance of Allegiance. ditions of the Oslo peace accords that and that someone who loses their b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H 1719 H 1720 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE March 6, 1996 health insurance on the job can still While we may have some philosophi- ference to discuss his committee's find- get it in the individual market. cal differences that should be debated ing that there are 760 Federal edu- f on this floor and while we may have cation programs scattered throughout problems from time to time, when I re- 39 separate departments, agencies, and CONGRATULATIONS TO turned to the Sixth District of Arizona, commissions. This web of Federal pro- CONGRESSMAN JIM BUNNING one message was given to me over- grams costs over $120 billion per year (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and whelmingly by liberals and conserv- to educate citizens on everything from was given permission to address the atives, Democrats and Republicans. the disposal of boat sewage to citizen- House for 1 minute and to revise and They said, Congressman, focus on re- ship. Each of these programs has its extend his remarks. sults and what works. own application process, and each re- Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- Therefore, our mission is clear. To quires large amounts of staff time to er, a great, great honor befell one of do, in the words of President Clinton, administerÐon the Federal, State, and our colleagues yesterday. JIM BUNNING what he said he wanted to do, to end local levels. Money spent on redundant from Kentucky, a very good friend of welfare as we know it, to find a way to programs is money not spent on our mine. Everybody here in the front row cut into the bureaucracy so $32 billion children. was elected to the Baseball Hall of is not spent on the bureaucracy of edu- This must change. Fame. This is an honor that very few cation but instead put on the front- f baseball players ever achieve. JIM lines helping children learn and ulti- pitched no-hitters in both the Amer- mately to allow the American people PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM ican and National Leagues. He did ex- to hang onto more of their hard-earned UNDER AMERICAN STUDENTS traordinary things and it is high time money to decide how to spend that on (Mr. BALDACCI asked and was given he was recognized. their children instead of sending it permission to address the House for 1 I remember when I was about 6 years here to Washington bureaucrats. minute.) old, and he was in the majors, how Those three broadly defined goals Mr. BALDACCI. Mr. Speaker, as much I admired JIM BUNNING. Maybe I deal with results. Let us work together March 15 draws closer, we are reminded was a little bit older, but anyhow let to see those results brought to fruition. that Congress has failed to enact the me just say that JIM deserves this f fiscal year 1996 appropriation for edu- honor. I hope all of my colleagues will cation. Five months of uncertainty A MESSAGE FROM SARA LEE take the opportunity today to con- about Federal funding has had a dev- gratulate him. It is a great honor for (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was astating impact on schools in Maine JIM BUNNING and a great honor for the given permission to address the House and throughout the country. State of Kentucky. for 1 minute and to revise and extend I am concerned about the effect of f his remarks.) this uncertainty, combined with deep Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Sara DISTRICT'S FEDERAL PAYMENT spending cuts, on our schools. Schools Lee is closing their Virginia apparel are having to make plans for the next (Ms. NORTON asked and was given factory; 42 workers lose their jobs. school year without even knowing permission to address the House for 1 Sara Lee is also closing a T-shirt fac- what resources they will have avail- minute and to revise and extend her re- tory in North Carolina; another 370 able. marks.) workers lose their jobs.
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