S11892 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 15, 2000 Sharing this experience with Bill we act, Democrats in the Senate will pended entirely, or mostly on work Cohen is his wife, Janet Langhart read the names of some of those who generated by the defense industry, and Cohen. She has been equally enthusi- have lost their lives to gun violence in they were in danger of failure. astic in her role supporting him—and the past year, and we will continue to In an effort to help these businesses, military personnel throughout the do so every day that the Senate is in Congressman Dixon sponsored legisla- world—as a ‘‘First Lady of the Pen- session. tion to assist small businesses in mak- tagon.’’ In the name of those who died, we ing the difficult transition to new mar- Janet Langhart Cohen’s tireless and will continue this fight. Following are kets. His efforts saved innumerable selfless work for our men and women in the names of some of the people who small businesses from going under and uniform, and their families, has been were killed by gunfire one year ago now many are thriving because of his remarkable. She has been committed today. foresight and stewardship. Most re- to making sure that the American peo- December 15, 1999: cently he was the very able Ranking ple’s hearts and minds are fully joined Jerome Anderson, 26, Washington, Member of the House Permanent Se- with those who are wearing the uni- DC; Danta Dandridge, 17, Washington, lect Committee on Intelligence. He was form. Thanks to Janet Langhart DC; Diane Gibbs, 39, Atlanta, GA; a voice of reason and restraint in an Cohen, soldiers, sailors, airmen and Jimmy Gibbs, 21, Atlanta, GA; Kasmas arena that often lends itself to hyper- Marines have come to know how much Hall, 18, Miami-Dade County, FL; bole and grandstanding. Julian served they are appreciated by their fellow Byron Johnson, 21, Pittsburgh, PA; his country well in this capacity. Americans. Antoine Omar, 19, Boston, MA; Glenn Congressman Dixon was known for To this end, Janet Langhart Cohen Roundtree, 29, Chicago, IL; Oscar his intelligence, political savvy and called on the USO—and their volunteer Segura Nieto-Lopez, 32, St. Paul, MN; strong character. While Julian surely entertainers—to bring the message Ricky Truss, 27, Detroit, MI; William had much lift to accomplish, he truly from the homefront to our forward de- Wilder, 39, New Orleans, LA; Venis made a difference while he walked ployed military men and women. She Woods, 29, Philadelphia, PA; and Un- among us. He was a family man and a recognized that the USO helped those identified Male, 24, Newark, NJ. man of the people. He will be missed. in the military who are far from home We cannot sit back and allow such Our prayers are with his family, friends give in to laughter rather than give senseless gun violence to continue. The and people he served so well. way to loneliness and despair. With the deaths of these people are a reminder f USO, Janet Langhart Cohen reinvigo- to all of us that we need to enact sen- rated the spirit of our warriors. sible gun legislation now. DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT Understanding the important rela- ACT OF 2000 f tionship between the men and women Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I rise of the Armed Forces and the USO, TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN today with my colleague, Senator Janet Langhart Cohen led the effort to JULIAN DIXON HATCH, Chairman of the Judiciary build a lasting exhibit to the USO in Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I rise in Committee, to comment on a provision . Thanks to her, the trib- tribute to a friend and colleague, Ju- of the recently enacted omnibus chil- ute was unveiled just a few short weeks lian Dixon. Congressman Dixon honor- dren’s health legislation (H.R. 4365; ago. To many, she is now also recog- ably represented the 32nd District of Public Law 106–310) that established a nized as the ‘‘First Lady of the USO.’’ California for more than 22 years. Ju- number of excellent children’s health Together, Bill and Janet have been a lian and I were members of the Con- programs. The bill also included impor- dynamic team. They have tackled gressional Freshman Class of 1978. It tant new legislation, the Drug Addic- many of the problems facing military was my pleasure to serve with him for tion Treatment Act [DATA], which I families today. They have also circled more than two decades. authored along with Senator HATCH, the globe together to demonstrate Everyone in the Senate knew him working with our colleagues Senators their combined conviction and support and I know no member of the House or BIDEN and MOYNIHAN. It will make a for our men and women in uniform Senate who did not like him, as well as wherever they are deployed. Only re- revolutionary difference in the way in respect him. His life exemplified public cently, Bill and Janet completed their which we battle heroin and other opi- service and his actions were always third trip to Kosovo since the June 1999 ate addiction. motivated by truth, justice and com- Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, my col- end of the air campaign. In our brief years, Secretary Cohen, passion. He was without question a league from is correct. Addi- through tireless work, study, and trav- Distinguished Gentlemen. tionally, as my colleagues are aware, el, has continued to develop his already During his tenure in office, Congress- the bill reauthorized the operation of formidable understanding of global, man Dixon accomplished many things. the Substance Abuse and Mental economic and national security issues. He was always magnanimous in victory Health Services Administration, and And as had been the case during his 24 and gracious in defeat and accepted dif- established and reinforced penalties for years of service in the Congress, Sec- ficult assignments, such as the Chair- illegal manufacture, sale, and posses- retary Cohen’s conviction for sup- manship of the House Ethics Com- sion of certain illicit drugs. porting the troops continued without mittee in 1989. It is a responsibility Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, when im- question. that few members seek and only the plemented, the DATA bill, as we call it, Anyone who has been privileged to most selfless accept. Congressman will change significantly the way opi- serve in the Department of Defense, es- Dixon did so, and the House of Rep- ate addiction is addressed by allowing pecially as the ‘‘Top Gun,’’ knows resentatives is a better place for his qualified physicians, for the first time, there is no more difficult a job in the service. to prescribe in their private offices, Executive Branch of our government. From 1957 to 1960, he served as an en- substances which block the craving for Bill Cohen earned his place in history, listed man in the United States Army, heroin and otherwise address this dead- alongside the best, and the men and rising to the rank of sergeant. This ex- ly addiction. women in uniform render a respectful perience made him a life long advocate Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, as Sen- ‘‘hand salute.’’ for the men and women in the Armed ator LEVIN knows, the DATA bill in- f Forces. He understood their hardships cludes a provision similar to one appli- and needs as well as any member of the cable for many years to both the Med- VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE Congress. The military services have icaid and Medicare programs, which Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, it has lost a good friend. makes clear that basic decisions about been more than a year since the Col- At the conclusion of the Cold War, the way medicine is practiced are to be umbine tragedy, but still this Repub- our defense expenditures were cut dra- made by physicians and patients, not lican Congress refuses to act on sen- matically. Literally, hundreds of mili- by the federal government. sible gun legislation. tary installations, large and small, Mr. LEVIN. In other words, it is our Since Columbine, thousands of Amer- around the Nation were slated for clo- intent that with respect to the amend- icans have been killed by gunfire. Until sure. Thousands of small businesses de- ments to the Controlled Substances

VerDate 15-DEC-2000 01:21 Dec 18, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15DE6.085 pfrm04 PsN: S15PT2 December 15, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11893 Act made by the provisions incor- a former reserve for harvesting fur particular note is the use of marine porated in H.R. 4365, decisions by quali- seals. The Commerce Department, act- protected areas to serve as replenish- fied physicians about the appropriate ing through the National Oceanic and ment zones. The U.S. Coral Reef Task means to treat their patients and to Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Force has called for setting aside 20 prescribe and dispense medications are has been involved in municipal and so- percent of coral reefs in each region of not a proper matter for government cial services on the islands since 1910. the United States that contains reefs regulation. In 1983, NOAA tried to remove them- as no-take areas. However, many of the While the bill clearly provides au- selves from administering these pro- U.S. islands that have coral reefs have thority for the Department of Health grams. However, despite the $20 million significant cultural ties to these reefs. and Human Services to issue regula- in funds the Pribilof Islands received to It is imperative that any new marine tions to expand the pool of qualified replace future annual Federal appro- protected areas are developed in close physicians, it is not the intention of priations, the Pribilof Islanders claim cooperation with the people of these is- our legislation that those regulations that the terms of the transition proc- lands and account for traditional and extend to the practice of medicine. ess were not met and the withdrawal cultural uses of these resources. With- Mr. HATCH. I certainly agree with failed. out such cooperation, there will not be that. Indeed, such an interpretation is This title authorizes $28 million over public support. The national strategy expressly prohibited by the language: five years to again attempt to achieve will address how such traditional uses ‘‘Nothing in such regulations or prac- the orderly withdrawal of NOAA from will be incorporated into these replen- tice guidelines may authorize any Fed- the civil administration of the Pribilof ishment zones. eral official or employee to exercise su- Islands. Additionally, it authorizes $10 The national program will also incor- pervision or control over the practice million a year for five years for NOAA porate such important topics as map- of medicine or the manner in which to complete its environmental cleanup ping; research, monitoring, and assess- medical services are provided.’’ and landfill closure obligations prior to ment; international and regional man- Mr. LEVIN. This clarification is im- the final transfer of federal property to agement; outreach and education; and portant, both for the qualified physi- the six local entities. The Pribilof Is- restoration. According to NOAA, the cians who wish to participate in this lands have historically been a very ex- majority of our nation’s coral reefs are new approach to addiction treatment pensive program to the American tax- within federal waters, therefore it is and for patients for whom a new treat- payers. Congress expects that this title expected that NOAA will continue to ment option may present a life-chang- will provide a final termination of work cooperatively with the states, ing possibility. I know my colleague NOAA’s municipal and social service territories, and commonwealths in the from Utah agrees that we want this responsibilities on the islands and a development and implementation of legislation to work. An unauthorized distinct end to federal taxpayer fund- coral reef management plans and not and ill-advised attempt to regulate the ing of those services. shift the burden of responsibility onto practice of medicine, including the Title II of this bill is the Coral Reef these states, territories, and common- practice of prescribing anti-addiction Conservation Act of 2000. It is based on wealths. It is particularly important medication, would make it unwork- legislation that I first introduced over that NOAA not let recent activities in able. three years ago and S. 725, a bill that I the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Mr. HATCH. I do agree whole- introduced earlier in the 106th Con- consume too much of the agency’s per- heartedly. I feel compelled to add, how- gress along with Senator MCCAIN, the sonnel and financial resources at the ever, that as the Chairman of the Com- Chairman of the Commerce Com- expense of the rest of the nation’s mittee of jurisdiction, it was important mittee. reefs. While the Northwestern Hawai- to me to make certain that the bill in Over the last decade, the United ian Islands Coral Reef Reserve will pro- no way impedes the Drug Enforcement States had been leading a focused ef- vide protection for the majority of Administration [DEA] from vigorously fort to conserve and manage coral reef reefs within our borders, it will not enforcing the Controlled Substances ecosystems. The plight of coral reefs, provide protection for our most heavily Act. Specifically, the DATA legislation both in the United States and inter- degraded reefs. NOAA must work col- is not intended to prevent the DEA nationally, gained much attention in laboratively with our island partners from its historic role of prosecuting 1997, the International Year of the to implement meaningful coral reef physicians for dispensing controlled Reef. One very successful program un- management strategies that target the substances without a legitimate med- dertaken during the year-long event in- full range of problems. ical purpose. volved grants to local groups to build The title also creates a new coral reef Mr. LEVIN. I agree with my col- grassroots support for coral reef con- conservation program, which will pro- league. I believe we successfully bal- servation, management, and edu- vide grants to states, governmental au- anced both interests in the DATA bill. cational programs. Since that time, thorities, educational institutions, and It is important legislation and I am NOAA has steadily improved coral reef non-governmental organizations. This pleased to have had the support of the management programs utilizing the is intended to foster locally based coral Chairman of the Judiciary Committee full range of existing statutory au- reef conservation and management. and Senators BIDEN and MOYNIHAN as thorities including the Coastal Zone Creation of a coral reef conservation we successfully moved this bipartisan Management Act, the National Marine fund is also authorized. This fund legislation to enactment. Sanctuaries Act, the Magnuson-Ste- would allow the Administration to Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise in vens Fishery Conservation and Man- enter into agreements with nonprofit support of the passage of H.R. 1653, agement Act, the Marine Mammal Pro- organizations to support partnerships which includes the Pribilof Islands tection Act, and the Endangered Spe- between the public and private sectors Transition Act and the Coral Reef Con- cies Act. These complementary au- to further the conservation of coral servation Act of 2000. This bill contains thorities provide the framework for reefs and help raise the matching funds a number of ocean, coastal, and fish- comprehensive coral reef conservation required as part of the new grants pro- eries related titles that will result in and management. Working in partner- gram. major conservation gains for our na- ship with the States and other agen- The title authorizes a total of $16 tion’s marine resources at a time when cies, NOAA has demonstrated its million a year for fiscal years 2001 we are placing enormous demands on unique ability among the federal agen- through 2004 to be spilt equally be- them. The bill not only attempts to cies to effectively manage these valu- tween the local coral reef conservation provide additional environmental pro- able resources. program and national coral reef activi- tections through a number of state and This title will augment the tools al- ties. It is our expectation that this local programs, but also tools for - ready available and provides an outline money will be utilized in such a way ter management. to assist NOAA as it moves forward that builds upon partnerships with the Title I of this bill is the Pribilof Is- with coral reef ecosystem management U.S. islands. lands Transition Act. The Alaskan plans. It requires the creation of a na- Title III of the bill makes a number Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea were tional coral reef action strategy. Of of minor technical changes to fisheries

VerDate 15-DEC-2000 01:21 Dec 18, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15DE6.060 pfrm04 PsN: S15PT2 S11894 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 15, 2000 laws. The fourth title of the bill au- two additional catcher vessels in the recognized Neil’s commitment to civic thorizes the study of biological and en- Alaskan pollock fishery. These vessels participation when he appointed him to vironmental factors that are respon- were able to demonstrate that they serve on the first Federal Elections sible for an increase in deaths in the should have been included in the Act Commission. eastern gray whale population. Two- when it passed in 1998. Throughout this year’s election, peo- hundred ninety thousand dollars is au- I would like to thank Senator KERRY, ple of differing political allegiances thorized for fiscal year 2001, and the ranking member of the Oceans and have remarked on the stable and resil- $500,000 is authorized for each of fiscal Fisheries Subcommittee for his hard ient nature of our nation’s institu- years 2002 through 2004. work and support of this bill. I would tions. Our health as a democracy is Title V of the bill makes a technical also like to thank Senator INOUYE for due, in a large part, to the dedication correction to the American Fisheries his support, particularly for his con- and efforts of individuals like Neil Act (AFA) with regard to two fishing tributions to the coral reef conserva- Staebler. Neil Staebler was one of the vessels, the Providian (United States tion section of the bill. In addition, I true lions of Michigan and American Official Number 1062183) and the Hazel would like to thank Senator MCCAIN, politics. I am sure that my Senate col- Lorraine (United States Official Num- the chairman of the Commerce Com- leagues will join me in honoring the ber 592211). The 1998 AFA authorized mittee, and Senator HOLLINGS, the memory of Neil Staebler, and in wish- the participation of certain US-owned ranking member of the Committee, for ing his wife Burnette and their family fishing vessels in the Bering Sea pol- their bipartisan support of this meas- well in the years ahead. lock fishery. The AFA was designed to ure. We have before us an opportunity f work in conjunction with the license to significantly improve our nation’s THE MILLENNIUM HOLIDAY TREE limitation provisions of the fishery ability to conserve and manage our Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, the management plan developed by the marine resources and I urge the Senate wonderful tree currently gracing the North Pacific Fishery Management to pass H.R. 1653, as amended. West lawn of this Capitol is from Colo- Council. Certain ‘‘qualifying years’’ f were established in order to determine rado. I have had the pleasure of work- which vessels had earned a ‘‘fishing RECOGNITION OF CONGRESSMAN ing towards getting this tree to DC for 1 history’’ to allow them future access to NEIL STAEBLER 2 ⁄2 years, and I wanted to share with pollock-fishing quotas. During the con- Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I rise my colleagues a little about my home sideration of the AFA, the special cir- today to acknowledge the life and ac- state’s gift to the nation. The Millennium Holiday Tree is a cumstances of many vessels were taken complishments of a distinguished and gift from the entire state of Colorado into account. At that time, the fishing principled public servant who served as to our nation. It is a celebration of all vessel Providian was being built in a a Member of Congress from my home that is Colorado: natural beauty, many U.S. shipyard as a replacement vessel state of Michigan, Neil Staebler. For cultures, cities and rural communities, for the pollock-fishing vessel Ocean nearly six decades, Neil embodied the and our rich history. The Colorado tree very ideals on which this nation was Spray. will be shining through early January In 1994, the Ocean Spray was lost at founded. Born in 1905, Neil Staebler is 2001. The Millennium Holiday Tree is a sea—fortunately without the loss of a widely credited as a founder of the native Colorado Blue Spruce which single life. Had the Ocean Spray not modern Michigan Democratic Party. stands 65’ tall and was projected to be been lost, the vessel would have contin- However, Neil’s greatest desire was to 77 years old at the time of cutting. It ued to fish for Bering Sea pollock dur- make our government work for all its was grown on the Pike National Forest ing the years leading up to the develop- citizens. near the community of Woodland Park. ment of the AFA. After the loss of the Throughout his life, Neil dedicated The tree was selected from this area himself to serving the United States of Ocean Spray, the owner-operator fol- because it is in the shadow of Pikes America. At the age of thirty-seven, he lowed the replacement guidelines in Peak, often referred to as ‘‘America’s joined the World War II effort by en- order to secure his federal fishing per- Mountain’’. mits and endorsement for his new ves- listing in the , The Colorado State Forest Service is sel, the Providian. According to landing where he served as a lieutenant. growing seedlings from the ‘‘grandma’’ records, it appears that the average After the conclusion of the war, Neil tree. Seedlings from the Millennium pollock harvest of the Ocean Spray dur- and a group of other distinguished citi- Holiday Tree will be replanted at the ing the years 1992 through 1994, exceed- zens from Michigan, including former cutting site. The Governor and Francis ed 2000 metric tons. Governor G. Mennen Williams, former Owens were among the first to receive Since the construction on the Congresswoman and Lieutenant Gov- a Holiday Tree seedling for their sup- Providian was completed, the owner de- ernor , and Martha’s port of this project. Hundreds of seed- cided to bring his vessel to Bath, husband Hicks, helped to re-shape the lings will also be planted in memorial to work in the Maine herring fishery. Michigan Democratic Party and alter forests around the state as part of Holi- The current location of this vessel does the landscape of Michigan politics. day Tree celebrations. not eliminate the need to establish They sought to reinvigorate the Demo- Colorado school children made over fairness and restore the vessel owner’s cratic Party and make it more respon- 4,000 ornaments for the tree. They each pollock-fishing rights earned with the sive to the will and the needs of Michi- depict the theme: ‘‘Valuing the Past— Ocean Spray during 1992–1994. This gan’s citizens. Their efforts led to a re- Looking to the Future’’. Each county amendment to the AFA is intended to newed vibrancy within the Michigan had the opportunity to supply 100 orna- provide the North Pacific Fishery Man- Democratic Party, and propelled Neil ments for the Millennium Holiday Tree agement Council and the National Ma- to the chairmanship of the Party. and the companion trees. rine Fisheries Service with the author- Neil served as state chairman for Through the many community ity to qualify the Providian under the over a decade, and was able to use his events, we celebrated the richness of AFA with directed onshore pollock- position to encourage active political Colorado. Each reflected the wide fishing rights equivalent to those participation by all people. In addition range of cultural and historical influ- earned by the Ocean Spray during the to serving as state chairman and win- ences present in our communities—Na- years 1992–1994. ning a seat to Congress in 1962, he ran tive American, Hispanics, pioneers, and Mr. President, the authors of the an unsuccessful but hard fought chal- others. Local celebrations were encour- AFA certainly took into account the lenge of Governor George Romney in aged in each of Colorado’s 64 counties particular circumstances of other ves- 1964. and at each of the 10 stops along the sel owners and companies. This tech- While he was a loyal member of the Tree route. Santa Fe Trail commu- nical amendment simply qualifies two Democratic Party, Neil Staebler was nities in Kansas and Missouri joined vessels, the Providian and the Hazel first and foremost committed to our the celebrations too, including one in Lorraine under the AFA for fishing nation’s institutions and the need for St. Louis at a National Park Service rights that they otherwise should have all citizens to participate in the demo- historic site. After the cutting cere- received allow for the participation of cratic process. President mony on November 20th, the tree was

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