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IF WE WAIVE BUDGET RULES FOR career will be honored at the University of and Slovaks, the Hungarians and many oth­ GATT, THEN WE SHOULD WAIVE Redlands on June 25 as he retires from his ers, including one quarter of the German THEM FOR HEALTH BILL WHICH position as Redlands Unified School District people, could not be saved from Soviet op­ pression and supremacy. But without D-Day ALSO INVESTS IN FUTURE OF superintendent of schools. and what followed, all of Central Europe and AMERICA Dr. Franklin's career began in 1956 at the El possible parts of Western and Southern Eu­ Rancho Unified School District in Pico Rivera, rope as well would have fallen into the lap of HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK CA where he held nine different positions, be­ Soviet imperialism. For had the United ginning as a teacher and later becoming the OF CALIFORNIA States not effectively become a European superintendent. In 1970 he became the super­ power in 1944-which Brezhnev finally ac­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES intendent of schools in the Novato Unified cepted in Helsinki three decades later-even Monday, June 13, 1994 School District. Following this, in 1987 he be­ the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union a came the superintendent of schools in the few years ago might not have led to the free­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, a number ing of Eastern Europe. of people are raising the idea of Redlands Unified School District. As the elderly Westerners who participated waiving the budget rules in order to Dr. Franklin's dedication to education and to in the Normandy landings and the march to pass the GATT Uruguay round agree­ his community went far beyond his position as Berlin look back, it is natural that they ment. The administration estimates superintendent. In his efforts to improve and should remember their victory with pride. that implementation of the treaty will reform education through the revitalization of But the wish of a few German politicians cost about $14 billion over 5 years and programs he has participated as a member on who are too young to have been drafted into $40 billion over 10 years. Press reports the board of directors of various organizations Hitler's Wehrmacht to be invited to the grand such as the Rotary Club of Redlands, the anniversary seems to me quite inappropri­ indicate that the administration has ate. only found about $3.4 billion in savings Redlands Education Partnership Foundation, Thanks to the Marshall Plan, to John to pay for the legislation. and the Redlands Boys and Girls Club. Other McCoy (the United States' postwar High Thus proponents argue that since the facets of the community that Dr. Franklin has Commissioner in the Federal Republic), and treaty will lead to so much expansion been involved in include the United Way, the to enormous American help towards shaping in world trade that it will more than Redlands Music Association, and the Red­ a normal society and democracy in Ger­ pay for itself in a healthier economy, lands Symphony Association. many, the will for reconciliation on the side increased employment, and increased Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our col­ of the American victors has been apparent to tax collections, that we should there­ leagues, Dr. Franklin's family, fellow adminis­ me for decades. Having been a conscripted trators, teachers, students and community in German soldier at that time, I have long fore not worry about the $14 billion. been a convinced and co-operative ally and Fine with me. But what's good for honoring this dedicated individual for his ex­ friend of the United States. And the same is the goose should be good for the gan­ tensive service to his community and to the true of millions of German combatants who der. field of education. Throughout the years Dr. are still alive. We don't need any symbolic In the health bill, we are offering Franklin has touched the lives of many people handshakes so late in the day. amendments for preventive health, for in our community, and it is only fitting that the Nevertheless, it might still be interesting more mammograms, colorectal screen­ House recognize him today and wish him the for the descendants of the soldiers on either best of luck in the years ahead. side to know how German troops of that ing, for immunizations for children, for time understood the significance of the Nor­ first dollar well-baby care, and on and mandy invasion. From my school history, I on. LOOKING BEYOND D-DAY knew that Charles XII of Sweden and Napo­ We should waive the budget rules for leon had both been defeated when they un­ these programs too. dertook to invade Russia. So was I convinced Can anyone argue that having HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN as soon as Hitler invaded the Soviet Union healthier people, cutting down the OF CALIFORNIA that Germany in turn would be defeated. To number of assembly line sick days, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES me, after June 1941 , it was just a matter of saving trained workers from early Monday, June 13, 1994 time, and also a question of how great the sacrifices would prove to be. The disastrous death won't help the economy, won't Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, as we continue end was inevitable; only the timing was un­ make America more productive, won't to remember the 50th anniversary of World certain. help us compete better in the world War II including the recent ceremonies at Nor­ To those of us fighting under such condi­ economy? mandy, I would like to include in the RECORD tions, the arrival of the Americans on the Good health care for all Americans is the following editorial by former German European continent did not make a signifi­ as good investment in the economy as Chancellor Helmut Schmidt entitled, "Looking cant difference. During the Battle of the Bulge, I suggested to my commander that we lower tariffs on our exports. Beyond D-Day." Waive on! should let the Americans come as far east as LOOKING BEYOND D-DA Y they wished, instead of fighting them, and (By Helmut Schmidt) instead push back " Ivan", who had already A TRIBUTE TO DR. RON FRANKLIN Historians, looking back on the decisive entered German territory. acts and events which shaped our bloody cen­ I was not court-martialled for that re­ tury, see June 6, 1944, as a watershed. The in­ mark, since the commander was a sensible HON. JERRY LEWIS vasion of Normandy by American, British man, but my tragedy was to be fighting only OF CALIFORNIA and Canadian troops certainly marks a turn because of a deeply ingrained sense of duty to my country. This was the tragedy of innu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the fortunes of the century. Without it, domination of much of Europe by Stalin merable Germans at the time: we did not be­ Monday, June 13, 1994 would have been a menacing probability. lieve in Hitler's genius and leadership, nor in Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I Hitler and his empire were likely to be his Third Reich. We had not believed in him would like to bring your attention to the fine crushed anyway. But the presence of the for quite some time-but nevertheless we did American Army and Air Force prevented the as we were told by our superiors. A parallel work and scholarly leadership of Dr. Ron replacement of one dictatorship by another to this psychological and moral complex can Franklin of Redlands, CA. Dr. Franklin who hardly less cruel. perhaps be found in the brave behaviour of has demonstrated remarkable dedication to It was worse than bitter that the Polish French and American soldiers in Vietnam the education of young people throughout his nation, the three Baltic nations, the Czechs two decades later.

•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. 12756 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 13, 1994 Owing to the invasion of Normandy, the Jester to pursue a singing career and financed wishing, Dr. Jester Hairston many more years United States was able to contain Soviet im­ his musical studies with private instructors in of continued joy, harmony, and prosperity. perialism through four decades of Cold War. Boston. Jester Hairston graduated cum laude The reconciliation between France and Ger­ from Boston's Tufts University in 1929, and many which Winston Churchill encouraged A TRIBUTE TO THE EMPLOYMENT in his speech at Zurich in 1946 (when he also also studied extensively at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. PROJECT GRADUATES-A PRO­ envisaged the creation of a united states of GRAM TO EDUCATE PHILADEL­ Europe) was, like the initiatives of Jean For 13 years he was assistant conductor of Monnet and Robert Schuman- made politi­ the famous Hall Johnson Negro Choir of New PHIA'S HOMELESS cally possible by the American presence in York. It was under Mr. Johnson's tutelage that Europe. Jester developed aspirations of preserving the HON. LUCIEN E. BLACKWEIL Today, after the Soviet Union's collapse old Negro spirituals. During this time he OF PENNSYLVANIA due to domestic exhaustion and decay, al­ trained choirs for many Broadway and radio most half a century of global bi-polarity has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES come to an end. But Russia will remain a shows with such outstanding artists as Don Monday, June 13, 1994 world power, and it is still necessary for Ger­ Voorhees, Andre Kostelanetz, and the late Al many to bind itself into the European Union, Jolson and Alfred Wallenstein. Mr. BLACKWELL. Mr. Speaker, I come be­ so that the horrors of a great war on this Accompanied by Hall Johnson, Dr. Hairston fore this body today to share good news as I continent can never be repeated. moved to Hollywood in 1936 to arrange the invite my colleagues to join me in extending And we in the West-whether in Washing­ chorus music for the motion picture "The heartfelt congratulations to 27 Philadelphia ton or London, Paris, Bonn or one of the Green Pastures." Subsequently, the choir adults who have overcome numerous obsta­ other great capitals, whether in NATO or in went to work with Dimitri Tiomkin on "Lost Ho­ cles and many hardships to achieve the honor the European Union-must still define our rizon," which proved to be an Academy that will soon be bestowed upon them. roles pragmatically in a world where local, Award-winning score. When Johnson fell ill, On June 11 • 1994, 27 homeless but not regional, ethnic or religious conflicts have hopeless adults who currently reside in Phila­ surfaced once again, now that the threat of Jester took charge of the group; he hit it off East-West conflagration has been lifted. The with Tiomkin and produced his arrangements delphia's homeless shelters will graduate from Atlantic Charter ought to stand, but it will for the next 20 years. In 1943, he organized the employment project's Employability Skills not suffice. a racially diverse choir and arranged the back­ Training Program. This program is successful ground music for many of Hollywood's out­ because of the strong leadership of its direc­ standing films including "Land of the Phar­ tor, Ms. Leona Smith, and the unwaivering TRIBUTE TO DR. JESTER aohs," "Friendly Persuasion,'' "Carmen support of the assistant director, Mr. Lee Va­ HAIRSTON Jones," and "Band of Angels." During this lenti Wilson; Ms. Ida M. Flanders, who is an time, he became closely associated with Wal­ instructor; and Ms. Renee Outin, who serves HON. JULIAN C. DIXON ter Schumann, and together they molded one as a job specialist. The employment project OF CALIFORNIA of Capitol Records' most versatile singing was established to provide homeless individ­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES groups "The Voices of Walter Schumann." uals the means by which to become self suffi­ Jester also performed as an actor in order cient in their struggle to survive daily and es­ Monday, June 13, 1994 to supplement his musician's income. He is pecially with their desire to obtain employment Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay well known for his character, Leroy, on the as they work their way back into the main­ special tribute to Dr. Jester Hairston, who will radio and television versions of Amos and stream of our society. celebrate his 93d birthday on July 9, 1994. In Andy. More recently, Jester starred as Rally Mr. Speaker, please join me in extending celebration of his life and in commemoration on the television series "Amen." Dr. Hairston's congratulations to each of the following grad­ of his outstanding accomplishments, the Hol­ film credits include "Tarzan's Hidden Jungle," uates: Mr. Tyrone Cain, Ms. Sharon Dantzler, man United Methodist Church of Los Ange­ "The Alamo,'' "To Kill a Mockingbird, "Lady Mr. Kevin Ruthland, Mrs. Lana Waters, Ms. les-Dr. Hairston's spiritual home-is sponsor­ Sings the Blues,'' and "The Last Tycoon." Ad­ Loretta Burns, Mr. Joseph Franklin, Ms. Eileen ing a gala affair in his honor on July 8th and ditionally, he dubbed Sidney Poitier's voice in Robinson, Ms. Lillie Armstrong, Ms. Loretta 9th, 1994. I am pleased to share with my col­ "Lillies of the Field." Although some of the Henderson, Mr. Calvin Hines, Ms. Carol John­ leagues just some of the reasons why Jester more stereotypical roles were painful, Jester son, Ms. Alicia Morgan, Mr. Keith Rollins, Ms. Hairston is held in such high esteem by many finds strength in knowing that they formed the Donna Walton, Ms. Brenda Cerdan, Mr. Ray­ throughout the world. basis of the broader roles available to African­ mond Jones, Mr. Beauford Sewell, Ms. Me­ A distinguished and world-renowned artist, Americans today. lissa Allen, Ms. JoAnn Cross, Mr. Conrad Gar­ Dr. Hairston's music has been stirring souls Dr. Hairston's tireless dedication and enthu­ land, Mr. Kevin Williams, Ms. Linda Harper, for over 60 years. He has written and ar­ siasm for helping young people also has Mr. Michael Henderson, Ms. April Jackson, ranged numerous Negro spirituals including earned him the reputation as a gifted music in­ Mr. Floyd McKinney, Ms. Christine Pepe, and such all-time favorites as "Amen," "Mary's Lit­ structor. For more than half a century, he has Ms. Dawn Wood. tle Boy Child," and "I Want Jesus To Walk given lectures and conducted hands-on work­ Words cannot describe my delight as I give With Me." Whether working with a group of shops to improve the understanding and qual­ praise to God for lifting these men and women classroom students or an international choir of ity of African-American music. At the young to a most honored place in their lives. The ad­ 25,000, Jester Hairston possesses a gift for age of 92, he continues to give generously of vancement of these individuals will send a evoking melodious symmetry that at . once his time as a guest conductor and teacher, in clear message to others in the community, transports and uplifts those experiencing it. In­ the United States and abroad. that all is not lost for the good news of this spired arranger, brilliant composer, spirited In acknowledgement of his extraordinary tal­ graduation will carry these individuals far as choir director, versatile actor, ardent story tell­ ent, a number of his overseas missions have they struggle to improve the quality of their er, and lover of life; these are just a few often been on behalf of the U.S. Government. lives. phrases used to describe a man who has de­ Furthermore, Jester has been awarded honor­ Mr. Speaker, the employment project partici­ voted over six decades to enriching the wealth ary doctor of music degrees from the Univer­ pants can now realize that there is always of African-American folksongs and sharing his sity of the Pacific and Tufts University. He is hope for those who are serious, determined knowledge with future generations of every also the recipient of the doctorate of fine arts and committed to the goals and objectives culture. degree from the University of Massachusetts. they seek. The situation in life should never Born at the turn of the century in North Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues in the stand in the way of progress and each of Carolina, he grew up in a small steelmill town House of Representatives to join me in honor­ these graduates are living witnesses. If we all in Pennsylvania. Until beset by financial dif­ ing Dr. Jester Hairston on his 93d birthday, work together to uplift the spirits, and motivate ficulties, Dr. Hairston attended and was the and especially in paying tribute to a lifetime and encourage the many individuals who are star quarterback at the University of Massa­ devoted to preserving a significant aspect of less fortunate, I am confident that the good chusetts. Due to his exposure in the univer­ African-American culture and our country's news will echo throughout the world prompting sity's glee club, a wealthy New England aris­ history. I join his family, friends, and the mem­ others to follow in the footsteps of these 27 tocrat, Ms. Anna Laura Kidder, convinced bers of Holman United Methodist Church in graduates. Thomas Jefferson once said that if June 13, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12757 we "Enlighten the people generally * * * tyr­ CHIEF ENGINEER WAYNE MURI this time Father Jazbec became a citizen of anny and oppressions of body and mind will RETIRES AFTER 38-YEAR CAREER the United States, and he was dedicated to vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day." serving many areas throughout the low desert Good news, Mr. Speaker, good news. HON. IKE SKELTON where he is currently the pastor emeritus of Again, I ask my colleagues to rise and join OF MISSOURI the St. Christopher of the Desert Catholic Church. me in honoring, and sending forth encourage­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our col­ ment for each individual to be strong and keep Monday, June 13, 1994 leagues, the Catholic Church, and the mem­ up the good work. Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I take this op­ bers of the parishes that Father Jazbec has portunity to recognize Mr. Wayne Muri, chief served throughout his life in honoring his ex­ engineer of the Missouri Highway and Trans­ tensive dedication to the church and its com­ portation Department. Mr. Muri retires on July munities throughout his life time. Over the HONORING CANTOR LOUIS 1 after a 38-year career, and I would like to years Father Jazbec has touched the lives of TEICHMAN express my appreciation to him for his dedi­ many people in our community and our State cated service to the State of Missouri. and it is only fitting that the House recognize ACKERMAN Wayne Muri is a native Missourian. He was him today. HON. GARY L born in Jamestown and attended the Univer­ OF NEW YORK sity of Missouri-Columbia. Beginning in 1956, REMEMBERING THE VETERANS OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he has worked for the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department in 17 different SOMALIA Monday, June 13, 1994 posts. A professional engineer, Mr. Muri became HON.ROBERTK.DORNAN Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the department's chief engineer in 1986. Since OF CALIFORNIA to join with my constituents and the members that time, Mr. Muri has served as head of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the Conservative Synagogue of Jamaica State agency responsible for constructing and Monday, June 13, 1994 Estates [CSJE] in honoring Cantor Louis maintaining Missouri's 32,000-mile highway Teichman who after more than two decades of system, which is the Nation's sixth largest. Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to service to the CSJE and the communities of In addition to his fine work in Missouri, Mr. include in the RECORD today and throughout Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, and Muri is recognized as a national leader in his the next week the stories of 26 modern day Hillcrest has. decided to retire. field. He is past chairman of the Transpor­ heroes, soldiers killed in combat in Somalia tation Research Board at the national level. last year. I hope these stories, reprinted from As a truly self-effacing person, Louis a May 30, 1994, Army Times article, will re­ Teichman began his career as a student can­ He is also immediate past president of the American Association of State Highway and mind everyone of the ultimate sacrifice each tor in pre-World War II Hungary. He came to Transportation Officials, which involves all the and every member of our Armed Forces are the United States to continue his studies at State transportation departments. prepared to make in service to our Nation. the Cantorial College and graduated to serve I have had the privilege of working with WE REMEMBER as an assistant chaplain in the U.S. Army dur­ Wayne through the years and I wish him all This Memorial Day, Army Times remembers ing World War II. the best as he begins his retirement. 26 soldiers who were killed in combat in the Cantor Teichman began his first post as last year. All died in Somalia. cantor serving the community of Silver Spring, They came from everywhere: the South, MD. He later moved to New York City and as­ A TRIBUTE TO REV. STANLEY the East, New England, the Midwest, South­ JAZBEC west and the Far West. Their private lives sumed the post as cantor of the Jamaica Jew­ were as varied as the American nation. ish Center, one of the largest synagogues in The Army has recognized their sacrifice New York City. It is here where Louis HON. JERRY LEWIS and honored their memory with the post­ Teichman took root and became recognized OF CALIFORNIA humous award of the Purple Heart and sev­ as a bulwark of the religious community of Ja- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eral Silver Stars, Distinguished Flying Crosses, Bronze Star Medals. On May 23, two maica, NY. His boundless energy and stead- Monday, June 13, 1994 will receive the country's highest military fast dedication led to the creation of a syna- Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, honor, the Medal of Honor. gogue music program that served as the basis would like to bring your attention to the fine The defining criterion for inclusion in this for educating and enlightening the congrega- work and spiritual life of Rev. Stanley Jazbec tribute was the Purple Heart, America's old­ tion's members. It was through his efforts that of Joshua Tree, CA. Father Jazbec, who has est military decoration. These soldiers post­ the synagogue's religious school developed demonstrated a remarkable dedication to the humously received the Purple Heart from April 30, 1993, to May 1, 1994 , according to the both a religious and secular approach expand- catholic Church throughout his life will be Toti:..l Army Personnel Command. ing its children's religious experience. celebrating his golden jubilee as a Roman PFC MATTHEW K. ANDERSON In 1974, with the merger of the Jamaica Catholic priest this year. When Somali gunmen brought down PFC Jewish Center with the Hillside Hollis Hebrew Father Jazbec began his service to the Matthew K. Anderson's UH-60 Black Hawk Center, the Conservative Synagogue of Ja- church by serving as a chaplain to his people helicopter during a night reconnaissance maica came into being with Louis Teichman in Yugoslavia during the German occupation mission over Mogadishu, they robbed the as the unanimous choice to serve as the new of World War 11. Due to the intolerance of the world of a "brilliant" wit with a great future congregation's cantor. For the past 20 years, Catholic Church under Tito's Communist re­ as a writer, according to his friends. Cantor Teichman has served the new syna- gime the reverend was forced into exile. It was "The things we'll miss the most are his witty comments," says PFC Thomas Ro­ gogue with a dynamism and vitality that re- during this time that he served as the auxiliary mano. "He always had a witty comment for suited in the creation of a choir, a musical chaplain of the Underground until May 1945, everything." education program and a religious training when he escaped to Austria and then to Italy Romano and Matthew Anderson both program that has educated and uplifted hun- as a refugee. In 1948 he served as a spiritual joined the Army May 21 , 1992, and since then dreds of boys and girls these past years. director for Slovenian students studying at var- their careers were inter-twined until Sept. ious universities in Spain. 25, when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Mr. Speaker, the single adjective that al- Following his time in Spain, Father Jazbec latter's helicopter as it flew over the Somali ways comes to mind in describing Cantor came to the United States where he served in capital. Louis Teichman is humility, a most rare and- · the diocese of Bismark in North Dakota. In The pair completed basic and advanced in­ sought-after attribute. It is, therefore, most 1954 he was accepted by Bishop Buddy to dividual training together at Fort Benning, Ga., and from there they both joined B Com­ compelling that I ask my colleagues to rise come to the diocese of San Diego, and in pany, 9th Battalion, lOlst Aviation Regi­ today in acclamation of this most unique indi- 1978 he was asked by Bishop Straling to join ment, Fort Campbell, Ky., as Black Hawk vidual. the new diocese of San Bernardino. During door gunners. 12758 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 13, 1994 They also became roommates, which gives know this job is dangerous, but remember When James Cavaco got the word that his Romano a lot of experience of his buddy's that it keeps me close to God. A Christian company was to deploy to Somalia, he had laid-back approach to life. "His answer to soldier is just a click away from heaven in been notified of a death in the family. Bar­ any problem was 'Don't worry about it, this type of work.'" bara Cavaco still weeps when she recalls her man,'" says Romano. Virginia Johnson says she understood. "He son's selfless response to leaving his unit. When he wasn't working or playing prac­ was always trying to reassure us. because he "He refused to come home," says his moth­ tical jokes on his colleagues, Matthew An­ could never tell us exactly what he did," she er. "What he said was, 'I have to do what I derson expressed his wit through his writing, says. have to do to effect mission success and to says Spec. James Houchin, another of B After that talk, they went fishing, some­ see that my men don't get hurt.'" Company's door gunners. "He had a really thing Busch always looked forward to. That On Oct. 3, James Cavaco was riding in a weird sense of humor," Houchin says. "He'd visit was the last time Virginia Johnson saw convoy of Humvees battling through the write ... off-the-wall stories and read them her son. The 25-year-old light weapons infan­ tight streets of Mogadishu to rescue soldiers to us for something to do, especially over try specialist was killed Oct. 3 in Mogadishu, in a downed helicopter. He was killed in a there [in Somalia].'' He specialized in writ­ Somalia, in the bloodiest single battle for rain of automatic weapons fire and grenades. ing· poetry and fiction, with a particular em­ American troops since Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze phasis on science fiction, his colleagues say. The Army posthumously awarded Daniel Star Medal for valor. "He wanted to be a writer,'' Houchin says. Busch the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. Barbara Cavaco has no grudge against the "He came in the Army for the experience of A combat veteran of Operation Just Cause in Army. "He had faith in his officers, in his doing it, for something to write about." Panama, he received other awards during his unit, his equipment, his training," she says. There's no doubt in his friends' minds that seven-year Army career, including the "He was totally dedicated. He felt that the Matthew Anderson would have achieved his Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, men he was with were the best, that the se­ literary ambitions had he lived. Combat Infantryman Badge and National De­ lection process was such that he was sur­ Romano's life was to have one final, fatal fense Medal. rounded by the best he could be surrounded link with that of his friend Sept. 25. "I was But family members and close friends all by. supposed to take his flight that night," Ro­ say Daniel Busch got his real reward when he "That was his thing, to do the best he mano remembers, "He was tired, and I told took his last breath: The opportunity finally could." him, 'No, I'm up, why don't you let me fly it to meet God, someone Busch spent a lot of for you?'" But his friend's commitment to time talking to. the mission overcame his fatigue. "He Daniel Busch joined the Army right out of CONGRESSIONAL TRIP TO WORLD wouldn't let me take it. It ·would have been high school in 1986. Something about serving WAR II COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS me instead of him." God, country and fellow man appealed to him, his mother says. But he was still plan­ CW3 DONOVAN L. BRILEY HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. ning on getting out in September 1995. OF CALIFORNIA As a child growing up in North Little His wife, Traci Busch, 23, says that her Rock, Ark., CW3 Donovan L. Briley, 33, al­ husband wanted their 14-month-old son, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ways wanted to climb higher. If he wasn't in Mitchell, "to grow up in an atmosphere that Monday, June 13, 1994 a tree or atop a roof, he was looking for one, had nothing to do with the Army and the says his widow, Sharri Briley. Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, on constant deployments and moving around." June 9, a Member from the other side of the As an adult, he wouldn't have been happy In a letter to his son, dated Sept. 29, Daniel doing anything other than flying. Busch talked of his desire that his son grow aisle ·criticized the expenditure of taxpayer Donovan Briley graduated from flight up to be a man of morals and values. "It's funds for the trip that Members took to help school in 1985 and joined the Army Reserve, very important for you to grow up to be a represent the United States in commemorating Later that year, he was piloting Drug En­ Christian," he wrote. "Listen to your moth­ D-day and the Allied liberation invasions of forcement Administration (DEA) agents and er." Italy and France. state troopers on a marijuana detection mis­ The family has established a scholarship I was proud to be a member of that con­ sion when the helicopter crashed. Three DEA fund for students who want to pursue a ca­ gressional delegation and would like to com­ agents were killed, and Donovan Briley sus­ reer in conservation. For information, write tained burns and back injuries. But within ment on the trip. Virginia Johnson, 707 7th Street, Barabou, Mr. Speaker, it is probably natural and right four months, he was back flying. Wis. 53913. that we question the worthiness of spending of "He never wanted to stop flying," Sharri SPEC. JAMES M. CAVACO Briley said. "He was a better pilot from that personal or public funds on commemorative experience." Spec. James M. Cavaco could have gotten and symbolic events. For example, one can out of deploying to Somalia with his Ranger In December 1987, Donovan Briley went on question whether the expenditure by a family active duty a month after his daughter, Jor­ unit. But his dedication wouldn't let him, says his mother, Barbara Cavaco, James of several thousand dollars on a wedding is dan, was born. One of four brothers, he was worthwhile, or whether the family should proud of his Cherokee heritage and had an Cavaco was among the American soldiers uncommon dedication to his work, Sharri killed in the Oct. 3-4 firefight in Mogadishu. spend those funds on what might be consid­ Briley said. "His main interest was always When James Cavaco enlisted in 1991 at age ered more tangible necessities of life. In public studying for how he could better himself. He 24, he was a little older than most recruits. life, one might question the worthiness of the was a.lways trying to be a better pilot." He decided that since he couldn't find fulfill­ expenditure of several million dollars in tax·· He deployed to Somalia with the 160th Spe­ ing work in the civilian world, he could find payer funds on events like the inauguration of it in the Army. cial Operations Aviation Regiment, and was a President, a state funeral for a fallen Presi­ killed Oct. 3 while serving with Task Force James Cavaco had an associate's degree from Cape Cod Community College and dent, or something like the 50th anniversary of Ranger in Mogadishu. D-day and the Allied invasions of Italy and During his career, Donovan Briley was worked at several jobs, but the sagging New awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, two England economy couldn't provide him a job France. Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, two Air with a future. "He just made up his mind­ The reason that both individuals and nations Medals with "V" devices, two Air Medals, 'This is it, I've had enough 0f this, I'm not sometimes spend significant amounts of Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Serv­ going to live like this, I'm not going to be a money on selected commemorative and sym­ ice Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary bum, I'm going to be the best I can be and bolic events is that these events enrich and Medal and Army Service Ribbon. that's it,'" his mother says. James Cavaco not only enlisted, he volun­ add meaning to our lives, be it as individuals SSGT. DANIEL D. BUSCH teered for the Rangers. Barbara Cavaco says and families at a wedding or as individuals Early last summer, SSgt. Daniel D. her son quit smoking and dri:.1king and start­ and citizens experiencing a national com­ Busch-known as "Rambusch" to his high ed an exercise program to meet the hitih memoration. school buddies from Portage Senior High Ranger standards. Mr. Speaker, I think that most Americans School-took leave to visit his mother in Ranger training didn't phase him. "As bru­ believe that the 50th anniversary of D-day and Barabou, Wis. He had a heart-to-heart talk tal as Ranger School was, he loved it," Bar­ the Allied invasions of Italy and France quali­ with her to explain that his unit, Army Spe­ bara Cavaco says. "He thought it was great." fied as the kind of rare and very important cial Forces Command at Fort Brag!f, N.C., To break the tension, he fell back on his event that adds significant character and was being deployed on a mission. hobby, playing rock music on the guitar. "He told me his unit was going some place "He was really into that; he was quite good,'' mea'ling to each of our lives as Americans. lai;er than summer, but he couldn't say his mother says, adding with a laugh, "He While the President alone could have rep­ where," his mother, Virginia Johnson, says. used to drive all the guys r,razy in the bar­ resented the United States at these cere­ "He just told me not to worry. He said, 'I racks." monies, I strongly believe that it was fitting June 13, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12759 and appropriate that Congress, as the elected This approach is self-deluding; and it won't TRIBUTE TO TIMOTHY S. TEHAN representative body of each of the 50 States work. No array of government programs is and each region of the Nation, send a delega­ going to make a 20-year-old woman with lit­ HON. JACK REED tion to join in representing our Nation. In short, tle or no education who has had one or two children out of wedlock " self-sufficient." OF RHODE ISLAND I think that the congressional delegation added Nor, despite her best efforts, is that single IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the event's symbolism. And, while each mother likely to be able to provide a truly Monday, June 13, 1994 member of the congressional delegation healthy social environment for her children. should speak for his or her self, I also suspect Societies through the ages have recognized Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sa­ that the congressional delegation members that it takes the efforts of at least two peo­ lute a distinguished young man from Rhode who attended will bring back a renewed spirit ple, a father and a mother, to provide the Island who has attained the rank of Eagle and sense of national responsibility and pur­ economic and psychological support needed Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He is pose based on what they experienced at the to raise children. That's why societies his­ Timothy S. Tehan of Troop 2 in Barrington, RI ceremonies. In that sense, I believe that the torically have gone to great lengths to en­ and he is honored this week for his note­ congressional delegation attendance at the O­ courage marriage and, conversely. to dis­ worthy achievement. day events will, in some small way, enrich and courage illegitimacy. Not every young American who joins the add greater meaning to Congress and help Current U.S. welfare policy reverses this Boy Scouts earns the prestigious Eagle Scout make us better Representatives for our peo­ wisdom by aggressively subsidizing single Award. In fact, only 2.5 percent of all Boy ple. parenthood and penalizing marriage. The re­ Scouts do. To earn the award, a Boy Scout In conclusion, I believe that the recent sults of this experiment have been disas­ must fulfill requirements in the areas of leader­ World War II commemorative events in Eu­ trous. ship, service, and outdoor skills. He must earn rope were the equivalent to our Nation of a For the well-being of American children 21 Merit Badges, 11 of which are required wedding or funeral to a family. It was fitting and the safety of society, a sense of respon­ from areas such as citizenship in the commu­ and right, and will ultimately be beneficial to sible parenthood must be restored, based on nity, citizenship in the Nation, citizenship in the the principle that it is immoral to have chil­ us all, that our Nation sent an appropriate del­ dren, unless you are fully prepared to raise world, safety, environmental science, and first egation of representatives. them. aid. As he progresses through the Boy Scout To be fully prepared to raise children ranks, a Scout must demonstrate participation BEHAVIORAL POVERTY LEADS TO means three simple things. First, the mother and father must be married and committed in increasingly more responsible service WELFARE DEPENDENCY to a life together. Second, the parents must projects. He must also demonstrate leadership be mature and psychologically ready for the skills by holding one or more specific youth HON. JAME'S M. TALENf difficult task of raising the young. And leadership positions in his patrol and/or troop. OF MISSOURI third, the parents should be . economically This young man has distinguished himself in productive and self-sufficient, able to sustain IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES accordance with these criteria. a family without large amounts of ongoing For his Eagle Scout project, Timothy re­ Monday, June 13, 1994 financial support from outside sources. moved brush, landscaped surrounding prop­ Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, ending welfare The welfare system mainly involves failed erty, and constructed a bridge over a brook as we know it is just rhetoric unless we recog­ attempts to pick up the pieces for an ever-in­ that is located at La Salle Academy in Provi­ nize and change what is fundamentally wrong creasing number of individuals who have vio­ dence. current welfare policy-its promotion of self­ lated the above rules. Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues destructive behaviors that lead to dependency. Government policy not only must stop sub­ to join me in saluting Eagle Scout Timothy S. As the following analysis by the Heritage sidizing and promoting such irresponsible be­ Tehan. In turn, we must duly recognize the Foundation's Robert Rector makes clear, ille­ havior, it must actively discourage it. To do Boy Scouts of America for establishing the gitimacy, and nonwork are at the root of wel­ that, we need to pursue three goals: Eagle Scout Award and the strenuous criteria fare dependency because they make self-suffi­ We need to promote individual responsibil­ its aspirants must meet. This program has ciency so difficult to attain. ity by converting welfare from a one-way through its 80 years honed and enhanced the Rector offers three goals to pursue in formu­ handout into a system in which recipients leadership skills and commitment to public are expected to contribute something back service of many outstanding Americans, two lating policies that will actively discourage wel­ for temporary aid received. fare dependency: Create a system in which dozen of whom now serve in the House. recipients are expected to contribute some­ We need to control welfare costs. It is my sincere belief that Timothy S. Tehan thing back; control welfare costs; and reduce Most importantly, we need to dramatically will continue his public service and in so doing illegitimacy and encourage marriage. I encour­ reduce the illegitimate birthrate and in­ will further distinguish himself and con­ age my colleagues to real the full op-ed article crease the marriage rate. sequently better his community. I join friends, that recently appeared in the Washington Achieving these goals will require a broad colleagues, and family who this week salute Times. array of policy changes. In some cases it will him. [From the Washington Times, May 14, 1994) require eliminating welfare benefits that promote harmful and antisocial behavior. In WELFARE REFORM RHETORIC AND REALITY other cases, it may be sufficient to require TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN BUD WENKE BEHAVIORAL DESTITUTION welfare recipients to perform community (By Robert Rector) service work in exchange for benefits. In HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN For welfare reform to work, it must focus some circumstances, welfare benefits may be on the root behavioral problems of illegit­ converted into loans, which the recipient OF CALIFORNIA imacy, divorce and nonwork-not merely on will be expected to repay at a future time. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the superficial symptom of welfare depend­ Serious reform also should include new in­ Monday, June 13, 1994 ence. centives that encourage positive behavior. Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col­ But despite a rhetorical commitment to All welfare reform must be undergirded by "end welfare as we know it," the Clinton ad­ leagues to join me in saluting a dedicated ministration appears unprepared to take the firm budgetary controls on the growth of fu­ public servant, Capt. Bud Wenke, who has re­ serious steps needed to deal with this "be­ ture welfare spending. Welfare bureaucracies are prolific in inventing new programs that tired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's havioral poverty." Department after 32 years of service. Despite its rhetorical commitment to deal­ allegedly promote self-sufficiency but that accomplish nothing or actually draw more For 17 of those 32 years, Captain Wenke ing with " root causes," the White House's re­ represented the Los Angeles County Sheriff's form rhetoric poses the problem of welfare people into welfare dependency. backwards, seeking to devise schemes to Without definite limits on the funds flow­ Department, Los Angeles County, and the Na­ prod and assist individuals to leave welfare ing into the welfare system, such counter­ tion's public safety agencies in Washington, rather than seeking to reduce the self-de­ productive " reforms" will merely produce DC. I had the great pleasure of working with structive behavior that leads to dependence more of what we have today: a War on Pov­ Captain Wenke on numerous occasions during in the first place. erty that can't be won. that time. 12760 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 13, 1994 Captain Wenke worked to ensure that public May God bless Charles, his wife Patricia and school newspaper, as well as being a member safety would be given priority in the Federal his children Charles Jr., Roderick and Jenelle, of the National Honor Society. Rebecca has allocation of radio spectrum, and he spear­ and strengthen us as we tackle the task at volunteered for the Special Olympics, the Big headed the national effort by public safety or­ hand under his shining example. We will not Sister Organization, Students Against Drunk ganizations to obtain the radio frequencies let him down. Driving [SADD], Peers Are Listening Organiza­ they need to do their jobs. He is responsible tion [PALS], and has served as a member of for Federal legislation that resulted in an allo­ the Principal's Leadership Cabinet. She has cation of 120 new radio channels nationally OUTSTANDING STUDENTS also volunteered for the St. Louis AIDS Foun­ and 240 channels in the Los Angeles area. HONORED dation, the Central Agency for Jewish Edu­ Further, Captain Wenke developed and cation, and has served as an executive and managed a $100 million radio and data net­ HON. JAMFS M. TALENT regional board member for Youth Group In­ work for Los Angeles County. As representa­ OF MISSOURI volvement. Her dedication to others and her tive of the Nation's public safety microwave li­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES community places Rebecca among the future leaders of tomorrow. censees, he worked with the Federal-private Monday, June 13, 1994 working group to develop the U.S. position for Mr. Speaker, I wanted to take this oppor­ the World Administrative Radio Council that Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tunity to recognize these outstanding young prevented a loss of microwave frequencies recognize three outstanding students from my adults. It is the promise of our children that used by local governments and public safety district who have been honored by the Creve brightens our country's future, and these three agencies. Couer-Olivette Chamber of Commerce and the young people exemplify that promise. Captain Wenke has twice earned the Sheriff Creve Couer Lions Club. Ashraf Abdelkerim, Department's Distinguished Service Award. He Jennifer Horton, and Rebecca Kerman have ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE is also a recipient of the Associated Public­ each earned special recognition as scholar­ Safety Communications Officers [APCO] ship recipients by the chamber and Lions Club HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS Presidents Award, and the California Peace and are being recognized for their fine high school careers. OF PENNSYLVANIA Officers Association's [CPOA] Recognition IN .THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Award. The chamber and Lions Club annually Captain Wenke represented the county of award scholarships for area high school stu­ Monday, June 13, 1994 Los Angeles in Washington with distinction dents. This year's award was very special be­ Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, the Congres­ and grace. He is one of the most articulate cause of a tie for first place. Ashraf sional Biomedical Research Caucus held its and straightforward individuals with whom I've Abdelkerim and Jennifer Horton will share the 27th briefing recently on an important aspect had the pleasure· of working since I have been first place honors and will each receive of the practice of medicine, namely, bringing in Congress. Los Angeles County has some $1,625. Rebecca Kerman deserves special science to alternative medicine. big shoes to fill with his departure. recognition for her second place finish in this Dr. Joseph Jacobs, of the NIH office of Al­ I ask my colleagues to join me in congratu­ year's competition. ternative Medicine, Dr. Richard Friedman of lating Captain Wenke on his many years of Ashraf Abdelkerim is currently a student at SUNY at Stony Brook, and Dr. Herbert Ben­ distinguished service and in wishing him hap­ Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day son of Harvard discussed how mind/body piness, good health, and continued success in School. Ashraf has been extremely active in interventions have been scientifically proven to all future endeavors. athletics, as a member of the school's base­ be therapeutically effective to off er prevention ball, football, and track teams. Along with his and cost effectiveness. Because of the sci­ athletic accomplishments, Ashraf has excelled entific studies documenting efficacy, many al­ A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES MARTIN in the classroom as well. He is currently ternative therapies have already become part ranked in the top 1O percent of his class. He of routine, mainstream medical care and they HON. TIM ROEMER has been honored as a member of the Signet serve as a model for how alternative ap­ Society, as well as being selected as an A.P. proaches can be incorporated into the practice OF INDIANA of medicine. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Scholar. Ashraf has also served as the presi­ dent of the St. Louis chapter for the Moslem I would like to share with my colleagues the Monday, June 13, 1994 Youth of North America. His dedication to enlightening remarks of Dr. Benson and Dr. Friedman. Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to classroom excellence and community service honor the memory of Charles Martin. He will stands as evidence to his leadership abilities. ALTERNATIVE TO MAINSTREAM MEDICINE: SCIENCE AS THE ARBITER be deeply missed by our community and by all Jennifer Horton will be graduating this June HERBERT BENSON, M.D. of those who worked with him. from Westminster Academy. Jennifer has ex­ Throughout history medicine and healing Charles labored long and hard to sow the celled in her academic endeavors. She has has relied heavily on non-specific factors seeds of hope in the youth of our community. been named to the President's List for 4 con­ such as the placebo effect. In other words, I had the opportunity to work with him on nu­ secutive years. She is a current member of what patients believe, think and feel has pro­ merous occasions building positive role mod­ the National Honor Society and has also re­ found effects on the body. Thus, physicians els for our youth, and none that I have en­ ceived recognition as a National Merit Com­ and other healers have historically appre­ countered tackled the task with more energy mended Scholar. She has excelled in foreign ciated the injurious effect of negative or dedication than Charles. He was always languages and in 1993 was the high scorer at thoughts and emotions and have also recog­ nized the healthful effects of positive looking to build a bridge between individuals the National Association of Teachers of thoughts and.emotions. to conquer differences in age, race, or one's French Competition. Jennifer has an accom­ Modern medicine has largely disregarded economic station in life. plished record of community service. She has the importance of mind/body interactions. It will take the efforts of 10 people to re­ served as a peer counselor for the past 2 Starting with the work Dr. Louis Pasteur place the energy of Charles in his pursuit of years, as well as extensive involvement in mu­ about 150 years ago, the Western tradition of an even chance for every child. It is a chal­ sical ensembles. She has participated in incorporating these ·non-specific factors in treatments was progressively replaced with lenge that we will all accept and take to heart. American Sings, the Milliken Vocal Festival, a an almost total reliance on specific remedies Charles would never have given up, and nei­ Touring Ensemble, and the Westminster for specific illnesses. Insulin and antibiotics ther must we. He, better than anyone else, Christian Academy Vocal Festival. Her hard took the place of the power of the mind to knew that our very future as a people and a work in the classroom and school service heal. The specific therapies were so dramati­ Nation depends on bridging racial and eco­ stand as evidence of her promise as a future cally effective that they became the sole nomic gaps to help our children grow up leader. treatments utilized. They also changed our healthy, proud and feeling they can achieve Rebecca Kerman will be graduating this attitudes toward the nature of healing. Rather than using a combination of specific their dreams if they work hard and follow their June from Watkins High School. Rebecca has and non-specific therapies to promote heal­ hearts. combined a fine academic career with an im­ ing, medicine began to value and rely exclu­ Mr. Speaker, we shall miss Charles, but we pressive record of community service. She sively on the specific effects of pharma­ shall not forget the challenge he left to us. has served as a writer and editor for her cological and surgical interventions. The June 13, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12761 non-specific effects of beliefs, thoughts and response techniques and it is frequently rec­ Half of these insomniacs consider it a serious emotions were devalued. ommended therapy in standard medical text­ problem. Billions of dollars are spent each For many of the medical problems facing books. Therapies such as the relaxation re­ year on sleeping medications, making insom­ our society today. specific drug and surgical sponse are now not alternative or unconven­ nia an extremely expensive condition. In interventions alone are not effective. For ex­ tional, but are accepted within the academic fact, the direct costs to the nation are ap­ ample, between 60 to 90% of visits to physi­ medical establishment. Their widespread proximately $15.4 billion yearly and actual cians are prompted by conditions related to clinical use is a direct result of scientific costs are astronomical in terms of reduced stress which are poorly treated by drugs and studies that document the physiologic basis quality of life, lowered productivity and in­ surgery. To better treat this vast number of and therapeutic utility. Age-old, self-care, creased morbidity. Although frequently em­ conditions, there is an understandable move­ mind/body techniques became validated. ployed, the chronic use of sleeping pills is ill­ ment to utilize alternative treatments. Un­ In summary, as we broaden our concept of advised. The shortcomings of such drug ther­ fortunately, many alternative treatments medical care to embrace non-drug and non­ apy, along with recognition of the role of be­ are without scientific foundation and we surgical self-care interventions, we need not havioral factors in insomnia, have prompted could fall prey to the influence of charlatans and should not compromise scientific stand­ our development of mind/body behavioral and quacks. It is thus very important to dis­ ards. Rather, science can be utilized to sepa­ interventions for this condition. We studied tinguish between the alternative therapies rate the wheat from the chaff. the efficacy of a multifactor behavioral that have been scientifically tested from RICHARD FRIEDMAN, PH.D. intervention for insomnia that included re­ those that have not. Dr. Benson has indicated that scientific laxation-response training. Compared to con­ Some so-called alternative treatments. trols, those subjects who received behavioral have however been scientifically examined evidence supports the efficacy of the relax­ ation response, a non-drug, non-surgical self­ and relaxation response treatment showed with similar standards used to test accepted significantly more improvement in sleep pat­ drug and surgical interventions. Our work care intervention. It is an example of what was previously considered to be an alter­ terns. On the average, before treatment it related to the relaxation response is a prime took patients 78 minutes to fall asleep. After example of how a treatment previously con­ native medical intervention becoming a part of mainstream medicine. There are other treatment, it took 19 minutes. Patients who sidered to be nonspecific and alternative has received behavioral and relaxation response evolved into an acceptable therapy for these practical issues which should be addressed regarding the integration of the relaxation treatment became indistinguishable from extremely prevalent stress-related disorders normal sleepers. In fact, the 75% reduction as a result of scientific research. response and other proven mind/body, self­ To best understand the relaxation re­ care interventions into medical care. in sleep-onset latency observed in the treat­ sponse, let me first describe the physiology Consider for a moment that I were here ed group is the highest ever reported in the of its counterpart. the stress response. Stress today discussing a new drug and that sci­ literature. has been defined as the perception of threat entific evidence indicated that this new drug To return to the issue I raised earlier­ or danger that requires behavioral change. It could treat a very wide variety of prevalent Why, given results such as these, have mind/ results in increased heart rate, increased medical conditions-conditions that lead to body therapies such as the relaxation re­ blood pressure, increased metabolism, in­ 60 to 90% of visits to physicians. Further­ sponse not been more effectively integrated? creased rate of breathing and increased blood more, this new drug could also prevent these Barriers to integration include bias against flow to the muscles. These internal physio­ conditions from occurring and recurring. the shift to self-care approaches; the lack of logic changes prepare us to fight or run away And, the new drug was demonstrated to re­ knowledge of the existing scientific data and this stress reaction has been named the duce the total costs of heal th care by as among health care providers, patients and "fight or flight" response. The " fight or much as 30%. The discovery of such a new policy makers in government and private in­ flight" response was first described by the drug would be front page news and imme­ dustry; a bias against mind/body interven­ Harvard physiologist, Dr. Walter B. Cannon diately embraced. Scientifically-validated tions in medical care as being too " soft"; earlier in this century. It is mediated by an mind/body therapies have resulted in such and inadequate insurance payments for these increase in the activity of the sympathetic clinical and economic benefits, but as yet treatments. branch of the autonomic nervous system have not been so enthusiastically embraced. Overcoming the barriers to integration re­ which releases adrenalin and noradrenalin. I'll discuss the reasons for this later. quires a continued commitment to scientific Building on the work of Swiss Nobel laure­ First, I'll provide examples of how mind/ rigor and a willingness to adopt and advo­ ate Dr. Walter R. Hess, my colleagues and I body interventions such as the relaxation re­ cate what is scientifically proven to be over 20 years ago described a physiological sponse can be successfully integrated with therapetucially effective and to offer cost response which is the opposite of Cannon's mainstream medicine. I'll start with one par­ savings. The full integration of mind/body, fight or flight response. It results in de­ ticularly common and expensive medical self-care medicine is thus completely com­ creased heart rate, blood pressure, rate of complaint, chronic pain. When integrated patible with the health care reform agenda breathing, and metabolism. We labelled this with routine biomedical care, mind/body ap­ we are currently confronting. This is a prime opposite reaction the " relaxation response." proaches can result in the better treatment example of science being the arbiter of bring The relaxation response differs from the of chronic pain and in significant economic so-called alternative medicine into main­ fight or flight response in another way. The benefits. Millions of Americans are in chron­ stream medicine. fight or flight response occurs without re­ ic pain, which by definition, is pain that can­ quiring the use of a technique. Two steps are not be eliminated, but must be managed. usually required to elicit the relaxation re­ Chronic pain sufferers, motivated both by GOVERNMENT PRESSURE ON sponse. They are: (1) the repetition of a word, medical and emotional factors, often become BELARUSAN MEDIA a sound, a prayer, a phrase or a muscular ac­ frequent users of the medical system. The tivity and (2) when other, everyday thoughts treatment of chronic pain becomes ex­ occur, there is a passive return to the repeti­ tremely costly and frustrating for patients HON. STENY H. HOYER tion. and health care providers. In one study, we OF MARYLAND As scientific evidence has established that assessed clinic usage among chronic pain pa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES many medical diseases result from repeated tients at an HMO who participated in our exposure to stress, scientific evidence has es­ outpatient behavioral medicine program, of Monday, June 13, 1994 tablished that regular elicitation of the re­ which the relaxation response was an inte­ Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, among the laxation response results in alleviation of gral part. There was a 36 percent reduction former Soviet Republics, Belarus has been these stress-related medical disorders. Spe­ in clinic visits for over two years in the pa­ one of the more conservative. The old Com­ cifically, the relaxation response has been tients who participated in the behavioral munist Party nomenklatura remains in power, demonstrated to be effective in the treat­ medicine program as compared to their clin­ ment of hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, ic usage prior to the intervention. In 109 pa­ and very little economic reform has taken chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, hostility, tients, the decreased visits projected to an place. True, there have been no ethnic con­ depression, premenstrual syndrome, infertil­ estimated net savings of $12,000 for the first flicts or violence in Belarus, nor have we seen ity, and the symptoms of both cancer and year following treatment and $23,000 for the any harsh physical repression of the opposi­ AIDS. In fact, to the extent that stress second year. These savings did not include tion. But there has been little movement away causes or exacerbates any condition, the re­ those realized by the decreased use of medi­ from Soviet-era structures and, for the most laxation response is effective. Because of the cations. part, Soviet mentality since Belarus became scientifically documented efficacy, a physio­ Next. I'll focus on another extremely com­ independent. logical basis for millennia-old techniques has mon disorder, insomnia. I'll present how been established and the relaxation response these very same mind/body interventions can Belarus will hold its first presidential elec­ has become a part of mainstream medicine. result in better medical care and also effect tions on June 23. Unfortunately, I have to note Approximately 60% of US medical schools cost savings. Approximately 35 percent of with concern that, according to Russian and now teach the therapeutic use of relaxation- the adult population experiences insomnia. Belarusan sources, the Belarusan Government 12762 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 13, 1994 appears to be launching a campaign to restrict dressing issues of national importance. For My correspondence with Mr. Banner goes media outlets that do not toe the government example, Michigan VVA led the fight for legis­ back to the first month of my service in the line. A Government spokesman has charged lation on agent orange, and led the fight for ju­ U.S. House of Representatives-November the Minsk newspaper Svaboda-the largest dicial review with the Veterans Administration. 1961. Mr. Banner was a friend to many in circulation opposition newspaper-with na­ Our State has many unique chapters, such Congress and throughout the city. I share with tional extremism. He announced that the Gov­ as chapter 9, the first chapter in the State; him professional roots in service in housing ernment is revising relations with Svaboda, chapter 180, the first chapter to be established and community agencies, experience which taking into account numerous requests from in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and chapter still motivates me today as I continue to serve citizens. The Government printing house has 371 at the Egeler Correctional facility, which in the House of Representatives, particularly refused to print this awkward newspaper, and has assisted greatly in fundraising for chari­ as chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Ministry of Communications is refusing to table organizations. Housing and Community Development. circulate it. Michigan VVA has assisted in raising money It is this drive and vision that makes Knox It is important to remember that in post-So­ for many charitable organizations across the Banner stand out. In my hometown of San An­ viet Belarus, all the major media are depend­ country, including the Salvation Army, Meals tonio, TX, there were similar individuals whose ent, to one degree or another, on the Govern­ on Wheels, the Special Olympics, and Boy dedication and work hav.e indelibly changed ment. The printing houses are state enter­ Scouts of America. It has also worked to help and improved the life of the city there. One prises and the circulation process is controlled the victims of recent natural disasters-Hurri­ such person was the architect O'Neil Ford by the State. Newspapers are expected not to cane Andrew, the Mississippi River Flood, and who contributed to the restoration of the his­ print anything that upsets the Government. the California earthquakes. toric La Villita; helped design much of Trinity Moreover, according to a press conference I would also like to acknowledge the State University-including the use of construction held by Belarusan Media representatives, two council president, Jack McManus, for his out­ techniques that were revolutionary at that Belarusan radio programs have been sus­ standing leadership over the past 4 years. I time; participated in the design of the first pended since May 28. One of them had been commend him for his commitment and dedica­ phase of the University of Texas at San Anto­ planning to feature a live interview with a Gov­ tion to Michigan VVA, and for his sensitivity to nio; and designed the Tower of the Americas ernment official opposed to the planned merg­ the needs of veterans not only in Michigan, that stands in Hemisfair Plaza, home of the er of the Belarusan and Russian monetary but across our Nation. 1968 World's Fair, which I worked hard to systems. The suspension of these programs is Mr. Speaker, it is fitting that the House of make sure came to fruition in San Antonio. allegedly due to the transformation of the Na­ Representatives honor outstanding organiza­ Included in the same distinguished category tional Television and Radio Company into the tions such as the Michigan VVA. Please join was a planner, who worked with O'Neil Ford, Television and Radio Committee of the me in recognizing their many years of leader­ by the name of Sam Zisman. These individ­ Belarusan Council of Ministers, which will ship and service in Michigan and throughout uals not only had the necessary talent and vi­ strengthen State control of the media. This the country. sion, but they also possessed the drive, dedi­ committee is apparently not planning to renew cation and motivation to put these into action. the programs. IN TRIBUTE TO KNOX BANNER Our lives are better today for the likes of Knox Ideally, the Government of Belarus would Banner, O'Neil Ford, and Sam Zisman. I con­ stop subsidizing the media entirely. If readers HON. HENRY B. GONZALFZ tinue to be deeply impressed, indebted and object to what they read or watch, they can thankful for their efforts. They also continue to OF TEXAS take their patronage elsewhere. But barring inspire my own work, especially in the capac­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that in the immediate future, as Belarus moves ity of my charge as chairman of the House of toward its first post-Soviet Presidential elec­ Monday, June 13, 1994 Representative's committee and subcommittee tions, the Government should ensure that the Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today dedicated to community development and im­ media remain free to publish the entire range to bring to the attention of our colleagues and provement. I believe they can be an inspira­ of opinions in the country. to commemorate the life, achievement and tion to us all The opposition Popular Front has accused dedicated service of the late Knox Banner. Mr. Mr. Speaker, I wish to submit here for the the authorities of creating unequal conditions Banner died on April 9 in his home State of RECORD three recent articles on the life and for the election. Specifically, opposition activ­ Texas. achievement of Knox Banner. ists charge that the State-controlled Belarusan It may seem cliche to say that Knox Ban­ [From the Washington Post, Apr. 11, 1994] media plan to broadcast remarks by demo­ ner's legacy lives on, but nothing could be KNOX BANNER, KEY FIGURE IN EFFORTS To cratic forces at inconvenient hours, and, in more true. The fruits of his long years of hard REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN D .C ., DIES general, to skew the coverage of the cam­ work are with us each and every day here in (By Richard Pearson) paign in favor of the Prime Minister, who is the our Nation's Capital. At the helm of the Na­ Knox Banner, 80, a retired director of the leading candidate for the Presidency. The Hel­ tional Capital Downtown Committee-better D.C. Office of Business and Economic Devel­ sinki Commission, which I am proud to known as Downtown Progress-Knox Banner opment and longtime head of the Downtown cochair, plans to send observers to the strove to save and revitalize the heart of Progress organization, died of pneumonia Belarusan Presidential election. They will in­ downtown in the District of Columbia. This April 9 at a nursing home in Dallas. He had diabetes. vestigate whether restrictions on the media was especially true of downtown in the District Mr. Banner, who had lived in Dallas since have influenced the outcome of the election of Columbia. This was especially true of the leaving Washington two years ago, was and will issue a report on their findings. Pennsylvania Avenue corridor between the named executive director of Downtown Capitol and the White House. Progress, a private organization whose for­ He served from 1960 to 1977 as executive mal name was the National Capital Down­ TRIBUTE TO VVA MICHIGAN director of Downtown Progress and for the town Committee when it was created in 1960. next 3 years as the District's business and He held that post until the organization dis­ HON. BOB CARR economic development director. Many specific banded in 1977, then served as the city's busi­ achievements can be attributed during this ness and economic development director OF MICHIGAN until January 1980. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES time to Mr. Banner, including contributions to He made his greatest impact as head of the world-class Metro system, the Martin Lu­ Downtown Progress, a private, nonprofit de­ Monday, June 13, 1994 ther King Memorial Library, the restoration of velopment organization that planned and Mr. CARR of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I ap­ Ford's Theatre, and many others. These ac­ promoted the revitalization and renewal of preciate this opportunity to speak about the complishments continue to benefit all of us the city's downtown business core and Michigan State Council/Michigan Charter of that live and work in the District of Columbia sought to modernize and brighten the Penn­ Vietnam Veterans of America. and all of the millions of people who come sylvania Avenue corridor between the White House and the Capitol. Michigan, which was the first State to have from around the world to visit our Nation's During his years as executive director of its own veterans' center, has the largest VVA Capital. More than this, his spirit and vision for Downtown Progress, Mr. Banner spoke out organization in the United States. I am proud improvement live on in the continued efforts to for changes that ranged from the majestic to that my State's VVA has been a leader in ad- keep the city a vital place. the mundane to improve downtown. He June 13, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12763 spoke of underground corridors for delivery business decisions, it was to prove a mission After college, Banner worked for the U.S. trucks to ease traffic congestion and called without end but not without critical suc­ Social Security Board, the U.S. Public Hous­ for mini-buses that could run more quickly cesses. ing Administration and the Housing and Re­ and more often, causing fewer traffic snarls Mr. Banner came to it initially as a kind of development Authority in Little Rock, Ar­ than regular buses. He worked for a world­ lobbyist/representative for local business kansas. In 1960 he became executive director class subway system and a modern conven­ leaders made anxious by the drift of people of the National Capital Downtown Commit­ tion center. and stores from the city to the suburbs in tee, better known as Downtown Progress. He also once told reporters that his vision the late 1950s. F Street, the city's premier This nonprofit corporation was created to re­ of a new, majestic "city on the hill" most shopping center in the 1940s, was battling de­ vitalize downtown Washington between the certainly did not include the used-furniture terioration. The once bustling pathway to White House and the Capitol-an area that store displays on the sidewalks of Pennsylva­ the grand department stores, the big stage­ was rapidly being abandoned by business and nia Avenue. show-sing-along and first-run-movie palaces residents when Banner arrived. Over the years, Downtown Progress was in­ and the first-class historic hotels were run­ Under Banner's direction, Downtown strumental in such projects as the Metro ning down. The concerned business leaders Progress reversed the trend of decay that subway system, improvements at the Martin formed the National Capital Downtown Com­ was turning the capital into a ghost town. Luther King Memorial Library, the restora­ mittee-better known as Downtown He played a critical role in developing the tion of Ford's Theatre, plans for tourmobiles Progress-and Mr. Banner became the evan­ METROrail subway system, restoring Ford's and the establishment of the F Street Plaza. gelist of delivery from urban decay. Theater, revitalizing the Pennsylvania Ave­ The organization also worked for passage of Uptown as well as downtown, on the Hill, nue area, developing the F Street Plaza as a D.C. urban renewal plans in Congress. in the District Building and wherever he precursor of Streets for People, renovating In 1977, Mr. Banner was appointed by found ears of influence, Mr. Banner shared the old Post Office and constructing the Mayor Walter Washington as the city's first his vision of a brighter, livelier Pennsylva­ Martin Luther King Jr., Library and the business and economic development director. nia Avenue linking the streets and personal­ Washington Convention Center. His job was to work to retain businesses in ities at each end; and he talked vividly of a Banner also helped establish and direct Ju­ the city and help attract new ones. His ap­ city with a world-class subway system, a bilee Support Foundation, a subsidiary of pointment was applauded by many who modern convention center, a public library the Jubilee Ministries. Jubilee Ministries is pointed out that he had the confidence of the filled with residents from all walks of local a nonprofit organization that works to im­ mayor, the Board of Trade and City Council life, a plaza, a lively Chinatown and a reborn prove the quality of life for low-income resi­ President Sterling Tucker. Mr. Banner Willard Hotel. Sound familiar? At that time, dents in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood of stayed on in office after Marion Barry was it sounded doubtful. But Mr. Banner ham­ Washington, DC. Banner was especially in­ elected mayor, resigning at the end of 1979. mered relentlessly on merchants of little strumental in launching Jubilee's job and Barry accepted his resignation "with great faith to stay the course, to organize and to housing programs. regret" and praised Mr. Banner for fostering work for new retail commerce and tourist at­ "Jubilee gave him every award they had," a "spirit of Co-operation ... between the tractions. Susan says, "and they wanted to give him public and private sectors" of Washington. Today on the streets where Knox Banner another, so they made up a new one." Mr. Banner, a Texas native, was a 1935 Phi toiled, the struggles for urban vitality con­ Susan, who has been companion and assist­ Beta Kappa graduate of Rice University. Be­ tinue. Some of the big stores are gone, but ant to her father since her stepmother died fore World War II, he worked for what is now The Shops are there. The Warner is back. last year, says her father has "a great love" the Social Security Administration in Texas. The Willard impresses, and the Old Post Of­ for Rice. "It gave him some of the best During the war, he served with the Navy in fice bustles. Mr. Banner would like what he memories of his life and prepared him for all the Pacific. would see. And he would be talking up a the successes he has had," she says. After the war, he worked for the Public downtown home for the Bullets, Caps, Hoyas, Banner has generously supported Rice Housing Administration. He spent three Colonials and other attractions galore. And throughout his career and has made provi­ years as assistant to its regional director in as others in years ahead look out and like sions for a bequest to the university in his Fort Worth before serving from 1954 to 1960 what they see, it will be in no small part the will. In his dedication to Rice he exemplifies as executive director of the Little Rock legacy of the man who not only worked for, the spirit of the Captain James Addison (Ark.) Housing and Redevelopment Author­ but also delivered, Downtown Progress. Baker Societ,y and the spirit of support that ity. [From Sallyport magazine June/July 1993] has helped make Rice what it is today. In 1956 and 1957, he was national preaident By the way, he hasn't found the crappie of the National Association of Housing and A BANNER ALUM hole in the Potomac yet. Redevelopment Officials. From 1965 to 1969 When Knox Banner retired from urban he served on the First Lady's Committee for planning in 1979 he made a list of things he a More Beautiful Capital. He had served on hoped to do with his newly acquired leisure EFFORTS TO REFORM POLICIES IN the board of the National Housing Con­ time. THE NORTHERN MARIANAS EX­ ference and was a member of the National "For years," he wrote, " I have been want-· ing to ... go to the Air and Space Museum PLAINED BY LIEUTENANT GOV­ Urban League. ERNOR BORJA He had lectured at George Washington Uni­ again ...; Spend a month on Lake Balaton versity. in Hungary and catch and eat fogas, washed His first marriage, to Mary Banner, ended down with Badacsonyi Sziirkebarat . .. ; HON. RON de LUGO in divorce, His second wife, Myrtle Banner, Find the crappie hole in the Potomac be­ OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS tween Fletcher's Boathouse and Thompson's died in 1992. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Survivors include two children from his Boathouse and fish it and fish it and fish it. first marriage, Tim and Susan Banner, both Monda,y, June 13, 1994 of Dallas; and four grandchildren. After spending more than four decades making life more enjoyable for city dwellers Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker, a conference [From the Washington Post, Apr. 15, 1994] in the nation's capital and other cities, Ban­ on relations between the United States and its ner deserved a few fishing trips. insular areas was ~.eld here during the last KNOX BANNER Banner was born in Fort Worth and came few days before the last district work period. There was Pierre L'Enfant, there was Ben- to Rice in the early 1930s. He supported him­ It brought together leaders from the areas­ jamin Banneker and then there was the self during his college years by working long American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mari­ faithful guardian of this capital city's gran- hours as a biology lab assistant, as a grader deur-20th century Washington's Mr. Down- for the history department and, for three ana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Is­ town-Knox Banner. His devotion to the life years, as a waiter for the seniors' table. His lands-academicians from the islands, Federal and looks of the central hub became mar- exertions took their toll. He developed a officials, and others. velously apparent over the two decades hfl habit of napping in Latin class, much to the The gathering was one of the most stimulat­ labored t~ improve it. Mr. Banner, who died chagrin of the professor. ing, informative, and serious series of discus­ last week at the age of 80, worked both out- "When the bell was about to ring," says his sions concerning insular issues that I have side and inside avenues of power-first with daughter Susan, "the professor would turn to participated in or witnessed. a private, nonprofit development organiza- the student next to him and say, 'Would you One of the speakers at the conference was tion and then with thE: city government-to ._please wake Mr. Banner so the bell won't rejuvenate the heart of Washington at a crit- startle him?" the new Lieutenant Governor of the Northern ical time in its physical history. His mission: Banner still made top marks in Latin and Mariana Islands, Jesse Borja. to retain as well as recruit business down- in his other courses. In 1935 he received a As Members should be aware, the people of town in appealing surroundings. Given the B.A. in liberal arts with distinction and was that Commonwealth are the only U.S. citizens pressures of change on living patterns and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. who are not represented in this House. I think 12764 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 13, 1994 that fact imposes a special responsibility on us Buenas Dias, Secretary of State Baltasar stitution as the embodiment of our tradi­ to consider the views, needs, and cir­ Corrado Del Rio. tions and hopes for our Commonwealth in cumstances of the people of the Northern Good morning. Governor Alexander political union with the United States of Farrelly. America." Our Constitution mandates that Marianas as policy that will substantially affect Good morning also to the legislative dele­ our indigenous culture be preserved. them is developed. gates from our Commonwealth, American While we want to preserve our culture, we To give Members a better perspective on Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands; the have become a member of the American po­ the Commonwealth and the issues concerning Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and litical family. Our relationship with the it, I want to share with them remarks that Lieu­ the Resident Representative of our Common­ United States is equally important. Our Con­ tenant Governor Borja made at the con­ wealth; Congressman DE LUGO; Assistant stitution states our hopes with regard to our ference. Secretary Leslie Turner; the president or relationship with the Federal Government. A Before I do, however, I want to put his representative of: the Community College of delicate balance must be achieved, and we American Samoa, the University of Guam, firmly believe that with patience and under­ speech in greater context. the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the standing, it can be done. Much of the discussion that has occurred in Northern Marianas College, the University of As the newest member of the American po­ this House regarding the Northern Marianas Puerto Rico, and the University of the Vir­ litical family, and experiencing self-govern­ over the past couple of years has concerned gin Islands; other distinguished guests; la­ ment for the first time in over four hundred the Commonwealth's tax and alien labor poli­ dies and gentlemen. years, we have had our share of growing cies as well as the relationship between these In the Northern Marianas we say, "hafa pains. These have manifested themselves in policies and the special assistance that the adai" to greet friends, so today on behalf of problems involving alien labor, immigration, Federal Government has provided for the de­ Governor Froilan C. Tenorio, I extend a and tax administration, among others. We warm "hafa adai" to all of you here. I am have already taken serious steps to address velopment of what is the newest member of very pleased to be here at this conference. As the problems and will achieve effective solu­ the U.S. political family. an Associate Justice of the Commonwealth tions within a reasonable time. Members have objected to the policies: be­ Supreme Court, I attended the first national The covenant is the basis of our relation­ cause of their substance; because they are conference last year. It is good to be here ship with the United States. not really in the interests of the people of the again. The covenant was approved in 1976, with islands or the Nation; because they have been First, allow me to give some background certain provisions coming into full force and inconsistent with understandings reached in on the Northern Marianas. effect at that time. BACKGROUND The NMI Constitution came into full force the agreement which established the Com­ and effect in 1978, triggering other provisions monwealth in political union with the rest of The Northern Mariana Islands are a chain in the covenant into effect. The remaining the Nation; and because they have been sub­ of 14 small volcanic islands located north of portions of the covenant came into full force sidized by special Federal assistance. the Island of Guam in the Western Pacific. and effect in 1986. One provision of special Last year, the people of the islands chose to Saipan, Tinian, and Rota are the three main importance to the CNMI people is American islands. Most of the population, and the busi­ reform these objectionable policies by electing citizenship, which was granted to our people ness and government centers are on Saipan. at that time. Lieutenant Governor Borja and the head of the Saipan is about 120 miles north of Guam. For purposes of the relationship between administration in which he serves, Gov. The Northern Marianas have been an the CNMI and the United States, all three Froilan Tenorio. American Commonwealth since 1976. Before dates are important. All three dates effec­ This new leadership of the Commonwealth we became a Commonwealth, our islands, to­ tuated provisions of the covenant that gov­ took office in January and has moved aggres­ gether with five other Micronesian Island ern our relationship. sively to institute the needed reforms in local groups, made up the Trust Territory of the For example, section 105, dealing with the policies. It has instilled confidence in me, as Pacific Islands, a United Nations Trusteeship legislative power of the United States over with the United States as administrator. chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction the Commonwealth, came into effect in 1976. Prior to that, the Northern Marianas was Sections 102 and 103, dealing with the cov­ over most matters concerning the insular governed over a period of about four cen­ enant as the supreme law of the land regard­ areas, and in our distinguished colleague from turies by Spain, Germany, and Japan, in that ing the relationship, and local self-govern­ California who chairs the full committee, order. ment, respectively, came into effect in 1978. GEORGE MILLER. In 1972, the NMI began separate political Section 101, establishing the Commonwealth, In the remarks that I will include in the negotiations with the United States. Our came into effect in 1986. RECORD, Lieutenant Governor Borja says that, people desired a closer political relationship Our relationship is yet a very young one. with the United States than the free associa­ Even if we date it from the time the United Our new Administration is built on reform. tion status favored by the other Micronesian We are committed to making our reforms States Congress approved the covenant in Islands. On June 17, 1975, in a plebiscite, the 1976, it is only 18 years of age. In terms of re­ work. Not only will the reforms be directly people of the Northern Marianas approved beneficial to our people, they will also im­ lationships between peoples, we are still get­ the "Covenant to establish a Commonwealth ting to know one another. prove our relationship with the Federal Gov­ of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Our covenant and its meanings are still ernment. Union with the United States of America." being explored. Neither one of us has yet We should respond to the courageous steps The United States approved the covenant fully grasped the subtleties and significance that they-and others-are taking to improve through a joint resolution of Congress on of the sections and clauses. We reach for policies in the Northern Marianas with under­ March 24, 1976. For the United States, the these understandings from different back­ standing and support. covenant represented a new method of ex­ grounds, but believe patience, goodwill, and To better enable Members to understand panding the jurisdiction of the United mutual respect will resolve our differences. the situation, let us now turn to Lieutenant States-not by conquest, purchase, or treaty The covenant is a unique document. No­ with another foreign power-but with the body will dispute this. The exact nature of Governor Borja's speech. It gives the back­ consent of the people wishing for a closer re­ the relationship that it created between the ground of, outlines, and explains the Federal­ lationship with it. On January 9, 1978, our United States and the CNMI is still being de­ Commonwealth relationship; it discusses is­ Constitution came into effect. This was the veloped. It has been interpreted to some de­ sues in the relationship with honesty and in­ date that our constitutional government was gree in the courts, e.g., the Inspector Gen­ sight; and, as I noted, it states the new insular established. eral case. administration's commitment to improve poli­ Under our covenant, the United States In any discussion of the relationship under Federal Government clearly controls our de­ the covenant, it is important to emphasize ~ies of concern. fense and foreign policy. The United States that the relationship was created between Lieutenant Governor Borja's remarks follow: military leases approximately two-thirds of two sovereigns. It must be pointed out that PRESENTATION REMARKS OF LT. Gov. JESUS c. our island of Tinian, and maintains the op­ the United States, prior to the execution and BORJA AT THE: SECOND NATIONAL CON­ tion of acquiring other land in the Northern implementation of the covenant, never had FERENCE: "LOOKING TO THE FUTURE": RELA­ Marianas for strategic purposes. sovereignty in the Commonwealth. No other TIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND We are proud to be Americans. We have Nation had sovereignty, not even the United AMERICAN SAMOA, GUAM, THE NORTHERN chosen to become a part of the United Nations. The only conclusion then must be MARIANAS, PUERTO RICO, AND THE UNITED States. At the same time, our unique culture that the Commonwealth had sovereignty STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS is very important to us. when it negotiated and executed the cov­ Thank you, Mr. Rosenblatt. In the preamble of our Constitution, it is enant. Talofa, Lieutenant Governor Tauese Sunia. stated that the people of the Northern Mari­ We believe the relationship is clear. In Rafa adai, Governor Joseph Ada. ana Islands "ordain and establish this con- matters of defense and foreign affairs, the June 13, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12765 United States has sovereignty. In other mat­ Northern Mariana Islands, constituting on Take another example, headnote 3(a): Duty ters, while the United States has sov­ their part a sovereign act of self-determina­ free status was extended to the Common­ ereignty, it has agreed to limit the exercise tion." weal th to create local employment opportu­ When we voted for the covenant we were nities in the local marketplace. Instead, the of that sovereignty. While the covenant is industry employs nonresidents in large num­ clear that the United States has the author­ exercising our sovereign right to enter into a political status agreement with the United bers. Although technically legal, this is not ity to enact laws affecting the Common­ States. Many of the problems we are encoun­ the purpose of headnote 3(a). The chief objec­ wealth, the covenant is also very clear that tering today in our relations with the United tion of the Congress to the CNMI's position it cannot do so unilaterally with regard to States stem from a lack of understanding or on headnote 3(a) is that it violates the spirit certain fundamental matters. misinterpretation of the covenant. Our rela­ of the program, which was intended to pro­ As stated in the 1993 Commonwealth Su­ tionship will be on firm footing once all par­ mote local employment. Labor abuses in the industry have sparked preme Court case of Sablan v. !nos, "where it ties have a clear grasp on the true meaning of our covenant. outrage and have prompted the Congress to appears that a Federal law violates a fun­ explore the withdrawal of headnote 3(a) damental provision of the covenant, such law We believe we can agree that the legal as­ privileges from the Commonwealth. We be­ should be scrutinized to determine whether pects can be summed up thus: The covenant lieve that we would not be in this position it in fact contravenes any such fundamental was entered into by two sovereigns. The had we made good on promises to increase Commonwealth had sovereignty when it ne­ the level of local employment requirements. provisions. If it does, then the covenant ne­ gotiated and executed the covenant but gave gates its applicability to the CNMI." Similarly, we stand to lose local control it up. The Federal Government has sov­ over minimum wage and immigration, be­ In other words, the Federal Government ereignty in the Commonwealth to the extent cause we have failed to regulate both effec­ has sovereignty in the Commonwealth to the that it is not limited by other provisions in tively. In these instances, the Congress is extent it is not limited by a provision in the the covenant. It voluntarily agreed to limit not intruding in the exercise of local self­ covenant, e.g., by the articles and sections the sovereignty it was obtaining. government. Local control over minimum specifically stated in section 105. We firmly The covenant, along with applicable provi­ wage and immigration are not rights guaran­ believe that the plenary powers that the sions of the constitution, laws and treaties teed in the covenant; rather, they are privi­ United States Congress has over the CNMI, of the United States, is the supreme law of leges granted and subject to change by the the Northern Mariana Islands. The covenant United States Congress. If we had recognized from whatever source-the Territorial serves as the foundation of our relationship this distinction. we may have chosen to deal Clause, the Supremacy Clause, the Com­ with the United States. It also defines how with these issues differently. merce Clause, and the like-is limited by we govern ourselves as a self-governing Com­ We have experienced problems in the past, these fundamental provisions of the cov­ monwealth. It sets the limits of our author­ because of the difference between the two enant. These fundamental provisions can ity and power. sides in their perceptions of the self-govern­ only be changed by mutual consent. The rights and privileges we enjoy in the ment and sovereignty provisions of the cov­ This limitation is new to the United covenant are unique in the American politi­ enant. We want our relationship with the cal family. And while we do not enjoy all the Federal Government to be based on fairness, States. It will take time and persistence to privileges that Americans enjoy in the fifty mutual respect, understanding, and coopera­ convince the United States of this unique re­ States, we also have rights that are exclu­ tion. This can be achieved by a clear and de­ lationship. The United States is still not sive to the covenant. such as the alienation finitive understanding of the covenant. convinced that its plenary powers are lim­ of land and the equal representation for each We want a better relationship with the ited. But this is clear under our covenant. of the chartered municipalities in the senate Federal Government. We are firm, but fair in Section 105 of our covenant, which I men­ of our legislature. These provisions run con­ our insistence that we live up to our cov­ tioned earlier as giving the United States trary to the U.S. Constitution, yet were in­ enant. Our covenant is the document that cluded as further evidence that we nego­ governs our relationship with the Federal the authority to enact laws according to its tiated the agreement as equals. Government. We will make demands when constitutional processes that will affect our There are provisions in the covenant which our covenant gives us such a right. But we islands, specifically states: "In order to re­ can be amended only by mutual consent. But will ask for assistance when our covenant spect the right of self-government guaran­ we must understand that much of the cov­ does not give us the right. teed by this covenant, the United States enant can be modified by the unilateral ac­ We have reached a new political maturity agrees to limit the exercise of that authority tion of the United States. in the Northern Marianas. We want a part­ so that the fundamental provisions of this The covenant was designed to include fea­ nership with the United States Government. tures that compensate for deficiencies in the We will seek help when we need it, and be covenant, namely articles I, II, and III and independent otherwise. sections 501 and 805, may be modified only CNMI's geography, demography, and edu­ with the consent of the Government of the cation. Local control of immigration, mini­ OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION IS BUILT ON REFORM mum wage, taxes, headnote 3(A) status are a The administration of Governor Tenorio United States and the Government of the few examples. These features were intended and myself was elected on a platform of re­ Northern Mariana Islands." to promote political, social and economic de­ form. Since taking office in January, we We will continue in our attempt to per­ velopment in the Commonwealth. have begun to address some of the problems suade the United States of the meaning of Issues of local control over immigration, that affected the previous administration. section 105. We must be persistent and firm minimum wage, and taxes have been a bone Those problems concerned alien labor, immi­ in our position. of contention in our relations with the Fed­ gration, and tax policies. The covenant is a permanent, binding, and eral Government. Over the years the debate We are committed to making our reforms solemn agreement entered into between two has focused on the manner in which these work. We are confident that they will work. programs have been administered. There is Not only will the reforms be directly bene­ sovereign peoples. On the one side is· "the no doubt that we have a number of failings ficial to our people, they will also improve people of the Northern Mariana Islands" and in this regard. our relationship with the Federal Govern­ on the other side is "the United States of However, this cannot detract from the ment. America." proposition that we have a continuing need NON-VOTING DELEGATE SEAT Section 102 of our covenant states: "The for local control over these programs. We be­ Recent efforts to promote a non-voting del­ relations between the Northern Mariana Is­ lieve that adequate justification, coupled egate seat are supported by our administra­ lands and the United States will be governed with comprehensive reforms, will persuade tion. We would, however, require a certain by this covenant." the United States Congress that local con­ proviso in the statute allowing it, stating trol remains of critical importance to con­ that the granting of such a seat will in no The covenant is not just a simple contract. tinued socio-economic development in our is­ It is the product of years of negotiations be­ way adversely affect any other provisions of lands. the covenant. tween the representative of the people of the Many of these problems would disappear if United States of America-through the there was a grasp of the covenant. We have CONCLUSION President-and representatives of the people local self-government, but we must learn to Governor Tenorio and I want to achieve a of the Northern Marianas. Its composition is exercise that right effectively. more positive relationship with the United For instance, there is a common States. We believe that our relationship can complex and its identity unique. It is a bind­ be restored to one of fairness mutual respect. ing commitment by two peoples with certain misperception in our Commonwealth that multi-year financial assistance is a right and Our working reference would be the cov­ provisions being so sacrosanct as to be un­ that assistance will flow indefinitely. It is enant. changeable without the consent of both par­ not a right. The covenant states that the ini­ We give plain meaning to the terms of the ties. tial period shall be for seven years, and indi­ covenant. We recognize the applicability of The purpose of the covenant, as set forth cates that the United States Congress may Federal laws as long as they are consistent in its preamble, states that the parties, continue or discontinue such assistance at with our covenant. And if the United States " Have entered into this covenant in order to its discretion. Section 704(d) reads: enacts a Federal law applicable in the Com­ establish a self-governing Commonwealth for " * * *guaranteed annual direct grant assist­ monwealth pursuant to the covenant, the the Northern Mariana Islands, and to define ance * * * will continue until Congress ap­ United States has an obligation to monitor the future relationship between the Northern propriates a different amount or otherwise and enforce that law. Mariana Islands and the United States." provides by law." Multi-year financial as­ We have the right to local self-government, It further states, "This covenant will be sistance is in jeopardy, because we have not but we also recognize that there are respon­ mutually binding when it is approved by the demonstrated any fiscal responsibility and sibilities inherent in the exercise of self-gov­ United States, and by the people of the have not justified our need for it. ernment and we would not shirk from those 12766 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 13, 1994 responsibilities. We are confident that the anic and Atmospheric Administration, Judiciary Federal Government will be responsive to Department of Commerce. Constitution Subcommittee our needs as long as we act in good faith. SR-253 To hold hearings on proposed legislation Such privileges as headnote 3(a), for exam­ ple, might be extended if we make a good Finance authorizing funds for the United States faith effort to comply with the spirit of the To hold hearings on S. 1780, to revise the Commission on Civil Rights. law. Employee Retirement Income Security SD-226 We are hopeful of our relationship, and we Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue 2:00 p.m. see a good working relationship in the fu­ Code of 1986, to provide security for Armed Services ture. Si yuus maase and thank you. workers, to improve pension plan fund­ To hold hearings on the nominations of ing, to limit growth in insurance expo­ Gen. J .H. Binford Peay III, USA, for re­ sure, and to protect the single-em­ appointment to the grade of general SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ployer plan termination insurance pro­ and to be Commander in Chief, U.S. Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, gram; to be followed by a hearing and Central Command, Vice Adm. William agreed to by the Senate on February 4, consideration of the nomination of Val­ J. Flanagan, Jr., USN, for appointment erie Lau, of California, to be Inspector to the grade of admiral and to be Com­ 1977, calls for establishment of a sys­ mander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, tem for a computerized schedule of all General, Department of the Treasury, and to consider the nomination of Ron­ Maj. Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, for meetings and hearings of Senate com­ ald K. Noble, of New York, to be Under appointment to the grade of lieutenant mittees, subcommittees, joint commit­ Secretary of the Treasury for Enforce­ general and to be Commanding Gen­ tees, and committees of conference. ment. eral, I Marine Expeditionary Force, This title requires all such committees SD-215 and Maj. Gen. Paul E. Stein, USAF, for to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Foreign Relations appointment to the grade of lieutenant Digest-designated by the Rules Com­ International Economic Policy, Trade, general and to be Superintendent, U.S. mittee-of the time, place, and purpose Oceans and Environment Subcommit­ Air Force Academy. of the meetings, when scheduled, and tee SR-222 Business meeting, to mark up proposed Energy and Natural Resources any cancellations or changes in the To hold hearings on proposed legislation meetings as they occur. legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for foreign assistance pro- regarding Hawaiian homelands. As an additional procedure along SD-366 with the computerization of this infor­ grams. SD-419 2:30 p.m. mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Select on Intelligence Labor and Human Resources To hold closed hearings on intelligence Digef;t will prepare this information for Business meeting, to mark up S. 1513, au­ printing in the Extensions of Remarks matters. thorizing funds for programs of the El­ SH- 219 section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ementary and Secondary Education on Monday and Wednesday of each Act, and to consider pending nomina­ JUNE 17 week. tions. Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, SD-430 10:00 a.m. June 14, 1994, may be found in the Daily 2:30 p.m. Finance Appropriations Deficits, Debt Management and Long Term Digest of today's REC

June 13, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12767 Project Improvement Act and the co­ Public Broadcasting for fiscal years mote the safe use of guns and to reduce ordination of these actions with other 1997 through 1999. gun violence. Federal protection and restoration ef­ SR-253 SD-226 forts in the San Francisco Bay/Sac­ ramento-San Joaquin Delta. JUNE 15 SD-366 CANCELLATIONS 2:30 p.m. Indian Affairs JUNE 29 To resume hearings on S. 1021, to protect JUNE 14 2:30 p.m. and preserve the rights of Native Commerce, Science, and Transportation 10:00 a.m. Americans to express and exercise Communications Subcommittee Judiciary their traditional religious beliefs, fo­ To hold hearings on S. 2120, to authorize Constitution Subcommittee cusing on an amendment in the nature To resume hearings on S. 1882, to amend appropriations for the Corporation for of a substitute. title 18, United States Code, to pro- SR-485