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CANADIAN HEALTH CARE The good things about the Canadian sys­ ese, and Mexicans emigrating to our shores.) tem are that it is free to all Canadians who This is not a matter of racial bias. It's just register for the program, and the citizenry a geo-political-medical fact. Diseases HON. CHRISTOPHER COX seem to like it, with certain exceptions we thought to be dead in this country, like tu­ OF CALIFORNIA will discuss below. But the Canadians do berculosis, are having a renaissance. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have access to care. At least, they get in the Consider also our murder rates, which are Thursday, February 18, 1993 door. astounding, and their effect on overall mor­ The program is advertised as a single tality. Every 18 year old gunned down 1n Mr. COX. Recently, one of my constitu­ payor system, but in reality there is a sys­ gang warfare has a negative influence on life ents-a medical doctor-provided me with the tem for each of the ten provinces, although expectancy statistics. following analysis of the Canadian health care they are all very similar. The good part for One other thing. The benefits of the Cana­ system. The failures in that system are de­ the doctors is that they have only one bill to dian system seem to have escaped their na­ tailed for the RECORD. submit to one payor. The bad part is that tive Indian and Eskimo populations-the when you have only one boss, you are really mortality rates of those unfortunates are WHY THE CANADIAN MEDICAL SYSTEM DOESN'T dependent on him. According to our sources, equal to ·those of third world countries. WORK a family practitioner who's willing to grind CONTROLLING COSTS In these days when just about everyone has out a high volume practice mill, running pa­ a "solution" to the real or imagined medical tients through as fast as possible, can earn a Since the health care budget is decided by the legislature, it follows that it is subject care crisis, it is popular among some politi­ reasonable living. cians and some self-proclaimed medical What most of the Canadians don't realize to yearly, politically motivated battles over "thinkers" to espouse a system in the is that they are paying dearly for their how much to spend, and for what. Canada's United States similar to the one that's been health care system, with a much higher tax recession has been at least as severe as ours, in place in Canada for over 25 years. rate than we have here. Their maximum is and faced with a lack. of money, it is all too These people fall into two categories­ about 60 percent, compared to about 40 per­ popular to blame the doctors, or to claim those who are grossly uninformed, or those cent in this country. Put another way, an that there is too much waste in the system, who know the truth, but suppress it in order American works each year until May lOth to and therefore to cut the budget for it. (Does to push their own agendas. It is important to pay his taxes. The rest of the year he works this sound like President-elect Clinton. realize that there are a lot of people in this for himself. A Canadian works until July claiming there is waste in the system, and if world who absolutely know what's good for 14-two months longer, and more than half we could just wiring it out, we'd solve the the rest of us, and who do not let facts get in the year-to satisfy his annual tax burden. health care crisis?) their way. These people. are often loud, force­ In 1987, The Ontario Liberal Party got ful, and argumentative in presenting their THERE IS NOTillNG LIKE A GOOD MYTH elected to power by acknowledging that 4,400 point of view. There is nothing so scary in There are certain myths about the Cana­ new hospital beds were needed, and by pledg­ this world as a social zealot, determined to dian system that are commonly used to show ing $850 million for the project. In 1989, the show the rest of us the true way to social, how superior it is. One is that it costs less. program was quietly cancelled, with only 80 economic, or health care salvation. To com­ Accordingly to our sources, that depends on new beds having been put into service. bat their ignorance, we must have the facts. how you do your bookkeeping. American fig­ Another method the Canadian provinces ures on health care spending include long SOME DEMOGRAPlllCS use to control costs is to put a cap on doc­ term nursing home care. The Canadian fig­ tors' incomes. This is a cap on gross receipts, Let's look closely at Canada and its health ures do not, because that kind of care is out­ not on net income. The only solution for the care system. First. in case you've forgotten, side the medical system. It is covered, in­ hapless Canadian doctor has been to simply or never paid attention during geography stead, by the general welfare expenditures, close his office towards the end of the year. class, you must know that Canada is slightly and how much it really costs is unknown. It's that or work for nothing. (Yes, this does larger in size than the United States, al­ Some people, who are no doubt cynics. think sound like the global budgets and expendi­ though its population of about 25 million is that if the same bookkeeping system were ture caps that some people propose for the only one-tenth of ours. Of course. much of used on both sides of the border, the costs United States.) Canada lies above the Arctic Circle. and is would come out about the same. The Canadian government's counter to this inhabited by a few Eskimos, but mainly by The second myth is that Canadians live maneuver is to make it a monthly cap. moose and other wildlife. longer, and therefore their system must be That's typical politician thinking-a non­ The first fact that jumps out of the lit­ better. As we all remember from school, this erature is that in all this vast land, there are solution. So the doctors simply close for a is the old "A is true and B is true"-but are few days every month, or regulate their only 13 MRI units. Even eliminating the they related as to cause and effect? The ad­ northern regions, that's quite a few units practices by seeing less patients on a daily vocates of the Canadian system blithely as­ basis. spread out over quite a bit of land. By com­ sume that they are. because that's what they parison, in the United States. there are 1,300. And who suffers for this? The patients, of want to believe. Or want us to believe. course. They get to wait days and weeks for A little simple arithmetic indicates that for The fact is that the Canadians are a little their appointments. We are reliably in­ one-tenth the people, Canada has one one­ younger than we are. They have less people. formed that for cataract surgery in one prov­ hundredth of the MRI units. This means it proportionately. over 65 years of age, and has one tenth as many MRis per person as we ince, there is a six-month wait just to see anyone who has studied mortality statistics the doctor, followed by a two to three year do. If MRis are an indication of other medi­ knows that death rates begin to escalate rap­ wait for the surgery. The docs almost never cal equipment, and they are, the conclusion idly with old age. Hell, old people are likely is obvious-in Canada, state of the art diag­ schedule the second eye, because the pa­ to die-they knew that a thousand years ago, tients don't live long enough. (Does this nostic equipment is in short supply. without benefit of statistics. The reason for this relates to the political sound as terribly cruel to you readers as it Another facet is that the Canadian popu­ does to this writer?) football type of funding of the Canadian lation, with the exception of the Indians and Health system. This year's budget is based the Eskimos, is much more homogeneous THE CANADIAN SAFETY VALVE on last year's expenditures, with a small in­ than ours. In fact. every time you hear about These unconscionable delays occur in other crease for inflation and cost of living some­ the wonderful mortality statistics in some types of surgery, too. like hernias and coro­ times thrown in. The problem is that medi­ other country-Canada, Germany, Sweden­ nary bypasses. Hernias are not so urgent, of cal technology increases at a rate of 12 per­ compare that country's population mix with course, but one solution the Canadians have cent per year, and there is no allocation for ours. used is to contract with U.S. facilities to do that. Worse yet, the government's solution In America, we're almost like a third world the work. The University of Washington. in to many fiscal problems is often to simply country, with the huge influx of Central Seattle. as a result of such a deal, has re­ cut expenditures and reduce fees. You can Americans. Asiatics, and Europeans. (It's paired an awful lot of hernias. But then, the see how much this leaves for all the new, ex­ probably safe to assume that we don't get Canadian citizens had to travel 100 miles or pensive technology. the richest, healthiest Europeans, Vietnam- more for a simple, basic operation that

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 3198 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 should have been readily available to them comes first, the patient second, and the doc­ medicine, but it could occur if they were suf­ at home. tor last. ficiently deceived, and if there was no Coronary bypasses, of course, are often ur­ We are tempted to call it "Gestapo medi­ counter intelligence to all the propaganda gently needed. When the backlog got too cine." The only surprise is that there are not being put out. It's up to all of us to make long a few years ago, and patients died while guards armed with AK-47s posed in every sure that this does not happen. waiting for surgery, a private citizens' group doctor's office. The system tells the doctor in Ontario contracted out the surgery to where to practice, limits his ability to take nearby Detroit area facilities. A waiting pe­ care of the patients, and then grossly underpays him. riod of three to six months, just for the ANT­ angiography, and another six to nine months From time to time in Canada, there have INTRODUCTION OF THE for the surgery, is not uncommon for people been doctor work slowdowns and stoppages. ARCTIC ENVffiONMENTAL PRO- who need coronary bypass. All the patient The first of these occurred in 1962, when a TECTION ACT OF 1993 has to do is stay alive until he gets his turn Socialist government in Saskatchewan to be treated. promised universal health care. Many doc­ HON. RICK BOUCHER Since there is no private practice outside tors left the province then, and the doctors essentially won the battle, being allowed to OF VIRGINIA the system permitted in Canada, one has to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wonder, what do the rich do when they need balance bill above what the government plan care? To no one's surprise, they head south paid. Thursday, February 18, 1993 But a process was set in motion where the to the United States. The rich always find a Mr. BOUCHER. Mr. Speaker, today I have way to get what they want or need. But doctors were propagandized as being opposed to the public interest, instead of being the introduced a bill to implement the Protocol on imagine if the U.S. had a system like the Ca­ defenders of a high level of medical care. In nadian one. Where then would the U.S. and Environmental Protection to the Antarctic retrospect, of course, the doctors were so Treaty. The protocol was signed by the United Canadian patients urgently in need of coro­ right. This process still prevails today, with nary bypass, or radiation treatment of their States in October 1991 and was submitted politicians getting themselves elected by at­ last year to the Senate, where it is awaiting cancers, go? tacking doctors, and with individual doctors In other words, we are a safety valve for even slandered on the floor of the legisla­ ratification. The State Department has deter­ the inefficient Canadian system. But if we tures. mined that the protocol is not self-executing were the same as them, there would be no Another strike occurred in 1986, and the and, therefore, requires legislation to ensure place to which desperate patients or doctors government's response to that one was to that all provisions of the protocol are applied could flee. Except maybe to Tijuana. Now jail non-compliant physicians. The doctors to U.S. activities in Antarctica. there's a chilling thought. capitulated. (It is hard to believe that this The protocol establishes specific principles MORE ClllLLING THOUGHTS extreme action could ever occur here, with and rules for protection of the Antarctic envi­ Here are a few more to curdle your blood. all the writs, motions, and injunctions that are available to individuals in our courts.) ronment from the effects of human activities. It In Quebec, city docs get 80 percent for the deals with protection of fauna and flora, im­ same service for which rural docs get 115 per­ And just last summer, British Columbia cent. Well, that's not too bad. At least the ran out of money and stopped paying the poses strict limitations on discharge of pollut­ doctor has a choice. doctors. The response to that was a rotating ants, and requires environmental impact as­ But in British Columbia, a physician must series of "study sessions," which most doc­ sessment of planned governmental and non­ practice his specialty in a location specified tors attended, leaving medical care available governmental activities. The protocol also pro­ by the Minister of Health, in order to be paid to the public only in hospital emergency hibits all activities relating to Antarctic mineral rooms. This maneuver seems to have suc­ by the plan. Since there is no other way of resources, except for scientific research, and getting paid, that takes care of the free ceeded. Very interesting. We'll discuss in some future issue the logistics of a strike, if provides that this prohibition cannot be choice option. amended by less than unanimous agreement In 1989 in Ontario, all hospital staffs were we ever need to resort to one. frozen for two years, while the government THE BOTTOM LINE for at least 50 years. assessed the fiscal impact of letting more The ultimate problem, of course, is that A particularly important aspect of the proto­ physicians hold privileges. (And good luck to the Canadian system is like the British sys­ col is its reinforcement of the status of Antarc­ you, new doctor, with no place to practice.) tem. Both are run by politicians, whose tica as a natural reserve devoted to peace and A survey in Ontario that same year indi­ agenda is never the health of the patients. science. This is entirely appropriate because cated that only two percent of Canadian phy­ With all the delays in diagnosis and treat­ Antarctica is a unique scientific laboratory of sicians were satisfied with their relationship ment that occur, it is obvious that these enormous value to the international commu­ with the government. Of course, we all know governments do not really care anything nity. that many Canadian doctors have migrated about the quality of life or survival of there The upper atmosphere over the pole is a voters. south to the United States. We personally screen for viewing the results of interactions of don't know of any U.S. docs who have mi­ It's " give them something that looks grated to Canada. Apparently, in health good," and keep the expenses down. If a few solar plasmas and the Earth's magnetic field, care, the geese only fly one way. patients die along the way who maybe and for detecting evidence of space physics In 1989, the Princess Margaret hospital, shouldn't have, that just saves more money. processes; The extremely stable, clean, and short on technical staff, simply closed its fa­ Whatever sugar-coated name they give it, dry atmosphere enables astronomers and as­ cilities for four months to new patients in it's rationing. trophysicists to probe the universe with un­ And in the absence of money for research need of radiation oncology. How many pa­ precedented precision from a ground-based tients did poorly from the lack of necessary and new equipment, it in inevitable that Canada will fall father and father behind the site. care is not known, but eventually the gov­ It is an ideal biological laboratory for study­ ernment found the money to pay the tech­ United States in medical care. It is also obvi­ nical help a decent wage. ous that if a similar system was adopted in ing such effects as adaptation of organisms Canadian fee scales are set unilaterally by this country or even a system that incor­ under extremes of light, temperature, and the provinces, although with a token input porated many of the Canadian features, the moisture, where, for example, a fish has de­ from physicians, and are about at Medicaid ultimate result would be to set medical prac­ veloped natural antifreeze. levels. And remember, after the low fees and tice back about 50 years. Antarctica's extreme climate, which can in­ the income caps, the doctor still has to deal Governments are cumbersome and slow to duce social, psychological, and physiological react to changing circumstances. It's like with the 60 percent tax rate. stresses, provides an appropriate location to And here's the worst of all- When one pulling a sled along the ground on runners, instead of using wheels. A parallel to this study human health and performance. NASA large Ottawa chronic care hospital found on will use this natural lab form, Antarctica is also analysis that CPR was not cost-effective, it would be the recently deceased Soviet Union. adopted a uniform no resuscitation policy for All economic decisions were centralized and a major part of the global heat engine that de­ all patients. state made, allegedly by the best brains termines world climate. The vast Antarctic ice available, and for the good of all of society. CANADIAN PRIORITIES sheet interacts with oceanic and atmospheric But in practice, it took too long to get any­ circulation to modulate global climate. Accord­ In summary, it appears that the Canadian thing done, and the Soviets fell farther and ingly, the behavior of the ocean/atmosphere system offers bare bones, " yes you can see farther behind the free world in technology the doctor anytime, but you may not get the and economic progress, until the system col­ system in Antarctica is expected to provide an treatment you need" care. On deeper analy­ lapsed. early warning of climate change. sis, even this superficial impression does not It is doubtful that Americans would ever The 2-mile thick ice sheet covering the pole sustain. In Canada, it's obvious, the dollar buy the concept of a Canadian system of is a repository of the past climate record of February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3199 great benefit to climatologists and other sci­ formity with the Protocol on Environmental torial from the February 17, 1993, edition of entists. Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and an­ the Omaha World-Herald. Many naturally occurring global events are nexes. The bill amends the ACA to require envi­ [From the Omaha World-Herald, Feb. 17, greatly magnified in the Antarctic environment, ronmental impact assessments of U.S. gov­ 1993] with the result that changes such as ozone ernment activities and to establish a more CLINTON MAKES TASK HARDER WITH RHETORIC layer depletion and climate change are de­ comprehensive statutory scheme for the con­ OF CLASS WAR tected there first. servation of Antarctic fauna and flora as set President Clinton should avoid misleading In sum, Antarctica is one of the world's most forth in the Protocol. Existing authority of statements and flawed history as he tries to valuable scientific research platforms, and it is the Director of the National Science Founda­ earn support for his program of economic essential to ensure its continued availability for tion (NSF) to promulgate regulations to con­ sacrifice. a broad range of research. trol waste disposal in Antarctica and to pro­ Clinton, during his televised talk Monday The value and importance of Antarctic re­ tect and manage designated areas with great evening, made this statement: "Seventy per­ environmental sensitivity or scientific value cent of the new taxes I'll propose-70 per­ search are well understood. Unfortunately, the is also revised consistent with the Protocol. cent-will be paid by those who make more United States and other nations which main­ In addition, the bill expressly extends the than $100,000 a year. And for the first time in tain permanent Antarctic research facilities NSF Director's current general authority to more than a decade, we're all in this to­ have been less careful about their environ­ promulgate regulations to carry out any pro­ gether." mental protection practices than can be either vision of the ACA, to cover any provision of That statement included two assertions justified or accepted. At the same time, it is the Protocol. This provision ensures that that are misleading. Moreover, when Clinton recognized that research activity itself will regulatory power will exist to address any targeted the over $100,000 bracket, it con­ cause some environmental disturbance in this environmental issues under the Protocol stituted a major departure from a promise he that may arise. made during the campaign. He said then that pristine region, where traces of human activity TQ.e bill implements Article 7 of the Proto­ he would raise taxes only on incomes above are preserved virtually forever. The goal must col, which states: "Any activity relating to $200,000. (Or course, he also said he would re­ be to weigh the environmental effects against mineral resources, other than scientific re­ duce taxes on the middle class, and now he the value of the science and develop workable search, shall be prohibited." The bill repeals says everyone with an income above $30,000 approaches to minimize adverse effects. the Antarctic Protection Act of 1990, which will pay more.) I believe this overall goal will be achieved was intended as an interim measure pending Clinton made an appalling mistake when by the comprehensive provisions of the envi­ entry into force of an international agree­ he referred to 70 percent of the new taxes. ronmental protocol and its five annexes. ment providing an indefinite ban on Ant­ Those words have one meaning only-that 70 arctic mineral resource activities. Article 7, percent of the additional burden would be Therefore, I have introduced legislation to en­ which has no termination date and is not shouldered by taxpayers earning more than sure that the protocol is fully implemented with reviewable for fifty years following entry $100,000. Then the White House issued a clari­ regard to all a activities sponsored under the into force of the Protocol, constitutes such fication. Clinton, an administration official U.S. Antarctic Program, administered by the as indefinite ban. said, meant that seven of every 10 of his new National Science Foundation, and with regard Antarctic mineral resource activities are taxes would affect taxpayer who make more to all other activities of U.S. citizens while in prohibited by persons subject to the jurisdic­ than $100,000. Antarctica. The legislation amends the Ant­ tion of the United States. The prohibition One can only hope he knows the dif­ covers prospecting, exploration and develop­ ference-and that he isn't one of those arctic Conservation Act-Public Law 9~541- ment activities, as well as collecting, remov­ Democrats who can't seem to understand and replaces the Antarctic Protection Act of ing or transporting such resources. Activi­ that the top 1 percent of the earners (those 1990-Public Law 101-594-with restrictions ties exempted from the prohibition are those who make more than $200,000) don't make on minerals activities which conform to the directly related to scientific research, con­ enough money to wipe out the deficit even if protocol. struction, operation and maintenance of fa­ everything they earned were taxed. The responsibilities of Federal agencies cilities, and provision of mineral resource Clinton's other misleading assertion came under the provisions of the bill are consistent specimens for museums and similar institu­ when he suggested that Americans of the with their past roles and areas of expertise tions. 1980s weren't "all in this together." The Among other provisions, the bill provides and with their responsibilities under the Ant­ statement sounded like something straight for the Secretary of State to prescribe regu­ from the text of historical revisionists who arctic Conservation Act. The National Science lations to implement the environmental im­ claimed that President Ronald Reagan Foundation is responsible for issuing imple­ pact assessment provisions of the Protocol soaked the poor and the middle class in order menting regulations for protection of fauna and with respect to non-gover-nmental activities, to benefit the wealthy. flora, for control of discharge of pollutants, and including tourism, in Antarctica, and in con­ The revisionists are wrong. Everybody's in­ for entry into specially protected areas. The junction with NSF and the Coast Guard, to come-tax rates were cut in the 1980s, not just Department of State is charged with imple­ require private persons to comply with the those of the wealthy. Moreover, the percent­ menting the emergency response provisions of provisions of the Protocol related to emer­ age of total revenues that came from the gency response action. These tasks can be the Protocol with respect to nongovernmental highest-earning taxpayers increased dra­ carried out by the Department as part of its matically. The reason: Many of them lost de­ activities in Antarctica. The Department of current responsibilities for gathering and ductions and exemptions with which they State, in conjunction with the Council on Envi­ circulating information about non-govern­ had been able to shield a portion of their in­ ronmental Quality, is responsible for issuing mental activities in Antarctica. Provisions come from taxation. At the other end of the regulations for implementing the environmental of the Protocol dealing with emergency re­ spectrum, the Tax Reform Act of 1986 re­ impact assessment provisions of the protocol sponse requirements for the U.S. Antarctic moved 6 million low-income taxpayers from with respect to nongovernmental activities in Program are not addressed since these provi­ the tax rolls. Antarctica. A more complete summary of the sions can be implemented through existing What made so many low- and middle-in­ legislative, executive and regulatory author­ provisions of the bill follows this statement. come taxpayers forget the tax savings they ity already applicable to Antarctica. received in the 1980s? Why have so many Mr. Speaker, the Antarctic Environmental Finally, the bill strengthens civil and politicians continued to stir up resentment Protection Act of 1992 represents a com­ criminal penalties under the ACA to increase against taxpayers in the upper brackets? prehensive implementation of the provisions of the deterrent effect of the legislation. The reason may have nothing to do with the environmental protocol and its five an­ the income-tax policies of the Reagan ad­ nexes. It will allow for the continuation of a ministration. Congress in the 1970s had ap­ vigorous U.S. research program in Antarctica, CLINTON MAKES TASK HARDER proved generous increases in Social Security while ensuring that the pristine environment of WITH RHETORIC OF CLASS WAR benefits. But no provision was made to pay the continent is preserved for future genera­ for the new benefits, which went mostly to low- and middle-income taxpayers. By 1983, tions. HON. DOUG BEREUfER it was apparent that Social Security was on SUMMARY OF THE ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL OF NEBRASKA a path to bankruptcy. PROTECTION ACT OF 1993 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress and the White House raised the The Antarctic Environmental Protection Thursday, February 18, 1993 payroll taxes, saving the program. Unfortu­ Act of 1993 amends the Antarctic Conserva­ nately, the higher Social Security taxes off­ tion Act of 1978 (ACA), Public Law 95-541, to Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this Member set savings from the Reagan tax cuts. Demo­ bring the provisions of that Act into con- commends to his colleagues the following edi- cratic politicians have been demagoguing 3200 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 the issue ever since-even though their party Mr. Speaker, communities are never fully communities across America depend on it for helped approve the tax cuts and the Social prepared to cope with a natural disaster of the their livelihood. When cuts are proposed in the Security funding bill, and even though the magnitude of the December coastal storm. Department of Defense budget, Americans ex­ higher Social Security withholding rates This storm certainly caught us off-guard on the press opposition to the loss of jobs. NASA is would have been necessary even if Jimmy Carter and Fritz Mondale had controlled the Jersey shore, and we are now working hard to America's baby-the darling of the media. I White House through the 1980s. apply many of the lessons learned the hard believe that NASA was once perceived by It's sad that Clinton would use such rhet­ way to better prepare for future storms. But Americans as a luxury-a lofty luxury America oric, whether or not he beliaves it. The presi­ the key to the effective functioning of a disas­ could afford. dent needs a broadly shared spirit of sac­ ter response will always be the efforts of the However, high deficits, a recession, explo­ rifice by people of all income levels to help people on the frontlines, acting effectively and sions of certain spacecraft, and faulty con­ him cut the deficit. We hope he succeeds. But professionally in the most adverse conditions struction of space vehicles and satellites has his use of the rhetoric of class warfare is transported NASA from the skies to the Earth. hardly the way to build a broad base of sup­ imaginable. As hundreds of people streamed port. into shelters on the day of the storm, scared, Americans no longer believe that NASA is af­ cold, and wet, children or senior citizens with fordable or invincible. That is because NASA special health care needs, the community business centers around a few select areas. MONMOUTH COUNTY NURSES nurses of MCOSS were there to help the vic­ NASA never decentralized. We need to broad­ HELP COMMUNITY RECOVER tims survive this storm and begin the process en NASA's base so that Americans will fight to FROM DEVASTATING STORM of rebuilding their lives. I cannot imagine what hold onto NASA as they fight to hold onto the it would have been like without them. They de­ Pentagon. HON. FRANK PAUONE, JR. serve the full respect and gratitude of their Times are tough and the honeymoon with OF NEW JERSEY community. NASA is over. The American people can no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A reception honoring these 46 courageous longer be wined and dined by pictures taken nurses will be held on Thursday, February 25, in the sky. NASA needs to expand into areas Thursday, February 18, 1993 in Red Bank, NJ. It is an honor for me to pay that are distressed. To keep costs low, NASA Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on December tribute to the nurses of MCOSS before the should utilize abandoned and underutilized fa­ 11 of last year, parts of my district, as well as Members of this House and in the pages of cilities that already exist. My legislation will the rest of the Jersey shore and much of the the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. make NASA a priority of the American people. east coast, were devastated by a fierce coast­ If you believe that space programs are as al storm, known as a Nor'easter. Many of the important to the future of this Nation as I do, residents of the area have seen their lives al­ THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND you should cosponsor this legislation. It will tered permanently by this disaster, and the re­ SPACE ADMINISTRATION DECEN­ ensure the survival of NASA programs and, at gion as a whole will be recovering for some TRALIZATION ACT OF 1993 the same time, revive America's depressed time to come. For public officials and other communities and put some Americans back to community leaders, the task of bringing about HON. JAMFS A. TRAF1CANT, JR. work. a recovery is ongoing. But nothing can de­ OFOlllO scribe the fear and terror that faced residents IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of our area on that terrible day when the storm THE CHILD SAFETY PROTECTION hit. And there is no sufficient way to praise the Thursday, February 18, 1993 ACT wonderful people on the frontlines who helped Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I introduced the people get through that terrible day. legislation today entitled the National Aero­ HON. CARDISS COWNS Beginning at dawn on the day of the storm, nautics and Space Administration [NASA] De­ OF ILLINOIS some 46 community health nurses from centralization Act of 1993. My legislation re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MCOSS Nursing Services of Red Bank, NJ, quires the Administrator of NASA, in meeting were part of a communitywide effort to provide the needs of NASA for additional facilities, to Thursday, February 18, 1993 relief services. They joined Monmouth County select abandoned and underutilized buildings, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, Red Cross nurses and other Red Cross per­ grounds, and facilities that can be converted today, I have introduced the Child Safety Pro­ sonnel, local police, emergency management to NASA facilities at a reasonable cost. tection Act. This act requires the Consumer officials, first-aid squads, fire departments, Last year, I had similar language included in Product Safety Commission [CPSC] to take clergy, and volunteers to bring aid to those the NASA authorization measure, Public Law specific action to make toys safe and bicycle forced to flee their homes when the flood wa­ 102-588. However, the language is not as helmets effective for our children. The safety ters hit. This on-the-spot disaster assistance strongly worded as in my newly introduced provisions in this bill were included in H.R. continued through the night of December 11 legislation. Last year's law requires the Admin­ 4706, the Child Safety Protection and and into the following 2 days. The deployment istrator to investigate the use of abandoned Consumer Product Safety Commission Im­ of MCOSS nurses was coordinated by Jo Ann and underutilized buildings, grounds, and fa­ provement Act, which passed the House by Farina and Ann Dimaira, agency clinical nurs­ cilities in depressed communities that can be voice vote in the last Congress. ing supervisors at MCOSS's Thompson Health converted to NASA facilities in meeting Every year, too many young children choke Center in Red Bank, who were on call for 72 NASA's needs for additional facilities. My new to death on small toys and small parts of toys. straight hours. Nurses who participated were legislation takes that requirement a step fur­ According to the CPSC, in 1990 alone, 23 from three MCOSS health centers-Bodman ther by requiring the Administrator to actually deaths and an estimated 164,500 injuries Health Center, Tinton Falls, NJ, and Harding select among facilities in depressed commu­ were associated with toys. In many cases, Health Center, Manasquan, NJ, as well as nities when planning to expand to additional parents receive no effective warning that tells Thompson Health Center. facilities. them a toy may end up choking and killing It should be pointed out that many of these Depressed communities are defined as both their child. Currently: talented and dedicated health care profes­ rural and urban communities that are relatively There are no nationally required warning la­ sionals were themselves flood victims, and depressed, in terms of age of housing, extent bels to alert parents to the choking hazards of continued to work and serve others while put­ of poverty, growth of per capita income, extent small toys and toys with small parts that are ting aside their own personal anxiety about the of unemployment, job lag, or surplus labor. marketed to children over 3, but still pose a effects of the storm on their homes and fami­ The Administrator shall use that criteria when hazard to the younger children. lies. In addition to nursing assessments, the making a selection. This is the criteria, more There are no nationally required warning la­ nurses provided wound care, monitored blood or less, that is used to determine eligibility for bels to warn parents of the hazards of some pressures, conducted medication reviews, and Federal enterprise zones and urban develop­ innocent looking, but potentially dangerous administered medication when it was avail­ ment action grants. toys: balloons, marbles, and games of skill able. They arranged for hospitalization of the Mr. Speaker and my fellow colleagues, the that have small balls. more seriously ill, attended to the mentally ill Pentagon has such widespread support be­ Some toy companies voluntarily use labels; and offered comfort to devastated families. cause it has decentralized and, therefore, however, in many cases, age warning labels February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3201 are so blandly written that parents may believe into law, the President would have 3 calendar The good news is there already is a pro­ them more related to educational development days to submit to the House a rescission mes­ gram at Argonne National Laboratory, known than safety. The Child Safety Protection Act sage containing all rescissions proposed relat­ as Reduced Enrichment for Research and rectifies this problem by requiring specific ed to the bill just signed. Under the terms of Test Reactors [RERTR], that can develop al­ warning labels on certain toys which pose a the bill, the President is authorized to rescind ternate fuel to substitute for these bomb-grade hazard to young children. up to 100 percent of unauthorized appropria­ exports within 5 years. The bad news is that In addition, children under the age of 3 rou­ tions and up to 25 percent of authorized ap­ funding for fuel development was halted in tinely explore their world by putting objects in propriations. If a majority of the House votes 1990. their mouths. Right now, it is legal to market to approve the resolution, it is sent to the Sen­ The bill I am introducing today would reau­ balls that are small enough to choke children ate, where a process begins similar to that fol­ thorize the RERTR program for 5 years, by under !he age of three to that age group. The lowed by the House. This year, a process is which time all remaining bomb-grade exports Child Safety Protection Act alleviates this haz­ established in the bill to allow a separate vote could be replaced by safer fuels. The total ard by requiring minimum choke proof size re­ on any individual rescission contained in the cost would be no more than $30 million, a quirements for balls intended for children President's rescission package if 50 Members small price to help keep nuclear weapons out under age 3. in the House or 15 Members of the Senate re­ of the hands of terrorists and radical nations. For most kids, their bicycle is their most quested such a vote. Mr. Speaker, in this post-cold war era, pro­ prized possession and bicycling has long been The important point is that we will finally liferation looms as one of the greatest threats an American family pastime. Over the course face votes on rescissions. The authors of spe­ to United States and global security. Develop­ of the last few years, bicycle helmets have be­ cial interest provisions tucked away in spend­ ing alternatives to exports of bomb-grade ura­ come as common as bicycles. Parents are ing bills will have to defend their actions and nium is one small piece of a comprehensive buying helmets for themselves and their chil­ if a project or projects survive a vote, only strategy to reduce this threat. I urge my col­ dren to protect against head injuries. then would it go forward. I firmly believe that leagues to support this legislation. It's a good thing, too, because according to more times than not, unauthorized and waste­ the CPSC, each year there are approximately ful spending will not survive the light of day 1,200 bicycle-related deaths. Head trauma is and a vote by the Congress. responsible for 70 percent of the deaths. In This measure, Mr. Speaker and colleagues, MEXICO AND ITS WALL addition, each year, over half a million injuries is a very modest attempt to put in place a related to bicycles are treated in hospital workable process to handle Presidential re­ HON.BHLmCHARDSON emergency rooms. Approximately 30 percent scissions. This might be described as line-item veto subject to a majority override in Con­ OF NEW MEXICO of these injuries involve the face or head. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Currently, helmets soid in the United States gress. Frankly, I would support broader line­ that meet voluntary standards conform to ei­ item veto authority for the President. But this Thursday, February 18, 1993 ther the American National Standards Institute measure is a good start and it deserves the Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, 2 years or the Snell Memorial Foundation bicycle hel­ support of every member concerned about the ago, on February 21, 1991, I entered into the met standards. The American Society for Test­ runaway national debt and our children's fu­ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a thoughtful article ti­ ing and Materials [ASTM] is in the process of ture. I urge my colleagues to again cosponsor tled, "Mexico and Its Wall" on Mexican-Amer­ developing a third voluntary standard. and support this bill. ican relations by the well-known expert on This bill will make sure that all helmets are Mexico, C. Allen Ellis. Mr. Ellis eloquently ex­ designed to protect kids and their families PHASE OUT EXPORTS OF BOMB­ plained some of the political reasons why the from bicycle related head injuries. Under this GRADE URANIUM BY DEVELOP­ North American Free-Trade Agreement is bill, the CPSC must develop a new Federal ING SUBSTITUTE FUELS needed. standard based on the existing voluntary Today, I would like to share with my col­ standards, and include requirements to protect leagues chapter two of Mr. Ellis' thoughts on against the risk of helmets rolling off of the HON. CHARLFS E. SCHUMER NAFT A and the challenges faced by Presi­ heads of riders, requirements for children's OF NEW YORK dents Salinas and Clinton. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES helmets, and any other appropriate require­ MEXICO AND ITS WALL ments. While the CPSC is working on the new Thursday, .February 18, 1993 (By C. Allen Ellis) standard, the bill requires all helmets made Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, as part of the On January 9, 1993 President-elect William after a certain date to meet at least one of the continuing fight against nuclear-weapons pro­ Clinton joined President Carlos Salinas de voluntary standards. liferation, today I am introducing the Bomb­ Gortari in Austin, Texas, the only foreign On February 24, 1993, the Subcommittee Grade Uranium Export Substitution Act. head-of-state with whom he met prior to be­ on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Bomb-grade uranium was the missing ingre­ coming the 42nd President of the United Competitiveness will hold a hearing on the dient in Saddam Hussein's quest for a nuclear States. This auspicious beginning for United legislation and proceed directly to a markup. weapon. According to U.N. investigators, Iraq States-Mexico relations in the new adminis­ tration had been initiated by President Sali­ I urge the support of my colleagues. could have constructed a bomb as soon as it nas to begin the important process for his produced sufficient bomb-grade uranium. nation and administration of describing In Iraq, we were lucky. The next Saddam Mexico's views and policies. However, his RESCISSION ACT may forego a production capability and instead most important objective was to persuade try to steal bomb-grade uranium or buy it on the President-elect of the importance of the HON. TIM01HY J. PENNY the black market. To reduce that risk, Presi­ successful conclusion of the earlier nego­ OF MINNESOTA dent Bush last year signed into law the Bomb­ tiated and signed North American Free­ Grade Uranium Export Restriction Act as part Trade Agreement (NAFTA). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is unlikely that President Salinas of the comprehensive energy bill Public Law Thursday, February 18, 1993 dwelled on the contribution of an early 102--486. This new law requires the United NAFTA to his own extraordinary presidency Mr. PENNY. Mr. Speaker, today I joined our States to phase out exports of bomb-grade and to the ability of his successor to con­ colleagues CHARLIE STENHOLM, TIM JOHNSON, uranium. tinue the political and economic policies L.F. PAYNE, and others in introducing the Ex­ Such bomb-grade exports still go to a hand­ begun in 1982 by his predecessor, Migual de la pedited Consideration of Rescission Act, ful of foreign nuclear research reactors that Madrid, and upon which he, in turn, has so which passed the House by a wide bipartisan depend on the United States for fuel. If we ably built. In the historical context of the margin in the closing days of the 102d Con­ simply cut the reactors off cold-turkey, how­ United States-Mexico relationship these gress. ever, they may look to alternate suppliers, policies had represented a fundamental change from centuries of mutual distrust The measure we introduce today would which could actually worsen the proliferation and the vast cultural divide between the amend the 197 4 Budget Act to establish a situation. It would be preferable to develop al­ United States and Mexico. process to expeditiously consider Presidential ternate, non-weapons-usable, uranium fuel to The Salinas Presidency has been charac­ rescissions. After signing an appropriations bill replace the bomb-grade exports. terized by the realistic reassessment of 3202 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 Mexico's often nationalistic domestic and sort when it comes to funding a project or initi­ new authority for a 2-year test period so that international policies and the courage to em­ ating a program. Such an attitude over the we can see how it works in practice. bark on dramatic changes in these, even years not only has contributed to the ever-ex­ In the next few months we will face many when politically sacrosanct, to further Mexi­ panding Federal budget deficit, it also has cre­ co's modernization. Among the many major tough choices and tough votes. It is important ated an unrealistic reliance on the Federal policy departures have been the successful that as we make these tough votes that we be Government for matters which are out of its privatization of many public sector enter­ able to assure our constituents that we will prises, opening the "ejido" system of com­ domain. munal rural land tenure to private owner­ There is, however, some reason for hope. eliminate wasteful spending and increase the ship, curbing the power of corrupt union and This Member is pleased to bring to the atten­ accountability in the spending of tax dollars. political leaders, and the redefinition of tion of his colleagues an outstanding example By forcing many programs to stand or fall on church-state relations. of a small community organizing its resources their individual merits, this modified line-item The economic achievements of the Salinas veto bill will go a long way toward eliminating Administration have been equally impres­ and tackling a project on its own. Battle Creek, sive. Rigorous and sound policies, along with NE, a community of less than 1,000 people in the irresponsible spending that the public is stringent budgetary austerity, have brought this Member's district, has demonstrated that it justifiably fed up with. public finances into surplus from deep defi­ is possible to accomplish a great deal without This proposal preserves the power of con­ cits, reduced annual inflation to a 14 percent government funding. gressional majorities to control spending deci­ level in 1992, and permitted stabilization of For the past several years, the Battle Creek sions. The President may single out individual the foreign exchange rate. The result has community has contributed money and count­ programs, but he must convince a majority of been a dramatic increase in two-way trade less volunteer hours to create a 55-acre park between our two nations which reached ap­ and arboretum to accommodate the various Congress to agree with him before the spend­ proximately $75 billion in 1992, with United needs of young children, sports team, nature ing is cut. This bill will not change the balance States exports to Mexico exceeding $40 bil­ of powers between the branches, but it will in­ lion. Furthermore, reflecting increase con­ lovers, fitness enthusiasts, and senior citizens. fidence in Mexico's economic performance The residents point out with well-deserved crease the accountability of both branches in and in its continuation by NAFTA, foreign pride that this impressive projeCt was accom­ the budget process. institutional and Mexican investors have in­ plished without a penny of tax money. I urge my colleagues to support this small, creased their holdings of Mexican short-term This example also points out the benefits of reasonable reform of the spending process. debt to a level of at least $10 billion with enacting a line-item veto as a weapon against portfolio investments at least several times unnecessary items which have been placed SUMMARY OF EXPEDITED RESCISSION greater. LEGISLATION In spite of the remarkable achievements to into a large appropriations bill. By removing date of President Salinas, he is now con­ certain projects from the Federal budget, it The legislation would amend the Budget fronted by a cruel dilemma inherent in the would not necessarily kill them. Rather it Control and Impoundment Act of 1974 to set very leadership he has provided to the would send the message that some things are in place the following supplemental proce­ NAFTA process. If NAFTA is successfully better left to individual communities. Such an dure for rescissions for a two-year trial pe­ concluded in coming months it will be the approach also has the advantage of giving the riod. pre-eminent achievement of his administra­ citizens a larger stake in the project and a After signing an appropriations bill into tion. However, if it is not, his own presi­ dential authority will be eroded. Of particu­ gratifying sense of involvement in the commu­ law, the president would have three days to lar importance is the effect a long-delayed nity. submit to the House a rescission message NAFTA would have on his own abilit y to as­ This Member commends the citizens of Bat­ that includes all proposed rescissions for the sure the continuity of the above policies in tle Creek, NE, for their initiative and hard work Appropriations bill just signed and a draft the selection of his successor in Mexico's sin­ which ensured the success of the park project. bill that would enact the proposed rescis­ gle six year presidential term system. It should serve as a model for communities sions. The perception within Mexico is that Re­ and individuals throughout the country. The president could propose to rescind 100 publican administrations have traditionally percent of unauthorized programs and up to been more knowledgeable of Mexico than 25 percent of specifically authorized pro­ Democratic, and earlier to appreciate the MODIFIED LINE-ITEM VETO BILL grams or projects. importance of the multifaceted and complex nature of United States relations with Mex­ The resolution would be introduced in the ico. It indeed would be unfortunate if this HON. CHARLES W. STENHOLM House at the earliest opportunity by the ma­ perception is confirmed anew, by unneces­ OF TEXAS jority and minority leaders. The bill would sary delays in addressing the concerns ex­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be referred to the Appropriations Commit­ pressed by Candidate Clinton in his October tee, which must report it out without sub­ 4 address at North Carolina State Univer­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 stantive amendment within seven days. sity. Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, last night, Within ten legislative days of introduction, It appears that special interests vehe­ President Clinton outlined an ambitious plan to mently opposed to NAFTA are joining forces a vote shall be taken on the rescission bill. with other disparate voices that do not ap­ confront our massive Federal debt. Today, I The bill may not be amended on the floor, preciate the transformation of Mexico which am introducing legislation on behalf of 80 of except that 50 House members can request a has occurred and the continuing opportunity my colleagues to provide him with one of the vote on a motion to strike an individual re­ for both nations represented by a respon­ tools he asked for to help him in his effort to scission from the rescission bill. sibly-led and modern Mexico. Only by the reduce the deficit-modified line-item veto au­ If approved by a simple majority of the personal leadership in coming months of thority. The bill I am introducing is essentially House, the bill would be sent to the Senate President William Clinton will these inward the same bill sponsored by our former col­ for consideration under the same expedited looking views be overcome by recognition of league Tom Carper for the last several Con­ procedure. Fifteen Senators may request a the historic opportunity represented by separate vote on an individual rescission. NAFTA for the common prosperity of the gresses that passed the House last year with United States, Mexico and Canada. overwhelming bipartisan support. If a simple majority in either the House or This bill would allow the President to send Senate defeats a rescission proposal, the down a rescission package within 3 days of funds for programs covered by the proposal THE POWER OF LOCAL signing an appropriations bill. Congress would would be released for obligation in accord­ INVOLVEMENT be required to vote up or down on the pack­ ance with the previously enacted appropria­ age under an expedited procedure. The re­ tion. HON. DOUG BEREUI'ER scissions will take effect if a majority of Con­ If a rescission bill is approved by the House OF NEBRASKA gress approves the rescission package. If the and Senate, it would be sent to the President for his signature. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rescission bill is defeated in either House the funds for any proposed rescission would be The change to the 1974 Budget Act would Thursday, February 18, 1993 spent. Fifty Members of the House or 15 Sen­ be effective throughout the 103rd Congress, Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, too often the ators may request a separate vote on an indi­ at which time Congress may elect to extend Federal Government is turned to as a first re- vidual rescission. The bill would provide this it, revise it, or let it expire. February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3203 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTER­ not operated over the opposition of the citi­ [From the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 31, 1993] , STATE WASTE CONTROL ACT zens of the affected locality. THE COMMITTEE TO REDUCE COMMITTEES The legislation has been constructed in con­ CAN CONGRESS ACTUALLY REFORM ITSELF? HON. RICK BOUCHER sultation with the National Association of STAY TUNED Counties which has endorsed its passage. It Congress, acknowledging its systemic inef­ OF VIRGINIA ficiencies and nervously aware of just how IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES also enjoys the support of the major compa­ low its prestige has sunk, has taken a first nies involved in the interstate transportation of Thursday, February 18, 1993 step toward adopting what many members solid waste. A substantially similar measure I hope will be som·e of the most sweeping re­ Mr. BOUCHER. Mr. Speaker, the Local introduced in the last Congress was approved forms in its 204-year history. Government Interstate Waste Control Act, overwhelming by the House Energy and Com­ The institution that tries to conduct and which I am introducing today along with 11 of merce Committee. I look forward once again oversee the nation's business through a stag­ our colleagues, offers a solution to the conten­ to working closely with the gentleman from gering network of 300 committees and sub­ committees-and 38,500 staff members-has tious issue of the interstate transportation and Washington, Mr. SWIFT, and the other mem­ disposal of municipal solid waste. I am particu­ ventured into the territory of reform by, bers of the Subcommittee on Transportation naturally, setting up a committee to hold larly pleased that the gentlemen from Michi­ and Hazardous Materials of the Energy and hearings and propose ideas for streamlining gan, Mr. UPTON and- Mr. BONIOA, are principal Commerce Committee to enact legislation operations and reducing costs. The Joint cosponsors of the measure. which resolves this difficult issue. Committee on the Organization of Congress, Last year, approximately 15 million tons of composed of a dozen-each Democrats andRe­ garbage was shipped out-of-state for disposal. publicans, is to present its recommendations All too often, this garbage has been dumped next fall. No one expects consensus-building in unwanted private landfills in rural commu­ CONGRESSIONAL REFORM in the committee to be easy. nities that were unable to halt the importation. The joint committee nonetheless rep­ resents an effort to address specific maladies Many rural communities lack comprehensive HON. DAVID DREIER that, collectively and left largely untreated, zoning designating specified land uses, includ­ have fueled growing public dissatisfaction ing the operation of private landfills. Therefore, OF CALIFORNIA with a branch of government that, if never some private landfill operators import urban IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES revered, has at least been respected for much garbage, notwithstanding the opposition of of its existence. local residents. Thursday, February 18, 1993 Last fall's political campaign and election gave dramatic emphasis to popular dis­ In these circumstances, local governments Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, have found themselves powerless to halt gar­ content with Congress. The familiar litany the Joint Committee on the Organization of of complaints-gridlocked government due ba_ge importation. State law prohibits retro­ Congress concluded its first round of hearings to an inability of Congress to work with the active zoning, and Federal law prohibits the on proposals to reform this institution. Over White House or even to get its own act to­ discrimination by any State against the com­ the course of five hearings, the joint commit­ gether, uncertain fidelity to ethical stand­ merce, including garbage, of another State. tee has taken testimony from the House ·and ards, a congressional bureaucracy that had Accordingly, as long as the landfill operator Senate leadership, former and current Mem­ grown both overly large and overly power­ complies with basic environmental require­ ful-helped produce something of a political bers, and outside experts. So far, the joint earthquake. A significant number of veter­ ments, neither the locality nor the State can committee has received constructive testimony prevent garbage importation from out of state. ans were discouraged from seeking reelec­ and suggestions from nearly 60 Members of tion or were ousted at the polls. The message This inability of localities to control their own Congress, from the leadership to Members of sent to those who survived was do better, or destiny has spawned a powerful national effort the freshman class in the House. We will hear else. to give localities a voice in deciding whether a from many more. There are plenty of opportunities for doing private landfill should be permitted to accept better; a revolutionary overhaul of the com­ The testimony of the witnesses, no matter out-of-state garbage. The Local Government mittee system would be the best place to whether they disagree on specific prescrip­ Interstate Waste Control Act is a response to start. At last count the Senate had 16 stand­ tions for reform, reflect widespread concern this clear need. ing committees, three select committees, within this institution about its organization, its The bill grants local governments the au­ one special. The House had 21 standing com­ direction, and its role in governance. mittees and five select, and there were four thority to approve or disapprove the importa­ joint committees. But in the shadow of each tion of out-of-state waste into private landfills. Yet, the conventional wisdom asserts that, with the majority in control of both ends of of these committees subcommittees tend to It would insure that in the future no facilities proliferate, hundreds of them, like mush­ import waste over local opposition. Nothing in Pennsylvania Avenue, legislative gridlock is a rooms in a cellar. Each committee and sub­ the legislation allows local governments to act relic, and that congressional reform is unnec­ committee has a chairperson and a staff and beyond the bounds of State law. Indeed, the essary. Frankly, the public has a different a budget. Each draws the close attention of bill merely allows local governments to decide view. The public understands that the struc­ specialized lobbyists. Worthwhile work, of one issue: whether a waste disposal facility, ture of the institution and the process by which course, is sometimes done. But the gross ex­ legislation is considered shapes the result. pansion of committees also reflects and en­ otherwise permissible under State law, should courages political self-promotion along with be authorized to accept out-of-state waste. The pubUc also understands what we know to be the case-that the legislative process is influence peddling. Some in Congress have The legislation is not intended to put an end been daring enough to suggest that commit­ to interstate garbage movements, and it would needlessly complicated and dangerously tees and subcommittees could be cut to no not have that effect. A large number of private dated. more than 50, with staffs reduced by 25%. landfills receiving out-of-state garbage are op­ In weighing the options for change, I believe Those are attractive numbers. It will be in­ erated today with the blessing of local govern­ the joint committee must have a high standard teresting to see what the joint committee in ments. Companies such as Waste Manage­ for congressional reform. The editorial boards fact proposes-and even more interesting to see what Congress approves. ment, Inc., Browning-Ferris Industries, Cham­ of two of the Nation's most important news­ bers Development Corp. and Laidlaw, Inc. op­ papers, the Los Angeles Times and the New [From the New York Times, Feb. 10, 1993] erate under the principle that no new landfill York Times have come to the same conclu­ CONGRESS, UNTIE YOURSELF will be sited without local government ap­ sion. Their recent editorials, dated January 31 It's no secret that the U.S. Congress is in­ proval. Under these practices, the terms and and February 10, 1993, respectively, are an efficient: The real mystery is how it gets conditions of locating and operating the landfill example of the standards and expectations anything done at all. Thirty committees are negotiated with the proper local govern­ the public holds for the work of the joint com­ and-count 'em-77 subcommittees picked at ment authorities. In the typical case, localities mittee. pieces of last year's defense budget. Forty view these operations as another business in­ I urge my colleagues to continue to work committees and subcommittees demand a say in energy legislation. The original Clean vestment providing economic opportunities. In with the Members of the joint committee in Air Act covered a page and a half; the latest sum, there will be private landfill space avail­ fashioning a comprehensive and long overdue renewal filled 313 pages. . able for municipal garbage exports. This legis­ reform of the Congress. For the good of the Checked, balanced and featherbedded to lation would simply insure that the landfills are institution and the country, we can do no less. the point of stasis. Congress must reform not 3204 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 only its dubious campaign fund-raising prac­ That will, of course, remove some of the one of our most effective tools for spurring tices but the way it works-or doesn't. And contention that has roiled the legislative students' interest in math, science and engi­ Congress senses it. Seared by the hot breath process since 1980. But Congress is still Con­ neering, all fields vital to our global eco­ of public contempt, the Senate and House gress, not the President's lapdog. If the Sen­ nomic competitiveness; and have done what comes naturally. They have ate and House are now to play their proper Whereas, the program has progressed to formed yet another committee. constitutional role, they must first clear up hardware production in preparation for the At least this joint committee on Congres­ the clutter. launch of the first elements of Space Station sional reform has Democratic co-chairmen, Freedom in three years. Now, therefore, be Senator David Boren and Representative Lee it, Hamilton, who offer themselves as earnest SUPPORT SPACE EXPLORATION­ Resolved, That the City of Garden Grove reformers. But there will be no real change SUPPORT SPACE STATION FREE­ strongly endorses full funding and support unless the leaders of both parties, in both DOM for Space Station Freedom, and urges the houses, give the effort real muscle. They President and Congress of the United States need a wake-up call. Here's a good start: to provide this funding. Redefine turf. There hasn't been a basic re­ HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN Adopted this 16th day of February, 1993. alignment of committees since 1946. Splin­ OF CALIFORNIA FRANK KESSLER, tered oversight of energy policy is just one Mayor. example of the need to adjust committee re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sponsibilities to modern times. Turf protec­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 tors will protest, but the public interest de­ Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on ARMENIA IS FAST mands that laws not be burdened by inser­ DETERIORATING tions from 40 fiefs. behalf of my constituents in Orange County, When that's done, shrink the jurisdiction CA specifically the city of Garden Grove, to of committees that are overloaded, such as offer my support for full funding for space sta­ HON. WilliAM J. HUGHES House Ways and Means, which sprawls be­ tion Freedom. OF NEW JERSEY yond revenue matters into all manner of pro­ Last year, we celebrated the SOOth anniver­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grams affecting health, welfare and foreign sary of perhaps the greatest human explo­ trade. Thursday, February 18, 1993 Cut committees and staff. All told. there ration to date-the voyage of Christopher Co­ are 300 full committees and subcommittees. lumbus to the New World, now known as Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, all around the To justify their existence, they generate America. Today, over five centuries later, we world there is instability and need. The un­ ideas for legislation. In the lOlst Congress, are in danger of sacrificing our future voyages speakable horrors in the former Yugoslavia, 6,973 bills were introduced; barely 200 became of exploration by canceling or severely cutting and the ravaging hunger in Somalia warrant law. This year's newly elected members, funding for a permanently manned orbiting strong responses from the United States and bringing a fresh eye to old procedures, areal­ laboratory known as space station Freedom. the international community. The situation in ready grumbling about too many hearings The city of Garden Grove, under the leader­ Armenia is equally critical. and too little time for floor debate. Speed the budget process. Congress votes ship of Mayor Frank Kessler, has adopted a The 4-year blockade by neighboring Azer­ at least twice, and often four or five times, resolution expressing support for full funding baijan has destroyed any semblance of normal on every dollar it appropriates-in the an­ for space station Freedom. Included in this life in the newly independent and democratic nual budget resolution, in the authorizing resolution is a statement I find especially ap­ Armenia. Armenia is now almost entirely de­ legislation, and finally in appropriating the propriate regarding the importance of this pro­ prived of electricity, telephone services, trans­ money. It would be hard to dislodge any gram. According to the Garden Grove resolu­ portation and running water. Its citizens have committees that figure in this process, but tion: resorted to cutting down public trees to use efficiency and logic would both be served by them for firewood. Many hospitals are closed, eliminating one of those three steps. A vibrant space program, especially in the Stop micromanaging the Government. As human exploration of space, is one of our children are unable to attend school, and al­ the billowing Clean Air Act demonstrates, most effective tools for spurring students' most no Armenians can work. Food is in piti­ laws have become endlessly detailed. Some­ interest in math, science, and engineering, fully short supply. As the cruel winter tempera­ times Democratic legislators wrote those de­ all fields vital to our global economic com­ tures plummet, the last fuel line into Armenia tails to make sure Republican Presidents fol­ petitiveness. was recently destroyed. Armenia is fast dete­ lowed the law's intent, but the habit has Space station Freedom represents more riorating into a primitive state. spread generally. Over-provisioned bills are than a space program. It represents the hopes The urgent humanitarian need is clear. I ask often so cumbersome that only their chief and dreams of today's and future generations. my colleagues to respond to the Armenian sponsors know what's in them; other mem­ bers are left to vote in the dark. Please Mr. President, please keep our dreams Government's appeal for food and medicine. Give the minority more space. Republicans ·alive and fully fund space station Freedom. The United States must work with the inter­ get short shrift on committee slots, staffing I would like to include for the RECORD the national community in providing Armenia with and opportunities to shape legislation, espe­ entire resolution by the city council of Garden the aid it so critically needs. cially in the House. Speaker Thomas Foley Grove supporting full funding for space station The United Nations recently passed a reso­ contends that the Democrats need two-thirds Freedom. lution calling upon bordering countries of Ar­ of the seats on the powerful Rules Commit­ menia to allow for the immediate passage of tee, but that's only for tight control of the RESOLUTION NO. 7539-93 agenda. In the Senate, excessive filibustering Whereas, Southern California has been and relief supplies into Armenia. I urge my col­ by Republicans abuses their right to be will continue to be significantly involved in leagues to support this measure in every pos­ heard; the rules need tightening, while pre­ manned space programs; and sible way in order to alleviate the terrible suf­ serving the minority's right to object and Whereas, Space Station Freedom is a pro­ fering of the people of Armenia. even obstruct. gram that expands and ensures our nation's The House has already started trimming ability to remain the leader in manned space subcommittees, but arbitrarily. It also began exploration by studying the effects on the ALLEGED WHITE HOUSE STAFF last week to wipe out four special commit­ human body and mind of long-term exposure CUTS tees that have no legislative authority but to zero gravity and the space environment; serve to focus attention on four profound and concerns-narcotics, hunger, the aging, and Whereas, in times of economic uncertainty HON. GERAlD B.H. SOLOMON children and families. The need for these we must remember that the space industry OF NEW YORK committees is proper grist for the reform has historically proven to be economically IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES committee; they shouldn't be axed just to productive; and satisfy an impulse to cut something. Whereas, the Space Station Freedom Thursday, February 18, 1993 Congress is under the gun to shape up. By project currently employs more than 30,000 Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, add President last November, voters in 14 states were so people directly, many who reside in Garden Clinton's elaborate announcement of a 25 per­ tired of political gridlock that they imposed Grove, and 75,000 to 100,000 people indirectly, term limits on their senators and representa­ not only in the state of California but in cent staff cut at the White House to his long tives. It's too facile to say that the gridlock states across the nation; and list of broken campaign promises. was ended by electing a Democratic Presi­ Whereas, a vibrant space program, espe­ Through creative accounting, the Clinton dent. cially in the human exploration of space, is White House has hoodwinked the American February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3205 public. On the very same day the alleged cuts tice, as have the ADA, OSHA, CAL-OSHA, Writing recently in The Washington Post, were announced White House aides confirmed IPA's, PPO's, HMO's, and any other set of Dr. Koop noted that 11 states have already they were considering asking the Congress for initials you can think of. New rules-re­ done what Clinton may be about to propose cently enacted, and more to come in the near for the nation-they provide free immuniza­ a supplemental budget increase for fiscal year future-are making it difficult, if not impos­ tions to every child. 1993. Maybe I have not caught on to Arkan­ sible, for a small business such as a solo If high costs were the main reason for the sas logic, but would a staff that has been cut medical practice to achieve a reasonable re­ appallingly low rate of immunization, it need more money? Such a request does not turn. As a result, it has become economi­ would follow that nearly every child in those seem strange at all when I hear there are peo­ cally impossible to give the kind of medical free-immunization states would have the ple sitting on the floor and working at desks in care which you deserve. Great changes are in shots. But those states' immunization rate is the hallways in White House office buildings. store for Medicine. I feel that medical prac­ 63 percent. Dr. Koop said- only five points Fascinating accounting methods. I have al­ tice, such as I have striven to accomplish, is above the nation as a whole. doomed. Rather than compromise my treat­ Instead of cost, he suggested, the main ways considered OMB and the U.S. Trade mP.nt and the level of service which I can problem is ignorance-a distressingly high Representative as part of the White House provide to you, I have decided to give up pri­ number of parents either don't know or don't staff. And the detailees leaving the Clinton vate practice completely. care that providing protection against child­ White House will return to their home agen­ I am truly honored to have been chosen by hood diseases is part of their responsibilities cies. Estimated savings to the U.S. taxpayer you to provide you with medical care. I hope as a parent. Another problem, he said, may here-zero. The senior staff faces no actual that the care which I have rendered has met be that the clinics that provide free shots to pay cut, as they merely eliminated the COLA with your expectations, and that my office low-income families are inconvenient to use. increase for positions that received an adjust­ staff and I have succeeded in our attempts to Rather than spending up to S500 million to treat you all with respect, kindness, and dig­ provide free shots for people from all income ment in January. The limousine service got a nity. groups, Dr. Koop would have society do more substantial slashin~eltway style, 108-1 04. I will miss you all. to be sure all parents know their responsibil­ Are we really to believe that Hillary Rodham Sincerely yours, ities. He also advocates making the delivery Clinton has 25 percent less staff than Mrs. WILLIAM D. DIXON system more convenient for the shots that Bush, taking into account Mrs. Clinton's influ­ are available. For people to whom cost might ence in policy and her additional office space? be a problem, he said, tax incentives could be I think the operation and staffing of Mrs. Clin­ FREE SHOTS FOR ALL CHILDREN used to encourage insurance companies to ton's Health Care Task Force deserves further ISN'T WAY TO SOLVE PROBLEM cover immunizations and to reimburse par­ ents who aren't insured. investigation. Who is serving on this panel and A Clinton policy of free shots for everyone to whom are they accountable? HON. DOUG BEREUTER would require taxpayers to finance a service The announcement demonstrated that the OF NEBRASKA that three-fifths of the intended bene­ drug crisis will be a low priority under Clinton IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ficiaries are already providing for them­ as the only office where real cuts were made Thursday, February 18, 1993 selves. That isn't a proper function of gov­ was the drug czar's. John Walters, a Bush of­ ernment. Neither is the assumption of a re­ Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, I commend ficial who held on as Acting Director, resigned sponsibility that millions of people are faith­ to my colleagues an editorial which appeared in disgust. Reducing the staff of this office fully discharging as part of their obligations in the Omaha World Herald on February 16, from 146 to 25 prompted Senator DENNIS as parents. 1993. This editorial takes courageous stand An expanded entitlement program would DECONCINI to write, "I am worried that rather a regarding President Clinton's proposed child­ be an odd component of a Clinton deficit-re­ than streamlining the office, you are effectively hood vaccination plan. Mr. Speaker, it is tough duction package. One of the reasons the defi­ gutting it." to take a stand against a plan to immunize cit needs reducing is that the government Mr. Speaker, the Joint Committee on the has taken over too many functions that re­ children, but before enacting such an initiative, Organization of Congress, of which I am a sponsible people once handled for them­ Congress must ensure that this Federal ex­ member, is studying all aspects of Capitol Hill selves. Adding yet another can only make a penditure is really appropriate to finance vac­ staffing and will probably recommend a real solution more difficult. cinations for all American children: cut to help restore the integrity of this institu­ FREE SHOTS FOR ALL CHILDREN ISN'T WAY TO tion. In the long run, then, Mr. Clinton's cuts SOLVE PROBLEM REINVENTING GOVERNMENT: RE­ will be seen by the American people as a President Clinton appears to be on the DUCE ASBESTOS THREAT smoke-and-mirrors trick. verge of a classic overreaction as he consid­ THROUGH INCENTIVES, NOT REG­ ers the subject of childhood immunizations. ULATION White House sources indicated that Clin­ THE DANGERS OF OVER-REGULAT­ ton may propose an expanded immunization ING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE program as part of his proposals to reduce HON. CHARLFS E. SCHUMER the deficit and create economic growth. OF NEW YORK By one account, Clinton wants the govern­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CHRISTOPHER COX ment to buy the nation's children's vaccines OF CALIFORNIA and distribute them free. Thursday, February 18, 1993 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Certainly his concern about the health of Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, in keeping children is appropriate. About half the Thursday, February 18, 1993 American kids under age 2 haven' t received with President Clinton's theme of reinventing Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, recently, two of my all their shots. Disease such as measles, Government-achieving policy goals via mar­ constituents sent me the following letter from which not long ago were thought to be near­ ket mechanisms rather than burdensome Gov­ their doctor. Because it reflects so well the ly extinct, are reappearing. Child mortality ernment regulation-today I am introducing dangers of over-regulating the practice of continues to be intolerably high among seg­ the Asbestos Management Incentive Act. ments of the U.S. population where preven­ medicine, I set it forth for the RECORD: This bill was drafted in response to recent t ive measures are typically neglected. scientific studies and guidelines-by the Amer­ WILLIAM D. DIXON , M.D. , INC. , However, a free-shots-for-everyone ap­ Orange, CA, December 7, 1992. proach isn't the way to solve the problem. ican Medical Association, the Environmental TO ALL OF MY PATIENTS: It is with mixed For one thing, that approach is based on a Protection Agency, and the Health Effects In­ feelings that I announce the closing of my debatable assumption, namely that the cost stitute-which indicate that management-in­ practice, effective 15 January 1993-mixed, of the shots is the main reason many chil­ place rather than removal is the optimum because I am truly sad to be ending a rela­ dren haven't received them. Such as assump­ method to reduce the threat of asbestos. tionship with a truly unique group of people, t ion would follow the Children's Defense While such reports have been trickling out for those patients who have blessed me with the Fund line that the government isn't spend­ several years, the United States still spends opportunity of providing them with ing nearly enough tax money on the health, more than $3.5 billion annually on asbestos Orthopaedic care; yet I am happy and excited education and welfare of children. to be beginning a new phase of life for myself Dr. C. Everett Koop, who was surgeon gen­ removal, much of which is an unnecessary and my family. eral in the Reagan administration, has a burden on economic growth. Government, Federal and State, have be­ much different view of why so many kids are The problem is as follows: Due to the explo­ come extremely intrusive into medical prac- going unprotected. sion of asbestos-related litigation, banks have 3206 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 become extremely hesitant to make loans-for of Defense to beef up the border with DOD to protect American consumers against the example for refinancing or renovation-to personnel so that our borders are fully pro­ abuses of the credit reporting industry. owners of buildings that contain asbestos. tected. Credit reports play a vital role in the lives of Many banks insist owners remove all asbestos I realize that many Americans are con­ virtually every adult in America. Whenever you from a building before making a loan. This has cerned with militarizing the border. Yet, my apply for a loan, rent an apartment, buy a severe consequences. legislation in no way violates existing laws that house, purchase insurance coverage or even Owners who comply, by removing all asbes­ guard against searches, seizures and arrests apply for a job, your credit report is likely ex­ tos, may actually increase health hazards by military personnel. Military personnel would amined to determine eligibility. As the former while incurring massive expenses. simply assist the border patrol and Customs chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Owners who cannot afford to remove all as­ Service in their border protection work. Affairs and Coinage, I spent the past 2 years bestos rarely adopt a management plan that We have hundreds of thousands of United examining the credit reporting industry. After would reduce asbestos health hazards. In ad­ States troops deployed throughout the world extensive hearings and a thorough investiga­ dition, denial of loans exacerbates the credit protecting European, Asian, and Latin Amer­ tion, the subcommittee found an industry des­ crunch in the real estate market and the re­ ican nations. At the same time, we have aJr perately in need of major reform. cession in the construction industry. proximately 3 million illegal aliens crossing our The most serious problem uncovered by the The ordinary Government solution, issuing border annually, carrying drugs into our Nation subcommittee was the number of errors con­ regulations, is not the answer here. It would and taking jobs away from Americans that tained in credit reports. In 1991 alone, 10,000 take years, would be burdensome, and would need them. If the DOD can bestow hundreds consumers complained to the Federal Trade not solve the credit problem. of thousands of U.S. troops on foreign nations Commission about inaccurate credit reports. Instead, the bill I am introducing today for their defense, it should be able to spare Recent studies have found that almost half of would provide a financial incentive for both about 10,000 military personnel to protect our all credit reports contain errors and that one of lenders and owners to do the right thing. Nation. every four reports has serious errors that Lenders would be given immunity from poten­ I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this im­ could result in the denial of credit, insurance tial third-party liability, but only if owners portant legislation. or even the loss of a job. instated a formal asbestos management plan. These studies have also found that consum­ In this way, lenders would be freed to make ers spend an average of 6 months getting more real estate loans, and owners would be INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION credit bureaus to correct errors in their reports, motivated to manage asbestos in the safest, TO REFORM THE FAIR CREDIT and that even if mistakes are corrected, they most cost-effective manner. REPORTING ACT OF 1970 often show up as errors in subsequent reports. This legislation was drafted over the course The human consequences of these errors of 2 years, in consultation with labor, environ­ HON. FSTEBAN EDWARD TORRFS can be devastating. The subcommittee heard mental, banking, and real estate interests. Not OF CALIFORNIA from a cable company executive who was every group agrees with every detail, but all IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fired from his job after he was mistakenly sides concur that the bill's enactment would Thursday, February 18, 1993 identified on his credit report as a convicted be an improvement over the current situation. drug dealer. A homeowner who had paid off I urge my colleagues to support this important Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ his mortgage and never missed a payment legislation. troducing legislation to modernize and reform was refused credit from banks and retailers for the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 197Q-a law close to a year because his credit report incor­ that has not been substantially updated in rectly listed a tax lien on property that he did LEGISLATION TO ASSIGN DEPART­ more than 20 years. The FCRA was enacted not own, located in a State where he had MENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL to ensure that the Nation's credit reporting never lived. Almost 1,500 taxpayers in Nor­ TO ASSIST WITH BORDER P A­ system functioned fairly, accurately and with­ wich, VT were erroneously recorded as dead­ TROL FUNCTIONS out undue intrusion into the consumer's pri­ beats because of an error by TRW, one of the vacy. Nation's three largest credit bureaus. The resi­ HON. JAMFS A. TRAFICANT, JR. But our country has changed dramatically dents of south Middlesex County, MA suffered OF OHIO over the past two decades, and so too has the the same nightmarish fate a few months later. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES technology that facilitates the credit reporting And the horror stories go on, and on, and on. system. Credit reports are no longer filed in Thursday, February 18, 1993 The bill I am introducing today will help put manilla envelopes and stored in metal cabi­ an end to the pain and suffering the credit re­ Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today I have nets. Today, reports are stored, manipulated porting industry is causing thousands of de­ reintroduced legislation to authorize the Sec­ and relayed by the most sophisticated comput­ cent and responsible Americans. It will in­ retary of Defense to assign up to 10,000 full­ ers in the world. When the FCRA was passed crease the accuracy of credit reports and bet­ time Department of Defense [DOD] personnel in 1970, the largest credit bureau had but 27 ter protect the privacy of those reports. to assist the Immigration and Naturalization million files on consumers. Today, each of the The Consumer Reporting Reform Act gives Service [INS] and the U.S. Customs Service three largest bureaus keeps files on 150 to consumers greater access to their credit his­ perform their border protection functions. 170 million consumers. tories and makes it easier· to correct mistakes. The border patrol has the strength of only The present state of computer technology It holds banks and merchants accountable for 3,800, yet its mission is to guard the two long­ and the volume of credit transactions that fuel the quality of the information they turn over to est borders of one of the largest countries of the American economy have rendered the credit bureaus. And it increases privacy by re­ the world. Reports indicate that, at any given FCRA dangerously ill-equipped to meet the quiring employers to get permission before time, only 800 patrolmen are available to pro­ needs of today's consumers. they can check a worker's credit report. The tect our 2,000-mile southern border. The FCRA sought to achieve a balance be­ bill offers greatly needed reforms. Congress has failed to provide funding nec­ tween the legitimate business need to obtain essary to enlarge the border patrol. Until Con­ accurate consumer credit information and the gress can find the money, this military option right of consumers to protect the privacy of is the best short-term way to address this their personal and financial records. But that JUSTICE FOR HAITIANS shortage of border patrol personnel. Until our delicate balance has been lost. borders are fully protected, illegal immigrants, Today, consumers lives are an open book. HON. CARRIE P. MEEK drug traffickers and possible terrorists will Sensitive personal and financial data is bought OF FLORIDA have an open invitation to cross into the Unit­ and sold with little or no regard for the privacy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ed States undetected. of the consumer. Workers are denied employ­ DOD personnel are already involved in ment or even blackballed because of erro­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 some border protection work. Yet, in terms of neous information in their files. And inaccurate Mrs. MEEK. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ numbers, their involvement is virtually insignifi­ credit information is difficult if not impossible to ducing legislation to help Haitians who are cant. My new bill w~uld permit the Secretary correct. Clearly, it is time to regain the balance here in t Je United States and whose suffering February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3207 has brought sympathy from many Americans. dence, except in determining such admissi­ nies to work for from the standpoint of employ­ My congressional district, the 17th district in bility the grounds for exclusion specified in ees. These journalists published a similar vol­ Florida, has the largest number of Haitians in paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), (6)(B), and (7)(A) of ume in 1984, and it is good to note that they section 212(a) of the Immigration and Na­ report that there is a substantial increase in Florida and in the United States. Many Hai­ tionality Act shall not apply and the Attor­ tians who are here in the United States are ney General may, in his discretion, waive the the number of good companies. And I was here because they have a legitimate fear of ground for exclusion specified in paragraph particularly pleased to note that 1 of the top persecution in Haiti. This is especially true of (6)(C) of such section; 10 companies listed in the entire Nation was Haitians who fled the military coup. While it is (3) the alien is not an alien described in the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. true that the only real solution to the Haitian section 243(h)(2) of such Act; I congratulate Dr. Mitchell Rabkin, the direc­ refugee crisis in south Florida is long-term (4) the alien is physically present in the tor of the hospital, and all of those who work Democratic government in Haiti, we in the United States on the date the appli9ation for with him for this well earned honor. I can say such adjustment is filed; and United States still have a human problem that (5) the alien has continuously resided in as a former patient of Beth Israel that I share should not be ignored. Our communities are the United States since January 20, 1993. the high evaluation which it received in this re­ pained to see human suffering when des­ (b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF port. To be listed as 1 of the 10 best places perate Haitians have risked their lives at sea STATUS.-The benefits provided by sub­ to work in the entire country-not just 1 of the and those who have made it to Florida are in­ section (a) shall apply to any alien- 10 best hospitals but 1 of the best 10 best carcerated for weeks and months awaiting (1) who is a national of Haiti, work places of any sort-is a genuine accom­ processing. (2) who arrived in the United States before plishment of which Dr. Rabkin and his staff January 20, 1993, and Many of the Haitians who arrived in the (3) who (unless the alien filed an applica­ should be extremely proud. Of course Beth Is­ United States before and after the military tion for asylum with the Immigration and rael accomplishes this while also providing to coup did so based on a credible fear of perse­ Naturalization Service before January 20, people first rate medical care, and the leader­ cution and continue to be justified in their reti­ 1993) was not admitted to the United States ship of this hospital has been extremely help­ cence to return to the areas from where they as a nonimmigrant. ful to those of us trying to formulate a better fled. Many are facing imminent deportation (c) NO AFFECT ON FASCELL-STONE BENE­ health care policy for America. and there is not yet a viable system of protec­ FITS.-An alien who, as of the date of the en­ I also note that the Lotus Development tion in place should they find themselves back actment of this Act, is a Cuban and Haitian Corp. and the Polaroid Corp. received high entrant for the purpose of section 501 of Pub­ marks as well in this survey and I congratulate in Haiti. Many Haitians who have been here in lic Law 96-422 shall continue to be considered the United States prior to January 20, 1993, such an entrant for such purpose without re­ the people who run these companies as well. when President Clinton took office, have filed gard to any adjustment of status effected Lotus and Polaroid were listed among the top asylum claims. It is difficult, however, for some under this section. 100, which is also an extremely impressive ac­ people who have a credible fear of persecu­ (d) RECORD OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE AS OF complishment given that we are dealing with tion to actually provide documentation satis­ JANUARY 20, 1993.-Upon approval of an all work places in the entire Nation. All three factory to INS. They may nevertheless have a alien's application for adjustment of status of these companies demonstrate that provid­ strong but unverifiable case. under subsection (a), the Attorney General ing excellent service is completely consistent My bill would give Haitians immigration shall establish a record of the alien's admis­ sion for permanent residence as of January with dealing fairly with one's employees. They treatment similar to that given to Cubans, who 20, 1993. are models that I hope will be emulated. are automatically given the benefit of the (e) No OFFSET IN NUMBER OF VISAS AVAIL­ [From the Boston Globe, Jan. 23, 1993] doubt. But unlike Cubans, who may receive ABLE.-When an alien is granted the status of BEST PLACES TO WORK adjustment to permanent residency status having been lawfully admitted for perma­ (By Mary Sit) even if they arrive in the future, my bill would nent residence pursuant to this section, the Talk to any employee of America's 100 best Secretary of State shall not be required to provide adjustment to permanent residency companies to work for and the conversation status only for those Haitians who can prove reduce the number of immigrant visas au­ quickly begins to sound touchy-feely. their arrival in the United States prior to Janu­ thorized to be issued under the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Attorney Gen­ Empowerment. Flexibility. Trust. Respect. ary 20, 1993. They would be able to apply for But the people who work at these compa­ eral shall not be required to charge the alien nies are sincere when they enthuse about such adjustment within 2 years after the date any fee. of enactment of this legislation. This would be their workplaces. Their accounts have been ( f) APPLICATION OF IMMIGRATION AND NA­ chronicled in a book released yesterday a one-time adjustment and would extend a hu­ TIONALITY ACT PROVISIONS.-Except as other­ called "The 100 Best Companies to Work for manitarian hand to Haitians who are here and wise specifically provided in this section, the in America," published by Currency/Double­ who can become productive citizens. definitions contained in the Immigration day. I would like to invite my colleagues to join and Nationality Act shall apply in the ad­ Three Massachusetts companies made the with me in helping Haitians who are already ministration of this section. Nothing con­ list: Beth Israel Hospital of Boston, which tained in this section shall be held to repeal, was ranked among the Top 10; Lotus Devel­ here in the United States to successfully reset­ amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the tle in the community and to make their con­ opment Corp. and Polaroid Corp., both in powers, duties, functions, or authority of the Cambridge. tribution to our society in the same way so Attorney General in the administration and many of our own parents and grandparents Almost a decade after writing their 1984 enforcement of such Act or any other law re­ book on the 100 best companies, business have done. lating to immigration, nationality, or natu­ journalists Robert Levering and Milton Mr. Speaker, a copy of this legislation fol­ ralization. The fact that an· alien may be eli­ Moskowitz said this time it was difficult to lows: gible to be granted the status of having been winnow through and choose only 100. A dec­ H.R. - lawfully admitted for permanent residence ade ago, it was hard to come up with 100 good under this section shall not preclude the companies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ alien from seeking such status under any resentatives of the United Stat es of America in What's triggered the turn-around? other provision of law for which the alien "Some of it is more enlightened manage­ Congress assembled, may be eligible. SECTION I. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CER­ ment. You can get things done better TAIN HAITIANS. through better employee relations-honey (a) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.-The status of versus the stick," said Levering, adding that any alien described in subsection (b) may be BEST PLACES TO WORK they were not inundated with great work­ adjusted by the Attorney General, in the At­ places to research. " I don't think most work­ torney General's discretion and under such HON. BARNEY FRANK places are great. The trend, however, is good. regulations as the Attorney General may OF MASSACHUSETTS The best of the best is getting better." prescribe, to that of an alien lawfully admit­ Take, for example, Beth Israel Hospital. ted for permanent resi1ence if- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The 510-bed hospital associated with Harvard (1) the alien applies for such adjustment Thursday, February 18, 1993 Medical School employs 5,100 people. Judy H. within two years after the date of the enact­ Silva, 38, is a nurse manager who has worked ment of this Act; Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, there 18 years. "You have a lot of autonomy, (2) the alien is otherwise eligible to receive recently a book was published in which Robert and you're treated as a responsible person to an immigrant visa and is otherwise admissi­ Levering and Milton Moskowitz published the make those kinds of decisions to balance ble to the United States for permanent resi- results of their research on the best compa- your personal and professional life," ex- 3208 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 plained Silva, who is also a wife and mother fraud through deceptive advertising and solici­ The proposal would require the HHS Sec­ of three children. "The hospital runs itself tation practices. Of particular interest to mem­ retary to report annually to the Committee on on general guidelines that reflect the values bers of the Subcommittees was the adequacy Ways and Means detailing the number of of the organization. So people are encour­ of section 1140 of the Social Security Act complaints of deceptive practices received by aged to make independent decisions. There isn't a book of rules." which prohibits the misuse of names, symbols SSA and the HHS IG, the number of cases in Levering and Moskowitz asked thousands and emblems of SSA and HCFA. which a letter of complaint was sent by SSA of workers-usually non-supervisory ones or The subcommittees heard testimony from requesting that an individual cease misleading first-level supervisors-to rate the compa­ the Commissioner of the Social Security Ad­ activities, the number of cases referred by nies through the eyes of the employees. They ministration, Gwendolyn King, representatives SSA to the HHS IG, the number of investiga­ used six factors to evaluate the firms and from the Office of Inspector General, Depart­ tions undertaken by the HHS IG, the number awarded up to five stars per category: pay/ ment of Health and Human Services and Unit­ of civil monetary penalties formally proposed benefits; opportunities; job security; pride in ed States Postal Inspector as well as State at­ by the HHS IG in a demand letter, and the work/company; openness/fairness; camara­ torney's general and State aging agencies. number of judgments obtained. derie/friendliness. Numerous witnesses testified that limiting Polaroid stood out for its employee democ­ For the purpose of providing every individual racy. After a takeover threat, the instant the total amount of penalties that can be lev­ due process under the law, the Secretary photography company is now 20 percent em­ ied against individuals for violations of section would be required to report to the Committee ployee-owned and several employees actually 1140 to $1 00,000 per year did not serve as an on Ways and Means the number of hearings sit on the board of directors. Lotus, a soft­ adequate deterrent to groups who can take in requested by the respondents and the disposi­ ware developer, made the list because it was millions of dollars each year by engaging in tion of these hearings. "a company with a heart," said Levering. Its deceptive practices. The proposal would elimi­ Finally, the bill would stipulate that the provi­ focus on diversity made it one of the first nate the provision in section 1140 which pro­ sions of section 1140 would continue to be en­ companies to offer full health benefits to gay vides for an annual cap on penalties, to allow forced by the Office of Inspector General of couples. Although the book's best 100 companies the Secretary to set fines at a reasonable level the Department of Health and Human Serv­ may be great places to work, job security which would provide a strong deterrent to or­ ices. isn't guaranteed. Several of the companies ganizations and individuals against violations have had huge layoffs, including Inter­ of section 1140. national Business Machines Corp., Cummins The bill would define a violation with regard THE BALANCED BUDGET Engine Corp. and Xerox Corp. to mailings as each individual piece of mail in ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1993 Polaroid is currently offering its employ­ a mass mailing. Regulations promulgated by ees an early retirement program and a vol­ the HHS Inspector General treat each piece of HON. TIMOTIIY J. PENNY untary severance program. Lotus shed 10 mail addressed to specific individuals as a vio­ OF MINNESOTA percent of its workers a year ago. The key lation while an entire mass mailing addressed factor to consider with layoffs, said Lever­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing, was how the company treated employees to resident is considered only one violation. Thursday, February 18, 1993 when the firm suffered tough times. This would strengthen the deterrent against deceptive mailings by making each piece of Mr. PENNY. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ Did the firm still respect the individual? ducing the Balanced Budget Enforcement Act Apple Computer Inc. failed to make the list mail a violation. because employees heard about layoffs Section 1140 would be amended to include [BBEA] of 1993, which was introduced in the through the media before it heard from man­ the use of names, letters, symbols or em­ 102d Congress by our former colleague Leon agement, said Levering. blems of the Department of Health and Panetta. This legislation would put in place Human Services as protected items. tough new measures to reform the budget The proposal would amend the provision in process and eliminate the Federal budget defi­ INTRODUCTION OF THE SOCIAL current law which prevents a person from cit. As our former colleague frequently said: SECURITY MISLEADING MAIL­ using names and symbols in a manner which "There is no free lunch. Balancing the budget INGS AND COMMUNICATIONS ACT such person "knows or should know would will require tough medicine." And no one convey a false impression" of a relationship knows better than Leon who in his new role as HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR. with SSA, HCFA, or HHS to provide an alter­ Director of the Office of Management and OF INDIANA nate standard. The proposal would add lan­ Budget [OMB] will be playing a lead role in in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES guage to current law to prohibit the name or stituting a deficit reduction plan for the Clinton administration. The BBEA will equip the budg­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 symbol from being used in a manner which "reasonably could be interpreted or mis­ et process with the tools necessary to make Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, today my col­ construed as conveying" a relationship to these tough choices. league JIM BUNNING and I are introducing the SSA, HCFA, or HHS. Specifically, the bill: Social Security Misleading Mailings and Com­ In response to numerous complaints from First, establishes deficit reduction targets. munications Act. The purpose of the bill is to the public generally and concerns expressed The bill provides gradually escalating targets strengthen penalties for organizations which by hearing witnesses regarding organizations through FY98 for total deficit reduction over send mailings to senior citizens that convey that offer to provide individuals with Social Se­ $800 billion. the false impression that the organization is curity forms for a fee, the proposal would re­ Second, board of estimates. Under the leg­ endorsed by or affiliated with a Federal Gov­ quire groups to receive approval from SSA in islation, the President would appoint a five ernment agency. order to engage in these activities. The pro­ member board of estimates, made up of the A Subcommittee on Social Security staff posal would stipulate that no person may re­ Chairman of the Federal Reserve and one citi­ summary of the proposal follows. produce, reprint, or distribute for a fee any zen member from separate lists of the House In 1988, Congress enacted a provision pro­ form, application, or other publication of the Speaker and minority leader and the majority hibiting the misuse of words, letters, symbols Social Security Administration unless it has and minority leaders of the Senate. The board and emblems of the Social Security Adminis­ obtained specific written authorization for such would select in their entirety the economic as­ tration [SSA] and the Health Care Financing activity in accordance with regulations pre­ sumptions provided by either the OMB or Administration [HCFA]. The law permits the scribed by the Secretary. CBO. This would encourage honest budgeting. Secretary of Health and Human Services The bill would provide that any disclaimer of Budget projections would be based on the as­ [HHS] to impose civil monetary penalties not section 1140 would not be a defense against sumptions chosen by the Board. to exceed $5,000 per violation or, in the case an action for violation. Many consumers do Third, requirement of President and Con­ of a broadcast or telecast, $25,000 per viola­ not read, or cannot read, disclaimers on mass gress to follow targets. The President's budget tion. The total amount of penalties which may mailings. Similarly, disclaimers in other forms woulq be required to meet the annual targets, be imposed is limited to $100,000 per year. of media may not be heard or understood by as would the budget resolutions agreed to by In May 1992, the Subcommittee on Social the consumer. Thus, the proposal would pro­ the Congress. Security and the Subcommittee on Oversight vide that any determination of whether there is ENFORCEMENT held a joint hearing to examine the effective­ a violation of section 1140 shall be done with­ Fourth, the bill establishes an annual cap on ness of the 1988 law designed to prevent out regard to a disclaimer. discretionary appropriations to achieve over February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3209 $160 billion in savings above the savings in The two Kansas City men pleaded guilty in reaffirm the safeguards the drafters incor­ the 1990 budget agreement. If the cap were federal court to charges of pocketing inore porated into ERISA 18 years ago. violated, across-the-board spending reductions than S20 million in a fraudulent scheme that According to the fifth circuit, ERISA currently would be enforced in all programs. victimized Mutual of Omaha Co. Evidence allows for the retroactive reduction of benefits showed that they had created a network of to take place. How tenuous has employer-pro­ In the area of revenues and entitlements, phony reinsurance carriers and obligated the BBEA establishes annual deficit reduction Mutual to pay millions of dollars in claims vided health coverage become? Through cre­ targets, that produce over $400 billion in defi­ for which the Omaha-based insurer received ative plan design employers now place dollar cit reduction over the next 5 years. Budget no premiums. caps or completely exclude certain diseases resolutions would include reconciliation in­ The swindle cost Mutual an estimated $408 from coverage. By simply changing insurance structions to individual committees to achieve million, of which only $74 million has been carriers employees are dropped from cov­ specific savings each year in programs or rev­ recovered. erage because of preexisting conditions. We Federal law provides a maximum sentence enues under their jurisdiction. understand employers' concerns about spiral­ of 10 years for the crimes of which ing health care costs and the burden that A budget priorities bill based on the budget Schonacber and Wining were convicted. That resolution would be sent to the President for would be a light sentence, but the judge gave places on the employer sponsored system but, his signature. Whether he signs it or not will them far less. we do not believe that ERISA was ever in­ determine the sequestration process used. If U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple ordered tended to sanction employers from reneging the President signs the so-called spinoff bill, Schonacber to serve two years, which on promises made to their employees. sequestration is based on rewarding those amounts to a minimum of 21 months in a This legislation is very similar to H.R. 6147, committees that meet their reconciliation tar­ federal prison. Wining got off even easier. a bill which I introduced in the 102d Congress. The judge, noting that Wining bas a men­ The new version has taken into account the gets. Sequestration would take place in pro­ tally disabled son who requires constant grams under the jurisdiction of committees many thoughtful opinions submitted from inter­ care, ordered the con man to spend five years ested parties. I believe the changes that have that don't meet their targets. If revenues do on probation. not meet the revenue target, a personal and Judge Whipple's leniency is appalling. It's been made have enhanced the clarity of the corporate surtax would be imposed. no wonder some people have lost confidence bill's intent. This bill addresses the specific situation Dr. If the President and the Congress fail to in the justice system. An unemployed bread­ Frank Greenberg brought to my attention at a agree on the process for meeting the reconcili­ winner could go to jail for writing bad hearing of the Select Committee on Aging. He ation targets, there would occur an across-the­ checks to feed his kids. So could an uneducated kid who tries to earn money for poignantly illustrated the discriminatory actions board freeze of all entitlements spending and child support by running street drugs. taken against Jack McGann, an employee of revenue to a level necessary to meet the tar­ But a James R. Wining can work several H&H Music Co. Mr. McGann was covered by get. For revenues, a freeze would apply to in- years setting up a scheme to rip off a major a generous group health insurance plan. He, - come tax indexing and would be accompanied insurance company, paying himself $450,000 a like most of us, felt protected by his employ­ by a rate incr-ease for those with incomes year in money be bad no right to lay his hands on. He and his partner can break the er's plan. Yet when Mr. McGann was diag­ above $250,000. nosed with AIDS and began submitting medi­ Of course, selected increases in spending bonds of trust that are one of the strengths of American business. Then, when the law cal reimbursement forms for his treatment, his could be enacted, but they would have to be catches up with him, be avoids jail time by company reduced the lifetime coverage for paid for by corresponding spending cuts or reminding the court of the obligations of AIDS-related disorders from $1 million to a revenue increases. parenthood. mere $5,000. Reducing the budget deficit was a demand These weren't small-time con men. They The bill restores the intent that section 510 of the voters. As the President has indicated persuaded people who worked with them that of ERISA applies to an individual's right for ei­ in his budget message, now is the time to ear­ they bad millions of dollars in backing that they didn't have. Wining told a Mutual of ther pension or health benefits. By adding nestly attack the deficit with an honest ap­ subsection (b) to 510 we have made explicitly proach. The BBEA provides the honest struc­ Omaha subsidiary that he was a former dep­ uty to the chairman of Lloyd's of London, clear that it is unlawful to discriminate based ture and process for balancing the budget. I which wasn't true. He and Scbonacher di­ on benefit claims under group health plans. urge my colleagues to join me and the other verted millions of dollars to new companies The triggering event, establishing an employ­ original sponsors of this bill in support of this that they created in the Caribbean. In 1984, ers intent to discriminate, is a change in a measure. when Mutual grew suspicious and told them plan that takes away coverage when an em­ to stop accepting new business, they agreed ployee is being treated for a disease or medi­ to stop. But that was a lie, too. They contin­ cal condition previously covered by the plan. JUDGE'S LENIENT SENTENCES ued to write new business. DON'T FIT MASSIVE SWINDLE Twenty-one months in prison for one of Changes made to eliminate or significantly re­ them. Five years on probation for the other. duce benefits for an individual who has be­ Whatever became of the idea that the pun­ come ill is prohibited under this section. The HON. DOUG BEREUlER ishment should fit the crime? legislation continues to allow for prospective OF NEBRASKA changes in benefit levels and incorporates IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES clear notice requirements to employees con­ PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION IN Thursday, February 18, 1993 cerning these material plan changes. GROUP HEALTH PLANS In addition, section 516 has been added to Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this Member ERISA since no section adequately dealt with would like to commend to his colleagues the HON. WilliAM J. HUGHFS an employer's right to discriminate against cer­ following editorial from the February 2, 1993, OF NEW JERSEY tain diseases in designing health plans. This Omaha World Herald, concerning the sen­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES new section makes it unlawful to discriminate tences imposed on two "white collar'' criminals among lifetime benefit levels within a health Thursday, February 18, 1993 by U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple. It is a plan and directly addresses the reduction in noteworthy commentary. Willie A. Schonacher Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ benefits Mr. McGann was forced to accept be­ and James R. Wining were found guilty of troducing legislation along with fifteen of my cause he contracted AIDS. Public policy must conspiring to defraud the Mutual of Omaha colleagues, to reverse the fifth. circuit decision dictate that plan sponsors should not offer company out of an estimated $408 million, Greenberg versus H&H Music. In essence, the more to their employees then they intend to $20 million of which was pocketed by Messrs. court ruled that an employer could amend or deliver. Employees when accepting an offer of Schonacher and Wining. As the commentary terminate a health plan at any time leaving employment take into consideration not only makes clear, Judge Whipple's leniency in sen­ employees at the risk of loosing health cov­ the salary but also the health benefit package tencing one man to 2 years in prison, and the erage when they are sick and most vulner­ offered. Employers must take a realistic look other to 5 years probation, seems appalling. able. The Supreme Court's denial of certiorari upfront at what level of health benefits they JUDGE'S LENIENT SENTENCES DON'T FIT on November 4, 1992 requires this body to act can afford to offer and then stand by their MASSIVE SWINDLE swiftly. Individuals must have confidence in promises. Willie A. Scbonacher and James R. Wining our private health system and the Group This legislation should not be mistaken for got off too easy. Much too easy. Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1993 will our response to health care reform. But we 3210 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 cannot stand by and permit employers to pull ''NONDISCRIMINATION IN LIFETIME BENEFIT derstood by the typical participant or bene­ the health care carpet from under the feet of COVERAGE UNDER A GROUP HEALTH PLAN ficiary. For purposes of the preceding sen­ their employees at the time they are most vul­ "SEC. 516. (a) IN GENERAL.-It shall be un­ tence, the term 'material coverage restric­ nerable and have nowhere else to turn. As we lawful for a group health plan to discrimi­ tion' means any change in the terms of a group health plan that results in elimination work with our new President to make health nate among diseases or medical conditions with respect to levels of lifetime benefit cov­ of, or increased restrictions on, any form of care available to all Americans we must not erage provided to similarly situated partici­ benefit coverage which was provided by the allow the unjust results of our current system pants and beneficiaries under the plan. For plan prior to the change, including, but not to proliferate. Most people rely on ERISA to purposes of this section, the term 'lifetime limited to, the establishment of, or increases protect their basic civil right against discrimina­ benefit coverage' provided to any participant in the amount of, deductibles or coinsurance tory actions and their right to due process. We or beneficiary under a plan means the maxi­ payments required of participants and bene­ must work together to ensure that the prom­ mum benefit available under the plan in the ficiaries under the plan, except that the Sec­ ises made to American workers in ERISA are aggregate to such participant or beneficiary. retary may by regulation exclude from such term any such change of a type which the kept. "(b) LIMITATION.-Subsections (a) shall not apply with respect to participants and their Secretary finds to be de minimis.". H.R.- beneficiaries under a group health plan if the (b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SELF-IN­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ requirements of paragraph (1) or (2) are met SURED PLANS.-Section 102(b) of such Act (29 resentatives of the United States of America in as follows: U.S.C. 1022(b)) is amended- Congress assembled, "(1) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.-The require­ (!) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ments of this paragraph are met if- (2) by adding at the end the following new This Act may be cited as the "Group "(A) the participants consist of employees paragraph: Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1993". covered by a collective bargaining agree­ "(2)(A) In the case of a self-insured group SEC. 2. PROTECTION FROM INTERFERENCE WITH ment between employee representatives and health plan, the plan description and sum­ RIGHTS. one or more employers, mary plan description shall also contain a Section 510 of the Employee Retirement "(B) there is evidence that benefits pro­ statement- Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1140) is vided under the group health plan estab­ "(i) indicating that the plan is a self-in­ amended- lished or maintained pursuant to such collec­ sured group health plan and is not a policy of ( I) by inserting "(a) IN GENERAL.-" after tive bargaining agreement between such em­ insurance, "SEC. 510."; and ployee representatives and such employer or "(ii) identifying the person who is respon­ (2) by adding at the end the following new employers, and sible for claim determinations and process­ subsection: "(C) the discrimination consists of a lack ing, and "(b) DISCRIMINATION BASED ON BENEFIT of uniformity based solely on- "(iii) indicating that the plan is not sub­ CLAIMS UNDER GROUP HEALTH PLANS.- "(i) variations in the required terms of the ject to State guarantee fund protection and "(!) IN GENERAL.-It shall be unlawful dis­ collective bargaining agreement as applied that, if the plan does not pay all benefits for crimination for purposes of subsection (a) to to separate geographically located facilities which participants or beneficiaries are eligi­ take any action to cancel or reduce a benefit of the same employer, or ble under the plan, responsibility for pay­ of a participant or beneficiary under a group "(ii) different levels of contributions to ment for medical care may to some extent health plan (by plan amendment or planter­ such plan negotiated between such employee remain with the participant or beneficiary. mination, change in insured status of the representatives and more than 1 employer, "(B) For purposes of this paragraph- plan, change of insurer under the plan, or as set forth in applicable collective bargain­ "(i) The term 'group health plan' has the any other means), if- ing agreements. meaning provided in section 607(1). "(A) such action is specifically related to "(2) EXEMPTION PROCEDURE.-The require­ "(ii) A group health plan is 'self-insured' one or more particular diseases or medical ments of this paragraph are met if the spon­ unless all benefits provided under the plan conditions, sor of such group health plan demonstrates are provided under a contract or policy of in­ "(B)-such participant or beneficiary is un­ to the Secretary by a preponderance of the surance issued by a person licensed by a dergoing, at the time such action is taken, a evidence that such sponsor will be unable to State to engage in the business of insur­ course of treatment related to any such dis­ continue such plan unless granted relief from ance.". ease or medical condition, and the applicable requirements of subsection SEC. 5. LEGAL RELIEF FROM DAMAGES FOR IN­ "(C) a valid claim under the plan reason­ (a), pursuant to an exemption procedure TERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS UNDER ably related to such course of treatment has which- PLAN. been submitted to the plan by or on behalf of "(A) shall be established by the Secretary (a) DAMAGES.-Section 502(c) of the Em­ such participant or beneficiary prior to the by regulation for purposes of this subsection, ployee Retirement Income Security Act of and 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)) is amended by adding taking of such action. "(B) shall be subject to standards and pro­ "(2) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this sub­ at the end the following new paragraph: section- cedures similar to those applicable under "(4)(A) Any person who violates section 510 "(A) GROUP HEALTH PLAN.-The term section 408(a) with respect to exemptions or 516 with respect to any participant or ben­ 'group health plan' has the meaning provided granted thereunder.". eficiary under a group health plan shall be in section 607(1). "(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of liable to such participant or beneficiary for "(B) CHANGE IN INSURED STATUS.-The term contents in section 1 of such Act is amended actual damages. Subject to subparagraph 'change in insured status' of a plan means a by inserting after the item relating to sec­ (B), damages for such violation shall not in­ change to self-insured status or a change in tion 514 the following new items: clude punitive damages. the extent to which benefits provided under "Sec. 515. Delinquent contributions. "(B) In any case in which the violation the plan are provided under a contract or "Sec. 516. Discrimination in lifetime benefit constitutes willful, fraudulent, or malicious policy of insurance issued by an insurer coverage under group health conduct, bad faith, or gross negligence, each under the plan. plan.". person liable under subparagraph (A) may, in " (C) INSURER.-The term 'insurer' under a SEC. 4. REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIRE· the court's discretion, be liable to such par­ plan means a person licensed by a State to MENTS. ticipant or beneficiary for exemplary dam­ engage in the business of insurance who pro­ (a) NOTICE OF MODIFICATIONS AND ages equal to not more than the greater of- vides benefits under the plan under a con­ CHANGES.-Sectio:ri 104(b)(l) of the Employee "(i) 200 percent of the amount of actual tract or policy of insurance issued by such Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 damages awarded, or person. U.S.C. 1024(b)) is amended by adding at the "(ii) $10,000. "(D) VALID CLAIM.-The term 'valid claim' end the following: "In the case of a group Any such exemplary damages shall be in ad­ under a group health plan means a claim health plan (as defined in section 607(1)), the dition to any actual damages under subpara­ which, at the time of its submission by or on adoption of any material coverage restric­ graph (A). behalf of a participant or beneficiary, would tion which constitutes such a modification "(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the have entitled the participant or beneficiary in the terms of the plan (including the termi­ term 'group health plan' has the meaning to benefits under the plan.". nation of the plan), or which is represented provided in section 607(1).". SEC. 3. NONDISCRIMINATION IN LIFETIME BENE· by any such change in the information re­ (b) ATTORNEY'S FEES.-Section 502(g) of FIT COVERAGE UNDER A GROUP quired under section 102(b), may not take ef­ such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(g)) is amended by HEALTH PLAN. fect until 60 days after such a summary de­ adding at the end the following new para­ (a) IN GENERAL.- Part 5 of title I of the scription of such modification or change is graph: Employee Retirement Income Security Act furnished to each participant and to each "(3) In any action for damages under sub­ of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the spouse thereof who is a beneficiary under the section (c)(4) in which the plaintiff prevails following: plan in language calculated to be easily un- or substantially prevails, the court shall February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3211 award the plaintiff reasonable attorney's Barbara Voorhees has also been extremely and Industry, the Technical and Business Ex­ fees and other costs of the action, including active in the community. She was a member hibition/Symposium [TABES], the Huntsville reasonable expert witness fees and costs, to of the board of trustees of the George Street Alliance for Science Project [HASP], and the be paid by the defendant. Fees awarded under this paragraph shall be at generally Playhouse from 1977 to 1985, serving for 3 Business Council of Alabama. He has served prevailing hourly" rates.''. years as the theater's first board president. on the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. Along with her husband, she is a patron mem­ Commerce Board of Directors and Foundation The amendments made by this Act shall ber of the Friends of the Zimmerli, a group of Board, the city of Huntsville's Education Sum­ apply with respect to changes in group volunteers and art lovers who enhance the mit Committee and Vision 2000 Policy Board, health plan coverage adopted on or after Jane Voorhees Museum by providing thought­ the Huntsville Hospital Foundation's Board of February 4, 1993. provoking, stimulation and entertaining pro­ Directors, the Botanical Gardens Advisory grams and special events for its members and Council, and the U.S. Space and Rocket Cen­ TRIDUTE TO RALPH AND the public, and to help with fundraising. As a ter's Exhibits Committee. BARBARA VOORHEES member of the Friends, Mrs. Voorhees has Mr. Speaker, I commend Bob Hager for al­ served as a member of the board and was most 40 years of dedicated service to the HON. FRANK PAlLONE, JR. treasurer for 3 years. She has also been ac­ Boeing Co. and for his many contributions to tive with the YWCA in New Brunswick. In ad­ our country's space program and to our com­ OF NEW JERSEY dition, she serves as a Special Assistant to munity. He has been a good friend to me and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Honorable John Lynch, the Minority Lead­ to the Fifth District of Alabama. I am thankful Thursday, February 18, 1993 er of the New Jersey senate. that he and his wife, Peggy, will continue to Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, Ralph and Barbara Voorhees have four call Huntsville home. February 25, 1993, the State Theatre in New grown children. Brunswick, NJ, will be the site for a concert Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and a privilege gala in honor of Ralph and Barbara Voorhees. for me to pay tribute to these two distin­ LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE THE Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees are two of the most guished members of the community in Central DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER active and generous volunteers in the Middle­ New Jersey. AND CLIMATE INFORMATION TO sex County, NJ, community, devoting tremen­ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS dous time, talent and boundless energy to the enrichment of the area. It is hard to imagine TRIDUTE TO ROBERT HAGER HON. JAMFS A. TRAACANT, JR. anyone in our community more deserving of OF OHIO this tribute than Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees. HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Ralph Voorhees is a member of one of OF ALABAMA Thursday, February 18, 1993 New Jersey's most distinguished families. He IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is a 1948 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I have intro­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 University and the senior vice president for in­ duced legislation today amend the National vestments at Paine Webber. Currently, he Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Agricultural Weather Information System Act serves the community as a member of the ex­ pay a special tribute to Robert W. (Bob) of 1990 to improve the collection and distribu­ ecutive committee of the Rutgers University Hager, a most distinguished citizen of Hunts­ tion of weather information to assist agricul­ Foundation Board of Overseers, the Univer­ ville, AL, who is retiring as vice president-gen­ tural producers. I urge my colleagues to co­ sity's Board of Trustees, the board of over­ eral manager of the Missiles & Space Division sponsor this important legislation. seers of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Mu­ at the Boeing Co. . The 1990 farm bill established the National seum, Chairman of the New Brunswick Cul­ Responsible for all missile and space pro­ Agricultural Weather Information System under tural Center and executive committee member grams .within the Boeing Co., Bob has worked the U.S. Department of Agriculture aimed at of the Robert Woods Johnson University Hos­ on both strategic and tactical missile programs meeting the weather and climate information pital Foundation. He has · also served as the · such as Minuteman, the Air Launched Cruise needs to agricultural producers. I believe that chair of the Governors, Trustees and Over­ Missile [ALCM], Avenger, and the Non-Line Of the program is a good one because it allows seers Gifts Committee for the Campaign for Sight-Combined Arms [N-LOS/CA] weapon. for the collection and organization of weather Rutgers, having exceeded his $5 million goal His division is a key contractor for the Nation's information from universities, State programs, by almost 100 percent. Strategic Defense Initiative [SDI] programs, in­ Federal agencies and the private weather con­ For the past 30 years, Mr. Voorhees has led cluding the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Pro­ sulting sector. Moreover, it provides funding numerous organizations-financial, cultural, jectile [LEAP] program, Airborne Surveillance for weather research programs. political and social-giving fully of his time, en­ Testbed, and Free Electron Laser. However, it provides for the establishment ergy and resources. He served as a council­ Bob has supervised Boeing's work as prime of only 10 State agricultural weather informa­ man in Highland Park, NJ, his lifelong home contractor for the man-rated elements of tion systems that are responsible for dissemi­ town, and as chairman of the Highland Park NASA's Space Station Freedom program, nating information to agricultural producers in democratic committee. He served as president space transportation activities including the those States. That leaves a large portion of of both the Middlesex County Family Counsel­ Boeing role in the National Launch System this Nation's agricultural producers without any ing Service and United Community Service of and the U.S. Air Force Inertial Upper Stage assistance. Central Jersey, the parent organization of the [IUS] program, and advanced design and de­ My legislation fills in the gaps of the present United Fund. velopment work in both the military and civil law by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to As chairman of the New Brunswick Cultural space arenas. Leading a diverse work force enter into an agreement with Secretary of Center, Inc., he helped that organization raise with major facilities in Huntsville, AL, and Commerce to use Weather Service offices and more than $2 million to renovate the old Kent, WA, he has served defense and space distribute information aimed at meeting the YMCA building to become the permanent customers across the Nation. He was also re­ short-term and long-term weather and climate home of the George Street Playhouse, and $5 sponsible for Boeing petroleum reserve for the information needs of agricultural producers. million to purchase and refurbish the historic · Department of Energy and supervised the Each field office of the National Weather Serv­ State Theatre as the centerpiece of a new Boeing Commercial Space Development Co. ice will be responsible for collecting and orga­ center for the performing arts in downtown Bob has made and will continue to make nizing information that will impact the region New Brunswick. He has been the recipient of many contributions to business, education, that it covers. numerous awards, including the Torch of Lib­ and the quality of life in Huntsville and in the My legislation, then, specifically calls for the erty Award from the Central New Jersey Soci­ State of Alabama. He has served on the Uni­ dissemination of information to agricultural ety of Fellows of the Anti-Defamation League versity of Alabama in Huntsville's Foundation producers in the region in the form of: First, a of B'nai B'rith, and the Presidential Recogni­ Board of Trustees and on Oakwood College's weekly publication containing weather fore­ tion Award for Volunteerism, where he was President's Roundtable. He has served as casts and other information regarding antici­ one of the first 12 people honored by Presi­ chairman of the Definition Team for the Ala­ pated temperatures and precipitation levels; dent Reagan. bama Commission on Aerospace, Science second, toll-free and local telephone numbers 3212 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 that agricultural producers can call to obtain are infected with the HIV virus. They are Republican leadership have built a strong immediate information to assist with specific currently waiting at the U.S. naval base at foundation for progress. We agree with the day-to-day production activities; and third, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, caught between fear President that we have to put more people to such other methods as the Secretaries con­ of reprisals in their own country and the work, but remember: 80% to 85% of the new U.S. government's ban on AIDS-infected im­ jobs in this country are created by small sider to be appropriate to distribute weather migrants. business. and climate information in a timely manner. Their plight is heart-rending. But it So the climate for starting and expanding My legislation, therefore, ensures that agri­ shouldn't be the basis for throwing open the businesses must be enhanced with tax incen­ cultural producers throughout the Nation are door to everyone who might want to bring a tives and deregulation, rather than imposing receiving comprehensive and timely informa­ case of AIDS to this country. The precedent higher taxes and more governmental man­ tion. of stopping carriers of infectious diseases at dates. The President speaks of the half-mil­ Not later than 1 year after the date of enact­ the border is well established. If that weren't lion new jobs that will be created by his eco­ ment, the legislation requires the Secretary of sufficient reason to maintain the ban, Amer­ nomic stimulus program. But, there are esti­ ica also has an obligation to its citizens and Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce to mates that doing it his way will cost tax­ taxpayers to prevent exploitation of its wel­ payers some $55 thousand per job. It should jointly submit a report to Congress analyzing fare and Medicaid system. the effectiveness of the program in providing be noted that last year alone the private sec­ Indeed, that is the same system that Clin­ tor created a million-and-a-half new jobs on relevant weather and climate information to ton says is failing to provide a safety net for its own. We have to make certain that gov­ agricultural producers. The report shall include millions of Americans. Why, then, would he ernment action helps, not hinders, the grow­ a description of the number of agricultural pro­ put it under increased stress? Why would he ing economy. increase the pool of potential carriers? ducers who obtained weather information After listening to the President tonight, do through the project and an estimate of wheth­ you know what the President's long-range er the project improved farm profitability for BOB MICHEL'S WORDS OF WISDOM economic strategy is? I don't-and, I must participating producers. say, I wonder if he does. All we are certain of Weather information is central to agricultural is that the administration is engaged in a producers across the Nation because vari­ HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON media blitz to "sell" his program. The Presi­ ations in weather conditions cause huge OF NEW YORK dent offers us what he calls a "New Direc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion". But where he seems to be going is losses in production. My legislation will in­ "Back to the Future"-back to the failed Big crease farm profitability. Once again, I urge Thursday, February 18, 1993 government schemes of a generation ago. you to co-sponsor this important legislation. Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, on Wednes­ That is not the direction we should be going. day night, February 17, Republican leader The Clinton spin-doctors have even given us a new political vocabulary: BOB MICHEL made the official Republican re­ BAN ON AIDS INFECTED ALIENS IS "Investment" now means Big Government APPROPRIATE sponse to President Clinton's address to a joint session of Congress. I believe that our spending your tax dollars. "Change" now means reviving old, discredited Big Govern­ colleagues on both sides of the aisle should ment tax-and-spend schemes. "Patriotism" HON. DOUG BEREUTER get the chance to read these wise and incisive OF NEBRASKA now means agreeing with the Clinton pro­ remarks. At this point I wish to insert in the gram. The powerful, evocative word, "sac­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECORD BOB MICHEL's speech: rifice" has been reduced to the level of a Thursday, February 18, 1993 Good evening, tonight you and I witnessed bumper sticker slogan. And, my favorite­ Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, the AIDS a colorful ritual-a new president of the "contribution"-is now the new word for "taxes". On April 15, just try telling the In­ virus has caused enormous devastation both United States addressing a joint session of Congress for the first time. The great Cham­ ternal Revenue Service you don't feel like in the United States and around the world. In ber of the House rang out with cheers for the "contributing" this year. Africa, in the Caribbean, and elsewhere, AIDS President. It was, as always, a thrilling spec­ The administration is about to launch the is devastating entire populations. It is a trag­ tacle. But now the last echo of the final biggest propaganda campaign in recent polit­ edy, and it is entirely appropriate that we have cheer has faded away. The ceremony is over. ical history. The White House is even now made combating the AIDS virus a priority of It's time to put aside the pomp and cir­ becoming one big partisan political mega­ our foreign aid program. But permitting HIV-in­ cumstance. phone. But public relations campaigns are no fected individuals to enter the United States as It's time to get to work for- America. substitute for sound public policy. Tonight refugees is quite a different matter. That's what I'd like to briefly visit with you the President mentioned a number of new about: how your government can work better When President Clinton announced his in­ programs that inevitably will cost consider­ for you. Don't worry: I have no props, no flip­ able sums of money. Laudable as they might tention to reverse the ban on AIDs victims en­ charts, no pointer, no electronic gimmicks. I be, how do we pay for them? The President's tering the United States, while it is motivated don't even have a 1-800 number for you to answer is: more taxes on everyone. In 1992, by an understandable desire to alleviate the call. I'd just like to talk with you as though candidate Clinton said: tax only the super­ suffering of the 300 Haitians at Guantanamo we were having a cup of coffee back in my rich. Bay who are infected with HIV, will inevitably hometown of Peoria. It is a chance to ask In 1993, President Clinton now says: if you put additional Americans at risk. It will place some questions about where our Nation is earn more ttan $30,000, your taxes are going additional strains on a health care system that heading, the kinds of questions you might up. So much for not taxing the middle class. ask if you were here. The American people would do well to re­ is already terribly overburdened with American We Americans are a questioning people; it citizens suffering from HIV. member: when you hear a Democrat call for is part of our national character. In fact we taxes, do not ask for whom the tax rises-it Mr. Speaker, an editorial in the February 14, may be the only Nation whose national an­ 1993 edition of the Omaha World Herald cor­ will rise for you. There are those who say them begins and ends with a question. So, in some taxes are a necessary evil. The dif­ rectly expressed concern over the policy impli­ questioning the direction of the administra­ ference is that Democrats stress the word cations of reversing the ban on HIV-infected tion, we are acting in a great American tra­ "necessary" and Republicans stress the word aliens. This Member would urge his col­ dition. All of us-Democrats, Republicans, "evil". leagues to carefully consider this insightful edi­ Perot supporters, Independents-want our new president to succeed. We want to help The President was short on specifics again torial. him do the right thing. But the only way we tonight-probably because he keeps juggling DON'T LIFT BAN ON AIDS IMMIGRANTS can help him is by candidly letting him the figures. He offers no bench-marks, no co­ President Clinton seems determined to know how we feel about his announced poli­ herent economic principles by which to keep a campaign pledge he never should have cies. judge what it is he is hoping to achieve. made. He says he will lift the ban against Our new President has an excellent chance These fragmented, ad-hoc proposals are the AIDS-infected foreigners entering the United to be successful. Because of the leadership of kind of thing that might be excused in the States. Presidents Reagan and Bush, our Nation does heat of a campaign. But, Mr. President, the Clinton is under pressure to take that ac­ not face a nuclear threat. President Bush campaign is over. You won. The time has tion to help about 300 Haitian refugees, handed over to the President an economy come to park the bus and start the hard whom the U.S. government has determined that is growing, not shrinking, and a rate of work of governing. to be in danger of political persecution if re­ worker productivity that is rising, not fall­ And one of the hardest parts of that work turned to Haiti. Most of them have AIDS or ing. As a matter of fact, the past 12 years of is the vital question of health care reform. February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3213 Will there be rationing of care? Will there be THE HIGH PRICE OF ket," Coster said at a health-care conference job-destroying mandates on employers? Re­ PRESCRIPTION DRUGS in February organized by the Wharton publicans believe in: Your right to select the School of the University of Pennsylvania. doctor of your choice. Your right to imme­ "They do not want any semblance of com­ diate care without long waiting lines. And HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK petition from breaking down the insulated preserving the best of what our health care OF CALIFORNIA market structures [they have] created in the system has to offer. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES retail marketplace. "This is the side of the market in which Does the administration share these prin­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 competition must be stimulated if we are to ciples? As I said, these are some of the ques­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, the pharma­ have any hope of controlling the cost of tions we have to ask. The answers we get ceutical industry exists amid a world of se­ pharmaceuticals. But history shows that it will determine the kind of future we will crecy and false truths. The following experts will be difficult to do without some form of have. And we Republicans are here to ask from the Philadelphia Inquirer series on pre­ government intervention." the tough questions, cut through the rhet­ scription drugs highlight the pharmaceutical in­ oric, and get the job done. But we do need [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 14, your help. My father, a French immigrant, dustry's practice of disinformation. 1992] used to tell me: that it's better to listen 90% [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 13, UNACCEPTABLE DRUG ADVERTISING of the time-for that leaves you only 10% for 1992] As a senior regulatory review officer for talking. PHARMACEUTICALS HUSHED ABOUT R&D EX­ the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, PENDITURES; FIFTY PERCENT OF DRUG COSTS David Banks bird-dogged drug companies­ Throughout my life in public service, I've REFLECT WHAT INVESTORS COULD HAVE tried to take his advice. And I know my poring over advertisements, screening tele­ MADE SOMEWHERE ELSE! vision spots and ferreting our underhanded party is listening to your voice, because we Drug company executives don't talk much promotional tactics. share your basic principles. Our Republican about how they arrive at a price of a drug. He helped uncover misleading information governors, our state legislators, our local * * * distributed by a company suggesting that an elected officials, and of course, those of us in Time and again, government researchers arthritis medicine might also prevent joint the United States House and Senate are all have tried to find out. degeneration. He stopped another company part of the same team. We owe it to you to The General Accounting Office ran into a from distributing promotional material dis­ make clear the ideas at the heart of our poli­ wall of silence this year when it undertook a guised as a medical publication. cies. And here are a few: We Republicans, study of drug-price inflation. * * * "The pharmaceutical industry undertakes and I think it's fair to say a great body of The Office of Technology Assessment also many, many drug promotional activities Perot supporters, insist on cutting spending had to do without specific R&D costs in its that appear to be anything but drug pro­ as the best way to real deficit reduction. preparation of a massive study on pharma­ motion," Banks said. We'd like to support the President on an ceutical R&D to be released soon. A draft of The disguises are many, he said: honest line-item veto that applies not only the agency's report said drug companies A drug company may write an article to pork barrel spending but to special inter­ "have demonstrated a willingness to ac­ about a medicine, find a physician willing to tively resist providing access to congres­ accept authorship and find a medical journal ests tax loopholes. We will continue to press to publish it. for a balanced budget amendment. sional agencies to this proprietary data." One of the few breakdowns of drug costs by A drug company may subsidize a doctor We want to help President Clinton in his an independent researcher was done three who lectures at medical conferences through efforts to spur savings and investments. We years ago by [Dr. Steve] Schondelmeyer, the an 'educational grant.' The physician is cho­ hope he will strive to maintain the current University of Minnesota economist who is an sen because he or she is known to favor a low rates of interest and inflation he inher­ expert in the drug industry and a phar­ particular drug. ited from George Bush. And let's not forget macist. He says that about 22 percent of a A drug company may pay physicians to we still live in a tough and often brutal drug's cost goes for marketing and about 16 test a new medicine on patients. It is called world. percent for R&D. a post-marketing drug study but serves as an As for the $231 million research figure, it incentive for the doctor to prescribe the Our national destiny is linked to our abil­ not only includes direct development costs medicine. ity to compete in a global economy and to but also the cost of money-money the in­ As for the reliability of print advertising, defend our interests and our values around vestor could expect to earn elsewhere during 60 percent of drug ads in medical journals re­ the world. That's why we need to maintain a the time it takes to develop a drug. That viewed were rated 'poor or unacceptable' in a strong defense and stay on the cutting edge amounts to $117 million-a little more than 1992 study prepared for the Inspector Gen­ of high technology. I'd like to address a few half the total. eral's office of the U.S. Department of closing comments directly to the President. Health and Human Services. Mr. President, we wish you well. President [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 15, Banks said the entangled relationship be­ Reagan and President Bush have given you a 1992] tween the industry and medical community leads to misleading information. solid foundation of peace and a growing PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS PROFIT Drug company financial relationships with economy on which to build. You have a won­ FROM SECRET DEALS the research and physician communities derful opportunity to succeed. The buyer of prescription drugs has few have become so widespread, and drug com­ When your domestic programs and policies ways to comparison shop, unlike the case pany control over public discussions of drug are based on sound economic principles, with most consumer products. therapy so pervasive, that literally any pub­ common sense, and traditional American Drug firms often require big customers to lic discussion of drugs should be considered values, we Republicans will be with you. sign confidential agreements not to divulge potentially subject to drug company bias, When your foreign policy is based on defend­ the price, said John Coster, a staff member [Banks] said. of the senate special Committee on Aging. ing American interests and American values It's not just the legal threat that keeps first and foremost, we will be with you. But customers quiet, Schondelmeyer said, but when those great values are missing from THEODORE YOUNGBLOOD­ also the concern they could lose their fa­ PATRIOT AND LEADER your proposals, we Republicans will be there vored prices. to ask the tough questions and to provide ef­ Secrecy makes it that much harder for fective answers. To all of you. Thanks for lis­ large and small buyers to ferret out the best HON. J.J. PICKLE tening. deal. OF TEXAS As the "designated Republican questioner" "If more people knew how inexpensively IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES these medications could be made and how tonight, I know I speak for all elected Re­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 publicans, among our governors, within the cheaply they are sold to other segments of the market or other parts of the world, they Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in state legislatures and in the U.S. House and would be up in arms," said Tom Snedden, di­ Senate, when I say: In the months ahead we order to honor an old and cherished friend, rector of Pennsylvania's prescription drug Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Youngblood. Mr. will be visiting with you-whether the issue program for low-income older people. is health care, crime, education or the econ­ Manufacturers' agreements deter their cus­ Youngblood was a friend and confidant of omy. We will be listening and ready to react tomers from talking about their prices, President Lyndon Baines Johnson and many to your concerns. Make your voice count­ Schondelmeyer said. of our State political and business leaders. You can make a difference. Thank you* * * "The industry will go to all extremes to Mr. Youngblood was born on January 8, and have a good evening. protect this uncompetitive side of the mar- 1903, to the late James Edward and Willie 3214 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 Youngblood in Coolidge, TX, near Mexia. He to have the safe, affordable, and healthful food ticides intended for use on major crops-such and his twin brother, Booker T., became the supply which they have come to expect from as wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton-where 6th and 7th children in a family of 12. American farmers. a pest problem is not widespread and the po­ He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in REAUTHORIZATION OF FIFRA tential market for the product is relatively history from Samuel Huston College in 1927. The first bill would simply reauthorize the small. Following his graduation he was married to Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Reregistering a product that is currently reg­ Miss Jewel Deems, who preceded him in Rodenticide Act [FIFRA]-the law which gov­ istered for use on minor crops is also costly. death. Two sons were born of this union, Dr. erns the registration and use of pesticides in The 1988 amendments to the Federal Insecti­ Theodore R. Youngblood Jr., and Alvin Lee the United States. I am joined in introducing cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act [FIFRA] Youngblood. this measure by the Honorable PAT ROBERTS, required EPA to initiate a process to update On May 7, 1948, Mr. Youngblood was mar­ the ranking member of the Committee on Agri­ the registrations of pesticides that had been ried to Miss Latatlion Richard, a relationship culture, and by the Honorable CHARLES STEN­ registered prior to November 1, 1984. As a re­ that lasted for 44 years and 9 months. HOLM and the Honorable ROBERT SMITH, the sult of this process, registrants must update Mr. Youngblood was employed for many chairman and ranking member, respectively, the data supporting their registrations, and, years as Maitre d' of the historic Austin and of the Agriculture Subcommittee that will be where this information is lacking, perform new Driskill Hotels. It was here that I first met this dealing with pesticide and food safety issues studies, or gather new data to fill the data upstanding gentleman. Mr. Youngblood had a this Congress. gaps. strong sense of duty to his customers and had The authorization for appropriations for When companies weigh the costs of devel­ a way of instilling pride in everyone who was FIFRA expired at the end of fiscal year 1991. oping this new data versus the potential profits associated with him. I remember the way that However, the Committee on Appropriations from minor crop pesticide sales, some are de­ he used to bring in boys and make them gen­ has seen fit to continue funding the activities ciding to voluntarily cancel the registration tlemen. He constantly stressed perfection in and programs under FIFRA for each of the fis­ rather than seek renewal. Mr. Speaker, minor crop pesticides are im­ both dress and manner. Mr. Youngblood re­ cal years since. portant to agricultural production ceived several awards and honors for the Reauthorization of FIFRA is important. But, in all 50 quality of his work and, his commitment to so too, are improvements in the food safety States. These pest management tools are par­ ticularly vital to the continued production of community service. During his life he was hon­ laws-both FIFRA and the Federal Food, fruits and vegetables. Often overlooked is the ored by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Wesley Drug, and Cosmetic Act [FFDCA]-that govern fact that minor crop pesticides are critical com­ United Methodist Church, National Conference the safety of our food supply. ponents of many integrated pest management of Christians and Jews, Metropolitan A.M.E. We are introducing this measure simply to [IPM] systems currently in place to control ag­ Church, Sunshine Benevolent Club, and Top provide the framework for making improve­ ricultural pests in an environmentally prudent Ladies of Distinction, Inc. ments in FIFRA. Food safety and pesticides manner. have been the subject of extensive hearings He was a leader in the Austin community Today, I am joined by several of my House and a valuable asset to its people. While re­ and debate in recent years. The Committee on colleagues in introducing the Minor Crop Pro­ maining devoted to his work, he also found Agriculture began the process of developing tection Assistance Act, to help maintain minor the time to take part in numerous community amendments to FIFRA last year to make use pesticide registrations. The bill is intended service organizations. As a charter member of changes in the way in which pesticides are to maintain minor use registrations in a way Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity he served as its registered and used. However, we were un­ that does not compromise the health and safe­ president on several occasions. He has also successful in completing action on this meas­ ty standards for farmworkers, consumers, and been chairman of the local United Negro Col­ ure prior to adjournment of the Congress. the environment currently in place under lege Fund drive, treasurer of the Salina Senior This year, using the simple rea~:~thorization FIFRA. As a result of discussions with agricul­ Citizens Board, and a member for over 20 bill we are introducing today, we hope to begin tural interests and representatives of years on the Austin City Planning Commis­ again the process of revising FIFRA to make consumer and environmental groups, the bill sion. needed improvements. This bill will serve as has been modified to ensure that it will not Last Monday an overflowing crowd of the vehicle for constructing a package of significantly disrupt the schedule for register­ friends and neighbors paid their final respects amendments to FIFRA that will help to reaffirm ing pesticides as required by the 1988 amend­ at the Wesley United Methodist Church. The the public's confidence in the safety of Ameri­ ments to FIFRA. Reverend Freddie B. Dixon, Dr. Charles Akins, ca's food supply. Our proposal is designed to provide a num­ Mrs. Hazel Coffman, Mr. George Purnell, Dr. MINOR CROP PROTECTION ASSISTANCE ACT ber of options to EPA for registering existing E. Marie Gilbert, Mrs. Vivien C. Richard, Rev­ One of the changes that is needed in cur­ pesticides and promoting new minor use reg­ erend Raphael Smith, Dr. Marvin C. Griffin, rent pesticide programs and law is the manner istrations. These options include: Waive cer­ and Dr. James D. Fay and Congressman JAKE in which so-called minor crops are dealt with tain data requirements if the pesticide's use PICKLE paid heartfelt tributes to Mr. Young­ by EPA and USDA. does not present an unreasonable risk to blood. Minor crops are fruits, vegetables and other human health or the environment; grant exten­ Mr. Speaker, it is the people like Theodore crops which are produced on less than sions for developing data in certain cases; re­ Youngblood and all the countless millions of 300,000 acres each a year. While these crops quire the expedited review of applications for other hard-working, dedicated Americans who account for less than 2 percent of all the acre­ registration for minor uses, and permit the use make this Nation great. They go about their age planted in the United States annually, of data from an identical or substantially simi­ day-to-day lives with quiet dignity and deter­ minor crops are not insignificant. So-called lar pesticide whose registration has been al­ mination; and, by both direct action and exam­ minor crops are a major contributor to the ag­ lowed to lapse for economic reasons. ple, they bring America closer to the ideal of ricultural economy of many States and, more In no instance would these mechanisms be true unity. importantly, they are a major and vital part of used if EPA's Administrator has determined the human diet. that the pesticide poses an unreasonable ad­ Developing and registering pesticides for verse risk to human health or the environment, THE MINOR CROP PROTECTION crop protection can be expensive. A complete or where the missing data are essential for ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1993 data set-the information on the safety of the making such a determination. product, and its possible effect on consumers, Members of the House should be aware HON. E de Ia GARZA workers, and the environment-can cost mil­ that the Committee on Agriculture is preparing OF TEXAS lions of dollars to prepare. Residue data alone to grapple with the difficult issues associated IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for a crop can cost more than $100,000. with pesticide regulation and use. Our Sub­ Pesticide manufacturers are shying away committee on Department Operations and Nu­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 from investing in the research and develop­ trition, under the able leadership of Sub­ Mr. DE LA GARZA. Mr. Speaker, today I am ment of products that are intended for use on committee Chairman CHARLIE STENHOLM, will introducing two measures intended to provide minor crops because of their limited market. be holding extensive hearings on food safety the means for revising the Nation's food safety Nor is this problem always limited to the and pesticide issues in preparation for sub­ laws to ensure that all Americans can continue minor crops. It is also happening to some pes- committee markup later this year. February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3215 The Minor Crop Protection Assistance Act would not be an unreasonable adverse effect fied former spouses of CIA officers would pre­ addresses an important issue in this debate. on the environment. sumptively receive upon divorce a pro rata However, I recognize that other improvements SECTION 2(E ). EXPEDITING MINOR USE share of the officer's retirement benefits, up to in the regulation and use of pesticides, par­ REGISTRATIONS 50 percent, based on the length of the mar­ ticularly for minor crops, are needed. Requires the Administrator to complete riage during the period of Agency service prior According to the findings of a GAO study I the review of applications for registrations to divorce. The qualified former spouse would requested, the management of the Depart­ of certain minor uses within 6 months. Also, also be awarded a similar share of the offi­ preserves the full time period for submitting ment's IR-4 Program needs improvement. IR- data if a data waiver that is submitted in cer's survivorship benefits. These presumptive 4 can be a useful tool in securing and main­ good faith is denied. amounts could be adjusted by court order or taining pesticide registrations for minor crop spousal agreement. SECTION 2 (F ) AND (G). CONDITIONAL uses. Unfortunately, the IR-4 Program has REGISTRATION FOR MINOR USE This right, which is substantially the same as that provided to similarly situated former suffered from a lack of resources and leader­ Directs the Administrator to provide con­ ship to date. ditional amendments to pesticide registra­ spouses of foreign service officers, has been USDA also needs to establish a more effec­ tions and conditional registrations to permit extremely important for the financial security of tive system for providing advance warning to additional minor uses of certain pesticides, older women facing divorce from clandestine producers of changes in the availability of pest provided such uses do not significantly in­ officers of the CIA. We are all now well aware control chemicals due to registration decisions crease any risks associated with the pes­ of how difficult it has been for most women to by EPA and pesticide registrants. In addition, ticide. secure an equitable division of marital assets USDA has been slow to investigate and iden­ SECTION 2(H). TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF upon divorce, and the financial deprivation that tify alternative pest control strategies which REGISTRATION FOR UNSUPPORTED MINOR USES usually results. These difficulties were place less reliance on chemical approaches Temporarily prohibits the Administrator compounded for CIA spouses who were un­ such as IPM strategies. This situation must from taking any action with regard to sus­ able to reveal in open court the basic details change. pending or cancelling an unsupported minor of their personal circumstances. I look forward to working with Mr. STENHOLM use of a pesticide for failure to submit data Under the 1982 law, unfortunately, in order until the final deadline for submitting data and the other members of the committee in with respect to other uses of the pesticide to qualify as a CIA "former spouse," an indi­ addressing these and other pesticide issues that the registrant is supporting (and provid­ vidual not only had to have been married to a this year. ing data for). CIA employee during at least 10 years of the Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Minor Crop SECTION 2(1). UTILIZATION OF DATA FOR employee's creditable service, but 5 years had Farmers Alliance and their many members VOLUNTARILY CANCELLED CHEMICALS to have been spent outsideJhe United States from the ranks of individual agricultural pro­ Allows EPA to utilize data from an iden­ by both marriage partners. ~ ducers, their commodity organizations, and tical or substantially similar pesticide that The Subcommittee on Legislation · of the other farm groups for their help and support in has been voluntarily cancelled for economic Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, drafting this important legislation. reasons within 2 years to support the reg­ which I chaired in the last Congress, became SECTION BY SECTION SUMMARY: MINOR CROP istration of an identical or substantially aware that the 5-year overseas rule for the PROTECTION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1993 similar minor use. non-CIA spouse disqualified from retirement SECTION 1 SECTION 2(J ). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and survivorship benefits many former Short Title. AGENCY MINOR USE PROGRAM spouses whose sacrifices for family and coun­ SE CTION 2(A) . DEFINITIONS OF MINOR USE Directs EPA to establish a minor use pro­ try were as great as those of the former gram within the Office of Pesticide Pro­ spouses who met the requirement of the' rule. Defines the term " minor use" as the use of grams to coordinate minor use issues. a pesticide on a animal, on a commercial ag­ These women also provided great support to ricultural crop or site or for the protection SECTION 2(K ). DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE their husbands and to the Agency by maintain­ of public health where the use does not pro­ MINOR USE PROGRAM ing cover, accepting frequent transfers, and vide sufficient economic incentive to support Directs USDA to coordinate its respon­ participating in service-related activities. They the initial registration or continuing reg­ sibility by establishing a minor use program. bore all family responsibilities stateside alone istration, and if the use has not been deter­ Also, authorizes the establishment of a mined to pose an unreasonable risk to minor use matching fund to help ensure the while the officer served overseas and agreed human health or the environment. continued availability of minor use chemi­ to the extra demands on family income of SECTION 2(B ). EXCLUSIVE DAT E USE cals. maintaining two households. Like other CIA Provides 190 years of protection for reg­ spouses, they found employment opportuni­ istration data submitted after the date of en­ ties, when not precluded by the nature of the actment of this bill that relates solely to the INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION officer's work, to be very limited, and they too registration of a minor use. REGARDING SURVIVOR ANNUITIES experienced the stress of living with secrecy SECTION 2(C). TIME EXTENSIONS FOR and the fear for the physical safety of their DEVELOPMENT OF MINOR USE DATA HON. BARBARA B. KENNEllY partners. The subcommittee found that these Requires the Administrator to extend the OF CONNECTICUT women were in some cases prevented from deadlines by 2 years for the submission of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES meeting the 5 years' overseas rule by days residue chemistry data to support a minor because they were not allowed by the Agency use registration if adequate data has been or Thursday, February 18, 1993 to accompany the officers to war zone assign­ is being submitted to support other uses of Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, today I am ments or because they needed to bring a sick the pesticide, if the registrant submits a sat­ introducing legislation to provide for the . pay­ child back to the United States for medical isfactory data production schedule and if the Administrator has determined that the ex­ ment of retirement and survivor annuities to, care. tension will not significantly delay RED and improve access to health insurance for, Congress in 1991 repealed the 5-year over­ schedule. However, the Administrator is pro­ certain ex-spouses of employees of the seas rule for former spouses divorced after hibited from extending the deadline if the Central Intelligence Agency. This bill recog­ December 4, 1991. My bill today addresses Administrator determines that the minor nizes the contributions made by these individ­ the plight of a relatively small number of indi­ use may pose unreasonable adverse effects uals to the Central Intelligence Agency and viduals divorced before the repeal. It enables during the extension period or that available provides much needed retirement security. Ex­ them to receive on a prospective basis retire­ data is insufficient to determine the risk as­ cept for updating and technical drafting ment and survivor benefits equivalent to the sociated with such minor use. changes, this bill is identical to title I of H.R. amount they would have presumptively been SECTION 2(D). MINOR USE WAIVER 5651, a bill I introduced last year which was awarded, provided they meet the other former Allows the EPA Administrator to waive included in the vetoed Revenue Act of 1992. spouse requirements. In addition, these indi­ certain data requirements for a minor use Throughout the 1980's, Congress enacted a only if the Administrator determines that viduals will be allowed to purchase Federal the absence of such data will not prevent the series of legislation to provide greater retire­ health insurance benefits on the same terms Administrator from determining the incre­ ment equity for the spouses of Federal Gov­ available to other CIA former spouses. mental risk presented by the minor use of ernment employees. The CIA Spouses' Retire­ Mr. Speaker, the tales of some of the the pesticide, and that such risk, if any, ment Equity Act of 1982 provided that quali- women who will benefit from this legislation 3216 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 187 1993 have been shared with me, and they are Most promising engineer, Dr. Peter J. partment of Veterans Affairs, should cooperate heartrending. We are talking about people Delfyett, student leadership, Shawn Emerson, with local officials in these efforts. who were-and are-every bit as dedicated to lifetime achievement, Dr. Robert Shumey, I am very pleased that my legislation has the highest ideals of the Central Intelligence dean's award, Dr. Paul T. Bailey, president's been endorsed by the Pennsylvania State Agency as anyone employed there, but who award, Doris Hollingsworth-Gray, outstanding Coroner's Association. Through our efforts, I have paid great costs financially and emotion­ achievement government, Arthur Willoughby, hope these guidelines will assist local medical ally for their service. outstanding achievement government, Cmdr. examiners and coroners in locating the next of As chair of the Subcommittee on Legislation William Bundy, education, Dr. Melvin Ramey. kin of deceased individuals in a timely manner of the Permanent Select Committee on Intel­ I congratulate the 1993 awardees and the so that no families will have to endure the trial ligence in the 102d Congress, I was frustrated conference hosts for what promises to be an­ and heartache of one family in my district. I by our inability to extend former spouse legis­ other successful event. would urge my colleagues to cosponsor this lation to spouses who had not met the 5-year resolution. overseas rule, even though the concept itself was not objected to by the Central Intelligence LEGISLATION REGARDING Agency or by the leadership of the Intelligence NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN TRffiUTE TO EDWARD E. COBB Committee. In fact, since the enactment of the Central Intelligence Agency Former Spouses' HON. WilliAM F. GOODUNG HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR. Retirement Equity Act of 1982, the Congress OF PENNSYLVANIA OF ALABAMA on three occasions has enacted legislation to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES address the needs of qualified former spouses Thursday, February 18, 1993 where divorce or retirement had taken place Thursday, February 18, 1993 prior to the effective date of the act. Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I regret to Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to I made it clear during my tenure on the In­ say there is no consistent policy regarding the pay a special tribute to Edward E. Cobb who telligence Committee that I would continue to notification of next of kin in cases of death. is retiring as chief executive officer of Hunts­ work to extend former spouse legislation. Al­ Unfortunately, there exist some local officials ville Utilities after 28 years of service. though my tenure on the committee is over, I who do not succeed in locating a deceased Faced with the challenge of providing serv­ look forward to working with the members of person's next of kin for one reason or another. ice to the seventh-fastest growing city in the that panel to see that this legislation is en­ As you can imagine, this is very unpleasant United States, Mr. Cobb has maintained a fi­ acted this year. for a family in this situation. nancially stable utility with no major rate in­ The issue was brought to my attention by a creases. Boasting some of the lowest rates in family who lives in my district. A family had a the country, Huntsville Utilities under Mr. SEVENTH ANNUAL BLACK ENGI­ son who had run off on his own from their Cobb's management has aided in attracting NEERS OF THE YEAR AWARDS home in York, PA, and finally resided in an­ the industry responsible for Huntsville's boom­ other State. The son died later of natural ing growth. With 40,000 customers when Mr. HON.KWEISIMflJME cause, and although the local medical examin­ Cobb began managing the utility in 1964, OF MARYLAND er's office attempted to locate an uncle, whom Huntsville Utilities has grown to serve more IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he had listed as next of kin, it was not suc­ than 106,000 customers today. Customer satisfaction and confidence in Thursday, February 18, 1993 cessful in locating the uncle and made no at­ tempt to locate the family. After searching on Huntsville Utilities has prevailed throughout Mr. MFUME. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to their own, the parents finally found out 3 years Mr. Cobb's tenure due to his commitment to pay tribute to the Seventh Annual Black Engi­ later their son had died. This is clearly a tragic keep the public informed on changes taking neer of the Year Awards. On February 20, situation which no family should have to en­ place in the utility industry. During the energy 1993, the Black Engineers of the Year Awards dure. crisis of the late 1970's, Mr. Cobb responded Conference will take place in Baltimore, MD. Today, I introduced a resolution expressing by implementing an energy conservation pro­ The conference is held in order to recognize the sense of Congress that medical examiners gram, including home energy audits, low-inter­ significant contributions that black engineers and coroners should make reasonable, good est loans for customer weatherization work, have made to this ever-challenging profession. faith efforts to locate the next of kin of de­ public hearings, and media appearances to The conference is held during Black History ceased individuals, and that States should de­ discuss issues and listen to concerns. Month and the annual awards will recognize, velop such procedures. Throughout his administration, Mr. Cobb has as well as document, the contributions of Such guidelines might include: frequently attended Huntsville City Council and blacks in education, science, engineering, and At the place of death and current resi­ Madison County Commission meetings to ad­ technology. Such recognition can also inspire dence-house, nursing home, and so forth­ dress public officials' and customers' con­ and direct more students toward a career in check for personal papers, phonelists, let­ cerns. He has worked with the Tennessee the exciting field of engineering. ters, and so forth. Valley Authority on mutual problem areas such Mr. Speaker, Career Communications Check for a will or insurance policies; as rates, environmental regulations, energy Group, Inc. and its president and chief execu­ Check for hospitals for previous admis- conservation, and nuclear generation. He has tive officer [CEO], Tyrone Taborn, should be sions; testified to the Senate Public Works Commit­ commended for their steadfast support of Check telephone directories; tee in Washington on behalf of the power dis­ Check city directories; America's black engineers and for its fine pub­ Check with police agencies; tributors in the Tennessee Valley. lishing of U.S. Black Engineer magazine. Contact banks, and financial institutions Edward Cobb has been deeply committed to Career Communications Group along with for possible accounts with beneficiary. continuing educational programs for employ­ Mobil Corp., the Council of Engineering Deans Contact veterans assistance; ees, streamlining departments to better serve of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Contact Social Security Administration; the customer, and constant upgrading of and the 1993 selection committee are proud to Contact neighbors; equipment. The community especially appre­ announce this year's conference award Place notice in newspapers and electronic ciated that commitment to premium service honorees of 1993: media; when, hit by a devastating tornado in Novem­ Black engineer of the year, Dr. James Contact FBI for fingerprints; Contact place of employment; ber 1989, power was restored quickly due to Mitchell, outstanding technical achievement-in­ Check with registrar for deaths of same the utility's new SCADA [supervisory control dustry, Jonathan Abrokwah, professional name; and data acquisition] system and dedicated, achievement, Carserio Doyle, professional If place of birth is known, check with local well-trained employees. achievement, Wilbert Copeland, affirmative ac­ registrar, police, hospitals; Mr. Speaker, I rise today out of a great re­ tion, Christine Stubbs, outstanding business Use police telenetwork; and spect for Edward Cobb, a definite driving force support, Daniel Gill, community service, Mark Check with secretary of States office. in the utility industry. He has been a priceless Thomas, most promising engineer, Stephanie Federal agencies and departments, such as asset to Huntsville Utilities and will continue to Cole. the Social Security Administration and the De- be a valuable citizen of the Fifth District of February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3217 Alabama. I congratulate him for an incredible I don't have to look very far to see the par­ gree in education from North Carolina State career spanning 40 years. His accomplish­ allels between what President Clinton is pro­ University in 1966 and served in the U.S. Air ments have not only refurbished the utility in­ posing and what Governor Florio did during Force as a tactical airlift pilot for 20 years. He dustry, but have helped transform Huntsville, his first year in office. flew G-130's during his Air Force career and AL, into the community it is today. If the President does for America what our served in Vietnam. He was hired at Lockheed Governor has done for New Jersey, we are in in August 1986 to work in flying operations for a very rough time. where he was a senior pilot. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW Mr. Speaker, I believe the American people Mr. Bankhead's survivors include his wife, MONTHS MAKE are willing to contribute to our national recov­ Jeannie; daughter, Kelly; and son, Olin. He ery over the long haul, but not when they feel lived in Marietta. HON. DEAN A. GALLO they will be shouldering an unfair portion of Troy Cleveland Castona, 33, was born in Marietta. He received a bachelor's degree in OF NEW JERSEY the burden. In spite of the President's assurances, I am mechanical engineering from Southern Col­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES very fearful that we are headed in the wrong lege of Technology in 1983. A flight test engi­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 direction. neer, he was originally hired at Lockheed in 1980 as an engineering co-op student. A Mr. GALLO. Mr. Speaker, what a difference a few months make. Before becoming Presi­ bachelor, he lived in Smyrna, GA. dent, Bill Clinton made two basic promises to TRIBUTE TO LOCKHEED CREW Malcolm Jesse Davis, 59, was born in Co­ the American people: deficit reduction and a MEMBERS lumbia, MS. He attended Mississippi State middle-class tax cut. University and served in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years as a flight engineer. He joined Lock­ Instead of delivering on these promises, HON. GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN heed in 1956 and was a flight engineer. President Clinton is proposing to tax everyone OF GEORGIA Mr. Davis' survivors include his wife, Margie; and to continue to allow the majority in Con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES two daughters, Deborah Thorman and Diane gress to spend more than we have. Thursday, February 18, 1993 Norton; and grandson, Jesse Norton. He lived If President Clinton's proposal is enacted, in Marietta. we are looking at the largest tax increase this Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, Lockheed Aero­ Alan J. Mcleroy, 35, was born in Gadsden, country has every seen-$328 billion in new nautical Systems Co., one of our Nation's AL. In 1980, he received a bachelor's degree taxes-at a time when the recovery is just get­ leading defense contractors, has experienced in electrical and computer engineering from ting under way. a terrible tragedy at its home base in Marietta, Clemson University and also a bachelor's de­ Candidate Clinton said he would tax only GA. gree in physics from Presbyterian College. He the rich. But, just as New Jersey Gov. Jim On February 3, the company's high tech­ was hired at Lockheed in 1980 and was a Florio did 3 years ago, President Clinton nology test bed aircraft crashed at Dobbins Air specialist engineer. keeps changing the definition of who he con­ Reserve Base in Marietta during engineering Mr. Mcleroy's survivors include his wife, siders to be rich. He started out talking about tests, killing all seven Lockheed crew mem­ Terri; son, Cory; and daughter, Collettee. He millionaires. Then he drew the line at bers aboard. I rise today to honor their mem- lived in Marietta. $200,000 in income per family. Now he has ory. . George Dennis Mitchell, 42, was born in dropped that to a family earning $100,000. While finding comfort in tragedy is always Bremerton, WA. He received a bachelor's de­ New Jersey is still recovering from the larg­ difficult, it is important to know that these indi­ gree in aeronautical engineering from the Uni­ est tax increase in our State's history. viduals were of the finest in their field and versity of Washington in 1972. He served in Among the broad range of new taxes being dedicated to advancing and improving aviation the U.S. Air Force for 6 years and was hired proposed by President Clinton is an energy technology. at Lockheed in 1980. He was an engineering tax that will cost New Jersey residents and The experimental aircraft had been used by test pilot. businesses more than $2.5 billion over the Lockheed as an engineering test platform for Mr. Mitchell's survivors include his wife, next 5 years. The minimum cost of the energy aeronautical research since 1984. The results Marlene; son, Lee; and daughter, Hannah. He tax to the average New Jersey family will be of the tests being performed on the plane lived in Marietta. $240 in the coming year. were to be applied to research being done on Veda Ruiz, 46, was born in Saginaw, MI. He President Clinton proposes $21 billion in aircraft of the future with advanced systems served in the U.S. Navy and was a master new taxes on senior citizens collecting Social such as engines, avionics, and flight controls. sergeant in the U.S. Air Force Reserve where Security and $55 billion of cuts in Medicare Lockheed is renowned for its commitment to he was a flight engineer on C-130 and G-5 which will cost New Jersey residents $500 mil­ excellence in manufacturing quality aircraft. aircraft. He received an associate degree in lion a year. On April 23, 1991, Lockheed was awarded the flight engineering from the Community College All of these tax proposals will have a dis­ Department of Defense contract to build the of the Air Force in 1984. He joined Lockheed proportionate, negative impact on New Jersey. F-22 advanced tactical fighter, the next gen­ in 1986 and was a flight engineer. To raise Federal taxes at this stage of the re­ eration air superiority fighter, and engineering Mr. Ruiz's survivors include his wife, Gloria; covery is a very dangerous move. and manufacturing development work currently son, Veda, Jr.; and daughters, America and Economic recovery in 1993 means putting is under way on this project. Production work Catherine. He lived in Kennesaw, GA. Americans back to work, and I have never continues on the G-130 aircraft, the work­ William Boyd Southerland, 49, was born in known a tax increase that creates jobs. First horse of our Armed Forces airlift fleet. Lock­ Dalton, GA. He attended the Georgia Institute and foremost, I want to hear what the Presi­ heed also is responsible for giving us the G- of Technology and joined Lockheed in 1964. dent plans to do about creating real, private 5A, G-5B, and G-141 aircraft which per­ He was a specialist engineer. sector jobs. Not temporary or make work gov­ formed so magnificently in the Persian Gulf Mr. Southerland's survivors include his wife, ernment jobs. war. Betty; and two sons, William Gary and Doug­ Before he was elected, he talked about cre­ Each member of the crew of the high tech­ las. He lived in Smyrna. ating investment incentives for the private sec­ nology test bed aircraft had made significant As we mourn the passing of these dedi­ tor. Now he is talking about higher business contributions to the advancement of aviation cated and talented individuals, it is important taxes and bigger government programs. technology at Lockheed. I am certain they will to remember that their many valuable and In addition to proposing record tax in­ be missed personally and professionally. At lasting contributions to aviation will long be re­ creases, the very first piece of legislation that this time, I would like to share with my col­ membered at Lockheed and throughout the Congress will consider as a result of President leagues a brief account of each individual's aeronautical research field. We also pray that Clinton's speech will be $31 billion in new career and family. time will heal the pain the family members of spending at a time when we should be cutting Olin L. "Oakie" Bankhead, Jr., 49, was born these men are now experiencing. They are in spending and reducing the deficit. in Hamlet, NC. He received a bachelor's de- our thoughts and prayers. 3218 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 FOREST MYPTEN JOHNSTON: hearts of aviation buffs the world over. He blessed to have known Earl as a friend, a "IRON HAT JOHNSTON"-A REAL captured numerous world aviation records in family member, or a colleague. AMERICAN PIONEER the early 1930's, and after serving his country Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a both in the Army Airforce and the U.S: Navy man who has given everything to his family HON. RONAlD V. DELLUMS Flying Service, he became personal pilot and and his community. It is only fitting that he be OF CALIFORNIA fishing partner of former President Herbert honored in his hometown as well as in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hoover. U.S. House of Representatives. I wish Earl Thursday, February 18, 1993 Modesty has kept much of "Iron Hat's" his­ LeBrasseur nothing but continued happiness tory on hold and only through careful urging and thank him for his many years of service. Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, our Nation will has he parceled out bits and pieces of his ex­ be forever grateful to the aviation pioneers citing, romantic aerial exploits. He is a man who challenged nature's unforgiving elements who brought new dimensions to flying, not so and tested their own mortality to prove that much as an innovation to airline technology, man is a child of nature and an extension of THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC but to a testimony of the courage, free spirit, PLAN a greater intelligence beyond tHis Earth. These and leadership that men and women of his gallant men and women raced the stars caliber brought to the growth of air power. across the heavens and pushed their creative One can see that his life has been a romance genius beyond the threshold of time and HON. ALFRED A. (AL) McCANDLESS with the elements, a challenge of time and space. They broke the bounds of freedom to OF CALIFORNIA physical endurance, and a freedom to emulate leap beyond Earth's dominance first in rag and the winged creatures that so fascinated him as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stick aircraft, and then, with awestruck tech­ a young boy. Forest Mypten Johnston's life nology, approached God's heavenly domain Thursday, February 18, 1993 gives substance to the words Robert F. Ken­ by leaving the imprint of our species on the nedy spoke so eloquently not too many years Mr. McCANDLESS. Mr. Speaker, when I Moon. Forest Mypten Johnston, professionally ago: "Some men see things as they are and was the owner of a business, I learned a lot known as "Iron Hat" Johnston, is such a man ask why. I dream things that never were and of practical things about what sells and what of daring who left us in awe of his prowess as ask, why not." doesn't and why. One of the basic rules is that a pilot, and as a man of spirited character and the more you tax something, the less you energetic talents. He is a 1920's barnstormer, have of it. The holds true with everything, TRIBUTE TO MR. EARL H. whether it's potato chips, or cars-or the mid­ flying daredevil, test pilot, U.S. Olympic games LEBRASSEUR representative, flying comic, a retired Navy dle class. pilot-a man who has met the challenge of his With potato chips and cars, for instance, the profession and exceeded the limits of his own HON. BART STUPAK manufacturer slows production when taxes go daring exploits. He is also a living symbol of OF MICHIGAN up, simply because the consumer buys less, · a patriotism and pride that is characteristic of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES since the tax is passed along and prices go our American heritage; a man who faced the Thursday, February 18, 1993 up. That means that, at best, no new workers dangers of war, and on several occasions, Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to are hired, and at worst, and this is what usu­ saved the lives of his passengers and his air­ pay tribute to Mr. Earl H. LeBrasseur of ally happens, workers are eventually laid off. craft. And now, at the age of 89, he is a man Manistique, Ml, a city located in the First Con­ Since unemployed people buy less, manu­ who faces his mortality with a grace and for­ gressional District, which I represent. A self­ facturing production falls off even more. And titude that forever pits man against the ele­ less individual and leader in his community, the downward cycle continues. This is one of ments of time, his environment, and most of Mr. LeBrasseur is being honored in Michigan the reasons the stock market fell more than 70 all, himself. points yesterday. Wall Street understands that His achievements are legend, and his re­ on February 18, 1993 for his many years of taxes are regressive. Taxes are punitive. And markable exploits have been shared by leg­ outstanding service to Schoolcraft County. without corresponding spending reductions­ endary aviators such as Jimmie Doolittle, Mr. LeBrasseur was born in Nahma, Ml on well, taxes are the shortest line from recovery Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, Charles March 23, 1908. He was educated in Nahma to disaster. lindberg, Edwin Musick, and Fred Noonan of and Manistique public schools and took class­ Pan American's China Clipper fame, and a es sponsored by the Mead Corp. in foreman­ Which brings me to the economic workhorse host of aviation pioneers who lived in the ro­ ship and production standards. Upon entering in this country-the great middle class. Not mantic era of the gutsy seat-of-the-pants fly­ the work force, Mr. LeBrasseur got a job at only will that class of Americans not get the ing. Never without his familiar trademark, his Manistique Pulp and Paper. He started as a tax break it was promised, it will get income derby hat, he is the only pilot to have ever broke-hustler and worked his way up to shift tax increases. Add those taxes to increased landed in Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA, in his supervisor. During World War II, he worked at consumption taxes, and voila! A certain per­ beloved Aeronca C-2, aptly dubbed the "Fly­ Manistique Tool and Die dedicating himself to centage of our middle class will slide closer to ing Bathtub." His firsts in aviation include tak­ the war effort at home. He has been serving the poverty line, and then we'll get less of the ing off from the top of an old Packard to simu­ his community, his county, and his State ever middle class, too. late catapulting from an aircraft carrier in an since. While I'm willing to work with the new Presi­ For 20 years, Mr. LeBrasseur served as old Paramount movie newsreel, refueling while dent for the sake of the country, I'm very dis­ in the air, and picking up a mail sack from a chairman of the local Democratic party. For 29 appointed in what I've seen so far in his eco­ years he served on the board of education. He man running along the landing strip at the old nomic recovery package. San Francisco Airdrome. He has the distinc­ gained a seat on the Schoolcraft County Men­ Everyone seems to agree that the deficit is tion of piloting no less than 11 0 different types tal Health Board at its inception in 1976, and the biggest problem with our economy. For­ of aircraft including lighter-than-air blimps. has served diligently ever since. This pilot, who earlier in his youth followed Perhaps the only thing more impressive eign investment in T-bills has essentially the footsteps of his friend and mentor, Jimmie than Earl's commitment to public service is his stopped. That means every dollar the Govern­ Doolittle, deservedly achieved aviation's high­ dedication to his family. As the youngest of 16 ment borrows is one less dollar than American est form of recognition by being elected a children, Mr. LeBrasseur now finds himself in financial institutions will be able to loan to av­ member of the CX-5, Aviation Pioneers Hall perhaps the unfamiliar position of lauded patri­ erage citizens. Anyone who has been turned of Fame in 1988. "Iron Hat's" first flying ticket arch. Along with his wife of 56 years, Kath­ down for a loan in the last few years shouldn't is signed by none other than Orville Wright, erine, Earl enjoys the company of his 6 chil­ blame the economy, but the staggering Fed­ eral debt which is swallowing up the available the man, ~o with his brother Wilbur, opened dren, 18 granchildren, and 4 great-grand­ the exciting era of the flying machine in Amer­ children. I know Earl feels fortunate to be sur­ capital in the banks and savings and loans. ica. rounded by so many people who love and ad­ It is this private capital that builds houses, fi­ "Iron Hat" Johnston is a remarkable, enter­ mire him, but it is really the people of nances corporate reinvestment, and in the taining gentleman who grew up to excite the Manistique and Schoolcraft County who are end, creates jobs. But when the Federal Gov- February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3219 ernment takes all the available money to feed are being permanently let go because their community service. I am pleased to introduce its appetite for spending, the job creating side jobs have been eliminated. This country's my colleagues and the Nation to Mrs. Alma of our economy is left to starve. economy is undergoing a significant restructur­ Walters as she and her family prepare to cele­ President Clinton needs to pay attention to ing, and as a result the unemployed of this re­ brate her 90th birthday. May your future be as the deficit-increasing portions of his proposal cession are unemployed for longer than their bountiful as your past. that are hiding under the guise of economic previous counterparts. The bill we have intro­ growth. These meager efforts put forward by duced today takes a step toward helping the President will take effect too late to help States identify these long-term unemployed U.S. COMMONWEALTH OF THE the recovery and cause too much damage to workers and develop appropriate relocation NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS the deficit to do any good. and retraining services. The other side of his proposal is raising While fewer people are losing their jobs and taxes on the rich. During his campaign, Presi­ applying for unemployment compensation, HON. RON de LUGO dent Clinton defined the rich as anyone mak­ those who are unemployed stay unemployed OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ing over $200,000. Then the figure dropped to for longer. The number of workers who have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $175,000. Then down to $100,000. Now they exhausted their benefits and still remain un­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 say anyone making over $30,000 will pay in­ employed continues to be about 300,000 per creased taxes, and that's not taking into con­ month, and has yet to show any indication of Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker: I am introducing sideration the energy tax which hurts every­ dropping off. Many unemployed workers still a bill today which would authorize the elected one, rich or poor. have a long road to follow before they will see Resident Representative of the Common­ These tax increases never go to deficit re­ any relief. wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to duction. History has proved this time and time The current unemployment crisis is far from nominate a candidate to each U.S. military again. In 1982, we raised taxes with the prom­ over. Although last session Congress allowed academy after consulting with the Governor of ise that for every dollar in new revenue, we States the option of triggering additional the Northern Mariana Islands. would cut three dollars in spending. In reality, weeks of benefits for their long-term unem- . The bill would also require, by way of a for every $1.00 raised,we spent $1.14. ployed, no States have chosen to do so. In technical correction to existing law, that the In the 1990 budget summit, Congress prom­ California the legislature passed a measure to Delegate from American Samoa, along with ised once again to raise taxes and cut spend­ do so and to provide some additional relief to the Resident Representative of the Common­ ing. But for every dollar in new taxes in that unemployed workers, but the Governor, citing wealth, be notified of vacancies in any of the bill, we have seen $2.37 in new spending. In huge State budget deficits, vetoed the bill. military academies, as is done with Members fact, since 1947, for every dollar raised in new California is not alone in its concern about the of Congress, Delegates, and the Resident taxes, the Government has spent $1.59. Forty cost of triggering these additional benefits. Commissioner from Puerto Rico. years of proof should show the President that It is my hope that at a later date the Presi­ As you know, the Commonwealth of the tax and spend is not the way to cut deficits. dent and C~>ngress can take a closer look at Northern Mariana Islands became the newest We need a bolder proposal, one worthy of the long-term health of the unemployment in­ member of our American political family in a person elected to change things. Capital surance program. We must takes steps to 1978 pursuant to Public Law 94-241, the Cov­ gains cuts, line-item veto power, and tax strengthen the unemployment system so that enant to Establish a Commonwealth of the changes to spur on business, not tempt in­ in times of emergency the system works for Northern Mariana Islands in political union with creased Federal spending. I'm still willing to those who need it. the United States. work with the new President, but I need proof The Emergency Unemployment Compensa­ The people of the Commonwealth have that he has new ideas, not just the same old tion Amendments of 1993 proposed by Presi­ been U.S. citizens since 1986 and are eligible worn-out, won't work tax and spend programs dent Clinton is a step in the right direction to for appointment to any of our military acad­ that failed in the past. helping the Nation's long-term uninsured. I emies. Because of the special position of the urge my colleagues to join me in supporting Commonwealth's Representative to the United this very important legislation. States in Washington, DC, however, they THE EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT alone among U.S. citizens do not have a lo­ COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS cally elected official authorized to nominate OF 1993 TRIBUTE TO MRS. ALMA WALTERS them. Those interested in attending the academy HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI HON. EDOIPHUS TOWNS have and continue to depend on the Delegate OF CALIFORNIA OF NEW YORK from Guam, its neighbor in the South, to nomi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nate them. This bill would enable a Commonwealth offi­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 Thursday, February 18, 1993 cial to participate in the nomination process. Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Let me also say that this proposal is not a join Ways and Means Committee Chairman salute Mrs. Alma Walters, one of my constitu­ new one. The Northern Mariana Islands' Com­ ROSTENKOWSKI and Majority Leader GEPHARDT ents who has lived in my district in East New mission on Federal Laws, a presidential panel today to introduce President's the Emergency York for the past 30 years at 399 Miller Ave­ and special representatives of the President of Unemployment Compensation Amendments of nue. On February 22, Mrs. Walters will cele­ the United States and the Governor of the is­ 1993. This very modest package will extend brate her 90th birthday. Her life exemplifies lands in consultations-required by the Cov­ emergency unemployment benefits for an ad­ service to others. enant-urged the enactment of this legislation. ditional 7 months for those unemployed work­ Mrs. Walters' lifetime achievements include Last Congress, I cosponsored an omnibus bill, ers most in need. service as a former employee of Community H.R. 2575, which included this proposal, and While the unemployment rate has dropped Hospital where she worked as a nurses aide, held a hearing on it. H.R. 2575, which was in­ somewhat since we last extended the emer­ and distinguished herself as a tireless member tended to implement recommendations made gency benefits program, the national unem­ of Local 1199. In her retirement she continues by the special representatives to the 902 talks, ployment rate still remains higher than it was to serve 1199 by participating in the senior was, however, not reported out of the Sub­ when the recession began in July 1990. For citizens program. committee on Insular and International Affairs some States, such as California whose unem­ As a mother, grandmother and great-grand­ partly because it was referred to four other ployment rate was 9.5 percent last month, the mother, she has passed on her wisdom and committees and would have impacted other in­ end of the recession is nowhere in sight. experience by serving as a member of the sular areas. Since then, Commonwealth offi­ This recession has been different from Christian Mothers Society at St. Michael's cials have urged the Congress to enact this those in the past, when layoffs were tem­ Catholic Church. nomination proposal on its own. porary and unemployed workers found reem­ It is my honor and privilege to have a con­ Please join me and other members of the . ployment in a fairly expeditious manner. This stituent like Mrs. Walters. Her lifetime is a subcommittee that I am privileged to Chair in time, however, workers who have been laid off shining example of dedication to family and supporting this proposal.

69-{)59 0-97 Vo l. 139 (Pt. 3) 9 3220 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 THE BARNUM MUSEUM CELE­ schools during the 4-year period reviewed in D'Anniballe guided the school through two ac­ BRATES ITS lOOTH ANNIVERSARY the study; another 201 were severely wound­ creditation periods and was instrumental in in­ ed; and 242 individuals were held hostage at creasing student enrollment. Therefore, Jeffer­ HON. CHRISTOPHER SHA YS gunpoint; son Technical College has recognized his ex­ OF CONNECTICUT Shootings or hostage situations in schools cellent work by designating him a trustee IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have occurred in at least 35 States and the emeritus. District of Columbia; Thursday, February 18, 1993 In addition to exemplary efforts on the board Males were most frequently the offenders, of trustee's, Mr. D'Anniballe has been a well­ Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, today I am 93 percent as well as the victims 76 percent; respected member of the community in Steu­ pleased to congratulate the Barnum Museum and benville, OH. He has served on the boards for as it celebrates 100 years of exemplary serv­ Schoolchildren ages 14-17 are most at risk the Steubenville Housing Authority, the Steu­ ice and dedication to the community. For a of gun violence at school. benville Area Chamber of Commerce, J.C. century, the Barnum Museum has been pre­ We can no longer stand idly by while our Williams Charitable Foundation, and Miners serving the heritage of Bridgeport, CT and its schools and our schoolchildren are under and Mechanics Bank. extraordinary citizen, P.T. Barnum; an entre­ siege. If, as a Nation, we are committed to Mr. Speaker, it is with pride that I rise to preneur, politician, journalist, impresario and school reform and in meeting the education recognize Mr. Arthur J. D'Anniballe, and I ask showman. goals by the year 2000, we must be equally my colleagues to join me in saluting him for The Barnum Museum is housed in a Vic­ committed to providing students and teachers his outstanding contributions to Jefferson torian structure that was placed on the Na­ who want to learn with safe schools. Technical College and the community of Steu­ tional Register of Historic Places in 1972. It While I am a strong supporter of violence benville, OH. showcases the life and times of P.T. Barnum; prevention programs, I believe that we also tells the story of Barnum's most famous cre­ must take stringent measures to protect stu­ ation, the circus; and chronicles the growth of dents and teachers in our schools. We must TRIBUTE TO WADE BLANK the city of Bridgeport. send a clear message to our communities, to One of the museum's more extraordinary students, and to families that we will not toler­ HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER displays is a 1,000 square foot multi-media ate guns and weapons in our schools. Stu­ OF COLORADO presentation of a five-ring circus with 3,000 dents who bring them to school should not be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES miniatures, including everything from the Big permitted to remain in the schools, endanger­ Thursday, February 18, 1993 Top to the small tents where the troupe ate its ing the lives of students and teachers trying to meals. further their education. Schools must once Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, today The museum is planning two major exhibits again become safe havens, free of violence. wish to pay tribute to the man many Ameri­ for the Centennial. One will explore a century Today, I am introducing the Gun-Free cans acknowledge as the father of disabled of advertising in America, citing the ingenious Schools Act of 1993 which will require rights, Wade Blank. contributions of P.T. Barnum, one of the great­ schools, in order to receive Elementary and Wade Blank's distinguished career placed est promoters of all time. The other exhibit, Secondary Education Act [ESEA] funds, to emphasis on civil rights for those people with The Kid's Bridge, will explore multiculturalism. expel for 1 calendar year any student caught . disabilities. Wade recognized a need to focus I am proud of the Barnum Museum's com­ bringing a gun or weapon into the school. light on a community that had long been ig­ mitment toward preserving a significant seg­ My bill also creates a $100 million competi­ nored in social, political, and economic circles. ment of American culture. The people of tive grant program to be administered by the In 1975 Wade cofounded the Atlantis Com­ Bridgeport and neighboring communities are U.S. Department of Education for schools to munity in Denver that served as the resource fortunate to be able to enjoy all the Barnum purchase metal detectors and provide training center for people with disabilities. The Atlantis Museum has to offer. I wish the museum great for school security personnel. Community also taught those without disabil­ success on its anniversary today and through­ Students in my district and across the coun­ ities the importance of judging people not by out the next century as well. try say they are afraid to go to school. Just as their physical capabilities but by their char­ we learned with hunger, children cannot learn acter. THE GUN-FREE SCHOOLS ACT OF properly if they are afraid. Teachers cannot Wade fought countless battles. I stood be­ 1993 perform their jobs if they constantly fear for side Wade in many of these battles to erase their safety. No parent, no adult, can simply let injustice and ignorance. I recall back in the HON. 'GEORGE MilLER · that fear go unanswered. late 1970's when Wade led the effort to have wheelchair lifts installed in buses throughout OF CALIFORNIA My legislation will make schools a safe place again for our children. I hope that my Denver. Wade and company surrounded two IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES colleagues will support me in this important city buses at a busy intersection in downtown Thursday, February 18, 1993 endeavor. Denver to make their point. I attended this Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, rally in support of Wade's effort. We won that today, one of the most dangerous things we battle. Today wheelchair lifts are a reality. ask schoolchildren to do is to go to school. TRIBUTE TO MR. ARTHUR J. Wade Blank, a man with many dreams and Our Nation's schools have fallen victim to in­ D' ANNIBALLE visions, made Denver, CO, and the United creasing gun violence, and thousands of States a better place to live. He will be greatly schoolchildren, teachers, and school person­ HON. DOUGLAS APPLEGATE missed. nel are too often the innocent victims. OF OHIO According to a 1990 survey by the National IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Center for Disease Control [CDC], one in five SALUTING BELLEVUE HOSPITAL high school students carries a weapon at least Thursday, February 18, 1993 once a month for self-protection or for use in Mr. APPLEGATE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR a fight. U.S. Justice Department statistics from to pay tribute to one of my exceptional con­ OF OHIO 1991 show that approximately 100,000 of the stituents, Arthur J. D'Anniballe, who retired IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nation's 45 million students bring guns to from the board of trustees of Jefferson Tech­ school daily. nical College on August 31, 1992. Thursday, February 18, 1993 The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence Mr. D'Anniballe devoted 26 years of service Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I want to take compiled the following statistics for academic to the board of trustees, including 15 years as this opportunity to pay tribute to an outstand­ years 1986-90 in its recent report, "Caught in the chairman of the board. During his tenure ing hospital in my district, a hospital that has the Crossfire: A Report on Gun Violence In at Jefferson Technical College, he was instru­ just completed an ambitious renovation project Our Nation's Schools." mental in expanding the college's annual that will benefit many of my constituents. At least 71 people--65 students and 6 budget from $1 million to $7 million due to his For more than three-quarters of a century, school employees-were killed with guns at expertise as an accountant. Also, Mr. Bellevue Hospital has provided quality health February 18, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3221 care with a tradition of compassion, service, ST. PATRICK'S HIGH SCHOOL WINS TRIBUTE TO DAVID M. ZELDES and competence. Since 1914, the people of MICHIGAN CLASS D FOOTBALL Bellevue Hospital have not only met the com­ CHAMPIONSHIP HON. SAM COPPERSMflll munity's need to care for the sick, but they OF ARIZONA have also continually strived to do better, to HON. PAUL B. HENRY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES do more, to touch the lives of as many people Thursday, February 18, 1993 as possible when age or illness makes them OF MICHIGAN Mr. COPPERSMITH. Mr. Speaker, I wish to vulnerable. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES enter remarks in the RECORD to honor the · In reading about Bellevue Hospital while memory and work of a recently deceased col­ preparing this statement, I came across a Thursday, February 18, 1993 league and friend, David M. Zeldes. In 1985, quote by Dr. J.C. Morrow that really says it all: Mr. HENRY. Mr. Speaker, on November 27, David led a group of young Arizona lawyers, "The Bellevue Hospital recognizes neither 1992, the small city of Portland, Ml was under the auspices of the State Bar of Arizo­ creed, color, nor station of life. Its mission on brought statewide attention when St. Patrick's na's young lawyers division, who formed a earth is to care for the sick and injured." High School's varsity football team, the Sham­ nonprofit corporation to provide pro bono legal services, at no charge, to community groups Mr. Speaker, it is this sense of purpose and rocks, captured the Class D State Champion­ and economic development organizations in ship title on the Astroturf of the Pontiac, Ml decency that I salute today. On Sunday, Feb­ Arizona. Silverdome. ruary 21 , Bellevue Hospital will have a grand That organization, now known as Arizona opening celebration to commemorate the com­ This small-town America story of victory Community Legal Assistance [ACLA], matches pletion of a $3.7 million construction project stunned not only the defending State cham­ lawyers willing to provide tax, real estate, and that includes the following: First, a major sur­ pions from Frankfort, but the entire State. The business law expertise to qualifying organiza­ gery addition, and second, a new hospital Shamrocks started out trying to close the gap tions. ACLA helps train new attorneys through wing to house an intensive care/coronary care between them and the Frankfort team, who seminars, recruits experienced attorney's, and unit and other hospital departments. were named State champions after defeating links volunteer attorneys with community­ I know that these improvements will allow the Shamrocks last year. And close the gap based groups which need legal assistance. Bellevue Hospital to continue to labor in its they did. To quote newspaper reporter Bob ACLA helps attorneys fulfill their pro bono pro­ fessional obligations while assisting groups fine tradition. I know my colleagues here in the Gross, who wrote in the Lansing State Journal that provide community and economic devel­ House of Representatives join me in saluting the day following St. Patrick's victory, "You learn to appreciate what goes into the making opment services. ACLA has won awards from tlie people of Bellevue Hospital for all of the the American Bar Association for its efforts. It fine work that they do every day. of a State champion when you watch the guys from the little town go to the big city and play is not the first such program-others served their hearts out." And as coach Chris as models-but it is one of the best. Schrauben added in the same article, "Today David Zeldes stood at the heart of ACLA's extraordinary achievements. He served as a GOOD LUCK, CHARLIE BECK was the day to celebrate for our team, our community and our league." president, as a member of the board of direc­ tors, and as head of ACLA's Phoenix screen­ The St. Patrick's team has consistently ing and referral committee. David led by ex­ HON. JOHN T. MYERS shown tremendous zeal and fortitude. They ample. For years he performed the OF INDIANA have a 2-year record of 25-1 , making them unglamorous but necessary work that made the school with the best record over the last ACLA function: reviewing application forms, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES two seasons. The Shamrocks' 13 straight wins ensuring proper monitoring and follow-up, and . Thursday, February 18, 1993 also ties the State's longest current winning complying with the organizational duties. I streak. served as a director and officer of ACLA and Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I want Mr. Speaker, each and every member of the also worked as a participating attorney, assist­ to acknowledge a member of the community team contributed in a special way to this vic­ ing pro bono clients matched with me through in Terre Haute, IN, who has become a familiar tory. It gives me great pleasure to honor each the program. I know personally how ACLA's figure around that city in his quest to find clo­ of the following players, fine coaching staff, considerable success depended on the dedi­ cation, intelligence, and skill of David Zeldes. vers; that is four, five, and other multiple-leaf team managers, and their trainer: Tom Thelen, In addition to his work with ACLA, David clovers. Charlie Beck began his rapidly grow­ Burt Brown, Dave Fox, Aaron Schneider, Andy also served with other community groups. He ing hobby over 2 years ago after finding a Carr, Ryan Channell, Jerry Simon, Matt Mey­ helped establish a charity golf tournament, five-leaf clover by accident. He has developed ers, Brent Goodman, Jason Schrauben, Nick his own preservation strategy and now hun­ and received the Maricopa County Bar Asso­ Weller, Dan Thelen, Jim Lansdell, Nathan ciation's Member of the Year Award in rec­ dreds of clovers are displayed beautifully in Pung, Kyle Pline, Sam Fedewa, Matt Kahn, frames. At any given time he has close to a ognition of his efforts. Andy Beech, Josh Meyers, Andy Trimmer, On December 11, 1992, David Zeldes died thousand clovers in his collection. He is trying Travis Bennett, Justin Pung, Ken suddenly. He was 42 years old. During his life, to find out from the Guinness Book of World Gensterblum, Ben Cross, Jeff Simon, Eric he accomplished much for himself, his family, Records what the record is for a collection of Krieger, and Brad Russman; head coach Chris and his community. As his colleague and his multiple-leaf clovers. As he says, "If I didn't Schrauben; assistant coaches George Heck­ friend, I mourn his passing and salute his give so many away, I'd have thousands man, Dan Weller, Tony Kolarik, Dwayne achievements. more." Nickelson, AI Schrauben, and Mike Coyne; And so Charlie also passes on good luck. managers Jesse Weller, Mark Krieger and THE ORDER OF ALHAMBRA CELE­ As Charlie says, "Maybe the clover does not Kurt Pline, and trainer Russ Willemin. BRATES ITS 89TH ANNIVERSARY have anything to do with it, but they believe it Winning the State championship takes hard does." He gave a four-leaf clover to a woman work, determination, spirit, and ability, but on a Monday and the following Friday she most importantly, a cooperative team effort. HON. JOHN P. MURTIIA won $3,500 in a lottery game. With that kind Putting forth their highest level of effort, the St. OF PENNSYLVANIA of luck, a lot of people are going to want to be Patirck's Shamrocks succeeded in reaching IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES seeing Charlie. "Maybe a lot of people would the pinnacle. Thursday, February 18, 1993 not have taken the time to speak with me if it Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take hadn't been for the clovers," Charlie has re­ with me in expressing heartiest congratula­ a moment to recognize the celebration of the marked. Everything is coming up clovers for tions to the 1992 Michigan Class D State 89th anniversary of the founding of the Order Charlie Beck. Good luck, Charlie. Champions-the St. Patrick's Shamrocks. of Alhambra, which will take place this year on 3222 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 18, 1993 February 28. In this era when it sometimes Judd has served his country and his commu­ member of the 146th Engineer Combat Battal­ seems we hear nothing but news of destruc­ nity with the highest sense of duty and profes­ ion, which was one of the first units to land on tion, greed, and unhappiness, it's a pleasure sionalism. Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion of to salute an organization performing the criti­ Captain Judd entered the Navy during France. He was cited for gallantry and re­ cal work of the Order of Alhambra. World War II and his career spanned both the ceived two Purple Hearts, E.A.M.E. Campaign The Order of Alhambra works to assist Korean and Vietnam conflicts. But his sense Medal with five Bronze Stars, Good Conduct physically and mentally challenged individuals of obligation to the institution did not stop Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge, World War II in their efforts to overcome their disabilities. when he retired. Victory Medal, and Bronze Service Arrowhead By participating in the Special Olympics and Upon retirement in 1975, Captain Judd with one Oak Leaf Cluster. It was a twist of raising funds for the purchase of equipment began to volunteer his time and services to ironic injustice that he died in Blois, France on such as wheelchairs and braces, the Order of work as director, retired affairs at the Naval September 22, 1992, while visiting the areas Alhambra has improved the lives of countless and Marine Corps Training Center in Pitts­ where he served his country 50 years ago physically and mentally challenged people. burgh on a daily basis. In this capacity, he has during Wo;ld War II. I'd like to pay special recognition to Vigo continuously served for 17 years without pay Caravan No. 151 of Johnstown, PA, a part of or benefits from the Government. He conducts He was the son of the late Bacon Saunders the Order of Alhambra which has been provid­ all seminars on retired benefits and acts as li­ and Mary Cariker Marshall of Bonham, and ing these good services in the Johnstown aison for any Marine separating from the the beloved husband of Nina Vansickle whom community for the past 30 years. Their efforts corps. These liaison duties include helping he married on December 19, 1945. The 55- on behalf of disabled individuals make our Marines receive the latest information on ben­ year resident of Bonham and member of Boyd community a better place to live. efits. Baptist Church worked for the General Cable Congratulations to the members of the Captain Judd continues to volunteer his time Co. for 23112 years before retiring in 1988. Order of Alhambra on your 89th anniversary. and effort in serving as commanding officer of Family and friends will remember him as a I wish you many more years of unselfish serv­ the Pittsburgh Sea Cadet Program, a U.S. hard worker who always took time to share ice to the physically and mentally challenged Navy league youth organization. Since 1967 himself, his knowledge, and his experience of our Nation. he has acted in this capacity without fail. with others. His favorite pastimes were gar­ Captain Judd provides assistance, advice dening and attending events involving his chil­ and a point of contact for all retirees, medi­ dren and grandchildren. SALUTE TO MEL STEELY cally discharged veterans and any veteran He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Nina; from every branch of service requiring assist­ daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Larry HON. NEWT GINGRICH ance on any military problem. This is an enor­ Scott of Sherman, Joy and Joe Reiner of San OF GEORGIA mo' 1s job as Captain Judd is the only person Antonio, Mary Ann and Terry Cody of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES providing this service for all of western Penn­ Bonham, and Billie Gail and Charles Ratcliff of Thursday, February 18, 1993 sylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Signifi­ Greenville. He was the proud PaPa of three cantly, his extensive file system has resulted Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to granddaughters, Lori Scott, Kelly Anderson, in numerous veterans being awarded benefits recognize the years of dedication shown by and Kilee Cody, and seven grandsons, Jimmy they were entitled to, but never offered. Mel Steely. Mel and I served together on the Reiner, Jerald Reiner, Kyle Anderson, Joshua Clearly, Captain Judd has demonstrated the faculty at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Ratcliff, Daniel Ratcliff, Adam Ratcliff, and GA. and through the years, Mel has served as highest qualities of duty, honor, and service. Countless servicemen and veterans, and in­ Elias Ratcliff. Also surviving are a sister, Jua­ a valuable friend, on both a personal and pro­ nita Toliver of Hugo, OK; a brother, L.B. Mar­ deed the American people are indebted and fessional level. shall of Bonham; several cousins and many grateful. His academic background brought a special nieces and nephews. A sister preceded him in perspective to his work for the residents of the death. sixth district, and his years of service will al­ TRIBUTE TO MR. WILLIAM Services were at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral ways be remembered by his family and FRANKLIN MARSHALL friends. Home Chapel in Bonham on Saturday, Octo­ ber 3, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Bill Beasley HON. RALPH M. HAil and the Rev. Morris Robbins officiating. Serv­ IN RECOGNITION OF CAPT. NEWL OF TEXAS ing as pall bearers were his sons-in-law and D. JUDD,USNR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grandsons. Memorials were made to the Thursday, February 18, 1993 Bonham Council of Camp Fire and to the HON. RICK SANTORUM Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame in Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise OF PENNSYLVANIA Bonham. today to announce the unfortunate death of a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dear man, William Franklin Marshall of The death of this special man, William . F. Thursday, February 18, 1993 Bonham, TX. Marshall, is a great loss and may God be with Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. Speaker, I would like William (Bill) Marshall was born in Bonham his family and friends at this time of need. to take this opportunity to recognize Capt. on September 18, 1923, and celebrated his Mr. Speaker, as we adjourn today, let us do Newl D. Judd of the U.S. Navy Reserve. 69th birthday while touring Europe with his so in memory of this great man who fought for During a span of over 30 years of active wife, visiting World War II battlegrounds and his country and then came home to live for his and reserve duty in the U.S. Navy, Captain memorials. During the war, he served as a family and friends.