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Vol. 143 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1997 No. 28 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL The vote was taken by electronic de- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The vice, and there were—yeas 75, nays 293, pore (Mr. QUINN). Chair has examined the Journal of the not voting 64, as follows: [Roll No. 32] f last day’s proceedings and announces to the House his approval thereof. YEAS—75 DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Abercrombie Gephardt Nussle PRO TEMPORE nal stands approved. Allen Harman Olver Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, pursuant Andrews Hastings (FL) Owens The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on Barrett (WI) Hefner Pallone Becerra Hinojosa Payne fore the House the following commu- agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of Berman Hooley Pelosi nication from the Speaker: the Journal. Blagojevich Hoyer Price (NC) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Brown (CA) Jefferson Reyes Washington, DC, March 6, 1997. Brown (OH) John Rothman question is on the Chair’s approval of Clyburn Johnson (WI) Sandlin I hereby designate the Honorable JACK the Journal. DeGette Kaptur Slaughter QUINN to act as Speaker pro tempore on this The question was taken; and the DeLauro Kennedy (MA) Smith, Adam day. Speaker pro tempore announced that Dellums Kennedy (RI) Stark NEWT GINGRICH, the ayes appeared to have it. Deutsch Kennelly Tauscher Speaker of the House of Representatives. Dicks Lantos Taylor (MS) Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I object to Doggett Lipinski Thompson f the vote on the ground that a quorum Eshoo Maloney (CT) Tierney is not present and make the point of Evans Martinez Torres Farr Matsui Towns PRAYER order that a quorum is not present. Fazio McDermott Waters The Chaplain, Rev. James David The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Filner Meehan Watt (NC) ant to clause 5, rule I, further proceed- Ford Millender- Wexler Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- Frank (MA) McDonald Weygand er: ings on this question will be postponed. The point of no quorum is considered Frost Miller (CA) Yates Hold us, O gracious God, when we fal- Gejdenson Mink withdrawn. ter; lift us, O God, when we fall; Gekas Neal f strengthen us when we are weak and NAYS—293 keep us ever in Your grace. With grate- MOTION TO ADJOURN Aderholt Buyer Cummings fulness we pray for guidance along Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Armey Callahan Cunningham life’s way and with humility we pray Bachus Calvert Danner Speaker, I offer a motion. Baker Campbell Davis (FL) for reconciliation in all that divides The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Baldacci Cannon Davis (IL) and separates us from each other and Clerk will report the motion. Ballenger Capps Davis (VA) from Your will for us. Show us Your The Clerk read as follows: Barr Cardin Deal Barrett (NE) Carson DeLay bountiful gifts that justice will be our Mr. MILLER of California moves Bartlett Castle Diaz-Balart focus and mercy Your everlasting that the House do now adjourn. Barton Chabot Dickey blessing. This is our earnest prayer. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bateman Chambliss Dixon Amen. question is on the motion to adjourn Bereuter Chenoweth Dooley Berry Christensen Doolittle offered by the gentleman from Califor- f Bilbray Clay Doyle nia [Mr. MILLER]. Bilirakis Clayton Duncan The question was taken; and the Bishop Clement Edwards MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Speaker pro tempore announced that Bliley Coble Ehlers Blumenauer Coburn Ehrlich A message from the Senate by Mr. the noes appeared to have it. Boehlert Collins Emerson Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Boehner Combest English nounced that the Senate has passed a Speaker, I object to the vote on the Bonilla Condit Ensign ground that a quorum is not present Bonior Cook Etheridge Joint Resolution of the following title Bono Cooksey Everett in which the concurrence of the House and make the point of order that a Borski Costello Ewing is requested: quorum is not present. Boswell Cox Fattah Boyd Coyne Fawell S.J. Res. 5. Joint resolution waiving cer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evi- dently a quorum is not present. Brown (FL) Cramer Foley tain provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relat- Bryant Crane Forbes ing to the appointment of the United States The Sergeant at Arms will notify ab- Bunning Crapo Fowler Trade Representative. sent Members. Burton Cubin Fox

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H769 H770 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 Franks (NJ) Lowey Roukema LAMPSON, BOYD, and DIXON changed borrow the money against our chil- Frelinghuysen Lucas Royce Gibbons Luther Rush their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ dren’s future to pay for the program? Gilchrest Manton Ryun Mr. OWENS and Mr. JOHN changed We have heard much talk about bal- Gillmor Manzullo Sabo their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ ancing the budget and the President Gilman Markey Salmon So the motion to adjourn was re- has even said in this Chamber that the Goode Mascara Sanford Goodlatte McCarthy (NY) Sawyer jected. era of big government is over. Let us Goodling McCollum Saxton The result of the vote was announced help him to fulfill his proclamation. Gordon McDade Scarborough as above recorded. Talk will not balance the budget, but Goss McHale Schaefer, Dan Graham McHugh Schaffer, Bob f spending less will. Let us start by clos- Granger McInnis Scott ing the books on AmeriCorps. Green McIntosh Sensenbrenner PERSONAL EXPLANATION f Greenwood McIntyre Sessions Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Gutierrez McKeon Shadegg IN TRIBUTE TO SAMOAN would like the RECORD to reflect that had I Gutknecht McKinney Shaw HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER DAVID TUA Hall (TX) Meek Shays been present for rollcall vote No. 32, I would Hamilton Menendez Sherman have voted ``nay.'' (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and Hansen Metcalf Shimkus was given permission to address the Hastert Mica Sisisky f Hayworth Miller (FL) Skaggs House for 1 minute and to revise and Hefley Minge Skeen PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE extend his remarks.) Hill Moakley Skelton The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, Hilleary Mollohan Smith (MI) I rise today to pay tribute to a very Hilliard Moran (KS) Smith (NJ) QUINN). Will the gentleman from Ohio Hobson Moran (VA) Smith (OR) [Mr. TRAFICANT] come forward and lead special member of our Samoan commu- Holden Morella Smith (TX) the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. nity here in these United States of Horn Murtha Smith, Linda America, heavyweight boxer David Hostettler Myrick Snowbarger Mr. TRAFICANT led the Pledge of Hulshof Nethercutt Snyder Allegiance as follows: Tua, who was recently honored in Hon- Hunter Neumann Solomon I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the olulu as the Samoan professional ath- Hyde Ney Souder United States of America, and to the Repub- lete of the year. Inglis Northup Spence Mr. Speaker, David Tua, now only 23 Istook Norwood Spratt lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Jackson (IL) Oberstar Stearns indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. years old, became heavyweight cham- Jackson-Lee Obey Stenholm f pion of New Zealand at a very young (TX) Ortiz Stokes age and subsequently represented New Jenkins Oxley Stump REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Zealand at the Barcelona Olympics, Johnson, E. B. Packard Sununu AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 811 Johnson, Sam Pappas Talent where he was awarded a bronze medal. Jones Parker Tanner Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I This young athlete has a most im- Kanjorski Pascrell Taylor (NC) ask unanimous consent to have my pressive record as a professional boxer. Kasich Pastor Thomas Kelly Paul Thornberry name removed as a cosponsor of H.R. David Tua is the first Polynesian and Kildee Pease Thune 811. the first Samoan to be ranked 8th in Kim Peterson (MN) Thurman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the world in the heavyweight division. Kind (WI) Peterson (PA) Tiahrt King (NY) Petri Traficant objection to the request of the gen- He has won every single one of his 26 Kingston Pickering Turner tleman from Georgia? professional fights, 22 by knockouts, Klink Pickett Upton There was no objection. and 11 of those were knockouts in the Klug Pitts Velazquez first round. Knollenberg Pombo Vento f Kolbe Porter Visclosky The great fighter, Mr. Mike Tyson, Kucinich Portman Walsh CLOSING THE BOOKS ON currently holds the record, Mr. Speak- LaFalce Poshard Wamp AMERICORPS WILL START THE er, with 15 knockouts in the first LaHood Pryce (OH) Watkins BALANCED BUDGET PROCESS Lampson Quinn Watts (OK) round. Largent Radanovich Waxman (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given David Tua is an inspiration and a Latham Rahall Weldon (FL) permission to address the House for 1 champion role model for the Samoan Lazio Ramstad Weldon (PA) minute and to revise and extend his re- community, working with and encour- Leach Regula Weller Lewis (CA) Riley White marks.) aging our youth to maintain strong Lewis (GA) Rivers Whitfield Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, the Sen- ties with their families and to study Lewis (KY) Roemer Wicker ate has defeated the balanced budget. hard in school. Linder Rogan Wolf Keep an eye on David Tua. Livingston Rogers Woolsey We have heard repeatedly from the LoBiondo Ros-Lehtinen Wynn party of big government, the opponents f of the balanced budget, that we do not CHILDREN’S HEALTH NOT VOTING—64 need to amend the Constitution to bal- Ackerman Gallegly Nadler ance the budget. We can do it right (Mr. GREEN asked and was given Archer Ganske Paxon permission to address the House for 1 Baesler Gonzalez Pomeroy now. Barcia Hall (OH) Rangel I say it is time to put our money minute and to revise and extend his re- Bass Hastings (WA) Riggs where our mouths are. Let us get start- marks.) Bentsen Herger Rohrabacher ed. Today I am introducing legislation Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, one of the Blunt Hinchey Roybal-Allard Boucher Hoekstra Sanchez to eliminate the President’s central points of the democratic Fami- Brady Houghton Sanders AmeriCorps program, the largest Gov- lies First program has been a commit- Burr Hutchinson Schiff ernment service program since the ment to improving children’s health Camp Johnson (CT) Schumer care. Canady Kilpatrick Serrano 1930’s. AmeriCorps spends $400 million Conyers Kleczka Shuster a year to pay volunteers, which is a Last summer in Houston we hosted DeFazio LaTourette Stabenow paradox in terms and, in many cases, an immunization day to offer inner Delahunt Levin Strickland for them just to serve as low-level Fed- city children free immunization as a Dingell Lofgren Stupak Dreier Maloney (NY) Tauzin eral bureaucrats. step toward providing them with criti- cal preventative health care. And we Dunn McCarthy (MO) Wise b Engel McCrery Young (AK) 1030 will do it again this year. But that is Flake McGovern Young (FL) The GAO has reported the average not enough. Foglietta McNulty Furse Molinari AmeriCorps paid volunteer receives The Democratic Members of Congress $26,000 a year in compensation. This know children’s health is an issue that program makes politicians feel good deserves our attention. In millions of b 1024 and lets us talk about our high-minded American households with one or two Mrs. MYRICK and Messrs. OXLEY, ideals. working parents, children are excluded SHIMKUS, FOX of Pennsylvania, I pose this simple question: Is this from their health care coverage. Nine- JACKSON of Illinois, THOMAS, program so important that we want to ty percent of the 10 million American March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H771 children who are uninsured have par- does not warrant or deserve awards. minute and to revise and extend his re- ents who work but whose employers They should be getting subpoenas from marks.) cannot or do not provide health care the Justice Department. Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, I am con- coverage for the children. I yield back the balance of all this cerned about American families and The Democratic plan will help chil- prison space that will be taken up. American children and health care, and dren get coverage by requiring insur- f I know that the one way we can ance companies to offer kids-only THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET achieve that is to balance our budget. health plans and tax credits to help We will not achieve it if we do not bal- families pay for those premiums. The (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and ance our budget. Democratic families first agenda will was given permission to address the The President has sent down his indeed offer real improvements to House for 1 minute and to revise and budget. It is $69 or $70 billion out of every life for America’s working fami- extend his remarks.) balance when we get to the year 2002. lies, especially our children. Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speak- In fact, the deficit is going to go up $14 Let us work together bipartisanly to er, Bill Clinton has stated over and billion before it starts to go down. The over his commitment to producing a improve the health care for America’s American people are smart. We can tell real balanced budget. I do not doubt his 10 million uninsured children. them we are going to balance the budg- commitment. It is his math that I am f et, and the President can say it; but worried about. The CBO predicts the whether we come back with a plan that A BALANCED BUDGET President’s most recent budget will raises the deficit and then leaves 75 (Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma asked and have a $69 billion deficit in the year percent of the balancing of the budget was given permission to address the 2002, when there should be no deficit. to be done in the next administration, House for 1 minute and to revise and Mr. Speaker, we see that the White they know we are blowing smoke at extend his remarks.) House worked feverishly to defeat a Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speak- balanced budget amendment. Now we them. Mr. Speaker, we have got a job to do. er, as a father I am concerned about see why. He has no intention of produc- The President has a responsibility to not only my children but about the ing a real balanced budget. During his send a balanced budget down here. We health and well-being of all children in State of the Union Address the Presi- need to get at it. this country. That is why I support a dent said, and I quote, ‘‘Balancing the balanced budget amendment and a real budget requires only your vote and my f balanced budget. But Mr. Clinton has signature. It does not require us to re- BLUE DOG COALITION BUDGET determined that we will have neither. write our Constitution.’’ (Mrs. TAUSCHER asked and was The Clinton administration work fe- Mr. Speaker, who is the President given permission to address the House verishly to defeat the BBA, and the kidding? If he cannot even produce a for 1 minute and to revise and extend balanced budget they submitted earlier balanced budget, why should we expect her remarks.) this year falls short of balancing the him to sign one? Instead of lip service, Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I am budget by $69 billion. Bill Clinton should send Congress a proud that in my first opportunity to Mr. Speaker, our children deserve real budget using real numbers and one speak on the floor of the House, I am better. They deserve a future that is that actually adds up. rising to voice my strong support for bright and free of the debt that this f the blue dog coalition budget. The coa- Government keeps piling on them year lition budget is a commonsense ap- after year. We literally take money out UNINSURED CHILDREN proach to deficit reduction. It does not of the back pockets of our children (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given rely on gimmicks, nor do we postpone when we do not balance the budget. permission to address the House for 1 The last time America had a bal- minute.) the tough cuts until the final years of anced budget was 1969. Since then we Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, over 175 the plan. have accumulated over $5.3 trillion in Democratic Members have signed a let- At this point the blue dog budget is national debt. It is a shame that the ter to the Republican leadership urging the only budget plan that will balance White House would block the only way a date certain for floor consideration of the budget by the year 2002 and take to ensure our children will not have to legislation that provides health insur- the Social Security trust fund off budg- face an 80- to 90-percent tax rate when ance coverage for the 10 million Amer- et by 2005. As Members of Congress, we they grow up to become taxpayers. ican kids that do not have it. So far must show our constituents that we Mr. Speaker, we need to balance the the Republican leadership refuses to can make the tough choices necessary budget, we need a balanced budget address the issue of kids health insur- to put our fiscal house in order. The co- amendment. ance. Last week many of my Demo- alition budget proves that we can bal- f cratic colleagues discussed a recent ance the budget, save Medicare and So- New York City survey that pointed to cial Security, and preserve our com- ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION the growing numbers of children with- mitment on education. (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was out health insurance. If we colleagues are truly looking to given permission to address the House Today the GOP is supposed to unveil balance the budget in a bipartisan for 1 minute and to revise and extend its long-overdue legislative agenda for manner, I urge them to take a long his remarks.) the 105th Congress. A present view of hard look at the blue dog budget. This Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, re- that agenda published in today’s news- is the right plan for Democrats and Re- ports say that record numbers of ille- papers does not mention kids health in- publicans to begin to form a truly bi- gal immigrants keep running across surance. Nor did the Republicans in- partisan consensus on a balanced budg- the border, many with backpacks full clude the issue when they talked about et. of heroin and cocaine. To boot, the Im- a bipartisan agenda with President f migration and Naturalization Service Clinton a few weeks ago. TIME FOR A BALANCED BUDGET just granted citizenship to 71,000 crimi- I want to assure my colleagues, nals, 71,000 criminals. though, that this issue will not go (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and Now, if that is not enough to tax away because the Democrats will not was given permission to address the your prison, check this out. For quote allow it to. It is a disgrace that 10 mil- House for 1 minute and to revise and unquote ‘‘excellent work,’’ the Vice lion American children, most of whose extend his remarks.) President just gave the Immigration parents work very hard, do not have Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speak- and Naturalization Service the na- health care coverage. er, this country is in a time of need. tional performance hammer award. For f What our constituents need is a budget what? For a Border Patrol program that will stay balanced. It is our obli- known as Ollie, Ollie In Free. BALANCING THE BUDGET gation to provide that for them. Mr. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. The Immi- (Mr. EWING asked and was given per- Speaker, the President has proposed a gration and Naturalization Service mission to address the House for 1 budget that does not offer what we H772 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 have been striving for. The Congres- last decade with the downsizing of de- ing time off instead of overtime pay. In sional Budget Office has revealed that fense, we have seen areas of the coun- no way does this bill threaten the Fair this plan would leave an unsettled defi- try like my own Long Island, NY, re- Labor Standards Act, and in no way cit of at least $69 billion by the year gion lose over 100,000 jobs as the de- does this bill temper the rights of em- 2002. Additionally, his Medicare pro- fense industry cuts back. ployees. posal does not keep the Medicare plan This important delta program is This is simply a bill which provides in balance for 10 years as he has pro- needed to ease the transition between an option to help America’s workers posed. the defense-based business and moving become full-time parents as well as Furthermore, his savings in Medicare them into other commercial applica- full-time employees. Why do so many essentially amount to a shell game, tions. My legislation would provide for working men and women across Amer- moving expenses from part A to part B, an extension of this important program ica support comp time? They support out of the Medicare plan into the gen- for small businesses. It would expand comp time because it affords them eral revenue which comes out of gen- the opportunities for small businesses choice. eral withholding of all taxpayers. to participate by allowing them to go For the mother of three working 40 Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that back up to 7 years if they have done hours a week, comp time means the the President send us an honest bal- about 25 percent of their business in choice to take time off and see her anced budget, additionally that he send the defense industry. In addition, it daughter’s school play. For the father us a plan that will truly achieve sol- would raise the guaranteed loan who is raising kids by himself, comp vency for the Medicare plan so that our amount up to 90 percent so more banks time means the choice to coach his seniors will be able to have the health could help small businesses. It is im- son’s little league team. And for the care that they need. portant legislation and I urge its con- children of the 90’s, comp time means a f sideration. chance to spend more time with the two most important figures in their HANDGUNS AND KIDS f lives, their moms and dads. (Mr. BLAGOJEVICH asked and was b 1045 Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to given permission to address the House KIDS-ONLY HEALTH INSURANCE support H.R. 1 as a means to an end. for 1 minute and to revise and extend The means will be more choice for par- his remarks.) (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given ents on how to manage their time, but Mr. BLAGOJEVICH. Mr. Speaker, in permission to address the House for 1 more importantly, the end will be Chicago on Monday, a man named Ste- minute and to revise and extend his re- thousands of healthier, happier fami- phen Young told me that his oldest son marks.) lies. When this bill comes to the floor, had been killed by an 18-year-old with Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I urge my colleagues to support it. the House overwhelmingly passed a a handgun. f His son, Andrew, had earned the na- resolution regarding the Ten Com- tional ranking in speed skating and mandments on the grounds that reli- FIGHT FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR planned to attend a Chicago area tech gious doctrine is the cornerstone of a CHILDREN school this fall. But the 18-year-old just and fair society. Yet there are 61 (Ms. DELAURO asked and was given with the handgun put a stop to that countries around the world that ensure permission to address the House for 1 outside a neighborhood fruit market. or provide health care for all of their minute and to revise and extend her re- Andrew’s father said, I was really look- workers and dependents. The United marks.) ing forward to knowing him as a man. States is not one of them. Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, 30 years But the 18-year-old with the handgun In this country our children are fall- ago this country made a pact with our put a stop to that as well. ing behind on many crucial health indi- senior citizens. We promised our Na- Mr. Speaker, 18-year-old males have cators. Ten million American children tion’s elderly that the Medicare Pro- the highest arrest rates for weapons of- have no health insurance. Millions gram would be there for them when fenses, but Federal law still allows more do not have meaningful access to they needed it most. Today the Medi- them to possess handguns. It is time health care providers. Their parents care Program is one of our Nation’s we in Congress put a stop to that. In have to rely on emergency services to great success stories. Ninety-nine per- the memory of Andrew Young and the care for their children. cent of our seniors have health care countless others who have fallen vic- This is unconscionable. Ninety per- coverage in the United States today. tim to gun violence, I am proud to in- cent of uninsured children have parents Last year Democrats stood up for our troduce a bill that would make it ille- that work but they have no coverage Nation’s seniors and successfully gal for anyone under 21 to possess a for their children through their em- fought to protect and preserve the handgun. ployers. We must take action to re- Medicare Program. But surely our chil- I urge my colleagues to join me in quire insurance companies to provide dren are every bit as sacred as our sen- stopping the lethal mix of kids and kids-only health insurance and to pro- ior citizens, and yet every day in this guns. vide a tax credit to help parents pay country another 3,300 kids lose their f the premiums. A fair and just society health insurance. This is a national provides for the health and welfare of crisis. IMPROVE THE GUARANTEED LOAN its children, our future. It is time for the Congress to focus PROGRAM f on this problem because it is not going (Mr. FORBES asked and was given away. In fact, it is only getting worse. THE WORKING FAMILIES permission to address the House for 1 We need to stand up and fight for the FLEXIBILITY ACT minute and to revise and extend his re- health of our children just as we stood marks.) (Ms. GRANGER asked and was given up and fought for the health of our sen- Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I thank permission to address the House for 1 iors. We must act today and move the you for this opportunity, and I rise minute and to revise and extend her re- expansion of children’s health care to today to introduce legislation together marks.) the top of our legislative agenda. with the gentlewoman from New York Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise f [Mrs. MCCARTHY] that would strength- today in strong support of H.R. 1, the en and improve the defense loan and Working Families Flexibility Act. Ev- SEND CONGRESS A BALANCED technical assistance program, the so- erett Dirksen once said nothing in the BUDGET called delta guaranteed loan program world can stop an idea whose time has (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado for small businesses. come. Mr. Speaker, comp time is clear- asked and was given permission to ad- As a former SBA Administrator, I ly such an idea. dress the House for 1 minute and to re- saw firsthand the important relation- This is a simple and straightforward vise and extend his remarks.) ship between defense industries and piece of legislation that allows employ- Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. small businesses. Unfortunately in the ees and employers the option of choos- Mr. Speaker, you can’t be a beacon if March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H773 your light don’t shine. You can’t have the balanced budget amendment, when Now we have a President who says he your cake and eat it too. You can’t the budget they submitted to Congress will support a balanced budget amend- teach an old dog new tricks. What we is the best argument for a balanced ment, and then he submits a budget have here is a failure to communicate. budget amendment. Bill Clinton’s that is not even balanced. The Clinton Show me the money. When the Lord budget is big government, more taxes, budget in the year 2002 has a $69 billion closes a door, somewhere he opens a more programs, and status quo Wash- deficit, and all the savings there are window. All I ever learned, I learned in ington, DC. are on the back end, far after he has kindergarten. There he goes again. Clinton’s budget contains temporary left the White House. Where’s the beef? Just say no. Life is tax cuts but has permanent tax in- Mr. Speaker, I ask the President to like a box of chocolates. Spare the rod, creases. The CBO has reported that in please come forward, think about not spoil the child. Over 69 billion served. the year 2002, after Mr. Clinton is gone, just my kids, think about all the chil- Elvis lives. To be or not to be. the Government would run a $70 billion dren in America. Let us really do some- Mr. Speaker, by now you are prob- deficit. thing for the youth of America and bal- ably wondering what all these annoy- Mr. Speaker, Bill Clinton’s new budg- ance the budget and quit spending ing cliches and catch phrases have in et is unbalanced and avoids the tough their money. common. It is simple. They all pertain choices. America deserves an honest f to the Clinton fiscal year 1998 budget. balanced budget, one without gim- HONORING MANUAL HIGH Mr. Speaker, the President should micks or temporary tax cuts. SCHOOL’S BASKETBALL TEAM send Congress a real balanced budget. f Waste not, want not. (Mr. LAHOOD asked and was given UNFUNDED SOCIAL SECURITY permission to address the House for 1 f LIABILITY minute and to revise and extend his re- CONGRESS SHOULD GET DOWN TO (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and marks.) BUSINESS was given permission to address the Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I thought (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given per- House for 1 minute and to revise and I would deliver my 1 minute on this mission to address the House for 1 extend his remarks.) side of the aisle today, given the fact minute and to revise and extend her re- Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speak- that we are beginning, this weekend, marks.) er, on the Committee on the Budget, the first historic bipartisan retreat, Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, according just an update of what is happening. where over 220 Members from both to the Congressional Management Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the sides of the aisle will depart to Her- Foundation, it costs our Nation’s tax- Federal Reserve, came in day before shey, PA, with 165 spouses and 100 chil- dren to begin to work together and, payers approximately $280,000 to fly yesterday. As we know, June O’Neill of hopefully, develop a rapport so that we House Members to Washington each CBO is coming in today. They are both can carry out the people’s business in a week when the Congress is in session. saying there is a difference in the rosy more civil way. In the past, there has been a busy floor scenario or a more conservative expec- Today, I rise, though, to pay tribute schedule and Members have been work- tation of what is going to come in in to a high school basketball team in my ing in order to earn their keep. revenues. Let us take the hard course. hometown of Peoria, the Manual Rams, Today is Thursday, March 6, and it Let us take the more conservative esti- who are currently ranked No. 1 in the may be the 105th Congress but so far, I mate. Let us start cutting spending. country by USA Today. The Manual think, it is the pretend Congress: Pre- I know it is a tough job. We talk Rams have been ranked No. 1 for the tend we are meeting, pretend we are about all these expenditures. Let me past 5 weeks. The team is led by head legislating, pretend we are busy, pre- give my colleagues one example: Social coach Wayne McClain and has three tend we are working. This is not a Security. We are accumulating an ad- all-State players: Marcus Griffin, Ser- source of pride to me, nor can it be to ditional $380 billion a year increased gio McClain, and Frankie Williams. so many of my colleagues. All the actuarial debts or unfunded liability in Manual is the three-time defending American people want is to have their Social Security. The longer we put off Illinois State champion and they are country work, and it cannot work if we those decisions, the more drastic those currently on track to win an unprece- do not work. solutions are going to have to be in the dented fourth consecutive champion- We passed the armored car reciproc- future. ship this month as we begin March ity amendments, we sent best wishes to I figured it by minute because it is Madness in Illinois, which will take the people of Nicaragua, and we even big dollars if you figure the $370 billion place in my hometown of Peoria. The mustered a handful of Members to we are spending a year. Every minute team’s current record is 24–1. come to the floor to listen to the Presi- on Social Security we are spending The City of Peoria and all of Central dent of Chile, but nothing is being done $700,000. By 2030 every minute we are Illinois is proud to have the Manual about campaign finance reform, health going to be spending $5,700,000. Let us Rams as a representative in USA care for our Nation’s children, and so get at it and solve these problems. Today High School Rankings. Con- many other things. f gratulations to Coach McClain and the Mr. Speaker, let us stop wasting the BALANCE THE BUDGET FOR OUR Manual Rams. We are very proud of taxpayers’ dollars. Let us get down to CHILDREN their teamwork, dedication, and business. Let us go to work for our sportsmanship. (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given great Nation. f f permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- WEST VIRGINIA HARD HIT BY AMERICA DESERVES AN HONEST marks.) FLOOD WATERS BALANCED BUDGET Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, as a fa- (Mr. WISE asked and was given per- (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given ther of four kids, I have Betsy who is mission to address the House for 1 permission to address the House for 1 13, John who is 11, and I have Ann who minute and to revise and extend his re- minute and to revise and extend his re- is 8 and Jim who is 6, I am very, very marks.) marks.) concerned about their future. Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, let me report Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, the bal- We are working real hard with them that as the flood waters are receding, anced budget amendment was defeated on their homework, teaching them mercifully, in West Virginia, we have in the Senate by one vote. Again, the math and English and all the good stuff many areas that have been hard hit: will of the American people is being children all over America are doing, Sisterville, Clendenin, the counties thwarted because folks here promise but one thing that is very scary to me Calhoun and Wirt, Mason, Braxton, one thing at home, then come to Wash- as I put them to bed every night is that Gilmer, Roane and Putnam all have ington and do something else. I know looming out there in the future suffered unprecedented flood damage. It is ironic indeed that the Clinton is this dark cloud of the national debt: Of course, Governor Underwood, the White House worked so hard to defeat $5.1 trillion already. volunteers, the emergency services, the H774 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 National Guard, all have done an in- b 1100 H.R. 513 credible job in this first stage of flood Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF recovery. resentatives of the United States of America in COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND Congress assembled, Now comes the second stage, Mr. THE WORKFORCE Speaker, because shortly the Federal SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. disaster declaration will be made. At The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Council Contract Review Reform that time there will be a toll-free num- QUINN) laid before the House the fol- lowing resignation as a member of the Act of 1997’’. ber for all residents in West Virginia to SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS call the Federal Emergency Manage- Committee on Education and the FROM COUNCIL REVIEW. ment Agency, and there they can apply Workforce: (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 451 of the District for housing assistance, small business HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, of Columbia Self-Government and Govern- loans, unemployment assistance, crisis Washington, DC, March 5, 1997. mental Reorganization Act (sec. 1–1130, D.C. counseling, and a range of other assist- Hon. NEWT GINGRICH, Code) is amended by adding at the end the ance. Speaker of the House, The Capitol, Washington, following new subsection: DC ‘‘(d) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.— Working with the Governor, Mr. DEAR MR. SPEAKER, I hereby submit my The requirements of this section shall not Speaker, and the FEMA staff, my staff resignation from the Committee on Edu- apply with respect to any of the following and I will be fanning out across the cation and the Workplace. contracts: State as soon as this disaster declara- Sincerely, ‘‘(1) Any contract entered into by the tion is made to work with local offi- EARL BLUMENAUER, Washington Convention Center Authority for cials and to work with residents and to Member of Congress. preconstruction activities, project manage- ment, design, or construction. get the information out about how to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without ‘‘(2) Any contract entered into by the Dis- get that assistance. objection, the resignation is accepted. trict of Columbia Water and Sewer Author- The first stage, Mr. Speaker, of this There was no objection. ity established pursuant to the Water and flood recovery is coming to an end, and f Sewer authority Establishment and Depart- that is basically to preserve life, ment of Public Works Reorganization Act of health, and property. And now we ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO 1996, other than contracts for the sale or begin the second stage. And as we do, STANDING COMMITTEES lease of the Blue Plains Wastewater Treat- ment Plant. all West Virginians should know that Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, by direction ‘‘(3) At the option of the Council, any con- with the Federal disaster declaration of the Democratic caucus, I offer a tract for a highway improvement project that will be coming shortly, they will privileged resolution (H. Res. 84) and carried out under title 23, United States not be left alone. The second stage be- ask for its immediate consideration. Code.’’. gins and so does our recovery. The Clerk read as follows: (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with re- HOUSE RESOLUTION 84 f spect to contracts entered into on or after Resolved, That the following named Mem- the date of the enactment of this Act. bers be, and that they are hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, ant to the rule, the gentleman from MARCH 10, 1997 House of Representatives: To the Committee on Transportation and Virginia [Mr. DAVIS] and the gen- Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask Infrastructure: Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, tleman from Maine [Mr. ALLEN] each unanimous consent that when the to rank directly below Elijah Cummings of will control 20 minutes. House adjourns today, it adjourn to Maryland. The Chair recognizes the gentleman meet at 2 p.m. on Monday next. To the Committee on Education and the from Virginia [Mr. DAVIS]. Workforce: Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. To the Committee on budget: James QUINN). Is there objection to the re- McDermott of Washington. I yield myself such time as I may consume. quest of the gentleman from Illinois? The resolution was agreed to. There was no objection. (Mr. DAVIS of Virginia asked and A motion to reconsider was laid on was given permission to revise and ex- the table. f tend his remarks and include extra- f neous material.) Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER HOUR OF MEETING ON TUESDAY, this bill is a very small matter for us, PRO TEMPORE MARCH 11, 1997 but it is urgently needed for the Dis- Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- trict of Columbia Council and two of unanimous consent that when the ant to the provisions of clause 5 of rule its independent agencies charged with House adjourns on Monday, March 10, I, the Chair announces that he will the important issue of water and sewer 1997, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on postpone further proceedings today on service and construction of a new con- Tuesday, March 11, 1997, for morning the motion to suspend the rules on vention center. hour debates. which a recorded vote or the yeas and This legislation was introduced late The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there nays are ordered, or on which the vote in the 104th Congress and fell through objection to the request of the gen- is objected to under clause 4 of rule the cracks in our rush to adjournment. tleman from Illinois? XV. I appreciate the gentleman from Indi- There was no objection. If postponed, such proceedings will ana [Mr. BURTON], the chairman, and resume after disposition of proceedings the gentleman from California [Mr. f de novo on the question of agreeing to WAXMAN], the ranking member, being the Speaker’s approval of the Journal. willing to allow this measure to come f before the House outside the regular DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR process. Mr. Speaker, my thanks to WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL Chairman BURTON for permitting expe- WEDNESDAY NEXT CONTRACT REVIEW REFORM ACT ditious consideration of this bill. Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask OF 1997 H.R. 513, the District of Columbia unanimous consent that the business Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Council Review Reform Act, is an im- in order under the calendar Wednesday I move to suspend the rules and pass portant bill for the city’s recovery. It rule be dispensed with on Wednesday the bill (H.R. 513) to exempt certain enables two independent agencies, the next. contracts entered into by the govern- Washington Convention Center Author- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ment of the District of Columbia from ity, and the District of Columbia Water objection to the request of the gen- review by the Council of the District of and Sewer Authority, to carry out tleman from Illinois? Columbia. their mission in a more efficient and There was no objection. The Clerk read as follows: cost-effective manner. Timely passage March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H775 of this bill is of the essence in particu- and the full Government Reform and asked to resolve the matter and sought to do lar for the Convention Center Author- Oversight Committee, was unable to so with passage of P.L. 104–8 in 1995, the Dis- ity so as to avoid delays by taking full move forward due to a disagreement trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility advantage of the construction season. which arose on a completely different and Management Assistance Authority. This For many years the council has landmark legislation, establishing the con- section of the bill. trol board, requires in Section 304 that no sought authority to review city con- This bill is necessary in order to contract involving expenditures in excess of tracts in excess of $1 million. The coun- avoid unnecessary delays in the very $1 million during a 12 month period may be cil had numerous times passed legisla- important work of the Convention Cen- made unless the Mayor submits the contract tion to accomplish this objective but ter Authority and the Water and Sewer to the Council for its approval and the Coun- had been unable to override executive Authority and to allow the council to cil approves the contract. Section 304 is man- vetoes. Congress was eventually asked eliminate delays in awarding highway datory, not discretionary. to resolve this dispute, and we did so It soon became apparent that the manda- contracts for bids already approved by tory, all-inclusive nature of Section 304 of with the passage of the 1995 District of the Federal Highway Administration. P.L. 104–8 created serious problems in par- Columbia Financial Responsibility and H.R. 513 removes the potential for Con- ticular for the Convention Center Authority. Management Assistance Authority, vention Center Authority and Water The Washington Convention Center Author- Public Law 104–8. This legislation, es- and Sewer Authority contracts to be ity, and the District of Columbia Water and tablishing the control board, requires handled in a way opposite the one that Sewer Authority were created as independ- in section 304 that no contract involv- clearly is intended by the creation of ent entities in order to remove them to the ing expenditures in excess of $1 million these independent entities. fullest extent possible from the political during a 12-month period may be made After consultation with the city process. They are both key elements in con- tinuing efforts by Congress to reform essen- unless the mayor submits the contract council, the bill authorizes the council tial City services and help restore confidence to the council for its approval and the to change the way it handles Federal in the private sector. council approves the contract. highway projects so as to conform local The Convention Center Authority was cre- The District of Columbia Convention practice to the practice that exists in ated by the D.C. Council in 1994, and the Center Authority and the District of most States. The city council has indi- Water and Sewer Authority in 1996. In 1995 Columbia Water and Sewer Authority cated that it would like to establish Congress passed the District of Columbia were created as independent entities in such a process. This is presently pro- Convention Center and Sports Arena Author- order to remove them to the fullest ex- ization Act of 1995 to permit the Convention hibited because the control board legis- Center Authority to expend certain revenues tent possible from the political proc- lation requiring council review of con- for its operation and maintenance. And in ess. They are both key elements in our tracts is a Federal law and the council 1996 Congress passed the District of Colum- continuing efforts to reform essential cannot change it. bia Water and Sewer Authority Act of 1996 to city services and help restore con- All of the contracts referred to in authorize the issuance of bonds with respect fidence of the private sector. this legislation are still subject to re- to water and sewer facilities. The Convention Center Authority view by the control board. The Con- When the Convention Center Authority proceeded to contract for a Project Manager was created by the D.C. City Council in gressional Budget Office has certified 1994, and the Water and Sewer Author- the adverse consequences of requiring Coun- that this bill would not affect the Fed- cil review became apparent. Though the con- ity in 1996. In 1995, Congress passed leg- eral budget. tract had been approved by the control board islation to permit the Convention Cen- Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. the losing bidders appealed to the Council to ter Authority to expend certain reve- 513. overturn the decision. The contract was nues for its operation and mainte- Mr. Speaker, I include the following eventually approved, but precious time and nance. And in 1996 Congress passed leg- for the RECORD: energy were wasted. When the inadvertent application of the islation facilitating as well the oper- COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND control board legislation to both the Conven- ation of the new Water and Sewer Au- OVERSIGHT—BRIEFING MEMO tion Center Authority and the Water and thority. On Thursday, March 6, 1997, at 10:00 a.m., Sewer Authority was realized last year steps A consequence of the Convention H.R. 513, is scheduled for floor action on the were taken to rectify the situation. H.R. Center Authority legislation became Suspension Calendar. This bill, the District 3664, the District of Columbia Government apparent when it sought to contract of Columbia Council Contract Review Re- Improvement and Efficiency Act of 1996 in- for a project manager. The law was in- form Act of 1997, is sponsored by Subcommit- cluded a section exempting all contracts en- terpreted as prohibiting discretion on tee Chairman Tom Davis and Ranking Mem- tered into by the Convention Center Author- the part of the council, and requiring ber Eleanor Holmes Norton of the House Dis- ity and the Water and Sewer Authority from trict of Columbia Oversight Subcommittee review by the City Council. This section of review. At that point the losing bidders of the Committee on Government Reform commenced lobbying the council to H.R. 3664 also authorized the City Council to and Oversight. The purpose of the bill is to exempt highway projects carried out under overturn the decision of the Conven- exempt certain contracts entered into by the Title 23 of the U.S. Code. But H.R. 3664, tion Center Authority, which had al- District of Columbia government from re- though it was marked-up by both the House ready been endorsed by the control view by the District Council. District Oversight Subcommittee and the board. While the contract was eventu- H.R. 513 was introduced on February 4, Government Reform and Oversight Commit- ally approved, precious time and effort 1997, and referred to the Government Reform tee, was unable to move forward due to a dis- were needlessly expended. The same and Oversight Committee. Chairman Dan agreement which arose on a completely dif- Burton agreed to expeditious consideration consequence would apply to Water and ferent section of the bill. of the bill on the Suspension Calendar. There H.R. 513 also authorizes the District of Co- Sewer Authority contracts. is no known opposition to the bill. The Con- lumbia City Council to change the way it When the inadvertent application of gressional Budget Office has certified in handles Federal highway projects so as to the control board legislation to both writing that the bill does not effect the fed- conform local practice to the practice that the Convention Center Authority and eral budget. exists in most states. After consultation the Water and Sewer Authority was re- H.R. 513 is necessary at this time in order with the City Council it was concluded that alized, efforts were made to rectify the to facilitate the clear intention of Congress they would favor establishing such a process. situation. H.R. 3664, the District of Co- in its passage of legislation establishing the They are prohibited from doing so now be- control board (P.L. 104–8), and the legislation cause the control board legislation requiring lumbia Government Improvement and creating the Washington Convention Center Efficiency Act of 1996, included a sec- Council review of contracts is a federal law Authority and the District of Columbia and the Council cannot change it. tion exempting all contracts entered Water and Sewer Authority. Timely passage All of the contracts referred to in this leg- into by the Washington Convention of this bill is particularly essential for the islation are still subject to review by the Center Authority and the District of Convention Center Authority so as to avoid control board. Columbia Water and Sewer Authority delays by taking full advantage of the con- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of from review by the city council. This struction season. my time. section also authorized the city council For many years the District of Columbia Council had sought authority to review City Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- to exempt highway projects carried out contracts in excess of $1 million. Legislation self such time as I may consume. under title 23 of the United States to accomplish this objective was repeatedly (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given Code. But H.R. 3664, though it was vetoed by the Mayor. The Council was un- permission to revise and extend his re- marked up by both my subcommittee able to override these vetoes. Congress was marks.) H776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 513 is the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Crapo Jones Price (NC) Cubin Kanjorski Pryce (OH) a bipartisan bill authored by the Dis- DAVIS] that the House suspend the Cummings Kaptur Quinn trict of Columbia Subcommittee’s rules and pass the bill, H.R. 513. Cunningham Kasich Radanovich chairman, the gentleman from Virginia The question was taken. Danner Kelly Rahall [(Mr. DAVIS], and the gentlewoman Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Davis (IL) Kennedy (MA) Rangel from the District of Columbia [Ms. on that I demand the yeas and nays. Davis (VA) Kennedy (RI) Regula Deal Kildee Reyes NORTON], its ranking member. It would The yeas and nays were ordered. DeGette Kim Riggs simply exempt contracts over $1 mil- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Delahunt Kind (WI) Riley lion entered into by the District’s ant to clause 5 of rule I and the Chair’s DeLauro King (NY) Rivers Water and Sewer Authority and Con- prior announcement, further proceed- DeLay Kingston Roemer Dellums Kleczka Rogan vention Center Authority from review ings on this motion will be postponed. Deutsch Klink Rogers and approval by the city council. These f Diaz-Balart Klug Rohrabacher two authorities were established by the Dickey Knollenberg Ros-Lehtinen Council during the last 2 years as cor- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Dicks Kolbe Rothman porate bodies with a legal existence Dixon LaFalce Roukema PRO TEMPORE Doggett LaHood Roybal-Allard apart from the District government. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Dooley Lampson Royce Each authority has its own board of di- Doolittle Lantos Rush ant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, rectors, financial system, and revenue Doyle Largent Ryun sources. Their independence was an es- the Chair will now put the question de Duncan Latham Salmon novo on the approval of the Journal, Dunn LaTourette Sanders sential element of their design, and it Edwards Lazio Sandlin is critical to the realization of their re- and then on the motion to suspend the rules postponed from earlier today. Ehlers Leach Sanford spective missions. Ehrlich Lewis (CA) Sawyer Two years ago, Congress approved Votes will be taken in the following Emerson Lewis (KY) Saxton order: Eshoo Linder Scarborough legislation developed by the D.C. Sub- Etheridge Lipinski Schaefer, Dan committee establishing the District of The first vote will be on the Journal, de novo; the second vote will be on the Evans Livingston Schaffer, Bob Columbia Financial Responsibility and Everett LoBiondo Sensenbrenner Management Assistance Authority, motion to suspend the rules and pass Farr Lofgren Serrano Public Law 104–8. This bill contained a H.R. 513, by the yeas and nays. Fattah Lowey Sessions Fawell Lucas Shadegg provision amending the District’s home The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote after Fazio Luther Shaw rule charter to require council review Foley Maloney (CT) Shays of all contracts over $1 million. This the first such vote in this series. Forbes Manton Sherman was done in order to inject greater con- f Ford Manzullo Shimkus Fowler Markey Sisisky trol and accountability into the Dis- Fox Martinez Skeen trict’s procurement process. THE JOURNAL Frank (MA) Mascara Skelton It has since been learned through The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Franks (NJ) Matsui Slaughter consultation with various financial ad- ant to clause 5 of rule I, the pending Frelinghuysen McCarthy (NY) Smith (MI) visers that we could lower the risk as- Frost McCollum Smith (NJ) business is the question de novo of Ganske McCrery Smith (OR) sociated with any borrowing by the two agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of Gejdenson McDade Smith (TX) authorities and thereby reduce their the Journal. Gekas McHale Smith, Adam borrowing costs if we insulated the The question is on the Speaker’s ap- Gilchrest McHugh Smith, Linda larger contracts of the two authorities Gillmor McInnis Snowbarger proval of the Journal of the last day’s Gilman McIntyre Snyder from the review process and the poli- proceedings. Gonzalez McKinney Solomon tics which sometimes affect it. The question was taken; and the Goode Meehan Souder Finally, the bill would permit the Speaker pro tempore announced that Goodlatte Meek Spence Goodling Metcalf Spratt city council at its option to exempt the ayes appeared to have it. from its review any Federal aid high- Gordon Mica Stark Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Goss Millender- Stearns way program contract over $1 million. I object to the vote on the ground that Graham McDonald Stenholm The council has indicated that it would a quorum is not present and make the Granger Miller (FL) Stokes prefer to annually approve a schedule point of order that a quorum is not Greenwood Minge Stump of projects to be undertaken under this Gutknecht Mink Sununu present. Hall (OH) Moakley Talent program rather than consider project The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evi- Hall (TX) Molinari Tanner contracts on an individual basis. This dently a quorum is not present. Hamilton Mollohan Tauscher approach will expedite the procure- The Sergeant at Arms will notify ab- Hansen Moran (KS) Tauzin ment process and ensure work can get Harman Moran (VA) Taylor (NC) sent Members. Hastert Morella Thomas started during the construction season. The vote was taken by electronic de- Hastings (FL) Murtha Thornberry I should point out that all of the con- vice, and there were—yeas 355, nays 43, Hastings (WA) Neal Thune tracts which this bill will exempt from not voting 34, as follows: Hayworth Nethercutt Thurman council review will still be subject to Hefner Neumann Tiahrt [Roll No. 33] review and approval by the District’s Herger Northup Tierney YEAS—355 Hill Norwood Torres Financial Authority, the Control Hilleary Obey Traficant Aderholt Blagojevich Cannon Board. The authority will ensure that Hinojosa Olver Turner Allen Bliley Capps Hobson Ortiz Upton they have been executed appropriately Andrews Blumenauer Cardin Holden Owens Vento and are consistent with the District’s Archer Blunt Carson Hooley Oxley Walsh Armey Boehlert Castle budget and financial plan. Horn Packard Wamp Bachus Boehner Chabot Mr. Speaker, it is clear that this bill Pallone Watkins Baker Bonilla Chambliss Hostettler does nothing more than streamline an Ballenger Bono Chenoweth Houghton Pappas Watts (OK) administrative review process of the Barr Boswell Christensen Hoyer Parker Waxman Hunter Pastor Weldon (FL) council. It enjoys the support of the Barrett (NE) Boucher Clayton Barrett (WI) Boyd Clement Hutchinson Paul Weldon (PA) District’s local officials. Accordingly, I Bartlett Brady Coble Hyde Paxon Wexler urge its approval by this body. Barton Brown (FL) Coburn Inglis Payne Weygand Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I have no Bass Brown (OH) Collins Istook Pease White further requests for time, and I yield Bateman Bryant Combest Jackson (IL) Pelosi Whitfield Becerra Bunning Condit Jackson-Lee Peterson (MN) Wicker back the balance of my time. Bentsen Burr Cook (TX) Peterson (PA) Wise Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Bereuter Burton Cooksey Jefferson Petri Wolf I have no further requests for time, and Berman Buyer Costello Jenkins Pickering Woolsey I yield back the balance of my time. Berry Callahan Cox John Pitts Wynn Bilbray Calvert Coyne Johnson (CT) Porter Yates The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bilirakis Campbell Cramer Johnson (WI) Portman Young (AK) question is on the motion offered by Bishop Canady Crane Johnson, Sam Poshard Young (FL) March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H777 NAYS—43 Crane Hyde Oxley Visclosky Weldon (PA) Wolf Crapo Inglis Packard Walsh Wexler Woolsey Abercrombie Gutierrez Pascrell Cubin Istook Pallone Wamp Weygand Wynn Baldacci Hefley Pickett Cummings Jackson (IL) Pappas Watkins White Yates Bonior Hilliard Pombo Cunningham Jackson-Lee Parker Watt (NC) Whitfield Young (AK) Borski Hulshof Ramstad Danner (TX) Pascrell Watts (OK) Wicker Young (FL) Brown (CA) Johnson, E. B. Sabo Davis (FL) Jefferson Pastor Waxman Wise Clay Kennelly Scott Davis (IL) Jenkins Paxon Clyburn Kucinich Taylor (MS) NAYS—7 Davis (VA) John Payne DeFazio Lewis (GA) Thompson Deal Johnson (CT) Pease Kucinich Schaffer, Bob Weller English McDermott Velazquez Johnson (WI) Paul Stearns Ensign McIntosh Visclosky DeFazio Pelosi Schaefer, Dan Stump Filner Menendez Waters DeGette Johnson, E. B. Peterson (MN) Foglietta Miller (CA) Watt (NC) Delahunt Johnson, Sam Peterson (PA) ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 Gephardt Ney Weller DeLauro Jones Petri Obey Gibbons Nussle DeLay Kanjorski Pickering Green Oberstar Dellums Kaptur Pickett NOT VOTING—34 Deutsch Kasich Pitts NOT VOTING—34 Diaz-Balart Kelly Pombo Ackerman Hoekstra Schiff Baesler Kilpatrick Schumer Ackerman Gallegly Pomeroy Dickey Kennedy (MA) Porter Barcia Levin Shuster Baesler Hinchey Sanchez Dicks Kennedy (RI) Portman Camp Maloney (NY) Skaggs Barcia Hoekstra Schiff Dixon Kennelly Poshard Conyers McCarthy (MO) Stabenow Camp Kilpatrick Schumer Doggett Kildee Price (NC) Dingell McGovern Strickland Conyers Levin Shuster Dooley Kim Pryce (OH) Dreier McKeon Stupak Davis (FL) Maloney (NY) Skaggs Doolittle Kind (WI) Quinn Engel McNulty Towns Dingell McCarthy (MO) Stabenow Doyle King (NY) Radanovich Flake Nadler Waters Dreier McGovern Strickland Duncan Kingston Rahall Furse Pomeroy Weldon (FL) Engel McKeon Stupak Dunn Kleczka Ramstad Gallegly Rangel Ewing McNulty Towns Edwards Klink Regula Hinchey Sanchez Flake Myrick Ehlers Klug Reyes Furse Nadler Ehrlich Knollenberg Riggs b Emerson Kolbe Riley 1140 b 1129 English LaFalce Rivers Mr. DAN SCHAEFER of Colorado Ensign LaHood Roemer changed his vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ So the Journal was approved. Eshoo Lampson Rogan The result of the vote was announced Etheridge Lantos Rogers So (two-thirds having voted in favor as above recorded. Evans Largent Rohrabacher thereof) the rules were suspended and f Everett Latham Ros-Lehtinen the bill was passed. Ewing LaTourette Rothman The result of the vote was announced PERSONAL EXPLANATION Farr Lazio Roukema as above recorded. Fattah Leach Roybal-Allard A motion to reconsider was laid on Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Fawell Lewis (CA) Royce the table. would like the RECORD to reflect that had I Fazio Lewis (GA) Rush Filner Lewis (KY) Ryun f been present for rollcall vote 33, I would have Foglietta Linder Sabo voted ``Aye.'' Foley Lipinski Salmon PERSONAL EXPLANATION f Forbes Livingston Sanders Ford LoBiondo Sandlin Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL Fowler Lofgren Sanford on rollcall No. 34, had I been present, I would Fox Lowey Sawyer CONTRACT REVIEW REFORM ACT Frank (MA) Lucas Saxton have voted ``yes.'' OF 1997 Franks (NJ) Luther Scarborough f The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Frelinghuysen Maloney (CT) Scott Frost Manton Sensenbrenner b 1145 pending business is the question of sus- Ganske Manzullo Serrano pending the rules and passing the bill, Gejdenson Markey Sessions ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE H.R. 513. Gekas Martinez Shadegg JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING The Clerk read the title of the bill. Gephardt Mascara Shaw Gibbons Matsui Shays AND THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gilchrest McCarthy (NY) Sherman THE LIBRARY question is on the motion offered by Gillmor McCollum Shimkus Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Gilman McCrery Sisisky mous consent that the Committee on DAVIS] that the House suspend the Gonzalez McDade Skeen Goode McDermott Skelton House Oversight be discharged from rules and pass the bill, H.R. 513, on Goodlatte McHale Slaughter further consideration of the resolution which the yeas and nays are ordered. Goodling McHugh Smith (MI) (H. Res. 85) electing members of the This is a 5-minute vote. Gordon McInnis Smith (NJ) The vote was taken by electronic de- Goss McIntosh Smith (OR) Joint Committee on Printing and the vice, and there were—yeas 390, nays 7, Graham McIntyre Smith (TX) Joint Committee of Congress on the Li- Granger McKinney Smith, Adam answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting 34, as brary, and ask for its immediate con- Green Meehan Smith, Linda sideration. follows: Greenwood Meek Snowbarger The Clerk read the title of the resolu- [Roll No. 34] Gutierrez Menendez Snyder Gutknecht Metcalf Solomon tion. YEAS—390 Hall (OH) Mica Souder The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. Abercrombie Blagojevich Canady Hall (TX) Millender- Spence RIGGS). Is there objection to the re- Aderholt Bliley Cannon Hamilton McDonald Spratt Allen Blumenauer Capps Hansen Miller (CA) Stark quest of the gentleman from Ohio? Andrews Blunt Cardin Harman Miller (FL) Stenholm Mr. GEJDENSON. Reserving the Archer Boehlert Carson Hastert Minge Stokes right to object, Mr. Speaker, I will not Armey Boehner Castle Hastings (FL) Mink Sununu object, but I am just curious as to the Bachus Bonilla Chabot Hastings (WA) Moakley Talent Baker Bonior Chambliss Hayworth Molinari Tanner gentleman’s motion, being the ranking Baldacci Bono Chenoweth Hefley Mollohan Tauscher member on the committee. Ballenger Borski Christensen Hefner Moran (KS) Tauzin I yield to the gentleman from Cali- Barr Boswell Clay Herger Moran (VA) Taylor (MS) fornia [Mr. THOMAS] to get a full expla- Barrett (NE) Boucher Clayton Hill Morella Taylor (NC) nation. Barrett (WI) Boyd Clement Hilleary Murtha Thomas Bartlett Brady Clyburn Hilliard Myrick Thompson Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I would Barton Brown (CA) Coble Hinojosa Neal Thornberry tell the gentleman that it is the ap- Bass Brown (FL) Coburn Hobson Nethercutt Thune pointment of Democrats and Repub- Bateman Brown (OH) Collins Holden Neumann Thurman licans to the Joint Committee on Becerra Bryant Combest Hooley Ney Tiahrt Bentsen Bunning Condit Horn Northup Tierney Printing. We had gone over the list and Bereuter Burr Cook Hostettler Norwood Torres cleared it. It is just that it is a unani- Berman Burton Cooksey Houghton Nussle Traficant mous consent, and we wanted to make Berry Buyer Costello Hoyer Oberstar Turner sure that we were able to get it in prior Bilbray Callahan Cox Hulshof Olver Upton Bilirakis Calvert Coyne Hunter Ortiz Velazquez to the possibility of a motion to ad- Bishop Campbell Cramer Hutchinson Owens Vento journ. H778 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I Watt (NC) Wexler Wynn Tanner Upton White Weller Weygand Yates Tauzin Velazquez Whitfield withdraw my reservation of objection. Taylor (NC) Visclosky Wicker The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there NAYS—312 Thomas Walsh Wise objection to the request of the gen- Thompson Wamp Wolf Aderholt Fox Mica tleman from Ohio? Thornberry Watkins Woolsey Allen Franks (NJ) Miller (FL) Thune Watts (OK) Young (AK) There was no objection. Andrews Ganske Minge Thurman Waxman Young (FL) The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Archer Gibbons Molinari Tiahrt Weldon (FL) Armey Gilchrest Mollohan Towns Weldon (PA) lows: Bachus Gillmor Moran (KS) H. RES. 85 Baker Gilman Moran (VA) NOT VOTING—36 Baldacci Resolved, That the following named Mem- Gonzalez Morella Ackerman Flake McKeon Ballenger Goode Myrick Baesler Frost McNulty bers be, and they are hereby, elected to the Barr Goodlatte Nethercutt Barcia Furse Nadler following joint committees of Congress, to Barrett (NE) Goodling Neumann Blagojevich Gallegly Sanchez serve with the chairman of the Committee Barrett (WI) Gordon Ney Bonior Gephardt Schiff Bartlett on House Oversight: Goss Northup Camp Hinchey Schumer Barton Joint Committee on Printing: Mr. Ney, Ms. Graham Norwood Clyburn Hoekstra Serrano Bass Granger, Mr. Hoyer, and Mr. Gejdenson. Granger Obey Conyers Kilpatrick Shuster Bateman Joint Committee of Congress on the Li- Green Ortiz Diaz-Balart Levin Smith, Adam Becerra Gutierrez Oxley Dingell Maloney (NY) Stabenow brary: Mr. Ney, Mr. Ehlers, Ms. Kilpatrick, Bentsen Gutknecht Packard Dreier McCarthy (MO) Strickland and Mr. Gejdenson. Bereuter Hall (TX) Pappas Engel McGovern Stupak The resolution was agreed to. Berman Hamilton Pascrell Berry Hansen Pastor b A motion to reconsider was laid on Bilbray Hastert Paul 1201 the table. Bilirakis Hastings (WA) Paxon So the motion to adjourn was re- f Bishop Hayworth Payne Bliley Hefley Pease jected. Blunt Hefner Peterson (MN) The result of the vote was announced MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Boehlert Herger Peterson (PA) as above recorded. A message in writing from the Presi- Boehner Hill Petri Bonilla Hilleary Pickering f dent of the United States was commu- Bono Hilliard Pickett nicated to the House by Mr. Sherman Boswell Hinojosa Pitts PERSONAL EXPLANATION Williams, one of his secretaries. Boucher Hobson Pombo Boyd Holden Pomeroy Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, due to the f Brady Horn Porter passing of my good friend and the former New Brown (FL) Hostettler Portman York State Speaker of the Assembly Stanley MOTION TO ADJOURN Bryant Houghton Poshard Bunning Hoyer Price (NC) Fink, I was unable to cast recorded votes Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Burr Hulshof Pryce (OH) today, March 6, 1997. Speaker, I offer a privileged motion. Burton Hunter Quinn f The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Buyer Hutchinson Radanovich Callahan Hyde Rahall Clerk will report the privileged mo- Calvert Inglis Ramstad PERSONAL EXPLANATION tion. Campbell Istook Rangel The Clerk read as follows: Canady Jackson (IL) Regula Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. MILLER of California moves Cannon Jackson-Lee Reyes would like the RECORD to reflect that had I Cardin (TX) Riggs that the House do now adjourn. been present for rollcall vote 35, I would have Castle Jenkins Riley voted ``nay.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chabot Johnson (CT) Rivers question is on the motion to adjourn Chambliss Johnson, Sam Roemer f offered by the gentleman from Califor- Chenoweth Jones Rogan Christensen Kasich Rogers RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF nia [Mr. MILLER]. Clayton Kelly Rohrabacher The question was taken; and the Clement Kildee Ros-Lehtinen COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER pro tempore announced that Coble Kim Rothman RELATIONS Coburn Kind (WI) Roukema the noes appeared to have it. Collins King (NY) Roybal-Allard The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Combest Kingston Royce RIGGS) laid before the House the fol- Speaker, on that I demand the yeas Condit Kleczka Rush lowing resignation as a member of the Cook Klink Ryun Committee on International Relations: and nays. Cooksey Klug Salmon The yeas and nays were ordered. Costello Knollenberg Sanders HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The vote was taken by electronic de- Cox Kolbe Sanford Washington, DC, March 6, 1997. vice, and there were—yeas 84, nays 312, Coyne Kucinich Sawyer Hon. NEWT GINGRICH, Cramer LaFalce Saxton not voting 36, as follows: Speaker of the House, U.S. House of Represent- Crane LaHood Scarborough atives, Washington, DC. [Roll No. 35] Crapo Lampson Schaefer, Dan Cubin Largent Schaffer, Bob DEAR SPEAKER GINGRICH: Effective imme- YEAS—84 Cummings Latham Scott diately, I hereby resign from the Committee Abercrombie Gekas Miller (CA) Cunningham LaTourette Sensenbrenner on International Relations. Blumenauer Greenwood Mink Danner Lazio Sessions Sincerely, Borski Hall (OH) Moakley Davis (FL) Leach Shadegg DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Brown (CA) Harman Murtha Davis (IL) Lewis (CA) Shaw Member of Congress. Brown (OH) Hastings (FL) Neal Davis (VA) Lewis (GA) Shays Capps Hooley Nussle Deal Lewis (KY) Shimkus The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Carson Jefferson Oberstar DeLay Linder Sisisky objection, the resignation is accepted. Clay John Olver Dickey Lipinski Skaggs There was no objection. DeFazio Johnson (WI) Dooley Livingston Skeen Owens DeGette Johnson, E. B. Doolittle LoBiondo Skelton Pallone f Delahunt Kanjorski Doyle Lofgren Smith (MI) Parker DeLauro Kaptur Duncan Lucas Smith (NJ) 1997 TRADE POLICY AGENDA AND Dellums Kennedy (MA) Pelosi Dunn Luther Smith (OR) Deutsch Kennedy (RI) Sabo Edwards Manton Smith (TX) 1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRADE Dicks Kennelly Sandlin Ehlers Manzullo Smith, Linda AGREEMENTS PROGRAM—MES- Dixon Lantos Sherman Ehrlich Mascara Snowbarger SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF Doggett Lowey Slaughter Emerson McCollum Snyder Eshoo Maloney (CT) Stark English McCrery Solomon THE UNITED STATES Farr Markey Tauscher Ensign McHale Souder The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Fattah Martinez Taylor (MS) Etheridge McHugh Spence fore the House the following message Fazio Matsui Tierney Evans McInnis Spratt Filner McCarthy (NY) Torres Everett McIntosh Stearns from the President of the United Foglietta McDade Traficant Ewing McIntyre Stenholm States; which was read and, together Ford McDermott Turner Fawell McKinney Stokes with the accompanying papers, without Frank (MA) Meehan Foley Meek Stump Vento objection, referred to the Committee Frelinghuysen Millender- Waters Forbes Menendez Sununu Gejdenson McDonald Fowler Metcalf Talent on Ways and Means: March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H779 To the Congress of the United States: SEC. 4. LIMITATION OF AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS titlement authority of each direct spending As required by section 163 of the FEES. committee with the ‘‘section 602(a)’’ alloca- Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 It shall be unlawful for an amount of more tions for discretionary action made under H. than 10 percent of the amount paid pursuant U.S.C. 2213), I transmit herewith the Con. Res. 178 for fiscal year 1997 and for fis- to section 1 to be paid to or received by any cal years 1997 through 2001. ‘‘Discretionary 1997 Trade Policy Agenda and 1996 An- agent or attorney for any service rendered to action’’ refers to legislation enacted after nual Report on the Trade Agreements Lloyd B. Gamble in connection with the ben- adoption of the budget resolution. This com- Program. efits provided by this Act. Any person who parison is needed to implement section 302(f) WILLIAM J. CLINTON. violates this section shall be guilty of an in- of the Budget Act, which creates a point of THE WHITE HOUSE, March 6, 1997. fraction and shall be subject to a fine in the order against measures that would breach f amount provided in title 18, United States the section 602(a) discretionary action allo- Code. cation of new budget authority or entitle- LLOYD GAMBLE f ment authority for the committee that re- (Mr. DAVIS of Virginia asked and ported the measure. It is also needed to im- SPECIAL ORDERS was given permission to address the plement section 311(b), which exempts com- House for 1 minute and to revise and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under mittees that comply with their allocations from the point of order under section 311(a). extend his remarks.) the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, uary 7, 1997, and under a previous order The third table compares the current lev- I rise today to introduce legislation to of the House, the following Members els of discretionary appropriations for fiscal will be recognized for 5 minutes each. year 1997 with the revised ‘‘section 602(b)’’ compensate Lloyd Gamble, a veteran sub-allocations of discretionary budget au- who served our country with honor but f thority and outlays among Appropriations was used as a guinea pig by our mili- COMMUNICATION FROM THE subcommittees. This comparison is also tary. needed to implement section 302(f) of the CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE In 1944, Lloyd Gamble enlisted in the Budget Act, because the point of order under ON THE BUDGET REGARDING U.S. Army and subsequently trans- that section also applies to measures that CURRENT LEVELS OF SPENDING ferred to the U.S. Air Force, and to would breach the applicable section 602(b) AND REVENUES REFLECTING AC- Lloyd Gamble the military was his life. sub-allocation. The revised section 602(b) TION COMPLETED AS OF FEB- sub-allocations were filed by the Appropria- In 1958, his promising, successful career RUARY 28, 1997, FOR FISCAL tions Committee on September 27, 1996. was cut short when the Army used an YEARS 1997–2001 Sincerely, experimental secret drug testing pro- JOHN R. KASICH, gram administered by them to study The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Chairman. the effects of LSD on humans. They de- previous order of the House, the gen- Enclosures. nied this program ever existed until an tleman from Ohio [Mr. KASICH] is rec- aggressive congressional investigation ognized for 5 minutes. REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE proved otherwise in 1975. Mr. KASICH. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the BUDGET—STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 1997 CON- Lloyd Gamble, used as a guinea pig Committee on the Budget and pursuant to GRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN HOUSE CONCUR- by our military without his knowledge sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional RENT RESOLUTION 178 or permission, salvaged his marriage Budget Act, I am submitting for printing in the [Reflecting action completed as of February 28, 1997—on-budget amounts, but his career was cut short. This legis- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD an updated report on in millions of dollars] lation I hope can be acted on quickly the current levels of on-budget spending and Fiscal years— by this body so that we can give him revenues for fiscal year 1997 and for the 5- the compensation that he deserves. We year period, fiscal year 1997 through fiscal 1997 1997–2001 have the opportunity to uphold the year 2001. Appropriate Level (as amended by P.L. 104– 93): pledge which we heard just moments This report is to be used in applying the fis- Budget authority ...... 1,314,935 6,956,507 ago, with liberty and justice for all. cal year 1997 budget resolution, House Con- Outlays ...... 1,311,321 6,898,627 Revenues ...... 1,083,728 5,913,303 Let us give Lloyd Gamble the justice current Resolution 178, for legislation having Current Level: he deserves. spending or revenue effects in fiscal years Budget authority ...... 1,331,836 (1) I ask my colleagues to support and Outlays ...... 1,323,900 (1) 1997 through 2001. Revenues ...... 1,104,262 5,975,917 help pass this legislation and move it HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Current Level over (+)/under(¥) Appropriate to the other body quickly for expedi- COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, Level: Washington, DC, March 4, 1997. Budget authority ...... 16,901 (1) tious review. Outlays ...... 12,579 (1) Hon. NEWT GINGRICH, Revenues ...... 20,534 62,614 H.R.— Speaker, House of Representatives, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- 1 Not applicable because annual appropriations Acts for Fiscal Years 1997 Washington, DC. through 2001 will not be considered until future sessions of Congress. resentatives of the United States of America in DEAR MR. SPEAKER: To facilitate applica- Congress assembled, tions of sections 302 and 311 of the Congres- BUDGET AUTHORITY SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. sional Budget Act, I am transmitting a sta- (a) PAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treas- tus report on the current levels of on-budget FY 1997 budget authority exceeds the ap- ury shall pay, out of any money in the Treas- spending and revenues for fiscal year 1997 propriate level set by H. Con. Res. 178 as ury not otherwise appropriated, to Lloyd B. and for the 5-year period fiscal year 1997 amended by P.L. 104–93. Enactment of meas- Gamble of Fairfax, Virginia, the sum of through fiscal year 2001. ures providing any new budget authority for $253,488. The term ‘‘current level’’ refers to the FY 1997 would be subject to point of order (b) BASIS.—The payment required by sub- amounts of spending and revenues estimated under section 311(a) of the Congressional section (a) shall be to compensate Lloyd B. for each fiscal year based on laws enacted or Budget Act of 1974. Gamble for the injuries sustained by him as awaiting the President’s signature as of Feb- OUTLAYS a result of the administration to him, with- ruary 28, 1997. out his knowledge, of lysergic acid The first table in the report compares the FY 1997 outlays exceed the appropriate diethylamide by United States Army person- current level of total budget authority, out- level set by H. Con. Res. 178 as amended by nel in 1957. lays, and revenues with the aggregate levels P.L. 104–93. Enactment of measures provid- SEC. 2 SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. set by H. Con. Res. 178, the concurrent reso- ing any new outlays for FY 1997 would be The payment made pursuant to section 1 lution on the budget for fiscal year 1997 as subject to point of order under section 311(a) shall be in full satisfaction of all claims adjusted pursuant to 606(e) of the Budget Act of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Lloyd B. Gamble may have against the Unit- for continuing disability reviews. This com- REVENUES ed States for any injury described in such parison is needed to implement section 311(a) section. of the Budget Act, which creates a point of Enactment of any measure that would re- SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL BENE- order against measures that would breach sult in any revenue loss in excess of FITS. the budget resolution’s aggregate levels. The $20,534,000,000 for FY 1997 (if not already in- Upon payment of the sum referred to in table does not show budget authority and cluded in the current level estimate) or in section 1, Lloyd B. Gamble shall not be eligi- outlays for years after fiscal year 1997 be- excess of $62,614,000,000 for FY 1997 through ble for any compensation or benefits from cause appropriations for those years have 2001 (if not already included in the current the Department of Veterans Affairs or the not yet been considered. level) would cause revenues to be less than Department of Defense for any injury de- The second table compares the current lev- the recommended levels of revenue set by H. scribed in such section. els of budget authority, outlays, and new en- Con. Res. 178. H780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION—COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO BUDGET ACT SECTION 602(a), REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 1997 [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars]

1997 1997–2001 BA Outlays NEA BA Outlays NEA

House Committee: Agriculture: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 0 4,996 Current level ...... 5 5 5 55 55 55 Difference ...... 5 5 5 55 55 ¥4,941 National Security: Allocation ...... ¥1,579 ¥1,579 0 ¥664 ¥664 0 Current level ...... ¥102 ¥102 ¥21 ¥289 ¥289 ¥34 Difference ...... 1,466 1,477 ¥21 375 375 ¥34 Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Allocation ...... ¥128 ¥3,700 0 ¥711 ¥4,004 0 Current level ...... 0 ¥6 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 128 3,694 0 711 4,004 0 Economic and Educational Opportunities: Allocation ...... ¥912 ¥800 ¥152 ¥3,465 ¥3,153 7,669 Current level ...... 1,967 1,635 1,816 11,135 10,296 8,852 Difference ...... 2,879 2,435 1,968 14,600 13,449 1,183 Commerce: Allocation ...... 0 0 370 ¥14,540 ¥14,540 ¥41,710 Current level ...... 3 3 492 242 195 1,430 Difference ...... 3 3 122 14,782 14,735 43,140 International Relations: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Current level ...... ¥1 ¥1 0 ¥1 ¥1 0 Difference ...... ¥1 ¥1 0 ¥1 ¥1 0 Government Reform & Oversight: Allocation ...... ¥1,078 ¥1,078 ¥289 ¥4,605 ¥4,605 ¥1,668 Current level ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 1,078 1,078 289 4,605 4,605 1,668 House Oversight: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Current level ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resources: Allocation ...... ¥91 ¥90 ¥12 ¥1,401 ¥1,460 ¥59 Current level ...... ¥19 ¥20 0 ¥144 ¥167 0 Difference ...... 72 70 12 1,257 1,293 59 Judiciary: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 ¥357 ¥357 0 Current level ...... 3 3 0 45 45 0 Difference ...... 3 3 0 402 402 0 Transportation & Infrastructure: Allocation ...... 2,280 0 0 125,989 521 2 Current level ...... 2,345 65 12 4,748 121 56 Difference ...... 65 65 12 ¥121,241 ¥400 54 Science: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 ¥13 ¥13 0 Current level ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 13 13 0 Small Business: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Current level ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Veterans’ Affairs: Allocation ...... ¥90 ¥90 224 ¥919 ¥919 3,475 Current level ...... 0 0 3 0 0 ¥52 Difference ...... 90 90 ¥221 919 919 ¥3,527 Ways and Means: Allocation ...... ¥8,973 ¥9,132 ¥2,057 ¥134,211 ¥134,618 ¥10,743 Current level ...... 8,338 8,302 ¥2,840 73,457 73,476 ¥38,717 Difference ...... 17,311 17,434 ¥783 207,668 208,094 ¥27,974 Select Committee on Intelligence: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Current level ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Authorized: Allocation ...... ¥10,571 ¥16,469 ¥1,916 ¥34,897 ¥163,812 ¥38,038 Current level ...... 12,539 9,884 ¥533 89,248 83,731 ¥28,410 Difference ...... 23,110 26,353 1,383 124,145 247,543 9,628

DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997—COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH SUBALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO BUDGET ACT SECTION 602(b) [In millions of dollars]

Revised 602(b) suballocations Current level reflecting action completed as of Feb. (Sept. 27, 1996) 28, 1997 Difference General purpose Violent crime General purpose Violent crime General purpose Violent crime BA O BA O BA O BA O BA O BA O

Agriculture, Rural Development ...... 12,960 13,380 0 0 13,009 13,373 0 0 49 ¥7 0 0 Commerce, Justice, State ...... 24,493 24,493 4,525 2,951 24,838 25,065 4,526 2,954 345 126 1 3 Defense ...... 245,065 243,372 0 0 243,851 242,887 0 0 ¥1,214 ¥485 0 0 District of Columbia ...... 719 719 0 0 719 719 0 0 0 0 0 0 Energy & Water Development ...... 19,421 19,652 0 0 19,973 19,923 0 0 552 271 0 0 Foreign Operations ...... 11,950 13,311 0 0 12,267 13,310 0 0 317 ¥1 0 0 Interior ...... 12,118 12,920 0 0 12,503 13,178 0 0 385 258 0 0 Labor, HHS & Education ...... 65,625 69,602 61 38 71,026 71,517 61 39 5,401 1,915 0 1 Legislative Branch ...... 2,180 2,148 0 0 2,170 2,132 0 0 ¥10 ¥16 0 0 Military Construction ...... 9,983 10,360 0 0 9,982 10,344 0 0 ¥1 ¥16 0 0 Transportation ...... 12,190 35,453 0 0 12,080 35,519 0 0 ¥110 66 0 0 Treasury-Postal Service ...... 11,016 10,971 97 84 11,620 11,292 97 83 604 321 0 ¥1 VA–HUD–Independent Agencies ...... 64,354 78,803 0 0 64,522 79,196 0 0 168 393 0 0 Reserve/Offsets ...... 768 219 0 0 ¥2,750 ¥5,850 0 0 ¥3,518 ¥6,069 0 0

Grand total ...... 492,842 535,849 4,683 3,073 495,810 532,605 4,684 3,076 2,968 ¥3,244 1 3 March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H781 U.S. CONGRESS, PARLIAMENTARIAN STATUS REPORT—105TH CONGRESS, States would be grateful to their Fili- CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 1ST SESSION, HOUSE ON-BUDGET SUPPORTING DETAIL pino comrades. So it is hard to believe Washington, DC, March 4, 1997. FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997, AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS that soon after the war ended, the 79th Hon. JOHN KASICH, FEBRUARY 28, 1997—Continued Congress voted in a way that only can Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. [In millions of dollars] be considered blatant discrimination, as they took away the benefits and rec- DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to section Budget 308(b) and in aid of section 311 of the Con- authority Outlays Revenues ognition that the Filipino World War II gressional Budget Act, as amended, this let- veterans were promised in what was Total current level including ter and supporting detail provide an up-to- emergencies ...... 1,333,965 1,325,433 1,104,262 called the Rescissions Act of 1946. date tabulation of the on-budget current lev- Now over 50 years have passed since els of new budget authority, estimated out- f this Rescissions Act, 50 long years dur- lays, and estimated revenues for fiscal year JUSTICE AND EQUITY FOR ing which the Filipino veterans have 1997. These estimates are compared to the been waiting for justice. I am so proud appropriate levels for those items contained FILIPINO VETERANS in the 1997 Concurrent Resolution on the that Congress and the President have The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a taken the first step to restoring their Budget (H. Con. Res. 178) and are current previous order of the House, the gen- through February 28, 1997. A summary of this dignity. The Filipino veterans, and tleman from California [Mr. FILNER] is tabulation follows: sons, their daughters are most grateful recognized for 5 minutes. [In millions of dollars] for the recognition and honor bestowed Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I am upon them last year. Budget reso- proud to join my colleague today, the House cur- lution (H. Current level But now is the time to complete the +/¥ resolu- gentleman from New York [Mr. GIL- rent level Con. Res. tion job. Now is the time to correct the in- 178) MAN], chairman of the House Commit- justices of the 79th Congress. Many of tee on International Relations, to in- Budget Authority ...... 1,331,836 1,314,935 +16,901 these Filipino veterans have already Outlays ...... 1,323,900 1,311,321 +12,579 troduce H.R. 836, the Filipino Veterans died, and in a decade or decade and a Revenues: Equity Act. 1997 ...... 1,104,262 1,083,728 +20,534 half there will no longer be any of Last year the Members of this House 1997–2001 ...... 5,975,917 5,913,303 +62,614 these veterans still living. They have and our colleagues in the Senate took been patiently waiting and asking: Do Since my last report, dated January 9, 1997, the first major step toward restoring we deserve that Rescissions Act of the budget authority and outlay totals es- fairness to this group of brave veter- 1946? Did we not fight side by side with tablished in H. Con. Res. 178 have been re- ans. Both Chambers passed concurrent the forces from the United States? vised to reflect additional appropriations resolutions to recognize and thank the that were enacted to pay for the costs of con- Have we not suffered the same suffer- Filipino World War II veterans for tinuing disability reviews. This revision is in ing as the American soldier during that their service and contributions toward accordance with Section 103(b) of The Con- war? Did bullets ask if their target was the successful outcome of that war. tract with America Advancement Act of 1996 an American or Filipino soldier? In October the President joined us (P.L. 104–121). In addition, the Congress has The bill that we have introduced this cleared, and the President has signed, the and issued a Presidential proclamation week, H.R. 836, will provide full bene- Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax Rein- recalling the courage, sacrifice and fits from the Department of Veterans statement Act of 1997 (H.R. 668). This action loyalty of these Filipino veterans of Affairs to veterans who served in the changed the current level of revenues. World War II and honored them for Sincerely, Philippine Commonwealth Army and their contributions to our freedom. JUNE E. O’NEILL, the Special Philippine Scouts. During These actions were the first step. Now Director. the last session of Congress, over 100 is the time to build upon that recogni- Members of the House signed up as co- tion that these veterans so deserve. PARLIAMENTARIAN STATUS REPORT—105TH CONGRESS, sponsors of an identical bill. Now is the time to restore the benefits 1ST SESSION, HOUSE ON-BUDGET SUPPORTING DETAIL Now is the time for all of us to join that they were promised back in 1946. FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997, AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS together in a bipartisan effort to cor- Too few Americans are familiar with FEBRUARY 28, 1997 rect a monumental injustice by restor- this chapter in our Nation’s history. [In millions of dollars] ing benefits promised to the Filipino During World War II, the military World War II veterans for their defense Budget Outlays Revenues forces of the Commonwealth of the authority of Democratic ideals. Philippines were drafted to serve in our PREVIOUSLY ENACTED Armed Forces by Executive order of f Revenues ...... 1,101,533 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Permanents and other spending leg- the President of the United States. Fil- islation ...... 855,751 814,110 ...... ipino soldiers defended the American LAHOOD). Under a previous order of the Appropriation legislation ...... 753,927 788,263 ...... House, the gentleman from Illinois Offsetting receipts ...... ¥271,843 ¥271,843 ...... flag in the now famous battles of Ba- taan and Corregidor. Thousands of Fili- [Mr. MANZULLO] is recognized for 5 Total previously enacted ...... 1,337,835 1,330,530 1,101,533 pino prisoners of war died during the minutes. ENACTED THIS SESSION 65-mile Bataan death march. Those [Mr. MANZULLO addressed the Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax House. His remarks will appear here- Reinstatement Act (H.R. 668) ...... 2,730 who survived were imprisoned under APPROPRIATED ENTITLEMENTS AND inhuman conditions where they suf- after in the Extension of Remarks.] MANDATORIES f Budget resolution baseline estimates fered casualties at the rate of 50 to 200 of appropriated entitlements and prisoners per day. They endured 4 long The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a other mandatory programs that have not been enacted ...... ¥5,999 ¥6,630 ...... years of enemy occupation. previous order of the House, the gen- The soldiers who escaped capture, to- tleman from Colorado [Mr. SKAGGS] is TOTALS gether with Filipino civilians, fought Total Current Level ...... 1,331,836 1,323,900 1,104,262 recognized for 5 minutes. Total Budget Resolution ...... 1,314,935 1,311,321 1,083,728 against the occupation forces. Their [Mr. SKAGGS addressed the House. Amount remaining: guerrilla attacks foiled the plans of the Under Budget Resolution ...... His remarks will appear hereafter in Over Budget Resolution ...... 16,901 12,579 20,534 Japanese for a quick takeover of the the Extension of Remarks.] region and allowed the United States ADDENDUM f Emergencies: the time needed to prepare forces to de- Funding that has been des- feat Japan. After the liberation of the IT IS TIME TO PASS TAX RELIEF ignated as an emergency re- quirement by the President Philippine Islands, the United States The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a and the Congress ...... 1,806 1,228 ...... was able to use the strategically lo- previous order of the House, the gen- Funding that has been des- ignated as an emergency re- cated Commonwealth of the Phil- tleman from New Jersey [Mr. PAPPAS] quirement only by the Con- ippines as a base from which to launch is recognized for 5 minutes. gress and is not available for obligation until requested the final efforts to win the war. Mr. PAPPAS. As the old saying goes, by the President ...... 323 305 ...... With their vital participation so cru- Mr. Speaker, there are two certainties Total emergencies ...... 2,129 1,533 ...... cial to the outcome of World War II, in life: death and taxes. While we can one would assume that the United only die once, every year Americans H782 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 are working harder and longer to pay Business, the gentleman from Missouri Governor Underwood has done an ex- their taxes. For many Americans the [Mr. TALENT], introduced another piece cellent job coordinating all these dif- current tax system is in effect a death of legislation, H.R. 955, that will help ferent resources, and as we finish the sentence. to keep the entrepreneurial spirit of first stage in our State in flood recov- Who among us thinks that we are this country alive. ery, we now enter the second stage. undertaxed? How many of us think The Family Freedom Home Office That second stage begins today with that we should be paying more of our Deduction Act of 1997 will make it easi- the Governor requesting Federal disas- hard-earned tax dollars to the Federal er for the 14,000,000 home-based busi- ter assistance for a number of our Government? We are taxed on every ness owners to deduct the expenses of counties. In seeking partial declaration dime we make, every purchase we their home office. Small businesses are of Federal assistance, Cabell, Kanawha, make, every phone call we place, every the single greatest creators of jobs in Wirt, and Wetzel Counties would be the gallon of gas we pump, every home we this country and, frankly, in the fu- first ones under a partial declaration. sell. We are even taxed when we die. ture. The advent of fax machines, And it must be pointed out that this is The people of central New Jersey have Internet and teleconferencing have a partial declaration; that because the told me that they are tired of paying changed the face of business. No longer flood waters are still receding in some more and more each year. They have are businesses confined to large office areas, we do not know the full amount told me to go to Washington and work buildings. of damage in those areas and it will for real tax relief. More and more people are working take a day or two more to assess that. Mr. Speaker, the time that is spent out of their homes. Each of us knows But other counties will be added to to pay the tax bill is time that could be people in our district who work from the disaster declaration made by the better spent. It is time that a mother their homes: consultants, salespeople, Federal Government. I can assure peo- or father could be spending with their lawyers, doctors, accountants. Many of ple of that, having personally con- child. It is a time that a small business the people that we deal with each day, tacted the Federal Emergency Manage- man or woman could be drumming up sometimes unbeknownst to us, are ment Agency myself, having met with new customers. Imagine that you found working out of their home. Whether it the Vice President and the head of a new job where you were told to come is the father who wants to be there for FEMA yesterday in Huntington, hav- to work at 9 in the morning but you his children or the mother who works ing sent a letter directly to the Presi- would not start getting paid until 11:45. as a consultant, working from home dent of the United States, as well as Would you want that job? Yet that is has become increasingly appealing. the head of FEMA, having been in close the part of every day that every aver- Seventy percent of all home-based contact with Governor Underwood, the age American worker spends to pay businesses are started by women. The OES staff and, of course, the Federal their taxes. It was not until May 7 last Tax Code should reflect the modern officials. The partial declaration will name year that the average American worker business environment of our country. some counties and then others will be was able to stop working for Uncle America has always been the home of added very, very quickly. No one Sam. the entrepreneur. This legislation is should be worried that they will be left I have made it a top priority of mine one step in equipping small businesses out in this regard. Simply because a to help ease the burden of taxes on the with the tools it needs to continue county is not named does not mean it individuals, families and businesses of being the fastest growing sector and will not be under the Federal disaster job producers in our economy. this country. On my first day as a declaration. Indeed, it will probably Providing every American with tax Member of Congress, I introduced legis- follow in the next couple of days. relief is not a partisan issue. Our job lation, H.R. 245, that will ease the bur- When the county is named, the peo- den for those families or individuals here in Congress is to represent the ple in that county, Mr. Speaker, will trying to sell their house or buy new people of America and work to make have access to a toll free number and equipment for a small business. their lives better. Passing tax relief is they can call that number, which goes good for our future and the time to act b 1215 directly to the Federal Emergency is now. Management Agency, and then they The legislation reduces the capital f gains tax by 50 percent and seeks to can start beginning to receive the as- eventually end it entirely. WEST VIRGINIA TO RECEIVE sistance they need and applying for the H.R. 245 also aims at keeping family FEDERAL DISASTER RELIEF assistance they need in housing, in un- employment, crisis counseling, tax re- owned businesses and farms in the fam- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. lief, small business loans and the many ily. It raises the estate tax exemption LAHOOD). Under a previous order of other areas that are so necessary to so that a son or daughter can build on the House, the gentleman from West help the thousands of West Virginians a business that was started by their Virginia [Mr. WISE] is recognized for 5 get back on their feet. mother or father. This obtrusive death minutes. We have had 9,000 residences affected tax brings in only a small amount of Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, there are by this flood, Mr. Speaker, and the revenue into the Government and, yet, times to say thank you, and as the damage is beyond comprehension. can have devastating effects on a fam- flood waters are receding but not gone Mr. Speaker, I think it is important ily or a family business. from West Virginia, it is time to say also to emphasize that as the first Oftentimes a business or farm that thank you to the National Guard, the stage begins to end, and as the Na- has been part of a family for genera- hundreds of men and women who have tional Guard and others begin to re- tions is forced to be sold just to pay been on duty for many, many days. It turn to their normal duties, now the the tax bill. Approximately 75 percent is time to say thank you to the emer- second stage begins, and that is the of businesses in this country are family gency services personnel, the State and Federal assistance, and there will be owned and 78 percent of the founders of county office of emergency services, others there to assist as well. My staff those businesses intend to pass their the volunteer fire departments all will be visiting many of these areas. I business down to their children, but across our State. The many volunteers, will, of course, be working closely with currently only 30 percent of businesses the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. the Governor’s staff and others. So no ever make it to a second generation. We are still pulling out the mud, still one will be left alone. Many parents work their entire life feeding people in shelters, still trying Switching topics, Mr. Speaker, turn- to hand down something to their chil- to clean out homes, still trying to ing to the eastern panhandle for a sec- dren to make their lives better. Under clean off roads, and that work is going ond, the eastern panhandle on Monday the current system, the Government to go on for a long time, but a lot of is going to host the first of a series steps in and destroys a lifetime of people have made the loss of life mini- called Project Europe Forums. I am de- work. That is wrong, and for many it mal and have safeguarded much life lighted the men and women of the east- will end with the passage of H.R. 245. and properties because of their efforts. ern panhandle have taken this on. Just yesterday I, along with the So to these people we owe a great deal Heading up Project Europe in the chairman of the Committee on Small of thanks. steering committee, I know how much March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H783 we can gain in West Virginia from mar- hard to provide financial security to not to a government created to control keting our goods in the European their children and grandchildren. It them. Union. So on Monday, in Martinsburg, often forces businesses and business Mr. Speaker, we never enjoy paying at the Holiday Inn, we will be holding owners, farmers as well, to liquidate our taxes. The millions of American the first of Project Europe functions in their businesses just to pay this tax. families struggling to make ends meet which we bring together representa- If Congress is serious about easing will never be eager to give their pre- tives of the German Embassy, the the tax burden and making our tax sys- cious dollars to the Federal Govern- United States Department of Com- tem more equitable, capital gains and ment. But if we have the courage to merce, the West Virginia Development estate taxes are a good place to start. act, these families can say for the first Office and other West Virginia busi- f time that they now understand the tax nesses that have already cracked the laws that they are obeying. They can OUR COUNTRY NEEDS SWEEPING European market and to work with our say for the first time that they know TAX REFORM other West Virginia businesses that their tax burden is not heavier for maybe want to increase their opportu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a them than for the family down the nities or indeed want to get into the previous order of the House, the gen- street or those across town. They can European market for the first time. tleman from Utah [Mr. COOK] is recog- say for the first time that the Amer- Seventy-five percent of foreign in- nized for 5 minutes. ican tax system is simple, fair, and vestment in West Virginia is European. Mr. COOK. Mr. Speaker, I believe the just. Over a billion dollars worth of goods most compassionate and practical f thing that this Congress can do is to sold from West Virginia goes to the Eu- DEATH TAX IS PARTICULARLY give the American people tax laws that ropean Union. So I know, Mr. Speaker, METTLESOME that this is going to be a valuable un- make sense and tax relief that is mean- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a dertaking, and I am delighted the east- ingful. Our country desperately needs previous order of the House, the gen- ern panhandle, and Martinsburg in par- sweeping tax reform. Our people need tleman from Illinois [Mr. SHIMKUS] is ticular, will host our first Project Eu- tax laws they can understand. They need a method of taxation that is fair recognized for 5 minutes. rope seminar on Monday. Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, it is no f and reasonable. Our tax laws now are so complicated secret that the Tax Code hurts our SUPPORT COMPREHENSIVE TAX that even the IRS cannot explain them. economy. We all know that Americans REFORM I think it is ludicrous the IRS sends who try to save get penalized and that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a out 8 billion pages of forms and in- most Americans need a tax attorney to previous order of the House, the gen- structions each year. Our tax system is help them file their returns. I want to speak briefly, however, on tleman from Nevada [Mr. GIBBONS] is too complicated, and our taxes are sim- a part of the Tax Code that is particu- recognized for 5 minutes. ply too high. larly mettlesome to constituents in my Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join the district: The death tax, which was first today in support of comprehensive tax growing number of congressional Mem- enacted in 1916 on estates larger than reform. My personal belief is that we bers calling for sweeping tax reform $50,000, which in today’s dollars would should completely scrap the current and meaningful tax relief. be about $720,000 at a top tax rate of 10 Tax Code and replace it with one that We lost the fight this year to give the percent. is fairer, flatter and simpler. While I American people the term limits the Today, under the tax and spend poli- am not certain of which tax reform majority said they wanted, and it ap- cies of the past, this tax has grown to proposal is best for our country, I am pears from this week that we may be include estates valued as low as $600,000 certain that our current system is des- losing the fight to give the American with a top tax rate of 55 percent. people the balanced budget amendment perately in need of reform. The goal of this tax is to prevent that they have been wanting and feel April 15, millions of Americans will families from amassing huge estates they can build their future on. But let struggle with the current Tax Code in and to promote wealth redistribution. us not lose this fight. Let the 105th a desperate attempt to comply with That may sound like a good goal on Congress be remembered for slaying the rules and regulations and their ob- paper, but in practice this tax does not the dragon that terrorized previous ligation to this country. Since enact- have that effect. In fact, the estate tax Congresses. ment, the Internal Revenue Act of 1954, hurts middle class, family owned busi- I have been a long-time advocate of the income tax code has grown from nesses and farms by making it harder the flat tax. I support the Freedom and 744,000 words in 1955 to 5,577,000 words for the business to be passed on to the Fairness Restoration Act of the gen- in 1994. This represents a growth rate next generation. of 625 percent for that 40-year period. tleman from Texas [Mr. ARMEY]. A flat Back in my district, in Illinois, the The Code has been revised well over tax is simple. I like Mr. ARMEY’s sug- Buesinger family, from Christian Coun- 400 times through major tax enact- gestion that Americans ought to be ty, have recently found out how ter- ments and public laws. The Tax Code able to file their taxes on a form the rible this tax can be. has become so overly complicated that size of a postcard. the average American taxpayer finds it A flat tax treats everyone equally b 1230 extremely difficult, if not impossible, and fairly. It will spur the economy After Glen Buesinger, Sr. passed to comply. and encourage people to save and in- away, his three sons and wife were left I understand that major reform does vest. The Freedom and Fairness Res- to manage the farm. The family almost not come about overnight and there toration Act will also give Americans lost their farm and is still hurting from are significant steps we can take in the desperately needed tax relief, providing the costs, aggravation, and frustration interim to help ease the tax burden for a reasonable tax cut while raising near- this tax has placed on them. the hard working men and women of ly as much money as the current sys- The rich in this country, at which this country. The first is a reduction of tem. But more than this, I think a flat this law is aimed, simply evade this tax the capital gains tax. The capital gains tax can reform our entire political sys- legally by using complex estate plan- tax represents a significant disincen- tem. ning techniques and tricky lawyers. tive for investment in this country and Congress has used the American Tax Since many of these techniques are stifles economic growth. Its reduction Code as a tool for social engineering, costly and require long lead times to would help unlock stagnant investment and that is not right. Behaviors are re- implement, those with the largest es- and allow our economy to thrive. warded or punished through a little tates have the greatest ability to en- Second, I would like to eliminate al- tinkering here and a little tinkering gage in this practice. A disproportion- together the estate tax. The death tax, there of the Tax Code. I believe that is ate burden of the death tax falls on as it is called, is one of the worst provi- a cynical and improper use of our those with recently acquired assets, sions in the Tax Code. This tax penal- power. Americans pay taxes to support such as farmers and small business izes hard working families who work so a government created to serve them, owners. H784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 Imagine, if you will, owning a family they earn. They need to realize and my view, those who oppose cutting this farm in southwestern Illinois which here is an opportunity to realize that it tax say that it would be a tax break for you have worked for 30 years. You have is their hard-earned money, it is not the rich. And who wants to give the built and developed the land with the the Federal Government’s money. rich a tax break? None of us. hope of passing it along to your chil- Recently I was in Pittsburg, KS, see- But that is not a fair statement. dren so that they may have a better ing some of my constituents, and as I When you look at the record, 37 per- life. But after your death, your chil- was leaving, traveling to another cent of the people who pay the capital dren tragically find that the farm will southeast Kansas city, I was stopped on gains tax make less than $30,000 in in- not be staying in the family. In fact, the highway by a construction worker come a year. Is that the rich? Fifty- most of the farm must be sold off to as I was waiting for construction to be seven percent make less than $50,000 a pay the Federal taxes due on the prop- completed. The young man that was year. Is that the rich? Seventy-four erty. holding the sign came back to me, and percent make less than $75,000 a year. This tax costs Americans a great deal as we talked at the window I began en- Is that the rich? Who does it really af- back in Illinois but the sacrifice shows listing him hopefully in support of my fect? I think one of the most detrimen- up for very little in Washington tax campaign to elect me to the Second tal effects is on our farmers, our res- coffers. According to the Office of Man- District of Kansas. I handed him one of taurateurs, our merchants, small man- agement and Budget, the estate tax my fliers and he responded by saying, ufacturers, small investors, and many raises little more than 1 percent of the ‘‘I’m not involved in the process, I of our senior citizens. total Federal revenues. In addition, don’t vote.’’ And so as we continued to I want to give Members an iron-clad costs to the Government to collect this talk, he began explaining to me that he example. If a couple bought a farm in tax can be as high as 65 cents of every did not want to be a construction 1957 for $40,000 and they just main- dollar. worker the rest of his life but that he tained that farm until today and sold Mr. Speaker, this tax policy is not an would like to be an underwater welder it, it would probably bring about effective way to help America create like his uncle and earn lots of money. $400,000, only because of inflation, not jobs and grow the economy. This policy I then reached over to the side of my because it is of more value, just keep- taxes the middle class and destroys the car where my wife normally sat and ing equal. That couple would pay dreams of countless families. It is time gave him a voter registration, and I ex- $111,000 of that money back to the Fed- we abolish this tax and start letting plained to him that when he started eral Government who has done nothing Americans know that their dreams can earning more money and started pay- to help them, only tax them, for all of come true and not end up in the hands ing taxes like the rest of us, he would that time. Is that fair? I do not think of some big-spending bureaucrats in want to be involved in this process and so. Washington. have more say-so as to how his taxes Most farmers and small f were being spent. businesspeople do not have savings Specifically, I think we need to help plans and do not have retirement sys- TAX REFORM Kansas families, Kansas working fami- tems. They depend on the value of The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. lies, and there are four areas. One of their farm and their small business LAHOOD). Under a previous order of the them is in the area of the marriage when they sell it as a nest egg to aug- House, the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. penalty. We need to eliminate that. ment their Social Security. RYUN] is recognized for 5 minutes. Another area is in terms of capital Yes, the capital gains tax taxes infla- Mr. RYUN. Mr. Speaker, the Federal gains. We need to reduce capital gains. tion as it did with that farmer. Who Government is taking too much of the By reducing capital gains, we will free taxes capital gains? The growing coun- American taxpayer’s money. As the up more money, we will provide for tries of the world, Hong Kong, the representative from the Second Dis- better jobs and we will provide more Netherlands, Germany, and Japan, do trict of Kansas, I have been elected to opportunities for hard-working Kansas not. They do not tax capital gains. be a custodian of their money and I am family members. We need to reward Other countries index assets for infla- here to make a report that their taxes Kansas families. The $500 per child tax tion so that you do not pay on a false are too high. credit would be an opportunity to do growth. Inflation is not a growth in Right now Americans, and Kansans that. Finally, we need to eliminate the value. in particular, pay more in taxes than estate, or I would like to say the death The record is clear. In 1978 through they do on three essential things: food, tax. When you have been taxed all of 1985 when we cut our capital gains tax shelter, and clothing. All of those your life, there is nothing worse than in this country 30 percent, from 50 to things combined, they pay more taxes. one more insult from the Federal Gov- 20, revenues actually increased from $9 They have to work until May 7 before ernment. billion a year to $26.5 billion. In 1986 they can realize even one penny of I intend, Mr. Speaker, to work hard when we increased it from 20 percent their hard-earned money. That means with other freshmen, my freshman col- back to 28 percent, 6 years later reve- that January, February, March, April, leagues and other Members from both nues were just equal. It did not grow. and the first 7 days of May, they have sides of the aisle who are willing to re- We did not benefit. to work to support the Federal Govern- duce the level of taxation on families. The 28 percent capital gains tax rate ment before they can realize even one We need to restore back to the Amer- has locked up trillions of dollars of penny of their hard-earned money. ican public the opportunity to see more needed capital to reinvest in our slug- In 1992, families were promised a tax of their hard-earned and realized dol- gish rural economy in America. Too cut, only to have that promise broken lars. much of rural America is struggling to and to see the largest tax increase in f provide opportunities for our young American history. I along with others people. It is certainly obvious to me have personally felt this tax increase. THE MOST UNFAIR TAX, CAPITAL that a capital gains tax cut is not a tax As a small independent businessman, GAINS cut for the rich. It is for our family there were times as I finished collect- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a farmers. It is for the local merchants, ing and putting together the payroll previous order of the House, the gen- small manufacturers, our neighbors that I would come up and I would say tleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. PETER- who have invested in a business or in to my family, I would show them in SON] is recognized for 5 minutes. stocks, and many of our senior citizens fact what I earned, say, 10 years before Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. who would like to sell their business and what I earned last year and I would Speaker, it is a pleasure today to stand and be able to enjoy the fruits of their show them that the difference was tax- and speak out against the tax that I labor. ation. It is too large, it is too much, think is the most unfair tax in this I call upon my colleagues today to and we need to make a change. country, the capital gains tax. This is make our No. 1 priority cutting and Some people do not understand that, a tax that has been debated for a dec- initially eliminating the capital gains though. They think that the Govern- ade in this country and it has been de- tax, because it is the greatest deterrent ment is entitled to every penny that bated and has not been cut because, in to economic growth and a future for March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H785 our young people that we have in this think it points to the fact that govern- b 1245 country today. ment has become so inordinately com- f plex that it takes people to interpret IT IS TIME TO REPEAL THE The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a the laws and try and tell us and try and ESTATE TAX tell the American people what they previous order of the House, the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ULSHOF mean. In fact lobbying, according to tleman from Missouri [Mr. H ] is LAHOOD). Under a previous order of the recognized for 5 minutes. the article, today is an $8 billion indus- try which is larger than 57 economies House, the gentleman from Utah [Mr. [Mr. HULSHOF addressed the House. in the world. CANNON] is recognized for 5 minutes. His remarks will appear hereafter in The other point I would make in Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I would the Extensions of Remarks.] terms of the complexity of the Tax like to address an issue today that is f Code, I was also reading last year in very important to me and, in particu- TAX REFORM the Wall Street Journal a story about lar, to America’s small family farms the number of people in tax writing and businesses, the repeal of the estate The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a committees of the Congress who actu- tax or, as many like to refer to it, the previous order of the House, the gen- ally fill out their own tax returns and death tax. tleman from South Dakota [Mr. of the 57, I think the article stated that Yesterday I met with Mr. And Mrs. THUNE] is recognized for 5 minutes. there were 6 who confirmed that they Mouskondis, the owners of Nicholas & Mr. THUNE. Mr. Speaker, many of in fact did that. I suspect that is prob- Co., a family-owned and operated food my colleagues have gone before me and ably because again of the complexity of distributing company in my home addressed an issue which I think is of the Tax Code. State of Utah. About 40 years ago, Mr. great importance to the future of our Mouskondis’ father passed on his busi- country. In fact if you look back in And so as we look at this priority in this next session of our Congress and as ness to his son Bill. While a small com- 1948, the average tax burden in Amer- pany at the time, Nicholas & Co. today ica on the average family was about 2 we embark upon many of the things that we have laid out in terms of is steadily expanding and diversifying, percent of their income. Today the and Bill now works with more than 250 Federal tax burden is 24 percent and things that we want to accomplish and the goals, there are a number of us, employees and is constantly working when we factor in State and local to improve his company by using new taxes, it gets upward of 40 percent. And many of my colleagues in the freshman class who are here today to speak to technology and streamlining his serv- if you figure the overall cost of govern- ice. ment to the American family today, it this issue, who in the course of their campaigns talked about what we can Yet in order to prepare to pay the es- is over 50 percent of their income. tate tax, Bill is facing steep costs and If you look at some of the statistics do to come up with a Tax Code that is simple, that is fair, that lowers the may have to sell off assets or, worse that were released by the Kemp Com- yet, release employees. This is some- mission last year, the fact is that we overall tax burden on American busi- nesses and families. thing Bill has not done since he became spend in this country over 5 billion the owner of the company. man-hours a year filling out tax re- I too would issue the call today upon When the owner of a family business turns. You think about the number of my colleagues in the Congress to make or farm dies, the value of the enter- people who do nothing. Three million this a priority, so that in this session prise is added to the owner’s estate and full-time equivalent people who do of Congress we do something that we is taxed after exemptions. While the nothing but fill out tax returns. I think have lacked the courage, the will be- owner of this business has spent his en- it is ironic because that is more people fore to do, and that is to address this tire life working hard to contribute to than we have in our entire Armed behemoth Tax Code which clearly has society, provide for his family and to Forces in America. That tells me one gotten out of control. establish his own American dream, in thing; that we spend more time, And I think that the people of this the end his family must endure the loss money, and energy in resources defend- country, the men and women who fill of him and cover the cost of his com- ing ourselves from our own tax system out tax returns every day, those who mendable life’s efforts. than we do from foreign enemies. So we are in business, those who are creating have a tax system in this country that jobs and creating wealth, it was just al- Not only is the tax a burden, the is desperately in need of overhaul, of luded to earlier by my colleague from rates currently run between 37 and 55 simplification, of common sense for Pennsylvania, the enormous cost of percent, but the costs involved in deal- American families and businesses. capital in this country and how that ing with this tax are exorbitant as I would also point out that there are compares with other industrialized na- well. The average family business 471 different tax forms. I think the tions in the world. And we do tax cap- spends $20,000 in legal fees, $11,900 for complexity of our Tax Code today was ital at a high rate and we tax labor at accounting fees, and $11,200 for other illustrated recently when the Internal a high rate. advisers just to pay the taxes. Revenue Service expended $4 billion to I was reading recently as well that if But dollars do not tell the real story. come up with a computer system to you look at the number of people who Family businesses are exactly that, process it which they discovered could file tax returns in America, 72 percent businesses for families. But the Small not work. And so we need to simplify spend more on payroll tax than they do Business Administration reports that a the Tax Code in this country in a way on income tax. And so we need to do full 33 percent of grieving relatives that makes sense for American fami- something to allow the economic en- must sell all or part of the family busi- lies and American businesses and low- gine in America to continue to move ness to pay the estate tax. ers the overall tax burden for our fami- our country forward, to create new jobs Is it any wonder why only 30 percent lies. and make our economy all that it can of family businesses are passed on to One of the things that I think you be. I do not believe that we will see the second generation? will find in this town in particular is a that happen if we continue to be This is simply wrong, wrong because lot of institutional resistance to that. bogged down and mired in this complex America was founded and its govern- It is ironic as well, as I was reading web that we know today as our U.S. ment established to protect the life, some time back in the Wall Street Tax Code. liberty, and pursuit of happiness of Journal, an op-ed piece which sug- And so along with my colleagues who each American citizen. We here in gested that in 1964 there were some have spoken before me and those who Washington are not fulfilling our du- 16,000 lobbyists in Washington and will follow, I today as well would ask ties when we penalize Americans for today there are over 64,000 lobbyists, that we make this a priority for the working hard. which is 125 for every Member of Con- 105th Congress, that we be the Congress It is time to repeal the estate tax. I gress. There is nothing wrong with lob- that is known and that our legacy be encourage each of you to support H.R. bying and many of us rely on the infor- that we simplified and made sense of 902, the Cox-Kyl Family Heritage Pres- mation that they provide to us, but I the American Tax Code. ervation Act. H786 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a unleash its creativity and competitive- vation and the growth of the industry previous order of the House, the gen- ness, restore the value of thrift, and through sound legislation. This is a tleman from Florida [Mr. MICA] is rec- preserve families and their businesses. step in the right direction.’’ ognized for 5 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I am just a new Member Mr. Speaker, let us here resolve not [Mr. MICA addressed the House. His of Congress, but the people of Colorado to interfere with the technological phe- remarks will appear in the Extensions did not send me here to make friends nomenon which has done so much to of Remarks.] with the alligators. They expect me to inform and educate so many millions of f help drain the swamp, and providing Americans. Let us restrain the reach of relief from capital gains taxes and government so as not to smother the WE MUST CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR death taxes are two important ways to vitality and creativity that character- A BALANCED BUDGET help Americans rise above the muck ize this new frontier in communica- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a and mire of oppressive taxation. On tions. previous order of the House, the gen- this topic I intend to be most persist- f tleman from Colorado [Mr. BOB SCHAF- ent and to speak here often. PATENT REFORM FER] is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. previous order of the House, the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Mr. Speaker, I also rise to speak on the tleman from California [Mr. previous order of the House, the gen- topic of excessive taxation. ROHRABACHER] is recognized for 5 min- tleman from New York [Mr. FORBES] is Tuesday of this week the first at- utes. recognized for 5 minutes. tempt of the 105th Congress to pass a [Mr. ROHRABACHER addressed the Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise balanced budget amendment fell short House. His remarks will appear in the today to talk about something that by only one pathetic vote. The failure Extensions of Remarks.] really is pure Americana. It is impor- to pass this amendment was of great f tant enough that it is noted in the U.S. disappointment not only to me and my Constitution. I refer to the U.S. patent family but to most Members of Con- TAX-FREE INTERNET ACT OF 1997 which is the backbone of the United gress and to approximately 80 percent The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a States economy, the basis for our dom- of the American people who have re- previous order of the House, the gen- inant place in the world economy, and peatedly and consistently asked Con- tleman from Florida [Mr. WELDON] is clearly the key to a more prosperous gress to protect the futures of their recognized for 5 minutes. economic future. Invention is certainly children by the passage of a balanced Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speak- pure Americana. budget amendment. er, it is only fitting that I should rise As I have said, by offering the strong- Now yesterday’s setback is tem- now, the Representative from the home est patent protections in the world the porary, I assure you of that. We must State of the alligator, to address a par- United States has stimulated more cre- and we will continue to push for a bal- ticular area of our economy that I ativity, more new industries and tens anced budget amendment for the Amer- would like to set aside as not eligible of millions of more new jobs than any- ican taxpayer. But for now it is essen- for taxation, and that is the Internet. where else in the world throughout all tial that we remember just whose hard- Specifically, I have filed a bill today of our history. Yet the small independ- earned dollars provide for the budget, entitled the Tax-Free Internet Act of ent inventors, the future Graham Bells, the same budget that we hope will one 1997. This legislation amends the Inter- the Edisons, the Henry Ford, are now day be balanced. It is the retired school nal Revenue Code to declare that fees having to fight tooth and nail to main- teacher in Cincinnati OH, small busi- for Internet access and other online tain their constitutional right to their nessmen in Atlanta, GA or, closer to services are not and shall not be sub- intellectual property. It is slowly, my home, the farmer in Lamar, CO. ject to Federal taxation. Furthermore, slowly being stolen out from them by They are the ones who sacrifice a the bill would prevent any Federal de- the mega corporations and foreign in- greater and growing portion of their partment from using its funds to study terests. Truly, intellectual property in strenuous effort, hard work and time the revenue potential of Internet tax- the United States is under dire threat. away from their families in order to ation. I believe that this legislation is The system we have in place may not pay more and more cash only to be a strong statement in support of the be perfect, but at least the small inde- squandered here in Washington, DC, free and unfettered development of this pendent inventor has a fighting chance year after year after year. industry. My bill has already been en- against the larger multinational cor- Mr. Speaker, it is high time that we dorsed by several online services and porations. focused on strategies to allow these Internet service providers. A perfect illustration, Mr. Speaker, honest, hard-working producers to America Online, one of the Nation’s of the importance of saving our patent keep more of what they earn for them- most widely used Internet-related serv- system is the very true story of Dr. selves and for their families. They de- ice providers, said, and I quote, ‘‘We Raymond Damadian of Long Island and serve a break from excessive and puni- commend your leadership in authoring the inventor of the MRI. It has taken tive taxation such as the capital gains and sponsoring the Tax-Free Internet Dr. Damadian, who is a physician at tax and the inheritance tax. Mr. Speak- Act of 1997. AOL strongly supports the Down State Medical Center in er, these taxes do nothing more than your policy efforts. Any new tax could Brooklyn, some 25 years to uphold the betray the very characteristics that threaten the continued growth of this patent he received back in 1970, and Americans stand for: accomplishment, global medium.’’ that is with the protections of the U.S. success, honesty, opportunity, and op- The President of Erol’s online service Constitution. In June 1970, Dr. timism, but most especially respon- adds, ‘‘This legislation is a very posi- Damadian discovered the different sibility. tive development, and I give it my full types of tissues taken from rats emit Mr. Speaker, these are the core support.’’ different signals when placed in a nu- American values upon which our budg- Mr. Speaker, we must not allow this clear magnetic resonance spectrom- et and Tax Code should be built, not budding industry to be smothered by eter. Not only that, but cancerous tis- the waste, duplicity, despair and stu- Federal taxation. A few of the States, sues taken from the rats emit signifi- pidity that our Government heaps upon including my own State of Florida, cantly different NMR signals. It imme- taxpayers every day. have already initiated legislation to diately occurred to Dr. Damadian that Now, since the President and his exempt the Internet and online service if it were possible to create a large party seem to have the upper hand in access fees from State and local taxes. enough and powerful enough scanner to their zeal to kill a balanced budget, let We on the Federal level should do like- contain a human, it would be possible us agree at least that the dead hand of wise. to detect cancer very early on. capital gains taxes and the tax on in- As the United States Internet Pro- Less than 2 years later, Dr. heritance be lifted from the worn backs viders Association says of my bill: ‘‘We Damadian filed the pioneer patent ap- of American families. Let us free the support the efforts of all informed pol- plication that really was the world’s productive instincts of a Nation, icymakers to protect technology inno- first MRI, a patent application that March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H787 came from Dr. Damadian right from Our law enforcement agents are tell- While the administration says we Long Island. Two years later, back in ing us this as well. Thirty-one percent should not call this a war, it refused to 1974, he received that patent from the of the Nation’s police chiefs believe certify certain countries for not fight- U.S. Patent Office in Washington. By that the best way to reduce violent ing hard enough, not fighting hard July 1977, Dr. Damadian and his assist- crime is to reduce drug abuse. Drug-re- enough to stop the flow of illegal drugs ants achieved the world’s first whole lated activities have been identified as into America. I applaud the adminis- body human MRI image. In March 1978, being at the core of the violent crimes, tration for not certifying certain coun- Dr. Damadian formed a company called the property crimes, and, yes, domestic tries, but our country must lead in this FONAR and began to develop and mar- abuse which afflict our communities. battle. We must not change the termi- ket MRI scanners and, within 2 years, During the 1980’s our Nation declared nology. We must call it a war, because unveiled the world’s first commercial a war against drugs. I was in that bat- it is a war for our families, it is a war MRI scanner. tle as a Federal prosecutor. It was dur- for our children, it is a war for our The problem Dr. Damadian encoun- ing that time that our families, our streets and our inner cities, and it is a tered was not really from the U.S. Pat- communities, and our law enforcement war that we must win. ent Office, but in fact it was a failure officials mobilized in a united effort to In Mexico alone, 40 drug agents were by them to enforce his ownership of fight this war. Because of this national killed fighting the importation of that patent. Eleven years after Dr. crusade, teenage drug abuse declined drugs into the United States of Amer- Damadian unveiled the world’s first from 1985 to 1992. ica to satisfy the demand we see in our commercial MRI, his patent became in- Then what happened? It was then country. We must provide leadership to fringed upon by several international that our national commitment against Mexico. We must provide leadership to this war of drugs waned. It was then corporations including Johnson & South America. We must call it a war, that teenage drug use again started to Johnson, General Electric, and Hitachi. because it is a war in which people’s increase, and we saw that teenage ex- For those who do not know, I mean by lives are being lost, not just in Amer- perimentation with drugs was on the infringement that Dr. Damadian’s pat- ica, but also in other countries. incline. ent technology for the MRI, the intel- So it is my hope that this adminis- Today it is my belief that we need to lectual property that he owned, was ba- tration will reengage itself in the war renew our national commitment to sically copied by these large corpora- against drugs, that this Congress will tions. saving our children, to restoring the vi- brancy of our inner cities, and reenergize itself, that we will provide Well, 25 years later, after literally leadership to our American families, to millions of dollars in legal expenses, strengthening our families. How do we do this? By reenergizing ourselves in our teenagers, and to set the appro- Dr. Damadian has finally won his day priate example. I pledge that support in court. He was judged by the courts this war on drugs. We must not retreat. It is not the time. We must not be sat- as a Member of this body. to in fact be the rightful owner of the f patent for the MRI. FONAR, a Long Is- isfied to hide in the foxhole. It is im- land corporation, could today be clear- perative that we fight on. WE SHOULD VALUE AND CHERISH It is particularly timely today that ly a corporation that would have re- OUR NATION’S IMMIGRANTS we reenergize our country because last tained and employed tens of thousands week the administration released its The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under of Long Islanders were it not for the 25 report on our Nation’s drug control the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- years of legal maneuvers that kept Dr. strategy. In that report, the adminis- uary 7, 1997, the gentleman from Illi- Damadian tied up in court. nois [Mr. DAVIS] is recognized for 60 Mr. Speaker, again I think it is im- tration criticized the war against drugs, and said the term war against minutes as the designee of the minor- portant to understand that the U.S. drugs was misleading. The administra- ity leader. patent is really pure Americana. It is tion preferred to adopt the language of Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I at the heart of American ingenuity and pessimism, and say that we should rise today to draw attention to an all our ability, frankly, to remain No. 1 in more appropriately use the term can- too familiar debate in our country, im- the global marketplace. But afoot here cer. To me the implication of using the migration and immigrants. This is an in the Congress is something that has word cancer in relation to our drug age-old topic that has taken many dif- been evolving over the last several problems is that it implies that it is ferent faces since the founding of this years, and that is to harmonize pat- going to be with us a long time, and we Nation. Today the immigration debate ents, to take American ingenuity and simply must learn to live with it. seems to be focused on mostly Latino harmonize it to the lowest common de- I believe it is a war that we must and Asian-American immigrants, or in- nominator. fight, and not a problem that we must dividuals from the Caribbean or Afri- Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this chance learn to accept and deal with. It is the can nations, people of color. to talk about the MRI and Dr. wrong message when we change the However, I am concerned that the Damadian’s important contributions. terminology. It is the wrong message immigration issue is too often raised in f to our teens, who deal in symbols and a negative manner. Why is it that we b 1300 listen to the nuances of language as to cannot talk about immigrants without whether it is a serious national prob- mentioning the undocumented, those AMERICA MUST REENERGIZE IT- lem or it is something that is accept- who may not have complied with all of SELF IN FIGHTING THE WAR able in our society. It is the wrong the rules and regulations? The politi- AGAINST ILLEGAL DRUGS message to send with our families, who cizing of the immigration issues and The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. are struggling day in and day out, and programs like Citizenship U.S.A. made LAHOOD). Under a previous order of the as the parent of teenagers, I under- by certain groups have attempted to House, the gentleman from Arkansas stand this. They face daily the corro- demonize immigrants. [Mr. HUTCHINSON] is recognized for 5 sive effects of drug abuse. And it is the I submit that certain groups have minutes. wrong message to our law enforcement been using immigrants as a scapegoat Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, officers who daily place their lives on for years. Oftentimes they have been today I rise to address a matter of the the line in this struggle. marginalized in the great divide be- greatest public concern. Illegal drug In signaling a retreat from the war tween black and white. As illustrated abuse is soaring in our country, and it on drugs, we also undermine the efforts in the words of W.E.B. DuBois, he is the most serious social problem that of other nations, which are looking to pointed out that mass immigration faces our communities, our families, the United States of America for lead- hurt both black and white laborers, as and our children. We hear this from ership. The other nations are putting he foreshadowed future events by not- every side. It is our children them- the lifeblood of their leaders, in many ing the Republican Party platform of selves who are telling us this. Thirty- cases, and soldiers out on the front line 1864, which advocated increased immi- five percent of teenagers ages 13 in an effort to stop drug production gration in the interests of big business: through 17 identified drugs as their and trafficking within their own bor- A new flood of eager-to-work immigrant most serious concern. ders. labor was brought into the country to work H788 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 on the railroads and in the new industries. It should also be noted that a United b 1315 Northern mill owners, who had feared free States Government commission later farms because they might decrease the num- Additionally, immigrants only use 7 concluded, and I quote: ‘‘Not a single percent of major welfare and education ber of laborers and raise their wages, were documented act of espionage, sabotage, appeased by the promotion of alien immigra- services. The programs included in this tion. It was interesting to hear the Union or fifth column activity was commit- estimate include most of the large cash Party, as the Republicans called themselves ted by an American citizen of Japanese and in-kind welfare programs and the in 1864, say in their platform: ‘‘Foreign im- ancestry, or by a resident Japanese basic education, SSI, AFDC, aid to the migration, which in the past had added so alien.’’ aged, blind and disabled, transitional much to the wealth and development of re- This is just one fine example of the assistance, Medicaid, and K through 12 sources and the increase of power to this Na- many various contributions that immi- public education. Thus when the seven tion—the aspirations of the oppressed of all grants have made. I question the accu- major taxes are compared to the five nations should be fostered and encouraged by sation that immigrants do not share a liberal and just policy.’’ That year the Bu- major types of governmental services, reau of Immigration was created. .. . In 1860 the same commitment to the United immigrants in Illinois actually pay immigrants were coming in at a rate of States. more taxes than services used. They 130,000 a year but the new homestead laws According to a recent study released are paying $6.11 for every $1 of services began to attract them, so after the war im- by the Cato Institute called ‘‘In De- received. migration quickly rose . . . and in 1873 had fense of a Nation’’ on the military con- Mr. Speaker, these findings reveal reached 460,000 annually. tributions of immigrants, that immigrants are substantial eco- I feel it is important to address the The military contributions of immigrants nomic contributors. And some 70 per- issue of stereotyping our Nation’s im- is a story that has gone largely untold. cent of immigrants’ taxes flow to the migrants because it is unjust, it is un- Today, 62,560 immigrants serve on active Federal Government, primarily fair, and it is wrong. I would like peo- duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. More than 20 through Federal income and Social Se- ple to think of the many contributions percent of the recipients of the Congres- sional Medal of Honor in United States wars curity taxes. that immigrants have made. We should have been immigrants. Immigrant scientists It is a fact that immigrants start value and cherish immigrants. Every- and engineers are major developers of ad- new businesses; 18 percent of all new one in this country, except for native vanced U.S. Government laboratories and small businesses are started by immi- Americans, are immigrants. Some major defense firms. In fact, the submarine, grants. These small businesses account came voluntarily and others, like my- the helicopter, a more advanced ironclad for up to 80 percent of the new jobs self, came involuntarily. ship, and the atomic and hydrogen bombs available in the United States each It is my hope that the next time im- were developed by immigrants. year. migration is brought up as a topic, In short, the study concludes that Now, having stated the facts, I would that it conjures up a positive image in ‘‘Throughout history and even now, urge my fellow Members of Congress to our mind, one that values the mosaical immigrants have demonstrated their take the partisan politics out of the background and cultures that make up loyalty to this country, and have vol- immigration debate. While this issue is the Nation as well as the district where untarily sacrificed to protect the free- being politicized, there are many con- I live, represent, and work. dom of civil rights and the pride of this stituents in my district who are unable I enjoy experiencing the sights, Nation itself.’’ to naturalize and stand to soon lose sounds, and smells of Caribbean res- Let us stop talking about the myths much-needed benefits underneath the taurants on Georgia Avenue, and Ethi- and misconceptions of immigrants. Let new welfare reform law. opian cuisine in Adams Morgan. Closer us look at the facts. It is a fact that It is my understanding that the last to home, I also enjoy Little Italy, on most immigrants enter the United time an oath ceremony was performed Taylor street, Chinatown, at Went- States legally; about 70 percent, ac- was September 30, 1996. Why should im- worth and Surmack, Little Village in cording to the American immigration migrants experience longer delays due Franklin Park. law forum. It is a fact that most immi- to the decisions of government bu- The top 10 immigrant groups that grants come to the United States to reaucracy? Citizenship USA was en- boast the great land of Lincoln as their unite with close family members. Peo- acted with bipartisan support and was home are a diverse group. They are ple come to this country for the Amer- a good idea in order to reduce the back- from Mexico, Poland, Philippines, Ger- ican dream of freedom, peace, eco- log of some 1 million eligible immi- many, India, Italy, Korea, the United nomic prosperity, opportunity, and de- grants who filed in fiscal 1995 to be- Kingdom, Yugoslavia, Greece, Africa, mocracy. They do not come here to come U.S.citizens. This number is more all over the world. By no means do I take advantage of the welfare system. than triple the number of citizens who view them as a threat. I think they Contrary to popular belief, not all filed in recent years. This can be large- are, indeed, a great asset. immigrants are Mexican or Chinese. ly contributed to the 1986 amnesty pro- That is why it disturbs me that the Many are from places, African coun- gram, the passage of issues like propo- INS Citizenship U.S.A. Program is in tries like Somalia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, sition 187 in California, and the threat the Subcommittee on National Secu- and Ghana, escaping violent upheavals; of losing benefits due to welfare re- rity, International Affairs, and Crimi- from Haiti, fleeing war, political op- form. nal Justice of the Committee on Gov- pression, drought, and famine. There I would like to note that out of the ernment Reform and Oversight. I feel it are many children in Romania, China, 1.3 million new citizens naturalized is offensive to all Americans to ques- and Brazil fleeing poverty and hunger. under Citizenship USA, only about tion the integrity and loyalty and con- Many wait in places like the Phil- 71,500 were found to have FBI records, tributions of immigrants. ippines, where the average waiting pe- which includes the following cat- This is not the first time. During riod is as long as 12 to 15 years. There egories: INS administrative record, World War II, Japanese-Americans and is a need for fair and more efficient im- 34,000; misdemeanor but not a felony, their children were rounded up and migration policy and a more efficient 25,000; felony 10,000. Sixty-nine percent placed into internment camps. They system. have still demonstrated good moral were placed in these camps because the According to a 1996 report released by character, 29 percent good moral char- American Government viewed these the Illinois Immigrant Policy Project, acter may not have been met, further Americans of Japanese descent as a immigrants make up 7.1 percent of the review is required. Two percent good threat to national security. total State population, and 49.2 percent moral character was not met, rep- Imagine how they must have felt to of the city of Chicago. Illinois immi- resents 168 individuals, 168 individuals be viewed as a threat to their own grants pay $7.2 billion, or 10.6 percent out of the 1.3 million that naturalized country. Many of those Japanese- of the $68 billion of taxes paid by all Il- under Citizenship USA is only about Americans interned were actually born linois residents. two-tenths of 1 percent. here. In spite of this insult, Japanese- The seven taxes included in this esti- Mr. Speaker, I suggest that this is Americans formed a special regimental mate are Federal and State income, hardly reason to exploit naturalized combat team, which was one of the State and local tax, property, Social citizens as criminals. Prior to the pro- most decorated units of its size in Security, and unemployment insur- gram Citizenship USA, applicants wait- World War II. ance. ed 2 to 4 years to become citizens. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H789 Given that so many elderly and dis- flow. Simply by widening the two- with transportation needs and eco- abled people were at risk to lose much- spanned structure, we can decrease the nomic development for the region. needed benefits due to welfare reform, potential number of accidents as well Mr. Speaker, I feel, and the people of it is my opinion that Citizenship USA as facilitate the flow of traffic. The re- the Seventh Congressional District in actually served as a partial solution to duction in congestion on the bridge the State of Illinois feel that each one some of the negative effects of welfare will diminish the amount of air pollu- of these projects is viable, valuable, reform and in response to the criti- tion and gridlock on the road. greatly needed and will seriously en- cisms aimed at a high number of these The third project calls for the estab- hance the quality of life for the resi- newly naturalized citizens registered to lishment of an Intelligent Transpor- dents, of people who live in that par- vote, I must ask, is it not a double tation Systems Research Institute. ticular area. standard? In an election year where ap- This institute would marshal the re- Now to conclude my remarks, Mr. athy seemed to be a common tune ring- search capabilities of the University of Speaker, I shall address briefly the ing throughout the land, why criticize Illinois at Chicago and Champaign-Ur- issue that I think is so vitally impor- any group for exercising their right to bana, the University of Wisconsin at tant in this country, and that is the vote? Do we not teach all citizens that Madison, Purdue University in Indiana, issue of children’s health. I firmly be- voting is not only the epitome of living and the Argonne National Laboratory. lieve that the greatness of a society in a democracy but a responsibility as In an effort to employ communica- can be determined by how well it treats well? tions technology as a solution to some its old, its young, and those who have I submit that the very fabric of our of the region’s inter- and intrastate difficulty caring for themselves. If this social, economic, cultural, and politi- traffic problems, the target area is the is the case, then by all standards we cal institutions has changed into a region spanning from Gary, IN, are not moving toward greatness be- great, great mosaic due to our Nation’s through Chicago, IL, and on to Milwau- cause we are not doing well by our chil- newcomers. Immigrants are an integral kee, WI. This stretch is essential for ef- dren. part of our work force, tax base, and ficient commercial travel throughout In my own hometown, Chicago, the cultural diversity. May we as a Nation the region. city of the big shoulders, the Annie E. of immigrants not turn on ourselves. An example of the technology that Casey Foundation reports that 10.9 per- Mr. Speaker, I will now shift to an- the Intelligent Transportation Insti- cent of all children born are considered other idea, one that we have been dis- tute will explore includes computerized low birth weight. According to the cussing, debating, and talking about traffic lights. These lights will be capa- Voices for Illinois Children, more than and will continue to do so as we talk ble of detecting the approach of a mas- 13,200 of all new mothers in the State, about the reauthorization of ISTEA. I sive public transportation bus or a 4,000 in Chicago alone, receive virtually appreciate having this opportunity to commercial truck and will stay green no prenatal care. We all know that speak in behalf of projects which have longer to permit their passage. there are more than 10 million children been proposed for the Seventh Congres- Mr. Speaker, this is an idea whose in this country who have no health in- sional District in the State of Illinois, time has truly come. This innovation surance. We know that a disproportion- which I have the honor to represent. will facilitate a way of ingress and ate number of our children are being Mr. Speaker, the citizens of this egress from Chicago’s commercial dis- born to teen parents and are destined country are in favor of policies and tricts to the expressways linking Gary to live in the squalor of poverty and programs that meet discernible needs, and Milwaukee. It will also expedite deprivation. create jobs, promote economic develop- travel time for all workers. Through b ment, protect and improve the environ- such technologies, we will be able to 1330 ment, and improve the overall quality create a more effective transportation We know that it is tough to be hun- of life. I shall describe four projects system. gry and not have food; demoralizing to which are consistent with these goals In addition, this system will provide be broke and not have a job; agonizing and trust that they will be seriously through the use of communications to be cold and not have heat; and frus- considered by the Congress for funding, technology real-time schedules for pub- trating to be illiterate and not have as they will greatly benefit the resi- lic transportation. One will be able to hope. But to be sick and not be able to dents of Chicago, its western suburbs, access the scheduling information from get health care adds another dimension and Cook County. work and from home. At a time when to all the other problems. One, Marion Street mall-to-mall both parents work most of the day and The blues singer Marvin Gaye asked transit center and commuter parking single parents are forced to work two the question, ‘‘Who will save the baby? facility in Oak Park, IL, is one of these and three jobs, any way we can make Who is willing to try? Who will save a projects. This project will increase travel time more predictable, reliable, world that is destined to die?’’ Another rider access to several different forms and efficient allows American citizens songwriter said that ‘‘Our children are of public transportation, including bus, to spend more time with their families. indeed the future. Teach them well and elevated trains, and passenger rails. It Our transportation policies can and let them lead the way.’’ will provide reciprocal access to subur- should work to strengthen families. Everybody is searching for a hero. ban and city of Chicago residents who Evaluation results to date show that People need somebody to look up to. need public transportation to get to the intelligent transportation system And so I ask the question this day: Can and from work. It will promote com- will yield major benefits in congestion the children of this Nation look to its mercial revitalization for the villages mitigation, safety and environmental Congress to be the hero? Can the chil- of Oak Park and River Forest and re- impact. To date, public and private or- dren of this Nation look to this Con- duce the number of cars on the road- ganizations have succeeded in raising gress to preserve, promote and protect ways, thereby enhancing air quality half of the financing required for the the health of the Nation, the future of and improvement of the overall envi- project, which has a total cost of $6 our country, and the destiny of our ronment. million. Therefore, the Federal share of being? Mr. Speaker, the second project is this worthwhile endeavor will be only So I ask the question: Will this Con- the funding of a preliminary engineer- one half the actual cost. gress save the children? We sure can, if ing project to determine the feasibility The fourth project proposes a north- we are willing to try. and cost of widening the Union Pacific south computer rail line by Metra with f bridge over Illinois State Route 43 at the station in the Village of Bellwood. Harlem Avenue. Bellwood is ideally located as a cross- APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO Presently this stretch of road, which roads of the Chicago metropolitan area PERMANENT SELECT COMMIT- is considered a strategic arterial route, at the juncture of Interstates 290, 88, TEE ON INTELLIGENCE has shortcomings which cannot be eas- and 94, between O’Hare and Midway The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. ily and readily remedied. Principally Airports. Both Metra and the Village of LAHOOD). Without objection, and pur- the bridge embodies a dangerous center Bellwood view this project as a real op- suant to the provisions of clause 1 of pier which severely impedes traffic portunity for partnership in dealing rule XLVIII and clause 6(f) of rule X, H790 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 and notwithstanding the requirement the average person in America an op- had his information before the patent of clause 1(a)3 of rule XLVIII, the Chair portunity and a standard of living that was issued to Ray and, for sure, he announces the Speaker’s appointment is basically sought after by people from would not have been able to defend of the following Members of the House all over the planet. It has been our himself. to the Permanent Select Committee on technology and our freedom. And the We will cease to be a great power. Intelligence: American patent system is what has Our people will cease to have the Mr. SKELTON of Missouri and Mr. created this impulse, this momentum standard of living if we cease to be the BISHOP of Georgia. for the creating of technology. technological leader of the world. H.R. There was no objection. Our patent system is under attack 400, the Steal American Technologies f now. The Ray Damadians in the future, Act, will make us incredibly vulnerable if we permit H.R. 400, a bill that is RECLAIMING 5–MINUTE SPECIAL to our economic adversaries. And, by going through Congress as we speak, if ORDER the way, it also obliterates the Patent H.R. 400 passes, the Ray Damadians of Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I Office in the U.S. Government. It will the world will be chewed up and spit ask unanimous consent to reclaim my take away the Patent Office, which was out by the huge corporations, just like 5 minutes. I was unfortunately delayed established by our Constitution, and earlier. his counterparts in Japan and other countries are beaten down by the eco- replace it with a corporatized entity, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and who knows what kind of influences objection to the request of the gen- nomic shoguns of their society. What is happening is there is an at- will be on the patent examiners when tleman from California? tempt, and hold on to your horses here, they are now in a corporatized job There was no objection. rather than a Government job. f folks, you may not have heard this be- fore, what is happening is there is a Our patent examiners have worked UNITED STATES SHOULD PRE- move to make American patent law, hard. They have been part of our sys- SERVE A STRONG PATENT SYS- which has been the strongest in the tem but they have been protected by TEM world, to be exactly a mirror image of civil service and other protections and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a the law in Japan, and they are not the knowledge that they were Govern- previous order of the House, the gen- bringing up the Japanese standards to ment employees. The fact is that will tleman from California [Mr. the protection our people have been af- not be the same if we make it a ROHRABACHER] is recognized for 5 min- forded. They are bringing down the corporatized entity. utes. protections that have been offered to Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 811 and 812 will fight against Americans. H.R. 400 and protect the American pat- earlier in these 5-minute speech peri- In 20 years this will mean the United ent system. I ask my colleagues to sup- ods we heard from one of my col- States will no longer be the techno- port H.R. 811 and 812 and to oppose the leagues, the gentleman from New York logical leader of the world. The stand- Steal American Technologies Act, H.R. [Mr. FORBES], about a fight that Mr. ards of our people will be under attack, 400. Ray Damadian has gone through over and they will never know what hit these last 25 years in order to secure them because they changed the fun- f his right of ownership to a piece of damental laws. technology that he invented. We are It is happening very quietly here, and talking about the inventor of the MRI. the multinational organizations have DEFINING DEVIANCY, UP AND This technology, which has saved hired the best lobbyists in town to DOWN thousands, perhaps even millions of come here and influence Congress and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under lives over these last 25 years and per- unless the American people let their the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- mitted the medical profession to diag- feelings be known, H.R. 400, the Steal uary 7, 1997, the gentleman from Flor- nose people without having to cut American Technologies Act, will pass, ida [Mr. SCARBOROUGH] is recognized them open, as in the past, has been a and the Ray Damadians of the world, for 60 minutes as the designee of the tremendous boon to all of mankind. It, the men who create the technology majority leader. in fact, has been a major export item that changes our way of life, will find for the United States of America. themselves vulnerable and pretty soon Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, The MRI was one of those great in- we will not be seeing the MRI’s being let me say I think the gentleman from ventions, along with the airplane, invented, pretty soon we will not see California has a wonderful idea and I along with the light bulb, along with so the technology of the Wright brothers. am certainly pleased to be a cosponsor many other inventions that Americans In fact, the Wright brothers will end up of his bill. are so proud came from the United vulnerable to the Mitsubishis of the I wanted to talk today about some- States of America. And Ray Damadian, world. thing that occurred in this Chamber perhaps more than anybody that I If that would have been the practice yesterday, something that was ridi- know personally, reflects this type of back at the turn of the century, the culed by people that I consider to be creative genius for which Americans aerospace industry could have well radicals, dismissed by many in the are so proud and this type of creative been developed in Japan instead of the media, called trivial by many observ- genius that had meant everything to United States and the American people ers, but in my mind we did something our standard of living and improved would never have known what hit very significant yesterday. the well-being of people all over the them. We have to stand up for the We have seen over the past 30 years world in the process. United States of America and stand up that the radical revolution of the left As my colleague Mr. FORBES stated, for the fact that we need to be the has torn this country apart at the Mr. Damadian has been in a 25-year technological leaders of the world. fight to maintain his patent rights. H.R. 400, believe it or not, mandates seams. We live today in a country, as Twenty-five years he has fought that every person who applies for a the Speaker says, that has 12-year-old against this huge corporation, General patent in the United States, after 18 children on drugs, 15-year-olds shoot- Electric, for the rights of ownership of months, whether or not that patent has ing each other, and 18-year-olds grad- his own creative genius. been granted, it is going to be pub- uating from high school with diplomas Why this is important is because Mr. lished for the entire world to see. that they cannot even read. America Damadian was protected by a rel- Every thief, every copycat, every eco- has lived in a valueless society that atively strong patent law and a strong nomic adversary, every country that our radical policies of the past 30 years patent system. In fact, the United hates us and wants to destroy the have created. States has had the strongest patent American way of life will have the ad- In 1994, there was a shift back to the protection of any Nation in the world. vantage of being in possession of all of center, and yesterday I believe that This is what has given us the edge on our technological secrets even before Congress passed a simple resolution all our other competitors around the the patent has been issued. that helped move us back to the right world. This is what has made America In Ray Damadian’s case that means direction where our Founding Fathers safe and secure. This is what has given General Electric would actually have wanted us to be. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H791 So what was this dangerous piece of have sought to do and I think what fight for. That has been so turned legislation? What was this supposedly they have accomplished is doing some- around and so disfigured today that unconstitutional resolution? What was thing called defining deviancy down what we have got are people who are this frightening document that the and defining deviancy up. And those trying to express their own religious radicals said would spell an end to the are a couple of catch phrases that Sen- beliefs are being told, in the name of separation between church and state ator MOYNIHAN created and also a col- separation of church and state, in the and tear the Constitution apart at the umnist named Charles Krauthammer name of the Constitution to shut up. seams? It was a very simple resolution created. To do that, what you try to do How many times do we have to hear that said a court in Alabama ought to is you try to make the conventional the ACLU and others say, you cannot be able to hang the Ten Command- seem radical and you try to make the put a manger scene in front of city ments on the wall, the same way that radical seem conventional. hall, before we start saying to our- the Supreme Court of the United So we find ourselves 30 years later in selves, something is wrong here. Whose States hangs the Ten Commandments a civilization where the words of Ma- freedom are we talking about? The on the wall in its building, just as we donna, that life of Larry Flynt, and the freedom of someone who wants to just in this Congress every morning pledge acts of Dennis Rodman are glorified express a belief in God, whether it is a allegiance and hear a prayer as we look and take the place of the words of manger scene or a Star of David during up to the words ‘‘In God We Trust,’’ Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and fill a time of religious importance to one just as Americans for the first 200 this valueless void that used to be of the great faiths of our country. years of this civilization were not filled and made complete by our Judeo- There is nothing wrong with having afraid to acknowledge that God and Christian heritage. It is a dangerous them be able to express themselves, faith played a key role in the founding situation, it is a dangerous situation and we Christians or Jews or Muslims of this country. for my 6-year-old boy and my 9-year- express ourselves that way. But we Now, these radicals will tell you that old boy, and yet all they will tell us is have the left wing who is committed to this resolution we passed yesterday did that there is something called the sep- use the force of law to prevent people violence to the Constitution and was in our society from expressing their re- something that the Founding Fathers aration between church and state. Mr. Speaker, this debate is not about would never agree with. They would ligious beliefs using the separation of religion. This debate is not about mo- also tell you that they were the ones church and state as a hammer to pre- that would have to step in to protect rality. This debate is not about Chris- vent us from expressing ourselves. In my part of the country out in Or- the Constitution, and yet I think it is tianity. This debate is about America’s very instructive at this point to look proud heritage. I am more afraid, ange County, the Boy Scouts of Amer- back at what the father of the Con- much, much more afraid of intolerance ica are spending tens of thousands of stitution said regarding the Ten Com- of ideas and of political correctness dollars in order to defend themselves mandments. The father of the Con- than I am of letting Americans know against what? Defend themselves stitution was also the fourth President what their proud heritage has been and against some liberal left-wing parent of the United States, James Madison. what it will be once again. who is trying to force the Scouts to And while drafting the Constitution, Mr. Speaker, we can build a bridge to take God out of the Scout oath because Madison said, the 21st century. I have got no problem his children do not want to say ‘‘God.’’ We have staked the entire future of Ameri- with that. I just have a problem with Because his children do not want to ca’s civilization not upon the power of gov- radicals that would want to disconnect say ‘‘God,’’ it should not be in the ernment, but upon the capacity of each of us us from our proud heritage in the past Scout oath. This is absolutely an at- to govern ourselves, control ourselves, and that made America the greatest coun- tack on the freedom of those people in sustain ourselves according to the Ten Com- try in the history not only of Western the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of mandments of God. civilization but in the history of this America. Yet where is the outcry in So here we have the father of the world. this? Where are the people who sup- Constitution telling us that the Con- My friend from California is here who posedly believe in freedom of speech? stitution and American civilization has been talking about this for years. The greatest threat today against was based upon the Ten Command- He has almost been like a voice crying people who believe in God, whether ments of God. Here we have a situation in the wilderness while many people they be Christians, Jews, or Muslims, where the Father of our country, here did not want to talk about it is the U.S. Government coming under George Washington, in his farewell ad- while the radicals had control of power. the domination of atheists who want to dress spoke to America and said, ‘‘It is I yield to the gentleman from Cali- suppress people’s expression of their impossible to govern rightly without fornia. own religion. God and the Ten Commandments.’’ Mr. ROHRABACHER. I appreciate Mr. SCARBOROUGH. The gentleman We had Founding Father after the gentleman’s comments. When we has touched on something, we have Founding Father writing the Constitu- talk about the Judeo-Christian herit- seen it on local school boards, he has tion, the Declaration of Independence, age of our country, and let us remem- touched on something that we have who recognized that we were a country, ber, by the way, there are many people seen up here for too long now. What one country under God, a country who who agree with the Judeo-Christian te- that is, is people parading around in a knew its Judeo-Christian heritage and nets, for example, are in the Muslim politically correct cloak that will tell did not run away from it. community as well. This is not an at- us in the name of tolerance that they It is something they do not teach in tempt to try to force any type of reli- schools, it is something the radicals do have a right to be intolerant, that they gious prayer or religious concept on not want anyone to know about, but have a right again to preach this value- others. But what we do and what today that is how it has been in this country less void, where Jews, Christians, Mus- until recently, until we had the radi- we are faced with is that those people lims cannot express their views. Mr. Speaker, I do not fear my 9-year- cals storm the streets in the 1960’s and who stand for certain values and cer- old boy, who is in public schools, hear- undermine our efforts across the globe, tain traditions find themselves under ing somebody who is of the Muslim who in the 1970’s stormed Washington attack. One of the greatest parts of the faith speak. I do not fear my 9-year-old and think tanks, and who in the 1980’s took control of Hollywood and took Judeo-Christian heritage is a concept boy hearing an orthodox Jew speak to control of the people making the TV called individual responsibility, that him or to his class or a Catholic or a shows that our children see, and who in you are responsible for your actions Pentecostal or a Baptist. I do not fear the 1990’s, unfortunately, took control and that you will face that responsibil- that. America, according to Jefferson, of some of the highest seats of power in ity before God. And so really, individ- who the radicals are now calling radi- the United States of America. ual freedom is part of that Judeo- cal, according to Jefferson, America is Christian heritage that we talk about. the free marketplace of ideas, where b 1345 That is where it ties into our Founding the strongest ideas survive. Yet what It is very frightening to me, and it is Fathers, who believed that freedom of they want to do is this sort of moral very frightening, because what they religion was a right that they would leveling, where there is this valueless H792 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 void where nothing is right, nothing is the school facilities which their tax to shape and manufacture ideas and wrong, nothing is black, nothing is dollars are paying for unless they were continue to make the conventional white, nothing is legal, nothing is ille- willing to take the ban off hiring ho- seem radical. gal. mosexuals as scoutmasters. In other Mr. ROHRABACHER. Your basic We are seeing that manifest in the words, they have to eliminate their point about those of us expressing an- papers every day when officials in this moral standards. This is ridiculous. other view becoming beaten down, I administration continue to talk about This is an attack on their rights. will have to say, I just expressed some- moral revelancy, moral equivalency: Mr. SCARBOROUGH. What radicals thing a few moments ago about the hir- Hey, nothing is right, nothing is wrong; do is, and what they have done by de- ing of homosexuals by the Boy Scouts. I know what the law says, but it is not fining deviancy down as up, is radicals Let me say that I personally never really important. attack conventional beliefs, they at- criticize people’s personal lives. I do Mr. ROHRABACHER. If the gen- tack the foundation of this Republic, not. I will answer to God for my per- tleman will yield further, we have the views by our Founding Fathers, be- sonal life and I have my own set of be- more people being told they cannot put cause that is the only way they can liefs. I just will not criticize people for a traditional manger scene in front of seem less radical. They attack the Ten their personal lives. But let me say, I city hall or at the school yard during Commandments as being radical and demand the right for myself and for Christmas time. At the same time, unconstitutional even though the fa- others to have the right to make those these same people, by the way, are in- ther of our Constitution says that value judgments and to make those sisting that we are engaged in censor- America’s civilization is based on the stands and to express them. ship if we refuse to let the NEA, the Ten Commandments. They attack the But I can tell you right now, I will be National Endowment for the Arts, give Boy Scouts, saying it is a radical orga- attacked by saying the Boy Scouts grants to people who blatantly attack nization. have a right to set their own standards, religion, blatantly attack other peo- They attack the Christian right. I I will be attacked as if I am advocating ple’s faith. It is okay to subsidize it, have never heard them attack the an attack on somebody else. In reality, but it is wrong for us to put up a man- Christian left. I will be really honest. it is the opposite. It is the people with ger scene to respect the birth of Christ It is so politically correct to attack the more traditional values who are under or to have a Star of David to reflect Christian right that many people who attack. our worshiping on Passover or some of agree with the Christian right do not Mr. SCARBOROUGH. And you would the other religious holidays that we come close to them because they have be called a bigot because you do not sit have. been the third rail of American politics back and say absolutely nothing. Again This has come to the point where the for some time, touch them and you die. it is not an issue of intolerance, it is Boy Scouts of America, for example, as If I stand up and support something not an issue of whether I am going to I said, not only, people are trying to that the Christian right is doing, then judge somebody for the life they live. force God out of the Scout oath. Here I am immediately a member of a sus- That is up to them. That is what Amer- is one of the most decent organizations pect class, much as in the past those on ica is about. But at the same time pri- in the history of our country, who has the left were seen as members of the vate organizations have a right to done more to help young people suspect class. It is a modern version of make private decisions. through these hard times in their life, McCarthyism. Mr. ROHRABACHER. They have an when they are coming into adulthood Let me read one thing and then I will obligation. than Scouting, the young men and yield further to the gentleman. I want Mr. SCARBOROUGH. They have an young women of our country teaching to read something that Robert Bork obligation. But again this is what has great values. Now they are having to wrote in a great book called ‘‘Slouch- happened to us over the past 30 years, spend tens of thousands of dollars, just, ing Towards Gomorrah.’’ I think this why we have been cowed, why we have No. 1, to keep God in the Scout oath explains why radicals have been able to been beaten down. Every time we try and, No. 2, to have standards so that get away with what radicals have got- to speak up for values and beliefs that they will have standards so that ten away with for the past 30 years and we hold dear and that our Founding scoutmasters have a certain moral why they have made the conventional Fathers hold dear, we are attacked by standard. seem radical. extremists in an extreme manner. We There have been a lot of attacks on Bork writes on page 7 of ‘‘Slouching are called bigots, we are called racists. the religious right, and I will say that Towards Gomorrah’’: I was just in an education hearing I do not attack other people’s beliefs, Modern liberalism is powerful because it where I simply said that I believe that but one thing I demand is that my be- has enlisted our cultural elites; those who parents and teachers and school board liefs that I hold true should not be at- man the institutions that manufacture, ma- members should have a bigger say in tacked as well and we should have a nipulate and disseminate ideas, attitudes and symbols. Universities, churches, Holly- their education than bureaucrats in right to express it. The religious right wood, the national press, print and elec- Washington, DC. more often than not is simply saying tronic, foundation staffs, the public inter- b 1400 and representing a group of Americans ests, organizations, much of the congres- that have a set of beliefs and just want sional Democratic party, and some of the This person testifying, supporting to believe that for their own family. congressional Republicans as well and large the President, the President’s propos- And they are saying the Federal Gov- sections of the judiciary, including all too als, basically said that if we left it to ernment should not force us to accept often a majority of the Supreme Court. the States, then we would have handi- another standard which we believe to People do not realize this. That is capped children locked in closets, that be immoral. why one cannot turn on the news at we would have private schools taking And the Boy Scouts of America, it night and get the straight news, be- control who did not care about handi- has to do, and I will be flat out about cause the same people, and they do not capped children, who did not care it, the hiring of homosexuals as want you to say this. They want to re- about children with dirty clothes, who scoutmasters. That is their right as a vise history. They tried to revise the did not care about all these other private organization to do that. And I words of Jefferson and Madison and things. believe that, if they did not have that Lincoln. They want to revise what they Now I have got to tell you we have standard, a lot of parents would not did in the 1960’s. The same people who not stood up and said enough is permit their children into the Scouts marched in the streets in the 1960’s and enough, and I can tell you as a Baptist and to go out under adult supervision according to the North Vietnamese who went to a Catholic parochial of someone who is sexually attracted generals after the war, won the war for school I am insulted, and I am not to someone of the same sex. But that is North Vietnam. That is their words, afraid to say it any more, I am insulted the right of that organization. not mine. Those same people in the by radicals attacking us, telling us In San Diego, in California, they said 1970’s, in the 1980’s and 1990’s went that we do not care simply because we the Boy Scouts could not even use straight to these areas, these cultural want to give power to parents instead school facilities. They could not use institutions where they could continue of give power to bureaucrats, and it is March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H793 time that we stopped being cowed by not the case. This fight is not about es- helps me as a conservative, talking to these radicals that have destroyed this tablishing a religion because that is a liberal who I disagree with to see country over the past 30 years. It is unconstitutional, and I am against it whether my views are correct or to see time that we say enough is enough. 100 percent. What this is about is re- whether I am taking an easier path Mr. Speaker, I will yield to the gen- connecting our children and our grand- than I should be taking. tleman from Texas. children with their heritage. The same thing with RON DELLUMS. I Mr. PAUL. Yes, I find your conversa- Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield to had a great talk with RON DELLUMS tion very interesting, and it reminds the gentlewoman from North Carolina. when we first got here. He came over, me of a incident that occurred not too Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, you he walked over from that side of the many years ago. know I agree in what you are saying aisle, over here where a lot of us were I am a physician. I graduated from and being able to speak what you sitting, young Republicans who had medical school in 1961, and at that par- think, and I appreciate your quoting just gotten elected, and we talked for a ticular time they decided that saying Lincoln because he is also one of my while. And he said to me, he goes: ‘‘You the Hippocratic oath was no longer heroes. And it kind of ties in with a know,’’—he said, ‘‘I don’t understand necessary, and I did not recite the Hip- couple of things that I wanted to men- why all you young guys are Repub- pocratic oath at my graduation. tion this afternoon, you know, and this licans, why you’re all conservatives. It But when my son graduated there in is really kind of in view of our biparti- doesn’t make sense to me. Explain it to 1988, they allowed us to come back to san retreat that is coming up. I kind of me.’’ say the Hippocratic oath. We were wanted to remind people, making an And I said to him, I said, ‘‘Well, you given that chance to come back be- appeal that, you know the words of the know, Congressman, when you look on cause they were saying it once again, great American philosopher, Pogo: We this side of the aisle, your views were and I was very interested in this, so I have met the enemy, and he is us. shaped in the 1950’s and 1960’s. You saw went to his graduation, and at the I think there are few of us who have a Republican majority that supported ceremony they were reciting the Hip- been entrusted with the honor of serv- public discrimination, that supported a pocratic oath. And lo and behold, when ing in this great institution that are lot of the things that happened in the I looked carefully at it, it was not the unaware of the low esteem in which we Southeast, where I am from, that were same oath. They had changed the are corporately regarded today. And morally repugnant, and the party of clause on abortion. It did not say that you know sometimes in the interest of Vietnam and Watergate. When I look you should not use an instrument to do reelection, flawed egos or some pur- on your side of the aisle, I think of an abortion. They merely said you poses of political or personal gain, we where I was in 1979, 1978, 1979, 1980, should follow the law, whatever the abuse our privilege and we dishonor when I first started becoming politi- law is. our predecessors and slight our fellow cally involved, or in my mind watching So I thought that was a interesting Americans and weaken our Nation, and TV, and as I was about to start college, little story to support your case that you know it has been true that there and I see the party of the Iran hostage truth seems to be easily revised in this have been scoundrels in the past that crisis. I see the party of Jimmy Carter. day and age. have thrown shadows over this great I see the party of 21-percent interest Mr. SCARBOROUGH. I thank the noble body. But you know we have got- rates. I see the party of a failed liberal gentleman. And revisionism occurs all ten to the point where there is a great policy that has bankrupted this coun- the time, and we are told that our deal of distrust and cynicism out there try.’’ Founding Fathers were racists and big- in what we do and what goes on here, So we come from two different ots and that they were radicals and in the way we treat one another. worlds, but we can still respect each that is—you know, that did not happen And so I guess I am just saying that, other, and RON DELLUMS, always a gen- before 1994. It is very interesting that you know, we claim to trust God, and tleman, said to me, said something Jefferson was the hero of liberals until in His name I would like to ask us to like, ‘‘That is really deep, man,’’ or 1994, and then a group of us got elected really reason together for the good of whatever RON said, and we respect each quoting Jefferson, saying the govern- all and, you know, let us respect one other. I think most everybody in this ment that governs least governs best, another and tolerate one another’s dif- Chamber respects RON DELLUMS. and suddenly he was not a useful hero. ferences and not get upset when some- When RON was over on the Commit- In fact, we had people actually writing body says something that they deeply tee on National Security as chairman, op-eds this past year saying that the believe, but try and work together and hardly any Republicans and most Jefferson Memorial needed to be taken stop destroying one another and lift Democrats agreed with him, but when I down brick by brick by brick because one another up and endeavor to achieve first got here and I started saying, he was a racist and because he was a the height of leadership the American well, how is this Member and how is radical. people not only deserve but that they that Member, when we talked about Mr. Speaker, that just shows how expect of us. And let us seek to be a RON DELLUMS, they said, ‘‘Hey, don’t desperate revisionists are. They would credit to our Nation and proper exam- say anything bad about RON. He may say the same thing of Abraham Lincoln ple to our world and a joy to our God, be out there in left field ideologically, if we quoted Lincoln too much, and I and I believe that Lincoln who have but at the same time the guy is fair.’’ want to quote Lincoln because I am agreed with that. Do you not? And so we can disagree without being sure that if a President, sitting Presi- Mr. SCARBOROUGH. I certainly do, disagreeable. We can get on the floor, dent today, said these words, he or she and I certainly appreciate your words and we can debate in the strongest would be called a radical. Abraham because I guess this is what has dis- terms possible, and we need to do that Lincoln said this in 1863 in a proclama- appointed me over the past 2 years without becoming personal in our at- tion. more than anything else. tacks. He said we have grown in numbers, There are Members here who I dis- Mrs. MYRICK. I think that is true, wealth and power as no other Nation agree with on practically every issue, and that is one thing that has been has ever grown, but we have forgotten Members like RON DELLUMS of Califor- missing, and it is a good point that you God. Intoxicated with unbroken suc- nia. He is on National Defense. I do not make because this place is such a busy cess, we have become too self-sufficient think I could find anybody on the issue place that you do not take time to to feel the necessity of redeeming and of national defense that I disagree with build those friendships and you do not preserving grace and too proud to pray more. I do not think I could find any- take time to walk across that aisle and to the God that made us. body on several other issues that I dis- get to know somebody else, and I think My gosh. If we said that, we would be agree with more. Quite frankly, I think that has been a big mistake and I hope called radicals, we would be called ex- his views are not the best views for that all of us can start to do more of tremists, and now what they will tell America’s future. The same with BAR- that sharing and really try and reach us is that this is about religion, that NEY FRANK from Massachusetts. But I out, and have our disagreements be- you are trying to make everybody a have got to tell you I can talk to BAR- cause you are going to have to disagree Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. It is NEY FRANK of Massachusetts, and it philosophically. We will have a lot of H794 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 differences; that is the way it is. But it parents and grandparents tried to pass guess, a mixed blessing, is that we have does not mean that you cannot estab- on to us. gone from having big families on the lish those friendships, and I commend One member of our historic freshman farm to having relatively few families you for doing that. class of the 104th Congress is the gen- today. As my colleague, the gentleman Mr. SCARBOROUGH. I thank the tleman from South Carolina, who has from Florida, suggested, again, when gentlewoman from North Carolina, and been looking into how we can make So- Social Security was created there were I agree with her. We do need to estab- cial Security solvent for our senior 42 workers for every retiree. By 1960 lish these friendships, and at the same citizens without bankrupting our chil- there were, or 1950 rather, there were time we do not need to create this dren, and there are going to be a lot of around 16 workers for every retiree. false, bland bipartisanship where no- different ideas. We may not agree on Today there are 3.2 workers for every body is afraid to speak their mind be- what is the best approach, but I can retiree. We are well on our way to hav- cause the American people might be tell you that in the free marketplace of ing two and then one worker for every upset that two independent minds in ideas the only way that we can move retiree. the free marketplace of ideas disagree forward with an agenda that can save Again, that is a demographic phe- with each other. Do not be afraid when our children and save our grandparents nomenon we are not going to change. you turn on C-SPAN and somebody is from economic calamity is to debate in For me to suggest to my wife—we have pointing across the aisle to somebody the free marketplace of ideas and hope- three little boys—Jennie, what do you else and talking about how they dis- fully do so without people demagoging think, another six or seven children agree. That is how we move forward as and trying to scare our eldest citizens. and I think we can maybe help to solve a country, two competing ideas. Unfor- b 1415 this Social Security problem, is not going to fly. So we are looking at de- tunately many of us on the conserv- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman ative side have been quiet for too long. mographic trends we cannot change. from South Carolina [Mr. SANFORD] for Early on in the Bork book he quotes That leaves us with a number of, I a few minutes, and if he could, to dis- a poet, William Butler Yates, in a great think, crazy options. We can wait and cuss one of his proposals. do nothing and let Social Security go poem called ‘‘The Second Coming,’’ and Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the last line talks about the beast bankrupt, which I do not think is an the gentleman for yielding to me. option. We can wait and do nothing and slouching toward Bethlehem. The book In our limited time I will not really is obviously called ‘‘Slouching Toward raise payroll taxes by 16 percent. I do go into a proposal we are working on, not think that is an option. We can Gomorrah,’’ but this is what Bork but what I would like to do for just a highlights, the part where it says the wait and do nothing and cut benefits few minutes is talk about the problem by 14 percent. I do not think that is an best lack all conviction while the worst that is before us, because as the gen- are full of passionate intensity. For too option. We can grow the deficit by tleman suggested, we have a very con- roughly 14 to 16 percent. I do not think long the best have lacked all convic- siderable problem if we do nothing. tion, the best have remained silent as that is an option. We can lower life ex- There is the old saying of hear no evil, pectancy or change fertility rates. this country has gone down a radical speak no evil, see no evil, the three left path that our Founding Fathers Those are not options. monkeys. That seems to be the way That leaves us with one option. That would have been absolutely horrified Congress is at this point approaching one option is letting people invest their in, a path that dooms our children. Social Security. It is the most impor- own money in their own savings ac- It is not just cultural. It is economic, tant program we have in this country too. You know, we have got a $5.6 tril- counts and letting that grow and and it is absolutely vital that we save compound over time. lion debt, and we still do not have it. Einstein was once asked, what is the enough people in this town with the To save it, we have to begin, as the most powerful force in the universe? willpower to spend only as much gentleman suggested, by talking about His reply was, compound interest. It is money as we take in. it. What is interesting about this prob- amazing what you can end up with at So what does that mean? It means lem is not what Republicans have said, the end of a working lifetime if you put that our children are going to be bur- not what Democrats have said, not a little bit away into your own account dened with an incredible debt as they what Ross Perot has said, but what the that politicians cannot get their hands grow older. trustees for the trust fund itself have on, again, over a working lifetime. My 6- and 9-year-old boys 20 years said; that if we do nothing, Social Se- I just wanted to touch for a few min- from now are going to be paying 89 per- curity will go bankrupt in 2029, and it utes on the problem. I will be back on cent of every dollar they make to the will begin to run deficits around 2012 many other visits to talk about many Federal Government, and that was not when those baby boomers begin to re- of the benefits that would come with a Republican that came up with that. tire, such that either we have to look change, or our specific ideas on the That came from Senator BOB KERREY’s at raising payroll taxes by about 16 subject. But I did not want to interrupt independent commission on entitle- percent, or cutting benefits by about 14 my colleague, the gentleman from ment reform, you see, because these percent, or growing the deficit by Florida, for more than just a couple of baby boomers who are slouching to- roughly the same number. minutes. ward retirement will overwhelm the What I hear from folks back home in Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Let me ask the system too soon. the district is, MARK, I am struggling. gentleman quickly, I know the gen- You know, back in the 1950’s there The idea of raising my payroll taxes by tleman from Wisconsin [Mr. NEUMANN] were 15 people working for every 1 per- another 16 percent makes no sense to has been talking about taking Social son on Social Security. Today there me. When I talk to seniors, they say, Security off budget. What we mean by are 3 people working for every 1 person MARK, I am struggling. The idea of cut- that is right now I think Social Secu- on Social Security. And 20 years from ting my benefits by 14 percent is not an rity is running about a $62 billion, $63 now when baby boomers are retiring, option. billion surplus. there is going to be 1 person working What is really interesting are the de- When we get together and talk about for every 1 person on Social Security. mographics behind what is driving this balancing the budget, one of the ways So that means our children will not change. They are, one, that people are we do it is say, we have $63 billion over have 14 others in a pool to help pay the living longer. When Social Security in that trust fund. Why do we not do a beneficiary their benefits that were was created in 1935, the average life ex- little accounting trick and shift it promised to them. We will only have 1 pectancy was 62 years of age. Today it over, and that will make our job $63 person working for every 1 person on is 76. Every year that I grow older I billion easier when they know they Social Security, and I have got to tell hope it keeps moving in that direction, cannot get their hands on that anyway. you the prospects are bleak if we do but it creates real strains on a pay-as- Unfortunately, there is a conspiracy not have the moral conviction and the you-go system, which is what our sys- of silence on both sides of the aisle moral courage to step forward and save tem is right now. with Congress and the President, be- our children’s future, and ensure them The other demographic problem that cause it is in the President’s best inter- the same American dream that our is headed our way, and again it is, I est to try to balance the budget. He March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H795 says he is going to balance the budget, middle-class taxpayers who take the If we do that, we will once again be and he has a balanced budget plan. It is biggest hit if we do not fix it now. the great civilization that we once $62 billion out of whack. If we add the So we stepped forward and we had were. We will once again be what Abra- $62 billion surplus in Social Security the courage to do something 2 years ham Lincoln spoke about when he said that he is counting on to cook the ago. Unfortunately, we paid for it in America was the last great hope for a books, it is $120 billion in red. The political terms, because there were dying world. We still are. We have just same thing with the Republicans. others that used that against us. gotten off track in the past 30 years. If we have the courage, and I pray I have to say that if I could do any- And hopefully what we did yesterday, that we still do, if we have the courage thing this session, it would be to once what we tried to do over the past 2 to come forward with a plan to balance again instill in the hearts and minds of years, will begin to bear some fruit. We the budget, and yet if we shift $62 bil- all these people the courage to step for- will create America, we will build a lion over from a Social Security trust ward and do what has to be done to bridge to the 21st century also that fund in an accounting trick that we make Medicare solvent, to make Social will not be based on what happened cannot use, then we are $62 billion Security solvent; because all these over the past 30 years, but instead short. other issues about cutting a program 2 based on those great and lofty ideas So I support the gentleman from Wis- percentage points or 4 percentage that we find in the writings and words consin [Mr. NEUMANN]. Does the gen- points, or increasing school lunch pro- of our Founding Fathers. tleman from South Carolina support grams 4 percentage points instead of 6 f the gentleman from Wisconsin’s pro- percentage points, they are irrelevant. posal? In the long run, they are irrelevant RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF Mr. SANFORD. I do. As we both economically, because it is Medicare, it PERMANENT SELECT COMMIT- know, it will not save Social Security is Social Security, it is Medicaid that TEE ON INTELLIGENCE in the long run, because we have this is expanding at such a rapid clip that it The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. giant demographic shift coming our is going to overwhelm all of us, it is PEASE) laid before the House the fol- way as the baby boomers begin to re- going to overwhelm this Congress, and lowing resignation as a member of the tire in 2012, and there are 730 million. it is going to create an economic melt- Permanent Select Committee on Intel- They are about double the size of the down if we do not do something about ligence: generation before and double the size of it. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, the generation after. Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I thank Washington, DC, March 6, 1997. In other words, it will not save us the gentleman very much. I appreciate Hon. NEWT GINGRICH, from that avalanche of graying in him letting me borrow a little of his Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. time. Capitol, Washington, DC. America, if you want to call it that, DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This letter is to inform that is headed our way, but it would Mr. SCARBOROUGH. I thank the gentleman, because it does really play you that in order for me to accept an ap- certainly be a step in the right direc- pointment by Democratic Leader Richard into what we were talking about be- tion. And most importantly, as the Gephardt to a seat on the House Permanent fore, and that is talking about creating gentleman suggests, if Washington is Select Committee on Intelligence, it will be a civilization that is more connected, to be trusted, we have to have, in es- necessary for me to interrupt my service on more closely connected to the views of sence, honest accounting. the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs For us to say a trust fund, but it is our Founding Fathers, to the views of and as Ranking Member of its subcommittee Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln, on Oversight and Investigations. not really a trust fund, is not honest than to the cultural views of what hap- Rule 19 F. of the Preamble and Rules of the accounting. For us to use Social Secu- pened in the 1960s or what is happening Democratic Caucus provides that no Demo- rity moneys to in essence mask the cratic Member of the Permanent Select now: The life of Larry Flynt or the size of the real operating budget here Committee on Intelligence may serve on words of Madonna or the actions of in Washington again is not an honest more than one standing committee during Dennis Rodman. that Member’s term of service on the select accounting. What I hear from folks We have to step forward and not be back home in my district say is that committee. However, the rule also provides afraid of our past but embrace our that Members shall be entitled to take they would like to see honest account- past, embrace the ideals of our Found- leaves of absence from service on any com- ing, and they would like trust fund ing Fathers who said, ‘‘We have staked mittee (or subcommittee thereof) during the money to stay in its trust fund. the entire future of the American civ- period they serve on the select committee Mr. SCARBOROUGH. When you talk ilization not on the power of govern- and seniority rights on such committee (and about honest accounting, and talking ment, but on the capacity of Ameri- on each subcommittee) to which they were about trust, I have to tell the gen- assigned at the time shall be fully protected cans to live and govern and control as if they had continued to serve during the tleman, his job is going to be made themselves according to the Ten Com- more difficult, the job of the gen- period of leave of absence. mandments of God’’; or the ideals of While I will remain committed to protect- tleman from Wisconsin is going to be Jefferson, who said that the govern- ing and enhancing the needs and benefits of made more difficult, and this institu- ment that governs least governs best. our nation’s veterans, this letter constitutes tion’s job is going to be made more dif- Those are not radical ideas. Those notice of my intent to take the necessary ficult in this area and the entitlement are ideas for the 21st century. Those leave of absence from the Committee on Vet- area in general, because of the shame- are ideas that are going to overwhelm erans’ Affairs in order to accept an appoint- less display we saw over the past 2 the liberals anyway, that are going to ment to the Permanent Select Committee on years of those who would attack us be- Intelligence. overwhelm the radicals anyway. We are With kindest regards, I remain cause were trying to keep Medicare moving from an industrial age to an in- Sincerely yours, solvent. formation society, where information SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., The gentleman talked about the disseminates, and just as the agrarian Member of Congress. trustees. They told us that Medicare age had a decentralizing impact and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without was going bankrupt. So we had a group the industrial age had a centralizing objection, the resignation is accepted. of people step forward with a bold pro- impact, the Information Age once There was no objection. posal, and the Speaker of the House, again is going to empower the individ- f who has been fodder for every political ual. campaign over the past 2 years, the We in Washington should get out of CIVIL LIBERTIES, WHERE AMER- Speaker actually had the courage to the way and let individuals live as they ICA IS HEADED, ITS PROBLEMS step forward and say, I know Medicare choose to live, let individuals study as AND THEIR SOLUTIONS is the third rail of American politics, I they choose to study, let them worship The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under know we are not supposed to touch en- as they choose to worship, let them the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- titlements; but it is dying and we had spend their hard-earned tax dollars as uary 7, 1997, the gentleman from Texas better fix it now. If we do not fix it they choose to spend the money that [Mr. PAUL] is recognized for 60 minutes. now, we are going to have to pay for it they make, and we need to get out of Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I have asked later, and it is going to be seniors and their way and let them prosper. for this special order today to continue H796 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 a discussion that I started 2 weeks ago difficult, much more difficult problem that we must reject the use of force, with another special order on the sub- to solve. I think that we should do ev- personally and politically, to try to ject of civil liberties, where the coun- erything conceivable here on the House bring about these changes. Some would try is going, and what some of our floor to show respect to each other. I say, well, that sounds like pacifism be- problems are and how we can solve think it is important that we show cause you do not want to confront, you them. friendship. And over and above all that, do not want to use the authority of the I am a freshman Congressman right I think if we are serious about the state. I do not want to use the police. now serving in the 105th Congress, but ideas, there is no reason why we cannot You do not want to use a gun to force I served here in the Congress a few have some enjoyment in doing this, in people to do the things that you think years back. I had four terms which trying to solve our problems. are necessary and to obey the law. were ended in 1984. I now return to the Mr. Speaker, I would like to take But it is not pacifism. It is far from U.S. Congress, and probably the most this moment to just quote one sentence that. It is a system of government that common question asked of me since I from my previous special order dealing is designed to encourage tolerance and have been back is how are things dif- with the rising police state and the at- volunteerism to solve our problems. ferent. In many ways they are very tack on our personal civil liberties. In The role of the state is limited to that similar and in some ways that is very that order, I say, centralizing powers of protecting liberty, providing for the disappointing, but in other ways they and consistently expanding the role of national defense, and to make sure are different and hopefully we are mak- government require an army of bureau- that individuals do not violate these ing some progress in solving some of crats and a taxing authority upon rights as well, that individuals, when which a police state thrives. And I am our problems. individuals exert force and violate an- The big difference, though, that I suggesting here, as I did before, that other individual’s rights, that cer- have noticed, both here on the House this is not the right direction to go and tainly invites the role of government that many Americans are sincerely floor as well as watching television to come in and solve that problem. concerned about the power and the au- over the past 2 years, is that the House In recent years, we have seen some, a thority of the Federal Government. floor has been used in a different man- better discussion about what we have This has not been our tradition. This is ner. I think the atmosphere is some- to do. In the last Congress we have not part of our Constitution. But cer- what less relaxed. I think Members fre- seen a step in the direction of at least tainly in the last several decades, we quently are more on edge, and there trying to take some of these powers have had an accumulation of power may be a little less friendship, which to and some of the authority away from here in Washington. Washington and delivering it back to me is a bit sad. But also we have no- Also, my solution or my suggestion the States. Quite frankly though, I am ticed that the House floor can be used to solve these comes in thinking about not convinced that block grants is the for personal and political attacks, the philosophy of government. If we do which I find not to be the best way to it just in a technical fashion and think whole answer, leaving the money in the use the House floor. that all we have to do is have a line States would be a much better way. Mr. Speaker, at least the discussion b 1430 item veto or have revenue scoring or is much better. We have now talked have a balanced budget amendment, I As a matter of fact, I have more or about returning the management and think we are missing the whole point less pledged to myself and to my con- the financing of welfare back to the because I think it is a much bigger stituents that is not the reason I have States. I find that encouraging. There issue. I think it is a philosophic issue, come to the Congress, to use the House are a lot of us in Congress now talking floor for anything political or personal. not a technical or budgetary issue, and all of this is related to how we look at about the same thing about education. Even if those attacks may occur Nationalizing our educational system against me on the House floor, I will the important role for government. The decision that we as Members of really has not done that much more for choose not to answer them on the Congress have to make is whether or education. You can draw a graph and House floor because I do not think that not government should have the power show that, as the funding went up for is proper. If attacks occur, I will an- and the authority to do what they do. national control of education, the qual- swer those attacks or charges in an- And in order to answer that question, ity of the education went down di- other way but not here on the House we really have to ask it first. Does the rectly. The same thing could be said floor. Government really, does the Federal about medicine. Mr. Speaker, in the recent special Government really have the power and It is easy to accept the argument by order that I did, I talked basically the authority under our constitutional many of us here in Congress that wel- about the coming welfare bankruptcy system of law to do as much as they fare should be a State function, edu- of the welfare state. And I think that is are doing? I challenge that because I cation should be a State or local func- one of the reasons that there are so quiet frankly believe that we here in tion. But so often there is a resistance many conflicts here on the House floor, the Congress do not have the authority and no consensus on what we should do because we are not yet seeing this in that we have exerted here over the last with the police powers, whether we are economic terms. There is still a senti- several decades. fighting the war on drugs or the war on ment, both in the country and in the Mr. Speaker, my personal philosophy the environment or whatever. But Congress, to continue to spend a lot of is this. It conforms with what I believe under the Constitution, it was never money. the Founders believed, that is that gov- intended that police powers would We have heard discussions about So- ernment should be precise. Government gravitate as they have here in Wash- cial Security, and the difficulty in should be there for the protection of ington. solving this problem and whether So- liberty. We should not concede to the So my suggestion here is that we cial Security or any other benefits, Government the right and the power should seriously think about that in there is a tremendous demand to con- and the authority to use it in order to the area of police activity, because now tinue these programs, but it is getting bring about social and economic we have a national war on drugs which very, very difficult to raise the reve- changes. Most individuals recognize is a total failure, has not done any nues. Certainly there is not an environ- that you cannot force other individuals good, has done great harm. Not only ment here today to introduce new pro- to do things that you want them to do. has it not solved the serious problem grams and new welfare entitlements. But so often we allow the Government that we face with the massive use of So this difficulty in finding the funds to do the same thing. We grant them drugs, this very dangerous precedent, has led to some of the problems on the this power and authority to try to but it also has cost a lot of money, and House floor. mold the country, mold people’s per- it has been a cost to our civil liberties. It is easy for a very wealthy country sonal behavior and of course mold the So in the name of the drug war, we to continue to get involved in redis- world as we intervene in so many have sacrificed much, both in terms of tribution of wealth, but once the coun- places around the world. money and our liberties, while failing try is getting smaller and the economic In many ways, I use a political gold- to solve our problem. The same could conditions are such, it is a much more en rule to address this subject. That is be said about the war on guns. The war March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H797 on guns only started recently. It is in- media is called out there to witness What has all this done to us? Well, I teresting to note that the war on guns this wonderful event on how our gov- think what it has done and has led to and the war on drugs really got a tre- ernment is enforcing the law. But very is that many Americans now are fear- mendous boost in 1934. Prior to that, it frequently, as I am sure so many of us ful, fearful of the Government. The was assumed by everybody in this here in the Congress have witnessed, is Government is supposed to be our country, under the Constitution, that that our police force, whether it be the friend. We in the Government are sup- deregulation of guns would be handled FBI or the BATF, they will wear a ski posed to be befriending the citizens and by the States. Yet endlessly we are mask. Is it not interesting. reaching out to them and taking care writing laws and pursuing the gun Mr. Speaker, why would they wear a of their freedoms to make sure they rather than the criminal. In the same ski mask in a free society to protect are secure, secure that if they know way, we are making very, very strong the people? I do not know the exact an- they have a conflict, that we can settle attempts to all the educational prob- swer for that, but I would think that in the conflict in court, that we should be lems and medical problems, social a free society our policemen would be secure from outside threat. problems and the environmental prob- much more ready to show their badge, Yet today many, many Americans lems, all through regulations coming show their warrants and not wear ski feel very insecure. They feel insecure from Washington. masks. Our police are supposed to be economically, they are not certain Now, you might say, well, that really our friends to protect us, not the kind about what will happen in their eco- is not a police function. We, all we do that will break down and break into nomic future, but that is an economic here in Congress is we write regula- our houses with a mask on. issue. But what I am talking about tions. We are not authorizing guns to A lot of good intention goes into so here today, many of them feel insecure go and perform certain acts. But regu- much of our legislation here in the in their personal life. It is very intimi- lations have the force of law, and when Congress, and yet I do not believe the dating to the average American if they you have the force of law, it is at least good intentions themselves will be receive a registered letter from the a threat of a government agent coming much good if we are using the wrong IRS, very, very intimidating, and it with a gun and threatening an individ- ideas. If we do not accept another no- causes a great deal of anxiety. So obvi- ual either with a hefty fine or with im- tion about the role for government, if ously our tax system is a serious prob- prisonment. So the rejection of the use we do not accept the fact that eco- lem to all of us. But the people are not of force also rejects the notion that nomically we are facing bad times happy and they are not satisfied and you threaten to use force because the ahead because we literally cannot af- they are very, very fearful of what is threat of force, if you have the power ford the welfare warfare state any- happening. to do it, is just as sinister and just as more, I think that conditions are going Now, some may write this off and say dangerous as the force itself. to get much worse because, as the peo- that the Congressman is just making Mr. Speaker, many people in this ple become frightened and concerned this up because the American people country already concede that the con- about their future, unfortunately there are not fearful, everybody is very con- cept of private property rights has just will still be a large number that will tent and they are satisfied with the about been extinguished. And some come here and lobby for more govern- success of the welfare state and they would argue and say, how could that ment rather than less, failing to realize are satisfied with the policing activi- be. We all own our homes. We own our that it was the size of government and ties of all the agencies of government. property. We own our farms and we the scope of government and the way But not too long ago, there was a poll own our ranches. But when they stop we ran our monetary system that was done. The poll was very interesting. to think about it, they look at the tax the problem rather than the fact that They wanted to find out how the Amer- burden we have. Now total taxes are we need more liberty, not more Con- ican people felt about this very issue. gress, more congressional activity. about 50 percent, but when we pay our They asked a rather strong question. Today we have a bunch of laws on the property taxes, we are merely paying They asked, do you feel like there is an books that permits and encourages the immediate threat to your rights and rent to the Government. But the Fed- search and seizure and confiscation of eral Government is very much involved freedoms from the Federal Govern- property. We have 100 laws on the ment? The answers coming back to the in this because they are writing regula- books today that allow confiscation of tions. And they have to go through nu- Gallup Poll were slanted in one direc- property without due process of law. tion to such a degree that they could merous bureaus and agencies just to be Once the property is seized, it is up to able to use their own land, and fre- not even believe the results, so they the American citizen to prove that the went back and redid it, because they quently they are not allowed to use property was seized incorrectly. In- thought the people they were polling their own land. stead of honoring the constitutional did not really understand what they So the concept of private property commitment to innocent until proven were saying. So they were trying to get ownership has been seriously under- guilty, it has been reversed as it is another answer. But the same answers mined in this country, and it continues with the IRS. We are guilty until we came up again: 39 percent of our people to be further threatened by the radi- prove ourselves innocent to the agen- feel immediate threat to their rights cals who believe that individuals cies who threaten our liberties. should not have the right to use their and to their freedoms by the Govern- land as they see fit. b 1445 ment. Maybe it is not true, but it is The concept of liberty is indeed Another trend that has occurred here very important that they think that. I threatened. I believe there is less lib- in the last several years is disturbing have seen other polls that were actu- erty in this country than there was 20, to me. That is the willingness of our ally even worse than that, where peo- 30, 50 years ago. Certainly there is less police agencies in the Federal Govern- ple were fearful of the Government and liberty than was intended by the found- ment to find the suspect rather quickly are not satisfied with the way the Gov- ers of this country. And as our liberties and then demonize the suspect in pub- ernment operates. are diminished, we see the expanding lic. The pollsters then decided they want- role of the Federal Government, we see The best recent example of course ed to know, well, these must be all the the expanding role of the bureaucrats would be Richard Jewell, with the ac- right-wing extremists that are fearful who are now quite capable of carrying cusation that he ignited that bomb at of the Government and, therefore, we guns themselves. the Olympics. Here is a man, hopefully will just put them in a category and But one of the symbols I think that he will get his redress in court, but it write them off, so they checked to find comes from the Federal Government in was still a perfect example of how our out whether these were liberals or con- their policing activities that drama- police officers took it to the media. servatives that expressed this fear of tizes so well a serious problem that we That is no way for an American citizen the Government. It turned out that face, that is that frequently on TV we to have their rights protected. Our goal more liberals were fearful of the Gov- see that we have these attacks or these and our obligation is to protect the ernment than the conservatives. This confrontations with the citizens where rights, not to abuse and undermine the probably should not surprise us too the TV company is called out, the news rights of our citizens. much when you think of some of the H798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 law enforcement that occurs and the Improper use of deadly force, physical anything to do with what might be called abuse of civil liberties in our inner and verbal abuse, use of paramilitary. terrorist activity. cities. It was just the other day I saw That implies military law. Use of para- If it is not for terrorist activity, why something in the New York Times that military and strike force units or tac- do they need so many wiretaps? What said that some teenagers were shot tics without justification. Use of no- is the purpose? He goes on to say, and rather quickly, unarmed teenagers and knock entrances without justification. in a way lectures us, he says: then the questions were asked after- Inadequate investigation of allegations This is precisely the sort of invasion of our ward. I realize how difficult a situation of misconduct; use of unreliable in- privacy that during colonial times caused the police get into, but it still is well formants without sufficient verifica- American patriots who had experienced gen- known that the abuse of police powers tion of their allegations; use of contin- eral searches by the British to rebel and to adopt the protection of the Fourth Amend- in the inner cities is there and some- gency payments to informants, giving thing has to be done about it. ment to the United States Constitution. I them an incentive to fabricate the in- think it would do us all well if we did look Senator Wallop when he left the Sen- formation since payment is usually and read the Constitution and specifically in ate expressed some sincere interest in contingent on conviction; entrapment, regards to this subject, the Fourth Amend- this particular subject and I believe is unnecessary inducement of criminal ment. continuing to do some work in that activities as an investigative tech- Again, this comes from not a right- area. He was shocked because so many nique; inappropriate and disproportion- winger, but somebody from the Amer- of his constituents would come up and ate use of forfeiture proceedings to ob- ican Civil Liberties Union, and we express their fear of the Government, tain financing for law enforcement should not ignore that. whether they were the environmental equipment and activities; use of mili- I would like to mention a few of the people or whatever, but then they tary units and equipment in the course more startling cases that have oc- would quickly add after they told him of domestic law enforcement; curred over the last 4 or 5 years. Some about the problems they were facing, pretential use of immigration laws and are well-known, some are less well- and the constituent would say to him, Immigration and Naturalization Serv- known, making the point that we do ‘‘Don’t do anything. I don’t want you ice personnel for nonimmigration law have specific examples of how our Gov- to even rock the boat, because I’m fear- enforcement. ernment has overstepped its bounds. ful that they will come and get me.’’ Again, who is complaining to the One of the cases, and this first case I That is a serious charge, and that President about this? Are these the am going to talk about is fairly well- comes from a respectable Senator who rightwing extremists which is implied known. I think a lot of people and a lot continues to work on this problem. by so many in the media, a rightwing of Members will have heard of it, but I A couple of years ago, there was a extremist attitude and idea that we just want to bring it up once again so group of individuals who banded to- have to curtail the Federal Govern- that we do not forget because the prob- gether because they too were con- ment in their police powers? No; there lem has not been solved. cerned about the growing police powers The first case occurred in 1992, and it of the Federal Government, and they are others who are interested in civil involved a gentleman by the name of wrote to the President and they were liberties as well. Let me just read a Don Carlson from San Diego. The DEA expressing to him that he should do couple of names of the individuals who and the U.S. Custom agents raided his something about this, that the police signed this letter to the President ask- home. The claim was, the suspicion powers of the Federal Government ing him to look into the matter. Ira was, that it was a vacant drug store- were indeed violating the civil liberties Glasser, executive director of the house. He arrived at home at 10:30 p.m. that we were acting in a perverse man- American Civil Liberties Union; Eric and the house was under surveillance ner, we were not protecting liberty, we Sterling, president, the Criminal Jus- at that time, and he walked in. If they were destroying liberty. tice Policy Foundation, Arnold I want to read from that particular Trebach, president, Drug Policy Foun- were to issue a warrant, he was avail- letter that went to the President. He dation; James Grew, president, Inter- able. But he went to bed and after mid- said he was urging the President to re- national Association for Civilian Over- night the agents broke through the view the policies and practices of all sight and Law Enforcement; John door, and he immediately thought he Federal law enforcement agencies and Hingson, president, National Associa- was being robbed. He reached for a to make recommendations and steps tion of Criminal Defense Lawyers, not legal firearm to defend himself, he did that must be taken to ensure that such exactly a conservative group; Mary not fire a shot, he was shot three agencies comply with the law. This re- Broderick, director and defender, Divi- times, including once in the back, after view is necessitated by widespread sion of the National Legal Aid and De- he had been disarmed. abuses of civil liberties and human fender Association. Now he did not die. He survived. He is rights committed by these agencies So these are the people who are con- disabled, but he has a lifetime of medi- and their failure to undertake mean- cerned about civil liberties. I think we cal expenses as well as being disabled. ingful and ameliorative reforms. all should be concerned about civil lib- No drugs or illegal weapons were found. Federal police officers now comprise erties. We certainly should, because we The paid informant that gave this in- close to 10 percent of the Nation’s total have the responsibility as we write law formation had never specified which law enforcement force. Today some 53 and as we perform oversight that our house to break into. So that is a short- separate Federal agencies have the au- goal is to protect liberty, not write coming on the police activities of those thority to carry guns and make ar- laws that end up undermining and de- individuals that went in. rests. This represents an enormous ex- meaning the whole concept of liberty. Another case, 1991, Sina Brush, from pansion in recent years in terms of Just to use something more recent, New Mexico: 60 agents from the ATF, both personnel and jurisdiction. What the associate director of the American DEA, National Guard and the Forest is lacking, however, is a systematic Civil Liberties Union has just written Service charged that this Sina Brush oversight and review of Federal police recently an editorial for Scripps-How- possessed illegal drugs. They broke in, practices. ard, just a few months ago. In this let- tore the place up, no drugs were ever Certainly we need oversight, but we ter, in this editorial, he says: found, but Mrs. Brush and her daughter also have to raise the question of A powerful nation orders its telephone who were not dressed, only partially whether this is the proper place to put companies provided with foolproof wiretap dressed, were forced to kneel in the the police. In the Constitution there access to the national communications in- middle of the room during this whole are three Federal crimes listed. Today frastructure. The national police agency, episode while being handcuffed, and we have literally thousands. Nobody which in recent years has been dramatically this all came about because of unreli- would know because we here in the increasing the number of wiretaps, then de- able sources accusing them of being in- mands the resources to tap one of every 100 Congress write the laws and the agen- telephone lines in the country’s most popu- volved in the drug trade. cies write regulations that have the lous area. The government claims it needs Another case, and this case is pretty force of law. these new powers to combat domestic terror- well-known and that has to do with They go on in this letter to point out ism, but its own records show that only a mi- Donald Scott from the ranch in the some of the problems that they see. croscopic portion of its wiretaps could have Santa Monica Mountains. This was in March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H799 1992 as well. This occurred in the mid- the name of solving this drug problem States. They were legal immigrants. dle of the night. Why do they have to which continuously gets much worse. They had—Gilberto had a accident, and go in the middle of the night? This is a Harry Lamplaugh, a gun collector he won in a suit, compensation suit, he terrible thing for a free country to from Wellsboro, PA, had a run-in as won $19,000, and he was taking it back have police agents going in the middle well with our national police. There to Mexico in cash because he was not of the night. You never hear of the were 15 to 20 ATF agents that went sophisticated enough to have a check- same individuals going in the middle of into his house, and these agents all ing account nor do wire services or do the night into the inner city, but out- wore masks in the middle of the night. any of that, and he had proof of it. He side the city they are more likely to go Lamplaugh, his wife and his attorney, carried proof of where the money came in the middle of the night. This in- who at one time was an ATF Assistant from. volved the DEA and some local police Director, verified the story that was But when he got to the border he was activity, and they were of course look- told afterward. arrested, the money was taken from ing for drugs. The wife started scream- And the agents came in, and they him, and then when it was realized ing, and Scott grabbed a weapon be- were looking for a particular gun. But that this looked like legitimate honest cause he did not even know who was in the meantime they took all his busi- money, they made an offer to him. coming into his house. He was quickly ness records, they took all his mailing They wanted him to settle out of court, shot and killed. lists, they took his personal records, and they say, we will give you back his birth certificate, his marriage cer- $13,000 if we can keep $6,000. That was b 1500 tificate, baptismal records, mortgage the bargain they offered him. He re- No drugs were found, no illegal weap- records, and medical records. fused that. I do not know for sure if ons were found in this house, and yet a Lamplaugh was a cancer patient. They that was totally settled and he got all man lost his life not at the expense of took his medication and strewed it on his money back, but for the most part a burglar, but at the expense of his the floor, spread it all over the house once the property is confiscated, once careless attitude about our policing ac- and was a great deal of problems to the money or property is taken by the tivities that we have allowed to occur him. And then, to add insult to injury, Government, which is not by due proc- here in the U.S. Congress. one of the agents stepped on their cat. ess of the law, it is very, very difficult Another case: Louis Katona from But that was not enough. He picked it to get these funds back. Bucyrus, OH, a part-time police officer, up and threw it at a tree and killed the Just recently this past week there had a run-in with the Federal police. cat. was an article in the Wall Street Jour- He was a gun collector, and the BATF During the whole time it was verified nal that dramatizes a case that adds to raided his house because it was said that very, very abusive language was this sentiment of the people, why they that he might have an illegal weapon. used. Mrs. Lamplaugh was threatened are not happy with the Federal Govern- As a matter of fact, the charge that that if she did not inform on her hus- ment, they are not happy with us here was—that he was alleged to have com- band, that she would be thrown in pris- in the Congress because they see sto- mitted was that he counterfeited, that on under the worst of circumstances. ries like this. But not only do they he actually forged a document and These things should not happen in read about these stories, they know signed it for the police chief. But after America, we should not permit them to about these stories. You hear them the dust settled they found out that he happen, and hopefully they are not endlessly if we just will listen to our done everything properly, took the happening as often, but I am not to- constituents. forms to the police chief and the police tally convinced of that. In March of—well, this was a story chief’s AA, the administrative assist- Another case, Paul and Patty about James J. Wilson. He was a devel- ant, signed the bill, signed the docu- Mueller of St. Louis, in 1996, a more re- oper in Maryland, nearby here, and he ment, and yet they went in and tore up cent case. The ATF came in, a dozen is actually an American success story. his place with the idea of trying to find men, kicked the door down. They never He started a construction company in this illegal weapon. knock on the door and ask. They kick 1957 with nothing. He had $760, and now Finally—at least finally all charges the doors down. Even if they have a he has been charged with a very, very were dropped, but that is at a tremen- key, they kick the door down. They vicious crime, and he was charged with dous cost. And there was an additional threatened to kill the dog. Mr. Mueller filling a wetlands with water. I mean problem there too because Mrs. Katona had his hands bound, he was pushed to that is serious, and unfortunately for was pregnant at the time, and she was the floor at gun point, and they kept him, he has a long way to go to win, roughed up in the episode, that very yelling and screaming ‘‘ATF, ATF.’’ but he is a fighter and let us hope he night started to bleed and then subse- These people were very innocent, and does win. quently had a miscarriage, and it very they had no idea who they were or In his trial, which occurred just re- well could have been related, and most what was happening, and they were cently, he had some environmental ex- likely was. fearful for their lives. They thought perts testify in favor of him and say I recall a personal case that occurred they were being wrong. there has been absolutely no negative while I was practicing ob/gyn back in It was an hour later that the ATF of- environmental impact on what he was my home district, and my patient and ficers presented a search warrant. No doing in his development. When he my patient’s husband appeared on the weapons were found, no drugs were started his development in Maryland, scene at a dock. They were getting off found, but a paid informant gave the he went to the Corps of Engineers, and their boat. The husband went down information which turned out to be he got approval, and they said that first. He walked accidentally into a wrong. There were no apologies and no there were no hazards, and he was drug bust. He was quickly apprehended, payment for the damages. given the approval to proceed. But in thrown down on the deck, handcuffs There was a case up in—another case the middle of his development they put behind him, and he was merely in Pennsylvania. James Corcoran, a po- came by and they reassessed it. I guess standing by. He just happened to be a lice officer, had been arrested on a gun they came by right after it rained, and passerby. charge, and when it finally got to they saw a damp spot, and they said When his wife spotted this, she rap- court, it came out in testimony and it ‘‘Ah, ha, you have wetlands on your idly ran down, and she was approxi- was admitted by the BATF that they land. You will stop, stop the develop- mately 6 months pregnant, and she tampered with the weapon and made it ment.’’ He did. He never once violated said, ‘‘What are you doing to my hus- into an automatic weapon in order to a cease and desist order. band?’’ And they quickly did the same convict him of a crime. Fortunately, But he was not very happy. He was thing to her, slapped her down, put that case was cleared up because they losing a lot of money. It was something handcuffs on her back, her hands on were able to get the BATF to admit that he had been given original ap- her back, and put her on her stomach. this. proval for, they changed the rules, and Now fortunately she did not miscarry, Another case, Gilberto and Josefine now they were accusing him of this vi- but it could very well have caused a Gomez, a couple years ago, Mexican cious crime, and he was upset, so he miscarriage, and yet it was all done in citizens. They came to the United filed suit. He had not talked to the H800 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 Senator who was told by his constitu- I think the American people think our up shooting somebody in the back, or ents: Do not do anything, it is dan- Government is too big and it is too shooting an unarmed mother holding a gerous if you do anything. But he did abusive. And in a personal way it is too baby, yes, there is some personal re- not have that advice, so he went, he intrusive in our personal lives, whether sponsibility there. filed suit against the Federal Govern- we are wiretapping too many tele- But I am also convinced that the ment. phones or whether we are stopping too overwhelming number of individuals And what happened? His noncriminal many people and taking their money that work for all our agencies in Gov- charges turned into criminal charges and assuming they are convicts and ernment are probably very decent for what he had done. criminals even without any due process American citizens trying to do their Now this is interesting. It is said that of law and without probable cause. The very best to obey the law and do a good he has violated the Clean Water Act of big question is: Is this out of control? job. 1972. If you go back and read the Clean Is it reversible? That is the question we The agencies of Government bear Water Act of 1972, it talks very clearly have to ask. I hope it is reversible; that some responsibility; not the agents, about not discharging any pollutant is one of the reasons why I came here but the agencies. Policy is very impor- into a navigable water. That is basi- to Washington, because I would like to tant. The agencies we create, the ad- cally what the Clean Water Act was reverse some of this. It needs to be re- ministration in power, has a lot to do about in 1972. But with regulations and versed because if we continue in this with policy, but policy is very, very with court rulings this has evolved into same direction, we are all going to suf- important. So the administrator that a monstrous piece of legislation which fer. we have of that policy, the current has encouraged the Wall Street Jour- We must do something about this. President, has a great deal of respon- nal in their article to talk about the This country is a great country, but we sibility in how these laws and the en- wetlands gestapo. And this is not just have to know what it was that made it forcement of the laws are carried out. from some fringe newspaper. They are great. We have to understand the prin- They bear some responsibility. talking about a Federal Government ciples of liberty. We have to under- Then again, there is another group. agent running a gestapo-type agency. stand why individual liberty precludes There is another group that has a lot of And the case has pursued; he has lost redistribution of wealth, protecting our responsibility, and now that is hitting one case, but it is still, hopefully, rights, protecting our civil liberties, closer to home. Ultimately these something he can win. But the Govern- providing for a national defense, and agents, these agencies, and this policy ment is saying that they have the right not to micromanage every piece of comes from here. It comes from the and the authority to regulate this. property and threaten people with jail U.S. Congress. Their constitutional argument is that and have our doors broken down with a The BATF officers and the FBI are at one time somebody knows of some police, Federal police that wear masks. not vigilantes. They get their author- beavers on that land, have not been We have to really think seriously ity and they get their funds from us. caught and transferred over the State about this and do our very best to So if we do not like what they are line. Now if that is not the most gross change it. doing, and I do not, I do not go and distortion of the interstate commerce I understand there are some moves in complain bitterly about the agent him- clause I have heard, I do not know the Congress to bring about a more self because he has an infraction, or what it could be. The interstate com- sensible approach on the seizure of something did not work as well as he merce clause by our Founders was property and the forfeiture, and, hope- thought. That is not the problem. written for the purpose not to regulate fully, that will do some good. The problem here is that policy being interstate commerce, which was done carried out by the administration has b 1615 throughout the 20th century, but it was originated here in the House and in the written precisely to break down the I do not think a lot will be accom- Senate, and we provide the funding. So barriers between the States, and it is plished unless we address the over- if we create these agencies and allow doing exactly the opposite right now. riding subject of what the role of Gov- them to happen, then the responsibil- Now where Mr. Wilson deserves a lot ernment ought to be. Unless we decide ity falls on us. of credit is the fact that he is not argu- we want a government that protects Ultimately, the responsibility falls ing this on a technicality. He is argu- liberty, and that we have respect for on the people, because we should be a ing this on a constitutional issue, that our Constitution and the rule of law, I reflection of the people. So when the they do not have the right, the Federal do not believe that we will get rid of people object enough, maybe the Mem- Government does not have the right, to the Federal police force very easily. bers of Congress will do something come in and regulate and harass as The agents that we see performing about it. But I just want to make that they have done. these acts that I am complaining point one more time; it is not the indi- The tragedy, of course, is that he has about, Mr. Speaker, in some way I am vidual agent who creates the problem, gone through his first trial, he is fight- critical of it, and every one of us has it is the policy. It is the philosophy of ing on principle, he spent $5.7 million personal responsibility in obeying or- Government. It is we here in the Con- on legal fees, he lost, he got fined per- ders. Wartime is never an excuse. gress who pursue and permit these sonally $1 million, his company was But in many ways, I have a lot of things to occur. fined $3 million, and he is sentenced to sympathy for the agents. I do not place What will the solution be if we decide 21 years in jail for being an American a lot of blame on the individual agents, that we have overstepped our bounds? dream story, going from nothing, because for the most part, I will bet if Of course, we can start repealing, we building, being a developer, doing his we looked at all the BATF officers and can start doing more oversight, we can very best to follow the rules, providing all the FBI officers, I believe they are start putting more rules and regula- jobs. We are going to put him in prison; very honest, decent American citizens, tions to restrain; but overall, the real that is what we are doing today. believing in their hearts that they are solution comes from us upholding here No wonder people who are really am- doing the right thing, that they are fol- in the Congress our oath of office, bitious are so often encouraged to take lowing and enforcing the law. We all which should be the rule of law; that is their businesses elsewhere. Whether it know that in a civil society we have to to obey the Constitution. is labor law regulations, environmental have law and we have to have law en- The Constitution does not authorize regulations, or health regulations, they forcement. They probably feel very so much of what is going on. It just is are just too burdensome for so many of good about what they do. not there. If we take our oath of office our business people that it is so much I do think there has to be a limit. seriously, we will not continue to fi- easier to just take the business over- Certainly if we are using war gases and nance these agencies of Government. seas, and this is a good example of why participating in raging fires that burn We here in the Congress create the we encourage so many of our jobs to up little children, I think we should agencies. The agencies are permitted leave our country. question it. I think if we are—as indi- then to write the regulations. The reg- Big question here is: Do we in the viduals, if the policeman is asked to ulations themselves have the power of Congress think Government is too big? shoot somebody in the back or he ends law. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H801

Then we permit the agencies to be- Mr. RYUN, for 5 minutes, today. 2113. A letter from the Congressional Re- come the Justice Department as well. Mr. PETERSON, for 5 minutes, today. view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the Serv- They can be judge and jury. They do Mr. HULSHOF, for 5 minutes, today. ice’s final rule—Brucellosis in Cattle; State not go into civil court, they go into the Mr. THUNE, for 5 minutes, today. and Area Classifications; Tennessee [Docket administrative courts. This is part of Mr. CANNON, for 5 minutes, today. No. 97–009–1] received March 6, 1997, pursuant our problem. Not only do we give them Mr. MICA, for 5 minutes, today. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the power of the administration, we Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado, for 5 Agriculture. give them the power of the judiciary. minutes, today. 2114. A letter from the Administrator, We give these agencies the police pow- Mr. ROHRABACHER, for 5 minutes, Food Safety and Inspection Service, trans- mitting the Service’s final rule—Poultry In- ers as well. So we have created a dicta- today. spection: Revision of Finished Product torship within our system when we cre- Mr. WELDON of Florida, for 5 minutes, Standards With Respect to Fecal Contamina- ate these agencies of Government. today. tion [Docket No. 94–016F] (RIN: 0583–AC25) All rules, all agency regulations, (The following Member (at the re- received March 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. should be approved by the U.S. Con- quest of Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) to revise 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- gress, and we should do something to and extend his remarks and include ex- culture. 2115. A letter from the Under Secretary of curtail the power and the authority of traneous material:) Defense, transmitting a report of a violation these agencies through limiting of Mr. ETHERIDGE, for 5 minutes, today. of the Anti-Deficiency Act—Air Force viola- their funds. f tion, case No. 95–14, which totaled $958,239, It is not difficult, Mr. Speaker, on occurred when personnel obligated fiscal EXTENSION OF REMARKS what to do. The answers are written year 1993 operation and maintenance, Air very clearly in the document we have By unanimous consent, permission to Force (O&M, AF) funds for work that was sworn to uphold. If we read and obey revise and extend remarks was granted not needed until fiscal year 1994, pursuant to to: 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on Appro- the Constitution, the solutions will priations. come to us. We must work for a moral (The following Members (at the re- 2116. A letter from the Director, Office of and just society. We must reject the quest of Mr. FILNER) and to include ex- Regulations Management, Department of notion of violence. We should never traneous matter:) Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Depart- condone the idea that the Government Mr. LANTOS. ment’s final rule—Veterans Education: In- is there to force people to act in cer- Mr. GORDON. creased Allowances for the Educational As- sistance Test Program (RIN: 2900–AI53) re- Mr. MENENDEZ. tain manners. And if we do this, I am ceived March 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. totally convinced that we will have a Mr. HILLIARD. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on National much freer and more prosperous soci- Mr. DEUTSCH. Security. ety. Mr. MARKEY. 2117. A letter from the Managing Director, f Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. Federal Housing Finance Board, transmit- (The following Members (at the re- ting the Board’s final rule—Restrictions on Advances to Non-Qualified Thrift Lenders LEAVE OF ABSENCE quest of Mr. PAPPAS) and to include ex- [No. 97–12] received February 27, 1997, pursu- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- traneous matter:) ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee sence was granted to: Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. on Banking and Financial Services. Mr. MCNULTY (at the request of Mr. Mr. BARR in two instances. 2118. A letter from the Director, Office of GEPHARDT) for today on account of per- Mr. MCCOLLUM. Regulatory Management and Information, sonal business. Mr. NETHERCUTT. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Mr. STRICKLAND (at the request of Mr. WELLER. Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Or- Mr. GEPHARDT) for today on account of Mr. RADANOVICH. egon Designation of Areas for Air Quality official business. Mr. JONES. Planning Purposes: Oregon [OR64–7279a, Ms. KILPATRICK (at the request of Mr. Mr. RAMSTAD. OR36–1–6298a, OR46–1–6802a; FRL–5696–8] re- GEPHARDT) for today on account of offi- Mr. CALLAHAN. ceived March 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cial business. (The following Members (at the re- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 2119. A letter from the Director, Office of Ms. STABENOW (at the request of Mr. quest of Mr. PAUL) and to include ex- Regulatory Management and Information, GEPHARDT) for today on account of offi- traneous matter:) Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- cial business. Mr. JONES. ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Mrs. MALONEY of New York (at the Mr. SUNUNU. Promulgation of State Implementation request of Mr. GEPHARDT) for today on Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Plans: Oregon [OR59–7274, OR60–7275; FRL– account of attending the funeral of the Mr. SMITH of Michigan. 5696–6] received March 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 former Speaker of the New York State Mr. BERMAN. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. Assembly, Stanley Fink. Mr. OBERSTAR. 2120. A letter from the Director, Office of f Mr. WAXMAN. Regulatory Management and Information, Mr. SERRANO. SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Mr. GILMAN. ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and By unanimous consent, permission to Ms. DELAURO. Promulgation of Air Quality Implementa- address the House, following the legis- Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut. tion Plans; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Approval of Source-Specific RACT [PA069– lative program and any special orders Mr. SOLOMON. heretofore entered, was granted to: 4040, PA078–4041, PA083–4043; FRL–5698–7] re- f ceived March 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. (The following Members (at the re- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. quest of Mr. FILNER) to revise and ex- ADJOURNMENT 2121. A letter from the Director, Office of tend their remarks and include extra- Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I move that Regulatory Management and Information, neous material:) the House do now adjourn. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Mr. FILNER, for 5 minutes, today. The motion was agreed to; accord- ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Ari- Mr. SKAGGS, for 5 minutes, today. ingly (at 3 o’clock and 21 minutes zona State Implementation Plan Revision, Mr. WISE, for 5 minutes, today. p.m.), under its previous order, the Maricopa County Environmental Services (The following Members (at the re- House adjourned until Monday, March Department [AR 059–0005a; FRL–5697–3] re- quest of Mr. PAPPAS) to revise and ex- 10, 1997, at 2 p.m. ceived March 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tend their remarks and include extra- f 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. neous material:) 2122. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Mr. COOK, for 5 minutes, today. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification of a proposed li- Mr. PITTS, for 5 minutes, on March ETC. cense for the export of defense articles or de- 12. Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, execu- fense services sold commercially to Brunei Mr. SHIMKUS, for 5 minutes, today. tive communications were taken from (Transmittal No. DTC–46–97), pursuant to 22 Mr. HUTCHINSON, for 5 minutes, the Speaker’s table and referred as fol- U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee on Inter- today. lows: national Relations. H802 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997 2123. A letter from the Assistant Secretary on nuclear reactor safety in Ukraine and national conferences, programs, and activi- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Russia; jointly, to the Committees on Na- ties and to provide that certain Chinese offi- transmitting notification of a proposed li- tional Security and International Relations. cials shall be ineligible to receive visas and cense for the export of defense articles or de- f be excluded from admission to the United fense services sold commercially to Taiwan States; to the Committee on International (Transmittal No. DTC–51–96), pursuant to 22 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Relations, and in addition to the Committee U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee on Inter- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- national Relations. quently determined by the Speaker, in each 2124. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of case for consideration of such provisions as for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, committees were delivered to the Clerk fall within the jurisdiction of the committee transmitting notification of a proposed man- for printing and reference to the proper concerned. ufacturing license agreement for production calendar, as follows: By Mr. EHRLICH (for himself, Mr. of major military equipment with the United Mr. TALENT: Committee on Small Busi- BURR of North Carolina, and Mr. Arab Emirates [UAE] (Transmittal No. DTC– ness. H.R. 852. A bill to amend chapter 35 of MINGE): 14–97), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(d); to the title 44, United States Code, popularly H.R. 968. A bill to amend title XVIII and Committee on International Relations. known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a 2125. A communication from the President minimize the burden of Federal paperwork waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation of the United States, transmitting a report demands upon small businesses, educational programs in certain nursing facilities; to the on international agreements transmitted to and nonprofit institutions, Federal contrac- Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi- Congress after the deadline for their submis- tors, State and local governments, and other tion to the Committee on Commerce, for a sion, with reasons, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. persons through the sponsorship and use of period to be subsequently determined by the 112b(b); to the Committee on International alternative information technologies (Rept. Speaker, in each case for consideration of Relations. 105–7, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed. 2126. A letter from the Assistant Secretary such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, f tion of the committee concerned. transmitting the Secretary’s certification PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. FILNER: that the Republic of Armenia, the Azer- H.R. 969. A bill to establish sources of fund- baijani Republic, the Republic of Georgia, Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4 ing for the certain transportation infrastruc- the Republic of Kazakstan, the Krygyz Re- of rule XXII, public bills and resolu- ture projects in the vicinity of the border be- public, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian tions were introduced and severally re- tween the United States and Mexico that are Federation, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and the ferred as follows: necessary to accommodate increased traffic Republic of Uzbekistan are committed to the resulting from the implementation of the By Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. courses of action described in section 1203(d) North American Free-Trade Agreement, in- HORN, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of cluding construction of new Federal border BOEHLERT, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. TRAFI- 1993 (title XII of Public Law 103–160), section crossing facilities, and for other purposes; to CANT): 1412(d) of the Former Soviet Union Demili- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- H.R. 963. A bill to prohibit employment tarization Act of 1992 (title XIV of Public structure, and in addition to the Committee discrimination on any basis other than fac- Law 102–484), and section 502 of the FREE- on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- tors pertaining to job performance; to the DOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511); to quently determined by the Speaker, in each Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on International Relations. case for consideration of such provisions as and in addition to the Committees on the Ju- 2127. A letter from the Executive Director, fall within the jurisdiction of the committee diciary, Government Reform and Oversight, Assassination Records Review Board, trans- concerned. and House Oversight, for a period to be sub- mitting a report of activities under the Free- By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, sequently determined by the Speaker, in dom of Information Act for the calendar year Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. WISE, Mr. REGULA, each case for consideration of such provi- 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(d); to the Com- Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the mittee on Government Reform and Over- BONO, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. SHERMAN, committee concerned. sight. Mr. TAUZIN, and Mr. SESSIONS): 2128. A letter from the Assistant Secretary By Mr. BURR of North Carolina: H.R. 970. A bill to encourage the increased (Management) and Chief Financial Officer, H.R. 964. A bill to authorize the marketing use of domestic natural gas as a transpor- Department of the Treasury, transmitting a of breast self-examination pads without re- tation fuel, and for other purposes; to the report of activities under the Freedom of In- striction; to the Committee on Commerce. Committee on Commerce, and in addition to formation Act for the calendar year 1996, By Mr. DOOLITTLE (for himself, Mr. the Committees on Transportation and In- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(e); to the Committee DELAY, Mr. SAM JOHNSON, Mr. YOUNG frastructure, National Security, Ways and on Government Reform and Oversight. of Alaska, Mr. BALLENGER, Mrs. Means, and Government Reform and Over- 2129. A letter from the Chairman, Federal CHENOWETH, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. sight, for a period to be subsequently deter- Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting RADANOVICH, Mr. LEWIS of California, mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- a copy of the annual report in compliance Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. MCINNIS, sideration of such provisions as fall within with the Government in the Sunshine Act Mr. HUNTER, and Mr. ROHRABACHER): the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. during the calendar year 1996, pursuant to 5 H.R. 965. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- By Mr. BASS (for himself, Mr. BOEH- U.S.C. 552b; to the Committee on Govern- tion Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the fi- LERT, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. ment Reform and Oversight. nancing of campaigns for election for Fed- GILMAN, Mrs. KELLY, Ms. MOLINARI, 2130. A letter from the Chairman, Federal eral office; to the Committee on House Over- Mr. QUINN, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SAXTON, Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting sight, and in addition to the Committee on Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. a report of activities under the Freedom of Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- DELAHUNT, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. Information Act for the calendar year 1996, quently determined by the Speaker, in each HINCHEY, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Is- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552; to the Committee case for consideration of such provisions as land, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. on Government Reform and Oversight. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee OLVER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TIERNEY, 2131. A letter from the Acting General concerned. Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. LAZIO of New Counsel, Federal Emergency Management By Mr. COMBEST (for himself and Mr. York): Agency, transmitting a report of activities HILLIARD): H.R. 971. A bill to implement the rec- under the Freedom of Information Act for H.R. 966. A bill to provide reimbursement ommendations of the Northern Forest Lands the calendar year 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. under the Medicare Program for telehealth Council; to the Committee on Agriculture. 552(d); to the Committee on Government Re- services, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. form and Oversight. mittee on Commerce, and in addition to the SCHUMER, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. ROYCE, 2132. A letter from the Railroad Retire- Committee on Ways and Means, for a period Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. TAYLOR of Mis- ment Board, transmitting a report of activi- to be subsequently determined by the Speak- sissippi, Mr. KIND of Wisconsin, Mr. ties under the Freedom of Information Act er, in each case for consideration of such pro- BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mrs. MYRICK, for the calendar year 1996, pursuant to 5 visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Mr. OWENS, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. DOYLE, U.S.C. 552(e); to the Committee on Govern- committee concerned. Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. AN- ment Reform and Oversight. By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. DREWS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SAN- 2133. A letter from the Secretary of Trans- HYDE, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. COX of Cali- FORD, Mr. OLVER, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. portation, transmitting a report of activities fornia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HINCHEY, under the Freedom of Information Act for SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. Mr. RAMSTAD, Ms. RIVERS, and Mr. the calendar year 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ROHRABACHER, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. WYNN): 552(e); to the Committee on Government Re- LANTOS): H.R. 972. A bill to amend the Agricultural form and Oversight. H.R. 967. A bill to prohibit the use of Unit- Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate the market 2134. A letter from the Secretary of En- ed States funds to provide for the participa- access program; to the Committee on Agri- ergy, transmitting the Department’s report tion of certain Chinese officials in inter- culture. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H803 By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. vehicles by intoxicated individuals; to the H.R. 988. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- DELLUMS, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. MEEK of Committee on Transportation and Infra- enue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit Florida, and Ms. WATERS): structure. for a portion of the expenses of providing de- H.R. 973. A bill to amend the United States H.R. 982. A bill to amend title 23, United pendent care services to employees; to the Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary States Code, provide for a national minimum Committee on Ways and Means. of Housing and Urban Development to ad- sentence for a person who operates a motor By Mr. QUINN: minister a program of construction and revi- vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; H.R. 989. A bill to prohibit the distribution talization of public housing, and for other to the Committee on Transportation and In- or receipt of restricted explosives without a purposes; to the Committee on Banking and frastructure. Federal permit, and to require applications Financial Services. By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. for such permits to include a photograph and By Mr. FORBES (for himself and Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. JACKSON, the fingerprints of the applicant; to the Com- MCCARTHY of New York): Ms. FURSE, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. BER- mittee on the Judiciary. H.R. 974. A bill to amend title 10, United MAN, Mr. OLVER, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. By Mr. QUINN (for himself, Mr. States Code, to restore the Department of EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Defense loan guarantee program for small TIERNEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. DOYLE, Mrs. KELLY, and medium-sized business concerns that are Mr. VENTO, Mr. FRANK of Massachu- Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. SMITH of New economically dependent on defense expendi- setts, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. STARK, Mr. Jersey, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. tures; to the Committee on National Secu- RUSH, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ROMERO- GREENWOOD, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. rity. BARCELO´ , Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. CARSON, Mr. PORTER, By Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. FATTAH, and Ms. NORTON): Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN, CUNNINGHAM, Mr. MCKEON, and Mr. H.R. 983. A bill to amend certain Federal Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, and SCHIFF): civil rights statutes to prevent the involun- Mr. MCHUGH): H.R. 975. A bill to remove a restriction on tary application of arbitration to claims H.R. 990. A bill to amend the Comprehen- the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture that arise from unlawful employment dis- sive Environmental Response, Compensa- to enter into agreements with other Federal crimination based on race, color, religion, tion, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for agencies to acquire goods and services di- sex, national origin, age, or disability, and the development and use of brownfields, and rectly related to improving or utilizing fire- for other purposes; to the Committee on for other purposes; to the Committee on fighting capability of the Forest Service; to Education and the Workforce, and in addi- Commerce, and in addition to the Commit- the Committee on Agriculture. tion to the Committee on the Judiciary, for tees on Transportation and Infrastructure, By Mr. HILL (for himself, Mr. THUNE, a period to be subsequently determined by and Ways and Means, for a period to be sub- and Mr. POMEROY): the Speaker, in each case for consideration sequently determined by the Speaker, in H.R. 976. A bill to provide for the disposi- of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- each case for consideration of such provi- tion of certain funds appropriated to pay tion of the committee concerned. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. MCCRERY: committee concerned. H.R. 984. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- mittee on Resources. By Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for OBERSTAR, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. By Mr. HYDE (for himself and Mr. CON- contributions to individual investment ac- LIPINSKI, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. PETRI, Mr. YERS): H.R. 977. A bill to provide for the conver- counts, and for other purposes; to the Com- MASCARA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. DEFAZIO, sion of existing temporary U.S. district mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. judgeships to permanent status, and for By Mr. MCINNIS: QUINN, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. COSTELLO, other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- H.R. 985. A bill to provide for the expansion Mr. FILNER, Mr. SOLOMON, and Mr. diciary. of the Eagles Nest Wilderness within Arap- LAHOOD): By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. aho and White River National Forests, CO, H.R. 991. A bill to amend the Railway to include the lands known as the Slate BROWN of Ohio, Ms. DANNER, Mr. MIL- Labor Act concerning the applicability of re- Creek Addition upon the acquisition of the LER of California, Mrs. MEEK of Flor- quirements of that act to U.S. air carriers lands by the United States; to the Commit- ida, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. and flight deck crews engaged in flight oper- tee on Resources. SANDERS, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. EVANS, ations outside the United States; to the By Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mrs. CARSON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. Committee on Transportation and Infra- Mr. GANSKE, Mr. CANADY of Florida, BONIOR, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. KLINK, structure. Mr. WICKER, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. By Mr. SMITH of Texas; Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BONILLA, and Mr. H.R. 992. A bill to end the Tucker Act shuf- LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. KINGSTON): fle; to the Committee on the Judiciary. STUPAK, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. DOYLE, H.R. 986. A bill to amend chapter 71 of title By Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 5, United States Code, to establish certain FOLEY, Mr. SAM JOHNSON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LANTOS, limitations relating to the use of official ROHRABACHER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. Mr. SABO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. DAVIS of time by Federal employees, and for other BARTLETT of Maryland, Mrs. ROU- Illinois, Mr. OBEY, Mr. VENTO, Mr. purposes; to the Committee on Government KEMA, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. BARR of OBERSTAR, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CLAY, Mr. Reform and Oversight. Georgia, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HUNTER, By Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. Mr. QUINN, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, (for himself, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. SOLO- CHABOT, Mr. STUMP, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BONO, MON, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BURTON of Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. Mr. METCALF, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. Indiana, Mr. COBURN, Mr. BARR of SOUDER, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LARGENT, TIAHRT): H.R. 978. A bill to assess the impact of Georgia, Mr. POMBO, Mr. SAM JOHN- Mr. BUYER, Mr. JONES, Mrs. NAFTA, to require the renegotiation of cer- SON, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. PITTS, Mr. CHENOWETH, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. tain provisions of NAFTA, and to provide for Ewing, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LARGENT, NEUMANN, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, the withdrawal from NAFTA unless certain Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, and Mr. Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. SNOWBARGER, Mr. conditions are met; to the Committee on SNOWBARGER): ISTOOK, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. Ways and Means. H.R. 987. A bill to amend title 31, United HILLEARY, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. By Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut States Code, to provide for continuing appro- MCINTOSH, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. priations in the absence of the regular appro- (for herself, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. ENG- RADANOVICH, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. EN- priations; to the Committee on Appropria- LISH of Pennsylvania, and Mr. LAZIO SIGN, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. DOO- of New York): tions. LITTLE, Mr. COBURN, Mr. EWING, Mr. H.R. 979. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. BURTON of enue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of ROEMER, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. FROST, Indiana, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. MILLER of private activity which may be issued in each Ms. GRANGER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SOL- Florida, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. SEN- State, and to index such amount for infla- OMON, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. LATHAM, Mrs. SENBRENNER, and Mr. DAN SCHAEFER tion; to the Committee on Ways and Means. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. FOWLER, of Colorado): By Mr. LIVINGSTON (for himself, Mr. Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. GREENWOOD, H.R. 993. A bill to amend the National and LAHOOD, Mr. MICA, Mr. TIAHRT, and Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. WALSH, Mr. Community Service Act of 1990 to repeal the Mr. SENSENBRENNER): CUMMINGS, Mr. KING of New York, National Service Trust Program under which H.R. 980. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SHAYS, certain persons who perform national or cation Act of 1965 to protect the speech and Mr. FILNER, Mr. KLUG, Ms. JACKSON- community service receive stipends and edu- association rights of students attending in- LEE, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. NADLER, Mr. cational awards for such service; to the Com- stitutions of higher education; to the Com- KNOLLENBERG, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. RIV- mittee on Education and the Workforce. mittee on Education and the Workforce. ERS, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. By Mr. TRAFICANT: By Mrs. LOWEY: CLAYTON, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. FOGLI- H.R. 994. A bill to designate the U.S. border H.R. 981. A bill to provide for a national ETTA, Ms. DANNER, Mr. MENENDEZ, station located in Pharr, TX, as the ‘‘Kika de standard to prohibit the operation of motor Mr. DEUTSCH, and Mr. ACKERMAN): la Garza United States Border Station’’; to H804 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 6, 1997

the Committee on Transportation and Infra- Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CANADY of Florida, POMEROY, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. structure. Mr. QUINN, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. BOYD, By Mr. WELDON of Florida: PITTS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. RUSH, Mr. Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. QUINN, Ms. LOFGREN, and H.R. 995. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- SANDLIN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. BEREU- Mr. COYNE. enue Code of 1986 to clarify that fees for TER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. STRICKLAND, Ms. H.R. 279: Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. MANTON, Mr. Internet and other online services are not, FURSE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. COOK, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. and shall not be, subject to tax, and for other TOWNS, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. RIVERS, BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Mr. LEVIN, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KIL- DEGETTE, Mr. KLINK, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. MCKIN- Means. PATRICK, Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, and NEY, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. ROE- By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. LI- Mr. BONIOR): MER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. PINSKI, Mr. CRANE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FA- H. Con. Res. 41. Concurrent resolution ex- YOUNG of Alaska. WELL, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. MANZULLO, pressing the sense of the Congress that a H.R. 339: Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. postage stamp should be issued to honor law and Mr. HANSEN. SHAYS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. enforcement officers killed in the line of H.R. 342: Mrs. MORELLA and Mr. QUINN. COSTELLO, and Mr. EVANS): duty; to the Committee on Government Re- H.R. 343: Mr. LOBIONDO. H.R. 996. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- form and Oversight. H.R. 350: Mr. ANDREWS, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to permit the issuance of By Mr. WISE: QUINN, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. FROST, Mr. KING of tax-exempt bonds to finance environmental H. Res. 84. Resolution designating minor- New York, Mr. DICKS, Mr. GREEN, Mr. BAKER, remediation of contaminated sites; to the ity membership on certain standing commit- Mr. ADAM SMITH of Washington, Mr. MAR- Committee on Ways and Means. tees of the House; considered and agreed to. TINEZ, Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky, Mr. By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. LI- By Mr. THOMAS: LATOURETTE, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. PRICE of PINSKI, Mr. CRANE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FA- H. Res. 85. Resolution electing members of North Carolina, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. WELL, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. MANZULLO, the Joint Committee on Printing and the RAMSTAD, Mr. WELLER, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. ENGLISH of Penn- Joint Committee of Congress on the Library; COSTELLO, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. JONES, and Mr. sylvania, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. to the Committee on House Oversight. LAHOOD. SHAYS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. By Mr. BURTON of Indiana: H.R. 407: Ms. FURSE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE COSTELLO, and Mr. EVANS): H. Res. 86. Resolution providing amounts JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. OWENS. H.R. 997. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- for the expenses of the Committee on Gov- H.R. 411: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia and Ms. enue Code of 1986 to allow expensing and ernment Reform and Oversight in the 105th DEGETTE. rapid amortization of certain environmental Congress; to the Committee on House Over- H.R. 414: Mr. PARKER and Mr. OBERSTAR. remediation expenditures; to the Committee sight. H.R. 426: Mr. RYUN and Mr. UPTON. on Ways and Means. H.R. 445: Mr. LATOURETTE. f By Mr. CALLAHAN (for himself, Mr. H.R. 446: Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. STUMP, Mr. EVERETT, and Mr. TRAFI- PRIVATE BILLS AND H.R. 450: Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. CARSON, Mr. CANT): RESOLUTIONS GEJDENSON, and Mr. RAMSTAD. H.J. Res. 60. Joint resolution proposing an H.R. 471: Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania amendment to the Constitution of the Unit- Under clause I of rule XXII, private and Mr. LIPINSKI. ed States to provide that no person born in bills and resolutions were introduced H.R. 548: Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. FOGLIETTA, the United States will be a U.S. citizen on and severally referred as follows: Ms. DELAURO, Mr. YATES, Mr. EVANS, Mr. account of birth in the United States unless MCNULTY, and Mr. CLYBURN. By Mr. DAVIS of Virginia: a parent is a U.S. citizen at the time of the H.R. 551: Mr. NADLER, Mr. LIPINSKI, and H.R. 998. A bill for the relief of Lloyd B. birth; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. MCGOVERN. Gamble; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. OWENS: H.R. 552: Mr. EHLERS. By Mr. JONES: H.J. Res. 61. Joint resolution proposing an H.R. 577: Mr. SANDERS and Mr. FRANK of amendment to the Constitution of the Unit- H.R. 999. A bill to authorize the Secretary Massachusetts. of Transportation to issue a certificate of ed States to clarify the meaning of the sec- H.R. 586: Mr. BONIOR, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. documentation with appropriate endorse- ond amendment; to the Committee on the ROHRABACHER, Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washing- ment for employment in the coastwise trade Judiciary. ton, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. YATES. By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for for a hopper barge; to the Committee on H.R. 598: Mr. PARKER. herself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FROST, Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 600: Mr. YATES. Mr. PAYNE, Mr. YATES, Ms. HARMAN, f H.R. 616: Mr. BACHUS. Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. STARK, and H.R. 628: Mr. ENGEL. Mr. OLVER): ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 640: Mr. BLUNT and Mr. SAM JOHNSON. H. Con. Res. 39. Concurrent resolution sup- Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors H.R. 644: Mr. QUINN. porting the commitments of the United were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 659: Mr. CONDIT, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. States announced at the United Nations GILMAN, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. tions as follows: Fourth World Conference on Women, held in CRAPO, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. LARGENT, and Mr. Beijing, China, in September 1995; to the H.R. 1: Mr. PAUL, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. BLILEY, VENTO. Committee on International Relations. and Mrs. EMERSON. H.R. 680: Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania and Ms. By Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mrs. H.R. 15: Mr. BACHUS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. RIVERS. MORELLA, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ALLEN, EVANS, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, H.R. 683: Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. and Mr. BERMAN): Mr. BERRY, and Mrs. CUBIN. EWING, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. H. Con. Res. 40. Concurrent resolution ex- H.R. 26: Mr. BLILEY, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. METCALF, and Mr. SENSENBRENNER. pressing the commitment of the Congress to PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. HASTINGS of H.R. 684: Mr. WYNN. continue the leadership of the United States Washington, Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky, Mr. H.R. 753: Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LU- in the United Nations by honoring the finan- UPTON, and Mr. CAMP. THER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. ADAM cial obligations of the United States to the H.R. 58: Mr. BISHOP, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MCNUL- SMITH of Washington. United Nations; to the Committee on Inter- TY, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. H.R. 767: Mr. SMITH of Michigan. national Relations. H.R. 66: Mr. BENTSEN, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. H.R. 768: Mr. GOODLING. By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. TIERNEY. H.R. 775: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. GREEN, H.R. 76: Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BARR of Geor- BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. Mr. STUMP, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. gia, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. VENTO, and Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN. COOK, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ACKERMAN, CANADY of Florida, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. H.R. 786: Mr. ROGERS and Mr. GOODE. Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania. Mr. H.R. 793: Mr. YATES, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. HOLDEN, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MAN- DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. DINGELL, Mr. COYNE, Mr. EVANS, TON, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. H.R. 804: Ms. JACKSON-LEE and Mr. SENSEN- Mr. FILNER, Mr. FROST, Ms. MOL- STUPAK, Mrs. THURMAN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BRENNER. INARI, Mr. GORDON, Mr. DELAHUNT, WYNN, and Mr. BISHOP. H.R. 813: Mr. THUNE. Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. DAVIS of Vir- H.R. 96: Mr. GILMAN. H.R. 814: Mr. BROWN of California, Mrs. ginia, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. NEAL of Massa- H.R. 100: Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island and MEEK of Florida, Mr. YATES, and Ms. chusetts, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. Mr. RUSH. LOFGREN. SAXTON, Mr. HERGER, Mr. DUNCAN, H.R. 145: Ms. DANNER, Mr. LEWIS of Geor- H.R. 832: Mr. FROST. Mr. OWENS, Mr. STARK, Mr. BARRETT gia, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. H.R. 845: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mr. FROST. of Wisconsin, Mr. VENTO, Mr. EHLERS. H.R. 852: Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. EWING, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE, Ms. H.R. 192: Mr. PARKER and Mr. OBERSTAR. SKELTON, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. LOFGREN, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. GOODE, H.R. 216: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. FLAKE, Mrs. Mr. MANTON, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Ms. LINDA SMITH of Washington, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. TALENT, Mr. MCNULTY, PELOSI, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. RAMSTAD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H805

LOBIONDO, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. KELLY, H.J. Res. 7: Mr. STEARNS, Mr. PARKER, Mr. H. Res. 30: Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. BOYD, Mr. JONES, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New MCCRERY, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. H. Res. 48: Mr. HAYWORTH. York, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. RYUN, CRANE, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. Mr. SNOWBARGER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. ENGLISH HULSHOF, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. MANZULLO. f of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mrs. EMER- H.J. Res. 26: Mr. SHAW, Mr. GOODE, and Mr. SON, Mr. HILL, and Mr. SUNUNU. COBLE. H.R. 911: Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. H.J. Res. 54: Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CLYBURN, DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM NETHERCUTT, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. HEFNER, and Mr. HEFNER, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MORAN of PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. FARR of California. Kansas, Mr. SNOWBARGER, and Ms. H.R. 919: Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin. STABENOW. Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors H.R. 922: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. H.J. Res. 55: Mr. BISHOP, Mr. KINGSTON, and were deleted from public bills and reso- H.R. 923: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. lutions as follows: H.R. 934: Mr. HAYWORTH and Mr. NORWOOD. H.J. Res. 58: Mr. KLINK, Mr. GOODLATTE, H.R. 954: Mr. HASTERT and Mr. LARGENT. and Mr. STEARNS. H.R. 811: Mr. BARR of Georgia. E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

Vol. 143 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1997 No. 28 Senate The Senate met at 12 noon and was fully, complete action on the resolu- least most of those during today’s ses- called to order by the President pro tion early next week. It clearly, sion. tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. though, is our intent to take up the Also, the Energy Committee has re- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. To- funding resolution for the Govern- ported out the Pen˜ a nomination this day’s prayer will be offered by Rabbi mental Affairs Committee next week, morning, and it is possible that the Joshua O. Haberman, Washington He- hopefully earlier in the week, but at Senate could take action on the nomi- brew Congregation, Washington, DC. some point we clearly will want to nation sometime next week. I will be bring it to a conclusion. We have had a working with interested Senators to PRAYER lot of discussion, a lot of efforts to find see what problems might exist, to see The guest Chaplain, Rabbi Joshua O. a reasonable arrangement for the com- what time they need to address their Haberman, Washington Hebrew Con- mittee to go forward. I think we are concerns. It looks like we will not be gregation, offered the following prayer: close to accomplishing that. able to get a vote on the Pen˜ a nomina- Oh God, Creator of all, we turn to Also, I might say that there had been tion today, but I intend to call it up Thee for we are ever in need of Thy some thought that we would begin a next week, at the very latest the mid- help. Grant us the vision to see light in discussion today, debate, if you will, on dle of the week. Thy light so that we might seek the legislation involving the independent As is also usually the case, I will no- good of our Nation in conformity with counsel, and we have some legislation tify our colleagues of the voting sched- Thy laws of justice. pending in that regard. But in my dis- ule as early as possible. I know they May our personal conduct and our cussions with the Democratic leader will be interested whether or not there work as legislators be prompted by yesterday, he indicated that he will be votes this afternoon or tomor- righteousness and compassion and bear thought perhaps we could come to row. We will get that information to fruit in goodness and peace. May what some bipartisan arrangement to deal all Senators as soon as we can work we do enhance the well-being of all with independent counsel in the Judici- through some other scheduling issues citizens, diminish the evils that beset ary Committee. I had hoped the Judici- with the minority. us and enlarge our Nation’s virtues. ary Committee could act on that I thank all Members for their co- O, Thou who didst create order out of today. I understand that perhaps there operation and their attention. I yield chaos, help us create order in the lives was an objection lodged to going for- the floor. and relations of human beings so that ward today, and therefore it may be a f all might dwell in safety and none week before the Judiciary Committee make them afraid. Amen. can act on that. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME f But the Judiciary Committee, as I The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. understand the independent counsel THOMAS). Under the order, leadership RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY law, can act in a couple of ways. One, time is reserved. LEADER the full committee can act in a bipar- f The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The tisan way to begin a process of looking able majority leader, Senator LOTT, is at whether or not an independent coun- MORNING BUSINESS recognized. sel is called for. Or a vote of the major- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under SCHEDULE ity on the committee could also begin the order, there will now be a period Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today, the this process. We would like it to be bi- for the transaction of morning busi- Senate will be in a period of morning partisan, and we will work to try to see ness, not to extend beyond 1:30 p.m., business to allow a number of Senators if that can be accomplished. Since with Senators permitted to speak for 5 to introduce legislation and make there was an indication that perhaps minutes. statements. I understand the Rules we could do that, I thought that the Under the order, the Senator from Committee is scheduled to meet this good-faith thing to do would be to Ohio [Mr. DEWINE] is recognized to afternoon to begin the markup of the make that effort in the Judiciary Com- speak for up to 20 minutes. Governmental Affairs Committee fund- mittee before we begin debate on forc- f ing resolution. It is my hope that there ing that action here in the full Senate. will be an agreement reached on this Mr. President, there are a number of DISASTERS for the consideration of the funding military nominations that the Armed Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, as we resolution. If an agreement is reached, Services Committee reported on Tues- speak, the flooding continues in Ohio the Senate may debate the resolution day of this week. I am hopeful the Sen- and Kentucky and Indiana and West on Friday and on Monday, and, hope- ate will be able to confirm all or at Virginia. Our hearts and prayers go out

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Mireille Bertin was an anti- have been hit very hard. ter neighbors for the United States. I Aristide lawyer. Guy Malary was The most heartening thing to see believe these same principles apply to Aristide’s justice minister. To pros- during a tragedy such as this is how our national strategy in regard to ecute and convict the killers in those people react. We have many organiza- Haiti. kinds of cases would send an unmistak- tions that are involved, but probably Mr. President, we need to apply these able message to Haitian society: Your the biggest organization involved is principles to Haiti so that over the chance of getting justice does not de- not an organization at all, it is just long term, Haiti can move out of the pend on what side you are on. Ohioans and Kentuckians and Hoosiers category of ‘‘problem country’’ and Mr. President, these reforms will not and people from West Virginia who are into a fuller economic and political happen without leadership from the out there, helping their neighbors and participation in regional progress. The President of Haiti. President Preval helping their friends, and sometimes challenge for us, the challenge for Con- needs to push judicial reform and make just helping people they do not know gress, the challenge for the administra- clear that the period of impunity from at all. tion is to provide assistance that actu- the left and from the right is now over. It is the American spirit and is some- ally works, a do-good approach, not a These reforms will not take place ei- thing that is a wonderful thing to be- feel-good approach. This means work- ther, Mr. President, without expertise hold. ing with the Haitian people to deter- and without assistance from the United f mine the real roadblocks to democracy States. The SIU needs the kind of and to free enterprise and determine know-how that U.S. law enforcement PROBLEMS—AND PROGRESS—IN what form of United States assistance officials can provide; indeed, they can HAITI will help overcome these obstacles. provide it better than anyone else in Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, I would Two years after the United States in- the world. like to take a few minutes today to vasion, Haiti still is struggling by any After my recent visit, I wrote to Dep- talk about an issue that I have been reasonable measure. But a closer exam- uty Secretary of State Strobe Talbott looking at for some time. I rise today ination reveals several seeds of and told him that additional U.S. ex- to discuss U.S. policy in regard to one progress struggling to take root. pertise is needed in this area. I am of our most troubled neighbors in this First, Let’s start, Mr. President, with pleased to report that I have received a hemisphere. Over the last several the justice system. For democracy to letter back from Secretary Talbott. He years, in my capacity as a member of survive, it is not enough that Haitians wrote me that two additional Creole- the Intelligence Committee, I traveled have the power to effect change at the speaking U.S. citizens, U.S. police offi- to Haiti on three separate occasions to ballot box. They also must have a cers, have been added to the SIU since investigate the problems of that coun- working judicial system. Frankly, my last visit, and further, that the FBI try and to assess the efforts of the Haiti has never had a functioning judi- has agreed to provide a medical exam- United States to help the Haitians cope ciary, certainly not the way we under- iner to perform autopsies. Further- with these problems and to help them stand it. There are sitting judges today more, he told me that the FBI will as they try to secure the solid legal who can’t read or write. Others are just visit Haiti with a view toward possibly and economic infrastructure that has, incompetent. helping to develop an investigation frankly, eluded them now for centuries. Understandably, the Haitian people plan for the SIU. I did this because I believe Congress are demanding change. Specifically, Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- and the administration must under- they want to know if President Preval sent that Secretary Talbott’s letter be take a candid, realistic look at U.S. is committed to building an inde- printed in the RECORD at the conclu- policy, what is working, what is not pendent and a competent judiciary. sion of my remarks. working, and where we go from here. Since President Aristide’s return, there The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The American taxpayers have already has been a series of commando-style objection, it is so ordered. invested a great deal in Haiti, contrib- killings of political opponents. The (See exhibit 1.) uting at least $2 billion to the coun- numbers have dropped off since the in- Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, it is my try’s recovery, risking the lives of auguration of President Preval, but, view that this would be a big step for- American service personnel in the 1994 disturbingly, too many people in Haiti ward for the progress of restoring civil invasion, and leaving hundreds of them still think they can commit political society in Haiti. It would help bring there today to help keep an uneasy murders with impunity. high-profile killers to justice and send peace. Mr. President, there are two things a powerful message to the people of While Haiti is not of great strategic you always need if you want to solve Haiti that they can count on law and importance to the United States, we do high-profile crimes. First, you have to order becoming a reality in the future have a serious interest in what happens have the expertise, good solid police of their country. in this, the poorest country in our work, good professional police inves- Let me discuss a broader topic—topic hemisphere. These interests stem from tigation. And Second, you also have to No. 2—the ordinary day-to-day oper- geography and are amply proven by have the political will from the top so ation of the Haitian police as it deals history. I do not think most of us need that everyone in the country, everyone with run-of-the-mill, nonpolitical to be reminded, for example, about the in the judicial system, everyone in law crimes, the crimes that most people Haitian boat people. It is clear the only enforcement understands the priority. face the threat of each day. thing preventing yet another explosion The good news is that the Haitian na- The United States has already helped of refugees into the southern part of tional police have established a special to train 5,000 young recruits as a civil- this country is a wise, multinational investigations unit, SIU, to investigate ian police force to replace the discred- investment in the stability of Haiti. human rights crimes. The bad news is ited Haitian military. This task was Fortunately, recent history has given that while I was there in November, and remains daunting. Try to imagine, us some good guidelines, some good ad- my most recent visit, the SIU con- Mr. President, the Washington, DC po- vice, if you will, on how to help secure sisted of one experienced United States lice force fired one day, everyone fired such stability. One of the great prin- police officer and roughly 36 inexperi- en masse and replaced by kids fresh out ciples of the Reagan administration enced Haitians. This has changed some- of the police academy who are then was that America’s national interest what since my visit, since two more asked to patrol the city’s most dan- was best served by having neighbors U.S. police officers have been added to gerous neighborhoods. Or think of any that practiced democratic and free- the force. other big city in this country.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2007 As one would expect, there have been Mr. President, another thing that ab- without having to pay the 4-percent so- some pretty serious problems with this solutely must happen in Haiti is the called verification fee. Shipments of police force. They are alleged to have fundamental reform of Haiti’s corrupt food, pharmaceuticals and scholastic killed innocent people. In fact, even and inefficient ports. And this brings materials will be exempt from that Pierre Denize, director general of the me to my fourth topic. verification fee for all PVO’s, as well as Haitian national police has acknowl- My wife Fran and I visited an or- United States Government agencies edged these problems. He has a letter phanage in Haiti, at which a nun ap- shipping aid to Haiti. That, Mr. Presi- in Time magazine that reached the proached us and told us that her or- dent, is certainly a step in the right di- newsstands earlier this week, in which phanage had been expecting a vitally rection. he writes the following: important x-ray machine. Where was Let me now turn to a related human- I take responsibility for the actions of my it? She told us it was sitting on the itarian matter, the current U.S. food- subordinates and acknowledge that some docks for months. Then it was finally aid policy. That policy is shifting from HNP members have committed human rights stolen. A second replacement x-ray ma- a general feeding program to one tar- abuses, but the majority of these offenses have been identified through the investiga- chine, estimated to be worth a great geted to women and infants. That is a tive efforts of HNP officials. The HNP does deal of money, sat on the docks for wise step. But, Mr. President, I believe not condone these acts. In addition, the Hai- months and months awaiting the pay- it should be modified so that the chil- tian Government is working to ensure HNP ment of a 30-percent tax. dren in orphanages and the elderly in officers face criminal charges when war- Mr. President, a few weeks after re- institutional care continue to receive ranted. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix, turning to the United States, I met this food until there is an alternative as the problems did not originate with the with Joe Busken in Cincinnati, a pri- feeding program in place. creation of HNP in 1996 but have developed vate citizen. Mr. Busken has been in- In Port-au-Prince, my wife Fran vis- over decades. volved for years with a different or- ited an orphanage run by a nun who Mr. President, one major problem is phanage in Haiti. He outfitted a bakery goes to hospitals to gather as many that these Haitian recruits lack experi- for them and taught them to make children as her orphanage will hold. ence, and they also lack the midlevel highly nutritious bread. I found, in These children who have been aban- support that is essential to successful talking to Mr. Busken, that last July— doned as babies are simply left at the police work. I personally met with 10 of last July—he had shipped flour to that hospital. She now takes care of 50 ba- these United States police officers who bakery, only to find that flour was also bies and children, many of whom came are mentoring these young Haitian re- stuck on the docks since July. This to the orphanage horribly malnour- cruits. These Americans are veterans was in November when I was talking to ished. My wife had the opportunity to of big city police departments. They him. Once my office became involved, see some of these children, and it was were born in Haiti and speak Creole. and with the help of the U.S. Embassy a very pitiful sight. They are United States citizens. They Mr. President, if the proposed U.S. have worked in some of the biggest, and the USAID, the flour and the other food-aid policy is left unchanged, it toughest cities and have great police orphanage’s x-ray machine were finally would harm the neediest and most vul- experience. I found them to be enthusi- liberated, but that was 7 months later. Mr. President, Haiti is an island. It is nerable patients, such as these babies. astic and doing a great job. I was very therefore very vulnerable to the poor USAID is evaluating this policy now. I proud of them. But, frankly, Haiti must have more functioning of its ports. On an island would urge them to reformulate the of them. In his letter that I mentioned such as Haiti, a badly run and corrupt policy so that the most vulnerable peo- earlier, Secretary Talbott wrote me port can become a major chokepoint ple, children in orphanages and the el- that in response to interest on the part for imports and also exports. A vibrant derly in institutions, are not left out. of the Haitian Government, there are assembly sector, for example, cannot Mr. President, there is another topic now 10 more United States officers hope to grow as long as the port au- that I do not intend to address today. there, for a total of 32. thority exacts a $750-per-container ex- That is the issue of Haitian agri- The expectation of law and order is port fee. culture. Haiti cannot recover—true always a prerequisite for a working so- The Inter-American Development progress cannot be made—without a ciety, but it is also a prerequisite for a Bank, Mr. President, is to spend lit- viable agricultural sector. But Haitian working economy. Therefore, let me erally hundreds of millions of dollars agriculture has been devastated. Haiti turn now to the third major issue I to build roads in Haiti. The main pur- needs to do what it can to help them- would like to discuss, the state of Hai- pose of these roads is to allow farmers selves in this particular area. I intend ti’s economy, and I have mixed news to and others to get goods to the ports for to return to the floor at some future report. export. But those roads will not do any date, Mr. President, to discuss this After a decade and a half of negative good if Haiti cannot even get things in issue in greater detail than time would growth, the Haitian economy is finally or out of the port to begin with. permit today. beginning to grow, very slowly. But if Humanitarian aid, Mr. President, is Let me conclude by underlying the the Haitians do not move forward, if just as vulnerable as are ordinary com- central fact about today’s Haiti. It is the Government does not move forward mercial imports and exports. Because an extremely troubled country. The immediately on privatizing their State economic reform remains a long-term road ahead is uphill, and it is very industries, growth is going to stop. goal, continued humanitarian aid re- steep. Turning around two centuries of People need to see real economic mains an immediate need that must be poverty and misrule is not a task that progress if they are going to support met. Many concerned American volun- can be accomplished by Haitians over- the free market over the long run. If teer groups are sending food and other night. Haiti pays lip service to the free mar- emergency aid to Haiti. But huge tariff That is why, Mr. President, it is im- ket while continuing its dead-or-dying or port entry fees are keeping aid sit- portant for Congress and the adminis- state-run businesses, the prosperity ting on the docks for months. Food tration to work out a realistic bipar- will not be there for the Haitian peo- shipments are simply left to rot, dis- tisan consensus on Haiti. The United ple, and support for market reforms couraging many from even trying. States cannot make Haiti an island and support for democracy will erode Mr. President, here is an example of paradise. Only the people of Haiti can very quickly. where American know-how can help. I determine their own destiny. But we The Haitian Parliament has taken a am glad to report we have made some can help the Haitian people transform meaningful first step by passing privat- progress in making the humanitarian- their country into one that works, one ization legislation. But legislation is aid train run on schedule. United that exports goods and services, one only a first step. To make a difference States Ambassador William Swing has where the people will come together to in national prosperity, privatization informed me that the Haitian Govern- escape from their past rather than es- has to be real. It has to actually hap- ment has agreed to let assistance from caping from their homeland. That is pen. President Preval must move for- private voluntary organizations, their only hope for a viable future. ward quickly and forcefully on privat- PVO’s, who are affiliated with the That is a goal worthy of America’s sup- ization. United States Government enter Haiti port.

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MIKE DEWINE, Mr. President, I thank my friend U.S. Senate. JERUSALEM from Indiana, Senator COATS, for his DEAR SENATOR DEWINE: I read with inter- Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, last week courtesy in allowing me to proceed est your January 24 OpEd article in the Wall the Israeli leader, Prime Minister Ben- ahead of him. I thank him very much Street Journal. I wholeheartedly concur with you on the jamin Netanyahu, decided to authorize indeed. need for further reforms in the police, judici- a politically volatile housing project Mr. COATS. Mr. President, it is not ary and economy if Haiti is to realize the full for Israeli settlers in predominantly difficult to yield to the Senator from benefits from the restoration of democracy. Arab East Jerusalem. This dis- West Virginia because the content of In this regard, I believe you would be inter- appointing act has thrown into confu- what he says is always instructive, and ested in some developments that have oc- sion the promising opening that was I am always pleased to be on the floor curred since your November visit to Haiti generated by the long and difficult, but when he is speaking because I always which address these shared concerns. learn something. Police and Judicial Reforms: The Inspector successful negotiations last month, which culminated in an agreement re- Mr. BYRD. I thank the Senator. General (IG) of the Haitian National Police The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- (HNP) has continued to crack down on police turning control of the West Bank city ator from Indiana. officers implicated in malfeasance or other of Hebron to the Palestinians. The improper activity, including during the last Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I thank United States invested very consider- the Chair. month the detention of four HNP officers in- able efforts, negotiating talent and volved in a November 5 shootout in the (The remarks of Mr. COATS per- Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince. Over the prestige to move the peace process taining to the introduction of S. 409 are last year, IG investigations have resulted in along. The agreement over Hebron gave located in today’s RECORD under the dismissal of dozens of police officers. As the world great hope that a long-term ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and you note, one of the most positive elements peaceful settlement of the outstanding Joint Resolutions.’’) of our own effort to strengthen the fledgling issues between Israel and the Palestin- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask Haitian National Police has been the con- ians was on an upward track. unanimous consent to extend the nor- tribution of U.S. police mentors working Therefore, it is very unfortunate, in mal time of 5 minutes to 13 minutes. with their Haitian counterparts. Responding my view, that the reality of the sub- to continued Haitian Government interest in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there this program and to your recommendation stantial success over Hebron prompted objection? that additional U.S. civilian police officers the right wing of Israeli politics to Without objection, it is so ordered. be assigned to Haiti, the current U.S. contin- pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu f gent of 22 officers will be augmented this into this latest act on housing settle- FBI MANAGEMENT FAILURES— week with the arrival of ten new mentors. ments. According to the New York PART THREE I also believe that additional measures are Times of March 2, 1997, ‘‘a powerful needed to ensure a thorough investigation of Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, trou- the murders of Haitian political figures. Two group of Mr. Netanyahu’s conservative colleagues’’ ‘‘leaned on him’’ to prove bling facts continue to surface in the additional experienced, Creole-speaking U.S. FBI crime lab issue. These facts are investigators have been assigned to the Spe- his commitment to Jerusalem by cial Investigation Unit (SIU), and in re- building Har Homa, threatening to putting flesh on the bones of allega- sponse to a formal request from Haitian au- bring down the government if he failed. tions that much of the lab’s analysis is thorities, the FBI has agreed to provide a With new territorial concessions to the sloppy, not credible, fabricated, or all medical examiner to perform autopsies. We Palestinians looming, Mr. Netanyahu of the above. will give positive consideration to additional The FBI has charged that these alle- told Americans and Palestinians pri- areas of support to the SIU that might be gations are unfounded, and that they vately that he had to ‘‘fill his right identified during a forthcoming FBI visit to are the musings of one Dr. Frederic wing tank’’ on Har Homa if he was to Haiti to develop an investigation plan for the Whitehurst. Dr. Whitehurst has come SIU. keep on the peace route. forward as a whistleblower with serious In the area of judicial reform, strength- This is a most disappointing situa- ening prosecutorial capabilities and the charges against the lab and its man- tion. Progress on peace is regarded as a agement. The FBI chose to shoot the courts remain a priority USG effort, and we threat by the Israeli right wing and has will work with the Congress to provide ade- messenger instead of taking Dr. White- quate resources for these efforts. resulted in efforts to force the Prime hurst seriously. Economic reforms: I agree with you that Minister to retreat from his own suc- After a year of studying Dr. White- progress on privatization and tariff reform cess. The Israeli right wing should hurst’s claims and his information, I are essential to encourage economic develop- know that their behavior will have was not so sure the FBI took the wise ment and private-sector investment. The De- consequences in the United States, and course. Then, after a private briefing partment remains committed to working I for one will relate my support for by the Justice Department’s inspector closely with the Congress to establish and their agenda to their support of that of apply realistic conditions that will encour- general on his investigation into these age sustainable economic development. We the United States, which is a fair, equi- matters, I was even more convinced also plan to target USAID safety-net pro- table and just peace in Jerusalem and that the FBI has taken the wrong grams toward those most in need including, the Middle East. The process of Amer- course. And now that the FBI has as you recommend, maintaining feeding pro- ican intermediations between the taken personnel action against Dr. grams directed at vulnerable sectors such as Israelis and Palestinians is a serious Whitehurst in retaliation for his tell- mothers and their infants. matter and we cannot stand by and Again, I wish to express my appreciation ing the truth, I am convinced that the for your interest in Haiti and your desire to watch the Israeli right wing, at their Bureau is dead wrong. work with the Administration in pursuit of whim, pull the rug out from under The FBI’s defense—some would say democratization, political security and eco- whatever progress is accomplished. coverup—is slowly unraveling. Last nomic reform. Your visits have helped to gal- Such actions should be understood to week, we discovered that it wasn’t just vanize a bipartisan effort that, in turn, will have consequences for support for Dr. Whitehurst that has raised serious help Haiti to help itself. National Security Israel’s various interests as they are concerns. Another respected scientist, Advisor Sandy Berger and I hope to visit considered by Senators. Dr. William Tobin, had raised equally Haiti in the near future. I look forward to I hope the Israeli Prime Minister will serious allegations in 1989. He alleged continuing close cooperation with you to ad- dress the problems of the poorest and least do better at withstanding the pressure that an FBI agent tampered with evi- developed of our neighbors. of his right wing and, that the consid- dence and made a series of false state- Sincerely, erable influence of American groups ments while testifying in court pro- STROBE TALBOTT. will be exercised to counter those nega- ceedings against then-Judge ALCEE L.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2009 HASTINGS. I discussed this before this Instead, the matter was assigned to been the lead prosecutor on that case. body on February 26, Mr. President. two attorneys within the Office of the He got national recognition. Mr. Sha- The FBI covered up this matter. general counsel. They reported directly piro was his cocounsel. Larry Potts—of There may be a missing document. to Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Freeh. Ruby Ridge infamy—was the FBI’s case Last week, at my request, the Attorney No scientist was placed in the deci- agent. General ordered that the FBI not be in- sionmaking chain of command. Mr. Dr. Whitehurst had alleged that volved in the investigation. The inves- Freeh, in conjunction with his attor- there were problems with the evidence tigation has been given instead to the neys, decided they could perform a dili- in the VANPAC case. Despite the clear IG. This is because there are major gent and thorough internal investiga- conflict, Mr. Freeh and Mr. Shapiro did questions about the FBI’s ability to po- tion. Mr. Shapiro’s exact words in his not recuse themselves. They recused lice itself. The Attorney General gets February 14 reply—and remember these themselves about a year and a half much credit for recognizing the poten- words, Mr. President, because I intend later—in September 1995. But at this tial conflict involved when the FBI in- to refer to them liberally in the fu- point in time—February 1994—they vestigates these issues. ture—his exact words were, ‘‘The FBI kept themselves at the top of the in- In the past 2 weeks, two additional has a long and proud history of per- vestigation into misconduct in that cases—in addition to the Alcee Has- forming diligent and thorough internal case. tings case—appear to reveal similar investigations.’’ Instead of using real scientists to improper behavior by FBI agents testi- What is amazing to me is that nei- independently review the evidence—as fying in Federal cases. If it sounds to ther Mr. Freeh nor Mr. Shapiro recused the IG did, by the way—Mr. Freeh and you like a pattern is developing, Mr. himself from the decisionmaking role Mr. Shapiro used their own subordi- President, you have been paying close with respect to the review. After all, nates. And what was their conclusion attention. Up to now, the FBI’s denials they had prosecuted one of the cases— after reviewing the VANPAC allega- had been set in concrete. What you are the VANPAC case—in which Dr. White- tions, Mr. President? ‘‘Whitehurst’s al- hearing now is the sound of concrete hurst alleged misconduct had occurred. legations are not supported by any cracking. In other words, nonscientists with a facts.’’ That’s what it says in their re- Thus far, the IG has had remarkable conflict of interest assumed the au- port. Now we have a new account—by the success keeping the draft report under thority to review significant allega- Associated Press—that gives us an in- wraps. But a few press stories about its tions of scientific and evidentiary mis- sight into what the IG found in contents have been popping out. Last conduct that could affect hundreds, if VANPAC. And it seems to conflict with week, the Miami Herald ran a story not thousands of cases. I have now obtained a redacted copy the FBI’s interpretation. Remember, about a Florida case reviewed by the of the results of that review, headed by the IG followed up on Dr. Whitehurst’s IG. In that 1988 case, George Trepal was Mr. Freeh and Mr. Shapiro. The find- suggestion, and did an independent re- convicted of murdering his neighbor by ings and recommendations were ap- view. And, the IG went out and re- poisoning her soft drink. Mr. Trepal proved by both. cruited five of the world’s most re- was sentenced to death, and is still on The first thing they did was fire at nowned lab scientists for his investiga- death row. the messenger. On the very first page, tion. In other words, the IG did a prop- But as the Herald reports, the testi- the FBI notes that Dr. Whitehurst er review. mony of evidence linking Mr. Trepal to could be disciplined for providing infor- According to the AP, the IG report this murder may have been tainted by mation about the lab’s misconduct to states that ‘‘a lab witness overstated an FBI lab supervisor. The supervisor Congress. test results during the trial.’’ And may not have had adequate scientific You see, Mr. President, providing in- that’s not all. Let me quote further support to identify the poison as he formation to Congress—and I’m from the AP story: ‘‘In addition to did. If the Herald is correct, this is an- quoting the FBI—‘‘violates FBI and overstated testimony in VANPAC, the other example of the problems found in DOJ regulations.’’ Were you aware, Mr. report found the lab lacked databases the Hastings case. President, that FBI and DOJ regula- to support its conclusions, used And now there’s a third case, Mr. tions override the first amendment unvalidated tests, lacked written test President. The Associated Press re- guarantee of the people’s right to peti- procedures, inadequately documented ported yesterday that the IG found tion Congress? If I could anticipate why it discounted test results that un- similar problems in the VANPAC case. your response, Mr. President, neither dercut its conclusions and lacked any That is the case involving the 1991 con- was I. record for some tests.’’ viction of Walter Leroy Moody for the The second issue: During this 1994 re- Now, this is interesting if true, Mr. murder of U.S. Circuit Judge Robert view, Mr. Freeh and Mr. Shapiro President. Because less than 2 months Vance and Georgia civil rights attor- learned that the lab ‘‘would not meet ago, on January 23, Mr. Freeh told his ney Robert Robinson. It was Justice minimal accreditation standards.’’ The deputy, Weldon Kennedy, ‘‘Based upon Department attorney Louis J. Freeh report notes that it was ‘‘incredulous the VANPAC allegations investigated who prosecuted the case. that the premiere forensic laboratory by the Office of the Inspector General Before I get into the specifics of the in the world’’ was ‘‘not accredited.’’ [OIG], and despite their findings that FBI’s wrongdoing apparently uncov- Instead of asking how the failure to none of the allegations regarding ered by the IG in this case, let me pro- reach minimal accreditation standards VANPAC are substantiated, I have de- vide some context. had impacted on past cases, or might cided to recuse myself from any of the More than a year before the bombing impact on future cases, the FBI took a Whitehurst-related disciplinary or ad- tragedy in Oklahoma City, Director different course. The FBI concluded, ministrative matters contained in the Freeh and his general counsel, Howard ‘‘no further investigation or action’’ OIG report regarding the FBI labora- Shapiro, had been fully briefed about was needed. tory.’’ Dr. Whitehurst’s allegations of mis- In other words, rather than evalu- Mr. President, I’m not sure whose conduct within the lab. They were ating the potentially serious ramifica- version is correct—Director Freeh’s or aware of Whitehurst’s charges of a sys- tions of the FBI’s failure to meet mini- the AP’s. But if this AP story is cor- temic quality control breakdown in the mal accreditation standards, the Bu- rect, this is the second time Mr. Freeh lab. reau circled the wagons and white- has been misleading on what’s in the On February 7, 1994, Whitehurst’s at- washed the problem. They set up a IG report. On February 26 I pointed out torney wrote to Mr. Shapiro informing committee to come up with a time- on this floor Mr. Freeh’s other discrep- him of the sensitive nature of the alle- table for accreditation. That was 3 ancy. He said he had been unaware of gations, and how a thousand cases years ago. Now, the Bureau tells us the Tobin memo: Remember, he’s the could be affected. Whitehurst asked they’ll be accredited in 18 months from other scientist I referred to earlier who that a special, independent, or outside now. And if you believe that, Mr. Presi- lodged complaints. I questioned how he counsel review the matters. dent— could possibly say that when the IG re- But the FBI chose another course. It This brings me back to the VANPAC port containing the Tobin allegations did not empanel an independent review. matter. As I mentioned, Mr. Freeh had had been on his desk for a full month.

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Second, ination has raised a troubling issue, an Those investigations have so far pro- it appears that three cases reviewed by issue that has nothing to do with the duced rather paltry results, despite ex- the IG found misconduct and/or sloppi- candidate’s qualifications. Rather, that tensive hearings, document reviews ness. issue is the credibility of the Senate and testimony. When I was growing up back on the Select Committee on Intelligence to The International Relations Com- farm in Iowa, we had a saying. If you conduct a fair, nonpartisan examina- mittee was able to generate only a ma- reach into a barrel of apples for the tion of this nominee. jority staff report. The members of first time and pull out a bad one, the That committee, of which I have that committee—neither Republican or chances are pretty good there’s more been a proud member for 4 years, has a Democrat—signed the report—not ex- bad apples in there. Maybe a barrel-full well-earned reputation for bipartisan- actly a vote of confidence. of bad apples. ship. But that hard-won reputation is The Republican majority of the So far, based on press reports, that’s being jeopardized by the committee’s House Permanent Select Committee on three bad apples—three out of three. conduct in this matter. Intelligence has yet to produce any re- Those are pretty high odds. In a speech before the Senate last port at all. In each case, the administration What’s to be done? Director Freeh night, Chairman SHELBY said he wants made available literally hundreds of made a big splash yesterday announc- to treat the Lake confirmation ‘‘in a documents for congressional review. ing a new way to handle internal re- serious, thorough and fair manner.’’ That is a laudable goal. It is a goal I Although withholding approximately views of alleged criminal behavior and 50 documents, citing executive privi- misconduct. He will increase the num- fully support. I commend the chairman for establishing a high standard. The lege, the administration did offer to ber of people working on such reviews brief House Members and provide cer- from 30 to 60. position of Director of Central Intel- ligence is an extremely sensitive one. tain redacted versions of those docu- The Director doesn’t seem to get it, ments. Republicans rejected the pro- Mr. President. The issue is that the We have a responsibility to the Amer- ican people to subject the nominee to posal. FBI can’t police itself. Doubling the The administration has made the number of self-policers won’t change close scrutiny. I accept and welcome the responsi- same offer to our committee. It is a the bottom line. Zero times two is still bility as a member of the committee. reasonable one that balances congres- zero. Unfortunately, it is a responsibility my sional rights and executive privilege. I I’m beginning to think those 60 slots colleagues and I have been unable thus urge the chairman to accept it, rather are a lot better off—from the tax- far to exercise. than creating a pretext for further payers’ point of view—being moved to The reason for this failure is that the delay. the IG instead. And I intend to discuss committee, although having officially Mr. President, the Haiti issue is just this with my colleagues on the Judici- received this nomination on January 9, one of several the committee is pur- ary Committee. has yet to conduct its first hearing on suing. The FBI does not have a long and the nominee. Meanwhile, the Senate The implication of the chairman’s re- proud history of self-policing notwith- has acted judiciously but swiftly on marks are that the committee now in- standing what Mr. Shapiro leads us to two other members of the President’s tends to investigate the Department of believe. Look at Ruby Ridge. That case foreign policy team, the Secretary of Justice’s investigation of Mr. Lake’s certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in State and the Secretary of Defense. divesture of stock. The Justice Depart- the FBI’s ability to self-examine. Mr. Lake remains the exception. In- ment, as I mentioned earlier, found no Mr. President, I believe the American deed, his hearings have been postponed evidence that Mr. Lake ever took any people are being mislead by the FBI on not once, but twice. In the first in- action to conceal or misrepresent his the problems we’re seeing in its crime stance, the chairman postponed the or his wife’s financial holdings. It lab. And all that does is continue the hearings ‘‘dependent upon the status of found no fault in his conduct of the erosion of confidence the people have the Justice Department’s investiga- Iran-Bosnia matter. in the FBI. tion’’ into Mr. Lake’s stock trans- With regards to Mr. Lake’s FBI file It’s time the Bureau stopped its nar- actions and his role in the Iran-Bosnia and the Tower nomination, the chair- cissistic infatuation with its own arms sale. man has requested Mr. Lake’s complete image. It’s time to stop selling an infe- The Department of Justice completed FBI file, based on the purported prece- rior product with false advertising. The its investigation on February 7, giving dent of the nomination of former Sen- American people deserve from its chief Mr. Lake a clean bill of health in re- ator John Tower for Secretary of De- law enforcement agency a product with gard to the arms sale and determining fense in 1989. As my colleague from integrity. They deserve an FBI that there was no evidence that he ever Michigan, Senator LEVIN, stated yes- does what it would have you believe it took any action to conceal or misrepre- terday, ‘‘neither the Armed Services does. This is an issue of leadership. sent his or his wife’s financial holdings. Committee nor the full Senate ever had Quite frankly, I am beginning to join Nevertheless, the chairman again access to the raw investigative files the ranks of those whose confidence in postponed the hearings, this time as- used by the FBI to compile its sum- the Bureau’s leadership is diminishing. serting that the Department of Justice mary of the background investigation of Senator Tower.’’ Mr. President, I yield the floor. I do investigation ‘‘is only a small part of In his statement, Senator LEVIN fur- not see any other Members ready to the Senate Select Intelligence Commit- ther cites Senator Nunn’s comments in speak, so I suggest the absence of a tee’s overall, ongoing investigation 1989. Senator Nunn stated on the Sen- quorum. * * *’’ He now cites new concerns. After two delays, the chairman is ate floor that, ‘‘What we have in S–407 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. now committed to a hearing on March is the summary of interviews the FBI ENZI). The clerk will call the roll. 11. I welcome that commitment. conducted. They prepare the summary. The bill clerk proceeded to call the Mr. President, I fear, however, that We do not see nor do we have the un- roll. the March 11 hearing is only a prelude derlying interviews.’’ Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask to what is turning into an extended In the case of Mr. Lake, that sum- unanimous consent that the order for fishing expedition. If anyone doubts mary has already been provided to the the quorum call be rescinded. that, they only have to read the Feb- chairman and vice chairman of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ruary 27 issue of the Washington Post, Senate Intelligence Committee. objection, it is so ordered. The Senator which reported that the Senate Intel- I am concerned that we are engaged is recognized for up to 15 minutes. ligence Committee has now requested in a fishing expedition in which the

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Questions are that have sought the Senate Intel- Congress appropriately informed? How asked; responses are given; and then ligence Committee’s advice over the effective has it been in this regard? new, different questions are asked. If past few years. Each of those countries An elevated debate, one marked not members of the committee have inquir- is struggling to establish an intel- by partisan rancor but by honesty and ies, we should all welcome the oppor- ligence community that will safeguard openness, can help answer these ques- tunity to question this nominee in the democracy, not undermine it. They tions and contribute to reaching a con- best possible forum, under oath, during look to us as a model of bipartisan sensus about the intelligence commu- his confirmation hearings. He in turn oversight and have come to us for guid- nity’s role in our society as we enter has the right and the opportunity to ance. the 21st century. respond. That is the purpose of a nomi- That expression of confidence is our More important, such a debate will nation hearing. most valuable asset. We have earned it help educate ourselves and as well as Unfortunately, there is a growing through hard work, diligence and a de- the voters who sent us here about the public perception, aptly expressed by termination to play the honest broker. appropriate role of intelligence in a de- We can ill-afford to fritter it away and one commentator, that the committee mocracy—its pluses and its minuses. give life to the perception that the CIA ‘‘seems to be waiting for something Having said that, there clearly are is becoming an instrument of partisan scandalous to turn up to sink the nom- specific issues regarding this nominee warfare, that the Lake nomination is ination.’’ The perception, right or that deserve the committee’s scrutiny. simply an attempt to attack the Presi- wrong, is that we are leaving Mr. Lake I question whether Mr. Lake’s oppo- dent’s foreign policy over the last 4 nents have focused on the right ones. to twist in the wind. I am afraid that years. that says more about our committee The CIA, in turn, can ill-afford par- His supposed connections with the left than it does about Mr. Lake. tisan bickering at a time when it is and his views as to Alger Hiss’ guilt or Some history. The Senate Select struggling with a painful transition innocence obviously have enthralled Committee on Intelligence has a hard- from a cold war where we faced one some. earned and proud tradition of biparti- principal enemy to a new world in But as former Director of Central In- sanship. It is the successor to the which we face multiple threats. telligence Bob Gates under President Church committee of 1975–76, which Those emerging threats run the Bush wrote in the January 29 issue of was an investigative committee only. gamut from terrorism and biological the Wall Street Journal, these issues The purpose of the Senate Select Com- and chemical weapons proliferation to are ‘‘wholly irrelevant and silly.’’ mittee on Intelligence is both to over- narcotics trafficking. Each in its own I certainly respect the right of any see sensitive intelligence activities and way is as serious and in some ways Member to purse these questions dur- to maintain and improve intelligence more challenging a threat than that ing upcoming hearings. Indeed, I would capabilities and efficiency. presented by the former Soviet Union. hope that those who find these issues The issues that come before the com- In attacking these targets, we will troubling would urge the chairman to mittee, including the nomination of need to be focused, creative, and open deal with this nomination expedi- the Director of the Central Intelligence to new ways of conducting intelligence tiously so that we can conclude com- Agency, are extremely sensitive. They operations. mittee hearings and move to floor de- demand a high level of bipartisanship. I Whether the CIA successfully meets bate. fear that the committee’s bipartisan- this challenge of transition depends in One question, I intend to ask of Mr. ship is fraying and that fair play is a large measure on stable leadership, Lake is whether he can provide the falling victim to partisan gamesman- something that has been in disgraceful President objective intelligence anal- ship. short supply. ysis after serving as his National Secu- That, Mr. President, should concern Whether the CIA successfully meets rity Adviser the past 4 years. all of us, Republican and Democrat that challenge depends in large meas- I also intend to ask him whether, alike. Intelligence activities, by their ure on stable leadership, something having attempted to curry favor with sensitive nature, run counter to Demo- that has been in disgracefully short representatives of the Directorate of cratic principles of openness. Yet, in supply. Four DCI’s have rotated Operations in an effort to bolster his my view, good intelligence is essential through the Agency in the last 5 years. nomination, he has weakened his abil- to our democracy’s security. The position of Director of Central ity to act decivisely as DCI on issues of Effective congressional oversight, in Intelligence has become Washington’s accountability and reform. turn, is a critical ingredient to main- ultimate revolving door. That’s got to I also plan to ask him whether the taining some balance between these stop, and I hope it will with this nomi- nomination process and the criticism two inherently contradictory forces— nee. he has been subjected to will jeopardize Success also depends in no small part democratic openness and the necessary his effectiveness if he is confirmed. Has on the actions the SSCI and this Sen- secrecy that surrounds intelligence he been so bloodied that he will be un- ate take in regard to Mr. Lake’s nomi- procedures and operations. Oversight is able to perform effectively? nation. This nomination provides us a a serious responsibility. The public Finally, I plan to question him about valuable opportunity to publicly dis- must have confidence that we are his management philosophy and skills, cuss the role of intelligence and its fu- above politics when we deal with intel- his attitude toward secrecy, and the ture in our democracy. ligence issues. A number of important questions call role of human rights in intelligence op- In almost every other area of Federal out for answers. erations. Government, the public has multiple With the demise of the Soviet Union, I am confident that Mr. Lake will ac- sources of information. That is what does the CIA have a mission? quit himself well before the committee. freedom of speech and freedom of press If so, what is it? And if it has a mis- He has shown himself to be a man of provide in a democratic society. But as sion, has the Agency lost its way in great ability and integrity. Moreover, it relates to the operations of the intel- pursuing it? as National Security Adviser he has ligence community, the general public How effectively is the community been an avid customer of intelligence must rely on a handful of its represent- protecting the interests of America and and will bring that critical perspective atives to provide the necessary over- its citizens? to the job. sight and scrutiny to assure that the Is the culture of the Directorate of Barring any stunning revelations operations are being conducted in a Operations hobbling the Agency’s ef- that may arise during the hearings— manner that advances the public inter- fectiveness. If so, how do we change it? and I see no indication of any

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These at- protect the now almost 20 years of in- tacitly encouraging Iran to arm Bosnia was, vestment that has been made in a cred- tacks are based on inaccurate information. at minimum, a serious mistake. Mr. Lake I have worked closely with Tony Lake on ible Senate oversight of this most sen- should say so, and the committee should ex- the staff of the National Security Council for sitive of Government activities, or will tract appropriate pledges from him about the last three-and-a-half years. I came to we allow it to be frittered away and de- keeping Congress informed—and his willing- this job as a hard-liner on U.S. foreign pol- graded by partisan wrangling? That ness to resign if ordered by the president to icy, a lifelong foe of communism, and one of will be the challenge that our com- keep lawmakers in the dark, a pledge I made the initial members of the Committee on the mittee will face, commencing with the prior to my confirmation in 1991. At the Present Danger. I found Tony Lake to be a hearings that will begin on March 11. I same time, primary responsibility for this kindred spirit in his devotion to the enlarge- mistake in Bosnia rests more heavily with trust that the committee will meet its ment of democracy and the global promotion the president and the then-secretary of of American interests. Whether the issue was high standard. state, and Mr. Lake should not be disquali- stopping aggression in Bosnia or moving Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- fied as CIA director simply because others ahead with the expansion of NATO, Mr. sent that a January 29, 1997, column by senior to him are beyond the reach of the Lake’s leadership, vision and competence former Director of the Central Intel- Senate. played a vital role in the formulation and ligence Agency, Robert Gates, as print- Other issues that have been raised in con- success of these policies. ed in the Wall Street Journal in sup- nection with his nomination are not, in my Some have asserted that Mr. Lake’s April port of Mr. Lake’s nomination as well view, disqualifying. He obviously must satis- 1994 decision neither to approve nor to object as a January 26, 1997, column by factorily explain his tardy disposal of stock to Iranian arms shipments to Bosnia facili- after entering public office. But the charge tated creation of a radical Islamic foothold. Reagan administration official Richard According to the intelligence community, Schifter, as printed in the Washington that Mr. Lake was once equivocal as to the guilt of Alger Hiss and allegations of other the Iranian military and intelligence serv- Times, be printed in the RECORD. manifestations of ‘‘left-leaning’’ views years ices have been present in Bosnia since 1992. There being no objection, the articles ago strike me—someone who was attacked in There was no significant increase in that were ordered to be printed in the my own confirmation hearings as too much presence after April 1994. Tony Lake, we RECORD, as follows: of a Cold War hawk—as wholly irrelevant should note, was the main architect of the [From the Wall Street Journal, Jan. 29, 1997] and silly in 1997, even if true. president’s August 1995 initiative that led to the Dayton agreement. That agreement THE CASE FOR CONFIRMING ANTHONY LAKE The committee must satisfy itself on Iran- banned foreign forces and led the Bosnian (By Robert M. Gates) Bosnia and Mr. Lake’s commitment to con- government to sever military and intel- I am barely acquainted with Tony Lake, gressional oversight, as well as other issues, ligence links with Iran as a condition for the the president’s national security adviser and such as the stock sale. But these should be train and equip program. Hundreds of Ira- nominee to become CIA director. But I have resolvable. Then perhaps the hearings can nian Revolutionary Guards have left Bosnia, read about his views on foreign policy for serve a positive function by eliciting Mr. Mujahideen units have disbanded, and the years and disagree with him on a number of Lake’s thinking on continued reform and re- Bosnians are looking to the United States important issues. I think that the adminis- structuring of U.S. intelligence, his views of and moderate Islamic states for security as- tration’s foreign policy, which he has helped its strengths and weaknesses and the ade- sistance. Mr. Lake, thus, played a key role in shape, has been erratically interventionist, quacy of resources in light of the tasks as- the reduction of Iranian influence on Bosnia, excessively tactical, insufficiently sup- signed by the president and Congress. The not the opposite. portive of resources for defense and intel- answers to these tough questions could prove As for the issue of congressional consulta- ligence, and lacking in strategic priorities, illuminating, not to mention highly relevant tion, Mr. Lake—recently praised by Senator coherence and consistency. Even so, I believe to his confirmation. Majority Leader Trent Lott for his efforts to Mr. Lake should be confirmed. The bipartisan nature of the Senate intel- keep Congress informed—has said, in retro- An ideal nominee for CIA director would ligence committee since its early days under spect, that informing key members of Con- have universally recognized integrity, exper- the leadership of Daniel Inouye and Barry gress on a very discreet basis would have tise in foreign affairs (but with no controver- Goldwater has been one of its greatest as- been wise. The Senate Select Intelligence sies), experience managing large enterprises, sets, and a source of its credibility. As Con- Committee report later confirmed there was savvy in intelligence operations (with no gress becomes more polarized and partisan, nothing illegal about this diplomatic ex- failures), analytical insight (with no mis- it would be a tragedy if the Republican and change. takes), political skill, the confidence of and Democratic leadership of this very sensitive Assertions that during Mr. Lake’s tenure ready access to the president, and a winning committee were to allow its special non- as national security adviser CIA resources personality. None of the 17 men who have partisan character to be weakened. I was were massively diverted from monitoring been CIA director have had that combination nominated to be CIA director by President military threats to addressing global envi- of credentials. Mr. Lake has three of the Reagan in 1987 and again by President Bush ronmental issues, and that this would con- most important, however. in 1991, and despite the struggles I went tinue with Mr. Lake as the director of intel- First, he is broadly recognized as a man of through in a Democratic-controlled Senate, I ligence, are misguided. Environmental issues integrity and principle—and as a man with never felt the disputes were partisan. are important—a Chernobyl reactor disaster the courage to stand up for what he believes or a major oil spill in the Persian Gulf would is right. This offers reassurance that he will Mr. Lake’s confirmation ought not become have major economic and security implica- be independent of the White House in which a matter of partisan conflict, an opportunity tions. However, Mr. Lake and the CIA have, he served and will be directed by a moral to attack the administration’s foreign pol- by no means, massively diverted resources to grounding most Americans would find admi- icy. There are other, more appropriate fo- look at the environment. In fact, the agen- rable. Second, whether or not one agrees rums for that, even in Congress—the Sen- cy’s program on the environment, initiated with him on the issues, he is thoroughly ate’s Foreign Relations and Armed Services during the Bush administration, remains knowledgeable about foreign affairs. More- committees, and the House’s equivalent very modest. Mr. Lake’s intelligence prior- over, as national security adviser, he is committees. Republicans should not use ities remain those previously decided upon: clearly familiar with current intelligence op- hearings for CIA director—a position that critical support for military operations in- erations and analysis, and will be able to im- should be outside of politics—to make Mr. volving U.S. forces, political, economic and prove both. Third, he has the confidence of Lake the designated partisan target. military intelligence about countries hostile the president and knows well the rest of the Tony Lake isn’t perfect for CIA director, to the United States, and intelligence about president’s national security team, two as- but he is a capable senior official of integrity transnational issues—weapons of mass de- sets without which a CIA director is deeply, who is the choice of the president to head struction, terrorism, organized crime, drug if not fatally, weakened. the U.S. intelligence community. As the last trafficking—that affect national security Mr. Lake does have deficiencies. He has no CIA director nominated by a Republican and the lives of Americans. relevant intelligence background, but then president and confirmed by a Democratic- Allegations that Mr. Lake had ties to the neither did 13 of his 17 predecessors. He has controlled Senate, I strongly believe that ‘‘extreme Left’’ are ridiculous and tend to not managed a large (and difficult) organiza- hard questions should be asked of Mr. Lake, subvert fair discussion of an important nom- tion, but his power of appointment (and the and then he should be confirmed expedi- ination. This, too, is not the case. An initial incumbent deputy) can compensate for that. tiously with broad bipartisan support. This supporter of our effort to stem communism As for a winning personality, I am in no posi- would be in the best interests of the country in Vietnam, Mr. Lake volunteered to serve tion to judge. and of the intelligence community. there as a State Department official. Like

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Without tional Security Studies, and did not ‘‘help in Washington visiting. objection, it is so ordered. found’’ it, as has recently been charged. Mr. Senate Resolution 60 pays tribute to The resolution was agreed to. Lake’s connection with the Institute of Pol- the 3,600 students who have partici- The preamble was agreed to. icy Studies was that at the invitation of an pated in the U.S. Senate Youth Pro- The resolution (S. Res. 60), with its acquaintance he delivered a single lecture to gram over the last 35 years. preamble, is as follows: an IPS seminar on Washington’s government Under this program, which has been S. RES. 60 institutions. very successfully administered by the Whereas the continued success of our Na- We currently live in an extraordinarily tion’s constitutional democracy is dependent complex world, in which our national secu- William Randolph Hearst Foundation, two students from every State of the upon our Nation’s youth striving toward rity concerns are no longer focused on a sin- higher goals; gle country and a single movement. In this Nation, the District of Columbia, and Whereas a student’s intelligence, deter- world we need a director of central intel- the Department of Defense schools mination, perseverance and continued inter- ligence who is able to see the whole picture abroad are selected to spend a week est in the workings of our Nation’s political and can then identify the multiple concerns right here in Washington learning processes must be nurtured and encouraged; which require our special attention. We also about their Federal Government. Whereas the pursuit of higher education, need a director who can incisively analyze Typically, each year the delegates and participation and interest in the polit- the material presented to him by his staff, meet with Senators, Representatives, ical processes, remain priorities of young can spot the flaws and insufficiencies and see citizens around our Nation; and to it that a superior, thoroughly reliable Supreme Court Justices, Cabinet mem- Whereas the United States Senate and the product emerges from the process. Finally, bers, White House personnel, and other William Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate we need a director who combines profes- officials, and have the opportunity to Youth Program have provided high school sional integrity with personal decency. Hav- ask them questions directly and to juniors and seniors who are leaders in edu- ing seen Tony Lake at work, I am confident offer comments or concerns on current cation and student government, as well as in that he meets all of these criteria. events. their communities, with the opportunity to Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I sug- Earlier this week, I had the pleasure travel to their Nation’s capital and witness the political process, supported solely by pri- gest the absence of a quorum. of addressing the 1997 delegates. It was vate funds with no expense to the Federal The PRESIDING OFFICER. The a very enjoyable and memorable event Government since the program’s inception in clerk will call the roll. for me for two reasons. First, the ques- 1962: Now, therefore, be it The assistant legislative clerk pro- tions and the comments raised by the Resolved, That the Senate hereby congratu- ceeded to call the roll. delegates were both timely and insight- late, honor, and pay tribute to the 3,600 ex- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask ful. Their knowledge was impressive emplary students who have been selected, on unanimous consent that the order for and their enthusiasm contagious. their merit, to participate in the William the quorum call be rescinded. Second, I have the honor and the Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Program between 1962 and 1997. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without privilege of being the first Senate objection, it is so ordered. youth delegate who has gone on to ac- Ms. COLLINS. I thank the Chair. Mr. WELLSTONE addressed the tually serve in the Senate. I still re- f Chair. member vividly when I visited Wash- WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ington, DC, in the spring of 1971, more FOUNDATION SENATE YOUTH ator from Minnesota. than 25 years ago. We met with various PROGRAM Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank the Chair. Representatives and Senators, includ- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask ing my colleagues, Senator ROBERT sent that I might be able to speak for unanimous consent that the Senate im- BYRD and Senator STROM THURMOND, 10 minutes. mediately proceed to the consideration both of whom I am now privileged to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of Senate Resolution 60, which was re- serve with in this body. In fact, I objection, it is so ordered. ported by the Judiciary Committee brought out my journal and I read my Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank the Chair. today. notes on both Senators’ speeches to us, f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and it was a wonderful experience to clerk will report. reread and relive that week. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM The legislative clerk read as follows: The high point of my visit, however, Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, we A resolution (S. Res. 60) to commend stu- was the time that I was fortunate to have had a lot of focus in the media dents who have participated in the William spend with Maine’s Senator Margaret about money and politics, and we are Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Chase Smith. She was very much an in- involved in a debate here on the Rules Program between 1962 and 1997. spiration and a role model for me and Committee about the Government Op- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there countless other girls growing up in erations Committee and the scope of objection to the immediate consider- Maine and young women throughout the inquiry. I thought I would speak in ation of the resolution? the Nation who aspire to public serv- this Chamber for a few moments about There being no objection, the Senate ice. what I think is the most important proceeded to consider the resolution. While I am the first Senate youth issue in American politics. I guess I Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, before I delegate to serve in the Senate, I fully want to start out by saying to col- begin my remarks on the sense-of-the- expect that there will be other dele- leagues, Democrats and Republicans Senate resolution before us today, I gates who will serve one day in the alike, and to people in the country, if would like to express my appreciation House, the Senate, on the Supreme what happens in the Congress is that to my colleagues, Senator KAY BAILEY Court, in the Cabinet, and even as you just have accusations going back HUTCHISON of Texas and Senator President of the United States. and forth and the climate becomes WYDEN of Oregon, who joined me in in- I urge my colleagues to join me in really poisonous, I fear we will not do troducing this measure earlier this supporting this resolution, which rec- anything right. week. ognizes the value of this program, sa- I really do believe that this is the I am also very grateful for the fact lutes the individual students who have core issue of American politics. I think that a number of Senators from both participated in it, and commends the the ethical issue of our time is the way sides of the aisle have subsequently ex- William Randolph Hearst Foundation in which money has come to dominate pressed their support for this effort by for its generous sponsorship over the politics. I do not think it is so much cosponsoring this resolution. years. the wrongdoing of individual office- I would like to finally thank Senator At this point, Mr. President, I ask holders. As a matter of fact, Mr. Presi- HATCH and Senator LEAHY, the chair- unanimous consent that the resolution dent, I have said it in debates, I have

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 said it in interviews: The whole system feels. Actually, I believe, even though like to hate but I like debate. But I am is inappropriate. The whole system is the argument is made often that the telling you, every single one of my col- inappropriate. It needs to be turned not problem is that those in office do not leagues, Democrats and Republicans upside down —it is upside down right really want to change the system be- alike, are making a big mistake if we now—but right side up. cause the system is wired toward in- do not line up behind major reform. If we are going to talk about any cumbents, because we are able to raise We should want to do this. If we want kind of corruption, it is not the wrong- more money than our challengers—the people to at least have more confidence doing of individual officeholders. We statistics bear that out—I think it has in the political process than they have are talking about something far more come to the point where all of us now, if we want people to begin to be- serious. It is systemic corruption. By should hate the system, because when lieve in us, if we want people to believe systemic corruption, I mean we now you are raising money and you are run- in the legislation that we pass, which have reached the point where too few ning for office and you have to be on is a product of this process, then people people have way too much wealth, television and you are trying to figure have to believe that politics in Wash- power and say, too much access, too out how you are going to go after your ington, DC, is not dominated by big much say by virtue of their economic opponent and destroy your opponent— money. People have to believe the Con- resources and their big contributions, that is the way some people view poli- gress belongs to them, that the Capitol and the vast majority of people feel tics; they should not but they do—or belongs to them, that all of us, Demo- left out of the loop. you are figuring out how to raise mil- crats and Republicans, belong to them. That is the fundamental issue. To lions of dollars so you do not get ripped I know I may sound melodramatic on the floor of the Senate, especially since most people in the country, the vast up into shreds, the fact is even if you today there is no one to debate. But I majority of people in the country, it is are absolutely sure in your head and came to the floor to speak because I really clear: your heart that not one time has the am absolutely convinced that this is First, too much money is spent in compelling need to raise money ever the priority. There is nothing that we these campaigns; affected any position you have ever could do that would be more important Second, there is too much special in- taken on any issue, it certainly does than to try to move forward on a re- terest access and influence as a result not look that way to the public. form agenda. I am hoping that, in this of the money spent; I am convinced that all the good Congress, we will do that. Third, too much time is spent by all things that could happen here are Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I of us—all of us—in what can be de- trumped by money in politics. I am suggest the absence of a quorum. scribed as a money chase, trying to convinced that one of the reasons we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The raise money because you are running are not responding to the very real clerk will call the roll. for office; and concerns of citizens across this coun- The legislative clerk proceeded to Fourth, regular people, ordinary citi- try, which have to do with affordable call the roll. zens, which I do not use in a pejorative education and good jobs and the stand- Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask sense but in a positive way, do not feel ard of living and reducing violence in unanimous consent that the order for they can run for office. communities and all the rest of it, is the quorum call be rescinded. Mr. President, we are talking about because of this influence of money in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without nothing less than the question of politics. objection, it is so ordered. whether or not we are going to have a This is the core issue. There is too Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask real representative democracy. We much access for the big givers and the unanimous consent that I may speak have now really gotten to the point heavy hitters and the well connected, for up to 15 minutes as in morning —and I am not going to use all the and the vast majority of people feel business. terms such as ‘‘independent expendi- left out of the loop and they are right. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tures’’ and ‘‘soft money’’ and ‘‘hard What concerns me is I have heard some objection, it is so ordered. money.’’ Let me just make a more colleagues say, ‘‘But the fact of the f basic point. We are talking much more matter is, the polls do not show this. THE NOMINATION OF FEDERICO about auctions than elections. We are The polls do not show that the people PEN˜ A TO SERVE AS U.S. SEC- not even talking about authentic de- seem to consider this a burning issue.’’ RETARY OF ENERGY mocracy anymore. It is a I think what is sad is that people’s Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I rise minidemocracy at best. If you believe expectations are so low in the country today on behalf of our Nation’s tax- that each person should count as one right now that they are not at all sure payers and ratepayers in seeking to re- there is anything we are going to do and no more than one, and you believe affirm the promises made to them by about this. But we better prove our- in equality and you believe in fair and the Federal Government well over a open elections, people in the country selves to the people we are asked to decade and a half ago. Given that the know this is all trumped by big money. represent. We better pass a reform bill. Energy and Natural Resources Com- It is time for reform. It is time for re- We better make sure that we dramati- mittee this morning reported out the form. It is time to get big money out of cally reduce the amount of money that nomination of Federico Pen˜ a to be the politics. There are a lot of proposals. is spent in these campaigns. We better new Secretary of Energy and that full Some of us really believe you ought make sure we try to lessen—if you can- consideration by the Senate on his not to have any private money in the not eliminate it, at least lessen—spe- nomination is likely to occur soon, I system and that ultimately, absolutely cial-interest access. We better make find it both necessary and timely to re- is the way to go. Some focus on other sure we do something about this con- ignite today the debate on our Nation’s legislation. Some focus on soft money. stant money chase. We better make nuclear waste storage problem. I just want to make this clear, that sure our elections do look like elec- Since 1982, our nuclear energy rate- we are going to be making a huge mis- tions and not like auctions. We better payers have been required to pay over take, all of us are going to be making make sure that people in the country, 12 billion of their hard-earned dollars a huge mistake if we do not pass a whether they are Democrats or Repub- to the Federal Government. And that major reform bill this Congress. We are licans or independents, feel like they was in exchange for the promise to going to make a huge mistake if the can run for office. We better do that, transport and store commercially gen- only thing this boils down to is just because this is all about democracy. erated nuclear waste in a centralized sort of piling acquisitions on accusa- We keep spending more and more Federal facility by January 31, 1998. tions and people going after one an- money every election cycle, and par- Unfortunately, this obligation has other. If this becomes a kind of slash- ticipation goes down, down, down. So I never been met by the DOE, which has and-burn politics, search-and-destroy am hopeful, even though this is a tough already spent over 6 billion of those politics, we are going to get absolutely time in the Senate. We have major di- ratepayer dollars, yet has little to nowhere. visions. People are drawing the line. It show in exchange for that massive in- I will say this. I am only speaking for seems to be an all-out battle. By the vestment. Today, our ratepayers con- myself. I do not know how the Chair way, I am all for good debate. I do not tinue to pay into the Nuclear Waste

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PEN˜ A: As the Senate Energy and partment of Energy to fulfill its prom- Maybe that is why 46 State agencies Natural Resources Committee further delib- ise to begin accepting domestic nuclear and 36 utilities recently sued the De- erates on your nomination as Secretary of waste, the Federal Government con- partment of Energy to stop requiring the Department of Energy (DOE), I’m writ- tinues to accept, transport, and store future payments into the Nuclear ing to solicit your views on recent comments spent nuclear fuel from Federal facili- Waste Fund and to escrow over $600 made concerning our nation’s failed commer- ties and foreign research reactors. For million in current payments. If the cial nuclear waste disposal program. As you know, the DOE has announced that national security reasons, the Federal Clinton-Gore administration does not it will be unable to meet its legal deadline of Government is even helping to pay for wake up and take action, this lawsuit January 31, 1998 to begin accepting commer- an interim storage facility in Russia. will mark only the beginning of a cost- cial nuclear waste despite a mandate by a Yet, Mr. President, despite the ly legal process to force the Federal federal court and the collection of over $12 strides we are making toward interim Government to own up to its respon- billion in ratepayer’s funds. As a result of storage of foreign and Federal waste, sibilities. this failure, the Court of Appeals will decide the situation has grown critical for our Because obviously, if a solution is the appropriate amount of liability owed by the DOE to certain utilities, possibly putting own nuclear utilities and ratepayers. not reached now, taxpayers, con- taxpayers at risk because of the Depart- For example, even though the Fed- sumers, and those who care about the ment’s lack of measurable action. Mean- eral courts have ruled that the DOE environment will be left stranded. That while, the federal government continues to will be liable if it does not accept com- is the reality—and some of those who collect and transport foreign-generated mercial nuclear waste by January 31, once argued the loudest against resolv- spent fuel for interim storage without any 1998—thereby putting taxpayers at risk ing this issue have come to the very apparent technical or environmental risks. In light of these activities, it was no sur- for the Federal Government’s inac- same conclusion. prise that former DOE Secretary Hazel tion—the DOE has shrugged off this For example, last month, former De- O’Leary recently contradicted the Clinton legal mandate, claiming that it will partment of Energy Secretary Hazel Administration’s longstanding objection to not be able to meet the deadline. Even O’Leary contradicted Vice President resolving the centralized interim-storage im- worse, the DOE has yet to recommend GORE’s longstanding objection to passe for our ratepayers and, ultimately, our the specific action it would take in meaningful action on this issue. Her taxpayers. Her comments on the need to order to accept any of our commercial comments on the need to move forward move forward with a temporary waste stor- age site upon completion of the viability as- nuclear waste. with a temporary nuclear waste stor- sessment at Yucca Mountain reflect the bi- So again, it can accept foreign or age site after the completion of a via- partisan, common-sense reforms contained Federal nuclear waste, transport and bility assessment at Yucca Mountain in S. 104, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of even pay for interim storage in Russia, reflected the national will to resolve 1997. Unfortunately, the Clinton Administra- but yet our Government says it cannot this issue. tion has ignored this reality by failing to be- handle what it is under contract and Although I am disappointed that come a constructive player in this process. Although I am disappointed that Mrs. obligation to do for our nuclear waste. Mrs. O’Leary’s honest assessment came O’Leary’s comments came after her tenure I find this very troubling, particu- after her tenure as Secretary, I strong- as Secretary, I applaud her courage in ex- larly for my fellow Minnesotans, who ly believe the next Department of En- pressing her views honestly and thoroughly. stand to lose up to 30 percent of their ergy Secretary must provide the com- I strongly believe that the next DOE Sec- energy resources if a solution is not mitment, the leadership necessary to retary must provide the committed leader- found soon. Mr. President, the clock is immediately resolve this critical situa- ship necessary to resolve this critical situa- ticking. tion. tion while in office. With this in mind, I want to know your specific thoughts on Mrs. In 1994, the Federal Government’s Again, it is not a technical problem. O’Leary’s comments that the DOE should failure to live up to its promise of ac- It is not a problem of science. It is a move forward on a temporary nuclear waste cepting nuclear waste sparked a pro- problem of political will to be able to storage site next year at Yucca Mountain if longed and controversial debate in the make that political decision within the a viability assessment is completed at the Minnesota State Legislature over administration to accept this responsi- permanent site. If you disagree with Mrs. whether to continue on-site storage at bility and to provide the answers. O’Leary, I want to know what specific alter- Prairie Island. While the legislature With that in mind, I, like many of natives you would propose to meet the fed- eral government’s legal obligation to accept eventually voted to extend storage ca- my colleagues on the Energy and Nat- nuclear waste by January 31, 1998. pacity until 2002, it would not have ural Resources Committee, took the For too long, our nation’s ratepayers and been forced to do so had the DOE met time to ask Secretary-designate Pen˜ a taxpayers have been held hostage to what its legal obligation to begin accepting his views on resolving this issue. Un- has become a political debate. They deserve waste from Minnesota. fortunately, he failed to give specific better and, more importantly, deserve an im- At every turn, the DOE’s response to and definitive answers to our questions mediate solution to this issue. For that rea- son, I expect a specific, constructive re- this growing problem has been one of during his confirmation hearing. sponse to my questions before the Senate sheer arrogance and inaction. For ex- Because I do not believe the Senate votes to confirm your nomination. ample, when asked by me at an Energy should confirm Mr. Pen˜ a’s nomination Sincerely, Committee hearing how the DOE ex- before we have received specific an- ROD GRAMS, pected to resolve the situation facing swers, I sent a letter asking Mr. Pen˜ a U.S. Senator. Minnesota, DOE Undersecretary Thom- for a detailed response outlining the as Grumbly argued that the problem exact steps the department plans to MARCH 5, 1997. was a State issue, in spite of the fact take in order to meet the January 31, Hon. ROD GRAMS, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. that the Federal government signed a 1998, deadline. DEAR SENATOR GRAMS: Thank you for your contractual, legally binding agreement Yesterday, I received a letter from letter of March 4, 1997 concerning the De- with utilities and the States to accept Mr. Pen˜ a that failed to articulate any partment of Energy’s civilian nuclear waste their waste by January 31, 1998. specific solution. So in response, I disposal program and the comments made re- He said, take that back to the States. again sent him another letter reit- cently by former Secretary Hazel O’Leary. I That is your problem, not theirs. erating my question, and I hope to hear have not spoken with Secretary O’Leary In other words, now that the DOE has about her remarks and, therefore, am not in back from him today. a position to comment on them. elected not to meet its responsibility, Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- As I stated when I appeared before the it has simply buried its head in the sent that our correspondence be print- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sand in a brazen attempt to avoid ac- ed in the RECORD. sources, I am committed to working with the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 Committee and the Congress toward resolv- I look forward to your response. the family and loved ones of Dr. Pierce ing the complex and important issue of nu- Sincerely, Blitch, Jr., of Augusta, GA, who passed clear waste storage and disposal in a timely ROD GRAMS, away on Wednesday, February 12, 1997. and sensible manner, consistent with the U.S. Senator. Dr. Blitch leaves a proud and indelible President’s policy, which is based upon Mr. GRAMS. Today, when the Energy sound science and the protection of public legacy for his family, profession, and health, safety, and the environment. and Natural Resources Committee took community. He spent his professional I am very cognizant of the Department’s up Mr. Pen˜ a’s nomination, I voted and personal life dedicated to the field contractual obligation with the utilities con- ‘‘present,’’ as I had announced I would of medicine. After completing service cerning the disposal of commercial spent several weeks ago. to his country in the Navy during fuel, and, after confirmation, I also expect to As the author of legislation to elimi- World War II, he graduated from the meet with representatives of the nuclear in- nate the Department of Energy—legis- Medical College of Georgia in 1952. Dr. dustry and other stakeholders to discuss the lation prompted, in part, by the nu- Blitch embarked on his medical career Department’s response to the recent court decision and the consequences of the delay in clear waste fiasco—I had decided that I with an internship at University Hos- meeting that contractual obligation. could not in good conscience vote for pital and a cardiology fellowship at As Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles empha- Mr. Pen˜ a’s nomination to head up a de- Massachusettes General Hospital in sized in his February 27 letter to Chairman partment that should not continue to Boston. He was active on staff at Uni- Murkowski, the Administration believes exist. versity Hospital and St. Joseph Hos- that the Federal government’s long-standing Yet, at the same time, I did not want pital from 1956 until 1996. At University commitment to permanent, geologic disposal to cast a vote that would be misinter- Hospital he served as a member of the should remain the basic goal of high-level ra- executive committee and chief of staff dioactive waste policy. Accordingly, the Ad- preted as a vote against Mr. Pen˜ a per- ministration believes that a decision on the sonally. and chairman of the department of siting of an interim storage facility should Since then, I have grown increasingly medicine from 1976 until 1981. Dr. be based on objective, science-based criteria troubled, however, for the reasons that Blitch then went on to teach at the and should be informed by the viability as- I have outlined here today, by Mr. Medical College of Georgia as an in- sessment of Yucca Mountain, expected in Pen˜ a’s inability to provide specific an- structor in the department of medicine 1998. Therefore, as the President has stated, swers about how he and the Clinton- in 1956, clinical professor of medicine he would veto any legislation that would Gore administration intend to resolve in 1976 and ultimately awarded pro- designate an interim storage facility at a fessor emeritus of medicine in 1992. He specific site before the viability of the Yucca our Nation’s nuclear waste storage Mountain site has been determined. problem. was truly a public servant and devoted In conclusion, I want to strongly empha- Again, he has to get these answers leader of his field. He will remain a size again that I am committed to working from the administration. And it is role model to the medical community with you and other members of the Com- Clinton-GORE that have to make these for generations to come. I am proud of mittee and the Congress on these difficult decisions. this fellow Georgian, his achievements issues. We in the Senate have our own pro- and his contributions to our State and Sincerely, country. His passing is a great loss for FEDERICO PEN˜ A. posal, and that is our bill S. 104. That is the Murkowski-Craig-Grams bill, the community. U.S. SENATE, which won the support of 63 Senators f Washington, DC, March 5, 1997. last year. TRIBUTE TO FDA COMMISSIONER Mr. FEDERICO PEN˜ A, As a Senator representing Minnesota DAVID KESSLER Secretary-designate, U.S. Department of En- ratepayers who already have paid over ergy, Washington, DC. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I wel- $250 million in exchange for no tangible DEAR MR. PEN˜ A: I received your letter, come this opportunity to pay tribute benefit, representing taxpayers who dated today, in response to my most recent to an outstanding public servant who is may be held financially liable for the questions on our nation’s nuclear waste pol- leaving office as Commissioner of Food icy. Although I appreciate the timeliness of Federal Government’s failure to act, and Drugs, Food and Drug Administra- your response, I am still concerned about the and representing citizens concerned absence of specific proposals from you on tion, Dr. David Kessler. In 1991, the about protecting our environment, I Food and Drug Administration was at how best to resolve this important issue. believe that the Senate must not rush In your letter, you wrote that the Clinton one of the lowest points in its history. ˜ Administration ‘‘believes that a decision on ahead in confirming Mr. Pena’s nomi- The agency was recovering from the the siting of a storage facility should be nation before we receive from him a generic drug scandal. It was not con- based on objective, science-based criteria specific and constructive response to sistently enforcing the law. Patients and should be informed by the viability as- our questions. felt they were not receiving the thera- sessment of Yucca Mountain, expected in Now, while I hold out hope that we 1998.’’ Frankly, this response states nothing pies they needed. will receive such answers from Mr. The appointment of David Kessler as more than the position you have taken in ˜ the past, leaving questions about whether Pena in the immediate future, I am commissioner changed all that. He the viability study can be completed in time willing to work with my colleagues in launched an extraordinary period of re- for the DOE to realistically accept waste by ensuring that a final vote is not taken form and improvement in the agency’s the legal deadline of January 31, 1998 and before a specific, constructive response effectiveness. He began with the obvi- what can be done to meet the deadline if the is given. Accordingly, I would object to ous—enforcing the law. permanent site at Yucca Mountain is not de- any unanimous-consent agreement to He initiated many other important termined to be viable. bring up Mr. Pen˜ a’s nomination for a I certainly hope you can understand my reforms. He has worked tirelessly to concerns, given that you yourself have pub- vote at this time. provide improved treatments for can- licly admitted that following this track The Senate cannot simply allow cer and AIDS, and to assure that life- would make it impossible for the DOE to itself to be lulled by vague promises to saving drugs move quickly from the meet the January 31, 1998 deadline. work together on this issue. Fifteen laboratory to the marketplace. Be- More importantly, you did not answer my years of unfulfilled promises should cause of his leadership, the information central question regarding what specific, have taught us that lesson. supplied with prescription and over- constructive alternatives you would propose Again, with the January 31, 1998, in order for the DOE to begin accepting the-counter drugs will soon be more waste from states by January 31, 1998, as out- deadline fast approaching, we have our user-friendly. He led the administra- lined in statute and ordered by the courts. own responsibility to the American tion’s initiative to reduce teenage With that in mind, I would again request a people to ensure that the obligations of smoking. specific response from you—prior to the Sen- the Federal Government are satisfied. He led the way to many other im- ate vote on your confirmation—to the fol- We owe them nothing less. pressive achievements. The United lowing question: given that the current Ad- f States is now as fast or faster than any ministration position would result in the other country in the world in getting failure of the DOE to accept waste from DR. PIERCE BLITCH states by January 31, 1998, what specific, con- new drugs to patients. David Kessler structive alternatives would you propose to Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I achieved this result without sacrificing guarantee that the DOE will meet this legal, rise today and ask my colleagues to the FDA’s high standards for safety court-imposed deadline? join me in extending condolences to and effectiveness.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2017 For David Kessler, the first priority have also learned that. That is the sec- we must have, as we head into the next was always the public health. He used ond truth. century, are, one, how do we deal with his brilliant intellect, his boundless en- Yet, our Government continues to Social Security; two, how do we deal ergy, and his unparalleled commitment function, even here in the United with Medicare, which is a health care to serve that great goal. He represents States, with a hybrid of the theory component for our senior citizens, and the best in public service. It has been a that a centralized decisionmaking Medicaid; and three, our tax laws, how great privilege to work with him, and I process can handle major social and do we structure our taxes? wish him well in the years ahead. economic issues more effectively than All three of those issues, all three of I yield the floor and I suggest the ab- the marketplace can handle them or those functions of Government which sence of a quorum. the individual can handle them. In the deal with the broad spectrum of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 1930’s and 1940’s, we as a nation, our in- quality of life of a vast majority of clerk will call the roll. tellectual community, especially the Americans, are now dominated by a The bill clerk proceeded to call the Northeastern intellectual community, philosophy which grew out of the thir- roll. was caught up in the concept that you ties, which was that a centralized, Gov- Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask could manage almost every major so- ernment-decisionmaking process can unanimous consent that the order for cial and economic problem from the better manage these systems than a de- the quorum call be rescinded. top down. We were caught up in the centralized, marketplace-driven ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. concept that a few good minds put to- proach. KEMPTHORNE). Without objection, it is gether in a room, thinking, could re- As a result, we have some chaos so ordered. solve issues of major concern for the headed our way. We know that, under Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, may I society at large, especially fiscal the present Social Security system, as ask what the parliamentary status is? issues. a function of its present rate of return The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning This led to a centralization of deci- on investment and as a function of de- business recently expired. sionmaking here in Washington mographics, the system goes broke, Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask throughout the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s, taking the country with it, starting in unanimous consent to proceed for 10 which reached its peak in the early about the year 2010. It goes broke in minutes as in morning business. 1970’s, and gained momentum from about the year 2020, but gets into what The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that peak throughout the 1970’s until one might call a fiscal spiral beginning objection, it is so ordered. the arrival of Ronald Reagan, who said, about the year 2017 which is not revers- f ‘‘Let’s stop and think a minute as to ible. what we have done here and whether it This is driven by the fact that re- THE AMERICAN PRODUCTIVITY has been successful.’’ turns on investment in Social Security RENEWAL PACKAGE The conclusion was that many of the dollars put into the trust fund have Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I want to decisions to centralize the process of been extraordinarily low. They are ba- speak about a series of initiatives that policymaking in the hands of a few sically a rate of return set by the Fed- I have introduced to try to address here in Washington simply was not eral Government on special bonds what I see as the major public policy working, that it was not producing a given to the Social Security fund, concerns as we move into the next cen- resolution to the problems that were at which is where the Government bor- tury, on the fiscal side of the ledger, the core of our society, and especially rows. that affect people in their lives. it was not helping the prosperity of the Second, we have a population shift in As we move out of the 20th century, Nation and individuals who lived in the this country, which is a function of the we have seen a period where, certainly Nation in many ways. So, we have, as postwar, baby-boom generation, where throughout most of the 20th century, we move toward the end of this cen- we now have 31⁄2 people paying into the there was a sense that, through a cen- tury, come to the conclusion that system for every 1 person taking out, tralized Government, through an econ- maybe a centralized Federal Govern- and in the year 2012, we will have 2 peo- omy dominated by a Government, you ment is not all that effective in solving ple paying into the system for every 1 could manage the lives and affairs of all of our problems; maybe we should person taking out, and this cannot sup- individuals and improve their lifestyle. slow the rate of growth of this Govern- port the present benefit structure when Of course, the most exaggerated exam- ment and return authority to the peo- you have such a change. ple of this was communism and the ple and to the States. And that, really, In addition, there is the fact that Russian revolution, which began the is what the Republican revolution has people are living longer. When Social major Communist state of this century been about. Security was first created, people lived or any time. And it did not work. One If we take that as true, and I do hap- to be 61. The time was set at 65. That of the great truths of the 20th century, pen to believe that is one of the things was Franklin Roosevelt’s choice. He of which there have been about three, that has been proven by time, now—it was no slouch and understood actuarial one of the great truths is that com- is not a question of philosophy or the- tables. Today, people live to be, on the munism—the concept that the state ory any longer, it is a time-tested, average, male, 72, female 78, and it is can manage the marketplace and make proven event—then we still have some going up. people better off by requiring that peo- major issues to address, because some So we have a Social Security system ple function under a top-down system of the most significant social/fiscal which we know is headed toward bank- where their lives and their style of eco- issues which we have as a country ruptcy due to demographics and due to nomic production is controlled by a today are still being driven in their the fact there is no prefunded system. central mechanism—simply does not policies as to how they are resolved by It is a pay-as-you-go system with a function effectively. Instead of pro- these concepts which came out of the very low rate of return on the invest- ducing prosperity, it produced despair. thirties and the forties and the fifties ment. Instead of producing freedom, it pro- of centralizing the decision in Wash- Then we have the Medicare system, duced totalitarianism. ington and making the process of ad- which is going broke, managed by the So, one of the great truths that has dressing those decisions a Washington- Federal Government. Basically, it is a come out of this century is that cap- driven one. Federal Government program, single italism works, that the free market The three issues that are at the core manager, single opportunity for sen- works, that giving the individual the of this, the three concerns that we as a iors. They have to buy fee-for-service incentive to be productive, by allowing society must have, from a fiscal policy delivery. They have to buy a certain the individual to retain a large amount standpoint—I am not talking about so- set of benefit structures. That system of the product of their work, is some- cial policy; there are a whole set of is going to go broke in the year 2001 at thing that produces prosperity for the other issues dealing with social pol- the latest; probably in the year 2000, individual and, as a result, produces icy—but from a fiscal policy standpoint only 3 years from now. prosperity for society. And a pros- of how Government deals with major It is going to go broke because of the perous society is a freer society, we issues, the three core concerns which fact that it is a system which is using

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 a 1960’s model of health care delivery in trillion and an aging population that is prefund the liability of Social Secu- the 1990’s. It is a system which still re- exceeding the ability of the working rity. lies on fee for service when, in fact, we population to pay for it and expect In the area of Medicare, this package know that in the marketplace today, that system to survive. So what we of bills does something called choice, very few people use fee-for-service need to do is to create a better return where essentially we say to the senior health care. Most people choose some for those younger people who are now citizen, rather than having a program sort of fixed-cost, prepaid health care paying into the system on their sav- where the Government tells you who plan, whether it is a HMO, PPO, PSO, ings. We need to be able to say to the insures you, we will give you a pro- or whatever. They choose some sort of working American who is under the gram where, like a Member of Congress alternative rather than going out to a age of 45, ‘‘In order for you to get a de- or a Federal employee, you can go out doctor on a cost-plus basis who refers cent Social Security retirement, we and choose who would insure you. They you to another doctor on a cost-plus are going to have to have you earn would have to give you a certain set of basis, then refers you to another doc- more money on the dollars that you benefits and the benefits will have to tor, which is what the present system pay into Social Security and, more im- at least equal what you are presently does. portant, we are going to have to give getting under Medicare, but you will be It is a classic program which was de- you the ability to identify those dol- able to choose the benefit package you signed by Government bureaucrats in lars to yourself.’’ feel best meets your needs—you, the the 1960’s which was probably outdated Today under Social Security, if you senior citizen. You will not be limited even then, but which has clearly not pay a dollar in, the dollar goes out. to one choice or, at most, two choices, been updated for the 1990’s and is going You have no account. There is no sav- which, at present, the present Medicare to go broke in the year 2000 because it ings account which says, ‘‘Bob Smith’’ Program has. is not structured for these times. That or ‘‘Mary Jones’’ on it. It is basically a Equally important, what we are is the second system which represents dollar in, dollar out, and, as a result, going to say to the senior citizen is, a major issue of fiscal policy. you have this huge unfunded liability. today it costs, for example, $4,800 for a Between those two, Medicare and So- We need to prefund that liability, No. senior to be on Medicare. To the extent cial Security, they will be accounting, 1, so that people can have their own that a senior can go out and find a between them, for almost 50 percent of savings account designated to them- health care plan which gives the basic the Federal budget by the year 2000, selves. And, second, we need to allow benefits of Medicare, maybe even more and by the year 2017, if you throw in in- people to get a better return than what benefits, but gives it to them for less terest on the Federal debt, they will be is presently occurring under the than $4,800—say, $4,500—we will let the counting for all the revenues of the present system, which is about a 3 per- senior keep the difference, or at least Federal Government. That is their size cent rate of return, which is not infla- 75 percent of it, that $300 between $4,800 and their impact under their present tion adjusted, so if inflation is more and $4,500. structure. than 3 percent, it is no return at all. What does this do? It creates three The third issue, of course, is our tax We need to allow people to get a better marketplace forces which will lead to laws. Our tax laws are, again, a cen- rate of return. making the Medicare system more sol- tralized decisionmaking process where What my proposal does, in the Social vent. No. 1, it means the senior be- we in Washington, a group of elite in Security area it says today Social Se- comes a cost-incentive buyer of health the Government, choose winners and curity is running a surplus. It is run- care. They think about where they are losers in the marketplace. We choose ning about a $29 billion actual surplus. going to buy their health care. Grant- that this type of market activity will It actually has about a $70 billion sur- ed, people who are already in the sys- be a benefit and that type of market plus, but half of that is interest which tem who are in their late 70’s or 80’s activity will be penalized because, for the Federal Government is paying on probably are not going to change. But some reason, we think we can think debt, so it is, basically, paying interest you have a whole group of seniors com- better than the marketplace and indi- to itself. But there is actually about a ing into the system who have been used viduals can think on how they should $29 billion real surplus in Social Secu- to looking at a variety of health care invest their money, and tax laws are rity, which represents about 1 percent options, so they will be comfortable structured to be a top-down, central- of the 7.5 percent payroll tax people doing this. But getting that 75 percent ized, essentially Government-driven pay. back of your savings makes them cost- exercise in managing the marketplace So what my proposal says is that, incentive buyers. through the Government. Of course, rather than paying a 7.5-percent pay- No. 2, it will create a marketplace nothing affects the prosperity of a roll tax, people will only have to pay a which will compete for the seniors’ dol- country more than the level of tax- 6.5-percent payroll tax. They will get lars. Because, believe me, there are a ation and the manner in which you tax. that percentage back, that percent dif- lot of health care providers who deliver So my representation is this. I have ference back. They will have the right high-quality health care who would be put together a package of bills which I to take that percentage difference and very excited about the chance to buy call the American productivity renewal invest it in a savings account or some into this. package, which addresses these three other vehicle that allows them to And, No. 3, it gives the Federal Gov- core issues of fiscal policy from a mar- produce income for their retirement. ernment a predictable rate of growth ketplace approach, instead of using the It will have to be a retirement ac- as to how much health care is going to dynamics which have dominated these count, like an IRA. And the practical increase in Medicare accounts. And we, policies since the thirties, which is a implications of that are two: No. 1, in order to make the trust funds sol- Government-driven approach and people will start to generate a nest egg vent, do not need to cut Medicare. All which is a centralized-planning ap- for retirement that will be real, that we need to do is slow its rate of growth proach. Instead of using that approach, they will be able to look at every year to about 7 percent, 6.5 percent—what is which has clearly failed and which is when they get their statement; it will now a 10-percent rate of growth. That predicted to be a catastrophic failure be there, and it will be able to generate rate of growth, by the way, is still as we move into the next century, I am a better return than 3 percent. And, twice the rate of inflation and a mul- acknowledging the fact, the truism of No. 2, it has no impact on present-day tiple of 5, possibly, the rate of health the 20th century, which is that the Social Security recipients or people care inflation. marketplace, not the Government, is who would be receiving Social Security So this creates a marketplace atmos- the primary provider of prosperity who are over the age of 45, because we phere around which Medicare would within a society. are now running a surplus and we could compete and around which seniors These three proposals which I put pay the cost of their Social Security could participate in their health care forward involve, first, in the Social Se- benefits without impacting them with system and which would control costs curity area, that we recognize that you this type of private account. It is using and which would give seniors more cannot have a pay-as-you-go system the marketplace and recognizing that choices than they have today, more op- with an unfunded liability of $3 to $4 the marketplace must be used to tions in health care than they have

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2019 today. It recognizes the fact that, you (The remarks of Mrs. HUTCHISON per- gitimized drug use. We are still paying know, a 1960 system, where the Federal taining to the introduction of S. 411 are the costs to treat the addicts that Government basically picks who you located in today’s RECORD under began as teenage users then. can have health care with, simply does ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and Let’s remind ourselves of a simple not work. You have to use the market- Joint Resolutions.’’) truth. The most likely users of drugs place. Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I are kids. Not adults. Not grown men The third element of this American suggest the absence of a quorum. and women. Not our peers and friends productivity renewal package is to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and colleagues. Not our business part- look at the tax laws and acknowledge clerk will call the roll. ners or professional associates. Kids. It the fact that the tax laws are arbi- The legislative clerk proceeded to begins with kids. Most addicts today trary. They are as arbitrary as some call the roll. began as teenagers. Most addicts to- bureaucrat in Washington could pos- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask morrow will begin as teenagers or sibly make them, or some Member of unanimous consent that the order for younger. And whom do the pushers of Congress could possibly make them. the quorum call be rescinded. drugs target? Kids. Whom do the pur- Why should somebody be a winner and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without veyors of drug messages in our movies why should somebody else be a loser objection, it is so ordered. and popular music target? Kids. under the tax laws? Simply because a Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask You do not have to go very far to dis- Member of Congress or somebody at unanimous consent to have 7 minutes cover why. Young people are more vul- Treasury decided unilaterally to affect as in morning business. nerable to messages that would have the marketplace by making the deci- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without them test limits. They are less aware sion that this person will be a loser and objection, it is so ordered. of long-term consequences for present this person will be a winner, that is not f acts. They are more easily influenced by peers and fashions. It is our kids right. That perverts the flow of capital; IT’S FOR KIDS II it perverts investment; it perverts the that are most at risk for messages manner in which people go out and Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, in about drug use. It is in order to protect make decisions in the marketplace. It December, the Department of Health kids that we take steps to control causes an inefficient use of dollars that released annual figures on teenage drug drugs in our society. Even the majority are used to create capital and create use. As in the preceding 3 years, what of the most ardent legalization advo- savings. the numbers showed was a continuing, cates do not advocate drug use by kids. So we need a flatter system. We need alarming increase in teenage drug use. Most of them draw the line at that. a system that eliminates the vast ma- The number of eighth graders using Most. jority of the deductions and says to the any illicit drug in the year before the But our problem lies in this. We can- taxpayer, ‘‘You can fill your form out survey has almost doubled since 1991, not be halfhearted and ambivalent in on one page, one postcard, and in doing from 11 to 21 percent. The proportion of our counterdrug messages if we are to that, we won’t control how you make increased use among 10th graders has tell our kids not to use drugs. We can- decisions with your money. We’ll take risen by almost two-thirds, from 20 to not, on the one hand, make drugs read- your taxes still, but we won’t control 33 percent. It has risen by almost 50 ily available and condone their use by whether or not you invest in this item percent among seniors in high school, law and custom and keep them from or that item. That is simply a decision from 27 to 39 percent. Stop for a minute our kids. We have ample evidence of as to whether or not you’re going to and think about the reality behind the this in legal drugs, in the problems of get better or worse tax treatment.’’ numbers. teenage use of alcohol and tobacco. And, thus, capital will flow much more One in every five 13 year olds has But I am talking about substances efficiently to those items which are used an illicit drug in the last year. that are far worse and more dangerous. most productive and those items which One in every three 15 year olds and We cannot afford to make these drugs will create the most prosperity, be- close to two of every five seniors have part of our daily lives. The public is cause that is the way a capitalist sys- used drugs. Marijuana use is leading aware of that. They oppose it. But tem works and a marketplace system the way. Regular use of marijuana by what we see is a growing effort by a works. kids is on the rise. Nearly 1 in every 20 few to get around that opposition. Ulti- So by addressing these three core seniors now uses marijuana daily. We mately they are not likely to succeed. issues of fiscal policy from a market- know from bitter experience, that But they can and have so muddled the place approach as versus from a cen- marijuana use, especially regular use, public message as to send mixed sig- tralized planning approach, which is increases dramatically the likelihood nals to the very people we want to pro- what has been done for the last half of further, more serious drug use. We tect. Kids. century, we can, I believe, ready our- know only too well that such use leads From music to videos to movies and selves for the next century, make this to dramatic increases in addiction, vio- political campaigns, we are seeing ef- country more competitive, and, most lent crime, treatment dependency, and forts once again to glamorize drugs. We importantly, put the country in a posi- a cycle of hurt that can endure for are seeing opinion leaders and mem- tion where our children will be assured years. bers of our cultural elite portray drug that we are going to be a fiscally sol- Moreover, the recent survey reveals use as simply a personal choice that is vent place and a prosperous place for that teenage attitudes about the dan- harmless and benign. Many of these in- them to raise their children, rather gers of drug use are also changing—for dividuals act as if the only issue is for than a place subject to the vagaries of the worse. An increasing number of responsible adults to decide for them- a huge Government debt and inflation young people at younger ages no longer selves. They speak as if it is only that would cause a bankruptcy of the see drug use as dangerous. adults that we need to think about. Social Security system. Just this past Tuesday, the Partner- This, however, is not in fact the case. Mr. President, I appreciate your ship for a Drug Free America released If you do not believe this, talk to time. I yield the floor and suggest the information that showed that kids at parents. Talk to teachers. Talk to the absence of a quorum. younger ages, including kids in fourth, health and law enforcement profes- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. fifth, and sixth grades, are starting to sionals who daily see the consequences. ENZI). The clerk will call the roll. try drugs. Most important, listen to what kids The assistant legislative clerk pro- We have not seen increases in use or are telling us about what is happening ceeded to call the roll. changes in beliefs about the dangers of in their schools. To their friends. Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I use like this since the late 1960’s and Like other Members here, I receive ask unanimous consent that the order 1970’s. Those of us who are adults today mail from many people. Among them for the quorum call be rescinded. know what that increase in use and are our young people. Their letters are The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. changes in attitudes did to this coun- full of concern and hope. One of the THOMAS). Without objection, it is so or- try. We are still living with the con- concerns is about drugs in school. Thus dered. sequences of social attitudes that le- Byron, 14 years old, writes, ‘‘As I have

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 grown up, I have begun to notice more REPORT CONCERNING THE TRADE elections held on October 20, 1996; to the and more people I know using legal and POLICY AGENDA AND THE Committee on Foreign Relations. illegal drugs. Never before did I even TRADE AGREEMENTS PRO- H. Con. Res. 31. Concurrent resolution ex- know ‘Meth’ existed. But now, my GRAM—MESSAGE FROM THE pressing the sense of Congress regarding the display of the Ten Commandments by Judge school feels there is a need to take PRESIDENT—PM 21 Roy S. Moore, a judge on the circuit court of courses about it. I agree with you that The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- the State of Alabama; to the Committee on drug use should stop, and fast.’’ Or fore the Senate the following message Governmental Affairs. Christina, 12, who writes about her con- from the President of the United cern for what’s being done to stop un- States, together with an accompanying f derage drug use. Or Heath, a senior, report; which was referred to the Com- concerned about growing use in junior mittee on Finance. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER high and elementary schools. Or Jen- COMMUNICATIONS nie, a junior, who has seen peers using To the Congress of the United States: PCP and crack or acid. Or the many As required by section 163 of the The following communications were others who have written confused Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 laid before the Senate, together with about what they should think or what U.S.C. 2213), I transmit herewith the accompanying papers, reports, and doc- our policy is. 1997 Trade Policy Agenda and 1996 An- uments, which were referred as indi- It is to this and following genera- nual Report on the Trade Agreements cated: tions that we are responsible for and Program. EC–1318. A communication from the Ad- to. They look to us for guidance. They WILLIAM J. CLINTON. ministrator of the Food and Consumer Serv- rely on us to protect them and their fu- THE WHITE HOUSE, March 6, 1997. ice, Department of Agriculture, transmit- ting, pursuant to law, a rule entitled ‘‘Food tures. That is what is at issue here. f Assistance in Disaster and Distress Situa- The efforts that we undertake to keep MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE tions’’ received on February 26, 1997; to the our society drug free are the things Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and that we do to protect our kids. We do At 2:11 p.m., a message from the Forestry. this because it is the responsible thing House of Representatives, delivered by EC–1319. A communication from the Sec- to do. We do this because no sane or Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, an- retary of the U.S. Securities and Exchange civilized society can long endure that nounced that the House has passed the Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, fails its children. following bill, in which it requests the two rules including a rule entitled ‘‘Anti-ma- I suggest the absence of a quorum. concurrence of the Senate: nipulation Rules Concerning Securities Of- ferings’’ (RIN3235-AF54, AF97); to the Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The H.R. 513. An act to exempt certain con- tracts entered into by the government of the mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- clerk will call the roll. fairs. The bill clerk proceeded to call the District of Columbia from review by the Council of the District of Columbia; to the EC–1320. A communication from the Gen- roll. Committee on Government Affairs. eral Counsel of the Department of Transpor- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask tation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a rule The message also announced that the unanimous consent that the order for entitled ‘‘New Starts Criteria’’ (RIN2132- House agrees to the following concur- the quorum call be rescinded. AA50) received on February 27, 1997; to the rent resolution, without amendment: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Affairs. objection, it is so ordered. S. Con. Res. 4. Concurrent resolution com- mending and thanking the Honorable Warren EC–1321. A communication from the Under Christopher for his exemplary service as Sec- Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pursuant f retary of State. to law, the report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act, case number 95-16; to the The message further announced that THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE Committee on Appropriations. the House has agreed to the following EC–1322. A communication from the Under Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the concurrent resolutions, in which it re- Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pursuant close of business yesterday, Wednes- quests the concurrence of the Senate: to law, the report of a violation of the day, March 5, the Federal debt stood at H. Con. Res. 17. Concurrent resolution con- Antideficiency Act, case number 95-14; to the $5,359,515,287,678.12. gratulating the people of Guatemala on the Committee on Appropriations. One year ago, March 5, the Federal success of the recent negotiations to estab- EC–1323. A communication from the Direc- lish a peace process for Guatemala. tor of the Office of Regulatory Management debt stood at $5,016,462,000,000. and Information, U.S. Environmental Pro- Five years ago, March 5, 1992, the H. Con. Res. 18. Concurrent resolution con- gratulating the people of the Republic of tection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to Federal debt stood at $3,849,118,000,000. Nicaragua on the success of their democratic law, four rules including a rule entitled ‘‘Ap- Ten years ago, March 5, 1987, the Fed- elections held on October 20, 1996. proval and Promulgation of Implementation eral debt stood at $2,258,090,000,000. H. Con. Res. 31. Concurrent resolution ex- Plans’’ (FRL5660-2, 5698-1, 5697-9, 5688-8) re- Fifteen years ago, March 5, 1982, the pressing the sense of Congress regarding the ceived on March 5, 1997; to the Committee on Federal debt stood at $1,045,007,000,000 display of the Ten Commandments by Judge Environment and Public Works. which reflects a debt increase of more Roy S. Moore, a judge on the circuit court of EC–1324. A communication from the Gen- the State of Alabama. eral Counsel of the Department of Transpor- than $4 trillion—$4,314,508,287,678.12— tation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a rule during the past 15 years. f entitled ‘‘Special Local Regulations’’ MEASURES REFERRED (RIN2115-AE46) received on February 27, 1997; f to the Committee on Commerce, Science, The following bill was read the first and Transportation. and second times by unanimous con- EC–1325. A communication from the Man- MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT sent and referred as indicated: aging Director of the Federal Communica- Messages from the President of the H.R. 513. An act to exempt certain con- tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to United States were communicated to tracts entered into by the government of the law, a rule entitled ‘‘Regulatory Flexibility the Senate by Mr. Thomas, one of his District of Columbia from review by the Analysis’’ received on March 6, 1997; to the secretaries. Council of the District of Columbia; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Committee on Government Affairs. Transportation. EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED EC–1326. A communication from the Vice- As in executive session the Presiding The following measures were read Chairman of the District of Columbia Finan- Officer laid before the Senate messages and referred as indicated: cial Responsibility and Management Assist- from the President of the United H. Con. Res. 17. Concurrent resolution con- ance Authority, transmitting, pursuant to States submitting a nomination which gratulating the people of Guatemala on the law, a notice relative to the D.C. fiscal year was referred to the Committee on Gov- success of the recent negotiations to estab- 1998 Budget and Financial Plan; to the Com- lish a peace process for Guatemala; to the mittee on Governmental Affairs. ernmental Affairs. Committee on Foreign Relations. EC–1327. A communication from the Direc- (The nomination received today is H. Con. Res. 18. Concurrent resolution con- tor of the Office of Management and Budget, printed at the end of the Senate pro- gratulating the people of the Republic of Executive Office of the President, transmit- ceedings.) Nicaragua on the success of their democratic ting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2021 ‘‘The Contract Costs Act of 1997’’; to the PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS confirmed, subject to the nominee’s Committee on Governmental Affairs. The following petitions and memo- commitment to respond to requests to EC–1328. A communication from the Regu- appear and testify before any duly con- latory Policy Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, To- rials were laid before the Senate and bacco and Firearms, Department of the were referred or ordered to lie on the stituted committee of the Senate.) Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a table as indicated: By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary: rule relative to plastic explosives (RIN1512- POM–38. A resolution adopted by the Knox- AB63) received on February 24, 1997; to the ville City Council relative to the land and Merrick B. Garland, of Maryland, to be Committee on the Judiciary. water conservation fund; to the Committee United States Circuit Judge for the District EC–1329. A communication from the Vice on Appropriations. of Columbia Circuit. President (Government Affairs), National POM–39. A resolution adopted by the To- Rose Ochi, of California, to be Director, Railroad Passenger Corporation, transmit- ledo City Council relative to the Clear Air Community Relations Service, for a term of ting, pursuant to law, the report under the Act; to the Committee on Environment and four years. Freedom of Information Act for calendar Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of the District of year 1996; to the Committee on the Judici- Public Works. POM–40. A resolution adopted by House of Columbia, to be United States District Judge ary. for the District of Columbia. EC–1330. A communication from the Execu- Representatives of the General Assembly of Lyle Weir Swenson, of South Dakota, to be tive Secretary of the National Security the State of Delaware; to the Committee on United States Marshal for the District of Council, transmitting, pursuant to law, the the Judiciary. South Dakota for the term of four years. report under the Freedom of Information Act HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 11 for calendar year 1996; to the Committee on Whereas, the annual Federal budget has (The above nominations were re- the Judiciary. not been balanced since 1969, and the federal ported with the recommendation that EC–1331. A communication from the Chief public debt is now more than $5 trillion—or they be confirmed.) (Regulations Unit), Internal Revenue Serv- $20,000 for every man, woman, and child in f ice, Department of the Treasury, transmit- America; and ting, pursuant to law, the report of Revenue Whereas, continued deficit spending dem- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Procedure 97-20 received on March 4, 1997; to onstrates an unwillingness or inability of JOINT RESOLUTIONS the Committee on Finance. both the federal executive and legislative EC–1332. A communication from the Chief The following bills and joint resolu- branches to spend no more than available (Regulations Unit), Internal Revenue Serv- revenues; and tions were introduced, read the first ice, Department of the Treasury, transmit- Whereas, fiscal irresponsibility at the fed- and second time by unanimous con- ting, pursuant to law, the report of Revenue sent, and referred as indicated: Ruling 97-12 received on March 4, 1997; to the eral level is lowering our standard of living, Committee on Finance. destroying jobs, and endangering economic By Mr. COATS: EC–1333. A communication from the Chief opportunity now and for the next generation; S. 409. A bill to amend the Communica- (Regulations Unit), Internal Revenue Serv- and tions Act of 1934 to provide for the imple- ice, Department of the Treasury, transmit- Whereas, the federal government’s unlim- mentation of systems for rating the specific ting, pursuant to law, the report of Notice ited ability to borrow raises questions about content of specific television programs; to 97-16 received on March 4, 1997; to the Com- fundamental principles and responsibilities the Committee on Commerce, Science, and mittee on Finance. of government, with potentially profound Transportation. EC–1334. A communication from the Chief consequences for the nation and its people, By Mr. D’AMATO (for himself, Mr. (Regulations Unit), Internal Revenue Serv- making it an appropriate subject for limita- GRAMM, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. ice, Department of the Treasury, transmit- tion by the Constitution of the United DODD): ting, pursuant to law, the report of An- States; and S. 410. A bill to extend the effective date of nouncement 97-22 received on March 4, 1997; Whereas, the Constitution of the United the Investment Advisers Supervision to the Committee on Finance. States vests the ultimate responsibility to Coodination Act; to the Committee on Bank- EC–1335. A communication from the Chief approve or disapprove constitutional amend- ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Regulations Unit), Internal Revenue Serv- ments with the people, as represented by By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. ice, Department of the Treasury, transmit- their elected state legislatures; and opposi- ABRAHAM, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. ting, pursuant to law, the report of An- tion by a small minority repeatedly has D’AMATO, Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN, and nouncement 97-24 received on March 4, 1997; thwarted the will of the people that a Bal- Mr. SPECTER): to the Committee on Finance. anced Budget Amendment to the Constitu- S. 411. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- EC–1336. A communication from the Assist- tion should be submitted to the states for enue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for ant Secretary of the Interior (Land and Min- ratification; Now, therefore: Be it investment necessary to revitalize commu- erals Management), transmitting, pursuant Resolved by the House of Representatives of nities within the United States, and for to law, a rule entitled ‘‘Mining Claims Under the 139th General Assembly of the State of Dela- other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- the General Mining Laws’’ (RIN1004-AC40) re- ware That the Congress of the United States nance. ceived on February 25, 1997; to the Com- expeditiously pass, and propose to the legis- f mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. latures of the several states for ratification, EC–1337. A communication from the Chair an amendment to the Constitution of the STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED fo the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis- United States requiring, in the absence of a BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, two national emergency, that the total of all rules including a rule entitled ‘‘Open Access Federal appropriations made by the Congress By Mr. COATS: Same-Time Information System’’ received for any fiscal year may not exceed the total S. 409. A bill to amend the Commu- on March 4, 1997; to the Committee on En- of all estimated federal revenues for that fis- nications Act of 1934 to provide for the ergy and Natural Resources. cal year; be it further implementation of systems for rating EC–1338. A communication from the Presi- Resolved That the Clerk of the House trans- the specific content of specific tele- dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- mit copies of this resolution to the President vision programs; to the Committee on suant to law, a report relative to the produc- of the United States Senate, the Speaker of tion of nuclear weapons; to the Committee Commerce, Science, and Transpor- the House of Representatives of the United tation. on Foreign Relations. States, each Member of the Delaware Con- EC–1339. A communication from the Assist- gressional Delegation, and the Secretary of f ant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), State and the presiding officers of both TV RATING SYSTEM LEGISLATION transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Houses of the Legislatures of each of the the certification of a proposed approval of a other States in the Union. Mr. COATS. Mr. President, this past manufacturing license agreement; to the Thursday the Senate Commerce Com- Committee on Foreign Relations. f EC–1340. A communication from the Assist- mittee held a hearing on the current EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF television rating system. I want to ant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), COMMITTEES transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of commend Senator MCCAIN for calling a Presidential Determination relative to sus- The following executive report of that hearing. It was very instructional pending restrictions; to the Committee on committees was submitted: for all of us. What was apparent from Foreign Relations. By Mr. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee that hearing is the near universal dis- EC–1341. A communication from the Assist- on Energy and Natural Resources: satisfaction with the current Holly- ant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), Federico Pen˜ a, of Colorado, to be Sec- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of wood rating system, the need for im- retary of Energy. the certification of the proposed issuance of mediate change, the utter failure of the an export license; to the Committee on For- (The above nomination was reported industry to understand what parents eign Relations. with the recommendation that he be want in a rating system, and the basic

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 responsibility that goes with using Mr. President, I suggest that telling has defied them. Mr. Valenti, the archi- publicly owned broadcast spectrum. a parent what a program ‘‘may’’ in- tect and the cheerleader for the cur- Mr. President, we are beyond debate clude does not tell them very much. I rent system, claims the system must regarding the influence of television ask, what would be so difficult, what is be simple so that parents can under- programming on children, particularly so hard about simply substituting the stand it. Must be simple? Parents can the most vulnerable of our children, word ‘‘does’’ for the word ‘‘may.’’ The understand it? The TV-Y rating re- growing up in single-parent homes or program ‘‘does’’ contain infrequent quires a 47-word explanation; TV-Y7 re- homes where the demand of work keep coarse language. The program ‘‘does’’ quires 73 words to explain what it parents away and children unsuper- contain limited violence. This program means; TV–14, 61 words. All of these vised for long hours. This is, unfortu- ‘‘does’’ contain some suggestive dialog ratings explanations are riddled with nately, an increasing norm in our soci- and situations. In addition, why not ambiguity. The only thing easy to un- ety. provide parents with an audible expla- derstand about these ratings is who It was a combination of these facts nation of content just prior to airing came up with them and why. and the increasingly violent and ex- the programming and stating the infor- The system is not profamily, it is plicit nature of television program- mation clearly and prominently on the pro-Hollywood. It is designed to pro- ming that produced the ‘‘V’’ chip legis- screen. tect the Hollywood production houses. lation that passed last year and the de- The second fatal flaw in the current It is designed to protect advertisers mand for ratings that empower parents system proposed by Hollywood and who, confronted with content-specific with content information so that they adopted by the broadcasters is there is ratings, would shun programs that in- can exercise control over the type of no standard format for how ratings are clude explicit material. television programming invading their arrived at. In other words, each station Now, supposedly there was some mi- raculous coming together of television households and their children’s minds or channel uses their own methods and executives and Hollywood for a com- that they believe is inappropriate. priorities in assigning ratings. Fox I call attention to the 1995 study of uses one method, NBC another and so monsense rating of programs. Well, I children age 10 to 16 conducted by the on. What is recommended as a stand- think there has been some confusion Los Angeles polling firm of Fairbank, ardized system to parents is, in fact, here in the statement that they have refused to change, regardless of what Maslin, Maulin & Associates. In that completely unique from station to sta- the public wants. Now, thankfully, poll, one-third of the children stated tion, channel to channel. In other under the pressure of the congressional they would like to try what they see words, it a rating in search of a mean- investigation, the congressional hear- others doing on television; two-thirds ing. ing, and the outpouring of outrage and stated that their peers are influenced The Hollywood system designed by frustration and dissatisfaction and dis- by what they see on TV; 65 percent said the Motion Producers Association head gust with the current system, there programming like the Simpsons en- Jack Valenti was created to avoid giv- have been expressions that, yes, the in- couraged them to disrespect their par- ing parents information on the content dustry is willing to take another look ents; and an alarming 62 percent said of programs. I do not think you can come to any other conclusion. It is so at this. I hope they not only take an- that sex portrayed on television influ- other look, but that they will do it ences kids to have sex when they are confusing, it is so imprecise, I think you have to conclude that it was de- quickly and do it effectively, because too young. These are the results of the the industry doesn’t own the broadcast study of children 10 to 16. These are signed not to give specific information. Why? Well, clearly, I think they were spectrum, the public owns the broad- their responses to the questions that concerned about advertisers not want- cast spectrum. And because the public were asked by the poll. owns the spectrum, I think it is reason- Upon hearing the results of this poll, ing to advertise on programs that in- able to ask that those who use the entertainer Steve Allen told edito- cluded offensive language. Ultimately, it is the parents who turn off the sets, spectrum be responsive to the public’s rialist Cal Thomas, ‘‘My first reaction or the sets that are turned off because requests—again, not for censorship, but is that we should take this information of the contents of programs, that will simply for information so they can and beat (network TV executives) over determine where those advertising dol- make decisions about what is appro- the head with it.’’ I think some of last lars flow. priate and not appropriate for their week’s hearing, for those who tuned in Now, Mr. President, I want to make children to watch. Therefore, I think and those who were there, may have sure that we all understand that we combining the request for granting or had the same effect, because there was cannot and we should not be censors, renewal of a license to broadcast on universal, near universal, dissatisfac- but that our society depends on in- that spectrum is a reasonable thing to tion with the efforts, lack of effort, formed choices. We need to provide in- ask for in return for a content-based, made by the broadcasters, Hollywood formed information and informed program-specific rating system. In producers and others to address some choices for parents. To do that requires other words, if you want to use the of these fundamental questions. That information which the current Holly- public spectrum, if you have a respon- was a bipartisan response not confined wood-Valenti rating system refuses to sibility—and the responsibility is to to any one particular party. give. provide parents with information. Unfortunately, the system offered by It had been my hope that the tele- I, therefore, am introducing legisla- the television industry to address this vision industry would be responsive to tion today that will ensure that the is critically flawed. There are two fatal the public outcry against their age- changes the American people demand problems with the system. First is the based rating system. Polls conducted as a condition for license renewal, for fact that the system does not provide in response to the industry proposal by license granting, or for loan of spec- program-specific, content-based infor- the PTA/Institute for Mental Health trum for the transition of digital mation. This is the critical point. Initiatives demonstrated that 80 per- broadcast—in return for that, we get The Hollywood ratings system adopt- cent of parents desire a content-based broadcaster consent to accurately label ed by the television industry essen- system and a Media Study Center poll their programming. I don’t create a tially hides the true content of pro- found similar results. Ask any parent, Government rating system. I simply grams behind a generic rating that sug- ask any parent what they need in order want to put some information in the gests to parents what may be in a pro- to make a determination on what they hands of parents. gram—I say what ‘‘may be’’ in a pro- think their children should watch, and The spectrum that is going to be gram, not what actually is in a pro- they say tell us what is in it. Do not loaned to broadcasters for digital gram. Take the TV ‘‘PG’’ rating, which give us some rating scheme where we transmission is extremely valuable. 61 percent of current television pro- do not know what it relates to, that is This resource also belongs to the grams receive. In a 52-word explanation not standardized, that changes from American public, a public that over- of this rating, it is stated: ‘‘This pro- station to station. Just tell us what is whelmingly supports a program-spe- gram may contain infrequent coarse there. cific, content-based rating system. The language, limited violence, some sug- Unfortunately, the industry has not basic criteria for issuing a broadcast li- gestive dialog and situations.’’ simply ignored the American public; it cense is service of the public good. If a

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2023 broadcaster can’t comply with the 8, 1997. This extension was requested by cates regulatory responsibilities over invest- basic will of the American people, by the Chairman of the SEC, Arthur ment advisers between the states and the accurately labeling the product they Levitt, in his letter to the committee Commission. The Commission has made substantial seek to provide, on the taxpayers’ spec- dated February 12, 1997. The legislation progress in completing the many rulemaking trum, then I don’t believe they deserve, is necessary to ensure that the proper directives given to the Commission in the nor should they receive, the precious rules are in place to carry out the pro- Improvement Act. In October, the Commis- resource of broadcast spectrum. visions of this title. While the Securi- sion proposed a rule providing a safe harbor Mr. President, we cannot use Govern- ties and Exchange Commission is work- to allow journalists access to off-shore press ment to force more family-friendly ing diligently to complete its rules by conferences. In December, we proposed rules programming—as much as sometimes I the original effective date, the Com- implementing new exemptions from the In- vestment Company Act for pools sold only to wish we could, given what we currently mission is concerned that investment qualified investors. The Commission also see. advisers will not have enough time to proposed, on December 18, 1996, rules to im- Mr. President, we can empower par- examine the final rules and to com- plement Title III. ents with information that they need plete and submit the new forms re- The Commission is making every effort to to guide their children’s viewing hab- quired. meet the legislative deadlines of the Im- its. In doing so, we empower them to Mr. President, Congress intended for provement Act. Our rule proposals were send a message to the networks, and State commissions to regulate invest- issued only two months after the legislation television advertisers to stop the on- ment advisers with assets under $25 was enacted, and the comment period for the proposals ended earlier this week. While we slaught of the kind of programming million. However, State law will be believe the Commission should be able to fin- that flows through our television sets preempted as it relates to all invest- ish work on the adoption of the proposed into the minds of our children. ment advisers who are still registered rules by April 9, the effective date of Title Mr. President, in conclusion, let me with the SEC when the provision be- III, we are very concerned that this time- just say that in this age where it’s comes effective, regardless of their table is likely not to afford investment ad- harder and harder to protect children asset value. This means that if the SEC visers sufficient time to examine the new from information and from behavior rules are not final or if investment ad- rules, consult with counsel as to their con- and from activities in our society that visers have not submitted forms to end tinuing regulatory status, and properly com- plete and submit the required forms. is damaging not only to their bodies, their registration by April 9, 1997, We are also concerned about the effect of but to their minds and souls, the par- State commissions will be unable to the April 9th effective date on state regu- ents need tools; they are crying out for regulate the investment advisers who latory programs. As you know, Title III as- weapons and tools to fight back fall within their jurisdiction. Extend- signs important responsibilities for the regu- against this onslaught of a hostile cul- ing the effective date of the Invest- lation of investment advisers to state regu- ture. They want to try to protect the ment Advisers Supervision Coordina- lators. Because Title III will become effec- innocence of their children—even if tion Act would ensure that all invest- tive on April 9th (whether or not the pro- posed rules are adopted), state law will be just for a little while. I think they ment advisers have sufficient time to preempted as to all advisers still registered have every right to demand the tool of register with the proper commission with the Commission, including those advis- accurate and responsible television rat- and prevent a gap in effective regula- ers that will be exclusively regulated by the ings in return for the use of the public tion. states. If all (or most) advisers remain reg- broadcast system. I would like to thank the chairman istered with the Commission on April 9 be- My legislation would ensure this end. of the Securities Subcommittee, and cause they have not submitted the required I hope my colleagues will join me in the ranking members of both the Bank- forms, much of state investment adviser support of this effort. With that, I send ing Committee and the Securities Sub- laws will be preempted, compromising state regulatory and enforcement programs. to the desk the legislation designed to committee for their cosponsorship of By dividing jurisdiction over the 22,500 ad- accomplish this very purpose. this legislation. It is my hope that the visers currently registered with the Commis- Senate will pass this legislation with- sion, the Improvement Act promises to pro- By Mr. D’AMATO (for himself, out amendment or delay so that the vide more efficient and effective regulation Mr. GRAMM, Mr. SARBANES, and SEC and the State commissions can of the investment advisory industry. The Mr. DODD): continue to move forward with these Commission strongly supported the enact- S. 410. A bill to extend the effective important changes to improve the reg- ment of the Act and has moved quickly to date of the Investment Advisers Super- ulation of investment advisers and pro- implement its purposes. We believe that by providing an additional 90 days, Congress vision Coodination Act; to the Com- tect investors. mittee on Banking, Housing, and will allow investment advisers adequate Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- time to meet their obligations under the new Urban Affairs. sent that the full text of the bill and rules and will avoid disrupting state regu- THE NATIONAL SECURITIES MARKETS the February 12, 1997 letter from Secu- latory efforts that are important if the goals IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1997 rities and Exchange Commission be in- of Title III of the Improvement Act are to be ∑ Mr. D’AMATO. Mr. President, today, cluded in the RECORD. achieved. I introduce with Senator GRAMM, Sen- There being no objection, the mate- If I or any of the Commission staff can an- ator SARBANES, and Senator DODD, a rial was ordered to be printed in the swer any questions, please do not hesitate to bill to extend for 90 days the effective contact us. RECORD, as follows: Sincerely, date of title III of the National Securi- S. 410 ARTHUR LEVITT.∑ ties Markets Improvement Act of 1997. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- The Investment Advisers Supervision resentatives of the United States of America in By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Coordination Act enacted as part of the Congress assembled, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. CAMPBELL, National Securities Market Improve- SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. D’AMATO, Ms. MOSELEY- ment Act, divides the regulation of the Section 308(a) of the Investment Advisers BRAUN and Mr. SPECTER): Nation’s 22,500 registered investment Supervision Coordination Act (110 Stat. 3440) S. 411. A bill to amend the Internal advisers between the SEC and State is amended by striking ‘‘180’’ and inserting Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax ‘‘270’’. commissions. Under the new divided ju- credit for investment necessary to revi- risdiction, investment advisers en- U.S. SECURITIES AND talize communities within the United trusted with over $10 trillion in cus- EXCHANGE COMMISSION, States, and for other purposes; to the tomer funds, will be subject to better Washington, D.C., February 12, 1997. Committee on Finance. regulation and regular examination. As Hon. ALFONSE M. D’AMATO, THE COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION TAX ACT OF a result, consumers and investors will Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and 1997 be better protected. Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I The legislation we introduce today DC. stand today to sponsor, along with Mr. DEAR CHAIRMAN D’AMATO: I am writing to will extend the effective date of the request that Congress extend the effective ABRAHAM, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. D’AMATO, title III, section 308 of the National Se- date of Title III of the National Securities Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. SPECTER, and curities Markets Improvement Act of Markets Improvement Act of 1996 for 90 days, Mr. COCHRAN, the introduction of the 1996 90 days, from April 9, 1997 to July from April 9 to July 8, 1997. Title III reallo- Commercial Revitalization Tax Credit

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2024 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 Act of 1997. This bill is identical to the rehabilitation. For instance, if the ex- ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED REVITALIZATION BUILDING.— bipartisan and widely supported legis- pansion of a supermarket in Browns- The term ‘qualified revitalization building’ lation I sponsored during the last ses- ville, TX, in the Rio Grande valley, in means any building (and its structural com- sion. the empowerment zone there, cost ponents) if— This measure will create jobs, expand $150,000, the tax credit against income ‘‘(A) such building is located in an eligible commercial revitalization area, economic activity, and improve the would be $30,000. Alternatively, the ‘‘(B) a commercial revitalization credit physical appearance and increase the business owner could take a 5-percent amount is allocated to the building under value of residential and commercial credit each year over a 10-year period; subsection (e), and buildings in America’s most distressed And tax credits totaling $1.5 billion ‘‘(C) depreciation (or amortization in lieu urban and rural communities. The bill would be allocated to each State ac- of depreciation) is allowable with respect to provides a targeted tax credit to busi- cording to a formula, with States and the building. nesses to help defray the cost of con- localities determining the priority of ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED REHABILITATION EXPENDI- struction, expansion, and renovation in the projects. TURE.— these areas, and in the process will Mr. President, with a minimum level ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified re- habilitation expenditure’ means any amount generate billions in privately based of bureaucratic involvement and through a proven tax mechanism, this properly chargeable to capital account— economic activity in those areas that ‘‘(i) for property for which depreciation is need the most help in our country. initiative will make a significant dif- allowable under section 168 and which is— The Commercial Revitalization Tax ference in the lives of thousands of ‘‘(I) nonresidential real property, or Credit Act will fill in the gap between families in need and for the economies ‘‘(II) an addition or improvement to prop- the broad range of tools our States and of hundreds of distressed urban and erty described in subclause (I), localities utilize to make declining rural communities across this Nation. I ‘‘(ii) in connection with the construction neighborhoods healthy places to do hope my colleagues will join me in sup- or substantial rehabilitation or reconstruc- business, to work, and to raise fami- porting this sound and effective pro- tion of a qualified revitalization building, growth initiative. and lies. This tax credit will help busi- ‘‘(iii) for the acquisition of land in connec- nesses form a partnership with the I ask unanimous consent that the text of my bill be printed in the tion with the qualified revitalization build- Government to help revitalize areas of ing. ECORD our country that have, in many cases, R . ‘‘(B) DOLLAR LIMITATION.—The aggregate suffered from neglect and despair. There being no objection, the bill was amount which may be treated as qualified As we continue to look for ways to ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as revitalization expenditures with respect to combat the decay of our inner cities follows: any qualified revitalization building for any and to raise the standard of living in S. 411 taxable year shall not exceed $10,000,000, re- many of our rural areas, I believe, and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- duced by any such expenditures with respect to the building taken into account by the numerous studies demonstrate, that resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, taxpayer or any predecessor in determining improving the physical structures in SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. the amount of the credit under this section our neighborhoods not only has eco- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commercial for all preceding taxable years. nomic benefits but also tends to lift Revitalization Tax Act of 1997’’. ‘‘(C) CERTAIN EXPENDITURES NOT IN- the hopes and expectations of the resi- SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION TAX CLUDED.—The term ‘qualified revitalization dents of those neighborhoods. Indeed, CREDIT. expenditure’ does not include— one of the key recommendations of the (a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—Section 46 of ‘‘(i) STRAIGHT LINE DEPRECIATION MUST BE recent top-to-bottom review of law en- the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating USED.—Any expenditure (other than with re- spect to land acquisitions) with respect to forcement in this city, our Nation’s to investment credit) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2), by strik- which the taxpayer does not use the straight Capital, was to improve the many ing the period at the end of paragraph (3) and line method over a recovery period deter- abandoned buildings in the city that inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end mined under subsection (c) or (g) of section create an atmosphere conducive to the following new paragraph: 168. The preceding sentence shall not apply crime and despair. ‘‘(4) the commercial revitalization credit.’’ to any expenditure to the extent the alter- This legislation will build on local (b) COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION CREDIT.— native depreciation system of section 168(g) initiatives like this in the District of Subpart E of part IV of subchapter A of chap- applies to such expenditure by reason of sub- Columbia, as well as many now under- ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re- paragraph (B) or (C) of section 168(g)(1). way in cities in Texas and throughout lating to rules for computing investment ‘‘(ii) ACQUISITION COSTS.—The costs of ac- credit) is amended by inserting after section quiring any building or interest therein and the country. The Commercial Revital- 48 the following new section: any land in connection with such building to ization Tax Credit Act will build upon ‘‘SEC. 48A. COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION CRED- the extent that such costs exceed 30 percent the empowerment zone/enterprise com- IT. of the qualified revitalization expenditures munity program that is now unfolding ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of sec- determined without regard to this clause. in 109 communities in the United tion 46, except as provided in subsection (e), ‘‘(iii) OTHER CREDITS.—Any expenditure States. Texas has five of these spe- the commercial revitalization credit for any which the taxpayer may take into account in cially designated areas: Houston, Dal- taxable year is an amount equal to the appli- computing any other credit allowable under las, El Paso, San Antonio, and Waco, as cable percentage of the qualified revitaliza- this part unless the taxpayer elects to take tion expenditures with respect to any quali- the expenditure into account only for pur- well as one rural zone in the Rio fied revitalization building. poses of this section. Grande valley covering four counties. ‘‘(b) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For pur- ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION Not only will these cities qualify for poses of this section— AREA.—The term ‘eligible commercial revi- the credit under my bill, but so will the ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable per- talization area’ means— 400 communities in the United States centage’ means— ‘‘(A) an empowerment zone or enterprise that sought such designation but were ‘‘(A) 20 percent, or community designated under subchapter U, not selected. State-established enter- ‘‘(B) at the election of the taxpayer, 5 per- ‘‘(B) any area established pursuant to any cent for each taxable year in the credit pe- prise zones and others specifically des- consolidated planning process for the use of riod. Federal housing and community develop- ignated revitalization districts estab- The election under subparagraph (B), once ment funds, and lished by State and local governments made, shall be irrevocable. ‘‘(C) any other specially designated com- will also be able to participate. In all, ‘‘(2) CREDIT PERIOD.— mercial revitalization district established by over 1,000 areas will qualify for this ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘credit period’ any State or local government, which is a credit nationwide. means, with respect to any building, the pe- low-income census tract or low-income non- Our bill contains the following main riod of 10 taxable years beginning with the metropolitan area (as defined in subsection features: A tax credit that may be ap- taxable year in which the building is placed (e)(2)(C)) and is not primarily a nonresiden- plied to construction amounting to at in service. tial central business district. least 25 percent of the basis of the ‘‘(B) APPLICABLE RULES.—Rules similar to ‘‘(4) SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION OR RE- CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of this sub- property, in designated revitalization the rules under paragraphs (2) and (4) of sec- tion 42(f) shall apply. section, a rehabilitation or reconstruction areas; qualified investors could choose ‘‘(c) QUALIFIED REVITALIZATION BUILDINGS shall be treated as a substantial rehabilita- a one-time 20-percent tax credit AND EXPENDITURES.—For purposes of this tion or reconstruction only if the qualified against the cost of new construction or section— revitalization expenditures in connection

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For purposes of the preceding sen- cated of such project and provides such indi- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS tence, a substantial rehabilitation or recon- vidual a reasonable opportunity to comment struction of a building shall be treated as a on the project. S. 4 separate building. ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN.—For pur- At the request of Mr. ASHCROFT, the ‘‘(2) PROGRESS EXPENDITURE PAYMENTS.— poses of this subsection, the term ‘qualified name of the Senator from Wyoming Rules similar to the rules of subsections allocation plan’ means any plan— [Mr. THOMAS] was added as a cosponsor (b)(2) and (d) of section 47 shall apply for pur- ‘‘(A) which sets forth selection criteria to poses of this section. be used to determine priorities of the com- of S. 4, a bill to amend the Fair Labor ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE CREDITS AL- mercial revitalization credit agency which Standards Act of 1938 to provide to pri- LOWABLE WITH RESPECT TO BUILDINGS LO- are appropriate to local conditions, vate sector employees the same oppor- CATED IN A STATE.— ‘‘(B) which considers— tunities for time-and-a-half compen- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the credit ‘‘(i) the degree to which a project contrib- satory time off, biweekly work pro- determined under this section for any tax- utes to the implementation of a strategic grams, and flexible credit hour pro- able year with respect to any building shall plan that is devised for an eligible commer- grams as Federal employees currently not exceed the commercial revitalization cial revitalization area through a citizen credit amount (in the case of an amount de- participation process, enjoy to help balance the demands and termined under subsection (b)(1)(B), the ‘‘(ii) the amount of any increase in perma- needs of work and family, to clarify the present value of such amount as determined nent, full-time employment by reason of any provisions relating to exemptions of under the rules of section 42(b)(2)(C)) allo- project, and certain professionals from the min- cated to such building under this subsection ‘‘(iii) the active involvement of residents imum wage and overtime requirements by the commercial revitalization credit and nonprofit groups within the eligible of the Fair Labor Standards Act of agency. Such allocation shall be made at the commercial revitalization area, and 1938, and for other purposes. same time and in the same manner as under ‘‘(C) which provides a procedure that the paragraphs (1) and (7) of section 42(h). agency (or its agent) will follow in moni- S. 28 ‘‘(2) COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION CREDIT toring for compliance with this section. At the request of Mr. THURMOND, the AMOUNT FOR AGENCIES.— ‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—This section shall not name of the Senator from Pennsyl- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The aggregate commer- apply to any building placed in service after vania [Mr. SANTORUM] was added as a cial revitalization credit amount which a December 31, 2000.’’ cosponsor of S. 28, a bill to amend title commercial revitalization credit agency may (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— allocate for any calendar year is the portion (1) Section 39(d) of the Internal Revenue 17, United States Code, with respect to of the State commercial revitalization credit Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end certain exemptions from copyright, ceiling allocated under this paragraph for the following new paragraph: and for other purposes. such calendar year for such agency. ‘‘(8) NO CARRYBACK OF SECTION 48A CREDIT S. 304 BEFORE ENACTMENT.—No portion of the un- ‘‘(B) STATE COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION At the request of Mr. DORGAN, the used business credit for any taxable year CREDIT CEILING.— names of the Senator from New York ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State commercial which is attributable to any commercial re- revitalization credit ceiling applicable to vitalization credit determined under section [Mr. D’AMATO] and the Senator from any State for any calendar year is an 48A may be carried back to a taxable year Arizona [Mr. KYL] were added as co- amount which bears the same ratio to the ending before the date of the enactment of sponsors of S. 304, a bill to clarify Fed- national ceiling for the calendar year as the section 48A.’’ eral law with respect to assisted sui- population of low-income census tracts and (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 48(a)(2) of cide, and for other purposes. low-income nonmetropolitan areas within such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or com- S. 314 the State bears to the population of such mercial revitalization’’ after ‘‘rehabilita- tracts and areas within all States. tion’’ each place it appears in the text and At the request of Mr. THOMAS, the ‘‘(ii) NATIONAL CEILING.—For purposes of heading thereof. name of the Senator from Montana clause (i), the national ceiling is $100,000,000 (3) Subparagraph (C) of section 49(a)(1) of [Mr. BURNS] was added as a cosponsor for 1998, $200,000,000 for 1999, and $400,000,000 such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at of S. 314, a bill to require that the Fed- for each calendar year after 1999. the end of clause (ii), by striking the period eral Government procure from the pri- ‘‘(iii) OTHER SPECIAL RULES.—Rules similar at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘, vate sector the goods and services nec- to the rules of subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and’’, and by adding at the end the following essary for the operations and manage- new clause: and (G) of section 42(h)(3) shall apply for pur- ment of certain Government agencies, poses of this subsection. ‘‘(iv) the basis of any qualified revitaliza- ‘‘(C) LOW-INCOME AREAS.—For purposes of tion building attributable to qualified revi- and for other purposes. subparagraph (B), the terms ‘low-income talization expenditures.’’ S. 366 census tract’ and ‘low-income nonmetropoli- (4) Paragraph (2) of section 50(a) of such At the request of Mr. COVERDELL, the tan area’ mean a tract or area in which, ac- Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or 48A(d)(2)’’ name of the Senator from Nebraska after ‘‘section 47(d)’’ each place it appears. cording to the most recent census data avail- [Mr. HAGEL] was added as a cosponsor (5) Subparagraph (B) of section 50(a)(2) of able, at least 50 percent of residents earned of S. 366, a bill to amend the Congres- no more than 60 percent of the median such Code is amended by adding at the end household income for the applicable Metro- the following new sentence: ‘‘A similar rule sional Budget and Impoundment Con- politan Standard Area, Consolidated Metro- shall apply for purposes of section 48A.’’ trol Act of 1974 to prohibit the consid- politan Standard Area, or all nonmetropoli- (6) Paragraph (2) of section 50(b) of such eration of retroactive tax increases. tan areas in the State. Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the S. 368 end of subparagraph (C), by striking the pe- ‘‘(D) COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION CREDIT At the request of Mr. BOND, the name riod at the end of subparagraph (D) and in- AGENCY.—For purposes of this section, the of the Senator from Colorado [Mr. term ‘commercial revitalization credit agen- serting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the cy’ means any agency authorized by a State following new subparagraph: CAMPBELL] was added as a cosponsor of to carry out this section. ‘‘(E) a qualified revitalization building to S. 368, a bill to prohibit the use of Fed- ‘‘(E) STATE.—For purposes of this section, the extent of the portion of the basis which eral funds for human cloning research. the term ‘State’ includes a possession of the is attributable to qualified revitalization ex- S. 380 penditures.’’ United States. At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the ‘‘(f) RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMERCIAL REVI- (7) Subparagraph (C) of section 50(b)(4) of TALIZATION CREDIT AGENCIES.— such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or com- names of the Senator from Rhode Is- ‘‘(1) PLANS FOR ALLOCATION.—Notwith- mercial revitalization’’ after ‘‘rehabilitated’’ land [Mr. CHAFEE] and the Senator standing any other provision of this section, each place it appears in the text and heading from California [Mrs. FEINSTEIN] were the commercial revitalization credit dollar thereof. added as cosponsors of S. 380, a bill to

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2026 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 prohibit foreign nationals admitted to Those wishing additional information COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS the United States under a non- should contact the Committee on In- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask immigrant visa from possessing a fire- dian Affairs at 224–2251. unanimous consent on behalf of the arm. f Governmental Affairs Committee to At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, meet on Thursday, March 6, 1997, at his name was added as a cosponsor of AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO 9:30 a.m. for a hearing on Federal tax S. 380, supra. MEET policy for the District of Columbia. S. 381 COMMITTEE ON FINANCE The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unan- objection, it is so ordered. the names of the Senator from Maine imous consent that the Committee on COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY [Ms. COLLINS] and the Senator from Rules and Administration be author- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, the Maryland [Mr. SARBANES] were added ized to meet during the session of the Committee on the Judiciary asks unan- as cosponsors of S. 381, a bill to estab- Senate on Thursday, March 6, 1997, be- imous consent to hold an executive lish a demonstration project to study ginning at 2:15 p.m. to hold a hearing business meeting on Thursday, March and provide coverage of routine patient and markup on the Governmental Af- 6, 1997, at 10 a.m., in room 226 of the care costs for Medicare beneficiaries fairs Committee request for additional Senate Dirksen Office Building. with cancer who are enrolled in an ap- funding. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without proved clinical trial program. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. SENATE RESOLUTION 60 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- names of the Senator from Mississippi unanimous consent that the Com- [Mr. COCHRAN], the Senator from mittee on Labor and Human Resources mittee on Armed Services be author- be authorized to meet for a hearing on Michigan [Mr. ABRAHAM], and the Sen- ized to meet on Thursday, March 6, ator from Indiana [Mr. LUGAR] were health care quality and consumer pro- 1997, at 10 a.m. in open session, to con- tection during the session of the Sen- added as cosponsors of Senate Resolu- sider the nomination of Keith R. Hall tion 60, a resolution to commend stu- ate on Thursday, March 6, 1997, at 10 to be Assistant Secretary of the Air a.m. dents who have participated in the Wil- Force for Space. liam Randolph Hearst Foundation Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ate Youth Program between 1962 and objection, it is so ordered. 1997. COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN f AFFAIRS Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs would NOTICES OF HEARINGS Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- like to request unanimous consent to COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL mittee on Banking, Housing, and hold a joint hearing with the House RESOURCES Urban Affairs be authorized to meet Committee on Veterans’ affairs to re- Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I during the session of the Senate on ceive the legislative presentation of would like to announce for the public Thursday, March 6, 1997, to conduct a the Paralyzed Veterans of America, that the hearing scheduled before the hearing of the following nominees: Yo- Jewish War Veterans, the Retired Offi- full Energy and Natural Resources landa T. Wheat, of Maryland, to be a cers Association, Association of the Committee to receive testimony from member of the National Credit Union U.S. Army, Non-Commissioned Officers the Department of Energy and FERC Administration Board; Charles A. Association, the Military Order of the on the President’s 1998 budget, has Gueli, of Maryland, to be a member of Purple Heart, and the Blinded Veterans been postponed. the Board of Directors of the National Association. The hearing will be held The hearing was scheduled to take Institute of Building Sciences; on March 6, 1997, at 9:30 a.m., in room place on Tuesday, March 11, 1997, at 10 Niranjan S. Shah, of Illinois, to be a 345 of the Cannon House Office Build- a.m., in room SD–366 of the Dirksen member of the National Institute of ing. Senate Office Building in Washington, Building Sciences; and Jeffery A. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without DC, and will be rescheduled later. Frankel, of California, to be a member objection, it is so ordered. For further information, please call of the Council of Economic Advisers. SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Karen Hunsicker, counsel (202) 224–3543 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask or Betty Nevitt, staff assistant at (202) objection, it is so ordered. unanimous consent that the Sub- 224–0765. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE committee on International Operations COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, the Fi- of the Committee on Foreign Relations Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I nance Committee requests unanimous be authorized to meet during the ses- would like to announce that the Senate consent to conduct a hearing on Thurs- sion of the Senate on Thursday, March Committee on Indian Affairs will meet day, March 6, 1997, beginning at 10 a.m. 6, 1997, at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing. on Tuesday, March 11, 1997, at 9:30 a.m. in room 213, Dirksen. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without in room 485, Russell Senate Building to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. approve the committee’s letter to the objection, it is so ordered. SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND Committee on the Budget relating to COMMITTEE ON FINANCE FOREIGN COMMERCE the budget views and estimates for fis- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, the Fi- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask cal year 1998 for Indian programs. nance Committee Subcommittee on unanimous consent that the Consumer Those wishing additional information Health Care requests unanimous con- Affairs and Foreign Commerce and should contact the Committee on In- sent to conduct a hearing on Thursday, Tourism Subcommittee of the Senate dian Affairs at 224–2251. March 6, 1997, beginning at 2 p.m. in Committee on Commerce, Science, and COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS room SD–215. Transportation be authorized to meet Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without on March 6, 1997, at 2:30 p.m. on prod- would like to announce that the Senate objection, it is so ordered. uct liability reform: Success of the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS General Aviation Revitalization Act. on Wednesday, March 12, 1997, at 2:30 Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without p.m. in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate unanimous consent that the Com- objection, it is so ordered. Building with the Committee on Bank- mittee on Foreign Relations be author- SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs to con- ized to meet during the session of the Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask duct a joint oversight hearing on In- Senate on Thursday, March 6, 1997, at 2 unanimous consent that the Select dian housing programs operated by the p.m. to hold a hearing. Committee on Intelligence be author- Department of Housing and Urban De- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ized to meet during the session of the velopment [HUD]. objection, it is so ordered. Senate on Thursday March 6, 1997, at 2

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2027 p.m. to hold a closed business meeting future is bright for forage producers, due in District 2: Ryan Johnson, Heather Butts on intelligence matters. part to new technology that allows indus- District 3: Ryan Frey, Julia Pokorney The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tries to grow bigger, tastier, and better vege- District 4: Shawn Smith, Trisha Penner tables and grains. District 5: Timothy Heck, Marni Yeagley objection, it is so ordered. Biotechnology has created a hybrid of soy- District 6: Cory Bohlander, Melissa SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND bean that can withstand certain harmful Winebarger INFRASTRUCTURE herbicides. The STS gene protects soybeans District 7: Brandon Roe, Shannon McArtor Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask from sulfonylurea herbicides only. Soybean District 8: Thomas Naylor, Christine Jef- unanimous consent that the Sub- varieties with resistance to certain herbi- frey committee on Transportation and In- cides are now available. The farmer has a District 9: John Saalweachter, Christa choice in selecting programs to control Rentehler frastructure be granted permission to weeds. District 10: Allen Haberthier, Katrina Mad- conduct a hearing Thursday, March 6, Because of advances in biotechnology there den at 9:30 a.m., hearing room SD–406, on are corn hybrids that can resist the harsh the Intermodal Surface Transportation substance called glufosinate-ammonium 1996–97 COUNTY WINNERS Efficiency Act and innovative trans- which is the active ingredient in New Lib- Bartholomew: Peter Reichenbach, Chris- portation financing, technology, con- erty herbicide. Biotechnology has also tine Jeffrey struction, and design practices. helped to find hybrids that can resist the Eu- Boone: Timothy Heck, Charlotte Orr ropean corn borer. These hybrids produce a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Cass: Shawn Baker, Julia Pokorney gene that contains a protein that protects Carroll: Lance Hofmann objection, it is so ordered. these plants from damage caused by ECB Dearborn: Nathan Lehn, Claire Cradler SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANS AND FISHERIES (European corn borer). This gene originated Decatur: David Stewart Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask from a bacterium and originally placed in Delaware: Joel Rossol, Melissa Winebarger unanimous consent that the Oceans the corn inbred line using techniques of bio- Fayette: Thomas Naylor and Fisheries and Science, Technology technology. The addition of B+ gene en- Fulton: Johanna Martin hances protection of crops because the plants Gibson: Carolyn Moseley and Space Subcommittee of the Senate will achieve levels of insect resistance which Hamilton: Sam Tischfield, Natalie Committee on Commerce, Science, and are not possible using traditional breeding Templeton Transportation be authorized to meet methods. Hancock: Jimmy Asher, Heather Hobbs on March 6, 1997, at 10 a.m. on review of These new discoveries in farming will keep Henry: John Sweigart NOAA’s fiscal year 1998 budget request. our nation healthy in more than one way. It Huntington: Nathan Scheiber, Jennifer The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without will give us an ample supply of corn and Stetzel Jackson: Christopher Lambring, Cheyenne objection, it is so ordered. beans on less acres. It will protect the vita- mins contained in grains and vegetables thus Hackman f providing better foods to eat. Biotechnology Jay: Dustin Knipp, Tarra Rothburn is going to make life better! Kosciusko: Isaac Wildman, Heather Butts ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Lake: Wesley Gordon, Mary Owen FARMING THE NEW FRONTIER Madison: Cory Bohlander, Jessica Landess (By Kyle Roth) Marion: Bob Cook, Christy Utnage FARMING THE NEW FRONTIER Miami: John Einselen Hello! Welcome to Bio Tech Laboratories. ∑ Montgomery: Wes Ambrose, Marni Yeagley Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I rise My name is Dr. Bio. Tech and I will be your Newton: Ryan Haste today to congratulate a group of young tour guide today as we take a walk through Portor: Bryan Martinez, Allison Payer Indiana students who have shown great my laboratory. Follow me while I show you Posey: John Saalweachter, Jennifer educative achievement. I would like to just a few of the interesting things we have Symanski bring to the attention of my colleagues been working on. You know, biotechnology Randolph: Wade Chalfant research wants to make a crop production St. Joseph: Andrew Callan, Melissa the winners of the 1996–97 Eigth Grade more efficient and also create new varieties Youth Essay Contest which I sponsored Lichtenbarger of crops. Spencer: Carmen Dominquez in association with the Indiana Farm Take a look at the tomato and potato. We Vanderburgh: Bradley Painter, Leslie Ru- Bureau and Bank One of Indianapolis. have genetically transferred a gene from an dolph These students have displayed strong Arctic fish to the tomato increasing its Wabash: Shawn Smith, Trisha Penner writing abilities and have proven them- freeze tolerance. The potato has been crossed Warrick: Benfamin Baker, Christa selves to be outstanding young Hoosier with soil bacteria to make it insect resist- Rentchler ant. Wells: Jenni Mason.∑ scholars. I submit their names for the As we go outside, Keep in mind that the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD because they world population is increasing and valuable f demonstrate the capabilities of today’s farm ground is being gobbled up by land de- NATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP DAY students and are fine representatives of velopers. We try to help farmers by devel- ∑ Mr. REED. Mr. President, I rise in our Nation. oping seeds that will be resistant to weeds, honor of National Sportsmanship Day, This year, Hoosier students wrote on insects, and disease. Every number that you which was observed on March 4, in over the theme, ‘‘Farming the New Fron- see by this corn test plot has a different ‘‘specialty’’. This one is drought resistant. 8,000 schools in all 50 States and 75 tier.’’ Students were encouraged to Another one has long full ears. That one pre- countries throughout the world. consider and creatively express the role fers a certain soil type. Because farmers feed National Sportsmanship Day was of Indiana agriculture in our country the world, we want them to have access to conceived by the Institute for Inter- and in the world marketplace. I would global positioning-farming by computer-so national Sport, located in my home like to submit for the RECORD the win- that they will produce more food. State of Rhode Island. The Institutes ning essays of Shannon McArtor of Trying not to be scientific, I must say ge- slogan, ‘‘Dare to Play Fair,’’ challenges Monroe County and Kyle Roth of Pu- netic engineering is a very powerful tool in athletes, coaches, administrators, and laski County. As State winners of the biotechnology. We are developing new traits into crops and livestock. Vegetable crops can parents to reflect on the true meaning Youth Essay Contest, these two out- be altered to produce vegetables that taste of competition and to discuss the im- standing students are being recognized and look better. Don’t those green beans portance of ethics and fair play in on Friday, March 7, 1997, during a visit look appetizing? They also have improved sport, the classroom, and everyday life. to our Nation’s Capitol. nutritional quality. The centerpiece of this years Na- The essays are as follows: Feast your eyes on that bread! The yeast has been altered to make the bread taste bet- tional Sportsmanship Day was a sem- FARMING THE NEW FRONTIER ter. With the wide variety of food we have to inar and town meeting at the Univer- (By Shannon McArtor) offer, consumers can have a greater choice; sity of Rhode Island discussing the Vegetables that grow in water? Seedless and because we have improved the quality issue of violence in sport. This day long watermelon? Miniature cobs of corn? Hearty and nutrients, these food products are also event included panels composed of pro- soybeans? American farmers are boldly going healthier. Thanks for stopping by, and try a fessional athletes, coaches, and jour- where no one has gone before! slice of our great tasting bread on your way nalists who discussed the many dif- Biotechnology is going through major out! changes that will affect our lives as we ap- ferent aspects of this issue. proach the 21st century. Biotechnology will 1996–97 DISTRICT WINNERS In addition, the Institute has enlisted help farmers grow more, and better, crops District 1: Kyle Roth, Melissa the help of several Sports Ethics Fel- such as corn, beans, alfalfa, and wheat. The Lichtenbarger lows, including the winner of baseball’s

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S2028 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 6, 1997 Roberto Clemente Man of the Year eral tax laws that hinder their ability partial birth abortion ban during the Award and 10 time All-Star for the to succeed. Some of today’s largest 104th Congress was not simply a moral Minnesota Twins, Kirby Puckett, companies started as home businesses, judgment on abortion. This debate is Rhode Island’s own Brad Faxon, one of and the potential for job and economic not about reproductive choice; it’s not the top golfers on the PGA tour and growth is unlimited, provided the tax even about abortion. Partial birth the cofounder of the Billy Andrade- code is not a barrier to that growth. abortion is a cruel procedure and is ab- Brad Faxon Charities for Children Pro- I thank Senator HATCH for intro- horrent to most Americans. In fact, gram. These men and women are won- ducing this measure today.∑ most physicians believe it is never derful role models who can be admired f medically necessary. This procedure is for more than just their athletic prow- far beyond human decency. HONORING THE WOMEN’S ess. They have consistently dem- Mr. President, it is shocking to me BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER onstrated an interest in furthering the that the debate over partial birth abor- principles of honesty and integrity in Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN. Mr. Presi- tion is even necessary. A procedure sport and society. dent, I want to take a moment to rec- whereby a child is partly delivered and Indeed, the Sports Ethics Fellows are ognize the achievements of the Wom- then its brains are suctioned out has no helping to teach the important lessons en’s Business Development Center place in a civilized society. It certainly of National Sportsmanship Day by [WBDC]. Today, they are celebrating has no place in America. Let’s join to- writing articles on sportsmanship and their 10th anniversary, and I truly wish gether, pro-life and pro-choice, and do developing programs for National I were able to join their celebration in the right thing. Let’s put an end to this Sportsmanship Day. Through competi- person. cruel procedure.∑ tion, young athletes can learn that Currently, there are over 8 million f while winning is a worthy goal, honor, women-owned businesses in the United HONORING THE GLEANERS COM- discipline, and hard work are more im- States, generating $2.3 trillion in sales. MUNITY FOOD BANK OF GREAT- portant. Indeed, these values will guide In my home state of Illinois alone, ER DETROIT them in all aspects of everyday life. there are over 350,000 women business Mr. President, I ask my colleagues to owners. Women business owners across ∑ Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I have the join the President’s Council on Phys- the country employ one of every four distinct honor of paying tribute to the ical Fitness and Sports and the Rhode U.S. company workers, and women in Gleaners Community Food Bank of Island congressional delegation in rec- business are contributing to economic Greater Detroit, which this year cele- ognizing this day and the principles it growth both at home and abroad. The brates its 20th year of providing food to embodies.∑ story of women in business is one of needy people in southeastern Michigan. f unqualified success, and that success is On March 12, 1997, the Gleaners an- thanks in no small part to organiza- nual Women’s Power Breakfast will HOME OFFICE TAX DEDUCTION tions like the Women’s Business Devel- bring together more than 200 of south- ∑ Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, as an opment Center. east Michigan’s civic, professional, and original cosponsor of the home office For the past decade, the WBDC has corporate leaders to help lead the fight tax deduction bill introduced today by dedicated itself to providing services against hunger. The power breakfast Senator HATCH, I rise in strong support and programs that support and accel- was created 4 years ago by Gleaners of this measure and urge its expedi- erate women’s business ownership and board member Dulcie Rosenfeld and is tious passage in the Senate. strengthen the impact of women on the led this year by honorary co-chairs Today, home-based business is the economy. Founded in 1986 by Carol Michelle Engler and Judge Trudy Ar- new workplace. The new workplace is Dougal and Hedy Ratner, the WBDC is cher, and by breakfast co-chairs Irma interactive video, the Internet, and currently active in six States—Illinois, Elder, Barbara Levin, Helen Love, and digital documents. Telecommuting is Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Amanda Van Dusen. Knowing the con- now common, saving travel costs and and Pennsylvania, and has served over siderable talent and commitment of time. But it’s not just a matter of cost, 30,000 women business owners. The these women, I have no doubt that it’s a matter of lifestyle. With tech- highly successful programs and serv- breakfast participants will meet their nology, the new workplace means you ices of the WBDC are many in number, challenge of raising money and aware- can live anywhere you want and still including counseling, workshops, en- ness to help Gleaners find solutions to make a living doing what you love. trepreneurial training, the women’s hunger in southeastern Michigan. And spend a few extra hours with the business finance programs, the wom- Gleaners Community Food Bank was kids. In my State of Montana, where en’s business enterprise initiative, the founded in 1977 with a mission of bring- there’s a lot of dirt between light entrepreneurial women’s conference ing together food, resources, and man- bulbs, those extra hours really add up. and women’s business and buyer’s power into a single collection, storage, Back in 1993, shortly after the Su- mart. and distribution center to help feed preme Court’s Soliman decision, I in- I wish to commend the WBDC for southeastern Michigan’s hungry. Since troduced the home office tax deduction their vital role in the growing eco- its creation, Gleaners has collected bill, and I’ve been pushing for it ever nomic impact of women business own- surplus food from the region’s farmers, since. We must allow a tax deduction ers on our Nation’s economy. I am food distributors and processors, super- for essential activities, such as billing, proud that the WBDC was founded in markets, grocery stores, and individ- performed in the home when that is the Illinois, and that the effects of their uals. Each year, this vital organization only available place for such activities. good works are felt far beyond the bor- collects, stores, and distributes more As the law now stands, workers like ders of my State.∑ than 12 million pounds of food to more Dr. Soliman who spend 15 hours per f than 200 agencies, including soup week doing billing in an exclusive kitchens, church pantries, and shelters home office are denied the deduction. PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN for homeless or battered women. That’s not right. Home offices that are ACT OF 1997 Since its inception, Gleaners has used regularly and solely for business ∑ Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I rise to been able to rely on the generosity of purposes—whether it’s by physicians, express my strong support for S. 6, the the people of southeastern Michigan. salespeople, or mothers working at Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997. Each Saturday, approximately 100 vol- home—should be an allowable deduc- As a cosponsor of this bill, I want to unteers from church groups, schools, tion. take a moment to discuss why it is so unions, and corporations come to- A few weeks ago the Senate Small important that we act on it as soon as gether to assemble food packs for dis- Business Committee, of which I am a possible. tribution to various agencies. Food member, held a hearing on women- Mr. President, as my voting record drives, fundraising events, corporate owned and home-based businesses. We shows, I have always voted pro-life on donations, foundation grants, and do- heard from small businesspeople who issues concerning abortion. However, nations from individuals contribute expressed their frustration with Fed- my support for S. 6 and my vote on the greatly to Gleaners success.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S06MR7.REC S06MR7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2029 Hunger is faced by people of all ages, video, allowing the flexibility many workers have this benefit as well? The races, and socio-economic levels in workers need to spend more time with answer is that they should, and that’s communities throughout our Nation. I their families. what S. 4 will do. Under this bill, an am proud to have such a dedicated and The problem is that in the eyes of employee will have three options: successful organization leading the our Federal laws the workplace has not First, flexible scheduling—to work ad- fight against this problem in my home changed since the 1930’s. Federal wage- ditional hours 1 week for credit, up to State. We should all take inspiration and-hour laws were developed during 50 hours, toward a shorter work day or the New Deal era, when about one from the example we see here and re- work week later at full pay; second, bi- mother in six with school-aged children commit our efforts to eradicate hunger weekly scheduling—to schedule 80 in this country and around the world.∑ worked. But the workplace is vastly hours over a 2-week period in any com- f different today. Over 70 percent of mothers with kids in school work, and bination; or third, compensatory time FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE the rigid 8-hour-per-day, 40-hour-per- off—to choose time-and-a-half compen- ACT week work schedule is less rational or satory time off, up to 240 hours—160 ∑ Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, as a co- justifiable. Simply put, the wage-and- hours at time-and-a-half, for overtime sponsor of S. 4, the Family Friendly hour laws belong in a different era— hours worked in lieu of time-and-a-half Workplace Act of 1997, I rise to express one that ended about 50 years ago. pay. No employee may be required to my strong support for this legislation. Federal Government workers have participate in these programs, and co- Mr. President, Americans have al- had a flexible work schedule option for ercion or intimidation by the employer ways struggled to balance the con- three decades. Under a flextime ar- with respect to participation is prohib- flicting demands of work and family, rangement, many Federal employees ited. but today, more than ever, families, es- work 10-hour days, 4 days per week. pecially double earners, are finding the For a mother with a young child, this This is commonsense legislation en- old, rigid workplace structure of a dif- means 1 less day per week she’ll have dorsed by Working Women and Work- ferent era to be the main barrier to a to pay for daycare. You can bet that ing Mother magazines. It’s time to tear family friendly schedule. This is ironic adds up. down the barriers to a family friendly because today’s technology makes tele- Flextime has been a tremendous ben- workplace and give hardworking Amer- commuting from home common efit for Federal workers, especially icans the flexibility to spend time with through the Internet and interactiveh women. Why shouldn’t non-Federal their families. ∑ FOREIGN CURRENCY REPORTS In accordance with the appropriate provisions of law, the Secretary of the Senate herewith submits the following re- port(s) of standing committees of the Senate, certain joint committees of the Congress, delegations and groups, and select and special committees of the Senate, relating to expenses incurred in the performance of authorized foreign travel:

CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95–384—22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY FOR TRAVEL FROM OCT. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1996

Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

David W. Carle: Canada ...... Dollar ...... 553 404.00 ...... 553 404.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 684.00 ...... 684.00 Edward J. Barron: Singapore ...... Dollar ...... 2,294.84 1,638.00 ...... 2,294.84 1,638.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,698.95 ...... 4,698.95 Switzerland ...... Franc ...... 868.10 686.00 ...... 868.10 686.00 Italy ...... Lire ...... 2,132,790 1,405.00 ...... 2,132,790 1,405.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 3,529.55 ...... 3,529.55 Katherine M. Howard: Japan ...... Dollar ...... 656.00 ...... 656.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 1,577.90 ...... 1,577.90 Singapore ...... Dollar ...... 2,185.37 ...... 2,185.37 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,701.95 ...... 4,701.95 Switzerland ...... Dollar ...... 1,029.00 ...... 1,029.00 Italy ...... Dollar ...... 1,405.00 ...... 1,405.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,124.55 ...... 4,124.55

Total ...... 10,986.27 ...... 17,739.00 ...... 28,725.27 RICHARD G. LUGAR, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Feb. 6, 1997.

CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95–384—22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAVEL FROM OCT. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1996

Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Senator Patrick Leahy: Canada ...... Dollar ...... 553.20 389.00 ...... 20.00 14.60 573.20 403.60 United States ...... Dollar ...... 684.00 ...... 684.00 Timothy Rieser: Canada ...... Dollar ...... 478.20 349.23 ...... 478.20 349.23 United States ...... Dollar ...... 684.00 ...... 684.00

Total ...... 738.23 ...... 1,368.00 ...... 14.60 ...... 2,120.83 MARK O. HATFIELD, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Oct. 28, 1996.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Charles S. Abell: Japan ...... Dollar ...... 512.00 ...... 512.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 394.00 ...... 394.00 Korea ...... Dollar ...... 1,248.00 ...... 1,248.00 Patrick T. Henry: Japan ...... Dollar ...... 1,250.00 ...... 1,250.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 394.00 ...... 394.00 Korea ...... Dollar ...... 1,248.00 ...... 1,248.00 Senator John S. McCain: Thailand ...... Baht ...... 5,507 217.00 ...... 5,507 217.00 Burma ...... Dollar ...... 155.00 ...... 155.00 Cambodia ...... Dollar ...... 472.00 ...... 472.00 Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 882.00 ...... 882.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 970.00 ...... 970.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 3,285.95 ...... 3,285.95 Marshall A. Salter: Thailand ...... Baht ...... 5,507 217.00 ...... 5,507 217.00 Burma ...... Dollar ...... 155.00 ...... 155.00 Cambodia ...... Dollar ...... 472.00 ...... 472.00 Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 882.00 ...... 882.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 970.00 ...... 970.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 3,221.95 ...... 3,221.95 J. Philip Reberger: Korea ...... Dollar ...... 524.00 ...... 524.00 Senator Dirk Kempthorne: Korea ...... Dollar ...... 524.00 ...... 524.00 Steven Wolfe: Korea ...... Dollar ...... 936.00 ...... 936.00 Senator John Warner: United Kingdom ...... Dollar ...... 927.00 ...... 927.00 Cord Sterling: Panama ...... Dollar ...... 75.00 ...... 75.00 Colombia ...... Dollar ...... 486.00 ...... 486.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 892.95 ...... 892.95 Bert Mizusawa: Panama ...... Dollar ...... 808.02 ...... 808.02 United States ...... Dollar ...... 1,335.95 ...... 1,335.95

Total ...... 14,718.02 ...... 8,736.80 ...... 23,454.82 STROM THURMOND, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Feb. 18, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Brent Franzel: Indonesia ...... Dollar ...... 675.00 ...... 675.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 763.00 ...... 763.00

Total ...... 675.00 ...... 763.00 ...... 1,438.00 ALFONSE D’AMATO, Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Feb. 7, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Mark Ashby: Singapore ...... Dollar ...... 2,609,60 1,864.00 ...... 2,609.60 1,864.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,224.95 ...... 4,224.95 Earl W. Comstock: Russia ...... Dollar ...... 1,700.00 ...... 1,700.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 1,843.95 ...... 1,843.45 John T. McCabe: Russia ...... Dollar ...... 1,700.00 ...... 1,700.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 1,843.45 ...... 1,843.45 Senator Ernest F. Hollings: Ireland ...... Pound ...... 833.46 1,355.00 ...... 833.46 1,355.00 Ivan A. Schlager: Ireland ...... Pound ...... 833.46 1,355.00 ...... 833.46 1,355.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 972.45 ...... 972.45 Senator Bill Frist: Thailand ...... Baht ...... 16,490 651.00 ...... 16,490 651.00 Mark Tipps: Thailand ...... Baht ...... 16,490 651.00 ...... 16,490 651.00

Total ...... 9,276.00 ...... 8,884.30 ...... 18,160.30 JOHN McCAIN, Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Feb. 6, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Senator Frank Murkowski: Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 9,200 776.60 ...... 9,200 776.60 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 17,411 634.50 ...... 17,411 634.50 Japan ...... Yen ...... 96,282 851.00 ...... 96,282 851.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,776.32 ...... 4,776.32 Gregg Renkes: Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 9,200 776.60 ...... 9,200 776.60 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 17,411 634.50 ...... 17,411 634.50 Japan ...... Yen ...... 127,735.92 1,129.00 ...... 127,735.92 1,129.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,098.32 ...... 4,098.32 Deanna Okun: Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 9,200 776.60 ...... 9,200 776.60 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 17,411 634.50 ...... 17,411 634.50 Japan ...... Yen ...... 96,282 851.00 ...... 96,282 851.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,098.32 ...... 4,098.32 David Garman: Switzerland ...... Franc ...... 2,223.70 ...... 2,223.70 United States ...... Dollar ...... 1,117.15 ...... 1,117.15 Total ...... 9,288.00 ...... 14,090.11 ...... 23,378.11 FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Feb. 25, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Steve Biegun: Belarus ...... Dollar ...... 750.00 ...... 750.00 Ukraine ...... Dollar ...... 750.00 ...... 750.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 3,783.00 ...... 3,783.00 Daniel Fisk: Nicaragua ...... Dollar ...... 1,178.00 ...... 1,178.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 846.95 ...... 846.95 Panama ...... Dollar ...... 446.25 ...... 446.25 United States ...... Dollar ...... 520.95 ...... 520.95 Garrett Grigsby: Rwanda ...... Dollar ...... 1,715.00 ...... 1,715.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 6,690.95 ...... 6,690.95 Michael Haltzel: Germany ...... Mark ...... 1,014.35 662.50 ...... 1,014.35 662.50 United Kingdom ...... Pound ...... 375.37 618.00 ...... 375.37 618.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 5,371.35 ...... 5,371.35 Gina Marie Hatheway: Panama ...... Dollar ...... 578.00 ...... 578.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 971.59 ...... 971.59 Linda Rotblatt: Italy ...... Lira ...... 2,428,198 1,599.60 ...... 2,428,198 1,599.60 United States ...... Dollar ...... 3,430.25 ...... 3,430.25 Daniel Shapiro: China ...... Dollar ...... 753.00 ...... 753.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 1,576.00 ...... 1,576.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 282.00 ...... 282.00 Nepal ...... Dollar ...... 1,442.00 ...... 1,442.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,617.95 ...... 4,617.95 Curt Silvers: Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 10,500 1,358.00 ...... 10,500 1,358.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 15,482 564.00 ...... 15,482 564.00 Malaysia ...... Ringgit ...... 1,530.15 606.00 ...... 1,530.15 606.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,197.85 ...... 4,197.85 Senator Fred Thompson: Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 10,500 1,358.00 ...... 10,500 1,358.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 15,482 564.00 ...... 15,482 564.00 Malaysia ...... Ringgit ...... 1,530.15 606.00 ...... 1,530.15 606.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 7,131.85 ...... 7,131.85 Christopher Walker: Rwanda ...... Dollar ...... 1,660.00 ...... 1,660.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 6,690.00 ...... 6,690.00 Steve Phillips: Singapore ...... Dollar ...... 1,912.37 1,365.00 ...... 1,912.37 1,365.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,250.95 ...... 4,250.95 Marshall Billingslea: The Netherlands ...... Guilder ...... 1,554.53 895.00 ...... 1,554.53 895.00 United States ...... Dollar ...... 3,271.55 ...... 3,271.55 Total ...... 21,326.35 ...... 51,775.19 ...... 73,101.54 JESSE HELMS, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Jan. 30, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Richard Hertling: United States ...... Dollar ...... 4,320.95 ...... 4,320.95 Argentina ...... Peso ...... 1,667 1,667.00 50 50.00 ...... 1,717 1,717.00 Michael Myers: United States ...... Dollar ...... 6,359.35 ...... 6,359.35

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Kenya ...... Shilling ...... 26,169.60 470.00 ...... 26,169.60 470.00 Kenya ...... Dollar ...... 315.00 ...... 315.00 Rwanda ...... Dollar ...... 565.00 ...... 565.00 Steven Etka: United States ...... Dollar ...... 2,944.95 ...... 2,944.95 Singapore ...... Dollar ...... 1,874.54 1,338.00 ...... 1,874.54 1,338.00 Total ...... 4,355.00 ...... 13,675.25 ...... 18,030.25 ORRIN HATCH, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, Jan. 24, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Suzanne Spaulding ...... 818.44 ...... 4,635.00 ...... 5,453.44 Mark Heilbrun ...... 1,792.00 ...... 5,395.95 ...... 7,187.95 Senator Richard Shelby ...... 2,192.00 ...... 2,805.95 ...... 4,997.95 Tom Young ...... 2,240.00 ...... 2,841.95 ...... 5,081.95 Pete Dorn ...... 2,293.00 ...... 2,841.95 ...... 5,134.95 Senator Arlen Specter ...... 259.79 ...... 259.79 Craig Synder ...... 2,760.48 ...... 2,760.48 Senator Mike DeWine ...... 345.00 ...... 345.00 Mark Heilbrun ...... 471.00 ...... 471.00 Laura Pressler ...... 549.90 ...... 549.90 Emily Francona ...... 1,746.00 ...... 3,978.95 ...... 5,724.95 Randy Schieber ...... 1,433.00 ...... 3,978.95 ...... 5,411.95 Alfred Cumming ...... 410.10 ...... 1,396.95 ...... 1,807.05 Melvin Dubee ...... 389.10 ...... 1,396.95 ...... 1,786.05 Total ...... 17,699.81 ...... 29,272.60 ...... 46,972.41 ARLEN SPECTER, Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence, Jan. 16, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Representative Pete Stark: France ...... Franc ...... 1,703.36 333.00 2,335.98 457.14 ...... 4,039.34 790.14 Total ...... 333.00 ...... 457.14 ...... 790.14 CONNIE MACK, Chairman, Joint Economic Committee, Jan. 13, 1997.

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

Senator Tom Daschle: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 842.00 ...... 842.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 4,161.60 502.00 ...... 4,161.60 502.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 2,836.91 367.00 ...... 2,836.91 367.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 6,089.46 222.00 ...... 6,089.46 222.00 Senator John Glenn: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 722.00 ...... 722.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 2,462.13 297.00 ...... 2,462.13 297.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 1,777.90 230.00 ...... 1,777.90 230.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 3,513.60 128.00 ...... 3,513.60 128.00 Senator Patrick Leahy: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 850.00 ...... 850.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 4,161.60 502.00 ...... 4,161.60 502.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 3,045.62 394.00 ...... 3,045.62 394.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 7,741.00 282.00 ...... 7,741.00 282.00 Senator Byron Dorgan: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 835.00 ...... 835.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 4,161.60 502.00 ...... 4,161.60 502.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 3,045.62 394.00 ...... 3,045.62 394.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 7,741.00 282.00 ...... 7,741.00 282.00 Senator Dirk Kempthorne: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 882.00 ...... 882.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 4,161.60 502.00 ...... 4,161.60 502.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 6,360.00 826.00 ...... 6,360.00 826.00 Nancy Erickson: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 682.00 ...... 682.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 3,249.68 392.00 ...... 3,249.68 392.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 2,063.91 263.00 ...... 2,063.91 263.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 3,513.60 128.00 ...... 3,513.60 128.00 Sheila Murphy: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 688.00 ...... 688.00

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Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name and country Name of currency Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency currency currency currency

People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 2,727.41 329.00 ...... 2,727.41 329.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 1,909.31 247.00 ...... 1,909.31 247.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 4,995.90 182.00 ...... 4,995.90 182.00 Phil Reberger: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 882.00 ...... 882.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 4,161.60 502.00 ...... 4,161.60 502.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 6,360.00 826.00 ...... 6,360.00 826.00 Sally Walsh: Vietnam ...... Dollar ...... 700.00 ...... 700.00 People’s Republic of China ...... Yuan ...... 4,161.60 502.00 ...... 4,161.60 502.00 Hong Kong ...... Dollar ...... 3,045.62 394.00 ...... 3,045.62 394.00 Taiwan ...... Dollar ...... 4,995.90 182.00 ...... 4,995.90 182.00 Delegation expenses:1 Vietnam ...... 1,811.17 ...... 1,811.17 People’s Republic of China ...... 509.48 ...... 509.48 Hong Kong ...... 3,689.66 ...... 3,689.66 Taiwan ...... 580.26 ...... 580.26 Total ...... 16,460.00 ...... 6,590.57 ...... 23,050.57 1 Delegation expenses include direct payments and reimbursements to the Department of State and the Department of Defense under authority of Section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of Public Law 95–384, and Senate Resolution 179, agreed to May 25, 1977. TOM DASCHLE, h Democratic Leader, Feb. 27, 1997. MEASURE INDEFINITELY POST- AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES nations were received by the Senate and ap- CODE, SECTION 601: PONED—Senate Joint Resolution 14 peared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of Jan- To be lieutenant general uary 30, 1997. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, on MAJ. GEN. DAVID L. VESELY, 0000. Marine Corps nominations beginning Neita behalf of the majority leader, I ask THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT A. Armstrong, and ending Matthew P. unanimous consent that Calendar No. IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- Segrest, which nominations were received by CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE the Senate and appeared in the CONGRES- 15, Senate Joint Resolution 14, be in- AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES definitely postponed. CODE, SECTION 601: SIONAL RECORD of February 11, 1997. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without To be lieutenant general Navy nomination of Bruce G. Lalonde, which was received by the Senate and ap- objection, it is so ordered. LT. GEN. LAWRENCE P. FARRELL, JR., 0000. peared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of Jan- f THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT uary 7, 1997. IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- Navy nominations beginning Thomas J. EXECUTIVE SESSION CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES Campbell, and ending John A. D’Alessandro, CODE, SECTION 601: which nominations were received by the Sen- To be lieutenant general ate and appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL EXECUTIVE CALENDAR MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH E. HURD, 0000. RECORD of January 7, 1997. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask MARINE CORPS Navy nominations beginning Timothy F. unanimous consent that the Senate im- Archer, and ending Melanie J. Larson, which THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR PROMOTION IN nominations were received by the Senate and mediately proceed to executive session THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE IN- DICATED UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SEC- appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of to consider the following nominations TION 624: January 7, 1997. on the Executive Calendar: Calendar To be major general Navy nominations beginning Donald L. Nos. 27 through 33, and all nominations BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH T. ANDERSON, 0000. Beem, and ending Edgardo Perez-lugo, which placed on the Secretary’s desk in the BRIG. GEN. RAYMOND P. AYRES, 0000. nominations were received by the Senate and Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and BRIG. GEN. EMIL R. BEDARD, 0000. appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of BRIG. GEN. CHARLES F. BOLDEN, JR., 0000. Navy. BRIG. GEN. EARL B. HAILSTON, 0000. January 7, 1997. I further ask unanimous consent that BRIG. GEN. BRUCE B. KNUTSON, JR., 0000. Navy nomination of Larry L. Blakesley, BRIG. GEN. GARY S. MCKISSOCK, 0000. which was received by the Senate and ap- the nominations be confirmed, that the BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM L. NYLAND, 0000. BRIG. GEN. RONALD G. RICHARD, 0000. peared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of Jan- motions to reconsider be laid upon the uary 22, 1997. table, that any statements relating to THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS the nominations appear at this point in TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED f the RECORD, that the President be im- STATES CODE, SECTION 12203: mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- To be brigadier general LEGISLATIVE SESSION tion, and that the Senate then return COL. JACK A. DAVIS, 0000. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under to legislative session. COL. FRANCIS E. QUINLAN, 0000. IN THE AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINE CORPS, NAVY the previous order, the Senate will re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without turn to legislative session. objection, it is so ordered. Air Force nomination of James J. Walter, which was received by the Senate and ap- The nominations were considered and f peared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of Feb- confirmed as follows: ruary 5, 1997. AIR FORCE Air Force nomination of Alberto B. ORDERS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1997 THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT Zambrano, which was received by the Senate IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- and appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask CATED UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION of February 6, 1997. 624: Air Force nominations beginning Guy E. unanimous consent that when the Sen- To be major general Acheson, and ending Burton L. Ziskind, ate completes its business today it BRIG. GEN. STEVEN R. POLK, 0000. which nominations were received by the Sen- stand in adjournment until the hour of 12 noon on Monday, March 10. I ask THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED ate and appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE RECORD of February 6, 1997. unanimous consent that on Monday, OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER Army nominations beginning Timothy Al- immediately following the prayer, the TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 12203: bertson, and ending Philip R. Zelson, which routine requests through the morning To be brigadier general nominations were received by the Senate and hour be granted and there be a period COL. THOMAS P. WITTMAN, 0000. appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of January 30, 1997. of morning business until the hour of 3 THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT p.m. with Senators to speak for up to 5 IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- Army nominations beginning Steven R. CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE Abt, and ending John Z. Zupko, which nomi- minutes each, except for the following:

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(REAPPOINTMENT) IN THE RESERVE OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES Resolution 39 regarding committee f CODE, SECTION 12203: funding. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without CONFIRMATIONS To be brigadier general objection, it is so ordered. Executive nominations confirmed by COL. JACK A.DAVIS, 0000 COL. FRANCIS E. QUINLAN, 0000 f the Senate March 6, 1997: IN THE AIR FORCE IN THE AIR FORCE PROGRAM THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF JAMES J. WALTER, WHICH Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, for IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER WAS RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE the information of all Senators, the TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 624: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF FEBRUARY 5, 1997. To be major general AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF ALBERTO B. ZAMBRANO, Senate will not be in session on Friday WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED BRIG. GEN. STEVEN R. POLK, 0000 IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF FEBRUARY 6, 1997. and will return on Monday for busi- AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING GUY E. ACHESON, ness. Following morning business on THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED AND ENDING BURTON L. ZISKIND, WHICH NOMINATIONS Monday, the Senate will begin consid- STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF FEBRUARY 6, 1997. eration of the Governmental Affairs TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 12203: funding resolution. That resolution To be brigadier general IN THE ARMY was reported by the Rules Committee COL. THOMAS P. WITTMAN, 0000 ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING TIMOTHY ALBERT- SON, AND ENDING PHILIP R. ZELSON, WHICH NOMINA- this afternoon. THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED The majority leader will be dis- IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF JANUARY 30, 1997. cussing with the Democratic leader the ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPON- ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING STEVEN R. ABT, AND SIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SEC- ENDING JOHN E. ZUPKO, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RE- possibility of an agreement on this res- TION 601: CEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CON- olution which would allow us to com- To be lieutenant general GRESSIONAL RECORD OF JANUARY 30, 1997. plete action on that resolution early MAJ. GEN. DAVID L. VESELY, 0000 IN THE MARINE CORPS next week. The majority leader will no- THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS BEGINNING NEITA A. tify all Members when this agreement IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ARMSTRONG, AND ENDING MATTHEW P. SEGREST, is reached and the voting schedule as it ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPON- WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE SIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SEC- AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF becomes clear. However, any votes or- TION 601: FEBRUARY 11, 1997. dered on Monday will be stacked to To be lieutenant general IN THE NAVY occur on Tuesday at a time to be deter- LT. GEN. LAWRENCE P. FARRELL, JR., 0000 NAVY NOMINATION OF BRUCE G. LALONDE, WHICH WAS mined later. THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CON- f IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE GRESSIONAL RECORD OF JANUARY 7, 1997. ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPON- NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING THOMAS J. CAMP- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, SIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SEC- BELL, AND ENDING JOHN A. D’ALESSANDRO, WHICH TION 601: MARCH 10, 1997 NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- To be lieutenant general PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF JANUARY 7, 1997. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, if MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH E. HURD, 0000 NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING TIMOTHY F. ARCHER, there is no further business to come be- AND ENDING MELANIE J. LARSON, WHICH NOMINATIONS IN THE MARINE CORPS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE fore the Senate, I now ask that the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF JANUARY 7, 1997. Senate stand in adjournment under the THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION IN NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING DONALD L. BEEM, AND THE U.S. MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE INDICATED ENDING EDGARDO PEREZ-LUGO, WHICH NOMINATIONS previous order. UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 624: WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE There being no objection, the Senate, To be major general CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF JANUARY 7, 1997. at 5:33 p.m., adjourned until Monday, NAVY NOMINATION OF LARRY L. BLAKESLEY, WHICH BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH T. ANDERSON, 0000 WAS RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE March 10, 1997, at 12 noon. BRIG. GEN. RAYMOND P. AYRES, 0000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF JANUARY 22, 1997.

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LEGISLATIVE TO INCREASE THE gether with his wife, Mary, he has raised two vital member of the city council since 1988. PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND CAP wonderful children. Frank and Mary, like so His interest in community and devotion to pub- many families, have worked hard to make a lic service can be traced as far back as his HON. BARBARA B. KENNELLY home for their children. I know they must be childhood in the small agricultural town of OF CONNECTICUT very proud of their son, Henry, who is now a Watsonville in Northern California. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES physician living in Philadelphia and their Councilmember Alexander practiced law for 28 years prior to his election to the city coun- Thursday, March 6, 1997 daughter, Claudia Anne, who is now a screen- writer in Los Angeles. In addition to family re- cil. During that time he affirmed his commit- Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut. Mr. Speak- sponsibilities, Frank and Mary, through her ment to public service as president and direc- er, today, Mr. HOUGHTON of New York and I work as a school psychologist, have made re- tor of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono law will introduce legislation to increase the private markable efforts to reach out to countless oth- firm in the nation. activity bond cap. ers. A life-long resident of the city, Frank has As a councilmember, Mr. Alexander contin- The current gap is the greater of $50 per truly made the people of New Haven his fam- ued to participate in local organizations, be- capita or $150 million. It applies to issuers of ily. lieving that one must be an active participant tax-exempt bonds for affordable single and Citizen of the Year is a most appropriate both at the community level and beyond its multifamily housing, manufacturing facilities, honor for Frank because he is passionately in- borders. He served as an officer and director environmental, energy, and utility projects, re- volved in activities and events within the Ital- of the Economic Resources Corp., which is development of blighted areas, and student ian-American community. Frank's work as working to redevelop South Central Los Ange- loans. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 created Chair for the Columbus Day Celebration al- les, and as director and president of the SOS the cap and forced States to allocate the au- ways comes to mind because he has given so Exceptional Youth Foundation, which provides thority among eligible activities. much of his time, talents, and energy to plan- schools for mentally challenged and delin- While cap growth is limited to annual popu- ning this important day for Italian-Americans. quent children. lation growth, the cap has not been adjusted He has also chaired the State of Connecticut Councilmember Alexander made additional for inflation since 1986. Therefore, those Columbus 500th anniversary celebration. important contributions through his exemplary States with declining populations have been Frank has made the holiday a truly memorable leadership in a variety of other organizations. doubly disadvantaged. This means private ac- one year after year. He sat on the City Planning Commission, tivity bonds have lost a huge amount of their In addition to his work for the Columbus serving as its chair from 1986 to 1987, as buying power. Day celebration, Frank has been involved with founding president and director of the South- Demand for the private activity bond author- the National Italian American Foundation west Beverly Hills Homeowners Association, ity exceeds supply in most States. One exam- (NIAF) since 1977. During this time, he was and as a member of the Beverly Hills Cham- ple is the overwhelming demand for mortgage elected to the board of directors and has ber of Commerce and Civic Association. revenue bonds [MRBs], issued primarily by served on the committee on by-laws and as While on the council, Councilmember Alex- State housing finance agencies [HFA's] to fi- regional vice president of New England. In ander worked to develop transportation and nance modestly priced first-time homes for keeping with his commitment to his roots in traffic programs, and he encouraged the cre- low- and moderate-income families. In 1995, Italy, Frank has traveled there three times to ation of traffic management plans to divert State housing financial agencies issued $8 bil- represent the NIAF at meetings and recep- traffic away from residential streets. He cham- lion in MRB's for more than 103,000 mort- tions. Recently, he was elected general coun- pioned numerous causes of special impor- gages, according to the National Council of sel and national officer. tance to the city such as crime prevention, State Housing Agencies [NCSHA]. Nothing speaks to Frank's character more emergency preparedness, support for the Bev- But home ownership remains out of reach than his efforts to help victims of the 1991 erly Hills school system and historical preser- for thousands more families whom HFA's earthquake in Italy. It was typical of Frank's vation. The residents of Beverly Hills owe a could serve with more private activity bond au- dedication to maintaining a close connection great debt of gratitude to Allan Alexander for thority. State HFA's could have used a addi- to the people of Italy. Frank's definition of fam- his exceptional record of service and achieve- tional $1.8 billion in 1995 cap authority, ac- ily clearly encompasses so much more than ment. cording to HCSHA. Other private activity bond blood relatives. He was named Cavaliere in I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring issuers face equally high unmet demand. the Ordine Al Merito della Republica for his Councilmember Alexander for his long and The current cap is strangling the ability of contributions. successful career in public service and in States and localities to make much-needed in- I am proud to join the Connecticut Grand wishing him, his wife Joan, and their three vestment in their citizens and communities. Lodge in honoring Frank with the Citizen of sons great happiness and success in the fu- Please join us in supporting a long overdue in- the Year Award. Frank has served as a link ture. crease of the cap. between New Haven and Italy. His enthusiasm f f and hard work ensures that Italian spirit and TRIBUTE TO ANN KOUGH TRIBUTE TO FRANK GRAZIOSO culture continue to thrive in New Haven. f FOR HIS WORK WITH THE ITAL- HON. BRAD SHERMAN IAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY TRIBUTE TO BEVERLY HILLS CITY OF CALIFORNIA COUNCILMEMBER ALLAN ALEX- HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO ANDER HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN OF CONNECTICUT OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, March 6, 1997 OF CALIFORNIA Thursday, March 6, 1997 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, on October Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. BERMAN 20, 1996, the Connecticut Grand Lodge, Order Thursday, March 6, 1997 and I are honored today to pay tribute to Sons of Italy in America will honor Frank Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col- Judge Ann Kough who last week was given Grazioso as its Citizen of the Year. It is my leagues to join me in recognizing the distin- the Distinguished Service Award by the San great pleasure to rise today to honor Frank guished career of Beverly Hills City Fernando Valley Bar Association. Her reputa- and all that he has contributed to the Italian- Councilmember Allan Alexander, who is retir- tion as a fair, trustworthy and accessible judge American community in New Haven. ing after many years of public service. precedes her. She has created an atmosphere Frank epitomizes the values that are impor- Councilmember Alexander served as mayor of openness and cooperation that surrounds tant to the Italian-American community. To- of Beverly Hills for two terms and has been a all who enter her courtroom.

∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. E398 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 Mrs. Kough received a bachelor's degree in ed to help America's farmers and protect the appropriate and valuable roles of those who sociology from Whitworth College in Spokane, public. The bill that ultimately became law work as independent contractors. This country WA, and a masters degree in the same sub- made remarkable changes at USDA. Because has benefitted greatly from the spirit and inde- ject from California State University, Fullerton. of Chairman de la Garza's leadership and pendence of the self-employed individual and In 1978, she graduated from UCLA School of sage counsel, the bill represented the right I do not think there is anyone who wants to Law, where her desire to be a judge first way to reinvent Government. stifle the creativity of these individuals. It is the emerged. Once out of school she worked for Throughout his 32-year career in Congress, misuse of the independent contractor status the Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney for 3 Kika never lost sight of the folks back home. and its serious adverse effect on both em- years then entered into private practice. She He fought tirelessly for his constituents. He ployer and worker that concerns me. quickly became a partner in the Los Angeles also proved to be an able and effective advo- My distinguished colleague and friends, firm O'Loughlin, Kough & Katz, she handled cate for American farmers. In no small meas- CHRIS SHAYS, and I became interested in the cases involving criminal, civil, and family law. ure because of his leadership, American agri- classification of workers several years ago Ms. Kough was appointed to the bench in culture remains the envy of the world. when we served together on the Employment April 1989 by Governor Deukmejian. When Kika also is an amateur linguist and a gour- and Housing Subcommittee of the Govern- lawyers who have worked in her courtroom met cook. On many occasions he conversed ment Operations Committee. We found that are asked about Judge Kough, they consist- with foreign dignitaries in their native tongue. the current means for determining employment ently comment on her pleasant demeanor and Personally, Kika is my friend. I am proud to status has had several negative effects: First, uncommonly objective sentencing. She is sponsor this legislation and I urge all my col- it results in similarly situated employers being known for consistently listening to all sides in leagues to support the bill. treated very differently under tax law; second, a case before coming to any decision and f it allowsÐand actually encouragesÐbusi- maintaining an open mind until a final verdict nesses to undercut competitors through unfair is reached. Judge Kough recognizes that the H.R. 769, H.R. 770, AND H.R. 771, THE practices; third, it leaves some workers ex- legal system can often overlook the personal MISCLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOY- ploited and unprotected; and fourth, it deprives and emotional needs of those involved, and EES ACT the Federal Government of significant reve- she makes a concerted effort to take these nue. factors into consideration on the bench. HON. TOM LANTOS Under current law, workers are classified as Judge Kough prides herself on being able to OF CALIFORNIA either employees or independent contractors say, ``I've made a difference,'' at the end of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in one of three ways. First, some workers are the day. Indeed she has made a difference, Thursday, March 6, 1997 explicitly categorized as either employees or and at the end of the day we are all the better independent contractors by statute. Second, for it. Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to workers may be classified as independent f say a few words about the job classification of contractors under statutory safe harbors en- workers, and to urge my colleagues to support acted in section 530 of the Revenue Act of LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE THE H.R. 769, H.R. 770, and H.R. 771, the 1978. Third, if a worker is not classified statu- U.S. BORDER STATION IN PHARR, Misclassification of Employees Act. H.R. 771 torily, and cannot be classified under the stat- TX AS THE ‘‘KIKA DE LA GARZA clarifies our tax laws with regard to employee utory safe harbors, then the worker is classi- U.S. BORDER STATION’’ classification. H.R. 769 and H.R. 770 would fied by applying a very subjective common law require debarment from contracting with the test. Most workers fall under this third cat- HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. Federal Government of any person who has egory. OF OHIO been determined to have willfully misclassified Current law also allows some employers to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a worker. Misclassification occurs when an misclassify workers if they have a reasonable employer wrongfully treats a worker as an basis for classifying employees as independ- Thursday, March 6, 1997 independent contractor rather than as an em- ent contractors. For example, an employer Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today I am ployee. I have introduced H.R. 769, H.R. 770, may rely upon a widespread industry practice introducing legislation to designate the U.S. and H.R. 771 as separate bills because they as a reasonable basis for classifying a worker border station located in Pharr, TX, as the are referred to separate House committees. as an independent contractor. In fact, under ``Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station.'' I am Mr. Speaker, small business men and the recently enacted Small Business Job Pro- proud to author this legislation honoring a women have contacted many of us to explain tection Act of 1996, the industry practice safe great legislator, my former House colleague, some of the important reasons why Congress harbor was liberalized so that it may apply Kika de la Garza. should take another look at how workers are even if less than one-quarter of an industry Kika de la Garza was born in Mercedes, TX, classified for Federal income and employment classifies certain workers as independent con- on September 22, 1927. He earned his law tax purposes, as well as for many nontax pur- tractors. Our legislation eliminates the safe degree from St. Mary's University in San Anto- poses. We know that confusion with employee harbor provisions entirely, since such provi- nio, TX, in 1952. He served in the Navy from classification rules can lead to costly disputes sions allow and encourage the 1945 to 1946, and in the Army from 1950 to with the IRS with devastating effects on small misclassification of employees to continue. We 1952. He served in the Texas House of Rep- businesses. These costs include, among oth- thus restore a level playing field and eliminate resentatives from 1953 to 1965. In 1964, he ers, assessments of back taxes, interest, and the unfair competitive advantages which arise was elected to Congress, where he was sent penalties for businesses which misclassify due to the misclassification of workers. back to Congress by the people of the 15th workers as independent contractors, as well Because the common law test is extremely Congressional District of Texas for 16 terms. as the legal costs involved with coming into subjective, employers have trouble in properly In 1981, Kika became the chairman of the compliance with or defending against an IRS determining worker classification, and revenue House Agriculture Committee. During his 14- audit. agents often classify workers differently even year tenure as chairman, Kika compiled an im- There are other issues relating to the where the underlying circumstances of their pressive record of achievement and dedicated misclassification of workers that arise out of employment are the same. Since a large part service to America's farming community. Most the current procedures for determining who is of the misclassification of workers is due to a notably, Kika went out of his way to foster a an employee and who is an independent con- lack of understanding of the laws, clearer rul- climate of cooperation, inclusive and biparti- tractor, including the effect of misclassification ings and definitions will eliminate a tremen- sanship on the committee. Under his able on the unsuspecting worker, the effect of dous amount of uncertainty in this area. Our leadership, the Agriculture Committee was misclassification on the honest businessman legislation eliminates the restriction on the IRS able to form a consensus on a number of im- trying to compete with a competitor who has to draft regulations and rulings on the employ- portant and intricate agricultural issues. In the misclassified his workers, and the effect of ment status of workers for tax purposes. 103d Congress Kika played a lead role in the misclassification on the Federal budget deficit. Mr. Speaker, our investigation found that the enactment of legislation revamping and H.R. 771 would remedy some of the unin- economic incentives for businesses to streamlining the U.S. Department of Agri- tended effects that arise out of the current pro- misclassify workers as independent contrac- culture. Under his watchful eye, legislation cedures for determining who is an employee tors are huge. An employer who misclassifies was crafted that made many needed and im- and who is an independent contractor. a worker as an independent contractor es- portant changesÐwithout eviscerating those I would like to make clear from the outset, capes many obligations, including paying So- USDA programs that were effective and need- however, that I agree with and recognize the cial Security taxes, unemployment taxes and March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E399 workers compensation insurance, withholding a result of the intentional misclassification of We are all thankful for his wisdom and vi- income taxes and providing benefits such as workers. This is one of the few remaining sion and for the contributions he made to our vacation, sick and family leave, health and life areas where we can help reduce the Federal lives. insurance, pensions, and so forth. Most em- budget deficit without further cutting Govern- I wish to pass on my condolences to those ployers are honest, but the law-abiding em- ment services or levying new taxes. A recent who survive him: His wife, Martha, his daugh- ployer is put at a serious disadvantage since Coopers and Lybrand study found that at least ters Sue Martin and Mary Anne Brannon, and he or she cannot compete on a level playing $35 billion in legitimate tax revenue over the his son A.B. Swindell, and all his grand- field with those who illegally cut their labor next 9 years will be lost by the Federal Gov- children. costs by misclassifying workers. Law-abiding ernment due to the misclassification of em- f employers will not be able to compete fairly ployees. At a time when critical services are until we provide more clear, objective stand- on the chopping block, we can no longer allow DELAURO HONORS JEAN HANDLEY ards by which businesses and the Govern- this waste and abuse to continue. We must FOR HER WORK IN NEW HAVEN ment can determine whether an individual is take steps to curb the continued an employee or an independent contractor. misclassification of employees. HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO Mr. Speaker, employers who have uninten- The advantages of our legislation over more OF CONNECTICUT tionally misclassified workers should be given lax worker classification proposals are clear. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Our legislation would clarify existing law, while the incentive to come into compliance. Our Thurssday, March 6, 1997 legislation offers a 1-year amnesty to employ- other worker classification proposals seek a ers who have misclassified workers on the radical change to the worker classification Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, basis of a good faith interpretation of common principles that businesses have operated November 14, 1996, Columbus House will law or of section 503. This provision removes under to date. Our legislation would create a hold its annual benefit. This year the benefit is the devastating possibility of large assess- level playing field, while other worker classi- entitled ``It's a Small World'' and is honoring ments for back taxes, interest and penalties fication proposals actually encourage unfair two people who have given so much of them- and insures compliance in the future. competition between employers and dishonest selves and have brought so much to the city Misclassification can also have a devastat- employers to cheat millions of unsuspecting of New Haven; Jean Handley and Timothy ing effect on the unsuspecting worker. As a workers out of employee benefits. Finally, our Shriver. I have known Jean for many years contractor, he or she may receive a higher legislation would save the Federal Govern- and her life and work embodies the benefit take-home pay and may be allowed to deduct ment billions of dollars in lost revenues, while theme of bringing the global community to the more business expenses from income taxes. other worker classification proposals would city of New Haven. But the loss of financial benefits and of the cost the Government billions more in lost tax Jean's professional life has always kept her many protections which are provided to em- revenues. in close contact with the people of New ployees can be catastrophic in cases of ill- Mr. Speaker, misclassification, and espe- Haven. From 1984 through 1989, Jean was ness, unemployment and retirement. For ex- cially intentional misclassification, has contin- the vice president of Personnel and Corporate ample, there is no unemployment compensa- ued as a festering problem in this country for Relations for Southern New England Tele- tion for the independent contractor to fall back too long, and it is time for Congress to finally phone Co. However, nothing speaks to Jean's on between jobs. Health insurance is an indi- do something about it. I urge my colleagues to character more than her dedicated patronage vidual responsibility and is usually far more support the Misclassification of Employees of the arts. Jean has lent her support to a costly than an employer's group policy. In the Act. number of local artistic organizations. She is case of work-related injury or illness, there is f currently serving as vice president of the New no worker's compensation available. Our legis- Haven Symphony Orchestra and is on the TRIBUTE TO RUSSELL SWINDELL lation would require prime contractors to notify Board of Long Wharf Theater and the Creative legitimate independent contractors of all their Arts Workshop. Of particular note however, is tax obligations and other statutory rights and HON. BOB ETHERIDGE her part in the production of the first annual protections. OF NORTH CAROLINA International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Mr. Speaker, as you know, many Federal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Haven. The brainchild of Anne Calabresi, Jean entitlement programs hinge on the number Thursday, March 6, 1997 was one of the original founders and key orga- employees that an employer has on its books. Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today nizers. It was Jean who brought the festival to Thus, misclassifying employees as independ- to mark the passing of a great North Caro- life and made it a reality that will continue for ent contractors also can enable employers to linian. Russell Swindell served his State and years. The festival was a truly unique event either escape responsibility for, or allow their its people in many capacities during his 90 that exhibited a rich array of talent from story- workers to fall within coverage of, these enti- years, and he will surely be missed by all. telling and puppetry to experimental theater. tlement programs. For example, the Health In- Russell Swindell was born in Swan Quarter, Perhaps the greatest achievement of the fes- surance Portability Act of 1996 contains a NC, and represented Hyde County in the tival was the way it showcased the city of New much-heralded provision allowing medical sav- North Carolina House from 1951 to 1955. He Haven. ings accounts [MSA's]. However, MSA's are loved to spend time outdoors, and was a long- Jean has continually focused on promoting not available to an employee unless that em- time member of the First United Methodist art in New Haven while also importing great ployee works for a small employer, which is Church in Cary. art into the city. This is one of her focuses in defined as an employer which employed 50 or But his greatest accomplishment, and the her capacity on the Board of the Creative Arts fewer employees during either of the preced- one that has undoubtedly impacted the lives of Workshop. Founded in 1960, the Creative Arts ing calendar years. Additionally, the Health In- countless North Carolinians, was his help in Workshop holds classes for children and surance Portability and Accountability Act only creating the State's community college sys- adults in everything from pottery and painting allows a total of 750,000 taxpayers to have an tem. to weaving. Every year the workshop sponsors MSA. Under liberal worker classification pro- Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of talk these days a holiday show that features craftspeople from posals, it would not be at all difficult for a dis- in our Nation's Capital and throughout this all over the country. Jean understands that the honest employer with 60 employees to reclas- country about the value and importance of a creative process must involve sharing and sify 10 of them as independent contractors so quality education. Russell Swindell knew that communication between artists and she strives that the business now qualifies as a small em- long ago, and with his help and hard work, to facilitate these exchanges. Never satisfied ployer. Moreover, by doing so, this type of dis- North Carolina set up a quality community col- to be just a name on a committee, Jean has honest employer may end up causing the lege system that educates our young people immersed herself in every endeavor she un- 750,000 MSA participant ceiling to be reached and provides necessary training for workers dertakes. She is currently on the Board of much sooner than it otherwise would be, still today. His vision helped thousands receive Long Wharf Theater and is involved in the thereby bumping out of the MSA Program em- an education and vocational skills that has al- search for a new artistic director. She is al- ployees in other small businesses who lawfully lowed them a brighter future in our society. ways looking forward to the future of every or- would be entitled to their own MSA's. H.R. After leaving his job with the State Depart- ganization she patronizes and her vision, time, 771 would eliminate such distortion of the sys- ment of Education, he maintained his interest and talent are invaluable. tem by dishonest employers. in the community colleges during the 20 years I am very proud to join Columbus House in Last, Mr. Speaker, billions of dollars in Fed- he was the executive director of the North honoring Jean Handley. Jean is committed to eral and State tax revenues are being lost as Carolina Railroad Association. keeping the arts vital and allowing the artistic E400 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 process to continue to flower in New Haven. the Hispanic minority must be recognized as Were he writing today, Kipling’s Mr. At- Jean is keenly aware that New Haven is noth- a vital part of progress in the United States, kins could have cited the statement released ing without a strong and active artistic commu- offering her enthusiastic support to the pro- by Pentagon officials recently that the mili- grams sponsored by the Hispanic Catholic tary logs for an eight-day period during nity and she has done everything possible to Centers of the Washington Archdiocese. Mrs. which thousands of American troops might allow that community to thrive. Her work re- Herman has been the main line of commu- have been exposed to nerve gas and other minds us all that we have an obligation to sup- nication between His Eminence James Car- Iraqi chemical weapons shortly after the port the arts and to make art accessible to ev- dinal Hickey and President Clinton for issues Persian Gulf war appear to have been re- eryone. She has truly brought the world to having to do with the development of vital moved or lost and cannot be located despite New Haven and in doing so has enriched the social programs for Hispanic and Afro-Amer- an exhaustive search. lives of everyone who participates in or enjoys ican minorities. There are several mysterious gaps in the the arts. At the time of the crisis brought about by otherwise meticulous combat logs. The gaps the assassination of the four ‘‘Brothers to include the period in early March 1991 in f the Rescue’’ pilots by the totalitarian tyr- which American combat engineers blew up SUPPORT OF ALEXIS HERMAN FOR anny of Fidel Castro in February 1996, from the sprawling Kamisiyah ammunition depot her post in the Office of Public Liaison of the in southern Iraq, an event that exposed thou- SECRETARY OF LABOR White House she collaborated with then UN sands of American troops to nerve gas. Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright, and oth- One wonders if ‘‘Mr. Tommy Atkins’’ HON. EARL F. HILLIARD ers, in the formulation of President Clinton’s would feel the need to point out that at one policy in reprisal to that attack. OF ALABAMA time the Defense Department had denied to Alexis Herman has enough merits as a Congress that such combat logs even existed, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES woman, as a prominent member of the Afro- and the DoD released the logs last year only Thursday, March 6, 1997 American minority and as a professional, to after a Georgia veterans group sought them be confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of under the Freedom of Information Act. Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Labor. This would be good for the whole Only recently has the Pentagon acknowl- bring to the attention of this Nation, a recent country. The Senate’s Republican leader edged that the nerve gas sarin and other editorial I read in the largest Spanish-Amer- Trent Lott has said that he will support the chemical weapons had definitely been stored ican newspaper in the Americas. Diario Las nomination and DIARIO LAS AMERICAS in the Iraqi ammunition depot at Kamisiyah Americas, in their February 27, 1997, edition, considers that the Senate should approve it that was destroyed by U.S. troops in March called for the confirmation of Ms. Alexis Her- as soon as possible. 1991. man as our next Secretary of Labor. I must f That event at the Kamisiyah ammunition agree wholeheartedly with its endorsement, depot exposing thousands of U.S. soldiers to WILL AN AMERICAN ‘‘TOMMY’’ a cloud of the nerve gas sarin and other and call on the Senate to confirm her, expedi- PLEASE STAND? deadly chemicals, poisoning from anti-nerve tiously. gas tablets, and poisoning from pesticides As the newspaper points out, Alexis Herman HON. ZOE LOFGREN are the presumptive sources of the disabling has a lifetime of positive public service, which physical health problems that have been OF CALIFORNIA highlights her efforts to improve the progress plaguing veterans and children of veterans of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and lives of women, African-Americans, and the Persian Gulf War. Hispanic-Americans. As the President's Assist- Thursday, March 6, 1997 As an attorney, I respect the way Kipling’s ant and Director of the Office of Public Liai- Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, Tom Harney, speaker, ‘‘Mister Atkins,’’ makes his case; his supporting examples are clear and visual, son, she has shown us her savvy, expertise, an attorney in San Jose, CA, has written a his logic is straightforward and his closing and experience. I am also proud to say that thought-provoking article in a recent edition of line poses a clear point for all Americans to she is a native of one of the finest States in Stars and Stripes which concerns the debt we ponder. the Union, Alabama. owe our veterans and soldiers. For those who The concerned but muted and fragmented The Senate Republican leader, Senator do not regularly receive Stars and Stripes, I chorus of American voices would do well to TRENT LOTT has endorsed her nomination wish to make this useful article available. find a present-day point man like ‘‘Tommy after a series of meetings with Ms. Herman. [From the Stars and Stripes, Jan. 26, 1997] Atkins’’ who, armed with fresh examples to support his disparity contention, could force- With this fact taken into consideration, I can't WILL AN AMERICAN ‘‘TOMMY’’ PLEASE STAND? fully champion the rights of responsible think of any legitimate reason why the Senate (By Thomas Roy Harney) Americans and blast his closing line to Pen- can't complete its committee process and Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘‘Tommy’’ rose tagon officials, the Defense Department, the bring Ms. Herman's nomination to the floor for from the depths of my so-called brain re- VA and others—shouting, with the last a vote. I am confident, that once the whole cently, triggered and recalled from those words of the poem, ‘‘Bloomin fools’’ we’re Senate reviews the record of Alexis Herman, depths by the print-media news. not. Tommy, a lawyer’s guide to veterans af- f they will confirm her. fairs, is the name of the quarterly newsletter Mr. Speaker, I request that the whole text of published by the Veterans Law Section of the newspaper endorsement which I men- THE SCANDAL-A-DAY the Federal Bar Association, but I had some- ADMINISTRATION tioned, be placed in the RECORD. how previously failed to make the obvious [From the Diario Las Americas, Feb. 27, 1997] connection between the poem and the news- letter. ALEXIS HERMAN FOR SECRETARY OF LABOR OF HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON The poem ‘‘Tommy’’ is from a different THE UNITED STATES OF NEW YORK time, 1892; a different country, Great Brit- The nomination by President Clinton of ain; and almost a different language, English IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Alexis Herman for Secretary of Labor of the Cockney; yet it is right on point concerning Thursday, March 6, 1997 United States is the recognition of her pro- American veterans and all Americans today. fessional, humanitarian and civic merits, ‘‘Tommy Atkins’’ or ‘‘Tommy’’ is the Brit- Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, as someone proven by her intense public service career ish equivalent of the American GI (e.g., Bill who has been looking into the dealings of the which began as Coordinator of the crusade to Mauldin’s Willie and Joe in his popular car- Clinton administration related to campaign train and find jobs for youths sponsored by toon series ‘‘Up Front’’), and ‘‘Tommy At- fundraising, possible breaches of national and the Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama, and kins’’ is the speaker in Kipling’s poem. economic security and other indiscretions, this most recently as Director of the Office of The speaker is calling our attention to the past week has been very interesting. It would Public Liaison of the White House and Spe- gross disparity in the value that the citi- cial Assistant to the President. zenry places on its soldiers. The unjust dis- appear that there is no end to the sheer arro- Her life in public service has engaged her, parity he observes is the miserable treat- gance and deliberate skirting of the law under after graduating from Xavier University, in ment accorded the soldier and ex-soldier in which this administration has operated. No a rich and varied number of activities de- peacetime, contrasted with their treatment law, and certainly no ethical standard, appear voted to the professional betterment of Afro- when the winds of war are blowing or, as to forestall any efforts by this President to fur- American women, succeeding in her efforts Tommy puts it, when ‘‘there’s trouble in the ther his personal and political interests and as Director of the Black Women’s Employ- wind.’’ those of his associates. From dealings with a ment Program to have companies such as Kipling’s tribute to Mr. Thomas Atkins is Coca-Cola and Delta appoint Afro-American relevant today, because in 1996, more than foreign company and officials with close ties to women to high ranking positions. 100 years after it was penned by him, an the People's Republic of China that likely jeop- In her efforts to improve women’s progress American ‘‘Tommy’’ wouldn’t have to look ardized important economic and national se- in the work and entrepreneurial ranks she too far for modern-day American examples crets, to encouraging meetings at the White has constantly maintained the principle that to support his disparity contention. House with DNC political fundraisers, major March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E401 contributors, and even Federal regulators, this government projects. But it wasn’t just an- this Administration will continue to drain administration has shown a blatant disregard other reinvention. ‘‘The president is sick of away until those questions are answered. for ethical behavior and the public interest in this and wants action,’’ Elaine Kamarck, a The extent to which Mr. Gore’s admission domestic policy adviser to Mr. Gore wrote in dented his own Presidential hopes cannot be a democracy. an e-mail last March, the ‘‘this’’ being that It would be impossible for me to call atten- known immediately. What is clear is the the INS wasn’t moving people along at the utter tackiness and lack of restraint that tion to all the various scandals unfolding proper speed. prevailed within the reelection councils at around this administration in a reasonable The Republican charge is that, in speeding this White House. Mr. Gore now bids to be amount of time. I for one am most concerned up the process, the INS made citizens of remembered as the Vice President who went with questions pertaining to economic and some applicants with criminal records who a clear step beyond what previous Vice other forms of espionage on behalf of foreign should have been barred. The Democratic de- Presidents and Presidents were willing to do. interests by a host of acknowledged friends fense—the current version—is that some of Typically, the party’s top officeholders ap- and associates of the President. I believe this may indeed have occurred, but not be- pear at fund-raising events and thank con- cause of political interference. Rather, it was these to be the most serious and most disturb- tributors in a general way, but they do not the result of simple bungling. You are told do the arm-twisting themselves. It is de- ing of the allegations that will ultimately be the now that you shouldn’t take the political meaning and potentially corrupting for a focus of the media and the main source of the meddling in this process—essentially a law Vice President to ask directly for money, es- American people's disgust. But in the case of enforcement process—seriously not because pecially from people with business before the this administration, it more resembles the old it didn’t happen but because it was ineffec- government. saying ``Pick your poison,'' because there's no tual. Now there’s a comfort. Senior business executives called by the telling what may finally be most damaging. The INS has long been an agency in dis- Vice President felt they were being shaken In October 1996 when I started asking repair. It had and still has a huge naturaliza- down, and they had a right to think so. Such tion backlog, partly the result of increased transgressions against propriety have be- questions about Clinton administration policy applications after the grant of amnesty to toward China and Vietnam, I was one of a few come a recurrent theme with this Adminis- certain illegal aliens in the immigration act tration. Whatever the final adjudication of who found their associations and behavior of 1986, partly now the result as well of last its conduct, this White House has time and suspect. Now, every major newspaper this year’s welfare bill, which cuts off benefits to again blurred lines that other Administra- week has had two and three front-page stories immigrants who fail to naturalize. The agen- tions have drawn between politics and gov- about various indiscretions under President cy was already trying to cut the backlog, as ernment. Clinton and by President Clinton. And why is well it should and if ever there were a can- After the disclosures that Democratic Na- that? It's because there is an unbelievable didate for reinvention, it’s the INS. So you tional Committee officers and staff members had a legitimate project until the folks with wealth of information regarding wrongdoing were attending White House meetings and the hot hands in the White House decided it receptions, using White House phone logs out there. Yet, Attorney General Reno contin- should be a political project as well, at which ues to deny the need for an independent and offering the Lincoln Bedroom and other point it was compromised. perquisites to potential donors, it should counsel. It's hard to believe she's applying the Some of the worst ideas ginned up in the perhaps not be surprising that Mr. Gore felt same law we in Congress wrote just for situa- White House never got anywhere, in part ap- it was all right to sit in his office and call tions like this where it is necessary to remove parently because of stout INS resistance. contributors. politics from an investigation. Clearly there is Nor is it yet clear how many people with dis- Just once we would like to hear of someone credible evidence of illegal activity and infor- qualifying records were made citizens, nor within this Administration’s inner financial how much of that was due to political pres- circle who had the strength, self-discipline mation that links principal figures, that is, sure and how much to just plain everyday in- President Clinton and Vice President GORE, to and taste to say no. Failing that, most peo- competence. But in a way it doesn’t matter. ple would settle for an independent counsel these actions. What matters is that once again the political I urge you, Mr. Speaker, and everyone to to check the Vice President’s reading of the people couldn’t keep their distance from a law and the legality of the entire Democratic take a look at two editorials from the New process that should have been respected and fund-raising operation. York Times and the Washington Post on left alone on decency-in-government grounds, and then they were untruthful March 5, 1997, that outline another abuse at f the hands of the Clinton administration. This about it. Who believes them and goes bail for one involving speeding up the citizenship them next time? IN HONOR OF JAMES AZARIEL process for potential political gain. As you can [From the New York Times, Mar. 5, 1997] AND SELINA ANASTASIA see from their tone, I'm not the only one who BURNETTE THE LAW ACCORDING TO GORE has grown tired of their insatiable political ap- We salute Vice President Al Gore’s deci- petite and disrespect for honest government. sion to come forward and answer questions HON. NICK SMITH The editorials follow: about his role in the Democrats’ unre- OF MICHIGAN [From the Washington Post, Mar. 5, 1997] strained fund-raising in 1996. But surely Mr. BURNED AGAIN Gore and President Clinton know that the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On subject after subject, this turns out to situation is too messy for the American pub- Thursday, March 6, 1997 be a White House that you believe at your lic to accept Mr. Gore’s relaxed reading of peril. Six months ago, Republicans were ac- the Federal law against soliciting money on Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, last cusing it of trying to make political use of Federal property. Thursday, February 27, wife, Bonnie, and I the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Mr. Gore argued that the law does not were blessed with two new grandchildren. The charge was that the White House had apply to his calls from the White House since Their names are Selina Anastasia and James put the arm on the INS to speed up and cut he used a credit card supplied by the Demo- Azariel Burnett. They are the first children of cratic National Committee and was not so- corners in the naturalization process, the my daughter, Elizabeth Burnett, and her hus- theory being that new citizens would more liciting Federal employees. The Republicans likely vote Democratic than Republican, and and some legal scholars seem to think the band, Fred Burnett. therefore the more of them, the merrier. law actually means what it says, and that Bonnie and I join James and Selina's other The administration responded that there Mr. Gore broke it. Whatever the final resolu- grandparents, Charles and Bonnie Burnette of was no way it would do a thing like that, tion, Mr. Gore’s forthright statement about Rustburg, VA, in welcoming them to the world. manipulate the citizenship process for politi- his actions leaves no doubt that Attorney Selina and James, like my other grand- cal gain, and folks believed it. We ourselves General Janet Reno has the ‘‘credible evi- children, will have a tough time paying back all wrote sympathetically that, while ‘‘some dence’’ of possible law-breaking that she congressional Republicans suspect a Demo- needs to appoint an independent counsel. the money that the Federal Government is cratic plan to load up the voter rolls . . . the Of course, plenty more important evidence borrowing. If we don't change our ways, they administration replies that there are good already exists, and the need for a thorough will have to pay $187,000 each over their life- and innocent reasons for [the] increase.’’ airing will only grow in the days ahead. Mr. times to cover their share of the interest on So now, guess what? It turns out the White Gore’s undignified phone-athon, however de- the national debt. House was in fact leaning on the INS to has- meaning to him and his office, is not the I ask all the parents and grandparents now ten the process, in part in hopes of creating weightiest matter to be explored. What has in Congress to work with me to minimize the new Democratic voters. There are documents to be determined is whether illegal foreign that amply show as much. The attempt was contributions were funneled into the Presi- debt that James, Selina and all the other chil- described in a lengthy account in this news- dent’s re-election effort and whether staff dren and grandchildren will have to pay back. paper by reporter William Branigin the other members at the White House and the D.N.C. If we continue to overspend, their chances for day. It was centered in the office of Vice had knowledge or complicity in such an ef- a good job and a high standard of living will President Gore, where they do reinventing fort. The political and legislative energies of be substantially reduced. E402 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 DELAURO COMMENDS SISTER ANN TRIBUTE TO FDA COMMISSIONER member of the Governor's State Judicial MATTHEW LORUSSO AND WIL- DAVID KESSLER, M.D. Screening Committee, and as a member of LIAM IOVANNE FOR THEIR WORK the Mayor's Committee on Appointments. In IN THE COMMUNITY HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN addition, she has served on numerous boards OF CALIFORNIA including, the National Hispanic Leadership HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Agenda, the New York Community Trust, and the National Civil League. OF CONNECTICUT Thursday, March 6, 1997 Prior to her confirmation as Administrator of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, David Kessler the SBA, President Clinton appointed Ms. Al- Thursday, March 6, 1997 represents the best in public service. He did varez to head the newly established Office of his job with one purpose: to protect and pro- Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speakers, on Sunday, mote the public health. He did so with un- [OFHEO] in 1993. At OFHEO, she imple- October 27, 1996, the American Committee on matched passion, intensity, and courage. Dr. Italian Migration will honor Sister Ann Matthew mented regulations to insure the financial Kessler understood that the Food and Drug safety and soundness of the two largest hous- Lorusso and E. William Iovanne with the 1996 Administration is a scientific agency and that Community Service Award. I am very pleased ing finance institutions in the NationÐthe Fed- politics have no place in the agency's deci- eral National Mortgage Association [Fannie to rise today to recognize the great work of sions. David Kessler would also be the first to the American Committee on Italian Migration Mae] and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage tell you that he could not have accomplished Corporation [Freddie Mac]. Her leadership is and the wonderful contributions to the commu- anything without the hard work and dedication nity made by Sister Ann and Bill. Both of characterized by efficient management. of his colleagues at the Food and Drug Ad- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me these individuals have deep roots in the New ministration. Haven community and have made great ef- in commending Ms. Aida Alvarez for her out- Those accomplishments are significant and standing achievements and in wishing her forts to give something back to the city and are making real differences today in the health the people who live here. continued success as Administrator of the and safety of Americans. We now have food Small Business Administration. Sister Ann has been with the hospital of St. labels that give us meaningful information we f Raphael in New Haven since 1968 and her can use to improve our diets. The agency is tenure there has produced unique programs approving new medicines at a rate that was TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM and projects. A dedicated nurse, Sister Ann unimaginable when he came to the agency in MACLAUGHLIN spent years in nurse management at St. 1990. Today, we are protecting our children Raphael's because she loved to be with the against the terrible scourge of the diseases HON. BRAD SHERMAN patients and to work with people. She is now brought on by tobacco use. Dr. Kessler has OF CALIFORNIA the parish nurse coordinator for the hospital. set the standard for excellence and accom- She oversees an interdenominational program plishment in government. Thank you, David HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN which puts a nurse in synagogues and church- Kessler, for your public service. OF CALIFORNIA es to meet the wellness needs of the con- f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gregation. Sister Ann has referred to the pro- gram as ``community nursing'' and she fo- TRIBUTE TO AIDA ALVAREZ Thursday, March 6, 1997 cuses on educational programs to prevent ill- ´ Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. BERMAN ness and disease. As health care becomes in- HON. JOSE E. SERRANO and I are honored today to pay tribute to creasingly difficult to access, Sister Ann is OF NEW YORK Judge William MacLaughlin who last week heading a program that reaches out to people IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was named 1997 Judge of the Year by the and makes sure they get the care they need. Thursday, March 6, 1997 San Fernando Valley Bar Association. Judge In addition to work at the Hospital of St. Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it gives me MacLaughlin has a reputation among his co- Raphael, Sister Ann has served on the May- great joy to extend my congratulations to Ms. workers as a fair, hard-working judge who or's Commission on Aging since 1994. It is in Aida Alvarez on her confirmation to lead the brings a common sense approach to the this capacity that she is able to address the U.S. Small Business Administration. bench. Throughout his life he has shown ex- needs of the area's elderly. Sister Ann speaks Ms. Aida Alvarez is the first Puerto Rican emplary service to his country and community. passionately about finding ways to tap into woman, also the first Hispanic woman, ap- Mr. MacLaughlin received his bachelor's de- community resources to ensure that our elder- pointed to a Cabinet position in U.S. history. gree and law degree from Yale in 1957 and ly community is provided for. We are very Throught her long and distinguished career, 1960 respectively. After passing the bar exam lucky to have such a dedicated educator and Ms. Alvarez has acquired the experience and he joined the U.s. Army first in a full-time ca- advocate working on behalf of the people of expertise that makes her exceptionally well pacity and later as a reservist, attaining the New Haven. qualified to lead the Small Business Adminis- rank of captain in 1969. He then entered the This tribute is a most appropriate honor for tration [SBA]. ``Small business is the heart and legal profession, quickly becoming a partner in Bill Iovanne because he is so proud of his Ital- soul of the American economy,'' Ms. Alvarez the firm Stone & Davis. Later in his career Mr. ian heritage and is deeply committed to the said during her acceptance speech after Presi- MacLaughlin went into practice on his own. Italian-American community here in New dent Clinton nominated her to head the SBA. Representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Haven. A lifelong resident of Wooster Square, Ms. Alvarez was born in Aguadilla, PR, and his years as an attorney saw him focus on Bill took over the business his father started. raised in New York City. She learned first personal injury, business, construction, and His tenure as president of Iovanne Funeral hand the importance of small businesses to environmental areas of law. After many years Home has earned him the respect and admi- fulfill the entrepreneurial spirit, build stronger and a well respected tenure as an attorney, he ration of many. I have known Bill for many, communities, and spur economic growth. was appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson to the Los many years and our families remain closely While still a high school student, she helped Angeles superior court. connected. He has never failed to help fami- her family by working as a waitress in her In January 1992, Mr. MacLaughlin took his lies in their time of need. The loss of a loved mother's restaurant. position on the bench. In the 5 years since, he one is such a trying, difficult time but Bill pro- After graduating cum laude from Harvard has earned the respect of colleagues and co- vides comfort and support to everyone. In- College, she worked as a reporter for the New workers alike as a hard-working and conscien- deed, Bill is not only passionately devoted to York Post and Channel Five in New York. Her tious judge. Judge MacLaughlin is known for, his own family, he has a reputation for treating reporting of guerrilla activities in El Salvador among other things, conversing at length with everyone like a member of the family. won her an Associated Press Award for Excel- prospective jurors, clearly explaining their role I am very proud to join the American Com- lence and an Emmy nomination. and how they fit into the larger process. When mittee on Italian Migration as they honor these Ms. Alvarez held executive positions as an dealing with conflicting parties in a case he two remarkable individuals. They have dedi- investment banker at the First Boston Corp. has commonly been known to encourage cated their lives to working with and for others and Bear Stearns and, later on, as Vice Presi- them to work together toward a solution, rec- and I commend them for their commitment to dent of the New York City Health and Hospital ognizing that a resolution reached through their Italian-American heritage. They make me Corp. compromise is better than any decision im- proud to be a member of the Italian-American Ms. Alvarez served as commissioner on the posed upon them. The judge's reputation for community. New York City Charter Revision Commission, common sense, middle-of-the-road rulings March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E403 have earned high praise from numerous attor- the Jewish Federation of Greater Fort Lauder- current rate, whichever is lower. This bill is not neys who have entered his courtroom. dale and for the Temple Beth Torah, where he designed to give farmers the incentive to ex- Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me and our is also a member of the board of directors. His tend for 1 year at a substantially higher rate, colleagues in recognizing the accomplish- activity in both Jewish affairs and journalism it is designed to keep CRP benefits enrolled in ments of Judge William MacLaughlin. Truly, has earned him a seat on the Jewish Tele- a cost-effective manner and allow for an or- his even-handed administration of justice is an graph Agency Board of Directors as well. derly return of this land back into production. example to us all. I wish William Katzberg the best on receiv- Mr. Speaker, massive changes have oc- f ing this prestigious honor from the Middle East curred in this Nation's agricultural programs Network. I know he will continue to be an ef- within the last year. With any program TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM KATZBERG fective voice and journalist for the Jewish changes, a smooth transition is both nec- community in south Florida and in Israel. essary and desired. This legislation will allow HON. PETER DEUTSCH f producers to make sound, market-based deci- OF FLORIDA sions as they bring their land back into pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE CONSERVATION RESERVE duction. Again, I urge my colleagues to join PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY ACT Thursday, March 6, 1997 me in supporting this much needed legislation. f Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. JERRY MORAN E recognize William Katzberg for being honored OF KANSAS D LAURO HONORS SAGE SERVICES by the Middle East Network on the occasion of OF NEW HAVEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his 1,000th weekly, consecutive column for the Jewish Journal. For the past 20 years, William Thursday, March 6, 1997 HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO Katzberg has provided his readers fair and ob- Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise OF CONNECTICUT jective literary works on issues relating to Is- today to urge my colleagues to support legis- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rael and the Jewish community. His journal- lation regarding one of this Nation's most im- istic contribution stems from his dedication to portant and effective conservation programs, Thursday, March 6, 1997 straightforward journalism and enduring love the Conservation Reserve Program. Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Oc- for the State of Israel. Under the Conservation Reserve Program tober 25, 1996, Sage Services will celebrate In 1987, the Middle East Network in south Flexibility Act, H.R. 861, producers whose its 25th anniversary. The organization serves Florida, formerly known as the Committee for contracts expire and whose bids to re-enroll people over the age of 55 with a number of Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, are not accepted under new USDA rules for different programs. I am delighted to rise was concerned about erroneous news reports the CRP, will be allowed to extend, for up to today to honor Sage Services and to recog- the American public was receiving regarding 1 year, their existing contracts at the county- nize the important work they are doing. the Arab Infatada. The media reporting from wide rental rate as established under the new The mission of Sage Services is twofold. the Middle East had fabricated the news in an enrollment criteria. The organization aims to enable older people attempt to capture America's interest in the In Kansas, the Conservation Reserve Pro- to maintain their independence, to continue to battle transpiring in the Middle East. The me- gram protects 2.9 million acres of environ- develop their skills and abilities, and to help dia's deception was widely considered as a mentally sensitive land by encouraging farm- them feel that they are valued members of the war of informationÐa war as devastating as ers to dedicate this land to conservation use. community. In addition, Sage Services edu- the war being fought between Israel and the Contracts covering almost 2 million acres of cates the community to value older people, to Arabs because it was turning world opinion Kansas CRP land will expire by September benefit from their contributions, and to under- against Israel. The Middle East Network held 31, 1997. Unfortunately, the timing of the U.S. stand and address the concerns and issues an organizational meeting to put an end to the Department of Agriculture's rulemaking proc- older people face. fictitious news reports and generate fair and ess does not always coincide with needs of Sage Services provides a number of valu- impartial reporting regarding Israel. William farmers. For producers of fall crops, like winter able job training and job placement programs. Katzberg was an invited guest because of his wheat, the enrollment decision date is simply The organization is committed to keeping the journalistic integrity and support of Israel. He too late. skills older people possess up to date. For ex- immediately recognized the grave impact of This legislation would allow producers to ex- ample, several computer training classes are the deceptive reports and called on the Jewish plore the full range of grazing and cropping offered which teach word processing, Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale to help options as they bring their CRP land back into keyboarding and data base, and spread sheet promote accuracy in Middle East reporting. production. Due to extensions over the last 2 skills. I can imagine that it gives participants a Over the years, William Katzberg has writ- years, contracts representing nearly 22 million great deal of self-confidence and self-esteem ten a great deal about Israel and the Jewish acres of this program are now expiring at to be able to keep up with the information age community. His column appears in the Jewish once. At this point, we do not know exactly and the proliferation of computers. Journal, and, on occasion, in the Miami Herald what land will be accepted, but it is estimated Sage Services also offers all sorts of job and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. He has that 20 to 25 percent of the currently enrolled placement programs. Older people are hired become quite popular among residents in acres will not even be eligible. This represents by local businesses for everything from office south Florida as a media journalist, a speaker, around 4 million acres that we know will not work to repairs and maintenance work. I am and a leader. In addition to his column, Wil- be in CRP and will be back into production. so pleased to see local businesses working liam Katzberg has helped organize mass Mr. Speaker, adding 4 million acres into pro- with the organization because older people meetings for the Middle East Network, has duction with a limited range of planting options have so much to offer. If we do not reach out acted as a meeting moderator, and has pro- could be disastrous. This sort of market dis- to them we are losing a great resource. Their duced a series of documentary films on Israel ruption can be avoided if we allow producers talents, abilities and experiences remain rel- including: ``Israel Under Siege,'' ``the Hope, the across the country to explore all of their op- evant to the job market and it is to our advan- Struggle, and the Miracle,'' ``From Ellis Island tions on how to bring this land back into pro- tage to tap this resource. to Jerusalem,'' and ``Israel, Between Terror duction. In addition to these great programs, Sage and Peace.'' These films have been shown to There are several important realities that Services links older people with all sorts of synagogues, churches, and colleges and uni- this bill acknowledges. Under this legislation, services and assistance. I am impressed with versities in south Florida to help increase the enrollment cap is not changed. As sign-up the Sage Home Share Program which helps awareness of Israel and her people. progresses, 36.4 million acres will still be the people remain in their homes by putting them William Katzberg remains actively involved statutory limit on acres in the program. Even in touch with someone who is in need of hous- in the Jewish community in south Florida. He with the continuous enrollment for filter strips, ing. Older people receive companionship and is a member of the board of directors and on riparian areas, and other high-priority areas, assistance and those sharing housing are able the executive advisory community of the Jew- the current enrollment is only 32 million acres. to find reasonably priced housing. I think this ish Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale. Allowing a 1 year extension would not limit program goes to the heart of what Sage Serv- Through his involvement at the federation, he signup of new acres going into the program. ices is all about; people helping each other. has helped to raise hundreds of thousands of Another important factor is the payment Sage Services keeps the idea that we are all dollars for the United Jewish Appeal. He also rate. Under this 1 year extension, the payment family and we are all responsible for each participates in leading group trips to Israel for will be either the new enrollment rate or the other at the heart of everything it does. E404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 I am proud to have this opportunity to con- Please bury me with soldiers, and let my minor he enjoyed the tremendous positive im- gratulate Sage Services and to recognize all spirit soar with kindred souls with pact he had on the young man's life. In de- those who work there or volunteer their time to whom I shared the brotherhood of war. fending the youth of our area, John found a Yes, lay me down with soldiers in con- helping others. They are truly making an in- secrated ground, made holy by their challenging and rewarding career. Through his credible difference in the lives of so many sacrifice, and bravery without bound. endeavors he became a juvenile court referee people. Sage Services is a remarkable organi- It matters not the color of the uniform they and eventually was appointed a Superior zation and I commend everyone involved for wore, nor who sounded loud the trum- Court Commissioner. As a commissioner he making it such a success and for ensuring that pet that summoned them to war. worked in almost every juvenile court in Los our older citizens remain active, independent, It matters not their era, nor weapons which Angeles County. and that they are valued by the community. they bore, nor banner which they fol- In 1984, Mr. Major was appointed to the su- f lowed into that hell called ‘‘war.’’ Abdulor Ivan, Hoang or Heinz, their perior court bench by Governor Deukmejian. His years on the court were his way of leaving CONGRATULATING PEOPLE OF names??? . . . I do not care. The tie a positive impact. According to many attor- GUATEMALA ON SUCCESS OF RE- that binds us all as one: the horrors neys, he put people at ease with his humor CENT NEGOTIATIONS TO ESTAB- that we shared. The color their skin counts not, be it yellow, and easy going demeanor. In handing down LISH PEACE PROCESS black or brown. For all of us are broth- decisions, Judge Major did not hesitate to take ers up in God’s holy ground. into account the particular circumstances, at HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE The cause for which they struggled, that also times straying form the usual sentence, espe- matters naught. For when we’re all in OF TEXAS cially in dealing with young people. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES heaven none will ask for whom we fought. judge's calming influence and experience in Thursday, March 6, 1997 And though our bodies crumble once are dispute resolution will be sorely missed as he Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, souls have gone on high, let memory of is an excellent communicator with a gift of en- I rise to join my fellow colleagues from both our sacrifices never never die. gendering himself to all sides in a dispute. sides of the aisle in support of House Concur- Yes, let me stand with soldiers, hand-in-hand When Judge Major stepped down from the on heaven’s shore, and gaze together on bench last week, our community sustained a rent Resolution 17, congratulating the people our homes Forever free of war. of Guatemala on the success of the recent ne- substantial loss. The effects of his service gotiations to establish a peace process for This poem captures both the sadness and have reached well beyond the courtroom, as Guatemala. pride of America's fighting men, as well as the he has had a tremendous positive impact on On December 29, peace accord ended 36 hope of every soldier: that the war they fight the surrounding community. The legacy of his years of civil war the Government negotiated will be the last. It is an eloquent testimony to work will continue on for years to come in the directly with the rebels. America's MIA's and POW's, who we must lives of the many individuals be touched. The United States over the last 6 years par- never forget. ticipated in the peace negotiations for Guate- f f mala as a member of the Group of Friends in TRIBUTE TO JOHN MAJOR conjunction with Norway, Mexico, and Spain. SUPPORT THE UNITED NATIONS The group supported the work done by the United Nations to broker a peace in that war HON. BRAD SHERMAN HON. ANNA G. ESHOO torn country. In this regard, the Guatemala OF CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA peace accord is both a United Nations suc- HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN cess story and an example of the benefits of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA sustained United States diplomatic engage- Thursday, March 6, 1997 ment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The peace accord includes the creation of a Thursday, March 6, 1997 Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to in- troduce a concurrent resolution expressing the commission to implement a wide range of re- Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. BERMAN sense of Congress that the United States will forms to the political, economic, social, and ju- and I are honored today to pay tribute to continue its leadership in the United Nations dicial systems of Guatemala, including an en- Judge John Major who last week was recog- by honoring the financial obligations to that in- hanced respect for human rights and the rule nized by the San Fernando Valley Bar Asso- stitution. of law, improved health and education serv- ciation with the Distinguished Service Award. ices, attention to the needs of refugees and When Mr. Major recently stepped down from Everyone agrees that United Nations is in displaced persons and the role of the military the bench, our area sustained the loss of an need of reform. In fact, Joseph Connor, the in a democratic society. individual that went out of his way to make the Undersecretary for Administration and Man- Lasting peace, political stability and eco- courtroom a place where both litigants and de- agement, announced yesterday that the U.N. nomic development in Guatemala is in the fendants were at ease and justice was served budget will come in under its estimated 1998 best interest of all nations of the Western in a way that was best for all involved. budget, and the 1997 budget was a cut from Hemisphere, therefore, we should all be hope- Mr. Major's early career involved a period in the previous year. ful at these accomplishments made in the the Army and work in the aerospace industry. But, if the United States continues to be a name of peace for the Guatemalan people. As John's professional career developed, his global deadbeat, the United Nations will lose f interest in government and law increased, its ability to carry out missions important to American foreign policy, such as promoting LET ME LIE WITH SOLDIERS leading him to enroll in law school. John's time at UCLA School of Law was difficult, as he human rights, controlling the proliferation of HON. BOB BARR was forced to balance school and work while weapons of mass destruction, spreading de- holding down three jobs. Even with these ad- mocracy, and preventing global conflicts. OF GEORGIA versities, John's determination to become a The United States was a founding member IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lawyer only increased. He completed his final of the United Nations. Throughout its half cen- Thursday, March 6, 1997 2 years of study on his own at night while tury of existence, through times of war and Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today, working full time. He saw the fulfillment of his peace, the United Nations has stood as a pil- I wanted to submit the following poem as it dreams in 1957 when, on his first attempt, he lar of stability. That is why Republicans and was read by its author at the annual POW/MIA passed the California bar exam. The obstacle Democrats alike have supported not only its Candlelight Ceremony March 2, 1997, held at he overcame in his time studying law affected existence but American financial obligations. Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, GA. his later career as a judge. Whenever he saw Now 61 percent of arrears to the United Na- The poem is entitled ``Let Me Lie With Sol- people struggling, he told them, ``you can ac- tions are owed by the most powerful Nation on diers,'' by Lt. Col. Clyde M. Reedy, U.S. Army complish whatever you choose to in life.'' Earth. This is wrong. We can't allow short- (retired), Vietnam 1963 and 1972. As a young lawyer, John worked for the term thinking in Congress to jeopardize our LET ME LIE WITH SOLDIERS Legal Aid Society in Santa Monica for 2 years. long-term security. Let me lie with soldiers when God my spirit Shortly after that he opened his own practice Please join me in sending a strong message calls. Let me walk with warriors down that he maintained for 12 years. His career to the world that the United States will lead heaven’s hallowed halls. changed when he took a case defending a and the United States will keep its word. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E405 TRUCKER BUDDY INTERNATIONAL children and this background makes him par- The Nicaraguan people have made the first ticularly well-suited for his new position. Tim is step toward a stronger more vibrant Nicaragua HON. JERRY WELLER an educator who cares deeply about children for the 21st century. OF ILLINOIS and has made a commitment to improving IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their lives. He has been an administrator and f Thursday, March 6, 1997 teacher in the New Haven Public School Sys- tem and, prior to working with the Special TRIBUTE TO ROBERT E. PERKINS, Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Olympics, Tim was the supervisor of the New JR. recognize a nonprofit organization known as Haven Public Schools' Social Development Trucker Buddy International. Project. The project was an initiative he began Trucker Buddy International is a program in 1987. Tim's expertise in the area of edu- HON. BILL McCOLLUM that matches truck drivers with school class- cation, and the social and emotional develop- rooms as pen pals who share their respective OF FLORIDA ment of children enable him to bring a distinct experiences through regular correspondence perspective to his work for the Special Olym- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and classroom visits. The program gives stu- pics. dents a real world look at the country through Tim is devoted to the Special Olympics Thursday, March 6, 1997 the eyes of professional truck drivers who visit movement and has a keen understanding of places and see things which they share with Mr. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the meaning, mission and spirit of the organi- to recognize 25 years of outstanding national students through letters and picture postcards. zation. At the heart of the Special Olympics is By tracking routes and schedules, a teacher service by Mr. Robert E. Perkins Jr., Director a belief that all athletes deserve a chance to of Government Affairs for the Greater Orlando can incorporate important lessons in geog- push past their own limitations and to excel. raphy, history, math, and more into the exist- Aviation Authority, and to wish him well in his The games gives these individuals an oppor- upcoming retirement. ing curriculum. Students also improve their tunity to explore their capabilities and to reach communications skills by writing back to their their potential. I know that under Tim's leader- For the past 25 years, Mr. Perkins has been trucker buddy. As an extra tool to benefit the ship, the Special Olympics will continue to an asset to both the public and private sectors teacher of each class, Trucker Buddy has cre- flourish and to offer so many athletes an expe- of customs relations and aviation administra- ated the Literary Achievement Award. Each rience they will remember for a lifetime. tion. His Federal career began in the U.S. Air teacher will receive a Literary Achievement I am proud to join Columbus House in hon- Force Strategic Air Command during the Viet- Award to present to the student who has im- oring Tim Shriver. His work should serve as nam conflict. He served his tour of duty at the proved his or her writing skills the most. an example to us all that we can make an im- former Pine Castle Air Force Base which is, The Trucker Buddy Program was created in portant difference in the lives of children with coincidentally, now the site of Orlando Inter- 1992 by Gary D. King, a professional truck special needs. The Special Olympics also national Airport. driver who first started corresponding with a make us aware of the value, potential and fourth grade class in Williams Bay, WI. Today, During the late 1960's and early 1970's, Mr. uniqueness of every person. Trucker Buddy has nearly 5,000 drivers Perkins served with the White House Press f matched with classrooms throughout North Corps and the Military Customs' Inspection America and in several foreign countries. CONGRATULATING PEOPLE OF Programs for the Department of Defense. His I would like to commend the Trucker Buddy NICARAGUA ON DEMOCRATIC service for the Department of Defense encom- Program for taking a special interest in our ELECTIONS SUCCESS passed all services in Vietnam, Guam, Tai- children and their education. wan, Thailand, the Philippines, and West Ger- f SPEECH OF many. In addition, Mr. Perkins served as Treasury Department representative for Oper- DELAURO HONORS TIMOTHY HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE ation Homecoming in the Philippines in 1972. SHRIVER FOR HIS WORK WITH OF TEXAS Mr. Perkins continued his distinguished pub- THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lic service at Orlando International Airport. Wednesday, March 5, 1997 During his tenure, he witnessed its designation HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as a port of entry in 1976 and its original inter- OF CONNECTICUT I rise today to state my support for House national clearance facility construction in 1979. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Concurrent Resolution 18, congratulating the He concluded his customs career in 1986 as Thursday, March 6, 1997 people of the Republic of Nicaragua on the district director in Tampa, FL, where he super- Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, success of their democratic elections. vised the customs operations for the entire 57- November 14, 1996 Columbus House will The road to peace for the Nicaraguan peo- county Florida area. have its annual benefit. This year the benefit ple has been difficult and the path to democ- Following his retirement from Federal serv- is entitled ``It's a Small World'' and is honoring racy froth with conflict. ice, Mr. Perkins entered the private sector as two individuals who have given an extraor- On October 20, 1996, 15.7 million ballots, a law enforcement systems specialist. In 1989, dinary amount of themselves to the city of 32,000 candidates, 35 political parties or asso- he became executive director of Tampa For- New Haven; Jean Handley and Timothy Shriv- ciations express the wish of the Nicaraguan eign Trade Zone, Inc., working to increase the er. Tim's work embodies the theme of this people for democracy. The ballots cast rep- foreign trade zone program in the Tampa Bay year's benefit which is bringing the global resented between 80 and 90 percent voter area. community to the city of New Haven. I had the participation. In 1991, he joined the Greater Orlando pleasure of working with Tim last summer The elected positions ranged from President Aviation Authority as Federal Agency Adminis- when the 1995 Summer Special Olympic to city council members. trator and was quickly promoted to Director of Games were held in New Haven. The Supreme Electoral Council of Nica- The 1995 games were the most successful ragua worked tirelessly to prepare for this Governmental Affairs in 1993. As Director of world games in the 27-year history of the Spe- election. The Chair and members of the Coun- Governmental Affairs he was the link between cial Olympics and had the added benefit of cil showed a willingness to consult frequently the Authority and government officials at all spotlighting the best that New Haven had to and effectively with the political parties to re- levels. Through his hard work and persever- offer. I want to thank Tim for his great efforts solve potentially serious issues before election ance, he made GOAA's voice heard as impor- on that project. His work enabled the city to day. tant legislation, funding, and operational pro- shine and draw the national attention it so The Nicaraguan people deserve our con- grams affecting the aviation industry were im- richly deserves. This past June, Tim was gratulations for their patience during this long plemented. elected president and chief executive officer of process and their determination to have de- Mr. Perkins has been a truly integral part of Special Olympics International. I know that mocracy rule their country's destiny. the Customs and aviation industries. He will Tim offers Special Olympics International the I hope that this election will pave the way undoubtedly be greatly missed. So, today I vision, enthusiasm, and commitment to lead for further achievements in the form of resolv- ask my colleagues to join me in salute of this the organization into the 21st century. ing the pending property issues which have exceptional man. I am sure that I speak for all Tim has spent most of his life working in resulted from appropriation of thousands of when I wish him well in his well-earned retire- education and promoting the development of homes and businesses during the 1980's. ment. E406 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 DEMOCRACY—ABOVE AND BEYOND ideal not worth fighting for is easily tram- Man, what kind uv va assignment is this? pled by others. We could lose everything Teacher say to write a paper on ‘‘Democracy: without lifting a finger. As Americans we Above and Beyond’’. What in the world does HON. BILL BARRETT have the privilege of taking a stand for what zat mean? OF NEBRASKA we believe in. Come: I will show you. Huh?! Who said IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We can sit on our couch and rant and rave that? Me. Who are you? What are you doing against our politicians, but not walk across Thursday, March 6, 1997 here? the street to vote for the one we think will I am the spirit of democracy, I am answer- Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I be most effective. We can complain and be- ing your question. I will show you what ‘‘de- have received the following script, by Sarah moan our taxes, then curse the condition of mocracy—above and beyond’’ means. Brozek, a fine young Nebraskan. Sarah is the the roads and the lack of current technology Look pal, I don’s know who you are, but for our children to learn on at school and Nebraska winner for the Voice of Democracy you’d better just go back to wherever you never volunteer to help in any community * * * wwhere am I? WWWhas goin’ on? broadcast scriptwriting contest, conducted by endeavor that has lost funding. We can cry Wwhat did you do? the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies at the rising criminal statistics and yell at Look, tell me—who are those men? Auxiliary. I believe her statement on the costs the people whose job it is to protect us, but It looks like two pictures of—oh my! That and obligations of living in a free society are when asked to help in neighborhood watches looks like Thomas Jefferson and Ben Frank- important for us to consider: or attend community meetings to help take lin—and they’re real! Hey! Fellas! Can you a stand against drugs and crime we say we’re DEMOCRACY—ABOVE AND BEYOND see me? too busy and what do we ‘‘hire these people Quiet! No, they cannot see you, only you (By Sarah Brozek) for anyway?’’ And when we’re sitting on our can see them. Listen to what they are say- As Edmund Burke once said, ‘‘The only couch and our country is at risk, but we ex- ing. thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for pect someone else to take care of it, we Franklin: ‘‘Congratulations Thomas! You good men to do nothing.’’ should not be surprised when everything we drafted an excellent piece of work! I espe- As citizens of democracy, we are compelled took for granted disappears in a moment. cially like the part of um * * * ‘We hold to take action against that which threatens And the only one we can blame is our self. I these truths, * * * Would you mind reading am one of thousands who would share the our freedom. Democracy, as opposed to any that part again?’’ blame. Democracy takes the effort of all of autocratic style of government, depends Jefferson: ‘‘Certainly. I am honored that us. We must hold ourselves accountable. upon that voluntary responsibility and sac- you think it is good Mr. Franklin. Ahem! That is the heart of effective, living democ- rifice of its citizens, unlike other forms of ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that government such as totalitarianism, com- racy. Democracy is not just a noun. It is not just all men are created equal, that they are en- munism and socialism which take away the dowed by their Creator with certain responsibilities of its citizens and create de- an object to be placed on a pedestal and dusted off any time we feel a little patriotic. unalienable rights, that among these are life, pendency, instead of independence. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’’ Therefore, as citizens of the United States, Democracy is not only an adjective, just a pretty sounding word that makes us feel su- Franklin: ‘‘Jefferson, you’ve got a point. it becomes essential to rise above the mere That is what it’s all about. All men created act of belonging to a great nation. We must perior and smug when we say it. Democracy is a verb. It is action, involvement, doing equal—all men having a say in government— move beyond settling for privileges and for- and saying. It is time, and talents and great all men having equal chances in business. getting our principles. We must be respon- effort. It is constant reinforcement and par- Democracy, as you know, means ‘‘rule by the sible enough to take action above and be- ticipation. It is vitality and battle. It is con- people’’. That’s the idea. Common sense peo- yond those that satisfy our own self-serving tinuous work in progress. As Abraham Lin- ple running the government, not King needs. It is not enough to say our pledge to coln said in the Gettysburg Address, an ‘‘un- George or anyone else. the flag and say we love our country. It is finished work which they who fought here Come, we must go now, we have more stops not enough to simply label our form of gov- have thus far so nobly advanced.’’ to make before our journey is over. ernment as a democracy. It takes action on f Hey, that’s pretty neat! That was Ben and the part of each individual: voting, standing Tom just chattin away, and dude, they were up for the principles we hold dear, taking re- HONORING JOSHUA TRENT, VFW *** sponsibility for others who may be op- AWARD WINNER You are missing the point. What did you pressed. Democracy involves moral deci- learn? sions. It pursues a positive hope for the fu- SPEECH OF Learn? Uh, well * * * Democracy means ture. It implies a trust in the general integ- that people are level—equal—and that they rity of men and women. It cannot survive HON. BART GORDON rule, not some far off king. without sacrifices. There must be a sacrifice OF TENNESSEE Good. Do you see where we are now? of will: that of abiding by the majority rule. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Why we’ve changed again! How do you This does not mean sacrificing the integrity that? Man, if I could do that . .. of self. It means taking a stand of principle Wednesday, March 5, 1997 Look where we are. on each occasion. Blind allegiance is useless Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, each year the I see where we are, but I don’t know where to a strong, democratic country. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States this is. We’re in some sort of a balcony, and There must be a sacrifice of income. A de- and its ladies auxiliary conduct the Voice of there are a bunch of guys in suits down mocracy needs the support of its citizens. Democracy broadcast scriptwriting contest. there, and there is a big American flag over Because democracy does involve moral deci- there. Where are we? sions, we must have the means to care for This year more than 109,000 secondary We are in the balcony of the House of Rep- our people, especially those less fortunate school children participated in the contest resentatives—in Washington, DC, you are and needing our care. competing for the 54 national scholarships going to learn your next lesson on democ- Democracy also demands a sacrifice of our which were distributed among the 54 national racy. Listen, your Congressman is getting time. If we let someone else do all the deci- winners. The contest theme this year was ready to speak. sion making, and let someone else serve our ``DemocracyÐAbove and Beyond.'' Cngrsmn: My fellow congressmen, the cities and counties, we abdicate our right to I am proud to announce that Mr. Joshua Democratic style of government which we be included as a part of the majority and lose Trent from my 6th Congressional District in have, has provided us with over 200 years of our role in our own future. It is necessary for Tennessee won the 1997 Voice of Democracy political, social, and economic success. True, each person to title his or her time to a com- we have had our differences, disagreements munity service, on a local, state or national broadcast scriptwriting contest for the State of and difficulties, but this system of: govern- level in order to remain aware of current Tennessee. Like myself, Joshua is a resident ment by the people, free enterprise, and the events and to get all the jobs done that need of Murfreesboro, TN. idea that ‘‘all men are created equal’’ has to be done. It also requires a sacrifice of our Joshua's script exudes the spirit of enthu- propelled us to become a world super power, time to follow and understand national and siasm that beckons us to feel as he does and has given us the title of the ‘‘greatest international events since we are part of the about our great Republic. That Joshua has at- nation on earth.’’ But democracy is more greater world and one of the world leaders. It tained such a zeal and been blessed with the than American success, it is a form of gov- takes informed choices to make a democracy talent to convey his feelings, speaks well for ernment where people have freedom. It is not work. his future as a leader in America. bound by racial or national lines, so I urge Democracy can require a sacrifice of life, For the benefit of all, I would like to share you to vote for this bill. sometimes. America was built on people We must leave now. Catching on? fighting for their values and beliefs. From Joshua's award winning script with you at this Hey, I just realized something. Democracy the revolutionary war to the present, we time. isn’t limited to us! Yeah, other countries are have had citizens who believe so strongly in 1996–97 VFW VOICE OF DEMOCRACY SCHOLAR- democracies, too. Democracy has helped us the ideals of democracy on a personal level SHIP PROGRAM—TENNESSEE WINNER JOSHUA succeed, and I guess that was why he wanted that they have willingly taken arms and laid TRENT them to vote for that bill—so other people down their lives to defend those ideals. An Democracy: Above and beyond! could succeed under democracy too! March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E407 Here we are back at your house. Tell me blood. Although easy to make, this is an im- CARM COZZA COACHES FINAL what ‘‘democracy: above and beyond’’ means. portant decision, and I encourage people con- GAME AT YALE Wait a minute! We’ve seen Democracy in the past and in the present, so what about sidering it to do as I have done and sit down the future of democracy?!!! with their families and discuss their decision. HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO You determine tomorrow—the future of de- This way, a person's family becomes aware of OF CONNECTICUT mocracy. You are tomorrow’s leaders, vot- a donor's intentions. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ers, and elected officials. Now, tell me, what I hope that by including information on Thursday, March 6, 1997 did you learn? organ donation with tax returns, we will remind Okay. I learned that Democracy literally people of the life-saving possibilities of becom- Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker: On November means ‘‘rule by the people’’, and because of 16, 1996, coach Carmen Cozza will coach his that fact, each vote counts, each man (or ing an organ donor. To become a donor is as simple as filling out a card. But, as simple as final home football game at Yale University woman) matters, and every voice can be against the Princeton Tigers. This day will be heard. Because the basic foundation to de- that is, the implications are tremendous. You proclaimed Carm Cozza's Day in recognition mocracy is that ‘‘all men are created equal could give someone with a life-threatening ill- of the contributions he has made to Yale Uni- ... ’’, democracy is above national lines and ness a new lease on life. versity and the game of football. I am very beyond racial boundaries. ‘‘Democracy: The inclusion of these cards with tax re- pleased to rise today to honor Carm and to Above and Beyond’’ means that democracy is funds should serve to remind us all of the im- above and beyond other forms of govern- recognize his great coaching accomplish- ment. Democracy doesn’t mean we don’t portance of organ donation. It only takes a ments. have problems, but we can meet those prob- small effort to make a great contribution. Carm has followed in the footsteps of an- lems head-on. Democracy in America started f other great coach and player. Walter Camp is with our founding fathers and has given us both the father and founder of American foot- national success. But, we are responsible for ball and was the first Yale University football its success tomorrow. I guess that’s it. IN HONOR OF PATRICK O’KEEFFE, Good job. You did listen. I must go now. A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN coach. Carm has the impressive distinction of But where will you be if I need you again? NAMED IRISHMAN OF THE YEAR surpassing Walter Camp's win total at Yale in As the spirit of democracy, I am alive in 1976. Carm's record speaks for itself. Under each American and every person in the world his leadership, the Yale Bulldogs won the Ivy who yearns for government by the people. HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ League in 1967±69, 1974, 1976±77, 1979±81, You’ll be okay, just keep ‘‘democracy—above OF NEW JERSEY and 1989. Indeed his achievements have and beyond!’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES brought him some well-deserved recognition. f Thursday, March 6, 1997 He was named the winner of the 1995 George C. Carens Award by the New England Foot- ORGAN DONATION Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ball Writers Association for his outstanding to pay tribute to a distinguished gentleman, contributions to New England football. He also Patrick O'Keeffe, who was named Irishmen of HON. GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR. won the 1992 Distinguished American Award OF WASHINGTON the Year by the Jersey City St. Patrick's Day by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Parade Committee. He will be honored at the Carm has distinguished himself by becoming Thursday, March 6, 1997 committee's annual dinner dance on March 7, the coach with the most wins in Ivy League Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, between 1997 to be held at the Quality Inn in Jersey history. now and the end of June, the Treasury De- City. However, all of Carm's wins do not say as partment will be including information on organ Friday's festivities will celebrate the many much about him as the wonderful feelings and donation with each tax refund check it mails. contributions Mr. O'Keeffe has made to his memories his former players and colleagues I was proud to support the Health Insurance family, community and his fellow Irish-Ameri- have for him. Everyone who has known or Portability and Accountability Act last year cans. His journey began in County Clare, Ire- worked with Carm remarks about his integrity, which directed the Treasury Department to land where he was born on March 7, 1926. In his class, and his respect for and love of the provide this information with tax refund his beloved native Ireland, Mr. O'Keeffe re- game. What is most indicative of Carm's ten- checks. ceived his early education in a one-room ure are the things that he is most proud of. This information educates Americans about schoolhouse. Later, his learning would con- Carm boasts that 99 percent of his players organ donation and makes it easier for people tinue under the direction of the Christian have graduated and he likes to claim that he to become organ donors. It has the potential Brothers. is the best premed, prelaw coach in the coun- to save thousands of livesÐand at minimal In 1957, the American leg of Mr. O'Keeffe's try. He truly cares about his players and is as cost to the Federal Government. Once some- journey began when he immigrated to the proud of their academic achievements as he is one has learned about organ donation, all he United States, where he settled in what is now of their athletic accomplishments. Carm im- or she needs to do is fill out the card and dis- my district in Jersey City. Subsequently, Mr. parts a reverence for the game, a sense of cuss the decision with his or her family. O'Keeffe would marry and become the proud discipline, and the meaning of sportsmanship Currently, over 50,000 Americans are await- father of eight children: Michael, Margaret, to all the players he works with. These are his ing organ transplants. Eight people die every Patrick, Brian, Sean, Noreen, Nuala, and legacies to the Yale University football team. day because an organ is not available. Hun- Brendan. Mr. O'Keeffe has instilled a love of I am proud to join Carm's family, his wife dreds of thousands of others could also bene- Irish music, dance, and literature in each of Jean, his colleagues and his past and present fit from tissue transplants and many Ameri- his children. They have come to exemplify Mr. players in saluting a lifetime of great coaching. cans are not aware how they can become O'Keeffe's motto: ``It's nice to be important, Carm's vision, leadership, and enormous tal- organ donors. By learning about the opportuni- but it's more important to be nice.'' ent are his parting gifts to Yale and to the ties, individuals can, in the unfortunate event In addition to his devotion for his family, Mr. game of football. Yale has been truly blessed of a fatal accident, have their organs used to O'Keeffe has exhibited an unwavering commit- during his time there with a coach who cares save someone's life. ment to fellow community members as well as deeply for the game and all those who play it. Sometimes, we can save a life while we are all Irish-Americans. Although he is an Amer- I wish Carm and enjoyable retirement and the still alive. For example, I have made a deci- ican citizen, Mr. O'Keeffe's heart will always very best during his final games at Yale. He sion to be a bone marrow donor. When I take him back to his roots on the Emerald Isle. will be greatly missed. learned that a friend of my daughter, Meredith, For many years, he has been working toward f had a potentially fatal bone marrow disease, I a united Ireland. Toward this goal, Mr. INTRODUCTION OF THE CIVIL had my own bone marrow tested. While there O'Keeffe has joined a number of organiza- RIGHTS PROCEDURES PROTEC- was not a match, I am keeping my bone mar- tions, including the United Irish Counties Club TION ACT OF 1997 row type on file should another person with a of Hudson County, the Irish Immigration Re- life-threatening illness requiring a transplant form Movement, and the Irish American Unity HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY have a similar bone marrow type to my own. Conference. OF MASSACHUSETTS It is an honor to have such an outstanding To save that person's life, all that would be re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quired of me would be to have a small amount and caring individual living in my district. Pat- of my own bone marrow taken for transplant. rick O'Keeffe is a true community leader. I am Thursday, March 6, 1997 I encourage others to become donors, certain my colleagues will join me in honoring Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to whether of organs, bone marrow, or even him. join today with Representative CONNIE E408 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997

MORELLA and a bipartisan group of colleagues COMMENDING HON. WARREN sia during the transition period of their nuclear to introduce the Civil Rights Procedures Pro- CHRISTOPHER FOR EXEMPLARY weapons arsenal, and the strengthening of tection Act of 1997. This bill is designed to re- SERVICE vital elements of democratic reforms. assert workers' rights to have their claims of Warren Christopher has served his Nation unlawful employment discrimination. SPEECH OF well as its 63d Secretary of State, and is very Recently employers and even whole indus- HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE deserving of this accolade in the form of a tries have sought to circumvent civil rights OF TEXAS House concurrent resolution. laws by forcing employees to sign away the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f fundamental rights to a court hearing. As a Wednesday, March 5, 1997 EXTENDING THE DELTA LOAN condition of hiring or promotion, a growing Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, PROGRAM number of employers are requiring workers to I rise in full support of Senate Concurrent Res- agree to submit any future claims of job dis- olution 4, which recognizes the exemplary HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES crimination to binding arbitration panels. This service of the Honorable Warren Christopher OF NEW YORK practice, called mandatory arbitration, is en- as Secretary of State. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gaged in most prominently by the securities in- When Warren Christopher was selected by Thursday, March 6, 1997 dustry, but is also increasingly relied upon by President Clinton to serve this Nation as its employers in information technology, health Secretary of State the President could not Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to care, engineering, and other fields. Together, have had any knowledge of how difficult a job bring to the attention of my colleagues a bill they are reducing civil rights protection to the it would be. that I introduced to improve the Defense Loan status of the company car: a perk which can The war in the former Yugoslavia was at its and Technical Assistance Program, known in be denied at will. height and peace seemed to be an illusive short as the DELTA Program. I am honored to be joined by Congresswoman CAROLYN The U.S. Constitution guarantees every citi- goal that only a few committed individuals be- MCCARTHY in this effort. zen equal justice under law. Forcing employ- lieved was truly possible. Secretary Chris- topher was one of those committed individ- As a former regional administrator of the ees to choose between their civil rights and Small Business Administration, I had the op- their job denies them their right to equal jus- uals, and because of his personal resolve for peaceÐthe Dayton accord resulted in the peo- portunity to see firsthand the correlation be- tice. Employees who consent to mandatory ar- tween a thriving defense industry and a suc- bitration give up their right to due process, trial ple of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia living through the last year without war. cessful small business community. In the early by jury, the appeals process, and full discov- 1990's, Congress mandated a reduction in ery. The quiet dignity that exudes the persona of Warren Christopher is one that we can all ad- overall defense spending. As a result of those By no means, do I wish to denounce arbitra- mire. He has been a skilled negotiator when cuts, many defense businesses and contrac- tion in general. Voluntary arbitration in an im- representing the interest of the United States, tors across the country were forced to termi- partial setting can be a fair and inexpensive both here and abroad. He has been tireless in nate thousands of employees, eliminate serv- way to resolve a wide range of disputes. But his pursuit of positions that promote peace ices, and close down factories. Some parts of when it is forcibly imposed on one party with and better understanding among our allies and the country were hit harder than others. On inherently less bargaining power, it ceases to advisories. Long Island we saw the departure of our larg- be of value. When Secretary Christopher said, ``The end est employer, Northrup/Grumman and 30,000 Mandatory arbitration of civil rights is wrong of the cold war has given us an unprece- jobs lost. In fact, Long Island's economy is still even if the arbitration process were a bal- dented opportunity to shape a more secure experiencing a recession and we have yet to anced one. But, too often, it has a semblance world of open societies and open markets,'' he recover those lost job opportunities. of impartiality. The securities industry, in par- worked to reap those benefits for our Nation. That is why as a member of the Appropria- ticular, has transformed a potentially impartial While Secretary Christopher was managing tions Committee, I worked hard to make the and independent judicial environment into one diplomatic relations with the world's great pow- DELTA Program a reality. where neutrality and independence are vir- ers and international institutions he was also Currently, $30 million is authorized and ap- tually nonexistent. A 1994 GAO study of the creating jobs here in the United States by propriated for the DELTA Program with the security industries' arbitration process found opening markets abroad. specific purpose of helping defense dependent that vast majority of securities arbitrators are More than 200 trade agreements over the small businesses to diversify within the com- white men over 60 with little or no expertise in last 3 years have helped our exports grow by mercial market, while at the same time retain the area of employment law. At best such a 34 percent since 1993 and created 16 million and create jobs. Since becoming operational setting has the appearance of unfairness; at new jobs. Through Secretary Christopher's ef- in 1995, the DELTA Program has been a suc- worst, it is a tainted forum in which an em- forts in promotion of the North American Free- cess. As of February 1, 1997, 94 DELTA ployee can never be guaranteed a truly fair Trade Agreement, concluding the Uruguay loans have been made nationwide. I am proud hearing. Like forcing employees to buy goods round, and forging the Miami summit commit- to say that eight of those loans were made by at the company store, the price of such so- ment to achieve free and open trade in our the Long Island SBA office, which makes Long called justice is just too high. hemisphere by 2005Ðand the Asia-Pacific Island the leader in the Northeast region. Ini- tial figures show that the DELTA Program has Our legislation would protect the rights of economic cooperation commitment to do the same in the Asia-Pacific by 2020Ðthe United created more than 400 jobs and more than workers to bring claims against their employ- 700 jobs have been retained. While these are ers in cases of employment discrimination. By States is positioned to become even more dy- namic in the global economy in the 21st cen- impressive numbers, it is important to note amending seven Federal civil rights statutes to that they are not representative of the success make it clear that the powers and procedures tury. He worked tirelessly to provide the peace of the program. The results of a SBA survey provided under those laws are the exclusive and security that the American people require on the program have not been reported yet. I ones that apply only when a claim arises, the by promoting constructive relations with other am confident that the survey results, coupled Civil Rights Procedures Protection Act would nations and international institutions. with SBA's initial figures on job creation and prevent discrimination claims from being invol- From the issue of championing NATO's retention, will reveal that the DELTA Program untarily sent to binding arbitration. In short, Partnership for Peace, the United States-Euro- has led to the creation and salvation of thou- this bill prevents employers in all industries pean Union new transatlantic agenda, and sands of jobs. from forcing employees to give up their right to other post-cold-war initiatives have improved No question about itÐthe DELTA Program go to court when they are discriminated European stability and strengthened United is a success. And that is why I introduced leg- against on account of race, sex, religion, dis- States-European economic ties and security islation to make it more accessible to small ability, or other illegal criteria. cooperation. businesses. My bill calls for three changes to By reinforcing the fundamental rights estab- With Japan, under Secretary Christopher's the existing DELTA Program that will ensure lished under various civil rights and fair em- leadership, we have signed a security declara- that the $30 million appropriated will not go ployment practice laws, our bill restores integ- tion and reached 21 market-opening agree- unused. rity to employer-employee relationships. No ments. Now United States exports to Japan First, my bill extends the life of the DELTA employer should be permitted to ask workers are rising five times as fast as imports. Program 1 year to 1999. If unchanged, the to check their constitutional and civil rights at Warren Christopher has played a critical DELTA Program will sunset at the close of fis- the front door. role in creating constructive relations with Rus- cal year 1998. If we allow this to happen, all March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E409 unused DELTA funds will revert back to the have the opportunity to study in one of Ameri- added produce, groceries, and a deli to his General Treasury. This is a real concern be- ca's premier centers for Jewish learning. business in 1949 and became Jersey City's cause to date of the $30 million originally set This new addition to the world's scholarly in- first independent owner of a supermarket. The aside for the DELTA Program, only a little stitutions is only the latest of Bill Davidson's current location of Mr. Pagano's business, more than $3 million has been utilized. This outstanding contributions to the field of edu- North Street in Bayonne, was opened in 1975 means that close to $27 million is sitting un- cation and just another example of his philan- with the assistance of his son Joseph. The used at the SBA. I would hate to see that thropy. As the founder of the William Davidson new store has been an institution in Bayonne money transferred back to the General Treas- Institute at the University of Michigan Business for over 20 years. In 1966, Mr. Pagano was ury, especially when there are so many small School in Ann Arbor, Bill Davidson endowed selected Man of the Year by the New Jersey businesses and jobs that hang in the balance. an institution whose purpose is to help na- Food Merchants. Second, my bill makes the DELTA Program tionsÐsuch as the countries of Central and Mr. Pagano's commitment to serving his fel- more accessible to small firms. As the law is Eastern Europe and the Republics of the low community members extends far beyond written now, in order for a small business to former Soviet UnionÐmake successful transi- his business endeavors. He is a firm believer qualify for a DELTA loan a substantial amount, tions from command to market economies. As in the notion that assisting our young people 25 percent to be exact, of its prior year's reve- the founder of the William Davidson Business to achieve their full potential is the best way nue must be derived from defense-related School at TechnionÐIsrael Institute of Tech- for us to meet the challenges of the future. Mr. contracts. However, only a small sector of the nology in Haifa, Israel, Bill Davidson created Pagano has been actively involved in organi- defense-dependent small firms can meet this the world's first educational institution entirely zations such as the Hudson County Sierra onerous requirement. To fully grasp the impact dedicated to the international management of Club and the Jersey City Boys' Club. He is a that the defense spending cuts of the early technology-based companies. member of the Dante Alighieri Society, past 1990's had on small companies, it is nec- Bill Davidson's commitment to education president of UNICO of Jersey City, and Al- essary to look beyond a firm's previous year's and the Jewish people has been recognized hambra Caravan 8. For his efforts, Mr. revenues. It is too narrow of a measure. Most through the awards bestowed upon him for his Pagano has received numerous awards, in- of the small businesses that relied on defense- service over the years. Among those awards, cluding the 1992 Everyday Hero Award, the related contracts are still reeling from the ef- Bill was the recipient in 1992 of the Fred M. Devoted Service Award from the Boys and fects of the defense reductions. Ask any busi- Butzel Memorial Award for Distinguished Com- Girls Club of Hudson County, and the Humani- ness person and they will tell you that it is im- munity Service, the Jewish community's high- tarian Award from the Assumption Catholic possible to project the impact that a policy est award for volunteer service. He has served War Veterans Post No. 1612. change has on small businesses based on as chairman of the United Jewish Appeal for The core of Mr. Pagano's existence is his just 1 year's operating records. Detroit and as president of Congregation family. He has been married to the former That is why my legislation expands the eligi- Sha'arey Zedek. Most recently, he has dem- Anna Garguillo for 59 years. Mr. and Mrs. bility requirement for the DELTA Program. My onstrated his continuing commitment to Israel Pagano are the proud parents of two sons, Jo- legislation states that in order to qualify for a through his funding of the William Davidson seph and Neil. Joseph and his wife Charlotte DELTA loan a firm must demonstrate that dur- Community Center in Yavne, Israel, and the have two children, Ben and Joseph; and Neil ing any one of its 7 preceding operating years, restoration of the William Davidson Second and his wife Elaine are the parents of three at least 25 percent of its sales were derived Temple Period Archeological Park and Ori- children Kristen, Stacy, and Stephen. from defense-related contracts. This provides entation Garden in the city of Jerusalem, Is- Mr. Pagano epitomizes excellence in com- a more comprehensive and realistic standard rael. munity service, and has had a positive impact of measure. Mr. Speaker, the dedication of the Davidson on many lives. It is an honor and a pleasure Third, my bill increases the loan guaranty Graduate School of Jewish Education is only to have such a man residing in my district. I rate from 75 to 90 percent. A higher guaranty the latest outstanding accomplishment in a ca- am certain that my colleagues will rise with me rate is more attractive to lenders and will en- reer of philanthropy for education and Jewish and honor this remarkable individual. able them to make more DELTA loans. causes that knows few rivals. I urge my col- f The last thing I want to see happen is the leagues to join me in commending Bill David- FREE THE CLERGY ACT, H.R. 967 DELTA Program, a program that Congress son for his vision and commitment to edu- has already committed $30 million to go to cation and the Jewish people. waste because Congress was not willing to f HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN make it work. My bill does not appropriate any OF NEW YORK new funds for the DELTA Program; it only fine IN HONOR OF FRANK PAGANO: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO tunes the existing program to make it more Thursday, March 6, 1997 available to small businesses. I cannot stand THE RESIDENTS OF JERSEY Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I am intro- by and let $30 million that was appropriated CITY AND BAYONNE ducing the Free The Clergy Act, H.R. 967, a by Congress to help small businesses go un- bill that will prohibit visas or U.S. Government used. If Congress does not amend the existing HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ sponsorship for Chinese Government officials DELTA loan program that will happen. OF NEW JERSEY involved in the repression of religion. f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, there are hundreds of people ON THE DEDICATION OF THE WIL- Thursday, March 6, 1997 serving long prison sentences in China and LIAM DAVIDSON GRADUATE Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today occupied Tibet for practicing their religious SCHOOL OF JEWISH EDUCATION to pay tribute to a special gentleman, Frank faith. Let me repeat that for my colleagues; Pagano, who has distinguished himself hundreds of people, Catholics, Protestants, HON. TOM LANTOS through his continuous dedication to the resi- and Buddhists are spending many years of dents of my district. Mr. Pagano will be hon- their lives in prison for following religious prac- OF CALIFORNIA tices. Unfortunately, the situation is getting IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ored by the Bayonne Chapter of UNICO on March 8, 1997, at a black tie dinner dance to worse. Thursday, March 6, 1997 be held at the Atrium Restaurant in East Or- According to a report released by Human Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I invite my col- ange, NJ. Rights Watch/Asia: leagues to join me in commending Mr. William Throughout his long career, Mr. Pagano has The Chinese government is subjecting un- Davidson, president and CEO of Guardian In- been a businessman, model citizen, and de- authorized Catholic and Protestant groups to intensifying harassment and persecution dustries Corp. and managing partner of the voted family man. His entrance into the retail * * *. National Basketball Association's Detroit Pis- grocery industry came at an early age. In During the last two years, the Chinese gov- tons Basketball Club, on the dedication today 1929, Mr. Pagano, while still in high school, ernment broadened its drive to crush all of the William Davidson Graduate School of went to work at Tony Stagno's butcher shop forms of dissent * * * all religious believers, Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological located on the corner of Third and Brunswick and especially Christians, are seen as poten- Seminary of America in New York City. This Streets in Jersey City. His exemplary work tial security risks.* * * event is an important milestone in the history ethic helped him to become proprietor of his How does Beijing repress religious practi- of the Jewish Theological Seminary and will own establishment. Never one to miss an op- tioners? The Communist government sen- ensure that future generations of scholars portunity to explore new horizons, Mr. Pagano tences a 76-year-old Protestant leader to 15 E410 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 years in prison for distributing bibles. It sen- (5) In July 1995, Ye Xiaowen, a rigid com- (18) By seeking to impose its own can- tences a 65-year-old evangelical elder to an munist hostile to religion, was appointed to didate as the Eleventh Panchen Lama and 11-year prison term for belonging to an evan- head the Bureau of Religious Affairs, a Chi- detaining the six-year-old boy recognized for gelical group outside the government-sanc- nese Government agency controlled by the that position in accordance with Tibetan United Front Work Department of the Chi- tradition, the Chinese Government is in- tioned religious organizations. A 60-year-old nese Communist Party. The Bureau of Reli- fringing on a purely Tibetan religious mat- Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to 2 gious Affairs has administrative control over ter, in blatant violation of the fundamental years of reeducation through labor for un- all religious worship and activity in China human rights of the Tibetan people. known charges. He had previously spent 13 and Tibet through a system of granting or SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY. years in prison because of his refusal to re- denying rights through an official registra- It is the sense of the Congress that the nounce ties with the Vatican. The 6-year-old tion system. Those who fail to or are not al- President should make freedom of religion Panchen Lama and his family have been de- lowed to register are subject to punitive one of the major objectives of United States measures. foreign policy with respect to China. As part tained for 11¤2 years and their whereabouts (6) In the past year, the Chinese Govern- of this policy, the Department of State are unknown. Scores of Tibetan Buddhists ment has expressed great concern over the should raise in every relevant bilateral and who refused to participate in the Communist spread of Christianity and particularly over multilateral forum the issue of individuals Chinese sham enthronement of Beijing's the rapid growth of Christian religious insti- imprisoned, detained, confined, or otherwise ``Panchen Lama'' have been sent to prison tutions other than those controlled by the harassed by the Chinese Government on reli- and one of their spiritual teachers committed Chinese Government, including the Roman gious grounds. In its communications with suicide rather than take part in the Chinese Catholic Church and the evangelical Chris- the Chinese Government, the Department of charade. tian ‘‘house churches’’. State should provide specific names of indi- Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, there are hun- (7) Soon after the establishment of the viduals of concern and request a complete People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Chi- dreds of such cases. Mind you these people and timely response from the Chinese Gov- nese Government imprisoned Christians who ernment regarding the individuals’ where- are not spending time in prison and wasting refused to relinquish their faith to become abouts and condition, the charges against their lives away for calling for political plural- servants of communism, charging them as them, and sentence imposed. The goal of ism or democracy. They are being severely ‘‘counter-revolutionaries’’ and sentencing these official communications should be the punished simply for following their religious them to 20 years or more in ‘‘reeducation expeditious release of all religious prisoners beliefs. through labor camps’’. in China and Tibet and the end of the Chi- The administration argues that economic lib- (8) Hundreds of Chinese Protestants and nese Government’s policy and practice of eralization will bring about political pluralism. Catholics are among those now imprisoned, harassing and repressing religious believers. Many policy makers articulate that position detained, or continuously harassed because SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE of their religious beliefs or activities. due to political pressure from business groups. PARTICIPATION OF CERTAIN CHI- (9) The prisons and labor camps which hold NESE OFFICIALS IN CONFERENCES, It needs to be pointed out, however, that these religious prisoners are run by the Min- EXCHANGES, PROGRAMS, AND AC- sweeping religious practitioners under the istry of Public Security and the Ministry of TIVITIES. same rug for short-term economic interests Justice of the Chinese Government. (A) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any could be a political mistake that will be a long- (10) Although some negotiations have other provision of law, for fiscal years after term liability. The American people are very taken place, the Chinese Government refuses fiscal year 1997, no funds appropriated or concerned about jobs and the economy but to permit the appointment by the Vatican of otherwise made available for the Depart- ment of State, the United States Informa- not if it is at the expense of their core moral Catholic bishops and the ordination of priests not approved by the Government and tion Agency, and the United States Agency and religious beliefs. insists on appointing its own ‘‘Catholic bish- for International Development may be used Our Free the Clergy Act would prohibit visas ops’’. for the purpose of providing travel expenses and any United States funds to be spent on (11) The Tenth Panchen Lama died in Jan- and per diem for the participation of nation- Chinese officials who are involved with the re- uary 1989 at Tashilhunpo Monastery, his tra- als of the People’s Republic of China de- pression of religion in China and occupied ditional spiritual seat in Shigatze, Tibet’s scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) in con- Tibet. It sends a message that we find reli- second largest city. ferences, exchanges, programs, and activi- gious repression repugnant and at grave odds (12) It has always been the right and the ties: role of the Dalai Lama to recognize the suc- (1) The head or political secretary of any of with important American values. the following Chinese Government-created Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to support cessor to the Panchen Lama. On May 14, 1995, His Holiness the Dalai Lama announced rec- or approved organizations: H.R. 967 and ask that the full text of our bill ognition of a six-year-old boy, Gedhun (A) The Chinese Buddhist Association. be printed at this point in the RECORD: Choekyi Nyima, as the Eleventh Panchen (B) The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Asso- H.R. 967 Lama, according to Tibetan tradition. ciation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (13) The young boy recognized by the Dalai (C) The National Congress of Catholic Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in Lama and his family have been brought to resentatives. (D) The Chinese Catholic Bishops’ Con- Congress assembled, Beijing by Chinese authorities and have not been seen for months. The Chinese authori- ference. SECTION 1. FINDINGS. (E) The Chinese Protestant ‘‘Three Self’’ ties announced publicly in June 1996 that The Congress makes the following findings: Patriotic Movement. they are holding Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. (1) Despite public assurances by the Gov- (F) The China Christian Council. ernment of the People’s Republic of China (14) Chadrel Rimpoche, abbot of (G) The Chinese Taoist Association. that it would abide by the principles of the Tashilhunpo Monastery and head of the (H) The Chinese Islamic Association. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and original search committee for the Eleventh (2) Any military or civilian official or em- despite the United Nations Charter require- Panchen Lama, and his assistant, Champa ployee of the Government of the People’s Re- ment that all members promote respect for Chung, are believed to have been seized and public of China who is directly involved in and observance of basic human rights, in- detained by Chinese authorities in May of any of the following policies or practices or cluding freedom of religion, the Chinese Gov- 1995. who was responsible for the supervision of ernment continues to place severe restric- (15) Chinese Government authorities subse- persons directly involved in such policies or tions on religious expression and practice. quently detained other Tibetan Buddhists in practices: (2) It has been reported that at an internal connection with the selection of the Elev- (A) Formulating, drafting, or implement- Central Communist Party meeting in 1994, enth Panchen Lama, including Gyatrol ing repressive religious policies. President Jiang Zemin asserted that religion Rimposhe, Shepa Kelsang, Lhakpa Tsering, (B) Imprisoning, detaining, or harassing in- is one of the biggest threats to Communist and Ringkar Ngawang. dividuals on religious grounds. Party rule in China and Tibet. (16) The Chinese Government convened a (C) Promoting or participating in policies (3) On January 31, 1994, Premier Li Peng conference in Beijing where Tibetan monks or practices which hinder religious activities signed decrees number 144 and 145 which re- were coerced to select a rival candidate to or the free expression of religious beliefs. strict worship, religious education, distribu- the child recognized by the Dalai Lama as (b) CERTIFICATION.— tion of Bibles and other religious literature, the Eleventh Panchen Lama. (1) Each Federal agency subject to the pro- and contact with foreign coreligionists. (17) On November 29, 1995, officials of the hibition of subsection (a) shall certify in (4) The Chinese Government has created of- Chinese Government orchestrated an elabo- writing to the appropriate congressional ficial religious organizations that control all rate ceremony designating a six-year-old boy committees no later than 120 days after the religious worship, activity, and association selected by the Chinese Government as the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 in China and Tibet and supplant the inde- Eleventh Panchen Lama and on December 8, days thereafter, that it did not pay, either pendent authority of the Roman Catholic 1995, a Government-sponsored ceremony was directly or through a contractor or grantee, Church, independent Protestant churches, held in Shigatze, Tibet, where the boy se- for travel expenses or per diem of any na- and independent Buddhist, Taoist, and Is- lected by the Government was enthroned as tional of the People’s Republic of China de- lamic associations. the Eleventh Panchen Lama. scribed in subsection (a). March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E411 (2) Each certification under paragraph (1) at Atwater. Seniors are an integral part our people? Under current law, such cases could shall be supported by the following informa- community and Atwater ensures that they re- indeed be made. Let us consider the logical tion: main active and involved. evolution and consequence of this approach. (A) The name of each employee of any As Atwater celebrates its 31st anniversary, it Specifically, the Workplace Fairness Act agency of the Government of the People’s Republic of China whose travel expenses or also celebrates the beginning of a unique part- prohibits discrimination in a blanket fashion, per diem were paid by funds of the reporting nership with the Hospital of St. Raphael. After rather than establishing newly protected class- agency of the United States Government. 2 years of renovations, including a new roof es in addition to those which already exist. It (B) The procedures employed by the report- and improvements on a number of rooms, does so by establishing that employers shall ing agency of the United States Government Atwater is unveiling a joint venture with the not subject any employee to different stand- to ascertain whether each individual under hospital, the St. Raphael's Health Screening ards or treatment in connection with employ- subparagraph (A) did or did not participate Clinic. The health center will focus on preven- ment or employment opportunities on any in activities described in subsection (a)(2). tive care for seniors. I am very excited about basis other than that of factors pertaining to (C) The reporting agency’s basis for con- this venture because the combination of these job performance. My legislation defines ``fac- cluding that each individual under subpara- tors pertaining to job performance,'' which in- graph (A) did not participate in such activi- two facilities under one roof will provide sen- ties. iors with better access to the care they need clude employment history, ability, and willing- (c) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRES- to stay healthy. ness to comply with performance require- SIONAL COMMITTEES.—For purposes of this I am very pleased to recognize the 31st an- mentsÐincluding attendance and proce- section the term ‘‘appropriate congressional niversary of the Atwater Senior Center. I know duresÐof the job in question, educational committees’’ means the Committee on For- Atwater, with the new health center, will con- background, drug and alcohol use which may eign Relations of the Senate and the Com- tinue to provide important services to seniors. adversely affect job performance, criminal mittee on International Relations of the I applaud the present director, Norma records, and conflicts of interest. House of Representatives. Rodriguez-Reyes, and all the staff who work The Workplace Fairness Act establishes SEC. 4. CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF THE PEOPLE’S so hard every day to make Atwater the special that merit is the sole criterion for consideration REPUBLIC OF CHINA INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE VISAS AND EXCLUDED place it is. They should all be very proud on in job applications or interviews, hiring deci- FROM ADMISSION. this anniversary. sions, advancement, compensation, job train- Notwithstanding any other provision of f ing, or any other term, condition, or privilege law, any national of the People’s Republic of of employment. Additionally, those currently China described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sec- INTRODUCTION OF THE WORK- protected under title VII of the Civil Rights Act tion 3(a) shall be ineligible to receive visas PLACE FAIRNESS ACT OF 1997 will still be able to seek redress upon enact- and shall be excluded from admission into ment of the Workplace Fairness Act, as my the United States. HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY legislation avails existing title VII remedies to SEC. 5. SUNSET PROVISION. OF CALIFORNIA any individual discriminated against under my Sections 3 and 4 shall cease to have effect bill. My legislation also exempts religious orga- 4 years after the date of the enactment of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this Act. nizations, prohibits the establishment of Thursday, March 6, 1997 quotas on any basis other than factors pertain- f Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, the Civil Rights ing to job performance, and specifically does DELAURO HONORS ANNA WALSH- Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employ- not invalidate or limit the rights, remedies, or CUSANO ment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities procedures available under any other existing Act prohibit discrimination in employment be- Federal, State, or local law to persons claim- cause of race, color, religion, sex, national ori- ing discrimination. HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO gin, age, and disability. I believe that we must Under the Workplace Fairness Act, employ- OF CONNECTICUT begin to explore ways to look beyond the tra- ers and employees will still be allowed to enter IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ditional model of combating discrimination, into an alternate dispute resolution agreed Thursday, March 6, 1997 which is currently accomplished by protecting upon before the term of employment begins, a class or category of people. Instead, we just as under current law. Further, the existing Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, must begin to pass laws which protect the in- Federal statute in rule 11 of the Federal Rule November 26, 1996, the Atwater Senior Cen- dividual from discrimination. A person's sin- of Civil Procedure states that if a frivolous law- ter will be celebrating its 31st anniversary with gular worth and merit should be the yardstick suit is filed by the plaintiffÐthe employee or an open house, dedication of a health clinic we measure by, rather than a person's behav- prospective employeeÐthen the court may and a luncheon. The new health clinic will be ior or characteristics which attach them to a rule that the plaintiff may pay the expenses of dedicated in honor of the previous director of group. If we predicate discrimination law on the defendantÐthe employer. Additionally, rule Atwater, Anna Walsh-Cusano. I am delighted distinctions between groups or categories, we 68 of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure is to rise today to congratulate Atwater on this negate the original intention of protecting enforced in civil rights cases such as those special anniversary and to honor the memory against discrimination itself. that would be brought about under the Work- of my friend, Anna Walsh-Cusano. Therefore, I am reintroducing the Workplace place Fairness Act. Rule 68 states that the fee Anna Walsh-Cusano was the first director of Fairness Act of 1997, which will effectively burden can be shifted from the employer to the Atwater Senior Center. An integral part of prohibit discrimination on any basis other than the employee, if the employee files a frivolous the Fair Haven community, Atwater has meant an employee's individual merit. Instead of con- claim, or if the employer is found to not be at a great deal to a countless number of elderly tinuing a piecemeal approach to discrimination fault. citizens. Anna's family likes to remember that law by adding special categories to those now While my legislation will clarify once and for the center meant everything to her. She truly protected under title VII of the Civil Rights Act, all the civil rights of all Americans, it still gives put her heart and soul into running Atwater. my legislation ensures that the only factors employers adequate flexibility in determining After her husband, Fred, died in 1973, Anna which employers may consider are those per- who they wish to hire, and ensures that they spent almost as much time at the center as taining to job performance. While this may be provide just cause for termination that is unre- she did at her home. She became so involved considered a radical approach to employment lated to job performance. Discrimination law in the lives of residents and she was so dear law, it is only fair that all employees are duly should mirror the goal which it is intended to to them that they came to call her by the af- protected under the law, and not subject to embody. Our laws should reflect a standard fectionate nickname of ``Nonnie.'' being fired for arbitrary reasons. Without a leg- governed by individual merit, not by an individ- Anna clearly understood the need for elderly islative remedy such as this, Congress is ual's relation to a defined group. The image of citizens to have a place to gather for recre- going to be faced with the dilemma of adding a discrimination-free society is undermined by ation and social events. Senior centers like special categories to those already protected a society whose laws supersede the value of Atwater provide people with creative outlets under title VII of the Civil Rights Act, every those they are intended to protect: the individ- and an opportunity to have fun with others. time it is believed that a certain class is being ual. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor my With activities like day and overnight trips, par- unjustly treated. This is no laughing matter, legislation, and build upon our past successes ties, live entertainment and line-dancing and Mr. Speaker, but will left-handed people be by creating a new model to combat discrimina- ceramics classes, there is always plenty to do added to the list next? What about red-headed tion in America. E412 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 DISPLAY OF THE TEN one of the Nation's premier wine-making ma- the father of African-American musicians in COMMANDMENTS chinery plants. Eventually, the business grew Jackson and throughout the State of Mis- to be as large as 300 employees before the sissippi. SPEECH OF couple sold it and began pursuing other inter- Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in saluting HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE ests. the family of Mr. Kermit Holly for the outstand- Perhaps even more important than the OF TEXAS ing contributions he made to the world of wine-making machinery business was the for- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES music. mation of the Leon S. Peters Foundation in Wednesday, March 5, 1997 1959. The foundation, with Mrs. Peters as the f Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, board chairman, supports many different edu- I rise in opposition to House Concurrent Reso- cational causes today. Locally, the foundation ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION lution 31, which expresses the sense of Con- aids humanitarian endeavors and university TAX CREDIT AND TAX-EXEMPT gress regarding the display of the Ten Com- scholarships. Foundation guidelines require FINANCING mandments in Government offices and court- the money be kept in Fresno to help students houses. locally. Specifically, the foundation also sends While supporters of this resolution would funding to various organizations throughout HON. JERRY WELLER have the American public be fooled about the Armenia, including supporting scholarships for nature of this resolution, I stand to tell the students studying at the American University OF ILLINOIS American people the truth. of Armenia and funding to assist children at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This resolution is in clear violation of the the Nork Children's Center. Constitution of the United States. It is a viola- Education is not where the work of Alice Pe- Thursday, March 6, 1997 tion of the establishment clause of the Con- ters ends. As one of the leading philan- stitution. I am not in favor of violating the Con- thropists in Fresno, Mrs. Peters was instru- Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I come to the stitution. Nor am I in favor of trying to fool the mental in starting the Fresno Metropolitan Mu- well today with colleagues from both sides of American people. seum of Art and also is a fundraiser for the the aisle, and particularly from the Illinois dele- Some in this Chamber would have the Fresno Zoo and the Boy and Girl Scouts of gation to introduce bipartisan legislation to ad- American people believe that a vote against America. Together, Mr. and Mrs. Peters have dress the problem of brownfields that plague this resolution is a vote against the Ten Com- led Fresno from a small farming town to one many of our districts. I have worked closely mandments. This is certainly not the case. of the largest and most thriving cities in Cali- with my colleagues and with Mayor Daley of The Supreme Court has been quite clear on fornia. Chicago to develop incentives to encourage this subject. In Stone versus Graham, the Mr. Speaker, as an active member of the the clean up and redevelopment of these Court struck down a Kentucky law which re- Fresno community, Alice Peters has contrib- abandoned industrial sites which blight our quired the posting of the Ten Commandments uted to the growth and cultivation of new ideas communities. State and local governments will in public schools. In Harveyand Cunningham and accomplishments in the Fresno commu- also receive greater flexibility to assist in the versus Cobb County, the Eleventh Circuit nity. She and her husband faced the chal- financing of such efforts. Fostering private Court of Appeals held that a display of the lenges and the successes of the business sector remediation will attract business activ- Ten Commandments was unconstitutional. world together. In turn, they gave back to the ity, leading to economic growth and stability I am a strong supporter of the freedom of community that was the foundation for their and will ultimately place these sites back on expression and religion which is inherent in successes. I ask my colleagues to join me and the tax rolls. the first amendment to the Constitution. pay tribute to a woman who strives each day Current law provides disincentives for inves- The Ten Commandments are the basic pre- to make the Fresno community as fulfilling for tors to buy brownfield sites for redevelopment. cepts upon which many society's laws are other lives as it has been for her life. Today, if you own a parcel of land and con- based. They have not changed. They are still f taminate it, you can take a current year de- taught by families and countless religious de- SALUTE TO KERMIT HOLLY duction for the full cost of cleaning up the site. nominations in the United States and around However, if you buy a contaminated site to re- the world. develop it you must recover your clean up The Ten Commandments have, and will HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON cost over a number of years. The number of continue to be the foundation for religious in- OF MISSISSIPPI years you must capitalize the expense de- struction. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pends upon the use of the property. Depend- We should continue to uphold the Constitu- Thursday, March 6, 1997 ing on the intended use of the property, the tion of the United States and reject this resolu- recovery period can be as long as 28 years. tion. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today f to honor the late Mr. Kermit Wells Holly, Sr., To turn this around, our bill would allow de- who was born February 9, 1908, in Hinds velopers to deduct up to $500,000 of the costs TRIBUTE TO PHILANTHROPIST County, MS, to the late Harvey and Abi Ellen in year that they are incurred and capitalize ALICE PETERS Wells Holly. the remaining costs over a much shorter pe- Mr. Holly departed this life on September riod of 5 years. According to the date we have HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICH 28, 1995, but he left a proud legacy as a hus- collected, close to 50 percent of the brownfield OF CALIFORNIA band, father, musician, educator, and mentor. sites in America could be restored for under IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He attended the Jackson Public Schools and $500,000. received a bachelor's degree from Clark Col- For more extensive remediation, developers Thursday, March 6, 1997 lege, Atlanta and the master of music degree often look to the local community to assist in Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise from Chicago Musical College. attracting additional investment. Our second today to pay tribute to Alice Peters. Mrs. Pe- Mr. Holly began his teaching career at Clark bill creates a new category of private activity ters has demonstrated the ability to raise the College and later returned to Jackson College bonds, namely remediation bonds. State and spirits of people all over the Fresno commu- in 1930 where he made numerous contribu- nity. I want to honor her today for her service tions to the college orchestra, band, and the local jurisdictions can use this new type of to Fresno. overall financial well-being of the college. bond under their existing issuance authority As noted in a recent edition of the Armenian In 1937, Mr. Holly joined the faculty at limit to solicit private investment to assist in General Benevolent Union [AGBU] magazine, Alcorn College in Lorman, MS, where he orga- the financing of redeveloping abandoned sites. Alice Peters' family moved to Lynn, MA from nized the Alcorn Marching Band, orchestra, Both bills as a package have been en- Bitlis in 1907. After hearing that more dance band, and the Purple and Gold Sere- dorsed by Mayor Daley and the majority of the Bitlistsies were residing in the Fresno area, naders. In 1941, he returned to Jackson and Illinois delegation from both sides of the aisle. the family moved to a small farming town out- resumed teaching in the Jackson Public I am very proud of the work that has gone into side of Fresno called Del Rey. In 1943, she School System serving as band director and developing an approach that has garnered met and married Leon Peters, who was a choir director at Lanier High School. broad bipartisan support and I look forward to farmer by day and sold pumps for water at Mr. Holly retired in 1973 after 46 years in working with my colleagues to secure enact- night. The pump business grew and became the field of music education, he is considered ment of this important and historic legislation. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E413 MCGILL–TOOLEN STUDENTS VISIT ference Championship with a hard fought 7±3 high over their head. With this show of unity, WASHINGTON win over Wisconsin. In a matter of just two the contributions of forward Casey Hankinson weeks, the Minnesota Golden Gophers haveÐ are proudly displayed. Casey, a junior co-cap- HON. SONNY CALLAHAN for the first time everÐwon conference cham- tain, is the glue that held this team together. OF ALABAMA pionships in these two major sports in the An emotional leader, his hard work in practice, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES same season. at game time, and fiery intermission orations Hockey success surely has not been rare combined to inspire his teamsmates to strive Thursday, March 6, 1997 during head coach Doug Woog's 12-year ten- for excellence. Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, last month, ure as coach. Coach Woog last led his team Mr. Speaker, today I want to offer my heart- members of the McGill-Toolen Pro-Life Club to the WCHA championship during the 1991± felt congratulations to the University of Min- traveled to Washington to take part in the 1992 season and has coached each of his nesota hockey team, true champions of the March for Life. With their very presence here, teams into the very selective NCAA tour- heart as well as the Western Collegiate Hock- these young people, all of whom are from the nament. The difference, Mr. Speaker, is this ey Association. First Congressional District of Alabama, exer- was expected to be a rebuilding year. f cised one of the most basic, yet cherished After losing 10 players to graduation last freedoms we have in this country: the right to year, including the Nation's top scorer and half HONORING THE GRANITE STATE free speech. of the team's defensive corps, the young Go- CHAPTER NO. 1, PEARL HARBOR I applaud these young men and women, as phers dedicated themselves to improvement to SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION ON well as their chaperons, for taking the time to the point they were in the position to win a THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY come to their Nation's Capital to let their Con- share of the conference title on the last day of gressman know their views. More importantly, the season. HON. JOHN E. SUNUNU these students joined with the voices of thou- Mr. Speaker, this achievement is especially OF NEW HAMPSHIRE sands of other people from all over the coun- gratifying as the University of Minnesota cele- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES try, to participate in a peaceful march for the brates 75 years of Golden Gopher hockey. Thursday, March 6, 1997 Coach Woog has continued our State's steep right of the unborn. Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to hockey tradition, one started by the father of When I was meeting with the students, a honor and recognize those members of the American hockey, John Mariucci, by fielding young man, Patrick Roberts, asked how he Granite State Chapter No. 1, Pearl Harbor an entire team of Minnesota-born players. and his fellow classmates could get their Survivors Association on the occasion of their This team truly is Minnesota's pride on ice. name in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Think 25th anniversary. Mr. Speaker, this overachieving team is about that, Mr. Speaker. These young people December 7, 1941 will forever stand as one characterized by four dedicated, hard-working wanted the world to know they were in Wash- of the darkest days in our Nation's historyÐ seniors who eagerly place team above self. ington, DC, for a purpose. And what a noble one of pain, one of sacrifice, and above all, Speedy cocaptain Nick Checco, nicknamed purpose it was. one of loss. We cannot erase the terrifying im- ``Mr. March,'' has had a knack for scoring So, Mr. Speaker, I ask that the names of ages of bullets, bombs, and bloodshed from goals at crunch time and during tournament Patrick Roberts, and all of his classmates, be our memories, nor should we. Never before play. entered into the RECORD, so that from this day had our country experienced such an attack, Checco, along with forwards Dan Woog and forward, the worthy mission of the McGill- not only on the territory within our borders, but Danny Hendrickson, paced a stingy penalty Toolen Pro-Life Club will be duly noted. In al- on the spirit within our people. killing unit that led the conference and is sel- phabetical order, the participants included: It is for these reasons, Mr. Speaker, that I dom outworked in the gritty business of con- Alex Almeida, Keith Battle, Robbie Beckmann, am compelled to recognize those individuals trolling the corners. Fred Boni, Jay Boren, Shauna Boren, Julie who put forth their minds, bodies, and souls to Defenseman Brian LaFluer, who missed 6 Busbee, Kathy Carey, Yosuke Chiba, Andrea fight and survive the onslaught of the over- weeks with a shoulder injury, returned at the Dumas, Tierney Eaton, Hartley Griffith, Eric whelming Japanese forces on that day. The same level when he left, igniting the offense Grip, Patrick Hardy, Jessica Hanson, Karen members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Asso- with his transitional play and solidifying the Histing, Kelly Hollister, Carolyn Hughes, Ann ciation can stand proud knowing that their young defense. Marie Johnson, Jake Kilborn, Robert Kurtts, courage and character is duly remembered by The offense was led by All-American Cathy Kurtts, Claire Kurtts, Elizabeth Lilly, all citizens of a grateful Nation, and will serve defenseman junior Mike Crowley, who tied for Sara Mareno, Toni McCammon, Theresa as a benchmark of honor for all Americans in the conference scoring title. Junior sharp- McCown, Andrew Mullek, Julie Ogburn, Bar- the future. Although the destruction of our mili- shooter Ryan Kraft led the team with 24 goals clay O'Brien, Pat O'Meara, Jenny Parker, tary machinery was vast during this horrific scored, while freshman Dave Spehar, the all- Cleveland Patterson, Amy Pearson, Mary Per- battle, the patriotism of these heroes remained time leading high school scorer, quickly ad- kins, Mandy Reimer, Patrick Roberts, Ashley unscathed. These individuals should rest as- justed to college hockey by leading the team Russell, Mary Schlichting, Kate Titford, Bridget sured knowing that their colossal efforts de- in game-winning goals and all WCHA fresh- Young, Father Steve Williams, and Kathy fending our country in such an adverse situa- man in points. Zitnik. tion inspired our troops to a proud victory in f A talented group of sophomores have con- tributed to this team's success: Mike Ander- the end. Mr. Speaker, it is with particular privilege CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNI- son, Reggie Berg, and Eric RasmussenÐthe that I take this opportunity to pay tribute to VERSITY OF MINNESOTA HOCK- first American selected in last year's National Granite State Chapter No. 1, Pearl Harbor EY TEAM Hockey League amateur draft. Eric teamed Survivors Association and ask that they and with forward Wyatt Smith and freshman Ben those Americans who died during the invasion Clymer to help lead the U.S. Junior National HON. JIM RAMSTAD of Pearl Harbor be remembered on the year of Team to a silver medal finish in the World OF MINNESOTA the association's silver anniversary. Junior Tournament last December. The silver IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f medal marked the best finish ever for a U.S. Thursday, March 6, 1997 Junior National Team. ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF Mr. RAMSTAD. Mr. Speaker, just 1 week It is often said championships are won with THE ALAMO, 1836 ago, I stood here on the House floor and defense. Junior goaltender Steve DeBus' play shared the pride and excitement my fellow truly inspired this young team. DeBus led the HON. WALTER B. JONES Minnesotans are experiencing this winter as conference in wins, was among conference OF NORTH CAROLINA our University of Minnesota men's basketball leaders in save percentage and goals against. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES team won the Big Ten Championship for the His calm under intense pressure and cat-quick first time in 15 years. reflexes gave his teammates confidence they Thursday, March 6, 1997 Today, I stand doubly proud. Last Saturday had a chance in every game. Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, today, March 6, evening, following the basketball team's home Mr. Speaker, the Gophers celebrated their 1997, marks the 161st anniversary of the fall celebration of the Big Ten title, the University championship in grand hockey tradition; 25 of the Alamo in 1836. of Minnesota men's hockey team clinched the student-athletes, circling the ice, each holding One of the most treasured memorials of our Western Collegiate Hockey Association Con- the MacNaughton Cup and proudly hoisting it national heritage is the Alamo; millions of E414 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 6, 1997 American and Mexican citizens travel each with respect to trade and diplomatic relations. that coverage of these agreements is currently year to see where this epic battle between I ask that my colleagues and fellow Americans available under existing law, namely the RLA. America and Mexico was fought. History take this opportunity to reach out to our However, there have been at least two con- records that approximately 184 Americans and friends in Mexico, to request that the battle flicting Federal court decisions over the past over 600 Mexicans gave their lives in the bat- flag be returned to its rightful place at the two decades on the issue of the enforceability tle. Each country fought valiantly, driven by a Alamo. of such agreements under the RLA. The opin- sincere love for their nations. f ions in these cases acknowledge that Con- At the Alamo, two known battle flags were gress has the power to apply its laws in flown. History teaches us that one flag was INTRODUCTION OF A BILL AMEND- extraterritorial circumstances, but it must do so destroyed, and the other, the battle flag of the ING THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT expressly; and the courts have held that in the New Orleans' Greys militia unit, was captured ON BEHALF OF AIRLINE PILOTS case of the RLA the intent of Congress to do by the Mexican leader Santa Anna. The battle ENGAGED IN FOREIGN FLYING so has not been clearly expressed. flag was then sent to Mexico City as proof that The legislation introduced today will once the Alamo had been receiving help from rebel HON. NICK J. RAHALL II and for all clarify existing law. Doing so would forces in America, and as proof to Mexico that OF WEST VIRGINIA confirm that the terms and conditions of the Santa Anna had captured the Alamo. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES overseas flight operations of U.S. airlines are This flag is known to exist and has been Thursday, March 6, 1997 subject to negotiation between their manage- seen within the last decade by legitimate ments and the selected bargaining representa- Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sources. It is reported to be in the same basic tives of their pilots under the same statutory reintroduce a bill which was pending before condition as when it was originally sent to authority as the terms and conditions of their the 104th Congress concerning the applicabil- Mexico so many years ago. domestic flying. This valued and treasured artifact of Mexi- ity of the Railway Labor Act to flight crews of can and American history needs to be re- United States air carriers engaged in flight op- The legislation does not impose our labor turned to its rightful place, the Alamo, so it can erations outside the United States. laws on foreign countries; it does not cover be displayed as a memorial tribute to the men Mr. Speaker, the bill I and my colleagues employees providing ground and related serv- who fought and died for their Nations' beliefs. have reintroduced clarifies the intent of Con- ices for U.S. carriers exclusively in foreign At present, the Texas State Legislature has gress that the RLA covers the collective bar- countries; it does not preclude negotiation of been authorized to pursue the loan or trade of gaining right of flight deck crew members em- wages and terms and conditions of employ- three Mexican flags captured at the subse- ployed by U.S. air carriers when they are ment tailored to flight deck crew members that quent battle of San Jacinto in return for the based overseas or are performing their duties perform overseas operations. Alamo flag, and also has funding set aside to exclusively outside the United States. If any of my colleagues are interested in be- assist in the restoration and preservation of Historically, airlines and the bargaining rep- coming cosponsors of this important legisla- the flag upon its return. resentative of their pilots have negotiated and tion, or if you have any questions, please call At no previous time in history have our two honored numerous agreements governing me or Mrs. Kyle on my staff at extension nations enjoyed a better economic relationship their overseas operations. It is our contention 53452. Thursday, March 6, 1997 Daily Digest Senate 11 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of gen- Chamber Action eral. Routine Proceedings, pages S2005–S2034 Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, Corps, Navy. Pages S2033, S2034 as follows: S. 409–411. Page S2021 Nominations Received: Senate received the follow- Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: ing nominations: S. Res. 39, authorizing expenditures by the Com- James B. King, of Massachusetts, to be Director mittee on Governmental Affairs, with an amendment of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of in the nature of a substitute. four years. Page S2034 S. Res. 56, designating March 25, 1997 as ‘‘Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Messages From the President: Page S2020 Greek and American Democracy’’. Messages From the House: Page S2020 S. Res. 60, to commend students who have par- Measures Referred: Page S2020 ticipated in the William Randolph Hearst Founda- tion Senate Youth Program between 1962 and 1997. Communications: Pages S2020±21 Measures Passed: Petitions: Page S2021 Hearst Senate Youth Program: Senate agreed to Executive Reports of Committees: Page S2021 S. Res. 60, to commend students who have partici- Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S2021±25 pated in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Program between 1962 and 1997. Additional Cosponsors: Pages S2025±26 Page S2013 Notices of Hearings: Page S2026 Committee Funding—Agreement: A unanimous- Authority for Committees: Pages S2026±27 consent agreement was reached providing for the Additional Statements: Pages S2027±29 consideration of S. Res. 39, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Governmental Affairs, on Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and ad- Monday, March 10, 1997. Pages S2033±34 journed at 5:33 p.m., until 12 noon, on Monday, March 10, 1997. (For Senate’s program, see the re- Messages from the President: Senate received the marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s following message from the President of the United Record on page S2034.) States: Transmitting the 1997 Trade Policy Agenda and 1996 annual report on the Trade Agreements Pro- Committee Meetings gram; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM–21). Page S2020 (Committees not listed did not meet) Measure Indefinitely Postponed: Senate indefi- nitely postponed further consideration of the follow- APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ing measure: STATE International Family Planning: S.J. Res. 14, af- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- firming certain findings of the President of the merce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary held hearings United States with regard to programs concerning on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for international family planning. Page S2033 the Department of State, receiving testimony from Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State. lowing nominations: Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 11. D191 D192 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 6, 1997 NOMINATION NOMINATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee hearings on the nomination of Keith R. Hall, of ordered favorably reported the nomination of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Federico Pen˜a, of Colorado, to be Secretary of En- Force for Space, after the nominee testified and an- ergy. swered questions in his own behalf. ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION NOMINATIONS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: held oversight hearings to discuss proposals to ad- Committee concluded hearings on the nominations vance the goals of deregulation and competition in of Yolanda Townsend Wheat, of Missouri, to be a the electric power industry, receiving testimony from Member of the National Credit Union Administra- Jeffrey K. Skilling, Enron Corp., Houston, Texas; tion Board, Charles A. Gueli, of Maryland, to be a Allen Franklin, Georgia Power Company, Atlanta, Member of the Board of Directors of the National on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute; Frederick Institute of Building Sciences, and Jeffrey A. W. Buckman, PacifiCorp, Portland, Oregon; Pradeep Frankel, of California, to be a Member of the Coun- Mehra, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; cil of Economic Advisers, after the nominees testified James Kallenberger, Payless ShoeSource, Inc., To- and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. peka, Kansas, on behalf of the International Mass Wheat was introduced by Senator Bond, and Mr. Retail Association; P. Chrisman Iribe, U.S. Generat- Frankel was introduced by Senator Boxer. ing Company, Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of the PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM Electric Power Supply Association; Steve Frank, Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- Daniel A. Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Coun- committee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, cil, Washington, D.C.; Sunny Popowsky, Pennsylva- and Tourism concluded hearings on proposals to re- nia State Office of Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg; form product liability, focusing on the effectiveness Larry Hall, KN Energy, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado, of the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1974, on behalf of the Natural Gas Power Group and the after receiving testimony from John Moore, Cessna Interstate Natural Gas Association; and Arthur W. Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas; Bradley Adelberg, Central Maine Power Company, Augusta, Mottier, Unison Industries, Jacksonville, Florida; on behalf of the PURPA Reform Group. Paul Newman, New Piper Aircraft, Inc., Vero Beach, Committee will meet again on Thursday, March Florida; Scott Tarry, Southern Illinois University, 13. Carbondale; Robert Creamer, Citizen Action of Illi- nois, Chicago; John Petersen, Montgomery County Action Council, Coffeyville, Kansas; and John PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT Yodice, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Sub- Edward Bolin, General Aviation Manufacturers Asso- committee on Forests and Public Land Management ciation, both of Washington, D.C. held oversight hearings to discuss the impact of the proposed Public Land Management Responsibility NOAA 1998 BUDGET and Accountability Restoration Act on the adminis- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- trative and judicial appeals of land management de- committee on Oceans and Fisheries and the Sub- cisions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land committee on Science, Technology, and Space con- Management, receiving testimony from Sally K. cluded joint hearings on the President’s proposed Fairfax, University of California, Berkeley, Randall budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the National O’Toole, Thoreau Institute, Eugene, Oregon; Jo- Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after re- hanna Wald, Natural Resources Defense Council, ceiving testimony from D. James Baker, Under Sec- San Francisco, California; Steve Blomeke, National retary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Elbert W. Friday, Wildlife Federation, Bismarck, North Dakota; Jr., Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, Charles Graham, Selkirk-Priest Basin Association, Robert S. Winokur, Assistant Administrator for Sat- Moscow, Idaho; Jamie Dalton, Utah Department of ellite and Information Services, and Andrew H. Natural Resources, Salt Lake City; Paul Kruse, Wyo- Moxam, Deputy Chief Financial Officer/Deputy ming Office of Federal Land Policy, Cheyenne; Paul Chief Administrative Officer, all of the National Frey, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Sue Kupillas, Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Depart- Medford, Oregon. ment of Commerce. Hearings were recessed subject to call. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D193 AUTHORIZATION—TRANSPORTATION Health Insurance Reform Project/George Washing- Committee on Environment and Public Works: Sub- ton University, Chevy Chase, Maryland. committee on Transportation and Infrastructure re- Hearings were recessed subject to call. sumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing NOMINATION funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface Trans- Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded portation Efficiency Act and innovative transpor- hearings on the nomination of Karen Shepherd, of tation financing, technology, construction and design Utah, to be United States Director of the European practices, receiving testimony from Representative Bank for Reconstruction and Development, after the DeLauro; Mortimer L. Downey, Deputy Secretary, nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hatch, tes- Jane Garvey, Deputy Administrator, Federal High- tified and answered questions in her own behalf. way Administration, and Christine Johnson, Director of the Joint Program Office, Intelligent Transpor- USIA 1998 BUDGET tation Systems, all of the Department of Transpor- Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on tation; Phyllis F. Scheinberg, Associate Director, International Operations concluded hearings on the Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year Economic Development Division, Joseph Christoff, 1998 for the United States Information Agency and Assistant Director, and Yvonne Pufahl, Senior Eval- international broadcasting, after receiving testimony uator, all of the General Accounting Office; Robert from Joseph D. Duffey, Director, and Kevin Klose, E. Skinner, Jr., Executive Director, Transportation President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, both of Research Board, National Academy of Sciences; Ger- the U.S. Information Agency. ald S. Pfeffer, United Infrastructure Company, Chi- cago, Illinois; Daniel V. Flanagan, Jr., Flanagan Con- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAX REFORM sulting Group, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on of the Commission to Promote Investment in Ameri- Oversight of Government Management, Restructur- ca’s Infrastructure; and James Costantino, Intelligent ing, and the District of Columbia concluded hear- Transportation Society of America, Washington, ings to examine Federal tax policy issues for the Dis- D.C. trict of Columbia, after receiving testimony from Hearings were recessed subject to call. District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Nor- ton; District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry; and IRA’S Jack Kemp, Empower America, Daniel J. Mitchell, Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on Heritage Foundation, and William A. Niskanen, proposals to expand Individual Retirement Accounts Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C. (IRA’s), including S. 197, proposed Savings and In- BUSINESS MEETING vestment Incentive Act, receiving testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor- Treasury; William G. Gale, Brookings Institution, ably reported the following business items: Dallas L. Salisbury, Employee Benefit Research Insti- S. Res. 56, designating March 25, 1997 as ‘‘Greek tute, and John S. Tottie, Citizens for a Sound Econ- Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of omy, all of Washington, D.C.; R. Glenn Hubbard, Greek and American Democracy’’; Columbia University, New York, New York, and S. Res. 60, to commend students who have par- Steven F. Venti, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New ticipated in the William Randolph Hearst Founda- Hampshire, both on behalf of the National Bureau tion Senate Youth Program between 1962 and 1997; of Economic Research; and Robert C. Pozen, Fidelity and Investments, Boston, Massachusetts. The nominations of Merrick B. Garland, of Mary- Hearings were recessed subject to call. land, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Dis- trict of Columbia Circuit, Colleen Kollar Kotelly, of MEDICARE the District of Columbia, to be United States Dis- trict Judge for the District of Columbia, Rose Ochi, Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care of California, to be Director, Community Relations resumed hearings to examine the financial soundness Service, and Lyle Weir Swenson, of South Dakota, to of the Medicare program and its long-term status, be United States Marshal for the District of South receiving testimony from Stuart M. Butler, Heritage Dakota. Foundation, Robert B. Helms, American Enterprise Institute, and Michael B. Tanner, Cato Institute, all HEALTH CARE QUALITY of Washington, D.C.; Karen Davis, Commonwealth Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee Fund, New York, New York; and Lynn Etheredge, concluded hearings to examine health care quality D194 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 6, 1997 and consumer protection issues, focusing on managed Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings care and fee-for-service plans, after receiving testi- on S. Res. 39 (listed above), after receiving testi- mony from Bruce M. Fried, Director, Office of Man- mony from Senators Thompson and Glenn. aged Care, Health Care Financing Administration, INTELLIGENCE Department of Health and Human Services; Kath- leen Sebelius, Kansas State Office of the Commis- Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in sioner of Insurance, Topeka; Judith G. Waxman, closed session to consider pending committee busi- Families U.S.A. Foundation, Washington, D.C.; ness, but made no announcements, and recessed sub- William L. Roper, Prudential HealthCare, Roseland, ject to call. New Jersey, on behalf of the American Association BABY BOOMER RETIREMENT of Health Plans; Mark R. Chassin, Mount Sinai Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded School of Medicine, New York, New York; Gail hearings to examine the challenges of providing Wilensky, Project HOPE, Bethesda, Maryland; health and income security for baby boomers who James C. Cubbin, General Motors Corporation, Flint, will begin retirement in the year 2010, and the im- Michigan; Patricia Salber, Kaiser Permanente, Oak- pact on Federal programs affecting the elderly, after land, California; and Peter Berman, Los Angeles, receiving testimony from Gail R. Wilensky, Project California. HOPE, Bethesda, Maryland; David M. Walker, Ar- thur Andersen, Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas L. Salisbury, BUSINESS MEETING Employee Benefit Research Institute, and Barry P. Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee or- Bosworth, Brookings Institution, both of Washing- dered favorably reported S. Res. 39, authorizing ex- ton, D.C.; Madelyn Hochstein, DYG, Inc., Danbury, penditures by the Committee on Governmental Af- Connecticut; Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Penn- fairs, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- sylvania, Philadelphia; Robert N. Butler, Mount stitute. (As approved by the committee, the amend- Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, on be- ment authorizes $4,350,000 for the sole purpose of half of the Alliance for Aging Research; and H. conducting an investigation of illegal activities in James Towey, Commission on Aging With Dignity, connection with 1996 Federal election campaigns.) Tallahassee, Florida. h House of Representatives Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 355 yeas to 43 Chamber Action nays, Roll No. 33, the House agreed to the Speaker’s Bills Introduced: 35 public bills, H.R. 963–997; 2 approval of the Journal of Wednesday, March 5. private bills, H.R. 998–999; and 8 resolutions, H.J. Page H776 Res. 60–61, H. Con. Res. 39–41, and H. Res. Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Miller of Califor- 84–86, were introduced. Pages H802±04 nia motion to adjourn (rejected by a yea-and-nay Reports Filed: One report was filed today as fol- vote of 75 yeas to 293 nays, Roll No. 32). lows: Pages H769±70 H.R. 852, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, Unit- Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House ad- ed States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork journs today, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Mon- Reduction Act, to minimize the burden of Federal day, March 10, 1997; and agreed that when the paperwork demands upon small businesses, edu- House adjourns on Monday, it adjourn to meet at cational and nonprofit institutions, Federal contrac- 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11 for morning-hour tors, State and local governments, and other persons debate. Page H774 through the sponsorship and use of alternative infor- Calendar Wednesday: Agreed that the business in mation technologies (H. Rept. 105–7 Part I). order under the Calendar Wednesday rule be dis- Page H802 pensed with on Wednesday, March 12. Page H774 Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Rep- Speaker wherein he designated Representative Quinn resentative Blumenauer wherein he resigned from the to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H769 Committee on Education and the Workforce. Page H774 March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D195 Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and on the 84, electing Representative Blumenauer to the Com- Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. Testimony mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep- was heard from the following: Brooksley Born, resentative Kucinich to the Committee on Education Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading Commis- and the Workforce, and Representative McDermott sion; the following officials of the USDA: Dallas R. to the Committee on the Budget. Page H774 Smith, Acting Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Suspension—Washington, D.C. City Council Agriculture Services; and Grant B. Buntrock, Ad- Contract Reform: By a yea-and-nay vote of 390 ministrator, Farm Service Agency. yeas to 7 nays with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 34, COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND the House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 513, to exempt certain contracts entered into by the government of the District of Columbia from review Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- by the Council of the District of Columbia. merce, Justice, State and Judiciary held a hearing on Page H777 the Bureau of Export Administration, Department of Commerce and on the Federal Courts; the Adminis- Joint Committee Election: The House agreed to H. trative Office and the Federal Judicial Center. Testi- Res. 85 electing the following Members to serve mony was heard from William A. Reinsch, Under with the Chairman of the Committee on House Secretary, Export Administration, Department of Oversight: Representatives Ney, Granger, Hoyer, Commerce; the following officials of the Judicial and Gejdenson to the Joint Committee on Printing Conference: Judge John Heyburn, Chairman; and and Representatives Ney, Ehlers, Kilpatrick, and Judge William Young, Co-Chairman; Leonidas Gejdenson to the Joint Committee of Congress on Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office, the Library. Pages H777±78 U.S. Courts; Judge Rya Zobel, Director, Federal Ju- Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Miller of Califor- dicial Center. nia motion to adjourn (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 84 yeas to 312 nays, Roll No. 35). Page H778 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Rep- resentative Kucinich wherein he resigns from the Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy Committee on International Relations. Page H778 and Water Development held a hearing on TVA and on the Appalachian Regional Commission. Testi- Presidential Message—Trade Policy: Read a mes- mony was heard from Craven Crowell, Chairman, sage from the President wherein he transmitted his TVA; and the following officials of the Appalachian 1997 Trade Policy Agenda and 1996 Annual Report Regional Commission: Kirk Fordice, Governor, State on the Trade Agreements Program—referred to the of Mississippi, State’s Co-Chairman; and Jesse L. Committee on Ways and Means. Pages H778±79 White, Jr., Federal Co-Chairman. Leave of Absence: Read a letter from Representa- tive Bishop wherein he requests a leave of absence INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Page H795 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate continued appropriation hearings, with emphasis on today appear on page H769. Indian Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Quorum Calls—Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes de- veloped during the proceedings of the House today LABOR—HHS—EDUCATION and appear on pages H769–70, H776–77, H777, APPROPRIATIONS and H778. There were no quorum calls. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at Health and Human Services, and Education held a 3:21 p.m. hearing on National Institute of Arthritis, Musculo- skeletal and Skin Disease, the National Center for Committee Meetings Research Resources, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Institute of Dental Research. Testimony was heard FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES from Stephen Katz, M.D., Director, National Insti- APPROPRIATIONS tute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease; Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agri- Judith L. Vaitukaitis, M.D., Director, National Cen- culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- ter for Research Resources; Duane Alexander, M.D., istration, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Director, National Institute of Child Health and D196 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 6, 1997 Human Development; and Harold C. Slaukin, M.D., portunity and Responsibility Act of 1997. Testi- Director, National Institute of Dental Research. mony was heard from Andrew M. Cuomo, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Hearings continue March 11. APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Mili- ADMINISTRATION’S BUDGET—CBO’S tary Construction held a hearing on Navy Construc- ANALYSIS tion. Testimony was heard from Robin Tirie, Assist- Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the CBO’s ant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and Environ- Analysis of the Administration’s Budget Proposal for ment, Department of the Defense. Fiscal Year 1998. Testimony was heard from June E. O’Neil, Director, CBO. NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Na- SEC AUTHORIZATION ACT tional Security held a hearing on the Fiscal Year Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and 1998 Navy/Marine Corps Budget Overview and on Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the Securities Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition. Testimony was and Exchange Commission Authorization Act of heard from the following officials of the Department 1997. Testimony was heard from Arthur Levitt, Jr., of the Navy: John H. Dalton, Secretary; Adm. Jay Chairman, SEC. L. Johnson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. ASSISTED SUICIDE Charles C. Krulak, USMC, Commandant, Marine Corps; John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary, Re- Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and search, Development, Test and Evaluation; Vice Environment held a hearing on Assisted Suicide: Adm. T. Donald L. Pilling, USN, Deputy Chief of Legal, Medical, Ethical, and Social Issues. Testimony Naval Operation (Resources, Warfare Requirements was heard from Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of and Assessments); and Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Oster, Boston; Rabbi A. James Rudin, Director, Interfaith USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs and Re- Relations, American Jewish Committee; Rev. David sources. L. Adams, Executive Director, Office of Government Information, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; Rev. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Dr. Stanley Harakas, Greek Orthodox Church, Arch- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Trans- diocese of America; and public witnesses. portation held a hearing on the GAO and on the EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from John Anderson, Director, Transportation Issues, Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommit- GAO; and Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transpor- tee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing tation. on Education at a Crossroads, What Works, What’s Wasted. Testimony was heard from Lamar Alexan- TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND der, former Secretary of Education; and Delaine GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Eastin, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treas- California. ury, Postal Service, and General Government held a FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM hearing on the Secretary of the Treasury. Testimony ACQUISITION STRATEGY was heard from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Held a hearing on Federal Telecommunications System Ac- VA—HUD—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES quisition Strategy (Post-FTS 2000). Testimony was APPROPRIATIONS heard from Robert J. Woods, Commissioner, GSA; Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, and Frank E. Lalley, Associate Deputy and Assistant HUD, and Independent Agencies held a hearing on Secretary Telecommunications, Department of Veter- the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Testi- ans’ Affairs. mony was heard from James Lee Witt, Director, Hearings continue March 12. FEMA. OVERSIGHT—HUD AND LABOR: MISSION HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITY ACT Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Sub- Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations committee on Housing and Community Develop- continued Agency oversight hearings: the Depart- ment continued hearings on H.R. 2, Housing Op- ment of Housing and Urban Development and the March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D197

Department of Labor: Mission, Management, and MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Performance. Testimony was heard from Susan Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime Geffney, Inspector General, Department of Housing approved for full Committee action the following and Urban Affairs; Charles C. Masten, Inspector bills: H.R. 927, United States Marshals Service Im- General, Department of Labor; and the following of- provement Act of 1997; H.R. 926, Prisoner Service ficials of the GAO: Larry Dyckman, Associate Direc- Opportunity Act of 1997; and H.R. 924, Victim Al- tor, Housing and Community Development Issues; locution Clarification Act of 1997. and Carlotta Joiner, Director, Education and Em- ployment. DOD AUTHORIZATION Committee on National Security: Continued hearings on COMMITTEE FUNDING the Fiscal Year 1998 Department of Defense author- Committee on House Oversight: Met to consider funding ization request. Testimony was heard from officials requests for the following Committees: Rules; Bank- of the Department of Defense: Gen. John G. Tilelli, ing and Financial Services; Budget; Resources, Edu- USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces Korea; Adm. cation and the Workforce; National Security; Com- Joseph W. Prueher, USN, Commander in Chief, merce; and Government Reform and Oversight. U.S. Pacific Command; and Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Com- MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES mand. Committee on International Relations: Favorably consid- BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ered and adopted a motion urging the Chairman to Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Mili- request that the following measures be considered on tary Research and Development held a hearing on the Suspension Calendar: H. Con. Res. 16, concern- ballistic missile defense. Testimony was heard from ing the urgent need to improve the living standards the following officials of the Department of Defense: of those South Asians living in the Ganges and the Lt. Gen. Lester L. Lyles, USAF, Director Ballistic Bahmaputra River Basin; H. Res. 68, amended, stat- Missile Defense Organization; and Paul Kaminski, ing the sense of the House of Representatives that Under Secretary, Acquisition and Technology. the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Be- tween the United States of America and Japan is es- NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MEASURES sential for furthering the security interests of the Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries United States, Japan, and the nations of the Asia-Pa- Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, held a hearing cific region, and that the people of Okinawa deserve on the following bills: H.R. 511, National Wildlife recognition for their contributions toward ensuring Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; and H.R. the treaty’s implementation; and H.R. 750, amend- 512, New Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act. Testi- ed, to support the autonomous governance of Hong mony was heard from Representative John Tanner; Kong after its reversion to the People’s Republic of Bruce Babbit, Secretary of the Interior; Bernie Rich- China. ter, Assemblyman, State of California; and public The Committee also ordered reported H.J.Res. 58, witnesses. amended, disapproving the certification of the Presi- DOE BUDGET AUTHORIZATION—ENERGY dent under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance RESEARCH Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997. Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, held a hearing on fiscal year 1998 OVERSIGHT—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW budget authorization request for Office of Energy ACT Research, Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from Martha A. Krebs, Director, Energy Re- Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Com- search, Department of Energy; and Victor S. mercial and Administrative Law held an oversight Rezendes, Director, Energy, Resources and Science hearing on the Congressional Review Act. Testimony Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Devel- was heard from Robert P. Murphy, General Counsel, opment Division, GAO. GAO; Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Infor- mation and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Jonathan Z. PAPERWORK ELIMINATION ACT; Cannon, General Counsel, EPA; Nancy E. McFad- ADMINISTRATION BUDGET REQUEST— den, General Counsel, Department of Transportation; SBA Charles W. Johnson, Parliamentarian, House of Rep- Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported H.R. resentatives; and public witnesses. 852, Paperwork Elimination Act of 1997. D198 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 6, 1997 The Committee also held a hearing on the Ad- the USA, and Virginia M. Torsch, Retired Officers ministration’s Budget request for the SBA for fiscal Association, both of Alexandria, Virginia. year 1998. Testimony was heard from Aida Alvarez, f Administrator, SBA; and public witnesses. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, ETHICS PROCESS MARCH 7, 1997 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Task Force Senate on Ethics Reform met in executive session to con- tinue hearings on the Ethics Process in the House. No meetings are scheduled. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. House ISTEA REAUTHORIZATION No committee meetings are scheduled. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Sub- Joint Meetings committee on Surface Transportation, continued hearing on ISTEA Reauthorization: Policy Initiatives Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for February, and Requests for Highway and Transit Projects. Tes- and to examine the Consumer Price Index, 9:30 a.m., timony was heard from Members of Congress. 1334 Longworth Building. Hearings continue March 11. f MEDICARE HMO REGULATION AND QUALITY CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Week of March 10 through 15, 1997 Health held a hearing on Medicare HMO Regulation and Quality. Testimony was heard from Bruce C. Senate Chamber Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing Ad- On Monday, Senate will consider S. Res. 39, Gov- ministration, Department of Health and Human ernmental Affairs Committee investigative funding. Services; and public witnesses. On Tuesday, and during the balance of the week FUTURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY Senate will continue consideration of S. Res. 39, Governmental Affairs Committee funding and may Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on So- consider any cleared executive and legislative busi- cial Security held a hearing on the Future of Social ness, including the nomination of Frederico Pen˜a, to Security for this Generation and the Next. Testi- be Secretary of Energy. mony was heard from the following members of the (Senate will recess on Tuesday, March 11, 1997 from Advisory Council on Social Security: Robert M. Ball; 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for respective party con- Sylvester J. Schieber; and Edward M. Gramlich, ferences.) Chairman. IRAN TERRORISM Senate Committees Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in execu- (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) tive session to hold a briefing on Iran Terrorism. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March The Committee was briefed by departmental wit- 11 and 13, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for agricultural research, 9 a.m., SR–332. nesses. Committee on Appropriations: March 11, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold hear- Joint Meetings ings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Consumer VETERANS PROGRAMS Information Center, and the Office of Consumer Affairs, Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 9:30 a.m., SD–138. and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs con- March 11, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Devel- cluded joint hearings to review the legislative rec- opment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on pro- ommendations of certain veterans organizations, after posed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for Food and receiving testimony from Richard G. Fazakerley, Consumer Service, Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD–124. Blinded Veterans of America, James M. Blaylock, March 11, 12 and 13, Subcommittee on Commerce, Military Order of the Purple Heart of the USA, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings on pro- Kenneth C. Huber, Paralyzed Veterans of America, posed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998, Tuesday, for and Robert M. Zweiman, Jewish War Veterans of the Small Business Administration, 2 p.m.; Wednesday, the USA, all of Washington, D.C.; and Charles R. for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m.; Thursday, for the Jackson, Non Commissioned Officers Association of Department of Commerce, 2 p.m.; S–146, Capitol. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D199

March 12, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings ficiency Act, focusing on program eligibility, 9:30 a.m., on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the SD–406. Department of Defense, focusing on missile projects, 10 March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the a.m., SD–192. nominations of Johnny H. Hayes, of Tennessee, to be a Committee on Armed Services: March 11 and 13, to re- Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley sume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds Authority, Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard Flowers, USA, to for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense and be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission, and the future years defense program, focusing on the unified Judith M. Espinosa, of New Mexico, and Michael commands military strategies and operational require- Rappoport, of Arizona, each to be a Member of the Board ments, Tuesday at 10 a.m. in SD–106 and Thursday at of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel- 10 a.m. in SH–216. lence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, 9:30 March 11, Subcommittee on Acquisition and Tech- a.m., SD–406. nology, to hold hearings on proposed legislation authoriz- Committee on Finance: March 11, to hold hearings on the ing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of De- President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 fense and the future years defense program, focusing on for the Medicaid program, 10:30 a.m., SD–215. science and technology programs, 2:15 p.m., SR–222. March 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam- March 12, Subcommittee on Airland Forces, to resume ine the Graduate Medical Education program, 10 a.m., hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fis- SD–215. cal year 1998 for the Department of Defense and the fu- Committee on Foreign Relations: March 12, Subcommittee ture years defense program, focusing on Army Force XXI on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Pro- initiatives and Army modernization programs, 10 a.m., motion, to hold hearings on proposed legislation author- SR–222. izing funds for fiscal year 1998 for security assistance, 10 March 12, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to re- a.m., SD–419. sume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds March 12, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense and Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism, to hold hearings the future years defense program, focusing on U.S. na- on Mexican and American responses to the international tional security space programs and policies, 2 p.m., narcotics threat, 2 p.m., SD–419. SR–222. March 13, Subcommittee on International Operations, March 12, Subcommittee on Personnel, to resume hear- to hold hearings on the President’s proposed budget re- ings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal quests for fiscal year 1998 for certain International Orga- year 1998 for the Department of Defense and the future nizations and Conferences and the U.S. Arms Control and years defense program, focusing on policies pertaining to Disarmament Agency, 10 a.m., SD–419. Committee on Governmental Affairs: March 10, Sub- military compensation and quality of life programs, 2 committee on Oversight of Government Management and p.m., SR–232A. The District of Columbia, to hold hearings to review Committee on the Budget: March 11, to hold hearings to management issues for the Department of Commerce, examine a proposal by a House coalition relating to the 1:30 p.m., SD–342. budget for fiscal year 1998 and beyond, 10 a.m., March 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam- SD–608. ine issues relating to the census in the year 2000, 10 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March a.m., SD–342. 12, to hold hearings to examine universal telephone serv- March 13, Subcommittee on International Security, ice, 2 p.m., SR–253. Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings to ex- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 12, amine national missile defense and prospects for United business meeting, to mark up S. 104, to reform United States-Russia ABM Treaty accommodation, 9:30 a.m., States policy with regard to the management and disposal SD–342. of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, Committee on the Judiciary: March 11, to hold joint hear- 9:30 a.m., SD–366. ings with the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the March 13, Full Committee, to resume hearings to ex- Constitution to examine issues relating to partial birth amine issues with regard to competitive change in the abortion, 9:30 a.m., SD–G50. electric power industry, 9:30 a.m., SD–G50. Committee on Labor and Human Resources: March 11, Sub- March 13, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic committee on Employment and Training, to hold hear- Preservation, and Recreation, to hold hearings to examine ings to review Federal job training programs, 9:30 a.m., the future of the National Park System and to identify SD–430. and discuss the needs, requirements, and innovative pro- March 12, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, grams that will insure the Park Service will continue to to hold hearings to examine scientific discoveries in meet its responsibilities well into the next century, 2 cloning, focusing on challenges for public policy, 9:30 p.m., SD–366. a.m., SD–G50. Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 13, March 13, Full Committee, business meeting, to mark Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to up S. 4, to provide private sector employees the same op- resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds portunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, bi- for programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef- weekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs D200 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 6, 1997 to help balance the demands and needs of work and fam- House Committees ily, and to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and Committee on Agriculture, March 12, to consider pending overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of business, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth. 1938, and pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD–430. March 12, Subcommittee on Department Operations, March 14, Full Committee, to resume hearings on pro- Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing on the status posed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the of the electronic benefit transfer system for the food Higher Education Act, 9:30 a.m., SD–430. stamp program, 9:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth. Committee on Indian Affairs: March 11, business meet- Committee on Appropriations, March 10, Subcommittee ing, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., on Transportation, to continue on GAO, 11 a.m., 2358 SR–485. Rayburn. Select Committee on Intelligence: March 11 and 12, to hold March 11, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Devel- hearings on the nomination of Anthony Lake, of Massa- opment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related chusetts, to be Director of Central Intelligence, Tuesday Agencies, on marketing and regulatory programs, 1 p.m., at 2:30 p.m. and Wednesday at 9 a.m., SH–216. and on Congressional and public witnesses, 4 p.m., March 13, Full Committee, to continue hearings in 2362A Rayburn. closed session on the nomination of Anthony Lake, of March 11, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State Massachusetts, to be Director of Central Intelligence, and Judiciary, on Secretary of Commerce, 2 p.m., H–309 2:30 p.m., SH–219. Capitol. March 11, Subcommittee on Interior, on Bureau of House Chamber Land Management, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B–308 Ray- Monday: No legislative business. burn. Tuesday: Consideration of 11 Suspensions: March 11, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 1. H.R. 649, Department of Energy Standardiza- Services, and Education, on Secretary of Education, 10 tion; a.m., and on Elementary and Secondary Education and 2. H.R. 651, Extend Deadline for Hydroelectric Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, 1:30 Project in the State of Washington; p.m., 2358 Rayburn. March 11, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on 3. H.R. 652, Extend Deadline for Hydroelectric Air Force, 1:30 p.m., B–300 Rayburn. Project in the State of Washington; March 11, Subcommittee on National Security, on fis- 4. H.J. Res. 32, Granting Consent to Hawaiian cal year 1998 Air Force Budget overview, 1:30 p.m., Homes Commission; 2212 Rayburn. 5. H.R. 63, Trinity Lake Designation; March 11, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Na- 6. H.R. 437, National Sea Grant College Pro- tional Transportation Safety Board, 10 a.m., and on Of- gram; fice of Inspector General, 1 p.m., 2358 Rayburn. 7. H.R. 709, National Geologic Mapping; March 11, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 8. H.R. 750, Supporting the Autonomous Gov- and General Government, on National Park Service, 9:30 ernance of Hong Kong After its Reversion to the a.m., on the Executive Office of the President, 10:30 People’s Republic of China; a.m., and on Office of Management and Budget, 2 p.m., 9. H. Con. Res. 16, Concerning the Urgent Need 2360 Rayburn. to Improve the Living Standards of those South March 11, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independ- Asians Living in the Ganges and Brahmaputra River ent Agencies, and on Corporation for National and Com- Basin; munity Service, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., H–143 Capitol. March 12, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Devel- 10. H. Res. 68, Sense of the House Concerning opment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Be- Agencies, on Congressional and public witnesses, 10:30 tween the United States and Japan; and a.m., and on food Safety, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn. 11. H.R. 914, Higher Education Technical March 12, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State Amendments. and Judiciary, on United States Information Agency/ NOTE.—No votes are expected on Tuesday before International Broadcasting, 10 a.m., and on 5 p.m. Counterterrorism, 2 p.m., H–309 Capitol. Wednesday and Thursday: Consideration of H.J. March 12, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Devel- opment, on Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal, 10 Res. 58, Disapproving the Certification of the Presi- a.m., 2362A Rayburn. dent Regarding Foreign Assistance for Mexico Dur- March 12, Subcommittee on Interior, on Fish and ing Fiscal Year 1997 (subject to a rule); Wildlife Service, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B–308 Rayburn. Consideration of H.R. 852, Paperwork Elimi- March 12, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human nation Amendments (subject to a rule); and Services, and Education, on Vocational and Adult Edu- Consideration of H.R. 412, Approving An Irriga- cation; Special Education; and Rehabilitative Services, 10 tion District Agreement (subject to a rule). a.m., and on Postsecondary Education, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Friday: No votes are expected. Rayburn. March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D201

March 12, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on March 13, Subcommittee on Domestic and Inter- Housing Privatization Efforts, 9:30 a.m., B–300 Ray- national Monetary Policy, hearing on International Finan- burn. cial Institutions, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. March 12, Subcommittee on National Security, on Air Committee on the Budget, March 11, hearing on correct- Force Acquisition Programs, 10 a.m., H–140 Capitol. ing the CPI, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon. March 12, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Coast Committee on Commerce, March 11, Subcommittee on Guard, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn. Health and Environment, hearing on Medicaid Reform: March 12, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, the Governor’s View, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn. and General Government, on U.S. Postal Service, 10 a.m., March 13, Subcommittee on Health and Environment 2360 Rayburn. and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, March 12, Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independ- joint hearing on Proposed Clean Air Act NAAQS Revi- ent Agencies, on Community Development Financial In- sions: Concerns with EPA’s and OMB’s Responses to stitutions, 9 a.m., and on National Credit Union Admin- Committee Information Requests, 10 a.m., 2123 Ray- istration, 11 a.m., H–143 Capitol. burn. March 13, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Devel- Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 13, opment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related hearing on the Administration’s Education initiatives, 9 Agencies, on Rural Development, 1 p.m., 2362A Ray- a.m., 2175 Rayburn. burn. March 13, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, March 10, and Judiciary, on Supreme Court, 10 a.m., and on Tele- Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, communication Issues, 2 p.m., H–309 Capitol. and Technology, hearing on Government Performance March 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Devel- and Results Act Implementation: How to Achieve Re- opment, on Energy Resources, 10 a.m., 2362–B Rayburn. sults, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. March 13, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Ex- March 11, Subcommittee on Government Man- port Financing, and Related Programs, on Security Assist- agement, Information and Technology, to markup ance, 10 a.m., H–144 Capitol. the following: H.R. 173, to amend the Federal Prop- March 13, Subcommittee on Interior, on National En- erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to au- dowments for the Arts and National Endowments for the thorize donation of surplus law enforcement canines Humanities, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., B–308 Rayburn. to their handlers; H.R. 680, to amend the Federal March 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on Educational Research and Im- Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provements; and the Office of Inspector General, 10 a.m., authorize the transfer to States of surplus personal and on Howard University; and Special Institutions for property for donation to nonprofit providers of nec- the Disabled, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn. essaries to impoverished families and individuals; March 13, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on and a measure entitled, ‘‘Travel and Transportation Congressional and public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B–300 Reform Act of 1997’’, 3:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn. Rayburn. March 12, full committee, to continue hearings on March 13, Subcommittee on National Security, on Fis- Federal Communications System Acquisition Strategy cal Year 1998 Army Budget Overview, 10 a.m., and on (post FTS 20000): An Industry Perspective, 11 a.m., Army Acquisition Programs, 1:30 p.m., H–140 Capitol. 2154 Rayburn. March 13, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Federal March 12, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, over- Highway Administration and the National Highway sight hearing on the U.S. Postal Service, 1 p.m., 2247 Traffic Safety Administration, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn. Rayburn. March 13, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, on GSA, 10 a.m., and on Fed- March 13, Subcommittee on Human Resources and eral Election Commission, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn. Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on HHS’s Dem- March 14, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State onstration Program: ‘‘Healthy Start: Implementation Les- and Judiciary, on U.S. Trade Representatives, 10 a.m., sons and Impact on Infant Mortality, 10 a.m., 2247 Ray- and on SEC, 11 a.m., H–309 Capitol. burn. Committee on Banking and Financial Services, March 11, Committee on International Relations, March 11, hearing Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, on U.S. Assistance to the Newly Independent States of hearing on the use of the Department of the Treasury Ge- the former Soviet Union, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. ographic Targeting Order, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. March 11, Subcommittee on International Operations March 11, Subcommittee on Housing and Community and Human Rights, hearing on Foreign Relations Reau- Development, to continue hearings on H.R. 2, Housing thorization for FY 1998: Refugees and Migration, 2 p.m., Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. 2128 Rayburn. March 12, full Committee, hearing on U.S.-Russian March 12, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securi- Relations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. ties and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue March 12, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hear- hearings on financial services modernization, 10 a.m., ing on Democratic Continuity and Change in South Asia, 2128 Rayburn. 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn. D202 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 6, 1997

March 12, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Budget Authorization Request: EPA Research and Devel- hearing on the Western Hemisphere Today: A Round- opment, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. table Discussion, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. March 12, full committee, to hold an organizational March 13, full committee, hearing on Foreign Assist- meeting, 9:30 a.m., followed by a hearing on the U.S. ance and U.S. Foreign Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. and Antarctica in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 2318 Ray- March 13, Subcommittee on International Operations burn. and Human Rights, hearing on Foreign Relations Au- March 12, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, thorization for FY 1998: U.S. Information Agency and hearing on EPA’s Particulate Matter and Ozone Stand- National Endowment for Democracy, 1:30 p.m., 2172 ards, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Rayburn. March 12, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on National Security, March 11, Subcommittee hearing on Fiscal Year 1998 NASA Authorization, Aero- on Military Procurement, hearing on the Department of nautics and Advanced Space Transportation, 1 p.m., 2325 Defense program for the destruction of chemical weapons Rayburn. stockpile and fiscal year 1998 budget request, 10 a.m., March 13, Subcommittee on Basic Research, to con- 2212 Rayburn. tinue hearings on the NSF Fiscal Year 1998 Authoriza- March 11, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hear- tion, Part II (Outside Witness): Math, Science, and Engi- ing on measuring readiness, 10 a.m. 2212 Rayburn. neering Education Programs, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. March 11, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and March 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, the Subcommittee on Military Research and Develop- hearing on Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Authorization Re- ment, joint hearing on Army modernization, 2 p.m., quest: NOAA, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. 2118 Rayburn. March 13, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on March 12, full committee, to continue hearings on fis- FAA Research, Engineering and Development, 1 p.m., cal year 1998 Department of Defense authorization re- 2325 Rayburn. quest, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Committee on Small Business, March 12, hearing on com- March 12, Subcommittee on Military Procurement, munity renewal initiatives for low income areas, 10:30 hearing on B–2 Bomber program, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn. a.m., 2359 Rayburn. March 12, Subcommittee on Military Readiness, hear- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 11 ing on reform initiatives, 2 a.m., 2212 Rayburn. and 13, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, to con- March 13, Subcommittee on Military Installations and tinue hearings on Member policy initiatives and requests Facilities, hearing on revitalization of military housing, for highway and transit projects in the ISTEA Reauthor- 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn. ization, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. March 13, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hear- March 12, Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on the ing on military compensation reform and recruiting/re- Current State of Amtrak, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn. tention issues, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn. March 12, Subcommittee on Water Resources and En- March 13, Subcommittee on Military Research and De- vironment, hearing on Superfund Reauthorization: Views velopment, hearing on ballistic missile defense, 10 a.m., of EPA, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. 2118 Rayburn. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, March 13, to consider the March 14, Subcommittee on Military Procurement and Committee views and estimates for transmission to the the Subcommittee on Military Research and Develop- Committee on the Budget, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon. ment, joint hearing on Department of Defense anti-sub- Committee on Ways and Means, March 11, Subcommittee marine warfare program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. on Health, hearing on Teaching Hospitals and Medicare Committee on Resources, March 11, Subcommittee on Na- Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments, 12:30 p.m., tional Parks and Public Lands, hearing on Federal fund- 1310 Longworth. ing of the State Land and Water Conservation Act Pro- March 11, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Budget gram, 9 a.m., 1334 Longworth. Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1998 and 1999 for the March 13, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, U.S. Customs, the U.S. International Trade Commission, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following measures: and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 10 a.m., H.R. 39, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conserva- 1100 Longworth. tion Act; and H. Con. Res. 8, expressing the sense of March 12, full Committee, to markup H.R. 968, to Congress with respect to the significance of maintaining amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to the health and stability of coral reef ecosystems, 10 a.m., permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide 1334 Longworth. training and competency evaluation programs in certain March 13, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public nursing facilities, 9:30 a.m., and to hold a hearing on Lands, hearing on H.R. 449, to provide for the orderly Revenue Raising Provisions in the Administration’s Fiscal disposal of certain Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, Year Budget Proposal, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth. and to provide for the acquisition of environmentally sen- March 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. sitive lands in the State of Nevada, 10 a.m., 1324 Long- 15, Medicare Preventive Benefit Improvement Act of worth. 1997, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth. Committee on Science, March 11, Subcommittee on En- March 13, Subcommittee on Trade, to markup Budget ergy and Environment, hearing on Fiscal Year 1998 Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1998 and 1999 for the March 6, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D203

U.S. Customs Service, the International Trade Commis- sight of the Government Printing Office (GPO), 2 p.m., sion, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 1 S–128, Capitol. p.m., B–318 Rayburn. Joint hearing: March 11, Senate Committee on the Judi- Joint Meetings ciary, to hold joint hearings with the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution to examine issues re- Joint Economic Committee: March 13, to hold hearings to lating to partial birth abortion, 9:30 a.m., SD–G50. examine economic problems of the income tax system, 10 Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March a.m., SD–628. 13, to hold hearings to examine the future of Chechnya, Joint Committee on Printing: March 13, to hold an orga- 10 a.m., SD–538. nizational meeting; to be followed by a hearing on over- D204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 6, 1997

Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 noon, Monday, March 10 2 p.m., Monday, March 10

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: After the recognition of three Program for Monday: No legislative business. Senators for speeches and the transaction of any routine morning business (not to extend beyond 3 p.m.), Senate will begin consideration of S. Res. 39, Governmental Af- fairs Committee funding.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Gilman, Benjamin A., N.Y., E409 Radanovich, George P., Calif., E412 Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E406 Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E414 Barr, Bob, Ga., E404 Hilliard, Earl F., Ala., E400 Ramstad, Jim, Minn., E413 Barrett, Bill, Nebr., E406 Jackson-Lee, Sheila, Tex., E404, E405, E408, E412 Serrano, Jose´ E., N.Y., E402 Berman, Howard L., Calif., E397, E402, E404 Jones, Walter B., Jr., N.C., E413 Sherman, Brad, Calif., E397, E402, E404 Bilbray, Brian P., Calif., E411 Kennelly, Barbara B., Conn., E397 Smith, Nick, Mich., E401 Callahan, Sonny, Ala., E413 Lantos, Tom, Calif., E398, E409 Solomon, Gerald B.H., N.Y., E400 DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E397, E399, E402, E403, E405, Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E400 Sununu, John E., N.H., E413 E407, E411 McCollum, Bill, Fla., E405 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E412 Deutsch, Peter, Fla., E403 Markey, Edward J., Mass., E407 Traficant, James A., Jr., Ohio, E398 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E404 Menendez, Robert, N.J., E407, E409 Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E397, E402 Etheridge, Bob, N.C., E399 Moran, Jerry, Kans., E403 Weller, Jerry, Ill., E405, E412 Forbes, Michael P., N.Y., E408 Nethercutt, George R., Jr., Wash., E407

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