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IN HONOR OF ASTRONAUT JOE plan enrolls a person, they must soon do a The December 3, 1997 issue of JAMA, con­ FRANK EDWARDS, JR. health profile or work-up on that person. Medi­ tains an article, "Cost-effectiveness of the care and private insurance plans pay an HMO Clinical Practice Recommendations in the HON. BOB RILEY hundreds of dollars a month to "maintenance" · AHCPR Guideline for Smoking Ces­ OF ALABAMA an enrollee's health. But how can the HMO sation,"which states that" Tobacco use has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRES ENTATIVE S provide maintenance or preventative care been cited as the chief avoidable cause of Tuesday, January 27, 1998 (such as immunizations, mammograms, etc.), death in the United States, responsible for unless it sees the enrollee and establishes a more than 420,000 deaths annually, Despite Mr. RILEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con­ health benchmark on the person? this, physicians and other practitioners fail to gratulate the extraordinary accomplishments of My legislation is designed to ensure that assess and counsel smokers consistently and one of Alabama's finest, Astronaut Joe Frank HMOs really do maintain people's health. By effectively." Again, an HMO would be the ideal Edwards, Jr., of Lineville, Alabama, who is pi­ scheduling an appointment and the collection setting to help a person stop smoking, but loting the space shuttle Endeavor, which took of basic health data, the HMO can truly begin they can't do it if they don't see the patient­ ott on January 22, 1998. to provide managed care health. It can deter­ and that's why we need H.R. 337. Graduating from Clay County's Lineville mine whether the person is a smoker, over­ As we start to pay HMOs thousands of dol­ High School in 1976, Joe went on to receive weight has high cholesterol, is diabetic, is fac­ lars a year for maintaining health, let's make a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from ing glaucoma, etc. Once these benchmarks sure that they at least see the individual and the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 and an M.S. have been established, the HMO can begin do something to earn these payments. If the in Aviation Systems from the University of the counseling or the other services needed to premise of managed care is correct, then H.R. Tennessee in 1994. As a Naval Aviator, Joe "maintain" or improve health-thus fulfilling 337's early profiling and subsequent coun­ has been honored with many medals, includ­ the promise of managed care. seling will save the HMOs money in the long ing the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, The November 5, 1997 issue of the Journal run by avoiding future expensive acute care Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy of American Medical Association (JAMA) con-. services. Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement tains an article, "The Relationship Between Medal. Joe has also received the Daedalian Patient Income and Physical discussion of Superior Airmanship Award in 1992, the Fight­ Health Behaviors," which states, "Although IN RECOGNITION OF THE ORANGE er Squadron 143 Fighter Pilot of the Year in unhealthy behaviors were common among all COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE CUL­ 1984 and 1985, the Fighter Squadron 142 income groups, physician discussion of health INARY ARTS Fighter Pilot of the Year in 1990, 1991 , and risk behaviors fell far short of the universal risk 1992, and the Carrier Airwing Seven Pilot of assessment and discussion recommended by HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ the Year in 1985, 1990, and 1991. the US Preventive Services Task Force. We In December 1994, Joe was selected as an OF CALIFORNIA conclude that the prevalence of physician dis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES astronaut candidate by NASA. After com­ cussion of health risk behaviors needs to be pleting a year of training and evaluation, he improved." Tuesday, January 27, 1998 has qualified for assignment as a shuttle pilot. If physicians would do more to counsel their Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like to During the STS-89 mission, Joe will be re­ patients especially the lower income, these in­ take this opportunity to recognize a remark­ sponsible for undocking from the eighth shuttle dividuals could receive adequate and inform­ able culinary school that was recently estab­ rendezvous with Russia's Mir Space Station ative health care advice. As the JAMA article lished in Orange County, CA, the Orange and piloting the flight around the space sta­ said, "Physicians also need to be more vigi­ County School of Culinary Arts. tion. The nine day shuttle mission objectives lant in properly identifying and counseling low­ The school is sponsored by the Regional include replacing astronaut Dr. David Wolf income patients at risk. Increasing the preva­ Occupation Program (ROP) of North Orange with Andy Thomas who will be the next U.S. lence of physician discussion of health risk be­ County. ROP is responsible for rehabilitating crew member on the Mir Space Station. More haviors could greatly affect productivity, quality and re-training underprivileged and unem­ than 7,000 pounds of experiments, supplies, of life, mortality, and health costs in the United ployed citizens and high school students to and hardware are scheduled to be transferred States. If the nation is truly interested in health compete and succeed in a competitive work between the two spacecraft. improvement, a multifaceted approach is re­ environment. Clay County, as well as all of Alabama, is quired to diminish the social gradients in The Orange County School of Culinary Arts very proud of Joe's exceptional hard work and health related to education, income, housing offers a wide variety of culinary classes that is commitment to space flight. I congratulate Joe and opportunity, including a more effective na­ as good, if not better, than that of the larger on this extraordinary honor and am proud to tional system for preventive services (Papani­ culinary institutes in America. While the cost of have him represent us on this important mis­ colaou tests, breast examinations, immuniza­ tuition at one of the big three Culinary Arts sion. tions) as well as improved discussion of health schools often exceeds $27,000 per year, a risk behaviors." course at the Orange County School of the FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF For instance in the case of smoking the Culinary Arts costs $40 per class, a $65 uni­ MANAGED CARE JAMA article states: "Our data indicate that form fee and the cost of the food that is pre­ 49% of all patients with whom behavioral dis­ pared and consumed. cussions occur attempt to cut down or quit There is currently a shortage of profes­ HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK smoking based on their physicians' advice and sionally trained chefs in the United States by OF CALIFORNIA 49% of those who report attempting to change 2 million. By the turn of the century, this num­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE S behavior no longer smoke. . .increasing the ber is expected to increase dramatically with Tuesday , January 27, 1998 prevalence of physician discussion of smoking the expansion of the cruise industry and the Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, my bill H.R. 337 by 50% would result in a 6% decrease in the resort business throughout the United States. establishes consumer protections in managed prevalence of smoking. Based on mortality In Orange County alone, there are 8 positions care plans-just like many other bills currently and cost estimates of smoking, this reduction available for every qualified applicant, and ex­ pending before the Congress. in smoking could potentially result in 24,000 isting programs have not been filing the void . One unique feature in H.R. 337, however, is annual deaths delayed and a $3 billion annual The community has already flocked to the the requirement that when a managed care cost savings to our society." program. Almost 500 students have already

e This " bullet" symbol id entifies statem e nts o r inser tions w hich are not sp ok en b y a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoke n, by a Member of the H ou se o n the floor . January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 143 enrolled when the student body was only pro­ stone in the history of York County and its gery, and can hospital procedure volume be jected to be 120 students. The courses range business community. Without their efforts, increased without decreasing the level of ap­ from beginner and advanced levels of prepa­ York County would not have achieved the propriateness? and 4) What is involved at a ration for a variety of foods, to restaurant man­ hospital operational level--can such a pro­ level of prosperity we enjoy today. I am gram be sustained over a period of time agement, nutrition, and sanitation. All courses pleased to associate myself with this important without draining financial resources and are instructed by chefs with an extensive train­ organization and join them as they celebrate dragging the organization down? ing in internationally-renown culinary acad­ their centennial. Preliminary results evaluating the Medi­ emies and working backgrounds from the fin­ care participating Heart Bypass Center Dem­ est resorts and cruise ships around the world. onstration project, I believe, strongly sup­ I would like to recognize the Orange County IMPROVING MEDICARE QUALITY­ port its immediate national expansion to ap­ School of Culinary Arts as a benchmark for SAVING MEDICARE LIVES: SUP­ propriately realign the incentives between other programs to follow. This program will not PORT FOR H.R. 2726 hospitals and their physicians. By creating a strong financial incentive to be more cost ef­ only alleviate the shortage of professionally­ fective in their use of resources, hospitals trained chefs, it will operi a world of opportuni­ HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK and doctors will be able to implement the ties to neighboring citizens. From now on, a OF CALIFORNIA tools of continuous quality improvement, student can now pay for a professional train­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES practice guidelines, critical pathways, and ing equal to those of the finest academies for Tuesday, January 27, 1998 the nonpunitive feedback of information a fraction of the cost. The Orange County about performance. In a word, they will uti­ School of Culinary Arts stands before us as a Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, the AARP Public lize many of the tools mentioned throughout shining example of success for other commu­ Policy Institute issued a paper in December of the body of this report to improve quality and lower costs. nities to follow in the coming years. 1996 by Dr. David Nash, entitled "Reforming Medicare: Strategies for Higher Quality, Lower For example, the seven experimental heart Cost Care." It is an excellent paper on anum­ surgery site institutions have reported nu­ ber of ways to improve and extend the life of merous operational changes resulting in A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE-THE lower costs and improved quality as a result YORK COUNTY CHAMBER OF Medicare. of the HCF A demonstration project. Quick COMMERCE TURNS 100 One proposal in Dr. Nash's paper is the transfers out of intensive care, shorter pa­ "centers of excellence" concept, in which tient stays after surgery, fewer laboratory HON. WILLIAM F. GOODUNG Medicare can contract with certain hospitals to and radiology tests, and the use of care man­ provide a high volume of complicated proce­ agement and critical pathways, are some of OF PENNSYLVANIA dures in exchange for a lower global payment. the cost cutting measures being employed at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The results of Medicare's "demonstrations" of each of the participating institutions. Ex­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 this concept shows that Medicare can save pensive consultations with other physicians were also targets for cost saving. Partici­ Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, January 13, money while increasing quality for bene­ pating institutions report a nearly 20 percent 1997 marked the 1OOth anniversary of one of ficiaries. decrease in the use of consultation with no south central Pennsylvania's most important Following is Dr. Nash's discussions of the demonstrable changes in overall case out­ and prolific organizations. Originally estab­ Heart Bypass Center Demonstration. The Ad­ comes. At four demonstration sites, doctors lished in 1898 as the York Merchant's Asso­ ministration had proposed legislation in the FY and administrators together are challenging ciation, the York County Chamber of Com­ 97 Budget Reconciliation bill to implement this long-standing patterns of care and scruti­ nizing the use of everything from $5 sutures merce has continued to faithfully carry out its type of proposal nationwide. The House passed the proposal, but it was dropped in to intensive care unit beds at $800 per day. mission to expand economic opportunities for At St. Joseph's Hospital, in Atlanta, Geor­ commercial, mercantile, and industrial compa­ Conference. I hope that Congress will revisit gia, neurologists were charging between $364 nies while enhancing accessibility to area this issue in 1998 and enact this concept. and $1,676 for a neurologic consultation be­ products. It is not just a matter of dollars-it is a mat­ fore the program began; now the hospital York County has benefitted immeasurably ter of lives. pays them a flat rate of $371. In the post-op­ from the existence and activity of the Cham­ Medicare, like most private insurance, has erative period, physicians are removing par­ ber. Ranging from the $1.5 million raised by historically paid hospitals and doctors sepa­ ticular chest drainage tubes in certain pa­ the Chamber in 1925 to connect the neigh­ rately. Since 1983 with the introduction of tients within 24 hours rather than waiting the Prospective Payment System (PPS), the customary 48 hours, a strategy that even boring communities in Lancaster County via Medicare has paid hospitals a fixed price for may foster quicker healing. Physicians de­ the Wrightsville Bridge, to the development of most care based on the patient's diagnosis. scribe the demonstration project as making a communications link between Chamber Doctors, whose medical decisions still affect them rethink each step along the patient members and worldwide customers via the nearly 80 percent of hospital costs, continue care continuum. If each step is not support­ Internet, the Chamber has always been work­ to be reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis able on a scientific basis, and is not in the ing to bring people together in the best inter­ that rewards them for doing more, not less. patient's best interest, it is removed, and, as est of our community. They have succeeded The Medicare participating Heart Bypass a result, costs are reduced. over and over again in making York a better Center Demonstration project is an experi­ Of course, many managed care organiza­ mental project implemented by Medicare in tions and some specialty practices have place to live. early 1992. Two primary events drove the often charged a global fee for procedures or But York is not the only beneficiary of the planning for this important demonstration for a specified time period of care such as Chamber's efforts. During its early years, the project: namely, the results of numerous one calendar year. A growing number of York County Chamber of Commerce helped studies showing a strong correlation between managed care companies have negotiated lead the national effort to recognize and pro­ relatively higher volume, lower cost, and special package price deals for expensive or mote business interests by becoming the better outcomes in open heart surgery serv­ high-tech procedures including organ trans­ eighth charter member of the newly formed ices, and unsolicited proposals from indi­ plantation, maternity care, and cancer care. The Medicare program should proceed quick­ Chamber of Commerce of the United States in vidual hospitals willing to provide coronary artery bypass graft ( CABG) services for a ly with preliminary plans to expand the par­ 1908. This grassroots leadership has not only fixed price. ticipating Heart Bypass Center Demonstra­ helped to propel the U.S. Chamber of Com­ This demonstration project was imple­ tion project and begin a " National Centers of merce to the prominent place it holds today as mented to answer four basic questions: 1) Is Excellence" program on other high-cost, one of the top voices for the business indus­ it possible to establish a managed care sys­ high-volume procedures. The literature is try, but also to place the York Chamber tem with Medicare Part A and Part B pay­ clear that practice makes perfect and an ex­ among the top 10 percent of chambers nation­ ments combined, including all pass throughs pansion of this program, which would realign wide. for capital, medical education, etc., and pay incentives, re<1uce costs, and inevitably im­ a single fee to the hospital for treating pa­ prove quality, ought to be implemented Despite a few changes in name and loca­ tients? 2) Would it be possible to decrease quickly. tion, the York County Chamber of Commerce the Medicare program's expenditures on Finally, consideration should be given to has remained the guiding force for local busi­ CABG surgery while maintaining or improv­ expanding the current prospective payment nesses for 100 years. That is why we should ing quality? 3) What is the true relationship system to include outpatient care. Studies take the time to recognize this important mile- between volume and quality· in CABG sur- ought to be undertaken to link inpatient and 144 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 out patient claims for particular procedures TRIBUTE TO COLONEL AARON The 70% of families who come up with cre­ and particular diagnoses such as congestive BANK ative solutions for their child care needs heart failure, pneumonia, diabetes and other should not be ignored. Many of these families high-cost, chronic illnesses. With the avail­ ability of improved outpatient case m ix sys­ HON. LORETIA SANCHFZ sacrifice a full-time income. We should also tems, HCFA has an opportunity t o provide OF CALIFORNIA focus on providing them with financial relief. As we debate the merits and problems of national leadership and use its evaluative ca­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE S pacity to realign incent ives between doctors various child care proposals, this resolution and hospitals. Tuesday, Januar y 27, 1998 will serve to remind us that any quality child Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like to care initiative should provide assistance to take this opportunity to honor Colonel Aaron parents regardless of how those parents Bank on his birthday. Colonel Bank is one of choose to care for their children, be it by an RETIREMENT OF POLICE CHIEF our great military leaders and one of our great at-home parent, grandmother, uncle, close RAY WROBLEWSKI Americans. neighbor, or child care enter. No child care Colonel Bank helped found, organize and proposal that discriminates against families HON. JERRY WELLER train the United States Army's elite Special based on their particular choice of child care Forces group which is known today as the should be actively considered. OF ILLINOIS Green Berets. He was hand-picked to orga­ I hope my colleagues will join me in making IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE S nize and develop the Army's Special Forces sure that at-home parents will not be forgotten Tuesday, Janu ary 27, 1998 division because of his depth of knowledge in the child care debate. And , I urge my col­ and experience in unconventional warfare. leagues to not forget the 70% of American Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Colonel Bank served his country through families who provide child care in the home, pride that I rise before you today to pay tribute several wars. In 1942 he was recruited for the by supporting the Equitable Child Care Reso­ to one of the many fine law enforcement offi­ newly-formed Office of Strategic Services lution. cers from the Eleventh District of Illinois. After (OSS) . In 1944, he parachuted as part of a 32 years of service to the community and local three man team into occupied France to pro­ law enforcement, Beecher, Illinois Police Chief mote resistance there. While in France he AHCPR' S STUDY SUPPORTS PETE Ray Wroblewski has decided to retire from the sabotaged the Germans' efforts by blowing up STARK'S BILL force. railroad lines, bridges and electric networks. Thirty two years ago Chief Wroblewski start­ He gathered resistance fighters which had in­ HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK ed his career in law enforcement as a deputy creased to 3,000 and turned back the Ger­ Ol< CALIFORNIA in the Will County Sheriff's Office. After serv­ mans in a series of fire fights. IN THE HOUSE OF REP RESENTATIVES ing with the sheriff's office for over a year, Ray At the end of World War II , Colonel Bank joined the Crete Police Department and Tuesday, January 27, 1998 was sent to train Vietnamese troops. In an ex­ served the citizens of Crete, Illinois as a pa­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I introduced H.R. traordinary feat, Bank parachuted into Laos to trolman for twelve years before moving on to 2726 which directs the Secretary to contract search for missing prisoners of war. After the Beecher Police Department. Starting out with certain hospitals for the provision of cer­ serving in Vietnam he was sent to Europe as a patrolman in Beecher, Ray worked his tain surgical procedures and related services again and assigned to Army counterintel­ way through the ranks to the position of Chief, under the Medicare Program. The Agency for ligence to catch Soviet bloc agents. By 1952 where he helped make the Beecher Police Health Care Policy and Research's (AHCPR) he was formally designated commander of the Department one of the best law enforcement October 1997 article, "Study Reaffirms Link 1Oth Special Forces Group, the Green Berets. agencies in Illinois. Between Angioplasty Outcomes and Hospital Throughout his career Colonel Bank has and Physician Experience," adds to the list of During his twenty years of service in Bee­ demonstrated his keen intelligence, his com­ reasons why the bill should become law. cher, Chief Wroblewski implemented a number passion and his patriotism. He has engen­ of new programs and techniques that made The article states that: "In the largest study dered the utmost respect for his fellow man­ of its kind to date, researchers have once the streets safer for his fellow officers and the kind. His devotion and love of country form the residents of Beecher. Chief Wroblewski ush­ again found that elderly patients undergoing foundation upon which he has built his beliefs. coronary angioplasty are well advised to have ered in a new age of technology at the Bee­ Colonel Bank was a hero yesterday and is cher Police Department with the installation of the procedure done in hospitals that perform a hero today. His bravery, his devotion to free­ 200 or more angioplasties each year and by onboard computers in the Village patrol cars, dom and his love for his country fill us with while, returning the force to a Community Ori­ physicians who perform 75. or more pride and admiration. Happy birthday and best angioplasties each year. These patients suffer ented Police Department that works side by wishes! side with local residents. Chief Wroblewski fewer complications and deaths than similar was also instrumental in the formation of the patients who undergo angioplasties at hos­ department's new bike patrol, which will fur­ THE EQUITABLE CHILD CARE pitals and physicians who perform the proce­ ther the goals of the community policing pro­ RE SOLUTION dure less often." gram. The article confirms that Medicare con­ Mr. Speaker, while Chief Wroblewski would tracting with certain high volume, high quality HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLING hospitals will save money and deliver better say little has changed in Beecher over the last OF PENNSYLVANIA twenty years, I think all of the citizens of Bee­ health care. One could say it is a two-for-one: IN T HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cher would agree that their community has saves money while improving quality. changed, and for the better, thanks to the ef­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Mr. Speaker, the sooner we pass H.R. 2726, the sooner we start saving lives and forts and hard work of Chief Wroblewski. Re­ Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, today I intro­ saving dollars. spected by law enforcement officers through­ duce the Equitable Child Care Resolution. The out the State of Illinois, Chief Wroblewski's purpose of this concurrent resolution is two leadership, caring and ingenuity will be missed fold. First, to point out that 70% of families FRATE RNAL ORDER OF POLICE: by the people of Beecher and the officers of with preschool children do not pay for child CALUMET CITY LODGE NO. 1 the Beecher Police Department. care. Second, that any quality child care pro­ Mr. Speaker, Chief Wroblewski chose a ca­ posal should also provide financial relief to HON. JERRY WELLER reer in law enforcement because he enjoyed families where there is an at-home parent. OF ILLINOIS helping people, and throughout his 32 years of Many of the child care proposals that are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES service he did just that. I know I speak for all garnering attention merely expand commercial of my colleagues and the folks back home in child care and do not also address the needs Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Beecher when I say, thank you Chief of the vast majority (70%) of families who Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Wroblewski for all your years of service, and struggle to provide child care at home or in honor the hard work and dedication of the Fra­ best wishes in your retirement. the home of a close relative or neighbor. ternal Order of Police, Calumet City Lodge No. January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 145 1. This lodge was founded on November 29th, the prairie were long and cold, but Thelma en­ plete list of the Coalition For Religious Free­ 1937 and on Tuesday, January 13th 1998 joyed playing in the snowdrifts with her sister. dom In The Workplace is attached for the they celebrated their 60th Anniversary. In 1912 Thelma met with her husband, John record. The Calumet City Lodge was the first Lodge Gammell. They lived in several states includ­ I look forward to a healthy debate over this organized in Illinois. Sixty years ago, there ing North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, legislation and its ultimate passage in a form were 10 members. Today this organization Wyoming and Nebraska. They had a son and which fairly balances the legitimate needs of boasts 78 members on active duty and 35 a daughter who were both born in Wyoming. both employees and employers. members who have retired from the police In 1937 the Gammells moved to Laguna COALITION FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE force. In fact, the oldest active member in the Beach, California, where John worked as a WORKPLACE · country of the Fraternal Order of Police orga­ carpenter and Thelma worked as a pottery de­ Agudath Israel of America; American Jew­ nization, George Perniciaro, is a member of signer. After retirement, the Gammells trav­ ish Committee; American Jewish Congress; the Calumet City Lodge. eled, visiting friends in the Midwest. After her Americans for Democratic Action; Anti-Def­ FOP Calumet City Lodge No. 1 has been husband passed away in 1967, Thelma be­ amation League; Baptist Joint Committee dedicated to the community it serves in many came active as a volunteer for the Santa Ana on Public Affairs; Center for Jewish and ways. They sponsor a food and toy program Senior Center and has continued her dedi­ Christian Values; Central Conference of for needy families in Calumet City during the cated service for over 12 years. American Rabbis; Christian Legal Society; Church of Scientology International; Council holidays each year. They sponsor several Lit­ Surely her secret to a long life must be her on Religious Freedom; General Conference of tle League and Civic League Baseball teams. warm and outgoing personality and her joy of Seventh-day Adventists; Guru Gobind Singh The Calumet City Lodge makes a donation life. For Thelma Gammell life had been filled Foundation; Hadassah-WZOA; International each year to the Easter Seals Foundation, the with many wonderful memories. All who know Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists; national charity for the Fraternal Order of Po­ Thelma have been charmed by her presence. and Jewish Council for Public Affairs. lice. They make donations to the Good Hope Happy birthday and best wishes for a wonder­ National Association of Evangelicals; Na­ School, a trade school for developmentally ful year. tional Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; National Council of Jewish Women; disabled children. National Jewish Coalition; National Jewish As is tradition with many police organiza­ Coalition; National Jewish Democratic tions, the Calumet City FOP takes care of PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE WORKPLACE Council; National Sikh Center; North Amer­ their own. When a police officer is killed in the ican Council for Muslim Women; People for line of duty, the Lodge provides for the needs the American Way; Presbyterian Church of their surviving family. Donations are also HON. WILLIAM F. GOODUNG (USA), Washington Office; Rabbinical Coun­ made to the state and national Concerns of OF PENNSYLVANIA cil of America; Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; Police Survivors (COPS) program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Also on January 13, 1998, the Fraternal Traditional Values Coalition; Union of Tuesday, January 27, 1998 American Hebrew Congregations; Union of Order of Police, Calumet City Lodge No. 1 Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased Orthodox Jewish Congregations; United honored those who have recently retired from Church of Christ Office for Church in Soci­ the police. Kelly Matthews served the resi­ to introduce H.R. 2948, legislation that re­ ety; United Methodist Church General Board dents of Calumet City for 24 years from 1973 stores real protections to the religious convic­ on Church and Society; and United Syna­ to 1997. Terrence McDermott served the resi­ tions of men and women in the workplace. gogue of Conservative Judaism. dents of Calumet City for 26 years from 1971 The Workplace Religious Freedom Act to 1997. We thank these two dedicated public (WRFA) would amend Title VII of the 1964 servants for their fearless service to this com­ Civil Rights Act to require employers to make WHY PHYSICIAN REFERRAL LAWS munity. reasonable accommodation for an employee's ARE IMPORTANT Finally, on January 13, 1997 the Fraternal religious observance or practice unless doing Order of Police, Calumet City Lodge No. 1 in­ so would impose an undue hardship on the HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK stalled new officers to preside over this organi­ employer. Currently, the courts interpret Title OF CALIFORNIA VII to require reasonable accommodation of zation. We thank the retiring officers for their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES service and call upon the new directors to pre­ religious practices only where an employer Tuesday , January 27, 1998 serve the good name of this organization would not "bear more than a de minimis cost." whose motto is "We serve with Pride." This bill is a companion to S. 1124, which Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, the January 9th was introduced by Senators JOHN KERRY (0- Federal Register contains the regulations im­ MA) and DAN COATS (R-IN), with an ideologi­ plementing the 1993 Physician Referral laws, IN HONOR OF THELMA GAMMELL cally diverse group of cosponsors. designed to reduce or eliminate the incentives ON HER 102ND BIRTHDAY The version of the WRFA that I introduce for doctors to over-refer patients to services in today is intended to reflect my concern with which the doctor has a financial relationship. HON. LORETI A SANCHFZ the instances of employers unreasonably re­ Study after study after study has shown that OF CALIFORNIA fusing to accommodate the religious needs of when doctors have such a financial relation­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES workers. This is not a common problem, but it ship, they tend to order more services and is still a serious one. This bill is intended as more expensive services. The Physician Re­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 a starting point, and I do not necessarily en­ ferral laws try to stop this form of fraud, waste, Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like to dorse all of its provisions. I wish to ensure that and abuse. take this opportunity to honor a wonderful per­ businesses are not unduly burdened, while en­ Members may hear complaints about the son and a great American, on her 102nd birth­ suring that workers' rights are amply pro­ law and regulations from some physicians. day-Thelma Gammell. tected. I hope my introduction of this bill will Following is a portion of an amicus brief filed Thelma is a joy to know. Perky, humorous, foster a dialogue between the business and in the case of Thompson v. Columbia/HCA and filled with the spirit of life. She was born religious communities that achieves a bill ac­ December 12, 1996 by three of America's in Miller, South Dakota, and on October 9, ceptable to all. most distinguished and illustrious physicians­ 1895. Life was very different then. The United The bill is endorsed by a wide range of or­ Or. Arnold Reiman, Dr. C. Everett Koop, and States, itself, was just over 100 years old. Her ganizations including: American Jewish Com­ the late Dr. James S. Todd, former Executive ancestors had migrated from Wales in 1776, mittee, Baptist Joint Committee, Christian Vice President of the American Medical Asso­ during the Revolutionary War. Legal Society, United Methodist Church, Pres­ ciation. The amicus explains eloquently why Life was very difficult and often hard. Thel­ byterian Church (USA), Southern Baptist Con­ this law is needed to help ensure the trust of ma, however, grew up in a family that had vention, Traditional Values Coalition, Seventh­ the American people in their physician com­ good values. They worked hard and they lived day Adventists, National Association of munity. the best they could with what they had. Her Evangelicals, National Council of the Church­ I hope Members will keep in mind the im­ childhood was filled with horseback riding, es of Christ, National Sikh Center, and Union portant ethical and moral issues described by dolls and "kitten playmates." The winters on of Orthodox Jewish Congregations. A com- these three outstanding doctors. 146 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998

STATEMENT OF INTEREST of the physician to act as an unselfish trust­ Act." Representative Stark chose his title Amicus, Arnold S. Reiman, M.D., is Pro­ ee and agent for the patient. well, for fundamental principles of medical fessor Emeritus of Medicine and of Social Both the Medicare Anti-Fraud and Abuse ethics are unavoidably implicated by self-re­ Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Act and the Stark Acts are bulwarks against ferral and remuneration arrangements that Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Reiman is the continued erosion of the physician's fidu­ can tempt physicians to consider their own also the Editor in Chief Emeritus of the New ciary obligation in the face of increasing income above their patients' medical needs England Journal of Medicine, the official economic temptation. Physicians cannot and to tap third-party payors (including the organ of the Massachusetts Medical Society, ethically serve in the capacity of their pa­ government) for excessive or unnecessary which has been published continuously since tients' fiduciary or representative in select­ costs. 1812. For more than fifteen years, Dr. ing services offered by the healthcare indus­ A. Patient Loyalty is the Most Fundamental Reiman has written extensively on the eth­ try, where they also have the type of finan­ Ethical Obligation ical, social, and practical implications of cial interests in that industry as described in From its earliest origins, the profession of physician self-referral, compensation, and the United States' Complaint. medicine has steadfastly held that physi­ ownership arrangements of the type de­ Self-referral has a demonstrable practical cians' responsibility to their patients takes scribed in the present Complaint. dimension beyond its ethical aspects. A precedence over their own economic inter­ Amicus, C. Everett Koop, M.D., served as growing body of evidence reveals that self­ ests. Thus the oath of Hippocrates enjoins the United States Surgeon General under referral often leads to the overuse of services physicians to serve only "for the benefit of Presidents Reagan and Bush from 1981 to and excessive costs. Statistical studies but­ sick. . . . " In modern times this theme has 1989. After the completion of his government tress the commonsense conclusion that self­ figured prominently in many medical codes service, General Koop has maintained an ac­ referral and compensation arrangements can of ethics. The international code of the tive role in the national debate on result in the inappropriate utilization of World Medical Organization, for example, healthcare policies, priorities, and perspec­ services for the physician's economic ben­ says that "a doctor must practice his profes­ tives. efit. To the extent that those services are sion uninfluenced by motives of profit." The Amicus, James S. Todd, M.D., recently re­ submitted and paid under Medicare, they are American Medical Association declared in tired as Executive Vice President, American also to the United States' detriment. 1957, in its newly revised Principles of Med­ Medical Association. I. SELF-REFERRAL UNDERMINES THE MOST FUN­ ical Ethics, that "the principal objective of Doctors Reiman, Koop, and Todd have no DAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF MEDICAL ETHICS the medical profession is to render service to personal financial interest in this litigation. Amici do not profess to have personal humanity." It went on to say, "in the prac­ Their desire to participate as amici curiae knowledge of the allegations in the instant tice of medicine a physician should limit the arises instead from their deeply felt concern complaint describing a variety of financial source of his professional income to medical for the implications that physician self-re­ relationships between defendants below and services actually rendered by him, or under ferral and compensation arrangements may the physicians, who have allegedly accepted his supervision, to his patients." have on the delivery of medical services to The practice of medicine is based on this the benefits of those arrangements. Those al­ special relation between the doctor and pa­ the American people and the ethical issues legations are accepted as true, in the par­ arising from those arrangements. Amici tient. In this way, medical care is different ticular ·procedural context of this appeal. from ordinary commercial transactions. Pa­ steadfa:stly maintain that a physician's eco­ The Complaint alleges that, to induce refer­ nomic self interest must remain subordinate tients may choose their doctors, their hos­ rals of Medicare and other patients, physi­ pitals, or the kind of insurance coverage to his or her primary, unalloyed obligation cians, in a position to make referrals to the as a patient's trusted advisor, agent, and they want, but when they need medical care, defendant healthcare providers were: the physician acts as their agent in deciding healer to place the patient's interests above (a) offered a preferential opportunity not all others. what is needed. The patient, in turn, is vir­ The self-referral and compensation ar­ available to the general public to obtain eq­ tually totally dependent upon the physi­ rangements at issue in this case threaten to uity interests in defendants' healthcare oper­ cian's decision, and so must trust the physi­ ations; cian to do the right thing. erode traditional medical ethics, undermine (b) offered loans with which to finance public trust, and create irreconcilable con­ This trust, which physicians are sworn to their capital investments in those equity in­ honor, is the essence of the relationship be­ flicts of interest at a time when the public at terests; large will be ill-served thereby. They offer a tween doctor and patient. The patient's in­ (c) paid money, under the guise of "con­ terest takes precedence over all other con­ unique perspective on the consequences to sultation fees"or similar payments to guar­ physicians, their patients, and the system of siderations, and certainly, over any financial antee the physicians' capital investment in or other personal interests of the physician. healthcare in this country that are threat­ those equity interests on a risk-free basis; ened by self-referral and compensation ar­ The American Medical Association has been (d) paid " consultation fees", "rent" or very firm and explicit on this last point. The rangements such as those described in this other monies to induce physicians to prac­ suit. 1981 edition of the Op'inions and Reports of the tice and refer patients to particular hos­ Judicial Council of the AMA unambiguously SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT pitals or facilities; says: "under no cii·cumstances may the phy­ The fundamental ethical precept, upon (e) given payments based on the amount of sician place his own financial interest above which the system of medical practice has business provided by the physician; the welfare of his patient. The prime objec­ been founded, is that the patient's interests (f) provided free or reduced rate rents for tive of the medical profession is to render must take precedence over all other consid­ office space; service to humanity. Reward or financial erations, and certainly, over any financial or (g) provided free or reduced-rate vacations, gain is a subordinate consideration." other personal interests of the patient's phy­ hunting trips, fishing· trips, or, other similar Physicians are parties to a social contract, sician. Patients in need of medical care turn recreational opportunities; not merely a business contract. Physicians to their physicians to act as their agent in (h) provided with free or reduced-cost op­ are not vendors, and are not merely free eco­ deciding what is needed. The patient must portunities for additional medical training; nomic agents in a free market. Society has trust and depend upon the physician to serve (i) provided income guarantees; and given physicians a licensed monopoly to only the patient's interest above all others. (j) granted preferred superior or exclusive practice their profession protected in large. The self-referral and physician compensa­ rights to perform procedures in particular part against competition from other would­ tion arrangements described in the United fields of practice. be dispensers of health services. Physicians States' Complaint threaten to undermine This conduct is alleged to have violated enjoy independence and the authority to reg­ this fundamental principle of medical ethics. both the Medicare Anti-Fraud and Abuse Act ulate themselves and set their own stand­ Doctors who associate themselves with and the self-referral statutes known as the ards. Much of their professional training is healthcare corporations as employees, con­ Stark Act. The prohibitions of the Stark Act subsidized. Virtually all the information and tractors, or limited partners with financial are rather clear: where a physician has a technology they need to practice their pro­ ties to healthcare businesses have an un­ statutorily defined investment or ownership fession has been produced at public expense. avoidable conflict of interest. The type of interest in, or a compensation arrangement Those physicians who practice in hospitals business arrangements described in the Com­ with, an entity, the physician may not refer are given without charge the essential facili­ plaint threaten to obscure the separation be­ Medicare patients to that entity, which in ties and instruments they need to take care tween business and professional aims. No turn may not present or receive payment for of their patients. Most of all, physicians longer are physicians the trustees solely for any Medicare claims for patients so referred. have the priceless privilege of enjoying their their patients' interests; they become in ad­ The policies and values implicated by the patients' trust and playing a critical part in dition agents for a corporate enterprise type of conduct prohibited under the Stark their lives when they most need help. All which regards patients as customers. Eco­ Act are revealed in the very title of the law this physicians are given in exchange for the nomic incentives to withhold services, to as originally submitted by Representative commitment to serve their patients' inter­ overuse them, or to choose particular med­ Fortney "Pete" Stark: the House bill was ests first of all and to do the very best they ical products are inconsistent with the duty entitled the "Ethics In Patient Referrals can. January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 147 B. Economic Pressures Arising From the resulting from the expansion of private and passage from the report expresses its essen­ Transformation of the Medical Practice public health insurance, these new busi­ tial message: "At the heart of the Council's Environment nesses (which have been called the "medical­ view of this issue is its conviction that, how­ Although the relation between doctor and industrial complex") have built and operated ever others may see the profession, physi­ patient is not in essence a market place chains of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, cians are not simply business people with transaction, it certainly can be influenced by diagnostic laboratories, and many other high standards. Physicians are engaged in economic considerations and by the financial kinds of health facilities. They prospered by the special calling of healing, and, in that and organizational arrangements through encouraging physicians to use their facilities calling, they are the fiduciaries of their pa­ which medical care is provided. Until re­ during an era when almost all medical serv­ tients. They have different and higher duties cently, the dominant arrangement was fee­ ices were paid for on a fee-for-service basis. than even the most ethical business person. for-service sole or small partnership private This is still largely true for physicians' serv­ * * * There are some activities involving practice. ices under Medicare. their patients that physicians should avoid Until the past decade or two, this system It must therefore be recognized that whether or not there is evidence of abuse." for physician compensation has enjoyed the healthcare is becoming a business. Pressures This is, of course, the central point about general confidence and support of the Amer­ from insurers and third-party payors for con­ fiduciary responsibility: people in important ican public. There were several reasons for tainment of costs, the growing presence of positions of trust should not put themselves this. First, the behavior of most doctors was investor-owned healthcare corporations, and in situations that inevitably raise questions influenced by the ethical code of organized competition for market share among the about their motives and priorities, regard­ medicine, which clearly said that the whole country's overbuilt and underused hospitals less of whether they actually behave in ac­ system was based on the doctor's commit­ are transforming the American healthcare cordance with the trust. Even though physi­ ment to the patient's interests. Moreover, it system into an industry. In that environ­ cians may believe they are doing what is was unethical for the doctor to do anything ment, many doctors have associated them­ best for the patient, there will still be the that was unnecessary. Until recently, there selves with healthcare corporations as em­ appearanc·e of conflicting interests with a re­ were few opportunities for physicians to do ployees, contractors, and limited partners. sulting erosion of public confidence in the anything that was unnecessary. Until 40 or C. Self-Referral Undermines The Physician's physicians' motivation, a confidence that 50 years ago, the great majority of doctors in Fiduciary Responsibilities has unfortunately already been weakened by practice in this country were primary care Whether investors, employees, contractors, a growing public opinion that doctors are too givers, who had only a modest and inexpen­ or limited partners, doctors with financial interested in money and charge too much. sive array of procedures and remedies. There ties to healthcare businesses have a conflict Since trust is vital to good care, these public was little for the physician to do beyond ex­ of interest. And therein lies the ethical perceptions could lead to a deterioration in amining, counseling, and comforting. When quandary, which Representative Stark the quality of care as well as a change in the specialists were used, the referrals usually sought to address in the Ethics in Patient public's attitude toward the medical profes­ came from the primary care physician, so Referrals Act: economic imperatives may sion. self-referral by specialists was not a prob­ weaken what should be a strong fiduciary re­ Both the Medicare Anti-Fraud and Abuse lem. Finally, until recently, doctors had lationship between doctor and patient. A Act and the Stark Acts are bulwarks against more patients than they could handle. They physician cannot easily serve his patients as the continued erosion of the physician's fidu­ had no incentive to do more than was nec­ trusted counselor and agent when he has eco­ ciary obligation in the face of increasing essary for any patient because there were nomic ties to profit-seeking businesses that economic temptation. The public gives doc­ plenty of patients available and much work regard those patients as customers. In enter­ tors special advantages and privileges in ex­ to do. As long as physicians were in rel­ ing into these and similar business arrange­ change for their commitments to put the atively short supply, there was no pressure ments, physicians are trading on their pa­ public's interests ahead of any personal eco­ on them to offer their patients more thanes­ tients' trust. The kind and character of fi­ nomic gain. The involvement of practicing sential services. nancial arrangements, incentives, and busi­ physicians accepting compensation for the Over the past fifty years, the system of ness deals described in the present Com­ referral of patients raises serious doubts medical practice in this country has irrev­ plaint clearly serve the economic interests about this commitment. Physicians should ocably changed, putting new stresses on the of physicians and owners. Whether they also be fiduciaries or representatives for their pa­ previously simple satisfactory relationship serve the best interests of patients is not so tients in evaluating and selecting the serv­ between doctor and patient. One of the first clear. Whether they violate the Medicare ices offered by the healthcare industry. They and most important developments was ·the . Anti-Fraud and Abuse Act or the Stark Act cannot ethically serve in that capacity rise of specialism with a concomitant in­ prohibitions against payment of remunera­ where they also have the type of financial in­ crease in the relative and absolute number of tion for the referral of Medicare or Medicaid terests in that industry as described in the specialists. This, in turn, has led to the frag­ patients or for the purchase of supplies for United States' Complaint. mentation of medical care and to less per­ these patients is beyond the purview of this II. SELF-REFERRAL LEADS TO OVERUSE OF sonal commitment by physicians to patients. brief; however, at a minimum these legal SERVICES AND EXCESSIVE COST We have changed from a system that had concerns imply that the government recog­ Self-referral has a demonstrable practical over 70% primary care physicians to one that nizes the potential risk to the public interest dimension beyond its ethical aspects. A has nearly 70% specialists. when physicians make deals with businesses. growing body of evidence reveals that when Another major force that has changed the The type of business arrangements de­ physicians are paid on a fee-for-service basis nature of the doctor-patient relation is the scribed in the Complaint take physicians self-referral leads to the overuse of services explosive development of medical tech­ into uncharted waters, where conflicts of in­ and excessive costs. A 1992 study evaluated nology. There are now a vastly increased terest abound and the separation between the effects of self-referral arrangements in number of things that doctors can do for pa­ business and professional aims is obscured. radiation therapy facilities in Florida, where tients-many more tests, many more diag­ No longer are physicians the trustees solely at least 40% of all practicing physicians were nostic and therapeutic procedures, and many for their patients' interests; they become in involved in some kind of self-referral. That more identifiable, billable items to be reim­ addition agents for a corporate enterprise study found that the frequency and costs of bursed by the third-party payors. The in­ which regards patients as customers. Eco­ radiation therapy at such centers were 40% crease in specialization and technological so­ nomic incentives to withhold services, to to 60% higher in Florida than in the rest of phistication has itself raised the price of overuse them, or to choose particular med­ the United States, where only 7% of the fa­ services and made the economic rewards of ical products are inconsistent with the duty cilities were joint ventures. Another 1992 medicine far greater than before. With third­ of the physician to act as an unselfish trust­ study, using information collected by the party payors, either medical insurers or the ee and agent for the patient. Florida Healthcare Cost Containment Board, government, available to pay the bills, phy­ The tension between economics and ethics found that visits per patient were 39% to 45% sicians have powerful economic incentives to has been reflected in the deliberations of the higher in physical therapy centers owned by recruit patients and provide expensive serv­ American Medical Association. In December, referring physicians and that such facilities ices. The multitude of tests and procedures 1991, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Af­ had 30% to 40% higher revenues. The study now available provide lucrative opportuni­ fairs of the AMA advised physicians to avoid also found that licensed therapists in non­ ties for extra income, which in turn inevi­ self-referral, except where there is a dem­ physician owned centers spent about 60% tably encourages an entrepreneurial ap­ onstrated need in the community for the fa­ more time per visit treating patients than proach to medical practice and overuse of cility and alternative financing is not avail­ those in physician-owned centers. services. able. While acknowledging the mounting evi­ A California study in 1992 compared physi­ Another major factor in the trans­ dence of excessive costs and rates of use in cians who referred patients to facilities in formation of the system has been the appear­ jointly owned for-profit facilities, the Coun­ which they had ownership interests to other ance of investor-owned healthcare busi­ cil emphasized its primary concern for the physicians. Physician-owners were found to nesses. Attracted by opportunities for profit integrity of the profession. The following have referred patients for physical therapy 148 EXT ENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 2.3 times as often as others. Of the MRI scans the House of Representatives, a position he in parks and recreation administration for requested by physician owners, 38% were would fulfill admirably for the next twenty-six agencies serving populations of less than found to be medically unnecessary, as com­ years. One of Congressman Moss' first orders 20,000. pared with 28% by other physicians. Two studies focusing on diagnostic imaging serv­ of business was to persuade then-President What makes this award special Mr. Speak­ ices identified the same patterns. Physicians Harry S. Truman to approve the construction er, is the fact that the judges for the National who owned imaging systems were found to of a dam along the American River at the Gold Medal Award are park officials from have used diagnostic imaging in the treat­ town of Folsom, just east of Sacramento. In a throughout the nation who consider agency ment of elderly patients significantly more sign of his political prowess, Congressman programs, quality of facilities, future planning often than other physicians while generating Moss was able to successfully lobby the White and community involvement in selecting award 1.6 to 6. 2 times higher average imaging House to support this important project. winners. So as you can see Mr. Speaker, this charges per session of medical care. An ear­ His other early achievements included win­ is an award that is not only judged by peers lier study fo und that self-referring physi­ cians generally used imaging examinations ning federal support for the Sacramento Air­ in the field , but, by some of the most re­ at least four t imes more often than other port and the surrounding military bases. John spected park administrators from around the physicians, with the charges for self-referred Moss steadfastly represented and served as country. imaging usually being higher. Earliest of all an advocate for a great cross-section of Cali­ The Channahon Park District has had a was the 1989 study conducted under the aus­ fornians living in Sacramento, regardless of proud history of community service over the pices of the Inspector General of the Depart­ party affiliation or political persuasion. Yet his last 25 years. Growing out of a volunteer effort ment of Health and Human Services, which commitment to the needs of his district never of local residents, the Channahon Park District found that Medicare patients of doctors who overwhelmed his core devotion to civil and and it's staff are a national model for excel­ had financial interests in clinical labora­ lence in recreation, environment, and commu­ tories received 45% more laboratory services human rights, and to truth in government. than Medicare patients generally. From 1955 until 1966, John Moss devoted nity programs. None of this evidence is particularly sur­ much of his time in this House to winning pas­ The residents of Channahon and the entire prising; it merely confirms that when physi­ sage of the Freedom of Information Act. His Eleventh Congressional District have always cians are paid on a fee-for-service basis, the crusade to create and enact a law which enjoyed the fine programs and facilities main­ lure of economic gain is directly correlated would allow for a more open, understanding, tained by Channahon Park District's award to the use of medical services. At a min­ and responsible government was perhaps his winning team. From board members and staff, imum, then , self-referral adds to t he cost of greatest achievement in Congress and would right down to part time volunteers, the medical care; more ominously, it may in­ crease patient risk and diminish quality of earn him the title of "Father of the Freedom of Channahon Park District team understands patient care. Both the individual interests of Information Act." the meaning of community, and extends it's patients, and the wider interests of the tax By the early 1970s, he had risen to the programs to every sector of the local popu­ paying public, are best served by stringent leadership of the House, serving as high as lation. enforcem ent of the prohibitions against self­ deputy majority whip under both Congressmen Mr. Speaker, I salute the hard work of the referral embodied in the Med icare Anti­ Carl Albert and Hale Boggs. At this same men and women of the Channahon Park Dis­ Fraud and Abuse Act and the Stark laws. time, as the Watergate saga began to unfold trict, and I know I speak for all of the residents ill. CONCLUSION and the U.S. involvement in Vietnam wound of the Village of Channahon when I say con­ Amici therefore subm it this brief in support down, John Moss served as one of the great gratulations on winning this award and job well of reversal of the district court's .judgment of consciences of the House, always calling for done. dismissal. greater government accountability and respon­ siveness to the concerns of the people. TRIBUTE TO ST EVE SOUTH TRIBUT E TO THE HONORABLE As his career concluded in 1979, Congress­ JOHN E. MOSS man Moss could look back and see a great string of legislative and political achievements: HON. BOB FILNER HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI The 1970 Federal Clean Air Act, the creation OF CALIFORNIA of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT AT IVES OF CALIFORNIA and reform of the nation's anti-monopoly laws, Tuesday, January 27, 1998 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to name but a few. Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Mr. Speaker, since Congressman Moss' Mr. FI LNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay trib­ passing, tributes have come forth from Presi­ honor Mr. Steve South, the outgoing President ute to a former member of th is body, my men­ dent Bill Clinton, former President and Mrs. of the National City Chamber of Commerce in tor and predecessor in this House, The Honor­ Jimmy Carter, and countless other prominent National City, California, located in my Con­ able John E. Moss. As Congressman Moss is Americans and Sacramentans. His passion gressional District. Mr. South, the Vice Presi­ memorialized today in the city which be rep­ and drive in defending the First Amendment, dent and Chief Operating Officer of EDCO resented so well, I ask all of my colleagues to advocating consumer and environmental pro­ Disposal Corporation, a waste collection and join me in saluting his remarkable career in tection, and looking after the needs of his Sac­ recycling company, served as President of the public service. ramento constituency has cemented his leg­ National City Chamber Board of Directors dur­ Throughout the twenty-six years he rep­ acy as one of this century's great legislative ing 1997. resented the Sacramento area in this House, leaders. On a personal note, as my friend and During that year, his leadership led to many he served with distinction as an effective and mentor is eulogized today, I ask all of my col­ successful accomplishments and many "fi rsts" compassionate champion for his constituents. leagues to join with me in honoring this great for the Chamber. The first New Member Ori­ As a skillful legislator, he played a key role in and caring husband, father, and legislator. entations were established, and a new "Busi­ shaping and passing some of this century's ness Forum" section of the Chamber news­ great legislative achievements, all the while letter was implemented. His leadership also keeping the interests of his district at the fore­ RECOGNIZING T HE CHANNAHON spearheaded new levels of membership in the front of his concerns. PARK DISTRICT Chamber. Corporate, student and friendship Born in the state of Utah in 1915, John levels were established to broaden the scope Moss' family moved to Sacramento, California HON. JERRY WELLER of the Chamber's ability to recruit new mem­ in 1923. There, he went to school and married OF ILLINOIS bers. Jean Kueny in 1935. The couple would have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Also for the first time in Chamber history, an two daughters. After serving in the Second ad hoc Strategic Planning Committee was es­ World War, Congressman Moss was a busi­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 tablished to begin developing a vision for the nessman, but he soon heard the call to serve Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Chamber of Commerce. The goals of this in the public sector and he won a seat in the pride that I rise today to recognize the committee are to update the Chamber's mis­ California State Assembly in 1948. Channahon Park District in Channahon, Illinois sion and to plan the direction of the Chamber Just four years thereafter, at the age of thir­ for winning the 1997 National Gold Medal and the economic development of National ty-three, John Emerson Moss was elected to Award. This award acknowledges excellence City into the 21st Century. January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 149 Mr. South initiated a student and parent rec­ AHA's public education programs are vitally attended segregated schools. By the begin­ ognition program with the National School Dis­ important. Programs such as providing heart ning of World War II, she had married the man trict. A campaign was also established to pro­ health education materials for students in kin­ with whom she would spend the next six dec­ mote the positive assets of National City by dergarten through 12th grade, teaching em­ ades, Alfred Tsukamoto. In 1942, along with developing a promotional media kit, "Good At­ ployees about heart health at their places of their five year old daughter, Marielle, the tributes in National City: Community, People, work, and teaching people how to cook using Tsukamotos were among the more than Business and Schools." Mr. South also sup­ AHA's dietary guidelines, provide Americans 10,000 Japanese Americans interned in gov­ ported the building of coalitions with other with potentially lifesaving skills and informa­ ernment camps around the U.S. community groups and initiated the Chamber's tion. After the end of World War II, the support of the National City Collaborative and The American Heart Association reaches Tsukamotos returned to Northern California. AI the National City Boys and Girls Club. His seven million people a year with its message took a job at the Sacramento Army Depot, commitment to a safer National City was dem­ of cardiovascular health. Accordingly, I urge while Mary began her vocation as a teacher in onstrated by his support of the establishment my colleagues to join in commending the tire­ 1950. It was in her role as educator that Mary of the Senior Volunteer Patrol, a partnership less efforts of the AHA over the last fifty years Tsukamoto first began to touch the lives of so between the City of National City and the and in designating February as American many in the Sacramento area. Her unique Chamber of Commerce. Heart Month. ability to connect with young people became In these and many other ways, Steve South the trademark of her teaching career at four has worked tirelessly to improve the quality of different elementary schools until her retire­ life for the residents of his city. His dedication NORTH MIAMI POLICE DEPART­ ment in 1976. is to be admired, and I am pleased to recog­ MENT 1997 OFFICER OF THE But Mary's retirement from teaching in the nize his contributions to the entire community YEAR DETECTIVE JEROME Elk Grove, California School District was just of National City with these remarks in the U.S. BROWN the beginning of the most influential period of House of Representatives. her life. Her family's forced internment during HON. CARRIE P. MEEK World War II had left a profound mark on her personal and political beliefs. Fueled by the in­ COMMENDING THE AMERICAN OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES justice of the imprisonment of Japanese Amer­ HEART ASSOCIATION icans, Mary launched a courageous crusade Tuesday, January 27, 1998 to right this national wrong. HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise In the 1980's Mary joined the fight in sup­ OF NEW YORK today to bring to the attention of my col­ port of a national apology and reparations for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues the outstanding example of honor and the Japanese Americans interned during Tuesday , January 27, 1998 duty shown by the North Miami Police Depart­ World War II. These efforts included testifying Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, this year we will ment's 1997 Officer of the Year, Detective Je­ before a congressional committee about the not only commemorate the month of February rome Brown. Chosen by a committee of his lasting negative impact that the imprisonment as American Heart Month, but we will also cel­ peers, he is a fitting choice. had on Japanese Americans throughout our ebrate the 50th anniversary of the American Detective Brown was twice named Officer of nation. Without her steadfast and vocal cham­ Heart Association as a national voluntary the Month during 1997: once for his work in pionship of this legislation, the Civil Liberties health agency. apprehending the armed robber of a local Act of 1988, including an apology and repara­ Every 34 seconds, someone in our country business; and once for the arrest of five of­ tions, would never have become law. dies of cardiovascular disease or stroke. Car­ fenders in an armed robbery. Detective On a very personal note, Mary's friendship diovascular disease, the leading killer of Amer­ Brown's reputation is for being tireless in pur­ and support during this often difficult legisla­ icans, claims as many lives as all other suing suspects and clearing by arrest a high tive battle was invaluable to my colleagues causes of death combined. The number of number of his cases. and I as we fought for the reparations bill. I these deaths has drastically declined due to Throughout his 27-year career, he has re­ will always value the unique perspective, en­ the hard work of the American Heart Associa­ peatedly been described by his superiors as couragement, and dedication she offered tion , over the last fifty years. With more than enthusiastic, persistent, compassionate, and throughout this important effort. 4.2 million volunteers, the American Heart As­ highly self-motivated. These traits have earned By the time President Reagan signed the sociation spends more than $100 million a him the respect and admiration of his peers, Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law, Mary had year to reduce disability and death from car­ which is the ultimate compliment in any field. become a nationally-recognized leader in pre­ diovascular disease and stroke through re­ Congratulations to Detective Brown for his serving and promoting the Japanese American search, education, and community services. commitment to his community and his work to heritage. She helped create and plan an ex­ The research supported by the AHA has keep our neighborhoods safe. hibit at the Smithsonian Institution about the helped to increase our knowledge of the ef­ internment and she authored a book on the fects of diet, exercise, smoking and drug subject. Mary also launched an important ef­ therapies on heart disease and stroke. New TRIBUTE TO MARY TSURUKO fort to catalogue and preserve Japanese surgical techniques, such as the use of artifi­ TSUKAMOTO American artifacts, personal histories, and cial heart valves, have dramatically reduced photographs with the creation of the Japanese the death rates of children suffering from con­ HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI American Archival Collection at California genital heart disease over the last forty years. OF CALIFORNIA State University, Sacramento. The AHA has also helped to establish coro­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Her activism in these areas, and reputation as a national leader in the fight to provide res­ nary care units in most of our nation's hos­ Tuesday , January 27, 1998 pitals, thereby providing specially trained per­ titution to the Japanese Americans who were sonal and electronic equipment to monitor and Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to forcibly relocated during the Second World treat heart attack patients. The Nobel prize pay tribute to an educator, activist, and leader War, brought her back into the classrooms of has been awarded three times to researchers of national prominence: Mary Tsuruko Sacramento area schools as a unique source funded by the American Heart Association. Tsukamoto. Mrs. Tsukamoto passed away on of historical information for our community's The American Heart Association trains 6.4 January 6, leaving a tremendous legacy as a students. In conjunction with the Florin Chap­ million Americans a year in emergency train­ teacher, activist, and hero to countless Ameri­ ter of the Japanese American Citizens ing programs. The AHA also provides profes­ cans. Today, in Sacramento, California, she League, Mary set out to retell the glorious and sional education; equipping physicians and will be fondly remembered at two separate sometimes painful history of Japanese Ameri­ nurses with information on a variety of topics, memorial services. cans in the twentieth century U.S. including how patients can control their blood The child of immigrants from Okinawa, Mary Yet Mary Tsukamoto's activist endeavors cholesterol levels. Tsuruko Dakuzaku was born in San Francisco were not limited solely to the imprisonment With 50% of American children overweight in 1915. Her family moved to the Florin area issue. She also found time to lead Jan Ken Po and 50% of adults not exercising regularly, the just south of Sacramento in 1925. There, she Gakko, a group which preserves the Japanese 150 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 heritage in the United States. Her involvement United States, blatantly ignoring the Filipinos' American escapees. He was named adminis­ in this organization enhanced her already re­ own proclamation of freedom. So, practically, trator for the Agricultural Department under markable pursuits in putting together lectures, the century of independence is somewhat of the Bureau of Naval Intelligence in 1944 and creating displays, and writing about the intern­ an illusion, for the Philippines was a territory later went on to begin a long and distin­ ment of Japanese Americans. and then a commonwealth of the United · guished career in the Guam Legislature. He is By the early 1990's Mary Tsukamoto's States until July 4, 1946. also known as the "father" of the Guam Eco­ achievements were gaining recognition However, Independence Day is celebrated nomic Development Authority, having formu­ throughout California. In 1992, a new elemen­ for good reason on June 12th, because the lated the concept of developing a government tary school was named after her in the Vin­ victory in 1898 symbolizes to the Filipino peo­ agency to help promote and attract new busi­ tage Park area of South Sacramento. In May ple the triumph of political will and physical en­ nesses to Guam. He introduced the idea of of 1997, she was named a "Notable Califor­ durance by Filipinos against foreign control. tax breaks, known as qualifying certificates, as nian" by the California State Senate and State Today, Filipinos are free and they have proven a valuable economic stimulus. In 1947, he co­ Capitol Museum, making her the second per­ their quest for freedom in countless battles­ founded the Pacific Construction Company. son to ever receive this high honor. Last Sep­ most recently as part of the American Army in He served as its president until 1951, when he tember, she was presented with the California World War II. founded what is now known as Perez Bros. Asian Pacific Sesquicentennial Award for all of Filipino soldiers were drafted into the Armed Inc., a construction company and the island's her accomplishments in the Asian/ American Forces by President Franklin D. Roosevelt­ first private subdivision. In addition, he was a community. and promised full benefits as American vet­ cofounder of the Guam Contractors Associa­ Mr. Speaker, as Mary Tsukamoto is eulo­ erans. But these benefits were rescinded by tion in 1960 and contributed to that organiza­ gized today by her many friends and admirers, the 79th Congress in 1946. Congressman Ben tion's work with economic development activi­ I ask all of my colleagues to join me in paying Gilman and I have now introduced the Filipino ties on Guam. tribute to this extraordinary activist, teacher, Veterans Equity Act (H.R. 836) which would Frank Perez was recognized for his out­ and powerful leader. Her impact on our na­ restore the benefits promised when these sol­ standing accomplishments and contributions to tional heritage and the very fabric of who we diers were drafted into service by the Presi­ the success of Guam's economy by being are as a country will be felt for many genera­ dent of the United States and fought side-by­ elected to the Guam Chamber of Commerce's tions to come. I salute her personal strength side with soldiers from the American mainland Business Hall of Fame in 1995. He was one and determination in educating her fellow citi­ against a common enemy. of Guam's outstanding leaders whose experi­ zens, pursuing justice, and promoting the her­ Over 175 of our colleagues have co-spon­ ences during World War II shaped several itage of all Japanese Americans. sored H.R. 836, in support of these brave vet­ generations. His dignity, his selfless service, erans. A most appropriate way to commemo­ his commitment to family and to Guam serve rate this centennial year of Philippine inde­ as reminders of the qualities which our island A CENTURY OF INDEPENDENCE pendence is to pass H.R. 836 and restore needs. His passing is a great loss and his honor and equity to the Filipino veterans of presence will be missed. On behalf of the people of Guam, I offer my HON. BOB FILNER World War II! condolences and join his widow, Mrs. Carmen OF CALIFORNIA As Congressman of the Congressional dis­ Camacho Duenas Perez, and their children trict which includes more Filipino-American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and spouses namely: Mr. Frank and Mrs. residents than any other except for Hawaii, I Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Christina Perez, Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Donna am very honored to have been chosen as Perez, Mr. Gregory and Mrs. Ernestina Perez, Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to their representative in Congress. I look for­ Mr. George and Mrs. Tressie Perez, Mr. recognize the beginning of a year-long cele­ ward to participating in the 1998 celebrations Thomas Perez and Ms. Karen Kasperbauer, bration of the centennial of Philippine inde­ commemorating their Independence Day and Mr. John and Mrs. Patricia Perez, Ms. Mary pendence. June 12, 1898 is the day the Phil­ the spirit, resourcefulness, warmth, and com­ Perez, Dr. Sulpicio and Mrs. Carmen Soriano, ippines gained its independence from Spain­ passion of the people of the Philippines and of and Ms. Margarita Perez, along with their 29 and June 12th is celebrated in the Philippines Filipino-Americans. as Independence Day by order of President grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, in Diosdado Macapagal. mourning the loss of a husband, a father, and This year, in the Philippines and in the nu­ TRIBUTE TO THE LATE HONOR- an invaluable citizen who dedicated his life for merous Filipino-American communities in the ABLE FRANCISCO DUENAS the people of Guam. Si Yu'os Ma'ase, Tun United States, lengthy celebrations are being PEREZ Francisco. prepared that will occur throughout the entire year. In my hometown of San Diego, a civic HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD INTERNATIONAL PAPER CENTEN­ parade showcasing Filipino culture is among OF GUAM NIAL CELEBRATION TO TAKE the many events planned to commemorate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PLACE AT HUDSON RIVER MILL this milestone. Historians tell us that the Philippines was Tuesday, January 27, 1998 "discovered" in 1521 by Portuguese sailor Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, the island HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON Ferdinand Magellan, who worked for Spain. In· of Guam lost a very valuable member of its OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spite of a bloody battle between Filipino fight­ community on December 22, 1997. Mr. Fran­ ers and the invaders in which Magellan was cisco Duenas Perez, a farmer, businessman, Tuesday , January 27, 1998 killed, Spain colonized the Philippines and government administrator, and legislator was Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to held power for nearly four hundred years. called to his eternal rest at the age of 84. The bring to the attention of my colleagues a very In 1896, Filipinos mustered the courage to late Francisco Perez worked early on in life at special event taking place on January 28, bond together to overthrow the Spanish colo­ the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards & Docks. He 1998 in Corinth, New York, located in my con­ nialists. Filipino revolutionaries, led by General graduated from Guam Evening High School gressional district. On that day, the employees Emilio Aguinaldo, took to the streets in his and in 1984 received an honorary Doctorate of of International Paper will launch a year long hometown of Kawit, about 15 miles southwest Laws degree from the University of Guam. cefebration of the company's Centennial Anni­ of Manila, and proclaimed an end to Spanish Frank Perez accomplished many things dur­ versary at its Hudson River mill. This location rule. The open resistance of the imperial ing his lifetime. He was the first Chamorro is particularly fitting because the Hudson River power of Spain led to the declaration of inde­ farmer to successfully incubate imported fer­ mill is the oldest operating mill in International pendence two years later on June 12, 1898 tilized eggs from the United States and sell lo­ Paper's worldwide mill system. The facility and with it the birth of Asia's first independent cally produced eggs to stores throughout was built in 1869 by one of the first manufac­ nation. Guam. In 1983, he was commissioned as a turers of paper using wood fiber, then joined But in real terms, just as Spain slipped out, captain in the Guam Militia. During the World with 17 other mills in 1898 to form Inter­ came the colonizing power of the United War II occupation of Guam he risked his life national Paper, the nation's largest producer States. Spain "ceded" the Philippines to the by secretly operating a radio to rescue two of newsprint at that time. January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 151 Today, International Paper is the world's and informed him that the homeowner had ne­ tional expertise to other fire fighters. In this re­ largest forest products company, with oper­ glected to secure his home. The volunteer gard, he has worked as a member of the Cali­ ations in 31 countries employing more than locked the door and notified the grateful fornia State Board of Fire Services since 85,000 people. Its many products include homeowner, Mr. Bruce Hamerstrom. 1996. printing papers, packaging, and forest prod­ These young people have· demonstrated an Dick Mayberry's unique labor and fire fight­ ucts, and it continues to manage more than 6 important part of what makes a community: ing background has led him to represent our million acres of forest land nationwide. neighbors looking after neighbors. I congratu­ community's fire fighters before the Civil Serv­ In honor of the 100 year anniversary, Inter­ late Jimmy and Eli for their good sense and ice Commission regarding examinations, clas­ national Paper Chairman John Dillon is judgement. I know that their parents must be sification, and disciplinary matters. He has hosting a special ceremony at the Hudson proud of them, as are we all. also attained a strong grasp of the issues in­ River mill, featuring a long list of distinguished volving the merger, consolidation, and reorga­ guests which include Governor George Pataki. nization of fire districts. The most important people at this event, how­ TRIBUTE TO RICHARD L. Mr. Speaker, Dick Mayberry has led a re­ ever, will be the many generations of dedi­ MAYBERRY markable career in Northern California. He has cated employees who, by building lasting rela­ come to personify integrity and drive in Sac­ tionships with the local communities, have HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI ramento's labor community. We ask all of our made International . Paper an outstanding cor­ OF CALIFORNIA colleagues to join us in saluting his 26 year porate citizen. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES record of achievement with the Sacramento I would like to pay a special tribute to the Area Local Fire Fighters. Tuesday , January 27, 1998 more than 600 men and women who work at the Hudson River mill, both for the history they Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, we rise today to celebrate this year and for the tremendous pay tribute to one of Sacramento's most re­ TRIBUTE TO FRANK MARTINEZ contributions they continue to make today. spected and effective labor leaders, Mr. Rich­ PORTUSACH One good example of these activities is the ard L. Mayberry. This evening, Mr. Mayberry's new de-inking facility which allows the mill to many friends and colleagues will commemo­ HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD produce high-quality recycled and virgin rate the conclusion of his tenure as an officer OF GUAM grades of coated publication paper. with the Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Local IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 522. One individual whom I would like to particu­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 larly recognize is Alice Boisvaert, a retiree "Dick" Mayberry has been affiliated with the from International Paper's Hudson River mill, Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Local 522 for Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, the island who will be honored ·at the January 28th cele­ 26 years. He has served as an Area Director, of Guam mourns the passing of one of it's bration. Alice, now 95, worked in the mill dur­ Vice President, and, for the past twelve years, most respected and dedicated leaders. Frank ing the 1940's, when one of her wartime du­ he has held the post of President. Martinez Portusach, the former mayor of the ties was to paint the mill's windows black in A native of Sacramento, California, Dick village of Agana Heights, was called to his accordance with civil defense air-raid regula­ Mayberry is a veteran of the United States eternal rest of December 26, 1996 at the age tions. Alice's grandson, Jim, as well as his fa­ Army and the father of two. He joined the Sac­ of 76. He leaves behind his wife, the former ther, later worked at the Hudson River mill. ramento Fire Department in 1964 after serving Ms. Virginia Hughes and his children Thelma, Among Jim's initial tasks was scraping that one year as a correctional officer. Frances, Frank, Jane John and Deanna. black paint off of the windows. Mr. Mayberry's leadership abilities allowed Mayor Portusach was an accomplished art­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate him to achieve the rank of Apparatus Operator ist and craftsman, a Merchant Marine Engi­ Alice, her family, and the rest of the Inter­ in 1975, three years after he first became an neering officer, a businessman, and a senior national Paper family on a century of service officer in the Sacramento Area Fire Fighters island politician. This man, known throughout and commitment to their communities. I ask Local522. the island for his seemingly inexhaustible en­ that all Members join me in rising to thank In 1985, Dick Mayberry assumed the presi­ ergy, ushered the transformation of Agana these individuals for their civic dedication, dency of Local 522 and quickly established Heights from a village lined with dirt roads, technological contributions, and environmental himself as one of our community's most influ­ lacking sewer lines, and devoid of community stewardship over the last hundred years. May ential champions of labor. This position soon facilities into a model island village with the the next hundred be even better than the first! led him to a variety of other important labor lowest crime rate, the finest streets, and one and civic posts. of Guam's most extensive community activity Among these, Mr. Mayberry was a Sac­ programs. HONORING THE EXEMPLARY CITI­ ramento County Civil Service Commissioner Born in 1921 to Concepcion Portusach ZENRY OF JIMMY TOUSSAINT from 1984 to 1994, chairing that important Lorenzo and Henry Sakakibara, Mayor AND ELI BINDER body for two terms. He has also been a mem­ Portusach received formal education from sev­ ber of the Industrial Relations Association of eral institutions including the Guam High HON. CARRIE P. MEEK Northern California for thirteen years, serving School, U.S. Naval Correspondence School, OF FLORIDA as an officer for two terms. and the Marine Engineering School under the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Since 1985, he has been Vice President of Department of the Navy. After retiring from the the Public Employee Council and an Executive United States Merchant Marines, he started a Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Board Member with the Sacramento Central local business in 1967. He began his political Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise Labor Council, our city's most prominent rep­ career in 1976, back when mayors were today to bring to the attention of my col­ resentative labor body. Mr. Mayberry's other known as village commissioners. Mayor leagues the outstanding example of honesty notable labor positions include the chairman­ Portusach received an appointment from and civic responsibility demonstrated by two ship of the Board of Publishers of the Sac­ former Governor Ricky Bordallo as commis­ young men from my district, Mr. Jimmy Tous­ ramento Labor Bulletin and membership in the sioner for the village of Agana Heights. It was saint and Mr. Eli Binder. International Association of Fire Fighters. at this post that he became so loved and re­ While walking through their neighborhood, Mr. Mayberry has been most forceful in his spected by the island's civilian and military Jimmy, who is eleven years old, and Eli, who capacity as the chief negotiator for the City of communities. is twelve, noticed that a neighbor, having left Sacramento's fire fighters. In performing this In addition to his efforts towards having vil­ in a rush, neglected to close and lock the front key duty, with the pay, benefits, and working lage streets paved and in the development of door to his home. conditions of his membership hanging in the community activities, he is also credited for They could have kept on walking, but they balance, Mr. Mayberry achieved his reputation the construction of waterlines, installation of felt a responsibility to the welfare of their for professional excellence. streetlights, and renovation of village schools. neighbor. After knocking but receiving no re­ In 1995, he retired from active service with Through his efforts, Agana Heights became sponse, Jimmy and Eli sought out the assist­ the Sacramento Fire Department, but that did the first village on Guam to have mail received ance of an adult Citizens on Patrol volunteer not preclude him from passing on his occupa- through home delivery service. This was made 152 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 possible by a detailed village map personally option of receiving a lump sum distribution to TAIWAN STANDS TALL drafted by Mayor Portusach. The Department an individual retirement account {IRA). The FINANCIALLY AND POLITICALLY of Land Management has since included this employer has to make this offer to the em­ map in their official records. ployee within 90 days of termination of em­ HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON However, Mayor Portusach's most promi­ ployment. The employee does not have to OF NEW YORK nent and lasting achievement is probably the take this option because in some situations IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES institution of the Sister Village Program. He this would not be the best option for the em­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 really took great pride in his ability to work ployee. well with the military community. After hearing Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, during the January recess I had an opportunity to visit about friction between the military and local The lump sum would be directly transferred the Republic of China on Taiwan . I met with communities several decades ago, he started to an IRA. These funds would be subject to a President Lee Teng-hui, Foreign Minister the program wherein Guam villages "adopted" higher penalty than the current law penalty of Jason Hu, and other leaders. We discussed a local military commands fostering friendship 10 percent for withdrawals made prior to the number of interesting issues. and cooperation. This has resulted taxpayer reaching age 59%. Withdrawals in tremen­ One issue was the current financial turmoil dous would be subject to a 25 percent penalty for mutual benefits for service members and affecting Asia. It is interesting to note that Tai­ the first two years and then it would be 10 the local community. wan, so far, has remained relatively unscathed In recognition of his achievements, he was percent. These penalties are the same pen­ and has stood out as one of the few strong presented a host of awards and commenda­ alties as for simple I A As. The 10 percent pen­ Asian economies. It has close to $90 billion of tions. Among these are several notable and alty would be waived for the three allowable foreign currency deposits. Its banking sector is distinct honors. This includes being named an purposes under current law which are first not as exposed as other economies to real es­ honorary Seabee, an honorary captain in the time purchase of a home, costs of higher edu­ tate and stock market speculation. Its currency Police Reserve, and an honorary Commodore cation, and medical expenses. has depreciated 20 percent against the dollar in the United States Navy. The legislation waives the 10 percent pen­ but will remain stable. The late Honorable Frank Martinez The Taiwan economic miracle has shown Portusach left a legacy of service and devo­ alty for withdrawals made before age 591/z for individuals who have received 12 weeks of un­ resilience and dynamism during the past tion to the village of Agana Heights, the island months of Asian meltdown. The economic employment compensation. This provision is of Guam, its people and the United States. It growth rate for Taiwan in 1997 reached 6.72 to help those who have lost their job and need is with a sense of great loss that I pay tribute percent, the highest in 5 years. Taiwan's eco­ to this distinguished local leaders. His to use their retirement savings to make ends nomic vitality can also be seen in its low for­ preserverance and energy will forever live in meet during difficult financial times. eign debts. Its total foreign debt amounts to the hearts of his constituents. May his lifelong less than $100 million. commitment to the village of Agana Heights Taiwan's economic stability stemmed mainly and the island forever inspire us. from sound planning for strong growth and de­ On behalf of the people of Guam, I offer my TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH PICCONE, velopment, financial reform, economic liberal­ condolences and join his widow, children, and UNICO HONOREE OF THE YEAR ization, and the acceleration of privatization. grandchildren in mourning the loss of a hus­ The Financial Times of London and the band, a father, and a fellow servant to the Asian Wall Street Journal recently described people of Guam. HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE Taiwan as the "Switzerland of the Orient." OF PENNSYLVANIA Such accolades about Taiwan speak volumes about the strength and vitality of Taiwan's INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES economy and Taiwan's potential to become a TO IMPROVE PENSION PORT- Tuesday, January 27, 1998 full-fledged developed economy by the turn of ABILITY the century. Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to put President Lee, Foreign Minister Hu and I HON. RICHARD E. NEAL a face and a name to the spirit that embodies also discussed Taiwan's relations with the OF MASSACHUSETl'S one of the strengths of our country: community mainland. Taipei has reiterated its "three nos" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES involvement. Community involvement that and "three musts" policies toward the Chinese mainland. The "three nos" refer to no Taiwan Tuesday, January 27, 1998 stems from a life of dedication and determina­ tion. It is a distinct privilege to extend my con­ independence, no hasty unification and no Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, gratulations to Joe Piccone, Unico Honoree of confrontation. The "three musts" are the main­ today I am introducing legislation which ad­ the Year. tenance of peace, the continuation of ex­ dresses an extremely important issue-pen­ changes and the search for a win-win situation sion portability. Today, there are 51 million For many, Joe represents the optimum re­ that benefits both Taiwan and the mainland. American workers with no pension plan and sponse to the question "What could be?". A Foreign Minister Hu told me that Taipei and there are many others who lose their pensions child from Civitella, Joe created success in the Peking must learn to treat each other with re­ when they change jobs. Our society is ever United States in part due to the strength pro­ spect and work toward collective cooperation. changing and one of these changes is job mo­ vided by his culture and customs, and his ac­ Taipei has always kept its door open for nego­ bility. It is much more common for individuals tions have served to improve the environment tiating with Peking and that cross-strait talks to have several jobs than in the past. and the lives of others. It is fitting that such an should be resumed as soon as possible. Unfortunately, when individuals change jobs, outstanding organization recognize the exam­ Foreign Minister Hu, the former ROC rep­ they are not able to continue the same level ple Joe Piccone sets for commitment to excel­ resentative in Washington, is young and ener­ of pension benefits. This fact is especially true lence. Sharing Joe's Italian heritage, I am ex­ getic. During the last three months as his na­ if the individual's pension plan is a defined tremely proud to call the honoree a friend and tion's top diplomat, he has traveled to Africa, benefit plan. Today, I am introducing legisla­ greatly appreciate having this opportunity to consolidated friendship and relations for his tion which takes steps towards improving pen­ express my sincere respect for him. country worldwide. In my conversations with sion portability upon employment separation. him, he discussed the importance of Taiwan­ The legislation improves pension portability for Businessman, husband and father, or friend; US relations. both defined benefit and defined contribution Joe brings an enthusiasm that underscores Minister Hu reminded me that Taipei has no plans. the importance of engaging yourself in life intention of interfering with the development of For defined contribution plans, the legisla­ even with regard to the most ordinary, every­ US-PAC relations and that Taipei hopes that tion reduces the current vesting period of five day occurrences. Joe's life illustrates the pro­ the US will abide by the Taiwan Relations Act years for employer contributions to three found effects that result from love and perse­ and its regulations regarding arms sales to years. For both defined benefit plans and de­ verance. Joe, I salute your most recent ac­ Taipei. Moreover, he hopes that the US will fined contribution plans, the legislation re­ complishment and offer my best wishes to you not change its consistent position on the sov­ quires the employer to offer the employee the and your family for continued success. ereignty of Taiwan, since the US has never January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 153 recognized that the PRC enjoys sovereignty were being exploited by unscrupulous busi­ Lake County Prosecutor, the Honorable Ber­ over Taiwan. nesses. Language and culture prevented nard Carter, was honored with the 1998 Minister Hu also drew my attention to the many from seeking or receiving help. By offer­ "Marcher's Award" for his contributions to the trade relations between Taipei and the US. ing his service, Eduardo filled a huge need. struggle for equality of civil rights. As the first Soon after opening, the clinic moved into a Citing Taiwan's purchase of American agricul­ African-American County Prosecutor in the tural exports as one example of the strong room with a couple of desks and file cabinets State of Indiana, Bernie has been an out­ trade relations between the two countries, he in Santa Rosa Church. The clinic adopted the mentioned Taiwan is the fifth largest market name Immigration Services of Santa Rosa. standing professional in his fight for the civil for American agricultural exports. In 1996 Tai­ Using a corps of dedicated volunteers, rights of all minorities and women. He has wan's imports of American agricultural prod­ Eduardo expanded the Clinic to include job re­ been a role model for our young people and ucts were US $2.9 billion; by contrast, the ferrals, medical assistance, food and shelter. an outspoken and issue-oriented leader in the PRC is the seventh largest market for Amer­ He was doing everything possible to provide justice system. In addition, Mr. Curtis Strong ican agricultural exports. Taiwan, in fact, is his clients with the tools to make a good living received the 1998 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. one of the most important markets for US in this country. · "Drum Major Award" for his outstanding con­ goods. It's hard to believe that Eduardo was doing tributions to fighting segregation. Curtis has Apart from strong trade relations b~tween this work while employed full-time at Harshaw held leadership roles with both the NAACP Taiwan and the US, Minister Hu stressed that Chemicals. In 1983, he left his job with and the Fair Share Organization, in which he the peoples of Taiwan and the United States Harshaw to devote himself to assisting immi­ has demonstrated against racial injustices in share the same system of values. Taiwan's grants. Two years later Immigration Services housing, education, employment, and police democratization has gained recognition from of Santa Rosa was accredited by the Board of the American public and he hopes that the Immigration Appeals, which led to more cli­ brutality. Curtis was also a top labor union offi­ United States will continue to treat both Tai­ ents. The timing could not have been better; cial who fought for minority inclusion in union wan and the Chinese mainland fairly and new arrivals were now coming to Southern leadership, skilled crafts jobs, and seniority make efforts for Taiwan and the mainland to California from Central America as well as appreciation. Both Bernard Carter and Curtis settle the reunification issue peacefully. Mexico. Strong should be applauded for their important I was very impressed with Taiwan's financial Immigration Services of Santa Rosa is a civil rights efforts in Northwest Indiana. and political development. And Mr. Speaker, a family affair. In 1988, Eduardo hired his I would also like to recognize the following daughter, Victoria Aldina, as Assistant Execu­ little history is in order as well. You know, Tai­ Tolleston Junior High School students: Janne' wan is one of the best friends America has tive Director; three years later his son, Carl Bryant, Antoinette Correa, Tiffany Finch, ever had. Back during the Cold War, we in Alan, joined the organization as Administrative Brandi Frith, Lakisha Girder, Leyona Greer, America really didn't have a more steadfast Director. Together the Palacios have been a ally in our struggle against Communism than godsend for Spanish-speaking immigrants. Damara Hamlin, Ayonna Hood, Leah Johnson, the people of Taiwan. I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting Jacleen Joiner, Candice Jones, Taariq Mu­ They were integral in stopping the spread of Eduardo Palacios, a leader in the effort to im­ hammad, Ayashia Muhammad, llisha Muham­ that deadly system in Asia, and for that we prove the lives of immigrants. His compassion, mad, Reneda Pryor, Whitney Sullivan, David owe them a debt of gratitude. sensitivity and extraordinary energy inspire us Suggs, Courtney Williams, and Joey Willis. And with the successive free elections over all. I am proud to be his friend. These distinguished students are members of the past few years, the obvious respect for the Tolleston Junior High School Spell Bowl human rights that is evidenced there, and the Team, which won the 1997 Indiana State Bowl good neighborly policy they follow in foreign THE SPIRIT OF DR. KING LIVES Championship in spelling. In addition, the fol­ affairs, it is obvious to all honest and well­ ON lowing students from Northwest Indiana won meaning people that the Republic of China on the 1997 "I Have A Dream" Youth Assembly Taiwan, and not the Communist dictatorship in HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY essay contest this past July in Little Rock, Ar­ Beijing, represents the correct model for the OF INDIANA kansas: Dayna Maria Ingram, of West Side future of Chinese civilization. This will remain IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES High School; Wesley Adam Gordon, of St. Mi­ true no matter what kind of reforms the regime Tuesday, January 27, 1998 in Beijing attempts, and no matter what kind of chael School; Katherine R. Rzepka, of policy the West pursues vis-a-vis that regime, Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, earlier this Andrean High School; Tavetta Pulliam, of Hor­ as long as the Communists remain in power. month, we celebrated the birth of Dr. Martin ace Mann High School; and Daniel J. Davis, Mr. Speaker, after my trip, I am more con­ Luther King, Jr. Reflecting on his life and of Valparaiso High School. vinced than ever that Taiwan is one of the few work, I was reminded of the challenges that The accomplishments of these outstanding true democracies in Asia worthy of our sup­ democracy poses to us and the delicacy of lib­ individuals are a reflection of their hard work port. erty. Dr. King's life, and, unfortunately, his vi­ and dedication to scholarship. Their scholastic cious murder, should remind all of us that we effort and rigorous approach to learning have must continually work and, if necessary, fight, TRIBUTE TO EDUARDO PALACIOS to secure and protect our freedoms. Dr. King, made them the best in the State and in the in his courage to act, his willingness to meet Nation. They have also brought pride to them­ HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN challenges, and his ability to achieve, em­ selves, their families, their schools and their communities. Their success is also a credit to OF CALIFORNIA bodied all that is good and true in that battle the outstanding ability and leadership of their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for liberty. The spirit of Dr. King lives on in many of the teachers. In particular, Margaret Hymes and Tuesday, January 27, 1998 citizens in communities throughout our nation. Charles Wells should be commended for the Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to It lives on in the people whose actions reflect devotion they have demonstrated as coaches pay tribute to my good friend Eduardo the spirit of resolve and achievement that will for the Tolleston Junior High Spell Bowl Team. Palacios, who for 27 years has been a bona help move our country into the 21st century. In Though very different in nature, the achieve­ fide hero to hundreds if not thousands of im- particular, several distinguished individuals migrants in the San Fernando Valley. In 1971, from Indiana's First Congressional District ment of all these individuals reflects many of Eduardo started an immigrant rights and re- were recognized during the 19th annual Dr. the same attributes that Dr. King possessed, source clinic in a tiny one-room office in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast on as well as the values he espoused. Like Dr. City of San Fernando. Today these kinds of Monday, January 19, 1998, at the Gary Gen­ King , these individuals saw challenges and centers are common, but that wasn't the case esis Center in Gary, Indiana. In the past year, rose to the occasion. They set goals and in the early 1970s. these individuals have, in their own ways, worked to achieve them. Mr. Speaker, I urge Eduardo was motivated by the humanitarian acted with courage, met challenges, and used you and my other colleagues to join me in concerns and a strong sense of Chicandheir abilities to reach goals and enhance their commending their initiative, resolve, and dedi­ pride. He witnessed Mexican immigrants who communities. cation. 154 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 CONT RIBUTION BY LIZ MOWRY TO TRIBUTE TO LEE WE LINSKY a member of the Culver City Planning Com­ THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS mission, President of the Culver City Demo­ ME MORIAL HON. JULIAN C. DIXON cratic Club, and President of her union at the OF CALIFORNIA City of Santa Monica Rent Control Agency. In IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1994 she was honored as "Democrat of the HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE Year" by her Assembly District Democratic Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Committee. She is currently a delegate to the OF PENNSYLVANIA Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call to the Democratic State Convention, and has been IN THE HOUSE OF REP RESENTATIVE S attention of the Congress the accomplish­ elected to serve on the Executive Board of the ments of Lee Welinsky, a constituent and California Democratic Party. Tuesday, January 27, 1998 friend whose life and commitment to her family In her modest way Lee would insist that her Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, we honor our vet­ and community has exemplified the very best greatest accomplishment has been her family. erans not only by recognizing what they have spirit of American citizenship. On Saturday, As with all her other important endeavors, she done for this country, but also by remembering February 7, Lee's many friends and admirers has embraced the role of grandmother to what they sacrificed to achieve that goal. For will gather at the Red Lion Hotel in Culver Sandra's two children, Jennifer and David, many families· in Southwestern Pennsylvania, City, California to honor her on her 70th birth­ with enthusiasm. She continues to be involved like mine, who have family members that day. It is a pleasure to join them in paying trib­ in their lives and with them she indulges her served during wartime, we are reminded every ute to her. great love of travel. day about these sacrifices. Lee has led a rich and remarkable life which Mr. Speaker, Lee Welinsky is an exceptional began in 1928 when she was born in Indian­ individual whose life of service to her family Late last year, a resident of my district, Liz apolis, Indiana to parents who were immi­ and her community stands as an example for Mowry of Munhall, Pennsylvania, gave a very grants from Eastern Europe. She spent her us all. I know that my colleagues join me in special gift to the Pittsburgh community. Her childhood in Brooklyn, New York. An excellent honoring her many achievements and con­ contribution will not only help to honor our vet­ student, she was valedictorian of her junior tributions and in wishing her a very happy erans, but it will also help our entire nation un­ high school class at P.S. 109. 70th birthday. derstand and remember the supreme sac­ In 1943, Lee's parents moved to Los Ange­ rifices they made during wartime in order to les, where in 1945 she graduated from Susan protect the freedoms we enjoy today. Miller Dorsey High School at the age of 16. It T RIBUTE TO A. LOWELL L AWSON,. This gift was many personal possessions was at this time that she explored her interest JR., BUSINESS LEADER, P ATRIOT owned by her father during his service in in flying. It was her mother's concern for her AND SE RVANT OF THE UNITE D World War I, which Ms. Mowry donated to the safety that persuaded her to quit flying to con­ STATES OF AMERICA Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Pittsburgh, centrate on her studies at Los Angeles Com­ the Commonwealth's, and the nation's second munity College. However, when World War II HON. RALPH M. HALL largest veterans' museum. These items are ended she was unable to continue her studies OF TEXAS significant for many reasons. as she would have liked because of the many IN T HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES schedule changes required to accommodate One of the most impressive features is the the returning veterans. Tuesday, January 27, 1998 excellent condition of the items, given their It was in 1947 that Lee met and fell in love Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is with age. In fact, the centerpiece of the collection with Jack Welinsky, and the following year a great deal of personal pleasure that I recog­ is a military uniform, now over 80 years old , in they were married. Their first child, Howard, nize the major accomplishments of an indi­ museum-quality shape. Other items Ms. was born a year later, and their daughter, vidual who dedicated his career to serving the Mowry is giving to the Memorial are WWI Sandra followed in 1954. During these years interests of our country by strengthening our photos and a copy of the diary her father kept she devoted herself to raising a family. De­ national security for the past 37 years. during his service. spite those demands, she helped Jack with his On January 1, 1998 Mr. A. Lowell Lawson These items are also historically significant auto supply business and supported Howard will retire as Chairman and Chief Executive because of their owner. Sergeant William Ed­ and Sandra through college at UCLA. Officer of Raytheon E-Systems. Under Mr. ward "Doc" Handschuh, Ms. Mowry's father, In 1976, Lee suffered the loss of her hus­ Lawson's leadership, E-Systems has contrib­ was a member of Company 3, the 1st Air Serv­ band Jack and her mother. In the wake of that uted vitally to the effectiveness of the national ice Mechanical Regiment. His work included loss, she decided that at age 48 , it was time intelligence community. In doing so, E-Sys­ servicing planes flown by WWI flying ace Ed­ to resume her formal education, this time at tems contributed substantially to the United ward Rickenbacher, who some consider to be West Los Angeles College. As with every im­ States being victorious in the Cold War-and one of the best, and most famous, pilots in portant undertaking, she pursued it with great in keeping us ever vigilant even today. history. commitment and determination. That commit­ Mr. Lawson currently is a Raytheon Com­ However, the most important thing Sergeant ment and determination enabled her to grad­ pany Executive Vice President and a member Handschuh left his family was not his service uate with honors with an Associate of Arts de­ of Raytheon's Board of Directors since 1995. memorabilia, but the pride he felt for his serv­ gree in 1981 , and in 1984 she graduated Cum Mr. Lawson has s~rved as head of E-Sys­ ice, and his country. While these lessons can­ Laude from California State University, tems since August 1994. Prior to that he was not be hung in a museum, they live in the Domiguez Hills with a Bachelor of Science de­ President and CEO, beginning January 1994. minds and hearts of Sergeant Handschuh's gree in Accounting. In 1989, at the age of 62, In April of 1989, Mr. Lawson was elected family. Lee graduated from the University of West Los President and Chief Operating Officer. Angeles School of Law with a Juris Doctor de­ Mr. Lawson was born on January 16, 1938 Liz Mowry and her family have kept her fa­ gree and later passed the bar on her first at­ in Macon, Georgia. He graduated from Warner ther's wartime memories as a reminder of his tempt. Robins High School in Warner Robins, Geor­ service. Now, these rare pieces of American Lee is currently an attorney with the Santa gia in 1956. history can teach us all more about the young Monica Rent Control Agency, where her ex­ After graduating from the University of Geor­ Americans that fought in the early years of this pertise in landlord-tenant issues has made her gia with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics century to protect this nation's future. a vital resource. She has been honored by the in 1960, Mr. Lawson served as a contract I add my sincere gratitude to that of the en­ Culver City Council for her work on the Culver price analyst at Warner Robins Logistics Cen­ tire Pittsburgh community for the gift Ms. City Rent Control Board. She is also a volun­ ter, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Mowry has bestowed on the Soldiers and Sail­ teer attorney at the Bet Tzedek legal clinic Mr. Lawson joined E-Systems in 1964 as ors Memorial. Our community has a long his­ where she counsels low income people with supervisor of proposal and cost analysis and tory of honoring military service, and her dona­ landlord-tenant problems. later became manager of cost and services in tion will continue that tradition, giving all Me­ Throughout her busy and active life, Lee the Greenville Division. He was assigned to morial visitor's the opportunity to learn more has always been involved in politics and the the corporate staff as manager of corporate fi­ about the veterans of WWI. debate over public policy. She has served as nancial controls in 1965. He was promoted to January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 155 director of corporate financial controls in 1969, energy crisis of the 1970's, and successfully INDEXING FOR INFLATION $2,000 and in 1970 became vice president-finance responding to the closure of Rancho Seco nu­ LIMIT FOR IRA CONTRIBUTIONS and division controller at the Memcor Division clear power plant in 1989. And through it all, in Huntington, Indiana. Early in 1973 he was SMUD has remained true to its customers. It HON. RICHARD E. NEAL named Vice President and Corporate Con­ has consistently sought and developed new OF MASSACHUSETTS troller of E-Systems. He was promoted to the and environmentally friendly sources of power. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES position of Vice President and General Man­ It has educated the public on energy con­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 ager of the Greenville Division in 1978. servation and efficiency when it became a crit­ Mr. Lawson was named Senior Vice Presi­ Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, ical national problem. SMUD is currently rec­ dent and group executive of the Aircraft Sys­ today I am introducing legislation to help those tems Group in 1983. In April 1987, he was ognized as an industry leader in energy effi­ who do not have employer sponsored pension elected to the position of Executive Vice Presi­ ciency and in renewable energy. plans. I agree with Federal Reserve Chairman dent, and served in that capacity until his elec­ For several years, SMUD has been invest­ Alan Greenspan that our biggest economic tion as President and COO. ing in renewable energy sources such as solar problem is our low national saving rate. Since His service is exemplified in his support and and geothermal power plants. Other strategic August of 1997, Americans have been setting participation as a member of the Air Force As­ planning on the part of SMUD, such as ag­ aside only 3.8 percent of their personal in­ sociation, American Defense Preparedness gressive power-purchasing throughout the come. Association, Association of the United States western U.S., has kept customer rates con­ The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 included Army, Armed Forces Communications and tax incentives to increase personal saving. stant since 1990. SMUD has committed itself Electronics Association, Association of Old This new law expanded individual retirement to hold customer rates constant until 2001, Crows, and Navy League of the United States. accounts (IRAs) and created the Roth IRA. He has served on the University of Texas at then reduce them by as much as 20 percent. Under the new Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Dallas Engineering School Advisory Board, In California beginning this year, customers an individual may contribute $2,000 to either a and was previously a member of the Business will begin to have a choice of electric sup­ traditional IRA or a Roth IRA. This $2,000 limit Advisory Council of the East Texas State Uni­ plier-similar to how they currently choose has not been increased since 1981 . versity. their long-distance telephone company. Last This legislation would simply index the He resides in Greenville, Texas and is a summer, SMUD became the first utility in Cali­ $2,000 limit for inflation in $500 increments. deacon at the Ridgecrest Baptist Church, past fornia to begin offering customers a choice. A The $2,000 limit would just be increased just treasurer and member of the Board of Direc­ limited number of customers, whose combined for traditional IRAs and not Roth IRAs. The tors of Dallas Bible College, and has served electricity usage will add up to 100 megawatts reason for this is traditional IRAs have lower on the Industrial Development Fund Board for income limits and are designed to help those of SMUD'S total 2000 megawatts of peak the city of Greenville, Texas. who do not have employer pension plans. Mr. Lawson is married to the former Carol usage, is opened to competition allowing cus­ It is important we do as much as possible Few of Apalachee, Georgia. They have two tomers to buy power from a supplier of their to help individuals save for retirement. Many sons, Andrew Lowell, Ill and Steven Bryan, choice. By moving months ahead of the other use I RAs as their sole source of private sav­ and seven grandchildren. utilities, SMUD gained valuable experience, ings for retirement. The $2,000 limit has not I cannot imagine any person being more learning the impact of competition on cus­ been adjusted since 1981. This is a saving for successful-more productive-and yet so ca­ tomers and on SMUD operations. retirement. pable of friendship. I am very lucky to be a SMUD's commitment to the Sacramento I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this leg­ friend of Lowell and of his family. area goes beyond merely providing electrical islation. During the 105th Congress, I look for Mr. Speaker, fellow colleagues, please join power. From its inception. SMUD has recog­ ward to enacting legislation which will improve me in paying tribute to the exemplary accom­ our current pension system. nized its responsibility to return something to plishments of Mr. A. Lowell Lawson, for a life­ The last provision of the bill addresses a the community it serves. Last year, as part of time of achievements as a business leader, provision of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. patriot, and servant of the United States of the District's Employee Volunteer Program, The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 includes a America. employees volunteered over 2,300 hours and provision which allows an employer to volun­ raised $20,000 to assist non-profit organiza­ tarily cash-out employees from pension plans tions in the Sacramento area. In partnership upon termination of employment if the amount COMMEMORATION OF SAC- with the Sacramento Tree Foundation, SMUD is less than $5,000. My legislation would re­ RAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY customers have planted more than 200,000 quire this sum to be placed in an IRA. The DISTRICT'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY trees in Sacramento since the program began purpose of this provision Is to lock up this in 1990. SMUD is also aiding in the economic money for retirement savings. This sum was HON. VIC FAZIO development of the Capital Region. By offering not taxable income for the employee because OF CALIFORNIA competitive economic development rates, it was earmarked for retirement. This provision IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SMUD has helped attract and retain success­ would allow the funds to be used for retire­ ment. Tuesday, January 27, 1998 ful companies such as Campbell Soup, Blue Diamond, Packard Bell, Kikkoman and JVC. In I urge my colleagues to review and cospon­ Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise sor this legislation. Pension portability is a se­ the past five years, SMUD has helped to at­ today to commemorate and celebrate the re­ rious issue and this legislation makes strides cent 50th anniversary of Sacramento's non­ tract or retain 13,000 jobs during a period of towards improving it. Among all distributions profit, community-owned electric company­ economic recession. SMUD is also trying to that occur at job change, 33 percent result in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District­ create a cluster of electric vehicle-related busi­ an IRA rollover, 7 percent are rolled over to a commonly known as SMUD. nesses at the McClellan Air Force Base which new employee plan, and 60 percent are Dissatisfied with high electric rates, on July is slated to close in 2001. McClellan is the cashed out. We need to impose these statis­ 2, 1923, Sacramento voters overcame tremen­ largest industrial center in Northern California tics and the legislation I am introducing today dous opposition to approve the creation of and offers a sophisticated array of high-tech will do this. Enclosed is a summary of the leg­ SMUD. Although SMUD became a legal entity services that can be contracted by private islation. in 1923, it was another 23 years before the companies. courts upheld the District's right to supply SUMMARY OF PENSION IMPROVEMENT ACT power to the capital region. On New Year's I ask my colleagues to join me in recog­ Section 1. Short Title.-This legislation is entitled the "Pension Improvement Act of Eve 1946, SMUD began operations. nizing the Sacramento Municipal Utility District on its 50th year and we wish them continued 1998" . Throughout its history, SMUD has survived Section 2. Faster Vesting for Employer numerous challenges: fighting to restore success as they approach the 21st century Contribution to Defined Contribution power during floods and windstorms, teaching and the new competitive environment in the Plans.- Reduced vesting from five to three customers how to conserve power during the electric power industry. years for employer contributions to defined 156 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 contribu tion plans. Allows an op tion instead strategy for growth in Rutherford County, the public arena. In 1991 , Mr. Post received of 3 year vesting the following sch edule: at 1 known as Rutherford 20/20. the Outstanding Journalism Award from Sigma year, 20 percent at 2 years 40 percent, at 3 Ralph has not only helped Rutherford Coun­ Delta Chi, the professional journalism frater­ years 60 percent, a t 4 years 80 percent, and at ty grow, but he also never forgot his home­ 5 years 100 percent. nity. Section 3. Employers Required to Permit town of Smithville, Tennessee. Before coming Although Mr. Post has retired from KRON­ Rollovers to Individual Retirement P lans to head the Rutherford County Chamber of TV and California This Week, the people of Within 3 Months After Separation from Serv­ Commerce, Ralph had a distinguished career the Bay Area are fortunate that he has de­ ice.-Employer required within 90 days of in the broadcasting industry which had him cided to continue hosting Our World This termination of employment to offer em­ managing a successful AM/FM station in Week, an international news show produced ployee their pension benefits to be rolled Smithville. by Bay TV in cooperation with the World Af­ over into an IRA. The employee is not re­ However, this is not all Ralph did to help his fairs Council of Northern California. quired to take t his option. Wit hdrawals be­ community. Back in 1971 , he and a small Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me fore the taxpayer reach age 59 and Ih from the rollover IRA are subject to a 25 percent group of community leaders founded the now in honoring Rollin Post for his exceptionally penalty for the first two years and then 10 internationally famous Fiddler's Jamboree in distinguished career in journalism and wish percent. Current law is a 10 percen t penalty Smithville. This event has grown from about him our congressional best as he continues on early withdrawals. As under current law, 8,000 attendees to over 110,000 in 1996 and providing the San Francisco Bay Area with his the 10 percent penalty would be waived for was recently named the Official Jamboree and superb insights on the great issues of our withdrawals for first time purchase of a Crafts festival of the State of Tennessee. times. home, costs of higher education, and medical Ralph's cheerful smile will surely be missed expenses. by the folks at the Chamber, but one thing is Section 4. Penalty-Free Distributions from T HE F OUR CHAPLAINS Individual Retirement Plans to Unemployed for sure he has left an indelible mark on both Individuals.-The 10 percent penalty would the success and growth of our community. I be waived for withdrawals made if the tax­ am sure he will never stop making new friends HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN payer has received unemployment compensa­ and promoting Rutherford County. It has truly OF NEW YORK tion for twelve week s. been a privilege to work with this man , and I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Section 5. Involuntary Cash-outs Per­ wish him the best of luck in his new endeav­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 mitted Only if Distribution Rolled to an ors. IRA.-Involuntary cash-outs of less than Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to take this $5,000 need to be rolled over directly into an opportunity to honor the legacy of the four IRA. ROLLIN POST chaplains, who, over 50 years ago, bravely gave their own lives in the icy waters of the HONORING THE DISTINGUISHED HON. ANNA G. ESHOO North Atlantic so that others might live on. The CAREE R OF RAL PH VAUGHN OF CALIFORNIA chaplains-George L. Fox and Clark V. Pol­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing, Protestant ministers; Alexander D. Goode, a rabbi; and John P. Washington , a Catholic HON. BART GORDON Tuesday, January 27, 1998 priest-offered their life vests to four other OF TENNESSEE Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to men aboard the U.S.A.T. Dorchester after the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor my friend and veteran political reporter ship had been torpedoed by a German U-boat Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Rollin Post, who recently retired as an analyst in the early-mourning hours of February 3, Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, it goes without for KRON-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area. 1943. saying that in Rutherford County, when some­ Since entering journalism in 1952 as a copy The Dorchester, carrying 902 servicemen, one hears the words, "My friend , my friend,­ boy with CBS Radio in Hollywood, Rollin Post merchant seamen and civilian workers, was are you excited?," one can only expect to be has become well known for his passion for one of three ships in the SG-19 convoy travel­ greeted by the jovial and gregarious, Mr. politics, for his sound reporting, and for his in­ ling from Newfoundland, across the Atlantic, Ralph Vaughn. Eleven years ago, we were sights into the issues confronting our nation toward a U.S. Army base on the coast of fortunate enough to find someone of his cal­ and the world. From 1961 to 1973, he con­ Greenland. The risk involved in the triad's iber and talents to tackle the challenges facing centrated on political and general assignment journey was well-known: the area was con­ Rutherford County and the Chamber of Com­ reporting for KPIX-TV in San Francisco and stantly patrolled by German U-boats, and the merce. became the Bay Area's first full time political Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, a second ship in Today, I rise to honor the distinguished ca­ reporter toward the end of that time. Mr. Post the convoy, had hours before the attack spot­ reer of the retiring Rutherford County Cham­ spent the next six years at San Francisco pub­ ted a German submarine with its sonar. ber of Commerce President, and one of the lic television station KQED , where he worked In the moments just after midnight on Feb­ most enthusiastic individuals I know, Mr. on news programs A Closer Look and News­ ruary 3rd , as the Dorchester crept within 15 Ralph Vaughn. room. In September 1979, Mr. Post joined miles of its final destination, the ship's captain, When Ralph joined the Rutherford County KRON-TV as a political editor. He provided Hans J. Danielsen, noticed a German U-boat Chamber of Commerce in 1986, the organiza­ election night commentary for the station and fast approaching on the horizon. At 12:55 of tion had two employees and an annual oper­ became best known as co-host of KRON's that same morning the German submarine ating budget of less than $100,000. Now, Sunday morning public affairs program , Cali­ fired a series of torpedoes, which struck the under his leadership, the chamber has seen fornia This Week, which has given Bay Area Dorchester well below the water-line, injuring membership double, staff increase to twelve viewers political insight on local, state, and na­ the ship beyond all repair. and the operating budget grow to over tional issues from newsmakers around the Many men were killed instantly from the im­ $700,000. world. pact of the blast; many others- including Probably the single greatest accomplish­ There have been many special moments in those seriously injured by the initial barrage, ment for which Ralph will be remembered is Mr. Post's career. He covered fourteen na­ and the chaplains-would go down with the the recent transition of the Chamber office tional political conventions, spent a week in ship. As the water poured in through the bat­ from a log Cabin to its new 10,000 square foot Cuba reporting on trade, tourism, and Amer­ tered starboard side it became clear that the State of the Art facility. ican hijackers in 1978, and covered the Phil­ supply of life jackets was insufficient, and it Ralph has been a driving force in preparing ippine elections in 1986. As a result of his out­ was into the ensuing scene of chaos, despair, Rutherford Countians for the challenges of an standing work, he was given the prestigious and disbelief that the chaplains contributed expanding economy and continued growth. It Broadcast Preceptor Award from the 32nd An­ their fearless ray of light which shone through was Ralph's innovations and hard work that nual San Francisco State University Broadcast the darkness. helped push tourism from a $34 million a year Industry Conference for his Outstanding Con­ When the dearth of life jackets was re­ industry to over $110 million dollars today. It tributions to the Industry. A year later, he was vealed, the chaplains readily and without was also Ralph's vision that helped concep­ one of three media figures honored by the question removed their own and gave them to tualize a long range economic development Coro Foundation for influential participation in four frightened young men; as the Dorchester January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 157 then began to go down, the chaplains stayed term workloads. In the early days most of the agers out of trouble. He served on numerous beside the injured men, and offered prayers temporary employees were women secre­ county commissions dealing with issues as for those who had died and were injured in the taries, hence the name "Kelly Girls" soon be­ wide-ranging as law enforcement, fiscal af­ wreckage. It is a testament to their own faith came a trademark around the world. Society fairs, and planning. and to their overarching love of man that the has moved far beyond this confined role for As a member of the County Board, he chaplains-representatives of three distinct re­ women and so has the company; today, tens served on committees of the Metropolitan ligious creeds-were united in the end as one of thousands of professional and technical Washington Council of Governments, including petitioner before God. When the deck slanted women and men have joined others in Kelly a stint as chair of COG's transportation plan­ into the water and the chaplains breathed their Services. ning board and service on boards dealing with final breaths they were seen by survivors with Beginning as a fledgling company totaling airport noise abatement, human services, pub­ their arms linked together in a final symbol of $848.00 in sales in its first year, Kelly Services lic safety, and the environment. their unity of faith and vision. As stated by has grown today to a Fortune 500 and a But aside from his generous contributions to Francis B. Thorton in his epic, Sea of Glory: Forbes 500 company, with annual sales ap­ public service, Jim demonstrated his dedica­ The Magnificent Story of the Four Chaplains: proaching $4 billion. Annually, this Troy, Michi­ tion to others in his private life as well. After "Catholic, Jew and Protestant; each proved gan-based company provides the services of he and his wife, Patricia, had three children of that night that courage knows no distinction of more than 750,000 of its employees through their own, they adopted a teenage girl who creed, bravery no division of caste." more than 1,500 company offices in 50 states has fled her native Laos with an aunt and an Of the 902 men who boarded the Dor­ and 16 countries. uncle and who was living in a two-bedroom chester on February 2, 1943, 672 died, leav­ Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me apartment with 10 other people. This personal ing 230 survivors. The legacy of the four chap­ in honoring the ingenuity and the memory of response to suffering was indicative of Jim lains, however, will forever live on through the this entrepreneurial pioneer. Indeed, when Hunter's life of purposeful compassion. hearts and minds of the American people. For Russ Kelly was asked how he wanted to be A Marine Corps veteran, a loving husband, the qualities which their story defines-hope, remembered, he said, "Only as a pioneer." father and grandfather, a respected, indeed self-sacrifice, and inexorable faith-are the I extend my sincere sympathy to Russell beloved, public servant, Jim Hunter served as qualities which define true American heroes. It Kelly's wife, Margaret, his son, Terence E. a role model for an entire generation of civic is for this reason that the four courageous Adderley, who joined the company in 1958 activists who learned from him profound and chaplains must not be forgotten, lest the at­ and became its President in 1967 and who lasting lessons about duty, responsibility, and tributes which they so thoroughly represent be has now succeeded Mr. Kelly as Chairman of integrity. His family, his friends, and his com­ forgotten as well. the Board of the Company, his daughter-in­ munity will miss him, but we will also remem­ The four Army chaplains were posthumously law, Mary Beth and his six grandchildren, and ber his commitment to the less fortunate, and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and three great-grandchildren. in remembering, we will renew our own. Purple Heart at a ceremony at Fort Meyer, VA in 1944. A chapel in Philadelphia honoring their heroic act of selflessness was dedicated TRIBUTE TO JAMES B. HUNTER by President Truman in February of 1951, and IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM LYLES the chaplains were posthumously awarded a HON. JAMES P. MORAN Special Medal of Heroism in January of 1951 OF VIRGINIA HON. IKE SKELTON by President Kennedy. Additionally, a memo­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MISSOURI rial fountain at the National Memorial Park out­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES side of Washington, DC was constructed in Tuesday, January 27, 1998 1955 to attest to their extraordinary act of Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise courage. today to honor the life of James B. Hunter, a Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to On February 1st, the chaplains will be hon­ longtime member of the Arlington, Virginia, say a special word in tribute to the late William ored in services by the Rockland County County Board, who passed away on January R. (Bill) Lyles, a former circuit clerk for Pettis American Legion and the Orange County 5. County, Missouri. American Legion. In Rockland County the Jim Hunter embodied what many of us A native of Sedalia, MO, Lyles graduated services will be held at the Cavalry Baptist strive our entire lives to achieve-a compas­ from Smith-Cotton High School in 1943. After Church; in Orange County they will be held at sionate and effective blend of civic activism high school, he served his nation in the United the First Baptist Church of Middletown. and public service that forms a lasting legacy. States Army, fighting in both World War II and Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to join Jim served on the Arlington County Board the Korean War. In between his military serv­ in the commemoration of the chaplains' heroic from 1990 until he retired, for health reasons, ice, Lyles became a small businessman, oper­ act of courage which we commemorate last September. While on the Board, Jim ating Lyles Cleaners from August 1947 to throughout this month. Hunter spoke up loudly and effectively for the 1964. In 1966, Mr. Lyles was elected circuit rights of those whose voices are often muted. clerk of Pettis County, MO. He was re-elected But his record of public service encom­ to that post until his retirement on January 1, TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM RUSSELL, passes much more than those seven years as 1995. FOUNDER OF KELLY SERVICES an elected official. This willingness to speak As a lifelong civic leader, Bill Lyles made it up for the dispossessed began long before his mission to participate in many community HON. SANDER M. LEVIN Jim ever held elected office. Through years of activities. He was a member of the First OF MICHIGAN community work, he had built his reputation as United Methodist Church, American Legion IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a wise and dedicated public servant for years Post No. 16, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post before he gave Arlington voters the oppor­ No. 2591, Sedalia Lodge No. 236 AF&AM, Tuesday, January 27, 1998 tunity to endorse his leadership through elec­ Missouri Circuit Clerks Association, Missouri Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion. Child Support Association, Association of Re­ honor the memory of Mr. William Russell Throughout his life, Jim gave of his time to tired Missouri State Employees, and the Pettis Kelly, founder of Russell Kelly Office Service, raise money for groups like the United Way, County Democrat Club. He was also a charter and founder of this modern temporary help in­ and served on the boards of the Arlington member of the Sedalia Chapter of Missouri dustry. Mr. Kelly died Saturday, January 3 at County chapter of the American Red Cross Jaycees. his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was and the Veterans Memorial YMCA. He was a Lyles is survived by his wife Davijean, three 92. former president of the Committee of 100, a sons, two daughters, one brother, and six In 1946, single-handedly, Russ Kelly found­ group of concerned Arlingtonians committed to grandchildren. ed a new industry in a Detroit storefront. It finding solutions to community challenges. He Mr. Speaker, Bill Lyles' military and public began as an accommodation to employers to founded the Arlington Housing Corporation, an service makes him a role model for young civil fill in for vacationing or sick employees, and organization that works for low- and moderate­ leaders, and his closeness within the Sedalia also to supplement regular staff during short- income housing and helps keep county teen- community will be greatly missed. 158 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 TRIBUTE TO THE HENRY LOU In Etiwanda, now a part of modern day Ran­ girl at a prom delivers a baby in the bath­ GEHRIG INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL cho Cucamonga, George Chaffey became the room and lets it die, then rearranges herself, MICROSOCIETY ITS 1ST ANNUAL first person west of the Rocky Mountains to washes up and goes back to the dance. A pair of college-aged lovers from "good families" CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY design and install a hydroelectric power sys­ in " pricey suburbs," as news accounts put it, tem to generate electricity that lit two towering rent a motel room, where he delivers their HON. JOSE E. SERRANO 3,000 candlepower arc lights on his property. child, which they throw into a Dumpster. OF NEW YORK The Chaffey-Garcia house in Rancho Is it too much to see a connection between Cucamonga was the first in Southern Cali­ the abortion culture in which these young IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fornia to use Edison's electric incandescent people came of age and the moral dullness Tuesday, January 27, 1998 lamps. Chaffey also installed the world's first they are accused of displaying? Of course, Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay long-distance telephone lines, and founded the such crimes have occurred throughout time; history and literature are full of them. But tribute to the Henry Lou Gehrig Intermediate first mutual water company in California. what is new, I think, is the apparent surprise School Microsociety, an invaluable Bronx insti­ In Ontario, Chaffey integrated his four key of the young girl at the prom, and of the tution, which celebrated its 1st Annual Citizen­ principles: wide-scale irrigation of the land, young couple at the motel, at the dis­ ship Ceremony Wednesday, December 3, construction of one main thoroughfare, estab­ approval society has shown toward them. 1997 in the Rotunda of the Bronx County lishment of Chaffey College as a branch of the And why should society disapprove? What, Building. University of southern California and prohibi­ after all, is the difference between what the Thanks to the efforts of some civic-minded tion of liquor sales. girl at the prom is accused of doing and a groups in the Bronx to meet the need for in­ In 1901 George Chaffey designed and built late-term abortion, something she would 150 miles of canal from the Colorado River to have heard discussed, explained and defended creased education facilities and better prepare on television and in the newspaper? the youth in the Bronix for real life, the Henry Imperial California. A late-term abortion means pulling a fully Lou Gehrig Intermediate School Microsociety In 1942, ten years after his death, the U.S. formed but not yet born baby out of the was established. In fact, the program prepares Navy launched a Liberty Ship in San Pedro womb, piercing its brain with scissors, suck­ 6th grade students for high school after three named the SS George Chaffey. ing out the brain, collapsing the skull and years. It gives them the opportunity to experi­ It is an honor to pay tribute to this dedicated then removing the dead baby. In the girl's ence real life situations, explore career oppor­ individual who through his vision and foresight home state, New Jersey, this was legal. Why wouldn't she think there is no difference, tunities, become problem solvers, understand helped to make the Inland Empire, and indeed California the dynamic and liveable places that really, between that and choking a baby to the need for responsibility and develop leader­ death in a bathroom stall and then dropping ship ability. they are today. it in a trash bin? And what, in fact, is the Mr. Speaker, the Henry Lou Gehrig Inter­ difference? Only that one death occurred in a mediate School Microsociety also encourages ABORTION'S CHILDREN bathroom stall, and the other happened in a the youth of our Bronx to share time and en­ hospital with clean white sheets and a doc­ ergy with neighborhood improvement groups tor. and programs for youth in our community. HON. JIM TALENT Consider, too, the young couple in the motel and the reasoning that may have left They gain strength, hope and leadership skills OF MISSOURI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES them free of any sense of sin or crime. If the through united community involvement. accusations are true, what did they do that Through Microsociety setting, students are Tuesday, January 27, 1998 was wrong besides refuse to suck into life an able to choose jobs in their area of interest. Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I request the fol­ inconvenient baby? Isn't that what the cul­ Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege of rep­ lowing eloquent article be inserted into the ture they were born into, and grew to young adulthood in, does? resenting the 16th district of New York where CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. the Henry Lou Gehrig Intermediate School I think that's the great ignored story­ Microsociety is located and I am delighted by [From the New York Times, Jan. 22, 1998] what we have done to our children by legal­ izing abortion and championing it. The daily its success. (By Peggy Noonan) On the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we abortion stories and abortion polls and abor­ I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tion editorials and abortion pictures and sto­ tribute the Henry Lou Gehrig Intermediate know certain facts. We know that at this point about 1.5 million abortions are per­ ries showing how the movement to " protect School Microsociety, to the administration and these rights" is faring-all this has drummed formed each year in the United States. And faculty, and to the students, whose ambition we know that the fight over whether legal­ into their heads the idea that human life is and hard work will make this great institution ized abortion should continue has not waned not special, is not sanctified, is not a life a tremendous source of pride and success for with time, as many thought it would, but formed by God but a fertilized ovum that years to come. makes demands and can be removed. grown. What we teach the young every day is The debate has always been by adults moral confusion about the worth of an ordi­ about adults. What are the effects on women when they terminate a pregnancy? Do they nary human life. This has wounded, in a very HONORING THE 150TH ANNIVER­ real and personal way, big pieces of an entire suffer unusual depression a year or two after SARY OF THE BIRTH OF GEORGE generation. And I suspect it has left them CHAFFEY JR. the procedure? Opponents of abortion also talk about the frightened, too. effects of abortion on the fetus being abort­ HON. JAY KIM ed. Does it feel pain? OF CALIFORNIA But there is another group of children who IN MEMORY OF DAVID E. PHILIPS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been overlooked in the debate-the children who have grown up in the abortion HON. SAM GEJDENSON Tuesday, January 27, 1998 culture, the children now 10 or 15 or even 20 years old who have had it drummed into OF CONNECTICUT Mr. KIM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recog­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nize and honor one of California's true pio­ them by television and radio and in maga­ zines, what abortion is and why and how it Tuesday, January 27, 1998 neers-George Chaffey Jr. , on the 150th anni­ became legal. It is part of the aural wall­ versary of his birth. paper of their lives. They have grown up Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today George Chaffey Jr. , who was born on Janu­ knowing phrases like "abortion on demand" with great sadness to pay tribute to David E. ary 28, 1848, emigrated with his family to and " the right to abortion" and hearing nice Philips, a man who will be long remembered Southern California from Canada in 1880, adults, the people next door, talk about sup­ as a unique person who enjoyed sharing his went on to found the communities of Etiwanda porting politicians who will " protect" these many talents, not only with those close to him, and Ontario, as well as developing what are "rights." but with his entire community. now the cities of Ontario, Upland and Rancho I wonder if such talk has not left many of Mr. Philips was a dedicated professor of these children confused, so deeply that they Cucamonga. Additionally Mr. Chaffey founded do not even know they are confused, and English at Eastern Connecticut State Univer­ the California cities of Imperial, and Calexico, morally dulled. sity from 1962 until his retirement in 1991 . Be­ as well as the Australian Cities of Mildura and We all know the recent horror stories. Ac­ loved by faculty and students alike, he brought Renmark. cording to prosecutors and news accounts, a more to his university than just a specialized January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 159 knowledge of Connecticut folklore. An aca­ horns. These horns have been used for gen­ poaching and illegal trade in wild tigers in demic and an historian, Mr. Philips also de­ erations in Asian medicine to treat fever in India; a tiger community education program in voted himself to the personal betterment of his children and as decorative handles for cere­ Indonesia; and training of staff and surveys of students in the name of true higher education. monial daggers. four black rhino populations in the Selous His legacy, not only as an inspirational pro­ Despite plummeting populations of rhinoc­ Game Reserve in Tanzania. The sponsors of fessor, but as an inspirational man, will long eros, there is still an insatiable demand for these projects, who are likely to match the be remembered throughout his community. rhino horn, which has made this commodity grants with private funds, include the Inter­ After serving in the United States Navy dur­ extremely valuable. In fact, African rhino horn national Rhino Foundation, the Minnesota Zoo ing World War II, Mr. Philips returned home can be worth as much as $10,000 per kilo­ Foundation, and the World Wildlife Fund. and became active in civic affairs. His hard gram and rare Asian rhino horn is worth up to Based on the success of the African Ele­ work was pivotal for the planning and develop­ $60,000 per kilogram. The largest consumers phant Conservation Fund, I am hopeful that ment of the new "Frog" bridge in Willimantic. of rhino horn live in China, Taiwan, and South these grants will make a positive difference in Serving as a member of the Windham Board Korea. the fight to conserve rhinos and tigers. of Education from 1971 to 1979, Mr. Philips Regrettably the situation facing tigers is Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing the Rhi­ expounded an exceptional amount of effort to even worse. Of the eight subspecies of tigers noceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthoriza­ ensure the best possible future for the children once found in the world, three have become tion Act, a bill to extend this landmark law for of eastern Connecticut. extinct and the remaining five populations four years in the hope that it will help ensure Not limiting himself to educational issues, have been reduced from 100,000 tigers in that these vital species do not disappear from Mr. Philips also donated further time and en­ 1990 to less than 5,000 animals today. Fur­ this planet. ergy to the Democratic Town Committee and thermore, the three subspecies of South was chairman of the town planning commis­ China, Siberian and Sumatran all have popu­ sion. Spending his summers in Trenton, ME, lations that are estimated at less than 500 ani­ " THE ROLE OF THE UNITED he was contributing editor of Down East Mag­ mals. STATES AND THE IMF IN THE azine for 25 years. Although commercial activities and human ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS'' An extraordinary individual, Mr. Philips was population growth have transformed large a powerful storyteller who brought joy to audi­ amounts of the tiger's habitat, illegal hunting HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE ences of all ages with his remarkable ability. has had the most dramatic impact. Despite the OF NEW YORK Author of the book, Legendary Connecticut, fact that all tigers are protected under CITES, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIVE S Mr. Philips joyfully shared his passion for folk­ tigers are killed for their fur and most of their Tuesday, January 27, 1998 lore with the entire community. body parts. Tiger bone is used in many forms Mr. Speaker, it is a rare man that can de­ of traditional Oriental medicines including pow­ Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, in the coming vote his life to things he loves while contrib­ ders, tablets, and wines that are consumed to weeks, the U.S. Congress will be debating the uting so much to the community at the same fight pain, kidney and liver problems, convul­ role and policies of the International Monetary time. David E. Philips will be missed by every­ sions, and heart conditions. Like rhino horn, Fund and how or whether the United States one he touched, but most of all by his two the major consumers of these products live in should support this international institution. sons Evan and Donald and the rest of the China, Taiwan, and South Korea. According to The context will be the Administration's re­ Philips family. CITES, during the past six years, South Korea quest for $3.5 billion for the New Arrange­ imported about 10,500 pounds and China 78 ments to Borrow and $14.5 billion for an IMF tons of tiger bone. quota increase, or capital replenishment. INTRODUCTION OF THE RHINOC­ Sadly, the financial rewards of illegally killing B ACKGROUND EROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION a tiger are substantial. According to the World Before turning to the heart of this debate, a REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1998 Wildlife Fund , a pound of tiger bone sells for brief background is in order. First, the New Ar­ over $1 ,400 and a tiger pelt may be worth up rangements to Borrow, or NAB, came about HON. DON YOUNG to $15,000. It is essential this market be de­ subsequent to the Mexican peso crisis of OF ALASKA stroyed and that people who live in the tigers' 1994-95. The United States led that rescue IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES habitat begin to understand the consequences effort, with the assistance of the international of exterminating an animal that has such a institutions and other concerned nations. At Tuesday, January 27, 1998 dramatic impact on so many other species. U.S. urging, the G- 7 Heads of State at the Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, today These were fundamental goals of the Rhi­ Halifax Summit in June 1995 called on the G- I am pleased to introduce legislation to reau­ noceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994. 10 and other countries with financial capacity thorize a landmark conservation law known as While it is still too early to tell whether this law to develop a financial program that would the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act. will stop the population decline, it is clear that have the capacity to handle future crises in This historic legislation, which was enacted unless the United States takes a proactive the international financial system. Exactly one into law four years ago, was modeled after the leadership role in saving these species, they year ago today, the IMF Executive Directors highly successful African Elephant Conserva­ will soon only exist in remote wild locations or approved the proposal for the NAB with 25 ini­ tion Act of 1988. The fundamental purpose of in zoos. tial country participants. These countries po­ this law was to establish a Conservation Fund Since its enactment, the Congress has ap­ tentially committed about $49 billion in lines of to finance worthwhile projects to assist highly propriated $1 million over the last three fiscal credit to be made available on an emergency imperiled species of rhinos and tigers. Sadly, years. While this is considerably less than the basis if IMF ordinary funds need to be supple­ the populations of these two flagship species $30 million that was authorized, this money mented in a crisis. The U.S. contribution of continue to decline and, unless additional as­ has funded 24 conservation projects to assist $3.5 billion is equivalent to 19.74 percent sistance is provided, they will continue to slide rhinos and tigers at a Federal cost of about share of the NAB. toward extinction. $530,000. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Second, the proposed $14.5 billion U.S. In the case of the rhinoceros, it has been is now evaluating an additional 70 proposals contribution to the IMF's capital base (about estimated that their population has been deci­ from organizations that are interested in help­ $200 billion)-composed of member-countries mated from 65 ,000 animals in 1970 to less ing to conserve these irreplaceable species. subscriptions or quotas-is necessary for two than 11 ,000 today. In fact, in the case of two According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife reasons. First, IMF usable quota resources of the five species of rhinoceros, the Javan Service, it has funded 12 rhino projects, 6 available to member countries has dwindled to and Sumatran, there are less than 600 left in tiger projects, and 6 projects that will benefit about $43 billion. With the current IMF Stand­ the world. While all five species of rhinoceros both species. These projects have included: By programs committed to Asia-Korea, $21 were listed on Appendix I of the Convention an adopt-a-warden program in Indonesia; aer­ billion (total package $57 billion); Indonesia; on International Trade in Endangered Species ial monitoring of the Northern white rhinoceros $10 billion (total package $43 billion); Thai­ of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1977 and in Zaire; establishment of a community rhino land, $4 billion (total $17 billion); Philippines, a worldwide trade ban has been imposed, scout program for the survival of the black $1 billion-IMF resources will be nearly de­ poachers continue to slaughter rhinos for their rhino populations in Kenya; investigation of pleted. 160 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 These Asia commitments underscore the siderable part in Asia. It has repeatedly sought In re-examining the IMF, the key questions second reason for the quota increase. When to demonstrate its commitment in a variety of we must consider are how to best shape the the IMF was established in 1944, its quotas fora-such as the Asia Pacific Economic Co­ IMF for its role in a globalized society, and and capital base were much larger relative to operation platform-despite Asia's perception how the IMF should work with member coun­ the size of the global economy. As the global of a U.S. preoccupation with Latin America tries when economic adjustments are needed. economy has expanded, the IMF's resources and Europe. We can now either affirm our In the present financial crisis, the Fund's cen­ have not kept pace, thus eroding its financial commitment to Asia, or give the lie to these tral tool is so-called conditionality, the IMF's effectiveness. If we want the IMF to continue previous efforts. ability to require specific reforms of the coun­ its role as the world's principal monetary au­ With U.S. leadership, international institu­ try seeking IMF support. thority with the responsibility of stabilizing the tions have been established to respond to I believe there are at least five core ele­ international financial system, it must have global military crises, such as the United Na­ ments of conditionality that the U.S. and IMF sufficient resources to credibly do so. tions role in Iraq, Bosnia, etc. When global should promote in the context of the current economic crises arise, · the International Mone­ THE RISKS OF U.S. I NACTION FAR T RANSCEND crisis. THE R ISKS OF A CTION tary Fund is the institution empowered by the 1. Currency stabilization is critical. The mar­ In determining how it will respond to the international community to take action. Just as kets may have over-reacted to economic con­ Asia crisis, the U.S. faces a pivotal choice. We the United States expects the United Nations ditions in Asian countries with such extreme can either use our central role in the inter­ to take action when military threats to world depreciation of currencies. The Asian econo­ national economic community to restore eco­ peace emerge, we must do our part to support mies are fundamentally sound, and with cor­ the International Monetary Fund-the only nomic stability in Asia and safeguard the po­ rective policies they should rebound. Com­ available institution that can act when the tential for economic growth there and at home. pared to the Latin American economic crisis in threats to global stability are economic. In a the 1980s, when macroeconomic indicators Or we can stand by as regional financial crisis time of world economic crisis, the United were negative, Asian economies have bene­ blights the economic prospects of affected States cannot default on its economic leader­ fited for over a decade from strong GOP countries and their people, and simply hope it ship. growth; have current-account surpluses or will not spread. There are risks both in interceding, or in THE POLITICAL CHALLENGE small deficits relative to GOP; have strong savings doing nothing, and letting the market dictate Convincing the Congress and the American rates-35 percent in Korea; have had low inflation, most often between 4-9 percent; the consequences. I believe the risks of inac­ people that continued support for the Inter­ have high investment rates; and have no or tion are far greater. national Monetary Fund is essential will be a relatively small public-sector debt problems. It Inaction would be contrary to what should difficult political challenge. Our challenge is to make clear to U.S. tax­ be a central tenet of U.S. and IMF policies­ is therefore critical that the IMF's primary goal payers and public officials the economic con­ should be to stabilize currencies. Surely, halting the precipitous decline of Asian, and sequences of not supporting the IMF. If the agreement should be reached to avoid com­ other regions', currencies. Continued currency IMF does not intervene, U.S. taxpayers, busi­ petitive devaluations that will further desta­ depreciation will only exacerbate the deterio­ ness and labor will face serious con­ bilize the international financial and trading rating Asian domestic economies. Inevitably, sequences: further falling Asian currencies systems. that pain will spread to our own economy, in and a further rising U.S. dollar; a still greater 2. The IMF must also seek vast improve­ the form of lost export sales and investments, tide of imports and larger trade deficits; and ments in the financial seNices sectors of market turmoil, and increased unemployment. further falling stock-market prices, affecting countries using IMF Stand-By instruments. Absent intervention, competitive devaluations pensions, savings, consumer behavior, etc. The IMF should seek agreement from the af­ are much more likely to occur, doing further Critics of the IMF-including both Demo­ fected countries to reform the laws and regula­ damage to the global trading system. If we are crats and Republicans in Congress-also con­ tions governing their domestic financial institu­ to protect that system, currency stabilization­ tend that IMF programs are "excessively aus­ tions so that they meet generally accepted and even appreciation of some of these cur­ tere," with harsh impacts on citizens; that IMF international standards. This would include rencies, which have plunged to all time lows program results are questionable, since coun­ laws to ensure adequate capital and reserves, against the dollar-is an imperative. tries return to the IMF for repeated reform ef­ adequate oversight, and standards for trans­ Inaction also carries the risk of spreading forts; and that IMF programs lack discernible parency. Lack of transparency is a contributing economic upheaval to other regions, including development progress. Some of these criti­ factor to the current Asian crisis-making un­ Latin America, Russia, and Eastern Europe. cisms are warranted. But legitimate complaints available accurate debt data, information re­ Many of these countries are already struggling can be lodged against almost any institution. A garding conglomerate-banking ties, etc. to maintain economic growth and stability. In narrow focus on these problems ignores the I offer one caveat regarding this element of many cases, they have initiated reforms with stark reality that we need some international conditionality, however. We must demand sig­ IMF assistance, and are making serious institution to cope with stresses in the global nificant improvement in the operation of finan­ progress. The spread of the Asian financial financial system, and we need that institution cial institutions in the affected countries. How­ turmoil could prove enormously costly to them now. ever, we should not require troubled institu­ as well. The IMF may not be a perfect tool, but it is tions to improve totally and immediately-or Inaction carries the risk not only of eco­ the only tool we have. It needs fixing , but not die. Nor should we judge the success of a re­ nomic turmoil, but of significant social and po­ junking. And we cannot fix the problems of the form program by the number of institutions litical disruption. To a limited extent, this has IMF in the midst of a crisis. We must use the closed. Such shock therapy could lead to a already begun. A further economic free-fall IMF as constructively as possible to respond country's economic convulsion. What we do could precipitate political and social chaos. to the crisis in the short term. As the crisis need is deliberate speed. And we need signifi­ The social impact of declining economies is abates, we can then accelerate the discussion cant, measurable and constant improvement most severe, not on the affluent or well-con­ and debate about the nature of the institutional leading in a short but reasonable period of nected, but on the middle-class and poor. To changes that might be necessary in today's time to the standards we agree upon. be sure, inappropriately austere economic sta­ global economy. 3. The economies of these countries must bilization programs-whether IMF-sponsored The United States' responsibility does not be open. The IMF must insist on economic re­ or not-can also hurt a broad spectrum of so­ end with its participation in resolving the cur­ forms that open economies to both internal ciety, bringing lost jobs, closed businesses, rent crisis. We must continue to exert our in­ and external competition. Assisted countries higher interest rates, and lost purchasing fluence and leadership among the 182 coun­ must be open to competition, trade, invest­ power. But allowing an economy spiraling tries of the IMF. As the world's largest econ­ ment, and capital flows-domestically and downward to take its natural course without omy, greatest military power, and foreign-pol­ internationally. Small domestic businesses and remedial action could cause far, far greater icy leader, the United States has the potential international companies must not be excluded hardship. to use both its voice and its vote to make the from open market competition because of col­ The final risk of inaction is the unacceptable IMF a more effective international institution in lusion among conglomerates, governments, abrogation of U.S. influence and leadership in the new century. But the United States cannot and financing institutions. The use of overt Asia. The United States has argued that its expect to shape an institution we abandon at trade and investment barriers, or indirect regu­ geo-political and economic interests lie in con- the first sign of crisis. latory schemes, to exclude outside competition January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 161 must not be tolerated. The IMF should insist else. And that is understandable. It simply and the depreciating currencies that accom­ on fundamental reforms that create the envi­ does not appear fair or legitimate to use IMF pany it will ultimately have an adverse impact ronment for open and fair competition. resources to hold banks and investors harm­ on U.S. exports, increase the trade deficit, and Moreover, the U.S. should insist that the less, or to shield them from the consequences put a brake on the economic growth we have IMF put maximum pressure on other industrial of poor judgment in loans and investments. been experiencing, all to the potential dis­ countries to import more from Asia during this · To a certain extent, assisting creditors is in­ advantage of U.S. firms. It is in the business crisis. The U.S. cannot be expected to sub­ herent in any policy of intervention. However, community's interest to get this crisis under stantially increase its imports unless others historically, the United States has insisted that control, and the Administration should seek are willing to bear a comparable burden. creditors sustain meaningful sacrifices or strong and visible business support in that ef­ 4. The economic prescriptions for each losses as part of any rescue package, whether fort. That support must be significant, it must country must be appropriate to each country. in the New York City rescue, the Chrysler loan be broad-based, and it must be now-before One size will not fit all. The IMF has been criti­ guarantee, the Brady bonds, etc. Brady bonds, opposition to IMF funding grows. cized by both the left and the right for impos­ e.g., were deeply discounted in the secondary The Administration must also reach out to ing draconian fiscal policies and conditions markets. labor-either for overt support, or at least ac­ that hurt the citizens of the country who are This is where the IMF can be very useful. quiescence. Labor has a divided approach to least able to cope with the consequences. The Fund can and should play a legitimate the IMF with respect to the Asia crisis. In the These are difficult judgment calls. Sometimes, role as intermediary in private-sector creditor­ short term, labor is concerned that currency the IMF-imposed conditions have been well debtor discussions. The IMF has the capac­ depreciation will cause export "dumping" in advised; other times, they may have been ity-and experience-to serve as a facilitator the U.S. as the only healthy economy that can misguided. Each country must be dealt with and honest broker during debt negotiations. take more goods. The U.S. trade deficit could differently. Nor would this be a new role for the Fund. soar to $300 billion this year as a result of the Thailand was to have a budget surplus of 1 During the 1980's debt reschedulings with currency crisis. As we have seen with the percent of GOP by the end of March 1998, but Latin America, the IMF did help broker the weakening Japanese yen, the U.S. auto indus­ the continued decline of the baht forced Thai terms of the deals. In a situation such as try has suffered: Ford's sales to Japan have authorities to request adjustment of this IMF Asia's, the IMF could play a similar role. In dropped 40 percent. condition. Similarly, fiscal conditionality re­ fact, public statements of support for that con­ U.S. labor wants the IMF to stabilize cur­ quired Indonesia to reach a budget surplus of cept would assist countries, such as Korea, at­ rencies as a means to avoid job losses result­ 1-1.5 percent of GOP and a current-account tempting to guarantee future loans. The appli­ ing from trade imbalances. The Administration deficit reduced to 2 percent of GOP. This re­ cation of this policy could significantly mitigate must demonstrate to labor that it understands quirement was changed to a budget deficit of the "moral hazard" of intervention; and also these concerns. It must publicly exhort other 1-1.5 percent in the agreement most recently help in garnering political support for U.S. par­ nations to accept Asian imports as well. The announced by IMF Managing Director ticipation in the IMF. Administration must also make clear to labor Camdessus on January 15. In Indonesia, the In the 1980s, I proposed establishing an that it will enforce U.S. trade laws and support IMF admitted in a confidential report on Janu­ International Debt Management Facility, and "escape clause" action that would provide re­ ary 13 that its tactics-in this case, 16 bank included it as part of the Omnibus Trade Act lief in the form of temporary tariffs or quotas closings-backfired, and deepened rather than of 1986. Unfortunately, President Reagan ve­ if imports in particular industries flood the U.S. helped the crisis. toed that bill, in part because of that provision. market. Labor has a different outlook on the IMF in When developing fiscal requirements as part The concept would have allowed for voluntary regard to medium-term issues, however. It op­ of the IMF conditionality, one formula cannot disposition by creditors of loans to heavily in­ poses what it views as extreme IMF-imposed fit all countries. And the Asian case differs debted sovereign borrowers in a way that austerity that slows down economies, closes from most previous IMF Stand-By situations in would enable purchase at a discount in sec­ businesses, and creates mass unemployment that public profligacy has largely not been the ondary markets. It may be timely to inject the in societies. U.S. workers ultimately suffer source of the problem. Most governments principles of this original proposal into a new when U.S. businesses lose overseas con­ have maintained a reasonable balance be­ role for the IMF as a de facto referee in bank­ tracts, exports dwindle, and stock markets fall. tween expenditures and revenues. ruptcy-a facilitator of a rearrangement of the Already, the U.S. has lost orders-Boeing had Under such circumstances, the IMF must be debtor-creditor relationship. four aircraft canceled-and Stone and Web­ careful not to impose tax increases or budget POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE IMF-HrGH ster Engineering had their contract for a refin­ cuts that are not warranted. Although some of­ LEVEL OUTSIDE EFFORT REQUIRED ery project in Indonesia canceled. U.S. labor ficials may characterize a budget surplus re­ In the current political environment, it will must be assured of our government's commit­ quirement of 1.5 percent of GOP as "modest," not be easy to pass legislation that provides ment to help find the proper balance between the impact on citizens could be considerable. new funding for the IMF. To accomplish this, necessary reform and continued economic ex­ Consider the impact of cutting the U.S. budget I believe that the White House must launch a pansion. deficit by 1.5 percent of GOP in five months. concentrated political effort, as it has in past The Administration must also take a more I doubt that we could comply, economically, high-profile and critical legislative efforts. Emi­ active and high-profile role in promoting inter­ socially, or politically. nent persons of both Democratic and Repub­ national labor standards. To be sure, the Clin­ We must all keep in mind that economies lican backgrounds should co-chair a campaign ton Administration has done more than past exist for people, not the other way around. to pass IMF funding legislation. If possible, in­ Administrations to promote international labor The IMF should be especially cautious about dividuals such as former Treasury Secretaries rights. But it has not done nearly enough. The imposing fiscal constraints on a government James Baker, Nicholas Brady, Lloyd Bentsen Administration should be promoting inter­ when the "fiscal imprudence" has been cen­ and William Miller might be appropriate can­ national labor rights in every forum possible, tered in the private sector, not only in the didates. and at every opportunity. countries needing IMF support, but in the pri­ REACHING OUT TO BOTH BUSINESS AND LABOR I believe that we must either help the people vate financial sectors outside that country, FOR SUPPORT of the world bring their standards up, or their whether in Japan and Germany-whose As part of its concentrated effort, the Admin­ lower standards will eventually bring ours banks are most exposed in Asia-or in the istration must reach out to both the business down. For that very reason, commitment to an United States. and labor communities. improvement of international labor standards 5. Finally, existing creditors should be ex­ The deteriorating economies of Asia will is essential if we are to achieve any domestic pected to bear an appropriate financial bur­ necessarily impact U.S. corporations and the political support for either the IMF or future den. While the U.S. cannot and should not at­ economic climate in which they operate. Many trade agreements. tempt to legislate those IMF requirements, U.S. companies are already reducing their In pressing this issue, however, the U.S. nonetheless that should be the policy of both earnings projections because of anticipated would have far greater credibility if we first the U.S. and IMF. Public perception that IMF fall-out from the Asia situation. ratified more of the International Labor Organi­ assistance will privatize creditors' profits and Countries in Asia that are currently in crisis zation's Conventions. The ILO has adopted socialize their losses will erode public and both buy U.S. products and services, and 175 Conventions; the United States has rati­ Congressional support faster than anything compete to provide them. Economic instability fied but 11 . All but one of the 11 relates to 162 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 technical or maritime issues. By comparison, share a common bond of great respect for bedside. But as it became painfully clear that the typical member of the European Union has their "boss" for his unparalleled service to his the end was near, Tony kept his love of life ratified 70 ILO Conventions. At a minimum, constituents, his skilled mastery of the legisla­ and sense of humor until the very end. the President should propose that Congress tive process, and for his dedicated mission to He explained to me what would happen if all ratify those Conventions relating to employ­ provide a better standard of living for Pennsyl­ politicians and leaders had received the same ment discrimination, child labor, the right to or­ vania and for the United States of America. diagnosis he had. It would be amazing how ganize, and the right to bargain collectively. If He is a leader of the first order whose ideas quickly the mountains we've built between our­ the Administration demonstrated its commit­ are clear and whose goals remain constant. selves would come down. We'd realize that ment to international labor standards through He is a man whose strength sustains his col­ the important things-family, community, specific strong actions, it would be better able leagues and those staffers who have served friends-really outshine everything else. to persuade labor to support its effort to fund him throughout these past twenty five years of Tony's words are an important lesson for us the International Monetary Fund and future American history. all. trade agreements. Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu­ His memory will continue to live in each of CONCLUSION lating Congressman BuD SHUSTER , a native us and grow stronger as the days go by. The It is no exaggeration to say that the U.S. re­ son of Pennsylvania, on his twenty five years greatest tribute we can pay to this man is to action to the Asia crisis and to the IMF's of excellent service in Congress. care for our community, to fulfill our civic du­ pressing needs will be a defining moment in ties, love and support our families, and to un­ our global economic and political leadership. If derstand his lesson. we behave as we did when the League of Na­ TRIBUTE TO TONY GRIFFIN Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues tions was being formed-hold back, quibble today to share with me in recognizing the ac­ about the fine points, and eventually refuse to HON. FRED UPTON complishments of a dear friend, Tony Griffin. participate-we risk the same result. We may OF MICHIGAN again see the fatal crippling of an international IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHALLENGING WARD VALLEY institution that is currently essential to the eco­ Tuesday , January 27, 1998 RADIOACTIVE DUMP nomic and political functioning of an increas­ Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy ingly interdependent world. heart that I rise today to pay tribute to a great It is not just U.S. leadership in the abstract HON. GEORGE MILLER journalist, a community leader, a dear friend, that is at stake. If the U.S. does not respond OF CALll~ORNIA but most importantly of all , a father and be­ pro-actively and responsibly to this crisis, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES loved husband. economic well-being of U.S., Asian and other Tony Griffin succumbed to cancer on De­ Tuesday , January 27, 1998 countries' citizens will be put in serious jeop­ cember 30, 1997 only a few weeks after being ardy as the global economic climate deterio­ Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, diagnosed. It is rare that a single voice makes rates. We live in an interdependent global along with Senator BARBARA BOXER and oth­ such an impact on so many people, in so economy in which the economic crises of ers in California, I have long been raising many different ways. But Tony Griffin was just other countries cannot be neatly compartmen­ strong concerns about Ward Valley, the pro­ such an outstanding individual. talized and held at bay. posed nuclear waste dump being promoted for As news and public affairs director at Politically, philosophically and practically, southern California. Not only are there serious WMUK in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he was all a the U.S. and its citizens have a great deal to questions about the environmental safety of reporter should be-aggressive, accurate and lose if we permit regional economic problems the proposed facility, but now legitimate ques­ fair. An alumnus of Western Michigan Univer­ to reverberate around the globe unaddressed. tions have been raised about whether the sity, Tony returned home to his alma mater to It is incumbent upon this country's political, dump is really required at all. work at the university's National Public Radio business and labor leadership to do everything Interior Secretary Babbitt and Deputy Sec­ station. possible to ensure the situation does not dete­ He would have celebrated his 25th retary Garamendi have been taking the pru­ service anniversary with the station riorate to that point. in March dent approach, ordering additional environ­ of this year. mental reviews based on credible questions Under his direction, WMUK won a wall full about the potential leakage of highly radio­ TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE BUD of prestigious awards, including recognition by active wastes that could transmigrate and con­ SHUSTER the Voice of America, Michigan Associated taminate the Colorado River. Nuclear waste Press, the Public Radio News Directors, and experts have declared that there is no need to HON. JOHN P. MURTHA the Michigan Bar Association. build expensive new waste dumps as there is OF PENNSYLVANIA He built his career and reputation as a dog­ adequate storage capacity for low level wastes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ged, shrewd journalist. A healthy dose of in existing facilities. skepticism coupled with voracious appetite for Tuesday , January 27, 1998 The pressure to move forward is coming the truth wrapped around a sharp wit and al­ from Governor Wilson of California and sev­ Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ways generous laugh. But the Tony we all eral of the industries that are also adamant pay tribute to my fellow Pennsylvanian, col­ knew and loved was more than just a jour­ about building Ward Valley. But even execu­ league and good friend , Congressman BuD nalist. tives of the company that wants to build and SHUSTER, on the occasion of his twenty-fifth Tony took time-out on the other side of the operate Ward Valley have told numerous con­ year of excellent service in the United States microphone to serve his community. He lent gressional staffs that there is no national ca­ House of Representatives as the Representa­ his enormous skills and energies to the local pacity shortage for low level nuclear wastes. tive of the good people of the Ninth Congres­ Red Cross, Van Buren County Community Public opinion in California is growing in op­ sional District of Pennsylvania. BuD was vic­ Corrections, and a host of other organizations position to the Ward Valley facility. I hope that torious in seeking his first term of office in No­ dedicated to improving the quality of life in the my colleagues will read the editorial from the vember 1972 and the rest is history. As presi­ Kalamazoo area. He truly cared about the Contra Costa Times of January 26 that rightly dent of the Freshman Class of 1973, BUD community he represented. calls for caution before proceeding with this SHUSTER brought to Congress his vision of Tony's leadership and dedication will be costly and potentially hazardous facility. economic prosperity for Central Pennsylvania missed in each of these roles-but not nearly and a true commitment to the nation's infra­ as much as in his most important one. Tony [From the Contra Costa Times, Jan. 26, 1998] structure. To this end, he has been the prin­ leaves behind a wonderful wife and beautiful U SE CAUTION IN THE DESER'l' cipal author of much of America's transpor­ daughter. Over the years, my family grew Neither Gov. Wilson nor anti-nuclear ac­ tation legislation. On January 4, 1995, BuD be­ close to Tony's. Our daughters are just a few tivists likes the idea of more testing at Ward Valley. But the Interior Department's plan came Chairman of the Transportation & Infra­ years apart. We spent a great deal of time to find out just how dangerous radioactive structure Committee, the largest committee in talking about the joys of fatherhood and our wastes are to the water supply m erely makes the U.S. Congress. hopes and dreams for our daughters. good sense. I am honored to join in making this tribute Shortly before Tony passed away, the two The Interior Department last week ap­ his Congressional Staff, past and present, who of us had an unforgettable discussion at his proved the tests at Ward Valley, a 1000-acre January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 163 stretch of desert in the Mojave Desert, 20 Even Louis Freeh, a former federal judge campaign. Yet Ms. Reno focused only on the miles west of the Colorado River and the who is Ms. Reno's FBI director, urged the at­ telephones. Her unfortunate decision left the town of Needles. For more than a decade torney general in effect to take off her polit­ American people with no confidence that the there have been plans to dispose of so-called ical blinders and acknowledge the appear­ fund-raising scandal will ever be subjected to "low-level" radioactive wastes on 80 acres at ance of wrongdoing. the scrutiny it deserves. the site. The waste would come from Cali­ Ms. Reno chose to focus on campaign fund­ fornia, Arizona and North and South Dakota. raising phone calls that President Clinton Low-level wastes include irradiated mice and Vice President Gore made from the A SALUTE TO ADMIRAL MARSHA and gloves from research hospitals and phar­ White House. She said the money raised by EVANS maceutical laboratories. There have been re­ those calls did not go directly to the Clinton­ ports that Ward Valley also would get worn Gore 1996 re-election campaign. Her tortured out parts from nuclear power plants, and ma­ reasoning is that the money went to the HON. SAM FARR terials with a "half-life" of 24,000 years. Cur­ Democratic National Committee for general OF CALIFORNIA rently nuclear waste is shipped for disposal political use and, therefore, was not covered IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES at the nation's three dumps in Utah and by the law prohibiting candidates from rais­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 South Carolina. ing campaign funds on federal property. Before the dump can be approved, and What about DNC documents indicating Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise used, the federal government must turn over that significant chunks of the money Gore today to pay tribute to Rear Admiral Marsha J. the land to the state government. The Clin­ raised were transferred to his campaign? Evans, a remarkable woman who served for ton administration has balked from the start Never mind, says Ms. Reno; the vice presi­ at doing this, citing safety concerns. The the past two years as Superintendent of the dent didn't know about that. Even on the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Cali­ Colorado River, they note, is a drinking narrow grounds that Ms. Reno used as a source for millions of people. basis for her decision, her judgment is sus­ fornia before her recent retirement from the Wilson claims enough tests have been run pect. U.S. Navy. and that the site is safe. Clinton, noting An independent counsel-not a Clinton ap­ Admiral Evans has accumulated a long and leaks at dumps in Nevada, wants to be sure. pointee-ought to determine what the vice distinguished military career. In addition to her His administration particularly wants to be president knew. position as Superintendent, Admiral Evans' convinced that the waste won't leach into By limiting her attention to the narrow leadership experience includes command of groundwater 650 feet below the surface, and issue of the White House telephones, Ms. the Naval Station at Treasure Island, Com­ thence to the river. That is what the new Reno ignored Clinton's role in coffees, tests would ascertain. mander of Navy Recruiting Command, interim While the discussion over safety has been sleepovers and the vast web of donors set up director of the Marshall European Center for burbling, information has surfaced that by John Haung, Charlie Trie and other operatives with ties to the Lippo group and Security Studies, Executive Officer at Recruit there may no longer be a need for Ward Val­ Training Command, and Commanding Officer ley, or for similar sites proposed for Ne­ the government of China. She ignored the videotape on which Clin­ at the Naval Technical Training Center. She braska, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. A has also served at the Defense Intelligence study by University of Nebraska economist ton explained to donors how they could get Gregory Hayden asserts that there has been around limitations on direct contributions Agency, the Office of the Chief of Naval Oper­ a 16-year decline in the volume of low level by giving unlimited amounts to the DNC. ations; and the office of the Commander in nuclear waste being disposed of in current Ms. Reno may be the only person in the na­ Chief of U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Her exten­ dumps, and that their profitability would be tion who still believes that the Clinton-Gore sive government experience includes serving campaign kept its required legal distance threatened by Ward Valley. Some proponents as executive secretary and special assistant of the dump have questioned Hayden's re­ from the DNC. Ms. Reno also ignored serious allegations for the Secretary of the Treasury under Presi­ search. dent Carter, and serving as Deputy Director of In addition, new technology allowing for of wrongdoing involving the White House wastes to be compressed has increased stor­ China connection. There are indications that the President Reagan's Commission on White age capacity at Utah and South Carolina. the Chinese government had a purpose in House Fellowships. Given all these questions, it is hardly out using Huang, among others, to make illegal Admiral Evans was not only a pioneer for of line to let the new tests proceed. And campaign contributions to the Clinton-Gore women in the military, but a strong advocate while the tests are going forth, Sen. Dianne re-election campaign. Someone needs to find for the needs and concerns of women. In ad­ Feinstein, the California Democrat who is out what the Chinese expected in return. dition to being the first (?) woman to reach the the desert's greatest friend in Congress, has Chinese intelligence agents boasted about "thwarting" a Senate investigation headed rank of Admiral, she was also the first female called for studies to see if Ward Valley is surface assignments officer in the Bureau of necessary at all. That, too, is prudent, before by Tennessee Republican Fred Thompson, the state spends a ton of money developing who had set out to expose Chinese involve­ Naval Personnel. She was also active in gen­ it. ment in the '96 campaign. Lack of coopera­ der-related issues, having served as Executive Ward Valley may yet end up as a site for tion by the White House, the FBI and the Director of Standing Committee on Military disposing of nuclear waste. If it does, let's Justice Department foiled the Thompson and Civilian Women in the Navy, chairing the make sure that the materials to be deposited committee's inquiry. Women Midshipmen Study Group in the there pose no threat. Twenty-four thousand Yet Ms. Reno sees no need for independent 1980's, and serving on the 1987 Navy's Wom­ review- no need, apparently, to look at other years is a long time for a water supply to be en's Study. contaminated. serious allegations, including: Whether the DNC arranged illegal foreign In September 1995, the Naval Postgraduate donations to then-Teamsters President Ron School was fortunate to have Admiral Evans FUND-RAISING SCANDAL Carey in return for the Teamsters' financial appointed as Superintendent, and she did not and political support of Clinton-Gore '96. disappoint. Under her leadership, the school Whether the White House shook down In­ further strengthened and developed its aca­ HON. DOUG BEREUTER dian tribes in Oklahoma seeking the return demic mission. It began exploring important OF NEBRASKA of tribal lands and overturned Interior De­ new fields, such as how to prevent and con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES partment approval of an Indian casino tain the use of weapons of mass destruction, Tuesday, January 27, 1998 project along the Wisconsin-Minnesota bor­ der because tribes that already operated ca­ and expanded such programs as its success­ Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this Member sinos in the area gave the DNC $300,000. ful international officer exchange program at would ask his colleagues to consider carefully Whether the DNC funneled $32 million to the Center for Civil-Military Relations. the following editorial from the December 4, state parties with orders to spend it on the Most recently, under Admiral Evans' direc­ 1997, edition of the Omaha World-Herald, en­ Clinton-Gore campaign, thereby exceeding tion the Naval Postgraduate School hosted a titled "Probe of Fund-Raising Scandal Snuffed federal campaign spending limits. military-wide conference on Professional Mili­ on Narrowest Grounds." Whether Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary tary Education, which successfully brought to­ met with a delegation of Chinese business­ gether leading military and civilian educators PROBE OF FUND-RAISING SCANDAL SNUFFED men in return for a $25,000 contribution to ON NARROWEST GROUNDS the charity of her choice. and policy-makers from around the country to Attorney General Janet Reno used aston­ Until The Washington Post wrote about it, discuss how best to educate our soldiers to ishingly narrow grounds to excuse her deci­ Ms. Reno's staff did not know that money fight the conflicts of the future. sion not to seek an independent counsel in raised from the vice president's office had Admiral Evans is a remarkable leader and the White House fund-raising scandal. been spent directly on the vice president's pioneer, and I am sorry to see her depart as 164 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate over who have little or no insurance. She has HONORING SHIRLEY GRALLA School. The Navy is losing a fine officer and also been personally involved in fighting dis­ outstanding individual, and her presence will crimination, founding the YWCA Racial Justice be greatly missed. I wish her the best in her Committee and courageously offering space in HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN new endeavors, and urge other young, aspir­ the YWCA to the Gay and Bisexual Youth OF NEW YORK ing women and men in the military to look to services organization. IN T HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT IVES Admiral Evans' great service as a model for These accomplishments alone are worthy of success and leadership. high praise, but Susan Gaska's efforts have Tuesday, January 27, 1998 extended into the political realm as well. More Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today than 216 women have graduated from the In­ to join with my constituents and the friends TRIBUTE TO SUSAN GASKA stitute for Public Leadership, designed by and family of the Milton and Shirley Gralla Susan to teach political skills to women. family as they come together to celebrate HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE Twenty-three of the Institute's graduates have Shirley being awarded an honorary doctorate OF NEW YORK won public office and many more are likely to of humane letters from Yeshiva University. do so IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the years do come. Shirley Gralla's story is that of a child of I am pleased to join the YWCA and the peo­ Eastern European Jewish immigrant parents Tuesday , Januar y 27, 1998 ple of Western New York to honor the extraor­ who came to America. Through her many tal­ Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to dinary career of Susan Gaska, a women who ents, keen insight and most compassionate salute the outstanding career and accomplish­ made a difference in our community and in the nature, Shirley has succeeded in giving aid ments of Susan Gaska who · is retiring after lives of countless young women who came to and hope to those people seeking to come to thirteen years as Chief Executive Officer of the the Y for help. She helped to change their America and experience the blessings of free­ Western New York chapter of the Young lives and our community for the better. In dom and prosperity that she has experienced. Women's Christian Association. Ms. Gaska's short, Susan has shown us what good works For more than a decade Shirley Gralla has many years of service have had a profound can be accomplished with vision, commitment, been recognized as an international leader in effect not only on the YWCA but on the entire and leadership, Mr. Speaker, I commend the assisting refugee families trapped in the Western New York Community. career and achievement of Susan Gaska to former Soviet Union. More recently, Shirley Through her diligent, forthright leadership, the attention of all Members of the House. Gralla has become immersed in a comprehen­ Susan brought the YWCA from the brink of sive approach to provide Jewish education bankruptcy in 1986 to a full service organiza­ and communal services for such refugee fami­ tion with a $5 million operating budget in TRIBUTE TO PATTY BRISSENDEN lies in the United States. 1998. Although this is a remarkable accom­ plishment in itself, it tells only part of the story. HON. SAM FARR Mrs. Gralla has striven mightily to provide The YWCA of Western New York was es­ OF CALIFORNIA the emotional stability and compassion these tablished in 1870 and traditionally served the IN T HE HO USE OF R EPRESENTATIVES people need to establish new and successful community as a temporary shelter for women . Tuesday, January 27, 1998 lives in America. In conjunction with her hus­ band Milton, a Trustee of Yeshiva University, But, Susan Gaska envisioned a YWCA that Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mrs. Gralla has initiated a "Celebration of Reli­ would empower women who are struggling today to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of Patty gious Freedom," enabling Soviet Jewish cou­ with domestic violence, single parenthood, and Brissenden. I have personally known Patty for · ples who have immigrated to the United illness by giving them long-term solutions to 17 years. Patty was one of my first employees States to be remarried in traditional religious immediate problems such as child care, hous­ when I was elected to the California State As­ ing, and health care. To that end Susan has ceremonies denied them under the Com­ sembly in 1980. Her energy, dedication and munist regime. These ceremonies have taken been in the forefront of developing workable follow-through on issues in Santa Cruz county place throughout the United States as well as solutions to these difficult problems that so were invaluable. Canada and Israel. many women face every day. Having seen first hand her charismatic dedi­ Thanks to seven years of coalition building, cation, it was not surprising that she was ac­ Shirley Gralla has consistently demonstrated fund-raising, needs assessment and planning tive in many issues. During her time with me that she can not only develop dynamic and under Susan's leadership the YWCA now pro­ Patty successfully worked on organic food leg­ fa~-reaching programs, but also roll up her vides safe, affordable day care to over 1 ,000 islation, steel jaw traps legislation, extended sleeves and join in making things happen. In children per day. Three notable day care clin­ Medi-Cal for individuals with Multiple Scle­ 1985, with her husband Milton, they spon­ ics have been established, one each at the rosis, elders in residence at U.C. Santa Cruz, sored a "Freedom Flight" of Soviet Jews from County and State Supreme Court building, petition to ban off shore oil , and highway 17 Bucharest to Israel and personally accom­ and at Erie County Medical and Children's safety barriers. In the office Patty set high panied these refugees aboard the plane. As Hospital. These centers grant mothers peace standards for responsiveness, casework man­ more and more Eastern European Jewish of mind, secure in the knowledge that their agement, and office outreach. emigres obtained their freedom through the children are safe and well cared for. Patty organized the Bill Clinton/A! Gore demise of the Soviet Union, Mrs. Gralla has In addition, the YWCA has become an inno­ (1992 and 1996) presidential campaign for Al­ extended her efforts and resources to assist vator in establishing the first transitional hous­ pine County and co-founded the Sierra Ne­ and help stabilize these people through edu­ ing program in our area. This program helps vada Alliance. As an owner of Sorensen's Re­ cational support programs at Yeshiva Univer­ move women who are victims of domestic sort in Hope Valley, in the Sierra Nevadas, sity and elsewhere. The Grallas have recently abuse from shelters to apartments operated Patty has helped transform the former road­ en<;iowed a scholarship fund at Yeshiva Uni­ by the YWCA, on a case-managed basis. side inn to a widely-acclaimed travel destina­ versity for such students. In addition, Mrs. Susan has also worked to secure government tion. She is a frequent presenter at the profes­ Gralla and her husband have become Yeshiva funds to turn former school 42 in Buffalo into sional Association of Innkeepers International University Benefactors by endowing the Gralla a multi-generational, multicultural facility. That on topics of eco-tourism, health care, and des­ Family Research Center for Brain Disorders at building has been renovated to accommodate tination marketing. the University's Albert Einstein College of 65 low-income housing units designed for sen­ Patty and I remain friends and she con­ Medicine. ior citizens, as well as space for elder care, tinues to work with me on issues such as; log­ It is in the truest tradition of our great coun­ child care and much-needed after school pro­ ging, tourism, environment, and conservation. try that we give of ourselves freely to assist grams. In all of her efforts, Patty demonstrates com­ others. Shirley Gralla has taken this timeless Susan also took the initiative to help estab­ passion, advocacy for the individual in need, a tradition and filled the lives of countless peo­ lish EncorePius, a no-cost recovery program sense of justice and the understanding that ple with love, hope, stability and a realization for women diagnosed with breast or cervical problems can be solved by bringing diverse that even in the darkest moments of one's cancer. In addition, working with local hos­ groups together to work on a solution. Today being there will always be hope. Mr. Speaker, pitals, Susan was able to establish free diag­ I celebrate Patty's 50th birthday by wishing I ask my colleagues to rise with me in hon­ nostic exams for those women aged 40 and her continued happiness and success. oring this great woman. January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 165 TRIBUTE TO SANTO SCRUF ARI wife, Charlene, for a happy, healthy, and well­ I was privileged to begin my career in Con­ deserved retirement. gress as a member of the Subcommittee on HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE Oversight and Investigations of what was then OF NEW YORK the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ TRIBUTE TO HOWARD MARCUS merce. John Moss chaired that Subcommittee. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He taught us all what tough, fair, tenacious, Tuesday, January 27, 1998 HON. SAM FARR and totally professional investigatory work Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF CALIFORNIA could be. He used his power to make Govern­ pay special tribute to a great Western New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment programs and bureaucracy do what they Yorker, Santo Salvatore Scrufari. As a laborer, Tuesday, January 27, 1998 were supposed to do: carry out the laws and carpenter, foreman, and superintendent, Santo serve the public. And he did it whether the has played a critical role in enriching the econ­ Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise cause was popular or not, embarassing to the omy of Western New York. As an active mem­ today to honor a man who devoted his life to Administration or his own party or not, whether ber and an officer of Local 280 of the United this country, his community, and his family. he had to stand alone or not. Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Howard Marcus's commitment to service I particularly remember some of the early America since 1964, Santo has spent decades began when he joined Peace Corps and con­ work he did around the issues of nursing helping his fellow union members and improv­ tinued throughout his life with an active in­ home conditions, unnecessary surgery, and ing the lives of working families throughout the volvement in local sports. He was a coach, a abuses by prepaid health plans. They were region. And finally, as my cousin, Santo has fundraiser, and a friend. trailblazers. Howard was a partner with Newman & proven to be a trusted friend and family mem­ We all know of the commitment and Marcus & Clarenback, Attorneys at Law. He achievements of John Moss to open up gov­ ber. ernment information to ordinary citizens The new year marked the retirement of obtained his law degree from the Brooklyn through the Freedom of Information Act. We Santo Scrufari, bringing to a close over 35 Law School, and his undergraduate degree know of his achievements in the fields of prod­ years of distinguished service. Santo's career from Hofstra University. He has served the uct safety and consumer protection. But per­ began in 1962, as a laborer for the Scrufari ·community in innumerable ways for the past haps not so widely known is the influence his Construction Company. Between 1962 and twenty years. Howard was a Peace Corps volunteer in example and integrity had on so many other 1970, he quickly moved through the ranks, be­ Colombia from 1967-68, where he devoted a Members and staff. Mike Lemov, who served coming an apprentice carpenter, then grad­ year of his life to helping the poor help them­ as his Chief Counsel on Oversight, said re­ uating to journeyman carpenter, and finally be­ selves. Howard's service will be always be re­ cently in a tribute to his Chairman that John coming a carpenter foreman. In 1970, Santo membered in Colombia by those he touched. Moss invariably championed the underdog, moved to the Smith Brothers Construction We on the Central Coast will forever remem­ and relished uphill fights. And that sums him Company, where he served · as a super­ ber and be thankful for the influence his serv­ up as well as any words could. He was in intendent through 1979. Finally, Santo served ice had on him. As happens with most Peace many ways, for so many of us, the conscience as a general superintendent for the Peter Corps Volunteers, Howard returned to the of the House. Scrufari Company from 1979 through 1984. United States with a renewed and much more If it needed to be done for the little guy, he These positions allowed Santo to play an was ready to do it. If he needed to take on big important role in the construction or renovation ardent desire to help his fellow human and make a difference in the community in which business or big government, the Defense De­ of several major projects in our community. partment or the drug companies, he was These building projects, which have all had a he lived. Howard was the author of "Basketball Ba­ there. And he did it with thorough, effective, major impact on Western New York, include sics", which was written from his love for the untiring work. the North Tonawanda Library, Niagara Univer­ I consider myself lucky to have had the op­ sport. Howard was recently head coach for the sity, the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, the portunity to serve with him. He has been gone Soquel High School and Branciforte Jr. High Wheatfield Salvage Treatment Plant, the from this House for many years, but the public School basketball teams, and a mentor to the Channel 29 TV Station, and several malls, de­ that he championed continues to benefit be­ students that he coached. He provided them partments stores, and supermarkets. cause of his work and accomplishments. We But this tells only part of the Santo Scrufari with basic skills, but more importantly, he gave would all be proud to leave such a legacy. story, for he has also been an active and influ­ them a sense of pride and self-esteem. Howard, a sports enthusiast, planned many ential union member for well over 30 years. of the fund-raising events for local sports. He Santo first joined Local 280 of the United A TRIBUTE TO COLONEL ILA was an active member of the booster club and Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of METTEE-MCCUTCHON helped get financing for the all-weather track America in September 1964, and quickly dis­ at Soquel High School. He also founded the tinguished himself as a champion of workers' HON. SAM FARR Santa Cruz Track Club, where he coached, rights. Throughout his tenure as a proud union OF CALIFORNIA and helped organize the wharf-to-wharf race man, Santo held numerous positions of great IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which helps sponsor high school sports activi­ importance to the union and its members. Tuesday, January 27, 1998 ties. From serving as Secretary of the Apprentice­ Howard will be missed by all those who ad­ Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask ship Committee, then as Vice President, and mired and loved him. His community benefited my colleagues to pay tribute to Colonel lla finally as President of Local 280, Santo has greatly from his unique ability to coach and to Mettee-McCutchon, the Commander of the touched the lives of hundreds of workers and, care. Our hearts go out to the Marcus Family. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language in turn, their families. Center and Presidio of Monterey, and Com­ Santo's union service culminated in 1996, mandant of DLIFLC, on the occasion of her when he was appointed as the Director of TRIBUTE TO JOHN E. MOSS retirement from the U.S. Army. Colonel Construction Organizing for the Western New Mettee-McCutchon has been an inspiration to York Regional Council of the Carpenters HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN all during her 26-year career in the armed Union. In this and all other positions that OF CALIFORNIA forces, and her positions of successive com­ Santo has held, he has proven to be a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mand only further confirm her valued leader­ staunch defender of workplace fairness and ship within the Army and of the respect shown safety, and other fundamental worker rights Tuesday, January 27, 1998 to her by the men and women serving under that we now take for granted. Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor her command. Mr. Speaker, anyone who has come into to join today with my colleagues in tribute to Colonel Mettee-McCutchon is herself an es­ contact with Santo Scrufari can attest to his one of the giants of the House of Representa­ teemed graduate of the Defense Language In­ dedication to the labor movement. Indeed, he tives, John E. Moss. stitute Foreign Language Center. She first will be sorely missed. As both his Congress­ He retired from his career in this body in earned both a B.A. and an M.S. in clinical psy­ man and his cousin, I would like to offer my 1978. But the inspiration he gave to the mem­ chology from Auburn University which pre­ very best wishes to Santo and his wonderful bers who learned at his side is with us still. pared her well for her exceptional career in 166 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 military intelligence. Later, she completed the A comparable delegation of German staff eluding service as the Associate Director at WAC (Women's Army Corps) Officer Basic members will visit the United States for 3 VAMC in Lake City, FL, and as the Associated Course and the Military Intelligence Officer Ad­ weeks this summer. They will attend similar Deputy Regional Director at the Southeast Re­ vanced Course, and then graduated from the meetings here in Washington and visit the dis­ gion Field Office in Gainesville, FL. Command and General Staff College and the tricts of congressional Members. In 1989, Rich was appointed as the director U.S. Army War College, true marks of distinc­ The Congress-Bundestag exchange is high­ of the new VA Medical Center to be con­ tion in the career of any military officer. ly regarded in Germany and is one of several structed in Palm Beach County, Florida. Dur­ For the first three years following Colonel exchange programs sponsored by public and ing the design phase of the medical center, Mettee-McCutchon's commissioning in 1971, private institutions in the United States and Rich was charged with the daunting tasks of she served as a psychologist at the Presidio Germany to foster better understanding of the coordinating the efforts of regional clinical and of San Francisco responsible for drug and al­ politics and policies of both countries. The on­ administrative advisors who provided input to cohol abuse rehabilitation. After displaying going situation in Bosnia, the future expansion architects in the design of each department, compassion and savvy in that assignment, she of NATO and the proposed expansion of the as well as evaluating and implementing the was transferred in 197 4 to the Military Intel­ European Union, as well as plans for a single overall design to assure quality care for every ligence Branch and appointed a Regular Army currency will make this year's exchange par­ veteran. Officer of Military Intelligence, which was the ticularly relevant. Rich brought the 265-bed medical center beginning of her extraordinary career in the The U.S. delegation should consist of expe­ and extended care facility to life, with its field of military intelligence. Colonel Mettee­ rienced and accomplished Hill staff members 800,000 square feet of space, nearly 1600 McCutchon was initially a strategic analyst at who can contribute to the success of the ex­ employees and $110 million annual budget, Fort Bragg, before moving up to the following change on both sides of the Atlantic. The Bun­ and has given the veterans of South Florida posts: Commander, Headquarters and Oper­ destag sends senior staff professionals to the one of the most efficient, technologically-ad­ ations Company, 525th Military Intelligence United States. vanced and caring medical facilities in the Brigade, Fort Bragg; Chief, Joint Intelligence Applicants should have a demonstrable in­ country. Center, U.S. Southern Command Panama; terest in events in Europe. Applicants need Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to thank Richard Commander, ?41st Military Intelligence Bat­ not be working in the field of foreign affairs, al­ D. Isaac for his many years of service to the talion, 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort though such a background can be helpful. The dedicated veterans across our nation. I wish Meade; and Staffer in the Intelligence Division, composite U.S. delegation should exhibit a him and his wife, Marie, many enjoyable and International Military Staff of NATO, at NATO range of expertise in issues of mutual concern healthy years in the mountains of Georgia. Headquarters, Brussels. Because of her su­ in Germany and the United States such as, perb record of accomplishment in these critical but not limited to, trade, security, the environ­ TRIBUTE TO DR. ROBERT G. GARD, intelligence posts, she was chosen to be Com­ ment, immigration, economic development, JR. mander of the Garrison at the Presidio of health care, and other social policy issues. Monterey in October, 1994. In addition, U.S. participants are expected to Colonel Mettee-McCutchon has earned nu­ help plan and implement the program for the HON. SAM FARR merous awards during her career including the Bundestag staff members when they visit the OF CALIFORNIA Defense Superior Service Medal, the Defense United States. Participants are expected to as­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Meri­ sist in planning topical meetings in Wash­ Tuesday , January 27, 1998 torious Service Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clus­ ington, and are encouraged to host one or two Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise ters. She is married to John R. McCutchan, Bundestag staffers in their Member's district today to pay tribute to an outstanding citizen Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry (Retired), and over the Fourth of July break, or to arrange for of California's Central Coast. Dr. Robert G. has one child, Erin T. Mettee-McCutchon. I am such a visit to another Member's district. Gard, Jr. began a lifetime commitment to pub­ sure everyone who knows Colonel Mettee­ Participants will be selected by a committee lic service with a distinguished military career McCutchon joins me in recognizing her career composed of U.S. Information Agency per­ and went on to become a leading advocate for of exemplary service to her country, and ex­ sonnel and past participants of the exchange. one of Central California's most prized institu­ pressing heartfelt wishes for a happy retire­ Senators and Representatives who would tions, the Monterey Institute of International ment. like a member of their staff to apply for partici­ Studies. Bob will retire January 30, and he will pation in this year's program should direct be deeply missed. them to submit a resume and cover letter in Lt. Gen. Gard served in the U.S. Army not ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 1998 CON­ which they state why they believe they are only at the Department of Defense, but in Ger­ GRESS-BUNDESTAG STAFF EX­ qualified and some assurances of their ability many, Korea and Vietnam as well. As com­ CHANGE to participate during the time stated. Applica­ manding general, he oversaw Fort Ord's tran­ tions may be sent to Kathie Scarrah at 316 sition from an Army training center to a light HON. RALPH REGULA Hart Senate Building by Thursday, February infantry division in the 1970s. Following that OF OHIO 12. success he was brought back to Washington IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES once again, where his expertise led him to be­ come the commanding general of the Military Tuesday, January 27, 1998 TRIBUTE TO RICHARD D. ISAAC Personnel Center and president of the Na­ Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, since 1983, the tional Defense University. US Congress and the German Parliament HON. MARK FOLEY After retiring in 1982, Dr. Gard put his inter­ have conducted an annual exchange program OF FLORIDA national experience to use in the civilian world. for staff members from both countries. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Following his service with American and Johns program gives professional staff the oppor­ Hopkins universities, the Monterey Institute of tunity to observe and learn about each other's Tuesday, January 27, 1998 International Studies was both savvy and for­ political institutions and convey Members' Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tunate enough to land Dr. Gard as its Presi­ views on issues of mutual concern. honor and recognize the retirement of a friend dent, a post he has filled superbly for over a A staff delegation from the United States of all veterans, and the only director the West decade. Congress will be chosen to visit Germany Palm Beach DVA Medical Center has ever Located in California's beautiful Monterey, March 22 to April 4 of this year. During the 2- known, Mr. Richard D. Isaac. the Language Capital of the World, the insti­ week exchange, the delegation will attend A graduate of Morehead State University tute provides training in 24 languages and meetings with Bundestag members, Bundes­ and an Army veteran, Rich began his 25-year comprises one-fourth of the nation's advanced tag party staff members, and representatives Department of Veterans Affairs career in his foreign language training . During Dr. Gard's of numerous political, business, academic, and hometown of Pittsburgh as a recreational ther­ tenure, the institute has seen a 62 percent in­ media agencies. Cultural activities and a apist. With hard work, a professional attitude crease in student enrollment, a tripling of its weekend visit in a Bundestag Member's dis­ and a good sense of humor, he served in ten endowment and a broadening of its academic trict will complete the schedule. assignments of increasing responsibility in- and graduate programs like never before. January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 167 Under his leadership, MilS' Center for Non­ is also to be commended on his many years Nelson Mandela in South Africa. In October, Proliferation Studies has developed a world­ of accomplishments, and his commitment to we were told it was impossible for Kim to wide reputation as the source of information teaching others less fortunate. win because he could never appeal to voters on the spread of weapons of mass destruc­ outside his rural home province of North I congratulate him and thank him for his Cholla. But he won a narrow victory over tion, and is used as a resource by national many years of valuable service, and commend two candidates from the ruling party by car­ policy-makers in Congress, the CIA and other his service to the attention of my colleagues. rying urban districts, including the capital federal agencies. city of Seoul. Dr. Gard is a vocal advocate for such hu­ The election of Kim to South Korea's manitarian causes as the elimination of anti­ SHREWD ADVICE "Blue House" is extraordinary by any meas­ personnel landmines. He has openly pointed ure. When I last met him in 1985, I was a con­ to the weapons' military insignificance and the gressman from Maryland serving on the For­ HON. LEE H. HAMILTON eign Affairs Committee, and he was in exile need to prevent further needless destruction of OF INDIANA in the United States from a repressive mili­ innocent human life by banning them from all IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tary regime that repeatedly attempted to as­ future use. sassinate him. When they kidnapped him in MilS is a better institution under Dr. Gard's Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Japan, only an intense international outcry leadership. While Bob's contributions will re­ Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, one of our prevented his murder at the hands of his cap­ main forever, we will surely miss him. On be­ former colleagues, Mike Barnes of Maryland, tors. His ultimate return to Korea was high­ half of the constituents of the 17th district, I has recently published an essay in the Balti­ lighted by an attack of government thugs at the airport and his immediate arrest. offer our heartfelt thanks and our best retire­ more Sun in which he describes two recent Since his election, Kim has been making ment wishes to a true American hero. trips to South Korea-the first in October, be­ the right moves to give Koreans and the fore the worst of the financial crisis took hold world confidence that the economic and po­ in Korea, the second two months later, after it litical future will be better. He has recog­ FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE had become apparent how severely hit South nized the need for restructuring Korea's Korea would be by the economic turmoil that economy in accordance with IMF mandates, HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS has rocked Asia in recent months. called for direct dialogue with North Korea and reached out to domestic political oppo­ OF CALIFORNIA Mr. Barnes argues that it is very much in nents by allowing lame duck President Kim IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES America's interest to help South Korea Young Sam to pardon two former military Tuesday, January 27, 1998 through the current financial crisis. Moreover, dictators (those responsible for his own per­ he insists, all the fundamentals are present in secution). The president-elect has success­ Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, on January 29, Korea for a full recovery. fully urged the Korean National Assembly to 1998, Dr. Benjamin Major, M.D., M.P.H., will Mr. Speaker, because of our own stake in pass key financial reform bills that give the be honored for over 40 years of volunteer the Asian crisis, and because we have an im­ Central Bank more independence in mone­ tary policy, unifies financial sector regu­ service to Bay Area communities. A specialist mense interest in seeing South Korea weather in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Major has latory bodies and improves the openness of its current problems, I ask that Mr. Barnes' corporate finances by forcing companies to over thirty-five years of experience in practice, essay be reprinted in the RECORD. issue consolidated financial accounts. He with service in not only the United States, but also has called for reform of labor laws that in Africa as well. Dr. Major also possesses a SOUTH KOREAN ' TIGER' IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST will permit layoffs for the first time in widely varied background in working with pri­ Korea, despite the strong support he received vate and international agencies providing such Recently, the Center for National Policy from labor unions in his campaign. has sponsored trips to two very different services as health planning, project manage­ Kim's chief of staff, Congressman Yoo Jae countries in Asia. Each time, the destination Gun, told us that the president-elect's team ment and manpower development. was South Korea. From 1941-1943, Dr. Major attended Fisk was surprised at the extent of the economic In October, we visited a dynamic Asian disaster they were inheriting from the out­ University in Tennessee, to begin his pre-med­ "tiger" with a booming stock market, huge going administration. Nonetheless, they are ical education. He then went on to Meharry multinational corporations and a population ready, he said, to take the steps necessary to Medical College in 1946, also located in Ten­ of 70 million looking forward to 1998 with ex­ turn around the economy as quickly as pos­ nessee. From 1946-1951, Dr. Major entered pectations of improved economic perform­ sible. into an internship and residency program in ance. The Korean economic crisis might have hit Late last month, we visited a country in with surprising suddenness, but it was many obstetrics and gynecology in the City Hospital deep emotional depression brought on by the System in St. Louis, Missouri. He then com­ years in formation. In essence, Korean cor­ sudden collapse of banks, securities firms, porate giants financed their global expansion pleted a Master of Public Health Degree in major construction and manufacturing con­ by borrowing from international investors Health/Family Planning at the California glomerates and the stock market. Almost eager to ride the success of the "Korean Mir­ School of Public Health, University of Cali­ overnight, South Korea's currency- the acle." Virtually all of the Korean corporate fornia, Berkeley. won- lost more than 60 percent of its value. families, or "chaebols," had accumulated Over his distinguished career, Dr. Major has The government was forced to seek emer­ larg·e debts as they circled the world finding utilized his knowledge of many different areas gency assistance from the International new markets for Korean products and manu­ Monetary Fund to stave off national bank­ of medicine in behalf of the community. These facturing facilities. ruptcy. Now, massive job layoffs are inevi­ When the "Asian economic flu" began to experiences include work as an Instructor and table in a society that once regarded them as spread from Thailand through Indonesia to Lecturer in Behavioral and Biomedical Aspects unthinkable. South Korea, foreign lenders, principally of Family Planning; an Instructor in Inter­ Signs of the new economic reality were ev­ New York banks, became nervous and began national Health Programs; an Instructor in erywhere. Seoul's infamous traffic jams have to demand repayment of loans. When the Health Education (Sex and Family Life), and; virtually disappeared. Stores, buses, air­ value of the won dropped precipitously, by providing clinical training in MCH/FP for Af­ planes were all half-empty at the height of timely repayment became impossible for rican midwives as part of an ongoing project the holiday season. Prices have skyrocketed many Korean companies. Initially, the Ko­ for anything that must be imported, such as that was started at Meharry College in Ten­ rean government sought to bolster the econ­ heating fuel, which has doubled in cost at omy through infusions of new capital, but nessee. Dr. Major has generously donated his the beginning of a tough Korean winter. The na tiona! reserves of foreign currency were time and skills to many organizations and hos­ news media gave wide coverage to tragic sto­ much lower than anyone had expected. As pitals. A principle beneficiary of Dr. Major's ex­ ries such as that of the woman who leaped to this became apparent to domestic and inter­ pertise has been Planned Parenthood, where her death from an apartment window to national observers, a panic ensued that he has volunteered for many years with such avoid another argument with her husband caused the collapse of the Korean stock mar­ duties as comprehensive family planning, pub­ over the family's financial difficulties. ket and further devaluation of the won. Even lic health, pre-natal care, infant care and abor­ Equally dramatic is the change in Korea's the announcement by the IMF of a $57 billion politics. The Dec. 18 election of longtime op­ tion education. bailout of South Korea was not enough to position leader and democratic activist Kim stem the panic for more than a couple of Dr. Major has greatly contributed to the Dae Jung as president can only be compared days. health and well-being of many communities, with that of Vaclav Havel in the Czech Re­ The international community recently re­ not only at home but abroad as well. Dr. Major public, Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti or sponded with new commitments to roll over 168 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 27, 1998 and extend loans to Korean borrowers. Inter­ For those unfamiliar with the Directorate, it the legislature better than anybody I've ever national banks have committed new funds is a little-known but vital part of Edwards Air seen. He kept us all informed of what was that soon will be available to Korean compa­ Force Base. Over two hundred military and ci­ going on in Raleigh and how it affected local nies. It is hoped that these steps will be suf­ vilian personnel work at remote facilities to government." Strother's thoughtful manner ficient to renew confidence in the Korean economy as th e country prepares for Kim's make efficient, dependable rocket propulsion and quick wit opened doors for him throughout inauguration Feb. 25. technologies available to our military and North Carolina and he incorporated his experi­ South Korea's success is important to the space programs. In fact, it would be hard for ences through the state into his service to the United States, as Treasury Secretary Robert us to image the events of the last thirty years community. Rubin has demonstrated by helping marshal without the technologies these people helped I first met Commissioner Strother while I international support for Seoul's mark ets. make available. The giant rocket motor test served as Chairman of the North Carolina Not only is Korea a k ey trading partner , but standards operated by the Directorate, for ex­ House of Representatives Appropriations we have 37,000 troops guarding the dem ili­ tarized zone between North and Sou th Korea. ample, tested both the Saturn V boosters that Committee. He would walk the halls "button­ Weakness in the south might be misinter­ took Americans into space and ballistic missile holing" legislators almost weekly. Strother pret ed in t he north as an oppor tunit y t o technologies that were so critical to this na­ would stop in my office and remind me of the threaten the secur ity of the peninsula . tion's security during the Cold War. Lee Meyer needs of his people in Granville County· and of As one who has closely observed Mexico's was an essential part of these efforts. all the children in our public schools and com ­ recovery from its own recent " peso crisis," I Lee's over three decades of work at the munity college system. would expect that Korea can rebound even Laboratory have contributed greatly to the I commend Commissioner Strother's con­ more rapidly. Korea has a strong industrial lab's and our nation's achievements. He start­ tributions to Granville County and throughout base, an educat ed and committed work force, one of the highest rates of saving in the ed working at Edwards in 1963 as an Air North Carolina. I feel fortunate to have known world and a remarkable sense of national Force officer and remained there for the rest Robert Ed Strother as a colleague in edu­ unity. Certainly t he courage and determ ina­ of his career as a civilian Air Force employee. cation and public service, and I am proud to tion of t he new leadership has been proven During that time, Lee Meyer worked on all have had him as a friend. Strother was a true during the decades of struggle to bring de­ kinds of innovative propulsion technologies patriot in every sense of the word. Commis­ mocracy to the country. It is very clearly in and was selected to manage important sioner Strother's legacy will live on in the lives the United States' best interest to help them projects such as the concept definition for the of children he instructed and the members of succeed. proposed Small ICBM as the Advanced the Granville community whose lives are richer Launch System program which will continue to for having known him. His legacy also lives on through many people who never knew him , OBITUARY F OR WILMA McCANN explore the next generation of space launch technologies. but he made their lives better because he Lee Meyer's retirement will mean the loss of cared. HON. SAM FARR years of knowledge and experience to his col­ OF CALIFORNIA leagues and to the nation. Given the service IN THE HOUSE OF REPRE SENTAT IVE S he has performed for the United States, I urge TRIBUTE TO FRIEDY B. H EISLER Tuesday, January 27, 1998 my colleagues to join me in thanking him for Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise being an important part of our nation's de­ HON. SAM FARR today to salute the 1996 Monterey County fense. OF CALIFORNIA Veteran of the year. Wilma McCann, a resi­ IN T HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent of Salinas, California has had a long es­ TRIBUTE TO ROBERT ED Tuesday, January 27, 1998 tablished career in the military service depart­ STROTHER Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise ment. today to honor a woman who continually Ms. McCann began her profession in the worked to nurture and to heal, not only the Navy as part of the Women Accepted for Vol­ HON. BOB ETHERIDGE human body but the human spirit and soul as unteer Emergency Service program during OF NORTH CAROLINA well. Dr. Friedy B. Heisler passed away last World War II. She was active in local veterans IN THE HOUSE OF REP RESENTATIVES July in her Carmel Highlands home. affairs and served for two years as the Presi­ Tuesday, Janu ary 27, 1998 Born, Sept. 16, 1900, in Switzerland, she dent of "Sea Otter WAVES," a local chapter of Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today graduated from the College of Neuchatel be­ WAVES international. She truly was a woman to honor the life time achievements of Gran­ fore immigrating to Chicago in 1924. Studying with pioneer spirit. ville County Commissioner Robert Ed Strother. at the University of Illinois Medical School, Dr. Moving to Salinas 7 years ago, Ms. McCann Commissioner Strother died recently at the Heisler finished her medical residency in psy­ served as the vice president of the Monterey age of seventy-three. He touched countless chiatry before opening a private practice in County United Veterans Council and on the lives in his community of Granville County as Chicago. Monterey County Veterans Advisory Commis­ a devoted educator and public servant. Upon meeting her husband Francis, a civil sion. Working with the Women in Military Commissioner Strother's extensive career rights and trade union attorney, Dr. Heisler Service for America, she was field representa­ as an educator included serving as a school moved to Carmel Highlands in 1948. She tive and state chairperson for California dona­ principal , county superintendent, and holding soon became active in the local mental health tions. several high-ranking positions in the Depart­ field , establishing again a private practice Ms. McCann has lived her life with others in ment of Public Instruction and the Division of which continued until 1984. During this period mind. My thoughts are with her husband, Community Colleges. Throughout his many she served as a mental health consultant to sons, and grandchildren. positions as an educator from Wilton High Carmel Unified School District and as an in­ School basketball coach to the North Carolina structor in the Extension Division of the Uni­ R ETIREMENT OF LEE G. MEYE R Department of Public Instruction, one thing re­ versity of California at Berkeley and at Santa mained constant for Strother: maintaining chil ­ Cruz. Dr. Heisler was active in numerous psy­ HON. WilliAM M. THOMAS dren as the top priority. He always had time to chiatric and mental health congresses, and listen to a child. she visited mental health institutions. Her vast OF CALU'ORNIA Since 1989, Commissioner Strother served memberships include: the American Medical IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT IVES as a Granville County Commissioner serving Association, International Mental Health Asso­ Tuesday, January 27, 1998 twice as Chairman of the Board. He rep­ ciation, Monterey County Mental Health Soci­ Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, Lee G. Meyer, resented his district well having the courage to ety, Northern California Mental Health Society, Deputy Director of the Phillips Laboratory, Pro­ fight on issues that were important to his com­ and Mid-Central Coast of Northern California pulsion Directorate at Edwards Air Force Base munity. His colleagues on the Board valued Psychiatric Association. She was honored as has retired. His departure means our nation his ability to keep the Granville community in­ a life fellow of the American Psychiatric Asso­ will lose 30 years of exceptional experience formed on statewide issues. Commissioner ciation in 1993. Dr. Heisler was instrumental in and knowledge of rocket propulsion systems. Alligood recalls, "He loved walking the halls of the founding of the psychiatric department of January 27, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 169 the Community Hospital of the Monterey Pe­ included routine beatings and torture, both her family. She was known throughout the ninsula, where she was a former chairman. physical and psychological. Eventually he was community as loving and kind to all those Dr. Heisler was truly a woman of impressive transferred to the Havana's Psychiatric Hos­ around her. stature. Her involvement in mental health and pital where, along with other political pris­ Mrs. Collins was active in many organiza­ well being was substantial, as was her love for oners, he was forced to live among the vio­ tions, including the Holy Cross Church which her family and friends. It is at this time that I lently insane. In addition to being subjected to was graced by her ability to sing in many of recognize Friedy B. Heisler's accomplishments the brutality of the guards and deranged pris­ the church events and running the monthly hot and her involvement. She will be missed by oners, he was forced to ingest psychotropic lunch program at Good Shepard School. the many people she touched during her life­ drugs and endure electroshock treatments at Rosemary Collins loved children, and chil­ time. the hands of Castro's thugs. dren loved her. She was always willing to help After 21 years of suffering through what a child in need of a hug or just conversation. seemed to be an endless nightmare, this cou­ . CUBA' S POLITICAL PRISONERS She worked as a teachers aide and secretary rageous Cuban compatriot was set free. Dr. at Soquel Elementary for 28 years, where she De Sosa arrived in the United States on Janu­ helped children with learning difficulties. Her HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN ary 18, 1980. He has enjoyed tremendous eleven grandchildren brought her great joy in OF FLORIDA success since his arrival in Miami and is a this world along with the many nieces and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES source of pride to his family and community. nephews she read to. Rosemary often said, Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Dr. De Sosa's story is but one of the thou­ grandchildren were God's greatest invention, sands of examples of those whose lives have Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, as Jose and a hug from a grandchild was what life was been scarred and torn apart by the last tyran­ all about. Marti, the Cuban patriot said: "The sufferings nical dictator left in the Western Hemisphere, endured for the sake of winning freedom make Fidel Castro. Let his story be an example of Rosemary Collins is an example for all of us love it the more." Dr. Eugenio De Sosa the strength of the human spirit, of the fragility us. She was the past president of the Cali­ probably knows more than most of us about of freedom and of the hope of millions of Cu­ fornia School Employees Association as well that love for freedom and what it is like to live bans living under Castro's brutal regime to as past president of the Young Ladies Insti­ without it. Eugenio De Sosa, now in his seven­ one day be free. tute, a co-founder of the 18-29er Catholic ties, was a successful businessman in a pre­ young People's Group of Holy Cross Parish. Castro Cuba. Educated in the University of Her commitment to these organizations, and Havana, he earned his degree in diplomatic TRIBUTE TO ROSEMARY COLLINS her time spent on activities of the groups and consular law and became Editor and helped keep community spirit alive. She was board member of the daily newspaper, Diario HON. SAM FARR also a member of the Altar and Rosary Soci­ ety of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in de Ia Marina, the oldest and one of the most OF CALIFORNIA Capitola, and a volunteer for the Santa Cruz prominent of Latin American publications. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In December of 1959, Dr. De Sosa's life county elections department. was changed forever. He was arrested by Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Mrs. Collins will be missed by many. She Castro's forces for conspiring against the re­ Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise was a model citizen for the community. Rose­ gime and was forced to serve a prison term of today to honor a woman who devoted herself mary Collins made the lives of our children 21 years in Cuba's gulags. The torment en­ to the people of her community. Rosemary better and will be dearly missed. Our hearts dured by Dr. De Sosa during his prison term Collins spent her life serving Santa Cruz and go out to her family.