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<Iongrrssional Llrcord <iongrrssional llrcord United States d of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 103 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Monday, November 1, 1993 The House met at 12 noon. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT the week beginning November 13, 1994, each as " Geography Awareness Week" ; A message in writing from the Presi­ S.J. Res. 135. Joint resolution designating dent of the United States was commu­ the week beginning October 25, 1993, as DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO nicated to the House by Mr. Edwin TEMPO RE "World Population Awareness Week"; Thomas, one of his secretaries. S.J. Res. 139. Joint resolution to designate The SPEAKER pro tempo re (Mr. the third Sunday in November of 1993 as "Na­ MONTGOMERY) laid before the House the tional Children's Day" ; following communication from the MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE S.J. Res. 142. Joint resolution designating Speaker: A message from the Senate by Mr. the week beginning November 7, 1993, as " National Women Veterans Recognition WASHINGTON, DC, Hallen, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed with Week" ; November 1, 1993. S.J . Res. 145. Joint resolution to designate I hereby designate Hon. G.V. (SONNY) amendments in which the concurrence the period commencing on November 21, 1993, MONTGOMERY to act as Speaker pro tempore of the House is requested, a bill of the and ending on November 27, 1993, and the pe­ on this day. House of the following title: riod commencing on November 20, 1994, and THOMAS S. FOL EY , R.R. 3167. An act to extend the emergency ending on November 26, 1994, each as " Na­ Speaker of the House of Representatives. unemployment compensation program, to es­ tional Adoption Week" ; and tablish a system of worker profiling, and for S.J. Res. 147. Joint resolution designating other purposes. October 23, 1993, through October 30, 1993, as PRAYER The message also announced that the " National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free The Chaplain, Rev. James David Senate insist upon its amendments to America" . Ford, D.D., offered the following the bill (H.R. 3167) " An act to extend prayer: the emergency unemployment com­ We pray that Your blessing, 0 gra­ pensation program, to establish a sys­ COMMUNICATION FROM THE cious God, that abounds with every tem of worker profiling, and for other CLERK OF THE HOUSE good thing, will be with us and every purposes" requests a conference with The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be­ person this day. Your promises, 0 God, the House on the disagreeing votes of fore the House the following commu­ point to all the spiritual gifts that the two Houses thereon, and appoints nication from the Clerk of the House of make us truly human and capable of Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. BAUCUS, and Mr. Representatives: good and righteous acts. May Your PACKWOOD to be the conferees on the WASHINGTON, DC, good spirit that lifts us up and shows part of the Senate. November 1, 1993. us the way of truth, lead, guide and di­ The message also announced that the Hon. THOMAS s. FOLEY, rect us this day and in all the days to Senate had passed bills and joint reso­ The Speaker, House of Representatives, Wash­ come. Amen. lutions of the following titles, in which ington, DC. the concurrence of the House is re­ DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per­ quested: mission granted in Clause 5 of Rule III of the THE JOURNAL Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, S. 656. An act to provide for indoor air pol­ the Clerk received the following message The SPEAKER pro tempo re. The lution abatement, including indoor radon from the Secretary of the Senate on Friday Chair has examined the Journal of the abatement, and for other purposes; S. 1312. An act to am end the Employee Re­ October 29, 1993 at 10:48 a.m.: that the Senate last day's proceedings and announces tirement Income Security Act of 1974 in passed without amendment: H.J. Res. 205. to the House his approval thereof. order to provide for the availability of rem­ With great respect, I am, Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour­ edies for certain former pe.nsion plan partici­ Sincerely yours, nal stands approved. pants and beneficiaries; DONNALD K. ANDERSON, S.J. Res. 75. Joint resolution designating Clerk, House of Representatives. January 2, 1994, through January 8, 1994, as PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE " National Law Enforcement Training Week"· CRIME ON THE CALENDAR The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the S.J. Res. 115. Joint resolution designating gentleman from California [Mr. HAM­ November 22, 1993, as " National Military (Mr. MICHEL asked and was given BURG] please come forward and lead the Families Recognition Day" ; permission to address the House for 1 House in the Pledge of Allegiance. S.J. Res. 119. Joint resolution to designate minute and to revise and extend his re­ Mr. HAMBURG led the Pledge of Al­ the month of March 1994 as " Irish-American marks.) Heritage Month"; Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, it has legiance as follows: S.J. Res. 122. Joint resolution designating I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the December 1993 as " National Drunk and been brought to my attention that to­ United States of America, and to the Repub­ Drugged Driving Prevention Month"; morrow the House will consider six lic for which it stands, one nation under God, S.J. Res. 13,1. Joint resolution designating substantive bills that deal with the indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the week beginning November 14, 1993, and issue of crime. D This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., D 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 26919 26920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE November 1, 1993 I have to protest this decision to con­ We should also remember that most York University townhouse in Greenwich sider crime legislation on the Suspen­ of the United States jobs lost over the Village. His mission? Nothing as genteel as sion Calendar, where debate is limited last few decades have gone to Asia, not sipping tea or nibbling at a Madeleine. It was to 40 minutes and no amendments are Mexico. NAFTA would reverse this to lead a movement to fight those who wish to obliterate the past. The doe-eyed rovelist, in order. trend, bringing some of these jobs back who devoted his life to extolling the impor­ Last Thursday, the majority leader home. tance of memory, was the hero of a lecture made no mention of this in our col­ A study sponsored by the Japanese by the French intellectual Pierre Vidal­ loquy outlining the program for this Economic Planning Agency confirms Naquet, whose life mission is also the re­ coming week. It amounts to a surprise this, concluding that will make life membrance of things past, some of them attack on those Members who would more difficult for Japan and the rest of dangerous indeed. have made plans to be here for debate Asia by shifting more trade and invest­ Mr. Vidal-Naquet, a Greek classical schol­ and votes on these very important is­ ment to North America as a result of ar and hero of the French left, has taken on sues. Furthermore, tomorrow is elec­ the agreement's stiff rules of origin the task of exposing the growing Holocaust tion day in many States and cities. provisions. revisionist movement, whose goal is to deny NAFTA may be bad news for Japan, that the Nazi kllling of six million Jews ever Representatives from New York, Vir­ took place. During a passionate lecture ginia, New Jersey, where crime is a top but it will clearly be good for America. Tuesday night at NYU's Maison Franchise, priority, are being unfairly excluded So, it is worth asking ourselves, if he attacked a number of academic scholars, from this important debate, and I sus­ NAFTA is so bad for the United States including the conflicted M.I.T. professor, pect they will be mighty displeased to economy, why is Japan so worried? Noam Chomsky, for lending their academic hear of this decision to alter the sched­ imprimatur to books that promote historical revisionism. ule so drastically. HOW SOON THE WORLD FORGETS Mr. Speaker, crime is the No. 1 issue KOOKS AND SCHOLARS that faces our country today. It should (Mr. HORN asked and was given per­ A squat and rumpled figure, Professor not be considered by the House in such mission to address the House for 1 Vidal-Naquet describes the Holocaust revi­ a piecemeal fashion. minute and to revise and extend his re­ sionists as a scary assortment of kooks and marks.) scholars, ·" respectable" academics and hate­ Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, " How soon ful anti-Semites. Yet all of them, he says, NAFTA some forget. " And how often: " Did share one common trait: a wish to " assas­ (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was they ever know?" We might say that sinate" the past-to erase, distort, and fal­ about the civil rights movement in the sify the historical record, and above all, to given permission to address the House discount the memories of the survivors. Mr. for 1 minute and to revise and extend United States, where we have a genera­ tion that has forgotten what this Na­ Vidal-Naquet is the author of " Assassins of his remarks.) Memory," a series of essays on the denial Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, In tion went through in the 1960's and the movement. recent months there have been numer­ progress that was made.
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